Clinton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1882 (part 7 of 17)

Martinsville, was born in Hanover Township, Columbiana Co., Ohio, June 28, 1841. He is a son of Isaac and Martha (Pennington) Miller, also natives of Columbiana County. Their parents were early pioneers in that county. At the age of seventeen, Mr. Miller's parents removed to Clark Township, Clinton County. He received his classical education in the common schools and at Earlham College, Richmond, Ind. He followed blacksmithing and wagon and carriage making in Martinsville till 1863. The year 1864 he was in the mercantile business in Hillsboro, Highland County, with Lewis McKibben. In 1865, he returned to Martinsville, and learned telegraphy, and since that date has occupied the above position - -is also express and railroad agent. Mr. Miller is dealing quite extensively in grain. He and his partner, W. W. Walker, purchased and disposed of, in 1881, 30,000 bushels of grain. On November 21, 1861, he was united in marriage to Mary E. Fulton, a native of Clark Township, where she was born July, 3, 1845. Mrs. Miller was a daughter of Dr. Robert and Mary Fulton. Six children were the fruits of this union ; of these four are living - Jessie A., Edward, Leonard S. and Maud. Frankie and Willie are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Miller is connected with the Masonic order and I. O. O. F., in which he is Noble Grand. His political views are Republican. He served as a member of the Village Council four years. He owns a residence and four acres and a farm of 125 acres, which is well improved and under a good state of cultivation. Mr. Miller is an enterprising man and an esteemed citizen.

HISTORY OF THE MOONS. There are, perhaps, few families in Clinton Couuty that rank so prominent as the Moons, judging not only from the sole standpoint of their being an extensive family, but regarding them in all their characteristics - -their abounding enterprise, energetic industry, loyalty and uprightness as citizens, generosity and kindness as neighbors, and their eminent social qualities as a people. The ancestral history of this family is quite elaborate - extending back the avenues of several centuries to Denmark, the kingdom of which their earliest progenitors were natives. They were of the Teutonic or Germau family, which is now the prevailing race of Europe, and yet scarcely 4,000 years old. It embraces the people of Sweden. Norway, Denmark, the whole of the German Empire and the masses of Scotland and England. In history has been recorded that this family was never known to have been conquered. During a certain period of history, the Kingdom of Deumark formed a part of the English Dominion, however, only under a partial rule of the King of Eugland. Within this period of English rule, the King of England made a requisition on the King of Denmark for a regiment of soldiers, a body-guard to His Majesty himself. The Danish Monarch, regarding it an honor to furnish the distinguished King with a body-guard, issued orders that the best men of his kingdom be selected - persons erect in stature, athletic, of light complexion, blue eyes and red hair. A regiment from the best families of Danes, fully corresponding to the orders, was organized and sent to the King. The banner they bore had, in addition to the National colors, the inscription of a half-moon, and the regiment was known as the " Moon Regiment." At the expiration of their term, having rendered very efficient services, much to the pleasure of the King, he granted them land in England if they would settle there. A large number of them accepted the offer, and settled down in a colony. They then unanimously adopted the name of Moon, and the land grant was given in that name. Thus is given the history of the origin of the Moon name. From this date on, we see the Moons leading honorable, prosperous lives, devoting a portion of their time to the moral and religious culture of the then superstitious people, till the time when George Fox, Robert Rarkley and others lifted an insurrection against the principles and doctrines of the predominant churches of England. Among the noble Christians who suffered persecution on account of their religious opinions, we find a number of the Moons, who with them endured imprisonment and punishment for their honest views. In 1682, when William Penn emigrated colonies to America, he established a colony of Moons in Bucks County, Penn., and from there the family is traced to Red Stone, Western Pennsylvania, Western New York and to Virginia. The deed of lands from William Penn to John and Jasper Moon is now in the possession of Charles Moon, son of James

Moon, a lineal descendant of John Moon. James Moon, the father of Charles, died in 1858. This land in Pennsylvania is the homestead of their first American ancestors. Jane Moon, the mother of Charles, died some years since. She was a lady of fine intellectual culture and advancement, and was for many years Clerk of the Friends' Annual Meetings at Philadelphia, Penn. Jasper Moon was the first to abandon the colony. He went to the " Old Dominion. " He had one son, Simon, who has married twice. By his second wife he had one child - John. His mother dying when young, he was bound out to learn the carpenter trade. At the expiration of his seven years' apprenticeship, he migrated to North Carolina, and settled on the Neuse River. He married Mary Farmer, and had a family of five children, viz., Rachel, who married

M. Bookout ; John Moon, went to Georgia, where he died; Joseph, married Ann Brewer, and had ten sons and three daughters - Daniel, William, Samuel, Joseph, John, Jesse, Harry, James, Thomas and Solomon ; and Mary, Grace and Jane. Grace died in infancy. Joseph (the father) lived on Deep River, in Randolph County, N. C., and in 1796, removed to Jefferson County, Tenn. Daniel, liis eldest son, married Ruth Hutson ; William married Jane Hutson; Samuel, to Martha Routh ; Joseph, to Sarah Gamer ; John, to Elizabeth Mount ; Jesse, to Rebecca Stidam ; Jane, to John Routh ; Mary, to James Garner; James, to Anna Hockett ; Henry, to Elizabeth Hockett, and Solomon to Hannah McLin. The latter four were not married till after they came to Ohio. In the spring of 1808, Daniel and Joseph, with their families, came to what was then Highland County, and settled near the site of Martinsville. The following autumn, Samuel and John Moon, and John Routh (their brother-in-law) and their wives and children, migrated to Ohio, and settled in the same neighborhood as their relatives. The spring of 1809, Joseph Moon, the father of the foregoing parties, with his family, and William and Jesse Moon, with their families, came to the county, and located in the Moon community. In the year of 1811, James Garner, husband of Mary Moon, with four sons and five daughters, came in and joined the " Moon colonists " in their new Ohio home. This Moon colony consisted of fifty-four persons - thirty-four males and twenty females. They were about the first settlers of what is now Clark Township - in fact, the very founders of that section or division of Clinton County. In this colony there were tradesmen of various kinds. They were not professional mechanics, but rather, possessing a brain of ingeniousness, were able to execute successfully, the business of a carpenter, cooper, harness-maker, saddler, hatter, cabinetmaker, chairmaker, shoemaker, gunsmith, locksmith, blacksmith, brick and stonemason, plasterer and master mechanic. Many of the old pioneer citizens of Ohio and Indiana have in their possession to-day guns manufactured by William and Jesse Moon, who did an extensive business in that line. Thus we see that they were prepared and well equipped for coming in on wild and unbroken forest, and making for themselves homes. Mr. Joseph Moon was the father of ten sons and three daughters, and had 829 greatgrandchildren and thirty-three great-great-grandchildren. Since the advent of the Moons in America with William Penn, they have multiplied till their descendants have scattered in every State and nearly all the Territories of the United States. The writer of this history has few words of eulogy to say of this family. They have made a record by their noble achievements as pioneers, their loyalty and enterprise as citizens, their sterling integrity, pure moral character and irreproachable lives, that has transformed itself in the memories of their contemporaries into a living monument, and here made perpetual, more worthy and grand than the elegantly emblazoned monument that adorns a city cemetery.

JOSEPH R. MOON, retired, P. 0. Martinsville, an old and honored pioneer of Clinton County, was born in Sevier County, Tenn., July 25, 1802. His parents, Samuel and Martha Moon, were natives respectively of Randolph and Chatham Counties,

N. C. The former was born April 17, 1781, and the latter March 5, 1781. In 1796. Mr. Moon came to Tennessee, and in the fall of 1808, with his wife and family, to Clark Township, Clinton County, where the famous " Moon colony " located in the spring of 1809. In 1808, when Samuel Moon settled here, all was a wilderness, and there were but six cabins within the limits of what is now Clark Township. The wild Indians were still here in roving bands, and their contemporaries, the wild animals, still roamed their forests at will. Mr. Moon, the subject of this sketch, was reared here in the midst of primeval nature. His educational advantages were very limited. In 1812, at the age of ten years, he attended his first term of school. It was held in a rude log cabin, furnished with slab floor, slab seats and oiled paper window lights. It was heated with a huge fire-place that occupied almost the full end of the room. This is the description of the pioneer scboolhouses in which Mr. Moon obtained his education. Mr. Moon has witnessed the vast and important changes that occurred in seventy years of the history of Clinton County. He has seen the land converted from a forest into well-improved, fertile fields, and villages grow to cities and thriving towns, and schools, churches and societies organized and established, the very means of enlightening the inhabitants. These were the achievements of the pioneers, among whom our venerable subject was prominent. Mr. Moon has, through his untiring industry and economy, accumulated considerable wealth. In 1829, he removed to Washington Township, where he lived till 1859, when he came to Martinsville and retired. He owns a well-improved and cultivated farm of 304 acres in Washington Township and forty acres in Brown County. He also owns four and a half acres in Martinsville. Mr. Moon was a member of the Board of County Commissioners one term, and also Director of the County Infirmary. He served as Clerk of Washington Township nine years, and as Trustee one year, and was also Trustee of Clark Township one term. September 26, 1827, he was united in marriage with Miss Eleanor Hunter, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Montgomery) Hunter, the former a native of Dublin, Ireland, and the latter of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Moon was born in Bourbon County, Ky., February 5, 1805. Four children were the fruits of this union ; of these two are living - Margaret, wife of Dr. John Carman, and Martha, wife of F. M. Moore, President of Clinton County National Bank. Findley and Emily are deceased. Findley was a merchant in Martinsville for fourteen years, and an extensive stock and grain dealer. Mr. and Mrs. Moon are members of the Universalist Church. Mr. Moon is a member of the Masonic fraternity. His political views are Republican. He was formerly a Whig. September 26, 1877, Mr. and Mrs. Moon celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage, and also had a re-union of the Moon family and all the descendants of the Moon colonists.

JOSHUA MOON, farmer, P. 0. Farmers Station, son of Samuel and Martha Moon, was born in Clark Township March 1, 1816. He passed his earlier life on his father's farm, and received only a common-school education. When sixteen years of age, he learned the carpenter trade, which he followed at intervals for several years. On the 25th day of May, 1838, he was joined in marriage with Eliza G. Smithson, a daughter of Tyra and Celia Smithson, a native of Highland County, Ohio, where she was born February, 1818. This union resulted in eleven children, viz., George R. (whose history is given elsewhere), Martha J., born July 1, 1842 ; Samuel and William T. (twins), were born August 24, 1844; died the same day, and September 14, 1844, respectively ; Permelia I., born March 1, 1846, married Dr. John Herrin, and died May 6, 1875 ; Celia E. (the other twin) is the wife of J. W. Gregory ; Emma E., born October 6, 1849, and died August 13, 1872 ; David W., born May 19, 1850, and died December 25, 1876 ; Mary A., born July 30, 1832, wife of M. R. Higgins, and Isaac C., born September 1, 1855. Mrs. Moon departed this life with strong religious faith in a happy future. Mr. Moon is a member of the Universalist Church, which he aided in founding. His views politically are Republican. He owns a well-improved farm of 133 acres, and is engaged in general farming.

GEORGE R. MOON, general merchant, Martinsville, was born in Clark Township August 11, 1840. He is a son of Joshua and Eliza G. Moon, who were early pioneers of Clinton County. Mr. Moon was reared on a farm, and obtained his education in the common schools. He was engaged in the avocation of farming up to 1869, when he came to Martinsville and started in the mercantile business, and has since very successfully pursued that occupation. He carries a stock of drugs, groceries and hardware to the amount of $2,000, and does an annual business of $8,000. In August, 1864, Mr. Moon was joined in marriage to Miss Sarah R. Moore, a daughter of Ma- cagah Moore, and a native of Washington Township, where she was horn in June, 1845. Orville P., their only child, was born December 8, 1868. Mrs. Moon is a member of the Christian Church, and Mr. M.'s religious views are Universalist. He is connected with the I. 0. 0. F., and politically is a Republican. He was appointed Postmaster in October, 1875, and served till March, 1881, when he resigned. He was Mayor of Martinsville one term, and member of the Village Council eight years. Mr. Moon is a man of much enterprise and a worthy citizen.

SIMEON MOON (deceased) was born February 23, 1820. He was a son of Samuel and Martha (Routh) Moon. The former was born April 17, 1781, and the latter March 5, 1781. They were married in Tennessee November 5, 1801, and, in 1808, came to Clark Township before the " Moon colonists." Mr. Moon departed from the active scenes of life March 25, 1846, at the ripe age of sixty-five years. Mrs. Moon died February 19, 1852, in her seventy-first year. Mr. Moon, the subject of this sketch, was married, March 24, 1842, to Priscilla Sewell, by whom he had five children, viz., Samuel M., born February 3, 1843, married, August 9, 1866, to Sallie A. Miller, and had one child - Rachel, who was born May 14, 1867, and died September 14, 1868 - he died November 2, 1869; David S., born May 28, 1845, married, September 2, 1877, to Ruth Rohonemus, who was born in Jefferson Township March 21, 1850 - Their child, Burgess J., was, born August 21, 1878 ; Jefferson, born November 3, 1848; married, December 25, 1874, to Katie Boyd, who died May 30, 1876; Jefferson, died May 1, 1875; Franklin, born May 1, 1851, and died January 9, 1876; and an infant. David S., the only surviving representative of Simeon Moon, occupies the "old homestead" which his venerable and esteemed grandfather located in 1809, and where his parents died. The homestead consists of 150 acres of well-improved and highly cultivated land.

GEORGE MOON, farmer, P. 0. Martinsville, son of Samuel and Martha (Routh) Moon, is a native of Clark Township, Clinton County, where he was born May 1, 1822. He was married, October 14, 1843, to Elizabeth Smith, by whom he has had nine children, viz., Sarah A., born March 25, 1845, wife of William Kester ; Mary E., born January 8, 1847, wife of T. S. Wallace; John A., born November 16, 1848, married Margaret M. Page; Columbus, born March 16, 1851, married Susanna Rohonemus; Margaret, born March 7, 1853, wife of Daniel H. West; Marion N., born September 5, 1856 ; Asa S., born March 16, 1858, married Rachel Rohonemus ; Oscar, born March 9, 1861 ; and Ulysses, born May 11, 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Moon are members of the Universalist Church. They were among the organizers of that society. Mr. Moon is a member of the Grange, and is a stockholder and also Treasurer in the Farmers Station Joint Stock Company. He owns a well-improved farm of 330 acres, and is engaged in farming and raising live stock.

THOMAS MOON, retired, P. O. Martinsville, son of Joseph and Sarah (Comer) Moon, was born on Bay's Mountain, Jefferson Co., Tenn., May 23, 1805. Mr. Moon was reared to manhood on his father's farm ; his educational advantages were very limited. He was one of the scholars who attended the first school in Clark Township. He was married in Lebanon, April 7, 1825, to Mary, daughter of Andrew and Maria Chew, and a native of Warren County. She was born September 7, 1807. This union was blessed with twelve children - seven sens and five daughers - Sarah A., born May 17, 1826, wife of Elmore Clark ; Diautha, born August 9, 1827, wife of W. J. Kilsoe ; Thomas W., born January 23, 1829, married Margaret Carey; Mary J., born April 17, 1831, married Andrew Beals, and died July 27, 1852; Phebe, born July 19, 1833, wife of Ambrose Smith; James C., born November 11, 1835, married Eliza Carey; Joseph B., born June 4, 1838, and died February 22, 1840 ; Daniel C., born August 3, 1842, married Ellen Moon, and has since died ; Simon P., born May 1, 1845, married Rebecca Stevenson ; Andrew, born September 20, 1847, married Elizabeth Johns ; Jesse, born November 4, 1849, married Ruth Davis ; and Lydia M., born September 7, 18 - , and died July 28, 1853. Mrs. Moon departed this life March 9, 1859, and Mr. Moon again married, December 16, 1868, to Hannah Sheppard, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Faulkner) Sheppard. Mrs. Moon was born in Greeue County December 11,

1821. About 1850, Mr. Moon began the study of medicine in the physico-medical system, and received a diploma from Dr. Alva Curtis, President of Physico-Medical College, of Cincinnati. He practiced till 1879, making a specialty in treating chronic diseases, and was attended with success. In October, 1881, he retired from farming and removed to Martinsville. He owns a farm of seventy-five acres and property in Martinsville. He and his wife are members of the Friends' Church, and in politics he is a Prohibitionist.

JOHN W. MOON, farmer, P. 0. Farmers Station, eldest son of Isaac and Edna Moon, was born in the township of his residence December 28, 1835. He was reared to manhood on his father's farm, and has followed that avocation. In 1857-58, he was engaged as foreman on the M. & C. R. R., and, for four years following, as contractor in constructing bridges throughout the county. He was then engaged in farming till December, 1876, when he formed a partnership with James Pittser, and engaged in buying and shipping hogs and grain at Farmers Station, Martinsville and Lynchburg. They shipped, in 1881, 35,000 hogs to Cincinnati and Baltimore. Most of their grain is shipped to Eastern markets. Mr. Moon owns a farm of ninety-three acres of wellimproved land, and pursues farming. He makes the raising and feeding of Poland- China hogs a leading business. Mr. Moon was married, December 13, 1856, to Jemima, daughter of Macagah and Rebecca J. Moore. Mrs. Moon was born in Washington Township, Clinton County. Of their six children, five are living, viz., Isaac F., born December 28, 1857 ; Walter I., born July 24, 186(T; Ida B., born November 17, 1861 ; Myram, born July 26, 1866, and Loreen, born July 17, 1871. Clara (deceased) was born July 27, 1867, and died September 29, 1876. Mr. Moon is a member of the Universalist Church. Mrs. M. and one daughter are connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Moon is a member of the I. O. 0. F., and of the Lynchburg Encampment. His political views are purely Republican. He served his township as Assessor for nine consecutive years.

WYATT C. MOON, farmer, P. O. Farmers Station, son of Isaac and Edna (Smithson) Moon, was born in Clark Township March 30, 1838. He is the second son and third child of a family of four children. He attained his majority on his father's farm, and received his education in the common schools and Normal of Lebanon. He taught school two years, and engaged in farming and raising stock. In 1873, he located on his present farm, which contains eighty-five acres. January 25, 1872, he married, in Lawrence County, 111., Frances J. Turner, a daughter of Calvin and Matilda (Wilson) Turner. Mrs. Moon was born in Orange County, Ind., November 3, 1841. This marriage resulted in five children ; of these four are living - Victor C., born September 30, 1874; Charlie T., born March 6, 1876; Estella M., born May 18, 1879, and an infant, born November 14, 1881 ; Irene, born December 6, 1872, and died September 8, 1876. Mr. Moon and his wife are members of the Universalist Church. He is an earnest worker in the Grange enterprise. He served his chosen order as Secretary two terms, Master one term and Overseer one term.

AVERY MORRIS, farmer, P. 0. Morrisville, Ohio, was born in Adams County, Ohio, December 16, 1805. His parents, William and Defsy (Bales), were natives of Fairfax County, Va., and of North Carolina respectively. Mr. Morris was partly reared in Adams County, and received his training in the common schools. In 1825, his parents removed to Highland County, and subsequently to Union Township, Clinton County, where he attained to his majority. January, 1837, he went to Madison County, Ala., and was engaged in the pursuits of farming till 1840, when he returned to near Wilmington, where he followed farming till 1844 ; thence to Highland County, and, in March, 1867, he came to Clark Township, where he has pursued his former occupation in connection with stock raising, making the rearing and feeding of Poland- China hogs a prominent feature of his occupation. March 3, 1852, he was united in marriage with Miss Lydia Jackson, daughter of Jesse and Ann Jackson. Mrs. Morris was born in Highland County May 20, 1826. Six children were the fruits of this marriage - ^Cynthia A., born November 29, 1853, wife of Milton Sanders; Callie D., born January 25, 1856, wife of Wesley Ruse ; Frank N., born August 3, 1857, married

Hannah Turner ; Thomas W., born March 16,1859; Seymour, born December 16, 1860, and Attie J., born July 31, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Morris are connected with the Caristian Church. Mr. Morris' political views are with the Republican party.

SAMUEL PEALE, farmer, P. 0. Lynchburg, is a son of John and Mary (Mathers) Peale, was born in Lynchburg, Ohio, March 6, 1851. Mr. Peale was reared principally in his father's store, and received his education in the high school of Lynchburg. In 1871, Mr. Peale located on his present farm. In 1876, he built a convenient frame residence at a cost of $1,000. His farm of fifty acres is well improved and under a good state of cultivation. Mr. Peale is a respectable farmer and a law-abiding citizen, and has the respect of the community.

L. PFISTER, Martinsville, manufacturer of buggies and carriages, was born in Highland County December 1, 1814. His parents, Lawrence and Frederica Pfister, were natives of Germany, and emigrated to the United States in 1835 and settled in Cincinnati, where they lived five years, then removed near Lynchburg, Highland County, where Mr. Pfister died in September, 1876. When our subject was fifteen years of age, he began his trade with J. Q. Thompson, and served a three years' apprenticeship. He then went to Franklin, Ind., where he pursued his trade till February, 1865, when he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and rendered his country valuable service in the Army of West Virginia till the rebellion closed. He received his honorable discharge in September, 1865. He theu came to Martinsville, and was a partner with B. II. Yance till 1878, when the firm dissolved, and since Mr. Pfister has been alone. He employs eight men, and made, in 1881, forty-six buggies and carriages. Mr. Pfisrnr is an excellent workman, and manufactures buggies and carriages of the latest styles and best quality. His work is exhibited at all the fairs, and won the premium at Sabina, Blanchester, Georgetown and Jamestown. He received a diploma for the finest work at the fair of Hamilton County. April 12, 1867, he was married to Sarah A. Moon, a native of this county and a daughter of John R. and Rachel Moon. Two children were added to bless this union - Orlan and Lena M. Mr. Pfister is connected with the I. O. 0. F., and politically is Republican. He owns village property to the amount of $4,000.

JAMES M. PITTSER, farmer and grain dealer, P. 0. Farmers Station, youngest son of James and Elizabeth (Barnes) Pittser, was born in Clark Township March 8, 1836 ; his parents were natives of Berkeley County, Va.; his father was born July 8, 1792, and came to Brown County in 1825, and a year or two later to Clark Township, where he died March 9, 1871. Mrs. Pittser died June 9, 1853. James was reared to manhood on a farm. In the year 1865, he purchased the farm he now occupies. He owns 111 acres of valuable land, and is engaged in the pursuits of farming. Since 1878, he has been engaged in dealing extensively in grain at Farmers Station. He was married, March 20, 1862, to Mary E., daughter of John and Matilda McKibben. Mrs. Pittser was born in this township June 17, 1844. They have one child - a son - Ellsworth, born August 28, 1863; he is a young man of intelligence and good business judgment. Mr. Pittser is a Republican in politics, and is a man of considerable enterprise.

PROF. 8. S. PUCKETT, Lynchburg, Principal of the Lynchburg Public Schools, is one of the most successful teachers in Clinton County. He is a son of B. F. and Rebecca B. Puckett, and was born July 25, 1844. He received his education in the schools of Lynchburg and Martinsville. July 25, 1862, at the early age of eighteen, he assumed the duties of a soldier by enlisting in Company H, Thirtyninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served in the Army of the Tennessee till December 28, 1863, when, by a special act of Congress, a part of the brigade veteranized. He remained in the same company, and subsequently fought at Corinth. He was active in Gen. Grant's campaign till he was succeeded by Gen. Sherman, when he accompanied him on his famous Atlanta campaign. He participated in the following engagements: Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain and Atlanta, also a number of minor engagements. He was with the distinguished Gen. McPherson when he met his heroic death. Prof. Puckett was discharged with honors at Louisville, Ky., July

20, 1865. He then returned home and took a brief term in the Lynchburg and Martinsville schools. In 1868, he taught in the Martinsville Normal Institute. The term of 1868-69, he was Principal of Bloomingburg High School, and the following summer was Instructor in the Normal Institute of Martinsville. He then served as Principal of the schools of Middleport three years where he had charge of over nine hundred students, aided by thirteen assistant teachers. He had charge of the schools of Ravenna two years, and of the schools of Paris, Ky., from 1874 to 1880. Here, by excessive labor, his health became impaired ; he returned to his native place and engaged in farming pursuits. In 1881, he was solicited to assume the Principalship of the Lynchburg Schools. Prof. Puckett celebrated his marriage, September 3, 1868, with Miss Louisa Whittaker, a daughter of John M. Whittaker, of Lynchburg, Ohio. Mrs. Puckett is a native of Warren County, and was born April 7, 1844. She is a lady of tine educational acquirements, and has occupied a position as teacher under her husband since their marriage; except the years 1872-73. The Professor and his wife are members of the Christian Church ; he is also identified with the I. O. 0. F. He owns a farm of 131 acres, and has one of the finest and most extensive private libraries in Clinton County. Prof. Puckett is almost entirely a self-made man. He had never taken a thorough classical course, but through his own diligence with some instructions has mastered both the Greek and Latin languages.

JACOB QUIGLEY, farmer, P. 0. Farmers Station, is a well-to-do farmer of Clark Township, was born in in Berkeley.County, Va., February 22, 1821. His parents, Michael and Margaret (Pittser) Quigley, were natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia respectively. When our subject was eighteen years old, his father being a poor man and having a large family, he left the parental roof to make for himself a fortune. The first year he worked for a salary of $3 per month, and attended a short term of school, that winter. For th« next six years, he sold his labors for $10 a month. In October, 1846, he emigrated westward, and stopped in Greene Township, ClintOD County. When he arrived in the county he had a capital of 25 cents. Thus he started. He was married in October, 1847, to Eliza Frazier, a daughter of Abram Frazier, of Greene Township. In 1850, he purchased 100 acres, his present farm. His land is under a good state of cultivation, and has a good frame residence, besides other improvements. Mr. Quigley also owns fifty acres on the East Fork in Greene Township. All this property was acquired by Mr. Quigley's own perseverance and industry, and it need not be srid that he was successful in obtaining " this world's goods," for his valuable property attests to his achievements. Mr. Quigley is the father of seven children, one of whom is deceased. The living are - Alpheus, Americus, Margaret E., Mary A., Frank and Aaron. Mr. Quigley and family are Universalists religiously. Politically, Mr. Quigley is a Republican.

MRS. ELIZABETH SIMPSON, nee Strain, Martinsville, was born in New Market Township, Highland Co., Ohio, March 30, 1816. Her parents, John and Margaret (Wilkin) Strain, were natives of Ohio and Virginia respectively. The former was born June 4, 1788, and the latter March 25, 1791. They settled near New Market in 1 815. Mrs. Simpson was married the first time, Auuust 27, 1837, to Robison Graham, who was born December 18, 1814. Of the six children by this union, three are living, viz., Harriet A., widow of S ilaa Hart; Hannah, wife of Nelson Fulton, a merchant in Xenia, and Isabel, wife of Callier Fenner. Mr. and Mrs. Fenner have one child, a daughter - Hallie E., born August 27, 1870. Mr. Graham dying May 28, 1851, Mrs. Graham again married February 24, 1853; this time to Edward Chaney, who was born February 22, 1804. Two children were the results of this union ; both are deceased - Henrietta, wife of Ira Hodson, and Ollie, wife of Rev. D Lee Aultman. Mr. Chaney died, and Mrs. C. joined herself in marriage September 24, 1869, to Thomas Simpson, a native of Hamibon County, Ohio, where he was born November 9, 1799. He died in Martinsville November 1 1, 1876. Mr. Simpson resided in Cincinnati for over thirty years, and was for a term of years mail carrier in that city. Mrs. Simpsou is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as all her husbands were. She is a lady very highly esteemed in Martinsville, and is an earnest supporter of the church and benevolent enterprises.

JOHN R. SMITH (deceased) was born near New Vienna, in Highland County, June 13, 1826 ; his parents were John and Sarah Smith. They came to Clark Township and settled one mile south of Martinsville, when he was but five years old ; he was reared to maturity on a farm, and received his education in the common schools of the day; he was married, February 24, 1848, to Miss Mary A.. Hunt, and located on his father's farm, where they lived till the fall of 1865, when they settled on the present homestead, Agriculture and stock-raising was his occupation ; he operated a threshing machine into this and Highland County for fourteen years ; he brought the first steam thresher in this portion of Ohio. September 20, 1878, after a life of success and usefulness, Mr. Smith was called by death to a higher world ; he left a widow and three children - Arthur, born January 1, 1852, married Miss Phebe Baker; Carrie, born August 19, 1854, wife of Bliel Green, and Emma, born March 18, 1861. -Sarah E., the eldest, is deceased. Mr. Smith was a member of the Society of Friends from childhood, and the last ten years of his life he served his church as elder and as overseer for five years ; he took a great interest in all public enterprises in this county ; he served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Clark Township seven years, and as Superintendent of the Wilmington and Martinsville Pike during its construction. He departed this life with the respect and esteem of all his acquaintances, and his name, whenever mentioned, bears with it a cherished memory to the poor and needy, who so often shared his kindness and charity.

BEMJAMIN W. TERRELL, farmer, P. 0. Lynchburg, was born in Clark Township, August 7, 1831 ; his parents, John and Jane (West) Terrell, were natives of Pittsylvania County, Va. The former was born June 25, 1790, and the latter in 1788. Mr. Terrell came to this county in the pioneer days of 1810, and purchased 100 acres of land near Martinsville, which he owned till about 1813, when he sold, and the farm now occupied by the subject of this sketch, Clark Township, was then but a scene in primeval nature - no improvements having yet been made ; he had but three neighbors, and they were situated some two or three miles distant. The mill he attended was a horse-mill, near Hillsboro. Mr. Terrell's parents, Benjamin and Sarah Terrel!, came to this township in 1834, and died here. Benjamin, the subject that heads this sketch, was reared on his father's farm ; he was married, February 11, 1864, to Asenath Johnson, a daughter of Robert and Millie Johnson. Mrs. Terrell was born in Stark County, Ohio, August 9, 1840. Eight children were born to bless this union, viz., Celestia J., born December 2, 1864; Elizabeth, born January 16, 1866; Edward E., born September 9, 1867; Beecher, born April 22, 1869 ; Francis R., born December 13, 1870 ; Millie, born March 4, 1873 ; Charles W., born August 4, 1878, and Benjamin S., born February 8, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Terrell are ardent members of the Friends' Church. Mr. Terrell is identified with the I. O. O. F. society and Grange as a member; he is a member of the Farmers' Station Joint Stock Company. His political views are Republican ; he owns an excellent farm, adorned with a $6,000 brick residence erected in 1872. Mr. Terrell ranks with the leading and best farmers of Clark Township.

JOS I AH M. TOWNSEND, farmer, P. O. Martinsville, son of Josiah and Abigail Townsend, was born in Union Township February 16, 1832. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia, who came with their parents to Warren Couuty about 1829-30. Mr. Townsend was reared on his father's farm till sixteen, when he went to Cincinnati. He obtained his education in the High Schools of Martinsville and Cincinnati. In 1854, he engaged in the dairy business, near Cincinnati, continuing till 1857, when he came to Martinsville and purchased the depot, and was engaged in the mercantile- business, holding, at the same time, station and railroad agencies, till 1863, when he returned to Cincinnati. In 1869, he removed back to Martinsville, and in 1872, located on his present farm. Mr. Townsend has filled various important official relations in his township. He served as Trustee for three years, and as a member of the Board of County Commissioners forone term. lie has been President of the Fanners' Station Joint Stock Company since its organization in 1876, and is also President of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Union Store Company. April 28, 1859, he was united in marriage with Esther J. West, daughter of Peyton and Sarah H. West. Mrs. West was born in Clark Township, March 25, 1840. This union was given nine children, seven of whom are living, viz., Orland, Cammie M., Sarah A., Herbert H., George A., Melvin and Mary. Mr. Townsend and wife are members of the Society of Friends. His affiliations have been with the Republican party. He is the owner of an excellent farm of 335 acres, and his time and attention are given to the pursuits of farming and rearing stock.

WILLIAM H. TURNER, P. 0. Martinsville, a respected farmer of Clark Township, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, January 13, 1820. His parents, Michael and Elizabeth (Beltz) Turner, came to Hamilton County in 1808, and settled near Milford. They lived there till 1824, when they removed to Union Township, Clermont County. Mr. Turner's ancestors were Germans. His grandfather, Lewis Turner, and family, and his grandfather Beltz and family, on his mother's side, emigrated from Holland in 1756 and settled in New York City, where they had an interest in the celebrated Holland purchase. Mr. Turner is the sixth son and eleventh child of a family of twelve children, of whom only two besides himself are living - Andrew J., and Amanda, wife of Harrison Carpenter. Mr. Turner was reared on a farm, aod received his education in the common district schools. He was married in December, 1842, to Miss Elizabeth Schannahorn, who bore him eight children, of whom four are living - Nancy, J., born December, 1849 ; George W., born March, 1852, married Juda Prater; William F., born July 1854, and Daniel, born September 1, 1857, married Flora Turner. Isaac, Michael, Mary A. and Elizabeth are deceased. The three former all died in one week in July, 1849, from cholera. Mrs. Turner departed this life October, 1857, and Mr. Turner again married September 19, 1858 ; this time to Susan Snyder, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Snyder, and a native of Clermont County. In January, 1853, Mr. Turner came to Clark Township, and in 1858 located on the farm that he now occupies. When Mr. Turner started in life, he had a horse, saddle and bridle, and his own energy, which were his capital. And through the able investment of his capital, and with perseverance and economy, he has obtained good possessions. He owns a valuable farm of 340 acres, which is adorned with a substantial two-story brick residence erected in 1879, at a cost of $3,000. This house replaced one burned in April, 1879, which was built at the cost of the present one. The year of 1878, a misfortune befel him, in the burning of a $3,000 barn erected in 1876. For thirty years, up to 1877, he was extensively engaged in rearing and buying and shipping hogs. Besides his farm here, Mr. Turner owns seventy acres in Marion Township, and also forty acres four miles from Kokomo, led. Mr. Turner is a man of more than ordinary enterprise, and is highly esteemed.

MICHAEL TURNER, farmer, P. O. Martinsville, son of Daniel and Susan Turner, was born in Clermont County September 20, 1828. He was reared to manhood on his father's farm, and was married, October 24, 1854, to Mary A. Philhour, daughter of William and Lucinda Philhour, born in Clermont County, Ohio, April 28, 1838. They have three children, viz., Alie, born March 30, 1856; Daniel, August 12, 1863, and William P., August 30, 1866. In 1852, Mr. Turner removed to Richland County, 111., where he lived until 1855, when he came to Clinton County. He owns a valuable farm of 234 acres. In 1870, he erected a very substantial two-story brick residence, at a cost of $7,200. Mr. Turner is by occupation a farmer and stockraiser. He makes the rearing of stock hogs a leading pursuit ; he also keeps fine sheep. In 1876, he purchased five sheep imported from Canada, for which he paid $105. Mr. Turner is a good farmer and a law-abiding citizen. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and is a Democrat.

A. J. TURNER, farmer, P. O. Martinsville, a prominent worker in the order of Patrons of Husbandry, is a son of Daniel and Susan (Malott) Turner, and a native of Clermont County, where he was born March 30, 1830. He passed his early life on his father's farm, and received his education in the high schools of Milford and New Boston and in Farmers' College. In 1854, he came to Clark Township, and, in 1867, located on his present farm, where he has since resided, engaged in farming and stockmmmm raising, making a special pursuit in rearing hogs. Mr. Turner has a well-cultivated farm of 265 acres. He is Director of the Wilmington & Dayton Railroad, and also Director of the Joint Stock Company of Farmers Station. The former position he has held for three years, and the latter five years. Mr. Turner is a member of the Board of Trustees, having held that office for eight years. His political views are Democratic. He has been elected to his various official positions by the support of the Republican party, as 390 of the 500 voters of Clark Township are Republican. Mr. Turner has been prominently identified with the Grange since its organization. He has served that order as Secretary, Lecturer and Master ; the latter position he occupies at the present ; he is Lecturer in the Pomona Grange, and was a delegate to the State Grange. Mr. Turner was married, October 12, 1854, to Seraphina Potter, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Teal) Potter, and a native of Clermont County, where she was born January 23, 1832. This union resulted in six children, three sons and three daughters, viz., Eva, wife of Joseph Simmons; William E., married Emma Ford: Hannah M., wife of Francis Morris; Susie, Daniel M. and Charles W.

W. W. WALKER, merchant, Martinsville, was born in Liberty Township November 28, 1836. His parents, Eli and Hannah A. (Broomhall) Walker, were natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania respectively. When very small, his parents removed from Liberty Township to Wilmington, where he was reared to manhood. At the age of sixteen, he entered a dry goods store as clerk, and occupied that position till of age. He then went to Paintersville, Greene County, and was engaged in mercantile pursuits till 1865, when he purchased and operated a saw-mill till 1869, when he came to Martinsville and engaged in merchandising with his brother, H. F. Walker, under the name of Walker Bros., till 1880, when his brother retired from the .firm. He carries a stock consisting of drugs, groceries and hardware to the amount of $3,000. He does an annual business of $10,000. He has dealings in grain with Wilmer Miller. They purchased, in 1881, 30,000 bushels of grain. Mr. Walker was also engaged in the banking business here for several years. He was married, September 16, 1858, to Mary L. Hackney, a native of tfnion Township, born November 15, 1840, and a daughter of Joseph and Deborah L. Hackney. Mr. and Mrs. Walker have four children, viz., Laura M., wife of C. W. Stratton ; Josephine, Emma M. and Minnetta. Mr. Walker and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, of which he is Treasurer. Politically, he is Republican.

PEYTON M. WEST, | farmer, P. O. Martinsville. About 1806, Owen and Elizabeth (Martin) West, natives of Pittsylvania County, Va , came to the territory now included in Clinton County, locating on the East Fork of the Little Miami, in Clark Township. Writh them came a large family of children, viz.: Owen, William (who was a married man), James, Thomas, Peyton, John, .Nancy, Jane, Mary, Susan and Rebecca Owen, Sr., was a surveyor, as were also his sons Owen and Peyton, and at an early day did much of the surveying throughout this portion of Clinton County. The family were Friends in religious belief, and the parents lived and died on the farm which they entered. Peyton, the father of our subject, was also a native of the Old Dominion and grew to maturity in Clark Township, where nearly all his days were passed, tie learned the art of surveying from his father, following that vocation in connection with farming all his life. He was County Surveyor of Clinton County from October, 1840, until October, 1846, serving two terms. He was the agent for some of the original land owners in this region of country, and surveyed and sold their land. Peyton West was married to Sarah Hadley, a daughter of James and Ann Hadley, who bore him the following children : James H., Joseph II., William H., Peyton M., Elisha B., Edith, Sarah Ann, Esther Jaue, Caroline, Jeremiah H. and Hannah M., all of whom became the heads of families, excepting the last mentioned, who died in girlhood, since which two others have passed away, viz.: Joseph H., who died in Wilmington, and Jeremiah H. on his farm in Washington Township. At an early day, Peytou West was engaged for two years in merchandising in Wilmington, and, with that exception, always resided 'on his farm in Clark Township, where he died August 22,

1868, his wife surviving him and dying June 23, 1876. Their bodies were interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery of Clark Township. Peyton West was a man of large, muscular frame and strong determination of character, possessing a good education and hard common sense ; he became a very successful farmer, giving to every one of his children a good start in life, all of whom living are residents of Ohio. He was one of the first to introduce tiling into his township, and ever took a deep interest in the growth and improvement of stock The old homestead, now the property of one of his daughters, is said to be one of the finest farms in Clinton County, and in fact there were few more useful men in the community than this old surveyor of Clinton County. Peyton M. West, the fourth son of Peyton and Sarah (Hadley) West, was born upon the old homestead August 22, 1826, and there grew to. manhood, having such educational advantages as the log schoolhouse of his neighborhood afforded. He was reared to farm life, but in later years was engaged in many different callings. He was married, May 26, 1853, to Sarah Jackson, daughter of Josiah and Ruth Jackson ; she was a native of Clinton County, Ohio, and became the mother of seven children, viz.: Marietta, Emerson B. (deceased), Clara M., Frank, I Josiah E. and two died in infancy. Mrs. West died October 28, 1868, and he was again married, October 25,

1869, to Anna Dean, who has borne him the following children: Harry D. (deceased), Roy, Musa, Carl and Pearle. Politically, Mr. West was a Whig in early life, but .since the formation of the Republican party has supported and voted that ticket. He is the owner of 260 acres of fine land in Clark Township, also some lots in Wilmington and 400 acres in Southeast Missouri. He resides at Martinsville, but looks after his farm, which lies some distance south of that village. Mr. West is a man who has traveled

OWEN WEST, farmer and miller, P. 0. Lynchburg, son of James and Elizabeth West, was born in Clark Township March 4, 1835. He was reared to manhood on his father's farm, and was educated in the Martinsville schools and Ohio Wesleyan University of Delaware, Ohio. He followed the profession of teaching for twelve years consecutively, except two years while he was in the mercantile business in Morrisville. During the rebellion he aided in organizing the Home Guards at Cincinnati, and in 1863 he was chosen their Major General, and in the early part of 1864 was given the rank Lieutenant Colonel of the One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regimental Battalion of the Ohio National Guards. H e had commaud of them one year while at Fort Federal Hill and Baltimore, Md., and in the battle of Monocacy September, 1864, he with his regiment were honorably discharged for the valuable services they had so efficiently rendered in defense of the Nation's flag. At the close of his military achievements, Col. West returned home and resumed farming, which he has since followed in connection with lumbering. He owns and operates two saw-mills, each having a daily capacity of 5,000 feet, and affording employment for five hands. He owns a valuable farm of 225 acres well improved and cultivated; he also has a tract of 320 acres in Butler County, Kan. September 20, 1855, Col. West was united in marriage to Elizabeth A. Roberts, daughter of James and Hannah E. Roberts, and a native of Washington Township, where she was born December 23, 1835. This union resulted with nine children, of whom seven are living, viz., Margaret, wife of Rev. McClean Simington ; James W., Anna M., Owen A., Hannah E., Amos S. and Charles H ; Laura E. and Mary E. are deceased. Mrs. West departed the scenes of earthly life February 1, 1879. Col. West is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; he is also identified with the Masonic Fraternity and I. O O. F. In politics, he is a stalwart Republican.

PROF. E. P. WEST, Principal of the Martinsville Public Schools, was born in Clark Township, Clinton County, February 2, 1851. He is a son of James and Helena West. Prof. West was reared to manhood on his father's farm in his native place. He acquired his education in the schools of Martinsville and in the Friends' College of Wilmington, from which he graduated with special honors from the President, Benjamin Trueblood, in June, 1878. He then engaged in the congenial profession of teaching, and has since pursued that business in Martinsville, occupying the chair of Principal. Prof. West is considered one of the ablest and most efficient instructors that the Martinsville schools have ever had. The schools at the present time are prospering finely. Prof. West is identified with the Masonic Fraternity of Martinsville as Master. He is a member of the Clinton County Teachers' Association, of which he was President in 1880. In April, 1881, he wa3 elected a member of the Board of Examiners of Clinton County, and performs the duties of that office with excellent ability.

JOHN WRIGHT (deceased), one of the earliest pioneers of Clinton County, was born in South Carolina, and moved to Ohio with his family in 1805, and in 1806 to the present site of Martinsville. He laid out the village of Martinsville, and established the first store in the township in that place. His house was the scene of the first Quaker meeting in the place. He was the father of four sons and six daughters - John, Jane, Joseph, Jonah, Joshua, James, Jemima, Judah, Joel and Joab ; singularly enough the names all beginning with the letter " J," even to the dog and horse, the former being distinguished as Jowler, and the latter Jack. Mr. Wright effected a settlement in Clark Township when the wild Indian and native animals were the roaming inhabitants of Ohio and the great Northwest. He accumulated considerable wealth, and died in 1831, highly respected. His fifth son, James Wright, is now residing in the village which his father founded upward of fourscore years ago. He was born in 1804, and came to Clinton County when an infant. He grew up and has passed all of his life in and near Martinsville. May 1, 1828, he married Miss Elizabeth Hiatt, daughter of Christopher Hiatt. She dying three years subsequently, March 25, 1844, he again married. This time to Miss Mary J. West, by whom he had one daughter, now Mrs. M. L. Hunt. Mr. Wright is considered one of the worthy, reliable and substantial citizens of this place. Quiet and unostentatious in his deportment, he has the respect and esteem of the acquaintances of over seventy years of life.

EDWIN ARTHUR,, cashier New Vienna bank, New Vienna, born in Cincinnati February 2, 1822, is a son of Pleasant and Agnes (Timberlake) Arthur, natives of Campbell County, Va. The grandfather, Benjamin Arthur, was also a native of Virginia, and lived there many years, but finally became a resident of Highland County, Ohio, where he died. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Mr. Pleasant Arthur grew to manhood in his native State, and about the year 1806 he removed to Ohio, locating in Highland County, where he married ; subsequently he became a resident of Cincinnati, where for a few years he followed his trade, that of a carpenter ; thence returned to Highland County, where he resided till, the spring of 1842, he removed to Iowa, where he died, aged sixty-five years ; his wife died in October, 1840. They had eleven children, nine now survive - Mary (who married John M. Keen), Elizabeth (who married Mahlon Van Pelt, and resides in Nebraska), Edna (married Elijah Yost, and resides in California), Edwin, Emily (now Widow Folsom, residing in Iowa),Elva (married Harrison Johnson), Charles R. (now resident of California), Christopher (residing in Portland, Ind.), and Pleasant A. (also a resident of Portland). Mr. Arthur was a very promi nent, active man through life, and acquired quite a large property, being at the time of his death owner of 600 acres of land. He served as County Commissioner for several years. The subject of this sketch was brought up to farm labor, and grew to manhood in Highland County, and made farming his principal business till 1865, and became one of the prominent and leading men of his county ; he served as Township Clerk for fifteen years. In the tall of 1864, he was elected Auditor of Highland County, which office he filled two terms, or four years. Soon after the expiration of his term of office, Mr. Arthur with other citizens, organized the Citizens' Bank of Hillsboro, now known as the Citizen's National Bank. In 1871, the same parties organized the New Vienna

Bank, of which Mr. Arthur was made its Cashier, which position he has since held. The stock of the bank, however, soon after its organization, was purchased and owned by Mr. Arthur and other citizens of New Vienna and vicinity. This bank is now a leading institution of the town, and a great convenience to the community. The business of the bank is extensive, and well and carefully managed, and stands in credit as one of the most solid institutions of the county. Mr. Arthur not only fills his position in the bank with fidelity and to the satisfaction of the stockholders, but as a gentleman and a citizen, is held in high esteem by a large circle of acquaintances. In October, 1842, Mr. Arthur was united in marriage with Miss Ann, daughter of Joseph and Rachel Larkin, he a native of Pennsylvania, and she of Virginia, who first became residents o'!7 the eastern part of Ohio, and subsequently of Highland County, where he died in October, 1841 ; his wife died about 1875. They had three sons and one daughter, all deceased. Mrs. Arthur died October 9, 1878, aged fifty-five years. She bore him five children - Laura E. (married Daniel B. Jones), John (now Assistant Cashier of the New Vienna Bank), Mary E. (married Samuel Engle), Emma E. (married Thomas Ashdill), and Martha A. (who married Charles L. Kelly).

SILAS BAILEY, farmer, P. 0. New Vienna, was born in New Jersey April 3, 1811, is a son of Asa and Annis Bailey; he a native of Connecticut, and she of New Jersey. The grandfather, Nathaniel Bailey, was also a native of Connecticut, but his ancestors came from Ireland. Nathaniel Bailey emigrated to New Jersey with his family about 1785, where he died. Asa, his son, and the father of our subject, was born in Connecticut July 3, 1873, and was twelve years of age when they removed to New Jersey, where he grew to manhood, and married Annis Vreeland, who was born February 21, 1782 ; they were married May 20, 1802, and resided in New Jersey till the spring of 1839, when they removed to Ohio, and settled in Clinton County, where their first purchase of land was the place where our subject now lives, and here they resided till their death. When they came to this place, there were about forty acres under fence and partly cleared. His wife died February 23,1858. Mr. Bailey died August 24, 1859. They had nine children - Mary, born January 11, 1803, died in the fall of 1880 ; Amos, born August 24, 1805, died July 2, 1819 ; Lydia, born September 20, 1808, died September 13, 1842; Silas, Elizabeth, born August 20, 1813 ; Asa, born September 3, 1817 ; Nathaniel, born May 24, 1820 ; Elmira, born November 1, 1832, and John, born May 28, 1825. died December 26, 1841. Silas, our subject, was married in New Jersey to Eliza Stone, a native of that State. They were married in June, 1832, and in 1839 removed to Ohio, and settled with his father as above stated, and have since resided on the same place, a period of forty-three years. Mr. Bailey has a good farm of 158 acres now well improved, aud is now one of the oldest settlers of this neighborhood. His wife died in July, 1874. They have had nine children, seven now living - Lydia Annis, wife of David Hook ; Asa Elmira, wife

DR. D. MURROW BARB.ERE, physician, New Antioch, was born in Highland County, near New Market, April 22, 1850 ; is a son of Hazard P. and Eliza (Morrow) Barrere, natives of Highland County. The grandfather, George W. Barrere, it is believed, was born in France, emigrating to America with his parents when a child, locating in Kentucky among the early settlers of that State. In 1801, he became a pioneer settler of Highland County, Ohio, where he resided the balance of his life. He was a practical surveyor, and surveyed a great amount of land in this then new country. In the. war of 1812 he took au active part ; was Captain of a company and served through the war. He was a leading, prominent man in the organization, growth and progress of Highland County, and was the first, or one of the first Judges of the county. Of a member of the Masonic Fraternity of high standing, having taken all the degrees of the order. In the war of the rebellion, he was Adjutant in the Sixtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and at the battle of Harper's Ferry lost his left arm. After the war, he received the appointment of Postmaster at Hillsboro, Ohio, which office he held till his death May 17, 1880. Nelson, the third son, became a prominent lawyer, and in the last effort of the Whig party, as a political organization, was their candidate for Governor of Ohio, but of course was, under the waning powers of the party, defeated. He was elected to Congress and served his constituents with honor and ability. Benjamin, the fourth son, is President of the First National Bank of Hillsboro, having held that office for many years. Hazard P., the father of our subject, was the fifth and youngest son ; was a merchant in New Market, and a general business man in that town for many years, but was attacked with typhoid fever, and though his life was spared, it left him a confirmed cripple for the balance of his days, since which he has lived retired from all active business. He is the father of six children ; three now survive - Marietta, Magnolia and D. Morrow. Of the deceased; Hazard P. enlisted in the late war, in Company H, First Ohio Cavalry, and was killed in battle at Cleveland, Tenn., in November, 1864. Our subject was the youngest son of his father. At the age of seventeen years, he commenced teaching school, which occupation he followed five years ; thence in 1875 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Whisler, of New Market, and graduated from the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati, in the spring of 1878, and immediately entered upon the practice of his profession at Sardinia, Brown Co., Ohio. In October, 1879, he removed to New Antioch, Clinton Co., where he has since continued his profession, and has a good and growing practice. The Doctor is a congenial gentleman, well qualified for his profession, and of his future success as a practitioner, there is no doubt.

GEORGE E. BARROW, Postmaster and real estate and insurance agent, New Vienna, born in Highland County, Ohio, June 22, 1834, is a son of Eleazer and Mary Ann Barrow, natives of Frederick County, Va. The grandfather, John Barrow, was also a native of Virginia, and served as a Captain in the war of the Revolution. In 1818, he with his family removed to Ohio, and settled in Highland County, where he died. He was the father of six children by two wives, three by his first, and three by his last, all now deceased but Eleazer, the father of our subject, who was born in Virginia June 4, 1800, and was eighteen years of age when the family came to Ohio ; here he married Mary Ann Pulse, by whom he had eight children, five now survive - Eleazer, Lydia E. (wife of Eli B. Selph), David L. (now a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, arid resides in Wisconsin), George E. and Mary A. (wife of J. N. Glaze). Mrs. Barrow died February 20, 1850 ; subsequently, Mr. Barrow married for his second wife Elizabeth Robb, by whom he had two children - Charles R. and Catharine R. His last wife died in November, 1868. Mr. Barrow is now eighty-two years of age, having spent his life in Highland County since eighteen years of age. He is now remarkably spry and active, and can walk ten miles without apparent fatigue. The subject of this sketch was the youngest son of his father by his first wife that is now living ; was brought up to farm labor ; was married October 20, 1862, to Rebecca Spears, by whom he had one child, deceased. Mrs. Barrow died May 23, 1873. On March 1, 1875, he married, for his second wife, Mary Frances Black, a native of Rockingham County, Va.,by whom he had three children - Ada L., born June 10, 1876 ; Ernest M., born November 11, 1878, and Maud, born April 1, 1880. Mr. Barrow started out iu life depending upon himself when quite young, devoting himself assiduously to the work of getting an education ; thence ho entered upon teaching, which he followed winters, and prosecuted his studies summers, and thus continued for ten years ; thence he turned his attention to reading law with Judge Mathews, of Hillsboro, with whom he continued two years; thence he entered upon mercantile trade in New Vienna in partnership with Robert T. Polk. In this enterprise they did a prosperous busiuess ; thence they associated with their business the buying of wool, which the first year proved a success, but the second year, entering in more largely than ever, the war of the Rebellion closed, and prices dropped enormously, and they were prostrated under the financial pressure. Thence his partner withdrew from business, and entered upon the study of the ministry, and Mr. Barrow was loft alone to meet all the contingencies and settle up the affairs. With his unflagging perseverance and energy, and the encouragement of his many frieuds, he continued his business, and finally paid all indebtedness in full with 10 per cent interest. He then sold out, and was engaged in various enterprises in New Vienna till November 2, 1871, he received the appointment of Postmaster, which office he has since held. Iu connection with that office he is a Notary Public, conveyancer, real estate and insurance agent, and has been Township Clerk, Mayor and Clerk of New Vienna. Mr. Barrow in his past life has shown an enterprise and integrity that places him among .. the most reliable citizens of New Vienna.

AMOS BEARD, merchant, New Vienna, born in Virginia October 1 , 1830, is a son of Jacob and Rosanna (Windle) Beard, who it is believed were natives of Virginia, but who, about 1832, emigrated to Ohio, and soon after located in Clinton County, and opened out right in the woods ; he however lived but a few years ; he died in March, 1839 ; his wife survived him till in 1866, being in her eightieth year. They had six children - Lucinda, married George Floyd and resides in Iowa; Susanna, married George W. Garrison; Jacob, Samuel, Catharine, now Widow Oxley, and Amos. Mr. Beard was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The subject of this sketch was but a child of two years when brought to Ohio, and but nine years of age when his father died ; his mother, however, managed to keep her family together till the children could make their own way through life. Our subject was brought up to farm labor, and by working out by the month when he arrived at his majority, he had managed to save a little money. He then commenced in a small way in the mercantile trade, which business he has followed through life; has been in business in New Vienna since 1855. From a beginning with a small store at a cross-roads in the country, he has enlarged and increased his business, till now he is second to none in the hardware and grocery trade in the town. He is also owner of 143 acres of good land, all of which he has acquired by his own industry and good management, showing a very prosperous business life. Mr. Beard, though quite reserved in his habits, never holding or seeking office, yet, as a neighbor and a business man and a citizen, is very highly esteemed and respected by a large circle of acquaintances. He takes a lively interest in all the public improvements of the town, and through his recommendation and influence, as a member of the School Board, was erected in 1878, the large and substantial Union School Building which uow adorns the village. On October 25, 1855, Mr. Beard was married to Miss Rachel A., daughter of Augustus and Sarah Brown, by whom he has had eight children, six now survive - Frank, Charles, Oscar, Hattie E., Leroy and Judon. Mr. Beard and wife are worthy members of the Baptist Church, of which he has been a Deacon for fourteen years.

GEORGE W. BERNARD, farmer, P. Q. New Vienna, was born in Goochland County, Va., September 13, 1799; is a son of Thomas and Mary Bernard, natives of Virginia. The grandfather, William Bernard, was a native of England, and married Mary Fleming. They became early settlers of Virginia, where he became owner of 3,000 acres of land ; also became a large wholesale merchant of Richmond, and during the war of the Revolution his store was robbed of nearly all of his goods. They resided in Virginia till their death. Thomas was born in March, 1756, and grew to manhood in Virginia, and served as a soldier through the war of the Revolution ; was engaged in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point and others. He married Mary Hicks, and in 1807 removed from Virginia to Ohio, and settled in Highland County, near Clinton County line, and there opened out right in the woods. Wolves and deer were in abundance, and one morning he heard a loud bleating near his cabin, which he thought was one of his calves in the merciless clutches of a wolf ; hurrying to his cabin door, he beheld a wolf fast hold of a deer ; the wolf at once loosed his prey and fled, and the deer escaped in an opposite direction. In 1832, they removed to Leesburg, where he died June 11, 1833. His wife survived till May 22, 1847, when she died, then a resident of Clinton County. They had three sons and five daughters; two now survive - George W. and Nancy, wife of Thomas Riley. Our subject was about eight years of age when brought to the wilderness of Ohio, and here grew to manhood fully accustomed to pioneer life. On March 28, 1831, he married Harriet McConnell, who was born in Brown County, Ohio, October 12, 1810, a daughter of James and Sallie (Downing) McConnell, natives of Pennsylvania, who became early settlers of Brown County, and removed to Clinton County about 1821. They had four sons and five daughters, four now living - Thomas, Betsey (wife of Isaac Wilson, and residing in Illinois), Harriet and Joseph M., the latter resides in Oregon. Mr. B. and wife have had eleven children, nine now living - Thomas F., James K., Mary E. (wife of Joshua Wilson), John W., Matilda Jane (wife of Edmund West), George W., Charles B., Martha H. (wife ofEdward McVey), and Elijah M. In 1832, Mr. Bernard located on the farm where he now lives and here has made a continued residence of half a century. This place had twenty acres cleared, and the balance of his large farm he and his sons have cleared from the woods. He is now probably the oldest man in Greene Township ; has lived to see all his children married and settled in life, all doing well and generally becoming wealthy. In early life Mr. Bernard obtained but little education, as there were but few advantages of schools in those days. But by energy, industry and economy, he has acquired a large property. He and his sons now own over 1,300 acres of land ; and now in his advanced years he can enjoy the fruits of his many labors, and rejoice with his children in their prosperity and the advantages they now enjoy.

JAMES K. BERNARD, farmer, P. 0. New Vienna, born in Clinton County June 19, 1835; is a son of George W. and Harriet Bernard, whose history is given in sketch of George Bernard. Our subject was married, October 19, 1861, to Miss Keziah McVey, who was born in Clinton County January 19, 1838, a daughter of Christopher and Catharine McVey, he a native of Fayette County, Ohio, and she of Brown County. They were married in Wayne Township, and settled there, where they have since resided. They have eiedit children now living - James. Henrietta. Keziah, Robert, Edmund. Benson. Eliza Jane and Alkanv. Mr. Bernard and wife have had ten children ; nine now survive - John R., born July 23, 1862 ; George W.. August 14, 1863 ; Harriet C., August 16, 1864 ; Charles Q,., October 30, 1865 ; Martha Ann February 23, 1 86V ; James Edmund, April 3, 1868; Christopher, C., July 2, 1872 ; Cora Etta, February 22, TSTfij' hnd Oscar, born September 13, 1878. Mr. Bernard first located in Wayne Township, and, on March 10, 1862, he located on the place where he now resides, and has since resided a period of twenty years. On this place, he has erected all the buildings, and has a fine home and farmer's residence. Mr. Bernard started in life with but little means, but with a determination to make money ; has made farming his chief business. 'He now owns 575 acres of excellent land, and the greater part of it in cultivation. He has received aid .from his father to the amount of $2,500. The balance he has made by his own labor and good management, and now ranks among the most prominent farmers of Greene Township, and is one of the most remarkable examples of success from a small beginning, rarely witnessed among men in agricultural pursuits, and is worthy a place in this work to be handed down, and read and known by future generations.

WILLIAM P. BERNARD, proprietor- of hotel, New Vienna, born in Clinton County, Ohio, February 10, 1824, is a son of Thomas J. and Mary Bernard. He was a native of Virginia, but emigrated to Ohio w'hrufTrut a child of about four years, and here grew to manhood and married Mary McConfiel, who was probably born in Kentucky. He located on Cowen's Creek, and spent the greater part of his life in Clinton County, devoted to farming. He lived a few years in Brown County, thence moved to near Lynchburg, where he died in February, 1868, aged sixty-seven years ; his wife died in 1838, aged thirty-two years. They had five children, four now living - William P., Sarah (wife of William Elliott), Nancy and Thomas J. Mr. Bernard was twice married ; his second wife was Mrs.^Eliza Atkinson, Jay whom he had six children who grew to maturity, four now living - Mary, wife of Henry Brown ; Caroline, uow married ; Serelda and Grafton W. The subject of this sketch was the eldest child of his father; was raised to farm labor, and, on August 19, 1845, was married to Asenath Johnson, who was born July 16, 1821, in Highland County, near New Vienna, daughter of James and Elizabeth Johnson, natives of Maryland. The grandparents were Smith and Sabra Johnson, natives of Maryland, but became early settlers of Kentucky about 1810; be served in the war of 1812. About 1816, they came to Ohio and settled in Highland County, where they died. James Johnson was raised in Maryland, ' and married in Kentucky ; thence moved to Ohio about one year after his lather came to this State. They resided in Highland County about twelve years ; thence moved into Clinton, where they lived till their death. Mr. Johnson was a farmer by occupation, a man of great integrity, honest and upright in all his dealings, and one of our county's best citizens. He died February 18, 1876, in his eighty-seventh year ; his wife died September 9, 1878, aged eighty-six years. They had ten children ; seven grew to maturity - Amanda S., now Widow Roush ; Asenath. Elizabeth, Sabra and Salina (twins) ; the former is the wife of Allen Dennis; James F. and Selby H. Mr. Bernard and wife have had four children - Thomas J., born July 1, 1846 ; Mary Elizabeth and Benjamin Franklin (twins), born June 8, 1848, the former wife of William P. Elliott; and John William, born May 26, 1851. The three eldest are now residents of Illinois. Mr. Bernard has spent nearly all of his life as a farmer, and mostly in Clinton County. In March, 1877, they moved to New Vienna, where they have since resided engaged in keeping a boarding house and a hotel. In April, 1880, Mr. Bernard took charge of tbe Miller House, which he has successfully conducted to the present time. Here the traveler and the stranger find a welcome, a table spread with all the comforts of life, and a landlord and landlady always courteous and kind, who never fail to make their guests feel satisfied and at home.

CORNELIUS C. BLOOM, farmer, P. 0. New Antioch, was born in Greene Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, August 29, 1841 ; his father, Jacob, was bom near Trenton, N. J., and in 1814, came to Ohio with his father, William Bloom, who emigrated that year with his wife, Catharine (Bowman) Bloom and their children. They settled in Highland County, but in 1824, removed to Clinton County, where they remained until their death ; he in 1851 and she in 1838. Our subject's father Jacob, remained with his father on the farm, and married Mary Ludinton, of Kentucky, by whom they had seven children, five sons and two daughters. Our subject was raised on the farm, and attended school at New Antioch ; he remained on the farm until he married and commenced life for himself ; he has always lived in this township, with the exception of one year, during which he operated a mill at Reesville ; he was married, February 11, 1864, to Eliza E. Truitt, daughter of George W. and Abigail (Applegate) Truitt. She was born November 22, 1845, and by her Mr. Bloom has had five children, viz., Carrie J., Myrta S., deceased, Charles E., Clinton R. and Thomas J. Mr. Bloom is a representative farmer of the county, and now owns the farm on which he was born, and which he purchased of the heirs at the death of his father in March, 1882.

WILLIAM D. BOATRIGHT, farmer, P. 0. New Vienna, born in Rockingham County, Va., March 16, 1829, is a son of Jonas and Mary Boatright, natives of Virginia. The grandfather was Valentine Boatright, who was an early settler in Virginia, and lived and died there. He had four sons and two daughters who grew to maturity - Medder, Valentine, Jonas and Daniel were the sons. The two first mentioned married and reside in Virginia. The two last mentioned emigrated to Ohio and settled in Highland County - Jonas in 1833 and Daniel in 1835 ; the latter subsequently removed to Iowa, where he lived till his death. The two daughters, Rebecca, and one whose name is now unknown, married and also reside in Virginia. Jonas remained in Highland County till his death, January 25, 1871. His wife died January 25, 1867. They had eight children - -Egbert G., William D., Martha (married to Abraham Roush), and residing iu Kansas, Mary E. (married to A. S pickard), Tandy A., George W. (who resides in Kansas), Roxaline (married to Joseph Kirkhart), and James M. The subject of the sketch was four years of age when brought to Ohio, and here grew to manhood, was married September 19, 1860, to Margaret Spear, who was born in Clinton County, December 24, 1839, and whose ancestral history is given in sketch of Zephaniah Spear. By this union they have two children - Clara E., born July 30, 1861, anu Laura J., born November 24, 1863. Mr. Boatright in early life engaged in partnership with his eldest brother in mercantile trade in Fairview, Highland County ; they also ran a store at Russell Station at the same time. This business they conducted with success for twelve years. Thence Mr. Boatright removed to Knox County, 111., and purchased land and entered upon farming, remaining there four years, when he exchanged his farm for the one where he now lives, on to which he moved in the fall ot 1867, and here he has since resided. This place was then known as " the Dove farm." Here Mr. Boatright erected all the buildings on the place, has good improvements, constituting a pleasant home and farmer's residence. He is a man of good business habits, great integrity and high moral character. He is a worthy member of the I. O. 0. F., and as a neighbor and citizen is highly esteemed and respected.

LAFAYETTE BORING, farmer, P. 0. New Antioch, born in Harrison County, Va., a son of Thomas and Ruth Boring, natives of Maryland. The grandparents were Absalom and Sarah Boring, also natives of Maryland, but who subsequently settled in Virginia, where Mrs. Boring died, but Absalom removed to Ohio, and died in Clinton County at the advanced age of over eighty years. Thomas and Ruth were married in Maryland, and resided several years in that State; thence removed to Harrison County, Va.; thence about 1830, removed to Ohio and settled on the place where Lafayette, our subject, now lives, and here opened out right in the woods, and continued their labors till their death. They had nine children, all believed to be deceased but our subject. He was a young single man when their family came to Clinton County. Here, about 1840, he married Ailsey Collett, who was born in Kentucky, a daughter of John Collett, a native of Pennsylvania or Virginia, but who emigrated to Kentucky in an early day, when the Indians were very troublesome, and by whom one of his brothers was killed. They lived and died in Kentucky. Mr. Boring and wife have had six children, four now survive - Elizabeth, Ruth Ann, John and Absalom. Mrs. Boring died, and subsequently Mr. Boring married for his second wife Mrs. Polly Lieurance, a daughter of Tilman and Betsey Hall, natives of North Carolina. By her he has four children - William, Mary Alice, Eliza Jane and Susan. Mr. Boring, after his marriage, located on the old home place of his father, where he still resides, having now made a residence here of fifty years. He now owns 148 acres of good land, well improved, with large and commodious buildings, with every comfort and convenience around him, quite in contrast from what it was half a century ago when they began right in the woods. Although Mr. Boring is a man of no education, he has by industry and economy become one of the prominent farmers of Greene Township, and now has a beautiful farm and home.

CHARLES C. BOWERS, attorney, New Vienna, was born in Monmouth County, N. J., November 7, 1818. His parents, John and Sarah (Bound) Bowers, natives of New Jersey, were parents of ten children, all of whom grew up, the first to die being nineteen years of age. They came to Ohio in 1841, and, after a two years' residence in Highland County, located in Greene Township, Clinton County, near the village of New Vienna. The father died in Indiana while visiting his son, and the mother died in Highland County while visiting a daughter. Our subject received a very limited education in the common schools, and worked at the carpenter trade, which he learned in New Jersey until 1853, when he embarked in mercantile pursuits. In 1864, he commenced the practice of law, at which he now continues. He was married, in 1841, to Mary S. Turner, daughter of Apollo and Catharine (Cook) Turner, natives of New Jersey, who came to Ohio soon after our subject's family. By this union, three children were born - James F., a practicing physician, whose biography appears in Liberty Township sketches ; Gilbert Henry, who died at six months of age ; and S. Catharine, the wife of Hiram Witter, a real estate broker of Denver, Colo. Mr. Bowers has served as a Justice of the Peace in this township twenty-one years. His paternal ancestors were from Wales, and his maternal from England. His great great-grandfather, Joseph Bowers, was the first of the name to come to America. Subject's father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his great-grandfather in the war of the Revolution. On the day preceding the battle of Monmouth, N. J., our subject's grandfather, then a boy of sixteen years of age, was at home taking care of his father's family, when a band of Hessians stopped at their farm. The Hessians took a colt and two cows from the farm, drew the well dry and appropriated to their use any other plunder that happened to catch their eye, and then departed. Young Bowers followed them all that day and through the night, and early in the morning of the following day, when the Hessians became engaged in the battle of Monmouth, he succeeded in rescuing the stolen live stock and driving them home. He took great pleasure in after life relating this incident to his progeny.

DR. EDWARD W. BROWN, physician, New Vienna, born in Oxford, Ohio, October 21, 1856; is a son of Samuel R. and Sarah (Duvall) Brown; he a native of County Antrim, Ireland, and she of Highland County, Ohio. The grand- | parents were Allen and Margaret Brown, natives of Ireland. He was of Scotch- Irish descent and she a descendant of the French Huguenots. In the days of the French Revolution, there was a family of Huguenots, by the name of Mollyneaux, who were all killed but two sons, named John and William, who hung out of the windows by their hands, and by that means were unobserved by the soldiers. Subsequently they escaped to the seacoast, and secreted themselves in a vessel that was about to set sail, they knew not where; but they were landed in Ireland, it is believed at Belfast. From one of these brothers Mrs. Margaret Brown descended. She was a lady of fine education and attainments and possessed of a remarkably strong and active mind. About 1824, Allen Brown, with his family, emigrated to America, and located at Point Pleasant, Ky. ; thence, after a few years' residence, removed to Highland County, Ohio, near where Buford now stands, on the old Cincinnati and C'nillicothe stage route. There he erected a large two-story log house, in which he kept tavern, and there resided till his death, at the age of eighty-four years. His wife survived him several years, and died in her eighty-fifth year. He was a man of great energy of character, and did a prosperous business in his tavern, and had a farm of 300 acres of fine land. They had five sons and one daughter. Four sons now survive - Judge Thomas, John (who resides on the old homestead), James and William. SamuelR., the father of our subject, was about seven years of age when they landed in Kentucky, he being the eldest of the family, and there he grew up under the sturdy influences of the surroundings in those days. There he was a playmate of the boy who subsequently became Gen. Grant, and there, in his boyhood days, he plied his oar in rowing his skiff across the Ohio, transferring people from one shore to the other. He acquired a good education for those days, and when nineteen or twenty years of age taught school, and continued to apply himself to that vocation till he acquired some means, when he entered upon the mercantile trade in Buford. There he continued several years, where was fully manifested his skill and general business tact and prosperity, which continued to grow with the man as he advanced in years. He soon required a larger room for his increased and growing business. He purchased a property upon which was a large and commodious building, in which he continued business, and married Sarah Duvall, a daughter of Judge John Duvall. Mr. Brown continued at Buford several years, having a very prosperous business. Thence he exchanged his store ,and stock of goods for 300 acres of land, and after one year's residence on his farm he removed to Oxford, Ohio, and again entered into mercantile trade, in partnership with Newton, under the firm name of Newton & Brown. This partnership continued doing a very profitable and extensive business till in 1864, when Mr. Brown concluded to return to his farm, and he sold out his interest in the store to Mr. Newton. He now gave his especial attention to farming, entering largely upon raising and dealing in fine improved stock. He now had a farm of 600 acres, having added 300 acres by purchase while at Oxford. He erected one of the largest and finest barns in the county ; also erected a fine, commodious house, and now had one of the finest stock farms in the county, and supplied it with the best improved stock. Mr. Brown's entire life had been marked with great financial success ; but death had fixed upon him as a shining mark, and he was taken suddenly away by heart disease on December 22, 1881, in his sixty-fifth year of age. Thus suddenly passed away one of the most active business men of the county, and one whose character and integrity stood untarnished and whose death was mourned by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Brown's wife died December 13, 1880. They had eight children. Seven now survive - Maggie '(now Widow Sinks), John A., Anna

(married to Dr. S. S. Salisbury, of Washington C. H.), Charles E., Edward W., James D. and Mary Bell. The subject of this sketch assisted his father in business till sixteen years of age, receiving a limited common-school education ; thence attended the high school at Hillsboro two years, after which he continued on his father's farm till nineteen years of age ; thence he entered upon the study of medicine under Dr. S. S. Salisbury, at Washington C. H. In September, 1877, he entered the Hahnemann Medical College at Philadelphia, from which he graduated March 10, 1879; and in June of the same year, he located in New Vienna, and entered upon the practice of his profession, where he has since continued and has established a very good practice. The Doctor is a very pleasant, congenial gentleman, and with the ample preparation he has made for his profession and with his energy and devotion in keeping up with all the improvements and progress of the medical sciences, we can safely bespeak for the Doctor ri succGssful future

WILLIAM L. CANTRILL, farmer, P. 0. New Antioch, born in Greene Township, Clinton County, January 19, 1840 ; is a son of David and Elizabeth Cantrill, he a native of Kentucky and she of this county. Mr. Cantrill was raised to manhood in Kentucky, and when a young man came to Ohio, and married Alvira Brown and settled on Caesar's Creek ; thence located on the place now owned by John Stackhouse ; there his wife died, leaving two children - Jane aud Elizabeth. He married for his second wife, Elizabeth Bowers, a daughter of Jacob Bowers ; by her he had three children, two now survive - Hannah, wife of John Woodmansee, and William L. His second wife died in February, 1840. He married for his third wife, Susan Bean, a daughter of Adam Bean. She was born in New Jersey. By her he had seven children, six now living - James, John, now a resident of Kansas ; Rebecca, wife of James Souder, and residing in Jay County, Ind.; Squire, also now in Kansas ; Ella, wife of Waldo Burris ; and Alvira, wife of Charles Shoemaker, and residing in Indiana. Mr. Cantrill died in the fall of 1873, aged sixty years. He was one of the early pioneers, locating here when it was mostly a wilderness. It is said, he cleared up and caused to be cleared, 264 acres right from the woods, there being few men his equal in the use of the ax, and surely few men ever accomplished more hard pioneer work than Mr. Cantrill. The subject of this sketch was raised to farm labor; was married, June 26, 1863, to Almira Bailey, daughter of Silas and Eliza Baily, natives of New Jersy. By her he had five children, four now survive - Robert M., born June 21, 1864; Joseph F., November 13, 1865 ; Olive, February, 1868, and Luther, born July 4, 1870. His wife died June 9, 1872, aged thirty-two years. On March 6, 1877, Mr. Cantrill married Mary E. RawlingS,who was born in Hamilton Coun ty, Ohio, March 14, 1845, daughter of William S. and Elizabeth B. Rawlings, he a native of Maryland and she of Ohio. By this union they have two children - Alva E., born January 28, 1878, and Elizabeth M., born September 1, 1879. Mr. Cantrill has spent all his life in this county, and near the place of his birth. He located on the place where he now lives in March, 1872. This place was purchased of Elisha Harris; it consists of fifty-six acres, nearly all in cultivation. Mr. Cantrill has also done much hard pioneer work, having cleared fifty acres right from the woods himself. And of the Cantrill family we may say, this county owes much to them for the transformation of a large amount of land from the dense forest to fine cultivated fields.