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SAMUEL W. DUNLAP, a prominent retired farmer of Monroe township, now residing in Circleville, was born in Ross County, Ohio, and is a son of John Dunlap.

The grandfather of our subject, John Dunlap, was born in Virginia and moved to Ross County, Ohio, in 1821. His son, also named John, was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, in 1811, and accompanied his father to Ross County, Ohio, when he was 11 years of age. There he became a prominent citizen and there he died in 1881.

Samuel W. Dunlap was reared in Ross County and there attended school and was trained in agricultural pursuits. In 1869 he came to Pickaway County and settled in Monroe township on a farm of 500 acres given him by his father, to which he added until now he owns 1,000 acres, all of this being finely improved and all in one body. Mr. Dunlap engaged in extensive stock-raising and at the present time is the owner of a herd of 25 head of Shorthorns; during his active years it was his custom to fatten two or three carloads of cattle annually. He also raised and shipped many fine hogs. For a number of years he was one. of the leading agriculturists of the western section of the county.

Mr. Dunlap was married to Mary Hyde, a daughter of Nathan Hyde, a farmer of Ross County, Ohio. The three children born to this marriage are : Flora, who is engaged in "Settlement" work, being at the head of a Settlement House at Des Moines, Iowa ; John, who is a farmer of Deer Creek township; and Arthur, who now manages the home farm in Monroe township.

For 20 years Mr. Dunlap was a member of the Monroe township School Board. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, for years has been one of the stewards and is a member of the board of trustees.

JOHN HEISKELL & SON, a well-known firm of Williamsport dealing in queensware, hardware, groceries, etc., was established by John Heiskell, who died in September, 1903, and the business has since been conducted by the son, Clifford Heiskell, under the old, firm name.

John Heiskell was born near South Charleston, Clark County, Ohio, in 1847. For about 32 years he lived in Clark County, where he was engaged in farming, and subsequently conducted a general store for 10 years. When about 42 years of age he removed to Williams port and established the business which is now conducted by his son. He was also engaged in the grain business at Woodlyn during his residence at Williamsport.. Mr. Heiskell married Louise Clemmons, of South Charleston, Ohio, who still survives and is in partnership with her son Clifford. They had six children : Clifford, subject of this sketch; Charles, who lives near New Holland; Roland, who . is at present in Junction City, Ohio, where he is engaged in railroad work; William, who is working in the store at Williamsport; Kent, also a resident of Junction City, Ohio, engaged in railroad work; and Mary, who mar-

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ried Harry Dunlap, of Williamsport. Politically, Mr. Heiskell was a Republican. He was a member of the Masonic order.

CLIFFORD HEISKELL was born December 23, 1872, in South Charleston, Ohio, where he was reared to manhood. His education was received in the High School from which he graduated and in a business college at Columbus, Ohio, which he later attended. In 1891 he began working in his father's store and five years later became full partner. Since his father's death he has had the active management. Mr. Heiskell was married October, 1903, to Arizona Yates, who was born in Pickaway County and is a daughter of S. M. Yates, a resident of Circleville. Mr. and Mrs. Heiskell have had one child, a son, Laurence Yates:

Mr. Heiskell is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen of America.

EPHRAIM IMLER, whose death took place at his home in Salt Creek township, on February 2, 1889, was born in this township, March 13, 1826, and was a son of Henry Imler, who came from Pennsylvania at an early day and settled in Salt Creek township.

Ephraim Imler spent the whole of his long and useful life in his native township, where he became possessed of property and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of those who knew him. In boyhood it became necessary for him to look out for himself, and through his own industry and excellent management he became possessed of means, by the time he had reached his majority, to enter upon domestic life and start to farming for himself. He was married on October 18, 1853, to Malinda Bochert, who was born in Salt Creek township, Pickaway County, Ohio, on February 7, 1835, and is a (laughter of Stanley and Mary (Drum) Bochert. Stanley Bochert was born in Pennsylvania and accompanied his parents in boyhood to Pickaway County, where he resided many years, dying here some 30 years since, a very highly respected citizen.

The children born to Ephraim Imler andwife were: Levi and Stanley B., of Salt Creek township; Mary S., of Youngstown, Ohio; Henry E., of Paulding County, Ohio; Malinda J., wife of Henry Cramer, of Salt Creek township; Schuyler C., of Salt Creek township; Minnie W., wife of Porter Hiatt, of Salt Creek township; and Newton H. and Foster G., both of Salt Creek township.

In 1856 Mr. Imler settled on the farm on which his death took place and where his widow still resides. This is a well cultivated tract of 49 acres. Had Mr. Imler's useful life been spared, he would probably have added much to its improvements and development. His death, on the date above mentioned, was caused by a tree accidentally falling upon him while he was engaged in sawing it. This tragic closing of the life of a good man and most highly regarded citizen was the cause of universal regret in the neighborhood. He is remembered by his family as a kind husband and careful, affectionate father, while among his fellow-citizens he was known as a man of sterling character. In politics he was a Republican. His venerable widow is a valued member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She, too, is widely known and everywhere respected and beloved.

JOHN D. VAUSE, deceased, was for many years one of the leading agriculturists of Harrison township. He was born March 10, 1818, and was a son of Thomas Vause, a native of Virginia who migrated from Moorefield in that State to locate on Buck Creek, near Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. Later he moved into Franklin County, where he died in 1852, aged 66 years. His wife, Elizabeth Decker, died in the same year, aged 60. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Vause, as follows : John D.; Rachel, who became the wife of William Thornton Decker; William, who married Mary Stimmel; Luke D.; James Inskeep, residing in Harrison township, two miles from Ashville, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work; Thomas B.,

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who married Missouri Moore; and Hannah Decker, who was killed by an accident.

John D. Vause was educated in the early schools and reared to agricultural pursuits. In 1862 he purchased a farm of 260 acres in Harrison township, Pickaway County, on which he lived and labored until his death February 16, 1898, although he naturally retired from active work during the later years of his life. He married Mary Elizabeth Perrill, who was born January 1, 1822, and died January 20, 1901. She was a daughter of Nathan Perrill, a Virginian by birth, who settled in Madison township, Pickaway County, where he died many years ago. He was married to Christina Stump, near Moorefield, Virginia, and became the father of five children, viz. : Augustus L., who served in both branches of the State Legislature and as sheriff of Pickaway County--both he and his wife, Mary Seymour, are deceased; Zebulon H., who married Rebecca Bywaters; Catherine, wife of John Moore; Mary Elizabeth, wife of our subject; and Frances, wife of Adam Dyer. To Mr. and Mrs. John D. Vause were born eight children, namely : Christiana E., who married Thomas J. Rathmell, and now resides in Hamilton township, Franklin County, Ohio; Rachel C., wife of Seymour R. Vanmeter, residing in Circleville; Mary P., who lives at home; Nathan Perrill, of Scioto township; J. Baldwin, residing on the old home farm in Harrison township, purchased by his father and partly settled by his grandfather; Thomas W., who died in 1879; Frances P., wife of Dr. H. C. Blake, of Lockbourne; and Anna L., who lives' at home with her sister and brother--Mary P. and J. Baldwin.

ISAAC A. PHERSON, a prominent farmer and successful merchant of Muhlenberg township, whose general store is situated on a part of his farm of 160 acres, was born in Perry County, Ohio, April 19, 1850, and is a son of George and Elmira (Van Sickle) Pherson.

On the paternal side Mr. Pherson is of Irish ancestry and on the maternal, of Dutch. Robert Pherson, the paternal grandfather, was born McPherson, but after he had lived some years in America he dropped the prefix "Mc." Other members of his family, however, retained it, three of his brothers who also came from the North of Ireland--William, James and John--keeping to the original spelling. From one of these descended the late General McPherson, the gallant soldier who fell at the head of his command during the Civil War. Robert Pherson entered a half section of land near Somerset, in Perry County, Ohio, and then sent to Ireland for the rest of the family. He served in the War of 1812 and died in Perry County at the age of 8o years. His family consisted of three daughters and four sons.

George Pherson was born in Perry County, Ohio, in 1818, and remained there engaged in farming until 1875, when he came to Pickaway County and purchased a farm of 412 acres in Muhlenberg township. He was an active member of the Democratic party until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he became a Republican and so continued until his death, which took place in 1889. During 1864-65 he served as county treasurer of Perry County. He was a prominent member of the German Reformed Church. He married Elmira Van Sickle, and they had the following children : James K., deceased, a brave soldier who first served his country with bravery and then was starved to death in the enemy's prison at Salisbury, North Carolina; Isaac A., of this sketch; Robert, of Muhlenberg township ; Sarah Jane, wife of I. H. Zartman, of Perry County; Harriet, wife of T. P. Neff, of Mount Sterling; Emily A., deceased, who was the wife of Robert Proctor ; George B., of Grove City ; Elizabeth, wife of John S. Neff, of Jackson township ; William A., of Pherson ; and Martha A., widow of George Corkwell, of Pherson.

Isaac A. Pherson remained at home during his boyhood and youth and accompanied his parents to Pickaway County in 1875. He was educated "in the local schools and was trained to be a farmer. He assisted his father in clearing and improving the large property he purchased here, it being a part of the Colonel

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Florence estate.. Being one of his father's heirs, he has always remained here and on his 160 acres he has made many improvements of a substantial nature. In 1882 he started a general mercantile business, erecting a commodious store building for. the purpose and has a good stand for. business. The village of Pherson was named in his honor and in 1887 he was appointed its first postmaster, by President Cleveland. He has retained the office ever since, having 'a section of his store set apart for the transaction of mail business. Mr. Pherson was married in 1869 to Mary J. Cotterman, who was born in Perry County, Ohio,. April 1, 1849, and is a daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Foreman) Cotterman, the former of whom was born in Perry County, Ohio, and the latter in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Pherson have had these children : Cora M., wife of W. O. Dountz, of Scioto township; James H., at home; Etta, wife of Carl Bach; of Pherson; Hattie A., wife of R. E. Furgeson, of Bucyrus, Ohio; and Emma T., Herman C., Scott E. and Jennie May..

Mr. Pherson is a prominent member of the Prohibition party and is chairman: of the County Central Committee. He is a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has been a class leader since 1886 and in the same year assisted very liberally in the matter of building a new church edifice.

WILLIAM MILLAR, a substantial citizen and representative man of Harrison township, who owns the old Isaac D. Millar homestead on which he was born on April 28, 1847, is a son of Isaac D. and Sarah Ann (Millar) Millar.

The Millar family of Harrison township, Pickaway County, have occupied their land for the past loo years. The great-grandparents of William Millar were Isaac and Elizabeth (Sea) Millar, the former of whom was born February 9, 1749, and married Elizabeth Sea on October 28, 1777, and died January 23, 1815, in the 66th year of his age. His wifewas born August 15, 1756, and died April 14, 1794. Their children were: William, born August 6, 1778; Catherine, born February 19, 1780; Rebecca, born February 3, 1783; Michael, born March 30, 1785; Isaac, born December 6; 1787; Elizabeth, born February 4, 1790; and Adam, born' March 24, 1792.

Adam Millar, the grandfather of William Millar, died March 28, 1824, aged 32 years and 4 days. He married Rebecca Decker and they had two sons: Isaac D., father of our subject; and John who died when a young. man.

Isaac D. Millar was born March 18, 1822,. and on February 22, 1844, married his cousin, Sarah Anti Millar, daughter of William and. Mary (Sudduth) Millar, whose children were as follows :Elizabeth, born May 2, 18O9; George Washington,. born February 5, 1811; Isaac, born January 28, 1813; Adam, born March 15, 1815; Sarah Ann, born April 24, 1817; Lucinda, born December 12, 1819; William A. P., born November 17, 1824; and Mary Catherine, born April 23, 1830. D. Millar: died October 21, 1867; his wife June 27, 1900, aged 83 years.

The children of Isaac D. and Sarah Ann Millar were: John D., born December 6. 1844, deceased March 28, 1860; William, the subject of this sketch; Mary Rebecca, born September 6, 1850, wife of Hon. Thaddeus E. Cromley; Leonard, born April 1, 1854, residing in Harrison township, whose sketch may be found elsewhere in this work; Isaac M. and Adam P. (twins), born March 21, 1857, the former of whom died February 3, 1860, and the. latter on March 26, 1886; and Annie L., wife of F. S. Chryst, probate judge of Trumbull County, who died at her home in Warren,. Ohio, March 25, 1901, leaving two daughters. --Blanche E. and Sarah M.

William Millar has passed almost all his life on the old homestead, following farming. He attended the township schools and a very excellent school at Granville, but the death of his father recalled him to take charge of affairs at home. His farm, which is known as the "Bunker Hill Farm," contains 276 acres. Mr. Millar is one of the leading agriculturists of:

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his section and owns one of the most valuable farms in the township.

On January 14, 1892, Mr. Millar was married to Aphlus O'Day, who is a daughter of Wesley and Malvina (Scutt) O'Day. The father of Mrs. Millar was born in Delaware, May 10, 1820, and died June 20, 1887, at South Bloomfield, Ohio. The mother was born in Onondaga County, New York, August 15, 1827, and resides at South Bloomfield with her youngest son, Meredith O'Day. Mr. and Mrs. Millar have four children, viz.: Sarah Ann, born September 27, 1894; Isaac O'Day, born February 17, 1896; and Mary Ette Bernice and Hariett Beatrice (twins), born June 15, 1905. A group picture of the Millar family accompanies this sketch. In politics Mr. Millar is a Republican as was his father before him. Mrs: Millar has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at South Bloomfield since she was 15 years of age.

ISAAC E. MORRIS, one of Pickaway township's representative agriculturists and prominent citizens, serving his second term as township trustee, resides on a valuable farm which is situated some seven miles from Circleville, on the Circleville and Kingston turnpike. Mr. Morris was born September. 16, 1865, on the famous Pickaway Plains in Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a son of Reason S. and Harriet (Pontius) Morris.

Both parents of Mr. Morris were born in Washington township, Pickaway County and now reside in Salt Creek township. Reason . S. Morris is a son of Henry Morris, one of the early settlers of this county, in which the family has been one of standing for many years. To Reason S. Morris and wife were born to children, as follow : Daniel, of Salt Creek township; Mary A., wife of Andrew Wilson, of Athens County, Ohio; Henry V., of Logan, Phillips County, Kansas; Isaac E., of this sketch; Mahlon, of Pickaway County; Evaline, of Salt Creek township; Charles E., of Walnut township; Clifton, of Logan, Phillips County, Kansas; Rosa E., wife of Claude W. Work, of Denver, Colorado; and Arthur, of Salt Creek township.

Isaac E. Morris was born in Pickaway township, this county, and was 11 years old when the family removed to Salt Creek township, where he attended school until he became interested in farming. His training in this dirction was of a practical nature and he has always been interested in agricultural pursuits. He settled on his present farm, near Elmwood, in 1891, and in addition to carrying on general farming raises many horses, cattle and hogs.

On February 25, 1890, Mr. Morris was married to Ina Chrisman, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Jeremiah Chrisman, of that county.

In political sentiment, Mr. Morris is a Democrat and has been active in party affairs in the township. On several occasions he has been selected for office by his fellow-citizens and is now serving his second term as town-ship trustee. He enjoys the confidence of the public and bears the reputation of being an excellent and industrious official.

MARTIN E. DREISBACH, a retired farmer and merchant, of Circleville, and a citizen of wealth and standing, was born in Union County, Pennsylvania, on September 8, 1826, and is a son of Rev. John Dreisbach and his wife, Fannie Eyer.

Rev. John Dreisbach was born in Union County, Pennsylvahia, in 1789. After reaching maturity, he became a clergyman of the Evangelical Association, preaching both in Pennsylvania and New York. In 1831 he came with his family to Pickaway township; Pickaway County, Ohio, being the fifth member of his denomination, after a society was organized, in the locality. While a resident of this county he occasionally occupied the pulpit, also editing the Evangelical Messenger at Dayton, and (for two years) after its removal to Cleveland. Prior to coming to Ohio, he served as

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a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, and was not only a good, conscientious son, but one of decided ability in the practical affairs of life.

To Rev. John Dreisbach and his second wife, Fannie Eyer, were born 11 children, of whom the following four are living: Jacob E., a resident of Carthage, Missouri; Martin E., our subject; Fannie (Spickler), living in Bakertown, West Virginia; and Martha (Gildersleeve), residing in Denver, Colorado. By a previous marriage, with a sister of his second wife, Rev. John Dreisbach had two children.

Martin E. Dreisbach has lived in this county since he was five years of age. He was early inured to agricultural work and married, when 22 years old, Elizabeth Reedy, daughter of Michael Reedy, 'who had settled in Green township, Ross County, in 1812. Mrs. Dreisbach died in October, 1903, the mother of three children, of whom the only one now living is Arista, wife of Harry P. Lorbach, an optician of Circleville.

Mr. Dreisbach enlisted for service in the Civil War in 1864, on the 2nd of May, joining Company A, 155th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf. He was mustered in at Camp Dennison, going direct to Martinsburg, Virginia, and thence to Whitehouse Landing, City Point and Norfolk. He was assigned mostly to garrison and fatigue duty, being at one time assistant quartermaster of his regiment.. After his honorable discharge, on the 27th of August, 1865, Mr. Dreisbach returned to his home and earnestly resumed the pursuits of peace.

In 1876 Mr. Dreisbach moved to Circleville and engaged in the implement and seed business, in which he successfully continued until 1905, when he retired from active life, having not only acquired a competency through his mercantile enterprises but also a fine farm of 300 acres in Pickaway township. He is well known in Grand Army circles, being a charter member of Groce Post, of Circleville. He has held all the offices in the gift of the post and has never relinquished his membership since he assisted in the organization of the post. He is also an Odd Fellow in goodstanding. Politically Mr. Dreisbach is a Republican, .and, religiously, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

LEANDER HERMAN WARD, proprietor of what is known as the "Rose Dale Fruit Farm," is closely identified with the history and with the agricultural prosperity of Walnut township, Pickaway County, Ohio. His property comprises 8o acres of land, 27 of which are laid out in orchards and small fruits. He is a member of a family that has been established in Pickaway County for over Too years and is in the fourth generation from William Ward, the founder of the family in America, who came as a pioneer from Virginia to this county. Mr. Ward was born in Walnut township, Pickaway County, Ohio, March 28, 1858, and is a son of William T. and Catherine (Payne) Ward and a grandson of William P. and Hannah (Sabins) Ward.

William Ward, the great-great-grandfather of our subject, was born in Hampshire, England. His father, desiring that he should learn a trade, apprenticed William to his uncle Charles who did not, however, treat the lad as he deserved. He accordingly resented his uncle's mistreatment and ran away. He secured a place on an English vessel through a distant relative, Commodore Ward, of the English Navy. After making several trips across the ocean, he finally concluded to remain in this country despite the fact that Commodore Ward offered him every inducement to return to England. The Commodore's motive in constraining the young man to return to England was not wholly unselfish, for William owed the Commodore the price of a passage across the ocean. It resolved itself into a case of "Ward eat Ward" and terminated in the Commodore's selling the young man for an amount equal to the price of a passage across the Atlantic, to a Mr. Snyder; a resident of Pendleton County, Virginia. Between young Ward and freedom lay 10 acres of saplings and underbrush, which he had to grub to

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secure his release from servitude. While engaged in working out his freedom, he became acquainted with a young woman named Nancy Courtney, whose birthplace was somewhere in Scotland and who like himself was working out the price of her passage to this country. After securing his own freedom, he, assisted Nancy in her work and hand in hand they emerged from the gloom of servitude into the clear light of American freedom. Soon after this they were married. To this union were born eight children--six sons and two daughters. The sons were named : Charles, William, Robert, George, James and Richard. In the spring of 1802 the fact was brought home to Mr. Ward that greater opportunities presented themselves in Ohio than in the Old Dominion and accordingly he set out for what was then known as the Northwest Territory. In the month of May, 1802, he and his family with their teams, working tools and household goods disembarked from a flatboat at Portsmouth, Ohio, from which point he set out in a northerly direction. He was not tempted to remain in Chillicothe, the early capital of the Territory, but continued on to the north to section 17, township 9, range 21, in what is now Pickaway County, throughout much of the journey having to cut a road through the dense, uninhabited wilderness. Arriving at his destination, he located on the half-section of land now owned in equal parts by his great-grandsons, Charles and James Ward. The old log house that was then built is still standing. Four generations have dwelt within its walls. Rain and snow have fallen on .it, winds and tempests have swept against it, but for a century it has withstood all. What mighty changes have been wrought since the old house was built! When its timbers were hewed in the forest, the greater part of Ohio was still uncultivated and uninhabited save by wild animals and the red man. They were happy people who lived in the old cabin. It was home to them ; love was there, peace was on the walls and joy stood in the door. Little children were born there and from its confines the souls of the father and mother went up to God. "How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood !" William Ward died in December, 1814, aged 71 years and his wife died in December, 1834, aged 89 years.

James Ward, the fifth son of William Ward, was born in Virginia and accompanied his parents to Ohio in May, 1892. On the old Ward farm in Pickaway County he spent his boyhood days, remaining with his father until he reached his majority, when he returned to Virginia to marry Elizabeth Propst whom he had known before coming to Ohio. The journey of 300 miles was made on foot in six days. After their marriage, James Ward and his wife remained in Virginia until two children were born to them--William P. and Eliza--and then came to Pickaway County, Ohio. The trip was made on horseback, the son being tied behind his father with a large bandana handkerchief and the daughter being carried by her mother on her lap. James and Elizabeth (Propst) Ward were the parents of 10 children. The sons were eight in number and were named as follows : William P., George W., James, Wesley, Peter, John, Josiah and Daniel. The two daughters were. named Eliza and Nancy Ann. Of this family none are living, since January, 1906.

William P. Ward, the eldest son of James and Elizabeth (Propst) Ward and grandfather of our subject, was married to Hannah Sabins in 1831 and to this union were born seven children. The sons, five in number, were named : William T., Robert, Leander, Frank and John H. The daughters were named Elizabeth and Sarah.

William T. Ward, the eldest son of William F. and Hannah (Sabins) Ward and father of our subject, was born in August, 1832, in Walnut township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and was here reared and educated. On October 2, 1853, he was married to Catherine Payne, a daughter of Joel Payne, a neighboring farmer. At the time of their marriage they were not blessed with much of the world's goods, but both husband and wife enjoyed good health, and in a long life, characterized by diligent saving, hard labor and good management, they secured a good home for themselves and family. They were good neighbors.

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and first-class citizens and were beloved by all who knew them. They were blessed with nine children--six sons and three daughters--named as follows : William M., Leander H., Israel, Jabez, Lawrence, Harry A., Mary J., Lottie E. and Cora A.

Leander H. Ward grew up on his father's farm in Walnut township and attended the district schools of the vicinity. On January 8, 1885, he was married to Sarah E. Ward. daughter of R. P. and Jane (Hedges) Ward. In this year the "Western fever" was very contagious and our subject and, his wife fell victims. They moved to Kansas and took up farming, as Mr. Ward was a farmer's son and thoroughly instructed in all the arts of agriculture. The crops, however, proving to be failures on account of the chinch bugs and the hot winds, he concluded that Ohio was the only place for a civilized man to live, so he and his family came back to Pickaway County in the fall of 1886. He stopped at Ashville and took up blacksmithing which he followed seven years, meeting with large success in business and accumulating some property. In 1894, however, he decided to remove from town and so bought his father-in-law's 80-acre farm in Walnut township. As soon as it came into his possession, he began to plant a portion of it to all kinds of fruit so as to make the property, in time, an up-to-date fruit farm. Every year he has planted more and more of his farm in fruit and has at present 27 acres planted to all kinds of fruit, there being orchards containing 2,500 trees and six acres devoted to small fruits. When the orchards come into full bearing, which will be in a few years, the income from the fruit produced will, at a low estimate, amount to as much as $7,000 a year.

Mr. and Mrs. Ward have had six children, as follows: Mabel Agnes; Maud Ellis, who married Isaac M. Stout and resides in Walnut township; Hartley E.; Mettie Alice; Edith, who was born May 6, 1893, and died July 24, of the same year ; and Eugene Harold.

Mrs. Ward's father, R. P. Ward, died on March 6, 1894. His first wife, the mother of Mrs. Leander H. Ward, died October 9, 1866;on April 28, 1868, he was married to Harriet Bowman, who survives him and lives with the subject of this sketch.

Leander H. Ward's fraternal and religious connections are confined to his membership with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the United Brethren Church. He is domestic in his tastes and is considered a model family man and a splendid citizen.

CHARLES D. BRINER, M. D., one of Williamsport's best citizens, has practiced medicine he since 189 and, although his professional duties have been exciting, he has also given much attention to public affairs in this vicinity. A man of public spirit and enterprise, he has always worked for the advancement of home interests and has at different times been called upon to serve in offices of public trust.

Dr. Briner is a native of Pickaway County, having been born in Perry township, May 30, 1862. He is a son of John and Sarah E. (Hatfield) Briner, and grandson of Jacob and Sarah (Torrence) Briner. Jacob Briner, who was a native of Pennsylvania, at an early date located in Pickaway County, where he engaged in farming for many years. His death occurred at Enon, Ohio.

John Briner, father of Charles D., was born on a farm north of Circleville, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits until October 17, 1871, when he moved with his family to Williamsport. Here he engaged in the poultry and general produce business until his death, March 31, 1895. He is survived by his widow, who in maiden life was Sarah E. Hatfield. She also was a native of Pickaway County and is a daughter of John and Maria (Baker) Hatfield, both natives of Maryland. As a result of this union two children were born, namely : Ida M., wife of D. W. Moler, of Williamsport; and Charles D. Mrs. Briner resides in Williamsport in a home adjoining that of her son.

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until nine years of age when he was brought by his parents to Williamsport. Here he attended the public schools and grew to manhood. Having determined to enter the medical profession, he began study under the preceptorship of Dr. T. F. White on his 21st birthday. He later entered Starling Medical College at Columbus from which institution he was graduated March 4, 1886. Immediately thereafter he returned to Williamsport but was unable to take up practice at once as his funds had been exhausted in obtaining an education. He accepted a position as teacher in Deercreek township and continued at that vocation until 1891, when he resigned to take up the active practice of medicine. His success was immediate and in a short time he was firmly established in the confidence of the people of this section, many of his patients coming from a distance. He is a member and for one year was president of the Pickaway County Medical Society. For four years during President Cleveland's administration, the Doctor served on the Board of Pension Examiners.

November 27, 1889, Doctor Briner was joined in marriage with Minnie Welton, who was born in Columbus, Ohio, and is a daughter of Moses and Emma (Hurst) Welton. Four children were born to this union : Merl, who died at the age of 17 months; Ruth, who died in infancy; Helen, who is still living, and Thureda, who died at the age of two weeks.

Politically our subject is a Democrat, and stands high in the councils of his party, having served on the central and executive committees. He served two terms as treasurer of Deercreek township, from 1891 to 1895, and at the same time was treasurer of the corporation of Williamsport. He served on the School Board three years, was re-elected and resigned in the middle of the second term. He also served one year as editor of the Williamsport News, during which period that publication earnestly advocated steps for the improvement of the town and the promotion of its interests. Fraternally, the Doctor has been very prominent. For 13 years he was master of Heber Lodge, No. 501, F. & A. M., at Williamsport, and upon his voluntary retirement from the office he was presented by the members with a fine past master's jewel. He also belongs to Heber Chapter, No. 62, O. E. S., of which he was the first worthy patron ; Circleville Chapter, No. 20, R. A. M.; Williamsport Lodge, No. 4475, M. W. of A., of which the is the physician; Williamsport Lodge, No. 478, K. P., being a past chancellor of the same, and Atlanta Lodge, No. 819, I. O. O. F., at Atlanta, Ohio.

Religiously, Dr. Briner and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has a well-appointed office and a fine home in Williamsport.

HENTON MONROE DUNNICK, a fine type of the gentleman farmer of old and cultured Ohio, owner of 215 acres of beautiful land in Walnut township, and former sheriff of Pickaway County, was born upon the farm which still comprises his homestead, on January 24, 1854. He is a son of Benjamin T. and Minerva (Ashbrook) Dunnick. His father was born, reared and educated in Walnut township and here became a prominent farmer. He died September 12, 1859. Our subject's mother was a daughter of William and Permelia Ashbrook, both natives of Virginia, and is still living at East Ringgold, aged 87 years.

In Walnut township our subject developed into an intelligent and useful manhood, and in 1875 married for his first wife Sarah Ann Brobst, who died in 1882. By her he had three children, viz.: Iva, who married Boyd Swope, of Amanda township, Fairfield County, Ohio, and became the mother of two children--Kathleen and F. Dunnick; Oela C., who married William C. Nothstine, lives in Walunt township and is the mother of a daughter--Sarah Elizabeth ; and John T., who married Alice Plummer, of Columbus, and is assistant business manager of the Columbus Dispatch. In 1889 Mr. Dunnick married Mary E. Hammel. Two children were born to this union--David H. and Minerva.

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in August, 1896, and the family occupied it in 1897. It was during the latter year that he concluded his four years' service as sheriff of Pickaway County, having been elected on the Democratic ticket. He has a wide connection with the fraternities, being a member of the F. & A. M.. B. P. O. E. and I. O. O. F. Religiously he is identified with the Primitive Baptist Church.

Mr. Dunnick takes great pride in his home, which is commodious and modern, and is prouder still of his family. He is especially gratified at the success of his youngest child by his first marriage, John T. Dunnick. When the latter was in the Circleville High School, (luring the father's term as sheriff, he took a local agency for the Columbus Dispatch. He acquitted himself so creditably that when he finished his course he was offered a position in the Columbus office as assistant bookkeeper, and his good work in that capacity earned him the promotion to his present post--assistant business manager.

Mahlon Ashbrook, Mr. Dunnick's uncle, was the founder of the town of Ashville, which was named in his honor. About the year 1850 he was the wealthiest man in Pickaway County, conducting the largest store and selling more produce than any one in the county. In 1855 he met with serious business reverses, and the entire family, which is, one of the oldest, most aristocratic and honorable in the county, came to his assistance, and in the discharge of his indebtedness they were all reduced to comparative poverty.

J. S. McKINLEY, postmaster at Orient, where he is engaged in a general mercantile business, is the oldest continuous resident of the village and is identified with all its leading interests. Mr. McKinley was born two and a half miles north of Harrisburg, in Franklin County, Ohio, September 17, 1856, and is a son of David and Elizabeth (Chenowith) McKinley. The name of McKinley is honored and reverenced in Ohio and J. S. McKinley belongs to a branch of the same family from which came the late President McKinley, the paternal grandfather of our subject being a second cousin to the martyred President. He was au extensive farmer and also one of the local pioneer preachers of the Methodist faith. Fearless and undismayed, he traveled through the wilderness which then enveloped Virginia, Ohio and Indiana, buying stock and performing the duties of his spiritual mission until the advanced age of 84 years brought his labors to a close. He married Sarah Yocum, who, like himself, had been born in Virginia. Together they came, in a covered wagon, to Ohio, and settled near the present town of Darbyville in 1813. Among their numerous children were : David, Susan, Elizabeth, A. Seymour, Joseph H.. Harriet, Margaret, Mary, William H., Russell B., John W. and James. The last named was a victim of the Civil War.

David McKinley was reared in Pickaway County, where the family remained for a time. He married Elizabeth Chenowith, of Franklin County, Ohio, who was a daughter of Joseph Chenowith, who is said to have been the first white male child born in the Scioto Valley, his parents coming from Virginia to Ohio and locating at Chillicothe. In 18o6 the Chenowiths left that neighborhood and settled in Franklin County, where they became possessed of 2,000 acres of farming land. They had these children:. Jane, Rachel, Joseph Heath, William B., Elizabeth. Isabel, Elijah and Jeremiah M. All have passed away except William B., Jeremiah M., Isabel and Elizabeth.

The children born to David McKinley and wife were: Sarah A., widow of James Boyd, living at Harrisburg, Ohio; William F., who married Elizabeth Sherman and resides at Mount Sterling, Ohio; Joseph, who died in Franklin County, Ohio, from the effects of a kick from a horse, within a few days of his 21st birthday; Harriet I., deceased in 1901, who was the wife of W. D. Harvey, of Franklin County, Ohio; John B., director of the Franklin County Infirmary, residing at Reynoldsburg, who married Mary E. Vieman; Margaret J., single, who resides at Columbus; Mary E., wife of William J. Kennard, resid-

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ing at Camp Chase; Susan M., wife of E. W. Swisher, residing at Columbus; J: S., of this sketch ; and James Bates, a physician, located at Harrisburg, Ohio. David McKinley, our subject's father, died in 1869..

As indicated above, J. S. McKinley has been a very important factor in the developing of Orient. On March 31, 1885, he located at this point, an appointee of the late President Harrison as the first postmaster at the newly organized office, and opened up a department store which he has developed into a large and prosperous business. In this connection it may be remarked that his business card, in part, explains his continued success. He announces : "I have not, in to years, had my store robbed I have not had a fire; I have not lost to exceed $20 from bad debts ; I have but one price; I buy and sell for cash ; I have no note or notes to pay; I have no mortgage on any of my property ; I am not security on any one's paper for a cent; I believe in advertising; I believe it pays to be honest; I believe in quick sales and' small profits; I believe that goods well bought are half sold, and I believe that goods can be bought cheaper for cash than on time, and that cash helps people to be prosperous and honest."

Mr. McKinley lives up to his terse business announcement. His store is conducted entirely on a cash basis and he has proved how advantageous this policy is to both seller and buyer. He is a large and intelligent advertiser, adopting unusual methods and spending a large sum, having proved the wisdom of such a course.

After a change came about in the administration, Mr. McKinley resigned as postmaster at Orient, and during the eight years while the office was filled by a Democrat, Mr. McKinley, in the interest of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, managed Morgan Park, near Orient, where' many thousands gathered to picnic. This tract now belongs to the State. In 1895 he was reappointed postmaster at Orient and has served continuously ever since. This is an important business point. Morgan's station or Orient had the first suburban railroad in Pickaway County. The State hasa farm here of 1,700 acres. In the past two years over $300,000 has been expended on buildings, fences, boulevards and in a few years it will be one of the most beautiful places in Ohio, when it will accommodate 1,600 people it is thought. Orient has the second highest railroad trestle in the State and has three artesian wells, one of which is 1,900 feet deep. The town supports, schools, churches and offers a pleasant home to people of capital, as well as to artisans and business men.

In addition to his other concerns, Mr. McKinley has been much interested for a year past in growing grapes and his efforts have met with remarkable success. Mr. McKinley was the only fruit exhibitor from Ohio at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, at which time he exhibited in the Horticultural Building a fruiting grapevine--the only one exhibited --known as "McKinley's Jumbo," many of whose grapes had a diameter in excess of one and one-eighth inches. He grows 25 varieties of fancy grapes. including the "Concord", " Worden", "Brighton", "Moore's Diamond.", "Niagara", and "McKinley's Jumbo", which has been 'renamed the "Columbian Imperial" and which Mr. McKinley claims is the largest grape in the world. The fruit is produced abundantly and the demand will probably tax Mr. McKinley's resources of production for some time to come.

In 1881 Mr. McKinley was married to Ida E. Gayman, who is a daughter of David and Mary E. (Wheeler) Gayman, of Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio. Mr. Gayman died in February, 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Gayman had four children, namely: Edwin, deceased, who married Laura Pugh ; Allen E., also deceased, who married Edith, Ash ; David D., .who married Elizabeth Keeler and resides at Greenville, Ohio; and Ida E., who is the wife of our subject. She was born at Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio, June 20, 1859.

Mr. McKinley has demonstrated on many occasions the genuine interest he takes in his town, aside from anything pertaining to his personal advancement. In his management of

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official affairs he is greatly commended. He has secured for the Orient postoffice three rural routes, exceeding. any town of its size in the county. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was the first and largest subscriber to the fund used to build the new church edifice. For 20 years he has taken much interest in Sunday-school work. He was superintendent of the Harrisburg Sunday-school for two years and of the Orient Sunday-school for six years. He is now serving his fourth year as president of the town and township organizations. He is president of the board of trustees of Scioto township and also president of the Scioto Township Law and Order League. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow and a Mason, in the latter having taken the 32d degree.

With all his many business interests, Mr. McKinley still finds some time for recreation, which he employs in fishing. That he is a true follower of the immortal Izaak Walton seems to be a settled conviction in his neighborhood, it being a common saying that "A McKinley can catch fish where there are none."

GEORGE DUNGAN, a prosperous and progressive farmer of Wayne township, a Democrat of local prominence and a successful man in both private and public affairs, is a native of the township whose interests he has done so much to advance. The homestead consists of 330 acres of land and a farm of 90 acres, presented by Mr. Dungan to his wife. He lives on the same farm and in the same house, where he was born on the 6th of September, 1839.

Mr. Dungan is a son of Titus and Jemima (King) Dungan. John Dungan, the grandfather, was a native of Ireland, where his father died. As an infant he was brought by his widowed mother to America, and until 1789 lived in Pennsylvania. Thence he migrated to Virginia, where he was married, his wife being a member of the famous Titus family of that State. In 1802 John Dungan traded his farm of too acres in the Old Dominion for a 1,000-acre tract in Pickaway County. It was mostly timberland, and John Dungan, assisted by his sons William, John, Titus and Patter-son, had a large contract before him in clearing off and improving even sufficient for a moderate-sized homestead. Neither did he have his sons' continuous assistance. Patterson, the last born, died when quite young. William, the oldest, although reared a Presbyterian, became a Baptist minister--one of the pioneers of that sect in Pickaway County--and died in 1830. John Dungan, Jr., became a prominent farmer in Pickaway County, where he married. He served in the War of 1812.

Titus Dungan, the father of our subject, was born in Virginia in 1794, and when a lad of eight years accompanied his parents to Pickaway County where he grew to manhood. He served in the War of 1812 and upon his return home was married at Westfall, Wayne township, to Jemima King, who was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1796, and was a daughter of William King, an early pioneer of Pickaway County, coming here in 1798 and settling where Westfall later sprung up, which town subsequently totally disappeared. William King, who was a Quaker in his religious belief, was born in Pennsylvania and was there married. He moved from there to Virginia, then to Kentucky and finally to Pickaway County, Ohio. He was a Democrat in politics and served as the first justice of the peace in Wayne township. Mr. and Mrs. Titus Dungan became the parents of six boys and four girls, of whom George was the youngest.

George Dungan was reared and primarily educated in Pickaway County, his collegiate training being marked by the fact that one of his school-teachers was James A. Garfield. Mr. Dungan's first wife, Hannah Etta Grove, lived but two years after their marriage in 1862, and 'left one child, Mary Florence, who became the wife of Addison Maddox and herself died in 1886, the mother of Mabel Marie, now also deceased. In 1867 Mr. Dungan married Harriet Blackstone, daughter of Thomas Blackstone, of Ross County, and a sister of Dr. Thomas Blackstone, of Circleville. There were five children by this second marriage. Etta,

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the oldest, married Benjamin Floyd Yates, ,for six years auditor of Pickaway County, and (lied in 1888, leaving one child, Grover Allen, who resides with his grandparents. John Titus, the second child, died at the age of two years and three months. Jemima is a school teacher at New Holland, this county. George Francis died at about three years of age. William Allen, the youngest child, was born September 28, 1874, and is a school teacher, but spends most of his time in Texas.

George Dungan has always been a Democrat, and has been prominent in the public affairs of the township. He has been elected to every office in the township and has served in each, except that of constable, which he declined in favor of his opponent who wanted it and who made an excellent officer. He was elected by his party to the office of infirmary director and served in that capacity for six years. At the present time he is justice of the peace and township treasurer. Notwithstanding that he was reared and educated a Protestant, he is decidedly Catholic in his religious views, though liberal to all Christian denominations. A portrait of Mr. Dungan accompanies this sketch.

RICHARD AMBROSE BROWN, M. D., a physician of modern and progressive character and of increasing practice, a resident of Commercial Point in Scioto township, and largely interested in agricultural property, both as owner and manager, was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, on the 3rd of December, 1873. He is a son of Ambrose White and Flora (Cunningham) Brown, and is of Scotch ancestry on the paternal side and of Scotch-Irish, on the maternal. The family history of the Cunninghams has been traced to the ancient annals of Scotland, the Doctor having in his possession their distinctive coat-of-arms. They were identified with colonial times in America, and one of the immediate ancestors of Dr. Brown is known to have fought in the Revolutionary War.

Thomas White Brown, the paternal grandfather, was a native of Maryland, but came to Ohio in his early married life, where Ambrose White Brown, his son and the father of our subject, was born. Both parents of Dr. Brown were natives of Ross County. this State, and were of the unpretentious, respected, farming class. His father, the owner of considerable land, has been dead for 27 years, while his mother resides in Circleville. Dr. Brown is not only building up a fine practice in and around Commercial Point, but owns a valuable farm of 320 acres and manages his mother's estate in Scioto township.

The other members of the family born to Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose 'White Brown were : Thomas White Brown, who resides west of Circleville and is a dealer in grain; Ethel, wife of J. G. Hollenbeck, who is district passenger agent of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad at Atlanta, Georgia ; and Ada, who married Stuart R. Bolin, a lawyer of Circleville. The family are traditionally Presbyterians and Democrats, and several members of it have been active and somewhat prominent in politics.

Richard A. Brown, the subject of these lines, received his early education in the graded schools at Chillicothe, entered Wooster College in the fall of 1888, and after spending four years there was a student at Princeton for another . two years. In the fall of 1893 lie matriculated at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, and graduated therefrom with his degree, in March, 1896. He spent the fall and spring of 1897 and 1898 in pursuing a postgraduate course at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, and in the summer of the latter year located at Parkersburg, West Virginia. While a resident of that place he was associated with Dr. C. G. Blubaugh, and did considerable surgical work for the railroads. He was assistant surgeon of the Ohio River Railroad and attended to the local work of the Southwestern Division. of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Since February, 1905, Dr. Brown has been a resident of Commercial Point, and both as physician, surgeon and citizen has an assured standing. He is a Royal.

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Arch Mason, a Knight Templar and a Shriner, and is also connected with the Modern Wood men of America.

Dr. Brown's wife was formerly Minnie Abernethy, daughter of Judge I. N. Abernethy, of Circleville, of which place she is a native.

GEORGE W. MORRIS, treasurer of Pickaway County, belongs to one of the old established families of Walnut township, this. county, where he was born on January 15, 1856. He is a son of James and Mary (Davis) Morris and grandson of John Morris.

The Morris family is of English extraction. The great-grandfather was born there, emigrated to America and settled first in Pennsylvania, where the grandfather was born. John Morris moved from Pennsylvania to Virginia and then to Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1802, where he secured a section of land in Walnut township, becoming possessed of 1,000 acres of land in the course of time. He was one of the earliest and best known pioneers in this section and reared a large family, whose descendants are now among the county's best citizens.

James Morris, our subject's father, was born in Walnut township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and here grew to manhood. He bought and cleared a tract of 160 acres and later at different times added several hundred more acres to his first purchase. He died April 22, 1896, on the homestead in Walnut township, now occupied by his son, Thomas J. Morris. For many' years he was a justice of the peace and also served as township trustee, being a Democrat in politics. He married Mary Davis, who was born in Walnut township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and was a daughter of the early pioneer, William Davis. Mrs. Morris died January 7, 1904. Of the nine children born to James Morris and wife, seven are now living, Thomas J., a resident of Circleville; George \V., the subject of this sketch; James M., a hardware merchant of Circleville; Mrs. Lydia Stein, of Circleville township; Mrs. Ella Stein, of Jackson township; Mrs. Alice Blacker, of Chillicothe; and Mrs. Clara Campbell, of Circleville. Those deceased are John and Jane.

George W. Morris was reared and educated in Pickaway County and became a practical farmer, following agricultural pursuits here for many years. He then spent some three years in the milling business. He became well known as one of the substantial, reliable citizens of the county and in November, 1905, he was elected to the office of county treasurer. The duties of this responsible office he has filled until the present, with an efficiency which has met with the approval of the public, irrespective of party.

Mr. Morris was married to Stella Ritt, who is a (laughter of the late Benjamin Ritt, of Pickaway County. They have one son, James B., who fills the position of assistant county treasurer.

Politically Mr. Morris is a Democrat. Fraternally he belongs to the Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen of America. The family belong to the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Morris and family reside in a very pleasant home at No. 509 North Court street, Circleville.

Mr. Morris belongs to a family which has in if some notable examples of longevity. His father was one of a family of 15 children, of whom one still survives in venerable age--Mrs. Melinda Lincoln, a resident of Illinois. Another aunt of our subject, Mrs. Charlotte Caldwell, died June 2, 1906, ill Circleville, having almost reached her 92nd birthday.

FRED C. BETTS, one of the most progressive, energetic and popular young farmers of Deer Creek township, was born April 19, 1877, on the farm upon which he now resides, and is a son of George and Mary (Phillips) Betts and grandson of John W. and Harriet (Gordy) Betts. The early history of the Betts family may be found in the sketch of George Betts, appearing elsewhere in this work.

Mr. Betts was reared on his father's farm.

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and attended the district schools of his locality and also the Williamsport High School for three years. He afterward took a six-months' course in the McCafferty Business College at Columbus. After completing the business course, he returned home and engaged in farming. He has since devoted his time to this occupation and is recognized as one of the leading young farmers of his locality. He is located on a part of the old home place where he has erected a fine residence as well as a good barn and other necessary buildings.

Mr. Betts was married August 31, 1898, to Gertrude Adkins, a daughter of David and Christena (Runkle) Adkins, a sketch of whom will be found elsewhere in this work. Mr. Betts has two children--Helen Genevieve and David.

Politically, Mr. Betts is a Democrat, and for the past eight years has been a member of the township Board of Education, having been elected a few days after his 21st birthday, and is the youngest member ever elected to serve in that capacity. At the expiration of his present term he will have served ten years as a member of the board. Mr. Betts is fraternally connected with Heber Lodge, No. 501, F. & A. M., and Camp No. 4478, M. W. of A., of Williamsport, and of Circleville Lodge, B. P. O. E. He is a member as well as liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Williamsport, while Mrs. Betts is a member of the Lutheran Church.

GEORGE W. LUTZ, who is one of the representative agriculturists of Pickaway township, owns a fine farm of 160 acres which he has placed under a good state of cultivation. Mr. Lutz was born in this township, February 25, 1850, and is a son of Ovid and Catherine (Lutz) Lutz.

Ovid Lutz, the father of George W., was a son of Peter Lutz, who came early to this part of Ohio and was engineer in the construction of the Newark and Dresden Canal. He died near Dresden. The family originated in Germany, but Peter Lutz was born in Pennsylvania. For many years Ovid Lutz was a resident of Pickaway township, Pickaway County, where he died in September, 1904, in his 84th year. He married Catherine Lutz, who still survives and lives with her son, George W. She is a daughter of Samuel Lutz, a pioneer of Salt Creek township, who was in his 102nd year when his life came to a close. Of the children born to Ovid and Catherine Lutz, three survive, namely : Martha .E., wife of S. P. Bayard, who resides in Greene County, Pennsylvania; Samuel L., of Whisler, Ohio; and George W.

George W. Lutz was reared on the home farm in Pickaway township and was educated in the local schools, the schools at Kingston, and spent two terms at Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Although well equipped for almost any career, Mr. Lutz has always taken more interest in agriculture than in any other business and is looked upon as a prosperous farmed and successful stock-raiser of the township. His farm is well located and under Mr. Lutz's management produces abundantly. He has a comfortable farm home and his surroundings are all that could be desired.

On March 14, 1872, Mr. Lutz was married to Matilda Hoffman, who was born at Circleville, Ohio, where her parents resided. Her father died during the Civil War and her mother at a later date. Mr. and Mrs. Lutz have three children, viz.: Nellie B., Cora and Josephine.

In political sentiment, Mr. Lutz is a Republican. He is not a member of any religious body, but he is a man of moral life and character and is always liberal in his support of religious agencies and educational enterprises. He is one of the township's good citizens.

ALLAN CAMPBELL McARTHUR. For many years the late Allan C. McArthur held a very prominent position among the agriculturists of Pickaway County, and was one of the capitalists and leading citizens of Circleville. Mr. McArthur was born March 4, 1854, at Chillicothe,

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Ohio, and was a son of Allan Campbell and Olive (Whitney) McArthur, and a grandson of Ex-Governor Duncan McArthur, of Ohio.

The McArthur family was founded in America by emigrants from Scotland who settled here at an early day, bringing with them those habits of thrift and those sterling virtues which characterize, in large degree, the Scotch people wherever found. In Governor McArthur, Ohio had a distinguished and notable statesman. By degrees he arose from an humble station in life to be the chief executive of this great State, after having become prominent in military, business and social life. In 1793 he penetrated into the Scioto Valley, as chain bearer in the surveying expedition under Gen. Nathaniel Massie, and still later acted as a scout prior to the treaty made with the Indians. Later he studied surveying with General Massie, became his assistant and helped in the laying out of the city of Chillicothe, at the same time investing in land in different portions of the State. In 1805 he was sent to the State Legislature from Ross County and in 1812 was elected to Congress. In the following year, having already been a leader in military operations, he was commissioned a brigadier general and served through the War of 1812, although it necessitated his resigning his seat in Congress. He was in command of the New York troops at Detroit when peace was declared and then returned home in the hope of giving attention to his private business affairs. However, in 1815 he was again sent to the Legislature and was re-elected in 1817, in the interim having been very conspicuous in the various treaties with the Indians, which were such important public 'events of those years. In 1832 he was again elected to Congress and served two terms and upon declining re-election was elected Governor of Ohio. His administration is still remembered with approval. When, at its close, he retired to private life it was with unsullied name and with the continued esteem of his fellow citizens. His beautiful home, near Chillicothe, was long known as "Fruit Hill Farm."

Allan Campbell McArthur, father of our subject, was reared at Chillicothe, where hewas a prominent practitioner of law for the greater part of his life and where he died in 1858. In many respects he resembled his distinguished father and these same noble virtues and amiable characteristics were inherited by the late Allan C. McArthur of Circleville. The mother of our subject was born in Cayuga County, New York, September 16, 1817. She survived her husband for many years, dying in 1884, in Pickaway County, where she owned a farm of 365 acres.

Allan C. McArthur, whose lamented death took place July 6, 1897, was six years old when his parents moved to Covington, Kentucky, where he attended school until the age of 15, when he went to De Witt County, Illinois, to visit a married sister and there remained until 1877. At this time he was called to Pickaway County in order to take upon himself the management of his mother's large property interests and here he remained until her death. In 1888 he purchased a large tract of land in Knox County, Tennessee, with the idea of making there a winter home, but the climate did not agree with the family and two years later he returned to Circleville.

Probably no estate in the vicinity of Circleville is better improved than that left by the late Mr. McArthur, who had devoted years to the careful tilling of the soil, to raising the very best cattle and stock and to beautifying and adorning his home here in every possible way. Stately buildings with appropriate settings and surroundings mark this as an ideal rural home. In addition to this valuable property, Mr. McArthur had large land interests in Ross, Scioto, Cook and other counties. He was always one of the enterprising, helpful men of this section, thoroughly in touch with its business and agricultural interests and representative of its very best citizenship.

In November, 1886, Mr. McArthur was. united in marriage with Teresa Whitney, a daughter of William G. and Eley (Van Voorhees) Whitney, natives of New York and Kentucky, respectively. Mr. Whitney at the age of six years accompanied his parents in their removal to Portsmouth, Ohio, of which city he became one of the prominent business men,.

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being a large shipper of grain and owning his own boats for its transportation. ' To Allan C. McArthur and wife was born one child, Dorothy Whitney, who is a student of Mount Ida School, Newton, Massachusetts, class of 1906.

ELISHA WARNER, a prominent citizen of Pickaway County, who has been identified with the educational and agricultural interests of several townships and has served for many years as a justice of the peace, has been a resident of St. Paul, Madison township, since 1892. Mr. \Varner was born in Walnut township, Pick away County, Ohio, November 21, 1848, and is a son of Aaron and Hannah (Kerschner) Warner.

Aaron Warner was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and was 15 years of age when he accompanied his parents to Fairfield County, Ohio. They settled near Amanda and spent the rest of their lives there. Aaron Warner learned the carpenter's trade, and was also a cabinetmaker and undertaker during his earlier years. He married in Pickaway County and in 1848 came with his wife to this county, where he followed farming, in Walnut township, and also did carpentering, until 1871, when he re moved to Shelby County, Illinois, where his death took place on March 20, 1906, he being in his 86th year. ever he lived, he was a man held in high esteem by his fellow-citizens on account of his sterling traits of character.

Elisha Warner attended the public schools in Walnut township and then took a course of instruction at Fairfield Union Academy, at Pleasantville, Ohio, after which he took, up teaching as a profession. From 1868 until 1888 he taught school in Pickaway County and (luring this time was principal of the Ashville School. His literary attainments were those of an educated man and led' to his appointment as a member of the Pickaway County Board of School Examiners, on which he served for 13 years--from April, 1876, until July 31, 1888--during a portion of this time being president of the board. Mr. Warner was not satisfied with his attainments, however, but devoted his spare time to the study of the law and in 1877 was admitted to the Ohio bar. He practiced locally for a time, while also engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1872 he accepted a position as teacher at Darbyville, to which town he removed from Walnut township. About three years later, he returned to Walnut township and later moved to Washington township, where he engaged in farming until 1882, when .he settled in Madison township, where he has lived ever since. For nine consecutive years he has served as a justice of the peace in Madison township and still holds official position since becoming a resident of St. Paul. For nine years also he was a member of the Madison township School Board and was its president a portion of the time. From 1890 until 1904, Mr. Warner was in the employ of Aultman, Miller & Company, of Akron, Ohio, as traveling collector.

Mr. Warner married Sarah F. Peters, who was born in Walnut township, Pickaway County, and is a daughter of the late Absalom Peters, of this township. They have seven children, namely: H. Famah, a teacher in the public schools ; John P., a practicing dentist. at Canal Winchester, Ohio; Mary L., wife of C. B. Teegardin, of Madison township; Cecil E., a student of law; Bertha L.; Martha T.; a teacher; and Frederick L. Mr. Warner has given .his children many advantages and several of them are well known educators of the township.

For many years Mr. Warner has been very prominently identified with Democratic politics in Pickaway County and on two occasions has been sent as a delegate from the county Democracy to State conventions. In 1878 he was his party's choice for county auditor. He is one of 'the county's representative men 'and has hosts of friends. His many years in official life have demonstrated his judicial qualities and there remains no doubt in the minds of his fellow-citizens that, if he had devoted himself exclusively to the law, he would have attained' high place in that profession. Fraternally he is a Mason and belongs to Pickaway Lodge, No. 23, F. & A. M.

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WILLIAM S. REBER, a prominent citizen and representative farmer of Pickaway County, who resides on his fine estate which comprises 583 acres of valuable land in Walnut township, belongs to an old Ohio family of prominence. He was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, on the old homestead farm, on July 7, 1745, and is a son of Hon. James and Catherine (Stage) Reber.

The Reber family became known in Ohio when Valentine and Magdalena (Van Reid) Reber, the grandparents of William S. Reber, left their old Pennsylvania home and moved as early settlers to Fairfield County, Ohio. It was in 1805 that Valentine Reber purchased section to, in Amanda township, in that county, settled on his property there and soon be-came one of the leading men of his neighborhood. In 182o he was elected a member of the Ohio State Legislature, where he assisted in framing laws which are still in effect. His death took place in 1828. So well had he provided for his family that each one of his 13 children received a farm of 160 acres.

James Reber, father of William S. Reber, was born July 8, 1813, in Fairfield County.. He was afforded excellent educational advantages, these including almost two years at the Ohio State University and a period at the Miami University. Poor health prevented his completing his course at the latter institution and induced him to visit the South in search of a more genial climate. His older brother, Dr. William Reber, was already established as principal of the Pearl River (Mississippi) Academy, and James accepted a position as instructor in this school, which he filled for 18 months. He returned to Pickaway County, much improved in health, and on October 20, 1835, married Catherine Stage. Mrs. Reber was a daughter of William Stage, who was born in Virginia, of Scotch descent.

After marriage, James Reber moved to Illinois, settling first in Piatt County but later removing to Macon County. There he entered upon the study of the law with Judge Treat and in 184o was admitted to practice in all the Illinois courts. . He acquired property and followed farming to some extent. For eight years he served as judge of the Probate Court and as clerk of the Circuit Court for a considerable time. Mr. Reber then returned to Ohio and located in Walnut township, Pickaway County, evidently with the idea of devoting himself to agricultural pursuits. From this partial retirement he was called in 1863 to become a member of the Ohio Legislature and was returned for a second term. Mr. Reber's life was one possessing many interesting features and was so lived as to be an inspiration to those who came after him.

William S. Reber was an infant when he accompanied his parents to Illinois. Since his return to Ohio he has been a continuous resident of Pickaway County. His large estate is devoted to general agricultural and stock-raising operations. Mr. Reber is a director of tile Second National Bank of Circleville.

In May, 1864, Mr. Reber enlisted in Company C, 155th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., when 18 years old and served under the command of Capt. Henry Peters and Colonel Sage.

On October 1883, Mr. Reber was married to Elizabeth A. Oman, who was a daughter of Samuel H. Oman, and they have four children, viz.: May C., and Clara S., both attending school at Delaware, Ohio, being graduates of the Ashville High School ; and Emma A. and Homer S., attending school at Ashville.

Mr. Reber and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a trustee. The family home is a handsome brick residence which was erected by Mr. Reber's uncle in 1833.

SOLOMON ORLANDO SMITH, a popular citizen of Madison township, a member of the School Board and a substantial agriculturist, resides on his well-improved farm of 63 ½ acres, located in a desirable part of the township. He was born in this township, April 20, 1856, and is a son of Reuben and Eliza A. (Glick) Smith, grandson of Jacob Smith and great-grandson of John Smith, who estab-

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lished the family in Pickaway County, coming here from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Jacob Smith was born in Pennsylvania and as a boy of 12 years accompanied his parents in 1808 to Madison township, Pickaway County. He helped clear the family homestead, engaged in farming and weaving and died in 1870. His wife was Mary Hall.

Reuben Smith was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, and was here reared and educated. He married Eliza A.. Glick, a member of a prominent township family, who died in January, 1897, aged 69 years. Of their children, all survive save one, the record being as follows : Mary C., deceased, who was the wife of William Plum; Mima I., wife of E. M. Teegardin, of Coffey County, Kansas; Jacob S., of Ashville; Sarah D., wife of W. H. Rohr, of Columbus; Minerva L., wife of J. J. Rohr, of Springfield, Ohio; Martin Luther, of Lancaster, Ohio; Solomon Orlando; Emma K., wife of W. D. Nothstine, of Madison township; Seymour M., of Duvall, this county; Addie F., widow of S. S. Smith, of Canal Winchester, Ohio; Elmer Elsworth, of Ashville; and Birdie V., wife of Lester E. Hickle, of Pittsburg.

Solomon O. Smith was reared in Madison township and was educated in the district schools. He has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits as a business, has performed his duties as a citizen and has reared a large family in comfort, having one of the happiest domestic circles to be found in the township. He was married March 30, 1882, to Catherine Crist, who was born in Franklin County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Samuel Crist, who now resides in Madison township, Pickaway County. To Mr. Smith and wife have been born nine children, namely: Bessie C., wife of Charles H. Cromley, of Fairfield County, Ohio; and Edwin C., Clifton O., Ethel C., Ora E., Gladys K., Hugh M., Ralph L. and Dorothy M., all of whom live at home.

Mr. Smith gives a great deal of attention to the advancement of the interests of the public schools. He is now serving most efficiently as a member of the township School Board. Politically he is a Democrat. He has won the reputation among hi§ fellow-citizens of being an honest, fair, upright man and he enjoys their esteem and respect.

WILLIAM H. REED, a prominent farmer of Walnut township, township trustee and substantial citizen, owns a well-improved farm of 140 acres which is situated in section 2. This fine old farm was his birthplace, on July 17, 1859, and he is a son of William and Martha (Hall) Reed.

William Reed was born in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of Ludwig Reed, who was probably of German extraction. At the age of 17 years, William Reed accompanied his father to Pickaway County and they settled in Walnut township. On reaching . maturity, Mr. Reed married Martha Hall, a daughter of David Hall, and they had three children, namely : William H., of this sketch; Marv, who married Emanuel Oman, and died in Illinois, aged 21 years; and Alice, who married George Riegel and died at the age of 42 years. William Reed died in 1884, his wife having preceded him in 1875.

William H. Reed was reared and educated in his native State, enjoying most excellent advantages. For a time he attended the advanced schools at Lebanon and Delaware, Ohio, and also the Ohio Normal University at Ada. For some years he attended the summer normal schools and taught through the winter seasons, this course serving to make Mr. Reed one of the most intelligent, well-informed men of his locality and in various ways assisting him in carrying on his agricultural pursuits, as well as fitting him for the duties of a good citizen. He has served several terms on the School Board, greatly to the advantage of that body, and in 1898 was appointed township trustee to fill out the unexpired term of George Brinker, deceased. On the expiration of that term he was elected to that office on the Democratic ticket.

In 1884 Mr. Reed was married to Laura

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Knight, who was a daughter of Thomas Knight, of Tiffin, Ohio. They have had four children, viz.: Roy, a bright, manly lad, who died aged 12 years; Earl; Fern and Florence.

Mr. and Mrs. Reed are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a trustee. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Reed is well and favorably known and may justly be considered a representative citizen of his section of Pickaway County

HON. SAMUEL W. COURTRIGHT, for five years judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the Fifth Judicial District of Ohio, and one of the leading members of the Pickaway County Bar, at Circleville, was born in Walnut township, Pickaway County, Ohio, December 9, 1842, and is a son of Hon. Jesse D. and Sallie (Stout) Courtright.

Judge Courtright comes of Holland and Scotch ancestry and of a family which has been established in Ohio since 1801. Johannes Von Courtright, the great-great-grandfather, belonged to one of the old Knickerbocker families.which came from Amsterdam and settled on Staten Island in the year 1623.. Capt. Jesse Von Courtright, the great-grandfather, gained his title in the Revolutionary War. After its close he settled in Pennsylvania, at which time he became plain Captain Courtright. There his son, John Courtright, was born. and later married Elizabeth Drake, a native :of Scotland and a member of a family-noted in that country's history. In 1801 John Courtright and family crossed the mountains to Fairfield County, Ohio, and purchased 'a tract of farming land near Royalton, which he later increased until he owned 2,100 acres. He made many improvements here, one being the erection at great expense of the first brick house in the county. He served in the War of 1812, and both he and his wife lived to advanced years.

Hon. Jesse D. Courtright, father of Judge Courtright, was born in Bloom township, Fairfield County, Ohio, May 5, 1811, and was reared amid pioneer suroundings. In August. 1831, he married Sallie Stout, who vas born in Washington township, Pickaway County. Ohio, and was a daughter of George Stout, an early settler and extensive farmer of this county. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Courtright settled on a farm of 16o acres in Walnut township, which Mr. Courtright, in the course of time, increased to 2,000 acres. He became one of the leading men of his time and locality, serving in all local offices in the gift of the Democratic party--for more than 30 years as a justice of the peace--and for one term was a member of the State Legislature, declining a reelection.. In 187o he removed from his farm to Circleville, where he died three years later. February 22, 1873. His death was followed by that of his most estimable wife, in July, 1881. They had nine children. For years they were consistent members and liberal supporters of the Presbyterian Church.

Judge Courtright, like many of his associates on the bench and bar, was reared a farmer boy. From the district school he went to South Salem Academy, and in 1861 he began the study of the law with the late David M. Jones, at Circleville. In 1863 he was graduated at the Cincinnati College of Law at the head of his class, was shortly afterward admitted to the bar, and entered upon the practice of his chosen profession at Circleville. Very soon his ability was recognized and by the following spring he was urged for the office of city solicitor to which he was easily :elected. and to which he was subsequently re-elected in 1866. In October of the following year he was elected .prosecuting attorney by the then largest majority ever given a candidate in the county, and was reelected in 1869. In April, 1875, he was elected a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the Fifth Judicial District of Ohio and at that time was the youngest occupant of the bench in the State. His record during his five-year administration has ever since been a valuable asset, displaying as it did the soundness of his judgment, his full understanding of the law and the ready comprehension of the great questions that a

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lawyer, almost more than any other professional man, must settle for good or evil, for right or wrong, in the different complexities of life. For many years his standing has been very high and his name is closely connected with the successful termination of many of the most important cases, which have come be-fore the courts in this section of the State. In 1887 he was selected by the Supreme Court of Ohio, as a member of the commission to ex-amine candidates for admission to the bar, and by annual reappointment served until 1892.

On December 14, 1865, Judge Courtright was married to Jennie R. Martin, daughter of Hon. Z. R. Martin, formerly mayor of Circleville and, one of its most prominent citizens. Judge and Mrs. Courtright have three talented daughters : Florence B., the wife of E. F. Dunn, of Columbus; Jennie B., now Mrs. Clark K. Hunsicker, of Woodlyn; and Marguerite B., a senior in the High School. The family residence, which is one noted for its hospitality as well as its attractiveness, is situated on the corner of Union and South Court streets. In addition to this property, Judge Courtright owns considerable improved farming land, both in Pickaway and Fairfield counties.

Politically Judge Courtright is a Democrat and is a very prominent factor in his party. In the State military he has filled high official positions, serving from January, 1884, until January, 1886, as colonel on the staff of Governor Hoadly and again, on the staff of Governor Campbell, from January, 1890, until January, 1892. His fine bearing and manly presence made him a conspicuous and admired figure at all military manoeuvres during both these administrations. Personally he possesses the pleasant suavity and the cordial manner which mark the gentleman and at the same time the concentration and the dignity which become his profession. Judge Courtright has always taken a lively interest in the public schools and for years was president of the Board of Education. He has also served the people as a member of the City Council.

Judge Courtright is very prominent in fraternal life and has filled some of the highestpositions in the State in the Masonic, Odd Fellows and Knights of Honor organizations. He served as grand master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Master Masons of Ohio for three years, declining further service; was grand dictator of Ohio, and representative for three years to the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor; served for a quarter of a century as most excellent high priest of Circleville Chapville Chapter, No. 20, R. A. M.; is the possessor of elegant and valuable jewels, the gifts of grand bodies and of his brethren. Judge Courtright is and always has been a temperate man, for he has never drank a glass of any kind of intoxicants, never wagered a penny, or the value of one, never uttered an oath. He is a Presbyterian. His portrait accompanies this sketch, being presented on a preceding page.

ARTHUR McNEILWIEGAND, one of the most prominent citizens of Harrison township, residing on a very valuable farm of 182 acres, was born November 4, 1865, at the Wiegand home in Harrison township, and is a son of Dill and Hester Ann (Chrisman) Wiegand.

Dill Wiegand, who was born in Germany, came to this country when 14 years old, settling in West Virginia and later removing, with Mr. McNiel, to Pickaway County, Ohio, where he lived for a period of nearly 50 years. At the time of his death at the age of 63 years, he left a large and a valuable estate, though a poor boy when he came to Pickaway County. He was one of those men ever ready to help a friend, especially those who had shown him favors when a struggling youth. He married Hester Ann Chrisman and they were the parents of five children : Sarah Jane; Virginia, deceased, who was the wife of T. Miller; Annie M., who married P. M. Gray; Mary M., deceased, who was the wife of J. F. Burgolt, and Arthur McNeil, the subject of this sketch.

Arthur M. Wiegand received his early education in the schools of Harrison township and in 1880 entered Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, where he remained until 1884, when

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he returned to the farm and has since, devoted his life to agricultural pursuits. The Wiegand farm is one of the most valuable farms in Harrison township. The family residence is a fine brick structure.

Mr. Wiegand was married March 2, 1887, to Rachel Bell, a daughter of Alexander C. Bell, a representative of one of Pickaway County's oldest and most distinguished families. Mr. Bell is president of the Third National Bank of Circleville and is one of the most substantial citizens of Pickaway County; though he has lived on a farm the greater part of his life, he has always been a leader in the business and financial affairs of the county. Mrs. Wiegand is a lady of education and refinement and is active in church work and causes of charity, and her life is largely devoted to making others happy. One child, a son, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Wiegand--Van Meter, born April 9, 1890, who is a student in the South Bloomfield schools.

Mr. Wiegand is a member of the Masonic Blue Lodge at Circleville, and, is also an Elk and a Knight of Pythias. He has been an extensive traveler both in the United States and in Europe. He is a man of excellent taste, distinguished manners, good education and is honored and respected, by all whose privilege it is to know him.

WILLIAM FRANK RUDISILL, whose well-cultivated, farm of 225 acres attracts attention from every visitor passing through Pickaway township, is one of the leading agriculturists of this section. He was born July 12, 1860, in Hancock County, Ohio, and is a on of Henry and. Eliza (Kraft) Rudisill.

The Rudisill family came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, and Henry Rudisill was 12 years old when he accompanied his parents to Pickaway County, when they settled on a pioneer farm in Washington township. Samuel Rudisill, the grandfather of William F., belonged to the early settlers and hardy pioneers, whose memory it is the duty of their descendants to preserve.

Henry Rudisill remained in Pickaway County from the age of 12 years until his marriage in 1849, and in the following year he removed to. Hancock County, where he resided for many years. In 1894 he came back to Pickaway County and resided on his farm for a short time, but subsequently returned to Hancock County, where he had lived so long, and he and his estimable wife are now most highly esteemed residents of McComb. Henry Rudisill is 8o years of age and his wife is 77. Their large family of 12 children all survive, a remarkable testimonial to the vitality of the honored parents. The record of the family is as follows : Susanna, widow of Marion Harritt, living at McComb, Ohio; Sarah, wife of John Flick, of Hancock County ; John H., of Circleville; Mary C., wife of M. D. Keel, of Hancock County; Leanna, widow of Frederick Burke, of Hancock County; Ada L., wife of John D. Pfingst, of Pickaway County; William F., of this sketch; Elizabeth J., wife of Nathaniel Hunterwork, of Hancock County ; Matilda, wife of Augustus Heuberger, of Ashland County; Sherman, of Pickaway township ; Perry, of McComb; and Archibald A., of Hancock County.

Henry Rudisill, during his active years, served as trustee in Blanchard township, Han cock County, also as constable and assessor, and for many years was a justice of the peace in Liberty township, Hancock County. He is one of the well-known citizens of Hancock County and for years was a leader there in the Republican party.

William Frank Rudisill was reared, educated and trained as a farmer in Hancock County, and continued to side there until 1893, when he purchased his present farm in Pickaway township, Pickaway County. This he operates as a general farmer and as the land is fertile and his methods most excellent, he meets with very gratifying results. His farm lies along the Circleville and Adelphi turnpike, one of the much used highways of the county.

Mr. Rudisill was married (first) in February, 1884, to Alice Aurand, who was born and reared in Hancock County. One daugh-

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ter, Modie M., was born to this marriage. Mr. Rudisill was married (second), on October 19, 1891, to Sudie R. Hursh, who was born and reared in Hancock County. They have one son--Francis McKinley.

In politics, Mr. Rudisill is a Republican. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias and is a member of the lodge at Circleville. For many years he has been one of the leading members of the Morris United Brethren Church in Washington township, Pickaway County.

WILLIAM A. HULSE, a member of one of the old and prominent families of Jackson township, residing on his farm of 196 acres, situated on the Five Points turnpike, was born on the Hulse homestead on the old State road, in Jackson township, November 18, 1859. He is a son of James R. and Eleanor (Stipp) Hulse.

The Hulse family is of German extraction and it was founded in Ohio by the grandfather, James R. Hulse, Sr., a wheelwright by trade, who was born in Orange County, New York, came here in 1841 in young manhood and married Rebecca Van Meter. She was able to provide the capital with which her husband bought land and stock and which resulted in the family becoming very wealthy, through Mr. Hulse's good management. At death he left an estate comprising 3,000 acres of land. He was twice married. By his first marriage there were nine children and by his second marriage two.

James R. Hulse, father of our subject, was born in Jackson township, Pickaway County, Ohio, January 20, 1828, and spent the whole of his life as a farmer in this township with the exception of the years 1860-61, which he passed in Ross County, Ohio. He owned a number of fast horses and for a number of his later years was interested in racing them. He died on the old homestead on September 6, 1899. He inherited 800 acres from his father's estate. He was a stanch Democrat. and for a number of years he served as township clerk and trustee, holding the latter office at the time of his death. He was a well-informed man, a genial, generous one, and was well acquainted all over the county. He married Eleanor Stipp, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, April 2, 1826, and is a daughter of Henry and Sarah Stipp, both natives of Virginia, who came as pioneers to Ross County. The children of James R. and Eleanor (Stipp) Hulse were : Henry Socrates, of Circleville; Van Meter Stipp, of Jackson township; James Reeves, of Jackson township; William A., of this sketch; and Sarah Rebecca, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Mary and George, all deceased. The venerable mother resides with our subject, who is unmarried.

William A. Hulse was reared in Jackson township and was educated in the common schools. He has always been interested in farming and stock-raising and carries on. large operations on his well-improved farm, which is a part of the old Hulse homestead. He raises fine stock but makes grain growing his main feature. He does not take any very active interest in politics, but votes with the Democratic party.

SEYMOUR THOMAS, cashier of the First National Bank of New Holland, and a prominent business man of the town, was born in Monroe township, Pickaway County, Ohio, on May 22, 1867. He is a son of Jackson and Christiana (Reeves) Thomas, and a grandson of William Thomas.

The family was founded in Pickaway County by the grandfather. Jackson Thomas, the father, was born in Monroe township, where he passed his entire life, being a prosperous farmer and prominent and most highly respected citizen. For a period of six years he served as county commissioner and on many occasions was elected to township offices. In politics he was a Democrat. He married Christiana Reeves, who was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, and was a daughter of the late Josiah Reeves, of Perry township. Of the five children born to Jackson and Christiana

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(Reeves) Thomas, but two survive, these being Loton F. and Seymour.

Seymour Thomas was reared in his native township, where his primary education was secured and later he completed a course at the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio. Mr. Thomas, on completing his collegiate training, removed to Kansas City, Missouri, where he filled a position as bookkeeper with a large business concern and then returned to the home place. where he remained for 13 years. After leaving the farm he removed to New Holland and accepted his present position as cashier of the First National Bank. He is a man of large means and wide acquaintance and has made a very popular official of this financial institution. He still retains possession of his two excellent farms, one of these being located in Monroe and the other in Perry township.

In 1894 Mr. Thomas was married to Ida Swain, who was born at Kansas City, Missouri, and is a daughter of Alfred Swain. They have two children--Lizzie and Georgia.

In political sentiment, Mr. Thomas is a Democrat. He has acceptably filled a number of local offices on various occasions and is known to be a public-spirited, reliable citizen. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His fraternal relations are with Sterling Lodge, F. & A. M., with the Order of the Eastern Star and with the Odd Fellows lodge at Circleville.

JOHN LEWIS STRIBLING, superintendent of the Circleville Light & Power Company, was born at Circleville in July, 1857, a son of Dr. N. W. and Anna (Crouse) Stribling.

The father of Mr. Stribling was born in Virginia and came to Ohio prior to his marriage to Anna Crouse, who was born in Circleville. Dr. Stribling was a well-known citizen during his lifetime.

John L. Stribling was reared and educated in his native city. After leaving school he worked for three years in a leather store andthen was with the Martin Brothers grocery house for two years. In 1877 he entered the employ of the Circleville Gas Light & Coke Company, with which he has been identified ever since. In January; 1884, certain capitalists built the incandescent electric light plant to run in opposition to the Circleville Gas Light & Coke Company and the competition continued until 1892, when the latter organization purchased the electric light plant and installed the arc light plant, consolidating and incorporating the business with Howard Jones as president ; Frank C. Hubbard, a capitalist of Columbus, as vice-president; Howard B. Moore as secretary and treasurer; and J. L. Stribling as superintendent. For this position he is thoroughly fitted and the larger part of his time is devoted to his important duties in this connection.

In March, 1902, Mr. Stribling was married to Mrs. Maggie Hurdle. His fraternal relations are with both the lodge and encampment, I. O. O. F., Independent Order of Foresters, Improved Order of Red Men and the Modern Woodmen of America. He was reared in the faith of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

OLIVER PERRY BRINKER, a respected farmer of Walnut township, residing on a fine estate of 157 acres in section 25, was born in the township named on December 31, 1852. He is a son of Barnabas and Elizabeth (Knight) Brinker, prominent in the agricultural community of the eastern section of Pick-away County, his father at the time of his death being the owner of about 300 acres of land in Walnut township and 400 acres in other townships. As the name implies, the family is of good old German stock.

Oliver P. Brinker was trained to habits of homely industry and honesty and, as a farmer's son, received a limited education in the district schools. When he reached manhood, he was well qualified to take his place of useful labor in the township which has always been his home.

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On February 26, 1879, Oliver P. Brinker was united in marriage with Josephine Blacker, a (laughter of Henry Blacker, and they are the parents of two children. Dennis, the elder, married Zora Peters, a (laughter of John Peters. Della, the younger, married Robert Peters, son of Rev. Robert W. Peters, of Walnut township; her husband and her brother are in partnership in the hardware business at Ashville. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Brinker have one child--Ethel--and 1\4r. and Mrs. Robert Peters have also a daughter--Helen. Oliver P. Brinker is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a trustee, and altogether is an honored and substantial member of his native township.

VICTOR R. DUVALL, who was one of the well-known and highly esteemed citizens of Madison township, was born in Harrison township, Pickaway County, Ohio, on February 15, 1839, and died August 15, 1905. He was a son of Andrew and Cynthia A. (Love) Duvall, both of whom were natives of Ohio.

Victor R. Duvall was a lad in years when his parents removed from Harrison to Madison township, and he grew to manhood on the home farm, not far from St. Paul, where he went to school. He had his own way to make in the world, in large degree, and' proved him-self industrious and worthy under all circumstances. His whole life was devoted to agricultural pursuits and his widow still resides on a valuable farm in Madison township, the whole estate consisting of 145 acres, which was secured by his excellent management, during his active years.

On July 16, 1865, Mr. Duvall was married to the estimable lady who survives him, Maranda R. Fisher, who was born in Madison township, Pickaway County, Ohio, March 13, 1842, and is a daughter of Hiram and Mary (Hott) Fisher.

Hiram Fisher, father of Mrs. Duvall, was born in Virginia and in infancy was brought by his parents to Pickaway County, the family being among the pioneer settlers of Madison township, where Hiram Fisher died, in his 83rd year. Of his children, three survive, namely : Christeen A., who resides with her sister, Mrs. Duvall; Maranda R., widow of Victor R. Duvall; and Peter H., of Ashville. David is deceased. Hiram Fisher was a well-known and valued citizen of the township, in which he served several years as constable. He was so highly thought of in his neighborhood as to be affectionately called "Uncle Hiram."

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Duvall were : John \V., of Columbus; George H., of Ashville; Mary F., wife of Clifford Decker, of Madison township; Harley H., of Madison township; and William A. and Chrissie E., at home.

Mr. Duvall was a consistent member, as is his widow, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Ashville. In his younger years he was a member of the Odd Fellows and attended the meetings of the lodge at Ashville. Politically he was a Democrat. He was a kind husband and loving father and in him his neighbors ever found a helpful friend.

JOHN L. MAY, whose extensive farm of 175 acres is all in one body and is located in section 35, Walnut township, was born in this township, October 13, 1860, and is a son of George J. and Mary (Heim) May. The early history of the May family may be found elsewhere in this work, in the sketch of Milton Franklin May.

John L. May was reared and educated in Walnut township and has resided on the same farm since he was 16 years of age. To those whose fate compels a yearly removal to a different home, this fact is very suggestive of peace and comfort and doubtless Mr. May looks upon it in that way. He has been identified with the business and agricultural interests of Walnut township almost all his mature life. For five years he ran a grocery store at East Ringgold, where, he was also postmaster, but he sold out this store in 1893. Until January

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1, 1906, he kept out of the grocery business but on that date, in association with his brother Lyman, he again became interested at East Ringgold, his brother operating the store. Mr. May buys and sells hogs, sheep and wool and devotes the larger part of his farm to the raising of hogs. His land is well improved and in 1900 he erected what is considered the finest barn in the township. For a number of years Mr. May has also been agent for the Ohio Farmers' Fertilizer Company.

On November 24, 1887, Mr. May was married to Emma J. Snyder, who is a daughter of Dildine Snyder, a sketch of whom will be found in this book. Mr. and Mrs. May have four children, all of whom survive, namely : Ralph E., Walter W., Alva D. and Virgil G.

Mr. May is a Democrat and has always been more or less prominent in party matters in the township, serving as constable for four years, when but 21 years of age. In the fall of 1905 he was elected a justice of the peace, in the administration of the duties of which office he has administered to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. In religious belief Mr. May is a Methodist, belonging to the East Union Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. and Mrs. May and son Ralph E. are members of the Nebraska Grange at Nebraska.

FRANCIS J. PETERS, one of the efficient members of the School Board of Madison township, and a well-known agriculturist and breeder of thoroughbred Jersey cattle, resides at St. Paul and owns a fine farm of 135 acres in Madison township. He was born in this township on August 22, 1848, and is a son of William L. and Susanna (Hoffhines) Peters.

John Peters, the grandfather of Francis J., was one of the very early settlers in Madison township. William L. Peters, the father, was born in Walnut township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and accompanied his parents in early life to Madison township, where he was reared and became a very well-known citizen, holding many of the local offices at various times. In politics he was a Democrat. He married Susanna Hoffhines, who was born at Hagerstown, Maryland.

Francis J. Peters was reared in Madison township, attended the schools in his native neighborhood and later engaged in teaching in this township for a number of years. Be has always been more or less interested in agriculture and for a number of years has been breeding fine Jersey cattle.

On September 21, 1876, Mr. Peters was married to Mary J. Cromley, who was born in Madison township, and is a daughter of the late John Cromley and his wife, Rachel C. Teegardin. Mrs. Cromley still survives, a highly esteemed resident of Madison township. Mr. and Mrs. Peters have these children : Ansel V., George T., Lawrence E., Homer F. and Watson E.

Mr. Peters has been a life long Democrat and has frequently been chosen by his party for important local offices. For a number of years he has been township trustee, for two terms has been township clerk and is serving his first term as a member of the township School Board. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and has been prominent in Masonic affairs in his part of the county, being a charter member of the Royal Arch Chapter at Canal Winchester, Ohio, and an honorary member of the Chapter at Circleville. On July 3, 1906, he was elected president of the Ashville Banking Company, a new bank organized on that date with a capital of $50,000. Mr. Peters is recognized as one of the township's reliable, substantial citizens.

JAMES R. HOTT, whose family has been identified with the best interests of Scioto township for the past 65 years and who himself is one of the most substantial agriculturists and progressive public men of the county, was born about one mile southeast of his present

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residence February 2, 1861. He owns a valuable farm of 194 acres, and not only raises corn, wheat and clover, but cattle, hogs and horses. James R. Hott is a son of George W. mid Matilda (Robison) Hott.

George W. Hott was born in Walnut township, Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1836. With the exception of four years that he lived in Circleville and two years that he lived in Ashville, he resided in Scioto township all his life. He finally died at Ashville in October, 1898, at the age of 63 years. His widow resides at that place, aged 68 years. Besides James R.. there was one other child in the family-- Flora C.; who is now the wife of James C. Welch.

George Hott. the paternal grandfather, who was a native of Pennsylvania, removed from that State and first located in Walnut township, Pickaway County, Ohio, but about 1849 settled in Scioto township. The maternal grandfather, Isaac Robison, was an Irish farmer who came to Pickaway County when a young man, gave Robtown its name and died there, after a residence of many years. His wife, the maternal grandmother of our subject, died in 1845.

James R. Hott received his education at Robtown in the township schools and when 17 years of age commenced farming and his long, active, practical and useful career as a working member of his home community. With the exception of about six years when he worked at the carpenter's trade, he has been engaged in agricultural labors ever since. Born February 2. 1861, Mr. Hott was married in January, 1889, to Katie B. Rhoads, daughter of George \V. and Amelia Rhoads. Two children were born to this union, namely : Hazel M.. and Clarence Turney, both students in the Ashville High School.

Mr. Hott is an active and influential Democrat, having repeatedly served as a delegate to county conventions. He has served on the Scioto township School Board for the past 12 year As a citizen or farmer he holds an unassailable place in the general esteem of the community and the county, with which his own life and the careers of his ancestors have been so substantially intertwined.

EDWARD C. RECTOR, a representative agriculturist of Pickaway County, the owner of a valuable farm of 350 acres, located in one body in Deer Creek and Wayne townships, was born on this farm August 31, 1872. He is the only son of George B. and Isabel (Campbell) Rector.

The Rector family was founded here by the grandfather, Edward Rector, who was a native of Virginia. The Campbell family is also a very old one in Pickaway County; the maternal grandfather of Edward Rector, Robert Campbell, was born here December 2, 1824, and married Nancy Hanson, who lived on the old Bennett farm in Deer Creek township. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell settled in Wayne township and they reared these children : Barbara, Isabel, Robert, Samuel, Nannie, Nellie and Emma. Robert Campbell married (second) Rebecca S. Westenhaver, of Westfall, and the children of this marriage were : Fannie, Jessie, Wilda, 0llie, Frank, Grace and White. Later Mr. Campbell removed to Kinderhook, where he became postmaster and station agent and lived for 10 years, one of the most highly respected citizens of that place. Later he retired to the home of his (laughter, Mrs. Rector, and still is in the enjoyment of excellent health.-

Mr. Campbell is one of the oldest residents of Pickaway County and has been one of the most useful. For k number of years he served as president of the Pickaway County Agricultural Society and has held many of the important township offices. He is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Edward C. Rector has been an agriculturist all his life and operates his large farm with very satisfactory results. He is one of Deer Creek township's leading citizens, is 'president of the Board of Education and a promoter of all the movements which promise to benefit this section--the maintaining of good roads and the introduction of fine breeds of stock as well as the encouraging of educational and religious advancement. He is one of the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in his neighborhood.

In 1899 Mr. Rector was married to Eliza-

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beth Metzger, who is a daughter of Charles Metzger, of Ross County. They have three children, viz.: Dwight, George B. and Gwendolen. Mr. Rector is a Knight Templar Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine at Columbus. He belongs also to the Elks.

ARCHIBALD WHITESEL, a prominent citizen and representative farmer of Salt Creek township, whose fine farm of 182 1/2 acres is situated near Tarlton, was born in this township, February 4, 1836. His parents were Jacob and Elizabeth (Thomas) Whitesel.

Among the old settlers of Salt Creek township, the Whitesel family stands among the foremost. It was established here by the grandfather of our subject, Nicholas Whitesel, who came to Ohio when his son Jacob was 18 years old. The latter spent his long life in Salt Creek township. He was born in Virginia and possessed many of the qualifications for good citizenship which may be noted in natives of the Old Dominion. In early manhood he was a Whig in his political sentiments but later became identified with the Republican party. As a man of reliability and stability, many of the township offices were open to him, but he accepted only that of trustee and possibly that of school director. He married Elizabeth Thomas, who was born in Pennsylvania and they had five children, the three survivors being : Elizabeth, a resident of Tarlton; Archibald; and Maria, wife of Israel Dum, of Fulton, Kentucky. Jacob Whitesel died in 1871. He was a trustee and class leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Archibald Whitesel grew to manhood on the home farm in Salt Creek township and has never separated himself from an agricultural life. He obtained his education in the schools of his native township and the Circleville Union School, and practically applied his knowledge by teaching for four terms in both Pickaway and Fairfield counties. He is one of the best informed men in his locality as well as one of the most successful farmers.

Mr. Whitesel was married (first), in October, 1868, to Margaret Robinson, who was a native of Ross County, Ohio. On May 24, 1893, Mr. Whitesel was married (second) to Ozilla E. Bussert, who was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Jacob H. and Mary (Armstrong) Bussert. Her mother was born in Hocking County, Ohio, and the father in Salt Creek township, Pickaway County, a son of William Bussert, one of the early settlers of the township. When Mrs. Whitesel was nine years old, her parents moved to Livingston County, Illinois, where she was reared and educated. In 1893 she returned to Ohio, where she was soon married to Mr. Whitesel.

Both Mr. Whitesel and wife are active workers in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Whitesel is president of the board of trustees and a very dependable factor in both its material and benevolent activities. Mrs. Whitesel owns a fine farm of 135 acres in Livingston County, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Whitesel are well known through their section of the county as hospitable entertainers and they have many pleasant social ties at Tarlton. Their portraits accompany this sketch.

MILTON WESLEY PECK, proprietor of a fine farm of 114 acres in Wayne township, and closely identified with its public administration, was born December 6, 1851, in Deer Creek township, Pickaway County, Ohio, within six miles of where he now lives. He is a son of John J. and Matilda (Hurst) Peck, both natives of Pickaway County. His grandfather, Henry Peck, who was a Virginian, came hither from his native State, becoming a resident of Pickaway County in 1811 after his marriage. He was accompanied by his father, George. Peck, the great-grandfather of our subject. Henry Peck purchased a tract of land in Deer Creek township and in Ross County, Ohio. He and his wife had a family of nine children, of whom John J., the father of our subject, was the youngest. In time the

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latter bought all the land owned by his father in Pickaway and Ross counties. John J. Peck died in Ross County in 1904, and was buried in Deerfield township cemetery; his wife, the mother of Milton W., had passed away in Pickaway County, as early as 1855.

On the 21st of October, 1875, Milton W. Peck was married to Mary Albright, daughter of Francis and Frances Albright, and 12 children were born to them; of these five are dead and the following alive: J. Francis, who married Osa Warner and is the father of a daughter--Marjorie; Ward H., Blanche P., Ferne, Audre, Garnett and Milton Carr, all living at home.

Mr. Peck is practically identified with the township government, having served as trustee and being at present a member of the Board of Education. As to the fraternities, he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Order of Red Men. Both he and his wife are active and stanch adherents of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

LEVIN CORKWELL, whose 240 acres of fine farming land are situated in Monroe township, belongs to one of the old pioneer families of the State, which was established when all Central and Northern Ohio was yet a wilderness and wild animals and Indians were plentiful. Mr. Corkwell was born on the last day of May. 1836, in a rough log cabin, which was the family home at that time, situated in a little clearing in Ross County, Ohio, his parents being Benjamin and Charlotte (Evans) Corkwell.

The parents of our subject were among the first white children born in Ross County and the father had also the distinction of being, before his death, the oldest continuous resident of the county.

As nearly as can be traced, the Corkwell family belonged originally to England and it is supposed that the great-grandfather emigrated thence to Maryland. most probably in boyhood. He met his death by drowning. His son Henry, our subject's grandfather, wasborn in Maryland and married there and he and his young wife started to keep house on a pioneer farm in Ross County, Ohio, when all this section of the State was, still full of the tragedy of Indian warfare. The father of our subject frequently recalled his anxious boyhood when every unwonted sound aroused fears of an Indian outbreak. His early recollections of Chillicothe were of a village about the present size of Five Points. Henry Corkwell appears to have been a man of industry and business capacity for he acquired much land and left an impress upon the community. His children inherited some 300 acres in Ross County. Among them were Amelia, William, Henry, Levin and Benjamin.

Benjamin Corkwell was born in 18o6, in Ross County, Ohio, and died in Monroe township, Pickaway County, in 1876. He was twice married. His first wife, Charlotte Evans, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, left him eight children, viz.: Nancy, Henry, Amelia, Sampson, Benjamin, James, Mary and Levin. She was married when 16 years of age and died at the age of 32. Later, Benjamin Corkwell married Mary Noble and they had seven children, namely : Charity, George, Elizabeth, Elijah, Thomas, William and Winfield. Of this second family, all survive except William, who died young. Of the first family, Nancy, Henry, Amelia and Benjamin are deceased. Benjamin Corkwell purchased land on Deer Creek, partly cleared, for which he paid $16 per acre. At the time of his death he had a farm of 550 acres in Pickaway County.

Levin Corkwell went to school in an old log house near his father's farm in Ross County, and accompanied his father, when 13 years old, to Pickaway County. He assisted. until his, marriage and subsequently, in clearing and cultivating the 160-acre farm which his father had bought along Deer Creek. After his marriage he and his wife started housekeeping in a rough; log cabin which stood on the farm when his father bought it, but later purchased the present farm of our subject, the first purchase being one of 130 acres and the second one of no acres. Here Mr. Corkwell has lived ever since, has developed a fine property, has reared an honorable family and has as-

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sisted in establishing the good roads, and building the fine schoolhouses for which Monroe township is noted throughout Pickaway County. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and belongs to the organization known as the Monroe Township Protective Association.

On October 4, 186o, Mr. Corkwell was married to Margaret Elizabeth Hennis, who was born March 1, 1844, in Ross County, Ohio, and has resided in Monroe township since she was six years old. Her parents, William and Mary Jane (Noble) Hennis, were natives of Ross County. Her paternal grand-father, John Hennis, came with his wife Margaret from Maryland and settled at an early clay in Ross County. Her maternal grandparents, Caleb and Elizabeth (Miller) Noble, were also early settlers in Ross County. Mrs. Corkwell had one brother, William, who married Flora Almon. He served two years in the Civil War and survived its dangers but died shortly afterward. The father of Mrs. Corkwell died when she was a babe of 16 months. Her mother married again, becoming the wife of Martin Bowman, and they had a family of eight children, those who survived infancy being: Mary (Reichelderfer) ; Sarah (Baker) ; Christina (McCafferty) ; Martin, who married Louise Hosler; and Ida (Prudent). Mrs. Corkwell was reared on an adjacent farm to the one on which Mr. Corkwell grew up.

Mr. and Mrs. Corkwell have had seven children, as follows : Charlotte, deceased, who was the wife of Dr. William Dick, a physician at Columbus; Abner Ross and Charles William (twins), who. died aged nine months; George, who married Ella Pherson and at his death left his widow and one daughter, Lilie, who resides at Pherson ; Josie, who married Stanton Adkins and has a pleasant home near Five Points; Artimethy, who died in infancy; Minnie. deceased, who was the wife of William Crabbel and the mother of two children --Howard and Goldie.

CHARLES EVERETT DICK, our subject's grandson, has been. a resident of Pickaway County for 14 years. His mother, Mrs. Charlotte (Corkwell) Dick, died at Columbus when he was nine years old. His father, Dr. William Dick, was born in Darby township, Pickaway County, Ohio, studied medicine at Starling Medical College, Columbus, where he was graduated in the class of 1888. Dr. Dick is a well-known practitioner at Columbus. In 1895 he took a special course at New York and has an established reputation in his profession. To his marriage with Charlotte Cork-well were born two children--Charles Everett and Glennie Florence. The latter was born in 1884, at Mount Sterling and died February 12, 1902, her death following closely that of her mother, which occurred at Columbus, December 7, 1901.

Charles Everett Dick was born on his grandfather's farm in Monroe township, later accompanied his parents to Mount Sterling and still later to Columbus, where he enjoyed the advantages offered by the city public schools. The death of his mother, however, caused his return to his grandfather and he completed his education in the graded schools at Five Points: Since his marriage, Mr. Dick has resided on his grandfather's farm of 110 acres, managing both this and his grand father's home farm.

On October 9, 1902, Mr. Dick was married to Jennie Alice Miller, who was born in 1884 in Darbyville, and is a daughter of Dr. J. A. and Theresa (Miller) Miller. Dr. Miller's children were: William A., who died in 1904; Jennie (Mrs. Dick) ; Edna Pauline; and Marianna Laura. Mrs. Dick graduated at the Darbyville High School in the class of 1901 and is a lady of education and social acquirements. Mr. Dick has always been active in the Republican party and in 1904 he was elected clerk. of Monroe township, his popularity being shown by his nomination to office before he had attained his majority.

WILLIAM MADISON HOOVER, who has resided on his present homestead in Harrison township, for more than 40 years, is the owner of a farm of 121 1/2 acres about two and one half miles northeast of Ashville, on Walnut Creek. Until 1903 he was

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actively engaged in farming, and was one of the leading hog-growers of Pickaway County. but is now chiefly engaged in the sale of fertilizers and wire fencing. The homestead, which was originally settled by a Mr. Cummings, was purchased by our subject's father in the last year of the Civil War ; but all except 20 acres of the Walnut Creek farm was purchased from the proceeds of our subject's hog-raising business.

William M. Hoover was born in Harrison township, Pickaway County, Ohio, on a farm near his present homestead, August 10, 1854. being a son of Jacob and Ivy (Kyles) Hoover. The father was a native of Walnut township. this county, born December 20, 1824, and spent an unobtrusive, honest life in farming; he is deceased, as well as the mother, who was born September 29, 1828, and died April 13. 1864. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hoover were born 10 children, namely : Samuel H., Sarah A., Hannah J., William Madison, James H., Phoebe Elizabeth, Harriet, Susannah Emma, George B. and a child that died in infancy. George Hoover, the grandfather of our subject, took up land in Walnut township at a very early day, when the county was covered with wide-extending and mighty forests.

William M. Hoover attended the common schools of his native county, was trained in the common-sense methods of the practical farmer, and has profited by both his education and his early training. He acquired property and an honorable standing as a citizen, and on December 9, 1875, was united in marriage with Margaret Arbaugh, daughter of John and Nancy Arbaugh, residents of Harrison township. The parents of Mrs. Hoover: were natives of Vinton County, this State, and in 1858, when she was two years of age, migrated to Pickaway County.

To Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hoover have been born 10 children, viz.: Ollie E., born October 13, 1876: Herbert, born January 29, 1879, who died June 29, 1885 ; Walter J.. born July 2, 1881, engaged in farming north of Ashville, who married Edith J. Berry, of Harrison township: John Herschel, born July 24, 1883, who married Jessie Hickman,of Columbus, and resides in Ashville; Claude and Maude (twins), born September 27, 1887; Herman and Thurman (twins), born March 29, 1890, the former of whom died July 4, 1890, and the latter, July 7, 1890; Lulu N., born November 12, 1891; and James Robert, born January 13, 1894.

Since his marriage, Mr. Hoover has resided on the homestead which he now occupies. As a stanch Democrat he has been active in the politics of the county, and has served for 12 years as trustee of Harrison township. As to his fraternal relations, he is a member of the Knights of Honor. Mrs. Hoover is a member of the United Brethren Church, at Ashville.

ALLEN DRUM, a progressive, representative farmer of Salt Creek township, and a member of the township School Board, resides on his finely cultivated farm of 130 acres. Mr. Drum was born in this township, November 12, 1842, and is a son of William and Sarah (Bowman) Drum.

The family, of which our subject is a member came to Ohio from the rich agricultural section of Pennsylvania, known as Berks County. Henry Drum, the paternal grandfather, who ,was a soldier. in the War of 1812, came at an early day to Pickaway County and settled in Salt Creek township with his wife and two daughters. His land, situated in section 5, he improved into an excellent farm.

William Drum, father of Allen Dram, was a lifelong resident of Salt Creek township. Like his father, he was a man of sterling character, honest, industrious and moral and in his death the township lost an excellent citizen. He served on several occasions as to township trustee and so enjoyed the confidence of his fellow-citizens that they consulted his --- gment very frequently on matters of locate importance. He was a stanch Democrat. He belonged to the German Reformed Church. His death took place October 5, 1896. He married Sarah Bowman, who died April 25, 1895.

The surviving children of William and

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Sarah (Bowman) Drum are : Josephus, of Upper Sandusky, Ohio; Allen, of this sketch ; Mary A., wife of Capt. Henry Hinson, of Tarlton, Ohio; and Emily, wife of Walter Gray, of Circleville.

Allen Drum was reared on the paternal farm in Salt Creek township and was educated in the district schools. From youth he has been associated with agricultural operations and has always been a farmer. He owns 130 acres of good land, which he has developed into one of the best farms in the township. He is also a good business man and understands how to gain the full measure of return for his efforts, intelligently watching the markets and keeping in touch with outside affairs which affect agricultural conditions. He raises the grains best suited to this locality and breeds excellent stock.

On January 19, 1865, Mr. Drum was married to Louisa Heffner, who was born in Washington township, Pickaway County. Ohio. September 24, 1839, and is a daughter of David and Lydia (Bear) Heffner. Mrs. Heffner died June 19, 1897. David Heffner, who was a native of Salt Creek township, Pickaway County, was a son of Abraham and Catherine Heffner, natives of Pennsylvania, who were early settlers in Salt Creek township. Of the children born to David Heffner and wife, six survive, as follows : Eliza A., widow of Edward Dresbach, residing at Stoutsville, Ohio; Mary A., wife of David Leist, of Pickaway County; Caroline, widow of Amos A. Leist, residing at Circleville; Louisa, wife of our subject; Lydia, widow of Rev. John W. Walkey, of Stoutsville; Sallie A., widow of Andrew Leist, residing in Washington township; and David J., of Washington township. David Heffner died March 28, 1882; Mrs. Heffner died June 19, 1897. They were members of the German Reformed Church.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Drum were : Omer C., deceased; Starling A., of Salt Creek township; Minard, of Fairfield County; Guy T., of Washington township; and Orton E., who is living at home.

Allen Drum and wife are leading members of the Evangelical Association. In politics Mr. Drum has always been identified with the Democratic party. He has served for nine years as school director of District No. 3, during this time taking great care as to the proper equipments for the schools, the selection of competent teachers, the comfort of the pupils and also for the economical management of all the affairs of the school district. He is a good citizen whose value to his community is recognized and who stands high in public esteem.

G. F. WITTICH, the leading confectioner at Circleville and a pioneer settler of 1836, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, was born at Ehingen, Kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, on November 28, 1819, and is a son of Immanuel Fr. and Maria Catherina (Wolfer) Wittich.

In 1836 the father of Mr. Wittich, accompanied by his wife, his son, G. F., his daughter Sophia and her husband, Christian G. Hartmeyer, with their little son, Charles F., making a party of six, crossed the Atlantic Ocean. landing at the port of New York in August of that year. The eldest son, Ferdinand Frederick Wittich, had preceded them to the United States, coming in 1833. From New York the party went up the beautiful Hudson to Albany, thence by the Erie Canal, to Buffalo, where they took passage for Cleveland and from there traveled by way of the Ohio Canal to Circleville. where they met the son and brother.

The father was a bookbinder by trade and both of his sons had learned the business in Germany and Ferdinand Frederick was working at that trade in Circleville. While he knew that his younger brother was a capable workman, he probably felt that there would be a better business opening in a small town, in some other line, and he suggested to G. F. that he turn his attention to the manufacture of confectionery. The younger brother consented very readily and went to Cincinnati and became an apprentice to this business under Joseph P. Mayer. He made a contract with his employer,.

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by which he was to receive the sum of $4 per month, with board, lodging and washing, during the first year and during the second year he was to have $2 per month additional. He soon became very useful to his employer and he recalls an occasion, when, in 1838, he was obliged to cut short a visit he was making to his parents, in order to hasten back to Cincinnati to assist Mr. Mayer in filling large orders. He remembers also, at this time, that he walked from Portsmouth to Circleville, it being March and the canal not yet opened for traffic. He remained in Cincinnati until 1839, becoming an expert in the bakery and confectionery business.

In this year, in association with his brother, Ferdinand Frederick, he established the business which has developed into what it is to-day, beginning as a fancy bakery, under the firm name of F. F. & G. F. Wittich. The only business of the kind then carried on here was a very small one, owned by a Mr. Leggit, who conducted an ice cream room, the product being of a very indifferent kind, in a corner room of the old National House. Mr. Leggit sold the business to a Mr. McBride and from him the Wittich brothers purchased some of their earliest fixtures. Their first establishment was located on North Court street.

In 1842 the firm moved the business on the circle, where they continued until 1857, when Mr. Wittich moved into his present establishment at No. 105 West Main street, where fine quarters are maintained, equipped with every modern improvement. He is the recognized leader in the business. Even as far back as 1855, his establishment was noted for its well-arranged comfort and for the excellence and variety of the goods handled. He had come back from Cincinnati with many modern ideas and, with characteristic enterprise, was anxious to build up a business similar to those with which he had been familiar in the large city. He was very ably seconded by his brother. An early innovation was the introduction. of a soda water fountain, which they put in in 1841.

To give some idea of the scope of the business even at that early date (1855), we are permitted to quote from Mr. Wittich's "Family History," describing his salesrooms :

"The first floor store room on the east side was to be used for a salesroom for confectionery, fruits, nuts and toys. The rear room was for storage and a kitchen for use in cooking oysters, etc. The west side rooms were for ice cream parlors, for the serving of oysters and general lunch rooms. The basement was furnished with a bake oven, furnace, tool shed, and was also used in the making of candy of all kinds, sugar toys, syrups, jams, soda water, ice cream, etc. The hall above was rented out for public entertainments, concerts and meetings of all kinds."

On October 4, 1842, G. F. Wittich was united in marriage with Henrietta Keller, who was the youngest daughter of Col. Valentine Keifer, who was an old pioneer of Pickaway County, settling here in 1805. Mr. and Mrs. Wittich became the parents of nine children, as follows : Albert Theodore, Melanchthon, Theophilus Keller, Clara, Rose Cornelia, Willis, Ella, Edward, and Frank.

Albert Theodore, the eldest son, is a resident of Toledo. He was born November 29, 1843. On September 1, 1864, he was married to Amanda M. Schultz, of Miamisburg. After her death, he married Rose Hirsch, and his third union was with Mrs. Amanda Parkhurst, of Gloversville, New York. Melanchthon, the second son, was born October 7, 1845. On April 20, 1867, he was married to Julia Horn. He died December 27, 1900. The third son, Theophilus Keffer, was born May 3, 1847, and was married to Lizzie Cook, on December 25, 1878. He is greatly talented in music and teaches the same in San Francisco, California. Clara, the eldest daughter, was born July 15, 1849, and died September 24, 1850. Rose Cornelia, born June 20, 1851, was married July 24, 1888, to S. C. Gamble, who is a well-known attorney at Circleville. Willis, who is a retired officer of the United States Army, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, resides at Plattsburg, New York. He was born February 21, 1853, and was married to Lillian Mearns, of Highland Falls, New York, on December 27, 1876. Ella, who was born January 17, 1855, married Dr. Edgar A. Mearns, of High-land Falls, New York, on December 14, 1881. Dr. Mearns is a surgeon in the United States

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Army. Edward, who was born .February 16, 1857, was married on April 20, 1882, to Lois Jones. He is the manager of his father's establishment. Frank, the youngest of the family, was born October 8, 1859, is unmarried and resides at St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Wittich has a family which reflects credit upon him and the community. There are five grandchildren to give him respect, affection and obedience.

In politics, Mr. Wittich has always been a stanch Democrat, but has rarely consented to hold office. The exception has been as a member of the Board of Education, on which he served for 38 years, being secretary of this body for 30 years. In 1833 he was confirmed in the Lutheran Church and has lived consistently in its faith ever since: For many years he was a member of the church council and its secretary. From boyhood he has been a musician and all of his family have inherited the talent in more or less degree. When he was but 14 years of age, he became second flutist in the church orchestra, and for several years after coming to this country he was identified with musical organizations. It is a pleasure which he still indulges.

IRA M. SCOTHORN, a well-known agriculturist, successful teacher and most worthy citizen of Walnut town resides on the homestead farm of 167 acres, which is situated in section 8. He was born on this farm on June 20, 1870, and is a son of Monroe and Margaret (Morrison) Scothorn.

The Scothorn family has been known in Pickaway County since 1805. Like many: other old and subsequently prominent families, the early annals were not carefully preserved, a fact much to be regretted, for the Scothorn family has become one of the most numerous and important families of Walnut township, through a virile increase of the old stock and through inter-marriage with a large number of the .other old and honorable families of this vicinity. In preparing a family record as nearcomplete as possible, reference is made to a neat pamphlet pertaining to the family which was prepared by two of its members in 1905.

The family originated in Scotland. Early in the 17th century two brothers left their highland glens to seek their fortunes in the great country which looked so inviting across the waters of the Atlantic. After the usual adventures incident to travel in those early days, the brothers reached Greenbrier County, Virginia, and there Lewis Scothorn, the ancestor of the present branch of the family, established his home and subsequently married, in Virginia, a member of the Bell family, which is known all over that State. Lewis Scothorn had two children, a daughter and son, Mary and Joseph.

In 1805, Lewis Scothorn seems to have left Greenbrier County, with wife and two children, and crossed to Ohio, probably making the journey in the old covered wagon of that time or possibly on horseback. He took up a goodly piece of land in Walnut township, Pickaway County, which, although then in the center of a wild and unsettled section, was favorably located as to water, the first consideration among our pioneer fathers. The mother of Mary and Joseph died while the family was still new in this locality. At a later date Lewis Scothorn married a Miss Tallman and six sons and two daughters were born to them, who bore the names of Lewis, John, William, George, Charles, Samuel, Eliza and Sarah.

Lewis Scothorn died in 1816, having lived in Walnut township during the whole of his life in Ohio. He was a typical pioneer and gained a great local reputation as a woodsman. He was a man of great industry and began the clearing of the pioneer farm which he did not live to complete.

The widow of Lewis Scothorn subsequently married a Mr. Turner and in her age was generally known as "Grandmother Turner" in her neighborhood, where she lived to advanced years. Mr. Turner died shortly after marriage.

Mary Scothorn, the eldest child of Lewis Scothorn, familiarly known as "Aunt Polly Miller," was born in 1794 in Virginia, and

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married (first) John Claur. Of .their three children, two died in infancy. The other, a (laughter. lived to womanhood and became the wife of Joshua Fridley and died April 16, 1845, aged 29 years. After the death of Mr. Claur, his widow married Peter Miller, who was also born in Virginia and accompanied his parents to Walnut township, Pickaway County, in 1804. He became a man of prominence in the township, served many years as a justice of the peace and is represented as having been a man far above the average in intellect. His death was occasioned by a fall from a horse, in 1849, being then 66 years old. One child of this marriage died in infancy, and the others were: Joash, Nancy, Elizabeth, Stephen, Joseph P., Mary A. and William H. Joash, born in 1822, practiced law at Circleville for a time but subsequently moved to the West. He had three children. His wife was a member of the Tallman family. Nancy, born in 1824, married Shadrach Cole and they removed to Nebraska. They reared eight children. Elizabeth, born in 1827, married Enoch Hines and they had five children--Edward, Ella, Ida, Alma and Clara. Stephen, born in 1829, married Sarah Hines, and they resided for a time in Madison township, Pickaway County, and now live in retirement at Circleville. Joseph P., born in 1832, married Mahala, Culp; they have two children--Henry and Amelia. Mary A., born in 1835, married Adam Claur, and had two children. They reside in the State of Illinois. William H., born in 1839, married a Miss Glick and had three children.

Joseph Scothorn, the only .son of Lewis Scothorn's first marriage, was born March 4, 1796, in Virginia. He assisted his father in the clearing of the pioneer farm and continued to follow agricultural pursuits to the close of his life, when he left an ample estate. He died September 30, 1864, aged 68 years. He married Hannah Crum, who was of German ancestry, but was born in Virginia in 1798. Her parents were pioneers in Madison township, Pickaway County.

Joseph and Hannah (Crum) Scothorn had five sons and five daughters, as follows : Lewis, Sarah and Mary, deceased in infancy; Thomas J., Elizabeth, Monroe, Nancy, Eliza, Francis A. and Thornton. Thomas J., born August 1, 1820, married Rebecca Pritchett and to this marriage were born three children, two of whom died in infancy. The third, Amelia, became the wife of Henry B. Morris, of Circleville. Elizabeth, born March 16, 1824, married Jackson Hoover and six of their seven children survived infancy, namely : Lewis C., Monroe, William F., Sophronia, Sarah and Nancy. Monroe, born March 20, 1830, married Margaret Morrison, who was born April 23, 1833, and died April 23, 1906, aged exactly 73 years. They had three sons and three daughters : Thomas J. died aged seven and a half years; George M., who married Jennie Faust and had two sons--William H. and Harley Edward (who died in infancy) ; Olive, born June 26, 1859, who is the widow of Peter E. Hoover and the mother of two daughters--Laura and Dora; Lida, who married Charles F. Brinker. of Ashville, Ohio, and has two daughters--Marie and Dorothy ; Emma, who married Jacob L. Hoover and has one son--Ira ; and Ira M., always a resident of the old homestead, who married Mary Altha Burgett. Nancy, born April 1, 1832, married Silas A. Peters, and one of their three children grew to maturity--Josephine. Eliza, born June 20, 1834, died aged 19 years, unmarried. Francis A., born March 7, 1837, married Josephine Kenard, and of their 11 children seven grew to maturity, namely : Mattie, who married Carl Pickering and has three children; Anna, who married Charles Werst and has three children; Rose, who married a Mr. Bradbury and has one child, a daughter; and Frank M., Clarence, Thomas and DeWitt, all of whom reside in Kansas. Thornton lives in the northern part of Ohio.

The second marriage of Lewis Scothorn resulted in the birth of two daughters-Eliza and Sarah, and six sons--John, Lewis, Charles, George, William and Samuel. Eliza died soon after her marriage to a Mr. Swisher in Franklin County. Sarah married Asa Trone and they had three children : Catharine, who married Harvey Long; William, who married a Miss Whitehead; and Eliza, who mar-

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tied a Mr. Whitehead. John settled near Findlay, Ohio, but later moved to Fort Scott, Kansas, where he died. He married a Miss Glick and is survived by some of his children who are located in the West. Lewis married Susannah Westenhaver. For a year or two after marriage he lived on the farm of Peter Miller and then moved over on Walnut Creek, where he built a sawmill. After running his mill for several years, he sold out and built a residence a short distance away on a farm he had bought, where he lived until his death. Lewis and his brother John were both sold carpenters. They built many large barns and other buildings throughout the neighborhood. Lewis Scothorn and wife had eight children, of whom five grew to maturity, namely: George W., who married Hattie Pontius, settled first in Walnut township and after some rears moved to Winfield, Kansas they have two sons: Rebecca, who married John H. Hatt and had four children : Sophronia, who married Frederick Plazier, a miller by occupation, settled for a while in Walnut township and later moved to London, Ohio--they had several children; Frances. who married Isaac Noggle and had one daughter, who is now the wife of Edward Weiser; and W. H.. who married Fanny Moyer and has four children--Calvin, Samuel, Cora and Florence. Charles and George were lost sight of in young manhood. William married in Hancock County, Ohio, resided a number of years in Washington and Oregon, after his wife's death, but subsequently returned to Walnut township, Pickaway County, and spent his last .days with his brother Lewis; his one daughter married a Mr. Clark, of Circleville. Samuel, the last of the brothers, was born in Walnut township, later resided in Franklin County and still later in Seneca County, Ohio, whence he removed, in 1855, to Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, where he died in 1861. 'He was thrice married and had 11 children.

Lewis Scothorn, the founder of the family in Ohio, lies in an old burying ground north of East Ringgold, in a spot not . far distant from the place where he first located when he came to Ohio. Years have passed since his long sleep began. Where. in his day, waved the tall grass that concealed the richness of the fertile land beneath. or grew the dense forest that harbored both wild beast and savage, now smile cultivated fields and on the pleasant slopes live his descendants, who, in his memory, wish to preserve the old records. Full as they may be, they can never portray entirely the type of man who was able to leave an old civilize.; section and to successfully combat the hardships and face the discouragements incident to establishing a home in an unbroken wilderness.

Ira M. Scothorn, the immediate subject of this sketch, was reared and educated in Walnut township awl has always remained on the old home place. He has always followed an agricultural life in combination with that of a teacher. Mr. Scothorn is one of the best known educators in his section, having been a popular teacher in Harrison and Walnut townships since 1891.

On September 1, 1898. Mr. Scothorn was married to Mary Altha Burgett. who was forsome years a teacher in Pickaway County. Mr. and Mrs. Scothorn are members of tile United Brethren Church. Fraternally our subject is connected with the Knights of Pythias.

GEORGE PHILIP TEEGARDIN, one of the really successful business men of Ashville, prominent in all its commercial life, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, was born in Madison township, Pickaway County, Ohio, on July 11, 1848, and is a son of Aaron and Sarah (Hoy) Teegardin and a grandson of George Teegardin.

The Teegardin family originated in Prussia where the family name was spelled Tiegarden. According to the Pennsylvania State records, Abraham Tiegarden, Sr., aged 48 years, and Abraham Tiegarden, Jr., aged 18 years, emigrated from Prussia to Philadelphia. where on September 1, 1736, they took the oath of allegiance to the Province of Pennsylvania. Abraham Tiegarden, Jr.. was a member of the Rangers on the frontier from 1778 to 1781,

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and his sons, Thomas and William, were also Continental soldiers in the Revolutionary War. He married Mary Parker (known at the time as Lady Parker), who was born in England and was a resident of Annapolis, Maryland. Part of their family was born in Philadelphia and the remainder in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, to which place they removed. Their children were as follows : William, whose descendants live for the most part in Western Pennsylvania; George, whose descendants are mostly in Eastern Ohio; Moses, whose descendants are in Western Ohio ; Abraham, whose descendants may be chiefly found in Southern Indiana; Thomas, whose descendants live in Central Pennsylvania ; Susanna, who married Colonel Shyrock ; and Aaron, who with his entire family came to Pickaway County, Ohio.

Aaron Teegardin was born in Pennsylvania in 1754 and was there married to Margaret Dieble. He came to Ohio in April, 1811, and died in Pickaway County March 21, 1823, his burial being in Madison township. His seven children were as follows : George, William, Annie, Elizabeth, Jacob, Daniel and Solomon. Of these, George and William were soldiers in the War of 1812; the latter, who was in Captain Reed's company, Colonel Denny's regiment, from Pickaway County, was commissioned as lieutenant during his service.

George Teegardin, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Western Pennsylvania on April 25, 1782. He was commissioned as captain of Pennsylvania State militia and served from 1807 to 1812, when he migrated to Ohio. He was married to Christina Brobst and their children were as follows : Barbara, Annie, Mary, John and Aaron.

Aaron Teegardin, our subject's father, was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, February 18, 1810, and with his parents came to Ohio when one year old. In 1833 he was married to Sarah Hoy, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1814. He lived on the Teegardin homestead all his life except one year. He filled numerous township offices and was lieutenant, captain and major of militia, at the time of the Mexican War. He and his wife celebrated their "golden" wedding anniversary in March, 1883. Eight children were born to them, as follows : Ephraim, who resides in Southern Illinois; Mahala, deceased; John R., also deceased, who was a Union soldier in the Civil War, serving from 1862 to 1865; Augustus P., who resides at Ashville; Henry, who died in Idaho in 1863; George Philip, the subject of this sketch; Mary; and Levi, the youngest of the family, who resides at Canal Winchester, Ohio.

George Philip Teegardin received his literary education in the common schools of this county and completed his business education at the Lebanon Normal School in 1869. After leaving this institution, Mr. Teegardin clerked in the dry goods store of Dr. George L. Smith, late of Groveport, Ohio, for about a year and then entered into partnership with his brother, John R. Teegardin, at St. Paul, this county. This connection continued until 1878 when his health failed and he was obliged to return to the farm where he remained until December, 1884, when he went to Florida, where for two years he was engaged in growing fruit.

In 1886 Mr. Teegardin returned to the old homestead and in December of the following year resumed his connection with the mercantile business at St. Paul. His health continuing to be uncertain, he spent the winters of 1890, 1891 and 1892 in Florida. In the meantime, in 1891, he retired from business at St. Paul, trading his interests there for property in Ashville and remaining on the farm until 1894. For a short time thereafter he clerked for Teegardin Brothers in their hardware and grocery store at Canal Winchester, Ohio. Locating at Ashville in July, 1894, he clerked for a short time for Ward & Miller, previous to becoming a member of the firm of Ward, Miller & Company, grain dealers. This firm was succeeded by Rockey & Teegardin in the fall of 1895 and in 1897 the latter gave place to Ward & Teegardin. In August, 1902, he became the sole proprietor and successfully conducted his expanding business with the assistance of D. F. Taylor, who on July 1, 1906, was admitted as a partner, the firm now being

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known as Teegardin & Taylor. Aside from his business and domestic life, Mr. Teegardin is socially interested in Masonry, being a member of Lithopolis Lodge, No. 169, F. & A. M.; Walnut Chapter, R. A. M., at Canal Winchester; and Scioto Commandery, No. 35, K. T., at Circleville.

Mr. Teegardin has been twice married. First to Amelia Hoffhines, daughter of John and Jane '(Peters) Hoffhines, on the 24th of December, 1874. Four daughters were born to this union of whom only one is now living --Blanche, wife of R. W. Kraft, of Ashville. Mrs. Amelia Teegardin died September 10, 1886. Our subject's second marriage was to Anna Lilly, daughter of Edward and Louise (Frankenberg) Lilly, her father, who is of both English and German descent, being an attorney at Columbus. Three children--Curtis A., Sarah Louise and Bernice--all of whom are living, resulted from the second marriage.

ROBERT EMMETT HARMOUNT, postmaster at Williamsport, is an honored survivor of the great Civil War, in which he participated from 1861 until 1865. Mr. Harmount was born March 22, 1843, at Canal Dover, Tusarawas County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Martha (Steele) Harmount.

On both paternal and maternal sides, Mr. Harmount comes of Irish ancestry. His parternal grandparents came to America from Ireland, where they were married and settled in Pennsylvania. John Harmount, father of our subject, was born near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. By trade he was a shoemaker and this he followed in his native State and after settling in Ohio. He married Martha Steele, who was also born at Chambersburg and accompanied her parents to Salem, Ohio. n 1849 John Harmount removed with his family to Williamsport, Pickaway County, where Mrs. Harmount died in 1890 and Mr. Harmount in the following year. They had these children: Melvina, wife of Capt. W. B. Davis; Robert Emmett, of this sketch; Martha, deceased ; John, a resident of Circleville ; Memento, ateacher at New Holland; and Mrs. Ada Kirk, a widow, who resides with our subject.

Robert E. Harmount was six years old when his parents removed from Tuscarawas County to Williamsport, where he attended the sessions of school in the old log house which many of the older residents easily recall, and later enjoyed a course of six months at Oberlin College, a sufficient length of time to enable him to secure his certificate. He had intended teaching school, but before he had entered the educational field, the Civil War was precipitated and in July, 1861, although but 18 years old, he became a member of Company A, 27th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., under the command of Capt. Nelson F. Lutz, of Circleville. After the close of his first term of enlistment, Mr. Harmount re-enlisted, in December, 1864, at Prospect, Tennessee, and served until the close of the war, being mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky.

The full story of Mr. Harmount's army experiences, if narrated, would fill many pages of this work and would be replete with interest, covering as they do the campaigns which included fighting in Missouri, the battle and capture of Resaca, of Corinth and Iuka, the long march with Sherman to the sea, the siege of Atlanta and the closing scenes of the War of the Rebellion, the last one being the triumphal review at Washington. At the time of the death of the beloved General McPherson, Mr. Harmount was doing 'duty as a provost guard at headquarters.

After the. close of the war, Mr. Harmount returned to Williamsport, having previously spent some six months in Nebraska. He engaged for a number of years in a successful huckster business both for others and on his own account. He has always been a good and loyal citizen and an upright business man.

Although Mr. Harmount has been a life long Republican, he has never been a seeker for political preferment, his present office being the only one he has ever held. To this he was appointed in July, 1897, during the first ad-

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ministration of the late President McKinley.

In August, 1869, Mr. Harmount was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Ecord, who died in 1872, leaving one daughter, Dana Elizabeth, who resides with her father. An infant died with its mother.

Mr. Harmount is a member of Heber Lodge, No. 501, F. & A. M., and Heber Lodge, O. E. S., at Williamsport. He was a charter member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Williamsport and was formerly connected with Croce Post, G. A. R., at Circleville.

CHARLES D. STEELY, a prosperous farmer of Pickaway township, was born in this township on November 26, 1868, and is a son of John P. and Mary Elizabeth (Ludwig) Steely, now residents of Fairfield County, Ohio, the former of whom was born in Pickaway township, and the latter in Circleville township, Pickaway County.

Charles D. Steely was reared in the old home in Pickaway township and was educated in the township schools. With the exception of a short period, when he lived in Fairfield County, he has always been a resident of his native township, and since reaching maturity has followed agricultural pursuits. He is thoroughly equipped as a farmer, understanding the properties of soil and its adaptation to special grains or vegetable growths, and also has extensive knowledge concerning the ,breeding and economical feeding of stock. With this knowledge added to perseverance, industry and health, Mr. Steely has every help in the way of success.

On February 11, 1898, Mr. Steely was married to Lenora Thomas, who was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Levi Thomas, of Pickaway township. They have three children--Ruth, Hazel and Charley Guy.

In politics, Mr. Steely is a Republican. He takes an active interest in all that concerns the advancement of his section and gives hearty support to the cause of education in Pickaway township.

COL. DAVID L. SMITH. Among the prominent and highly esteemed citizens of the northern section of Pickaway County, there' is none more deserving of mention in a representative work than Col. David L. Smith, one of the best known residents of Madison township. Colonel Smith was born in Pickaway County, March 9, 1837, and is a son of Jacob and Christina (Hall) Smith.

This branch of the Smith family belonged to Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and from there came Jacob Smith, in 1808, when a boy of 14 years, accompanying his father, John Smith, who settled in Madison township, Pickaway County, on the farm now occupied by our subject. At that time all this territory was as yet unsettled, forests stood where now are cultivated fields, and Indians and wild animals roamed where now stand comfortable farm houses or pass modern lines of transportation. The older generation passed away here and Jacob Smith, after a useful, exemplary life, died on the old farm in 1870, being a man who was held in universal respect by his fellow-citizens. He was a substantial farmer and he also engaged in weaving.

David L. Smith was reared in Madison township and was educated in the best schools the township afforded. His main occupation in life has been farming and stock-raising, in which he has been uniformly successful. He has long occupied a prominent position among the agriculturists of Madison township. For many years he was identified with, military affairs, being captain 'of a company of militia in his early manhood and later became colonel of a regiment of State militia, which was made up of companies from Madison, Walnut, Harrison, Scioto and Washington townships. As commander of this regiment he was well and favorably known for a long period and has always been given the title of "Colonel." In private as well as military life, Colonel Smith has been a. good citizen. He has served Madison township as trustee, as a member of the School Board and for over a quarter of a century has been a director of School District No. 1, Madison township. He has been an active supporter

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of all the community's public spirited movements.

Colonel Smith was married in 1864 to Eliza Fellers, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio. They have had 11 children, as follows : Elva E. and Anna C., both living at home; Stephen A., who married Mary Glick and lives in Fairfield County: Jacob R., living at home; Frederick J., of Madison township; Gertrude B., wife of J. B. Klamforth, of Franklin County; Samuel D., who married Kate Fridley and resides in Madison township; John M., who married Lulu Harris and resides in Franklin County; Elmer W. and Elwood F., both living at home; and Willard L., deceased. They also have a boy of 14 years in their family, whom they have raised from the time he was eight days old--his name is Delno William Stotler.

Jacob R. Smith, the second son of the above family, and the manager of the home farm, is one of the best known agriculturists of Madison township and is extensively engaged in breeding Shorthorn cattle and Poland-China swine. He is a member of the School Board of Madison township and is a representative citizen. He is a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and has served for several years as superintendent of the Sunday-school. In politics he is a Democrat.

Colonel Smith has always been a stanch supporter of the Democratic party. Although no candidate for political honors, still he is deeply interested in its success. Colonel Smith is one of the best posted men of his community, being thoroughly acquainted with all the great questions of the day. He is a genial host, a pleasing conversationalist and from a fund of varied experience draws many an interesting story which throws light on the pioneer history of Madison township.

JAMES INSKEEP VAUSE, one of the prosperous farmers and most highly esteemed citizens of Harrison township, resides on his magnificent farm of 600 acres, on which farming and stock-raising are extensively carried on. He was born in Hamilton township, Franklin County, Ohio, August 12, 1827, but has been identified with Pickaway County since 1857. His parents were Thomas and Elizabeth (Decker) Vause.

The early history of the Vause family belongs to Virginia. The father of James I. Vause was born and reared in Hampshire County, Virginia, whence he came to Clark County, Ohio, and purchased a small farm in the vicinity of Springfield. During the War of 1812, he accompanied his neighbors to the frontier to defend their homes from the British and Indians and was captain of the company of light horse during the period of its service. He found his land well adapted to the growing of grain and the raising of stock, and through his care and excellent methods increased his holdings and became a man of substance as well as importance, owning at his death some 600 acres of land in Franklin and Pickaway counties. In 1823 he settled in the former county and erected a fine home near Lockbourne, in which he resided the rest of his life, his death occurring in 1852, at the age of 66 years. In 1817 he married Elizabeth Decker, who died in 1852, aged 60 years. Their children were : John D.. Rachel, William, Luke D., James Inskeep, Thomas B., and Hannah Decker: Of these, our subject is the only survivor. John D. married Mary Perrill and lived in Harrison township. Rachel married William Thornton Decker and they are survived by six children. William married Mary Stimmel, and Thomas B. married Missouri Moore and resided at Camp Chase, Columbus.

James I. Vause spent his boyhood in attending the district schools and in assisting on the home farm and remained there until 1858, although he had purchased a part of his present farm in 1857. This purchase was one of 482 acres, formerly the property of Joseph Renick, to which Mr. Vause has added, his last purchase, in 1892, being one of a farm of 130 acres, which he bought of George Hall and William Mott. His farm of 600 acres is devoted to crops of wheat, corn, oats and hay and to the raising of cattle, horses and swine. When Mr. Vause acquired his property, a small amount of clearing had been done, but the larger part of the land was still heavily tim-

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bered. This was subsequently cleared by Mr. Vause and placed under its present fine state of cultivation.

On November 7, 1854, Mr. Vause was married to Eliza Wright, born April 17, 1827, a daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Platter) Wright. Mrs. Vause died June 25, 1878, the mother of five children, viz.: Sarah Elizabeth, born October 17, 1856, who died at the age of eight years, to months and 17 days; Joseph Wright, born June 22, 1858, one of Harrison township's substantial men; William Thornton, born January 5, 1860, who died March 29, 1861 ; James Edward, born July 24, 1863, who married Ella Conner, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and resides at Milwaukee, where he follows his profession as civil engineer; and Mary Agnes, born September 12, 1865, who is the wife of I. J. Swayer, of Harrison township. Mr. and Mrs. Swayer have two children --Herbert Edwin and Ray Vause. Mrs. Eliza (Wright) Vause, the mother of this family, was a devoted and useful member of the Asbury Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church and was a hearty worker in the Missionary Society of that body.

Mr. Vause was married (second), on September 9, 1880, in Walnut township, Pickaway County, to Mary A. Haas, who was born November 7, 1845, in Pickaway County, Ohio, and died November 13, 1900, aged 55 years. She was a daughter of Jacob and Rebecca Haas, of Pickaway County.

The beautiful home of Mr. Vause was erected in 1873, taking the place of the old log house, which had served its time as a place of residence. Here Mr. Vause still resides, although he is relieved of all business care by his son, Joseph Wright Vause, who has always resided on the old homestead. In spite of his 79 years, Mr. Vause is in the enjoyment of vigorous health, this being a heritage from a wholesome boyhood and the result of an unusual busy life, a large part of which has been passed in the healthful pursuits of agriculture. In his political views, Mr. Vause has always been an ardent Republican. As an intelligent citizen he has kept alive his interest in public movements as well as local enterprises and has been liberal in the assistance he has given to objects of charity and benevolence when they have been brought to his attention. Aside from the personal esteem in which he is held, he is an interesting figure in Harrison township as a representative of a fine old family which came to the county as pioneers.