900 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY where they were born. Mrs. Philip Hamman died in her eighty-third year. Her twelve children were John, Catherine, Reuben, Margaret, Elizabeth, Jacob, Ellen, Philip, Laura, Mary, George and Benjamin. One of the younger children of his parents, George Hamman grew up in a large household, and with his brothers and sisters attended the local schools. As his father had come to America at the age of nineteen, so George Hamman at a similar 'age left the parental roof and began doing for himself in the State of Illinois. He worked at monthly wages for about a year, but then returned to Ohio and after working out for a while rented some land. He continued renting farms in Liberty, Scioto and Concord townships, and for six years had the Blosser farm in Concord Township. In the meantime his capital was increasing with his experience and he then bought the farm which he now owns and occupies in Deerfield Township. This is a thoroughly improved place of three hundred acres, and ranks as one of the best farms in the entire county. Besides this fine estate Mr. Hamman has several other farms which are operated by renters. At the age of twenty-six Mr. Hamman chose as his helpmate through life Miss Emma Vallery. Mrs. Hammond was born in Seal Township of Pike County. Her father Conrad Vallery was born in Baden, Germany, May 5, 1816. Her Grandfather Peter Vallery was also a native of Baden, and in 1833 brought his family to America, making the voyage in a sailing vessel just as the Hamman family did in the following year. From New York they came on to Pike County and he bought a tract of wild land in Beaver Township. The first home of the Vallery family in America was a log ,cabin such as most of the early settlers occupied. Peter Vallery spent the rest of his years in improving his land, but died a few years after coming to America. His wife Charlotte survived him and finally removed to Cass County, Nebraska, where she died at the home of a son when ninety years of age. Her four children were Conrad, Jacob, Peter and Mary. Conrad Vallery, the father of Mrs. Hamman, was seventeen years old when he came to America and had in the meantime acquired a good education in his native land. His early experience was connected with farming, and he was left well fitted to engage in agricultural pursuits in Ohio. He became one of Pike County's very successful farmers, and eventually purchased the Governor Lucas homestead in Seal Township. At the time of his death at the age of fifty-four he was the owner of several large tracts of land besides this homestead. Conrad Vallery married Christina Zahn, a daughter of Andrew and Abaline (Schafer) Zahn. Her mother died when she was young, and she came with her father and her paternal grandparents to America, all of them settling in Pike County. Mrs. Christina Vallery died in her eighty-eighth year, having reared nine children, named Elizabeth, Conrad, Peter, Jacob, John, Andrew, Christina, Emma and Catherine. Mr. and Mrs. Hamman are the parents of three children : Christina, Royal V. and George W. The daughter Christina is the wife of Carl HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 901 B. Gearhart, and their son George Hamman Gearhart is the only grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Hamman. JOSEPH M. McCoy. A few families can claim the distinction of having existed continuously and contemporaneously with the entire history of Ross County, covering almost one and a quarter century. Such a family is that of McCoy, one of whom, Joseph M. McCoy, has been chosen as the subject of this brief sketch. Mr. McCoy now owns and occupies a fine old homestead which is in itself a landmark in Union Township, and has a host of associations connecting it with the bygone generations of this name. The founder of the family here was John McCoy or MacCoy, as the name was variously written. This pioneer was a native of Scotland. When he was nine years of age he showed his independence and enterprising character by running away from his native land and in course of time found his way to America. He lived a number of years in the province and state of Pennsylvania and eventually came to Ohio. He was the father of four sons. One of these sons was also named John and was born in Pennsylvania April 15, 1771. He married Margaret Kerr, also a native of Pennsylvania. The ten children reared by them were named Martha, Margaret, Jane, Silence, Alexander Spear, William Kerr, John Montgomery, Mary Gene, Eliza and Sally Ann. The daughter Margaret was the first white child born in Ross County. Her birth occurred here March 1, 1795, and that date of itself attests the very early settlement of the McCoy family within these borders. William Kerr McCoy, father of Joseph M., was born in a log house on the same spot subsequently occupied by the home in which his son Joseph was born. William K. first saw the light of day January 30, 1807. He grew up and shared the lot of the early pioneer in the last century, and eventually succeeded to the ownership of the old homestead where he pursued general farming, and lived there until his death in 1892. William K. McCoy married Margaret Afflick. She was born in Scotland January 11, 1815. Her father James Afflick was born in Drumelgier in the County of Peebles, Scotland, in 1776. On July 19, 1799, James Afflick married Marian Gladstone. She was a niece of John Gladstone and a cousin of Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, the great English premier. In 1818 James Afflick and wife came to the United States and located near Winchester, Virginia. Margaret Afflick when a young girl left her parents' home in Virginia and came to Ross County to live with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. James Steel, and remained there until her marriage to William K. McCoy. She reared nine children named James, Margaret, John A., Mary, David, Wilson, Gladstone, Addie and Joseph M. The son James was for many years connected with the Baltimore & Ohio Railway and is now deceased. Margaret is the wife of Moses Steel. John A. died when about twenty years of age. Mary married Samuel Shortridge and now lives in Circleville, Ohio. David was a soldier in the Union army and lost his life while in the service. Vol. II-27 902 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY Wilson died when about thirty years of age. Gladstone was a farmer and spent his last days at Circleville. Addie.is living near Ashville, Ohio, the wife of Howard Veail. Born on the old McCoy estate in Union Township in September, 1856, Joseph M. McCoy spent his early life in the usual manner of farmer boys of half a century ago. He attended rural schools and developed his strength and judgment by the tasks of the home farm. After reaching manhood he moved to Pickaway County, and there farmed as a renter for seventeen years. He then went back to the old homestead, and has since become its proprietor and it shows many evidences of his careful management and cultivation. The McCoy home occupies a conspicuous and attractive site on a high tableland commanding an extended view in every direction. The improvements on the farm rank with the best found anywhere in the township. The fine dwelling has withstood the storms of many years, and is a very substantial old building, a part of it including the original log cabin in which Mr. McCoy's father was born. Besides being an active farmer Mr. McCoy has served as a member of the board of township trustees for many years. PHILLIP W. REEVES. The master mechanic in the Baltimore & Ohio shops at Chillicothe, Phillip W. Reeves began his railroad career as an office boy with the old Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad. His career has been one of consecutive advancement, and he has long enjoyed the confidence of his superiors and of a large force of men under him at Chillicothe. He was born August 1, 1853, in Ross County, son of William and Ann (Linehar) Reeves. His father was born in the City of Limerick, Ireland, and after coming to America spent a time in Kentucky and then moved to Martinville in Clinton County, Ohio, where he followed farming. In 1849 he located in Chillicothe and followed the business of teaming until his death in January, 1873. He was a devout Catholic, and possessed traits that made him many friends and a highly esteemed citizen of his community. His just dealings and uprightness were proverbial and on account of his fine judgment he was known and called among his friends Judge Reeves. He was the father of nineteen children, six of whom are now living. Their mother was a very kind woman, and she lived to be eighty-four years of age, while the father died at the age of seventy-six. Phillip W. Reeves after getting his education became an office boy in that part of the Baltimore & Ohio system formerly known as the Marietta & Cincinnati. For one year he remained in the general offices of the company at Chillicothe, and then began an apprenticeship in the railroad shops. After completing his apprenticeship he served as a journeyman mechanic for the company twelve years, followed by promotion to gang foreman, and after four years in that work he was made shop foreman. With a thorough knowledge of the business of the shops, a capable executive and with a faculty for courteous but firm handling of men, he was finally promoted to the position of master mechanic at Chillicothe, an office for which he has exceptional qualifications. HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 903 Mr. Reeves is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is independent in politics, and belongs to the Catholic Church. On January 4, 1884, he married Miss Nellie Foltz, by which union there were two children. Mrs. Reeves died in 1895. On September 21, 1898, he married Miss Julia Gallagher, and there are three daughters of this marriage, two of whom are in the local high school, the elder a member of the graduating class of 1917. One of Mr. Reeves' sons by his first marriage is a mechanic in the Baltimore & Ohio shops at Chillicothe. WARREN MCCOLLISTER has given his useful and energetic years to the business of farming. His home is in Union Township, and the farm and its improvements represent the value of his long continued industry and efficient management. A native of Ross County, he was born near Yellowbud in Union Township January 6, 1875, the only child of Irvin and Mary (Lutz) McCollister. His mother, who was born in Union Township, was the daughter of Samuel Lutz, Jr., and the granddaughter of Hon. Samuel Lutz, who was one of the very prominent early settlers and prominent men of Pickaway County. Reared on a farm, Warren McCollister received such education as the rural schools could give him, and by previous training and experience was well qualified to become an independent farmer on reaching manhood. For twenty years or more he has industriously tilled the soil and reaped its fruits, and all of his activities have been within the limits of his native township. In 1912 Mr. McCollister bought the farm he now owns and occupies. This is known as the Noble homestead, and is one of the well improved farms of the county. Besides general farming, he is also engaged in stock raising, and makes a specialty of Shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs. In 1893 Mr. McCollister married Rose Leist. She was born in Union Township, a daughter of Lemuel and Jennie (Day) Leist. Mr. and Mrs. McCollister have two children, Cary L. and Blanche. Cary married Hazel Parker, while Blanche is the wife of Bert Wood. As a voter Mr. McCollister cast his first ballot for William McKinley twenty years ago, and has ever since been a steadfast supporter of the republican party. He has been as public spirited as he has been industrious in the management of his private affairs, and has served as a member of his township school board. SEYMOUR LAYTON. The business of farming has engaged the attention of Seymour Layton since he was a boy. In early years he managed the farm in the interests of his mother and his sisters and for the past twelve years has been one of the progressive agriculturists of Union Township. He was born on a farm in Fayette County, Ohio, November 14, 1864. His father Tilton Layton came from Fayette County to Ross County. and bought a farm in the North Precinct of Union Township. He followed 904 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY farming there until his death in 1880. The widowed mother, who still occupies the old homestead, is a daughter of John and Rebecca Tootle, and her maiden name was Eleanor Maria Tootle. She reared five children named Seymour, Ida, Flora, Rebecca and Lucretia. As the only son of the family, the responsibilities of the homestead largely devolved upon the shoulders of Seymour Layton when his father died. He was at that time sixteen years of age, and such education as he acquired had been gained in the meantime by attendance at the local schools. He proved himself an able worker and did much to keep the family household together until his sisters were grown. He remained on the home farm until 1904, when he bought the place he now owns and occupies in North Union Township. It is a fertile and well improved farm, and he and his family reside in an attractive house situated on a knoll commanding an extensive view of the surrounding country. In the year that he started out independently, 1904, Mr. Layton married Bessie Wilson. Mrs. Layton was born in Ross County, a daughter of Alex Wilson. To their marriage have been born two children, Marjorie and Thelma. WILLIAM J. HAYNES. The founder of the Haynes family in Ross County, Ohio, came to Chillicothe in 1798, a blacksmith by trade and an enterprising man. His son, George Haynes, was also a blacksmith and assisted in the construction of the first bridge that spanned the Scioto River in Ross County. He married Isabel Nicholls and they reared a family of five sons and six daughters, the vigor of this stock being shown in their longevity. William J. Haynes, a prominent representative of this old pioneer family, a substantial business man of Richmond Dale, was born April 12, 1865, in Pike County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Rosanna (Cissna) Haynes, a grandson of George Haynes and a great-grandson of the founder of the Haynes family in this part of Ohio. John Haynes was born at Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1843 and is now deceased. For many years he was a substantial farmer in Pike County. He was married to Rose Ann Cissna, who was born at Piketon, Ohio, and they had seven children born to them : Isabella, William J., C. E., Jenetta, Cornelius, 0. C. Dell and John, Jr. William J. Haynes was reared on the home farm in Pike County, attended the district schools and later the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. He remained with his parents until he was twenty-one years of age, when he came to Richmond Dale to embark in a general mercantile business with William A. Maxwell, purchasing a half interest. This partnership was continued for eighteen months, when Mr. Haynes sold his interest and carried on business alone for two years, then purchased the business of Stultz & Seigler and organized the new firm of Stultz & Haynes, later buying his partner's interest. Mr. Haynes continued alone until 1901, when Roscoe Dixon became a partner and one year later Mr. Haynes sold his interest to Mr. Dixon and embarked in another line of merchandising, this being dealing wholesale in fence posts, HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 905 and in 1906 he added electrical supplies. He does an extensive business, entirely wholesale. He also looks after his valuable real estate. In 1885 Mr. Haynes was married to Miss Jennie M. Davis, of Richmond Dale, and they had four children : J. Scott, W. Ward, Clarence P., and Clifford C., the last named being deceased. The mother of these children died July 23, 1896. On February 22, 1899, Mr. Haynes was married to Miss Ella M. Drummond, of Ross County, and they have two children : Herman H. and Mabel L. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Haynes is a leading factor in republican political circles. He has been a delegate to county, state and national conventions, and from 1897 to 1912 was postmaster of Richmond Dale. He takes much interest in educational matters and was largely responsible for the legislation that brought about the centralization of the schools of Jefferson Township. For five years he served as township treasurer. He is a member of and is past president of the R. 0. 0. L. CHARLES H. FREE. In the person of Charles H. Free, Paint Township has a citizen who has contributed to the development of Ross County a well cultivated farm that has been brought to its present state under his own hands, and which is now yielding him an income that makes him one of the substantial men of the community. The township has likewise profited by his able discharge of the duties of several offices to which he has been elected by his fellow-citizens who have placed their confidence in his fidelity and integrity and who have had no reason to regret their action in so doing. Mr. Free has passed his entire life in Paint Township, where he was born October 27, 1872, a son of Nathaniel and Charity (Parker) Free. His great-grandfather was a Hessian soldier who came to the United States during the Revolutionary war, to fight for the English, but who subsequently became convinced of the justice of the cause of the colonists and afterwards remained in this country. The grandfather of Charles H. Free was George Free, who came from Pennsylvania to Ross County among its earliest settlers, located on a farm, developed a well cultivated and productive property, and was known as a farmer in comfortable circumstances and a citizen who merited the respect and esteem of his fellow men. Nathaniel Free was born near Rapid Forge, at the mouth of Cleft Run, and was only two years old when his mother died, but was well reared and received a good education for his day and locality. He was brought up on Cleft Run, and after his marriage settled on a farm in the vicinity of his boyhood home. In 1866, with his wife and children, he moved to Paint Township and purchased the farm on which his son, William A. Free, now lives, and on which he passed the remainder of his life. Mr. Free was an energetic and industrious agriculturist, practical in his ideas and ready to try new methods. He started his career with practically nothing, and so well were his efforts directed and so ably his affairs conducted, that at the time of his death he was the owner of about 1,100 acres of good land. Quiet and unassuming in 906 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY manner, he did not seek public office, his ambitions being realized in the making of a home and the securing of a good education for his children. Mr. Free married Charity Parker, also of the Cleft Run community, and they became the parents of eleven children, of whom nine are living at this writing, as follows: Frank, who is a resident of the State of Mississippi ; William A., who has a farm of 213 acres in Paint Township, on the Greenfield turnpike; John M., a resident of the State of Washington; Alice, the wife of Jess Mossberger, of Harpers Station, Ohio ; Lizzie, the wife of George Crutcher, of Paxton Township ; Ed; Carrie, who is now Mrs. Lydon Smith, of Paint Township ; George, who died young; Charles H., of this review ; Robert, who died at the age of three years; and Sam, of Paint Township. In the district schools of his native township, Charles H. Free received his educational training, following which he supplemented this with a course at Valparaiso University. He was reared on Paint Creek, and when he was ready to enter upon an independent career he adopted farming for his life work, being fitted for this vocation by predilection, inheritance and training. Throughout his life he has done general farming and stockraising, and has succeeded well in whatever venture he has undertaken. Mr. Free married Miss Bessie West, and they, have had two children: Charles H., Jr., who attended the public schools and spent two years at Ada (Ohio) University; and Emma M. Mr. and Mrs. Free are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Free is fraternally affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Greenfield, and the Knights of Pythias at Bainbridge. Politically he is a democrat. He stands high in the public esteem and belief in his integrity and good judgment have been variously made manifest. He has been township treasurer, justice of the peace and member of the school board, and takes a lively and intelligent interest in politics. His home farm consists of 200 acres. FRED H. SEELING is proprietor of the Longview Fruit Farm in Huntington Township. This farm, comprising 365 acres, is situated in the northwestern part of the township, and one of its conspicuous features is the Alum Cliffs, one of the highest points along the Cincinnati Pike. Mr. Seeling is a native of Ross County, and in order to attain his present enviable position in business and industrial affairs, has exemplified a great deal of practical enterprise and energy. In fact, since an early age he has depended upon his own resources to put himself ahead in the game of life. He was born in Huntington Township December 23, 1864, a son of Charles and Theresa (Meister) Seeling. His father was born in a part of Holland that is now included in the German Empire. When fifteen years of age his widowed mother brought him and three older sons, Joseph, Fred and Gus, to the United States. The little family made the voyage on a sailing vessel and spent thirteen weeks on the ocean. They landed in Baltimore, and there Charles Seeling lived for a number of years. His first wife died there, and at HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 907 Baltimore he married Theresa Meister, who was a native of Bavaria, Germany, and had come to America with her two brothers and five sisters. This party also landed at Baltimore and all the family settled there and married. About 1854 or 1855 Charles and Theresa Seeling move to Ross County, Ohio. They bought a farm in Huntington Township and thereafter lived in comfortable circumstances and were noted as among the progressive farming people of that section. Charles Seeling died in 1883 and his wife in 1907. Of their seven children, all grew up and six are still living: Anna, wife of A. Reub, of Huntington Township ; William, who died in Huntington Township ; Charles, of Huntington Township ; Lewis, a farmer in Wabaunsee County, Kansas; Fred H.; Elizabeth, wife of Tony Fisher, an electrician at Denver, Colorado; and Sarah, wife of Joseph Sieber, of Columbus. Fred H. Seeling grew up in his native township, attended the district schools there, but he was not reared to a life of all play and no work. When only about eight or nine years of age he began herding cattle on the commons or public highways and employed a good part of his time at that until he was fifteen. Thereafter he took part in the management of the home farm, and gradually began laying the foundation for his own individual prosperity. On March 13, 1897, Mr. Seeling married Clara Long, a daughter of Allan and Catherine Long. The Long family is referred to on other pages of this publication. For two years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Seeling lived on the home farm, and he then bought the 365 acres which comprise his present estate. This was originally known as the Kilburn farm. He has made many improvements, including the planting of a fine apple orchard. For fourteen years he bred and raised Jersey cattle on his farm, but his attention as a stock raiser is now devoted to the Aberdeen Angus cattle and the Duroc hogs. Mr. and Mrs. Seeling are the parents of two daughters : Catherine and Elizabeth, both of whom are at school and they have received the best of advantages in the local schools. Mr. Seeling is a member of Chillicothe Lodge, No. 52, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and belong to both the local and the county Grange. He and his family attend St. Peter's Church at Chillicothe, and politically he is a democrat. SAMUEL S. STEEL. For upwards of a century the Steel family has been honorably identified with Ross County, and the name is well entitled to the high respect it has always commanded in this community-. Mr. Samuel S. Steel, who has rendered valuable service to the county in the office of county commissioner, has spent his active career as a farmer and is especially well known in Scioto Township. The farm where he now resides was his birthplace. He was born August 27, 1859. He comes of a very old Scotch family. Tracing the ancestry back in direct line we come to Alexander Steel, who was born in Scotland in 1690. On June 16, 1710, at Biggar in Lanarkshire he married Isabelle Simpson. Their son John Steel was born April 4, 1717, 908 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY and married Elizabeth Milligan. They remained lifelong residents of Scotland. In the next generation was James Steel, Sr., grandfather of Samuel S. Steel. James, Sr., was born February 23, 1769, and on January 18, 1805, married Jane Gladstone, a cousin of the father of Hon. William Ewart Gladstone. Both James and his wife were natives of the village of Biggar. In 1816 James Steel set out for America, accompanied by his family, and located near Winchester, Virginia. From there the family came to Ohio in 1819, traveling with wagons and teams, and their first place of settlement was near Slate Mills in Ross County. He followed farming the rest of his life in this county. While living in Virginia he had witnessed the institution of slavery at its worst, and was therefore not content to reman in a state which countenanced the keeping of slaves. James Steel, Jr., father of Samuel S., was born at Biggar in Lanarkshire, Scotland, July 20, 1807. He came to America at the age of nine years and was twelve years of age when he came to Ohio. He grew up in Ross County, and in 1842 bought a farm on the north fork of Paint Creek. Thereafter he was successfully engaged in farming until declining years obliged him to give up active labor. He died in his ninety-first year, and his last days were made happy and comfortable by the care and devotion of his children. During his early life in Ohio he was an ardent abolitionist and his home became one of the stations on the underground railway through which many slaves went to freedom. He became identified with the republican party on its organization in 1856, and thereafter voted for and supported every presidential candidate until his death. In 1896, though feeble in health but strong in intellect, he was carried to the polls and there deposited his last presidential vote for William McKinley. He was also ardently devoted to the prohibition principles. In his last years his mind was much stronger than his body. He took a keen interest in public affairs to the last, and some members of the family would read from the daily papers to him, and he never lost his interest in outside events. On October 3, 1837, James Steel married Jane Sommerville. Her father, John Sommerville, was born in Etrick, Scotland, emigrated to America in 1808, located on a farm near Bourneville in Ross County. Thus the Sommerville family is one of Ross County's families that have been identified with this section of Ohio for more than a century. John Sommerville married Elizabeth Smith, who was born near Greenfield in Highland County, Ohio. John Sommerville was squire of Twin Township for some years, and both his influence and his character made him much appreciated by his neighbors, who respected his learning and sound judgment, and many of them went to him for legal advice and help in the legal complications in which they became involved. Mr. and Mrs. James Steel reared ten children, namely : John Sommerville, James Gladstone, William, Alexander, Elizabeth Jane, Mary Isabel, Emma Ann, Margaret, Samuel Smith and Alice Carey. Both parents Were active members of the Presbyterian Church, in which faith they had been reared from childhood. HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 909 Samuel S. Steel grew up on his father's home in Ross County, attended the rural schools and the Chillicothe High School, and remained with his parents until the close of their lives, taking an active part in the management of the farm, and devoting himself in every way to the welfare of his aged father and mother. He finally succeeded to the ownership of the old homestead and there he has continued his productive labors to the present time. In 1893 Mr. Steel married Miss Mayme Camp. She was born in Bement, Illinois, a daughter of William and Mary Ellen (Peters) Camp. Mr. and Mrs. Steel have four children named Dorothy, Russell, Harold and Mary Eleanor. In religious matters Mr. and Mrs. Steel are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Chillicothe. Besides his success as a farmer Mr. Steel has never neglected the duty of a good citizen to his community. His first presidential vote was east for James A. Garfield, and since then 'he has been as loyal as his father to republican principles. For twenty years he had his place on the township school board, and in 1914 was honored by the people of the county at large in election to the position of county commissioner. WILLIAM MARTIN HICKLE has given many years of an industrious and honorable career to the business of farming in. Concord Township, where he is one of the most esteemed residents. This is a family name that has been identified with Ross County since the very early years of the last century. Mr. Hickle was born in Concord Township March 23, 1838. His ancestry goes back to George Hickle, who was born in Germany, and on coming to America settled in Virginia. After some years in Frederick County of that state he came to Ohio and located in Colerain Township of Ross County. He spent the rest of his days there. Devault Hickle, a sou of the pioneer emigrant, and father of William M. Hickle, was born at Winchester in Frederick County, Virginia, in 1796. He was twenty years of age when he came with his family to Ohio in 1816. As was the custom at that time in the absence of railroads or other means of transportation, the family made the trip entirely with wagons and teams. George Hickle secured land in Colerain Township, and while clearing and improving also followed his trade of shoemaker. There was no machinery for the making of boots and shoes at that time, and they were made entirely by honest cobbling, and the shoemakers often went from house to house in a pioneer community, making footwear for family use. From Colerain Township George Hickle moved to Deerfield Township in 1830, and there was actively engaged in farming until his death in 1856. His wife was Mary Weaver. She died at the age of seventy-six years, having reared six children named Jacob, Betsy, Christopher, DeVault, Martin and Catherine. DeVault Hickle, father of William M., was born in Colerain Township of Ross County March 30, 1820. Reared on a farm, he made farming his active vocation, and in company with his brother Martin carried on farming operations for many years. DeVault Hickle died in 1892. 910 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY The mother of his children was Lucinda Goldsberry. She was born in Concord Township of Ross County, daughter of Jeremiah Goldsberry, a pioneer of that county. Mrs. DeVault Hickle died in 1893. She reared ten children, eight daughters and two sons. One of the sons, John W., who was born October 11, 1857, has been a farmer all his life and now owns and occupies a well improved place adjacent to Roxabell. He married Mrs. Minnie (Hen) Keller, daughter of William and Maria Hen, and widow of Joseph Keller. By her first marriage she has a daughter named Catherine. William Martin Hickle received his educational training in the schools of Ross County. He remained at home to assist in the labors of the farm, and after the death of his parents he continued to farm with his uncle Martin until the latter's death. He and his Brother John then succeeded to the ownership of the old homestead, and has been actively and successfully engaged in diversified farming. On March 20, 1902, Mr. Hickle married Ernie May Mossbarger. Mrs. fickle was born in Jackson County, Ohio, April 16, 1878, a daughter of John Franklin Mossbarger, who was born in Madison Township of Jackson County, Ohio, December 6, 1849, a son of Samuel and Eleanor (Cherrington) Mossbarger. Samuel Mossbarger was a son of John and Mary Mossbarger, very early pioneers of Jackson County. John Mossbarger owned a farm in Madison Township and both he and his wife spent their last days there. Mrs. Hickle's grandfather, Samuel, moved from Jackson County to Ross County, leased land about two miles from Salem, and lived there until his death. His wife was a member of the well-known Cherrington family of Jackson County, and she also spent her last years in Ross County. John F. Mossbarger, father of Mrs. Hickle, was reared and married in Jackson County, lived on a farm in Madison Township there until 1879, then leased a farm in Deerfield Township of Ross County with his brother Virgil, but after five years they went back to Jackson County and bought his father's old place. He occupied that thirteen years, and then returning to Ross County rented land a few years, after which he bought a place in Concord Township, and selling that at the end of five years had another place in Buckskin Township for four years, and on disposing of that bought his present home in Concord Township. On March 23, 1871, John F. Mossbarger married Lucy Williams, who was born in Madison Township of Jackson County, a daughter of Joseph Williams, Jr., and granddaughter of Joseph Williams, Sr. The latter was born in Wales and came to America in 1816, living a short time in Pennsylvania and then moving to Jackson County, Ohio, where he spent the rest of his days. Joseph Williams, Jr., married Isabelle Phillips. Mrs. fickle was one of seven children named Eddie, Ella, Joseph, Ernie, Stella, Myrtie and Everett. The children of Mr. and Mrs. fickle are four in number. Mary G., William, Herman and Rose. Mr. and Mrs. fickle are active members of Estell Methodist Episcopal Church and fraternally he is affiliated with Frankfort Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 911 ROBERT W. NEWMAN. A number of the younger generation of agriculturists of Ross County are engaged in carrying on operations on the farms on which they were born, and upon which they have passed their entire lives. Here they are continuing the work started by their fathers and grandfathers and perpetuating the names and reputations of those who settled early in the various communities and who laid the foundations for the prosperity of today. In the class just mentioned is Robert W. Newman, who resides on his farm of 500 acres in Twin Township, Lyndon Rural Route No. 2, and who was born on this farm December 20, 1887, a son of Oscar W. and Nettie (Core) Newman. Oscar W. Newman was born at Bainbridge, Paxton Township, Ross County, Ohio, October 11, 1851, and died April 17, 1914. He was a son of Harvard and America (Robertson) Newman, and was eleven years of age when taken to Fayette County, where the family lived for four years. They then returned to Ross County, settling in Twin Township, where the grandfather purchased the farm now owned by Robert W. Newman and the one adjoining it. Here Oscar W. Newman grew to manhood, and here he spent his entire life as a farmer. He was a man of substance and general worth in his community, where he held the respect of his fellows, with whom he associated himself in the forwarding of public-spirited movements. His political support was always given to the men and measures of the democratic party and fully believed that the policies of this organization were the best for his community, the state and the nation. Mr. Newman was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the work of which he took a prominent and leading part. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, of whom six are now living, and Robert W. was the sixth in order of birth. Robert W. Newman secured an ordinary educational training in the district school known as the Newman schoolhouse, following which he took a high school course in Twin Township. With the close of his studies, he began to give his entire attention to farming, and at the time of his father's death came into a handsome inheritance. To this he has since added through industry and good management, and he now has one of the best cultivated farms in the township. He has also done much enlarging, ditching, fencing, etc., thus adding to the value of the property and at the same time contributing to his material comfort and convenience. General farming has been his strongest forte, but he has also met with well-merited success in raising and feeding a good grade of cattle and hogs for the market. Mr. Newman was married July 18, 1914, to Miss Sarah Margaret Shotts, daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Corcoran) Shafts, and a graduate of the Twin Township High School. They are the parents of one son : Robert Edward, born May 7, 1915. Mr. Newman is a member of Frankfort Lodge No. 318, F. & A. M., in which he has numerous friends, as he has also in business and farming circles. He and Mrs. Newman belong to the Presbyterian Church at Bourneville, and in politics he is a democrat. 912 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY JOHN F. PERRY. The business relations by which Mr. Perry has become most widely known in Ross County have been conducted as a building contractor. He has a long and varied experience in business affairs and has been an independent worker in the world since he was a small boy. Consequently his success is all the more praiseworthy. Born October 26, 1855, at Greenfield in Highland County, Ohio, he is the only one of the three children still surviving of James Perry, who was also a native of Highland County. The Perry family ancestry goes back to England and members came at an early date to American shores. After a brief education in the public schools of Greenfield, John F. Perry at the early age of eleven years started to work and earn his living. For six months he was a boy helper in a dry goods store, and all the compensation he received was a suit of clothes and board. After that he clerked in another dry goods store at Greenfield for ten years, and he showed such industry and ability that his wages were gradually increased until at the age of twenty-one he was getting a salary of $1.00 a month, which considering not only his age but also the time and other conditions was a splendid testimonial to his usefulness. In the meantime his father had moved out to Sedalia, Missouri, and was living in that city at the time of his death. John F. Perry spent two years at Sedalia and after his father's death settled up the estate. On returning to Ohio he located at Hopetown in Ross County, where he subsequently married Miss Emma H. Gartner. To their union have been born six children : Nellie M.; Georgie; Glenn ; Walter; Lottie and Harold. After his marriage Mr. Perry spent five years on a farm. He then embarked in the contracting business in Chillicothe, and continued it successfully for a period of twenty-eight years. He was also in the hay and livery business three years and the transfer business fifteen years. For seven years he was proprietor of what was known as the Lewis Coal Company. In 1913 Mr. Perry turned all his energy once more to the contracting business, especially in the construction of streets and roads, and he now has a very efficient organization and all the facilities and equipment for the construction of concrete pavement and other forms of modern highway. In this line he has constructed many miles of improved roads in different townships of Ross County and has constructed many of the permanent streets in the city of Chillicothe. Mr. Perry is a Democrat and spent six years as a member of the Chillicothe City Council. In the Masonic fraternity he is affiliated with the York Rite and is a Knights Templar and is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. FRANK A. HANAWALT, who is now enjoying the comforts of his fine farm in Concord Township, has had a long and active career, chiefly spent as a contractor and builder of roads and bridges. Mr. Hanawalt is widely known over this section of Ohio and his career is one that will be read with interest by his many friends in Ross County. He was born in Concord Township October 15, 1857. His father, HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 913 Christopher Hanawalt, was born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, August 20, 1821. The grandfather, George Hanawalt, was also born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, and he as well as two brothers, Henry and John, came to Ross County in the early days. John settled in Bourneville, and Henry in Concord Township. George Hanawalt arrived in Ohio in 1823. He was accompanied by his family, and after some years in Union Township he moved to Concord, where he followed farming until his death. George Hanawalt married Margaret Parchel, and their four children were Caleb, Christopher, Elizabeth and Sarah. Christopher Hanawalt was the father of Frank A. As a young man in Ross County he served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade in Frankfort. After completing his apprenticeship he opened a shop there, and was steadily in business, meeting the demands of his patrons for shop work for almost half a century. After giving up active business he continued to live in Frankfort until his death in 1910. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Speaks, a daughter of Frank and Mary (Goldsberry) Speaks, natives of Virginia and early settlers of Ross County, also died in the year 1910 at the age of eighty years. Christopher Hanawalt and wife reared ten children : Joseph; Mary, who married William Beard; George; Benton L.; 01lie K., who married Noah Coyner ; Samuel; Frank; Elizabeth ; Pearl ; and Raymond. Frank A. Hanawalt gained his early education in the rural schools of Ross County. He has been a hard worker all his life and as early as fourteen years of age went out to work on the farm of Rheasa McNeill. He continued employment at monthly wages until he had saved enough money to buy a team, and he then started out as a renter. After farming for some years, he used his equipment during the construction of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway, and that experience introduced him into the broad field of contracting for the building of roads and bridges. He has continued that business ever since and has constructed many miles of improved highways both in Ross and other counties of Ohio. Since 1909 he has lived on his 'beautiful farm in Concord Township, and operates that both as a home and for profit. Mr. Hanawalt has been twice married. At the age of twenty he married Nina A. Ware, who was born in Frankfort, a daughter of Thomas Ware and a granddaughter of Thomas Ware, Sr. She died after sixteen years of married life. Mr. Hanawalt married, for his present wife, Renie B. Young, who was born in Fayette County, a daughter of Nelson and Martha (Bush) Young. Mr. and Mrs. Hanawalt have two sons, Fred C. and William Howard. Ever since he became a voter, Mr. Hanawalt has steadfastly supported the republican party. He has served as a member of the Concord Township Republican Committee and as a delegate to various conventions. He is now serving his fifth consecutive term as a member of the township board of trustees. Fraternally, he is a member of Frankfort Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. 914 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY MILTON P. JONES. To the community of Twin Township Milton P. Jones is known not only as a practical and successful farmer, but as a public-spirited citizen and a man whose service on more than one occasion and in various capacities has been useful to the public. First and foremost he is a farmer, and has the supervision of a very large estate consisting of 800 acres in Twin Township, located seven miles from Bainbridge and fourteen miles from Chillicothe. He is served by Rural Route No. 1 out of Bourneville. In Ross County since pioneer days the Jones family has distinguished itself by constructive labors and the accumulation of a large amount of land and also by striking qualities of personal character and citizenship. The farm where Milton P. Jones was born, February 4, 1872, is part of the old Jones estate in Twin Township, and is now occupied by David Jones. His parents were William A. and James (Storms) Jones. William A. Jones was born in Louisa County, Virginia, and when a small boy, accompanied his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Jones, to Ohio. David Jones died a short time after his arrival in this state. The family first located near Waverly in Pike County. William A. Jones possessed in a striking degree the qualities which enable a man to get along in the world. Through the early death of Ills family he was thrown upon his own resources, and was about sixteen or seventeen years of age when he came to Ross County. He worked out by the month, being employed for considerable time by Enos Prater. He was thrifty as well as industrious, and in a few years was safely on the road to success. At the age of twenty-five he married Jane Storms. Her father, John Storms, was one of the pioneer settlers in Hetherby's Bottoms, and later established a home at what has been known for many years as a landmark in Ross County, Storms' Station. In that community he spent the rest of his days and was one of the leading characters in that section of the county. After his marriage, William A. Jones bought 200 acres of land, where his son, Milton, now resides. During his residence there, three children were born, and he then bought the farm where his son David lives, and that was his home until his death, about 1900. Mrs. William A. Jones is still living, and makes her home with her son, David, in Twin Township. In spite of his unpromising start, William A. Jones made a fortune and was long rated as one of the largest landholders in Ross County. At one time his possessions aggregated over 2,500 acres. He and his wife became the parents of eight children, of whom seven grew to maturity, and the four now living are : William F., a retired farmer of Francisville, Illinois; David G.; Anna, wife of William A. Wallace ; and Milton P. Milton P. Jones grew up in a home of substantial comforts and was given the equivalent of a liberal education. He attended the public schools and the high school at Bourneville, spent one year in the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, and another year in the Ohio Northern University, at Ada. On December 10, 1896, he married Miss Emma Corcoran, a daughter of Dennis and Sarah Corcoran, of Irish descent. Mrs. Jones was born in Twin Township, and has spent practically all her life there. HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 915 After his marriage, Mr. Jones lived in the old house on his father's farm for three years, then spent a brief season in Norfolk, Virginia, and on returning to Ross County resumed farming on the same place but in another house for two years. He and his wife then returned to the home which they had first occupied after their marriage, but in 1906 put up the modern dwelling which they now call their home. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are the parents of two children: S. Albert, born October 8, 1897, took three years in the Bourneville High School and was graduated in 1915 from the Chillicothe High School, and is now a student in the Ohio State University. Milton C., born February 8, 1899, is in the third year of the course of the high school in Bourneville. Mr. Jones is well known in fraternal circles, is a republican, he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church at Bourneville, and his affiliations with secret orders are with Bainbridge Lodge No. 196, Free and Accepted Masons; Chillicothe Chapter No. 4, Royal Arch Masons; Chillicothe Council No. 4, Royal and Select Masons; Chillicothe Commandery No. 8, Knights Templar; Scioto Commandery of the thirty-second degree Scottish Rite at Columbus. He is also affiliated with Bourneville, Lodge No. 108 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with Chillicothe Lodge of the Elks. DUDLEY F. BRIGGS has spent his active career managing one of the oldest estates in Ross County continuously in the possession of one family. The Briggs homestead out in Concord Township has for more than a century been the property of members of this one family. It is a splendid old home, sanctified to its occupants by many associations and traditions, and altogether the family is one that has contributed materially to the growth and development of Ross County from almost the very beginning of civilization in this part of Ohio. Mr. Briggs, the present owner of the Briggs homestead, is a great-grandson of Joseph Briggs, who was a Virginian and came into the Northwest territory in 1798. He was accompanied by his brother Samuel. Joseph Briggs settled near the mouth of Herrod's Creek and not far from the home of Captain Herrod, who about five years later was murdered by the Indians. So far as known Joseph Briggs remained a resident of Concord Township from the time of his settlement until his death. A son of this pioneer was Charles Briggs, who was born in Concord Township in 1806. He grew up on the pioneer farm and found ample employment in cultivating its acres, in the duties imposed upon him as a householder and neighbor, and was a highly respected resident of Ross County in the early years of the last century. He married Catherine Mallow. The grandmother of Dudley F. Briggs also represented one of the prominent early families of Ross County. She was born in Concord Township, a daughter of Major Adam Mallow, Jr., who was born in Pendleton County, Virginia, in 1778. Major Mallow was a son of Adam Mallow, Sr., who was born in Pendleton County, Virginia, in 1715. At the age of six years Adam and his mother were captured by the Indians 916 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY and taken to Louisiana. About six years later he was released, and then returned to his father's home in Virginia. He afterwards fought with the Virginia troops in the Revolutionary war, and in 1806 brought his family to Ohio locating in Concord Township of Ross County. Adam, Sr., and his wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Bush, spent the rest of their days in Ross County, where he died in 1840 and his wife at the age of ninety-seven. Major Mallow on coming to Ross County was a married man and bought a tract of land in Concord Township and was there actively engaged in its clearing and improvement when the War of 1812 broke out. He entered the service of the United States and rose to the rank of major. After the war he continued farming until his death. He married Mary Dice, and they both died in August, 1834. Allison Briggs, a son of Charles Briggs, was also born in Concord Township. He grew up as a farmer and subsequently moved to Wayne Township in Fayette County, where he lived for a few years. He then returned to Concord Township, and bought the interests of the other heirs in the old homestead. He became an extensive farmer, improved his place with a substantial residence, and lived there until his death in 1890. Allison Briggs married, for his first wife, Jane Snyder, who was born in Fayette County, Ohio, a daughter of William and Malinda Snyder. She died in 1860, leaving two sons, William and Dudley F. Allison Briggs married, for his second wife, Mary DeWitt of Fayette County. Dudley F. Briggs was born while his parents resided in Wayne Township of Fayette County on March 31, 1860. His mother died soon afterwards, and he was reared chiefly in the home of his grandparents in Concord Township, of Ross County. His occupation from early youth has been farming, and many years ago he bought the old Briggs homestead, and is still engaged in its operation. Mr. Briggs besides farming has been an extensive dealer and shipper of livestock, and has a wide acquaintance in Ross and adjoining counties. On October 26, 1881, he married Eva Rowe, daughter of Abraham Rowe. Mr. and Mrs. Briggs have reared four children : Donnie, Emma, Jesse and Farrell. Donnie is the wife of Lee Putnam, and their five children are Hazel Virginia, Madeline, Bernice, Mary Evelyn and Wallace Alfred. The daughter Emma married Ira Metzgar, and their two children are Eva Catherine and Dennie Virginia. The sons, Jesse and Farrell, both graduated from the Frankfort High School and are now students of the Ohio Wesleyan University, of Delaware, Jesse taking the literary and Farrell the scientific course. NATHANIEL WILSON was born in Aberdeenshire, in the Highlands of Scotland, in 1815. He was carefully educated in his youth, his parents wishing him to enter the ministry of the Scotch Presbyterian Church. After his graduation from Marshall College in Aberdeen, he came to America with the purpose of visiting his uncle, William Ross, one of the early dry goods merchants of Chillicothe, and further broadening his education. HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 917 A long and stormy trip on the ocean and a like trip on Lake Erie, on his way to Chillicothe, had made travel on water so repugnant to him, that he decided to remain in this country. He accordingly entered the mercantile establishment of his uncle. After acquiring a knowledge of the business, he, in company with two other clerks in the store, Charles J. Miller and Thomas Woodrow, the patronymic uncle of our present President Woodrow Wilson, formed a partnership under the firm name of Wilson, Miller & Woodrow, and for several years thereafter conducted a successful business dealing in dry goods. This partnership was dissolved, Thomas Woodrow continuing the business and Nathaniel Wilson entering the boot and shoe business alone. He remained in this 'business until 1862, when he retired from active pursuits, devoting his time to his private interests until his death, in 1892. Nathaniel Wilson was a student during his entire life, devoting much of his time to Latin and mathematics. He was one of a coterie of men in Ohio who were in the habit of passing difficult and abstruse problems among their number for solution. He was the inventor and patentee of a mathematical instrument, being intended for surveyors' use, a combination in the one instrument of the protractor, parallel ruler and scale. For many years he served as a member of the Chillicothe Board of Education, before the board became a political body, and was likewise president and director of the old Chillicothe Bank. In 1849 he married Margaret King, of Philadelphia, Pa., a daughter of Thomas King, and to them five children were born, as follows : William Ross, deceased ; Belle W. Ide, living in Columbus, Ohio; Thomas King, of Chillicothe ; Annie S. Barrere, living in Hamilton, Montana ; and Alexander Ross, deceased. Thomas King Wilson, the only surviving male member of the family, is also the only member of the family now residing in Chillicothe. Graduating from the high school, he attended the college preparatory school at Marietta, Ohio, and was afterwards graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. He engaged in the tanning business with George Elsass, but afterwards associated himself with Martin Hamen in the manufacture of fertilizers, developing the business now carried on at Washington Court House, Ohio, under the corporate name of The M. Hamen Company. He served as a member of the Chillicothe Board of Education. He is the inventor and patentee of a spike and nail puller, also of an automatic closing railway switch. In 1887, Mr. Wilson married Elizabeth Renick Smith, who was born in Chillicothe, a daughter of Amos and Henrietta Renick Smith. She died in early womanhood, in 1889. MILEY E. DRUMMOND is a life-long resident of Ross County, well known over the county at large and in the City of Chillicothe, where he resides, and is now one of the active rural mail carriers of the county. Vol II-28 918 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY Mr. Drummond is a quiet unassuming man, believes in doing all things well, and is a highly respected and honored citizen. He was born on a farm near Londonderry in Ross County November 16, 1856. His father, William Drummond, was born in Ross County, and his grandfather, Benjamin Drummond, was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was one of the early settlers in Ross County. William Drummond married Ruth Cox,, a native of Ross County, and also of a pioneer family. Mr. Miley Drummond was reared and educated in Liberty Township of this county. He attended the public schools as a boy, and with the conclusion of his schooling he remained on the old homestead and employed some of the best years of his life in general farming pursuits. In 1901 he entered the service of the United States Postal Department, and was one of the first rural mail carriers in Ohio. He has been steadily at the work now for upwards of seventeen years, and has since removed to Chillicothe. He has never married, and makes his home with a widowed sister in Chillicothe. He is an active member of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, of the Rural Mail Carriers Association, and he spends his best energies in rendering an adequate service to his patrons along the rural mail route. Mr. Drummond was the youngest in a family of seven children. Benjamin is now deceased. Wesley Drummond is referred to on other pages of this work. William is also deceased. Martha is the wife of S. Graves, of Beatrice, Nebraska. Mary A. is the widow of Joseph Randall, and now resides in Chillicothe with her brother, Miley. David J. is a resident of Independence, Missouri. Mrs. Mary A. Randall is the mother of six children, Alma Archer, James E., Minnie Headley, Martha Dillie, and Ernest and Mary, who are now deceased. Mrs., Mary A. Randall is a member of the Friends Church, at Londonderry, Ohio. Mr. Joseph Randall died in 1889. HARRISON SHASTEEN is one of the oldest living sons of Union Township, where he was born three quarters of a century ago, and after a long and active and honorable business career is now enjoying peaceful retirement at his home in his native township. Born March 10, 1841, he is a son of James S. R. Shasteen, a native of Virginia, and a grandson of Robert Shasteen, a native of the same commonwealth. Robert Shasteen brought his family to Ohio in 1814, when his son James was seven years of age. They settled in Ross County, and thus established a family that has had a continuous relationship with this country for more than a century. James Shasteen grew up in the county, and after reaching manhood engaged in farming. He was a resident of Union Township until his death, at the age of sixty years, while his wife passed away at the age of fifty-nine. They were the parents of two sons. One of the these, Marion, was a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil war, was captured by the Confederates and died while a prisoner in Andersonville. Reared on the home farm, Harrison Shasteen left home at an early age and gained his success by relying on his own enterprise. After the HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 919 war he went to Pennsylvania, spending three years in the oil fields there, but with that exception has been a resident of Ross County for almost half a century continuously. For twenty years he was grain buyer for the Mansfield Mills. Mr. Shasteen was three times married. His first wife was Nancy Minear, daughter of Solomon and Charity (Noble) Minear. Mrs. Shasteen died at the age of twenty-three, leaving one son, Walter. His second wife was Mary J. Rowe, a daughter of Thomas Rowe. When she passed away at the age of twenty-eight she left two children, Marion and Harry. The present Mrs. Shasteen before her marriage was Augusta Sauerbrei, a daughter of William and Lena Sauerbrei. Mr. and Mrs. Shasteen have four children : Lena, James W., John Logan and Viola. The family are members of the German Evangelical church and Mr. Shasteen is a republican. JAMES S. HANAWALT. A prominent and highly esteemed citizen of Chillicothe, James S. Hanawalt has been active and influential in public matters, and is identified with the mercantile interests of the city as a druggist. He was born, January 29, 1843, in the village of Bourneville, Twin Township, Ross County, a son of John Hanawalt. He is of German descent, his Grandfather Hanawalt, having emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania, settling in Mifflin County on a farm near the locality since known as Hanawalt's Cave. One of a family of five sons, John Hanawalt was born, October 28, 1799, in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, where he grew to man's estate. In 1824 he came to Ohio, and soon after his arrival was engaged to carry the mail from Steubenville to Gallipolis, and to the post offices established along the route. He had previously learned the tailor's trade, and on retiring from the mail service opened a tailor's shop at Bourneville, where he continued in business until 1855, when he was forced to give up, on account of failing eyesight. He subsequently lived retired in Bourneville until his death in 1873. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Jefferson Hill, was born in Union Township, Ross County, February 22, 1812. Her father, Christian Hill, a native of Ellicotts Mills, Maryland, came to Ohio with his family, and after living a few years in Union Township, purchased land in Fayette County, and there spent his remaining days, at his death his body being laid to rest in the Dry Run Cemetery, in Union Township. His wife died about 1816, when her daughter, Mary Jefferson, was about four years old, leaving six children. The wife of John Hanawalt survived him four years, passing away in 1877. She reared six children, as follows: Amelia, John Christopher, George P., James S., and Florance. James S. Hanawalt was educated in the public schools of Bourneville. In 1862 he entered the United States service, becoming a nurse at the Douglas Hospital, in Washington, District of Columbia, where his brother George was assistant surgeon, remaining there until 1864. Returning home, Mr. Hanawalt was later engaged in the grocery business with William A. Jones, continuing junior member of the firm of 920 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY Jones & Hanawalt until 1884. He was subsequently employed by Capt. Rufus Hosler, county treasurer, as delinquent collector, and continued with Mr. Hosler's successors, Nelson Purdum, F. A. Sosman, and Luther B. Hurst, and Milton J. Scott. In 1906 Mr. Hanawalt embarked in the drug business at the corner of High and Mill streets, being in partnership with his son Max, and has since built up a large trade. Mr. Hanawalt married, May 1, 1877, Anna C. Maxwell, who was born in Green Township, a daughter of Alexander and Leah (Ranck) Maxwell, her father's family being from Virginia, and the Ranck family from Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Hanawalt have two children, namely : John Maxwell and William F. John M., in partnership with his father, married Edna Scriver. William F., residing in Denver, Colorado, married Irene Snyder, and they have three children, James Maxwell, Shirley, and William F. Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hanawalt belong to the First Presbyterian Church. JUDGE GEORGE B. BITZER. Possessing a profound knowledge of law, and being blessed with a keenness of comprehension that allows nothing connected with his profession to escape his observation, Judge George B. Bitzer, of Chillicothe, has achieved distinction in legal circles, being known as one of the most experienced and successful attorneys of Ross County. A native of Ross County, he was born, April 15, 1852, in Adelphi, a son of Anthony Bitzer. His Grandfather Conrad Bitzer, was born in Pennsylvania, in Bucks County, coming from stock known as Pennsylvania Dutch. Following the tide of emigration westward, he settled in Ross County, Ohio, in the very early part of the nineteenth century. Buying a tract of timbered land in Green Township, near its eastern boundary, he hewed a farm from the forest, and there lived and labored until his death, at the age of ninety-two years, being hale and hearty until the last. He and his good wife reared seven children, all of whom, with the exception of Anthony, settled in a newer country, much farther west than Ohio. Born on the home farm, in Green Township, in 1809, Anthony Bitzer was brought up in true pioneer style. In his boyhood days the wild beasts of the forest had not fled before the advancing steps of civilization, but, with the dusky savage, roamed the forests. There being neither railroads nor canals, and no near-by markets, the people subsisted .principally upon game, and the products of the soil. The women of the different households, all skilled in domestic arts, used to card, spin and weave the homespun material in which they dressed their families. During his earlier life, Anthony Bitzer bought a farm in Colerain Township, but instead of occupying it established a hotel in Adelphi. That was in stage-coach days, when circuses traveled the highways, and the Van Amburg and Robinson train put up at his inn. He continued as a hotel keeper, being popular with the traveling public, until about 1870, from that time until his death, at the age of seventy-six years, living retired from business cares. HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 921 The maiden name of the wife of Anthony Bitzer was Catherine Strawser. She was born in Adelphi, and there spent the greater part of her long life of eighty-six years. Her father Henry Strawser, came from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to Colerain Township in 1803, and having bought a tract of land a mile south of Adelphi built a log cabin, and began the improvement of a homestead. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. An expert marksman, he was fond of hunting, and kept the family well supplied with game of all kinds. He lived to be eighty- two years old, while his wife, whose maiden name was Druzilla Hinton, died when but seventy-four years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Bitzer reared six children, as follows: Susan, who married Edward Reedy; Henry ; George B.; Alfred ; Edward; and Margaret, who became the wife of George Coombs. Having when quite young completed the course of study in the district school, George B. Bitzer attended the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, and at the age of fifteen years commenced teaching in a log schoolhouse, in Vinton County. He had sixty-five pupils, ranging in age from five years to twenty-five years, and was paid a salary of $33 a month. He alternately taught school and attended school until 1877, in the meantime devoting all of his spare time to hard study. In 1878 Mr. Bitzer was admitted to the bar, and has since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession at Chillicothe, excepting, of course, the time when his official duties demanded his entire attention. He was elected prosecuting attorney for Ross County in 1878, and served one term. In 1887 he was elected probate judge, and re-elected to the same office in 1890. Politically Judge Bitzer has been identified with the republican party since casting his first presidential vote, in 1876, for Rutherford B. Hayes, and has rendered efficient service as a member of the Chillicothe City Council. Judge Bitzer married, December 15, 1880, Louisa J. Grimes, who was born near New Holland, Pickaway County, a daughter of George and Rachel (Bowdle) Grimes. The judge and Mrs. Bitzer have four children, namely : Altha Maria, Edwin S., Florence C., and Clarkson B. The judge is a member of Tecumseh Lodge No. 8, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church on Walnut Street. CHARLES CHRISTIAN RINDT. Eminently deserving of mention in this volume is Charles Christian Rindt, a veteran of the Civil war, now living in Chillicothe, where he .is actively identified with the mercantile interests of the city. He was born, June 14, 1830, in the Village of Dielekopf, near Keisel, in Bavaria, Germany, where the birth of his father, Christian Rindt, occurred in 1802. Born, reared, and married in his native village, Christian Rindt came with his wife and their only child to America in 1834, being several weeks in making the voyage. Landing in New York, he started for Ohio, going via the Hudson River and Erie Canal to Buffalo, thence by way of Lake Erie to Cleveland, and from that place to Chillicothe, on the canal, 922 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY all traveling in those primitive days, ere there were any railroads in the state, having been on the rivers, lakes and canals wherever possible. He was subsequently employed at various kinds of work, in the meantime looking earnestly for a desirable location. He soon purchased, near Piketon, a tract of land, on which a log cabin had been erected on a small clearing. He began the improvement of a homestead, and having built a commodious house of hewed logs he embarked in farming and stock-raising. Selling at an advance eight years later, he opened a grocery store in Chillicothe, on Main Street, between Walnut and Paint streets. Subsequently trading that property, which included the store and dwelling house, for a farm located three miles south of Chillicothe, he there engaged in agricultural pursuits for about twelve years. Selling out then, he resumed business in Chillicothe, his grocery being located at the corner of Fifth and Hickory streets, but soon made another change, trading his store and stock for a farm located on the old Portsmouth Road, six miles south of the city limits, and there he continued to reside until his death, in 1874, at the age of seventy-two years. He married Charlotte Bonnet, who was born in Germany, of French Hugenot ancestry, and died in Ohio, in 1863. Three children were born of their union, as follows : Charles Christian, born in Germany; and Charlotte and Henrietta, born in Ross County. Four years old when he came from the fatherland with his parents, Charles Christian Rindt attended the Chillicothe schools until twelve years old, when he found employment in a clothing store, where he made himself generally useful for two years, giving up the position only when the store was closed, owing to financial reverses. He was subsequently employed as a clerk for several years, first working for Ed Adams, and later for Thomas Woodrow, with whom he remained until 1862. Resigning the position in that year, Mr. Rindt enlisted in Company B, Sixty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Going south with his command, he served under General Sherman in the Atlanta campaign, taking part in the various engagments along the route, and after the siege and capture of Atlanta continued with his brave leader to Savannah, thence through the Carolinas, and on to Washington, where he was in the line of march during the Grand; Review. Receiving his honorable discharge in June, 1865, Mr. Rindt returned to Chillicothe, and having purchased the property at the corner of Paint and Seventh streets has there been actively and prosperously engaged in business since. On July 15, 1858, Mr. Rindt was united in marriage with Sophia Fischer, who was born in Kallstadt, Bavaria, April 26, 1836, a daughter of Ludwig and Sophia Fischer. Her parents came with their family to America, in 1840, being fifty-three days crossing the ocean in a sailing vessel. Settling near Pittsburgh, they spent the remainder of their days in that vicinty. After the death of her parents, Sophia Fischer went to Cincinnati, in 1856, and there lived with an uncle until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Rindt have four children, namely : Henrietta, Charles L., Elizabeth H., and William Henry. They are both members of the Presbyterian Church. HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 923 WILLIAM MILLER. For half a century a resident of Chillicothe, William Miller has always been regarded as a man of integrity and honor, and is held in high respect throughout the community in which he lives, and in whose advancement and prosperity he is ever ready to lend a helping hand. A German by birth and breeding, he was born, September 18, 1840, in the Village of Schladehausen, Hanover, where his parents, John Henry and Elizabeth (Ziegemeier) Miller, spent their entire lives, being there engaged in agricultural pursuits. They reared a family of six children, Catherine, William, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary, and Henry. William, the special subject of this sketch, and his sister Mary, who married William Schwan, were the only members of the family to leave the fatherland. Obtaining his early education in his native village, William Miller subsequently served for three years as an apprentice at the miller's trade, which he afterwards followed in Hanover until 1865. In that year, impressed by the superior advantages America offered a young man just starting in life, he immigrated to this country, and for a few months worked in a flour mill at Cincinnati. Coming from that city to Chillicothe in December, 1865, Mr. Miller, in company with John Smith, purchased a small mill, operated by steam power, and located on South Paint Street, and continued business with his partner until the death of Mr. Smith in 1878. Buying then the interest of the Smith heirs in the property, he became sole owner of the mill, which he managed successfully until meeting with reverses, in 1903. Mr. Miller was subsequently out of business for awhile, but in 1904 embarked in the insurance business, with which he has since been actively and prosperously identified. Mr. Miller married, in 1866, Eliza Eggers, a native of Rothenfelde, Hanover, Germany, and to them five children have been born, namely : Charles H.; Attilla ; Anna ; Alvin, who died at the age of forty years; and Charlotte. Although not an aspirant for official honors, Mr. Miller was appointed, in 1906, justice of the peace to fill out an unexpired term, and in 1907 was elected to that position, which he has filled continuously since, having been re-elected in 1911. Religiously both Mr. and Mrs. Miller are conscientious members of the Salem German Evangelical Church. GEORGE J. HEINZELMAN, JR. A well-known and highly esteemed resident of Chillicothe, George J. Heinzelman, Jr., is one of the more active and prominent insurance men of Ross County, at the present time being special agent for the Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Company. He was born November 15, 1873, in Chillicothe, a son of George J. Heinzelman, Sr., being the third in direct line of descent to bear his name. His grandfather, named George J. Heinzelman, was born, bred and educated in Alsace, Germany, and as a young man immigrated to America, the land of hope and promise. Taking up his residence in Chillicothe, he was employed for awhile in the Frazier Packing House, 924 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY but later purchased land, and embarked in truck farming, becoming the pioneer raiser of onion sets, which proved a profitable industry. Successful in his undertakings, he resided in this city until his death, at the age of seventy-five years. He married Margaret Teusch, who was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, and came to this country with a party of young ladies when but fifteen years old. She died at the age of sixty-eight years, just two hours before the death of her husband, and both were buried in the same grave. They reared five children, George J., John, Mary, Margaret, and Magdaline. George J. Heinzelman, Sr., was born September 12, 1848, in Chillicothe, and after completing his early education in the city schools became associated with his father in truck gardening. He now has twenty-eight acres of rich and fertile land adjoining Chillicothe, all under a high state of culture, and is carrying on a remunerative business. The maiden name of his wife was Eva Metzel. She is a native of Chillicothe, where her parents, Jacob and Christina Metzel, located on coming from Hesse Darmstadt, their birthplace, to the United States some time in the '40s. Mr. Metzel died at the age of fifty-five years, and his, wife at the age of seventy-seven years. They reared four children, as follows: Eva, now Mrs. Heinzelman ; Jacob; John; and Elizabeth. George J. Heinzelman, Sr., and his wife had but two children, Jacob and George J. George J. Heinzelman, Jr., was educated in the Chillicothe public schools, and subsequently worked with his father in truck gardening until twenty-eight years of age. The following six years he was employed in a foundry in Cincinnati, and for two years thereafter worked in a paper mill at Chillicothe. Embarking then in the life insurance business, Mr. Heinzelman became agent for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and proved himself so thoroughly capable in that capacity that he was made assistant manager within a few months, and later was promoted to the position of deputy manager. Mr. Heinzelman continued as such until 1914, when he resigned to make the race for the office of county clerk. In 1915 he accepted his present position with the Columbus Mutual, becoming special agent for the State of Ohio. Mr. Heinzelman married, April 23, 1902, Loretta M. Zeller, who was born in Columbus, Ohio, a daughter of Fred and Matilda (Le Bean) Zeller. Mr. and Mrs. Heinzelman have three sons, Harold Logan, George John, and Frederick J. Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Heinzelman are active members of the First Presbyterian Church, in which he is a ruling elder. Fraternally Mr. Heinzelman is a member of Scioto Lodge No. 6, Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons. ORLEY W. MILLER. Among the old family farms that have descended from father and son in Ross County, Ohio, the valuable one belonging to Orley W. Miller may be noted, for over 100 years have passed since his grandfather, John Miller, bought the 130 acres that John Mooney had entered in 1812. John Miller erected the first cabin in Jefferson Township and in it reared a family of nine children, all of these having HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 925 passed away with the exception of one son, William, who is a resident of Jackson County, Ohio. John Miller cleared the greater part of this land and subsequently owned three other farms in the county. Orley W. Miller was born on the farm he owns, in Jefferson Township, Ross County, Ohio, March 7, 1876. His parents were Sherman and Drucilla (Wills) Miller. His father was born on this farm July 16, 1843, a son of John and Mary (Nichols) Miller, and his mother in Jackson County, January 4, 1848. Sherman Miller followed an agricultural life and was considered an excellent farmer. The old farm became his property by purchase in 1876, and here he resided until his death, March 30, 1915. He was a church member, a worthy man and a good citizen. His children are : Corwin L., who is a railroad man, is train dispatcher at one of the terminals in Chillicothe; Myrton, who is a carpenter in the shops of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Chillicothe ; Orley W.; and Daisy, who is the wife of J. T. Snyder, of Jefferson Township. Orley W. Miller attended the public schools in Jefferson Township, the Richmond Dale schools and the Chillicothe High School, after which he taught school for ten years. Mr. Miller carries on general farming, living perhaps a quieter but not less busy life than his brothers. He is a highly respected citizen of Ross County. Mr. Miller was married to Miss Ethel Dixon, who died October 27, 1912, the mother of three children : Donald, Mary and Lucile. Mr. Miller was married August 7, 1915, to Miss Ruth Nagle, of Portsmouth, Ohio. In politics he is a democrat. CHARLES MARTIN HAYNES. A practical and prosperous business man of Chillicothe, as a jeweler being associated with its manufacturing and mercantile interests, Charles Martin Haynes is in truth of pioneer stock, belonging to a family that has been well known in Ross County for upwards of 100 years. He was born June 19, 1866, in Concord Township, while his father, Col. James Henry Haynes, was born in Ross County, January 28, 1836, and his grandfather, Martin Haynes, was likewise a native of this county, his birth having occurred in 1809, in Scioto Township. John Haynes, son of Nicholas and Sophia (Sheetz) Haynes, the paternal great-grandfather of Charles Martin Haynes, was born October 14, 1769, in the State of Pennsylvania, York County, Dover Township, near the Blue Mountains, and during his earlier life resided for many years in Charleston, Virginia. Soon after the first settlements of Ohio were made, he crossed the intervening country six times, coming and going on three trips, making the first two prospecting trips on foot, and the third one on horseback. In 1808, accompanied by his family, he came to Ross County with teams, bringing all of his worldly effects with him. He located in the Paint Creek Valley, near Haynes Creek Ford, which was named in his honor. He purchased from the Government a tract of heavily timbered land, and on the clearing which he made erected a log cabin, in the construction of which not a nail was 926 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY used. He rived by hand the clapboards which covered the roof, weighting them in place with poles. He was a man of undaunted energy and enterprise, and at one time owned three mills in Ross County, one being located on the Narrows, one on Paint Creek, and the other in Scioto Township. He lived to a venerable age, passing away March 28, 1859. His wife, whose maiden name was Margaret Sheetz, born August 23, 1775, at Shephards Town on the Potomac, Virginia, died September 5, 1836. Seven sons and five daughters were born of this union : Elizabeth, 1791; Julian, 1793; Jacob, 1795; Henry, 1798 ; Mary, 1800 ; one died at birth, 1803, not named; John, 1804; Sarah, 1807; Martin and Margaret, twins, 1809; Daniel, 1812; Benjamin, 1815. Martin Haynes was reared and educated in pioneer days, beginning and ending his school life in a log house, primitively furnished. The rude slab benches, with wooden pins for legs, had no desks, but a plank placed along the wall served as a place for the scholars to write, the quill pens used being made by the teacher, while the ink was made at home by boiling the inner bark of young maple trees in water impregnated with sulphate of iron. The floor was of puncheon, and the chimney was made of earth and sticks. Fond of the chase, Martin Haynes was very skilful as a deer hunter, and his gun, now in the possession of the subject of this sketch, is said to have killed more deer than any other gun in Ohio. After attaining his majority, Martin Haynes purchased land in Concord Township, on the north fork of Paint Creek, and there operated a saw mill, and a grist mill which was equipped with bolts for making flour. People from many miles around used to go there with their grist. He built up a fine business, and was there a resident until his death. He married Caroline Hoover, a daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Kellenberger Hoover, and they became the parents of six children, as follows : Louisa, 1834; James Henry, 1836; Elizabeth, 1839; Sarah, 1840; William Martin, 1846; Eliza, 1854. Col. James Henry Haynes acquired the rudiments of his education in the district schools, and later attended the Ohio State University. Enlisting for service during the Civil war, he was commissioned by Governor Dennison, August 1, 1861, as second lieutenant of Company A, Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Going with his command to the front, he participated in many important engagements, including among others those at Bowling Green, Kentucky ; Huntsville, Alabama; Bridgeport, Alabama; Manchester, Stewart Creek, Tullahoma, and Dug Gap, in Tennessee ; and at Chickamauga, Georgia. In November, 1862, he resigned on account of ill health, and returned home to recuperate. On September 26, 1863, he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Militia, by Governor Tod, but was never called into active service. After leaving the army he resumed charge of the mill in Concord Township, and operated it until 1877, when he went to South Bloomfield, Ohio, where he was engaged in milling two years. The following year he was similarly employed at Circleville, from there going to Austin, where he had charge of the Thompson Mill two years. He then settled in Chillicothe and continued HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 927 a resident until about 1895. After that time he made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Abram F. Stults, who lived near DeLand, Illinois, moving with them to Iowa then to Macon, Missouri, where he died January 12, 1908. Colonel Haynes married Mary Catherine Pontius, who was born in Green Township, Ross County, a daughter of Andrew Pontius. Her grandfather, Frederick Pontius, was born in 1759, of German ancestry, in Pennsylvania, it is thought. About 1806, accompanied by his family, he came to Ross County, Ohio, locating in Green Township. He purchased, in section 11, a tract of land on which a small clearing and a log cabin constituted the only improvements. He placed a part of the land under cultivation, and was there employed in tilling the soil during the remainder of his life. He was twice married. Born in Pennsylvania, January 15, 1803, Andrew Pontius, the maternal grandfather of Mr. Haynes, was brought up and educated in Green Township, and succeeded to the ownership of the parental homestead. Industrious and enterprising, he added to the improvements previously inaugurated, and soon after assuming possession of the place burned brick, and from which he erected a substantial house, and in addition erected a commodious frame barn. Late in life he removed to Kingston, but after staying there four years returned to his farm, where his death occurred, February 16, 1879. He married, June 25, 1825, Mary Ann Bitzer, who was born, December 31, 1808, in Fairfield County, Ohio, and died October 25, 1878. Of the twelve children born of their union, eleven grew to years of maturity, Reuben, John R., Frederick B., Peter, Andrew, William Allen, Barbara Ann, Mary Catharine, Eliza Jane, Sarah Melissa, and Ellen Belinda. Caroline Elizabeth, twin sister to Ellen, died at the age of two years. Colonel and Catharine (Pontius) Haynes were the parents of three children, namely Anna Alma, wife of Abram F. Stults, of Austin, Minnesota; Charles Martin, the special subject of this sketch ; and Ella Belinda, who died at the age of fourteen years. Beginning life for himself at the age of eighteen years, Charles Martin Haynes entered the employ of Schlegel & Loel, jewelers, February 1, 1885, and after completing his apprenticeship remained with the firm until August 1, 1904, gaining skill and experience at his trade. Forming then a partnership with Frank Henn, he has since been actively engaged in the jewelry business on North Paint Street, being junior member of the firm of Henn & Haynes. On August 24, 1893, Mr. Haynes married Carrie Alice Steele, a daughter of Dr. William Wesley, and Eliza (Minear) Steele, and granddaughter of Joseph Steele, a prominent farmer and a stock raiser of Pickaway County. Doctor Steele was for many years a well known druggist in Chillicothe. Mr. and Mrs. Haynes are members of the Walnut Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally Mr. Haynes is a member of Scioto Lodge No. 6, Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons; of Chillicothe Chapter No. 4, Royal Arch Masons; of Chillicothe Council No. 4, Royal and Select Masters; of Chillicothe Com- 928 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY mandery No. 8, Knights Templar; of Scioto Consistory, at Columbus; and of Aladdin Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Columbus. He also belongs to Chillicothe Lodge No. 52, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and to Chillicothe Camp No. 4111, Modern Woodmen of America. DAVID CARRICK ANDERSON. A long life, and one spent in many useful and honorable activities, was that of the late David Carrick Anderson of Concord Township. His birth occurred in Concord Township October 10, 1824, and he died at his old home March 23, 1908. His grandfather, William Anderson was a native of South Carolina, spent most of his life as a farmer, and came to Ohio in the very early days. After remaining in the state five years he returned to South Carolina, where he died in advanced years. Of his eight children, Samuel, the third, was born May 17, 1780, in South Carolina. He arrived in Ohio about 1803 and locating in Concord Township of Ross County he bought land, and his was one of the first cabins to arise among the trees in that section. In 1824 his log house was replaced by a substantial structure of hewed logs. He devoted his labors for many years to the improvement of his farm and died there August 30, 1830. On November 20, 1806, Samuel Anderson married Elizabeth Edmiston, of Paris, Kentucky. Her family had come to Ohio and settled in Ross County a year before Samuel Anderson did. She lived to be nearly ninety years of age, and for more than seventy years was an active member of the Concord Presbyterian Church, of which Samuel Anderson was a charter member and for a number of years an elder. Samuel Anderson also was distinguished by service in the War of 1812. David Carrick Anderson and his twin sister were the last born in a family of seven children. He was six years of age when his father died and after that he remained with his mother on the farm, and as his strength permitted participated in its cultivation until he was twenty years of age. It was a primitive log schoolhouse in which he received his early education. That schoolhouse was two miles from home and he walked back and forth night and morning. At the age of twenty he removed to Frankfort, became a clerk in a dry goods store, and after three years had advanced so far in capability and responsibility as to be able to purchase an interest in the firm and take the duties of partnership. He remained with the firm for three years, and then engaged in the dry goods business for himself. For more than thirty years David C. Anderson was one of the most successful merchants of Frankfort, and his business relations extended all over that part of Ross County. In 1876, with several other citizens, he organized the Merchants and Farmers Bank of Frankfort. He was elected its first president, and two years afterward he sold his stock of dry goods and thereafter devoted his unremitting attention to the bank and his various other business affairs. HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 929 Though quite an old man at the time, he served as a loyal soldier of the Union during the Civil war. Enlisting May 2, 1864, he became regimental quartermaster of the One Hundred and Forty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but most of the time acted as brigade quartermaster on General Kinley's staff. He was mustered out of service on September 1, 1864. In February, 1851, Mr. Anderson married Sarah A. Tulleys, of Frankfort. To their union were born three children: Laura, who became the wife of John Rockwell Entrekin ; Clara, who married J. 0. Pierce, a Presbyterian minister of Columbus; and Sadie, who died in infancy. The late Mr. Anderson was a member of the C. W. McNeill Post No. 645, Grand Army of the Republic, and served as its chaplain. An active republican, he was a delegate to various district and state conventions, and always took a liberal share of public duties and responsibilities. His life was spent as a devout Christian and he assisted in organizing the Presbyterian Church in Frankfort, taught its Sunday school for fifty-five years and was superintendent of the Sunday school about twenty years. Mr. Anderson was an extensive traveler, the means which his well ordered industry had enabled him to accumulate having put in his power the privilege of travel and observation. He visited most of the interesting places in his home country, several times crossed the ocean, and visited in Europe, Asia and Africa. The last tour which he made was to the Worlds Fourth Sunday School Convention, which was held at Jerusalem in June, 1904, and it was while on this trip that he visited a great many important cities in Southern Europe, Northern Asia and Africa. On account of his advanced age, he being seventy-nine years old and the oldest one of the party, he was accompanied by his grandson and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Entrekin, of Columbus, Ohio. This trip was the climax of his life, as he had always had a desire to visit the Holy Land and Jerusalem, and after he had made this trip he felt that his life's work was finished. But it was with the thought that he had fulfilled his Master's mission, while on this and other trips that he has had, a large collection of rare articles were made and which are now preserved in his old homestead at Frankfort, Ohio. C. C. MOXLEY. Agricultural conditions in Ross County have changed to such an extent during the past several decades that the enterprising farmer has been compelled to change in large degree his methods of treating the soil. New discoveries have been made, powerful machinery has been invented and new innovations introduced, and he who would reap the most beneficial results from his property must keep himself fully conversant with the changes and developments of the times. Among Ross County's progressive agriculturists, one who has gained a full measure of success, largely through an appreciation of the value of new and improved methods, is C. C. Moxley, whose handsome 930 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY property is located in Paint Township, on Greenfield Rural Route No. 1. Mr. Moxley is not only a skilled farmer, but also deals successfully in stock and real estate, and is as well known in business as he is in agricultural circles. C. C. Moxley was born near Leesburg, Highland County, Ohio, May 5, 1870, and was six years of age when he was brought to Ross County by his parents, John K. and Lida Moxley. His father, a native of Kentucky, fought as a soldier of the Union during the Civil war, being a sergeant in the Forty-Eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He fought throughout the period of the war, and when he received his honorable discharge it was with a record fop bravery and faithfulness of which any man might be proud. At the end of his military service he returned to his Ross County home and again engaged in farming and here continues to make his residence, being now seventy-five years of age. Mrs. Moxley died May 6, 1915, she having been a native of the Empire State. There were three children in the family, but only two survive at this time. C. C. Moxley was reared on his father's farm in Paint Township, securing his education during the winter terms in the district school of his locality. He remained with his parents until he was twenty-nine years of age, at which time he was married, and started his independent career on a rented farm near Bainbridge. There he resided until 1904, making many improvements and saving his earnings, and in the year mentioned was able to buy the farm on which he now lives, a tract of 136 acres. This he has brought to a high state of cultivation, and on his premises may be found grades of stock of all kinds. Few men, in so short a period of time, have made better use of their opportunities, and he is ranked as one of the most systematic, progressive and substantial agriculturists of his township. Several years ago Mr. Moxley began dealing in live stock, merely as a side line, but this he has built up to be one of the most important branches of his business. While so engaged he became interested in real estate, and having a profound faith in the future of his community invested some capital in property in the locality. He has been the medium through which some important realty transactions have been consummated and is an important factor in handling farm realty. Mr. Moxley was married January 25, 1899, to Miss Ida Middleton, who was born on the farm on which she now lives, in 1874, and educated in the Ross County schools, a daughter of A. P. and Caroline Middleton. They have one daughter, Gladys, born in 1900, who is now attending the Greenfield High School. Mr. Moxley and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Greenfield. He belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, at Greenfield ; the Knights of Pythias, Bainbridge; the Modern Woodmen of America; and the Sons of Veterans. A stalwart republican, he has long been active in politics and for years has been central committeeman of Ross County from Paint Township. HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 931 ROBERT REED is a widely known citizen of Ross County. He and his good wife for a number of years have dispensed a generous hospitality and a real service to the local and traveling public at the Palace Hotel in Adelphi. Mr. Reed is a native of Ross County, born at Kingston May 9, 1874, son of Nelson and Elmira (Marman) Reed: These parents were also natives of Ross County. For a number of years Nelson Reed owned and worked the old Hill farm in Ross County, and then retired to a comfortable home in Kingston, where he died at the age of eighty-eight. His wife lived to be seventy-five. Many of the older residents of Ross County have pleasant memories of Nelson Reed. He is especially remembered for his powerful physique. In fact he was long considered one of the strongest men in the community. Robert Reed was the thirteenth in a family of fourteen children. Daniel and Rebecca are now deceased ; Sarah is the wife of George Brooks; William is a farmer at Frankfort ; Samuel is in Adelphi ; Anna is the wife of Cliff Scott of Columbus; Ella is the wife of P. D. Brown of Chillicothe ; Nan is the wife of Y. Randall; Emilia is the wife of George Disk, a merchant at Yellowbud, in Ross County ; Tom and Harry are deceased. Mr. Robert Reed was educated in the public schools at Kingston and from an early age has shown a capacity to do things well and is therefore properly recognized as a successful man. August 28, 1902, he married Miss Bessie Dunn. Mrs. Reed was the fourth daughter in a family of eight children, seven daughters and one son, born to James and Martha (Smith) Dunn of Portsmouth, Ohio. A brief record of her sisters and brother is as follows : Nora, wife of Henry Burgess of Portsmouth ; Molly, wife of Ed Ridgehouse of Wheelersburg ; Sarah, wife of Frank Wheeler of Ironton; Eunice, wife of J. Higgins, of Ironton; Nellie, wife of Bert Tope of Oak Hill; and James Dunn of Portsmouth. Mrs. Reed was reared and educated at Portsmouth. Her maternal grandfather, James Smith, came from West Virginia and was an early settler at Oak Hill, Ohio. He lived to be ninety-eight years of age, while her grandfather Dunn reached the venerable age of ninety-two. The Palace Hotel, of which Mr. and Mrs. Reed are the proprietors, is the leading hostelry of the town. Mr. Reed has shown the qualities of the affable and genial landlord and everyone who comes to his house is pleased with the service rendered and becomes a lasting friend of the Palace. Mr. Reed is affiliated with the Order of Eagles at Chillicothe and with the Cornplater Tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men at Adelphi. MRS. BENJAMIN WALKER, whose home is at Gillespieville in Liberty Township, is a member of a very old and prominent family of Ross County, and her own lifetime of fully three quarters of a century has been spent within its limits. Her maiden name was Jones. She was born in Liberty Township, on the Londonderry Pike, April 16, 1841. Her parents were Jacob and 932 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY Elizabeth (Clayton) Jones. Jacob Jones, who was born in New Jersey, was the youngest in a family of eleven children, their father being Thomas Jones. Thomas Jones brought his family to Ross County at a very early day, and was one of the leading settlers in influence as well as in time in Liberty Township. A large number of the Jones name and relationship located in that section of Ross County, and the place of their location was long known as the Jones Settlement. Members of this large and prominent family acquired land from the Government, and went through all the hardships attendant upon making homes in the wilderness. Jacob Jones grew up in that community and married Elizabeth Clayton, who was also a native of Liberty Township. They spent the rest of their years on the old homestead established by Thomas Jones, and there Jacob managed the cultivation of about 300 acres. He was prosperous and a man of no little influence in his community. The lasting influence of the Quaker religion in that section can be traced in an important degree to members of the Jones family, and Jacob Jones was one of the leaders in that church and did much to upbuild and strengthen the influence of his denomination. For many years he held an office in the Friends Church, in Liberty Township. Jacob Jones and wife were the parents of four children : Mary, now deceased, married Thomas Schooley ; Hope, deceased, married S. Haddle ; Rebecca is now Mrs. Benjamin Walker; Margaret, deceased, married Joseph Clyde. Miss Rebecca Jones grew up on the old homestead in Liberty Township, attended the district schools, and was quite young when she was first married. On June 10, 1860, she became the bride of Mahlon L. Dixon. To their marriage were born seven children : Eugenia, now deceased, who married Ezeriah Peecher ; Homer, who lives with his mother; Edgar, a resident of Seymour, Indiana; Edna, wife of Jeremiah Ratliff of Liberty Township ; Walter ; Fulton, of Dayton, Ohio ; and Auretta, deceased, who married Elmer Steigler. After the death of Mr. Dixon his widow married in October, 1878, the late Benjamin Walker, a well known resident of Ross County, who died in 1898. Since his death Mrs. Walker has occupied the old home. near- Gillespieville. After her marriage to Mr. Dixon they lived for a number of years on Salt Creek, in Liberty Township, and at the time of his death they had a farm of 400 acres. This farm was subsequently sold, and Mrs. Jones then removed to Londonderry. The late Mr. Dixon was a very active church man and also stood high in political circles. Benjamin Walker was an active Quaker, and in politics a republican. Mrs. Walker is a birthright Quaker and has always been one of the active members of the Friends Church in her community. CALEB CASE ALLEN. In the annals of Ross County, no name holds a more noteworthy position than that of the late Caleb Case Allen, who during the middle part of the last century, was a prominent figure in the business life of Chillicothe, contributing largely toward the development and advancement of its highest and best interests. Coming on both sides of his family from honored New England ancestry, he was born, July 11, HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 933 1814, in Westerly, Rhode Island, a son of John Allen. His grandfather, Joseph Allen, born April 27, 1756, died January 20, 1830. He married Sarah Tillinghast, who was born April 13, 1760, and died March 26, 1852. Sarah (Tillinghast) Allen, the grandmother of Caleb Case Allen, was a descendant in the fifth generation of Elder Pardon Tillinghast, the emigrant ancestor, the line being continued through the following named ancestors: Pardon Tillinghast, John Tillinghast, Benjamin Tillinghast, and Sarah Tillinghast. Elder Pardon Tillinghast was born in England in 1622, and came to America in 1643, just after attaining his majority. A man of energy and enterprise, he settled in Rhode Island, and as a merchant and a preacher, he figured conspicuously in the early history of the Providence Plantations. It is said that he built the first dock and the first warehouse there, and he is also accredited with having been the first merchant to establish trade 'between Providence and foreign ports. He lived to a venerable age, dying January 20, 1718. The maiden name of his wife was Lydia Taber. Pardon Tillinghast, born in Providence, Rhode Island, February 16, 1666, married Mary Keech, and settled at East Greenwich, Rhode Island, where his death occurred, October 15, 1743. John Tillinghast, born in 1690, married Phoebe Green, and died October 21, 1777. Judge Benjamin Tillinghast, born in 1776, died July 18, 1817, while yet in the prime of life. The maiden name of his wife was Sarah James. Their daughter, Sarah Tillinghast, married Joseph Allen, as mentioned above. John Allen, father of Caleb Case Allen, was born at Exeter, Rhode Island, October 7, 1785, and was there brought up and educated.. Settling permanently in New York, he established himself in business at Batavia, where he resided until his death, September 28, 1855. The maiden name of his wife was Honor Maria Howard. Her father was for many years engaged in foreign trade, and one of his vessels, the Prude, was destroyed by the French during the War of 1812, and his descendants should have received a part of the fund paid out as French Spoliation Claims. Mr. and Mrs. John Allen reared six children, as follows: John Howard, George Weaver, Sarah Ann, Honor Maria, James T., and Caleb Case. John Howard Case, the first born, was graduated from West Point. He established a military academy in Oxford, Maryland, and later established one at Chillicothe, which was discontinued about 1859. George Weaver Case, who made his home in Columbus, was the author of the homestead law enacted by Congress. Obtaining his early education in the schools of Westerly, Rhode Island, and at Batavia, New York, Caleb Case Allen came to Chillicothe in early manhood, and ere many years had passed he had attained a position of note among the citizens of influence and prominence. While living in Batavia, he was actively interested in military affairs, serving as captain of a company of militia attached to the One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Regiment, Sixth Brigade, Twenty-seventh Division of the Militia of the State of New York. In Chillicothe Mr. Allen established a prosperous business as a hardware merchant, and for a time published Vol. II-29 934 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY the Chillicothe Intelligencer, one of the leading papers of the city at that day. He also published the Scioto Gazette for a number of years, which was the leading newspaper of the township at the time of the war. He also published a temperance paper. He made extensive investments in city property, and built the Allen Block. Influential in politics, he was one of the organizers of the republican party, and in 1857 was the candidate for his party for secretary of state. He died at a comparatively early age, his death occurring July 11, 1858. On July 12, 1841, Mr. Allen married Mary Inglish, who was born March 9, 1814. Her father, James Inglish, born at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania August 9, 1768, was an early settler of Chillicothe, and one of its pioneer lumber dealers. He married, February 7, 1799, Rachel Wood Sadler, who was born on the eastern shore of Maryland, September 12, 1776, a daughter of William and Frances Sadler. Mr. and Mrs. Allen reared five children, namely : Myrtle Maria, who died at the age of twenty-six years; William Inglish died at the age of seventeen years; James Howard, who died at the age of thirty-one years; Caleb Augustus, died at the age of forty-three ; and Mary Etta Trimble, the only member of the family now living.