850 - PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO. hundred and sixty-one acres in Dixon township and is in every way a representative citizen of Preble county. Mr. Brouse and his family are members of the Christian church at Concord, Ohio, and Mr, Brouse at one time served as superintendent of the Sunday school. Throughout his life he has been active in church work. Politically, Mr. Brouse is a Democrat. FRANK JOHN. Representing one of the oldest and best-known families of Preble county, Ohio, and a man of enterprising and sterling worth, Frank John is well entitled to mention here among the substantial farmers of Preble county. It is with much satisfaction, therefore, that the story of his life and of his family is accorded a place in these pages. Frank John was born in Union county, Indiana, August 22, 1861, a son of Enoch and M. E. (Swafford) John, the former of whom was born in Butler county, Ohio, near Millville, November 4, 1828, a son of Jehu and Catherine (Hasty) John. Jehu John also was a native of Butler county. The John family is of English descent, its lineage dating back to the coming of the "Mayflower" to this country, three John brothers being members of the immortal band that landed from that vessel, and descendants of these men constitute the John family of Preble county. Enoch John was reared on a farm in Butler county, Ohio, and was educated in the common schools. By home reading and study he acquired a good education. He remained with his father until he was thirty years of age. In 1858 he married Mary E. Swafford, who was born in Union county, Indiana, November 4, 1841, a daughter of Arch and Sarah (Burroughs) Swafford. Arch Swafford was a son of Isaac and Sarah (Armstrong) Swafford. Enoch John and wife were the parents of seven sons, five of whom are still living : William, who married Mina Deem; Frank, the immediate subject of this brief review; Edward, unmarried, lives in Eaton, Ohio; A. L., who married Retta Llewellyn, lives in Eaton, Ohio, and Everett, who married Mamie Huber. The two deceased sons were Daniel and Charles. Enoch John was a man well known in Preble county as an honorable and upright citizen. He died on May 28, 1906, and his widow survived him until October 30, 1911. Mrs. John joined the Christian church at West Florence, Ohio, in 1885, later uniting with the church PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO - 851 of the same communion at Eaton, continuing her membership faithfully there to the time of her death. She was one of the best women of her day in her home community. Her life was devoted to her family and she was dearly loved by all who knew her. She was one of a family of twelve children, nine sons and two daughters and one half-brother. Frank John was reared on his father's farm, receiving his education in the district schools of his home neighborhood, after which he spent two winters in the high school at Liberty, Indiana. He took up farming at an early age and has continued ever since in this vocation. He is now the owner of one hundred and fourteen acres, five and one-half miles west of Eaton, Ohio, on the west road, and, besides general farming, specializes in the breeding of high-grade live stock, in which he has achieved enviable success, Duroc-Jersey hogs and Shorthorn cattle being his specialty. Frank John has always been active in local politics, and is identified with the Republican party. He is well known in Preble county for his sterling character and honorable, upright business methods. JOHN A. WILLIAMS. Preble county has many young farmers who are prospering far beyond that measure of success their ages would appear to warrant. Among these farmers should be mentioned the name of John A. Williams, a man of splendid attainments for the vocation he has chosen. If his past success is to be accepted as a criterion, it is only natural to assume that a larger measure of success awaits him. John A. Williams was born on March 27, 1877, in Preble county, Ohio, a son of Joseph E. and Mary A. (Aukerman) Williams. Joseph E. Williams was born in Butler county, Ohio, a son of John S. and Susan (Litehiser) Williams, natives of New Jersey. Joseph E. Williams was married and this county and in 1901 located on a farm in Washington township, where he spent the rest of his life, his death occurring in 1904. His widow now lives in Thomasville, Georgia. Joseph E. Williams and wife were the parents of three children : John A., with whom this narrative deals ; Virgie E., the wife of Daniel Coffman, of Eaton, and Jessie M., who is unmarried and lives with her mother. John A. Williams was reared on the farm and received his education in the public schools. He was graduated from the Eaton high school, and 852 - PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO. after leaving school became a teacher for one year, after which he took up farming. Mr. Williams rents, from his mother, the farm he operates, and specializes in the breeding of Poland-China hogs, owning a splendid herd, headed by "See Expansion II," out of "A Wonder." John A. Williams was married in March, 1906, to Elma Maier, who was born in Preble county, Ohio, in 1885, a (laughter of George Maier and wife. To this union has been born one daughter, Josephine A., born in 1908, who is now a student in the common schools. Mr. Williams is a Republican, although not especially active in political affairs. Fraternally, he is a member of Bolivar Lodge No. 82, Free and Accepted Masons, and also belongs to Eaton Lodge No. 30, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Williams is a quiet, unassuming man, and altogether is an honorable citizen of the county in which he lives. GEORGE A. LAIRD. Unceasing industry, sound business judgment and wise management have been the elements which have contributed to the success of George A. Laird, for many years an enterprising and progressive farmer and fruit grower of Jackson township, Preble county, Ohio. Mr. Laird's farm, known as "Sunrise Farm," consisting of eighteen acres, situated four miles east of Richmond, Indiana, on the Ohio electric traction line, is well improved and highly productive. Mr. Laird is a man of splendid character and unquestioned integrity and enjoys to a marked degree the sincere respect of the community in which he lives. George A. Laird was born in Franklin county, Indiana, March 1, 1866, the son of James and Elizabeth (Keeley) Laird, the former a native of Ireland, born March 19, 1825, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent. James Laird is still living at Fairhaven. He came with his parents to the United States in 1833, locating in Butler county, Ohio. He worked as a carpenter for many years in Preble and Butler counties. James Laird and wife were the parents of eleven children, ten of whom are living : John F., a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church, in the Springfield, Ohio, conference, who was graduated from the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio; James W., a farmer in Preble county; William G., a farmer in Preble county; George A., the subject of this sketch ; Charles F., a farmer of Preble county; Albert M., also a farmer of this county ; PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO - 853 Mary, the wife of J. J. Lee, of Union county, Indiana; Ella, who is single and lives with her father ; Hattie, the wife .of I. N. Morrow, and Emma, the wife of Edward Anderson. George A. Laird has lived in different places in Franklin and Union counties, Indiana, and in Butler and Preble counties, Ohio. He attended the common schools and the normal school at Camden, Ohio, after which he taught six terms of school in Preble county and in Van Wert county, Ohio. Mr. Laird was married in 1893, to Sadie Brown and one daughter, Mildred, was born to this union. She is a graduate of the New Paris high school and the wife of Earl Maddock. They live near Camden, Ohio. Mrs. Sadie Laird died and Mr. Laird married, secondly, Marjorie Smith, to which union three children have been born, Russell E., a student in the first year of high school at Campbellstown, having taken the highest average in the Patterson examination in this county, being awarded a silk flag by the county board of examiners ; Florence, who is ten years old, and Earnest A., who is six. Mr. Laird is an extensive grower of fruit and truck and finds a profitable market for everything he is able to produce. He is enterprising, progressive and prosperous, a man of wide influence in his neighborhood. Mr. Laird is a Republican and is a member of the Jackson township school board, holding this position with rare credit to himself and satisfaction to the people of this township. Mr. and Mrs. Laird and family are members of the Friends church at New Westville. The Lairds are quiet, unassuming people, well respected in Jackson township and devoted to the best interests of the community in which they live and in which they are well-recognized leaders. SAMUEL COTTERMAN. Progress may well be said to form the keynote of the career of Samuel Cotterman, a well-known and influential farmer now living in honorable retirement in Lewisburg, Preble county, Ohio. He has not only been interested in the work of improving his personal fortune, but his influence has been felt in the progress and prosperity of this community. Samuel Cotterman has been an industrious man all of his life and has striven to keep abreast of the times. As a result, every mile-post in his career has found him further and further advanced, more prosperous and possessed with an increasing number of friends. 854 - PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO. Samuel Cotterman, a well-known retired farmer of Lewisburg, Preble county, Ohio, was born on May i 1, 1849, in Washington township, Preble county, Ohio. He is the son of Jonathan and Margaret (Kisling) Cotter-man, to whom nine children were born. Two of them are now deceased. Jonathan Cotterman was born on September 11, 1817, in Montgomery county, Ohio, and was a chairmaker by trade. He came to Preble county in pioneer times and engaged in farming until he died, on February 1, 1894, aged seventy-six years, four months and twenty days. His wife, who, before her marriage, was Margaret Kisling, was born about 1821, in Preble county, Ohio, where she died on February 17, 1888, aged sixty-seven years, one month and fifteen days. Samuel Cotterman was reared on the farm and attended the public schools of Preble county, Ohio. At the age of twenty-four he was employed in a flour- and saw-mill, and, later, owned and operated the mill on what is now known as Price's creek, in Preble county. He sold out and moved to Darke county, Ohio, about 1878, where he purchased a farm of eighty acres of land, only thirteen acres of which was cleared of timber and shrubbery. There was only a small shack on the farm at that time, but Mr. Cotterman, later, made extensive improvements, including fencing, drainage, the erection of out-buildings, after which time he operated the farm until 1902, when he came to Lewisburg. Here he purchased an elevator and operated it until 1905, when he sold out. He is now retired and lives in his comfortable home in Lewisburg. He has a share with his son, Francis, in three hundred and nineteen acres of land. Samuel Cotterman was married, in 1874, to Isabella Rex, who was born on March 18, 1854, in Jay county, Indiana. She is the daughter of Herman and Diana (Shields) Rex. Herman Rex was born on February 20, 1818, in Preble county, Ohio. He was a farmer, in Jay county, Indiana, and died on January 22, 1901. His wife, who was Diana Shields before her marriage, was born on November 21, 1825, in Virginia, and died in 1878. Two children have been born to this happy union, Francis E., who is a well-known farmer of Harrison township, and Alva I., who is a grain dealer in Eaton, Preble county, Ohio. Mr. Cotterman is not identified with any particular party. He considers himself an independent voter and supports measures and men rather than political parties. He and his wife are active and devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Cotterman is held in high esteem by his neighbors, and has a host of friends in Lewisburg and vicinity, where he is well known for his upright character and many good traits of head and heart. 855 - PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO. JOHN J. GARTLAND. The history of a county or state, as well as that of a nation, is chiefly a chronicle of the lives and deeds of those men who confer honor and dignity upon society: The world judges the character of a community by those of its representative citizens and yields its tribute of admiration and respect to those whose work and actions constitute the record of a community's prosperity and pride. Among the prominent farmers of Jackson township, Preble county, Ohio, who are well known because of their success in farming, is John J. Gartland, a farmer living on rural route No. 1, out of Campbellstown. John J. Gartland was born in Gratis township, Preble county, Ohio, May 13, 1866, a son of Michael and Margaret (Foley) Gartland. Michael Gartland was born near Dublin, Ireland, in 1829, and at the age of twenty came to the United States, landing in New York City, where he remained for six years. He was in the employ of Horace Greeley while in that city. He later came to Ohio, and worked in Butler county until he got a start. He then married in New York City, after which he came to Preble county, locating on a farm of fifty-three acres in Gratis township, on which he spent the remainder of his life. His wife, Margaret Foley, also was a native of Ireland, having been born in County Cork, who came to the United States at an early age, landing at New York City, where she was married. Michael Gartland and his wife were the parents of five children, William, Mary and Ellen, deceased ; John J., with whom this narrative deals, and Jennie, the wife of Augustus Daub, living at West Middletown, Ohio. John J. Gartland was reared on his father's farm in Gratis township, and attended the district schools of his home neighborhood. When he reached his majority he began life for himself, working on a farm by the month. He received three hundred and ninety dollars from his father's estate, and now owns one hundred and sixty-three acres of land, five and one-half miles northwest of Eaton. Mr. Gartland was married on April 3o, 1895, to Mary Kennedy, who was born in Preble county, Ohio, and educated in the district schools, a daughter of Thomas and Anna (Lett) Kennedy, both natives of Ireland. To this union have been born three children, Marie, born on July 6, 1898, now a student in the high school ; Marguerite, born on July 12, 1899, is also a student in the high school, and Loretta, born on December 8, 1906, is a student in the third grade of the common schools. Religiously, Mr. Gartland and family are all devout members of the 856 - PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO. Catholic church. at Eaton, while, politically, Mr. Gartland is independent, preferring to cast his vote for individual men rather than for political parties. The Gartland family are highly esteemed in the community where they live. Mr. Gartland has not only been a successful farmer, but he has found time always for public movements and is thoroughly and deeply interested in the welfare of the community in which he lives. CLIFFORD C. GARD. The success of business men depends upon character as well as upon knowledge. Business demands confidence and where confidence is lacking, business lags. In every community some men are known for their upright character, strong common sense and moral worth, rather than for their wealth or political standing. Their neighbors and acquaintances respect them and the younger generation follow their example. Clifford C. Gard, a stock buyer and shipper of Campbellstown, this county,. is a man of this type. He is a man of modest and unassuming demeanor, well informed and a fine type of the reliable, self-made American, a friend to the poor and charitably disposed to the wants of his neighbors. Clifford C. Gard was born in Dixon township, February 17, 1878, the son of Stephen and Sarah (Dillnian) Gard. Stephen Gard was born in Jackson township, the son of Lorenzo and Matilda (Perkins) Gard, and had two brothers, Aaron and Simeon Gard. Stephen Gard was reared on a farm in Jackson township and after he was married he worked in Dixon township, to which he had moved, and there he spent the remainder of his life. He was an ardent church member and a faithful Democrat. He died on March 5, 1908, and his widow is still living. hour children were born to them, two of whom are now living, Oscar, a graduate of the Richmond Business College and a fur broker in Seattle, Washington, and Clifford C., the subject of this sketch. Two daughters, Ida and Emma, died in early childhood. Clifford C. Gard was reared on a farm in Dixon township and was educated in the district schools and the high school. He is a graduate of the Richmond Business College. After finishing business college, he became a fireman oh the Pethsylvania railroad and worked in that position for two years, his run being between Logansport and Cincinnati. Mr. Gard then operated a rented farm for seven years. He commenced the live stock PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO - 857 business while living on the farm, his first venture in that line following his. raising of one-half a carload of stock. He bought the other half and shipped the carload to market, the venture being so profitable that he enlarged the scope of his operations. He has been very successful in this business and has accumulated a substantial competence. On December 5, 1906, Clifford C. Gard was married to Nellie Shu-mate, who is a graduate of the Jackson township schools, having finished in 19oo. She was manager of the Campbellstown telephone exchange six years. To Mr. and Mrs. Gard one daughter has been born, Dorothy E., born October 14, 1907, who is a student in the public schools. Mrs. Gard is an active member of the Christian church at Campbellstown. Mr. Gard is a member of Downey Lodge No. 233, Free and Accepted Masons, at Boston, Indiana, and served as senior warden of his lodge for three years. He is a Democrat and has served as asSessor of Dixon township. Mr. Gard is proud of his native state and zealous of her progress and prosperity. He is a man who, in every respect, merits the high esteern in which he is held by his neighbors and friends. He is not only a man of intellectual attainments, but of high public spirit as well. ISAAC NEWTON WATTS. One of the representative citizens of Jackson township, Preble county, Ohio, and the proprietor. of a large saw-mill in the township, is Isaac Newton Watts. Mr. Watts has made a thorough and complete study of the business in which he is engaged, and has made more than an ordinary success of this business. He is an honorable and upright citizen, respected in the community in which he lives, and is admired for his sterling integrity and rugged principles of square dealing. Isaac Newton Watts was born on May 1, 1867, in the township where he has lived all his life, a son of William and Rachel (Cline) Watts. William Watts was born in Indiana in August, 1829, and his wife was born in 1835, and both are still living. William Watts-followed agricultural pursuits. all his life, and to him and his wife nine children were born, eight of whom are still living; Levi, John, Bud, Ida, R. L., J. I., I. N. and Maude. Isaac N. Watts was reared on his father's farm in Jackson township,. and' received his education in the district schools of his home neighborhood. At the age- of eighteen he started in life for himself, working on different 858 - PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO. farms in the neighborhood by the month until he was twenty-two years old. Mr. Watts had been able to save very little money by the time he reached this age. In June, 1889, Mr. Watts was married to Tillie Wolf, who is a daughter of J. P. Wolf, a prominent farmer of Jackson township. For several years after Mr. Watts's marriage, he worked on the farm, and now has general supervision of a farm' of ninety-six acres belonging to his mother-in-law, in addition to his work at the mill. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Watts. John M. is a graduate of the business college at Richmond. Indiana, and is a farmer. He married Agnes McBride, February 28, 1914, and they have one son, Paul Newton, who was born on December 3, 1914. Lotha is unmarried and lives at home. Since Mr. Watts has owned the saw-mill, which he operates, he has built a large and profitable business in Jackson township. He has been the sole owner of this mill since 1909. Mr. Watts is a Republican, but he has never been especially active in political affairs. He casts his vote as is the duty of every good American citizen, but he has never aspired to hold public office. The Watts family are highly esteemed in the community in which they live and are well known in that part of Preble county. ALBERT H. WILSON. Clearly defined purpose and consecutive effort in the affairs of life will inevitably result in attaining a due measure of success. In searching the career of .one who has won success, by his own efforts, there comes into view the intrinsic individuality which made such accomplishment possible. While an objective incentive and inspiration is thus granted, at the same time there is enkindled a feeling of respect and admiration. The qualities which have made Albert H. Wilson one of the prominent and successful teachers of New Paris and Jefferson township, Preble county, Ohio it also won for him the esteem of the older citizens of this city and county, an esteem which is well deserved. Mr. Wilson's career has been one of well directed energy; strong determination and honorable methods. Albert H. Wilson, a teacher in the New Paris public schools, was born on a farm in Jefferson township, Preble county, Ohio, September 23, 1890. He is a son of Chauncy C. and Mary M. E. (McKee) Wilson, the former PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO - 859 born August 17, 1834, in Dayton, Ohio, and a son of Charles and Sarah (Couch) Wilson. Charles Wilson was born in New Jersey, and his wife was a native of Pennsylvania. They were married and located in Dayton, Ohio, in 183o. The same year they removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where they lived a number of years, and then removed to Wayne county, Indiana, where they lived on a farm. Here Mr. Wilson died. He was the father of four sons and four daughters, three of whom are living. Chauncy C. Wilson, the father of Albert H., was reared on a farm near Cincinnati, Ohio, and obtained a good common-school education. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, he served in Company K, One Hundred and Ninety-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was injured and discharged, and enlisted the second time, serving until the close of the war. He was married, the first time, in Cincinnati, to Miss Fannie Carrier, and to this union three daughters were born, two of whom are now living: Jennie, the wife of John Benson, and Mrs. Margaret Carrier, both of whom reside in 'Cincinnati. Mr. Wilson received a divorce in 1889, and was married again, to Miss Mary M. E. McKee, a daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth McKee, who were of Scotch-Irish descent. Andrew McKee was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, in 1802. He was one of a family of twenty-one children of John McKee, who settled on a farm in Jefferson township. Mr. McKee was married to Elizabeth Curry, who was born in 1807 and died in the year 1886, at the age of seventy-nine years, their marriage occurring in 1834. She was also a native of Pennsylvania. Shortly after this marriage, Mr. McKee entered a piece of land northeast of New Paris, which is now known as the Wilson farm. Mr. Wilson and Miss McKee were married on September 5, 1889. Mrs. Wilson was born in Jefferson township, June 13, 1851, and was one of four children born to Andrew McKee and wife, all of whom, except herself, are deceased. Albert H. Wilson is the only child born to his father by his second marriage. Chauncy Wilson died on December 29, 1913. Albert H. Wilson was reared on a farm and educated in the district schools. He graduated from the New Paris high school, afterward became a student at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, where he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science. Mr. Wilson began to teach in 1910, and is now instructor of mathematics and science in the New Paris high school. He is a capable and efficient instructor and a young man much interested in public questions. He is a leader in the educational thought of his community, and a young man much admired for the things which he has already accomplished. He has a host of friends in Preble county, who predict for him the achievement of even greater things. 860 - PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO. JOHN L. McWHINNEY. Among the families of Preble county, Ohio, whose members have worthily discharged their duties to their community, no family takes higher rank than that of the McWhinneys,. who are prominently identified with the agricultural and social and civic life of Jackson township. For many years the members of this family have stood for all that is best in agricultural, educational and civic life and have wielded an influence that is decidedly potent in their respective communities. One of the eminent representatives of this family is John L. McWhinney, a farmer, living on rural route No. 3, out of Richmond, Indiana. John L. McWhinney, the proprietor of "Woodside Farm," consisting of two hundred and thirteen acres situated four miles east of Richmond, Indiana, was born in Jackson township, Preble county, Ohio, June 9, 1873, the son of John and Sarah J. (Moore) McWhinney. John McWhinney, Sr., was born in Jackson township, this county, August 23, 1819, a son of John McWhinney, who was reared in Wayne county, Indiana, and Preble county, Ohio. The first John McWhinney married a Miss Dougan and died in Wayne county, Indiana. John McWhinney, the father of John L., was reared in Preble county, Ohio, and Wayne county, Indiana. He was a man much interested in education and did much for the advancement of educational interests in his neighborhood. Throughout his life he was prosperous in farming. He and his wife were the parents of six children, of whom John L. is the only one now living. John L. McWhinney was reared on the farm where he now lives and was educated in the district schools. He took up farming at an early age . and has followed it throughout his life. Mr. McWhinney is a general farmer and stock raiser, but is also interested in fruit, especially in apples and peaches. He has been in the fruit business for the last two years, and now has ten acres planted in various large and small fruits. On November 30, 1899, John L. McWhinney was married to Abbie Smith,. who was born in Jackson township in 1880, the daughter of Elisha and Mary Smith. She was educated in the common and high schools, Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. McWhinney, Mary, Clarence, Robert and. Evelyn. Mr, and Mrs. McWhinney are devoted members of the Friends church at New Westville, Ohio. Fraternally, Mr. McWhinney is a member of PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO - 861 Harmony Lodge, No. 396, Knights of Pythias. In politks, he is an ardent Republican. Not only are the McWhinneys well known in the community in which they reside, but they are favorably known in that community and Mr. McWhinney, in his long residence in Jackson township, has won the admiration of a large circle of neighbors and friends. He is a progressive farmer and, undoubtedly, one of the leaders in his locality. JAMES HARVEY CONGER. Preble county has contributed many distinguished citizens to the ever-lasting glory and fame of the state of Ohio. The citizenship of Preble county is pre-eminent throughout the state, and, no doubt, there are many reasons in explanation of this fact, not the least of which is the splendid stock from which the later generations are derived. Although this reason does not appear in any particular locality from which the pioneer citizenship was recruited, yet Ohio and Preble county, in particular, do seem to have attracted a superior ancestry. One of this county's most distinguished citizens was the late James Harvey Conger. Preble county has been especially honored in the characters and careers of her business men. Few citizens, in Preble county, have achieved a more honorable standing and occupied a more conspicuous place in the public eye, than Mr. Conger. His success was attained, in a large measure, by methodical habits and a determined application of physical and mental resources, along well defined lines. During a long life he was a prominent and influential factor in the public affairs of his county and state, as well as in the different enterprises with which he was associated. Mr. Conger was one of the admirable products, of self-made .men. James Harvey Conger was born in West Florence, Preble county, Ohio, February 18, 1845, the son of Eli and Lucinda (McWhinny) Conger, na-tives of Tennessee and Ohio, respectively. They were early settlers in Jackson township, Preble county, Ohio, and had four children : Newton, de-ceased ; Caroline, the wife of ex-Governor Harris, of Eaton ; James Harvey, the subject of this sketch, and Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of B. W. Huffman. Eli Conger, the father of James Harvey, was a large land owner and farmer, one of the early settlers of Preble county and one of its distinguished pioneers. His farm was acquired from the government and is still 862 - PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO. held by the family. Eli Conger was a large stockman. He moved to Eaton in 1888 and built a home at the corner of North Barron and Eidsen streets, where he died in 1900, at the age of eighty-one. His wife died in 1888. The paternal grandfather of James Harvey Conger was a Huguenot and a soldier in the War of 1812. His maternal grandfather was of Scotch-Irish descent and an early settler in Preble county. James Harvey Conger was reared in Preble county, on a farm. FIe attended the district schools and later Antioch College. After leaving college, he engaged in the general merchandising business at West Florence, Ohio, and later in the stock and grain business in Eaton. He operated the stock yards at Eaton in partnership with Martin Swisher, and in the grain business with Pleasant Cook for his partner. He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and later, for years, was in the grain business in Eaton alone, continuing here until shortly before his death. James Harvey was married on December 2, 1875, to Emily Jane Lockwood, the daughter of Edward Page and Isabella (Maybury) Lockwood. Three children were born to this union : Harry E., Grace L. and Jessie Isabella. Harry E. died at the age of eight. Grace Lockwood married Wilbert A. Miller, of Dayton, Ohio, now a prominent business man of Cincinnati, Ohio. Jessie Isabella married Clifton Williams and lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he is a prominent attorney. They have one son, Conger. Mr. Conger died on August 26, 1911, at the age of sixty-six. In his death, Preble county lost, not only a distinguished citizen, but a man who had contributed largely to the progress of the community where he lived. Mr. Conger was a Republican.. He served many years in the Eaton city council and was also a member of the school board. It is unnecessary to say that he discharged the duties of these offices in the spirit of that same devotion which characterized every private and public duty in his life. He was secretary of the National Grain Dealers' Association at the time of his death. Mr. Conger was a stockholder in the Eaton National Bank and also of the Preble County National Bank. Mrs. Conger was born in Hamilton, Ohio, February I 1, 185o. Her father was born in Delaware, and her mother in Baltimore, Maryland. They came west and settled permanently in Eaton, where they both died, her father at the age of sixty-four and her mother at the age of eighty. They were charter members of the Eaton Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood were the parents of the following children : Emily Jane, Edwin O. and Susan Luella. The father, Edward Page Lockwood, was a shoe PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO - 863 manufacturer and dealer, in Eaton, for many years, and a man of great artistic skill. He was a soldier in the Civil War, in which he served as a musician and drum major. The entire Lockwood family were musicians. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Conger were Benjamin F. and Mary (Robinson) Lockwood, natives of Delaware, who came to Ohio over the mountains by wagon and were early settlers in Preble county. They were charter members of the Eaton Methodist Episcopal church, and both died well advanced in years. They were the parents of eleven children: Joshua, William, Jonas, Henry, Nathaniel, Edward, George, John and Mary (twins), Charles and Samuel. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Conger were Thomas and Elizabeth (Grant) Maybury, natives of Baltimore, Maryland. He was an architect and builder and had large real estate interests. He was bitterly opposed to slavery, but employed many colored people for pay. He and his wife both died in Baltimore, Maryland. Their children were William, Ann Maria, Isabella, Susan and Emily. Mrs. Conger is still living in Eaton, a charming woman, with delicate and refined tastes, and is much beloved by all who know her. FRANCIS M. DAVISSON. The life of the farmer of today is the most independent existence which can be enjoyed and, with all the modern inventions to facilitate farming, it is rapidly losing those objections which have always appeared so ominous to the average farmer lad. Moreover, the public schools have taken up the subject of farming, and today the schools of many states are teaching agriculture, as well as arithmetic and grammar. Colleges are granting degrees in agriculture, and farmers' short courses are being maintained everywhere. No better farming land can be found anywhere than in Preble county, Ohio, and among the many good farmers of this county, few have made a larger success in this time-honored occupation than Francis M. Davisson, ex-surveyor of Preble county, and a farmer living on route i, out of. West Manchester. Francis M. Davisson, the proprietor of the Maples farm; consisting of three hundred and twenty-nine acres, one and one-half miles south of West Manchester, Ohio, was born on the farm where he now lives, February 21, 1847. He is a son of Josiah and Hannah (Foos) Davisson. Josiah Davisson was born in Harrison county, now West Virginia, October 864 - PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 6, 1808, and died on November 21, 1863. His wife was the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Roberts) Foos, both natives of Pennsylvania, and was born in Warren county, Ohio, February 13, 1819. She died on July 15, 1896. Josiah Davisson was the son of Josiah and Nancy (Williams) Davisson. Josiah Davisson, Sr., was commissioned sheriff of Rockingham county, Virginia, during the Revolutionary War. He came from Virginia to Warren county, Ohio. Nancy Williams, the wife of Josiah Davisson, Sr., was the daughter of William and Hannah (Evans) Williams, natives, perhaps, of Virginia, and of Welsh descent. Nancy Williams was born on July 3o, 1772. Joseph Davisson, Sr., and wife were the parents of six children, five of whom' lived to maturity, Absalom, Jonathan, Hannah, Josiah, Jr., and Mary. The father of Mrs. Josiah Davisson, Sr., William Williams, was born on August 26, 1733, and is buried in the Kerby cemetery, near Lebanon, Ohio. His wife, Hannah Evans, was born on December 28, 1747. Their children were: Sarah, born on June 5, 1768; Mary, born on September 15, 1769; Nancy, born on July 30, 1772; Abel, born on August 28, 1774; David, born on August 15, 1777; Mary, born on November 10, 1779, and William, born on August 30, 1781. The latter served in the War of 1812. Josiah Davisson, Jr., was reared on section 14 in Monroe township, and received his education in the common schools of his day. He was married to Jane Blackford, early in life, and three children were born to this union, all of whom died in infancy. She died on March 7, 1845, and he was married again, on May 12, 1846, to Hannah Foos. Five children were born to this second union, of whom Francis M. Davisson, the subject of this sketch, is the eldest. The others are: Elizabeth A., born on April 13, 1849, who is unmarried and lives in Dayton, Ohio; Oscar F., born on June 12, 1851, who is an attorney in Dayton, Ohio; Edward C., born on April 13, 1853, who is a physician in Dayton, Ohio, having graduated from the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and Jefferson Medical School, at -Philadelphia, and Sarah A., born on September 2, 1855, who graduated from the University at Wooster, Ohio, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. She was a teacher, and now lives in Dayton, Ohio. Francis M. Davisson, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the common schools. He spent two years at Northwestern Christian, now But--ler College, at Indianapolis, Indiana, and three years in the University of Michigan, pursuing a course in civil engineering. Mr. Davisson was married on September 18, 1909, to Mary Oma PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO - 865 Stoker, who was born on July 31, 1885. She was reared near Anderson, Indiana, but came to Preble county, Ohio, during the early years of her life. Mr. Davisson is a Republican. He was elected surveyor of Preble county in the fall of 1878, and took his office on January I, 1879. He was re-elected and served for a period of six years. Mr. Davisson affiliates with the Christian church and is extremely liberal in his donations to that church. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is one of the directors of the Eldorado and West Manchester Telephone Company, as well as its president. Mr. Davisson makes a specialty of Shorthorn cattle, Poland China hogs and Oxford Down sheep. He is one of the representative and most successful farmers of Preble county. HUGH RAMSEY GILMORE. Preble county points with pride to her many distinguished citizens, living and dead. No young man stands higher in Preble county or occupies a more advantageous position before the Preble county bar than Hugh Ramsey Gilmore. Mr. Gilmore is the son of the late Judge James A. Gilmore, one of the most prominent men Preble county has given to the state. Hugh R. Gilmore, therefore, is fortunate in having enjoyed the counsel of a distinguished father and in having before him, constantly, the inspiration and example of his departed parent. But the son has received distinction 'on his own account and,, in every way, has proved himself worthy of his father's name. He was a member of his father's law firm, several years, before the latter's death. Hugh Ramsey Gilmore was born in Eaton, Ohio, September 27, 1881, the son of James A. and Ada M. (Hendricks) Gilmore, natives of Preble county. Seven children were born to the late Judge Gilmore and wife, Anna, the wife of William Ford, of Eldorado, Ohio ; Lida, deceased, who married Don Griswold ; William Allen, of Columbus, Ohio.; Joseph E., of Hamilton, Ohio ; Grace, of Eaton ; James R., of Columbus, Ohio, and Hugh R., of Eaton. Judge Gilmore was one of Preble county's best known citizens. He was a native of Preble county and died at his home in Eaton, August 28, (55) 866 - PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 1914, after having just passed his eightieth birthday. Judge Gilmore was the son of Dr. Eli and Clarissa (Clayton) Gilmore, pioneer residents of Fairhaven, Dixon township, Preble county, where he spent his boyhood days and received his elementary education. At the age of eighteen, Judge Gilmore began the study of law with his brother, Judge William Gilmore, in Hamilton, and, in 1855, was graduated from the Cincinnati Law School. Following his graduation he practiced the profession with his brother, William, in Greencastle, Indiana. While living in that town, he was married to Lizzie Applegate, who died while he was serving in the Union army. Judge Gilmore enlisted in 1861, in the Forty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served three years in the quartermasters department. After serving his enlistment in this regiment, he re-enlisted in the Ninety-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry and was assigned to the judge advocate department, where he remained until discharged in 1865. After his discharge, Judge Gimore spent a year in the west and returning to Eaton, Ohio, formed a partnership with the late Judge John V. Campbell and they practiced law in Hamilton and Eaton, Ohio. Judge Gilmore had been admitted to practice law the day after he was twenty-one years old. He was elected judge of the Preble county common pleas court in 1879 and held this office until 1884. Following his retirement from the bench, he formed a partnership with the late I. E. Freeman, and this partnership was continued until the death of Mr. Freeman. Later, he headed the firm of Gilmore, Gilmore & Saylor. Clement R. Gimore retired from this firm in 1908 and moved to Dayton, Ohio. At this time, Judge Gilmore's son, Hugh R., the subject of this sketch, was taken into the firm, under the name of Gilmore, Saylor & Gilmore. Judge Gilmore was the author of several legal works, his "Probate Practice" being a standard authority for practice in the probate court. Judge Gilmore's second marriage took place on November 12, 1868, when he was married to Ada M. Hendricks. At the time of his death, Judge Gilmore was survived by his wife and seven children, including one son, Clayton, who was born to his first marriage. Judge Gilmore was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Pythias, also the Preble County Bar Association, and other bar associations. Judge Gilmore was possessed of a strong personality and unshaken integrity. As a citizen, he was ever ready and willing to assume all the responsibilities incident to good citizenship. As a lawyer, he was honest, successful, fathflal to the extreme to his client's interest and stanch in his ,support of the dignity of the court. Judge Gilmore was a Democrat was firm in his belief of that party's PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO - 867 doctrines, and labored energetically for the party's success. He was for years a valued man in the councils of the party in Preble county, and was frequently a member of the county committee. In political campaigns, his party looked to him to do much of the speech-making and sent him innumerable times to conventions as a delegate from Preble county. It is a splendid tribute to a father that at his death his work has been taken up by a loving son. Judge Gilmore's father and the paternal grandfather of Hugh R. was Eli Gilmore, M. D., who moved from the state of Virginia to Preble county in 1825. Judge Gilmore's mother was Clarissa (Clayton) Gilmore, a member of a prominent Mississippi family. Her brother, Alexander M. Clayton, was a judge of the high court of errors and appeals in the state of Mississippi. Eli Gilmore, M. D., practiced his profession in Israel township. He and his wife lived there to advanced ages. Judge Gilmore's second wife, who survived him and who was the mother of Hugh R. Gilmore, was a daughter of George D. Hendricks, a native of Preble county, born in 1805. He died in Preble county at the age of ninety-five. At the beginning of his professional career, Hugh R. Gilmore not only had the example and inspiration of his father, but also of a distinguished uncle, Judge William J. Gilmore, who rose in the legal profession to the position of judge of the supreme court of Ohio. Hugh R. Gilmore was reared in Eaton and attended the public schools, graduating from the high school with the class of 1900. He then read law in the office of his father and his cousin, Clement R. Gilmore, and was admitted to the bar, December 18, 1907. He had previously been deputy clerk of the court under L. L. Brown. Since 1907, Hugh R. Gilmore has practiced continuously in Eaton, and in 1908 he was elected prosecuting attorney and held that office for the third consecutive term. On November 4, 1914, he was elected to the office of state senator, from the district composed of Montgomery and Preble counties. Mr. Gilmore has always been a Democrat. He served as township clerk for two terms and justice of the peace for a short time. Hugh R. Gilmore was married on May 19, 1913, to Bertha Filbert, the daughter of Frank P. and Sarah (Campbell) Filbert. Mrs. Gilmore is a member of the Piesbyterian church. Mrs. Gilmore was born in Eaton, as were her parents, who still reside in that city. They have five children, Fred C., Joseph S., Ralph M., Bertha and J. Campbell. Mr. Gilmore is a member of Bolivar Lodge No. 82, Free and Accepted 868 - PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO. Masons; Eaton Chapter No. 22, Royal Arch Masons, and Reese Council No. 9, Royal and Select Masters, of Dayton, Ohio. He is also a member of Waverly Lodge No. 143, Knights of Pythias, of which he is past chancellor. B. S. DAVIS. The schools of Jefferson township are centralized and the pupils hauled to a modern fireproof building at New Paris, equipped with everything needful for an up-to-date educational institution. The high school is a a first-grade school, commissioned by the state. Miss Madge Wakefield is principal of the school and B. S. Davis is the superintendent. They are ably assisted by a corps of efficient teachers. Mr. Davis was born in Preble county, Ohio, and is a son of J. C. and Sarah (Martin) Davis. J. C. Davis was reared in Warren and Preble counties, Ohio, and at the outbreak of the Civil War, enlisted for service in defense of the Union in Company A, Seventy-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 1862, serving until the close of the war. He was mustered out of service in 1865. J. C. Davis was a son of John F. and Mary (Corwin) Davis, both of whom were natives of Warren county, Ohio. John F. Davis was a son of William R. Davis, a native of Maryland. Mrs. Sarah (Martin) Davis was a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Hart) Martin, the former a son of Hugh and Rebecca (Baldwin) Martin. Hugh Martin was born in Ireland and came to the United States early in life, being apprenticed to a tailor in Philadelphia. He remained with this man until he had reached his majority and then removed to Virginia, where he met and married Rebecca Baldwin in 1790. He died in 1807, in Virginia, and his wife came to Ohio, first to Cincinnati, and finally to Preble county, Ohio. The father of Rebecca (Baldwin) Martin was Major Baldwin, of Frederick county, Maryland, who served in the Revolutionary army, under General Washington. At one time Rebecca (Baldwin) Martin owned land in section 1, of Lanier township, Preble county. Here she reared her children. Shd was a woman of striking- individuality and keenly interested .in the welfare of her children. She and her husband were the parents of several children, Thomas, Hugh, George, William, James and a daughter who married a man by the name of Kelley. The mother of Professor Davis was a daughter of James Martin, of this family, who was the father of six children, John, James, Frank, Sarah, Mary and Caroline. PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO - 869 James C. and Sarah (Martin) Davis were the parents of five children: Elizabeth, the wife of A. M. Bonham; Caroline, the wife of George W. Hart; Daisy, the wife of V. J. Shilt; Cena, unmarried, and B. S., the immediate subject of this review. Professor Davis married Nina Tillman on May 28, 1891, the daughter of Anderson and Catherine (Albright) Tillman, and to this union have been born two children, Helen and Katherine. Professor Davis is a member of Fellowship Lodge No. m6, Free and Accepted Masons, in which he is a past master. Mr. Davis's father and his grandfather both were members of the Masonic lodge at Arcanum, Ohio. Professor Davis is an adherent of the Republican party. He and his family are members of the Christian church. REUBEN J. SCHEID. Men who have attained success in business are always honored and respected by the communities in which they have lived, and in which they have accomplished so much. Especially honored are those who find time to labor in the interests of the community, inspiring others to loyalty and faithfulness. Able men never fail to raise the standard of their communities, and it is a pleasure to record the notable incidents in the lives of such men. Generous, genial and diligent, interested at all times in the welfare of his community, an(1, the proprietor of a successful business in Eaton, is Reuben J. Scheid, whose name appears at the head of this brief review. Reuben J. Scheid was born at New Hope, Preble county, Ohio, March 27, 1876, the son of George and Martha . (Miller) Scheid, natives of Germany. George Scheid was born near Frankfort-on-the-Rhine, while his wife was a native of Stuttgart. They were the parents of ten children : Mary, the wife of George Hill, of Richmond, Indiana; Elizabeth, the wife of Daniel Swihart, of Eaton; Ella, the wife of Daniel Crumbaker, of Eaton; Tillie, the widow of Charles Surface, of Eaton; Frank, of Eaton; Emma, the wife of Elmer McWhinney, of Campbellstown, Ohio; Lenora, unmarried; Anna, the wife of J. W. Ray, of Long Beach, California; Reuben J., of Eaton, and Edward, of Covington, Indiana. George Scheid was reared to manhood in Germany, receiving his education in the schools of his native land. He was a shoemaker by trade, and after coming to America settled in Hamilton, Ohio. After residing there 870 - PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO. for several years he moved to Campbellstown, Preble county. From here he moved to New Paris, and still later to a farm one-half mile south of New Hope, where he engaged in farming. He moved to Eaton a year before his death, which occurred in 1902, at the age of seventy years. His widow still survives him and has reached the age of eighty years. Both were loyal and earnest members of the Lutheran church. Mrs. Scheid later united with the United Brethren church and still retains an active interest in its welfare. The paternal grandparents of Reuben Scheid lived and died in Germany, the grandfather being drowned. The maternal grandparents also lived all their lives in Germany. Reuben J. Scheid was reared on his father's farm, near New Hope, until he reached the age of eighteen, receiving his education in the district schools of his home neighborhood. He then took a course in the Richmond Business College, at Richmond, Indiana, after which he secured employment as a fireman on the Pennsylvania railroad, from Cincinnati to Logansport, in which occupation he remained three years. After this he engaged in the canning business in Eaton, and has since continued in this business, first in partnership with his brother, Edward, when the firm was known as Scheid Brothers Packing Company, but for the last six years he has conducted the business alone. He packs tomatoes and has developed the business from a small hand-packing establishment to a large concern, employing fifty people. He sells his goods principally in Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and other large markets. He packs fancy tomatoes and has a large sale on these goods. In he summer of 1914 he Moved his plant to a new site and built a large sanitary factory covering an immense tract of land and equipped with up-to-date machinery. He is also interested in another plant at Camden, in this, county, and has a splendid business there. Mr. Scheid was married on November 16, 1905, to Mayme Rinehart, the daughter of Charles and Lavina (Duggins) Rinehart, and to this union two children have been born, Robert J. and Marguerite. Mrs. Scheid was born in Washington township, near Eaton, March 10, 1879. Her parents were natives of Ohio, and lived in Washington township, in this county, where they: are faimers. Mr. and Mrs. Rinehart are the parents of three children, Mayme, Edward and Russell. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Scheid were Perry Rinehart and wife, natives also of Ohio. Their children were Charles, Frank, Laura and Henry. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Scheid were natives of Ohio and the parents of several children. PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO - 871 Mr. Scheid is a Democrat, is a member of the city council of Eaton, and is making a splendid record as a public official. He is especially interested in public affairs, and religiously, he and his wife are loyal and earnest workers. and members of the Christian church, of Eaton. He is also a member of the official board. Mr. and Mrs. Scheid are highly respected members of the community in which they live, and popular among all classes of people. EDMUND PERRY VAUGHAN. One of the leading lawyers of Preble county is Edmund Perry Vaughan, of Eaton. Mr. Vaughan, like so many lawyers, went from the schoolroom into law. He received a splendid education before taking up law, which accounts for a remarkable success in that profession. Edmund Perry Vaughan was born near Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, ,December 15, 1854, the son of William Peleg and Hannah R. (Carver) Vaughan, natives of Ohio. They had six children: Edmund P., of Eaton; James Sidney, who died in 1881; Alice, who died in 1892, was the wife of George T. Rice; Rachel Elizabeth, the wife of Jesse Foster, of Lewisburg, Ohio; Elmer Grant, who died in 1894, while principal of the Eaton high school, and Daisy May, the wife of Esta M. Pierce, of Fostoria, Ohio. William P. Vaughan, the father of Edmund P., was reared in Greene county, Ohio, and was a farmer all his life. He came to Preble county in 1869, and located in Twin township, where he bought a farm of one hundred acres, which he improved. He died there on November io, 1888, at the age of fifty-seven. His wife died in April, 1898, at the age of sixty-two. She was a member of the Christian (Newlight) church. The paternal grandfather of Edmund P. Vaughan was William Vaughan, and his wife was Elizabeth Hobbit, natives of Virginia and Mont-gomery county, Ohio, respectively. They were pioneer farmers of Greene county, where he died in middle life. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. She died in Preble county at the age of eighty-two. They had a large fam-ily : John, Benjamin, Sarah, Nancy, William P., James H. and Leutitia. The founder of the Vaughan family was John Vaughan, who came from Wales and settled in Shenandoah county, Virginia, where he followed farming. He moved to Ohio in 1811 and settled in Greene county. He had a large family, among them a son, William, who enlisted in the War of 1812. William was a great reader and a student of Bible history, and 872 - PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO in naming his son, William, Jr., added the Bible name of Peleg, meaning "division" in Hebrew. At at the time of William, Jr.'s birth in 1831, his father made the prophecy that, since in Peleg's day the world was divided against itself (see Genesis), if this son lived to be thirty years old he would see the United States divided against itself, which division did occur in 1861 The maternal grandparents of Edmund P. Vaughan were Smith and. Rachel (Gwin) Carver, natives of New Jersey. They came to Ohio and settled in Clinton county about 1817, where he farmed. He died there in 1848, at the age of thirty-nine, she surviving him many years, her death occurring in Preble county in 1886, at the age of seventy-four. They had nine children : Permelia, Phoebe, Hannah R., Samuel S.,' George M., Amanda E., and three who died in early childhood: Edmund P. Vaughan spent his early boyhood days in Greene, Miami and Montgomery counties, and came to Preble county with his parents in 1869, where he grew to manhood and has lived ever. since. He grew up. on his father's farm and attended the district schools, also the Medina Normal School at Medina. Later he attended the Northern Ohio Normal School at Ada, where he received the degree of Bachelor of Science. He began teaching at the age of eighteen, and taught for eighteen years, going to school and teaching at intervals. He then began studying law at West Alexandria in the offices of Hon. Oscar Sheppard, and entered the Cincinnati Law School, where he graduated in 1890. He was admitted to the bar that year and also admitted to practice in the supreme court of Ohio. He began practicing at Eaton, first in partnership with Elam Fisher, until Mr. Fisher was elected to the bench, and since that time he has practiced alone,. a period of twenty-four years altogether. Edmund P. Vaughan was married on March 12, 1891, to Mary E. Gale, the daughter of John and Catherine (Holdeman) Gale, and to this union two children were born, James Gale and Martha. James Gale is in the -office with his father and is a graduate of the Eaton high school. He and the daughter live at home. The wife of Edmund P. Vaughan died on December 3, 1902, at the age of forty-three. Her father was a merchant and later a farmer. He was a native of New Hampshire and a relative of Daniel Webster, and her mother a native of Ohio. They had five children : Alice C., Oscar A., Mary E., Harriett and John M. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Vaughan was Samuel Gale. He and his wife were natives of New England and PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO - 873 early settlers in Preble county, Ohio. He was a farmer and both lived to a ripe old age. Among their children were Harriett, Caroline, Martha and John. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Vaughan was Abraham Holderman, a native of Virginia. He came to Ohio with his father, John Holderman, in i8o6, and located in Lanier township. The children of Abraham. were Catherine, Sarah, Eliza, Eli and Allen F. . Mr. Vaughan was married on December 31, 1910, to Leopoldena M. Crist, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Crist, both of whom were natives. of Germany. Mrs. Vaughan was born in Reading, Ohio, her parents afterward moved to Dayton, Ohio, where they lived the remainder of their lives, her father dying in 191o, in his ninetieth year, while her mother died in middle life. They had a large family of children, including Mary, Martin, Florence, John, Isadore and Anna. Mrs. Vaughan graduated from the Cincinnati Hospital in 1895 as a trained nurse, and for several years was a. leading nurse in the city of Dayton. Mr. Vaughan was county examiner during the time he was a teacher and he also served as prosecuting attorney for one term. At present he is a member of the board of education at Eaton, and has been clerk of the board for several years. He is identified with the Republican party. Mr. Vaughan now lives at 6o8 East Main street, Eaton, Ohio. Mr. Vaughan has been solicitor for the Eaton Loan and Home Aid Company for twenty years. Besides his law practice and other interests in Eaton, Mr. Vaughan owns a fine farm of one hundred acres in Twin township, in the operation of which he is actively interested. Having been identified with the history of Preble county for so many years, Mr. Vaughan has come to be favorably known in every township. He is a brilliant lawyer and has an enviable record for winning a large percentage of the cases entrusted to him. LEANDER A. FRAME. Leander A. Frame, a popular and prosperous farmer, of Jackson township, Preble county, Ohio, is the proprietor of the old Frame homestead, entered by his great-great-grandfather on October 28, 1816. No little distinction is attached to the ownership of a farm with which one's family name has been connected ever since it was a wilderness and purchased front 874 - PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO. the government. Leander A. Frame obtained this farm, of one hundred and sixty acres, from his father, Daniel Frame, in 19oo, who obtained it, in 1865, from his father, Silas Frame, he, in turn, obtaining it from Jeremiah Frame, who entered the land. Leander A. Frame and his wife and mother now own this farm. Leander A. Frame was born on this farm on December 18, 1853, the son of Daniel and Hannah (Dillman) Frame. Daniel Frame was the son of Silas and Pollie (Strador) Frame. Silas was the son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Frame. Jeremiah Frame was a native of Virginia and a soldier .under General Washington in the Revolutionary War. He was detailed to return to Washington's plantation to oversee the farm work. After the war he moved to Kentucky, where he was a slaveholder in that state. He became disgusted with slavery and left his slaves and came to Ohio, locating on the farm where the subject lives. Here he built a log cabin and, all in all, entered eight other farms, none of which was less than a quarter of a section. He gave each of his nine children a farm. In his day Jeremiah Frame was a prominent man. He was a strict Presbyterian. Mr. Frame died in 1828, after having been in Ohio twelve years. Silas Frame was the youngest son of Jeremiah, and received the old home place. This place passed from him to Daniel Frame, who was a public-spirited man of wide influence in his community. He was a member of the Christian church and a deacon in that church. Although possessed of a strong religious nature, Daniel Frame was broad-minded and liberal in thought. He was much interested in the public welfare of the community and contributed much to its common good. He was the father of two children : Leander A., the subject of this sketch, and Ella 0., who became the wife of J. W. Brinley. She was born in 1859, married in 1882, and died in 1886. Leander A. Frame was reared on the farm and received his education in the common schools of Jackson township. He attended school in the winter and worked on the farm during the summer time. He remained at home until twenty-eight years old. He has been a farmer throughout his whole life and was active in this. vocation. He preferred Shorthorn cattle, Englishshire and road horses and good hogs. Mr. Frame's horses were mostly native road horses. He was also interested in several imported horses. Mr. Frame is now retired. Leakder A. Frame married Laura Wolf, in February, 1882, from which union two children were born, Lawrence and Ella O. Lawrence was born