750 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. composed of twelve members, ranging in age at that time from sixteen down to eight years. It was started and still remains under the leadership of W. Schemberger. WAVERLY IN 1883. Waverly has about 1,700 inhabitants. Two railroads and one canal pass through it, a. nd it has several large manufacturing establishments. It has six churches, one union school building, two newspapers, three hotels, two banks, five dry-goods stores, four general stores, five boot and shoe stores, nine groceries, three hardware stores, three drug stores, two harness stores, one furniture and undertaking store, one jewelry store, two confectionaries, three meat stores, one millinery store, one bakery, one cigar and tobacco store, one music store, eight saloons, two furniture factories, two flouring mills, three tanneries, one marble works, three carriage and wagon works, one saw-mill, one stone-mill, one woolen-mill, one distillery, one cooper shop, one bed-spring manufactory, two livery stables, one merchant tailor, one photograph gallery, one brick yard, four barber shops, one dress-maker, two blacksmith shops, one sewing machine agency, one Western Union telegraph, one Adams express, thirteen attorneys, eight physicians, one dentist, and two editors. PEE PEE TOWNSHIP., This township is one of the original townships of Ross County, and was organized when that county was formed, in the year 1798. It extended to the southeast corner of Ross County, which includes the present townships of Seal, Jackson and Beaver. When Pike County was organized, Pee Pee was retained as a name for a township in Pike County, the original townships being Pee Pee, Jackson, Beaver, Sunfish, Mifflin, Seal and Washington. The latter dropped out altogether. Seal was taken in name to Scioto County, and Beaver and Jackson had been formed from Pee Pee by Ross County the year before the organization of Pike County, or in 1814. AREA AND WEALTH. Pee Pee Township is the wealthiest in the county, and has also within its border the county seat, Waverly. It is bounded on the north by Ross County; on the east by Jackson Township and the Scioto River, which separates a part of it from Seal Township; on the south by the river and a small portion of Newton Township, and on the west by Pebble Township. There are six larger townships in the county and five smaller. In area it has 18,694 acres, including the special school district and the corporation of Waverly. The valuation of personal property in 1880 was a total of $382,707. In 1882 the real estate was assessed at $335,149; the special school district, $150,898; and the corpora. tion, $383,415; personal property, $422,253; total, $1,291,715. The township, like the others which lie on the Scioto River, has her rich bottom lands, away from the river on the west it is hilly. There is plenty of .the celebrated Waverly sandstone within its limits and quarries have been opened and are yet worked at a profit. It is well watered by Pee Pee Creek and its branches in the south and west, and Crooked Creek flows from its northern border nearly south, passing within the corporate limits o Waverly, and empties into the Scioto south of that town. It is a well watered, and in the west part and, along its streams a well timbered, township. The Scioto Valley Railroad .and the Ohio Southern each pass through the township, the former running southwest some four miles and crossing the Scioto River within a mile of Waverly. The latter conies in from the northwest and running southeast crosses the river over the same bridge. One leads to Jackson and the other to Piketon and HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 751 Portsmouth, Ohio. The records of the township show little of historical note. In the first records in March, 1834, the Trustees were: John Row, C.G. Crummit and Mesheck Downing. In 1839 the school tax for Pee Pee Township was placed at $342.38, and apportioned among three of the four districts: No. 1, $51.70; No. 2, $214.85, and No. 4, $75.83. No. 3 was not mentioned. The larder assessment referred to the Waverly district. There are now six sub-districts outside of Waverly. The growth of Pee Pee Township has been steady, if you include the city of Waverly. Only one decade, between 1860 and 1870, that of the civil war, did the township outgrow the city. This may be seen by the following comparison: Total township, including Waverly, 1880, 2,725, and as will be seen, the village is *larger than the township. The population of the township, not including Waverly, has been as follows, by decades: In 1840, 507; 18501 643; 1860, 845; 1870, 1,118; 1880, 1,186. City or village of Waverly: Population in 1840, 306; 1850, 678; 1860, 1,059; 1870, 1,202; 1880, 1,539. CHURCHES. German Evangelical Lutheran Church, at Prussia, in Pee Pee Township is located on the .Ross County road, three and one-half miles north of Waverly. It was organized in 1845 by about twenty families. The Rev. Kartex had been there and preached occasionally. Charles Charto became their preacher when he came to Waverly, and since then they have been supplied. The first place of worship was a log house standing on the site of their present new brick church, built in 1858. The church is governed by a board of officers, elected annually, consisting of President, Treasurer and two Janitors. Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal Church is located on Long Branch, a tributary of Pee Pee Creek. It was not really an organization, for none had been formed, but a number of the neighbors secured preaching , when they could. The first service was held at the house of John Lowry, and continued there at intervals until 1844. A society was organized in the last named year by the Revs. Samuel Bateman and H. Westervelt. Mr. Thornton Hasket was Class-Leader. Service was held alternately at Lowry's and Hasket's till 1848, and then at Nye's. house. One year was lost on account of inability to pay the preacher. In 1849 Revs. David Smith and James T. Bail were called and the society reorganized, and John Windall was chosen Class-Leader, and at his house service was held. In 1850 Revs. David Smith and Michael Sheets preached, and service was held at the house of Nancy Shoemaker. In 1870 the society consisted of twenty-four members, and during that year some thirty more joined on probation. In 1871 the old school-house was given up and service held at the new school-house, upon a previous arrangement with the school trustees. In 1872 the Rev. J. M. Adams was the pastor, and the membership was fifty-three. Unfortunately the new school-house was burned in 1873, and the society lost all their papers. In arranging for the rebuilding of the schoolhouse the society urged the school board to build of brick, and this the board agreed to do if the society would haul the brick and sand without cost to the school board. This was done and the new brick school-house was erected in 1874, in time for the winter school. In 1876 it had sixty-five members, and in all these succeeding years its influence for good has grown and extended. The promised report for the past five years has not come to hand. Much of Pee Pee Township history is included in the history of its capital town, Waverly. The canal passes through its length from northeast to southwest, following the river except in its bends. The port of Waverly has become quite important, but south of 752 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. that, except at Jasper, the canal is but little used. The ad vent of the railroads gives excellent transportation facilities to the township, which in this respect is better than any other township in the county, the two roads crossing the township. BIOGRAPHICAL. Edward R. Allen, M. D. one of the oldest physicians of Pike County, was born in Chenango County, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1822. His father, Timothy Allen, was a native of Massachusetts, born July 14, 1790. He was married in New York to Mrs. Patience (Randall) Stedman, a native of Providence, R. I., born Aug. 4, 1786. In the fall of 1836 they removed to the. Northern part of Ohio, and in 1838 came to Pike County and located in Sunfish Township. They had a farm of 140 acres. Mr. Allen died July 15, 1853, and Mrs. Allen Oct. 10, 1863. They had a family of eight children, and Mrs. Allen had four by her former marriage. Edward is the fourth of the children of Timothy Allen. His education was received at Guilford, N.Y., and Summit County, Ohio. When seventeen years of age he commenced teaching school in Mifflin Township, and with short intermissions taught till 1841. From 1841 till 1845 he studied medicine with Dr. 0. J. Phelps, teaching during the winter. In 1846 he commenced the practice of medicine at Beaver-town, but a year later returned to Piketon and opened a drug store, relinquishing his practice in the country. He has for many years been a prominent politician of the county. His first office was that of County Surveyor, which he held one year. In the fall of 1851 he was elected a Representative in the State Legislature, and served till 1855. In 1856 he was appointed Clerk of the Probate Court, and in 1857 was elected Probate Judge and served three years, but in 1860 was defeated on account of efforts made by him to retain' the county seat at Piketon. In 1863 he was elected to the office, and Feb. 1, 1864, removed to Waverly, at the same time transferring his drug store to this place, it now being in the possession of his nephew, A. A. Adams. Dr. Allen served as Probate Judge till 1876, when, on account of failing health, he declined renomination and retired from active political life. He now confines his attention to the office work of his profession, having done no outside practice for several years. He was married Jan. 20, 1848, to Amanda M. Allison, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. Joseph Armstrong was born Nov. 24, 1844, in Montgomery County, Pa., a son of B. E. and E. B. Armstrong, natives of Montgomery County, his father. born April 20, 1798, and his mother May 4, 1808. His parents moved to Piketon, Pike Co., Ohio, in June, 1849. They had a family of four children—Ellen E., David, E. B. and Joseph. His father died May 11, 1874. Our subject was reared on a farm, receiving a good education. Having a taste for some branches of study he became a proficient bookkeeper, and has of late years followed that vocation. In October, 1880, he was elected Auditor of Pike County, and re-elected in October, 1883. April 10, 1879, he was married to Mary 0, Powell. They have one son—William P., born Jan. 31, 1883. Isaac Austill, the eldest son of William and Rebecca (Warren) Austill, was born Sept, 1, 1808, in Ross County, Ohio, where he was reared, residing on his parent's farm till man. hood. May 1, 1836, he married Abigail, daughter of Absalom and Mary Chenoweth. She was born in July, 1813. To them were born ten children, only four now living—William H., Isaac Newton, George W. and Elizabeth M. Absalom C., Mary Louisa, Rebecca Jane, John B., Abigail Ann, Eunice Emma are deceased. Mrs. Austill died July 16, 1874. She was an active 'member of the Methodist church. Mr. Austill was elected to the State Legislature in 1869, and served four HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 753 years, besides filling the unexpired term of Isaac Penisten. Aside from this he has lived a quiet life, superintending a well-improved farm of 190 acres. The first court held in Pike County was in an old stone building in Mr. Austill's present door-yard, at that time the property of Arthur Chenoweth. Mr. Austill's father died in December, 1829, and his mother in August, 1878. Thomas N. Barnes was born Sept. 9, 1842, near Waverly, a on of William and Nancy Barnes. His parents both died when he was three years old, and he was reared by a cousin, Thomas Barnes. Oct. 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Seventy-third Ohio Infantry, and served till Oct. 3, 1862, when lre was discharged on account of disability. He then returned home and remained till he was twenty-one, when he attended school a year at Delaware, Ohio. He then began to clerk for his brother, J. Q, and three years later became associated with him in business. In 1871 J. Q. removed to Kansas, his interest being purchased by T. B. Lightle. The firm of Barnes &Lightle continued till May 1,1873, when Mr. Lightle retired and Mr. Barnes carried on the business alone till March 1, 1879, when H. B. McKenzie became associated with him, the firm name being McKenzie & Barnes. July 1, 1882, Mr. McKenzie retired and Mr. Barnes is now carrying on the business alone. Mr. Barnes has been a member of the Methodist church since thirteen years of age. He has been a Class-Leader four years, and Steward six or eight years. He is master of Orient Lodge, No. 321, A. F. & A. M. He was married Nov. 17, 1869, to Ada L., daughter of Bennett McKenzie, They have two sons—Eugene Ray and Frank McKenzie. George Bauersachs, brick manufacturer, was born in Bavaria, Germany, Jan. 22, 1827, a son of Michael and Mary Bauersachs, both of whom died in Germany. They had a family of two sons and five daughters, George being the youngest child. He was educated in - 48 - the old country, and when eighteen years old came to America and arrived at Waverly,June 27, 1845. He began working at the cooper's trade and in 1847 went into business for himself which he followed till 1861, with good success. He then began the manufacture of bricks, also taking contracts in building and working at brick-laying, which business he followed about twelve years, during which time he erected a great many public buildings and private residences. Since 1873 he has been engaged exclusively in the manufacture of bricks, having the largest yard in this locality and turning out the finest work. The capacity ranges about 700,000 to 800,000 bricks a year. He was married in 1848 to Elizabeth Kaiserman, who came from Germany when about seven years old. She died May 5, 1875, leaving five children: Mary wife of John Senk ; Kate, wife of Peter Heflenger ; George, married to Rosa Gikler; Charles; and Elizabeth, wife of Charles Sohn, all being residents of Waverly. Mr. Bauersachs was again married Aug. 26, 1877, to Kate Brant, a native of Germany, who came to America in 1870. They have had one son who died in infancy. Politically he is a Democrat. He has served as Councilman six years and as Township Treasurer seven years. David H. Bishop, attorney at law and Mayor of Waverly, was born in Ross County, Ohio, April 19, 1824. His ancestors emigrated from Virginia in 1802, George Bishop the father of Hon. R. M. Bishop, going to Kentucky; Henry settled north of Chillicothe, and David, Frederick and Robert, west of Chillicothe, in Ross County. Of Frederick's six children, Jacob was the second, and was but two years of age when his father removed from Virginia. When twenty-one he married Margaret Shotts, a native of Maryland. He died in 1863 aged sixty-three years. His widow died in 1881, in her seventy-ninth year. Of their nine children seven are still living, David H., subject of this sketch, be- 754 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. ing their second child. He was reared on a farm. His educational advantages were very meager, being confined to two or three months schooling in the winter. After he became of age he attended school at Augusta College, Kentucky, two years. He then returned to Ross County and taught in the country schools till 1858, when he came to Pike County and taught in the Waverly schools fifteen years, having charge of the Grammar department, and two years of the time being Superintendent of the schools of Piketon. While teaching school in 1868 he was elected Justice of the Peace, an office he has held to the present time. In 1872 he was admitted to the bar. In 1878 he was elected Mayor of Waverly, still holding the position. In 1849 Mr. Bishop was married to Eliza J. Taylor, of Browne County, Ohio. Of their five children three daughters are still living. Two sons died in infancy. Mr. Bishop was reared a Methodist and has been a member of that church since 1844. John L. Caldwell, M. D., was born in Ross County, Ohio, Oct. 10, 1843, the son of John M. and Mary A. (Smith) Caldwell, and of Scotch-Irish descent. When he was six years old his father removed to the Western States, but finally returned to Ohio, and for four or five years lived in Hardin County, when he removed to Chillicothe where he still lives. When John L. was still a boy he commenced teaching school and thus maintained himself, at the same time continuing his studies. He commenced reading medicine when eighteen with Dr. Robb, of Blanchester, Ohio, and afterward was with Dr. Farabee, of Londonderry. He attended the lectures of 1865, at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, and began his practice in Beaver-town, Pike County, in June, 1865, remaining there till September, 1875. He graduated from the medical college in February, 1874. In 1875 he came to Waverly, where he now has an extensive practice. He is a member of Jackson County Medical Society, Ross County Medical Society and the Cincinnati Society of Medicine and Science. He was married in the WI of 1862, to Catherine Hoffman, of Chillicothe, a daughter of Peter Hoffman. They have had two children, a son and daughter, the latter dying in infancy. Politically Dr. Caldwell has always been a Democrat. During: his residence in Beaver Township he was Justice of the Peace seven years, and was Treasurer of the township two years, resigning on his election to the Constitutional Convention that convened at Columbus in May, 1873. Since 1878 he has been United States examining surgeon of Pike County. He was a volunteer in the State militia during Morgan's raid through Ohio. Martin V. B. Clifford, was born Dec. 20, 1840, in Jackson Township, Pike County. His father was born in New Jersey in 1787, and in 1825 came to Ohio, where he followed farming. In 1826 he married Lydia Clark, a native of Jackson County, burn in 1810, They had seven children, of whom six grew to maturity—Samuel M.; Porter, deceased; Mary; wife of Reason Davis, of Wayne Co., Ill.; Sarah, wife of William Clark, of Pike County; Ellen, wife of Bail Houghs, of ail. licothe, and Martin V. B. Mr. Clifford died in 1847, and his wife was again married to Enoch Brewer, who lost his life in the army. Mrs. Clifford died in 1870. Our subject, at the age of fourteen, began to work fur himself and support his widowed mother, March 28, 1864, he enlisted in Company B. Seventy-third Ohio Infantry, commanded at that time by Captain Hinson. He was mus tered into service at Chillicothe, and served sixteen months, when the regiment w mustered out July 20, 1865. He was in the battles of Lost Mountain, Peach Tree Creek Averysboro and others. During the At. lanta campaign his regiment was under con. stant fire for three months. Aug. 2, 1865, he was married to Rose Ann Blake, a native HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 755 of Pike County and daughter of Allen J. Blake. They have had four daughters—Mary Emma, Rachel Jane, Lutitia McNeil, and Ella, who died when four months old. Politically Mr. Clifford has always voted the Republican ticket. Aug. 7, 1865, he went to Illinois, remaining in Wayne and Clay counties six months, and came back to Waverly in March, 1866. Since then he has worked for James Emmitt, on. his farms and in the distillery, with the exception of one summer, and has filled many different positions in the distillery. Calvin T. Cook was born in Harlam Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, Feb. 23, 1831. His father, B. S. Cook, was born in Connecticut in 1794, and when thirteen years old his father, Benajah Cook, went to Delaware County, Ohio, and settled in Harlam Township, where he bought 1,800 acres of land.. B. S. Cook was married to Sarah E. batty, who bore him four children—Eliza, James, Sarah C. and Martha M., all deceased except James. Mrs. Cook died in 1828, and two years later Mr. Cook was again married to Eliza (Downing) Clark, of Licking County, Ohio. They reared a family of ten children —Calvin T. (our subject), Selina, Stanton L., Eli D., Albert M., Miry, Hannah, Delilah and Desire (twins), and Ella, the last four and Stanton L. being deceased. Mr. Cook died in 1863, and his widow still resides on the home farm in Delaware County. Calvin T. lived at his home in Delaware till twenty years of age and worked on the farm. He then taught school in Logan and Auglaize County. In 1851 he took up eighty acres of State land which he improved. He was married April 20, 1853, to Martha M. Blakely, born in Shelly County and reared in Auglaize County. Her father, Samuel Blakely, served as Justice of the Peace of that county a long time. They reared a family of eleven children—Stanton (teaching school in Auglaize County), Alice T. (now Mrs. William Sullivan), George, Frank L. (deceased), John P. (teaching in Auglaize County), Robert H., Mary E., Ada, Calvin, Edward and Wilson. In 1861 Mr. Cook commenced reading law under Colonel George W. Andrews, of Wapakoneta. In 1865 he was elected Justice of the Peace and served till 1868, when he was admitted to the bar in the •-Supreme Court at Columbus. He located at Wapakoneta and had quite a practice at that place, where he continued till June 2, 1881. He subsequently bought a farm in Pee Pee Township, Pike County, and opened an office at Waverly in October, 1881, since when he has been engaged in managing his farm and in the practice of his profession. John Daily was born in Pike County, Ohio, Aug. 23, 1834, a son of William and Jane Daily. Ile lived with his father till twenty-five years of age. Jan. 29, 1860, he married Cordelia E. Stedman, a native of Pike County, born Sept. 15, 1839, and a daughter of Enoch Stedman. Mr. Daily pursued farming several years and in 1866 opened a drag and grocery store in Piketon, remaining there till 17873, when he was elected Sheriff of Pike County and removed to Waverly. At the end of his term he was again nominated, but was defeated. In 1875 he was appointed by President Grant Postmaster of Waverly, a position he still retains. He at that time bought a stock of dry-goods and groceries and is still doing a general mercantile business. Since 1880 he has been Chairman of the Pike County Republican Central Committee. He has been a member of the Methodist church since 1861, and is a Steward and Trustee of the church. Mr. and Mrs. Daily have six children—Charles H., James E., Cora J., John W., Edward E. and Amelia A. Richard Dougherty, one of the oldest attorneys of the Pike County bar, was born in Jackson Township, this county, May 19, 1829, and when a year old his parents moved to 756 - HISTORY OF LOWER VALLEY VALLEY Ross County. He received a limited education at the common schools but by private, study in after life he became qualified to teach. His parents were poor, and after his father's death he supported his mother and a younger brother and sister by working for T. C. Foster, with whom he lived twelve years. He then taught school during the winter months and during the summer drpve cattle over the mountains to the Eastern markets until 1854. Having saved some money by this time, he bought an interest in a dry-goods store at Richmond Dale which proved unsuccessful, and he sold out in 1858. He was married Feb. 18, 1858, to Elizabeth Burke, a native of Ross County. They have three children, two sons and one daughter. After his marriage he returned to Franklin, where his mother was living, and began to read law under the preceptorship of S. L. Wallace, of Chillicothe, also devoting his time to farming. In April, 1860, he was admitted to the bar in the District Court held at Piketon, Pike County, the oath being administered to him by William V. Peck, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio at that time. He then carried on farming for five years, giving little attention to practice. In 1865 he opened a country office on the farm, where he remained till 1872, practicing most of the time in Ross County. In 1872 he came to Waverly and opened an office, where he has since been engaged in the active practice of his profession, his eldest son practicing law with him. In 1873 he was nominated by the Republicans to the office of Prosecuting Attorney, to which office he was elected over a Democratic majority of 800 votes. He served in this capacity two years. His father, James Dougherty, was a native of Ireland and came with his parents to this country when a child and was reared in Harrisburg, Penn. The family left there and settled in Richmond Dale, Ross Co., Ohio. He was married to Mary Wood, born in Kentucky, and daughter of Richard Wood. They had eleven children of whom five sons are now living. Mr. James Dougherty lived in Pike County fifteen or sixteen years, when he moved to a farm in Franklin Township, Ross County, where he remained till his death in 1845. His wife survived him till 1865. Forest E. Dougherty, son of Richard Dougherty, was born Jan. 19, 1859, in Ross County, Ohio, and received his education in the public schools of Waverly, Pike County. In February, 1879, he commenced the study of law in the office of his father, and was ad, mitted to the bar June 6, 1882. He soon afterward formed a co-partnership with his father which still continues as one of the lead. ing law firms of Pike County, under the firm name of R. &. F. E. Dougherty. John P. Douglas was born Sept. 12, 1832, in Columbiana County, Ohio, and was mar ried April 11, 1856, to Adaline McLaughlin, also a native of Columbiana County. They L have a family of three sons and five daughters. Mr. Douglas grew to manhood on the home farm and was educated in the country schools. At the age of eighteen he commenced teaching school, which he followed during the winter months from 1851 till 1874, with the exception of' one year spent in the army. In 1864 he enlisted in the Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry, Company I, serving till the close of the war. He was mustered out of service at Columbus, June 14, 1865. In 1875 he was elected Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, *hich position he still holds, having been in office longer than any member of the present county officials. His father, James Douglas, was born in Pennsylvania, ten miles from Pittsburg. He was married there to Martha Patterson, and came to Ohio in an early day. Mrs. Douglas died in Columbiana County in 1850. They reared a family of four sons and six daughters—Rebecca, Rachel, Thomas, Andrew, Nancy, Elizabeth, John P., James T., Martha P. and Mary Jane. Mr. HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 757 Douglas died at the house of his youngest daughter, Mrs. Mary J Connell, at New Cumberland, W. Va., about 1868. Charles H. Davis was born in Meigs County, Ohio, in 1833. He was married in 1859 to Mary E. Wells, daughter of Asa Wells. To them have been born three children—Emma M., Asa J. and Charles Louis. In 1861. Mr. Davis enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Fortieth Ohio Infantry, for 100 days, and was on guard duty the most of the time. In 1866 his father, Jacob Davis, and the family came to Pike County and settled in Pee Pee Township. His father died in 1870, aged seventy-seven years. His mother is still living. Mr. Davis is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is not a member of any church, but his sympathies are with the Baptist church. Captain Joshua Davis was born in Pike County, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1829. When a boy he commenced working on a farm, but from the time he was eighteen till he was twenty-six, with the exception of the fall of 1845, he was on the canal. In 1850 he began learning the cooper's trade at James Emmitt's distillery, working during the winter seasons till 1856. From April, 1857, till the breaking out of the war he was Marshal of Waverly, Constable of Pee Pee Township and Road Supervisor of District No. 1, but resigned all offices and enlisted in Company B. Seventy-third Ohio Infantry. He was in all the regiment's engagements. Among the more important were McDowell, Cross Keys, Cedar Mountain, Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Resaca and New Hope Church. At the latter battle, May 25, 1864, he was wounded, and after being in the hospitals at Chattanooga and Nashville till Aug. 14 was discharged. On the organization of his company he was appointed Orderly Sergeant. May 20, 1862, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant and at the battle of Gettysburg, when Captain Higgins was promoted to Major, he was given charge of his company. At the battle of Lookout Valley Mr. Davis commanded companies B and G, many of the officers being lost or wounded in that engagement. In November, 1863, he was promoted to First Lieutenant, and at the veteran organization of the regiment was transferred to the command of Company G. In May, 1864, after the regiment started on the Atlanta campaign, he was promoted to Captain, but the commission did not reach him till after he was wounded, consequently was never mustered in . It was a year after his return home before he was able to attend to any business. In November, 1865, he opened a butcher shop, but two years later was obliged to close out on account of trouble caused by his wound. In March, 1868; he was employed by James Emmitt to keep the toll-gate on the Waverly and Sunfish turnpike. In May, 1869, he was appointed Government Store-keeper, but there being no business at the distillery, remained at the toll-gate till Aug. 1. He remained at James Emmitt's distillery when there was any business there. till Feb. 1, 1875, and since then has been there and at George Davis's distillery in Portsmouth, alternately. Mr. Davis was married Jan. 5, 1854, to Keziah Lewis, of Pike County. Of the ten children born to them, three sons and three daughters are still living. John A. Eylar, prosecuting attorney, was born Feb. 16, 1855, in Adams County, Ohio, son of John and Ann A. Eylar, both natives of Adams County. Mr. Eylar's death occurred in 1866, from cholera, and his widow is residing at West Union, Adams County, where she was born and reared. They were the parents of six sons and one daughter. John A., the fourth child, was reared in Adams County and lived with his mother till within the past four years. His early education was received at Youngsville, a small village in Adams County, after which he attended the-, High School at West Union, He then taught school 758 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. a year, and in 1872 entered the Normal School at West Union, where he remained two years and graduated in May, 1874. In September of the same year he took charge of the grammar department of the High School at West Union and taught one year. During this time he began to read law and on June 2, 1874, entered the law office of John K. Billings, with whom he remained till he was admitted to the bar in 1876. Shortly after this he was nominated on the Democratic ticket for Prosecuting Attorney for Adams County, but was defeated by seventy-eight votes. He began to practice law by himself, but in 1878 formed a co partnership with D. W. Thomas, and in 1879 with J. M. Wells, but shortly after moved to Waverly, where he opened an office. In April, 1880, he formed a partnership with George D. Cole, remaining with him one year. In the fall of 1881 Mr. Eylar was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Pike County, and went into office Jan. 1, 1882. G. C. Flegel was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, Nov. 20, 1856. His parents, J. A. and L. A. Flegel, still reside in that county, in the village of Lithopolis. At the age of fourteen our subject left his home to fight the battles of life alone, and, following his inclinations, as a business chose that of railroading, beginning at the foot of the ladder by carrying water for the laborers along the section. He acted in this capacity but for a short time. Feeling he had a higher calling, he engaged in and learned the business of telegraphing. He took his first message at Marion, Ohio, on the C., Mt. V. & T. R R From there he was transferred to Fostoria, Ohio. April 21, 1881, he went to Chillicothe, where he accepted the position of chief clerk in the freight office of the Scioto Valley Railroad. In July following he was promoted to, and accepted, the position of freight and ticket agent and telegraph operator for the Scioto Valley Railroad at Waverly, Ohio, in which capacity he still serves to the full satisfaction of the company and public. He married April 20, 1879, Jennie Allcut, of Fostoria, Ohio, a daughter of David and Sarah Allcut. To them have been born two children —Elmer Woolcott and Nellie Hays. Adam Gehres was born in Prussia, Germany, March 9, 1828, a son of Adam and Charlotte Gehres. In 1836 his parents came to America and located in Wayne County, Ohio, removing five years later to Pike County, where his father died in 1867 and his mother in 1872. Mr. Gehres was married in 1849 to Rachel Wyatt, of Yin. ton County, Ohio. In 1852 he went to Iowa and in 1864 returned to Ohio and engaged in the furniture business. He lived in Sharonville two years and then came to Waverly and opened a manufactory on a small scale. In 1870 he put in an engine and ran his machinery by steam, manufacturing his own goods till 1880; since then he has bought his furniture of other factories and now has the largest and finest line of furniture in the city. In 1880 he built his large three-story ware-rooms. The old building, two stories high, is used for the undertaking and finishing departments. Mr. Gehres has seven children—William and Joseph, of Gehres Bros'. planing-mill; Jacob, of the firm of A. Gehres & Son; Jennie, Daniel, Nellie and Elizabeth. Mr. Gehres and family are members of the Presbyterian church. Charles Gehres, the fourth son of Adam and Charlotte (Kehl) Gehres, was born in Prussia in 1832 and came with his parents to Ohio in 1837. After his father's death, in 1867, he removed to Seal Township and in 1873 came to Pee Pee Township, and now resides on the Noland farm, three and a half miles south of Waverly. He is one of the best farmers in the township and holds a high place in the estimation of his fellow townsmen. In 1856 he married Catherine, daughter of, Abraham and Dorothy Bock. Eight children have been HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 759 born. to them, five now living—Jacob C., John C., Abraham, Peter, John W., Anna Elizabeth. John Adam and an infant unnamed are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Gehres are members of the Lutheran church. Jacob Gehres, youngest son of Adam and Charlotte (Kehl) Gehres, was born in Prussia in 1835. His parents came to the United States in 1837 and located near Wooster, Ohio, and resided there five years, and then removed to Jackson Township, Pike County, where his father died. in 1867. Mr. Gehres is one of the most influential men of the township. He was married in the spring of 1861 to Mary E., daughter of Abraham and Dorothy (Lauer) Bock. They have had eleven children—Charles P., Anna J., May D., Jacob, Maggie S., John A., Lizzie C., Emma A., Alma L., Louis C. and Adam (deceased): Mr. and Mrs. Gehres are members of the Lutheran church. Politically he is a Democrat. They reside on the Prather farm, Mr. Gehres superintending the cultivation. of 450 acres. Friedrich, Guth, professor of music, was born at Zeiskam, Rheinpftalz, Germany, March 19, 1843. He attended the public schools at Zeiskam till he was eleven years of age, when he went to the Latin school at Germersheim. At the age of thirteen he began the study of music, also taking private lessons in French. He attended the preparatory school for the purpose of entering the Seminary until he was sixteen years old, when he passed a satisfactory examination and was admitted to the Seminary at Kaiserslantern, from which he graduated in 1861. He was then sent by the Government as practicant to Weingarten, and in 1862 he was sent in the same capacity to Zeiskam, where he received a permanent situation as teacher in the public schools. In 1865 he passed his State examination andreceived a first-grade life certificate which was of considerable importance, as a certificate of this kind excluded him from the military duties of the Government. In 1866 he received a call to teach music in the Franklin College at Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio, which he accepted and remained there till August, 1868, when he removed to Waverly, which place he has since made his home. Since 1879 he has given up teaching music and is devoting his time exclusively to the music business. He opened the pioneer music store in Waverly, that being the only one in the city, where he keeps on hand a full stock of pianos, organs, sheet music and all things pertaining to music. Prof. Guth was married in 1867 to Amalia Zinn, a native of Zeiskam, Germany, who died at Waverly, Ohio, in 1872, leaving two sons—Carl Friedrich Oscar and Friedrich Valentin Arthur. He was again married in 1874 to Kate Best,a native of Waverly. Two sons have blessed this union—Arthur Edwin Tasso, and Victor Conrad. Conrad Guth, father of our subject, was born in 1814 and is a well-to-do farmer, now residing in Germany. His grandfather, Georg Adam Guth, was born in 1789, and was a soldier under Napoleon. He was a son of Friedrich, the son of Georg Peter, the son ofJohannes, who was born in 1690, and was the proprietor of the "Golden Plow," a hotel in Zeiskam, Rheinpfalz, Germany, still in existence and in the possession of the Guth family. Harrison J. Hayes, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Meek) Hayes, was born Saturday, Sept. 8, 1838, in Ross County, Ohio, eight miles southwest of Chillicothe. His father, a native of Maryland, was born July 5, 1790; his mother, a native of Virginia, was born Sept. 11, 1792. His parents were married in Virginia, Aug. 20, 1810, and Shortly afterward settled in the northern part of Ohio. His father was in the war of 1812. In about 1820 they removed to Ross County, Ohio, and in 1854 to Pike County, one, and a half miles north of Waverly, where his mother died Feb. 26, and his father March 12, 1857. They had a family of fourteen children—Mary, born Sept. 18,1811; John E., April 28, 1814; 760 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. Susana, Dec. 2, 1815; Elizabeth, Sept. 20, 1817; Joseph, Sept. 11, 1819; William, June 21, 1821; Margaret Ann, Aug. 22, 1823; Robert M., Sept. 23, 1825; Samuel M.,Nov. 28, 1827; Allen D., June 13, 1830; Thomas, May 17, 1832; Sarah Jane, March 31, 1833; James M., Feb. 27, 1835, and Harrison J., Sept. 8, 1838. John E., William, Margaret A., James M. and Harrison J. are the only ones now living. The latter, H. J. Hayes, was reared on a farm eight miles southwest of Chillicothe, Ohio. He was married on Thursday, Dec. 15, 1859. at Chillicothe, Ross Co.. Ohio, by Sylvester Bacon, a Justice of the Peace, to Sarah Jane, daughter of Enos and Susana (Meighen) Rinehart, and settled in Ross County, eight miles south of Chillicothe, on a farm. In 1862 lie removed to Macon County, 111., and in 1865 returned to Ross County and bought property in Adelphi, eighteen miles northwest 'of Chillicothe, remaining there till the spring of 1869, when he removed to a farm in Pike County, five miles northeast of Waverly. The next spring he went again to Illinois (Piatt County), remaining there until 1873, when he returned to Ross County, Ohio, and bought a farm and in connection with farming carried on a grocery on the farm. Dec. 3, 1878, he moved to Waverly, Pike County, Ohio, where he has since resided, engaged in the mercantile and lumber business. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes have had a family of eleven children-Mary Etta, born Friday, Aug. 16, 1861, in Ross County, Ohio; John Rinehart, born Tuesday, Oct. 7, 1862, in Ross County, Ohio, died March 26, 1872, in Piatt County, Ill.; William Enos, born Saturday, March 19, 1864, in Macon County, Ill., died Dec. 12, 1865, in Ross County, Ohio; Susana Elizabeth, born Thursday, Jan. 18, 1866, in Ross County, Ohio; James Allen, born Monday, Dee. 9, 1867, in Ross County, Ohio; Sarah Jane, born, Thursday, Feb. 3, 1870, in Pike County, Ohio; Rosa Belle, born Sunday, April 28, 1872, in Piatt County, died Aug. 27, 1872, in Piatt County, Ill.; Iantha Ann, born Thursday, April 2, 1874, in Ross County, Ohio; Florence Alice, born Sunday, Dec. 31, 1876, in Ross County, Ohio; Eli Horatio, born Saturday, May 24, 1879, in Pike County, Ohio; Ida May, born Thurs. day, June 16, 1881, in Pike County, Ohio. Mrs. Hayes' parents were married May 11, 1827, in Guernsey County, Ohio. Her fa. ther, a son of Samuel and Armalia Rinehart, was born April 3, 1808, in Greene County, Pa. Her mother, a daughter of John and Christena (Watters) Meighen, was born June 16, 1808, in the same State. Their children were Samuel E., born April 2, 1828; Abigail, born Aug. 24, 1829; John E., born Aug, 7, 1831; Louisa, born June 26, 1833; Levi, born Jan. 31, 1835; Ezerias, born Dec. 28, 1836; Enos, born March 6, 1839; Sarah Jane, horn June 12, 1841; . William Israel, born April 15, 1843; Susana, born May 2, 1845; Nancy Jane, born March 23, 1847; Mary Ann, born July 21, 1849; Ether Linda, born April 22, 1851; Robert Hayes, born Jan. 6, 1855. George Henry was born near Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 8, 1821, a son of Robert and Mar. garet (Wilbern) Henry, the former a native of Philadelphia, Pa., and the latter of Maryland. He was reared from his ninth year in Clinton County. He remained with his father till he was twenty-one years old, when he began to work on a farm for $8 a month and his board, At the age of twenty-two he began to learn the trade of a brick-layer, at which he worked ten years. He then went to Illinois, where he bought and herded cattle about two years, this proving a very successful enterprise. He invested $1,500 in cattle, and by careful man. agement doubled his money at the end of two years. In 1855 he and his brother went into the grocery business under the firm name oil, J. & G. Henry, which they carried on till 1863, since when his brother' James has can- HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 761 tinued it alone. In 1868 our subject moved to Piketon, Pike County, and in the fall of 1869 moved to Waverly. He is now engaged in the grocery business besides having a farm one and a half miles from Waverly. The farm was in a very poor condition, and was purchased at the appraisement. After coming into possession of it. Mr. Henry began making improvements and invested considerable means on it, and to-day it is one Of the finest farms in the valley. He was married in May, 1862, to Harriett F., daughter . of Peirre Nolind, a former old resident of Pike County. They have two children living —Luella and Leroy. One child died in infancy. Robert Henry was a tin and copper smith until he moved to Ohio in 1828. He then followed farming till his death in 1865. His widow is still living at Reesville, Clinton Co., Ohio, aged eighty-seven years. They had nine children, of whom four sons and two daughters are still living. Granville C. Hibbens was born in Pee Pee Township, Pike County, Feb. 14, 1830. His father, James R. Hibbens, was born Feb. 13, 1800, in Greenbrier County, Va., and when eight years old moved with his parents to Pennsylvania, and a year later came to Ohio and settled in Ohio near Richmond Dale, Ross County. In 1828 he married Mary, daughter of Abraham Chenoweth, one of the first settlers in this locality. His parents were poor so he was obliged to work, and in this way educated himself till he was qualified to teach. After his marriage he commenced farming, and about 1835 moved to Waverly and began the mercantile business, which he followed nearly twenty-five years. In 1845 he bought a farm of 217 acres, below Waverly, and after retiring from business moved to it, where he spent the rest of his life. He died March 20, 1879, his wife having died May 10, 1877. They reared a family of five children —Granville C., Samuel R., Abraham, Rebecca Ann, wife of David Downing, of Peoria, Ill., and William, who was killed in the late war at the battle of Winchester. Granville C. Hi bbens, the name which heads this sketch, was about five years old when his father moved to Waverly. He attended the schools of that place, and for a short time attended the school at Delaware, Ohio. When old enough he entered his father's store, and when he retired from business Granville bought the stock, which he sold after two or three years. In 1859 he was married to Desire Miller, a native of Frankfort, Ross County, and daughter of Israel Miller. they have had six children, of whom five are living—Anna (wife of J. E. Elliott), James, Rebecca, William (deceased), Amy and Iona. After his marriage Mr. Hibbens moved to his present residence. In politics he is a Republican . John W. Higgins, attorney at law, was born Nov. 7, 1851, in McLean County, Ill. His father, Jeffry Higgins, is a native of England, and emigrated to America when a boy. He followed the cooper's trade till his marriage, when he pursued farming. He was reared near Bainbridge, Ohio, and when twenty-two years old married Mary E. Jones, a native of *Ross County, Ohio. Soon after he moved to McLean County, where he made his home till 1865, when lie went to Jones County, Iowa. In 1867 he went to Missouri, where his wife died Feb. 18, 1870. Shortly after his wife's death he came to Ohio and lived in Bainbridge, Ross County, after which he moved to Fayette County, where he afterward married Nancy Smith, a widow. They now reside in Fayette County where he is, at present engaged in the mercantile business. They have six children living, our subject, John W., being the eldest of the family. He remained in Bainbridge about six months, when he came to Waverly and taught school, and during the summer months of 1873-'74-'75 attended the Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. He taught ten years in Pike County, six years in the Waverly schools, five years as Principal of 762 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. the Waverly High School, his last position being Superintendent of the schools at Piketon. In 1878, during the summer months,he studied law under Houstin James, a former member of the Pike County bar. He was admitted to the bar at Columbus, June 7, 1881, after which he opened an office in Waverly, where he has since been engaged in active practice. At present he is a United States Gauger. He was married July 4, 1876, to Lilly M. Branch, daughter of Orin Branch (deceased). They have three children—John W., Edna M. and James. Colonel Thomas W. Higgins, attorney at law, was born June 18, 1825, the second of four children of John and Parnella (Ashley) Higgins. His father, a native of Vermont, was a farmer and lawyer and settled in Knox County, Ohio, in 1810, where he accumulated considerable property and was prominently identified with the county's interest. He died March 1, 1874. Mr. Higgins's mother was a native of New Hampshire and died in 1831, when he was but six years old. Until his seventeenth year his time was spent alternately at the district school in winter and on the farm in summer. He did not confine himself to the limited curriculum of the district school, but extended his course of reading to works of a higher order, and in 1845 entered Oberlin College, where, for several years, he applied himself to the classics and general literature. While in college he taught school one term. In 1850 he entered the law school at Ballston _Spa, N. Y., and was subsequently admitted to the bar at Albany, N. Y. He located at Buffalo, but a year later went to New York City, where he remained three years. In 1855 he went to Europe and spent a year traveling in Great Britain. In Dublin he met Miss Isabelle Wade, daughter of Samuel Wade, a prominent wool merchant of that city, and in 1856, shortly before leaving for America, they were married. After his return to this country he wrote " The Crooked Elm; or, Life by the Wayside," which met with a large sale. In 1858 Mr. Higgins took up his residence in Toledo, Ohio, where he practiced law till 1860, when he removed to Waverly. In 1861 he recruited Company B, Seventy-third Ohio Infantry, and was appoint. ed its Captain. He bore a creditable part in the battle of Cross Keys, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Mission Ridge, Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta, and marched with Sherman to the sea. At Resaca he was wounded in the left side by a minie ball, and at the last battlein North Carolina was wounded in the head, His gallantry secured him, first, a Major's and then a Lieutenant-Colonel's commission, and a portion of -his term of service he was in command of his regiment. He was mustered out in 1865. He has achieved an enviable reputation as a lawyer, soldier and literateur, and whether at home or abroad, in his office or at the bar, displays a character of great in tegrity and moral strength. In politics he is a Democrat. In religion he is bound to no particular creed. He takes great interest in educational matters and has been more or less identified with the schools of Pike County. Spence Atwell Hutt, Sr., M. D., was born Sept. 19, 1824, in Ross County, Ohio, a son of Nimrod and Fanny B. (Atwell) Hutt. His father was a Virginian, who followed mercantile pursuits the greater part of his life. About 1805 lie left his native place and settled in Circleville, Ohio. From there he moved to Chillicothe and thence to Bainbridge, Ross Co., Ohio. He was the proprietor of a hotel in Bainbridge and died there in 1849, his wife surviving him till June 3, 1875. She theft Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio. Spence A, Hutt was employed first as a farmer's boy till he went to Bainbridge, where he learned the blacksmith's trade, working at the forge two years and a half. He then went to New Pe. tersburg, Highland Co., Ohio, where he was engaged as a clerk in a mercantile store until HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 763 1845, when he took a position in a Chillicothe store. Returning to New Petersburg he was again employed as clerk in a store. He now began to read medicine with Dr. James D. Miller, devoting his days to. business and his nights to study. In the fall of 1818 he matriculated at the Sterling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, and in the spring of 1819 began the practice of medicine at Sharonville, Pike Co., Ohio. In the following fall he took up his residence at Waverly, where be has since been engaged in the practice of his profession, in which he has been very successful. In politics he is a Democrat. He was married July 13, 1851, to Kezia Hinson, of Waverly, Pike Co., Ohio. Austin Hutt, M. D., was born April 5, 1852, in Waverly, Pike Co., Ohio, and is a son of Spence A. Hutt, Sr. His education was received at the public schools of Waverly and at the age of eighteen he apprenticed himself to the trade of bricklaying, serving eight years. In 1874 lre began the study of medicine with his father, devoting his evenings and other leisure time to study during the remaining four years working at his trade. He graduated from Starling Medical College, Feb. 25,1878, and the following May he opened an office in Waverly and began the practice of medicine and surgery, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession and is meeting with much success. He was married to Maggie Flanagan, of Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 26, 1883. W. D. James, attorney at law, was horn in Pike County, Dec. 1, 1853, a son of David and Charlotte C. (Beauchamp) James. He was reared on a farm in the southeast part of the county, and was educated at the common schools, receiving private instruction in the higher branches of study. At the age of seventeen lie taught his first school in Pike County, and continued teaching during the winter months for five years. In the spring of 1874 lre entered the office of John T. Moore at Waverly, and began reading law. The following year Mr. Moore moved to Jackson and Mr. James then continued his studies under the supervision of George D. Cole, till 1877. In April of this year he was admitted to the bar, and in July following opened an office at Piketon. In the spring of 1879 Mr. James was elected Mayor of Piketon. In December, 1881, moved to Waverly, where he has since been engaged in practice, which is steadily increasing. He was marred, Sept. 26, 1882, to Terrena F. Martin, a native of Scioto County. Mr. James is a young lawyer of ability, and possesses a great degree of energy. General Wells S. Jones, M. D., was born Aug. 3, 1830, in Ross County, Ohio, the third of eight children of Robert P. and Nancy Jones, both natives of Berkeley County, Va. His father was born March 4, 1804, and his mother March 30, 1805. His parents at an early date came to Ohio and settled in Paxton Township, Ross County, where his father still lives, and his mother died Sept. 13, 1879. Our subject received a good education in his early life, and remained on his father's farm till lie reached his majority. In 1851 he went to McLean County, Ill., and spent two years in farming and teaching, when he returned home and began the study of medicine. He graduated from Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, and in the spring of 1856 commenced the practice of medicine in Jasper, Pike County, and continued practicing in Jasper and Waverly until the opening of the Rebellion, when he gave up a lucrative practice to enter the service of his country. In the fall of 1861 he recruited Company A, Fifty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was commissioned its Captain. It was the first full company taken to camp from Pike County. In February, 1862, his regiment joined General Sherman's Division at Paducah, Ky. The first battle in which he was engaged was at Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862. 764 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. For his gallant conduct in this battle he was promoted to Colonel, and immediately was placed in command of the Fifty-third regiment, Ohio Infantry. He commanded his regiment until August, 1864, when he was placed in command of the Second Brigade, Second Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, which latter command he kept until the close of the war. He commanded his regiment and brigade in every battle in which they were engaged, never having left the scene of active hostilities during the entire four years in which he was engaged in the service. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Jackson, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro, -rid with Sherman to the sea. While leading his brigade in the memorable assault on Fort McAllister, near Savannah, he was wounded by a minie-ball, disabling him from active service for One month. After the grand review at Washington he served with his brigade in Arkansas, and was mustered out of service in September, 1865, and has ever since resided in Waverly. General Jones is politically a Republican, and is a leading politician of his party. In the fall of 1866 he was a candidate for Congress, and the following year for State Senator. In 1869 he was appointed Internal Revenue Assessor of the Twelfth Congressional District and held the position four years, till the office was abolished. In recommending him for that position, General Sherman thus speaks of him in a letter to his brother, Senator John Sherman, of Ohio: " General Jones commanded a regiment 'and then a brigade under me, from the beginning to the close of the war. He is entitled to any civil office he may aspire to, and I cordially indorse him." In connection with his medical practice, General. Jones is largely interested in mercantile and agricultural pursuits. He is active in all that promotes public good, political, social or religious. By his public spirit and indomitable enterprise, the first railroad of Pike County, the Ohio Southern, was built, and he was one of its incorporators. In the spring of 1880 he was appointed by Governor Foster one of the Trustees of the Ohio Deaf and Dumb Asylum, which position he has filled for the past three years. Sept 3, 1866, he was married to Elizabeth H., daughter of William and Harriet Kincaid. She died March 16, 1876. June 20, 1881, he married Mary F. M., daughter of Samuel F. and Lydia L. Wetmore. She was a native of Bangor, Me., and has resided in Waverly since sixteen years of age. They have one son —Robert Ralph. John Kent, son of Daniel and Ann (Cowley) Kent, was born in Wiltshire, England, pee. 17, 1819. In 1832 the family came to Ohio and settled in Cleveland. At the aged fourteen he went to work on the Ohio Canal and worked in the , different capacities from driver to captain during the summer seasons for seven years. He was married in 1841 to Temperance Bennett, a native of Ohio. Out of a family of fourteen children, four are living—William Daniel, Edward Oscar (in business with his father), Henry Hill and John Truman. In March, 1846, he came to Waverly and began the stone-cutting business with his brother-in-law, Samuel S. Bennett. They remained together eight years, since when Mr. Kent has continued the business with the exception of four years, from 1866 till 1870, when he held the office of Treasurer of Pike County. About 1849 he was elected Justice of the Peace, and, with the exception of the four years as County Treasurer, served in that capacity thirty-four years. About 1849 he was also elected Mayor of the corporation of Wa verly, and served till 1854. Mr. Kent was a Whig in politics till 1854, but since then he voted the Democratic ticket till the fall of 18e2, when he voted the Prohibition ticket.. His father, Daniel Kent, reared a family o five children to maturity, three of whom 811 now living--William, Susan (wife of T. W. HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 765 Steele, of Chicago), and John. Mr. Kent died of cholera at Cleveland, July 27, 1854, a daughter having died of the same disease two days previous. Mrs. Ann Kent died at her son's residence at Waverly, May 18, 1855. George Kerns, son of John and Jane (Jackson) Kerns, was born in Lancaster County, Pa,, Dec. 4, 1827. He remained at home till his marriage, April' 17, 1850, with Mary Burk, who was born and reared in Pike County, and daughter of William Burk, one of the oldest settlers in the county. They have two children—Maria J., wife of Charles A. Cave, residing in Washington, Fayette County, and Annie, at home. One daughter—Isabella—died in 1863, aged nine years. In April, 1851, he moved with his father to Fairfield County, where they farmed together five years. Jan. 21, 1856, he returned to Pike County and located in Pee Pee Township, three miles from Waverly, where he engaged in the coopering business, in which he continued till 1872, meeting with good success. In 1871 he was elected County Auditor, which position lre filled four years. From 1875 till 1879 he was engaged in the mercantile business, and on the 9th of February he entered upon his duties as Probate Judge, and is now serving on his second tern. During his residence in the township lre served as Assessor in 1867–'68. He also served as Township Trustee two years and as Assessor one year after his term in the Auditor's office had expired. Jacob Kern, our subject's grandfather, came from Germany with his wife and located in Pennsylvania, being among the early settlers of that State. They had eleven or twelve children, all born hi Pennsylvania. John, the father of our subject, being one of the youngest, was born in 1790. He was reared in his native State, and about 1824 married Jane Jackson. They reared a family of three children, all natives of Pennsylvania. In October, 1831, Mr. Kerns 'removed to Fairfield County, Ohio, where he remained over nine years. April 1, 1841, he located five miles west of Waverly, Pee Pee Township,Pike County. After residing here ten years, returned to Fairfield County, remaining there about seven years, when he moved to Champaign County, where he spent the remainder of his days. His death occurred in the spring of 1865. David Lorbach, Sr., was born i n Lambsheim, Bavaria, Germany, Feb. 4, 1815. He learned the trade of a cabinet-maker in his native country, and in 1838 came to the United States. and located in Chillicothe, Ohio, where he worked at his trade. In 1817 he removed to Pike County and purchased a farm in Pee Pee Township, where he resided till his death, Feb. 2, 1852, caused by the falling of a tree. He left a widow and seven children—Magdalene, Catherine, Anna Maria, David, John, Elizabeth and Philip. John and Catherine are deceased. David, Jr., was born in Chillicothe, July 1, 1846. He was married in Waverly, Feb. 6, 1870, to Emily, daughter of Charles and Christina Grosse. Six children have been born to them, three now living—Emily E., Bertha A. and David. Anna M., Katy A. and Matilda E. are deceased, the first two named having died in Illinois and the last one in Nebraska. Mr. Lorbach and his wife are members of the Lutheran church. Henry Lorbach, youngest son of Michael and Elizabeth (Keller) Lorbach, was born in Germany, Dec. 25, 1845. In 1846 his father came to America, and located in Waverly, and four years later his wife and family joined him. They subsequently opened a hotel, and continued that business till the mother's death, in 1868. The father died in 1873. Henry first engaged in business for himself in 1865, at Washington Court-House, but soon after returned to Waverly, and was with his brother in a bakery, but afterward engaged in business alone in a lunch room, billiard parlor, etc. March 2, 1870, he married Rosa, daughter of Felix and Magdalene, 766 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. Cook. They have had five sons—Charles F., Ed ward O., William Valentine, Louis F. and Augustus Miller. William V. is deceased. In August, 1861, Mr. Lorbach enlisted in Company D, Thirty-third Ohio Infantry. FIe enlisted three different times, and served over three years; participated in the battles of Perryville, Peach Tree Creek, Kenesaw Mountain, and was with Sherman on the march to the sea. He was wounded at Perryville and Kenesaw Mountain. Mr. Lorbach is now serving as Councilman of Waverly. Philip Lorbach, was born in Bavaria, Germany, March 7, 1838, a son of Michael and Elizabeth (Keller) Lorbach. He came with his. parents to the United States in the 'spring of 1850. His uncle, David Lorbach, was living near Waverly, and they therefore came direct to this township. His mother died in 1866, and his father in 1869.  Philip received a good German and English education, attending school in the old country and in Waverly. When fifteen years of age he began working in Emmitt & Myers's store, and remained with them eight years. He then moved to a farm near Waverly, and lived there twelve years. In 1873 he formed a partnership with Otto Zurbon and Valentine Lorbach in the notions business. In 1879 he was elected County Treasurer on the Democratic ticket, and was re-elected in 1881, a position he fills to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. He was married, May 18, 1856, to Margaret Steinger. They have one daughter, Margaret. Thomas Lowrey, M. D., was born in County Donegal, Ireland, twelve miles from Londonderry, the son of James and Mary (Campbell) Lowrey. He was educated in Ireland, and at the age of eighteen began the study of medicine, graduating from the University at Glasgow, Scotland, in the spring of 1839. In May, 1839, he'came to the United States, landed at New York, where he remained about six months. He then went to Hightstown, N. J., and remained six months, when he returned to New York. At the time of the Florida war he funned the acquaintance of Dr. More, Surgeon-General of the United States army, and applied for the position of Assistant Surgeon at Fort Hamilton, where the troops were then stationed; but learning that he would probably have to go to Florida lie abandoned that idea, and instead returned to Ireland. He remained there till the following spring, and in the meantime, in 1842, was married to Margaret Campbell, of Scotch descent, and a distant relative. In 1843 he returned to New York, where his parents were then living, and with them made arrangements to come West. They located in Sharonville, Pike Co., Ohio. After a residence there of eleven years Dr. Lowrey removed to Waverly, and two years later traded his town property for a farm of 160 acres where he lived two years when he sold out and went to Philadelphia and purchased a drug store. Finding that it interfered with his practice he sold it in about six months. In the spring of 1859 lie returned to Waverly and formed a partnership with W. S. Jones, which existed only a year. At the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion he recruited a company and was commissioned First Lieutenant of Company I, Fifty-sixth Ohio In. fantry. He participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, Pittsburg Landing and the siegeof Corinth. At this time, having a serious trouble with his eyes, he was sent to the hospital at Cincinnati, but rejoined his regiment at Helena, Ark., where they remained the rest of the summer. His eyes growing worse he was obliged to resign, and returned home in the fall of 1862. He resumed the practice of his profession in Waverly, where he still resides, one of the most prominent and skillful physicians of the county. Dr. W. J. Lowrey was born in Sharonville, Pike Co., Ohio, Dec. 7, 1847, a son of Dr. Thomas and Margaret Lowrey. In 1861 he HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 767 began reading medicine with his father, and was in the office with him six years. In 1867 he began the practice of his profession in Waverly, Pike Co., Ohio, and in March, 1873, he removed to Jasper, in the same county, remaining in Jasper until the spring of 1882, when he removed to Waverly. The Doctor, while in Jasper, had a very extensive practice, bat became dissatisfied with the place after some unknown person tried to assassinate him in June, of 1879. He was married Jane 20, 1872, to Rachel M. Schlegel, a native of Chillicothe, Ohio, and a daughter of John G. and Amelia Schlegel. His father-in-law, John G. Schlegel, died Aug. 8, 1878, aged sixty-three years. Mrs. Schlegel is still living in Chillicothe. Dr. and Mrs. Lowrey have one .son living—William R., aged nine years. The Dr. has great taste for surgery, and has performed some of the most difficult operations that have occurred in that section for years. He has also given the eye and ear a great deal of attention, and has quite an extensive practice. He is said to be one of the most energetic practitioners in the profession, never refusing to render assistance to the suffering poor, money or no money. Politically the Doctor is a Democrat, but in all his views there is nothing radical. Claudius T. McCoy was born in Hardin County, Ohio, May 30, 1845, a son of Samuel and Elizabeth McCoy. He attended the common schools till he was thirteen years of age, and after spending a year at work on the farm he attended the High School at Kenton, Ohio, two years. He afterward entered Vermillion College, Ashland, Ohio, and remained three years. He then commenced teaching. His first schools were in the country, but when twenty-three years of age he took charge of the Kenton High School. Two years later he went to Lancaster and had charge of the High School, resigning in his third year to accept the superintendency of the Waverly schools. He served in this capacity five and a half years, when he resigned and entered the office of George D. Cole, and commenced the study of law. He was admitted to the bar April 28, 1879, and immediately opened an office of his own. He has been more successful than the majority of young attorneys, having now a fine practice. His legal library is better than the average lawyers of Waverly. Dec. 19, 1872, Mr. McCoy married Margaret J. Sturgeon, a native of Lancaster. They have had five children, three sons and two daughters; two sons died in infancy. Mr. McCoy was reared in the United Presbyterian church, and joined that church when twenty-two years of age, but of late years has connected himself with the Presbyterian church, there being no church of his denomination where he has lived, and his wife being a member of the Presbyterian church. Politically Mr. McCoy has always been a Democrat, and was for several years an active politician, but on account of the position taken by his party on the temperance question, is now outside the pale of any political party. Henry B. McKenzie was born near Bourneville, Ross Co., Ohio, Jan. 1, 1835, a son of Bennett and Nancy (Pool) McKenzie. His father is of Scotch descent, born June 1, 1806, and was one of the early settlers of Ross County. His mother died in 1863. Of their twelve children five sons and three daughters are still living. Henry B. is the third child. He was educated in the common schools and when eighteen years of age began to teach school. In March, 1857, he became associated with J. W. Cochran in the mercantile business at Bourneville. They remained together four years, when Mr. McKenzie withdrew and bought another store opposite his former partner's. In the spring of 1864 he sold out and bought a store in Leesburg, Highland Co., Ohio, but remained there only one summer, when he came to Waverly and bought the store on the corner of North and High streets. In 1868 John Gregg became associated with 768 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. him, but a year later the partnership was dissolved and Mr. McKenzie was alone till 1879 when T. N. Barnes became his partner, under the firm name of McKenzie & Barnes. July 1, 1882, Mr. McKenzie withdrew and retired from mercantile life. He has considerable farming land and is turning his attention to its cultivation. Soon after corning to Waverly he was appointed Internal Revenue Collector and filled the position two years. He was reared in the Methodist church, and has been a member of the church for over thirty:years. On the 13th of October, 1859, he married Amanda E., daughter of John and Martha Gregg. They have four children, three sons and one daughter. James H. Moore, son of Hambleton and Maria (Clark) Moore, was born in Virginia in 1849. When a child his parents removed to Iowa County, Iowa, and located the town of Millersburg, named at his father's suggestion. His father built the first mill in that neighborhood. At the commencement of the civil war Mr. Moore came to Ohio and located in Portsmouth. He was for ten years ticket agent for the M. & C. Railroad at Chillicothe. He is now living on a fine farm of 300 acres, a mile north of Waverly. In 1876 he married Lutitia McNeil, a daughter of a distinguished pioneer, both parents now deceased. They have three children—Maria, Bessie Davis and James Hambleton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Moore's father died in 1871, his mother is still living. Joseph Myers was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Oct. 15, 1830, son of Antony and Mary Ann (Lintzmiar) Myers. His mother died in Germany in 1831, and he came with his father to Ohio when two years old. They settled in Portsmouth, Scioto County,there being only two German families living there at that time. His father died Feb. 28, 1842. Joseph Myer was educated in Portsmouth, and Aug. 5., 1843, came to Waverly, where he was employed by James Emmitt in the mercantile business till 1853. This year he became apart, ner with James Emmitt and James Davis, under the firm name of Emmitt, Davis & Co. The following spring Mr. Davis died and the firm name was changed to Emmitt & Myers. He was with Mr. Emmitt nearly, thirty-eight years being a partner for thirty years. April 1, 1881, he opened his present bud. ness with Henry Stahler, the firm name being Myers & Stahler. They have one of the largest mercantile houses in Waverly, and are carrying on a successful business. He was married in 1857 to Cynthia Faker,a native of Portsmouth. They had seven ail. dren, four of whom are living—George J., married to Bird Wily, living on a farm. in Clinton County, Ohio; Anna, James J. and Francis Edward. Emma, wife of Henry Stahler, died Aug. 1, 1880. Mary M. and a son died in infancy. His.wife died June 2, 1871, and April 8, 1883, he was married to Eliza. beth Lorbach, a native of this county. In religious faith Mr. Myers is a Catholic. Hosea Nolind, a native of Pike County, was born Nov. 19, 1806, three miles south of Waverly, a son of John and Lurena (Shep. herd) Nolind, his father a native of Mary. land, and his mother of Pennsylvania. Shepherdstown, Pa., was named for his mother's family. His parents came to Ohio in 1796 and settled on Pee Pee Prairie where his fa. ther died in his seventy-eighth year and his mother in her fifty-fourth. Of a family of ten children, eight grew to maturity. Hosea and an older brother managed the farm several years prior to their father's death. He was married in 1844 to Sarah Ann Cody, a native of Virginia, born in 1822, and a daughter of David Cody, but a resident of Ohio since ten years of age. They had three children, two now living—John William and Lurena. Mrs. Nolind died in 1872. Mr. Nolind owns 1,200 acres of fine land, including the old homestead. He lived on his farm till 1870, HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 769 but since then has made Waverly his home. He is a public-spirited man and is very liberal, especially in all church matters. Henry W. Overman, surveyor, draughtsman and dealer in real estate, was born Jan. 12, 1837, in Rainsboro, Highland Co., Ohio, and is a son of Eli and Amy (Rains) Overman. His parents were born and reared in Ohio and reared a family of four children, our subject being the only one riving. His father having died in 1841 when our subject was four years old, he had to begin work at an early age. He worked for wages on a farm and attended school during the winter till he was twenty years old, when he began teaching school and taught during the winters six or seven terms. Since 1869 he has made surveying a special study, and in 1871 was elected County Surveyor of Pike County, which position he filled till 1878 when he resigned. He received the appointment of agent of the Virginia military lands in Pike County of the Ohio State University in 1877, his duties being the survey and sale of said lands. In 1879 he received the contract for making a detailed survey and mapping Pike County which he has been engaged at ever since and has made one of the most complete county and township maps ever produced. In 1882 he was appointed meteorological observer for the Twelfth Congressional District, which position he holds at the present time. He was married Feb. 21, 1861, to Mary Warne, of Pike County. Eight children have been born to them—Clara, Sallie M., John R., Mary E., Joseph W.,William H., Charles C. and Bertha Inez. Mrs. Overman is a member of the Presbyterian church. From 1862 till 1871 inclusive, Mr. Overman served as Clerk of Pebble Township and during that time was also Justice of the Peace. George Penisten, Sr., was born in the State of New Jersey, and while still in his youth removed to Kentucky. From there he emigrated to Ohio about the year 1797 and - 49 - settled on what was then known as " Bull-skin," near Cincinnati. He afterward located in the present territory of Pike County (then a part of Ross County) where he died about the year 1847,at the age of seventy-nine years, nine months, one day. He reared a family of ten children, five boys and five girls, all of whom lived to rear families of their own. George Penisten, Jr., the only surviving son of George Penisten, Sr., was born in 1804. In 1833 he married Vianna Murphy. They reared a family of eight children, five boys and three girls, all of whom are now dead except three. Isaac C., the second son, died while a member of the Ohio Legislature. He was serving his second term. He served two terms as Auditor of Pike County. George Penisten lived all his lite in Pike County with the exception of five years when he resided in Highland County, where he married his second wife, Rebecca R Lids, who is still living. Mr. Penisten filled many local offices and served in the militia five years as First Lieutenant. Lewis Penisten, also a son of George, Sr., was born in 1809, in what is now Pike County; lived all his life in said county. He was the father of twelve children, eight boys and four girls, nine of whom are now living, all in the West except Uriah. Uriah Penisten, third son of Lewis and Elizabeth (Boyles) Penisten, was born in Benton Township, Pike Co., Ohio, Jan. 18, 1836. His father was also born in Pike County about the year 1809, and after living out a lifetime of usefulness dial at fifty-two years of age. His widow still survives him. Our subject assisted his father on the farm until attaining his majority. The two years following he engaged with his cousin at farming. At the close of the first year he married Elizabeth Henry, by whom he had three children, two daughters and one son—Amanda, William Henry and Agnes Alwilda. Since the year 1877 he has been engaged in the mer- 770 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. cantile business. He located in Waverly in the fall of 1881 where he operates a general store and is also proprietor of the hotel known as the Penisten House, located on Market street. Mr. Penisten comes of pioneer stock and is one of the substantial and enterprising business men of Waverly. He is a member of the Idaho Lodge, No. 620, I. 0. 0. F. ; was also one of the charter members. John D. Powell was born in Monmouth, South Wales, Feb. 6, 1826, a son of William and Mary Powell. In 1830 the family came to the United States, and on the voyage his mother died and was buried in the sea, June 9, 1830. In 1837 he accompanied his father back to the Old Country, where the latter died some years after. While living there lie began to serve as an apprentice at the stonecutter's trade, and after his father's death, he came back to this country and finished his trade at St. Louis. For the past thirty years lie has been superintending public works. He was married Feb. 29, 1856, at Greenup, Ky., to Harriet Elizabeth Suttle. They have had nine children, four of whom are deceased. Since 1857 Mr. Powell has made his home in Pike County. Charles F. Schauseil was born in Waverly, Pike Co., Ohio, Dec. 4, 1849. His father, John G. Schauseil, was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1815. He was by trade a weaver. He was married in 1837 to Hannah S. Yette, and in 1848 came to the United States with his wife and three children. He landed in Buffalo and came to Waverly, where he commenced work in a brick-yard. In 1850 he moved to Beaver, and in 1853 returned to Waverly and embarked in the mercantile business, there being but four stores in the town at that time. He died in 1877, leaving a wife and five children—Charles F., John G., George A., Sophia and Hannah. Charles F. remained with his father till twenty years of age, and in 1869 went to Portsmouth and began clerking in a wholesale grocery house, traveling part of the time. In the fall of 1872- he returned to Waverly and Nov. 1 commenced business for himself on the corner of Lock and Third streets. Mr. Schauseil has been very successful in business. In 1875 he was elected a member of the Common Council and served four years. In 18S2 he was elected a member of the School Board for a term of three years. He has been a member of the Fire Department since 1877. He was married Dec. 29, 1872, to Lizzie Cook, a native of Piketon, born Feb. 26, 1854, and a daughter of Felix Cook, who was born in Gernany in 1824, and came to America in 1835. He came to Pike County and is now a resident of Waverly, carrying on the trade of a wagon-maker. He was married in 1848 to Magdalena Krick. To them have been born four daughters, but two now living–Rosa and Lizzie. Charles F. Smith was born at Lancaster, Penn., Dec. 18, 1826, the youngest of eleven children of Charles and Sarah (Ream) Smith, only three of whom are now living. His father was born in Columbia, Penn., April 2, 1792, and his mother in Reamstown, Lancaster Co., Penn. His mother died on March 10, 1832, and he went to live with his grandmother. In 1833 his father moved West to Fremont, then called Lower Sandusky, Ohio, and there married again. Of the five children by this marriage four are now living, When Charles F. Smith was eight years old he determined to go to his father, and learning of parties going West lie walked almost the entire distance of 500 miles. In 1836 his father moved West as far as Fort Independence, Mo.. in wagons, but not liking the country returned to Ohio, making the return journey by water. He first located in Jackson County, Ohio, and afterward, on April 1, 1840, moved to Piketon, Pike Co., Ohio, where his father died, March 29, 1856. When Charles F. Smith was twelve years old he began to learn the tin and coppersmith trade HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 771 of his father, which was all done by hand-tools at that time. After he had served his apprenticeship he drove cattle for other parties to Baltimore, Washington, D. C., Philadelphia, New York, etc., making the entire journey on foot. He then went into the tinning business again, working by machinery, which came into use about that time. In 1858 he opened a shop of his own in Waverly, Ohio, and in 1860 he added hardware to his stock. He commenced on a small scale, and by strict attention to business has made additions to it, till his large and prosperous business is the result. His is the oldest establishment of the kind in Waverly. He was married in 1857 to Catherine Hasselbach, a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, who came to America when seventeen years old. They have had ten children of whom two died in infancy. Those living are—Charles W., John K., George B. McC., Joseph H. T., Hiram A. O., Edwin P. P., Clarence F. and Catherine Louisa. The two eldest are engaged in the stove and hardware business under the firm name of C. W. Smith & Co. They have a full stock of hardware, stoves and implements, and are doing an extensive and prosperous business. Their store is distinct and separate from Charles F. Smith's, and was established in 1879. David Stahler was born in Lambsheim, Rheinpfalz, Bavaria, Germany, June 2, 1823. a son of Friedrich and Louisa (Stephan) Stahler. His parents both died in Germany in June, 1864, his father aged seventy and his mother sixty-nine. They reared a family of six children, five sons and one daughter. Four sons are still in the old country—Jacob, Friedrich, John and Rudolph. His father was a baker and farmer and also dealt extensively in lumber. David worked on the farm till old enough to learn a trade and then went into his father's bakery, where he remained ten years. He afterward worked in other cities in Germany, and March 20, 1850, em barked in the sailing vessel Actress for the United States. He came direct to Ohio, and located at Chillicothe, where he opened a bakery and carried on the business nineteen years. Feb. 10, 1869,he removed to Waverly, and established a hardware store. In October, 1871, his son Henry became associated with him under the firm name of D. Stahler & Son. Jan. 1, 1881, Mr. Stahler gave the business into the hands of his sons, Henry and Louis, and retired. The business is now carried on under the name of Stahler Brothers. Oct. 7, 1850, Mr. Stahler married Louisa Lorbach, also a native of Lambsheim, Rheinpfalz, Bavaria, Germany, who, with her parents, came to America in the same vessel with Mr. Stahler. She was born Dec. 9, 1822. They have had six children; five now living—Henry; Lizzie, widow of John Lorbach; Louis F., married Eva Knapp; Maggie, wife of Dr. J. Streitenberger, and David. Maggie died at the age of four years. Politically Mr. Stabler has always been a Democrat. He served seven years as Treasurer of the town of Waverly. Sidney A. Stedman, son of Enoch and Elizabeth (McConkey). Stedman, was born in Medina Co., Ohio, Jan. 30, 1836. His father was a native of New York State and by trade a mechanic. His mother is a native of Ohio. Our subject is the second son of a family of eleven children, of whom three sons and five daughters are still living. He lived in Medina and Summit counties till his thirteenth year, when the family moved to Pike County where they have since resided, his father having a farm in Sunfish Township. At the age of sixteen years he commenced teaching school, which he followed until 1865, teaching in almost all the school districts of the county. During a part of this time he was reading law, after which he went to Piketon, where he practiced law with his brother-in-law, John T. Moore, remaining with him till 1867. The following spring Mr. Moore 772 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY moved to Waverly, the county seat, where he entered upon the duties of Prosecuting Attorney. Mr. Stedman, being admitted to the bar the same spring, also came to Waverly and became a partner with Mr. Moore. The firm dissolved in 1876, Ike latter removing to Jackson and our subject continuing the practice of his profession alone, and as a lawyer has been very successful. Since 1868 he has been engaged in surveying in' connection with his other business. In 1874 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney and re-elected in 1876. In the fall of 1881 he was elected Justice of the Peace and is still filling that office. He was first married in July, 1861, to Etneline Humphrey, of Pike County, who died December, 1865. In 1868 he was married to Frances Johnson, of Waverly, and daughter of John H: Johnson, an old settler in the county. They have had nine children, of whom two sons and four daughters are living. Two died in infancy and a daughter at the age of thirteen years. In politics Mr. Stedman affiliates with the Democratic party. Jacob Steinhauer, third son of John Steinhauer, was born in Germany, Sept. 19, 1834. In 1849 he came with his parents to the United States, and located in Pike County, Ohio. His father died in 1865 and his mother in 1871. Jacob began working on a farm for himself in 1855, and is now one of the most extensive and prosperous farmers in the Scioto Valley. He resides on a farm of 1,100 acres, two miles south of Waverly. In 1857 he married Margaret Farni, daughter of George .and Margaret Farni. To them have been born ten children—Christian, Margaret, Catherine, Rosa, Lucy, Anna, Frederick, Jacob, Minnie and Frank. The eldest, Christian, died aged one year. Mrs. Steinhauer and the children are members of the German Methodist church, at Waverly. George Stevens was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1833, a soil of Joshua and Caroline Stevens. His father was born in Maryland in 1803, and when a boy came to Ohio, residing in Guernsey County till after his marriage. March 15, 1858, he removed to Illinois and remained a year. Returning to Ohio, he settled in Pee Pee Township, Pike County, where he still resides. His wife died July 23, 1881. They had a. family of twelve children—James, George, Thomas, John W., P. W., Lewis, Elizabeth, Sophia, Rachel, Mary, Jane, Nancy and Margaret. Margaret is deceased. George resided at home till manhood, and then began working on a farm for himself, at which he has been very successful. He was married Jan. 23, 1857, to Mary E. Frush, of Belmont County, Ohio. Three children have been born to them—Mary E., Amanda A. and George. The latter is deceased. Jan. 23, 1867, Mrs. Stevens died, and Mr. Stevens has never married. He is one of the influential and prosperous citizens of the township. Politically he is a Democrat. John L. Stir, son of Adam and Amanda (Plumb) Stir, was born in Pike County, June 4, 1848. He was educated at the district schools and has followed the avocation of a farmer most of his life. May 25, 1872, he was married to. Maria Isabell Brown, a native of Pike County, born Nov. 18, 1855, and daughter of Stephen and Nancy (Haldeman) Brown. This union has been blessed with two children—Autie A., born Nov. 19, 1878, and Mary Lee, born Feb. 20, 1882. After his mar- riage Mr. Stir remained on his father's farm, a portion of which he worked for himself. Dec. 19, 1882, he moved to his present home in Waverly, and in the fall of 1882 was elected County Recorder and began the duties of that office Jan. 1, 1833. He had previously held the office of Township Assessor two years, was a member of the School Board for years, and Township Trustee one year, resigning this position when he became Recorder. Our subject's father was a native of Germany, and HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 773 when sixteen years old came to this country with his father, Nicholas Stir, who settled in Pike County in 1838. He was married in 1847, his wife being a native of Scioto County. She died in 1863, aged thirty-three years. They had a family of seven children, six still living, our subject being the eldest. Mr. Stir was again married in 1864 to Nancy A. Culp. They have had five children, four now living. Adam Stir is a resident of Marion Township, where he has a farm of 340 acres. John W. Washburn was born in Pike County, Ohio, March 5, 1841, and is a son of John C. Washburn. His ancestors were natives of Gloucestershire or Worcestershire, England, and his great-grandfather, Nathaniel Washburn, came from England some time before the American Revolution, and settled in Maryland, where he raised a family, and owned a very large landed estate and several fine mills. He and seven of his sons engaged in the war of the Revolution, and after the close of the war he sold his property, and taking the purchase price in Continental money he soon found it worthless, and nearly all of his fortune swept from him. He and these sons came West and located at Manchester, in Adams County, Ohio. He and his sons, including the younger son, John, who was too young to engage with them in the war of the Revolution, were also in the war of 1812, going out when the "general call" was made and serving to the end of the war. After the country became more thickly settled the family separated and settled in different parts of the country, the younger son, John, locating in Highland County, Ohio, where he bought a farm and had a family of seven children, four sons and three daughters, John C. being the fifth child. He was married in 1840- to Elvira Elliott, a native of Pike County, Ohio, and settled in Highland County. They removed to Pike County in the fall of 1840, and settled on the old Burgess Elliott homestead, in Mifflin Township, where they still live. John C. had learned the gunsmith trade, which vocation he followed until his sons were large enough to work on the farm, when he turned his attention entirely to farming and raising and buying and selling stock. He had a family of five sons and two daughters. John W., the eldest and the subject of this sketch, was reared on the farm above spoken of in Pike County. He received an academic education and alternated his school life with teaching in winter, and was for three years engaged in the union schools of Piketon and Waverly in said county.. In 1866 he was elected Clerk of the Court -of Common Pleas of said county for a term of three years; re-elected again in 1869, and re-elected for a third term in 1872, and while serving the last term he was admitted to the bar. In 1875 he was elected as a Democrat to represent Pike County in the General Assembly of his State, and re-elected in 1877. During the first session he was placed on several important committees, and during the last session was a member of the Judiciary Committee of the House and the Committee on Consolidated Laws, which committee had charge of the consolidation of the general laws of the State as consolidated by that General Assembly. He was also Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment in the House. On Dec. 20, 1875, he resigned the office of Clerk of the Courts and opened a law office in Waverly, the county seat of his county, and since which time he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession, except during the time he was in attendance on the sessions of the General Assembly. He is recognized as one of the leading members of the bar of his county. He was married May 2, 1876, to Eliza V. Johnson, a native of Waverly and a daughter of John H. Johnson. Mr. Wash-burn's grandfather, Burgess Elliott, was a native of Virginia, of English descent. He was one of the early settlers of Pike County, coming here before the county was organized. He served through the war of 1812. He was 774 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. County Commissioner many years. He was a great historian, being well versed in ancient and modern history. He reared a family of three sons and seven daughters, Mrs. Washburn being the youngest. His wife was Sarah Ackley, a daughter of John Ackley, of Kentucky, who was with General Crawford's command when defeated by the Indians, and was taken prisoner and burned at the stake. Louis Weiss, third son of Philip and Margaret (Senk) Weiss, was born in Germany in 1833. In 1839 his parents, with a family of five children, came to the United States and located in Waverly, Ohio. His father was by trade a shoemaker, and followed that vocation till his death in 1859. His mother died in 1851. In 1847 our subject began working in a distillery, as a rectifier. In 1880 he completed one of the finest business buildings in the city, and is now the proprietor of a fine restaurant and billiard parlor. He was married in 1852 to Margaret, daughter of Philip Christman. They have three children—Philip, Elizabeth and George. In 1861 Mr. Weiss enlisted in Company B, Seventy-third Ohio Infantry, and participated in some of the most severe battles of the war: Bull Run, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Chattanooga, New Hope Church, Atlanta, Bentonville and many others. He was discharged after a service of nearly four years. George W. Wolfe, deceased, was born in Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio, Nov. 3, 1830, a son of George and Mary M. Wolfe. When he was about five years of age his father removed to Waverly where he was prominently engaged, and where he died about the time of "Morgan's raid." George W. was educated in the public schools of Waverly, and when a young boy was hired by James Emmitt to weigh out meal in his distillery. Proving himself worthy, he was advanced from time to time, till in 1849 he was taken in as clerk in the mercantile store, where he remained a number of years. In June, 1861, he was taken in as partner in the store, and, with the exception of two years he was out of business, remained there till his death, Nov. 2, 1882. Mr. Wolfe was a man of good business qualities, good judgment, quick to act, energetic, and a good conversationalist. He at one time took great interest and an active part in politics. He was a Councilman of Waverly a number of years, and was for some time a Director of the public schools of Waverly. He was one of the Trustees of the cemetery and superintended laying out the new cemetery. He was mar. ried June 5, 1854, to Frances Miller, a native of Pittsburg, Pa. Their family consists of two sons—Joseph H., residing in California, and George L., a miller at the flouring mills of Waverly.