Adams County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1900 (part 4 of 8)

William Holmes was born in Liberty Township, in Adams County, on April 29, 1802, and resided there all his life. When he was a boy and a young man he learned the carpenter's trade and worked at it in the vicinity of West Union up till 1870. He built many of the residences of West Union. He was married at the age of twenty, to Nancy N. Chaney, of Highland County. ITiey located west of West Union on the hill overlookine the Eagle Creek valley, where they resided during their joint lives. Their children were James. Mary J.. John, Cyrena, William, George, Margaret and Nathan. Three died in infancy. There are two sons, William and Nathan, three daughters, Mary J., Cyrena and Margaret, still surviving, all of whom reside in Adams County except Cyrena, who resides in Highland County. William Holmes was a man of powerful physique and nerve. The following instance is related of him:

He was suffering from a felon on the index figer of the right hand. Dr. Wilson, who was attending him, advised amputation and the patient consented. The Doctor was nervous and could not saw the bone steadily. William Holmes took the same and separated the bone himself.

William Hofanes. son of oar sabject, married three times: first, to IsabeOe Satterfidd. daughter of Wesley Satterfidd: second, to Miss Trefts, bv whom there are two children, Mrs. E. E. Crawford, of Ashland, Ky.. and George Hohces, of Shear Fork, Sooth Dakota. His last wife was a J^liss Piatt. There are six iving children of this marriage.

of Benton ville, wz!S bom July 12, 1848, in Sprigg Township, on the farm adjoining the one on which he now resides. His parents were Henr>' and Maragaret (Vane) Hntson. Major Hutson, grand^tber of our subject, was a native of Ireland. He located in Kentucky in 1804 on the old Daisy Pbjitation r#ear Millersburg. Here he reared a family of children, five of whom lived to maturity. The}' were Henry, father of our subject : Henna, who married James Bishop, of Falmouth, Kentucky: Rachel, the wife of Hon. John P. Bloomhuff; Elizabeth, wife of William Stevenson, and the wife of William Hurd. The last named is the only surrivor. Major Hutson removed to Adams County in 1812. He located on what is known as the Bloomhuff form, and readed there until his death, at the age of ninety, in the year 1852. Henr^- Hutson, father of our subject, married Margaret \^ane, who was also a natrre of Mar>iand. His daughter Margaret was bom in 1804 and her father left Maryland for Ohio in 1807. Henry Hutson resided, for the greater portion of his life, or the farm in Sprigg Tou-nship. now occupied by Tames Froman He reared a family of five sons and two daug^hters, John, of West I'nion : Hand v. deceased : Henna, married first to Georgrc Brittingham and afterward to James M. Froman: Allen \'., our subject, and Thomas Hamer, of Hillsdale. Kansas. Henr>- Hutson was a man of the strictest integrity and of more than ordinary- ability. He was a recognized leader in his community in social, church and public affairs. He was deacon, clerk and trustee of Union Church at Bentonville. for about fortv years.

Our subject attended the common schools until the age of nineteen, when he became a teacher and followed that profession for ten vears. Ht studied surveying under Nathaniel Massie and Jeremiah Br>-an. He h2!> Massie's old compass which belonged to Gen. Xathaniel Massie. It was broug^ht to this country by Lord Baltimore. Mr. Hutson has an extensive knowledge of French and German and is able to enioy the best works in each of those tongues. He was County Survevor of AHam^ County from 1877 to 1880. and again from 1887 to 1893. ^^ made a uv'^i efficient officer. Mr. Hutson is a Democrat in his political is the eldest son of Paul Harsha and Martha Buchanan. Paul Harsha was born April i, 1800, in Washington County, Pennsylvania. His wife was bom in Chambersburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1810. Hex parents removed to Washington County, Pa., in 181 2, and there she was married to Paul Harsha on May 22, 1831. In 1841, they located near Harshavill-e in Adams County. The mill at Harshaville was then owned by Samuel Wright, but was soon after purchased by Paul Harsha. Our subject was born in Washington County, Pa., in 1832, and came to Adams County with his parents. The Harshaville mill was the first built in Oliver Township, in 1817, by Gen. Samuel Wright, who, in 1846, sold it to Paul Harsha. Our subject began work in this mill under his father in 1844, and has been there ever since. The mill had been refitted in 1847. O^^ subject operated the mill until 1859, when he reconstructed it and operated it until 1882, when it was refitted with new machinery. It was destroyed by fire in the Fall of 1 89 1, and rebuilt the next Spring. It has continued in successful operation ever since.

Paul Harsha. his father, died on his birthday, April i, 1876. Our subject conducted the mill alone until 1884, when his son, Paul Howard Harsha. became a partner and has continued as such ever since. The business is conducted under the name of W. B. Harsha & Son. At the age of twenty-one, our subject was married to Rachel, third daughter of Gen. William Mclntire. Of this marriage there were two sons. Dr. William Mclntire, of Chicago, Ills., and P. Howard Harsha, of Portsmouth, and two daugthers, Mrs. Anna McCalmont and Mrs. Minnie Mc- Quiston, wife of Rev. J. A. C. McQuiston, of Cherry Fork, Ohio. Our subject's wife died in 1865, and he was married in 1871 to Miss Alma Mclntire, daughter of Capt. William Mclntire. Of this marriage there was born four children, three sons and a daughter, Carey Mclntire, Oscar, John W. and Florence. Our subject has been a Republican all his life. At the age of seventeen, he joined the United Presbyterian Church and has lived in that faith ever since. Mr. Harsha is noted for his Christian character and his business integrity. He is a model citizen and business man and is useful and helpful in all his relations to society.

was born in Adams County, Franklin Township, February 22, 1844. His fatiicr was Peter L. Hughes and his mother, Mary Carrigan. His father was born in Ireland in 1790 and came to this country in 1798 at the age of eight years. His mother was born in Franklin Township, Adams County. Her father, Andrew Carrigan, was a native of Ireland. Peter L. flughes, father of our subject, had four sons and two daughters who grew to maturity. His daughter Hannah married John B. Allison, who has a separate sketch herein. A son, Frank O., and his wife, a daughter of Hugh Breslin, are both deceased. Mary Hughes, the second daughter, married Joshua Hatcher. Tobias Hughes married Flora Cannon, a daughter of Eleven Cannon and granddaughter of General Daniel Cockerill. He died at the early age of thirty-two, leaving his widow and three children. Another son, John W. Hughes, died in young manhood.

( )ur sul)icct obtaineil his education in the common schools. He attended a commercial school in Cincinnati in 1863 and 1864, and directly alter that began farming on his own account. About 1870, Jacob Weaver and his sister had a delightful home just south of the Serpent Mound. Our subject was a visitor there and soon found out what a good housekeeper and what an attractive young woman Miss Mary L. Weaver was. and he deliberately broke up that pleasant home, by marrying Miss Weaver on the fifth of October, 1871. Jacob Weaver then went to live with his sister and brother-in-law for a vear, and his observance of married life was such, that he went and obtained a wife for himself.

Of the childrer of our subject, Hannah A., married John E. Swearingen. They reside at Clintonburg, Miami County, Ohio. John J. Hughes, a son. aged twenty-two, resides at' home. Our subject's daughter. Kate Mary, is a young woman at home; Ferris L., aged fifteen, and Rosa Belle and Mary Grace, younger, are with their parents. Mr. Hughes has six hundred acres of land in one body in Bratton Township lying between the liaker Fork and the Middle Fork of Ohio Brush Creek. A more pleasant location was never found by man. Mr. Hughes has a large and commodious residence. The suggestion of thrift shows everywhere over hi? broad acres. Talk of the pastoral lives of the Patriarchs. They weren't in it compared wnth Phil Hughes. His farm and home are more desirable than the w^hole belongings of the Patriarch Jacob after he had done up his father-in-law, Laban. If any one desires to take lessons in thrift and how to care for farms to make them productive, and a delight to every one who has any appreciation of nature, and of the improvements of it by cultivation, let him visit r»ratron Township and call on Phillip M. Hughes, John B. Allison and Alfred R. Fulton, and if he does not come away pleased and with a whole swarm of new ideas, then the writer has not told the truth and is inca])able of it. All three nanietl are model farmers and have the finest of farms, but. Mr. Hughes has the advantage in situation.

In his ])olitical faith. Mr. Hughes is a Democrat. In his religion In is a communicant of tht^ Mother Church of all. the Roman Catholic. Mis wife and children are Methodists. Mr. Hughes possesses the confiilence of all his neighbors and well deserves it. One of the best evidences of it is. that he was President of the School Board of the Townshi]> fi>r twelve consecutive years. He was a Commissioner of the county irom i8i>o to i8»)^v He is strictly honest, honorable, and upright, lie attenils strictly to his own business, and does unto others as he wishes to be done by. .-Ks a public officer, he was capable, honest. and et^cient. He is an honor to himself, to his family, and to the community, and his character estimate was furnished by one of his neigh- K>rs wlh^ kni>\\s him so well that he could not possibly be mistaken alH>u: him.

Albert Clinton Hood, the ninth child of John P. and Sarah J. Hood, was bom in West Union, Adams County, Ohio, February 28, 1858. He attended the Public schools of West Union until the age of seventeen, at which time, 1875, ^^ began teaching in the country schools of Adams County. He followed this business for several years, teaching in the Winter and going to school in the Summer. He afterward attended the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, and later the Ohio W^esleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, and besides, he has accomplished much by home study.

He filled the following positions in Adams County: Superintendent of Rome schools, Principal of Manchester High School, Superintendent of Bentonville schools, of Peebles schools, and of the West Union schools. Besides, within this period, he taught several Normal schools during the Summer months. He was County School Examiner from September i, 1888, to August 31. 1891, having been appointed to the position by Judge I. N. Tolle.

Since leaving Adams county in 1892, he has superintended the schools of Aberdeen, Brown, County, Ohio; Shiloh, Richland County, Ohio: New London, Huron County, Ohio, and Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, Ohio. On retiring from the New London schools in '98 he was invited back to take charge of the Shiloh schools, but declined the offer to accept the superintendency of the schools at Reynoldsburg. At this place he also conducted a Summer school for the especial training of teachers. In the year 1900 he accepted an appointment as teacher in the Central High School, Cleveland, Ohio.

Albert C. Hood was married November 28, 1889, at Peebles, Adams County, Ohio, to Susan Annabel Nixon, daughter of David and Mary Ann Nixon of that place. Three children, two boys, Edwin Nixon and Glenn Mack, and one girl, Pauline, have been born to them, all of whom are living. He has been somewhat active in lodge work, having become a member of the L O. O. F. Subordinate, Encampment, and Rebekah Lodges, and of the Masonic Blue Lodge, Chapter, and Order of Eastern Star.

In June, 1893, Mr. Hood obtained a High School Life Certificate from the State Board of School Examiners of Ohio. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy, and also that of Master of Arts, was conferred upon him in 1899, by Mount Hope College.

Mr. Hood is truly a school man. He entered the profession of teaching when quite young. He began in the country schools and has adhered to the work, being gradually promoted until he has held several responsible positions as Principal and Superintendent. As a teacher, he is rigid in discipline and thorough in instruction. He has high ideals and strives to bring his pupils up to them both in education and in conduct. He has made a careful study of the art of teaching, having given much time to educational associations and is able to discern the best points of the work. He does not like sham in any sense nor those who try to practice it. After leaving the High school as a pupil, he steadily advanced in education until he was qualified for the degree of Doctor of

Philosophy. In addition to the Public school work, he has been connected with private Normal schools where teachers have been trained for examinations and for better work as teachers. His influence is toward the elevation of the lives of the pupils who come to his schools and in this way his work has been especially successful. He is industrious, painstaking and careful in whatever he endeavors to do, and this makes him a most useful teacher, inspiring his pupils to be careful in thought and neat in execution. Even people who do not like him say that he is a good teacher. As a man. he is thoroughly honest and upright and his character is above reproach. He belongs to the conservative class. Of a nervous, sanguine temperament, he is quick to judge and strong in his convictions. He is not the "first to lay down the old nor the last to take up the new." His strong point is in counsel and he is a steadfast friend to those whom he chooses as friends. As a citizen, he takes a quiet but positive interest in public affairs, makes up his own opinions on public questions and exercises the right of franchise in accordance with free convictions.

is one of the earnest settlers of Meigs Township, having resided there for sixty-four years. He is the son of Matthew and Sarah Jones, and was born December 2, 1825. in Tiffin Township. His father was one of the early farmers of Adams County, and raised a family of seventeen children of whom Samuel was the tenth child. His parents being poor and having so large a family, it was necessary for the children to "wc^k out." His father sold the farm of two hundred acres when Samuel was ten years old and moved to Meigs Township where he bought another. Samuel remained with his parents until he was seventeen years old. He then hired himself to Wm. Metz, a thrifty farmer on the Ohio River, and worked for him a year at eigfht Hollars ^ '^i month. Later he was employed by Samuel Breadwell on a farm at thirteen dollars per month, by James Moore at sixteen dollars per month, and by John Gorman at eighteen dollars per month. In each case his earnings went to his parents, except what was necessary to buy clothing, which w^as never expensive.

The iron furnaces of Lawrence and Gallia Counties, and the coal pits necessary to supply them, offered better wages to young men and Samuel souj^ht employment at Mt. \^ernon Furnace, where he received twenty dollars ]ht nuMitli cutting wood, hauling wood and working in the coal ])its. Here he saved his money and purchased forty-nine acres of land on Turkey Creek. Meigs Township. He gradually added to this until he owns two hundred and fifty acres, and on this farm he has reared a larf^e family.

His education was limited to the country schools of that day, although his pnxl judj^ment and general information made what learning he had verv useful to him. His school teachers, as he remembers them, were Hannah Irvin, Dorcas Taylor. L. D. Page, Benjamin Black, Samuel Tlu»rvMn:ui. Henrv Williamson. Tohn Williamson, and he savs thev were all t:v>"vl iriichers. His mother was Sarah Thoroman, who was a daughter oi S:i''iu^'l Tlioronian and Ann Crawford. The latter was a relative of Col. Crawi'M^i. who was burned at the stake by the Indians. The Thoromans are '^t SoiUoh ancestry.

In 185 1, he married Sophia Clark, daughter of James and Jane Clark, residents of Meigs Township. They settled on the land spoken above, and there reared a family of eight children, five sons and three daughters, all of whom, with the exception of one daughter, are living. In 1868, his wife died of typhoid fever, leaving him a baby ten months old, Edward, who is now Superintendent of the Public schools at Nelsonville, Ohio. In 1869, he married Mrs. Margaret Callaway, who had four sons. Six children, two sons and four daughters, were bom to the new marriage and all are living.

Mr. Jones has always taken a deep interest in public affairs. In politics, he has been a Republican since the organization of that party. During the War of the Rebellion, he enlisted in the 141st O. V. I., and was a member of Company K.

In church matters he holds liberal views and is a member of the U. B. church. He has never united with any secret orders except the G. A. R.

For the past twenty years his health has been impaired and he has left off the hard manual labor necessary for a successful farmer and has devoted his time to the duties of a notary public, giving special attention to pension claims in which he has met with great success.

The leading traits in the character of the subject of this sketch are his sturdy honesty, sympathy and liberality. He believes in his own rights and will contend for them, but he recognizes the rights of others. He loves frankness and practices it. He despises deception of any kind. The writer of this sketch knows from an every-day intimacy with him for twenty years that he would not practice a fraud nor cheat a neighbor even though he knew the wrong would never be discovered. The latchstring has always been on the outside of his door. Neighbors, friends and relatives have been welcomed and urged to remain. He loves friends and companions. His conversational powers are good and he is always a welcome visitor among his neighbors. He has lived an exemplary life before his large family of children. Owing to lack of means, he could not offer more than a common school education to his children. Three of his first family became teachers ; two of these have attained success as superintendents of schools. One has already been referred to, and the other now holds the responsible position of Superintendent of the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, at Columbus.

was born January 25, t86t, near Mineral Springs, Adams County, Ohio. He was reared on a farm and attended the Public Schools in Winter until seventeen years of age, when he began his career as an educator. After having taught five terms in the country school and having raised his grade Qif certificate to the first class, he was elected Principal of the Village schools of Rome, Ohio. After serving here for one year, he relinquished his position in order to enter the Normal school at Lebanon, Ohio. In 1885, he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science, and in the Fall of the same year, was elected Superintendent of the Manchester schools, where he remained for ten years, being elected each successive time without ever having a vote cast against him. During the tenure of his position as superintendent oi these schools. Prof. Tones spent his vacatiDns teaching Xc^rmal schcols, preparing teachers for their work, and nrrrng pupi]s ioT ci'llege. These schoc4s were first condiicted at Xc*rth LibeiT}-, and afterguards at Manchester. He alsc» spent a j>ortioD of his racatioQ instrjcting in the Teachers' Institute. In 1888, he went befc^'e ibc Ohio State Di.iard **i Nrhool Examiners and was granted a high scbc«Ci5 life certificate, having successfully passed in tv*-enty-ihree branches of smdr. In i8<y3, he received the degree of Bachelor of Pedagogy' from the Ohio University at Athens, at which institution he had taken a post-gradnaie course. Prof- l-^'nes was re-elected, in 1895. to the Superintendenc}- of the Manchester ^]vyj]s for a period <A three years, hut before entering tipc^n this term, he was called to his present position. Superintendent of the C*bio Institutif*n icT the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, asstmung the dtsties of his fJtfict in Sey-iember, 1895.

Prof. Jones was a man of high standing and influence in schcol circles. fKring rec: agnized as one of the progressive educators of the State. He has Ixren tmtiring in his devotion to the interests of the instirntioo since assuming the reins of authority, and has given much prominence to the work l>eing accomplished by the Ohio School for the Deaf. Being of a s>-mpathetic disposition, he is well qualified for his present jx^sition. He is a member of the First Presb\terian Church, of the C»rder of Free and Accepted -\Iasc»ns. and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In 1885. he was married to Miss Cora A. McPherson, of Mineral Springs. They have tliree daughters. Mariorie McFerran, Carrie Louise and Rela Pauline.

were read with great interest by all those within the circulation of the journals he represented. At the end of his military service he resumed the occupation of teaching. He was a man of high moral principles, of the strictest integrity, honorable in all his dealings with his fellow men, and he was respected by all who knew him. He was a model citizen in every respect. He died in March, 1874, and is buried in the cemetery near Wamsleysville, Ohio. His son, Lafayette Jones, the present Surveyor of Scioto County, is sketched in this work.

was born on Blue Creek, December i, 1858. His father was Oliver Jones ; his mother, Elizabeth Caraway. Our subject was the second child. He has a sister, Annaleva, wife of John Calvin, and a brother, Albert. He attended the District school in his vicinity and lived on his farm until he was twenty-four years of age. He engaged in the merchandise business in 1882 at Blue Creek and remained in that until 1885. He then went to Meade County, Kansas. He remained there a year. He then went to Colorado. He married Miss Isa McCall, daughter of Henry McCali. Coming from Colorado, he went to Blue Creek and engaged in farming. In 1898, he moved to McGaw and engaged in the merchandising business for a few months. He then returned to Blue Creek and went to farming. In politics, he is a Democrat. He is a Mason and a member of the West Union Lodge.

was born October 13, 1813, son of John and Sarah Kincaid. He worked on his father's farm and attended the Public schools in his vicinity. He was twenty-one years of age when his father. Judge John Kincaid, died, and was one of ten surviving children, yet he bought out his brothers and sisters and paid them $1,100 for their interests. He was married August 7, 1834, to Barbara Lawrence, a native of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He began his married life without a dollar of money, but he had a capital of energ\% will and industry that served him well. He became one of the principal farmers of the county. January 10, 1865, ^^^s wife died, and on December 23, 1867, he was married to Jane McNeil, who survived him. He took an active interest in politics, was a Whig and Republican and very strongly an ti -slavery. He always attended the county conventions of his party, usually as a delegate and so often was this done that the wags gave him the name, in sport, ^'Liberty Township." What they said in sport was sober reality, for, in many respects, he was ''Liberty Township." In his interest in political affairs, he was a model citizen. He believed every man should take a continuing interest in political affairs, and, as a consequence, lie never missed a primary or political convention. He often attended the District and State Conventions of his party. In political affairs he was always consulted and great weight given to his advice. He was a man of fine personal appearance, very tall and very erect in his carriage. His physical appearance would attract attention in any company or public assemblage. No man enjoyed a hearty laugh more than he, and he was full of fun and humor, Init whenever he undertook to do anything, no man was more HxqcI or set in his purpose. He had an expression of firmness about his mouth when his lips were closed that was emphatic and im- presstve. It dominated all other expressions of his features. It was a pleasure to hear him converse and he enjoyed the company of good conversationalists and could carr\' his part among that kind of social com* panions. He was a great friend of the lawyers and physicians of West Union of his own age. and especially of E. P. Evans. J. R. Cockerill, J. M. Wells and Eh*. David Coleman.

Wlien the underground railroad was in operation^ he was one of the directors and conductors. As his name indicates, he was of Scotch descent and hy birthright a Presbyterian, and a believer in that faith, but never became a member of the church. This was largely due to the breach between his father and the Rev. Ehei Bui^ess on the subject oi Masonry- in 1850. In 1868, he tmited with the M. E. Church and ^ed in that faith on October 10. 1887. His life was full of good deeds and acts of charity. He i^-as a good citizen, a good neighbor, and undertook ro and performed all his duties as man. citizen, husband and father as he understood them. He has gone to his reward and the w^orid is better that he hved. He left the memory of an example of which his children, his township and county may be proud. His children were: George Lawrence, bom May 15. 1835; John Williamson, bom March 29. 1857: William Xelson. bom March 20. 1859, died December 3. 1852: Sarah Margaret, bom May 16, 1842: Mar}- Anne, bom January 27. 1847: Adalinc Jane, bom May 2. 1849; ^^a^tha Alice, bom October 29. 1851 : Thocras. bom November 12. 1854; Ouinc>- Adams, bom December 15. 1858: Wlafield Scott, bom July 9, 1861.

Sarah M. married Joseph B. Matthews, and lives near Eckmansvilje. Ohio. They have two children. Adaline Jane married John G. Kjeiriknecht. and resides at Hills Fork, Ohio, and she has four childrKL

From 1863 to 1871, he, Crockett McGovney and Dr. D. M. McConaugh engaged in the pork packing business at Manchester. It required a great deal of nerve and capital to go into that business and carry it on, but Kirker had both. It was the largest and most important business carried on in Adams County while it lasted, and its being carried on was a great public benefit to the county. True, the partners lost money, but the people who dealt with them did not.

George S. Kirker was a prosperous and successful farmer and stock raiser. No man in the county took more pride in fine stock than he did and those who knew him in his prime knew that he never was happier than when riding a fine horse. He was always fond of horseback riding and usually had a saddle horse with a fancy gait. At fifty years, he was a large man, with very black hair and a full black beard. He had a fine presence and impressed strangers as a man of importance. In his business dealings, he was direct and straight to the point and was the soul of integrity and fair dealing. His industry and energy were untiring.

When there was any business to be done, Mr. Kirker never rested until it was done. He was a most jovial, agreeable companion. He was full of humor and liked to give it play. He was fond of a good story. He was one of those whom others like to ask to take the lead and when his judgment approved, he never hesitated to take it. When he did take it, the business went forward to a conclusion and usually to a successful one. He was always in good spirits and his presence and manner put those about him in good spirits. He was always inclined to take a cheerful view of things and to believe that a poor or bad condition of affairs could be bettered. He was plain in his dress, in his speech and in his manners, but he believed in getting at the substance of things. He was a man of strong will power and great tenacity of purpose. He would not undertake any matter or enterprise unless it was within reason that it could be carried through and that he could bring it to a successful issue. He had excellent judgment, and if it ever failed him, it was because of the influence of matters upon which he had not calculated.

In the period of his business activity, he was a most valuable element in the community. H any one was to lead in any project, he was usually selected as the one, and he never failed, when called upon, either to undertake the work placed upon him or to bring it to a fortunate conclusion. He was a natural leader in the circle of his acquaintances. It was this fact which made him a Captain in the 141st O. V. I. He was a strong Republican in his political views and could not have been anything else. He. however, unlike his distinguished father, had no taste for political office, and he never held any but that of Infirmary Director from 1863 to 1866. He accepted this because his name added strength to the ticket on which he was and because he lived in the same township in which the infirmary was located. His known sympathy for the poor and needy urged his candidacy and induced him to accept the office. Then again, his contest was made in the middle of the war when patriots were discouraged and when strong men needed to come forward and encourage the war. There is no man risen up in Mr. Kirker's place with all his sterling qualities. He set the world an example of life and character which ought to be renionibered and perpetuated, and an example which, if followed, would increase the sum total of pleasure and contentment here, and happiness and hope for the future.

of Hhie Creek, was born near Arnheim, Brown County, Ohio, October 7, 1839. His father was Simon Kratzer, whose ancestors came from Pennsylvania, and his mother was Elizabeth Lindsey, a descendant of an old and respectable family of Brown County. Our subject was reared on a farm and had the advantapfcs of the country' schools. He enlisted from Cieorgetown, Ohio, August 18, 1862, and was mustered into the service of the United States at Camp Dennison as a Private, Company D, Captain Higgins. 59th Regiment, O. V. I., Colonel Fyffe, for three years. Joined regiment at Cave City, Ky., and there promoted to Corporal. Served in Nelson's Brigade, Wood's Division, Fourth Corps, Army of the Cumberland, and t(x>k part in all the battles in which his re^ment participated, including Stone River. Lookout Mountain, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Siege of Atlanta, and was wounded at Mission Ridge. He was transferred to Company K. October 24, 1864, and served balance of time, and was honorably discharged June 28, 1865.

Our subject was first married January 18. 1865, ^^ Miss Mahala Stayton, of Brown Comity, by whom he had four sons and four daughters: RolKTt, Rosetta, Jesse Lee, Stella, John F., George E., Emma and Nellie, Mr. Kratzer's second wife was Matilda J., daughter of Levi and CvTithia Lafara.

Philip Kratzer is one of the substantial citizens of Chum Creek Valley. He is a faithful member of the Christian Union Church, and in politics an old-fashioned Democrat, and is an ardent admirer of that leader of Democracy. William J. Bryan.

oi VAuc Crook, was born May 14. 1848. His ancestors were among the first oi the jMt>noors in I'lue Crook \'alley. settling there when the region ahonndod with hoar and door, and when bands of marauding Indians paid occasional visits to tlio sottlomonts along Scioto Brush Creek. The parents of Mr. Knautt. Miohaol and Mary Wolfe KnaufF, came from Germany to r>iiilor i.\nHny, Ta.. whoro Frodorick was boni. and thence to Adams Cimiuy. Mary KnaiUY diod April 7, i8i)2, and is buried at Libeny comotory. Miohaol Knautt is yot living at the age oi eighty-three years.

of Clierry Fork, is a son of Alexander Kirk, who was born in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, in 1808, and Mary Reighle, of German descent, from the same State. Alexander Kirk was a son of John Kirk and Jane McKinney, natives of Scotland. In 1845, Alexander Kirk came from Cincinnati to Youngsville, Adams County, where he followed the trade of tailor. In 1850, he removed his shop to Cherry Fork, where he resided until his death. He was a jovial, lighthearted man, a fine performer on the violin, and was loved and respected by all who knew him. Albert D. Kirk, the subject of this sketch, was born in Youngsville, in 1848. and was brought up to be a tailor in his father's shop. He was educated in the common schools, and in the old academy at Cherry Fork, under Profs. McClung and Chase. When a lad, he was a member of the old militia, and in 1864 was called in the service of the United States, Company G, 1^2(1 O. V. I. In 1865, he again volunteered as a member of Company D, 191 st Regiment, O. \'. I., and was honorably discharged at the close of the war.

April 13, 1869, he was married to Phoebe Mclntire, a daughter of General William Mclntire, who bore him four children : William O., Luna E., Blanche and Grace. March 23, 1884, she died, and December 25, 1890, he married Minnie Wickerham, a daughter of Jacob Wickerham, of Peebles, Oliio, a most estimable woman, by whom he has had born to him three children: Albert DeWitt, Kathleen and James. Besides his reputation as a fashionable tailor, Mr, Kirk is a fine musician and was the organizer of **Kirk's Band," in 1870, a reed and cornet organization, the oldest in the county, and one of the most excellent.

was born October 23, 1841, in Greene Township, Adams County. His maternal great-grandfather, Aaron Stratton, was a native of New Jersey, where he grew to m.anhood and married. About 1790, he removed to Lewis County, Kentucky, and settled near Vanceburg. He was a man of enterprise and engaged in the manufacture of salt, which he followed for a number of years, and by which he made a considerable fortune. He owned many slaves. He bought Steele's Survey, a body of some seven hundred acres of land on the Ohio side of the river, known then and now as Irish Bottoms. He reared a family of ten children, one son and nine daughters. He made it a rule, upon the marriage of each child, to present him or her, among other things, two negro slaves, a man and a woman. His second daughter, Sarah, married Jonathan Kenyon, a native of Vermont. This daughter declined any present of slaves, and her father gave her instead one hundred and thirty acres of Irish Bottom land, now known as Sandy Springs. She and her husband settled on it, cleared it, and lived and died there. Mr. Kenyon was a regularly admitted lawyer, though he did not practice his profession. He was able to properly draw instruments of writing and discouraged litigation. He reared a family of seven children, all sons, namely, Aaron, Samuel, Thompson, Daniel, James, William and Benjamin. These sons all grew to manhood, married and reared families. James and Benjamin went to California, where they engaged in farming, and now reside there. Wil- liam lived and died near Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. Samnel and Thompson removed to Andrew County, Missouri, where they died. Daniel, the fourth son. was bom October ii, 1811, and departed this life November 5, 1885. He became the owner of the old homestead in 183^ to which he added one hundred acres, part of the Carrington Survey adjoining.

In 1832, he married Miss Rebecca Zoms, bom August 18, 181 1. in Lewis County, Kentucky-, and who departed this life January 4, 1895. They reared a familv of seven children : Martha Jane, Artemisia, Cynthiana, James R., William Franklin, Samuel F., and Mary OUre. The parents were members of the Methodist Church for over thirtj-five ycars.

William Franklin, the second son, and subject of this sketch, was educated in "he Public schools and at the Ohio Wcslevan Universitv at Delai*-are, Ohio. He graduated at the Xelson Business College at Cincinnati. He served as Township Trustee from 1893 to 1899; as School Trustee for twenty years, and as Voluntary Meteorological Observer, U. S. Weather Bureau, for seven years. His political views are Republican.

At the age of twenty, he became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Sandy Springs, and has served it as steward for twenty years, and also as a trustee. He was married April 5. 1864, to Miss Louise McCall. who was bom in Scioto County. Ohio. December 7. 1845. Her parents were early settlers near Buena \*ista, Ohio, and dealt in lumber and stone.

Our subject has reared a family of seven children, two sons and nve daughters. Lena. Theresa, Peninah, Mary Olive, Rosa Blanche, Daniel Austin, and Earl Franklin. Lena married Dr. D. E. Sample, of X'anceburg. Ky.. and is now residing at Huntington. West Virginia : Theresa, Ptninah and Earl F.. are at liome with their parents: Mar>- C, married Mr. E. L. Fulkerson. of St. Clara, Missouri, and they now reside 2: Texarkana. Ark.: Rosa B. died December i. 1890: Daniel A- married Miss Mary M. Lawill. of Manchester. Ohio. They reside on the h:n:e farm.

Soon after Mr. Kenyons marriage, he purchased a part of r.is father's farm on the hanks of the Ohio River at Sandy Sprinsrs- Sir.re ti:er. he has add^^n many acres, prinripally hill land which is 'jsed frr orchards. After his education was finished, he eng:aged in the nursery.- busiriess with his father under the style of "Daniel Kenyon & Son's Ohio R'".*:r Xursery and Fruit Farm." He continued in the business ::r : vc::: . years. His farm is neatly cultivated and tastefully adorned, ar : i--rr .'-.:n<lcd by all the comforts man can desire. Mr. Kenyon and wife arr n-.v. '!u::t!v living" on their beautiful fruit farm and en;o}-ins: :he !r.-::- - -! indi>tr:ous and well spent lives.

York in 1896 at the Polyclinic Hospital. He located to practice medicine at North Liberty in 1886 and has been there ever since. He was married November 13, 1886, to Miss Mary Bell Patton, daug-hter of the late George A. Patton, of Harshaville.

He is a man of high character and an excellent citizen and a very successful physician. He is very highly esteemed in the community in which he resides and wherever he is known.

was born December 31, 185 1, and named after his maternal uncle, Rev. Robert Stewart, for nineteen years pastor of the U. P. Church at North Liberty. He attended the District schools and the North Liberty Academy, and finished his education at the latter place in 1871. He went to clerking in 1868 for George A. Patton, at Harshaville, and worked for him for about three months. Then he clerked at North Liberty for his brother, John P. Kirkpatrick, in 1870. He went to Illinois in March, 1871, and staid there a few months, and was engaged in farming. He returned to Wayne Township in the Pall of 1861, and then clerked for George A. Patton until February 26, 1873, when he was married to Sarah Agnes Laird, daughter of Captain Samuel Laird. After his marriage, he farmed his father's farm until August, 1873, and then removed to North Liberty, and engaged in the produce trade until March, 1875, and in that year and for about two months afterwards, he clerked for his brother, John P. Kirkpatrick. Then he removed to Mattoon, 111., and Hved there until 1876, but came back that Fall to North Liberty, and went to clerking again for George A. Patton, and staid there until March 3, 1882. Then he removed to North Liberty and ran a huckstering wagon until December, 1882, when he started the general store where he is now and has been ever since.

Mr. Kirkpatrick has always been a Republican, and in 1883, was a candidate for Clerk of the Courts of Adams County, but was defeated by George W. Pettit. He is a member of the U. P. Church at Cherry Fork. He has a son, Charles E., who conducts a store at Harshaville, under the name of Charles E. Kirkpatrick & Co., composed of his father and himself. That store was opened May 19, 1897. His daughter Mayme married P. K. Phillips, who works for her father. His second son, Earle, is at home and assists in running the store. His daughter, June Bell, is a student of Monmouth College, one of the brightest girls of her community, and bids fair to accomplish much in the school she attends.

John Williamson Kincaid was born March 29, 1837, in Sprigg Township, near the Col. Hugh Means residence. He received his first Christian name for his grandfather, Col. John Kincaid, Associate Judge and the second for the Reverend William Williamson, who died in the same year in which he was bom. His father, John H. Kincaid, was at that time a staunch Presbyterian. When he was but three years of age, his father removed to the home in Liberty Township where he resided until his death.

Mr. Kincaid is an enthusiastic Mason and is much attached to the order. He is one of the founders of the Adams County Argicultural Society and has been one of its twelve directors since its organization. He is now President of the Board of Directors of the Society. He is a Republican and has been active in politics since his sixteenth year. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Liberty Chapel and a class leader. Mr. Kincaid is an honorable and useful citizen. He possesses the confidence and esteem of all his neighbors. He is active, energetic, and enthusiastic in anything he undertakes to do and is regarded as a model farmer and citizen.

farmer, residing near Manchester, was bom March 24, 1831, near Russellville, Brown County, Ohio. His father, George Adam Kress, was born in Bamasants, Rhine, Bavaria. His mother, Katherine Miller, was born in the same place. There they were married, and five of their children were born in Germany. In 1828, they came to the United States and located near Russellville, Brown County. They had seven more children in this country, four of whom died in infancy.

Our subject was the sixth child of his parents and the first born in this country. When he was of an age to attend school, the nearest school was so very far away and held such a short time, and the need of the boy's work was so strong that he was not sent to school, and he obtained no education. He worked on his father's land until he was twentyone years of age ; and from the age of twenty-one to twenty-seven, he worked out as a farmer. From 1854 to 1858, he worked for Luther Pierce on his farm; and on February 17, 1858, he was married to Miss Mary Jane Colbert, at Manchester. He went to housekeeping in Sprigg Township, where he still resides.

He remained working on the farm until the seventeenth of October, 1861, when he enlisted in Company G of the 70th Ohio Regiment. At the battle of Shiloh, he was the first one of his regiment wounded. He was shot through the left shoulder, and was so disabled that he was discharged on the twenty-sixth of September, 1862. He was unable to work any for two years after his wound ; and for seven years after his return from the army, he kept toll-gate near Manchester.

He and his wife have had sixteen children born to them; five of whom died in infancy or early childhood, and eleven of whom are still living. His eldest daughter, Kate Kress, was born March 15, 1859, ^^^ is the wife of N. B. Francis, at Mt. Sterling, Nebraska. They have one child. His daughter, Margaret A., was born December 30, 1863, ^"^ is the wife of E M. Burnett, a watchman at Manchester. They have three children. Linnie J., his third daughter, was born November 30, 1865, 2tnd is married to Mack Pence, a farmer near Manchester. His fourth daughter, Sarah B., born March 28, 1867, was married to Thomas Dawley in 1890. They live near Seaman, Ohio, and have one child. His fifth daughter, Lida E., was born September 21, 1868, and was married to C. A. Leedom. She resides with her parents. Josephine Irene Kress was

He was married September 13, 1871, to Miss Emma Caroline Hartwell, of Groton, Massachusetts. They have only one child, a son, Harris Hartwell Kennedy, born September 29, 1873, a graduate of Kenyon College at Gambier, and is at present a bookkeeper of the American Encaustic Tiling Company, of Zanesville, Ohio.

Mr. Kennedy is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and has been Post Commander at Gallipolis and Zanesville. At the latter place, during his administration, the membership of the Post increased from 140 to 444, and its finances were increased from nothing to over five thousand dollars. He has been a delegate for both State and National Encampments of the order.

He has always been a Republican in his political views. He was brought up in the Methodist Episcopal Church and is a member of it, but is broad and liberal in his view^s. In personal appearance, he is tall slender, and of elderly bearing, and is courteous and cordial in his manners. He is devoted and constant to his friends and charitable and considerate for the rights and prejudices of others.

Mr. Kennedv has a remarkable vein of humor, which makes him an entertaining companion to all with whom he associates. He has a fund of humorous stories which would do credit to Artemus Ward, Mark Twain, or any other of our celebrated humorists, and it is to be hoped that his collection will be preserved and published. He takes life easy, and while he has his troubles, as all persons in active business have, he does not let them worry him to any great extent, but takes it for granted that he must endure, suffer, and make the most of them. His career as a student and teacher, soldier and merchant, has been creditable in every way, and when he is called to give an account of the deeds done in the body, he hopes he will not be required to make any apologies, but that his record will commend itself.

Nelson Barrere Lafferty, M. D., was born in West Union, Ohio, January 6, 1840. He was the son of Joseph West Lrafferty and Elizabeth Burwell Lafferty. Nelson Barrere was at that time a practicing lawyer in West Union and the father of the Doctor was an admirer and friend. Hence the Doctor received the name of the distinguished lawyer, afterwards Congressman, and Whig candidate for Governor of Ohio.

The writer became acquainted with Dr. Lafferty when he was seven years of age, and if he was ever a boy after that date, the writer has no recollection of it. The Doctor always wanted to be with men, to listen to their conversation and to learn all he could. While he enjoyed the sports of boyhood, his consuming ambition, and one which was always gratified, was to be with men and learn of them. He received a common school education prior to 1858, and in that year began to read medicine in the offices of Drs. Coleman and Coates, in West Union, Ohio. He read for two years and a half and attended his first course of lectures at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in the Winter of i860 and 1861. When he returned home in the Spring of 1861, the tocsin of war had sounded and he enlisted in Company D, 24th O. V. L, on May 27, 1861, and on the twenty-seventh of June, 1861, was mustered into the U. S. service for three years. As the result afterward demonstrated. Dr. Laffertv hocdom left Mancliester and located on the Trace just below Bentonville. There he built the Leedom Tavern, which became a celebrated hostelry in its time. The innkeepers were the aristocrats of those days. They obtained about all the silver and gold in circulation and the old time taverns were the headquarters for all news and for the consummation of all important trades. William Leedom enjoyed an extensive acquainance up and down the river and throughout the country. He traded on the river with keel-boats much of his time, and made a number of trips to New Orleans. In his day it was fashionable to have large families and William was in the fashion. His wife died in 1824. He had twelve children, eight sons and four daughters. His sons were: John. Elijah, Joseph, Asa, Aaron, Thomas, William and George Washington. His daughters were: Tacv, Sarah. Xancv and Marv. His first wife died and he married in 1826, a second time, to Mary Rogers. Of this marriage there was a daughter, Telitha, now the wife of John Watson, of Bentonville, and she is the only survivor of the twelve.

William Leedom prospered in his trading and tavern keeping. He gave each one of his children one hundred acres of land, or the equivalent of that in money. He had 275 acres of land left after the distribution among his children and he died seized of this in 1849 at the ripe age of eighty-eight. His second wife died in 1865. He was a man among men, a natural leader, and his characteristics were improved in some of his children.

His son Joseph was born in 1797. When the latter was eighteen years of age, his father put his in charge of the old Andrew Ellison home on Lick Fork to run it as a tavern, and. assisted bv his sister, Nancv, conducted it until 181 7. Joseph and his sister, Nancy, then conducted the Rose Hotel at the foot of the hill, west of West LTnion, on the old Maysville road, for some time. Joseph Leedon was born a politician, but somehow he mistook his calling and became a Methodist minister. He was a circuit rider for five years. Two years of this time he was a preacher in the State of \'irginia and while there his son, John Meek Leedom, was born November 3, 1827, and was named for that famous Methodist minister, John Meek. Joseph Leedom was not pleased with Virginia and returned to Ohio to become a farmer. He would preach from time to time as opportunity offered. He was a great traveller. He made twentysix trips to New ( )rleans, eight of which were with horses and nuiles driven through by land. His son, John Meek, went with him in 1840, when only thirteen years of age, and rode all the way on horseback. Joseph Leedom represented Adams, Brown and Scioto Cbunties in the House of Representatives in the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth General Assemblies, 1838 to 1840. During his first session, Benjamin Tappan was elected United States Senator, and the celebrated Ohio Fugitive Slave Law was enacted and he voted for it.

Joseph Leedom was fond of young men, and he took a fancy to Joseph McCormick and made him Prosecuting Attorney of the county. He formed a friendship for Joseph Randolph Cockerill and made him Surveyor of the county. Col. Cockerill laid out the town of Bentonville for Jesoph Leedom in 1841. In 1847, Joseph Leedom went to Carroll County, Mis- 50a souri, and died there in July. 1867. He was married four times. His first wife was Ann, daufj^hter of David Cox. He married her in 1822. She had two children and died. In 1825. he was married to Elizabeth Hopkins, a native of Snow Hill, Mar>iand. She had four sons and two daughters. The sons were John Meek, William Thompson. Greenbury Jones and Martin Herriford, and the daughters were Elizabeth Ann and \'irginia H. His third marriage was in November, 1 851. to Nancy Matheny. daughter of Rev. Charles Matheny. In 1853, he was married to Mary Burgess, in Ray County, Mo., and two children were bom of this marriage, SalHe B. and Samuel B. Sallie B. and John Meek are the only ones of Joseph Leedom's family sur\'iving, and she resides in Cheyenne. Wyoming.

Joseph Leedom was a man of public spirit. He gave the ground for the Methodist Church in Bentonville and donated the material for the first building in 1841. The home was logs replaced by a frame in 1851 and which stood till 1899. In his later life, in 1852, Joseph Leedom left the Methodist Church and connected with the Cumberland PresbN-terians. John Meek Leedom was bom in Kanawha County, \'a., was reared in Ohio, and resided in the State till 1847, ^vhen he accompanied his father to the State of Missouri. He returned to Ohio in 1853 and drove a stage from Maysville to Chillicothe. He went to Kentucky and drove a stage from Maysville to Paris for four years. During the cold Winter of 1856, he drove the round trip from Maysville to Paris every day for two weeks.

He after^va^ds drove on other routes in Kentucky and then returned to Bentonville and opened up a general store. September 17, 1861. he married Jane L. Francis, and in i8iS3 he bought a half interest in the Bentonville Mill. In 1865. he bought the John D. Francis farm in Liberty Township. His wife died April, 1866, leaving one child, Margaret, now Mrs. James Dunkin. November 15, 1866, he married Mar}- A. Brookover, daughter of John Brookover, and of this marriage there is a son, Shilton A. White. In 1885, he bought the flour mill at Manchester and conducted it for a short time. In i8(p. he purchased the farm originally located by the Rev. William Williamson and by him named *'The Beeches,*' and since 1892. lie has resided on it. Mr. Leedom is a Democrat in his ])()litical faith. He is not a member of any church.

was the son of John Loughry and Elizabeth i Cunning ) Loughr^-. born at Cirdeville. on .May 2. 1831. When he was nine months of age. his father removed to Rockville. Adams County, where he spent his subsequent life. In the forties, he attended Carey's .Academy at Cincinnati. -Afterward. he engaged in steanilxjating. owning and commanding the steamer **Jelterson," in 1852. In the Fall of 1835, he assumed his father's business. He was married to .Miss Sallie IJrown. daughter of Captain Wash Brown, in Xovenil)er, 1857. They took up their residence at the present homestead in Rockville, where he resided until his death on the ninth of October. i8<;4. He united with the Sandy Springs Presbyterian Church, Septem- IxT 20. 1873. ^^^ ^^^^ '^ trustee of the church for many years, and was an v](\vr in 18X7. From 1891. until his death he was Suj^erintendeni of the Sun 'lay ScIvm)! of Sandy Springs Church.

He was a good neighbor, an ideal gentleman, generous, gentle, hospitable, and refined. He was a constant and generous friend, and in his passing away the community lost a man faithful to every duty.

farmer and President of Manchester Farmers' Bank, was born in Greene Township, Adams County, Ohio, June 23, 1833. His father, Robert E. Lockhart, came to Adams County from Kentucky when a young man and married Sarah Hemphill, a daughter of Edward Hemphill, of Pleasant Bottoms, and settled on Ohio Brush Creek, where Albert G. Lockhart now resides. The children of the family are: Andrew and Elisha, deceased; Elizabeth, who married Samuel Stevenson ; Sarah, who married John Campbell; Irene, who married Reuben McKay; Albert, living on home farm ; Ann, who married William McCormick, and Robert E., our subject, who married Alice A. Stevenson. His family consists of Sarah, who married T. F. Xorris, of Irish Bottoms : Miss Flora, and Albert G., remaining at home with their parents.

Robert E. Lockhart is one of the leading Democrats of Adams County. He was elected Decennial Appraiser for Greene Township in 1880, and has held the office of Township Treasurer almost continuously frorn the period of his majority. He is a Past Chancellor of Triangle Lodge, No. 477, Knights of Pythias, at Rome, Adams County.

As a farmer and financier, Mr. Lockhart has been very successful. He owns twelve hundred acres of land in Greene Township, a large part of which lies along the fertile valley of the Ohio River. He has been a stockholder in the Farmers' National Bank at Manchester since its organization, and President of that institution since 1896.

of Blue Creek, was born July 31, 1842, at Wilmington, Indiana. His parents were Hugh S. and Sarah J. LightlxDdy, the former having come from Ireland to the United States in 1816. He lived in New York until 1835, when he located in Georgetown, Ohio, where he clerked in a store. Later he peddled clocks throughout the country for Pittinger & Eckman. Then he went to Wilmington, Indiana, where he married Miss Sarah J. Wright, by whom he had thirteen children, John W. being the oldest.

John W. Lightbody enlisted at Manchester, Ohio, where his father then resided as a Private in Company D, Captain Patterson, 24th Regiment, O. V. 1., Colonel Amnion, for three vears. May 3, 1861, and was mustered into service at Camp Jackson, June 13, 1861. He re-enlisted as a veteran at Whitesides Station, and was transferred to Company D, 18th Regiment. O. A\ 1., June 12, 1864, to serve balance of term. He was captured twenty miles below Florence, Ala., on the Tennessee River, September 9, 1864, and held a prisoner at Andersonville and Cahaba prisons for ten months and twenty-two days. Was sent North on the steamer Autocrat, just six hours in advance of the ill-fated Sultana. He was at Cheat Mountain, Greenbrier, Shiloh, Corinth, Perrvville, Stone

He is a Republican and is at present Postmaster at Blue Creek, where he conducts a good hotel and liven* stable. On June 5. 1875, he married Miss MarA* F. Bascom, daughter of G. W. and Elmira Bascom. of Henderson. Kentuck\'.

of Blue Creek, is a son of William I^wis and Xanc>' Ann Lanthom, and was bom on Scioto Brush Creek in Adams County, March 22, 1841. His grandfather was Philip Lewis, who came to Scioto Brush Creek \'alley i" 1795- He was a wagon-master in the Revolutionary War. He first married Betsey Wasson, by whom he had two sons. Philip and Thomas. His second wife was a widow McBride ncc Anderson, a native of Ireland. By his second wife, Philip Lewis had four sons: William, bom 1804: Lot^ in 1806; Elijah, 181 1. and Enoch, 1813. Of these, William, the father of our subject, had eleven children, six sons and five daughters, George W., our subject, being the seventh child. He married February' 28, 1864, while at home on a furlough. Miss Martha A. Brooks, daughter of Leonard and Jane Ousler Br<x>ks, who has borne him ten children ; Rosa B.. Sewell E., Alvie T.. Myrta E., An^ada A., William R.. An-ille. d}-ing in infancy : G. Blaine^ Iva \\. and Harriet J. George W. Lewis enlisted in Company D, 24th C). \'. L. at West I'nion, May 2/, 1861. and also belonged after^vards to Company D, i8th O. \'. L He was mustered out at Augusta. Ga.. October 9, 1865. He was wounded at Shiloh. and took part in the great battles of the war, such as Cheat Mountain. Peny^nlle. Stone River. Chickamauga. Missionar\- Ridge, Lookout Mountain, and others. He is a staunch J^epublican, while his father was a Whig. He was for many years the leader of his party in Jefferson Township. He is not a meniWr of anv church, but leans toward Methodism.

was bom near Rnssellvillc, r»rown County. ( )hio, Decemlx^r 28. 1852. son of William Johnson Lindscv and Lucinda Eliza ( Gardner 1 Lindsey. Tht grandfather <»f our subject came from Scotland in abc>ut 1810 and settle^i in Kentucky near the X'irginia line. In a few years afterward he returned to Mason County. Kentucky, where William Johnson, the father of our subject, was l>orn ( )ctol)er 14. 1821. William Johnson Lindsey married Lucinda Eliza. dau£:hter of the Rev. Mathew Gardner. She was hc^m at Red ( )ak in Brown County. March 23. 1823. The children bom to them are liarton 11., of Portsmouth. Ohio: George, living somewhere in the South: Charles, deceased: Frank, of Cincinnati. Ohio: Sarah Belle, wife of Xathan Foster, of Clarence. Illinois, and John Gardner, the subject oi this sketch.

John (i. Lindsey obtained a common school education in Manchester C)lii(), anrl enira^ed in farming until 1893. when he engaged in the liver}- bn>nir>s in Manchester and continued in that business until Septemlx^r. jX^/L wlun he sold out to Messrs. Perr\' and Swearingen. He now gives his entire attention to the fertilizer business, being employed by the Ohio Fa^^H-r^' Fertilizer Company, of Columbus. Ohio.

He was married March 25. 1880, to Dora Amelia, daughter of James and Morello Holmes. James Holmes was bom December 22, 1814, and Morello, his wife, was bom March 12, 1823, both in Adams County. The children of Mr. and Mrs, Lindsey are Byrdie Pearl, bom October 2, 1882, and Bruce Emerson, born May 22, 1886.

Mr. Lindsey is a member of Hawkeye Tribe, Red Men, No. 117, and I. O. O. F., No. 827, of Manchester, Ohio. He is a Republican from principle, but takes no active part in political affairs. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is Superintendent of the Sabbath School in Manchester. As a member of the Board of Education, he takes an active part in educational affairs, Mr. Lindsey is a successful business man and renders valuable service to the company which employs him. As a citizen, he stands high in the esteem of his fellow townsmen, and is known for his integrity and his interest in church and educational affairs.

James Lang, grandfather of our subject, came to Manchester in 1793, and joined Massie's colony. He had a land warrant which he placed on Isaac's Creek, the farm still owned by our subject, but ow^ng to the hostility of the Indians at that time, he was compelled to remain under the protection of the Stockade at Manchester until peace was declared in 1795, at which time he removed to his farm, where he reared a family of four sons : James. John, Thomas and Barton S.

Francis Marion Lang, the subject of this sketch, was reared on his father's farm, receiving such education as the common schools of Sprigg Township afforded. He remained with his father until the age of twentythree, at which time he assumed control of the home farm and resided there with the exception of part of one year, till 1891, when he removed to Manchester to take advantage of the educational advantages for his children and to look after his business interests at that place. While on the farm, he engaged in tlie dairy business for eighteen months. From 1885 to 1895, he was engaged in the livery business in Manchester, now conducted bv Mr. Erdbrink. For several vears he handled leaf tobacco on an extensive scale, and at the same time engaged in packing pork in partnership with S. R. Monteeth.

From 1884 to 1886, he was President of the Ohio Valley Furniture Company at Manchester, and is now Vice-President of the same concern. In 1891, he was engaged in the coal business, which business he conducted till 1897, when Charles Lang, his son, was taken in as a partner. The firm is now styled F. M. Lang & Son. In 1897, the firm of Lang Bros.. stoves, hardware, machinen* and farm implements, was organized bv Charles, Walter and Aultman Lang, sons of F. M. Lang. Charles withdrew from the firm shortly after to give his entire attention to the coal business.

Mr. Lang is a business man of more tlian ordinary- ability. Although he has engaged in several different kinds of business, he has always been successful and at present is the owner of more real estate than any other person in Manchester. His success is due to his honorable dealings, together with good judgment and strict attention to business.

of Manchester, Ohio, was born March 3, 1831. at Parkersburg^, West Virginia, son of Daniel C, and Emiline (Lockhart) Lovett. Daniel Lovett, his grandfather, was a native of Loudon County, Vii^nia. His son emigrated to Adams County in 1835, and engaged in teaching until 1838. In that year he returned to \'irginia and married Emeline Lockhart, daughter of Jonah Lockhart, and sister of Judge T. J. Lockhart. He and his wife located at Parkersburg. where they reared a family of seven children, to-wit : our subject and his twin sister Nannie, who married Mathew H. Hale, of Point Pleasant, West Mrginia : Lucy, deceased : Daniel C. Jr.. of Point Pleasant. West Virginia ; Harr)', deceased : Gertrude, deceased, and Emma C, w^ife of E. M. Lockhart, of Neodesha. Kansas. Daniel C. Lovett was a miller in Parkersburg, and in 1848 was elected County Surveyor of Wood County, West Virginia, He held that office continuously until his death. February 22, 1859.

Our subject received his education in the academy at Parkersburg, conducted by John C. Nash. At the age of sixteen, he entered the drug store of A. X. Williams, and remained there until his majority. From 1862 till 1881, he was a steamboat clerk on the Ohio River. From 1 88 1 until t888, he was a clerk in the Kanawha Valley Bank in Charleston, West A'ir.c^inia. In 1888. he removed to a farm in Monroe Township, Adams County, and remained there until 1891. WTiile a resident of Monroe Township, he served as Township Clerk a number of terms. In t8ot. he removed to Manchester, where he has resided ever since. He is now bookkeeper for the C. Roush Flour Mill.

He was married to Miss Jane Stevenson, November 3, 1872. daughter of David and Elizabeth (Halbert) Stevenson, of Monroe Township (Sec sketch of Capt. Samuel C. Stevenson). The children of this mar- riage are David, in the mercantile business in the Indian Territory; Gordon Dickey, clerk in the Farmers* Bank of Manchester; Richard Stevenson, Lewis Riiffner, Harry Putney and Edward Craig.

of Manchester, is a son of James Lang and Sarah McHenry, his wife, and was born at the old homestead in Sprigg Township, January 9, 1854. He spent his youth on the farm and was educated in the common schools and in the graded school at Bentonville. He has always taken an active part in county and township political affairs, and is recognized as one of the shrewdest politicans in the Republican party in Adams county. The success of the Republican county ticket in the very close county of Adams has frequently hinged on the clever work of Mr. Lang. Recognizing this fact. President McKinley, February 15, 1899, appointed Mr. Lang Postmaster at Manchester, the highest salaried office in Adams County, although he was a resident of Sprigg Township at the time, and there were many prominent applicants for the position, residents of Manchester. On February 6, 1889, Mr. Lang was united in marriage to Miss Lena Kirschner, a daughter of Godfried Kirschner, of Vineyard Hill, and there has been born to them two daugfhters, Martha and Lillie.

physician and surgeon, West Union, Ohio, was born on a farm near North Liberty, Knox county, Ohio, June 25, 1864. In early manhood, Dr. Loney came with his parents, J. J. Loney and Ethalinda Loney, to West Union, where they conducted a hotel, now the Downing House, and formerly the Crawford House, for several years. During this period our subject was variously engaged to earn the means to assist him in attaining the ambition of his life. He clerked in his father's hotel, solicited for a publishing house, conducted a livery stable, and performed any kind of physical labor that would earn him money. Finally he acquired means sufficient to take a course in Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, from whence he graduated in 1892. He practiced his profession first at Cedar Mills, and afterwards at Dunkinsville, where he was most successful. Tn 1897, he gave up his office and entered the Chicago Polyclinic, where he took a post-graduate course. He then returned to Adams County, locating at West Union, where he enjoys a large and lucrative practice. Dr. Loney is recognized as one of the best read physicians of the county. In politics, he is a staunch Democrat, and has often been requested by the leaders of that party in Adams County to stand as a candidate for the I^egislature or other county office, but he is too closely wedded to his profession to give his time to the duties of political office. In his religious views, the Doctor is strictly orthodox, yet he has never been connected with any church organization. He is a member of several fraternal societies.

was born March 27, 1824, at West Union. His father was Absalom Laflfert>' and his mother's maiden name was Margaret McDaid, a sister of Col. John McDaid. Her father was Robert McDaid. Absalom

1-afferty was a native of Connellsvilk, Pennsylvania, and settled at West I'nion prior to 1820. He had the trade ot shoemaker, which he carried on for a lon;^ time in West L'nion. WTiile a resident 01 West Union, he manufactured shoes for Ohio am! Union Furnaces. He also conducted a jreneral store at West Union. He died July 13. i&|<B. aged fifty-four years. His wife, Margaret LafFerty. died September 9, 1859, age«l fifr>-- foiir years. Our subject was the eldest son. He attended school at \\'est Union under Ralph McClure, Leonard Cole and Thomas Haysiip. He was apprenticed to the trade ot cabinet maker under Peter B. Tones ; of Mays\*ine. Ky.. in the year? 1838 to 1840. In the laner year he went into pannership with Joseph Haysiip. of West Union, in the cabtnei making business, under the firm name of Lafferty & Haysiip. which continued several vears. In 1852, he removed to Rome, Ohio, where he engaged in the mercantile business and continued in that until 1897. Sin-cc that time he has made his home with his chfldren.

He was married first to Jerusha Jones, widow of HamHs Jones, in 1852, She died in 1854. He was married in 1856 to Miss Ann M. Cox. daughter of Martin Cox. and she died in 1875.

His son. Charles M. LaflFeny. engaged in buying ties at Rooae. His Second son. George A\*-, was formerly a buyer of tobacco bat is r>:w engagevl in conductmg the Xew Commercial Hotel at West Urxoo. His son. Henr>- B.. resides at Carrolkon. Ky. His daughter Astaa :s tr:e wife of Cie'^rge Care> , resi*iing near Washington, Pa. Twd cc hfs children dli^ in infancy.

church, but his religious belief is expressed in the doctrines of the Presbyterian Church. In his political views he is a Democrat. He has always been active in his party, but has never sought any public office.

William Leedom, the grandfather of our subject, came from Virginia. He landed at Manchester in 1795, and settled near Bentonville, where the old Leedom Tavern now stands. He was the father of twelve children, six boys and six girls. He erected the celebrated Leedom Hotel, a portion of which is still standing, called the Farmer's Inn. He was a very popular landlord, as he fed well and charged moderately. He entertained Gen. Jackson when he was on his way to accept the Presidency. Joseph Leedom is sketched under the title of John Meek Leedom in this work. William Leedom's son George was a minister in the Methodist Protestant Church. His other sons were farmers.

His son Aaron was the father of our subject, and located north of where Bentonville now stands. Aaron Leedom was a large dealer in horses and mules, taking many droves to New Orleans by land. He was quarantined in New .Orleans seven months on account of yellow fever and cholera, in 1832. He also loaded may flatboats with flour and bacon, floated them to Natchez, and sold them to the planters. He was bom in Sprigg Township in 1803, and married Miss Henrietta House in 1824. To this union were born five sons and seven daughters. There are three sons and four daughters living. David C, the oldest son, settled in Thayer County, Nebraska, where his sons ape representative members of society : two of them having been elected to county offices several times, while another owns and edits the leading journal of the county. Shannon W., went to Pike's Peak during the gold excitement, and has been in the mining business ever since. He is at present part owner and manager of a silver mining company near Monterey, Mexico. Their son, Elijah D. Leedon our subject, was born near where Bentonville now stands, in 1832. He was educated in the common schools until he was seventeen years of age, when he attended the select school of Prof. Miller for two years. He then began teaching and taught five years. In 1854, he was married to Miss Eveline Watson, by Rev. W. J. Quarr}-. then Methodist minister on the West Union Circuit. He had three daughters and one son. His son, William A. Leedon, died at Osgood, TncHana, in 1874. Frances, the oldest daughter, married W. L. Yates, a real estate dealer of Cincinnati. His daughter, Nora A., married H. B. Andrews, a hardware dealer of Osgood, Ind. His third daughter, Ella B.. is still single. She studied music at the Cincinnati College of Music.

Our subject was elected Township Trustee of Sprigg Township for four terms, and Township Treasurer for two terms. He was Postmaster of Bentonville, Ohio, under President Buchanan from 1857 to t86i. On September 20, 1864, he was appointed First Lieutenant of Company L i82d O. V. L He was appointed Adjutant of the Regiment November 29, 1864, and mustered out July 7, 1865. He was elected County Treasurer of Adams County in 1867 for two years, and re-elected in 1869. His term expired in 1872, and he removed to Osgood, Ind.,

Church, and their home was the stopping place for Elder Mathew Gardner, Rev. William Panerburn, and other fathers of the church. To Alfred B. Myers and his wife were born James W., deceased, a son who died in infancy, and Clifton G., a bright young man now at home with his mother, the father having died in Brown County, November 14, 1883. In 1886, his widow removed to Sprigg Township, Adams County, where she now resides.

of West Union, was born March 6, 1824, near Belfast, Highland County, Ohio, son of William and Esther (Ellison) Mehaffey. The father of our subject was born December 12, 1797, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. On February 9. 1820, he married Esther Ellison, daughter of Arthur Ellison, of Gift Ridge. She was born July 8, 1801, and died February 2, 1885. William Mehaffey came with his parents from Pennsylvania to Adams County in 1799. They settled at Hills Fork on the farm now occupied by Frank Williams. John Mehaffey, grandfather of our subject, was a native of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. His wife was Rachel Gordon, of the same place. He was born August 31, 1757. Rachel Gordon was born August 30. 1763. John Mehaffey died in Highland County, Augfust 20. 1848, and is buried in Ebenezer Cemetery near Mowrystown. Rachel, his wife, died May 30, 1844. John Mehaffey was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His record as such will be found in the Revolutionary War article in this work, entitled "Revolutionarv Soldiers." He served four vears as a scout and Government spy among the Indians on the frontier in Western Pennsylvania and along the Ohio River. He was a personal friend of General Anthony Wayne and was detailed by him on many perilous and important undertakings. In the W^ar of 1812, being too old to enlist, he went as a substitute for WilHam Pilson. He was a Private in Lieut. Banet Ristine's Company, Col. Edwards* Regiment, First Ohio Militia. He enlisted July 29, 1813, and served until August 22, 1813. He was also a Private in Captain Robert Morrison's Company of Keys' Regiment, Ohio Militia. In this organization he served as a substitute for William Mclntire until September 8. 1813. He took part in the campaign at Lower Sandusky. He ser\'ed as a guard for the wagon train in the expedition to L'pper Sandtisky and was delayed on duty six weeks after the principal would have been discharged from service.

The children of John and Rachel (Gordon) Mehaffev are Robert, who died in Vigo County, Illinois : Joseph, who died in Peoria, III. : Samuel, who died in Wapello, Iowa; William, father of our subject; John, who died in Highland County, Ohio : James, who died -at Unity, Ohio : Nain, who died at Peoria, Illinois : Nancy, who married a Sterling, of Illinois, and Jane, who married Hiram Silcott, of Peoria, Illinois. Two sons and daughters died young.

Our subject lived in Highland County, Ohio, until 1830, when he removed with his parents to Hills Fork. He attended school under the teaching of the Hon. John T. Wilson, in Highland County, at the age of five years (in 1829). He resided on the farm at Hills Fork from 1830 until 1844, when he began teaching, which occupation he followed until 1872. On Febniary 9, i860, he was married to Mary L. Savior, was bom June 11. 1828. at Buford. in Highland County. His iatber was Andrew Murphy and his mother. Mary Chapman. His father died when he was only two years of age. At the age of ten vcars he was

In Xoveml>er. 1861. Mr. Murphy returned to merchandising in L^k:::- Grove and cominiied it until .Au^st lO, 1862. when he became Captain ^'f Company E. 117th ^>. V. I., afterwards Company E, First rijio Heavy Artillerv. and served with this company until the twentyfiv\ -<: T'llv. 1865. Captain Murphy was a brave and a patriotic citizen arr he indii'-^ed hi^ neigrhV^trs and friends very generally to enter the service He certr>inly did hi- full share by influence and example in the « r 'ire--i''n of the Rebellion. When he returned from the army, he - 'h'^ Vi^ines^ of merchandising and conducted it until 1872, v/r^'i: re -''0 ov.i hi- ^tock oi good? and purchased the Platter farm. to whi^h he removed, and ^-n which he continued to reside tintil his death. He cond::ctfd hi^ farm from 1872 until 1884. It^ ^^^ laner year his health grave way and he was unable thereafter to farm or attend to any active business. From that time until his death on September 2, 1893, ^^ was an invalid. He died of pulmonary consumption brought on by the hardships and exposures of his service in the Civil War. His life was undoubtedly shortened many years on account of his army service, and of him it may be truly said his life was a sacrifice to his country. Captain Murphy was a large man of powerful physique and commanding presence. His perscmal appearance would attract attention anywhere. He was of a pleasant and courteous disposition and very well liked by his neighbors. In his own business he was a good manager and he v»'as a forceful man in the community. He was a Whig and a Republican. At one time he was a Trustee of his Township. He was a candidate for County Treasurer on the Republican Ticket, in 1869. but was defeated. He was a member of the Masonic order and was always a good citizen. His widow still survives. His eldest daughter, Sarah Ann, is the wife of Dr. James S. Berry, of Peebles. His second daughter, Mary A., is the wife of William Custer, of Peebles. His son, John Andrew, is at home with his mother. His son, Canova Vandexter, resides in Clinton County and is a farmer. His son, George Washington, lives on the home farm north of Locust Grove. His son, William David, is a physician in Fayette, Fulton County, Ohio.

His birth was Xcvember 12, 1853. He was the son of James Morrison and Mary J. Cobler, his wife. His grandfather, William Morrison, married a daughter of Ralph Peterson. Our subject was educated in the common schools and was a farmer all his life. His father was a member of Company K.. i8ist O. V. I. He enlisted October 7, 1864, and died March t6, 1865, while home on furlough, from the results of the service, when his son, our subject, was but twelve years of age. He was left the eldest of seven children, with his widowed nK)ther, to face the world and hold the family together, and right nobly did he bear his burden. These children ranged from twelve to one year of age, three brothers and three sisters, whose care, support and education devolved almost wholly on him. That they have taken their places in the world in honorable positions is largely due to the example and force of character of their elder brother.

Our subject was married October 29, 1884, to Miss Margaret E. Carson, daughter of James Carson and Eleanor Greathouse, his wife, a woman of a most lovely and lovable disposition. Tlie marriage was a very happy one. He and his wife located near Peebles. His domestic happiness was not, however, to last long. In June, 1896, he was taken with a catarrh of the bowels and the disease steadily progressed till the sixth of July, 1897, when he passed from Earth to Heaven.

During the thirteen years of his married life he was blessed with four children : two of these died in infancy and two, a daughter, Mary Ellen, and a son, Alfred Alonzo, survive.

In his political views he was a Democrat. He was not a member of any fraternal organization. He was a member of the Chrisian Disciple Church and lived up to its teachings. In all his tastes he was

(jmtx and unobtrusive in his relations with men, yet he had courage v^ hen arons«-<1 ^nch as mafle him no mean antagonist- An only son. reared to years hevond man's estate un<ler the guidance of a lo\-ing but indi' ion^ father, ^^urrounded with the comforts, but free from the foibles "f hi*:, be het^an his career a^^ farmer, merchant, and ix>litician, evenl\ ]^'3^' d and ueil e«^]uipped f«,»r the work which aftei~wards distinguished ; v. :ti r)v.-< T-^ -vpective <phere«. He was the son of Scott McGo\Tiey and }]:,: T;:j" ]'*-h]. aiK! wa< ]>«'rn and reared on the old homestead on Brush (':<< r IT- NfT^r-on Town^-hip. near the Osman bridge. He received the rrd::i < T:t- < A :in En'di^h ediicati<^>n in the countv schools of that vicinitv.

In his twenty-seventh year, he married Sophia Phillips, a daughter of Henry Phillips, at the lime one of the largest landholders in Adams County. She died in October, 1896, and her loss saddened the remainder of his life. He had no children. He was prominent in Masonic circles and had served as Master of West Union Lodge, F & A. M., and was at the time of his death a member of Calvarv Commandery, at Portsmouth, Ohio.

On Thursday, December i, 1898, he died at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, from the effects of an operation performed there for cancer of the stomach. His remains were brought to his home in West Union and interred in the new Old Fellows Cemetery. He was in his forty-eighth year at the time of his death, having been born February 10, 1850.

George S. McCormick was born March 2^, 1S22, near Steam Furnace, in Adams County. His father, James McCormick, was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother, whose maiden name was Hannah Hawk, was a \'irginian. They were married in Pennsylvania, and very soon thereafter loaded their household goods upon a flatboat at Pittsburg and floated down the Ohio, landing 2(t some point near Wrightsville in the year 1808

James McCormick was a collier and molder, and soon found employment among the furnaces which were then the principal industry in Adams County. He made his permanent home near (3ld Steam Furnace, where the subject of this sketch was born, never leaving the county except during the War of 1812. when he served with Gen. Wm. H. Harrison at Fort Wayne.

To him and his wife were born nine children, in the order named : Mrs. Jane Page, Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman. Mrs. Mary Wamsley, William, James, Charles, Mrs. Hannah Mitchell and George. Of these only Mrs. Margaret Freeman is living at this time (1898).

James McConnick was a man of magnificent physique, broad-chested, strong of limb and active. He had a firm set jaw, with a double row of teeth above and below, and soon became known as "lUirr" McCormick, a name given him because of the fact that his hair, which was usually cropped close, stuck straight out. and was of a reddish hue, about the color of a ripened chestnut burr.

His advent among the furnace men of course created considerable speculation as to whether or not he was what they termed a "good man." He had hardly taken his place in the foundry before he was challenged bv the "bullv" of the furnace to a test at fisticuffs. McCormick was a strict rVesbyterian, and did not believe in fighting, but when it come to a question of whether he should fight or be whipped, he chose the former, and soon made short work of his adversary.

This established his reputation at that furnace, but it did not end his troubles. Knowledge of his ability s(.x)n sped to rival furnaces, each of whom boasted their best man, and since he would not leave his home, pilgrimages were made to the furnace in which he found employment in order that he might be challenged, and the question of which had the best "bully" be thus settled. It is said that he never met defeat. He was

He began life with empty hands, a strong will and a clear intellect, and succeeded in leaving behind him ample provision for the wants of those nearest and dearest to him. He loved an honest man, and if there be added to his honesty intelligence, he always strove to make of such an one a friend. It was an impossibility for him to be anything but charitable, and the readiness with which he forgave those who dealt with him imjustly was often a source of annoyance to his friends and business associates. This forgiving spirit cost him many a dollar, but amply were he and his frends repaid when, during his last illness, he rejoiced that he could leave the world bearing malice towards no man.

In those early days Masonry meant much, and he took a very great interest in the work, being at one time an officer in the lodge at West Union, although he lived as far away as Rome. He was also an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Methodist Church. In politics, he was an enthusiastic Democrat but was broadminded enough to recognize merit in any party and often voted for those of opposite party affiliations. He held a number of Township offices as a matter of duty imposed by good citizenship, but declined many honors proffered l)y his party which would have carried him into the arena of active party politics.

He was married in 1847 to Xancy Fleak, of Cincinnati. Seven children were born to them, only two of whom are now living. Charles A., a merchant at lUiena \ ista, and A. F. McCormick, an attorney at Portsmouth, Ohio.

was born June 19, .1825, in Liberty Township, Adams County, Ohio. His father was Thomas Mc(»ovney and his mother's maiden name was Jane Graham. He attended the common schools in Liberty Township, and near his uncle, John Graham, on Ohio Brush Creek. He also took a course of l)ookkeeping at West Union. His wife was Sarah Holmes, the daughter of Thomas Holmes. She was born Xovember 28, 1824. They were married December 20, 1849. Directly after his marriage, he and his wife went to ( )live l^irnace in Lawrence County, where he was the furnace

Storekeeper for two years. From 1851 to J 854, he was storekeeper for Robert Scott & Company at Mt. \'ernon Furnace in Lawrence County. In September, 1854, he made what now appears as a business mistake. He left the furnace region and returned to Adams County. He went into the dry c:<x)ds business at l]entonville, but only remained in it for six months. At the end of that time, he built the flour mill in Bentonville in - coimection with Thomas Foster. He remained in this business until the Spring of 1857, when he sold out and went to Missouri. By August, 1857, he tired of that experiment and returned to Adams County. He established a dry goods business at North Liberty and continued in it six months, when he sold out to William L. Mc\'ey. He bought the flour mill at the same place and operated it until August, 1858, when he sold out. He removed to Manchester and bought the flour mill on Front 51a

In 1863, he, David McConaughy and George S. Kirker, went into the pork packing business as Kirker. McGovney & Company. It proved disastrous and he sunk $4,000. From 1866 to 1872, he and William Henderson, his son-in-law, conducted the dry goods business at Manchester. In 1872, he went into the planing mill business in Manchester and continued it until his death. This business was quite profitable and successful. He had two children, a son and daughter. His son, Lafayette, is a farmer near Aberdeen. His daughter, Caroline, was married to William Henderson, November 16, 1868.

Mr.McGovney had a natural taste and aptitude for business. He would have had success in anv business he undertook unless he labored against conditions he could not control. Had he remained in the furnace region, he would have been one of the principal iron masters of the district. He succeeded in everything he undertook but pork packing, and would have succeeded in that were it not he was subject to conditions he could not control. The chief features of his character were industrv and energ}'. When in a given situation where others were ready to give up and die, he began to work. He was always cheerful. While he was losing money m the f)ork packing business, he never complained. He worked for years under a business adversity which would have discouraged most men and soured them. He gave no outward sign of his losses, but went right along, just as agreeable to the public as though he were making money. He carried a mountain of debt and paid it off, principal and interest. While he lost money in the pork packing business, he made it back in the furniture business.

In politics, he was a Democrat and acted with that party until the sec(Mi(l election of President Lincgln, when he l)ecanie a Republican and remained such all his life. He was a very strong Union man and loyal to the Government in the Civil War. He never held anv office but that of \^illage Councilman and never belonged to any secret society. He was never a member of any church, hut inclined to the doctrines of the regular Baptist Church. He was frequently chosen Councilman of Manchester and fulfilled his duties most acceptably. He dignified the office and was the l^st one the village ever had. He had ti good judgment of all kinds of property. He was relentless and untiring in the pursuit of business. He was the leading spirit among the business men of Manchester for years. His intej^rity was as ^y.Qi\ as adamant. He took sick and died at a time when his life was as full of business cares and responsibilities as it had ever been, but he met the final call with the utmost calmness and philosophy. He took sick August ly, and died September 2, 1890, of Bright's disease. Ten men like him would have made a city of Manchester.

was born l)ece»ilxT 31. 1824, ^^^^^ ^^'^^ reared a fanner's son. He was married first to Caroline Patton, daughter of John and Phcebe Patton. on the third of March, 1852. The children of this marriage were Ambrose Pattun. now living at Lima, Ohio; Ruth, wife of Henry Brown, of Washington C. H. ; Lizzie, wife of J. C*. (*lasgow ; Mary, wife of J. H. Morrison, of Bookwalter, Neb. His first wife died October 28, 1865, and on August I, 1867, he was married to Sarah Marlatt, daughter of Silas and Jane (Cane) Marlatt, of Eckniansville. The children of this second marriage were Pearl, wife of Dr. E. F. Downey, of Peebles ; Jane Faye, Anna C, Wilber, and Andrew Homer, residing at home.