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(RETURN TO THE HOME PAGE) PREFACE. BUT of the depths of his mature wisdom Carlyle wrote, "History is the essence of innumerable biographies." Believing this to be the fact, there is no necessity of advancing any further reason for the compilation of such a work as this, if reliable history is to be the ultimate object. The section of Ohio embraced by this volume has sustained within its confines men who have been prominent in the history of the State, and even the nation, for a century. The annals teem with the records of strong and noble manhood, and, as Sumner has said, "the true grandeur of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual." The final causes which shape the fortunes of individuals and the destinies of States are often the same. They are usually remote and obscure, and their influence scarcely perceived until manifestly declared by results. That nation is the greatest which produces the greatest and most manly men and faithful women; and the intrinsic safety of a community depends not so much upon methods as upon that normal development from the deep resources of which proceeds all that is precious and permanent in life. But such a result may not consciously be contemplated by the actors in the great social drama. Pursuing each his personal. good by exalted means, they work out as a logical result. The elements of success in life consist in both innate capacity and determination to excel. 'Where either is wanting, failure is almost certain in the outcome. The study of a successful life, therefore, serves both as a source of information and as a stimulus and encouragement to those who have the capacity. As an important' lesson in this connection we may appropriately 4 - PREFACE. quote Longfellow, who said : " We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while we judge others by what they have already done." A faithful personal history is an illustration of the truth of this observation. In this biographical history the editorial staff, as well as the publishers, have fully realized the magnitude of the task. In the collection of the material there has been a constant aim to discriminate carefully in regard to the selection of subjects. Those who have been prominent factors in the public, social and industrial development of the counties have been given due recognition as far as it has been possible to secure the requisite data. Names worthy of perpetuation here, it is true, have in several instances been omitted, either on account of the apathy of those concerned or the inability of the compilers to secure the information necessary for a symmetrical sketch; but even more pains have been taken to secure accuracy than were promised in the prospectus. Works of this nature, therefore, are more reliable and complete than are the " standard " histories of a country. THE PUBLISHERS.

INDEX HISTORICAL SKETCHES.

THE PIONEERS      Captain Thomas Armstrong      Captain Pipe GREENTOWN AND THE WAR OF 1812 The Killing of Tom Lyons FIRST SETTLEMENT AGAIN INDIAN CIVILIZATION EARLY DAY MUSTERS PIONEER GATHERINGS THE HEROES OF '76 OF GREAT PROWESS PLACES OF INTEREST      The Robinson Castle      Caves and Caverns      Moody's Hill      Ancient Earth-Works      Hemlock Falls      Uncle Jonas' Lake      Spooks' Hollow      Facts versus Fiction      Miscellaneous UNDERGROUND RAILROADS RICHLAND COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR MURDER MYSTERIES TOWNS AND VILLAGES      Helltown and Greentown POTATO REGION RICHLAND COUNTY'S PLACE 114 THE GALAXY OF OHIO POETS THE MANSFIELD LYCEUM A HUNDRED YEARS OUR ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD ASHLAND COUNTY GREENTOWN THE ZIMMER MASSACRE      The Fatal Return THE COPUS MASSACRE MONUMENTS REARED THE BLACK FORK SETTLEMENT PIONEER INCIDENTS TWO BATTLE OF COWPENS LYONS' FALLS ANCIENT MOUNDS CONCLUSION

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Abbott, Frank A., 655 Aby, Byron J., 585 Aby, Solomon W., 362 Ackerman, John C., 556 Ackerman, William, 609 Albertson, Butler, 116 Albertson, William K., 116 Albach, W. H., 572 Alvord, Harrison M., 616 Andrews, Samuel, 557 Andrews, Thomas B., 551 Appl,gate, Apple 650 Arehart, Christopher C., 512 Arter, Sarah Jane, 614 Ashbaugh, Ellzy A., 195 Au, Christopher, 424 Avery, Curtis 14., 184 Avery, Rufus L., 185 Backensto, Henry, 196 Bailey & Walters, 163 Balliett, James M., 382 Barnes, Ross R., 661 Barr, Samuel, 374 Barton, J. Anderson, 696 Baughman, Abraham J., 528 Portrait, 30 Baughman, Elizabeth C., 536 Beam, Henry, 215 Beaver, Harry H., 162 Bell, David, 135 Bell, Thomas M.. 549 Benedict, Abraham, 419 Berno, Edward, 493 Berry, Adam, 550 Berry, Benjamin, 543 Bloom, Samuel S., 203 Boals, Frank L., 325 Boals, James F., 432 Boals, Sarah J., 366 Bonham, William, 452 Bricker, Riley P., 401 Brinkerhoff, Roeliff, 105 Brook, William, 634 Brown, Huntington, 144 Brucker, Lewis, 504 Brumfield, Charles, 547 Burkholder, John H., 376 Burneson, Andrew, 472	Cline, Frank M., 663 Close, Erastus S., 284 Clowes, J. Q. A., 222 Cobban, James, 393 Cockley, David L., 319 Cole, John, 327 Colwell, Samuel J., 440 Cook, Carter L., 399 Cook, James H., 520 Corbett, John, 295 Cowan, Mrs. L. R., 464 Cox, George and Hannah, 413 Craig, J. Harvey, 280 Crall, David, 356 Crall, John, 693 Crawford, John, 147 Crum, Michael, 439 Culler, John F., 209 Culler, Martin 14., 694 Cummings, Seth G., 206 Cunningham, James, 608 Darling, John, 531 Darling, John M., 672 Darling, Marion M., 353 Darling, Robert, 692 Davidson, Peter, 514 Davis, Mack H., 479 Dawson, John W., 307 De Camp, Moses, 150 De Laney, Jacob, 363 Dick, George G., 603 Dickerson, Mahlon, 124 Dickerson, Thomas, 431 Dill, John J., 547 Dill, Thomas T., 371 Dittenhoefer, Mortimer A., 515 Ditwiler, John, 524 Doty, Duane M., 477 Douglass, Augustus A., 286 Douglass, Michael E., 529 Douglass, Silas M., 267 Eastman, Newton R., 166 Eckert-Lawrence, Ida, 70 Ellis, Sidney, 637 Elston, William H., 517 Evarts, Solomon, 435 Ewing, George M., 288
Burns, Barnabas, 406 Bushey, Abraham, 384 Bushnell, Martin B., 687 Cahall, John, 383 Calhoon, Alexander, 526 Calhoon, Noble, 525 Cappeller, William S., 136 Chamberlain, James L., 234 Chamberlain, Josiah, 645 Chapman, John (Johnny Apple-      seed), 570 Charles, George W., 117 Clark, Samuel C., 497	Farber, Olin M., 552 Ferguson, James G., 277 Ferguson, Samuel, 276 Ferrell, Austin M., 629 First, James M., 170 Fisher, Joseph, 589 Fitting, Frederick M., 138 France, Enoch H., 227 Francis, David R., 540 Fraser, Alexander, 223 Frederick, P. W., 214 Freer, Harvey, 598 Freeze, John J., 612
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French, Charles W., 664 Fullton, J. H., 475 Gans, Mary C., 332 Garber, Jehu L., 255 Geddes, George W., 263      Portrait, 76 Gerhart, John F., 430 Gilger, John, 574 Goodman, Guy T., 296 Gorham, Samuel R., 5,8 Gorham, William H., 235 Grosscup, Charles G., 278 Guthrie, Amberson W., 179 Guthrie, Nathaniel, 486 Hafer, John W., 318 Hale, John, 385 Hall, Thomas, 247 Hamblin, William B , 618 Hammon, Thomas, 256 Hancock, Robert G., 344 Haverfield, Joseph, 265 Haycox, Arthur J., 692 Hazlett, Robert W.. 621 Henry, Joseph P., 224 Herring, James H. 386 Hersh, Newton, 118 Hess, Isaac, 416 Hildebrant, Hiram W., 297 Hill, Jacob G., 269 Hines, Clark B., 438 Hofman, George W., 461 Hogan, Michael, 510 Holtz, Samuel S., 304 Homer, Barnet, 686 Hoover, Gideon E., 339 Hopp, Francis J., 198 Hout, Clayton B., 349 Hout, George, 350 Hout, Peter, 368 Hubbs, Oscar A., 270 Huber, Charles H., 443 Hughes, Robert, 129 Humbert, Albert W., 658 Humbert, Levi H., 639 Hunter, Amos, 602 Hunter, Joseph M., 470 Hunter, Robert, 306 Huston, Charles H.,322	Lanehart, Peter, 630 Lautermilch, John H., 680 Leiter, David S., 685 Leiter, George W., 477 Leiter, Samuel B., 478 Lemley, John, 402 Leppo, James W., 342 Leppo, William, 415 Lewis, John D., 242 Lindsey, Arthur N., 147 Livingston, James, 456 Loiselle, 1.4. N., 194 Long, Benjamin F., 149 Loose, Nathaniel H., 484 Lybarger, Andrew, 605 Lyon, Ed. D., 675 Manner, Harry T., 311 Mansfield, Edwin, 437 Mansfield Schools, 566 Maring, Jesse, 210 Marriott, Samuel, 460 Marvin, Daniel S., 389 Marvin, Hiram, 451 Marvin, T. S., 625 May, John M., 632 May, Manuel, 648 McBride, Alexander, 123 McBride, Calvin, 300 McBride, Curtis E., 200 McBride, Washington, 313 McConkie, John W., 258 McConkie, William, 606 McCormic, David, 274 McCray, T. Y., 216 McCully, Samuel 8., 671 McCurdy, Joseph, 679 McDermut, Wesley R., 559 McLaughlin, William, 120 Memorial Library Association, 453 Mengert, Lewis C., 656 Metcalfe, H. H., 312 Metz, Henry P., 422 Miller, David P., 683 Milligan, Albert, 555 Mitchell. George, 186 Moore, Charles S., 503 Morrow, Alexander, 127 Moser, Henry S., 527 Mowry, George H., 587 Myers, John D., 367
Iler, John, 511 Jesson, William, 502 Kallmerten, Arnold, 392 Naylor, Henry H., 653 Keating, Charles H.. 360 Kingsboro, Hiram E., 491 Knox, John, 291 Kohler, Perry B., 462 Kooken, Henry C., 176 Kuebler, Louis S., 243 Kuhn Family, The, 508 Kyner, Philip, 623 Lafferty, Uriah, 182	Mowry, George H., 587 Myers, John D., 611 Needham, Jerry, 423 Nelson, David, 293 Nelson, Elmore D., 643 Nichols, John H., 396 Noble, John, 379 Noble, John A., 580 Norris, Amos D., 611 Oberlin Benjamin F., 192 Ohio State Reformatory, 110 Ohler, John C., 678 Ott, Fritz A., 370 Ozier, David, 208 Ozier, Nelson, 272,
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Palmer, Joseph W., 659 Parker, Silas C., 408 Parsons, Le Roy, 358 Patterson, James N., 240 Pearce, James M., 482 Peterson, Aaron E., 642 Peterson, William, 649 Pittenger, Henry O., 337 Plank, Elam A., 544 Poland, Simon, 395 Porch, J. W., 321 Post, J. Harvey, 346 Post, James M., 183 Post, Martin Van Buren, 172 Potter, Ezra J., 458 Price, James A., 381 Pugh, Samuel, 330 Pulver, Alfred B., 584 Quinn, Mary, 494 Rabold, James F., 199 Ramsey; Andrew, 691 Ramsey, Thomas B., 160 Reed, George W., 217 Remy, John, 595 Reynolds, James, 244 Ricketts, George W., 173 Roasberry, William H., 352 Robinson, Calvin, 418 Robison, Thomas R., 506 Ropp, William E., 398 Rose, Hiram S., 236 Rummel, James H., 229 Rummel, Silas, 190 Samsel, David D., 631 Schauck, Aaron, 351 Scott, William, 627 Sefton, W. E., 248 Sewell, W. L., 134 Shafer, Samuel, 442 Sharp, Joseph W., 427 Shatzer, Jeremiah W., 582 Shaw, William A., 220 Sheets, Elza, 652 Sheets, Henry E., 484 Sheets, Samuel, 541 Shepard, N. Marvin, 673 Sherman, John, 564Portrait, 56	Stake, George W., 444 Stambaugh, David N., 219 Starr, Mitchell, 499 Statler, George W., 403 Stevenson, Andrew, 534 Stober, John P., 401 Stratford, Earl F., 213 Strimple, William, 249 Sutter, Sarah A., 114 Switzer, Edward B., 591 Taylor, Joseph, 670 Taylor, Noble, 450 Thompson, Isaac N., 560 Thompson, James V., 168 Thomson, John C., 455 Todd, John H., 421 Torrence, Jonathan C., 466 Tracy, Frederick E., 328 Tracy, Lathrop J., 488 Tracy, Rufus A., 490 Trauger Family, The, 251 Tucker, D. F., 690 Tucker, John A., 590 Tucker, Norman W., 279 Uhlich, George, 577 Uhlich, Jonathan, 303 Vanscoy, George W., 283 Voegele, William F., 130 Voegele, William F., Jr., 127 Wagner, John W., 568 Walters, Ed B., 481 Walters, George W., 390 Walters, Hiram, 593 Weaver, William H., 316 Weaver, Wilson Shannon, 309 Webber, Frank D., 292 Weiser, Adam H., 230 Welty, Christian, 156 Wentz, Henry, 232 Wentz, Peter, 620 Wharton, Benjamin F., 336 Wharton, John, 133 White, Henry N., 377 White, John F., 596 Wiles, Herman L., 140
Sherman, John, 564      Portrait, 56 Shocker, Thomas J., 364 Simpson, John, 446 Simpson, Joseph, 579 Skiles, George M., 434 Skiles, John C., 397 Skiles, William W., 152 Sloane, Jonathan W., 299 Smart, Harlen F., 676 Smith, Aaron, 473 Smith, Daniel, 597 Smith, Hiram R., 600 Smith, Joseph E., 347 Smith, Peter, 668 Snavely, Joseph, 372 Snyder, Lewis L., 573 Spayde, Daniel, 158	Williams, Benjamin J., 355 Williams, James W., 348 Wilson, Daniel W., 682 Wilson, John W., 467 Wilson, Samuel. 562 Winters, Ross C., 516 Wirth, John L., 375 Wise, Christian, 624 Wise, Frederick H., 501 Wise, John, 495 Witt, August F., 331 Wolfe, John R., 238 Wolff, Barnard, 126 Wolford, David, 277 Zehner, James, 636 Zehner, Joseph B., 476 Zook, Mary M., 246