(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 234 - HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO GREEN. This is one of the original townships of Ross county, and was probably named when Ohio was under a territorial form of government. At that time, its limits were not clearly defined, but extended into Pickaway county, on the north, and into Hocking on the east. In April, 1803, a law was passed by the new State legislature directing the associate judges of the several counties in the State, to meet on Tuesday, May 10, 1803, and establish the boundaries of the townships in their respective counties. Under authority of this act, the judges of Ross county, Reuben Abrams, William Patton, and Felix Renick, established the boundaries of the then townships of the county, on that date. Green township was established as follows: Beginning on the Scioto, at the southwest corner of Pickaway township; thence east with the southern boundary of Pickaway township and Fairfield county, to the eastern boundary of Ross county; thence south with the same o the southeast corner of section number twelve, in township number ten, of range number eighteen; thence west to the northeast corner of section number fourteen, in township number eight, of range twenty-one; thence south two miles, to the southeast corner of section number twenty-three, in the township last mentioned; thence west to the Scioto river; thence with the same to the beginning. At the time of establishing these boundaries, it was ordered that the qualified electors in this township meet at the house of John Crouse, on the twenty-first day of June, of the same year, there and then to elect three justices of the peace for said township, each to serve three years, and until their successors were qualified. No record of this election can now be found, nor can it be definitely ascertained who were the persons elected. At a later date the names can be found, as follows: John Ramsey, qualified as justice April 11, 1809; Isaac Claypool, April 15, 1810; George Ramsey, April 6, 1812. The line between Ross and Pickaway counties was HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO - 235 surveyed August 19, 18o6, by John Evans. Two miles had been taken from the northern part of Green and given to Pickaway township, June 25, 1805. On June 11, 1804, Colerain township was set off from Green on the east, and, a little later, Springfield was taken from the south, which reduced the township to its present size. SURFACE, SOIL, ETC. The surface of Green township is, in the northern and central part, gently undulating, and in the southeastern part is quite hilly. The soil is a strong black loam on the bottoms and along the creeks and runs. On the hillside it is a gravel and clay loam, and throughout the township is of a very rich character. The farming lands and dwellings of the people show evidences of thrift and prosperity. The streams are Kinnikinnick creek, its branches and the hillside runs that empty into it, and Blackwater creek, in the northwestern part of the township. The Scioto river forms the western boundary of the township. Green is bounded on the north by Pickaway township, in Pickaway county, on the east by Colerain, and on the south by Springfield township, in Ross county. The country was mainly covered with timber of excellent quality at the time of the advent of the first settlers, with the exception of the river bottoms, which were bordered by a growth of underbrush and had a large space of wet prairie. This wet prairie in many places was a deep bog into which a rail could be pushed its entire length, and another placed on its end and pushed into the ground until both were forced out of sight. The timber was black walnut, sugar maple, black and honey locust, chestnut, elm, ash, oak, beech, and hickory. Some of this was made into lumber and rails, but much was burned in clearing the land. TOWNSHIP OFFICERS. Owing to the fact that the earlier records of Green township have been lost or destroyed, it is impossible at this date to obtain any definite knowledge regarding the first officers of the township. The present officers are : F. D. Ford and Robert Oliver, justices of the peace. The former has held the office nine consecutive years, and has, during that time, served as county commissioner three years, and corporation clerk, at Kingston, five years. Esquire Oliver is now serving his second term, and lives in the southeast part of the township. He succeeded Joseph Smith, who served three years. The other township officers are: John Wagoner, David Terry, and Daniel Goodman, trustees; Simon Holderman, treasurer; Jacob Ranck, clerk; David Smith, constable. SETTLEMENT. William McCoy, from Pennsylvania, came to Ross county in 1795 or 1796, and settled on Kinnikinnick creek in Green township. Soon after his arrival he built a log flouring mill on section ten, which he kept in operation some two years. It did not prove a success under his management, and he sold to John Crouse who built up a large business in milling. After selling the mill, Mr. McCoy moved to the site of the old Mt. Pleasant church, a mile west of Kingston, where he improved a farm and assisted in organizing the first church in the township. His death occurred in 1823. He had a family of eight children, Drusilla, Nancy, William, James, Alexander, John, Joseph, and one who died in infancy. Nancy married Dr. Curl; Drusilla died single; William died young; James married Elizabeth Entrekin, and lives in Circleville; Alexander died an old man, in Pickaway county; John lives near Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. The old McCoy home farm is now owned by David Crouse. John Entrekin came from Adams county, Pennsylvania, to Ross county, Ohio, arriving in April, 1797. He was a wagoner, and for a number of years teamed flour and whiskey for John Crouse, conveying it to the best and most accessible market. In 18o1 he married Nancy Crouse, who received from her father the south half of sections seven and ten. On the latter section they settled and made a home. He bought and sold land for many years, and accumulated considerable property. During the war of 1812 he was connected with the army as wagon-master from Chillicothe to Lower Sandusky. During the times of "general muster" he was colonel of a regiment of militia. Throughout his life he was a prominent farmer, quite a politician, and served his county as a State representative, and as associate judge in the court of common pleas. He was a great sufferer during several of the later years of his life, and died May To, 1842, from the effect of a surgical operation performed by Dr. Mussey, of Cincinnati. At the time of his death, he was aged sixty-four years. He left a family of five daughters and four sons, as follows: Elizabeth, James, Catharine, John, William, Pheraby, Daniel C., Diantha, and Nancy. William lives in Pickaway county; Daniel C., John and Nancy, in Missouri; Pheraby married Abraham Jones, and lives near Kingston. The others are now deceased. Elizabeth married James McCoy, and died in Circleville. John Crouse came from Frederick county, Maryland, to Ross county, Ohio, and settled in Green township, near the mouth of Kinnikinnick creek, where in 1798 he bought the small flouring mill built by William McCoy. He largely increased the patronage of the mill, which has since been known as "Crouse's mill." He added to it a distillery, and during the war of 1812 made a large profit on the whiskey he manufactured. In those days corn could be bought for from six to ten cents per bushel, and each bushel of grain would make four gallons of liquor, which sold at one dollar per gallon. Mr. Crouse was a man of convivial habits when young; a tailor by trade. After marriage he applied himself to business and accumulated a large fortune. He was no mean performer on the violin, and until the day of his death retained his love for sweet sounds. He died in Kingston, September 5, 1847, aged eighty-eight years. When a young man he married Miss Umstead, in Maryland, and in this then new country, raised a family of four sons and four daughters: Nancy, David, Ruth, Pheraby, John, Daniel, Jeremiah and Eliza. The latter married William Ferguson, who reaped wheat for her 236 - HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO. father the day she was born. Nancy married Colonel John Entrekin; Ruth married Samuel Whitsel, and Pheraby married Mr. Swearingen, of Chillicothe. John succeeded his father in the mill and retained the old homestead, where he died in August, 1856, leaving a family of seven children. They were Mary (Mrs. Bennett), Nancy (Mrs. George Gregg, of Circleville), Martha (Mrs. L. G. Delano, late of Chillicothe), Catharine (Mrs. Milton McCoy, in Green township), and David on the Chillicothe pike, near Kingston. The other sons died single. Abraham Eyestone and family emigrated in the fall of 1799, from Pennsylvania, and on their arrival in Ross county settled on the west side of the Scioto river, where they remained some two or three years, but it proved to be a sickly location and he removed across the river, settling on section fifteen (school land) in Green township. Soon after the opening of the land office in Chillicothe, he, with Peter Frederick, entered section fourteen, on which he lived until about 1837, when he bought fifty acres in section ten, and one hundred and forty in section nine. He died on this land in about 1839. He had seven children, two of whom were born after their settlement, and one died in infancy. They were John, George, Betsey, Christine, Susanna, and Hannah. John, George, and Hannah went to Wyandot county; Elizabeth married Mr. Dillsaven, and died in Fairfield county. Christine married John Holman, and died in the township, leaving a family of thirteen children, two of whom, George and Abraham, live in the township. Two daughters live in Colerain, and the rest in the west, with the exception of Susanna, who never married and now lives with Mr. Dreisbach, near Kingston. John Goodman and wife, with six children, from Berks county, Pennsylvania, arrived in Green township in 1799. Mr. Goodman entered one hundred and sixty acres in section five, on the bank of the Scioto river, where he built a log house and made a home for his family. Three children were born after their settlement, making nine in all, as follows: Catherine, John, Magdalene, Barbara, Daniel, Maria, David, Samuel, and George, all of whom lived to marry and raise families. The sons remained in the vicinity of their home during their lives; the daughters moved elsewhere, with the exception of Magdalene. But one of the family is now living, David Goodman, on the Columbus pike, nine miles north of Chillicothe, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. John Goodman, sr., built a saw-mill on Blackwater creek, which he run some ten years. Abraham, Michael, Coonrod, John, Margaret and Sally Reedy, and other sons, came into Green township in about 1799, and settled on the east branch of Kinnikinnick creek, near the junction of the two branches, where they entered land, made homes, and died. The family of Abraham Reedy went to the west. Two sons of John Reedy--Joseph and Abraham—live near Hallsville. The daughters all married and left the place. Samuel Whitsel came from near Morris Grove, Virginia, to this township, about the year 1800. After settling he was married, in 1803 or 1804, to Ruth Crouse. He worked in the mill and still-house of John Crouse previous to this time, and after marriage engaged in farming. He owned four hundred and fourteen acres of land on Blackwater creek, about midway between the Scioto river and Kingston, where he lived and died. He was a member of a light-horse company under Colonel John Entrekin, and was out a short time during the war of 1812. He raised a family of six children, five of whom are now living: Daniel, in Illinois; Lovina (Mrs. Boggs), in Logan county; Minerva (Mrs. James Boggs), in Pickaway county; Jeremiah, also in Pickaway, and John, in Kingston village. Peter, Daniel, Henry, and Solomon Frederick, with their father, mother and two sisters, came from Pennsylvania, and settled in Ross county in 1799. The father entered a section of land located on both sides of Kinnikinnick creek, some three miles east of the present railroad station bearing that name. His farm comprised a great deal of bottom land, of a very rich quality, covered on the borders of the creek with a dense growth of underbrush, and a little farther back with heavy walnut and hickory in considerable quantity, but mostly oak timber on the upland. On the death of their father the property was divided between the children. Solomon, the younger son, was a fife-major in the war of 1812, from which he never returned. Peter was a lieutenant at the same time, and was taken prisoner at the surrender of General Hull; he was afterwards exchanged with the rest of the army. Henry was also a soldier at the same time in the fortifications at Detroit, and while at breakfast was struck by fragments of a shell and severely injured. He was captain of the company in which his brother, Peter, was a lieutenant. After his exchange he recovered from his injuries, and in his old age removed to Illinois, where he died. For many years the three brothers, Peter, Daniel, and Henry, remained on the farm. Peter afterwards removed to Kingston, where he died in 1853. Henry was a bitter hater of the Indians, and many years after he returned from the war, when an old man living in Kingston, which was the route pursued by travelers going to the east, he would see parties of Indians on their way to Washington. Such was his hatred to the red man that he would go all about the town endeavoring to borrow a gun with which to shoot some of them, but his neighbors would never let him have firearms at such times. His entire family went to Illinois, and in 186o he followed them. Peter Frederick had a family of five children, but three of whom are now living Daniel and Samuel in Kingston, and a daughter, Mrs. Mary Scott, in Missouri. The mother was Mary DeHaven. James May, accompanied by his family, consisting of his wife, three sons and three daughters, came to Chillicothe from Fredericksburgh, Virginia, in about 1798. They made the journey down the Ohio river to Portsmouth in keel-boats, and from there to their place of destination by means of pack-horses. He was by trade a gun and locksmith, and during the revolutionary war manufactured guns and other arms for the patriot army. The original bills for some of his wares are still kept by HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO - 237 his grandson, James May, in Kingston. Mr. May followed his calling in Chillicothe until about 1822, when he removed to near Kingston, where he died in 1836, aged nearly ninety-four years. His wife died in Chillicothe in 1816. His sons were John, James and Henry. Two of his daughters remained single, the third married Thomas Dick, and removed with him to Highland county. Henry May came to Chillicothe with his father, James May and family, in about 1798, when some eleven years of age. He married in Chillicothe, and for several years kept a tavern a mile and a half north of the town on the old stage road. During the war of 1812 he was for a short time in the army as a member of Captain Brush's company, from Chillicothe, and was included in the force surrendered by General Hull, though at a remote distance from Detroit, and never became a captive. In 1822 he sold his tavern and bought land for a farm in Pickaway county, near the line of Ross county, making his home in the north part of the village of Kingston, in 1843. He was by trade a wheelwright and chairmaker, and worked at that avocation when living on his farm. He was also engaged in a tannery in company with John Larkins, in Kingston, for a number of years. The family of Henry May consisted of five sons and five daughters. Of these,'three sons and one daughter are now living ; the sons, Henry, John M., and James, in Kingston, and the daughter, Harriet, wife of Dr. G. A. Wilson, near Decatur, Illinois. William, John, Coonrod and Jacob Betzer, with several sisters, came soon after r800, and settled three miles southeast of Kingston, where each entered land, made permanent homes and raised families. Jacob served as a soldier in the war of 1812 until its close, when he returned and married Barbara Metzger, by whom he had seven children, all of whom are living. The youngest son lives in Missouri; Leonard, in Pick- away county; Samuel, William, Mary, Sally and Leah, in Green township. Their old home was on section twenty-four, where Mr. Betzer owned seventy-nine acres of land. Some of the descendants of William and Coonrod Betzer, sr., are living in the township and vicinity. Abraham Miller came from Kentucky in about i800, and settled at the station near Chillicothe, where he remained three years, after which he moved into Green township, and bought section twenty-six. He first came to Ohio in company with twelve others, and spent one season at the station, raising one crop of grain, and returning after his family in the fall. Their journey was made by means of pack-horses, on which they brought bedding and other necessary articles, as well as the means for buying the land. His children were Jesse, William, John, James, Abraham, Elizabeth, Annie and Sarah, two of whom died when they were living below Chillicothe. The others lived to maturity, and, at the death of the father, the land was divided into five parts. Jesse was given a farm in Pickaway county, where he died in 1878, leaving eight children. The other children married and raised families. Abraham inherited one hundred and twenty-two acres of the home farm, where he lived, and died in 1856, leaving a family of eight children. He was about starting a tannery on the place now owned by his son, W. L. Miller, when he was killed by a fall from a load of lumber. Another son, Hezekiah, lives on section twenty-eight, where he has a good farm. Abraham Miller, sr., was an early justice of the peace in Green township. John Beattie, a native of Ireland, settled on the west part of section eight, arriving about the same time as Hugh Little, in i800 or 1802. He lived there until 1825, making improvements and redeeming the soil from the wilderness. He never had children and after his death the land passed into other hands. It is now owned by the Maxwell heirs and John. Haynes. Mr. Hayes, sr., settled with his family on the northeast corner of section thirty-four, previous to 1800. He lived but a few years and left his property to his three sons, JameS, Andrew and Johri. The last named was a colonel in the war of 1812, and died September 4, 1834, in Kingston. James and Andrew built a still-house on the land, which they kept in operation several years. They then engaged in transporting flour and pork to New Orleans, finally making homes in the south. Hugh Little settled in Green township in r800 or in 1802, making a purchase of eighty acres of land in section twenty-eight, the west part, where he remained until 1817, when he sold to John Crouse and bought one hundred and ten acres in the southeast corner of the same section, where he made a home and passed the remainder of his days in clearing and improving his farm. He was originally from Maryland, but removed from that state to Pennsylvania some years previous to emigrating to Ohio. His death occurred in 1825. His children were four in number, and are all living at this time, a daughter, Mrs. Arrowsmith, in Illinois; Mrs. Little in Wyamdot county, Ohio; Mrs. John Haynes and James Little in Greene township, the latter on the old homestead. Christopher Leby settled near the southwestern corner of the township in a very early day. He lived on land which he cleared and improved, and there he died. His property is still owned by his descendants. Robert Warren settled just below Leby, and was one of the early sovereigns of the land. He made a farm here, and passed the remainder of his days on it, at his death leaving it to his heirs, whose descendants now occupy it. Christopher Pickle, and a man named Peppers, located near the north line of the township, soon after r800. Both remained until their farms were well cleared, when they sold, and went to another part of the country. A man named Jeffers settled on the bank of Black- water creek within a few years after 189o. He built a very small cabin near the stream, in which he rigged up a primitive grist-mill, which he run for a few years. He owned a large tract of land, the most of which he sold to David Thomas, who also disposed of it previous to 238 - HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO. 1812. Thomas sold his land in parcels. Matthias Spees came soon after 1800, as did Jacob Durham, and both purchased land from Thomas. Durham died after a few years, and left his land, some three hundred acres, to his heirs, who finally sold to John Entrekin, after which they removed to other parts. Spees sold his land after a few years, and removed to near Wapakoneta, Ohio. Thomas went to the west, as did Jeffers. James Downs, accompanied by his brothers John, William, David, and Thomas, and sisters Rebecca and Susanna, came to Ohio and located in Ross county soon after 180o. James settled on McClain's hill, near Chillicothe, for a time. He there married Annie Snodgrass, and bought the place now owned by his son James, in the south part of Green township, on the old Chillicothe road. At the time he came here, the land was owned by Governor Thomas Worthington, and had some small clearings made by squatters. At the death of Mr. Downs, his property was left to his children, Sarah, Rebecca, Eliza, Harriet, Mary Ann, and James. The latter bought the interest of his sisters, and now owns the home farm. Thomas Downs married, and after living in various places, died in Springfield township. David also died in the same place. William settled near Chillicothe. Rebecca married Jacob Cryder, and settled in Springfield, while Susanna married David Avis, and also settled in the vicinity. John went to the north part of the State. Both James and John were in the war of 1812. Section thirty-five was settled by Samuel Little, who came about 1800, the Barnhart family, Thomas Wheeler, and Mr. Pyle, all of whom were early in the country. Mr. Pyle lived and died among the hills, where he raised a large family. His son Harrison now occupies the land. The east half of section twenty-eight was early settled by William Guthrie, who cleared and improved it, and about 1840 sold to William Betts, and removed to Illinois, where he died. George Sidenbender located on the southeast corner of section thirty-three very early. There he lived and died. The land is now owned by Robert M. Biggart. John Anno settled on the southwest corner of section twenty-seven, about 1810, and improved a lot, which he afterwards sold, and with his family removed north. Henry Anno settled next north of John Anno, where he also made a clearing, which he afterwards sold and removed to Illinois with his family. Samuel Arrowsmith joined Henry Anno on the east. He remained on the property until about 1840, when he sold and went to Illinois. John Ritter came at the same time, and located on the southeast corner of section twenty-seven. He remained on his farm until an old man, and died there. His son Richard bought the land, and also died there. The place is now owned by John Hassenpflug and William Ashworth. John Markel settled on fractional section one, which lies adjacent to the Scioto river, soon after 1800. He owned most of the section, and built a double log cabin, which in those days was considered almost a palace. This was situated on the east side of the pike, and was occupied a few years until he was able to build a more pretentious residence, when a part was moved away and the remainder used for a year or two as a school-house. Isaac Brink also came about the year 1800, and settled on the fractional section adjoining Pickaway county, where he remained during his life, and at his death left the land to his children. It remained in the family until 1868, when his grandson, John Q. Brink, sold it to Mr. Cannonbarger, and removed to Missouri. George May emigrated from Pennsylvania to Green township in 1801, soon after his arrival purchasing some four hundred acres of land in sections twenty-one and twenty-two, on the Adelphi pike. He had a family of six or eight children, nearly all of whom married and moved to other parts. His son, Samuel, was born in 1791, and was ten years of age when the family came here. He was married in 1834 to Charity Long, and settled on the farm deeded her by her father, where he passed his life and died in 1867. They raised a family of twelve children, seven of whom are now living—Reuben, William, and Mary Ann, in Green township; Mrs. Amanda Crow and Mrs. Emeline Raub, in Pickaway county; Mrs. Martha E. Hassenpflug, in Iowa; Mrs. Sarah Whip, in Allen county, Ohio. Thomas Wright, from the north of Ireland, emigrated to near Gettysburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1801. He there married Elizabeth Hall, and together they came on horseback to Ross county in 1808, making a settlement near Crouse's mills, on the south bank of Kinnikinnick creek. The land they first occupied was in the northwest quarter of section ten, and there they remained until 1814, tilling the soil, and at odd times weaving linen cloth for the general use of the early settlers. In 1814 they removed to the northwest quarter of section 3, on land now owned by Samuel Barker, where they made a home until 1821. In that year they moved to the southwest quarter of section ten, where he built the house now owned by William Driesbach, in which he lived until 1834, when he again sold and bought three hundred acres of land in the west half of section four, on the banks of Blackwater creek, on which he lived until June 17, 1851, when he died suddenly from heart disease. He raised a family consisting of four sons and four daughters, all of whom arrived at maturity. They were Jane, William, Martha, Edward, Eliza, Joseph, Sarah A., and James T., three of whom are now living : James T. and Edward in Kingston village, and Joseph on the home farm. The eldest daughter, Jane, died November 22, 1879, at the age of nearly seventy-two years, a woman of a great memory, being able in her old age to recite hymn after hymn that she had learned when a child. Mr. Wright continued at his trade of weaving until well along in years, always with a book, " Milton's Paradise Lost," " Burns' Poems," " Pollock's Course of Time," or " Cowper's Poems," open before him, and from which he committed a great deal to memory. Abraham Jones came from between the north and south branches of the Potomac river, in Hampshire HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO - 239 county, Virginia, and settled in Green township, Ross county, in i8o2. He made the journey with his family, in a keel-boat from Wheeling, and the second day after his arrival entered section five. A squatter was living on the land, where he had made a small improvement and built a cabin, but as soon as Mr. Jones took possession, he removed to Grape ridge, where he was sure the land was so poor no man would ever buy it, but the march of civilization and improvement soon drove him again from his supposed secure abode. Mr. Jones soon sold one hundred acres of land from his section to his brother-in-law, James Rogers, who improved it. This lot is now owned by Thomas A. Maxwell. Mr. Jones retained the balance of the land, which he cleared and improved, and, at his death, left to his children. His family consisted of five children, but one of whom, Abraham Jones, esq., is now living. He married Pheraby, daughter of John Entrekin, and now owns and occupies three hundred acres of the land originally entered by his father. His home is a mile west of Kingston village. James Ritchie, from Pennsylvania, came to Ross county in 18o3 and settled in the north part of Green township, where he bought section four, forty acres of which he gave to Thomas Ing, who laid out and platted a village. Mr. Ritchie raised a family arid died in Kingston, But two of his family are now living, James and Mrs. Anna Mills, both in Clinton county. George, William, and Matthew Ritchie, brothers of James, came at the same time. William settled some two miles south of Kingston, and kept tavern many years. His sign was a white swan. George Ritchie also kept tavern on the old Chillicothe road, some three miles below Kingston. For a sign he had a large painting of a bear. The other brother, Matthew, lived on section eight. He sold to George, who owned nine hundred acres of land in the township. A son of George Ritchie, James, lives in Illinois, and a daughter, Mrs. Rachel Mowry, lives in Kingston. Another daughter, Mrs. Ellen Kinnear, lives in Woodford county, Illinois. The family of Famulinger's settled east of Kingston in 1804 or 18o5. There was a large family of them, and a part settled over the line in Pickaway county, where some of their descendents now live. Still others live in the west. Major Lingrell arrived in 1805 and settled two and a half miles west of Kingston, near the south line of Pickaway county. He afterwards moved to Marion county, where he died. His son Thomas, then a young man, served fifteen months in the war of 1812, and participated in the battles of Fort Erie and at Black Rock, near Buffalo. During his life he has made six trips to New Orleans as a flat-boatman. He was married in 1834 and settled in Green township, where he has since resided—for the past thirty years in the village of Kingston. His business has been brick-making and building. He is now ninety-three years of age. Harmon DeHaven came from Columbia county, Pennsylvania, to Green township, in 1805, with his family, consisting of wife and two children. He settled a mile east of Kingston, where he made a purchase of eighty acres of land, a part of which he cleared. He was by trade a cabinet-maker, and was the first to exercise his calling in the township, working at his trade until 182o, when he died, leaving a wife and six chiidren, the two eldest twin girls, sixteen years of age. After the death of Mr. DeHaven the work of improving the farm devolved upon Charles and Jacob, the eldest boys, both of whom remained upon the place until about 184o, when they sold it. Jacob removed to Illinois, where he died, in 1846. Charles removed to Kingston, where he has since resided. He married Jane, daughter of Richard Black, an early settler in Pickaway county, and raised one daughter, Ruth (Mrs. Zimmerman), who now lives in Cincinnati. Harmon DeHaven, the father, was a very ingenious man, and, at the time of his death, had perfected a model for a fanning-mill, which he purposed carrying to the Federal city, as Washington was then called, in order to obtain a patent. His wife died in 1863, aged eighty-one years. Daniel Walters and his family, consisting of his wife and four children, came from Pennsylvania in the same wagon with the family of Harmon DeHaven, and settled on the adjoining lot of one hundred acres, which he improved and sold, after which he removed with his family to the north part of the State, where he died. He was by trade a shoemaker, and worked at the business in his house as long as he resided here. Jacob Steely, a Dunkard preacher, in 18o7 owned the farm now owned by Edward Wright, which he afterwards sold, and left the country. Jacob Kessler was a settler at the same time, and owned a farm half a mile southeast of Kingston. This he sold, and removed with his family of twelve children to the north part of the State. Daniel Baum was also living on the county line in 1807. John and Joseph Stroup came into the township in 1807, and made homes a mile and a half south of Kingston, on land now owned by Edward Wright. Joseph was a bricklayer, and the first one of that trade to locate in this section. Ezekiel Bunn and family came as early as 1806, and settled in Green township. None of the family are now residents of the place. Samuel Wallace settled in Chillicothe in 1807, and remained there until 1818, when he married Sarah, daughter of Dr. Edward Ostrander, and settled on the school land in the south part of Green township where, in company with John Wilson, he opened a tan-yard which they kept in operation some seven years. He then bought the farm now owned by Mr. McCartney, where he remained several years. He died in Kingston, and his widow married Captain George Wolf, of Pickaway county. She raised six children by her first husband two by her second; and now in her old age lives a widow at Kingston. Frederick Pontius and family came from Buffalo valley, Pennsylvania, and settled on section eleven, Green township, about 1806, where he made a home, and died in 240 - HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO. 1823. He had a family of twelve children, several of whom died in the township leaving children. Two sons and several daughters married and settled in Franklin county, where their descendants now reside. Three of the children of Frederick Pontius are now living Frederick. jr., in Hallsville; Sarah (Mrs. Long), in Green township; and Susanna (Mrs. Crane), in Circleville. Philip married and removed to Madison township, Franklin county, where his descendants now live. Another son, Andrew, died near Kingston. His children, now well along in years, live in the vicinity. Andrew Pontius, sr., came to Ohio and settled on Paint creek in about 18o5. He afterwards lived in Green township many years, where he died. None of his descendants are now living in the vicinity. Isaac Green, from Pennsylvania, settled in Green township in 1808 with no family beside his wife. He first located on land belonging to Governor Thomas Worthington, on Kinnikinnick creek, where he remained several years. He then purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in section five, on the Scioto river, where he made a home and passed the remainder of his life. His children were eight in number, three of whom are now living—George and James in Illinois, and Sarah, who married John Whitsel and now resides in Kingston. The old home of Mr. Green is now owned by the Goodman heirs. Michael Senff came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in about 1808, remaining in Pickaway county for a time, and from thence removed to Chillicothe, where he worked at blacksmithing a number of years. He then bought a farm in the south part of Green township, which he afterwards sold to Robert Oliver, who now owns the land. He then bought one-half of section twenty-three, from which he sold one hundred acres to Mr. Hickle soon after purchasing it. The rest, of the land he" retained, and there he passed the remainder of his life, dying in 1845. He had a family of fourteen children, ten of whom grew to maturity. Six are now living: Michael in Springfield township, and Andrew on the old home farm, which he at first rented for a number of years, and then gradually purchased the interests of the other heirs. The other members of the family live in different parts of the country. John Holman, sr., settled in Ross county in about 1808. After settling here, he spent several years in a tannery at Adelphi, where he learned the business, after which he returned to his old home in Pennsylvania for a visit. Returning to Green township, he married Christine Eye- stone in about 1814, and located on land given her by her father, Abraham Eyestone, who established Mr. Holman in a tannery the same year. This business he continued until the marriage of his son Abraham, who then succeeded him in the business. The children of John Holman were Rebecca, Abraham, Martin, Sarah, George, Eliza, Susanna, Rosanna, Leah, David, Catharine, Mary Ann, and Lovina, who died single. The others, except David, died single. Abraham and George live in the township; two daughters in Colerain; the others in the west. David Umsted, sr., from Frederick county, Maryland, came with his family, consisting of wife and three children, Basil, Rachel and John, to Ross county in 181o, and settled in the southwest part of Green township, on property now owned by Addison Umsted, where he died in 1839 or 184o. His widow survived him and died in October, 1875, aged nearly ninety-one years. Basil Umsted married Julia, daughter of George Hugnes, sr., and occupied the homestead until his death, which occurred in 1851. His widow is still living. They had six children John and David in Springfield township, George and Norris in Illinois, and Addison on the homestead in Green township. William is deceased. John Umsted, sr., died unmarried. Rachel married George J. Moore, and since 1833 has lived on her present farm, in Twin township. Her husband died in 1850. Jacob Foy settled on the northwest corner of section thirty-three, in about 1812. His brother Samuel owned land adjoining him. Both sold to Peter VanGundy, and went to Wabash, Indiana. VanGundy married a young wife and died soon afterward, leaving his property to his widow, who has since disposed of it to others. Timothy Brown came from Virginia to Ohio in 1813, and settled on a lot of one hundred and six acres, in section twenty-three. He bought the land from Mr. Bunn, and passed his life there, dying in 1845, and leaving a family of eight children. His son Amos now owns the property; James lives near by, and Timothy, jr., is in Springfield township. David Moore came from Pennsylvania and located on a farm northwest of David Umsted, sr., in 1812. He removed to Fremont, Ohio, where he died in 1829, from injuries received in a mill. A daughter, Sarah (Fields), is now living near Fremont. Dr. Edward Ostrander, from Troy, New York, settled on the McCoy farm near Mt. Pleasant church, in 1813. He was the first physician who settled in the township, and continued in active practice until his death in May, 1835. He did not remain in Green township during the entire time he was engaged in practice, but spent some years in Waverly, returning to Kingston, where he died. He raised a family of eight children, three of whom are now living: George in Danville, Illinois; Jemima (Mrs. Brand), in Montmorenci, Indiana, and Sarah (Mrs. Wolf), the eldest of the family, born November 28, 1798, in Rensselaer county, New York, now lives in Kingston, in the eighty-second year of her age. Jacob Long was a native of Pennsylvania, and when a young man went to Canada, where he remained until after the war of 1812. In the year 1816 he moved to Ross county and settled in Green township, making a purchase of a small farm east of Kingston, on section two, the southeast corner, where he made a home. He afterwards bought over one hundred acres, situated on the pike, a half-mile south of Kingston, where, with his son, John, he built a still-house which they kept in operation several years. He returned to his first purchase, and died in 1835. His family consisted of six children, five sons and one daughter, Charity, who married Samuel May, and remained on the old homestead. 240 A - HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO. PHILIP RANCK. Philip Ranck is the representative in this work of a large and very worthy family who are old residents of Green township. He was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, May 22, 18o7, and was the son of Lewis and Catharine (Holman) Ranck. He was reared in the place of his nativity, and enjoyed the meagre advantages afforded by the then unsystematized and wholly insufficient schools that were scattered throughout the Pennsylvania settlements, at almost as great intervals as in Ohio. Early in the thirties his family purchased land in Ross county, and several of them emigrated to their new possession, though Mr. Ranck's father did not live to realize the satisfaction in which he had for several years indulged. In 1834 the subject of this sketch, having married Anna, daughter of Jonas and Nancy Ranck, started for Ohio, making a tedious journey by wagons, over rough and sometimes almost impassable roads, to the very spot where he now lives. This ground, which was a portion of the property of Mr. Ranck's widowed mother, had been somewhat improved, and Mr. Ranck immediately set to work to carry out the plan which had been commenced. He had the satisfaction of succeeding in his undertaking, and, about fifteen years after his arrival, having been uniformity, though only moderately prosperous, he was able to, and did, purchase the farm. It has ever since been his home, and it bears ample evidences of the industry and thrift of its owner, whose portrait, with that of his wife, appears elsewhere in this volume. The house, of which a view is given, in connection with the portraits of its occupants, was built by Mr. Ranck in 1855. Mr. Ranck's wife is still living. She was born November r, 1812, being therefore five years the junior of her husband. The children of this pair are: Ann Maria, Henry, and Leah Catharine. Ann Maria, born May 7, 1835, married Samuel Barker, and lives near Kingston village, in this township. Henry, born April 3o, 1838, married Susan E. Dressback, and lives near the old home, a worthy citizen of Greene. Leah Catharine, born February 12, 1848, married Julius Rebstock, and is living in Hallsville, Cotentin township. Mr. Ranck is politically a Democrat, having cast his first vote for Jackson, and balloted for the party ever since. His religious affiliation is with the Cumberland Presbyterian church, which has an organization in the neighborhood, and a house of worship, very near Mr. Ranck's home. He has two brothers in the township—Martin and Jacob—who, like himself, are staunch and reliable citizens—men who are valuable in every way to the community in which they live, GEORGE IRELAND. George Ireland, of Buckskin township, is the grandson of John Ireland who came from Maryland with his wife, Esther, in 18o5, and settled in Frankfort (then Old Town), in Concord township, Ross county. He remained there until 1832, when he removed to Allen county, Ohio, where he died in 1844, at the age of sixty-five years. His eldest son, Stephen, father of the subject of this biography, was born in Maryland on the twentieth of September, 1799. Coming to Ross county with his parents when he was six years of age, he was raised here, and spent his life in this neighborhood until 1848, when he moved to McLean county, Illinois. He died in 1857, in Bates county, Missouri, where he was temporarily sojourning. Stephen Ireland was a man of fine character, and much esteemed wherever he went. He was noted for his positive and uncompromising integrity, and for remarkable firmness of purpose. Politically, Mr. Ireland was a Jackson Democrat, and quite active in upholding and advancing the interests of his party. He was married to Elizabeth Carmean, daughter of Curtiss Carmean, an early settler of Concord township. She was born in 1798, and died in 148. The offspring of this marriage were twelve children—six boys and six girls, all of whom lived to maturity, except one. Silas, the eldest, is now living in Bernen county, Michigan; Mary (Mrs. Jefferson Hyer), in McDonough county, Illinois; George, in Buckskin township; Aaron is deceased; Nancy (Mrs. Charles Holdren) is in McLean county, Illinois; Sarah (Mrs. Silas Day), in Davis county, Missouri; Rebecca (Mrs. O. Young), in McDonough county, Illinois; Anna (Mrs. Harp), in McLean county, Illinois; Elizabeth (Mrs. Austin Wight man), and Allen, are both deceased. George Ireland, fourth child of Stephen and Elizabeth Ireland, was born on Herrod's creek, in Concord township, February 14, 1823. He was reared there, and when of age, went to Michigan where he remained with his elder brother, Silas, two years. He then returned to his father's home, and remained until i848, when he went with bins to Illinois, settling in McLean county. He lived there six years, and then selling out, returned to Ohio, living a year in Fayette county. After that, he bought a farm in Ross county, upon which he lived about a year. Returning to Fayette county, he purchased a farm, and lived there nine years, or until 1865 when he bought of Alexander Watt, the farm on which he at present resides, and to which he then moved. Mr. Ireland devotes the whole of his attention to farming, and to his original tract of one hundred and ninety acres has added by the proceeds of his industry, as much more. He is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he is a Democrat, of liberal tendencies. Mr.. Ireland was married, May 23, 1847, to Sarah, daughter of Matthew Hopkins. She was born in July, 1829, and died in 1856, after nine years of married life, leaving five children, viz: Stephen A., now in Madison county; Matthew O., in Fayette county; William E., in Madison county; Aaron L., in Fayette county, and Kansas V. B., deceased. Stephen A. and William E. are teachers. In 1857, October 8th, Mr. Ireland married his present wife, Martha J. Alexander, of Brown county, Ohio, born August 29, 1831. HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO - 241 Her husband died in 1867, having raised a family of twelve children. She remained on the farm until 1879, when she removed to Kingston with her daughter. The sons of Jacob Long settled in Illinois, with the exception of Peter, who died in Green township in about 1867. George Cullum came from near Baltimore, Maryland, to Green township, in 1816, and rented land of John Evans, who lived in Colerain. Mr. Cullum died seven years after he settled in the country, and left six children, double orphans. They were Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Hannah, Hammon, and George, all of whom found homes in the vicinity. But two of the family are now living--Elizabeth (Mrs. David Goodman) in the township, and Hannah (Mrs. Herren) in Tiffin. Jacob Halverstot, from Pennsylvania, rented land now owned by Samuel Reedy, before 1816. The land at that time was owned by Philip Reedy, who lived in Pennsylvania. He disposed of the property to George R. Smith. Among other early settlers were John Thomas, on section twenty, about 182o; John Jones, on land now owned by Harmon Bunn ; Alexander Caldwell, on the quarter section west of Bunn; John Van Gundy, on the eastern part of section twenty-one; John Tharp, on land now owned by James Little, about 1827 or '28. Jacob Salsgiver was an early settler below Kingston. He was killed in a drunken bout, by an axe which he was throwing, and which rebounded and struck him in the head, splitting his skull. George R. Smith came into the township from Pennsylvania, in about 1822. He settled near the southeastern corner of the township, on the east branch of Kinnikinnick, where he owned one hundred and thirty acres of land. His family consisted of eight daughters, two of whom now live in Kingston. His old farm is owned by Mrs. Rachel Mowry. John Hassenpflug came from Union county, Pennsylvania, and settled in Green township, Ross county, Ohio, in 1838. He raised a family of nine children, seven sons and two daughters, of whom seven are now living: two in Iowa, one in Kansas, and the others in this vicinity. He celebrated the anniversary of his ninetieth birthday on the eighteenth of December, 1879, on which occasion his youngest brother and all but three of his children were present. Philip Ranck and wife came from Pennsylvania in 1835. His mother came on the previous year, and bought a farm from Solomon Pontius. This he purchased from his mother, and now owns and occupies. They have three children, one son, Henry, who lives on section twelve, where he has a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, and two daughters, both of whom are married and live in the near vicinity. Charles Goth came from Germany to the United States, and settled in Chillicothe in 1852. In 1855 he went to Kingston, and, soon after, opened a harness shop, which he has since kept in operation, with the exception of fourteen months' service in the First Ohio cavalry during the late war. He was disabled by sickness while in the service. His family comprises four children, George W., Charles E., John C., and Ada Rosina, all of whom remain at home. EVENTS, INDUSTRIES, ETC. Early elections were held at the tavern of William Ritchie, a mile south of Kingston, on the old Sulphur Spring road, and afterwards at D. P. Bunn's tavern, in Kingston. For many years all township elections have been held at Kingston, although the village is on the extreme northern line, making a long distance for voters in remote parts of the township to travel. For many years before the construction of railroads throughout the country, the old road through Kingston was the general route over which cattle and hogs were driven, en route to the Philadelphia and New York markets. Drovers, as a general thing, had regular stopping and feeding places, where their stock was allowed to rest and graze. Many of the settlers, who came in from Pennsylvania after the country began to settle, did not like the comparatively level land in the upper part of the township, and made a location among the hills, which reminded them of the country they had left. A school-house was built near the present residence of Taylor Moore, as early as 1810. Jonathan Griffith was a teacher there sometime about 1812 or 1815. The name of the first teacher cannot now be ascertained. A school was taught at an early day by a German named Eleary, in a house on the north part of section twenty-two. A school was also early held near the present Bethel church. Jacob Evans, Hugh Sherry—a cripple, Moses Brown, Crow, Cazatt, the Kesslers, Baum, and Shauf were early school teachers. Henry Halverstot taught a school in the old cotton- mill about 1817 or 1818. It was afterwards taught by Benton and by Allen. Dr. Edward Ostrander was instrumental in building a rough log school-house, near the old Mt. Pleasant church, in about 1815. It was a subscription school, each scholar being assessed two and a half dollars. A cabin built by John Markel soon after 1800, and located on the east side of the Columbus pike, a short distance north of Blackwater creek, was occupied about 1806 or 1807 as a school, which was taught by Henry Ernstow for a year or more. It was then taught in vacant log cabins, as they could be found, for a number of years. The first good school-house in this vicinity was built from materials obtained from the Goodman warehouse after 1830. Long school-house was built about two and a half miles north of the old cotton-mill, in about 1812. The land on which it was built was procured from William Patrick, and the building, a hewed log structure, was built by Harmon DeHaven. The first teacher was Alexander Gordon. Mr. Metzger afterwards taught school here. The old road on which the school-house was built is long since closed. A school was taught in the center of section twenty- 242 - HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO. eight, about 1820, by Samuel and Jacob Yaples, and later by Mr. McMullen. Mr. Metzger was an early school teacher in the township. He was a Revolutionary soldier. In the days of its early settlement, Green township, and indeed all the surrounding country, was well supplied with distilleries. At this date it can not be definitely settled who established the first distillery, though John Crouse conducted one in connection with his mill, several years before the commencement of hostilities in the war of 1812, James Torbert, over the line in Pickaway county, also had a still in operation during the war of 1812. It is pleasing to record that he afterwards became one of the strongest temperance advocates in the entire country. Abraham Reedy operated a still as early as 1818 or 182o, where he made peach brandy and other liquors. Jacob Long had a large peach orchard, the fruit from which he had made into peach brandy. Many of the first settlers were from Pennsylvania, and after building a cabin they cleared a space for an orchard and planted fruit trees. James Stanley had a distillery a mile southwest of Kingston, where is now the railroad crossing. This was in operation as early as 1820. The property was afterwards purchased by Jacob Long and his son, John, who, after managing it for a time, allowed it to fall to decay. The land is now owned by William H. Woodring. Jacob Charles also had a distillery on Blackwater creek. Wolf had one in the east part of the township, and Thomas Worthington had one near his mill. The first flouring-mill in Green township was a log structure built by William McCoy, on the Kinnikinnick creek, in 1797. This mill he kept in operation about one year when he sold to John Crouse, it not proving profitable to him. Mr. Crouse kept the mill in operation many years, and greatly improved its efficiency. He added to it a still-house, which proved a good investment, but was long since discontinued. A flouring- mill has been in operation on the site of the original mill since the earliest settlement of the country. Christopher Van Gundy built a grist-mill on Kinnikinnick creek, on the northwest corner of section twenty one, about 18o5. He sold to John Wolf about 1815. Wolf run it until about 1820, when he sold to Jeremiah Crouse, who discontinued it. Wolf was a very large man, who cared more for hunting and other sports than for hard work, and in 1823 removed to near Marion, where he could have more elbow room. He finally became reduced in circumstances, and passed the last years of his life in the poor-house. None of his descendants are living in this vicinity. Governor Thomas Worthington built a grist-mill near the Columbus pike, on Kinnikinnick creek, in about 1805. He continued this mill until 1828, when he sold to Daniel McCollister, under whose control it remained until about 1837, when he sold it to David Crouse. Since that time it has at two different periods been converted into a paper-mill, and again back to .a flouring- mill. A new building was erected near the site of the old mill at a comparatively recent date, by Jeremiah Crouse, who now owns the property. A cotton-mill was built on the bank of Kinnikinnick creek, two miles south of Kingston, about 1811. Raw cotton was brought in from the south and manufactured into batting and yarn. The managers of the mill were Doolittle and John Wallace, who conducted the business but a few years when it was given up. A school was afterwards taught there for some years. In 1832 the building was removed to Kingston, and remained on stilts until 1842. It was used after its removal to Kingston by a man named Riddle, as a hat shop, for some two or three years. In 1842 it was torn down and rebuilt for use as a pottery, by Caleb Sprague. It was then used as a wagon shop, and at present is owned by the Odd Fellow fraternity and occupied as a lodge hall. Abraham Eyestone built a saw-mill and a carding and cloth-fulling machine on his property previous to 1812. This was one of the first saw-mills built in the township, and was destroyed by fire before 1812. When rebuilt the fulling and carding machines were continued until 1837, when they were given up. The saw-mill was run for a number of years afterward but was allowed to go to decay as the water supply gave out. In about 1815 John Trimble leased a mill site on the bank of Kinnikinnick, not far from the railroad crossing on the old Chillicothe road, on which he built a woolen- mill. He afterwards added to it an oil-mill, which was in operation some years, but was finally abandoned. He was succeeded in the woolen-mill, about 1820, by James Rice, who managed it for three years, when it again changed hands, and was run several years by Mr. Ferguson, who succeeded Jeremiah Crouse in the ownership of the property at the death of the latter. In 1848 Thomas H. Bennett, a son-in-law of Jeremiah Crouse, came into possession of the property, which he run until 1859, when he sold the machinery at a sacrifice and retired from the business, soon after which he died. The ruins of the mill are now owned by Mrs. Mary Bennett, his widow. The first paper-mill in Ross county was built on the northwest corner of section ten, in about 1815, by Hezekiah and Isaiah Ingham, Quakers, who leased the land from David Crouse. On expiration of the lease, in about 1820, Mr. Crouse bought the mill and continued the business, by which he accumulated a fortune. The paper manufactured in this mill was transported in large wagons to Columbus and other points, for sale. Mr. Crouse continued this business until his death, in 1837. He was succeeded by his sons, who followed in his footsteps, until about 1857, when the building was allowed to go to decay. A second paper-mill was built on the site of the old Worthington flouring-mill, in 1848, by the sons of David Crouse, Shepherd and Jeremiah, who kept it in operation until about 186o, when they sold it to Matthew Lewis, who continued it for a number of years, and closed it about 1871. Among the early industries of the township that played 242 A - HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO CHARLES DE HAVEN. The subject of this sketch is one of the oldest and most esteemed residents of Kingston. He was born upon the old homestead one mile east of that village, at the farm now owned by Mr. Layman, on the sixth of November, 1806. He was the third child and oldest son of Harmon and Magdalene (Garhart) De Haven. Father and mother were both of the Pennsylvania German stock. They emigrated from Columbia county, in that State, in 1805, with another family in the same wagon, to the Scioto valley. Here, at the point named near Kingston, the father entered a fifty-acre tract of government land, and began farming. He had been a cabinet-maker in the older State, and continued to work at the business somewhat in his new home, especially in undertaking, of which he did a great deal. He lived to the age of but forty-three, dying in 1820; the mother lived almost twice as long, passing away at last in 1862, at the age of eighty-one. Charles was educated, to a limited extent, in the subscription schools of his day, but spent most of his time and strength in the work of the farm, at which he remained until he was over forty years old, assuming the management of the farm for three or four years after his father's death. He finally sold the home farm and removed to Kingston, where he still resides, and engaged in the carpenter's business during winters and in shoemaking the rest of the year. About ten years ago, beginning to feel oppressed by the weight of years, he retired altogether from business, and has since led a peculiarly quiet and uneventful life. He has never held an office except that of village councilman, and has had little to do with courts except in the performance of trusts as administrator or guardian. He never had a suit in a court of any grade. He lives much respected by his fellow-citizens, and in the enjoyment of a comfortable competence. Mr. De Haven was married January 24, 18,47, to Miss Jane Black, daughter of Richard Black, a farmer in Pick- away county. They had one child, Ruth, now Mrs. John E. Zimmerman, of the firm of James Richey and Company, coffin manufacturers in Cincinnati. She has five children—Burton T., a clerk in the Burnelt house, in that city, Winifred, Charles D., Luther and Jennie. Mrs. De Haven died March 26, 1876. Her husband was again united in marriage March 27, 1877, to Miss Martha Jane Rogers, daughter of William Rogers, a farmer residing near Kingston. HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO - 243 an important part in its history, were the numerous tanneries located in various places. The earliest of these of which any record can be obtained, is that established by John Holman in 1814. This he managed until 1835 or 1836, when he gave the control of the business to his son, Abraham Holman, who has continued the business to the present time. This is one of the oldest industries in the township. James Ritchie, a son of George Ritchie, had a tannery on his farm in an early day, but he kept it in operation only a short time. This was in about 1823. Henry May and John Larkins owned a tannery in the village of Kingston, in about 1828, though it was located just across the line in Pickaway county. They continued the business until 1864, when they closed it out. Thomas Leeper settled on section nine about 1814 or 1815. His farm was advertised for sale in the Chillicothe papers in 1819. He was by trade a blacksmith, and had a shop on his place in which he worked. John Freit was also a blacksmith, and worked at that trade in the country a part of the time, as early as 1813 or 1814. He afterwards had a shop in Kingston. The first warehouse in Green township, was built near the mouth of Blackwater creek, in about 1818, by David and Daniel Goodman. At that time there was considerable shipment of produce, flour, and pork, down the Scioto and Ohio rivers to a southern market, and until after the completion of the Ohio canal this warehouse was used as a place of storage for produce as it was gathered in for shipment. When the canal was completed on the west side of the river, there was no more use for the warehouse, and it was torn down. A part of the timber was used in building a school-house some time after 1830. The first temperance society in Green township was one inaugurated by six members of Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian church, in 1829. They agreed for that year, that they would furnish no liquor to men employed in the harvest fields, but instead would increase their wages. The plan worked well, and no difficulty was had in obtaining the required help. Daniel Walters, who settled a mile east of Kingston in 1805, is recollected as the first shoemaker in the vicinity of Kingston, if not the first in the township. He had a bench and his shoemaker's tools in his house, where he worked for a number of years, when he sold out and moved to the north part of the State. KINGSTON. The land on which the village of Kingston was laid off, was originally owned by James Ritchie, who located the land in 1805. He soon after gave to Thomas Ing a tract of forty acres lying adjoining the Pickaway county line, on which he settled and built a log house. Mr. Ritchie also built a house in the lower part of the town for his sister, Mrs. Southard, about the same time. Quite a number of families located on this forty acres, which was called " Ingstown," until 1816, when it was laid out as a village, and some objecting to the name it was changed to Kingston. Mr. Ing was a tailor by trade, and was the first of that craft to exercise his calling in the little community. He also opened the first tavern in the place. Widow Susanna McCutchen also kept an early tavern in the village, the barn of which was destroyed by fire in 1831, and several stage horses burned to death. In 1837 there were two taverns in Kingston, one kept by Reed Armstrong, and the other by Mrs. Isabella Duncan. One was the regular stage house, with some twenty-five regular boarders besides, the other had thirty regular boarders, besides transient custom. The road through Kingston was known in early days as the Lancaster road, and was frequently traveled by noted men of the Nation. Henry Clay, Richard M. Johnson, Felix Grundy, John J. Crittenden, Thomas Marshall, and ex-President Santa Anna, of Mexico, were entertained at one of the humble taverns of the place, at different times. President Monroe and party passed through the town in 1817, and remained at dinner with Mr. James McCutchen, who then kept one of the taverns. It was the regular route from the southwest and west, to the Federal city, and was traveled by most of the prominent men of that day. The first store was opened in Kingston by George Brown, in about 1817. He continued in business a short time, and sold to Duncan & Logan, who remained in trade many years. At that time, and for many years thereafter, all the goods on the shelves of the early merchants were teamed in huge Pennsylvania wagons from Philadelphia, six large draft-horses being generally required to perform this labor. James McCutchen opened the second store in Kingston, in about 1818. William Ferguson was also an early merchant, and was the first postmaster in the township. The first physician to locate in the vicinity of Kingston was Dr. Edward Ostrander, who located near old Mount Pleasant church in 1813, and soon establised a large practice in the surrounding country. Previous to this the early settlers, in case of sickness, had been obliged to call Dr. Scott, of Chillicothe. Dr. Hunter came to Kingston some years after the settlement of Dr. Ostrander. He was followed by Dr. J. S. Prettyman, and Dr. Curl, both of whom were here as early as 1832 or 1833. Since that time several medical practitioners have located in the village for a short time. The present medical staff of the village and township is represented by Drs. Kinsey, Shannon, and Dreisbach. The first school in Kingston village was opened about the time the town was laid out, in 1816, or, possibly, in 1817. James Dunn was probably the first teacher. Other teachers in an early day were McLaughlin, Amos Benton, David Bunn, and others. The business of Kingston at the present time is conducted by the following persons and firms: F. A. Hunter, drugs and general merchandise; May & Rogers, drugs, hardware and groceries; May Brothers, dry goods and groceries; A. B. Crummel, groceries; George Myers, tinner; Peter Scherr, groceries; Josiah Murray, grocery and post-office; Arthur Jack, harness maker; Charles Goth, saddler; David Bush and Ferdinand Rose, blacksmiths; Hatch & Brown, blacksmiths and carriage man- 244 - HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO ufacturers; Simon Holderman, lumber and coal; Mar- field & Morrison, elevator. Kingston was incorporated as a village by special act of the legislature in the winter of 1834. The act of incorporation designated the first Saturday of April as the date for holding the first election, which was accordingly held in D. P. Bunns' tavern, April 5, 1834. The officers elected were Peter Frederick, mayor; Reed Armstrong, recorder; William Ferguson, John S. Prettyman, John Zimmerman, William Rockwell. and Joseph R. Griffith, council. The council met April 9th, and appointed John Byerly marshal, and John Crouse treasurer. The act of incorporation included the original plat made by Thomas Ing, with such additions as had since been made by James Ritchie, and Duncan & Logan. Within a few years the council has leased a room in the lower part of Odd Fellows' building for use as a mayor's office and for general -corporation purposes. Here elections are held at the present time. The officers elected for 1879 were M. J. Hatcher, mayor; W. L. Zimmerman, recorder; James Glenn, marshal; Clarence C. May, treasurer; T. C. Rogers, A. B. Crummel, Joseph Smith, H. L. Meyers, David Bell and Samuel Frederick, council; George Goth, street commissioner. POST-OFFICE. The post-office in Kingston, the first in Green township, was established about 1820, with William Ferguson as postmaster. He served several years, since which the following persons have administered the office: Reed Armstrong, B. Z. Doddridge, Allen 0. Hewitt, Jacob Ranck, Jacob Nye, J. '1'. Jack, James W. Hoover, James May, James AV. Hoover a second time, and Josiah Murray, the present incumbent, who has administered the office some three years. Another post-office was established at Kinnikinnick station in 1878, with Milton McCoy as postmaster. CHURCHES. MOUNT PLEASANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH was organized a mile west of the present village of Kingston, in the latter part of August, 1798. During that year a few families of Presbyterians had settled in this neighborhood, some in Ross and some in Pickaway county. They met and consulted regarding the organization of a -church, and in July, 1798, erected a rough log building, thirty feet square. There was no floor in the house; the sleepers served for seats, and a few split logs formed a stand or pulpit, from which the minister addressed the small congregation. Rev. William Spear organized the small community as a church, and remained in charge of it some four years. The church was named Mt. Pleasant church, from the beautiful eminence on which it stood, and the fine prospect from its south door. The organization was formed with fourteen members, six males and eight females, as follows: WilliaM McCoy and wife; James Wilson, his son John, and three unmarried daughters; William Craig and wife, William Blair and wife, Samuel Denny and wife, and Margaret Denny, wife of David Denny. McCoy and Wilson having been ruling elders in their old homes at the east, it was agreed that they should serve as such in this new church, without formal installation. Rev. William Spear was engaged to preach one- third of the time for the sum of one hundred dollars per year. Thus six Presbyterian families, none over six months in the community, organized a church, erected a house of worship, and had a minister engaged before corn was ready to harvest. James Wilson, one of the first ruling elders, died in June, 1799. William Craig died suddenly in 1805, when a candidate for the State legislature, and on the eve before election. William McCoy died in August, 1823 William Blair and wife removed to another location. Samuel Denny and wife died members of the congregation in 1822 and 1800. Mrs. Margaret Denny also remained in membership during her life. In the fall of 1798 John Sharp removed from Chillicothe into the congregation, and was immediately made a ruling elder; he died in 1827. In 1799, John Rollins, John McLane, Hugh Menary, and James Stewart, with their families, Mrs. Isabella Denny, wife of James Denny, and Mrs. Mary Boggs, wife of John Boggs, joined the church. All of these, with the exception of Mrs. Boggs, soon removed to other parts. Colonel John Entrekin came into the region in 1798, but did not join the church for some years.. A singing school was taught in the meeting-house, every Saturday afternoon, by Robert Patrick. Rev. William Spear continued to preach to the Mt. Pleasant church until the spring of 1802, when he gave up his charge. For six years the church had no regular pastor, but had an occasional supply from Washington presbytery. Rev. Dr. Hoge preached here occasionally. During 1806 7, Dr. R. G. Wilson, pastor of Chillicothe and Union churches, preached here once a month, on a week day. On Sunday, when no preaching was had, a prayer-meeting was held. The old meeting-house was never finished, and soon became uncomfortable. In a few years, a school house was erected near it, in which meetings were held; they were also often held in a grove near by, and in private houses. On the second of April, 1808, a call was extended to Rev. James Robinson, which was accepted, and he entered upon his duties the first of July, devoting one-half of his time to Mt. Pleasant congregation, for the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. Arrangements were afterwards made by which he preached two-thirds of the time and received three hundred dollars. In 1808 there were four ruling elders in the church, viz: McCoy, Sharp, Foresman, and William Snodgrass, who came from Virginia in 1807. Samuel Hopkins was afterward elected an elder, and acted as such from August 22, 1813, until his death in 1829. In 1848 but five families were left who were among the early members of the church, as follows: Mrs. Mary Jones, who came in 1802; Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, in 1803; George Ritchie, in 1804; Thomas Wright and James Torbert, in 1808. Their children, with those of John Sharp, John Entrekin, Samuel Hopkins and William Snodgrass, with Mrs. 244 A - HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO JOHN McNALLY. The late John McNally who died at his residence in Concord township, on the twenty-seventh day of December, i879, at the good old age of eighty-one years, was the second sun of James and Susan (McCloskey) McNally, born in Templemoil, Londonderry, Ireland, June 20, 1798. His father was a rine scholar, a .school-master, and surveyor; and John proved a worthy successor in all these particulars. He bait raved well his opportunities in the school and family of his father, and acquired an excellent education. After his removal to this region, he was accounted one of the three best mathematicians in Ross county. The family was large and poor, however, and the young John was compelled to labor much, at one time, when only seven years old, being employed as a cowherd. In 1820, being then of age, he left his ancestral home in the Green Isle to push his fortunes in the new land of hope and promise in the west. Landing at St. Johns, New Brunswick, in June, he made his way to the vicinity of Quebec, hearing a letter of introduction to General Gillespie, of that locality. Here, upon the plains of Abraham, he was employed for a time in clearing the debris of the great battle between Montcalm and Wolfe, about the middle of the last century. He also entered a school near by, in order to learn French, and so qualify himself the better for a clerkship in the general's store. Taking offense, however, at some imputation of the teacher upon his scholarship, he left the school and this neighborhood altogether in the fall of the same year, and proceeded, most of the way on foot, at one time making a hundred and fourteen miles in two days by pedestrian exercise, to Chillicothe. To this place three of his schoolmates, Edward H., Frederick and Samuel Edwards, had preceded him by some years; and their residence here tempted him }tither. His last half- dollar was paid out to a hotel-keeper the morning after his arrival, for bed and breakfast. He soon obtained employment as a school-teacher, and taught district schools for three years in the Bush neighborhood, Concord township, near the spot where lie afterwards made his home. The first money cleared by him, to the amount of seventy-five dollars, was dutifully sent to his aged parents in Ireland. His pedagogic labors ended, he took a position as clerk with John Bush, and then engaged in mercantile business in Frankfurt. Industrious and saving, young McNally was enabled, in 1828, to purchase the stock and goodwill of the store, and remained in prosperous trade for some years, upon the corner, and in part of the same building now occupied by Messrs. Robert Fulton & Sons. About 1813 he removed to Chillicothe, where he dwelt twelve years, and engaged in a large wholesale and retail grocery trade. His genial manners and large acquaintance brought him wide and profitable custom, and he had already, in 1831, purchased a fine tract of two hundred and fifty-eight acres, two miles from Frankfort, upon the Frankfurt and Herrod's creek turnpike, to which he retired in 185o, and there spent the remainder of his days. He was not a practical farmer, but with the capable aid of his brother-in-law, Mr. George M. Dexter, in whose household he resided, and subsequently of his nephew, Mr. James A. Dexter, the subject of a separate sketch in this volume, lie was enabled to develop his almost unimproved tract into a valuable and finely cultivated property. He engaged, to some extent, in stock-dealing and miscellaneous business, at one time taking a boat-load of corn to New Orleans for the Edward’s, and subsequently engaging in pork-packing in New York city. While in the latter place, in 1855, he lacerated severely the muscles of his left leg in stepping from a street car, laming himself for life, and so disabling himself for the time being as to be unable to attend to business, whereby he lost, it is estimated, not less than twenty thousand dollars. His days thenceforth, with rare exceptions, were passed upon his farm in the supervision of his home business and the enjoyment of his books and the society of his friends. He was in good general health until within a year or more of his death, when he failed rapidly, and a stroke of paralysis finatly, after an illness of but two weeks, gathered him to his fathers. Mr. McNally, though very much a scholar, was a man of stalwart, athletic frame, and at times, under severe provocation, he bore no inconsiderable part in the fistic tournaments of his earlier days. Of somewhat irritable, sensitive nature, he was nevertheless easily forgiving and kind. He was a Roman Catholic bred in the bone, and remained ever faithful and true to the faith of his fathers. In the former part of his residence in Ross county, he was accustomed to ride the long distance to Somerset, Perry county, then the nearest point at which he could perform his religious duties. He was for many years the leading member of his church in Frankfort, and in 1872 sustained the entire expense, about six thousand dotlars, except four hundred dollars or thereabouts, of building and furnishing a fine brick edifice for its occupancy. In politics he was a Democrat, JAMES A. DEXTER. and an intelligent, energetic worker for the success of his party, always on hand at its caucuses and conventions, and on familiar terms with such distinguished leaders as the Hun. William Allen and others. He was also a fair public speaker, and frequently "took the stump" in his township. He was, however, not an officeholder, and frequently refused offers of nominations, and even appointments to foreign consulates. His friends once came within three votes of nominating him as a candidate for representative to the State legislature, which he could easily have secured had he desired it. It is not known that he ever held a public office. He was generous to his relatives and friends, and started several men in business, some of whom returned his favors with black ingratitude. At his own expense a nephew, Alfred D. Dexter, now assistant priest at Kenton, Ohio, was educated for the priesthood, chiefly at Mount St. Mary's seminary, Cincinnati. He also contributed liberally to the education of a niece, who is now a Sister of Charity in Dayton. Many other acts of beneficence are credited to him, and the poet's lines were very fitly quoted in an obituary notice of him: "Thus to relieve the distressed was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side." His business and social reputation was high; his acts were marked by integrity and honor, and the sense of loss in the community, upon his death, was so great that one of the largest funerals ever known at Frankfort celebrated his rites of selpulture, at which an eloquent discourse was preached by Father J. A. Murray, of Chillicothe. His will provided five hundred dollars for masses, to be said for the repose of his soul. Requiescat ire pace. JAMES A. DEXTER. James Augustine Dexter, second son of George M. and Mary Dexter, was born September 13, 1847, on the farm long owned and occupied by his uncle, Mr. John McNally, two miles west of Frankfort. His youth, as well as adult manhood, was spent on this place, with brief exceptions. His education was received in the schools of the subdistrict in which he was born, and in the collegiate school then taught in Chillicothe by Professor George Kelley, now of Cleveland. He also enjoyed the advantages offered by long residence with his scholarly uncle, and of abundant book, newspaper and other literature, which he has read extensively, and thus, and by observant intercourse with the world, has become a more than ordinarily well-informed man. He has corresponded much for the Chillicothe Advertiser, for the Scioto Valley Post, in its day, and for western journals, writing always letters of interest and value, and of a good literary finish. For a short time he assisted in the instruction of the parochial school in Chillicothe. He is the principal heir of his uncle, the late John McNally, inheriting from him the valuable farm improved by the latter, with other property, and is charged with the care of his venerable father and mother—the latter a sister of Mr. McNally. This trust, as also the care of a handsome legacy bequeathed to his sister, Miss Mary E. Dexter, Ile is faithfully and piously fulfilling. By his uncle's will he is constituted sole executor without the requirement of a bond. He is a devout communicant of the Roman Catholic church, one of the main-stays of the society of the faith in Frankfort, and a member of its choir. He has been an energetic local politician of the Democratic persuasion, managing largely the affairs of that party in his township, and being often a delegate to the county and congressional conventions. From the active pursuits of politics, however, he has now measurably retired. His habits are quiet and domestic, but he has made several trips to the west, to sell lands for his father and uncle, in which he was very successful, negotiating sales to much advantage. He has been an active promoter of the agitation designed to free Ross county from the collection of tolls on the turnpike roads, and was the principal instrument in securing the release of the Frankfort and Herrodls creek turnpike from that burden. He does not engage in outside speculation, office-holding, or other distracting employments, and has never suffered even marriage to interrupt-the tranquil current of his life. Remaining single thus far, he devotes himself, tranquilly and unostentatiously, to the care of his comfortable property, and to his various duties as a citizen, a churchman, a son, and a brother. Now, in the prime of life, in superior health and vigor, he gives high promise of long, happy and useful life. HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO - 245 Susanna May, daughter of John McCutcheon, constituted all the other families in the congregation whose parents were then members of it. During the ministry of Rev. James Robinson, one hundred and thirty-five persons were admitted, of whom ninety-five were on examination and forty on certificate. He left the church October 20, 1820, and died in Union county in 1847, aged seventy-eight years. The winter following Mr. Robinson's removal, Rev. D. McIntosh supplied the congregation. Revs. Henry Perkins, Dyer Burgess, James Coe, and Charles B. Storrs, afterwards president of Western Reserve college, each preached for a short time. Rev. William Burton was installed pastor of Mt. Pleasant church, September 13, 1822, dividing his time between this and the Circleville church. He resigned the charge November 17, 1830, and Rev. Benjamin Dolbear was supply a few months in the winter of 183o31, after which time Rev. Augustus Pomeroy preached for one year. Revs. H. S. Fullerton, A. McFarland, James Bucknall, and Thomas Chestnut, were the pastors during the years intervening between 1832 and 1842, when Rev. Timothy Stearns commenced his labors as pastor, and was installed in April, 1843. The first meeting-house was built in 1798. The second house, known as the old Mt. Pleasant church, was commenced in 1810 and finished in 1814. The graveyard was laid out in 1800, and several interments were made during that year. From 1829 to 1837 the congregation worshiped in the Methodist Episcopal church at Kingston, when they commenced building a house of worship, which was finished in 1838. In 18596o the present house of worship was erected in the village of Kingston. Mr. Stearns remained in charge of the church until 1853, when his health gave way and he was obliged to resign. He was succeeded by Rev. George Carpenter, who officiated as pastor until March, 1867. Rev. W. W. McKinney followed him and remained as pastor three years. He was succeeded in April, 1871, by Rev. who remained one year. Rev. D. D. Smith then ministered to the church and congregation until 1877, when he was succeeded by Rev. E. Grand-Girard, the present pastor. Mt. Pleasant church has a membership of about one hundred and thirty-five. A Sabbath-school has been maintained all these years, with a present membership of about eighty, under the superintendence of John D. Mundell. BETHEL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. In the year 1804, Rev. James Quinn, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, was, by his own consent, transferred from the Baltimore conference to the Western conference, and stationed on the Hocking circuit. Green township, Ross county, was included in his circuit, and in the year he commenced his labors as a missionary, he gathered the people in the southeastern quarter of the township, together with others in the townships adjoining on the east and south, and formed the organization known as Bethel Methodist Episcopal church, which, at first, consisted of but few members. Meetings were held in a log cabin on the Arrowsmith property, section twenty-seven, and in a school-house for a number of years, after which a hewed log-house was built. This church was used until 1827, when it was torn down and a brick building erected in its place. The present neat frame church was built in 1871. Among the early members of the church were the Delays, Crouches, Annos, Arrowsmiths, Ritters, Hugh, Andrew, and Samuel Little, Timothy Brown, John Beattie, the Bunns, Senffs and others, who contributed to the formation and perpetuation of the society by their spiritual and temporal influence. Connected with the Bethel society, at the present time, are some of the children of those early pioneers, who were instrumental in planting in the wilderness, a society whose influence has been felt, morally, all along these years. In the graveyard adjoining the church repose the ashes of many of the early members, and the ground is held sacred in their memory. The present membership of the church is about forty. CROUSE'S CHAPEL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH was organized in the eastern part of the township, about 1807 or 1808. A frame building was erected about that time, in which the wandering itinerant Methodist ministers preached regularly. The church building was named in honor of Benjamin Lakin, one of the early pioneers of Methodism in this then wilderness, who came in the year 1802, in company with his wife, in a cart drawn by one horse, bringing with them all their worldly goods, and dedicating their lives to the work of teaching the gospel of Christ to the settlers in the new country. For quite a number of years this church was known as Lakin's chapel. Finally the old church gave way to the present beautiful brick chapel in which the congregation now worship, and which was called Crouse's chapel, in honor of Mr. John Crouse, one of the first Methodists in Ross county, a very pious, benevolent and enterprising man. Some of the early members who helped organize this church, were the Crouses, Justice, Whitsels, and others whose names cannot now be recalled. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT KINGSTON. At what period Methodist ministers preached in the village of Kingston, cannot be definitely ascertained at this late date, but soon after 1800 preaching was had in private houses. No church building was erected until the year 1829, when the old brick church was erected, and was opened for all denominations to worship in, but very soon after 1829, through the influence of John Crouse and others, the Methodists purchased the building, since which time it has belonged to this denomination. An organization was effected about this time, which has continued to flourish to the present time. After using the old brick church for a number of years, it was removed, and the present comfortable frame building erected. Among some of the early members of the Kingston society were J. Crouse and wife, T. Parker and 246 - HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO. wife, Miss Sewell, Mrs. Ford, the Rocks, Mr. Reat and wife, and many others. * GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH. The German Reformed church, in the eastern part of Green township, on the Ade1phi pike, was organized by Rev. Weis, who became the first pastor to the congregation. The original church building was erected on a lot deeded for the purpose by Martin Zimmerman, in 1803. It was built by members of the German Reformed and the Lutheran churches, who commenced the building in 1816, and used it in an unfinished state until 1835, when it was completed. A new frame church was built in its place in 186o. Among the first members were the Reedys, Betzers, Fredericks, members of the Pontius and Zimmerman families, and others. The Lutheran church was organized soon after the Reformed church, by Rev. Jacob Leist, who was the first pastor. The organization was kept up but a short time, and when it dissolved the congregation attended the Reformed church. THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH was organized in the eastern part of Green township, by Rev. Jacobs, about 1854 or '55. A church edifice was erected directly opposite the German Reformed church, on the Ade1phi pike. Among the early members were Reuben Betzer and wife, Philip Ranck and wife, Andrew Pontius and wife, and others. A series of revivals followed the organization of the church, which grew rapidly for some time. Since then many of the congregation have moved away, and others have died, until at the present time the membership is small. The pastor is Rev. Michael Dent. MT. PLEASANT ACADEMY. This institution was organized by Rev. Timothy. Stearns, in 1849. August 22, 1848, he preached a semi- centenary address commemorative of the history of Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian church, and during his address suggested that the church and congregation organize an academy, and "raise an Ebenezer to the Lord for His goodness to them in the past." His suggestion was warmly seconded by Revs. M. A. Sackett and C. P. Taylor, who were present at the time. Mr. Stearns asked permission to devote two weeks to the work of raising the necessary funds to make the academy a success, and if not able to secure the means required within that time, he would abandon the project. He was very successful in raising friends and promoters to the enterprise, and in one month had obtained a subscription of two thousand one hundred dollars. A board of trustees was appointed and work immediately commenced on a two- story brick building, thirty-four by forty feet in dimensions. The bullding was not completed as soon as was expected, and the school was first opened in the church, which was thus used for about a month, at which time the academy building was completed, and the school was * We are indebted to Rev. C. H. Warten, who lives in Pickaway county, near Kingston, for history of the Methodist churches in Green township. transferred to its permanent home. Soon after its inception the subscribers unanimously offered the control of the academy to the Columbus presbytery, who accepted of the offering, and made this institution their presbyterial academy. The first teacher was Rev. James Stirrett, who was assisted in the female department by Miss Rose Ann Porter. The school remained in charge of Mr. Stirrett most of the time until 1858 or 1859, when he died. He was absent several years previous to 1853, and during his absence Rev. Timothy Stearns was in charge of the school a portion of the time, and a portion of the time Rev. Mr. Sackett was the instructor. Mr. Stirrett returned sometime about 1857, and bought the academy from the presbytery, designing to make it a private school, but his death occurred before his plans were perfected. After the death of Mr. Stirrett, the school was for a time under the control of Mr. Colemary and Mr. Killen, and again under Mr. Thorn and his wife, and Mr. Haywood. Rev. George Carpenter, pastor of the church at Kingston, was also its principal for a time. The property was owned by Daniel Entreldn after the death of Mr. Stirrett, and by him the use of the building was given to the school for several years. He sold it to James and John May, who) owned it for several years, and then sold it to the school district, in 1867, for use as a village school. In its palmiest days the acaderny numbered some eighty scholars, and was in a prosperous condition. After the death of Mr, Stirrett dates its decline as a school. SOCIETIES. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. Pearson Lodge, No. 372, of Kingston, was granted a dispensation May 13, 1864, and was instituted July 14, 1864. The charter member were A. Reedy, W. H. Patrick, 0. P. Goodman, I. N. Asbury, H. L. Myers, J. C. Allen, and J. W. Allen. The first meetings were held in the house now owned by James Wright, and after about a year Dr. Wilson's house was rented and occupied two years. They then leased the upper story of a building owned by H. L. Myers, which they afterwards bought. The first officers were: 0. P. Goodman, N. G.; A. Reedy, V..G.; William Patrick, treasurer; J. C. Allen, secretary. The present officers are: George Wilson, N. G.; Beeman Lazier, V. G.; C. Goth, treasurer ; A. M. Lamaster, F. S.; W. Woodring, P. S. The lodge is in a prosperous condition, with a good surplus fund in the treasury. The hall they own and occupy has had quite a checkered history, being:originally built for a cotton factory, then used for a school-house, after which it was removed to Kingston and rebuilt. It has since been used as a pottery, a boarding house, grocery, wagon shop, cabinet and undertaking shop, tin shop, and is now occupied as a lodge room, in the upper story, and town hall in the lower part. Ruth Lodge, No. 108, Daughters of Rebekah, I. 0. 0. F., was instituted June 17, 1878. The charter members were A. L. Ellis, Hattie M. Ellis, W. L. Zimmer- 246 A - HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO DAVID AND ELIZABETH GOODMAN. David Goodman was the third son of John and Charlotte (Shuck) Goodman, and was born at the paternal home, on the farm next that which he now occupies, nine miles from Chillicothe, December 12, 18o1. He is therefore one of the very oldest natives of the valley now living. On the father's side he is of German stock; his mother was English in the maternal branch, They emigrated from Berks county, Pennsylvania, to the Scioto valley, in 1799, reaching Portsmouth in a flat-boat, and coming thence to their new home, on horseback, over an Indian trail, while their baggage and household goods followed in a keel-boat. His grandmother accompanied the party, and is now buried in a small enclosure upon his farm. When a girl of fourteen she was captured by the Indians, in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, and remained with them several years, when she was sold to the Canadian French, by whom she was returned to her friends. John Goodman bought a preemption right to two hundred acres of congress land in the present Green township, and in due time became its full possessor. He died July 15, 1830, aged sixty-eight years; his wife, April 23, 1825, aged fifty-nine. Their son, David, at the age of twenty-two, began, in association with his brother, Daniel, to build flat-boats upon the Scioto, near his place, and to fill them with products of their farms, and enough purchased in addition to load them well. The grain was generally floured at Worthington's or Crosse's mill before being shipped. A number of boats, loaded mostly with bacon, flour, and pork, were taken by the brothers down the Mississippi during the six years in which they were engaged in the business, and proved moderately profitable ventures. Since then, David has followed the straight vocation of farming, upon a place adjoining the old home, which his father and he had purchased many years ago conjointly, and of which he became sole possessor. March 3, 1833, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Cullum, of the same neighborhood, daughter of George and Nancy (Galloway) Cullum, who came to this region about 1815, from near Baltimore, Maryland. She was born October 4, 1812, and yet survives as the partner of her husband's joys and sorrows. They have children as follows: Lavina, born September 17, 1835, died Christmas of the same year; Ellen, born December 26, 1836, now widow of Major Dunlap, elsewhere noticed in this volume ; Oliver Perry, born April 27, 1839, married Miss Dorcas Kelley, October 17, 1865, and settled near his father; Martha, born October 17, 1842, died May 24, 1844; Margaret, born November 16, 1845, now Mrs. Alfred M. Immel, and residing with her parents; and Mary E., born August 11, 1848, married David Umstead December 13, 1869, and living in Springfield township. Mr. Goodman has been a life-long Democrat, but has taken no conspicuous part in politics, and has held no offices of note. He was one of those who voted for General Jackson on his first run for the presidency. During the Rebellion he was what is known as a war Democrat, and contributed liberally to secure recruits for the Union army. He has been extremely fortunate in his business relations, losing but very trifling sums by had debts, and never having a case in court, and never endorsing or asking endorsement. Remarkably healthy, strong, and sound in all his faculties, for one of his years, he is enjoying, with the long-time companion of his life, a serene and peaceful old age, which bids fair to last for yet many years. HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO - 247 man, Simon Holderman, Joseph Smith, Mary E. Smith, Albert Raub, Emma Raub, J. Ranck, Margaret Ranck, I). W. Leazure, Laura Leazure, C. W. Myers, Hattie M. Myers, U. Kitzmiller, A. M. Lamaster, M. J. Lamaster, David Bell, George B. Leazure, D. D. Whitsel, A. C. Whitsel. SCIOTO GRANGE NO. 160 was organized under a dispensation granted October 8, 1873. The charter was received March 23, 1874. This grange was organized in Odd Fellows hall, with the following charter members : 0. P. Goodman, J. D. Mundell, Simeon Orr, David Crouse, Nelson Long, Edward Wright, Joseph Wright, Nelson Kellenbarger, William Dreisbach, J. M. May, M. A. Mundell, Belle Kellenbarger, Lizzie Kellenbarger, L. R. Wright, Dorcas Goodman, Hannah Orr, and Mrs. J. M. May. The first officers were 0. P. Goodman, M. ; Joseph Wright, L. ; David Crouse, 0.; Simeon Orr, S. ; Nelson Long, A. S. ; J. D. Mundell, chaplain ; William Driesbach, treasurer; J. M. May, secretary; Edward Wright, gate-keeper; Mrs. M. A. Mundell, L. A. S. ; Mrs. J. M. May, Flora ; Belle Kellenbarger, Pomona ; Mrs. Edward Wright, Ceres. The hall belonging to the Odd Fellows was rented for a year and a half, at the close of which time, the room over May Brothers store was leased for a term of years. The members have fitted their hall up in excellent taste, and have all the articles representative of their calling as patrons of husbandry, with which to exemplify their work. In addition to this they have a well selected library, constituted in part of a complete set of " Chamber's Encyclopedia," with other works of merit. The present membership is over eighty, who are in good standing. The officers for I88o are : David Crouse, master, having occupied that chair every consecutive year since its second ; N. J. Dunlap, 0. ; J. D. Mundell, L.; Joseph Sykes, S. ; David Perry, A. S. ; J. N. May, chaplain ; Mrs. M. E. Wright, secretary ; A. Raub, treasurer ; John Shepler, gatekeeper ; Mrs. A. Raub, L. A. S. ; Mrs. J. I). Mundell, Ceres ; Mrs. N. J. Dunlap, Pomona ; Belle McCartney, Flora. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, THE CROUSE FAMILY. The progenitor in the Scioto valley of this, one of the best known families throughout its length and breadth, was John Crouse, sr., who emigrated from Frederick City, Maryland, to North Carolina, thence to Pennsylvania, and finally to Ohio, arriving here in April, 1798. Here he secured a valuable tract on the Kinnikinnick creek, a few miles north of Chillicothe, and bought a grist-mill already in operation there, built by William McCoy and John D. Rush, the first mill in the valley. * This he conducted for many years, until his death, which occurred September 5, 1847, at the age of almost eighty-nine. He was born January 13, 1759, near Frederick City, and served with credit about fourteen months in the latter part of the Revolutionary war. He was a man of marked characteristics, which have been considerably impressed upon his descendants. His own children were David, born April 27, 1781, died * This mill yet stands on the old site, a venerable relic, now unused. April 14, 1837; Nancy, born February 16, 1783, died ; Ruth, (Mrs. Samuel Whitzel) born January 28, 1787, died February 3, 1864; Pharaby (Mrs. Samuel Swearingen), born February 12, 1790, died November 17, 1811; John, born September 12, 1792, died July 25, 1856; Daniel, born April 1, 1798, died January 11, 1812; Jeremiah, born September 18, 18o1, died February 21, 1832; Eliza (first child baptized in Locker's chapel, afterwards Mrs. William Ferguson, of Baltimore), born June 27, 1806. Their mother's maiden name was Catharine Um- stead. She was of Welsh extraction, born May 5, 1764, died September 12, 1845. Mr. Crouse became possessed of a very large landed property, having, at the time he made a division to his children in 1824, about four thousand acres in the valley. John Crouse, jr., son of the foregoing subject of notice, was brought with the family to the valley when in his sixth year. He received a good education in the common branches, and labored on the farm until he was married, June 13, 1817, to Miss Lydia, daughter of John and Jane (Boggs) Barr, of Pike county. Her father came to this country in 1799, from near Wheeling, Virginia, and she was born here March 2, 1800. After his marriage the younger John took charge of the mill on Kinnikinnick, and made it his principal life-long business, at the same time, however, carrying on farm operations. He also operated in grain and stock, and by his thrift, integrity and energy, added very largely to the property left him by his father. He was an old-time Whig, and in the years 1843 and 1844 he was a member of the general assembly, holding a seat in the senate, from the district of which Ross county was part. (His brother David was also State senator, at first in 1823-4, and again in 1834-5.) He stood very high among his fellow citizens, and it is not known that he had an enemy. He never sued or was sued. He was a very conscientious man, true to all his engagements, and transacting his business with the utmost strictness. For many years he was a member and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church, and the designation of the meeting-house near his old home as "Crouse's chapel," perpetuates his memory in honor as a religious man. He was thoroughly generous and hospitable. In 1840 he entertained, at his house, over night, General Harrison and the large party accompanying him on his progress from Chillicothe to Columbus. The dwelling he so long occupied was built-(the south half of it,) in 1806, and it took its present shape in 1836 or 1837. The children of John and Lydia Crouse were: Catharine Jane, born August 15, 1819, died October 18, 1839; Pharaby, born February 25, 1822, died when twenty-two months old; Alfred, born September 23, 1824, died October 25, 1868; Mary, born February 20, 1827, now Mrs. Thomas S. Bennett, of Chillicothe; David, born February 21, 1830; Nannie, born May 13, 1834, now Mrs. George W. Gregg, of Circleville; Martha, born August 24, 1836, afterwards wife of Hon. L. G. Delano, of Chillicothe, and died November 29, 1875; Catharine, born April 7, 1839, now wife of Captain Milton McCoy, of Kinnikinnick; and John, born March 12, 1842, died September 5, 1866. Their mother still survives; and, though feeling somewhat the weight of her advanced years, is still remarkably in the possession of her faculties, and is greatly beloved by all who know her. DANIEL AND ELIZABETH GOODMAN. Daniel, brother of the subject of another sketch, was the second son of John and Charlotte (Shuck) Goodman, and was born November 5, 1796, in Berks county, Pennsylvania. He came with his parents to Ohio; assisted during his youth in the labors of the farm; engaged in trading and flat-boating with his brother David, as before noticed; married November 14, 1826, Miss Elizabeth, a young lady of German blood, daughter of Jacob and Christina Charles, of the same neighborhood; in his later years engaged solely in the business of farming; and died April 24, 1867, upon the place near his brother David's, to which he removed from the paternal home in 1849, and which is now occupied by a number of his children. The homestead appears to good advantage in the engraving which accompanies this sketch. His wife preceded him to the other world by something more than a year, dying February 9, 1866. Their children were: Harriet, born October 4, 1827, now Mrs. Nelson Kellenberger, residing in Chillicothe; John, born February 22, 1829, married Miss Susan Immel, and removed to Missouri, where he died December 14, 1879; Jeremiah, born July 2, 1830, died May 8, 1873, at his father's house; Josiah, born February r6, 1832, married Mary Immel, and removed to Miller county, Missouri, where he is now a farmer; Daniel, born August 6, 1834, married Mary Miller, and lives at the pioneer home of his grandfather, in Green township; Charles, born February 18, 1836, a farmer, also residing near; Elizabeth, August 14, 1838; James, September 2, 248 - HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO 1840, crippled for many years by disease, and deceased July 14, 1879: David, August 5, 1842, died November 22, 1843; Alfred, July 12, 1844; Sarah, February 3. 1847; Nancy, June 29, 1849; and Samuel, November 2, 1851. The four last named, together with Margaret, remain at the old home. Mr. Goodman was a member of the Reformed church; a Whig for many years, and then a Democrat, but never an office-seeker or office holder; was a peaceable, quiet man, in excellent reputation in all respects; was not given to litigation or trouble of any kind with his fellows; and died generally respected and regretted by his fellow-citizens.