200 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. Mo. He spent his early years on the farm, taught school in Noble county for ten years, and in May, 1901, was nominated for the office. in which he is now serving, being elected at the general election in 1901. Mr. Day has always taken an active interest in political affairs, having descended from the old line Whig party and inherited his Republicanism. Mr. Day tiaras married December 31, 1892, to Nellie Marlow, a. native of Wayne township, and a daughter of John and Rebecca Marlow. The father died in 1880, and the mother is now living at Bellaire O. Mrs. Day was educated in her native township. To .Mr. and Mrs. Day have been born four children: Lloyd Benson, Helen Gould, Edith Marlow, and Amos Abner: Mr.. Day is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. CHARLES S. MCFERREN, a merchant of Caldwell, Ohio, was born in Hoskinsville, Noble county; on October 20, 1873, and is the only son of D. M. and H. J. McFerren, a prominent old Ohio family. His parents were born in, Ohio on territory which is now embraced within Noble county. The father has spent his life in the lumber and timber business; and in general merchandising at Hoskinsville, but is now residing in Caldwell engaged in. the wholesale produce business. His mother is also, living and one sister, Mrs. Ella Harper of Caldwell. Mr. Charles McFerren received his education in the public schools of Caldwell, and spent his years in assisting his father, ,in a printing office and. in electrical engineering through Northern Ohio in the employ of the Cleveland Electric Construction Company. On the breaking out of the Spanish—American War, he volunteered his services as a member of Company D, in the Seven-. teenth U. S. Infantry at Columbus; entering the service May 30, 1898. He was in camp at Fort McPherson, Ga.., and at Tampa, Fla., going from the last named place with the Fifth Army Corps to Cuba. Most of his time in Cuba, Mr. McFerren was employed as a clerk kit was on the firing line when his comrades were so employed. He participated in all the ,duties required of soldiers during the Santiago Campaign and had the pleasure of seeing the irrepressible Rough Rider, who nor occupies our Presidential chair, on many occasions. On the homeward trip, Mr. McFerren was taken with yellow fever, and came very near losing his life through the depredations of the terrible disease. He was in the hospital at Montauk Point, Long Island, until convalescent, .and rejoined his regiment at Columbus; soon being discharged on a surgeon's certificate of disability, January 9, 1899. When prostrated with the disease he weighed two hundred pounds and within. four weeks after reaching Montauk, was reduced to one hundred and fifteen. It is possible that the medical profession who may read this, will doubt the truth of the follow- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 201 ing statement: when in the height of fever, Mr. McFerren's temperature ran to 107, a fact which is fully verified by affidavit of a reputable physician of Caldwell, Dr. J. M. Martin. Since his discharge, he has been in precarious health, and obliged to guard it very carefully, and to engage only in such occupations as is conducive to this result. By reason. of these disabilities he has become a pensioner. Since returning he has been engaged as manager of his father's business. Mr. McFerren was married in August, 1899, to Lillie May Caldwell, of Canton, a native of Noble county, and a daughter of Ezra Caldwell, a well known resident of the county. They are members of the Methodist church. Politically, Mr. McFerren is a Republican, though reared by Democratic ancestors; an.d is, so far as be knows, the only person bearing that name, who votes the Republican ticket. JOSEPH MCLAUGHLIN, proprietor of a livery and feed business near the B. Z. & C. depot, of Caldwell, Ohio, was born in Buffalo township, Noble county, on December 5, 1844. He is a son of John and Mary (Taylor) McLaughlin, the father a native of County Down, Ireland, and the mother,. a native of Virginia. John McLaughlin accompanied his parents to America in childhood, and after his marriage, located on a farm in Buffalo township. His death occurred in Noble township :at the age of .eighty-four, the mother's death occurring at the age of seventy-five. They left a family of four sons and four daughters ; the eldest, Isaac, a boot and shoe merchant, at Franklin, Indiana; William, a prosperous farmer in Noble township; Jane, , widow of Frank Gibson, residing in Caldwell ; Joseph, subject of this sketch; Nancy, now Mrs. C: W. Spiker, residing on a farm in Noble county ; Mary Halley, of the same township ; Adeline Jordon, residing in Illinois ; and John, of Byesville, a. retired farmer. Joseph McLaughlin was reared on a farm and spent his early years in clearing up the land. His educational work was confined to. the public schools of that township, and necessarily was rather limited. He was married in 1871 to Eliza A. Danford, born in Morgan county, and a daughter of R. R. Danford, late of Caldwell. Six children were born 'to this union ; Edwin E., who was educated in Caldwell, and at Ada and Delaware Colleges; and. a very successful teacher ; he served three years as Superintendent of Caldwell schools, and now holds a like position. at Anna, Illinois. He .married Anna Crew, of :Chester Hill, Morgan county, also a teacher, and a..sister of Judge Crew of the Supreme Court of Ohio.; Robert B., married Vesta McVicker, and is now a student in Columbus, Starling Medical College; Adda, wife of Wayne Young, a jeweler. in Caldwell ; Ocy Olive, her father's housekeeper; Edith Dell, wife of Dr. H. B. Kistler, a. milliner, also at home; and Mary, a student at Athens; Ohio. Mrs. McLaughlin died .December 25, 1890, since 202 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. which time, Mr. McLaughlin has kept house with, his children. Mr. McLaughlin served in the Civil war in the One Hundred Sixty-First Ohio Volunteer Infantry for ninety days, and afterwards re-enlisted in the One Hundred Ninety-Fourth, in which he remained until the close of the war. He served in the Shenandoah Valley under Generals Hunter and Sheridan, and participated in several skirmishes. Mr. McLaughlin is an enthusiastic member of the Grand Army of the. Republic, and of the Knights of Pythias. In politics he is a staunch Republican, and is now serving his city as member of the council. HOMER L. HASTINGS, county auditor of Noble county, is a native of the county in which he now lives, and was born March 10, 1867. He is a son of Hiram and Mary A. (Berry) Hastings, both natives of Noble county. The family was established in America by the great-grandfather, John Hastings, who came from Ireland soon after the Revolution and settled in Frederick county, Virginia, serving for a time as a soldier in the Patriot Army. A brother of John Hastings settled in Washington county; Pennsylvania : the grandfather, Samuel Hastings, settled 'upon the territory now embraced within Noble county, in 1826, and has been permanently identified with the county ever since. He had one brother and six sisters, as 'follows : John Hastings ; Elizabeth (Mrs. Isaac Cooper) ; Mary, the wife of Robert Finley ; Catherine ; Sallie, now Mrs. Young; Matilda, wife of William Razor; and Lillie, who died in young womanhood. Samuel Hastings first came to Ohio in 1824 and lived on Stillwater Creek, and two years later took up the eighty acres, of land upon which the father of the subject of this sketch now lives. The parental grandmother was Anna Finley, a sister of Robert Finley, before mentioned. Hiram Hastings, the father of Homer L. has spent his life thus far in agricultural pursuits in which he was successful, but by turning his attention to railroading in the construction of the Cincinnati, Wheeling & New York Railroad, he became a member of the company organized for that purpose. The venture proved a. disastrous one in a financial way, and Mr. Hastings became involved to the extent that his fine farm was in jeopardy. Some members of the syndicate sought to retrieve their losses through .the doubtful method of allowing their wives to retain their interests, but Mrs. Hastings promptly relinquished. her rights in this respect and everything was turned. over to the creditors. The five sons nobly came to their assistance and have redeemed the old parental farm of four hundred acres and placed their parents again in affluent circumstances. One of these sons; is the subject of this review. The family comprised ten children, eight of whom are living and two died in infancy. Those living are: Angeline Roe, wife of Abram Roe, a farmer of Oskaloosa, Iowa; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 203 Grant S., a farmer and teacher in Marion township, and Captain of the Summerfield Guards; he was a candidate for West Point Military Academy, chosen alternate, passed both the physical and literary examinations, but failed of appointment when a vacancy occurred by reason of being a few days over age; Homer L. ; Maggie L., wife of Judson Layman, a prosperous farmer of Wayne township; Frank O. and Charles L., now residents of Oklahoma, located near Stillwater, where they have a farm Lee H., working the home farm ; and Maude, at home. The family have all enjoyed excellent educational advantages in the schools of their township and in Batesville High School. Homer L. Hastings; began his career as a teacher in the public schools, teaching in the country for eight years and as Superintendent and Principal of the Batesville Schools. for five years. He was chosen from this position as nominee of his party for the office of County Auditor, a position to which he was elected in 1897 and again in 1900, now serving on his second term. He has always taken an active interest in political affairs; ever since his minority, is a recognized leader in the counsels of Republicanism, and has held many honorary positions in the party. Mr. Hastings was married July 19, 1893, to Mary E. Paxson, a native of Illinois. She was reared and educated in Noble county, but spent six years of her girlhood at North Bewick, Maine. Her father is Joseph D. Paxson, now of Peoria, her mother having died when Mrs. Hastings was an infant. Her father was married again, and removed to Kansas where he was unfortunate, and later returned to Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Hastings have a family of five children: Margaret, Danner Paxson, Homer Harold, Marion Roosevelt and Joseph Byron. Mr. Hastings is prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Noble Lodge No., 459, Free and Accepted Masons; Cumberland Chapter No. 116, of which he is the present HighPriest is Past Chancellor of the Batesville Lodge, No. 331, Knights of Pythias; and is past Representative to the Grand Lodge of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Hastings 'are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and of the Rathbone Sisters, of Knights of Pythias. Mr. Hastings is a young man of high attainments and studious disposition he was as much of a student while teaching, as his most devoted pupils. He is genial, affable, and a very pleasant gentleman to meet. CONRAD HARMON, County Recorder of Noble county, was born in Manchester township, Morgan county (now Sharon township, Noble county), on January 27, 1843, and is a son of Baston and Meriba (Stout) Harmon. The father was born near Beaver, Pa., on Harmon Run, a local designation in honor of the paternal grandfather, Conrad Harmon, a soldier in the Revolution, who served a number of years, and was wounded in the battle of Germantown. He was 204 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. a native of Germany, who emigrated to the Colonies in 1771. Baston Harmon father of the subject of this sketch, was a farmer, who. came to Ohio about 1817, and spent his life on the farm on which, Conrad, his son, was born. He lived to be eighty-seven years old ; the mother died in 1852, in middle life. The family consisted of seven children : Isaac, who died in Noble county, at the age of sixty ; John, at the age Of forty-two; Sarah, wife of Jacob Frame, who died at the age of forty-seven ; Conra.d ; Christina, wife of James Nichols, died in Knoxville Ia., at the age of forty-two. Amanda, wife of William Cain, residing in Sharon township ; and Elijah died in early manhood in Milford, Illinois. Conrad Harmon was educated in the .common schools and followed farming all his life until elected to his present office. He entered the service of the United States in 1862, serving a term of one year in Company K, Twenty-Fifth, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the Army of the Potomac, and under General' Franz Seigel. He participated in the campaign against Fredericksburg under General Burnside ; was in the Chancellorsville campaign under General Hooker; in the Gettysburg campaign under the command of General O. O. Howard. He was discharged from this enlistment in July, 1863, and, returning home, re-enlisted in January, 1864, in Company G, Seventy-Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving until the end of the war; Mr. Harmon has been twice married, first to Electa W. Robinson, a native of Meigs county, in 1869, who died in 1871, leaving one son, Charles D., now living in Sharon township. In 1873 he married Mary E. Thompson, a native of Sharon township, and a daughter of John Thompson, an early settler, who came to this country from Ireland. To this union have been born four children: John F., who died at seventeen years of age; Hannah E. wife of Andrew Betts, a carpenter of Caldwell; Owen G., and Omar H., twins, both living at home, the former a carpenter and the latter a printer. Mr. Harmon. has held minor offices in his native township, such as road surveyor, school director, and the like. In the spring of 1899, he was nominated by the Republican party. for the office of County Recorder, and elected at the general election following, taking possession of the office, September 3, 1900. He was re-elected in 1902 for a term of three years. Mr. Harmon has always taken an active interest in politics, and has been a recognized leader of his party in his township. At his election, he received the highest majority of any one on the county ticket - 669 over his opponent. Mr. Harmon joined the Masonic fraternity in 1885, being a member of Noble Lodge No. 136, at Sharon ; has been a member of the Odd Fellows; for thirty years, a Past Grand of Gem Lodge No. 552, and a member of the Encampment. He and his wife, are members of the Presbyterian church. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 203 JOHN LEONARD GRAY, M. D., a regular practicing physician and. surgeon of Caldwell, was born in Noble township, three miles north of Caldwell, on September 14, 1866. His parents are Clark and Elizabeth (Byran) Gray, both natives of Ohio. The father was born near the place of his residence, of 'Scotch-Irish ancestors in 1834, and is now living on the farm in Noble township, where he has prospered in every way. He was for six years Superintendent of Noble County Infirmary. The mother was born in Belmont county, of Irish and German: ancestors. There, was a family of six children, all of whom are living : Emma,, now Mrs. Jonas E. Larrick, Byesville, O. ; Elizabeth now Mrs. Emmer Davis of Pleasant City ; Charlotte, now Mrs. Thomas Hitchens of Hartford John. Leonard ; Mary, wife of Jacob Davis, Pleasant City; and Simon F., farmer and school teacher, at home. Dr. Gray was educated hi the common schools; and was a salesman in a mercantile house in Byesville later. He began the study of Medicine in 1889., at Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis, practiced about two and one-half years, and in 1896 completed his professional studies, graduating from the College of 'Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk, Iowa. His first two years of practice were spent at McCleary, Ohio, and after his graduation he practiced at Middleburg, Ohio, until September, 1902, at which time be moved to . Caldwell, where he has already established a. lucrative practice. For six years past, he has been a member of the Medical Board of U. S. Pension. Examiners, and is the present secretary of the same, and a member of the Noble County Medical Association. Dr: Gray was married May 25, 1898, to Mary L. Hupp; a native of Jefferson township, and a daughter of George A. Hupp, deceased. To them have been born two bright little girls; Lela. May and Kura Elizabeth. Dr. Gray is a member of Noble Lodge, .No. 459 Free and Accepted Masons, and of Caldwell Lodge No. 280 Knights of Pythias. He and his wife are Methodists in religious belief, and in politics Dr. Gray is a Republican. Dr. Gray is a student, 'both professionally and otherwise, and aims to keep abreast of the times in the onward march of 'science and education. WALTER H. BOWRON, a druggist of Caldwell, was born near Osceola, Wisconsin, on January 6, 1867. His parents were Robert A. and Maria (Crawford) Bowron, of English descent; the former a native of Canada, the latter a native of Vermont. They were married in Montreal, Canada, and emigrated to Wisconsin, locating at Osceola and engaging in the milling business; Mr. Bowron, senior, had learned the trade of a miller under the tuition of his father in Canada, and had made two. trips to Wisconsin before locating there permanently ; he lived there about twenty years, then removed to Tennessee for a year, and thence to Ohio where he has 206 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. lived for twenty-three years; he is now retired at the age of seventy-three. The mother died when Walter H., was but three years of age, leaving three sons : George, Arthur, and Walter H. Two sons died in infancy. Arthur is a publisher of a society magazine and job printer at Ashland, Wis. George is with the Knel-French Piano Co., at New Castle, Indiana. Mr. Bowron. married the second time, a widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Doane, with five children, and to this union was born one daughter, Mrs. Lylan Ryan of Caldwell. Mr. Walter H. Bowron was educated ,in Caldwell High school, and became a student of pharmacy under the tuition of Dan Newhart in the store which, he now owns. He has been continuously in the drug business since 1881, two years in Wisconsin, two years at Cambridge, Ohio, and in 1891, he bought his present property, in which he carries the usual line of goods. In 1893, Mr. Bowron established the Caldwell Independent Telephone System, which traverses his native county, having one hundred forty miles of toll line, with direct long distance connection and headquarters at Caldwell. This system gives employment to several regular workmen, besides the commission agents in each town. The Capital Stock paid up is $5,000. Mr. Bowron operates a general. jobbing business in drugs and chemicals; and has the largest and most complete stock in this section of the state. He was married in 1889 to Miss Maggie Dilley, daughter of Judge Jonathan Dilley, late of Caldwell. Two sons were born to this union, Lester Dean,, and Dilley A. Mr. Bowron is a Member of the Masonic fraternity, having attained the Royal Arch degrees. He was reared in the faith of the Episcopalian church, Mrs. Bowron being a member of the Methodist church. In politics, he is a Republican. ERWIN G. CHAMBERLIN, postmaster at Caldwell, was born on a farm in Olive township, three miles south of Caldwell, April 29, 1862. He is a son of Judah M. and Lucena (Gibbs) Chamberlin, the father a native of Washington county, the mother of Noble county. The maternal grandfather, Dennis Gibbs; was one of the first settlers in the vicinity of Caldwell, locating there about the close of the War of 1812, or a few years prior he acquired large land interests through choosing and "laying" land warrants, built a mill on Duck Creek, where he became wealthy. He lived there about-seventy years, but died at Lowell, Washington county: His son, Dennis, Jr., took control of the home 'farm and mills; and was.. very prominently 'identified with the early history Of the county. He studied law,, was admitted to the bar and was twice elected Probate. Judge. of the county. He removed to Hutchinson, Kansas, where he is now living at an advanced old age, having served that. city as Police Judge. Judah M. Chamberlin, father of Erwin G., was an engineers employed by the. B. & O. S. W. Ry. for about thirty years, operating a pumping station BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 207 at Little Hocking, Ohio, where he died at the age of sixty-seven. Tho mother died when Erwin. G., was less than two years old, at the age of thirty-five, and Frank M. two years Erwin G's senior, and his brother were taken into the M., of their uncle, Alden D. Tilton, where they were reared and educated, that being the only home the children ever knew. The brother Frank M., died at the age of twenty-four. When a child of fourteen, Mr. Chamberlin, subject of this review, met with an accident, which permanently crippled his right arm. Whatever might have been his ambitions as to future life, this had the effect to direct him into educational lines, and so he fitted himself for teaching, following that profession in Noble county for seventeen years. From this occupation, he was elected to the office of clerk of the courts in which capacity he served six years. Retiring in August, 1902, he was appointed postmaster on January 13, 1903. Mr. Chamberlin was married on February 28, 1894, to Arizona M. Groves, who was born at Mt. Ephraim, December VS, 1865, and is a daughter of Julius R. and Nancy Groves of that place. The father is a well-to-do farmer, and was for two terms county commissioner of Noble county; Two children were born, to Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlin, Clarice L, and D. Kraps. Politically, Mr. Chamberlin is an active Republican, and a recognized leader in local politics. He has been chairman of the County Executive Committee for two years, and secretary of the same for a. number of years. He is the Representative Committee man of the Morgan–Noble district.. He is a. member of the Methodist Episcopal church and leader of the church choir in Caldwell. He Was the first president of the Epworth League, serving two years in that capacity. Mrs. Chamberlin is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and an active worker in the cause of religion. Mr. Chamberlin is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, having attained the degree of Royal Arch Mason. He has been Master of Noble Lodge No. 459 Free and Accepted Masons, for the past two years. in this as in everything else, which he undertakes, he is active and zealous—a hard worker and consistent member. He is a member of Cumberland Chapter No. 116 in which he is also an officer and a member of Caldwell Lodge, No. 280 Knights of Pythias, in which he is Past Chancellor Commander. VALISSO E. HARKINS, cashier in the Citizens National Bank at Caldwell, was born in Noble township, near Belle Valley, April 28, 1856. Was reared on a farm and educated in the country schools. He followed farming in his early years, and later learned the carpenter's trade, following that for a short time. He then engaged in general merchandising at Belle Valley for about twenty-four years. He was one of the organizers and incorporators of the Citizens, 208 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. National Bank, established in October, 1902. The incorporators are Dr. O. O. McKee, C. C. Caldwell, C. O. Dye, C. B. Berry, V. E. Harkins, J. S. Jones, and J. S. Archer; the capitalization is $60,000. The directors are : O. O. McKee, V. E. Harkins, J. S. Jones, David Quick, J. S. Archer, George B. Eyssen, and C. B. Berry ; and the officers : O. O. McKee, president ; J. S. Jones, vice-president ; V. E. Harkins, cashier ; and G. W. McElfresh, assistant cashier. The bank does a general banking business; buys and sells exchange, loans, and discounts. Mr. Harkins was married March 25th, 1880, at Belle Valley to Emeline Ginn, a native of Belle Valley, where she was reared and educated. Three children were born to them, Louise Estella, Donald L., and Lillian B., all at home. Mr. Harkins is a member of Noble Lodge No. 459, Free and Accepted Masons; and of Cumberland Chapter No. 116, Royal Arch Masons. Politically he is a Democrat, though not a close adherent to party lines. WILLIAM R. HOWELL, station agent and telegraph operator, at Caldwell, was born in Cumberland, Guernsey county, Ohio, on April 2, 1877. His parents are William and Sarah (Taylor) Howell. The father a native of Muskingum county, born in 1837, and the mother born in Ross county in' 1847, both now living. The father had been previously married by which union he had two children, Clyde, now deceased, and Lizzie, now Mrs. S. S. Replace of Troy. By his second marriage there are three sons and two daughters: James L., a telegraph operator on the C. & A. R. R., at La Rose, Illinois ; Lola, who died at the age of nineteen: William R., Joseph M., an operator, and now employed as time keeper on the C. & M. branch of the Pennsylvania lines, and Edna, who died in childhood ; Mr. Howell was a miller by trade, a business he followed for many years. He was postmaster of Cumberland, four years, under the first Cleveland administration, and is now retired in comfortable circumstances. Mr. Howell, subject of this review, was educated in the Cumberland High School, and after this was engaged in the transfer business for two or three years, running two wagons. He learned telegraphy in the office of the B. Z. & C. R. R., at Cumberland, having his first steady position at Chandlersville, where he was employed over a year. He came to Caldwell as agent and operator October 1, 1902. Mr. Howell was married February 9, 1901, to Lizzie McConnell, a native of Ephraim, where she was reared and educated. One son was born to this union, Ernest Kenneth, born September 3, 1901. Mr. Howell is a. member of the Knights of The Maccabees, and politically, is a Republican. Mrs. Howell is a member of the Christian church. Mr. Howell is descended from Welch and English ancestors, early established in the new world. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 209 HENRY SCHAFER, a merchant tailor and old resident of Caldwell, was born in Hessen Darmstadt, Germany, on September 15, 1857. His parents were Peter and Anna Maria (Herdt) Schafer, the father a weaver by occupation, who died at the age of sixty-four, and the mother, still living in her native country, at the age of seventy-five. Of the family of seven, five are now living: Henry, Karl and Elizabeth came to America, the others remaining in Germany. Henry Schafer spent the first twenty years of his life in his native country, where he received a good common school education, and learned the trade of a tailor. He came to America in 1872, spent two years in New York City, worked fifteen months in Parkersburg, W. Va., and thence to Marietta, Ohio, where he remained about four years. Mr. Schafer was married in 1879 to Katherine Lorenz, a native of Marietta, and came to Caldwell in 1880 where he established his present business, prosperous from the first. To them have been born three children: William Jacob, Florence Katherine and Eldon Henry; the eldest son, now clerking in the furnishing store of his Uncle Karl at Marietta. Mr. Schafer gives steady employment to five operators and in busy times, the number is increased to six or eight. His is the only merchant tailoring establishment in. Caldwell, where he keeps a seasonable stock of goods always on exhibition. Mr. Schafer is a member of Olive Lodge No. 259, Independent Order of Odd Fellows of which he is a Past Grand has taken the Encampment and Rebecca degrees and is a member of Caldwell. Lodge No. 280, Knights of Pythias. In politics he is a Democrat and at present a member of the Caldwell City Council and of the Street and Fire committees. In religious belief he and his wife are Presbyterians. Mr. Schafer has been very successful in the new world, having accumulated a considerable property in real estate in Caldwell. This is altogether the result of his own efforts, since he was in debt when he landed in America. Mr. Schafer is recognized as a staunch reliable citizen, a generous friend and a good neighbor. JOHN FINLEY, M. D.—The medical profession of Caldwell is represented by a class of learned and thoroughly well qualified. physicians. They have chosen the profession of medicine because of their peculiar adaptation to it, and not as is so often the case, because of the allurements of rapid money making. As a class of professional men, they are well versed in medical lore, skillful in practice, sympathetic in nature, and endowed with more than ordinary success. Dr. John Finley, the subject of this review, stands well up in the front rank of his colleagues in the vicinity, and is a gentleman who bears the distinguished honor with becoming modesty and professional pride. Dr. Finley is distinctively a self made man, in the sense in which that term is usually employed. Whether his self-education was a matter 14 210 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. of choice or necessity, does not figure in the final results, nor in the sense of self-reliance and independence which follows such a course. Some of our greatest National haracters have been self educated because of parental disability to aid. Dr. Finley's early educational advantages were very limited. He attended the common schools in the desultory manner of farmer lads generally, until he attained the age of thirteen years. At that tender period in the life of a youth, he began working on a farm as a hired laborer, continuing in that capacity for thirteen years, often required to perform tasks far beyond hip strength but uncomplaining and ever faithful, until his health became seriously impaired. At the age of twenty-six he became convinced that there was something in store for him besides the drudgery of manual labor; and, in accordance with this belief, he entered upon the study of medicine under the tutorship of Dr. J. H. Abbott, in Cannonsburg. He pursued a thorough course of four years in this preparatory work, which also included two courses of lectures, the first at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, Md. In 1876 he was graduated from Miami College of Medicine in Cincinnati. His studies were pursued with the same zeal, energy and determination which had characterized the labors of his earlier years when working from twelve to sixteen hours a day, as a farm laborer. Being now fully equipped for his professional life, with health partially restored, he entered upon a professional career which has brought him to a prominent position in social life, and placed him in the fore front of his professional contemporaries. Dr. Finley is one of that limited class of physicians who does not always enquire, "will he pay," but, "how sick is he," instead. He is a sympathetic friend as well as a wise and faithful counsellor in distress. With him there are no impassable roads; or nights too cold or dark to travel. This characteristic in his nature has endeared him to the people of Caldwell and vicinity, and, coupled with his phenomenal success as a practitioner, has brought him a very large and lucrative practice, which is constantly growing\ The doctor first practiced at Hiramsburg for several years, then removed to Sarahsville, where he was in active practice for five years, but the prospects of Caldwell becoming a large and prosperous town, together with the allurements of the county seat, induced him to make another change, and he came to Caldwell in 1895. Dr. Finley has always been devoted to his profession and never sought official honors; though he served four years as a member of the Medical Examining Board ,during the first term of President Cleveland's administration. He has been a life long Democrat. The subject of this review was born in Beaver township, Noble county, on June 21, 1846, and is a son of William and Margaret (Eagon) Finley, both natives of the Buckeye Slate. His father spent his life in agricultural pursuits; and died in Noble county at the age of sixty-six. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 211 The mother, now in the declining years of a happy old age, still lives at Cannonsburg, honored by her surviving children, and enjoying the distinction of having four-score and three years recorded to her credit. William and Margaret Finley were the parents of seven children, four of whom are now living. The eldest of the family was Nancy, who married Jacob Rayne; Charlotte, wife of W. E. Carpenter, of Parkersburg, W. Va. ; Hester Anne, wife of, James Yoho, now deceased; John ; Hannah, now Mrs. Morrison, of Kansas; James; deceased ; Chas. W., a mechanic in Cannonsburg. Dr. Finley has been twice married, his, first marriage being terminated by the death, of his wife within one year. He was married the second time to a sister of his first wife, Arizona R. Danford, and to them have been born two children, the son, Charles L., surviving, and the daughter, Maude Estella dying in infancy. The son, Charles L., now in his 19th year, is a student in the Hospital College of Medicine at Louis vine Ky., fitting himself for the medical profession.. Dr. Finley is a member of the Masonic fraternity of Olive Lodge No. 116. From early manhood he has sustained relations with the Methodist church, his wife being also a member, and although a zealots christian worker and most exemplary wife, her crowning glory consists in her devotion to her aged parents, her labors being sweetened by the consciousness of duty well done. The name Finley is a prominent one in Southern and Central Ohio. Like many other busy men of the day, Dr. Finley is not posted on his family genealogy, but tradition traces the origin of his family to the Emerald Isle. It is the belief, however, that the Finleys who figured so conspicuously in the pioneer days are descended from the same ancestors. Every school boy in the state knows the thrilling career of the Rev. J. B. Finley as the pioneer Methodist preacher and Indian fighter. HON. JOHN S. ARCHER, county commissioner of Noble county, was born on Duck Creek, eight miles. east of Caldwell, June 21, 1864. He is a son of Daniel and Anna (Myers) Archer, both natives of Noble county, as now organized. The father's father was Simon Archer, son of Michael, who was one of the first settlers on Thick Creek. The mother's parents were natives of Germany, where they were married, and came to Noble county, early in their married life: The grandfather Myers died in Indiana, but the other grandparents died and were buried in Noble county. Daniel and Anna Archer were the parents of five children : Andrew C., a merchant at Fulda; John S. ; Peter, in the ice plant and cold storage business at Woods-field ; Michael Francis, in the milling and feed business at Woods-field ; and Emma, wife of John Warner, living near. Carlisle. John S. Archer, the subject of this sketch, received a limited common school education and began life as a. hired laborer on a farm, at the 212 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. age of twelve, remaining there two years. He then went to work in a grist mill as fireman and engineer until he was eighteen, when he rented the mill and entered the milling business for himself. He was engaged in the business at different places, at Carlisle, and Sarahsville, where he had the best mill in the county, and where he established a fine business. He also owned the mills at Caldwell and Woodsfield. In 1897 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to the office of county commissioner, being the only commissioner elected by that party for many years, and at present the only Democratic office holder in Noble county. His large and favorable acquaintance, due to his successful career as a business man, give him a strong following among the people of all parties. He was re-elected in 1900 and is now serving on his fifth year. As county commissioner, he has always manifested an active interest in attending to county affairs and to him is largely due the credit for the repairing and beautifying of the county property. Some five or six years ago, he became interested in the oil and gas industry, and is now president and general manager of The National Oil and Gas Company, with headquarters at Caldwell, the gas interests being mostly in Washington county. He has also been engaged as a dealer and packer in the leaf tobacco business. Mr. Archer was married June 2, 1885, to Emma Hesson, a native of Noble county, and to them have been born,. Clyde C. and Walter H., sixteen and five years old, respectively. The oldest son is employed in the telephone office in Caldwell. Mr. Archer, as may be inferred, is a recognized leader in the Democratic party he is one of the directors of the Citizens, National Bank in Caldwell, is a. member of the building committee, which purposes the erection of a fine bank building during the present year. It is to be a three story pressed brick, stone front,, 40x100 feet, equipped with all modern appliances; and will be unquestionably the best building in Noble county. The cost is estimated. at $35,000. Mr. Archer and family are members of the Romani Catholic church of St. Michaels at Carlisle. This church was first built by his great grandfather, Michael Archer, and was one of the first churches erected in the county. The old church has now been replaced by a new and better one. STEPHEN MILLS, SR., an early settler of Caldwell, and a prominent business man, was born in County Longford, near the town of Bally Mahon, in the parish of Forgenary, Ireland, on November 26, 1829. He remained in his native country until 1849 when he came to America alone, and located in Berkshire county, Mass. He was (employed as a house carpenter in this place for two years; he then returned to New York City where he remained until 1861, and then came to Ohio, locating at E:ast Union, Noble county. Toward, the close of the war he enlisted as a non-commissioned officer in Company BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 213 B, One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served about one year. While in, New York City he was first lieutenant in the home guards; but resigned this position when he came to Noble county. Mr. Mills engaged in his business in this county and followed it until he retired from active labors and turned his interests over to his sons. He has assisted in building up the town of Caldwell, and has erected buildings in all parts of the county. Mr. Mills now conducts a high grade furniture store, in one of the finest buildings in the city. The building was the first to have electric lights, operated by a private plant, and was the basis of the present lighting of the city. He owns considerable other valuable real estate in town, and two farms in Noble county. He established the first lumber market and planing mill in Caldwell, the latter now being operated by his son, J. H. Mills. Mr. Mills was married in New York City by Bishop O'Dell to Eliza Rollins, a native of the same county and neighborhood as himself. They were both reared in the Episcopal Church. They were the parents of seven children, one son being dead. They are: James H., of Caldwell ; Frank, a farmer in the county ; Thomas W., a furniture dealer and undertaker in Caldwell; Annie, at home; Stephen Jr., an architect, now employed in the slate business at Zanesville ; Ulysses, in the furniture business with his father. Mr. Mills became a Mason in 1864 at Sarahsville, and is now a Royal Arch Mason. In politics he is a Republican as are all his sons; and has been very zealous in his advocacy of Republican doctrines. He cast his first vote for the "Pathfinder of the Rockies" in 1856. He has never sought official positions. He was one of the organizers of the Caldwell Building & Loan Association, and is president of the same. Mr. Mills is descended from English and Scotch ancestors ; his father, John Mills, a Scotchman, came over with Lord Ross, as his steward, and was with that dignitary for many years. His mother's father, Robert Mason, came over with the Cromwell party, being also English. Both parents died in Ireland where their lives were spent.. Mr. Mills is a. representative of a family of five brothers and one sister, three of them located in Wisconsin, one in Australia, and one brother and one sister. in Ireland. In 1890, Mr. Mills made a visit to his native country, visiting his birth place, the various objects, of interest in England, Ireland, and Scotland, and spending three months abroad. He has been an extensive traveler in the United States also. ANDREW C. MCKEE, superintendent of the electric lights and waterworks; of Caldwell, was born in Olive township, Noble county, on February 22, 1843, and is the son of Dr. William and Martha (Clymer) McKee, the father born in County Down, Ireland, and the mother, in New Jersey ; they were married in Morgan county, 214 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. in a portion of the township now incorporated within Noble county ; the father was a practicing physician and spent his life in the medical profession, being one of the pioneer physicians of Noble county ; he Was born in 1797, educated in Glasgow, Scotland, and in Edinburg, the latter a Post Graduate course of one year; he came to America in 1833, for a short time, returned to Europe, and in 1836, came to stay permanently ; he was in the British Navy as a surgeon for five years, was assistant surgeon under the draft commission during the Civil war in America ; he died at Olive in 1865, at the age of Sixty, eight, and the mother in 1889, aged seventy-three; their family comprised seven children, two of whom. died in infancy: Andrew C.; Isaac E., ex-sheriff of Noble county ; Flora, wife of G. W. Lund of Marietta ; Dr. O. O. McKee, of Caldwell; Charles W., a farmer; Sophia and Robert, died in infancy. Mr. McKee, subject of this sketch, was educated in the common schools and at Sharon College. He enlisted in Co. F, One Hundred Sixty-First Ohio volunteer infantry, and served in the Army of the Potomac under General Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley. After his discharge, he purchased a farm in Olive township and followed farming for twenty-five years; then moved to Caldwell in. 1888, continuing his farming for some years afterwards. He was employed as a distributing̊ agent for commercial fertilizer for some years; and in 1900, he was appointed to his present position. Mr. McKee was married in. Caldwell in 1865 to Serene Daniel, a native of Morgan county, and a daughter of E. W. Daniel, lately deceased at the age of ninety-four. Three children were born them.: Cora M., widow of Hon. Chas. A. Leland, who was associate judge of the supreme court of New Mexico, and formerly a prominent attorney of Caldwell ; Lura. N., of Caldwell; and Helen, a young lady in the high. school. Mr. McKee is a member of Sharon Lodge, No. 136, F. & A. M. Cumberland Chapter No. 116, Royal Arch Masons; and is Past M., of Sharon Lodge. Politically he is a Democrat, and served as mayor of Caldwell in 1893. The family belongs to the Presbyterian church. The Clymer family was early established on New England soil, and was identified with the early colonial history of the country. CLYDE WRIGHT, plumber and tinner, and proprietor of a business house in Caldwell, was born in Belmont county, Olive township, on January 13, 1860, and is a son of Emmett and Mary (Calhoun) Wright, natives of Belmont county, where their lives were spent. The father was a stock dealer, and engaged in various lines of agency work. The mother died in 1867 and the father survived her until 1876, at the ages of forty and forty-five respectively. The family consisted of three sons : Harry, a druggist of Belmont county, who married Miss Meek, and has one son; Emmett; Clyde; and Park, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 215 the youngest born November 2, 1862, now a clerk and general salesman for Friedman. Bros. in Caldwell. He has been in the employ of this firm for some time and is a most obliging and conscientious salesman. Mr. Wright, the subject of this sketch, was reared and educated in his native county, in Wright's Town, named in honor of the grandfather, 'Nehemiah Wright. The grandfather was a native of Ireland, who came to this country when twelve years of age, landed in Baltimore, and walked from that city to Belmont county, locating there in 1801. He was one of the earliest settlers of that county, and at the erection of his first cabin, his neighbors came from a distance of nine miles to attend the raising. At one time he owned large land interests in the county, and of the family of five sons and two daughters, all are now dead except Dr. James D. Wright of Iowa. . Mr. Clyde Wright learned the tinner's trade in the town of Belmont, and has followed that business except for two years spent in the grocery business in Caldwell. He does a general line of work in heating, tinning, gas fitting, and the like, and has been .extraordinarily successful. He owns the building in which he is located, and one of the finest residences in Caldwell, erected in 1901, with all modern improvements and conveniences. Mr. Wright was married at Belmont, May 24, 1882, to Carrie Hutchinson, a native of Belmont, and a daughter of James Hutchinson, a native of Pennsylvania. To them were born a son and a daughter.: Clarence L., a, student at Ohio Wesleyan University, and Mary E., a student in Caldwell High School. Mr. Wright is a Republican, though not aggressive in politics. He has served Caldwell on the City Council, Board of Health, and is at present a member of the Board of Education, of which he is clerk. His family are all members of the Methodist church. He is steward of the church, and has served about fifteen years as church treasurer, and in all church work and in his religious life, is active and earnest. CALVIN MCGLASHAN, a native of Muskingum county, was born in Meigs township on August 14, 1831, and is a son of James and Phoebe (Fisher) McGlashan. The father was a native of Scotland, born near Edinburg in 1793, came to America about 181.9, and located in Muskingum county. He was married in Pennsylvania, and came via flat boat to Marietta, thence up the Muskingum to McConnelsville, and walked the balance of the way: He was a cloth dresser and wool carder by trade and moved into Noble county when Calvin was a babe. He died in Sharon township in 1873, his wife surviving him until 1880. They were the parents of ten children, only two of whom are known to be living. Mr. McGlashan has spent his life in Noble county, the first fourteen years on a farm near Sharon, and over forty years in the business of harness and saddle 216 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. making in the town of Sharon. He came to Caldwell in 1882, and engaged in the harness business there until about four years ago. when he retired from his trade and engaged in the manufacture of brooms and other light employment, taking life comparatively easy. Mr. McGlashan, soon after the war began, was drafted into the army, but furnished a substitute until the spring of 1865, when he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred Ninety-Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry, serving until the close of the war. Mr. McGlashan was married November 27, 1851, to Hannah Boggs, a native of Ohio. Twelve. children were born to this union, eight, of whom are now living: Ellen, wife of J. W. Tipton, Jr., of Caldwell.; James, proprietor of an extensive grocery business in Muskingum county ; Reuben, a harness maker in grocery ; Fisher, deceased ; Phoebe, deceased ; Maggie Floy, died in Caldwell in middle life; Hattie, wife of James Marshall of Urichsville ; Charlie, a harness maker at Columbus; Cyrus, a. foreman in the Press office in Caldwell; John, a harness maker in Caldwell ; Cara, wife of Lu H. Shadwell of Caldwell ; and Zora M., who died in infancy. Mr. McGlashan has been an active Democrat all his life. He was post master of Sharon for four years and served several years as justice of the peace. He has been an Odd Fellow for fifty years; has filled all official stations in the subordinate lodge, and is a member of the General Lodge No. 552, of Sharon. Mr. McGlashan and wife . are members of the old school Presbyterian church. REV. SAMUEL FINLEY Ross, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Caldwell, is a native of Harrison county, Ohio, where he was born on February 20, 1853, and was reared and educated. He is a son of Joseph and Catherine (Patterson) Ross, early settlers in Harrison county. The paternal grandfather was killed in the War of 1812 ; the paternal great grandfather was paymaster in General 'Washington's army, and was captured by the British near the present site of General Grant's tomb. Mr. Ross first attended the common schools; and later was a student at McNeely Normal School, Scio College, and Ea Fayette College, receiving the degree of D. D. from the latter institution. He had the honor of being a student under the noted mathematician and chemist, Prof. William H. Brinkerhoff, who was president of McNeely Normal School. Mr. Ross began his educational career with the bent of the parental mind turned toward the law, but when ready to launch upon his life work, he chose for himself the ministry. While a student he also engaged as a tutor in the Normal College, having had some experience in that line in the common schools, where he taught when but seventeen years of age, earning the money for his college expenses in one year's teaching. He spent four years in collegiate work as student and tutor, also serv- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 217 ing as a "supply" on many occasions in ministerial work. Mr. Ross was ordained to the ministry after two years probationary work in the Eastern Ohio Conference. This was with deacon's orders; in 1887; in 1891, was ordained an Elder, and received the degree of D. D. in 1902, having been a trustee of Scio College for seventeen year previously. His first pastoral charge was Adamsville, where he and Rev. J. J. Jackson had charge of seven churches, then at Port Washington, at Philadelphia Plains, at Waynesburg, at West La Fayette, having charge of each place three years, and three years at New Concord, where he assisted in building the Muskingum College, being president of the Convention in soliciting aid in its construction. He went thence to Cumberland for three years and came to Caldwell in his present capacity in September, 1902. Mr. Ross is an earnest, able preacher whose kindly spirit and human sympathies endear him to all. He has done much voluntary evangelistic work, and is effective and powerful as a revivalist. He has been very successful in his work in the Caldwell church, a society which has the name of being one of the oldest churches in that part of Ohio. Mr. Ross was married December 25, 1873, to Amanda R. Welsh, a native of Harrison county, and a daughter of John and Margaret (Gilmore) Welsh. She was educated at Scio College, and is very talented in music. Their union has been blessed with four children: Howard J., now a student in the' State University at Columbus, preparing for the law ; Olive Margaret, a graduate of Scio School of Oratory ; Ruth Lucile, and Joyce Welsh, who are at home. Dr. Ross is a member of. the Masonic order, belonging to Port Washington Lodge No. 202. In politics he is rated as a Republican, though with strong temperance sympathies. He is opposed to lawlessness even though apparently sanctioned by law. WILLIAM J. JOHNSON, of Caldwell, a farmer and ex-county auditor of Noble county, was born in Guernsey county, now a part of Noble, on the 15th of November, 1850, and is a son of John K. and Elizabeth Holden (McBride) Johnson. The father was born in Virginia in 1816, the mother in Ohio in 1818, and they were married in Ohio in 1838, where they have spent most of their lives. The paternal grandfather, George B. Johnson, was a native of England, came to Virginia and married Anna Mackley. The maternal grandfather came to Ohio in a very early day and came into possession of large landed interests; which descended to his heirs. The father of the subject of this sketch, inherited a portion and bought additional lands, becoming well-to-do. He died in 1896 at the age of eighty-three, his wife having preceded him five years. The family comprised four sons and two daughters, four of whom are living: John L., a traveling salesman at Columbus ; Hannah, wife of 218 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. Thomas S. Larrick ; Nancy, now ,Mrs. Hercules Murphy, of Pleasant City; and William J. Mr. Johnson was educated in the country schools; Muskingum College Ohio Normal College at Lebanon, and various private schools. He began his independent career as a teacher, following that profession for about sixteen years; and then engaged in the mercantile business in Guernsey and Noble counties for a few years. By reason of failing health he retired from active life and took up a political career. He held the office of justice of the peace two terms, was township clerk one term, a member of the Board of Education in Sarahsville for six years, was nominated and elected county auditor of Noble county in 1891, serving over six years. At his second election, he received 830 majority, the largest ever given to any county candidate in the county. .He has been engaged in the collection of delinquent and omitted taxes throughout the southern portion of the state, having become interested in that line of work while yet in the Auditor's office. Mr. Johnson was married September 19, 1872, to Amanda M. Blucher, a native of Belmont county, and a daughter of William P. and Louisa Burcher. To this union have been born six children: Ora Winifred, a teacher in the city of Minneapolis; Minn. ; Charles B., an attorney in Clarksburg, W. Va. ; Edward T., a practicing dentist in Caldwell; Arthur G., a. graduate of the Ohio Dental and Surgical College; John R. and Charlotte, at home. The children have all had every advantage in education and are an exceptional family in the way they have appreciated their father's efforts for them. Mr. Johnson is a prominent Mason and has served ten years out of fourteen as Worshipful Master of Olive Lodge No. 210, and is a member of Cumberland Chapter No. 116, Royal Arch Masons. Mr. Johnson was reared in the faith of the Lutheran church. Politically he is a staunch Republican and has always been an active worker in the cause of Republicanism. Mr. Johnson has been an active, energetic, and successful business man. He has earned a great deal of money, which he has spent liberally for the education and comfort of his children. He owns a good farm of two hundred fifty-six acres in Noble and Center townships which he operates through hired help. It is well stocked, has a producing gas well, with other prospects for oil and gas, and is underlaid with coal. He has also a fine home. in Caldwell. JOHN M. CAMPBELL, postmaster and retired merchant of Dexter City, is a native of Belmont county, and was born January 8, 1838. The Campbell family is traceable to Scotch-Irish ancestors. The great great grandfather was the founder of the family in the New World ; he was massacred by the Indians. Mr. Campbell is a son of Archibald, and Hannah (Sample) Campbell, the mother a native of Ohio, the father of Maryland. They were married in Belmont BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 219 county, removed to Washington county, and both died. at Marietta, the father at the age of eighty-six, and the mother at seventy-five. They were the parents of nine children, seven of whom are living: John M. ; Rebecca J., wife of Thomas Hall of Washington county; Samuel M., traveling salesman living at Marietta Sarah A., wife of Ross Dye; Joseph L., a merchant at Marietta ; Gideon J., a merchant, now deceased ; and Lina, of Belpre. Mr. Campbell, the subject of this sketch, was reared to manhood on a farm in Lawrence township, received his education in the public schools; and followed farming until the breaking out of the Civil war. He enlisted August 6, 1862, in Company F, Ninety-Second Ohio volunteer infantry, serving under General Sherman in the Western department. He participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta, Buzzards Roost, Jonesboro, participated, in the famous march to the Sea, up through the Carolinas and "on to. Richmond." He was also at the grand review at Washington. Mr. Campbell was sergeant of his company during the war, and escaped personal injury, except for deafness in one ear occasioned by the explosion of a shell which killed his Comrades on his right.. He was discharged June 10, 1865, and returned to his home in Liberty, where he had left a wife and two children. He had been married in 1859 to Calista A. Bloor, a native of Belmont county. Five children have been born to them : Iowa K, wife of G. W. Clymer, who died in 1901, leaving a family of six children ; Mary F. ; John A. ; Ella B., wife of Wm. Daniels, who left one child ; Clara A., wife of Ralph W. Loucks; the only survivor of the children. After the close of the war, Mr. Campbell engaged in farming for one year, after which he was for five years an oil operator. He was fairly successful in this, and afterward engaged in the mercantile business, being one of the first merchants in Dexter City. This proved unprofitable, so he sold out and was a traveling salesman for several years. In 1897 he was appointed postmaster by President McKinley, and has continued since in that capacity. Mr. Campbell is a member of the Masonic fraternity, holding his membership at Aurelius Lodge No. 398, of Macksburg. He is a member of John L. Moseley Post, G. A. R., of Dexter City. He is a member of the Baptist church as were his parents.. He takes an active interest in religious matters. He is a Republican and influential in the party counsels. Mr. Compbell has been fairly successful in his life, though at times unfortunate. He receives a pension by reason of disabilities incurred in the army. EDWARD E. COBURN, M. D., a regular practicing physician and surgeon of Dexter City, Ohio, was born in Morgan county, near the line of Washington county, on April 25, 1867. He is the son of Leonidas J. and Susan (Swift) Coburn, both natives of Ohio, the 220 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. father .born in Morgan county and the mother in Washington county, where she died January 20, 1897. The father is descended. from Major Asa Coburn of Revolutionary fame., and one of the first settlers of Marietta, where he' is still living, upon the farm where he was born. He has been a successful farmer and has attained prominence in local politics, having served. three terms as Commissioner of Mor- gan county, and Justice of thePeace a number of years, he has always been a .working Republican. The family consists of five son's and one daughter, all of whom are living : Don C., a minister in the Methodist Protestant church at Zanesville ; Nicholas; a minister. in the same church, superannuated, lives at Zanesville, Charles, a farmer in Morgan county, near the old home Juniata, widow of Joseph Smith, who, with her son Leonidas, lives with her father; Dr. E.. E., and Allen, a student in Starling -Medical College. Dr. Coburn was educated at Adrian, Michigan, and at Starling Medical College,. from which he graduated in March, 1894. He began the practice of medicine in Stockport, Morgan county, where he. remained two years; was in Cambridge for six years., and moved to Dexter City 'in Sep-. tember 1902. He has been successful in establishing a fine practice and in connection with this; has the only drug store in Dexter City., Dr. Coburn was married December. 29, 1897, to Mary Rose,. a native of Washington county, where he was reared and educated at Marietta College. She is a daughter of James and Josie Rose, a prominent well-to-do. family at Cole Run, where the father has been postmaster and general merchant for over twenty years. In the family are: Charles,. a merchant tailor; Mary, Lucy, John and Helen, all at home. Dr. Coburn is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Odd Fellows. In politics he is a staunch Republican. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mrs.. Coburn is an especially active worker. JOHN WILLIAM BEEBOUT, M. D., a regular practicing physician and surgeon of Dexter City, is a native of Washington county, and was born near Newport, June 10, 1871. He is a son of Prof. Leander J. and Rachel (O'Bleness) Beebout, the father a native of Jefferson county, the mother of Washington county, and bath are now living on the place where the subject of this sketch was born. The father was a teacher by vocation, and spent thirty-six years in Washington county, teaching forty-three terms in .,one school. The Beebout family is descended from Holland ancestors, and the O'Bleness from the same, who settled at Kingsbridge, New York, 'before the Revolution, and were driven out by the British, losing all their possessions. The families came west before the birth of either of the Subject's parents, land settled in Washington and Jefferson counties. Dr. Beebout is the only son of Leander and Rachel BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 221 Beebout, and has one sister living, Miss Bertha, who is at home. Dr. Beebout was educated largely under his father's tuition, attended Scio College, and completed his medical education at Starling Medical College, Columbus, with the class of '96. He received his preliminary professional training under the tuition of Dr. E. W. Hill of Marietta, and began practice at Dexter City, September 29, 1902. Dr. Beebout has already established a lucrative practice and attained a prominent social and professional position. He was Coroner for Noble county four years, during his practice at Hiramsburg and Caldwell. Dr. Beebout was married June 29, 1897, to Addie Gibson, a native of Washington county, but a resident of Caldwell, and to them has been born one son, Howard E., born May 19, 1901. In political views, Dr. Beebout is a Republican. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias in Dexter City, and has twice passed the official stations in his lodge. He is also a member of Dexter City Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Dr. Beebout and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. JOHN H. SHANKLAND, of Caldwell, ex-postmaster, and retired farmer, is a native of Marion township and was born July 1, 1843. He is a son of James W. and Henrietta S. (Rownd) Shankland, both natives of Delaware, but coming to Ohio in childhood. The Shankland family is descended from Welsh ancestors; long established in America. The grandfather, James M. Rownd, was the first settler of Barnesville, as were the parents the first residents of Summerfield, now the second town in Noble county. The father, James W. Shankland, opened a store in the woods on the present site of Summerfield, in 1827 after three years he sold out, spent a year on the farm, and then located in Lexington, then a small village in the county, now extinct. There he opened an extensive mercantile business, and was greatly interested in the tobacco trade; then in its beginning. He established stores at six or seven different points in the county, and did a very extensive business; shipping as many as twelve hundred hogsheads in one season. His losses were often great, through incompetency of some of his employes, yet in the main, he was successful, and accumulated a goodly competence. Mr. Shankland died near Summerfield, October 9, 1879, at the age of seventy-nine, and his wife on December 6, 1892, in her ninetieth year, at the home of her son, John H. She was a devout Christian woman, whose father was a local minister of the Methodist church she remembered distinctly Bishop Asbury, the first bishop of the Methodist church, and how as a little girl she sat upon his knee at the parental home in Barnesville. She was a subscriber to the New York Christian Advocate for sixty-one years. The family of James and Henrietta Shankland consists of three sisters and four brothers living, 222 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE and one sister who has joined the silent majority. Those living are: Martha A., now a widow, residing with her daughter at Lyons, Kansas; Mary, widow of L. A. Prettyman:, residing: with her son at Dresden, Eliza, wife of Edward Y. Taylor, of Minneapolis ; James M. a retired merchant in Des Moines; Ia. ; Charles. W., a farmer near Summerfield ; Samuel R, editor and publisher of Custer City, S. D. ; and John H. Mr. Shankland received a common school education in his native county, which was supplemented by a business course in Eastman's College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He enlisted August 6, 1862, as a private in Company D, Ninety-Second Ohio volunteer infantry, and served three years in the Western Department under General Sherman. He participated in a number of engagements; culminating at Chickamauga, in a wound which rendered him unfit for field duty thereafter. After recovery, he was detached as a clerk in the Government offices at Louisville, Ky. where he served until the expiration of his term, being discharged Ky., 22, 1865. Returning home, he attended Commercial College and after graduation, was engaged in the mercantile business in Guernsey county for four years. Mr. Shankland was married in February, 1877, after which he located on his farm which he had inherited in part, purchasing the balance. He wedded O. Ella Openshaw, a native of Yorkshire, England, but reared and educated in Summerfield. One daughter has been born to this union, Henrietta Blanche, a graduate of Caldwell High school and now married to Charles V. Graham of Cambridge, a telegraph operator on the B. & O. They have also one daughter, Henrietta, born in October, 1900. Mr. Shankland retired from his farm and removed to Caldwell in the fall of 1892, at which time he was installed as Treasurer of Noble county, having been elected on the Republican ticket in 1891. In 1898 he was appointed postmaster of Caldwell, by President McKinley, serving four and one-half years, under this appointment. He has always taken an active interest in political. affairs, and served his party in various capacities. Mrs. Shankland and daughter are members of the Methodist church, Mr. Shankland was a charter member of John Brown Post, No. 504, Grand Army of the Republic, and served two years as Commander of the same. WAYNE YOUNG, a practical jeweler and silversmith of Caldwell, was born on a farm three and one-half miles southeast of Caldwell, on the 4th of June, 1874, and is a son of David and Mary (Caldwell) Young, both natives of Noble county. The father was a mechanic and farmer by trade and died August 19, 1903, at Caldwell. The mother, who was a daughter of Samuel Caldwell, one of the founders of the town bearing his name, was born on a farm near Caldwell and spent her life in Noble county. She died in Caldwell, the family BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 223 having retired some twenty years ago. The family comprises two sons and five daughters, two of the daughters and the two sons living. Those living are : Miss Adda, assistant to her brother in his jewelry business; Charles C., of Caldwell; Wayne; and Luna, a teacher of music in Nebraska. Mr. Young, subject of this sketch, was educated in the Caldwell public schools; and at the age of seventeen entered the Chicago College of Horology, where he pursued his studies for three years; receiving his diploma as a competent workman in that line. In May, 1894, he bought out a stock of jewelry and started in business in Caldwell, and since then, he has built up a good business, having practically the only establishment of the kind in the town. He carries a full line of goods and makes a specialty of fine watch repairing and artistic engraving. Mr. Young was married March 8, 1896, to Miss Adda McLaughlin, daughter of. Joseph McLaughlin, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. To this union, three children were born, Lucile, Howard and David. In political views, Mr. Young has voted with the Democrats in the past, but is not certain of his political views in the future. He and, his wife are members of the Baptist church and both active in religious work. Mr. Young designs to put in a full line of optical goods in connection with his other business, and place a thorough, competent optician in charge; his sister, Miss Adda, being now a student in optics at a college in Chicago with that. end in view. Mr. Young is an affable, pleasant young man, thoroughly schooled in the intricacies of his profession, blessed with a pleasing address and more than ordinary personal attractions. He is a young man of high ideals and most exemplary life and character. Few young men have started in life with brighter prospects or attained a greater degree of success in a few brief years, than has he. HARRY A. WILSON, bookkeeper and general salesman in the extensive mercantile house of Friedman Bros., of Caldwell, was born in Summerfield, Noble county, on August 16, 1878. He is a son of Joseph H. Wilson, a veteran of the Civil war, whose record as a soldier is worthy of preservation and transmission ; he enlisted at the beginning of the war as a private of Company I, Twenty-Fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, serving four years and nine months, until his discharge; he served in the Army of the Potomac, participating in nearly all of the general engagements fought by that valiant army, and escaping personal injury, other than being rendered unconscious for a time by the concussion from the explosion of a shell near his head ; he suffered many hardships, as did all who, were faithful to the cause, and returned in impaired health, for which he received a partial recompense in a pension ; he was cabinet maker by trade, bit has been unable to work at that business for many years ; in recent 224 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. years, when able to work, he has turned his attention to painting and decorating. The mother of Harry A. Wilson was Mary J. Morrison, both parents natives of Ohio, and both still living. Harry A. Wilson is the youngest child and only son in a. family of three, the sisters being Mrs. George F. Hayes of Caldwell, and Mrs. A. E. Osborne of Sharon. He was educated in his native town, completing the high school course in 1896. He began his mercantile career in the employ of C. H. Richey, of Summerfield, and was with him as general salesman for two years and a half. In December, 1897, he accepted a position with Friedman Bros., in Caldwell, as general salesman in the dry goods department ; and in 1901, he was promoted to bookkeeper and general superintendent of the extensive office work, which position he now holds. Mr. Wilson was married August 8, 1900, to Isabelle James, a. native of Caldwell, and daughter of Wilton and Mary James. She is one of a. family of six, three of whom are deceased ; the living are: Leslie, traveling salesman of New York City ; Homer, a railway employe in St.. Louis ; and Mrs. Wilson. One son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, James J., born March 15, 1902. They are members of the Methodist church, in which Mr. Wilson served several years as a steward. In politics, he is a Republican. Mr. Wilson is an exemplary young man, who possesses the confidence of his employers to the fullest extent, and he and his wife are held in high esteem by the residents of Caldwell. They exercise a potent influence for good among all and especially among the young people of the community. HON. LEVI WILLIAM FINLEY, of Caldwell, ex-member of the Sixty-sixth general assembly of Ohio, and a retired merchant was born within the present limits of Noble county, on the 11th of March, 1844, and was reared and educated in his native county. He is a son of William and Rachel (Glover) Finley, both natives of Pennsylvania, who were married in Noble county, living there until 1870, and then removing to Wayne county, Iowa, where they ended their days. The mother died in 1875 at the age of sixty-two and the father in 1885, at the age of eighty. He followed farming all his life and was regarded as well-to-do. The family comprised nine children, eight of whom lived to years of maturity. The eldest is Rebecca, wife of George Miley of Buffalo township; Susan, wife of James W. Gibson, now superintendent and matron respectively of Noble County Infirmary ; Eliza, wife of Levi Keller, died in 1877 ; John died in youth ; Jacob, a resident of Oklahoma, where he owns a fine farm ; Isaac, died in the army in the Civil war, buried at Athens, Ala., a member of the Ninth Ohio cavalry ; Samuel C., proprietor of a meat market in Wayne county, Ia., and George, who died in 1889. Mr. Finley entered the army as a member of Com- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 225 pany E, Eighty-Eighth Ohio volunteer infantry, in July, 1863, serving two years as clerk at headquarters of the. Northern Department. His regiment did garrison duty most of the time, being employed in guarding railroads, recruits, deserters; prisoners and the like. Previous to entering the army, Mr. Finley had been engaged in teaching for a year or two, and on returning, resumed this profession for about two years longer, and then engaged in general merchandising at Sarahsville, originally the county seat of Noble county. He continued in that line six years, when failing health obliged him to seek a change, and in 1873 he engaged in farming, stock raising, and fruit growing. In November, 1902, he left the farm and moved to Caldwell, turning over the management of his 250-acres farm to his son. Mr. Finley has always taken an active interest in politics; being a Republican until 1872, when he became a follower of the Liberal Republican candidate, Horace Greeley, and since that time has been a Democrat. In 1876, he was the Democratic candidate for county auditor, but was defeated at the polls; and in 1883 was elected to the legislature. In 1887 he was a Candidate for State senator, but failed in the nominating convention. He was deputy collector of internal revenue for one year, 1897 to 1898, in the sub-division composed of the Counties of Noble, Guernsey, Monroe, Washington, Athens, Morgan and Meigs; and was legislated out of this position in 1898 at the outbreak of the Spanish war. He was a member of the State Central committee for four year's, and has served on the Executive and Control committees of the county. He was also deputy state supervisor of elections and held various other offices in the township, to say nothing of the various school board offices held at different times. Mr. Finley was married November 24, 1866, to Jane Young, a native of Noble county, and a daughter of William J. and Jane (McCann) Young, the father a native of Rhode Island, and the mother of Noble county; Ohio. To them have been born seven children, five of whom are living: William L., editor of the Kenton Press and president of the Scioto Sign Co., wife, Emma Handier, have six children; George R., married Iona McClintock, resides on home farm, four children: Mary J.; wife of A. C. Frye of Kenton; Rachel May, wife of J. B Sparling; and Joseph L., a student in Caldwell. Mr. Finley is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Summerfield Lodge No. . . ; of Knights of Pythias, being Past Chancellor Commander of same, and of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is a minister of. the Disciple church and active in religious work, having been in the ministry for eight years; though his early religious affiliations were with the Methodist church. He is pre-eminently a good man, honored and respected by all. Though never obtaining the full Measure of his political ambition, he takes defeat philosophically. He is a student by nature and has surrounded himself with a fine 15 226 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. private library, where he feels at home with familiar friends. His material possessions are such as; with judicious management, precludes the possibility of want, and he and his estimable wife and young son, comprise a happy and contented trio around the home fireside. SOLOMON J. DONALDSON, a mechanic of. Dexter City, was born in Washington county, Pa., June 17, 1831, and accompanied his parents to Muskingum, county, Ohio, when five years old, having remained a resident of the state ever since. He was reared on a farm in Morgan county, and received a fair common school education. At the age of twenty-three, he left the farm and learned the cooper's trade, and after following that for some years; learned also the stone mason's trade, working at that during the summer seasons. He enlisted August 13, 1862, in Company A, Seventy-Eighth Ohio volunteer infantry, serving in the Army of the Tennessee under General Grant, until his promotion to a higher rank, later serving under General Sherman. He participated in the battles of Port Gibson, Raymond, Kenesaw Mountain, and at the siege of Atlanta, was wounded in the right arm at Raymond, captured. at the hospital there, twelve days later, and taken to Richmond as a prisoner. He was in Libby Prison about two months when he was paroled and later exchanged. He rejoined the army on the march to Atlanta, and remained at the front until December, 1864, when he was sent to the rear and placed on detached duty at a general hospital at Covington, Ky., thus relieving an able-bodied man, who was needed at the front. Mr. Donaldson served in the same regiment with James Mason, father of Sergeant Chas. B. Mason, later rendered conspicuous by his efforts to shoot Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield. Mr. Donaldson served faithfully and well, making a record as a soldier which is complimentary to himself and an honor to his posterity. Being discharged, he returned to his wife and four children in Muskingum county, and soon afterward learned the shoemaker's trade, being unable from his physical condition to resume either of the other trades previously learned. In 1866 he moved to Noble county, living in Caldwell several years, and nine years later removing to Dexter City, where he erected a beautiful residence. Besides shoemaking, he has been at different times engaged in barbering and photography, thereby earning a livelihood, and educating his large family. Mr. Donaldson was married June 15, 1851, to Nancy Callendine, a native of Vermont. She was the mother of six children and died in May, 1884. The children are: Garrey, salesman of New York City ; William J. an oil worker, in Glouster ; Hayden M., a farmer near Macksburg; J., wife of George Williams of Marietta; Lillian M., wife of George Duvall, of Dunkirk, Indiana; and BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 227 Elvin. Glidden, of Dexter City. Mr. Donaldson married for his second wife, Nan Dyer, who is the mother of six children, all under the parental roof. The children are : Corporal Tanner ; Fannie, his twin sister, wife of David McAtee, of Dexter City ; Miles L., Goldie, Flossie and Archie. Mr. Donaldson was one of the charter members of John M. Mosely Post No. 470, Grand Army of the Republic, the first post organized in Noble county ; which he has served many years; as Officer of the Day, and of which he was recently chosen Commander an honor worthily bestowed. He has been a member of the order of Odd Fellows for thirty-six years and is Past Grand of Dexter City Lodge No, 496. Politically he is independent, though formerly a staunch Republican. Mr. Donaldson is a pensioner by reason of wounds received in the Civil war. MARK WARREN, a prominent educator of Noble county, was born near South Olive, July 26, 1872, and is a son of W. P. and Rhoda J, Warren. He received his education at his home school, at South Olive, in both the Common, and Normal Schools; and at Caldwell. He was exceptionally bright as a student, began teaching at the age of eighteen, and has followed that profession one way or another until the present time. He was married September 25, 1895, to Miss Ara Ogle. For the past four years he has served as superintendent of the Dexter City schools, and has brought them up to a standard to be proud of. It was largely due to his efforts that the school was classed by State School Commissioner Bonebrake, as a third-grade High School. In 1900 Mr. Warren was appointed school examiner of Noble county; by Probate Judge L. W. Wheeler, in which capacity he served with 'credit for more than two years; when he resigned to enter politics. Securing the nomination for county treasurer by acclamation in the Noble county Republican convention in the spring of 1903, he was elected to that office on November 3, by the largest majority accorded any candidate on the ticket. Mr. Warren will assume the duties of the office in September, 1904. WILLIAM A. LONG, a farmer and stock-raiser of Sharon township; was born in the house where he now lives on August 28, 1857. He is a son of William and Mary (Ross) Long, the mother dying in middle life. Of the eight children born to these parents; William. A., is the fourth. He was educated in the common schools of Sharon township where he has always lived, following the life of a farmer. This life seems to have had a particular fascination for Mr. Long, and he has been especially successful. His farm of one hundred acres is well improved, with fine buildings and all conveniences; and is well adapted to both agriculture and stock raising, the latter being extensively carried on. ,Mr. Long was married January 15, 1880, to 228 - THE COUNTY OE NOBLE. Florilla J. Bailey, a daughter of John and Mary (White) Bailey, whose family was among the earliest settlers in the county. To them have been born three sons and one daughter, all unmarried. They are Harley Garfield, born November 6, 1880, a graduate of the Spencerian Business College in Cleveland, now employed with the Garry Iron and Steel Plant at Cleveland ; Edmund and Edgar, twins, born February 4, 1883 ; and Mary Kiturah, born June 25, 1885. The twin boys own a farm adjoining the parental home, Edmund is teacher in the public schools of the county, and Edgar looks after the farm. Mr. Long and. family are members of the Baptist church and active workers in church and. Sunday school. Mr. Long is a Republican in political views and he has always supported the principles of his party. All his family are strictly temperance in principle and active in that work. Mr. Long has never sought public office, though he has manifested great interest in the schools, being president of the Board of Directors of Sharon township. EDSON F. WALTERS, trustee of Sharon township and a prosperous farmer near the village of Sharon, was born in Noble county on January 18, 1868. He is a son of Peter M. and Elizabeth M. (Marquis) Walters; both natives of Sharon township, and both now living in that village. The Walters family is of German and Irish origin, the paternal great grandfather being German, and his wife Irish. The Marquis family is of similar origin, though in reverse order. The father spent productive years in origin, and is now engaged in the jewelry business, being a practical mechanic. There was a family of four sons and six daughters, one son and three daughters having gone to that land whence no traveler returns. Those living are Chloe L., now the wife of Mr. Ellis of Grundy county, Mo. ; Samuel J., and Charles E., farmers in Scotland county, Mo., the latter being a minister as well as a farmer ; Lillian J., wife of B. F. Henry-, a jeweler in Lancaster; Nora D., wife of Miner Fowler of Reinersville ; and Edson F. Mr. Walters, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the common schools of his native township, but has followed farming as a vocation, He was, married March 15, 1894, to. Etta Jennings, a daughter of G. N. Jennings, late of Sharon township. The family were early settlers of Noble county, and her father was a. resident of Sharon township for forty years. For one season following his marriage, Mr. Walters was a farmer in Illinois; and afterwards came into possession of the farm on which he now lives; partly through inheritance and partly through purchase. The farm comprises fifty-eight acres, mostly all improved, Mr. Walters engaging principally in cattle raising and poultry business. Mr. and Mrs. Walters have one daughter, Leah, born December 16, 1896. In politics Mr. Walters is a. Democrat, and by that party was elected trustee in 1900, still serving in that capacity. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 229 WILLIAM M. LONG, of Caldwell, an old resident and prominent citizen of Sharon township, was born October 28, 1827, on the territory now comprised within Sharon township. His father was Samuel A. Long, who was born in Fayette county, Penn. and came to Belmont county in early youth. There he married and Penn., near the present site of Caldwell, many years before Noble county was organized. On removal from Belmont county he placed all his worldly effects upon a small pack horse, and carrying his axe and leading, his horse, his wife following on foot they traveled over a trail through the woods to their new home. Samuel A. Long was descended from a hardy frugal and industrious Scotch-Irish ancestry. The mother of the subject of this sketch, Mary (Oliphant) Long, was his father's second wife, and was the mother of six children, who were : Mary E., wife of James Wilson, and who died in southern Illinois ; W. M. ; Andrew, a firmer at Cambridge, who was killed by a falling building; Robert, deceased ; N. B., died in Cambridge in 1903 ; and Jonathan, a farmer in Missouri. His father had six children by the previous marriage, all of whom are now deceased, but all of whom lived to raise families of their own. Mr. W. M. Long received such education as the schools of the pioneer days afforded, but throughout his long life,, he has been a careful reader and a close observer, and has thus become a man of broad culture and intelligence. When a young man of seventeen, he engaged in teaming, driving four horses and hauling merchandise from the cities to the country dealers. He was married in 1850 to Mary Ross; a native of Westmoreland. county, Pa., born the same year as her husband. In 1856, he located on the farm on which he now lives, a farm which at one time consisted of five hundred and thirty-five acres; but now has been divided among his children until that which he occupies is but a small portion of the original farm. By his first marriage Mr. Long had eight children, one of whom died in infancy. C. R., the eldest, is employed in a publishing house in New York City, of which he is part owner, is married and has one daughter; Samuel A. is a prosperous farmer in Sharon township;. W. A. occupies the original homestead of the family; Mary J., wife of. Mr. Shipley, now deceased; John A., superintendent of the schools at Streator, Illinois; a. graduate of Wesleyan University and a prominent educator; Sarah K., deceased ; James. R, a, farmer in Kansas;. and a child, who died in infancy. Mrs. Long died of consumption. Mr. Long married for his second wife, Lucretia Phipps; who also died of the same disease three years after marriage, leaving one son Lucius W., who is engaged in the stock-raising business in. Indian Territory. The. present wife of our subject was Mary J. Bell, a daughter of George Bell, a prominent citizen of Noble county; and a Virginian by birth. Three children were born to this union: Harry. B., Jesse B., and Frank B. Mr. 230 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. Long was reared a Democrat, and was taught to believe in slavery, though he never indorsed the doctrine. In his youth his reading was altogether along the lines advocated by the slave-holding Democracy. He voted the Democratic ticket from his majority until the organization of the Republican party, in 1856, and from that day to the present he has been an ardent devotee of the doctrines of the Republican party. During the Civil war he was a staunch supporter of the Union and an active ally of the Government. His native locality was strongly impregnated with secession sentiments and generally opposed to enlistments; and much damage was done to property from time to time, and his efforts at raising troops and caring for the helpless were often maligned. But notwithstanding, he continued his course of loyalty and went sc far as to invoke Government aid in self protection. In 1868 Mr. Long was Republican candidate for county commissioner and received a very satisfactory support at the polls. He immediately inaugurated some needed reforms in the management of county affairs thereby incurring both praise and censure, but he was energetic and succeeded in carrying out his plans; and served his six years with credit to himself and profit to his constituency. Mr. Long has always been active as well in religious work and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church. JOSEPH H. HOOPES, of the firm of Hoopes & Watson, general merchants of Olive Green, was born in Noble township, on June 7, 1872. He is a son of Ellis and Margaret (Jones) Hoopes, both living in Noble township. The father was a. farmer and was born. in Belmont county, March 28, 1838, and is a son of Daniel and Rachel (Chance) Hoopes. The father of Ellis Hoopes was a native of Belmont county, where he lived until 1860, then removing to Green county, Ill., where he and his wife died, the mother at the age of sixty-five and the father aged eighty. There was a family of six sons and three daughters, only three of whom are now living. Isaac was the eldest, dying in Illinois in 1862, leaving .a wife and children. Mary Jane married Morris Rector and is now living in Iowa ; Benjamin died in early manhood ; Susanna married A. L. Linder, and died in Illinois ; Elizabeth, wife of C. M. Kinney, also died in Illinois ; John lives in Iowa, and was a soldier, serving in an Illinois regiment. Mr. Ellis Hoopes was also in the war, enlisting August 11, 1863, in Company F, Fifteenth Ohio volunteer infantry, and serving in the Army of the Tennessee under General Thomas. He was in the battles of Chicamauga, Missionary Ridge, in front of Atlanta, Franklin, and Nashville, besides many skirmishes leading up to these engagements. He escaped personal injury in the way of wounds but received a pensionable injury otherwise in the service. . He was discharged in the autumn of 1865 and returned to Belmont BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 231 county, moving soon after to Noble county. Mr. Hoopes was married June 16, 1866, to Margaret Jones, a native of Noble county, and to them were born five children, Joesph H. being the only son. Mr. Hoopes is a member of Caldwell Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He is a Methodist Protestant, and in politics is a Democrat. Mr. Joseph H. Hoopes, the subject of this review, was educated in the schools of Hoskinsville, and began his career as a teacher, following this profession for nine years. He was very economical during this time and the savings of that nine years labor was the nucleus of his present business; which he commenced on March 26, 1903. Mr. Hoopes was married October 9, 1901, to Minnie A. Watson, daughter of Hezekiah Watson, a well known merchant of Caldwell. Mr. Hoopes is also assistant postmaster at Olive Green, being appointed with his brother-in-law, Mr. Watson, in March 1903. Mr. Hoopes is a member of Spring Lodge No. 705, Knights of Pythias, in which he has held various official positions. In political views he is a Democrat. He is a member of the Methodist church, while Mrs. Hoopes is a member of the Christian church. JACOB W. SWANK, a prominent citizen of Olive Green, was born in Sharon township May 4, 1829, and has always lived in the township of his birth. He is a son of William and Barbara (Pickenpaugh) Swank, both natives of Pennsylvania, but residents of Noble county some years before their marriage. The family, was of German ancestry, and was prominently identified with the early history of Noble county, the posterity having kept along the same line. The father was born in 1796, and was reared under the teaching of German parents, and was twenty-eight years old before he could speak English. He died in 1865 and the mother in 1869. Of a family of nine children born to them,, all are living, the youngest being now past sixty years of age, and the eldest now past seventy-seven. The children were : Philip, Jacob, Peter C. a farmer of Noble county ; Elizabeth, wife of James Archibald ; John Wesley ; Susanna, wife of Nathan Newton ; Sarah Jane McFarland, a widow ; and Joseph Shaw, Mr. Swank, the subject of this review, was educated in the common schools of his day, and spent his early life on a farm. For twenty-three years he was engaged in general merchandising in Olive Green, and just as he was about to retire from active life, he was obliged to again resume business to preserve some of his property and provide for future contingencies, having been too kind hearted in helping others in money matters in the way of security. He engaged in milling at Sharon and after going to considerable expense in remodeling and repairing, the mill burned with very little insurance. He then erected his present mill at. Olive Green, this being an up-to-date mill with roller process and a capacity of sixty barrels a day. Mr. Swank 232 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. was married September 12, 1850, to Jane Brownrigg, who was born in the vicinity of her present and life long home. To them were born five children, one of whom is dead. They are as follows : Mary M. Brabham, of West Virginia Serepta Fedora, wife of Samuel Patterson of Olive Green Barbara Lillian, died in early womanhood Fulton Napoleon, a partner with his father, a practical engineer and miller Eva D., wife of A. F. Pickenpaugh. Mr. Swank has been a lifelong Democrat and has been active and influential in local politics; having served his township as treasurer, supervisor, school director and the like. He is a Methodist in religious views. Mr. Swank was made a Mason in 1857, and is now in full affiliation, both in the Blue Lodge at Sharon and Royal Arch Masons at Caldwell. He has filled the position of Worshipful Mastor, of Sharon Lodge No. 136, and has been a Mason in good standing for forty-six years. Mr. Swank is among the oldest natives of Noble county, and his experience in the pioneer days as recounted by himself, is both instructive and amusing. He says that in the early days of his boyhood, the pioneers were greatly annoyed by the depredations of squirrels in their corn fields; particularly just after planting time. It was the duty of the boys in the families to watch the squirrels, usually for the two or three hours in the early morning. They would build a "smudge" in the nearby woods to keep the gnats and mosquitoes off, and, armed with the family rifle and dogs, they made it extremely uncomfortable for the squirrels. He has attended school in the typical log school house of pioneer days; povided with greased paper for window lights; six-feet fire place supplied with fuel cut by the larger boys in attendance, and all the enjoyment that went with it. Twenty-six days constituted a month, teachers were paid by subscription, some of them working for fifty cents a day and boarding themselves. The general custom was to "board around." This fifty-cent teacher, however was said to be a somewhat noted mathematician, because he could "work in the Single Rule of Three." Mr. Swank has always been a lover of horses, and at the early age of thirteen, took charge of a team and wagon, doing, general teaming for some thirteen years. On one occasion by reason of his superior horsemanship, a spirited team was taken from his older brother and given to him. He often made long trips; assisting in moving people emigrating to points further west Mr. Swank well remembers the old-time amusements; the log-rollings, raisings, husking bees, flax pullings and log cabin cotillions. There was an element of labor connected with all of these which gave zest and appetite to the festivities which followed. Every family had their whiskey which was about as free as water. It was on the table two or three times daily, but there was an unwritten law which protected the jug or keg from depredations of all between meals. The most devout Christians tolerated their bitters, and the festive jug BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 233 has aided in raising many a pioneer cabin in the wilderness. Mr. Swank was one of the few who could "carry his corner" at raisings in a workman-like manner, and his services were always in demand for that purpose. Fulton N. Swank, the only son of Jacob Swank, was born August 30, 1861. He was educated in the common schools, and followed farming until the milling business, in which' he is interested, was started. Since then he has been the engineer and is well fitted to superintend the machinery or operate the rolls. Mr. Swank was married March 6, 1886, to Laverna Wiley, a daughter of John and Mary Wiley, the father deceased, and the mother living at Sharon. Mrs. Swank has two brothers and five sisters living, the latter being some distance away; and the former residents of Noble county. To Mr. and Mrs. Swank have been born two sons and two daughters : Roy G., Mary Josephine Erie, and Thursa Irene. Mr. Swank is a Mason, non-affiliated, former membership in. Sharon Lodge. He takes an active interest in church work and with his wife, belongs to the Methodist church. TEMPEST W. PATTERSON, contractor and builder of Olive Green, was born in Sharon township, October 19, 1873, and is a son of Samuel and Fidora (Swank) Patterson, natives of Noble county, where they have always lived. There is a family of two sons and one daughter all living, of whom Tempest W. is the eldest. The only brother is Charles, who is married' to Bertha Beckett, and is living on a portion of the old parental home. They have one child. Mr. Patterson was educated in the public schools; and at an early age showed a decided tendency toward mechanics. He learned the rudiments of carpentry from his father, who was a wood worker. At the age of nineteen he built the Olive Green mill for his grandfather, Jacob Swank, and while this building is not a specimen of fine workmanship, that being not required in a structure of that character, yet its symmetrical construction and apportionment of strength where required, give evidence of the handiwork of a mechanical genius. In 1899 he began. general contracting, furnishing all material, designs and the like, and completing buildings from cellar to garret. Since that time he has been employed on contract work, giving work to six or seven men. In 1902 he erected a planing mill on, the, home farm, has it well equipped with modern machinery, and has without. question the best plant of its character in. Noble county. This plant is utilized in winter in preparing material for his spring and summer work. Mr. Patterson is very ambitious and has won his possessions through hard labor alone. He is rated as one of the finest mechanics in Noble county and is doing a large share of the building in Caldwell, has a contract for four houses in the Capital City, and several others at other places. Mr. Patterson is a Democrat in his political 234 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. views. He is not connected with any secret societies or religious organizations. His time is entirely given to his business; and his achievements are far beyond the ordinary for a young man of his years. HENRY CLAY FOSTER, a farmer and stock raiser of Sharon township was born in Brookfield, Noble county, on December 15, 1843, where he has spent his life. He is a son of John and Mary (Boney) Foster; the father born in Pennsylvania in 1799, and the mother in Pennsylvania in 1806. They were married in Pennsylvania, near Brownsville, Washington county, in 1826, moving to Noble county, Ohio, in 1834, and settling on a farm near Olive Green, in Brookfield township, which he and his children cleared up and improved. The father died on this farm in 1885, and the mother in 1898, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary A. Ethell, of Oklahoma Territory. The father was of Irish ancestry, his parents being natives of the Emerald Isle, while his mother's people were Pennsylvania Dutch, the maternal grandmother being well educated in the German language. The were the parents of nine children, seven of whom are living.. The children are : Sarah Ann, widow of Jesse Gray Jacob, killed by a falling tree, left wife and family; Mary Ann, wife of Orlando Ethell, now living in Oklahoma ; James K., 'a well-to-do farmer in Brookfield ; John Tyler, a farmer and fruit-grower in Sharon township; Eliza Ann, wife of Abraham Shields; living in Indiana; Henry Clay George Washington, deceased ; and Easton W., a ,wealthy farmer of Sharon township. Mr. Foster, the subject of this review, was educated in the common schools, and began life as a farmer, following that and carpentry all his life. Mr. Foster was married September 1, 1864, to Margaret J. Pickenpaugh, who died thirteen years after their marriage. Three children were born to this union : Milan G., a farmer in Oklahoma; Cora W., wife of Howard Wilson of Belmont county; and Vernon Curtis, who married Anna Jams; and lives on a farm in Sharon township. Mr. Foster was married the second time on March 21, 1878, to Nancy Jane Hinton, a daughter of Rev.. James Hinton of Putnam county, and Mildred (Tuggles) Hinton; there were seven children in the Hinton family, of whom Mrs. Foster is the second.; the names were, Susan Mary, Nancy Jane, Lucy Ann, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Rosabel, Ida Florence and Alta, all of whom are married except the last named, and all in Missouri except Mrs. Foster. Rev. Mr. Hinton was a North Carolinian by birth, was born and reared in slavery days though a rabid Unionist and abolitionist. He was one of the many sufferers from depredations of both the Union and Confederate armies in the border states. Mrs. Hinton was a native of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Foster have an interesting family of seven children : Alta M., BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 235 wife of Frederick Darrel ; Maggie Jane unmarried and at home ; James G. Blaine; Francis Earle, Eva Iona, Raymond, and Don Carlos, all still under the parental roof and attending school. Mr. Foster has been a life-long Republican and an ardent supporter of party principles. He has never sought official position other than the minor offices. Mrs. Foster is a member of the Baptist church. Mr. Foster is a member of the Masonic fraternity, holding his membership in the Reinersville lodge. LORENZO DOW MILNER, a farmer of Sharon township, was born in Windsor township, Morgan county, on March 15, 1857, and is a son of Stephen and Esther (Brown) Milner. The father was born in Belmont county, June 25, 1827; has spent his active years in farming but is now retired and living at Chester Hill. The mother was born in Northumberland county, England, February 14, 1829, and is the mother of four children, one of whom died in infancy; the liv- ing are: John Taylor, a hardware man of Stockport; Lorenzo D. ; Mary Alice, wife of Dana Scott, a transportation man. The Milner family was among the early settlers of Virginia, from whence they emigrated at an early day. Mr. Milner, the subject of this review, was educated in the public schools of his native county. He was reared to farm life and followed that vocation except for two years which he spent in the hardware business in Stockport. He was married May 20, 1891, to Emma Patterson, a daughter of Joseph and Hannah Lee (Davis) Patterson. Her father was born near Philadelphia in 1811, and came to Noble county in 1835. He was one of the early settlers of Sharon township, where he is still living at the age of 93 years, cared for by his youngest child, Mrs. Milner. No man in Noble county is better or more widely known than Joseph Patterson. He has been a life-long Democrat, active in his early years in all phases of political life. Hie is a Presbyterian. Mrs. Milner's mother, Hannah L. Davis, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1822, and died in 1888. Ten children were born to them, of whom Emma, James L., Alice J., Samuel and Joseph F., are living; William V. died at the age of twenty-two, the others in childhood. Mrs. Milner was an active self-reliant girl before her marriage, being a dress maker in Caldwell for some years, and conducting quite an extensive business there. Mr. and Mrs. Milner have had two children born to them, the eldest, Harold Albertus; born April 24, 1892, a bright and promising child who died August 13, 1896, and M. Alice. Mr. and Mrs. Milner are members of the Disciple church at Reinersville. Mr. Milner is a staunch Republican in his political views, though he has never sought preferment in. any way. 236 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. FRANCIS ADUDDELL, a practical farmer and stock grower of Sharon township, was born near Fairview, Guernsey county, January 1, 1829. He. is a son of Cornelius and Phoebe (Gardner) Aduddell, the father born in Loudoun county, Va., and the mother a native of Ireland, who came to this country at the age of seventeen years. They were married in Guernsey county, and located: on the farm now owned and occupied by the subject of this review in 1832. There was a family of eight children, Robert, Thursa, George, Francis; William, Thomas, John Milton, and Lizzie, and of these Francis and William are the only survivors ; two died in childhood, Thomas; in California; Robert at Central City, Colo., a soldier in the Crimean war; Clarisa, wife of William Archibald, died in Sharon township; and George, who died in Wisconsin. Mr. Francis Aduddell was edu- cated in .the public schools of his native township, and has always been a. farmer, living upon the same farm seventy-one years. He inherited a one-half interest in one hundred twenty acres; to which he has added by purchase until he now has two hundred fifty-six acres. Upon this farm are commodious barns, a splendid: brick residence, convenient out-houses; and every thing conducive to a well ordered. farm. The residence was built in 1877, and is the best country residence in Sharon township. It is large and commodious, built for comfort rather than adornment, though it occupies a commanding site overlooking a beautiful valley to the. westward. Mr. Aduddell was married in 1863 to. Mary Ellen Lyons, a. native of Sharon township, and of a large family born to this union, but three are now living.: Anna Frances Gorrell, Milton A., and. Harley. Mrs. Aduddell died, and twenty years later he married Alice Jane Patterson, daughter of Joseph Patterson, Sr., the oldest living native of Noble county. Mr. Aduddell has been unfortunate in a financial way, having paid about $8,000, of security debts. Notwithstanding this he has gradually accumulated property, paid up his debts honorably, and is now more than square with the world. Mr. Aduddell has been a life-long Republican and has always taken an active interest in public affairs; serving his township as trustee at one time.. He was. a member of Sharon Masonic Lodge for forty-seven years and is now dimitted. EASTON W. FOSTER, a fanner and stock raiser of Sharon township, was born in Brookfield, September 23, 1849. He is a son of John and Mary (Bonet') Foster, who are mentioned elsewhere in this book. Mr. Foster was educated in the common schools of his native township. He invested his dower in land in Sharon and Brookfield townships; and began farming on a large scale. He was married to Mary Ellen Engle in 1868, and four children have been born to this union, the eldest of whom died in early infancy, and the others are Alice. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 237 Quintilla, wife of Mr. Ralph; Enola wife of Stanley Hamilton; and Roselda, who lives at home. Mrs. Foster died July 29, 1889, and Mr. Foster married his present companion, Thiphena Harmon, a daughter of Isaac Harmon, late of Sharon. Two sons have been born to this union, Glenn Edgar, born September 24, 1899, and Lynn Hay, born January 14, 1902. Two brothers of Mr. Foster, James K. and George MT., were soldiers in the Civil war, both serving in the Western Army under General Sherman. Mr. Foster owns one hundred and twenty acres of well improved land, and engages in general farming and stock raising, in which he has been very successful. Socially he is a member of the Masonic fraternity, but is not affiliated with any religious organization, though he is a liberal supporter of the gospel. He assisted in building the Methodist church at Olive Green and is a regular attendant at its services and contributor to its support. In politics Mr. Foster is a Republican, but has never sought official positions. He is a public spirited and enterprising citizen, interested in everything calculated for the interests of his township and county, and is a useful citizen in the community. His name and influence are to be found at the head of every public enterprise, and he has given largely of his means and time to this end. Mr. Foster is somewhat of a genius in the matter of artistic work. Soon after the death of President McKinley, while passing along the road in his buggy thinking of the National disasters which had befallen us; he noticed a sassafras tree of peculiar formation. A vine in the form of a serpent, had grown about the young tree, forming itself into so perfect an image of a serpent as to appear like a photograph from life. He cut the piece out and took it. home with, him intending to make a cane in commemoration of the martyred President. The result is a creation which at once evinces the handiwork of a genius. The cane represents many historical and emblematic features, having carved upon the wood, the time and place of William McKinley's birth, of his assassination and death, the name of the assassin, the funeral hymn, a Bible quotation, and McKinley's last words. The serpent is made to represent Anarchy, the cause of the deed. Inlaid in pure gold is a representation of a glorious sunset, emblematic of the end of a well spent life. Several other pieces in silver are inlaid, rpresenting the sad event in various phases. A detailed description is not possible in this connection, but suffice it to say that this product of Mr. Foster's skill has been admired by all who have ever seen it. It was on exhibition at the State Capitol, in both houses of the legislature, where it was admired by President Roosevelt. This unstinted approval has induced Mr. Foster to apply for a copyright to secure the manufacture of other walking sticks after this model. He has been offered $100, for the original, but no money would induce him to part with it. This cane will be taken to 238 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. St. Louis by Mr. David Friedman and put on exhibition in the Ohio building. REV. JOSEPH POLLMAN, pastor of the church of the Immaculate Conception, Fulda, was born in the province of Westphalia, Germany, on October 12, 1850. He was educated in his native country, graduating in 1870. In the autumn of that year, he came to America, locating at Pittsburg. After some months of rest, he gave himself to teaching in parochial schools in which occupation he remained fifteen years. Then he entered upon a course in philosophy at Notre Dame University, lasting two years ; was three years at St. John's University in Minnesota, studing theology, and later finished at St. Mary's Seminary at Cincinnati, from which institution he was ordained to the ministry of the Holy Catholic church. Father Pollman began his ministerial career as professor in Columbus ; afterward he took charge of three churches, English, French, and German, residing in Glenmont. There he remained seven and one half years, coming to his present work in December, 1900. In this charge he attends to the spiritual wants of about two hundred families, all German. There is; in the village, and well known locally, a Catholic District School, where most of the children of the district attend and receive instruction in all the common school branches, besides very capable instruction in music, drawing, the languages, etc., if desired. The school is taught by the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood, there being four of them employed in the different lines of work. The enrollment for the last school year was one hundred thirty-two. Father Pollman is a companionable and genial gentleman, whose acquaintance it is a pleasure to make. He holds a most responsible position, and is entirely consecrated to his work, the church being one of the finest country churches in the state. He has been in active work, ever since his arrival on American soil, making thirty years before he took his first vacation. The church over which Father Pollman presides, a history of which appears in the chapter on Religion, is well organized, well officered, and in a most prosperous condition. There are societies of various kinds for the instruction and entertainment of old and young. The interior finishing and furnishings of the church are superb in every way, and many thousands of dollars have been expended in beautifying and adorning this religious home of over two hundred thrifty farmers, families. The pastoral home, though not a modern building architecturally, is well furnished and comfortable, while the grounds, are well kept and pleasing to the eye. The Sisters, Home recently erected upon the church grounds, is a neat frame cottage, two stories in height, and of sufficient capacity to accommodate comfortably those for whom it was designed. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 239 GUSTAVUS C. EHLERMAN, merchant and general business man of the village of Fulda, was born in Rotenburg, Germany, on December 23, 1847, and is a son of Frederick and Sophia (Duvell) Ehlerman, also natives of Germany where their lives were spent. The father was a farmer, having a life lease on the Domain of Luhne, an inheritance transmitted to the oldest son in the family for many generations. It embraces three thousand acres belonging to the kingdom of Hanover, now owned by Prussia. The eldest brother, Frederick, is now in possession of this inheritance, and is designated as Land Rath or Lord of the Domain, that being a prominent offical title, one of the Council of the Empire. Three sisters are living in their native land, Julia, Cecelia, and Maria. Mr. Ehlerman was educated in his native country and attended the Commercial College in Hanover. He served an apprenticeship as salesman in the white goods and silk business, and came to America at the age of eighteen, and securing employment as a general salesman at Miltonsburg, Monroe county. He moved to Noble county in 1869, and entered the employ of John S. Hohman, in the general merchandising business. Mr. Ehlerman purchased his stock and began business on his own account in 1876, it which he has been exceptionally successful. He has dealt in tobacco since 1866, being a buyer for others until 1876, since which time he has carried on a very extensive business. He handles annually from two hundred thousand pounds up to half a million and gives employment in the productive seasons, to as many as sixty hands. He owns one of the largest packing houses in southern Ohio. In connection with these varied interests, he and his sons run a farm mostly devoted to cattle raising. Mr. Ehlerman was married on April 11, 1873, to Mary E.. Hohman, a native of Noble county, and a daughter of John S. and Otilda (Archer) Hohman, both deceased. They are the parents of ten children: Frederick M., a traveling salesman of Sioux City, Iowa ; Christian G., a salesman in the same house ; Ernest., at home, engaged in business with his father ; William, assistant in the store ; Adolph and Julius C., in school; Terrance, at home ; Mary, wife of William Arnold of Caldwell ; Julia, in her father's store ; and Cecelia, at home. Mr. Ehlerman and family are members of the church of the Immaculate Conception. They have a beautiful home in the village of Fulda, where the traveler is welcomed with generous hospitality. In politics Mr. Ehlerman is a Democrat, but has never sought public office. He is one of the staunch and successful business men of Noble county. GEORGE P. SHIRLEY, of Dexter City, a manufacturer of cigars and dealer in smokers, supplies; was born in Washington county, on June 12, 1857, and is a son of Joseph and Lurana (Tatman) Shirley, both natives of the same county. The father was a. blacksmith, 240 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. who removed to Athens county many years ago, where both parents died. There was a family of four sons and four daughters all of whom are living, and they are : Irvin, Celista, John, George, Luverna, Joseph, Emma, and Viola. Mr. Shirley was educated in Washington county, and spent his early years in farming. About 1887, he began an apprenticeship in the cigar maker's trade in Athens, and remained there about four years. He worked in various places in West Virginia and Ohio, and in 1901 started in business in Dexter City, being the only manufacturer in the town. He has been eminently successful in this line of work, making a specialty of the Dexter Stogie. Mr. Shirley was married on December 23, 1880, to Edna Sedwick, a native of Athens county, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Sedwick, old residents of Athens. To them have been born a family of eight children, seven of whom, are living, as follows : Maude, Mabel, Heber, Minnie, Sylvia Herman and Florence. Mr. and Mrs. Shirley are members of the Methodist church. In politics Mr. Shirley. is a Republican, though he has never sought office. He is a member of Jewel Lodge No. 726 Knights of Pythias; and an officer of that lodge. Mr. Shirley is a man of sterling integrity and uprightness of character. He is industrious and enterprising, and his careful, frugal habits; combined with hard work, and careful management, bid fair to place, him in affluent circumstances. LEVI DICK HEADLEY, undertaker and dealer in furniture in Dexter City, was born near Caldwell, on February 18, 1873 being the only son of Rev., J. W. Headley, a minister of the Free Methodist church in Zanesville, and Abbie (Merry) Headley, a daughter of Cotton Merry, an old and honored family in Noble county the family consisted of three children, who were: Mrs. Annie Hunter, and Mrs. Martha Sherburn, whose husbands are both Methodist ministers; and Levi Dick. The paternal great grandfather, Benjamin Headley, emigrated from Scotland to Pennsylvania. The grandfather Weedon Headley was born in the Keystone State and emigrated to Ohio in early manhood. The father, J. W. Headley, was born at Olive, in 1846, and removed to Cleveland in 1881, where he remained twenty years. Mr. Levi Headley was educated at Spring Arbor Seminary, Michigan, where he completed the literary course. He learned the undertaking business in Jackson, Mich., being a graduate of Barnes, School of Embalming. He worked at the business some time in. Michigan, and in January, 1895, purchased his present business in Dexter City. Mr. Headley was married June 29, 1897; to Estella Shriver, a daughter of Adam and Mary Shriver, the father a well-to-do and honored citizen of the county, and the agent of the Pa. R. R. at Dexter City. Mrs. Shriver died in 1895. Mrs. Headley is the eldest of three children, the others being, Nella Lawrence, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 241 of Orland, Ind., and Lawrence G. of Dalhart, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Headley have three children, James Adam, Paul Wilson, and Mary Lois. Mr. Headley is prominently connected with the social orders, being a member of Dexter City Lodge No. 496, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; of which he is Past Grand ; of Jewel Lodge No. 726 Knights of Pythias, being Past Chancellor Commander; and Past Grand Representative and of Macksburg Lodge Free and Accepted Masons. In political views, a Republican, he has been a member of the Dexter City Council, and was census enumerator of Jefferson township in 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Headley are members of the Methodist church. BENJAMIN O. CHESSHIR, an oil inspector of. Dexter City, was born in Olive township .on February 2; 1860, and is a son of Lemuel B. and Zipporah (Webber) Chesshir, both natives of Olive township. The .father was a soldier in Company K, Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed in the battle at Ezra. Church near Atlanta in 1864, being buried on the battle field on which he fell. The mother now lives at South Olive ; there were three children in the family, all of whom are living; Ellsworth C., the eldest, is a hotel proprietor at Honor, Michigan ; he married Cora Tracey. The other one, Anna V., wife of Aranda Davis, an oil man of South Olive; and the subject of this sketch. Mr. Chesshir was educated in the public schools; in Muskingum College, and at Lebanon University. He fitted himself for teaching, following that profession for ten years in Noble county, Ohio, and in Stafford county, Kansas. He was school examiner of that county for two years and one half, and served four years as clerk of the district court of Stafford county, a position to which he was elected in 1888, and again in 1890. On leaving the office he entered the flour, feed and coal business at St. Johns, Kansas, subsequently taking in a partner and adding the lumber business. The firm dealt extensively in broom corn, buying and shipping to eastern markets. On account of failing health, he sold out in 1900, and went to the Sanitarium at Battle Creek, Michigan, and in October of that year he came to Dexter City where he has since been engaged in various phases of the oil trade, being a producer as well as superintendent of leases for the York Ridge Oil Company. Mr. Chesshir has valuable land in Kansas; .to the amount of one hundred and sixty acres, city property in St. Johns; and in Noble county he holds an eighth interest in a lease held by the Noble and Homestead Oil Company, producers of oil, gas, et cetera, a profitable holding at present. He also has one of the finest homes in Dexter City. Mr. Chesshir was married in St. Johns, Kansas, in 1889, to Thenettie Carlisle, a native of Pennsylvania, then a resident of Kansas. She is a daughter of David B. and Mary R. Carlisle, now of Stafford, Kansas, the father a well-to-do 16 242 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. farmer, owning a large farm, and being very extensively engaged in stock raising. Mr. and Mrs. Chesshir have an interesting family of three children, Ethel, Earle and Mary, the two former being born in Kansas and the latter in Dexter City. In politics Mr. Chesshir is a Republican, by which party he was honored in his Kansas home. He is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Stafford, Kansas, and of the Knights of Pythias at St. Johns. JAMES GORDON, a prominent farmer of Jefferson township, was born on the 23d of August, 1825, on territory now embraced within Noble county, where he has always resided. His parents were William and Elizabeth (Steward) Gordon, the father a native of Baltimore and the mother, of Pennsylvania. They were married in Pennsylvania, and moved to Noble county in the fall of 1824, where the father took up government land and established a home in the wilderness. Neither of his parents lived to be as old as the subject, though both nearly reached the allotted years of man their family consisted of six children who lived to years of maturity, and three of whom are still living; Joseph, the eldest, was a well-to-do farmer in Noble county, but it is now deceased Steward, a farmer in Washing-, ton county, is also deceased ; George W. also died in that county. James; Levi and Jane are still living. W., James Gordon grew up amid the environments of pioneer life and received the limited education of the subscription schools of his boyhood days. He and his brothers assisted in clearing up the parental farm and as they attained their majority, each started in life without parental aid. In the autumn of 1852, he purchased a portion of the farm upon which he has lived since, adding to it as he could until he now owns three hundred and sixty-four acres in one body, near Macksburg. Upon this land he has erected large and commodious barns and a fine country residence, occupying an elevated and sightly position overlooking a wide range of country. For more than fifty years Mr. Gordon has been engaged in general farming and stock raising, at one time giving some prominence to tobacco culture. Mr. Gordon was married December 15,. 1861, to Melvina Clinedinst, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of Adam Clinedinst, also a native of Pennsylvania, and of German extraction. Her people came to Ohio in 1842 and located in Guernsey county, afterward in Noble county, where her father died, and where her mother is still living at an advanced age. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon reared a family of eleven children, named as follows : Henry, born April 28, 1864 ; Adam C., born August 23, 1865 ; Clara, born October 30, 1866 ; James D., December 26, 1867 Julia M. February 26, 1869 ; Charles, June 26, 1870 ; Mary, died in childhood ; Perry born August 21, 1873, and died January 10, 1896; Emily, August 1, 1875 ; John, May 28, 1877 ; Eliza, Novem- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 243 ber 29, 1881 ; and William, February 22, 1883. The two last named are still at home, William taking charge of the farm. Six of the children are married, four live in Colorado, one in New Mexico, and the others in Noble county. Mr. Gordon has been a Republican in politics, and a member of the Masonic fraternity for many years. EDWARD C. BROWN, ex-county commissioner of Noble county, and a prominent fanner of Jefferson township, was born near Hoskinsville on September 5, 1851, and is a son of James and Hannah (Marquis) Brown both natives of Noble county. The family is a very old one in the county, being established at an early date by the paternal grandfather, Dexter Brown who secured government land in. Noble township and there reared his family, and there died. The father, James Brown, was born on this farm in 1823, and is now living near Sarahsville. The family of James and Hannah Brown comprised four boys and four girl; five of whom are now living. The family was as follows : Caroline, now Mrs. Sampson Harris of Enoch township; Sarah Jane, now Mrs. Frank Margrave, of Oklahoma; Edward C. John D., now deceased ; James Webster, killed in. Colorado ; Lizzie, now Mrs. Kay, of Cameron, Mo. ; George McClel- land, of Caldwell; Mahala, wife of William Lanam, the latter having a sad fatality following them ; Mr. Lanam was elected Auditor of Noble county, from Center township, and moved to Caldwell to enter upon his official duties. There he took typhoid fever, and both he and his wife died, before he took possession of his office. Mr. Brown, subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools; and engaged in farming from childhood. He purchased his present farm in Jefferson township in 1878, soon after his marriage, and has lived there since. His marriage occurred on January 3, 1878, to Ada Merry, a sister of L. D. Merry, and to them have been born three children. Lizzie Caroline is the eldest, and has been a teacher in the public schools of Noble county since her sixteenth year. She and her brother Henry are students at Ada Normal University, and Mary, the youngest, is a student in the public schools. Mr. Brown has been a leading Republican in his township for many years, always active and zealous in the interests of his party. In 1896, he was elected one of the Board of County Commissioners for a term of three years. and was re-elected in 1899, serving six years; and being president of the Board two years of the time. He was an active and influential member of this Board, and was always found on the side of the tax-payer's interests. He has taken great interest in the improvement of the public highways; and during his six years term has seen completed more miles of macadamized road than existed in the entire county before. During his term of office the extensive improvements were made on the public square at Caldwell, and it is only fair to say that Mr. 244 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. Brown had as much to do with the improvements as any other member of the Board. At the same time the county indebtedness Was reduced, and taxes were not increased. In the item of the county printing, Mr. Brown took aggressive grounds; and succeeded in reducing that item of public expense very materially, thus incurring the censure of the brethren of the public press. Mr. Brown is a member of. the Masonic fraternity, of the Lodge at Macksburg, being a Past Worshipful Master of that Lodge. THOMAS R. HARPER, merchant and postmaster at the village of Gem, Enoch township, was born within two miles of his present location, December 19, 1867. He is a son of George W. and Eliza Ann (Mendenhall) Harper the father a native of Noble county, and the mother' also a native Of Ohio. The father is a well-to-do farmer in Enoch township, and the mother has been dead for some time. The family included nine sons, all living: William D., a farmer in Enoch township ; Thomas R. ; Okey M. ; Leonard A. ; James M. ; George M. ; Charles D. ; Samuel J. ; and Worthington C. all engaged in the oil business near the place of their birth. M. C., was educated in the public schools at Salt Run near Caldwell, and spent his early years on the farm.. After attaining his majority he followed farming as a vocation for six years, and in December, 1892, he started the village of Gem, by securing ;he establishment of a post office. He erected a store building and stocked up with a full line of general merchandise, and whereas Gem village was an unknown quantity nine years ago, now it is an enterprising and prosperous little place. The developments along Buffalo Run have made it necessary for many operators, and they have aided its growth very materially. Mr. Harper was married January 7, 1887, to 'Mary A. Matheny, a native of Noble county, and a daughter of Theodore and Mary Matheny, the mother now deceased. The Matheny family consisted of four sons and six daughters; Mary A. ; Alice, now Mrs. George Luke, of Jefferson township; Andrew J., a farmer in Wood county; Deborah J. ; Nellie A. and John M., twins ; Norwesta, now 'Mrs. Mendenhall of Zanesville; Josephine, at home; Clyde and Clarence, twins ; and an infant daughter. The mother was Mary A. Brothers, a native of Center township who died at the age of fifty-three, and the father is a pensioner by reason of wounds received in the army. The father's father, Andrew Matheny, was one of the early settlers of Noble county, and prominently identified with its early history. He was well known among the pioneers as a progressive and useful citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Harper have had four daughters, born to them, Althea E., Ivy M., Orpha M., and Vesta M., Orpha. dying at the age of two; the others being of the ages, fifteen, thirteen, and two years respectively. Mr. Harper has been a Democrat all his life, though BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 245 not aggressive in politics; and not controlled by party lines in local matters. Socially he is a member of the Knights of Pythias. WESLEY :N EPTUNE, deceased, was one of the prominent early settlers of Noble county, and was born in Loudoun county, Va., April 14, 1824. At the age of four years, he came with his parents: to Ohio, and located on a. farm near Malaga, in Monroe county, where he grew to manhood. He was educated in the public schools there, learned the tanner's trade at Summerton, and followed that business for many years. He was married in Monroe county, August 21, 1849, to Mary Ann Beardmore, who was born in Monroe county, January 2, 1830. Mr. and Mrs. Neptune were reared on adjoining farms; and were school-mates in their childhood days. In the fall of 1849, Mr. Neptune bought six lots in the village of Middleburg, and brought his bride to the new home, where he established a tanyard, and after following this business for a number of years, engaged in merchandising and hotel keeping, to the time of his death, September 5, 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Neptune were the founders of the well known Exchange Hotel in Middleburg, a popular hostelry still conducted by his widow. Mr. Neptune was a staunch Republican in his politics; and in war time an Abolitionist. He was postmaster at Middleburg during the Civil war, and contributed liberally of his means to the preservation of the Union. Mr. Neptune was a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mrs. Neptune has been a member of the Methodist church for the last forty-five years. They had a family of eleven children born to them, nine of whcm are living. Of these, George B. is the oldest, a farmer near Garden City, Kansas ; Felix O. is a practicing physician at Sharon ; Everett W. is in Omaha, Laura, now Mrs. Ashton Ogle, is in Licking county ; Edward Lincoln, of Salina, Kansas; is a merchant there; Charles, of Rollins, Wy. ; John W., is a physician in Salina, Kansas ; Lydia, is the wife of Dr; James A. McCowan of Middleburg; James Albert is a merchant in Middleburg. Mrs. Neptune assumes charge of the hotel and conducts the same with the energy and success of former years, and though she feels the loneliness, she chooses the active life rather, than the rest she so well deserves. PROFESSOR C. V. CAIN, superintendent of the schools at Middleburg, was born upon the farm where he now resides, July 7, 1863. He is a son of James and Rosanna (Racey) Cain. A full genealogical history of the family was given in the sketch of Dr. L. F. Cain. Mr. Cain was educated in the public schools and by private study. He began teaching in the country schools when a. boy of sixteen, and has followed that profession as a means of livelihood ever since. He owns the old homestead where he was born, comprising 246 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. one hundred thirty acres in Enoch township. He cultivates this in part, engages to a great extent in stock raising, and besides his farm. life and school interests, he finds time to look after the agency of :several fire insurance companies. Mr. Cain was married in 1886 to Alvena Webber, a daughter of W. W. Webber of South Olive. Her grandfather; John Webber, was one of the early settlers in the county and enjoyed the distinction of starting the first mowing machine in .Duck Creek valley. Her parents are both living, and the family comprises one sister and two brothers, Frank M., John W., and Nora, now Mrs. Schuyler Ellison of Crooked Tree. Mr. and Mrs. Cain have five children, Thurman B., Homer R. Emmett A., Layton W., and Ada Doris, all at home. In politics Mr. Cain is a Democrat. He served a term of three years as county school examiner, and was nominated for the office of probate judge in 1899. Mr. Cain is a member of the Caldwell Lodge No. 280, Knights of Pythias. Mrs. Cain is a member of the United Brethren church. EDGAR EARLEWINE LEE, merchant and hotel proprietor of Middleburg, is a native of Harrietsville, and was born December 4, 1861. His parents were Henry and Elizabeth (Enoch) Lee, the father a native of Germany; Henry Lee emigrated to America at the age of eighteen, and located at Pittsburg, where he was employed for a time in the glass factory; his father, ohn Lee, came to America with his family to avoid his sons being impressed into the standing army of Germany the grandfather came to the vicinity of Harrietsville, and took up government land, living there the remainder of his life. The family of Henry Lee was a large one of twelve children, nine of whom are living, most of them in Noble county, and .same in West Virginia. They are named : William, Louisa, Frederick, Martha, Russell, Mary, Henry, Sarah, Edgar E., Elizabeth and Albert. John, Martha, and Louisa are now deceased. Mr. Lee was educated at Harrietsville and attended various Normal schools in preparation for a career of teaching. He began. this at the age of eighteen, and followed the profession continuously for about twenty-two years, teaching both country and village. schools. During the summers Mr. Lee and his brother conducted Normal schools at. South Olive for several years; having the best of success as educators. Their students were mostly young people, either teachers or those desiring to fit themselves for that profession: The Lee brothers. were rated among the successful teachers of the county, the brother Albert being now the superintendent of the Ripley schools in West Virginia, and holding a life certificate in Ohio and West Virginia. He is especially distinguished as a mathematician. Mr. Lee is better known as an educator in Noble county, than in any other capacity, though he is very prominently associated with other interests; and has probably turned BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 247 his back upon the school room for the rest of his days. In 1900, while teaching at Ashton, he purchased a stock of general merchandise, his wife conducting the store at Ashton, while he continued teaching as superintendent of the Middleburg school. A year later, Mr. Lee purchased a store and residence at Middleburg, where he is conducting a flourishing business. In recognition of the demands for better hotel accommodations in the village, due to the influx of oil men in the vicinity, he converted his two story brick residence into a hotel for the accommodation of the public. In connection with the mercantile business; Mrs. Lee also conducts an extensive millinery department. Mr. Lee was married on July 26, 1886, to Nancy A. Bonar, a native of Noble county, and a daughter of Vincent and Emily Bonar, and to them have been born three children: Clara May, Leonard Roscoe, and Harry Raymond. The two first named assist in the store and attend school. Mr. Lee served several years as clerk of Elk township, and is at present treasurer of Jefferson township. He has served as a member of the Central committee of Noble county Democrats. Mr. Lee, wife and daughter hold to the Methodist church. Mr. Lee is a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has served as D. G. M. for two years. GEORGE W. EICHHORN, merchant and postmaster at Middleburg, was born in Allegheny City, Pa., December 10, 1865, and is a son of George and Kate (blusher) Eichhorn ; the father is a native of Germany; he came to America before the Civil war, and, entering the service, as cavalryman, served five years; he is now living near. Garden City, Kansas. The mother was born in Pennsylvania, of German ancestors, and was the mother of ten children, eight were: George W. ; Belle, widow of Charles Wolfe, living at Dighton, Kansas; Henry, a farmer of Garden City ; Jacob; Frank, and Chris at home; Mary, living in Kansas ; Clara, at home. The parents removed to Kansas in 1884 and took up a government homestead, becoming well-to-do. The father is a pensioner by reason of a disease contracted in the army. After leaving school, Mr. Eichhorn learned the blacksmith's trade with his father; and followed that business in Middleburg for about ten years. In 1895 he purchased a stock of general merchandise, and now conducts a first-class business. He was commissioned postmaster on December 17, 1897, and still holds that position. Mr. Eichhorn is interested in the oil business, being a lease holder in the Middle Creek territory with fair prospects of ultimate success, as the territory is the most productive in Noble county. Mr. Eichhorn was married August 29, 1884, to Anna L. Tarleton, a daughter of Thomas B. and Martha Tarleton. The Tarleton family consisted of eight children, Eva, Grant, Anna L., 248 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. William, Licy, Eulalie, Creed and Luther. The brothers are engaged in farming, except Grant, who operates a custom mill at Olive. Mr.. and Mrs. Eichhorn have six children, Nora, Clifford, Martha, Harry, Harley, and Leland. All except the youngest are attending school. Mr. Eichhorn has always been an ardent supporter of the Republican principles ; he has served as constable, school director, member of the Representative County Central and Executive committees and is now serving his fourth term of three years each as township trustee of Jefferson township. JAMES A. McCOWAN, M. D., a regular practicing physician and surgeon of Middleburg was born at. Moss Run, Washington country, January 19, 1876. He is a son of I. S. and Mary R. (Dye) McCowan ; the father was born in Philadelphia in 1844 ; he came with his parents to Washington county, at the age of ten years, and that has since been his home. He is principally engaged in mercantile pursuits, owns and conducts a. large general store and undertaking establishment at Moss Run, and owns and operates a large farm. The paternal great grandfather was Dr. W. L. McCowan, a. physician during most of his mature years; and an early settler at Moss Run, where his descendants now live. Mary R. (Dye) McCowan, the mother of James A., was born at Moss Run in 1843, and was the mother of three sons and two daughters, all living. William, the eldest, is Superintendent of the West Virginia. State Normal School at Fairmont, and has the Ph. D. degree from Marietta. College ; Dr. James A. ; Pome, the youngest of the family, is a student preparing for college. Dr. McCowan was educated at the public school of Moss Run, Beverly Normal School, Starling Medical College, of Columbus. He graduated in 1902, had two years experience each in St. Francis and Mt. Carmel, and St. Anthony Hospitals. He had access to numerous others, the Ohio penitentiary and the Insane Asylum. He left college after four years of study very thoroughly equipped for the practice of medicine and surgery. He located at Moss Run immediately after graduating, but home environments were distasteful to him, especially in practicing among friends and relatives, so he left a. good practice to start in a new and strange locality. Dr. McCowan came to Middleburg in October, 1902, and has established a fine and constantly increasing practice, being the only physician in the town. Dr. McCowan married Lydia. Neptune, daughter of Wesley and Mary A. Neptune, on September 7, 1903. Politically the doctor is an active and zealous Republican as were all his ancestors, of whom he knows anything. SAMPSON HARRIS, a prominent farmer of Enoch township, was born on the farm on which he now lives; August 19, 1841, and is a BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 249 son of George and Elizabeth (Archer) Harris, the father born in Virginia, and the mother a native of Pennsylvania: They were married in what was then Monroe county, that part which has since become a part of Noble county the father was a soldier in the War of 1812, entering the service from Belmont county, and served about six months at the close. He was among the first settlers of the territory now embraced within Noble county, and was a prominent character in that early day. Mr. Harris, the subject of this sketch, is the youngest and the only survivor of a family of twelve children, all of whom lived to years of maturity, were married and had families, except one brother, who was accidently killed. Sampson and David M. Harris were soldiers in the Civil war, the former enlisting in 1861, in Company K, Thirtieth Ohio volunteer infantry, where he served three years. Ire was in the Army of the Potomac until after the second battle of Bull Run and in the East participated in the battles of Second Bull Run, South Mountain, and Antietam. He was then transferred to the southwest, and there participated in the siege of Vicksburg, in which he was a member of the "forlorn party," a detachment detailed to build a bridge eighty-five per cent of the hundred and fifty losing their lives; in the battle at Jackson, Miss. By reason of Mr. Harris, gallant services at Vicksburg, he was awarded by Congress, a Medal of Honor, a most distinguished honor shared by only about fifteen hundred men in the Union Army. Mr. Harris received a disabling wound in the battle of Missionary Ridge, from the effects of which he was in the hospitals at Chattanooga, Nashville, Louisville, Ky., Madison, Indiana, and Dennison, Ohio, during the balance of his term of service. His wound did not heal for ten years. Long after his discharge he resumed his agricultural pursuits, inheriting a part of the old parental home, and lived there until he built his new brick residence in 1882. Mr. Harris has a very fine farm near Ashton comprising now two hundred fifty-five acres, much of it being in a high state of cultivation, part of it in fine orchards, coal and natural gas, the latter supplying for some time, all purposes of lighting and heating. Mr. Harris was married June 6, 1866, to Caroline Brown, a sister of Edward C. Brown, whose sketch appears in another part of this work. To them have been born eight children : George W., a. merchant at Rock Island, Ill. James S., a merchant at Olive Meribah, now Mrs. A. M. Harris Daisy D., wife of C. O. Martin, of Bainbridge Eve now Mrs. O. H. McBride, of Marietta Bernice, wife of W. W. Archer of Columbus Maggie, at home and DeWitt Dare, a student in the public schools. Mr. Harris is one of the leading Republicans of Noble county, always active and zealous in the advocacy of his party's principles. He has held some of the minor offices of his township, but never sought public office. He was school director for over 250 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. twenty years. He is a member of Noble Post, G. A. R. Both Mr. and Mrs. Harris are members of the United Brethren church, Mr. Harris being one of the builders of the church in that neighborhood, and a liberal supporter of the gospel. HENRY MILLER, a practical farmer and stock raiser of Enoch township, was born in West Virginia, and came with his parents to Noble county, when a child of two years. He is a son of Joseph and Mary (Stehbach) Miller, natives of Germany ; the father locating on a farm in Enoch township, where he now lives ; to them were born four children, all of whom are living, and of these Henry is the eldest.. The father is now living at the age of eighty-six. Mr. Henry Miller was born October 24, 1840, and received a limited education in the schools of his native township, supplementing it by a life time of reading and study. He has always followed farming as a vocation, having inherited the nucleus to his present possessions from his father. He has given special attention to the sheep industry and has realized better profits from that source than from any other. Of late he has gone out of that business, attending more to the raising of fine cattle and horses, his stock always commanding the highest prices either in private or public market. Mr. Miller is a progressive and enterprising citizen who stands among the leading farmers in the county. Mr. Miller has been twice married, first to Elizabeth Michael, in 1859, and by whom he had twelve children, all living but one. They are: Mary Ann, wife of Jacob Schott; Hannah, wife of John A. Bruler ; Maggie, wife of John Hartman of Braddock, Pa. ; Lewis, in Pittsburg; Kate, now Mrs. Schockling, of Noble county ; Edward, in Pittsburg; Gertrude, wife of Prof. Hooker ; Anthony of St. Henry ; Matilda, wife of Mangus Hohmann, of Pittsburg; Clara, wife of Lewis Guertis ; Leo and Ignatz at home. Mrs. Miller died in 1887. Mr. Miller was married in 1889 to Mary Bender, a native of Fairfield county. Mr. Miller has been a life-long Democrat, has served three years as township trustee, as supervisor, and many other minor offices. He and his family are members of the Catholic church at Fulda. JAMES WESLEY MOSELEY, a retired farmer and oil producer, was born at Middleburg, on January 6, 1850, and is a son of Captain William L. and Jane (Hessen) Moseley, both natives of Ohio. The father was the first white child born in the town of Summerfield, now in Noble county. At that time there were but three log cabins in the town. The paternal grandfather was Charles Wesley Moseley, a native of Ohio, of English ancestors and one of the first settlers in Summerfield. He was a hotel keeper all his life, in Marietta, Caldwell, and Cambridge, where he died. The maternal grandfather was BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 251 James Hessen, a native of America but of Irish extraction. The grandmother was Elizabeth Lamp, a native of Pennsylvania the descendants of both of these families being very numerous in this county. The father was a soldier in the One. Hundred Sixteenth Ohio volunteer infantry of Company H; he was promoted to the rank of Captain of Company I, soon after enlisting, and it was with this company that his principal service was rendered. He was wounded near. Winchester, being disabled for future duty. He was discharged by reason of his wounds, but lived thirty-six years after, a constant sufferer, his death occurring in 1899: The widow resides on an adjoining farm, at the advanced age of 78. There was a family of four sons and one daughter. the latter dying at the age of three years. The sons are all married and well-to-do : Leonard Ogle, a farmer near Dexter City, Emerson B., a dentist in Dexter City, John Henry, in the oil business; and James Wesley, the subject of this sketch. Mr. Moseley received a good education in the public schools at Middleburg, but has followed farming all his life. He owned and operated a portable saw mill for about seventeen years and became interested in the oil business about fifteen years ago, and has been perhaps more instrumental in developing that interest than any one else in the vicinity. He was a partner of his brother for a long time, but at present they are operating separately. Mr. Moseley has now three producing wells on leased ground, which produce fifteen barrels daily. He has good oil territory on, his own farm but it is only partially developed. Mr. Moseley was married December 4, 1869, to Susanna Farley, a daughter of Isaiah Farley, an old resident. To. Mr. and Mrs. Moseley. have been born four children now living, and one who died in childhood. These are: Jennie, wife of Charles S. Sebach, a merchant at Dudley ; James Worthington, in the oil business with his father Henry Clyde, an oil man in Dexter City ; and Ernest Everett at home. Mr. Moseley is .an active Republican, and a leader in local politics; and has served a number of years as trustee of Enoch township, being elected three times in a township that is 180 Democratic, a fair example of his local standing. He is not a member of any secret societies or church, though he is-a believer in the Christian religion, and a liberal supporter of churches. Mr. Moseley believes in the doctrine of the Golden Rule, and has not an open enemy in the world. HERMAN A. WERNECKE, a general merchant in Harrietsville, was born in that town on February 12, 1850, and is a son of John C. and Sarah (Lambert) Wernecke. The father was born in the province of Hanover, Germany, May 10, 1807, and came to America alone at the age of eighteen. He was on the Ohio river for a time as a flatboat man, finally locating at Malaga, Monroe county, where he was 252 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. employed in a tobacco house, and later as a clerk. He was married while there, and in 1849, moved his bride to Harrietsville where he ended his days. The mother was a native of Ohio, and a believer in the Quaker faith. They both died in the town of their adoption leaving three sons, Herman A., Theodore, a fur merchant in Seattle, and William Giles; a farmer on the old farm where the grandparents lived and died. Mr. Wernecke's first wife died when the son Herman was ten years old, and the father married for his second wife Mrs. Temperance Ogle, who also died leaving one child,, now Mrs. Louisa Sutton, of Mt. Sterling, Ky. Mr. Wernecke, the subject of this sketch, was educated in his native town, and at Osnabruck, Germany. He has been engaged in mercantile pursuits all his life beginning with his father and then succeeding him. He has also life; a very extensive dealer in tobacco until recently, and is interested in various other lines; being a stock holder in a machine shop at Sistersville, W. Va., a small holding in a similar enterprise at Ironton, W. Va., and real estate in South Dakota. Mr. Wernecke was married to Albertina Werlitz, a native of Hanover, Germany, and six children have been born to this union, five now living. They are : Christian, a jeweler and general merchant at Middlebourne, W. Va. ; Otmer E., a farmer on the old homestead ; Minnie, wife of Rev. Earhard of Milwaukee ; Freda Lizetta, and Mark Abraham, at home. Mr. Wernecke is also postmaster at Harrietsville, being a. successor to his father who held that position for thirty-five years. In political views Mr. Wernecke is a staunch and uncompromising Republican and a recognized leader in local politics. Mr. Wernecke's family are members of the. German Lutheran church. WILLIAM G. WERNECKE, a prominent and wealthy farmer of Elk township, was born on a farm near Harrietsville on March 17, 1856, and is a. son of J. C. and. Sarah (Lambert) Wernecke, and a brother of H. A. Wernecke, whose sketch appears above. Mr. Wernecke was educated in the schools of Harrietsville, and has always followed farming as a vocation. He has a fine farm of one hundred sixty acres overlooking the town of Harrietsville, upon which are very good buildings and a beautiful modern residence. Mr. Wernecke has never given prominence to any particular feature of farming, but conducts it in a general way. Mr. Wernecke was married to Hester Ann Dickerson, April 5, 1877, a native of Morgan county, and a daughter. of Greenberry Dickerson, a well known citizen and ex-soldier. The Dickerson family comprised twelve children, the survivors of which are scattered. To Mr. and Mrs. Wernecke four children have been born, three of whom are living ; they are: Olga, wife of Harry LeGoullon, of Marietta ; Bernice, a stenographer ; and Blanche, a student of music at Marietta. Mr. Wernecke has been BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 253 a life-long Republican and a leading man in the community, and has never been connected with any church or secret society. He is one of the most successful agriculturists in Noble county, and is also a man of progressive ideas and sterling integrity, whose word is as good as his bond. He is a quiet, unassuming man who claims but little for his accomplishments. His little family are happy in their beautiful home, which to them is a synonym, of love, peace and plenty. REV. ADOLPH DENGLER is the pastor of St. Henry's Roman Catholic church at Harrietsville, Ohio. The parents of Rev. Dengler died in Germany and he is the only representative of his family in America. He received his elementary education in his native country in the schools of Baden, and came to America in 1892, to continue his studies at the college of St. Meinrad in Indiana. He studied theology at Mt. St. Mary's. Seminary at Cincinnati, and was ordained to the ministry of the Holy Catholic 'church at Columbus; 'September 21, 1901. He was assistant pastor of Holy Cross 'church at Columbus for one year, and came to St. Henry's in November, 1902. The church is a very beautiful one and was erected of dressed stone at a cost of $20,000, in 1894. In connection is the parsonage, a modern residence, very handsome and appropriate. The parishioners comprise about forty German families. Two outlying missions are also served by the pastor, one at Berne, in Noble county, and, the other at Hohman, Washington county. One visit to his missions necessitates a ride of 17 miles, yet he holds two services each Sunday, one at his home church and one at one .of the missions, alternating between them. A school is in connection with this church, which is taught by a layman, and where proper instructions are given in all details of religious and educational work. Father Dengler is a young man of progressive ideas and broad culture, an honor to his high calling and also to those who confide their spiritual training to' him. WILLIAM R. MALLETT, Justice of the Peace of Jefferson township, was born in Stock township, on November 15, 1858, and is a son. of Alonzo and Mary Ann (Curtis) Mallett, both natives. of that township. The father was born in 1835, and the mother in 1841; the mother is now living in Guernsey county ; the father died February 26, 1904. The father served in an Ohio regiment during the Civil war, and was disabled, receiving a pension. His productive years were spent in farming, and he retired in good circumstances. The Mallett family trace their ancestry to Scottland, first established in this country in Connecticut, whence the paternal grandfather's family emigrated to Ohio. The Curtis family came from Maryland to Ohio, and both were among the early pioneers of Noble county. They located on the Elk fork of the East fork of Duck Creek, before 254 - THE COUNTY OF NOBLE. the general settlement of the county, and were obliged to go to mill on horse back to Barnesville in. Belmont county. They were among the organizers of Southeastern Ohio, and had much to do with the early civilization of that region. Noble county did not exist for many years after the Malletts and Curtises occupied the territory. The family of Mr. Alonzo and Mary Ann Mallett comprised two sons and three daughters, all of whom are living; they are : William R., of Middleburg, O. ; Charles M., on the old home farm ; Marv, wife of James Hughes ; Laura, now Mrs. Clark L. Eaton, of Martin's Ferry ; Emma, wife of Thomas Morrison of Senecaville. Mr. Mallett, the subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools; and was licensed to teach, but did not engage in the work. He was married December 18, 1878, to Euphrasia L. Horton, a native of Noble count ty, and .a daughter of Moses I. and Elizabeth Horton, who have lived in Stock township the greater part of their married lives. The father was among those who sought .a fortune in the gold mines of Pike's Peak, Colorado, in the excitement of 1858, but returned to farming. Mrs. Mallett is a representative of a family of eight children, seven of whom are living, and are named as follows: Euphrasia L. ; Richard W., an attorney and farmer in Stock township; Mary, wife of Willard Smith, a farmer; Welcome, a. farmer ; D. B., a physician at Ava ; Gales; a farmer ; and John, a teacher. Mr: and Mrs. Mallett have a family of three children, all living, the oldest of whom, is Idella, a teacher for the last four years ; Wales W., also a teacher, and both graduates of the Middleburg High School ; Carlos W., who is at home attending school. For a few years after his marriage, Mr, Mallett farmed his father's place, and in 1882, purchased a farm adjoining the town of Middleburg, which he has since made his home. The farm contains one hundred acres; devoted to general farming and stock raising. The most of it is situated on an undulating table land; his buildings occupying an elevated position overlooking the town of Middeburg. Mr. Mallett has' been prosperous in his life's work, and. is now retired from• active labors. In political views, an active working Republican, he is a member of the County Central Committee and has held many other places of honor in the party. He. usually attends the conventions and is otherwise, prominent in the party's deliberations. He has served twelve years as Justice of the Peace, and is the only one in the vicinity of Middleburg. Mr. Mallett is not connected with any religious organization .or secret society. His is a prominent and well known family, enjoying the confidence of all who know them. DAVID WILSON PHILLIS, a farmer and ex-soldier, was born in Center township, on October 12, 1839, and is a son of John and Isabel (Wilson) Phillis, the father a native of Licking county, and BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 255 the mother of Noble county. They lived in Morgan county, after their marriage, taking up, government land to the amount of six hundred acres, which was divided among his children. There was a family of fourteen, ten of whom lived to the age of maturity; those living are: Jane, married and living. in Kentucky ; David W. ; Catherine, wife of George Slater; Sarah, married and lives in Ross township ; Martha, who died in middle life; Isabel Spicer, widow, living at Zanesville ; John R.., a farmer in Morgan county; George K., a farmer ; and James Franklin, also a farmer. Mr. Phillis; the subject of this sketch, was reared to -farm life, attending the public school as all farmer lads. At the President's first call for troops in the Civil war, he enlisted in Company H, Twenty-Second Ohio volunteer infantry, and served three months. Then for three years he engaged in farming, enlisting again in February, 1865. He was wounded in the foot, and while in the hospital under treatment for his wound, he was prostrated with intermittent fever, receiving his discharge at Camp Nelson in May, 1865. He returned to his family in Morgan county, where he had left a young wife, Patience Curtis. To them was born one daughter, Louisa Jane, now Mrs. Robert Herman, of Kewanee, Ill. Mrs. Phillis died in 1891. He married for his second wife, Mrs. Sarah E. Preston, who also died in 1902, after a lingering illness. Some time after the death of his wife, Mr. Phillis married for his third wife, Mrs. Maria L. (Masters) Lawrence, a native of Noble county, and an only daughter of Benjamin and Mary E. (Evans) Masters; a well known and prominent family in the county. By reason of the services of Col. Dudley Evans in the Revolutionary war, Mrs. Phillis is eligible to membership in the Daughters of the Revolution. Col. Williams; known as the "Brave Col. Williams" in the War of 1812, was a grand uncle of Mrs. Phillis. Her grandfather, Benjamin Masters; was a New Englander, and one of the first settlers of Guernsey .county. Mrs. Phillis has one brother, Benjamin Franklin, a bookkeeper in Chicago. Mrs. Phillis is a member of the Church of Christ, as were her parents. Mr. Phillis is a member of Ridge. Grange No. 709.