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CHAPTER VI.

MARSEILLES TOWNSHIP.

THE TOWNSHIP AS ORGANIZED-ITS PHYSICAL FEATURES-FIRST IMPROVEMENTS-EARLY SETTLERS-OWNERS OF REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE IN 1845-EDUCATIONAL-RELIGIOUS-OFFICIALS SINCE 1849-MISCELLANEOUS VILLAGE OF MARSEILLES-BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

THIS township, which comprises Township 4 south, Ranges 12 and 13 I .... is what is termed a fractional township, being longer, by an average of five miles from east to west, than it is in breadth from north to south. It was organized in 1824. Part of it was formerly Grand Township, Marion County, and part was separated from Goshen Township, Hardin County, by the erection of Wyandot County in 1845, when it derived its name from its chief village, Marseilles. It is bounded on the north by Jackson and Mifflin Townships; on the east by Pitt Township; on the south by Marion and Hardin Counties, and on the west by Hardin County and Jackson Township.

The quality of the soil is some of the beet in the county, and is specially adapted for bearing wheat and other cereals. Although a goodly portion of this township to the east of Marseilles Village is solid forest or prairie land, yet the many prosperous farms that abound in the remainder afford abundant evidence of the fruitfulness of the land under care of the agriculturist, whose attention appears to be pretty equally bestowed in the production of corn, wheat, hay, potatoes, and other crops.

The principal stream that pursues its meandering course through Marseilles Township is known as Tymochtee Creek. Entering from Marion County, on the farm of Frederick Fehl, in the southeast corner of Section 17, the creek takes an almost due northerly course, and, after skirting the western limits of Marseilles Village, it passes through Sections 8 and 5 in a somewhat serpentine manner, and makes its exit into Mifflin Township on the farm of Isaac Johnson, in Section 5. Most of the tributaries which give birth to the Tymochtee have their sources in the northwest quarter of Marion County; some of them rise in Hardin County, and the Little Tymochtee, which pours its waters into its more pretentious namesake in Marion County, has its genesis partly in Hardin County and partly in Jackson Township. The main artery of this tributary peragrates the western portion of Marseilles Township from northwest to southeast, entering at the southwest corner of Section 2 west, and in passing through the northeast quarter of Section 11 west, it picks up a streamlet (which has its rise in Hardin County, flowing northeast), and, after coursing through Sections 12 west, 13 west and I , it forsakes this township on the farm of Adam M. Hartle, at a point where the old Bellefontaine road crosses it on the southern edge of Section 18. A small bond of one of the feeders of the Little Tymochtee dodges across the northwest corner of Section 10 west, on the farm of James B. Pool, and other than a rill that rises in the west of Section 7, on the farm of Michael Bower, and trills eastward into Tymochtee Creek at Marseilles Village. There is no other stream of any moment in the township.

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FIRST IMPROVEMENTS.

The first highway to be regularly laid out, in this township, was the State or Bellefontaine road in 1822, which enters from Mifflin Township, on the farm of John P. Miller, in Section 4, and, after traversing the township in a southwesterly direction and passing through Marseilles Village, it enters Marion County at the southern edge of Section 18. Two roads enter from Pitt Township in the east at Sections 1 and 13 respectively, the more northerly of which runs about due west, and strikes Jackson Township at Section 2 west; the other road leads due west till it reaches the western edge of Section 16, when it proceeds due north a short distance; then due west again for a quarter of a mile; then northwest till it terminates in Marseilles Village. From the old Bellefontaine road two others diverge, one leading northwest into Jackson Township, and the other taking a somewhat irregular route northwest, west and southwest, into Hardin County.

EARLY SETTLEMENTS.

It was not until within the second decade of this century that the first ax was wielded toward clearing the township we now write of, and reducing it from the condition of an unbroken forest to a place fit for the habitation of civilized man.

Probably the oldest settler in the township, now living, is Samuel Simpson, who was born July 8, 1815. He at one time drove a stage between Cincinnati and Portland, and between Springfield and Columbus, for two years, commencing that occupation when eighteen years of age. He came with his parents, Samuel and Elizabeth Simpson, to Marseilles Township in 1821, and now resides in Marseilles. In his association with the Indians, he learned to speak their language, and still possesses that acquirement. Garrett Fitzgerald; a native of Virginia and a married man with a family of seven children, settled in the southeast quarter section in 1822. In the same year came David and Jerry Terry. In 1823, William Renick, a native of Virginia, and Charles Crosberry; in 1824, Thomas Wallace; in 1825, A. Renick, James Brown, Robert Ward, Richard Lee, Harvey Buckmeister, Col. Hunt, William Bowsher, Anthony Bowsher, David Harpster, David Miller. In 1826, Daniel and Samuel Straw and Joseph Parish; John Heckathorn came in 1828, and Maj. Hugh Long, a tanner, located in the village of Marseilles in 1832. He was born in West Liberty, Va., April 12, 1794, and served in the war of 1812 as a member of a Light Horse Company, commanded by Capt. Ichabod Nye, of Knox County. They camped on what is now known as "Armstrong's Bottom," about two miles South of Upper Sandusky. When Maj. Long came to engage in the business of tanning in Marseilles in 1832, Charles Merriman owned the only frame house in the village, which then consisted of some six or eight cabins. The Major filled, in his lifetime, nearly every township office, and he did much toward building up the village to what it now is. During the latter years of his life, he drew a pension from the Government for his services.

John Fehl, a native of Pennsylvania, was born September 1, 1792; came to this township in 1834, and entered eighty acres of land. He was the father of nine children. His death occurred July 8, 1871. Mrs. Fehl, his widow, was born April 16, 1794, and is now living on the old homestead, in her ninety-first year.

Alexander Pool, born in Pennsylvania in July, 1799, came to Marseilles Township in the spring of 1834, and entered eighty acres of land. He died December 24, 1880. John W. Kennedy settled in Marseilles in 1835,

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and was appointed Postmaster of Marseilles Village April 17, 1883. He was born October 6, 1809. Frederick Kennedy, a native of Pennsylvania, came to the village of Marseilles in 1835, and worked as a mechanic until his death in 1841. Michael Bower, born in New York, January 19, 1818, came with his parents, David and Susanna Bower, in 1835; entered 276 acres of land. David Bower died in 1857, aged seventy-four, and Mrs. Bower died in the same year at the same age. Peter L. Demarest was born August 19, 1800, in Now York; came here in 1835 from Covington, N. Y., in a wagon, and entered 160 acres of land near Marseilles Village. In 1868, he moved into that village, where he died October 10, 1883" Among others who arrived in this township during or prior to 1835, may be mentioned Socrates Hartle, born July 23, 1818, in Georgetown, Penn., who came with his mother, brother and sister (John and Esther) and entered 240 acres of land. He acquired in all 1,288 acres of land, and died June 21, 1877, leaving an estate valued at $70,000. He was a very prominent and highly esteemed citizen, and as a solid, reliable man was known far and wide. Others were Henry Quail, David Young and son, John Hankins. David Bowers, Henry Haner, Z. Hurd, Waller, Ethan and John Terry, Dr. Westbrook, Nicholas Bowers, Elisha Parker, Benjamin Ellis, Dr. Hall, Henry Hawthorne and T. Hendrickson.

Samuel Studebaker, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1816, settled in Marseilles Township prior to 1838. Enoch Thomas, born in Hardy County, Va., July 30, 1814, came to Franklin County, Ohio, in 1838, and in the spring of the same year to this township, where he bought the land on which he now resides. Thomas Emptage, a native of Kent, England, born July 18, 1802, emigrated to America in 1833, and after residing two years in Richland County, Ohio, and four years in Hardin County, Ohio. came to Marseilles, where he died March 15, 1879. His widow, a native of Hamersham, England, is now living, in the seventy-fifth year of her age. Parker Lee, who Spent 1840-42 in Marseilles Township, was born in Maryland, served through the war of 1812, and died in Salt Rock Township, Marion County.

The owners of real and personal estate in the township of Marseilles in 1845, at the organization of the county, were as follows:

OWNERS OF REAL ESTATE.

Andrew Alexander, William Adams, Solomon Adams, Samuel Adams, Hugh Adams, Alexander Armstrong, Ephraim Atkinson, David Bower, Charles L. Boalt, Joseph Boucher, Ozias Bowen, David Bowers, John Bowers, George H. Busby, S. S. Bennett, Joseph P. Corey, David J. Corey, David Cross, Edwin Case, John Caughly, Josiah Copeland, Abraham Dean, Peter L. Demarest, Elisha Davis, Davenport & Monahan, Frank Eller, Stephen Frost, Jr., Isaac Farmer, John Fehl, Talmage Hildreth, Hanson Hooker, Henry H. Haner, Zadock Hurd. Thomas B. Hendrickson, Alexander Ingham, Orange Johnson, John W. Kennedy, Samuel Kelly, Rachel Kirk, Henry Heckathorne, John Heckathorne, Jacob Harrold, Robert Longberry, Hugh Long, Simeon Miller, Peter H. Mitchell, James May, David Miller, Charles Merriman, Merriman & Carey, T. McCaully, Hugh Nugent, William Norton, Alston Norton, Charles Merriman, Gilbert Olney, Jonathan Owens, Alexander Pool, Philip Penser, James Pool, Elisha Parker, Benjamin Pancake, Henry Quail, Ivey Renick, Elizabeth Renick, Abel Renick, Paulina Reber, James Rhoads, Crawford Richey, Josiah Robinson, Robert Smith, David Smith, State of Ohio, Jacob Smail, Daniel Snyder,

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Samuel Studebaker, Ethan Terry,* John P. Terry, Obed Taylor, John and Thomas Thurman, David M. Thomas Enoch Thomas, John P. Terry, Champrees Terry, Henry Ten Eyck, Ezra Winslow, William Walker, Henry Wishler, Gabriel Wallis, Potter Wright, George Welch, fr., William Woodward, Henry Wilkins, David Young, Henry Zimmerman.

VILLAGE OF MARSEILLES.

Owners of lots: John Aughenbaugh, Zenas Bradish, Peter Conley, Eusebius Cresap, Daniel Cozzen, William Carey, Moses Dudley, Orrin Ferris, jasper Hunt, John Heckathorne, John W. Hendrickson, Frederick Kennedy, John W. Kennedy, Samuel Kennedy, Henry King, Moses Kennedy, Hugh Long, James M. Lambert, Peter Mitchell, Merriman & Carey, Charles Merriman (who then owned a majority of the town lots), John Mattoff, Jacob Snyder, Peter L. Van Ostrand and William Welsh.

VILLAGE OF BURLINGTON.

Owners of town lots- William Carey, Hiram Chapman, Garrett L. Cowan, Moses Dudley, Garrett Fitzgerald, Zadock Hurd, Hugh Long, William S. Potter, and State of Ohio.

OWNERS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.

John Aughenbaugh, George Armstrong, Solomon Adams, Hugh Adams, Samuel Adams, Thomas Armstrong, John Ackley, Andrew Alexander, John N. Bower, David Bower, David Bower, Jr., Michael Bowers, William Carey, Samuel Caugh, Andrew Campbell, Peter Conley, Dr. W. M. Chesny (a practicing physician), Daniel Cozin, James Clark, Artemus W. Cushman, John Carpenter, Zenas Durgy, Peter L. Demarest, Thomas Emtpage, Dr. Orrin Ferris (a practicing physician), Robert Foster, Thomas Frazier, Stephen Frost, John Farmer, Isaac Farmer, John Feigle, Joseph Firestine, Joseph Gibson, Jasper Hunt (a merchant), Zadock Hurd, Lyman Hurd, John G. Hensel, Erastus Hickok, John Hooker, Talmage Hildreth, Stephen Hildreth, John Heckathorne, Henry Heckathorne, John W. Hendrickson, John W. Kennedy, Samuel Kennedy, Henry 0. Kennedy, Hugh Long (a tanner and merchant), James M. Lambert, Richard Lee, Hiram Morgan, Charles Merriman, S. D. Maynard, A. C. Miller, Peter H. Mitchell, Gilbert Olney, John Penn, Day Pugh, W. M. Potter (a merchant), Charles Polly, Alexander Pool, Hannah Parker, Henry Pencer, Josiah Potter, David Polly, Henry Quail, Abel Renick, Thomas Robertson, Crawford Richey, Jacob Snyder, Jacob Shafer (a merchant), Jacob Smail, Charles Stinefield, David Snyder, Enoch Thomas, Loren Torpening, Ethan Terry, John P. Terry, Peter Vanorsdall, Isaac Vanorsdall, Ezra Winslow, William Woodward, John Wilkins, William Walker, David Young, Samuel Yamer.

EDUCATIONAL.

Prior to 1823, the youth of this township enjoyed no educational facilities, but grew up with a " plentiful lack " of Scholastic knowledge. Settling in Marseilles was for a number of years slow, and as all new countries require diligent and unceasing labor, of a necessity years passed by without any advancement, intellectually. At last the pioneers realized that to keep pace with the surrounding country, and to prevent their children from growing up in ignorance and vice, they must take proper steps to accord them the essential instruction. In 1823, the first schoolhouse, built of hewed

* One of the first County Commissioners.

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logs, with puncheon floors and greased paper windows, and furnished with other necessary antiquated paraphernalia, not forgetting the inseparable birch rod, put in an appearance in the northwest of Section 17. The first teachers were: For first three months, Jerry Terry; for second three months, Silas Unten; for third three months, William Williams, and this arrangement continued each year for three years. There are now in this township three school buildings located on Sections 14, 12 and 17.

RELIGIOUS.

There are at present two church buildings in this township, an account of which will be found under the beading "Marseilles Village," to which the reader is referred. One cemetery stands in Section 1.7, between the road and Tymochtee Creek, about half a mile south of Marseilles Village; another may be found in Section 8, on the Bellefontaine road, quarter of a mile from the village; and a third in Section 18, on the same road, one mile from Marseilles. Besides these there are several private burial grounds, in one of which, on the Wallace farm, John Crosberry, who died in 1826 (the first death in the township), lies buried.

TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS SINCE 1849.

Trustees-1849, John W. Kennedy, John N. Bower, William Woodard. 1850-Lansing Chamberlin, William Woodard, Charles Merriman.

1851-Hugh Long, Lansing Chamberlin, Enoch Thomas.

1852-Enoch Thomas, Peter L. Demarest, Michael Bower. 1853-John Fehl, William H. Renick, William Phillips. 1854-John Fehl, William H. Renick, William Phillips. 1855Peter L. Demarest, Daniel Heckathorne, Enoch Thomas, 1856-Enoch Thomas, Jonathan Owens, William H. Renick.

1857 -George Merriman, James Scott, Alexander Pool.

1858-James Scott, George Merriman, John Fehl.

1859-James Scott, James B. Cook, Jonathan Owens.

1860-James B. Cook, Jonathan Owens, William Phillips.

1861-James B. Cook,* Samuel Hollinger, William Phillips. 1862-William Phillips, H. H. Carey, Josiah Chandler.

1863-William Phillips, Josiah Chandler, Henry H. Carey.

1864-William Phillips, William H. Renick, Samuel Hollinger. 1865-William H. Renick, Samuel Hollinger, William Phillips. 1866-William Phillips, Samuel Hollinger, Enoch Thomas.

1867-Josiah Chandler, H. H. Carey, John M. Houston. 1868-Josiah Chandler, H. H. Carey, John M. Houston. 1869-Josiah Chandler, H. H. Carey John M. Houston, 1870-Josiah Chandler, H. H. Carey, Elias L. Parker. 1871-Josiah Chandler, H. H. Carey, Elias L. Parker. 1872-Josiah Chandler, H. H. Carey, Elias L. Parker. 1873-Josiah Chandler, H. H. Carey, Elias L. Parker. 1874-Josiah Chandler, H. H. Carey, Elias L. Parker. 1871-William Seligman, H. H. Carey, Jacob Williams. 1876-William Seligman, H. H. Carey, Jacob Williams. 1877-Jacob Williams, Philip Uncapher, Simeon B. Cook. 1878-Jacob Williams, Philip Uncapber, Simeon B. Cook. 1879-Jacob Williams, Philip Uncapher, Simeon B. Cook. 1880-Jacob Williams, Simeon B. Cook, Thomas Emptage.

*Died, and Henry H. Carey was appointed to fill the vacancy.

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1881-Simeon B. Cook, Henry Handchy, Thomas Emptage.

1882--Thomas Emptage, Adam M. Hartle, Henry Handchy.

1883--Thomas Emptage, Henry Handchy, Adam M. Hartle.

Clerks-- 1849-52, James P. Maddux; 1852, Anson Norton (appointed); 1853, S. S. Adams; 1854, H. N. Croninger, 1855, John M. Chesney, Lewis I Seaman (appointed); 1856, Lewis R. Seaman; 1857-58, William N. Knibloe; 1859-81, Elijah K. Ferris; 1881, H. S. Gates (appointed); 1882-83, H. S. Gates.

Treasurers-1849-53, John W. Kennedy; 1854, William S. Potter; 1855-60, John M. Chesney; 1861-63, Lewis Merriman; 1864-83, Benjamin F. Kennedy.

Justices of the Peace-1849, William S. Potter; 1851, James P. Maddux; 1852, John C. Davis; 1853, S. S. Adams, William Irvine; 1854, William S. Potter; 1856, William S. Potter, Moses Dudley; 1858, William N. Knibloe; 1859, S. P. Shur; 1861, William N. Knibloe; 1862, Sohn N. Bower, Elijah K. Ferris; 1865, John N. Bower, Elijah K. Ferris; 1868, John N. Bower, Elijah K. Ferris; 1870, Elias L. Parker; 1871, Elijah K. Ferris; 1873, Philip Uncapher; 1874, Elijah K. Ferris; 1876, Henry S. Ormerod; 1877, Elijah K. Ferris; 1879, Henry S. Ormerod; 1880, Elijah K. Perris; 1881, Samuel P. Hill, Clarence L. Ellis.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The first election for any purpose in this township, then known as Grand Township, was held in the village of Marseilles in 1829, in Charles Merriman's storehouse, on which occasion, when some forty or fifty votes were recorded, were elected following officials: For Justice of the Peace, Abraham Renick, Whig; for Constable, Samuel Simpson, Democrat; for Clerk and Treasurer, C. Merriman, Whig. W. S. Potter was elected Justice of the Peace in 1844. The first white child, a girl, to come into the world in this township was in 1832-parents, Harvey and Abigail Buckmeister. The first wedding was in 1844, the contracting parties being Samuel Simpson and Ann E. Kennedy; and the first death was that of John Crosberry, in 1826. Dr. Westbrook is said to have been the first physician. Before any Store existed in this township, settlers had to go to Upper Sandusky, West Liberty or Bellefontaine for their supplies, and Charles Merriman opened and carried on the first store in the township in Marseilles Village, and there are, even now, no stores in the township outside of the village. The first saw mill and grist mill stood in Section 17, and were driven by Tymochtee Creek water-power; they were erected in 1822 by David and Jerry Terry. There are now five mills in the township, all portable--one in the village owned by Thomas & Westow; two in Section 3, and Althousen's mill. The remains of some Indian camps to be found in Sections 8 and 17, although no I I relies 11 have been discovered, and some of the old settlers can relate many legends of the untutored Indians' war dances and dances with the calumet of peace, their weddings, burials, sports and shin-digs. "

MARSEILLES VILLAGE.

About the year 1827, as near as can be ascertained, Garrett Fitzgerald, a native of Virginia, who emigrated to this county in 1825, and entered eighty acres of land in Section 8, this township, laid out a small town on said section, which he called Burlington, situated on the north of and adjoining the south line of Section 8. In 1828, Josiah Robinson, also a Vir

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ginian, who emigrated to this county and settled in Antrim Township in 1822, and who a few years later became owner of 160 acres of land in Marseilles Township, Section 17, also laid out a small town in his section, which he named Marseilles. In 1845, C. Merriman, owning a small strip of land lying between and adjoining "Burlington" and "Marseilles'' a little later laid out another addition, and the entire village soon became the Marseilles Village of to day, and the several parts, or divisions, were known as:

Fitzgerald's Addition to Marseilles,

Robinson's Addition to Marseilles.

Merriman's First Addition to Marseilles.

Merriman's Second Addition to Marseilles.

The village is situated on Tymochtee Creek and the old Bellefontaine road, one-half being in Section 8 and the other half in Section 17*.

FIRST HOUSE, STORES, HILLS, ETC.

The first house in the village was erected by Garrett Fitzgerald on Lot No. 12, Fitzgerald's Addition. It was a round-log, single story building, 16x18 feet, used as a dwelling house for many years, and of which nothing now remains, a frame house having been built on the same lot in 1838, by Solomon Adams, which is still in use as a residence. The first store was built in 1828, on Lot 11, Robinson's Addition, by Merriman & Terry, a 20x82-feet structure of hewed logs, in which the firm carried on a general merchandising business with a stock representing $1,000 capital. This partnership continued but a short time, Mr. Terry retiring from the firm and devoting his attention to real estate business and general agriculture. Later on, William Carey formed a partnership with C. H. Merriman in mercantile business, and, in 1834, built a new business room, the first frame building in the village, 22x44 feet, on Lot 24, Robinson's Addition. This partnership continued until 1844, when they sold out to Jacob Shaffer, who again sold out to Long & Kennedy, who carried on the business until 1850, and were then bought out by S. Potter who also disposed of his interest two years later to Knibloe & Norton, who sold out to Lewis Merriman and who, in a few years, took into partnership B. F. Kennedy. After another few years, Merriman retired and Kennedy continued alone until 1883, when he sold out to Robert Linsey, now in possession of the business with R. Gates as partner.

About 1837, William Welch opened out a small grocery store, which he carried on a short time and then sold out to Joseph Shilling, who occupied the store mainly as a saloon. In 1847, Charles Merriman built on Lot 10, Robinson's Addition, a two-story brick block, 22x40, where he conducted a general merchandise business for a few years, when his son, Calvin Davis, succeeded him and continued several years, until Shaver Bros. came into possession. The latter firm built, in 1857, on Lot 10, a two-story frame business room, where they carried on mercantile trade for about two years, and then closed out their stock, sold their property to John Fehl, and removed to Delaware, Fehl sold this property to Dr. Gates, who disposed of Same soon after to J, 0. Studebaker, who resold about 1881 to Dr. Gates, in whose name it now remains. This Store has been occupied at intervals by various parties, and is at present occupied by Hanchey & Krisher, in general grocery and variety business, and by Dr. Barr in drugs. In 1852,

*Near Marseilles, a little to the northeast, can be pointed out the exact spot where Simon Kenton was made to run the gantlet by the Wyandot Indians.

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Mr. J. W. Kennedy remodeled his dwelling-house, and built an addition thereto in form of a business room, which was occupied by his son, H. Kennedy, as a grocery store, for eighteen or twenty years; sold out to John Leder, who carried it on two years, reselling to H. Kennedy, whose father, for three and a half years, there carried on a general variety trade, then Sold to Frank Williams, who, in 1883, moved his stock to his news room, a frame, two-story building, 22x60 feet, on Lot 25, in Robinson's Addition, the second story of which is now occupied by " Ellis " Post, No. 292, G. A. R., organized in 1883. Two or three other stores of later origin, now in existence, are: Lindsey & Gates, dry goods; Silas Buckingham, hardware and tinware; B. F. Kennedy, groceries. and Samuel Yencer, general grocery. A portable saw mill is owned and operated by Thomas & Weston.

In 1852, a fine, frame, five-story flour-mill, 40x50 feet, was built at a cost of $12,000, by a joint-stock company of whom Charles Merriman, Long & Kennedy, Dr. William Chesney and Dr. Irvin were the, principal stockholders, which mill did a good business for many years. It changed hands frequently and was finally owned by Lewis Seligman. In June, 1883, a fire broke out in the smut mill, in the fourth story, which consumed the entire concern. About 1860, a large frame carding mill, 30x50 feet, was erected by William Weber, of Delaware, and conducted successfully for several years, but for the past few years has been standing idle.

SCHOOLS.

The first schoolhouse was built in 1837, on Merriman's Addition, a frame structure, 25x30 feet, at a cost of $300 or $400. This, in 1847, was abandoned, and a second school building of brick, 30x4O, was erected on the same lot, in that year, at a cost $450. A special school district was organized here in 1875, and a third, the present, School building was erected in Merriman's Addition in 1877, two stories, three rooms, of brick, costing about $800.

The Present School Board is composed of B. F. Lee, Lewis Seligman and G. W. Knibloe.

CHURCHES.

Presbyterian Church.-This society was organized in 1823, in the log schoolhouse of the township. The membership numbered from thirty to forty, among whom can be mentioned David and N. Bowers and family, John Fehl and wife, P. L. Demarest, P. Q. Mitchell and wife, and Jacob Bowers. In 1832, the congregation erected their first church in Robinson's Addition. It was a frame building, 30x40 feet, and cost about $500 or $600. For twenty years or more this Structure was utilized as a place of worship and then abandoned. It was afterward, for several years, used as an ashery, later as a grocery, and finally burned down in 1876. In 1847, the Presbyterian society erected their present church edifice, a frame building 40x60 feet, in Merriman's Second Addition, at a cost of $1,800. In 1876, they purchased a dwelling house to be used as a parsonage, and to this, in 1882, they made a new and considerable addition, which has rendered it a complete and comfortable parsonage, valued at not less than $2,000, The membership of the church now numbers some 120 souls. Daniel Heckathorne, D. J. Bower and B. F. Lee compose the session or board of leaders. The pastors who have served this church were: First four years, Rev. Miller, deceased; following him Revs. Templeton, T. J. Cellar and A. B. Stanthers, the present incumbent, now in his fifth year. The church is in good condition, both spiritual and temporal.

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Methodist Episcopal Church.--This society was organized in 1825, in the old log schoolhouse of the township, on which occasion some twenty five or thirty members were present, among whom were the Nutern family, Thomas Wallace and family, and Joseph Parish and family. The first church (the present one) was erected in 1840, in Marseilles Village, of frame work, 30x40 feet, cost about $1,000. This building was overhauled and remodeled in 1873, at a cost of $800. The society built, in 1861, a comfortable parsonage in the vicinity of the church, costing about $1,000. The pastors who have Served this congregation were Revs. Bunker, Burgess, Sterling, Blanpede, Mower, Hager, Cutler, Delisle, Colgan, Roberts, Powell, Henderson, Taylor, Young, Mather, Reagh, Feghtly, Lawrence, Plum, Boggs; present leaders, Michael Bower, George Wood, R. Willard, S. Cook, D. Leslie. Present church membership, 200. During 1883, this church witnessed its greatest revival since its organization, 118 having been added to the flock on probation

SECRET SOCIETIES.

Marseilles Lodge, No. 515, F. & A. M. -This lodge was organized December 14, 1876, with following charter members: J. 0. Studabaker, Henry Handchy, Myron Ellis, H. S. Ormerod, J. 0. Vanorsdall, D. W. McConnell, L. A. Seligman, J. W. Bower, M. H. Kirby. There are at present thirtysix members, and the lodge is in good running order under the present administration of officers, viz.: H. S. Gates, W. M.; L. A. Seligman, S. W.; L. Krisher, J. W.; W. R. Ramsdell, S.; Robert Lindsey, T.; Myron Ellis, S. D.; J. C. Rubins, J. D.; Caleb Dougherty, T.

Tymochtee Lodge, No. 634, IOOF, was organized June 27, 1876, with following charter members: A. H. Vanorsdall, A. V. Hartle, Isaac Robinson, E. Fehl, M. R. Owens, J. A. Baker, M. C. Sprague, Jasper N. Taylor, D. W. McConnell. Present membership, thirty. Present officers: John Fehl, N. G.; John Bloomingdale, V. G.; Robert Wall, P. S.; G. W. Halsey, T.; John Straw., R. S.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JAMES D. BARR, M. D., was born in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Penn., January 28, 1847, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (McDonnough) Barr, natives of Pennsylvania a, and descendants of Scotland. His maternal I grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His parents had twelve children, eight still living Cassandra, James D., William, George, Anna, Alfred, Benton and Bertha. The deceased are Franklin and Ellen. His parents are still residents of Pennsylvania, his father being a carpenter by trade. James D. Barr, the subj ect of this sketch, was educated at the common schools, and afterward attended college at Lewisburg, Penn., and began the study of medicine in 1875, under the eminent physician, Dr. D. S. Hayes, of his native place, continuing his reading four years, and attending three courses of lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, graduating in 1879. He is of the regular Allopathic school. After recuperating for one year, he located at Marseilles in the fall of. 1881, and has succeeded in establishing a fair practice. In July, 1883, he purchased a drug store at Marseilles, where he is doing a good business in that trade. April 10, 1882, he married Miss Anna Seligman, daughter of William Seligman. Their only child is Howard F., born April 13, 1883. Mr. Barr is a member of the IOOF at Hollidaysburg; is Republican in politics, a member of the Baptist Church, and a highly respected citizen.

EZRA G. BARTRAM was born in Marion County, Ohio, December 18, 1837, son of Milo and Laura (Sabine) Bartram, natives of New York and Connecticut respectively, and of Scotch ancestry. They came to Marion in 1825, and were the parents of ten children, seven living-C. Porter, Mary J., Sarah E. G., Louisa, Olive and John. The deceased are William, Laura E. and Milo P. The father died about 1869, aged seventy-one years; the mother in 1865, aged fifty-five year& Ezra G. Bartram received a common school education, and January 20, 1859, married Magdalene Smith, daughter of Martin Smith, of Wayne County. They have eight children-Charles W., Lois E., Eunice V,, Smith I., Cora J. and Laura E. The deceased are Abba A. and George E. In the fall of 1862, Mr. Bartram enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at La Rue, Marion County, and took part in the chase of Gen. Morgan through Kentucky several times; lost his health, and was sent to the Louisville Hospital, where be received his discharge April 27, 1863. He returned home, and in 1865 purchased his present farm of eighty acres, paying $25 per acre-now valued at $40. Politically, Mr. Bartram is a Democrat. His health, which was injured in the late war, he has never fully recovered, and consequently be receives a Government pension of $8 per month.

JOSEPH BLOW, one of the representative men of the township, was born in England September 18, 1823. He is the son of Charles and Susanna (Hendryby) Blow. They had three children-James, Joseph and Edward, the former being now deceased. His father died aged fifty-five years; his mother while Joseph was quite young; and, as a result, his educational privileges were limited. lie worked at yearly wages-$40 to $50 per year-for some time, but came to America with both brothers in 1845, and located in Grand Township, Marion County. In 1855, he bought 160 acres of land there at a cost of $1,075, clearing 120 acres of forest land himself. His farm is in good repair, valued at $55 per acre, and has been rented for the past seven years. He purchased his present home of forty two acres near Marseilles in 1876, paying $2,900 for the same, and making it a present to his wife. This farm is valued at $100 per acre, a valuable stone quarry being located near the residence. His marriage to ]Rachel Blow occurred March 8, 1863. She was born December 14, 1841, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Blow. They have no children. Politically, Mr. .Blow is an Independent, and, with his wife, is a member of the Disciple Church. He is also a member of the G. A. R. Mr. Blow was a soldier in the late war, entering the service in October, 1864, Company C, Thirty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was engaged at Chattanooga, where he was taken sick and confined to the field hospital, but was subsequently removed to Nashville, Jeffersonville, and lastly to Camp Dennison, where he was discharged in the spring of 1865. In England he was a member of the I. 0. 0. F. fraternity. Robert and Elizabeth Blow, parents of Mrs. Rachel Blow, came to America from England in 1857, settling in Grand Township, Marion County. They had eight children, six now living-Charles, Hannah, Lucy, Robert, Peter and Rachel. The deceased axe George and. Edward. Robert Blow died aged eighty-five, and his wife, Elizabeth, at the age of seventy years. This family were all natives of England.

MICHAEL BOWER, son of David and Susan (Kepner) Bower, was born in New York January 19, 1818. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, and of Germain lineage, coming to Ohio in 1835, and settling where our subject now resides. Here they entered 376 acres of land, upon which they

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lived and died. They were the parents of eight children-five still living, Henry S., Jacob P., Michael, David and Maria. The deceased are Adam, John N. and Margaret. The father died in 1857, aged seventy-four years; the mother, in the same year, at the same age. Oar subject, Michael Bower, was provided with a common school education, and remained upon the old homestead which he assisted in clearing, and eighty acres of which he has since fallen heir to. By subsequent purchases he has raised this number to 240 acres, all in good repair and valued at $60 per acre. In his lifetime Mr. Bower has cleared about one hundred and fifty acres of heavily timbered land. In 1875, he built his attractive residence, costing $2,500. October 14, 1838, he married Miss Ann E. Studebaker by whom he became the father of five children three living: Jarvis, Martha and Willamina. The deceased are D. Orsin and Mary A. The mother died August 9, 1817. Married again, deceased wife's sister, Martha J. Studebaker, daughter of Abram and Mary (Group) Studebaker, March 14, 1848. Four children resulted from this marriage-three living: Ann E., Neander S. and John M. Georgians died November 4, 1857. Mrs. Bower was born April 2, 1832. Mr. Bower was formerly a Whig, but now is a firm Republican. His suns, James W. and D, Orsin, were in the late war; the latter was hold a prisoner in Andersonville, nine months, and died at home from disease contracted in the service. Mr. Bower and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and have been for the past forty-four years, he serving as Class Leader and Steward most of that time. He was Trustee of the township two years, and is well respected as a citizen, contributing liberally to benevolent causes.

SIMEON B. COOK was born in Richland County, Ohio, October 10, 1840; the son of James B. and Hannah (Corwin) Cook, she being a second cousin of ex-Gov. Corwin. Her parents were natives of Pennsylvania, of German and Irish ancestry. The father was born in 1818; the mother in 1820. They were married in Richland County in 1830, and moved to this county in 1844, buying eighty acres in Mifflin Township and later adding twenty-six acres. They had nine children-eight living: Simeon B., T. Ann, Z. Adilla, Solomon H., James M., A. Maria, William, Harriet, and Elizabeth S.-deceased. The father died in .1861, aged forty-two years; the mother is still living, aged sixty-five years. Our subject attended the schools of his neighborhood and remained with his parents till 1864, May 2, when he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Regiment Ohio National Guards; was engaged in the battles of Fredericksburg and Berryville; was wounded in the shoulder at latter place, returning home September 2, 1864, discharged. January 12, 1864, be married Miss Julia Hildreth, daughter of Stephen and Jane C. (Mills) Hildreth, whose history is given elsewhere in this book. Six children were the fruits of this union-four living: Frank L., born January 23, 1865-dying January 26, 1875; Willis E., born February 3, 1867; Elton J., July 2, 1869; Julia A., January 19, 1872-died January 3, 1880; Bertha J., March 5, 1876, and Clara L., September 8, 1881. Mr. Cook rented land during the first four years of his married life, buying his present farm of 117 acres in 1870. This farm is well improved and stocked with good grades. Politically he is a Republican, and served four years as Trustee of his township. He is a member of the G. A. R. at Marseilles and also of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been a Class Leader since 1870. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

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PETER L. DEMAREST (deceased) was born August 19, 1800. He was a native of New York, and is the son of Lucas Demarest. His paternal grandfather was a soldier of the Revolution, and his father in the war of 1812. His mother was of French lineage, and his father probably German. He received a limited education. spending most of his life upon the farm. He was married November 2, 1826, to Miss Olive P. Parsons, daughter of James and Huldah (Beach) Parsons, natives of Connecticut and Now York respectively. She was born September 16, 1808. Mr. and Mrs. Demarest were the parents of seven children, three living-L. James, Edwin and David P. David 0., John S. and two infants are deceased. They continued farming in Genesee County, N. Y., ten years, coming by wagon to Ohio in 1835, and settling in Marseilles Township, entered 160 acres of land, on which they resided until 1868. In 1868, they removed to Marseilles, where Mrs. Demarest still resides. Mr. Demarest was a Republican. He sent his two sons to the war, and was a charter member and Elder at the organization of the Presbyterian Church. He died October 10, 1883, one of the most respected of pioneers.

WILLIAM EMPTAGE was born in England, March 11, 1833. He is a son of Thomas and Ann (Homersham) Emptage. He was given but a limited education, coming to America with his parents when quite young, and remaining home until his eighteenth year. He served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith trade three years, and continued at that business in Marseilles (one year at Bellefontaine) till September 12, 1861, when he enlisted in the United States service, Company G, Fifteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the following battles: Pittsburg Landing, Stone River, Liberty Gap, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Knoxville, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta and Lovejoy Station; traveled 3,000 miles, lay in Louisville Hospital one month from cold and fever, and was honorably discharged September 17, 1864. He returned home, and has been farming since. With his brothers he has added 100 acres to the homestead, which numbers 483 acres. In politics Mr. Emptage is a Republican, and a member of the G. A. R.

FREDERICK FEHL, one of the leading farmers of his township, was born February 10, 1820., in Adams County, Penn. He is the son of John and Sarah (Wolf) Fehl, natives of Pennsylvania and of German and Scotch parentage respectively. His father, John Fehl, was drafted for the war of .1812, but before presenting himself the war closed. His grandfather, Wolf, was drafted for the Revolutionary war, but owing to physical disability was exempted from the service. John Fehl was born September 1, 1792, and his wife, Sarah, April 16, 1794. They were the parents of nine children-five of whom are still living, namely: Valentine, Frederick, Elkana, Delilah and Margaret. The deceased are Christina, Elizabeth John and Caroline. John Fehl emigrated to Wyandot County in 1834, settling where our subject now resides, entering eighty acres of land, and subsequently purchasing 100 acres more. His death occurred July 8, 1871. His wife is still living, "hale and hearty," in her ninetieth year. Frederick Fehl, the subject of this sketch was educated in the common school, and remained at home till the event of his marriage, which took place in 1865; Miss Mary McCleary, daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (McCormick) McCleary being his chosen wife. They have been blessed with nine children, five of whom are still living, viz.: Jane (wife of Byron Rubens), Almira (wife of Charles Vanorsdall), Henry, John and Valonia (wife of

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Robert Watt). The deceased are Sarah, Alexander, James and Clara, and these were joined by their mother, Mrs. Mary Fehl, in 1881, her death occurring on the 6th of September of that year. By purchase, and as an heir, Mr. Fehl obtained the old homestead of 180 acres, of which, five and one half acres have since been appropriated as the "Orchard Grove Cemetery." Of this tract of land Mr. Fehl has cleared fifty acres, besides spending twenty-five years in the old grist mill, the remains of which still stand on the premises. The farm is in good repair, being provided with over one mile of tile under-draining. In politics, Mr. Fehl was formerly a Whig, but is now a Republican. He is noted for his benevolence, and is highly esteemed as a citizen.

GEORGE W. FOX was born in Richland County, May, 17, 1849, son of Augustus G. and Louisa (Dorm) Fox, early settlers of Richland and this county (1854), where they still reside. They are the parents of five children, George W. being the second. He received instruction in the district schools, afterward attending the Delaware College two terms; also at Republic, Ohio, and the Ada Normal. He began teaching in his nineteenth year, and has continued in the profession most of the time since, teaching seven successive terms near home-four terms in the home district. He was married, March 27, 1878, to Agnes L. Vanorsdall, daughter of Abram and Ruth (Snider) Vanorsdall (see sketch, Jackson Township). They have two children-Ray A., born June 2, 1880; Cora E., March 31, 1882. He purchased his farm of 160 acres, paying $5,000. in 1876, and since his marriage has been more or less engaged in agricultural pursuits; farm well stocked and improved, valued at $9,000. Politically, Mr. Fox is a Democrat, and, with his wife, a member of the York Street Christian Union Church. Mrs. Fox also taught nine terms of school and has done much for the mutual success of herself and husband.

HORATIO S. GATES, of the firm of Lindsey & Gates, dealers in dry goods, groceries, etc., at Marseilles, was born March 3, 1852, in Allen County, Ohio, son of Dr. Charles W. and Jane S. (Ramsdell) Gates, natives of York State, and of English ancestry. His father was born in 1815, and his mother in 1820. His father came with his parents to Medina County, Ohio, in 1833, and his mother to the same county in 1837. They were married, December 22, 1841; moved to Allen County in 1849, settling at Maysville, where his father practiced medicine sixteen years. He came to Marseilles in February, 1865, and located as a physician, buying a drug-store, house and lot, and 160 acres of land. He became an old and honored citizen, and died September 22, 1880. His wife is still living, and is quite vigorous for one of her years. They were the parents of four children, two surviving Horatio S. and Electa. Harriet S. and an infant are deceased. Horatio S. Gates was educated in the district schools, and in early youth entered his father's drag store, commencing business for himself at the age of twenty-one with G. W. Davis, under the firm name of Davis & Gates, drugs and groceries, doing a very successful business till 1876, when they disposed of this establishment and purchased another in Galion, Ohio, remaining two years; returning to Marseilles in 1878. Mr. Gates then engaged as assistant to his former partner two years, both forming a partnership in 1880, under the firm name of Davis & Gates, doing a thriving business until 1882, when they sold out and opened business in Marion in the grocery and provision trade, doing an excellent business. In the spring of 1883, Mr. Gates purchased a half interest in the present establishment Of Lindsey & Gates, where he is now engaged with a stock of $12,000, doing

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a thriving business. He married, February 22,1880, Miss Dilly Seligman, daughter of William Seligman. Two children blessed this union-Flor, born January 9, 1881; and Grace, October 7, 1882. Mr. Gates is a membey of the Masonic fraternity, Blue Lodge at Marseilles; Master of Second Veil, McCutcheon Chapter, No. 96, at Upper Sandusky; and Commandry K. T. at Marion. He is an active, enterprising and successful young business man, and well respected as a citizen.

SOCRATES HARTLE (deceased), one of the pioneers of the county, was born in Georgetown, Penn., July 23,1818. He was the son of Michael and Sarah Poe Hartle, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. They were the parents of seven children-three now living-Susan, John and Esther. Our subject was educated in the common school, ceasing his studies at sixteen, his father having died while he (Socrates) was yet a child, He, John, Esther and their mother came to Ohio in 1831, settling in Hardin County, entering eighty acres, emigrating from his native place in a wagon. He lived with his mother till his twenty-sixth year, and was married April 18, 1844, to Miss Henrietta Hendrickson, daughter of Thomas B. and Mary E. (Martin) Hendrickson, natives of Maryland, and of German and English ancestry respectively, Thomas B. having been a soldier of the war of 1812. They moved to Marion County in 1830, entering 240 acres in Grand Township (then New Marseilles), and reared a family of seven children, six living-Maria, John, Henrietta, Sophia, Elizabeth, Michael and Russel. The deceased is Lenox J. Thomas, her father, died in 1875, aged ninety-two years; her mother is also deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hartle had seven children, six still living-Americus V., born January 19, 1846; Mary E., July 23, 1847; Susan W., December 8, 1848; Matilda M., July 12, 1851; Sarah A., March 4, 1853; Addison F., March 3, 1855; Adam M., December 8, 1857. In 1849, he bought 120 acres in Hardin and Marion Counties, and lived upon this farm until 1870, when he purchased 300 acres in Marseilles Township. To this, by subsequent purchases, 240 acres were added in Marion County. In 1875, his present place was purchased-214 acres. At the time of his death Mr. Hartle owned 1,288 acres of land. He began with nothing, and at his death left an estate of $70,000. He died June 2l,1877. Mr. Hartle was an active Republican, and a strong member of the Presbyterian Church, an Elder during the last years of his life He was also a liberal contributor to the church and to benevolent purposes generally. His widow, born October 23, 1816, is still living upon her farm near Marseilles, her son Adam residing with her, both being members of the Presbyterian Church.

ADAM M. HARTLE was born in Hardin County, Ohio, December 8, 1857, son of Socrates and Henrietta (Hendrickson) Hartle, whose notice appears elsewhere. He attended the common schools and remained, on the old homestead all his life. He was married May 10, 1883, to Miss Rhoda A. Terry, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Simpson) Terry, who were the parents of four children, three living-Scott, John and Rhoda. Her father is still living, aged fifty-five years, a resident of Hardin County. Upon his father's decease, our subject inherited 196 acres of land, joining the old homestead of 214 acres, besides 183 acres recently purchased-in all 593 acres, valued at $60 per acre. Mr. Hartle does an extensive agricultural and live stock business. usually employing two assistants on his farm. He was elected Township trustee in 1882 and 1883; is a Democrat in politics, and an honorable citizen. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; she was born January 10, 1859.

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HENRY HANDCHY was born in Canton Basel, Switzerland, November 22, 1833, son of John and Elizabeth (Bousher) Handchy. He was educated in the schools of Switzerland, and with his father emigrated to America in 1845, settling in Stark County, Ohio. In 1846, moved to Little Sandusky, this county. His father died in 1855-killed by a falling tree. He was sixty-three years old. His mother died in Germany in 1845. Henry Handchy, the only surviving son of his father's family, was hired out when in his fifteenth year to Joseph Shilling, of Marseilles, and remained with him. seven years. He married November 30, 1856, Miss Almira Haner, daughter of Henry Haner. She died in 1876.. aged thirty-seven years, leaving at that time seven children, six of whom still survive-Rosa, Joseph, John, Jessie, Edward and Louis C. Charles is deceased. March 24,1879, Mr. Handchy was married to Mrs. Isabel Yencer, daughter of Jacob Keyes. She had three children, two, Mary and Ivy, by her former husband, and one, Altha, by Mr. Handchy. In 1855, Mr. Handchy rented a room in Marseilles, and established himself in a grocery and provision store, doing a good business for one year. He then purchased the store-room of Benjamin Ellis, in which he conducted the same business successfully till 1877. He then purchased a farm of 120 acres in Marseilles Township, later adding thirty acres joining the village, and engaged five years in agricultural pursuits. In the spring of 1882, be purchased a half interest in the grocery and provison store with Lemuel Krisher, and is still doing a thriving business under the firm name of Handchy & Krisher, with a stock of $1,800. Mr. Handchy is serving as Trustee of his township, which office he has held for three years; was a member of the Town Council five years, and School Director three years. He is a Democrat, a Master Mason, member of Council at Bucyrus, No, 57, and a good citizen.

THOMAS HEWLITT was born in New York, December 12, 1827, son of Philip and Margaret (Sutphen) Hewlitt, natives of New Jersey, of English and German parents. His father was born February 26, 1794, engaged in war of 1812; his mother September 11, 1797. They were married about 1818. They came to New York before marriage, and remained till 1847, when they removed to this county, locating where our subject now resides, buying eighty acres of land; had two children-Randall and Thomas. He died October 28, 1857, the mother March 27, 1862. Our subject obtained a limited education, and turned his attention to farming at the age of eighteen. He was married October 13, 1853, to Margaret Morrison, daughter of Mrs. Tacy Morrison, now Mrs. Pumphry, native of Pennsylvania, and born February 26, 1809. Her husband, John W. Pumphry, was in the war of 1812. She came to Ohio at the age of ton, living a number of years in Clinton and Fayette Counties, to this in 1853; is the mother of three daughters, Mrs. Hewlitt being the eldest, with whom she resides. Mr. and Mrs. Hewlitt have two children-Z. P., born January 5, 1862; George M., born December 15, 1855, died January 11, 1862. Mr. Hewlitt "hired " and purchased his present farm of eighty-six acres, clearing fifty acres of heavy timber land, and built a neat residence in 1875, costing $1,200. He is a hard worker, has split 400 rails in one day. He makes a specialty of " registered " hogs and fine varieties of wheat; values his land at $50 per acre. He is a Republican in politics, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the past twenty-nine years, and Class Leader six years. Mrs. Hewlitt has also been a member of the same Church since her twelfth year.

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STEPHEN HILDRETH was born in Dutchess County, Now York, September 17, 1797. He was the son of David and Abigail (Toppan) Hildreth. His brother James was in the war of 1812. Mr. Hildreth received a common school education, and remained at home till his marriage to Miss Hannah Gernea in 1820. They had three children, two living-David and Mary. Susan died aged seven years. His first wife died about 1830, aged thirty-three. March 12, 1839, he married Miss Jane C. Mills, daughter of William P. and Anna (Powell) Mills, natives of Now York, and of English extraction. Mr. and Mrs. Mills were the parents of eight children, five living Joseph W., Jane C., Draton 0., Charles H. and Edwin D., Alonzo W., Mary A. and Roderick R. are deceased. The mother died October 9, 1865. aged seventy-six years. Mr. and Mrs. Hildreth are the parents of five children, four living-William J., born March 28, 1840; Julia C., August 1, 1842; Emily A., February 1, 1857; Alvina J., January 2, 1860. They removed to this county in 1844, settling near where they now reside, purchasing eighty acres of forest land. Before the war Mr. Hildreth was a Democrat, but since a strong Republican. Himself and wife are mem. bers of the Presbyterian Church, and among the oldest and most highly respected citizens of their neighborhood. The former is in his eightyseventh year, and is still able to do much light outdoor work. Mrs. Hildreth, born March 12, 1818, is still living in excellent health.

DAVID B. HILDRETH, born in Fulton County, N. Y., October 15, 1830, is the son of Stephen and Hannah (Gernea) Hildreth, natives of Now York (see Stephen Hildreth's sketch). Mr. Hildreth was educated in the, common schools and at twenty-one, began work for himself, engaging in daily labor and farming till 1853. In September of that year he married Miss Sarah A. Thomas, daughter of David Thomas. She died July 23,1859, leaving one child-James A. He married again, Sarah S. Kirby; she died leaving four children-Charles, Lizzie J., Mary A. and Sarah S. June 14, 1876, he married Miss Kezie Davis, daughter of Robert Davis. In 1853, Mr. Hildreth bought twenty-four acres of land in Marseilles Township to which he has added by subsequent purchases till he now owns 160 acres, valued at $60 per acre. He owns also his town residence and four other town lots. He was in the United States service, Company B, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving four months, being engaged in the battle of Frederick City, and receiving an honorable discharge. His grandfather Hildreth was forced to work on the British forts of Long Island when a boy. His maternal grandfather was in several fights with the Indians, at one time only he and a comrade escaping. In politics Mr. Hildreth is a temperance Republican, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hildreth began life a poor boy and has accumulated a handsome property by his industry and economy.

SAMUEL P. HILL was born in Center County, Penn., November 4, 1830, and is the son of Rudolph and Catharine (Hare) Hill, natives of Germany and Pennsylvania respectively. His father came from Germany when a young man and married in Pennsylvania, moving to Crawford County, Ohio in 1834. Mr. and Mrs. Hill were the parents of six children, four still living-Anna, Leah, John and Samuel. The deceased are Julia and David, the latter killed in the late war. The mother died in Richland County, February 24, 1870. Our subject, S. P. Hill, obtained an ordinary education, at the age of six by the consent of his mother, taking up his residence with James McCormick, and remaining with him until the latter's

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death, which occurred August 23, 1873. On the occasion of this death, Mr. Hill inherited 120 acres of land, upon which he resided at intervals till 1875. At this time be sold the farm and removed to Mansfield, Ohio, and four years later to Marseilles, purchasing a house and lot on Main street. November 18, 1869, he was married to Mrs. Hannah Helm, widow of James Helm, by whom she had two children, both deceased. She was the daughter of Alexander McCleary, of Mifflin Township, this county. One child has been born to them-John F., born February 26,1873. Mr. Hill is a strong Republican; elected Justice of the Peace in 1881; re-elected in fall of the same year, and giving general satisfaction. With his wife, he is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

ISAAC JOHNSON was born in Antrim County, Ireland, in May, 1827; son of John and Mary (Knoland) Johnson, his mother dying when he was two years old. He was brought up by his father and hired out at the age of thirteen, receiving ton shillings for his first sit months' labor. He came to America in 1854, locating in Livingston County, N. Y.; came to Upper Sandusky in 1855, and, after a period of ten to fifteen years spent in daily labor and renting land, purchased his present farm of 129 acres, now one of the best cultivated farms in the township. In 1881, he erected a fine residence at a cost of $2,000. His property is estimated at $10,000. In 1864, he was married to Eliza Preston, daughter of James Preston. They have three children-Ivy J., Anna B. and Andrew. Elizabeth is deceased. Mr. Johnson is an independent voter, and, with his wife, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

G. W. KEMP, M. D., was born in Stark County, Ohio, June 24,1822; son of George and Isabel (Hughes) Kemp, natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania respectively and of English lineage. His grandfather Kemp was a Revolutionary soldier for seven years. Soon after their marriage M's parents moved to Stark County, and some years later to Richland County thence to Hancock County, where they entered 120 acres and resided six years. He afterward removed back to Richland County, but returned in 1842, and died in Hancock. He was the father of eight children who attained their majority-Mary and Agnes (twins), David, George W., Sarah, Isabel, John and Jesse. He died October 1, 1862, aged seventy years; his wife about 1861, aged about seventy-one years. Our subject, George W. Kemp, was educated in the schools of Richland and Ashland Counties, attending one year at Vermillion College, Ohio. He began reading medicine in 1848, under J. R. Rodgers, of Haysville, Ashland County, and pursued this study two years, laboring at " lettering " or painting for support in the meantime. He graduated at Cleveland Charity Medical College (which subsequently became the medical department of the Wooster University) in 1860, but began practicing in 1849, having attended a course of lectures at Miami Medical College at Cincinnati. He enlisted as a private soldier in September, 1862, and was detailed in General Hospital at Bowling Green, Ky., as Hospital Steward, remaining in that position till A ril 18, 1863, when he was discharged, and received a commission May 19, 1863, as First Assistant Surgeon of the One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. This charge he held till October 6, 1863, when failing health compelled him to resign. He was in the battle of Chickamauga, but returned to Kenton, where he recuperated one year, and subsequently settled in Marseilles, where he has since resided and built up an extensive practice in the regular Allopathic school of medicine. October 20, 1844, Mr. Kemp was married to Miss Irene Greeley-a relative of

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Horace Greeley - who died in 1851, leaving Romina Asenath, their only child; was married again November 18, 1852, to Mrs. Jane Alban, a niece of the late Gov. Vance, she passing away February 26, 1854. Mr. Kemp was again married, July 4, 1855, to Ervilla M. Snow, four children having been born to them-Sarah E. (deceased), Orvis, Lucy E. and G. Wilber. He has a comfortable dwelling and several lots in Marseilles, also a store-room, thirteen acres of land near the village, a lot in Ada, Ohio, and several lots in Enterprise, Van Wort County. Mr. Kemp is a rigid temperance Democrat, member of the G. A. R. at Marseilles (Surgeon of Post), and, with his wife, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, officially connected, having lately been licensed as a local preacher. He was commissioned a surgeon in the army by Gov. Tod, on the recommendation of prominent surgeons and his neighbors. He is an energetic citizen and a member of the Medical Society of Cleveland. He is now suffering from a disease contracted while in the service as surgeon, which is yearly growing on him.

B. F. KENNEDY was born in Marseilles, October 8, 1838. He is the son of Frederick and Alvina (Hull) Kennedy, natives of Pennsylvania and of German ancestry. His parents were married in 1836, at Marseilles, his father having come to that place in 1835, and his mother at about the same time. He was a mechanic, and died in 1841, aged thirty years. She is still living, a resident of Kansas. They were the parents of two children Jerome and Benjamin F. He was married September 26, 1861, to Miss S. L. Knibloe, daughter of John P. and Kate Knibloe, of Livingston County, New York. They have eight children -Kate, Mary E. (wife of W. M. Kneisley), Frank H., Cora L, Adelbert, Jared, Edna and Charles F. Mr. Kennedy has served as Town Treasurer twenty years and still holds the office. He is a stanch Republican, a strong temperance advocate, and, with his wife, a member of the Methodist Church.

JOHN W. KENNEDY, Postmaster at Marseilles, was born in Adams County, Penn., October 6, 1809. He is the son of John and Margaret (Wolf) Kennedy, natives of Pennsylvania, and of Irish and German ancestry respectively. His grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His father came to Marion County (now part of Wyandot), in 1836. He was the father of nine children, six of whom are still living: John W., Samuel, Moses and Aaron. The girls living are Christina and Mary A. The deceased are Frederick, Henry and an infant. The father and mother both died in Marseilles, the former seventy and one-half years of age, and the latter seventy. Our subject was given but six months in school. At the age of twenty-one years he began work for himself, serving an apprenticeship as millwright two years, and afterward following his trade two years in Adams County, Penn. In 1835, he came to Marseilles, bought a lot and erected a dwelling thereon, being one of the first settlers of the village. Here he plied his trade for twenty years, building over fifty mills in various places, part of the time operating a manufacturing shop at Upper Sandusky. In company with Maj. Long, he sold dry goods in Marseilles, from 1845 to 1852, under the firm name of Long & Kennedy. serving as Deputy Postmaster during that time. He then returned to his trade, at which he was engaged at intervals until 1870; was then employed to man age his son's store in Marseilles, for three and one-half years, and has since been engaged in various employments. April 17, 1883, he was appointed Postmaster of Marseilles, which situation he still retains. Mr. Kennedy was married July 29, 1834, to Mary Junkins, daughter of James

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Junkins, by whom he had twelve children; eight living: Howard, Cordelia, Susan, Oliver, Mary E, Sarah J., Emma and Vilroy. The deceased are Ella G. and Harriet, James K. and Olive K. Mr. Kennedy assisted in organizing the first company at Marseilles for the late war, and offered his own services, but was refused on account of disability. His son Howard was engaged in the service. Mr. Kennedy is Republican in poli. tics, and is identified with the Presbyterian Church, though not a full member. He was member of the IOOF. till the time of the war. He is one of the oldest settlers in the township, himself, wife and Maj. Long being the only ones remaining of the settlers of forty-eight years ago.

LEMUEL KRISHER was born in Richland County, Ohio, August 19, 1839. He is the son of John and Jane (Campbell) Krisher, natives of Pennsylvania, and of Irish and German ancestry. They came to Ohio in 1831, settling in Richland County, and rearing a family of fourteen children, of whom eight are living: Maria, Betsy A., Thomas R., Jeremiah, Nancy, Lemuel, Delilah and Lambert. The parents both died in Wyandot County; the father aged seventy-three, and the mother aged seventy-one. Mr. Krisher, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the common schools leaving off at the age of twenty-one. remaining with his father till the beginning of the war. He then enlisted in Company 0, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, April 19, 1861, being the first volunteer from Jackson Township; re-enlisted five months later in the Independent Ohio Battery, and partici. pated in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain, anti in every battle in which the Army of the Cumberland was engaged. He entered the ranks as a private and was mus. tered out a Second Lieutenant, being discharged September 1, 1865, having served four years and one month without a sear, and without missing a bat. tle. Returning home, he went to Michigan, and engaged in the lumber business three years; returning home again, farmed two years with his father, in 1875 buying a saw mill located at Marseilles, which he has since successfully operated. June 27, 1883, he purchased a half interest in a grocery and provision store, with Henry Handchy, at Marseilles, doing a thriving business, with a stock of $2,500, under the firm name of Handchy & Krisher. He was married July 19, 1871, to Miss Emma Adams, daughter of S. S. and Abalene Adams, to whom were born three children: Carrie, born March 7, 1872; Jessie B., February 6, 1874, and Charles H., July 2, 1876. Mr. Krisher is a Republican, member of the G. A. R., Senior Vice Commander, Master Mason, F. & A. M., both at Marseilles. He is still engaged in milling.

CHAUNCEY M. LEAR. This gentleman is a native of Delaware, Ohio, born January 5, 1855, son of Daniel and Susan (Pentzer) Lear, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and of German extraction. They were married January 5, 1854, and lived at Delaware till 1865, when they moved to Marseilles, purchasing eighty acres of land. They had five childrenChauncey M., Josephine F., Lucinda W., George W. and William D. The father was accidentally killed at La Rue, Ohio, by a runaway team-being fiftyfive years of age at the time of his death. Our subject received a good education in the common schools, spending some time at the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, and Ada Northwestern Ohio Normal School; began teaching in his twenty-first year, and has since given the profession his whole attention; in which he has been very successful, winning an enviable reputation and ranking among the leading educators of the county. He purchased the homestead in 1878; was married, February 12, 1874, to

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Miss Marian Van Fleet, daughter of Miles and Nancy (Wright) Van Fleet, of Hardin County, natives of New York and Massachusetts. They are the parents of five children, three living-Flora May, born April 27,1878; Charles F., August 17, 1881; Grace E., July 28, 1883. The deceased are two infants. Mr. Lear is a Republican, a Granger, a K. of H., and a member of klin Cornet Band, and, with his wife, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

BENJAMIN F. LEE was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, November 9, 1825. He is the son of Parker and Elizabeth (Shoots) Lee, natives of Maryland and Ohio respectively, Mrs. Lee being of German lineage. Parker Lee emigrated with his parents from Maryland to Kentucky, when but seven years of age, and was engaged in the war of 1812, serving as Captain of a militia corps during the entire war. His is marriage to Miss Elizabeth Shoots took place in or near the year 1812, soon after which he removed to the Sandusky Plains, about 1837, buying 800 acres of land in Big Island Township, Marion County. From 1840 to 1842, be lived in Wyandot County, but spent the remainder of his days in Salt Rock Township, Marion County. He was the father of twelve children, six of whom are now living, namely, John, William, Benjamin F., Elizabeth, Sarah and Martin. The deceased are Melinda, Joseph, Henry, Louis, Jacob and Lucretia. He died at the age of seventy-eight years, and his wife at sixty-nine. Benjamin F. Lee was educated in the common schools living with his father until his twenty-eighth year. He was married, November 30, 1853, to Narcissa Sappington, daughter of Elias and Mary (Whitcomb) Sappington, of Big Island Township. Mr. and Mrs. Lee were the parents of nine children, six surviving-Mary E. (wife of Amandis Seligman), Sallie W., (wife of Thomas Heckathorn), Willie E., John S., Carrie F, and Frank G. The deceased are Elias F., Sophrano and James. Taking one crop from his father's farm as a subsidy, he purchased in the fall of 1854, 177 acres in Hardin County, Ohio, moving there in the same year, and remained five years. He then traded this farm for one of 240 acres in Goshen Town,ship, subsequently adding twenty more, remaining there five years and another five years on an eighty acre farm one and a half miles east of Ken ton. In 1865, this latter tract was sold, and twenty acres adjoining the 260 acres spoken of above, were purchased. In 1866, this whole tract was exchanged for the one of 260 acres on which Mr. Lee now resides. His farm is in a high state of cultivation, is valued at $75 per acre, and stocked with excellent grades. It is watered by twelve never-failing springs and eighty rods of the Tvmochtee River. The residence, which was repaired at a cost ,of $600, was consumed by fire, May 5, 1878, and his present handsome dwelling was erected the same season at a cost of $2,000. In politics, Mr. Lee is a stanch Republican. He has served as a member of the School Board of Marseilles, for three years, which post of honor he still retains; be was a member of the Board of Agriculture four years, and is an Elder of the Presbyterian Church. His wife and children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in good standing. Mr. Lee is one of the leading farmers of his township, and is a generous and influential citizen.

JOHN LESLIE, the subject of this sketch, was born in Seneca County, Ohio, December 27, 1842, being the son of John and Esther (Smith) Leslie, natives of Pennsylvania, and of Irish-German descent, his grandfather Leslie born in Ireland, his grandfather Smith in Germany. His people came to Ohio soon after marriage in 1833, lived in Akron and Massillon some time, at the former place when it contained few houses. They then

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moved to Norwalk, Ohio, and later to Hardin County, while it was yet a "wilderness of wolves," thence to Marion County, buying 100 acres near La Rue. He died October 22, 1851, aged forty-three years, leaving a family of seven children-Louisa, Harriet (deceased), James, John, Martha, Demer and Harmon. The mother died in September, 1861, aged forty seven years. Mr. Leslie received a limited education in the common schools, and lived on the homestead till enlisting in the United States service, Company F, Eighteenth United States Infantry, October 26, 1861. He fought at Shiloh, Perryville, Stone River, being wounded at the latter place, and compelled to retire six months. He returned to his regiment, and was subsequently engaged at Resaca, Kingston, Snake Gape, Buzzard's Roost, Atlanta, Jonesboro, and many skirmishes, and was discharged at Lookout Mountain, Tenn., October 26, 1864. His marriage to Miss Evaline Crawford occurred June 29, 1865. She is the daughter of Rev. Silas and Ann E. (Nicholes) Crawford, who are natives of Ohio, and of German extraction. They are residents of Plymouth, Ind., he being identified with the Baptist Church of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie have four children-W, Thurman, born September 25, 1867; Lillie B., June 19, 1870; Mary L., Jan. uary 11, 1872; Marven H., September 4, 1878. Mr. Leslie purchased fifty acres in Bowling Green Township, Marion County, 1864, resided there three years, and two years on another farm in same township, rented two years in Medina County, and in 1871 purchased forty acres of his present farm. This he has increased by subsequent purchases to 200 acres-eighty cleared-all valued at $50 per acre. He is a Democrat in politics and a subst6tial citizen, member of the G. A. R. at Marseilles. Mr. Leslie and family are mem. bers of the Presbyterian Church.

ROBERT LINDSEY, of the firm of Lindsey & Gates, dealers in dry goods, groceries, etc., was born in Grand Township, Marion County, Ohio, May 30, 1844, son of James H. and Elorn (Stiverson) Lindsey, natives of Ohio, and of Scotch-Irish and Scotch-German descent respectively. They were married about 1835-36 in Grand Township, and were the parents of seven children, four living-Robert, Ann M., Sarah R., and Mary. The deceased are James, John and David, the two latter having lost their lives in the late war. His father died February 19, 1881, the mother October 29, 1882. Mr. Lindsey, our subject, was educated in the common schools, at. tending one term at the Weslyan University of Delaware, Ohio, closing his literary pursuits at the age of nineteen. He remained with his father till May 2,1864, when he enlisted in Company M, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Regiment (Cavalry) National Guards and was engaged at Manassas Junction, and discharged four months later at Columbus, Ohio. He returned to the farm, staying until his twenty-sixth year. In 1870, he went to Kansas, purchased eighty acres of land, and staid three years, when he returned to Ohio, and received 160 acres of land from his father in Grand Township. He tended this farm till 1880, when be purchased an interest in his present store, of B. F. Kennedy, and began business under the firm name of Ken. nedy & Lindsey. They continued this partnership one year, after which time Mr. Lindsey purchased his partner's interest, selling soon after one. half interest to H. S. Gates, with whom he is still in partnership. They carry a $12,000 stock. Besides this, Mr. Lindsey owns 320 acres of land in Kansas, valued at $20 per acre, well situated. His marriage to Miss Re. becca J. Oroke, daughter of Catharine Croke, occurred February 6, 1871. They have five children-James H., Frank E., Edith L., Charles F. and Jessie M. John is deceased. Mr. Lindsey is a member of the Methodist

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Episcopal Church, of the F. & A. M., Master Mason, of Marseilles, of the G. A. R., and a Republican in politics. He is a successful business man and a good citizen.

MAJ. HUGH LONG,* one of the oldest settlers of the township, was born in West Liberty, Va., April 12, 1794. He is the son of John and Catharine (Fry) Long, natives of Pennsylvania. His great-grandmother, Nancy Howard, was kidnapped in London, England, brought to this country and sold for her passage. His grandfather Fry was a soldier in the Revolutionary war three years. His father was reared a farmer, and at the age of twenty-one, went to Pittsburgh and learned the tanner's trade, Gen. Wayne's army being then stationed there. He was married there and moved to St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, and became the father of ton children. He died in his sixty-fourth year, and his wife in her seventy-fifth. Maj. Long, the subject of this sketch, attended the common schools of his time and enlisted in a Light Horse Cavalry Company in the war of 1812, but, with other volunteers, was not wanted, and was exempted from entering the service. He learned the tanner's trade of his father, and was engaged with him in the trade till twenty-five years of age. About that time he married Miss Catharine Trucks, four children resulting therefrom, two living-Mary and Matilda; the deceased are Catharine and Joseph. The mother of these died in 1832, aged twenty-four years. Mr. Long was married again the same year to Miss Sarah Hinkle, who by him became the mother of fourteen children, six surviving to the present time---Hugh H., John, Hiram, Orrin, Vincent and Hattie, wife of Lawson H. DeLander. Mr. Long came to Marion County, in 1832, settling in Marseilles, then Burlington; the Fitzgeralds, Youngs and Merrimans being the only families in the township; our subject now being the oldest and only surviving resident of those early days. He built his shop and began his trade as tanner in 1834, and continued in this occupation till 1876. He is the owner of thirty acres of land within the corporation and has been largely interested in building up the village. He has held every office in the township except that of the Justice of the Peace, and that be refused. He obtained the title of "Major" through Charles Merriman. For his eighteen days' service in the war of 1812, he receives a pension of $8 per month; also received a title to 160 acres of land, which afterward sold for $140. He was formerly a Whig, but laterly a Republican. His wife died February 9,1882, aged seventy-three; he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and highly esteemed in his old age.

JOHN McCLEARY (deceased) was born in Franklin County, Penn., Jane 10, 1821; he was the son of Alexander and Elizabeth (McCormick) McCleary, natives of Pennsylvania and of Irish ancestry. They emigrated to Wyandot County about 1838, and though the parents of ten children, but three are living-Hanna, Lemuel and Jane. The deceased are Robert, John, Mary, Alexander, James, Thomas and William. The father died in 1865, aged sixty-five years; the mother in 1851, aged fifty-five years. Mr. McCleary attended the common schools and was married to Miss Susan Hankins, daughter of John and Mary (Young) Hankins, April 14, 1848. Miss Hankins was born June 26, 1828, her parents being natives of Maryland, and of Irish and German descent. They came to Ohio in an early day and settled in Knox County. They had five children, four living-Timothy, Geor e Lewis and Susan. Thomas is deceased. Her father died October 18, 1876, aged seventy-nine years; her mother January 4, 1881, aged seventy

* Since this sketch was written Maj. Long died.

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eight years. John McCleary, our subject, was the father of ten children. eight living-William, Timothy, Loucetta, wife of Elkana Crosson; Hattie' wife of John Lutz; Daniel, Julia A., wife of Hugh Smith; Ida J., the two latter being twins, Mary E. and Louisa are deceased; the former dying at the age of eight years, and the latter eighteen months. During the first four years of his married life Mr. McCleary routed land, but purchased eighty acres in Mifflin Township in 1853, increasing the tract, by subsequent purchases, to 115 acres; he was always an active Democrat and a well respected citizen. He died August 3, 1880, leaving an estate of $8,000; his widow disposed of the farm and purchased her attractive home in Marseilles, April 10, 1883. Two children and a niece reside with her. Mrs. McCleary has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since her fourteenth year. She is pleasantly situated in her new home and is highly esteemed as a citizen.

DAVID W. McCONNEL, M. D., a leading physician of this county, was born in Greene County, Ohio, May 14, 1839. He is the son of Isaiah and Ann (Bain) McConnel, the former born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1800; the latter in Lexington, Ky., in 1799, her parents originally emigrating from Glasgow, Scotland, about 1795. They were married in Xenia, Ohio, January 1, 1828, and resided in that city ten years, after which time they removed to Hardin County, where they settled permanently. They were the parents of six children, four still living-James B., Sarah F., David W. and Martha. The deceased are Rebekah and Samuel J. The father died July 4, 1860; the mother September 12, 1883. The subject of this sketch attended the Kenton schools, and subsequently graduated from Northwood College in 1854. He began the study of medicine under Dr.W. H. Phillips, of Kenton, in .1856, and remained with him nearly four years, and afterward graduated from the Starling Medical College in 1866, in the meantime teaching eight terms of school. He enlisted in Company G, Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, April 16, 1861; re-enlisted in the Thirty-third in July of the same year as private, and was appointed Orderly Sergeant, serving nine months, when he was appointed Second Lieutenant, after twelve months First Lieutenant, and then Captain of his company till the close of the war. He was engaged in the campaign of Eastern Kentucky under Gen. Nelson, and participated in the following battles: Piketon, Bowling Green, Bridgeport, Battle Creek, Prestonsburg, Stone River, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge. At the latter place he was wounded three times, but was not discharged, and after six weeks returned as Aid; was subsequently in the battles at Franklin and Nashville, and continued as Aid till June of 1865, when he received his discharge. Mr. McConnel was married March 10, 1870, to Miss Martha J. Lacey, daughter of Haman H. Lacey. They have four children-Anna L., James H., John C. and D. Watt (Samuel E., deceased). He located in Marseilles in August, 1865, where he has since resided, building up a good living practice in his chosen pro. fession. He belongs to the regular school of medicine, and favors the temperance element of Republicanism; is a member of the IOOF. and K. of H. fraternities, and a master member of Marseilles Lodge, No. 515, F. & A. Al.; McCutchen Chapter, R. A. M.; member of Ivanhoe Council, R. & S. M., Bucyrus, Ohio; and of Marion Commandery Knight Templars, Marion, Ohio. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and highly respected as a citizen. It is worthy of notice that the father of our subject was one of the seven original Abolitionists of Ohio, and his son has always been an active anti-slavery man. Mrs. McConnel departed this life November 25, 1884.

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She was a lady of unusual strength of character, and was greatly admired and esteemed for her many excellent qualities,

SAMUEL PHILLIPS, blacksmith, was born in Salt Rock Township, Marion County, Ohio, June 18, 1834; son of Jacob and Comfort (Martin) Phillips, natives of Massachusetts and Ohio respectively. His father came to Ohio in an early day, and was a shoemaker by trade. He was married in 1830, and was the father of ten children, six still living-William and Edna (by his first wife), Samuel, David, John and Jacob (by his second wife). He died in Michigan when our subject was but four years of age. His wife departed this life about 1870, aged sixty years. Samuel Phillips attended the very ordinary schools of Michigan, giving up entirely his studies at the age of eighteen, coming to Marseilles and beginning his trade as an apprentice, serving three years with James R. Eaton at 10 cents per day. At the end of three years he bad accumulated $16. In 1854, he purchased a half interest in his employer's shop, where he has since pounded the anvil, building up an extensive business. This partnership existed twenty-one years, at the expiration of which time Mr. Eaton retired, Mr, Phillips continuing the business at the present time as sole proprietor. His marriage to Miss Mary A. Ellis, daughter of Richard and Mary P. (Stover) Ellis, occurred in October, 1857. Mr. and Mrs, Phillips have reared ten children, seven living-John, Eva (wife of J. L. Hastings), James, Charles, Jennie, Frank and Anna. The deceased are Mary, Harlan and Stover. Mr. Phillips owns his shop and lot; also his house and lot. Ilia wife's mother resides with him, in the seventyfourth year of her age, in feeble health. He was in the "hundred-day service," Company G, One Hundred and Forty- fourth Ohio National Guards, but sickness debarred him from active duty. He is a mem. ber of the G. A. R., of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a stanch Republican. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

JAMES B. POOL was born in Richland County, Ohio, May 14, 1833, son of Alexander and Phoebe H. (Harris) Pool, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German and Irish blood. The former was born July 15, 1799, the latter May 10, 1802; married June 7, 1821. They removed to the farm on which our subject now resides, in 1834, entering eighty acres of forest land, clearing the whole of it. They were the parents of eight children, seven living-Harris, William, John, Elza, James B., Clarissa E. and Charles. Eliza J. is deceased. The mother died May 14, 1878; the father December 24,1880. Our subject received a limited education, leaving off his educational pursuits at the age of eighteen, and serving an apprenticeship of two and one-half years at the wagon trade in Upper Sandusky, following this pursuit till 1861. April 18, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three months, meeting with no engagements; re-enlisted in Company C, Second Missouri Cavalry, First Sergeant, and participated in the battles of Pierce's Mills, Moore's Mills, Kirksville, Little Rock, and one south of the latter place. Was wounded at Kirksville, but returned to his company soon after, and was discharged August 3, 1865. He was married, September 15, 1856, to Modestia Woodard, one childOscar-being born to them, November 11, 1857. She died February 1, 1859. Mr. Pool was again married, September 12, 1862, to Mary E. Boyer, daughter of Eli and Lucinda (Banghart) Boyer, natives of Ohio. He inherited and bought the old homestead, located on the Tymochtee Creek, and valued at $60 per acre, Since the war he has been engaged in farming, though his sight was permanently injured in the service. In politics, Mr. Pool is a Republican, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which

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he has been an Elder for the past live years. His wife is also a member of the same organization.

HENRY QUAIL (deceased) was born in Pennsylvania, January 2, 1804. He was the son of John Quail, of English parentage. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812, never returning. Mr. Quail received but a limited education, beginning life for himself at the age of fourteen. He was married, March 17, 1836, to Miss Barbara Pepple, daughter of John and Mary Pepple, natives of Maryland, and of German lineage. Mr. and Mrs; Quail are the parents of seven children-five living--Lydia (wife of Charles Rall), Henrietta (wife of David Whittaker), Laura A. (wife of David McCleary), Asa and John. Sophia and an infant are deceased. After spending two or three years in daily labor, in 1841, Mr. Quail emigrated to Ohio by wagon, settling where the widow now resides. He entered eighty acres of land, and afterward owned 320 acres-owning 280 acres at his death, much of which he himself cleared of the timber. He died March 10, 1882, leaving an estate of $15,000. He was a Democrat in politics, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and an honest, liberal and well-respected citizen. Mrs. Quail was born November 5, 1811, and has endured many of the hard. ships of pioneer life. Notwithstanding the long years of toil, however, she is still able to do her own work. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and highly esteemed by all who know her.

WILLIAM SELIGMAN, an influential farmer, was born December 18, 1817, in Lehigh County, Penn. He is the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Stableton) Seligman, natives of the same State, and of German lineage. Their entire lives were spent in Pennsylvania. Seven children were born to them-Daniel, Charles, William, Henry and three daughters, whose names are unrecorded and forgotten. His parents dying when he was a more child, Mr. Seligman has been unable to obtain either their names or the dates of their births. Being bound to John Foos at the age of six years, his educational privileges were few, receiving most of his instruction from private tutors in dwelling houses. He remained with Mr. Foos till his twenty-first year, and then engaged as an apprentice to the cabinet and carpenter's trade, working in this capacity three years, and subsequently in an independent business until 1860. He came to Ohio in 1842, and settled near Bucyrus, doing an extensive business in contracting and building, employing from six to ten hands, and, as a result of his success, accumulating considerable property. On January 1, 1843, he married Miss Savina Boyer, daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth Boyer, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German parentage. Eleven children have been born to them, eight of the family still surviving-Lewis A., Amandes M., Edward H., William E., Lydia A., Dilly E. (wife of H. S. Gates), Annie M. (wife of J. D. Barr). The deceased are Moses F., Angelina, Charles and an infant. Mrs. Seligman was born in 1823, and passed away November 29, 1879. In 1860, Mr. Seligman purchased his present farm and residence, at a cost of $9,000, the original number of acres being 400, which he has increased by subsequent purchases to 506, all in a splendid condition. Eighty acres of this Mr. Seligman cleared with his own hands. In 1864, be erected a handsome and commodious dwelling, costing $3,000, and also three excellent barns that are a valuable addition to the premises. The farm is also well drained, there being nearly two miles of tiling buried within its limits. His wealth is estimated at $80,000. Before the war he voted the Democratic ticket, but has since been identified with the Temperance wing of the Republican party. He has served six years as Trustee

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of his township, is a member of the IOOF, at Marseilles, and withal one of the most highly respected and benevolent citizens of his community. Beginning life a bound boy, his life is well worthy the emulation of any ,who may become acquainted with its history.

LEWIS A. SELIGMAN was born in Crawford County, Ohio, December 24,1847, to William and Lavina (Boyer) Seligman. He was educated in the common schools, ceasing his schooldays at the age of eighteen. He remained with his parents till the period of his majority, and subsequently engaged as fireman on a saw mill for eighteen months, for the Studebaker Brothers. He then purchased a third interest in a circular mill at Upper Sandusky, continuing in a successful business three years. In 1872, he entered B. F. Kennedy's dry goods store as a clerk, serving in this capacity over four years. At the expiration of that time, he bought a half interest in a flouring mill at Marseilles, paying $3,000 for the same, and began business under the firm name of Hartle & Seligman. This partnership lasted four months, when Hartle's interest passed into the bands of B. F. Kennedy, and eight months later, 1879, into the possession of William Seligman, the firm then taking the title of Seligman &. Son. They did a flourishing business until their mill was destroyed by fire in June, 1883. Mr. Seligman was married, December 23, 1869, to Miss Ella Atkinson, daughter of Andrew and Mary (McKnight) Atkinson. Mr. and Mrs. Seligman have three childrenCharles W., born February 28, 1871; Guy A., October 22, 1877, and Kay W., March 15, 1882. Mr. Seligman is a strong temperance Republican and a member of the A., F. & A. M., and K. T.,of Marion Commandery, No. 36. He owns an attractive home on Main street, valued at $2,000, and is one of the influential citizens of the county.

SAMUEL SIMPSON was born July 8, 1815, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Knowles) Simpson, natives of Ireland and Pennsylvania respectively, and of Irish blood. Mr. Simpson was educated in the poorly organized schools of his day, closing his work in this direction at the age of eighteen, and engaging to " drive stage " from Cincinnati to Portland and from Springfield to Columbus. After two years spent in this occupation, he came with his parents to Marseilles in 1821, being one of the first settlers in the locality, and established himself on the Addison Heath farm, two miles south of the village. Later, he engaged in the flour mill with John Fehl, remaining in the business eleven years. He was married January 25,1844, to Miss Ann Kennedy, daughter of John and Margaret (Wolf) Kennedy. They were the parent; of three children - William C., John F. and Samuel S. The first is deceased. In 1842, Mr. Simpson purchased a farm of sixty-four acres in Grand Township, Marion County, where he remained ten years, selling out in 1852, and purchasing a grist and saw mill at La Rue, and operating the same until 1858. Disposing of this property in 1860, be removed to Marseilles and purchased a residence and eight lots, which he still owns and where he still resides. By his own efforts he has cleared 150 acres of forest land, which has materially affected his health. In politics, Mr. Simpson is a Democrat, and cast his first vote for Gen. Jackson. He is familiar with much of the Indian history of the county and is able to speak the Indian language quite fluently. He has been a resident of the county sixty-two years. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JOHN O. STUDEBAKER was born in this county June 22, 1840, son of Samuel and Delilah (Fehl) Studebaker, natives of Pennsylvania and of German parentage. His mother was born in 1822, and his father about 1816. They were married in this county in 1838. He was a shoe maker

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by trade. They were the parents of three children-Flavius J., Mary and John 0. The father died in February, 1845; the mother is still living, in Marion County, sixty-two years of age. Our subject attended the common schools till his eighteenth year and was subsequently engaged in farm labor till 1861. May 28 of that year, be enlisted in Company K, Fourth Regi. ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was engaged at Rich Mountain, Laurel Hill, Romney, Winchester, Edinburg, Now Market, Port Republic and Chancellorsville; captured at the latter place and taken to Richmond, I after sixteen days, paroled; thence to Annapolis; thence to Washington; on Gen. Auger's staff as clerk till discharged, July 11, 1804. He returned to farm, and married, April 16, 1867, Ivy, daughter of William and Jane N. Renick, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania respectively, of German do. scent. They settled in Wyandot County (then Marion) in 1823. Their one child, Ivy E., was born March 28, 1843. The father died in 1876, aged sixty-five years; the mother died in 1875, aged fifty-five years. Mr. and Mrs Studebaker have two children living-Renick, born January 28, 1869; Bertha E., January 3, 1880. Lorin V., August 3, 1875, died January 28, 1879; George V., born January 19, 1882, died January 10, 1883.

ENOCH THOMAS was born in Hardin County, Va., July 30, 1814, son of Owen and Sophia (Hansom) Thomas, natives of Wales and Virginia respectively-she of mixed nationality. His father enlisted in the Revolutionary war, but did not serve; was a carpenter by trade and the father of twelve children-two living-Rebecca and Enoch. He died in 1838, aged seventy-nine years; the mother in 1836, aged fifty-six years. Our subject was educated in the very common schools of the Old Dominion, attending one year, there being no free schools at that time. He resided with his father till March 1, 1838, when he came West, traveling on horseback a distance of 450 miles, crossing the Alleghenies without any roads, and arriving in Franklin County, Ohio, in fifteen days. He came to Marseilles, Marion Co., Ohio, at once, and purchased eighty acres, where he now resides; has bought and sold till he now has 119 acres of good land, well improved, drained by Tymochtee River, valued at $60 per acre; made all the improvements, and has cleared over one hundred and twenty-five acres of forest land. He married, in 1842, Mrs. Jane Thomas, widow of David M. Thomas, and daughter of John and Sarah Farmer. They were the parents of four children- William C., George C., David M. and Margaret (deceased), wife of Levi Hildebrand. His first wife dying, Mr. Thomas was married again, in 1857, to Mrs. Sarah A. Bates, by whom he had two children-Owen and Osweld, the former now deceased. Mr. Thomas was born with but one arm, began life with $125, but by his industry has gained a competence of $8,000. He is a Republican. He and Mrs. Thomas are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to whose support they contribute liberally. Mr. Thomas has served as Trustee several years; also as Assessor and Land Appraiser, in 1870.

ANDREW UNCAPHER (deceased) was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., February 24, 1811, son of George and Catharine Uncapher. He obtained a good education, and was for a time book-keeper for a firm in Pittsburgh. He afterward learned the tanning trade, and pursued this business till 1860, at which time he moved to this township and purchased 400 acres of land. In 1836, he married Miss Mary Horrel, daughter of John and Margaret (Trimmel) Horrel, natives of Pennsylvania, and parents of ton children, Mrs. Uncapher being the youngest. Her parents are both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Uncapher were the parents of ten children-eight

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living-Theodore, Philip, Joseph, Jackson, and Mary, wife of George Everts. The deceased are George, John, John T., Sarah E. and Thomas M. Mr. Uncapher died in the fall of 1861; he was a stanch Democrat and a member of the Lutheran Church, highly esteemed by all who knew him. His widow, born 1820, still survives him, owning eighty acres of good land. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church and has successfully reared a family of six children to the years of their majority.

PHILIP UNCAPHER. This enterprising farmer was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., December 27, 1846. He is the son of Andrew and Mary A. (Horrel ) Uncapber, natives of Pennsylvania, and of Scotch-Irish descent. (See sketch). Our subject received his education in the district schools, remaining on the farm with his father. He was married August 21, 1873, to Elizabeth Modd, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Wing) Modd, natives of England, who married there and came to America in 1851, settling in Logan County, Ohio, for a number of years, where Mrs. Modd died. He is at present a resident of Linn Township, Hardin County, in his fifty-sixth year. They were parents of throe children-two living. Mr. and Mrs. Uncapher have three children-Ernest M., born December 2, 1874; Philip, Jr., September 4, 1876; Chastina B., May 10, 1880. Mrs. Uncapher was born October 30 1853. Mr. Uncapher received eighty acres from his father's estate, to which he has added forty acres, all well improved, with a neat residence built in 1874, costing $500. Mr. Uncapher is a Democrat; served as Trustee three years; as Justice of Peace one year, and is a substantial citizen.

A. ROYAL WEBBER, born in Whittingham, Vt., March 6. 1838, is a son of Lyman J. and Mary A. (Goodnow) Webber, natives of Massachusetts and Vermont respectively. Lyman Webber's father died when the former was but eighteen months old, the family being of English ancestry. Lyman was born in 1810; his wife (Mary A.), in 1809, and they were married about 1832. They lived in Vermont till 1855, manufacturing hoe-handles, wagon shafts, etc. Being a millwright by trade, he moved to Delaware County, Ohio, in the above year, purchasing a saw mill and grist mill. Later he was engaged in cabinet work, and moved to Wyandot County in 1866, where the mother died in 1867, age fifty-seven years. The father is a resident of Morrow County, at the present time, in his seventy-fourth year. A. R. Webber was virtually bound out when nine years of age to learn the shoo-maker's trade, and was to receive $100 at the age of twenty-one; at eleven, he " declared independence," and two years later emigrated to Massachusetts, there learning the cutler's trade. This occupation he followed till his nineteenth year, when, becoming proficient in the use of brass and stringed instruments, he engaged in giving instructions in their use, and in the sale of instruments, following these occupations sixteen years. Came to Ohio in 1857; went West, and in 1859 returned, living in the various counties of Delaware, Morrow and Wvandot, till 1862; thence to Cincinnati, till 1865, selling pianos and organ;. In 1865, settled on present farm, which is well stocked with beat grades Durham cattle, merino sheep, and provided with four and one-half miles of tile drains, Air. Webber bein the first man in the township in adopting the tile system. November 3, 1894, he married Caroline Terry, daughter of Ethan and Barbara (Heckathorn) Terry, natives of Virginia and Ohio respectively, and of German and English descent. Ethan Terry crossed the Ohio River in a skiff when but three years of age, his parents settling in Marseilles Township in 1826. He died aged sixty-five; the mother aged fifty-nine,

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Mr. and Mrs. Webber have two children-Edgar K., born October 23, 1865; Ernest R., born August 25, 1871. In politics, Mr. Webber is Independent, Temperance, the entire family being members of the Presbyterian Church.

WILLIAM E. WEBBER was born in Windham County, Vt., October 9, 1842, son of Lyman J. and Marv A. (Goodnow) Webber (see A. R. Webber). He was educated in the high school in Delaware County, Ohio, taking a commercial course in the Columbus Business College, graduating in 1865. His marriage to Miss Mary E. Terry, daughter of Ethan and Barbara Terry, occurred October 25, 1870. Two children have been born to them-Winferd P., Aucust 7, 1872; Walter Owen, August 17, 1877. Mr. Webber was engaged in teaching school ton years; enlisted in three months' service, Company C, Eighty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; reenlisted at end of three months in Eighty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, doing camp and guard duty one year, when he was promoted to Corporal, and subsequently to Sergeant; served on the recruiting commission, raising thirty men for Company H, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and became Second Lieutenant of same company, and was mustered out as First Lieutenant. He was engaged in the battle of the Cedars, Nashville, Franklin, Newbern, and in many skirmishes, receiving his discharge July 5, 1865. In 1866, he purchased an interest in a woolen mill, which he successfully operated six years. He and family are living at present on their farm of 200 acres, which is well improved and valued at $60 per acre, stocked with good grades of Durham cattle, merino sheep and horses. He built this year one of the finest frame residences in the township, costing about $3,000; also owns 150 acres of good grazing land in Tennessee. He and Mrs. Webber are both members of the Presbyterian Church, he being a Trustee of the same. In politics, Mr. Webber is a Republican, of the temperance persuasion. Mrs. Webber was born and principally educated in Wyandot County, Ohio, receiving in addition to a good common school education a thorough coarse in the Young Ladies' Seminary, Springfield, Ohio. She inherited from her parents the farm on which the family now reside.

DAVID WILKIN is a native of Hardin County, Va., born March 31, 1822. He is the son of David and Mary (Wilson) Wilkin, natives of the same county, of German parentage. They emigrated to Ohio in 1827, set. tling in Licking County, where they resided twenty-five years. They then moved to Van Wert County, and shortly after to Michigan, where they resided about four years, and thence to Indiana for about the same length of time. The father died at the home of his son David, March 28, 1882, aged eighty five years. He was the father of fourteen children, seven by his first wife-Benjamin, David, John A., Joseph, Jonathan, Isaac and Mary A. By his second wife-Hayden, George, William, Cora, Lucinda and Amanda. The mother of the first family died in 1849, aged fifty-three years. Our subject obtained a common school education in Licking County, and worked at home and elsewhere until his marriage, December 23, 1847, to Barbara E. Losh, daughter of Jacob and Eve (Shular) Losh, natives of Pennsylvania, of German lineage. They were early settlers of Perry and Licking Counties and were the parents of nine children, five living- Czar H., born March 28, 1852; Lucinda D., November 20, 1854; Lydia S., July 20, 1858; Lucy, December 7. 1861; Flora B., June 14, 1864. The deceased are John A., Mary Aand two infants. Mr. Wilkin came to Marseilles Township in 1851, renting the old Wilkin farm twenty-two years; he bought eighty acres of his present farm in 1855, and has since added forty acres more; fifty

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acres of this was forest land cleared by himself. In his lifetime, Mr. Wilkin claims to have put 100 acres of forest land under cultivation. He began life with nothing, and now has a farm well improved, valued at $8,000; has ever been a bard worker, himself and another young man (Drum) having cradled 240 dozen of wheat and shocked sixty dozen of the same in one day; reaped with a sickle thirty-five dozen in one day. In politics, Mr. Wilkin is a Democrat, voting first for James K. Polk. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M. at Marseilles; his wife of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

PHILIP WINSLOW was born in New Castle, Knox Co., Ohio, October 4,1834. He is the son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Eli) Winslow, natives of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania respectively, and of English and German ancestry. His father's great-grandfather came from England, and his grandfather Winslow was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His father came to Ohio when eighteen, walking from Massachusetts. He was married, and moved to Marion County in 1835, purchasing 160 acres in Grand Township, clearing much of it, and rearing a family of eight children, five still living-Patience, Philip, Emaline, David and Orrin. The deceased are Mary A., William and John. The father is still living, aged eighty-six. The mother died May 9, 1875, aged seventy-three. The subject of this sketch was given a common education, and worked by day and month till he enlisted in the service, Company G, Eighty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, November 18, 1861. He participated in the battles at McDowell, Cedar Mountain, Bull Ran second, Kelly's Ford, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg; was here transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, and subsequently engaged at Lookout Mountain, Knoxville (here veteranized), Resaca, New Hope Church, Buzzard's Roost, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, with " Sherman to the sea," at Bentonville, and Raleigh, making a forced march to Washington, from Washington to Louisville, Ky., and here discharged August, 1865. He was captured at Gettysburg, taken to Belle lisle and kept three months and eight days, where he would have died only for the assistance of Patrick Cayten, of Marion, Ohio. He was at length exchanged, after having marched 2,500 miles, and fought twenty-five to thirty battles. Mr. Winslow was married, December 9, 1860, to Miss Jannett Coffman, daughter of Martin and Lucy (Dickson) Coffman, the former deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Winslow have had eleven children, eight living-John, Elnora, Curtis, Mary A., Alice, Louis, Elvira and Early. The deceased are Lucy B., Montgomery and an infant. Mr. Winslow purchased his present farm of eighty acres in 1872. In politics, he is a sound Democrat.

JOSEPH C. WORTHINGTON. The subject of this sketch was born in Ross County, Ohio, October 2, 1827. He is the son of John and Nancy (McDill) Worthington, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania, of English ancestry. His grandfather Worthington was a soldier in the Revolution, and his father in the war of 1812. His uncle, Thomas Worthington, of Chillicothe, was at one time Governor of Ohio. They removed to Chillicothe, or near that place, about 1815, rearing a family of nine children, six living Isabel, Robert, Elizabeth, James, Joseph C. and Nancy. The deceased are Jane, Mary and John, the latter dying from disease contracted in the late war, in which he served three years. The father died in 1873, aged seventy-eight years; the mother in 1848, aged forty-five years. Our subject attended the common school, beginning monthly labor on the farm at sixteen, and continuing in this pursuit two years, since which time he has engaged in farming. He married, December 29,1849, Miss Mary J. Pumphry

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(Born February 8, 1833), daughter of John W. and Jane (Wright) Punphry, natives of Virginia and Ohio, of Welsh and Irish ancestry. Her father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and her grandfather Pumphry in the Revolutionary War. She is descendant of the English Cromwell - her father's mother, Rachel Cromwell, coming from England. Her parents settled in Ohio in an early day. Her mother had seven children, she being the second by the second marriage, her only full brother being J. B. Pumphry. Mr. And Mrs. Worhington have two children - John A., born June 26,1852; James R., July 19, 1862. They rented land during the first four years of married life, and purchased his present farm of eighty acres in 1854, paying for the same $765; has cleared fifty acres of his farm, and 100 acres in all. In 1864, enlisted in Compnay G. Eighteenth Regiment Ohio National Guards; engaged at Monocacy River, and discharged at the expiration of 100 days. Mrs. Worthington is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, both Mr. And Mrs. Worhington are industrious and well respected.

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