Clinton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1882 (part 13 of 17)

HARVEY SMITH, M. D., physician, Blanchester, son of Joseph and Hannah (Hair) Smith, was born iu Clermont County, one mile east of New Boston, January 14, 1824 ; was reared on a farm till sixteen years of age, attending the old log schoolhouses of those primitive times, during the winters. He then learned the house painting trade, at which he worked two years. He then attended a seminary at Batavia, Clermont County, two years ; then taught school one year, and studied medicine with Columbus Spencer, of Perrin's Mills. In 1843, he entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, and attended one course ; then came to Cuba and practiced two years. In 1856, he came to Blanchester, and in 1859 he graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, and returned to Blanchester, where he has remained ever since, enjoying quite an extensive practice. In February, 1847, he was married to Maria M., daughter of John and Margaret Mitchell, born in this county. They have one son, Eberle D., present banker of Blanchester. He owns a fine residence and five and a quarter acres of land on Lazenby street; also three farms containing 400 acres of choice land, with dwellings and outbuildings.

DAVID SMITH, farmer, P. O. Blanchester, son of John and Elizabeth (Butt) Smith, was born in this township within three hundred yards of his present residence, April 1, 1838. His father was a native of this State, and came from Scioto County to this township at quite an early date, and at the time of his death, which occurred December 20, 1863, he owned 127 £ acres of land, which David L. received and now resides on. He now has 158j acres, 140 under cultivation. He was married in Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio, February 4, 1864, to Martha W., daughter of William and Sarah Friend, born at Mainville, April 30, 1843. They have ten children - Eva, Sally, Julia, William, Nettie, Herbert, Minnie, Louise, David and Bessie. Mr. Smith is a member of the Grange society; himself and wife are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church.

EBERLE D. SMITH, banker, P. O. Blanchester, situated on Main street, below Broadway, known as the Blanchester Bank. He is a son of Dr. Harvey and Maria M. (Mitchell) Smith, and was born iu Cuba, Clinton County, October 25, 1848. He attended the common schools at Blanchester till 1864, when he entered Miami University at Oxford, where he attended six years and graduated with high honors in 1871. He received the mathematical honor. He then returned to Blanchester, and was engaged as Principal of the Union Schools one year. He then went to Ann Arbor, Mich., and studied law one year, returning in 1873. He then went as Indian trader to Fort Sill, Indian Ty., where he opened a store, and traded quite extensively with the Indians, taking furs of all kinds. He again returned to Blanchester and opened the bank, where he is at present operating, February 2, 1877. He also owns what is known as Broadway Livery Stable, conducted by C. B. lliley. Mr. Smith also has two fine farms, one on the State road ol 1793 acres, known as the Nathaniel Montgomery farm; the other is situated on the road running from the State road to Westboro, and consists of 114 acres ; both farms are under a high state of cultivation, dwellings and outbuildings on each. He also owns a fine residence on Lazenby street, with four acres of land. He was married in Blanchester, August 25, 1875, to Miss Clara B. Robb, daughter of Dr.

A. Robb, of this place also ; who was born in Highland County, Ohio. They have three children - Rowena D., Stanley R. and Ralph H. Mr. Smith is a member of the Masonic fraternity, also, of the Greek Society, a college society, Delta Kappa Epsilon; also a member of the Universalist Church.

GEORGE W. SNIDER, manufacturer, P. 0. Blanchester, of the firm of Snider & McCormick, blacksmiths, on Broadway, above Main street, is the son of James and Margaret (Spaulding) Snider, was born in Harlan Township, Warren Co., Ohio, in 1849. He was reared on a farm till twenty-one, then commenced to travel in the lightning rod business, in which he has been engaged ever since. He was married in Butlerville, Warren County, in 1876, to Ella, daughter of John and Emily Johnson. He came to Blanchester in 1879, and purchased a lot on Broadway street, where he has built a fine residence. In April, 1881, he bought one-half interest in the blacksmith shop on Broadway, where they do all kinds of repairing and general blacksmithing ; they employ from three to five hands.

ELISHA SPENCER, fireman, P. 0. Blanchester, in the flouring mill of his brother-in-law, John Burton, is a son of William and Priscilla (Stackhouse) Spencer, and was born in Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, September 10, 1843. He was reared on a farm, his father owning 100 acres of land in Union Township. When eighteen years of age, he enlisted in Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio, in the Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. David H. Miller, served three years and twelve days, and was in quite a number of prominent battles, among others, Chickamauga, Resaca and Jonesboro, besides a number of skirmishes. He was mustered out at Fayetteville, N. C., and returned to the old homestead, where he made considerable improvements, and remained two years. He was then employed by his brother, six years, part of the time in a distillery near Wilmington, where he also farmed several years, and then came to Blanchester and has since been employed as fireman in his brotherin-law's flouring mills. He was married in Greene Couny, Ohio, to Sarah J., daughter of Arthur and Druilla Ellison, born in Adams County. They have five children - Cora D., William R., Catherine A., Minnie and Harry A. Himself and wife are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church.

ROBERT SUPINGER, carpenter, Blanchester, son of Jacob and Mary (Oglesby) Supinger, was born in Shenandoah County, Va., in 1809. He was reared on on a farm till eighteen years old, when he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he has worked nearly ever since. In 1839, he came to Salem Township, Warren County, Ohio, where he remained seven years, during which time he was married, in 1840, to Sarah Conner, a native of Delaware. In 1846, they moved to Blanchester, where they have since resided. They had eight children, four now living - Jacob, Mary E., Lucinda and Grandville. His wife died July 26, 1878. Mr. S. owns a residence and one acre of land on Main street, above Grove street, twenty acres of land partly in corporation, and two lots in Anshutz & Patterson's Addition. In 1866, he was elected Township Trustee, which office he has filled ever since.

JOHN K. TRICKEY, contractor, Blanchester, son of William and Sarah (Osborn) Trickey, was born in Harlan Township, Warren County, Ohio, January 7, 1824. He was reared on a farm. When twenty-one years of age, he was married to Theodosia, daughter of John and Nancy (Henry )j Clippard, born in Harlan Township. His father gave him ninety acres of land in that township, and he built a small cabin and began life in the woods. He cleared about fifty acres. In 1854, he bought 164 acres in Marion Township, Clinton County, slnd again settled in the woods and cleared about 100 acres. In 1880, he sold it and moved to Blanchester, where he has resided ever since. He has been contracting on roads and buildings the last five years. Fie owns and rents three store buildings on Broadway. He also keeps the Sherman House, has ten acres in the village known as Trickey's Addition. Mr. Trickey has been a very enterprising man. Any enterprise for the good of Blanchester and its people is sure to find an able advocate and assistant in him. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity and Universalist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Trickey have seven children, all but one married - Sarah F., William H., Emma L., Thomas R., George W., Estelle and Alta.

THOMAS TROVILLO, farmer, P. 0. Blanchester, -son of Jonathan and Martha (McKee) Trovillo, was born in Center County, Penn., in 1807. He was reared on a farm. In 1812, his parents came to Cincinnati, where his father taught school a short time. He taught in a number of places, being a cripple and not able to do anything

In 1831, he was married to Maria, daughter of William and Ellen Vandervort, a native of Virginia. They had nine children, eight living - Paul J. enlisted in Westboro in the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was out six

James, Sarah, William, Ephraim K., Samuel H. and Mary E. Mr. T. rented land several years after his marriage, and then bought sixty-seven acres of land in Simms Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, where he cleared fifteen acres and made numerous other improvements. In the spring of 1864, he sold and purchased 125 J acres in Jefferson Township, this county, where he remained till 1869, when he came to this township and bought seventy-five and three-fourths acres of land two and one-half miles northeast of Blanch ester. He has sixty-eight acres under cultivation. Mr. Trovillo's wife died in April, 1880. His son Ephraim and wife are now living with him.

WILLIAM TUFTS, farmer, P. 0. Blanchester, son of Henry and Margaret (Grillis) Tufts, was born near Mainville, Warren Co., Ohio, September 5, 1836. He was reared on a farm. His parents came to this township about 1852, and bought 132 acres of land. He was married, September 27, 1867, to Lucinda M., widow of John B. Hall, who died in the army from the effects of a gunshot wound. They have one child - Harvey E. Mrs. T, has two children by her former marriage - Flora R. and James E. After he was married, Mr. T. bought fifty acres of land three miles northeast of Blanchester. In January, 1880, he also purchased forty-one and a third acres of land where he now lives, seventy-five acres under cultivation. Himself and wife are members of the United Brethren Church.

REDDING N. WA 1 X RIGHT (deceased), was a son of James Wainright. He was born in Monmouth County, N. J., January 2, 1811. At the age of sixteen, he was apprenticed to the shoemaker's trade, and served four years. He followed his trade in Hightstown till 1835, when he came to Warren County, Ohio. He remained a short time and returned to New Jersey, and in the autumn of 1836, with his father, three sisters, and a brother-in-law, Abram Skillman, came to Hopkinsville, Warren County. His father died in Goshen. The year after his settlement, he purchased a farm of 130 acres In Marion Township, Clinton County. In 1843, he located on the farm where his death occurred. He was a farmer by occupation, and always followed its pursuits. September 13, 1837, he was united in marriage with Eliza Leever, a daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Leever, and a native of Clermont County, where she was born June 5, 1816. Of their six children, three sons and two daughters are living - Susan A., born June 13, 1838, wife of George Bontell ; Caroline, born May 16, 1844, wife of Oliver Dungan, she died July 8, 1878; Mary E., born August 21, 1847, a teacher in the blind asylum at Columbus; Charles C., born January 7, 1850; Henry 0.. born March 5, 1852 ; and Robert L., born January 2, 1856. Mr. Wainright departed this life November 25, 1878, aged nearly sixty-eight years. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for a good many years. His political opinions were based on Republicanism. He was highly esteemed as a citizen and neighbor, and his death occasioned an irreparable loss both to the church and community.

JAMES M. WATKINS, farmer, P. O. Blanchester, son of Henry and Ruth (Thomas) Watkins, was born in Harlan Township, Warren Co., Ohio, July 5, 1825. His parents came from Harrison County, Va., about 1821, and bought 400 acres of land where James was born. He remained at home till twenty-four years old, then came to Blanchester, and engaged in buying and selling stock, and butchering two years. He was married, August 31, 1854, in Blanchester, to Ruth C., daughter of Mitchell and Penelope Wright, born near Blanchester March 15, 1836. They have five children - Albert, Warren, Mitchell, Lorrin and Isabelle. After marrying, he rented part of his father-in-law's land, whore he remained eighteen months. He oou- tinued renting till 1864, when he purchased sixty-four and one-half acres of land one and one-half miles northeast of Blanchester. In August, 1872, he bought fifty acres adjoining; now has about ninety acres under cultivation. His wife died where he now lives August 27, 1868. He again married September 17, 1871, to Sarah J., widow of Gideou Sears, by whom she has one son living - Charles M. Sears.

JONAS WATKINS, M. D., physician, P. 0. Blanchester, son of Wilford and Maria (Whitacre) Watkins, was born in Harlan Township, Warren County, February 17, 1831, and reared on farm till nineteen years of age, attending school about three months each winter. He then engaged in the study of medicine under Wilford Cusick, M. D., three years. In 1851, he entered the Sterling Medical College of Columbus, graduating in 1853. He practiced with his former instructor two years, and then came to Blanchester and practiced six years. He then opened a general store, and bought grain, etc.; at the end of two years he failed, loss $5,000. He then went to Clark County, near Springfield, where he practiced medicine eighteen months, and then returned to Blanchester, where he has again built up an extensive practice. In the fall of 1851, he was married in Jefferson Township, Clinton County, to Annie, daughter of Jesse and Mary Hockett. They have had five children, one living at present, Lyman, graduate of the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, and at present attending the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati. The deceased were named as follows: Zirari, Luella, Geneva and Charley. His wife died in October, 1863, and he again married in Vernon Township, Clinton County, to Mary J., daughter of William R. and Elizabeth (Darby) Austin, born in Vernon Township. Her parents were the first settlers of that township. They have had seven children, four still living - Lutie, Lizzie, Clay and Lulu. In 1873, they bought four lots on Broadway street, and the following year built a fine brick residence. They also have two lots and one and one-half acres adjoining, and one hundred and eighty -seven and one-half acres in Harlan Township, Warren County, one hundred and sixty of which are in a high state of cultivation. Mr. Watkins is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows Orders, of the Town Council, Director of the Building Association, President of the Cemetery Association, and himself and wife are members of the Fi;ee-Will Baptist Church.

HARRISON C. WATKINS, physician, Blanchester, son of Harrison P. and Mary (Collins) Watkins, was born in Clinton County, one mile west of Blanchester, February 26, 1838. When six months old, his parents moved one-half mile farther west into Warren County, still retaining the old homestead. They owned about 310 acres of choice land, of which his father cleared considerable during his life. He died on the old homestead November 30, 1869, in his seventy-third year. His worthy partner in his joys and sorrows is still living on the old homestead, with one of her daughters, at the advanced age of seventy-seven years. Mr. Watkins was raised on the farm till twenty-one years of age, attending school a few months each winter. He then entered the Normal School at Lebanon; also attended the Martinsville School six years, teaching winters. The last two years he read medicine, and in October, 1864, he entered the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, where he graduated February 15, 1866, and immediately returned to the old homestead, and was married, on the 22d day of the same month, to Miss Sarah T., daughter of John W. and Martha (Trickey) Rice. They had five children, three still living - George W., Howard R. and an infant not yet named. The deceased were named Hattie and Pearle. After his marriage, Mr. W. settled in Blanchester and commenced the practice of medicine, where he has since remained, and is now enjoying quite an extensive practice. In 1875, he was commissioned by the Government Examining Surgeon for Pensions, which he still holds. He has been a member of the Masonic lodge eighteen years, of which he has been Master several terms ; also a member of the State Eclectic Medical Association. Mr. Watkins owns a fine brick residence and four lots corner Main and Grove streets; also two fine farms of ninety acres in Harlan Township, Warren County.

JOSEPH WHITAKER, retired farmer, P. O. Blanchester, son of Oliver and Elizabeth (Kibbey) Whitaker, was born in Washington Township, this county, February 24, 1818. His parents emigrated from New Jersey at an early period. He was reared on a farm. He was married, in Washington Township, in 1841, to Rebecca, daughter of William and Ann McBryant. They have five children - William 0., Mary L. Ephraim K., Elizabeth A. and George N. In 1854, Mr. W. came to this township and bought 140 acres of land, nearly three miles east of Blanchester, on the State road. He now has 1 60 J acres of land there, 130 under cultivation. He erected a nice house, barns and made numerous improvements. In February, 1878, he came to Blanchester, and in 1880 he purchased a residence and two lots extending from Main to Center street. His family are all members of the United Brethren Church.

GEORGE ALLEN, of the firm of Allen & Son, lumber dealers, Sabina. Mr. Allen was born in Highland County, Ohio, in 1818, and is a son of George Allen, who was a native of New Jersey, and settled in Ohio in the year 1815 or 1816. Our subject was reared on the farm, which he continued on until 1841, when he went at the carpenter's trade in Ross County, Ohio, which he completed and worked at until his coming to Sabina in 1856, and since then has been engaged in his trade. In 1878, he added his lumber yard to his other business, in which he keeps building materia! of every description. He is a member of the Town Council, and he and bis wife are very exemplary members of the M. E. Church. He has been twice married; first, in 1844, to Amanda Fort, of Ross County, Ohio. Their children were eight in number, as follows: Ethan, William, James, Charles, Emma, John, George and Elk. Mrs. Allen died in 1863. His second marriage was celebrated in 1866 with Phoebe Chance, of Clinton County, Ohio, and to them six children have been born, viz.: Ivy, Etta M., Tillie, Lizzie, Anna and Frank.

J. R. AMOS, salesman, Sabina, was born in Washington County, Penn., in the year 1835, and is a son of John S. and Elizabeth (Rompley) Amos, natives of Maryland, in which they were reared and married ; afterward they removed to Pennsylvania, and, in 1849, went to Harrison County, Ohio, where they died. They were parents of four children, viz. : John M., Mary A., J. R. and N. D. Our subject was reared on the farm, and received only a common education in the district schools. In 1854, he came to Clinton County and engaged in the store business, and soon after went to Fayette County, Ohio, where he followed farming till 1861, when he came to Sabina and engaged in the grocery business, and since has been actively engaged in different lines of trade - for four years doing a carriage manufacturing business. In 1856, he was married to Sarah Pit.zer, of this county, and a daughter of Michael and Mary Pitzer, by whom he has had two children - George L. and Albert E. He is a worthy member of the Sabina Lodge of I. O. O. F., No. 501, and of the Encampment, No. 182. He and his estimable wife are members of the P. M. Church, to which they have belonged for a quarter of a century. He is of Democratic proclivities, and has long been a member of the School Board and Council here.

A. ARNOLD, of the firm of Arnold & Curtis, grocers, Sabina. Mr. Arnold is a native of Fayette County, Ohio, in which he was born in 1836, and is a son of Elijah Arnold, who settled in the above county with his father, John Arnold, and was born in the year 1800. He made a permanent home in Fayette County on a farm, where he died in 1875. Rebecca, his wife, died in 1881, aged eighty. Eleven was the number of their children, viz.: Q. B., Martha J., Mary A., Elizabeth, Jesse, Sarah, Abi A., John, Henry B., Alpheus and our subject, who remained on the farm till of age, when he went into the grocery business in Sabina with G. F. Grubbs, with whom he did business for a while, when ho sold out and returned to the farm and finally back to the store business. April 19, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Twelfth Ohio National Guards, in which he served four months, doing duty at Camp Dennison. Upon his return home, he went into the employ of Jacob Theobald, for whom he worked eighteen months. In September, 1864, he again enlisted, and this time in Company G, One Hundred and

Eighty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was a part of the Twenty-third Army Corps under Gen. Schofield. He was in the battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and numerous other smaller engagements. He was discharged at Salisbury, N. C., July 14, 1865. Upon his return home, he went into the saddlery business with G. F. Grubbs, a copartnership that existed until 1867, at which time he went to Wilmington, where he clerked for a firm one winter. Thence to Washington Court House, where he operated in dry goods for a short time. He has been twice married ; first to Artie, daughter of Shreve Gaskell, of Fayette County. She died in June, 1868, aged twenty-two years. His second marriage was celebrated with Amanda, a daughter of Anderson Rowe, of Fayette County, in the year 1870. In 1880, he left the farm and came to Sabina, and went into the grocery business with John Rowe, who sold to R. Curtis. He is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge of Sabina, No. 324, Chapter of Washington, No. 103. Joined the society in 1863, and is a worthy member.

J. H. BARNS, tinware and stoves, Sabina, was born in Winchester, Va., in the year 1839 ; at the age of twelve years, he began work for himself, his father having died when he was quite young. He continued his residence in his native place until 1860, when his mother, Eliza Barns, with her children, came to and located in Wilmington. In 1862, J. H. volunteered in Company G, Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; he followed the fortunes of the regiment in all its numerous marches and counter marches, and was a participant in a number of its engagements. Hard marching and the exposure of army life undermined his health, and he was discharged and returned to his home in Wilmington. After his return to civil life, he came to Sabina and purchased the shop in which he now does business. He was married, in 1865, to Maria E., daughter of Elias and Eliza J. Shewalter, of Indiana, who were formerly of this county. Eight children have been born to them, seven of whom are living, viz., Anna B., Harry D., James H., Elias H., George C., Alice M. and Frederick C. and Arthur, deceased. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Sabina, to which he has been connected since 1865, and has been one of the Trustees of the Church as well as one of the Village Council. He also belongs to the I. O. O. F., subordinate and Encampment, Sabina Lodge. His mother is yet living, and resides in Springfield, Ohio ; her husband, died in 1850 or 1851. With Mrs. Barns came to Ohio the following children, viz., Mary E., John H., Henrietta and Mary J.

A. BLOOM, miller, Reesville. The gentleman whose name heads this memoir was born in Greene Township, this county, in 1832, and is a son of Jacob Bloom, an old settler who resides in GreeDe Township. Our subject was reared to farm pursuits, a business he followed some years after becoming of age. In 1865, he went into the flouring and saw-mill business at New Antioch, where he was engaged two years, at the end of which time he came to Reesville, where he has since been engaged at milling. In 1864, he enlisted in the Forty-ninth Ohio Regiment, under Capt. Wilson, and served one month longer than his time. In 1855, he was married to Mary A. Murphy, of Clinton County, who has borne him nine children, viz., William, Nancy C., Mary B., Franklin C., Frances, Flora and Lora. Two died in infancy.

R. M. BUTLER, blacksmith, Sabina. The gentleman whose name introduces this sketch is the leading smith in the town, and one of the best workmen in the county. He was born in Virginia in the year 1845, and is a son of Daniel Butler, of Virgina. In 1877, R. M. Butler came to Sabina, and for two years thereafter plied his trade in a rented shop, where, in 1879, he built a large brick shop, in which he carries on his different branches of trade, viz., smithing, wagon and carriage-making and repair shop. In the order of Odd Fellowship, he belongs to both the subordinate and Encampment, numbered respectively 501 and 182. In 1877, he was married to Albertine Steen, of Adams County, Ohio, and daughter of John W. Steen, of the same county.

JOHN J. CLINE, retired, P. O. Sabina, is another of the old and well-known citizens of Clinton County. He was born in Virginia in 1806, and is a son. of Philip and Mary Cline, natives of the same State. In 1813, they came to Clinton County and purchased 100 acres of wild land in Richland Township. This land he cleared up and improved, and lived on during his life. They were entirely successful in their new home and accumulated a good property. Both were members of the Christian Church, and were exemplary people. Eight children were born to them, two of whom are living in this county, viz., Philip and John J. George resides in Fayette County, Ohio, and a daughter, Elizabeth Antrim, in Iowa. The deceased are Maria, Anna, Polly and an infant. Mr. C., Sr., died at the advanced age of eighty-four; his wife at the remarkable age of nearly one hundred years. Our subject was reared on the farm, and was married to Ida, the daughter of Ephraim Ditmus, February 9, 1826. She was born in New Jersey in 1806. Eight is the number of their children, all living, viz., William T., Kitty A., Greorge, Harrison, Charles, Mary, Maria and Alex. Mr. C. owns 200 acres at this time, and has helped his children to good homes. Both he and his wife are consistent members of the Christian Church, to which they have been connected for many years.

WILLIAM T. CLINE, farmer, P. 0. Sabina, is a son of John J. Cline, a pioneer whose sketch appears in this work. William T. was born in this township in the year 1826. He remained with his parents on the farm until twenty-four years of age, at which time, in 1850, he was married to Julia A., the daughter of John Mathew, an old settler in Clinton County. For a short time after his marriage, he lived in Fayette County, Ohio, and then settled where he now lives. He owns 108 aores of well-improved land, which he has brought to a high state of cultivation by a plentiful use of tile in under draining. Mr. C. is one of the prosperous and enterprising farmers of the county, and his accumulations have resulted in an excellent and comfortable home. His family has been sorely afflicted with much sickness, which resulted in the death of his beloved wife and three of his children. Mrs. Cline died November 19, 1879, at the age of about forty-two years. Their children were ten in number, viz., Albert, Angeline, John A., Silas F., Mary E., Allen T., Maggie, David H., Harriet E. and Lucy J. Mr. C. is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, to which he has belonged since 1872. His deceased wife was also a member of the same church, and a very exemplary Christian lady, whose death cast a gloom of profound sorrow over a happy home, wherein lived an indulgent and affectionate husband and loving children.

ALEXANDER CLINE, farmer, P. O. Sabina, is a son of John J. Cline, an old and well-known citizen, whose sketch appears in this work. Our subject was born on the old home farm in this township, in the year 1845. He remained at home with his parents until twenty-three years of age, at which time he began life on his own responsibility. In 1869, he was married to Susan J., the daughter of George Johnson, an esteemed citizen of this township, whose sketch also appears in this work. For three years after his marriage he lived on the home farm, and in 1872 came to where he now resides. He owns fifty-three acres of good land, which is comfortably improved. He and his estimable wife are members of the Christian Church, to which they have belonged fifteen years. To them have been born seven children, six of whom are living, viz., James E., George R., Gilbert T., Mary A., Reuben F. and Thompson Douglass ; Emma A., deceased. Mrs. Cline was born in Clinton County in the year 1848.

P. P. CLINE, of the firm of Savage & Cline, merchants, Sabina. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was born in Fayette County, Ohio, in the year 1850 ; his early life was passed upon the farm, the district schools affording him the advantages of a good practical education. He followed the fortunes of the farm until 1877, at which time he entered into a copartnership with his present partner, Mr. O. B. Savage in their present business. Being young men of good business qualifications and unquestionable integrity, they have aided very materially in making Sabina a trade center. Mr. Cline was united in marriage with Miss Alice Woodmansee, in the year 1872. Mr. O. B. Savage is a native of Highland County, Ohio, born in the year 1845. Unlike Mr. Cline, he was reared to mercantile pursuits ; his long experience makes him familiar with every department of the mercantile business. He carries on a store in New Lexington, Ohio, which, however, has no connection to the house in Sabina, it being under the management of Mr. Cline, while Mr. Savage resides in New Lexington and attends to the business there.

R. CURTIS, merchant, Sabina, was born in Wayne Township, this county, in 1826, and is a son of Edward Curtis, who was a son of Edward Curtis, Sr., of Virginia. Edward, Sr., was a son of Job Curtis, who was born in England, but came to and settled in Virginia, where he died. Edward, Sr., game with his family to Tennessee, where Edward, Jr., was born, and in 1805 he came to this State and located in this county. With him he brought wife and eight children, viz., Thomas, Mary, Frances, Rachel, Job, Edward, Martha, John, James, Sarah and an infant; the three latter were born in this county. Of these eleven children, Martha alone survives. Mrs. Curtis, wife of Edward, Sr., died in 1810 ; he survived her until 1843, when he died at the age of seventy-four years. His settlement here was made in an old Indian camp and among the red men of the woods. Edward, Jr., was married to Elizabeth, the daughter of John Lyon, of this county, after which he settled in what is now Wayne Township, where he lived many years, and in 1838 came to Richland Township, in which he resided till 1851, when he removed to Delaware County, Ind., and where he died in 1860. He was a member of the Christian Church, and was one of the founders of that church in the county. His wife died in 1856. To them were born nine children, two of whom live in this county, viz., Richard and James W.; five are living in other States, to wit : Nancy and Benjamin, in Indiana ; Edward, Martha and Job, in Illinois. The subject of this sketch labored on the farm until of age, when he began " huckstering," a business he followed four years. In 1851, he began merchandising in Wayne Township, and in 1853 he came to Sabina, and entered into a partnership with Jacob Thiebold, with whom he did business till 1858 in general merchandising. Selling his interest, he entered into a copartnership with his brother James W., with whom he did business until 1869, at which time he again became connected with Mr. Thiebold, with whom he was associated till 1876, when they closed out and organized a private bank, which they closed up two years later. In 1880, he became half-owner in his present business with Mr. A. Arnold. Was married in 1850, to Miss Lucinda, the daughter of Adam Plymire, by whom he had eight ihildren, three living, viz., Charley W., Milton C. and John J.; the deceased were Francis M., George R., Letitia and two infants. Mr. Curtis has been Treasurer and Trustee of the township ten years ; is one of the charter members of Sabina Masonic Lodge, No. 324; owns 265 acres of valuable land, and is one among the substantial and moneyed men of the county. Mrs. Curtis died August 9, 1880, aged fifty years. Both belong to the Methodist Protestant Church.

W. H. CUSTIS, Sr., farmer, P. O. Reesville, was born in Scioto County, Ohio, in the year 1813, and is a son of Robinson and Mary Custis, natives of Virginia, who settled in Union Township, this county, in either 1821 or 1822. He purchased 100 acres of partly cleared land, which became his permanent home ; he succeeded well in life, and was honored with some of the local offices of his township. Fervent in their devotion to religion, their lives were made brighter and more useful by a lifelong connection to the Methodist Episcopal Church. To them were born fifteen children, two of whom only at this time survive, viz., William H. and Mary Doan, nee Custis. He (Robinson) died in 1848, November 28 ; he was born in 1770. She was born in 1779, and departed this life November 22, 1848. They were married in 1793. Our subject passed his boyhood upon the farm, receiving only such learning as the country afforded at the time. In 1837, he was married to Mary, the daughter of Samuel and Mary Reed, who settled in this township in 1805. They came from Kentucky, in which they were married, and it is probable they were born in the same State. Upon settling in this township, he purchased 1,000 acres of land, which he afterward lost through an imperfect title, and had to pay for the same land the second time, on which he ended his days. He and wife were members of the Christian Church, and were of that class that gives tone and solidity to the community in which they lived. Nine children were born to them, of whom Mrs. W. H. Custis alone survives. He was born in 1778, and died in 1854. She was born in 1782, and departed this life in 1863. Our subject after his marriage settled on a small farm, near where he now lives, and in the same vicinity he has since resided, and now owns 194 acres of excellent land. To them have been born five children, all living, viz., Samuel R., Cyrus E., Sarah M.r

CYRUS E. CUSTIS, farmer, P. 0. Reesville, was born on the old home farm in this township in the year 1840, and is a son of William H. Custis, Sr., whose sketch appears above. Our subject remained with his parents on the farm until of age. He had the advantage of one year's course of study at Lebanon Normal School, which furnished him with a good practical education. August 6, 1862, he volunteered and was assigned to duty in Company G, of the Seventy-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was soon after transferred to the front and participated in all the battles of the regiment. He enlisted as private and was promoted to First Duty Sergeant the November following his enlistment ; was promoted Orderly, one month after his first promotion. September 24, 1864, was promoted Second Lieutenant, and February 1, 4865, he was commissioned First Lieutenant. All through the Atlanta campaign he was in command of Company G, and was a brave and efficient officer. He was honorably discharged from the service at Camp Dennison, in June, 1865. Upon his return to civil life, he resumed farming, but soon after engaged in the mercantile business, which he followed for two years, and then returned to the farm. He and his brother, J. J. Custis, own 200 acres of valuable, well-improved land. C. E. has been Trustee of the township three terms; is a member of the Sabina Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. He was married in 1870 to Letitia, the daughter of Absalom Douglass, by whom he has had one child, viz., Albert R. He and his amiable wife are members of the Methodist Protestant Church. She was born in 1844.

J. J. CUSTIS, farmer, P. O. Reesville, is a son of W. H. Custis, Sr., whose sketch appears above. Our subject was born on the old home place in 1846. In the district schools he received a good common education, and remained at home with his parents until his marriage, which was celebrated in 1878, with Miss Francenia, the accomplished daughter of Absalom and Mary Douglass, of whom mention is made in this work. After the above event, J. J. settled where he now resides. He and his brother Cyrus own together 200 acres of excellent land, which is nicely improved. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Custis, viz., Walter Vernon. They are exemplary members of the Protestant Methodist Church, to which they have been connected several years. Mrs. Custis was born in the county in 1851.

DOUGLAS W. CUSTIS, retired, Sabina, was born in Scioto County, Ohio, in 1811, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Savage) Custis. They settled in the above county just previous to the birth of our subject. William Custis was twice married, and by the above lady, his first wife, had five children, viz., Sallie, John (deceased), William (deceased), Harriet (deceased) and Douglas W. His wife, the mother of the above children, died in 1812. By his second marriage he had three children, who came to this county with their mother, viz., Nancy, Margaret and Littleton. He (William) died in Scioto County about 1828. Mrs. Custis, his second wife, died in 1863, aged ninety years. Our subject was married to Pemia, the daughter of Elkany Gustin, November 19, 1835. After his marriage he settled on land now owned by Charles Vaniman. Since, he has lived in different places, but always in the township. To Mr. and Mrs. Custis were born the following children, to wit: William, Isaiah, Ann M., Hannah J., Levi, Mary M. and Rhoda. Mrs. Custis died September 7, 1881, aged, upward of seventy years. Their son, Isaiah, enlisted in 1862, in Capt. Giffin's company of the Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After serving a short time he became disabled, and was discharged. Mr. Custis is a member of the Protestant Methodist Church, as was his deceased wife. T. L. Huffman, son-in-law of Mr. C's was born in Monroe County, Ohio, in 1847. and is a son of Thomas and Ruth Huffman, natives of the same county. Mr. Huffman came to Clinton County in 1869. He was married to Mollie M. Custis, the daughter of D. W. Custis, who has borne him three children, viz., Myrtie G. (deceased), Lorena T. and Leo C. Mr. Huffman owns forty acres of land where he lives, which is well improved. Mrs. Huffman was born in Clinton County in 1851.

precedes this sketch is one of the well-known citizens of this county, in which he was born in 1836. He is a son of Douglas Custis, an old settler. Our subject entered mercantile life in New Antioch, in which he did a dry goods and grocery business for several years, and in 1867 removed to Sabina, where he followed the same line of trade for fifteen years, and was successful. Lately he went out of the dry goods trade, and in its stead he added a large and complete stock of hardware, aud is now doing a general and extensive business in each line. In 1857, he was married to Susan, a daughter of Daniel Drake, an old settler of Clinton County, who has borne him eight children, viz., Charles W., Franklin, Ida B., Anna, James, Levi D., Luna M. and Gracie. Mr. and Mrs. Custis are consistent members of the Methodist Protestant Church of Sabina, and are exemplary Christian people. He is also a member of the order of I. 0. 0. F., Sabina Lodge, No. 501. Mrs. Custis was born on Staten Island in 1830, and was but six months old when her parents came to Clinton County.

A. CUSTIS, of the firm of Messrs. H. H. Johnson & Co., dealers in furniture, Sabina, was born in Clinton County in 1843, and is a son of the old and well-known Littleton Custis. Our subject remained on the farm until August 2, 1862, at which time he enlisted in Company G, of the Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He partook of all the dangers of this noted and memorable regiment, and passed through many of the hard-fought battles of the war ; was with Gen. Sherman's army to the sea, and was present with his regiment at the grand review at Washington in 1865, soon after which he was discharged. Upon his return to civil life, he located in Sabina, and engaged in the dry goods business, in partnership with the late H. H. Johnson, who afterward sold his interest to William Custis, and later they took in with them and the firm name became W. & A. & L. H. Custis. Afterward A. and L. H. bought out W., and soon after A. bought out the share of L. H., and continued the business until 1876, when he connected with D. M. Adams, who together did business till they sold to H. H. Tharp, when Johnson & Company bought out the furniture store they now operate. Mr. Custis is a member of the Sabina Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, No. 324. January 23, 1870, he was married to Sarah E., the daughter of Joseph Robinson, by whom he has had two children, viz., Effie and Frank. He and his amiable wife belong to the Friends' Church, to which they have been connected six years. He is Treasurer of the Corporation, and was formerly a member of the Town Council.

M. M. DAKIJN, grocer, Sabina, was born in Wilson Township, this county, in 1844, and is a son of O. H. P. Dakin (deceased), of whom mention is made elsewhere. The subject of this sketch was reared on the farm, and in the district schools obtained a practical education, which was developed by a term of study in the Lebanon Normal Institute. He remained on the farm until 1866. In 1868, he went to Iowa, and in 1870 returned to Sabina, where he has since been engaged in the grocery business and prospered. In 1874, he was married to Ella Kelso, by whom he has one child, viz., Willie. Mr. Dakin is an acceptable member of the Order of Free and Accepted Masons, belonging to the Sabina Lodge. In politics, is a Republican.

L. C. DAKIN, druggist and grocer, Port William, was born in Richland Township in the year 1847, and is a son of 0. H. P. Dakin, of whom mention is made in this work. His early life was passed on the farm, and the common schools afforded him his education. November 10, 1863, he enlisted in Company G, Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; he was immediately transferred to the front, and was in all the battles in which the regiment took part (thirteen in all) from Resaca to the close of the war. Was with Sherman on his memorable march to the sea, and was on the grand review at Washington, after which was transferred to Company H, of the Seventy-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was made First Corporal. He was discharged at Camp Dennison. Upon his return to civil life, he began farming again, from which he went into the drug business in Sabina. In 1882, he removed to Port William, where he established himself in his present business. In 1870, he was married to Susan Beard, who has borne him three children, viz., Florence, Perry E. and Nina F. Mr, and Mrs. Dakin are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which he has been connected since his boyhood.

B. J. DARBYSHIRE, farmer, P. 0. Sabina. Mr. D. is another of the old and well-known citizens ol Clinton County. He was born in Fayette County, Penn., November 7, 1823, and is a son of John and Elizabeth Darbyshire, natives of the above county, where they were reared and married. In 1830, they settled near Wilmington, this county, purchasing at the time eighty-three acres, which now is the Poor House Farm. Here they lived for twenty-eight years. Sold out and went to Port William, where he had traded for another farm, on which he made a permanent home. He died in 1872 or 1873 at about the age of seventy-two years. They were members of the M. E. Church, and were moderately successful. Nine was the number of their children, five of whom are living - B. J., James (in Clinton County), Thomas (resides in Muncie, Ind.), Samuel (in Illinois), and John (in Kansas). By his second marriage he had six children - Maggie E., Morris, Mary A., Letitia, Joshua and Xenophon. Our subject was reared on the farm, and in the district school received but a limited education, which was good considering the advantages and opportunities of that day. He followed teaching during the winter months, and as a teacher was a success. He has been largely engaged in contracting and building, and at one time stood at the head of this enterprise in the county. The schoolhouse and college in Wilmington were built by him. He owns 249 acres of most excellent land, which he cultivates in connection with his other business. He has been engaged in mercantiling in Sabina at intervals since 1875. Has served as Township Clerk five years and as Trustee one f year. Belongs to the Sabina Lodge of I. 0. 0. F., No. 501, and also to the Encampment, 182, of which he is a charter member. He was married, in 1852, to Maria L., the daughter of John Moore, of Fayette County, Penn. Seven children have been born to them, five of whom are living - Alexander, Lydia, Frank, Olive and Ona; Maggie and James E., deceased. He served four months in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Ohio National Guards, and was First Sergeant.

JAMES P. DARBYSHIRE, brick-maker and mason, Sabina, was born in Clinton County, Union Township, in the year 1836, and is a son of John Darbyshire, of whom mention is made in B. F. Darbyshire's sketch. Our subject was brought up on the farm and received no more than a common school education. In the fall of 1861, he enlisted in Company B of the Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was immediately transferred to the front and took a part in the Kentucky campaign, and was under the command of Gen. Garfield, and the regiment under Col. Cranor. He saw active service throughout the war, and participated in a number of the hard-fought battles. He escaped wounds, was never captured, and at the expiration of his time in November, 1864, was honorably discharged. Upon his return to civil life, he settled in Sabina, where he has since been employed in making brick and doing a general building business. He was married, in 1867, to Miss Martha E. Clark, who has borne him six children - Elsie D., Ruth E., Oscar C., Eva M., Evalena and Ernest C. Mr. D. is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge of Sabina, No. 324.

A. J. DARBYSHIRE, manufacturer of tile and brick, P. 0. Sabina. The above gentleman is the son of the well known B. J. Darbyshire, an old settler, whose sketch appears above. A. J. was born in Clinton County in 1857, in which he has since lived. In 1881, he founded his present extensive business, and his kiln has a capacity equal to any in the county. Recently he has put in an auger mill, which bores the tile, instead of plunging them. He is prepared to take contracts on all kinds of brick work, and guarantees satisfaction in all particulars. He is a worthy and acceptable member of the subordinate Lodge of the I. 0. 0. F. of Sabina.

B. E. DAUGHTRY, farmer, P. O. Sabina, was born in Southampton County, Va., in 1808, and is a son of Etheldred and Mary Daughtry. He was a native of Virginia, she of North Carolina. They lived and died in Virginia. Our subject was brought up on the farm. In 1832, ho, with a company of others, among whom were the Thorps, came overland to this county, and he returned the same year. In 1847, he was married to Mrs. Harriet (Story) Wilson, the daughter of Jesse and Patsey (Nubit) Story, of North Carolina. In 1854, he returned to Clinton County and purchased land. In 1872, he bought fifty-one acres, where he now lives, which is in good cultivation and well improved. He superintended the construction of some of the pikes in this township, and when living in Wilson Township served as Constable. Two children have been born to them, viz., Thomas D. and James C.

THOMPSON DOUGLASS, farmer, P. 0. Sabina, is a son of James and Mary (Taylor) Douglass, and was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, April 2, 1808. His father and mother were born in York County, Penn., he, October 8, 1769, and she November 28, 1773. His (James') father, William Douglass, was born in Ireland in 1725, of Scotch parentage, and was an only son of William Douglass. The former (William) came to America when a youth and settled in Chester County, Penn., and, June 21, 1753, was married to Elizabeth Matthews, of York ; settled there and had ten children, namely, David, Mary, Rachel, Martha, Elizabeth, William, John, James, Mary and Rebecca. Both lived to a good old age, she dying in 1820, over ninety years of age. She was a Scotch woman, small, quick of thought, of wonderful constitution, and plain of speech. James was the eighth child, a farmer of medium education, obtained at the common schools of the day. His father had a good farm of about four hundred acres of land, but a large family, consequently his mind was directed to the West at an early day. October 27, 1795, he married Mary Taylor, daughter of James and Martha (Steel) Taylor, of York County, Penn. He (James Taylor) was born in Chester County, Penn., of Irish parentage, January 5, 1745, and she in Newark, N. J., of American parentage, and married in Chester County, Penn., February 10, 1773, and removed to York County, and were parents of eleven children, namely, Mary, born November 28, 1773; David, Jane, Elizabeth, James Steel, Reuben, Jemima, Deborah, Enoch, Elijah and John ; and died in Columbiana County, Ohio, he at eighty-six and she seventy-nine years of age. James Douglass and family, after the birth of the first child, Levi, together with the Taylor family, removed West to the Ohio River, opposite Wellsville, on the Virginia side, in 1801. There Elizabeth was born, and, in 1802, removed to Columbiana County, Ohio, the year of its organization. There Absalom, Jeptha, Thompson, Steel and Milo A. were born. He then kept a tavern on a leading road from the Ohio River to Lake Erie until 1815, and there Levi died in 1812. He then, in 1815, went down the Ohio by Cincinnati to Warren

1816, moved to Richland Township, Clinton County, Ohio, over sixty-six years ago. Mary, the youngest of nine children, was born there. He bought 234 acres of land of Col. Thomas Hinkson, in Eggleston Survey No. 888, on Anderson's Fork, but, from some defect in the title, he had to buy over from William R. Cole, of Wilmington, and lost the first money - a common event with the first settlers in the Virginia Military District. He was a pioneer in both settlements, experiencing all the hardships and privations incident to new begiuners. He had a large family, limited means, and in a strange land. He and wife belonged to the Presbyterian Church, and James and William Dickey, Samuel Crothers, Burgess Gilliland preached for years in their logcabin. Having bought more land, in all 400 acres, he died in 1835, aged sixty-six years, and his wife in 1854, aged eighty-one years. He never used whisky, tobacco nor belonged to secret societies, and was a Republican. Thompson Douglass, the present subject, was eight years old when his parents settled in Richland Township, and was raised in nature's school, with plenty of hard work and little display. The old subscription school in winter was the only hope, and then from want of clothing, books, and other causes, he went but little. The sugar making, clearing up corn and other causes prevented him from more than reading, writing and arithmetic to the Rule of Three. After the farm was opened, he worked at stone-cutting during a part of the years of 1826, 1827 and 1828, first on the Miami Canal at Franklin, and then Scioto Canal at Circleville. His first wages were $8 per month, and ending at $25 per month. He was an expert workman. In the winter of 1828-29, he taught his first school, on the Galtaher farm, for six months at $12 per month and boarded himself, in which he succeeded only by the closest study, Then engaged for twelve months at $10 per month and boarded around, as it was called, and learned more of human nature and dispositions of mankind than ever before. He studied close and hard, and, with but little aid, completed the common English branches of a fair education. As his practice increased his wages increased to $40, $50 and $60 per month, with regular employ at home. He spent three summers in the Western prairies - the summers of 1838 - 39 - 40. April 26, 1840, he married Ann Coulter, the daughter of John and Margaret Coulter, an old schoolmate, born March 22, 1811, and raised on an adjoining farm, and has lived in Richland Township all her life. Her father and mother were born in Ireland, he in county of Antrim July 18, 1777, and she in Fermanagh County September 22, 1784. After serving in the army a term, he came to America in early life, and the Gibson family having come over to Cincinnati in 1790, he and Margaret Gibson were married at Cincinnati January 11, 1807. John Coulter had five brothers and one sister. All emigrated to America, and James, John, William and Mary settled in Richland Township. Mary married John Watson, of New York. James first married in Ireland, and afterward, Betsey Barton, of New York, and William married Mary Bloomer. All had families, and settled and died in Richland. There were nine in the Gibson family who remained at Cincinnati. John Coulter removed to Clinton County in November, 1809. They were parents of twelve children, namely, James, William, Ann, Elizabeth, Mary, Elizabeth, John, Jane, Alexander, Alfred, Sarah and George. John and George remain on the old home farm. The father, by industry and economy, acquired a large property, was a reed-maker by trade, but made made most by breeding mules and other stock. He was a warm and zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with itinerant preaching at his house for years, and afterward building the Coulter Chapel principally of his own means, was a Democrat all his life, and an advocate for schools, liberty and equality in its most liberal sense. He died in 1857, nearly eighty years of age, and his wife died in 1876, aged over ninety-one years. T. Douglass and wife are parents of six children. The two eldest, Albert and Sarah Jane, died; the former at the age of ten and one-half years, and the latter at twenty-two years of age. John James, Florinda Ann, George Thompson and Mary Arminda are living. November 19, 1840, he bought 120 acres of land near 1 Sabina, Ohio, and improved it by teaching in the winter and working on the farm in the summer, and afterward added to it the amount of 300 acres of good land. Office he never sought, but rejected it often, except School Examiner of the township, School Director, Township Clerk and County Commissioner. He has been an Abolitionist from early life, and a conductor on the "underground railroad " toward the north star, with sable passengers at midnight hours. In temperance, " dyed in the wool," and a strong advocate for " female rights " in education, occupation and position in society. He is President of the Pioneer County Association, and spares all time to gather the history and incidents of the first settlers, and in Sunday schools there are few better workers as Superintendent or teacher. He was a Whig, and is a Republican. He has voted at fourteen Presidential elections, lost six and gained eight. He uses neither whisky nor tobacco, nor is he a friend to secret organizations. He says: " If there is any good in them let the light be manifest, not put under a bushel ; not debar the invalid and needy." Believing in a free republican government in both church and State, where the ministerial and lay element should have equal rights and voice in her governmental policy, he and wife chose the Methodist Protestant Church because of her liberal principles and her representative polity, etc. They joined in the year 1860, since when they and family have retained their membership. He has been a delegate to many annual conferences, and all of general conferences and conventions of the church during his membership except one, namely, General Non-Episcopal Convention in Cincinnati in November, 1862, and in May, 1866, the General Conference at Allegheny, Penn. ; also in Cleveland in May, 1867 ; in Pittsburgh, Penn., in May, 1871 ; in Princeton, 111., in May, 1875; in Baltimore, Md., in May, 1877. He has contributed of his means in support of the church in all her departments of college, press, mission, ministerial, education and the home itinerant. His house has been the home of the weary, worn pilgrim for many years.

TIMOTHY DOAN, farmer, P. O. Sabina, was born in Indiana in 1814, and is a son of Joseph Doan, who settled in this township in 1818, on fifty acres of wild land, which he cleared up and lived on till his death, which occurred in 1825. Ho was the father of seven children, of whom only two are living. He was a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, taking more than ordinary interest in all matters pertaining to religion. Mrs. D. was again married to Elkany Jacks, by whom she had seven children. She died in 1880, aged eighty-six years. Catherine, mother of our subject, was a daughter of Timothy Bennett, who settled in this county when Indians were numerous, and of whom proper mention is made elsewhere. Our subject was married to Mary, the daughter of Robinson Custis, who has borne him twelve children, nine of whom are living. Mr. D. began life a poor boy, and through his long life of earnest toil, in which he has been assisted by his noble wife, has succeeded in accomplishing the great object in life, i. e., made a good home. He came to his present home in 1837, at which time it was densely covered with heavy timber. This, he cleared off, and now (1882) almost the last vestige, as a relic of pioneer days, has been obliterated, and a well-improved farm, with highly cultivated fields, adorns the work of transformation that has been erected by his own hands. Mr. D. has been a consistent and exemplary member of the Primitive Methodist Church of Sabina for a period of forty years, and is ardently attached to the cause of Christ and his preached word.

DAVID EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards & Lewis, dealers in hardware and groceries, Sabina. Mr. Edwards was born in Warren County, Ohio, in the year 1843, and is a son of John D. and Eliza Edwards. John D. was a son of Archibald Edwards, of North Carolina, who settled near Sligo, this county, and afterward removed to Massie Township, Warren Co., Ohio, where he made a permanent home, purchasing there about 1,000 acres of land. He was successful in his undertakings, and, at his death, left his children well off. John D. Edwards was married to Eliza G. Turner, of Parke County, Ind., who bore him six children, viz., William H., David, Harlan, Edith A., Mary E. and Milton J. Mr. E. died in 1864, aged fifty-five years. Mrs. E. departed this life in 1857, at about the age of thirty-six years. They belonged to the Friends' Church, in which both were reared. Our subject was brought up on the farm, and received a good common school and business education. In 1862, he enlisted in Company B, of the Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which regiment was largely on guard duty at Columbus and Cincinnati. He saw active service during his term of enlistment, and was discharged in July, 1865. Upon his return to civil life, he followed the fortunes of the farm for three years, two of which were on the old homestead, and one year on land he purchased after selling the old home place ; after which, he went to Covington, Ky., where he became interested in a Commercial College, and afterward was book-keeper for the firm of Briant & Hasty, of the same place. In 1875, he came to Sabina, where he organized a bank, of which he became Cashier. He went out of the banking business in 1877, and into the grocery, grain and coal trade with J. Pew, and the following year, bought his partner's interest, and continued the business alone until 1879, when B. J. Darbyshire took an interest in the business, and they together, became successors to Fulton & Crane in their hardware trade. In 1881, Mr. D. sold out to Mr. Clark E. Lewis, of Illinois, who is his present partner. Mr. E. was married, in 1864, to Miss Mattie J., daughter of Jabez Turner, of Warren County, Ohio. Two children have been born to them, viz., Nettie and Lydia E. He is a member of the F. & A. M., Sabina Lodge, No. 324. He and his estimable wife belong to the Friends' Church, in which they were reared. He has been a member of the School Board for several years, and entirely successful in business.

G. B. ELY, Sabina. The gentleman whose name introduces this sketch was born in Montgomery County, Ind., in the year 1842, and is a son of John C. Ely, a Virginian by birth, who died when our subject was but a child in years. His early life was passed upon a farm, and the district schools afforded him the only advantages for an education. In 1866, he came to Sabina and accepted the position of railroad agent and telegraph operator, the duties of which he faithfully discharged for eleven years. During the above time he was interested in milling and handling grain, besides being engaged in the furniture and undertaking business. In 1877, he abandoned the railroad office that he might give his private affairs closer attention. In 1878, he disposed of his milling and furniture business and went to Washington Court House, where he was engaged in the hardware trade till 1880, when he returned to Sabina and opened a clothing store. He is a member of the F. & A. M., Sabina Lodge, No. 324, and a member of both the Council and School Board. In 1868, he was married to Miss Mary W. Starkey, of Indiana. Their children are six in number, viz.: Imo, Ralph,

R. C. FRISTO, manfacturing tile, Reesville, was born in Mason County, Ky., in the year 1844, and is a son of Thompson Fristo, who settled in Clinton County, Ohio, in 1851. R. C. was reared on the farm, an occupation he followed until twentysix years of age, when he went to manufacturing tile, a business he followed four years, when he disposed of his business and engaged in dealing in walnut lumber. In 1876, he resumed making tile and now (1882) has one of the best appointed yards in the county and is doing an extensive business. In 1864, he enlisted in Company B of the Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served eight months. In the charge on Fort McAllister, near Savannah, he was wounded in the right groin, the ball severing the main artery; he was discharged in 1865, Thompson Fristo died in 1851, about one week after locating in the county.

A. J. GASKINS, physician and surgeon, P. 0. Sabina, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, in the year 1843, and is a son of John Gaskins, a native of Ohio, who was a son of Thomas Gaskins, of Virginia. The father of our subject was a physician, having studied medicine under the celebrated Dr. Hubble, of Clermont County, Ohio. He practiced in Brown County, for a number of years, and at present is located in Bentonville, Adams Co., Ohio. The boyhood of the subject of this sketch was passed in the village of Amelia, in his native county, in which place he received the rudiments of his literary education. When twenty years of age, he began reading medicine under his father, who was his preceptor until 1864, at which time he enlisted in the service of the United States, and was assigned to duty in Company A, One Hundred and Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served till 1865, when he was honorably discharged on account of disability, produced by a fractured limb. Upon his return home he continued his studies, and the following year located in Milledgeville, Fayette Co., Ohio, where he practiced two years, after which he entered the Eclectic School of Medicine and Surgery in Cincinnati, Ohio, from which institution he graduated in 1869. The same year, he located in Sabina, since when he has given his attention to the demands of an increasing practice. The Doctor is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Sabina Lodge, No. 501. In 1864, he was married to Miss Celia A., daughter of Rev. P. F. Johnson, by whom he has had three children, viz., James F., Lillie M. and Essie Elton. He and his amiable wife enjoy membership in the Friends' Church.

DAVID GIFFIN, deceased, was born in Virginia October 11, 1819. In his native State he was reared and received the rudiments of an education. In 1833, he settled in Ross County, Ohio, and followed his trade - that of blacksmithing - in the village of Bainbridge, until 1851 or 1852, at which time he embarked in merchandising, in which he was engaged till 1858, when he purchased a store in Sabina, which he operated eight years. Next he followed farming in this township for seven years, and at the end of that time returned to Sabina. Was elected Justice of the Peace, a position he held for fifteen years ; was also Mayor of the city. He held membership in the Sabina Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons and is a charter member of same. In 1862, he enlisted in Company G, of the famous Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and when mustered in was commissioned First Lieutenant ; he followed the fortunes of the regiment up to the Atlanta campaign and for meritorious service was promoted to Captain. He was honorably discharged on account of sickness, which incapacitated him from doing duty. He was a modest, unassuming gentleman, and a member of the Universalist Church. May 10, 1842, he was married in Ross County, to Miss Emily Bragg, of Virginia, by whom he had ten children, five of whom are living, viz., George W., Edward A., Sarah M., David E. and Anna M. The deceased were John W., Mary E., Samuel K., Richard II. and an infant. George W. enlisted May 9,

1864, in the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Ohio National Guards and saw active service during his term of service and was an efficient soldier; was discharged in August, 1864. Mr. Giffin died October 5, 1881. Mrs. Giffiu was born in the year 1821.

D. S. GINEVAN, butcher, Sabina, was born in Hampshire County, Va., in 1835, and is a son of Luther Ginevan, of Virginia. Our subject resided in his native county with his parents until 1860, at which time he came to Ohio, and, in 1861, located in Sabina and for two years thereafter followed farming, after which he engaged in the butcher business, in which he has since been employed. January 1, 1863, he was married to Anna M., the daughter of Jesse Mathew, by whom he has three children, two of whom are living, viz., Blanche and Lucy ; Luther, deceased. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, subordinate lodge, and to Encampment, No. 182 ; in the latter, he is a charter member. He and wife are members of the Christian Church, to which they have belonged since 1866.

ANDREW GLASGOW, retired farmer, P. 0. Sabina. This gentleman was born in Lancaster County, Penn., in the year 1800, and is a son of William and Elizabeth Glasgow, who both died when our subject was but eight years old. Being' thrown upon the world at this tender age, he was bound out to a farmer till of age, at which time he was bound to a tailor, and for two years labored hard at a trade which he never liked nor finished. He then went back to the farm on which he labored as a hand up to his coming here. In 1839, he settled in Richland Township, where he bought a piece of land in the woods, which he cleared up after night, and worked through the day for others, that he might thereby enhance his pecuniary abilities. He has been four times married; first to Sarah Mellinger, August 15, 1824, by whom he had seven children - Anna E., John M., Sarah M., Maria C., Andrew W., Naomi H. and an infant daughter, Phylenda. Mrs.'G. died April 4, 1842. April 6, 1843, he was married to Claiissa Tysor, who bore him one child - Thomas T. Mrs. G. died February 2, 1845. His third marriage to Susanna Marks was celebrated February 15, 1855. His fourth and last marriage was consummated with Kitty A. Barlow December 14, 1861, who is living at the present time (1882). His son, Thomas T., enlisted in the regular service, but on account of sickness returned home, and, when recovered^, enlisted in the marine service, and was drowned November 4. 1863. His present wife was born in Loudoun County, Va., in 1816. She was married to Eli Barlow in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1833, and six children were born to them, viz. : James M., Mary, John J., Elizabeth, Marshall H. and Anna. Mr. Barlow died in Clinton County in 1853. James, his son, volunteered, in 1861, in the Fortieth Ohio Regiment. Mr. and Mrs. Glasgow are members of the Christian Church, to which she has belonged since 1836, and he since 1877. Both are highly respected, and are euding their days in a quiet and contented manner.

W. K. GREELEY, miller, P. O. Sabina, was born near Mainville, Warren Co., Ohio, in 1825, and is a son of Seth Greeley, an old settler in the above county. The subject of this notice was reared on the farm, and after attaining his majority engaged in running a saw mill in addition to farming; in this way he was employed ten years and derived profit from his labors, after which he operated a flouring mill at Pleasant Plains for a period of ten years, and was again successful. Next he farmed for a, few years, and in 1878 purchased the mill he now operates; he also buys and ships all kinds of grain, doing a general shipping business. He was married in 1848 to Miss Margaret J., daughter of James McPherrin. of Warren County, Ohio, by whom he has had nine children, five of whom are living, viz., Nancy M., Allie, Harriet E., Carrie D. and John W., and the deceased were Seth J., Adolphus, Mary A. and Ellen. Mr. Greeley belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Sabina Lodge, No. 501, and also to the Free-Will Baptist Church. Seth and Jane (Boardman) Greeley, the parents of W. K., were natives of the State of Maine, from which they emigrated to Ohio about 1817 or 1818, and located in Warren County, near Mainville, where they lived and died. He was largely interested in educational matters and was a leading spirit in the building of the Mainville Academy. To him were born nine children, six of whom are living. He died in 1850, aged sixty-four years.

JOB ,H. HAINES (deceased) was born in North Carolina, September 14, 1809, and was a son of John and Lydia Haines, who settled in this county in 1810. The subject of this sketch was but one year old at the time the family settled here. He received the rudiments of his education in the district schools, which was developed by a course of study in the McMillen College in Xenia, Ohio, which thoroughly fitted him for the profession of teaching, which he began at age of eighteen, and followed steadily in the county for sixteen years. June 14, 1840, he was married to Rebecca, the daughter of William and Ann Noble, old settlers. For three years after his marriage, he taught school during the winter months and farmed in the summer, after which he located on land in Greene Township, which he purchased, cleared up, improved and lived on for twelve years, when he sold out, and in 1854 purchased 406 acres, where his wife at present time (1882) resides. This land he cleared up and improved, which at his death was one of the best improved farms in the township. He prospered and was a hard-working and successful farmer - shrewd, but never venturesome. His interest in schools and the general advancement of education, was always strong, and he zealously supported every measure that had a tendency to develop the intelligence of the people. He was reared in conformity to the requirements of Quaker faith and discipline, which faith he clung to through life. To him were born six children, all living, viz., Mary J., born in 1841 ; William N., born in 1843 ; Stephen P., born in 1845 ; Samuel L., born in 1847 ; Frank M., born in 1850 ; Albert M., born in 1855. Mr. Haines departed this life August 26, 1879 ; was a member of Free and Accepted Masons, belonging to the Vienna Lodge. Mrs. Haines was born in Greene Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, June 14, 1821.

ISAAC HAINES, farmer, P. O. Sabina, was born in Union Township, this county, in 1813, and is a son of Job and Elizabeth (Doan) Haines, He was born in North Carolina, and when a young man came to Clinton County, and was one of its first settlers. He was a farmer and blacksmith by occupation. He was married to a daughter of Joseph Doan, of whom mention is made elsewhere. Fifteen children were born to Mr. Haines, Sr., two of whom are now living, viz., Isaac and Jeremiah. The deceased were Joseph, John and Jemima, the balance died in childhood. Jemima was drowned in a tub. For many years Mr. Haines lived in this county, then went to Fayette County, Ohio, in which he died about 1855. Mrs. Haines died in about 1857. He served in the war of 1812. Our subject was brought up on the farm, and when old enough learned the blacksmith trade, which he followed seventeen years, after which he resumed farming on the place where he now lives. He owns 132 acres of excellent land, well improved. In 1835, he was married to Miss Susanna, the daughter of James Lundy, of Clinton County, Ohio, who has borne him three children, viz., Elizabeth, Mary J. and Joseph ; the latter was a member of the Seventy-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He and his amiable wife are consistent members of the Methodist Protestant Church, of Sabina, to which they have belonged for twenty years or more. Politically, Mr. Haines is a Republican, having always voted with that party upon all questions at issue.

RICHARD HALL, farmer, P. O. Sabina. Mr. Hall was born in Harrison County, Ky., in 1822, and is a son of Richard Hall, Sr., who was a native of Kentucky and whose parents were of Virginian birth. Our subject was reared on the farm and received but a limited education in the district school. In 1850, he with his family came to Clinton County, and for three years thereafter operated a saw mill near Sabina. After, he disposed of his mill interest and removed to Jackson County, Mo., in which he resided several months ; then returned to this county and purchased ninety-three acres of land, which he cleared up and improved. At present he owns one hundred and twentyone and one-quarter acres of excellent land, all of which was made by his own work and industry. In 1850, he was married to Nancy Lail, of Kentucky, who has borne him eight children - six living, viz., Charles, George F., Jeptlia, Albert, Rufus and Anna ; Mollie and an infant deceased. He and his estimable wife are members of the Christian Church of Sabina, to which church he has been connected since sixteen years old. In politics, Mr. Hall is Democratic.

gentleman whose name introduces this sketch is a native of the county in which he lives, having been born in the year 1852, and is a son of Harvey Hall, an old settler. Dean was reared to farm pursuits, and the district schools afforded him the advantage of a practical education. Tiring of the laborious work of the farm and desiring a more active business life, he came to Sabina in 1880 and engaged in the livery business, which he followed till the following year, when he sold out and purchased an interest in his present store. Mr. Hall is unassuming in his deportment and one of those peculiarly interesting gentlemen, whose acquaintance, if made, is never forgotten. He was married in 1877, to Hattie, the daughter of John Hinkson, of this county, by whom he had two children, one of whom is living, viz., Telfair. Only a few years of married happiness was his to enjoy, when on the 3d day of August, 1881, death visited his home and robbed him of his young and amiable wife, when in the eighteenth year of her age.

WILLIAM HENDERSON, farmer, P. 0. Sabina, is a son of Mathew Henderson, of whom mention will be made at the foot of this sketch. Our subject was born in Washington County, Penn., in tbe year 1837. His parents removed to Clinton County, Ohio, in 1843, at which time William was but six years old. He remained with his parents until the fall of 1861, at which time he enlisted in Company D, Fortyeighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The following spring the regiment was put into active service in Kentucky, which it maintained- during the war. Our subject was in all of the battles in which the regiment was engaged, except " Red River," when a great number of the regiment was captured. Our subject was wounded at Shiloh in the right hand, and also received other scratches. He veteranized in 1864, and was discharged in July, 1865. Upon return to civil life he went to his old home, where he remained till his marriage, which occurred August 20, 1868, to Miss Mary R., the daughter of Seymour and Elizabeth Douglass, of whom mention is made in this work. After his marriage he located where he now lives, and his farm consists in 103 acres of good land, and he is paying especial attention to fruit growing - having a large assortment of all kinds of fruit. He and his estimable wife are consistent members of the United Presbyterian Church, to which he has been connected since childhood ; three children have been born to them, viz.: Ernest D., Jesse E. and M. E. Ruth.

Mrs. H. was born in Wilson Township, this county, in 1843. Mathew Henderson, father of our subject, was born in Washington County, Penn., in 1810. His wife, Margaret Laird, was born in the same county, in 1812. They were married in their native county, in which they lived till 1843, the time of their coming to Clinton County. William Henderson was the father of Mathew, and was born in Ireland, as was his (William's) wife Ealy Jeffry; he died in Pennsylvania and she in Clinton County. Samuel and Margaret Laird, the parents of Margaret (Laird) Henderson were weavers by occupation, and died in Pennsylvania. Mathew Henderson purchased partly cleared land in Clinton County when he came, which he improved, and made a permanent home. To them were born the following children, to wit : William,

Margaret, James L., Ealy J. (deceased), Mathew H., Joseph W. (deceased) and Rebecca. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the United Presbyterian Church, in which he has been a Ruling Elder since 1860. He has been a successful and highly respected citizen.

ROBERT HENRY (deceased) was born in Pennsylvania, in 1790, April 2, and was a son of Robert and Ann Henry, who were born in Ireland, both in the year 1740. They emigrated to America and settled in Lancaster County, Penn. To them were born three children, viz.: James, Elizabeth and Robert. The two former died in the above county. Robert, Si'., died in 1824; his wife died in 1797. Robert, the subject of this sketch, was reared a tinner and coppersmith, which he followed for a livelihood till 1831, at which time he came to Clinton County. He was married in Pennsylvania to Margaret, the daughter of Frederick and Catherine Wilburn, in 1816 ; he was born in Pennsylvania, and she in Maryland. In 1831, our subject, with his wife and family of six children, came by team and wagon. He purchased 200 acres of land on the south side of Wilson Township, which is now occupied by Nathan Henry. This land he, with the aid of his sons, cleared up and improved, and on which he died, July 20, 1864. He was a successful and unassuming man, always attentive to his own business. To them were born the following children, seven of whom are living, viz.: Elizabeth, James, George, Sarah, John, Nathan and Cyrus.

The deceased were Samuel, Charles, Weaver C., Sarepta, Devos and David. The following sons served in the late war : Samuel was a member of Company D, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Ohio National Guards; he enlisted in 1864, and was killed at Monocacy, July 9, 1864. Nathan enlisted in 1862, in the Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; he saw active service during the war and was wounded in the right arm. Cyrus was a member of Company D, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Ohio National Guards, enlisted in 1864 ; was wounded at Monocacy, losing six teeth. Weaver was in an unknown Indiana regiment, and was killed at Shelby ville, Ky. Mrs. H. was born near Leesburg, Va., in the year 1797. At the present time (1882), she is in good health and strength, with memory unimpaired by the weight of eighty-five years.

HEV. Z. D. HICMAN, Sabina, is a native of Harrison County, W. Va.,in which he was born January 17, 1823, is a son of Z. and Mary (Peck) Hicman, of Virginia ; his father was born February 18, 1777, on the present site of Clarksburg. She was born in Berkeley County, Va., May 1, 1780. He died in February, 1854; she departed this life in 1873 ; they were parents of fourteen children, eleven of whom grew to man's estate. The early life of our subject was spent on the farm, which he followed for a livelihood till 1849, when he came to Ohio and entered the ministry, working in different circuits up till 1862, at which time he enlisted in Company D, of the Seventyninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served till February, 1863. In the fall of the same year, he entered the ministry, and in May, 1864, enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Ohio National Guards, in which he served his enlisted time. Was captured at Barryville, Va., Angust 3, 1864; was imprisoned in Lynchburg for a time, and afterward was removed to the Libby Prison, where he was released on parole. Upon returning to civil life, he again entered the ministry, in which he has since devoted his time, an earnest and zealous worker in expounding the preached word, and an ' untiring and indefatigable laborer in doing good in his master's vineyard, in which he has toiled uncomplainingly for thirty-two years. In 1841, he was married to Elizabeth A., the daughter of Jackson and Hannah Cattrill, of Virginia, by whom he has had fourteen children, seven of whom are living, viz., Charlotte A., William P., Lewellen V., John F., Mary F., Zach F. and Florence I. The deceased are as follows : Jackson McClure, who, in 1861, enlisted in Company H, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry; saw active service until 1863, when he was shot through the heart and instantly killed while leading the advance at Tullahoma, Tenn., aged twenty-one years; Elsie J., Marshall W., James H., Uriah B., Clarion and Sheridan. James Cattrill was born in Virginia in 1798 ; he died in his native State October 19, 1841 ; she was born in 1803, and at present is living with Mrs. Hicman, her only child. He, Mr. H., Sr., by his first wife, Fanny Baylen, had one child, viz., Marshall B. Mrs. Z. D. Hicman was born in Virginia in 1825. Mr. II. is a member of the Order of Free and Accepted Masons.

C. B. HILL, Postmaster, P. 0. Sabina, of the firm of Hill & Curtis, dealers in groceries, books and stationery. Mr. Hill was born in Brown County, Ohio, in the year 1841 K and is a son of James K. and Eleanor Hill. He is a native of Pennsylvania, she of Kentucky. The boyhood days of C. B. Hill were passed in the rural districts in a manner common with farmer boys, receiving the bulk of his education in the country schools, which was, however, brushed up with one term of study at a Normal school. After attaining his majority, he began life on the farm, in Brown County, Ohio, in which he resided until 1866, when he came to this township and followed the avocation of farming till 1870; he then engaged in the grocery business in Sabina, and after an experience of two years, disposed of his business, and for the two succeeding years found employment as a salesman In Sabina. Ho was appointed Postmaster of the Sabina Office in 1876, and is the present incumbent. In the fall of 1879, Mr. H. C. Curtis became a partner in his business, and their storeroom is replete with a large and well selected stock, representative of their line of trade. He is a member of the

Sabina Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 324; also, of the Sabina Lodge, I. 0. 0. F.. No. 501. Officially, Mr. Hill has been well represented in honors of a local character,, having served the people of the township as Clerk and Constable two years, and as Township Treasurer three years ; Assessor for two years, and Clerk of the Corporation of Sabina six years. He and his wife are members of Evangelical churches, and are of that character which gives tone and solidity to society. He has been twice married, first, to Jennie Hughey, of Brown County, Ohio, in 1868, their marriage being celebrated in Clinton County. Three children were born to them, all deceased, viz.: Mittie'J., Harry A. and Archie W. Mrs. Hill departed this life in 1872, at the age of twentyfour years. His second marriage was consummated with Emma Allen, in 1874. Their children are three in number, viz.: Claudie 0., Nina L. and Athel G. Mr. Hill is a

WILLIAM G. HUTCHINGS, P. 0. Sabina, is a son of John and Edith (Horn) Hutchings, and was born in Northampton County, N. C., October 13, 1818, of English ancestry. His father's children, by first wife, were William (died in infancy), John, William G., Celia, Martha, Sarah and Susan ; by his second wife, sister of former wife - Archibald, Jesse, Emily and Catherine ; all the latter are dead. John went to Mississippi, afterward to Central America, during the Mexican war. Celia is in Mississippi, and Sarah in Southampton County, Ya. William G.'s mother died nine days after his birth ; his father lived in same locality till 1848, when he died at seventy-four years of age. He (W. G.) came to Ohio in 1840. First, he went with his uncle, William Horn, to Liverpool, England, and was absent two years. Went again with same uncle, and was absent one year, after which he cruised along the coast, and elsewhere, until coming back to Ohio, as above stated. With Benjamin Barnes, of this county, an acquaintance, he stayed till 1843, at which time he went to Mississippi, in search of his brother John, who had resided at Raymond, but upon reaching there found he had gone to Texas with a company of soldiers. In 1845, he returned here, and shortly after, went to North Carolina, on business, and, upon his return, was married to Elizabeth, the daughter of Cyrus and Judith Reed, an old and respected family of the county; his marriage was consummated August 23, 1847. Nine children have been born to them, viz., Emma, Clara, Carothers, Reed, John, Callie, Rose, William and Neva; Clara, Carothers, Reed and John, are dead. Emma married Samuel Douglass, and Callie married David Wright. Mr. Hutchings is a variety man in the fullest sense of the term - useful in every department of trade and life ; in dry goods store, drug store, tavern, Postmaster, auctioneer, artist, or assistant engineer, or what not he can lend a helping hand. In cases of sickness or misfortune, no kinder person or better nurse can be found. His estimable wife was born in this township, September 30, 1826. She has lived in the township all her life, except one year spent in the " Miami House," at Morrow, Ohio. She is a consistent Christian lady, and holds membership in the Christian Church. Mr. H. belongs to the order of Masonry, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Reed, father of Mrs. H., was born in Ya., in 1784; moved with his parents to Kentucky in 1788. His children were Absalom, Samuel, Cyrus, George, Josiah, Daniel, John, Sarah, Dolly, Hannah, Elizabeth and an infant. The two elder sons came to this county in 1801 or 1802, and bought the Lindsey Survey, number of entry, 732. Unfortunately they lost their money, and bad to buy over. Their settlement was made in 1806. They dealt largely in stock, and were very respectable citizens. Absalom held the Justiceship about twenty years. Cyrus (third son), served a term in the war of 1812, after which he came to Clinton County, and bought one hundred acres of his brothers. He married Judith Town, of Pickaway County, Ohio, August 12, 1819; they had nine children, viz.: John, James C., Mary, Elizabeth, Christy Ann, William, Josiah and two infants. Cyrus Reed died in May, 1861, aged seventy-seven years. Judith, his wife, died June 2, 1864. The children of Joseph and Mary (Slocum) Town, are as follows: Avis (Davis), Anor (Miller), Martha (Ransey), Giles, Judith (Reed), Mary (Owens), Elizabeth (deceased), William, Ebenezer, Benjamin, Elizabeth (deceased), and two infants - thirteen in all.

County, Va., in the year 1812, and is a son of George Johnson, Sr., a native of the same State, who settled in Fayette County, Ohio, in 1837, and close to where our subject now resides. Here they made a permanent home. Mr. Johnson, Sr., died in Clinton County in 1874, when in the ninety-sixth year of his age. His wife died in 1850. Our subject has lived principally in Clinton County since 1852. He has served as Justice of the Peace for fifteen years, and has held the offices of Trustee and School Director. In 1845, he was married to Miss Agnes J. Doggett, of this county, by whom he has had thirteen children, nine of whom are living, viz., George R., Susan J., Daniel C., Zennetta A., Reuben T., David, Levi R., Mary E. and Edson T. The deceased were James W., Ellen R., John W. and an infant. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Disciples' Church of Sabina, to which they have belonged for a number of years. His farm numbers 130 acres of excellent land, George and Elizabeth Doggett, parents of Mrs. Johnson, were natives of Virginia, who located in Wayne Township, where they lived and died. He departed this life in 1865, aged seventy years seven months and seven days; she died June 3, 1868, aged eighty years. Mrs. Johnson was born in Culpeper County, Va., in 1825.