Clinton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1882 (part 4 of 17)

ADDISON P. RUSSELL, of Wilmington, was born in that town September 8, 1826, and is a son of Charles Russell, a native of Virginia and a scion of Revolutionary stock, who emigrated to Ohio early in the present century. Charles Russell was a merchant and manufacturer, and one of the prominent men of Wilmington for many years. His wife, Mary (McNabb) Russell, was a native of Ireland, but a descendant of the Scotch clan of McNabb. Charles Russell and his wife are both deceased, the former's death occurring at Wilmington, April 16, 1872, and the latter's at Middletown, Ohio, September 25, 1862. Their son, Addison, was reared and educated in his nauve place, attending the schools during winters until he was sixteen years of age. He then became an indentured apprentice in the office of the Gazette , at Zanesville, Ohio, remaining for a few years subsequent to November 9, 1842. Next taking editorial charge of of the Hillsboro News , he conducted that paper for one year, beginning July 1, 1845. From January, 1847, until July 1, 1852, he resided at Lebanon, but at the latter date returned to Wilmington and purchased a half-interest in the Clinton Republican, which he retained several years. In 1855, he was elected to the Legislature from Clinton County, serving two years. In 1857 and 1859, he was chosen by the Republicans of Ohio for Secretary of State, and in 1862 was appointed financial agent for Ohio in New York City, by Gov. Tod. He was re-appointed to the same office by Gov. Brough, 1864, and by Gov. Cox in 1866, since when he has not engaged in politics. His attention has for a number of years been engaged in literary labors, and Mr. Russell has become an author whose works are recommended by the best critics of the country. His first work was an anonymous publication, issued by D. Appleton & Co., of New York, in 1867, and entitled "Half Tints: Table D'Hoteand Drawing Room." In 1875, the first edition of " Library Notes" appeared, published by Hurd & Houghton, of New York. This volume gained a wide reputation, and was commended near and far for its value and interest. The first edition was soon out of print, and in 1879 a second edition was published by Houghton, Osgood & Co., of Boston. His third work, " Thomas Corwin; a Sketch," was published in 1879, by Robert Clark & Co., of Cincinnati, and was warmly received by all who knew aught of the great orator and statesman. Mr. Russell's first volume, " Half Tints, etc.," has been long out of print. He at present resides in Wilmington, enjoying the content of a leisure well earned, and is looked upon as a thorough gentleman, an excellent scholar and a substantial citizen.

Savage, born in 1804, and in early life was a school teacher. He is now engaged in farming in Wayne Township, this county. Mr. Savage's mother was Frances Battson, born in Kentucky May 30, 1813, and a daughter of the Bev. Robert Battson, a minister of the Christian Church. John S. Savage grew to manhood in Ohio, coming to Clinton County in 1853. He obtained a fair English education, and his first vocation was that of a school teacher, which profession he followed five years. During this time, he devoted his spare moments to the study of law, and on May 18, 1865, he was admitted to practice at the bar. The same year he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Illinois. Mr. Savage opened a law office at Wilmington, where he has since been engaged in active practice. The firm of Savage & Smith (Simeon G. Smith) is one of the best known in Clinton County, and enjoys a large and remunerative practice. Mr. Savage has always been a strong Democrat, casting bis first vote for George B. McClellan, in 1864. In the fall of 1874, he was nominated by the Democracy for Congress, from this district. His opponent was John Q. Smith, and the district was largely Republican. In the face of all this, the popularity of Mr. Savage with the people was fully established by his being elected by a majority of 1,162 votes, thus showing that the people had faith in his honesty and uprightness, and would elect him irrespective of party. He declined a second nomination. Mr. Savage is a member of Wilmington Lodge, No. 52 (Masonic), also of the Chapter. He is a Knight Templar, and connected with Miami Commandery, No. 22, of Lebanon, Ohio. Mr. Savage was united in marriage, December 31, 1868, to Lydia Ayers, a native of this county. Of their four children, two are living - William H. and G. LeRoy. Charles and Lawrence are deceased. Mrs. Savage is a member of the Christian Church.

L. D. SAYRES, one of the leading dry goods merchants of Wilmington and Clinton County, was born in the village of Wilmington, August 31, 1841. His father was H. D. Sayres, a native of New Jersey, who came to Ohio in 1830. He was a, batter by trade, and is still living. Mr. Sayres mother was Miss E. Baker, a native of Ohio. Mr. Sayres was reared in Wilmington, and educated in private schools. In 1857, he commenced in his present business, as a clerk for Fife, Sayres & Fife. In 1860, the firm became Fife & Sayres (his father being the junior partner). In 1862, the firm became Fife, Sayres & Co. (our subject being the " Co." of the firm). In 1865, the firm of H. D. Sayres & Co. took charge of the business, and in 1869, Mr. Sayres purchased his father's interest, and has since conducted the business alone. He is the second oldest salesman and merchant in the village, and enjoys a trade as large as any in his line of goods, in the county. In 1861, Mr. Sayres enlisted in Company H, Thirty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and shortly after was placed in hospital service. He was subsequently placed in the commissary department, at Gen. Grant's headquarters, where he finished his two years' war service. Mr. Sayres is a supporter of the principles set forth by the Republican party, and at present is one of the village Councilmen. He is also connected with the Royal Arcanum. He was married, September 14, 1864, to Phebe G. Bailey, of Cincinnati. They have four children - Lillie C., Clara B., Essie and Lida. Mrs. Sayres and children are members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Sayres' mother still resides in the village, and enjoys excellent health.

WILLIAM SCHOFIELD, Sr., proprietor Schofield's Woolen Mill, Wilmington, was born in England November 21, 1822. His father was James Schofield, a manufacturer of woolen goods. His mother having died when quite young, Mr. Schofield accompanied his father and family - which consisted of seven sons and two daughters - to America, about the year 1838. The father died in 1845 or 1846. The subject of this sketch learned his trade when but eight years of age, with his father, in England. He has worked at it ever since - over half a century. He resided in Philadelphia, Penn., some years, but in 1860 removed to Columbus, Ohio. Soon after, he came to Wilmington, and purchased the mill property now owned and operated by him, a history of which will be found in the chapter on the Industrial Interests of Wilmington. . Mr. Schofield has met with very gratifying success since coming to Wilmington, and is the largest manufacturer of woolen goods in Clinton County. Has always been a Republican, never having voted but for one Democratic candidate. He was married, in 1844, to Ann Roth, a native of England. Six children have been born to them, four of whom are living - Miriam, wife of Charles S. Outcalt ; Lizzie, wife of N. S. O'Neal ; John, a dentist, at El Paso, 111. ; and Frank, who has charge of the woolen mill. Mrs. Schofield is a worthy member of the Christian Church.

NATHAN H. SI DWELL, Physician and Surgeon, Wilmington, was born at Georgetown, Brown Co., Ohio, October 18, 1840. His father was James Sidwell, a native of Kentucky, who accompanied his parents to Ohio when but a child. He was a physician by profession, and practiced medicine till his death, October 10, 1866. Dr. Sidwell's mother was Lucinda Newkirk, a native of this State. She departed this life in July, 1876. The subject of this notice was reared in Georgetown, receiving his education at the high school of his native village. He commenced the study of medicine when quite young, and attended a series of lectures at the Eclectic Medical Instil ute of Cincinnati, from which he graduated in the spring of 1861. He subsequently graduated from the Miami Medical College (Regular), in the spring of 1871. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Twelfth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and the following January (1863) was made Assistant Surgeon in the regular army, in which he served till the date of his discharge, June, 1864. He returned to Georgetown, where he resided till 1866. In the latter year, he removed to Harrison, Hamilton Co., Ohio, and thence, in August, 1867, to Mainville, Warren Co., Ohio. In October, 1873, Dr. Sidwell located in Wilmington, where he has succeeded in establishing a fine practice. He spent the winter of 1876-77 at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York, where he gained a valuable amount of information to be used in his practice. Dr. Sidwell is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society, Miami Valley Medical Society, Secretary of the Clinton County Medical Society, and Physician to the Cinton County Infirmary. He is connected with the Masonic fraternity, aud his political views are Republican. Dr. Sidwell was united in marriage, in August, 1864, to Annie E. Krute, a native of Georgetown, Ohio. Eight children were born to this union, four living - Louie, Carrie, Mary and Dawson. On February 24, 1882, Dr. Sidwell suffered the loss of his estimable companion. Mrs. Sidwell was a member of the Christian Church, and a lady much esteemed by one and all. Dr. Sidwell is also a member of the Christian denomination, and a Deacon in that body.

ROBERT SKIMMING, farmer, P. 0. Wilmington, was born in Alleghany County, Md., June 3, 1830. He was a son of Anthony and Mary (McDow) Skimming, who were born near Edinburgh, Scotland, and emigrated to the United States about the year 1818, and settled in Alleghany County, Md., where they lived till the autumn of 1836, when they came to Wilmington, and in 1839 removed to Washington Township, where they died, the former April 22, 1855. and the latter on the 16th of the same month. Mr. Skimming, whose name heads this sketch, passed his early life and manhood on his father's farm, and was educated in the district schools and Wilmington Academy. At the early age of eighteen, he embarked in the teaching profession, which he followed successfully for six years. Through the pursuit of this business, he laid the basis of his present possessions. In 1860, he engaged in merchandising in Burtonville, and continued in that business till October, 1875, when he retired to farming and stock-raising, which he has Bince followed with marked success. He owns a valuable farm of 270 acres, which is adorned with a very commodious frame residence, besides other good improvements. Mr. Skimming is a man of much enterprise, and is regarded as one of the most influential farmers. He has served his county in various official relations to the highest satisfaction of the public. In 1873, he was elected Infirmary Director, and has ever since been a useful and able member of that body. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Union Township one term, and has filled various minor offices. December 6, 1853, he celebrated his marriage with Miss Mary E. Babb, the eldest daughter of Henry and Matilda (Woodruff) Babb, and a native of Union Township, where she was born June 16, 1830. This union was blessed with four children, as follows : Emma, born November 26, 1854; Samuel H., born February 25, 1858 ; Charles W., born August 14, 1866, and Wilbert, born January

10, 1872. Mrs. Skimming's father was born in Virginia, and was brought by bis parents, Henry and Elizabeth Babb, to Clinton County, when an infant. He was cruelly assassinated at Wilmington on the evening of February 25, 1863, by John Mc- Courter, a radical secessionist, on account of his pure Union sentiment. Mrs. Babb was the daughter of Joel and Elizabeth Woodruff, who were among the earliest pioneers of Clinton County. Mrs. Babb departed this life January 25, 1830. Mr. Woodruff was a man of considerable prominence in the early history of Wilmington, and at one time held the office of Sheriff of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Skimming are consistent members of the Baptist Church of Wilmington. Mr. Skimuiing's political views are Republican.

JOHN C. SMITH, Deputy Sheriff of Clinton County, Wilmington, was born in Adams Township, December 30, 1843. His father was Daniel Smith, a native of North Carolina, born in 1809. He accompanied his father, Conrad Smith, to Clinton County when but eighteen months old. He grew up in Adams Township and was a farmer there till his death, in March, 1880. He owned a farm of 100 acres, and was a member of tbe Society of Friends. Mr. Smith's mother was Anna M. Hartman. She was born in Vi>- gima, in 1816, and was the mother of five children, one daughter and four sons. Tbe oldest son, George H., was elected Sheriff of Clinton County in 1877, and died February 24. 1878, while in office. Joseph H. is a farmer of Adams Township, and James E. is a merchant at Ogden, in Adams Township. The daughter, Mary E., died in 1863, at the age of nine years. Three of the boys, George IT., Joseph H. and our subject, were members of Company G, Seventeenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the two former serving four years each and the latter eighteen months (being a recruit). Mrs. Smith is still living and resides with our subject. John C. Smith was reared on the old homestead farm, and in early life clerked a little and also traveled some. He remained on the farm till January 1, 1879, when he came to Wilmington and received the appointment of'Deputy to W. E. Kenrick, Sheriff of Clinton County, which position he now holds. He is a member of Wilmington Lodge and Chapter (Masonic), and of Star of Hope Lodge, No. 127, and Hiawatha Encampment, No. 70 (I. O. O. F.), having passed all the chairs in the latter fraternity. He is also a Royal Arch Mason, and, politically, a Republican. He was united in marriage, December 30, 1880, to Mary B. McKay, a native of Trimble County, Ky. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Christian Church.

CHARLES E. SNOWDEN, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in the State of Maryland, October 19, 1836. He is the son of Richard and Mary (West) Snowden, natives of Maryland, of English descent, who emigrated to Ohio in 1837 and located in Clinton County. Our subject received his education in the graded schools of Ohio. His early life was spent as a teacher in the public schools but farming has been his principal occupation. He was married in 1862 to Rachel Linton, a daughter of Seth Linton, of Union Township. By this union six children were born, of whom the following four survive - Mary, Alton, Seth M. and Sarah A. Mr. Snowden is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Society of Friends. He is the owner of 115 acres of land which he has secured by his own exertions.

PHILIP SOCKMAN, Wilmington, maker of boots and shoes, East Main street, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, August 4, 1837. His father, George J. Sockman, was a native of Germany, and came to America between 1823 and 1830. He located i Fairfield County, where he still resides, in the eighty-third year of his life. Mr. Sockman's mother was Margaret Ditler, also a native of Germany ; they were married in Germany and nine children were born to them, our subject being the third son and eighth child. He was reared to manhood in Fairfield County, obtaining a good English education in the public schools. At seventeen years of age, he commenced learning his present trade at Hamburg, and a year later went to Waterloo, Fayette Co., Ohio, where he finished his trade. He remained in that village eighteen years, working at his trade! In April, 1874, he came to Wilmington, where he has since resided, and succeeded in building up a steady and remunerative trade. Mr. Sockman is a member of Star of Hope Lodge, No. 127 (I. O. O. F.), and Hiawatha

Encampment, No. 70. He is a stanch Republican. Mr. Sockman was united in marriage, November 20, 1859, to Joanna Nutt, a native of Fayette County, Ohio. Two children have been given them, one living - John 0. Mrs. Sockman is a member of the Christian Church at Waterloo, Fayette Co., Ohio.

J. J. ST AGO, Wilmington, of Stagg & Abell, proprietors West House, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, August 3, 1819. His father was Thomas Stagg, a native of New York, who located in Ohio in 1808. He was a farmer by occupation, and died in 1833. Mr. Stagg's mother was Susannah Hewlett, a native of Vermont. She departed this life in 1868. Mr. Stagg was reared in Hamilton County, and is thoroughly conversant with the early history of Cincinnati. He was a farmer in early life, and came to Clinton County in September, 1858. He took possession of the present hotel (then the Gates House), in 1865, and has since been its proprietor. In 1878, Harvey H. Abell was admitted as a partner, and the firm has prospered very well. Mr. Stagg was made a member of the Odd Fellow fraternity in 1850, and is now a member of Dove Lodge, No. 234, of Mount Washington, Ohio. He was married in 1839. Mr. Stagg was formerly a Whig, but is now a Republican.

OBADIAH STEPHENS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Morris County, N. J., April 22, 1813. He is the son of Ebenezer and Maria (Phoenix) Stephens, natives of New Jersey, of English and German descent. His maternal grandfather was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and his father in the war of 1812. Our subject's sole education was obtained from Webster's spelling book, studied in the little log schoolhouse of early days. In early childhood he manifested wonderful energy and bravery and these characteristics followed him through life. He takes pleasure in relating the following incident of his school days : During his early school days, the larger boys carried a fire-stick into the school-room one day, and when the stick had burned partially through they were vainly endeavoring to break it in order that it might be put into the old fire-place, little Obadiah seeing their efforts were fruitless rose from his seat, ran to the fire-place and jumping on the fire-stick succeeded in breaking it to the satisfaction of the larger boys. He then walked complacently to his seat and was at once recalled by the teacher and, fearing a flogging which he knew would be severe from that teacher, he reluctantly went to the teacher's desk. Instead of punishing him for his breach of discipline, the teacher took a bottle of whisky from his desk and gave the youth a drink, thus showing his approval of the lad's efforts. Mr. Stephen's father was a millwright by trade and occupied himself also in farming. Our subject followed farming for a time and subsequently operated a distillery, the latter proving very successful. He purchased 100 acres where he now lives, and by dint of great industry he has added to it from time to time until he now owns 430 acres. He came to Clinton County in 1847. On April 13, 1837, he married in Warren County Susannah Ireland. She was a native of Frederick County, Virginia, of Scotch-English descent. They were blessed with four children, viz., Ann Eliza, Emeline, Frances I. and John. Mr. S. is a prominent member of the Odd Fellow fraternity and of the Democratic party. His paternal grandmother was a native of Wales, and lived to reach ninety-seven years of age, when she received a fall which resulted in her death. She left 144 descendants at her death. Previous to her death she was enabled to say to her daughter: " Daughter, arise and go to thy daughter, for thy daughter's daughter has a son." Thus it will be seen that she was the first of five generations then living.

JESSE G. STARBUCK, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, Clinton Co, Ohio, October 8, 1819. His paternal great grandparents were Thomas and Rachel Starbuck, he born on Nantucket Island May 12, 1707, and died February 2, 1777, and she born in 1710 and died May 31, 1789. His grandfather, Hezekiah Siarbuck, was born on Nantucket Island, April 10, 1749, and on November 19, 1771, he married Mary -. He was a seafaring man, and for a part of his life was a Captain of a whaling vessel. He was on a cruise when the Revolutionary war broke out, and on his return he had great difficulty in enteriug the harbor which was blockaded by the enemy. In 1785, he emigrated to Guilford County, N. C., where he raisod his family and where his wife died June 9, 1806. He afterward removed to Clinton County where he remained until his death, which occurred on the 1 0th of June, 1880. Mr. Starbuck's father, Gayer, was born on Nantucket Island August 10, 1777, and removed with his parents to North Carolina, where he spent the early part of his life. He learned the blacksmith's trade and for many years followed that avocation. He was married January 17, 1799, by permission of the New Garden Monthly Meeting, to Susannah, daughter of Jesse and Hannah Dillon. By this marriage five sons and five daughters were born, of whom one son died, aged twenty-two years, and the rest married and raised families. He removed to Ohio in 1807, and settled temporarily in the edge of Greene County, near where Paintersville now is, but in 1810 they came to Clinton County (then an unbroken forest) and located where our subject now lives. Here they remained until their death, he December 30, 1866, and she March 12, 1861. Our subject's maternal grandfather, Jesse Dillon, of Irish descent, was born in North Carolina, in October, 1753, and on April 29, 1778, married Hannah Ruckman, who was born March 20, 1754, to Joseph and Sarah Ruckman. They came to Ohio in 1807, and settled in the wilderness on land now owned by John T. Starbuck. Our subject was educated in the common schools of the township, and was married at Fairfield Meeting, Hendricks County, Ind., on October 20, 1842, to Amy Cox, daughter of Harmon and Martha Cox. She was born in Wayne County, Ind., June 1, 1823, and moved to Hendricks County with her parents when a child. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. S. settled on the farm where they now reside in this township. For the first ten years of his married life Mr. S. was engaged in running a steam saw-mill which had a run of buhrs attached for grinding corn. The balance of his life has been devoted to farming. They have raised a family of five children, their other children having died in early life. The survivors are Adin L., born May 10, 1844, and married October 12, 1865, to Louisa M. Pidgeon, who was born in Guilford County, N.

and Mamie. Mr. Starbuck's second son, Asa, was born March, 1846, and on June 25, 1868, married Almira Custis, daughter of John W. and Louisa (Smith) Custis. She was boru October 28, 1846, and by her eight children were born, viz. : Nettie M.,

Laura B., Adin C., Jesse C., Sarah A., Cora D., Marion R. and Louisa A. The third child, Martha, was born January 29, 1848, and on February 16, 1876, married William

D. Moorman, born April 3, 1845, to Samuel and Lucy (Johnson) Moorman, and by him she has one child, Charles R. Mr. Starbuck's fourth child, William R., was born May 12, 1858, and graduated in the Wilmington College; he is now teaching school. The fifth and youngest child is Jesse H., born November 11, 1864, and is now assisting his father on the farm while attending the public school. Mr. Starbuck is a good husband, a kind father and an intelligent and moral citizen. He has dealt liberally with his children, giving them good educational advantages and the means of starting in life. He is one of Clinton County's best and most successful farmers and stands high in the estimation of the people.

JOHN T. STARBUCK, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, Clinton County, Ohio, October 6, 1822. He was the son of Latham and Sarah (Milton) Starbuck, natives of North Carolina, who emigrated to Ohio and settled in Clinton County in 1811. They had a family of twelve children, seven boys and five girls, of whom our subject was the fourth. He received a limited schooling while his people were relieving the land of the timber and underbrush, very often being obliged to absent himself from school to help them. He selected farming for his life occupation, but for a short time followed carpentering. In his farm work he has met with marked success, being now possessor of 222 acres of good farm land. He was married in 1852 to Margaret Shields, a native of Union Township, and daughter of William Shields, who came to this county with his wife in 1806. His marriage was blessed with four children, viz.: Josephine, wife of Samuel T. Compton, of this county; William, married and farming in this township; Clara A. and Albert. The family are all members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Starbuck is a man who ranks high among

NATHAN STARBUCK, farmer, P. 0. Wilmington, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, February 13, 1820. He is the son of Latham and Sarah (Milton) Starbuck, natives of North Carolina, of English descent. He was educated in the common schools and chose farming for a life occupation, but owned and conducted a saw-mill from 1866 to 1869. He is the inventor of Starbuclc's Ditching Machine for cutting the trenches in which drain tile are laid. This machine is operated by two men and six horses, and is capable of cutting forty rods of trenches per hour. It is a perfect success and has been awarded two medals for merit, but it has not as yet reached extensive sale on account of the inventor's farm operations preventing him from pushing it on the market. Mr. Starbuck was married in 1849 to Ruth Underwood, who died in 1854, leaving two children. He was again married in 1857 to Sarah Hoddy, by whom he has had three children, viz. : Samuel H., Clifford K. and Eddie

JOSEPH N. STEVENS, Superintendent of the Clinton County Infirmary, Wilmington, was born in Marion Township, this county, September 15, 1833. He is a son of John and Elizabeth Collins, natives of Virginia and of English descent. Mr. Stevens was reared on a farm in Marion Township, receiving a fair education in the public schools. He engaged in farming when young and followed that vocation until the fall of 1864, when he enlisted in Capt. Dennison's company, and served till June 13, 1865, when he received an honorable discharge. He was under Gen. Thomas, and was mostly engaged in guarding railroads. During his war service, Mr. Stevens suffered the loss of the fingers on one hand, which disabled him at the time. He was a mail carrier for eight years, and during this time (1876) his eldest son, Alva A., was drowned while crossing a swollen stream. In 1880, Mr. Stevens was appointed to his present position by the Board of County Commissioners. He is Republican in politics and has formerly officiated as Constable and Assessor of Marion Township. He now owns a good farm of 100 acres in Marion Township and a house and lot in Westboro. He was married in 1865 to Melissa M. Manker, born in Highland County, Ohio, February 15, 1834, and a daughter of Hiram Manker, of that county. Six children have been given them, five living - Eberly C., Emma E., Effie A., Otto D. and Charles L. Mr. Stevens and wife are members of the United Brethren Church, in which denomination Mr. S. has been class teacher and Superintendent of Sunday school for a number of years.

FRANK STEPHENS, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Warren County, Ohio, June 30, 1842. He is the son of Obadiah and Susannah (Ireland) Stephens, He received his education in the common schools, and chose the occupation of farming which he still follows. He was married in 1867, to Sarah Gallaher, a native of Clinton County, and a daughter of an early Ohio settler. By this marriage four children were born, viz.: Charles M., Minnie May, John Ilawev and Edwin Forrest. Mr. Stephens is a prominent Democrat and a successful farmer.

JOHN J. STEWART, dealer in fresh meats, corner Main and Mulberry streets, Wilmington, was born in Richland Township, Clinton County, Ohio, September 2, 1849. He is a son of Jacob Stewart, also a native of this county, probably Wilson Township. He was a farmer by occupation, but died when our subject was quite small. His mother was Mary Greer, a native of this county. Some time after Mr. Stewart's death, she married Joseph Wakefield, and now resides at Xenia, Ohio. Our subject was the youngest of three children, two boys and one girl, all of whom are living. When ten years of age, his mother married again, and he hired out to work on a farm, following that occupation for seven or eight years. He then learned the trade of a brick mason, and worked at it in Washington Court House, Lebanon and Wilmington, for many years. In 1869, he permanently located in Wilmington, and iu 1873 opened a meat shop and commenced present business. Although a young man, and having many obstacles to overcome, Mr. Stewart lias been uniformly successful in business, and is now enjoying a good trade. He is a member of the Wilmington Fire Department, and is neutral in politics, always deeming it right to cast his vote for the best man, irrespective of party. In Presidential and State campaigns, he votes with the Republican party. Mr. Stewart was married in 1869, to Mary Davis, a native of this county. They have three children - Maria, Allen and Jennie, all attending the public schools. Mrs. Stewart is a regular attendant on the services of the Society of Friends.

FREDERICK STOLTZ, a farmer of this township, P. 0. Wilmington, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, March 28, 1849. He is a son of John and Fannie Stoltz, also natives of Germany. They came to America in 1851, locating in Adams Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, and he still resides on a farm of his own. Mrs. Stoltz departed this life, in 1872. When young, Mr. Stoltz hired out to work on a farm for nine months at $14 per month. He then worked by the year, and subsequently rented land for five years. He now owns over seventy-two acres of land, the result of his own individual industry and economy. Mr. Stoltz is the proprietor of the Wilmington Eastern Dairy, and keeps an average of fourteen cows to supply his customers with pure, fresh milk. He is a Republican, and unmarried. His sister, Callie, resides with him, and takes charge of his household affairs.

FELIX G. SLONE, senior member of Slone, Walker & Mills, attorneys at law, Wilmington, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, July 28, 1826. His father was William Slone, a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, and a farmer by occupation. He came to Clinton County in 1850, and resided there till his death, in 1872. Mr. Sloue's mother was Rachel Mann, who was born in Butler Co., Ky., November 2, 1800. She is still living and resides at Peoria, 111. Mr. Slone came to this county when twenty years of age, entering Mayberry Academy, of the Society of Friends, at Martinsville, and subsequently attending a select school, where his literary education was obtained. While going to school he commenced the study of law, and in 1855 passed examination and was admitted to practice. He resided in Brown County, Ohio, engaged in the practice of his profession, until 1861. In that year, he enlisted in the Seventieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and October 10, of the same year, was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company K. On January 1, 1862, he was made First Lieutenant, and February 12 was made Captain of the company. He officiated in the latter capacity till 1864, when he resigned his commission, and came home (as he thought) to die. He had caught the ague in the trenches before Vicksburg, and for the next three years suffered from the effects of this exposure. It finally culminated in the asthma, from which Mr. Slone has beeu a constant sufferer since. Mr. Slone went to Georgetown, Brown County, where he resided till 1865. He then came to Wilmington, and formed a partnership with T. O. Hildebrant, in the practice of law. This gentleman was an old friend and schoolmate, and served as Captain of Company F, of the Twentieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, till 1865, when he was made Adjutant of the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In 1876, Mr. Slone formed a copartnership with Lewis J. Walker, and in February, 1880, F. B. Mills was admitted to the firm. Mr. Slone is a member of the Odd Fellow fraternity ; has been through the Masonic order, but is not now a working member of that body. Mr. Slone is a great reader, and has one of the best private libraries in Clinton County. He was married, August 28, 1848, to Kate Hodson, a native of this county. Six children have born to them - Margaret, Orville, Oliver P., Rachel, Anna and Lucy, all of whom have " passed to the other side." Mrs. Slone is a consistent member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Slone is a strong Republican.

WILLIAM J. STRUBLE, Wilmington, Secretary of the Champion Bridge Company of Wilmington, was born in Sussex County, Ni J., September 19, 1831. His father, John D. Struble, was also a native of New Jersey, and during his life followed the several vocations of a merchant, mill owner and farmer. He departed this life May 21, 1875. Mr. Struble's mother was Mary Headley, a native of' "Jersey," and at present a resident of Knox County, Ohio. Mr. Struble accompanied his parents to Knox County, Ohio, in 1832, where he was reared. He obtained a good education in Dennison University, at Grandville. He subsequently became a farmer, and afterward a

I 111., and resided on a farm near that place four years. In 1869, he came back to Ohio, ?, and operated a saw and grist mill at Fredericktown for some time. Desiring to experij.ment in Southern farming, he purchased a tract of land in Lewis County, Ky., in 1875, where he resided till the fall of 1878. In the latter year, he came back to this State,

; and engaged in the real estate business. In the spring of 1879, Mr. Struble became a member of the Champion Bridge Company, and soon after was elected its Secretary, now serving in that position. Mr. Struble has always shown an absorbing interest in matters pertaining to the religious growth of the community in which he may reside, and is now a Trustee of the Baptist Church of Wilmington, and Superintendent of its Sabbath School. He is Democratic in his political faith, but a firm believer in Prohibition. While a resident of Fredericktown, Ohio, he officiated as Mayor, also Justice of the Peace for two or three years. Mr. Struble was married, January 11, 1857, to Mary U. Beers. Of the six children born to them, four are living - Flora, Mary A., Burr B. and Charles H. Mrs. Struble and two children are members of the Baptist denomination.

GEORGE B. TALBERT, engaged in buying and shipping walnut lumber, Wilmington, was born in Greene County, Ohio, August 8, 1837. His father was Addison Talbert, a native of Virginia, and a school teacher by profession. He came to Ohio about 1829, locating in Greene County, where he resided til! his death, March 30, 1848. His mother was Elizabeth Schnebly, a native of Maryland, who accompanied her father to Ohio when but a child. Five children were born to them - two now living - our subject and John, the latter a farmer residing in Greenwood County, Kan. Mrs. Talbert died in 1858. The subject of this biographical sketch was reared in Greene County, Ohio, and when young learned the carriage maker's trade of Bellbrook, in his native county. He remained at that trade about ten years, and then commenced dealing in lumber at Xenia. After a two years' stay at the latter place, in 1872 he came to Wilmington and commenced dealing in pine lumber. He ran the lumber yard now owned by Alpha Gallup until 1880, when he sold it to Mr. Gallup. Since then, Mr. Talbert has been engaged in buying walnut logs, sawing them and shipping the lumber to dealers and manufacturers in Toledo, Indiana and New York. Mr. Talbert is a member of Wilmington Lodge (Masonic), No. 52, and of the Republican party. He was married in 1874 to Martha H., daughter of Jonas Stump, of Warren County, Ohio, and a grand-daughter of William Smalley, an early pioneer hunter of Southern Ohio, and a contemporary of Boone and Kenton. Only two children of William Smalley are living to-day, Mrs. Stump and her sister, Mrs. Steans, both residing in Indiana. One son, Freeman Smalley, was a Baptist minister, and removed to Illinois, and subsequently to Texas, where he was living at the commencement of the rebellion. He was a stanch Union man, which position soon caused him much annoyance and trouble. He was threatened with death, but exhibited such a bold front that the rebels feared to touch him. By the request of his children, he finally removed to Kansas, where he lived till his death, at the advanced age of ninety-two years. Mrs. Talbert is a consistent member of the M. E. Churoh.

HENRY 0. TAYLOR, Wilmington, engineer of Fulton, Crane & Peters' gristmill, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, November 15,1849. Ilis father. John Taylor, was a native of England, and an engineer by trade. He followed the sea for thirteen years, and was engineer of the first steam vessel that plied between Dover and Calais, in the English Channel. He caine to Ohio at an early day, and is now residing at Coshocton, in his eighty- third year. Mr. Taylor's mother was Maria Kelshaw, a native of England. She is living, now in her seventieth year. John Taylor was the father of twenty-four children, twelve now living, and nine being full brothers and sisters of our subject. One sister, Maggie, was the fiancee of Prof. Washington Donaldson at the time of his fatal balloon ascension from Chicago, in 1875. Our subject, when six years of age, went to Kentucky, to reside with an uncle. Three years later he went to Mellville, Ohio ; thence to Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Altona, Parker's Landing, in the oil regions of Pennsylvania. At New Philadelphia, Ohio, he engaged to fire an engine. Ho learned the machinist trade at Lockport, N. Y., and built the engine now used in running the press of the Wilmington Journal. From Lockport, he went to Dayton, Ohio ; thence to Covington, Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio, working at his trade at different shops in those cities. He was in the boiler explosion at Coshocton, Ohio, in 1873, but suffered no serious injury. On April 3, 1874, Mr. Taylor came to Wilmington, and ran a machine shop one year. He was then employed by the Champion Iron Bridge Company two and a half years, and in 1878 accepted his present position. He is a firm Republican in politics. Mr. Taylor was married in 1874, to Jennie 0. Tucker, a native of Springfield Center, near Otsego Lake, Otsego Co., N. Y. They have one son - Harry M. Mrs. Taylor is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

WILLIAM B. TELFAIR. The subject of this sketch is one of the oldest and most respected members of the Clinton County bar. He was born at Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio, June 16, 1829. His father, Isaiah Telfair, was a native of Kentucky. In early life, he became a midshipman in the United States Navy, and was with Commodore Decatur during the famous " Algerian expedition." He subsequently became an honored member of the medical fraternity, and located in Highland County, Ohio, about 1827. Some years after (1838), he came to Clinton County, where he was engaged in the practice of his profession until 1872, the year of his death. In the early part of his medical career he served as assistant physician of the Virginia Insane Asylum, at Stanton, and while a resident there became acquainted with, and married, Jane A. Boys, a native of Stanton. W. B. Telfair was reared in this county, and when fourteen years of age was sent to school at Washington College, Washington, Penn., when the Hon. James G. Blaine was also a student at that institution of learning. Mr. Telfair graduated in the regular course, in 1848, and then returned home. Resolving to follow a professional career, he selected the practice of law as his future life-work, and immediately entered upon its study. A year later, he went to Chancellorsville, Va., where he entered the Law Department of the University of Virginia, from which he graduated in 1851. He returned to Ohio, and was admitted to the bar at Chillicothe in the spring of 1852. He commenced the practice of his profession at Cincinnati, and soon after became a member of the Cincinnati Literary Club, then numbering among its members Stanley Matthews, Manning F. Force, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Spofford, present Librarian of Congress; Blackwell, who subsequently married Lucy Stone; and others of equal celebrity. A few months after locating at Cincinnati, Mr. Telfair came to Wilmington, and formed a law partnership with Judge Hinkson, with whom he remained two years. He then retired from active practice for awhile, but resumed his practice with Benjamin Fuller, the law firm being Fuller & Telfair. In 1853, he married Elizabeth Peyton, and soon after removed to Virginia, the native State of his wife, where he resided some years. After his return to Clinton County he " farmed it" one year, but once more resumed his practice (1858), to which he has since given his entire time and attention. He was in partnership with Judge Robert B. Harlan from June 1, 1869, to 1871, and subsequently with Judge James Sloan, of Hillsboro, which relationship continued until the latter's death, September 18, 1873. The firm of Telfair & Hayes (Melville Hayes) was formed May 18, 1874, and dissolved October 11, 1875. Since then Mr. Telfair has been alone in his practice. Mr. Telfair is a strong Democrat, and has been an able warrior in the contest for party rule. While a resident of Madison County, Ohio, he ran for Congress against the old veteran, Tom Corwin, but the large Republican majority in the district, and the undoubted popularity and political strength of his opponent, proved the contest to be almost a one-sided affair, although our subject polled the entire Democratic vote. At present, Mr. Telfair is president of the School Board of Wilmington, and was formerly a Councilman. He has been an active member of the Presbyterian Church for many years, and is a trustee at present writing. Mr. Telfair is the oldest ex-Prosecuting Attorney of Clinton County, and a man well respected by all. Of the four children born to him, three are living - William, an attorney, Susan and John. Ann is deceased.

D. B. VAN PELT, a member of the law firm of Mills & Van Pelt, is a life resident of this county. He was born April 26, 1851. His father, Cyrus Van Pelt, was a nag

I entered Company G, Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a private soldier to assist in suppressing our monstrous rebellion, and died in the hospital at Nashville, Tenn., from consumption contracted while in the service, at the age of forty-three years and three months. The mother of Mr. Van Pelt was Mary A., daughter of Gideon Fuller, an honored pioneer of this county, and a sister of William and Benijah Fuller, at one time prominent attorneys of the Clinton County bar, but now deceased. Mrs. Van } Pelt departed this life March 15, 1867. The subject of this sketch attended the public schools in early life, and subsequently the National Normal School, at Lebanon, Ohio, graduating from the scientific course in the summer of 1874. Having resolved to make the practice of law his future work during life, he commenced its study, and for two years read with Bolton & Schauck, of Dayton, Ohio. On April 10, 1878, he was ad mitted to practice, and immediately opened an office at Wilmington. In August of the same year he formed a copartnership with Levi Mills, which relationship has continued to the present time, and has proven mutually agreeable, both socially and financially. Mr. Van Pelt has always taken an active interest in educational matters, and at present is connected with both the county and village Boards of School Examiners. Politically, his faith is placed in the Republican party. He was married July 27, 1876, to Florence, daughter of James W. Farrand, one of the oldest pioneers of this county. They have three children - Stanley F., Paul J., and Mary A. Mrs. Van Pelt is a member of the Christian Church.

CALVIN R. VANTRESS, P. 0. Wilmington, is a rising young farmer of this township, and a life resident of Clinton County. He was born June 8, 1842, and is a son of Richard and Deborah (Howland) Vantress, natives of Dutchess County, N. Y., and of English parentage. Mr. Vantress was raised like the average farmer boy, and obtained the rudiments of a good English education in the district schools of the neighborhood. He has been a farmer through life, and owus a good farm in Iowa. Mr. Vantress is in sympathy with the principles of the Republican party, and is a School Director in his district. He was united in marriage September 27, 1866, to Nancy Haines, a native of Union Township. They have six children - four daughters and two sons - Ida 0., May Emma, Calvin, Lydia D., Nancy A., and an infant son, William R. Mr. Vantress and family are members of the Friends' Church. He is a young man of more than ordinary executive ability, and highly esteemed by all.

JAMES M. VERNON, P. 0. Wilmington, was born near Zanesville, Ohio, June 5, 1849. He lived on a farm until sixteen years of age, but spent about six months out of each year, after he was twelve years of age, in study and preparations for college, under the direction of a private instructor. In 1866, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, as a student, and remained in that institution four years. In 1870, he engaged in mercantile pursuits in Zanesville, Ohio, and in 1871 removed to Mount Vernon, Ohio, where he continued his business career. In July, 1872, he was granted a patent on a compensation journal, which was his own invention, and which is now largely used in most of the leading sewing machines. In the spring of 1874, he went to Pittsburgh, Penn., to accept a situation on the Pittsburgh Daily Gazette as a reporter. In the fall of 1875, he resigned his situation on the Gazette to accept the financial and commercial editorship of the Pittsburgh Daily Dispatch. In 1876, he started the Sewing Machine Gazette , which paper he conducted in addition to his work on the Daily Dispatch. In the fall of 1876, the Dispatch added to its columns a River Department, and Mr. Vernon was placed in charge of the department, in addition to his other work ou the paper. In the spring of 1877, he resigned his situation on the Dispatch , to accept the editorship of the Wilmington (Ohio) Journal , of which John Tudor was the proprietor. In February, 1880, he bought a half-interest in the Journal , and in Deoember of the same year ho purchased the other half of the paper, and is now both its editor and proprietor. In 1877, when Mr. Vernon moved to Wilmington, Ohio, he took with him the Sewing Machine Gazette , which paper he has continued to publish regularly, and of which he is also the editor and proprietor. Mr. Vernon was married to Lena B. Tudor, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, April 14, 1875.

GEORGE WADE, Jr., P. O. Wilmington, an old settler of Union Township, was born in Western Virginia in April, 1824. His parents were James and Susannah Wade, natives of the " Old Dominion." Mr. Wade was reared on a farm, and has continued in that business through life. He received a fair education in the public schools of West Virginia and Ohio, coming to Clinton County in 1836. He located in the timber of Union Township, but has his land now very well improved. Mr. Wade was united in marriage in 1873 to Mrs. Mary J. (Carter) Holley. They have three children - Cyrus, Lydia E. and Carrie Etta.

ABEL WALKER, farmer, P. 0. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, July 28, 1819. He is the son of Azel and Hannah (Jackson) Walker, natives of Frederick County, Va., who immigrated to Ohio in 1804, and located in Union Township in 1805, where they raised a family of ten children. Our subject has devoted his life to farming, in which occupation he has met with good success, being now possessed of aline and well improved farm upon which he resides. He was married in 1869 to Miss Mary J. Patterson, a native of Greene County, and daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Patterson, he a native of Pennsylvania and she of Ohio. Five children were the issue of this marriage, viz.: Hannah, Tacy P., Sarah H., Louise C. and Elizabeth A. Mrs. Walker previous to her marriage was a teacher in the common schools. Her father came to Clinton County in 1818, and died in 1874, at the residence of our subject. Mr. and BIrs. Walker take great pride in the cultivation of their children's minds, and in giving them an education suitable to their station. Mrs. Walker is a Baptist, and her husband a member of the Society of Friends.

SAMUEL WALKER, farmer and stock-dealer, P. 0. Wilmington, is the sou of Azel and Hannah (Jackson) Walker, native of Frederick County, Va. He was born in Union Township, this county, and received his education in the schools of the township. He has chosen farming for his occupation, and now owns 246 acres of land, where his parents located when they came to Clinton County, in 1805, and where they lived until their death, the father in 1835 and the mother twenty years after. Our subject is the youngest of ten children. He is a man of more than ordinary literary attainments, and manages to keep himself thoroughly posted on all the topics of the day ; he is a great reader, and has in his possession, a copy of every paper ever published in Wilmington, with one exception ; he is, perhaps, the best-posted man in the county, especially in matters relating to the history of the press and the Agricultural Society of the county. His farm is well improved, well stocked and thoroughly equipped withf modern conveniences. He is a Republican, unmarried, and a member of the Society o Friends.

CYRUS M. WALKER, real estate and loan agent, was born in Union Township, near the limits of Wilmington, January 4, 1829. His father was Azel Walker, born in Virginia in 1802. He accompanied his father, William Walker, to this county in 1805, and having been reared on a farm retained a preference for farming pursuits through life. He died in Blay, 1871. Blr. Walker's mother was Elizabeth Robinson, a native of this county. She departed this life in 1871. Both were members of the Society of Friends, and are buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery. Our subject grew to manhood on the old homestead, attending the public schools, where he received a good education. When nineteen years of age, he was employed as a clerk with C. M. Bosworth, and two years later started in business for himself, at Peru, Ind., where he remained ten years. He then returned to Wilmington and engaged in the drug business, remaining at that about five years ; his next venture was buying and shipping stock, which business proved profitable for several years. He engaged in pork packing, which he followed for three years, and which proved quite disastrous to his finances. During the last two years, he has been engaged in the real estate and loan business, in which he has met with fair success. Mr. Walker enjoys a birthright in the Society of Friends. Although holding Republican views, he believes in the general circulation of the greenback. He was married, January 5, 1861, to Irene Bitzell, a native of Wayne County, Ind. They have two children - Belle and Nellie. *

July 26, 1835. His father was Asa Walker, also a native of Union Township, and a farmer by occupation. He was born April 6, 1812, and died August 11, 1881. Mr. Walker's mother was Sally M. Robinson, a native of Highland County, Ohio, and a daughter of Joshua Robinson, a prominent farmer of that county. She is now residing npar Wilmington, with her son Bruce, in the sixty-eighth year of her age. Joshua R. Walker was reared on a farm, receiving a good English education at Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., and subsequently attending the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. He was a farmer till twenty-six years of age, and then engaged in the stock business for two years. He next bought a livery stable at Wilmington, and nine months later a dry goods store at Paintersville. Greene Co., Ohio, in partnership with W. W. Walker. Seven months after, he disposed of his interest to his partner, and was then employed as Assistant Time-keeper in the round-house of the Bellefontaine & Indianapolis Railroad, at Gabon, Ohio, for some time. He subsequently became fireman, engineer and conductor, running from Gabon to Union City, Ind. After two and a half years' "railroading," his health failed, and he came back to Wilmington and taught school for some time. He was next engaged in buying and shipping stock to Cincinnati, and during this time, owned a sale stable at the latter place. In April, 1861, he was the second to volunteer in an independent company, commanded by L. Harris as Second Lieutenant, and after arrival at Columbus was transferred to Company B, Twelfth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Robert B. Harlan, Captain. The original company, commanded by Harris, was the first to volunteer in the State, and as Mr. Walker was second on the roll, he was probably the second volunteer in Ohio. The company went to Baltimore, and were the first troops fired on iu that city by the rebel mob. Mr. Walker's health failed him two months after volunteering, and, although he subsequently volunteered twice more, he was each time refused. He organized a home guard at Burtonville, and was Captain of the same during the war. After that terrible conflict, he went to farming and trading again ; he was engaged in the hog trade at Cincinnati some time, and afterward bought a livery stable at Lexington, Highland Co., Ohio ; he became the agent of the Adams' Express Company, and was largely instrumental in establishing an express route between Hillsboro and Sabina ; he had charge of the route five years, at the end of which time he went into the hotel business at Lexington ; he was proprietor of the hotel some years, and September 1 0, 1879, returned once more to Wilmington, where he has since resided. He owns a good farm of 225 acres of land near Greenfield, Ross Co., Ohio. Mr. Walker has been Superintendent of Gates and Roads at the Ohio State Fair for several years past, but during the fair of 1881, at Columbus, suffered a severe accident from a runaway team, which rendered him unconscious for twenty-eight days, and from which he has now recovered. Mr. Walker was made an Odd Fellow in Wilmington, but is a member of Chosen Friend Lodge, at Lexington, Ohio. He has a birthright in the Society of Friends, and is a " true-blue " Republican. Mr. Walker was married, August 26, 1862, to Eliza J. Bankson, a native of this county. Her father, William Bankson, departed this life June 24, 1852, aged fifty-eight years, five months and twenty-nine days. Her mother, Elizabeth Bankson, died April 23, 1874, aged seventy-seven years ten months and ten days. Mrs. Walker also enjoys a birthright in the Friends' Society.

LEWIS J. WALKER, Wilmington, Mayor of Wilmington and member of the firm of Slone, Walker & Mills, attorneys at law, was born in this county September 2, 1843. His father, William Walker, is a native of Virginia, who came to Clinton County, Ohio, in 1806. He was a farmer by occupation, and located in Union Township, where he still owns a good farm, but resides in Wilmington. Mr. Walker's mother was Rebecca Shields, whose parents came to Ohio from Tennessee. She is also living. Mr. Walker was raised a farmer's boy, and when nineteen years of age commenced the study of law with Doan & Walker, and was admitted to practice in the spring of 1865. He opened an office in Wilmington, and soon after entered into partnership with T. 0. Ilildebrant and F. G. Slone, under the firm name of Hildebrant, Slone & Walker. This partnership was continued for two years. Mr. Walker was then elected Justice of the Peace, serving in that capacity two terms (six years). He next practiced his profession alone till the spring of 1876, when Felix G. Slone was admitted as a partner, the firm name being Slone & Walker. In February, 1880, Frank B. Mills was admitted to the firm, and the law firm of Slone, Walker & Mills enjoys a large and lucrative practice. In April, 1880, Mr. Walker was elected Mayor of Wilmington, on the Republican ticket, fop a term of two years, tie was married, December 20, 1866, to Miss J, Marsh, a native of Clermont County, Ohio, born near Batavia. They have two children - Joseph M. and Wilhelmine M. Mr. Walker and wife are members of the Society of Friends.

H. R. WALKER, Wilmington, dealer in and maker of boots and shoes, East Locust street, was born at New Antioch, Clinton Co., Ohio, March 3, 1848. His father was Nathan Walker, a native of Kentucky, who was a pioneer settler of the east part of this county. He was a farmer by occupation, and resided in Greene Township till his death, September 1, 1876. Mr. Walker's mother was J. M. Phillips, a native of Kentucky. She departed this life February 8, 1866. Mr. Walker was reared on the farm, and when fifteen years of age was employed as a clerk in a store at New Antioch. He remained in that position five years, and then learned his present trade with I. M. Shoemaker, now of Sabina. He finished his trade in three years, and then started in business for himself at New Antioch. He remained there till October, 1880, when he removed to Wilmington, and commenced business at his present location. Since coming to Wilmington, Mr. Walker has met with very gratifying success, now employing three men, and doing the largest amount of business in the manufacturing department of any one in the village. Mr. Walker is a faithful adherent to the principles of the Republican party. He was married, in 1873, to Rose, daughter of Richard Vander Vort, of New Antioch. They have one daughter - Maggie, now in attendance on the public schools. Mrs. Walker is a member of the Christian Church.

ORLANDO WALKER, farmer, P. 0. Wilmington, was born in this township June 3, 1858. His parents were Lewis M. and Mary Ann (Moore) Walker, also natives of this county. His father died August 25,1874. Mr. Walker was reared amid rural scenes, and has continued a farmer up to the present time. His labors in this direction have been abundantly blessed, as he is the owner of 305 acres of good land, and being yet young bids fair to rank among the wealthy citizens of Clinton County. In early life, he ran a road steam thresher, which business proved remunerative. Mr. Walker was united in marriage, in 1880, to Eva E. Miars, a native of Union Township, and a daughter of Isaiah and Matilda (Babb) Miars. Mr. Walker is possessed of a kindly nature, a warm heart and is well esteemed for his frank manners and genial society.

A. L. WALL, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born on the old homestead farm, five miles northwest of Wilmington, August 2, 1809. We insert a brief sketch of his father. Azariah Wall, son of Absalom Wall and Margaret, his wife, of Chester County, Penn., was born September 1, 1772, and died August 29, 1853. And Rebecca Leech, his wife, a daughter of Thomas Leech, and Phebe, his wife, of York County, Penn., was born March 24, 1778, and died October 13, 1837. They were married in York County, Penn., about the year 1795 or 1796, lived in Chester County, Penn., till the year 1809, and then moved to what is now Clinton County, Ohio. They were parents of six children. Mr. Wall was reared on the old homestead, receiving a good English education in the district schools of the pioneer days of Clinton County. At the time of his boyhood, this county was in a very wild state, and Mr. Wall participated in the clearing-off of the old farm and others adjoining. He was raised amid rural scenes,, and has continued to be an agriculturist through life. He has been very successful financially, now owning 124 acres of well-improved land, valued at a good price. Mr. Wall was one of the Commissioners when the Center Meeting-House Freepike was built. His parents were members of the Society of Friends, and our subject grew up in the faith of that denomination. In early days, he was an Old-Line Whig, but of late years has been a Republican. He was united in marriage, in 1838, to Sarah J. Wiley. Mrs. Wall departed this life in 1848. Mr. Wall has three children - Phebe, wife of Enoch Lundy, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume ; Isaac W., the second child, was born in this county November 21, 1840 ; he has been a farmer and stock- , raiser through life, and now owns 160 acres of good laud ; he was married, October j 29, 1870, to Ruth B. Lewis, born in this county October 29, 1842 ; they have three children - Lewis A., born August 18, 1871 ; Josephine A., born December 14, 1873, and Orville, now three years of age; B. Frank, the third child and second son, was born May 28, 1845, and is the owner of 135 acres of land in this township ; he was married, September 19, 1871, to Amy C. Huffman, who was born October 28, 1851 ; they also have three children - Vinnie C., born May 3, 1872 ; Alphonso 0., born March 8, 1873, and Zelta V., born March 8, 1875.

JAMES WALLACE, farmer, P. 0. Wilmington, was the second son of James and Mary (Buchanan) Wallace. He was born in County Derry, Ireland, June 10, 1840. He was reared to manhood in Ireland, and emigrated to the United States iu May, 1860, and immediately came to Clinton County, where he remained for about two years. In September, 1862, he rallied to the help of liberty, by enlisting in Company C, Eleventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served under Gen. Sherman, and fought in the battles of Chickamauga, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, and Atlanta, where he was detailed as a teamster. He was through the Atlanta campaign, and was honorably discharged at Louisville, Ky., in July, 1865. He then returned home, and in 1866 settled on his present farm. He was married, September 12, 1861, to Eliza Mooney, by whom he has had six children - Jennie, Clara M., Robert L., Granville, Mabel M. and Charley. Mr. Wallace owns a good farm of 125 aores, and is by occupation a farmer and stock-raiser. His political views are Republican.

LEO WELTZ, nurseryman, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Prussia January 27, .1825. His father was Frederick Weltz, a Professor of Botany, and subsequently in the employ of the Government as a geologist. Mr. Weltz's grandfather was a native of England, and came to Prussia in the eighteenth century, as a Minister to the German Court. The subject of this notice grew up under the tuition of his father, having the best facilities afforded him for a thorough education. He attended college at Osterwick and Magdeburg, and subsequently attended lectures on botany, at the University of Heidelburg. While a student there, he assisted in laying out the botanical garden of that institute of learning. Mr. Weltz made the study of landscape gardening a specialty, and subsequently studied in and graduated from the Government Botanical Garden at Berlin. He remained in Government employ some years, and then went to Russia, accepting the position of head gardener to Alexander III, Czar of the Russias. He remained at the Russian Court nineteen years and nine months. He was then recalled to Germany, to serve the five years in the army, compelled by the laws of the country. He fought during the revolution of 1847, and received four medals for meritorious conduct on the field of battle. Two of these medals are in the " old country," and two in the possession of Mr. Weltz. One of the latter is of silver, and one of the two accorded to his regiment. Mr. Weltz was Lieutenant of a company of infantry, and received this medal for capturing a battery of guns. The medal draws a pension, which has never been claimed by its owner. After the war, Mr. Weltz took charge of the park at Magdeburg, and subsequently visited the different botanical gardens of Southern Europe. In the meantime, he was a student of Alexander Humboldt, t lie great explorer and naturalist, and served as his examinator for two or three years. In

1851, Mr. Weltz resigned his situation, which was very pleasant, and came to America, desiring to live in a country where manners and customs developed more freely thau in his native land. He located at Huntington, W. Va., where he remained one year. In

1852, he went to Cincinnati, and obtained a position as foreman of the nursery of William E. Mears, of Mt. Washington. Three years later, he started a nursery for himself, at the same point. In the meanwhile, he laid out the grounds of Gov. Salmon P. Chase, Gov. Buchanan, George II. Pendleton and others. In 1857, Mr. Weltz came to Wilmington and laid out Sugar Grove Cemetery, and the year following the cemeteries at London, Springfield and Martiusville, iu this State. In 1859, Mr. Weltz purchased the house and laud formerly owned by William Adams, so well known throughout the Union, in anti-slavery times, and on which he had settled in 1806. The old house is still standing, and is preserved by Mr. Weltz as a relic "of other days." In July, 1860, Mr. Weltz removed his family to his newly acquired purchase, removing his nursery from Mt. Washington. Since then, he has added thirty-eight acres to his original purchase, and also owns 288 acres lying on the old Cincinnati pike, and adjoining the corporation. The principal part of the nursery lies on this latter tract, which was formerly the property of Muhlenburg, of Revolutionary war fame. Mr. Weltz has the largest nursery stock in Clinton County, and probably in Southern Ohio. His sales are not confined to this county and State, but large shipments are made to Indiana and Kentucky, and as far West as the Indian Territory. Mr. Weltz takes special interest in agricultural and horticultural matters. He has been a member of the County Agricultural and Horticultural Society for twenty years, and of the Fair Association since coming to Wilmington. In 1875, he was made a member of the State Board of Agriculture, which position he still occupies. On account of being one of its most active and enterprising members, he has twice been sent to represent Ohio in the National Board of Agriculture. Mr. Weltz is an honorary member of agricultural and horticultural societies of six different States, and was President of the Clinton County Association in 1880. Mr. Weltz was President of the Farmers' Institute, of this county, for five years, and has always been one of its energetic members. He is also President of Sugar Grove Cemetery Commission. In 1882, Mr. Weltz was chosen to lay out the grounds and superintend the erection of the Exposition building of the State Fair Association, at Columbus, Ohio. Politically, Mr. Weltz has always been a Republican. fie cast his first vote, in this country, for John C. Fremont, in 1856, and "stumped" the State for him in that campaign. Mr. Weltz was united in marriage, March 27, 1853, to Anna Elizabeth Schwalenberger, a native of Bavaria, who accompanied her parents to America in 1841. Of the seven sons born to this union, six are living - Fedor, Trebor, Otto, Frederick, Fremont and Leo. The youngest one, Charles William (named in honor of Prince Charles), is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Weltz are Lutherans, and their children have been baptized in that church.

JOSEPH H. WEST (deceased). Mr. West was a most prominent attorney of the Clinton County bar for many years. He was born in this county November 22, 1822, and was the second of eleven children of Peyton West and Sarah Hadley. Peyton West was a native of Pittsylvania County, Va., and by occupation a surveyor. In 1807, he emigrated to Ohio, settling in Clinton County, on the East Fork of the Little Miami River, where he died August 22, 1870. He was identified with the growth of Clinton County, taking a prominent part in all enterprises of public moment. Peyton West was one of the first surveyors of Clinton County, discharging the duties of that office for about twenty -five years. For several years he was Collector of Taxes for his county. Sarah (Hadley) West was a native of Guilford County, N. C., and daughter of James Hadley, an early pioneer of Highland County, Ohio, locating there in 1804. The subject of this sketch was bred to a life of industry and morality, under the best of home influences. He was employed at farm work until he reached manhood. His education had been so meager that up to this time he could scarcely read. The spur of ambition impelled him to seek means to improve his mind, and fit himself for a life of usefulness. In 1843, he walked barefooted to Wilmington, a distance of twelve miles. Here he attended school for about one year, doing any honest work the while that would enable him to pay his board. He improved his time so well that he secured a teacher's certificate, and immediately took charge of a school in Clinton County. He remained in this position, discharging his duty faithfully, reading law and cultivating his mind generally, for one year, when he returned to Wilmington and pursued his law studies for six months. In November, 1845, he went to Cincinnati, and for the next six months was employed as salesman in a wholesale dry goods house. In 1846, he enlisted as a private in Company B, Ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, and started for Mexico. He went with the regiment as far as New Orleans to be mustered into the service. In consequence of a disabled shoulder, he was unable to pass muster, and was therefore honorably discharged. He found himself away from home and without money. He worked his way on a steamboat up to Vicksburg, where he remained a few weeks, and then went up the Yazoo River to engage in lumber rafting. After being thus employed for several months, he landed with his raft at New Orleans, June 29, 1847, en route for home. From New Orleans, he took passage for Cincinnati, where he obtained employment as a salesman in a wholesale grocery house. He remained in this situation until November, 1848, when he took a stock of goods and opened a store for his firm at Williamstown, Grant Co., Ky. In this way, he conducted business for the firm until September, 1851, when the latter failed. By the failure of his principals, he lost what money he had, and was obliged to borrow money from a friend in order to reach Martinsville, in this county. In January of 1852, he was employed as the driver of a notion wagon, but one month of such employment sufficed to turn him to other pursuits. In 1853, he located again at Martinsville, and resumed reading law. July 14, 1854, he was admitted to the bar at Xenia, Ohio, and immediately opened a law office at Wilmington. Six months after his admission to the bar, he was engaged as attorney to the Cincinnati, Wilmington & Zanesville Railroad Company, holding that position until 1860. In the meantime, he had been admitted to practice in the United States Courts. In October, 1860, he was elected Probate Judge of Clinton County, and was re-elected in 1863, discharging the duties of that position for about six years. From 1866 to the time of his death, he was actively engaged in the management of a large legal practice. He was an ardent Republican from the organization of that party, and a delegate to the National Republican Convention in 1864. He was a man of forcible character, affable demeanor and highly respected by all with whom he had acquaintanceship. September 19, 1850, he married Henrietta Stroud, a native of Williamstown, Grant Co., Ky. Edward J. West, his eldest son, was born at Blanchester, Marion Township, December 8, 1851. He passed his boyhood on a farm, and received a liberal education at the Wilmington High School. He commenced reading law at the age of sixteen, and pursued his studies with great diligence. For two years he taught school, devoting his leisure hours to his law books. January 29, 1873, he was admitted to the bar. In 1875, he was brought out by his fellow-citizens, and elected Prosecuting Attorney of Clinton County. He has been twice re-elected (third term commencing January 2, 1882), and is probably the youngest man in the State filling such a position. Before he was of age, Mr. West had made a reputation as a newspaper correspondent, and was prominent as a lawyer. He is a member of Royal Arcanum, M. E. Church, and especially known to the people of his county as a vigorous and enthusiastic temperance lecturer and Sunday school worker, having been sent as the representative of Clinton County to the Ohio State Sunday School Conventions of 1872-73-74-75. Mr. West has thus far displayed great energy in the practice of his profession, and his popularity bids fair to rank with that of his revered father. He was united in marriage, January 3, 1878, to Katherine E. Bowshier, a native of Circleville, Ohio. They have two daughters - Winnifred C. and Kathleen C.

JOHN W. WIRE, proprietor " Buckeye Livery, Feed and Sale Stable," on Locust street, was born three miles south of Wilmington, December 26, 1837. His father, William Wire, was a native of Maryland, and a farmer by occupation. He removed to Warren County, Ohio, about 1830, where he was engaged in tilling the soil until his death in 1853. Mr. Wire's mother was Catherine Potterfield, a native of Virginia. She departed this life in 1874. Mr. Wire grew to manhood on the farm, growing up stout, vigorous, and full of energy and perseverance. In 1863, he concluded to " hoe it" for himself in another place than his native county, and accordingly came to Wilmington. Seeing a good chance to start in business, he purchased the livery, stock and trade of Smith & Koogle. He immediately commenced businesss, and has continued it to the present time, with but one exception. On May 18, 1875, his barn and contents were burned out in the " big fire," Mr. Wire losing all his grain, but no stock nor buggies. He immediately erected his present stable, which is of brick, 52x90 feet in size, and two stories high. It is a model of a stable, and one well adapted to all the wants of the trade. Mr. Wire is probably the pioneer liveryman of Wilmington, at the present time (1882), and his affable manners, good accommodations and stable location secure for him " heaps " of custom. He is connected with both the Masonic Lodge and Chapter, and also the Royal Arcanum. Politically, he ha3 firm faith in " that good old Republican party." Mr. Wire was united in marriage, April 19, 1866, to Fsther C. Taylor, a native of Greenfield, Highland Co., Ohio. Two children have been sent to bless this union - Minnie L. and Herbert D. Mrs. Wire is a worthy member of the Baptist Church.

W. P. WOLF, Wilmington, Postmaster of Wilmington, was born near Weston, Louis (now Ritchie) County, Virginia (now West Virginia), February 17, 1829. His father was Joseph Wolf, a farmer of that region, who came to Ohio with his family, in the fall of 1838. He located near Butlerville, Warren County, and subsequently removed to Iowa (in 1850). The day of his arrival at Davenport he was suddenly taken ill with the cholera, and passed from earth four days later. Mr. Wolf's mother was Jane Howard, a native of Harrison County, W. Va. She died at Hopkinsville, Warren Co., Ohio, in October, 1877. W. P. Wolf was reared on a farm, receiving only limited educational advantages. His early schooling was obtained in tho primitive log cabin, with puncheon floor, club seats and greased paper for window paues. He never attended school more than three months in the year, during boyhood. When his father located in this State, Mr. Wolf assisted him in clearing the ground and erecting their first dwelling in Ohio. This was probably a humble log cabin, but it was "home," and a sweeter spot is never found on earth. Mr. Wolf assisted his father till sixteen years of age, when he commenced teaching school. He followed this vocation about sixteen years, teaching from nine to eleven months in each year. In 1864, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and was detailed for recruit service. He was subsequently made Captain of Company G by Gov Johu Brough of Ohio. In July, 1865, he received an honorable discharge, and the following March (1866), came to Wilmington from Blanchester. Soon after he took charge of the Clinton County Infirmary, which position he creditably filled for three years. He was subsequently Assistant County Treasurer and assistant engineer in constructing the admirable pikes of which Clinton County may well feel proud. Mr. Wolf was formerly a Democrat, and cast his first Republican vote for Salmon P. Chase. Since that period, he has been an ardent supporter of Republican principles. While teaching school, he was elected Clerk of Marion Township, serving one term. On May 25, 1871, he was commissioned Postmaster of Wilmington by President Grant, and has since been re-appointed three times. Mr. Wolf was married, September 10, 1854, to Amanda White, a native of Amelia, Clermont Co., Ohio. They have five children - Eva M., Lou Ella, Mary, Charles H. and Naomi. Mrs. Wolf and her two eldest daughters are faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Wolf has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Sabbath School since 1866, aud connected with that denomination in Wilmington since locating there. He has been a teacher since 1866, and during this time has never missed attending more than one Sunday in each year. For four years, he officiated as Superintendent, and he has always evinced more than ordinary interest in both church and Sunday school matters. While a resident of Blanchester, he served six years on the Board of Education, and with the exception of two years has been a member of the Wilmington Board of Education since 1872. He was largely instrumental in changing the public schools of Wilmington to the "Akron plan," previous to the passage of the graded school laws. In his public as well as in his social life, he has ever been noted for his genial, pleasant and unostentatious manner. Mr. Wolf enjoys the unbounded confidence and esteem of those who know him best. A communicant of the Methodist Church, his life is an example to all, and his modest profession of faith is fully exemplified in a consistent Christian life.

JAMES F. WOODS, farmer, P. 0. Wilmington, was born in Wilmington, Ohio, July 2, 1844. He is the son of Joseph and Rosauna (Fife) Woods. His father was born in Lebanon, Ohio, and his mother in Wilmington, Ohio. His parents were of

Irish descent. His education was obtained in the schools in Wilmington, and at the Wilmington College. He did not graduate, but has more than an average education. His early life was spent as a book-keeper and a clerk. In 1868, he started in the dry goods business in Wilmington, and subsequently went to farming. He is considered a successful farmer. Mr. Woods was married in 1869 to Mary L. Wood, a native of Clinton County, Ohio, and daughter of Robert P. Wood, a pioneer of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Woods' marriage has been blessed with three children - Mary Rosanna, Robert Eddie and Joseph Silas. Mr. Woods is a Republican. They are members of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Woods' father has been a consistent member of the Baptist Church for a long number of years. He is a wealthy, influential farmer.

JOHN WILLIAM WOOD, farmer, P. 0. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, June 28, 1842. He received an ordinary education and early applied himself to the work on the farm, at which he has continued, being now the possessor of eighty seven acres of well-improved and arable land. He was married May 31, 1870, to Iluldah J. Freeman, a native of Preble County, Ohio, and a daughter of Richard Freeman. In religious belief, Mr. Wood is a Baptist, and in politics a Republican. He makes stock-raising a specialty and devotes himself particularly to the raising of Berkshire and Poland-China hogs, with which he has had marked success. He is classed among the best farmers of the county, and owns some very fine stock of the above varieties.

NATHAN S. WOOD, farmer, P. 0. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, September 27, 1837. His parents were Robert Wood, who was born in Frederick County, Va., June 14, 1812, and Mary D. (Hughes) Wood, a native of this township and daughter of Jesse Hughes, of Kentucky. She died in 1881, in - her sixty-sixth year. They had a family of six children - Jesse, Nathan S., Lydia (deceased), John William, Isaac and Luvenia, all the survivers now being married. Our subject's grandfather, Isaac Wood, was born in Virginia in 1779, and lived to the age of ninety-three years. Our subject follows farming for a livelihood and is the owner of 205 acres of land on which he built a neat, substantial and comfortable residence in 1881, at a cost of $3,000. He was married, October 8, 1861, to Miss Abbie E. Patterson, a native of Greene County, and a daughter of Thomas Patterson. By her he has had four children, viz.: Seymour, Fanny R., Mary J. and Charles Thomas. Mr.

and Mrs. Wood are members of the Baptist Church, and he is a Republican, and at present Trustee of this township. His maternal grandfather, Jesse Hughes, came to Clinton County in 1803, and before bringing his family contracted with a man to build him a house and clear a garden spot for $50, which he left with a settler named Bennett, who was to pay it to the man on the completion of the work. This man, however, obtained the money before the work was accomplished and absconded. When Mr. Hughes arrived with his family and found no house ready for their reception, he obtained the assistance of two neighbors and soon had a cabin ready for occupancy. The timber around his dwelling was so thick that his wife was obliged to blow the old-fashioned dinner horn to enable them to find it. This heavy timber has now all disappeared, and the land on which it stood is now in a perfect state of cultivation.

EDEN ANDREW, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born March 1, 1820, in North Carolina; was the son of James and Elizabeth Andrew, who were among the early settlers of Clinton County, having settled here in about 1818. They first settled on the farm at present occupied by William Hale (near Sligo). After living here a short time, and on several other farms in the county, he finally located on a farm about two and a half miles southwest of Ogden, Adams Township, where he lived until his death, which occurred June 8, 1851. He was the father of nine children, seven of whom are still living; was a member of tho Methodist Episcopal Church. Eden Andrew, the subject of our present sketch, was reared on a farm until he reached the years of manhood. His education was somewhat limited. He was married, February 3, 1842, to Miss Nancy Urton, daughter of John and Lucy Urton. He is a member of the Friends' Society. His political views are Democratic. His adopted daughter, Amanda Andrew, was married December 25, 1878, to Mr. Lawrence Winfield, who was born October 23, 1856, in Clinton County, and son of Joseph and Jane Winfield. They are the parents of two children, viz., Bertha and Loran (deceased). Mr. Winfield is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and one of the rising young men of Clinton County.

MILES ANDREW, farmer, P. 0. Ogden, was born May 31, 1827, in Clinton County; was the son of James and Elizabeth Andrew, and brother of Eden Andrew, whose sketch appears in this work. He was reared on a farm until he reached his sixteenth year, at which time he began the trade of blacksmithing in the village of Sligo ; followed this business about thirty years. In 1870, he bought a farm of ninety acre-< of land, located about one half-mile west of Ogden Village, and on which place he still resides. He was married January 3, 1850, to Miss Rebecca Liston, daughter of John and Priscilla Liston. To them have been born six children, viz., Jasper A., Sarah E., Melzenia, Calvin, William S. and Graut. Mr. Andrew is a member of Friends' Society, a Republican, and justly entitled to the name of a worthy and patriotic citizen.

HIRAM COATE, farmer, P. 0. Ogden, was born September 8, 1815, in Miami County, Ohio ; son of John and Esther Coate. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. He was married November 22, 1838, to Miss Rachel W. Painter, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Painter. Rachel W. was born in June, 1817. They are the parents of eight children, viz., Elizabeth, Elijah, Ephelia A., Alice S., Mercy A., Rebecca M., Hiram A., and one deceased. Mr. Coate is an ardent and consistent member of the Friends' Society. In 1869, he bought a farm of ninety-four acres, on which he at present resides, located about one mile northwest of Sligo Village. In Mr. Coate we find a gentleman well worthy the honor of representation in the history of Clinton County.

JAMES A. CRAIG, farmer, P. 0. Clarksville, was born March 1, 1850, in Greene County, Ohio; son of Addison and Doretha Craig. He was reared on a farm, and received but a limited education. He was married, September 4, 1873, to Miss Charity Stanfield, born July 24, 1848, in Greene County. This union has been blessed with one child, Mary Esther. In 1875, he removed to Clinton County, Adams Township, to the farm which is at present occupied by him, located about one and one-half miles nearly west of Sligo Village. He is a member of the Friends' Society, a Republican, and the owner of seventy-four acres of land.

DAVID CURL, farmer, P. 0. Ogden. Among the industrious, perservering and self-made men, there are few more worthy of representation in the annals of our county than the worthy subject of our sketch. Was born in Logan County, Ohio, July 20, 1814, when Ohio was comparatively a forest ; his parents were among the early settlers of Logan County, and instilled into their boy that industry and determination to persevere, which were among the true elements that opened the highway to success ; and with firmness of purpose and a brave heart, he began to provide for himself. His father, Samuel, was born October 11, 1789, in Virginia, and when he reached the years of manhood, married Susanna Painter. They were the parents of seven children, of whom five are living. Samuel died in 1823, October 15, and his wife departed this life March 17, 1819. David Curl was reared on a farm, which lot befell most of the young men ot' that early day ; he received but little education, for in those early days educational advantages were very limited. His nuptials were celebrated March 22, 1837, at which time he led to the altar Miss Rebecca Coate, daughter of John and Esther Coate. This union has been blessed with seven children, five of whom are living. He is a member of the Friends' Society. In political matter, he is a Republican ; he has served as Township Trustee of Adams Township for several years ; he is the owner of 268 acres of land, acquired by his energy and perseverance.

lieve there is no man so worthy the respect and admiration of his fellow-men as the man who, by his industry and perseverance, makes his mark in the world, no matter what that aim may be, so long as it is honorable. Mr. Patrick Grogan was born in Ireland March 17, 1830, a son op Patrick and Jane Grogan, who were married in Ireland about the year 1839. They were the parents of eleven children. Patrick, Jr., was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received rather a limited education. In December 26, 1850, he married Miss Bridget Shaw, daughter of William and Sarah Shaw. Shortly after their marriage, they emigrated to America, sailing from the port of Liverpool, and after a voyage of about seven weeks landed in New Orleans. They then took passage on a steamboat up the Mississippi and Ohio to Cincinnati. From Cincinnati they came on to Butler County, Ohio, where they lived several years, then removed to Clinton County, Yernon Township, where they also lived several years. In 1877, he bought the farm on which he is at present located, about two and a half miles south of Ogden Village. Mr. Grogan is the father of eleven children, nine of whom are living, viz., Mary J., Margaret, James, Michael, Sarah, Katie, Bessie, Anne and Thomas. Mr. Grogan has been successful in business transactions; for when they landed in New Orleans, he was taken sick, and was obliged to go to the city hospital, where, during his illness, he lost all he had brought with him, with the exception of a few articles of wearing apparel. The fact of his being the owner of 134 acres of land in Adams Township testifies to his industry and perseverance. Truly, such a man is worthy a record in the annals of our county, and his success is a fair illustration of what the sturdy sons of Ireland have accomplished all over this free land, as well as in every clime where the flag of oppression no longer paralyses their energies and robs them of the fruits of their toil.