Butler County, Ohio - The whole text, 1882 (part 24 of 39)

When the war broke out Mr. McKee went out as captain of Company K, Thirty-seventh Indiana. At the battle of Stone River, December 31, 1862, he was wounded, afterward being unable to do any more active service. He therefore resigned, having served his country for two years and two months. He was brought up as a farmer, but for six years before entering the army was a school-teacher. He graduated at Williams College, in 1855, the year before President Garfield. He was appointed postmaster September 8, 1873, and held the position for eight years. His successor was appointed on the 30th of January, 1882, and within three or four weeks Mr. McKee died. His health had been deplorable for a long time. He was an elder in the United Presbyterian Church, and was a man of great probity of character.

Lot D. Northrup was born in Sussex County, New Jersey, August 6, 1837, being the son of Joseph and Alice (Van Sands) Northrup. He remained on the farm at home until he was of age. In the Fall of 1858 he began as a clerk in a shoe store at Middletown, Connecticut. He returned home, and afterwards traveled some years on pleasuré and business combined. In 1868 or 1869 he came to Ohio, entering the employment of A. Benninghofen & Co., as traveling salesman, and continued with this house some four years. In the Spring of 1874 he began business in fuel, lime, and cement, in a small way. The business is now much larger, and embraces dealings in coal, lime, cement, and lath. He employs a number of men and a good many teams. He was married in 1874 to Elizabeth Protze, and they have three daughters. Frances Elizabeth was born July 16, 1876; Georgiana, July 20, 1879; and Josephine Alice, February 8, 1882. Mrs. Northrup is a member of the Lutheran Church. He is a charter member of the Royal Arcanum. Mr.. Northrup was elected a member of the board of education in 1878, and served two years from the Second Ward. He resides on Greenwood Avenue, in a house which he recently built.

Lucien C. Overpeck, photographer, was born in St. Clair Township, May 15, 1858. He is the son of Daniel and Rachel (Warwick) Overpeck, both natives of Butler County. His father was a farmer. The son attended common school, and at the age of fifteen began to learn photography at home, in a shed at the rear of the house, making his own skylight out of a window frame. He always had a mechanical turn of mind, and a desire to learn photography. In 1870 he entered a drug store at Trenton, where he remained three years. During his spare moments he practiced photography, and read much relating to the subject. He made a special study of chemistry with the one idea in view of practicing his chosen art. In the Summer of 1873 he rented the old Brant gallery, which had been vacant for some time, where he has continued ever since, his stock and capital being forty dollars. He has made a great success. His pictures are distinguished for clearness and distinctness of outline, harmony, and softness of detail, uniting them with an excellent knowledge of light and shade. He is a member of the Photographers' Association of America. After getting his business in good shape, he visited New

~-with a view of ascertaining the true state of photography there, and learning any new things that might have lately originated. In January, 1882, he united with the Odd Fellows. He was one of the charter members of the Hamilton Harmonic Society, and was one of the thirty-five who went from Hamilton to open the great Music Hall in Cincinnati. He is very fond of music, and has attained a great proficiency in it. The family, consisting of four brothers and one sister, each play an instrument. He is now leader of the Hamilton Glee Club.

Oakey V. Parrish was born in Westchester, in this county, October 16, 1844. His parents were Jared Parrish, who was born in Kentucky, and Phebe Van Hise, born in New Jersey. He attended the common schools in Westchester, and entered Miami University in 1861, remaining there until 1864, when he entered Delaware University, staying till 1865. In 1866 he went into business in Dayton, and from there, in 1867, removed to Cincinnati, and engaged in the sewing-machine machine and ice business. On the 2d of May, 1864, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Ohio, at Oxford, and was honorably discharged September 8, 1864. He isa member of the Methodist Church. He was married October 7, 1868, to Augusta 8. Curtis.

John Pascal Paoli Peck, M. D., was born at Richmond, Ontario County, New York, August 15, 1820. His parents were David H. and Hannah S. Peck, natives of New London, Connecticut. The great-yrandfather on the mother's side was Gabriel Sistare, a native of Barcelona, Spain, and the maternal great-grandmother was an American lady of Scotch and Irish parentage. The ancestors on the father's side were English with a mixture of French blood, the first, William Peck, emigrating to this country in 1635, and being one of the founders of Norwich, in that colony.

John P. P. Peck was educated in the common schools and at Mayville Academy, Mayville, New York. He began the study of medicine in Mayville, in 1858, and attended the Geneva Medical College, at Geneva, New York, securing his diploma in 1841, in March. He is full of self-denial and perseverance, and was obliged to earn the money to get his education. He was clerk in a drug-store in the Summers, to help pay his board and tuition, and he taught school in the Winters. He had a taste for commercial business from his boyhood, and was diverted from that course by his desire to get an education. He began practice in Warren County, Pennsylvania, in 1841, and removed to Sharon, Ohio, in 1843, where he followed his profession for ten years longer, having succeeded so well as to be able to begin dealing in real estate and money loaning. His success continued, and in 1856 he removed to the city of Hamilton, and opened a private bank, which he successfully carried on till 1862, when he organized, in connection with its present cashier, J. B. Cornell, and S. D. Fitton, assistant cashier, and other prominent and wealthy gentlemen, the First National Bank of Hamilton, and was elected one of the directors and its first eashier. While in the business of banking he purchased the West Hamilton Flouring Mills, and carried on the manufacture of flour. He also had some transactions in real estate, and in 1861 he purchased and controlled the Hamilton Telegraph, a weekly newspaper, for a brief period, turning it to the support of the war for the Union.

In 1864 he quitted the business of banking and went into the country, spending two years in farming, stockraising, and manufacturing timber. This not being successful, he set about organizing and putting into operation the Union Central Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati, which was organized in February, 1867. Dr. Peck was elected a director and vice-president. This position he held for nine years, and as general agent secured to the company a very large amount of insurance and nearly five hundred thousand dollars' worth of cash premiums, putting his company on a safe footing as a solid and successful institution. He was also for many years a director and treasurer of the Butler Fire Insurance Company of Hamilton. In 1876 he abandoned the insurance business, purchasing largely of real estate in Butler County and elsewhere, and began transactions again in real estate in Butler County, and in lending money, which is still successfully carried on. He has made two additions to the town of Hamilton. South Hamilton, with its two additions, numbering about fifteen hundred lots, was laid out by him. More than fifty houses have been put up, and twenty more are in process of building the present season. In 1871 he began the planting and cultivation of the black locust for timber purposes, having two farms near Cincinnati exclusively occupied with them, comprising about a hundred and fifty thousand trees. They are thrifty and will, it is anticipated, be worth $100,000 within five years.

Dr. Peck enlisted in 1864 in the hundred days' volunteers, and served for that time by proxy, and now holds a certificate of honorable discharge. He became a Mason in 1858, at Hamilton, taking the degrees of chapter and council. He visited Europe in 1871, traveling in England, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, and went there again in 1876, and again in 1881. He united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1845, and has acted as a steward in its society ever since. He was married in 1843 to Miss Dorothea Reick, in 1855 to Mrs. Eliza Alston Marshall, and in 1858 to his present wife, Frances Fitton, having three sons by the first marriage and three sons by the last. His life has been one of activity and enterprise.

Lucius B. Potter was born in Licking County, Ohio, August 17, 1848, being the oldest son of Dr. S. H. and Augusta S. Potter. He was educated in the public schools of Hamilton, and had just graduated at the high school in June, 1861, when he enlisted in Company C, Thirty-fifth Ohio, in August. He participated in all its battles and engagements, and in October, 1862, was appointed sergeant-major of the regiment. At the battle of Chickamauga he had a horse shot under him. He served out his time, and was mustered out with the regiment at Chattanooga in September, 1864. Returning to civil life, he took a course at a commercial college in Cincinnati, and then entered the employment of J. W. Davis as book-keeper till Mr. Davis retired from business. He was then with Giffen Brothers, and afterwards with the Woodsdale Paper Company. He began as bookkeeper for Louis Snider & Sons in 1880. He was married in 1868 to Miss Mary Bachman, and is the father of one daughter, Lizzie A., born in 1869. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum and the Grand Army of the Republic.

Charles Richter was born in Trenton, July 4, 1835, being a younger son of Frederick and Catherine (Long) Richter, and was educated in the common schools. When he was eighteen he commenced to learn the trade of blacksmithing, serving a three years' apprenticeship. After acquiring the art he worked in various places till 1862, when he enlisted in the Fifth Ohio Cavalry, Company I. He was with that regiment during all its campaigns, participating in the affairs at Shiloh and Corinth, and numerous raids and skirmishes. He made the march to the sea under Sherman. The term of the regiment having expired, it was mustered out at Sisters' Ferry, Georgia, February, 1865. He returned to Hamilton, and worked as a journeyman till about 1872, when he began horse-shoeing for himself, conducting the place known as the City Horse-shoeing Shop, on Third Street.

Mr. Richter was married, in March, 1866, to Martha A. Dillon. They are the parents of one son and two daughters. Frank P. was born June 4, 1867; Bessie, May 15, 1872; and Jessie Ermina, March 11, 1875. Mrs. Richter is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Richter is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Knights of Honor, Knights of the Golden Rule, and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

John Sortman was born in this county, June 18, 1836, and is the younger son of Daniel and Elizabeth (McCloskey) Sortman. He was educated in the common schools and was employed at farming until he became of age. He served an apprenticeship of seven years at the carpenter's trade, beginning in 1856. He worked as a journeyman for some years. In connection with his father and brother he engaged in the grocery trade in the First Ward for some years. In 1876, in connection with William Murphy, under the firm name of Murphy & Sortman, he built the Globe Mills. The firm existed until May, 1881, when Mr. Sortman took the entire charge of the business, which is now extensive.

Mr. Sortman has been twice married, first in 1860 to Miss Rebecca Gibson. To that union were born two children, Mary E. and Daniel. Mrs. Sortman died in 1865. His present wife, to whom he was married in 1868, was Miss Lucinda Hauk. They have one son, John Richard. Mr. Sortman is a member of the Odd Fellows and of the Knights of Honor, and Mrs. Sortman is a member of the Knights and Ladies of Honor.

Dr. J. J. Strecker was born in Wirtemberg, Germany, October 19, 1830, attending school there. When he was sixteen years of age he came to America, the family locating in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where they remained one year, then going to Marietta, Ohio, where the doctor continued to read medicine. In 1861 he began to practice his profession at Marietta, and continued there until 1878. He then entered the Columbus Medical College, taking a full course in 1878 and 1879, and another in 1879 and 1880. He was graduated from that institution in 1880, and came to Hamilton in March of that year and soon succeeded in getting a good practice. Dr. Strecker was married in 1853 to Miss Salome Kieffer, and is the father of nine children, six of whom, four sons and two daughters, are living. He is a member

W. ©. Shepherd was born in Monroe, Lemon Township, July 3, 1855, being the son of George B. and Sarah H. Shepherd. He was educated in Middletown, and with his parents came to Hamilton in 1864, soon after removing to Liberty. He was brought up to farming, but went to the common schools until his seventeenth year, then entering the National Normal School at Lebanon in the Fall of 1874, where he continued till the Fall of 1875. He then taught for two Winters to acquire means to prepare himself for the study of law. In August, 1877, he entered the office of McKemy & Andrews, and remained with them until admitted to the bar in the Spring of 1879. In the Spring of 1882 he was admitted to practice in the United States Courts. He is a member of the Odd Fellows, and also of the Knights of Pythias. Of the former he is an advanced member, having passed through to the grand lodge, representing his society in that body for two terms. Mr. Shepherd is a rising and promising young member of the Butler County bar, and has gained his present position without any start in life.

Henry Schlosser was born in Darmstadt, Germany, July 16, 1852, being the oldest son of George and Maria (Schmidt) Schlosser. He was brought up to farming until he was fifteen, coming to America in 1849. In 1851 he began an apprenticeship of three years at the trade of miller. He came to Hamilton in 1854, in the employment of Tapscott & Russell, in the People's Mills, staying with them one year. He then rented a mill at Collinsville, continuing there four years. He returned to Hamilton, and entered the employment of Jacob Shaffer, in the Hamilton Hydraulic Mills. He was with Tan- -quary & Anderson as foreman, in their Hamilton mills, remaining till 1863, when he purchased one-third interest in the Hamilton Hydraulic Mills, being there for two years. He sold out to Coone & Parmelee. He owned and conducted a mill at Connersville from 1865 to 1870, during which time he also did business in Cincinnati as a commission merchant, selling at Connersville. He then began in 1869 the malt business, which he still conducts in Hamilton, doing an excellent business in a capacious building, erected especially for the purpose by himself. He employs from eight to ten hands constantly. Mr. Schlosser was married in 1855 to Miss Henrietta Bauersocks, and is the father of one daughter and two sons. They are Carrie E., William O., and Carl George. He and his wife are members of the Zion Lutheran Church. Mr. Schlosser used his means and influence to support the government during the Rebellion. He is president of the Edmonds Manufacturing Co., organized in 1882 for the purpose of manufacturing grain separators, mill machinery, ete.

who now live in Franklin County, Indiana. Both his grandfathers, John Sites and Robert Reed, were in the War of 1812. John Sites came with his family from Virginia in the year 1839, and settled in Miltonville. He died in the Winter of 1867. Robert Reed came from Pennsylvania at a very early day and settled near Monroe. Mr. James R. Sites graduated at Brookville College, Brookville, Indiana, on the 26th of June, 1867, coming to this city and beginning the practice of law in 1870.

He was married December 31, 1867, to Almira Fowler, who was born in Springfield, Indiana, in May, 1848. Her parents were Jeremiah Fowler and Elizabeth Floyd. Mr. and Mrs. Sites have had six children, Edmund M., Martha Alice, William Elmer, Jacob J., George, and John Wesley. Jacob J. and George are dead. On his father's side Mr. Sites's ancestry were Germans, his great grandfather being the first of the family that came to America. On his mother's side they are Welsh. ;

Joseph Stimpson was born in Massachusetts, February 2, 1802, being the son of Joseph and Sally (Brown) Stimpson, both natives of the old Bay State, and removing to this county in 1812, first settling in Ross Township. His mother's father served in the Revolution, fighting at Bunker Hill. Mr. Stimpson was brought up on Indian Creek, and has a clear recollection of seeing Captain Ramsey march out to the war with England, and being brought back dead, being killed by Indians. He also saw Col. Richard M. Johnson when he left with his detachment.

Mr. Stimpson was married in Montgomery County, April 28, 1828, to Elizabeth Parkes, daughter of Robert and Isabel Parkes. She was born November 29, 1811. Her father was out in the war of 1812, and was several times in the hands of the Indians. Mr. and Mrs. Stimpson have had four children. Robert P. was born February 6, 1829, Isabel Louise, January 8, 1831, John H., September 20, 1833, and Joseph F., July 13, 1835.

Asa Shuler, a leading manufacturer of this city, is a native of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, where he was born on the 15th of August, 1823. His father, Samuel Shuler, came to this county in 1835, but is now dead. His mother, whose name before marriage was Susan White, is still living in Pennsylvania, aged ninety years. Mr. Schuler as he grew up learned the carpenter's trade, and followed that as his vocation a few years. He is now, and has been for many years, in conjunction with his late partner, Mr. Benninghofen, engaged in the manufacture of all kinds of woolen goods, particularly paper maker's felts and yarns. This is under the firm name of Shuler & Benninghofen. Their trade extends to every part of the United States and the Canadas. Their faetory is situated at the corner of Heaton and Laurel Streets. At the time of the discovery of gold in California, Mr. Shuler went out to the Pacific coast, return-

He was married December 26, 1852, at Seven-Mile, to Miss Mary Ann Sorver, daughter of Jonathan and Lydia Sorver. The father is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Shuler have had seven children. Angeline was born February 10, 1854; Julia V., August 2, 1856, dying September 18, 1857; Charles A., June 23, 1858; William B., August 5, 1860; Albert, August 7, 1862, dying February 5, 1870; Ella, November 2, 1866; May, September 9, 1873. Mr. Shuler has been a member of the school board for four years, from 1877 till 1880, and part of 1881. His brother Silas was a member of the One Hundred and Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, dying from disease contracted in the army.

Caspar Schorr was born in Obersteinbach, Bavaria, March 19, 1807, and came to this county at the same time with his parents, Frederick Schorr and Appolonia Kachelries, in 1837. Ten years afterwards, in March, 1847, he was married to Margaret Christina Gugel, a native of Hrefen, Bavaria, where she was born, December 23, 1815. She was the daughter of Frederick Gugel. Mr. and Mrs. Schorr have had five children - John, Charles, William, Frederick, and Annie Mary. Mr. Schorr had but two dollars in his pocket when he came to Hamilton, but by dint of industry and frugality has now a comfortable maintenance for his old age.

Christian Adam Schuler, son of Asa and Mary (Sorber) Shuler, was born in this county in 1858. His parents came to this county in 1852 from Pennsylvania. Mr. Sorber is engaged in the nursery business, and has now sixty-three acres laid out for that purpose.

Joseph Straub was born in the kingdom of Wirtemberg, Germany, in 1828, and came here with his father in 1836. His parents were Thaddeus and Brisca Straub, both now dead. His occupation is that of a dealer in coal and wood. He was married in Hamilton, in the year 1858, to Rebecca Ann Riley, daughter of Henry . and Mary Riley, who came here in 1820. Mrs. Straub's grandfather, James Riley, was in the Revolutionary War, and his oldest son, Joshua Riley, was at Hull's surrender in 1812. James Riley lost a thumb during one of the engagements in our war of independence. Two of her brothers were in the war of 1861, both having died since its conclusion. Mr. and Mrs. Straub have eight children. Mary B. was born June 19, 1859; Sarah S., October 12, 1861; Adeline, February 4, 1862; Felix Joseph, January 4, 1865; George Riley, February 8, 1867; Thaddeus, January 16, 1870; Anna Jane, February 24, 1872; and Cleophas, December 2,1874. Anna Jane is dead.

John Schelley, a very prominent maltster, was born on the river Rhine, in the province of Rhenish Hesse, Germany, 12th March, 1812. His parents were Philip and Barbara Schelly, whose maiden name was Arnold. At the age of four he was left an orphan, and went to live with his uncle, John Arnold, until he had reached the age of fourteen, when he commenced the struggles of life for himself. Believing that America afforded better advantages for those who were willing to work, he determined to try his fortune there, and when he had reached the age of twenty-two he landed in Baltimore. He was not at first successful in obtaining employment, although he was ready to put his hand to almost any thing. He visited Pittsburg, Louisville, New Orleans, and, in 1835, when he had been in this country only a few months, he arrived in Hamilton. Having a

In 1848, in partnership with Mr. Deinzer, he erected the Washington Brewery, a building now occupied and known as the Deuscher Malt House. This he sold out or exchanged for a grocery to M. D. Dingfelder soon thereafter, and one year later disposed of his grocery and built a part of his present large and commodious malt house. He has from year to year gradually increased his facilities and enlarged his premises until he has one of the largest malt houses in the county. In November, 1879, he leased his property to Reutti & Mason. Mr. Schelley has a fine water-power at Elkhart, Indiana, which he rents to good advantage.

He isa member of the Lutheran Church, and in politics is a Republican. He spends much of his time on his farm of one hundred and eighty acres, closely adjoining the city limits. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Schneider, daughter of Jacob Schneider, now deceased, in September of the year 1840. She is also a native of the province of Bavaria, Germany. Ten children have been born to them, two only surviving now, a son and daughter, Frederick and Mary.

John C. Skinner, paper manufacturer, was born November 9, 1816, near Lebanon, Warren County. His father, Daniel Skinner, was a native of Pennsylvania, afterwards coming to Ohio, and settling on Mill Creek about 1815. He soon after removed to Warren County, where he carried on the weaving business. The boy assisted in winding the bobbins, and otherwise helping the father. His mother's maiden name was Abigail Whittaker. She was a native of New Jersey, and her father was a sergeant in the war of 1812. John C. Skinner was the oldest child in a family of five, and was brought up to steady and persistent labor. He paid his way through school by sweeping the school-house, and afterwards earned sufficient money to take him to Hanover College, where he remained three years. On holidays and after recitation hours, he worked in the printing-office, setting type on a newspaper known as the Presbyterian Standard, of which Joseph G. Monfort, now the Rev. Joseph G. Monfort, of Cincinnati, was the foreman. He also was employed at book binding.

While at school he made a specialty of mathematics and engineering, and on leaving he became an assistant engineer on the Whitewater Canal, where he was em- ployed about two years. Then he laid out several turnpikes and helped in locating the Cincinnati and Eaton Railroad, which engaged his attention for three years. During this time he was also the city engineer of Hamilton. In the year 1842 he was the engineer of the Hamilton and Rossville Hydraulic Works, which were completed the following year.

In 1848 he engaged in the grocery and hardware business, and the year following, was appointed deputy sheriff. He held this position two years, and during this time was also a member of the city council. He continued in the mercantile business until 1858, when he sold out. In 1861 he purchased the Hamilton paper mill, and has since been engaged in that business. He manufactures all grades of wrapping papers, and has earned a high reputation for the excellence of his products. When he began manufacturing, the paper business in the West was in its infancy; now there is only one part of the United States that produces more paper than the Miami region of Ohio. During the war he was strenuous in upholding the honor of our flag.

He was married on the 3d of May, 1842, to Miss Jane H. Gregg, daughter of Captain Israel Gregg. Mr. Skinner has had ten children, five of whom survive: Alfred N.; George C., a practicing physician of Hamilton; Frank E., who is in business with his father; Walter M., who is attending school; and Sarah M., now the wife of Daniel Kennedy, commission merchant, and also running a line of canal boats to Cincinnati. In 1855 he became a member of the Presbyterian Church of Hamilton, where he has been an elder for about ten years. He has held aJl the degrees in the order of Odd Fellows, and has been a delegate to the Grand Lodge.

John Barton Scott, M. D., son of Wilson and Anna ~ (Woodward) Scott, was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, January 10, 1849. His great-crandfather, Thomas C. Scott, was a patriot of the War of the Reyolution. His brother, Crawford Harrison Scott, creditably served as a soldier in the Union cause during the Rebellion of 1861-1865, being a member of Company I, Kighty-Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was severely wounded in the left lung at the battle of Deep Bottom, August 14, 1864, for which he now receives a justly deserved pension from the government.

Dr. Scott in his boyhood attended the district schools of his native county, and at the age of eleven years entered the Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Normal School, where, at the end of three years, he graduated. After teaching school for two years, he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Hazlette, and continued with him two years. After attending a course of lectures at, Philadelphia, he became dissatisfied with the 'old school," and began the study of the Physio-Medical system with Le George W. Newcomer, at Connelsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he remained three years, attending during the same time two courses of lectures at the Physio-Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio. After one year's practice of his profession with Dr. Newcomer, he removed to New Salem, in the same county, where he remained until 1874, when he selected Hamilton as his future home. Here he has an extensive practice, devoting himself specially to chronic diseases.

Dr. Scott was married, at Cincinnati, Ohio, April 9, 1878, to Miss Addie M. Brady, daughter of Christian and Lydia (Sortman) Brady, who located in Butler County in 1815, where they still reside.

John H. Stephans is a native of Hanover, Germany, where he was born in 1832. His parents were John Henry Stephans and Margaret Stephans, who came to this country in 1837, and are both now dead. Mr. Stephans came to this county in 1850, and in March, 1856, he was married to Hannah Louisa Wolanweber, daughter of Daniel Wolanweber. His children are Emma C., Mary, William H., Amelia, Louis, Sophia Henrietta, Leonard Edward, John Herman, Charles, Ernest Ludwig, and Augusta. Mr. Stephans is a councilman of the city of Hamilton, and was elected in April, 1880, for two years. His brother Herman served in the war of the Rebellion in the Union army for four years, twice enlisting from the State of Kentucky. He was in the First Kentucky Cavalry, Colonel Woolford. He carries on a business, comprising stock and _ building, to the amount of thirty thousand dollars. It is under the firm name of Deinzer & Stephans. They manufacture hubs, spokes, felloes, and shafts, and bent work of every description. Mr. Stephans has been hard at work ever since he was a boy, and at twelve years of age he started to help his father build his mill.

John G. Sallee was born in Madison Township, Butler County, March 8, 1808. His parents were Daniel Sallee and Sarah Gray, the former of whom came from New Jersey in 1800, and died about thirty-five years ago. Daniel Sallee was in the War of 1812, and was under General Hull. He afterwards rose to be a colonel of militia. He was married April 14, 1831, in Madison Township, to Ann Chase, also born in 1808. She was the daughter of John Chase and Rose Nancy Fox. They had ten children. Daniel Sallee was born August 21, 1882; Catherine, August 2, 1834; Caroline, April 12, 1838; Adeline, September 18, 1840; Susannah, October 3, 1842; J. K. Polk, December 28, 1844; Johnson F., April 10, 1848; Nancy J., September 14, 1849; Robert D., February 10, 1851; Ernest M., December 28, 1854. His son Daniel was a member of Colonel MeCook's regiment in the late war under General McClellan.

Mr. Sallee helped to construct the canal from Middletown to Dayton. After its completion he built a boat called the Gener@l Lafayette, and ran it for ten years. He also helped to construct the Ohio Canal. In boyhood he worked on the farm, but after his maturity he turned his attention to boating, jobbing, and contracting,

Frank Holmes Shaffer is the son of William Shaffer and Susan A. Shaffer, who came to this county and settled in Fairfield Township in 1836. He was born in Cincinnati, March 31, 1857. After. obtaining sufficient elementary instruction he entered Yale College, at New Haven, Connecticut; and was graduated at bhe end of his four years' course. He then attended the regular course at the Ann Arbor law school, where he also was graduated. After this he returned to Hamilton and began the practice of law, in conjunction with Mr. Slayback, in which he has obtained gratifying success. He is now city solicitor, being the only Republican holding office in the city of Hamilton, and was elected on the independent ticket.

Michael Schellenbach was born in Lorraine, France, August 1, 1837. He is the son of Michael and Anna (Spad) Schellenbach, and was educated in schools in France, coming with his parents to America in 1853, and directing his course to Hamilton. In 1858 he began an apprenticeship to Long, Black & Alstetter, which lasted three years, and then worked as a journeyman for some eight or ten years. In 1872 the firm of Schellenbach & Brillmayer was formed in the grocery trade, at his present location. Business was begun in a modest way, but soon increased. The firm existed until the death of Mr. Brillmayer, in 1877, when Mr. Schellenbach purchased from the heirs his partner's interest, and has since carried on the business alone. He deals in family groceries, fresh and salt meats, crockery, glass, and queensware, wines, liquors, and tobacco. He was married in 1864 to Miss Elizabeth Allstetter, and they are the parents of six children, of whom are living Annie, Edward, Ferdinand, Robert, and Louis Alexander. They are members of St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church. He has served as township trustee for one term, and has been a member of the fire department for eighteen years.

Edward Scheurer was born in Cincinnati, July 15, 1844, and is the son-of John A. and Magdalena (Snider) Scheurer. The father was a native of Germany, coming to America in 1836, and settling in Cincinnati. He came to Hamilton in 1852, afterward carrying on a mercantile business. He raised a family of four children to maturity, all being now alive. In business he was successful. He died in 1857, and his wife in 1870. Edward Scheurer was educated in the public schools in Cincinnati and Hamilton, graduating from the high school in this place in 1857. He was employed in various stores in Hamilton until 1861, and in May of that year enlisted in the Ninth Ohio Regiment, participating with it in the battle at Carnifex Ferry, and in all thé conflicts and trials of that organization, including Chickamauga. He was placed on detached duty with the topographical engineers of the Army of the Cumberland, under command of Captain W. C. Margedant, and remained there until his term of service had expired. He was mustered out at Camp Dennison, in May, 1864. He then resumed his former occupation as salesman with T. V. Howell and others. In 1871 Mr. Scheurer began in mercantile business for himself, and continued in it for some five years. In 1879 he entered the employment of Henry Frechtling & Sons, with whom he still remains. Mr. Scheurer was married, in 1872, to Miss Justine Hisle, and is the father of four children, two of whom are living - William E. and Leonora Mary. He is a member of St. John's Church and of the Grand Army of the Republic.

John Seward was born in Hamilton, May 16, 1847, being the son of George and Mary A. Seward. He was educated in the public schools of Hamilton, and completed his education in a commercial college in this place. When twenty years old he became assistant bookkeeper for Owens, Lane & Dyer, continuing in that occupation for ten years. He then became a member of the firm of Seward & Slonneger, in general insurance and real estate. They are doing an increasing and prosperous business. Mr. Slonneger was married in October, 1871, to Miss Etta W., daughter of William N. and Esther W. Hunter. Their children are Martin A. and Marietta. Mr. Seward is a Methodist, and is steward of his Church. Mrs. Seward is a Presbyterian.

Jacob Stahl was born in Bavaria, Germany, March 30, 1826, and is the oldest son of Henry and Margaret Stahl. He came with his parents to America in 1853, settling in Hamilton, where the boy attended the common schools. In company with Charles Hepp he made a trip to Greytown, Nicaragua, in Central America, being in the employment of Commodore Vanderbilt. He was interested in the Rossville Brewery, in the firm of Beck, Stahl & Kenninger, in 1855. He continued his connection with that brewery till about 1870, doing a successful business. In 1875 he organized the firm of Stahl & Stephans, admitting John Boose in 1880, and now carrying on business under the firm name of Stahl & Boose. Mr. Stahl was married in 1855, to Miss Philopena Schalk, daughter of John Schalk. They are the parents of two daughters, Kate and Annie, the latter being the wife of Christian Benninghofen. They are members of the St. John's Lutheran Church. Mr. Stahl is a member of the Odd Fellows and of the Knights of Honor.

John L. Smith was born in this county, January 1, 1842. His parents are John L, Smith, born in Germany, March 9, 1811, and Lena Smith, also born in Germany, November 17, 1818. They came to this county in 1823. John L. Smith, the younger, is married to Wilhelmina Sipp, daughter of William Sipp and Katharine Rarr. They have six children. Wilhelmina Louise was born April 7, 1866; John William, May 26, 1868; Jacob C., March 24, 1870; John George, September 4, 1871; An-

George C. Smith was born in Indianapolis, October 4, 1852. He is the younger son of John and Mary E. Smith. He was a pupil in the public schools in that city, and after reaching the proper age was engaged in clerking for some three years. In 1869 he entered the employment of the Junction Railroad, in which he continued some three years. In January, 1873, he came to Hamilton as cashier in the freight office. In April, 1881, he was promoted to be freight agent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, at Hamilton. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and an active and esteemed eitizen. Since the construction of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad he is the fifth to occupy the position of freight agent.

» Joseph C. Symmes was born in Fairfield Township, February 23, 1840, being the son of Celadon Symmes and Catherine (Blackburn) Symmes. He was educated in the common schools in Fairfield, and brought up to farming. In 1863, he was married to Martha Smith, daughter of Nathaniel Smith, of Hamilton County. They are the parents of one daughter and one son. They are Hattie S., born May 12, 1870, and Eugene P., born May 2, 1879. After his marriage Mr. Symmes continued to reside on the home place, conducting it till 1880, when he came to Hamilton, where he has since resided. He engaged in the grain and commission business at the

June 22, 1827, being the oldest child of Ephraim and Rachel Stead. He had limited educational opportunities in his youth, and when seventeen began an apprenticeship of seven years at the trade of dyer, with his uncle. _ Upon completing his trade, he assumed the management of his uncle's business. came to America, in 1852, locating in Philadelphia as a journeyman, and also acting as foreman, until coming to Hamilton, in 1866. He entered the employment of Shuler & Benninghofen, and remained with them until June, 1882, as foreman in the dye-works. He then retired from business. _ Mr. Stead was married, in April, 1853, to Miss Lydia Hoyle. They were the parents of six children, three of whom are living - Mary A., Sidney, and James Henry. Sidney occupies the ae vacated by his father, and James Henry is a machinist by trade. Mr. Stead attends the Presbyterian Church. In 1879 he made a trip to England and the Continent, visiting his old home. He was absent three months.

Christian K. Slonneger was born in Milford Township, Butler County, December 23, 1838. He is the oldest son of Jacob and Elizabeth King. Jacob Slonneger was born in the canton of Berne, in Switzerland, May 22, 1813, and emigrated to America in June, 1824, first ine in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He came out to Butler County in August, 1825, and was married to Miss Elizabeth King in 1837. They had eleven children, six boys and five girls, of whom two boys and one girl are dead. Mrs. Slonneger died in September, 1858. He was married to Lydia Shindler in 1862, and had five children by her, three boys and two girls, one of the latter being dead. Mr. Slonneger remained in Milford Township the greater part of his life.

occurred in June, 1879. Christian K. Slonneger received rather a limited education in his youth, but self-study has improved him. He was brought up to farming till of age, when he became a clerk in a grocery store, and began for himself in 1867. He continued that for some time, but about 1874 he began the insurance business in Hamilton, which he continued till entering into partnership with Mr. Seward, in 1878. Mr. Slonneger was married in 1875, to Miss Emma Mitchell, daughter of Theodore Mitchell, formerly of Preble County. They are the parents of two daughters, Dora Bertha and Helen. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and of the Odd Fellows. |

Meyer Strauss was born April 18, 1836, at Unter Riedenberg, the county seat of Briickenau, in the Kingdom of Bavaria. He is the son of Philip and Jetta Strauss, who are now both dead. He received a common school education, and emigrated to America in the year 1851. He was in the clothing business in Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio, in 1860 and 1861, and moved to Ripley, Brown County, in 1862. He stayed till 1864, then going to Cincinnati. There he carried on business on the south-west corner of Fifth and Main, and also No. 20 West Fifth Street. He was there when the government condemned it, needing the space for public buildings, and moved to Hamilton in 1874. He is a member of the Masonic order, Bnai B'rith, Knights of Honor, and Knights and Ladies of Honor. He is an Israelite. He was married on the 3d of October, 1861, in the city of Philadelphia, to Elisa Klapfer.

Mrs. A. M. Scudder was born in Trenton, New Jersey, May 27, 1833, and was the daughter of Elias and Ann 8. Drake. They came to Ohio in 1836, settling at Springdale, Hamilton County. She received a public school education, and later in life, by self-study and reading, has improved herself much. Her parents came to Liberty Township in 1850, where her father spent the best of his days on a farm, which is still in his family. He had two daughters and three sons, all living at present. He died in 1867. She remained at home until her marriage in 1862 to Daniel C. Scudder, a native of Liberty Township. He was the son of Stephen Seudder, one of the pioneers of Butler County, and was born April 2, 1833. He was a farmer by occupation, but in later years was a shipper and buyer of live stock. are the parents of one daughter

Opal, born October 16, 1867, and Kenneth Lester, born April 10, 1870. Mr. Scudder was a successful business man. His death occurred December 26, 1872, in Minnesota, whither he had gone for the benefit of his health. In June, 1873, Mrs: Scudder removed to Hamilton, locating on Seventh Street, where she still resides.

Valentine Seifert was born in Bavaria, Germany, May 4, 1823, being the younger son of Michael and Elizabeth Seifert, coming with his parents to America in 1828. He located in Cincinnati, where he attended school for a brief space of time. His opportunities, however, were limited. When he was sixteen he began an apprenticeship of seven years at the baker's trade, in all its various branches. He then worked as a journeyman in the New England Bakery, on Fifth Street, Cincinnati, acting as foreman for three years, and being in Oxford for one year.

He came to Hamilton about 1852, beginning the baking business. After eight years he went to Lee, Fayette County, Indiana, becoming a partner in a papermill for three years. Owing to sonie misadventures, he was obliged to work for others, and was employed in Connersville, Indiana, some three years, his family residing in Hamilton. He entered the employment of Carr & Brown about 1879, and remained with them until 1881, when he purchased the business, and has since conducted it. He employs six hands, and has doubled the business since taking charge.

Mr. Seifert was married July 7, 1844, to Mary Devilla, and they have been the parents of fourteen children, nine daughters and five sons. The family are members of the Roman Catholic Church.

Albert H. Thompson was born in Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana, November 11, 1856, and is the adopted son of C. B. and Mary A. Thompson. C. B. Thompson was born in Warren County, Ohio, and settled in Hamilton at an early day, where he conducted a farm near Jones's Station. Soon after coming to Hamilton he began the livery business, carrying that on for the remainder of his life. In 1871 Albert H. Thompson took an interest in the concern, and on March 2, 1877, the entire business passed into his hands. When five years old Albert H. Thompson came to Hamilton, entering the family of C. B. Thompson, and was educated in the public and select schools. He was a pupil at Beck's Commercial College, where he completed his education, upon which he began his active duties in the livery stable. Since the death of C. B. Thompson he has conducted the business in a most successful manner, and isa prominent young business man. He is a member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mr. C. B. Thompson was an active Democrat. in politics, and a millwright by trade. This occupation he followed before beginning the livery business, which he bought of Spear & Stout in 1859.

Marcellus Thomas, late sheriff of Butler County, was born August 1, 1841, in Fairfield Township, Butler County, being the second son of Squire L. and Lorain (Eurat) Thomas, natives of the same place, though of New Jersey parentage. The paternal grandfather of Mr. Thomas came from that State to Ohio, settling in Fairfield Township as early as 1802, where he engaged in farming. Squire L. Thomas was employed all his life in farming and stock-raising. His death took place in 1863, at the age of fifty, while his widow survived him eight years, dying in 1871, at the age of fifty-eight. Marcellus Thomas from boyhood was engaged in the duties incident to farm work. He remained at home assisting his father until he reached his majority in 1863, the year of his father's death. He is now engaged in farming independently, though leasing lands in Fairfield for that purpose, carrying it on till 1871.

For several years prior to this, Mr. Thomas had taken an active part in political affairs, and had gained prominence and popularity as a politician and political worker. In that year he was appointed deputy sheriff, which he creditably filled for two successive terms, till 1876. In 1875 he was nominated by the Democrats for sheriff, and was elected, and again in 1877, serving with credit to himself and satisfaction to the county for four years. He retired from office in 1880, leaving a record of efficiency as an officer and integrity as a man, and was well liked by the people.

In 1878 Mr. Thomas bought a farm in Fairfield Township, though his residence has been in Hamilton since 1872. In the Fall of 1879 he, in company with four others, engaged in the ice business, under the name of the '' Miami Ice Company." Mr. Thomas was made general manager of the enterprise, and conducted the business of the company. They constructed a pond of nine acres about three miles from Hamilton, near the canal, from which it is filled. Four buildings are also erected with a capacity of ten thousand tons. Their ice is wholesaled at Cincinnati, to which it is shipped exclusively by canal.

Upon the organization of the fifth ward in Hamilton, Mr. Thomas was elected a member of the school board. Although the ward was Republican, Mr. Thomas's popularity won him the election over his Republican opponent. He was for several years a member of the Democratic Central Committee of this county, and rendered valuable service in sustaining the supremacy of his party. He has frequently been sent as a delegate to State Democratic conventions.

Mr. Thomas was married December 22, 1864, to Miss Ellen F. Sheley, daughter of Roderick R. and Sidney Sheley, of Fairfield Township. Mrs. Thomas was born and raised on the farm now owned by her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have two children living. The oldest, Marcellus B., was born August 8, 1871, and the youngest, William F., was born on the 14th of February, 1874.

He has been a prominent Odd Fellow since April, 1872. He has also been a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen since 1875, a Knight of Honor since 1878, and a member of the Royal Arcanum since 1880.

Henry Tabler was born in Hamilton, Butler County, February 20, 1841. He is the son of Henry and Mary A. (von Benken) Tabler. Henry Tabler, Sen., was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1800, and came to America in 1836, making his residence in Hamilton. He raised a family of three children to maturity, of whom Henry and Catherine, the wife of Charles Beck, Jr., are survivors. The father died in 1872. He was an active member of the Catholic Church.

Henry Tabler, Jr., was educated in the parochial schools in Hamilton, and also later in life was in a commercial College at Cincinnati for one year. When he was fourteen he began an apprenticeship at carriage painting, at which he worked until 1870, in various cities. In 1870 he began in the dry goods and tailoring business at Cincinnati, continuing in it till 1874, when he entered into partnership with his brother-in-law, Charles Beck, Jr., till 1877, when the interest of the latter was purha sed by his father. The firm is now Beck & Tabler. They are extensive dealers in boots and shoes, and also have a good run of custom work.

Mr. Tabler was married in 1866,*to Miss Josephine Tieben. They have had eight children, of whom seven are living, three daughters and four sons. They are Elizabeth, Charles H., Herman A., Eleanora, George T., Albert J., and Adeline J. They are members of the Catholic Church.

Mr. Tabler enlisted April 17, 1861, being one of those that responded to the first call of seventy-five thousand men, in the First Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He went to ~ Washington, participated in numerous skirmishes, and also in the first battle of Bull Run. He served out his term of enlistment, and with his regiment was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Tabler is an esteemed, prosperous, and respected citizen. Mrs. Tabler is a daughter of H. A. Tieben, a well-known manufacturer of Covyington, Kentucky, where she was born, in 1848.

William Tweedale was born in Scotland, April 27, 1832, being the only son of John Tweedale and Catherine St. Clair. He attended the schools in Scotland, but when twelve commenced an apprenticeship of four years at the trade of millwright. He emigrated with his parents to America in 1848, the family first locating in Norwich, Connecticut, and being there one year. He came to Hamilton in 1849, where John Tweedale entered the employment of Beckett, Martin & Rigdon. He was a paper-maker by trade, and reared a family of: three children to maturity. Catherine is the wife of Adam

William Tweedale entered the employment of John L. Martin, as millwright, in the construction of Beckett & Laurie's mill. This relation lasted until 1871, when he entered into partnership with Mr. Skinner, as J. C. Skinner & Co. Mr. Tweedale was married, in 1861, to Miss Mary, daughter of Adam Laurie. They are parents of three children, of whom but one son survives, Walter S., who is employed in the paper mill. They are members of the United Presbyterian Church, and are highly respected in the community.

John C. Weaver, county surveyor, was born in Butler County, December 9, 1858. He is the son of William and Elizabeth (Clark) Weaver, and was educated in the common schools, in Madison Township. Until he reached the age of twenty-two he followed farming, teaching school, and clerking. About 1860 he entered an engineer's office, in Cincinnati, for one year, and then, returning to his father's house, engaged in the profession of surveying. He was assistant to Mason S. Hamilton for three years, and in the Fall of 1875 was elected county surveyor, a position he has since filled with ability. He was elected city surveyor in the Spring of 1877. Mr. Weaver was married, January 21, 1875, to Miss Belle Hart. They are the parents of two daughters, Bessie H. and Lou Ettie. Mr. Weaver is a member of the Methodist Church. He is a self-made man, popular and esteemed.

Israel] Williams, lawyer, and for many years a prominent citizen of Hamilton, was born August 24, 1827, in Montgomery County, Ohio. He was the oldest in a family of nine children, whose parents were William and Mary (Marker) Williams. His father was a native of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and was of Welsh extraction. William Williams moved to Ohio in 1816, and settled with his parents in Montgomery County. Here about 1825 he married Mary Marker, daughter of George and Margaret Marker, who were natives of Middletown Valley, Frederick County, Maryland, and were of German parentage. Israel Williams was educated primarily in the common schools of Champaign County, where his parents removed in 1830, and then at the Ohio Conference High School, at Springfield. Afterwards he attended Granville College, now Dennison University, and finally was graduated from Farmers' College, at College Hill, Ohio, in 1858. He paid his way through school and college by teaching.

After graduating at college he became a student in the law office of Gunckel & Strong, at Dayton. He was graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1855. Upon the completion of his course of study he received an invitation from Miller & Brown, prominent lawyers of Hamilton, who had also an office in Washington City, to go to the latter place and aid them in the transaction of their business. He accepted this offer, went to Washington, and remained there during the Summer months, but spending the Winter at Des Moines, Iowa. In the

Spring of 1856 he became a partner in the firm of Miller & Brown, in Hamilton. He shortly afterwards purchased the interests of his two partners, and since that date he has practiced alone. In the beginning of his labors in Hamilton a large portion was the collection of debts, and afterwards he became largely interested in real estate matters. He has occupied the same office for twenty-five years.

Mr. Williams was a Democrat previous to the war, but with the firing on Fort Sumter his party adhesion was changed, and he gave a hearty support to the government of Mr. Lincoln. To strengthen the Union cause he purchased, in conjunction with Mr. Egry, the Telegraph, the Democratic organ of this county, on the 24th of October, 1861, and shortly afterwards merged it into the Intelligencer, the Republican journal, which they had also bought. During their management the paper gave no uncertain sound. It upheld the Union and the prosecution of the war, and denounced traitors without mincing its words. On the 12th of March, 1863, Mr. Williams disposed of his interest in this enterprise to Captain John C. Lewis and retired. But at this time, and before and after, he was rendering the government great aid as the secretary of the Citizens' Military Committee of Butler County, an advisory body instituted very early in the war. Noah C. McFarland was chairman, and the other members were Judge Hume, Major Millikin, and Henry Beardsley. It was their duty to aid the State and national administrations with all their power, and they did so. They discovered that the opponents of the war were instituting a secret order hostile to further proceedings against the South, and transmitted the intelligence of the organizations to Governors Brough of Ohio, and Morton of Indiana. They watched the public pulse, recommended officers for promotion, helped to raise money, looked after those who had been left behind without support, and acted as a focus around which citizens could gather. The services of the committee were entirely gratuitous.

Mr. Williams was married January 9, 1860, to Miss Maggie Wakefield, sa native of Butler County, and a daughter of John and Mary Wakefield, who were early settlers of this county. They have four children: Mary, Stella, Nina, and John Wakefield. During his long residence in this city Mr. Williams has earned the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens. . An ardent Republican, he has never sought office.

Nelson Williams was born in Champaign County, Ohio, on the 23d of March, 1853, being the oldest child of George and Margaret Williams. He went to the common schools until he was sixteen years of age, when he entered Piqua High School, there remaining two years. He then taught school until he was twenty-one. He had previously been reading law, and at that age entered the office of Israel Williams, in Hamilton. He was admitted to the bar in April, 1876, and continued with Israel Williams, engaged in practice, until July, 1881. He was married in 1880 to Miss Susie, daughter of Dr. Henry Mallory, an old and well-established physician of the West Side. Mr. Williams is an active and rising member of the Butler County bar, and has already attained much success.

William Yeakle was born in Butler County, October 99, 1834, and is the oldest son of Jacob and Margaret (Sortman) Yeakle. The former was a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in the early years of the present century, and married a daughter of Bernhard Sortman, raising a family of six children to maturity. He died in 1844. Mrs. Margaret Yeakle, now the widow of Christopher Doner, is still living and in vigorous health. William Yeakle was educated in the common schools of Butler County. When sixteen he commenced an apprenticeship at the cabinet trade, which lasted for three years. He continued as a journeyman three years. He entered the employment of Stephen Hughes, in the manufacture of bran dusters in 1855, and continued with him till 1869, when the firm of Stephen Hughes & Co. was formed, consisting of Mr. Hughes and Mr. Yeakle. It is now known as the Stephen Hughes Manufacturing Company, and of this Mr. Yeakle is vice-president. It was incorporated in February, 1882. Theirsbran duster takes the lead of anything manufactured, having a large sale. They employ a number of hands.

Mr. Yeakle was married October 16, 1860, to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Galloway. They are the parents of eight children, six now living. They are Lurella, Sarah Elva, Maggie, William Stephen, Wilson G., and Robert R. Mr. Yeakle is a member of the Odd Fellows.

Charles H. Zwick was born in Williamsburg, New York, December 14, 1849, being the younger son of Christian and Mary Zwick. He came with his parents to Ohio in 1858, locating in Hamilton, where he attended the public schools. He received a limited education, having improved his opportunities by study and reading since. He entered a mercantile establishment at Portsmouth, Ohio, a few years after, where he remained for some seven years as salesman. In 1872 or 1873 he returned to Hamilton, and entered the employment of Fitton Bros., where he remained for a year and a half. In September, 1873, Mr. Zwick commenced business in his present location, in a comparatively small way, in millinery and fancy dry goods. His trade has increased to a large extent, and he has added to his assortment dry goods and carpets. Mr. Zwick was married in 1872 to Miss R. B. Ruoff. They are the parents of one son, Carl, born February 27, 1880. They are members of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Zwick is of the firm of Charles H. Zwick & Co., which is engaged in the manufacture of woolen hosiery and mittens, employing from eighty to one hundred hands. This was an industry established in 1880.

Retry Townsute lies north of Morgan, south of Oxford, west of Hanover, and east of the State of Indiana. It was organized in December, 1807. The township was named after J ohn Reily. It originally formed a part of St. Clair. Some of the first settlers in the township were named Allhand, Anthony, Baldwin, Burget, Baird, Burk, Clark, Chase, Conkling, Clem, DeCamp, Deneen, Housel, Halstead, Hancock, Jones, Lindley, Montgomery, Morris, Miller, Pierson, Ross, Sample, Thompson, Trimbley, Welliver, and Stevens.

The justices of the peace have been Ithamar White and William Mitchell in 1808; Ithamar White and John Burke in 1811; the same in 1813 and 1814; Daniel Trimbly in 1816; John Burke in 1817; Daniel Trimbly in 1819; John Burke from 1820-23; Daniel Trimbly again in 1824-25; John Burke in 1826; Daniel Allhands in 1828; John Burke in 1829; in 1831, Daniel Allhands; John Clark and John Johnson in 1832; in 1833, Samuel Port; in 1834, Amos Larison, and in 1835, Jacob Miller and David Lindley; in 1836, Isaac Clark; in 1888, Amos Larison and Jacob Miller; in 1839, Isaac Clark; Amos Larison in 1841, also Samuel Trimbly; 1842, Elias H. Gaston; in 1844, Alexander Ogle and W. P. Deneen; and in succeeding years, James B. Trimbly, Silas C. Stewart, Thomas W. Lawrence, P. J. B. Welliver, Thomas Smith, Joseph W. Frazee, William L. Lane, John W. Owens, G. W. Welliver, L. D. Hancock, L. C. Addison, and Alonzo Urmston. ~~. In 1844 there were nine school districts in the township and $1,206 annually collected for school purposes. The population in 1820 was fourteen hundred and fiftyone; in 1830, eighteen hundred and thirty-two; in 1840, seventeen hundred and fifty-eight. Reily post-office was the only one in the township in 1844.

Indian Creek passes through Reily Township from north-west to south-east. Its principal tributaries are Little Indian, which flows from the west, taking its rise in the neighborhood of Peoria. Chase's Run flows from the north, and takes its name from Valentine Chase, a pioneer in this part of the township. Mr. Chase entered the south-east quarter of Section 5, the same quarter on which the Indian Creek Baptist Church stands. Further east is Boone's Run, also am affluent of Indian Creek. This creek took its name from a distant relative of Daniel Boone, who settled in this region far back in the 20's. Reserve Run flows from the north through Sections 5'and 6, emptying into Indian Creek one-quarter of a mile below Reily. Indian Creek has a bottom some three-quarters of a mile in width, which is very fertile. These bottoms are very fine lands for raising corn. It was along this stream and its tributaries, in the opening of Indian Creek Valley to agriculture, that such fine crops were raised. The other streams named have no bottoms of any size. In the south-west corner of the township the lands are avell adapted to agricultural purposes. The soil is a dark, rather heavy loam, inclined to be wet. When drained it produces the best of crops. The north-east corner is broken somewhat, and not so well adapted to farming; the soil is clayish generally? In the vicinity of Ogleton and Woods' Stations the surface is flat, and the soil a dark loam, naturally wet. All kinds of timber abounded here when the first settlements were made. There has been a very great quantity of good timber destroyed, but there is still standing a sufficient forest for many years. This township, like Morgan and Hanover, was plentifully supplied with pea vines along the creek bottoms in early times. The undergrowth was mainly spice bushes. Many hooppoles were cut from the forests when still-houses were running their best. Flour barrels, as well as whisky barrels, commanded a good price in those days, and it is said ''a cooper-shop was kept going on every section."

The first white child buried in Reily Township was Thomas D., son of George and Nancy Allhands, who died March, 1803, and was buried in a grave-yard on Section 9, a few rods south-west of the center, on a farm now owned by Colonel William Stephens, one hundred and fifty yards due east from the house. In 1837 there were thirty-three graves here, two of them being colored people. But one tombstone was erected in this graveyard - an old sandstone, which now lies on the ground. This child was scalded to death by hot sugar water. There have been no burials here since 1837. The yard is now under a state of cultivation.

In 1807 there were but three or four houses from where the Miami was crossed at Venice and Brookville. From where James Stephens settled, in 1809, on the south-east quarter of Section 7, to Brookville, a distance of fourteen miles, there was not a single house. Andrew Lewis, below Reily, was the first settler below Stephens's and Venice for a number of years. During the years of 1808, 1809, and 1810 there were many families who came here from all sections. In 1834 there were three hundred and thirty-six voters in the township. There are now about four hundred voters, a very small gain in nearly fifty years.

line extended from New Orleans to Canada, and had enlisted in the business all grades of men. Blind stables were used to conceal stolen goods. One formerly stood on the west side of Indian Creek, about a mile below the Baptist Church, and was in a very secluded place. It could have been discovered only by mere accident. Horses were stolen, hidden here for a short time, and then taken off during the night to other stables, which had been previously notified of their coming. This kind of enterprise was carried on so extensively that the settlers finally broke up the gang, in 1815, by hanging a number of the leaders. ROADS.

One of the first and most prominent roads in the township led from Millville through what is now Bunker Hill, but then Dog Town, on to Reily, up the creek, and disappeared from the State in the south-west section of Oxford Township. This road was a great outlet to the counties along the State line, teamsters and drovers taking this route to Cincinnati. Hundreds of white-covered wagons made the trip to the Queen City on this road yearly, with the familiar four-horse team hauling whisky and flour. Hog driving began early in October and lasted until March. The growing of hogs was a lucrative business. Many a man made his fortune in raising corn, fattening hogs, and driving them to Cincinnati. The mast, which in those days never failed, greatly assisted in producing pork. Hogs were branded and turned loose in the woods to feed for months. They never became very fat, but were wild, many a narrow escape having been made from their ferocity. In driving to market two or three weeks were often consumed, men returning covered with mud and pockets filled with bank notes or silver. The road generally taken in early times was by the way of Layhigh.

Another road, described in Morgan Township, was called the post-road, leading from Lawrenceburg, Indiana, to Oxford, Ohio. It was of less importance, because leading to no large markets. Mails were carried over this route every fortnight, in a pair of saddle-bags thrown behind a horseman.

The county road from Hamilton to Oxford cut the north-east corner of the township, one fork taking the direction of Oxford from Stillwell's Corner, the other following the township line between Oxford and Reily Townships to the State line.

There was another road which followed the section line, one mile north of the south side of the township, as far east as the road leading from Sayres's saw-mill to the Layhigh road to Venice. This road was used a great deal by the people who lived along its route. During the last forty years there have been many changes.

the same site, is now running. This mill finally passed 'nto the hands of Elias Sayres, who also had a cardingmachine,' fulling-mill, and a machine for weaving and spinning. These establishments ran from 1825 to 1834.

One of the first blacksmiths at Bunker Hill was Henry Garver, who was here from 1825 to 1830. He was a man of considerable mechanical skill, and was well liked by his customers.

There was a grist-mill here, owned by John Kinsey, about 1820. The millwrights were James and Robert The mill stood on the south side of the road, a Two of the millers were Perry Orendorff and Mr. McFreely, who were hired by Kinsey. This was an undershot mill, which run for about fifteen years. Some of the other owners were John Scudder, Obadiah Welliver, and Samuel Haslet. A part of this mill is now standing.

A. school-house was erected in 1809 or 1810, in the northern or upper end of Bunker Hill, on the north side of the pike. Two of the teachers were Messrs. Noble and Harris. Some of the early settlers in Bunker Hill were Obadiah Welliver, who was here about 1810; Thomas Burke, here in 1808; John Israel and John Kinsey, later; James Deneen and Silas Anderson, both on the other side of the Universalist Church.

It is said that Bunker Hill was called Dog Town, because, when the place first began to assume the proportions of a village, a fierce dog-fight took place at Kinsey's mill, hence the result.

Abraham and James Thompson built a still-house on Philip's Fork, above Scipio one-half mile, in 1818, or about that time. In 1820 James Beard bought out the Thompson brothers, who were from Pennsylvania. This still-house was built of round logs, and was thirty by twenty feet; the capacity was one barrel per day. Corn was ground at neighboring mills on Dry Fork. Beard, as soon as he became owner of the site, erected a hewedlog house, forty-one by forty feet, one story high. He ground his corn by horse power. This still-house continued to run for about twenty-five years.

Mr. Shillings was the first blacksmith in the northwestern corner of the township in 1815. His shop was on a farm, which afterwards belonged to John Wehr, in the south-east quarter of Section 7. Shillings had a large family of girls and one son. He died at his place of business. 3

Elijah Vanness had a saw-mill on Indian Creek in 1836, on the north-west quarter of Section 5; Philetus Munson had another at the same time on the north-west quarter. On Section 9 George Allhands built a sawmill, which was sold, with a considerable portion of land, to Colonel William Stephens, who, with his large family, did an immense business for many years. John Burke had a mill on Indian Creek in 1825, on the north-west quarter of Section 22, where he ground corn and wheat. All of these mills have disappeared.

A very prominent tavern for hog-drivers was at John Wehr's, two and three-quarter miles above Reily, on the pike now, then on the old county road, in the south-east quarter of Section 7. Wilson V. Ragsdill was an old tavern-keeper on this road, near St. Charles, then the leading and most direct route to Cincinnati, but which, after leaving St. Charles, was known as the Trace road.

Union school was commenced in 1816 by the neighbors who lived in the north-western corner of the township, and who erected a hewed log house on a lot of two acres, donated by Maxwell Parkerson, in the south-east corner of section six. The Walker Chapel Church held many Of its first services here ; also the Indian Creek Baptist Church. Parkerson came here in 1806, from Virginia. Their teachers in early times were John Elliott, a pensioned Revolutionary soldier, from New York State ; Robert Riggs, of Maine; Alfred Chamberlain, of New York State, who '' was the best grammarian ever-in this part of the county;" Winson Lusk, of Virginia, and John Ferguson. Among the scholars were James, William, Levi, Andrew, and Lurene Stephens, children of James Stephens, a pioneer of 1809; Collin, William, Edward and John Forbes; Randall, Rebecca, and John Wesley; Maxwell Johnson; Eleazer, Rodney, Mayhew (who was named after his father), Franklin, James, Rebecca, and Malinda Donham. The old hewed log-house was used for thirty-five years. The. present brick building, schoo] district No. 3, is almost on the same site.

Religious Matters

The Bunker Hill Universalist Church was organized 'in- 1845 or 1846, with Elias Sayres, J. C. Welliver, Hiram and David Pearson, Samuel Garner, Sr., and brother William, John Creagmiles, Noah Sayers, George Garner, and several of the Rosses, for its first members. The land on which the church stands, as well as where the graveyard is, was owned by Alexander Deneen. The house was erected in 1857 by Elijah Ross, contractor. Before the church was built, meetings were held in a frame school-house, built in 1852, on the south side of the road, at the foot of the hill near the creek, at the junction of the St. Charles and Millville Roads. Among the preachers were the Revs. Messrs. Bruce, Wm. Curry, B. B. Bennett, who also supplied the Oxford Church ; William Brooks, of New York; W. Emmett, Mr. Biddle, who came from Dayton, Ohio; E. K. Brush, Mr. Grandy, Mr. Tucker, and others. The present minister is the Rey. J. P. McLean, of Hamilton.

The largest membership was reached in 1859, when there were one hundred and thirtyfour. This Church suffered gr atly on account of the war, many members taking up arms for their country. Preaching is had here the third Sabbath in every month.

Michael Bressler, born in Berks County Pennsylvania, May 26, 1792; died February 7, 1866. Susanna Bressler, born February 27, 1797; died April 5, 1866. Obadiah Welliver, born September 13, 1777; died September 15, 1839. Hannah Welliver, born October 3, 1780; died July 8, 1869. These two people were the parents of large and respectable posterity, many of whom still reside in this vicinity. Margaret Trembly, died April 23, 1864, aged 65 years, eight months, and 11 days. The Tremblys were also early members of this Church. Abraham Balser died June 6, 1858, aged 72 years. Elizabeth Balser died December 23, 1859, aged 72 years. Michael Burgett died June 22, 1857, aged 46 years and | day.

For a number of years a good Sunday-school has.been in successful operation at this place. The furniture of the church is quite modern, and every thing has the appearance of neatness and prosperity. The church is a frame, capable of seating three hundred people. These inscriptions are from a private yard, one mile above Reily, near the line which divides sections sixteen and seventeen, about ten rods south of the present pike, ten feet west of the section line:

In memory of Eleanor, wife of James Post, who departed this life December 17, 1841, aged 82 years and nine months. James Post died July 28, 1846, aged 86 years, 10 months and 28 days. Further up the pike, near the old road, below Walker Chapel half a mile, in a private ground among a clump of cedars are, John Wehr, a native of Som- érset County, Pennsylvania, who died January 25, 1853, aged 73 years, one month and 17 days. Sarah, wife of John Wehr, died May 12, 1866, in the 77th year of her age, Mr. Wehr was an early tavern-keeper.

The Washington Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1819, by Russel Bigelow, at a dwelling-house one-fourth of a mile south-west of the place where the church now stands. Charles Stewart was appointed class-leader, in which capacity he served for many years. He was a member of this Church at the time of his death, which occurred December 24, 1854, aged 73 years and 22 days. His body is in the graveyard at St. Charles, a village that was named in honor of this pioneer. The Rev. Benjamin Lawrence, who was one of the pioneer preachers, also sleeps in the same yard; died September 7, 1855, aged 74 years. For several years after its organization, the Church worshiped in the house where it was organized. It afterwards oceupied a log school-house in St. Charles, just west of where the cemetery is entered, on the same side of the road. In 1834, during the pastorate of the Rey. C. W. Swain and the Rev. J. Waterman, Washington Chapel was erected; dedicated the same year. The contractor was Levi Spark, who at that time had a saw mill a short distance below Scipio. The ground on which the church stands was given by Matthew Moorhead. There was a great deal of strife among the members of the society concerning the location of this house. Mr. Stewart proposed to give a building-site near St. Charles, but the proposition was disregarded, principally through the influence of Mr. Lawrence, and a local preacher by the name of Powers, who afterwards became a Mormon saint. There was a time when Washington was the strongest society on the circuit, but from lukewarmness, deaths, removals, and dissensions, it is now the weakest. During the late war the house became very much out of repair. In 1865 a new roof was put on it, and in 1868 the ceiling was replastered.

The Washington Sunday-school was organized as many as forty years ago. Samuel Stewart was one of the first superintendents. There were about forty scholars. Exercises consisted mainly in the recital of verses, which had been memorized, and for which the best scholar received a reward ; reading portions of Scripture in concert, and singing.

Some of the first members of the Church were Charles Stewart and wife, Jane and Matthew Moorhead, Nathaniel Meeker and wife, James Emerson and wife, Michael and Rachel Meeker, Benjamin and his wife Margaret Stites, Robert Bell, Aaron Powers, Jonathan Richmond and wife, the Rev. Mr. Lawrence and wife.

Sacred to the memory of David Bell, who departed this life July 18, 1834, in the 60th year of his age. Margaret, consort of David Bell, died July 10, 1834, in her 55th year. Emanuel Burget, died February 4, 1822, in the 46th year of his age. In memory of Dayid Williams, who departed this life April 22, 1821; aged 51. Thomas Faucett, died September 30, 1856; aged 56. Abigail, wife of Thomas Faucett, died September 15, 1847; aged 67. Lare, consort of John Fitzgerald, died September 3, 1839; aged 50. John Fitzgerald, died August 19, 1839; aged 48. Margaret, wife of Benjamin Stites, departed this life December 28, 1828; aged 23. Sacred to the memory of Esther, consort of Matthew Moorhead, who departed this life January 1, 1833; aged 48. Eleanor, wife of Garret Van Ausdall, departed this life December 15, 1844; aged 72. Jonathan Richmond, died July 17, 1835; aged 57. Barbara, wife of Jonathan Richmond, died June 8, 1851; aged 64. Both of these inscriptions are on the same tombstone. Esther, wife of Nathaniel Meeker, a Revolutionary soldier of 1776, died March 29, 1834; aged 74. Michael A. Thompson, died May 28, 1857; aged 59. Wilson V. Ragsdill, died May 4, 1853, in the 60th year of his age. Mary, wife of Wilson V. Ragsdill, died March 10, 1854; aged 50. Rachel C., wife of James Emerson, died January 17 1855; aged 61. John Keever, died August 4, 1863; aged 96. Lydia, wife of John Keever, died June 30, 1859, in the 78th year of her age. Daniel P. Inloes, died June 26, 1864; aged 70. Catharine, wife of Daniel P. Inloes, died November 12 1873; aged 74. Benjamin. Wynn, died May 15, 1876; cea 85. Nancy, wife of Benjamin Wynn, died June 29, 1879 aged 86. ;

The Walker Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church was organized as early as 1830 at the houses of the first members. About the same time this Church received a lot on which to build a house of worship. This lot ad- joined the one on which school-house No. 4 stands, one mile north-east of the present Church. Until 1844 or 1845 the society worshiped in the school-house. This lot was then sold, and the proceeds applied in payment of the lot on which the chapel now stands. This church was built in 1845, and dedicated by the Rev. George W. Walker, for whom the chapel was named. During the last three years of the civil war it enjoyed considerable prosperity. James T. Faucett and Henry Cubberly have contributed greatly to the advancement of this society. It is now next to Ebenezer in importance as an appointment on the circuit. George Allhands was one of the early class-leaders, and services were held on his farm as early as 1818, Dr. Andrew King and James Stephens were the principal originators of this society. James Stephens owned the land on which the church stands, and also where the graveyard now is. Among the early members were, Caleb Stephens, Elisha Landon, Jacob Hansel, William Anthony, Mr. Mack, and Micajah Anthony, with their wives. Aaron Powers was one of the first preachers.

Charles Cone, born September 12, 1797, died October 12, 1847. He was killed by lightning on the above date about six o'clock in the morning. Charles H. Cone, Co. E., 69th Regiment, O. V. L., died May 3, 1863; aged 21. Rufus Cone, Co. E., 69th Regiment, O. V. I., died August 3, 1865; aged 27. Jane, wife of Harvey Miller, died August 24, 1847; aged 62. William Anthony, died November 18, 1839; aged 65. Fanny, wife of William Anthony, died March 13, 1835; aged 55. Another Anthony is John, who died February 27, 1870; aged 61. Julia Ann, wife of John Anthony, died January 2, 1851; aged 40. Henry C., son of John and Julia Ann Anthony, died April 9, 1863; aged 20. Hugh Rust, died April 16, 1876; aged 67. William Creagmile, died April 16, 1855; aged 68. Catharine S., wife og William Creagmile, died August 17, 1861; aged 56. Andrew King, a native of Ireland, departed this life March 9, 1860; aged 67. Joseph King, a native of Ireland, died January 26, 1858; in the 93d year of his age. Rebecca, wife of Joseph King, died January 2, 1864; aged 97. These two are the parents of a large posterity in this township. Grace, wife of Dr. Andrew King,

The Indian Creek Baptist Church was organized in 1810 three miles above Reily, at the house of John Morris or John Burks. The land on which the house stands, and the ground where the graveyard is, consisting of three acres, was bought of Valentine Chase for nine dollars. It is situated in the south-east quarter of Sec- The first house was log, erected in 1812. The deed for the land was made the same year. When this Church was organized there were twenty-two *members. Among them were Abraham Lee and wife, John Morris, Sen., John Durwese and wife, John Burke, Nicholas Jones, Jose Brady, Lot Abrams, and Abram Jones and wife. This Church was the result of a strong influence brought to bear upon the people by the Rev. Mr. Tyner, of Brookville, who preached here in 1809. Tyner was very illiterate. During the ministry of some of the early preachers the membership increased very fast. About one hundred accessions were made to the Church in eighteen months, under the preaching of Messrs. Tyner, Thomas, and Thompson. The most that united in one day were fourteen. Abraham, Thurston, and Sparks were pioneer ministers; the latter claimed 'that which a man loved was his God."

Benjamin Martin, who belonged to what was called the Two-seed Baptists, was a powerful preacher here in early times. Samuel Billings was another pioneer minister; so also was Moses Hornaday, from near Harrison, Hamilton County. Judas Shirk, Daniel Roberson, Mr. Oldham, Mr. Childers, Daniel Briant, Joseph Flynn, and John Brady were all men of character, who held services here when the society was in a flourishing condition. There have been other preachers here, men of all grades and ages, who lived in other localities and who made it convenient to be here on stated occasions.

Since 1860 there have been no regular services in the church, at which date the Reily Village Baptist Church was erected. The old hewed-log house was torn down about 1830, when the second church, a brick, thirty by fifty feet, took its place the same year. The Reily Church had twenty-two members in 1860: John Smith and wife, Joseph Brady, John Durwese and wife, Fanny Roll, Maria Roll, Almira Crubaugh, Rachel Barnum, and others. This point of worship has preaching with considerable regularity ; the Church is ministered to by the Rev. Mr. Bevis, of Kentucky.

__ Ephraim Tucker, died August 1, 1844; aged 74. Joseph Brady, who was an early member of the Church, died December 17, 1860; aged 80. Sarah, wife of Joseph Brady, died August 10, 1847; aged 62. Nicholas Jones, died April 24, 1853; aged 73. Mary, wife of Nicholas Jones, died September 29, 1855; aged 70. Mary Cole, died January 9, 1831; aged 99. Samuel Thurston, died March 238, 1823; aged 57. Hannah Thurston, died July 23, 1840; aged 68. Josiah Dungan, who was drowned in Indian Creek, June, 1821; aged 21. Philetus Munson, died February 26, 1854; aged 63. Rebecca, wife of Philetus Munson, died February 5, 1869; aged 76. Abraham Jones, born May 20, 1783; died July 2, 1863. Sarah, wife of Abraham Jones, died March 2, 1856; aged 66. Abraham Lee, died April 29, 1858; aged 79. Eunice, wife of Abraham Lee, died February 25, 1861; aged 78. David Wing, died November 17, 1857; aged 86. Marcy, wife of David Wing, died April 17, 1844; aged 75. Matthew Riggs, died February 25, 1836; aged 62. Mary, wife of Matthew Riggs, died March 14, 1865; aged 76. Susanna E., wife of James Urmston, born March 22, 1799; died August 7, 1837. Jonathan Urmston, died August 24, 1840; aged 50. Gideon Wilkinson, departed this life January 26, 1842; aged 70. Abigail, wife of Gideon Wilkinson, who departed this life December 30, 1842; aged 64. Thomas Boone, born August 21, 1759; died February 6, 1881. Mr. Boone was a relative

In the Indian Creek Cemetery there are, perhaps, one hundred and seventy-five burials, mostly in the northeast corner of the yard, on the high ground. The oldest grave in the ground is undoubtedly that of the Chase

Aupurn, better known, perhaps, as Gandertown, is located in the corners of Ross, Morgan, Reily, and Han-- over Townships. This village was never platted. It took. the latter name because, when the first citizens lived here, there were a great many geese raised, and it is said that, like Bunker Hill, a furious quarrel took place over some wild gander, who strayed from one farm-house to the other and disturbed the docility of the average goose. Of late years, however, the maps call the village Auburn, a name which is quite appropriate. There were some well-known citizens here in early times, as witness these: Maxwell Ross, in Hanover Township ; James Salisbury and James Bridge, in Reily Township ; James Salisbury and John Bloomfield, in Morgan Township; John B. Williams and Michael Bowerman, in Ross Township, - all land-owners. The first establishment of a public nature was an upright steam saw-mill, built by John W. Ownes about 1850. - The old mill was afterwards sold to James Williams, who moved it to Millville and converted it into a still-house. Mr. Ownes built the present pump-factory as a mill some ten years later. These mills stood in Reily Township, on a branch of Double Lick, of Indian Creek. Ownes is a native of Wales, a wheelwright by trade.

The first school-building in this vicinity was a log house in Morgan Township, two hundred yards from the corner, up the creek. Alexander Martin was one, if not the only, teacher here. He is now a man sixty-five years of age. Another school-house occupied a site on the corner, in the township of Hanover. This house was here in 1830; the school was taught by a woman. A school was once kept in Ross Township, in a log-house, taught by James Boyd.

Enoch Bond was the first storekeeper in the village, in a log-house on the Ross Township corner. Bond was from the Hast. The only store-house ever built on the south-west corner was owned by David Davis, twenty-five years ago. Daniel Clevinger, James Simmons, John Balser, Isaac Woods, William Pearson, John W. Ownes, David Rothermel, were all storekeepers in a house on the Ross Township corner, except Clevinger, who kept in the Bond property. od some thirty-five years ago, which is now standing. William Shultz carried on the saloon business, about: fifteen years ago, in the brick house where James McCloskey now lives. John Straub followed in the same house. James Bridge was the first blacksmith in Auburn, in an old log shop which stood on the Hanover Township

Thomas Applegate, on the same corner, but in a new shop. After Applegate there was William Roberts and Frederic Zillyox, the latter of whom is the present smith. Auburn has a population of about fifty souls.

Woops' Sration is a village of about one hundred people, named by Hiram Pierson, a man of many fine parts, after John Woods, the first president of the railroad. The place was never laid out. It is on the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of section twelve, and many years ago the locality was known as Rogersville.

David Jones entered the land on which the village stands. Jonas Jones, who assisted in locating the Hamilton Road to Brookville, was an early settler; so also was Jacob Swank, a Pennsylvania Dutchman. Isaac Lindley was here also quite early. William Coonce, from Pennsylvania, lived south of the village, half a mile. Mr. Clem, from Kentucky, lived close by in the north-west. John Hancock, from Kentucky, lived a short distance in the south-east. Hiram Pierson bought the land on which the village rests, in 1856, of Jonas Jones, son of David Jones. The railroad was built in 1858. 'The station was established as soon as the railroad was built. The first citizen in the town proper was Hiram Pierson, who was also the second storekeeper. L. D. Hancock was the first man who dealt out drygoods and groceries to this people. George Gardner followed Pierson; then Taylor Salisbury and Silas Baldwin, the latter of whom, with Gardner, is here at present. The first blacksmith was Jacob Lemmons, followed by Thomas Love, Thomas Applegate, and Henry Jones, the latter the present smith. zens in the village.

OGLETON is a station in section two. Its name came from Alexander Ogle, an early settler in this part of Reily. This place has no significance except as a shipping point.

Rerty was laid out by Pierson Conkling, Joseph M. Conkling, and Samuel Gray, October 25, 1848. village was situated, when first platted, in the south-west and south-east corners of sections fifteen and sixteen. From its natural surroundings it has always been of considerable importance in the county and township. Many years before the town was platted, there gathered here many of the early settlers to cast their votes and receive their mail. In 1830 Lewis Enyart owned land in the south-west quarter of section fifteen, and the north-east quarter of section twenty-one. Section sixteen was set aside for school purposes, and until within the last forty years was not owned by any person in particular. An early land-holder on section twenty-two was Thomas Burke. As the village now is, it is mostly in sections twenty-one and twenty-two - principally the latter. The north-east quarter of section No. 17 was entered by John Morris, of Virginia, in 1799. He settled here in 1801 or 1802, where he died in July, 1840. Section No. 8, south-east quarter, was entered by a Mr. Crook. Another man by the name of Boyer settled here very early. He was a furniture maker by trade, and did much of the work for the settlers. James Stephens and Samuel Tucker built the stone house, known as the Morris homestead, in 1816 or 1817, which is now standing. Reily was begun on the east side of Indian Creek, where Colonel William Stephens cut the first timber in this vicinity preparatory to erecting cabins.

About this time David Dick built a grist and saw mill, where the present mill stands, and soon after added a carding machine. This mill, and the south-west quarter of section fifteen, was afterwards sold to Lewis Enyart who, about 1830, built a still-house, which stood a few rods north of the present post-office. Enyart rented his still-house to several persons, who divided the profits in proportion to the labor performed by each. In 1855 Enyart sold his mill to Sayres & Egnew; the still-house had in the meantime gone down. The mill passed from the above firm to William J. Salmon, who, in 1860, sold thirty-seven acres of land and the mill to J. P. Heidly and Thompson Gray, the latter coming into full possession in September, 1867. David Dick must have built this mill about 1810 or 1812, since which time it has been constantly running, though often receiving repairs. The flouring department is run by an overshot wheel ; the saw mill by an undershot wheel.

. Another early settler was Ferdinand Everhardt, who was here in 1837 as a wagon-maker in the 'house where S. P. Riker lives. He carried on his business here until a few years ago, when he died.

Felix Conkling was here in 1833 engaged in tanning, in the west end, in a house now occupied by John Watkins. A German followed Mr. Watkins in the same house, but did not do as large a business as his predecessor. This tannery ran for twenty odd years.

E. H. Gaston came here in the spring of 1838, walking from Cincinnati. He began business by clerking for his brother, A. L., in a store which he owned here at that time, remaining several years. Afterwards he opened a store for himself. He was then chosen a justice of the peace, which office he filled for twelve years; was elected county treasurer for two terms, and was a member of the Legislature. He died in February, 1876.

John Harper was here fifty years ago in a log-house in the upper end of Reily on the old road. He died in the West. His brothers, Joseph, Thomas, and James, were men of considerable note. The most interesting bit of history connected with them, is that they killed five half-breed Indians on Fall Creek, Indiana, about 1818.

Some of the Harpers had previously been massacred by the Indians, and they took this means of avenging their brethren. After the Indians were killed the civil authorities offered a reward for the capture of the Harpers, and one of the Ridges, who gave his assistance, but they fled to Virginia. Here they were taken prisoner, but in time gained their liberty.

John Burke was another early resident in this vicinity. He owned a grist-mill one mile below town, which he ran for several years. He died in Dunlapsville, Indiana.

M. B. and F. P. Applegate were here in 1849 as wagon and buggy makers. They stayed for ten or fifteen years. The former is dead; the latter lives near Greensburg, Indiana.