Clark County, Ohio - The whole text, 1881 (part 13 of 20)

RALPH S. THOMPSON, publisher and editor, Springfield. Mr. Thompson is the head of the journalistic enterprise known as the Live Patron, a Grange periodical; he was born on the 19th of December, 1847; raised in Illinois; came to Cincinnati July 29, 1873, and to Springfield March 1, 1876; on Oct. 15, 1872, he married Maggie Weed, of Greene Co., 111. Mr. Thompson started life on a farm, but for the past dozen years has been connected with publishing enterprises. Mr. Thompson's weekly, the Live Patron, was commenced in January, 1875, by E. Ij. Barrett, as a monthly, and called the Grange Visitor; in November. 1876. he transferred it to T. II. Edwards & Co., who continuing both publications until January, 1879, when they were consolidated into one with the . present name; on March 1, 1879, Mr. Thompson bought out Edwards & Co., and the present circulation of the journal is now nearly ten thousand. Mr. Thompson and his journal are widely and favorablv known.

ROBERT THOMSON, grocer, Springfield. Mr. old residents of Clark County; lie was born in County the celebrated "Giant's Cause Way," in 1815; when 2 years of age his mother died, and he was raised by his maternal grandparents; came to the United States when a young man; first engaged as a clerk in Pittsburgh, but being related to John Maharg, then the principal pork operator of Cincinnati, he obtained a situation as shipping clerk with him, and came to Cincinnati early in the spring of 3837. and was at once placed at the river landing, then unpaved, and about six to eight inches deep with soft mud; this exposure was too much for his health, and the consequence a long spell of sickness; the follow ing winter, having partially recovered his health, he came to Dayton, where he had obtained a situation as clerk with the then famous clothing man of Day ton, J. McPherson; was in Dayton in 1840, and cast his lirst Presidential vott for Gen. Harrison, and the same fall married his first wife, Charlotte Patton there. She was also of Scotch- Irish descent, but a native of Warren County this State, and belonged to a quite numerous family, of whom Mrs. Small, of this city, and Montgomery Patton, of Middletown, are the only surviving members. In the spring of 1841, Mr. Thomson removed to a farm in Pleasant, Valley, Mad River Township, this county, and has since been a resident of Clark County, except about two years, during which he resided at Kenton, Ohio. About 1849, he removed to Springfield, and soon after engaged in the grocery trade, and was quite successful, until failing health compelled him to retire; subsequently he engaged in the manufacture of tallow candles. " Thomsons Solidified Candles" are still remembered by the older people, and were then admitted to be the best tallow candles made; while engaged in this, lie built the factory on West Main street, but coal oil having superseded his business, he closed out and quit the manufacture; he has been actively engaged in business here since 1850, with the exception of occasional short intervals, and has contributed a considerable amount toward public enterprises, among which we mention $2,000 toward building the Springfield, Jackson & Pomeroy Narrow Gauge Railway; he was also one of the company which built, the Lagonda House: he now resides in a handsome residence on South Market street, which he purchased about thirty years ago, and since materially improved. His first wife having died, he married, in 1875, Miss Elizabeth E. Faber, of Jackscn, Mwk.; -V- r r>rHve of Pennsylvania. Mr. Thomson has two children by his first wife - James B., a grocer of West Main street, and Annie E., now wife of H. B. Clarke, a farmer in the vicinity of Nashville, Tenn.

JAMES A. TODD, Freight Agent, C., S. & C. R. It., Springfield; is a veteran railroad man and old resident of Springfield; he is a native of New Hamp shire: was born July 19, 1834; lived on a farm until of age, and came to Springfield in 1S56: he became connected with the railroad first as clerk in the freight office here of the C., S. & C. in 1857; in 1861, he received promotion to local agent at Osborne; in 1865, he relinquished this position to take the agency of the A. A G. W., at Reno, Penn., then the terminus in the oil regions of the Meadville Branch. This was a very important position, and involved great responsibility and no small amount of business capacity. In 1867, Mr. Todd became the successor of J. C. Buxton, as agent of the C., S. & C. at this point, and has since continued to hold this position, having charge of all the freight business at this end of the road; as indicative of the energy and enterprise of his management, when he took charge one horse did the work of moving cars; now two switch engines are kept busy, and the freight bills collected aggregate from $15,000 to $19,000 per month. Mr. Todd is also a member of the firm of Taylor, Hayden A Co., who are doing a large business in the coal trade. Hj married, in 1864, Miss Laura Brake, of Osborne; this union has been blessed with three children, a son and two daughters; the family now reside in a residence which he built at the northwest corner of High street and Lincoln avenue. Mr. Todd was elected Councilman from his (Fourth) ward at the late October election, and is thoroughly identified with the local interests of Springfield and Clark County.

JAMES L. TORBERT,- deceased. The late Judge James L. Torbert was the eldest son of Lamb and Eliza Slack Torbert, of Bucks Co., Penn., where he was born in 1796, on the 22d of February (Washington's birthday); he was the recipient of a liberal classical education, Princeton being his Alma Mater; coming to this State in 1818, he was, for several years, engaged in educational duties, in an academy at Lebanon. Ohio, assisting in the intellectual training and development of a number of young, men, who have since achieved distinction, amonj? whom mav be mentioned, the distinguished astronomer, Gen. O. M. Mitchell, the founder of the Cincinnati Observatory, and author of several astronomical works and text books. Judge Torbert made his advent in Spring - field in 1824. and being a fine linguist, devoted himself, during the first few years of his residence here, to giving instruction in the languages; having been admitted to the bar in the meantime, he became associated with Gen. Sampson Mason in a law copartnership; lie was the successor of Joseph II. Swan, as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Twelfth Judicial District, and filled most satisfactorily and ably, for several year's, the office of Judge of Probate for Clark County. While Judge Torbert was a man of superior scholarly attainments and great literary tastes, he was modest, unobtrusive, and retiring; and with a remarkable gentleness and amiability of disposition, he united animmovablc firmness mid fidelity to his convictions, which were sincere and earnest on all subjects', whether religious, political, or domestic; he was found at an early date, battling with voice and pen. against oppression, especially as he believed it to exist in the institution of slavery, and at this period to take so advanced a position, indicated the possession of a rare order of courage. But the stem logic of events has demonstrated the correctness of his views and position on this important question. On the 31st of July, 1821, he married Hannah C., daughter of Dr. John C. Winans, of Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio, to whom were bom eight children, of whom two sons and three daughters survived their father; his death occurred very suddenly, on the 15th of May. .1859, on board the steamboat Temmsch. on the Mississippi River, near New Madrid, en route from New Orleans, whither, accompanied by his wife, he had gone to bring home their eldest son, who had been for some time ill in that city. The occasion of his funeral elicited marks of the highest esteem and sincerest affection from the whole community, and especially his late associates of the bar. That noble man. Gen. Sampson Mason, his quandam law partner, who has long since joined him on the other side, and who was well known to bestow none but sincerest praise, said of him on the occasion of the meeting of the Springfield bar, to pass resolutions of condolence and respect, that J. L. Torbert was 14 one whom no mode of praise could flatter/' Springfield's past can boast no better,, truer, or purer men than Judge James L. Torbert.

EDWARD P. TORBERT, County Clerk, Springfield. The present efficient Clerk of Clark Co., Ohio is a native of the county, bo.i n May 28, 1840, and is the son of Judge James L. and Hannah C. Torbert; he received his education at Wittenberg College, and afterward, for several years, was engaged in teaching; on the 1st of April, i860, he was appointed United States Collector for the Fourth Division of the Seventh District of Ohio, which position he held until Jan. 1, 1873, when he resigned to enter upon his duties as Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, to which office he had been elected the previous October, and which he now fills; he has recently erected a handsome residence close to the old homestead, on North street, where he, with his sisters, resides. Mr. Torbert has made a good official, and by his kind and obliging disposition, has won many friends.

THEODORE TROUPE, druggist. Springfield; he was born in Germantown. Montgomery Co.. Ohio, Feb. 2, 1853; he is a son of David and Julia Ann (Kemp) Troupe; he received his primary education in the town of his birth, and at the age of 15 years, came to the city of Springfield and entered the drag store of Ridenour A Coblentz as clerk, with whom he remained five years; duriug the five years, be recited regularly to Prof. Samuel Wheeler, who was conducting a private school at that time. Mr. Troupe was also a student at Wittenberg for a short time, and at the end of a two years* clerkship with Charles Ludlow, he became the successor of Ridenour & Coblentz, and carried on the drug business under the firm name of Troupe A Co., and in December, 1876, he sold a half interest to Mr. Jacobs, and since then the firm has been Troupe A Jacobs. He was united in marriage, April 25, 1876, to Miss M;u*y C.

"Winger, daughter of T a cob and Catharine Winger, of Springfield: they have two lovely children, Harry W. and Olive. Mrs. Troupe was born Feb. 28. 3852* in the city of Springfield. Mr. Troupe's father is a native of Canada, bom in. 1802; his mother a native of Maryland. They settled in Montgomery Co.. Ohio, in 1840, where they still reside. Our subject has been a member of the Champion City Guards, of the State Militia, since its organization in 1878. and in 1877. was appointed hospital steward, which position he still holds.

ZEBEDEE TUTTLE, retired farmer; P. O. Springfield; he is now one among the few pioneers wrho still remain to tell of the times and incidents of early days; he is the son of Sylvanus and Mary (Brown) Tuttle, and was born in Virginia, Dec. .15, 1800; his parents emigrated to Ohio in 180G, and rented a farm near what is now called Catawba Station. Champaign Co.; he remembers Simeon Kenton well, and frequently went, in company with his brother Caleb, to Mr. Kenton's mill, to get their grist of corn ground; he can relate many incidents about the Indians which come under his own observation, and on one occasion attended one of their dances, which took place near hi father's farm; at the age of 21. lie began the trade of carpentering and house building; after working under instructions tive years, he carried on the trade for himself" some twenty years, when he quit his trade, and since then devoted his attention to farming until about five years ago; he divided his property between his two remaining children, who live in sight of each other, and with whom he has his home, occupying his time by reading and doing such work as suits him. being a man who has labored hard all his life, he is not contented now' to simply do nothing. He was married, April 18. 1826, to Elizabeth Wolfe, sister of Samuel Wolfe, whose biography appears in this book; he and his good wife journeyed along together forty-eight years, when death called her home, March 8, 1874; they had torn unto them four children - Henry S., who died Jan. 5,. 1883; George W., who died in infancy; Julia A. and Albert Julia was born May 5, 1834, and lived with her parents until her marriage with Jenkins Windo wmaker. April 26. 1871; Albert was born May 20, 184.0; he has always lived at home, being employed on the farm; he received his education at the district school; he was married, April 5, 1865. to Catharine Johnson, a lady of excellent character and noble aspirations; their only child, Albert, Jr., is at present a student at Wittenberg College, not studying for any profession, but storing his mind with useful knowledge, which he hopes will be of benefit to him in the 'future.

SYLVANUS TUTTLE, farmer; P. O. Springfield; lie lives on the National road, four and a half miles east of Springfield; he is the son of John and Margaret (Prickett) Tuttle, and was born in this county Jan. 28, 1822. Sylvanus' father was a brother of Zebedee and Caleb Tuttle, and died in June, 184b. his" wife following him in March, 1879. Sylvanus worked for his father until 2(1 years of age; he then began farming for himself; he was married, Dec,. 16r 1841, to Jane D. Garlough, daughter of John and Anna ( Patton > Garlough. Jane was born, Jan. 29, 1823: when 2 years old was left an orphan by the death of her mother; she lived with her grandmother until her marriage with Mr. Tuttle; six children have been born unto them, viz; Margaret Ann, Jolm G. (who died when nine mouths old), James ()., Marian, Tabitha J. and George H. Margaret was married. July, 1872. to Charles Holland, and James, Nov. (L 1870, to Catharine Todd. Sylvanus' father served in the war of 1812. helping guard the frontier at McCarthy's Block- House and at Fort Itecovery. The Tuttle family are noted for their integrity, and for their honorable and upright dealings.

JACOB TUTTLE, farmer; P. O. Springfield. Mr. Tuttle lives in a hue; large and convenient house, four miles southeast of Springfield; his farm of

125 acres of land is under a high state of cultivation and is pleasantly located; the land is rolling; his barn and other outbuildings are of modern style, and supplied with many necessary conveniences. Mr. Tuttle is the eleventh child of John and Margaret Tuttle, and was born on the old homestead farm neai where he now lives, Nov. 1*2. 1836; he was twin brother to David (deceased); he was married, Aug. 27, 1857, to Nancy L. Todd, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Gar lough) Todd. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle commenced house -keeping at their present home soon after their marriage; of their seven children, viz.; Delia, Nina E., Ada Y. and Etta L. (twins), Fred, Clifford, and Louis D., but four, Delia, Fred. Clifford and Louis, are now living. Lelia was married, Dec. 17, 1879, to John W. Larkins; they live in Greene County. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle are of a quiet nature, and take great comfort with their family; they are courteous and pleasant to all. Mr. Tuttle takes great delight in the improvement of his stock, believing that it is the best stock that pays the best, Mrs. Tuttle was born, Aug. 3, 1839; her parents were among the early settlers of this county, and ranked with the ffrst families of the countv. Jacob's father bought and settled on the farm now owned by David's heirs, in 1824, for 87 per acre. John and Margaret had fifteen children, viz. ; Nicholas P., Catharine, Caleb, by L anus, George W., Tabitha J., James H., Mary, William, John J., Margaret A., David, Jacob, Isaac and Harvey H. The father, mother, and six of the children, Nicholas, Catharine, Caleb, Tabitha, William and David, have entered the spirit life; James lives in Indiana; Isaac in Green Township, this county, and Margaret in Union Co., Ohio, and the rest live in Springffeld Township,

GEORGE W. TUTTLE, farmer; P. O. Springfield. His farm of 152 acres is located in the southeastern part of Springfield Township; his house and other improvements on the farm show that he is a good, industrious farmer. He was born in this county in July. 1823; his schooling consisted of about two months each year until 14 years old: after that, the longest time he attended school any one year was eighteen days. He was married, Feb. 23, 1847, to Catherine A. Todd, daugther of James and Elizabeth Todd; the Todd family were araono- the early settlers of this county, coming here about a year after the Tuttle family. Their home lias been blessed with five living children - Elizabeth E., John P. (who died in 1868), James T.. William E. and Elma Iv. Mr. Tuttle has held the office of School Director for twelve years, and has always been an honorable, upright citizen; he and his good wrife enjoy their beautiful home, and strive to train their children to live such lives that they will not dishonor the name of Tuttle. James T., their third child, is at present engaged in teaching the home school; he is a young man of excellent character, and not only has good ideas how a school should be taught, but puts his ideas into practice; he is President of the Clark County Teachers' Association; also a member of the F. & A. 51. ; he has a library of over two hundred volumes of the best authors; he has gained his education mostly from his library, by a close application to study; if he keeps on as he has started, he will no doubt some, day stand at the head of his profession.

REV. HARVEY H. TUTTLE, minister, Springfield. Mr. Tuttle is the son of John and Margaret Tuttle, and was born in this county, Sept. 20, 1842; he worked for his father on the farm, attending the district school during the winter until 19 years old, when ho enlisted in the 44th O. V. I., in the late rebellion, and was appointed Corporal of Company F; he was honorably discharged from the service, in December, 1862, on account of a wound received at Georgetown, Ky. ; he was on picket duty, and in climbing a fence, his gun was accidentally discharged, blowing the third finger from his left hand, he having lost the first and second lingers of the same hand when but 2 years old; he and one of liis brothers were playing chop corn stalks, he holding them and his brother chopping them, when his brother made a miss-lick, severing the two fingers. In the spring of 1803, he entered Wittenberg College, from which lie graduated in 1807, delivering the English Salutatory at the commencement exercises; in 1804, served in the army with the 100 days' men; in the fall of 1807, he entered the Newton Theological Seminary, near Boston, Mass., where he remained one y°ar. and on account of his health, he was obliged to seek a more healthy climate, and in the fall of 1808, entered the Crozer Theological Seminary, near Philadelphia. Penn., where he graduated in 1870, his class being the first graduating class of that school; during the summer of 1807, he received license from the First Baptist Church of Springfield, this county, to enter the ministry, and was regularly ordained in 1870, and in October of that year began his pastorate of the Baptist Church at Bradford Junction. Miami Co., Ohio, where he remained nearly two years; and owing to poor health was obliged to stop preaching; since then has spent his time on his farm, preaching occasionally; he was married, June 14. 1870, to Laura J. Luse. (She is a sister of Mrs. W. H. Tuttle. ) Mrs. Tuttle is a lady well suited for a minister's wife; she attends to her household cares with ease and grace. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle have six children, Laura May, John Luse, Martha Bird, Adoniram Judson, Margaret Ann and Harvey Wallace. Mr. Tuttle is at present, temporarily, supplying the pastoral work of the First Baptist Church of the city of Springfield. expecting, if his health will permit, to again enter the ministry.

JOHN TUTTLE, farmer; P. O. Springfield. Mr. Tuttle is the son of Nicholas P. and Mary (Nave) Tuttle, and was born in this county Aug. 19, 1853: he is the grandson of John and Margaret Tuttle; his father, Nicholas, settled on the farm now owned by David Crabill about the year 1839, where ho lived until his death, July 6,1858; his widow survived him seventeen years, her sons carrying- on the farm until her death, in 1875, when the farm was sold. Of Nicholas and Mary's family there were seven children - two boys and five girls. The subject of this sketch was married. Oct. 14, 1875, to Melissa R., daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Steelier) Fatzinger; they have two children, viz., George N. and Charles F. John lived at home, working on the farm, until his marriage, when he moved to Lagonda and worked in the shops there some two years: he then moved to the farm where he now lives. He is a member of good standing of Epliraim Lodge. No. 140. 1. O. O. F. ; he is also a member of the M. E Church. Melissa, his wife, was born in this county June 4, 1853; she is a member of the FT. B. Church; her parents settled in this county about the year 1840. Mr. and TMrs. Tuttle are hospitable and polite in their manners.

WILLIAM H. TUTTLE, farmer; P. O. Springfield. Mr. Tuttle is one of the active, leading farmers of Springfield Township. He was bom Aug. 2. 1838, in this county. He was married. Oct. 26, 1871, to Mary C. Luse. daughter of John and Martha A. Luse; their home is blessed with three loving children. viz.. Fannie A.. Came D. and Clarence J. Mr. Tuttle, although a young man, has been verv successful; he began business with 125 acres of land, given him by his father, and. by his industry and integrity, has added to it until now he owtis 600 acres of excellent land, and has expended §10,000 in improving his present home; he lives in a line, large brick house, located two miles east of Springfield, on a beautiful eminence overlooking the village of Lagonda: his house ;s of the most improved plan, and is furnished with all the modem conveniences. Mr. Tuttle has been elected to several posts of honor: he is one of the Directors of tli^ public school of his district, and looks after its interests with a watchful eye; he is one of the Directors of the Springfield A Clifton Pike, also Treasurer of the same; he has always followed farming, and has lived an honorable, upright life; although he has accumulated considerable

B Log Raph Ical Sketches

he is liberal, and takes an active part in the public improvements of the Mrs. Tuttle was born in this county Sept. 11, 1850; her parents were among the pioneers of this county, coining here as early as 1804. Caleb Tuttle, the father of William H., was born in Virginia May 14, 1799, and moved from there with his parents, to Ohio and to Clark County in 1806, and settled near where he now lives; Caleb was united in bonds of wedlock, March 21, 1822, to Mary Pricket. When the Tuttles settled in this county, it was yet a wilderness. and quite a number of Indians were still here. Caleb and Zebedee, the only two surviving children of the original family that came to this county, are truly pioneers, and have experienced the trials, hardships and pleasures of early pioneer life; they have witnessed the gradual growth of the county from a wilderness to its present beautiful and prosperous condition. May their names ever be honored as noble men. Caleb has voted at sixteen Presidential elections. beginning with James Monroe's second term, and casting his sixteenth vote for James A. Garfield.

MRS. SARAH M. TUTTLE, Springfield. Mrs. Tuttle is the widow of David Tuttle, deceased; also, sister of Mrs. George W. and Mrs. Jacob Tuttle. She wras born Aug. 2, 1882; was married to David Tuttle March 20, 1862. David was killed. July 4, 1874, by falling ofii an. excursion train on his way borne from Columbus, where he had been to celebrate "Independence Day." The circumstances were as follows: The train was crowded, and he was in the baggage ecu , the doors were open, and, in moving around to find a good position, he caught his foot, tripped and fell out of the car, killing him instantly. Mrs. Tuttle, with her six children - Ernest A., Clara I., Myra I., Everett D., Cora M. and William B. - carries on the farm. Mrs. Tuttle is an industrious woman, and provides well for her children; they live on the old homestead farm.

SILAS JEROME UHL, artist and portrait painter, Springfield. Genius is indigenous to Ohio, not only in her statesmen, military heroes, scholars, scientists, inventors and poets, but artists as well; and the subject of our sketch is destined to be - if he is not. even now - an eminent illustration of our statement. Mr. Uhl's family, for generations back, is one, on both sides, of remarkable longevity; his immediate ancestors came from Maryland and Pennsylvania, close to the dividing State line, and his parents, as also those of his wife, are still living, his father and mother being now respectively about 67 and 64, and hale and hearty. Mr. S. Jerome Uhl was born in Holmes Co., Ohio, in 1841, hence has just completed his second score, and, having a most robust constitution, he is in the very prime of manhood in all the term implies. Mr. Uhl had quite a varied army experience, enlisting at first for three months in Co. E, of the 1.6th O. V. I., under Col. Irving, and, in the fall of 1861, he re-enlisted for the war, under Col. (afterward General) John F. De Courcey, serving, in all, -over three years and a half, the last nine months being one of the Veteran Reserve Corps; he took part in many of the battles in Western Virginia, among which were those of Phillippi. Garrick's Ford, Cheat Mountain Gap and Cumberland Gap, and he was also for some time a prisoner of war at Vicksburg, and at Jackson, Miss., and at Cumberland Gap. He is a member of Anthony Lodge of F. A A. M.. and Palestine Commandery. No. 33, of Knights Templar of Springfield. At an early age. young Uhl discovered an irresistible penchant for sketching and delineating, and so strong and dominating was this propensity that, after returning from the war, in 1865, he commenced in earnest the study of the limner's art, making a specialty of the portrait branch of it; he studied under Hart, of Cincinnati, and traveled in the East, studying the best works, and has for several years been conducting a studio hero with marked -success, the products of his brush gracing to-day the parlors and drawing-rooms of all the prominent, leading and wealthy citizens of Springfield, and many of those of Cincinnati; as an evidence of the estimation in which his ability as an artist is held, he has already booked, for his prospective visit to the Continent, orders from a number of the wealthiest citizens and patrons of art here, for paintings to be executed by him while there, within the space of two years, to the aggregate amount of thousands of dollars; he expects to spend at least three years in the art centers of Europe, studying the best works of the most renowned masters of this art divine, among whose illustrious names, it is the prediction of the author of this sketch, that. "Uhl" will erelong appear. Mr. Uhl married, in October, 1873, Miss Martha A. M. Philips, daughter of Jason P. Philips and sister of Jason W. Philips, of this city; they have a line 5 -yearold boy. Besides being an artist, Mr. IJlil is a whole-souled, genial gentleman of culture, refinement, and much personal magnetism; has lots of friends,, and deserves them all ; is a man of strikingly fine physique and personal appearance, and would always be singled out in a crowd as one above the ordinary.

SILAS VAN BIRD, Jr., law student, Springfield. Silas was bom in. this -county Sept. 19, 1857 ; lived at home, working on the farm and attending school during the winter, until 1875, when he entered Wittenberg College; he graduated in 1880, with the same honors as the rest of his class; by the request of his class, the faculty allowed them to graduate without any " first and second honors,1' each one graduating v ith equal honors. Silas is a young man of good moral habits, and is at present pursuing the study of law, with the expectation of making the practice of law his profession. Silas Bird, the father of Silas, Jr., is a native of Virginia, and came to this county with his parents in 1816, and. at the age of. 17, began the trade of millwrighting. at which he worked until 50 years old, when he quit his trade, and has since then devoted his time to fanning. He was married, March 8, 1848, to Margaret Tuttle, daughter of Caleb and Mary Tuttle.

EDGAR V. VAN NORMAN, homoeopathic physician and surgeon, Springfield. There are those characters that stand out from the ordinary plane of humanity as a bas relief " from a frescoed wall, which can be distinctly seen from positions whence the surrounding figures are hid in obscurity. Such a character is Dr. Edgar V. Van Norman -an admirable illustration of sturdy self-reliance and indomitable will, against which difficulties are presented but to be overcome - obstacles but to be removed. Although but nine years a resident of Springfield, his influence has been widely felt, professionally and otherwise, having rescued the homcepathic practice from the languishing and moribund condition in which he found it, and placed it at least upon a plane with the allopathic schoul, on a flourishing and growing basis. Edgar V. Van Norman was born in Halton Co., Canada, in 1838; emigrated to Ohio in 1857, attending school at Berea six months; thence he went back to Canada. Here he spent some time on the paternal farm, for the double purpose of clearing it of incumbrance and studying his profession; having accomplished the former, and becoming dissatisfied with the allopathic school, he decided to abandon it, and traveled a few years, accomplishing again a double purpose, as, while collecting for an agricultural implement house, he was studying homoeopathy; he then attended tlie homoeeopathic school in Cleveland, from which he graduated in 1869; during this course, he practiced medicine in Cleveland with his uncle, Dr. II. B. Van Norman, subsequently consummating a copartnership with Prof. T. P. Wilson. During his residence in Cleveland, he had charge of the Opthalmic and Aural Institute of that city. In 1871, he came to this city, finding liomoeeopathy at zero, and before him the difficult task of establishing the practice in the face of almost organized opposition. The present status of homoeopathy here, and the Doctor's onerously largo ] practice, speak his unqualified success. The Doctor -was marriedin 1807, in Indiana, to Miss Martha N. Hazfitt, of a family of culture and refinement, and has been blessed with two children, a boy and a girl, of singular beauty and attractiveness. The Doctor comes of a sturdy pioneer family, from whom he inherits his strong points of character and an iron constitution fully equal to the gigantic tasks imposed upon it. He is a member in good standing of Springfield Lodge, No. 83, I. O. O. F.; a Master Mason; a 32-degree member of the Scottish Kite, and for a time Orator of the Anderson Lodge of Perfection, of Anderson, Ind. ; he has done much effective work in the temperance movement, and was District Grand Marshal of Good Templars for the Dominion of Canada; is a prominent and zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has always been actively engaged in Sunday-school ; work. Although just in the very prime of vigorous manhood, the gratifying results of the Doctor's well-directed efforts are manifest in his very comfortable circumstances, having surrouuded his family with all that a spacious and elegant homeslead implies. In politics, the Doctor is a " Stalwart ; " physically, he is hale and muscular, with a commanding and at the same time a pleasing and welcoming presence - a man who makes friends without any apparent effort.

HARVEY VINAL, now liveryman, formerly attorney at law, Springfield. Coi. Yinai is truly one of the " oldest and best." Born in New York State in 1807, April 13, he spent the prime of his life in the Queen City," when it was smaller than the Springfield of to-day, leaving Cincinnati in 1829; in 1833 (memorable as the year in which the stars fell) he pitched his tent in the then little village of Springfield, innocent, at that early date, of anything like railroads or corporation lines, and the Colonel's career of nearly half a century as a worthy citizen, gentleman and friend, finds him to-day venerated and beloved by all - for all know him. Aug. 18, 1879, was his "golden wedding" anniversary, and Mrs. Col. Yinai is still living; of their three children, the son is Adjutant of the 16th Regiment of United States Regulars; one daughter is single, and the other is Mrs. Elizabeth Smith. Col. Yinai had to abandon his legal profession fifteen years ago on account of his health, hence his present avocation. His business affairs compelled him to decline the appointment tendered him, during the war, of the Colonelcy of the 44th Ohio State troops. The Colonel served liis constituency (of the Senatorial district composed, as now, of Clark, Champaign and Madison Counties) four years in the State Senate, and was thrice chosen Clerk of Courts here, filling the office from 1850 to 1859 most creditably; during his Senatorial term, he drafted the charter for the town of Springfield, which was at that term granted. The manufacturers of this miniature Birmingham then consisted of a blacksmith- shop; Dr. John Ludlow, Ed H. Gumming (now an Episcopal clergyman) and the subject of this sketch organized the second military company of which Springfield was the headquarters, and young Yinai was elected Captain. The Colonel is a prominent and bright Mason, a Knight Templar, and at present Prelate of Palestine Commandery, of this city, and was for one year Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Ohio. To do Col. Harvey Yinai's long, honorable and varied career any sort of justice would require greater space than can be afforded in this volume; but enough has been said in this superficial sketch to establish his strong and acknowledged claims upon the affections and esteem of his fellow-citizens and all who know him.

EDWIN S. WALLACE, attorney, Springfield; was born in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co.. Ky., July 28, 1846; is a son of Dr. Joseph S. Wallace, whose father is prominently mentioned in connection with the history of New Carlisle, Bethel Township. Dr. Wallace removed to Kentucky about 1812, being then but a boy; returned to Clark County in 1855, when ho became a resident of

Springfield, and resided here until his decease, which occurred in 187G; he was the youngest child of Rev. Thomas AY allace; he had a family of six children, four of whom are living; Edward S. and Charles D. are the only representatives of the family now in Clark County; William T. is the present Chief Justice of California; Joseph S., is also in California; has been for a number of years Superintendent of the San Francisco & San Jose Railroad; a daughter, Airs. Little, is a resident of Boston. The subject of this sketch came from Kentucky with his father's family in 1855, and,, after attending Wittenberg College several years, went to Europe in 1865; during his stay of nearly four years, he graduated at Heidelberg University, receiving the degree of LL. I)., and, after visiting different parts of Europe, returned to Springfield in the fall of 18G3; was admitted to the practice of law in the Supreme Court in November of the same year; opened a law office in Springfield and practiced his profession. Air. AYallace has been an active Democrat in politics; was the Democratic candidate for the office of Attorney General of Ohio in 1871, and, although there is a standing Republican majority of five to seven hundred in this city, he was elected j

Airs. Alary L. Coleman. of Dayton: she is a daughter of William Reynolds: her j mother was a daughter of Col. John Johnston, of Piqua, and was born in Cincinnati, on the present site oi Robert Clark A Co.'s publishing house.

attention ehiefiv to auctioneering, and those wanting a good, reliable man to sell property, both personal and real estate, should call on Air. AYallingsford. He was born in this county in 1826. In 1855, he opened a store in Vienna, this county; after running the store some five years, he sold out, and has since then devoted his time to his present occupation. Air. AYallingsford is the leading auctioneer of Clark County; he is a man of good judgment, and keeps himself j well informed in prices, and the record he has made as a salesman entitles him to the rank of the "best auctioneer in the county." He was married, in 1847, to Percy H. Sprague, daughter of James and Alary (Bailey) Sprague; they have two children - Nannie J. and Gilkey J. Mr. AYallingsford is the son of Richard : and Fannie (AYliite) AYallingsford: Richard, the father of James, was a native j of Kentucky and died in this county in. 1842; Fannie, his mother, was born in | this county, and departed this life in 1872; her (Fannie's) father was a native of Canada, and her mother of Massachusetts. The AValli ngs fords ;

AIRS. CATHERINE WARD, Springfield: was bom in Aloorefieid Township in 1810, and grew to "womanhood in the pioneer days, and was familiar with the flaxbrake, spinning-wheel, and other useful pioneer treasures. She was married, in 1827. to Charles AYard, and raised a family of seven children, five of whom are living, all residents of Springfield. Air. AYard was a son of A\ illiam Ward, one of the early settlers of Aloorefieid Township; after ''their marrige, I they began domestic life in AEoorefield Township, and resided on the same farm until Air. AVard's decease, which occurred in 1847. After her husband's death,

Airs. AYard remained on the farm with her children until after her father's death, in 1SG3, after which, her youngest child being nearly grown, she removed to

Springfield, where she has a handsome residence on High street, and has resided here since; she also owns a large tract of land in Moorefield Township, which formerly belonged to her father. She is now in her 71st year, enjoying very good general health, and, notwithstanding she has had a very laborious life, is still in possession of all her faculties.

WILLIAM. K. YfEBB, Fas Lor Second Presbyterian Church, Springfield. If there are any, the recollections of whose lives and personal associations will awaken in the hearts of the rising generations at some future day more pleasurable emotions than others, they must be their Pastors, whose ministrations, pleadings and exhortations served to keep them clear of the temptations that so thickly and persistently beset the unwary in the springtime of life; his words of reproof, warning and counsel from the pulpit, of consolation at the death-bed, and of good cheer and encouragement in social intercourse, will live in the mind and memory, when the recollection of cotemporaneous happenings and acquaintanceships have grown dim. To this revered and beloved class belongs the subject of this sketch, the Rev. William H. Webb, present Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of Springfield, which pulpit he has filled, in the most satisfactory manner, for seven years. Mr. Webb was born June 7, 1833, in Homer, Courtland Co., N. Y. On May 9, 1801, a little after the first gun of the great civil war had been fired, he married Miss Harriet Elizabeth Prince, of Auburn, N. Y., their only living child being a son of o j i iio. » iiig two :-jv>iis ano. one naugntci death. ]\lr. "Y\ ebh graduated from Hamilton College, in 1858. and Auburn Theological Seminary, N. Y., in 1801; he had a charge in Adrian, Mich., nine years just preceding his coming here. Mr. Webb is a minister of the earnest, persuasive sort, converting by pleas rather than threats, preaching the doctrine of infinite love to reward rather than infinite power to punish; his sermons are replete with graceful metaphor, aptly drawn simile, and happy illustration, and he has the faculty of holding his congregation well in hand, and keeping their attention closely to the last; his impression on strangers is immediately favorable, and by his congregation, as well as the community at large, he is held in the highest esteem and affection, as. is his excellent wife, whose thorough gentility and refinement are apparent at a glance. The Second Church commenced its separate existence eighteen years ago. and is in a most flourishng condition, nunibering among its members some of the oldest, best and wealthiest of Springfield's citizens. Long wi 11 the memory linger in the mind of his congregation, of that most feeling, pathetic and plain discourse delivered on Sabbath night of Oct. 3.1, 1880, from one of the most prolific themes ever used as a text, the words of the Master as recorded in John, viii, 11: " Neither do I condemn thee; go and sin no more."

PHILIP WEIMER, merchant tailor and dealer in clothing and gents' furnishing goods, Springfield. Among the business men of Springfield who deserve a more than passing notice, is Mr. Weimer; he is a native of France, born in Woetli in 1834: came to the United States in 1849; learned the tailors trade in New York City; he first engaged in business for himself in Jefferson ville. Fayette Co., this State; after doing business there about ten years, removed to this city, and has been a leading and reliable business man for the past fifteen years; being a practical tailor of long experience, he has secured a large patronage in custom made work, while his extensive acquaintance with the trade, enables him to get all possible advantages in the selection and purchase of his goods ; he carries the largest stock of ready-made clothing to be foimd in the city, and his straightforward style of business has enabled him to build, up a valuable reputation and profitable trade. Ho married, in 1857, Miss Mary J. Creamer, of Jeffersonville; she having died, he married again, in 1801,

Miss Sarah J. Honey, also of Jeffersonville; they have three children. Mr. Weimer's residence, No. 304 East High street, is a handsome property, improved and built by him; he is member of the Masonic fraternity, and an active, enterprising business man and respected citizen.

WILLIAM WHITE, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, Spring field. The hardy growths of. nature are those that battle the storms, the fiercer the conflict the more robust becomes the trunk, and the deeper down do the roots descend Man is but a part of nature, and he who has endured the storms of life from childhood, mounting, step by step, the rugged path leading to success, winning recognition by his talent and force of character, until he has reached one of the highest positions in the gift of his adopted State, is the strong growth, the man of mark. In every generation, a fewr such men come to the front, and the people recognize them: they make our laws, mold our iusti tutions and free the minds of the masses from that ignorance that would otherwise trammel its intellectual development. In the foremost rank of .this class of men can be safely placed the Hon. William White, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, who was born in England Jan. 28, 1822; his parents having died when he was quite young, he came to the United States with his uncle, James Dory, in 1831, who took up his residence in Springfield; when William became 12 years of age, he was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker for nine years; after serving six years, he obtained a release from his master, giving his notes for a considerable amount, which ho paid by working at his trade in Springfield; he was instilled with a laudable desire to obtain an education, and to secure the necessary means for this purpose, he devoted all his energies to his trade, working during vacation, and such other spare time as he had; his principal education was obtained at the Ohio Conference High School, under the tutorship of Chandler Robbins; on completing his studies, he was encouraged by the late William A. Rodgers to read law, which he did, managing to earn sufficient means to defray his expenses by teaching school at intervals and serving as night clerk in the post office; in 1846, he was admitted to the bar and immediately taken into partnership by his preceptor, Mr. Rodgers; this relation continued to exist until 1851, when the latter was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Mr. White was elected Prosecuting Attorney at the Octobor election of 1847, and continued to hold that office eight years, receiving large majorities at each succeeding contest; in 1856, without solicitation on his part, he was put in nomination as an independent candidate for the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, by the members of the bar of his subdivision, embracing the counties of Clark, Greene, Warren and Clinton, and was elected by a large majority over the nominee of the dominant party, his own county giving him an almost unanimous vote; in October, 1861, he was re-elected; on the resignation of Judge Hocking H. Hunter, Judge White, at the request of the bar of his district, wTas appointed, by Gov. Brough, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, in February, 1864, and in October of the same year was elected to the unexpired term; in October, 1868, he was re-elected, and again in 1873 and 1878. At the latter election he received in the county 2392 majority, being about double the usual party majority; his vote in the State was also the highest of any candidate on the State ticket. He has always been devoted to his profession and regarded as a pre-eminently safe Judge; his reported doci sions (see Ohio State Reports, Yols. 14 to 26 inclusive, and Vols. 29, 31, 34 and 35) are distinguished for clearness and accuracy, and are justly held in high esteem by his cotemporaries. He married, Oct. 21, 1847, Miss Rachel, daughter of Charles and Margaret Stout. Her family were old residents of Spring - field, and her mother, now upward of 86 years of age, resides with Mrs. J. Warren Keifer, who is also a daughter. Mrs. White is a member of the Second

Presbyterian Church, and a pleasant, intelligent lady. Of their six children, three are living - Charles K., Mrs. Robert Rodgers and Nora R., all of whom have received the advantages of a liberal education.

W. *J. WHITE, Superintendent Springfield Schools. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch is the Superintendent of the Public Schools of this city, and by virtue of his position, is one of those who have much to do in the education of the pupils under his supervision. In his department there is a large amount of work, occupying wholly his time, as the 2,266 students in the different schools and the teacher of each department are visited frequently during each week. Mr. White was born in Muskingum Co., Ohio, April 1, 1844; until hjs 17th year his education was limited to what the common schools afforded; in the fall of 1861, although a mere boy, he enlisted in the O. Y. I.; for five long years he served under his country's Hag, during which time he w'as in every battle in which his regiment was engaged, and was at no time excused from duty during his entire term of service; after his discharge from the service, he took a four years' classical collegiate course in the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, graduating in 1870; lie married, in the same year, Miss Bertha A. Butterfield, of Bucyrus, Ohio, who graduated in the class of 1870 from the Ohio Wesleyan Female College, Delaware, Ohio; they removed to i ana, lit., in 18 <u, where he was engaged as Principal of tire high school, and afterward Superintendent of the schools; in 1874, returning to Ohio, he became connected with the schools of Springfield as Principal of the high school, in which capacity he served one year, when he was elected Superintendent of the schools, and has filled this position since with credit and honor. At the last election, June, 1880, he was unanimously elected for two year's, thus adding additional luster to his name as an efficient worker in the educational interests of the people. Since his connection with the schools, the enrollment of names has been nearly doubled and the efficiency greatly increased, due, largely, to the untiring efforts of Prof. White and his excellent corps of teachers. During the wffiole of the time since his connection with the schools of this city, he has been County Examiner, and has examined, probably, 2,000 teachers; his efforts have ever been to elevate the standard of the teachers of the county, necessarily increasing the efficiency of the county schools; for six years he has been a member of the City Board of School Examiners; he is Master of Clark Lodge, No. 101, A., F. & A. M., and a member of Palestine Commandery, and, for a number of years, Sabbath School Superintendent of High Street Methodist Episcopal Church.

ANDREW WHITE LEY; resident of the city of Springfield; wras born in Harrison Co.,Ky., May 31, 1812; his parents were natives of North Carolina and Kentucky; the father. John Whiteley, wras born in the former State, and the mother, Christiana Hall, in the latter; the father, though born in the State of North Carolina, was reared in Virginia, going to Kentucky in early manhood ; the ancestrial lineage was English on the side of the father, and likewise English on the mother's side, the more remote ancestors, however, on the father's side have been traced back to France. Ireland and Germany, and those of the mother to France, Scotland. Wales, Germany and Spain. The father was married to Christiana, daughter of William Hall, at the house of the latter, some five miles east of Springfield, Ohio (now owned by William Wilson >, in the year 1811, and returned to Kentucky, where they remained until 1814. w hen they came to the Reid neighborhood, some three and a half miles east of Springfield, where he was occupied for two years in teaching school, t he'll permanently located in the vicinity of the Hall farm. He was a man of considerable prominence, having been for some years County Commissioner and a Justice of the Peace. The subject of this sketch was united in marriage with

Spring Fie Ld To Wns Hip

Nancy C. Nelson, of New England parents, Sept. 24, 1833, to which union there were born six children, viz.: William N., Amos N., Eliza J., Nancy C., Caroline and .Tames B., all of whom are married and have children. William N. married Mary McDermott: they have two. children; Amos married Josephine E. Ferrell, and has two children: Eliza married Johnson Morton, and has one child; Nancy married W. T. Stillwell, and has one boy; Caroline married Edward Myers, and has one child, and James married Maggie Johnson, and has one girl. Until the year 1852, Mr. Whiteley had devoted his entire attention to farming; then, for the next live years, in connection with farming, he was engaged with his son, William N., in the invention of the reaping and mowing machine, which, as it were, lias been wafted by the four winds of heaven to all parts of the civilized globe, and the genius of the inventor heralded to every clime. Since that period, Mr. Whiteley has given his attention to inventions, principally, in the line of the same machines - improving the reaping and mowing machines, and the automatic and spring binder; taking out and re-issuing patents, etc., etc. Many of his best inventions are found in the Champion reapers, mowers and binders. The father of our subject was a strong Whig, in whose footsteps his son trod, and on the coming of the Republican par+y. became an advocate -of its principles, to which he adhered until the close of the war. in 1872, he voted ioi Horace Greeley; in 1570, for Samuel J. Til den, and in 1880, for Weaver, who, in his opinion, was an upholder and respector of the rights of the laboring classes.

WILLIAM WHITELEY, Springfield. Throughout Clark County the name of Whiteley is a household word, and there are few families more widely known over the State, in fact, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and wherever machinery for farm labor can be utilized, there the product of the inventive genius of the Whiteley family have found a lasting welcome. They come of English stock, who settled in Virginia before the Revolution, William's grandfather, Joseph, with his brother, John Whiteley, serving throughout that struggle, for liberty, the latter yielding up his life in that great cause. Joseph raised a large family, John, the father of William, being one of the number, he being born in North Carolina while his parents were on a visit to that State, but always claiming Virginia as the State of his nativity. In 1804, John Whiteley came from Kentucky to Ohio on a prospec ing tour, and again, in 1810, made a like trip, and in the spring of 1811, was manned in what is now Clark County, to Christiana Hall, a native of Virginia, of English, German and Scotch extraction, whose parents came to this portion of Ohio at an early day. Jobe and wife went back to Kentucky where he engaged in teaching school, being a man of good education, and there they remained until .1814, when they returned to Clark Countv, where he continued school-teaching, being one of the early educators in the neighborhood of "Fletcher Chapel;" they raised a fain ily of seven children, four sons and three daughters, as follows: Andrew, Free love, William, Abner, Joseph, Nancy and Sarah, the eldest being the father of William N. Whiteley, head of tlie'Champion Works, and the leading spirit in their growth and development. John and wife lived and died in this county, having done their duty well in the building up of the moral and material interests of the neighborhood, in which they were honored and respected people. The subject of this sketch was born in the eastern part of Springfield Township Jan. 18, 1 8 1 5, and grew to manhood, working on the home farm; but the whole family being natural inventors, they early turned their attention to the invention and improvement of farm machinery. Beginning in a small way on the farm in the manufacture of plows, and later, mowers and reapers, which have developed into the gigantic manufacturing interests known far and wide as the Champion Company, the history of which will be found iu this work.

William was married, in 184S, to Mary Ann Sticknev, daughter John and Sarah Sticknev. natives of England, Airs. Whitelev was born in this county, and has had one child, Mary E., and the family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. All*. Whitelev has been identified with nearly every manufacturing interest that Springfield can boast of to-day, and has been prime mover in many of them; his time and money have ever been devoted to all classes of public benefits, and few men have done more, according to his means, for the material welfare of his native county, than William AVliiteley; charitable and benevolent to all, his generosity in helping his neighbor has been the cause of much financial trouble to himself, yet he lias gone on in this path and his indefatigable industry, coupled with his great natural inventive genius, has again attained for him a competency: politically a Republican, he has filled many positions of trust and confidence, and his only desire through life has been to do his duty, benefit his fellow-man, by helping to build up the moral and material interests, of his native county, and thereby merit the respect of all good citizens, as well as leave to his family an unsullied character.

Note.- - Air. Whitelev needs no biography for the citizens of Clark Co., his history is synonymous with that of Springfield and its best and greatest interests. His native modesty moved him to request that no personal mention be made of him.

AAIOS AVHITELEY, manufacturer, Springfield; is a native of Clark County; was born near Springfield in 1838; he spent his boyhood on the farm with his father, Andrew AVhiteley. but like his brother, William N. AVliiteley, early gave mechanical pursuits nearly his entire attention, spending most of his time in the same workshop, serving an apprenticeship, and thus rendering valuable service to his brother, and assisting in producing the first Champion machine; from the formation of the firm of AVhiteley & Fassler and AVliiteley, Fassler & Kelly, he was the principal business manager (the firm devoting most of their time to the improving and perfecting of the Champion machines), having charge of the accounting department and traveling salesman, until 1867, when the Champion Machine Company, the history of which is fully given elsewhere in this w'ork, was organized with Amos AVhiteley at its head, since, which he has held the office of President of this company; he is also the Treasurer and the General Ticket Agent of the Springfield Southern Railroad Company, having entire charge of the accounting department; his rare energy" and business ability, the economy of his management and the value of his systematic methods, are fully demonstrated by the prosperous condition of the immense interests under his supervision; he is one of the foremost citizens in all public enterprises; is President of the City Council, and one of the men to whose progressive energy and industry is due the development of Springfield, from a country village to one of the leading manufacturing cities of the country; he married, in i860. Aliss Josephine Ferrell, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah Ferrell. She has borne him two children, both of whom were boys, and are receiving a thorough education at AVittenberg College.

AVASHINGTON AVILSON, retired farmer; P. O. Springfield; son of Michael and Temperance (Judy) AVilson; was born in Greene Co., Ohio, near Fairfield, Oct. 18. .1811; liis father was in the war of 181 2, came home, took sick and died from disease contracted while in service. Shortly after his death, the mother, with her two children, AVashington and Josiah, moved to Clark Co., Ohio, and settled in Harmony Township, where Michael, the youngest child, was born; she was again married; this time to James Turner; she died, in 1880, at the age of 92 years. AVashington spent his boyhood days working on the farm in summer, and attending school in winter; he taught one term of school when about 20 years old, for 810 per month; he was married, May 22. 1836, to Mary Ann Foreman, daughter of William and Nancy (Johnson) Foreman; they have ten children, viz.: Michael, William J., George W.. Harrison, John J.. Addison. Nancy T., Harriet, Mary Ann and Flora, all of whom are married except Addison and Flora, and well-to-do. Mrs. Wilson was born in this county, Feb. 9, 1820; her parents came from Kentucky, and settled in Clark County at an early day. When Washington was 21 years old. he and one of his brothers purchased 500 acres of land, at 83.60 per acre, and afterward, 300 acres more, at 85 per acre; and so on, from time to time, bought different portions of land, ranging in price from 810 to 850 per acre; he was one of the Trustees of Harmony Township for twelve years, and a member of the School Board of that township some six or eight years; he has, mainly through his integrity and good management, acquired his handsome fortune; he moved to Springfield in 1868, and is pleasantly located, corner Washington and Factory streets, where he and his good wife enjoy the fruits of their labor. Mr. Wilson, his sons and sons- in- law, in 1880, gave to Janies A. Garfield ten straight, solid votes. Mr. W ilson has been a life-long Republican.

WILLIAM S. WILSON, Treasurer, Springfield. Mr. Wilson was born in Moorefield Township, Clark Co., Ohio, in 1836; removed to the city of Springfieid in 1S51; in 1861, enlisted as private in the 71st O. Y. I., and reenlisted in 1S64, when the regiment was veteranized; he was promoted, from time to time, through all the intermediate grades, to the office of Captain; he served on the staff of Maj. Gen. Bosseau as Provost Marshal of the District of Middle Tennessee; also on the department staff of the the Department of the Cumberiand as Commissary of Musters: he resigned in October, 1865, holding the last-named staff appointment. In 1880, he was elected Treasurer of Clark County, receiving a larger majority of votes than any of the candidates for the different offices on either the State or county tickets.

WILLIAM W. WILSON, manufacturer, Springfield; is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Washington County in 1821 ; he was raised on a farm, then a want of facilities made it necessary for the boys to know hard work, and he began to follow the plow when 12 years of age, and made a full hand in the harvest field at 16, and consequently received but little education. He remained on the farm assisting his father, until 27 vears of age; afterward, was engaged in milling and mercantile pursuits, and did quite an extensive business; but two fires, one burning his mill and the other his store, were a severe loss, and led to his removal to Springfield in 1865, and in 1868 he became a member of the new Champion Machine Company, being the road man of the firm, and traveled eight years; but of late years, the home business has required the attention of all the members of the firm. Mr. Wilson is one of the self made men, having begun life as a farmer boy. and remembers when he cradled all day for 75 cents, and, although so unfortunate as to have the proceeds of the labor of his early years consumed by fire, has more than replaced his loss, and is now in good circumstances. He has been twice married; his first wife was a Miss Mary Parish, of Eastern Ohio, and his present wife was Nancy Sharpe; she is a native of Belmont County; by her he has one child - Anna, now Mrs. I. W. Frey.

KOBE LIT WILSON, retired woolen manufacturer, Springfield. Ohio. Mr. Wilson was born in Selkirkshire. Scotland, near the home of Walter Scott. June 26, 1807; he came to America in 1819; lived in New York State until 1836, when he moved to Pennsylvania, where lie resided two years, and thence to Knox Co., Ohio, where, in 1843, he erected a woolen- factory, which he ran until 1863, when he sold out and retired from active business, and in 1878 removed to Springfield, Ohio, and is comfortably located at No. - South Limestone street.

He was married, in 1S37, to Adeline Whitney, who was born in New York Jan. 19, 1814; tliev have but two children Aurilla U. and Charles; Aurilla was married, Sept. 2, 1880, to James H. Perrin, of the firm of Perrin & Shanks, house-builders of UiL city, Char! os is l cried at South Charleston. Clark Co., Ohio, where he is engaged in commercial pursuits.

AMAZIAH WINGER, lumber- dealer, Springfield; he is a son of Jacob and Catherine (Trout) Winger; was born in Lancaster Co., Penn. He came with his parents to Clark Co., Ohio, in 1838. His boyhood days were spent in school: at the age of 20, he began work in a lumber-yard. In 1862, he received a commission as 2d Lieutenant to recruit a company, and was assigned to the 94th O. Y. I. ; he served to the close of the rebellion, when he received an honorable discharge; in 1864, he was promoted to the rank of Captain for meritorious service; he was in the battles of Chickamauga, Stone River, and with Sherman on the march to Atlanta, participating in the battles of that march, and was also in Sherman's grand march to the sea; he was in the grand review before the President, Gen. Grant and others in 1865. His father, Jacob Winger, an old pioneer of Springfield, was bom in Lancaster Co., Penn., Aug. 6, 1810, where he lived until 1837, when he moved to Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio, in a wagon; he has been connected with quite a number of enterprises here, but his chief l-.. y 1 - " 1 '- It JN52 Le went into partnership with William Whiteley. Esq., and erected a shop for the purpose of building cars, but first began making the Cook reaping machine; they sold one of these machines to Andrew Whiteley for §30; with this machine, he (Andrew" Whiteley) experimented, and the now famous Champion is the outgrowth of that machine. They began building cars in 1853, but in 1854, when the railroads failed, they wrere compelled to quit the business. In 1857, Jacob was engaged very extensively in manufacturing wheat drills, known as the Enoch drill, but, on account of the failure of the " Trust Company," it so affected his trade that he was obliged to suspend; but, being of an indomitable will, never allowed himself to be discouraged. He. was married, Dec. 27, 1832, to Catherine Trout, who was born May 11, 1809, in Pennsylvania; of their ten children, but six are now living; their son Iiezekiah died at the age of 26, from the effects of wounds received in the late rebellion. Amaziali has been twice married; the first time, to Mary A. Crothers, in November, 1867; she died in 1873, leaving two children, both girls; his second wife was Mrs. Mary D. Torbert, widow of James L. Torbert (deceased), and daughter of Amos Barr. In 1865, the Captain formed a partnership in the lumber trade with Mr. Hayward, his present partner.

PI. A. WISE, of the firm of Andrews, Wise A Putnam, Springfield; is a native of Massachusetts, born in Deerfield Jan. IS, 1845. His youth was spent on a farm and attending school; he began bis business career as a clerk in Greenfield, Mass., when about 21 years of age; subsequently learned the photographer's art, and was thus engaged in Greenfield until 1869, when he removed to and continued his business in Springfield until the fall of 1874; during this time, he also conducted a gallery in Xenia. In January, 1876, he became a member of the firm of Wilson, Wise A Putnam, who were the successors of Rice A Co.; this firm continued without change until 1878, during which time they had established a branch house at Urbana, under the firm name of H. A. Wise A Co., Mr. Wise being in charge; in 1 S>7N. Mr. Wilson took the Urbana stock, and Mr. Wise returned to the establishment here, the firm then being Wise A Putnam until April, .1880, when Mr. Andrews came in, and the style of the firm became as now, Andrews, Wise A Putnam. Mr. Wise is now in the prime of life, systematic, enterprising and successful in business, and affable and respected in the social circle. He married, in 1868, Miss Frances E. Burnam, who was also a native of Deerfield, Mass.; she having died, he married, in 1876, Miss I>

Flora, daughter, of William Ford, now a resident of Urbana, but formerly for a number of years a resident of this city; two children have been born of the second union - II. Edna and Alallie.

LEWIS WISE, farmer; P. O. -Springfield. Hr. Wise was born in this county Dec. 14, 1829; he has followed farming all his life, and is of a true, genuine, hospitable nature. He was married, Sept 18, 1850. to Melinda Hatfield, daughter of James and Margaret (Kitchen) Hatfield; they have had six children, viz., Alice, Joseph, Charles C., James. H., Minnie E., John S., all living except Alice and Joseph, who have crossed the river to that purer and better home in heaven, Mrs. Wise was born in this county Sept. 8, 1838; Mr. and Mrs. Wise moved to their present home a few days after their marriage, being their first and only moving. Mr. Wise is the son of Jesse and Debora (Strong) Wise; Jesse was a native of Virginia, and, when but a small boy, liis father died, leaving the mother with the care of their two children, Jesse and Polly, and, in 1807, she, with her children, came to Ohio and to this county, traveling all the way from Virginia here on horseback, with one of the children before and the other behind her on the horse. Mrs. Wise's father, James Hatfield, was a native of Kentucky, and her mother of Pennsylvania, lie coming to Clark County in 1800, and she in 1812. Lewis' mother died in 1832, and his father in 18/0. iiie farm on which Mr. and Mrs. Wise now live was entered by her Grandmother Hatfield about the year J SOS. and has remained in the possession of some of the family ever since; and on the 25th of August, 1880, when a family re-union was held on the old farm, there being present 100 persons, all relatives, except three, of Mrs. Wise; during the day, the -older ones related many interesting incidents which had occurred on the old farm during their boyhood days.

DANIEL AVISSINGER, wholesale and retail coal, Springfield. Mr. Daniel AVissinger comes from good old Virginia stock, being born at Harper's Ferry March 27, 1812; came to Springfield in 1833, commencing business as a builder and contractor, which he followed thirty-five or thirty-six years. In 1871, he commenced the sash, door and blind manufacture, under the firm name of AVissinger & Shanks, which was subsequently changed to AVissinger & Arthur. In March. 1879, In- discontinued this business, and, in September following, he went into his piesent business - wholesale and retail coal - with his son, under the style of C. E. AVissinger A Co. Mr. AVissinger was married, in 1834, to Miss Cynthia Conklin, of this city, by whom he had eight children, of whom four sons and two daughters are living. Losing Airs. Cynthia Wissinger in August. ISIS, he was again married, on Feb. 7, 1850, to Aliss Catherine Kelly (cousin of Oliver S. Kelly, so prominently known here), who bore him three sons and three daughters, the latter of whom they lost; all three of his sons by the first marriage were in the Union army, the first, Luther, enlisting in the 94th O. A7. I. ; the second, Daniel, was also in the infantry service, and the youngest, John, in the 5th O. Y. C. first, and, after being wounded, he joined the 110th O. A". I.; he was again shot, through the hip, in this, in the battle of Morocacy, Aid. Of Air. Wissiuger's sons by his second union, C. E. Wissinger is his partner in business, and was formerly of the firm of Alorrow & AVissinger; the second, F. K. AVissinger, is a physician; and George W AVissinger is a book-keeper in Peet & Elster's Novelty AVorks: Oscar W., his oldest son, is a coal-dealer in Urbana; Luther is a machinist in railroad employ in Memphis, Tenn.; Daniel, a carpenter in Springfield; and John, machinist in the Champion Knife /c Bar AVorks. The AVissingers aie a large, widely known and highly respected family, and have been for many years identified with Springfield's best interests. Air. Wissiuger's family attend the Second Presbyterian Church.

(Haller) Wolfe: was born near Harpers Ferry, Ya., June 14, 1809. When Samuel was 11 years old. Ills parents came to Ohio and settled on the farm now owned by him; they were among the early settlers of this county; their family consisted of nine children, of whom Samuel is the seventh child. Mr. Wolfe was a man who never sought public office, but worked quietly along on his farm, providing well for his household; and Samuel, like liis father, has passed through life having the Golden Rule for his motto, following the same strictly, being loved and respected by all who know him. Samuel lias always lived on the farm, and received his education at the district school. He was married, in 1847, to Margaret J., daughter of George and Rachel (Prickett) Kitt: Mi's. Wolfe was born in this county in 1823, and it was her Grandfather Prickett who bought the old mill of Lagonda from Simon Kenton. To Samuel and Margaret J. Wolfe were born the following children; Elizabeth C., Rachel Ann, James Milton, George H., Louisa, John K., William (who died Jan. 20. 1878). Frank and Howard. For thirty- three years they lived happily together, enjoying the comfort of each other's society and doing their duty in all things; but, on the 19th of July, 1880, death visited this happy home and took from him his partner through life's joys and sorrows, leaving a void in the household and heart of her companion that can never be filled. Mr. Wolfe remembers, when a boy. of seeing the Indians on his father's farm, but at that time they were friendly. He is a Republican in politics, and is considered one of the honest, upright pioneers of his township - a plain, practical man, with no pretensions but honesty, morality, charity and justice toward all mankind. In .1865, he and wife united with the Baptist Church, in which faith his wife died, and of which Mr. Wolfe is a consistent member, patiently awaiting the day when he shall meet, in a better land, those whom he knew and loved on earth - such being the hope and consolation that religion gives him.

PHILIP N. WOLISTON, manufacturer of plows, etc.. Springfield. At the tender age of 41 years, Philip N. Woliston accompanied his parents to Springfield; they came from Adams Co., Penn., in May, 1828, the place of his nativity. In the fall of 1849, Mr. Woliston married Eliza Anderson: they traveled life's journey together for thirty years; she was taken from him by the hand of death May 10, 1879; Mrs. Anderson, his mother-in-law, and her daughter Mary, are living with him at 25 Clifton avenue: his only brother, John G~ Woliston, his senior by four years, lives in South Springfield. Mr. Woliston has been all his life a wood- worker, pattern-maker and machinist, and an industrious and thorough going man; four years since, he formed his present copartnership. of Woliston, Chambers & Burnett, for the manufacture of the Whiteley plow, and sash, doors and blinds, under the trade name of the Springfield Plow Manufacturing Company; their business has prospered, and they have all they can do to supply the demand for their manufactures. Among Mr. Woliston's recollections of early days is that of the rude log crib-bridge over Mill Run, its south end occupying the present site of the extensive factory of the St. John's Sewing Machine Company; he says he used to hunt squirrels at what is now the corner of High and Plum streets, and remembers when he Springfield RejwMic was printed on a hand-press of the old quaint style, in a one-story frame house, and edited by John D. Nichols; he also alludes to a 4th of July celebration on the common about where David West's shop now is. on which occasion Samuel Rouser's arms were shot off by the accidental premature discharge of the cannon. Rouser was an intemperate man, but this terrible accident quite reformed him. In the mouths of these same cannon, birds used to build then nests, ad interim. Mr. AVoliston is a consistent member of the First Congregational Church- a whole-souled, cheerful man, with a smile and manner that bespeak the absence of guile or malice.

ISAAC COREY WOOD, retired farmer; P. O. Springfield. This wellknown pioneer comes. of pure English origin, his paternal and maternal grandfathers, Jeremiah Wood and Thomas Corey, having been natives of England, who settled in New Jersey at an early day. Here his father. Isaac Wood, was born. July 10, 1771, and was married, Oct. 9, 1 797. to Jane Corey, a native of that State, bom July *2. 1779, and in 1798 they came West and settled in Warren Co., Ohio, where they remained until March, 1812, when they came to Clark County, settling on Sec. 15. Springfield Township, removing, in the following year, to See. 9, where his son Thomas now resides; they had thirteen children: six are yet living; five sons reside in this county, and one daughter in Allen Co., Ohio; he died Aug. 24, 1825, his wife surviving him forty-six years, dying May 12, 1871. The subject of this sketch was bom in Warren Co., Ohio. May 10. 1802; removed with his parents to this county in 1812, and here grew to manhood, attending the primitive log schoolhouse a short time, where he learned the rudiments of reading, writing, etc. On the 15th of June, 1825, he was married to Honora Scantlm, daughter of Jeremiah and Diana Scantlin, he a native of Ireland and she of Virginia, her father being killed in the war of 181 2, while biUvi iV lighting against ilie English foe. sacrificing Ins life -in behalf of freedom and to defeat the oppressors of his native land. Mrs. Wood was born in Virginia Dec. 12, 1808, and, after her father's death,* her mother married John Collins, who died in that State, when she was married to Spalding Winchester, who came with the family, in November, 1822, to Clark County, settling in the west pari of Harmony Township, removing thence to Springfield Township, where they died in 1S57, sincere members of the M. E. Church, she dying Aug. 15, and her husband Sept. 1 5, of that year. About forty -five years ago, Mrs. Wood joined the Free-Will Baptist Church, and has since taken an active interest in that denomination. Politically, Mr. Wood was a Whig, casting his first vote for Clay in 1824, but, upon the formation of the Republican party, he joined its ranks, and, since his first vote, has never missed casting his ballot for the Presidential nominee of his party, and has always been an Abolitionist; he has been a rigid temperance man all his life, and his honesty and integrity are too well known to be doubted, his word at all times being as good as his note. On the 15th day of June, 1875, they celebrated their golden wedding by an excursion to the Soldiers* Home at Dayton, whither they were accompanied by twenty-two of their friends, and, if both live to the same date of June, 1881, they will be fifty-six years man and wife - an event that seldom occurs in the annals of married life. Mr. Wood belongs to no church, his motto through life being the Golden Rule, which he has ever tried to follow in all his transactions with his fellow-men. For over sixty-nine years he has lived in Clark County, and lias judiciously saved the results of his industry, but is without children on whom to bestow his means; he has retired from active business, and, with his aged wife, is now enjoying the blessings of a moral, well-spent life.

THOMAS S*. WOOD, farmer: P. O. Springfield. His farm, which is located four miles east of Springfield, on the Charleston Pike, is among the best in the county. He was born in Butler County, this State, April 80, 1810; he is a son of Isaac and Jane (Corey) Wood. In 1812, his father entered the land now owned by Thomas, on which he settled the following year and began clearing the land, getting it ready for cultivation. When Thomas was 0 years old, he started to school; he had a little ever a mile to go, and would frequently meet twenty and thirty Indians on the way. 0£ his father's family of thirteen children, but six are now living. When Thonlas was 15 years old, his father died,, and he, being the oldest of the buys at home, took charge of the farm for his mother. He was married, March 27, 1887, to Rlioda Ann Morton, daughter of Abraham and Jane (Sampson) Morton; Rhoda was born Oct. 25, I8i9, near

Gallipolis, this State ; tlieir issue lias been fourteen children - seven boys and seven girls - three boys and live girls still living, Mr. Wood cast his first Presidential, ballot fur He my Clay, and has been identified with the Whig and Re publican parties ever since.; he has never missed an election, except two township elections, since lie has been old enough to vote. He is now 70 years old and is considered one of the well-to-do, upright citizens of his township.

JOHN WOODROW, wood worker and turner, Springfield. Mr. John Woodrow, although numbering his threescore and fifteen, is virtually a native of Clark County, for, although born in Fayette Co., Western Pennsylvania, in 1805, his father moved from Pennsylvania to Kentucky when the subject of this sketch was less than 1 year old, and moved again to this county, settling in Montgomery County, at so early an age that Mr. Woodrow has but the faintest recollections of it, being too young to remember well the events of this period; lie relates from hearsay that, after coming to Ohio, his father and a man named Oberholz made yip a fiat-boat load of hour, pork and similar produce for the Lower Mississippi market; on reaching Natchez, his father was taken sick and died, and was buried at Natchez, Miss.; young Woodrow was then left an orphan. Oberholz went to New Orleans and sold out; a short time thereafter, one "Daniel Houser, from Maryland, but then living in Miami County, about halt way between Springfield and Troy, came to Dayton looking for a boy to adopt, he and wife being well-to-do and childless, and, finding our subject a bright boy and an orphan, and liking him, adopted him and took him with him to Miami Co. and raised him to years of maturity, and self-support. From Miami Co. he came to Clark Co. to live, when Woodrow was but 10 years old. He first worked on a farm, then commenced learning the trade of wood- working and tinning, under a man named David Pettigrew. His adopted father died on Oct. 18, 1882, when young Woodrow was about 18 years old, since which time he has, in every sense of the word, "paddled his own canoe," having no help whatever from any one. This Daniel Rouser, his foster-father, was the uncle of Samuel Rouser, whose arms were blown off at a 4tli of July celebration in early days, of which mention is made in the sketch of Philip N. Woliston, of Springfield; he afterward fell down the stairs and broke his neck. Mr. Woodrow belonged to a home artillery company about seven years, from 1830 to 1S37. He was married, on March 8, 1829, to Mary Berry, from Virginia; he has one son and two daughters living, one of his daughters having married Mr. J D Smith, of this city; his son, David N. Woodrow, was in the Union army as a member of the 1 00- day troops, and re-enlisted in the 58th O. V. 1., and is now working in the Champion reaper shops, and is still unmarried. Mr. Woodrow has been a wood-turner for over half a century, and probably no man in Ohio has done mere work with a foot- lathe than he; and he still does it daily, at his advanced age of 75. Mr. Woodrow is one of stock that are now so rare - blunt, square, to the point, but withal so courteous and kind, and to know him even slightly is to like him.

ROBERT C. WOODWARD, City Librarian, Springfield; is a native of Springfield, a son of Jacob and Sarah (Christie) Woodward; his father was a native of Pennsylvania, and came, when a young man, to Springfield, and was connected with the business interests here until his decease, which occurred in 1829, being associated with Judge Ira Paige ir the proprietorship of the woolen factory, and subsequently a merchant; his widow and two sons still survive. The subject of this sketch was born in 1829, and was but 3 months old when his father died; his mother, by teaching, took care of him and gave him a rudimentary education, and, after her second marriage, in 1837, he attended the Ohio Conference High School, and was one of the first students enrolled at Wittenberg College, but, after passing the Freshman year, circumstances compelled him to relinquish school, pgid he entered the Republic office, and, after two years* service as "devil," was promoted to foreman of the office, but, three months later, accepted a position as compositor on the Cincinnati Commercial, a position he obtained by reason of his ability to read short-hand; during the three months in which he was employed in the Commercial office, he completed a commercial course under the direction of It. S. Bacon, after which he returned to Springfield and accepted a position as traveling salesman for his step- father, J. D. Nichols, who had a special contract to sell stationery, etc., on the Pan Handle line of -railroad; after one year's experience, he discontinued that business, as it did not prove as profitable as he had hoped; after spending eighteen months at Davenport, Iowa, he went South and spent the winter of 1857-58, and in 1859 he was induced to pucrhase a book store here in Springfield, which business he continued until September, 1861, when he engaged in the same business in Lima, Ohio; there Mr. Woodward became prominently identified with the local religious interests, being the honored and trusted Superintendent of the Sunday school connected with the Presbyterian Church, and his wife, nee Miss Lizzie A. Crooks, formerly from Lowell, Mass., but at the time of their manage, April 12, 1860, a teacher in the Springfield public schools, was an active and prominent member of the Women's Christian Commission, gratefully remembered by every soldier of the late war; but in 1865 his wife died, and the five years which followed were filled with bitter experiences,; dispirited by the loss of bis wife, his partners took advantages of him, and, in the spring of 1868, he returned to Springfield, to retrieve, as far as possible, the losses he had sustained. In 1869, he, in partnership with his step-brother, W. G. Nichols, bought his old book - store, and, with the proceeds of that stock, credits, and some money Mr. Woodward was able to borrow7, they started a job printing office, and in eighteen months, by dint of careful management and at the expense of severe wear to his constitution, they sold out and were clear of debt. From this time Mr. Woodward was variously employed until .1877, when he wras appointed City Librarian. When he entered upon his duties, he found matters in a chaotic state; but, by his usual energy and industry, he has brought system and order into all the details, and no better regulated public library can be found than that over which Mr. Woodward presides; he is ably assisted bv his wife, nee Miss Karri ette De Witt, formerly of Fostoria. but, at the time of their marriage, Oct. 10, 1S66, a teacher in the Springfield schools.

BENJAMIN F. WEIGHT, farmer and stock- shipper; P. O. Springfield. He is a son of John and Jane (Sampson) Wright, and was born in this county Jan. 28, 1827; has followed farming and stock- shipping the greater paid of his life. He was married, Dec. 24, 1848, to Olive C., daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Chenoweth) Whittredge; they have five children - four girls and one boy - all of whom are married. Her father wras a native of Vermont, and came to Clark Co., Ohio, about the year 1820; he departed this life in 1869. Her mother wras born and raised in this county. Mr. Wright's father was a native of England, and emigrated to America in 1820, and settled in what ;s now Harmony Township, Clark Co., Ohio, the same year. His mother wras born in Massachusetts ; came to this couuty in 1822. The father died in 1842, and the mother in 1844. In 1865, while engaged in threshing wheat, Benjamin got his arm caught in wheels of the thresher, losing his right hand. In 1868, he en gaged with the Champion Manufacturing Company of Springfield as agent, and since then has traveled for said firm dining the bus}7 season of each year; dining the winter, he devotes his attention to the buying and shipping of stock, which he has followed for the past thirty winters, being the oldest stock-shipper now in this county. In all his dealings, he has ever sustained an honorable reputation.

WILLIAM M. YEAZELL, retired fanner and stock-dealer; P. 0. Spring, field; is a native of Clark County, and a descendant of a pioneer family of Moorefield Township. The subject of this sketch was born in Moorefield Township in 1835; is a son of William and Eliza (Foley) YeazelJ. He remained on the farm witii his. parents during his youth, receiving a limited common-school education. When about 20 years of age, he went into the mill at Moorefield. whore he remained about six years. When the war broke out, he returned to the old homestead and assisted his father in farming; in 1862, his father died, and he remained on the old homestead until 1872, when he removed to Springfield, and has since resided here. Mr. Yeazell still retains the old homestead .in Moorefield Township, and. though not permanently engaged in any active business. occasionally purchases a shipment of stock, which, with other occasional speculations, serve the double purpose of employing his time and producing profit. He married, Dec. 11, 1866, Miss Ann Clark, sister of Charles M. Clark, whose biography also appears in this work. Mr. Yeazell's house, No. 425 East High street, purchased just previous to his removal to the city, compares favorably with the fine residences for which this street is noted.

MRS. MARY S. YOUNG, Springfield. Mrs. Young is the widow of Henry Young, deceased. Mrs. Young was born in Frederick Co., Md., March 17, 1837; she is the daughter of Samuel and Maria Remsburg; was married to Mr. Young Dec. 16, IS 56, and m 1861 they moved to Ohio and settled in this county, on the farm north of Springfield now owned by Daniel Young, Sr. Mr. Young died June 16, 1871. leaving Mrs. Young with three children - Clarence M., Jennie Y. and Annie M. In 1878, Mrs. Young purchased and removed to the beautiful farm of 80 acres, which is located about three miles southeast of Springfield. Clarence is now old enough to carry on the farm; lie and his two sisters are a great help and comfort to their mother. Mr. and Mrs. Young's parent-: were natives of Maryland.

Too Late For Insertion In Proper Place

THE ARMSTRONG FAMILY. The family bearing the above name is, strictly speaking, one of the pioneer families of the vicinity of Springfield. The head of the family. Oliver Armstrong, was born at Pennington, Yt., April 26. 1783. and was united in marriage with Annie Hanes in the year 1802, when but 19 years of age. In 1812. he emigrated to Ohio, settling in the Maumee district, away from which locality he was driven by the Indians in the year 1813. He started for the village of Urbana with a sick wife and four small children, in a cart, with two oxen. The journey was attended with great privation and danger, and extended over a period of six weeks. On reaching Urbana. he had only 25 cents, but found in Judge Reynolds a warm friend, who loaned him great assistance. In the year 1814, he removed into Clark Comity, where liis wife died March 11. Their children were Oliver, Cyrus, Phidelia and David. One year later (1S15). Mr. Armstrong married Mrs. Lucinda (Paige) Muzzy, widow of Joseph Muzzy, and sister of Judge Ha Paige. She was l>om in Hordwic, Mass., July 28, 1 < S< >. Two of her children by Mr. Muzzy - Lucius and Franklin - are now residents of Springfield. To the second union of Mr. Armstrong and Mrs. Muzzy, there were born the following children: William. Ominda, Louisa and Lucinda; the latter two are residents of Springfield : Louisa, the wife of Benjamin. Furniss. to whom she was married in 1857, both having previously been married; to this union there were born three children, namely : Edward, Frank and Mary. Mr. Furniss was born in the State of New York in 1811, and 5 Irs. Fur niss was born on the old homestead known as "Greensido," in East Springfield, in the year 182*2. Lucinda was born at the same place August 4, 1824; was also raised and married in the same house; married to George O. C. Frankenburg, September 17, 1345. The grandchildren of the Armstrongs and Muzzy s number fifty-eight. Of Mr. Armstrong's children by his first wife, Cyrus was for twenty > ear:, Trer. mrer of Clark County. *