350 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. & Brown, druggists. Dr, Brown married Miss Susan Patton, February 21st, 1861 ; they are the parents of one child. BRUMAGE, W. H., P. 0. Roseville, Muskingum county. Born in Perry county in 1822 ; son of A. W. and Elizabeth Brumage (Pemberton) ; grandson of John and Rebecca (Lashley) Brumage. Married June 5, 1856, to Miss Elizabeth M. Guy, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Miller) Guy. They are the parents of two children, viz.: Samuel G. and Ida G. BRUNNER, PHILIP MELANCTHON, is a son of Jacob Brunner, and was born December 31, 1841. His mother's maiden name was Rebecca Souslin. His father came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, in 1818, a single man ; passed through Somerset into Kentucky, and after several years time spent elsewhere as a journeyman shoemaker, returned to Somerset, engaged in shoemaking, and married his first wife, whose maiden name was Margaret Trout, whose children were named Norman L., Melvena, George, Clara, Louisa and Henry. He stood high in the Lutheran Church, and in the esteem of his fellow-citizens, flourished in his occupation, and at one time employed ten to fifteen hands in his shoe factory. He outlived both his wives, and all his children, except P. M., John, Norman, and Clara Robinson, at whose house he died April 28, 1881, aged eighty-five years and twelve days. Prior to this he resided with his son, P, M., at Glenford, for some years, and then returned to Cairo, Illinois, where his sun sank into the everlasting day of eternity. His son Henry saw service in the 12th Illinois, 43d Ohio, 160th Ohio, and in the 114th Ohio Regiments ; John in the 31st Ohio for three years ; and P. M. in the 90th, Co. H., was taken prisoner at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863, and remained such in Libby, Danville, Andersonville, Charleston and Florence, for fifteen months, Henry died without heirs, John is married without issue, and P. M. was married 1867 to Miss Margaret P., daughter of the venerable B. F. Graves, of Somerset. After a few years' experience in Somerset, P. M. established a shoe shop in Glenford, April, 1870, where he has succeeded in his vocation, acquired a pleasant home, and in 1879 was elected justice of the peaceover a first-class Democratic competitor, in a township largely Democratic, obtaining a handsome majority as the Republican nominee, a circumstance which is mentioned as indicative of the esteem in which an honest working mechanic is held by his fellow-citizens, after an acquaintance of nine years. His children are Mary L,, James E., Charles Graves, Bertie Florence, and Emma A. Brunner, each and all of whom may dwell with pride upon their achievements, if they happily attain the virtue, s0briety and respectability of their kind and affectionate parents. BRUNNER, DANTON O., attorney-at-law and Mayor of Somerset. His great-grandfather was Henry Brunner, who landed in Philadelphia in 1773, from Wurtemburg, Germany, at the age of twenty-two, a single man. His four sons were Henry, John, George, and Jacob, and his three daughters were Christena Enminger, Barbara Crout, and Susan, wife of Samuel Swineheart. Of these children, all remained in Pennsylvania, except George, Jacob and Susan, who came to Perry county in 1818 and 1819, Of these, George, the grandfather of Danton HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY - 351 O. Brunner, deceased September 1, 1877, at the age of ninety-two years ; and Jacob, the father of P. M. Brunner, April 28, 1881, at the age of eighty-five years ; and Susan, the mother of Mrs. Hoyman, at the age of seventy odd years. The children of George Brunner, Sr., and his wife, wh0se maiden name was Ann Maria Weaver, are : George and Henry, Dayton, Ohio ; Benjamin F., Newark, Ohio ; Jacob, Greenwood, Colorado ; Morgan, Hannibal, Missouri ; and Caroline, wife of William Law, Bloomfield, Iowa. Three others died young. David, the father of Danton O., was twice married. His first wife was Katharine Rhodes, whose surviving children are : Nora, E., Jacob H., and Elmira R. Brunner. His second wife was Mary L. Clair, whose surviving children are : Danton O., Lena O. and Morgan T. Brunner. David was only four years old in 1818 when his father, George Brunner, Sr., settled in Somerset. He remembers the lot where J, C. C. Myers now lives, when in the forest ; and chestnut rails, made from a tree that grew there, still exist, after fifty years of use in the weather. The upper part of the brick house now owned by N. Dennison, was used as a a puppet show room, and was built in 1817. The first brick house in Somerset was built in 1813 or 1814, according to the best data. David Brunner has a book that has been in the family since 1772. He is also the legal heir to a set of pump tools, comprising five augers and an iron rod twelve feet long and one and one-fourth inches in diameter, for making wooden pump stocks. While his great ancestor, Henry Brunner, resided in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, the British tax on tea was not the only tax the colonists hated, but the tax on iron was also regarded as oppressive, and the duty was avoided by smuggling. It, therefore, occurred to Henry to get enough iron for pump tools, which he did, and these tools are now in Somerset, well preserved, and faithful witnesses of British oppression, and the only defense an honest German could plead in 1774. It will also appear that the Brunner family is venerable in age, and its reputation for industry, sobriety, and thrift sheds honor on its genealogy. The success of Danton O. Brunner in his chosen profession has been so remarkable that he has not lost a single case since his admission to the bar, in 1877, up to the present time. BRUSH, DAVID D., Probate Court Clerk, New Lexington, Ohio, was born in Sparta, Morrow county, Ohio, August 11, 1845, son of Charles T. and Cornelia (Acker) Brush of French ancestry. Charles T. Brush located in Thorn township, this county, in 1851. In 1862 he was elected Treasurer of Perry county, in the same year moving to New Lexington. He held the office of County Treasurer six years, viz, : From 1862 to 1864 and from 1866 to 1870. David D., the subject of this sketch, was brought up on the farm where he remained until eighteen years of age, when he began the painter's trade, He first came into his present position in 1867 and has served in all about nine years. From 1872 to 1876, he was engaged in the book and stationery trade. He is Secretary of the Perry . County Agricultural Society and member of the Board of Education of New Lexington. Mr. Brush was furst married December 29, 1870, to Miss Annie M., daughter of Judge John H. and Anne C. (Poundstone) Kelly. They became the parents of three children, viz, : Fannie Edna, Myrtle Grace and John Ewing, de- 352 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. ceased. Mrs. Brush died October 22, 1879, Mr. Brush was married the second time June 9, 1881, to Bertha C., daughter of William and Margaret (Forquer) Biddison. BRUSH EDMOND C., M. D., Corning, Ohio, was born October 22, 1852, in Zanesville, Ohio, son of Edmond and Alice S. (Cone) Brush. Dr. Brush was educated at the public schools and at the Marietta College, Ohio. He began the study of medicine in 1871, and was graduated at Sterling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio. After his graduation he was appointed assistant Medical Surgeon for the Ohio Penitentuary and served three years. In 1879 he was appointed Demonstrator of Anatomy in Sterling Medical College and assistant physician of the Central Insane Asylum. The Dr. located in this place in 1881. BRYAN, C. F., of the firm of Johnson & Bryan, attornevs at law and notaries public, New Lexington, Ohio. Mr. Brvan was born September 17, 1848, in Granville, Licking county, Ohio, son of Dr, E. F. and Julia (Peck) Bryan, of Scotch Irish ancestors, but a native of New York State. C. F. was brought up and educated in his native village. When about twenty-one years of age he began teaching school and taught three years. Began reading law. in the fall of 1873. and was admitted to the Bar in the spring of 1876 and began practice in Licking county, came to this place in March 1881 and formed the present firm. Mr. Bryan was married the first time to Miss Ada McLaughlin, who died in July, 1874. His second marriage was February 22, 1876, to Miss Ella, daughter of Lyman and Margaret (Cramer) Crabbe, of London. Ohio. They are the parents of one child, Grace W. Bryan. BURGESS, JONATHAN., farmer, Madison township, postoffice, Mt, Perry. He was born June 24, 1848, in this township ; is a son of Amos and Mary (Reddick) Burgess. He was raised on a farm, and still follows agricultural pursuits, now owning about one hundred and fifty acres of fertile land. He was married January 4, 1872, to Virginia McCarty, daughter of John and Catharine (Eversole) McCarty. They have two children : Edward G., and Daisy 0. BURGESS, LEVI J., attorney at law, Logan, Ohio. Among the first settlers of Madison township, Perrv county, (then. belonging to Muskingum,) were Joseph and Richard Burgess, brothers, who emigrated from Maryland about the year 1810, Richard, after serving in the war of 1812, moved to Hocking county, Ohio, to the farm on which stands the village of New Gore, and the noted Gore Furnace. From him also a church took its name, and the "Burgess Meeting House " was, for a long time, a familiar name and place to hundreds of people in Perry and Hocking counties. Joseph continued to live in Madison township until 1856, when he died, leaving nine sons and one daughter, some of whom had found homes in the far west, and all of whom are vet living. Four sons and the daughter continue to reside in Perry county, near their birth-place, where they have acquired comfortable homes, and are among the leading and influential people of that locality. A number of their children have long been known as being among the leading scholars and educators in Perry county, having aided largely in establishing and maintaining Madison Academy, at Mt. Perry. Professor E. J. Burgess, one of the descendants, is at present the President of Ashland College. 'Perhaps the most prominent member of this old HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY - 353 pioneer family of Perry county, is Hon. Levi J. Burgess, of Logan, Hocking county, Ohio, a grandson of Joseph Burgess, and son of Jeremiah and Eliza (Evans) Burgess. He was born at Mt. Perry, Perry county, Ohio, September 4, 1848, and received his education in Perry county, with the exception of a short time at Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio. He began in 1870, the study of law with the Hon. William E. Finck, at Somerset, and was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1873. Before and during the time he was studying law, he was engaged in teaching, and was one of the leading young teachers of Perry and Muskingum counties. In the spring of 1874, he located in New Lexington and began the practice of law, forming a partnership with Hon. L, J, Jackson, His rise was rapid, and in the fall of 1879 he was nominated by a overwhelming majority over all competitors for the office of Prosecuting Attorney. Shortly afterwards Hon. John S. Friesner, of Logan, was nominated and elected to the offuce of Common Pleas Judge, and Col. Burgess declined the nomination of Prosecutor, and moved to Logan where he succeeded to the large and extensive practice of Judge Friesner. He is at present the attorney for the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railway Company, and also for a number of the leading coal and iron companies in the Hocking Valley region. He was a prominent candidate before the Democratic State Convention of 1881, for the office of Attorney General and though not seeking it, came near receiving the nomination. He was, the same year, honored with the Chairmanship of the Congressional Convention of his district, and also of the Senatorial Convention, composed of the counties of Fairfield, Hocking and Athens, and although a resident of his county less than two years, was unanimously tendered the nomination for State Senator, which he declined to accept. As a lawyer, advocate and political speaker, Col. Burgess stands in the front rank of the young men of Ohio. He is popular wherever known, and numbers among his acquaintances and friends, many of the leading men of the State and Nation. His successful course reflects honor upon himself, credit upon the family name and serves to make him a conspicuous figure among the prominent men of Perry county, who have achieved a reputation at home and abroad, and of whom the county may justly be proud. He was married December 11th, 1870, to Rebecca A., daughter of Jacob and Mary (Fulton) Weller. They have three children, Lulu, Alma, and Levi J., Jr., living, and two, Annie and Fannie, deceased, BURGOON, ISIDORE, farmer, Jackson township ; post offuce, Junction City ; born April 5th, 1829, in Clayton township ; son of Levi and Ann (Lilly) Burgoon, who were among the first settlers of Perry county. Mr. Burgoon was brought up on a farm, and has been following farming ever since. He moved to his present residence, in Jackson, in 1851. He married, in October, 1857, Miss Nancy Clark, daughter of Hugh and Rose (Conely) Clark, They have seven children, viz. : Rose A., Hugh J., Patrick H., Margaret, Marv, James J., John I. Rose A., Mary and James J. are deceased. Mr. Burgoon has a farm of two hundred and sixty-five acres of choice land, and deals largely in thoroughbred cattle. BURLEY, LAZILERE, farmer ; post office, Crooksville. Born in Greene county, Pennsylvania in 1804. Came to Perry county with his - 33 - 354 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. parents in 1815, John Burley, his father, died in this county in 1842. Hannah (Lazilere), his mother, also died in Perry county in 1844, Married in 1832, to Miss Rachel Iliff, daughter of John and Anna Iliff, who died in 1873. They had nine children, viz. : Jan, John, Rebecca, James, Hannah, Harriet, Nute, Thomas, (deceased), Mary E, BURLEY, W. N,, merchant ; post office, Crooksville ; born in Perry county in 1846 ; son of Lazilere and Rachel (Iliff) Burley ; married August 20th, 1872, to Miss Maggie McKeever, daughter of Samuel and Hannah McKeever. They are the parents of four children, viz. : John G., Samuel V,, Zane W. and Wilson L, Mr. Burley enlisted three different times in the army ; first, in 1863, in Company K, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Regiment ; second, in 1863, One Hundred and Sixtieth Regiment, Company H ; third and lastly, in 1864, in First Ohio Heavy Artillery, Was in several engagements during his time of service. BURNS, GEORGE M., physician, Maxville, Ohio, was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, January 21st, 1838 ; son of David and Elizabeth (McCaslin) Burns. Brought up on a farm and began teaching at the early age of sixteen years, and for four years continued to teach in Butler and Allegheny counties. He then went to McLean county, Illinois, and taught one term, but not being contented, returned to Pennsylvania, and continued teaching until the spring of 1862. In August, of the same year, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, and served in the Army of the Potomac until honorably discharged from service, June, 1863. In 1859 he began the study of medicine, and studied at intervals, but -after retiring from the army, he gave his chosen profession his entire attention. In November, 1863, he entered the Homeopathic College at Cleveland Ohio, and graduated from the same in February, 1865, and began the practice of medicine in Detroit, Michigan ; but in a short time removed to Mitchell, Indiana, and thence to Vincennes, Indiana ; and in October, 1866, located in Maxville, Ohio, and remained for two years, He then returned to Pennsylvania and practiced in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, until 1870, when he returned to Maxville, Ohio, where he has ever since resided. Dr, Burns was married August 6th, 1866, to Mary, daughter of Amos and Harriet (Harper) Mantonya, of Granville, Ohio. Dr. Burns has an 'extensive practice, and is considered one of the first physicians in this part of the State, BURRELL , A, H, AND SON, proprietors of Premium Marble Works, New Lexington, Ohio, A. H. Burrell was born September 18th, 1809, in Newport, Penobscot county, Maine ; son of Nathaniel and Rachel (Springer) Burrell, Mr, Burrell with his parents emigrated to Ohio in the spring of 1838, and located in Athens county, where he was engaged on a farm, which occupation he followed until 1840, when he began teaching school, which he followed several years ; three years of which he taught in Athens. During the time he taught school, he studied medicine with Dr. Blackstone, and began its practice in the fall of 1846, in Nelsonville, Ohio. In the spring of 1847 he went to Amesville, Ohio,.where he practiced eighteen months and returned to Nelsonville,. remaining until the spring of 1868, when he came to New Lexington, Ohio. In 1863 he retired from the practice of medicine on HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY - 355 account of his eyesight failing him, and in 1868 he engaged in his present business. Dr. Burrell was married the first time, March 28, 1832, to Miss Almira, daughter of John and Maria (Shaw) Wilson, of Newport. They became the parents of two children, viz. : Wilson H. and John O. Mrs, Burrell died June 21, 1839. He was married the second time, November 22, 1842, to Isabella, daughter of Thomas and Mary Jane (Blatch) Claxton. They are the parents of four children, viz. : Maria L., married to H. H. Miles of Racine, Meigs county, Ohio ; Emma B., married to Josiah Wilson of Nelsonville, Ohio; Frank C. and Almond Rochester, whose sketch is also here given, Almond R. was born March 21, 1848, in Amestown, Athens county, Ohio ; came to New Lexington in February of 1868, and opened in business in the south end of town, in one of the primitive log buildings on the corner of Main and Walnut streets, which is now occupied by a brick building. In September of the same year they bought and removed to their present place of business. Almond Rochester was married July 11th, 1881, to Miss Anna N., daughter of S. S. and Deborah (Graham) Smith, of Washington county, Ohio. They are the parents of one child, viz. : Maine Burrell, January 5th, 1864, he enlisted in Company G. Eighteenth Regiment, O. V. V. I., and served until October 23d, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. Mr, Nathaniel Burrell, father of A. H., and grandfather of Almond R., was engaged in the Revolutionary war ; was at General Burgoyne's surrender, and helped to guard the Hessian prisoners at Albany. Died October 18th, 1842, in Athens, Ohio. BURTON, NATHAN, Pleasant township, blacksmith at Oakfield, born in Muskingum county, July 20, 1817 ; son of Isaac and Mary (Fillbrooks) Burton. both natives of Maine, and came to Muskingum county in 1815, Worked with his father until seventeen years of age, and then learned his trade at Roseville, Muskingum county ; located in Oakfield in 1845, and went to Logan, Hocking county, in 1846. and blacksmithed there twenty years. He returned to Oakfield in 1881. In 1843 he married Nancy Poe—her father was a nephew of Andrew and Adam Poe, who distinguished themselves fighting Indians in Virginia. They are the parents of the following named children : Sarah, Ida, Bell, Benjamin, Clarence, Edgar. BUTLER, JOHN, family grocer, Main street, New Lexington, Ohio, was born July 10, 1862, un this place; son of attorney at law Reuben and Jane (Frantz) Butler. Mr. B. established his present business, November 1s, 1880, in which he is very successful. BUTTS. MECHACH, deceased, was born October 5th, 1819, in Muskingum county, Ohio, son of Overton and Sarah (Kirby) Butts. Mr. Butts was brought up on a farm, until he was sixteen years of age, when he began the wagon makers' trade with Joshua Cites, with whom he remained about six months, and went to Mt. Sterling, Ohio, and engaged with Joshua O, Hook, serving in all about five years appenticeship, after which he was employed as follows : Springfield. Ohio, short time ; Zanesville, Ohio ; again with Joshua Cites ; and then was married to Phoebe, daughter of Absalom and Mary (Campbell) Burley of this county. They are the parents of nine children, viz. : Elizabeth, James L,: Emery A,, William H., Eliza Jane, John, Marv Ann, de- 356 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. ceased ; Amanda, deceased, and Abi, deceased. After his marriage, he was employed as follows : At Mt. Sterling one year, with J, 0, Cook ; Perry county, near Roseville, farmed one year ; Morgan county, farming about two years ; Perry county, cropping one season ; Mt, Sterling, with J. 0. Hook, until 1862 ; Morgan county, farming two years ; thence to Portersville, Perry county ; and in January, 1864, enlisted as a mechanic in the government service, from which he was discharged June 17, 1864, by reason of sunstroke ; and in the fall of 1864, he volunteered as a recruit from Malta township, Morgan county, Ohio, and remained in the service until the close of the war. Was on Sher-man,s March to the Sea, and was sent to Lade Rock, Arkansas. After receiving his discharge, returned home, and was engaged at his trade until seven years ago, in June, 1874, when he came to Shawnee, where he followed his trade and undertaking until September of 1881, at which time he went to Hemlock, Ohio, where he was engaged in furniture dealing and undertaking, until his death, October 5, 1882. BUTTS, EMERY A,, furniture dealer, Shawnee, Ohio, was born December 18, 1840, in Mount Sterling, Muskingum county, Ohio ; son of Mechach and Phoebe (Burley) Butts. Mr. Butts was raised in the towns of Mount Sterling and Portersville, Perry county, Ohio, to the age of fifteen years, when he employed to work on a farm with Daniel Sayer, and spent about four years farming ; three years with Sayer, five months in Franklin county, Ohio, and four months near Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio, and again in Franklin county, Ohio, He also worked some seven years upon a portable saw mill, in Morgan and Perry counties, Ohio. Upon leaving the farm the second time he was in Franklin county, he came to Shawnee, Ohio, and engaged in wagon making about four years, and then went into the present business of furniture and undertaking, with George Martzolff, in April of 1881. Mr. Butts was married September 2, 1876, to Margaret J., daughter of George and Catharine (Diller) Martzolff, of this township. They are the parents of two children, viz, : George C. and Alta Beldon. BUTTS, JAMES L., furnaceman, Shawnee, Ohio, was born January 23, 1845, in Morgan county, Ohio ; son of Mechach and Phoebe (Burley) Butts. Was brought up, to the age of seventeen, in Mount Sterling, Muskingum county, Ohio, and moved back to Morgan county, Ohio, with hus father, in 1862, where he enlisted, in August of that year, in Co. D, 30th Regiment 0. V. I,, for three years, or during the war, and served in the Army of the Potomac up to January, 1863 and the Western Army the balance of the time. Fought in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Second Bull Run, in Army of the Potomac ; in battles of Arkansas Post, Black River, Walnut Bluffs, and in the charge upon Vicksburg, charging Stockade Fort, at which place he was wounded in. the hip and thigh, permanently injuring him, that he is now unable to obtain a livelihood by his labor, After receiving his wound he came home November 27th, and stayed until next March, when he returned to his regiment, and remained to the close of the war. Was in Atlanta campaign and " Sherman's March to the Sea." After receiving an honorable discharge he came home and engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1874, when he employed as a miner at New Straitsville, Ohio, working one year, and then came to Shawnee, Ohio, HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY - 357 continuing in the same business for about two years. Then employed at N. Y. furnace until the spring of 1881 ; engaging then with the Fannie furnace, where he has been, top filling, watching furnace, and attending hot blast, up to this time. Was married March 28, 1868, to Elizabeth, daughter of Francis and Margaret (Stoneburner) Hane, of Morgan county, Ohio. Their children are Scott Monroe, Della Isabelle, Nellie France, Mechach and Mettie. BUTTS, WILLIAM H., blacksmith, Shawnee, Ohio, was born January 10, 1851, in Mount Sterling, Muskingum countPhoebeo ; son of Mechach and Phcebe (Burley) Butts. Remained in his native town until 1861, when, with his father, he went to Morgan county, Ohio, and worked on a farm until he was eighteen years of age, when he went to his trade with Edward Addison, near Porterville, Morgan county, Ohio, and remained one year, when he went to Portersville, Perry county, Ohio, where he worked with his brother-in-law, Mr. Brock, with whom he completed his trade. During this time he worked three years at four dollars per month, after worganent to Deavertown, Morgan county, Ohio, with his brother-in-law, where he remained for six months, when he came to Shawnee and worked for Finley B. McGrew three years, going from there to the Fanny furnace, and took his present position. Mr. Butts was married November 14, 1877, to Harriet Pettet, daughter of Thomas and Jane Pettet, of Perry county, near Porterville, Ohio.. They are the parents of one child, viz. : Delmer Clyde, deceased. BUTT, SAMUEL W., mine boss N. Y. Straitsville Coal and Iron Co., Shawnee, Ohio, was born October 26, 1842, in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas county, Ohio ; son of Samuel and Emma (McCune) Butt. Samuel W. was brought up on a farm until ten years of age. His father died when Samuel W. was five years of age. In 1852 the widow, with her family, moved to Nelsonville, Athens county, Ohio. Mr. Butt came to this place in 1872, and in a few weeks assumed his present duties. August 7, 1861, Mr. Butt enlisted in Co. D, 0. V. I., and served to the close of the war. During his service he was Orderly Sergeant, and was commissioned First Lregiment, of Company H, same regim0ft. He also served as Mayor of Nelsonville, Ohio. Lieut. Butt was married to Miss Ruth J., daughter of Robert and Lydia (Orme) Kinney, formerly of Athens county, Ohio. They are thviz,rentsmahree childC,n, viz. : Em4rnma M., George C. and William J. CAINE, ALEXANDER C., commercial traveler, was born in the year 1849, in Somerset, Ohio. His father, Isaiah Caine, was born in the same township, and had three brothers, John, Lewis and James. His grandfather, John Caine, Seceased at Zaleski, Ohio, at the advanced age of eighty years. His mother's maiden name was Campbell, a sister of Samuel C. Campbell, of Effi1880,, Illinois, deceased in 188o, leaving Alexander C., Samuel, John L., Frank and Wallace, and an only sister, Cora. John L. is united in marriage to Miss Emma Law, and resides in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and Samuel to Sophia Exner, and resides in Somerset. The other brothers and sister are single. A brother, Henry B., was wounded at Mission Ridge, and died at Nashville,C,, January, 1863. Alexander C., at the age of twelve years, went with Captain L. Jackson, of the 31st 358 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Regiment, O. V. I., and afterwards went with his uncle, Samuel C, Campbell, who was sutler of the 90th Regiment. After six months service there he returned home, and entered the union school of his native town. He afterward entered the drug store of F. Moeller, in Somerset, where he remained three years. He then clerked for H. C. Filler, dry goods merchant, of Somerset, and from here he went to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he served as clerk for the firm of William Glenn & Co. From there he went to Pekin, Illinois, where he served as clerk in a hotel, and after one year's service, went to Butler, Bates county, Missouri, and took the management of the store of W. T. Smith & Co., where he 'remained four years. From there he went to Kansas City, Missouri, and became commercial traveler for J, M. Shelly & Co., in which capacity he served eighteen months. He then returned to Ohio in 1874, and clerked for Thomas Drake, dry goods, Somerset ; afterwards for Benjamin Whitmer, grocer, and from here he went to Shawnee, Ohio, where he took charge of the mercantile business of William Shields & Co., afterward J. C, Hamilton & Co., making all purchases, and carrying a business amounting to as high as $150,000 a year, and in this capacity the business flourished for over five years. He is now connected as commercial traveler for the wholesale house of Miller & Hustons, Columbus, Ohio. His political career was marked with eminent success as a manager of campaigns. He was chairman of the Republican convention which first nominated John H. Kelly for Probate Judge, and Henry Martin for Sheriff, both successful in a county which had been giving six hundred Democratic majorities. He was a delegate to the state convention that first nominated, Charles Foster for Governor. He was the only Blaine delegate to the state convention from the Twelfth Congressional District, against a bitter and powerful opposition. He nominated W, T, Shriver, first and last, for Treasurer of the county, and H. C. Greiner, the last time he was elected, in 1881, for Representative. All these acts exhibited his keen sagacity as a Republican leader, the majority of the opposing party sinking .as his tactics advanced to the front. CALDWELL, J. W., blacksmith, Shawnee, Ohio, was born Sept. to, 1856, in Perry township, Licking county, Ohio ; son of Thomas and Margaret (Legg) Caldwell. Was raised in Brownsville, his native county, and learned the blacksmith trade with his father, In 1875 he began business for himself, working for two years for E. P, Evans, of Elizabethtown, Licking county, Ohio ; two years for Rufus Swinehart, at Newark, Ohio, when he returned to Brownsville and formed a copartnership with his father, which continued one year, at which time he came to Shawnee, March, 1881, and was engaged six months with J, D. Davis, after which he went into partnership with Finley B. McGrew, of this place, where he is engaged at his trade at this time, and where they enjoy a good business. CALL, EDWARD, collier, New Straitsville. He was born in Philadelphia, January; 5th, 1849 ; is a son of Edward and Mary (Sweeney) Call, natives of Donegal county, Ireland, and who came to Philadelphia in 1844. They resided there ten years, and then moved to Perry county, Ohio, where Mr. Call died May 27th, 1878, and where Mrs. Call is yet living. June 16, 1873, Edward, Jr., was married to Dora, daughter of HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY - 359 Thomas and Emily Sherraden, natives of Ohio, but who now reside in Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Call have three children, twin boys, born in Illinois, August 3, 1874, and a third child born October 9, 1875, in the same State. CANNON, WM. A., Clayton township, postoffice,Rehobeth. Farmer and stock raiser. Born in Delaware, in 1811. Settled in Perry county, Ohio, in 1817. Son of Isaac and Katharine (Lyons) Cannon, They both died about the year 1845. The subject of this sketch was married in 1832, to Miss Mary A. Scofield, daughter of John .and Jane (Moore) Scofield. They have eleven children, viz, : Harriet O. (deceased), Katharine, Isaac J., Jasper, (deceased), Wm. H., Lucy, David, Mary J., James, Wesley, Matilda. All married. CARNEY, MICHAEL, Jackson township, farmer, New Lexington postoffice. Born June 30, 1841, in Reading township, this county. Son of John and Rose (Kating) Carney, who came to this country from Ireland in 1818, and settled in Reading township, Perry county, Ohio. Mr. Carney was brought up on a farm, and still continued until he enlisted in the Sixty-first O. V. V. I,, Company 'G, under Captain Gruarty. He first went to Virginia, and there served under McClellan in the army of the Potomac, and also under Mead, and Hooker, when he was transferred to Tennessee, under Sherman and served the remainder of his time under him. In the battle of Lookout Mountain, he was wounded in the foot and laid in the hospital until the close of the war, when he was discharged. He was married June 12, 1869, to Miss Susan Wommaker,daughter of Ose and Christina (Stroble ) Wommaker. They have seven children, viz. : Francis D., Albert, Mary M., Joseph, Catherine, Daniel, Rose A. CARROLL, H., lumber merchant, McLuney postoffice. Born in 1842. Settled in this county in 1878. Son of M. A. and Anna (King) Carroll. Grand-son of George and Hannah Carroll, Married in 1875 to Miss Nancy Cooper, daughter of Wesley and Cynthia Cooper. They have three children, viz. : Bertha, Carrie and Millie. Mr. Carroll volunteered in the late war in 1862, Company H, Captain Beachley, Twenty-sixth Regiment, Indiana Infantry. Participated in the following engagements : Springfield, Missouri, Vicksburg, Morganza Bay, Mobile, Alabama. CARTER, CHARLES, Pleasant township, Moxahala postoffice, farmer. Born in Hampshire, England, April, 1821 ; emigrated to this country when fifteen years of age. He served an apprenticeship at carpentering in Putnam ; followed the trade but a few years and then began farming in this township, and he has resided here ever since. April 16, 1840 he married Rachel Sharp, of this township. They are the parents of the following named children : Mary, born August 20, 1846 ; Margaret, born March 30, 1848 ; George, born August 20, 1846 ; James, born December 29, 1849 ; Charles, born November 10, 1851 ; William, born January 2, 1854 ; Thomas, January 0, 1856. Mrs. Carter died in 1859. In 1861 he married Mary A. Berry. Their children are Jerome, born March 21, 1863 ; Martha E., born February 18, 1869, died September 18, 1873 ; Culley M., born June 6, 1870. Two of the daughters reside in the west. CARTLICH, REV. ABRAHAM, was born 1807, in Fauquier county, 360 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Virginia, and when yet an infant his parents arrived in Clayton township, Perry county, Ohio. After a brief residence here, they lived in Kentucky nine years, and returned to Perry county, Ohio. Abraham engaged in business as a saddler and harness maker, which he pursued very successfully for ten years, at Adelphia, Ross county, Ohio. From this forth for thirty-seven years he preached as an intinerant in the Methodist Episcopal connection. His ministry was attended with great success, and at least three thousand members were added to the church under his pastorship, During three years of his pastorate, one of which was 1850, he added at the rate of three hundred members per year, Sincerity and earnestness, combined with a purity of character which was maintained through life without a stain, added to his perseverance and fortitude, were the elements of his ministeral success. At the age of twenty--four, he was united in marriage to Miss Lucinda Will. This estimable lady departed this life in 1852. The children by this marriage are George W, of Creston Iowa, a merchant who landed there with $40, in 1855, and is now estimated at $40,000 ; Jesse, now of Harlan, Iowa, a physician, who went from Ohio in 1865. Both these sons were in service of the war department during the late Rebellion. The only daughter living is Clara Tway, now of London, Ohio, Mr. Cartlich was always a small eater, and the proverbial ‘‘yellow-legged chicken," set apart for the preacher, could not tempt him from his code Of prudence. As for tobacco and spirits, he never used either, and has managed to arrive now to a ripe old age of seventy-five years, in good health, without them. His father, Jesse Cartlich, though chronically feeble, by observance of the same temperate habits, lived to the age of eighty-three years, and died in Minnesota, about the year 1860, The second and present wife of Rev, Abraham Cartlich, was Miss Jane Van Gundy, of Ross county, whom he married in 1854, Her father was Rev. John Van Gundy, who labored as a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church for thirty years, and after removal from Ross county, Ohio, where he possessed large landed estates, died in Atchison county, Missouri. He settled in Ohio in 18o6, and served in the War of 1812. Her grand-father was also named John Van Gundy. Her mother's name was Margaret Search, whose father was Thomas Search. Margaret died on one of her husband,s farms near Chillicothe, in 1833, when Jane was in her seventh year. Her brothers, all of whom are prosperous, are Jonas, St. Josephs, Missouri ; and James, John, William and Samuel, near Milton, Atchison county, Missouri. Tradition, which seems well founded, ascribed to the ancestry of this Van Gundy family close official relations to the Crown of Prussia, and a rupture of these relations which sent it to Pennsylvania, and thence to Ohio. The sisters of Mrs. Cartlich are Sarah Scarlet, who, when only seventeen, was successfully courted by a widower with three children, and she has never regretted her youthful resolution. The other sister is Rachel Williams, and both have the same postoffice address, as the brothers already named. Jane Cartlich is remarkable for her business like methods, economy, hospitality and kindness to the poor. Though the daughter of a Methodist minister, and for twenty-six years the wife of a Methodist minister, she preserves a commendable liberality and charity for others. She refers to the preservation of an aunt given up HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY - 361 to die and yet living to rear a useful family, while her mother was taken from life in sound health, by cholera, in the same house and at the same time of her aunt,s illness, as a remarkable dispensation of Providence. The same fact applies to her step-daughter, Mrs, Tway, who, when yet a child, seemed affected beyond possibility of .recovery, and yet she grew to womanhood, and is now the mother of five children. Mrs. Cartlich, though in easy circumstances, labors as if she derived comfort, health and pleasure from exercise. Her husband, too, has a fine income, which secures ease and comfort, and they live alone, with no household dependents. CASSEL, SAMUEL, born November i0, 1814, in Reading township ; served apprenticeship of four years in Newark at the tinning and coppersmith trade, in 1824—‘5 lived in Lancaster, Ohio, where he saw General Andrew Jackson ; in 1835 formed a partnership with John Beckwith, as tinner and coppersmith, continuing in this ten years. July I, 1841 he was united in marriage to Susan A.. Maines, daughter of the late venerable Frederick Maines, of Somerset ; moved to the family homestead in 1846 ; bought out the other heirs ; had it. all paid for but-two hundred and fifty dollars. He had property at this time in Somerset worth four hundred and fifty dollars. Henry K. Cassell, a brother, then residing on the same farm, finding that cropping in partnership was not remunerative, proposed that Samuel, being able to borrow, should get four hundred and sixty dollars f0r him and let him go to California, the gold fever then first beginning to rage. This was done. Henry K. returned in about two years, unable to repay the borrowed money, and Samuel paid out over thirteen hundred dollars before that debt was finally discharged. So much for generosity, debt making, and the California fever. Samuel's grandfather Cassell came from Holland, where he had an aunt, Ann Cassell, and while residing in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, he received a letter from said Ann, saying she had made her will and he, the grandfather aforesaid, was about doing so when he took sick and died. Subsequent efforts, through Christian L. Griener of Somerset, a Baltimore merchant, and a Kentucky lawyer, were made to recover the large estate said to have been willed to Samuel Cassell's grandfather by his aunt Ann as stated, but up to this time without avail. Samuel's father, John, came from Middletown, Pennsylvania, to what is now Perry county, in 1808. The other sons of John, living, are William of Lancaster, and Henry King Cassell, near Mt, Vernon, Christian, Abram and Reuben died after marriage, leaving heirs ; the sisters are Elizabeth Pitcher, afterwards France, Beckwith, Catharine Ann Brock, now of Columbus, Ohio.   He has living four sons, John, Edward, William and George, and three daughters, Almeda, single ; Sarah, married to George Berkheimer and Kate, single, and one granddaughter, Nettie. Samuel Cassell, being the seventh son, when only four years old, had a call from a man who spent a small farm in trying to be cured of king,s evil, or scrofula. The lad retreated under the bed for safety, but was coaxed out by the gift of a penknife. The suffering patient placed the lad,s hand on the sore neck, came a second and a third time, and twenty years after, told a brother of the young doctor, that he was cured by the rubbing thus obtained from the seventh son of his 362 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. mother, Mrs. John Cassell. From that day to this, Samuel Cassell, of Somerset, has been called on by hundreds of patients and has been called away to visit others many miles from home, and his success has been unquestioned, but he refers this success, not to his being the Seventh son, or to any magic art, but to the influence of electricity, now advancing to the front as a curative agent. He says he never failed on neuralgia : treats rheumatism, goiter, tumors and other dis- eases, and never failed on those nervous diseases akin to St. Vitus' dance. Mr. Cassell does not seek practice as a doctor, but is ever ready to lend his aid when called upon. He attends a large garden, and, in 1880, from the twentieth part of an acre, he raised eighty bushels of ripe tomatoes. CHARLES, OWEN D., mine boss, New Straitsville, Ohio, was born April 2, 1846, in Llenlly, Carmarthanshire, Wales, son of David and Margaret (Morgan) Charles. Was raised a miner, and in Wales was employed ih a mine owned by his father, and known as the Furnace mines. His father also was superintendent of mines for. Sims, Williams, Neville & Co., and employed one thousand hands at this one mine. Mr. Charles emigrated to America, landing August 6, 1867, in New York, from where he went to Indiana and engaged in mining a that place for one year, and since has been employed at the following places : Pennsylvania, one year, mining ; Missouri, six months; Indiana, one year, and then took a trip to Pomeroy, Ohio, Rockwood, Tennessee, through the States of Georgia and Alabama, returning via Memphis, Tennessee, to Illinois, and thence to this place, landing about 1871, and engaging with the Walga Lancaster Coal Co., mining two months, when he went to Shawnee, and opened the Shields mine, making three openings, which required him six months to complete. He again returned to this place, and has been employed as follows: Mine boss at Plummer Hill, one year ; opened the Central mine, requiring him eight months, at the expiration of which time he employed with the then Troy mine, now the Thomas Coal Co., where he mined one year, and then opened the new mouth by contract, finishing the work April 4, 1881, at which time he was employed as mine boss at this place, which position he now holds, and there is now three hundred and twelve hands employed at this mine. Mr. Charles was married November 13, 1872, to Miss Blanche Loyd, who was born August 27, 1854, in Myrthatydvil, Wales, daughter of David and Mary (Jones) Loyd, and lived in this place at the time of her marriage. They are the parents of five children, viz. : Mary, who died at seven years of age ; David, died in infancy ; David now living ; Owen Artie and Harriet. CHENOWETH, JOHN, Pike township, New Lexington, Ohio, farmer; was born October 11, 1809, in Hampshire county, Virginia ; son of Elias and Nancy (Carlon) Chenoweth. Mr. Chenoweth came to this county with his father in 1814, and has been a resident of it since that time, with the exception of eighteen months that he lived in Franklin county, Ohio. He was raised a farmer, and has followed agricultural pursuuts up to the time of this writing. His first postoffice was at Somerset, this county, although he lived in Clayton township. In those times they went to Zanesville to mill, and afterward the horse mill was HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY - 363 introduced for grinding their breadstuff. Mr. Chenoweth was married May 22, 1834, to Marjory, daughter of Joseph and Mary (McBride) Gates, of Hampshire county, Virginia, who came to Perry 'county, Ohio, with her father, in 1824, of which she has been a resident up to the present time. They are the parents of twelve chtldren, viz, : Julia A., Mary E., Nancy, Sarah J., Mahalah, Rachel, Harriet, Margaret M., Angeline, William, John and Thomas, of whom three are deceased, viz. : John, Sarah J., and Margaret M. CHRISTMAN, DANIEL, farmer, Pike township, New Lexington, Ohio, was born July 14, 1832, in Bucks county, Pennsylvania ; son of Daniel and Hannah (Sullivan) Christman. Was raised a farmer, and has followed agriculture up to the present time. Mr. Christman came to Ohio with his parents in 1836, who settled in Belmont county, where they lived eleven years, when they moved to Harrison county and lived three or four years, and again moving, went to Morgan county, where they bought forty acres of land, where his father lived up to the time of his death, in April of 1857. Within one year after his death,. Mrs. Christman and her son Jacob both died of typhoid fever ; a daughter Hannah died in 1857. Mr. Christman, the subject of this sketch, lived with his father up to the time of his death, and took charge of the farm at that instance. In 1862 he buried his sister, Mary G,, and in the spring of 1881 also buried his youngest sister, Isabelle, and the youngest of his father's family. After the estate was disposed of by an administrator, he lived with a man by the name of Lynn, remaining with him until 1861, when he enlisted in Co, H, 17th Regiment, 0. V. I., for three months, and served four months ; was discharged by reason of expiration of term of enlistment ; returning home, and in the fall of 1861 re-enlisted in Co. E, 78th Regiment* 0. V. I., for three years, or during the war, serving nearly three years ; was again, discharged, by reason of veteranizing for three years, serving during the siege at Vicksburg, Tennessee, and until the close of the war in 1865, when he was discharged the third time from the service. During his service he was upon detached duty the most of the time, serving upon reconnoitering expeditions, and was one of the number who ran the blockade at Vicksburg to Warranton Grand Gulf, on the night of the 21st of April, 1863, with transports, After receiving his last discharge, he returned home and spent the year from the winter of 1866 to the winter of 1867, in Fayette county, Illinois. Returning to Ohio he lived in Morgan county until the fall of 1873, when he moved to this county, where he has since lived, two years near Rendville, and two years near Sulphur Springs, and then came to the farm he now lives on, and where he owns forty acres of land. Was married July 30, 1868, to Miss Maggie J. Patterson, born Kay 5, 1840, daughter. of Clark and Rebecca J. (McCurdy) Patterson, of Deerfield township, Morgan county, Ohio. They are the parents of five children, viz. : Daniel C., Charles W. T., Julia E., Jennie E. and Robert Worley. CHURCH, DAVID, born September 28th, 1832, in Somerset, Ohio, is a prosperous farmer ; postoffice, Somerset. His father was the late David Church, who came to Somerset in :1818, a blacksmith by trade, with only fifty cents in his purse. He was a native of Chenango county, New York, born near the town of Oxford. He had a brother, Bradford, near Lee 364 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Center, Illinois, and a sister—Ficha McNeil—who died in New York. His half brothers were John,William and Sylvester. He was married at the age of twenty- four to Miss Mary Mohler, daughter of Solomon, who died on the farm near the east toll-gate, near Somerset. Depending solely on his strong arm and anvil, David Church, Sr., became a man of wealth in his neighborhood, and helped all his children to good homes. The sons are John and David, farmers, postoffice, Somerset ; Sylvester, postoffice Salem, 0. ; and Thomas, postoffuce Pleasantville, 0. The daughters who survived infancy are Mary, wife of Thomas Watson, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Emily, wife of William Love, a very noted farmer near Somerset ; Sarah, wife of James Derolph, near Pleasantville ; and Martha, wife of Eli Rousculp, near Somerset. He died in 1868 in his seventy-first year. His widow still lives in her eighty-second year. The successful example of David Church, Sr., to poor but industrious and virtuous young men is worthy of record. He was a Whig in politics, a Methodist in religion, and a thrifty, urbane man in social life. David, Jr., was married in 1859 to Miss Elizabeth Rutter, and settled on the fertile and beautiful farm where he now lives in the enjoyment of thrifty agricultural and social life. His is a home of -hospitable welcome to uts friends. There are two children only—Ira L. and Miss Bertha S., who not only has learned the art of cookery from her mother, but the art of music and entertainment of friends. Mrs. Church is of the German Baptist belief, but David is not a member of any sect. His farm comprises one hundred and eleven acres, and its quality vindicates the judgment of the Church name in selecting lands, Ninety-five dollars per acre has been indignantly refused for it, and now since new buildings are erected—well, it is not for sale. CLARK, P. F., Shawnee, Ohio, was born September 29, 1837, in county of Durham, England ; son of Francis and Catharine (McKinnach) Clark. His parents were born in county of Tyrone, Ireland. Mr. Clark's grandmother, Donahew, lived to be one hundred and sixteen years old, and died only about six years ago, His progenitors were wealthy, and he is the first of several generations who labored for a livelihood, the cause being that of his mother's disinheritance upon the occasion of her marriage against her father's wishes. At the age of seven years he went into the mines to labor, and was thereby deprived of an education, He remained in mines until he was nineteen years of age, when he emigrated to America, landing in New York, from where he went to Pomeroy, Meigs county, Ohio, and remained about two years engaged in mining, and has been engaged as follows: Baton Rogue, La. as mine boss, three years ; Hadenville, three years ; Kanawha county, La., eleven months, opening coal mine ; Reeves Station, St. Clair county, Ills., about nine months, sinking shaft ; at Carbondale, working iron coal-digger at $125.00 per month for about two years ; when he came to Shawnee, where he has made his home to this time. Since coming here he has visited Wyoming, Dakota, New Mexico, California, and Washington, Territory. Mr, Clark was married October 1, 1854, to Margaret, daughter of James and Mary Daily, of county of Durham, England. They became the parents of four children, viz. : Mary, Frank, James and Catharine. Mrs. Clark died February 2d, 1862. After her death Mr, Clark lived a HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY - 365 widower seven years, when he was married to Anna, daughter of Jabez and Hannah (Scragg) Foster. They are the parents of six children, viz. : Patrick Henry, Ella, Michael, Charles, Thomas, and John. Mr. Clark,s grandfather was in the British army, and was the highest noncommissioned officer of his regiment, and was engaged in the battle of Waterloo. Since Mr. Clark's marriage he obtained the education he has from his little daughter after she started to school and learned her letters. CLARK, W. D., farmer and coal operator, Pike township, Maholm post office, Ohio ; was born February 21, 1845, in Monday Creek township, this county ; son of John and Eleanor (Robinson) Clark. Was raised a farmer, and has given his attention to agriculture principally during his life. Mr. Clark's parents were born and raised in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in November, 1829, settling in Reading township, this county, where they rented land for two years, when his father bought eighty acres of land in Monday Creek township, where lie lived twenty-one years. He then bought the farm where William D. now lives. While in Monday Creek township, he bought and owned four hundred acres of land, which he sold, and purchased one hundred and sixty acres, as above stated, and also one hundred and sixty acres one mile north of this place, which he owned at the time of his death, His son, and the subject of this sketch, now owns two hundred and eighty acres of land where he now lives. In August of 1880 he entered into the coal business, which he continues to this time, shipping nearly all the coal he mines. Principally all of his land has some three different coal veins, and also Black Band iron ore, which has been worked to a small extent, Mr. Clark was married November 14, 1871, to Maggie, daughter of Peter and Ann (Walpool) Carroll, of Morgan county, Ohio. They are the parents of the following children : Nellie, Annie, Laura, John, James, Peter J., and Lydia. CLARK, DANIEL, Infirmary Superintendent, Pike township, New Lexington, Ohio, was born May 16, 1836, in this township, and son of James and Mary (Gordon) Clark ; was raised a farmer, and has made that his business up to the present time. He was married January 15th, 1861., to Rose, daughter of Thomas and Celia (Kelton) McBennett, of native ative township. They are the parents of eight children, viz. : Elizabeth, Celia, Mary E., Amanda, James, Rosellia, Thomas, and William Francis, living, and one deceased, viz. : John. Mr. Clark was employed by the infirmary directors of Perry county, Ohio, and took oharge of the infirmary March 26th, 1878, where he has remained up to the present time, and has been again employed by them for the ensuing year. He has, at the instance of the directors, been buying ready baked bread during the last year, and finds it to be a saving of fifty-four dollars per quarter, or three months, without considering any labor, which would make a still greater difference. There are now about ninety inmates, and the last year's average has been the least since Mr. Clark took charge of the place. In previous years the average has been from one hundred and ten to one hundred and fifteen inmates. The oldest inmate is eighty-nine years of age, and was one of the early settlers of this county, and known as H. H, Chappelear, The product of the farm are as follows : About one thousand five hundred 366 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. bushels of corn, from three hundred to four hundred bushels of wheat, about twenty-five head of cattle, and a goodly number of hogs, and considerable of a hay crop usually. CLARK, ALEXANDER, farmer, Jackson township ; post office, Junction city born January 29, 1822, in Jackson township ; son of Alexan- der and Mary (McElvoy) Clark, who came to this country from Ireland, and settled in Kentucky ; stayed there a short time and removed to Jackson township, Perry county, Ohio, where they resided till they died, Mr. Clark still resides where his parents first settled, but does not work much any more, and spends most of his time in reading. CLARK, JAMES B., farmer, Monroe township, ; post office, Corning, Ohio ; was born Dec. 30th, 1843, in Pleasant township, Perry county, Ohio ; son of James A. and Catharine (Gayer) Clark. Mr. Clark has given his entire attention to agriculture, in which he has been successful. Mr. Clark was married April 3d, 1872, to Miss Mary, daughter of Joseph and Catharine (Smith) Rogers, of Monroe township. They are the parents of one child, Walter Alvie. CLEMSON, GEORGE W., M, D., Glenford, was born in the village of Thornville, and is therefore a native of Perry county. He is the only surviving son of Joseph Clemson, who was a native of Baltimore, Maryland. Emigrated to Ohio in 1840, and departed this life in the year 1878 ; twenty-one years after the death of his wife, who was Miss Elizabeth Clemens, daughter of Samuel Clemens of Lima, Michigan, or near there ; where he owned extensive landed estate, and where he died, Both the Clemson and the Clemens families were of English Presbyterian stock. Dr. George W, Clemson worked his way up from boyhood to a respectable education, taught school, read medicine, and finally graduated in Starling Medical College in 1874, and began practice as the first physician who had ever attempted Glenford as a permanent location, and in the fall of the same year, was united in wedlock to Miss Almeda, daughter of Dr. Allen Whitmore of Thornville, Ohio. For the last eight years, therefore, Dr. Clemson has devoted himself to his profession and his library, until the range of his practice has grown with his growth in years, and until his presence in the midst of his chosen friends, as a physician, is regarded by many of them as indispensable to their welfare. He and his amiable wife belong to the M, E. church, and two sons and one daughter have blessed their married life. They have a beautiful cottage, erected on an eminence overlooking the valley of Jonathan's Creek, and affording a fine view of a delightful landscape. He is Democratic in politics, but liberal and generous in his political opinions, CLUMB, CARLISLE, post office, Somerset, Ohio ; born August 3d, 1829; is a son of William Clumb, who came to Perry county un 1828, from Fairfield, where he lived near Foresman's mill property, and from Maryland to Fairfield in 1808. His mother was Nancy, daughter of Adam Binckley. His brothers are Allen, Adam, William, Benjamin and George, His sisters are Matilda, wife of G. W, Swartz; Mary J,, wife of 'George Shrider ; Margaret, wife of H. King ; Sarah Elizabeth, wife of James Dupler ; Nancy Catharine, wife of Andrew Batson, Carlisle was first married April 22d, 1849, to Miss Sarah, daughter of Isaac Drum, The children by this union were : Nancy J,, wife of Lewis HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY - 367 Winegardner, and Isaac, husband of Martha Drum, daughter of Jacob. After five years of bereavement, he married Miss Ellen, daughter of Moses Drum, February 10th, 1859. The children by this marriage are : Margaret Emily, wife of William Perry ; John Henry, William Allen, Adam, deceased ; Mary Ellen and Preston Carlisle Clumb. Mr. Clumb is an excellent carpenter and farmer, and for some time ran a saw mill. His first Republican vote for President was in 1856, prior to which he voted Democratic. He and his wife are Lutherans. His first annual tax was twenty cents, paid in Fairfield county. His tax now averages about sixty dollars a year on his farm of one hundred and thirteen acres, here, and on western land. His dwelling is a model of convenience, workmanship and comfort wherein the laws of health are admirably recognized. His reading is extensive, comprising political, religious and scientific subjects ; while the training of his children to habits of study and labor, and to practices of morality, is regarded as an imperative duty. His land increases in fertility and his skill as an architect is vindicated in every effort. COCHRAN, HENRY D., of the firm of Cochran & Retallic, attorneys-at-law, New Lexington, Ohio, was born January 10, 1851, in Jackson township son of Ira and Mary, (Cohagan) Cochran. Henry D.'s grandfather was one of the pioneers of Jackson township, Young Cochran began teaching school when sixteen years of age, and taught eleven terms. Mr. Cochran,s preceptors in the law were attorneys Jackson and Ferguson. He was admitted to practice at the bar in August, 1876. In November of the same year, the present firm was formed, and November 2d of same year he was married to Miss Maria, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Brown) Larimer, They are the parents of two children, viz. : Edmond B. and William W. COLBORN, EPHRAIM S., editor ; son of John and Elizabeth Colborn ; was born near New Lexington, Ohio, December 7, 1828. He attended the village school, summer and winter, for several years, and afterward in the winter months only, working on the farm in summer. At the age of twenty he became a teacher, taught three terms of select school in New Lexington, and three terms of public school. at Selby’s schoolhouse, three miles east of New Lexington, reading law at intervals most of the time while teaching. In June, 1851, he left his law books to become editor, business manager, and part owner of the Perry County Democrat, a newspaper published at Somerset. From that time until the present, with but brief intermissions, he has, in some way or other, been connected with the publication of newspapers. He served as a member of the Board of Education, both at Somerset and New Lexington, aggregating fifteen or sixteen years of such service. Upon the death of William A. Brown, in November, 1873, Mr. Colborn was appointed to succeed him as Superintendent of the New Lexington schools, and served until the close of the school year, a period of six months. He was appointed postmaster at New Lexington by the Lincoln Administration, in May; 1861, and served in that office until October, 1866, when, being required to indorse the " my policy " of President Johnson, he asked to be excused, and sent in his resignation, which. was accepted, and a successor appointed, of different political opinions. Mr. Colborn was brought up a Democrat, and through 368 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. the years 1851–'52–,53, voted will,. mat party, but on the organization of the Republican party in 1854, identified himself with it, and remained therein until 1872, when he supported Horace Greeley for President, since that time, has generally voted the Democratic ticket, though not approving all the measures of the party, either State or National. He was admitted to the bar by the District Court, sitting at New Lexington, in September, 1857, but never engaged in the practice of the profession. He was married October 18, 1853, to Miss Martha J. Overmyer, of Somerset, Perry county, Ohio. His wife dying in 1857, he was married May 29, 1860, to Miss Mary A. Humbarger, also of Somerset. There are two sons, William J, and Otto D., by the first, and five daughters, Imie L., Tillie A., Mattie G., May E. and R, .Blanche, by the last marriage. The oldest daughter, Imie, died in March, 1876, in the fifteenth year of her age. COMBS, WILLIAM H., son of James and grandson of John Combs, Who settled in. Perry county on the farm now occupied by William H., his mother, who was a Miss Mary Ann Stoker, and his sister, Miss Kate Combs. The family is Baptist in belief, though Mother Combs, now living, is a member of the. U, B. Church. She is the mother of Lewis, George, Levi, Rebecca, wife of D, Brown, John, Thomas, of Lamar, Missouri ; Ellen, wife of Dr. R. B, Woodward, and William and Miss Kate Combs—all residing in Fairfield and Perry, except Thomas ; were all born at the homestead of their great ancestor, John Combs, on the pike, two miles east of Rushville, The family has maintained a name for integrity, and as the descendants of an honorable ancestry, rank among the foremost in all that pertains to honorable conduct and purity of character. All are married except William and Kate. CONAWAY, JAMES, born in Virginia in 1818, died July 23, 1881. Mr. Conaway was three time's married ; first, in 1835, to Miss Mary Baughman ; second, in 1853, to Miss Addaline George ; third, to Miss Kate Alexander, who still survives him, and lives on the homestead with her two children, Josephine and Ollie. CONAWAY, R. H., post office McLuney, farmer and stock raiser ; a native of Perry county, Ohio ; born in 1846, son of James and Mary (Baughman) Conaway ; married in 1872 to Miss Mary S. Watt, daughter of Israel and Rebecca Watt. They are the parents of four children, viz. : T. I., Mary R,, James L., and William E, CONLY, JOHN J., of the firm of Conly & Hull, druggists, New Lexington, Ohio, was born September 4, 1850, in Jackson township, Perry county, Ohio ; son of Hugh and Margaret (Scalley) Conly. Hugh Conly was born in the county Antrim, Ireland, and came to America when a youth, and located in Pike township, Perry county, Ohio. Margaret Scalley was also born in Ireland, and came to America when a young woman. They are both deceased. The old gentleman died October 10, 1871, and the old lady, July 7, 1876. John J. established his present business in July, 1876 ; the present firm was formed in the spring of 1882. Mr. Conly, the . subject of this sketch, was married October 9, 1875, to Miss Mary L., daughter of James J. and Mary L. (Griffun) Fink. The Finks are of German, and the Griffins of Irish ancestry. Mr. and Mrs. Conly are the parents of two children, viz. : Arthur James and Hugh Cuthbert, HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY - 369 CONLY, JAMES F., Prosecuting Attorney of Perry county, Ohio, and of the firm of Jackson & Conly, attorneys-at-law, New Lexington, Ohio, was born September 15, 1852, in Jackson township, Perry county, Ohio, son of Hugh and Margaret (Scalley) Conly. James F., in 1874, entered the office of Butler & Huffman, as a law student, and was admitted to practice in April, 1878, Immediately thereafter the present firm was formed. Attorney Conly was elected to his present office in 1879, and re-elected in 1881. COOK, RAPHAEL E., carman, New Straitsville, was born June 7, 1832, in Cuyahoga county, Ohio ; son of Elias and Almira (Brookins) Cook ; was raised on the water, and was employed at boating from Nelsonville, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio, Circleville, Ohio, and Chillicothe, Ohio, until 1859 ; from Portsmouth, Ohio, to Waverly and Cleveland for about two years for Emmet & Davis ; excepting four years, during which time he was employed with P. Hagans, he was boating for himself up to 1859. In 1861 he enlisted in the service of his country in Company E, Eighteenth Regiment 0. V, I. for three years or during the war, and served three years, four months and thirteen days, and was engaged in the following battles : Chickamauga, Stone River, Elk River, Davis, Cross Roads, Bowling Green, LaVergne, Rossville, and Pulaski. At Bowling Green he took sick with lung fever and was in the hospital, at that place, about one month, when he again joined his regiment at Huntsville, Alabama, and remained with it until the time of his discharge at Camp Chase, Ohio, November 9, 18'64, by reason of expiration of enlistment. After being discharged he returned home and engaged, for a short time, with one Brooks, of Nelsonville, Ohio, trimming coal-cars. Remained in the above place about six years, during the remainder of the time was employed by J,, H. Summers, in hauling coal about three-quarters of a mile on a tram railway. Came to New Straitsville, Ohio, in 1871, and has been employed as follows : Hauling railroad cars for J, D. Clark, about three years ; at Plummer Hill two years and six months. and the remainder of time, five years, has been with the Thomas Coal Company. Was married November 19, 1865., to Miss Mary M, Spurrier, born March 7, 1842, in Morgan county, Ohio, daughter of William G, and Eleanor (Shelton) Spurrier. They are the parents of six children, viz. : Silvern Parker, William Lankford, Harley Dallis, Samantha Eleanor, Robert Edward and John Henry. COOPER, I. W., Bearfield township, Porterville postoffice, farmer, born in Clayton township, March 6, 1839, son of Ruel H. and Rachel (Burkey) Cooper, His father was a native of this county, and his ancesters came from New Jersey, Mr, I. W, Cooper enlisted October 13, 1861, in the Sixty-second 0. V, I., served all through the war, and was honorably discharged July, 1865. He received a gun-shot wound in his leg, near Richmond. Since the close of the war he has lived in this township, and moved on the farm where he now resides in 1869. September 19, 1867, he married Hester A. Holcomb, of this township, and of New England ancestry. They are the parents of three children : Minnie L,, born September 18, 1868, deceased ; Howard B., born October 10, 1870, and Mary E,, born May 16, 1881, COTTERMAN, AMOS, Monday Creek township, farmer, Maxville, 34 370 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Ohio. Was born December 23, 1839, in this township, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Garison) Cotterman. He was raised a farmer, which he has made the business of his life,and moved to the farm of 120 acres, which he owns and lives upon, in 1869. It has the best limestone to be found in the township, of which he opened a quarry at the time Baird's furnace first went into blast and from it has accumulated a handsome fortune, with the assistance of what farming he has done. He was elected township trustee in 1877 and served several years. Mr. Cotterman was married September 8, 1859, to Elizabeth, daughter of Hiram and Nancy (Tucker) Wilson, To them were born six children, viz. : John W., James T., who died at twenty months of age ; Nancy, Sarah M., Laurettie and George. Daniel Cotterman, father of Amos, was born in Pennsylvania, and brought to Ohio, when a boy, by his parents, who settled in Reading township in the early part of this century, when this country was all woods. In 1838 he moved to Monday Creek township, where he has since resided, and is now one of the oldest men in the township. Mrs. Cotterman, his wife, was a native of Perry county, Ohio, and died February 28, 1880, and is buried in St. John's cemetery, this township. Unto them were born ten children, viz. : Israel, Rachel, Samuel, Amos, Elizabeth, James W., Margaret J., John H., Mariah E., and Salome C. Daniel is a shoemaker by trade, which he has given his attention. Hiram Wilson, father of Mrs Cotterman, was born in 1808, in Virginia, and came to Ohio a few years after his marriage to Elizabeth Garison, who was born in 1814 in Montgomery county, Virginia. To them were born nine children, viz. : Fletcher, Eli, Sarah J., Mary B,, Olive E., Elizabeth A., Rachel E,, Nancy E. and John F. COYLE, JAMES, mine boss, New Straitsville, Ohio. Was born July 22, 1838, in Bearfield township, this county, son of Neil and Ann (Fealty) Coyle. He was raised a farmer, and followed farming until he was twenty-one years of age. At this time he began mining, which he followed about one year,when he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment, O. V. I., August 14. 1862, for three years, or during the war, and serving out his time he was hon0rably discharged at Huston, Texas, July 31, 1865. Was engaged in the following battles : Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, Thompson's Hill, Siege of Vicksburg, Champion Hill, Charge of Fort Blakely, Black River Bridge and Siege of Mobile, Alabama, During the entire time of service he was only off of duty about ten days. After receiving his discharge he returned home and engaged in mining from that time up to the holidays of 1865 and 1866 ; and was married January 9, 1866, to Miss Rebecca Miller, born April 5, 1846, in Noble county, Ohio, daughter of Adam and Sarah (Allbaugh) Miller. They are the parents of six children, viz. : Charlie (deceased), Charles H,, George W., Francis M., John (deceased), and James. After his marriage he went to. Hocking county, Ohio, where he engaged in mining until 1871, when he came to this place and engaged in mining until 1876, at which time he took charge of the Straitsville Coal and Iron Company's mine, remaining in that position about two years, and in November of 1878, took his present position with the Straitsville Coal Company. He has served as County Commissioner since October of 1876, having been re- HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY - 371 elected October, 1879 ; also, has served as township trustee three years of Coal township, and was a member of the school board of this place four years, during which time he was treasurer. COYLE, PATRICK, Shawnee, Ohio. Was born January 28, 1844, in Bearfield township, this county, son of Cornelius and Annie (Fealty) Coyle. Mr. Coyle was raised a farmer to the age of sixteen years, when he went to coal mining at Tunnel Hill, this county, where he remained about three or four years,, and he has been engaged at mining in Pennsylvania six months ; Iowa four or five months ; Missouri, Hocking Valley and Shawnee until 1874, Was marshal in this place three years, when he resigned his position, and drove delivery wagon for Hamilton's store for about five years, and then went into business for himself. Mr. Coyle was married April 5, 1869, to Mary A., daughter of Charles and Annie (Fealty) Noon. They are the parents of three children, viz. : Willie, Albert and Annie, CRAWFORD, WM. JNO., collier, Shawnee, Ohio. Was born August 5, 1855, in Perry county, Ohio, son of William and Eliza (Neil) Crawford. Mr. Crawford was raised a farmer, and lived on a farm un- til he was nineteen years of age, When he engaged in business for himself, and was employed by the Central Coal Mining Company, of New Straitsville, Ohio, for about one year, at which time he carne to Shawnee, Ohio, where he has remained up to this time, and with the exception of three years he worked at the furnace, has been engaged in mining. Was married November 22, 1877, to Mary, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Hazleton) Harbaugh. They are the parents of one ohild, via. : Charley. Mr. Crawford's parents were born, raised, and married, in Ireland, but emigrated to America in after years. CRIST, JOHN, Thorn township, Perry county, Ohio, was born February 2, 1826. His father was Jacob Crist, and his mother,s maiden name was Katharine Concle, both natives of Pennsylvania, and came to Thorn township as early as 1808, Father Crist died at the age of seventy-three, and mother Crist in her seventy-sixth year, in Thorn township, The brothers of John Crist were, George (deceased), Daniel and Frederick, (deceased). His sister was Elizabeth, deceased wife of Absalom Winegardner. john Crist was married October 24,, 1846, in his twenty-first year, to Miss Mary, daughter of John Miller. They have eight hving, and three deceased children. Those living are Katharine, wife of William Poulton ; Leonard, husband of Lucy. Spoon ; Andrew, husband of a Miss Ortman ; Isabel, wife of Frank Diltz ; Jesse husband of a Miss Myers ; Alice, wife of W. H, Shrider ; Miss Ida and John C. C rist, at home, John Crist began life as a renter. He was strong, healthy and industrious, and his success in farming may be judged by the fact that within a few years after his marriage he sold eight hundred bushels of wheat to one James Culbertson, arid his fortitude may also be judged by the fact that he never got his pay for one bushel of it, and yet rallied like a brave man to new effort, not only as a farmer, but in a few years later as a shipper of stock to foreign markets, Judge, then, of his success by the following facts : He has 155 acres where he lives, 85 acres in ano Cher tract, 10 acres in a third farm, 154 acres in a fourth and 70 acres in a fifth farm, The Crist ancestry were Lutherans in belief, Democrats in politics, but in 1854 they became 372 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. opposed to the party of this name, and generally act with the party opposed to the Democracy. John Crist's taxes have gone as hi gh as $352 in a single year. His care of horses and his goodness of heart may both be judged by the fact that a few years after his marriage, he became the owner of a grey mare, which he kept and used on th a farm until she was thirty-six years old, and this is proof of the care he took of his property, and may be a hint to young men who read this, pointing to wealth and success in life. John Crist never abused a horse, and the facts prove that he got more service out of one mare thar many men get out of two or three. People were never fearful to buy a horse of him because they suspected bad usage, and the consequences of bad usage—disease and debility, CROCKER, WM. W., railroad engineer, Corning, Ohio, Naas born July 15, 1847, in Cainan, Connecticut ; son of Israel and E lizabeth (Nobles) Crocker. When about fourteen, began work as a machinist. At the age of nineteen took charge of a passenger engine of the P,, Ft, W. & C. R. R. He has worked in the railroad shops at Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and was foreman of the 0. C. mechanical shops at Cornung one year. He can build an engine " from the ground up," Mr. Crocker was married July 16, 1871, to Miss Lydia C., daughter of Samuel and Julia A. (Stuck) Slagle of Crawford county, Ohuo. They are the parents of four children, viz. : Grace E., Bertha, Ralph and Arthur John. Mr. Crocker came to Corning in March, 1881, at which place he now resides, CROOK, J. E., station agent on the C. & M. V: road ; post office, Crooksville ; born in Muskingum county in 1825 ; came to Perry county in 1868; son of Jacob and Nancy (Bowers) Crook ; gnindson of Thomas and Anna (Carter) Crook; of Andrew ;Ind Mary Bowers. Married in 1846 to Miss ary A. Palmer, daughter of John and Mary Palmer ; the latter was born in Washington, D, C. They have seven children, viz. : Angaline (deceased), Olivia, Victoria, Anna, Dide, Susanah, Guy U. Mr. Crook served three years as Justice of the Peace of Springfield township, Muskingum county, Ohio, Has been station agent at Crooksville, on the C. & M, V, road, some seven years. He was also engaged in the mercantile business some five years at Crooksville. Mr. Crook was also instrumental in getting the postoffice located at Crooksville. CROSBIE, MICHAEL, Sheriff of Perry county, Ohio, was born March 1, 1840, in Jackson township ; son of Gilbert and Anne (Tempany) Crosbie. Sheriff Crosbie was brought up on a farm, and fc limed that occupation until October, 1880, when he was elected to his present office, He was married May 26, [874, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of David and Margaret (Huston) Bowland, of Jackson township. They are the parents of three children, viz. : Maggie Ellen, Annue Violet and David William. CROSSON, JOHN, farmer ; post office, Somerset ; born in 1815, in Donegal county, Ireland ; is a son of Edward and Catharine (Cunningham) Crosson. Edward first came to America in 1817, returned to Ireland, sold his possessions there, and set sail for America with his family, Neil and John, (the latter only three y ears old), and four sisters, and settled where his ion John now resides, 1 n 1820, after spending several years HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY - 373 in Baltimore, and first taking counsel from the late Rev. Dominic Young Here, in Perry, the family was joined by Neil Crosson, an uncle of John, who died in Perry a bachelor. Neil came to Philadelphia in 1800, and after serving faithfully as a day laborer in the employ of John Davis, an English contractor, who built the first water works of the " Quaker City," took Neil With him to Baltimore in the same business. Neil soon made himself so indispensable that his wages were raised to $1,200 a year ; and he helped on the first pike and on the first waterworks ever erected in the United States. John, his nephew, also served as director of the Newark, Somerset and Straitsville Railroad, while Neil, the uncle, helped to build the Zanesville and Maysville turnpike. The name of Crosson is thus honorably connected with the first water works and pike of the East, and the first railroad and pike through the town of Somerset. John's father, after settling his family comfortably, di€ d in 1823, but his mother lived to the great age of eighty-five, dving .near the year 1862. The death of his uncle and his brother, Neil, after that of his father, left John sole manager of the homestead. His maiden sisters are Fanny, Anna and Catharine, who reside upon a farm of their own ; post offuce, Junction City, Ohio, near Where another sister, Peggy, wife of Samuel Crosson, also resides. In 1841, John was married to Miss Susan Slavin, a daughter of Tully Slavin, and a sister of James and John Slavin, former residents of Perry, and afterward the famous wholesale merchants of this name in Louisville,, Cincinnati, St, Louis and New York, having as many as three wholesale houses at one time: Her surviving children are : Neil, post office, Somerset, and a thriving farmer ; James, a commercial traveler, who represents a New York house in Texas, and has also extended his sales far into the Republic of Mexico. There are also two daughters, Rosa and Anna, both students at the Academy of the Sacred Heart, Somerset, Ohio ; each in turn remaining at home to take charge of their father's household. Mrs, Crosson died in 1880 at the age of fifty-seven. Her husband, John Crosson, though often importuned and amply qualified, was never a candidate for any office. He built a beautiful and elegant brick residence in 1840, enjoys the society of friends and the life of a farmer, CROSSAN, DAVID, farmer, Madison township ; post office, Mt. Perry. He was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, December 22, 1824. His parents were Isaac and Elizabeth (Philips) Crossan. He has always been a farmer and stock raiser, and now owns an extensive and excellent farm, He moved to this township May 1st, 1849, and has since made it his residence. He was in the one hundred days' service as first corporal of Company H, One Hundred and Sixtieth Regiment. Mr, Crossan was married April 19, 1849, to Elizabeth Weaver, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret Weaver, They are the parents of the following children : William A,, Hanner. Ida (deceased)„ Rachel A., Laura C., Charles H., Isaac 0. and Thomas E. CURRAN, ROBERT, Justice of the Peace ; son of Michael and Mary (Robinson) Curran ; was born in WO., shington county, Pennsylvania, in November 6th, 1819. Came to Ohio with his parents in 1820, and settled at Blotzleysville, Wayne county, Ohio ; lived there until 1830, when they came to Jackson township, Perry county ; staved till 1842, 374 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. then went to Frocking county, and worked in a wholesale tobacco store till 1851. Then purchased a farm and followed farming till 1872, and was then elected sheriff, and held the office four years. In the winter of 1876, he established a cigar manufactory, and retail store of the same and tobacco, till 1880 ; then Lame to Junction City, ar4d was unanimously elected Justice of the Peace in 1881, and still holds the office. Was married in 1851, to Miss .krabella W., daughter of Eli and Elizabeth (Sholts) Barker ; are the parents of the following children, viz. : Mollie E., Emma I., Clara, Ella, Eddie, Michael. Mr. Curran's parents were of Irish descent ; his wife's parents were of German descent. Had one brother who served during the late war ; was wounded in both arms at battle of Gettysburg. Mr. C. has been interested, more or less, in public affairs all his life. CURRAN, J.. C., born 1835, post office, Somerset, O., occupation jeweler and watchn' aker. With his own rude tools, while yet a boy on the farm, he began mending and cleaning watf.thes, and achieving such wonders in the art that in 1863 he began business in Somerset, and since Then has not only sustained it against severe and educated competition, until now, when local effort, though often attempted, has entirely withdrawn from the contest. J. C. is a son of Samuel Curran, County Surveyor, Justice of the Peace, and who for more than half a century, beginning in 1818, resided on the same farm, section TO, Clay township. The mother of J. C. was Miss Lucy Cartlich, a sister of the Rev. Abraham Cartlich of Somerset. She is still living at the age of 73, but her husband, after a long and honorable life, passed away in 1877, in his seyenty-eighth year. The grandfather of J. C. was Robert Curran, who died on the Curran homestead, in Clayton, a few years after his settlement there in 1818, from Pennsylvania. He was born in Ireland, was sent by his father with a cargo of goods for sale in America. The ship was seized by pirates, and young Robert found himself at the age of seventeen, though robust and large in size, a pauper in property but a patriot in politics. He joined the arms of Washington, and it was his boast through life that he could put his hand on the rump of the General's white horse it the battle of Princeton, when that officer exclaimed, " Come on my brave lads, follow me." After the war he married Miss Nancy Chilcote, a first cousin of the late venerable Enzer Chilcote, all pious and devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. While the name of Curran was fighting for independence, J. C.'s great ancestor, a slave baron of Southern Virginia, Major Charles Cartlich, was fighting for the king. His son Jesse, afterwards Reverend Jesse, and father cdf Rev. Abraham Cartlich, now of Somerset, refused to take charge, or accept ownership in the slaves of the father, which resulted not only in the loss of paternal good will but of patrimony also. He died in the ministry after living to see the triumph of his sentiments against human bondage, and the end of African slavery in his native land. He was educated in Bordeaux, France, well versed in the science of medicine, and preferred his convictions of right to all the wealth he might have enjoyed by disobedience to those convictions. J. C. Curran was married Christmas, 1859, to Miss Margaret Jane, daughter of James Collin, and granddaughter of Thonias Beard, an early settler in Perry, and also ancestor of the " Billy Beard," who was an old time stage