Ashland County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1880 (part 12 of 19)

Samuel Hess was born in Bucks countv, Pennsylvania, in 1817, and came to Ohio in 1837; settled in Ashland county in 1839, He was a cooper by trade, and carried on that business for sometime. In ;86o he began the grocery and provision business and in 1879 took W. C. Hamlin as partner, and is doing a thriving business, their sales amounting to about twenty thousand dollars per annum. He is a member of the English Lutheran church, and in politics is a P.epublican. He married Parmelia Johns of Ashland, Ohio, and is the father of eight children, viz.: Christopher C... who was taken prisoner at Chickamauga, and died in Andersonviile prison ; Mary j., wife of John H. Curie, Alliance, Ohio; William H., who is deceased; Sarah E., wife of Jonathan Nebil of Loudonville; Samuel E., who married *Miss Travirs, and lives in Mansfield; Jonathan TV, who died; George A., who married Martha Honey burger; Olive E., who married William C. Hamlin.

Simon Bolly was born in Beriniger, Switzerland, in 1 S2 7, and came to America in 1851. He iemahted in New York one year and a half, and in Pennsylvania one year; and came to Loudonville in 1853. and be-; ran working on the- railroad and worked there one year and it half; at the end of that time he began wo;k m Jefferson Bull's foundry and worked there seven tears, ami then went into partnership w'tl. Joseph Lyons in the foundry business. At trie end of two years and a half he sold out and opened a grocery and restaurant, and continues in that, business. Pie has held the office of township clerk two terms, and was at one time township treasurer and is now one .of the cotineiimen. In 1854 he mat ried Mary Young of Holmes county, Ohio, ancl is. the father of seven children; Mary, who married F. >vt Swier of Loudonville; Maggie, Josephine, Amanda, Julia A., Elizabeth, 'and Emil.

Jacoii Brkckeiskr, su.. was born in ElFos, France, and came to America in 1853, and settled in Ashland oimty, on the farm he now lives upon, situated about one mde north of Loudonville. In politics he is .> Democrat, and is a member of the German Lutheran church. In El Isos, France, he married Mary 5Vc.lt. and l< them - > c-u children were born, live of whom arc living M.r\ who becaim: the wife oi George Lug-end, and lives n.

Ashland county; Margaret, who married Jacob Breekc-iser, of Ashland county; Jacob, who married Barbara Pfiester, and lives in Ashland county; and John and George. w

Jacob Breckejser, jr., born in France in 1847, came to Ohio with his father and settled in Ashland county. In 1 .869 he married Barbara Pfiester, of Knox county, Ohio, and in 1873 erected the building in which he nowcarries on the grocery and provision business; he deals extensively in country produce. At present he is a member of the German Lutheran church, and is the father of five children: Mary E., Jacob E., Emma L..

Alexander Akins came from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in rSri, and first settled in Belmont county, Ohio, where he remained two years and a half. In 1814 he moved to Lake township, Ashland county, then a part of Wayne county, and settled on the farm now owned by Jacob Eckey and Jacob Horn. Mr. Akins married Elizabeth Sloan'., and was the father of four children, but two of whom are living: Emer, who

Alexander A kins, jr., was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in i8cS; came with his father and settled in Ashland county, and married Christina Shipp; and is engaged in farming. In politics he is a Democrat. Three of his five children died in infancy; the other two are: William, who married Sarah Miller, and in 1847 went to Indiana; Albert, who married Sarah Shumaker in 1867, and lives in Loudonville.

Peter High Stauffer was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania; and in 1875, at Milford, Berks county, Pennsylvania, he opened a printing office and began the publication of a paper called Our Home Friend, which he published there two years, and one year at Quakertowri, in connection with a job office. In 1878 he came to Loudonville and purchased the Advocate office, and began the publication of the Loudonville Advocate , in connection with Our Hone Friend , the -latter having a circulation of nine thousand and the former nine hundred. In 1S75 lie married Augusta, daughter of Jacob Miller, of Vermillion township. M-. Stauffer is a member of the Mennonite church, and is die father of two children: Gilman and Clara.

C. L. Buckw alter was born West Lebanon, Wayne county, Ohio, in 1845, and studied niedk inc with Drs. Fuller and Wirt. In 1S72 he graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Wooster, in Cleveland, Ohio, and, in the same year, began the practice of medicine in New Washington, Crawford county, Ohio, where he remained six years. In 1S7S he gave up the practice of medicine and engaged in dentistry, having studied with Dr. O. Buckwalter, of Millersburgh, Ohio. In 1879 he opened an office in Loudonville, where he deals in ali the modern improvements, and is steadily buildingup a large practice. In 1874 foe married Maggie H. Stewart, daughter of Judge George H. Stewart, of Lou domilie, and is the father of two children, viz: Xenophon O. and Ware J.

Henry Gilbert was born in Cornwall county, England, in 1825, came to America in 1843, and first settled in Coshocton county, Ohio, where he served an apprenticeship with Jacob Wagner, cabinet-maker; came to ! Loudonville in June, 1849, and opened a furniture store ! on Spring street, where he still remains. Mr. Gilbert has been elected councilman, and member of the school board, for several terms, and is a member of the Baptist church. In 1851 he married Elizabeth Sprague, and is the father of ten children, of whom nine are living, viz.: j Henry, who married Hattie Scott, of Loudonville, John ; F., William J., Ciement G., Thomas B., Lew FI., George, j Jesse, and Joseph N.

He attended the Vermillion institute, in Hayesville, four I years, and went from there to Jefferson college, Pcnnsyl- ' vania, where he graduated in 1864, after which he ' taught' in Canaan academy, Wayne county, Ohio, and,

' afterwards, in Buc-khannon, West Virginia, and white there organized the first union school in that place, of ' which he was superintendent for three years. Fie first 1- married Libbie Mullins, of Buckhannon, who died in : 1869. In 1869 he was admitted to the bar at Harriscnville, Missouri, and practiced in Pleasant Hill, Missouri,

| nine years. Mr. Barron came to Loudonville in 1S7S, where he is building up a good practice. In 1870 he married Mary A., daughter of Thomas H. Galloway, and ' is the father of one child - Francis j.

Michael Derrenberger, was born in Holmes > county, Ohio, in 1847, and settled in Loudonville in 1872, where he bought a half interest in a restaurant ] with Simon Bolly, and remained three years. At the | end of that time he sold his share to Bolly and formed ! a partnership with J. FI. Burris in the same business.

At the end of a year he sold to Burris, and at the end ! of another year he bought out Burris, and is still cn- ! gaged in the business of keeping a restaurant. He is a : member of the German Lutheran church. In T874 he married Lizzie Ullman, of Loudonville.

John C. I.arwill, was born in Wooster, Wayne county, Ohio, in 1824. Lie first settled in Loudonville April 1, 1846, and engaged in milling. At the end of three years he sold to A. A. Taylor, and on the thirteenth day of April, 7848, bought out Nathaniel Haskell's stock of dry goods in partnership with A. A. Taylor, with whom he continued in business twelve j years, when he bought A. A. Taylor's share and continued in business alone five years. He then took W. S. Fisher into partnership, and continued that partnership fifteen years, when the partnership was dissolved and J. j C. I.arwill has since continued the business alone. He ! is a dealer in dry goods and groceries, and has the j largest and best selected stock of goods in Loudonville.

Samuel Garret, the father of William Garret, was j born in New jersey in 1782, and came to Ashland j countv, Ohio, in 1822. He first settled on the farm now owned by his son, William Garret, and was a manufac- i turer of woollen goods. In 1830 he erected a factory on the Black fork, and continued in the business until his i death, which occurred in 1S6S. His factory was the ' first woollen factory in the county. He also built a saw- | mill on the farm now owned by the Yarnell heirs. He ! married Catharine Vancss in New Jersey, and was the j father of two children, viz: Catharine, who lives in New j Jersey, and William.

William Garret was born in New Jersey in 1S10, j came to Ashland county in 1836, and settled on the j farm vvhiclf he now owns. He is a blacksmith by trade, j but since he came to Ohio, has been engaged in farming | and in the lumber business. He is vice-president of the j Loudonville Banking company, and has held the office 1 of justice of the peace nine years; has been trustee and | clerk of the township, and is highly respected. He mar- j ried Dense Jennings, of New Jersey, and is the father of . six children, two dead and four living, viz: jane, wife of ( Daniel C. Driest, afterwards of Washington Hyatt, of j Knox county; Charlotte, wife of Dr. Scott, pf Loudon j ville; Sophia, wife of J. M. Myhart, who lives in Knox j county, Ohio; Anna, wife of James Ross, of Knox j county; and Virginia and William, deceased. ;

Charles Openreimer was born in Steinbach, Ger- | many, and came to America in 1852, and settled in ; Cincinnati, Ohio, where lie remained six years, when he j came to Loudonville and opened a clothing store, bring- j ing his stock of goods from Cincinnati. In 1873 his building was destroyed by fire, but he saved his stock, and in the same year erected the fine brick building which he now occupies. In politics he is a Democrat.

William Barron was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1817. When eighteen years of age he went to Knox county, Ohio, and in 1S63 went to Ashland ! county, Ohio, and settled on. a farm near Loudonville, ! which lie now owns. At present he is proprietor of the j American house, in Loudonville, Ohio, having bought out John Stockman in 1878 He is a member of the I Wesleyan Methodist church, and is a Republican in ; politics. In 1844 he married Mary A. Hall and seven, j children have been born to them, viz.: James, who was j killed at the battle of Chickamauga in 1863; Randolph, ' who married Margaret Sigler; Libbie, wife of Herman Bausehet ; Ella, Carrie and William.

Nathan W. Smith was born in Wayne county, Ohio, in 1835, and came to Ashland county in 1S56 with his ! father, who settled on the farm now owned by John ; Richey, in Vermillion township. In 1866 lie married Maggie K. Fair, of Wilmington, Clinton count). Ohio. He learned photography in Wooster, Ohio, with Walter Jones, and 111-, since been located in I laycsville, Mon jroeville, Fostoria and Upper Sandusky, and is now

Hugh Scott was born in Pennsylvania in 1785; came to Ohio in 1827, and settled near Steubenville, where he died May 22, 1827. In 1807 he married Catharine Humphries. In the year of his death she removed to Ashland county, and settled on the farm now owned by William Humphrey, in Green township. In the following spring she moved into Vermillion township on the farm now owned by O. H. Scott. She died while on a visit to her old home in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, November 21, 1853. Mr. Scott was the father of eight children, of whom Thomas, Jane, James, Francis, and 'Winfield aie dead. William married Margaret Sigler, and lives in Ada, Hardin county, Ohio. Oliver H. married Eliza J. Tawney, and lives in Vermillion township.

Andrew J. Scott, the subject of this sketch, was born in Ashland county in 1S27; attended school at the Ashland .academy while Loren Andrews was proprietor, and also at Vermillion institute at Hayesville, under Lewis Granger, Rev. McClain, Rev, W. W. Colmery, and others. For two years he taught in the Loudonville academy, and studied medicine with E. B. Fuller and is also a graduate of Buffalo university. He is a doctor of the old school, and has the largest practice of any physical! in Loudonville; has held the office of mayor of Loudonville for several years, and was at one time a member of the school board, and has always taken a deep interest in educational matters. In 1S52 he married Miss S. M. Fuller, who died in 1854. In 1856 he married Anna Fuller, who died in 1864. Then, in 1 S C 7 , he married Charlotte Garret. In politic-' he is a Democrat. He is the -father of four children, viz.: L. Content, Charles B., S. Ilattie, wife of Henry W. Gilbert, of Loudonville, and Idella A.

Daniel Geiselman was born in Stark county, Gldo, in 1S46; came to Loudonville in 1868,. and in 1876 married Alice Webster, of Mohican township, Ashland county, Ghio. By trade he is a harness maker, and carries on the largest line of that husines in Loudonville. He is also proprietor of the most extensive livery stable in Loudonville. In polities he is a Democrat.

William LI. Wirt was born in Summit county, Ghio, in 1841, attended college in Hillsdale, Michigan, two years, and then began the study of medicine with 1 )rs. Fuller and Scott, in Loudonville, Ghio, where he remained three years. In the spring of 1869 he graduated at Rush's Medical college, Chicago, Illinois, and the same year began the practice of medicine in Dundee, Tuscarawas county, Ghio, where he remained one yeai. when he returned to Loudonville and formed a partnership with Dr. A B. Fuller, with whom he remained in partnership five years. In 1875 ho dissolved partnership, and continued in business alone until the fall of when he took Dr. G. W. Schwan into pau.crship, anil is now practicing medicine under the firm name of Drs Wirt N Schwan. He is a physician of the regular sefie and has built up a large practice. In 1872 he was cL; ted member of the school board, and has been re elected every term since, and has held the offices of president ; and clerk of the board ; was also chief of the fire de- | part men t for one year. In 1879 he received the norni- j nation of representative on the Republican ticket, but, | owing to the large majority on the other side, was de- i feated, but greatly reduced that majority. He is a mem- j ber of the Methodist Episcopal chuich, and contributes J largely to its support. Mr. Wirt is a man who has j gained the esteem and confidence of the community, and j is honored and respected by all who know him. In 1869 | lie married Clementine L. Smith, of Loudonville, and is the father of two children - William G.; and Rush, who died when about four months old.

George H. Stewart, was born in Alexandria, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, October 9, 1S09. When a j boy in his teens he went to Amagh, Pennsylvania, and - ' clerked in a store two years, during the time of making j the Pennsylvania canal and Portage railroad over the j Alleghany mountain. From there he went to clerk at j Junction Forge, and got a contract on the canal on the j Juniatta, but gave up canaling and went to Pittsburgh, i where he git a position as book-keeper in a wholesale \ store at a salary of five hundred dollars per year, then j considered a large salary. In 1S32 his salary was raised ! to six hundred dollars per year, then among the highest ! in the city. In live summer of 1833 he bought a stock j of goods and started west to find a location to sell them; j tried to get a house to put the goods in, but there was j none to be had, except Stuart's bar room at the Fhcenix hotel, then considered too far out of the business part ! of town, so he hired a horse of Stuart at twenty-five cents per day to come to Loudonville, then in Richland j county, a small village with about one hundred inhabit j ants. He commenced the mercantile business in August, 1833, at a time when the people were talking j about building a canal up the White-woman and Mo- { hiean. Stewart, having had experience in canaling, took f an active part in procuring a law for a State canal to Loudonville, and the law was passed while General I William McLaughlin, of Mansfield, was our State seua- j tor. and it was through his untiring labor in the legisla- j ture that the bill was passed and the canal was located to Loudonville, and advertised for letting, but before it was commenced the legislature abolished all State works not commenced, and they failed to get a canal. In j 1835-36, when the question of organizing Ashland county was agitated, he took an active part in bringing j it about, and was sent to Columbus several times to j lobby for the undertaking, spending his time and paying : his own expenses. In 1845-6 his efforts were rewarded, and in 1S45 he was appointed associate judge for Ashland county, which office he held seven years. From 1846 to 1S50 he took an active part in the construction of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne A' Chicago railroad, for which he seemed the right of way through Holmes, ' Ashland, and a part of Wayne and Richland counties, and in 1S51 purchased a tract of land of David I oil/ in Wayne county, and laid out what is now called Shrove, a station on the railroad above mentioned. He 1 was employed by the railroad. company as station-agent for ten years. He has been township trustee and treasurer of Hanover township at various times, and has also he'd the office of councilman in Loudonville. In politics he is a Republican. In 1837 he married Erneline Cappeis, of Loudonville, and is the father of eight children, viz: Charlotte A., who lives in Loudonville;

Eliza T., wife of Amos Culver, in Dacotah Territory; Mary L., wife of I)r. Fuller, of Loudonville; Satira and James, deceased; George, who married Katie Cassel, and lives in Zanesville; Xenophon C., who lives in New York city; and Margaret H., wife of Dr. Buckvvalter, of Loudonville.

Caleb Cappers was born in Vermont, and came to Ashland county in 1814, and settled near Loudonville, on the farm now owned by Thomas Whitney, where he built the first frame barn that was erected in Green township. Fie was a carpenter and joiner by trade, but after he came to Ohio he engaged in farming. In politics he was an old-iine Whig. In 1834 he died. He was the father of six children, all now deceased except Emeline, wife of George H. Stewart of Loudonville.

Daniel Honebarger was born in Havana, Germany, in 1793, and married Catharine Baum, ot Bavaria, and in 1836 came to America and settled in Stark county, Ohio, where he engaged in farming. He was a member of the German Reformed church, and died in 1839. In 1871 his wife died in Indiana, at the age of seventynine years. He was the father of six children, four of whom are still living: Elizabeth, who married George

Wiselogal, of Michigan; Harriett, who married Adam Kremick, and lives in Michigan ; Catharine, who married George Gaelic and lives in Fulton county, Ohio, and George, who married Ann Goodman.

George Honebarger was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1828, and came to America with his father and settled in Stark county, Ohio, where he remained two years, and then went to Wooster, where he remained one year, and in the spring of 1841 came to Ashland county, and settled in Loudonville. By trade he is a painter, but, owing to ill health, he was obliged to give up his trade. Then he cierked in a dry goods store for Adam Kunrick six years, after which he engaged as clerk in a grocery store for John She 't. In TS52 he married Ami Goodman, of Loudonville. He has been treasurer of Hanover township thirteen years, and also treasurer of Loudonville village for several years; township assessor four years; also councilman four years, and member of the school board, lie is a member of the German Reformed church, and in politics is a Democrat. He is the father of seven children: Emeline, wife of Lyman

Parish, of Loudonville; Charles, living in Michigan; Harvey, who married Lillie Marietta, of Loudonville; Martha, wife of George Hess, of Loudonville; Franklin, Lueila and Joseph.

Michael Crown kr was born in Bucks county, Virginia, in 1798; came to Ohio in 1.810 .and settled in Belmont county; but in 1S2.8 moved to Richland count v, Ohio. JR was a farmer; and Iiei.l the office of trustee o! jus township foi many years. In establishing the schools ho look an active part, and was deeply inter- ested in all educational matters. He was a member of j the Catho-lic church, and died in 1861, In 1821 he j married Nancy Nesbit, of Pennsylvania, who still survives him; he was the father of eight children, viz: j Margaret, who became the wife of James McNoll ; William, who mariied Catharine Vance, and afterwards \ married Elizabeth Baum; John, who married Elizabeth i Whistler, and lives in Kansas; Rachel, wife of Jacob j Lax, and afterwards wife of Mr. Ross; David, who married Elizabeth Hoover; Sarah, wife of Clemons Osfelt; | Jackson, who lives in Kansas; and Thomas, who married Nancy Vance, and lives in Kansas.

William M. Crown ek was born in Belmont county, | Ohio, in 1826, and in 185 5 married Catharine Vance, I who died in 1873. In 1875 he married Elizabeth Baum. | In his younger days he taught school in the winter and | superintended his farm in tiie summer; he is now wholly ! engaged in farming. He first-settled in Ashland county in 1853, and has held the office of assessor for at least \ twelve years; was superintendent of the infirmary one j year, when he resigned; was elected county commis- j sioner in 1871, and served six years; was elected land I appraiser in 1869; and also in 1879; in 1877 he was j elected justice of the peace, which office he now holds. ! In politics he is a Democrat; he is the father of four j children: Agnes, wife of Edward Baum; Madison, ] Jennie and Cora.

Harrison McCrary was born in Vermillion township, Ashland county, Ohio, July 3, 1840. His grandfather, John McCrary, was among the pioneers of this section I of Ohio, having removed from Jefferson county, Penn- j syl vania about 1812, and settled on the Black fork, and ! soon after sold his farm there and came to Vermillion township, and purchased the tract of land where the j subject of this sketch now lives, and where he was born, j His father, David McCrary, was a.', young unmarried j man at that time; and engaged in the hardships of those j early times, and assisted in clearing the land. W hen - Harrison was a small hoy his fathsr died, and his mother \ built the house in which he now lives; she died Septem- I her 30, 1876. In October, 1S63, Mr. McCrary was mar- I ried to Miss Elizabeth Sackett of Montgomery township, 1 Ashland county. They have had nine children, one of : whom is dead; the eight living are at home with their j parents. Mr. McCrary gives ! is farm his whole time.

It is one out of many of the farms that has been held by members of the same family for over sixty years. In politics he is a Republican, but his ticket is cast in every case, foi the man who, in his judgment, is best titled to fill the office to which he is chosen, regardless of political name. Mr. and Mrs. McCrary are members i> the j Presbyterian chinch at ilaycsville, Ohio.

James 1>. Smith was born in 'Trumbull county, Ohio, November j 8, 1815. When a little more than one year old. his parents moved to Ashland county and located in Vermillion township, about three miles south of Hayesville, on land entered by Mr. Smith's grandfather. 'This section of the country was unimproved, and they had to endure the hardships that only these hardy pioneers could. James, the subject of this sketch, grew up among these scenes, in which he took part, until he reached manhood. March 3, 1840, he married Lydia Workman, and at once emigrated to the State of Illinois, where he expected to remain ; but in the fall of the same year his father's death decided him to return to the scenes of his childhood, and, after closing up the affairs of his father, he settled down where he now resides, and determined to remain here. From that time to the present, Mr. Smith has seen the many changes that have taken place. Where the old forest trees swayed to and fro, waving fields of grain and grass now fill the heart of the owner and passer-by with thankfulness to Him who ruleth the destinies of mankind. The old log cabins, with their spacious fire-places, have gone, and in thenplace are beheld beautiful and convenient houses, brick and frame, and large barns filled with the abundant liarvest. The ox team, and the ungainly cart with its wooden wheels, we see no more, but, in its stead, the prancing steed, in light, but durable harness, moves rapidly over a smooth road, with a four-wheel vehicle that would have been a thing of wonder to our venerable forefathers. Mrs. Smith died February 3, 1845. They had four children. One child, a daughter, and the first of the family, died at the age of two years. The others are : Lydia Amanda, who was the wife of John Van Derm, and died in March, 1874, in Kansas; Ruth Ann, wife of Dr. Cole, 'of Crestline, Ohio; and Stephen S., who is married and lives in Jasper county, Missouri. April 15, 1847, Mr. Smith married Martha Jane McClure. To them have been born five children, two sons and three daughters Wilber r. died May 29, 1854. Of the remaining four, one son is married and the three daughters remain with their parents. Mr. Smith has served as justice of the peace for six years, and although a Republican since the existence of that party, he was elected to the otlice in a township which was strongly Democratic. Air. and Airs. Smith are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Hayesville.

Lafayette Paxton was born in Vermillion township, February 21, 1S49. His father, Hugh Paxton, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in 1819, and located in Wayne county. In 1S33 liemoved to Vermillion township, and purchased a tract of land, one mile west of the village of Hayesville, Ohio. Here he remained the balance of his life. He was a very industrious and energetic man. To the breaking out of the Rebellion he was a Democrat, but he at that time changed to a strong Republican, which prineb lie adhered to until his death, which ocemrod January 23, 1878. Lafayette, the subject of this .sketch, is the only heir, and h i . charge ot his invalid mother, who is a gnat September 28. 1S73, he married Miss Ellen

(a coo Eichluierger was born in Vermillion township March 21, 1831. On September 4, 1831, he mar- ' lied Susannah, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Conn, early settlers of Ashland county, both of whom are dead. 1 They, have bad children as follows: Louisa, born July !

22, rSja; Elizabeth, born November 29, 1854: Mary, ! born November 6, 1856; Rosanna and Rarbara. born May \ 25, 1858; Samuel, born November j 2, 1 86 1 . Clara, born i April 9, 1863; Elmer E., born May 4, 1S66; Benjamin. ; born May 22, 1S7 Of these, two are dead -Elizabeth, 1 who died February 17, 1864, and Benjamin, who died \ November 5, 1872. Louisa is the wife of Cyrus Miller, I and lives in Mifflin township. They were married in ! 1870, and have three children. Rosanna is the wife of I Henry Daubenspcck, and lives in Vermillion township. | They have three children. The other four are at home j assisting the father on the farm, and the mother in the f household duties. In politics Mr. Eichelberger is a ! Democrat, but in home elections casts his vote for the ] man he considers most worthy of the confidence of the j public, and best fitted to take care of their interests, re- I gardless of political views. He is not connected with j any church, but recognizes the importance of churches j and schools as a public benefit, and the contents of his j purse are used to their benefit many times.

a w McNaui.l was born in what is now Mont- 1 gornery township, Ashland county, Ohio, about four i miies east of Ashland, November 18, 1816. His par- j ents. came to Ashland county in 1815, and may well be | classed among Ashland county's pioneers. They i teamed from the State of Maryland, and entered land in | what was at; that day a wilderness. Here they went to : .work in good old fashioned pioneer style. They raised a family of six children, all of whom lived to maturity. William, the subject of this sketch, remained with his ; parents until he was about twenty-three or four years of age, when his disposition led him to investigate distant j countries, States, and territories, which he continued to do for several years, occasionally returning to the scenes j of his childhood, and in March, 1865, he was married to ; Miss Elizabeth Adams of Vermillion township. They ! have po children. The place where they now live has been their home since their marriage. The farm was cleared almost entirely by Mr. McNauIi or under his directions. He has a good farm and it is well improved. He is a Democrat in politics, and is a good neighbor, highly esteemed as a literary man, far superior to many who have had equal privileges. Mrs. McNaul! is a member of the Presbyterian church at Hayesville, Ohio.

William Tan ml man: was born in the kingdom of Hanover, Germany, December 31, 1831. In 1831 he left Germany with the determination of trying the new world, and upon hi.-, landing here wont directly to Cincinnati, Ohi> , and remained engaged in die wholesale tobacco trade, uuui 1855, when he moved to Mansfield, Ohio In April he married .Miss Margaret $ nie..it. Tn Mansfield he remained two years in the tobacco business, when he disposed of his business in Mansfield and returned to Cincinnati, where he remained eight years, and in 1865 lie purchased a farm near Loudonville, Ashland county, Ohio, and 111 1867 sold this farm and bought and removed to where he now resides, about one mile west of Hayesville, Ohio. They have eight children - three sons and five daughters, all except the oldest son being at home and single. Air. Tangeman has served his township as trustee, and his school district as director. In politics he is a Democrat, but is a man with many friends in both parties. Mr. Tangeman and wife are members of the German Evangelical church in Vermillion township. The oldest son, Charles W., is in Mansfield, Ohio, practicing medicine.

Solomon Arnolio, proprietor of the Vermillion hotel at Hayesville, Ohio, was born February 18, 1841, in Vermillion township. He remained and worked on the farm until he was twenty-seven years of age, and married Miss Harriet Vangilder, of Vermillion township, November 9, 1859. His father died May 31, 1874, and his mother died May 16, i860. In 1870 Mr. Arnold moved from the old farm home to Hayesville, Ohio, and kept a livery stable, and in 1872 he took possession of the Vermillion house, and has managed it for the past -eight years in connection with the livery business.

John M. Ritchie was born where he now resides, January 28, 1840. His parents emigrated to Ohio from Pennsylvania in 1835. They purchased a farm that has been their only home in this State for a period of foilyfive years. The parents names are Samuel and Elizabeth. Mi. Ritchie died February 13, 1844, at the age of thirty-one years and nineteen days. Mrs. Ritchie is still living, at the advanced age of about seventy-five years. The exact age cannot be given, on account of the family record having been destroyed by fire when she was a child. She is quite smart, and says she is young, or at least feels as young as she did years ago. She, with her daughter, Miss Martha Jane Richie, occupy the home with John and his family. The old home is now owned by Miss Martha and her brother John, the subject of this sketch. In addition to his share of the old home, John owns a tract of land of forty acres which he purchased some years ago of Philip Smith. On September 2, 1875, Air. Ritchie was married to Miss Mary A. Robinson, of Richland county, Ohio. They have two sons- Samuel N., born October 7, 1876, and Charles E., born October iS, 1877 Mr. Ritchie is a farmer. He has served the people of Ashland county as director of the infirmary. In politics he is a Democrat. He makes no profession of religion, but recognizes churches and schools as very necessary to the well being of any community, and supports them liberally. His aged mother is a member of the Presbyterian church at Hayesville Ohio.

In connection with his farm Mr. Boyd has owned and operated a flouring mill, which he kept in operation about twenty-three years. His father died in the spring of 1869, at the advanced age of eighty-five years, and even at that age was quite active, showing very little the weight ; of so many v, 'inters. They seem to be a long-lived peo- j pie, as an unde of Mr. j. H. Boyd is still living in Washington county, Pennsylvania, at the wonderful age of one hundred years. Mr. Boyd has given his time entirely to farming, with the exception of the mill just mentioned. January 31, 1839, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Burns, of Ohio county, Virginia. She died February 18, j 186 r. By this union there were three children - Re- ! becca Mary, born April 3, 1840; James T., born September 9, 1843; Emcline, born July 6, 1S45, all of whom are living, 'married, and have families of their own. Re- j becca, the wife of Aha Jngman, a farmer of Mohican j township, has two children. James lives on the old -' home farm, and has three children; and Emeiine is the - wife of Porter Craig, and lives in Lawrence county, Illinois, and has two children. February 26, 1863, Mr. Boyd married Miss Kesiah Nailor, of Mohican township. They have one child, Edward E., born May 2.4, 1864. He is at home with his parents. Mr. Boyd is a Republican in politics: and is a member of the Presbyterian j church at Hayesville, Ohio. He has been connected with \ the Presbyterian church for over forty-five years. Mrs. j Boyd is a member of the same church.

Michakj. Shembergkr was born in York county, j Pennsylvania, January 28, 1823. In 1828 he came to j Ohio with his parents, who located in Vermillion township. They bought alarm, a short time after they landed ! in the township, adjoining the place where their son : Michael, the subject of the sketch, now lives. The old ( home also belongs to him. The parents remained here ! until their death. PI is father died December 1 7, 1S70, and his mother March 15, 1879. On January 2 2, 1850, the subject of this sketch was married to Miss Rowanah Bennett, daughter of Peter and Sophia Bennett, who came from Maryland at an early day and settled on the Black fork, in Mifflin township. The) remained here but a short time, when they bought a farm in Vermillion tow,nsliip and moved there, and about 1857 sold their property, and ' moved to DeWet county, Illinois, where they died a few year later. 'The family of Michael Shemberger and wife consists of five boys and one daughter, nil of whom are living except Mary Ann, the sixth child who died at the age of five years, four months and twenty-two days. Those now living are all single, and ' are at home with their parents. In politics he is a Democrat, as also are his three sons. He and his wife are members of the English Lutheran church at Pctersburgii, Ohio. Mr. Shcmherger K not an office seeker, though he has served his neighbors as supervisor, and is held in high esteem by all who know him. The public welfare of the county gets his share of encouragement at all limes.

James M. Eciikj barger was born in Vermillion township, October - 7, 1846, and was married January j 2, 1871, to. Arminda Kyle, daughtei of Samuel and Elizabeth Kyle, of Vermillion township. They have four children: Nellie Jane, born November 19, 1871; Cora

Almina, born September 17, 1874, died October 23, 1876; Hiram Martin, born April 22, 1876; Ralph, horn April 14, 1880. Mr. Echelbarger is a farmer; he has sixteen acres of, his own, and farms about forty acres on shares for Martin Kramer. In politics, he is a Democrat.

Robert Wilson was born in Washington count v, Pennsylvania, May 3, 1816, and came to Ashland county with his parents in 1820, his father having purchased eighty acres of land where Robert now lives. At the time they came to this place there was an abundance of game, turkey and deer principally. Indians were numerous, but peaceably inclined toward their white biethren. They were true pioneers, and as such are .suite well remembered by the old settlers in the community at the present time. They began tire improvement of their land, and by perseverance and hard knocks, such as our grand old forefathers and mothers could endure, flicold forests gave way and the waving fields of grain took their place. Robert, the subject of this sketch, remembers quite well the privations and hardships of those early days. In 1839, November rqth, Mr. Wilson married Martha Jeannette Roison, who came from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, with her parents when she was about three or four years of age. Thcv had seven sons and one daughter. Two sons died in infancy; one son, James, the oldest of the family, died in t! c army; he was a private in the One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served as such from the date of his enlistment to the time of his death, which took place at Milhken's Bend, Louisiana, February it, 1S63. Three sons and one daughter are married, and doing for themselves. The youngest child, Robert, ir., remains with his father. Mrs. Vviison having died Mr. Wilson afterwards married Anna E. Greem.v .od, widow of Charles Greenwood, of Holmes county, Ohio. To them have been born one child. Mr. Wiison is ...ire of the best known men in this section of the county. In politics he is a Republican. Both himself and wife arc members of the United Presbyterian church at Hayesville, Ohio.

An am Baux v.as born in York county, Pennsylvania. February 25, 1 S 1 9, and came to Ohio before he was married, about the year 1839, and worked in the gristmill for Mr. Daniel Smith, by the year; here he worked six years and a half, and purchased a tract of land of Hugh Finley: he then worked for Andrew New nan and Joseph Boyd a period of ten years, in the mill still owned by Mr. Boyd, but not now in operation. In the fall of 1843 he returned to Pennsylvania and married Miss Rebecca Eechman, of York county. She vied June 28, 1857. They had two children, one son ami one daughter. The son, Adam, ir., v. as ?. soldier in the Die war, in the One Hundred and Second Ohio v h:ntc< r infantry, company B, and after a servi< e as almost three years, and a prisoner six months at Castle

Thunder, at Cahoba, Alabama, while on his way home at the close of the war, April 25th he was lost on the boat Sultana, near Memphis, Tennessee. This came with crushing weight on father and sister, and many who knew him well in the neighborhood where he was raised. February 25, 1859 Mr. Baun was married again, this time to Miss Ruby Ann Snyder, whose parents lived in Crawford county, Ohio. She died April 7, 1878. By this union there were three sons- - Allen C., the oldest, is in the west; Lewis A. and Edward I. are at home; they are all single. Sarah j., born April 14, 1S45, is at home, filling the place that only daughter and sister can. She takes entire management of the household cares and duties. Mr. Baun has a fine farm and manages it to good advantage, as the appearance about his farm is proof. He has bought and sold stock for many years, having many times driven over the mountains. When he first came-' to Ohio he had but twenty dollars, since which, by hard work and good management, with a small amount he received from his father's estate, he has a competence^ In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Baun is not a member of any church, but is a liberal supporter of all such institutions.

William Glenn was born, in 1822, in Mohican township, Ashland county, Ohio. His father Joshua Glenn emigrated from Harford county, Maryland, in 1S18. He was one of the pioneers of Ashland county. His home was a log cabin, and was surrounded on all sides by forest. Here the subject of this sketch was born. He remained and labored on the farm until he was over thirty years of age, and many an old oak fell beneath the heavy blows of his axe. The forest gradually gave way and in its place, waving fields of grain were to be seen. On September 23, 1S52, Mr. Glenn married Miss Caroline Ewing, daughter of William Ewing, of Vermillion township, anothei of Ashland county's pioneers, having come from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1813 and located in Mohican township on the 17th day of March, 1853. William -and his wife moved to Green township, on a farm owned by his father. Here they remained four years, when he purchased a farm in Milton township, and moved there. He sold this farm some two years later and returned to his mother's faun in Mohican township. After a year's stay there lie bought a farm in Mohican township and lived there five years, at the end of which time he sold and moved to a farm owned by his, father-in-law, in Montgomery township. At the end of one'year he bought and moved where he now lives. This, in all probability, will be his future home. They have four children. One daughter and three sons, (fine son is married and lives on his father's farm. Mr. Glenn has never sought public office. He is a Republican in politics. His wife and daughter arc members of the English Lutheran church at Jeromeville. Mr. Glenn does not belong to any church, but is in hearty sympathy with the truths of the Bible. The son is n member of the Presbyterian church at Hayesvilie.

Mr, Samuel 1a 1 1 1 1 1 la u- ; . u was bom in Vermillion township., October 23, 1843. His parents emigrated from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, about the year

1823 with their parents. His father was then a boy about fifteen years old, and his mother a girl of thirteen summers. They were married on the seventeenth day of May, 1829. They moved at once to a farm in Vermillion township owned by his father, and which is now owned by Mr. William Goard. This farm fell into bis possession at the death of his parents for the care he had of them in their old age. This farm, which consisted of forty acres, he traded by giving some boot money for eighty acres known as the Ferry farm. About the year 1850 he sold this farm and purchased the farm on which Samuel and his mother now live. On July 9, 1877, Mr. Echelbarger died. Mrs. Echelbarger is still living - with her son Samuel, aged seventy years. On February 9, 1868, the subject of this sketch was married to Miss Eliza Ann Kyle. She died May 10, 1S77. They had four children - three daughters and one son. The son is all the child now living. One daughter died in infancy, one at the age of fifteen months and one at the age of four years. On December 3, 1878, Mr. Eohelbarger married Miss Elizabeth Endinger, a sister of Mrs. N. D. Ryland. By this union there have been no children. Mr. Echelbarger is a Democrat in politics.

N. D. Ryland was born in Knox county, Ohio, February 19, 1846. His parents came to Ashland county about the year 1850, and bought a farm about a mile and a half south of Hayesvilie, where they remained until the fall of 1857, when they sold the farm and emigrated to Randolph county, Missouri. In the fall of 1861 they returned to Ohio, and bought a farm one mile south of Hayesvilie. The next spring he sold his farm and removed to the farm of James Ewing, and, at the end of two years, bought a farm adjoining the one owned by N. D. Ryland, where they lived some ten years, when they concluded they would leave the" farm, and try town life. They rented the farm and moved to Hayesvilie, where they now reside. The subject of this sketch, N. I). Ryland was married April 6, 1871, to Eliza, daughter of John and Barbara Endinger, of Mohican township. In 1874 they purchased the farm on which they now live. They have two children, one son and one daughter - Willis Howard, eight years old, and Effie Blanche, four years old. in politics Mr. Ryland is a Democrat, but is a man who does not allow politics to interfere with his business affairs or his association with neighbors. With the exception of running a threshing-machine four years, his whole time has been given to bis farm. Mr. and Mrs. Ryland are members of the Presbyterian church in Hayesvilie. They have bright prospects before them, as both are young and hard workers, and are highly respected by the community in which they live.

Samuel Craig was born in Allegheny county, Peim- -sylvania, December 25, 1814. In 1S34 he came to Ohio with his parents, and located where William Craig now lives. Samuel was twenty years of age at the time. On November 22, 1837, lie was married to Miss Jemima, daughter of James and Rebecca Stafford, of Vermillion township. They moved into a house on Mt. Craig's farm, where they remained most of the time until 184(1. Mr. Craig then bought the farm in section sixteen, Vermillion township, on which they now live, and which has been their home ever since, and is likely to be the remainder of their lives. They have had nine children, seven of whom are living; two died when quite young - a bov and a girl ; two sons and one daughter are married: fames S., who married Miss Barbara Mosser, of Vermillion township; Daniel, who married Miss Lydia Youngling, of 'Vermillion township; Rebecca Jane, who married William Sites, and now lives in Mifflin township, Richland county; Albon, Mary Ann, Elizabeth and Ella are at home.' Mr. Craig has a fine farm, and gives it his undivided attention. He has been assessor and trustee a number of years, and has been elected to other township offices, which he declined to fill, as his farm required his whole time. He is a man with many friends in the community that has been his home so many years. He is a hard worker and a good manager. Mr. Craig is a Democrat in politics, though at home elections leaves politics out of the question, and votes for the man lie considers best fitted to do credit to- the trust conferred by the people. He belongs to no church, but is a liberal supporter of religious and educational institutions, and considers them necessary for the well being of any community.

Thomas Crone was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, October 27, 1S00; and married Fannie Starkey February 18, 1823. In 1840, with his wife and seven'* children, he came to Ohio, and located in Mohican township; where he remained one year, when he moved to Perry township and remained three years. Then he moved to Chester township, Wayne county, remained four years, and returned to a farm adjoining the one he first located on. There he remained until the spring -of j 1S77, when he moved to the farm on which he now re- j sides. All his life he has been a farmer, and lias now I one of the best farms in this section of the county. Mrs. j Crone died April 16, 1865. One son, James, was a sol- j dier in the One' Hundred and Second Ohio volunteer ! infantry, and served till the close of the war, a term of I nearly three years; he is now married, and lives in * Green township. The children, with the exception of I

Mr. Crone is yet bright in mind, atrd as active as men ! of his age can expect to be. In politics he is a Democrat; and he has been township trustee. He is a member of the United Pre ibyterian church, at Haycsvilie, j Ohio.

William Davis was born in Mifflin township, August i 28, 1836. He is a son of Isaac atrd Francis Davis, who j are among Ashland county's early settlers, a sketch of 1 whose lives will be found elsewhere in this work, 'lire subject of this sketch remained with his parents and worked on the farm until he was eighteen years of age, when he left home to learn the carriage making trade with Ames & Leach in Ashland. Here he remained about two years and a half, when he, in company with John Burnett, went to Iowa and worked at his trade and on a farm, and in about eighteen months returned to I Ohio and worked at Iris trade some three years and a half, when he enlisted August 14, 1S62. as a private soldier in the First Ohio independent battery, and remained and served his country until the close of the war, and was discharged on the twenty-sixth day of June, 1865. He was faithful in the discharge of a soldier's duties, as he was only excused from service about two weeks during the whole term. At Cloid mountain and many other places he saw hard fighting, and engaged on severe raids and hard marches, and with many others of his comrades withstood the necessary privations and hardships of a private soldier. On October 5,

1 S 6 5 , , he was married to Miss Rebecca Sechrist, of Richland county, Ohio. He remained one year with his father, when they moved to Vermillion township and commenced life for themselves. They have ever since made this their home, his whole time being given to the steam saw-mill, at what is known as Steam Corner, in the northwest corner of Vermillion township. They" have three children - two daughters and one son. Mrs. Davis died May 14, 1874, and on the nineteenth, day of November, 1874, he married Airs. Barbara Callin, widow of Hugh Callin, of Montgomery township. They have no children.

William H. Strickland was born Decembers, 1824, *on a tract of land located by his grandfather as early as 1815. The Stricklands are well known as a. pioneer family of Ashland county, a sketch of whose lives will he found elsewhere in this work. William H., the subject of this sketch, when a babe, left his birthplace, his parents moving to a farm near the northeast corner of Vermillion township, where he remained until he was a man of twenty-two years of age, when he married Mary, daughter of Jacob Kichelbarger. Mrs. Strickland died March 21, 3S4S. They had one child, a daughter, now the- wife of George Kelley, of Vermillion township. February 19, 1850, Air. Strickland again married, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Hough, of Montgomery township. They had two children, one son and one daughter - the son is at home and is single, and the daughter married David Hostetler, of Richland county, Ohio. Mrs. Strickland died June 2 9, 1S71. April 1, 1873, lie married Catharine Ik, daughter of Jacob Smith, of Vermillion township. They have one child, a son, now four years old. Air. Strickland owns the farm on which, lie first saw the light, which lie purchased about five years ago. It. is a fine farm, and will, probably, be his home the remainder of his life. He has acted as supervisor and school director a number of years; is a good neighbor anu a kind husband and father, and a hard, earnest worker. In politics he is a Democrat, and he an ! his wife are members of the English Lutheran church at Jerorneville, Ohio.

hican township. Ashland count vj February 14, 1821. j At a very early day his parents came from Pennsylvania and may well be classed among Ashland county's early settlers. The subject of this sketch remained with Ids 1 parents until he was married, Judy 4, 1S48, to Miss Eliza. j Duncan, daughter of Joseph anu Catharne Duncan, who | came to Ashland county at an early day, and located in ! what is now Vermillion township. To this couple have been born three children - all boys. The oldest, Willard j Dexter, died at the age of eight months. Joseph II. j and John Marion are still living, both married and doing j for themselves. Joseph II. married Miss Julia Ann Van- j gilder, and John M. married Miss Zentippa A. Humbert. I John lives with his parents, and Joseph lives on an ad- I joining farm. Mr. Sigler, t'nc subject of tins sketch, is a ; in tn of many friends. Having spent his whole life in Vermillion township, he may well be called one of its prominent farmer-. He has many times served as a ; trustee of the township, and but for his positive refusal, could at the present time hold that office ora! otter one. 1 He is a Democrat in politics, but in home elections gives | Ins vote for the man he considers most worthy of the 1 trust of the people, without regard to politics.

-829. and at the age of three years, in company with his parents, brothers, and sisters, ho K it the old woild for a j home m the new. Soon after the arrival of the Fox family in America they came to what is now Vermillion township, Ashland county, and here the children have lived and prospered by their own good management and hard work. Conrad, the subject of this sketch, remained with his parents until he was married. April 16, 1S52, he married Miss Gertrude Hirshler, daughter of Henry and Christena Hirshler, who died in Germany when she was about eight years old. When she was sixteen years old, in company with her brothers, John and Henry, she came to Ohio. Immediately after they were married they bought the farm on which they still live, nearly three miles northwest of the village of Hayesvilie. 1'hcy have two children; Adolph, born April 16, 1854, and Amanda, born February 21, 1S59. Adolph is married and lives on his father's farm. Amanda is single and remains at home with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. box are members of the German Lutheran church, near where they live. Mr. Fox is a Democrat in politics, and is a mati highly esteemed by bis neighbors. Ho has one hundred and forty-two acres of land in one of the most fertile sections of Vermillion township. He is a good farmer, and his family and farm have his whole time.

H. |. Hough was born in Ashland, Ohio, January 24, 1847. William Hough, his father, was an eariy settler in Ashland, and in 1S4& removed to Crawford county, Ohio, where he died in 1862. H. j. remained with his parents until after the death of his father, when he went to different parts of the State to see how other peoplelive, and in i86< enlisted in the service of his country, and served til! the close of the war. In 1875 he returned to his native county, and located in the village of Hayesvilie. January 24, 1877, he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Smith, of Vermillion tow nship. They have one son, born September 4, 1878, and named Daniel Leslie. January 4, 1S78, Mr. Hough engaged in the hardware, tin and stove business, under the firm name of Hough R Boyd. December 31.se 1 he partnership changed to Hough & Maag, who are at present doing a thriving business, enjoying the respect of all who patronize tnern.

John Beck, son of Jacob Beck, one of Ashland county's pioneers, and a sketch of whose life will lie found elsewhere tn this werk, was born May 1 r, 1850. February 15, 1870, he married Miss Amanda Aby, of Mifflin township. 'I hey have four children, ail daughters: Nettie Celesta, Rella May, Alice Arvilla. anct

Wii.t.iA .i Beck, son of Jacob Beck, one of the nromi nent nioneers of Vermillion, was born November 9, 1846, and was brought up to hard work on the farm, where he learned industry and perseverance. August 18, 1870, lie was married to Miss Mary Ann Helberl, daughter of Jacob and Catharine lielbcrt, of Vermillion township. They have four children, three sons and one daughter - William Sylvester. Lewis David, Arabella, and Jacob, who is but one year old. Mr. Beck is a Democrat-in politics. He gives h's whole Lime to farming.

Mk\ Kei.i.v, widow or Patrick Kelly, i- a daughter of John and Rosa M: Naull, who wore among Ashland county's pioneers. Her father has been dead about twelve years, and her mother is living with Mrs. Kelly, and is upwards of eighty years of age. Mr. Kelly came to Ohio from Pennsylvania when he was a boy, and saw many of the privations of the early settlers. June 20, 1839, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly were married, and commenced life in earnest for themselves. They bought land in Vermillion township, and by perseverance, secured an elegant home in the northwest portion of the township. They have nine children - Rosa, Mary, Susan, John, James, Sarah, Emily, William, and Michael; of these eight are living; Susan, the third child, died at the age of eight years and nine months. Mary is the wife of John Harper, son of Thomas Harper, of Vermillion township - they live in .Abilene, Kansas; Sarah is the wife of Henry Sheiler, of Vermillion township; the six unmarried children are at home, or at least recognize their mother's house a welcome home, when business does not call them elsewhere. Mr. Kelly died February r-8, 1859. Since his death Mrs. Kelly has managed the farm, and as her children grew to an age to be of assistance, they cheerfully took their part. They certainly deserve much credit for good management. Mrs. Kelly now owns over two hundred and fifty acres of well improved land in Ashland county.

John K. Cron;: was barn in Juniata county, Pennsylvania, December 23, 1S23, and at the age of sixteen years he came to Ohio with his parents and located in what is now Mohican township, Ashland county, Ohio. Pie remained at home until he was thirty-five years of age, with the exception of a few years in which he lived with his aunts, the Misses Starkey, sisters of his mother, and during which time he rented and worked the Daniel Pocock farm in Mohican township. In August, 1S6S, he was married to Mrs. Greenlee, widow of John Greenlee, of Fake township, Ashland county. 'They have had four children, one of whom died at the age of two years. Mrs. Crone, after her marriage to Mr. Crone, had a daughter who died at the age of eleven. Three children are yet living - John Alvic- and Mary Alma, are twins. George Walter is six years old. Air. Crone is a farmer and a man held in high esteem as a neighbor and friend. He is a Democrat in politics, though in Pome elections he allows his judgment to decide as to tiic man most fitted to fill the trust conferred by the people, with little thought as to politics. He is one of the township trustees, and has enterprise sufficient to fill

Robert Sigler was born in Vermillion township, Ashland county, Ohio, January 4, 1823. His father, Henry Sigler, was one of Ashland countv's pioneers, having-emigrated from Lancaster countv, Pennsylvania, at an early day. Plere the subject of this sketch was reared in pioneer style, and assisted in reducing the wilderness to the lovely country we now find it. Robert was the filth of a family -of tweve children. He remained at home until lie was married in April, 186=;. to Miss ( athanne Grain', who was born in Germany.

I T*oy have had four children, two of whom arc dead. One died in infancy, and one at the age of thirteen years. Willis and Maudy are living. Willis is seven and Maudy two years old. Mr. Sigler is a good ncigh- ! bor and a hard worker, giving his whole time to his 1 farm and his family. He is a Democrat in politics, i Mrs. Sigler is a member of the Church of God in Verj million township, about one mile from Mr. Sigler's residence. Mr. Sigler docs not seek public office, but has the interests of his county at heart, and never fails to support any public improvements.

| and came to A.merica in 1S35. making the trip from j Amsterdam to New York in a sailing vessel in seventy j days. It was a discouraging voyage, and the hearts of | the passengers would sometimes sink ; and when they j were at last permitted to set foot on land in this tree ; America, their hearts went up in thankfulness to the | good being for His preserving care. Mr. Peck remained ( about five years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and on 1 the twenty-fourth clay of January, 1841, he was married | to Barbara Schilling, of that city, and in September 0} j the same year, with all his earthly effects, consisting 01 a bed and what they could pack in two chests, they started for the west with a covered wagon and one horse: and soon after arriving in what is now Vermillion township, he purchased a tract of land, on which was a log cabin, and went to work in earnest to improve his land. Many a giant oak fell to the ground from the heavy strokes of the axe swung by his strong arm. Those were times that, ! tried men's souls, and Mr. Beck and his good wife en | dti red their hardships and privations as only the sturdy once was a howling wilderness, and his children in goo ci 1 circumstances. He is a man highly esteemed by his | neighbors as a trustworthy Christian man, who lias done ! well his part to make Vermillion township what is - } one of the finest townships in the State. He now owns ; over three hundred acres of excellent land, in a good I community, with excellent school and church privileges, i Ever since he came to this county, he has been a member of the German Lutheran church. On the ninth day i of Anri!, 1SS0, his wife died, and his three sons arc l)r<. E. V. Kf.npig was born is Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, January 1 1, 1S3S. He came to 1 >hio m 1S61 and located in Haycsville, Ashland county, j Shortly after arriving in Hayesville he commenced the | study of medicine with Dr. Samuel Glass of that village, j Here he remained and prosecuted his studies with unflinching determination, and in March, 1864, giadualed ! from University Medical college of New York city.

1 - Returning at once to Hayesville, he enlisted as assistant ! surgeon in the Second Ohio heavy artillery, and served his country faithfully in this position for a period of one year, when the war closed, and he again returned to Hayesville and began the practice of medicine. Sep tember 21, 1 865. lie married Miss Mariah KamTinan ol | Richland county, Ohk They have three sons, Hnriv, j Willard, and Ralph. The doctor, by his untiring enugv and ability, has secured a veiy huge practice. As .1 phvseven

William Ckaic was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, September 2<S, 1S12, and removed with Iris par- ents to Vermillion township, March 28, 1833. '1 he !

family then, consisted of father, mother, and ten chii- j dren. The subject of this sketch was the oldest but one, ! and was then twenty-one years of age. Immediately af- J ter their settlement here William left home and began j work at his trade, that of blacksmithing, near where the 1 infirmary now stands. Here he remained fourteen years, and worked earnestly at his chosen trade. In November, 1837, he married Miss Barbara Whittington, daughter of James Whittington, of Vermillion township, j one of Ashland county's old pioneers. He died Sep- tember 30, 1846. Mr. Craig boarded with the Whitting- ! ton family about four years prior to his marriage, and j doubtless his energy and ability as a workman won the j heart of the woman who has been his helpmate these I many years. In 1849 Mr. Craig moved to Hayesviile, 1 and worked ijt his trade til! 1855, when he purchased the old home farm and moved there, and took the man- | agement of the farm. His mother having died in 1847, his father remained with his son until he died in May, 1S7T. Mr. Craig has served the people of Vermillion township as trustee six years, and the county as infirmary superintendent. Aside from this public service he has | given his time to his farm, which is a good one. This ! aged couple are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Hayesviile, and have been for a period of thirty-six years. He is a Democrat in politics, but has many warm friends in both parties. He is a man of kind heart, a good neighbor, and a man well known in ! every township in the county. He was defeated by only , ten votes in 1874 for nomination for the office of county > commissioner. They have ten children, all living, eight i daughters and two sons. All but one are married. The ' youngest son, William, jr, is single.

Gkorge W. Long was born in Canton, Stark county, i Ohio, February 2 a, 1831; came to Ashland county with his parents when he was about seven years oid, and set- 1 tied on a farm in Lake township, Wayne county, now Ashland county. Here he remained and worked on the farm until he was about eighteen years old, when he ' wept to Mohicanviile and learned the boot and shoe trade. This trade he followed until the spring of 1852, when he started for the gold fields of California, and engaged in mining. He went by overland route, and in 1856 returned to Ohio by water, and in the same year, September 30th, was married to Miss Catharine Mohre, daughter of Jesse Mohre, of Lake township, Ashland county. Mr. Long had sent money from California and purchased a farm about two miles from his father's place, and soon after he was married moved and began improving his own farm. For a period of ten years they lived here, when they sold their farm in Lake township and purchased the farm on which they now live. They have six children -three sons and three daughters. The oldest daughter married Mr. John Kighingei, of Vermill ion township. She was married September 30, 1879 - just 1 twenty-three years after her father and mother. Mr. Long has been township trustee a number of terms in Vermillion township, and was trustee one term in Lake township previous to coming to Vermillion. Both himself and wife are members of the English Lutheran church. In politics he is a Democrat, but is a man highly esteemed by both parties, as he is. moderate in his views, and gives his best time to his family and farm.

Emanuel Sheller is a son of John Shelter, who came to Ohio from Pennsylvania in a very early day. He has raised a family who are all grown and doing for themselves. Emanuel, the subject of this sketch, was born in Mifflin township, Richland county, Ohio, in 1848, February 5th. December 28, 1875, married Miss Susan Svvoveland, daughter of Peter Svvoveland, of Mifflin township, Richland county, an early settler there. They have but one child, Stella, born November 28, 1876. Mr. Sheller farms the old home place, and is an industrious, energetic man, and a good neighbor.

Henry Siieller was born in Richland county, Ohio, December 23, 1844. He remained with his parents, and worked on the farm until he was thirty years of age. January 25, 1873, he married Miss Sarah M. Kelly, daughter of Patrick Kelly, one of Vermillion township's early settlers. She was born March 7, 1850. The subjects of tins sketch moved to .where they now reside soon after they were married, on a farm owned by Mr. Sheller's father. Mr. Sheller and wife have spent almost their entire life in Vermillion township. They have one child, Emily Almina, born December 13, 1S78. Mr. and Mrs. Sheller are descendants of pioneer blood, and are well calculated to meet the perplexities of life, and be useful members of society. Mr. Sheller is a Democrat in politics. He and his wife are members in good standing of the English Lutheran church.

W. G. Galloway was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, November 3. 1815. His father, John Galloway, moved to Ohio October 23, 1830, and settled in Vermillion township. In 1816 he came to Ashland county, and took up a tract of land, near where ho afterwards settled, and then returned to his home in Pennsylvania, where he remained until 183c, and, of -course, forfeited the. claim of tSiu. The subject of this sketch remained with his parents until he was twenty-seven vears of age, and worked' on the farm. In May, 1S42, he married Miss Ann Bradley, daughter of John Bradley, who died when she was a child, in the State of Delaware. She came to Ashland county with her mo. her a short time before the settlement of the Galloway family. They have had seven children; two sons died when 'juke young; the other five are living. They are all married but one son. Mr. Galloway has served the people of Ashland county six years, in the capacity of infirmary director, and lias been justice of the peace nine years. Mrs. Galloway died December 3, 1877. Mr. Galloway is a man highly respected. In politics he is a Demur ml, though he has many friends in both parties.

T. C. II \rvey was born in Green township, Ashland county, in 1842. At the .age of ten years he removed with his parents to Vermillion township, two miles south of Hayesville. In September, 1S67, he left the farm and | entered the drug store of J. Kinninger, at Hayesville, as j clerk. In 1869, in company with Mr. ]. R. Swartz, he j pure'nased the stock and commenced business for him- j self. The firm then being Swartz &: Harvey; this part- | nership was dissolved in 1072, and Mr. Harvey continued the business alone. In 1879 Mr. Swartz returned from j Toledo, Ohio, and again entered business with Mr. ] Harvey, under the firm of Harvey N Swartz. and at I present they are doing a thriving business. Industry and ability have their reward. In the fall of 1870, Mr. j Harvey was married to Miss Sarah J. Armstrong, daugh- i ter of Dr. Armstrong, one of the pioneers of Ashland county. They have no children living.

John' Harvey was born in Bedford county, Pennsyl- I vania, in 18 io. William Harvey, his father, moved with j his wife and three children to Ashland county, Ohio, in ! 1835, and located at Hayesville, where the subject of i this sketch kept a tavern for about four years, when he j bought a farm in Green township, known as the Kent | farm, and moved there. After residing there ten years ; he removed to his present home, two miles south of Hayesville. This farm he has improved handsomely, 1 and now, in the seventieth year of his age, lives in ease, and, in his declining years, has but little care. William, his olest son, is mairied, and lives in Johnson county, ; Missouri, and was one of Ashland county's brave soldier j boys, having served his country a little over three years; j Thomas, Wilson, and Sarah Ann live in Ashland countv; - Frank, the youngest son, is practicing medicine in Mans- ! field, Ohio. Mr. Harvey was married to Miss Ruth Culbertson, of Wayne county, in 1S3S. Mrs. Harvey was born in 1814, and is quite active.

Thomas S ia f ford was born Septembei 15, 1S15, in 1 Jefferson county, Ohio. Nathan Stafford, his father, i moved from Jefferson county in September, 1820, and - bought a tract of land from Ephraim Palmer, where he remained until his death, in September, 1847. The sub- ! jeet of this sketch made his father's house his home until he was married, March 5, 1839, t0 Thebe, daughter of David and Betsy Stevens, who came to Vermillion township in 1832, and located on a tract of land adjoining I Mr. Stafford's farm, where they lived the remainder of . their lives, Mr. Stevens to the ripe age of nearly eighty I years, having deceased in 1866. Mrs. Stevens died in 1 85 7 7, aged eighty-two years, ten months, and six days, i Mrs. Stafford say: that though her father and mother ' lived to such an advanced age, yet their minds were bright, and they were not childish, as most persons are i at that age. The parents of Mr. and Mrs. Stafford, the subjet ts of this sketch, were surely pioneers, and are re- : memlx.-rcd by many who are much younger. They have four children, one son and three daughters, three of ! whom are married and have gone to try the realities of lite for themselves. Amanda M. was born in I )ecembcr, 1839. anu is the wife of J. X. MrClanahnn, an attorney at- law at Chariton, Iowa. 'I' hey were married in September. 1872, and have three children Arvilia, the second fluid, who was horn in 1S42, and remains with her carcuts; David L., who was born in August, 1846, and was 1 married February 13, 1873, to Miss Martha E. Heiseq of Mohican township, Ashland county, and has three children; the youngest child is the wife of T. C. Nelson, married in DecetnberAv 876, and lives in Hayesville - and has one childf^fMr. and Mrs. Stafford still live 011 the farm that was their first purchase about thirty-four years ago. They have a fine farm, and seem quite contented, as they well may, to make it their home the balance of their days. Mr. Stafford has served the interests of his township as supervisor, and has, for many years, held the office of school director. 'They are cheerful, and are well calculated to await old age without regret for the past. Mrs. Stafford died at the age of eighty-two years and a few days, about three days previous to the death of Mrs. Stevens. The mother of Mrs. Thomas Stafford purchased in Green township, in 1844, an d remained there about two years and a half, when they purchased their present home.

John C. Wolf was born in Germany, March 20,1848, and emigrated to America, when he was but four years of age, with his parents. They located . in Richland county, Ohio; here he remained until 1854. November 16, 1878, he was married to Elizabeth Vesper, daughter of Michael and Mary Vesper, residents cf Orange township, Ashland county. In April, 1879, Mr. Wolf was chosen by the people of Ashland county as superintendent of their county infirmary ; and he is a man well calculated to fill such a position to the satisfaction of the people. He is of a sociable and pleasant disposition, though he possesses sufficient firmness to manage the affairs of his office in such a manner that the 'people appreciate and are fully satisfied with their choice. He has many warm friends among those who are intimately acquainted with him. No children, as yet, have come to vex or cheer this young couple.

Henry F. Rees was born in Brooklyn. New York, December 16,1848. 101832 he came with his parents to Vermillion township, Ashland county, and located on land adjoining the farm of Clark A. Barton. His father died in 1862, and his mother in 1S79. The subject of this sketch was married to Barbara Baumann, of New York city, June 14, 1877. They have one child, a daughter, born September 7, 1879. Mr. Rees is farming the old homestead place. He is a man of literary taste, is a good neighbor, and a man well calculated to make a neighborhood what it should be.

David Ciphers was born in Vermillion township, Ashland county, Ohio, March 12, 1842, about half a mile north of Hayesville, on the farm he now owns. The old log cabin, in which he was born, still stands just across the road from his present residence, and is a fab sample of the homes of the hardy pioneers. Were it not that we can occasionally see one of these old landmarks, it would be hard to believe that this now beautiful and well improved country was once the scum of hardship, where only the sturdy and determined 1 : ) necr could abide. The subject of this sketch is the- son of David and Cathercna Ciphers, who came to Ohio from Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1835. Mr. Ci pliers was married June 4, 18G8, to Eliza Latimer, daughter of John Latimer, of Mifflin; her mother died in Wayne county, Ohio, a number of years ago. Mrs. Ciphers died January 5, 1S77, leaving two daughters, who are the cheer of their father in his loneliness. Mr. Ciphers gives his whole time to his farm, and deals quite extensively in cattle: He is a model farmer, and a man

Michaki, Culler, jr., is the son of one of Ashland county's pioneers. His father, Michael Culler, from Frederick county, Maryland, made a trip to this part of Ohio in 18x4, but did not purchase land till about 1815, or 18 r 6, when he made another trip and purchased a quarter section of land of Phillip Zimmer, the story of whose life and adventure as a pioneer and Indian hunter is familiar to nearly every boy and girl in Ohio. Mr. Culler at that time was not married, and would come to Ohio and improve his farm during the spring and summer, and in the fall return to his home in Maryland. In the fall of 1819 he married Miss Barbara Thomas, a resident of Frederick county, Maryland, and moved at once to his new home in Ashland county, Ohio. The subject of this sketch was born February 1, 1822, and remained and worked on the farm with his parents until he was married in 1858, April 6. He married Miss Michal Swearingen, daughter of Nicholas Swearingen, a resident of Vermillion township. After marriage they returned to the farm, where they now reside. They have had five children, four sons and one daughter. Two sons died in infancy. The two sons and oric daughter now living are all at home. Mr. Culler has been justice of the peace, and is a man held in very high esteem by his neighbors.

Clark A. Barton was bom in W ayne county, Ohio, October 16, 1844. In 1854 he came to Ashland county with his parents, and located in Milton township, about three miles south. west of Ashland, Decerabei 2c, 1866. He was married to Miss Maggie E. Christy, daughter of Robert Christy, an old pioneer of Chester township, Wayne county, Ohio. They have two children, one son and one daughter, Grace M., born October 12, 1873, and Charles W., born August 19, 1877. Mr. Barton was infirmary director six years. He gives his undivided attention to his farm, which in appearance ranks second to non>J in Vermillion township. Mr. Barton is a genial, companionable friend, and a man highly esteemed by his neighbors. In 1867 they moved or, the farm in Vermillion township, where they now reside, and commenced life in earnest for themselves.

John Rissek was born in Bavaria, Germany, February 4, 1825, and emigrated to America with I'is parents, Jacob and Mary Risser, in 1834. 1 1 is parents located in Vermillion township, on a tract of land adjoining the farm where the subject of this sketch now lives. On January io, 185c, Mr. Uisser married Miss C atharine GlixbiU, of Vermillion township, daughter of Joseph and Ucrt/ler Orabill, who resided on the farm now owned oy Mr. Kisser. I hey have seven children, three sons and lour daughters. I'wo daughters are married and live in Ashland. Amelia is the wife of V.. S. Briges, a boot and shoe merchant; Mary, married Uriah 8.

Shelly, a minister of the Mennonite church, but on account of poor health was compelled to quit the ministry and is at present engaged as clerk in his brother-in-law's boot and shoe store. The other children are ail single, and live at home with their parents. Mr. Kisser gives his time entirely to his farm, and deals largely in fine draft horses.

Joseph R. Swartz was born in Perry township, Ashland county, Ohio, in 1843. His father, Jacob Swartz, was one of Ashland county's old pioneers, having removed, when a young man, from Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Joseph R. remained on the farm until he was fourteen years old, when he left home and engaged as a clerk in the dry goods store of C. C. Coulter, of Rowsburgh. Here he remained eighteen months, then accepted a position in the same business with M. A. Mcliose, just across the street from Coulter's place of business, remaining there, with the exception of a few I months, until he enlisted in the Forty-second Ohio vol- I unteer infantry in September, 1861. He served his | country for a period of three years and two months as | a private soldier, engaging in more than a dozen hard I fought battles, coming out of the war at the expiration j of Iris term of enlistment, after all the hardships and | privations to which a soldier is exposed, without a scar, but with the satisfaction of knowing he had served his country faithfully, and that the old flag waves over a free people. On May 14, 1S68, he married Miss Samantha Ciphers, of Vermillion township. They had two chil- ! dren, one son and one daughter. In 1864 Mr. Swartz, j engaged in the dry goods business with J. Kinninger, at | Hayesvillc, as clerk, and in 1867 he was surprised to find Mr. Kinninger had recognized his ability to such an extent, that without solicitation on Mr. Swartz's part, the firm was changed to Kinninger & Swartz. In 1869, in company with T. C. Harvey, he purchased the stock, and the finn was changed to Swartz M Harvey. This partnership continued till 1872, when Mr. Swartz left Hayesvillc and engaged in business at Toledo, Ohio. In 1879 'ne returned to Hayesvillc, and again engaged in business with Mr. Harvey, where he is at this writing, the firm being Harvey Swartz.

Mr. McClure Davis v as born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, February 23, 1S25. In 1833 his father, Ephraim Davis, moved to Ashland county, and located in Vermillion township on a farm adjoining the farm now owned by the subject of this sketch. His father died in 1864, and his mother died in 1840. Mr. Davis worked with his father on the farm until he was twenty-one years of age, and then engaged in teaching, mostly in winter, for a period of about nine yea's. In 1 S5 3, March 10th, he married Miss Mary jane Baker, daughter of Zachariah and Edee Baker, who were among the pioneer families of Ashland count}-. Her 1 father died in 1 883, but her mother is still living at the advanced age of seventy-nine years. They h.v. live children, three son- and two daughters. The oldest (laughter is the wife of Thomas Budd, of Vermillion township. The other four still live with their parents. Mr. Davis has filled either township or county offices foi 1 number

Frederick Fox was horn in Bavaria, Germany, Oc- ! tober 28, 1822, and emigrated to America with his par- | cnts in 1833. August 28th; they arrived in Vermillion ; township, Ashland county, after a tedious journey of , twenty days from New York city. Vermillion township has been the home of Mr. Fox ever since. Mr. Fox left home to learn the saddler and harness trade in Mans- j field. Richland county, at the age of nineteen. On Sep- I tember 6, 1849, he was married to Miss Eliza Jane | Blackburn, of Green township, Ashland county; she j came from Bedford county, Pennsylvania, with her par- j efits in 1832. Mr. Fox worked at his chosen trade in j Hayesviile continuously about sixteen years, at the end : of which lime he moved to his farm, where he worked winters at his trade and summers tilled and improved j his farm. Af the end of four years he returned to j Hayesviile, stayed about two years, when he again re- [ turned to the farm, where he has remained ever since. . They have had ten children, eight sons and two daughters: nine of whom are living. Charley died at the age j of seventeen months, January 25, 1S68. ]oseph Ben- j ton, born August 7, 1850; Lewis B, born December ! 24, 1852; Justice, born November 3, 1854; Curtis Buchanan, born January 10, 1S57; Lillie Irene, born May 5, 1859; Franklin, born July 28, 1SC1 ; Conrad C., born February 3, 1864; Coates, born August 11, rS66; j Morris, born January 24, 1S60; Mary Margreta, born j August 20, 1872. j

Mr. H. Butcher was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, j in 1837, At the age of fifteen he left home and learned I the blacksmith trade, at which he worked about twenty j years, Mr. Butcher came into Hayesviile, Ashland ; county, Ohio, in 1859. and was married June 9, 1867, to j Miss Amanda Smalley, of Ashland. In 1862 he hired j to the government as a mechanic. In about six weeks ! after ho was promoted to the supei intendency of the j Franklin shops at Nashville, having under his control about twelve hundred men. This position Mr. Butcher i held one year, when lie was appointed by Captain Irvin, , acting assistant quartermaster, as store-kc* tper for the j government at Nashville, holding this position until Let's I surrender. After the war close;! Mr. Butcher remained i in Nashville one year, and worked at his trade. For four ! years he has been mayor of Hayesviile, justice oi the peace three years, and postmaster four years, which po- 1 silion he still occupies. A daughter, aged tight years, is the only child.

In 1S30 lie emigrated with his parents to America, and - located in Wayne county, seven nviVs uordieusi of Woo.s K r. Michael Miller, his father, died in | u!v 30th.

In March, 1858, hi.-* mother died. In 1850 Mr. Miller ' married Mh:.> Mary kisser daughter of Jacob kisser, of - Vermillion townslii; . Ashland county, Ohio. Tn the spting oi 1S/10 he moved to the farm formerly owned bv bis father-m law in Vermillion township. Ashland <vi:ntv Ohio, where he now lives. They have had seven children, two of whom are dead. One son and one daughter live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One daughter lives in Loudunvilie, Ohio, and one son and one daughter live at home.

George Buchanan was born in Washington countv, Pennsylvania, in 1S00. In about 1831 he came to Ashland.county, Ohio, and located in Vermillion township, on a farm near Hayesviile. In 1829 he married Miss Elizabeth Bragg, and has one son living in Newton, Iowa. Aim. Buchanan died September 5, 1S33. February 27, 1840, Air. Buchanan was married to Airs. Ro«tna Aides. They have seven children - three sons and four daughters. Two sons and three daughters are married. Mr. Buchanan taught school in Alabama a number of years previous to locating in Ashland county, since which time his business has been that cf a farmer. He has served in the capacity of justice of the peace.

Margaret Isa man, widow of Jacob Isa man, . was born in Mifflin township, Ashland county, Ohio, February 5. 1824. Philip dressier, her father, came to Ohio from Pennsylvania in 1S22, and erected a log cabin in the woods, and, by untiring energy and the assistance of his good wife, the old forest trees gave way, and in their stead it was not long until he had the pleasure of seeing waving fields of grain. Mrs. Isaman relates to the writer that her good mother, in order to assist her husband in clearing a spot to raise some garden stuff, would bend some saplings and tie a sheet to them, and place her babe in this as a cradle. But this is the kind of stuff our forefathers were made of, and to their hardships we are indebted for the appearance ol tins lovely country. Airs. Isaman was twice married; first time, July 22, 1847 to Jacob Stoufcr, who died in 1832. They had three sons, two of Whom are married. The youngest, Samuel, is single. October 29, 1S57, she married Jacob Isaman, by whom sire had tluee ehildten, two sons and one daughter. Mr. Isaman died September 2. 1S77. Mrs. Isaman has a beautiful farm, containing over one hundred acres, and with tire help o: her boys keeps it in good shape. They are good, industrious young men, and are wet! calculated to take good ear;, of their mother in. her declining years.

David Fox was hen in Bavaria, fie; many, near the river Rhine, in 1819. In 1833, he emigrated with his parents to America, locning in Vermillion tov.nsiiio, Ashland county, Ohio. Conrad Fox, his father, died July 28, 1872, and iiis mother died January 10, A ^ . 'Squire David box learned the harness business in Hayesviile, and worked at it continuously about eighteen years, when he turned his attention to the hotel, farming and slock raising business. At the end e'f sixteen wars he quit hotel keeping, and gave his whole attention to fanning, with the exception of serving the community ior a number of years in different oll'u HI positions. In 1 868 he was elected justice of the peace ; re-elected in 1877, and again in \prii, 1 880. At the advanced .e, of sixty-one years, he is active, industrious and cheerful. In December, 1840, lie was nin 1 c 1. , I to .V ibid ; Vf, , ,i;

I S(M. In the fail of 1833 he left Germany in company with his parents and arrived in America Christmas week of 1-833, spending the holidays of that year in Philadel- I p'nia. in January, 1834, they left Philadelphia for Ashland county, Ohio, traveling some five or six weeks by team, and located in Vermillion township. Mr. Grabill was fifteen years old when he arrived in Ashland county, and has resided in Ashland county ever since. His 1 father died in j G4 5, and his mother at a later date. Mr. Grabill has given his whole time to farming, and by in- j dustry, economy and good management occupies a front ; rank among the best farmers of Ashland county. On ; August 2 f . 1845, he married Miss Nancy Harper, of ' Vermillion township. They had one son, Samuel, born ' August 29, 1846, who was married March 13, 1877, to j Miss Anna Ewing, by whom he has two children. Fa- |

Joseph Benton Fox was born in Hayesvilie, Ashland county, Ohio, sn 1850. He worked with his father on the farm until he was seventeen years old, when he | learned the harness business, at which business he con- \ tinned two years. In 1869 he returned to the farm, i teaching school winters, and in, 1876 engaged in the dry goods business with T. C. Harvey, at Hayesvilie, in which position we find him working earnestly, doing a little business outside of the mercantile in the way of a ; broker, buying and selling paper. Mr. Fox is an earnest business man. On September :i, .1879, ho married Miss Christiana Wallace, of Vermillion township, Ash- : land county, Ohio.