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TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 725 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP. LUTHER BABBITT, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon: was born in the State of Pennsylvania February 11. 1808; he is the son of Jacob and Sarah (Craft) Babbitt, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of Massachusetts, and both of English descent. They emigrated with their family of ten children to the West in 1817, and located in Warren County, Ohio. Our subject received a good education in the schools of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and early learned the carpenter trade, at which he worked five years; but, preferring the life of a farmer, he gave up his trade and turned his whole al tention to farming. Re was married in 1840 to Miss Mary W. Duckworth, a native of Warren County, and daughter of George Duckworth, Esq. Of this marriage, two children were born, viz., George and James, the latter being a druggist by profession and the former a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt are members of the M. E. Church. He is a Republican in politics, and for ten years was a School Director in his district. He has lived most of his life in Warren County, and is one of the county's most reliable and trustworthy gentlemen. AMOS BABBITT and ISAAC BEALS, Union Village; Deacon and Elder. The above named gentlemen represent the North Family of Shakers at Union Village. Mr. Beal was born in Knox County, East Tenn., May 1, 1804; his parents were William and Patience Beal, of North Carolina, and were both raised as Quakers. His father was a hunter and farmer, and died on his way to Union Village. Isaac attended school in Turtle Creek Township and learned the brick-mason's trade, which he follows still when occasion offers. In 1868, he was appointed Second Elder of the North Family, and since then has been promoted to the Eldership. AMOS BABBITT is a deacon in the same family as the above; he was born in Washington County. Penn., Feb. 17. 1806; he is the son of Jacob and Sarah (Craft) Babbitt. His father joined the Shakers in 1817, previous to that time being a Presbyterian. He died in 1823. Amos was raised on the farm, and when 18 years of age learned shoemaking and carpentering, in both of which he became an adept. Being a natural mechanic. he is a valuable member of the society. He was appointed Deacon in 1838. In 1868, he was appointed First Elder, and in that capacity he continued until 1879, since which time he has been Deacon and Trustee. S. R. BAILEY, P. 0. Lebanon. was born in Limestone Co., Ala., Dec. 29, 1847. He was son of Samuel and Nancy Bailey. While yet a child, his father died. His mother was married to her second husband. In 1863, S. R. Bailey emigrated to Northern Ohio. Here he began his career without a dollar. His knowledge of books was scanty indeed, but to be thoroughly educated was then the height of his ambition. During the fall of 1865, he managed to save $50, which he invested in Government Bonds. In the meantime he found employment in a factory in the city of Sandusky. There he remained about two years. during which he managed to save a few hundred dollars. In 1867, he lent as much of his money as he could spare to a wealthy farmer 726 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: in Erie County, and entered the University of Wilberforce, Greene Co., Ohio. There he remained about seven years, and graduated in the class of 1874. In the fall of the same year, he went to Jackson, Miss., and engaged to teach a country school in Hinds County. Having taught four months, he went to the city of Yazoo, Miss., and opened a notion store early in the spring, of 1875, but the lawless state of affairs made it unfavorable for his business. At the beginning of 1876, he closed out and returned to Ohio. Arriving at Xenia on January 10, he was informed of an opening in the town of Lebanon, Ohio, for a teacher. Accordingly, he made application, and was employed as Principal in the department of the Union School for the education of the colored youth, which position he still holds. On June 22, 1880, he married Mary Stamps, of Blue Lick Springs, Kentucky, daughter of Chanie Stamps, to whose sole care and protection Mary and her brother, Albert Stamps, were committed; and on the 20th of November, 1881, she was taken by the hand of death from her only two children, Mary and Albert. On the 16th of April, there was born from the marriage of S. R. Bailey with Mary, a girl child, who is named Alberta Allen Bailey. REV. WILLIAM BELLER, farmer, P. 0. Lebanon, was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Sept. 12, 1821. His parents were Jacob and Elizabeth ( Meloy) Beller, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Pennsylvania. Our subject attended the common schools of the county after which he took a course at the Academy of Lebanon. He also took a theological course in Crawfor 1 County College, from which he graduated in 1854. Since that time, he has been a minister of the Christian denomination, and for seven years had charge of a congregation in Butler County. He is an enthusiastic advocate of temperance principles and an earnest supporter of any work tending to the advancement of the morality of the people. He was married in 1850 to Phcebe Hunter, a daughter of Thomas Hunter, and by her he has had the following children, viz., E. F., Flora May, Anna M., Ethie, Clara, Olive M. and Raymond Sumner. Mr. B. is a Republican and has held many offices of trust in the township. He tempers his actions in all things with the spirit of a true Christian. DAVID P. BENNETT. merchant, Lebanon, was born in Warren Co., Ohio, March 31, 1815; he is the son of David and Hannah (Smith) Bennett, both natives of New Jersey, the former of English and the latter of Welsh descent. His father emigrated to Warren Co., Ohio, in 1806, and settled in Turtle Creek Township, on what is now known as the "old Baker Farm,." on which our subject was born and reared. At the age of 18 years, he commenced learning the carpenter trade, which he followed sixteen years; he then opened a store, which he has carried on continuously for over thirty-three years. He has now associated with him in business his son-in-law, Albert M. Osborn, who was for sixteen years his clerk. Mr. Bennett was married in 1838 to Eliza A. McConnell, a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. By her he had three children. The oldest, Robert S. M. Bennett, now a citizen of Chicago. At the breaking-out of the rebellion, he enlisted in Co. G, 75th 0. V. I., as a private, and was afterward promoted to Orderly Sergeant. At the battle of Franklin, Tenn., he was promoted to Adjutant, for bravery. Mr. Bennett's second child, Mary J., is now the wife of his business partner, A. M. Osborn; the third was Leroy W., who died in 1849. Mr. Bennett was a Whig until the Republican party was organized, since which time he has been a stanch Republican. During the war, he was connected with the Christian commission, and made two trips to the South, in one of which he witnessed the battle of Nashville. Tenn. His duty was to attend the wounded and dying; write letters home for the boys who were sick or disabled, and to do anything necessary for the temporal or spiritual welfare of the warring heroes. While neither a preacher or exhorter, he TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 727 did not hesitate to do both or either, while among the soldiers. His influent is and has for many years been on the side of Christianity and the right. H is Ruling Elder in the church of his choice, and for sixteen consecutive years wa a Sabbath school Superintendent. He was President of the Warren Co. S. S Union for eight years, and resigned in 1877. He is an honest merchant, consistent Christain, and a good citizen, who bears the respect and esteem c the whole county. WILLIAM H. BEAN,* farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born on Section in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Jan. 1, 1840. He is the son Samuel and Mary (Snavely) Bean, natives of Lebanon Co., Penn. ; of Germa descent. He received his education at the National Normal School of Lebanone graduating from the Commercial Department of that college in 1866. He hl chosen fancy farming as his occupation, and while attending closely to it, he devotes a great deal of his time to the study of the sciences, especially nature history and botany. He is an enthusiast in all matters of science, and bein by nature a naturalist and botanist, he has collected a quantity of very fix specimens in both these branches. He also raises the finer qualities of frui and berries, and cultivates rare and valuable plants for his amusement. His exhibit is always one of the great attractions at the fairs annually given to the County Agricultural Society. He taught school for one year, and sin, 1875 has been Secretary of the Warren County Horticultural Society. He h; served also as School Director and Treasurer of his school district. He is of of the live, energetic and enterprising young men of the county, and has done much toward the advancement of science in his community. He was married in 1877, to Miss Alice Botkin, a daughter of Rev. Jesse Botkin, a Methodi Episcopal minister of the Cincinnati Conference. She is a graduate of Asbury University, which she attended until 1876. They have had one child—Edith K. Mr. and Mrs. Bean are living with his parents in Lebanon. THOMAS. H. BLAKE, Postmaster of Lebanon. Mr. Blake is a native of Burlington Co., N. J., where he was born, March 28, 1841, and when two years of age came with his parents to Warren Co.. Ohio, and they settled: near Waynesville. In 1843, his father died, and was followed in very few years by his mother, leaving Thomas the youngest of four ch dren, the eldest being John, who is still living. William, who died at Can Chase, Ohio, a soldier in the 69th 0. V. I., and one sister, Mary, who still its at Freeport, in this county. The subject of our sketch was thus thrown up the care of strangers, and worked his way as best he could, getting but liti schooling, until, at 15 years of age, he struck out for himself. At 19 he We to Illinois, where he enlisted as a private in the 41st Ill. V. I., on the 25th July, 1861, and followed the varied fortunes of his command until the bat of Shiloh, April 6, 1862, where he received a severe wound in the left thigh in a charge on a rebel battery, from which portions of the bone were extra ed, which he now has, preserved as a souvenir of his service, together w a lameness and debilitation of health that renders him yet an invalid. After fifteen months of intense suffering in hospital, he was brought to this county a bed, about. July 4, 1863, where he soon was able to be about once more, though still suffering, he applied himself resolutely to study with a determination to gain an education. He subsequently attended school at Leban afterward attended a term at Delaware College, and then he entered Normal school at Lebanon and prepared himself for teaching. He followed the profession of a teacher in the district schools of the county for six yet *In the early history of the family in this country, as the various branches of it moved into the English s merit, remote from each other, different renditions or translations of the name were given. Our subject knows at of four different ways. His grandfather settring near Utica, Warren Co., Ohio, in 1829, the nam 3 was spelled Bean to correspond with the German accent, although the proper translation and orthography is Bien. 728 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: In 1869, he received the appointment of Government Storekeeper, and was assigned to duty at Germantown, Ohio. In the fall of 1870, he was elected to the office of Recorder of Warren Co., which position he filled so acceptably for two terms that a re-election was tendered him; but owing to his failing health, he was obliged to decline. Always an active Republican, he identified him_ self with his party and all its interests. He was appointed Postmaster at Lebanon in December, 1878, and has held the position since to the entire satisfaction of the people. On the 6th of July, 1866, he married Sarah LeFevre at Lebanon. She was born near Lebanon, in 1847, and they have two chil dren, named respectively, Zetta C, aged 11, and Florence V, aged 6. Shortly after his army service, Mr. Blake became a member of the M. E. Church, of which his wife is also a member, and he has long been identified with the I. 0. 0. F. Thus his life has been one of constant struggle; but with a courage unshaken and a faith undimmed, he has trodden bravely the path of duty, an example of what may be accomplished by determination and courage. JOHN BONE, retired farmer; P. 0 Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, March 27, 1806; he is the oldest son and second child of twelve children, four boys and eight girls, born to James and Nancy (Hart) Bone. His father emigrated to Ohio from Kentucky about 1800, and located on a farm two miles east of Lebanon. His mother emigrated to Ohio from Virginia about 1802, and in 1803 married our subject's father. Of their large family, two boys and two girls are the only survivors. Our subject received his education in his native township, and has lived in Warren County during the whole of his life. He was married, June 28, 1828, to Christiana Maple, a daughter of Elias Maple, of New Jersey. By this union six children were born, viz., William V., Elias M., John, James H., George and Huston. Of these, three are prominent farmers of Warren County, two are mechanics, and one, James H., is a U. S. Marshal in Huntsville, Ala. Mr. Bone started in life with nothing; but, by industrious habits and frugal living, he has acquired a comfortable competency, on which he has retired. He owns a farm of 215 acres of land near Lebanon and a considerable quantity of town property, including the house where he now lives. He is a stanch Republican, and has served his county as one of the Board of County Commissioners for six years, and as an Infirmary Director twelve years. He is a man of strict moral principles, sound judgment and rare business ability. As a man and citizen, socially, none stand higher in the respect and esteem of the community than he. WILLIAM V. BONE, farmer and stock dealer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township Feb. 25, 1829. His parents were John Bone, a native of Warren Co., Ohio, and Christiann (Maple) Bone, a native of New Jersey. Our subject has followed farming all his life, and for many years has been an extensive dealer in and raiser of live stock, particularly horses, which he has made a specialty. He breeds, buys, raises, and sells the finer breeds of horses. He has a fine farm of 125 acres, which has the neat and tidy appearance that marks it at once to the observer as the property of a perfect farmer. His fences are all standing straight, his gated swing clear, and his barns, cribs and sheds are neatly whitewashed, sure indications of the care bestowed on the place by the proprietor. He has shipped fine horses to almost all the large cities of this country, and many of them brought him a handsome profit. He was married, April 11, 1850, to Miss Amanda Dunham, by whom he has four children, all now living, viz., Frank, the present County Surveyor of Warren County; Perry, a successful teacher of Warren County; Anna, the wife of W. S. Dilatush, an attorney of Lebanon, and Carrie, the wife of Morris Steddom, a farmer of Warren County. Mr., Bone is one of̊ the Board of TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 729 Directors of the Lebanon National Bank, and occupies a prominent position among the thrifty citizens of Warren County. PETER BOYD, the lawful trustee of the Shakers, Lebanon, was born in Butler Co., Ohio, Aug. 28, 1806, and in 1807, came to Union Village with his parents who settled among the Shakers, with whom our subject has since lived. His parents, Daniel and Anna ( Clarke) Boyd, were both natives of Maryland and of German-English descent. Our subject, having learned shoe-making, worked at it ten years for the brethren. At 30 years of age, he became the trader for the West family, and three years afterward was appointed to the ministerial charge with John Martin. He has held almost all the offices in the society, and is now, with Mr. Parkhurst, trustee of the four families. He is a large, well developed man, six feet high and well proportioned. His dealings with the people of Warren County have won for him a host of friends. MARTIN BROWN, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Clermont Co., Ohio, Dec. 26, 1826. He was a son of Caleb and Mary (Adams) Brown, natives of Essex County, N. Y. His education consisted of instructions in reading from his sister, and twenty days' schooling in a country school. Since then, he has endeavored in every way to educate himself, and after he grew up to man's estate and was married, he boarded a school teacher who taught him at night and on Sundays. In this way and by constant reading he has succeeded in procuring a good education and in keeping himself thoroughly posted in all the public events of interest. He has followed farming all his life, except two years, from 1839, when he worked at the saddler's trade, and at one time was the owner of a 200-acre farm, of which he has sold all but 40 acres. His house stands on one of the most beautiful sites in the county His father died three months before he was born, leaving six daughters and one son. Mr. Brown was married, Feb. 7, 1849, to Mary E. Randolph, a daughter of John Randolph, by whom he had five children, viz., William R., Alfred, Martin, Ella and Horace. Mr. B. has collected quite a number of historical relics, and was for some time a member of the School Board. His father was born in 1785, and died July 6, 1826. His mother was born in 1807. J. APPLETON BROWN, horticulturist; P. 0. Lebanon; is a native of the State of New Jersey; born near Trenton, on the 11th of March, 1834, and emigrated to Ohio with his parents in 1838. They were natives, the father of Pennsylvania, where he was born in the year 1808, and the mother of New Jersey, born in 1812. Our subject is of French descent; he received his education in the schools of Warren County. Mr. Brown has been quite an observing man, which, in connection with extensive reading, makes him well posted and fitted for usefulness. He is an affable and courteous gentleman, and has kept pace with the age in which he lives. He resides on a nice little farm of 32 acres, situated three and one-half miles east of Lebanon, on the pike leading to Morrow. He has on this land a very complete and quite an extensive cider-mill and press, where great quantities of cider are annually made. NATHAN M. BROWN, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, April 12, 1838; he is a son of John and Nancy (Pence) Brown; his father was born Sept. 3, 1797, and emigrated to Ohio in 1812, settling in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., where he remained until his death in 1878; he was the oldest in a family of fifteen children. Nathan M., the subject hereof; was reared and grew up on a farm, and has since followed the occupation of a farmer, He was married December 20, 1868, to Miss Adelia Taylor, native of Indiana, of Irish descent. By her he had two children, John and Sherman Wade. Mr. Brown is a prominent and successful farmer, who has always been industrious and careful, and has thereby acquired a fine farm of 110 acres, upon which he lives. In politics, he is a Republican. 730 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: JOHN E. BROWN, hardware merchant, Lebanon, was born in Wayne Tp Warren Co., Dec. 15, 1857; his father, Amos Brown, who died in 1863, a native of Warren Co., and was a son of Joseph Brown, who was also a native of Ohio; his mother, Mrs. Grace (Wilkinson) Brown, was a native of Pennsylvevania, and daughter of a family who emigrated from that State to Ohio at an early date. Our subject is the youngest of a family of three children, viz., Seth W., now Prosecuting Attorney of Warren County; Lizzie L., wife of George A. Witcraft, of Warren Co., and John E., who now conducts a hardware and agricultural implement store in Lebanon, where he has been since March, 1881. He received his education in the public schools of his native county, and when about eighteen years of age commenced working on the home farm. In September, 1880, he went to Dayton, Ohio, where he was engaged in the hardware store of R. Barrett & Co., with whom he remained until his coming to Lebanon. GEORGE W. CAREY, insurance agent. The subject of our sketch, George W. Carey, was born in the village of Merrittstown, Warren Co., Ohio, on the 26th day of October, 1838, and is now in his 44th year. He was born of poor parents, and is the oldest child of a family of eight children (all of whom are now living). His father, Isaac, died at the age of 38, at Dalton, Wayne Co., Ind., where he was practicing medicine. He formerly practiced medicine in Warren County, Ohio, where he had read medicine under Drs. Crossfield and M. H. Keever. After the death of his father, our subject went into the store of his father's friend, Mr. Benjamin Fritchey, as a clerk at West Baltimore, Montgomery Co., Ohio, at a salary of $5 per month. He worked fifteen months and them. drew $75, which he sent to his mother (who is yet living at the age of 65) to assist her in providing for his younger brothers and sisters. From West Baltimore he went with his employer to Rose Hill, Darke Co., Ohio, where he served him for two years as clerk in a general store. He also; taught a district school in said county for three terms. In 1858, he came to Lebanon and engaged as clerk in the large dry goods house of John W. Howry, where he worked five years, at the expiration of which time he and his brother, Amzi, opened a store of their own at No. 68 Broadway, where they carried on a successful business for five years. They then di: solved partnership and the sub Jed of our sketch started a mercantile business at 103 Mulberry street, which he carried on successfully for some six years, when he sold out his business and engaged in the insurance business January 1, 1875. He did not have full advantages for an education, but was a close student and what knowledge lie did obtain was in the old Washington Schoolhouse, Pekin, Ohio. After the death of his father, he was obliged to quit school and hire out his services for the benefit of the family. He has held many offices of trust and no one can say he has not been faithful in all. At present he holds a U. S. office, a county office, Justice of the Peace, Secretary of the County Fair, President of Steam Fire Department, Councilman, and has served since his residence in Lebanon for seven years as Township Clerk, and for five years as City Clerk. He has also served three years as President of the Agricultural Society, and six years on the Board of Education. George is a hale fellow well met. CHARLES CLAPP, Shaker business agent. This amiable and polished gentleman is a member of the Shaker Community at Union Village, Warren Co., Ohio, where he has been since 1846. His parents, Ezra and Grace (Mathers) Clapp, were of English descent, but natives of Massachusetts, where they kept a hotel until 1800 when they moved to Lewis County, N. Y., and located on a large tract of land where Charles was born June 2, 1807. He received a liberal education in the common schools and then attended the Westfield and -Leicester Academies, where his education was completed. In 1827, when 20 TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 731 years of age, he emigrated to Ohio and embarked in a mercantile enterprise, keeping what is known as a general store in Ravenna, where he remained thirteen years. He subsequently moved to Summit County and engaged in the same business. He was married in September, 1831, to Miss Harriet Kent, daughter of Zenith Kent, a wealthy merchant and banker of Kent, Ohio. Their union was blest with six children, as follows: Harriet L., deceased; Charles H., deceased; Charles K., Cashier First National Bank, Kent, Ohio; Ella M., wife of John M. Southwick, a wholesale leather dealer of New York; George A., doing business in New York; and Edward Lewis, a citizen of San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. Clapp were, previous to 1846, members of the Presbyterian Church, but in the above year he became converted to the Shaker faith and joined that society with which he has since continued. CHARLES S. COLVIN, Sr., liveryman, Lebanon, was born in New Jersey Jan. 13, 1822. His father, John Colvin, was born in Ireland and emigrated to America in the beginning of the nineteenth century, and about the year 1818 married Miss Martha Brown, a native of New Jersey, by whom he had six children, four now living. He died in Salem County, N. J., in 1826, at the age of 34 years. His widow with her children came to Ohio in the spring of 1832, and settled in Lebanon, Warren County, where she died in 1852. Our subject attended country schools for a short time, and at the tender age of seven years went to work on a farm, at which he continued until he reached his majority, when he commenced teaming for himself. In 1852, he opened a livery stable in the east end of Lebanon, and, after moving his stable to various parts of town, he, in 1865, opened the stable on Mechanic street, where he has since remained. On the 7th of November, 1843, he married Miss Mary L. Gohegan, daughter of Edwin and Elizabeth Gohegan, natives of Lebanon. He has had six children, three only surviving, viz., John E., Charles S., Jr. and Ella. Mr. Colvin is a man of genial, accommodating manners, and does a thriving livery business, for which he seems to be peculiarly adapted. EDWIN E. CORLIS (deceased), was born in the State of New Jersey, Feb. 16, 1806, and died in Warren County, Ohio, March 11, 1868. He was the son of Samuel and Catherine (Wooley) Corlis, natives of New Jersey, who emigrated to Ohio in 1816, and settled in Turtle Creek Township, where our subject was raised, and where he spent most of his life. He was married Oct. 29, 1834, to Miss Rebecca McGrew, a native of Montgomery Co., Ohio, of Scotch-Irish descent; the issue of this marriage consisted of five children, only two of whom now survive, viz.: Samuel, who was born March 11, 1837; and John, born Aug. 3, 1839. They both received a common school education, and have followed farming during the whole of their lives, now being the owners of a well-improved farm in Sec. 25, Turtle Creek Township. John, the younger of the two, was married Nov. 12, 1878, to Miss Alice Underwood, a native of Virginia, and daughter of Jackson Underwood. Both of the sons are among the prominent, influential and enterprising farmers of the township in which they reside. ROBERT G. CORWIN, lawyer, Lebanon, was born at the pioneer residence of his father, on land, now included in the town of Lebanon, July 28, 1815. He is the son of Ichabod Corwin, whose name appears in the general history of Lebanon and Turtle Creek Township. His father was born in the State of New Jersey, while the family were en route for Kentucky, to which State they emigrated at an early day. His mother, Sarah (Griffin) Corwin, was a native of Washington Co., Penn. Previous to the death of his father in 1834, our subject attended the subscription schools of Lebanon, Dennison University at Granville, Ohio, and a high school that was opened, and taught one term at Franklin. From 1834 to 1837, he was under the tutelage of Judge 732 0 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES : Francis Dunlavy, of Lebanon, with whom he completed his education, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1837, and commenced practice in partnership with A. H. Dunlevy. This partnership was dissolved in 1813, and Mr. Corwin engaged in practice with A. G. McBurney, who had studied law with him. They were soon joined by Gov. Corwin, and the three continued together until Gov. Corwin entered the President's Cabinet in 1851; when the firm was dissolved. Mr. Corwin then retired from practice, and turned his attention to stock-raising on the home farm, a part of which fell to him in the general distribution of his father's estate. He became one of the most celebratveed fine stock growers in the State, importing in 1354 several fine animals, among which were Crusader, Blue Bell and Edith; he also purchased White Rose, from the importers, on her arrival in this country. His first stock was purchased at the closing out sale of Gov. Trimble in 1852-53, where he purchased about a dozen head of the best stock sold. He sold cattle from time to time, and in 1859 had a closing-out sale of over fifty head of thoroughbred cattle, after which he ceased farming. On Jan. 29, 1839, Mr. Corwin was married to Miss Eliza Bruen, a daughter of Luther and Susan (Barnett) Bruen. of Dayton, Ohio; her father was a Jersey man; her mother was a daughter of John Barnett, of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 1801-5, and settled near Dayton. Mr. Corwin by his marriage has had born to him seven children, viz.: David B., an attorney of Dayton; Quincy, an attorney of Dayton; Robert Luther, deceased; Susan, the wife of D. M. Zeller, an attorney of Dayton; Sallie, wife of C. D. Mead, a paper manufacturer of Dayton; Thomas, a practicing attorney of Dayton, and Lida, who is living at home with her parents. After closing his stock farm, Mr. Corwin went to Dayton, and engaged in the practice of law, with his brother-in-law, Luther Bruen, with whom he continued until the war broke out, when Bruen entered the service. He afterward formed a partnership with his son Quincy, and continued until the war closed, when he retired to allow his son David B. to take his place in the firm. In 1878, he came to Lebanon to find relief in its pure country air, from asthma, with which he has suffered for many years. He has retired from active practice, and is devoting his time to the quiet enjoyment of his remaining years. He, and his wife are members of the East Baptist Church of Lebanon. In politics, Mr. Corwin is an enthusiastic Republican. ROBERT B. CORWIN, hardware merchant, .Lebanon, was born near Lebanon, Ohio, July 4, 1842. His grandfather, Ichabod Corwin, emigrated to Ohio from Kentucky and settled near where the town of Lebanon now stands, in the autumn of 1795; he was one of the first settlers of what is now Warren Co., and from him have sprung many of the families that now people the county; he was married in Kentucky to Miss Sarah Griffin, of Bourbon Co., Ky.; by her he had three children, viz., . Moses B., William and Mary, born before he moved to Ohio, and nine during his residence here, viz.: Eliza, Jesse B., Lucinda, James H., Elvira, Ichabod, Julia A., Robert G. and Matthias. Of these, Jesse B., our subject's father, was an honest and prosperous farmer, full of wit, anecdote and fun, but a pious and Godly gentleman; he married Miss Rebecca Knox, daughter of an old family who came to Warren County from the North of Ireland at an early day. Their union was blessed with an issue of six children, of whom Robert B., our subject, was the youngest; he received his education in the country schools and at the National Normal School of Lebanon. He assisted his father on the farm until after the breaking-out of the war, and in the summer of 1863 enlisted in Co. B, 2d 0. H. A., under Capt. Oltrock; he served at Bowling Green, Chattanooga, Cleveland, Charleston, Knoxville and London; Tenn., and in the summer of 1865 was discharged from the hospital TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 733 at Knoxville on account of a disease of the eyes, contracted while in the service. Alter the war he entered the hardware store of Irons & Lingo, where he remained as a clerk two years, and then, in company with J. R. Drake, opened a hardware store in Lebanon under the firm name of Corwin & Drake. He soon became sole proprietor, and has since so continued with the exception of a short time, when John Mull, Esq., was associated with him. On the 28th of December, 1876, he married Miss Sallie, daughter of Joseph and Susan (Bankson) Baker, old residents of Lebanon. By her he has had two children, living, viz., Gilbert B. and F. Howard G. Mr. Corwin is a member East Baptist Church of Lebanon, and of the Odd Fellows Lodge and Knights of Pythias. He is a polite gentleman, an earnest church worker and a good citizen, but lacks the jovial humor and story-telling qualities characteristic of his father's family. CHARLES R. COWAN, deceased,was born in Warren Co., April 5, 1827; his parents were Charles and Jane W. (McPherson) Cowan, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Kentucky. His grandfather, James Cowan, emigrated to Ohio in 1800, and bought a large tract of land in what is now Sec. 17, on which he lived and died, and on which most of his children lived and died. Our subject was reared on this same farm, and in 1856 bought a farm near it, on which he died. He was married in 1850 to Miss Judah Hall, daughter of John W. Hall, by whom he had five children, of whom three, Merrilla J., Minnie A. and Carrie E., are now living. Mr. Cowan. although a strong Republican, never aspired to any political honors, and frequently refused office when pressed by his friends to accept. DAVID R. COWAN, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Jan. 16, 1829; he is the son of Charles and Jane W. (McPherson) Cowan, of Warren Co.; his father was a native of Virginia and his mother of Kentucky. His grandfather, James Cowan, was a native of Berkeley Co., Va., who emigrated to Ohio in 1800 and settled on the east half of Sec. 17, two miles west of Lebanon, where he died in 1815, leaving four sons, viz., Charles, John, James, Jr., and William, and one daughter, Mrs. Macaiah Reeder, who all, with two exceptions, died on the home farm. On this farm our subject was born, and here he has spent the whole of his life. His sole occupation has been that of a farmer, and in this he has been very successful. He was married in 1856 to Miss Amy A. Thompson, a daughter of John H. Thompson, of Warren County. Mr. Cowan is in politics a Republican. EZRA CRAVER, retired lumber dealer, Lebanon, was born in Frederick Co., Md., Feb. 19, 1812. He is the son of Peter and Margaret (Klise) Craver, natives of Frederick County. He received a limited education in his native county, and early learned the trade of a carpenter. He emigrated to Ohio, with his brother David, in 1833, and located in Lebanon. where they were for a year engaged in work on the court house, then being built. They afterward became the leading contractors and builders of Lebanon; and continued in partnership until 1855; when David retired, and moved from Lebanon, leaving the business in the hands of his brother, who continued it alone. In 1847, Mr. Craver embarked in the shipment and sale of lumber, shingles, lath, etc. and in that enterprise continued with considerable financial success, until 1879, when he retired from active business life. He has been twice married; his first wife being Melinda McCain, of Warren County, who died in 1838, leaving four children, two now living viz.: James F., a prominent farmer of Kansas and Mary J., widow of the late W. H. H. Shinn, of Columbus, Ohio. On the 10th of July, 1855, Mr. Craver was again married, to Lavisa G. McBurney, a sister of ex-Lieut. Gov. A. G. McBurney, of Warren County. By this marriage three children were born, viz.: Alfred B. and Florella G., both of 734 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: whom are living with their father in Lebanon; and James who died in infancy. Mrs. Craver died July 18, 1869. Mr. Craver is a Democrat in politics, and has occupied many offices of trust and prominence in his village. He was President of the first hook and ladder company ever organized in Lebanon; President of the Cemetery Association, and for six years a member of the Board of Councilmen. He is a man of few words, but excellent practical ideas, and thoroughly posted in the details of his business. RICHARD DAVIS, retired farmer; P. 0. Red Lion, Ohio; was born in Pennsylvania Nov. 1, 1803; his parents, Richard and Elizabeth (McLaughlin) Davis, were natives of Pennsylvania, of Welsh descent; his father was a spy for the patriots in the war of the Revolution; he came to Ohio with his family in 1813 and settled on the land where our subject still lives; he (our subject) received a limited education, and served two years at the glass blowing trade; he then turned his attention to farming, and has since continued to be a ;tiller of the soil. He was married in 1824, to Rebecca Bowersock, a native of Pennsylvania, of Dutch descent, and by her has had ten children, namely: Elizabeth, Remembrance W., Hezekiah, George W., Sarah J., James G., John M., Margaret D., Mary and Darthula--five of whom are living. It is said that his father contracted with the Government for the land upon which Indianapolis, Ind., has since been built. His father died at the advanced age of 101 years. JOHN E. DEY (portrait given on another page), retired, Lebanon. The subject of our sketch first saw the light of day in New Jersey in 1791. He was the only child of William and Phoebe (Ely) Dey, natives of New Jersey. His grandfather, John Dey, was a surveyor and an extensive dealer in real estate, who moved to New Jersey from New York State, where he was born. In 1793, our subject's father with his family started to Kentucky, and while passing through Virginia on their way West, the mother died. Mr. D., with his young son, completed the journey but after a two years' residence in Kentucky, they returned to New Jersey, where the father was again married in 1798, and seventeen years thereafter moved with his new family to Northern New York, near Lake Champlain. Our subject learned the carpenter trade and, in 1812, having attained his majority, he commenced doing business for himself working in Philadelphia, Susquehanna, Baltimore. Petersburg and Trenton. On the 8th of January, 1818, he married Miss Sarah Mount and went West via Cincinnati to Lebanon, which has since been his home. From 1820 to 1825, he made several tours through the South, building houses and cotton gins for the planters of that then prosperous country. In 1825, he, with a practical mechanic named Hackney, started a plow factory in Lebanon, under the firm name of Hackney & Dey, and carried on an extensive business with planters at all the principal way-landings along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers from Cincinnati to New Orleans. They made an improved plow—the first of the kind manufactured west of Pittsburgh. In 1828, they dissolved partnership and divided the stock. Mr. Dey held the river trade and continued the business by himself until 1845, when he retired from business and has since lived a quiet life in Lebanon, occupying his time only in looking after his extensive landed estates in Michigan and Ohio. On the 7th of January, 1878, his wife died at the age of 83 years, after having lived with him over sixty years, leaving the following children, viz., Amanda Leonard, wife of Rev. Dr. Leonard of Bucyrus; Samuel E., of Defiance, Ohio; and Josephine, wife-of C. A. Smith, now living with Mr. Dey. Those deceased were Wilfred D., William H. and Henrietta who married W. F. Parshall of Lebanon. Mr. Dey, though well along in years is yet enjoying good health. He is of that class of pioneers who came west with their shoulders to the wheel of progress, determined to develop the country they TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 735 had chosen for their future homes or yield up their lives in the effort. Mr. Dey is in politics a Republican. He was an enthusiastic anti-slavery man, but has in his heart a warm place for the people of the South, many of whom are his warm personal friends. WILLIAM F. DILL, retired farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township Nov. 11, 1813; his father, William Dill, was born in Kentucky, to which State his parents emigrated in 1790, and remained until 1798, when they came to Warren Co., Ohio, and settled on the farm east of Lebanon, where our subject. now lives. Our subject's father was of Irish descent and was a Lieutenant in the war of 1812; our subject was educated in the subscription schools of his day and early engaged in farming, which he has since followed until his recent retirement; he was married Oct. 13, 1837, to Eveline Bone, of Turtle Creek Township; she died August, 1848, leaving four children, viz., Alletta M., the wife of Alexander Booth; Mary E., Adrian and John M. 'Mr. and Mrs. Dill were members of the Cumberland Church, in which he was, for fourteen years, a Ruling Elder; he is a Republican, and is now serving his fourth year as Director of the County Infirmary; he is widely known and highly respected throughout his section of the country. JOHN DRAKE, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township on the farm he now occupies Aug. 10, 1805; his great-grandfather, Samuel Drake, emigrated from England to America in 1676; his grandfather's name was Joseph; his father, Lewis Drake, was born in New Jersey June 19, 1764, and, during the war of 1812, served as one of the minutemen. He moved from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, where he married Miss Mary Russell, a native of Delaware, of Welsh descent. In 1800, he emigrated to Ohio with his family of four children, three girls and one boy, and located on the land now occupied by our subject. During his residence in Ohio, eight more children, five boys and three girls, were born to him; his son Samuel was a cavalryman in the war of 1812; of his twelve children, only two boys and two girls now survive. Our subject was reared on the farm and received his education in the schools of his native township; he was married on Christmas Day (Dec. 25, 1832) to Miss Sarah Evans, a daughter of Thomas and Ann (Griffith) Evans, natives of Pennsylvania. This marriage was blessed with issue as follows: Lewis, who is married and farming in Warren County; Anna, the wife of Joseph Mull, of Warren County; Frank, who is married and farming in Warren County; Thomas, a merchant of Lebanon; John, a liveryman of Lebanon, and Isaac, who is married and now lives on the home farm. Mr. Drake is a Republican, and, for six years, served his county as Director of the Infirmary; he is a member of the Baptist Church, in which his wife also held a membership until her death, Aug. 20, 1880. Mr. Drake now has in his possession a walking-cane that his great-grandfather brought from England at the time of his emigration. On his farm, in Turtle Creek Township, there is a Lombardy poplar tree, two and a half feet in diameter, that has grown from a walking staff his father used in walking from Mad River, in Montgomery County. Upon his arrival home, one of his sons stuck the staff in a marshy spot near the house without any particular reason, and in the years that followed it grew into the beautiful tree of to-day. JOHN R. DRAKE, liveryman, Lebanon, was born in Warren Co., Ohio, March 15, 1844; his father, John, was born on the farm where he now lives, in August, 1805, and, in 1832, he married Sarah Evans, a daughter of Thomas Evans, of Pennsylvania, She came to Ohio with her brother at an early day. They were the parents of six children. Our subject worked upon the farm until 26 years of age, going to school during the winter months. On the 7th of April, 1870, he married Miss Ella B. Clegg, daughter of John and 736 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Rebecca (Owens) Clegg, of Dayton, Ohio, by whom he has had two children, Lida and Rollin. In 1869, he entered into the hardware business in Lebanon. with R. B. Corwin, but six months afterward withdrew and returned to the farm, where he remained two years; he then moved to Dayton, and, in company with John Mull, Esq., embarked in the grocery business, in which he continued three years, and again returned to the farm. After two years spent on the farm, he purchased the livery stable of John H. Evans, Esq., of Lebanon, where he now holds forth. In May, 1864, he enlisted in Company F, 146th 0. N. and, after four 'months' service, was discharged at Camp Dennison, near Cincinnati, September, 1864. He is a warm-hearted, social gentleman, a good citizen and a thorough business man, understanding his business in every particular and conducting it with good financial success. ROBERT DUCKWORTH, coal and wood dealer, Lebanon; born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren County, Jan. 19, 181'7; he was the son of George and Sarah (Corwin) Duckworth, he a native of Lancaster, England, and she of New Jersey. They came to Ohio before 1805, and settled in Warren County. Our subject is one of a family of nine children, of whom eight reached their majority, married and settled in Warren County, where three of them yet remain. He received his education in the early subscription schools of Warren County, and spent the greater part of his life in farming, at which he was very successful. In 1854, he retired from the farm and engaged in the raising and selling of fruit, at which he continued with moderate success until 1858, when, in company with his son in-law, George P. Patterson, he opened an extensive dry goods and grocery store in Lebanon. In this business, he was not successful, and was obliged ultimately to give it up. In 1873, he engaged in the traffrc of coal and wood, and has since, by close application to his business, built up a good and substantial trade, in which he still continues; he was married, in 1841, to Miss Matilda R. Dyche, a native of Warren County, by whom he had one child, a daughter, now the wife of George P. Patterson, a prominent citizen and successful business man of Lebanon. Mr. Duckworth was bereft of the counsels and companionship of his wife by her death, in 1879; he is a consistent and highly-prized member of the Methodist Church, in which he has for many years been a trustee and class-leader; he is a Republican in politics and takes an active part in the work of his party; he is quiet and gentlemanly in his manners, a sincere and devoted Christian, and a man who bears the highest respect and esteem of all who know him. HENRY J. DUNHAM, Superintendent of the Orphans' Home, Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Jan. 15, .1818; he is the son of Edward Dunham, a native of West Virginia, and Elizabeth (Gibbs) Dunham, his wife, a native of New Jersey. Our subject's advantages for education have been limited, and were confined to a few weeks attendance at the district or subscription schools of his neighborhood. His life was spent in farming until three years ago, when he received the appointment of Superintendent of the Warren County Orphans' Asylum and Children's Home, of which an account is given in the body of this work. Mr. Dunham was married, in 1842, to Miss Martha A. Fox, who is associated with her husband in the management of the "Home." He is a man of few words, but of sterling qualities; his management of the county institution over which he presides has been attended with the best results, and reflects credit on the Superintendent. He possesses a good, well-improved farm of 70 acres, lying about four miles west of Lebanon, upon which he and his lady can peacefully pass the evening of life when they feel like retiring from its active cares. GEORGE W. DUNNEGAN, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in slavery in Franklin Co., Tenn., in 1823; he was the property of Gen. Samuel Weak- TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 737 ley; at the age of eleven years, he was taken to Alabama by J. I. Dunnegan, a son-in-law of Gen. Weakley. He was married, when 18 years of age, to Jane Jones, with whom he lived until 1858, when she died, in Huntsville, Ala. In 1862, Mr. Dunnegan was again married, to Mary Kelley, a slave owned by a Mr. Kelley, of Tennessee. They came to Ohio in 1866, and purchased a small farm north of Lebanon, where they have since continued to reside. They are both exemplary members of the African M. E. Church, in which Mr. Dunnegan has held all the principal offrces, and in which he was for twenty years a local preacher. This old couple manage the affairs of their little farm with the greatest precision, and, by industry, care and frugality, have succeeded in placing themselves far above want and in the front rank of their people in the North. DR. D. T. D. DYCHE, dentist, Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, June 18, 1827; his father, George Dyche, was of German-Irish descent and a farmer by occupation; his mother, Rachael (Tullis) Dyche, was a native of Virginia. Our subject was the only son of eight children, and is the only one of his family now surviving; he attended a country school during his youth, and later studied the higher mathematics and the classics at the Lebanon Academy; he also took a course of study under an eminent Irish professor, who taught a private school in the neighborhood of his home at Red Lion. In 1849, he commenced reading medicine with Dr. Charters. of Lebanon, with whom he also obtained his primary instructions in dentistry; he afterward went South with Dr. Charters and attended medical lectures in Augusta, Ga., from whence he went to Savannah in the same State, where he engaged in practicing dentistry. In 1852, he came to Lebanon, where he has since been in practice. On the 25th of November, 1850, he married Miss Georgia A. Charters, daughter of his old preceptor. By her he has had four children, two boys and two girls, viz., William C., Daisy, Eveline and Frederick, all now living. During the rebellion, the Doctor enlisted in the 0. N. G. and served three months at Fayette C. H., W. a. He afterward became Captain of Company A, 131st 0. N. G., in which capacity he continued until the disbandment of the company; he is of a scientific turn of mind and an enthusiastic geologist, his researches in this science having been rewarded with a large number of very fine and valuable specimens; his cabinet of fossils may well be the envy of one who spends much more time in the pursuit of this study than the Doctor. GEORGE DYNES, retired farther; P. 0. Lebanon. Amon̊. the present aged residents of Lebanon is George Dynes, who was born in Among Co.. Ky., March 6, 1803; his father was a native of Maryland, and emigrated to Kentucky at an earlier day. When 4 years of age, in 1807, he accompanied hie parents to Ross Co., Ohio, and, after residing there about one year, came to Warren County, where he has ever since resided; his early education was such as could be obtained from Webster's Speller and the usual facilities of the pioneer schools; he remembers well the soldiers mustering for the war of 1812 and other scenes impressed on his boyhood mind. In 1825, he moved to Clark Co., Ohio; on the 11th of February, 1824, he married Eliza Corlis, who was a native of New Jersey; the ceremony was performed on a farm about three miles above Lebanon; they raised a family of three boys and three girls, one of *horn, Catharine, is dead, and the others, named respectively Chambers Lydia, Elizabeth A., Samuel and Edwin, are still living, some in this county and others remote; his wife died in 1847. March 10, 1852, he married hi present wife, Catharine Matthews, a native of Warren County, and there are no children by this marriage. In May, 1866, Mr. Dynes and wife moved to Leba non, and they now live a life of comfort and ease, retired from active busines cares in a cozy homestead on Columbus avenue.. Mr. Dynes has always beep 738 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES : a Democrat in politics, having cast a vote for Andrew Jackson, and still belongs to the Democratic party; his amiable wife, still healthful and vigorous, is% member of the Methodist  happily down the pathway of Epilife. scopal Church, and hand in hand they are going WILLIAM F. ELTZROTH, lawyer, Lebanon; was born on his father's farm in Hamilton Township, Warren Co., Ohio, December 28, 1846, and is the youngest son of Daniel and Hannah (Shepley) Eltzroth. An account of Mr. Eltzroth's ancestors, who were early pioneers of Warren County, will be found in the biographical sketches of Hamilton Township; he resided on his father's farm and attended the common schools until September, 1865, when he entered Miami University at Oxford, from which institution he was graduated in 1869, with the mathematical honors of his class. Returning to his native county, he engaged in teaching and devoted his spare hours to the study of law. In No.. vember, 1872, he entered the law office of A. G. McBurney as a student; was admitted to the bar in April, 1873, and commenced the practice of his profession at Lebanon immediately after. In April, 1876, he was elected Mayor of Lebanon; was re-elected in April, 1878, and served in that office two full terms. Since his retirement from that office, he devoted himself to the practice of his profession. On Sept. 24, 1878, he married Miss Nellie B. Wilson, of Sandy Hill, N. Y., youngest daughter of Capt. Hiram S. and Elizabeth Wilson. DAVID P. EGBERT, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Union Co., Penn., July 20, 1816; he is the son of John and Rachael (Bell) Egbert, both natives of Pennsylvania and of Dutch descent; his mother was a sister of Judge Bell, of Pennsylvania; her mother lived to reach the remarkable age of 103 years. Our subject received his ()ally education in the country schools of Warren County, and was reared as a farmer; he has always taken an active part in politics, and has, at different times, held all the township offices in the gift of the people. In 1854, he was elected Sheriff of Warren County, and in that capacity continued four years with honor to himself and credit to his constituents; in 1850, he was the census enumerator of his county; he has been in many different occupations in life, and has generally been successful; for seven years, he kept hotel in Lebanon, and at one time was proprietor of three hotels, all of which he relinquished when he purchased the Lebanon House; he was also for four years engaged in mercantile pursuits in Lebanon, and, for several years, a contractor for building pike roads. From 1850 to 1860, he was extensively and successfully engaged in pork- packing in Lebanon. and then he removed to the farm of 175 acres, on which he is now living. He was married, in 1842, to Miss Elizabeth Van Note, daughter of William Van Note, of Warren County; they have had twelve children, nine boys and three girls, of whom nine are now living. Mr. Egbert is, strictly speaking, a self-made man in the full sense of the term; his mother was a widow with ten children to support, and, at the tender age of ten years, he was put out to work at $20 per year, being obliged to furnish his own clothing; he got $45 for his second year and $95 for the third, after which he rented land, and shortly afterward purchased 110 acres of the farm he row owns; he is now in easy circumstances and devotes much of his time to the raising of fine fruits, stock, fowls, etc. ; he is a striking example of what may be accomplished by earnest industry strict economy and a determination to succeed. P. F. FINCH, photographer, Lebanon; was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., May 4, 1833; his father, S. F. Finch, was born in New York in 1801, and his mother, Elizabeth (Brown) Finch, was also a native of the same State. Our subject received a good English education in the schools of Portage and Stark Counties; he was reared on the farm, where he remained until 1854, when he commenced teaching school, at which he continued until 1857; in 1859, he TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 739 came to Lebanon and engaged in the business of photographer, and has so continued until the present. In 1861, he married Miss Mary Longstreth, who died Jan. 17, 1881, leaving two children, viz., Carrie, born Aug. 6, 1865, and Nellie E., born Sept. 28, 1874. Mr. Finch has a large and showy gallery and a tine residence on the corner of High and Silver streets; he does oil painting, crayon and India ink work, and, in fact, anything pertaining to his art; he has a large and successful business, which he is daily increasing. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the M. E. Church. JOHN GALLAHER (deceased), a native of Pennsylvania, was born Jan. 19, 1788, and was of Irish extraction; he came to Ohio about 1808, and, on the 16th of April, 1809, was married to Elizabeth Nye, who was born in Rockingham Co., Va., and was of German descent. In 1812, he opened and settled upon the farm, then in the woods near Green Tree, upon which he resided until his death; he was, perhaps, the most successful farmer of Warren County; by industry, prudence and strict attention to business, he accumulated a goodly share of this world's goods; he devoted much attention to the raising of hogs, in which he was very successful, and from this branch of business he derived much of his wealth. Unlike many men who rise from poverty to affluence, he was generous in the support of the church and benevolent causes. In 1836, he and his wife and other members of his family became members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Red Lion, during the ministry of Rev. David Reed and Rev. John W. Steel. He was a modest and retiring man, a kind and obliging neighbor, an affectionate husband and father and a sincere Christian; his wife died on the seventy-eight anniversary of his birthday; in his old age, he lost about $30,000 by the failure of Boake & Hunt, bankers, in Lebanon; he had, however, more than a competency left, and his children were all settled and comfortably provided for by his own generosity. Mr. Gallaher lived to be one of the oldest men in Warren County; he died June 17, 1881, of paralysis, aged 93 years 4 months and 28 days; he had by his marriage eleven children, nine of whom survived him; one died in infancy and one daughter had died before him, leaving a husband and three children. Mr. Gallaher left children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. WILLIAM A. GALLAHER, farmer; P. O. Monroe; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, March 8, 1818; he is the son of John and Elizabeth (Nye) Gallaher, the former a native of Pennsylvania of Irish descent, and the latter a native of Rockingham Co., Va., of German descent. A biography of the father appears elsewhere in this work. Our subject was brought up as a farmer and has since been engaged in that occupation; he was married Sept. 15, 1846, to Caroline, daughter of John Young, of Turtle Creek Town- ship. They had three children, viz., John Franklin, Horace Q. and Lizzie M. ; his children have all had the best educational advantages offered by the schools of Cincinnati, Oxford and Lebanon. Mr. G. is a Republican in politics, and, with his estimable wife, is a member of the M. E. Church; he has a handsome residence and 340 acres of well-improved land; his close attention to the minute details of his farm operations is fully attested by the neat and tidy appearance of his premises. Everything is in the best of order and all arranged for the greatest convenience of the residents. Truly, Mr. G. is a model farmer; his eldest son, John F., was born in this county Aug. 27, 1849, and, on the 11th of February, 1873, married Clara A., daughter of George and Harriet (Keever) Longstreet, and to them have been born Eva C., Birdie H., Lizzie K. and William L. He owns and occupies 200 acres of land adjoining his father's tract. Of the other son and daughter, Horace Q. is living with his parents, and Lizzie M. is the wife of L. D. Parker, a merchant of Piqua, Ohio. 740 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: DAVID B. GLASSCOCK, Superintendent of Warren County Infirmary Lebanon; was born in Fleming Co., Ky., Jan. 23, 1823; he is the son of Asa and Mary (Penquite) Glasscock; the former was a native of Virginia, of Scotch descent, and the latter a native of Berks Co., Penn., of English descent. our subject was educated in the schools of Kentucky and Ohio, and, when 15 years of age, commenced working at the cabinet-making and carpentering trade, which he followed until the commencement of the Mexican war, when he entered Company K., 1st Regiment of Virginia Volunteers, under Gens. Taylor and Wood. He was married, in 1849, to F. A. V. Penquite, a native of Virginia, of English descent. They have had four children, viz., Mary E., wife of Charles N. Scott, of Clermont Co., Ohio; Alpheus N., who died in August, 1881; John S., a carpenter of Knox Co., Mo.; and Emma, who is now living at home with her parents. Our subject became Superintendent of the County Infirmary in March, 1881, in which capacity he continues. WEST GLENNY, retired druggist; Lebanon; was born in the State of New Jersey, Feb. 21, 1817; his parents, William and Mary (West) Glenny, were natives of the North of Ireland, where they were married. They emigrated to America in 1800 and settled in Salem Co., N. J., where they remained until 1820, when they moved to Warren Co., Ohio, where they both died. The subject hereof received his education in the subscription schools of Lebanon, and early in life became a druggist and chemist. In about the year 1848, he opened a drug store in Lebanon, which he conducted with marked success until 1869, when he retired from business. He was married December 1, 1878, to Miss Anna R. Perrine, daughter of G. W. and Rhoda Perrine, of Warren County. Mr. G. is a stanch Republican and in every way a good citizen; he has amassed a comfortable fortune, including several houses and lots in Lebanon, and is now living in comfort and quiet off of the proceeds thereof. J. P. GILCHRIST, merchant, Lebanon ; was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Nov. 28, 1812; his father, Robert Gilchrist, was born near Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Penn., in 1780, and, in 1802, emigrated to Ohio, settling on Stillwater in Montgomery County. He was married, in 1800, to Miss Mary Wilson, daughter of James and Nancy Wilson, who was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., Aug. 25, 1777, and died in Lebanon, Ohio, April 6, 1867, aged 90 years. Her father was born in Pennsylvania and was descended from a family who emigrated to America from Ireland, seven children were the result of the above union, and of these, two boys and one girl-Robert W., J. Parks and Jane are the only survivors. Their father lived in Montgomery County until May, 1812, when he volunteered under Col. Van Horne, in Hull's army, and was killed in the battle of Brownstown Aug. 12,1812, just a few days before Hull's cowardly surrender; his father, our subject's grandfather, Robert, was born in Scotland, and emigrated to America with his wife and two brothers in the latter part of the eighteenth century. He was twice married, having by his first wife two sons and seven daughters, and, by his second wife, Sarah McGuire, one boy and one girl. Our subject came to Warren County in 1817, with his mother and seven children, and settled in Lebanon, which has since been his home; his education has amounted to a very few weeks' attendance at a private school in Lebanon. In 1827, he commenced clerking in the store of William Lytle, where he remained until May, 1830, when he went to Cincinnati and engaged in the dry goods store of Brown & O'Brien; he next clerked in a store in Ross-vine, Ohio, and, in January, 1832, he went to Liberty, Ind., with a stock of goods furnished by J. & W. Anderson, which he was to sell for half profits. In this he proved successful, and, in 1833, purchased William Anderson's interest and conducted the store under the firm name of Gilchrist & Anderson until 1839, when they returned to Lebanon and opened the dry goods store in TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 741 which he has since continued. His firm has been variously known under the name of Anderson & Gilchrist, Gilchrist & Gray, Gilchrist & Benham and now as J. P. Gilchrist & Co., he having associated with himself his son, J. A. Gilchrist, and his nephew, La France Coryell. Mr. Gilchrist was married, on the 12th of April, 1837, to Miss Euphemia Anderson, of Butler Co., Ohio; her father, Isaac Anderson, was born in Donegal Co., Ireland, Sept. 16, 1758, and emigrated to America previous to the Revolutionary war, during which struggle for independence he served for seven years, enlisting as a private and promoted to a Lieutenancy. He was severely wounded in the head at the battle of Germantown, causing the loss of one eye; he subsequently served in the Indian war, in which he was taken prisoner by the savages in the neighborhood of Lawrenceburg, on the Ohio River. His captors took up their line of march for Montreal, Canada, camping one night on the Big Miami River. The country around their camp pleased Mr. Anderson so much that he resolved, if he ever escaped. to locate there, which he finally did. Some time after their arrival at Montreal, he and a comrade scaled the walls of their prison and escaped, walking the whole distance to Philadelphia and suffering untold privations on the way and subsisting on roots, frogs and anything they could find. On Nov. 14, 1788, Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Euphemia Moorehead, who was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Our subject by his marriage to Miss Anderson had the following children: Mary W., born Oct. 18, 1842; died Nov. 2, 1866; Robert, born April 19, 1846; died Dec. 6, 1871; Isaac, born March 28, 1848; died April 28, 1850; James Parks, born Sept. 1, 1850; died June 29, 1854, and Joseph A., born April 4, 1854. From 1867 to 1880, Mr. Gilchrist carried on an extensive business in Columbus, Ohio, in company with C. P. Gray and Andrew Dobbie. He has, for upward of twenty-five years, been a member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics, when a young man he espoused the Whig cause, and became one of the Republican party on its organization. During the civil war, he was an earnest supporter of the Union cause and assisted in raising men for and the organization of the 12th and 35th Regiments of 0. V. I., in this county; he was also a member of the Christian and Sanitary Commissions at Lebanon. JAMES B. GRAHAM, manager of Western Union Telegraph office, Lebanon, was born in Montgomery, Hamilton Co., Ohio, September 11, 1816: his paternal ancestors belonged to an old family, long settled in Orange Co., N. Y., but originally from Scotland. His maternal great-grandfather was a native of Holland, and his great grandmother of France; his maternal grandvefather came with his family to Cincinnati in 1794, and after remaining a short time in Fort Washington settled near Montgomery. Andrew R. Graham, hi( father, in company with James McBurney (our subject's uncle, after whom h( was named) and Nicholas Schoonmaker, emigrated from Newburg, Orange Co., N. Y., about 1814, and settled at Montgomery. In 1815, he married Catharine Feller, by whom he had three children, James (Mc) B., Florella and Adelia The oldest of these, our subject, went to Cincinnati in 1830 to learn the tailor's trade, and remained there until February, 1835, when he came to Lebanon. Havin been attacked with virulent ophthalmia, he studied dentistry, but the profession not being congenial to his tastes, on his recovery he resumed the business of tailor jug, which he carried on for a number of years at Lebanon. In 1856, ho assumed the management of the telegraph office at Lebanon, which he has con tinned till the present time. He has ,served as Mayor of Lebanon two terms member of the Town Council ten years or more, and for several years past as Justice of the Peace. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a Rul bag Elder in the church at Lebanon. He devotes considerable time to music Possesses much mechanical ingenuity, and is a constant reader of scientific am 742 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES : mechanical journals. He is a man of decided convictions, and expresses his opinions without regard to public opinion. He has long been a decided advocate of total abstinence. He was married, Aug. 21, 1839, to Miss Mary A.. Adams, a daughter of Henry Adams, of Lebanon, by whom he has had the following children: Clara L. (deceased), Milton B. (deceased), F. Catharine, Alfred H., Charles G. (deceased), A. Cornlia, G. Florella, George A., Edgar M. and Willard Taulman. The eldest surviving son, Alfred H., is the present Auditor of Warren County. H. J. GREATHOUSE, blacksmith, Lebanon, was born in Highland Co., Ohio, Sept. 1, 1822; he is the son of Jesse and Mary (Ross) Greathouse, natives of Virginia, of German descent. He received his education in Warren County, in a rude log schoolhouse; he was reared on the farm, and there remained until 24 years of age, when he commenced learning blacksmithing in Lebanon, at which he has since been engaged. In 1862, he opened a smithy at the head of Mulberry street, where he is still engage in business having now commenced the manufacture and sale of farm implements. He was married in 1849 to Matilda M. Banta, a native of Warren County, by whom he has had ten children, seven boys and three girls, all now living. He had two brothers in the war of the rebellion. He is a Republican in politics, and for three years has served as Township Trustee. He commenced life penniless, and by honest toil has placed himself in comfortable circumstances. He is a live, hard-working man, who by his honesty and integrity has gained a prominent place in the esteem of this people. He and his wife are Cumberland Presbyterians. FRANK H. GREELY, miller, Lebanon, is a son of Seth B. and Martha J. (Snook) Greely, and is a native of Warren Co., Ohio, where he was born in 1852; he received his education in the schools of his county, and attended for a time the Normal School of Lebanon. He was married in 1876 to Miss Ida Coddington, a native of Warren County, and has one child, Edith. In 1870, Mr. Greely engaged in learning the milling business, which he has since followed. On the 6th of July, 1881, he came to Lebanon and leased the mill where he is now doing business under the firm name of Davis & Greely. They have fitted the.mill throughout with a complete set of mill machinery, and are prepared to do.work on a grand scale. Thus far they have met with the best of success, being now obliged to run their mill night and day. Though a young firm, their ability, enterprise, and evident desire to prosper by pleasing their patrons has won them a reputation equal to that of many older firms. WILLIAM F. GUNTHER, merchant tailor; was born in Alsace, Germany, April 27, 1837; he is the fourth of six children born to Christopher F. and Salome (Burgenneister) Gunther, natives of Alsace. He emigrated to America Sept. 1, 1864, and landed in New York, where he remained one year. He afterward went to Atlanta, Ga., Cincinnati, Ohio, and Muncie, Ind., remaining a short time in each place. In March, 1869, he came to Lebanon, and, after working in the tailor shop of L. E. Schwartz for four years, he commenced business for himself, and has since continued in it. He was married in Muncie, Ind., in 1868, to Miss Caroline Krieger, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Smith) Krieger, natives of Alsace, and by her had five children, three boys and two girls, all now living. Mr. Gunther is a member of the Masonic fraternity and Knights of Pythias. His trade, in which he is proficient, was acquired principally in the old country. CEPHAS GUTTERY, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township Oct. 30, 1806; he is the son of Andrew and Sarah (Milligan) Gut, tery, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Pennsylvania. Our subject was reared on the farm he now occupies, which he has tilled nearly three- TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 743 quarters of a century, and though now an old man his strength is in no way abated: with his strong constitution anf robust health, he is enabled to do much hard work; he has a farm of 500 acres, mostly under cultivation, and the work on this he manages, oversees, and largely accomplishes by his own personal labor. He was married in 1831 to Rachel Hollingshead, a native of Virginia, and has by her seven children. Mr. Guttery is a Democrat, and for eighteen years has been a Director of his school district. He is a practical farmer, who as to express it in his graphical language, " made his fortune by attending to his own business."' LEVI GUSTIN, SR., farmer; P. O. Red Lion; was born in Clear Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, March 12, 1821; he is the son of James and Hannah Gustin; he was reared on the farm, and has had very limited educational advantages; when 12 years of age, he was " bound out " to Henry Monger, a farmer, with whom he remained until he reached his majority. On the 28th of September, 1842, he married Miss Emeline Rhodes, of Warren County, by whom he has had nine children, all now living, viz., Hulda, Judith A., William, James B., Mary, Charlie, Granville, Alice and Carrie. Mrs. Gustin is the daughter of John Rhodes, a native of Pennsylvania, of Dutch descent. Mr. Gustin has followed farming during the whole of his life, and now owns a tract of 117 acres of land. He is a prominent Democrat, and was for several years a School Director. CHARLES E. HALE, jeweler, Lebanon, was born in Clinton Co., Ohio, Sept. 9, 1854; his father, Armoni Hale, moved to Clinton County from North Carolina with his father in 1810; he was born in 1806, and, after arriving in Clinton County, married Miss Elizabeth Edwards, daughter of Archibald and Ann (Harvey) Edwards, of Clinton County; they were the parents of nine children, six sons and three daughters, of whom five sons and two daughters survive. Our subject received his primary education in the country schools of his native county, and afterward became a student in the National Normal School of Lebanon, from which he graduated in the spring of 1876. In 1877, he purchased an interest in the jewelry establishment of E. M. Hale, and in two months afterward he became the sole proprietor. He has since continued in the same establishment, under the firm name of Charles E. Hale & Co. WILLIAM H. HAMILTON, retired, Lebanon; was born in Greene Co., Penn., about one mile from Waynesburg, Oct. 31, 1795; his father, Robert Hamilton, was born in Banbridge, County Down, Ireland, May 16, 1760; came to America about 1774, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, being much of the time under command of Gen. Anthony Wayne; he served until the close of the war, when he married Susannah Kean; he worked as a blacksmith in Lancaster Co., Penn., and about 1791 removed to Greene Co., Penn., where he married Ann Hays, a native of Berkeley Co., Va; in 1797, he moved to Morgantown, Va.; 1803, to Trumbull Co., Ohio, where he lived until 1815, when he moved to Warren County and settled one mile west of Millgrove, where he lived until his death, in 1841. By his first marriage he had six children; by his second one child, the subject of this sketch. William H. came to Warren County in 1815 with his father; he worked for awhile as a blacksmith, but soon changed his trade to that of a carpenter and builder, which he followed for about forty five years, and did much work as a builder of bridges and mills; he was for about four years Superintendent of the bridges on the line of the Little Miami Railroad from Cincinnati to Columbus, and afterward on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad from Loveland to Marietta; on the latter road he superintended the construction of thirteen important bridges; he was an officer in the militia for seven years, being an Ensign, Captain, Adjutant and Lieutenant Colonel, and is generally known as Capt. Hamilton. For twelve years he 744 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: was County. Commissioner, and, being the only mechanic on the board, he planned, drafted and superintended the construction of nearly all the bridges built while he held the office; he planned and superintended the building of the present County Infirmary. In politics, he voted once for Andrew Jackson, but became an ardent Whig, and afterward a Republican. On Sept. 23, 1819, he was married to Elizabeth Shrack, who was born in Frederick Co., Va., Dec 18, 1800, and to them have been born ten children, eight of whom are still living. The venerable parents, who have lived in the marriage relation for more than sixty-two years, after residing in several places in Warren County, now are passing their old age in a comfortable home in Lebanon. Capt. Hamilton is now one of the oldest, best known and most highly respected citizens of Warren County. EMILY W. HAMPTON, Elderess, Lebanon, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., Jan. 17, 1814. She is the daughter of Charles D. and Julia (Carey) Hampton, natives of Berks Co., Penn., of English descent. Her father was a pioneer physician of Pennsylvania, and also practiced his profession here. She is a sister of Oliver Hampton, a noted shaker speaker, who is now at Union Village. She is one of the two Deaconesses of the Center Family and has occupied that position since 1876. Her father came to Ohio in 1815, and to Union Village in 1822; he died in 1863, and his wife in 1865. They had five children, two boys and three girls, of whom Emily and Oliver are the only survivors. PETER B. HATFIELD, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township Nov. 3, 1809. His father, John Hatfield a native of New Jersey, and his mother, Elizabeth Banta, a native of Kentucky, both emigrated to Warren County about 1800, and were soon afterward married. Our subject received such education as was attainable at the time of his youth, and when young commenced working on the farm. He was married, Nov. 29, 1832, to Miss Mary Perrino, of Kentucky, by whom he has had six children, viz.: Elizabeth, Daniel (deceased), John (deceased), Milton J., Louis P. and William C. Milton and Lewis are now married. Louis P. was a soldier in the late war, having enlisted in 1862 in the Ohio Heavy Artillery service, and remained until the close of the war. Mr. Hatfield is a Democrat in politics. He belongs to the class of substantial farmers. He owns 168 acres of good land, and this he cultivates in the most successful manner. JOHN M. HATFIELD, deceased; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, May 16, 1818. He was a son of John and Elizabeth (Banta) Hatfield; he a native of New Jersey, and she of Kentucky. Our subject made farming his life occupation and followed it with good success until his death. which occurred in 1867. He left at his death a good farm of 147 acres, upon which his widow now lives. He was married to Mary Banta in 1840, and had born to him four children, viz.: Peter D., who served in the Heavy Artillery in the late rebellion, and after the war married and settled down on his mother's place; Melissa C., wife of Mr. Drake; George D., who is also married and farming in Warren County; and Lena, who is living at home with her mother. Mr. Hatfield was a member of the Republican party, and always gave its measures his hearty support. He stood very high in the estimation of the people, who deeply deplored his loss. SMITH HATFIELD, farmer and stock dealer; P. 0. Lebanon: was born in Warren County, Ohio, March 29, 1837. His parents were Frazee and Elizabeth (Dunham) Hatfield, natives of the State of New Jersey. Our subject was reared on a farm and received his schooling in what is known as the Rock Schoolhouse. On February 5, 1866, he was married to Naoma A. Jeffery, who was born Dec. 22, 1845. Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield are the parents of the following children: Bertha, Chester, Elsie and Viola, Chester and Elsie being TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 745 twins. Mr. Hatfield is the possessor of a well improved farm of some 107 acres, situated two miles east of Lebanon on the Fort Ancient pike. He is a farmer, but deals extensively in stock buying and selling, and trading principally in horses, of which he generally keeps the very best. He has for many years been associated with William V. Bone, who together make a "team" in their line, both being excellent judges of good horse flesh, with the knack of getting them up and presenting them in good style. J. P. HATHAWAY grocer, Lebanon, was born near the village of Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio, February 22, 1819. He was one of a family of eleven children born to John W. and Polly (Phillips) Hathaway. His father emigrated to Ohio and settled on a farm near Lebanon. He died at the advanced age of 96 years. His mother was a daughter of Maj. Phillips, of the war of 1812. Of their eleven children, three boys and three girls reached their majority and all but two married in Warren County, where they now live. Our subject received his education in Warren County, and at the age of 19 years he commenced learning the carpenter trade, which he followed extensively fifteen years, employing journeymen part of the time. On the 12th of October, 1846, he married Miss Elizabeth Ann Gustin, a native of Clear Creek Township, by whom he had four children, viz., Emma, Agnes, Florence and William. In 1853, Mr. Hathaway opened a grocery in Lebanon, and since that time has been identified with that branch of industry in the village. In 1867, he became afflicted with a partial blindness, caused by the formation of a cataract over the eyes, and two years later he became almost entirely blind under an operation performed by eminent opticians of Cincinnati. He has borne his great affliction, and the suffering incident thereto, with a fortitude surprising in one of his years. He retains possession of his business and, with his long experience and natural shrewdness, is enabled with the help of his clerks, to conduct it very successfully. He is a stanch Democrat and takes an active interest in the affairs of his party. GEORGE HENDERSON, retired farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Ireland May 28, 1802. His parents, John and Catharine (Gray) Henderson, were Protestants, of Scotch-Irish descent, and both natives of North Ireland. They emigrated to America in 1815, and in 1816, settled in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., where our subject was raised and where he has since lived. His parents both lived to reach a ripe old age, the father dying at 98, and the mother at 90 years of age Mr. Henderson, our subject, remained on the farm with his father until he was 32 years of age, and received all his education after he was 25 years of age. He was married, May 8, 1834, in less than two months after he left the home farm, to Miss Dorotha Knox, a native of Ireland. They had six children, of whom only two, the eldest and youngest, survive. The elder of these, Catherine Gray, is now the wife of Frank Hart, son of Judge Hart; and the younger, Isabella, is the wife of Thomas E. Corwin, of Warren County. Mr. Henderson started in life with nothing. He has labored diligently, lived frugally and succeeded in establishing himself oz a firm financral footing. He has met with the usual reverses of fortune, and has lost considerable money at different times through the dishonesty of others. but he has still sufficient of this world's goods to support him in his declining years. He takes great pride in telling that his first vote was cast for John Quincy Adams. He now owns a splendid tract of 85 acres of land in the vicin ity of Lebanon. He has been an earnest member of the First Presbyterian Church of Lebanon over sixty years. AUGUSTUS F. HINSCH, civil engineer, Lebanon, was born in Adam Co., Penn., Feb. 9, 1805; his father, Lewis Hinsch, who was a native of Saxony emigrated to America in 1789, and in 1835 came to Ohio; he died in Maimi 746 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Co., Ohio, at the advanced age of 96 years. Our subject received a classical education in Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he graduated 1827; he chose the occupation of civil engineer, and, in 1829, became assistant to Col. De Witt Clinton in his work on the Juniata Canal, in which capacity he continued until 1833, when he emigrated to Ohio and located in Lebanon, which has since been his residence. In 1836, he married Miss Louisa E. Den_ man, of Cincinnati, a native of New Jersey, of English descent. By this union seven children—five boys and two girls—were born. Of these, two sons and one daughter only survive, viz., William, book-keeper of Merchants' National Bank, of Cincinnati; Mary J., wife of Thomas E. Drake, of Lebanon, and Al_ Fred M., now at home with his parents. Charles D. enlisted in 1861 in Com_ pang F, 5th 0. V. I., and was killed at the battle of Cedar Mountain, Va, Mr. Hinsch is an able engineer, and has had charge of some very important and arduous tasks. Soon after his arrival in Lebanon, he was appointed assistant engineer of the Miami Canal, and, after its completion, he became superintending engineer of the same work. In this capacity he continued until 1860, when he was elected Surveyor of Warren County and served three years. In 1871, he was again elected to fill the same office, and was continued in it until 1880. Mr. Hinsch can boast of an excellent public record, a reputation above reproach and a well-spent life full of good works; he is a Republican and is highly respected by the people of his community. HENRY HIZAR, the son of Henry and Parthenia (Evans) Hizar, was born in Pennsylvania in 1808, and emigrated to Ohio with his parents July 4, 1816; he was educated in Warren County, and, on May 1, 1856, married Miss Elizabeth Harris Young, daughter of J. H. and Catharine (Smith) Young; her father was born June 25, 1826, and emigrated to Ohio in 1835. Our subject by this union had born to him two children, viz., Charles L., born Feb. 26, 1857, and Louella, born Nov. 28, 1861, since deceased. Mr. Hizar owns a fine farm on the Lebanon & Wilmington prke, about three and a half miles east of the former place.- PROF. ALFRED HOLBROOK, President of the National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio; was born in Derby, Conn., Feb. 17, 1816; he was the elder of two sons, the only children of Josiah Holbrook, celebrated as the founder of Teachers' Institutes, the American Institute of Instruction and the lyceum or lecture system of popular instruction. He lost his mother when three years of age, but was tenderly cared for by several aunts, who faithfully laid a sturdy Christian foundation to his character; his school-days were almost entirely during his first twelve years; he read a chapter from the Bible when 3 years of age, his father giving to the aunt who was his instructor a promised silk dress for teaching him this feat. When about 11 years of age, he went to school to Elizur Wright, at Groton, Mass., where he boarded with the distinguished John Todd, then a Congregational minister of that place. At the age of 13, he went to Boston, where he was employed a year and a half in his father's manufactory of school apparatus; he was here an indefatigable workman and a most zealous student, his studies being directed by his father. For a watch, promised by his father, if he should accomplish the task, he read Day's algebra through in three months, very thoroughly, working all the examples; but his work and his study broke his health, and he returned to his native village, where he lived until 17 years of age, when he entered upon his first experience as a teacher, in Monroe, Conn. A year later, he went to New York and engaged for some eighteen months in the manufacture of surveyors' instruments, he having determined to become an engineer. One of the few requests his father ever denied him was the one to go to Yale College, of which his father was a graduate. The reason assigned was the bad methods and the bad morals TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 747 of colleges. Again overwork and study impaired his health and compelled him to relinquish this business. He migrated to Kirtland, Ohio, where he expected to engage in surveying, but his health was still too feeble; he went with his uncle, David Holbrook, to Booneville, Ind., where he remained a year and a half, occasionally employed in surveying; his health proving too feeble for such work, he returned, in 1840, to Ohio, on horseback, and began teaching in Berea (one of his father's lyceum villages), under the auspices of John Baldwin. The school rapidly increased in numbers and Mr. Baldwin soon erected a commodious building for the accommodation of his pupils. This was the foundation of Baldwin University. Here he remained nine years; here he married Melissa Pearson, who has shared most nobly and heroically the responsibilities and vicissitudes of her husband, not only presiding over his home with Christian refinement and faithfulness, but oftentimes aiding him as an efficient assistant in the school-room, and always exercising a most tender and pure influence over his pupils. When they were married, his salary was $15 a month, and their home was without carpets; nevertheless, they were considered very prosperous by their friends and were the recipients of numerous congratulations to that effect. John Baldwin had given them a deed of a house and lot in Berea. He next took charge of an academy at Chardon, Ohio; soon after, he became a partner with Dr. John Nichols, in the Western Reserve Teachers' Seminary, at Kirtland, Ohio. He subsequently accepted a call to the superintendency of the public schools at Marlboro, Ohio, where he remained three years, when he moved to Salem, Ohio, to superintend the schools of that place. While there, he received the appointment as Principal of the Southwestern Normal School, at Lebanon, Ohio, which position he has occupied since; his subsequent history will be found in the history of that institution, which is given in the educational department of this volume, under the title of National Normal University. President Holbrook is the author of two educational works. which have had very wide circulation, viz., "Normal Methods" and "School Management; " also of two text-books on the English language=" Training Lessens " and " English Grammar." His views and methods as given in these volumes have made a deep impression upon the educational work of the whole country. In an educational experience of nearly half a century, President Holbrook has had under his direct instruction not less than 30,000 persons, a number equaled by very few teachers in our country. It has been remarked by those best acquainted with his work that no student has ever left any institution of which he has had control morally worse than when he or she entered it. President Holbrook is of small stature, slightly gray, quick and vigorous in his move ments; nervous and energetic; indomitable of will; immovable in any purpose full of resources; ready and ingenious in invention; of a lofty and noble am bition; grandly impressed, from the first, with the magnitude and importance or his work; crisp and incisive in conversation; genial, though somewhat re tired; social and domestic, being exceedingly fond of his home, his family an his children and their children; faithful to the religion of his Puritan antes tors; of the purest life; vigorously severe in every moral precept and practice of unimpeachable integrity in all business transactions; faithful and generou to his friends, just to his enemies, benevolent to a fault, sustaining freely wit] purse and personal effort every worthy enterprise. He has always been a par tial invalid, but now, in his 66th year, is healthier than ever in his life. B: the most heroic self-management, he has made his feeble physical frame endure duties and responsibilities which would have crushed the most vigorous constitutions. His work as an author was entirely accomplished before an earl breakfast and in addition to six and seven hours teaching during the day, be sides the more wearing responsibilities connected with the financial manage- 748 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES ment of his school. Throughout his life he has retired early, in order to se_ cure the early morning for work. President Holbrook has a family of five children-three sons and two daughters--having lost one son, his youngest child, Henry, who was drowned when skating. In the order of their age, his childern are: Josiah, Reginald Heber, John Baldwin, Agnes Irene and Anna Lucy. Josiah Holbrook is proprietor of a large book business and Secretary of the University. R. Heber Holbrook is Vice President of the Normal University, editor of the Normal Teacher, a national educational journal, published at Indianapolis, Ind.; is the author of " Outlines of United States History," " The New Method or School Expositions," " Simple Experiments in Natural Philosophy," " Outveline of the New Testament" and "Botanical Record Book;" is the inventor of a school air-pump and pneumatic apparatus, besides innumerable expedients to bring the natural sciences, experimentally, within the reach of the country schools. He was for five years editor of the National Normal, published at Cincinnati, Ohio. In the university, he has charge of the scientific class and is Professor of Higher Mathematics and Natural Sciences. He was for two years superintendent of the public schools of Vineland, N. J. J. B. Holbrook is Professor of Civil Engineering in the university. Irene Holbrook is a professor of ancient languages in the university; she is the author of a text-book in Latin, published by an Antwerp, Bragg & Co. Anna Holbrook is Professor of Rhetoric in the university. WILLIAM HOLLCROFT, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Washington Co., Penn., Sept. 25, 1807; he is the twentieth child of John Hollcroft, who was twice married and had ten children by each wife, the subject being the youngest child by the second wife; his father was a native of England and his mother of New York. Our subject received a limited education in the subscription schools of his time, and, since he came to Ohio, in 1832, has followed farming up to the present date; he early learned the trade of a blacksmith, but never followed it. He was married, in 1834, to Miss Permelia McCreary, a daughter of James McCreary, of Turtle Creek Township; they have had six children, viz., John, James E. (deceased), William H., Hattie, Laura and Lucy. Mr. Hollcroft has a fine farm of 1622 acres, well supplied with all modern conveniences. He is a successful farmer and a good, reliable citizen; in politics, he is a Republican. JOSEPH HOLLINGSWORTH, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in South Carolina May 25, 1802: he is the son of Abraham and Eunice (Steddom) Hollingsworth, who emigrated to Warren County in 1804; he was raised on the farm and received as liberal an education as the schools of the township afforded. He was married in 1833, to Miss Sallie Furnas, of Montgomery Co., Ohio, by whom he has had nine children-five now living. He is a Republican in politics, and, with his wife, belongs to the Society of Friends; he owns several farms, amounting in all to 725 acres. DAVID HOLLOWAY (deceased) was born on Duck Creek, Hamilton Co., Ohio. Feb. 20, 1799; his parents were Jacob and Hannah (Cory) Holloway, natives of New Jersey, of English descent; the former was born Oct. 26, 1767, and the latter Oct. 7, 1772, and they died April 2, 1852, and Nov. 26, 1862, respectively. The parents emigrated to Ohio toward the close of the eighteenth century, and about the year 1800 settled in what is now Warren County, on the present Shubal Vail farm. Our subject, at the age of 14, united with the Shakers, in company with his father, with which society he lived until about the year 1831. He married Ann, daughter of Thomas and Mercy (Curtis) Nicholson, who was born in Pennsylvania Nov. 5, 1809, of English descent, Dec. 8, 1835, and to them were born Hannah (deceased), Mary E., Thomas, John, Jacob C. and William. Mr. Holloway died Feb. 1, 1875, having passed his life on a farm, never living out of the sound of the Shaker bell. TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 749 CEPHAS HOLLOWAY, Shaker Deacon, Lebanon; was born in what is now Turtle Creek Township Dec. 29, 1800, when all Southern Ohio was in one county, called Hamilton, and Ohio was the Northwest Territory. As he graphically expresses it, he was " born in a thicket and had to chop his way out " His father came to the Shakers in 1805, but did not enter the regular organization until 1812. His parents, Jacob and Hannah (Cory) Holloway, were natives of Morris Co., N. J., of English descent. Our subject was baptized in his infancy as a Presbyterian, but united with the Shakers when old enough to act for himself. He learned shoemaking and conducted a shop at the village for ten years; he has occupied almost all of the offices in the society, and is one of the pillars on which the present church has been built; he is a thorough and consistent Shaker, and lives strictly in accordance with the tenets of his faith. SILAS HURIN (deceased) was born in Morris Co., N. J., July 22, 1774; he was the ninth child of his father, Seth Hurin, and his wife Mary, formerly Mary Hazen; both Seth Hurin and his wife were natives of New England, but after their marriage removed to Morris Co., N. J., where all their children were born. After the birth of their children, he removed to Ulster Co., N. Y., and from thence to Hamilton Co., Ohio. He was born Nov. 22, 1'729, and died in October, 1815; his wife was born May 22, 1735, and died June 30, 1794; they had ten children. Silas Hurin came with his father and family to Ohio perhaps about 1795, and settled near Cincinnati. On the 15th of September, 1799, when he was 25 years old, he was married to Agnes, a daughter of John Ludlow, who had removed to Ohio about 1790, and lived near White's Station on Mill Creek, in Hamilton Co., Ohio. By this marriage, Mr. Hurin had the following children, viz., Catharine C., Maria, Susan T., Sarah H., Amanda, James K., Agnes L. and four others who died before reaching their majority. Sarah H. was born Doc. 25, 1806, and was married to James M. Fisher Aug. 30, 1832; they had the following children, who lived to majority, viz., Samuel, who married Sue McCullugh and now lives at Denver, Colo.; Evalina, widow of Dr. James Findley, deceased, and Baker, deceased; Amanda, the widow of Rev. R. T. Drake, deceased; Mary, who died unmarried, and Henry, who enlisted in the war of the rebellion and died in the service. Silas Hurin removed to where Lebanon now stands in 1799; he was one of the original proprietors; he first occupied a cabin on Cherry street, south of Main; he afterward erected a brick residence near the same place; he was a tanner by trade, his tanyard being situated near his residence; he was an early Justice of the Peace, President of the town of Lebanon and the first Treasurer of Warren County; he was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church at Lebanon from about the time of its organization until his death; he died Jan. 19, 1862, in his 88th year; his wife died Nov. 6, 1831, in her 57th year. THOMAS P. HUTCHINSON, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Clermont Co., Ohio, July 30, 1808; his father, Silas Hutchinson, was a native of Maryland and a soldier under Gen. Wayne in the war of 1812; he emigrated to Ohio at an early day and located in Clermont County, where he married Miss Margery Paxton, a native of that county, by whom he had eight children, viz,, Joseph, Robert, Keziah, Elizabeth, Silas, Thomas P., Betsey and a child who died in infancy. Of these, our subject and Silas are the only survivors. Mr. Hutchinson died in Lebanon and his wife in Turtle Creek Township on what is called the "Ridge." Our subject received an ordinary education in the schools of his day, and at once commenced life by renting a farm on which he continued until able to purchase a small tract of land; he has followed farming all his life, adding little by little to his estate until now he has accumulated a comfortable competency; he was married in April, 1828, to Cynthia Benham, 750 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: a native of Turtle Creek Township, and a daughter of John Benham) a Captain of the war of 1812. By this union twelve children were born, viz., Margery, the wife of William B. 'Blackburn, of Lebanon; John, a carpenter in Texas'. Narcissus, the widow of Newton Smith, deceased; Ann, the deceased wife of James Bone; Eliza, the widow of John Stowell, of Lebanon; James, deceased. Mary, the wife of John Strickler, of Warren County; Thomas, a farmer; Silas,' Madison; Frank, deceased, and Cynthia, deceased. All of the survivors, with one exception, are residents of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson are both members of the Baptist Church, of which he has been a member twenty-five years; Mr. H. is a Democrat in politics. FREDERICK HUTCHINSON (deceased) was born at Lexington, Ky.; he was the son of John and Catharine (Snyder) Hutchinson, he a native of Lexington, Ky and she of Fredericksburg, Va. Our subject was compelled by straitened circumstances to begin hard labor at a tender age and received very little, if any, education; he was married, in 1838, to Miss Mary Shawhen, daughter of John and Rebecca (Leggett) Shawhen, who was born in 1820. She emigrated with her parents to Ohio, from the Red Stone country, Pennsylvania, when only four months old. By her marriage to our subject ten children were born, of whom three are deceased and the following seven survive: Rebecca, born in 1840, wife of Moses Crossley; Frank, born 1843; John, born in 1850, now married; Annice, born in 1852, now the wife of J. B. Todhunter ; Josephine, born in 1854, wife of Victor Worley; Laura, born in 1859, wife of Christopher Stibbs, and William, born in 1862, now married. Mr. Hutchinson started in life with nothing, but, by industrious habits and close attention to his business, he had accumulated at the time of his death, Dec. 19, 1881, a large property, consisting of farming lands in different localities, amounting in the aggregate to nearly 700 acres; he was a man of indomitable energy and possessed more than ordinary business ability; his life was spent entirely on the farm, but he was an extensive dealer in pork and real estate; the surviving members of his family are all well-to-do residents of Warren County. THOMAS J. HUTCHINSON, manufacturer, Lebanon. The subject of this sketch is one of the leading manufacturers of Warren County, having a large carriage and wagon shop in Lebanon. He was born March 22, 1831, in Clermont Co., Ohio; his father, Joseph Hutchinson, was one of the oldest settlers in the State; his mother, Elizabeth Rosa, was a native of Pennsylvania. When but 7 years of age, he came to Warren County and lived with his grandfather, Silas Hutchinson, until 16 years of age, when he began, in Lebanon, the trade at which he has since been engaged. In 1870, his manufactory was destroyed by fire; the present building is the largest carriage establishment in the county; he has attained a competency by his business; he is one of Lebanon's best citizens, has been a member of the Council several years, and is a member cf the School hard; is a quiet, unassuming man in manners, and enjoys the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens; in politics, he is a Republican; in religion, a Methodist. In 1854, he was married to Mary Van Note, daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth Van Note, of Lebanon; the children are seven in number, six living and one dead (Daisy). The oldest son, Oswald A., is engaged in business as trimmer with his father; was married, in 1878, to Theodosia Braninger; Adelia S., the oldest daughter, was married to Dr. W. M. Harsha, of Illinois, in 1880; at home, are Ella, Lizzie, Albert and Huber. JOSHUA IORNS, farmer; P. 0., Lebanon. This gentleman was born in the State of New Jersey on the 19th of February, 1804; is the son of Samuel and Rebecca (Gibbs) Iorns, of German extraction. Mr. Iorns emigrated to Ohio with his parents in the spring of 1813; he was reared on a farm and received instruction in the rudimentary branches in the schools of the vicinity in TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 751 which he lived. On the 20th of November, 1826, Mr. Iorns was united in marriage with Eliza, daughter of Eli and Esther (Learning) Foster, natives of New Jersey, but of English descent. The wife of our subject was born in Warren County Sept. 16, 1810. To them were born seven children, viz., Hannah. barn June 12, 1830, now the wife of David J. James, to whom she was married July 28, 1853; James T. S., born Feb. 8, 1832; N. S., born Jan. 6, 1834, and, in 1856, was married to Sarah Dunham; Rebecca W., born Feb. 13, 1837, who became the wife of Capt. J. W. Martin, of Wheeling, Va., on the 11th of October, 1854; Henry F., born Sept. 3, 1839, and married Rebecca Bovey, of Welton, Iowa; Lemuel, born October 30, 1841, who married Elizabeth St- John, and Charles C., born Sept. 10, 1847, and married Jemima Ulm. Capt. 37, W. Martin, late husband of Rebecca Iorns, was born Dec. 19, 1828, and, at thohfi s age the years became a pilot on the Muskingum River, and, on reaching majority, purchased a steamboat and went South and continued in that line business until his death, which occurred Oct. 12, 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Martin had born to them a daughter, Eliza L., Jan. 22, 1856; she was married to Joseph E., son of J. M. and Martha (Little) Hayner, Nov. 26, 1876, and to them were born two children, viz., Bessie L., born in Warren Co., Ohio, Sept. 5, 1877, and J. Mont, born on Red River Dec. 24, 1880. ELI F. IRONS, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Nov. 20, 1830; his father, John Irons,. emigrated from New Jersey to Ohio with his parents, Samuel and Rebecca (Gibbs) Irons, in 1816, and located in Warren County about two miles southeast of Lebanon, on the farm now occupied by Samuel Irons, Esq. He here married Abiah Foster, also a native of New Jersey, who emigrated to Ohio with her parents subsequent to 1816. Our subject received his education in the schools of Warren County; he was married, in Warren Co., Iowa, Jan. 29, 1857, to Miss Martha Bovey, a native of Morrow Co., Ohio, by whom he had two children--Abiah, deceased, and Amanda M., who lives on the farm with her parents. In 1875, Mr. Irons was appointed Superintendent of the County Infirmary, and served in this capacity to the entire satisfaction of the directors and people until 1881, when he tendered his resignation of the office. With the exception of the six years thus spent, he has passed the whole of his life as a farmer, in which he has been eminently successful; he and his wife are members of the Christian Church, in which he is a Deacon. N. S. IORNS, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Union Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Jan, 6, 1834; he is the son of Joshua and Eliza (Foster) Iorns, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of Warren County. Our subject attended the schools of his township, after which he completed his education in Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio. He has spent his life on the farm, with the exception of five years, in which he was engaged in business in Lebanon. In connection with farming, Mr. Iorns was, for a period of twelve years, engaged with his brother Samuel in buying and shipping hogs, and al intervals dealt in mess pork, at which he lost everything he had. He was mar lied, in 1857, to Miss Sarah Dunham, daughter of Moses Dunham She was born in Union Township in 1839; they have had eight children, three boys an( five girls. The parents are both members of the Christian Church. Mr. Iorns is a Republican in politics. G. W. IUTZI, farmer; P. 0. Blue Ball, Butler Co.; born in Montgomery Co. Ohio, June 13, 1839; he is the son of Jacob and Merie (Holly) Iutzi, natives of Germany, who emigrated to America in 1832, and settled in Butler Co., Ohio they were married in 1836, and had nine children, of whom three now survive viz., G. W., Emelie I. and Otto, all following the occupation of their father that is, farming. Their father died April 8, 185,8, leaving a farm of 220 acre! 752 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: in Turtle Creek Township; he was a Democrat until 1856, when Fremont ran for the Presidency, after which, until his death, he was a stanch and enthusiastic Republican. He was a chosen preacher for the Mennonite Church for many years. Our subject received a fair education; he received his education in the academy at Monroe, Ohio; he is now conducting a farm with good success. JOSEPH JAMESON, retired farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born near Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio, Feb. 13, 1812; when 8 years old, his father, John Jameson, died, leaving three sons and three daughters with their widowed mother; our subject was the eldest son and next to the eldest child; his boyhood was spent at hard labor, assisting his mother in the support of the family. In 1832, he removed to Warren County and located on the farm now owned by Ephraim K. Snook, one mile below Lebanon, but which was then owned by his uncle, Samuel Jameson, for whom he then engaged to work by the month. There he met and wedded Sarah Ann Brown, still living, who also then lived with his uncle. By this union, five girls and three boys were born, all of whom are now living, the oldest at 41 and the youngest at 19 years of age. Their names and the order of their birth are as follows, viz., Mary E., who married James M. Cook Dec. 21, 1858, and now lives near Morrow; John A., who was married Nov. 4, 1869, to Emma, the eldest daughter of James D. McCain; he has been employed as telegraph operator and agent of the P., C. & St. L. R. R. Co. for sixteen years at their offices at London, Pendleton and South Lebanon; Letitia Dow, who married John E. Dunham, of Warren County, March 13, 1864; Martin A., the present Treasurer of Warren County, who was married Aug. 20, 1868, to Kate M., daughter of John H. Evans (deceased), of Lebanon; five years later, she and his only two children died, and, on the 25th of December, 18'77, he was again married to Mrs. Sarah M. Benedict, daughter of Asa Coleman, of Mason, Ohio. Newton, the third son, is a farmer in the vicinity of Lebanon; he married Miss Eva McCain, daughter of J. D. McCain; of the remaining three children, Adda, Kittie and Ella, the second-named was married, on New Year's Eve, 1879, to R. B. Lawler, of Warren County; the other two are living at home with their parents; they have been for some years identified with the teachers of Warren County. Our subject has now living in Warren County all of his eight children and eleven grandchildren, one of the latter having recently married Miss Emma Greely. Mr. Jameson was elected Superintendent of the County Infirmary in 1854, and served in this capacity four successive years; in 1858, he removed to Union Township, near South Lebanon, where he lived seven years, removing, in 1865, from there to Lebanon, where he has since lived. He was a Director of the County Agricultural Society for several years, and has been a member of the Republican party since its inception; he bears a reputation for honesty and integrity second to none in the community. THOMAS KEEVER, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Sept. 2, 1802; his parents were Abraham Keever, a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent, and Margaret (Irons) Keever, a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch descent; they were among the early settlers of Warren County, whither they emigrated in the year 1802 and settled in what is now Clear Creek Township, and later, the husband served in the war of 1812. Our subject received such education as could be obtained in the pioneer schools of Warren and Clark Counties and early commenced working on a farm, at which employment he has since continued. In 1827, he was married to Mary Ann Perrino, a native of Kentucky, by whom he had nine children, six of whom are now living, viz., John P., Mary E., James M., Margaret Ann, Alvira W. and Martha L. Mrs. Keever died in 1851, and our subject afterward went to live with his TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 753 daughter, Martha L., who married James A. Thompson, of Warren County, i 1866; the latter was born in Warren County and is a farmer. In the seem year of the late war, he enlisted in Company B, 79th 0. V. I. ; he has had, b this marriage, two children-Clifford and Charley. GEORGE KEEVER (deceased) was the son of Abraham Keever, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in an early day and located in Warre County, where our subject was born May 26, 1812; he received his education in the country schools of Warren County, where he resided until his death which occurred in 1869; he was a man of much natural ability, and, though farmer by occupation, could " turn his hand" to almost any kind of work r, quiring mechanical skill; he was a good Republican in politics, and religion a member of the Methodist. Church. He was married, in 1855, Miss Eliza A. Lawrence, a native of Butler County, who bore him the five fo lowing children: J. E., George E., Warren L., Franz Seigle and William Mr. Keever stood high in the esteem of his fellows, and at his death left record unspotted. NATHAN KEEVER (deceased) was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Aug. 6, 1818; he was a son of John and Elizabeth (Roger Keever, natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent; he received a limit education and spent his life on the farm, where he died Oct. 30, 1880; having been injured in the left arm when quite young, he was unable to do but lit of the labor of the farm, but, by his counsel and foresight, the work was procuted with considerable success. He was a stanch Republican and held several] offices of trust in the county, among which were County Commissioner t years, and Justice of the Peace several years. In the year of his death, he v appointed Receiver of the Miami alley Narrow-Gauge Railway. He was a man of intelligence and good business qualifications. He was married, Nov. 2, 1858, to Mary J. Monfort, a native of Warren County, and daughter of thur Monfort, of New Jersey; they had five children, viz., Elbert M. (decease Merrilla (deceased), Hattie L., Clarence W. and Nellie E. ABE KEEVER, grocer, Lebanon, was born in Turtle Creek Township Warren Co., Ohio, Sept. 10, 1830; he is the son of Anthony and Elizab (Swanger) Keever, he a native of Clark Co., Ohio, where he was born in February. 1805, and she a native of Warren County, born Oct. 20, 1807. C subject received his education in Warren County; his life was spent on farm mostly, until 1864, when he embarked in the grocery and bakery 131 ness, in Lebanon, where he is still engaged in the grocery occupation, hav discontinued his bakery. He was married, Feb. 15, 1860, to Miss Sarah Lamb, a native of Turtle Creek Township, and a daughter of Thompson Ann (Benham) Lamb, the former an early settler of Warren County. By I union, six children were born, of whom three-Solon, Leonidas and Rut] are the only survivors. Mr. Keever was a Democrat in politics until the formation of the Greenback party, since which he has been identified with the la party. Mr. Keever's father, Anthony, died in Turtle Creek Township May 1856; he was married in Turtle Creek Township and had nine children whom the following three are the only survivors: Abe, our subject; Isaa carpenter, of Union City, Ind., and Samuel W., a prominent farmer of UT Township, Warren Co. Our subject's wife's father, Thompson Lamb, born in New Jersey Sept. 21, 1794, and emigrated to Turtle Creek Township in 1801; he was the son of Joseph Lamb, born in New Jersey Oct. 20, 1756, died in Turtle Creek Township Aug. 8, 1828. Thompson was twice marl first, on April 18, 1816, to Caroline Stevenson, who was born July 18, 1' and died Nov. 19, 1826, and the second time, Jan, 22, 1828, to Ann Beni who was born in Washington Co., Penn., June 12, 1793, moved to Newport 754 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES : Ky„ in 1794, and to Warren County in 1799, where she still lives. Her his_ band first settled on a farm on Muddy Creek, where he lived until his death July 22, 1849; he was an Old-Line Whig and a Deacon in the Old-S Baptist Church. JAMES M. KEEVER, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Jan. 20, 1835; he is the son of Thomas and Mary A. (Perrino) Keever, whose sketches appear elsewhere in this work; he was reared on a farm and has always followed farming as an occupation. He was married, in 1857, to Rhoda Bunnell, a native of Warren County, where she was born Aug. 29, 1838; they have seven children living, viz., Edward C., Carrie B., Lincoln, Marion, Lida E., Walter and Clarence Hayes. Mr. Keever owns a fine farm of 160 acres in Section 22; he is a Republican and has served a term of fourteen years as a School Director, and was, for some time, one of the Board of Directors of the Warren County Agricultural Society. WILLIAM OSCAR KEEVER, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Ohio Aug. 20, 1847; he is the son of Milton and Lydia (Murphy) Keever, natives of Ohio, she of Irish and he of German descent; they were the parents of six children, viz., Ellen (the deceased wife of John Monfort, Esq.), Elizabeth, wife of Peter Monfort, Eliza W., George (deceased), William 0. (our subject), and Albert, all the survivors being citizens of Warren County. William 0. attended the Normal School at Lebanon, where he completed his education and then returned to farming; he was married, in 1869, to Miss Ella Monfort, daughter of Stout Monfort, of Warren County; they have four children-Pearl, Milton S., Emma Maud and John M. Mr. Keever is one of Warren County's successful farmers; he owns a farm of 173 acres of land well improved, lying near Lebanon. He is a Republican in politics, but confines himself to simply voting the ticket of his party, never aspiring to any of its official honors. ALBERT KEEVER, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Dec. 28, 1849; his father, Milton Keever, was an early settler of Warren, where he followed farming very successfully until his death, in 1869, at that time owning 408 acres of land, which he had acquired by his own industry, aided by the frugality of his wife, Lydia (Murphy) Keever; his son, our subject, has chosen farming for his life occupation and promises to soon reach the degree of excellence in it that his father occupied before him; he now owns 96 acres of good arable land, worth fully $100 per acre. He was married, Oct. 8, 1872, to Ella Snook, daughter of E. K. Snook; to this union were born four children, viz., George Raymond, Lesley, Flora and Elva. Mr. Keever is a Republican in politics, and, for four years, served as School Director of his district. JOHN KNOX (deceased) was born in Ireland in 1809, and emigrated to America in 1818 with his parents, who settled in Turtle Creek Township in the section where they now live; he obtained his education in the village of Lebanon and followed farming until his death; he was a very industrious and hardworking man, full of the vigor and energy that characterizes the people of his nativity. He was married, in December, 1836, to Miss Mary Jane Gowan, a native of Turtle Creek Township, and a sister of David Cowan, of Warren County; they had four children, three girls and one boy, viz., Margaret J., the wife of James Brown, of Lebanon; Martha, the wife of Dr. Rush Carley, of Butler Co., Ohio; Mary E., the wife of Boyd Forman, a farmer of Turtle Creek Township, and Charles C. who has attended to the home farm since his father's death. Mr. and Mrs. Knox were both members of the Presbyterian Church. G. L. KRIEGER, M. D., physician, Lebanon, was born in Ban Alsace June 15, 1850, and came to America in 1867, landing in New York, where he TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 755 remained a short time. He then came to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained three years, and then, after six years spent in Philadelphia, Boston and New York, he came to Lebanon; Nov. 13, 1877; his primary education was received in the public schools and academies of his native country. In 1871, he commenced reading medicine with Dr. Boylston, of Boston, where he remained two years, after which he attended lectures at the Eclectic Medical College of New York; he then took a course of one year under the tutelage of Dr. Robert S. Newton, of New York, and three years under Luis F. Sass, of the same city. On the 10th of February, 1876, he graduated at the " University of the City of New York," and, for one year, practiced his profession in that city. Since his removal, he has established an extensive and lucrative practice, which he is conducting with the best possible success. In 1880, he purchased the drug store and stock of W. H. Florer, Lebanon, and has since conducted that business in connection with his practice. On the 24th of October, 1878, he married Miss Fannie Babbitt, of Lebanon. Dr. Krieger is a wiry, energetic, sociable gentleman, well posted in his business, indefatigable in his profession and very social in his manners; he is making rapid strides toward success and promises soon to outstrip many a man much older in the profession. ENOS LACKEY, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Clear Creek Town ship, Warren Co., Ohio, Oct. 21, 1802; he is the son of Richard and Sarah (Harlan) Lackey, the latter being a native of South Carolina; his father emigrated to Ohio in 1796, and settled in Clear Creek Township, where he remained until the breaking-out of the war of 1812, when he enlisted and soon afterward rendered up his life-a sacrifice to his country. Our subject received no other education than was afforded by the log. schoolhouse and country schoolmaster of pioneer days. He has been a farmer from his earliest days until recently, when he retired from active labor; he commenced life by working out, and was soon enabled to rent a farm, after which he bought a small farm and continued adding to it until he owned 400 acres; he has amassed a comfortable competency, which he is fully enjoying in his advanced age. He was married, in 1823, to Martha Irvin, who was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Sept. 9, 1806; her father was also a soldier in the war of 1812. They have had fourteen children, who were, at one time, all alive and married, but of whom only nine now survive. Mr. and Mrs. Lackey are both members of the M. E. Church, in which he has for some time been an officer; they are both models of the honest, open-hearted and hospitable pioneer farmers, whose record for Christian integrity is above question. J. R. LAWLER, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born March 2, 1838; his paternal grandparents were David and Phebe Lawler, the former born Dec. 15, 1767, and the latter Nov. 19, 1770; his maternal grandparents, Isaiah and Rebecca Ross, were natives of Wales; his father, Moses Lawler, was born in New Jersey Nov. 12, 1797, and, in 1800, emigrated to Ohio, where he married Elizabeth Ross. Our subject was married May 6, 1844, to Adrian Dill, a daughter of William F. Dill; she was born May 6, 1844, and died April 17, 1880; they had three children, viz., Lizzie E.. Mary B. and Gracie. Mr. Lawler owns a farm, northwest of Lebanon, from which he gains a livelihood; he is a Republican in politics, and a member (as well as his wife) of the M. P. Church. WILLIAM C LEWIS, retired merchant, Lebanon. This well-known gentleman is the descendant of a family who came to Warren County in the beginning of the nineteenth century; his grandfather, Paul Lewis, emigrated from Burlington County, near Mt. Holly, N. J., in 1809, and located in Wayne Township, about three miles southwest of Waynesville. He brought with him his wife and a family of four children, named as follows: Nancy, William, Paul, Jr., and John; his wife dying after he settled here, he married a second wife, 756 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Miss Johanna Hunt, by whom he had two children, only one of them now surviving, viz., Jackson, a citizen of Waynesville. Mr. Lewis moved to Waynesville in 1825, and, seven years thereafter, died; he belonged to the Society of Friends, and, for several years, served the citizens of Clear Creek Township as a Justice of the Peace. He was a man of more than ordinary natural ability, and was held in the highest esteem by the people of his community; his son, Paul Lewis, Jr., our subject's father, was born in New Jersey in 1797, and was about 12 years of age when his father came to Ohio; he was reared on the farm and continued farming the homestead place until his death, Sept. 6, 1832; in addition to his farm operations, he teamed between Cincinnati and Sandusveky, a distance of over 200 miles, and, owing to the exposures and hardships he thereby had to endure, he contracted a disease which culminated in paralysis, which carried him off in early manhood. He was married, in 1820, to Miss Mary Thatcher, a native of Hunterdon County, near Morristown, N. J., and a daughter of Evan and Nancy Thatcher, who emigrated from New Jersey in 1814, bringing their family of five children Mary, Naomi, Sarah, David and Amos and their household effects on a two-horse wagon. By his marriage to Miss Thatcher, Mr. Lewis had four children, viz,: William C., Sarah A., Charles A. and John V. H. After his death, his widow retained the farm until her. children were all grown: and married. She died Sept. 13, 1877, aged 77 years. William C., our subject was born April 20, 1821, on the old homestead, and, until the 25th year of his age, he remained on the farm, in the meantime attending the common schools of his township. On the 26th of August, 1846, he engaged as a clerk in a dry goods store in Lebanon; in September, 1848, he married Caroline Noble, a daughter of Edward Noble, of Lebanon; she died Dec. 30, 1850, and, in 1853, he was again married, to Miss Abigail Morris, daughter of Adam B. and Lydia (Matthews) Morris, natives of New Jersey, from where they emigrated in 1810. By this union, Mr. Lewis had two children, viz., Mary L., the wife of Dr. W. S. Goodhue, of Lebanon, where they reside with their two children, Bessie and an infant son; and Emma G., who lived to be 18 years of age, when she died, Feb. 3, 1878, after an illness of two years. She was an estimable young lady, a general favorite, and, for a long time, a patient sufferer. In 1851, Mr. Lewis engaged in the dry goods business in Lebanon with Edward Noble, under the firm name of Noble & Lewis. This firm continued for four years, when the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Noble retiring and Mr. Lewis' brother John entering the firm, the name being changed to Lewis & Bro., under which title they continued business for several years; afterward, the name as changed to Lewis & Co., and so continued until 1878, when Mr. Lewis retired from business. With a fine physique and perfect health, he is now prepared to enjoy the competency he has accumulated through a life of industry and frugality. He lost his wife on the 28th of June, 1881, after twenty-eight years of married life: He has always been a stanch though liberal Republican, and has served his township and village as Treasurer for a period of ten years, and as a member of the Lebanon Council eight years. He is a member of no church, but liberal in his religious opinions, with a kindly feeling for all Christian denominations and a will to uphold and quicken the interests of temperance, morality and education in his native county. As a business man, he has been quite successful, as is made manifest by the large property he now possesses. As a citizen, he has always stood in the front rank. Every work of reform finds in him a warm advocate and earnest supporter. We present his portrait on another page of this work. CHARLES A. LEWIS, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Oct. 28, 1826, of parents, Paul and Mary (Thatcher) Lewis, natives of the State of New Jersey, a full account of whom is given in this work in the TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 757 sketch of William C. Lewis. Our subject was but 6 years of age when his father died, but, by the thrift and good management of his mother, the family was kept together and Charles given an opportunity to attend school; he was reared on a farm, and has, for the greater part of his life, been a tiller of the soil. In 1852, Mr. Lewis was united in marriage to Margaret E. Jeffrey, who, too, is a native of Warren County, where she was born in 1833, and to them were born children as follows: Sylvan A., Mary A., Ada V., Jennie M. (deceased), William B., Charles K. and Horace W. Mr. Lewis and wife are members of the United Brethren Church; in politics, he is a Republican. He owns over 300 acres of land in the county. JOHN V. H. LEWIS, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Clear Creek Township, Warren Co., Feb. 1, 1833; his father, Paul Lewis, was born in New Jersey about 1796, and came to Ohio with his parents about 1812; is fully mentioned in the sketch of William C. Lewis; his mother, Mary (Thatcher) Lewis, was born in New Jersey about 1800. Our subject was reared on a farm, received a limited education in his native township, and, at 20 years of age, went into the dry goods business at Lebanon, which he followed for sixteen years, after which he returned to the farm, where he has since continued. He was married, in 1858, to Sarah Evans, a daughter of Isaac Evans, of Warren County; she was born Dec. 25, 1836, on the farm adjoining where they now live; they have had seven children, viz., Charles E., Eva E., Frank, William, Hattie, Stanley J. and Laura Ethel. REV. L. H. LONG, D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Lebanon, was born July 1, 1826, near Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Penn., and was the son of Thomas and Rebecca (Fletcher) Long, both of American descent; his father, while he owned a farm, was at the same time a master blacksmith and conducted a large business in that line, working journeymen and always a number of apprentices. There was then no more profitable business than that of blacksmithing. Our subject in his young boyhood spent a great deal of his time in and about his father's shop and acquired a taste for the business, and now, when passing a blacksmith shop is very apt to drop in and spend some time in it, The only common-school education received by him was limited to reading, writing and arithmetic, but he entered, in 1841, the Western -University of Pennsylvania, at Pittsburgh, and graduated from it in 1846, being, in his collegiate course, characterized for application in study and thoroughness in scholarship. Upon his graduation, he entered the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, at Allegheny City, Penn., and, after taking a full course in the seminary, was licensed to preach the Gospel and ordained and installed pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Urbana. Ohio. He continued pastor of this church until 1854, when he changed his ecclesiastical connection and connected himself with the then Old-School Gen eral Assembly Presbyterian Church, when he was called to and settled as pastor in the First Presbyterian Church of Urbana. In 1861, when the war began, the church voted him a leave of absence for one year, that he migh serve as Chaplain of the 26th 0. V. I., to which he had been unanimous': chosen by the regiment. In 1862, he returned to his pastoral work in the chum] at Urbana, and, in the fall of the same year, was unanimously nominated by th Republicans of Champaign County and elected by them to represent the count in the State Legislature. In this capacity, he served with entire acceptance to the people of Champaign County until 1865, and, during his legislative terns he continued as pastor of the church and occupied the pulpit regularly every Sabbath. In the spring of 1865, he resigned his pastoral charge, and, not being inclined to settle again as a pastor for a time, he applied to the Supreme Cow of the State for admission to the bar, and, having read a course of law while 758 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: in the university, and having kept up his legal reading in connection with his ministerial and pastoral duties, was, upon examination, readily admitted to practice in the courts of the State, and afterward in the United States District Court at Cincinnati. As a lawyer, he was a success, and continued in the practice in Urbana for some ten years, when, upon the urgent solicitation of his ministerial brethren, he felt it to be his duty to return again to the pulpit, and, deciding to do so, a call for his pastoral services from the First Presbyterian Church of Lebanon was given him, which he accepted, and is at present the pastor of the church, which says of him that he is not only an able preacher, but a faithful pastor. The bar of Champaign County, upon his retiring from it, gave expression to the following sentiment of esteem for him in their intercourse with him while at the bar: The bar of Champaign County, Ohio, of which L. H. Long was a member, having heard of his intention to resume the pastor work of the ministry, adopted the following WHEREAS, The Hon. L. H. Long is about to retire from the practice of the law and to sever his connection with us as a member of the bar, and return to and resume the duties and functions of a minister of the Gospel, Resolved, That in his departure from us he carries with him our fraternal regards and our cordial wishes for his prosperity and happiness. We regret that he ceases to be associated with us as a lawyer, but we commend him as a minister, for his practice of our profession amongst us has not rendered him less fit for the sacred calling to which he now returns. JUDGE R. C. FULTON, Chairman. R. C. HOER, Secretary. During his practice of the law, he served two terms as Mayor of Urbana and nearly two terms as City Solicitor, and, upon resigning the latter position, the City Council took the following action: L. H. Long, City Solicitor, tendered his resignation, which was accepted ; whereupon Mr. Powers, a Democrat, offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted : WHEREAS, Our worthy Solicitor, L. H. Long, Esq., has tendered his resignation, Resolved, That in our acceptance of his resignation we feel that we part with a worthy officer, one with whom our relations have been most pleasant and agreeable, both official and social, and in accepting his resignation we accept it with reluctance, and will ever cherish a pleasant recollection of our official connection. The Western University of Pennsylvania, his "Alma Mater," which is exceedingly careful in bestowing its honors, a few years ago conferred upon him, the ecclesiastical honor of D. D., and thus recognized him as one of the able and talented ministers of the Presbyterian Church, and those who know him and have heard him preach readily concede the honor not to have been unworthily bestowed. In a social way, the Doctor is somewhat distinguished for his humor and vivacity, but yields to no one for his love of truth and principle; and when these are involved, he would suffer martyrdom rather than recant or give them up. He was married, in 1848, to Elizabeth Crumbaugh, of Xenia, Ohio, who has been to him a worthy helpmeet, and has borne him four children, viz., Charles T., now married to Carrie, daughter of Maj. Joseph Budd, of Lebanon, Ohio; Leander H., who died in infancy; Emma C., distinguished as a vocalist, and now married to John M. Maxwell, an attorney of Leadville, Colo., and Bertha, the youngest, a beautiful and intellectual girl of 16 years, who still lives with her parents. Many of the Doctor's sermons have been published and are fully worthy of him. MICHAEL MAHER, farmer; P. 0. Oregon; was born in Kilkenney Co., Ireland, Oct. 15, 1812, of parents Patrick an.d.Catharinn (Chad) Maher, and, at the age of 18 years, emigrated to America, stopping at Quebec, where for two years he was engaged at "flat-boating;" thence he removed into the State of New York and remained four years and a half; thence, to Hamilton Co., Ohio, where, for two years, he was employed in constructing pikes; thence, to Warren County, where he has since resided. Feb. 14, 1839, Mr. Maher was united in TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 759 marriage with Hannah Young, a native of Ohio, but of parents of English and Irish descent. They became the parents of the following-named. children: William, born May 15, 1840; John Y., born March 4, 1842; Catharine (deceased), born Sept. 1, 1845; Richard, born Sept. 1, 1847; Mary, born Sept. 3, 1849; Lydia, born June 21, 1854; Anna M., born April 28, 1857, and Hannah E , born Feb. 27, 1861. Mr. Maher was educated in his native country. On reaching the State of Ohio, he was among the first to discover stone coal in the county of Trumbull. He was the possessor of one of the first-built houses in the now great Wegtern metropolis of Chicago; he is now residing on his own land-a farm of 60-odd acres lying some miles east of Lebanon, enjoying the hard-earned fruits of the labor of earlier years. GEORGE R. MARCH (deceased) was born at Matthews C. H., Va., Dec. 15, 1826; his father, John P. March, was born in Gloucester Co., Va., Feb. 27, 1794; he was a son of John and Elizabeth March, natives of Gloucester County, and both descendants of old Methodist families, who located in Virginia at a very early day. Our subject's father was a coach-maker by trade and worked in Gloucester County until about the year 1818, when he moved to Matthews C. H., and there married, December 23, 1822, Sarah Honley, the youngest of eight children born to Nehemiah and Nancy (Owens) Honley. By this union four children were born, viz., Willie, Elizabeth A., George R. and J. Wesley, the latter being the only survivor. Mr. March was a private in Capt. Thurston's company, Col. W. Jones' regiment, of the Virginia Militia. in the war of 1812. In July, 1831, he with his wife and three children emi grated to Ohio to avoid the pernicious influences of slavery and located in Leb anon, where he Continued working at coach-making until his death, which oc curred Oct. 16, 1857. Our subject was raised in Lebanon, and, during thi whole of his life, was one of its most influential and enterprising citizens For many years, he controlled and operated a large and prosperous wagon making establishment, which was discontinued at his death, May 29, 186. He was married on the 28th of September, 1848, to Sarah, daughter of Oti W. and Jane Eveline (Bone) Stanford, natives of Vermont, who came to Ohio in 1817. By this marriage, five children were born, of whom the following four survive, viz., Laura B., Wesley S., Charles P. and George O.; Laura i the widow of James M. Pullen, deceased; Wesley is unmarried and living wit his mother; Charles P., a merchant of Lebanon, was born March 4, 1856, am on the 27th of July, 1880, married Miss Kate M., daughter of the late Cap Lewis Daugherty, of the 35th 0. V. I., who was killed at Atlanta July 21 1864; George 0., also a merchant of Lebanon, married Jan. 11, 1882, Mi Emma D. Turner, of Clermont Co., Ohio. Our subject's widow, after h death, married Henry Doebler, a merchant of Lebanon. The whole family are have been members of the Methodist Church since the first account obtainable of them.   JOHN T. MARDIS, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Warren Cc Ohio, Jan. 20, 1825; his parents were James and Mary (Terry) Mardis, of E glish descent. His maternal grandfather settled in Cincinnati in the ye 1793, and invested $1.50 in town lots, that sum buying two. Later, he own some 8 acres of land in what is now central Cincinnati. The great-gran father of our subject was a native of the State of New Jersey, and was, in I religious views, an Old-School Baptist, and is said to have been the first mi ister ordained in Ohio. The father of.our subject had one brother who sery under Gen. Harrison, at Ft. Meigs, in the war of 1812. John T. Mardis v raised on a farm, and received the usual schooling known to boys of his d and circumstances, his father being not a man of wealth. Nov. 7, 1852, was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Ellis and Alice (Goe) Kincaid. To them 760 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: were born three children, viz., Mary Alice, born Aug. 30, 1853; Sylvan E., born July 25, 1855, and Alvin J., born June 19, 1857. Mrs. Mardis died May 28, 1868, and, on Feb. 16, 1870, Mr. Mardis again married Mary E. Smith, native of Warren County, and a daughter of Mary (Kell) Smith. Mr. Mardi: owns a well-improved farm east of Lebanon; he devotes much of his time to fancy farming and the cultivation of fine fruits and berries. He is also largely interested in the propagation of bees and in extracting honey from the comb. For the past sixteen years, he has been engaged in the manufacture of sorghum molasses, for which he has a full set of machinery. He was, for many years, President of the County Horticultural Society; he is Master of Grange No. 660, and a prominent working member of the order. A. W. MATHEWS, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, July 25, 1827; his father, Job Mathews, son of William, Mathews, was born in New Jersey Feb. 16, 1789, and died near Lebanon April 9, 1874; his mother was also a native of New Jersey, born March 17, 1799, and died. Dec. 5, 1880. They emigrated to Ohio in the fall of 1817, and located near where our subject now lives; they were parents of the following children: Mary (deceased), John, William (deceased) and Sarah Ann (twins), Catharine, David, Lydia M. (deceased), Ann E., Clara W., David (deceased), Martha, Jane, Job (deceased) and the subject The latter was raised on the farm, and, on March 4, 1869, married Emma R. Patterson, a native of New Jersey and a daughter of William and Jeannette (Anderson) Patterson. By this union, one child was born, July 21, 1870, and died six weeks thereafter. Mrs. Mathews died July 6, 1871. Mr. Mathews is a genial gentleman and a good farmer. He owns a nice farm of 100 acres three miles northeast of Lebanon. A. G. McBURNEY, lawyer, Lebanon, was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Nov. 13, 1817; he was the eldest son of James and Magdalene (Felter) Mc- Burney; his father's ancestors were Scotch-Irish Covenanters, Who emigrated from Ireland about the middle of the last century and settled in Orange Co., N. Y. ; his mother's grandfather came from Holland, her grandmother from France; both settled about the same time in Orange Co., N. Y. ; Maj, Chronimus Felter, the maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, emigrated to the Northwest Territory in 1794, and, after a short stay at Ft. Washington, established himself in the vicinity of what is now Montgomery, thirteen miles from Cincinnati. James McBurney, the father, came from near Newburg, Orange Co., N. Y., in 1814, and settled near Montgomery, Ohio, and, in 1830, removed with his family to Lebanon, where Andrew G. learned the business of cabinet; making, completing his trade in 1836. Prior to this time, he had manifegted a strong desire for reading and learning, and, availing himself of such schooling as was within his reach in Lebanon, and, by self-study, he acquired a good English education and also studied Latin and read Caesar's Commentaries in that language. Having had the study of law in view for some time, in November, 1840, he became a student in the law office of Robert G. Corwin, and was admitted to practice in May, 1843. Besides diligently pursuing his law studies, he availed himself of every means within his reach for mental improvement. He participated in the discussions of the Mechanics' Institute, and sometimes, with some young friends, walked a distance of five or six miles from Lebanon to attend a debating society. In April, 1845, he formed a partnership with R. G. Corwin for the practice of law, and, in November of the same year, Gov. Corwin became a member of the firm, which was thenceforward styled T. & R. G. Corwin Sc A. G. McBurney. This firm was dissolved in 1851, since which time Mr. McBurney has been engaged in the practice without a partner; he is a hard worker; energy is one of his marked characteristics, TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 761 and to this trait is largely due the success to which he has attained in his profession. For many years past, he has been upon one side of almost every important case tried in the Warren County Courts. In politics, he was a Democrat until the commencement of the rebellion; since that time, he has been Republican. In 1861, he was elected a Senator in the General Assembly from the Butler and Warren District, and was re-elected in 1863. In 1865, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, and served in that office a full term. In 1868 he was a Presidential Elector on the Grant and Colfax ticket. His fidelity and integrity as a public officer, it is believed, have never been questioned, even by his political opponents. He was married, May 22, 1839, to Hannah M. Tichenor, daughter of Nathaniel Tichenor; their children are two daughters and one son. Gov. McBurney is to-day a leading man in Warren County and a representative of that honorable class who have reached a high position in the community in which they live, by their own energy and untiring industry. WILLIAM C. McCLINTOCK, publisher and proprietor of the Wester Star, Lebanon; was born at Newark, N. J., April 21, 1845, and was the fift] of nine children born to William and Eliza (Eccles) McClintock. William the father of our subject, was born in Pittsburgh, Penn , March 6, 1809; wa married, in 1836, at New Haven, Conn. ; resided for a time at Bridgeport Conn., and, in 1858, came to Cincinnati, where he still resides. Joseph Mc Clintock, our subject's grandfather, also a native of Pittsburgh, was Assistan District Paymaster in the United States Army from July 8, 1814, until the re organization of the army, June 15, 1815, and afterward a merchant in Pitts burgh; he died on a steamboat on the Ohio River while en route for Cincinnati The great-grandfather of our subject emigrated to America from the North c Ireland, his wife being a native of Scotland. John Eccles, the maternal grand father of our subject, was a leather merchant in Liverpool, England, where h was born in 1758 and died in 1826. Edward Foster, a maternal great-grand father of our subject, was a native of England, born in 1750; was Captain of man-of-war under Lord Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar, and afterward, ha command of the navy-yard at Kingston, JamIca, where he died; his body was sent home in a puncheon of rum and buried in St. John's Graveyard ,in Liver pool; his wife, Ann Foster, was born in Liverpool and died in New Havel Conn., in 1849. William C. McClintock received his elementary education Bridgeport, Conn. At the age of 10 years, he left school and entered the offic of the Bridgeport Farmer to learn the printing business. In 1857, he went to Cincinnati, where he worked as a printer. He set phonetic type for the Phc netic Journal, published by the Longley Bros.; he worked on the Cincinnati Daily Gazette, and later, in the large book publishing establishment of Robe Clarke & Co. ; at the last named house, he continued for several years. On the 281 of March, 1870, he came to Lebanon to act as foreman of the Star newspap and printing office. On Jan. 19, 1871, he became one of the owners of tl newspaper, and has been its sole publisher and proprietor since Jan. 16, 187 The old Star, which, for more than three-quarters of a century, has been welcome visitor in the families of Warren County, under its present management is in a more prosperous state than ever before. The present propriety has enlarged it until it is now a seven-column quarto and one of the large weeklies published in Ohio. The first cylinder printing-press was placed the Star office in 1870, and the present proprietor has since added new and it proved presses for book and job printing. Since October, 1874, his press have been run by steam power. In 1880, he erected, on Mulberry street, two-story brick building for his printing establishment, having under the sat roof editorial, composing, press and engine rooms. Mr. McClintock was m; tied, Sept. 7, 1871, to Emma B , daughter of Jacob and Elva (Evans) Egbert, 762 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: of Lebanon; they have one child, a daughter, and have their residence on Mcchanic street, in Lebanon. ELI McCREARY, retired farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Nov. 14, 1806; he is the son of James and Mary (Daugherty) McCreary, natives of Fayette Co., Penn., who emigrated to Warren Co., Ohio, in 1800. They were the parents of nine children, six. boys and three girls, of whom three girls and two boys survive, all of them being over 70 years of age; the father died in 1814 with the " cold plague," leaving his widow with her young family to battle alone with the world. Our subject had but few opportunities for obtaining an education, and was early put to work on the farm. He was married, Aug. 29, 1837, to Miss Catharine Hart, a native of Turtle Creek Township, and related to John Hart, of New Jersey, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. This marriage resulted in the birth of three children, Zephaniah, the only survivor, who is now taking, charge of his father's farm, and Aletha and Catharine, both deceased. Mr. McCreary was an industrious and hard-working farmer until 1869, when he retired from hard labor and moved into Lebanon, but, after a nine years' residence in town, he returned to the country and is now living with Zephaniah and his wife on the old place. His farm consists of 95 acres of rich, arable, well-improved land, which yields him abundant support for his declining years. ROBERT T. McMAHAN was born in Warren Co., Ohio, May 13, 1823; his father, Norman McMahan, was a native of Virginia, of Scotch-Irish descent. His mother was a native of Maryland. Mr. McMahan, our subject, received his education in the subscription and common schools of Turtle Creek Township; he was reared on a farm and has made farming his life occupation. He was married, May 23, 1843, to Roxanna Mahan, a daughter of Hamilton Mahan, a native of Pennsylvania, who moved to Ohio in 1809, where she was born March 26, 1828. Mr. McMahan has been a frugal, industrious tiller of the soil and has met with good success, having accumulated a nice property, consisting of a farm in Turtle Creek Township, Section 3, and a neat and comfortable house and four acres of land within the corporation of Lebanon. JAMES McMULLEN, Lebanon. Prominent among the business firms of Warren County stands that of J. McMullen & Co., who occupy a large brick storeroom in Lebanon. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch is the business manager and senior member of the firm. It is by his indefatigable energy, his enterprise and shrewd judgment that the business of the firm has been brought to its present dimensions and financial standing. Mr. McMullen was born in the Keystone State in June, 1834; he is the son of John and Nancy (Cassily) McMullen, who were married in Ireland and emigrated to America in 1830; he received his education in the public schools of Warren County, and then commenced his business life as a clerk in Lebanon. In 1863, he enlisted in Company G, 11th 0. V. C., and was detailed, with others, to escort the surveyors of the Union Pacific Railroad. While in this duty, he spent some time in and near the Rocky Mountains. After three years' service, he received his discharge, and, returning home, entered the mill of Nelson & Marlatt, where he remained four years. In 1870, he entered the store in which he is now doing business, while it was under the firm name of H. Marlatt & Co., and, by the death of Mr. Marlatt, he became the senior proprietor. He has never taken any active part in politics, though frequently pressed to do so. He has been a member of Council several times, and is a member and officer in the Odd Fellows Lodge. PETER MILLER, farmer and stone-cutter; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in the Province of Bavaria, Germany, March 10, 1826, and, in July, 1850, emi- TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 763 grated to America. He was the third child of a family of three boys and four girls, born to John and Christina (Rider) Miller, and the first of his family to emigrate to America. His parents are now both deceased, having both died in the old. country. On the 29th of September, 1852, our subject was married, in Cincinnati, to Margaret Elizabeth Koeger, daughter of Conrad and Elizabeth (Hofman) Koeer. By this union four children were born, viz., Maggie, born Dec. 26, 1853g , now the wife of David Thompson; Kate, born Dec. 27, 1855; Peter, born Jan. 5 year, 1858, and Charles, born April 21, 1860. Since his 16th Mr. Miller has been working at the trade of stonemason, and latter- ly as a farmer. In May, 1848, he was drafted and served six months in the royal army, after which he enlisted with the Liberty party and fought against the King industry and sobriety. He is a hard-working, intelligent citizen, who has gained his pres- ant standing by honesty, A. S. MONFORT, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Jan. 24, 1822; he is the son of Elbert and Nancy (Stout) Monfort; he was reared on the farm and attended the school of his neighborhood. He was married, Sept. 20, 1843, to Hannah Murphy, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizbath (Jones) Murphy, the former a native of Delaware, and the latter of Pennsylvania. Her father came to Ohio during the first decade of the present century and settled in Warren County; he was a soldier in the war of 1812 and married in 1810. Of the children born to our subject, the following is a record: Emma, born Aug. 29, 1844, and married Samuel Keevoler, she has had eight children, viz., Robert S., Mollie L., Edward, Lizzie, William, Samuel, Henry and Peter; John W., born July 8, 1846, and married Miss Jennie Cassady, by whom he had four children, viz., Andrew, Elva, Bertha and Hannah; Ann Elizabeth, deceased; Ella, born Aug. 20, 1849, married W. 0. Keever, and has five children, viz., Pearl, Milton Stout, Maud, John M. and Julia; W. Oscar, born Jan. 12, 1852, married Miss Sue Ross, by whom hethree children-Carie, John R. and Madison M. Mr. Monfort is a dealer has in fine horses and has owned some very fine and valuable animals, among which we might mention Gen. Ward, Membrinus Chief, Post Boy, Sii Harry and several others. He has a large farm, well improved and success. fully managed. E. B. MONROE, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Hamilton Co. Ohio, May 26, 1820; he is the son of Nathan Monroe, a native of Washin of Co., Penn., of Scottish descent, and Jane (Buxton) Monroe, a native of Handl ton Co., Ohio, of English descent. Our subject was raised on the farm am attended school during the winter months. He was married, Dec. 15, 1841 to Miss Hannah Jane Halsey, a native of Turtle Creek Township and daughte of Caleb Halsey, Esq; they had five children, viz., Nathan, Oscar, Hudson B Lewis R. and John N. Of these children, only two survive. Mrs. Monroe died Aug. 26, 1851, and, on the 2d of June, 1854, Mr. Monroe had three Mr. Monroe children, viz., Jeremiah P. (deceased), Frank and Charles E. received his start in life by farming on rented land, after which he opened a butcher butcher shop in Lebanon, and, for seven-years, followed pork-packing. He then returned to the farm for three years, and then, for seven years, kept a grocery in Lebanon, after which he purchased his present farm and devoted t] whole of his time to its cultivation; he now owns 192 acres of highly improv land on which he has recently built a large and costly residence; he is an industrious farmer, a good citizen and an honest man. JOHN MORRIS, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Monmouth Co., N. J., April 12, 1817; he is the son of Adams and Lydia (Matthews) Mort natives of New Jersey, who emigrated to Ohio in 1817 and settled in Wayne 764 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Township, Warren Co., where Mr. Morris died in 1859. Mrs. Morris died in Lebanon in 1877. Our subject received his education in the schools of Wayne Township, and, for twelve years, followed carpentering. He was married, in 1848, to Miss Sarah A. Lewis, daughter of Paul Lewis, whose biography appears elsewhere in this work. By this marriage nine children were born, viz., Mary, Lewis, Oliver, Anna, Eliza, Flora, Emma, Ella and Adam. In politics., Mr. Morris is a Republican. He owns a farm of 217 acres, which he is cultivating in the most successful manner. ISAAC MORRIS (deceased) was born Nov. 21, 1800, on the farm he occupied at the time of his death, which was purchased by his father, Benjamin, in 1797, when he came here from his native State, New Jersey. About the same time, his grandfather, Isaac Morris, also settled in the neighborhood, buying a tract of about 400 acres, now owned by the North Family of Shakers. In early life, our subject learned the printer's trade, and worked for a time in the office of the Western Star, of Lebanon, in company with his brother, the late Jacob Morris. This was in the years 1823 and 1824. From Lebanon, he went to Columbus, Ohio, and obtained work in the office of the State printer, Olmstead, where he spent two years, and where he, in 1826, married Miss Margaret Chambers, who died in 1859, leaving five children, three girls and two boys, all now living. From Columbus, Mr. Morris returned to Lebanon, and, for a time, was engaged in job printing. In 1832, in the time of the first campaign that resulted in the election of Andrew Jackson, he made Richmond his home for a few years, after which he returned to the farm, on which his whole life, with the exception of eight years, was spent. Mr. Morris was married the second time to Mrs. Leah H. (Walters) Vail, a daughter of David Walters. She was born Nov. 23, 1819, and was first married Dec. 27, 1843, to Moses Vail, a son of William Vail, a wealthy and influential farmer of Warren County. Mr. Morris died at his home in Turtle Creek Township April 5, 1881; he was a man full of good works, energetic, kind-hearted and universally esteemed by all who knew him; he left many mourning friends and a host of relatives, children and grandchildren. JEHU MULFORD, deceased, was born in the State of New Jersey Oct. 26, 1803; his father was born in New Jersey, of English parents, and,, coming to Ohio in 1809, settled in Turtle Creek Township, west of Lebanon, where he lived until his death. Our subject's childhood was spent on the farm, attending the country school of his district when opportunity offered; he taught school for some time and afterward engaged in mercantile pursuits, in which he continued several years, but the principal occupation of his life was farming. He was twice married, first, on the 25th of September, 1827, to Miss Margaret McCarty, by whom he had eight children—three sons and two daughters of them are surviving. His wife died in 1856, and, in the same year, he married Mrs. Ann Monfort, by whom he had no issue. Mrs. Mulford's maiden name was Ann Hill, and Mr. Mulford was her third husband. She was first married to Wilharl Dill, by whom she had two children. After his death, she married Peter Monfort, who died, leaving a family of ten children. Mrs. Mulford's two oldest children are living, and, with their families, reside hi Warren County. She has lived to see her children all married and settled comfortably around the old home. Mr. Mulford died May 30, 1870, on the farm he had occupied since 1843. He was a consistent member of the M. E. Church and a member of the Masonic fraternity of the Knights Templar degree. At the time of his death, he was possessed of a farm of 150 acres, on which his widow continues to reside. HENRY MULL, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, April 10, 1836; his parents, Reuben and Catharine (Spindler) Mull, are spoken TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 765 of in the sketch of his brother, Benjamin Mull. He was educated in the schools of Turtle Creek Township; in 1862, he enlisted in Company A. 79th O. V. I., and served until the close of the war, when he received his honorable discharge. His regiment was in some of the hardest engagements of the war, and at one time was under fire for ten consecutive days. After the war was over, Mr. gull returned home, and, on the 4th of June, 1868, was married to Anna R. Kersey, a daughter of Henry Kersey and a native of Warren County. They have had five children, viz., Viola, Eunice, Waldo, Anna C. and an infant not named. Mr. Mull occupies a fine 70-acre farm, with good residence and roomy barn, etc. He is a republican and a member of the NI. E. Church; his wife is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. BENJAMIN MULL, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township Jan. 29, 1840; he is the son of Reuben and Catharine (Spindler) Mull, natives of Pennsylvania, of Dutch descent; his father was a wagon-maker by trade and worked at that trade until about 1855; his wagons were of the best and always found a ready sale; he was so careful to have his material of the best quality and his work done in the best manner possible, that he was unable to compete with the men who were then making an inferior and cheaper wagon. Therefore, he retired from the business and devoted his time to farming, in which be was eminently successful, and succeeded in acquiring a fine farm of 152 acres. He had a family of nine children, all of whom reside in Ohio, and all, except one, are married. Our subject was reared on the farm, and, in 1865, married Miss Catharine Hathaway, a daughter of A. B. Hathaway. They have four children, viz., Sarah L., Bertie F., Lelia Pearl and Earnest C. The parents are both members of the M. E. Church, and belong to the best class of the farming community of the county. HIRAM NELSON, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Sept. 1, 1838; he was raised on a farm and received his education in the district schools of Turtle Creek Township. Mr. Nelson with considerable pride relates the fact of having attended the second fair held in Warren County; he was but a youth and earned the money admitting him by working for William F. Dill, Esq., of Turtle Creek Township. Our subject worked at farm labor, and, being industrious and economical, soon got a start in life, and, on the 14th of February, 1860, was united in marriage with Rebecca Tremble, who is also a native of Warren County, born December 10, 1839. She is a daughter of Moses Tremble, a native of New Jersey, and, of French descent. Mr. Nelson owns a well-improved farm of 60-odd acres, upon which is a neat and modern- built house and a good barn. He is one of the live and active farmers of Warren County. W. C. NIXON, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born April 5, 1838; he is a son of Samuel and Rachel (Hatfield) Nixon, natives of Ohio, of English descent: he received a common-school education while living on the farm with his father. He has spent the greater part of his life on the farm, and, by steadiness of habits and close attention to business, he has made farming prove more than ordinarily successful. During the years from 1860 to 1867, he conducted grist-mill between Lebanon and Morrow, known as the Stubbs' Mill. In 1868 he married Hannah Vandoren, daughter of Peter Vandoren, an old settler o Warren County, who now lives in Sangamon Co., Ill. By this marriage, si: children were born, viz., Frank V., John H., Peter E., Amy M., Mary E. am Adolphus. Mr. Nixon is a Democrat and has held the office of Justice of th Peace in Washington Township ALLEN NIXON, farmer; P. O. Lebanon ; was born in Turtle Cree. Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Oct. 30, 1812; he is one of a family of eleven children, born to Allen and Margaret (Troutman) Nixon, who settled in Turtle 766 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Creek in the year of our subject's birth; he had every facility offered by the schools of that day to obtain an education, and, for ten years of his early life, made teaching his employment. He was married, in 1846, to Elizabeth G. Hatfield, who was born in Warren County in 1816. By her he had seven children, viz., Lewis C., a school-teacher; George (deceased), Clark, Emma (deceased), Ida Ann, Linn and Minnie Ellen. Mr. Nixon has devoted the last thirty-five years of his life to farming, and has succeeded in acquiring 409 acres of good farm land. He and his wife are both members of the Christian Church, in which he has been a Clerk and Trustee. His wife died March 2, 1882, aged 65 years and 4 months. J. KELLY O'NEALL, attorney, Lebanon. Prominent among the legal fraternity of Warren County stands the above-named gentleman, who was born about two miles south of the village of Waynesville, Warren Co., Ohio, Feb. 15, 1820; his paternal ancestors were originally from Shane Castle, County Antrim, Ireland. The first to come to America, according to the family traditions, was a younger son of the house, named Hugh O'Neale, a Lieutenant in the British Army, who, while cruising in the Chesapeake Bay, owing to some difficulty between him and his Captain, left the ship and located at Winchester, Va., changing the spelling of his name to O'Neall. From Hugh is traced in a direct line William, Abijah, William, and our subject, J. Kelly. Abijah; the grandfather, came to Warren County in 1799 and settled in Wayne Township on land of which a part still remains in the family's possession. The maternal grandfather, James Smith, came from Virginia in the same year, and located on land in the same township, on the banks of the Little Miami River, but he died at Newtown, Ohio, and his family subsequently settled on the lands. The grandparents on both sides left their respective homes, in Virginia and South Carolina, to escape what they considered the evil influences of slavery. Mr. O'Neall's parents were William and Martha (Smith) O'Neall, the former a native of South Carolina and the latter of Virginia. Our subject remained on the farm until 16 years of age, in the meantime attending the common school of his district. But sickness at the time retarded his studies for a year or more, after which he began a course of study of the higher branches. In 1840, he attended the Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, where he completed his literary education. In 1843, he returned to his father's house and commenced the study of law, under the instructions of the late Judge George J. Smith. In the summer of 1843, he went to Montgomery Co., Ind., and read law in the office of Henry S. Lane, Esq. In February, 1844, he took up his permanent residence in Lebanon, and, in May of the year following, was admitted to the bar at Lebanon. He was married, in July, 1848, to Miss Anna M. Skinner, by whom he had six children, four now living, viz., Laura K., Eva S. (the widow of Granville E. Colbert, deceased), William A. and Annie T. Mr. O'Neal] has practiced his profession continuously up to the present, and for four terms served the county as Prosecuting Attorney. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since November, 1864; was made a Master Mason in Lebanon Lodge, No. 26; he received the Capitulary degrees in Lebanon Royal Arch Chapter, No. 5, and was created a Knight Templar in Reed Commandery, No. 6, at Dayton, Ohio, in 1865; subsequently, he became a member of Lebanon Council of Royal and Select Masters; in 1872, was elected Grand High Priest of Ohio, serving three years; in 1875, he was elected Eminent Deputy Grand Commander of Knights Templar for the State of Ohio and served until 1879, when he was elected Right Eminent Grand Commander; in March, 1871, he received the degrees of the "Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite," in the Scottish Rite Bodies and became a 32d Degree Mason in the Ohio Sovereign oonsistory at Cincinnati. In addition to the time given to the study of the TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 767 laws of Masonry, and while discharging the duties of his profession, Mr. O'Neall has devoted considerable attention to the natural sciences, especially geology. He has collected a fine cabinet of fossils, and it is believed that he understands the Paleontology of his own county better, even, than any teacher of the science. He has discovered some new species of fossils and a beautiful crinoid bears his name. He is a man who takes a deep interest in all matters touching ing the welfare of his county, and, as a citizen, he stands in the foremost rank. JOSEPH W. O'NEALL, Probate Judge, Lebanon; was born in Wayne Township, Warren Co., Ohio, April 6, 1846 he is born the son of James Smith and Martha A. (Sa Lee) O'Neal], the former a native of Warren County, and the latter of Woodford Co., Ky.; his father is still living and is a brother of J. Kelly O'Neall, under whose name a sketch of the ancestry is given; his mother is a daughter of Joseph and Judith (Hampton) Sa Lee, of Kentucky. Our subject r   a very limited education, and remained on the farm until 15 years of age, received when he enlisted in Company H, 54th 0. V. I., at that time being barely able to read and write. He took part in the battle of Shiloh, but was discharged after the battle on account of his youth. On the 12th of August, 1862, he re-enlisted in Capt. Joseph L. Budd's company A, 35th 0. V. I., and joined his regiment at Decherd, Tenn. He was with the regiment and participated in the skirmishes and battles at Shepherdsville, Harrodsburg, Perryville, Hoover's Gap, Tallahoma and Chickamauga, in the latter of which he was three times wounded—once in the hand, once in the right shoulder and once in the head. He was left on the battlefield unconscious, and captured by the rebels, who took him to Atlanta, Ga., and thence, via Augusta, Branch Hill, Columbia, Charlotte, Raleigh and Petersburg, to Richmond, Va., where for forty-five days they confined him in Castle Pemberton. He was one of four prisoners detected in digging a tunnel from the prison, which resulted in the famous " Sugar raid," and for this was deprived of all rations for forty-eight hours and forced to stand erect twenty-four hours. He was afterward removed to Danville, a., where he was confined six months. While here, a general escape, planned by all the prisoners, was betrayed, and the leaders, expecting to be court martialed and put to death, determined to make. another and a more desperate effort to escape. Accordingly, our subject and six others concealed themselves in the vault and made their way down the drain as far as possible, and then tunneled out. In this, Mr. O'Neall and two others succeeded, while the rest were recaptured. After three days' wandering through the woods, he was recaptured, but, escaping from the guards, had almost reached the Union lines, when he was captured with blood hounds and taken back to Danville. To prevent his further attempting to escape, he was deprived of all his clothes, and for six months, remained in almost a nude condition, only having part of the time an old shirt given him by a fellow-prisoner; he was then taken to the jail at Greensboro, and from there to the State Penitentiary at Raleigh, S. C., where, with twelve others, he was fastened to the "Bullring." He was afterward removed to the penitentiary at Columbia, thence to Macon, Ga., and from there to Andersonville, where he was confined four months, after which he was taken to Charleston, where he was for fourteen days under the fire of Union guns. From Charleston he was removed to Charlotte, S. C., and, on the 15th of December, 1864, succeeded in again making his escape, and, reaching the Union lines at Savannah, was sent on a Government vessel to Annapolis, Md. Here he obtained a furlough and returned home, much to the astonishment and joy of his people, who had long since supposed him dead, and who could hardly recognize in the wasted and emaciated figure before them the healthy farm boy who left them thirty months before. When capt- 768 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: ured, he weighed 155 pounds; when he reached home, he weighed 84. While in Andersonville Prison, be had the varioloid and scurvy. He was engaged in digging eight tunnels, and, at one time went nine days without rations. on the 19th of May, 1865, he received a Lieutenant's commission, but was mustered out of the service before being assigned for duty. After the war, he taught school five years, and, after engaging in business in the West three years he returned to Ohio and taught one year more. He studied law with John E. Smith, and was admitted to the bar April 13, 1877. On the 9th of February, 1879, he became Probate Judge of the county, in which position he is still retained, having been nominated for a second term by an overwhelming majority. He was married, Nov. 25, 1869, to Miss Laura A. Van Horne, daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Dilatush) Van Horne, and by this union has had five children, viz., M. Stella, J. A. Willie (deceased), George A., Eva Belle (deceased) and Joseph Walter. Mr. O'Neall is a Republican in politics, and socially and morally a gentleman. He has served in his present capacity to the entire satisfaction of the people and with honor to himself and credit to his constituents. JOHN OSBORN (deceased) was born in Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio, in 1805; his father, John Osborn, came to Lebanon in 1796, and settled on a farm adjoining the eastern corporation of Lebanon, where he, in 1808, built a house, which is still standing and which is yet considered a good residence. He was with Daniel Boone when that famous Indian hunter discovered Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, to which state Mr. Osborn had moved from Virginia when very young. Our subject's mother, Mary (Clark) Osborn, was a daughter of Rev. Daniel Clark, a pioneer Baptist preacher, who preached in Lebanon about the year 1800. Our subject remained on the farm until 14 years of age, in the meantime obtaining a limited education by attending the Lebanon schools during the winter months. After leaving the farm, he learned and worked at pottery-making several years. after which he conducted a manufactory of that ware for several years more. At the death of his father, he purchased the interests of the other heirs in the estate and moved to the old farm, which his estate still owns and which he farmed until he retired and moved to Lebanon. He traveled through the West from 1828 to 1854, and also spent eight years in Springfield, Ohio, where he worked at his trade. In 1827, he married Miss Amy Ann Hackney, daughter of Obadiah Hackney. a prominent plow manufacturer of Lebanon. She died in 1855, after having borne him eleven children, four of whom still survive. In 1856, he was again married, to Mrs. Emeline (Dee) Grow, by whom he had no children. Mr. Osborn died in Lebanon Dec. 26, 1881. He was a careful, frugal and economical man, and had at his death amassed a considerable fortune. He was a zealous member of the M. E. Church, in which he was for many years and up to the time of his death an officer. His widow and a grandchild are the only members of his family living in Lebanon. JOHN N. OSWALD , furniture dealer and undertaker, Lebanon, whose portrait appears on another page. was born in-Hohenzollern, Sigmaringen, Prussia, May 12, 1826, and came to America May 12, 1853, landing in New York; he is the son of Peter and Apolonia (Wetz) Oswald, natives of the above place. The family originally came from Switzerland, but lived for three generations in Prussia. Our subject is one of a family of two children, both boys. The father died in September, 1831, aged 44 years, and the mother died in October, 1845, aged 47 years. Our subject received all his education in the old country, and, for nine years, traveled through Germany, spending seven years in Vienna. He learned furniture-making in his native country, having served an apprenticeship with the dealer who did the work for the royal family. After coming to this country, he worked for a, furniture firm in New York, TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 769 and, in 1854, came to Cincinnati, where he remained a short time. He then moved to Fosters, Warren Co., Ohio, where he lived about nine years and then came to Lebanon, where he commenced the furniture business in which he has since continued. He was married, May 9, 1866, to Miss Fredricka Bobe, daughter of Philip and Mariah (Weisenbacher) Bobe, natives of Wurtemberg, Germany. They have had five children, two boys and three girls, viz., Maurice H., Louisa F., Marietta, Lena and Lorenz, all now living. In 1868, Mr. Oswald commenced the business of undertaker, and has since then buried 1,700 people, mostly citizens of " Old Warren." He was the first in the county to introduce the new styles of caskets and the processes of preserving bodies. He has conducted his business with much success, and, by his untiring energy is constantly increasing his extensive establishment. DR. J. B. OWENS, physician, Lebanon. This gentleman is the son of John Owens, who was born in Wales in 1771, and came to this country witl his parents when 2 years of age; he settled in Trumbull Co., Ohio, where our subject was born, and then moved to Guernsey County, where he died in 1869 at the advanced age of 98 years. His wife, Elizabeth (Beaver) Owens, was native of Sherman Valley, Penn., where they were married. They had thir teen children-nine boys and four girls. Our subject attended the schools o his native county for a short time, after which he taught school to obtain mean to complete his education. In this manner he was enabled to attend a select high school, from which he went to Madison College, Guernsey County, where he remained until that college closed. He commenced reading medicine b himself in 1856, reading first the allopathic system. He attended lectures a the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery during the terms of 1858 an 1859. In 1865, he again graduated from the Homoeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, and, after practicing his profession a short time in Cincinnati and Monroe, Ohio, came to Lebanon, where he has since remained, with the exception of several winters spent in the South and in California, Colorado and other parts of the West. He was married, Oct. 4, 1865, to Miss Mary M. Keever, daughter of Aaron and Ann (Longstreet) Keever, of Mason, Warren Co. After thoroughly mastering both systems of medicine, the Doctor has selected the principles originated by Hahnemarua, to which he strictly adhere He has acquired a large and lucrative practice, which he is constantly extending by his industrious habits and close attention. He bears the reputation being one of the best and most successful homoeopathic physicians of Southern Ohio, and truly his record in the village of Cedars warrants at least the above reputation. DAVID PARKHURST, Shaker Trustee, Lebanon, was born in Pennsylvania March 26, 1801; his father, Samuel Parkhurst, was a native of Pennsylvania, of English descent; he married Anna Sutton, a native of New Jers( of Holland Dutch descent; he came to Turtle Creek Township in 1814, a brought his family in 1815; he was formerly a Baptist, but, on coming Warren County, joined the Shaker Society, in which he afterward becam4 Deacon and Elder. He had seven children, of whom our subject was the third. He never attended school more thaw three months, and obtained what education he has by close reading, He worked at wagon-making one year, but has sii farmed for the Shakers with whom he lives. He has been a Deacon since 18 and, in 1864, was appointed Legal Trustee, in which capacity he still continues. CLARISSA PATTERSON, Sharker Elderess was born in Butler Co., Ohio, March 12, 1801; her parents, Joseph and Mary (Vankirk) Patterson, were natives of New Jersey, the former of Irish and the latter of Holland Dutch descent. They came to Ohio' previous to 1795, and, in 1805, entered the Sha- 770 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: ker Society. They had the following children: Sallie, born Oct. 22, 1794. Clarissa, Elsie, born in 1803, and John, born March 8, 1805; of these, our subject is the only survivor. She received her education in Turtle Creek Township, and, since 1849, has acted as Elderess in the Shaker Church; she has also for several years been in charge of the household affairs of the Center Family, Her parents are both dead, her father dying in 1818 and her mother in 1851. GEORGE P. PATTERSON, photographer, Lebanon; was born at Long Branch, Monmouth Co., N. J., June 23, 1844; his father, William Patterson, was a native of New Jersey, of German descent; his mother, Jennette (Anderson) Patterson, was a native of Vermont, of Scotch descent, and a cousin of Maj. Anderson, who was made famous by his heroic defense of Ft. Sumter, when treason's guns first threatened the overthrow of our beloved Government. Our subject received a thorough education in the schools of New Jersey and New York City, and devoted his early life to work in his father's mill, where the remained six years. He then engaged for a short time in mercantile pursuits. In 1861, he enlisted in Company D, 48th N. J. V. I., in which he served three years, receiving eleven different gunshot wounds; he enlisted as a private, and, for bravery and good service, received a Captain's commission, but was prevented by wounds from serving in his advanced position. In 1863, he was married to Miss Emily Higgins, who died during the same year. In 1870, he married Miss Sarah M. Duckworth, a native of Warren County, and the only daughter of Robert Duckworth, with whom Mr. Patterson was some time engaged in the grocery business in Lebanon. Since 1872, he has devoted his whole attention to photographing, in which art, he has met with the best success. He is an enthusiast in his business, uses all new appliances that appear and takes great pains to keep himself thoroughly posted in all the details of that ever-improving art. He has an art gallery situated on East Silver street, which he has fitted up with a true artist's taste, and where he exhibits the work he does by the various modern methods of taking, enlarging and finishing pictures. SAMUEL PAULY, real estate broker, Lebanon, was born in Germantown, Montgomery Co., Ohio, Dec. 24, 1804; his grandfather, Andrew Pauly, was a native of Pennsylvania, where he lived and died, being the son of parents who emigrated from Germany to that State at an early day. Our subject's father, John Pauly, was born at Gettysburg, Penn., in 1767 and emigrated to Kentucky in 1795, but, owing to a strong prejudice against slavery, he again emigrated in 1801, and located in Montgomery Co., Ohio. He married Miss Mar- garet Panabaker, daughter of a family from Pennsylvania, who settled in Kentucky at an early date. He died in 1822, having been blessed with a family of six boys and five girls, of whom four boys and one girl now survive. Samuel Pauly, the subject hereof, came to Warren County April 1, 1812, with his father's family. His youth was spent on the farm, while his educational advantages consisted of a few weeks' attendance at a country school during the winter months. He was married, in 1830, to Miss Arminda Snook, daughter of John M. and Julia (Kibby) Snook, natives of Hamilton Co., Ohio. Miss Snook's mother was one of the first children at Columbia, Hamilton Co., and daughter of Capt. Kibby, a valiant officer in the Indian war, and one of the first settlers of Columbia. By his marriage, Mr. Pauly had ten children—three boys and seven girls, of whom one son and three daughters are now living, viz., Rebecca C., the widow of Gen. O.. C. Maxwell; Phebe A., now living at home with her parents; A. Frances, the wife of E. M. Hale, of Lebanon, and Firman Kibby, of Salem, Montgomery Co., Ohio. Mr. Pauly has spent the whole of his life in farming, with the exception of two years, when he was engaged in the United States Revenue service. He has retired from active farm TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 771 labor, and devotes his time principally to fancy and ornamental farming and horticulture, in all of which he is an enthusiast. He is also now engaged in buying, selling and renting real estate. Although nearly fourscore years of age, he has a robust constitution, sound health and a very active disposition, and promises to exceed the allotted age of man by many years. J. C. PENCE, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township Dec. 3, 1833; he is the son of John M. and Maria Pence, both of German descent, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Warren County. Our subject received a limited education and has followed farming all his life. He was married, in 1859, to Annjenette Earnhart, a native of Clear Creek Township, by whom he has had eight children, viz., Edgar C., Eva M., Mary George B , Carrie M., Nettie Ray, Carrie L. and Jacob 0. Mr. Pence owns a fine farm where he lives, of 92 1/2 acres, in addition to other lands, amounting in a11 to 313 acres. He is a Democrat in politics, and for many years was one of the Board of School Directors of his district. WILLIAM C. PERRINE, retired farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Mason Co., Ky., Feb. 23, 1806; he is the son of Joseph and Susan (Downing) Perrino, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of Pennsylvania. Our subject was raised on a farm, where he continued until 17 years of age, when he commenced learning the carpenter trade, at which he has continued to work at intervals since, when he could do so without interfering with his farm work. He was married, in 1838, to Miss Ann R. Hatfield, daughter of John Hatfield, of Turtle Creek Township. They have had five children, viz., Mary (the wife of Samuel Kersey, a farmer of Turtle Creek Township), Lydia, Charles D. (who was killed in the late war), John H. and Joseph, the latter being married and farming in this county. Mr. Perrine is the owner of a 315-acre farm, well stocked and improved. He is a Republican in politics, and has held several offices of trust in the township, among which are School Director and Treasurer of the school fund. DANIEL PERRINE, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Mason Co., Ky., Oct. 25, 1820; he is the son of Joseph and Susan (Downing) Perrine, who came to Warren County six years after he was born; his mother was a daughter of Timothy Downing, a native of Pennsylvania, of English descent. Our subject is by occupation a farmer; he owns a nicely improved farm of 351 acres; he devotes much of his time to fancy farming and fruit raising; in the latter he has gained quite an enviable notoriety; he has an orchard of 2,000 apple, peach, plum, pear and cherry trees, all in the finest condition, and yielding annually a handsome profit to the cultivator. He was married, in 1843, to Miss Mary Luce, a native of Warren County, and the oldest of twenty-two children born to her father. Mr. and Mrs. Perrino had four children, viz., Kate, Lewis A. (deceased), Lydia Ellen and Amanda B. STEPHEN B. PROBASCO (deceased) was born in Warren Co., Ohio, May 27, 1811; his parents, Abraham and Jane (Barkalow) Probasco, were natives of New Jersey, of Dutch descent; they emigrated to Warren County in 1810, and settled near the town of Mason, where they resided until 1823, when they moved to a farm adjoining Shakertown. On the death of his wife, in 1844, he moved with his son to near Monroe, Ohio, where he died in 1860 Our subject received his education in the subscription schools of his day, am early commenced the work on a farm, at which he continued until his death which occurred July 9, 1875. He was married, Oct. 16, 1834, to Miss Dorcas Boyd, of Butler Co., Ohio, by whom he had eight children, viz., Martha J., now the wife of James I. Benham; Nathan, deceased; Elizabeth A., wife of Clem Beachey: Lydia E., wife of Thomas B. Hutchinson; Abraham; Eliza, wife o Lewis Iorns; Mary F., wife of John Hufford; land Emma Kate, wife of J. A 772 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Gilchrist. The survivors are all married and living in Warren County. Alt Probasco was a hard-working, ambitious farmer, and, at the time of his death, had acquired a fine farm of 200 acres of rich, arable, well-improved land. He left a fine property, upon the income of which his widow now supports herself in ease and comfort, having retired from the farm and taken up her residence in Lebanon. GEORGE W. PROBASCO (deceased) was the son of Abraham and Jane (Barkalow) Probasco, born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, in July, 1824, and educated in the district schools of Warren County. His life was spent on a farm in Warren County, which his father settled in 1811, and on part of which he died, Jan. 23, 1865. He was married, Oct. 2, 1847. to Elizabeth A. Perrine, a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Davis) Perrine, a native of Warren County, who still survives him. They had a family of three children, viz., Eliza J., Abraham and Elizabeth May. Though not prominent in politics, he always voted the Republican ticket, and took a deep interest in the work of that party. ROBERT RALSTON, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, May 18, 1805; his parents were Edward Ralston, a native of Scotland and Martha (Buchanan) Ralston, a native of York Co.. Penn., of Irish descent. They emigrated to Ohio in 1798, and settled in Turtle Creek Township, where our subject was reared and educated, and where he has spent the whole of his long life. He has witnessed the many changes that have taken place since the wilderness that then surrounded him was made to become the thickly settled and highly cultivated country that it is to-day. He was married, in 1848, to Miss Maria D. Buckley, who was born in Baltimore, Md. Her father was born in 1792; was a Captain in the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Ralston have had two children born to them, viz., Edward C., who is married and well-to-do, and Joseph T. The parents are both members of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. R. is a woman of remarkable energy and very earnest in whatever she undertakes. Mr. R. is a Democrat in politics. JOSEPH W. RHODES, farmer, Lebanon; was born in Highland Co., Ohio, Nov. 20, 1817; he is the son of Gustavus and Margaretta (Eddenfield) Rhodes, natives of Fredericksburg, Va. Our subject was educated in Highland County; he learned, and for some time followed, the trade of hatter; since his residence in Warren County he has for thirteen years been engaged in running a hack from Lebanon to Cincinnati and Sharon. He was married, Nov. 23, 1848, to Martha A. Roosa, whose father was born in Orange Co., N. Y., in 1791, and emigrated to Ohio when 11 years of age, settling near Montgomery, Hamilton Co., where his father had purchased a farm; he was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was married in 1818 to Elizabeth Daniels, of Clermont County, by whom he had five children; he lived at Montgomery until 1827, when he moved to Deerfield, and there died in 1846, his wife having died in 1833. Mrs. Rhodes has in her possession a Psalm Book, or Bible, brought from Holland by her great-grandfather, Abraham Roosa. Mr. Rhodes, by his marriage, has had the following children: J. A. (deceased), Charles M. (deceased), Maggie (deceased), Emma and Eunice. Mr. Rhodes owns and occupies .a nice farm adjoining Lebanon. NATHAN RICHARDSON, deceased; was born in Massachusetts, March 21, 1790, and died Sept. 24, 1864; huwas the son of Asa and Abijah (Whiting) Richardson, who were married in Massachusetts July 19, 1788, and had four children, of whom Nathan was the oldest; he received an ordinary education, learned the carpenter's trade, and, on. February 1, 1819, married Miss Rebecca B. Boothby, by whom he had the seven children following, viz. : Martha Jane,who owns and lives on the old-home farm; Mary, the deceased wife of TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 773 Dr. Charles Grant, of Cincinnati; Nancy G.,the wife of Dr. Bryant, of Springfield, Ohio; John (deceased); Nathan S , a physician in Macon, Mo. ; Frank, wh reeko is now married and living in Illinois, and William, a farmer in Turtle C Township. Mr. R., at the time of his death, owned 250 acres of land, where his family now lives. He was one of the early settlers of Ohio; his father died when her wad 12 years of age, and at that tender age he was obliged to work himself ;she he commenced by driving a team from Cincinnati to Detroit, and for on one of these trips he stuck so deep in the mud as to be unable to extricate himself, until a detachment of troops under Gen. Harrison came by and assisted him. For five years prior to his death he was blind, and was constantly attended by his daughter Martha. He is said to have helped in hauling the brick for the first brick house in Cincinnati. He died full of years and good works, on the land where he had settled when the country was yet peopled by the denizens of the forest. WILLIAM RITCHEY, deceased, was the youngest of a family of three girls and five boys, children of Robert and Rachael (Fraley) Ritchey; he was born Jan. 29, 1819, and died Sept. 7, 1877. On May 19, 1846, he was married to Miss Rebecca P. Bretney, daughter of Tobias and Nancy (Butler) Bretney; she was a native of Ohio, born Feb. 18, 1814. Mr. Ritchey was engaged in the tannery and leather business until 1845, when he retired from business; in 1848, he engaged extensively in the culture of rare and valuable plants and flowers for his own gratification; for many years he owned the stock and controlled the business of the Lebanon & Dayton Turnpike Company. He was a true philanthropist, whose loss was deeply deplored by the whole community; he was kind, affable and liberal, contributing freely to both church and State. He had a beautiful flower garden at his residence on Main street, filled with the choicest flowers of every clime, which he dispensed gratis to all lovers of the beautiful His widow still occupies his comfortable home in the suburbs. A. A. ROLAND, editor and puplisher of the Lebanon Patriot, Lebanon, was born at Lancaster, Fairfield Co , Ohio, Feb. 11, 1853. He was formerly a resident of Greenville, Darke Co., Ohio, but is now the editor, publisher and proprietor of the Lebanon (Ohio) Patriot which he purchased in April, 1878. He is conducting the paper on pure Democratic principles, and in the interest of the social and business welfare of the county. Prior to the establishment of the Patriot, several attempts had been made to publish a Democratic paper in the county, but they were all unsuccessful. The Patriot, now in its fifteenth year, if?, an eight-column folio, containing an epitome of home news and general information . Subscription price, $1.50 per year. It is the only Democratic paper published in Warren County. THEODORE ROSS, blacksmith, Lebanon, was born in Turtle Creek Township May 1, 1829. He is the son of Isaiah and Mary (Draper) Ross, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Pennsylvania. Our subject received his education in the common schools of the county, and at the age of seventeen commenced learning blacksmithing, at which he has continued working. He was married April 3, 1856, to Miss Anna Brown, a native of New Jerse by whom he has had six children five boys and one girl, namely: George A., John E., Frank S., Oren Q., Alonzo, C. and Mary L. The parents are mem- bers of the Christian Church, and are a highly respected couple. They own a neat, comfortable home in the village of Genntown. CHARLES E. SAUSSER, confectioner, Lebanon. The subject of this sketch is a son of Thomas Sausser, who was born in Berks Co., Penn., July 23, 1797, and died at Lebanon, Ohio, April 18, 1875. His wife, Abigail (Mills) Sausser, was born in Schuylkill Co., Penn., Feb, 8, 1803, and died at Lebanon, Ohio, July 8, 1867. In 1818, Mr. Sausser came from Pennsylvania to Dayton, 774 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Ohio, where he worked as a tailor for a few years. He then returned to Penn_ sylvania, where he married Abigail Mills in 1826, and in 1827 again went to Dayton, accompanied by his brother Joseph. Being unable to find vacant dwellings at Dayton, they continued on to Xenia, where Thomas remained while his brother came to Lebanon, where he settled. After several years' residence in Xenia, where his three eldest children were born, Mr. Sausser removed to Jamestown, Ohio, and in 1832 to Lebanon, where, at the time of his death, he had lived forty-three years. He had eight children, two daughters and six sons. Ofthe latter, Charles E., our subject, was born June 16, 1834, being the first born in Lebanon. He remained in the place of his birth until 1855, when he went to Indiana and engaged in the bakery and confectionery business, at which he continued until 1859, when he returned to Lebanon. Re was married, Dec. 7, 1856, to Miss Mary Fay, of Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, by whom he had one child-Jennie, born Nov. 20, 1859. Mr. Sausser enlisted as a private in the late rebellion, but with many others was rejected, as Ohio's quota was filled. He returned to Lebanon and recruited part of a company in June, 1862, and entered the army as First Lieutenant of Co. B, 85th 0. V. I. He remained in the army until near the close of the war, and was honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio, in the spring of 1865, having been promoted to Captain in the year previous. Since the war, he has been actively engaged in the confectionery and fancy grocery business, being now engaged in the stand established by his father many years ago. JACOB SCHWARTZ, marble and granite dealer, Lebanon; is a native of Wurtemburg, Germany, where he was born, June 2, 1831, and where he received an excellent education and learned the trade of stone-cutter. When 25 years of age, he emigrated to America, landing at New York City July 26, 1856. His parents and sister followed him in 1872, and his father is yet living, aged 70; his mother died in April, 1880, in Lebanon, at the age of 68 years. Mr. Schwartz came to Lebanon in March, 1860, to act as foreman of an extensive marble shop for Evans & Co., of Franklin, this county. In 1863, he became a partner in the business, and by thrift and energy, was enabled to buy out and own the concern in 1866, since which time he has continued to increase and push his business until it is now in a most flourishing condition. He married Barbara Daler, at Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 10, 1857; she was a native of Alsace, born Sept. 16, 1836. They have had a family of nine children, viz; Emma E , Charles W., Frank A., Katie (deceased), John J., Caroline D., Ferdinand J., George V. and Louis J. Mr. Schwartz is Democratic in politics, and takes considerable part in the interests of his party. He is an honored member of the Masonic order, was raised according to the tenets of the Catholic faith, and is a fair example of the earnest, honest and thriving German element that contributes to the growth and prosperity of this wondrous land. L. E. SCHWARTZ, merchant tailor, Lebanon; was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, Dec. 7, 1838, and emigrated to America in July, 1853, at the age of 14 years. He landed in New York, and after remaining there ten days, went to Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, where he engaged in the tailoring business, at which he has since continued. In 1857, he left Hamilton and commenced business in Lawrenceburg, Ind., where he remained until the breaking-out of the rebellion, when he went to Europe, taking a tour through Ireland and his native country. He returned to America in the fall of 1861, and enlisted in Co. D, 11th Regiment 0. V. I., from which he was discharged after three months' service. He then engaged in the fruit business in Cincinnati, and so continued until July, 1863, when he came to Lebanon, and purchased the clothing store, where he has since remained. He was married in Cincinnati, Sept. 8, 1863, to Adeline Schuler, daughter of 'Martin Schuler, a native of TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 775 Rhine Bavaria. This union was blest with eight children, seven girls and one boy, of whom two girls are now dead. Mr. Schwartz was one of twelve children, born to Jacob and Emerenzia (Krauzberger) Schwartz, natives of Wurtemburg. He is a member of the Masonic order of the Royal Arch degree. He has never aspired to official honors and devotes his time entirely to his business, which he conducts with the best possible success. HON. JAMES SCOTT, member of the Legislature, Lebanon; was born in Washington. Co., Penn., of Scotch Irish parents, on the 15th of April, 1815. He was educated in Washington College, in that county, studied medicine with R. F. Biddle, M. D., in Monongahela City, Penn., and graduated from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. He was married to Hannah A. Fowler in Cincinnati in 1841, and commenced the practice of medicine in Greenfield, Washington Co., Penn., in that year. In 1843, he removed to Morrow, Warren Co., Ohio, where he continued in the practice of medicine until 1851, when he moved to Lebanon and continued the practice of medicine there until 1857, when he purchased the " Western Star " paper and became its editor and publisher. In 1859, he was elected to represent his county in the Ohio House of Representatives, in which capacity he was continued until 1866, when he was appointed by Gov. Brough to fill a vacancy in the office of Probate Judge of Warren County. In the fall of 1867, he was again elected to represent his county in the Ohio Legislature. In 1869, he was appointed, by President Grant, Secretary of Washington Territory, which position be resigned in 1870, and in that year was re-elected to the Legislature, where he continued until 1874, when he was appointed United States Consul at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands. In 1879, he resigned the consulship and was again elected to the Legislature, where he is now serving. During most of the time he filled the position of Secretary of Washington Territory, on account of the removal of the Governor of that Territory, he was Acting Governor. During part of the time he occupied the position of Consul, he acted as Charge d'Affaires, and represented the American Government at the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom. During almost all his legislative career, he has been either Chairman of the Committee on Finance or of the Committee on the Benevolent Institutions of the State. During his service in the Legislature, almost all the public benevolent and correctory institutions of the State have been erected, and are very largely indebted to him for the qualities that make them the pride of our people and the admiration of other States. While Chairman of the Committee on Finance, he did much toward simplifying the financial methods that have proved so successful in Ohio. In the years 1880-81, while Chairman of that committee, by his indefatigable energy and scrutiny, he reduced the expenditures of the State over $800,000 below what they were in the years 1878-79, when he was not in the Legislature, as is shown in the official records of the State. The following is taken from the Hawaiian Gazette, published at Honolulu, at the time Mr. Scott left that island to return home, will show in what esteem he was held by the people of that kingdom: " It rarely happens that a man so well qualified for consular duties is appointed from the United States, owing to the peculiar and sudden changes that take place in the administration of national affairs almost every four years. President Grant, in the selection of Dr. Scott for Consul at Honolulu, and President Hayes in continuing him, have done the States some service. The ripe experience, good sense, prompt business qualifications, urbanity of manner and strict integrity which have signalized every act of Consul Scott, have proved him to be the right man in the right place, and every American who has Come to these Islands has bad cause to congratulate himself that such a man is charged with high official duty. As the best proof of all we have said in 776 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: behalf of Consul Scott, we refer to the undeniable fact, that since the consulate has been organized under his charge, it has been a source of pecuniary profit to the Government, to the amount of about $1,000 per annum, after paying all expenses; whereas, previous to his time, it was a source of expense to the amount of from $25,000 to $50,000 per annum. "Before Dr. Scott's time, the Consulate at Honolulu was looked upon b the wily and unscrupulous politicians of the baser sort in the United States, as a good place to .get rich, and was sought with avidity by that class of individuals who, through political wire-pulling and influential friends, were unhappily too often successful, and the United States Treasury was fleeced to the tune of hundreds of thousands to gratify the cupidity of such political favor. ites. In this way, many fortunes were made by unfaithful officials, until the Consulate became a by-word and a reproach in the United States. All this was stopped when Dr. Scott came here, and now, not even the suspicion of scandal attaches to the office. For this, we honor Dr. Scott, and for this he is honored at home and abroad. In this community where he is so well known, he is honored, with it may be, the exception of a very few, whose little games were squelched by the stern integrity of the noble old Roman, who can neither be browbeaten, bribed nor badgered into the commission of official wrong. Some people may think we use strong language on this occasion, and so we do, because it is our habit to call things by their right names, and in characterizing official, as well as personal integrity and ability, language cannot be too strong. If the United States was so fortunate in the selection of all its diplomatic agents as in the case of Dr. Scott, it would be a proud era for the diplomatic history of the country. Our familiarity with the records of the State Department at Washington enables us to speak of what we know; and, therefore, we do not hesitate to assert that tile administration of President Hayes is thrice honored in the person and official conduct of its Consul at Honolulu." DR. SELDON SMITH SCOVILLE, physician, Lebanon, was born in Vienna, Trumbull Co., Ohio, Sept. 9, 1824. He is of English, French and German descent; his father's great-grandfather, Noah Scoville, came from England and was one of the first settlers of Waterbury, Conn.; his mother's grandfather, Jonathan Griffin, was one of three brothers who emigrated from the North of England, and settled near Oxford, Conn. His grandfather, John Griffin, son of Jonathan Griffin, was the first white person born at Oxford, and was afterward a Lieutenant in the French war. His paternal grandfather, Amasa Scoville, was a native of Waterbury, Conn., and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He and several brothers emigrated to Northeastern Ohio in 1811. Asahel Scoville, Amasa' s son, came to Ohio with his family, consisting of his wife and two children, about the same time. Dr. Scoville commenced the practice of medicine at Niles, Trumbull Co., Ohio, in the spring of 1850, and in the year following came to Southern Ohio, and located at Bethel, Clermont County. Upon the breaking-out of the rebellion he assisted in raising a company of State Guards, and was elected its Captain, but under an order from the Governor this company was merged into a regiment then organized, and he was appointed and served as Surgeon of the regiment. In September 1861, this regiment being disbanded, he served on a military committee, and assisted in organizing the 59th 0. V. I., which was made up of enlistments from the counties of Clermont and Brown. The following summer, he served on the County Military Committee, and assisted in organizing the 89th 0, V. I. Sept. 1, 1862, he entered the service as Senior Assistant Surgeon of the 121st 0. V. I., but in consequence of a severe attack of illness he was compelled to resign in the following summer. In July, 1863, he moved to Lebanon, where he has since continued in the practice of medicine. Dr. Scoville TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 777 gives considerable attention to the study of natural sciences, and is a member of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History and the American Association for of Advancement of Science. He has discovered many rare and valuable fossils, and contributes largely to many of the standard scientific journals of the country. He was married at Bethel, Clermont Co., Ohio, in 1852, to Miss Mary Ann Blake, a native of Maryland, by whom he has had four children, a son and two daughters living, and a daughter who died in infancy. L. M SEE, farmer and trader; P. 0. Mason; was born in Turtle Creek Township Dec. 6, 1823; he is the son of Felix and Elizabeth (Keever) See, the former a native of Virginia, of English descent, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania, of Dutch descent. Our subject was reared on the farm, attending school during the winter months, and following the various pursuits of a farmer during the summer. He has always been a careful, industrious man, and has met with the success for which he has striven. In connection with his farming operations, he makes a specialty of trading in horses and sheep, but will buy anything on which he can realize a profit. He was married, Nov. 22, 1859, to Miss Nancy L. Gordon, a daughter of William Gordon, of Jefferson Co., Ind., where she was born Nov. 14, 1838. They have had the following children, viz.: Clara C., born Feb. 3, 1860; Felix Gordon, born Oct. 5, 1862, and Charles Grant, who was born Jan. 3, 1867, and died on June 3, 1873. Mr. See is well and favorably known as a good farmer and a fair trader. He is a Republican in politics. REV. RICHARD SIMONTON, deceased, better known among his contemporaries as Elder Simonton, was born on the 31st day of January, 1787, in Iredell Co., N. C.; his parents were natives of the North of Ireland, but were of Scotch descent. While the subject of this sketch was yet very young, the family moved to Ohio and settled in what is now Warren County, enduring all the hardships and privations incident to the lives of the early settlers. At the age of 21, he was married to Miss Mary Hatfield, belonging to a family who came to Ohio from New Jersey at a very early date; shortly after his marriage, he with his wife moved to Preble County, where he purchased a farm, near. Eaton, of 147 acres of Francis Dunlevy, paying therefor $3.50 per acre;, being dissatisfied with the locality, however, he soon returned to Warren County and bought land southeast of Lebanon, on the road leading from Lebanon to Morrow. In the war of 1812, he served as a private in Capt. Reeder's company of dragoons, and upon the expiration of his term of service returned to his occupation of farming. He professed the Christian religion when quite young, and at a time when there was a general revival of religion in Ohio; he very soon became zealous in the cause of Christ, and took an active part in social meetings; on the 18th of October, 1821, at Bethany Church, which he had been mainly instrumental in organizing, he was regularly ordained and set apart to the work of the ministry by fasting, praying and laying on of the hands of the Elders; he was soon chosen pastor of several churches, for in those days no one country church was able to support a minister, and hence services were held fortnightly and monthly, thus making the work of the pastor an arduous task. The church at Bethany was under his care; he also had charge of the Burlington Church, in Hamilton County, where he labored with great success, and for many years he was Pastor of the Fellowship Church. On the 31st of August, 1843, he lost his wife, whose death was caused by cancer in the face; she suffered long and severely, but her sufferings were borne with Christian patience; after remaining for some years a widower, he married Mrs. Ede Smith, a widow lady of Hamilton County, who still survives him. Elder Simon-ton's manner of preaching was peculiar to himself; he was careful to mature his sermons well; he generally had his proof texts marked in his book, and 778 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: would turn to them, and read them; his manner was pleasant and impressive, his voice clear, energetic and powerful; he possessed great weight and decision of character, and was beloved and esteemed by all who knew him; he was admired for his punctuality; he scarcely ever failed to meet his appointments; he would not hesitate to ride many miles through incessant storms of rain and snow and piercing cold to fill his engagements. He was by no means fond of controversy and generally avoided it, yet, when duty seemed to call for it, he took hold of what he considered error in either doctrine or practice with fortitude, and handled it without gloves; he was a member of the Miami Conference for many years, and was always in his place. After having been a minister of the Gospel for nearly thirty years, Elder Simonton died at his residence, one mile south of Lebanon, on the 22d day of September, 1849, of bilious fever. At the time of his death, he had seven living children, five sons, David, Hiram, Joseph, John and William, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Jane. One of his sons, Hiram, afterward became a prominent minister in the Christian Church. THOMAS SIMPSON, deceased, was born in Butler Co., Ohio, Aug. 22, 1832. He was the son of Abraham and Euphemia (Longstreet) Simpson, natives of New Jersey. He was reared on the farm and received his education in the common schools of his native county. On the 27th of January,. 1858, Mr. Simpson was married to Eliza J., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Nye) Gallaher, pioneers of Warren County. Her father's sketch appears elsewhere in this work. The marriage of our subject with Miss Gallaher was blessed with one child, Anna, who was born in 1863. Mr. Simpson died April 20, 1863, since which time the widow has resided on the old homestead. She is a member of the Methodist Church, and a good, zealous, Christian woman. Mr. Simpson was occupied as a farmer during the whole of his life, and at his death left a fine farm of 127 acres of land. E. K. SNOOK, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Union Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Oct. 17, 1831, and was named after his grandfather, Maj. Ephraim Kibby, an officer in the Revolutionary war. His parents, John M. Snook, who was born in 1785, and Julia Ann (Kibby) Snook, born in 1791, were both of Welsh descent. Young E. K. was reared on a farm, and attended the schools of Union Township until seventeen years of age, when he commenced learning the carpenter trade, in which he served a three years apprenticeship. In 1852, after a two years' trial Cif carpentering, he returned to farming and has from that time to the present continued, with much success in that occupation. In 1853, he married Miss Rebecca Ann Benham, who was born in 1831, and was a daughter of James Benham, an early settler of Warren County, a leading farmer and a very prominent man in the county, wealthy in this world's goods, and owner of several valuable farms. Four children were the issue of this union, viz.: Ella, the wife of Albert Keever; Horace M., a farmer on one of his father's farms; Alfred V. and Anna. Mr. Snook is the possessor of 216 acres of the best land in the county. He is a Republican of considerable prominence, a director in Lebanon National Bank, and one of the Board of County Commissioners. He took an active part in the enterprise which procured a railroad, for his county seat, and became one of the incorporators and directors, as well as a heavy stockholder in the company. He has been a member of the Board of Education of Lebanon, and has held many other offices of minor importance. He is one of Warren County's energetic, enterprising, representative men. ELLISON SNOOK, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; son of John M. and Julia Ann (Kibby) Snook, the latter of whom was the first female child born in Columbia, Hamilton Co., Ohio; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Oct. 17, 1820. TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 779 The father, John M., was born in Monmouth Co., N. J., in 1781, and emigrated to Ohio in 1802; he served as a Captain in the war of 1812. Our subject was raised on a farm, and received instruction in the district schools of the vicinity. Early in life, he learned the carpenter trade, at which he worked from 1839 until 1861. On the 24th of August, 1848, Mr. Snook was united in marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of William and Nancy (Reed) Thompson, of English descent. The parents were born in 1807 and 1812 respectively. The wife of our subject was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Feb. 1, 1828. To this couple have bee the following children: William, born Oct. 21, 1819; Morris K.. born June borne 19, 1852; Millard Fillmore, born Sept. 25, 1855; and Grant, born April 1, 1866. Mr. Snook has in his possession a broadax, used by his grandfather in the State of New Jersey; this, as an "heir-loom," is prized highly by him. He is a good citizen, and a gentleman in every respect. Is a Republican in. polities, and a member of the Universalist Church. Mr. Snook has ever taken great interest in educational matters, and served a period of sixteen years as School Director. REV. JESSE PORTER SPROWLS was born in Washington Co., Penn., March 11, 1845. His parents were Cyrus and Phoebe J. (Post) Sprowls. They were of Scotch-Irish descent; their ancestors having come from the North of Ireland in the early history of Western Pennsylvania. Mr. Cyrus Sprow a farmer, and a man of considerable influence, politically and socially, in the community in which he dwelt. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, and passed through the incidents usual to a young farmer's life. From very early years, he had a strong desire for an education. All of the books and papers within reach were eagerly perused and partially mastered. Historical works and biographical sketches were especially prized. In 1863, at the age of 18, he was admitted into the Preparatory Department of Waynesburg College, located at Waynesburg, Greene Co., Penn. This institution of learning is under the control of Pennsylvania Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and is one of their best colleges. He graduated from this institution in 1868, and in September of the same year entered Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass., graduating from this institution in June, 1871. He was received under the care of Pennsylvania Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian ;Church, as a candidate for the ministry in the autumn of 1868. This decision was reached only after several months of serious debatings and earnest prayer. His inclinations were in the direction of the legal profession, and be had taken several steps looking to this end, when a plain sense of his duty settled him once for all in the ministry. He was licensed to preach by the above-named Church Judicature in 1870. Shortly before his graduation at Andover, he received a call to the pastorate of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Lebanon, Ohio. After spending a vacation of three months among friends in Western 'Pennsylvania, he arrived in Lebanon, Sept. 30, and preached his first sermon to his people the next day, Oct. 1, from Luke, ii, 49, " Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business ?" He was ordained to the full work of the ministry by the Pennsylvania Presbytery, April 12, 1872, at Waynesburg, Penn., the Rev. A. W. White preaching the sermon and Rev. S. Winget presiding and delivering the charge. His ministry at Lebanon has been a pleasant one, and at this writing (1882) continues. At this time, when changes in pastorates occur so frequently, this lengthy relationship between pastor and people is to be commended most heartily. In Library, Allegheny Co., Penn., April 16, 1872, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Mariam Widney, the only daughter of Dr. John Widney, of Baltimore, Md. Miss Widney graduated from the Female Department of Waynesburg College in the Summer of 1868. She was the Valedictorian of her class. Although not strong physi- 780 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Bally, yet, by her sweetness of disposition and strength of character, she Was enabled to accomplish an excellent work in Lebanon. Two children were given to them, viz., Carl Widney, born 1873, and Harold Leigh, in 1878. Mr. Sprowls has taken a deep interest in everything that has for its aim the advancement of the cause of Christ and humanity. Being naturally of a reserved disposition, he has not been as noisy in his advocacy or as demonstrative in his opposition as many other men, but his friends always know where to find him. They have manifested this confidence by calling him to positions of trust in the .hutch and community. Being still a young man, it is the hope of his friends that very much usefulness may yet be in store for him. MOSES STEDDOM, farmer; P. 0. Oregon; was born in Turtle Creek Township April 28, 182-4. He is the son of John and Alice (Teague) Steddom, natives of South Carolina, of German descent. They emigrated to Ohio in 1804, and located on land, near where our subject now lives. During their first winter here, they lived in a tent, and in the spring following, planted Corn on the land they had cleared in the winter. Mr. Steddom afterward teamed between Lebanon and Cincinnati, hauling produce and stores for the pioneers. He raised a family of eleven children, all of whom are now living, except one —Martha Smith--the youngest being over 50 years of age. The family are all members of the Society of Friends. Our subject received his education in the early schools of Warren County, and was early installed in the work of the farm. He was married, August 26, 1852, to Miss Sarah Pyle, a native of Ohio and a daughter of William and Mary Pyle. She was born Nov. 9, 1827. They have had one child, Morris, who was born April 20, 1860. He has received a liberal education, having taken a course in the National Normal School of Lebanon, and in Earlham College, Richmond, Ind. He also attended and graduated at the Commercial College of Richmond. He was married, Oct. 5, 1881, to Miss Carrie Bone, daughter of. William V. Bone, a prominent farmer of Warren County. Mr. Steddom, our subject, in addition to his large farm operations, devotes much of his time to the raising of fine stock. His Short-Horn Durham cattle, Southdown and Merino sheep, and Poland-China hogs are of the best breed and finest quality. He is successful as a stock-raiser and disposes of his surplus stock at high prices. He has a beautiful place of 335 acres, thoroughly equipped with the most improved of modern farm implements. He is one of the most energetic, farsighted farmers of the county, and meets everybody with the kindly smile and warm handshake that characterize the sect to which he belongs. ISAAC K. STEDDOM, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Sept. 18, 1827; he is a son of Samuel and Susan-nail (Teague) Steddom, natives of South Carolina, and a grandson of Henry Steddom, who emigrated from South Carolina in 1804 and settled upon the place where the subject of this sketch now resides. Henry Steddom made extensive purchases of land on the hills of the Little Miami, five miles below Waynesville; he was one of the organizers of the Turtle Creek Friends' Church, one of the first Quaker churches in the county; he built, in 1808, the first two-story stone house with a shingle roof in the vicinity; it was long known as the Old Stone House. He died in 1822, leaving two sons and two daughters. Henry Steddom was the ancestor of all the members of the Steddom family in the Miami country, so far as is known. Samuel, the youngest son, inherited the homestead; he was an honest Quaker, a keen sportsman and a trustworthy man, who became security for no man, and died owing no man anything in 1871, in the 78th year of his age. Isaac K. was educated at Earlham College, Richmond, Intl, and spent the early part of his life as a teacher; for thirteen terms he taught in the Red Oak School, Wayne Township, in which a TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 781 son and daughter of his have since taught. He was married in 1851 to Narcissa Price, daughter of Rice Price, of Indiana, and by her has had nine children, viz.: Martha (deceased), Francis W., Laura. Alpheus (deceased), Charity E., Anna (deceased), Rice Price, Mira, Isaac Roy. Mr. and Mrs.Steddom are members of the Society of Friends, in which he is a minister, and has been an accepted preacher for twelve years. He is a Republican in politics, and for nineteen years was a School Director in his district His portrait appears in this work. AARON STEPHENS, deceased, was born in the State of New Jersey in 1810 1810; he was the son of Ebenezer and Maria (Phoenix) Stephens; he came to Warren Co., Ohio, with his parents in 1820; his mother died when he was quite young; his father died in Knox Co., Ill., in 1849. Our subject was married Jan. 1, 1835, to Miss Sarah Hutchinson, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Roosa) Hutchinson. natives of Kentucky and of French-Irsh descent marriage she descent Mrs. Stephens was born in Clermont Co., Ohio, June 22, 1816, had two children, viz.: Harriet. the wife of Henry Satterwhite, of Martinsville, Ind., and Dr. Joseph L., the discoverer of the opium cure. Our subject commenced life with but little means, and at his death had accumulated considerable property; he was a member of the Masonic fraternity and a stanch Republican; he was prominent in the politics of Warren County. and for about twenty years was a member of the Board of Infirmary Directors of Warren County. An industrious and energetic citizen, he exerted much influence in the community in which he lived. He died May 12, 1874, and was buried in the Lebanon Cemetery. His portrait appears in this work J. L. STEPHENS, M. D., special opium cure, Lebanon, was born at Deerfield, Warren Co., Ohio, Aug. 20, 1838; he is the son of Aaron Stephens, deceased, whose biography appears elsewhere in this work. Our subject received his medical education at the Medical College of Ohio. at Cincinnati, from which he graduated in 1859, and for a Year and a half thereafter he practiced his profession in Dayton, Ohio. In 1861, after the breaking-out of the rebellion, he was appointed Brigade Surgeon in the Army of the Cumberland by Abraham Lincoln, and in that capacity continued three years. In 1863, he married Miss Medora Carter, of Nashville, Tenn., who died eighteen months after marriage, leaving one child. Medora who is new living with her father. For ten years after leaving the army. Dr. Stephens practiced medicine in the South, principally in Louisiana. and during four years of his residence there he occupied a seat in the State Legislature. On the 27th of October, 1879, he was again married to Miss Hattie Poor, a native of Pennsylvania. a mil ode e in the practice of his profession in New Orleans, Dr. Stephens discovered of treatment for the opium habit, which was found to be more efficacious than any hitherto practiced. Having experimented with the cure in several cities, among which were New York. Philadelphia. Richmond. Va., and Cincinnati, and brought it to a state of perfection, he, in 1879, established a sanitarium one mile south of Lebanon for the cure of the opium and morphine habit. Since that time. more than one thousand persons have been patients of the establishment, and several thousand persons in different parts of the country have received the benefit of his treatment. Among his patients have been persons distinguished as lawyers, physicians, clergymen, and men who have held official positions. His place is visited by people from all parts of the continent With one or two exceptions, he has had patients from every State in the Union. Before this discovery, there was no cure known for the opium habit but that called " tapering off," and in this the suffering is so intense. and so terribly severe, that patients who have gone through it say they would prefer death tenfold rather than to experience a repetition of the treatment Under 782 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Dr. Stephens' treatment, the patient can go wherever he desires, and while the elimination of the drug from the system is being accomplished, he feels nearby as comfortable, although probably not quite so strong, as when he was a victim to the drug. JOHN STEPHENSON, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Clear Creek Township, Warren Co., Dec. 19, 1804. His a son of John and Mary (Gusting Stephenson, natives of Pennsylvania, who emigrated to Ohio in 1801, and settled in Clear Creek Township. Our subject has had but sixteen days schooling during the whole of his life, and what knowledge he now possesses was all self-taught. He is a farmer by birth and occupation, and now owns a well-improved farm in Turtle Creek Township. He was married in 1828 to Mary Hathaway, of Turtle Creek Township, by whom he has had five children, viz. : Samuel, Ebenezer, John, Mary, Ellen (deceased). and Levi (deceased). Mrs. Stephen_ son died in 1838, and in 1841 Mr. S. again married Miss Mary Hatfield, by whom he had ten children, viz.: William, Clark, Seely, Louella (deceased), Howard Freeman, Frederick, Sarah and Lydia (twins), Emma and Hester. DR. E. B. STEVENS, physician, Lebanon, was born Aug. 5, 1823, at Monroe, Butler Co., Ohio. His parents were Joshua Stevens, who emigrated to Ohio from Winthrop, Me., and Eliza (Blackleach) Stevens, a native of New York, who came to Ohio with her widowed mother about 1820. Our subject attended the common school of Monroe and a private high school which was under the auspices of the Associate Reformed Church until 1839, when he entered Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1843. He then taught school one year in the Associate Reformed School, in which he had lately been a, pupil, and at the same time read medicine with his father. In 1845-46 he attended lectures at the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, where he in the latter year graduated, and, returning to Monroe, practiced his profession until 1849, when he came to Lebanon. After remaining in Lebanon five years, he moved to Cincinnati, and while there (in 1865) he assisted in re-organizing the Miami Medical College, in which he became Professor of Materia Medica. In 1873, he was elected to the same chair in the University of Syracuse, N. Y., where a medical department had just been organized In the spring of 1877, he returned to Lebanon, and has since been engaged here in the practice of his profession, having entered into a large and lucrative practice immediately on his arrival. He was married, July 11,1848, to Miss Mary L. Stewart, of Carthage, Jefferson Co., N. Y., by whom he has had five children, viz. : Mary E., who is living with her parents; Carrie E., now the wife of C. C. Robinson, of Cincinnati; Edward S., a practicing physician of Clarksville, Ohio; Charles B., now engaged in business in Cincinnati, and Jennie C., who died at the age of nine years. Dr. Stevens has been largely connected with the publication of several of the leading medical journals of the country. He became the editor of the Lancet and Observer, a journal devoted to the interests of the profession, in 1856, having Drs. Mendenhall and Murphy, of Cincinnati, asso ciated with him a part of the time. He practices what is known among the profession as the "regular" system of medicine, but gives his especial attention to obstetrics. He is a man of great ability and gentlemanly manners, and stands at the top of his profession. In 1878, he established the Obstetric Gazette, a monthly journal devoted to obstetrics and diseases of women—the only monthly of the sort in America.4 He has always been an active member of the State and other medical societies, and a frequent contributor to the medical literature of the day as found in the journals and society transactions. For many years he was Secretary of the Ohio State Medical Society, and, in 1867, was elected its President. He presided over the annual meeting at Delaware in 1868. TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 783 ROBERT STEWART. farmer; P. O. Monroe: was born in Scotland. Aug. 31, 1831. He is the son of William and Agnes (Fowler) Stewart, natives of Scotland. His father emigrated to America in 1856: and our subject in 1854; the latter received a very liberal education in his native country, and since his arrival in this country, has made farming the principal occupation of his life. He was married Feb. 26, 1860, to Julia Klock, who was born in New York State, July 8, 1838. They have seven children, viz.: William, Nancy. Frank, Edward, Robert, Mary and Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart with their two eldest children are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a Republican in politics. He received his start in life by working out by the day, and now owns a nice farm of 80 acres. SETH ST. JOHN, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., April 5, 1848. He is the son of Joseph and Rebecca (Jenning) St. John. His father settled in Turtle Creek Township in 1803. and lived there until his death. He commenced life in a round-log hut, and suffered all the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life. At the time of his death, he had succeeded in wresting from the wilderness 116 acres of land, which had been cleared and put under cultivation by his personal labor. Our subject grew up on the farm, receiving a common school education, and, when old enough, taking upon himself the care of the farm settled by his father. He was married in 1875, to Miss Smoot, of Warren County, by whom he has had three children. He is a Democrat in politics, and, though comparatively young in years, occupies a place of prominence in his township. W. S. STOKES, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Waynesville, Warren Co., Ohio, Jan. 14, 1835. His parents, Ellis and Hannah (Morgan) Stokes, were both natives of New Jersey, of English descent, and were both raised as Quakers. Our subject attended the schools of his native county and devoted his time to the work of the farm He has always been an industrious and careful man, and has acquired during his useful life a large and valuable property and comfortable competency. His farm of 125 acres is of the best land in the county, and the improvements he is constantly making on it increases its value and beauty daily. Mr. Stokes has reared a family of six children, viz.: Alice, Lydia B., Hannah M., Frank, Lizzie and Arthur E.; all except Alice now at home. His wife, Martha, to whom he was married Jan. 17, 1855, was a daughter of James Benham, a wealthy and influential citizen of Warren County, whose parents were among the very early settlers of the county. WILLIAM H. STORER, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Washington Co., Penn., May 6, 1826. He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Holcraft) Storer, natives of Pennsylvania, of English descent. His education was received in the common schools of Pennsylvania, and his early life spent on the farm. He moved to Ohio in 1860, and located on the farm in Section 11, Turtle Creek Township, where he still lives, now owning 92 acres of rich, arable land in the best state of improvement. He was married Jan. 25, 1860, to Miss Nancy Gallaher, a native of Pennsylvania, who died June 5, 1876, leaving six children, three boys and three girls. Mr. Storer is a good farmer, a close reader, and a man who keeps himself thoroughly posted on the topics of the day. He is a strong Republican, and has served his Township, as a School Director, for some time. His life has been largely spent on the farm, and his reading has enabled him to conduct his farm in a much more successful manner than many of his less fortunate neighbors. POMEROY STODDARD (deceased) was born at Benson, Vt., and was educated at Rupert, in the same State. In 1820, he emigrated to Ohio, where he,o 8th of March, 1826, married Miss Maria Koogle, who was born in Franklin Co., Penn, Dec. 9: 1803. Their marriage was blessed with nine chil- 784 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: dren, of whom the following seven are now living, viz. : Mary E., the wife of Douglass James, of Illinois; Marshall W., a resident of Cincinnati: Henry Pomeroy, a carpenter living in Ohio; Grove, a citizen of Hocking Co., Ohio; Josiah, who is working at carpentering; Lucy A., who is living at home with her aged mother, and Sarah M., the wife of J. R. Drake, an extensive carriage manufacturer of Lebanon. Mr. Stoddard died in 1860. after having accumulated a considerable fortune, on which his widow has since been able to live in peace, quiet and rest. He was a generous, public-spirited man of sterling qualities; as a business man, either while farming or in the lumber or mercantile business, all of which he followed in Lebanon, he was financially successful. He was a Republican, and a member in good standing of the Presbyterian Church. He subscribed liberally of his means to any enterprise for the public good. He was among the early citizens of Lebanon, and did much toward making it the beautiful town that it is to-day. The shade trees in Lebanon Cemetery were planted by him and John E. Dey, who was associated with him in that work. He subscribed $4,000 to the first railroad enterprise of Lebanon, and did much toward obtaining liberal subscriptions from others. His death was deeply mourned by a large circle of relatives, and a host of friends. His widow is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and still lives in Lebanon, in the 79th year of her age. The rest of his living family are, with one exception, all married and all doing well. JOHN STRAWN, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Union Co., Ind., July 31, 1831. His parents, Job and Mary (Smith) Strawn, were natives of Pennsylvania, where the former was born June 25, 1790, and the latter Aug. 14, 1796. They emigrated to Union Co.. Ind.. in 1825. Job died Nov. 25, 1833, and his wife, Feb. 8. 1876. Our subject was educated in Warren County, and in early life learned the saddler's trade. which he followed until 1856, when he commenced farming, which he has since followed. He married Miss Martha Holmes, a daughter of Truman and Sarah (Coddington) Holmes, by whom he had the following children: Rupert H., who died at the age of 21 months; Oren A., born Aug. 13, 1865; Oma O.. born July 3, 1869. and Orville 'R., born Nov. 24, 1879. Mrs. Strawn's father was born in October, 1807, and died Feb. 24, 1881; her mother was born Oct. 30, 1840. Mr. Strawn owns a well improved farm about one mile southeast of Lebanon, upon which he has recently erected a neat and modern styled residence JOHN L. SWINK, farmer; P. O. Red' Lion; was born in Augusta Co., Va., July 14. 1836. Pis father, Enos J. Swink, was born in Virginia, April 7, 1811, and his mother in the same State, June 30, 1814. They were both descendants of English families who emigrated to America at an early day. Our subject was educated in the schools of Virginia, and since his removal to this county has followed the occupation of farmer. He was married to Miss Orphia Lincoln, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Seaman) Lincoln, natives of Warren County, where Mrs. Swink was born on the 17th of August, 1836. Their marriage was blessed with four children, viz.: Werten L., who was born June 17, 1862, and died Nov. 7, 1877: David R., born March 30, 1867, and died Aug. 16, 1869; Elizabeth, born Aug. 10. 1877, and Clarence, born April 10, 1879. Mr. Swink owns a farm of 50 acres, which he has worked with much success. He is a Republican, and a strong temperance advocate, and bears the respect' and esteem of his community. JOSEPH H. THOMPSON, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Butler Co., Ohio, April 26, 1824; his parents were Joseph and Mary (Casson) Thompson, whose parents were of Scotch descent, and who emigrated to Ohio at an early day. Our subject was educated in the schools of Warren County, with the exception of one year spent in an academy located in Ross Co., Ohio. At TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 785 the age of 17 years, he commenced the trade of a carpenter, which was finished at Cincinnati. He soon became a contractor and builder, and erected a great many houses throughout southwestern Ohio; this occupation he pursued until of late years, when he began farming, now making it a specialty. On the 30th of May, 1850, he was united in marriage with Amanda F., daughter of Robert and A. Curry, and sister of Hon. William Curry, of Indiana. To them were born the following children: Robert, William B., Edwin C., Charles H., Horace, Milton Ellsworth, Albert J., Arthur and Eva. Mr. Thompson is the architect of his own home, which consists of a beautiful residence, situated four and one-half miles northeast of Lebanon, on the Lebanon & Freeport pike, where he owns a farm of 200 acres of well improved land. WILLIAM D. THOMPSON, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Nov. 14, 1834; he was the son of John H. and Ann (McCarty) Thompson, she of German descent and he -a native of New Jersey, of Irish descent; they settled in Warren County at an early day, where he went to farming, successfully following that occupation until his death, in 1876, at which time he had accumulated 303 acres of land. Of his children, seven reached their majority, and of these five are still living and all doing well. Our subject and his sister are living on the home place, where they occupy 121 acres; he had received an ordinary education, and then settled down on his father's place, where he has since remained; he attends strictly to business, and, although a Republican, has always refused nomination or election to any office. WILLIAM M. THOMPSON, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Sept. 8, 1840; he is the son of William and Nancy (Beed; Thompson, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Ohio; his father came to Ohio in 1840, and for eight years commanded a steamer on the ̊hi( River; he was a tanner by trade, but spent most of his life on a farm; he was married in Warren County, and raised nine children, all of whom reached their majority, were married, and with one exception, are still living; Mr. Thompson wa a most successful farmer, and at the time of his death in 1871 owned 320 acres o land. Our subject received a fair education and grew up on the farm; in 1869 he married Clara Earnhart, by whom he had one child, a son, Sylvan, born ii 1871; Mr. Thompson is a good farmer, and now owns a fine farm of 80 acre of land, on which are a comfortable residence, and good and substantial barns cribs, etc. JOHN S. THOMPSON, deceased, who was one of Warren Countv's MOE successful farmers, died March 8, 1860, on the farm of 162 acres which he ha accumulated during life, and which at death he bequeathed to his family; h was born in Virginia to Allen and Sarah Thompson, who were both of Iris descent; he followed farming during the whole of his life, and by his industr ous and frugal habits succeeded in accumulating a comfortable competenc3 upon which his widow has since lived. He was married, Oct. 25, 1832, to Mii Jenette Calvert, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 21, 1814; they ha seven children, all now living, viz., Sarah, now Mrs. Keever; Harriet, now Mr W. H. Gillispie; James A., Frank S., David E., Lewis H. and Stephen W., a of whom are married. Mrs. Thompson is a well-preserved woman, and in goc health for one of her years. WILLIAM TODHUNTER, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Lebanon; w born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Sept. 18, 1822. His parent Jacob and Mary (Johns) Todhunter; were natives of Virginia, of Scotch descent, who came to Ohio in 1814. Our subject received his education in t] small country schoolhouses, that were, at that time, in vogue, and having bee raised to farm life, has since continued at it with well-marked success, beif now possessed of a valuable farm of 247 acres, upon which his large family I 786 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: children has been raised. He was married, Aug. 27, 1845, in Pennsylvania, to Miss Keziah Johnson, of Pennsylvania, and by her has had the following children, viz., Eva, J. B , Alice, James E., Sarah, C. C., L. C., Frank, Fanny and Daisy. Mr. T. is a live, energetic farmer, always ready to give earnest support to any good enterprise, and taking great interest in the welfare of his county. His stock, with which he is very successful, is known far and near, and is sought after by dealers on account of its good blood and showy appearance. THOMAS UNGLESBY, farmer; P. 0. Red Lion; was born in Clear Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, April 21, 1844. His parents were William and Margaret (Sheets) Unglesby, natives of Virginia. They were both of English descent and among the early settlers of Warren County. His father was a very prosperous farmer, during the short part of his life in which he was able to attend to business, but for thirty years previous to his death, he was so afflicted as to totally incapacitate him for business. He died in 1873, in Turtle Creek Township, and left a fine farm of 110 acres, which he had acquired by honest toil during the years of his usefulness. Our subject received a very good common school education, and commenced working on the farm, in which employment he has since continued, now possessing a farm of 82 acres. He married Miss Sarah J. Brown, a native of Wayne Co., Ind. Mr. Unglesby was the sixth child in a family of eight children, whose names were as follows: Martha, Marcus, John (deceased), Joseph, Silas, Harry, Thomas (our subject) and Wilson. The survivors are all married and doing well, and reside in Warren County. Silas and Joe served in the late rebellion in the volunteer infantry quota of Ohio. Our subject also served in repelling John Morgan in his raid on the North. SHUBAL D. VAIL, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Butler Co., Ohio. Jan. 15, 1836. His grandfather, Shubal Vail, was an emigrant from New Jersey, and an early pioneer in the vicinity of Middletown. He owned the land on which a part of Middletown is now built. His son, Stephen Vail, learned the trade of plow making in Lebanon, and for many years was engaged in that business in Middletown, where he met and married Miss Catharine Deem, a native of that county, who died in 1848. Mr. Vail was born in 1808, and died with the cholera in 1854, on the farm where our subject now lives with his step-mother. Our subject was reared and received his education in Middletown. He was married in 1856 to Miss Elizabeth Harkrader, who died in 1875, leaving four children, of whom the only two survivors, William and John, live on the farm with their father. Mr. Vail is a well-to-do farmer of good repute. He is a Republican in politics, and for fifteen years has acted in the capacity of School Director in his district. He is, as was his wife also, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. I. N. WALKER, Mayor of Lebanon; was born in Hamilton Township. Warren County, Ohio, Jan. 29, 1849. He is a son of A. J Walker, whose sketch appears in this volume. He was reared on a farm, and received the rudiments of his education in the district schools of his township. He then took a two years' course at the Maineville Academy, and in 1870 entered Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, where he continued until 1871, when the institution closed. He then taught school in Delaware Co., Ind., and Warren County until 1878, when he entered the law department of the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor. In 1879, he commenced reading law with W. F. Eltzroth, of Lebanon, and in March, 1880, he was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of the State. He then formed a law partnership with Milton Clark, of Lebanon, On April 3, 1882, he was elected Mayor of Lebanon. TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 787 DURBIN WARD, lawyer, Lebanon. This distinguished lawyer and soldier was born at Augusta, Ky., Feb. 11, 1819. He is of English and Welsh extraction; his father and grandfather were both in the war of 1812, and his mother, Rebecca Patterson, was a daughter of a soldier in the same war. He was named in honor of Rev. Dr. Durbin, the distinguished Methodist preacher, who was a school-mate of his mother's. When Durbin was about four years old, his father moved to Fayette Co., Ind. His early opportunities for education were limited, but such was his thirst for knowledge that he became an insatiable reader, and, when he was eighteen years old he had read every book he had ever seen. He has never lost his studious habits, and when at home he is most frequently found in his library, which contains the largest and best selected, collection of books of the private libraries of Lebanon. After spending two years at Miami University, where he supported himself by his own exertions, and teaching school for a short time in Warren County; he studied law at Lebanon, first under the direction of Judge Smith, and afterward of Gov. Corwin; he commenced the practice at Lebanon, and was for three years a partner of Gov. Corwin. In 1845, he became Prosecuting Attorney, and served six years. In 1852-53, he was a Representative from Warren County in the first Legislature held under the present Constitution of Ohio. Retiring from this office, he devoted himself to the practice of law, and established an office at Cincinnati, where he has had a lucrative practice; he retained his residence at Lebanon. About 1855, Mr. Ward abandoned the Whig party, which was then near its dissolution; since that time he has adhered to the Democratic party. He was the Democratic candidate for Congress in 1856, and for Attorney General in 1858, but was defeated. In 1860, he supported Douglas for President. When the war of the rebellion broke out, he was, as is claimed for him, the first man in his Congressional District to volunteer; declining a captaincy, he enlisted as a private. He was Major of the 17th Ohio, and took part in the battles of Mill Springs, Corinth, Perryville, Stone River, Hoover's Gap and Chickamauga; at the last-named fight, he was shot through the body, and his left arm was disabled for life, and he carried it in a sling through the Atlanta Campaign. Having passed through the grades of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel, in November, 1865, he was breveted Brigadier General, "for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle of Chickamauga." In 1866, he was appointed by President Johnson, United States District Attorney, for the Southern District of Ohio, and in 1870 he was elected Senator in the General Assembly. Since that time, he has held no office and has devoted himself to the practice of law. Gen. Ward has delivered many addresses and orations, and he ranks among the most eloquent compaign orators of Ohio. A volume of his speeches is nearly ready for the press. WESLEY WARWICK, retired farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Butler Co., Ohio, Dec. 13, 1808; he is the son of Wilkins and Sarah (Short) Warwick, natives of the State of Maryland, of Irish descent; he received his only education in the district schools of Ohio, and has devoted his life principally to farming, in which occupation he proved more than ordinarily successful. Mr. Warwick has been a citizen of Warren County since 1846, and, for twenty-nine years, has resided in the vicinity of Lebanon. He was married Feb. 21, 1831, to Mahala Sheeley, of Greene Co., Ohio. He is a modest, quiet, unassuming man, of very industrious habits and of resolute character. He has, by his own exertions and the assistance of an economical and energetic wife, succeeded in laying by a comfortable competency, to the enjoyment of which he, a few years ago, retired. In politics, he is a Democrat and takes a great interest in the affairs of his party. Both are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church, in which he was for years a Deacon. They have adopted into their family and raised several children. JOSEPH WEST, botanist, Lebanon, was born at Urbana, Champai, Co., Ohio, Feb. 17, 1824. He is the son of James and Rachel (Wells) West, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of Maryland. Our subject received a common-school education and adopted the occupation of a practical botanist. He raises large quantities of herbs valued for their medicinal plan_ ties, which he sells to druggists and physicians. He has followed this business during the whole of his life, and has met with more than ordinary success. He joined the Society of Shakers at Union Village in 1843, and remained with them until 1865, when he concluded to marry and was obliged thereby to leave the society. He accordingly married Sarah Ann Babbitt, who was born in Butler County in 1819. Her parents joined the Shakers and she remained with them over thirty years and until Mr. West took her away. The loss of Mr. West was a sad one to the Shakers, as his knowledge of medicinal plants was of great assistance to them in that branch of their industry. He is a Republican in politics and a man of very steady habits. JAMES M. WHITE, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Hamilton Township, Warren Co., Ohio, March 26, 1826; his parents, James and Jane (Ford) White, were both natives of Ireland, who emigrated to America in 1812 and settled in New York, where they remained until 1817, when they came to Warren Co., Ohio. Our subject was educated in the common schools of Warren County, and has followed the occupation of farming during his whole life. He was married, in 1848, to Sarah Ann Gibbs, who was born in Warren County Aug.20, 1830; her parents, Thomas and Sabilla (Webb) Gibbs, were natives of New Jersey, of English descent. By his marriage to Miss Gibbs, Mr. White has had three children, viz., Martha Ellen, Thomas Gibbs and William D., all born in Hamilton Township, Mr. White served a term of three years as Infirmary Director and fifteen years as School Director. He is a thrifty, well-to- do farmer, and stands among the best and most thrifty men of the county. He owns and occupies a fine farm of 227 acres near Lebanon, which he keeps under perfect cultivation. JONATHAN K. WILDS (deceased). The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was born on Walnut Hills, near Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 8, 1799, and died at Lebanon, Feb. 7, 1839, in the 40th year of his age; he was the son of J. E. and Frances (Kemper) Wilds; he was educated in a private school on Walnut Hills, and, when about 22 years of age, came to Lebanon, where he engaged very successfully in the practice of law. On the 5th of May, 1830, he married Miss Sarah Gilchrist, a daughter of Robert and Mary (Wilson) Gilchrist, of Lebanon, who died September 8, 1868. They had three children, viz., Mary Frances, Jacob Lowe and Maria G.; of these, the first two died in infancy, and the last, Maria G., is still living in Lebanon, being the only survivor of her family. Her father was a man of great talents and a thorough lawyer; in politics, a Whig, and, at the time of his death, Clerk of the Courts of Warren County. COLUMBUS WILLIAMS (deceased) was born at Norwood, near Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. 29, 1805; his parents, Jonathan and Mary (Davis) Williams, were natives of New Jersey, of Welsh descent. They emigrated to Ohio at an early day and located on a farm in Hamilton County, where the father died, Jan. 22, 1814. The mother survived him twenty years, dying on the 22d of December, 1834. Our subject spent the greater part of his life on the farm; he was reared as a farmer and received such education as was attainable at that early day. When 18 years of age, he commenced learning the carpenter trade with his eldest brother, and in that occupation continued for thirty years. In 1853, he purchased the interests of the other heirs to his father's farm, where he spent the remainder, of his days. He was married. TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 789 Jan. 24, 1833, to Miss Sarah Todd, who died Jan. 31, 1853, leaving three children, viz., John, James and Eliza, all now deceased. On the 28th of December, 1856, Mr. Williams was again married, his second wife being Mrs. Agnes L. Logan, a daughter of Silas Hurin, one of the original proprietors of the land on which Lebanon now stands.. Mrs. Williams was born in Warren County, and, in 1837, married William M. Logan, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1809. He died in Lebanon in 1841, leaving one child, Kittie, now the wife of Andrew Atkinson, a real estate agent of Lebanon. Mr. Williams' second marriage was blessed with one child, viz., Nettie D., who was born at Norwood Nov. 29, 1857, and now lives with her mother in Lebanon, to which place they moved soon after Mr. Williams' death, which occurred Nov. 5, 1870. Mr. Williams was a man in whom all the elements of true manhood were blended. As a husband, he was kind, devoted and affectionate; as a father, he was gentle and indulgent; his business capacity and sterling integrity were above question. He was member of the Presbyterian Church., to which his wife and daughter also belong. His loss to the family, community and church was deeply felt and deplored. JOHN D. WILLIAMS, farmer and auctioneer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Dec. 14, 1815; his parents were Levi Williams, a native of Ohio, and Lydia (Draper) Williams, of Pennsylvania. He was educated in the common-schools of the township, and has followed farming and auctioneering all his life. He is a genial, warm-hearted gentleman, and is well thought and spoken of by all who know him. In 1837, he married Miss Sally Voorhis, who died, in 1861, leaving the following children living: C. O., Elizabeth and C. V., the other two of her five children having died before her. On the 24th of May, 1863, Mr. Williams married Miss Mary J. Trimble, by whom he has had two children, viz. Perry T. and Sylvan N. Mr. Williams is a Republican and has served his township a number of years as ROBERT WILSON (deceased) was born in Rockbridge Co., Va., Nov. 10, 1797, came with his parents to Hopkinsville, Warren Co., Ohio, about the year A. D. 1808, when about 11 years of age. His parents being of limited means, his boyhood was devoted to his own support and to obtaining such education as the country schools of that day afforded. He taught the school at Hopkinsville and was, for a number of years, Justice of the Peace of Hamilton Township. He was Assessor, and, for a number of years, Treasurer of the county, and represented it one term in the Legislature. In 1843, he removed from Hopkinsville to a farm, purchased about that time, in Union  Township, Warren Co., about three miles south of Lebanon, where he resided until his death, Nov. 15, 1854. He was an intelligent and progressive farmer, and was among the foremost to introduce the improvements in machinery and methods of culture, which have lightened the farmer's toil and given it better reward, and, as a means to this end, was active in the organization of the Warren County Agricultural Society. From his early manhood to his death, he was a member of the Associate Reformed Church, at Hopkinsville, and by his life, commended industry, education, morality and religion. On the 25th of August, A. D. 1825, he was married to Martha Smith, daughter of James and Nancy Smith, pioneers of Hamilton Township. Mrs. Wilson died at Lebanon July 29, 1881, aged nearly 80 years. They had eight children, of whom the following brief mention is made: Elizabeth H. Wilson, wife of Allison L. Scott, Esq.. who died January, 1859. Jeremiah M. Wilson, attorney at law; admitted to the bar at Lebanon, Ohio, Gen. Durbin Ward being his tutor; located at Connersville, Ind., and practiced his profession and served as Judge terms in of the Circuit Court for a number of years, and represented his district two terms in Con- 790 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: gress, and since then has followed his profession at Washington, D. C., where he now resides. William W. Wilson, attorney at law, Lebanon, Ohio; admitted to the bar in August, 1854; served in the army as Captain of Company A, 79th 0. V. I, and Major of the regiment from August, 1862, to November, 1864, when discharged for disability incurred ;n Sherman's "Atlanta campare-n; in April, 1865, was elected Mayor of Lebanon; in October, 1865, was elected Probate Judge of Warren County, and held that office until October, 1869, when he resigned and was elected Representative of the county in the Legislature, serving one term in 1870 and 1871. James S. Wilson, of Kansas City, Mo., was engaged as clerk in a mercantile house at Hamilton, Ohio, at the beginning of the rebellion; went out in the 3d 0. V. I., and served as Lieutenant, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of his brigade throughout the war, taking part in all the hard campaigns and most of the great battles of the army commanded by Buell, Rosecrans and Thomas, known in the later years of the war as the Army of the Cumberland; since the war, he has been employed in the internal revenue and railroad service. Providence M. Wilson was in mercantile employment at Franklin, Warren Co., and enlisted there in the 2d Ohio three-months' regiment of volunteers; was in the first battle of Bull Run, Va.; is now a merchant in Arkansas. Robert B. Wilson, attorney at law, Cincinnati, Ohio; at the beginning of the late war, was a student at Lebanon, and enlisted in Capt. Rigdon Williams' Company F, 12th 0. V. I.; he was appointed a Sergeant and served through the war, participating in the campaigns and battles in West Virginia and in Maryland and Pennsylvania, attending Lee's invasion; he was a Captain at the close of the war. Marshall L. Wilson, at the beginning of the war was a boy on the home farm; in 1862, he served with the forces holding Cumberland Gap, Tenn.; has since been in the railway telegraph service, and now resides in Illinois. Americus Wilson, the youngest son, near the close of the war enlisted in a 100-day regiment and served in Western Virginia; since the war, he has been engaged in the railway service, and now resides at Logan, Ohio. J. HENRY WINNER, manufacturer of boots and shoes, Lebanon, was born in the State of Pennsylvania May 7, 1846; he is the son of Charles and Rebecca (Logan) Winner, natives of Pennsylvania, the former of German and the latter of Scotch descent. They emigrated to Warren Co., Ohio, in 1856, and settled near the town of Red Lion, where they remained three years and then came to Lebanon. Our subject received his education in the grammar and high schools of Lebanon, and, at the early age of 16 years, commenced learning shoemaking with his father. In 1864, he enlisted in Company B, 79th 0. V. I., and served until the close of the rebellion. He was with Gen. Sherman in his grand march to the sea, and served in some of the hot engagements under that valorous commander. He received his final discharge at Louisville, Ky., in 1865. In 1871, he married Miss Kate Roszell, a native of Warren County, and a daughter of Nathaniel Roszell, Esq. Mr. Winner is an enterprising, wide-awake business man, of exemplary habits and good moral character. His shops and show-room, on Mechanic street, are fitted up in the neatest possible manner, and contain a stock of boots, shoes, slippers, etc., second to none in the village. WILLIAM WOOD (deceased) was born in England Nov. 19, 1794, and, on the 8th of the same month, in 1821, was united in marriage with Elizabeth Best, who was born Dec. 23, 1802; to them were born two children. Mrs. Wood died Nov. 20, 1824. On the 22d of July, 1827, Mr. Wood was married to Asenath, daughter of Jedediah and Elizabeth (Reader) Tingle, who was born in Turtle Creek Township, this county. Her parents were born-the father in the State of Delaware in 1767, and the mother in Loudoun Co., Va., TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP - 791 Jan. 4, 1777. They died May 2, 1827, and Sept. 10, 1834, respectively. Mrs. Wood, the widow of our subject, is the only survivor of a family of fifteen children, and is herself the mother of eleven children, viz., Elizabeth, born Sept. 8, 1828 (died at the age of 2 years and 7 months); Clara, born Dec. 13. 1830, who became the wife of Samuel Gould, May 21, 1857; James, born April 25, 1893 (died March 6, 1854) William, born April 28, 1835 (died May 22, 1838); Catharine A. born May 2, 1837 (deceased); Nathan, born Feb. 8, 1840, married Mary Cumming, Dec. 2, 1867, by whom he had one child, Bertie (both mother and son deceased). Nathan's second marriage occurred Aug. 26, 1881, when married to Joannah Cody; y, born March 16, 1842, and united in marriage with Capt. W. R. Harman, Aug. 30, 1860; the next child died in infancy; Lucy C., born June 26, 1845, and became the wife of Dr. E. W. Carnahan., died Feb. 22, 1873; Adalaide, born Nov. 16, 1847, and died Oct. 4, 1874, as the wife of H. W. Schenck; Charles E., born June 6, 1851, united in marriage with Ernie I. Cumming, July 17, 1875. By occup ed ation our subject was a manufacturer of woolen goods , which trade he learn before leaving England, his father of being engaged in that business. Mr. Wood was for many years a merchant of Lebanon, and, by industry and economy, accumulated quite a competency He was a member of the M. E. Church, and his second wife of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with which she united in 1838. The grandchildren of this couple number fourteen, and great-grandchildren, seven. Mrs. Wood is a descendant of one of the pioneer families of this section of the country, her father with his family having emigrated from the Redstone country in Pennsylvania Columbia, six miles above Cincinnati, in October, 1791 or 1792, and, in the spring of 1797, removed into what is now Warren County, settling in Turtle Creek Township, about one and a half miles west of the village of Lebanon. He planted the first apple orchard in this section of the country DAVID M. WORLEY, farmer.; P. 0. Lebanon. This gentleman was born in the village of Deerfield, Warren Co., Ohio, Nov. 16, 1821. He was reared on the farm on which he now resides by his grandfather, Solomon Miller, an honest, hard-working German, of the Dunkard persuasion, consequently his opportunities for getting an education were very limited. By considerable effort, he became sufficiently advanced to take charge of a country school. At the ae of 20, he commenced teaching and continued in that employment over eight years. He was married, March 18, 1849, to Miss Eliza Jane Perrine, a native of Mason Co., Ky. and daughter of Joseph Perrine and Susannah Downing, who settled in Warren Co., Ohio in March, 1826. They had six children, viz., Artemas M., Victor Hugo, Fergus F., Linnie L., Brice B. and Emmet D., of which number but three are living, viz., Victor, who married Josephine, daughter of Fred Hutchinson; Linnie, wife of Everett, a son of Samuel Iorus, and Brice, yet unmarried. When Mr. Worley which occupation still continues. His father, Brice Worley, was born in Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., Va., Oct. 25, 1794, and emigrated from Harper's Ferry to Warren Co. Ohio, with his father's family, in 1815, and, in February, 1821, he married Elizabeth Miller, by whom he had four children, the subject of this sketch being the eldest. For second wife, he married Margaret Ann Vinson, a native of Maryland, by whom his she had ten children. Elizabeth Miller was born in Frederick Co., Md., Nov. 27, 1802, and, in 1817, came to Warren Co., Ohio, wit her father, Solomon Miller, who also was born in Frederick Co., Md., Aug. 14, 1776. His father Henry Miller, was born at Lancaster, Penn. Henry Miller married a Bigler, of which family one was Governor of Pennsylvania and another Governor of California at the same time. Henry Miller moved to Fred- 792 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: erick Co., Md., prior to the Revolutionary war. William Worley, the grand father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Virginia Nov. 16, 1760 of Quaker parents, and raised a Quaker; was a sicklesmith by trade; he married Nancy Ann Walling, in Virginia, moved to Warren Co., Ohio, in 1815, and died June 17, 1828. Nancy Ann Walling was born in Virginia July 17, 1754; died in Warren Co., Ohio, Feb. 19, 1837. She was the daughter of James Walling a Revolutionary Colonel, who took part in the siege of Yorktown, which battle resulted in the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and the British Army. William Worley was a descendent of one of three brothers--James, William and Brice Worley--who came with William Penn to this country and settled where Philadelphia now stands, and afterward, one of these settled in York Co., Penn., another in Western Pennsylvania and another in North Carolina. The subject is presumed to have descended from one of these three brothers and most likely from one of the two who settled in Pennsylvania. LOT WRIGHT, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, Lebanon, was born near the village of New Garden, Columbiana Co., Ohio, Feb. 16, 1839; his parents were James and Mary (Hinchman) Wright, natives, the former of Ohio and the latter of New Jersey. The ancestral lineage on the father's side was English, and that on the mother's side German. Our subject's early life was passed upon a farm. At the age of 16 years, he went to the State of Iowa and there remained four years, when he returned to Columbiana County. His primary education was received in the common schools of the vicinity in which he was raised and solely through his own efforts. In 1860, he came to Lebanon and entered the Southwestern Normal School, which he attended, teaching at intervals in the district schools of Southwestern Ohio, until the summer of 1862. Aug. 13 of that year, he enlisted as a private in Company I, 79th O. V. I. On the 28th of June, 1864, he was discharged, having up to that time, and just prior thereto, taken part with Sherman's army in the battles from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and was severely wounded June 22, 1864. He was commissioned as Captain 1n the 100th U. S. C. I., taking command of Company D, at Nashville, Tenn., June 28, 1864, and was almost immediately thereafter taken to the hospital on account of the wound, where he remained two months, then assumed command of his company, which, with the balance of the regiment, was assigned to duty on the Northwestern Railroad, and soon thereafter he was placed in command of two companies of the regiment. He went into the country, seized stock from the enemy, and mounted these companies, which performed services as mounted infantry until the battle of Nashville, in which he commanded his company during the two days' fight, and was again seriously wounded about the close of the battle. After recovering from the wound, he was detailed as a member of the military commission in the department of the Cumberland, and there remained about three months, when he again assumed command of his company, with which he continued until the close of the war, when he returned to Lebanon, which has since been his home. On the 17th of July, 1867, Capt. Wright was united in marriage with Louisa Jury, a native of Ohio, whom he met while attending the normal school. Both the Captain and wife are graduates of this school. Mrs. Wright taught school in Warren County sour years, one of which she was Principal of the Public Schools of Lebanon. In 1868, Capt. Wright was elected Treasurer of Warren County, to which office he was re-elected in 1870. Subsequent thereto he has been three times elected Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are the parents of two sons—Willard J. and Raymond G. The parents are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Lebanon. 1872; Rolla M., born June 24, 1875; and Phoebe Grace, born Aug. 23, 1879.