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1050 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. course of a few years, they will be very much disappointed. To the people of his adopted state, his friends in Scioto and Jackson counties, Ohio, will endorse him in any respect which may be hinted at. No request or demand is necessary. His friends in Ohio regret his removal to the west, as his genial presence was like sunshine and mountain air, but they have, the consolation that he is doing for Custer county, South Dakota, what he would have done for his native county had he remained. John Meares Lynn the oldest son of James and Margaret (Mearns) Lynn, was born near Coleraine, Londonderry county, Ireland, November 24, 1829. His parents were descendants of Scotch-Irish Covenanters, who had come into northern Ireland during the day of religious persecutions. He came to this country with his parents in 1846. Shortly after settling in America, his mother died and his father removed to Pittsburg, where he learned the molder's trade. He worked afterward in foundry at Wheeling, Louisville and Cincinnati. In the latter place, he made the acquaintance of the late John Mill and together they made this first metallic casket produced in the United States. In 1852, he came to Portsmouth and worked in the Eberhardt foundry. It was here he met Miss Alice Richardson, a native f Zanesville, Ohio, who was visiting her sister, Mrs. John Neill. She was the daughter of Jeremiah D. and Rebecca (Pritchard) Richardson. They were married at the Neill residence on Front street, May 4, 1854. Their children are as follows: Elizabeth E., now Mrs. George Padan; Rev. B. Frank, a minister in the Christian church; Mattie H., a teacher in the Public Schools; Jennie S.; James S.; Trustem M.; John R. and Edith A., now Mrs. H. 0. Barklow. One daughter, Annie N., died in 1863. In 1865, Mr. Lynn was the Democratic candidate for Wharf-master and received 497 votes to 573 for Thomas T. Yeager, republican. After several years of service in the City Council, he was elected Mayor of Portsmouth on the Democratic ticket, in 1867, receiving 737 votes to 649 votes for F. J. Griffith, republican. In 1869, he was again a candidate for Mayor on his party ticket, and was elected, receiving 800 votes to 745 for his opponent, H. T. Newton. In 1871, The was again a candidate for Mayor on the party ticket. but was defeated by John A. Turley, republican, receiving 978 votes and John M. Lynn 782 votes. In May, 1872, he was appointed a member of the City Board of Equalization. In April, 1874, when the Board of Education was first organized by wards, Mr. Lynn was elected from the First ward for two years without opposition. In 1877, he was again elected mayor of the city on the Democratic ticket. The vote stood, Lynn, 1,058, Samuel P. Nichols, 953. In 1879, he was a candidate for re-election for Mayor, but was defeated by H. A. Towne, republican who received 1,093 votes to his 1,031. In 1881, he was a candidate for Probate Judge, but was defeated by H. C. Turley, republican, who received 3,445, to his 2,359. Mr. Lynn in his active life was prominently identified with the political life of the community. He was always an unswerving democrat. He had a generous disposition which made him numerous friends. In his political career, he was noted for his honesty, integrity and sincerety. He was strong and courageous for the right, as he saw the right. We have given the votes on the offices at the different times he was a candidate in order to show the confidence the people had in him. When he was not elected, he was usually very nearly so. He was a very good parliamentarian. Many f his political opponents were his best friends.' His domestic life was commendable and he was very devoted to his family. He was brought up a Scotch Presbyterian, but in early manhood united with the Christian Baptist church and remained connected with that all his life. Mr. Lynn was always ready to aid in any charitable work and in accordance with his means, he was one of the most liberal men f the community. He was especially prominent with the Odd Fellows and in the meetings of the encampment filled positions of honor. He was one of the organizers of the Iron Molders Union f North America in the early days f its existence and maintained his membership in the local Union, serving as its President for many years. Physically he was a fine specimen of manhood. He died August 14, 1890, and was interred in Greenlawn. Mr. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1051 James W. Newman said of him, "He was a man of sturdy character. He never abandoned a principle or betrayed a friend. He loved his home, and was proud of his children, and watched their progress with solicitous care." John Richardson Lynn the youngest son of the late John Mearns and Alice (Richardson) Lynn was born October 21, 1870, in Portsmouth. He graduated from the Portsmouth High School in June, 1889. On the paternal side, his ancestry is the sturdy Scotch-Irish, while on the maternal side it is a combination of Pennsylvania Dutch; Quaker, Welsh and old Virginia stock. The subject of this sketch, upon leaving school, engaged actively in the gas business, serving on the engineering staff of the Detroit (Mich.) and Memphis (Tenn.) gas companies. He has also managed gas plants in the following places: Decatur, Alabama; Penn van, New York; Benton Harbor and Port Huron, Michigan, and Portsmouth, Ohio. In August, 1901, Mr. Lynn became manager of the Fremont Gas, Electric Light and Power Company, of Fremont, Ohio, where he now resides. He has made a specialty of construction work and is recognized as one of the best in his line in the country. He is a member, of the Western, Michigan. and Ohio Gas Association, one of the directors of the former and also a director of the Portsmouth Gas Company. He was married to Anne Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Thomas Franklin and Ruth (Williams) Lloyd, June 28, 1900, at Portsmouth, in which city Mrs. Lynn was born December 28, 1872. She was a member of the Ironton High School class of 1891, and for several years a popular teacher in the Portsmouth public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn are members of the Baptist church of Clyde, Ohio, and are interested in its work. Trusters Meares Lynn was born July 1, 1833, at Malatrakill, Londonderry county, Ireland. His father was James Lynn, and his mother's maiden name was Margaret Mearns. The whole family emigrated from Ireland to the United States when our subject was fourteen years old. They were six weeks and two days on the ocean. They landed in New York, twelve miles from Harper's Ferry and there Mr. Mr. Lynns’s mother died and was buried. After remaining here one summer, they went to Pittsburg, Pa., where they remained five or six years. There Mr. Lynn was apprenticed to the tailor's trade and worked at it about five years. At the end of that time, his brother John was located in Portsmouth, and he came to Portsmouth in 1854. The first year in Portsmouth he peddled cook-stoves, and the next year he drove a notion wagon. He opened the livery business in 1854, on what is now the vacant lot east of his present stable, and has been in the livery business in that locality ever since, a period of forty-four years. He was married March 14, 1859 to Susan Cockerill, daughter of Jesse Cockerill. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn have never had any children born to them, but reared six. Of these, three were adopted. They reared John Shaw, Emma Shaw, living in St. Louis, Mo., and Margaret Shaw now the wife of John Jones. They adopted Susan Shaw, now Mrs. Charles Micklethwait, Una McCauley, a niece, and Roy McCauley, a nephew. Mr. Lynn was a member of the City Council in the First ward for a period of thirteen years and a member of the School Board in the same ward for a period of fifteen years. He was a democrat until 1880, and since then he has been independent. He was reared in the Presbyterian church, and became a member of it within three years past. Between 1861 and 1887 he had the fast horse craze, and says that if he had never had it, he would have had $40,000 that he does not have now. He has handled, bought and sold, made and lost money, on many fast horses. The most notable one was "Dan Rice," which he bought in 1862 for $800, and sold him in 1866 for $16,000. After Mr. Lynn parted with him he was called "Rhode Island," and while Mr. Lynn owned him he won eleven races out of twelve. Mr. Lynn has come to the same conclusion as to fast horses that Solomon did as to things in general, that they are all vanity and vexation of spirit. Mr. Lynn is a liberal minded man, always ready to give his last dollar in any manner where he is interested, a 1052 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. very good talker and full of dry humor. The last two qualities he brought with him from Ireland. He is a gentleman who makes good friends, and they stand by him. Alexander Bryson. McBride was born Jan. 22, 1845 in Butler county, Pennsylvania. His father's name was Robert Scott McBride, and his mother's name was Eliza J. Bryson. His grandfather Thomas McBride came from Scotland with his parents when he was only eight years old and on July 14, 1777, he emigrated to Pennsylvania (see sketch of Thomas McBride.) Our subject was six years old when he left Butler county, Pa., and located in Pike county, Ohio, on Yankee Hill, where he resided until he was twelve years of age, when he moved to Mt. Joy, and has lived there ever since. He was brought up a farmer. His father died when he was sixteen years old, and he managed his father’s former business from that time on. Our subject enlisted in Company A, 53rd 0. V. I. October 3, 1861 for three years at the ago of seventeen. He was appointed Corporal January 23, 1864. In the summer of 1862, while at Memphis, Tenn., he was detailed a color guard of the regiment and served with the colors from that time until he was wounded on Jurie 27, 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain. He was in all the battles of the Regiment until disabled by his wound. He was unable for duty until the December following, when he joined his regiment at Rowland, North Carolina on the march from the sea to Washington. He was mustered out of service August 11, 1865, at Little Rock, Arkansas. After the war he engaged in farming at Mt. Joy. He went to Rarden in August, 1897, and was appointed postmaster and has held that office ever since. He was Justice of the Peace of Rarden township from 1891 to 1897, a period of six years. He was elected Mayor of the village of Rarden in April, 1900. He was married December 5, 1864, to Miss Margaret Smiley, daughter of Nathaniel' Smiley. They have the following children: Della May, wife of Thomas Armstrong of Delavan, Ills., William Alton, in the Mercantile business at Mt. Joy; Mertie E., wife of Clinton Armstrong, of Delavan, Ills., Nora H., wife of William T. Hackworth, of Barden; Niman S., residing at Delavan, Ills.; Ila, wife of John Perry, of Barden, a clerk in Mr. Blackburn's store; Emma, aged twenty, Vernon, aged eighteen, Alice, aged fifteen, and Clyde, aged eight years at home. Mr. McBride has always been a republican, and is a member of the Christian church. For loyalty, patriotism and devotion to country and flag, A. B. McBride was not excelled by any man who wore the blue. He stands deservedly high in his community and for morality, character and integrity, he ranks among the most substantial citizens of the county. As a soldier, citizen and official, his life stands without blemish or reproach. Thomas Benton McBride was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, four miles from the town of Butler, February 20, 1849. His father was Robert Scott McBride, and his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth J. Bryson. His grandfather, Richard Bryson, was of Irish descent, and a native of Butler county, Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Thomas McBride, was born in Scotland, and was eight years old when he with his father's family landed in America. They proceeded immediately to Mercer county, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1774. Thomas McBride had two brothers and one sister: Charles, Walter Scott and Margaret. He married a McGill and had ten children, as follows: Archibald, William, Charles, Thomas, John, James, Robert, Samuel, Eliza Jane and Sarah Ann. Our subject came to Yankee Hill, Pike county, Ohio, in 1850, with his parents, where they remained six years, afterwards removing to Mt. Joy. Here he attended school and worked on his father's farm until 1872, except the time spent in military service. He enlisted in Company F, 1st 0. V. H. A., June 25, 1863, at the age of fourteen, and was discharged March 7, 1864. He enlisted in Cmpany E, 179th 0. V. I., August 11, 1864, and was appointed Corporal September 27, 1864, and mustered out June 17, 1865. He began teaching in Scioto county, In 1872 and continued to teach, though not continuously, for six years. A part of this time was spent in Scioto county, part in Armstrong county, Pa., BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1053 and part in Mason county, Kentucky. He gave up the profession of teaching to become a store clerk and was employed for some time by W. A. McGeorge at Mt. Joy, and subsequently by J. E. Blackburn at Cedar Mills, Ohio. Since then he has been a farmer of Mt. Joy. He is a republican and a member of the Christian church. October 16, 1886, he was married to Mary J. Strickland, daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Ferran) Strickland, of Pike county. Oliver Coughlin McCall was born August 20, 1834, in Cincinnati, the son of Archibald McCall and Anna Coughlin, his wife, who was an only child. Her grandparents, Van Houghton and G. G. Van Blarcom, came from Holland in early days and settled in New Jersey, a direct descendant of Anneke Jans, Queen of Holland. The father of Archibald McCall came from the Highlands of Scotland. Our subject spent his boyhood days in Cincinnati, and was educated at Herronls Seminary, one of the best schools in the city. He also attended St. Xavier school and finished his education at Wittenburg College at Springfield, Ohio. After leaving college he studied architecure with Mr. William Waller, his brother-in-law. In 1857, he became acquainted with C. A. M. Damarin, who induced him to leave the profession of architect and go into his employ. He served with the tirm of C. A. M. Damarin & Co. as a book-keeper, until 1880. He was a partner until 1890 when the firm retired. Mr. McCall was a very modest man and of retiring disposition. He serve on the Portsmouth Board of Health for several years. He was also a member of the Tax Commission of the city of Portsmouth. In his political views he was always a republican. In 1859, he became a member of the First Presbyterian church of Portsmouth, Ohio, under the ministry of Rev. E. P. Pratt. He was a deacon for a number of years, until the Second church was organized, when he connected with it. He was a teacher in the First church Sabbath school from September, 1857, until he connected with the Second church and from that time he was connected with its Sabbath school until his death. He was superintendent of the Second Presbyterian Sunday school for ten years. He was elder in the Second church from its organization until his death and was a trustee from the first until he was made executor of the J. L. Hibbs estate. He was a liberal supporter of the church and of all public measures. On April 7, 1858, he was married to Sarah A. Merrell, of Cincinnati, Ohio. She was the second daughter of William Stanley Merrell, M. D., President of Eclectic College and one f the oldest druggists and citizens in the city of Cincinnati. Her ancestors came to the British colonies of North America prior to the French and Indian war, and participated in the war of the Revolution and the war of 1812. The mother of Mrs. McCall was Mehetabel Thurston Poor, a New England woman from Newberryport, (Byfield) Massachusetts. The revolutionary ancestors of our subject and of his wife will be found named under, the title "Revolutionary Soldiers" in this work. Mr. McCall had three children born in Portsmouth, Ohio,, Oliver Clifford, who died at the age of three years, Anna Merrell, wife of William S. Calder, of Connersville, Indiana; Louis Damarin McCall, of No. 6,321 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, 1ll. Mr. and Mrs. Calder have two children, Rachel and William Stanley. Our subject died January 5, 1898, f hardening of the liver. Mr. McCall was a man of the very highest character, and lived every day up to the christian principles he professed. As a business man he had no superior. He was accurate in all his work and in all his dealings. He was respected and loved by all who knew him, and will long be remembered as an .exponent of frith manhood. He was interred in the Spring Grove cemetery, in Cincinnati. John Jay McCall was born March 13. 1844, in Gallia county, Ohio. His father, Hugh McCall, was a native of Adams county and his grandfather, Michael McCall, was a native of Scotland. His mother's maiden name was Margaret Bennett. She was a daughter of Gilbert Bennett. Our subject was the fourth of a family of twelve children. His father was a collier and worked at Gallia Furnace Gallia county, until John Jay was eight years of age. Then the family lived at Jef- 1054 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. ferson Furnace for one year. When our subject was nine years of age the family moved to South Webster, where his father was employed as a miller. He attended school until he was twenty, and then engaged in store keeping at Clinton Furnace. He was there for six months and then went to Washington where he remained for six and a half years. He then went to Center Furnace, Lawrence county, and clerked for one year and a half. In 1873, he went to Oak Hill and engaged in the mercantile business. He remained there for eighteen months and then went to South Webster, where he was in the mercantile business until 1875. In that year, he commenced traveling for Eisman & Company and traveled for them nine years. In 1885, he went to South Webster and remained there until December, 1891, when he returned to Portsmouth and opened a grocery in the east end. On January 1, 1873, he was married to Susan Cole, daughter of James M. Cole. Their children were: Harriet, Nellie, Dollie and Ada. His wife died January 5, 1884. In May, 1885, he was married to Augusta M. Griffith. Their children are: Edith, Augusta, Florence Esther and Richard Dudley. Mr. McCall is a democrat and a member of Bigelow M. E. church. He is also. a member of Aurora Lodge, Masons in Portsmouth and of the Royal Arch Chapter at Jackson, Ohio. Mr. McCall is a good citizen and a valuable working member in the community. He does every duty before him and lets consequences take care of themselves. Moses David McCall was born in the old stone house one mile above Buena Vista, July 2, 1842. His father was David McCall, and his mother was Sarah (Silvy) McCall. His grandfather was William McCall, Sr., born in Argyle, Scotland. David settled at Rockville in Adams county in 1802 or 1803. He afterwards owned a large body of land there. He built the stone house now standing in the Loughry orchard and gave it to his brother Solomon. He built the stone house just above Buena Vista and had a boat yard there. The lumber used in building his boats was gotten out with a whip saw. He built two water mills, one on the upper stone house farm and the other on upper Twin creek on the John McKinney farm. They were operated as late as 1862. He also kept a store at the stone house and sold liquors. He married Mary Caraway. They had eleven children, five sons and six daughters, as follows: Solomon B. who lived and died in Kansas; Henry, Justice f the Peace for so many years in Nile Township; William died a young man; John, unmarried, living at White Cloud, Brown county, Kansas; David lived and died in Scioto county; Mary married Isaac Stockham; Penina and Sarah single; Martha married Simon Nolder whose son is a blacksmith at Buena Vista; Maria married Lewis Dunn, lives in Brown county, Kansas: Mary married William Williams of Brown county Kansas. After the death f his first wife he married Mrs. Sarah Worley, widow f Jefferson Worley. By that marriage were born Moses David, our subject; Rachel, deceased; Eliza, married W. F. Kenyon, of Vanceburg, Kentucky; Emily. married John Gillett, and Penina, married John W. Givens of Salina, Kansas. William McCall, the grandfather, and his wife are buried in the McCall graveyard. They had a large family of sons and daughters, as follows: Moses, Solomon, William, David, Duncan, John, Millie, Martha and Polly. William, Sr., had a brother Solomon who was the father of Duncan and grandfather of Enoch McCall. Our subject attended the country schools and lived on a farm most of his life but has been conducting a store at McGaw for the last ten years. He is a republican and is a member f the McKendree Chapel Methodist church at McGaw. He had the McGaw postoffice established in 1893 and has held the office since. He is an honest, honorable man, a good neighbor, a good citizen, a good Christian. He has lived in the same neighborhood all his life. He was married January 4, 1872 to Elizabeth A. Gillett. They have four children: Arthur G. a chemist in the United States Bureau of Soils, Agricultural Department, Washington, D. C.; C. Herbert now in his last year in the Ohio Dental College at Cincinnati, Ohio; Eddie A. clerk in a wholesale grocery in Portsmouth and Otto M. also a clerk in Portsmouth. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1055 Thomas Homer McCann, M. D., was born near Mt. Joy, Pike county, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1864. His father was Henry McCann, and his mother's maiden name was Amanda Lawwill, daughter of Johnson Lawwill. His grandfather, John McCann, was born in Scotland and emigrated to Pennsylvania. His grandmother was Mary Rose. His great-grandfather McCann came from Scotland with his father in about 1768 and settled in Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Johnson Lawwill, married Mary Collings. His great-grandfather, Stephen Lawwill, was one of the first settlers at Manchester in 1791. Robert F. Rose, the father of Mary Rose his grandmother, was a surgeon in the Revolutionary war from Virginia. The parents of our subject had seven children, six sons and one daughter. He was the fifth child. He was educated in the common schools and attended the North Liberty Academy, in 1882 and 1883. He attended a Normal school in Piketon in 1884. He taught public schools from 1882 to 1890. He began the study of medicine in 1890, with Doctors Berry and Wittenmyer of Peebles 0. He attended medical lectures at Louisville Ky.. in the School of Medicine there for one year. He graduated from the Louisville Medical School June 21, 1894. He first located in Louden, Adams county, in March, 1895. He was married June 5, 1895, to Hattie Coriell, daughter of Wm. B. Coriell, of Harrison township. They have one child Ida May. His wife died April 27, 1896. He was married a second time on November 27, 1901 to Lida B. Coriell, another daughter of Wm. B. Coriell. Dr. McCann was a democrat in his political views until 1896, and after that became a republican and has remained such. He is a member of the Christian church at Mt. Joy, of the Masonic Lodge at Lucasville and the Knights of Pythias at Harrisonville. Frank C. McColm was born August 8, 1863, at Muscatine, Iowa. His father was John D. McColm and his mother, Lida Edgington, both of Adams county. His grandfather was James McColm at one time Probate Judge of Adams county. His grandfather, on his mother's side was Oliver Edgington who resided near Manchester. His mother died when he was but eleven months old. He was taken by his grandfather, Oliver Edgington, and reared in Adams county. He went to school at Manchester. He engaged in the marble business at Manchester when he was but seventeen years of age, and has been there in the same business ever since. He has $10,000 invested in it and employs sixty-five men. He has the largest establishment of the kind between Cincinnati and Pittsburg, and, in his business, he has the latest tools and the most modern and very latest inventions. He sells monuments all over the United States. He also maintains a branch sale-office and marble yard in Portsmouth, Ohio, conducted by W. A. Plummer and is as well known in Portsmouth as in Manchester. In 1887, he was married to Ida Varner, of Mason county, Kentucky, and they have three children, two boys and a girl. In politics, he is a republican. He deserves a great deal f credit for having built up the wonderful business he has, and it is demonstrated that he is one of the best business men who ever resided in Adams county. Mr. McColm has the confidence of all his neighbors and acquaintances. Charles Albert McCormick Was born September, 1850. in Rome, Adams county, Ohio. His father was George S. McCormick, a well known merchant of Scioto county, and his mother was Nancy Fleak. He was one of seven children, of whom only two are now living. He spent his boyhood in Rome until he was nine years of age. His father then removed to a farm still owned in the family, where he remained until he was twenty years of age. His father then removed to Portsmouth and engaged in the grocery business, where our subject remained as an assistant for two years. At the age f twenty-two, he returned to his father's farm and lived the life of a farmer for about four years. At the age of twenty-six, he removed to Buena Vista and went into business with his father. The latter died in 1889, and in the fall of that year, he went into business for himself, in conducting a general store in Buena Vista, and has been engaged in that ever since. 1056 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. He was married first on September 25, 1872 to Rosa Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, of Walker's Landing. There were two children of this marriage, both daughters, Maud and Genevieve, now at home with their father. His wife died on May 17, 1890. He was married the second time in May, 1891, to Anna Eakins, daughter of Isaac Eakins, deceased. Their marriage occurred at Captain Kirker's, in Pomeroy, at Lincoln Hall. From his majority until 1896, Mr. McCormick was a democrat in his political views. .In that year, he changed his political affiliations and became a republican. His first vote was for Horace Greely in 1872. Mr. McCormick is esteemed as a good citizen. Edward Oscar McCowen. was born in Bloom township, Scioto county, Ohio, June 29, 1877. His father William H. McCowen enlisted in Company E, 117th 0. V. I. August 9, 1862, was transferred to Company F, October 18, 1862 and was mustered out June 20, 1865 at Knoxville Tennessee. This regiment was changed in May, 1863, into the First Ohio Heavy Artillery. His paternal grandfather, Nathan McCowen served in the 56th Ohio from November 16, 1861 to January 20, 1864, when his term expired and he re-enlisted and became a member of Company A, 56th Battalion and was finally discharged November 15, 1865 at New Orleans, Louisiana, on surgeon's certificate of disability. His great-grandfather, David McCowen, built the first flour mill on the Little Scioto river, but it had been built only a short time when a flood carried it away. The remains of the old mill dam may yet be seen from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad bridge across the Little Scioto. His mother is Frances (McCammon) McCowen. Edward attended the :village schools of South Webster until he was seventeen years of age and was a newsboy continuously from 1887 to 1892. He secured a teacher's certificate when he was seventeen and began teaching. His first school was taught in sub-district No. 6, Harrison township, where he taught two years. The patrons desired his services again, but the Board of Education of his home town, South Webster, employed him. He is now principal of the South Webster schools and has been in charge of them for five years. He has attended the Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio and expects to graduate there soon. What education he has, has been obtained through his own efforts. He is a republican and takes an active part in politics. He is a member of the Western Sun Lodge, No. 91, F. and A. M. and has held important offices therein. He is also a member of South Webster Lodge, Knights of Pythias, No. 724. He had the honor of being elected first Chancellor Commander of this Lodge, and held the office two terms. Mr. McCowen is a young man universally respected by those who know him. He is especially characterized by truthfulness, honesty and uprightness of character. As a teacher he ranks among the best in the county and performs his duties with a consciousness of the responsibility of his position. He was married August 19, 1902 to Miss Clara Edith Smith of Russell, Kentucky, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Smith. Samuel McElhaney was born at Hanging Rock, Lawrence county, Ohio, September 10, 1847. His father, John McElhaney, was a native f Ireland, and his mother, Sarah Ann (Ketchum) McElhaney was a native of Scioto county. He was the eldest of two children. He was reared in Portsmouth, Ohio, being but three years of age when his parents came to Portsmouth. His father was a molder. He attended the public schools of Portsmouth until 1860. In that year, he became a cook on a steamboat on the Ohio river. He followed that occupation and worked in the Gaylord mill until the war broke out. He enlisted in Company I, 56th 0. V. I. as a drummer and stayed with the regiment until they were ready to leave, when his father took him out on account of his age. He was not quite fourteen years of age. In July, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, 117th 0. V. I. for three years. In May, 1863, orders were issued changing the organization into the First Regiment Heavy Artillery, Ohio Volunteers. He served as a drummer and as a private until June 20, 1865, when he was mustered out with the rest of the regiment. After his return from the army, he went into his father's foundry at Jackson, Ohio, and BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1057 learned the iron molder's trade. He remained there for two years and then came to Portsmouth and finished his trade with Murray and Moore. He was, with them for two years and then went to Zaleski, Ohio, and worked there two years for the old Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad Company. He then came back to Portsmouth and remained two years and then went to Huntington, West Virginia, and remained there two years working for the Ensign Manufacturing Company. He again returned to Portsmouth, where he has resided ever since. He was a molder until 1891, when he became a letter carrier. October 24, 1867, he was married to Miss Kate L. Keough, daughter of Thomas and Mary Keough. They have four children: Georgiana, the wife of Leonard Zell Neff of Portsmouth; Kate May, the wife f James L. Dinsmore, of Portsmouth; Mary Estelle, wife of Charles Scott of Portsmouth; Emma Maude, wife of W. R. Price of Covington, Kentucky. He is a member of Bigelow M. E. church. He has been a member f Scioto I odge. I. 0. 0. F. of Portsmouth, since 1869. He is a member of Bailey Post, G. A. R. and was a charter member of the Iron Moulders Union, No. 147, of Portsmouth, Ohio. He represented the Iron Moulder's Union of North America in convention at Buffalo, New York, in 1882. He represented the same organization in London, Canada, in 1886, and in the Trade and Labor Assembly at Columbus, Ohio, in 1886. He is a republican. He was a member of the School Board from the Fourth ward in 1889 and 1890. He was chairman of the Relief Committee in the G. A. R. for four years. He was a delegate from Bailey Post to the encampment at Toledo and is its Commander at present. He has been drum major of the post almost every time since it has been organized. He was alternate delegate to the National encampment of the G. A. R. at Washington, D. C. October, 1902. Albert McFarland, Senior, was born at York, Pennsylvania, August 1, 1823, a son f Daniel and Rachel (Owen) McFarland. The father of our subject entered the privateer service on the opening of the war of 1812, and was captured by the British. He escaped from his captors and enlisted in the military service of the United States, and was one of the defenders of Baltimore. Our subject's parents were married at York, Pennsylvania, August 9, 1819. His father died at Portsmouth, Ohio, May 14, 1863, aged seventy-five years, and his mother died at Columbus, Ohio, October 21, 1865 aged about seventy. Our subject remembers seeing the celebration of the commencement of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Baltimore in July, 1828, in which Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, participated. Soon after this event, his parents emigrated to the "far west" in a one-horse wagon through the wilderness and over the Alleghany mountains to Columbus, Ohio. It wag a long and novel journey and as taverns were few and far between they generally camped out at night most f the time. The only company they had was the teamsters with their big wagons and horses rigged out with bells, transporting merchandise, hardware and glass to the western towns. Ohio was then a vast forest. Mr. McFarland attended the common schools at intervals until he was twelve years of age, and worked as printer's devil "between times" for $2 per week. His father was an expert maker of women’s fine shoes but could obtain no work at that trade among the pioneers. Sperm oil or whale oil, lard oil and home made candles afforded the only means of illumination. This suggested to Mr. McFarland's father the manufacture of candles on a large scale, and such an enterprise was organized by him. A contract was secured for furnishing the Asylum for the deaf and dumb and the subject of this sketch delivered the goods from time to time on a wheelbarrow. But when hope 'seemed the brightest the family were suddenly overwhelmed with sorrow. The father was attacked by cancer or blood poisoning in the right arm and suffered for long, weary months. The business was crippled and every available dollar spent on doctors until they all gave up the case but one, who said amputation of the right arm was the last resort. His associates said the patient would die under the operation, and the sufferer was of the same opinion. But the mother never despaired, and by brave example 1058 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. and earnest entreaty induced her husband to consent to the operation, which proved to be successful and he recovered within a month and lived thirty years afterward. Soon after the father's recovery, he was appointed collector of tolls on the National road, and the family removed to the government building, three miles west of Columbus, where the parents resided happily for many years. The children in the meantime, had grown up and were self-supporting. The father was a man of noble character and died a Christian. The mother of the subject of this sketch was a woman of deep religious convictions and a faithful member of the Methodist church, enjoying the confidence of the leading ministers to such an extent that they would call upon her on public occasions in large assemblies, to give testimony of her faith. In our subject's boyhood, there were no "lucifer matches." Fire was started by sparks struck from a flint and steel over a "tinder" box containing burnt linen. In handling candles the necessity for more convenient lighting was suggested, and a "factory" was installed by preparing bunches of small pine slivers and dipping one end in melted brimstone. These our subject peddled from house to house, and pocketed many a good six-pence. He undoubtedly started the first "match factory" west f the Alleghany Mountains. He does not remember going to school at any one time longer than three months, and the last term he walked six miles per day to drink at the fountain of knowledge. At the age of seventeen he entered the Ohio State Journal office, as an apprentice, to learn the printing business. He worked ten hours per day for four years for four dollars per month and "found." For two years after becoming twenty-one, he remained in the Journal office as type setter at $10.00 per week; and in October 1846, he purchased a half interest in the Circleville Ohio Herald, an old and well established Whig Journal, and started in business for himself. October 20, 1847, he was married to Miss Eliza Jane Doddridge, daughter of Joseph Doddridge, a prominent merchant of Circleville, Ohio. The daughter was a graduate of the Granville, Ohio, Female Seminary, and a granddaughter of Rev. Joseph Doddridge of Wellsburg, Virginia, a faithful minister of the Episcopal church and a physician as well. He is well known as a historian of pioneer times, and the author of "Doddridge's Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of Western Virginia and Pennsylvania, from 1763 to 1783 inclusive." In July, 1848, he became sole proprietor f the Circleville Herald which he successfully edited and published until the spring of 1853, when he sold out and retired to a farm on the National Road, seven miles west of Columbus. where he remained until October of that year, when he purchased the Daily and Weekly Tribune f Portsmouth, Ohio. The paper was originally Whig but when that party collapsed it followed the American party and in 1856 supported Fillmore for the Presidency, a great mistake. In 1860 it supported the Republican party. In the fall of 1861, Mr. McFarland received an appointment under Colonel John W. Forney, Secretary of the Senate. He sold the Tribune to his brother Daniel and went to Washington. In January, 1864, Mr. McFarland was appointed by Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, to a position in the Treasury Department as Assistant Special Agent. He resigned this clerkship in the Senate and accepted the other office. His duties required him to spend his time in the southern states, in leasing deserted plantations and securing abandoned cotton and other property. In the discharge of his duties he saved the government many thousands of dollars and secured the poor freedmen large sums of money, realized from sales of cotton they had raised after their masters had abandoned their plantations and joined the Confederate army. In November, 1865, Mr. McFarland adjusted his accounts with the government and resigned his Treasury position and returned home. In 1868, he purchase a half interest of the Tribune from H. R. W. Smith, and re-entered newspaper work. The paper was then published at No. 112 West Second street, over the Adams Express office. In the summer of 1870, Mr. McFarland erected the Tribune Building on the Northeast corner of Second and Court streets and the office of the paper was removed there. Mr. McFarland and David Elick continued to publish the Tribune until August 9, 1876, when the "Republican" was BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1059 consolidated with it, and the paper called the "Tribune Republican." From October 1, 1877 until January 1, 1881, W. H. Bonsall conducted the paper. At that date Mr. McFarland purchased David Flick's interest and was editor and publisher alone until January 1, 1883, when he became the manager of the "Tribune Publishing Company." In July, 1885, he sold out to the "Blade Printing Company." Mr. McFarland through the columns of the Tribune while he was editor. contributed more to the material in his columns than any other editor who ever presided over a newspaper in Scioto county. His facts could always be relied on, and he was as truthful as any successful editor 'could be. Mr. McFarland was always a gentleman and conducted his paper with a high tone. It was uniformly readable, always interesting and fit to be in the best household in the land. Mr. McFarland was a good businessman, and he kept the credit of his paper gilt edged all the time he was corrected with it. He was a communicant of the All Saints Episcopal church while a resident f Portsmouth, Ohio, and maintained a high character. While in his seventy-ninth year, he has excellent health and is able to attend to all f his business. He enjoys the confidence and respect of a large circle of friends both in this city and the city f Los Angeles. He is a good example of remaining in the harness, active as a young man when in sight f his seventy-ninth milestone. In September, 1885, Mr. McFarland took his Lares and Penates and set them up in Los Angeles, California. Most of the colony there from Portsmouth have eaten of the seductive lotus and forgotten their old home and friends in Portsmouth, but Mr. McFarland has never partaken of that memory obliterating fruit and cherishes fondly the memory of his good friends and his happy hours in Portsmouth. He keeps in touch with the survivors of his times in Portsmouth and the memory of his departed friends is his most sacred treasure. In April, 1886, Mr. McFarland purchased a large interest in the Times Mirror Company, publishing an independent Republican daily and weekly at Los Angeles. He was elected Vice President and Treasurer of the Corporation, and in addition discharged the duties of assistant business manager until April, 1888, when he retired from business until November, 1889, at which time at the solicitation of Colonel Harrison Gray Otis, (his old partner and President of the Corporation) he again became a member of the company, and resumed the duties of treasurer, which position he is filling at the date of this article. During his connection with the Times it has grown from a small affair f forty shares of par value of $1,000 each to a corporation of nine hundred and sixty shares, par value of $1,000, or $960,000. Mr. and Mrs. McFarland have had the following children: Ellen Doddridge, born at Circleville, Ohio, February 16, 1849, married to William Hartshorn Bonsall at Portsmouth, Ohio, October 2, 1871. They have three daughters and two sons: Jennie J., Bessie, Mary Elisa, Samuel Newbold and Albert McFarland. All reside in Los Angeles. Albert Owen, their second child, was born at Circleville, Ohio, November 30, 1851, married at Portsmouth, Ohio, to Martha Densmore, 1875. They have two daughters and one son: Ella, Jennie and Donald. Their daughter Jennie, born March 30, 1854, married Charles C. Damarin at Portsmouth, Ohio, February 2, 1876. She died at Los Angeles, California, December 14, 1890. Mr. Damarin died in December, 1888. Their son Dan, born at Portsmouth, Ohio, June 25, 1856, married Louisa Towell, at Portsmouth, Ohio, February 8, 1877. They have the following children: Katherine, who died at the age of sixteen, Louise and Sallie Plater. All reside at Los Angeles. William Anderson McGeorge was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, January 8, 1852. His father was William McGeorge, and his mother was Eliza Anderson. They came to Scioto 1060 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. county in 1864, and brought our subject with them. His father was born in 1819 and died in 1888. His father located at Mt. Joy and the family have resided in that vicinity ever since. Mr. McGeorge learned the carpenter trade. He taught school in the winters from 1872 to 1888, and worked at the carpenter trade in the summers. In 1879, he moved to what is known as the "English farm" which he purchased and has resided there ever since.- He was married September 13, 1877 to Harriet Davis, daughter of John Davis. They have four children: Frank, John Davis, James and Mary Florence. Mr. McGeorge conducted a general mercantile business from 1889 to 1897, He is a member of the United Presbyterian church. He was elected commissioner f Scioto county in 1897, and re-elected in 1900. From 1894 to 1895, he was secretary f the Fair Association at Mt. Joy. Since 1895, he has been president of the Scioto County Fair Association. James Madison McGillivray was born January 21, 1846, in Carroll county, Ohio. His father was James McGillivray, who was born in Scotland in 1815, and came to the United States when he was sixteen years f age. His mother was Nancy Bartholomew. Her family came to the United States in 1867, and landed in Massachusetts. His father and mother had eight children, of whom our subject was the eldest. His father was a saddle and harness maker. When he was three years old, his father moved to Vinton county. J. M. attended the common schools in Vinton county for six or seven months in each year from the age of six until he was thirteen. At the age of eighteen, he became a school teacher, and taught for six consecutive winters. He began to study law January 1, 1867, and was admitted to the bar September 15, 1868, at McArthur, Ohio, but did not begin practicing there until 1869. In the fall of 1869, he was elected prosecuting attorney in Vinton county and served one term. He has always been a strong democrat in his political views. He was a candidate for his party for Common Pleas Judge in his subdivision, in 1878. The district was 1,500 republican. James Tripp, senior, was his opponent, and his majority in the five counties was only 293. Mr. McGillivray was nominated by his party for Common Pleas Judge again in 1886, against Noah J. Dever, but was defeated. In 1878 and 1879 he was in partnership with his brother-in-law, Mr. Pugh, and afterwards with Henry W. Coultrap, from December, 1884 to January 1, 1890. From December, 1884, until April, 1888, he was a resident of the city of Portsmouth, and while there he practiced law with A. C. Thompson and A. T. Holcomb, under the firm name of Thompson, McGillivray and Holcomb. In 1892, he was nominated for Circuit Judge, but was defeated by Thomas Cherrington. Mr. McGillivray has practiced law in Jackson, Hocking and Athens counties for the last twenty years. He was married November 2, 1869, to Miss Ada M. Pugh, of McArthur, Ohio, daughter of Ellis B. Pugh. They have four children: Flora, wife of Albert L. Ullom, resides at McArthur; Ellis, Elizabeth and Donald at home. He is one of the ablest lawyers in southern Ohio. He never misses a point when he goes into a case, and makes it a rule to know all of his own side and all of his opponents. He is one of the most rapid and brilliant cross-examiners in the state, and a very able advocate. Any lawyer who is opposed to him in a case may expect to meet any arguments which could properly be brought up. He enjoys the confidence of the business public in the county of his residence and the adjoining counties. Mr. McGillivray is a man of easy manners, generous and frank in his intercourse with his fellowmen and possessed of an unusual amount of good common sense. As a lawyer, he is an untiring worker with great natural ability for the practice. His clearness of conception enables him at once to grasp the strong points of a case and to distinguish all the shades of difference between cases that bear a strong resemblance and to determine what the law is from what the other fellow may think it is. His style as a speaker, is terse and perspicuous. He goes right to the controlling and decisive points without any preliminaries, and often by a single blow wins his case. He enjoys a large and lucrative practice and is regarded as one of the strongest lawyers of his district. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1061 David McJunkin son of David W. McJunkin and Elizabeth Double, his wife, was born Feb. 23. '1836, on the waters f Muddy creek, near Butler, in Butler county, Pa. His father was of Scotch descent and was a native of Butler county, Pa. His mother was a daughter of John Double, an emigrant from Germany to Pennsylvania. He had four brothers and five sisters. He landed at Portsmouth, Ohio, May 2, 1844, with his parents and on the next day they went to Mt. Joy and settled there for a short time, afterwards moving to Sedan, w here our subject was reared and educated. His father died in July, 1854, and is buried in the cemetery at Mt. Joy. Our subject was married on the 8th of November, 1860, to Mary Minich a native of Germany, who was brought to Pike county, Ohio, by her parents when only a child. Her father was Leonard Minich. To them were born nine children, four girls and five boys. Only five of them are living: Altie E., wife of E. L. Mechlin, at Camp, Pike county, Ohio, James M., William E., Elmer C. and Frank A. Mr. McJunkin cast his first vote for Taylor. Later he became a republican, and was elected twice as trustee of Camp Creek township, in Pike county. Though a resident of Scioto county he votes in Pike county. He formerly resided in Pike county and owns a farm there. He became a member of the 8th Independent Company, Volunteer Sharp Shooters on the 19th of July, 1863, at the age of 27, served in the department of the Cumberland, took part in the battles of Mission Ridge, Chickamauga, Nashville and Franklin and was mustered out July 19, 1865. Mr. McJunkin is a man of excellent character, a careful, conservative and law-abiding citizen and punctual in the fulfillment of his business obligations. Isaac Milton McJunkin was born in Morgan township, Scioto county, Ohio, December 16, 1845. His father’s name was David McJunkin and his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Double. His father and mother were both natives of Butler county, Pennsylvania. Our subject had four brothers and five sisters. He had a common school education and was brought up a farmer. On August 21, 1862, at the age of eighteen, he enlisted in Company C, of the Ninety-First 0. V. I., and served until June 24, 1865, when he was mustered out with his company. He did not miss a single battle the regiment was in. He was only in the hospital for ten days and that was on account of the mumps. After the war was over he went to his former home and has lived in the same neighborhood, carrying on the business of farming, ever since. He was married in May, 1887, to Lavinia Hopper, daughter of George Hopper, of Sun Fish, Pike county, Ohio. He has had seven children, three of whom are living: Dora, wife of Newton Bare, Nettie and Jennie, unmarried. He lost a son, Isaac Merton, at the age of eighteen, in 1893. He lost one son and one daughter in infancy; Anolia at the age of five, and David at the age of five years; also a son George at the age of thirteen. He is a republican in his political views. He is a member of the Baptist church at Sedan, and has been for twenty-two years. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. McJunkin is a man of sterling character and an agreeable and good neighbor. He has always been a careful, conservative, and law-abiding citizen. He is rn for anything that will advance the condition f his community. In business, he is punctual in fulfilling all his obligations. Emmett K. McKeown, son of John H. and Pauline (Ashton) McKeown, was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, April 17, 1879. His education was received principally in the schools of this city. After taking a course in book-keeping and stenography in the Portsmouth Business College, he took a position as assistant in the office of the Portsmouth Veneer Works. He had been there but a short time, when war was declared with Spain and Company B, of which he was a member, was ordered to report at Columbus, Ohio. He entered the army ambitious to excel as a soldier. Soon ater reaching Chickamauga, he received an appointment as orderly on General Haines' staff. He served in the same position under General Fred Grant. He was detailed by Adj. Gen. Fenton and carried the news of peace 1062 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. from General Brooke to General Haines at Guayama and thus prevented what might have proved a very disastrous battle. On his return from Porto Rico he re-entered the office of the Portsmouth Veneer Works as book-keeper and stenographer, which position he still holds. On December 27, 1899, he was married to Miss Estelle Smith, a most beautiful and accomplished woman; but their happiness was short lived, his wife dying suddenly July 15, 1900. Mr. McKeown is active in politics and has a promising future in store as a business man. John H. McKeown was born in Franklin county, Indiana, April 11, 1849. His father was Frances T. McKeown, of county Tyrone, Ireland, and his mother was Catherine Hardin, of Cedar Grove, Indiana. Shortly after his birth, his father bought a large farm seven miles east of Brookville, Indiana. As John was the second of a family of eight children, he was obliged to quit school early to assist on the farm. He remained at home and managed the farm until 1873. About that time he met Miss Pauline Ashton, whom he afterwards married. He then re-Moved to Portsmouth and for a short time was engaged in teaming. After the election of his father-in-law to the office of Justice of the Peace, he was prevailed upon to run for Constable. He was elected and re-elected for several terms, having shown special qualification as a detective. In this respect he became very well known throughout southern Ohio. He was serving as Deputy United States Marshal at the time of his death. He was a republican, and served his friends and party well. He was true and loyal in his friendships, both political and social. In the spring of 1891, he was a prominent candidate for the position of City Marshal. Exposure during this campaign aggravated an attack of grippe that ended in pneumonia. He died in the prime f manhood, April 2, 1891. John Calvin McNelly was born in Scioto county, May 2, 1836. His father was William McNelly, a native of Kentucky, and his mother's maiden name was Hannah Deaver. a daughter of William Deaver, a Revolutionary soldier from Virginia. His mother died October 30, 1883 in her 91st year. His father and mother had eight children, of whom our subject was the youngest. The following is the list: James married Martha Monroe; Catherine married James Monroe; Margaret married Richard Walden, a soldier in the Mexican war; William married Mary Monroe; Elizabeth married Wesley Boyer; Mary married Henry Colegrove, who was in Company A, 39th 0. V. I.; Eliza married Stephen Crabtree; John Calvin, our subject. Our subject had a common school education. He learned to be a farmer, but has worked at all occupations where he could find anything to do. He enlisted in Company C, 91st 0. V. I., August 1, 1862 for three years. He was discharged January 4, 1863 for physical disabilities. He was drafted May, 16, 1864 and was assigned to Company F, 126th 0. V. I. and was discharged September 8, 1864, when the government discovered that it had made a mistake in taking him in the service a second time. He received a pension on account of the disabilities received in the 91st 0. V. I. He had two brothers in the service, James M. in Company H, 1st Ohio Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and William in the 100 days service, 140th 0. V. I. He was married October 1, 1863 to Phebe Ann Miller, daughter of Samuels Miller. They had six children: Henry Calvin, born in January, 1865, and died July 13, 1893, leaving a widow, whose maiden name was Anna Foster; Hannah Belle, m. N. Riley Burton of Bloom township; Eliza E„ m. Henry Prior, of Portsmouth, Ohio; William S., resides at Columbus, Ohio; John Davis Wesley resides in Bloom township, m. Ettie Ward; and Joseph L., resides at home. Mr. McNelly was formerly a republican, but is now a prohibitionist. He, his wife, and five children are all members of the United Brethren church at Pinkerman. Mr. McNelly is noted for his earnestness in anything he undertakes. He is a believer in progress and improvement in all things, in farming and arboriculture, in politics and religion. He believes in doing all the good. he can, in view of his opportunities and lives up to his belief. He is highly esteemed by all who know him. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1063 James H. McWilliams, the son of James M. McWilliams and Margaret Linn, his wife, was born in Sewickley, a town twelve miles below Pittsburg on the Ohio river, in the year 1838. His father was of Irish birth and was born in 1810. He came to the United States when a boy only ten years old with his parents, and afterwards learned the carpenter's trade and became a carpenter. The mother of our subject was born in Scioto county of Scotch and Irish parents. Mr. McWilliams was educated in the country schools and took up the trade of his father. He made a special study of stair building and contracted for a number of years, working a great deal in Pittsburg. In 1859, he went to Rochester, Beaver county, Pennsylvania and in June 21, 1861, he enlisted in the first company that was raised, for three months, but the quota was full. He enlisted in Company F. Pennsylvania Volunteer, Reserve Corps, June 21, 1861 for three years. He was hurt at Bell’s Landing, Virginia, while loading Quartermaster’s stores and was transferred to the Sixth Veteran Reserve Corps at Washington, D. C., until his term of service had expired. He re-enlisted in the 16th Veteran Reserve Corps and during the time of service, on account of the injuries received in his former service, he was employed to hunt deserters and to take prisoners north to New York and Fort Mifflin. His last term f service was for one year. During his service he was in the following battles: Seven Days' battle in front of Richmond, Virginia; Fredericksburg, South Mountain, Antietam and Gettysburg, and received three flesh wounds, one on the head, one in the calf of left leg and a buckshot in left breast. After the war, he returned to his home in Rochester, Pennsylvania and resumed his trade, but found that his injury received at Bell Plain Landing had disqualified him for hard work at his trade. In 1873, he came to Scioto county, Ohio. The last work he did at his trade was as foreman under Jacob Dewey, who built the Scioto county Infirmary. He now lives on a small farm at Diffen Postoffice, Ohio. He was appointed Postmaster at that place in 1890 and still holds it. He was elected Justice f the Peace of Jefferson township in 1888 and has held the office by successive re-elections to the present time. He cast his tirst vote for Abraham Lincoln and has always been a republican. He is a member of the Christian church at Fallen Timber. On May 5, 1880 he was united in marriage to Harriet E. Dever, by whom he has three sons and one daughter: Hugh Edward, working in the Excelsior shoe factory, Charles Arthur, Jesse Pearl and Margaret Ann at home. John Boughton. Maddock was born July 18, 1834. He was the son of William Maddock and was with his father in the woolen mill for several years. May 12, 1864, his wife, Ella H. died at the age of 25 years and 9 months. He was married again on May 16; 1865 to Marie Raynor, daughter of William Raynor. In 1879, he was appointed a member of the Board f Health and served three years. June 16, 1897, he was made Infirmary Director. He served for five years in the City Council. He was a democrat in his political views. He died June 3, 1898. He was a man of the most positive views, and never hesitated to express them. When a subject was presented to him, he considered it carefully and when he had investigated it fully, made up his mind. When once his mind was made up, it was not subject to change, except on new evidence. He had mastered all the details of his own business that of manufacturing woolen goods, and was an authority on that subject. Had he cared to have used his knowledge of that business in certain directions, he could have amassed a great fortune, but he had no ambition in that direction. To live comfortably and keep on honorable terms with the world, was satisfactory to him. He was a good neighbor and a good citizen. August Maier was born May 5, 1849, in Rietheim, Engen, Baden, Germany. His father, Vitus Maier was a farmer. His motherls maiden name was Theresa Houk, the daughter of Doctor Houk. They had eight children, five daughters and three 1064 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. sons. Our subject was the fifth child. He attended school in Germany until he was fourteen years of age, then his father apprenticed him to the brewerls trade, to his oldest brother, Carl Maier. He served an apprenticeship of three years and then travelled as most f the apprentices did in Germany. He worked one year at Basel, Switzerland, and one year at Hessen. He came to Philadelphia, November 18. 1868, and worked there two years. In 1870, he went to Cincinnati and worked there until 1878. In that year he came to Portsmouth, and started a brewery under the title of Kleffner & Maier, which continued until 1881 when the firm became Kleffner, Maier & Gerlach for one year, then Maier & Rogers. He then went into the liquor business until 1888, when he became agent for the Dion Brewery of Cincinnati and has been in that business ever since. On November 26, 1872, he was married to Rose Smithline. He has five children: William in Portsmouth; Teresa at home; Albert, a brewer; Mary, the wife of George I ehman, a druggist of Chillicothe; Bertha, the wife of William Payne of this city. He is a republican and a communicant of St. Maryls church. A neighbor wh ) has had business transactions with him for twenty-two years says, that he is honorable in all his dealings, a first class citizen, and in favor of progress and public improvements. He always sustains his part well in the drama of life and obtains as much pleasure as he can as he goes along. He also wants his neighbors to have as much enjoyment of the good things of this world as himself. John. Riegel Markel, D. D. S., was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, near Adelphi, Ross county, Ohio, October 6, 1876. His father's name was William Markel, a farmer by occupation. His mother’s maiden name was Sarah Ann Riegel, daughter of Solomon Riegel, of German nativity. His parents had three sons and three daughters, all living. Our subject attended school at his home and at the Adelphi High School in 1894, when he graduated from the latter. He attended the Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, in 1894 and 1895. He then taught school from three to four years and attended the Ohio State University in 1898 and 1899. He took up the study of dentistry in 1899 and graduated from the Ohio College of Cincinnati in May, 1902. He located in Portsmouth for the practice of his profession at 160 East Ninth street, where he keeps his office. In his political views, he is a republican. He is a member of the German Reformed church. He is not a member f any fraternity. Dr. Markel believes in every good work. He is careful and prudent in all things and has a keen appreciation of what is best for himself and for those in whom he is interested. His motto is, "careful and sure." He will succeed in whatever he undertakes, because he gauges his own ability and has the will, the courage and the persistence to carry out his plans. (This sketch should have appeared among the dentists on page 578 but it was received too late for that purpose and is inserted here.) Walker Elijah Marsh was born near Kittanning, Pennsylvania, July 17, 1856. His parents located in Jackson county, Ohio, soon after his birth. His father, William Stremel Marsh was born near Strasburg, Pa., December 24, 1822, and is still living. His grandfather, Elijah Marsh, was born in New Hampshire in 1800 and died at Oak Hill, Ohio, in 1862. His paternal grandmother, Mary Stremel was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1801, came to the United States in 1814 and died at Oak Hill, Ohio, in 1857. His mother, Rebecca Moorhead, was born August 6, 1825, in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, and was married to his father in 1845. Her father, John Moorhead, was a native of Pennsylvania, and of Scotch lineage. His mother's mother, Sarah White, was of Irish descent. His mother died at Oak Hill, Ohio, in April, 1888. He was educated at Oak Hill, Ohio, and was a school teacher for four years. On February 22, 1879, he was married to Alice McNeel. She was born September 27, 1860 and was the daughter of Finley and Mahala McNeel. Finley McNeel was born near Oak Hill, Ohio, April 5, 1819 and is yet living. He was the son of Doctor Gabriel McNeel, an eminent physician. Alice McNeel's mother, Mahala Johnson, was born April 10, 1827 and is yet living. She married BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1065 Finley McNeel, February 8, 1849. John Johnson, Mahala Johnson’s father, died at the age of ninety-four. Walker Marsh located at Eifort, Ohio, in March, 1880 and began to get out limestone and ore for the furnaces. There was nothing there but a small side track. In 1881, he had a station established and called it Eifort and in 1882 had a postoffice established and was made postmaster. In 1883, he had a school district established and a school house built. In that year, he adopted the idea of introducing the number four or limestone coal. He shipped a few cars each year and in 1890 had a good trade in this coal, which has increased ever since. In 1896, he bought 640 acres of mineral lands, half in Washington township, Lawrence county and half in Bloom township, Scioto county. In the Fall of 1899, his health failed on account of strenuous labor. He leased the mines and quarries, closed out his business and went to Seattle, Washington. He spent five months there and came back to Eifort and assumed the duties of station agent on the B. & 0. railroad. He has one daughter, Amy Vernie, who is telegraph operator and Postmistress at Eifort. He was a voter in Bloom township, from the spring of 1880 to the fall of 1890, but having built his new station over the line in Washington township, Lawrence county, he became an elector there. As the facts mentioned indicate, Mr. Marsh is a frrst class business man. He 4s highly esteemed in the entire circle f his acquaintance. Mr. Marsh is willing to consider every man's claim with consideration. He is courteous and obliging to all. He is always ready to aid and help every project for, the public good and he passes none by without assistance. He is for the upbuilding of his home community. His influence is uniformly and positively for the good of his fellowmen. He is a valuable citizen in any light in which he may be viewed. If he cannot find a way, he will make one. The wealth f nature must yield its secrets to him, and to him more than anyone, is due the development of the coal interests of this county, now so rapidly going forward. Charles Hoyt Martindale was born June 1, 1872, in Springfield township, Gallia county, Ohio. He is the son of William W. Martindale and Lucretia Weed, his wife. His father enlisted as a private in the 53d 0. V. I. November 18, 1861, and was appointed Corporal March 1, 1862; transferred to 1st Louisiana Colored Infantry June 6, 1863 to accept promotion; mustered out October 21, 1864. From 1878 to 1882, he served as Treasurer of Gallia county and later was elected Mayor of Gallipolis. He was also engaged in the mercantile business in Gallipolis for a number of years. He retired from active business in 1886, and died on his farm at Keer, Gallia county, in December, 1887. Our subject spent his early boyhood in Gallipolis and attended the public schools there. Later he attended Ewington Academy and Rio Grande (ONO) College. He was connected with the Kentucky Fire Brick Company as storekeeper from June, 1891, to February, 1896 when he moved to Lucasville and engaged in business under the firm name of Martindale & Edmunds. The firm still continues in business. He has served as Treasurer of Valley township since 1897 and his present term expires in 1903. He has always been a republican and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was married in October, 1900 to Olive S. Edmunds, daughter of George Edmunds of Lucasville. They have two children: Chester E. born in January, 1893 and died July 25, 1895 and Ruth born March 9, 1891. Frank Lewis Marting was born August 27, 1856, at Jackson Furnace, Ohio. His father was Henry Marting and his mother was Mary Elizabeth Knaper. Both were natives of Osnaburg, Hanover, Germany. A fuller account of the family will be found under the sketch of Colonel Henry Marting his brother. When Frank was a babe of six weeks, his parents removed to the valley of the Little Scioto in Scioto county. . He received his education at Tick Ridge and Kettle’s school houses. When he was sixteen years of age, his father located in the city of Portsmouth and engaged in the grocery business with Frank C. Herms, his son-in-law as Marting and Herms. Frank L. became a clerk in this business. 1066 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. In 1873, the firm changed its business to dry goods. In 1877, Frank L. became of age and took a partnership in the business and it became Marting & Son. His father remained in the business until 1893, when he retired and the business became Marting Brothers & Co. The firm is composed of Frank L. Marting, John C. Marting, his brother and Mrs. Eliza Volker, his sister. Mr. Marting has been in the same business in Portsmouth, Ohio for thirty years and has prospered all the time. He has one of the best business houses in the city at 515 Chillicothe street, and one of the best selected dry goods stores. Henry Marting, Senior, died May 1, 1899. Mr. Marting has been a member of the City School Board for nearly six years. He is now one of the City Board of Tax Review. He was married September 6, 1877 to Miss Ellen Scheuerman, daughter f George Scheuerman and has six children, five sons and one daughter. Their names are: George, Albert, Edna, Ralph, Henry and Royal. Mr. Marting is a director of the Royal Building Association, a member f the German Methodist Episcopal church, and a member of the Royal Arcanum. He resides at 705, Findlay street, in the Sixth ward f Portsmouth. Colonel Henry Adam Marting was born December 17, 1850, in Greenup county, Kentucky. His parents, Henry Marting and Mary E. Knaper, his wife, were natives f Germany. He was the fifth f his parents nine children. They removed to Jackson Furnace when he was an infant and remained there five years. They then moved to a farm near Wheeler's Mills on the Little Scioto. Our subject attended the schools there. At the age f nineteen, he began working on the railroad as a section hand. He worked at this for two and a half years and then started a store in company with his brother John C. at Gephart's Station. He was there for two years and then sold out and went to Ironton. In 1873, he started in the dry goods business in Ironton and remained in the same business part of the time alone and part f the time with partners until January 1, 1902. His brother John C. was a partner for three years from 1875 and then began to study for the ministry. In 1882, with J. D. Foster, he organized the Foster Stove Company of Ironton and became treasurer and held that position until 1892, when he resigned. He organized the Eagle Iron & Steel Company rolling mill which manufactured bar and sheet iron. He was president and general manager. In 1899, this company sold out to the Republic Iron & Steel Company. In 1896, with Joseph Clutts and Lewis Vogelsong, he organized the Wellston Iron & Steel Company and operated two blast furnaces. He sold out his interest in this company in 1898, to Clutts and Willard. While connected with this organization, he was secretary and treasurer. In 1889, he purchased Aetna furnace and organized a company known as the Marting Iron and Steel Company, of which he is president and general manager. In 1899, he organized the Columbus Iron and Steel Company and is president and general manager of that. In 1901, he organized the Ironton Lumber Company and is a director of that. He also organized and is a director and president of the Ketter Clothing Company of Ironton. He is a director f the Citizen's National Bank and of the Ironton Corrugated Roofing Company. He is a senior member of the firm of Marting, Flehr & Company, shoe dealers; is a director and president of the Register Publishing Company, and a director of the Franklin Stove Company of Columbus. He is a director of the Crystal Ice Company of Ironton, Ohio, and of the Camden Interstate Railway Co. He was a member of the City Council of Ironton for six years, from 1888 to 1894, and was its president for two years. He has a genius for the successful management of business and has been successful in everything he has undertaken. He was a member of the German M. E. church, but in 1897 he connected with Spencer M. E. church, of Ironton, and is a member-of the official board of that church. He is a Knight of Pythias. He was married to Miss Margaret C. Duis, March 7, 1872. She is the daughter of Henry Duis. He has one child, Nellie M., the wife f Doctor Clark Lowry of Ironton, Ohio. One who knows Colonel Marting best, says of him: "Colonel H. A. Marting is a self-made man. His school advantages were meager, his parents BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1067 lacking the means to give him the opportunity of a higher education. His training was received in practical life. If his had been the opportunity enjoyed by many youths of our land, his career would have been envious. He has shown great energy, push and determination, which count mightily in making a mark in life. He always believed, that what others have done, he also could do, and when he undertakes anything, there is no swerving until the goal is reached. He is no pessimist; he believes in his fellowmen and is hopeful as to the future; therefore he dares and risks, but never without counting the cost. At one time, he bought at a high price on credit, 40 acres of timber land. A friend suggested that he was risking a great deal, when he replied, 'I have counted the trees on the quarter section.' From his boyhood days, he has been a great trader—jack-knives, his hat, his coat, his fathers' shot gun or horse—anything would be turned. In these deals, he always was fair and strictly honest. He could often, in later years, have enriched himself, at the expense of others, if he had not placed his good name and honor above money. In his financial ventures he always had in mind the giving of employment to others, their welfare. His generosity and philanthropy are not fully known by his own family. He enjoys giving for good causes, and is happiest when he can help some one struggling for relief. A more tender-hearted man can hardly be found. Back f that will power and energy is a soft, tender heart. His early training was strictly of the Methodist type, and he is today an active worker in the church. The key to the success Colonel Marting has achieved is to my mind, his faith in God and in his fellowmen." George Emmett Mathews was born February 1, 1859, on a farm near Nauvoo, Illinois. His father was Elisha Matthews, a native of Gallia county, Ohio, and one of the well known Matthews family of that county. His mother was Phoebe Ewing, of Gallia county, Ohio, a member of the Ewing family so prominent in the history of Gallia county, Ohio. His father and mother had ten children, five sons and five daughters. He is the youngest born of all. His father died when he was but seven years of age, and the family moved into Carthage, the county seat, where he resided and went to school till he was sixteen years of age. Then he assayed to try the cold world on his own account, and began by farm work. He thought he would like a strenuous life and went to Leadville, Colorado, at twenty years, and worked in the mines of Leadville, drove stage and turned his hand and brain to divers and sundry employments, but in 1884, he returned to Carthage, Illinois, and went into the livery business. In 1887, he concluded to try the great state f Ohio, and came back to Jackson county, and engaged in a hardware store. In 1889, he came to Portsmouth and engaged M that business for the Hibbs Hardware Company, till 1891. Then he traveled for a hardware house in Cleveland for two years. He then tried the Pearl Barley business for two years. In 1894, he tried business in Columbus for six months and sold out. Then he had an accident and spent eighteen months on crutches. Most men would have preferred death to what he suffered, but George thought of Portsmouth and remembered the family stock he came from, especially the Ewing side, Swago Bill and Indian John, and made up his mind to live and get well and he did. In 1895, he went to work again and traveled for two coal companies till September, 1897, when he came to Portsmouth, and he hopes to spend his days here. He was a stock-holder in the Hibbs Hardware Company till 1900. Then he went to the Veneer Works where he had taken stock. He became a director of that company and is the buyer. He has been a member of the city council of Portsmouth since April, 1901, and its president. He is a republican in politics. He is a Master Mason and a member of the United Commercial Travelers and the Modern Woodmen. Mr. Matthews has been successful in business in which he has displayed excellent judgment. He is public spirited in the strongest sense of the term. As president of the City Council he has made an excellent record. He is one f the working factors of his city and believes in public improvements. He is candid in all he does and his views on any and every subject are for the pe- rusal of the public. He can be depended on to follow his views at all times. He 1068 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. is a valuable unit in his community and would be in any which he honored with his residence. Aaron. Moult was born December 19, 1848, near Wallace Mills, Madison township, Scioto county, Ohio. -His parents were Moses and Melissa (Darling) MauIt. His ancestry is stated in the sketch of his brother George W. Mault. Aaron attended school at Mault's school house, sub-district No. 10, Madison township, Scioto county, Ohio, and received a common school education. He has always been a farmer. He Is a republican and a member f the United Brethren church. On December 24, 1876, he was married to Nancy J. Hanes, daughter of Archibald Hanes, a soldier f the Civil War. The following are their children: Archey M., Noah A., Stella E., Aaron N., Lewis H., George E., Melissa J., Margaret T. Mr. Mault has deserved and earned the good will and kind regard of all who have known him. George Washington Mault is the great-grandson of Moses Mault, a descendant of the early French colonists of South Carolina, who came to Scioto county and located in Madison township in 1819. His son Aaron Mault was the father of Moses Mault, who is the father f our subject. Aaron Mault, the grandfather of George Mault, was born in South Carolina in 1796. His father, Moses Mault, was born on Brushy Fork, in Madison township, May 27, 1820. Here on the farm on Brushy Fork, in the east end of Madison township, on September 20, 1850, George Mault was born. His maternal grandfather was James Darling, whose daughter Melissa Darling married Moses Mault in 1844. George spent his boyhood and youth on the farm and attended the district school. He has worked at the furnaces. He has always had a wonderful liking for the study and practice f the law. He has read law until he is well informed in its theories. He practices in cases before magistrates and has been fairly successful. He married Harriet Sophia Titus, August 17, 1876. She is the daughter of Arthur and Harriet (Bennett) Titus. Her father came from New York, in 1824. Her mother was the daughter of John Bennett, who came from Virginia, in 1810, and located in Madison township. George Mault is a republican and a member of the Free Will Baptist church. He has seven children now living: Harriet, the wife of Ellsworth Lyons, Frank L., Roscoe C., Stella, Bessie, Rena and Waldo. Three f his children Laura, Kendall and Bont died of diphtheria inside f three weeks. George Mault is a man of sturdy character. He will not undertake what he cannot accomplish and he accomplishes what he undertakes. He has clear perceptions and cannot be imposed on. He is a close and analytical thinker and is able to express clearly and forcibly on every subject he studies. He is a good counsellor in business matters. James Andrew Maxwell was born April 3, 1842, in Mercer county, Virginia. His father's name was Mathias Maxwell, and his mother's maiden name was Juliet Brown. His father died in 1863. His grandfather, William Maxwell, was a Revolutionary soldier from the state of Virginia, who died in 1867 at the age of ninety. Our subject was raised a farmer, and never learned any trade. He had a common school education. When he was five years of age his father moved from Mercer county to Wyoming county. He enlisted in the 11th West Virginia Infantry, April 3, 1862, in Company K, Captain William Gilton, Colonel Dan Frost. He served until May, 1865, and was never wounded. He is six feet two and one-fourth inches tall, and weighs 270 pounds. He was the heaviest man in his regiment and the second tallest. The regiment's service was rendered mainly in West Virginia and Maryland. Their operations were between Parkersburg and Washington on the B. & 0. Railroad. He was in the battle of Cloyd Mountain, Lynchburg, and. Snicker's Gap. Mr. Maxwell had the good fortune never to have been hit, notwithstanding his remarkable height and size. He was captured twice, but escaped from his captured both times. He stayed with them a half night on one occasion and about fifteen minutes on another. Mr. Maxwell also had a brother John B., in the 7th Virginia Cavalry, who died in 1863, at Charles- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1069 ton, W. Va., in the service. Another brother, Robert H:, was in the same company and regiment with himself. He was badly wounded and left on the field and captured. He was kept in prison eight months, and is still living at Hinton, W. Va. Another brother, William H., did not go into the service, but was seized by the rebels on account of his union sentiments, and kept in prison for thirteen months. He is still living in Jackson county, W. Va., but with a wrecked constitution. He had a brother Samuel, who was a scout for General Cox in West Virginia, and his father was also a scout in West Virginia for the Union army. His two youngest brothers were too young to go to the war. After the war, our subject went to Cottageville, Jackson county, Virginia, and went into the saw mill business, where he remained about two years in the same business. He then moved to Portsmouth, 0., in October, 1867, and went to work with M. B. Gilbert in the ice business, and continued that for three and one-half years, when he went to work for the Portsmouth Transfer Company, which he continued for three and one-half years. In 1874, he went in the commission and feed business on Market street. He afterwards removed his store to Gallia street, where he sold out in 1899. Since then he has been engaged in the real estate business, buying and selling. He was married in October, 1867, to Lydia J. Rhodes, of Chautauqua county, New York. They have one adopted daughter, May, who married N. D. Bigelow, residing at Winchester, New Hampshire. He is a member of, the Bigelow Methodist church, and lives up to it. He is a republican. He was raised a democrat, but when the question of secession was raised in Virginia, his family were opposed to it, and were in favor f the Union, and he became a republican, and has continued such ever since. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic, and takes a great pride in his record in the civil war, and has just reason to. Mr. Maxwell is one of the best natured men of the city. No one can quarrel with him. He is always in good spirits and communicates the same temper to those about him. It is a wise provision of nature which gives large men good dispositions, Mr. Maxwell is a good citizen from any and every point of view. He is a prime factor in his church and in the business associations with which he is connected. Isaac Fullerton Mead was so named for Isaac Fullerton, well known to the older citizens of Scioto county, as once county commissioner, a captain in the 56th 0. V. I. and a lay Baptist preacher. He was born in Madison township, where all of the inhabitants of the county. who distinguished themselves in after life, were born. He made his bow to the world the 4th day of November, 1841. His father was Hezekiah Mead, and his mother was Lydia Dodge, daughter of Daniel Dodge, one of the pioneers of the county. His grandfather Judah Mead was an original settler in the county, coming from Olean, N. Y. Isaac Mead was brought up a farmer, but at the age of twenty, he and his two brothers. Daniel and Jonathan enlisted in Co. A, of the 39th 0. V. I. Daniel was wounded at Kenesaw Mountain and died from the effects of amputation of his shattered leg. Isaac and Jonathan served till July, 1865. He was wounded in the left arm by a ball, at Resaca, Ga., May 14, 1864. He served as a private soldier all through the war and did it with great honor. His regiment endured as many army hardships and saw as much fighting as any in the service and a reference to the battles in which the regiment participated will demonstrate this. No soldier who served in the Civil war saw more service than our subject, and the Civil war had no more modest or braver soldier. Isaac Mead is in no way responsible for this sketch, and we propose to tell the truth about him, if it does make him blush when he reads it. When Isaac came home from the service, he felt like a boy out f school and determined to have a good time visiting around and did so. While he was so engaged, he was nominated by the Republican Convention of the county for Recorder without his solicitation, knowledge or consent. There was a contest over the office, in the Convention, and Moses Gregory who was a power at that time, nominated him before the Convention and he was made its choice. After nominated he learned of the fact. He paid no assessment and asked no one 1070 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. to vote for him and was elected. His wonderful soldier record was well known and that elected him. He served one term and was renominated and reelected for a second term. He made as good an officer as the county ever had and retired in January 1872. Then he had to adopt an occupation and he thought as the Savior f the world had been a carpenter, he could afford to take up that vocation and he did so. From that time to the present, he has followed that handicraft. He taught himself the business and has built over 600 homes f all sorts and conditions in the city f Portsmouth. If any one wants a strenuous example f the term "laboring man" Isaac Mead is "it." He and his brother Jonathan are two of the most industrious men in Portsmouth. No one ever knew them or either of them to be idle for a moment except from pure physical exhaustion. When Isaac gets to Heaven, (as he undoubtedly will), if they don’t give him something to do and keep him hard at work, he will be positively unhappy. There will be no loafing around the throne with him. He was married in June, 1873, to Sarah Jane Beatty, a granddaughter of Mrs. Judith Watkins, nd has had six children. His eldest, Mary, died in infancy but the others are still living. His daughter Harriet is the wife of Eugene Gower, and has two children. His sons are Henry Edward, Alexander R. who was in the Spanish War, and Daniel. His daughter Georgia is at home. Mr. Mead's wife died on Feb. 14, 1892, and he never remarried. His married daughter, Mrs. Gower keeps house for him and his brother Jonathan and his sons and unmarried daughter all reside together and are a happy family. They all believe in the Gospel of hard work and practice it. Mr. Mead is a republican, at all times and under all circumstances. In his religious affiliations, he is a Baptist and has been a member of that church for over thirty years. He is over six feet tall and all bone and muscle. He is a rapid walker and never goes slow. He greets all of his friends with a pleasant smile and is liked by all sorts and conditions of men. No man can find it in his heart to hate him. If anybody has a charitable work to do and wants to shift it on to any one else, it can always be put on Mr. Mead and he will attend to it. He is very popular with his party. In 1900, he was one of the decennial appraisers in the city of Portsmouth, and did his duty well. He is always ready to accommodate his neighbors, or the public, even to the extent of being imposed upon. As an example of industry, he is a model for the whole community and the whole world. Another trait of his is his modesty. He was never known to boast of any of his excellent qualities and they are found out, known and published by his intimate acquaintances. A friend of his said of him, "If Isaac Mead is not admitted by St. Peter at the wicket gate on showing himself, I won't make any application to enter." Mr. Mead may have his faults, but in thirty-five years of close observation we have not discovered them. He was a model soldier and is a model citizen. John Rickey Mead was born September 30, 1840 near California, Scioto county, on the old Rickey farm. His father was Ezra Mead who lived to reach 92 years and 5 months and died May 24, 1898. He was the son of Judah Mead who came from Tioga county, New York and located at the mouth of the Little Scioto, November 20, 1815. He lived there only one winter and then moved up the Little Scioto farther. He was a farmer and of English descent. His mother was Esther Rickey, daughter of Rev. Jacob Rickey, a Baptist minister. He came from New York about the same time Judah Mead did. At the age f sixteen, his parents moved to Sedan and located in the same spot where our subject now lives. His father was born December 24, 1806 and died May 24, 1898. His mother was born December 20, 1810 and died September 28, 1876. He received a common school education, and has been a farmer all his life. He had a brother Ebenezer in the 56th 0. V. I. Company G, who enlisted October 29, 1861 and died May 15, 1862, at Shiloh, Tennessee. Mr. Mead has always been a republican and his father before him was a whig. He never held office nor dabbled in politics. He is a member of Salem Baptist church near Sedan and is one of its trustees. He was married May 20. 1876 to Mary Jane McLaughlin. She is a daughter f James and Elizabeth Huston. They have two children living and two dead. Ezra at home BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1071 and Anna, the wife of Jas. A. Johnson. As a man Mr. Mead is quiet and unassuming, is a good citizen and is noted for his integrity. John Frederick Menke was born in Hanover, Germany, April 23, 1859. His father was Henry Menke, a farmer. His mother's maiden name was Emma Niehaus. They had four children, of which our subject was the second. His parents left Germany when he was three months old, and located at Harrison Furnace. His father is now living in Gales county, Nebraska. His mother died when he was seven years old, and his father married the second time. Mr. Menke was reared in Scioto county. He went to the country schools and began teaching when he was eighteen years of age and taught until he was twenty-three. He started in the grocery business at Eleventh and Gay streets in the fall of 1882. In the fall of 1883, he moved to Eleventh and Findlay streets and bought property there. He remained there in the same business until 1895, when he went into the Central Grocery on Gallia street with George J. Schmidt. They dissolved partnership in 1902, and he started business alone on the north-east corner of Eighth and Chillicothe streets. He was married January 3, 1881 to Mary Strehle, of Powellsville, Ohio, daughter of Andrew Strehle. His children are: Katie, stenographer at Hibbs Hardware Company; Nellie, at home; Lloyd Henry, aged thirteen; and Howard Emmanuel, aged three. He has two children deceased. He has always been a republican. He was a member of the City Council for two years in the Fourth ward. He is a member of the United Brethren church and is a Quarterly Conference preacher in that church, and a trustee. If there is any one trait in Mr. Menke's character more prominent than another, it is his earnestness. He is earnest in everything he does. He is conscientious to a remarkable degree and lives strictly according to the dictates f his conscience. In his church he is a great worker, much valued by his associates. He is a true Christian and a model citizen. He has made an admirable success in his business and is esteemed by all who know him. Martin Funk Micklethwait was born November 13, 1837, at the old brick homestead of the Funk family in Clay township. His father was Joseph Micklethwait, and his mother's maiden name was Barbara Funk. He was the third child of five sons and one daughter. He attended the district school. His teacher who most impressed him was William R. Holmes, the father of Sidney Holmes. He was reared a farmer. From the ages of eighteen to twenty-one he was apprenticed to the carpenter's trade, but never followed it. On May 2, 1864, he enlisted in Company E. 140th 0. V. I., and was made third Sergeant. He served until the 3rd day of November, 1864. He went into the retail grocery business in February, 1865, on the old Whitney corner at Second and Market streets, where now stands the Washington Hotel. The firm was M. F. Micklethwait & Brother, the latter being his brother John. The firm continued until the death of John, in July, 1893, and Martin retired from this business in 1894. On May 1, 1899, he went into the real estate business with Frank R. Keifer, as Keffer & Micklethwait, and located at 206 Chillicothe street, where they have quite an extensive business. Mr. Micklethwait has more acquaintances than any one in the city and as many friends as any one. He is one of the best natured men in the community. George Bliss Millar was born January 10, 1843 on the Millar farm where he now resides. His father was Abram Millar and his mother's maiden name was Harriet Peters. He was broughtup on the farm and has resided there all his life except from 1869 to 1874, when he resided in the city of Portsmouth, and engaged in the lumber business. He had a good common school education only. On January 10, 1866, he was married to Annie Carre, daughter of Thomas W. Carre, of Portsmouth. Their children are: Abram F. a farmer with his father, Charles R. who is an electrician at the Central Insane Asylum at Columbus, Ohio, and Edgar Garfield, who is an attorney with Mr. Holcomb of Portsmouth. Their daughter, Nellie married Charles Thomas. Our subject lost two infant daugh- 1072 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. ters. He has never held any office except school director in his township. He has always been a republican. Mr. Millar is a good neighbor and a good citizen. He has been and is a very successful farmer. He has more confidence in his own judgment than any man in Scioto county, but can be controlled if any one can make him believe he is doing it himself. But the man who undertakes to drive him will find him the most obstinate, self-willed man in the whole world, and will fail in his undertaking. Whenever Mr. Millar makes up his mind to any course, he will (follow it out regardless of consequences. He has an opinion on every subject and they are carefully formed and adhered to with the most wonderful tenacity of purpose. Frank Miller was born in Porter township May 29, 1862. His father was John Miller and his mother's maiden name was Barbara Moseman. They both emigrated from France to this country in 1853. Our subject was reared on a farm and attended the district nhool. He attended the Wheelersburg High School one year and afterwards attended a private normal at Sciotoville, conducted by Prot. White. At the age of nineteen, he engaged in the teaching profession and continued in it for eight years. During the summer months he farmed. He bought the home farm near Powellsville, and after much improvement has one f the most productive and well kept farms on Pine creek. He owns a beautiful country home and his farm is well fitted with modern buildings. Mr. Miller is a straight republican and is one of the political workers in Green township. He has served as Clerk of Green township from 1884 till 1893 with the exception f one year. He is an active member of the Free-Will Baptist church of Powellsville. He was married February 26, 1887 to Caroline Wagner, a daughter of a prominent Lawrence county farmer. Their children are: William and Willard, twins, b. Apr. 13, 1888; Otto Earl b. Apr. 23, 1890, d. Nov. 19, 1890; Frederick Joseph b. Sept. 25, 1891; Edna Marie, b. Oct. 12, 1894. Mr. Miller is in the fullest sense of the term an ideal citizen. By economy and good habits, he has accumulated sufficient means to live without the toil that persons of his occupation are generally required to perform. He has interesting family and it is safe to say that his children will receive a liberal education, and by force of his example will become useful citizens. Few men f his age have, by means which were afforded him, accomplished so much. In his preparation for life and the care for his family, it must not be overlooked that Mr. Miller has acquired a liberal education. He is a worthy example and inspiration to all young men who start in life with little but character upon which to lay the foundation for a successful career. John Theobald Miller was born in Dietschweiler, Rhine Bavaria, July 29, 1833. His father, Philip Miller, was a village blacksmith. His grandfather followed the same business. His mother's maiden name was Louisa Diehl. His father also owned a small farm in Germany. John T. attended the schools in his vicinity, until he was fourteen years of age, when he went to work with his father in the blacksmith shop. He concluded Germany was too slow for him, and on April 5, 1852, he sailed for the United States from Havre De Grace, France. He was twenty-nine days on the ocean, on the sailing vessel Mercury. He went from New York direct to Cincinnati by the way of Albany and Buffalo. From Buffalo to Sandusky by lake and from Sandusky to Cincinnati by rail. He had two married sisters in Cincinnati. He worked in Cincinnati for a few months, at the butcher trade, until the fall of 1852, when he went to Big Sandy and worked in the saw-mill, arid then in a cabinet maker's shop at Louisa. He came back to Ohio in 1853 and farmed one year for General Samuel Thomas at South Point. He also worked for Benjamin Johnson, a brother-in-law of E. B. Greene, at the same place. From here he went to Pine Grove Furnace and took charge of Robert Hamilton's farm, near Hanging Rock. In the fall of 1856 our subject came to Portsmouth, worked in each one of the rolling mills a short time and drove team for David Davis. In 1857, he became a clerk in the grocery store of William P. Martin, and was also conducting the BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1073 business of pork packing at the same time. June 16, 1860 he participated in the great Union meeting at Portsmouth, and was mentioned in the proceedings. In February, 1862, occurred the celebrated "Cat Case" of William P. Martin vs. Giles Gilbert, which is fully reported in this book in another place. Mr. Miller affirms that the court decided the case wrong, and that the cat was Martin's not Gilbert's; and on February 22, 1862 he wrote a long letter to the Times on the subject of the "Cat Case." This is one of the subjects which should never be mentioned to Mr. Miller, and especially should any f his friends refrain the suggestion that the disputed cat belonged to Giles Gilbert. On March 11, 1862, he left William P. Martin's and went into the liquor business for himself. July 22, 1863 he immortalized himself in the Morgan Raid, by capturing fifty-four rebels and bringing them all to Portsmouth and turning them over to the authorities. For further paticulars on this subject, see the article on the Morgan Raid, but this is another subject which should not be mentioned to Mr. Miller by his friends.. Mr. Miller made a great deal of money in the liquor business, and he also sank some of it. We regret very much that we are compelled to tell one thing about Mr. Miller which is not entirely to his credit. On April 17, 1876, he and Dr. Pixley rnduced the City Council of Portsmouth to buy ten pairs f English sparrows, at $3.00 a pair, for the purpose of introducing them into the city of Portsmouth; and the Council being imposed on by Mr. Miller and Dr. Pixley did buy the sparrows, and ten years later the city had "sparrows to burn." The council would like to employ Mr. Miller and Dr. Pixley to get rid of the sparrows. In the same year he bought the Correspondent, a German Weekly, and published it until August 15, 1880, when he sold it to the Reutingers of Chillicothe. He was a member of the City Council of Portsmouth, from the First ward, from 1865 to 1867, and from 1870 to 1882. He was president of the Council in the years 1874, 1879 and 1880, but he resigned on October 17, 1881 In 1871, he was a candidate on the democratic ticket for the office of County Treasurer, and was defeated by Charles Slavens. The vote stood Slavens 2,730, Miller 2,166, majority 564. He was a member of the City Board of Equalization in 1890 and 1900. Mr. Miller was always a democrat until 1885, when he became a republican. He was married April 25, 1859 at Piketon, 0., to Elizabeth Schmidt, daughter of John Schmidt, deceased, a former resident of Piketon. They have had the following children: Lucy, wife f Philo S. Clark, postmaster of Portsmouth, Ohio; John, died in. 1896, at the age of thirty-two; Elizabeth M., wife of Albert Wurster, book-keeper for C. P. Tracy & Co.; Mary E., clerk at Philo S. Clark's insurance office; Charles E., rural free delivery mail carrier on the West Side. He has two daughters, Bertha and Laura, and one son, William F., at home. He also lost two children in infancy. Mr. Miller was reared in the Evangelical church, better known as the German Lutheran, and adheres to it. Cread Milstead Mayor of Portsmouth, was born January 15, 1847, in Amherst county, Virginia, near Lynchburg. He is the youngest of eight children of Newman Milstead and Clara England, his wife. His parents moved to Union township, Lawrence county, Ohio, when our subject was two years old. His father died in 1870, and his mother in 1872. He received a common school education in Union township, Lawrence county, 0., and attended an Academy at Burlington, Ohio. He attended Marshall College at Huntington W. Va., in 1868 and 1869. He enlisted in Company E, 5th West Virginia V. I., July 13, 1863, as a recruit, for three years, and served until July 21, 1865. He was in the battle of Lynchburg, June 14 and 15, 1864; Kearnstown, July 24, 1864; Berryville, August 8, 1864; Hulltown; Opequan, Sept. 19, 1864; Fisher's Hill, Sept. 22, 1864; Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864. He was in the first brigade, second division, eighth army corps. In the brigade were the 5th, 13th, 23rd, and 36th West Virginia regiments. Gen. R. B. Hayes was the brigade commander; I. H. Duvall, division commander; and Gen. George Crook, corps commander. From 1865 to 1867 he worked on a farm and attended school. He went on the river in December, 1869, to learn piloting, between New Orleans and the mouth of the Red River, and was in that trade for five years, and got his li- 1074 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. cense as pilot in 1871. He served on a number of different steamboats, and was master on several. He was master on the Clifford and Hamilton running on the Red river trade. He came North in 1874, and took a position on the Eastern Kentucky railroad as agent and operator at Willard, Kentucky, and remained there five years. In March 1879, he came to Portsmouth and began to travel for L. Eisman & Bros., and was with that house eight years and one-half, In January, 1887, he began traveling for Abe Block & Co., clothiers of Cincinnati, and was with them until July 1, 1894. He then became a stock holder in the Portsmouth Hat & Glove Co., and was in that company until November, 1901, when he sold out. He was elected Mayor of Portsmouth, in April, 1901, which office he still holds. He was married Sept. 22, 1872, to Ruhama Irwin, of Howard Furnace. She was a daughter of James C. Irwin, and Sarah Wilson his wife. They have six children: Charles Curtis, a shoe cutter, married; Sadie, the wife of R. John Williams, book-keeper for the Columbus Buggy Co.; James I., at home, a shoe cutter; Clara at home; Pearl a school boy and Jessie a school girl. Mr. Milstead has always been a republican, and is a member of the Sixth Street Methodist church of Portsmouth. He is a member of the Blue Lodge, F. & A. M., Mt. Vernon Chapter and Calvary Commandery, Odd Fellows, the United Commercial Travelers, and also the Bailey Post, G. A. R. "He is a man of most excellent character, honorable in all his dealings, honest in the fulfillment of his duties, firm in his convictions of right and wrong and loyal to his friends, enjoying a feeling of satisfaction in the consciousness f a duty well performed even at the risk of political or social ostracism." We have the foregoing from one who has an extensive acquaintance with Mr. Milstead. Joseph Walter Mitchell was born in Deavertown, Morgan county, Ohio, September 16, 1858. His father's name was George Washington Mitchell, and his mother's maiden name was Mary Ellen Richardson. His parents moved to Portsmouth in 1862, where he attended the public schools and in 1876 studied law with Judge Searl. He graduated at the Cincinnati Law School in the spring of 1858, and not being of age could not be admitted to the practice of law. Losing interest in the legal profession, he engaged in the newspaper business, and was traveling correspondent for the Cincinnati Enquirer, and the Associated Press, local editor of the Portsmouth Tribune and other local papers, local editor of the Circleville Advertiser and editor of the Adams County New Era. Since 1885, he has published the Portsmouth City Directory and engaged in house number surveying, having numbered Portsmouth, Ironton, Ashland and a part of Cincinnati. In the National Census of 1900, he served as Chief Special Agent for manufacturing and mechanical statistics, having charge of the district including Portsmouth, Ironton and Ashland. He was married December 8, 1881 to Miss Josephine, daughter of George Wright, a prominent farmer f Ross and Pickaway counties. He has two daughters Elizabeth Wright, wife of Louis Zucker and Mary Ellen, recently married to Earl Musser. John Moeller was born at Braunhausen, Prussia, February 22, 1858. His father was Justice Moeller and his mother was Elizabeth Krieser. The family left Prussia in 1867. He attended school in Prussia three years before coming to this country. The remainder of his education was obtained in the Portsmouth schools. The family crossed the Atlantic in the year 1867 in a sailing vessel. The trip occupied six weeks. They located in Portsmouth in June, 1867, where John attended school until he was fifteen years old. He commenced work at the butcher business at the age of fifteen. He worked for Brandau, Brant & Brandau and Bandau & Vincent, until 1883, and then began business for himself on the corner of Ninth and Findlay, which he continued until June, 1901. He was elected Commissioner of Scioto county in the fall of 1898, and re-elected in 1901. He is a reublican, a member of the United Brethren church, a member of the German Benevolent Society and of Portsmouth Lodge No. 416, I. 0. 0. F. He was a delegate to the Republican Convention, in 1897. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1075 He married Abagail Klink, of Piketon, Ohio, November 10, 1897. They have five children: Edward, Catherine, Charles, Floyd and Clifford. Mr. Moeller is noted for his cheerfulness and good nature. No one ever found him in a fit of blues. If he was ever in one no record has been preserved. He treats all sorts and conditions of men well and is respected by all. George Dinwiddie Moffett was born August 20, 1875, in the famous old town of Alexandria, Virginia. His father was George Tate Moffett a native of Augusta county, Virginia, and his mother was Statira Drew, a native of Lynchburg, Virginia. He was one of the youngest of a family of eight children. He comes of the well-known Moffett family of Augusta and Rockbridge counties in Virginia, an account of which will be found in Waddel's History. This family has been identified with the History of the valley since its earliest settlement and much interesting matter in regard to it will be found in the recent historical publications, of Valley History. Our subject only lived on the soil of the "Mother of Presidents" till .his seventh year, when his father's family came to Portsmouth. From Portsmouth, the family went to Hamden and in 1886 to Ironton, where he attended school for five years. In 1891, he began life on his own account, by enteri g the employment of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company and it speaks well for him that he has remained in the same employment ever since, and been advanced from time to time. First he collected transfers for the railroad ferry, at Ironton. Then he was a train collector on the trains. On March 1, 1896, he went into the Railroad office, at Ironton, as an Assistant, where he remained till October, 1899, when he was placed in full charge of the Company's offices in Portsmouth, and has held that important and responsible position ever since. He enjoys the full confidence of his employers and of the public and there has never been a more popular and accommodating railroad official in Portsmouth. He is a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church and in his political views, Is Democratic. He is a Master Mason and a member of the Royal Arcanum. Just at the moment f writing this Mr. Moffett is a bachelor but from the auspices known to the editor, he would not, under any circumstances, guarantee that social condition to continue over thirty days. The editor does, however, predict that if he marries soon, his bride will be the handsomest young lady known to him. Since the above was written Mr. Moffett has resigned his position with the C. & 0. railroad and has accepted a position with the Black Fork Coal Company in the capacity of manager. Charles E. Moister was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, November 21, 1862, the son of Henry Moister and Susan (Bennett) Moister. He was reared in this city, completed the full course f the public schools, and graduated from the High School in 1880. He was married June 3, 1885, to Helen Findlay, daughter of Alexander W. and Susan Lawson Findlay. They have six children: Ralph Robinson, Mary Helen, Elizabeth Findlay, Jean Lawson, Charles Bennett and William Alexander. Mr. Moister served six years with the Adams Express Company, one year in the local office and five years in the auditor's office at Cincinnati. He was in the law office of the editor of this work for over ten years, and for the past two years, from June 4, 1900, he has been in the United States Census office at Washington, D. C. He resides in Brookland, D. C. Mr. Moister is a member f the First Presbyterian church at Portsmouth, Ohio. His military service was limited to the two weeks campaign of the Ohio National Guard at Wheeling Creek and Stillwater valleys during the coal strikes of 1894, as a member of Company H, 14th regiment, 0. N. G. He is one of the permanent census bureau at Washington. Samuel Monroe was born February 21, 1841, in Harrison township, Scioto county, Ohio, and has lived there most of his life. His father's name was Aaron Monroe, and his mother's maiden name was Sarah Marshall, a daughter of Samuel Marshall, Jr., who has a sketch herein. The great-grandfather of our subject was Samuel Marshall, Sr., a Revolutionary soldier. Samuel Monroe received a common 1076 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. school education in Harrison township, and worked on the farm while a boy. In 1867, he began contracting, which he has continued ever since. Among the first work he did, was the Portsmouth and Harrisonville turnpike, and the retaining wall at the foot f Second street. In 1874 he built the bridges at Turkey creek and Bear creek. He enlisted in the 140th 0. V. I., Company I, as a private, at the age of twenty-two, May 2, 1864, for one hundred days, and was mustered out with the Company September 3, 1864. He was married in July, 1860, to Miss Mary J. Dever, daughter of Michael Dever, of Harrison township. They have had the following children: Laura B., married George Luther, a farmer, resides in Madison township; John R., married, lives in Harrison township; Emma, married Charles Frowine, stock holder in the Smith Lumber Co., resides in Portsmouth, Ohio; David, died in infancy; Sarah C., married John Watkins, a foreman in the Excelsior Shoe Factory, resides in Portsmouth, O.; Clara May, died at the age f twelve years; Fannie, died in infancy; 011ie, died in childhood; Gilbert, married,, lives in Portsmouth, 0.; Kendall and Dessie, at home. Mr. Monroe is a democrat in his political views. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Scioto Post, G. A. R. at Harrisonville. He possesses the confidence of all who know him and is noted for his integrity and fair dealing. Joseph C. Montavon was born March 19, 1842. in Canton of Berne, Switzerland, the son of Peter Ignatius Montavon, a well to do peasant of west Switzerland, and Catharine Erhard, daughter of Joseph Erhard, a shoemaker. Our subject had three brothers and four sisters. He came to America and landed at New York, May 17 1852, and went to Vevay, Switzerland county, Indiana where his father died July 18, 1852 at the age of thirty-seven, having been killed by lightning while in the field working. His mother took him from there immediately to Stark county, Ohio, where they remained a short time, and then came to Scioto county in 1856 and located about two miles from French postoffice on Pond creek. He received his early education in the public schools of Switzerland and afterwards attended the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. He had learned enough English and knowledge of the common branches to teach school. He taught school for twenty-five years in Scioto county, twenty-three in Rush township and two years in Union township, which speaks well for his success as a teacher. He was a member f the National Guards at the time of the Morgan Raid. He has been a Democrat all his life but not much inclined to politics. He served as Justice f the Peace in Union township and also in Rush township. He served as Clerk of Rush township one term, and has been postmaster at French since 1882. He holds to the Catholic faith. His certificate of baptism bears date March 19, 1842. He is a member f the Holy Trinity church on Pond creek and has been a worker in the Sunday school for thirty-six years. He was married August 8, 1874 to Catharine J. Duplain, a daughter f Francis Duplain an iron worker, who came to Portsmouth about 1872 from Switzerland. By this marriage they have eight children, three sons and five daughters, all living: Josephine, Mary, Margaret. Albert, Victor, Winnibald, Rosalie and Louisa. Mr. Montavon is one of the most respected and esteemed citizens of the county. James Montgomery was born May 3, 1842 near Wheelersburg, Ohio. His father was William Montgomery, by occupation a miller, and his mother's maiden name was Nancy Beloat, a daughter f Walter Beloat of Northampton, Virginia. She died Jan. 3, 1890 in her ninety-second year. His father was a native of Scioto county, and was born at Burke's Point, and died April 6, 1869, in his seventy-first year. His grandfather, also William Montgomery, was one f the first settlers in the county. He was an expert hunter and spent a great deal of his time in the county in hunting game for the French settlers in Green township. He also built the Giant Oak Mills, now owned by George Dixon. Mr. Montgomery enjoys the distinction of having lived in the same community all his life time. He was a farmer's boy until August 5, 1861, when he enlisted in Company A, 33rd 0. V. I., commanded by Captain Samuel Currie, and served three years. At the battle of Resaca, Georgia, May 16, 1864, he was BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1077 wounded in the right wrist with a minie-ball. The wound was not apparently dangerous, but it gangrened and disabled his right arm for life. Every time he looks at his right hand and right wrist, he is reminded of his army service. Notwithstanding his desperately injured arm, he remained in the service until December 29 1864, when he was discharged. He came home and took up the life f a farmer, which he has followed ever since. He had one brother in the 39th O. V. I., who died in the service May 31, 1865. Our subject has made his home with his sister, Mrs. Mary Montgomery, since 1861. Her husband was McLean Montgomery, who enlisted August 5, 1861, in Company A, 33rd 0. V. I., was made a sergeant, August 27, 1861, and died November 1, 1864, of wounds received August 13, 1864, in a battle near Atlanta, Georgia. They had two children: Ella, wife of John Fritz, f Dogwood Ridge; Anna, married Byron James, living at Rockford, Illinois. He had another sister, Cynthia, who married Jesse Rowley, and died leaving a family. His sister Sarah, married Joseph Hopkins, and died leaving a family. Our subject having lost a brother, and a brother-in-law by death in the service, and having been severely wounded and disabled from the effects of his wound, naturally is patriotic. He has had object lessons in patriotism which he can never forget. There is no citizen of Scioto county who is prouder of his army service, or has more reason to be. His heart is warm to every comrade of the Civil war. He is a man highly esteemed by his neighbors. He had no religious connections until about three years since, when he became a Seventh Day Adventist. He is a. republican in his political views, and has been such all his life. In his own neighborhood where he is well known, Mr. Montgomery is highly esteemed as an honest man and a good neighbor. Even the tongue of the gossiping busy-body can not find material here for evil speaking. He minds his own business strictly, religiously attends the services of his own church, nooks after his farming interests and other business matters in a quiet, gentlemanly, unobtrusive way, and comes as near having absolutely no enemies as any man that can be found. Although he went to war in 1862, and carries a hand almost useless from the effects of Confederate bullets, yet he is a man of peace. He lives unmarried at his ancestral home on Dogwood Ridge, enjoying the products of his 'fertile lands, and surrounded on all sides by appreciative friends. Charles Madison Mooney, M.D. was born February 22, 1870, at Wheelersburg, Ohio. His parents are John and Anatolie (Wolford) Mooney. His mother was a daughter of Joseph Wolford. Our subject was the eighth in a family of twelve children. He received his education in Wheelersburg, Ohio, and graduated in the schools there in 1889. Then he taught school for six years in Scioto county, four years of which was at the Ball school house, one year on the West Side and one year in Green township, above Powellsville. In 1895, ne entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and attended four years. He graduated in the medical course in 1900. In June, 1900, he began the practice of medicine at Wheelersburg and at Haverhill. In October, 1900, he located at Waverly and has practiced there ever since. He is a republican in his political views, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a Blue Lodge Mason, a member of Western Sun Lodge No. 91, at Wheelersburg, the Chapter at Ann Arbor Michigan, and the Council at Chillicothe. Dr. Mooney is the fortunate possessor of a sunny disposition, a genial manner and good address which quickly wins the confidence and good will of every one he meets. This rare endowment combined with a stalwart frame and ambition for professional success is of most favorable augury for a high standard of excellence in his chosen prfession. Evan Emmanuel Moore was born December 22, 1833, in Washington township, where he now lives. His father was Evan Moore. His mother's maiden name was Cynthia Pyles, daughter of John Pyles. His parents had two children: Clinton and our subject. His father was a farmer, and died in May, 1834, of the cholera, in Washington township. His mother died in 1859. He attended the district schools, and has always been a farmer. He owns 157 1-2 acres of land. 1078 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. He was married the first time February 10, 1859, to Lavina Dole, and she died in September, 1866. By this marriage there were two children: Mary Elizabeth, who married William Vaughters, and died leaving two children; and James Moore, now in California. Our subject was married the second time to Lydia Mapes. They have eight children. Lavinia, married John Compton, and lives in Friendship; Enos, lives on the farm; Zora, married Harry Vaughters, son of George A. Vaughters; Maude, married Ed. Bodemer, and lives on Carey's Run; Ethel, Claude, Earl and John at home. Mr. Moore was first a whig, but voted for John C. Fremont and has been a republican since. George W. Moore was born November 28, 1827, in Harrison county, West Virginia. His father was Enoch Moore and his mother's maiden name was Rodah Ward. His grandfather was Enoch Moore, Sr., and a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His father died when he was five years f age and he was bound to Joseph Goodman, of West Virginia. He came to Ohio in 1846, and lived there till 1852, when he removed to Greenup county, Kentucky, and lived there until 1854, when he again removed to Scioto county, where he has lived since. Our subject served in Company F, 140th 0. V. I. from May 2, 1864, to September 3, 1864, when he was mustered out with the company. He is a republican in his views and is a believer in the Baptist doctrines, though not a member of the church. He was married March 30, 1847, to Susan Bennett, by whom he has two children: Ephraim now residing in Argentine, Kansas; and Jessie married to Rolla E. Bennett, residing near Harrisonville, Ohio. George W. Moore is well known in his county as an upright, honest man, As a contractor, he was fairly successful. His plain, blunt, sincere, kind-hearted ways endeared him to his friends. John F. Morgan was born June 9, 1842, in Cardiganshire, Wales. His father was John D. Morgan, and his mother was Margaret Evans. They had eight children, of whom our subject was the fifth. His father was a hatter by occupation. The family left Wales in 1848, and located in Madison township, Jackson county, where John was reared on a farm until he was eleven years old. In 1856, the family moved to Greenfield township, Gallia county, Ohio, where John remained with his father until 1864. He enlisted in Company E, 179th 0. V. I. as a private, September 2, 1864, for one year and was discharged June 17, 1865. The entire service of the regiment was at Nashville, Tennessee. In 1865, at the close of the war, he returned home and determined to get an education. He engaged in farming and attended school at Ewington, Ohio, for seven terms. He taught school for two years, one in Gallia and one in Lawrence county. He went to Duff's College at Pittsburg and learned bookkeeping. From there he went to Olive Furnace and took charge of the furnace store and did part of the book-keeping. He came to Portsmouth, January 1, 1873, and commenced to keep books for John Jones, the plumber. He was with him until 1880. He went to Jackson and was engaged there in the Tropic Iron Company. He remained with them two years, and came back to Portsmouth, and kept books for the Portsmouth Brewing Company, until 1884. In 1885, he returned to Jackson and became superintendent of the Tropic Iron Company at Oak Hill, and has been so engaged ever since. He was a stockholder and director of the Tropic Iron Company while it was in existence. He resides in Portsmouth, Ohio, at the corner of Eleventh and Lincoln streets, and returns home at the close of each week. He was married to Jane Herbert, of Oak Hill, Ohio, November 19, 1874. His children are: Jane Herbert, at home; John Stanton, at home, graduated from the Rio Grande College in 1902; James, a book-keeper at Olive Furnace. He is a republican and a member of the Sixth Street Methodist Episcopal church. Stout Morris was born at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, February 21, 1816, the son of Benjamin Morris and Hannah Stout, his wife. In 1828, he came to Ohio with his parents, floating down the Ohio river in a boat of his father's own construction, and set- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1079 tied at New Richmond. There he grew to manhood, receiving his education in the public schools. His father was a blacksmith and iron-worker, but the son early developed a talent for machinery. He soon became a skilled artisan, millwright and draftsman. He had few, if any, superiors in this region as a millwright, and his skill in this line was in great demand from central Kentucky on the south, to Put-in-Bay on the north. Along about 1840, Mr. Morris went from Rockport, Ky. where he was at work at his trade, to Lawrenceburg, Indiana. There for some time he was engineer of a large distillery and flour mill combined, but 1850 found him back to New Richmond. March 31, 1858, he came to Scioto county to superintend the erection of the Davis distillery and flouring mill at Union Mills. While his coming was for that purpose solely, events so shaped themselves that he made the West Side his permanent home. At Lawrenceburg, Ind. he first met Miss Josephine McQuiston, who was born at Cincinnati, the very year Mr. Morris, a lad f twelve years, came to Ohio. On January 8, 1844, they were married and for forty-eight years their lives were as one. She survived him and resides at the old homestead on the West Side. Mrs. Morris's father, John McQuiston, was born in Scotland. He was a cousin of Gov. Thomas Hendricks of Indiana. Her mother, whose maiden name was Margaret Scott was a cousin f Gen. Winfield Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Morris had ten children. Two, Albert S., and Armel died in infancy, and one, Louisa R., died at the age of nineteen. The others are still living. They are: John M., who now resides at Columbus; Mrs. Josephine Calver, widow of the late Timothy Calver; Mrs. Amanda Calvert wife of Thomas G. Calvert of the West Side; Miss Luella and Harry R. (whose sketch appears elsewhere); Mrs. Clara Cummings, wife of A. J. Cummings of Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Nora M. Ball, wife of Judge Harry Ball, of Portsmouth. John M. Morris, the oldest child was but sixteen years old when the Civil war broke out, but he enlisted in Battery L and served three years. In politics Stout Morris was an ardent republican. He never aspired to political office and the only position of public trust he held was that f school director. In religion, he was a firm believer in the doctrines of the Baptist church and he gave much of his life and efforts to the up-building of that church. Mr. Morris died September 23, 1890. He was a man of large, ability and counted among his intimate friends and associates, many of the prominent and influential business and professional men f this community. His many noble acts, his constant regard tor the advancement and welfare of others, his many kind words and deeds secured him the affection of the people. The influence for good that he then had upon his community lives and is felt today. Harry Robinson Morris was born January 17, 11361 in Washington township. His father was Stout Morris, and his mother was Josephine McQuiston. He is the eighth of the eleven children of his parents. He was educated in the schools in his vicinity, and in the Portsmouth schools. At the age of eighteen, he went into the employment of Davis & Co. as a dry gauger at the distillery and was employed there for three years. At the age of twenty-one, he went into the store of Davis & Son at Union Mills, and was in that employment for three years. For one year more, he was with Spellacy & Company, contractors. He then became a farmer and has continued such ever since. He was married November 15, 1888, to Minnie Wilkins, the daughter of the late E. P. Wilkins, of Rush township. They have three children: Ethel, Inez and Alma. They lost one son, Harry in infancy. Mr. Morris is a republican. He is a member of the Baptist church, in Portsmouth, Ohio. The only order he belongs to is the A. 0. U. W. Mr. Morris is a man of sensitive nature and deep feeling. He is of the strictest integrity—faithful and true in all things. His word is as good as his bond, and the latter is good for any amount for which he will give it. He would make no obligations he could not pay. His convictions are clear strong and well-defined; accommodating and obliging, it is impossible for him to do too much for his friends. Albert R. Morrison was born July 23, 1846, in Rockville, Adams county, Ohio. His father was David Morrison, and his mother's maiden name was Martha Mitchell, a daughter of 1080 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. Judge David Mitchell, formerly an Associate Judge of Scioto county. When he was five years old his parents moved to Covington, Kentucky, and he resided there until the year 1859. In 1859, his parents moved to the farm, where he afterwards resided and where he died. He attended school while in Covington and at the Elm Tree school house until he was eighteen years of age, when he entered the military service of the United States in Company D, 173 0. V. I., on August 25, 1864. He was appointed Second Lieutenant Sept. 17, 1864, and was promoted to First Lieutenant Dec. 14, 1864, and mustered out with his Company June 26, 1865. When he returned from the service, he remained on the farm with his mother, then a widow, until he was married, February 1, 1870, to Miss Elizabeth McMasters, a daughter of James McMasters of Sandy Springs: He continued to reside on his mother's farm until 1875. In the fall of that year he began to travel as commercial salesman for J. L. Hibbs & Co., and then moved to Portsmouth. He resided in Portsmouth, Ohio, until July, 1884, employed as a salesman for Hibbs & Co., in the business f selling shoes, and a part of the time he was a partner. In the year of 1881, he returned to the home farm in Nile township, and at the same time began as a commercial salesman with J. W. Thorne & Co., of Cincinnati in the shoe business. He resided on the farm until the spring of 1894, when he removed to Cincinnati and resided on Walnut Hills until 1898. He returned to the farm in 1899 and lived there until his death. He remained with J. W. Thorne & Co., until 1894, and then went into partnership with D. B. Sachs, in the tirm of Sachs, Morrison & Co., in the clothing business. He was in that business until 1898, and then traveled for the firm of Stern, Auer & Co., in the clothing business, until the fall f 1899, when he gave up business as a commercial traveler. About November 1899, he developed symptoms of Bright's disease, which caused his death on November 13, 1901. Mr. Morrison was a man f great industry, energy and enterprise. He had one of the largest and finest farms in the Ohio valley; and had placed on it a large, convenient residence. He was a man full of enthusiasm for everything which he undertook. He could have remained in the occupation as a commercial salesman as long as his health would have permitted and could command a handsome salary at any time. He had a wonderful influence over the men connected with him by business relations. As a farmer he was energetic and tireless. An inspection of his lands would demonstrate to anyone that he was a model farmer. He was a most excellent neighbor, a good friend and a good citizen. In his politics he was a republican, but never sought office nor would accept one. In his religious views he was a Presbyterian, and a member of the Sandy Springs Presbyterian church from 1870 until his removal to Portsmouth. In the latter city he was connected with the Second Presbyterian church. He left quite a large family. His oldest son, William Kepner was born Dec. 14, 1870, and had grown up to be one of the finest young men in the county. He was taking care f his father's farm, and was conducting it in the very best manner. He was an active, energetic, enterprising, young man, respected and admired by all who knew him. On July 8, 1894, he was accidentally shot in the head by a farm hand with a Flobert ritle and died within twenty-four hours. At the time of his death he was engaged to Miss Alwena Caden. Our subject had one other son, his youngest, Roy, who died Jan. 28, 1897, aged ten months and fifteen days. His other children were daughters as follows: Martha Bell, widow of Dr. Charles Adams of Vanceburg, Kentucky; Susan Beard, wife of Morris Coe, residing in Nile township; Blanche, wife of Dr. Joseph C. Williamson of Sciotoville; Fannie, Annie and Bessie, residing at home with their mother. James H. Morrison, the third son of David and Martha Mitchell Morrison, was born at Covington, Kentucky, June 18, 1851. When he was six years old the family returned to the old Mitchell home in Nile township, Scioto county, Ohio. He attended school at Elm Tree school house and obtained his education there. He was a traveling salesman, and began as such in 1880 for J. L. Hibbs & Company, of Portsmouth. He traveled for them two years, then with McFarland, Sanford & Company, of Portsmouth, Ohio; for Vorheis, Miller & Rupel, of Cincinnati, Ohio; for Jacob & Sachs, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and for Sanford, Storrs & Varner. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1081 James Morrison was a republican, but took no active part in political affairs. On November 3, 1874, he was married to Miss Ara B. McCall, daughter of Henry McCall, f Nile township, Scioto county, Ohio. There are two children living: Louise, aged sixteen and James Hines, aged twelve. His son, Henry McCall, volunteered in the Spanish War in April, 1898, in Company H, Fourth 0. V. I. The regiment was sent to Porto Rico and when about to return, he was taken sick and died on board the Hospital ship Missouri October 26, 1898, and was buried at sea. He was but nineteen years old at the time of his death. Our subject was attacked by Bright's disease in September, 1899. He suffered with it for two years and died September 23, 1901. He enjoyed the fullest confidence of all his employers. He was one f the best salesmen who ever followed that vocation. He was a good father and a good neighbor and his death was a great shock to all his friends and a great lass to all connected with him. Andrew Jackson Morrow was born in Brown county, Ohio, five miles north of Georgetown, December 25, 1853. His father was John W. Morrow, and his mother was Marilla Staten, daughter f George W. Staten, the mother of sixteen children, of whom our subject is the eldest. She is living yet in Brown county. His grandfather William Morrow came from Ireland. His paternal grandmother was a native of this state. His father was a farmer and died in 1901. Andrew was educated in the Georgetown schools up till he was twenty-one years of age. He was married July 18, 1813 to Elizabeth Ellis, daughter of Duncan Ellis. There were three children of this marriage, Carrie, the only one living. She was married to a Mr. Gould, near Feesburg, Brown county, Ohio. His first wife died on June 2, 1889 and he was married again to Miss Mary Ellen Wilson, in Scioto county. Since 1891 he has been in the livery and cattle business at Georgetown, Ohio, also at Otway and Rarden. He moved to Portsmouth, February, 1901, and went into the livery business at 531, Gallia street. He was in business there for one year and then went into partnership with Thomas Haley under the firm name of Morrow & Haley. In his political views, he is a democrat. He is a member f the Methodist church, of the Red Men and Odd. Fellows. Edward Mulligan was born at Blessington, county Wicklow, Ireland, January 21, 1834. His father, Edward Mulligan, was educated for the priesthood and was a student at Maynooth College. He was a very intelligent man and gave his son a taste for reading and good literature. Our subject was the third of six children, one son and five daughters. He received his education in Ireland. In 1847, he came to the United States and landed at New Orleans. He went to Cincinnati and his father went into a stove factory there. In 1852 he and his father came to Portsmouth and secured employment in R. Bell's shoe factory and worked with him as long as he run the factory. He was then in business with Ed Kenrick for a short time. He worked in the shoe factory Henry Padan started and from there went to work for Drew, Selby & Company and worked there until 1892 when he stopped all work on account of bad health. He was married August 27, 1867 to Miss Mary Ann Bannon. He and his wife made a trip to Ireland in May, 1894. The people at his old home in Ireland were amazed at the memory he had of the events f his childhood. He was a communicant of the Roman Catholic church from boyhood. He and Mr. Stanton purchased the cemetery for the Holy Redeemer church. He cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln, but afterwards was a democrat. He died December 31, 1895. He was a very witty man and a great reader of politics and history. He was a good and true friend, wherever he made one. He was intensely pious and greatly devoted to his church. To know him was to like him. He was very tender hearted and his sympathies were easily roused and interested. He was single-handed and simple-minded. Such a matter as overreaching a neighbor would never occur to him. He was plain and straightforward with every one. To him all things were pure and good and evil never had any place in his mind. His life was an example of what a Christian's should be. 1082 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. Leonidas H. Murphy was born in Green township, Adams county, October 16, 1847, son of David Whittaker Murphy and his wife, Cynthia McCall. In 1849, his father moved to Buena Vista, in Scioto county. He attended the district school until he was fifteen years of age, and had the advantage of the township library, kept at his father's home, and he read all its books. In 1851. he took his first lesson in merchandising in the store of Major W. C. Henry. In 1862, he worked on a farm for six months. In 1863, he was employed as a foreman by Caden Brothers for six months. On September 16, 1863, he came to Portsmouth and entered the house f C. P. Tracy & Company, wholesale shoe-merchants, and for thirty-six years, from that time to December 1, 1901 was connected with it. From 1868, he was a partner in the same house until December 1, 1901, when he retired and formed the Murphy Shoe Company with a capital of $60,000, of which he is the president, Arthur Murphy, his son, vice president, and John M. Wendelken, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Murphy has always been a republican in his political views but has steadily declined to be a candidate for any office. He never served in a public appointment, but that of jury commissioner of his county from 1894 to 1897. He has been a member of Bigelow M. E. church since his residence in Portsmouth. He has been a steward of that church for thirty years and superintendent of its Sunday school for four years. He was married February 2, 1870, to Mary Katharine, daughter of the late Daniel McIntire, who in former years was a prominent contractor and builder in Portsmouth. He has four children, Laura, wife of Louis D. McCall, f Chicago; Dr. Charles T. Murphy f the same place; Arthur Lee, now in business with him, and Julia Alice, residing at home. Mr. Murphy, while confined closely to his adopted city by his business, yet finds time to read much and keep thoroughly abreast with the times. He is a steady and hard worker in his business and in the activities of his church, but every summer he takes a vacation f two to four weeks in which he rests himself by following the pursuit of fishing. He is an enthusiastic disciple f Isaac Walton. Mr. Murphy believes that the highest duty to man is to perform well, every day, and from day to day, the obligations before him in business, in society, in the church and in municipal and state affairs. In following this guiding principle for over thirty years, he had aided in building up one of the most substantial business houses in the/ state. In following up this principle in the church, he has been an important factor in maintaining one of the most flourishing Methodist Episcopal churches in the country, and for himself has established a character in business circles and in the state, of which both he and his associates in business, his friends in the church and his fellow citizens may well be proud. In all matters, his word is as good as his bond and the latter is equal to the gold standard all the time. Since the above was written Mr. Murphy has been compelled to retire from active business life on account of failure in his health caused by overwork. He still retains his former interest in the Murphy Shoe Company which is managed by other members of the company.] Filmore Musser son of John C. Musser and Isabel E. Jones, was born September 28, 1856, and has resided all his life in Portsmouth. His grandfather, John Musser, came to to this city from Pennsylvania in the early part of the century. The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools of Portsmouth, graduated from the High School with the class of 1875. At the age of nineteen, in the winter after his graduation he began teaching school, his first year's work being in Greenup county, Kentucky. The two years following he taught in Green township, Scioto county, and the next year, 1878-9, he taught at the historic "red school house," just east f Portsmouth in Clay township, closing his career as a teacher in 1880 as principal of the High School, at Hamden Junction, Vinton county. From the time of giving up school work until the spring of 1881 he was employed in newspaper work as a reporter and compositor. In April, 1881 he became deputy under George L. Dodge, County Auditor, serving in that capacity BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1083 until September, 1887, at which time he assumed the office of Auditor. having been elected the previous year as the Republican candidate over Laban W. Elliott, the Democratic candidate. Re-elected Auditor in 1889 over Wesley Reddish, he completed his second term in that office in 1893. During his service as deputy and as Auditor, Mr. Musser devised and put into use entirely new systems in the management of that office, and in connection with the County Treasurer, Charles Kinney arranged a system of accounting between the Auditor's and Treasurer's offices. To such an extent was the work of the office systematized by him, that at the completion of his term the Auditor's office was regarded as a model for the State, and largely to the methods inaugurated by Mr. Musser, and which have been continued by his efficient successors, is due the fact that the offices of the County Auditor and County Treasurer of Scioto county are regarded as probably the most systematic and best conducted office in the state. In addition to this, in connection with the County Commissioners, he devised the plan of funding the bonded indebtedness of the county, making a levy for the annual payment of a portion of the debt, the continuance of which plan to the present time, has resulted in the payment of the entire indebtedness of the county. In 1893, Mr. Musser was elected to Council from the Sixth ward. Prior to the expiration of his term the Seventh ward was constructed of territory embracing his residence, and at that time, having engaged in newspaper work, he declined a re-election. Immediately after retiring from the Auditor's office Mr. Musser engaged in newspaper work, purchasing the Portsmouth Tribune. This proved an unprofitable venture, and after three years, in January, 1897, the control of the paper was sold to J. E. Valjean. In the years 1897 and 1898, Mr. Musser was employed as expert accountant by the Auditor of State, making an examination of the county offices of Holmes county, which resulted in disclosures causing the County Auditor of that county to become a fugitive from justice. In 1899. Mr. Musser prepared the maps f the city of Portsmouth, and of the portion of Scioto county east of the Scioto river for the decennial appraisement of 1900, and has since followed up the work of map making and preparing abstracts of land titles in which work he has become an expert. In addition to this, he is entrusted with the large property interests, in this city and county, of a number of non-residents. He has a pleasant suite of offices at 48, West Second street, corner Washington. On December 29, 1885 Mr. Musser was united in marriage with Elona R. Oakes, the youngest daughter of Joshua Oakes, the drain-tile Manufacturer of Haverhill, and now resides with his wife and two daughters, Ethel and Isabel at 135 West Fourth street, Portsmouth, 0. Joseph L. Myer was born July 9, 1876 in the city f Portsmouth, Ohio. He is the son of Jacob Myer, now deceased, and Rosa (Loeb). Myer, both of whom were born in Rhenish, Germany. His boyhood was spent at Portsmouth attending the Primary, Grammar and High Schools there and he was graduated from the last named at the age of seventeen, with the highest percentage ever attained by a student at that school. Immediately upon graduation from the High School, he removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, with his mother and sister. He entered the Cincinnati Law School, completing the three years course in two years and was graduated in 1896, receiving the highest percentage of the class, at the same time being the youngest, 19 years of age. Compelled to wait two years before being admitted to the bar, because of his being under twenty-one, during the interval Jae was associated with Judge Clement Bates of the Cincinnati Bar in editing the Revised Statutes of Ohio; and was sole editor of the second edition of the same. He is now practicing law in Cincinnati as the partner of Judge Clement Bates, under the firm name of Bates & Myer. Mr. Myer is a man of extensive reading, both in and out of his profession, with a memory of great retentiveness united with unusual analytical and practical powers. He is already recognized as one of the mast thorough lawyers of the younger bar of Cincinnati, of prominent ability and untiring energy, and he is winning ever year a more and more responsible class of business and a brilliant future is anticipated for him by his brother lawyers. 1084 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. Robert Curtis Myers was born April 5, 1866 at CurIlsville, Pennsylvania. His father was Miles Ross Myers, and his mother's maiden name was Jane Henderson. His parents had five children of whom our subject was the second. He lived in Pennsylvania until he was sixteen years of age. He attended the common schools there, and at the Ohio Normal University, at Ada, Ohio. He graduated in the scientific course in 1886, and in the law course in 1889. In the year 1888, he taught school in the state of Mississippi. He was married December 31, 1888, to Minerva Parker, daughter of A. C. Parker, of Cambridge, Ohio. She died May 23, 1902. Mr. Myers located in Greenup, Ky., in August, 1890, where he was the superintendent of the schools in Greenup for three years, and was also County School Examiner for the same time. He was admitted to the bar in Kentucky in 1892. He began his practice in the same year and formed a partnership with Col. W. J. Worthington, afterwards Lieutenant Governor of the State. He was elected to the Legislaure in 1897, as a republican, by a majority of 160 votes to represent Greenup county. He served but two years. He was chairman of the Republican House Caucus. He was on the committee of Judiciary, Kentucky Statutes, Court of Appeals, State Prisons, House of Reform, and the Circuit Court. He left Kentucky in March, 1898, and located in Portsmouth, Ohio, to practice his profession. From May 18, 1902, until September 16, 1902, he was absent from the city of Portsmouth, in the west, and his sketch, not being furnished in that period f time, does not appear amongst the Bar of Scioto County, where it should properly appear, and for that reason it appears here. General William Holt Nash was born June 22, 1834, at Gallipolis, Ohio, the eldest son and child of Hon. Simeon Nash and Cynthia Smith, his wife. His father was a native of South Hadley, and his mother was a native of Granby, Mass. They were married in 1832, and he went to Gallipolis, and she followed the next year. Our subject attended the public schools in Gallipolis and Gallia Academy until 1849, when he went to Mariette College and remained until the fall of 1852, having completed the sophomore year. His health broke down and he was compelled to leave, and in February, 1853, he went into Derby's book store in Cincinnati, and was there until June, 1856. In October of that year, he started a book store of his own in Gallipolis, and remained there until 1859. He was married to Sarah S. Forsythe, daughter of James Forsythe, January 1, 1857, at Junior furnace, by the Rev. Dan Young. There was but one child of this marriage, a daughter, Catharine, born July, 1858. In the spring of 1860, he moved to Empire furnace, and taught school there until the spring of 1861. On June 1, 1861, he entered the United States service as telegraph operator at Parkersburg, W. Va. On June 22, 1861 he became a confidential cipher operator for General McClellan, and went to Clarksburg. He served in this capacity until November, 1862. On November 28, 1862, he was commissioned a Commissary of Subsistence of the Volunteers, with the rank of Captain, and served as such until December 15, 1865. He was then appointed as Commissary of Subsistence in the Regular army, with rank as Captain, until July 14, 1890, when he was promoted to Major. He was made Lieutenant Colonel June 10, 1896, and was made Colonel and Assistant Commissary General, February 4, 1898. He was promoted to Commissary General of Subsistence with the rank of Brigadier General of the United States army, April 21, 1898. He retired May 2, 1898, and has been residing in Columbus, at No. 43, Lexington Avenue, ever since. During the Civil war he served with Gen. Sheridan and Gen. Crook, in the Army of the Cumberland, in the entire Chickamauga campaign, was ordered to West Virginia, April, 1864, and was in Hunter's Lynchburg campaign. After that he was in the Kanawha valley until November, 1865, when he served in Texas, from March, 1866 until March, 1868. He was chief commissary of the department of Texas. From 1867 to 1869, he was in Washington city. From 1869 to 1870, he was purchasing commissary of subsistence in Cincinnati. He also served in New Mexico, Omaha, Nebraska, Louisville, Ky., Cheyenne, Wyoming, Boston, Mass., from 1880 to 1881. In Washington city from 1882 to 1884 in New Orleans from 1885 to 1888, in Fortress Monroe in 1889. He then was sent to Vancouver Barracks, Washington, and was BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1085 there from January 1, 1890, to April, 1897, and then at St. Louis from 1897 to April 21, 1898, and later in Washington city to May 2, 1898. He was then made Brigadier General without his request. When he was at Vancouver, he was chief commissary under General Elwell S. Ottis. His wife died in 1891, and he was married a second time to Mrs. Mary Maxon Wilson, February 22. 1892. She was the widow of Theodore Wilson, at Gallipolis, and a daughter of Dr. Darius Maxon, of Gallipolis, and a granddaughter of Gen. Louis Newsom. Here is what a long time friend and intimate acquaintance of General Nash says of him, He is slightly above average height, spare of person, grey eyes, with a philosophical, argumentative cast of countenance; a man of marked clerical and executive ability; of prepossessing manners, courteous and refined, and with a wonderful fund of information on all sorts of subjects, especially of a political or historical character; of fine education and thoroughly alive to all questions of the moment, whether of church or state; fluent of expression in either writing or speaking; most excellent company, humorous, instructive and entertaining. agreeable in temper. esthetical and tactfully discriminating in all the proprieties and amenities of social intercourse, a true believer in Christianity, a good friend with a good honest heart and stable in general character." Here is what General J. F. Weston, Commissary General, says of him: "Genial and companionable as a man, he always gave a soldierly deference to his military superiors; vested at times with grave and pressing responsibilities his trust was always discharged with fidelity to the public interests." He died December 2, 1902, at his bome in Columbus, Ohio, of sciatic rheumatism. He was given military honors in his funeral and was laid to rest at Gallipolis, Ohio, among his people. Green S. Neary was born March 12. 1844. in Harrisonville, Scioto county, Ohio. His father was Matthew Neary, a native of Ireland, and his mother's maiden name was Ann Vangorder. She was a native f New York. They were married in Tioga county, New York. and settled in Harrison township, Scioto county, Ohio, in 1834. They had nine children, f whom our subject was the fifth. He received a common school education and was raised on the farm. He enlisted in Company F, 91st 0. V. I. August 6, 1862. at the age of eighteen, for three years, and was mustered out with the company. June 24, 1865. He was not wounded but was captured at Winchester, Virginia, July 24, 1864, and was a prisoner at Libby, Danville, Lynchburg, and Belle Isle, and was then paroled to be exchanged. For two years after the war, he followed the occupation of farming and then became a foreman for contracting on public works and was that and a turn pike contractor much of the time until 1890, since then, he has been a farmer. He has been a trustee and assessor of Harrison township He was elected county commissioner in 1899, and took the office in September, 1900. In 1871, he was married to Hester A. Tibbs. He had a daughter Florence, who lived to be two years and eight months old. She died of typhoid fever, October 5, 1876. and his wife died on October 9, following. He was married a second time in 1889, to Lizzie E. Humphreys, a daughter of Benjamin H. Humphreys. They have one child, Edna, aged ten. Mr. Neary was a democrat until 1883. when he became a republican, and has been such since. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant church at Shumway chapel. He is a Mason. He is a liberal-minded public-spirited citizen. He is practical in all his ideas, and as a public officer he does the best for the public interests, knowing, as he does, all about the construction f public roads, from having built them, he knows how, as a public officer, to best preserve them. John Neill was born June 2. 1823, in the county of Londonderry, Ireland. His father was James Neill. and his mother's maiden name was Jane Gordon. His parents were natives of Ayrshire, Scotland. His father and mother had five children, Thomas who located in Wheeling; James; Nancy, who married James Brown, of Philadelphia; Jane, who married Arthur Glasgow, of Guernsey county, Ohio; and John our subject. His father died when he was eight months old. At the age of five years his mother took her children and located at Wheeling. 1086 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. Mr. Neill attended school at Wheeling until he was sixteen years of age, when he learned to be a moulder. He was in the apprenticeship for three years under John Woodcock. At the age of twenty, he went to Zanesville, and worked one year. August 18, 1844, he was married in Zanesville, Ohio, to Elizabeth Richardson, daughter of Jeremiah D. Richardson and Rebecca Pritchett Richardson. She was born November 2, 1825. Immediately after they were married, he bought a foundry at Laurel, Indiana. He remained there two years, and then sold out. He located in Cincinnati and worked in the W. C. Davis foundry, as foreman for five years. He came to Portsmouth in the spring of 1853, and purchased the Chandler foundry, located on the northeast corner of Massie and Front streets. He formed a partnership with Henry Eberhart, under the firm name of Neill & Eberhart, and they continued the foundry business as partners until 1865, when he sold his interest to Eberhart. At the same time he bought out the business of Harris and Terry, on Chillicothe street, just north of the present opera house. He carried on that business until 1870, when he bought the foundry site on Seventh street, and built a foundry there. Mr. Neill bought the Dr. Hempstead property in 1862, and resided there the remainder of his life. He has had the following children: Anna, John Gordon, George Washington, William Edward, and Lizzie Richardson. In 1889, Mr. Neill changed his business into a corporation, with a capital stock of $20,000. He was president until his death. After his death George Neill became the president and John Neill the secretary and treasurer. Mr. Neill's wife died September 13, 1897, and he died August 13, 1899. He was not a member of any church. His wife and daughters were members of the First Presbyterian church of Portsmouth. In his political views, he was a republican. He was never a member of any fraternity, and always preferred to stand on his own merits. It will be fifty years the coming spring, since he started business in Portsmouth. Mr. Neill was a man who undertook to fulfill every duty before him, and he was a fair and typical representative f the north of Ireland Scotch-Irishman. Charles J. Nelson was born in Jackson county, Ohio, March 22, 1847. He is the son of Oliver J. and Martha B. (Kinnison) Nelson. His father Oliver J. Nelson was a soldier in Company B, 67 0. V. I. and died in the service, September, 1865, and was buried in the National Cemetery, at Stantan, Va. He took part in the battles fought near Petersburg, Virginia. The boyhood of Charles was spent on the farm. He received his education in the public schools of Jackson county. He came to Scioto county in 1877 and located in the north-western part of Madison township. He is a republican and a member of the Christian church. He was married September 9, 1875 to Mary J. Horton, of Jackson county. They have a large family f children. Arthur and Earl, the oldest sons, are two of the brightest young teachers in the county. Mr. Nelson is regarded as an industrious farmer, a kind and considerate neighbor and a most valuable citizen. Andrew Jackson Newell, M. D., of South Webster, Ohio, was born in Jackson county, Ohio, May 4, 1839. His father was George Newell and his mother's maiden name was Margaret Stephenson, descended from the Stephensons of Virginia. Doctor Newell was reared on a farm till sixteen years of age; attended common schools till eighteen and afterwards attended the Jackson High School. He taught school for six years holding the highest grade certificate issued. His services were always in demand and he commanded the highest wages. In 1864 after six years teaching, he turned his attention to the study f medicine. He attended Ohio Medical College. He located at Mabee in Jackson county, in 1866, and practiced there for twenty-two years. He came to South Webster, April 16, 1888. He was elected Justice of the Peace in Hamilton township, Jackson county, in 1872 and held the office for seventeen years. He was township Clerk from 1878 to 1888. He was also a township Trustee and held other township offrces. He has been a member of the village Council of South Webster for six years and is now holding that office. In politics, Doctor Newell is a republican. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1087 He was married twice. His first marriage was to Frances Buckley, December 31, 1862. To this union four children were born: Warren, a physician in Idaho City, Idaho, and Treasurer f Boise county; Mrs. Bell Ankrom, now in Manila, Philippine Islands; Mrs. Jessie Heisel of Cincinnati and Wilbur, clerk for the South Webster Hardware Company. His first wife died January 26, 1881. His second marriage was to Miss Jennie McCoy, September 29, 1881. They have one son, Guy, who is yet at home. Doctor Newell began the practice of medicine without capital in 1866, and is now, not only a very prominent physician with a good practice, but is very well endowed with this world's goods. As a man, Doctor Newell, is an excellent example of the self-made type. His honesty, industry and pleasing manners have made him hosts of true friends and have won him the respect and esteem of the country for miles around. There is no favor he would withhold from a friend. He is a member of Western Sun Lodge, F. and A. M. No. 91 at Wheelersburg and f Oak Hill Lodge Knights of Pythias. John Bennett Nichols was born at Port Isaac, Cornwall county, England, in February, 1822. His father's name was Thomas Nichols, and his mother's maiden name was Mary Ivey. His father was a merchant. There were six children in the family: William, Thomas, John B., Samuel, Elijah, James, all sons, and all have lived in Portsmouth. Thomas Nichols the father brought his family to the United States in 1832 and located in Honesdale, Pa., where he tried farming. Our subject came to Portsmouth in 1844, before his father. He went into the furniture business as a maker of furniture. Riggs & Wilcox furnished the lumber and helped him. He learned to make furniture in Honesdale. He was in the business of making furniture forty years. Wm. E. Williams went in with him soon after he opened out in Portsmouth. Mr. Williams made chairs, and Mr. Nichols made furniture. He began undertaking at the same time; but all e, !Ens were made by hand, and were never made until some one was dead and needed one. They were made chietly f walnut boards. Ready made coffins and caskets were not used until about 1856. Our subject was in the undertaking business until he sold out to the Fullers, but afterwards continued the furniture business. In 1871, he was elected Cemetery Trustee for a period of three years. January 31, 1871, the Presbyterian church presented Mr. Nichols with a silver service and a family Bible in consequence of his having been chorister for twenty-eight years previous. The Bible cost $22, and the silver service $500. Mr. Nichols was the leader of the choir of the First Presbyterian church for forty years. He was married February 13, 1851 to Maria Merrill, only daughter of John Merrill. The following are the children: Charles M., engaged in the lithograph business in Columbus; John Belden, a farmer in Scioto county, Ohio, married Charlie Davis, who is deceased, and left one child, Charlie; Louis Moore is in business with his brother, Charles M., at Columbus. Mr. Nichols retired from business about 1898. and since then has lived a life of retirement and leisure. Isaac H. Noel was born April 6, 1840, a short distance north of the present city limits in Clay township, on the farm on which he still resides. His father, Solomon Noel, was a son of Philip Noel, who with Jacob Noel and Gabriel Feurt in 1816 purchased from the government a section f land about four miles north of this city. In the division of the section among themselves, Philip was allotted the southern portion which now comprises the farm of John Hogan and Michael J. Noel. 1saac grew to manhood on the farm, performing the arduous duties which such a life involves, and participating with enthusiastic vigor in such sports as the times afforded. These sports were chiefly hunting and fishing, and few if any of the residents, even the pioneers themselves, can claim a more varied or successful experience in these sports. When the call to arms in the defense of the government came, he enlisted in Captain Jacob Caldwell's Company C f the 91st 0. V. I. Upon the muster of the regiment at Camp Ironton, July 7, 1862, he was made a Sergeant which rank he maintained until February, 1864, when he was promoted to First Sergeant. 1088 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. On December 2, 1864, he was made Second Lieutenant, and on May 31, 1865, he became First Lieutenant, and was assigned to duty in Company D of the same regiment. On October 29, 1864, he was stricken with typhoid fever and was sent to the hospital at Winchester, Virginia; later he was removed to the general hospital at Clairesville, Maryland, where he remained until January, 1865, when he rejoined his regiment at Martinsburg, Virginia. He was mustered out of the service at Cumberland, Maryland, June 24, 1865. From the time of his enlistment in the service until his muster out he was never off duty, excepting for the brief period of illness in the hospital mentioned. He participated in every skirmish and battle of his regiment, the most important being Cloyd Mountain, Lynchburg, Winchester and Cedar Creek. The numerous marches through Virginia and West Virginia on which he accompanied his regiment aggregate a grand total of 1,300 miles. He was always in the heat of battle, but was never wounded, although at the battle of Winchester his hat cord was shot away. On another occasion at the battle of Lynchburg, the hard-tack was shot from his haversack. At the close of the war, he was recommended by Generals Hayes, Coates and Lightborn for appointment to the Regular Army with rank of First Lieutenant, but he declined the service and returned to his home upon the farm where he has since lived the life f a frugal, industrious tiller of the soil. On April 23, 1872 he was married to Mary Ellen Jones. He is the father of two children: Charles, who was a member of Company H, 4th 0. V. I. of the Spanish-American War, residing with his parents, and Irma D. wife of J. K. Nolder, residing in Portsmouth.. Mr. Noel is a man of firm, but kindly temperament, modest, unassuming, and commands the respect of all his neighbors. Michael J. Noel was born in Scioto county, Ohio, about one-fourth mile southeast of his present home on the Chillicothe pike, February 22, 1842. His parents were David and Nancy (Morgan) Noel. His mother was a native f Virginia. His boyhood and youth were spent in Scioto county. He received such instructions as was afforded by the country schools of that time and graduated in book-keeping from a commercial school of Portsmouth about 1862. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was for years superintendent of the Sunday school and church trustee. About 1876, he was associated with Doctor Beard in the drug business in Portsmouth. March 16, 1879 he married Alice Crain of Campbell county, Kentucky. She was the granddaughter of Ora Crain, a soldier in the war of 1812. His father, Leonard Crain, served in the Civil war in the 22d 0. V. I. Mr. Noel resides on his farm where he has conducted a dairy for the past eight years. He has two children, David and Clarence F. He is a good citizen, esteemed by all who know him. In his disposition he nearer resembles his kinsman, Jacob P. Noel, to whose sketch the reader is referred. Solomon David Noel was born January 5, 1838, in a log cabin near where P. W. Noel now resides. He was a son of Solomon Noel and Mary Huston his wife. Her father was Joseph Huston, a pioneer of Scioto county. His grandfather was Philip Noel, a native of Virginia. Our subject had a common school education but he made the most of it and studied by firelight. He has been a farmer since he was nine years f age. He is not a member Of any church but claims to be the best christian on the turnpike in his vicinity. As a boy he attended Sunday school for three years without losing a Sunday and won a prize for committing the greater part of the New Testament to memory. Mr. Noel's religious ideas are based on the Golden Rule, which he tries to live up to and his neighbors think he has succeeded. Mr. Noel has always been a liberal contributor to the churches and has uniformly favored public improvements. He has always been a public spirited citizen. Mr. Noel was a republican until 1896, when he became a "free-silver" democrat, and at this writing adheres to it. He voted for William J. Bryan for President in 1896 and 1900. He never was a candidate for any office and never held any. He never served on a jury till April, 1901, when he was called on the grand jury. His fee for such service was the first public money he ever drew. Mr. Noel was not a soldier but his heart was with the Union cause. He volun- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1089 teered in Captain A. B. Cole's Company in the Heavy Artillery in 1863, but was rejected on physical examination. He was told he would never see the age of thirty and would soon die of consumption, but the Doctor was mistaken for he is sixty-four past with as good a pair f lungs as anyone ever had. Mr. Noel believes in honesty, not as a policy, but as a principle and lives it every day. He is highly esteemed by all who know him, if he is a bachelor. He has made his home with his brother Philip W. Noel, on the Chillicothe turnpike for many years. He is an example of a man Who has lived at his birthplace all his life and maintained the esteem f his neighbors. He has never traveled, but is a great reader and well informed on current events. He is a good example of the American Citizen,— what he ought to be and what he is. James Carris Nolder was born in Buena Vista, March 1, 1859. His father's name was Samuel Nolder, and his mother's maiden name was Martha McCall, daughter of David McCall. Our subject was the oldest of a family of four children. He attended the common schools of Buena Vista until he was twelve years of age, and then he started to work on the farm. He worked as a farmer until he was sixteen years of age, and then he learned the cooper's trade with Jake Willey at Buena Vista. He worked with him for a year, and then went to work for himself. In 1877, he went to Blue Creek and remained five years with John Newman in his store as a clerk. In 1882, he came back to Buena Vista again and worked for John Miller in the quarry. He began to run stone a while, and in 1885 took up the carpenter's and blacksmith's trades and learned both at once. In 1893 he started a blacksmith shop of his own in Buena Vista, which he has conducted ever since. He is also a wagon maker and paints buggies. He was married October 24, 1883. to Anna Catharine Sonne, a daughter of Catharine Sonne, a widow of Buena Vista. They have four children: Willie, aged eleven years, Anna, nine years, Ralph, seven years, Carl, five years. He lost two children at nine and eleven, respectively, and three died in infancy. He is a democrat in his political views, and always has been. He has been a member f the school board of Buena Vista for eight years. Mr. Nolder has the faculty of being able to take up any manual occupation and learn it. He is a good neighbor, a good citizen and is liked by all who know him. Alfred Locklin Norton, M. D., was born at Bennington, Genesee county, New York, August 9, 1824, the son of Charles and Amy (Knapp) Norton. Dr. Norton was of French and English extraction. and belongs to the Norton family that appears in the New England states and New York. His genealogy is traced to the French family De Norville. This, during the centuries, becomes anglicized and shortened to Norville, Northtown and Norton. He was educated in his native state, attending school until he was eighteen years f age. At the age of twenty he was a district school teacher. In 1843 he entered the Cleveland Medical College and graduated in 1847, and became a successful practioner in his prfession. He endured for eighteen years, that hardest of all lives, that of a country doctor, through the districts of Gallia and Jackson counties, and twelve years of that was spent at Oak Hill, Jackson county, Ohio. Ill health compelled him to retire from his profession; and he entered into a partnership with Mr. John Campbell, of Ironton, Ohio, for the manufacture of charcoal pig-iron, the firm being Norton, Campbell & Company. The other members of the firm were: Simon Drouillard and Joseph Stafford. Dr. Norton was engaged in this business at the time f his death. He was a staunch republican in politics, showing a keen interest in all affairs of state. He was a faithful member of the Bigelow Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. Norton was married to Miss Emily Drouillard, of Gallipolis, Ohio, May 10, 1855, and was the father of three children: Charles Joseph; Florence. who married Henry W. Verner, of Pittsburg, Pa., and Alfred Francis. Dr. Norton died November 27, 1882. He was a man of fine personality and all men of generous and lofty natures, who knew him, loved and honored him. His body rests in Greenlawn cemetery, Portsmouth, Ohio. 1090 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. Winfield Scott Nye, druggist of Portsmouth, Ohio, is the architect of his on fortunes and has every reason to be proud of the structure he has created. At the age of thirteen he started out for himself as an errand boy in a drugstore in Portsmouth, and he has stayed by the city, and it by him, until he is now the proprietor of two of the most attractive drug stores in the town. He was born at Pomeroy, Meigs county, Ohio, the son of Nial R. Nye and Sarah (Bower) Nye. His grandfather Othello Radogney Nye came to Ohio, from Pennsylvania, but was a native of Scotland. This statement accounts for our subject's skill in piling up the "bawbees." The ideas of the first five years of his life were obtained in Pomeroy. Then his father removed to Racine, whete our subject resided until he came to Portsmouth. When he struck the town he began working for J. I. Mercer, doing whatever a boy could do in a drug store. He then formed a friendship for Mr. Mercer, which has continued to this time, but their positions are reversed. Now Nye is the proprietor and Mercer the clerk. He remained the first eighteen months of his life in Portsmouth with J. I. Mercer, and was then with Enos Reed for a few months. He tried Columbus, Ohio for six months, but came back to Portsmouth, and went in with Harry Greene. He remained with him about one year and then on August 14. 1889, opened up a drug store on the corner of Fourth and Chillicothe streets, which he has kept ever since. Ten years later he opened a drug store on the corner of Gallia and Gay, and in July, 1901, he opened a third drug store on the southwest corner of Sixth and Chillicothe. He is a good illustration f what one man can do by applying himself to a single business. Mr. Nye has one vanity which the conscientious historian, cannot overlook or conceal. He has a weakness or fondness for Secret Societies, and Fraternal Organizatins. In other words, he is a "joiner." He is a Mason of all the degrees to Knight Templar. He is an Elk, a Knight of Pythias, a Woodman and a member of the Royal Arcanum. Mr. Nye was married November 30, 1899 to Miss Floy Mildred Batey, daughter of Harry E. Batey of Racine, Ohio. He has two children, Rustin Win Nye, a son and Helen Floy Nye, a daughter. He has advertised and is known by the name of Win Nye, and he has made it good to this date, and his friends believe he will to the end of the Chapter. He is one of the most active, energetic and industrious of the young business men of Portsmouth. George S. Oldfield was born April 17, 1830, on a farm about four miles north of Portsmouth, Ohio, on the Chillicothe pike. His father, William Oldfield, was born December 30, 1790, and was a native of New York. His mother's maiden name was Marie Hemstead. She was born September 2, 1794, in the state of Connecticut. George S. Oldfield received a common school education. He lived on the farm until about sixteen yars of age. In 1850. he went to California, where he worked in the gold fields and remained five years, returning to Portsmouth in 1855. He engaged in the retail grocery business which he conducted successfully until his death, August 21, 1891. He was an active member of All Saints church, and a member of Aurora Lodge, F. and A. M. In politics he was a staunch republican. November 15, 1864, he was married to Eliza J. Baker, a native of England. She died October 9, 1898. They had six children, four f whom are living: William S., of Portsmouth, Ohio; Frank C., of Denver, Colorado; Robert B.. of Portsmouth, Ohio; and George G., of Denver, Colorado. George William Osborne, M. D., was born at Locust Grove. Adams county, Ohio, October 3, 1853. His grandfather Enoch Osborne, was a native of Loudon county, Virginia, and emigrated from there to Highland county, Ohio. He was a soldier of the war of 1812. His father, George P. Osborne, was a private in Company B, Fourth Battalion, Ohio Infantry, enrolled May 13. 1864, to serve three years. He was discharged July 12, 1865. By occupation. he was a farmer. His mother was Elizabeth Early. His parents were married at Locust Grove, in 1850. There were but BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1091 two children of this marriage, our subject and a daughter Emily, who married Peter Carter, but is now deceased. Dr. Osborne attended the common schools of the county and the High School at Hillsboro from 1873 to 1875. He began the study of medicine with Dr. James S. Berry, at Locust Grove. in 1870, and continued it from time to time until 1878, teaching school and attending school in the meantime. He attended lectures at the Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1877, and in the summer of that year began the practice f medicine with his preceptor, Dr. J. S. Berry, at Locust Grove, and continued with him for one year. On April 18, 1878, he was married to Margaret E. Briggs, daughter of John K. Briggs, of Dry Run, Scioto county, Ohio. They have the following children: Edith Fern, Arthur Flint, and Arleigh B. In February, 1879, he located at Cedar Mills in the practice of medicine. In the winter of 1882-3 he attended lectures at Columbus, Ohio, and graduated March 1, 1883. In May, 1889, he was appointed one of the three Pension Examining Surgeons of Adams county, and served as such till July, 1893. Dr. Osborne has always been a republican. In the fall of 1893, he was nominated by his party unanimously for Auditor of Adams county, and made the race against Dr. J. M. Wittenmyer. It was a campaign of money on both sides, and he was beaten by sixty-eight votes On January 1, 1896, the doctor removed to Dry Run,. in Scioto county, where he has resided ever since and has devoted himself exclusively to the practice f his profession. He is a member of the Adams County Medical Society and of the Hempstead Academy of Medicine of Scioto county. He is an Odd Fellow and a Red Man. Dr. Osborne is highly esteemed as an excellent physician and a good citizen. John W. Overturf, son of Conrad and Rachel Overturf, was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, June 12, 1839. After finishing his course of study in the public schools of that city, he taught a school in Union, now Rush township, when but seventeen years of age. In 1857, he entered the banking house of Thomas Dugan and remained until the summer of 1862. when he entered the army as First Lieutenant in Company F, 91st 0. V. I., and served until the close of the war. In the winter of 1862. he was detailed as Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Colonel John T. Toland, commanding a brigade in the Kanawha valley, and afterwards served on the staff of Colonel Carr B. White, Generals Isaac H. Duval and R. B. Hayes, being continuously on staff duty during the remainder f his army service. He refused promotion, but was breveted Captain and afterwards Major for gallant and meritorious services. General R. B. Hayes in sending the last brevet says, "Enclosed I send you your commission as Brevet Major. I secured it by simply telling the truth about you." General George Crook offered him an appointment as a Captain in the Regular Army and a position on his staff, but he refused it. Had he accepted the appointment then and received the ordinary promotions since, he would be a Major General now. He was in the battles of Fayetteville, Cloyd Mountain, Stephenson's Depot, Opequan Creek, Fisher Hill, Cedar Creek and others. At the battle of Cedar Creek his horse was shot from under him, but he himself was not captured or wounded. After the war he was a farmer with his father in Rush township, for about one year. In 1866, he went into the banking business with Thomas Dugan, and remained until 1873, when Mr. Dugan died and the bank was closed. In 1875, he with a number f others established the Citizen's Savings Bank Company, which did business until the panic of June, 1893, when it closed business. He was president of the bank at the time of its failure, and was the largest creditor it had. He and his family represented between one-sixth and one-seventh of its total indebtedness when it closed. In 1866, he married Ella Kendall, daughter of Jefferson and Elizabeth Kendall, both now deceased, to whom were born one daughter, who died at the age of eight years. One son, Alva Kendall Overturf, now seventeen, is attending the Ohio State University, at Columbus, Ohio. In 1899, he removed with his family to Columbus, Ohio, where he now resides. He was always a republican and active in politics. He represented his ward, the Sixth, in Portsmouth, for seven years in Council, and as a member 1092 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. of the Board of Education fourteen years. He was an active member of the Board of Trade and at one time its president. He was interested in many manufacturing plants in Scioto county, which are now each doing a prosperous business. As a book-keeper he had no superior. As a business man he was always courageous and hopeful. He was always ready to take a business risk which looked well. While the Citizens Bank went down under his management, it was due to causes he could not anticipate or control. He has never lost his industry, energy or courage, and today is as actively engaged in business as he ever was. If any one can retrieve his fortunes, he will do so. Thomas J. Overturf, of the firm of Gurney & Overturf. of Buffalo, New York, was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, October 8. 1853. He is the eon of Conrad and Rachel (Kendall) Overturf. His mother was a daughter of General William Kendall. When eleven Years of age, he went with his parents to a farm in Rush township. He did not like country life and in the winter of 1869, came to Portsmouth and entered the High School, making his home with his brother John, and graduated in 1873. After he left school, he was employed as clerk in the dry goods store of Reed & Peebles on Market street. for one year. He then became a book-keeper in the Citizen’s Savings Bank of Portsmouth, later being advanced to the position of cashier. He gave up this office to accept a position with the White Sewing Machine Company, in Cleveland. Ohio, in 1877. He worked in the home establishment for three years and was then sent as their foreign representative to London. England. He carried an autograph letter of introduction from Rutherford B. Hayes, President, to James Russell Lowell. then United States Minister at the Court of St. James. He remained abroad for a year and was then transferred to Springfield. Mass. Leaving the employ of the White Sewing Machine Company, he spent one year in Kansas City. He also resided for a short time in Cleveland, Ohio, and St. Louis, Missouri. He went to Buffalo, New York, in 1888, and entered the insurance and real estate office of Hume and Sanford. After the death of Mr. Sanford, he and Mr. Gurney purchased the business and continued it under the name of Gurney & Overturf. Mr. Overturf attends more particularly to the real estate branch of the business. He is a republican in national politics but in local matters is independent. On April, 27. 1887, he was united in marriage with Ida J. Wiggins, daughter of Doctor D. B. Wiggins. f Buffalo, New York, formerly f Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Wiggins was born in Vermont, taught school there and afterwards studied medicine in Cincinnati. He began practice at Locust Grove, Ohio, and located in Buffalo, in 1849, where he now resides. He is now eighty years of age. Mr. Overturf resides at 16 and 18 Swan street. Buffalo, New York. Mr. Overturf is of a very mild and liberal disposition, particularly amongst his friends. He never forgets any benefits received. He is an energetic, tireless worker in his business, and has been successful in everything he has undertaken. He reversed Mr. Greeley's advise, and went east and has grown up rn the city of Buffalo, New York. Charles Walter Padan was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, April 10, 1862. His father was John Padan, and his mother's maiden name was Hannah Craig. He was educated in the public schools of Portsmouth. At the age of fifteen, he entered the employment of the Portsmouth Shoe Manufacturing Company, in which his brothers were the leading persons. He continued in their employ, advancing by regular stages, until he reached the very important. position of assistant superintendent of the company, which he held at the time they discontinued business in the fall of 1896. He then removed to Chillicothe, Ohio, took stock in and entered the employment of the Union Shoe Manufacturing Company of that city. as its superintendent, and is now the vice president of the company. He is a republican and took an active part in the politics of Portsmouth and Scioto county prior to his removal to Chillicothe, having served as a member f the executive committee f both city and county for several cam- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1093 paigns. He belonged to the Ohio National Guard for three years. He was First Sergeant of Company H, 14th Regiment, and was with that company when it was called out In 1894. on account of the labor troubles. He was brought up In the Presbyterian faith and affiliates with that denomination. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of the World. He was married on September 15, 1885, to Miss Etta Carmichael, daughter of John and Viola (Brown) Carmichael. They have two children, Hannah Lola, born March 3, 1891, and Charles Donald, born August 16, 1894. George Paden was born in New York City, February 24, 1850. His father's name was John Padan, and ills mother's maiden name was Hannah Craig, daughter f George Craig. His parents were both natives of Ireland, and were married May 24, 1849 in Ireland, emigrating to America within one month thereafter and landing in New York City August 9, 1849. Our subject is the oldest of seven children; six sons and a daughter. The father came direct to Portsmouth, Ohio, in September, 1849, and engaged in shoe making. Part of the time he worked for others and part f the time he had a shop of his own. In 1861, he started in business on Chillicothe street, and continued in the same vicinity until his death. He received all his educaton in Ireland, and was a whig. He was brought up in the Presbyterian church, in Ireland. Our subject was married on October 28, 1875 to Elizabeth Ellen Lynn, daughter of John M. and Alice R. Lynn. They had eleven children as follows: Alice Craig, Anna Lynn, Martha Hester, Georgia, Elizabeth Ellen, Henry, Arthur Trustem, Robert Samuel and Frank Lynn. Two children Jeanette and John Lynn died in infancy. Mr. ,Padan is a member of the Second Presbyterian church. He is a republican in his political views. He is a Knight Templar Mason, and is Secretary of all the Masonic bodies in Portsmouth: Calvary Commandery, Mt. Vernon Chapter, Solomon Council and Aurora Lodge. He was a member of the Board of Education of Portsmouth, from October 1, 1892 until April, 1896. He represented the Fifth ward. He was president of the board, 1894 and 1895. Mr. Padan is a very modest man. He is a hard worker in any business he undertakes, and never shirked any responsibility. His work is always done on time and well done. As a friend he is reliable and true. He is a man of domestic habits, and has a very interesting family. He is a good student and enjoys the pursuit of knowledge. He has an excellent taste in science, literature and music. His qualities make him a good citizen. If Mr. Padan has one weakness, it is his attachment to Masonry. He is one f the most prominent and active Masons in the community. He has occupied the chief offices in all the local bodies of the fraternity, and is an authority on Masonic history and jurisprudence. Henry Paden. was born June 28, 1851. He was the eldest son of John Padan. He was educated in Portsmouth, Ohio. 1n 1874, he and his brothers. Albert J. and George started a shoe factory. They succeeded R. Bell & Company, organized in 1869. In January, 1886, he was married to Miss Ada Kendall. He was a member f the Second Presbyterian church, a Knight Templar Mason and a republican in his political views. He was president of the Portsmouth Gas Company for several years. On September 30. 1895, in the evening about 6:30 p. m., he was sitting in his yard in apparently perfect health. Suddenly he complained of feeling very unwell and in one half hour he was dead. He was an active and energetic business man of high character and it seemed the irony of fate that he should have been snatched away, without notice, in the meridian of his days. when he had given so much promise of a long life of usefulness. He left two children: Charles Franklin, aged eleven, years and Henrietta Craig, posthumous, born December 24, 1895. John Padan was born May 10, 1823, in county Monaghan, Ireland. His father was Henry Padan, and his mother's maiden name was Ellen Harper. He was the youngest 1094 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. of a family of eight children consisting f six sons and two daughters. He worked at farming for his father until he was nineteen years of age, when he learned the trade of a shoe-maker, at which he worked for seven years in Ireland. He was married on May 24, 1849 to Hannah Craig, of Kilrain, near the banks of the Blackwater. They left Ireland June 23, of the same year, taking passage at I iverpool on the sailing vessel, "Waterloo", and landed at New York on August 9, 1849, where he worked at his trade for one month. He then started for Portsmouth, Ohio, where his oldest brother Henry was located, and arrived on September 19, 1849, where he followed his trade, being employed by Henry Bertram, Richard Lloyd, C. P. Tracy & Company and others, until September, 1861, when he engaged in the boot and shoe business on his own account on Chillicothe street. He continued the business for twenty-nine years, until his death. He was a republican in politics and a member of the Presbyterian church. He was the father of seven children: George, who resides in Portsmouth, Ohio; Henry. died September 30, 1855; Robert Samuel, who resides in Chicago; John William, died November 4, 1863; Albert Joseph, who resides in I es Angeles, California; Anna Elizabeth, wife of Dr. J. B. Stephenson, of Ripley, Ohio; Charles Walter, f Chillicothe, Ohio. He died on October 13, 1890. John Frederick Paeltz member of the firm of Pieper & Paeltz at Otway, Ohio, was born January 28, 1860 in Clermont county, Ohio, near New Richmond. His father was Julius Edward Paeltz and his mother Minnie Lavinia (Knoehl) Paeltz, both natives f Saxony, Germany. After their marriage they came to the United States in 1835 and settled in Madison, Indiana. and from there they moved to New Richmond, Ohio. Our subject was raised on his father's farm and attended the country schools. He became engaged in the leaf tobacco business, in 1881, in Adams county, Ohio. In 1887, he came to Scioto county and formed a partnership with J. J. Pieper in the leaf tobacco business and they have conducted the business together ever since. In 1890, he formed a partnership with Mr. Pieper in ther saw mill and timber business. Their plant manufactured chair-stuffs, rim-strips and all kinds of quartered and plain lumber. The firm of Pieper & Paeltz also owns and receives a royalty from a large stone quarry near Otway, operated by Bodemer Brothers. He has been a member of the School Board of Otway and its Treasurer since 1892. He is a supporter of Republican doctrines and interests himself in local politics, but does not seek office. He was married December 24, 1894 to Nancy Jones, daughter of A. J. and Effie Jane (Cable) Jones. Their children are Nellie Philippine, aged seventeen; Charles Andrew, aged thirteen; Maud, deceased, aged four; Horace J., aged eight; Carlos Edward, aged six; Arthur C., aged four; and Leo Edward, aged two. Mr. Paeltz is a man with many agreeable traits, of unquestioned honesty and an ideal citizen. Charles R.. Patterson was born in 'Portsmouth, Ohio, October 17, 1857. He is the son of Thomas McNutt Patterson and Caroline (Clugston) Patterson, his wife. (A sketch of T. M. Patterson will be found herein.) He attended the Portsmouth schools and learned the book binding trade f his father. For the last fifteen years, he has been in business in Birmingham, Alabama, and is at present treasurer and manager of the Dispatch Printing Company of Birmingham, Alabama. June 27, 1883, he was married to Florence F. Hite of Clasinda, Iowa. They have had three children; Louise died at the age f one year, the surviving children are Callie and Elizabeth. Mr. Patterson has one of the largest businesses of the kind in the South. The county in which he resides has 140,420 population and the city of Birmingham has a population of 38,415. Situated in the prosperous manufacturing portion of Alabama at a railroad center, the conditions were favorable to his building up a good business and he has done it wonderfully well. His training in the business in Portsmouth insured his success in Birmingham. He is one f the young men of whom Portsmouth may justly feel proud. When he has made his fortune and retired, he will doubtless return to the home of his youth, where he has a host f friends. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1095 Thomas McNutt Patterson was born at Sleubenville, Ohio. Dec. 13. 1826. His father's name was James Patterson, a native of Maryland, and his mother's maiden name was Margaret B. Johnson. Our subject attended school at Steubenville until he was fifteen years of age. Then he went to learn the trade of book-binding in Steubenville with James Turnbull. After he had been with Mr. Turnbull a year, the latter sold out to Abner L. Frazer, and Mr. Patterson remained in his employment for five years longer, until 1847. He went to Cleveland in the spring of 1847 and worked for Sanford & Hayward, and remained there until the fall of 1850. He came to Portsmouth in December, 1850 and worked for Stephenson & Huntington, of Columbus. The building where he ,was employed stood where Ben Davis now has his clothing store; the old Methodist church stood just east of it. He worked with them until 1855, when he bought one-half of the bindery from Stephenson. From the time Mr. Patterson arrived here until his marriage, he was one of the young society men of Portsmouth. On December 24, 1852, he married Miss Caroline Clugsten, daughter of John Clugsten. In 1862, he bought one-half of the Stephenson book store, which was conducted under the firm name of Stephenson & Patterson. In 1866, he dissolved with Stephenson, and went into business for himself, over the Johnson hat store, on Market street. In 1871, he moved to the McFarland building on Second street. In December, 1882, he added the making of paper boxes to his business. In December, 1883, his business was burned out, but like the Phoenix, it rose at once from its ashes. In 1885, he moved to Front street, below the Biggs House, in the Wise Building, where he remained until 1896, when he purchased the old Gaylord Rolling Mill premises, and moved his book-bindery and box-factory to that place. where it is now conducted. He has conducted his business successfully ever since he has been in Portsmouth. His business in book-binding has very largely increased in volume with the increase of the city; and the business f making boxes is entirely a new feature introduced by the operation of the many shoe factories in Portsmouth. He has $7,000 worth of machinery, and employs about sixty hands. Mr. Patterson has his business in such shape that he can leave it to his sons, and take time off and enjoy himself. He takes many trips away, which he deserves, after sixty years of hard work. He takes pleasure in going to various places in the United States for recreation and enjoyment. Mr. Patterson's first wife died in 1865. She was the mother of his sons: James and Charles R. He was married December 4, 1866 to Miss Rebecca Taylor, daughter of W. H. H. Taylor. The children of this marriage are: Margaret B., now Mrs. A. E. Everard; Thomas M., Jr., and Walter K. He lost three daughters and one son of his second marriage in childhood. His sons, James and Walter K., are connected with him in his business. (See sketch f Charles R. Patterson.) His son, Thomas M., is now studying for the ministry of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Patterson was a Whig during the existence of the Whig party, and since that he has been a republican. He has been a member f the First Presbyterian church since 1862, and since the organization of the Second Presbyterian church, of Portsmouth, 0., he has been connected with it. Mr. Patterson is president of the Western Paper Box Manufacturing Association, comprising all the principal Paper Box Manufacturers in the district from Pittsburg to New Orleans and Omaha. He has been successful in business and deservedly so. He is a man f most sterling character, and no mart enjoys the confidence f his associates in the business community to a greater extent that he does. He is most highly esteemd by all who know him as a true, Christian gentleman. Charles Peach was born October 21, 1838, in Montbeliard, Department de Doubs, France. His father was Charles Peach, and his mother's maiden name was Geneive Surmann. His parents left France in August, 1849, and came to New Orleans in a sailing vessel. They sailed from Le Havre, and were on the voyage sixty days. The family remained in New Orleans with relatives for a month, and then came to Cincinnati, where they remained a month. His grandfather, Peter Surmann was in Cincinnati, when our subject left France. He had purchased forty 1096 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. acres entered by him at government price at Wallace Mills, and used to spend his summers there. He sent for his son-in-law, Charles Peach, Sr., to come to the United States. Peter Surmann was a molder and machinist in Cincinnati and worked at his trade, for twenty-five years. He was a member of the National Guards and was with the re-enforcements sent to meet the shattered army of Napoleon after the battle of Waterloo. He had two sons in the French service. John was in the Cavalry and served seven years. Jacob was a member of the First Zouaves and served seven years in France and seven years in Algiers. He afterwards came to the United States and at one time was a member of the Portsmouth Fire Department. Sylvester the youngest son was the Captain f a British merchant vessel for many years. At the end of which time his employers pensioned him off. Charles Peach, father of our subject, was also a machinist, as well as a clock maker. He located on his father-in-law's land in 1850, and remained there during his life time except 1852 to 1854, when he was at Scioto Furnace. He died at the age f seventy-five. Our subject attended school in France and some little in this country. He could speak and read in French when he came here. His name in French is "Peache," pronounced "Pash." Our subject worked at Scioto Furnace as soon as he was able to work, and continued there off and on for years. He enlisted in the home guard in 1861 and was released, and on August 11, 1862, he enlisted in Company F, 91st Regiment, 0. V. I., for three years. He was in all the battles until he was wounded, at Stephenson's Depot, July 20, 1864; and was in the hospital at Cumberland, Maryland until he was discharged, January 21, 1865. After he returned home he engaged in farming. He was married first in 1861 to Lovine Hopkins. They had nine children, seven living and two dead, as follows: Charles F., James, John W., Sarah Hughes of Wheelersburg, Ohio; Mary Jane Garey of Jackson Furnace, Ohio; Alexander, Jacob, Emma Maynet of Lois; George, the youngest, died in infancy and the oldest, Charles F., died in Nebraska. He was married the second time in 1885, to Elizabeth Garey, and they have the following children: Myrtie, Annie, Bertha, Josephine, Ellen, Eliza, Charles, Jesse and Geneive all living. Mr. Peach has always been a .republican. He is a member of the St. John's Roman Catholic church at Lilly, Ohio. John Adam Pfau was born in the town of Schopflah, Wurtemberg, Germany, on February 28, 1839. His father followed the occupation of farming, but being desirous of having his son learn a trade, apprenticed him at the age of fourteen to a master baker, in a near-by city. Young Pfau served four years of apprenticeship and at once emigrated to the United States. After working at his trade in several cities, he reached Portsmouth and secured work with the late Jacob Oehlschlager, who at that time had a bakery on Front street, near Madison, where afterwards Pfau carried on business for himself. He worked at his trade in Portsmouth until October 18, 1861, when he enlisted in Company B, 56th regiment, 0. V. I. organized by Capt. Charles Reiniger. He was discharged upon surgeon's certificate f .disability, September 30, 1862. He returned to Portsmouth from the army. In the fall of 1862, he returned to his old home in Germany and established a bakery in Bessengen, Wurtemberg. In 1865, he was married to Johanna Schott, at Bessengen. He had ten children: One died in infancy and the remaining nine are all residents of Portsmouth, Ohio. 1n November 1868, he returned to the United States, and like every one who has resided in Portsmouth. he had a special desire to return there and did so. When Mr. Pfau landed in Portsmouth with his family, he had but fifteen cents in money. He soon found friends who assisted him in starting a bakery in the building on Front street, in which he had served as a helper for so many years. His struggle was a hard one but he succeeded. Possessed of a Herculean frame, he endured work which would have broken down a man of less physical power. He would work in the bake-shop all day, making bread, and in the evening would fill a large basket with it and deliver it walking from house to house. Next he used a hand cart BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1097 in his business for several years, until through economy and increasing trade, he was able to have a horse and express to deliver his goods. He remained on Front street until 1889 when he purchased property on Second street near Jefferson, where he continued the bakery until his death, which occurred on April 9, 1896. Mr. Pfau had for his mottto, "Be honorable." When his word was given, he held that as sacred as a written contract. He had the confidence of the business men of the city. Mr. Pfau left his family in a prosperous condition. His sons are all good business men and doing well. Three of them, Jacob, Adam, and John H. are conducting flourishing bakeries in Portsmouth. Jacob is at his father's old locality, 175 W. Second street, Adam in a new establishment at 97 East Eleventh street and John H. in the East End. Adam Pfau was born April 26, 1871, in the city of Portsmouth. His father was John Adam Pfau, a baker by occupation, and a native of Wurtemburg, Germany. His mother was Joanna Shott, also a native of Germany. They had nine children of whom our subject was the fourth. He attended the schools of Portsmouth until he was thirteen years of age when he began life on his own account, ultimately learning the trade of a baker, with his father. He went into business for himself in 1896 on Tenth and Chillicothe streets, and was there four years. In September, 1902, he moved to 97 east Eleventh street where he has an up-to-date bakery and confectionery, with all the modern improvements. He has been very successful in his business and very active and energetic. He was married November 30, 1897 to Rosa C. Lauffer, daughter of Fred Lauffer. They have two children, Mildred and Hazel. He is a member of the German Evangelical church. Jacob Pfau the son of John Adam Pfau, who has a sketch herein, was born September 12, 1873, in Portsmouth, Ohio. He attended the public schools and began to learn his father's business. At the latter's death, he took charge f his business at 175 West Second street, and has carried it on successfully ever since. Jake Pfau, as he is best known, is wonderfully energetic in his business. He has accumulated considerable property, and thus projected a modern up-to-date new bakery on Second street. He is a member of the German Evangelical church, and of the Odd Fellows' Camp of the Uniform Rank, and Knights of Pythias. He was married August 10, 1899, to Miss Amelia Ridenour, daughter of Wesley Ridenour. He has two sons, Earl and Jacob, Jr. Charles Pfleger was born near Mabee, Jackson county, Ohio, May 23, 1857. His parents, Philip and Magdalena (Galibronner) Pfleger came from Bavaria, Germany, in 1854. Mr. Pfleger came in a sailing vessel to New York. The trip occupied forty-eight days. Miss Gallbronner left Bavaria, in December, 1853. Bad weather and the leaky craft delayed her, at Antwerp seven weeks and at Cowes, England, four weeks. She reached New York five months after starting. Mr. Pfleger went from New York to Philadelphia, by ship, and from there to Pittsburg by rail. He worked at his trade as cabinet maker, three weeks at Pittsburg and came to Portsmouth. They were married in 1856 and removed to Jackson county and soon after to Madison township of this county. Charles Pfleger attended the public schools of this county and obtained a fair education. He has always followed farming. He is a democrat and a member of the German Evangelical church. He was Assessor of Madison township in 1890, and has been a member of the School Board of the township for fifteen years. He married Mary E. Russ of Jackson county, June 1, 1879. She is the daughter of William and Clara Katharine Russ. They have four children, Henry, C. W., Ella Charlotte, Frank P. L. and Anna Katherine. Lewis Pieper, the son of John Frederick Pieper and Henrietta (Small) Pieper, both natives of Jackson county, Ohio, was born February 23, 1860. His grandparents were 1098 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. born in Germany and came across in 1835 and settled near Jackson Furnace. They were married on the water while coming over. Mr. Pieper was raised on a farm, received his education in the common schools and left home at the age f twenty-one. After hauling ore for a short time, he came to Scioto county and farmed with his brother, John J., who had preceded him. After two years, he became engaged in saw milling. He worked at this for two years and then went to Otway with his brother, John J., Ed and Frank Gilfilian and built a planing-mill. Shortly after the Pieper brothers bought out the other members f the firm and operated the mill until 1891 when they sold out. Pieper Brothers then became engaged in buying and selling timber. From 1892 to 1894, they were engaged with John F. Paeltz in the leaf tobacco business. In the spring of 1895, Mr. Pieper formed a partnership with John Whistler and bought a flour mill at Otway. In 1899, Charles Nort took the place of Whistler in the tirm and in 1901, Nort dropped out and Dr. J. F. Gordon took his place. The mill is now run under the name of L. Pieper & Company. He is a member f the Christian Union church at Otway, and has been a trustee since the churn h was built. He is also a member of Smith Lodge, No. 387, K. of P. He was married December 8, 1891, to Mrs. Anna Jackson, daughter of Jefferson Mossbarger and Eliza (Johnson) Mossbarger. They have one child, Charles Herbert, born March 10, 1893. John J. Pieper was born November 1, 1842, at Jackson Furnace, Ohio, son of John F. and Henrietta (Small) Pieper. (See sketch of his brother Lewis Pieper.) He was reared on a farm and received his education in a country school. He came to Scioto county in 1887 and settled on Brush creek where he farmed until 1886. That year he went to Otway and with his brother Ed and Frank Gilfilian built a planing mill. Later Pieper brothers bought out the other members f the firm and assumed control and operated the mill until 1891, when they sold out. Pieper Brothers were then engaged in the buying of timber in tracts and having it sawed for market. From 1892 to 1894 Pieper Brothers and John F. Paeltz bought and shipped leaf tobacco. 1n 1900, he formed a partnership with John F. Paeltz in the saw mill and timber business. Their plant manufactures chair-stuffs, rim-strips and all kinds of plain and quartered lumber. Pieper and Paeltz own a large stone quarry near Otway and receive a royalty from Bodemer Brothers who operate it. Mr. Pieper is a democrat, but voting is the extent of his activity in that line. He is a member of the Otway M. E. Church and has been a trustee of the church since its organization in 1898. He was married November 18, 1880 to Eliza Bradney, daughter f James M. and Elizabeth (Peters) Bradney. They have the following children: Daisy, married Dr. J. F. Gordon and is deceased; Forest Pearl, aged 13; Mamie Olive, aged 11; John Dale, aged 3. Francis Marion Powell was born Oct. 22, 1852, in Adams county. His father was William Henry Powell, and his mother's maiden name was Mary McGowan. His father was a native f Pike county, Ohio. His grandfather, John McGowan, was a native f Big Sandy. Our subject had a common school education, and was brought up a farmer, and has been one all his life. He started out for himself at sixteen years f age as a farm hand. He was married August 29, 1872 to Drusilla White of Brush Creek township, a daughter of Paul White. He came to this township in 1863, and worked for different ones, and has made his home in the township ever since. He bought the Isma Freeman farm in 1882, and has lived on it since 1887. He has one child living, James Edmund, and one daughter, deceased at three years. Mr. Powell is a democrat in his political views, and a member of the Christian Union church. Ezekiel Powers, Jr., was born October 9, 1828, on Bonser's Run, Scioto county, Ohio. His father was Ezekiel Powers, Sr.. and his mother's maiden name was Jane Simpson. He received his education in Wheelersburg, Ohio. He learned shoe-making and the trade of brick-laying and plastering, and followed the latter for many years, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 1099 He owned 200 acres of land in Porter township and two houses in Sciotoville. He lived in Wheelersburg until 1889, when he removed to Sciotoville. He was elected township trustee of Porter several terms. He was instrumental in procuring an act of the legislature for taxation to purchase and sustain township cemetery property. He had the Wheelersburg cemetery surveyed, with his own hands planted many trees therein, and did much to beautify the place. He was always active in furthering the school interests of his township and was at one time a member of the Board of Education of the township. He at one time was treasurer of the special district. In October, 1875, he was the Democratic candidate for County Treasurer. The vote stood Powers, democrat, 2,794 and Benjamin R. Miles, republican, 3,483, majority, 689. Mr. Miles and he were warm personal friends and traveled the county in the same buggy. Their friendship continued during their lives. On November 30, 1851, he was married to Sarah Jane Dean, in Wheelersburg. She was born June 7, 1829, near Wait's Station, Scioto county, Ohio. She died October 6, 1868. They had three children: Frank, Horace and Kate. Frank is a resident of Grayson, Kentucky. Mr. Powers married Mary Bagby, May 25, 1873, in Wheelersburg. One child was born to them, John W., March 26, 1874, who joined the United States Regular Army, 16 Regiment, Company F, and went to Cuba in the Spanish-American war. He contracted malarial fever during the Santiago campaign and died from same, February 14, 1899, in Sciotoville. He was buried in Wheelersburg. From 1862 to 1868, Ezekiel Powers was a partner with Stephen Patten-gill and John McAleer, in the flat boat business between Ashland and Louisville, principally shipping pig iron. November 21, 1863, he was appointed Quartermaster of the First Regiment, 0. M. in Scioto county, with rank First Lieutenant by Governor David Tod. He was sworn in the service January 21, 1864. Mr. Powers was a prominent Odd Fellow, a member f Orient Lodge No. 337 of Wheelersburg, which he joined in 1866. He was also a member of the Orient Encampment No. 26. When quite a young man, he joined the Methodist church in Wheelersburg. He was a very strong democrat, well-informed and fair-minded, always earnest, but free to concede to others what he demanded for himself. For many years he was a member f the County Democratic Committee. He was a temperate, upright, honest man, highly respected by all. He was kind, extremely charitable, and thoughtful of the poor and needy, whom he constantly helped in an unostentatious manner. He died at Sciotoville, October 14, 1894, aged sixty-four years. Frank Powers was born September 17, 1852, at Wheelersburg, Scioto county, Ohio, the son of Ezekiel Powers, Jr. and Sarah Jane Dean, his wife. He attended school at Wheelersburg, till 1868, when he began as a clerk in the store of Horace T. Hall, his uncle. In 1871, he was a salesman for Mullins and Hunt, of Maysville, Ky. In this year he also represented the Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company. In 1872, he helped in building a telegraph line from Columbus to Ironton. In 1873, he went to Riverton, Ky., to construct a telegraph line and in the same year became agent of the Eastern Kentucky Railway Company, at Grayson, Ky., and held the position until 1878. In the latter year he became a special agent for the company, as a freight solicitor. In 1879, he engaged in making pig-iron at Charlotte furnace, in Kentucky, and continued that until 1881, when he became traveling agent for the Eastern Kentucky Railway Company. On July 1, 1882, he became general agent of the Eastern Kentucky Railway Company. He resigned this position in 1883. July 2, 1879, he was married to Miss Juliet Lansdowne, daughter of Dr. A. J. Lansdowne. Mr. Powers has always been a democrat and on August 22, 1884, he was made the democratic candidate for Congress in his district against General W. H. Wadsworth, of Maysville. The district was composed of fourteen counties, and Mr. Powers was defeated by 102 votes. He was chairman of the democrat committee of his county for fourteen years. He has been district and state committeeman of his party. In 1892, he was admitted to the bar and formed a partnership with Judge James R. Botts, as Botts & Powers, in the practice of the law, In 1895,