Clinton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1882 (part 5 of 17)

HARLAN H. HADLEY, farmer, P. 0. Clarksville. Jonathan T. Hadley, the father of our subject, was born about the year 1793, in Chatham County, N. C. ; was the son of Simon and Elizabeth Hadley. Simon Hadley's ancestors emigrated originally from Ireland, and settled somewhere in Pennsylvania, when America still consisted of colonies. Jonathan T. Hadley was reared on a farm. In his early days, he received but a very limited education, but in after years he acquired considerable self-culture. On October 23, 1814, he left his native State and started on his journey for Ohio, arriving here November 10, of the same year. This remarkable journey of about 593 miles, was accomplished in about eighteen days ; he having ridden the whole way on horseback, and during that time he was compelled many times to cut his way through the woods and bushes. He came directly to Clinton County, and remained there the following winter. In the following summer of 1815, he raised a crop of corn on some of the land he had cleared. In July of that summer, he started back for his native State, completing the journey this time in about fifteen days, and on horseback, as before. On September 3, of the same year, he again started for the State of Ohio, taking with him nothing but his clothes, books, and a little money, and arriving in Clinton County on the 10th of October, completing the journey in about thirty-seven days. About one and one-half months after the date of his arrival, he married Miss Rebecca Harvey, daughter of Isaac and Lydia Harvey, who settled in Clinton County in the fall of 1806, and whose ancestors originally came from Eugland. Isaac Harvey first settled on Todd's Fork, near where the Springfield Meeting-House is located. Jonathan T. Hadley was the father of nine children, six of whom are living, viz.: Lydia, Samuel L., Simon, Deborah L., Milton, Harlan H.; and three deceased. After he arrived in Clinton County, he first erected a log-cabin, and began clearing oft his land, which of which ho endured a great many hardships and privations. He afterward kept adding to the land which he already possessed until by subsequent purchases he had in his possession at one time about 1,000 acres of land. He was a member of the Friends' Society, and departed this life October 28, 1879. He was a man of remarkable energy and industrious habits ; of decided character, and firmness of resolution ; honorable and upright in his dealings with his fellow-men. In his death, Clinton County ject of our sketch, was born October 21, 1835. He was reared to the years of manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. In 1858, November 18, he married Miss Susie Kimbrough, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Kimbrough. They are the parents of five children, viz. : Ella, Atwell M., Isaac P., Horace A. and R. Edna. Harlan H. had left to him, by inheritance from his father, about 130 acres of land, located about two miles north of Clarksville, on which farm he is at present located, and by subsequent purchases has at present about 310 acres of land. For the last twenty-five years, he has been extensively engaged in stock-raising. He is a member of the Friends' Society. In 1862, he was elected Township Trustee, and served about nine years.

JAMES HADLEY, farmer, P. 0. Ogden, was born July 2V, 1846, in Clinton County; is the son of Samuel L. and Mary J. Hadley. Samuel L. was born January 30, 1821, and son of Jonathan and Rebecca Hadley, who were among the early settlers of Clinton County. He was reared on a farm, received but a limited education, and married Miss Mary J. Harvey, daughter of Eli and Sarah Harvey. They are the parents of nine children, viz., James, Anselm, Calvin, Emma, Anna, Edwin William P., and three who are deceased. He is the owner of about one hundred and thirty acres of land in the southwestern portion of Adams Township, on which land he at present resides; is a member of the Friends' Society, and may well be classed among the worthy citizens of Adams Township. James, the subject of our present sketch, was reared on a farm, and attended a district school. When about twenty years of age, he attended, for two terms, the Spiceland Academy in Henry County, Ind., and subsequently attended a select sehool at the Springfield Meeting-House, taught by Mr. Calvin Pritchard, in Adams Township, under the control of the Friends' Society, and attended here a few months. On September 9, 1869, he married Miss Isabella A. Moore, daughter of John Haines and Ruth Moore. This union has been blessed with three children, viz., Edgar L., Alontie H. and Louie May. He received from his father, fifty acres of land about, two miles west of Sligo, on the Lebanon Free Turnpike road, and by subsequent purchase has acquired a farm of eighty-nine acres of land, and, in 1871, erected thereon a fine new dwelling-house. He is a member of the Friends' Society. In his political views, he is a Republican. Mr. Hadley is a young man of whom Adams Township may well be proud, and well worthy a record in the annals of Clinton County.

WILLIAM P. HARVEY, farmer, P. 0. Ogden, was born November 16, 1828, in Clinton County. He was the son of Eli and Sarah Harvey. Eli Harvey was born March 9, 1803. His parents were among the earliest settlers on Todd's Fork. They emigrated from North Carolina at a very early day, and were very useful, both in the church and matters of worldly interests in their day. Eli was reared to manhood on a farm, and received a fair English education, such as could be obtained during those early days. He was one of those industrious, energetic men, who, in his humble way, helped to mold the future destiny of his county. He was a very stirring, useful man. He taught school several years, and did a great deal of surveying for the pioneers of his county. He held important offices of trust in both Church and State, from his earliest manhood until death. He was a member of the Friends' Society, and lived and died a devout and consistent Christian. He departed this life in 1872. In his death, Clinton County lost one of her worthiest citizens. William P. Harvey, the subject of our sketch, was reared on a farm, received a good English education, and was married in 1851 to Miss Ann Clawson, daughter of William Clawson. She died in 1853. In 1855, he married Miss Nancy Moore, daughter of Joshua and Nancy Moore, both of whom are deceased. This union has been blessed with seven children, viz., Sarah Ann, Willis M., Eli, Joshua, Seth, James and John (deceased). He is a member of the Friends' Society, for which religious body he officiates as a minister of the Gospel. He is, politically, a Republican, and the owner of 153 acres of land located near the village of Sligo.

AMOS HUFFMAN, Adams, was born near Edenton, Clermont Co., Ohio, on the 22d day of February, 1841. His father's name was Peter Huffman, son of Frederick Huffman, who emigrated from New Jersey with his family at an early day, and settled on Hunter's Run, near where West Woodville now is. His mother's name was Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Jordan, who came to Ohio from, at or near, Edenton, N. C. His mother died when he was live years of age, and his father survived his wife but three years, leaving three children, of whom Amos was the eldest. In a few months after his father's death, and in accordance with his request, he made bis home with and became a member of the family of James Scott, in the immediate vicinity of West Woodville. Here his boyhood days were pleasantly spent. Through the winter months, he attended the village school near by, and the balance of the year he was engaged in labor upon the farm At the age of twenty, in August, 1861, he enlisted in the service of his country, and became a member of Company C, Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the company being commanded by Capt. W. T. Beatty, and the regiment by Col. L. A. Harris. He left Camp Dennison on the 24th day of September, 1861, his regiment being ordered to service in Eastern Kentucky, by the way of Paris, Mount Sterling and Mud Lick Springs to West Liberty, where it had its first engagement with the enemy, after a forced march of over forty miles. From here the regiment went to Prestonburgh, and soon after was engaged in the battle of Ivy Mountain. In December following, his regiment was transferred by way of the Big Sandy and Ohio Rivers to Louisville. The regiment was placed in Mitchell's command, and served under him until Buell's retreat to Louisville, in the fall of 1862. Leaving Louisville about the 1st of October, on the 8th of that month the regiment participated in the battle of Perryville, where it lost heavily in killed aud wounded. Shortly after, his regiment was engaged in the sanguinary battle of Stone River, which lasted several days from the time the skirmishers first became engaged. Up to this time, Mr. Huffman had been constantly with his regiment, participating in all skirmishes and battles in which it had been engaged. On the morning of December 31, 1862, after McCook had been driven back on the right, Rousseau's division, of which the Second Ohio was a part, was ordered to the center, it having been in reserve. The brigade, of which the Second Ohio formed a part, was ordered to the support of the batteries on the elevation between the railroad and pike, and while so doing were charged on by the rebels in column by regiments. Here it was that Mr. Huffman fell, wounded in the left knee by a minie ball. After the rebels were driven back, Corporal Huffman was carried off the battle-field to the field hospital, where his leg was amputated. Here he remained, suffering intensely, but slowly recovering, until the 8th of April, 1863, when he was discharged and sent home. The following winter, he attended school near Ogden, Clinton County, he at the time living in the family of and going to school to I. W. Quinby. Afterward, for about two years, he was engaged in mercantile pursuits at Ogden, in 1865, being elected Assessor of Adams Township. On the 16th day of October, 1866, Mr. Huffman was married to Kate W. Randall, daughter of John D. and Jane Randall, of Clermont County, and soon after became a resident of Wilmington. In August, 1867, at the Republican primary election, he was nominated for County Treasurer, and was elected to that office the following October. In 1869, he was again elected to the same office. After serving in this capacity for two terms of two years each, a constitutional provision forbidding another succeeding term, Mr. Huffman retired from the office, enjoying the confidence of all who knew him, and with the reputation of having made a faithful, competent and obliging officer. Having purchased a farm in Adams Township, about the time of the expiration of his term of office as County Treasurer, he soon after removed to the same, where he now resides, respected and esteemed by all who know him. His family consists of his wife and three children, two daughters and one son.

RODNEY JENKS, farmer, P. 0. Ogden, was born May, 1823, in Butler County, Ohio, the son of David and Thankful Jenks. David Jenks was born in Providence, R. I., October 23, 1790. Ho was reared on a farm, received but a limited education, aud was married July, 1812, to Miss Thankful Fish. In 1817, he emigrated with his wife from Massachusetts - in which State he was living at that time - to Ohio, in Ham - ilton County, on the Big Miami River. He lived here until the year 1824, when he removed to Clinton County, and settled about one-half mile south of where Ogden Village is at present located. Ho endured all the hardships and privations subject to and accompanying pioneer life, and died January 5, 1854. He was the father of seven children by his first wife, three of whom are still living - Alden, Harriet and Rodney. His wife having died, he married a second time in 1831. One child was born to them - Amanda R., deceased. Mr. Jenks followed the business of a carpenter during the greater part of his life, having learned the trade with his father, who was also a carpenter. A tenon saw, used by David's father in the building of the first factory erected in the United States, is in the possession of the subject of our sketch, who preserves it as a historical memento. David Jenks was elected Trustee of Vernon Township in 1842, and held the same until the formation of Adams Township, which occurred iu 1849, when he was elected one of the first Trustees of that township, in which capacity he officiated two or three years. Politically, he was Democratic. Was successful in business transactions, and left to his family about one hundred and thirty-eight acres of land. Rodney, our subject, was reared on a farm in his early years ; he also learned the carpenter trade with his father, which business he followed about ten years. When about twenty-five years of age, he bought a farm of forty-nine acres in Washington Township; lived thereon until 1847. He then removed to the village of Cuba, where he lived until about 1850. He subsequently bought a farm of seventy-four acres near Ogden Village, and by recent purchases has at present a farm of about 125 acres. He was married, August 8, 1844, to Miss Sarah R. Byard, daughter of George and Hannah Byard. To them have been born five children, two of whom are still living - George and David. He was elected Justice of the Peace for Adams Township in 1874, and served one term. He is a member of the Odd Fellow Fraternity Lodge, No. 127, at Wilmington, Ohio. This gentleman is well worthy the honor of being represented in the history of Clinton County, which contains none who are more upright in their dealings with their fellow men, and few more earnest in advancing the public interests of the county.

JOSEPH R. JOHNSON, farmer, P. 0. Ogden, was born May 24, 1852, in Clinton County, Ohio, near Gurneyville. He is the son of Lewis and Rachel Johnson. He was reared to mauhood on a farm, receiving but an ordinary English education. On January 1, 1875, he married Miss Minerva J. Bennett, daughter of Henry H. and Nancy Bennett. They are the happy parents of two children - Irvin H. and Mary Anna. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are both of them consistent members of the Friends' Church. Mr. Johnson, in his political views, is a stanch Republican. He owns eighty-five acres of good land, located about one and one-half miles west of Sligo Village. Mr. Johnson is a young man of industrious habits, and we trust will ever be a useful man to the community in which he resides.

JOHN KERSEY, farmer, P. 0. Wilmington, was born April 3, 1829, in Clinton County, Ohio ; son of Thomas and Letitia Kersey, was reared on a farm ; received an ordinary education ; was married, April 23, 1876, to Miss Sarah Ann Price, daughter of William J. and Sarah M. Price ; he is the father of two children, viz., Amanda and Jeremiah. In his political views he is a Republican ; a member of the Friends' Church, and the owner of 123 acres of land. Mr. Kersey is a man of studious and somewhat retired habits, and a good, honest and law-abiding citizen.

JEREMIAH KIMBROUGH, farmer, P. 0. Ogden. The Kimbroughs emigrated from England prior to the Revolutionary war. The first place known at present as to where they settled is in Virginia. Thomas Kimbrough was a Revolutionary soldier ; after the war closed, he and his brothers and sisters removed to North Carolina, near where the city of Salisbury is at present built ; Thomas lived here until he died ; the remainder of his brothers and sisters removed to Tennessee State, near Knoxville. Thomas reared five children, four boys and one girl. Jeremiah, one of his sons, was born 1778, in September, and married, in September, 1799, Miss Sarah Mendenhall, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth M. His father, Thomas, who was at this time a slaveholder, offered him his inheritance, which was one slave, but he refused the offering, and said to his father, " No, I will be my own slave," and in the fall of 1809, he started with his family for a free State, and came directly to Ohio ; his sister, however, i arrived before him; his brothers remained in the slave States, and all of them, with [ their descendants, held slaves until the Union artillery battered down the walls of Richmond, the great thronghold of confederate power, and which brought the war to a final | close. Jeremiah first settled in Clinton County, about four miles west of Wilmington, in the wild woods, built himself a log cabin ; after he erected his cabin, he began the work of clearing the forest about him for the purpose of cultivation ; he lived here about two years and sold his land to Mr. George Carter, and bought land on the State road, now known as the Cincinnati, Goshen & Wilmington Turnpike, about one and one-half miles east of where the village of Sligo is located ; he lived there about sixteen years; sold out and bought land of Isaac Harvey, on Todd's Fork, near where the Springfield Meeting-House is located ; he lived there until the date of his death, which occurred August 15, 1850 ; his wife died in March, 1859. He was the father of eleven children, nine of whom are still living. Thomas, the eldest child of Jeremiah, was born September 18, 1800 ; was reared on a farm ; received but a limited education ; he also followed the business of a millwright, the greatest part of early life, in connection with his farming duties. He was married, April 4, 1822, to Miss Elizabeth Hiatt, daughter of Jesse and Martha Hiatt, who came from Grayson County, Va., in the spring of 1810, and settled near Wilmington, Clinton County ; he is the father of nine children, of whom six are living ; his son, Jeremiah, our subject, was born October 14, 1827, in Clinton County ; was reared to man's estate on a farm ; received but a limited education. Was married. February 21, 1850, to Miss Esther Harvey, daughter of Eli and Sarah Harvey. To them has been born one child, viz., Louisa. Mrs. Kimbrough died October 18, 1859; he remarried, March 26, 1868, Miss Rhoda E. Hadley, daughter of Eli and Abigail Hadley. They are the parents of five children, viz., Willard T.,

Lulu S., Clifford E., Raymond J. and Mary E. In 1873, he bought the farm on which he is at present located, about two miles west of Sligo, on the Lebanon Free Turnpike road ; he is a member of the Friends' Society, and the owner of about seventy-five acres of land.

DEMETRIUS KIMBROUGH, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born February 23, 1840, in Randolph County, Ind,, in which State his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Kimbrough, were at that time living. Fie was reared to manhood on a farm, received but a limited education, and was married October 12, 1867, to Miss Esther C. Bangham. They are the parents of three children - Orah M., Anna B. and Estella E. Mrs. Kimbrough is the daughter of John C. and Anna Bangham, In August, 1862, he enlisted in the Sixty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, organized at Richmond, Ind., and was attached to the army in the Department of the Gulf. He was engaged in the operations against the rebel Gen. Kirby Smith. Under Gen. Nelson, near Richmond, Ky.. in one of their engagements against Gen. Smith, the Union army was defeated, and all but about one-third of the Sixty-ninth were taken prisoners. Mr. Kimbrough and two other men slipped away into a low field, and by hiding and maneuvering in this manner finally escaped from the rebel lines. He then made his way to Lexington, Ky. The greater part of the Sixty-ninth having been taken prisoners by the rebels, a short time after, there was an exchange of prisoners made. The Sixty-ninth then went to Richmond, Ind., to re-organize. After re-organizing, they proceeded to Cairo, 111., joined the fleet on the Mississippi, and proceeded to Memphis. He subsequently engaged in the battles of Chickasaw Bluffs and Arkansas Post. Shortly after the fight at Arkansas Post, the army went into camp at Young's Point. They here re-organized, and, according to orders from Gen. Grant, proceeded down the Louisiana shore, crossed the Mississippi River, and met the rebels at Port Gibson, Miss. He subsequently was engaged in the battles of Champion Hill, Black River Bridge, Vicksburg, and the Red River expedition. On July 4, 1865, he was mustered out of the service, and discharged at Indianapolis, July 20, 1865. He then returned to Clinton County. About two years after his return, he married Miss Esther C. Bangham, and after living on several different farms finally settled on a farm of forty acres, located about two and one-half miles west of Sligo. He is a member of the Friends' Society, and an upright and law abiding citizen.

HARLAN MADEN, farmer, P. 0. Ogden, was born October 26, 1811 ; son of Eli and Hannah Maden. Eli Maden was born in Pennsylvania, May 13, 1 7 Y9 ; son of George and Edith Maden ; emigrated from North Carolina, to which State he had removed from Pennsylvania, to Clinton County, and settled on Todd's Fork about 1810. He was married in March, 1810, to Miss Hannah Harlan, daughter of Enoch and Edith Harlan. They were the parents of six children - Harlan, John, George, Rowena, Rebecca and Hiram. He endured all the hardships and privations of pioneer life. He was a member of the Friends' Society, and died December 22, 1871. Harlan Maden, the subject of our present sketch, was reared to manhood on a farm, received but a limited education, and was married February 24, 1836, to Miss Margaret Osborn, daughter of William and Susannah Osborn. This union has been blessed with five children - Susannah, Rebecca A., Sallie M.; Hannah and William, deceased. He is a member of the Friends' Society, a Republican, and has served as Trustee of Adams Township for several terms.

OSCAR C. MoCTINE, farmer, P. O. Harveysburg, was born March 13, 1851, in Warren County, in Harveysburg; is the son of William and Ann McCune. William McCune was born November 30, 1824, in Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio ; was the son of Samuel and Rachel McCune, who were among the early settlers of Clinton County, having settled here about 1818. He received an ordinary English education, and was married to Miss Ann Collett, October 30, 1849, daughter of Jonathan and Sallie Collett. They are the parents of nine children, six of whom are still living. Shortly after this marriage, he removed to Harveysburg, where he remained for several years, and engaged in the tanning business; thence removed to the farm at present occupied by his widow, in the northwest part of Adams Township. He was a member of the Baptist Church, in which religious body he officiated as Deacon. He was a kind and affectionate father, an indulgent husband, and departed this life June 17, 1870. He served for several years as Justice of the Peace for Adams Township, and in his death Clinton County lost a citizen whose life-work is well worthy of perpetuation in the annals of her history. The subject of our present sketch, and oldest son of William and Ann McCune, was reared in Harveysburg until he reached his tenth year, when Iris father removed to Adams Township. He remained at home until he reached his twentieth year, at which time he began to attend the Normal School at Lebanon. He attended this institution about two years, and subsequently taught school for several terms. He was married, September 4, 1879, to Miss Laura Maltbie, daughter of Hiram and Elizabeth Maltbie, of Warren County. Iu 1875, he bought a farm of 105 acres, located in the northwest part of Adams Township. He is a member of the Baptist Church. Was elected Justice of the Peace in 1872, and is still officiating in that capacity.

DAVID S. MIARS, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born in 1831, in Clinton County, the son of David and Sarah Miars. He was reared on a farm, received buc a limited education, and was married, March 22, 1856, to Miss Eliza W. Harlan, daughter of Nicholas W. and Abigail Harlan. They are the parents of seven children, viz., Mary E., Nicholas D., Willie B., Isaac H., Armata, Sarah L. and Lenora. Mr. Miars is a Republican, in political matters. He is a man of more than ordinary intelligence, and the owner of fifty-one acres of land.

JAMES MORAN, deceased. Among the names of Adams Township, Clinton County, we have found that of Mr. James Moran (deceased). Although he has left us, yet his memory still lives in the minds of the loved ones he has left behind him, who mourn his untimely death. He was born about 1821, in Ireland, and was the son of Patrick and Ann Moran. He was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received but a limited education. About the year 1851, he emigrated to America, landing in New York, in which city and vicinity he remained for several years. He then came on to Cincinnati, where he remained a short time. In 1855, he removed to Clinton County, Ohio, Adams Township, and located on a farm about one and one-half miles southwest of Ogden, on which farm his widow still resides. In 1855, October 31, he married Miss Mary McLaughlin, daughter of John and Mary McLaughlin, of Ire-

I; land. This union was blessed with eight children, viz., Patrick, John, Mary A., Will- ' iam, Thomas, Maggie, James and Peter. Mr. Moran was to his children a kind and I loving father, and to his wife an indulgent husband. He departed this life, December 10, 1881. In his death, Clinton County lost a worthy, peaceful and law-abiding citizen, who, although true to the land of his adoption, yet loved that Isle where his forefathers : suffered and died under the cruel oppression of English misrule.

HARRISON MULLIN, farmer, P. 0. Harveysburg, was born February 17, 1847. in Warren County, Clear Creek Township ; is the son of Nathan and Mary Ann Mul- ; lin. He was reared on a farm ; received but a limited education ; was married, September 11, 1873, to Miss Eva L. Harlan, born July 14, 1854, daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia Harlan. This union has been blessed with one child, viz., Milo M. In his political views, he is a Republican. In 1873, he removed to the farm at present occupied by him, about two miles southwest of Oakland Village. He believes in supporting every enterprise which would be of interest to the county or township, and is the owner of 150 acres of land.

ADAM OSBORN, blacksmith, Ogden, was bom February 1, 1823, in Clinton County, Ohio ; son of Thomas and Margaret Osborn. Thomas Osborn was born about the year 1800, and when about fifteen years of age, his parents, William and Susannah Osborn, emigrated from North Carolina to Clinton County, Ohio. He was reared to manhood on a farm, receiving but a limited education. About the year 1818, he married Miss Margaret Reynard, daughter of Adam and Catherine Reynard. They were the parents of twelve children, seven of whom are still living, viz., William, Adam, Peter, Thomas, Susannah, Catherine and Mary. Thomas Osborn, after leading a life of usefulness, departed this life, July, 1837. His wife died in December, 1867. Adam . Osborn, the subject of our present sketch, was reared on a farm ; received but a limited education. When about twenty years of age, he began the trade of blacksmithing. He first engaged himself to Mr. Joseph Thatcher, who was located about three miles southwest of Wilmington ; remained with him about two years. He then engaged himself to John Kimbrough, at Sligo village, for whom he worked about four years. He then located on the old Cincinnati road, about four miles southwest of Wilmington, remained there until 1865, when he removed to Ogden Village, opened a shop, and has been in business here up to the present time. He was married, March 15, 1846, to Miss Martha P. Clark. To them have been born nine children, viz., Mary, Mattie, Lydia D., Amanda M.. Peter A., Elisha B., and three deceased. Mrs. Osborn died August 4, 1861. He remarried, April 25, 1867, to Mrs. Anderson, widow of Harrison Anderson. She died, September 2, 1874. He was again married, February 3, 1878, to Mrs. Ann E. Nordyke. This union has been blessed with one child, viz., Minnie C. He is a member of the Friends' Society, and a man who is more upright in his dealings with hie fellow men, Clinton County does not possess. This worthy gentleman certainly is entitled to the honor of being represented in the history of our county.

PETER OSBORN, Sr., farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born July 31, 1826, and is a eon of Thomas and Margaret Osborn. Thomas was born about the year 1800; was the son of William and Susannah Osborn, of whom we have made mention in this work. He was reared on a farm, receiving but a limited education. Was married about the year 1818, to Miss Margaret Reynard. They were the parents of twelve children, seven of whom are still living. He first settled on Lytle's Creek, near where the village of Ogden is at present located. In 1829, he removed to a farm located near the farm at present owned by Mr. Alfred Osborn. He remained here until his death, which occurred in July, 1837. He was a kind and loving father and an affectionate husband, and his achievements are well worthy of remembrance. Peter Osborn, the subject of our sketch, was reared to man's estate on a farm, receiving the rudiments of education in a district school. On October 22, 1859, he married Miss Elizabeth Lundy, born Maroh 30, 1833, and daughter of Jesse and Abigail Lundy. They are the happy parents of four children, viz.: Angeline, Ruth E., Margaret J. and Clark. Mr.

PETER OSBORN, Jr., farmer, P. 0. Ogden. Charles Osborn, father of the subject of our sketch, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, and in his youth was trained to the pursuits of farming. His father being a pioneer, he, also, shared in the hardships and privations which those sturdy woodsmen had to encounter. He married Miss Elizabeth Fulgum, daughter of Michael and Sarah Fulgum, of Indiana. He settled on the homestead of his father, located about two miles nearly south of Ogden village, Adams Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, where he spent the remainder of his days. He was the father of fourteen children, ten of whom are still living, viz.: Mary J.,

Michael, Peter, Caroline, Elizabeth, Charles, Lydia, Clark, Frank an^ Delphina. He owned at one time about 1,600 acres of land in Ohio and Indiana. He was a member of the Friends' Society, and died January 1, 1876. Peter, the fourth child of Charles and Elizabeth Osborn, and subject of this sketch, was, like his father, reared to man's estate on a farm, and received but a limited education. On September 20, 1866, he was united in marriage to Miss Anne J. Thatcher, daughter of Joseph and Deborah Thatcher. This union has been blessed with seven children, viz.: Calvin, Clinton,

Elizabeth, Lizzie, Melville, and two who are deceased. He is a member of the Friends' Society and the owner of ninety-six acres of land, partly in Adams and Washington Townships.

ALFRED OSBORN, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born January 5, 1833, in Clinton County; was the son of Peter and Sarah Osborn. Peter Osborn was about eleven years of age when his parents settled in Clinton County. His education was rather limited, and as he grew to manhood he also engaged in the work of clearing the forest, in which he endured a great many hardships and privations. He first married Miss Sarah Hadley, daughter of William and Susan Hadley, by whom he had eight children. Mrs. Osborn having died, he married Mrs. Eliza A. Trueblood, widow of Cyrus Trueblood, by whom he had two children, viz.: Mary and Ada. He was a member of the Friends' Society, and during the latter part of his life was a preacher of the gospel for that religious body, and died November 17, 1874. In him his children found a kind and loving father, and his consort found in him an indulgent husband. Alfred Osborn was reared on a farm ; received but a very limited education ; was married October 23, 1862, to Miss Martha E. Stanton, daughter of William and Theodosia Stanton. To them have been born six children, viz.: Aletta, Walter S., Sarah T., Olive A., Frank

T. and Ruth J. (deceased). He is a member of the Friends' Society, a Republican,, and at present living on part of the old homestead farm of his father, located about one and a half miles southeast of Ogden Village.

WILLIAM OSBORN, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was boru in Randolph County, N. C., in 1808; is the son of William and Susannah Osborn, who settled in Clinton County, in the autumn of 1815. William, Jr., was about seven years of age when his parents settled on Lytle's Creek, about one mile east of where the village of Ogden is at present built. They remained here a short time, and subsequently bought 100 acres of wood-land about two miles southeast of Ogden Village. William Osborn, Sr., here first began the work of clearing the land, which occupied several years, during which time he endured a great many hardships and privations. He lived here for the remainder of his days. He was married, in 1799, to Miss Susan Snodderly. They were the parents of eight children, three of whom are still living. He was a member of the Friends' Society, a kind and loving father, an indulgent husband, and departed this life, October 4, 1862. William Osborn, Jr., the subject of our present sketch, was also reared on a farm ; his education was but limited. Was married, December 25, 1834, to Miss Hannah Hadley, daughter of David and Sarah Hadley. To them have been born five children, viz. : Isaiah, Seth, aud three who are deceased. Mrs.

Osborn died September 26, 1863. He was remarried May 5, 1881, to Mrs. Theodosia Hadley, widow of Eli N. Hadley, deceased. In 1834, he bought a farm of 165 acres, about one and a half miles southeast of Ogden, on which he still resides. He is a member of the Friends' Society, and may well be classed among the worthy pioneer citizens of our county.

Clinton County ; is the son of William and Hannah Osborn, whose sketch appears in this work. He was reared on a farm, and received but a limited education. When but fifteen years of age, he enlisted in the Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in February, 1863, and he was attached to the Fourteenth Army Corps, under command of Gen. Thomas, operating principally in Georgia and Tennessee. After about eight months of service, he fell a victim to the measles, which finally settled to his lungs. He was thereupon discharged, and returned home, where he remained about four or five months, at the end of which time, his health began to improve, and in February, 1864, he again enlisted in the One Hundred and Ninety-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served during the remainder of the war. His regiment was attached to the Army of the Cumberland. He participated in a great many skirmishes, and received an honora^ ble discharge, August, 1865. He then returned home, and on January 11, 1867, married Miss Anna B. Rayburn, born July 10, 1845, and daughter of Samuel and Susannah Rayburn. They are the parents of three children, viz. : Walter D., Albert W. and Gilbert S. He is an earnest and consistent member of the Friends' Society, in which religious body he officiates as a preacher of the Gospel. Politically, he is a Republican, and may well be classed among the worthy citizens of Clinton County.

SAMUEL PYLE, farmer, P. 0. Ogden. Among the highly esteemed citizens of Adams Township, Clinton County, we find the subject of our sketch well worthy the honor of handing down to posterity his career as a tiller of the soil ; he was born September 22, 1812, in North Carolina,; was the son of William, born March 11, 1788, and Mary, born July 27, 1792, who settled in Clinton County at a very early day, near where the village of Clarksville is at present located. In about 1824, William built the Clarksville grist-mill, which he operated for about twenty-five years. In 1869, he went to live with his son, William L. Pyle, in Indianapolis. About six years after, while on a visit to his old home in Clinton County, he took a severe illness, from the effects of which he died July 20, 1875, in the eighty-eighth year of his age; his wife died February 7, 1848. They were the parents of nine children, of whom four are living. Samuel, the subject of our sketch, passed his boyhood years on a farm, and received but a very limited education. In July, 1837, he married Miss Isabella W. Austin, daughter of Thomas and Eleanor Austin. They are the happy parents of eight children, viz., Ann Eliza, Emily C., Amanda M., Francis H., Melissa J., Thomas W., Alfred C. and Arthur W. Mrs. Pyle died April 25, 1856, and he was again married, to Mrs. Harrietta McMillan, widow of Milton McMillan. Samuel, with his family, had lived in different parts of Warren and Clinton Counties until the year 1854, when he removed to the farm on which he is at present, located about one and a half miles southwest of Sligo Village ; he has served as Trustee for Adams Township about three yearsj; was a Director of the Goshen, Wilmington and Columbus Turnpike road for several years ; was a member of the Clinton County Board of Agriculture at Wilmington, and is the owner of 180 acres of land.

WILLIAM PYLE, farmer, P. 0. Ogden, was born July 16, 1822, in Clinton County ; is the son of Jehu and Esther Pyle. Jehu was born December 25, 1794, in North Carolina ; his parents first emigrated to Indiana, where they remained a few years, when they removed to Clinton County, Ohio, in 1818, and settled on Lytle's Creek, near where the village of Sligo is at present located ; he was married, February 24, 1820, to Miss Esther Stratton, daughter of Joseph and Dosia Stratton. This union has been blessed with eleven children, four of whom are still living. Mr. Pyle, in his younger days, endured some of the hardships and privations of pioneer life, and died January 19, 1859. William Pyle, the subject of our sketch, was reared to man's estate on a farm ; received but a limited education ; he was married, July 23, 1845, to Miss Rebecca Garner, daughter of William and Ann Garner. To them have been born six children, viz., Jehu E., Lindley D., John W., Joseph L., Mary, and (Esther A., deceased). In 1874, he bought the farm on which he is at present located, about one and a quarter miles southwest from Sligo Village ; he is a member of the Friends' Society, a Republican, and the owner of eighty acres of land.

Clinton County we find but few who are more worthy of representation in the history of our county than the subject of our present sketch. William W. Sheppard was born March 20, 1821, in Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio. His parents were Levi and Sarah Sheppard. Levi Sheppard was born May 18, 1791, near Winchester, Ya. Ho was the son of .Jeffrey and Hannah Sheppard. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. On April 4, 1816, he married Miss Sarah Wilkin, daughter of John and Rachel Wilkin. He emigrated from Virginia to Clinton County, Ohio, about the year 1818; he first settled in the eastern end of Wilmington, which was but a small village in that day. In his youth, he learned the trade of a mason, and subsequently carried on the building business iu Wilmington for more thau fifty years. In the construction of the third jail in Wilmington for Clinton County, the contract for building the same was allotted to Levi Sheppard for $508. To Mr. Sheppard was also awarded the contract for building a structure to be occupied by the county offices in 1824. He was the father of three children, viz., William W., Lydia, married to Hiram Finley, of Wilmington, and Mary, deceased. Mrs. Sheppard died May 5, 1847. In 1854, he married Miss Lucinda Favy, of Lexington, Ohio. In 1866, he moved to Mount Vernon, 111., where he lived a retired life until his death, which occurred October 20, 1870, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. He was a consistent member of the M. E. Church, and died as he lived - a Christian. William W. Sheppard, the subject of our present sketch, was reared to manhood in Wilmington. He attended the first high school established in Wilmington, in which institution he completed a course of higher English education. When twentyfour years of age he began to read medicine with Dr. A. Jones of Wilmington, and in the fall of 1846 he attended the Ohio Medical University at Cincinnati. On December 23, 1847, he married Miss Elizabeth Biddel, born September 10, 1828, and daughter of Humphrey and Rachel Biddel. To them have been born three children, viz., Shotwell A., Levi H. and Rachel E. (deceased). In 1848, the Doctor removed to Sligo and began the practice of medicine. He practiced there about eighteen or twenty years, at the end of which time he removed to Mercer County, 111., and located in the town of Millersburg, where he practiced about eighteen months. He then again removed to Sligo, Clinton Co., Ohio, where he first began to practice, and in which village he at present resides. Dr. Sheppard is one of the gentlemen who framed the petition in favor of having the territory now comprising Adams Township formed into said township. In 1880, he was elected President of the Clinton County Medical Association. Dr. and Mrs. Sheppard are members of the Friends' Society.

JOSEPH W. SLACK, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born May 23, 1824, in Bucks County, Penn., son of Jacob and Susan Slack. Jacob Slack was born November 6, 1798, son of Joseph and Mary Slack. He was reared on a farm, in his early years. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to his uncle Jacob Van Hart to learn the trade of boot and shoe making, remaining with him about five years. He afterwards carried on the business of boot and shoe making in connection with his farming, in Lower Wakefield Township, Penn. He was married to Miss Susan White, who bore unto him eight children - Joseph W., Heuston T. (married Miss May J. Brown), Sarah, (married to Daniel Wertz, of Northampton County, Penn.), Mary (married to Jacob Vanartsdalem), Caroline (married to James Slack) and three deceased. He was successful in business during life, and died May 4, 1837. His wife survived him some seventeen years, she having departed this life September 4, 1854. Joseph W. Slack, the subject of our sketch, was reared on a farm, and received but a limited education. When but sixteen years of age he began the trade of wagon-making, with his uncle Israel Roberts, of Bucks County, Penn.; worked for him about one year. He then was employed by Mr. James Fell, with whom he remained about five years, during which time he had managed to save about $60 in cash, and after quitting his employer he emigrated to Clinton County, Ohio, in 1846. He first came to the village of Sligo, where he was engaged in the wagon and carriage business for the fifteen years following. Iu September, 1862, he enlisted in the Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infautry. He was mustered in at Camp Dennison. The Seventy-ninth was attached to the Army of the Cumberland un- der Gen. Rosecrans, afterwards re-organized and termed the Army of the Tennessee, under command of Gen. Sherman. He participated in the battles of Stone River, Resaca, Kenesaw, Peach Tree Creek, the fighting about Atlanta, the fighting in front of Savannah, Averysboro and Jonesboro. Shortly after the battle of Jonesboro, Richmond surrendered, whereupon the Seventy-ninth marched to Raleigh, which city they made their headquarters, until orders were received to proceed to Washington, D. 0., where he was mustered out of the service, which occurred in June, 1865. He then returned to his home, and has followed farming and stock-raising up to the present time. In 1856, he bought, near Sligo, a farm of thirty acres, and by subsequent purchases has acquired a fine estate of 240 acres of land. He was elected Treasurer for Adams Township in 1870, and has served until the present time; has served as Township Trustee. He was elected County Commissioner in 1880, and is still ofiiciating in that capacity. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, Lodge No. 52, Wilmington, Ohio.

JESSE THATCHER, famer, P. 0. Ogden, was born January 8, 1815, in Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio, and is to-day the oldest man living in Clinton County who was born in Wilmington. He was the son of Thomas and Susannah Thatcher. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. His father died when he was but seven years of age, after which time he went to live with his grandfather, Joseph Stratton, on Lytle's creek, on the farm where Caleb Wood at present resides. He lived with his grandfather about seven years, at the end of which time he again went to live with his mother, who had married Mr. William Hadley. He lived with her until he was twenty years of age, at which time he married Miss Martha Reynard, daughter of Adam and Catherine Reynard. This event occurred April 3, 1835. Martha Reynard was born February 23, 1817. This union has been blessed with thirteen children - Thomas, by profession a lawyer, at present in Colorado, and at one time Judge of Probate for Warren County, with head-quarters at Lebanon; Milton, Jesse, Ruth, Lydia E., Martha E., Dosia E. and six who are deceased. After living in different parts of the County for about fifteen years, Mr. Thatcher finally removed to the farm at present occupied by him, on Todd's Fork, Adams Township. He is a member of the Friends. His wife also is a member of the Friends' Society, and is esteemed as an earnest, consistent Christian lady.

JOHN ANDERSON, deceased, was born in Virginia, in 1811. His parents were William and Nancy Anderson. In his youth, he was trained to the pursuits of farming, and received but a limited education. In March, 1837, he married Miss Lydia, daughter of Philip and Mary Murphy. To them were born six children - Franklin J., Virginia, Philip, John W., and two deceased. They emigrated from Virginia to Greene County, Ohio, about the year 1837, where they lived several years. They then removed to Clinton County, where the family at present reside. Mr. Anderson was a Democrat in politics. He departed this life September 3, 1855. His widow still survives him, and resides in Chester Township, about one and one-half miles south of New Burlington.

WILSON BAILEY, farmer, Oakland, was born January 25, 1849, Clinton County, Chester Township, Ohio. His parents were William H. and Rachel Bailey. He was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received an ordinary district school education. On the 29th of August, 1874, he was united in the bonds of matrimony to Miss Ida T. Lemar, daughter of Samuel Lemar, of whom we have made mention in this work. To them have been born three children - James M., Frank R. and Samuel K. He is a Republican, and the owner of about eighty acres of land.

DANIEL COLLETT, Jr., deceased, was born October 1, 1795, in Jefferson County, Va. In the year 1814, his parents, Daniel, Sr., and Mary Collett, settled in what is now known as Chester Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, and where they settled there was Dot a stick amiss. They endured all the hardships and privations usually endured by the pioneers of that early day. Daniel, Sr., was the father of seven children, a member of the Church of England, and departed this life in June, 1835. His wife died in September, 1826. Daniel Collett, Jr., wa3 reared on a farm, and received the rudiments of an English education in a district school. In March, 1826, he married Miss Virginia McKay, daughter of Moses and Abigail McKay. To them were born one child - Daniel. Mrs. McKay died January, 1827. In August, 1831, he married Miss Charity Hackney, daughter of Aaron and Hannah Hackney, by whom lie had five children. He was a member of the Baptist Church, in which church he officiated as Deacon. Politically he was a Republican. He departed this life in September, 1862. His wife died in September, 1881. Daniel, one of the sons of Daniel Collett, Jr, was born in January, 1827. When an infant his mother died. He was then taken care of by Mrs. Jonathan Collett, with whom he remained until he was about eight years of age. He then went again to live with his own people on the old homestead, where he at present resides. He has served as Township Trustee for about twelve years, and has in his possession about 500 acres of land. Jonathan Collett, Sr., brother of Daniel Collett, Jr., was born April, 1787, in Jefferson County, Va. In May, 1822, he married Sarah McKay, daughter of Moses and Abigail McKay, and sister of Mrs. Daniel Collett, Jr. They had nine children, of whom six are still living. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and died in October, 1865. His wife died in 1852. He was a man of sterling integrity and worth.

DANIEL H. COLLETT, deceased, was born March 11, 1806, in Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio. He was the son of Moses and Rebecca Collett, who settled in Warren County about 1806. Daniel H. was reared on a farm, and received a fair English education. He was married, November 4, 1830, to Miss Maria A. McKay, sister of Francis McKay, whose sketch appears in this work. To them have been born eight children, viz. : Thamasin, Moses, Abigail, Elizabeth, Sarah A., Francis, Horace, and Rebecca (deceased). In the year 1831, he settled on 360 acres of land in Chester Township, Clinton County, about three miles southeast of where New Burlington is located. He was industrious, persevering and energetic in his business matters. During the latter years of his life, he was troubled with heart disease, from the effects of which he died very suddenly, January 11, 1871. He was a kind and loving father, and an affectionate husband. In his death, Clinton County lost one of her most worthy and honorable citizens. He was a member of the Baptist Church at Jonah's Run, in which church he officiated as Deacon. Clinton County has had but few men more worthy of representation in the annals of her history than the subject of our sketch.

NATHAN H. COLLETT, farmer, P. O. Harveysburg, was born November 27, 1810, in Greene County, where he remained until he was about thirty -three years of age. He was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received a fair English education in a district school. On October 12, 1836, he married Miss Mary S. Hackney, born March 2, 1812, in Frederick County, Va., and daughter of Aaron and Hannah Hackney. To them have been born seven children, five of whom are still living, viz. : Eleanor, Hannah, Rebecca, Louisa and Hugh S. In 1845, Mr. Collett removed from Greene to Clinton County, and settled in the southern portion of Chester Township, where he still resides. He has served as Trustee for Chester Township. Politically, he is a Republican ; is a member of the Baptist Church, and the owner of 190 acres of land.

JESSE COMPTON, farmer, P. O. New Burlington. Samuel Compton, father of the subject of our sketch, was born in South Carolina, August 16, 1796. His parents were Amos and Rebecca Compton. When about ten years of age, his parents emigrated from South Carolina to Greene County, Ohio, about the year 1806, and settled ou the banks of Caesar's Creek, near where New Burlington is at present located. Amos lived here until his death, which occurred September 14, 1824. His wife afterward married John Furnas, Sr. She departed this life October 5, 1844. Samuel was reared on a farm, and in 1823, married Miss Alice Ally. Shortly after his marriage, he settled in the woods, about one mile west of his father's farm, in Greene County, and

\ began to clear off his land, in which he endured a great many hardships. He was the father of eight children, five of whom grew to man and womanhood, viz. : Jesse, Rebecca, Nancy, Amos and Lydia. He departed this life March 12, 1861. His widow still survives him. she being now in her seventy-eighth year. Samuel was a member of the Society of Friends, and was at one time the owner of about seven hundred acres of land. Jesse Compton, the subject of our present sketch, and eldest child of Samuel Compton, was born January 12, 1825, in Greene County ; was reared to manhood on a farm. He I received the rudiments of an English education, in a district school. He was married October 12, 1848, to Miss Esther Spray, born in July, 1831, and daughter of Jesse, 1 Sr., and Mary Spray. They are the parents of six children, viz. : Uriah, Martha, John S., Mary A., Lydia J. and Elizabeth A. In 1848, he removed from Greene County to Chester Township, Clinton County, and located about one-half of a mile east of New Burlington. He is an ardent member of the Society of Friends, and the owner of about 151 acres of land.

JOHN P. DENNY, deceased, was born July 4, 1823, in Warren County, near Lebanon. His parents were John and Hannah Denny. When he was about seven years of age his parents removed to Clinton County, where they remained until their death. In his youthful days he was trained to farming, which occupation he ever after followed. On January, 1862, he married Miss Martha Collett, born in February, 1831, by whom he has had two children, viz.: Anne and George. He was a man of sterling integrity and reliable character, a kind and loving father and indulgent husband. In polities he was a Republican. He departed this life August 10, 1881. His widow still survives him, and has in her possession about 428 acres of land.

BENJAMIN FARQUHAR, physician, New Burlington. Jonah Farquhar, . father of the subject of our sketch and seventh son of Allan and Phebe Farquhar, was bom in Frederick County, Md., on March 13, 1778. As to the manner in which his youthful days were spent, we can give but a brief account, except that he received the rudiments of an English education iu a district school of that early day. When a voung man, he learned the trade of tanning at his father's tanyard, which he followed for many years. When quite young he lost his parents, and consequently he was thrown upon his own resources to make his way in the world the best he could. At the death of his father he received several hundred dollars, with which, increased by his own earnings, he started, in the spring of 1806, on horseback, accompanied by his brother Mahlon, for the State of Ohio. After having arrived in Ohio, they spent some time in viewing the country in Greene, Clinton, Warren and some of the adjoining counties. They being quite fond of adventures, sold their horses, and with the proceeds thereof, bought flour at a mill, probably three miles below where Waynesville at present is located, on the Little Miami River. After constructing a rude raft or boat, which they loaded with the flour and such provisions as they were obliged to have in order to sustain life, they started down the river in search of a market for their (then) precious cargo. While on the route down the river their raft was damaged, having been stoved against the bank. This accident occasioned a. delay of some three or four days, which time was occupied by them in making such repairs as was deemed necessary. They again started on their way and after some time arrived at Cincinnati (then called Fort Washington). Not finding the market there as they anticipated, they procured a larger raft or boat, upon which they loaded their flour and provisions. They then started on a voyage down the Ohio River to New Orleans, where they found a satisfactory market for their flour. They here sold their boat and took passage on a schooner bound for Baltimore. This voyage carried them by way of the Gulf, the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay, and which finally brought them near their own home again, where they arrived about the beginning of the following winter. Jonah lived at home until the following summer, when he again started on horseback for Ohio. He was this time accompanied by his brother Mahlon and several others. Jonah and his brother finally concluded they would settle in the northern part of Greene County, where they bought land and began to appreciate the realities of their new Western home. During Jonah's first stay in Ohio, he formed the acquaintance of Miss Elizabeth Beal, daughter of Jacob and Sarah

Beal. She was born in Fayette County, Penn., her father having settled in Greene County about 1803. This acquaintance (after a time) ripened into an attachment, and on the 19th of July, 1808, they celebrated their nuptials. Mahlon remained with them for about two years after their marriage, when his failing health warned him to seek some other climate. He accordingly went to the eastern part of the State (Jefferson County), where, with his sister he lived but a few months ; consumption had seized his frame and slowly but surely, he succumbed to its dreadful grasp. Jonah and wife lived in Greene County until the fall of 1811, when he was taken ill with entero-gastritis, a disease at that time prevalent about the neighborhood in which they resided. He was attended to by medical aid, and for several weeks there seemed no hope for his recovery. He, however, slowly recovered, and after a time, concluded to spend some little time in visiting his relatives, by this means hoping still more to improve his health. Accordingly he started on horseback, taking with him his wife and son (Mahlon), about eighteen months old, with the intention of visiting his relatives in Jefferson County. After remaining in Jefferson a short time, they proceeded to visit his wife's relatives, who were at that time living in Pennsylvania. They there spent a few weeks, when they started on a journey to Frederick County, Md. After remaining a short time in Maryland, his health had recovered sufficiently to allow him to return to his Western home. But owing to the disturbed condition of the country - our Government at that time being engaged in a war with Great Britain - he concluded to wait until peace between the two countries was established. He accordingly rented in New Market, a dwelling-house, and secured an interest in a tannery, where he was busily engaged until the autumn of 1814, when he again began to think of returning to his Western home. At some time previous to Mahlon's death, he and Jonah had bought a tract of land situated on Turkey Run Creek, Clinton County, on which place Mrs. Farquhar wished to settle, owing to the malarious condition of the climate in Greene County. After making the necessary preparations, they started on their journey for their new home in Clinton County with a wagon, to which wore attached three horses. Their family at this time consisted of three children, one being an infant about two months old. They met with no serious accidents until they began crossing the Blue Ridge. They were here exposed to the rain and the inclemency of the weather, from the effects of which the infant contracted a cold, which finally brought on the dreaded croup and caused its death in a few hours. After laying away the cold form of the child in the barren mountains they resumed their journey. After a long and tedious journey they arrived in Cliuton County, about the tenth of November, 1814. They accordingly went to live in their new home. The house in which they were to dwell stood on the brow of a hill, and was built of round logs, the chimneys of which were very rude, nevertheless it served as a very comfortable home. After becoming settled he began preparations to establish a tanyard, and as his business began to increase he was obliged to enlarge his tanning capacities to enable him to meet the demands of his customers. In 1817, they moved from the log cabin into a new and better house built by them, which was more suited to their demands. They remained in this dwelling about thirty years, when an event occurred which brought sorrow to the different members of the family. After suffering for some time of paralysis, Mrs. Farquhar died. This occurred August 18, 1847. In 1837, his health failing him somewhat he concluded to give up the business of tanning, which he accordingly did. He subsequently spent a great deal of time in reading, having been especially interested in the anti-slavery and temperance movements. In the autumn of 1856, he was taken with a severe cold, which terminated in a fever, from the effects of which he was prostrated. He was confined to his room the greater part of the following winter. The following vernal season had once more arrived, which found him slowly but surely passing away, until on April 10, 1857, he quietly breathed his last - being then in his eightieth year. Benjamin, the subject of our present sketch, and one of the twelve children of Jonah Farquhar, of whom nine grew to manhood and womanhood, was born February 15, 1822, in what is now known as Chester Township, Clinton County. In his youth, he was reared to the pursuits of farming. He received the rudiments of education in a district school, and at the age of twenty he began to attend the Waynesville Academy, where he remained a short time. In 1845-46, he attended the Winchester Academy. He subsequently taught school for several years. In 1867, he attended the Physico-Medical Institute at Cincinnati, from whence he received his diploma in 1868. On April 4, 1850, he married Miss Arm Jay, daughter of David and Rebecca Jay, by whom he had six children, three of whom are still living. In 1869, he began the practice of medicine, with headquarters at New Burlington, Clinton County, in which profession he is at present successfully engaged. He is a member of the Friends' Society, and well worthy of representation in the history of our county.

PHILIP FARQUHAR, farmer, P. 0. Oakland, was born February 15, 1828, in Chester Township, Clinton Co., Ohio. He was the son of Jonah and Elizabeth Farquhar. His youthful days were passed on a farm. He received a fair English education, and subsequently taught school for about three years. He was married in May, 1860, to Miss Elizabeth Craig, born 1840, and daughter of James and Jane Craig, by whom he had seven children, four of whom are still living - James A., Salathiel, Viola M. and Mary J. He is a member of the Friends' Society. In 1866, he was elected Township Clerk, and served for ten years in succession. In 1879, he was elected Township Trustee, in which capacity he still officiates. In his political views he is a Republican ; and the owner of about fifty-three acres of land. He may well be classed among the worthy citizens of Clinton County.

AMOS HAINES, farmer, P. 0. Harveysburg, was born November 7, 1820, in Massie Township, Warren Co., Ohio. He was the son of Nathan and Rachel Haines, who settled in Warren County about the year 1818. Amos was reared to manhood on a farm, and received the rudiments of education in a district school. On June 18, 1850, he was united in marriage to Miss Hannah Denney. She departed this life January 28, 1853. In 1854, March 2, he married Miss Angeline Carr, by whom he had two children - Charles C. (at present ticket agent and operator at Corwin Station) and Mary B. Mr. Haines is a member of the Baptist Church. His political views are Republican, and he is the owner of about 169 acres of land, in Warren and Clinton Counties.

ELI HAINES, farmer, P. O. New Burlington, was born August 12, 1827, in Caesar's Creek Township, Greene County. His parents were Zimri and Elizabeth Haines. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received the rudiments of an English education in a district school. On November 24, 1858, he was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Miss Emily S. McPherson, born February 7, 1837, and daughter of Stephen and Mary McPherson, of Highland County. She is a distant relative of Gen. McPherson, who figured in the late war of the rebellion. They are the parents of six children - Jenna M., Zimri F., Eleanora, Jesse Curtiss, and two deceased. He is an ardent member of the Society of Friends, a Republican, and the owner of 130 acres of land.

ARCHIBALD HAYNES, farmer, P. 0. Oakland, was born July 18, 1808, in Dutchess County, N. Y.; his parents were William and Marshie Haynes ; when he was about six months old his parents emigrated to Ohio, and settled about a quarter of a mile east of where Mrs. J. P. Denny at present resides, in the southern portion of Chester Township, Clinton County. This oocurred about the year 1809. When they settled on the aforesaid place there was hardly a stick amiss. William, at one time, held the oifice of Justice of the Peace; he was the father of five children, of whom two are still liviug, viz., Harriet, now living in Columbus, and Archibald, the subject of our present sketch, living at Oakland ; he departed this life September 9, 1821 ; his wife died May 14, 1813. When Archibald was about four years of age, or directly after the death of his mother, he went to live with Mr. Warren Sabin, of Wilmington, with whom he remained until he was about fifteen years of age. At the age of twenty-one years, he formed a partnership with Samuel Smith, of Wilmington, in the mercantile business, which he continued for about three years. He was married, May 17, 1832, to Miss Harriet E. Dakin, by whom he had five children, of whom one is still living, viz., William H. She died June 9, 1839. On May 2, 1840, he married Miss Mary A. Banes, by whom he had five children, two of whom are still living. She died about 1852. Directly after he dissolved partnership with Mr. Smith, he removed to the southern portion of Chester Township, where he still resides ; he was in the mercantile business in Oakland and vicinity for about twenty years, and served as County Commissioner for six years.

AMOS HAWKINS, farmer, P. 0. New Burlington. James Hawkins, the father of the subject of our sketch, was born in Virginia, in 1756; he was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received but the rudiments of an English education. In the year 1806, he emigrated from South Carolina, to which State his parents had removed, to Clinton County, Ohio, and settled in what is now known as Chester Township on Cmsar's Creek, in the northwest portion of the township ; he settled here in the woods with hardly a " stick amiss." During the first summer he lived in a camp, and in the fall, built a log house, into which they retired for winter quarters ; he then began the laborious task of clearing up his land, in which he endured a great many hardships and privations ; he lived here until his death ; he was a member of the Society of B'riends, and left to his family about 144 acres of land. Amos Hawkins, subject of our present sketch, was born March 23, 1813, in Clinton County, on the old homestead ; he too, was reared on a farm, and, like his father, received but a limited education. He married Miss Massie Spray, daughter of John and Sarah Spray. They have five children, viz., James, Jehu S., John, Jesse and Benjamin ; he is a member of the Society of Friends, a Republican, and the owner of 284 acres of land, and may well be classed among the worthy citizens of Clinton County.

JAMES HAWKINS, farmer, P. 0. New Burlington, was born January 6, 1841 , in Clinton County, Ohio. His parents are Amos and Massie Hawkins, of whom we have made mention in this work. In his youth he was trained to the pursuits of farming, and received a fair English education. On September 24, 1863, be was united in the bonds of matrimony to Miss Mary Mills, born September 24, 1839, daughter of Jonathan and Mary Mills of Warren County. This union was blessed with four children - Carrie C., Willie A., Morris J. and Levi M. (deceased). Mrs. Hawkins died in March, 1877. He is a member of the Friends' Society, in which he officiates as a minister of the Cos pel. He was elected Trustee for Chester Township, in 1881, the duties of which office he still performs. In his political views he is a Republican, and is the owner of about one hundred and ninety acres of land.

MILTON JOHN HORMELL, physician, Oakland, was born October 8, 1820, in Warren County, about five miles north of Lebanon. His parents were Henry and Margaret Hormell. He received the rudiments of an education in a district school, and afterward attended the Harveysburg Seminary, for about two years, where he completed a higher course of study. When about twenty-one years of age, he began the study of medicine with Dr. Corlis, of Harveysburg, with whom he remained as a student for about three years. After completing his course of study he began to practice, which he did successfully for about five years in both Warren and Clinton Counties. He then attended the Ohio Medical University, at Cincinnati. From which institution he graduated in 1853. He resumed the practice of his profession, with headquarters at Harveysburg, Warren Couuty, where he remained until 1860, in which year he removed to Clinton County, Chester Township, near Oakland, where he still resides, and attends to the duties of his profession. In October, 1845, he married Almira Dakin, daughter of Judge James Dakin (deceased). She died in November, 1846. On November 1, 1849, he married Miss Eveline Kisey, born November 9, 1826, daughter of Jacob and Amelia Kisey, who settled in Warren County, about 1810. They are the parents of four children - Fremont N., Horace D., Mary C. and William. In 1862, after the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, he went with the Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry as Assistant Surgeon, with which regiment he remained about four months, when having contracted an illness, he returned home, where he remained until the spring of 1864. At that time he was instrumental in forming a company of volunteers which afterward belonged to the One Hundred aud Forty-ninth Regiment of Ohio National Gruards, or the hundred day men. He was engaged in the battle of

Monocacy, and received an honorable discharge in August of the same year. He then returned home and began to attend to the duties of his profession. In 1847, he was ! elected Justice of the Peace for Massie Township, Warren County, and served three f- years. He also served as Township Trustee for one year. He is a member of the Baptist Church and the owner of 121 acres of land.

DANIEL HUFFMAN, Jr., farmer, P. 0. New Burlington, was born in December, 1805, in Hardy County, Ya. He was the son of Daniel, Sr., and Rosanna Huffman. He was reared on a farm, and received the rudiments of an English education in a district school. In 1822, his parents emigrated to Clinton County and settled on the waters of Buck Run Creek, in what is now known as Chester Township. The land on which they settled had not a stick amiss. They first built a log cabin in which to dwell and in due time began to fell the forest which surrounded them. In the accomplishment of this task they endured a great many hardships and privations which was the common lot of those early pioneers. On October 16, 1828, Daniel Huffman, Jr., was united in marriage to Miss Mary Lucas, born March 16, 1809, daughter of Caleb and Mary Lucas. To them have been born eleven children. Mr. Huffman is now in his seventy-seventh year, and the owner of 115 acres of land.

JOHN H. HURLEY, farmer, P. 0. New Burlington, was born January 23, 1835, in Clinton County, Ohio ; was the son of William andDrusilla Hurley. He was reared to man's estate on a farm, received the rudiments of education in a district school. On December 29, 1855, he was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Miss Elizabeth Linton born December, 1838, and daughter of Allen and Elizabeth Linton, of whom we have made mention in this work. This union has been blessed with eight children, viz., William A., Norah L., Anna M., Lilian M., Carrie L., Fran- . cis R., Charles A. and Jeremma. He is a member of the M. E. Church at New Burlington, and the owner of 175 acres of land, and may well be classed among the worthy citizens of Clinton County.

SAMUEL LEMAR, farmer, P. 0., New Burlington, was born January 1, 1813; was the son of Charles and Elizabeth Lemar. Charles was born April 12, 1786, in Virginia. His parents were Charles and Elizabeth Lemar. When about fourteen years of age, his mother died. In 1802, his father, with the remainder of the family, emigrated to Fairfield County, Ohio, and settled in what is now known as Hocking Township, where they remained until 1833. He was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received the rudiments of education in a district school. In 1812, he married Miss Elizabeth Rose, by whom he had thirteen children, ten of whom are still living. In

1834, he removed to Chester Township, Clinton County, where he lived several years. lie died in Greene County, February, 1865. His wife died in 1847. Samuel Lemar, the subject of our present sketch, was reared, in his youth, to the pursuits of farmiug, and received what was called in that day a good English education. When he was about eighteen years of age, he began to work on the canal, which was at that time in course of construction from Cincinnati to Cleveland, and for his services received $13 per month. After working there several months, he began work in a brickyard, where he remained about one year, and for his services, received $10 per month. Shortly after quitting work in the brickyard, he started, with one Jackson Brooks, for Clinton County, taking with him $5 and a few cents, having given his father the remainder of his earnings, he being still, a minor. On his way to Clinton County, he was obliged to travel on foot, the greater part of the way being very muddy. After working several years for the farmers of Chester Township, he bought, in 1841, a farm of 100 acres, located near the center of the township, of which he retained possession until 1849. On January 1,

1835, he married Miss Electa Barnes, daughter of Samantha Barnes. The Barnes family emigrated from Dutchess County, N. Y., to Clinton County, Ohio, about 1813. This union was blessed with two children, both of whom are deceased. She died in December, 1837. On August 29, 1844, he married Miss Julia Ann Stingley, daughter of John and Elizabeth Stingley, by whom he had ten children, nine of whom are still living, viz., John S., Oliver W., Emma, Alice, Ida, Eva, Ella, Tinna and Samuel. Mr. Lemar has served as Clerk for Chester Township, two years ; as Trustee, for twenty years. He was elected Justice of the Peace in August, 1839, and served until April, 1875. In 1869, he was elected County Commissioner, the duties of which office he performed six years. Politically, he is a Republican, and the owner of about five hundred acres of land.

JOHN S. LEM AR, farmer and Justice of the Peace, New Burlington, was born March 31, 1847, in Chester Township, Clinton Co., Ohio. His parents are Samuel and Julia A. Lemar, whose biographies appear in this work. He was reared to manhood on a farm. When about nineteen years of age, he attended the Xenia Academy for a short time. In March, 1868, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Ress, born April 21, 1845, and daughter of Chalklin and Lydia Ress. To them have been born three children - Etta, Mary E., and Alve. In 1871, he was elected Justice of the Peace for Chester Township, and has served in that capacity up to the present time. He is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge, No. 312, at Harveysburg. He is a Republican, politically, and the owner of 100 acres of land.

JAMES W. LINTON, farmer, P. 0. New Burlington. Allan Linton, the father of the subject of our sketch, was born January 27,1807, in Warren County, Ohio. He was the son of David and Letitia Linton. When about seven years of age, he was left an orphan, and was taken into the family of Mr. George Arnold, with whom he lived until he arrived at the years of manhood. He passed his youthful days on a farm ; received a fair English education, by the acquirement of which he was enabled to teach school for several terms. In 1828, October 30, he married Miss Elizabeth Ragin, by whom he had six children, five of whom are still living. She departed this life October 9, 1839. By his .second marriage he was united to Miss Melissa Conger, by whom he had four children, of whom three are still living. About the year 1829, he purchased 294 acres of land in Chester Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, and by subsequent purchases had at one time in his possession about 430 acres. He served as Justice of the Peace in Chester Township. In politics, his views were with the Republican party, and he was at one time a strong abolitionist. He was a man of considerable energy and perseverance, and firmness of purpose, and died January, 1875. James W. Linton, the subject of our sketch and son of Allan Linton, was born April 23, 1843, in Clinton County, Ohio; was reared on a farm, and received a fair English education. On September 18, 1878, he was united in the bonds of matrimony to Miss Mary A. Bailey, born August 28, 1847, aod daughter of William H. and Rachel Bailey. Mrs. Linton is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a lady of superior intellectual attainments. He is the owner of about fifty-eight acres of land, and well worthy of representation in the history of our county.

EBENEZER LUCAS, farmer, P. O. New Burlington. We are about to introduce to the readers of this volume, a gentleman well worthy of representation in the annals of our county. Ebenezer Lucas was born October, 5, 1819, in Clinton County. Ohio, in what is now known as Chester Township. His parents were Caleb and Mary Lucas, who were among the first settlers of Clinton County, having settled here in about 1802. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received the rudiments of an English education in a district school of that early day. He was married January 26, 1873, to Miss Sarah Mann, born September 15, 1828. Her pareuts were David and Rachel Mann. In his political views, Mr. Lucas is a Democrat, and the owner of about ninetyfive acres of land.

FRANCIS McKAY, deceased, was born in January, 1802, in Frederick County, Ya. His parents were Moses and Abigail McKay, who emigrated to Warren County in 1818. They settled near where Harveysburg is located, and at which place they remained but a short time. They then removed to a farm about four miles east of where Waynesville is located, on the banks of the Little Miami River, where they spent the remainder of their days. Mr. McKay, like other pioneers, endured a great many trials and hardships, but with a sturdy arm and a brave heart he overcame them. He has made for himself a record worthy of perpetuation, in the history of Clinton County. He died January 28, 1828. His wife died the following July, of the same year. Francis, the subject of our present sketch, was reared on a farm, and received the rudi ments of an English education in a district school. On October 7, 1830, he was united in the bonds of matrimony, to Miss Mary Collett, born November 7, 1808, daughter of Moses and Rebecca Collett. This union was blessed with eleven children, seven of whom are still living. In the spring of 1832, he settled in the northern portion of what is now known as Chester Township, Clinton County. He was the heir to several hundred acres of land, which was at this time partially cleared. He was a man of very industrious habits, of sterling integrity and unblemished character. He departed this respected citizens. Not only is his presence missed by the loved ones of his own family, who mourn his loss, but by the poor and needy, to whom he ever extended a helping hand. His widow still survives him, now in her seventy-fourth year.

McKay. In his youth he was reared to the pursuits of farming, and received but a limited education ; but being a great reader, in after years he acquired considerable selfeducation. On October 3, 1855, he married Miss Matilda Ferguson, born August 26,

1838, daughter of Edward and Ann Ferguson. To them have been born three children, viz. : Emma F., Anne L. and Charles A. Mrs. McKay died April 27, 1865. He was again married April 4, 1867. This time to Mrs. Sarah Marshall, nbe Bales, daughter of Silas and Elizabeth Bales, by whom he had two children, viz. : William S. and Edwin F. In January, 1856, he removed to the farm, on which he is at present located, adjoining the old homestead, where his mother still resides. He served as Trustee i'or Chester Township two years. In 1877, he was elected Justice of the Peace, in which capacity he still officiates. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the owner of 150 acres of land.

JONATHAN McKAY, farmer, P. O. New Burlington, was born August 3, 1834, in Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio ; his parents were Francis and Mary Mc- Kay, of whom we have made mention in this work ; he was reared on a farm and received a fair English education. On June 18, 1862, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth J. Medsker, born August 30, 1838, and daughter of Michael and Sarah Medsker. Michael Medsker was born in January, 1812, near Hillsboro, Highland County ; he was reared on a farm, and received but a limited education. On May 14,

1833, he married Miss Sarah Graham, born March 18, 1811, by whom he had nine children, four of whom are still living. Mrs. Medsker died in October, 1862 ; he was again married in May, 1865. This time to Miss Elizabeth Zink, with whom he at present shares his joys and sorrows. Jonathan McKay is the father of five children, three of whom are still living ; he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at New Burlington, and the owner of 222 acres of land, situated two miles east of New Burlington.

JOSIAH MoMILLAN, deceased, was born May 10, 1798, in York County, Penn.; he was the son of David and Hannah McMillan ; he was reared to manhood on a farm, and received the rudimeuts of an education in a district school. When Josiah was about seven years of age, his parents emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio, Clinton County, and settled in the eastern portion of what is now known as Chester Township. He was married, September 22, 1824, to Miss Susannah Cox, born July 12, 1801, daughter of William and Emma Cox. They were the parents of seven children, viz., David, born 1825, Hannah 1829, Mary 1830, Clarkson 1832, Ann C. 1840, and Thomas and Susanna, deceased. Mrs. McMillan died December 16, 1843; he again married in September, 1851, Miss Mary Crew, daughter of Obadiah Crew. She died April 9, 1854 ; he was married a third time in September, 1860, to Miss Rebecca Ann Whinery, daughter of Robert and Phoebe Whinery ; to them were born two children, viz., Joseph, born 1861, and Jennie, in 1863. He was a man of industrious and energetic habits ; a member of the Society of Friends, and died June 20, 1879 ; he, indeed, is well worthy of representation in the history of our county.

BENJAMIN F. MILLS, farmer, P. O. New Burlington, born January 21, 1847, in Wayne Township, Warren Co., Ohio, was the son of Isaac and Aunabel Mills; he was reared to man's estate on a farm ; received the rudiments of an English education in a district school ; he was married, February 13, 1868, to Miss Sarah A. Wood, born December 26, 1848, and daughter of Isaac and Rachel Wood, of Warren County. They are the parents of four children, viz., Effie A., Wilbur H., Mary B. and Ruth H. In the year 1873, he came to Clinton County, and settled in the western part of Chester Township, where he now resides. He is a member of the Society of Friends, and a Republican ; he believes in giving his aid to anything which would be of interest to the county or township, and is the owner of 104 acres of land.

MILTON W. MILLS, farmer, P. 0. New Burlington, was born November 12, 1844, in Wayne Township, Warren Co., Ohio Was the son of Isaac and Annabel Mills. He was reared to manhood on a farm, receiving the rudiments of an education in a district school. He was married September 19, 1865, to Miss Anna P. Myers, born August 8, 1843, and daughter of William B. and Hannah Myers. They are the parents of four children - Laura A., Charles H., Frank and Esther A. In the year 1874, he removed from Greene County to Chester Township, Clinton County, where he at present is located. He is a member of the Friends' Society, and the owner of about sixty- three acres of land.

JAMES W. MUSSETTER, farmer, P. O. Oakland. John Mussetter, the father of the subject of our sketch, was born June 9, 1769, in Frederick County, Md. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and January 17, 1801, he married Miss Ann Williams, by whom he had seventeen children, sixteen of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. He removed from Maryland to Virginia, where he remained about thirty years. In 1836, he emigrated to Clinton County, Ohio, and settled in what is now known as Liberty Township, about one mile south of where Lumberton is located, and where he remained about eight years. He then removed to Chester Township and settled on the farm at present occupied by Mr. G. E. Stingley. He lived there until his death, which occurred September 27, 1847. His wife died June 1, 1870. James W. Mussetter was also reared on a farm, and received the rudiments of an English education in a district school. On January 9, 1849, he was united in the bonds of matrimony to Miss Anne Huffman, daughter of Solomon and Christina Huffman, who died March 23, 1854, and February 26, 1855, he married Miss Rebecca Morris, daughter of John and Ruth Morris, by whom he had eight children - Alice A., Emma, Isaac, Lydia M., Vincent, Stella, Adella and Casius (deceased). Mrs. Mussetter died February 27, 1866. He again married in September, 1873, Miss Ella Rockhill, daughter of John and Lydia Rockhill, by whom he has four children - Nina. Ada M., Bessie and Grace. In 1866, he removed to the farm on which he is at present located - situated about one and a half miles northwest of Oakland Village. Politically he is a Republican, and the owner of 189 acres of land.

NEWTON MoMILLAN, farmer, P. 0. Wilmington, was born April 9, 1802, in York County, Penn. He was the son of Jonathan, Sr., and Ann McMillan, who were among the early settlers of Clinton County. Jonathan McMillan was born in 1773. He was reared on a farm, and received but a limited education. In 1798, he married Miss Ann Huzzy, by whom he had three children. She died April 12, 1802. In 1811, he married Miss Hannah Saxton, by whom he had two children. In 1806, he emigrated from Pennsylvania to Clinton County, Ohio, and settled in what is now known as Chester Township, where his son Newton at present resides. After building a log cabin, he began the laborious task of clearing his land, which consisted of about 200 acres. We at the present day can hardly appreciate the hardships and privations endured by him in accomplishing his difficult task. He remained on his farm until 1834. at which time he went to Cincinnati, where he remained about one year. He then removed to a place called Walnut Hill, located northeast of Cincinnati, where he remained until his death. Newton McMillan, the subject of our present sketch, was, like his father, reared to manhood on a farm, and received the rudiments of an English education in a district school. He was about four years of age when his parents settled in Clinton County. On April 7, 1836, he was united in marriage to Miss Rachel Brown, by whom he had seven children, three of whom are still living. She died May

20, 1847. In March, 1851, he married Miss Sarah Lester, born October 10, 1831, by whom he had eight children, three of whom are still living. He served as Trustee for Chester Township several years. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Friends' Society, and the owner of 103 acres of land.

JON AT FI AN McMILLAN, farmer, P. 0. Gurney ville. David McMillan, father of the subject of our sketch, was born March 2, 1772, in Pennsylvania ; his parents were William and Deborah McMillan ; he was reared to manhood on a farm, and received the rudiments of education in a district school ; his wife was Miss Hannah Huzzey ; they were the parents of ten children, five of whom were born in Pennsylvania, and five in Ohio, two of whom are still living - Thomas and Jonathan. In 1805, David emigrated, with his family, to Clinton County, Ohio, and settled on the waters of Turkey Run Creek, in what is now known as Chester Township ; he bought about 300 acres of land without a stick amiss ; he first erected a log cabin, after which he began the work of clearing up, in which he endured many hardships and privations ; he was endowed with considerable mechanical skill, having been able to make all sorts of farming implements and furniture for his own use, thereby saving considerable expense ; he was a member of the Friends' Society, and departed this life December 20, 1844 ; his wife died September 18, 1846. Jonathan McMillan, the subject of our sketch, was born June 27, 1812, and, like his father, was reared on a farm; he received a fair English education, which enabled him to teach school for several years. On November 23, 1837, he married Miss Susannah H. Wickersham, by whom he had four children, three of whom are still living. While returning home from Granville, Ind., where they had been visiting for a short time with some friends, a dead hickory tree fell on the covered wagon in which they were traveling, and killed Mrs. McMillan instantly, and broke one of Mr. McMillan's legs. This occurred August 19, 1846. His broken limb obliged him to remain in Indiana some nine weeks longer, at the end of which time he was able to be brought home. On October 26, 1848, he married Miss Rebecca Frazier, born October 13, 1822, daughter of Moses and Lydia Frazier. To them have born born six children, five of whom are still living. He is a member of the Friends' Society, and the owner of 180 acres of land. Notwithstanding the many trials and hardships they have been obliged to endure, Mr. and Mrs. McMillan still consider they have been bountifully blessed by the Creator of all things, and that He will continue to do all things as to Him seemeth best.