150 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. Republican League, and has in many ways served his party. Mr. Archer is one of the successful young members of the Ohio bar, and his past brilliant record augurs well for his future. As an orator he is without a peer in southeastern Ohio ; there has been no political campaign since he was nineteen years old, with which he has not been prominently connected, and rarely has there been a public occasion without Mr. Archer delivering an address. On March 5th, 1904, Mr. Archer received the appointment of Assistant United States Attorney in the Dawes Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes of Muskogee, Indian Territory. He is the attorney representing the government in the enrolling and allotting of lands in the Choctow and Chickasaw Indian nations. This appointment is an unusual, recognition of eminent ability in one of his years and is especially gratifying to Mr. Archer's friends. URIAH SPRINGER.-Jacob Springer, an early resident of Noble county, was born in Carrol county, in 1819,: where he grew to manhood, received a limited education and adopted farming as an occupation. In 1841 he transferred his farming interests to Noble county, and has since lived there. In 1862 he enlisted in Company B of the Seventy-Seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, as a private, and served ten months, his regiment doing guard duty all the time at Alton, Ill. Jacob and Mary (Flory) Springer were the parents of ten children : Henrietta, Daniel, Simeon, deceased ; Samuel, of Noble county ; Uriah ; Washington ; Lydia, widow of Wesley Robbins ; Tabitha J. ; Catherine, wife of Josiah Presdee and Jemima, of Noble county. Mr. Springer died in 1887, and his wife in 1894. Uriah Springer was born in Noble county June 14, 1846, and has always lived there but for three years spent in Missouri. He enlisted as a private in Company C, of the Twenty-Fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, serving over two years, and being in the following engagements : Honey Hill, and several skirmishes along the Savannah and Charleston railroads. After the war he took, up the life of a farmer, and for the past ten years has been in Olive township. Mr. Springer was married first to Harriet J. Bonnar, daughter of Vincent Bonnar, an old resident of the county, who died in 1874, leaving one child, Louise J., now Mrs. Murray, of Noble county. In 1876 he married Rosanna Mossberg, a native of Belmont county, and five children have come to bless this union : Etta I., wife of Silas Roher; Walter; Verna M., wife of William Farley, of West Virginia ; Angeline, wife of Alonzo Kohart ; and Modlene,' deceased. DAVID RADCLIFF, a farmer and early settler of Noble county, was born in County Down, Ireland, January 16, 1813. His parents both died when he was young, and he came with his brother to America, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 151 settling in Noble county in 1830. He entered government land in Olive township, engaged in farming and wood cutting most of the time. Aside from these interests he followed keel boating along the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, making trips as far as New Orleans. In 1837 he married Jane Miller, a daughter of William Miller, one of the oldest Irish settlers of southern Ohio, and who at the time of his death, was the oldest Mason in Ohio, and said to be the oldest in the United States. He lacked one month of one hundred years at his death. Mr. and Mrs. Radcliff were the parents of seven children : Margaret, deceased; William, farmer in Olive; Martha, wife of Joshua Davis; Ann, wife of William Willey ; Mary, and George, died young; and David H. Mrs. Radcliff died in 1898, and Mr. Radcliff in 1902. Mr. Radcliff was a member of Sharon Lodge No. 136, Free and Accepted Masons ; he and his wife were members of the Universalist church at Dudley, Ohio. David H. Radcliff was born in Olive township October. 24, 1865, where he was reared and educated, and where he has followed the life of a farmer. Mr. Radcliff was married March 9, 1893, to Georgiana Allison, and to this union have been born : Robert Kenneth, Harvey Allison, deceased, and Orton Dale. Mr. Radcliff is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Castle Hall Lodge No. 280 at Caldwell ; Keith Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; No. 466, and Keith Encampment No. 245. He and his wife are members of Rebecca Lodge at Caldwell. WILLIAM RADCLIFF, oldest son of David and Jane (Miller) Radcliff was born in Olive township March 30, 1840, where he was reared and educated, and where he has followed the strenuous life of a farmer since reaching manhood. Mr. Radcliff was married in 1864 to Eliza Shriver, daughter of J. J. Shriver, of an old Noble county family. She died in 1883, leaving three sons; George, a farmer in Sharon township ; William Elmer, a student at the Starling Medical College ; and David W., a school teacher. Mr. Radcliff was again married in 1885 to Mrs. Jane Danford, a daughter of W. W. Stringer, and to them have been born two children ; Mary Jane and Charles Francis. Mr. Radcliff is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; subordinate Lodge, and Encampment at Keith. JOHN RADCLIFF, the elder of the three brothers who came to Ohio from Ireland, was born in County Down, in 1803. Settling in Noble county in 1830, he lived there twenty years; following the trade of a stone mason, and then moved to, Randolph county, Illinois; where he became a farmer, until his death in 1868. Mr. Radcliff was married in Ireland to Sarah Jane Smith, and to them were born six children, two of whom, David and Margaret, are living, and the others, John, William, Mary Jane, and Francis, are now deceased. Mrs. Radcliff 152 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. died in 1875. David Radcliff was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1830, and was about two months old when his parents came to America. He was reared in Noble county and has spent his life in farming in that county but for ten years spent in Illinois. He was married in 1849 to Lois Ann Woodford, a daughter of Aranda Woodford, and old settler of Noble county, and to them have been born nine children, Charles; John; and William, deceased ; and Sarah; wife of John C. Blake; Martha Marinda, wife of Ansel Blake ; Eunice, wife of B. A. Landaker; Aranda M. Lillie, wife of Martin. McAtee ; and Margaret Jane, deceased. Mrs. Radcliff died in September, 1900. Mr. Radcliff is a member of the Universalist church. WILLIAM HAGA--John Haga, one of the earliest settlers of what is now Noble county was a native of Pennsylvania. In the early part of the Nineteenth century he came to Ohio, and took up land from the government in Jackson township, removing later to Sharon township where he lived till his' death in 1875. John and Susan (Day) Haga, were the parents .of Milo, of Olive township; Adam, deceased ; Amanda and Susan, twins, the former the wife of Stephen Delaney, of Iowa, and the latter the widow of George Baker, also of Iowa ; Jacob and Benjamin deceased ; Mahala, wife of Ralph Kirkpatric ; Matilda, wife of Rufus Tilton, and Paul, both of Olive township. Milo Haga was born in Pennsylvania, and at the age of two years was brought by his parents to Ohio, Noble county, where he has lived 'the life of a farmer. He was married to Rebecca Wagner, who died in 1846, leaving two children, William. Morgan, and Francis Marion. The second marriage was to Rebecca Tilton, a daughter of Hebron Tilton who also died, leaving four daughters and two sons : Susan, wife of Samuel Archer; Matilda.; Rufus; Melissa, wife of George Spear; John ; and Mahala, wife of Samuel Gardner. Francis M., the second son, Was born in Noble county in 1844, where he was reared and has followed farming all his life. He was married in 1875 to Elizabeth Shriver, a daughter of Nicholas Shriver, and to them have been born six children : Alvali R.. ; Rebecca, wife of Linas Treadway, of Caldwell ; Anna May, wife of Daniel Landaker; Minnie Myrtle, wife of Thomas Briggs; Nicholas Milo, and Alice Frances Elizabeth. William Haga, the eldest son of Milo Haga, was born in Noble county in 1842, and has always lived in Olive township, following the occupation of a farmer, residing at home and caring for his aged father. JAMES N. BROWN.—George W. Brown, an early resident of Noble county, came to Ohio from Pennsylvania with his parents when he was sixteen years of age. He was a son of Jeremiah B. Brown, a glass blower by trade, who took up farming on coming to Ohio, and con- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 153 tinued that until his death in 1864. George W. was the oldest son, and was born in 1815. He grew to manhood in Noble county and spent his life there. In 1861 he enlisted in a Michigan battery of light artillery, serving three years; after which he resumed his occupation of a farmer. He was married in 1836 to Mary Ann Shafer, a daughter of Conrad Shafer, an old resident of Noble county, and to that union were born eight children : James N. ; Jeremiah B. deceased ; George W. of West. Virginia; Caroline, wife of Joseph Rutherford ; Margaret M., wife of Isaac Hickel; Mary Ann, wife of Lewis Moore ; Isabella, wife of Joshua Davis; and Lucinda, deceased. Mr. Brown died in 1894, and his wife in 1896. James k. Brown, the subject of this sketch, was born in Center township, December 29, 1836, and has always made Noble county his home. He chose the most independent occupation in the world, that of a farmer; and has been particularly successful in it. He was married in 1857 to Isabelle Mansperger, and to this union have been born eleven children : John, a farmer of Meigs county ; Emma, wife of John K. Hedge ; William, a carpenter in .Caldwell; Edward L., a farmer of Jackson township ; Anna, wife of Rev. J. E. Tams; of New York ; Asbury, an oil driller George, a teacher; Ira, an oil driller; Frances, Charles, and Pearl. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the United Brethren church. SYLVESTER CUNNINGHAM.—Ebenezer Cunningham, an old settler of Noble county, was a native of Maine, being born there in 1790. While but a boy he engaged as a sailor with his uncle, and on the ship Fox made two trips to Liverpool, England. During his absence upon his second trip, his father William Cunningham, removed to Ohio, settling in Olive township. On his return from the trip, Mr. Cunningham went west too join his parents; and soon after his arrival, the War of 1812 breaking out, he walked to Zanesville to enlist in the army, under the command of Captain Carnes. The company marched from Zanesville to Fort Erie and there joined General Harrison's command. At the call of Commodore Perry for volunteers from the land forces, Mr. Cunningham and his mess mate volunteered their services; and were taken aboard the flag ship Lawrence. They assisted in getting the ship over the bar, and .the following morning came the great battle of Lake Erie. Mr. Cunningham was an active participant in that battle, at the close of which only nine men on the ship were able to walk, and some of them, Mr. Cunningham among them, were wounded. After the battle he was put in charge of one of the captured vessels; and thus served during the winter. The following spring he was discharged, and returned to Noble county to his occupation of farming, which he did on a small scale, and worked at the millwright business also. He was a Jackson Democrat, but never aspired to office. Ebenezer and Sally (Morgaridge) Cunningham. 154 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. were the parents of ten children : George, William, John, Sally, Elmira, Parmelia, all deceased, Ebenezer, Ambrose, Francis Gilead, and Jane Rowland, still living. George Cunningham was born near Dexter City in 1817, and always lived in Noble county, a carpenter during the summer season and a cabinet maker during the winter. He was not an office seeker, but served his township as trustee and treasurer; besides several minor offices. He was married to Matilda Ogle, a daughter of James Ogle, a native of Ireland and one of the early settlers of Noble county, and they were the parents of seven children : Sylvester, Charlotte, Jeannette, Marina, now Mrs. Brown ; Alvaretta, wife of Rufus Haga ; Nancy Jane, and an infant, deceased. The father died in 1874, and the mother in 1890. Sylvester Cunningham, a well-known farmer of Dudley, was born in Olive township January 14, 1844,-and there was educated and grew to manhood. When only twenty years of age he enlisted in Company F of the One" Hundred Sixty-First Ohio volunteers; serving a little over a year. During that short time he was in the battles of Newmarket, Lynchburg, Harper's Ferry, Manassas Junction, Winchester, Cedar Creek. Mount Jackson, Appomattox Court House, and many minor engagements. After his discharge he tried carpentering for a time, but owing to ill health, he Was obliged to give it up for farming. He has served his township as trustee, clerk, and as school director for twenty years. He has been a delegate to the Democratic state convention four times and to every Congressional convention for years. Mr. Cunningham was married to Eliza Woodford in 1867, and five children have come to bless their union: Nancy Jane, now Mrs. Davis ; Austin Ludwig, a farmer; Matilda Alice, now Mrs. Sanford Alta Eleanora Hurst, now deceased ; and Mary Icephihe, also deceased. Mr. Cunningham has been a member of the Caldwell Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows for nearly forty years, and is also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. WILLIAM DAVIS.—Levi Davis; Sr., an early settler of Olive township, was born in the state of Maine, in 1800. When he was six years of age, his parents moved to Ohio, locating in Noble. county, where he grew to manhood, always living on the farm occupied by William W. Davis. Levi and Betsy. (Hutchins) Davis, were the parents of ten children : Rhoda Ann, "Joseph C., Levi, Levi, Jr., Benjamin E., Elizabeth P., all deceased Daniel V., of West Virginia ; William W. Rosanna M., wife of Joseph It. Webber of Montana ; Amy R., wife of Benjamin B. Tilton, all living. Mr. Davis died in 1877, and his wife in 1885. William. W. Davis; a well known farmer of Noble county, was born in. Olive township on the place where he now lives, in 1835. He was reared and educated there, and in 1857 was married to Catherine L. Woodford, daughter of BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 155 Aranda M. Woodford, an old resident of Noble county. They were the parents of eight children : Aranda, Benjamin M. George E., Joseph Wilbur, deceased ; Noble, Eddie Otto, Dock, M., W.; all of Olive township. The mother died in 1881. Mr. Davis was again married in June 1888, to Edith Gattrell, of Washington county. Mr. Davis is an ardent temperance man, and practices in private life what he advocates in public. JOHN W. HUTCHINSON, a farmer of Noble county, was born in Enoch township in 1859. He. is a son of John W. Hutchinson and Abagail (Tuttle) Hutchinson., both natives of Noble county. The father was a cooper by trade, but followed farming as an occupation most of the time. He died at South Olive in 1862, and Mrs. Hutchinson is still living. There was a family of four children, Jane, John W., Jr., and Mary and Amy, deceased. Mr. Hutchinson was reared in Noble county, and given a common school education. He chose as his occupation one that seemed to offer him the most independent livelihood, that of tilling the soil, and he has , been very prosperous in his calling. FRANCIS R. DUTTON, a farmer of Olive township, was born in Washington county, June 30, 1857, and is a son of Smith W, and Marilla (Ogle) Dutton, the former a native of Washington county, and the latter a native of Noble county. Mr. Dutton was reared and educated in Washington county, sand at the age of twenty-three removed to Noble county and engaged in farming. He was married in 1879 to Elizabeth A. Shriver, a daughter of Johnson J. Shriver, an old resident of Olive township. Mr. and Mrs. Dutton are the parents of seven children : Mary Luella, wife of Richard Parish, of Bealington, W. Va. ; Eliza, wife of Charles Boyd, of Olive; Carrie Marina, Columbia Ellen, Ruth, Florence (deceased), and Clement C. Mr. Dutton is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Keith, of both the subordinate and the Encampment. FRANK GLIDDEN.-John Glidden, an early settler of Noble county, was a native of Maine. He received a fair education, took up the study of medicine and after completing his' studies, moved to Ohio, locating at Marietta, then at several places, and finally near Caldwell, where he practiced his profession and taught school, until his death in 1816: He was married to a daughter of Samuel Allen, an old resident of Noble county, who is said to have erected the first water mill in the county. They were the parents of three children, Sidney, James and John. John Glidden, the youngest son. was born on the day of his father's death, January 16, 1816, the father living just long enough to give him a name. He was reared and educated in 156 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. Noble county, learned the trade of a tailor, which he followed until incapacitated by the amputation of a finger, and then took up farming. John and Matilda (Delong) Glidden, were the parents of ten children : Sidney, Isaac, Nancy, Mary, and Edwin, deceased ; and Emily, widow of J. B. Tilton; Martha, .wife of Milo Stevens; of Kansas ; Frank ; Ruth, widow of Lafayette  ; and William, a resident of Muskingum county. Frank. Glidden, the subject of this review, was born in Olive township, in: 1850, where he has always. lived. He received a common school education there and began farming at an early age, which he continued until 1897, when he engaged in the oil and gas business. Mr. Glidden was married May 4, 1873, to: Sarah Murdock, .a daughter of James B. Murdock, an old resident of Noble county, who lived to the advanced age of one hundred years; three days. They were the., parents of seven children: Samuel, a farmer; Martha., wife of Jacob Wells ; William ; Edwin, farmer May, Sidney and James; the last two being deceased. Mr. Glidden is a member of the Knights of Pythias of Dexter, City. TIMOTHY B. KENT.-William. Kent, one of the. early pioneers of . that portion of Monroe county, which is now included in Noble county, was a native of Pennsylvania. He came to Ohio in 1817, and became an extensive land holder, conducting besides; an old country tavern. William and Ann (Neiswanger) Kent were the parents of nine Children, all of whom are dead but Mary Ann. Mr. Kent.died in 1856. Josiah Kent, the oldest son of William Kent., was born in Pennsylvania in 1813, and was only four years old when his parents moved to. Ohio. He received his education there and followed farming as his occupation, until 1852, when he went to California, by the way of the. Isthmus of Panama, and engaged in gold mining for seven years. He returned to Noble county and resumed his farming.. Mr. Kent was married in 1836, to. Lewenna Bates; a daughter of Timothy Bates; one of the early settlers of the county, who died in 1860, having become the mother of four sons. They are : . Israel A., a resident of Illinois ; Abraham, of Colorado ; William T., of Iowa: and Timothy B. Two daughters; Ruth and Susan, died in infancy. Mr. Kent was married a second time to Catherine Trenner, of Brookfield. He died in 1866. Timothy B. Kent was born in Seneca township March 12, 1849, and lived in Noble county until he was of age, when a desire to get away from the old environments caused him 'to cross the continent to California. He remained only a year, engaged .in farming and cattle herding, and then returned to. Noble county for a short time.. For nearly eight years he was engaged in the mining business; in Nevada and Colorado, returning again to Noble county to resume his farming. Mr. Kent was married in 1882 to Rebecca C.. Brown, daughter of George W. Brown, an old resident of Noble county, and BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 157 to them was born one child, George Clinton, now deceased. Mr. Kent is a member of the Masonic fraternity. rs. Kent died February 6, 1904. ORIN G. TILTON.—Soon after the War of 1812, four brothers; Hebron., Benjamin, Joseph and Davis Tilton came to Ohio, locating first in Steubenville, and soon after in Noble county. Hebron Tilton was born of Welsh parentage on Martha's Vineyard and there grew to manhood, following the business of codfishing along the coast. After coming to Ohio, he took up government land and became a farmer for the rest of his life. He was' the father of eight children by his first wife, and one by his second. Alden D. Tilton, second on of Hebron Tilton, was born on Martha's Vineyard in 1814, and was five years of age on his arrival in Ohio. He received the usual education of those days; and followed farming as his occupation. He was married to Julia A. Gibbs; a daughter of Dennis S. Gibbs; an old, well remembered, resident of Noble county. Mr. Gibbs erected the first frame house on the west fork of Duck Creek, and it is still standing in good repair, occupied by On G. Tilton. He .was a native of Maine, a carpenter by trade, and a man of great ambition. He, paid for his land by working at his trade thirty-two miles distant, walking it on Saturday nights and Monday mornings, without missing a day's work. Mr. and Mrs. Tilton were the parents of seven children, only two. of whom lived to grow up, Orin G., and Mary L., the wife of Columbus McAtee. Mr. Tilton died in 1885, and his wife died in 1904 at the age of eighty-two years. Orin G. Tilton, the only surviving son of Alden Tilton, was born in Olive township, October 20, 1849, where he grew to manhood, engaging in farming most of the time, and conducting a store at Dudley for three years. He was married October 29, 1870, to Adaline Blake, a daughter of Francis Blake, an old resident of Noble county, and to them have been born four children: Charles E., of Caldwell, Wesley B., of Dudley, Nora M., and Alden D. Mr. Tilton is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Odd Fellows; subordinate and Encampment, Rebecca, and the Knights of Pythias. JOHN K. ANDERSON, a well known farmer of Noble county, was born in Center township April 3, 1837. He is a son of Ezekiel and 'Elizabeth (Keller) Anderson, who were the parents of six children, three of whom are living, Matilda and Ezekiel of Illinois; and John K. the only one living in Noble county. The father died in 1842. Mr. Anderson was early thrown upon. his own resources and consequently his education was. only such as the schools of the community afforded. He adopted farthing as the occupation most to his liking, and has always followed it. He was married in 1860 to 158 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. Susanna Casner a daughter of John Casner, an old resident of Noble county, who came from Maryland in an. early day. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are the parents of eight children : William Asbury, deceased; Mary Catherine, wife of John Morris of Cambridge; John Wesley, Charles Henry ; Wilbert Ezekiel ; Elizabeth, deceased ; Alice, and George W. Mr. Anderson and family are members of the Methodist Protestant church. DANIEL M. BUCKEY.—George S. Buckey, one of the old residents of Noble county; was 'born in Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1802. He was reared in Virginia, and was for some time an overseer of slaves in the south, and also a boat man on the Ohio River, running from Steubenville to St. Louis. He, came to what is now Noble county in 1834, purchased a farm and engaged in farming. He also took up government land on Long Run, near Macksburg, but never, occupied that land. He was married to Henrietta. Wheeler in 1825. To this -union were born eight children: Elizabeth, wife of Captain Rhinehart, and now deceased ; Nancy. Ellen, wife of John Lady, deceased ; John V. William H., who was killed by a horse; Daniel M. ; George F., deceased; Samuel B. ; and Sarah Ann, wife of Benjamin Clark, all of Noble county. Daniel M. Buckey was born in Noble county, August 11, 1839, where he was reared and educated, and where he has followed his chosen occupation, that of farming, In 186.3 he enlisted in the Ohio State Guards; in which he served a year, being then mustered into the United States service, as a member of Co. H. of the One Hundred and. Sixty-First Ohio volunteer infantry, but never saw service on account of illness. Mr. Buckey was married to Sarah M. Drake, on July 31, 1863; and they are the parents of six children : George B. ; Elisha H. ; Ulysses II. ; Edward F. ; Joseph B. ; and a daughter 'who died in infancy.. Mr. and Mrs. Buckey are members of the Methodist Church at Ava. R. A. BUCKEY.---John V. Buckey, a farmer of Noble county, was born in Brook county, Virginia, on December 12, 1833, and at four years of age came with his parents to Ohio, locating in Noble county, where he has always lived. He has been a farmer for many years; and has been ,also very successful in all his. undertakings. He enlisted in 1864 in Company H of the One Hundred Sixty-First Ohio volunteer infantry, and served until the close of the war. Mr. Buckey was married in 1863 to Sarah E. Clark, a daughter of William Clark, an old resident of Noble county and they are the parents of five children : Mary H., wife of John Fowler, of Noble township; William S., married Jennie Kackley ; Robert A., married Iona Knight, living in Noble township.; Lucy. A., wife of John Hamilton of Byesville ; and Clara. Emma, wife of Jacob Webber, of Byesville. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 159 WILLIAM BRIDGEMAN, one of the ,older citizens of Noble county, was born in Lancaster county, Virginia, October 15, 1833. His parents died before he was ten years old, and the children, six in all, came to Ohio, where two uncles lived in Barnesville, Belmont county. Mr. Bridgeman was reared and educated there, and on reaching manhood, went to Monroe county, and engaged in the occupation of a tobacco pacer, for ten years. After that he was a tiller of the soil in Marion township for twenty years; and in 1892 removed to Noble township, where he has since resided. Mr. Bridgeman was married in 1857, to Mary Ann Ilene11, of Morgan county, and to them have been born nine children : Nancy Jane, deceased ; John W., of Noble township: Rachel L., wife of James H . Danford. of Whigville ; Anna, wife of William Danford, of Marion township; Samuel, a resident of Pennsylvania; Lena G. wife of Will Erton, of Pennsylvania ; Martha Frances, wife of J. W. G., of Noble township; Charles R., of Montana ; Emma R., wife of William Perry, of Center township. Mr. Bridgeman is a member of the Christian church. HERMAN BATES.-Ephraim Bates was the progenitor of the large Bates family which reside in the southern portion of Ohio. He was a native of England, being born there in May, 1744. In early manhood he came to America, locating in New Jersey, where he remained until 1815, when he went to Ohio, and settled at Sarahsville. Mr. Bates and his son entered one hundred acres of government land in Center township, and built upon it the first grist mill to be erected in the county. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving, it is thought, in a New Jersey regiment.. He was the father of nine children, among whom was Timothy Bates, who was probably a native of New Jersey, and who located in Seneca township in an early day, taking up government land, and engaging in farming.. Mr. Bates was twice married, first to Ruth Moore, who became the mother of fourteen children, only one of whom, Timothy, is now living. The second marriage was to Mrs. Anna Hughes. Mr. Bates died in 1867. Bethel Bates, the second son, was born in Seneca township March 12,, 1809. He received only thirteen days of school, but was energetic enough to educate himself. He took up farming, and followed that occupation all his life. At the election in 1869, he was chosen to represent Noble county in the Ohio Legislature, and served one term. During this session the XVth Amendment to the United States. Constitution came up for ratification, and Mr. Bates took an active part in its behalf.. The contest was exciting and close but the Amendment was ratified. He refused a re-election on account of ill health. Bethel and Mary Ann (Meighen) Bates; were the parents of thirteen children: Abram, of Indiana Hughey, deceased Rebecca, now Mrs. McNutt ; Harriet, now Mrs. Moore ; - imeon, deceased ; Lewis, 160 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. deceased ; Patrick ; Rosanne, now Mrs. Snode ; Herman ; Luanna, now Mrs. Groves ; Susanna, now Mrs. Christopher ; Bethel ; and Levi, deceased. Mr. Bates died November 2, 1899, and his wife is still living on the old homestead, at the advanced age of ninety-one years. Herman. Bates was born at the old homestead on April 10, 1845, received a common school education, and grew to manhood there. Ile chose farming as his occupation as did his father. In 1862 he enlisted in Company G, of the Seventy-Eighth Ohio volunteers; and served until the close of the war. He was in. the following engagements : Siege of Vicksburg, Resaca, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, July 22 and 28, Jonesboro, Sherman's March to the Sea, Siege of Savannah, and Bentonville. After the war he lived in Illinois until 1895, except for one year spent in Ohio, then returned to Noble county. , Mr. Bates was married in. 1870, to Emaline Stewart, and to them have been born six children : Robert B.. of Douglas county, Illinois; Simeon O., of Paris. Illinois; Samuel R., of Redman, Ill. ; Cora D., wife of Clifford Harris, of Columbus ; Myrtle and William F. Mr. Bates is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. ROBERT T. LOWE.—Robert Lowe, one of. the early residents of Noble county, was a farmer in those. pioneer days, and was the first , to bring the name into Noble county. James Lowe, his son, was born in Sharon township, in 1829, was a school teacher for a time, but followed farming the most of his time. His wife was Catherine 0. Donovan, a native of London, England, who came to America with a neighbor family when she was eighteen years of age, and lived with that family in Sharon until her marriage. They were the parents of eight children : Arclisa Ann, widow of Charles Morrison ; Robert F. ; Mary, Rosa, and William, deceased ; Andrew J. ; Minnie and Linnie, (twins). Mrs. Lowe died in 1896, and Mr. Lowe, in 1898. Robert F. Lowe was born at the old homestead in Sharon township in 1856, and has followed the plow most of the time as his occupation: He was married in 1882 to Isaphene Walters; a daughter of Harvey Walters, an old resident of Noble county. They are the parents of five children, Earle D. ; Pearl, deceased ; Murley Myrtle, Mott Morton, and Erie Otella. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe are members of the Methodist Protestant church. WILLIAM N. CORNS, of Noble township, is a native of Muskingum county where he was born July .24, 1851. When a boy of fourteen, he lived with his parents in Allen county for two years, but returned to the old home where he lived until he was nineteen. At that time he went to Caldwell to work at the carpenter's trade, and remained there for about six years; when he decided that following the plow was preferable, and so purchased a farm near Caldwell, making that his BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 161 home since. He was married in April 1871, to Martha Jane Nessel¬road, daughter of John Nesselroad, an old resident of Noble county. She died in March, 1895, leaving three sons : Arthur Elwood, of Pittsburg, Pa. ; John N., also of Pennsylvania; and Archibald Wiley. Mr. Corns was married a second time to Mrs. Mary Ellen Hutchins; a daughter of Thomas Wiley, an old resident of Noble county, and to them one daughter has been born, Gaynell G. HARVEY BARNHOUSE.-The first of the Barnhouse family to settle in Noble county were four brothers: Jacob, George, Benjamin' and Sampson ; all natives of Pennsylvania. They came to Noble county in 1839 and entered and purchased land. Thirty-two years later Benjamin removed to Muskingum county where he died. George went to Missouri aim years. later and never returned ; the remaining members of his family are living there still. Sampson moved to Morgan county, where his descendants live. Jacob remained in Noble county, following farming as an occupation until his death. in 1845. He was married soon after locating in Ohio to Mrs. Elizabeth Hull, also a native of Pennsylvania, and to this union were born four children : Susanna, deceased ; Abner, of Sharon township ; Jacob, a resident of Nebraska ; and Harvey. Mrs. Barnhouse died in 1895, Harvey Barnhouse, the subject of this sketch, was born on the old homestead where he now lives, in 1843. He was educated in the common schools of the time; he chose farming as an occupation and has followed it ever since. He has served his township in the capacity of trustee and now holds that position, having been elected for three years in 1902. Mr. Barnhouse was married in 1873 to Anna Martha Pearson, of Muskingum county, and their union has been blessed with nine children : Oliver, deceased ; Silas Seymour, who married Anna E. Lomley in 1898, they having three children, and residing in Noble township; Abner Clyde, who. married Rebecca Dudley in 1898. residing in Brookfield township and having two children ; Lizzie, the wife of Ellis Fogle, whom she married in 1900, they having two children and living in Noble township ; William D. ; Cora ; Jacob Wilber ; George Clement ; and Charles Ivan, still at home. Mr. Barnhouse has been a member of the Masonic order since 1871, and is also a member of the Grange. ANDREW J. BROWN. -Dexter Brown, an early resident of Noble county, was a native of Providence, Rhode Island. He learned the carpenter trade and engaged in that business until he came west in the early part of the last century. He first located at Worthington, Franklin county, where he remained three years, and then entered 166 acres of land from the government in section nineteen, in Noble township, and there lived the remainder of his life, a tiller of the soil. He 11 162 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. was not politically ambitious, but served the county as commissioner for a short time. Dexter and Mahala (Hicks) Brown were the parents of eight children : Edmund, Lydia, and. Charles deceased ; Caroline, widow of Jacob Lyons ; James D., of Perryopolis ; John, of Kansas ; Andrew J. ; and Sarah, widow of A. Lyons. Andrew J. Brown was born on the old homestead in Noble township, in 1832. He was reared and educated in his native county, and has followed the occupation of a farmer there all his life. He was married in 1870 to Martha J. Cozzens daughter of Albin E. Cozzens; a native of England, who came to Noble county in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are. the parents of eight children : Mahala, Rebecca, now Mrs. Smith ; Etta and John Andrew deceased; Viella Vista, wife of E. W. Rayley, of Marietta; Inez Arizona, Joseph, and Ruth. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the Methodist Protestant church of Hoskinsville. SILAS WILLEY.—William P. Willey, the grandfather, of the subject of this sketch, was the first of the name to settle in Noble county. He was a native of Pennsylvania, born there in 1785, and in early manhood came to Ohio, entering two 160-acre tracts of land in what is now Section seventeen of Noble township. With the exception of a few years, he spent the rest of his life on the new farm. Mr. Willey was a very religious man, and was one of the founders of the Methodist Protestant church at Hoskinsville. His first wife was Miss Dye, who became the mother of thirteen children only one of whom is living, Rebecca wife of Nathaniel Cain, of Olive township. The other children lived to raise families, the mother dying in 1840, and the father. in 1859. William Willey, the youngest son of William P. Willey, was born at the old homestead in Noble township February 22, 1823, where he received a limited education, and adopted farming as an occupation. He was married in March, 1848, to Ruth Belford, a daughter of Daniel Belford, one of the earliest settlers of Noble county, and to them were born five children: Almilda, wife of David Ayers; of Marietta ; Silas ; Abigail, wife of John McLaughlin, Lewis Walter, and a baby unnamed, all deceased. Mr. Willey died February 24, 1896, and "his wife is still living on the old home place. Silas Willey was born near Belle Valley April 11, 1855, and was reared and educated there. Ile taught. school for seven winters and then took up farming as his occupation, being also interested in the grist mill at Belle Valley. He has served his township as clerk for some time, and takes an active interest in political affairs. Mr. Wiley was married February 24, 1881, to Eliza. McCune, daughter of William McCune, an old resident. of Noble. county, and have three children to bless their union : Albert, Miriam, and Oclo. Mr. Willey is a member of the Masonic Lodge at Caldwell ; Knights of Pythias of Hiramsville, and of the Patrons of Industry. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 163 CHRIS McKEE, a prominent farmer of Noble county, was born near Caldwell December 13, 1840, and is a son of Ezra and Alma (Wescott) McKee. The father was born near Stanleyville, Washington county, in 1802, and has lived at Caldwell since he was seven years old. He was a very prominent man in his time, served his city as Justice of the Peace for twenty-one years; and served his state in the Legislature in 1836-7, and again in 1850-51, and was the author of the bill creating the new county of Noble. He. built the house in which the first court was held in Caldwell. Mr. McKee, the father, was twice married, first to Abagail Wescott, who became the mother of five children.; and for his second wife. Alma Wescott, a cousin of his first wife, and a native of Rhode Island, who became the mother of four children : Mary, Manley, both deceased ; .Chris, .and another child also named Manley. Mr. McKee died in 1875, and his wife in 1899. Chris. McKee grew to manhood in Noble county and received a limited education, and at the age of twenty-two being of an adventurous disposition, went to Oregon across the plains; where he was engaged in gold mining for a time. He was engaged in the same occupation for a few years in Idaho, and then gave it up to return to farming in his native county. Mr. McKee was also in the lumber business for about twenty years; and has been interested in the oil and gas industry and somewhat in coal mining. In 1889, Mr. McKee was elected on the Democratic ticket to the state legislature when his county was four hundred Republican, and again ten years later, when the Republicans were ,even stronger, showing how highly he was esteemed by his fellow-men. Mr. McKee was married in December, 1865, to Martha A. Scott, of Belmont county, and to them have been born four children : Louis, deceased ; Irvel, Cora B., now Mrs. Connor; and Myerly T. DANIEL WEBSTER BATES, a prominent educator of Noble county, was born in Center township, in. 1860. He is a son of Isaac Bates and Rachel (Brothers) Bates; both natives of Noble county. The father was born in 1838, educated in the schools of the times; and has followed farming on the old homestead all his life. Mrs. Bate; was of an old family of Noble county, and became ihe.mother of thirteen. children : Daniel Webster; Jacob; John, of Pennsylvania.; Isaiah, and Mary Moore, also of Pennsylvania ; William, Martin, Joseph, James Garfield ; Isaac Hayes, deceased ; Isaac Blaine, and Deborah Jane, deceased ; and Deborah Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Bates are members of the Christian church, and active in its work. Daniel W. Bates was educated in his native township and through extensive study in private. and at the age of sixteen began teaching school. He hag found this line of work so interesting and so well fitted to him, that he has continued it to the present time. He finds benefit in' mind and 164 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. body to engage in farming during the summer months; and in this way can lead a quiet life full of study and meditation. Mr. Cates was married May 30, 1882, to Elizabeth Devolld. daughter of Peter Devolld, of Olive township, and to them have been born four children Linus; Levi, Bertha, and Earl. BENJAMIN F. YOUNG.-William Young,. Sr., grandfather of Benjamin F., was a very early resident of Noble county where he located in 1825. He was a native of Rhode Island, was reared and educated there, and for sixteen years before leaving his native state, he was superintendent of a cotton factory there, owned by a Mr. Sprague, father of Gen.- Sprague of Civil war fame, and afterward Governor of Rhode Island. Mr. Young and his wife, Dorcas -Smith, with several children, drove in a two-horse wagon across the Alleghenies to Ohio, where he took up land from the government, and became an extensive land holder, owning at one time, twelve hundred acre's. Of the ten children born to them, only one, John Q. A. of Brooklyn, is living. The father, Henry J. Young, a son of William Young, was born in Rhode Island, in 1819, and was six years of age when his parents moved to Ohio. He has spent all his life at farming in Noble county. Henry J. and Mary A. (Davidson) Young were the parents of ten children: Sarah, Elizabeth, John W., William G. and Amy, are deceased ; Benjamin F. ; Caroline, wife of M. Shaw ; Henry Clay, of Delaware county ; Mary A., wife of Frank Adduddle ; and James F. Mr. Young died February 28, 1890; his wife is still living at the advanced age of eighty-four years. Benjamin F. Young, was born in Center township February 9, 1849, was reared and educated there and has spent his life in farming in Noble county, except for eighteen months in the mercantile business at Sarahsville. Mr. Young was married April 26, 1871, to Susanna Rucker, daughter of an old resident, Wyatt Rucker. They are the parents of nine children: Mary J., now Mrs. Merry ; Sarah E., now Mrs. McGovern, of Dresden ; Angie. C. ; Weltha Lillian, and Earnest Bradford, deceased ; Henry J., of Canton ; William J. ; Benjamin F. Jr.;and Susan Winifred. Mr. Young is a prosperous farmer and one of the substantial men of the county. RODERICK C. ARCHER-John Wesley Archer, deceased, was the third son of "Preacher Jim," as James Archer was familiarly called, and was born in Stock township, where he grew to manhood, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits. After his marriage, he moved to Center township, making that his home the rest of his life. John Wesley and Frances (Deverel) Archer were the parents of nine children : Robert, Maggie, Frances; and Sophia, deceased ; Maria, Lionel, Susan, (now Mrs. Withington, of Kansas), Roderick C., and Hattie. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 165 Mr. Archer died in July, 1.882, and his wife still lives at the old homestead in Center township. Lionel married Anna Lincium, and has four children. Roderick C. married Georgia. Settles, who died August 14, 1001, leaving no children. JACOB FOGLE.-Jacob Fogle, a very early resident of what is now Noble county, and grandfather to the subject of this article, entered government land in Center township, and lived there, a tiller of the soil, all his life. Of the seven children, all of whom are dead, Elijah was one, father of Mr. Fogle, of whom this is written. He was born in Center township, and lived there until his death in 1841, a farmer by occupation. Elijah and Sallie (Mayborn) Fogle were the parents of eight children, only one of whom, Jacob, is living ; they were: Peter, Jonathan, Amy, Hannah, Rufus, Luther, Sallie, and Jacob. Jacob Fogle, was born in Noble county November 1, 1836, was there reared and educated, and on reaching manhood chose the time-honored occupation of an agriculturist, and has been interested only in that all his life. Mr. Fogle was twice married, first to Margaret Bryan, `daughter of Garry Bryan, an old resident of the county, who became the mother of four children : Miles, a merchant in Zanesville ; Nancy Ellen, now Mrs. Vanfleet, of Wisconsin ; Sarah Catherine, deceased ; and Mary, now Mrs. Davis, of Zanesville. The second marriage was to Mrs. Sallie (Merry) Miller, daughter of Colton Merry, an old resident of Noble county, and to them have been born three children : Abigail, now Mrs. Oliver, of Zanesville ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. William Oliver, of Summerfield ; and Ambrose, a merchant. of Summerfield. Mr. and Mrs. Fogle are members of the United Brethren church. JOIN H. YOUNG, a farmer and dealer in live stock, was born in Noble county, December 25, 1851. He is a. son of Robert J. Young and grandson of William Young, the father a native of Rhode Island, born in 1825, but long a resident of Noble county. The mother, Catherine Boyers, a native of Pennsylvania, is now living in Sarahsville. There were eight children : William, Thomas Edgar, John Wesley, all deceased ; Eliza Ann, now Mrs. McLaughlin : John Robert, of Monroe county; George W., of Wheeling, W. Va.: and Margaret D., wife of Herman Ulrich, of Chicago. The father died in 1868. Mr. Young has always taken an active interest in politics, but he has never aspired to office. A farmer by occupation, he is interested also in live stock, and is a dealer in leaf tobacco. Mr. Young was married November 17, 1870, to Johanna. Hedge, daughter of James Hedge, an old resident of Noble county, and to them have been born six children : Herman E., merchant and postmaster at Sarahsville ; James E., coal operator at Sarahsville ; John W., engaged in the same business; Celina Louise ; Hugh G., at home, and Hannah, deceased. 166 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. JAMES BATES, a farmer of Noble county, was born in Seneca township March 6, 1867. He is a son of Simeon Bates, and a grandson of Bethel Bates, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this history. The father was born in Seneca township in 1836, and always lived in Noble. county, following the occupation of a farmer. Simeon and Mary (Kirkbride) Bates were the parents of fourteen children: Robert, of Guernsey county; Sheridan, of Marion .township; James; of Center township; Irvin, of Marion township; William, of Center ; Frank, of Seneca ; Peter of Seneca Garfield, of Guernsey ; Clyde, of Wayne; Daisy, Harley, Ella Pearl, and Dock, the two last ones deceased. Mr: Bates died in 1897, and his wife is still living in Wayne township. James Bates was reared and educated in Noble county, and has been a farmer since growing to manhood. He was elected trustee of Center township in 1899, and re-elected in 1902, his second term hav- ing not yet expired. Mr. Bates was married April 20, 1894, to Eva Lou McCarty, daughter of John McCarty of Sarahsville, and they are the parents of three children: Mary Elizabeth; Ethel Marie, and John Sherman. Mr. Bates is one of the substantial farmers of the county, and a man deeply interested in the good of his fellowmen. WILLIAM D. MERRY, a prominent educator of Noble county, was born. on the place where he now lives in Center township, on August 1, 1867, and is a son of Colton Merry, an early settler of Noble county: He was educated at the district schools and at the summer sessions of the Caldwell Normal School, teaching in the, meantime. By close application to his studies he secured a .fine education, and holds a life certificate from the State board of examiners. He has been engaged in teaching for twenty years; having secured his first certificate in 1883. In 1894 Mr. Merry Was appointed a member of the school board of examiners' for Noble county, and filled that position for six years: At the Republican county convention, of 1904, he received the nomination for county auditor on the first ballot, receiving seventy-four out of a total of one hundred fourteen. Mr. Merry was married May 4, 1892, to Mary J. Young, a daughter of Benjamin F. Young, and to them have, been born two daughters, Susan Isabella and Adah Marguerite. Mr. Merry is a member of the Knights of Pythias; Caldwell Lodge No. 280. WILLIAM C. ARCHER.—Bell Archer, a prominent educator of Noble county, was born June 4, 1845, and is a son of Simon and Elizabeth, (DeLozier) Archer. He is a grandson of Nathan Archer, who is the youngest son of James Archer, Sr., and Rebecca. (Morris) Archer, a daughter of Isaac Morris, who was a nephew of Robert Morris; the Financier of the Revolution. Nathan and Rebecca Archer were the parents. of ten children : Simon, Stephen, Henry, Thomas, James; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 167 Rose, Teener, Lucinda, Sophia, and Elizabeth. Simon and Elizabeth Archer were the parents of four children : Bell, Sylvenus; Marcellus, and Mary A. Mr. Archer, the subject of this sketch, was reared and educated in the public schools of his native county, which education he supplemented by diligent private study. He has been a teacher since 1865,, holds a state certificate, and has served as examiner of Noble county for twenty years, being a member of the board at present. Mr. Bell Archer was married September 4, 1866, to Clara T. Thompson, and to them have been born three children, Effie C., William C., and Blanche R. Effie C. is now the wife of W. H. Smith, superintendent of the Newport, Ohio, schools, a graduate of Lebanon College, and a member of the bar since 1900 ; and the other daughter is still at home. William C., the only son, was born March 30, 1876; he has had a first class education, taught school. for several years, studied law under Judge Follett of Marietta, and was admitted to the bar in 1899. He was connected with the Zanesville Herald for a short time, and in 1902 bought the Caldwell Press, the Democratic paper of the county, which he is now editing. He was married in 1898 to Monica Collins, and is the father of one child. Mr. Bell Archer is a man of broad culture, and one who has made his mark in the world entirely through his own efforts. JOHN McWILLIAMS, a farmer of Noble county, is one of the old McWilliams family which came to Ohio in a very early day. The grandfather, Philip McWilliams, was the first of the family to settle in the county, having done so in 1808. He Was born in Ireland, and came to America in 1794, settling first at Wheeling, Va., but on account of the destructive storms, moved to Guernsey county, Ohio, taking up land near Gibson's Station, later moving to Noble county, where his descendants now live. At the organization of Noble county, he served as its first treasurer, and filled many other positions of trust in the county. He was the father of ten children, only one of whom is living, Mary, widow of Charles Noble, now of Kansas. The father, William McWilliams, was the youngest son of Philip, and was born in Guernsey county, July 6, 1826. At an early age his parents came to Noble county, and he became a farmer of that county, upon reaching manhood. He was a man of affairs; and served his county in various capacities; particularly as commissioner. He married, Louisa McCollum, a native of Dayton, Ohio, and their union was blessed by the birth of six children : Frank, and Jennie, deceased ; Ella, now Mrs. Little, of Sarahsville. ; John, of the same place ; William, of Center township ; and Arthur, a druggist of Urichsville. William McWilliams died in 1895 ; his wife still lives on the old homestead near Sarahsville. John McWilliams; the subject of this review, was reared and educated in Noble county, and 168 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. took up farming as his principal occupation, although he is a man of varied interests. Aside from his farming he is an extensive dealer in live stock, and in wool. Although not an office seeker, he has always taken an active interest in political affairs, being at present the chairman of the Republican Executive Committee of Noble county. He was married to Rose L. Secrest, a daughter of Frederick Secrest, an old resident of Noble county, and to them have been born two children, Clara and Fred, both in school. ISAAC HENRY BASS, a farmer of Center township, was born in Belmont county, near Barnesville, November 24, 1849. He is a son of Joseph Oxley and Ann (Hayes) Bass; the father a native of England. There were two children, Malinda Jane, now Mrs. Parker, of Lockwood, Missouri, and Isaac. The mother died in 1855, and the father in 1877. After the death of his mother, Isaac Bass went to live with his uncle, Job Johnson, of Belmont county, remaining with him until his twenty-second year. He received only a limited education and took up the occupation of farming, which he has followed all his life. In the spring of 1873, he moved to Noble county, going a short time afterward to Colorado, where he engaged for thirteen months in the tinker business; returning at that time to Noble county, where he has followed his old occupation since. Mr. Bass was married January 16, 1875, to Margaret Carter, daughter of Robert Carter, an old resident of Noble county, and to them have been born two children : Emma Dell,. now Mrs. Stottsberry, of Byesville, and Herbert Clyde, of Wheeling, W. Va. Mr. and Mrs. Bass are members of the United Brethren church at Fredericksdale. LEVI D. MERRY, an educator and farmer of Noble county, was born in Center township on the same section of land on which he now lives; June 16, 1850. He is a member of the family so well known to the residents of the county, the grandfather, Ambrose Merry, being one of the earliest settlers of Center township, though a native of New York where he was born in 1770. He came to Ohio in 1817, making the journey by wagon, and in 1819 located in Noble county. • where he is said to have had the first bearing orchard in the county. He was a typical pioneer, and followed farming all his active years. Mr. Merry's children were born in New York, all but Calton, and are: Rufus Rouse, Benson, Calton, Samantha, Miranda, Amanda, Betsy and Hannah, most of whom have descendants in Noble county Ambrose Merry died in 1864, at the advanced age of ninety-four. The father of Levi D., was Calton Merry, who was born in Belmont county in 1817, being two years old when his father moved to Noble county. He entered land in Noble county, paying for it by working on the docks in the Muskingum River; walking to and from his work, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 169 twice a week, a distance of twenty-five miles. Mr. Merry was married in 1836, to Elizabeth Weekley,. who became the mother of ten children : Mary, Margaret, Josephus, Andrew J., and Benjamin H., now deceased ; Sally now Mrs. Fogle ; Abby, wife of Rev. Headley, of Caldwell ; Ada, now Mrs. Brown ; Maria, now Mrs. Cranston, and Jacob M., of Kansas. Mr. Merry was a Whig, later became a Republican, casting his last vote for Hayes in 1876. He and ,his wife were members of the Christian church. By a second marriage, he was the father of two children, Rufus E., of Caldwell, and William D. Mr. Merry died in 1878, and his wife in 1894. Levi D. Merry, son of Calton Merry, received a common school education, and attended for one term the Normal School at Lebanon. He began teaching at the age of twenty, and has taught every winter since with the exception of six when he was engaged as county surveyor. In addition to his school, he has carried. an 'his farming, stock dealing S and surveying, and has proved himself to be a man who can turn his hand to any honest labor and make a success of it. In the fall of .1888, he was appointed on the board of school examiners, serving a little over two years. Mr. Merry was married in 1882 to Sue L. Neyman, of Guernsey county, who died in 1887, the mother of three children : Charles Calton, Edward Livingstone, and Levi Delbert. Mr. Merry is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge at Caldwell. NATHANIEL BATES.—Isaac Bates, son of Ephraim Bates, is the progenitor of a large family in and around Noble county, and was an early settler of that county. A native of New Jersey, he settled first in Pennsylvania, then removed to Ohio, locating near Sarahsville, where he was interested in farming and milling, in later life moving to Indiana, where he died. He was twice married, first to Kate Moore, who died in 1813, the mother of six children : Daniel, Jacob, Israel, Isaac, Samuel, and Phoebe. By a second marriage to Miss Powell, there were born : Catherine, Nathaniel, Abraham, George, Andrew, and Richard. Daniel Bates, a native of Pennsylvania, oldest son of Isaac Bates; a farmer of Noble county, and his wife, Jane Heddleison, a native of Scotland, were. the parents of, John; Isaac, Joseph, Margaret, Robert, and William, of whom the first three are now ,deceased. Jacob Bates, the second son of Isaac Bates; was a native of Noble' county, born in 1810, where he has followed the occupation of a farmer, and that of a cooper to some extent. He was prominent in the affairs of the county and one of the substantial citizens. Jacob and his wife, Jane Davidson, a native of Virginia, were the parents of Sarah J., Caroline, and Daniel W., deceased ; Phoebe, Phelps ; Isaac; Catherine Province ; Mary A., the wife of the. subject of this review; and William T., nearly all of 170 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. Center township. Mrs. Bates died in 1877, and Mr. Bates in 1883. John Bates, the oldest child, of Daniel Bates, and grandson of Isaac Bates, was born in Center township, in 1825, and has since lived there following the occupation of a farmer. He was married in 1844 to Easter Christiana Lincicome, and they were the parents of Daniel, William (deceased), Nathaniel, Jane, now Mrs. Weekley of West Virginia ; Hannah, now Mrs. Moore, of West Virginia.; Caroline; Mrs. Sarah Ann Archer, deceased ; and Isaac, of Marion. Nathaniel Bates; the second son of John Bates; was born in Enoch township, November 4, 1847. He lived there until he was sixteen years of age, receiving a limited education, and in 1864, enlisted in Company I of _the One Hundred Seventy-Sixth Ohio volunteers, serving one year After his discharge he engaged in farming in which he has been extraordinarily successful. He was married July 1, 1868, to Mary A. Bates; and to them have been born eight children: William H., Christina C'., both deceased; Sarah J., now Mrs. Mansperger, of Center township; Charles M., a resident of Guthrie Center, Iowa Jacob B., also of Iowa ; John W., Isaac T., and Olive E. Mr. Bates is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. DIGHTON M. BATES, a farmer and substantial citizen of Noble county, was born. in Seneca township May' 9, 1844. He is a son of Barna and Martha (McWilliams) Bates, a great grandson of Ephraim Bates, a veteran of the Revolutionary war, and a grandson of Timothy Bates, among the first settlers of Noble county ; the father a native of Noble county and the mother of Guernsey county; the father was born in Seneca township July 15, 1815 ; he grew to, manhood there, receiving a common school education, and adopting farming as an occupation, which he followed all his life. He, enlisted in 1861 in Company D., Forty-Second Ohio volunteer infantry, Garfield's regiment, as a private; he served with that regiment two years and was transferred, to the First Wisconsin battery with which he served as a veterinary surgeon for six months. He participated in the arduous campaigns of his regiments including the siege of Vicksburg, at Champion Hills, and Cumberland Gap. He was the father of thirteen children: John S., Joseph, Julia Ann (Barnes), Aaron V. (deceased), Hannah W. (now Mrs. Patterson of Illinois), Susanna (now Mrs. Stevens), Dighton M., Eliza R. (now Mrs. Yoho of Illinois), Ruth (now Mrs. Scott of Pleasant City), Timothy (of Brookfield township), Kellar J. (of Oklahoma), Finley (of Mississippi), and Nancy H. Stevens, of Byesville, Ohio. Mr. Bates died in 1869 and his wife in 1886. Dighton M. Bates was reared in his native county and at the age of eighteen years enlisted in Company F, of the One Hundred Sixteenth Ohio volunteers; being transferred BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 171 soon after to Company H, of the same regiment. In June, 1865, he was transferred to Company E, of the Sixty-Second regiment; he was mustered out August 7, 1865, at Richmond, Va. He was in sixteen engagements, including Moorefield, W. Va. ; Winchester, Halltown, Berryville, Fisher's Hill, Winchester the second time, Opequon, Newmarket, Cedar Creek, Hatcher's Run, in the charge of Ft. Greeg; in front of Petersburg; and at Piedmont, a minie ball hitting him in the mouth, but it did not prove a serious injury. Returning he took up farming, and in the fall of 1867 he moved to Illinois where he remained on, a farm for a year; he returned to Noble county in the fall of 1868, and a year later went back to Illinois, remaining there three years; in 1872 he moved to Reno county, Kansas; where he lived about seven years. Moving to Colorado, he worked, in the mines for nearly three years. Ohio still held out her arms for him and in the fall of 1883 he returned to Noble county and resumed farming, in which he has been engaged ever since. Mr. Bates is a local preacher for the United Brethren. church. He has been twice married ; the first time on October 29, 1868, to Miss Eliza A. Brain, of Christian county, Illinois, and to them were born five children: Joanna, Elmer, both deceased ; John E., of Okla- homa ; Maude, now Mrs. Henderson, living in Kansas; and Charles H., a teacher, also of Oklahoma. The second marriage was with Miss Anna Phelps; daughter of John H. Phelps, a veteran of the Civil war ; this occurring April 23, 1884; the Phelps family being of Noble county ; six children have been born to them: Phoebe J., now Mrs. Ball; Aaron D., Elvin G., William McKinley, Minnie Belle, and Mary Caroline. Mr. Bates is a member of the Grand army of the Republic ; he has filled the position of assessor of Center township, in which he lives; for two years. JACOB BATES, one of the substantial farmers of Noble county, was born, on the farm where he now resides in Center township, January 28, 1862. He is a son of Isaac and Rachel (Brothers) Bates; one of the old pioneers of Noble county: He was reared and educated in the common schools of his time, and by application to study, became licensed to teach, but never used the license. He adopted the occupation of farming as best suited to his tastes, and has never had reason to depart from his choice. Mr. Bates was married in October 1899 to Mary E. Kirkbride, a daughter of Burton Kirkbride, an old resident of Noble county, and to them have been born three children, Isaac Burton, Iva Bertha, and Rosa Belle. Mr. and Mrs. Bates are members of the Christian church. MARTIN MATHENY, one of the prominent farmers of Noble county, was born on the farm where he now resides in Center township, 172 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. November 2, 1845. He is the only living son of Cyrus and Jane Moore (Miller) Matheny. The father is descended from Joseph Matheny, who became a resident of Noble county in 1813. Mr. Cyrus Matheny was early left to look out for himself, received but a limited education, and through his own ambitions and efforts, became a well posted man. After reaching manhood, be entered eighty-three acres of land in Center township, and made that his home until his death in 1872. He was twice married, first to Lucinda Balls of Noble county, who left eight children : Andrew, Thomas, Samantha, Cyrus, and two others who are deceased, Nancy Ann, now Mrs. Lanam, of Zanesville; Rachel, now Mrs. Archer. The second marriage was to Mrs. Jane Miller who became the mother of three children: 'Martin, Mary, now Mrs. Linsicum ; and Martha, deceased. Mr. Matheny survived her husband several years. Martin Matheny has always been a farmer on the old homestead, and has been particularly successful in his calling. He was married April 28, 1864; to Mary A. Gorby, a daughter of Rev. David Gorby, an old resident of Noble county. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Matheny : Martha Jane. now Mrs. Mansperger : Emma V., now Mrs. Willey of Cambridge; Carrie A., now Mrs. Schwartzwalder ; and Josiah William. Mr. and Mrs. Matheny are members of the Free Methodist church. Rev. David Gorby, father of Mrs. Matheny, and an old resident of Noble county, was a native of Virginia who came with his father, Job Gorby, to Ohio in an early day. He was one of a large family of children, all of whom are now deceased. He was a farmer and carpenter most of his life was ordained minister of the Protestant church, afterward joined the United Brethren and later the Free Methodists; preaching a great deal in connection with his other interests. He was twice married, first to Mary. Mason, by whom he had six children : Henry, Levi, and David, deceased ; Martha Jane Davidson.: Mason ; Mary A. Matheny. The second marriage was to Eliza Hunter, who becme the mother of twelve children, of whom only John and Clark are living. Rev. Gorby died in 1887, his wife surviving him several years. JAMES D. BROWN, a ,prominent farmer of Noble minty, was born in that county June 30, 1822, and is a son of Dexter Brown, referred to elsewhere in this history. He was reared and educated in his native county, and on reaching manhood adopted farming as his occupation,- a calling which he has Conducted intelligently and very successfully. He enlisted in company H of the One Hundred Sixty-First Ohio volunteers; in 1864, serving the term of- his enlistment. A few years after his discharge, he went to Missouri, where he followed farming as his occupation for four years. returning then to Noble county,. where he has since lived. Mr. Brown has been BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 173 twice married, first to Hannah Marquis; (daughter of John Marquis; an early settler of Noble county, who died, in Missouri), the mother of eight children: Caroline, wife of Sampson Harris ; Sarah Jane, now Mrs. Margrove, of Oklahoma; Edward C., of Jefferson township; John D., deceased ; James W., deceased ; Mary E., now Mrs. Kay, of Missouri ; McClellan, of Caldwell and Mahala, deceased. The second marriage was to Mrs. Mary (Porter) Mills; daughter of Arthur Porter, an old resident of Noble county, and to this union has been born one son, Samuel G. He was born May 16, 1877, was well educated and began teaching school at the age of seventeen, following that during the winter, and working on the farm in the summer. He is unmarried. Mr. Brown is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and with his wife and son, belong to the Free Methodist church. HUGH COX, an early resident of Noble county, now deceased, was a native of Ireland, born in County Kildare, in 1813. He was educated in his native country, and at the age of nineteen came to America, locating in Marion township, where he remained about two years; removing then to Center township, where he purchased a farm, upon which his son now lives. He was married in 1834 to Alice Fay, also a native of county Kildare, Ireland, who came to America at the same time and with the same family as Mr. Cox. They were the parents of eight children : Edward, William Thomas, Mary Ann, Emily J., Caroline, Hugh, John Wesley, and an 'infant son. All are now deceased except Hugh and Caroline, the latter being the wife of Richard Cleary. Mr. Cox died in 1875, and his wife in 1900. Hugh Cox, Jr., was born on the farm where he now resides; May 22, 1844, was educated in his native county, and has been a tiller of thc soil all his life. He is interested in the affairs of his township, and though not an office seeker, has served his township as trustee for a number of years. Mr. Cox was married in 1880 to Angeline Ball, a daughter of James Ball, an early settler of Center township., Mrs. Cox died in 1890, the mother of six children: James Wesley, Charles Edward, Anna Alice, Hugh, Harry J., and Mary Caroline, the two last twins, and both deceased. He was married a: second time to Laura Archer, daughter of Peter Archer, one of the old family of that name. 14r. Cox affiliates with the Methodist church. JOSEPH G. GARRETT, one of the substantial farmers of Noble county, was born in Millwood, now Quaker City, Guernsey county, Ohio, January 2, 1846. He is a son of Christian Garrett, a native of Maryland, and Mary J. (Connelly) Garrett, a native of Ohio, and a grandson of Chris Garrett, who died in the War of 1812. After coming to Ohio, the father learned the shoemaker's trade in Summer- 174 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. field, and followed that occupation for sixteen years ; he then took up farming for six years in Ohio, and then moved to Missouri, where he was engaged in farming until his death in 1885 ; he was the father of thirteen children : John W. and James G. ; the former enlisting in Company I, Twentieth Ohio regiment, and falling at Pittsburg Landing in 1862 ; James G. enlisting in Company K, Sixtieth Ohio regiment, who fell, at Cross Keys, Va., June 8, 1862; the others were Joseph G., Eleanor L., now Mrs. Mommell; William T., Benjamin L., Julia I., Elijah and Harvey F. (twins), and Samuel G., the last six deceased ; Melvina L., now Mrs. Coffield, of Seattle, Wash. ; Lydia A., now Mrs. Gamble of Kansas ; and Clifton C., also of Kansas. Mr. Garrett died in 1885 and his wife in 1901. Joseph G. Garrett attended the public schools until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-Fifth Ohio regiment, and served until the close of the war; he was in the following engagements: Gettysburg, Honey Hill, Fort Wagner, Camden, S. C., Lexington, Georgetown, and in many skirmishes ; he was never wounded or captured. Mr. Garrett was married December 10, 1868, to Sarah J. Cater, and to them have been born six children : Clyde D., deceased ; William A., Emery W., James G., Benjamin F., and Mildred May. The oldest son, Clyde, served in Troup A, Sixth cavalry, for five years; he was on duty at the Chicago riots in 1894; served in the Spanish-American war as a private in Company A, Eighteenth Pennsylvania regiment ; at the conclusion of the war he returned to his position as baggageman at the union depot in Pittsburg, but was compelled to give it up soon after, being taken ill, and on December 24, 1898, less than three Months from the time of his discharge from service, in the army, he died, at his home. William A., the second son, i.s a conductor on the Pennsylvania railway, running out of Pittsburg. Emery is employed in the Carnegie Steel Works at Homestead, Pa:. James G. is with a furniture house in 'Homestead. The two youngest are at home.. Mr. Garrett is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Caldwell, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist church. DAVID LEE DOWNEY, one of the prominent farmers of Noble county, was born near Greencastle, Indiana, March 8, 1862. He is a son of Edward and Sarah (Thompson) Downey, both natives of Noble county, where the father has been a farmer all his life but for a few years spent in Indiana, and five in Missouri. He was twice married, by the first marriage being the father of seven children : Merriman, a dairyman in Pennsylvania ; Robert V., deceased ; John E., a dairyman in. Pennsylvania ; Leah Jane, now Mrs. Lepage.: Minerva, deceased; David Lee ; and Salathiel P., of Pennsylvania. The second marriage was to Jane C. Morrison, who is still living in BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 175 Buffalo township, Mr. Downey having died in 1899. The grandfather, Merriman Downey, was the third son of Thomas Downey, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this history. He was a native of Maryland,. but long a resident of Noble county, a farmer by occupation. Merriman and Jemima (Van Horn) Downey were the parents of twelve children: Martha Lewis, of Muskingum county ; Edward V. ; Tracey, of Missouri ; Thomas of Kansas; Margaret and Ann, deceased; Merriman; Florella and Harlan, deceased ; Ophelia Johnson, of Nebraska.; Clarinda, of Nebraska; and Jemima Hineline of Pleasant City. David Lee Downey was two years of age when his parents returned to Noble county, and it was in that county that he grew to manhood and received his education. At the age of twenty he went to Nebraska and Kansas where he engaged in farming for twelve years; returning to Noble county in 1893, where he has been engaged in the same occupation since. Mr. Downey was married August 11, 1888, to Mattie Powelson, a daughter of John W. Powelson, an old resident of Noble county, and one son has been born to this union, Arden Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Downey are members of the Methodist church. JAMES. W. GIBSON, one of the substantial farmers of Seneca township, was born in Chester county, Pa., in 1832. He is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Gibson, both natives of Pennsylvania, where tht father was a farmer until his removal to Ohio in 1837. Mr. Gibson rode on horse back from his old home in Pennsylvania to Seneca township, bought his farm, and then returned for his family, moving them in two wagons. He engaged in his old occupation and in the saw mill business on coming to Noble county, and was very successful in his chosen work. He was the father of eight children: Sarah Jane Barber, of North Carolina ; James W. ; Charles Wesley, of Cumberland ; Mary Elizabeth Turnbull, of Cambridge; Hannah Frances Anderson, of Oklahoma ; Martha A. Langheed, of Columbus; Martha, deceased ; and. Samuel Benson, a veteran of the Civil war, now of Kansas. He died in his eighty-second year. James W. Gibson was five years old when, his parents came to Ohio, and it was in this county that he grew to manhood and received his education. Mr. Gibson has served his township as assessor for two terms, and as school director for a number of years. In 1902 he was appointed by the board of Infirmary directors as superintendent of the county infirmary, which position he 'still holds; giving the best of satisfaction. Mr. Gibson was married in April 1862, to Susan Finley, a daughter of William Finley, an early resident of Noble county, and they are the parents of six children: George B. and John, of Seneca township ; Franklin and Ropey, deceased ; Alice Kate Kellar; and Mary Jane Hancher, both of Marion township. Mr. 176 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. Gibson is a highly respected citizen of Seneca township, and a man who is unselfishly interested in the welfare of his fellow men. JOHN WESLEY RUBY, one of the prominent farmers of Noble county, was born in Wayne township, December 1, 1851. He is a son of Johnson and Elizabeth Ann (Tucker) Ruby, the father a native of Ohio, and the mother a native of Pennsylvania. The father was early thrown upon his own resources, by the death of his father, and with a limited education, came to Noble county, at the age of eighteen where he became a farmer, removing in 18/5 to Coshocton county, where he now resides. In 1861 he enlisted in the Company G of the Seventy-Eighth Ohio volunteers; serving in that company three years and participating in all the arduous campaigns of his regiment. Mr. and Mrs, Ruby are the parents of eleven children: James Lewis; Mary Jane, Sarah Ellen, Urbana, all deceased; Joint. Wesley, Isaac N., Ella, Thomas; Savannah Cochran, Albert Johnson, and Samuel Oscar, all of Coshocton county. John Wesley Ruby has always lived in his native township but for one year in Illinois; and has been a most successful farmer. He is a staunch Republican and has served his township in various capacities ; as trustee for six years, and as a director of the Noble county Infirmary, in which capacity he is serving his second term.' At his first election, he had a majority of 326, and at the second, a majority of 418. During his incumbency, the most noticeable feature has been the decrease in the running expenses of the county institution and an improvement in its management. Mr. Ruby was married in 1875 to Nancy Allen Ostler, daughter of Henry and Margaret (Donnelly) Ostler, of Belmont county, and to this union have been born twelve children: Joanna Nicholson, of Beyesville ; Albert J., of Center township; Margaret J., John Gilbert, Isaac Newton, Glenn C., James Murphy, Riley, Zoe and Roe (twins), Frank W., and Simon. Mr. Ruby is a member of the Masonic fraternity at Sarahsville, and the Knights, of Pythias at Summerfield. Mr. and Mrs. Ruby are members of the Methodist church at Mt. Ephraim. MILEY FAMILY.-The Miley family of. Noble county, are of German, Scotch and Irish descent. George Miley, the progenitor of the Miley family, in this country, came from Germany with his father and three brothers and settled in Monongalia county, Va., which is now a part of West Virginia, on the border line between Pennsylvania and West Virginia. George Miley and one of his brother remained with their father, and one brother settled in the western part of Ohio. George Miley married Miss Jane Moore; their children were : Abraham and John. Mr. Miley was killed at a raising about the year 1803. The sons were small at the time, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 177 one being five and the other but two years old. After six years of widowhood, the mother married George Rich, a native of Pennsyl- vania. two of their children, Sally and Ann, were born in Virginia, Ann being but three weeks old when the family moved to Ohio ; three more children were born in Ohio : Jeremiah, Rolly, and Jane. John Miley was born in Monongalia county, Va., on the 6th day of December, 1801, and moved to the state of Ohio in the year 1811, accompanied by his brother Abraham, and Abraham Rich, they settling on the east fork of Buffalo Water, which is now Buffalo township; they came in the spring of 1811, built a camp, and heard the wolves prowling about the door at night; bear, deer and wild turkeys' were also numerous ; they made a small clearing, raised a few potatoes; and lived there through the winter, subsisting on potatoes,. chiefly; in the following year they were joined by John and George Rich, brothers of Abraham Rich, one the step-father of Abraham and John Miley ; Abraham Miley afterwards settled in Wayne township, near Wills Creek, Ohio, and married Rachel Millhon in the year 1823 ; their children were Jane and "Elizabeth (twins), John, Margaret, Norman, Mary and. George. This family were probably the first white people to reside within the present limits of Buffalo township. John Miley was married to Elizabeth Kackley, daughter of Isaac Kackley, February 23, 1828 ; she was born in Frederick county, Va., May 7, 1807, and moved to Ohio in 1817. In 1829 they moved to Seneca township on Opossum Run ; to them eleven children were born : Sarah A. (Keller), of Seneca township ; George; Jane (Larrick) ; Isaac, all of Buffalo township; Emily (Vorhies), of Seneca township; Hannah Graham; deceased ; Jeremiah; of Guernsey county, :Valley township; William K., of Seneca township ; Eliza (Craft), of Noble county ; Mary E., deceased ; John F., of Seneca township; Mr. Miley died May 27, 1883 ; he was a consistent Christian, a member of the Buffalo Lutheran church, and a most excellent man ; in politics he was an unswerving democrat; he served as Infirmary director several terms ; he was a prominent man in his day. Mrs Miley passed away December 24, 1894 ; she was also a member of the Buffalo Lutheran church, a consistent Christian and a most excellent mother. The government land which Mr. Miley entered upon reaching manhood, is still in the family, owned and occupied by his son, William Kiel, who was born November 23, 1843 ; 1876 he married Mary I. Rich.; they have one child, Lettie. John Fordyce Miley, one of the most prominent farmers of Noble county, was born in Seneca township, March 9, 1851; he is the youngest son of John and Elizabeth (Kackley) Miley ; he was reared and educated in his native township and has spent most of his life as a tiller of the soil.; though not an office seeker, he has served the township as assessor one term, as trustee two terms, and in the spring of 1903 was elected 12 178 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. a third time without opposition ; this is the more remarkable when it is known that Mr. Miley is a democrat and that Seneca is a strong republican township. At the democratic county convention of 1903 he was nominated for the office of county commissioner. He was married October 27, 1887, to Eliza Sibilla Ulrich, daughter of Herman Ulrich, a native of Germany ; they are the parents of one son, Forrest Raymond, born August 2, 1888. Mr. Miley is very prominent in his township, standing for good, clean, government, and, above all, for progress. Mr. Herman Ulrich was a sailor for seven years and crossed the ocean nineteen times; he was born in Gottingen, Kingdom of Hanover, Germany, October 18, 1818 ; his early education was obtained in the schools of his native city, and at the age 'of ten years he was sent to a higher school at Goslar in the Hartz mountains. He remained until 17 years old, when he went to Bremen as clerk in a counting house; remaining eighteen months, he shipped as a sailor on the "Augusta," a sailing vessel bound for the West Indies ; from there he again sailed for Bremen, thence to New York, Havana, Matanzas; Plymouth (England), back to Bremen, thence to Richmond, Phila- delphia, New York, and finally to Lisbon (Portugal), and Rio de Janeiro, South America, remaining at the latter place a year ; he then went to New Orleans; back to Bremen, then home to Gottingen where he remained until 1842 ; he then sailed for Baltimore, reaching that, city July 4, 1842 ; the same month he went to New Gottingen, Guernsey county, Ohio, where he entered the employ of Charles and Washington Heidelbach, merchants; with whom he remained five years. He visited Germany in 1847, returning in 1848 and settling at Mt. Ephraim, in which locality he spent the remainder of his life ; marrying Susan Hill in November, 1849,;. eight children were born to them, of whom five survive: Henry, Herman, George, Sibilla and Frank. Of him a local paper said: "It would certainly be no disparagement to others to say that, 'a more polished' gentleman never lived among us; and few, if any, among us have come in close and sympathetic touch with a larger circle of admiring friends than Herman Ulrich." JAMES M. MURPHY, a prominent merchant of Mt. Ephraim, was born in Buffalo township, February 21, 1854, and is one of a very prominent family of the county. His grandfather Andrew Murphy, who settled in Noble county in 1833, was a native of County Derry, Ireland, and one of the few free holders of that island. His occupation: was that of a farmer though he was also engaged in the manufacture of linen ; in 1830 he sailed for America, landing at Quebec, and three years later located in Ohio, where he again took up farming. He had a family of eight children, only two of whom are, living, Andrew, of Kansas, and James. The father of the subject of this BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 179 sketch is James Murphy, also a native of Ireland; he was born in 1809, and early showed great ability in music, becoming later very proficient as a violinist and fifer. He came to America at the age of 21, and was variously engaged in different places, and on coming to Noble county began the life of a carpenter, which he followed for some years, giving it up to engage in agricultural pursuits. James and Eliza (Secrest) Murphy, are the parents of eight children, four of whom are living: Hercules, of Pleasant City ; Henry, of Seneca ; Mansel, of Senecaville ; Ann, Andrew John L. and William are deceased; and James M. ; Mr. and Mrs. Murphy are still living, the former at the advanced age of ninety-four, and the latter at the age of seventy-nine. James M. Murphy received a good common school education, attending three terms at the Normal School, and two years at Mt. Union College. Thus prepared, he began teaching, and for twenty-one years was engaged in that vocation, interspersing it with carpenter and farm work, during the summer. He has served nine years as Justice of the Peace in Seneca township, one year as assessor in Noble, and in the fall of 1893 was elected by the Republican party as their candidate for sheriff, and that by the largest majority ever given a candidate in Noble county. He was re-elected two years later by an increased majority, serving in all four years. After retiring from the sheriff's office, he went to Mt. Ephraim, where he engaged in the mercantile business. Mr. Murphy has been twice married, first in 1877, to Rachel Kackley, who died in 1883, the mother of three children ; Cythera Saltgaver, of Iowa; Ira W., at home, and Bertha, deceased. The second marriage was to Jane A., Watson, in 1884, a daughter of John V. Watson, and to them has been born but one child, Anna L., who is at home. Mr. Murphy is a member of the Masonic Lodge at Sarahsville, being now the Worshipful Master of Olive Lodge No. 210. He is also a member of the Odd Fellows; Olive Lodge No. 259, at Caldwell, and Caldwell Encampment No. 260, and Noble Rebecca, No. 376. He is a member of the Methodist church. WILLIAM HENDERSON RICH.—The Rich family is a very old and a very highly respected one in southeastern Ohio. The first to come to this state was Abraham Rich, a native of Fayette county, Pa., who came with his brother, Thomas Rich, to Miami county, thence" to Noble county in 1811. Upon reaching manhood, he entered government land, and became a farmer of Noble county. He was in Capt. William Lowrey's Company in the War of 1812, serving his term of enlistment. By the first marriage with Ann Thompson, he was the father of the following children.: James; Jacob, William, Ann, Mary, Alvira, and Rebecca, all deceased ; Thomas; of Guernsey county ; Abraham of the same; and Mehitabel Stephens, of Illinois. 180 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. By the second marriage with Mrs. Catharine Johnson (Stevens), he was the father of .dour children : Johnson, John, Lewis W., all of Seneca township, and Catherine Barry, of Caldwell. Abraham Rich died in 1873, and his wife in 1893. John' Rich, second son of the second marriage of Abraham Rich, was born at the old homestead in Seneca township in 1851, and has always lived in his native county following the, occupation of a farmer. He was married to. Rachel Laughlin, daughter of W. J. Laughlin, a native of Ireland, and to them have been born four children, Thurman L., Orpha C., Chauncey, and Katie. Mr. Rich is a member of the Patrons of Industry. Lewis Whetsel Rich, youngest son of A. Rich, was born in Seneca township in 1859, has always been a farmer, and was married in 1888 to Alice Robinson, who became the mother of two children, both, of Whom died in infancy. Jacob Rich was the second son by the first marriage, was born in Noble county in 1824, and at the age of twenty-four in company with some other young men, took a drove of hogs over tile mountains to Maryland, walking back. In 1862, he started for the gold mines of Oregon and California, going as far as Des Moines; Iowa, on the train, that being as far west as the cars ran at that time, and then making the rest of the distance in wagons. They had many adventures common to travelers of those days but escaped without any serious injury. Mr. Rich returned home in about twenty months, walking seven hundred miles before he could get a conveyance of any kind. He has lived in Noble county ever since, a farmer by occupation. Mr. Rich was married in 1850 to Jane Miley, of Noble county, and to this union were born four children : Mary, wife of William K. Miley ; Lettie, wife of L. C. Tal- bott ; William H., and Abraham M. Mr. Rich died in 1900; his wife is still living at the old homestead at the advanced age of seventy-nine. William Henderson Rich, the subject of this sketch, is the oldest son of Jacob Rich, and was born on the farm near where he now lives on October 17, 1852. He was well educated, fitted himself for a teacher but never followed it as a vocation, preferring farming and stock raising as a means of livelihood. He was elected in the spring of 1898 to the office of Justice of the' Peace, was re-elected in 1901, and still holds that position. Mr. Rich was married in 1884 to Carrie Richey, who died in 1890, the mother of two daughters, Laura and Carrie. He was married a second time to Mary M. Guiler, in 1893, and to them have been born two children, Emma Fay, and Jacob Wallace. Mr. Rich is one of the prominent and substantial citizen,, of the county, and is progressive in every way. He and wife are members of the Methodist church, he filling the office of class leader made vacant by the death of his father who had been leader for fifty-one years. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 181 HOMER F. DUDLEY.—Henry Dudley, an early pioneer of Noble county, was the progenitor. of the well and favorably known Dudley family, in southeastern Ohio. He was a native of Virginia, and in early manhood, about the year 1800, came to Ohio, locating in Belmont county, and coming to Noble county a year later. He was the father of John, Henry, Samuel, Elias, Elijah, Joseph, and Margaret, by his first wife. The second marriage was to Madaline who became the mother of Jacob and Isaac, all the children now dead. Samuel Dudley, son of Henry Dudley, was born in Virginia in 1802, came to. Noble county when fifteen years of age, and has spent his life there. Samuel and Delilah (Secrest) Dudley were the parents of thirteen children: Margaret Jane Gregg; Abraham, Jacob, William, Eliza Ann, Nancy, Caroline, all deceased ; Rachel R. La Follette; Sarah Isabella Matheny ; Catherine M. Millhon ; Samuel Ezra ; Martha A. Dye; and Druzella Torgler. Abraham, the oldest son of Samuel Dudley, was born on the old homestead in Buffalo township March 17, 1837, where he grew to manhood, was educated, worked a few years at the carpenter's trade, and finally adopted farming as his occupation. He spent six years at various occupations in the west. Mr. Dudley., though not an office seeker, served his township as treasurer for two terms. He was married to Ophelia A. Trott, a native of Maryland, and to them were born three children : a baby, deceased ; Luella Cale, and Homer F. Mr. Dudley died in 1898, and Mrs. Dudley still lives at the old homestead in Buffalo township. Homer F. Dudley was born in Pleasant City where his parents resided, on April 4, 1871, and at the age of 4 years removed with his parents to the farm in Buffalo township where he now lives and 'was there reared and educated, preparing himself for teaching but did not consider a life in the school room conducive to his best interests. In 1903 he was elected treasurer of his township for a two-year term. Mr. Dudley was married in 1901 to Emma Dye, of Noble county. Mr. Dudley is a member of the Patrons of Industry, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows No. 816. He is a member and officer of the Evangelical Lutheran church at Mt. Zion. J. W. ARCHER, a farmer living near Berne, was born on October 30, 1859, on the farm he now owns. He is the ninth child of a family of eleven children, six boys and five girls; of whom six are still living. They are : Martin, Sebastian, Robert, J. W., Martha Ellen, and Ollie Mary, all living in Stock township with one exception, and all well-to-do. Mr. Archer was educated in the district schools and by private study, So that he was given a certificate, and engaged in teaching school for eleven years. His efforts were appreciated to such an extent that he was retained in the same school and nearly all the time in the same building, for the entire time he was engaged in 182 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. educational lines. After giving up his school work, Mr. Archer engaged in farming, and has been particularly successful in the line of stock .raising. He owns a. farm of one hundred acres, a farm which comprises the old homestead, a part of it being inherited and a part purchased. Mr. Archer was married February 9, 1886, to Anna Mayler, and to this union have been barn nine children, six of whom are living. They are, Francis S., Charles Urban, Mary Elizabeth, John Clarence, Joseph Adam, and Albert Leo, all but the youngest attending the public school. Mr. Archer is a Democrat in his politics, but has no aspirations in that line. In religious belief they are Catholic. FRANK M. MARTIN, a resident of Caldwell, and who was for many years identified with the newspaper interests of the county, was born in Warren county, Ill., June. 28, 1859. At the age of five years he came with his parents to Noble county, where he received his education and after leaving school learned the printing business in the office of the Noble County Republican. For four years he was foreman in the office of the Woodsfield. (Ohio) Gazette, and was afterward editor of the same paper for about a year. In 1883 he returned to Caldwell and started the Journal. He continued the publication of this paper until July, 1898, when he purchased the Noble County Republican and consolidated the two papers under the name of the Noble County Republican—Journal, the first issue of the paper under this name appearing July 15. He sold the paper in May, 1903, but remained in the office. until the first of July following, when he retired from active business for the time. Mr. Martin has always shown a commendable interest in all matters affecting the general welfare of the community. For seven years he was a member of 'the Caldwell school board, retiring in the spring of 1903. In 1900 he was appointed supervisor of the United States Census for the Fourteenth district of Ohio, composed of Guernsey, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, and Washington counties. In this district there were one hundred and thirty-five enumerators employed, yet this force was handled in such a way by the executive ability of Mr. Martin that it was one of the first districts in the State to report. He is an unswerving Republican on all political questions and stands high in the councils of his party. For several terms he served on the county executive committee ; he has been a member of the Congressional committee; and is now serving his fourth term as a member of the State central committee. He was first elected a member of the State central committee in 1890 and served two, terms. In 19'02 he was again elected. Mr. Martin is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, holding membership in Olive Lodge, No. 459, and Cumberland Chapter, No. 116. In both Lodge and Chapter he takes an active interest in the work and has BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 183 frequently been called upon to fill some office of importance, or to in the work of conferring the degrees. In 1885 he was married to Miss Kate Mooney, of Woodsfield, and to this union there have been born three sons, Edmond M., Donald K., and Samuel L. Mr. Martin owns a comfortable home in the city of Caldwell, and although a man of genial disposition he finds his greatest pleasure in the companionship of his family. LEWIS B. FRAZIER, of Caldwell, Ohio, a prominent lawyer and mayor of the city for nearly two years, was born in the residence which he now occupies in 1869 and is the son of Judge William H. Frazier, one of the leading jurists of that section of the Buckeye State. Judge Frazier was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, March 11, 1826, and was educated at Madison college in his native State. Choosing law as his life work, lie began its practice at Sarahsville, Noble county, when that village was the county seat. When Caldwell became the county seat, Judge Frazier removed to that point and resided in that village, thence forth until 1903, when he moved to the Pacific coast to spend his declining years. Judge Frazier has been an important figure in the history of Noble county, having served five terms as prosecuting attorney, three terms as common pleas judge and three terms as circuit judge,makinga total service of twenty-nine years on the bench. His wife was Minerva. Staats; a native of Noble county, and the mother of eight children, five of whom are living, as follows: Mrs. Thomas Lloyd, of Los Angeles, Cal. ; Mrs. D. Neuhart, of the same city ; Mrs. H. B. Schwartz, of Nagasaki, Japan, her husband being a missionary of the Methodist church to that country; Lewis B., the subject of this sketch ; Minerva, also of Los Angeles. Lewis B. Frazier is a graduate of the high school of Caldwell and attended the Ohio Wesleyan university and the Wooster university. He read law with the firm of O'Key & O'Key in Caldwell, was admitted to the bar in March, 1895, and has been engaged in general practice since. He was elected mayor of Caldwell in the spring of 1902 and served in that important office for nearly two years; resigning in February, 1904. He was married on May 7, 1896, to Jessie Young, a native of Caldwell, who was reared and educated in her native village and taught school in her young womanhood. They have one daughter, Minerva, born January 8, 1899. Mr. Frazier is prominently identified with stock raising in Noble county and makes a specialty of Hereford cattle and standard bred horses and has been quite successful in this avocation. WILLIAM HUGH FRAZIER, for many years one of the leading citizens of Caldwell, Ohio, but now a resident of California, was born in Hubbard, Trumbull county, Ohio, March 11, 1826. His father, 184 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. George Frazier, was a native of Kent county, Md., and in 1802 settled at Hubbard, where he married Bethiah Randall, a native of Washington county, Penn. The elder Frazier was well known as a prosperous farmer and a magistrate of Trumbull county. William H. Frazier lived on a farm and attended school in his native town of Hubbard until he reached his twelfth year, when he accompanied his parents to Guernsey county and there worked on the farm in the summers and attended the common schools in the winters until he arrived at manhood's estate. He then entered Madison college at Antrim, Guernsey county, and devoted his vacation seasons to working on the farm. After two years at this institution he began the study of law under the able preceptorship of his brother Henry and continued under his tutelage until he arrived at his twenty-sixth year when he was admitted to the bar at Coshocton, Ohio, May 17, 1852. He began the practice of his profession in partnership with his brother and preceptor, Henry Frazier, at Sarahsville, then the county seat of Noble county. A few months later his brother died and after that Judge Frazier maintained an independent office. In 1858 the county seat was removed to Caldwell and Judge Frazier, following the course of empire, removed to Caldwell and there established his law offices. He formed a partnership with J. S. Foreman in 1865 and this firm continued for one year. In 1855 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Noble county and for five successive terms discharged the onerous duties of that office to the great satisfaction of his constituents, being twice chosen to this position without opposition. In October,. 1871, he was appointed by Governor Hayes as common pleas judge to succeed M. M. Granger, and during the same month was elected for a full term of five years. He was twice re-elected to that office and after a service of thirteen years resigned to accept the nomination for judge of the Seventh judicial circuit, to which office he was elected in June, 1884, and drew the four year term. He was re-elected in 1888 and again in 1894, and at the close, of the October term in 1900, he voluntarily retired from the bench after a service of sixteen years on the circuit court bench, which added to his thirteen years on the common pleas bench gives him a continuous service of twenty-nine years on the bench, during all of which time not a breath or a suspicion of unfairness was ever heard against him and his ermine was as spotless when returned as when: received. It is no exaggeration to say that Judge Frazier possessed the admiration and respect of every attorney that practiced at his court and he occupies a place in the, hearts of his people that will be more enduring than monuments of marble and brass. On his retirement he was tendered a banquet by the, bar of Jefferson county on November 30, 1900, at the Imperial hotel at Steubenville and many of the most prominent lawyers of Ohio were present. Governor R. C. Richards BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 185 responded to the toast "Our Guest" and paid a grand tribute to Judge Frazier as a jurist and as a man. Many other eulogistic speeches were delivered by distinguished advocates and Judge Frazier responded in a happy vein when called on: for an address. Judge Frazier was similarly honored by the bar of Lake county, and the bar of Mahoning county held a meeting in which many members paid glowing tributes to him in his official and personal capacities. When Judge Frazier decided to leave Caldwell and make his home onr the Pacific coast, the citizens of Caldwell tendered him a farewell banquet which was held on January 3, 1903, and he left for his new home with the best wishes and the kindest regards of the entire community. In 1870 Judge Frazier, with others organized the first bank. in Noble county, became its president and occupied that responsible position until his removal to California. He was one of the incorporators and directors of the Cleveland & Marietta railroad company. All of his life he has been interested in: farming, now owns a large farm near Caldwell and is well informed on all matters relating to agriculture. In answers to a question as to the proper time to plant corn, he is said to have replied: "When the maple leaves get to the size of squirrel's. ears." For many years he was a member of the Methodist church and always took great interest in church work. He possessed a splendid knowledge of the statute, was well versed in all forms of the law and with it all was broad minded and anxious to see full justice done. One of his favorite remarks, which fully illustrates his broad mindedness as a jurist, was : "Let's do justice unless there is some infernal rule of law that prevents it." It is no disparagement to the other citizens of Noble county to say that during his residence in Caldwell Judge Frazier was the leading citizen of that county and easily one of the most 'prominent men in that section of Ohio. He was a great success in many walks of life, and as a lawyer, judge, banker, farmer and citizen he was without a peer in his community. ARTHUR EDWARD BROWN, of Caldwell, Ohio, superintendent of the schools of that city, is a native of Licking county, Ohio; born May 17, 1876. He is a son of Nicholas C. and Rachel Ellen (Park) Brown, both natives of Licking county. His father, for thirty years engaged. in educational work, has now retired from teaching and is busy with his agricultural interests in Licking county. He was a soldier during the Civil war, serving with Company B, One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Ohio volunteer infantry ; he was captured July 3, 1864, at North Mountain, Va., and spent eight months in rebel prisons, four of which were in Andersonville. The Brown family came to America with Lord Baltimore. Nicholas C. Brown's mother was a Comly ; a descendant of the Comly family which came to America with William Penn, and in the early days were devout 186 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. Quakers. Rachel Ellen (Park) Brown, Professor Brown's mother, is of English and Scotch-Irish parentage her ancestors came to America about the time of the Revolution. Professor Brown is the fourth son of a family of nine children, five boys and four girls, and reared on the farm. He attended the schools of his native county and began to teach in the country schools when he was in his seventeenth year. He spent one year in, the preparatory department of the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware., Ohio. He then went to Denison University at Granville, Ohio, where he prosecuted his studies to his sophomore year; returning to Ohio Wesleyan, he completed the classical course and graduated in 1902, having completed the scientific course at Doane Academy at Granville. During his college career he engaged in various occupations to earn; his expenses. During his last .year at the Ohio Wesleyan he was in charge of the Normal department of the university. After graduation he .made application for the superintendency of public schools at Greenwich, Ohio, and at the same time filed an application at Caldwell. He was offered both positions and accepted the latter. The public schools of Caldwell are among the best of the village schools in the state, and their high school course of four years prepares its graduates for admission into any college in Ohio. Professor Brown is a member of the Methodist church ; he also belongs to the Masons and Odd Fellows, and while quite a young man in years he' stands high as an educator, and his work in the schools of Caldwell has been of a superior order. To his natural and acquired abilities he adds the subtle quality of contagious literary enthusiasm and his success as a teacher is marked. JOHN W. EMMONS, treasurer of Noble county, and one of the best known business -men of Caldwell, is a son of Lewis and Susannah (Shepherd) Emmons; both natives of Maryland, but who settled in Belmont county, Ohio, at an early day. Later they came to Noble county, locating at Sharon, where the subject of this sketch was born, November 21, 1848, and where he was educated in the public schools. Upon leaving school he started in to learn the harness maker's trade with. S. F. Rock, of Sharon, and at the expiration of his apprenticeship he embarked in business for himself. In 1869 he went to Kansas, where for about a year he was engaged in the harness and saddlery business at Olathe, the county seat of Johnson county. He then went to Springfield, Illinois; where he remained but a. few months, returning to Noble county in July, 1870, and locating at Caldwell. For some time he confined his attention to harness making, until he had built up a successful trade, when he removed to his present location at North and West streets and, added a line of vehicles. Politically Mr. Emmons has always been a consistent Republican, and he BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 187 has always taken an active interest in Public affairs. As a delegate to county, district, and state conventions; his sound judgment and conservative policy have distinguished him as a safe counsellor for his party. He served six years as .a member of the Board of Education and six years as a member of the Caldwell City council, being a. member of that body when the right of way was granted to the Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati railroad company along the north side of the city. Some criticism has since been pissed upon this act but at that time no one could foresee the growth of the town in that direction, or that the tracks would ever occupy a street through a thickly settled district. In 1899 he was elected treasurer of the county and was re-elected in 1901. His record as treasurer is that of a conscientious painstaking official, whose business-like methods have won the endorsement of the taxpayers of the county. Besides his private business and his official positions Mr. Emmons has been interested in other undertakings. Hp served as a director or treasurer of the Caldwell Building and Loan Association from its organization until he resigned in 1899 to enter upon his duties as county treasurer. A large number of Caldwell homes have been built through the medium of this association. For a number of years he was treasurer of the Caldwell Fair Association. He was born and reared .a Methodist and is now a member of that denomination, contributing freely of his means for the erection of the fine new edifice on Main street now occupied by that church. In December, 1870, he became a member of Olive Lodge, No. 259, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and he was one of the charter members of Caldwell Lodge, No. 280, Knights of Pythias. He has passed through the chairs of both lodges and represented his Knights of Pythias lodge at the Grand Lodge meetings at Cincinnati and Columbus. Mr. Emmons has been twice married. His first wife, to whom he was wedded in the fall of 1870, was Miss Lucy Davidson, a native of Malta, Morgan county. To this union were born two children, a son and a daughter. The son is now a successful pharmacist. of Marion, Ohio, and the daughter, Annie, is a clerk in the treasurer's office under her father. Mrs. Lucy Davidson Emmons died on December 30, 1886, and was buried in the Sharon cemetery on New Year's day, 1887. His second wife was Mrs. Melissa Caldwell, nee Glidden, whose first husband was the son of one of the founders of the city of Caldwell. This marriage occurred May 12, 1892. Mr. Emmons is a modest, unassuming man, one who is always found attending to his business, and who enjoys the confidence and respect of his fellow men. JESSE S. HARRIS, editor and proprietor of the Noble County Leader, is a native of Noble county, having been born at the village of Sharon, October 22, 1868. After acquiring a good common school 188 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. education in the Sharon and Caldwell public schools he began his business career as an apprentice in the office of the Caldwell Press, entering that office in June, 1885. Later he was employed on the Noble County Democrat, now suspended, and in 1888 located at Troy, Ohio, where he engaged in the printing business. In the fall of 1889 he returned to Caldwell and became editor and manager of the Noble County Republican. This position he held until the paper was consolidated with the Caldwell Journal, in July, 1898. Mr. Harris continued in the office of the Republican Journal as editqr until the following March, when he launched the Noble County Leader. The first issue of the new paper made its appearance on May 3, 1899, and soon became a favorite with many of the people of the county. Mr. Harris, long acquaintance with the press and the people of Noble county eminently fitted him for the management of a paper devoted to Noble county affairs. The Leader office is the best equipped in the County and one of the best in Southeastern Ohio. Its mechanical equipment, however, has not contributed so much to its success as has the real live editor and manager, in the person of Mr. Harris, who has conducted the affairs of the paper since it was founded, and who has placed the Leader on the high road to success. Politically Mr. Harris has always been an uncompromising Republican and his paper has invariably advocated Republican principles. In May, 1902, he established the Summerfield News, a six column four page paper, for the local news of Summerfield and vicinity. It is edited and managed by Dr. R. B. Taylor and C. H. Dew, of Summerfield, but the printing, is done in the office of the Leader at Caldwell. On. May 27, 1891, Mr. Harris led to the altar Miss Lillian M. Yoho, of Caldwell. Three children have been born to this union, but only one is now living. The first born, a daughter named Fanchion, died in July, 1896, aged thirteen months and six days. A son, Charles; passed away on February 1, 1900, aged two days. The third child, a son named Clyde, was born on December 2, 1902, and is still living. CHARLES PERRY SIMONS, M. D., son of John 'White Simons and Rester Ann Simons, was born at Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, January 26, 1842. His father was born near Philadelphia, Penn., March 23, 1819, and removed with his parents to Zanesville, Ohio, where he learned the trade of an iron moulder. His mother, Hester Ann Simons; was the daughter of Benjamin and Hester Ann Trago. She was born at Zanesville, Ohio, October 21, 1821. John W. Simons removed his family to Cambridge, Ohio, in 1855; where he engaged in the foundry and machine business until his death, which occurred August 5th, 1871. He was an energetic, industrious, and prudent man, and had built up a prosperous business. At his death his three eldest sons succeeded him. The eldest, the BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 189 principal of this sketch, conducted the business for a number of years, after which he disposed of his interests to his brothers, and retired from the business. John White Simons during his life was an earnest member, supporter and worker in the Baptist church at Cambridge, Ohio. He was superintendent of the Sabbath school for a number of years; as well as one of its church officers. He was prominent in the progress and prosperity of the town, serving a number of years in the city council. He was a leading member in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He died on the 5th day of August., 1871, at Cambridge, Ohio, and his remains rest in the cemetery at that place, his grave being marked by an elegant granite monument erected by his widow and children. His mother, Hester Ann Simons; was born at Zanesville, Ohio, October 21, 1821. She died at Cambridge, Guernsey county, Ohio, June 12, 1895, and was buried beside her husband. She, as well as her husband, was an earnest member and worker in the Baptist church from early life, raising their family in that church. A part of the children in after life when married united by letter with the Presbyterian and Methodist churches, the subject of this sketch, with his wife, uniting by letter with the Methodist Episcopal church. His mother during the Rebellion was president of the Ladies, Soldiers, Aid Society that did such excellent work in making and collecting clothing and articles of all kinds for the hospitals of the army. She visited Camp Dennison hospital, taking large supplies of clothing and delicacies for the sick .and wounded, and while there did what she could to alleviate the suffering of those with whom she came in contact. She was a kind, loving and affectionate Christian mother. She lived only for her children, doing all she could that they might live and follow her hallowed teachings. Charles Perry Simons removed with his parents to Cambridge, Ohio, in 1855, and made that city his home. He was educated, in preparatory matters in Cambridge and Zanesville, Ohio, and received his professional education in the medical department of Michigan University at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was graduated from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, in the spring of 1864. In the spring of 1862, his studies were interrupted by the war. He at that time entered the army and served as acting assistant surgeon, first in the general hospital at Camp Dennison, Ohio. In the fall of 1863, he left the army by resigning his place in the hospital, and proceeded to Cincinnati, Ohio, there taking his last course of lectures; and graduated as stated. He was examined by the State Military Examining Board of Medical Officers,. at Columbus; Ohio, and having passed a successful examination, was commissioned assistant surgeon of the Ninety-Eighth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry. He at once proceeded to join his command. He was detailed by department surgeon, Major Cloak, at Chattanooga, Tenn., by order of General Steadman, 190 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. to, organize the hospital at that place. He was at the outset probably the youngest assistant surgeon in the army. After completing his work, he asked that he be relieved to join his command, which was granted, and he accompanied Sherman's army in its march to the sea. He was attached to the division hospital as one of its surgeons; and in the absence of the division surgeon, he assumed his duties. After the battle of Jonesboro and the fall of Atlanta, Dr. Simons was; by order of General Morgan, regularly detailed for hospital duties, and continued with the division hospital of the second division of the fourteenth army crops on the entire march to the sea and through the Carolinas to Goldsboro, North Carolina. At that place Sherman's army rested. Dr. Simons, by order of General Sherman, was detailed to remove all the sick and wounded to New Berne, and report to the General commanding, if suitable accommodations could be made for the wounded or not. He was afterwards directed by General Sherman. to place all sick and wounded on a government vessel, and under orders proceed to New York with them, which he did, then returning and joining the army near Raleigh, North Carolina. He continued his arduous field duties on through to Richmond and Washington City. After the grand review of Sherman's army, in which he participated, his regiment was ordered to Cleveland, Ohio, where he was honorably mustered out. Flattering offers at Washington to remain in the army were made to Dr. Simons, but for family reasons were respectfully declined, and he returned to Cambridge, Ohio, where he engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery. In 1881, he accepted the nomination for state senator on the Republican ticket in a strong democratic district. He made a spirited fight but was defeated by a greatly reduced majority. Dr. Simons has been closely identified with the political affairs of the county, district and state, having served several terms as chairman and secretary of the county central and executive committees in which he formerly lived. He has served as president of judicial conventions and as vice-president of state conventions. He has held important city offices; and for a time served as a member of the U. S. Pension. Board. He was married to Mrs. Arena Ann Kells, nee Teener June 11, 1884. In 1894, he removed to Canton; Ohio, owing to the ill health of his wife and stepdaughter, thinking to benefit them in the change. While in Canton he engaged in his profession. He is a prominent member of the G. A. R., having been Post Surgeon of Canton Post, No. 25, G. A. R. He took an active part in the campaign of 1896, being an intimate personal friend of President. McKinley, and a member of the G. A. R. reception committee during the campaign. In 1897, he returned to Caldwell, Ohio, where he had business interests that demanded his attention, and where he now resides. His wife was the estimable daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Teener. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 191 She was born in Cumberland, Ohio, August 23, 1849. She was the widow of James Kells, a gallant soldier of the Seventy-eighth regiment, Ohio Volunteer infantry, who was severely wounded July 22, 1864, and was a prisoner in the Andersonville prison pen for some months. His death was due to wounds and exposure in the Army. Dr. Simons, stepdaughter, Mattie L. Kells, was married November 20, 1895, to Edward J. Kane. To them were born: A son, Harold Hastings Kane, January 1, 1897, in Canton, Ohio; a daughter, Geraldine Teener Kane, August 14, 1899, in Caldwell, Ohio. Harold Hastings Kane was named from the father's side, being of the old illustrious house of Hastings of Ireland. Mrs. Kane is an accomplished painter, musician, and social favorite. Mr. E. J. Kane is in the wholesale and retail hardware business in West Union, Weston, and Bealington, W. Va., under the firm names of Kane & Keyser Hardware Company and Kane & Co. Hardware Company. Dr. Simons, grandfather was named Richard Perry Simons. He moved from near Philadelphia, Penn., to Ohio. His grandmother's maiden name was Catharine White. Their only son and child was Dr. Simons, father. Richard Perry Simons was a captain in the war of 1812-14. They both died at Zanesville, Ohio, and were buried in a family lot. They were both earnest and consistent pioneer members of the Methodist Episcopal church at that place. Henry Teener, the father of Mrs. Arena A. Simons, was born in Loudoun county, Va., August 18, 1814. He moved to Noble county, Ohio, with his parents, and pursued the occupation of a farmer, in which he was most successful, acquiring through indomitable energy and great management, an independent competence. He retired from business in 1880, and moved to Caldwell, Ohio, where he lived a retired life with his wife until he died, May 15., 1888. Elizabeth Hamilton Teener, the mother of Mrs. Simons, was born near Hiramsburg, Noble county, Ohio, April 15, 1815. Her parents were farmers and quite extensive land owners. She was married to Henry Teener May 9, 1839. She was an estimable, kind, and loving wife. She was of incalculable help to her husband in all his early life ventures and struggles. She was an earnest Christian mother, raising her family in the Methodist faith. They both died in Caldwell, Ohio, and their remains are buried in the cemetery at Cumberland, Ohio, where several of their children were buried who died in infancy. LEANDER F. CAIN, M. D., of Caldwell Ohio, a leading physician and surgeon and a prominent member of the Ohio legislature was born in Noble county, on a farm three miles. east of Caldwell, July 21, 1856. His father was James Cain, a native of Noble •county, a teacher in early life, for twenty-five years a justice of the peace, and 192 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. all of his life a leading and successful farmer. The mother of Dr. Cain: was Rosanna Racey, also a native of Noble county, and a member of one of the pioneer families of that section. Their family consisted of eight sons and two daughters. Three of the sons died inside. of thirty days of diphtheria and in the succeeding period of forty-five years there has not been a case of serious. illness among the other members of the family. Dr. Cain is the third son of his parents and was educated in the common schools of Noble county and at the State university of Bloomington, Ind. He taught school for the next eight years; five years of which time was spent in Noble county and three years in Indiana. He was graduated from the Kentucky-School of Medicine in 1887 and since has engaged in general. practice with Caldwell as his permanent home, though he has been compelled to do a great deal of traveling on account of his wife's health. He was married in 18.87 to Quintilla. J. Wiley, a native of Noble county and the daughter of one of the most prominent farmers and stock raisers 'of the county: Dr. and Mrs. Cain have had five children born to them, viz.: Durward C., who served in the Cuban and Philippine wars a.s a member of the Seventeenth United States 'infantry and later in the Ninth :infantry ; Wiley M., who died at the age of eighteen months; Claude W., a graduate of the dental department of the Northwestern University of Chicago and a skilled operator in. dentistry ; Wilbur, who died at the age of nine months; Josephine Burgess, the only daughter, A student of the high school of Caldwell and an accomplished musician. Dr. Cain was reared in a Democratic atmosphere but became a Republican soon after attaining his majority and has been a prominent member of that party for many years. He has devoted much time and attention to politics and has been an active platform speaker in different states during every presidential campaign since he became a voter. He never sought public office except when he was elected to the Seventy-fifth general assembly of Ohio in 1901. For several years prior 'to his election Dr. Cain had favored the abolition of State taxes on personal and real property and placing the same on corporations. He ran before the people on that platform and on the organization of the legislature he was appointed a member of the committee on taxation.. Through his agitation of this question the law was passed reducing the rate of taxation for State purposes from $2.85 per $1,000 to $1.35, $1 of which is for school purposes. This law meant a great savings' for the people of Ohio and in Noble county the reduction in taxation was in excess of $14,000. He is the author of the Cain—Dow law, which contemplates the successful collection of file Dow tax.. The doctor's position was that any one holding a government license to sell whiskey, unless a registered pharmacist. engaged in a legitimate drug business; was a dealer in liquors and amenable to the provisions of the Dow law, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 193 which in many instances was being avoided. The passing of the Cain law has increased the State revenues more than $100,000 during the first year of its operation and has driven out of business numbers. of disreputable dives. Dr. Cain secured more appointments for his constituents than all other representatives from his district for the past ten years, and while this is a duty that makes some enemies of the disappointed applicants, yet it is an important part of the work of a legislative representative. Mrs.. Cain is an active worker in the cause of Christianity, a member of the Methodist church and the friend and counsellor of the young people, who love her greatly for her unselfish interest in their welfare. BENJAMIN B. WALLER, deceased, was born in Guernsey county in 1823 and came to Noble county in 1858. He was a carpenter by trade, but after his removal to Noble county, he entered politics and held a number of important official positions. For many years he was postmaster of Caldwell, being commissioned first in 1863, and holding the office until 1885. He was elected County Recorder in 1863 and re-elected in 1866, serving six years. For .six years; from 1872 to 1878, he was Deputy Sheriff of Noble county, arid performed the duties of this office as he did all others, with characteristic attention to duty. At the first call to arms, Mr. Waller enlisted in Company. K, Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer infantry, and participated in all the arduous campaigns of his company, until he was wounded in the battle .of South Mountain, and discharged for disability on February 1863. This wound disabled him through life and was one of the causes that ultimately brought about his death, which occurred on March 22, 1886. Mr. Waller was descended from Welsh and German parents. His father, Joseph Waller, was born July 13, 1791 ; his mother, Sarah Borde, December 4, 1791, the former a Welshman, the latter of German descent. Mr. Benjamin B. Waller was married on August 22, 1847, to Margaret Stuart, a native of Belmont county, and a daughter of James and Ann (Linn) Stuart. Mr. Stuart was a descendant of Scotch ancestors; his father being the founder of the family in America. Mrs. Waller was reared and educated in Guernsey county, and after her marriage was her husband's assistant in the various offices ,which he held. To their union were born three sons and four daughters; five of the family now living. These are Clara Alta, now Mrs. Sturtevant, of Colorado Springs; Colorado ; Anna Izetta, how. Mrs. Holiday, of Eureka; Florida.; Saidee Evelyn, now Mrs. William M. Miller, of .Dresden, Ohio; Joseph Emmett, a physician in Salem, Nebraska; Wilber Fiske, a journalist at Crooksville Ohio; and Walter, Bell, a dentist, who died at Jackson, California, in 1897. Mr. Waller was an active member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; a worthy member of Olive 13 194 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. Lodge, and zealous worker in the Grand Army of the Republic. He and his wife were active members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a well known and an exemplary member of society. Mrs. Waller still lives in the home, left her on the death of her husband, being well provided for in future years. She is a member of Noble Rebecca Lodge No. 376, Daughters of Rebecca, and is at present Deputy Grand Master of the district in which the Lodge is located. LEANDER W. WHEELER, of Caldwell, Ohio, probate judge of Noble county and a leading citizen, was born in Olive township of that county, March 10, 1853 son of Josiah and Ruth (Ralph) Wheeler. His father was born near Augusta., Me., in 1812, and when three years of age accompanied his parents to Ohio and was reared to manhood at Marietta and vicinity. He came to Noble county in his young manhood, settled on a farm in Olive township and in 1831 married Miss Ralph. He lived on his farm,. for fifty-six years and died there on April 24, 189k, at the age of eighty-two years. Leander W. Wheeler was the third child in the family of four children and was educated in the public schools and at Beverly college. His early career was devoted to teaching in Noble county and for fourteen years he was one of the leading members of that honorable profession in Noble county. Failing sight compelled him to retire from the schoolroom and he purchased a farm of one hundred acres; located one and a quarter miles north of Caldwell, and there prospered as a farmer for several years. In 1899 he was elected to the office of probate judge for a term of three years, and in 1902 he was re-elected, and consequently is now serving his second term in that important office. He is an active and, influential Republican, both of his races having been made under the banner of that party and he stands high in its councils. Judge Wheeler was married on October 19, 1879, to Siretta J. Webber, a member of a prominent family of Noble county and a. native of Olive township, born on September 10, 1853. Two children have been born to them, viz. : Clyde C., who is an assistant to his father in the office and a student of the high school of Caldwell; Capitola, a girl of nine years. Judge Wheeler is identified with a number of the leading fraternal orders, holding .membership in the Masons; the Odd Fellows; of which he is a Past Grand and Past Chief Patriarch, and in the Knights of Pythias. He has nice holdings of farm and city property and is one of the substantial citizens of the county. WALLACE H. COOLEY, of Caldwell, Ohio, for many years prominently identified with journalism in southeastern Ohio, was born in Fayette county, Pa., May 1, 1843, and when sixteen years of age came to Ohio. His parents; John and Maria Louisa (Bryant) Cooley, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 195 were life residents of Pennsylvania and reared a family of ten children to maturity. Wallace H. Cooley was the third child of his parents, received a good education in his youth and began life in a printing office in the humble capacity of "devil." On his arrival in Ohio he secured a .position as a journeyman printer and was so employed from 1859 to June 24, 1861, when he joined the army. He enlisted in Company I, Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer infantry, and 'served first in the Army of West Virginia and in July, 1862, was transferred to the Army of the Potomac and participated in the second battle of Bull Run, under General Fremont. He remained with the Army, of the Potomac until after the battle of Gettysburg, when his command was sent south and they took part in the siege of Charles. ton. He continue in the army until. June 24, 1864, when he was mustered out and returned to Pittsburg, where he secured employment in a printing office. In 1867 he removed to Caldwell and three years later purchased the Noble County Republican., which he conducted with great success until July, 1898, when he disposed of this paper. During the active years of his life Mr. Cooley was a recognized leader in local politics and always a stalwart Republican. No man in the county wielded a. stronger political influence or could control more votes. He was always a consistent Republican and invariably supported .the entire ticket, no matter what his personal preference might be in the matter. 'He was married on October 14, 1872, to. Miranda F., daughter of James -P. and Sarah (Kent) Reed, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania, respectively. The Reeds are among the most prominent families of Southeast Ohio, having settled there in 1806. Mr. and Mrs. Cooley have had five children born to them., three of whom are dead Mary, Maynard and Emma died in infancy and the surviving children are Robert Chandler and Wallace Herman: These sons are young men of bright promise, liberally educated and thoroughly equipped for the duties of life. Robert is a stenographer in the division freight office of the Pennsylvania railroad at Cambridge, Ohio, and Wallace is a photographer of Pittsburg, Pa.. Mrs. Cooley is an active member of the Methodist church, a member of the various social orders of that body and an earnest worker in matters religious. Mr. Cooley has been prominently identified with the Masons; the Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the. Republic for many years and is one of the .most widely known citizens of Noble county. DAVID FRIEDMAN, of Caldwell, Ohio, the leading merchant of Noble county, and one of the. commissioners from Ohio. to the Louisiana Purchase Centennial exposition, was born in Austria on July 4, 18,66, and was reared and educated in his native country. He came to America in 1883, following an older brother, then a traveling 196 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE salesman. David Friedman began his business career in America as a salesman, in a small way, and has worked himself up to his present important position in the commercial world. He and his brother. M. P. Friedman, engaged in the mercantile business at Byesville, Ohio, and eight years later the business was divided and enlarged, M. P. going to Cleveland and David locating at Caldwell. Their affairs have prospered and today Mr. Friedman has the largest store in Noble county. He conducts a department store of high class, with a stock that is complete in every detail and he enjoys the patronage of the best people of that entire section. The Cleveland enterprise., in charge of his brother, M. P. Friedman, is engaged in the manufacture of pearl buttons and is in a highly prosperous. condition. The two concerns give employment to one hundred and seventy-five people and are flourishing business enterprises. Mr: Friedman is an active working Republican and has at various times attended as a delegate the county, congressional and State conventions of that party. He Is a man of wide information and broad business experience, and Governor Nash, recognizing him as such, appointed him a member of the commission from Ohio to the .Louisiana Purchase Centennial exposition. This appointment was made on Thanksgiving day, 1902, upon the recommendation of Hon. L. F. Cain, and gave general satisfaction throughout the State, as, Mr. Friedman is very popular in the home of his adoption and possesses the esteem and friendship of the leading men of Southeastern Ohio. He is prominently identified with the Masonic order, being a Royal Arch Mason and a great worker for that grand fraternity. Mr. Friedman is unmarried and. when his sister, Mrs. Ellen Alter, became a widow, in the old country, he brought her and her two children to Ohio and she is now in charge of the economy of his household. He has also brought a younger brother, Henry, to America and he is now employed in the mercantile establishment at Caldwell. Mr., Friedman is educating the children of his sister and is fitting his younger brother for the practical business of life. Mr. Friedman has made a great success of his career and is a striking example of what may be accomplished in America if the immigrant possess ability, integrity and energy. DAVID S. SPRIGGS, of Caldwell, Ohio, attorney and counselor at law, was born in Centerville, Belmont county, Ohio, January 10, 1835 a son of Morris D. and Catherine (Pool) Spriggs, both natives of Washington county, Penn., whence they came to Belmont bounty, Ohio, about 1828. In 1844 they removed to Guernsey county, the -territory upon which they settled now being a part of Noble county in 1856 they removed to the vicinity of Senecaville and in the fall of 1867 removed to Wayne' county, Ill., where they resided the rest of their lives. His father spent the early years of his life as a tailor BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 197 but for many years prior to his death was identified with the agricultural interests in the various communities in which he made his home. David S. Spriggs was the fourth child and -was educated in the common schools of his native state and began his career as a teacher, studying law in the meantime. He was admitted to practice by the district court of Noble county in 1859 and began the practice of his profession at Sarahsville in 1860. After the removal of the county seat to Caldwell he moved to that place and has practiced continuously in that town since 1866. He has been engaged in general practice, having no specialties and has enjoyed a large and lucrative practice. He was married cn November 28, 1857, to Nancy Windom, a native of Belmont county, daughter of George Windom and a niece of William Windom, secretary of the treasury of the United States under Garfield. Her mother was Elizabeth Bits, of German descent and a member of a well known family. Mr., and Mrs. Spriggs have three children, viz. : Belle, wife of George C. Jennings, a lawyer of Woodsfield, Ohio; Homer O., an express agent at Bluefields; W. Va. Fred, an attorney of Bellaire, Ohio, and a member of the firm of Tallman & Spriggs. Mr. Spriggs is a Democrat of the Jeffersonian sort and has taken a prominent part in the affairs of that party. He has never wavered or faltered in his steadfast adherence to his party, always votes for the candidates of Democracy whether they are his choice or not and throughout his long life has been a consistent member of that great party. In 1863 he was a candidate for probate judge but went down with his party. In 1869 he was a candidate for prosecuting attorney but was defeated by the well known writer, James M. Dalzelle. In 1871 he reversed the situation and defeated Mr. Dalzelle, though in a county largely Republican. In 1875 he And Dalzelle were arrayed against each other in a race for membership in the lower house of Ohio: and Dalzelle was elected by the narrow margin of seven votes, though the county normally gave a Republican majority of two hundred and fifty. In 1885, Mr. Spriggs was commissioned postmaster of Caldwell, his appointment being the first made by a president as office had not previously been of sufficient importance to call for such high action in regard to placing a postmaster in charge. In recent years Mr. Spriggs has persistently declined to become a candidate for any office, though his energy has not relaxed or his ardor cooled for the Democratic party. He supported Bryan in all of his campaigns and has been a frequent delegate to the State, congressional and judicial conventions. He is prominently identified with the Masonic order, being a charter member of Olive lodge, No. 139, and having been affiliated with the fraternity since 1865. Mr. Spriggs enjoys a splendid reputation in Noble county, both as a lawyer and as a man, and he is well and favorably known throughout that district. 198 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. HERMAN C. HUPP, D. D. S., a prominent dentist of Caldwell, Ohio, was born in Buffalo township, Noble county, March 24, 1876. He is a son of Daniel and Mary Hupp, both of whom were also natives of Noble county. Daniel Hupp was one of the most prosperous business men of the county and besides looking after his large real estate interests, he was also extensively engaged in buying and selling live stock and in merchandising, until his sudden death, from heart-disease, in 1880. Dr. Hupp was educated in the public schools of his native town. He began the study of dentistry in 1896 in the office of Dr. A. P. Chambers at Caldwell, and after one year of this preparatory work, he entered the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery and after three years of a most thorough course at that famous institution, he was graduated in 1900. The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery is said to be the oldest institution of that .kind in the world, and its standing is such, that its diplomas are regarded as evidence of eminent qualifications; and the possessor of one of these prized documents is in a fair way to professional success. Dr. Hupp began the practice of his profession in Caldwell, where he occupies a fine suite of rooms in the Mills block. He has established an extensive practice among the best people of the town and community. On May 1, 1902, he was married to Miss Ruby Young, a daughter of William Young, deceased. Mrs. Hupp was educated in Caldwell .and is a lady of intelligence and refinement. Dr. Hupp and wife are both members of the Methodist church. Politically, the doctor is a Republican. He is a member of his college fraternity, called the Psi Omega Dental Fraternity. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, Masonic and. Independent Order of Odd Fellows orders. The mother of Dr. Hupp resides on a farm near Caldwell. Her grandson, Walter Hiddleston, operates the farm. Walter's mother was Mrs. Nora Hiddleston, deceased, the only daughter: of Daniel and Mary Hupp, there being but two children in the family, Nora and Herman C. WILLIAM HENRY RICHCREEK, artist, of Caldwell, Ohio, was born in Knox county, Ohio on a farm, December 21, 1861 is a son of Edward and Delilah (Johnson) Richcreek, both natives of Ohio. The father was a successful farmer, and died in 1880 at the age of fifty years, and the mother in April, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Richcreek were the parents of a family of seven children, six of whom are living: John W., a farmer in Coshocton county, the eldest; William Henry Jennie, now Mrs. McFarland of Coshocton county George M., a farmer in Knox county; Nettie, the wife of Oscar Tanner, an engineer in Newark, Ohio and Alberta, who died in November, 1901, aged twenty-two years. Mr. W. H. Richcreek was educated in the public schools of Coshocton county and worked on a farm until his twenty-second year. Leaving the farm he learned the art BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 199 of photography at Adamsville, Muskingum county, and followed the business at different places in the. 'employ of others for about six years. In February, 1890, he came to Caldwell and engaged in the business for himself, locating in the rooms which he still occupies; where he does a general business along the line of his profession, including enlarging. Mr.. Richcreek has been prosperous and has established a fine trade, having the monopoly on photography in Caldwell. He was married August 23, 18—, to Anna Gibson, a native of Noble county, and daughter of Frank Gibson, who was a merchant in Caldwell. To them have been born two children, Harry Gibson and Norma Kathryn. Mr. and Mrs. Richcreek are members .of the Methodist church. Mr. Richcreek is a staunch Republican, and was a member of the city council for six years. He is a member of Olive Lodge, No. 259, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Caldwell Encampment No. 260 ; is Past Grand of the Subordinate Lodge, P. C. P. of the Encampment, and has represented the former in the Grand Lodge of Ohio. He has always taken an interest in Odd Fellowship, and is a faithful attendant at lodge. Mr. Richcreek was appointed mayor of Caldwell, February 14, 1904, to fill the unexpired term of Mayor L. B. Frazier, resigned, and at the spring election following was nominated and elected for two years. AMOS ABNER DAY, clerk of the court .of Common Pleas of Noble county, Ohio, was born in Wayne, Noble county, March 9, 1869. He is a son of Amos and Lydia (Williams) . Day, both natives of Noble county, according to the present organization, at that time Guernsey county. The Day family traces its genealogy to Scotch–Irish ancestors; long established in America, while the Williams family is of English origin. The paternal great grandfather, also Amos Day, was born in the vicinity of Baltimore, Md., learned the profession of Civil Engineering in Baltimore, and on coming to Ohio, surveyed much of the land embraced in Guernsey and Noble. counties. He located on a farm in what is now Wayne Township, where both the subject of this sketch and his father were born and where both grandparents died. The father of A. A. Day was born in 1832, and the mother in 1834. Both are living on the old homestead, where Mr. Day has been a successful farmer and is now living in the enjoyment of the fruits of his earlier industry. The family consists of three sons and three daughters; all living. The eldest is Mrs. Vista Webster of Savannah, Mo. ; Mrs. Florence R. Perkins resides upon a farm in Beaver Township, Noble county ; Elmer E., is a farmer in Guernsey county; Lydia J. Dolison wife of M. H. Dolison, lives on a farm in Wayne Township; Amos A. ; and Fred, who is still under the parental roof. Amos A. Day, received his elementary education in Wayne and Beaver townships, and at Stanbury Normal College at Stanbury,