350 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO. Two years after the death of Mr. Crawford in 1844 he was taken by James Anderson—his father—to Hamilton County, Ohio, where he had again married, and was then living. While living with his father the surname Anderson was added to that of George Crawford, since which time he has been written and known as George Crawford Anderson. His father died, and his adopted mother having in the mean time married Mr. Isaac Harrison, a woollen manufacturer living two and a half miles east of Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. He came in 1g48 to live with her. Here he learned the woollen manufacturing business, and received a common school education, and in 1856 was married to Ruth Maxwell. In 1857 he bought the woollen mill of Mr. Harrison, and began manufacturing on his own account. In 1862 he removed the woollen machinery to the east bank of the Miami River at Sidney, Ohio, where he engaged with B. W. Maxwell in woollen manufacturing. During this year his wife died. Of their three children one, Adelbert H., had preceded its mother in 1861. Another, Willie A., survived her but two months. The eldest, Benjamin Warren, is still living, and graduated in 1883 at Wooster University, preparatory to entering a theological seminary. G. C. A. was again married in 1865 to Permelia Harris. There are five children from this union : George C., Jr., Frank D., Harris H., D. Rea, and Julia, all living. Mr. Anderson continued in the woollen business until 1872. Since then he has engaged in the purchasing of wool, Western emigration, and fire insurance, and has for years been identified with the local boards of the town, township, and corporation. Through his maternal grandmother, Betsy Dunham, whose maiden name was Huntington, his ancestry can be traced back 250 years to one Simon Huntington, who sailed from England in the year 1633 with his family of seven persons, but who died of smallpox at sea, and received an ocean burial. His widow, Margaret Huntington, with her family of children were landed in Connecticut. It is evident from a letter received by her from her brother that they came from London. Through this line of ancestry came Samuel Huntington, of Connecticut. one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Also Samuel Huntington, one of the Governors of Ohio. JOHN HEISER was born in Marion Township, Mercer County, Ohio, December 5, 1840. When seventeen years of age he went to Piqua, and worked at carriage blacksmithing. After a few removals he finally came to Sidney, and engaged at plow-making. On the 1st of September, 1861, he enlisted in the First Ohio Light Artillery, Company M, and mustered in at Camp Dennison, Ohio. He participated in all the engagements of his command, and was finally discharged at Columbus, Ohio; December 13,1864. After a: little time at home he went to Urbana, Ohio, where he worked at his trade for a few months, and after a few changes came to Sidney, and took an interest in the shop, where lie is now engaged in plow-making as the proprietor and manager. He was married October 12, 1865, to Miss Mary B. Daniel. They have a family of six children, named William, Franklin, Rosa, John L., George, and Raymer B. ,One daughter, Clara, and an infant are dead. WILLIAM PIPER was born in Sidney, Ohio, September 1, 1847. He attended school and worked at wagon-making until sixteen years old, when he went into the grocery business as clerk. When twenty-one he entered the same business as a member of the firm. Three years later the firm became Piper & Son, but two years afterward his father retired, and William entered into partnership with G. F. Yenney, and conducted the grocery, pork, and wool business for a period of six years. He was married in 1878 to Miss Caddie D. Anderson, and has three children: Leonora E., Charles W., and Clarence F. WILLIAM P. METCALF was born in Belmont County, Ohio, November 24, 1834, and when three years old was taken with his parents to Morgan County, where he lived until 1863, engaged a part of the time in the dry goods trade. He afterward moved to De Graff, but in 1867 came to Sidney, and opened a dry-goods store. He has since continued the business, enlarging it from time to time, buying wool, and engaging in other enterprises. He has served on the school board and city councils, and is a stockholder in the gas company and Citizens' Bank. 'He has also been one of the directors of the latter institution during the past ten years, and for the past year treasurer of the gas company. He was married to Miss A. Silvers March 26, 1861. They have three children: Estella, Lucille, and Hattie. JACOB MENTGES was born in Prussia May 6, 1826, where he learned cabinet-making, and came to America in 1854. After working at Albany, Cincinnati, and other points in different occupations, he came to Sidney in 1862. Here he opened a furniture store, and manufactured his own goods. In 1869 sickness overtook him, which prevented his working for three years. In 1873 he went to Cincinnati and bought a stock of goods, and reopened at a new stand. After eight years he moved to his present place of business. As he started with empty hands, his present business must be taken as an evidence of his industry and frugality. In 1869 he married Miss Elizabeth Hass, of Cincinnati. They have six children: Jacob, Elizabeth, George, Maggie, John, and Fred, all living. THE NUTT FAMILY. This family is of Welsh descent. The first to come to America was Adam Nutt, who came, when quite a young man, early in the eighteenth century, and probably settled in New Jersey. +Then or whom he married we cannot learn, but we know that he had a son Levi (who was the great-grandfather of Irwin Nutt, of Shelby County), who was the father of Aaron Nutt, born in New Jersey July, 1758. He was left an orphan when two years of age. At fourteen years of age he was indentured to learn the tailor trade until twenty-one years of age. Some time before the close of his apprenticeship his guardian was drafted into the army under Gen. Washington. He offered to give Aaron his time if he would go as a substitute in his stead, to which he agreed. He entered the service under his cousin, Captain Israel Shrieve, and was with him at the battle of Monmouth. We can learn nothing more of his military career. In August, 1779, he was married to Mary Archer. By this union there were nine children born. In 1786 he moved to Pennsylvania, from there to Kentucky, but on account of 'the institution of human slavery, he, in the year 1796, came to the territory of Ohio and located in what is now Montgomery County, when it was very sparsely settled with white people. Here he lived an honored and respected citizen the remainder of his life. He died June 2, 1842. Of his family of nine children we shall only speak of Aaron Nutt, Jr., who was the father of Irwin Nutt, of Shelby County. He was born in Kentucky Dec. 25, 1785, and came with his father to Ohio in 1796. He married Jane Irwin Jan. 2, 1806. They reared a family of eight children, viz., Ibens Matilda, Irwin, Malinda Parmelia, 'Nelson, Dixon, Sharon C., Simpson, and Marion. He died in Montgomery County in 1842. IRWIN NUTT, the eldest son of Aaron Nutt, Jr., was born in Montgomery County, near Centreville, Jan. 31, 1811. When a young man he learned the tanner trade, but did not follow his trade long. Having received a fair common school education, such as he could get at the district school, he afterward spent six months at the seminary at Xenia, Ohio, and prepared himself for teaching, which lie followed for a time. In 1834 he married Miss Barbara Persinger, of Greene County, Ohio. She was born Sept. 27, 1812. Two years later he came with his wife and one child to Shelby County, where he bought a piece of timbered land one mile north of Sidney. On this land he soon erected a cabin for his little family and commenced clearing his land. It was not long before he had an opening around him, and his land began to return. a compensation for his labor. Year after year the heavy timber gave way to the unceasing blows of his axe, and the result was a fine and well-improved farm, with not only the necessaries, but the luxuries of life around him. In this hard struggle to make a comfortable home he was aided and encouraged by his brave and faithful wife, who did her part by spinning and weaving the flax and wool for their garments, and aiding in the old-door work as well as her duties in the house. They reared a family of seven children, four sons and three daughters, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Louisa M., born 1835 ; Edmund E., born 1837 ; Margaret J., born 1840; William A., born 1843; Mary M., born 1845; J. Newton, born 1848; and John M., born 1851. Louisa M. became the wife of Joseph Wilkinson; she died in 1876; Margaret J. married James Middleton and resides near Plattsville, 0. ; Mary M. is the wife of Dr. J. C. Lillie, of Quincy, Logan County, 0.; William A. resides in Quincy, 0. The other three reside in Sidney, 0. In 1854 Mr. Nutt rented his farm, moved to Pemberton, and engaged in buying and shipping grain, but returned to his farm again in 1857 and remained there until 1873, when, his children all having left home and gone to themselves, the old home became lonely, and, as he expressed it, " the old clock ticked too loud on its lonely shelf." They, at the earnest solicitation of their children, rented the homestead and went to spend their time among their children, sometimes with one, then with another. In 1832 Mr. Nutt united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and all through his long and useful life he was closely identified with its interests, giving much of his time and money to its advancement, and when called away he left behind to surviving friends and neighbors an evidence that he had not spent his life in vain, but expressed a willingness to go to his Master, whom he served for nearly half a century. He also was one among the first members of Temperance Lodge No. 73 of F. and A. M., and during his life held all the offices in the Lodge, up to and including that of W. M. He died in Quincy, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. C. Lillie, March 7, 1880. His remains were brought to Sidney on Monday and lay in state at the M. E. Church until Tuesday afternoon, when the funeral took place, and his body was conveyed to Graceland Cemetery, followed by one of the largest funeral processions ever seen in Sidney. 352 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO. His widow still survives, and makes her home among her children, who always welcome her, and are glad to have her with them. Her presence is always found by the sick-bed of any of her children or any of their families, and her life is spent giving comfort to those whom God sent to comfort her in her long and useful life. E. E. NUTT, the eldest son of Irwin Nutt, was born in Shelby. County in the year 1837. He was reared on the farm just north of Sidney, and was educated in the schools of Sidney. When eighteen years of age he began teaching school, which he followed four years, then commenced to take a course at Delaware College, but at the breaking out of the Rebellion he left his school and enlisted in the 15th 0. V. I. April 17, 1861, and served three months, the full time of enlistment. In September, 1861, he re-enlisted as a private in Company F, 20th 0. V. I., and served until the close of the war, first as a private, then sergeant, then second and first lieutenant, and was discharged as captain of his company. After his return home from the army he, in company with his brother, engaged in the grain trade at Pemberton, and has been engaged in the same business up to the present time. In 1867 he married Miss Arvesta Vandemark, a daughter of Henry and Susannah (Boyer) Vandemark. By this union they have five children, viz., Florence A., Earl E., Susie E., Emma M., and Ora. Mr. Nutt at the present time is, in connection with his brothers, J. N. and J. M., engaged in the grain trade in Sidney, Ohio. J. NEWTON NUTT is the third son of Irwin Nutt. He was born in Shelby County in 1848, lived with his parents until twenty-three years of age, at which time he engaged with his brother, E. E. Nutt, in the grain trade in Sidney, where he now is to be found. In 1877 he married Miss May Price, of Greencastle, Ind. They have had born to them one son, Freddie M., born 1878. JOHN M. NUTT, the youngest of the family of Irwin Nutt, was born in Shelby County in 1851. He also was reared on the farm and educated in the schools of Sidney and Delaware. When about 'eighteen years of age he commenced teaching, which he followed until 1873, at which time he went to Quincy and engaged in the grain trade with his brother William, remained there until 1876, then came to Sidney and associated himself with his brothers in the same business, under the firm name of Nutt Bros. In 1675 he married Miss Ella M. Smith, of Quincy, Logan County, Ohio. They have born to them three children, viz., Frank S., Irwin, and Cris. EMORY C. NUTT, a son of Dixon Nutt, who was a brother of Irwin Nutt, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1850, lived with his parents until 1873, when he commenced life for himself. In 1879 he came to Sidney and engaged with the Nutt Bros. as bookkeeper, at which he is engaged at the present time. In May, 1881, he married Miss Emma S. Price, of Greencastle, Ind. They have born to them one child, Arthur P., born 1882. THE WELLS FAMILY. Prominent among the hardy and adventurous pioneers of Shelby County was James Wells, a native of Cheshire County, New Hampshire. As a soldier of the second war for independence he bore a first lieutenant's commission until he was promoted to a captaincy, for meritorious conduct in the field. He was with Brown and Scott in July, 1814, during which month he participated in the battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane, in. which latter action both Brown and Scott were wounded. He was with the besieged army at Fort Erie, and partici- pated in the gallant actions which wrung victory from the hands of a reluctant foe. After the close of the war he returned to his home and family, and resumed his occupation as a hatter. A few years later inaugurated that swelling tide of immigration which rolled across the Alleghenies and still westward, until the new State of Ohio was reached. A similar movement had occurred during the territorial period, for the ordinance of 1787 had given an impetus to the first great, concerted westward movement. It was with the second movement, following the war of 1812, that Mr. Wells looked about his New England home, saw a family growing up about him, and resolved to follow the course of empire, and, if possible, carve a home out of the wilderness in order to better provide for the future of his family. He accordingly became a part of the human current which had set in toward the Ohio Valley, and only paused when he had reached the growing town of Cincinnati, now the metropolis of Ohio, and justly termed the Queen City a the West. This was in the year 1818, during which the St. Mary's Treaty was established, by the provisions of which the Government acquired possession of large tracts of land previously occupied by the Indians as reserve lands. Not having means to bring his family along he had left his wife and children until such time as he could find a home, and have them removed to it. After working in Cincinnati about eighteen months he moved up the Miami Valley as far as Piqua, where he was employed about six months. At the .expiration of this time he looked a little farther northward, saw the new county of Shelby erected, and moved within its limits to locate at Hardin, the only village within the county, and at that time the seat of justice. This settlement was in the spring of 1820, less than a year after the organization of the Shelby County government. Having already accumulated some little means, and concluding to permanently locate at Har- din, he sent for his family. His wife and little ones—the oldest child being only eight years of age—started on the long trip with a neighbor named Roby, and travelled by wagon as far as Olean Point, New York. Here Mr. Roby built a flat-boat, named it "Noah's Ark," and upon it the family took passage for the new settlement of the West. They floated down the Allegheny and Ohio rivers to Cincinnati, where they were met by John Wilson, of Turtle Creek Township, another of the pioneers of the county. Mr. Wilson brought them through from Cincinnati to their new home, their trip occupying in all about six months. On locating at Hardin Mr. Wells had fitted up something of a shop, in which he worked at his trade as a hatter. It was not long, however, until he was called from his shop to assume the auditorship of the county, he being the first incumbent of the office by virtue of election. In 1824 he was appointed clerk of the courts. He was afterward elected to the same office, and served seven years.: During the same period he was also recorder of the county a number of years. While a resident of Hardin he was appointed postmaster of the village, this being the first appointment within the county. He also held the same position in Sidney after his removal to that town. He thus occupied some position of honor and trust from 1823 until about 1840. These honors, too, were all merited, for as a public-spirited citizen he had no peer in the new community. He took an active part in the organization of the several townships, and was accorded the honor of naming one, which lie denominated. Dinsmore, in memory of Governor Dinsmore, of his native. State. He was a leading and influential. member of the Masonic. fraternity, in which order he was zealous, kind, and charitable. It was his last request that he be buried by the Masonic order, and that the old flag, beneath which lie had fought, should rest upon his coffin as an evidence of his devotion to his country. Such are the leading incidents in the public life of this pioneer, who did his full share toward the development of the infant county of his adoption. As his name appears throughout the county records during a long period of years, it is unnecessary to refer at greater length to his public services. The records attest the worth of the man, for they tell of the confidence -reposed in his character and ability by the people who knew him best. It only remains to add he was born April 3, 1785, and married Sarah Wilder December 27, 1809. She was born in Keene, New Hampshire, February 28, 178.0, and died July 18, 1857. Mr. Wells, after an active and useful life of about seventy-eight years, passed away September 15, 1863. JAMES ALLEN WELLS, eldest son of James and Sarah Wells, was born in New Hampshire October 6, 1812, during his father,s absence in the army. His parents coming to this county when lie was about eight years of age, he obtained his education in the schools at Hardin and Sidney. Under Daniel Hopkins he studied surveying and entered the practice of this profession in 1830. In 1833 he was elected clerk of the courts, in which office be served seven. years. He also held the office of county, surveyor during two terms. He made the first survey on the Bellefontaine and Indianapolis (C. C. C. & I.) Railroad, which was made within the State of Ohio. In 1881 he ran a line which he had established in 1830, and found a magnetic variation of but two degrees. Having devoted over fifty years to this profession it may be safely said there are few men in the State, and no others in the county, who have established an equal number of survey lines. Like that of his father his name is found identified with the formative period of the county, and occupies a conspicuous place in the official roster. On the 4th of July, 1838, he married Sarah R. Robinson. They reared six children, named Frances A., Sarah R., Sylvester S., Emma, Ella, and Charles Robinson. Mrs. Wells, after an active and useful life, died at her home in Sidney in 1876. SYLVESTER S. WELLS, the eldest son of James A. Wells, was. born in 1844. Married Sarah C. Estey in 1864. Their family consists of four children: Lillie A., Dacy J., William A., and Charles A. April 23, 1883, while Mr. Wells was oiling the gearing of a windmill erected in his barn, his clothes were caught by a revolving shaft, and before lie could be released he was killed. His remains were interred in Graceland Cemetery, followed by one of the largest concourses of mourning friends and neighbors ever witnessed in Sidney. He was beloved and respected by all who knew him. CHARLES W. WELLS,' the third son of James Wells, was born January 24, 1818. When a young man he studied civil engineering, which he put into practice in after life. He was the engineer on the B. & L Road during its construction from Versailles to Union City. He also was engineer on several others throughout the country. He was elected as clerk of the court, and also represented Shelby County in the General Assembly of the State. He was prominent in the public affairs of the county during his life. He married Mary Goode, a daughter of Dr. Goode, They had but one child born, Azel W. Mrs. *ells died soon after the* birth of her child. Mr. Wells died November 20, 1864. HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO - 353 THE DINGMAN FAMILY. To trace back this family to the first of whom we can get any knowledge, we only can go back three generations from the present to that of James Dingman, the grandfather of the subject of our sketch. He was born in Canada in 1754, but came to the colony of New Jersey prior to the Revolutionary war, for we find that he engaged in that struggle for independence, and was wounded in battle. After the close, or during the war, he married Anna Vankamp. By this union there were thirteen children. Just how long he remained in New Jersey we cannot learn ; but we find that he had removed to Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1803, when learning that the Territory of Ohio had been admitted into the sisterhood of States, he brought his wife and eight children to try their fortunes in this new and fertile State. He made his first purchase of land within the present limits of the city of Columbus. This land he sold again in 1805 and came to the present limits of Shelby County and made an entry of 2000 acres on the hanks of the Great Miami River. This embraced lands in fractional section 20 in Salem Township, thence down the river, including sections 5, 4, and 3 in Clinton Township. Mr. Dingman settled, on this land in 1807, and built his cabin on what is now known as the Fulton Farm just below Dingmansburg, he being the first settler in this part of the county. The names of these children were as follows: Sally, Betsy, Catharine, Rachel, Daniel V., James, Adam, and Abram. In 1812 the four sons entered the army and served throughout the war. Adam was killed at Fort Defiance in 1813. Mr. Dingman remained here until 1834, when he went to the State of Illinois, where lie entered a large tract of land, remained there about four years, then returned to Sidney and remained here until 1844, when he again returned to Illinois, where he died in Springfield in 1850, aged ninety-three years. His wife had died in Shelby County in 1832. Of the three sons who survived the war of 1812, Daniel V. located where his son Daniel V., Jr., now lives. James located on what is known as the Staley Farm in Salem Township. He married Sally Weeks in 1814 and settled on his farm •soon afterward. Adam, the youngest son, remained with his father through life, and died in Illinois in 1848. James died near Fort Wayne about 1848. DANIEL V. DINGMAN was born in New Jersey in 1782, consequently was twenty-five years of age when he came to this county. In 1819 he married Margaret Wilson and immediately located on the farm where he spent the balance of his days. He was a leading spirit in the organization of the county, and was the first sheriff' of the county. His home place contained 401 acres, besides this he had 640 acres in Salem Township. He reared a family of ten children ; there are but five living, viz., Mary, the wife of Daniel Wright; Priscilla, the wife of Henry Staley; Amanda, the wife of Philip Lunks; Jane, the wife of Lawrence Miller of Indiana, and Daniel V., Jr., who resides on the old homestead. Sheriff Dingman died where he first settled, April 3, 1861. His wife died 1847. DANIEL V. DINGMAN, JR., was born on the farm where he now lives, in 1824. He was the oldest son of Daniel V. Dingman; Sen. When seventeen years of age he was placed by his father in a distillery, where he remained for several years. He then worked on the canal until 1845 (he says the water was let into the canal feeder June 28, 1844); he then worked on the farm until 1848, when he married Sarah Bodkin, with whom he lived until 1851, when she died leaving one child, Sarah. About one year afterward he married Rebecca Staley, a daughter of Isaiah Staley. His second wife died 1881. By this second marriage there were four children, Margery E., John, Henry H., and James W. Mr. Dingman is the owner of the old homestead of 401 acres. On this place he has cleared 140 acres and erected a good substantial brick dwelling and other buildings. In the fall of 1881 he had the misfortune to have his barn with all its contents consisting of hay, grain, farm utensils, and eight head of horses destroyed by fire, a total loss of $6000; besides his loss by fire he has paid about $11,000 security debts. Mr. Dingman has one of the finest farms in Shelby County, a view of which is shown in this work. In 1881 Mr. Dingman married for his third wife Catharine Bollenbaugher, of Van Wert County. THOMAS EDWIN ENGLISH, an esteemed and hot ored pioneer of Sidney and Shelby County, was born in England, March 27th, 1790. Emigrated to the United States in 1814, landing in New York, but immediately went to Philadelphia, where he remained three years, working at the trade of a wagon-maker. He then went to Cincinnati and stayed one year. In 1819 he came to Piqua. June 6, 1820, he came to Sidney, and was engaged as a helper to get out timber to build a hotel for John Blake. This hotel was known as the National Hotel, and was the first frame building in Sidney. The same has been occupied for a number of years as a meat shop by M. Wagner, but recently has been removed for a more commodious brick structure. The lumber for this hotel was sawed by hand, and was sawed by Mr. English and a man, by the name of Bennet. It was erected in 1821. In Oct. 1820, Mr. English married Matilda Trader. They reared a family of five children, viz., John, Charles, Henry, Rachel, and James. He carried on the business of wagon-making for a number of years in Sidney. In 1828 he-moved to his farm adjoining the town, where he erected the first hewed log-house in the neighborhood (the same is still standing). In March, 1825, he joined the order of F. and A. M. He was the third person initiated in Temperance Lodge, No. 73, while yet working under dispensation. He was passed. June 30th and raised July 28th. He filled all the chairs from the W. M. down. He was treasurer of the lodge for twenty-five years. After being a member of the lodge for forty-seven years he was by a unanimous vote made an honorary member, and was excused from labor and attendance at the lodge meetings. He died Oct. 10, 1876, and was buried in Graceland Cemetery in the honors of his Order. His wife died Feb. 1881. Mr. English was one of the honored pioneers of Sidney, and was respected by all who knew him. He was domestic in his habits and seldom left home. At the time of his death he was one of the oldest residents of the town, having lived here fifty-six years. Of his family there are still living, in or near the town, Charles, Henry, James, and Rachel, the wife of Saml. McCune. THOMAS BLAKE. This pioneer family are natives of England. John Blake, the father of the above, was born in Yorkshire, Eng. Married Rebecca Burk in 1802. He came with his wife and five children to the United States in the summer of l819, They first stopped in Cincinnati fora short time. Then came to Piqua, where he remained until the spring of 1820, when he located in Sidney, or where Sidney now is, for he built the first house on the town plat, and they were the first family in the town. He attended the sale of town lots in the fall of 1819, bought a lot and built a cabin that winter, and moved his family into it the March following. During the summer of 1820 he built a frame house, the lumber of which was sawed by hand. This house was used for a hotel and store, and was the first in the town. Mr. Blake continued keeping hotel and store for several years; finally engaged in buying and selling horses. In 1826 he took some fifty head of horses to South Carolina, sold his horses, and had returned as far as Lexington, Kentucky, where he was shot dead and robbed of his money. Mrs. Blake survived him until 1858. THOMAS BLAKE, a son of the above, was also born in Yorkshire, Eng. He was born in 1815, consequently was five years of age when brought to Sidney. He has lived here from that time to the present, now over sixty-three years. He says he attended the first school in the town, which was held in the court-house and, taught by J. C. Calhoun. Arriving at manhood he learned the carpenter trade, which he followed for many years. In 1840 he married Miss Ruth A. Robinson. By this union they had six children: only one is now living, viz., Hamlin B. Mr. Blake, during his long life in Sidney, has been honored by filling both county and township offices. He was deputy sheriff several years, was city marshal and constable a number of years, also revenue assessor. He is now the oldest resident in the town or township. ADAM SMELTZER was born in Gallia County, 0., in 1807. His parents were John and Christina (Blazer) Smeltzer. In 1834 he married Margaret Smith, a daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Sigler) Smith, who was born in Pennsylvania, in. 1817. Mr. and Mrs. Smeltzer have had born to them seven children, Christina, Robert, Thomas, Reuben, Erastus, Sylvanus, and Mary. They located in Shelby County in 1852. Three of the boys served in the Union army during the Rebellion. Thomas served one year in the 20th 0. V. I., and two years in the 9th 0. C. He was also nine months a prisoner in a Rebel prison. Robert served four years in the 20th 0. V. I. Reuben served three years in the 20th 0. V. I. SAMUEL GAMBLE was born in Cumberland County, Pa., Aug. 2, 1782. Came to Ohio 1806, and first located in Greene County. Bought a farm near Xenia; here he remained until 1828, when he came to Sidney, Ohio. Mr. Gamble was married three times, first to a Miss Shaw of Kentucky ; there were five children by this marriage, who grew up to man and womanhood. His first wife died about 1822. His second marriage was to a Miss Marshall, who only lived a few months. He then in June, 1824, married Mary Gordon. By this marriage there were four children. At Mr. Gamble's first entrance into the town of Sidney he engaged in the general merchandising and produce business, which he followed about three years. Prior to the time of his coming to Sidney he had for a number of years been engaged in buying and shipping produce by flat-boat to New Orleans. He would build a flat-boat on the Miami River, float it down 354 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO. to the Ohio, thence down the Ohio and Mississippi to New Orleans. Sell his boat and contents, and return home by way of New York. He also in company with John Neal built and loaded a boat at Sidney and made the same trip. In the spring of 1850 he and his sons Sarni. and William started for California by way of the plains. Before reaching St. Joe, Missouri, he was taken sick and died in St. Joe, April 14, 1850, and now lies buried there. His wife survived him until March 12, 1871. SAMUEL GAMBLE, JR., eldest son by his last wife, was born in the town of Sidney, Nov. 28, 1828, and is now perhaps the oldest male inhabitant in the town that was born here. He had his home with his parents until manhood. In 1850 he started for California with his father and brother, as spoken of above. After the death and burial of their father they bought and provisioned a wagon and a team of five yoke of cattle, and left St. Joe, on the 11th day of May, and landed at their journey's end Sept. 11, being just four months on the way. He remained in California a little over a year working in the mines. He started for home Oct. 1851, by way of what was known as the Nicarauga route. He arrived at home January, 1852. In 1854 he married Miss E. M. Cunningham. By this marriage he has three children, viz., A. Wallace, born April 29, 1855 ; born April 17, 1857, and John E., born Dec. 29, 1861. After his return from California he engaged in the drug trade, which he followed some twelve years. In 1864 he enlisted in the 134th Regiment of 0:N. G., and served his time of enlistment. After his return from the army he engaged in gardening and growing fruits ; but more recently has left the farm and returned to Sidney, where he now resides. HENRY M. LEHMAN. The ancestors of the above are of German extraction. We cannot learn just when they came to America, but we find that the great-grandfather of Sheriff Lehman was here during the Revolutionary War, and took part in that struggle for independence. He, perhaps, was the first to come to this country. He probably located in Berks County, Pa., for it was here that his son Benjamin was born, married, and lived until 1838, when he moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, and died there in 1872, aged eighty-five years. Jacob Lehman (a son of Benjamin) was born in Berks County, Pa., June 30, 1813. When a young man lie went to Dauphin County, Pa. Here in 1835 he married Sarah Cassel, of the same county. In 1839 they emigrated to Montgomery County, Ohio, where they lived until 1859, at which time they came to Shelby County, and located four and one-half miles north of Sidney. Mr. Lehman was a farmer by occupation. Their family consisted of one son only (Henry M.), the present sheriff' of the county. He died from paralysis December 16, 1882. His widow still survives, and has her home with her son in Sidney. Henry M., the only son of Jacob Lehman, was born in Dauphin County, Pa., June 14, 1836. He lived with his parents until August, 1862, at which time he enlisted as a soldier in Company H, 99th 0. V. I. On the 11th of the following November lie was taken prisoner near Lebanon, Tenn., but was parolled two days after his capture by John A. Morgan. He shortly afterward returned home, and remained until March, 1863, then returned to his regiment in Murfreesboro, Tenn. He was with his regiment at the battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and the Atlanta campaign, but never received a wound. He served until the close of the war. In 1867 he married Miss Mary E. Ludlum, a daughter of Esq. Ludlum, of Franklin Township. After marriage he rented a farm for two years, then moved to the village of Botkins, and engaged in hotel-keeping, which he followed up to 1879, with the exception of two years that he was engaged in the mercantile trade. In 1874 his wife died, leaving two children, viz., Clara L. and William S. In 1876 he married Miss Mary C. Stolley, of Shelby County. In May, 1879, he received the nomination for sheriff by the Democracy of Shelby County, and was elected to the office the following October. In 1881 he was re-elected without any opposing candidate, and is filling the office at the present time. By his last marriage he has two children, viz., Anna M. E. and Francis J. H. MORRIS HONNELL. The ancestors of the above came from England to the American Colonies prior to the Revolution. The great-grandfather and perhaps the grandfather of Mr. Honnell were born in England. The exact time of their emigration is not known. The first we know of them was in the person of William Honnell, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1797. He was married to Eleanor Wilson. By this union there were twelve children. They came to Ohio in 1833, and located near the present site of Sidney, where he remained until the time of his death in 1853. His wife died in 1864. Morris Honnell, a son of the above, was born in Greene County, Pa., in 1824. Came with his parents to Sidney in 1833. Here he lived to grow up to manhood. He was reared on a farm, and was educated in the common schools of his district. In 1850 he, together with several of his neighbors, started by the overland route for California, There were five of them that started together, and all lived to return, and are still living. In 1855 Mr. H. married Miss Martha A. McDonough, who was born in Warren County, Ohio, in 1825. By this marriage they have two children, viz., Emma J. and Olive B. Mr. Honnell has devoted his life principally to farming, but recently has left the farm, and is living in the town of Sidney, but still gives his attention to the study of agriculture. He has been elected to the position of President of the Shelby County Agricultural Institute, under whose management the society has grown in interest, and the year just passed has been one of its most successful. WILLIAM JOHNSTON came from Virginia to Ohio in 1814, and located first at Dayton, where they remained a little over a year, when he moved to the present limits of Orange Township, Shelby County, and located on what is now known as the Wirt farm. This was in 1816. About a year later he bought a farm northeast of Sidney, now owned by his son William, where lie died. William Johnston, Jr., was a son of the above. He was born in Clinton Township December 10, 1832. His education was such as could be obtained in the .common schools of his day. In 1852 lie took a trip to California, where he remained one year. Since his return he has made farming his principal avocation. In 1855 he married Sarah Hathaway. By this marriage they had three children: Charles C., Hugh W., and Sarah R. Mrs. Johnston died February 9, 1862. In February, 1864, he married Anna Hickey. By the last marriage there are five children. In the fall of 1874 he was elected commissioner of Shelby County, which office lie filled six years. In August, 1881, he in company with Thomas C. Leapley erected a factory in Anna for the manufacture of spokes and bent wood, which they have kept in continuous operation since that time. DR. ALBERT WILSON was born in Shelby County, September 14, 1826. He was reared on a farm, and lived with his parents until having arrived at manhood. During his minority. days he attended the schools of his -neighborhood, and made such proficiency that at the age of eighteen years he commenced teaching common schools, which lie followed for several years in the winter season. In the year 1848 lie commenced the study of medi- cine under the instruction of Dr. H. C. Conklin, of Sidney, and graduated at the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati in 1851. Then as a merit for efficiency he was elected as resident physician by the faculty of the Commercial Hospital of Cincinnati, which position he held for one year. In 1852 he located in Sidney for the practice of his profession, at which he has continued up to the present time. In the spring of 1861 he entered the army as regimental surgeon, and remained in the service four years and three months. He was the first volunteer from the town of Sidney, he having offered his service as surgeon within forty-eight hours after the first call made by the President. After his return from the army in 1865 he resumed his practice in Sidney. In 1875 he engaged in the drug trade in connection with his practice, at which he still continues. In 1871 he married Miss Irene Ayers. By this union they have one child, Jessie, born March 9, 1873. Mrs. Wilson was a daughter of Jeremiah Ayers, of Wapakoneta, one of the first white settlers of that Indian village. She was born in 1852. Dr. Wilson is the third son of Col. Jessie H. Wilson, one of the pioneers of Shelby County. JOHN WAGNER was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in the year 1834. When fourteen years of age he came to Sidney. His first undertaking in life was that of a tallow chandler, which he followed a short time, when he went to work with his brother to learn the butcher trade. After serving his time in learning the business he borrowed some money, and went to St. Marys and opened a shop, where lie remained about one year, then returned to Sidney and started a meat market, which he carried on about two years. About 1859 he rented a brewery of his brother Joseph, which he ran about one year, when lie bought an interest in the concern, which he retained until 1876, when he purchased the whole establishment, and immediately commenced enlarging the works and preparing for the manufacture of lager beer, which has become so popularly known as Wagner's Golden Lager, and has the exclusive sale in Sidney and the surrounding country. In 1858 Mr. Wagner married Mary Mayer. They had born to them nine children, viz., Henry, Joseph E., Emma E. Clara M. Louis F., Rosa A., Ella M., Celia A., and Alma F. Mr. E., died May 1,1881. During his life he was highly respected and esteemed by all. He was benevolent and enterprising in all public benefits, and Sidney lost one of her best citizens at his death. JOHN T. ESTABROOK. Charles Estabrook, the father of the above, was born in New York in 1796. He married Nancy Willoughby in 1821. They removed to Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1836, where they remained until 1858, at which time' they came to Shelby County, and bought part of the Berry farm at HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO - 355 the old red mill. They reared a family of eleven children, ten of them still living. Mr. Estabrook is yet living. His wife died in 1882, at the age of eighty-five years. John T., one of the above eleven, was born in Montgomery County in 1838. At the age of eighteen years he went to learn the carpenter trade, which he has followed the most of the time since. In 1858 he came with his parents to Shelby County. The following year, 1859, he married Miss Rachel Valentine, a daughter of Richard W. Valentine. By this union they have six children, viz., Ida F., Nora D., Charles R., Anna E., Lillie B., and Minnie L. In 1868 they moved to Van Buren Township on a piece of land given to his wife by her father. They remained on this land some eleven years, clearing ninety-five acres ready for tilling, but owing to the prevalence of milk sickness in their neighborhood (their family all having had it) they rented the farm in 1878, and moved near the town of Sidney. THE ROBBINS FAMILY. About the middle of the eighteenth century Richard Robbins, together with his wife, came to the American colonies, and settled in New Jersey. We can learn but little of him, but it is known that, while travelling through the woods of Maine, in the year 1775, he was frozen to death. BENJAMIN ROBBINS, a son of the above, was born in New Jersey in the year 1760, and married Bathsheba Nutt in 1782. In 1786 they moved to Pennsylvania, from there to Kentucky in 1789, then in 1789 to Montgomery County, Ohio, where he died in 1837. His wife died in 1848. They had born to them twelve children. RICHARD ROBBINS, one of these twelve children, was born in New Jersey in 1784. About 1806 he married Lydia Archer, of Montgomery County, Ohio. They reared a family of eleven children. They moved to Miami County in 1814, where he died in 1837. DAVID ROBBINS, a son of Richard Robbins, was born in Miami County in .1824. At the age of seventeen years he went to Piqua to learn the edge tool trade, which he followed only three years. He then went on a farm. In 18481;e married Miss Ann E. Gibson, daughter of Wm. aid Mary Gibson. She was born, in England in 1826. Came with her parents to the United States in 1827. Mr. Robbins in 1845 bought 135 acres of land in Van Buren Township, but did not move on to it until 1852. They reared a family of four children, viz., William E., Clara A., Amanda V., and Emma A. They also buried four children in infancy. In 1861 Mr. Robbins enlisted in the 20th 0. V. I., in which he served three years, the full time of his enlistment. He was wounded at the battle of Raymond by a ball in the face, which he still carries. While in the hospital he was taken prisoner, and was taken to Libby prison, but was shortly afterward parolled, then returned to his regiment and served his full time. In 1881 Mr. R. rented his farm and moved to Sidney, where he has built a comfortable dwelling, and is now living a retired life. JOHN CONNER. The father of the above (Arthur. Conner) was born in Ireland in 1802; married Rosa Scott about 1832. Very shortly after their marriage Mr. Conner set sail for the United States, leaving his wife behind, He landed in New York and worked there for several months, then sent for his wife, who came over in 1833. It was 'in New York that their first child was born. In 1834 they came to Shelby County and located in Salem Township, half a mile north of Port Jefferson, where he bought land of Abner Girrard. Here Mr. Conner lived until his death, which occurred in 1856. He left a wife and seven children, who still survive him. John, a son of the above, was. born in Salem Township in 1837. At the age of twenty years he went to learn the blacksmith trade, serving an apprenticeship until 1860. In 1861 he engaged in business for himself in the town of Sidney, which he has continued from that time to the present, except while he was in the army, he having spent two full terms of enlistment. In 1861 he married Miss Susan Whitmer. By this union they have three children—Harry, Fred., and Clifford.. In 1870 Mr. Conner built a large brick shop. In 1872 he built a fine brick residence, and recently has built. a business block and residence on Main Street, all made at his anvil. DANIEL WHITMER was born in Lancaster County, Pa., in the year 1800. He came to Dayton, Ohio, in the spring of 1818, remained there but. a few months, then came to the present limits of Shelby County, where he made his home with Peter Mussulman, Jr. In 1821 he married Rhoda Blankensheets, with whom he lived only about one year, when she died. In 1825 be married Fanny Mussulman. The result of this marriage was eight children, viz., Elizabeth, Fanny, John, Jane,. Peter, Franklin, Susan, and David. After his marriage, Mr. Whitmer settled in Perry Township, on the Mosquito Creek, where he continued to reside until 1876, when they removed to Champaign County, where Mrs. Whitmer died in 1882. Mr. Whitmer was the eighth. settler in Perry Township. CLARK YAGER. The Yagers are of German descent. The first we' learn of them is in Pennsylvania. It was here that George Yager was born, in 1796. He married Margaret Craig and moved to Knox County, Ohio. Here, in 1822, Clark Yager was born. From Knox they moved to Butler County, where Clark grew to manhood and learned the milling trade. In 1841 he went to Piqua and worked in a mill ; from there he went to Indiana, next to Michigan, then back to Piqua, from there to Dayton, from Dayton to Wapakoneta in 1859 ; in 1860 to New Hampshire, Auglaize Co. In 1862 he came to Sidney and run the Walker Mills, which he bought in 1879. These mills were among the first in the county. They have three run of buhrs, with two turbine wheels. In 1844 Mr. Yager was married to Miss Ellen Thomas. From this marriage there have been born five children, viz., Mary, Charles, George, Edward, and Maggie. JOHN FOSTER was born in Baden, Germany, in the year 1822. He was raised on a farm. In 1844 he married Catharine Peterhause. In 1847 they set sail for the United States. They landed in Baltimore in June, 1847. They remained in the city a short time, then started westward without having any particular place in view. They made their first stop in Cincinnati. Here they took a passage on the Miami Canal and came to Lockington. While the boat lay there they concluded to stop off and look for a home. They came to Sidney and soon bought fifty acres of land in Clinton Township, for which he paid $465. This land was unimproved, and much of it under water: From this small beginning Mr. F. has made a fine home, and has one of the best improved farms in the township. Mr. and Mrs. Foster have had ten children, eight of whom are living, viz., Christiana, George, Christian, Lewis, William, Cullie, Benjamin, and Katie. Mr. Foster, although a German by birth, is purely American in his principles. WILLIAM B. FRY. The Frys are of German extraction, but when they came to the United States we cannot learn. The flrst of whom we can learn anything is in the person of Christopher Fry, who was born in Kentucky in 1786. When a young man he came to Chillicothe, Ohio. It was here, in .1811, that he married Jane Robinson. From this union there were seven children. In 1835 Mr. Fry brought his family to the town of Sidney, where he engaged in merchandising, which he followed until about the time of his death, which occurred in 1846. His wife died in 1.870, at the age of eighty-eight years. WILLIAM B. FRY, a son of the above, was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1813 ; came to Sidney with his parents ; clerked in the store for his father and other' parties for several years ; afterward entered into partnership with his brother in the dry-goods trade, at which he continued until 1855, when he sold his interest in the store and bought a farm in the east part of Clinton Township, where he now resides. In 1853 he married Maria Ethrington. From this marriage there were three children, two of whom died young. Emma J., the only child living, was born in 1861. She is the wife of C. C. Foster. Mrs. Fry died 1878. Mr. F. has retired from active farm labor, having made for himself a comfortable home. SCHUYLER SCHENCK. The Scheneks, as far back as we can learn, are from New York. They came to Ohio at the beginning of the present century, and located in Butler County. It was here that Schuyler Schenck was married to Miss Deborah Sutphen in the year 1831. The following year they moved to Shelby County and located in Clinton Township. Mr. and Mrs. S: were both born in New Jersey—he in 1804, and she in 1809. Mr. S. was a shoemaker by trade. They settled in the woods. He worked at his trade and hired his land. cleared as fast as he could. As soon as his boys were old. enough they cleared the farm: Mr. Shenck died :in 1854. They .raised a .family of nine children, only four of whom are now living, viz., John- S., George W., Daniel 0., and Alonzo E. Mrs. Schenck, since the death of her husband, has remained on the farm, and has raised and educated her children. During Rebellion of 1861 four of her sons entered the Union army :. two of them. died while in the service. EDGAR A. SCHENCK, a son of the above, was born in .Shelby County in 1853, and so was but one year of age at the time of the death of his father. He has remained on the homestead with his mother up to the present time. In 1875 he married Miss Anna V. Campbell, of Sangamon County, Illinois. They have had born to them two children, Gracie Bell and Nora D. WILLIAM BUIRLEY was born in Virginia in 1780, and was brought to Ohio at the close of the last century. •They located. near Columbus. Here he married Ellisbeth Riser about 1807. Some time after this date they, removed to But- 356 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO. ler County, Ohio, and from there to the present limits of Orange Township in the fall of 1818. Here he entered 160 acres of land, but had not the means to pay for the whole of it. In the year 1819 he rented land where the town of Sidney now stands, and planted it in corn.: Mr. and Mrs. Buirley had a family of fourteen children, only eight of whom lived to grow up. He died in 1876 at the age of ninety-six years and four months. His wife died in 1878, at the age of ninety-four years. DANIEL K. BUIRLEY, a son of the above, was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1817, consequently was only one year of age at the time of his advent into the county. In 1841 he was married to Margaret Venise (whose parents, Henry and Mary Baker Venise, came to the county in 1834). By this union they have four children, Mary E., Benjamin F., Sylvester T., and John A. Mr. Buirley lived on part of the old homestead until 1870, when he sold his interest and bought a farm in Clinton Township, 21 miles west of Sidney, where he now resides. THOMAS B. GRAHAM. William Graham, the first of the family name to come to America, was born in Scotland about 1750. When a lad he went to Ireland, remained there but a few years, when he came to the American Colonies a short time prior to the Revolutionary war and located in Pennsylvania. About the year 1775 he married Elizabeth Adair. They moved to Kentucky about 1795. They reared a family of nine children. He died about 1814. James A., the eldest of these children, was born in Pennsylvania in 1776. He went with his father's family to Kentucky and participated in the protection of the frontier against the Indians. He had a brother, William B., who was shot and killed by the Indians on the Ohio River, which is spoken of in the History of Western Adventures. James. A. married Sarah Bell in 1805. In 1819 they moved to Clarke County, Ohio; then to Miami County in 1820, and to Shelby County in 1822, and located in Turtle Creek Township. Their family at this time consisted of nine children. In 1843 he moved to Orange Township, where he died in 1865, his wife having died in 1840. Thomas B. was born in Kentucky in 1810, consequently was twelve years of age when he came to Shelby County. He lived at home with his father until nineteen years of age, when he went to Piqua to learn the carpenter trade, which occupation he followed until 1861, when he bought a farm of 160 acres in Clinton Township, on which he located and remained until the fall of 1880, when his house was burned and he removed to the town of Sidney, where he now lives a retired life. In 1843 he married Miss Emma Robinson, who only lived about two years. In 1850 he married Jane E. Ginn. By this union they had seven children, five of whom are now living, viz., Samuel M., William A., Alex. D., John C., and George T. PRESTON STEWART, the eldest son of Willoughby and Sarah (Powell) Stewart, was born in Kentucky in the year .1809. His father was born in Pennsylvania, went to Kentucky at the close of. the last century, and married about the year 1m00. Preston remained at home with his parents until manhood. In the year 1830 he married Miss Patsy Ashbaugh, and the following year brought his wife, father, and mother, to Logan County, Ohio, and settled on the border of Shelby County. They remained there but a short, time, when he entered a piece of land in the N. E. corner of Salem Township, Shelby County, and moved on it in 1832, he being the first man to locate in that part of the township. Mr. Stewart lived here to clear this land. He afterward bought 160 acres more land. On this land he afterward platted a part of the village of Tileton. On this plat he built the first house ; also a saw mill and blacksmith shop. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have had born to them twelve children, nine of whom are still living, viz., Sarah, Joseph, Elizabeth, William, Maria, Willoughby, Martha A., Charles, and Perry. Mr. Stewart lived on his farm until 1876, when he sold his property and moved to the town of Sidney, where he now lives a retired life, in the enjoyment of the fruit of his past hard labor. He has been a member of the M. E. Church for over fifty years, and was a member of the first class formed in the N. E. part of Salem Township. CHARLES R. BENJAMIN. Col. Samuel Benjamin (the grandfather of Charles R.), as near as we can learn, was born in the State of Maine. He served in the struggle for independence seven years, and held the rank of a Colonel. He raised a large family of Children. One daughter married Israel Washburn, the father of the four Washburn brothers who have been Members of the National Congress. Nathaniel, a son, was the father of the subject of this sketch. He was born in the State of Maine in the year 1790, and married Betsy Chase. They raised a family of six children. Charles R., the youngest of the family, was born in Maine in 1830. He was reared on a farm until he became of age. After arriving at his majority lie went to work in a D. Handle factory, at which business he has been engaged from that time to the present. In the year 1870 he started a manufactory for himself in Pennsylvania, which he carried on until 1879, at which time he came to Sidney and established works of the same kind. In 1862 he married Miss Mary Johnston. By this union they have two children, Abba S., and Charles W. SAMUEL MCCUNE was born in Pennsylvania in 1823. He is a son of Thomas and Mary (Paulding) McCune. He came to Sidney in 1852. In 1854 lie married Rachel English, a daughter of Thomas English, one of the first settlers of Sidney. Mr. and Airs.. McCune have born to them five children: Thomas, Belle, Ella, Nettie, and Wilber. Mr. M. is a brick contractor and mason, and resides just outside the corporation of Sidney, where he is engaged extensively in the manufacture of brick. He has been honored by filling various township offices, and at the present time is infirmary director of the county. HON. HUBBARD HUME was born in Morgan County, Va.. in the year 1822. Two years later was brought by his parents to Va., County, Ohio, where they remained until the spring of 1832, when they moved to Champaign County, Ohio. Here his father entered a piece of land. Young Hume helped to clear this farm, remaining with his parents until of age. His first venture from home was to learn the trade of a gunsmith. In 1845 he married Elizabeth Park, of Logan County. In 1848 he moved to Plattsville, Shelby County, where in company with his brother John he engaged in the mercantile trade, which they carried on until 1855, when he sold his stock of goods and moved on his farm in Green Township. In 1852 his wife died, leaving two children: Rachel A. and Lewis C. In April, 1854, he married Mary C. Conroy, a daughter of Edward Conroy, one of the pioneers of Green Township. In the fall of 1855 he was elected treasurer of Shelby County, and the following year moved to Sidney and took possession of the office, which he held two terms. Shortly after the expiration of his term of office he bought a half interest in the Shelby County Democrat in company with Joseph McGonagle. He was connected with the paper nearly three years. In 1878 lie was elected to represent Shelby County in the General Assembly. This office he filled four years. In 1880 he engaged in the manufacture of spokes and bent wood in the town of Sidney. In 1881 he together with J. H. McDandell built what is now known as the New York Spoke Works, which Mr. Hume owns at the present time, but has leased to other parties. By his last marriage there are five children, viz., Rebecca F., George W., Minnie M., Jennie G., and Cora L. EDWARD JACKSON, one of the early pioneers of Shelby County, was born in Allegheny County, Va., October 14, 1774. He married Jane Morris, November 25, 1806. She was born in Butler County, Va., June 15, 1789. The Jacksons and Morris' are of Scotch descent, but the date of their advent to America we cannot learn. Edward Jackson and wife with two children came to Ohio in 1809, and stopped for a time at Springfield. Left his family here while he came over to the present limits of Orange Township, and selected a piece of land (the same now owned by Mrs. Clancy), and erected a cabin and made a little opening. It is claimed by some that he moved his family to this land in the fall of 1809, but by his daughter, Mrs. Abbott, that they did not settle here permanently until 1810 or 1811. It is well known that there were but few settlers in the county when they came. During their early settlement the Indians became troublesome. In the fall of 1813 Mr. Jackson took his wife and children to Springfield, and left them for safety, while he remained on the place to clear his land. His wife remained in Springfield nearly a year, when she said she would remain no longer, but would return to her home, and share the dangers and hardships with her husband. It was about this time that he built a block house on his place for their protection. In 1814 he was drafted into the army and served for a few months, then secured a substitute and returned to his home. He was the first to erect a brick house in the township, and the second in the county. Their family consisted of eleven children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Morris W., born July 30, 1807; Margaret, born March 5, 1809; Hannah, born March 12, 1811; Nancy, born October 19, 1813; Jane, born January 12,1815; Angeline, born July 29, 1817; Andrew, born March 20, 1820; Elizabeth, born March 26, 1822; Harriet, born May 1, 1824; Patience, born January 27, 1826; Francis M., born March 21, 1828. The first two were born in Virginia, the rest in Orange Township with the exception of Nancy, who was born in Springfield while her mother was there for protection. Hannah died while an infant, and was, perhaps, the first death in the township. Mr. Jackson lived until February 7, 1851. His wife died September 18, 1850. They were both buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery at Sidney. Of the family of children there are only five living, viz., Margaret Martin, of Orange Township; Jane Richards, of Sidney, Iowa; Eliza- beth Barkalow, of Orange Township; Harriet Abbott, of Sidney; and Patience Hurley, of Sidney. HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO - 357 MAJOR JOSEPH S. LAUGHLIN. The ancestors of the above are from North Ireland. Robert Laughlin, the grandfather of Joseph S., came with his family to the United States about 1790, and located in Pennsylvania. One son .(Robert) was born after they came to the country. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1790. About 1818 he married Isabel Graham, who was also of Irish descent. They came to Brown County, Ohio, about 1820. About 1841 they came to Shelby County, and 'settled in Green Township. They reared a family of twelve' children, six of whom are now living. Mr. L. died in 1850. His wife died in 1874, aged eighty-four years. Joseph S., their youngest son was born in Brown County in.' 1838; consequently was only three years of age when brought to the county. When twelve years of age his father died, and he was left to shift for himself. At sixteen years of age he went West, and spent a couple of years, then returned, and went to school in Sidney for one year, after which he taught school until the breaking outof the Rebellion. In April, 1861, he enlisted in the 15th 0. V. I. for three months, served the time of his enlistment, and again commenced teaching school, but only taught six weeks, when he again enlisted, this time in the 20th 0. V. I. for three years.. He was made sergeant-major of the regiment. In January, 1863, while in charge of ordnance stores on board of a train the train was wrecked, and he was badly injured, having his legs broken and otherwise badly bruised. He was taken to the hospital at Memphis, Tenn., where he remained until May, when he was sent to St. Louis, and from there to Columbus, Ohio, where he. remained until June, 1863, when he was discharged and sent home. In December, 1863, he married Sarah C. Applegate. January, 1864, he went to Vicksburg, Tenn., and engaged in merchandising witH Capt. Updegraff and J. C. Fry. He continued in business in. Vicksburg until 1866, when he came home and sold goods in Plattsville for one year, then went to Champaign County, where he remained three years. In 1870 he moved to Sidney, where lie now lives. In 1877 lie was elected treasurer of Shelby County, in which capacity he served four years. At the present time he is engaged at the real estate and insurance business. In 1881 6, company of 0. N. G. was formed in Sidney, and lie was elected captain of the company, served two years, when he was elected major of the regiment. Mr. and Mrs. Laughlin have a family of four children, viz., Eddie W., Carrie E., Jesse C., and Lizzie. THE ABBOTT FAMILY. About the days of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers four brothers by the name of Abbott came from England to America. Religious persecutions drove them from their native land, for they were of the same faith of the Pilgrim Fathers. It is not known whether they had families or not, neither is it known just where they located, but it was somewhere on the coast of the New England colonies. We have no account of them or their descendants down to Bancroft Abbott, who appeared on the " stage of action"' some four generations later. He was born in Massachusetts or Connecticut about 1760. Whom or when he married we cannot learn, but we know that he had a family of seven children. Thomas, the eldest of tile seven, was born in Connecticut about 1785. When a. young man he went to Vermont. Here about 1813 he married Anna Powers. They reared a family of four children, viz., William, Martha, Mary, and George E. He spent the most of his life in the State of Vermont, but died in Georgetown, N. Y., about 1857. Of his family William was born in Vermont. Later in life he came to Ohio, but being of an adventurous and pioneer disposition he sought the newer and wilder sections of the country. He next went to Western Illinois, remained there until after the Rebellion, when he sought a home in the far West, and finally located in Wyoming Territory, where he now resides. Martha, the eldest daughter, came to Sidney in 1847, and is the wife of James V. Wilkin, of Sidney. Mary came to Sidney in 1848. She is the wife of Guy C. Kelsey, of Sidney. George E., the youngest of the family, was born in Newberry, Vt., in 1824. Came to Ohio in 1845, and located in Sidney, where he engaged in the cabinet business. He married Harriet Jackson (a daughter of Edward Jackson, one of the pioneers of Orange Township) in 1849. In 1850, when the gold excitement was raging in California, he left his wife and infant child, and, in company with a number of others from Sidney, started across the plains to seek' their fortunes, but, like thousands of others, he never realized the desire of his ambition. After spending about one year in the mines, he was taken with the typhoid fever, of which he died in October, 1851, and was buried by his mess-mates, who had cared for him through his sickness. His widow still lives in Sidney with her only child, Alonzo E., who was born in Sidney January 9, 1850. He had made his home with his mother all through life. At the age of eighteen years he entered a dry-goods store as a clerk, which he followed about ten years, then for three years was a travelling salesman for, manufactories in Sidney. Is now engaged in the real estate and insurance business. GUY C. KELSEY. In tracing the ancestry of the Kelseys in the United States., we go back to the Pilgrim Fathers, although it is not certain that they came on the May Flower, yet they are known to have been here shortly afterward. They were of the Puritan faith, and came from England. The first of whom we have any definite record was Curtis Kelsey, who was born in Connecticut in 1740. He resided in Connecticut until 1782, when he moved to Fair Haven, Vermont. His family at this time con- sisted of five children, all born. in Connecticut. He died in Fair Haven in 1821. Parson Kelsey, the eldest. son of the above, was born Oct. 1768. He married Lucinda Ames, of Rutland, in 1793. They reared a family of sixchildren viz., Lyman, Katy, Guy C., Caroline, Curtis, and Calvin. He died in *est Haven in 1822. Of his family we shall only speak of Guy C., who was born in West Haven, Vermont, Dec. 4, 1804. He remained in Vermont until 1825 (with the exception of one year that lie went to an academy at Granville, N. Y.); after which he taught school a few months, then came to Ohio and entered the Ohio .University at Athens, where he remained three years. Then on recommendation. of President Wilson of the University, he became teacher of a select school at High Bank Prairie, where he taught three years. In 1829 he married Minerva S. Fuller, a daughter of one of the first settlers of Marietta, Ohio. Shortly after marriage they moved to Franklin, Ohio, where lie taught school until 1832, when he commenced merchandising. In 1835 they moved to Sidney and again entered into merchandising, which lie has continued to the present time. Mr. Kelsey by his first marriage had born ten children, three only of whom grew up to maturity, viz., Caroline, Emily, and Lucinda. Mrs. Kelsey died in 1848. In 1849 he married Mary Abbott. By this union there were two children, viz., Anna, wife of G. B. Sterline, of Sidney, and D. Webster, who died in 1875. Of his first children, Caroline married Wm. B. Craig, who is engaged in the wholesale grocery trade in St. Joe, Missouri. Emily married John Frey, of the U. S. Postal Detective Service. They reside in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Lucinda married G. W. Barr, who is engaged with W. B. Craig in St. Joe, Missouri. CURTIS KELSEY (Third), a son of Parson Kelsey, was born in West Haven, Vermont, March 4, 18.08. Married Lucy Nelson in the fall of 1829. His avocation through life. has been somewhat varied, farming And stock-raising being his principal business ; but for several years while in Vermont he was engaged in merchandising, also in dairying. In 1843 he was eledted a member of the State Constitutional Convention to amend the Constitution of the State. In 1845 he left his Green Mountain State and brought his family to Ohio and located on a farm in Turtle Creek Township,. Shelby County, where he engaged in growing fine wool sheep. He was the first man to introduce Spanish fine wool sheep in western Ohio. For a number of years he was an extensive dealer in wool; buying and shipping the principal part of the wool of Shelby and adjoining counties. He was elected as one of the commissioners of the county, and while filling that capacity he had the sole control of the $100,000 of railroad stock owned by the county. -In. the spring of 1878 he moved to his present place of residence near Sidney, since which time he has been engaged in dairying, furnishing milk to the citizens of Sidney. Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey have reared a family of three children, viz., Louania, the wife of H. Wilson, of Iowa ; Guy C., Jr., of Shelby County, and J. Thurman, a farmer of Franklin Township. DR. JAMES D. GEYER. George Geyer came with his family from Germany to the United States in 1833. The family consisted of himself, wife, and three sons. Their first permanent location ,was in Auglaize County, Ohio, where he died in 1868. Christian, the youngest of the three sons, was born in 1823. When a young man he came to Shelby County to attend school; here he formed the acquaintance of Mary A., a. daughter of John Barkalow, whom he married in 1847. They located in Orange Township. Mr. Geyer died in 1848, leaving one son. James D. was born in 1848. His father dying when he was at three months old, he was kept by his mother until ten years of age, when he went, to live with his grandfather, John Barka-low, with whom he lived until manhood, receiving his education in the schools of Sidney. After arriving at manhood he learned the drug trade, then engaged in the trade for himself for a number of years. In 1870 lie married Estelle M. Moore, a daughter of Nathan Moore, of Sidney. In 1879 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. B. k. Sharp, of Sidney, and graduated at the Medical College of Indiana. In the summer of 1883 he established himself in Sidney for the practice of his profession. CHARLES M. KLINE was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1840. Was brought by his parents to Wayne County, Ohio, where they remained until 1856, when they returned to Ashtabula. Here he took an academic course of study, 358 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO. after which he entered store as a clerk for three years. In 1861 he went to California.. Stopped for a short time in San Francisco, then went to Vancouver's Island, from there to Oregon, thence to Idaho, where lie worked in the mines and at merchandising until 1865, when he returned home and remained for a few mouths and again returned to California; went from there to Montana, Idaho, and Utah, where he remained until 1871, when he again returned home. His father at this time was living in Putnam Canty, Ohio. After being at home a short time he went to Texas, and from there to Wisconsin, and again came home in 1874. He then engaged in the grocery trade for three years. In 1874 he married Florence L. Worline, of Ottawa, Ohio. In 1877 lie came to Sidney and engaged in the grocery and produce trade. Mr. and Mrs. Kline have a family of three children, viz., Eliza J., Mark A., and Anna B. ELIJAH ZINN, an honored citizen of Sidney, was born in Berks County, Pa., in 1805. Married Hannah Lamb in 1828, came to Ohio in 1833, and located in Columbus, where he clerked in a store for six years. He next went to Lexington, Richland County, Ohio, where he in company with James A. Lamb (now of Sidney) engaged in the mercantile trade for two years. In 1842 he came to Sidney and again engaged in general merchandising, at which he has continued up to the present, time, having been in the trade in the town of Sidney for forty-one years. He is now the oldest merchant in the town. When he first came to Sidney he and Mr. Lamb were partners ; they remained together until 1868, when F. E. Hoover, a son in-law of Mr. Zinn, bought Mr. Lamb's interest, and the firm was known by the name of Zinn & Hoover until 1881, when Mr. Hoover left, and James H. Zinn and James Mulvihill became partners, since which time the firm is known as E. Zinn & Co. Mr. Zinn's wife died in 1855, leaving six children, viz., Wm. G., Samuel E , Mary J., Margaret E., Charles H., and James H. In 1861 he married Anna E. Kerr, or Greene County, Ohio. By his second marriage he has one child, viz., Rowena B., the wire of W. H. McDermith, of Columbus, Ohio. When Mr. Zinn commenced in trade he had nothing except what he had saved from his wages while clerking in Columbus. The fine property lie now owns has been acquired by his own industry and economy, never having hired a dollar. Although now seventy-eight years of age, is still to be found at his counter superintending and directing his business. During his long business life he has ever had the esteem and confidence of his fellow-citizens. His word has always been regarded as "good as a note in bank." James H., a son of E. Zinn, was born in Sidney in 1847. He has resided in Sidney all his life with the exception of six years that he was in New York City with his brother Wm. in trade. He is now a junior partner with his father in the store. In 1875 he married Jennie L. Ryan of Sidney. They have one child, viz., Fred H. JOHN A. MUMFORD was born in Miami County, 0., Oct. 9, 1843. He is a son of Richard and Mary (Long) Mumford, who were married in Maryland. Caine to Miami County, 0., about 1840, where Mrs. Mumford died in 1852. Mr. Mumford died in Shelby County in 1880. The Mumfords are of English descent, the Longs of German extraction; but when they came to the United States is not known to us. John A., when a boy only fourteen years of age, had a genius for mechanical tools, which was discovered by his skill in the making implements and machinery about home. A carpenter in his neighborhood offered him $10 per month if he would work for him at the trade, which he did at the above wages for two months, when his progress was such that he received one dollar per day. He only worked at his trade about one year, when G. C. Anderson, of Sidney, who was running a woollen mill, offered him a place in his mills. This was in 1858. He remained in the mills during 1858 and '59. In 1860 he returned to his trade, at which he worked until in the spring of 1861. At the first call for volunteers he was the fifth to offer himself for enlistment; but the company was disbanded before being mustered. He then immediately went to Hamilton, Ohio, and enlisted in an artillery company; but this also did not complete an organization, and he came to Troy, Ohio, and joined the 11th 0. V. I., and was mustered on the first of June, and served his full time of enlistment for three years. After his discharge lie worked for the Government as a carpenter until the close of the war, when he returned to Sidney, where he has lived since that time. Nov. 26, 1866, he married Mary Fares, of Sidney. After his marriage he rented a sawmill, which he ran until the fall of 1882, when he embarked in the boot and shoe trade, at which he is engaged at the present time. Mr. and Mrs. Mumford have had born to them three children, viz., Minnie A., born Aug. 15, 1868; John F., born Oct. 9, 1870, and Charles D., born July, 1W13. JOHN S. ROBINSON, a son of Henry and Ann (Neal) Robinson, was born in Shelby County in 1849. His place of residence is Sidney, and business that of restaurateur. In 1871 he married Mary Yohe. They have had born to them two children, Jennie May, and Bonnie A. The history of the Robinson family can be found elsewhere in this work. They were among the first settlers of the county. CHARLES WOLF was born in Baden, Germany, in 1840. Came to the United States in 1862, and located in Louisville, Kentucky. The same year he married Ida Young, who was a native of Baden. She was born in 1841. Mr. Wolf is a machinist by trade. In 1864 they came to Sidney, where they now live. His business is that of grocer and keeper of restaurant. They have a family of five children, viz., Charles, born 1863; Louisa, born 1871; Nellie, born 1873 ; Frederick, born 1876, and Matilda, born 1879. MICHAEL H. KING was born in Mifflin County, Pa., in 1843. He is a son of Joshua and Catharine (Miller) King. He came to Shelby County in 1860. In 1861 he enlisted in the 20th O. V. I., and served his time of enlistment. In 1867 he married Elizabeth Kauffman, who also was a native of Mifflin County, Pa. She was born in 1838. Mr. King is a farmer, and resides in Clinton Township. WILLIAM DOERING was born in Germany in 1811. When he first came to this country he located in Southern Ohio, where he worked at coopering, which trade he had partly learned in the old country. He remained in Southern Ohio until 1837, when he came to Sidney, and built a house and shop. His was the first cooper shop in the town. He followed coopering until 1873, since which time he has lived a retired life, having a competence for his remaining days. In 1839 lie married Elizabeth Brocksick, who also was born in Germany in 1817. Mr. and Mrs. Doering have had born to them seven children: J. Henry, of Wapakoneta, Ohio.; Caroline E., who died in 1874; Mary A., whO died in 1870 ; Elizabeth C., of Sidney; Emma, who died in 1860; Sarah J., of Sidney; and Melinda, who died in 1860. BENJAMIN D. CONOVER, a son of Peter and Sophia (Du Boise) Conover, was born in the State of New Jersey in 1800. The Conovers as far back as we know were natives of New Jersey. They were of Low Dutch descent. The Du Boises were also of the same nativity. In 1849 Benjamin D. Conover married D. Mariale Wells, who was born in Vermont in 1817. They emigrated to Shelby County, Ohio, in 1851. Their family consists of three children: Agnes, born 1851; Mary, born 1854; and Benjamin W., born 1858. JAMES S. CROZIER. John Crozier, the grandfather, was born in Ireland. Came to the United States at the close of the last or the beginning of the present century, and located in Pennsylvania. It was here. that William R. Crozier was born in 1813. When two years of' age he was brought to Piqua, Ohio, where he grew up to manhood, and learned the trade of a carriage-maker. In 1836 he married Catharine A. Statler. Mr. Crozier has been engaged in the manufacture of carriages from 1836 up to the year 1880, when he retired from business, having spent a long life in a business for which his establishment has been noted throughout the State. He reared a family of nine children, of which James S. is the eldest. He was born in Piqua in 1838, lived at home with his parents until manhood; learned the trade with his father. At the age of twenty-two years, after the completion of his trade, he came to Sidney, and established a shop, which he has continued to carry on up to the present time. In 1859 he married Miss Rebecca Deweese, of Shelby County. They have two children: William M., born 1861; and Kittie, born 1867. CLAY R. JOSLIN. About the beginning of the eighteenth century Pelig Jocelyn, a young English gentleman, married a young lady of the Wakefield family of English nobility. The marriage was not agreeable to the wishes of the lady's family. The result was the young couple left their native land, and sailed for America. They first stopped for a time in New York, but afterward located in Connecticut. Of this family we know nothing except of one son, Benjamin, who married in Connecticut, and had four sons. This father and four sons were all in the Revolutionary War, aiding in the struggle for the independence of their adopted country. Israel, one of the four sons, married Sally Brown, of Vermont, a cousin of John Brown, of Harper Ferry notoriety. Israel changed the spelling of his name to Joslin, since which time the name has been spelled in that manner. They reared a family of seven children. Robinson Joslin, one of the seven, married Susan Wells, in the State of Vermont, in the year 1833. Some four years later they drifted into Ohio, and located in Akron, but remained there only a year or two, when they removed to Wapakoneta, Ohio. Their next removal was to Sidney HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO - 359 in the year 1841, since which time he has made his home here. They had born to them six children, three of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, viz., Clay-, R., Byron W., and Mariah E. Mr. and Mrs. Joslin still reside in Sidney, where he is engaged in the grocery and produce trade. Clay R., whose name appears at the head of this sketch, is the eldest son of the above. He was born in Sidney January 1, 1843, and has made his home here principally from that time to the present. In 1862 he enlisted in Company B, 20th 0. V. I., and remained in the service about one year, when he was discharged on account of disability. After regaining his health he went West, and remained a couple of years, then again returned home. In 1868 he engaged with his father in the sash, door, and blind factory, at which he continued until 1872. This year he married Miss Lou E. Vogle, of Piqua, Ohio. January I, 1873, he engaged in the livery business with Alex. Ramsey. They were partners until 1875, when Ramsey sold his interest to J. S. Patten. They remained together until 1879, when they divided their stock, and Joslin leased his present premises, since which time he has carried on the business of livery and feed stable in connection with that of veterinary surgeon. In 1879 he was •elected as coroner of Shelby County, and has filled the office two terms. Mr. and Mrs. Joslin have had born to them three children, viz., Mary R., Grace B., and Eugenia L. PEM BROOK BIRCH was born in Warren County, Ohio, April 2, 1843. He is a son of Moses Birch, who died before Pem Brook was born. When very young lie was put out among strangers. He lived on a farm until seventeen years of age, then went to learn the trade of a wagon-maker at which he was engaged at the breaking out of the Rebellion. When die President made his first call for 75,000 men he was one of the first to respond. He enlisted in the 1st 0. V. I., served his time of enlistment, returned home, and in September of the same year re-enlisted in the 69th 0. V. I. and served until March, 1864, when he veteranized and served until the close of the war. At the battle of Stone River he was wounded by a musket ball in the face; while lying on the battle-field was taken prisoner and sent to the Libby Prison Hospital, where lie remained three months ; was then paroled, went home and staid until exchanged, then returned to his. regiment, having spent over four years in the service. In September, 1865, lie came to Sidney and was married to Miss Caroline E. Lease, of Sidney. After marriage lie worked at the carpenter trade, which he followed until 1881, when lie bought an interest in the Sidney Planing-mills, at which he is engaged at the present time. Mr. and Mrs. Birch have had born to them three children, viz., Harry S., born 1866 ; Girtie M., born 1872; and Ruth E., born 1876. SAMUEL S. MAXWELL. James Maxwell, the grandfather of the above, came from Scotland with his wife and three children to the American Colonies about 1770, and located in Pennsylvania. Two of his sons served as soldiers in the Revolutionary war. John, one of the sons, was the father of Samuel. He was but a small boy when brought to America. He was born in 1763, and married Ruth Cypherd, of Baltimore, about 1790. They raised a family of eleven children. In 1800 they emigrated to Ohio and located in what is now Jefferson County, but afterward removed to Tuscarawas County, where he died in 1823. His wife died in 1840. Of this family of eleven children only one came to Shelby County, viz., Samuel, the subject of this sketch. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1795, and re. sided with his parents until he became of age. In 1816 he married Mary Wagner, of Montgomery County. They afterward located in Mont- gomery County. Here he purchased land and built a mill, and at the same time carried on several mechanical shops, such as smithing, cooperage, etc. He was a natural business man. He never learned a trade or worked much on a farm, but carried on the business quite extensively. While in Montgomery County he was justice of the peace for a number of years. In 1835 he moved with his wife and six children to Shelby County and bought a mill in Perry Township, and also 160 acres of land. Shortly afterward he built a saw-mill on Mosquito Creek, which lie soon followed with a new grist mill. He was one of the successful business men of Shelby County. At the time of his death he was the owner of 700 acres of land in Shelby County, and 500 acres elsewhere. They raised a family of seven children, viz., Benjamin W., Margaret, John, Abram, Hannah, Ruth, and Ellen S. Of this number there are but two left in the county, Benjamin W., of Sidney, and Hannah, the wife of William. Jackson. Mr. Maxwell was a highly esteemed citizen. He was filling the office of county commissioner at the time of his death in 1874. His wife died in 1873. W. H. MONROE, of Sidney, Ohio, was born in Shelby County in 1854. He is a son of John W. and Marian (Beeson) Monroe. Married Laura J. Wilkinson (a daughter of Isaac Wilkinson) October 10, 1876. By this union there were two children, Lulu M., born April 2, 1879, and Jennie A., born Nov. 30, 1880. The latter died July, 1881. Mrs. Monroe died Dec. 7, 1880. He married Edna L. Monroe, of Kentucky, Dec. I, 1882. By the last marriage they have one child, Violet, born Jan. 1883. Mr. Monroe was engaged for several years as bookkeeper of the Sidney Planing Mills, but in January, 1883, he became an equal partner with P. B. Birch in the concern. Mr. Monroe at the present time is a member of the city council from the fourth ward of Sidney. For history of ancestors, see sketch of Hanson Monroe, of Washington Township. CYRUS W. VAN DE GEIFT was born in Philadelphia County, Pa., in 1833. He came with his pa- rents to Dayton, Ohio, in 1841, where he remained until 1846, when he went to Springfield, Ohio. Here he clerked in a dry-goods store for several years, after which time he learned the art of ambrotyping. In 1857 he came to Sidney and bought an art gallery of Jas. McCullough, and in 1858 made the first photograph made in Shelby County. In 1859 he and his partner (S. N. Tod) bought a bookstore, which they ran in connection with the gallery. To this they added a stock of drugs. They carried on the business until 1865, when they sold out their entire stock. In 1868 Mr. V. went to Springfield and engaged in the clothing trade until 1877, when he again sold and returned to Sidney and again opened a photograph gallery, in which he is engaged at the present time. In 1860 he married Miss Belle Knox, of Sidney. By this union they have four children, Harry, Willie, May, and Robert. S. ALEX. LECKEY. [Copied from the Sidney Journal of September 10, 1880.] The subject of this brief biographical sketch was born in Newville, Cumberland County, Pa., October 30, 1814, and died in Sidney, September 4, 1880. His funeral was largely attended on Monday at his residence on Miami Street. An immense procession followed his remains to the beautiful Graceland Cemetery that, owes so much of its taste and beauty to his directing hand. His father with a family came to Sidney in 1829. He worked on his father's farm for a few years, and helped to make the brick of the old court-house in the square, whose existence terminates this year also. His work in town was as dry-goods clerk in the store of Thomas Ruckman. He then returned to Pennsylvania, and superintended the work on the Cumberland Valley Railway for Longwell & Co. From that lie went into the butchering and saddlery business in Nashville. Afterwards he taught school; and then went to Maryland, having taken a contract to build a part of the Ohio and Chesapeake Canal. This enterprise proved disastrous, and he lost heavily. He then took up teaching in Frostburg, was elected justice of the peace, and finally engaged with another gentleman in keeping hotel in Frostburg. This partnership was not continued long, and he returned to Ohio in 1847. In 1851 lie took charge of the Shelby County Democrat, and continued to edit it until October 13, 1854. In 1857 he was elected auditor of this county, which position he held for three terms of two years each. From 1863 to 1869 he engaged in wool buying and taking pike contracts. In 1870 he was a member of the State Board of Equalization. In 1868 lie formed a partnership with R. Given in the tannery and leather business, which continued until his death. He was an active man, prominent in all ,public enterprises. The Shelby County Agricultural Society owes much of its success to him, who took many years he was its secretary, at the time of his death its president. He was an honored and enthusiastic member of the order of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. .A life-long Democrat, an earnest Presbyterian in faith, a generous supporter of the church from which he was seldom absent, a member of the city council. He will be sadly missed by the whole community. Warm-blooded, quick to resent an insult, true to his friends, and implacable to his foes, he will be remembered as one of our most useful residents. In 1862 he married Mrs. Margaret Blake, the widow of William Blake, deceased (whose maiden name was Longstreth), of Montgomery County, Ohio, whom he leaves together with an adopted daughter. ALMON HITCHCOCK, the subject of this sketch, was born in Burlington, Connecticut, July 10; 1804. Before arriving at his majority his father's family moved to Shoreham, Vt., and subsequently to West Haven, Rutland County, in that State. In February, 1826, he married Emily R. Barber, and came one of the largest stock farmers in that portion of the county. Five children were born there, of whom three are. 'now living: Mrs. A. B. Cole, of St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Rev.J. G. Armstrong, of Richmond, Va.•' and A. B. C. Hitchcock, of Sidney. In the spring of 1861 he with his family moved to Sidney, where he resided until his death May 2, 1883. His wife died August 22, 1877. In politics be was a Republican, in religion a. Presbyterian. W. H. C. GOODE. The ancestry of the Goodes are from England. They were among the first settlers of Jamestown, Va., where some of the name still reside: Dr. H. J. Goode was born in Prince Edwards County, Va., in 1793. In 1805 HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO - 361 he came with an elder brother to Ohio. They floated down the Ohio River on a flat-boat to Cincinnati. From there they went to Clinton County. Here he grew to manhood, and studied medicine, and spent the most active part of his life in the practice of his profession, he having a very extensive practice for many years. About 1823 he married Margaret McKay. They reared a family of ten children. In 1849 his health having failed he was compelled to quit the practice of medicine, but being unable to do so while he remained where he was, he sold his property, and moved to Shelby County, and bought a farm near Sidney. He resided on the farm, giving his attention to agricultural pursuits, until 1863, when his wife died. He then made his home in Sidney two years, then went to Carthage (near Cincinnati), and made his home with his daughter the rest of his life. He died in 1879. Dr. Goode was a member of the M. E. Church for nearly three-fourths of a century, having united with the church when only ten years of age. Of his family there is only one left in the county, viz., W. II. C., of Sidney. M. M. Goode (familiarly known as Mack) resides in Wilson County, Kansas, where he is engaged in stock-raising. S. Gaines resides in Greene County, Ohio, and is a farmer. Burwell P. is a practising physician in Cincinnati. Margaret is the wife of S. Stimmel, of Fargo, Dakota Territory. The rest of the family are all dead. W. H. C., the youngest son of Dr. Goode, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, in 1843. He was reared on the farm. When eighteen years of age lie went to the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, where he remained several years, then returned home and worked on the farm for six years. He then engaged in mercantile trade in Crestline and Springfield for several years. In 1875 lie married Miss Fannie, a daughter of J. F. Frazier, Esq., of Sidney. In 1876 he located in Sidney, and took an interest with Slusser & McGill in the manufacture of steel scrapers. A few months later he bought out his partners, and has since that time conducted the business himself. At the time Mr. Goode bought the scraper works, the enterprise was new, it being a new invention, and not introduced into general use. The first year there were but a few hundred made, but within three years afterward the sales amounted to many thousands, and extended all over the United States. To Mr. Goode's enterprise and energy is due the great success that has been made in these works. Besides his manufacturing he is engaged extensively in growing wheat in Dakota, where he has a farm of about two thousand acres, nearly all under cultivation, having some fifteen hundred acres in wheat. Although still a young man he has made remarkable success in life, being at the present time one of the wealthiest men in the county. Mr. and Mrs. Goode have born to them three children: Carrie S., Charles H., and Frank F. HUDSON GARTLEY. Recorder Gartley, a son of John Gartley, is a native of Shelby County, and was born August 3, 1854. He remained at the home of his parents until he had attained his nineteenth year, when he went to Lebanon, Ohio, and entered upon the study of civil engineering. At the close of one year's study he returned home, and engaged in surveying, school teaching, and farming. In November, 1880, he married Miss Lavina, daughter of A. Whitener, of Loramie Township. In the spring of 1880 he received the nomination for the recordership of Shelby County on the Democratic ticket, and was elected in the following October. He is now the candidate for re-election, which is equivalent to the incumbency another term. Mr. and Mrs. Gartley have one child, named John Ail., born in March, 1882. SAMUEL L. WICOFF. The date of the Wicoff's settlement in Shelby County was in 1821 or 1828. The grandfather of the above entered a quarter section of land in Orange Township. It was here that Samuel L. was born May 22, 1851. He is a son of Isaac and Esther (Thorp) Wicoff. He was reared on the farm, with the advantages of the common schools of his district. After arriving at his majority he took a scientific course at the Normal Schools of Lebanon, Ohio, and read law principally at his home. He was admitted to the bar April, 1875, and formed a partnership with S. S. McKinney, of Piqua, but opened an office in Sidney. He continued the partnership with Esq. McKinney until 1880, since which time he has been alone in his practice. March 1, 1876, he married Miss Lida B. Emmons, of Miami County, Ohio. WILLIAM M. VAN FOSSEN was born in Butler County, Ohio, in the year 1832. He was the third son of Levi and Rebecca (Furman) Van Fossen, who were both born in Cincinnati—the father being born in 1798, the mother in 1800. The -Van Fossens came from England to the United States during the latter part of the eighteenth century, but the exact year is not known. They first located in Pennsylvania, but shortly afterwards came to the territory of Ohio. This was in the person of Ezra Van Fossen, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, who died at Pisgah, Butler County, Ohio, about 1840. Levi, his son, died in California in 1881. His wife died in California in 1879. William M. was brought by his parents to Shelby County in 1837; they located at Port Jefferson, where they built the third house in that village. William's youthful days were spent on a farm and working by the day, never having had a day's schooling in his life ; when twenty-one years of age he scarcely knew the alphabet, and could not write his own name. In 1849 his father and he went to California, landing there in the spring of 1850. In the fall of the same year they started to return home by the Nicaragua route, to take the balance of the family to California. After arriving at Lake Nicaragua, on their way home, William concluded not to go home with his father, and shipped on a schooner that was running on Lake Nicaragua, where he worked on that vessel for three months, then sailed for San Francisco, where he enlisted under Captain Crabb as a filibuster for General Walker's expedition to Central America, but on their way were captured by an U. S. man-of-war and were put on shore at Acapulco, when they returned by land to San Francisco. He then shipped on board of a sailing vessel as cabin-boy for Australia. After making this voyage he 'Text went on board a steam, ship as steward. This ship was running between San Francisco and Rio Janeiro ; making in all a little over two years he was on the water. In 1852 he went into the mines, where he worked until 1859. It was during this time, while blocked with snow during the winter in their hut, that he learned to read and write, under the instruction of one of his messmates. In 1859 he returned to Shelby County and married Miss Sallie Stewart, a daughter of Preston Stewart. Shortly after marriage he returned to California, taking his wife with him. After remaining there about one year they returned to Shelby County, since which time he has made his home in Sidney. In 1862 lie enlisted in the 99th 0. V. I. and served over three years, being in every battle his regiment was engaged in ; was wounded at the battle of Nashville, Tenn. He enlisted as a private, but was discharged as orderly sergeant of his company. Mr. Van Fossen, through disability caused by service in the army, has been unable to perform much labor, but having a competence for himself and wife (they never having had any children), they are living a retired life, in the enjoyment of the labor of the past. FERDINAND A MANN was born at Stundweiller, Germany, October 15, 1818, and came to this country with his brother Xavier, landing in New York April 27, 1836. The two brothers journeyed to Dayton, where they worked at their trade, that of tailoring. From Dayton Mr., Amann went to Cincinnati, where he remained two years, when he went to St. Louis, and was there also two years. From St. Louis he went to New Orleans, and in 1842 had the yellow fever in that city. In the spring of 1844 he returned to Dayton, and in the fall of the same year married Miss Mary A. Wagner, a sister of Peter and Matthias Wagner, of Sidney. In 1847 he moved to Sidney, and carried on merchant tailoring in partnership with his brother. In 1852 he sold his interest to his brother, and took charge of the National Hotel. His wife died September 18, 1852. Six children—five sons and one daughter—were the result of this union, two sons and the daughter of whom survive. In 1854 he married Miss Catharine Wagner, a sister of his first wife. In 1856 he bought the Sidney Hotel, now known as the Wagner House, of which he was landlord until the breaking out of the war, when he entered the army as 1st Lieutenant of Captain Schultz's artillery company, which was mostly composed of Shelby County men, and whose officers were all from Sidney. He received his commission from governor Tod on the 5th of September, 1861. While quartered at Louisville he took sick, and returned home on an extended furlough. He never fully recovered his health, and when he returned to the army he was assigned to hospital duty in Nashville. At the end of two years he resigned. In 1864 he moved to Fort Wayne, where he kept a hotel until the latter part of 1866, when he returned to Sidney. In 1873 he was elected County Treasurer, and served two terms. He made a courteous, capable, and honest officer, and retired with the confidence and respect of the people. By his last wife he .had eleven children—eight boys and three girls—of whom two sons and one daughter preceded him to the grave. He had seventeen children by the two marriages, and eleven of them are living. Ferdinand Amann, one of the oldest and best known residents of Sidney, died on Saturday morning, January 21, 1882. His health had long been impaired with that insidious disease, consumption, and his death was not unexpected. About a year ago he commenced to grow worse rapidly, and during the summer he spent several weeks at Mackinaw, Michigan. He returned home feeling better, but the improvement was only temporary, and late in the fall lie had to take to his bed. Mr. A mann possessed many sterling virtues. He was a devoted husband, a kind father, and raised a model family. In climbing the ladder of life he was frequently buffeted by adversity, but his integrity never had a blemish. He was a great friend of improvements, and nothing was ever agitated for the benefit of Sidney that did not receive his liberal aid and cordial encouragement.—Sidney Journal. 362 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO. MILITARY RECORD. FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. This regiment was organized at Camp Jackson, near Columbus, Ohio, May 4, 1861, but a few days later moved to Camp Goddard at Zanesville, where preparations were made for field service. It was then ordered into West Virginia on guard duty on the Baltimore and Ohio Railway, and advanced as far as Grafton. It took part in the engagements at Philippi, Laurel Hill, and Garrick's Ford, and at the expiration of the term of enlistment was discharged about the 1st of August, 1861. The next call of the President was for three hundred thousand men for three years, and the old Fifteenth responded almost unanimously. It was then reorganized at Camp Mordecai Bartley, near Mansfield, and moved to Camp Dennison, September 26, 1861. On the 4th of October the regiment went to Lexington, Kentucky, but eight days later moved to Camp Nevin, near Nolin's Station, by way of Louisville. It was here assigned to the Sixth Brigade, commanded by General R. W. Johnston, of the Second Division, under command of General A. McD. McCook, of the Army of the Ohio, then under General Sherman. On the 9th of December, 1861, the division moved out to Bacon Creek, and the next day the brigade occupied Mumfordsville. On the 14th of the month the division broke camp to move against Fort Donelson, but learning of the fall of that fort, a march was made to Bowling Green, and Nashville was finally reached on the 2d of March. Here a camp was formed, but on the 16th the march to Savannah began, that place being reached on the night of April 6. The next morning the Fifteenth marched to the battle ground, and remained in the engagement from noon till 4 o'clock, when the enemy fell back. In this engagement the regiment lost six men killed and sixty-two wounded. At Corinth the Second Division formed the reserve force, and so did not move to the front until. the 27th of May. It next marched to Battle Creek, Tennessee, where it arrived on the 18th of July. Here it remained until the 20th of August, when it moved to Altemonte, and from here to Nashville, which place was reached on the 8th of September. Again it moved out, and on the 25th reached Louisville. The division next pursued Bragg as far as Orchard Knob, and then marched to Nashville, November 7, 1862. On the 26th of December the army advanced upon Murfreesboro', and in the battle of Stone River the Fifteenth Regiment lost eighteen killed and eighty-nine wounded. On the 24th of July, 1863, an advance was made on Tullahoma and Shelbyville, and in the engagements which followed this regiment took a very prominent part. The division afterward moved to Bellefonte, Alabama, which place was reached August 22, and on the 2d of September the march was continued in the direction of Rome, and on the 11th the division took position with the main army in Lookout Valley. Here the regiment occupied the extreme right flank until the morning of the 19th, when it marched for the battle-field of Chickamauga, and was engaged immediately upon its arrival. It then took part in the siege of Chattanooga and the assault on Mission Ridge. We next find it with the First Brigade, Third Division, Fourth Army Corps, marching to the relief of Knoxville, Tennessee, where it arrived on the 8th of December, and on the 20th the command moved to Strawberry Plains. In January, 1864, the greater portion of the regiment re-enlisted and started to Columbus, Ohio, via Chattanooga, to receive furloughs. On the 10th of February the regiment reached Columbus three hundred and fifty veterans strong, and on the 12th the whole regiment was furloughed. They next appear at Camp Chase on the 4th of March recruited to the strength of nearly nine hundred men. The regiment reached Nashville in March and Chattanooga on the 5th of April. On the 8th it went to Cleveland, Tennessee, and to McDonald's Station on the 20th, where it remained until the spring campaign. On the 3d of May camp was broken and the regiment joined the army of Sherman at Tunnel Hill. The regiment afterward participated in the battle of Resaca, and again in that of Dallas, in which it lost nineteen men killed, three officers, and sixty-one privates wounded and nineteen missing, who were supposed to be killed or desperately wounded. The color guard, with the exception of one corporal, were all killed or wounded, but one corporal, David Hart, of Company I, brought the colors safely from the field. The army next moved to Kenesaw Mountain, and on the 14th of June the regiment lost one man killed and five wounded from Company A. The regiment next crossed the Chattahoochee and finally appeared before Atlanta. After operating on the rear of Atlanta the regiment was marched to the relief of Resaca, and finally to Columbia. At Nashville the regiment formed the extreme left of the army. It next moved against the enemy's position on the Franklin Pike. After following the enemy to Lexington, Alabama, it went into camp at Bird Springs. It next moved to New Market, Tennessee, in March, and then to Greenville to guard against the escape of Lee and Johnston, who were being pressed by Grant and Sherman. In April it was ordered back to Nashville, which place was reached about the 1st of May, 1865. Here the regiment lay in camp until the 16th of June, when it was ordered to Texas. On the 9th of July it reached Indianola, Texas, and the same night marched to Green Lake. Here the regiment lay until about the 10th of August, when it marched toward San Antonio. On the 21st it reached the Salado, near San Antonio, where it lay until October 20, when it entered upon post duty in the city. Here the regiment remained until the 21st of November, when it was mustered out and ordered to Columbus, Ohio, for final discharge. Leaving San Antonio on the 24th of November the regiment reached Columbus, December 25, and was discharged on the 27th, after a period of four years and eight months' service. Company I, Fifteenth Regiment 0. V. I. Henry Fletcher. Lucas Borer ; killed Dec. 31, 1862, at Stone River. John W. Clearity; killed at Stone River. Aaron Rambo, Sergeant ; discharged 1865. Frank H. Riggs; discharged September 13, 1863. Henry Seiters; discharged August, 1862. L. F. Kerkendall, Corporal. James C. Delaney; taken prisoner at Stone River, June, 1865. John H. Seiter, Corporal; November, 1862. William Price, Wagoner ; February, 1863. William Ash; wounded at Chickamauga July, 1864. Alva Anderson ; taken prisoner at Stone River September, 1863. Charles Baldwin; May 17, 1862, Shiloh. Samuel Couter; taken prisoner at Stone River September 20, 1864. David Fletcher; May 5,.1863. Samuel Fletcher. F. Fire; November, 1861. Benj. Gallatine: wounded at Pickett's Mills May, 1864. James Guthrie ; taken prisoner at Stone River September, 1864. Martin Hawver; September, 1864. S. B. Hoadly; February, 1863. George L. Hersluser; taken prisoner at Chickamauga September, 1863. Wellington Lathrops ; September, 1862. Andrew Larick; September, 1864. Irwin I. Mellard; November, 1861. Isaac A. Myers; February, 1863. Joseph Mortimore; April, 1863. William Morton; wounded at Stone River September, 1864. Joseph E. Meek ; wounded and taken prisoner at Stone River Sept. 1864. Thomas S. Hart; May, 1865. George W. Rockwell; taken prisoner at Stone River September, 1864. Gardner Sawyer; taken prisoner at Stone River September, 1864. George F. Summers; taken prisoner at Stone River June, 1863. John A. White; May, 1862. John F. White; taken prisoner at Stone River September, 1864. William Winton; March, 1863. Winfield G. White; wounded at Stone River September, 1864. TWENTIETH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. The Twentieth Ohio was recruited for three months in May, 1861, and reorganized at Camp King, Kentucky, October 21, 1861. The commanding officer was Colonel Charles Whittlesey, of Ohio, who was a graduate of West Point, and had won great distinction as an engineer and geologist in the Superior region. During the winter of 1861-2 the regiment guarded several batteries in the rear of Covington and ,Newport, Kentucky, and at one time four companies were sent to quell an insurrection in the region of Warsaw. On February 11, 1862, the regiment embarked on the steamers Emma Duncan and Doctor Kane for the Cumberland River. It reached Fort Donelson on the 14th of February, and went under fire the next day. It marched to the extreme right and went into a reserve position. After the battle the regiment was sent North in charge of prisoners, and so became greatly scattered. Soon afterward seven companies were brought together and went up the Tennessee on the expedition to Yellow Creek, on the steamer Continental, on which General Sherman had headquarters. On the 6th of April, while on inspection at Adamsville, the regiment heard the guns at Pittsburg Landing, and at 3 P. M. marched to the field and went into position on the right of the army. It participated in the fight of the next day and is entitled to share in the glory of that victory. During the engagement it was under command of Lieut.-Col. Force, Col. Whittlesey being in command of a brigade. During the advance on Corinth the regiment remained on duty at Pittsburg Landing. After the fall of Corinth regiment went to Purdy, where it joined its division, marched to Bolivar, and became a part of that garrison of June 6, 1862. On August 30, 1862, the Rebel General Armstrong, with fifteen regiments on an expedition northward, was held in check a whole day by the Twentieth Ohio, a portion of the Seventy-eighth Ohio, and two companies of the Second Illinois Cavalry. Late in the afternoon two companies, G and K, of this regiment were captured by a cavalry charge, but not until they had repulsed two charges. For their courage on this occa- HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO - 363 sion the officers and troops were highly commended. The regiment next assisted in driving Price from Iuka on the 20th of September. On November 28th it marched south from Lagrange in the Second Brigade of Logan's Division, and on the 4th of December entered Oxford, Miss. About this time the Seventeenth Army Corps was organized, and Logan's Division became the Third of the corps. By slow marches the Twentieth reached Memphis on January 28, 1863, and was reinforced by two hundred men. On February 22 the regiment moved down the Mississippi on the steamer Louisiana, landed at Lake Providence, and a few weeks later marched to the relief of Porter's fleet, blockaded in Steele's Bayou, and after three days in the swamps, returned to camp. On May 12 the Twentieth deployed in advance of the corps toward Raymond, Mississippi, and while resting with stacked arms, was fired upon from a thicket beyond a stream. The regiment at once formed and advanced, using the opposite bank of the stream as a breastwork. A severe struggle ensued for an hour, during which the Twentieth was exposed to a cross-fire. Every man stood firm until the Rebels were compelled to yield. The regiment lost twelve killed and fifty-two wounded. Private Canavan, of Company E, was promoted to a sergeantcy on the field for skilful management of the company after the other officers and sergeants were disabled. Captain Wilson was decorated with the Seventeenth Corps Medal of Honor for gallantry in assembling his skirmishers under the very muzzles of the enemy's guns during the first charge. Lieutenant Weatherby, of Company A, being on the extreme right of the skirmish line with his company, and being cut off from his regiment, assembled his company, and reported to the colonel of the nearest regiment—the Eighty-first Illinois—and fought as a part of that regiment. The Eighty-first showed their appreciation of its services by giving three hearty cheers for the " Twentieth Ohio Boys." Again the regiment moved from point to point and engaged from time to time in skirmishes, until we find it in the rear of Vicksburg, where it acted as support to an assaulting party on May 21. Here it continued at work until May 29, when with a brigade it withdrew from line and went on an expedition to the Yazoo Valley. On the 4th of June it had returned and was in reserve at Vicksburg. On the 26th of June the regiment withdrew to Tiffin with the Second Brigade to watch the movements of Johnston. After the fall of Vicksburg the regiment camped at Bovina Station, but was soon ordered to join Sherman's army then besieging Jackson. In January, 1864, two-thirds of the men re-enlisted, and on the 8th of February the regiment crossed Big Black and joined the Meridian expedition. Arriving at Meridian, the regiment assisted in destroying railroads and then marched to Chunkey Creek. The regiment afterward went north on furlough, and after thirty days rendezvoused at Camp Dennison on the 1st of May, and proceeded to Cairo, and from there by steamer to Clifton, Tennessee. From here it marched, via Pulaski, Huntsville, Decatur, and Rome, to Acworth, where it joined General Sherman on the 9th of June after a march of two hundred and fifty miles. After some skirmishes, the regiment appeared before the Rebel works at Atlanta on the 20th of July. The regiment took position in the advanced line on the 21st, and on the next day firing was heard to its rear. It formed in the works, the Rebels advanced, and the men leaped the parapet and faced the enemy. The Rebels pressed around the regiment and bullets came from front, flank, and rear. The Twentieth delivered their fire wherever the strength of the Rebels appeared until cartridges became scarce, when portions of companies A, F, and D risked life and obtained, in the face of the enemy, five cases of ammunition. Even this was insufficient, and the ammunition of the wounded and dead was distributed, and charges made to capture Rebels for the sake of their cartridges. The batteries in Atlanta threw shell upon the rear of the brigade, the enemy redoubled the fire in front, and placing a captured gun within fifty paces of the flank of the Twentieth, raked the regiment with canister. Orders came to retire, and the men withdrew to form a new line, firing their last cartridge as they withdrew. In the new line the Twentieth was placed in reserve except a detachment of one hundred men who were posted in the works on Force's Hill, and fought desperately until the close of the battle. In this engagement the Twentieth lost forty-four men killed, fifty-six wounded, and fifty-four missing. Many instances of personal daring were mentioned, among which were Lieutenant Nutt, of Company F, Skillen, of Company G; privates Crabbe and Casey of Company C ; Elder, of Company G; and Speker and Stevenson of Company F. especially distinguished themselves. The regiment changed about until the 24th of August, when it received orders to march as guard to the supply trains of the Army of the Tennessee. Four days later it joined its brigade at Fairburn and assisted in destroying railroads. It went into battle at Jonesboro' on the 31st, and as "refused flank" was exposed to a heavy artillery fire. It then went to Lovejoy's Station, but a few days later went into camp near Atlanta. On the 5th of October it engaged in the pursuit of Hood and at Galesburg turned back, and on November 5th again went into camp near Atlanta. It left Atlanta with Sherman's army November 15 for Savannah, participated in the destruction of Millin, Georgia, and reaching Savannah, went into position on the right of the Seventeenth Corps. On December 19th it was detached and sent to Ogeechee, where it engaged in building wharves for time landing of supplies. The work was ended by the surrender of Savannah and the regiment rejoined the brigade December 24th in camp at the outskirts of the city. On January 5, 1865, the regiment embarked on the steamer Fanny and proceeded to Beaufort, South Carolina, crossed Port Royal Ferry, and advanced until the enemy was found entrenched beyond a rice swamp. The Twentieth deployed as skirmishers, charged the enemy's works in splendid style, and the regimental colors were soon waving from the parapet. At dark the troops encamped before the fortifications of Pocotaligo, and on the morning of the 13th of January the regiment was assigned camping ground beyond the railroad station of Pocotaligo, and remained there until the 30th, when it joined the Carolina campaign. The head of the column struck the enemy on February 3d near the north Edisto bridge at Orangeburg, and two companies of the Twentieth were deployed as skirmishers. Soon the regiment advanced at double-quick and drove the enemy back to their fortifications, from which they opened fire. The regiment deployed as skirmishers, advanced through an ice-cold and waist-deep swamp, opened fire on the enemy and held the position until relieved in the evening. The next day the river was crossed and the railroad destroyed. Reached Columbia the night of its destruction, and the next morning marched through its smoking ruins and destroyed the railroad as far as Winnsboro'. On the '24th was left in rear of the whole army to guard the pontoon train, and after a hard march entered Cheraw March 3d and Bennettsville on the 6th. On the 20th of March Bentonville was reached, and on the 24th the regiment entered Goldsboro'. Two weeks later the regiment pushed to Raleigh, and on the 15th of April moved toward Johnston's army. It became known that Johnston had asked terms of surrender, the men went into ecstasies of joy, and even stood on their heads in the mud as they contemplated the final scene of the war. Leaving Raleigh on the 1st of May the regiment marched via Richmond to Washington, participated in the grand review, May 24th, was sent to Louisville, Kentucky, and on the 18th of July returned to Columbus and was mustered out of the service. The whole history of this regiment is creditable to the men, to the officers, and to the nation. Field and Staff Officers. Charles Whittlesey, Colonel,  1861 ; April, 1862. Manning F. Force, Colonel, 'April, 1862; pro. to Brig.-General. Harrison Wilson, Colonel, June, 1865; mustered out with Regiment. John C. Fry, Colonel, January, 1864; resigned 1864. Harrison Wilson, Lieutenant-Colonel. Peter Weatherby, Major. Henry 0. Dwight, 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant. John W. Skillen, 1st Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Henry P. Pricker, Surgeon. James W. Guthrie, Assistant Surgeon. James Knapp, J. W. Alderman, Chaplain. William A. Nutt, Sergeant-Major. Hiram H. Varner, Quartermaster Sergeant. Henry V. Wilson, Commissary-Sergeant. Company B, Twentieth .Regiment, 0. V. I. John C. Fry, Major August 18, 1861 ; discharged April 19, 1863. Andrew J. Edwards, Captain ; resigned April 14, 1863. Russell B. Neal, 1st Lieutenant January 1, 1862-January 5, 1865. Reuben M. Colby, 1st Lieutenant January 5, 1863. William A. Skillen, Sergeant. Isaac H. Coy, Sergeant October 25, 1862. Samuel W. Dickerson, Corporal. John C. Sullivan, Musician, July 14, 1862. Perry Burch, Private, Aug. 18, 1861-May 5, 1862, at Shiloh, Tenn. George W. Bains, Private, Aug. 18, 1861-July 24, 1862. Benjamin H. Croy, Private, July 1, 1862. John M. Coleman, Private, February 16, 1863. Joseph R. Conckright, December 19, 1861. William B. Elefrits, April 13, 1862, Shiloh. Arnold S. Coleman, October 22, 1863, Vicksburg. James F. Horn, August 29, 1862, Bolivar. John D. Hall, August 25, 1862. Clay R. Joslin, July 15, 1862. William Longacre, April 17, 1862, Shiloh. John W. Langstaff, July 25, 1862, Grand Junction. Peter Miller, December 26, 1862, Lagrange, Tenn. Adam Neil, July 5, 1862, Columbus, 0. Joseph McVay, March 16, 1862. Isaiah O'Bryan, May 7, 1862, Shiloh. William O'Bryan, October 25, 1862, Bolivar. George W. Staley, September 9, 1862, Bolivar. George W. Shann, June 27, 1863, Vicksburg. William R. Stipp, December 21, 1861, C. King, Ky. Aaron Smith, May 6, 1862, Shiloh. Mark Thompson, April 8, 1862, Shiloh. 364 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO. John H. Vannater, April 8, 1862, Shiloh. Thomas M. Wale, April 4, 1862, Crump's Landing. David Cargill, August, 1864. William Woodruff, April 12, 1862, Shiloh. Stephen M. Young, March 11, 1862, Atlanta, Ga. George W. Zirby, September 21, 1864. Jacob H. Allen, September 21, 1864. William B. Cannon, September 21, 1864. William H. Herschell, September 21, 1864. John D. Hall, September 21, 1864. Allen Halterman, September 21, 1864. John Morris, September 21, 1864. William F. Packer, September 21, 1864. David Scisco, September 21, 1864. Robert M. Toland, September 21, 1864. Silas D. Young, September 21, 1864. Philip W. Young, September 21, 1864. Charles B. Cannon, September, 1862-September, 1863. Transferred. James Knapp, Chaplain. E. N. Owen, Adjutant. Robert N. Sharp, October 15, 1863. John F. Smith, October 15, 1863. John K. Wilson as Hospital Steward. W. A. Skillen, promoted to 1st Lieutenant August, 1864. Killed in battle and died. John S. Wilkinson, Sergeant, died May 31, 1862, Shiloh. Elias Baldwin, Private, died May 27, 1862, Paducah, Ky. David Baldwin, Private, died March 21, 1863, Jackson, Tenn. William R. Campbell, Private, died October 15, 1862, Sidney, 0. Levi Gump, died August 16, 1863, Vicksburg. Thomas J. Goble, died April 25, 1862, Pittsburg Landing. Harlam P. Hall, killed April 7, 1862, at Shiloh. Amos Huffman, died July 2, 1862, Sidney, 0. Francis M. Hall, died January 26, 1863, Lagrange. Jonas Harshberger, died May 12, 1863, wounds in action. Henry D. Munch, died May 5, 1862, C. Denison. Benjamin F. Ogle, died August 5, 1862, Paducah. George Pencil, died April 18, 1862, St. Louis. Joseph S. Schenck, died March 23, 1862, Savannah. Henry Schenck, died March 23, 1862, Savannah. Henry S. Staley, died June 15, 1862, Paducah. Martin L. Thrush, killed in action May 12, 1863. William Walter, died May 9, 1862, Shiloh. Nehemiah B. Cannon, died February 24, 1863, Bull Run. Veterans of Company B mustered out with Regiment July 18, 1865. Newton R. Persinger, Captain. John W. Gerard, January 1, 1864. Chancey Grimes, 1st Lieut. Co. D. Isaac Gump. Henry V. Wilson, Commiss'y-Ser-geant July, 1865. William H. Goble. Homer L. Hall. Andrew Cox, Sergeant. Thomas Wick. James A. Fleming, Sergeant. William G. Martin. George H. Shorp, Sergeant. William C. McColly. Christopher Layman, Sergeant. Levi Pence. Simon Wicks, Musician. Thomas Plunkard. Henry T. Bryan. Jonathan Rea. George W. Bain. Samuel Rosell. Isaac N. Carey. Clarence Robinson. Henry H. Davis. John Smith. William Davis. John M. Stephens. William Elifrits. S. W. Smith. Arthur C. Gregg. Jacob Taylor. Joseph S. Gerard, James E. Taylor. Discharged May, 1865. Benjamin A. F. Greer, Captain Reuben M. Colby, 1st Lieutenant Chancey Grimes, 1st Sergeant Isaiah Euckley, Private Daniel Eichers, Private Samuel Hamlet.  William Hubner. Jesse F. Halterman. Lewis John Henry Ruppert Thomas McVay. Peter Privmmer George Snyder. Died. Gabriel K. Crawford, killed in action July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. William H. Borum, died in Prison, Andersonville. John Rinehart, died March 24, 1864, Vicksburg. Perry Bailey, killed July 22, 1864, Atlantic. George W. Ragan, died May 28, 1865, Andersonville Prison. James H. Coleman, died March 17, 1865, Grafton, W. Va. John Johnson, killed April 8, 1865, Pocotaligo, S. C. John B. McAlexander, killed July 22, 1864, Atlantic. George W. Rush, died March 14, 1864, Vicksburg. John W. Wilson, died March 14, 1864, Vicksburg. Harvey Watts, died April 17, 1865, Hospital. Sylvester Wright, died April 18, 1865, Hospital. David Clinton Baker, died June 2, 1863. Company F, Twentieth 0. V. I. enlisted in Sept. and Oct. 1861. William W. Updegraff, Captain ; resigned February, 1863. John W. Skillen, Sergeant, promoted. David R. Hume, 1st Lieutenant, May 16, 1862. Reuben Woodmancy, 1st Lieutenant, November 1, 1864. Allen Arbogast, Sergeant ; discharged October 2, 1864. Samuel McMananny, Sergeant; discharged October 25, 1862. Benjamin McCullough, Sergeant ; discharged May 15, 1862. David Robbins, Sergeant ; discharged October 10, 1864. James Hume, Corporal ; discharged April 12, 1862. David Ritchie, Corporal ; discharged August 1, 1862. John C. Stipp, Corporal ; discharged October 2, 1864. Josiah Morris, Corporal ; discharged October 2, 1864. John Arbogast, Private ; discharged March 29, 1862. William S. Blakely, Private; discharged October 2, 1864. Isaac Betts, discharged August 1, 1862. John E. Blakely, discharged October 2, 1864. Elijah C. Coleman, discharged August 25, 1862. George Clickner, discharged January 10, 1862. Eli Davis, discharged May 1, 1862. Levi Hughes, at Vicksburg. Robert R. Johnson, discharged September, 1862. George Jordan, discharged January, 1863. John Kershaw, discharged February, 1863. David Kennedy, discharged May, 1862. Thomas C. Leapley, discharged August, 1862. Abra Lenox, March, 1863. Daniel Leapley, discharged March, 1862. James Lattimer, discharged March, 1862. William McDowell, discharged March, 1862. George S. McMannama, January, 1863. John Moore, August, 1862. E. E. Nutt, discharged to receive promotion June, 1863. Wm. A. Nutt, discharged with regiment in 1865 as sergeant-major. David R. Hume, Private, August, 1861-May, 1862. Joshua Russell, Private. Andrew Speker. William Smith. Daniel Smith. Thomas Smeltzer, November, 1862. Amos Winks. William Scisco, September, 1862-May, 1865. William J. Swander, served nine months. Hugh B. Neal, Corporal, September, 1861—June, 1864. William Ogden, discharged March 29, 1862. Hiram Orwiler, enlisted October, 1862 discharged January, 1863. Joshua W. Russell, discharged July, 1862. Andrew Speker, discharged October, 1864. William Smith, discharged May, 1862. Daniel Smith, discharged August, 1862. Thomas Smeltzer, discharged January, 1863. Amos Winks, discharged .July, 1862. Newton R. Perringer, Quartermaster. Sergeant, promoted. William Clemcey, Hospital Steward, September, 1863. George W. Cypners, Corporal. George E. Eddy. Henry W. Neal. Seth Johns, 1861—October, 1864. William H. Coy, died December 29, 1861, Camp King, Ky. William Crotenteler, died March 26, 1862, Steamer City of Memphis. Lemuel Ellsworth, died          March 18, 1862, Pittsburg Landing. William Edwards, died February 19, 1863, Memphis. William 0. Heffeman, died February 13, 1862, Cincinnati. Philip Hall, died May 7, 1862, Shiloh. William Heaman, died January 20, 1863, Lagrange. Martin Hole, died May 17, 1863. Thomas Minnear, died November 21, 1862, Shelby County, 0. George Olden, died April 1, 1862, Shelby County, 0. Nathan L. Russell, died May 1.3, 1862, Steamer Tycoon. Thomas Smith, died May 21, 1862, Shelby County. Daniel Vanote, died February 22,1863, Memphis. John W. Vandever, died March 25, 1863, Berry's Landing. HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO - 365 Veterans. Edmund E. Nutt, Captain, discharged July 1865. Silas A. Reynolds, 1st Lieutenant, discharged January, 1865. G. C. Allinger, 1st Sergeant, discharged February, 1865. James Williams, Sergeant, January, 1864. Paul Beezley, Sergeant, January, 1865. William Wright, Sergeant, April, 1865. Willis H. Dye, Corporal, January, 1864. Peter W. Speker, Corporal, captured July, 1864-May, 1865. Charles Stevenson, Corporal, October, 1864. Thomas Buchanan, Corporal, October, 1864. John T. Hathaway, Corporal, July, 1865. John T. Neal, Corporal, July, 1865. Mustered out with Company July 18, 1865. Cornelius Ammons. George Burnett. John W. Wade. William Blocker. George W. Boyer. John Bright. John Biggert. Squire J. Baker. Samuel Churchill. Jacob Cost. James Coons. George Clackner. A. L. Cain. Joseph Elliott. William Fulton, prisoner of war. John W. Fisk. Jonas Garrett. Henry Gilkison. Maxwell P. G. Hageman. Michael King. F. S. Lewis. Peter W. Speker was in Andersonville and other prisons 1865 Timothy Kelly. John W. Moore, Aug. 1861. James McManamy. Shepherd Shaw. Wm. Speker, Sergeant. Charles C. Wright. William Musgrove. John Malahan. Abraham Mapes. Jeremiah Reels. George Speker. Samuel Stevenson. Thomas Wright. Daniel Wright. William Willis. George Woods. William H. Williams. John W. Whires. Rob't N. McGinnis, Corporal. Joshua Barbee, Private. John Barbee. August Bahr. Aza B. Curtis. Thomas Evans. Lewis Galimore. R. R. Johnson. Robert Johnson. William McDowell. William Scisco. William Munford. John Wical, Oct. 1862-June, 1865. Joseph Green, Private, Sept.1864. Died and killed in battle. Matthias Elliott, killed in action Atlanta, Ga, July 22, 1864. Cornelius Davenport, died at Marietta, Ga., September 29, 1864. Robert Elliott, killed in action, Atlanta, Ga. Albert Hine, killed in action, Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864. John Shaw, killed at Savannah December 13, 1864. Company K, Twentieth 0. V. I. William D. Neal, Captain, killed June 26, 1864, Kenesaw Mountain. Abraham Kaga, Captain, wounded and discharged January, 1864. William L. Waddle, 1st Lieutenant, promoted to Captain. D. B. Rinehart, 1st Lieutenant January, 1862 ; resigned January, 1863. Seneca Hale, 2d Lieutenant November, 1861; resigned February, 1863. Joseph S. Laughlin, Sergeant, January, 1862-May, 1863. Joseph E. Wilke•s, Corporal, January, 1862-October, 1862. John F. Bull, July, 1862. Henry Clousing, July, 1863. E. P. Edger, July, 1862. Jesse M. Furrow, September, 1862. Jacob S. Gottchell, July, 1862. William Hurt, January, 1862-September, 1862. William Kiggins, January, 1862-July, 1862. John C. Knox, December, 1861-July, 1862. Lewis V. Mason, March, 1862-October, 1862. Warret 0wen, January, 1861. William Swander, January, 1861-July, 1863. F. M. Thomas, January, 1861-July 1862. Reuben Thompson, January, 1861-November, 1862. James W. Watson, January, 1861-July, 1863. Benjamin Snow, January, 1861-September, 1863. Died and killed in battle. Andrew J. Watson, died July 4, 1863, Vicksburg. Samuel Bryan, died May 20, 1862, Shiloh. Oliver P. Baggart, wounded July 13, 1863, Memphis. Thomas Baldwin, died February 13, 1863, Memphis. Columbus Beeson, died March 28, Jefferson, Mo. Jesse Babcock, killed May 23, 1863, Vicksburg. Isaac 0. Cole, died May 20, 1862, Shiloh. Jasper N. Davis, died June 15, 1863, at home. James Dalton, died October 18, 1862, Shiloh. Jesse Day, died October 18, 1862, Bolivar. Perry Deweese, died March 9, 1863, Memphis. E. S. Gallimore, died June 18, 1862, Camp Dennison. Freeman Hawkins, died April 24, 1862, Shiloh. Henry Hardesty, died June 30, 1863, on transport. James A. Knox, died May 16, 1863, Raymond, Miss. Ozias Lambert, died February 5, 1862, Cincinnati. Abraham Lenox, died March 12, 1863, St. Louis. Elias Manning, died April 29, 1863, Lagrange. Moses Sturgeon, died June 29, 1863, Vicksburg. John Wagnog, died June 21, 1862, Grand Junction. David C. Baker, died June 2, 1863, Nashville. William Henry Sturm, drowned in 1862. Mustered out with Regiment July 18, 1865. R. M. Colby, Captain, mustered out with Company. William H. Nogle. William P. Manning, 1st Sergeant. Richard M. Wilson, Sergeant. Andrew Wilson, Sergeant. Luther Stewart, Sergeant. George W. Dorsey, Sergeant. Benjamin F. Whitmer, Corporal. George W. Redinbo, Corporal. John A. Jackson, Corporal. Gotleib Demler, Corporal. Geo. W. Smalley, Corporal, missing in action. George Blakely, Private. John M. Blakely, Private. David W. Barber. Irwin M. Bolenbaugh. E. L. Bogus. John H. Bird. John W. Clement. John B. Croner, January, 1862. Jacob Crusey. Henry F. Dickensheets. Daniel C. Dickensheets. Oliver P. Davis, October, 1862. Thomas Duncan. George Deal. William T. Dickerson. William Elzroth. Samuel Emmitt. Ira Fosnight, October, 1862. William Golden. William Henry. John W. Harrison. William H. Harrison. William Haig. Daniel P. Haines. William A. Messenger. Samuel H. McCabe. John McBain. John E. Mitchell. James A. Peer, June, 1863. William H. Princehouse. John H. Ruppart. Samuel Russell. James H. Smith. Henry H. Staley. Henry Shue. Henry J. Souder. Philip Tunks, Dec. 1863. Frederick Troutwine. Thomas Tuley. William Weaver. Nelson Wright. Hugh Marshall, Corporal. S. J. Baker. John Balmer. Henry Brewer James Fidler. William Glasford Samuel M. Graham Lucas Hardesty Josiah M. Hedges William Hammell Thomas C. Kiser Orrin Kiser. Elisha H. Kiser Labarr J. Kiser William H. Kibbons. Benjamin F. Martin Abraham Mapes. Jonathan Niswanger, Aug. 1862 George W. Quillan. William P. Rupport. Seth T. Reddick. William J. Hines E. H. Kiser John A. Krabah Martin Line Henry C. LeFever John M. Martin Daniel H. Manning James W. Mart Jacob Manning. Reuben Smeltzer Robert Smeltzer Calvin F. Shaw, Aug. 1862 Jonathan Smith. Toney Thomas. Levi Williams Jacob Waltz. Henry Waltz Died and killed in battle. William D. Neal, killed at Kenesaw Mountain June 26, 1864. William Airgood, died October 24, 1864, Rome, Ga. William S. Dodds, wounded and died October 10, 1864, Rome, Ga. Thomas Gleason, wounded July 27, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. Christopher Jelly, killed July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. John E. Kessler, killed July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. James Moore, killed July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. John Umphery, July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. Andrew Willis, died from wounds June 28, 1864, Rome, Ga. Company I, Twentieth 0. V. I. Benjamin D. Dodds, December, 1861 ; killed in 1864. John Pierce, December, 1861 ; died February, 1862. John Manning, August, 1862. John S. Sparling, December, 1861-June, 1865. T. G. Ailes, December, 1861; killed at Peachtree Creek July 22, 1864. George W. Schenck, Private Company H, April, 1861-August, 1861. John T. Snodgrass,     66 366 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO. NINETY-NINTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. The Ninety-ninth was organized at Camp Lima, Ohio, and mustered into service August 26, 1862. Of this regiment two companies were raised in Allen County, two in Shelby, two in Hancock, and one each in Auglaize, Mercer, Putnam, and Van Wert. For the regiment seventeen hundred men were recruited, hut seven hundred were at once transferred to the One Hundred and Eighteenth Ohio. They left Camp Lima, August 31, with one thousand and twenty-one men, under orders to report at Lexington, Kentucky. While en route it was learned that the enemy had taken Lexington and the regiment was ordered to Cynthiana. After a few weeks it went to Covington and entered the fortifications at Fort Mitchell. In September it went by steamer to Louisville, and was so disposed as to assist in the defence of that place against the threatened assault of the army under Bragg. On the. 1st of October the regiment was transferred to Colonel Stanley Matthew's Brigade, which was composed of the Fifty-first and Ninety-ninth Ohio; the Eighth and Twenty-first Kentucky, and the Thirty-fifth Indiana. This subsequently became the Third Brigade, Third Division, Twenty-first Army Corps. The regiment now marched in pursuit of Bragg's retreating forces as far as Wild Cat, from which place the brigade moved to Mount Vernon, and again in regular order to Somerset, Columbia, Glasgow, and Gallatin. From this last point it was ordered to Lebanon to intercept the command of John Morgan. The march to Lebanon and back to Silver Springs was made in one day, and Morgan's command was first dislodged, but followed the brigade on its retreat and captured about one hundred of the Union forces who were unable to keep up the rapid march of the brigade. About twenty of these stragglers who were captured belonged to the Ninety-ninth. After a few days' rest the regiment moved toward Nashville and took position about seven miles from that city. Here the troops suffered greatly from sickness, and when the forward movement was ordered to Stone River the regiment could only muster three hundred and sixty-nine privates, two field officers, seven line officers, and three staff officers, who were fit for duty. On December 26, the regiment advanced toward Murfreesboro', being under the rebel fire during part of the march. At the battle of Stone River it formed on the extreme left of the line. On the morning of December 31 the division crossed Stone River, but on account of the disaster on the right, was ordered back to hold the ford while the first and second brigades were sent to reinforce the corps of General McCook. On January 1, 1863, the third division crossed the river and took a position which it held until Friday afternoon, when the rebels formed in heavy column, and doubling on the centre, drove Van Cleve's division across the river. This division was at once reinforced and drove the rebels back, capturing all the artillery used in the attack. Bragg commenced his retreat under cover of that night. In this battle the Ninety-ninth lost three officers and seventeen men killed; two officers and forty-one men wounded, and one officer and twenty-nine men captured After this battle the regiment took position at Murfreesboro' on the left of the line. On June 30, 1863, it marched to McMinnville, where it remained until the 16th of August; when it moved to Pikeville. After various, marches and duties the regiment moved to Ringgold and participated in the battle of Chickamauga. Soon afterward the Twentieth and Twenty-first Corps were consolidated, and the Ninety-ninth Regiment was transferred to the Second Brigade, First Division, Fourth Corps. This brigade camped for a time opposite Lookout Mountain, but on the 1st of November moved to Shell Mound, where it did duty guarding and repairing the railroad from Chattanooga to Bridgeport. On the 22d it moved up the valley, and on the 24th participated in the "battle above the clouds," being the second line of the charging column. As the lines swept around the mountain the Second 'closed up on the First, until, nearing the Point, it rushed impetuously through the first line and held the advance until relieved by fresh troops after nightfall. The next day the regiment was engaged at Mission Ridge, occupying the extreme right of the National line. After following the Rebels to Ringgold the regiment returned to Shell Mound, where it remained until February, 1864, when it moved to Cleveland, Tennessee, and on the 3d of May entered upon the Atlanta campaign. It next participated in the actions of Rocky Face Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, Pine Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro' and Lovejoy, in all of which engagements the regiment bore an honorable and prominent part. On the 28th of June it was assigned to the Fourth Brigade, Second Division, Twenty-third Corps, and on the 19th of July took possession of Decatur. The regiment participated in the actions before Atlanta and moved to Jonesboro' and Lovejoy. It was next assigned to the First Brigade and returned to Decatur, having lost in the Atlanta campaign thirty men killed and fifty-six wounded. On the 1st of October the regiment started in pursuit. of the command of Hood, moving to Centreville by way of Resaca, Johnsonville, and Waverly. For a few weeks its communication was cut off, but it finally received orders by courier to march to Franklin. As this place was in the hands of th enemy the march was continued to Nashville. It next appeared in line in front of Nashville, and on the morning c the 15th of December moved against the intrenched army of Hood. I drove the enemy from one position to another until it found them poste on a hill covered by a stone wall. The division, without orders, charge the position, carried it, and turned the guns upon the retreating foe The enemy was pursued to Columbia, where this regiment was consol dated with the Fiftieth Ohio and the Ninety-ninth ceased as an organization. The regimental colors were then sent to Sidney, until th return of Sergeant Wm. M. Van Fossen, when he took them in charge, an they are still in his possession. Field and Staff Officers; Albert Langworthy, Colonel ; August, 1862-September, 1864. Peter T. Swaine, Colonel ; December, 1864. John E. Cummings, Lieutenant-Colonel ; transferred to 50th 0. V. I. James Day, Major ; resigned December, 1862. Benjamin F. LeFevre, Major ; transferred to 50th 0. V. I. J. T. Wood, Surgeon ; transferred to 50th 0. V. I. George J. Wood, Assistant-Surgeon ; Octobcr, 1862. James M. Morrow, Chaplain. Company H, Ninety-ninth Regiment, 0. V. I. Nathan R. Wyman, Captain ; August, 1862-February, 1863. James H. Hume, Sergeant; August, 1862-October, 1864. Michael Quinn, Sergeant; August 1862-October, 1863. Vincent S. Wilson, Sergeant ; August, 1862-October, 1863. Benj. M. Sharp, Sergeant ; August, 1862. Benj. F. Burrows, Corporal ; August, 1862. E. G. Spence, Corporal ; August, 1862. Morgan A. Le Fevre, Corporal ; August, 1862-July, 1861. S. L. Russell, Corporal. Solomon Bahmer, Corporal. N. F. Conell, Corporal. Jasper S: McCoshen, Corporal. John C. Senoff, Corporal. Robert Beers, Private; August, 1862-July. Nathan Bunnell. H. H. Bushman. John Craft ; August, 1862-July, 1865. L. S. Coffin, August, 1862-July, 1865. Alfred 0. DeWeese. James R. Doesan. John W. Swander, August, 1862 ; wounded at Stone River, and died February 3, 1863. Aaron Swander, August, 1862; killed at Chickasaw Mt. June 20, 1863 Francis M. Shaffer, Private, August, 1862-March,. 1863. Joseph D. Hume, Private, August, 1862 ; died at Bowling Green, Ky November, 1862. Samuel W. Murphy, Private, Aug. 1862 ; killed at Stone River, Jan. 186; Jacob W. Richards, August, 1862-June, 1865. ____ Doemeyer, August, 1862 ; died. Elisha Yost, August, 1862-June, 1865. Henry M. Lehman, enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged July, 1865. Company K, Ninety-ninth Regiment, 0. V. I. James C. Young, Private, August, 1862 ; died at Bowling Green, Ky., November 27, 1862. Daniel Staley, Private, August, 1862-July, 1865. Valentine Staley, Private, August, 1862-July, 1865. Philip Staley, Private, August, 1862-July, 1865. Company C, Ninety-ninth Regiment, 0. V. I. James Knapp, Captain, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863. Dead. Thos. Stevenson, 1st Lieutenant, enlisted Aug. 1862; discharged 1862. R. E. Johnston, 2d Lieutenant, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1863. Thos. C. Honnell, 1st Sergt., enlisted 1862; discharged 1865 as Captain. Wm. H. Shaw, Sergt., enlisted 1862; discharged 1865 as 1st Lieutenant. M. E. Thorn, Sergt., enlisted 1862; discharged 1863 as 2d Lieut. Dead. P. L. Frazier, Sergt.,.enlisted 1862; discharged 1865 as Sergeant-Major. W. M. Van Fossen, Corp., enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865 as 1st Sergt. W. B. Simpson, private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865 as Sergeant. W. Duncan, Corporal, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865 as Sergeant. A. A. Davis, Corporal, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865 as Sergeant. I. N. Redenbo, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865 as Corporal. Charles 0. Frazer, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1864. Edward Reed, Corp., enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1864 as Sergeant. Dead. S. McElroy, Sergeant, enlisted 1862. Died 1863 as Private. Frank Luckey, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1863. J. L. S. Lipencott, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1862. Dead. Charles McMullen, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1862. Dead. W. H. Shafer, Private, enlisted, 1862 ; discharged 1862. Dead. Samuel Walters, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1862. Dead. HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO - 367 G. W. Bland, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. Lean S. Davis, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865 as Corporal. J. L. Luckey, Corporal, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1862. Jas. Wolf, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865 as Corporal. Dead. John W. Stevens, Priv., enlisted .1862; dis. 1865 as Hosp. Steward. Dead. B. Arstenstall, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Dead. A. Smith, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. Dead. James Wiley, Corporal, enlisted 1862; discharged 1862 as Private. Dead. R. D. Coon, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. Dead. T. W. Graham, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. N. Boham, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. G. Beason, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. N. D, Brown, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. W. F. Smith, Private, enlisted 1862 discharged 1865 as Corporal. John W. Slagle, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1863. Davis Brown, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. George Brown, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. S. R. Babcock, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. P. 0. Babcock, Private, enlisted 1862. Killed 1864. S. D. Babcock, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1862. John Sullivan, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863 as Drum Major. I. L. Davis, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863. Scot Lipencutt, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. John Fix, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. David Clayton, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. George Curl, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. John B. Moorehead, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. Joel Mattox, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. W. H. H. Cover, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. Isaac N. Kizer, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. Fred. Wolf, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. Dead. W. McClure, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1862. John Emett, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Dead. E. Williams, Private, enlisted 1862.; discharged 1865. W. H. Wittick, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1862. John Hartsell, Private, enlisted 1864. Died 1864. M. McDermet, Private, enlisted 1864 ; discharged 1865. John Crawford, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. H. Flesher, Private, enlisted 1864. Killed 1864. W. B. Flesher, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. Dead. George Hemelright, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. D. Duerbalt, Private, enlisted 1862. Killed 1863 at Stone River. Aaron Ringlespaugh, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. Frank Irvin, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. James Luckey,. Private, enlisted 1862. Killed 1863 at Stone River. Davis Swickard, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. James Darst, Private, enlisted 1862; dischargd 1865. Joseph Delap, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1862. W. R. Wilkinson, Private, enlisted 1862. Killed 1864 at Chickamauga. Jerry Sullivan, Private, enlisted 1862. Killed 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain. E. F. Bull, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1862. G. W. Wiley, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1863. Isaac Redenbo, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. Daniel Redenbo, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1863. Died. Daniel D. Curtis, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1864. Died. F. S. Borne, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. W. S. Clary, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Dead. Jesse Jackson, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. Aaron Baldwin, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. Samuel S. Wirick, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. M. Ragan, Private, enlisted 1864; discharged 1865. Josiah McGee, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1863. John Camomile, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. G. W. Sharp, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. Samuel Silver, Private, enlisted 1865 ; discharged 1865 as Wagon Master. Michael Collins, Private, enlisted 1865; discharged 1865. Dead. Jesse Wood, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Dead. Jasper Lewis, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863. Dead. George McCabe, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863. Poke Nutt, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863 as Musician. Dead. Wm. E. Bayley, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. James F. McClure, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Martin Denman, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1864. Wm. H. Ogden, Corporal, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863. Andrew King, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1862. John E. Darnell, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. L. Davis, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1864. Dead. C. Bodkin, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1862. G. W. Windle, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1862. Wm. Ramsay, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. A. L. Humphry, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Joseph H. Cartright, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1863. Dead. H. Stumbaugh, Private, enlisted 1863; discharged. 1865. H. Wilson, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. Robert Wells, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1863. Dead. Ed. Williams, enlisted 1862; discharged 1862. Dead. H. Levingston, enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. J. E. Wilkinson, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. George G. Line, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1862. Dead. William Austin, Private, enlisted 1.862 ; discharged 1863. Dead. George W. Frank, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1862. Dead. Benjamin Forest, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1862. Dead. James Hagan, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1862. Dead. Frank Irvin, Private, enlisted 1862; discharged 1862. Dead. Ed. Reed, Corporal, enlisted 1862; discharged 1864 as Sergeant. Dead. Beeman, Private, enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1862. Dead. Wm. Franklin, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1863. Julius T. Vorus, Private, enlisted 1862. Died 1862. Company H, Fiftieth Regiment, 0. V. I. Hamilton S. Gillespie, Captain, August, 1862; promoted to Colonel. Solomon Balmer, Corporal, December, 1864. William Wilson, Corporal. Henry M. Lehman, Corporal, December, 1864. John C. Lenox, Musician. Joseph L. M. Cashen, Musician. Mark Galimore, August, 1862-July, 1865. Daniel W. Abbott, Private, August, 1862-May, 1853. Samuel Flesher, September, 1864-July, 1865. Espy C. Dill, August, 1862; missing after battle of Chickamauga. James A. Deweese. Theodore Farrote. Philip Griner. Geo. Huffman. William G. Herbert, August, 1862-July, 1865. Henry A. Jackson, May, 1865. Wm. B. Kessler, May, 1865. Nicholas Cleinhen, August, 1862-May, 1865. Jacob A. Line. James H. Lenox: Wm. H. Forrar. Thomas I. Lash, December, 1864. Jacob McClashen. David W. McAlexander. John M. Morton. William Meyers. William. R. Parke, August, 1862-July, 1865. Richard Pluman. Isaac N. Parke, August, 1862-July, 1865. Jacob W. Richards. Philip M. Randolph John Schraer. Alfred E. Toland, August, 1862-July, 1865. George W. Zeibe. James R. Dodson, died December 22, 1862, at home. John Mapes ; died May 25, 1865, at New York. Alfred Swander; died in Libby Prison January 1, 1864. Veterans. Vincent S. Wilson, August, 1862-March, 1865. Benj. F. Burrows, March, 1865. E. L. Spence, March, 1865. Nathaniel L. Carrell, March, 1865. L. S. Coffin. Thomas Enright, August, 1862-May, 1865. Vincent Wilson, August, 1862-July, 1865. Philip M. Randolph, August, 1862-July, 1865. Virgil C. Lenox, Sergeant-Major, August 1, 1862-June, 1865. William Wilson, Corporal, August, 1862-June, 1865. Richard Pleiman, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Philip M. Randolph, August, 1862-June, 1865. Samuel L. Russell, Sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. George Huffman, Private, August, 1862-June, 1867. Alex. Harmony, Company D, August, 1862-June, 1867. Company B, Peter B. Weymer, Sergeant, August, 1862-July, 1865. Daniel Fuller, Private, August, 1862-July, 1865. Jacob Galley, Private, August, 1862-July, 1865. Edward M. Reed, Sergeant, August, 1862-March, 1864. Wm. M. Van Fossen, 1st Sergeant, August, 1862-July, 1865. Wm. Ramsey, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Thomas McKee, Sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. Simon P. Stonerock, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Robert G. Johnston, Sergeant, August, 1862 -June, 1865. Henry Wilson, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. George Brown, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. James Wolf, Corporal, August, 1862-March, 1865. 368 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO. Jonathan Emert, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. John Emett, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. William Flinn, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. George Curl, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Edmund R. Cecil, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. William M. Morrow, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Henry Wolf, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. William H. Day, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. David Bowlsby, Private, August, 1862; died January, 1864. Robert P. Crozier, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. David S. Davenport, August, 1862-June, 1865. James T. Lucas, Lieutenant, Aug. 1862; killed at Mission Ridge, 1864. John F. Pohamus, Private, August, 1862 ; killed May 31, 1864. Davis J. Thompson, 1st Lieutenant, August, 1862-March, 1863. Fredrick Wolf, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Jacob Helminger, Sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. Jesse W. Lenox, August, 1862 ; died August, 1864. William H. Shaw, 1st Lieutenant Company C, Aug. 1862-June, 1865. Peter Charpier, Private Company F., August, 1862-June, 1865. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. This regiment, eight companies strong, was sent to Cincinnati in September, 1862, as that city was then threatened by Kirby Smith. The ninth company was here formed, and the regiment mustered into the service. Late in September it moved, under General A. J. Smith, toward Lexington, but at Cynthiana was detached to guard the railroad. Patrol and guard duty was performed, and rebel recruiting largely prevented. On Aug. 1, 1863, it went, by Lexington and Louisville, to Lebanon, Kentucky, and on the 20th set out on a march for East Tennessee. On November 10, Kingston was reached, and a few days later the rebels cut the communication between that point and Knoxville. Picket duty became arduous, to prevent a surprise from Wheeler's cavalry. The, victories at Knoxville and Chattanooga relieved the Kingston garrison, and on December 9, the regiment reached Nashville, and from there went to Blain,s Cross Roads, and finally to Mossy Creek, to support Elliott's cavalry. On the 29th, the rebel cavalry under Martin and Armstrong assaulted General Elliott, at Paultier's Creek, when he fell back to Mossy Creek. As the cavalry approached, the regiment took position in the edge of a piece of woods, when the rebel force moved directly upon them. When the enemy approached within a hundred yards, the regiment opened a rapid fire, which was kept up about two hours, when it charged the rebels, and drove them over the crest of a hill. In this action the rebels lost about forty, killed and wounded. It was disposed with great skill, by Lieut.-Colonel Young, and commanded by General Elliott. While in East Tennessee, the regiment suffered great privations, and subsisted about six months on half and quarter rations. They had neither sugar nor coffee for four months. Clothing was also short, but with all this the troops never murmured, but were even cheerful. The regiment was then kept changing about until the campaign of 1864. One march of one hundred miles, to Charleston, was made in five days. May 4, the regiment encamped on State line. Here all baggage was sent to the rear. On the 7th, the regiment moved upon Dalton, and again advanced upon Resaca. On the afternoon of the 14th, it participated in a charge on the enemy's works, and lost one hundred and sixteen men, in less than ten minutes, out of three hundred actually engaged. On the 15th the engagement was renewed, but that night Johnston retired to Cassville, which in turn he abandoned, on approach of the national forces. After a few days' rest, the regiment went into the desperate battles of Dallas and Pumpkin-Vine Creek, and bore a gallant and honorable part. It was afterwards engaged at Kenesaw Mountain, at the Chattahoochie, at Utoy Creek. and in the final movements about Atlanta. In these operations, about seventy-five men were lost. During one hundred and twenty-one consecutive days, the regiment was within hearing of hostile firing every day except one. During sixty consecu- tive days it was under fire sixty different times, and during one week there was not a period of five minutes during which the whistling of a ball or the scream of a shell could not be heard. After the fall of Atlanta the regiment fell back to Decatur, where, after a short rest, it joined in the pursuit of Hood, as far as Gaylesville, Alabama. On the 23d of November it went to Johnsonville, Tennessee, and then to Columbia, to join the army confronting Hood, finally reaching Franklin on the 30th. The brigade was drawn up in single line, its right resting on the Williamsburg Pike, and its left at the Locust Grove, this regiment being second from the right. The enemy struck the line to the left of the regiment. The shock was terrific, but the line stood firm, and poured a terrific fire into the rebel column. The troops fought desperately, the men using bayonets, and the officers side-arms, over the very breastworks. By daylight the One Hundred and Eighteenth were across the river, and falling on Nashville, where it was again engaged. After the battle of Nashville, it participated in the pursuit of the rebels as far as Columbia, and then went to Clifton. From there it proceeded to North Carolina, and on Jan. 16, 1865, it embarked for Cincinnati per steamer J. D. Baldwin, and from Cincinnati proceeded by rail to Washington City, which was reached Jan. 27, 1865. On February 11, it embarked on a steamer at Alexandria, landed at Smithville, at the mouth of Cape Fear River, moved immediately on Fort Anderson, captured it, and. the One Hundred and Eighteenth regiment was the first to plant its colors on the walls. On February 20, it engaged in a sharp action at Town Creek, in which three hundred horsemen and two pieces of artillery were captured, and then entered Wilmington on the 22d. On the 6th of March it moved to Kingston, then to Goldsboro', and joined Sherman's army on the 23d. of March. It then camped at Mosely Hall until April 9, when it participated in the final operations against Johnston. It then camped near Raleigh until May 3, when it moved to Greensboro', and then to Salisbury, where it remained until June 24, when it was mustered out of the service. The regiment arrived at Cleveland, Ohio, June 2, was welcomed by Chief Justice Chase, participated in a 4th of July celebration, and was finally discharged on the 9th of July, 1865, having first gone into camp at Lima, Ohio, in August, 1862. Field and Staff Officers. Col. Samuel R. Mott ; resigned February 10, 1864. Col. Thomas L. Young; resigned September 14, 1864. Col. Edgar Sowers; mustered out with regiment. Lieut.-Col. John Walkup. W. H: Phillips, Surgeon. Wm. Morrow Beach, Surgeon. Company C, One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment, 0. V. I. Captain. William D. Stone. Captain Charles H. Floyd. Captain Abram 0. Waucop; promoted from Sergeant. Samuel Schwartz, Orderly Sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. John S. Christman, Sergeant. Jos. Marshall ; wounded at Moss Creek, Tenn. ; discharged Nov. 17, 1864. Charles H. Mann, Corporal. Wm. F. Carey, Commissary Sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. Thos. B. Ramsey, Commissary Sergeant. Jacob Flowers, Musician. George Baker, killed at Resaca May 14, 1864. John Barker ; wounded at Resaca May 14-June, 1865. George Bickman. Joseph Bickman ; killed at Resaca May 14, 1864. Charles F. Behr ; discharged March 19, 1863, disability. James H. Clawson ; killed at Resaca May 14, 1864. Perry Clawson ; wounded at Resaca May 14, 1864. Peter Clawson, August 1862-June, 1865. Thomas Clawson; died at Knoxville, Tenn., July 7, 1861. Joseph Daes. Bernard Drees. William Flowers. Levi Gump. Jeremiah Hullinger, August, 1862-June, 1865. Edward Huston died at home since discharge. Charles D. Keck ; wounded at Resaca and Nashville. Andrew Kistner ; wounded at Resaca June, 1865. Joseph Kistner ; died at Townsend's Bridge February 4, 1863. Asa Leming. Horace H. Malcom; taken prisoner at Atlanta, Ga. Henry Menke, August, 1862-June, 1865. Philip J. Francis Morman, August, 1862-June, 1865. George Moyer. Chas. W. Mann, August, 1862-June, 1865. William Moyer. Andrew Murray. George Murray, August, 1862-June, 1865. Uriah Nunlist. Henry Popplemon. George Reiss. William Rademacher, August, 1862-June, 1865. August Soup, Private, August, 1862-June, 1865. John Shaffer, August, 1862-June, 1865. Joseph W. Shaffer, August, 1862-June, 1865. Henry Schlater, August, 1862-June, 1865. Bernard Shultz, August, 1862-June, 1865. William J. Short, August, 1862-June, 1865. Robert Taylor. Henry Tholemier; wounded at Resaca and killed at Camp Dennison, 0. Andrew Wolfrom wounded at Resaca June, 1865. George Austin; wounded at Resaca. Samuel Austin; died at Nashville. William H. Mann wounded at Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864. John Sweigart. Ebenezer Thompson; died at Jeffersonville, Indiana, January 17, 1865. Mahlon Erwin, Corporal, August, 1862-June, 1865 died at home since discharge. Henry P. Johnston, Sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO - 369 Company I, One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment, 0. V. I. Captain Edger Sowers ; promoted to Major and Colonel. 1st Lieutenant, William H. 'Taylor; promoted to Captain. 1st Sergeant, R. M. Campbell; promoted to 1st Lieutenant and Q. M. 2d Sergeant, Wm. H. Mitchell. 3d Sergeant, Geo. W. Black ; promoted to Orderly Sergeant. 4th Sergeant, H. S. Ailes ; promoted to Sergeant-Major. 5th Sergeant, R. S. Woolery ; discharged 1865. Corporal, George M. Thompson ; promoted to 1st Lieutenant. Corporal, Robert L. Gouge ; died at Lexington, Ky. Corporal, Joseph Blue. Nathan Kent, Corporal, August, 1862—June, 1865. Jacob B. Duvall, Corporal, August, 1862—June, 1865. Peter Morgan, Private, August, 1862—June, 1865. Richard S. Woolery, Sergeant, August, 1862—June, 1865. Cassius C. Wilson, Sergeant, August, 1862—June, 1865. William H. Mitchell, Sergeant, August, 1862—June, 1865. John W. Nicholson, August, 1862—June, 1865. Francis M. Akers, Corporal, August, 1862—June, 1865. Bazel Burton, Private, August, 1862—June, 1865. John K. Dinsmore, Sergeant, August, 1862—June, 1865. Isaac Fulton, Private, February, 1864—June, 1865. John M. Peckham, Private, August, 1862—June, 1865. William H. Sceyter, Private, August, 1862—June, 1865. C. B. Coulson; died at Knoxville, Tenn. A. A. Lawrence. Cassius C. Wilson ; promoted to Sergeant. Musician, Harry Thorn. Wagoner, John W. Nicholson. Private, Allen Oscar, July, 1865. Corporal, F. M. Akers. Private, S. E. Burton. Wm. Consolover ; died. Frederick Dudy ; died at Mosier Hall, N. C. Corporal, J. K. Dinsmore. J. B. Duvall. Samuel Edwards, July, 1865. George Fodra, July, 1865. David D. Fagan, July, 1865. Stephen R. Guthrie, July, 1865. George P. Graham, July, 1865. Beeman Hardisty, July, 1865. Robert Julian ; died at Knoxville, Tenn. Nathan Kerst, July, 1865. John H. Kestler ; died at Moorehead City, N. C. William Landers, July, 1865. Aaron Morgan ; died near Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia. C. Mellinger ; died at Chattanooga, Tenn. Thomas H. Melvin, July, 1865. Benjamin Mopes, July, 1865. Ira J. Peebles. ------ Peebles, July, 1865. John M. Peekham, July, 1865. Richard Parr, 1862. Jacob F. Rhinehart, July, 1865. Joseph Sattler, July, 1865. Wm. H. Seister, July, 1865. Francis M. Stockstill, July, 1865. Joseph M. Stang; died at Knoxville, Tenn. Robert Thompson ; died at Nashville, Tenn. John Tillow, July, 1865. Jonathan C. Westfall ; died at Knoxville, Tenn. T. F. Campbell, recruit in 1864 ; July, 1865. Isaac Allen, “ ” Bazel Burton, “ ” Isaac Fulton, “ ” Fulton Walker “ died at Nashville, Tenn. BATTERY M, FIRST OHIO LIGHT ARTILLERY, was recruited in the counties of Shelby, Miami, and Auglaize, by Capt. F. Schultz, and organized at Camp Dennison in September 1861. It was mustered into the United States service by Captain P. if. Breslin, December 3, 1861. In January, 1862, in company with Battery F, it proceeded to Louisville, Ky., and reported to Major-General Buell, who was at that time organizing the Army of the Ohio. The battery was ordered to join the main army at Bowling Green. It moved with the army to Nashville, and was there attached to the Artillery Reserve, Colonel Barnett, commanding, with which it operated during the march to and the battle of Pittsburg Landing. It also took an active part in all the movements before Corinth, and after 'the evacuation of that place by the rebels, moved to Huntsville and Stevenson, Alabama. In August, 1862, it returned to Nashville and remained there as part of its garrison during Buell's march to Louisville and through Kentucky, and until the return of the army to Nashville under General Rosecrans. The battery was then assigned to General Negley,s division of the Fourteenth Corps, and with that division took part in all the skirmishes preceding the battle of Stone River. It greatly distinguished itself in that engagement. When Rosecrans's army moved from distinguished towards Tullahoma and Chattanooga, Battery M accompanied it and took part in all the skirmishes of that march. It also fought through the battle of Chickamauga and the subsequent victory of Mission Ridge. While in Nashville it was recruited up to its maximum, and newly equipped with guns and horses. It was shortly thereafter again ordered to the field, and on the 25th of June, 1864, it joined the main army at Kenesaw, Georgia. On July 22d the battery joined General George H. Thomas,s Fourth Army Corps at Peach-tree Creek, having marched overland from Nashville. It was immediately placed in the trenches before Atlanta, where it remained until the flank movement against Jonesboro,. From that time to the battle of Jonesboro' the battery was attached to the First Division of the Fourth Army Corps, and took part in all its marches and skirmishes, pushing on with the army from Jonesboro' to Lovejoy,s, where the battery took part in the engagement at the last-named place. A few days thereafter the whole army was ordered back to Atlanta, and while there the battery was relieved from duty and ordered to Chattanooga, where it was mustered out of service October, 1864. Major, F. Schultz, September, 1861—July 12, 1865. Captain, Charles W. Scoville, October, 1864 ; mustered out with Co. 1st Lieutenant, Ferdinand Amann, September, 1861—November, 1862. 1st Lieutenant, Constantine Schwerer, September, 1861—Nov. 1862. 1st Lieutenant, Joseph Hein, November, 1862—March, 1864. 1st Lieutenant, Eben P. Sturgis, November, 1862, with company. 1st Lieutenant, Charles F. Chase, March, 1864, with company. 1st Lieutenant, Frank R. Reckard, March, 1864, with company. 2d Lieutenant, Joseph Eberle September, 1861; resigned Oct. 1862. 2d Lieutenant, John C. Lind:, October, 1862; resigned June, 1863. Declined promotion. 2d Lieutenant, Jacob Zeigler, June, 1863; mustered out with company. 2d Lieutenant, Stephen Sloane, May, 1864; mustered out with company. 2d Lieutenant, Lee Y. Beatty, Sept. 1864 ; mustered out with company. 2d Lieutenant, Wm. H. Manning, May, 1865 ; mustered out with Co. Charles Kotzebue, promoted to 2d Lieutenant. William Ruff, Quartertnaster-Sergeant, December 13, 1864. Charles Bodmer, Quartermaster, September, 1861—December 13, 1864. Thomas Meier, Sergeant-Major. Henry Schunk, Sergeant, September, 1861—December 13, 1864. George Achbach, Sergeant, September, 1861—December 13, 1864. William Eisenstein, Sergeant, September, 1861—December 13, 1864. Jacob Eisenstein, Corporal, September, 1861—December 13, 1864. John Bruning, Private, September, 1861—December 13, 1864. Christian Christler, Private, September, 1861—December 13, 1864. Peter Cigrant, Private, September, 1861—December 13, 1864. Adam Emig, Private, September, 1861—December 13, 1864. Otto Frantz, Private. John Gottschall. Charles Grim. Philip Hagelberger. John Heiser, Sept. 1861. Joseph Heiser, Dec. 1864. John Knuth. Jacob Messmar. Joseph Miller, Private. George Monroe. John Nuss. George Rock. William Rineker. Gottlob Zeigler. Daniel Vesper. Christian Wasserman. Frederick Eisenstein, died November 5, 1862, Nashville. August Nassber, died November 1, 1862, Nashville. Henry Foust, died July 2, 1862, Corinth. Theobold Nicholas, died September 1, 1862, Nashville. Christian Wolfrom, died November 4, 1862, Nashville. George Kemper, died May 13, 1862, Louisville, Ky. John Weist, Corporal, May 1, 1862. Frank Assman, Corporal, July 15, 1863. Christian Enders, March 17, 1863. George Grimm, disability, October 19, 1863. Jacob Hassler, died May 14, 1862. Frederick Manse'', died June 24, 1862. John Weiss, 1st, died May 4, 1862. Paul Nichel, died June 22, 1862. Gottlib Schabe, died May 14, 1862. Conrad Wissenger, died March 17, 1863. Peter Bodaur, Private, February 29, 1864. Thomas M. Wyatt, Private, June, 1865. John W. Johnston, Private, July, 1864. MISCELLANEOUS. Abbott, Eli, Private, Co. D, 192d 0. V. I.; enlisted February, 1865; discharged September, 1865. Anderson, Abner, Private, Co. I, 42d 0. V. I.; enlisted December, 1861; discharged September, 1863. Allen Peter, Private, Co. K, 32d 0. V. I.; enlisted November, 1861; discharged December, 1864. died at Nashville, Tenn. 370 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO. Anderson, Wm. G., Private, Co. C, 74th 0. V. I. ; enlisted November, 1861; discharged July, 1862. Anderson, George W., Private, Co. B, 71st 0. V. I.; enlisted January, 1864 ; discharged November, 1865. Aplas, David, Corporal, Co. K, 12th 0. V. I. , enlisted October, 1863 ; discharged November, 1865. Apple, Orin, Corporal, Co. I, 42d 0. V. I.; enlisted Novembcr, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Apple, James, Private, Co. I, 42d 0. V. I.; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Baldwin, Nehemiah, Private, Co. G, 9th 0. V. Cav.; enlisted October, 1863 ; discharged May, 1865. Baker, Martin, Private, Co. G, 9th 0. V. Cav. ; enlisted October, 1863 ; discharged May, 1865. Burrows, B. F., Private, Co. E, Benton Cadets ; enlisted April, 1861; discharged 1861. Babcock, Joseph C, Private, Co. F, 191st 0. V. I. ; enlisted February, 1865 ; discharged June, 1865. Burton, S. C., Private, Co. G, 1st 0. V. Cav. enlisted February, 1864 ; discharged June, 1865. Bird, Levi J., Private, Co. K, 12th 0. V. Cav. enlisted October, 1863 ; died in Libby Prison. Billle, David T., Private, Co. I, 57th 0. V. I. wounded at Shiloh July, 1862. Born, Samuel F, Private, Co. B, 8th 0. V. I. enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged July, 1865. Bushwaw, John, Private, Co. B, 18th Ill. V.; enlisted May, 1861; discharged June, 1864. Block, Herman, Private, Co. F, 11th 0. V. I. ; enlisted June, 1861; discharged June, 1864. Black, Joseph F., Private, Co. F, 1st 0. V. I.; enlisted December, 1864; discharged June, 1865. Bowen, Joseph, Private, Co. H, 83d 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862; discharged July, 1865. Buckner, John, Private, Co. H, 23d U. S. C. T.; enlisted August, 1864 ; discharged June, 1865. Buckingham, George W., Private, Co. F, 10th 0. V. Cox.; enlisted Mar. 1864; discharged July, 1865. Batchelder, John, Private, Co. A, 11th Mass.; enlisted December, 1861; discharged. December, 1864. Baumann, Christian M., Private, 1st 0. Art.; enlisted September, 1861; discharged December, 1863. Baumann, Christian I., Private, 1st 0. Art. ; enlisted January, 1864 ; discharged July, 1865. Brown, John W., Private, Co. F, 41st 0. V. I.; enlisted September, 1864; discharged May, 1865. Butler, Ludlow S., Private Co. (88), 2d 0. Bat.; enlisted August, 1862; discharged June, 1865. Bull, Francis M., Private, Co. E, 71st 0. V. I.; enlisted February, 1864; discharged November, 1865. Brown, William A., Private, Co. F, 81st 0. V. I. ; enlisted September, 1861; discharged September, 1864. Burnett, George S., Private, Co. F, 20th 0. V. I.; enlisted September, 1861; discharged July, 1865. Brown, Cornelius, Private, Co. 1, 57th 0. V. I.; enlisted November, 1861; discharged April, 1865. Blue, John H., Private, 22d Battery ; enlisted April, 1863 ; discharged February, 1865. Blue, J. M., Private, 135th 0.. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864.; discharged September, 1864. Baker, Joshua, Corporal, Co. I, 40th 0. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Bruce, Eugene, Private, Co. C, 99th Ill. I.; killed at Atlanta Aug. 1864. Bruner, John M., Private, Co. D, 191st 0. V. I.,. enlisted February, 1865; discharged September, 1865. Brown, Charles W., Private, 8th Ohio Battery; enlisted March, 1864 ; discharged August, 1865. Bryan, Michael 0., Private, 11th 0. V. I. ; enlisted April, 1861 ; discharged 1864. Beery, Isaac, Private, Co. H, 63d 0. V. I.; enlisted. February, 1864 ; discharged July, 1865. Boyle, Sylvester H., Private, Co. I, 95th: 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862; discharged August, 1865. Barkalow, James D., Private, Co. K, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864. Bull, Francis M., Private, Co. E, 71st 0. V. V. I.; enlisted February, 1864 ; discharged November, 1865. Birch, Pem Brook, 0. S., Co. C, -69th 0. V. V. I.; enlisted April ill, 1865 ; discharged July 17, 1865.. Black, Jos. F., Private, Co. C, 5th C. V. I. ; enlisted December, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Blue, Reuben R., Private, Co. A, 82d O. V. I.; enlisted September, 1861; discharged June, 1864. Bushwaw, Augustus C., 0. S., Co. B, 18th Ill. V. I.; enlisted May, 1861; discharged July, 1864. Clayton, Henry N., Private, Co. D, 191st 0. V. I.; enlisted March, 1865; discharged June, 1865. Coon, David F., Private, Co. U, 1st 0. V. Cav.; enlisted February, 1863 ; discharged June, 1865. Clark, Daniel Z., Private, Co. K, 12th 0. V. Cav. ; enlisted September, 1863 ; discharged June, 1865. Croy, Albert J., Private ; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Cleckner, George, Private, Co. F, 20th 0. V. I.; enlisted March, 1864; discharged July, 1865. Calvert, Samuel C., Sergeant, Co. E, 110th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862, discharged May, 1865. Cook, Frank, Private, Co. C, 46th 0. V. I.; enlisted March, 1862; discharged March, 1865. Coffield, James F., Sergeant, Co. I, 40th 0. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861; discharged December, 1864. Crawford, John, Private, Co. E, Benton Cadets. Cromer, Walter C., Bugler, Co. H, 1st 0. V. Cav.; enlisted February, 1864 ; discharged September, 1865. Crawford, John, Private, Co. E, Benton Cadets. Crawford, John, Private, Co. B, 50th 0. V. I. ; August, 1862. Crusey, Jacob, Private, Co. M, 1st Light Art.; enlisted September, 1861; discharged December, 1864. Crumbaugh, David M., 1st Lieutenant, Co. F, 55th Ill. V. I.; enlisted April, 1861 ; died April 15, 1865. Crumbaugh, John, Private, Co. G, 79th Ind. V. I.; enlisted May, 1862; died January, 1865. Crumbaugh, Thomas D., Captain, Co. F, 38th Ill. V. I. ; enlisted April, 1861 ; discharged March 21, 1865. Crumbaugh, Daniel H., Private, Co. G. Conner, John, Private, Co. F, 15th 0. V. I.; enlisted April, 1861 ; discharged September, 1861. Conner, John, Private, Co. K, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged August 1864. Davis, Franklin M., Benton Cadets. Davis, Calvin M., Co. F, 191st O. V. I.; enlisted February, 1865; discharged June, 1865 Davenport, David S., Co. E, Benton Cadets. Davenport, David S., Co. B, 5th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862; discharged March, 1865. Dickensheets, Joseph, Co. 0, 12th O.V. Cav.; enlisted September, 1863; discharged November, 1864. Drake, William E., Lieutenant, Co. E, 58th 0. V. I.; enlisted November, 1861; discharged January, 1864. Dever, Samuel, Private, Co. C., 4th 0. V. I.; enlisted January, 1862; discharged March, 1865. Dickensheets, William, Private, Co. A, 40th 0. V. I.; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged September, 1864. Driscoll, Jerry, Corporal, Co. D, 15th 0. V. I.; enlisted January, 1864; discharged November, 1865. Dill, Solomon, Private, Co. L, 8th 0. Cav. ; enlisted February, 1864 ; discharged July, 1865. Dunnavant, Esquire, Private, Co. K, 183d 0. V. I.; enlisted February, 1864; discharged July, 1865. Dodds, Josephus, Private, Co. K, 57th 0.V. I.; enlisted December, 1861 ; discharged October, 1862. De Nise, James S., Private, Co. K, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1,864; discharged August, 1864. Elliott, William C., Private, Co. I, 44th 0. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861; died at Meadow Bluff July, 1862. Emely, Abraham H., Private, Co. K, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged Septemher, 1864. Estabrook, John T., Private, Co. I, 94th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862; discharged April, 1863. Evans, John, Private, Co. G, 9th 0. V. ̊av.; diseharged May, 1865. Eisenstein, Jacob, Corporal, Co. M, 1st 0. V. Art.; enlisted October, 1862; discharged July, 1864. Epler Benjamin 07, Private, Co. C, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Epler, Jacob, Private, Co. C, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Elliott, Leonard T., Private, Co. C, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged September, 1864. Elliott, John H., Private, Co. C, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Edgar, John B., 147th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. English, James B., Private, Co. D, 88th 0. V. I.; enlisted Jan. 1863; discharged July, 1865. Ferree, J. D., 1st Sergeant, Co. G, 1st 0. V. ̊av.; enlisted February, 1864 ; discharged September, 1865. Faurot, Theo., Private Co. H, 15th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged June, 1865. Fielding, Charles, Musician, Co. K, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO - 371 Faulder, George, Private, Co. K, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864. Ferree, Jeremiah         1st Sergeant, Co. G, 1st 0. V. V. I.; enlisted Feb- ruary, 1864; discharged September, 1865. Gallimore, Lewis C., Private, Co. C, 6th V. R Corps. Gray, William G. Private, Co. I, 42d 0. V. I.; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged November, 1864. Geuss, Christian, Private, Co. I, 42d 0. V. I.; enlisted November, 1861; discharged November, 1864. Geen, John, Private, Co. B, 94th 0. V. I.; discharged June, 1865. Gessler, Dennis, Private, Co. I, 20th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862; discharged July, 1864. Gahret, Jones, Private, Co. F, 20th 0. V. I.; enlisted March, 1864; dis- charged july, 1865. Gregg, Arthur C., Private, Co. B, 20th O. V. I.; enlisted January, 1864; discharged July, 1865. Gilfillen, William, Private, Co. G, 1st 0. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged August, 1864. Goffena, Peter, 66th 0. V. I. Green, John, Private, Co. D, 12th 0. V. Cav. ; enlisted September, 1862 ; died July, 1863. Green, Thomas, Sergeant, Co. I, 156th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged September, 1864. Gregg, Calvin W., Private, 17th 0. V. Battery ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged August, 1865. Garrison, Sam'l, Private, Co. K, 1st O. V. I.; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged, 1864. Hall, W. M., Orderly Sergeant, Co. C, 192d 0. V. I. ; enlisted 1864 ; discharged 1865. Hall, W. M., 45th 0. V. I. ; enlisted 1861 ; discharged 1863. Harshbarger, J. H., Private, Co. E, Benton Cadets. Hagelberger, P. J., Private, Co. M, 1st 0. L. Art. ; enlisted 1861; discharged 1864. Herbert, Joseph K., Private, Co. D, 51st 0. V. I.; enlisted October, 1864; discharged June, 1865. Haney, Isaac R., Private, Co. E, 110th 0. V. I.; enlisted September, 1862 ; wounded at Winchester, and died June, 1863. Haney, Peter L., Private, Co. E, 71st 0. V. I. ; enlisted October, 1861 ; killed at Hartsville, Tenn., October, 1863. Hinsky, Adam, Co. K, 1st 0. V. I. ; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged May, 1865. Hines, Allen, Private, Co. G, 9th 0. V: Cav. ; enlisted August, 1863 ; discharged July, 1865. Haney, Franklin B., Private, Co. G, 9th 0. V. Cav.; enlisted August, 1863 ; discharged July, 1865. Hemphill, Granville M., Co. A, 79th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged January, 1863. Hanselman, William, Sergeant, Co. E, 40th 0. V. I.; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Henderson, George A., Co. 0, 57th 0. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged October, 1862. Harp, Albert, Private, Co. B, 5th 0. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged June, 1865. Harp, Abram, Co. C, 69th 0. V. I.; enlisted April, 1862 ; discharged July, 1865. Harter, George S., Private, Co. H, 110th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged July, 1865. Haggott, Benj. P., Hospital Steward, 54th 0. V. I.; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged December, 1862. Hume, David R., Corporal, Co. F, 15th 0. V. I.; enlisted April, 1861 ; discharged August, 1861. Hathaway, John F., Corporal, Co. F, 20th 0. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged July, 1865. Hassenauer, John, Co. I, 20th 0. V. T.; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged July, 1864. Harshberger, James H., Corporal, Co. L, 1st H. Art.; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged May, 1865. Henry, Maxwell B., Private, Co. C, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Henderson, William J., Private, Co. K, 134th 0. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Harbor, Henry, Private, Co. E, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864 Isenberger, Henry, Corporal, Co. B, 66th 0. V. V. I.; enlisted January, 1862 ; discharged 1865. Jones, A 'Instead, Co. M., 1st Sergeant, Co. D, 55th Massachusetts ; enlisted May, 1863 ; discharged August, 1863. Johnson, Robert, Private, Co. F, 20th 0. V. I.; enlisted October, 1862; discharged May, 1865. Jackson, Matthew, Private, Co. B, 27th U. S. C. T.; enlisted December, 1863; discharged 1865. Johnston, Saml. P., Private, Co. I, 156th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864. Kohler, John, Private, Co. H, 128th 0. V. I.; enlisted December, 1863; discharged. July, 1865. Kauffeld, Henry, Private, Benton Cadets. Kiscr, Orin, Private, Co. K, 20th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged May, 1865. Kehr, Samuel, Private, Co. K, 20th 0. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged July, 1865. Key, Norman, Private, Co. II, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Key, John H., Private, Co. H, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Kerns, Joseph L., Private, Co. C, 134th 0. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged September, 1864. Knoop, John, Private, Co. E, 110th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862; discharged July, 1865. Lawhead, Philip S., Private, 147th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Loth, John, Co. G, 47th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1861; discharged August, 1865. Littlejohn, George W., Private, Co. I, 1.10th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862; discharged October, 1865. Ladd, George, Corporal, Co. B, 5th U. S. C. T.; enlisted November, 1863 ; discharged September, 1865. Linn, John, Private, Co. F, 183d 0. V. I.; enlisted October, 1864; discharged July, 1865. Lenhart, George D., Sergeant Co. C, 1st Michigan ; enlisted July, 1863; discharged July, 1865. Lawrence, Asher A., Corporal, 1st Bat.; enlisted August, 1861; discharged July, 1865. Lenox, Napoleon, Private, Benton Cadets ; enlisted 1861 ; discharged August, 1861. Le Fevre, Morgan A., Private, Co. F, 15th 0. V. I.; enlisted April, 1861 ; discharged August, 1861. McKee, Chas. W., Sergeant-Major 88th Ind. V. , enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged June, 1865; was wounded at Perrysville and Resaca. Markley, John, Private, Co. B, 66th 0. V, I. ; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. McVay, Russell B., Private, Co. F, 0. V. Cav. ; enlisted February, 1864; discharged September, 1865. Mumford, John A., Private, Co. H, 11th 0. V. I.; enlisted April, 1861; discharged July, 1864. Minniear, Amos G., Private, Co. C. 71st 0. V. I.; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged November, 1864. Miller, Martin, Private, Co. D, 94th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862; discharged June, 1865. Moore, Charles II., Hospital Steward, 2d Ill. Cav. ; discharged November, 1865. Moore, Charles H., Private, Co. I, 2d Ill. Cav.; enlisted July, 1861 ; discharged November, 1865. Mahony, Patrick H., Private, Co. H, 20th Iowa ; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged September, 1862. McCullough, Charles, Private, Co. E, Benton Cadets. Moyer, George W., Private, Co. K, 1st Heavy Art.; enlisted July, 1863.; discharged July, 1865. Messmer, Jacob, Private, Co. M, 0. Light Art. ; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Mann, Charles W., Corporal Co. F, Benton Cadets. Martin,            G., Private, Co. F, 15th 0. V. T. Mitchel', Wm. M., Private, Co. K, 185th 0. V. I.; enlisted February, 1864; discharged July, 1865. Martin, John M., Private, Co. K, 20th 0. V. I.; enlisted January, 18.62 ; discharged July, 1865. Mulford, Henry J., Private, Co. D, 54th 0. V. I.; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged September, 1864. McDaniel, James, Co. C, 69th 0, V. I.; enlisted 1862 ; discharged 1865. Maurer, Frederick, Private, Co. K, 12th. 0. V. I.; enlisted September, 1863 ; discharged May, 1865. Mapes, Henry C., Private, Co. L, 1st 0. Heavy Art.; enlisted June, 1863, discharged May, 1865. Markley, John, Co. B Private, B, 66th 0. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged December, 1865. McVay, James, Co. E, 185th O. V. I.; enlisted February, 1865 ; discharged September, 1865. Michael, Dewit C., Private, Co. K, 139th O. N. G..; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. McVay, James, Private, Co. E, 185th O. V. I.; enlisted February, 1865; discharged September, 18.65. McCormick, James K., Private, Co. K, 57th 0. V. I.; enlisted February, 1862 ; killed February, 1863. McCormick, Valentine, Brigade Wagon Master; enlisted December, 1863; discharged June, 1864. Hillhouse, Jacob J., Corporal, Co. E, 147th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged September, 1864. McIntosh, Wm., Private, Co. E, 44th 0. V.     enlisted September, 1861; discharged November, 1864. Mellinger, Joseph, Private, Co. K, 87th 0. V. I.; enlisted June, 1862 ; discharged October, 1862. 372 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO. Maxwell, Capt. B. W., 134th 0. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864 , discharged September, 1864. Morrow, Thomas E., Private, Co. F, 11th 0. V. I.; enlisted April, 1861; discharged July, 1864. McGinness, Leander, Sergeant, Co. C, 44th Ind. V. I.; enlisted August, 1861 ; discharged September, 1865. Nuss, Andrew, Private, Co. A, 20th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged July, 1864. O,Neil, William, Private, Co. A, 52d 0. V. I.; enlisted August ; discharged June, 1865. Phillips, John A., Private, Co. E, 36th Ind.; enlisted August, 1861 ; discharged September, 1863. Potts, Harrison M., Private, Co. E, 110th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862; discharged June., 1865. Parr, Win. A., Private, Co. G, 71st 0. V. I.; enlisted January, 1862 ; discharged December, 1862. Powell, William, Private, Co. F, 11th 0. V. I.; enlisted June, 1861; discharged February, 1864. Powell, William, Private, Co. D, 31st 0. V. I.; enlisted February, 1864; discharged July, 1865. Pilliod, Francis, Private, Co. I, 40th 0. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861; discharged December, 1864. Proctor, John, Private, Co. F, 110th 0. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; killed 1864. Price, Wm. H., Private, Co. C, 9th N. J. V. I. ; enlisted November, 1864; discharged May, 1865. Patterson, Robt. M., 1st Lieutenant, Co. I, 118th O. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged June, 1865. Patterson, John H., Corporal, Co. E, 147th 0. N. G. ; enlisted May, .1864 ; died August, 1864. Patterson, Thomas R., Private, Co. E, 147th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged August, 1864. Quillen, Alvin E., Private, Co. L, 8th U. S. Cav.; enlisted February, 1864; discharged November, 1864. Quinn, Michael, Sergeant, Co. H, 15th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged June, 1865. Russell, Joshua W., Private, Co. E, 2d Heavy Art.; enlisted September, 1863 ; discharged June, 1865. Rylatt, James, Corporal, Co. A, 4th Del.; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged June, 1865. Rodifer, Wm. L., Private, 2d Bat. Light Art. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged August, 1865. Reed, John J., Sergeant, Co. G, 12th 0. V. I.; enlisted September, 1863 ; discharged November, 1865. Rebstock, Adolphus, Private, Co. I, 20th 0. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged July, 1864. Rebstock, Adolphus, 1st Class Musician, 2c1 Brig. 1st Div. ; enlisted February, 1865 ; discharged July, 1865.            , Roberts, Henry C., Private, Co. I, 51st 0. V. I. ; enlisted May, 1863 ; discharged July, 1865. Rike, Dayton, Private, Co. K, 57th 0. V. I.; enlisted February, 1862 ; discharged August, 1865. Rike, Wm. E., Private, Co. E, 185th 0. V. I.; enlisted February, 1864; discharged September, 1865 Reed, Wm. A., Private, Co. G, 12th 0. V. ̊av.; enlisted September, 1863 , discharged November, 1865. Rasor, James A., Private, Co. K, 134th 0. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864. Steel, James A., Private, 25th 0. V. I.; enlisted February, 1864 ; discharged 1864. Shaw, William H., Private, Co. F, 15th 0. V. I.; enlisted April, 1861 ; discharged August, 1861. Shellenbarger, Co. M, 1st 0. Art.; enlisted September, 1862; discharged March, 1865. Shoup, John, Private, Co. C, 3d U. S. Art., enlisted December, 1862; discharged December, 1864. Smeltzer, Thomas, Commissary Sergeant, Co. G, 9th 0. V. Cav.; enlisted August, 1863 ; discharged August, 1865. Swearinger, G. A., Corporal, Co. B, 94th 0. V. I.; enlisted July, 1862; discharged June, 1865. Strunk, Levi, Private, Co. A, 11th 0. V. Cav. ; enlisted October, 1861; discharged April, 1865. Starret, David, Private, Co. I, 40th 0. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Soupp, Victor, Private, Co. I, 40th 0. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Stewart, Robert, Private, Co. B, 76th 0. V. I.; enlisted February, 1864; discharged July, 1865. Stewart, William, Co. E, 45th 0. V. I.; enlisted July, 1862 ; discharged June, 1865. Snodgrass, James H., Sergeant, Co. A, 28th Mich.; enlisted January, 1864 ; discharged June, 1866. Snell, John, Private, Co. E, 40th 0.. V. I. ; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Shanely, Isaac, Private, Co. I, 42d 0. V. I. ; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Shue, John, Private, Co. E, 2d 0. Heavy Art. ; enlisted July, 1863 ; discharged August, 1865. Shue, Conrad, Private, Co. K, 31st 0. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1861 ; discharged July, 1865. Shanely, John, Corporal, Co. I, 42d 0. V. I.; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Spears, David, Sergeant, Co. A, 55th Mass. ; enlisted May, 1863: discharged August, 1865. Shaw, James W., Sergeant, Co. K, 12th 0. V. I.; enlisted October, 1863; discharged November, 1865. Shue, Henry, Private, 2d Bat.; enlisted January, 1864 ; discharged July, 1865. Souder,. Henry J., Private, Co. K, 20th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862; discharged May, 1865. Sparling, John S., Private, Co. I, 20th 0. V. I.; enlisted January, 1864; discharged March, 1865. Shaw, David, Private, 16th 0. V. I.; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged November, 1862. Scott, George, Private, Co. E, 54th 0. V. I. ; enlisted January, 1864 ; discharged August, 1864. Smith, Robert, Private, Co. H, 54th Mass. ; enlisted April, 1863 ; discharged August, 1865. Surin, Deamons, Sergeant, Co. G, 71st 0. V. I.; enlisted January, 1864; discharged November, 1865. Staley, Valentine, 1st Sergeant, Co. E, 15th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1.862 ; discharged March, 1865. Staley, Philip, Private, Co. H, 8th 0. V. L ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged July, 1865. Shearer, Jeremiah, Private, Co. B, 50th C. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862 discharged June, 1865. Surin, Henry, Private, Co. G, 71st 0. V. I.; enlisted January, 1862; discharged February, 1865. Stewart, Luther, Private, Benton Cadets. Snodgrass, Finley, Private, Co. K, 134th 0. V. I.; enlisted January, 1864 ; discharged September, 1864. Smith, S. D., Assistant Surgeon U. S. Navy; enlisted spring of 1863 ; discharged fall of 1863. Smith, Wm. P., Orderly Sergeant, Co. E, 110th 0. V. I.; enlisted 1862; discharged July, 1865. Schenck, Geo. W., Sergeant, Co. K, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864. Schenck, John, Private, Co. K, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged August, 1864. Staley, Daniel, Private, Co. F, 14th 0. V. I. ; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged November, 1863. Stockstill; Henry I., Private, Co. D, 51st 0. V. I.; enlisted September, .1864; discharged September, 1865. Stewart, Thomas D., Corporal, Co. E, Benton Cadets; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged January, 1862. Spailing, James, Private, Co. C, 134th 0. N. G ; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged September, 1864. Staley, David, Private, Co. K, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Staley, Armstrong, Private, Co. A, 134th 0. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Slagel, Jacob S. Private, Co. B, 134th 0. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged 1864. Sceyster, Wm. H., Private, Co. G, 7th N. Y. I., Mexican War ; enlisted 1846 ; discharged 1848. Schwartz, Samuel, Private, Benton Cadets ; enlisted 1861 ; discharged 1861. Stewart, Wm. D.., Private, Co. K, 57th 0. V. V. I.; enlisted January, 1864; discharged August, 1865. Stewart, Willoughby, Private, Co. F, 47th 0. V. I. ; enlisted September, 1864 ; discharged July, 1865. Skillen, James F., Bugler, 1st 0. V. Cav. ; enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Stewart, Joseph, Private, Co. E, 45th 0. V. I.; enlisted July, 1862; discharged June, 1865. Smith, John, Private, Co. B, 20th 0. V. V. I.; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged June, 1865.. Turner, George, Private, Co. D, 192d 0. V. I.; enlisted February, 1865; discharged April, 1865. Trapp, P. M., Sergeant, Co. G., 1st 0. V. I., enlisted September, 1861; discharged August, 1864. Tourdot, Chas., Private, Co. I, 40th 0. V. I. ; enlisted November, 1861; discharged December, 1864. Thompson, Robt. J., Private, Co. 1, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864. Unum, David, Private, Co. E, 40th 0. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged September, 1864. HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO - 373 Van Ripley, William L., Private, Co. K, O. V. I. ; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged September, 1865. Verdier, William I., Private, Co. 1, 42d 0. V. I. ; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Viney, Charles, Private, Co. F, 43d U. S. C. T.; enlisted April, 1864 ; discharged October, 1865. Voorhees, Charles F., Corporal, Co. E, Benton Cadets ; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged January, 1862. Williams, William H., Private, Co. F, 15th 0. V. I.; enlisted for three months. Woodruff, John A., Private, Cd. K, 57th 0. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861; discharged August, 1865. Waldon, Alex., Private, Co. K, 32d 0. V. I. ; enlisted March, 1864; discharged August, 1865. Wicker, James, Private, Co. B, 5th U. S. C. T.; enlisted November, 1863; discharged September, 1865. Wirich, George, Co. F, 20th 0. V. I.; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged October, 1863. Wright, Charles, Co. F, 20th 0, V. I.; enlisted September, 1.861 ; discharged October, 1864. Wyatt, Adam B., Co. F, 11th O. V. I.; enlisted June, 1861. Weigend, Vinzing, Co. D, 1st 0. Heavy Art.; enlisted June, 1863; discharged July, 1865. Williams, Elijah A., Co. F, 19th 0. V. I.; enlisted February, 1865; discharged August, 1865. Wones, Simon, Private, Co. I, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Wambaugh, B. F., Private, Co. A, 47th 0. V. I.; enlisted March, 1862 discharged June, 1865. Wilson, Dr. Albert, Surgeon, 1st 0. V. I.; enlisted April, 1861; discharged July, 1865. Wilson, Isaac N., Private, Co. A, 134th O. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Wenrick, John A., Private, Co. C, 25th 0. V. V. I.; enlisted October, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Wilson, J. Wesley, Private, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Wilkinson, Isaac N., Private, Co. D, 134th 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Wilson, Joshua, Private, Co. B, 104th Ill. V. I.; enlisted August, 1861; discharged July, 1865.  Williams, Job W., Corporal, Co. A, 71st 0. V. I.; enlisted 1861; discharged 1865. Zerbe George W., Private, Co. H, 15th 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862; discharged June, 1865. ADDENDA. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. The first Constitutional. Convention of the Ohio Territory convened at Chillicothe, November 1, 1802,- under the provisions of an act entitled "An Act to enable the 'People of the eastern division of the territory northwest of the river Ohio to form a Constitution and State government and for other purposes." Nine counties were represented by thirty-four delegates The officers were: Edward Tiffin, President ; Thomas Scott, Secretary; and Wm. McFarland, Assistant Secretary. The Convention adojurned December 29, 1802, and Ohio was admitted as a State February 19, 1803. The second Constitutional Convention assembled at Columbus, May 6, 1850. The vote for president stood: Wm. Medid (Democrat), 60 ; Joseph Vance (Whig), 38'; Reuben Hitchcock (Whig), 1 ; Peter Hitchcock (Whig), 1 ; and blank, 3. Wm. H. Gill was elected Secretary, W. S. V. Prentiss Assistant Secretary, and John W. Carlton, Sergeant-at-arms. The Convention .adjourned July 9, 1850, to reassemble at Cincinnati on the first Monday of December, and finally adjourned sine die, March 10, 1851. ..In this Convention, Shelby and Darke Counties were represented by Hugh Thompson. The third Constitutional Convention met at Columbus,. May 13, 1873, adjourned August 8, reconvened at Cincinnati, December 2., and adjourned sine die May 15, 1874. This Constitution was rejected by the. people. In this Convention Shelby County was represented by Ednon Smith, who died during the Convention deliberations, and was succeeded by Harvey Guthrie. GENERAL ASSEMBLIES. The first General Assembly of Ohio convened at Chillicothe on the first day (Tuesday) of March, 1803. The ninth General Assembly convened at Janesville on the first Monday of December, 1810. The eleventh General Assembly convened at Chillicothe, December 7, 1812. The fifteenth General Assembly convened at Columbus, December 2, 1816. Shelby County was first represented in the twentieth General Assembly, which convened December 3, 1821. Shelby, Darke, Miami, and Preble formed one Senatorial district, represented by Walter Buell, who resigned, and was succeeded by Wm. L. Henderson. Shelby and Darke formed one Representative district, and Jacob Miller was elected to the House. Since that time the districts, as constituted and represented, will appear below. 21st Assembly. Senator, Thomas. W. Furnace, Shelby, Darke, Miami, and Preble. Representative, James Mills, Shelby and Darke. 22d Assembly. Senator, same. District, same. Representative, Alex. Smith-given to James Riley after contest. District, same. 23d Assembly. Senator, Robert Young, Shelby, Miami, Logan, Hardin, Hancock, and Wood. Representative, John McCorkle, Shelby, Allen, and Miami. 24th Assembly. Senator, Robert Young, Shelby, Allen, Miami, Logan, Hardin, Wood, and Hancock. Representative, James Fergus, Shelby, Allen, and Miami. 25th Assembly. Senator, Daniel M. Workman, Shelby, Logan, Miami, and Wood. Representative and district, same. 26th Assembly. Senator and district, same. Representative, Wm. Fielding, Shelby' and. Miami. 27th Assembly. Senator, W. Fielding, Shelby, Logan, and Madison. Representative, John McCorkle, Shelby and Miami. 28th Assembly. Senator, Wm. Fielding, Shelby, Union, Logan, and Madison. Representative, ?Wm. Barber, Shelby and Miami. 29th Assembly. Senator, John Shelby, Shelby, Logan, Madison, and Union. Representative and district, same. 30th Assembly. Senator and district, same. Representative and district, same. 31st Assembly. Senator, Robert Young, Shelby, Miami, etc. 32d Assembly.- Senator, James Johnston, Shelby, Allen, Parke, etc. Representative, Patrick G. Goode, Shelby and Parke. 33d Assembly. Senator, Jas. Johnston, Shelby, Allen, Darke, etc. Representative, same. 34th Assembly. Senator, John E. Hunt, Shelby, Allen, Parke, and Miami. Representative, Stacey Taylor, Shelby, Darke, Allen, Van Wert, Mercer, Paulding, Henry, Putnam, Wood, Williams, and Lucas. 35th Assembly. Senator, John E. Hunt. Representatives, Stacey Taylor and Hiram Bell. 36th Assembly. Senator Curtis Bates, Shelby, Hardin, Allen, Lucas, Wood, Henry, Hancock, and Van Wert. Representative, James Cook, Shelby, Allen, Hardin, Putnam, Van Wert, and Paulding. 37th Assembly. Representative, Robert J. Skinner. 38th Assembly. 39th Assembly. Senator Wm. I. Thomas, Shelby, Mercer, Parke, and Miami. Representatives, Hiram Bell, Justin Hamilton, and John Brown. 40th Assembly. Senator and district, same. Representatives, Justin Hamilton, Joseph Updegraff, and Isaac N. Gard, Shelby, Miami, Darke, and Mercer. 41st Assembly. Senator, Joseph S. Updegraff, Shelby, Mercer, Parke, and Miami. Representatives, Jacob Counts and John McClure. 42d Assembly. Senator and district, same. Representatives, David Alexander, James Bryson, James W. Riley. District, same. .43d Assembly. Senator, John O,Ferral, Shelby, Darke, and Miami. Representative, Isaac Hostetter, Shelby and Darke. 44th Assembly. Senator and district, same. Representative, Ezekiel Thomas. 45th Assembly. Senator, Wm. M. Wilson. Representative, Joseph S. Purviance. 46th Assembly. Senator, W. M. Wilson. Representative, Jacob S. Conklin. 47th Assembly.. Senator and district, same. Representative, Luther. Monfort. 48th Assembly. Senator, same. Representative, George Ward. 49th Assembly. Senator, James H. Hart. Representative, John Lenox. 50th Assembly. Senator, Rankin Walkup. Representative, R. C. Poland, Shelby County alone. 51st Assembly. Senator, John McClure. Representative, Levi Houston. 52d Assembly. Senator, Wm. H. Lawder. Representative, Wilson V. Cowan. 53d Assembly, Senator, Isaac N. Gard. Representative, Hugh Thompson. 54th Assembly. Senator, Hardesty Walker. Representative, Alex. E. Cory. 55th Assembly. Senator, Wm. B. McClurg. Representative, Charles W. Wells. 56th Assembly. Senator, David J. Manzy. Representative, Wm. Fielding. 374 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO. 57th Assembly. Senator, John E. Cummings. Representative, Benj. Le Fevre. 58th Assembly. Senator, John L. Winner. Representative, Wm. Fielding. 59th Assembly. Senator, same. Representative, John McVay. 60th Assembly. Senator, John W. Morris. Representative, Jonathan Counts. 61st Assembly. Senator, same. Representative, E. M. Green. 62d Assembly. Senator, N. R. Burress. Representative, J. M. Carson. 63d Assembly. Senator, J. M. Carson. Representative, H. Hume. 64th Assembly. Senator, Geo. W. Moore. Representative, H. Hume. 65th Assembly. Senator, Jennison Hall. Representative, E. M. Green. Under the Constitution of 1802,. the General Assembly members were elected for one year and the two Houses met in December. Under the Constitution of 1851, the members are elected for two years, and the General Assembly convenes on the first Monday in January. CONCLUSION. After an earnest endeavor to unfold the history of the county from the date of its settlement to the present year, we find it necessary to say to the reader "Farewell! a word which bath been and must be." The process of evolution has been exhibited not so much by minutiae as by association and growth. We have looked at the wilderness, and seen it transformed into fields gilded by ripening grain, and gardens jewelled by delicate flowering gems. We contemplated the frontier home- " Where, piled with care, the nightly stack Of wood against the chimney-back ; The oaken log, green, huge, and thick, And on its top the stout back-stick ; The knotty fore-stick laid apart, And filled between with curious art ; The ragged brush ; then, hovering near, We watched the first red blaze appear, Heard the sharp crackle, caught the gleam On whitewashed wall and sagging beam, Until the old, rude-furnished room Burst, flower-like, into rosy bloom." From this we have witnessed the change which brought the frame, the brick, and finally the stone-front house—dwellings fit for the abode of the gods. Instead of a hand-mill grinding a peck of corn per day, the steam grist-mill, endless in power and unlimited in capacity, is in reach of every home. The plow of wooden mold-board has given place to the sulky-plow of steel turning twenty-four inches of sod, unbroken except by the limits of the field. The single-shovel torn-plow and following boy with hoe in hand, has given place to the sulky-cultivator, which enables a single man to cultivate a fifty-acre field. There was the old sickle, useless yesterday, succeeded by the cradle, likewise inadequate to-day, and so giving way to the " harvester," a machine which, almost equal to human effort guided by intelligence, sweeps over a prairie of standing grain and leaves nothing undone, except the shocking of the sheaves. See the establishments of industry, whose wills of iron and nerves of steel batter and roll and cut and bend until the old blacksmith repair shop is lost to sight as completely as it is lost to usefulness. The spinning-wheels and looms of the mothers are silenced, for shuttles are now propelled by steam until the fleece of wool which enters the mill is next seen in the form of a blanket of whiteness or a web of fineness and beauty. Even the wash-tub is superseded by machinery, and the tiresome process of wringing obviated by the roller-wringers. The fields indicate a transformation, and that transformation enters the homes—the very lives of the people. The square piano takes the place of an open cupboard, and Turkish carpet hides where once the shining floor was seen. Paper, gorgeous in brilliancy, and kalsomining, delicate to tenderness, leave no place for whitewashed walls and ceiling. The farmer and his wife drive to town in fancy carriage instead of, walking with burdens upon their arms. The sons ride at work, for all machinery looks to this convenience. Why, then, in this review should we waste a tear upon the past, sometimes bitter and ever rude? Improvement, comfort, and culture are the outgrowth, and these demand no weeping sorrow on our part. Let us not bemoan a decline of hospitality ; it has not declined. Each person deserving friendship enjoys more friendship to-day than was possible in the past. Oh, " everybody was a neighbor!" Well, "everybody" then, perhaps, equalled shout as many individuals as are now found within a country radius of a mile, or a town district of a half block, and surely you are not so undeserving as to be unknown in your own land section or town! Worth is recognized by the head of to-day, and the heart will cherish and revere what the head discovers to be worthy of admiration. Fogyism is doomed, it is waning; life is short, and it were well to get in harmony with the progressive spirit of the times, with all its regard for beauty, culture, poetry, grace, and form. If we are in error let the schools and the homes of the day declare. Look at the schools, with greater facilities and greater results wrought in a day, than was formerly wrought in a year! Is all this brain culture to go for naught ? It is destined to produce golden grain, a sixty," even " a hundredfold." Look at the home life with its charms and attractions, softening and, developing the character of every child of to-day. Will this culture prove. unavailing and unpotential ? Only to 'the cynic, for to all others it gives promise of blooming in beauty, a garden of brilliancy and fragrance, a poem .of grandeur and sweetness, a song of sympathy and love. The schoolhouses of to-day are temples when compared with those of the past; the homes are palaces, adorned with the richness of pagan temples, presided over by the genii of joy. The people are moving forward and enjoy more happiness in a day than formerly in a year. The county has risen in wealth and rank until the citizens may contemplate with pride the growth and development of the past sixty-two years. The land is under cultivation, and yields to none for richness; roads traverse the county in all directions, and the principal ones are gravelled. Schools present themselves on every hand ; churches point their spires and towers to the sky from every locality ; the court-house, jail, and infirmary are models of elegance and utility ; towns dot the county surface at convenient distances; industries and enterprises find here a cherishing home ; while the toil and effort of heart and brain and hand guarantee the security of prosperity and wealth. The people are industrious and energetic, while education and refinement are year by year lending greater assistance to industry and energy. Two railroads cross the county, the one from north to south, the other from east to west; the canal too crosses north and south, while the "feeder" traces via Sidney from Port Jefferson to Lockington : the water power of the county knows no limit, and transportation facilities are a feature in completeness. The county seat is a splendid little city—a city of schools, industries, manufactories, societies, and churches of the highest type. Above all, the homes are abodes of comfort, often of ease, sometimes of opulence, and, let us hope, of confidence and love. Better food is eaten, better clothes worn, and more knowledge diffused with each passing year. The tiller of the soil and the mechanic in the shop are reading more, thinking more, and enjoying more as the days become a part of the past. Carriages, pianos, sewing-machines, broadcloth, silks, and laces are no longer too sacred for the touch of the body of the people ; they are not enjoyed by the divine right of any, class resembling an aristocracy. The citizens are kings and queens all—kings and queens of happy homes where princes and princesses are reared. The spirit which has pervaded the community will guarantee its futurity. The dawn is auspicious, and the people of Shelby County have no occasion to look upon a declining sun. The future may bring clouds, but- " Even if clouded o,er with darkness, Sigh not for the buried past ; For, howe'er with storms encompassed, Sunshine needs must come at last ; On the future cast no yearnings, Wait not for the brighter day ; You, the builders of the present, Make the future what you may." Again, farewell 1 a word so full of sadness that it finds companionship with tears. We have moved in your presence during several months, although you did not all recognize our presence. It was proper that it be so, for we had observations to make without being observed. We were to be impartial, unprejudiced, and disinterested. As a consequence we did not seek extended personal acquaintanceship, and yet we formed many friendships, and were the recipient of so many courtesies, that we look hack upon our experience in Sidney with gratification and delight. Our task is finishing with the midnight stroke—fit hour for the completion of a book. To-morrow will call us to other scenes and other labors; so again we say, Farewell! ERRATA. On page 139, eleventh line from top, first column, 1752 should read 1748. Fort Pickawillany was established by the English in 1748, and destroyed by the French in 1752. It is, therefore, the site of the first attempted settlement by the English within the present limits of Ohio. On page 140, first column, thirty-fifth line from bottom, for John Thatcher, read James Thatcher. On page 180, under Clerks of the Court, read James Wells, 1826, instead of James A. Wells, 1826. James Wells was the father of James A. Wells. On same page, Alexander Ramsey, 1875, should appear in the list of sheriffs. Dennis Mulvihill, 1874, should appear in the list of clerks. W. C. Wyman, 1875, under the list of probate judges. C. IL Flinn, 1877, under the list of surveyors. In case of proper names, especially where they appear of record, it will be remembered orthographical errors are almost unavoidable.