Clinton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1882 (part 8 of 17)

SYLVESTER CLARK, fanner, P. O. New Antioch, born in Hamilton County, Ohio, November 4; 1832 ; is a son of James and Sarah Clark, natives of Ohio. They resided in Hamilton County, Ohio, till the death of Mrs. Clark, September 6, 1852. Mr. Clark removed to Indiana, and the last known of him was a resident of Brown County. They had but one child - Sylvester, who was raised and grew to manhood in Hamilton County ; thence removed to Butler County, where he was married, October 17, 1854, to Sarah Ann Gerrard, who was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, December 13, 1835, a daughter of David and Anna Gerrard, also natives of Hamilton County. The grandparents were William and Mary Gerrard, natives of New Jersey, but who became among the early settlers of Hamilton County, where he died ; subsequently she removed to Butler County, whore she died. The ancestors trace back to the same from whom Stephen Girard, of Philadelphia, descended. John Gerrard, of Cincinnati, so well known in former years as a pork and commission merchant, was a brother of William Gerrard. The maternal grandparents, John F. and Fanny Stites, were natives of New Jersey, but became early settlers of Hamilton County, where Mrs. Stites died ; subsequently he removed to Butler County, where he died at a ripe old age. Both the grandfathers, Stites and Gerrard, were soldiers in the war of 1812, and the former took an active part in the early improvements of the country and in quelling the troubles with the Indians. He helped to cut through and lay out the great State road from Chillicothe to the Northwest under Gen. Wayne; also helped to build Fort Recovery, and was a very active and efficient man in those early pioneer days. Mr. Clark and wife have had five children; four now survive - Theodore, born September 25, 1858; Ella, born July 4, 1862, wife of David A. Murphy; Julia Ann, born July 25, 1866; Maggie May, born April 9, 1869 ; and George Everett, born September 10, 1871, died October 19, 1872. Mr. Clark settled first in Butler County, and engaged in farming till the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, when, on October 8, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Thirty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served three years, and received his discharge November 4, 1864. His service was in the Army of the Cumberland under Gen. Thomas. He experienced many of the trials and hardfought battles of the campaign. They had many forced marches, traveling many days over almost incredible distances, the result of which was the breaking down of Mr. Clark's health and constitution, from which he has never recovered, and never will, Here we have another example of a true patriot, who not only left all the pleasures of home to serve his country against her foe, but sacrificed his health, and, to a great extent, his future pleasures of home and comforts of life. In the spring of 1865, Mr. Clark removed to Clinton County, and located on the place where he now lives and has since resided.

\ JAMES M. CLINE, farmer, P. 0. New Vienna, born in Clinton County September 8, 1834, is a son of Richard and Prescilla (Cowgill) Cline, he a native of New Jersey and she of Virginia. The grandfather was Ephraim Cline, who lived and died in New Jersey. The maternal grandfather, Henry Cowgill, was a native of Virginia, but emigrated to Ohio with his family in 1813 and settled in Clinton County, near Morrisville, where he remained till his death. Of the Cline family, three brothers, Charles, Richard and Jesse, emigrated to Ohio, and all settled in Clinton County on the same tract of land where our subject and his brother Samuel still reside. They located here about 1822, and here they remained till their death. Richard was a young single man when he came to Clinton County, and here married and became the father of three sons and two daughters, four now survive - Rebecca J. (wife of Blackburn Holmes), James M., Mary Ann (wife of Bryant Robinson), and Samuel H. Mr. Cline devoted his entire life to agricultural pursuits, and as a farmer was very successful and became owner of 441 acres of land. The land he first purchased was nearly all in the woods. He was a man of great integrity* of high moral and Christian character and a worthy and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and as a neighbor and citizen was highly esteemed and respected. He died February 1, 1881, in his eightieth year. His wife still survives, aged seventy-one years. The subject of this sketch was married August 18, 1859, to Salinda Smith, who was born in Highland County, Ohio, September 26, 1840, daughter of Raleigh and Rebecca N. Smith, he a native of North Carolina and she of Virginia, but who became early settlers of Clinton County, Ohio. They have only one child living - Salinda. Mr. Cline and wife have had five children, four now survive - Edward W., born October 5, 1861 ; Anna B., born November 26, 1863; Harry M., born August 14, 1871, and Charles W., born April 2, 1874. Mr. Cline after his marriage located on a portion of his father's home place where he now lives and has ever since resided except about thirteen months' residence in New Lexington, Highland County. He erected all the buildings on his place, has good improvements and a good farm of eighty-five acres. Mr. Cline is one of the substantial farmers of this community, a man who lives and acts upon principle in all matters,

SAMUEL H. CLINE, farmer, P. 0. New Vienna, born where he now lives March 20, 1843; is a son of Richard and Priscilla Cline, whose history is given in sketch of James Cline. Our subject was married October 2, 1867, to Euphemia M. Holmes, born in Highland County, Ohio, September 17, 1846, a daughter of James R. and Mary Holmes, he a native of New Jersey, and she of Kentucky. They were married in Highland County, and settled there, where he resided till his death in August, 1874, aged seventy-five years. His wife still survives, and now resides in New Lexington, Highland County, aged sixty-seven years. They had nine children, five now survive - Alfred, Martha, wife of D. Ockerman; Ann, wife of David Morris; Euphemia, and Katie (wife of William Riley). Mr. Holmes devoted his life to farming; was a man of integrity, honest and upright, an excellent neighbor and citizen. Mr. Cline and wife have three children - -Wilber P., born November 15, 1868; Lillie A., born June 21, 1872; and Elbert Walter, born July 23, 1874. Mr. Cline located upon the old home farm, where he has lived from his infancy to the present time, where all the memories and scenes of his childhood still cluster about him. Mr. Cline, during the war of the rebellion, enlisted in the 100-days service, in Company G, One Hundred and Fortyninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; served out his time and was discharged; was engaged in one quite brisk fight at Monocacy Junction ; having but a small force to contend against a much larger force of rebels, they were finally routed and driven back into the woods, where they remained about four days on very short rations, but finally escaped, as the rebels were driven back by Gen. Sheridan and his forces. Mr. Cline and wife are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which they have belonged sixteen years.

DR. GEORGE R. CONARD, physician, New Vienna, born in Lancaster County, Penn., January 5, 1842; is a son of Benjamin and Eliza (Roberts) Conard, natives of Chester County, Penn. The grandparents, Cornelius and Susanna Conard, were also natives of Pennsylvania, where they lived and died. Their ancestors were from Germany. The maternal grandparents were George and Alice Roberts, also natives of Pennsylvania. They were of Welsh descent. They were farmers by occupation, and when advanced in years removed to Wilmington, Del., where they died, he at the age of eighty-four years, and she at eighty-six years. Benjamin Conard grew to manhood, and married in his native State, where they resided till the spring of 1850. They removed by private conveyance to Ohio, and located in Highland County, where he bought a farm and resided till 1865, when he sold out and moved to Hillsboro, and in 1866, purchased a queensware store, where he has since continued business. Mr. Conard is in religion a Hicksite Quaker, and in character and integrity is held in high esteem, and is much respected by a large circle of acquaintances. Though taking no active part in political matters, and never desiring nor seeking office, yet by the wishes of the people he has been Township Trustee im^gy years, and has served as Treasurer of the Building and Loan Association, and in other positions of trust. He never attended school but three months in his life, and yet is a good scholar, and is strictly a self-made man, and one who socially and morally has few superiors. He has been thrice married, first to Mary Ann Moore, by whom he had one child; died in infancy, she dying very soon after. By his second wife, Eliza Roberts, he had eleven children ; seven now survive - Almira (married William Cary), Cornelius (resides at Carthage, Mo.), Alice (married Cyrus Johnson, resides at Hot Springs, Ark.), George R., William, Elwood H. (resides in Chester County, Penn.), and Mary (who married Emil Mente, and resides at Cumrainsville, a tobacco dealer in Cincinnati). Mrs. Conard died in April, 1852. For his third wife he married Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson (n6e Hussey), by whom he has one child - Emma. Our subject was eight years of age when his father and family came to Ohio, and here grew to manhood, brought up to farm labor, but when quite young, about sixteen years of age, he became tired of the routine labor of the farm, having a special thirst to obtain an education. By urgent demand upon his father he was granted six months' schooling each year till nineteen years of age. The war of the rebellion having begun, he went forward at his country's call, and, on September 9, 1861, enlisted as a private in Company A, Forty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and on the 18th inst. was appointed Corporal, which office he held till his discharge, July 11, 1862, by reason of a gunshot wound in the ankle received at the battle of Shiloh April 6, 1862. After a long and severe sickness from his wound, barely escaping death' from gangrene and army diarrhoea, he finally recovered, and, in September, 1862, still on his crutches, he entered college at the Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, where, in July, 1863, he graduated. Thence he entered upon the study of medicine under Prof. W. W. Dawson, of Cincinnati ; thence, after attending one course of lectures was appointed Medical Cadet in the West End Hospital, serving as such three months ; thence was appointed as Assistant Physician at the Tennessee Hospital for the Insane, holding said position four months ; thence resumed his former position as Cadet in the hospital at Cincinnati, and also took his second course of lectures at the Ohio Medical College, from which, on March 2, 1865, he graduated ; thence he passed an examination before the Army Board of Medical Examiners, and received the appointment as Acting Assistant Surgeon of the United States Army March 14, 1865, which position he held till November 14, 1865, when the war being ended, his services wen1, no longer needed. During this time he served in the hospitals at Knoxville, Riceville and Chattanooga. In December, 1865, Dr. Conard located at Peru, Ind., where he practiced in his profession till November, 1875, having established a valuable practice, but from the ill health of his family he removed to New Vienna, Clinton County, Ohio, where he has since contiuued the practice of his profession. On February 28, 1866, he married Miss Martha E., daughter of Charles aud Betsey Good. She died May 1, 1877. By her he had five children; four now survive - Helen, Harvey E., Elina and Robert R. On September 24, 1879, the Doctor married for his second wife Miss Augusta L., daughter of Elijah and Sarah Jane Lacy, who reside near Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio.

DAVID CURTIS, farmer, P. 0. New Antioch, born in Virginia, November 7, 1826, is a son of Christopher and Sarah Curtis, natives of Virginia, and his grandfather was Christopher Curtis, who came from Germany when a young man and married Catharine Engle, of Pennsylvania, and soon afterward settled in Bedford County, Virginia, where they died. Christopher, the father of our subject, was born in Bedford County, near Liberty Court House on the Blue Ridge, July 19, 1801; married Sarah J. Turpin in 1820. In October, 1833, they removed to Ohio and settled in Highland County. In March, 1835, they removed into Greene Township, Clinton County, where they lived till their death. His wife died June 17, 1861. By her he had eight children, four now survive - Martha Ann, wife of Richard Morton ; David ; Sarah Jane, wife of Lewis Oatswarth, and reside in Jay County, Ind., and James C. In 1864, Mr. Curtis married for his second wife Emily Adams, by whom ho had four children, three now living - Thomas, Alexander and Sophronia. Mr. Curtis, when he arrived in Highland County, had only 50 cents left. He had intended to settle in Indiana, but his money gave out and he settled as above stated, and at once commenced in this then new country to make a living aud home for his family, and by diligence and economy he succeeded well, and before his death owned 163 acres of land, well improved, with the general comforts of life. He died July 7, 1876. Mr. Curtis was a man of undoubted integrity, and a devoted member of the Baptist Church. He and his first wife joined the Blue Ridge Baptist Church in 1825, and in 1839 joined by letter the Baptist Church of New Vienna and were among the constituent members at its organization. He made the shingles for the roof of the church as his portion in its erection. He died in triumphs of faith, declaring, near his last moments, " My way is clear." David, our subject, was a lad of seven years when his father settled in Ohio, aud here grew to maturity ; was married February 2, 1854, to Martha Jane Truitt, born in Clinton County, Greene Township, September 6, 1836, a daughter of George W. and Abigail Truitt, he a native of Kentucky and she of Clinton County, Ohio. By this union they have had nine children, seven now survive - Allen A, born January 28, 1855; William H., January 14, 1858; James E., July 8, 1863; Frank, May 6,

1866; Lulie, March 2, 1871 ; George, November 22, 1873, and Lucy, born April 17, 1876. Mr. Curtis first located on the old Truitt farm, adjoining where he now lives. He has made his entire residence since in Greene Township, except one year (1865), during which he lived in Wayne Township, this county. In the spring of 1868, he located on his present place, where he has since resided. In 1874 and 1875, he erected his present substantial buildings and moved into the new house in May, 1875. He has a fine farm and a good home and residence. He now owns 375 acres of some of the best land in Greene Township. In 1854, when they commenced in life and started to housekeeping, they were in debt $50. Their present possessions have all been made by their own industry, except $750 received of their parents - thus showing a life of diligence and economy with their sure result, worthy of imitation.

CLARK A. DIXON, general merchandise, New Vienna, of the firm of C. A. Dixon & Son, was born in North Carolina October 25, 1818 ; is a son of Thomas and Hannah (Stinson) Dixon, natives of North Carolina. The paternal grandfather Joseph Dixon, was a native of North Carolina and lived and died there. The maternal grandfather, Robert Stinson, was also a native of North Carolina, and died in his native State. In the fall of 1824, Thomas Dixon, with his family, left their native county and moved up into forks of the Yadkin River, where they located and remained till the next fall, when they again started for Ohio, pulling over the mountains and through the wilderness into Kentucky with one horse and cart their few effects, reaching a point some forty miles south of Maysville, when he had exhausted both his means and hia one horse with which he moved his effects. He then obtained a cabin into which he moved his family, and Mr. Dixon then pushed forward to Ohio, where were some halfbrothers who had proceeded him, from whom he obtained assistance and a team and returned to Kentucky and brought his family and effects to Clinton County, Ohio, where they arrived about the 1st of November, 1825, and located near where Westboro now stands. His wife had been taken sick while on the journey, and died in December, about six weeks after their arrival. Mr. Dixon was now left with five small children, and no means to provide for their necessities, and his children were scattered here and there wherever they could find homes. Subsequently, Mr. Dixon married for his second wife Elizabeth Driskill. By his first wife he had seven children - -John, Polly, Brantly J., Alvira (who married Alfred McDaniel), Clark A., Joseph and Malinda (now Widow Lieurance). The first two remained in North Carolina and died there ; the next two removed to Illinois, of whom nothing further is known ; the others reside in Ohio. By his second wife Mr. Dixon had a large family of children, of whom several are deceased, and those who now survive are scattered over the country in various localities, of whom but little is now known. Mr. Dixon followed farming through life, and died near Willettsville, Highland Co., Ohio, June 10, 1871, in his eightieth year. The subject of this sketch, after his mother's death, lived with his uncle Raleigh Smith, two years ; thence worked here and thereon farms by the month ; thence learned the cooper trade ; and finally the carpenter trade ; the latter he followed about fifteen years ; thence he rented a stone quarry of Elizabeth Thornburg, which he worked eight years. Thence in September, 1877, he purchased the stock of groceries of Harvey Beard, of New Vienna, and has since been engaged in that business. In the summer of 1881, he errected a large two-story brick building 70x40 feet, with two business rooms below, one of which is occupied by George Haynie in the dry goods business, and the other Mr. Dixon & Son occupy with a fine and complete stock of groceries, hardware and queensware, and are doing a large trade. On March 7, 1839, Mr. Dixon was married to Nancy, daughter of John and Isabel Cashatt, he a native of North Carolina, and she of Ohio. By this union they have had eight children, five now survive. Sarah A., married to Gyrus Nordyke; Samantha J., married to Janies H. Nordyke; Margaret I., married to Joseph Gomy ; Luthera A., married to J. W. Clark, and Charles E., now in partnership with his father. John Riley, the eldest child in the family, enlisted in the war of the rebellion in Company G, Eleventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was engaged in the severe battles of South Mountain, Mission Ridge, and several others up the Kenawah Valley, and was taken sick and died of chronic diarrhoea in camp, near Carthage, Tenn., April 11, 1863, aged twenty-three years. Mr. Dixon is now one of the prominent leading business men of New Vienna, having arisen from a poor, homeless boy, by his own energy and industry, and now holds the confidence and respect of the community in which ho lives. Has served as Assessor of his Township two terms ; is a member of the Christian Church, and a member of the Order of A., F. & A. M., of thirty-four years' standing.

CHARLES C. DRISKILL, farmer, P. O. New Vienna, born in Highland County, Ohio, April 22, 1830, is a sou of John and Phebe Ann (Woodmansee) Driskill, he a native of Maryland, and she of New Jersey; both emigrated to Ohio when quite young with their parents, and settled in Highland, where they grew to maturity, were married, and had seven children, four now survive - Charles C., John W., Thomas J. (who now resides in Iowa) and Ivan D. (who resides in Illinois). Mr. D. was a brick mason by trade, and followed that occupation in connection with farming through life. He died February 26, 1850, aged forty-nine years. He was a very hard-working, industrious man, and sustained an unblemished character, economical in his habits, yet honorable in all his dealings and a very worthy citizen. His widow still survives and resides on the old home place, now aged eighty years. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood brought up to farm labor ; was married, in August, 1865, to Mary Jane Curran, born in Ireland, June 26, 1851, a daughter of John and Sarah Curran, who lived and died in Ireland, their native land. The children subsequently emigrated to America, the last of .them coming over in 1860, and settled in Highland County, Ohio. James, the eldest of the family, now resides in Illinois. John, Robert, Joseph, Nancy, Margaret and Sarah, all reside in Nebraska, and all are married except the latter. Mr. Driskill and wife have had seven children, six now living - Lorenzo, born January 6, 1868 ; Noah, born December 25, 1869 ; Sarah A., June 27, 1871 ; Bertha, September 8, 1873 ; Stella, August 12, 1878; and Hallie, born June 27, 1881. Mr. Driskill resided in Highland County till March, 1875, when he purchased the farm where Alfred Powell now lives in Greene Township, Clinton County, and there resided three years ; thence he located on the farm where he now lives and has since resided. This place he bought of Edward Thornburg ; it consists of 103 acres of land, all in cultivation but twenty acres. Mr. Driskill is one of the reliable farmers of Greene Township, a moral, upright man, and an excellent citizen. We should have added above, that Mrs. Phebe Driskill was twice married, first to Dr. Charles Conway, a practicing physician of New Lexington, Highland County, where he died about 1827. By him she had four children - Joseph P., now a practicing physician in Tennessee ; Sarah, wife of Isaac Cox ; James, and George W. who resides in Illinois.

LEWIS DRISKILL, farmer, P. 0. New Vienna, born in Highland County, Ohio, April 13, 1818; is a son of John and Catharine (Morris) Driskill, natives of Maryland, who emigrated to Ohio among the early pioneers, probably about 1812, and located in Highland County, where he opened out right in the woods, not a stick amiss, built a log cabin, and commenced to clear up his land and make a home and a farm ; and there he spent a long and industrious life, and died on the farm where he first located. He died March 1, 1857, in his eighty-ninth year. His wife died November 10, 1855, aged seventy-five years. Mr. Driskill lived a long and laborious life in this wilderness of a country, but he lived to possess a farm well improved and brought under good cultivation, till it was one of the best farms in this vicinity. They had twelve children. Three only now survive - Allen, Nancy (wife of Thomas Humphry and residing in Oregon) and Lewis. The latter is the youngest of the surviving children. He grew to manhood accustomed to the hardships of the early settlers; was married September 1, 1841, to Sinia Brewer, daughter of Isam and Farabee Brewer, he a native of North Carolina and she of Tennessee. By this union they had ten children. Four now survive - Simon, John II., Cynthiann (wife of Marion Standforth) and Milton. Mrs. Driskill died December 19, 1861. On June 27, 1862, he married, for his second wife, Maria, a sister of his first wife. By her he had two children. One only survives - Laura, born November 28, 1866. Mr. Driskill, after his marriage, located upon his father's farm, where he took care of his father and mother through their last years. He bought out the other heirs, and continued to reside there till the fall of 1871, when he sold the home place and bought the farm where he now lives and has since resided. Mr. Driskill grew up with no education, having obtained what little he now possesses since he was married. He started with but little means, and by his own industry and economy has obtained a good competency. Mr. Driskill and wife are worthy members of the Baptist Church, to which church they have belonged for many years, and are highly esteemed and respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

JOHN W. DURHAM, milling, New Antioch, born in Virginia October, 1833 ; is a son of George and Rosanna (Ambrose) Durham, natives of Virginia. The grandparents were Joseph and Frances Durham, he of Scotch descent and she born in Virginia. He was one of three brothers, married, and lived in Virginia till 1845 or 1846. He removed to Illinois and died in Bureau County, that State. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Was the father of four sons and two daughters. The two daughters, Julia Ann and Mary, still survive, and are residents of Virginia. George was the eldest of his father's family ; grew to manhood, married and resided in his native State till his death in 1846, aged thirty-eight years. He was a shoemaker by trade, which, in connection with farming, he followed through life. His wife subsequently removed to her friends in Illinois, where she died in December. 1867, aged sixty-one years. They had six children, five now living - John W., George W. (deceased), William W. (a resident of California), Frances (wife of William Hotsenpillar), Martha Jane (wife of Washington Dawson), and Sarah Elizabeth (now Widow Hefner). These three daughters now reside in McLean County, 111. The maternal grandfather, Mathias Ambrose, .was of German descent, but probably born in Virginia, and lived and died in that State. Mr. Durham, our subject, was brought up to farm labor. In the fall of 1855, Mr. Durham emigrated to Ohio and spent the first winter in Miami County ; thence, in the spriug of 1856, he came to Clinton County to visit friends and acquaintances, and by them was persuaded to locate here, and soon after entered upon the milling business. On September 11, 1862, he was married to Esther Ann Murphy, born in Clinton County, Ohio, April 16, 1840, a daughter of David and Isabel Murphy. By this union they have had five children, four now survive - Elma Althea, born October 22, 1866; Ira Denver, born May 31, 1870; Lucy Frances, born June 14, 1872, and John William, born October 3, 1879. Mr. Durham has made milling his business since his location here. He has erected two mills since his residence here, the first in 1872, which was destroyed by fire in 1878, and immediately cleared away the rubbish and erected his present mill, combining a grist and a saw mill. Mr. Durham is doing a good business both in the grist and saw mill, and is one of the leading business men of New Antioch, and in character and integrity stands in high esteem, and commands the respect of his community. He and wife are devoted members of the Seventh-Dav Adventists, to which they have belonged four years.

DAVID F. EACHUS, farmer, P. O. New Antioch, born in Clinton County December 5, 1804; is a son of Robert and Phebe Eachus, he a native of Philadelphia, and she of Virginia. Robert emigrated first to Virginia, where he married, and about 1802 emigrated to Ohio and settled near Waynesville, Warren County ; thence about two years later removed to near Wilmington, and settled on Todd's Fork, where they resided till his death. He located right in the woods, and lived the real log-cabin life ; no roads then existed, nothing but blazed paths through the dense wilderness ; deer and turkeys were in abundance ; also Indians were frequent visitors to their cabin. He was one of the prominent leading men of the county of that day. He served as County Treasurer and Assessor, and was a Justice of the Peace for many years. A further account of his life and works are given in the general history of the county. He died March 24, 1829, aged sixty-six years. His wife died September, 1843, aged about seventy-three years. They had six children - Esther, Mary, Elizabeth, John, Julian and David F., all now deceased but the latter, who was married, December 2, 1838, to Mrs. Jane Huls, a daughter of James and Eleanor Savage, natives of Virginia. By this union they have had five children - Robert, John, Squire, Phebe Ellen and William, all deceased but John, who was born July 28, 1841. Mr. Eaphus first located in Wilmington, where he was Clerk in the Auditor's office ; thence in the Recorder's office ; thence was elected Constable and served as such ten or twelve years ; thence was Deputy Sheriff two terms; thence entered upon farming in 1848 upon the old home place of his father on Todd's Fork ; thence he bought and located on the farm now owned by William Ward, and, in 1869, exchanged that farm for the one where he now lives, and has since resided. John, the only brother of Mr. Eachus, studied law under the Hon. Thomas Corwin, and subsequently located at Henderson, Ky. , where he married and practiced his profession till his death, caused by injuries sustained by being thrown from his buggy by his horse running away while returning to his home from attending a session of court. He had practiced but a few years, being just in the prime of life, with the prospect of a successful future. He left one child - Eliza J., who died February 1, 1881. Mr. Eachus was Trustee of Greene Township for several years, a man of undoubted integrity, an active and useful citizen, and highly esteemed and respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

TIMOTHY D. EDWARDS, farmer, P. 0. New Antioch, born in Hamilton County, Ohio, July 1, 1838; is a son of Samuel and Mary Edwards, he a native of Hamilton County, and she of Clermont County, Ohio. The grandparents were Isaac and Rebecca Edwards, natives of New Jersey, but who emigrated to Ohio and settled in Clermont County near Newberry, about 1805 ; thence two years later removed to Hamilton County, where he died about 1823. Samuel grew to manhood and married Mary Sutton, of Clermont County, and settled in Hamilton County and engaged in farming, where he still resides. His wife died about 1857, and he married for his third wife Mrs. Catharine Edwards, with whom he still lives. By his first wife, Elmira Day, he had one child, Serena, wife of Presley B. Hutchinson. By his second wife, Mary, he had eleven children, seven now survive - Salina, wife of Stephen Coddington ; Timothy D.; Isaac K.; Nancy, wife of James Coddington; Laura, wife of Philip Turpin ; George S. and Samuel M. By his last wife he has two children - Mary and Helen. Mr. Edwards ranks among the best farmers of Hamilton County, and in integrity of character, as a neighbor and citizen is highly esteemed and respected. Timothy D., our subject, grew to manhood brought up to farm labor ; was married, January 1, 1862, to Mary Jane Demar, who was born in Hamilton County, March 15, 1844, a daughter of James and Jane Demar, natives of Maryland, but who became residents of Ohio, about 1831, where they have since resided. They have had ten children, five now living - William M., James T., George W. and Mary Jane (twins), and Zachary T. Mr. Edwards and wife have had eight children, seven now survive - Harry D., born April 5, 1863 ; Estus T., February 22, 1865 ; Eugene, November 17, 1867 ; Leila, August 11, 1869 ; George, May 25, 1871 ; Blanche, April 12, 1873, and James W., born February 17, 1882. Mr. Edwards has made farming his business through life. He resided in his native county till March 11, 1872; he removed to Clinton County and located where he now lives and has since resided. This farm consists of 195 acres of well-improved land. Mr. Edwards is one among the best farmers of Greene Township, and as a neighbor and citizen has been a good acquisition to the large number of reliable and enterprising farmers of Clinton County.

W. S. FARABEE, physician, New Antioch, was born in Washington County, Penn., July 5, 1833 ; his grandfather, Thomas Farabee, moved from the southeastern part of Bucks County, Penn., to Washington County, Penn., with his wife, Jane (Mc- Caffee) Farabee. and four children ; here they had four more children born, and both parents died aged about eighty years. Their elder son, William, was the father of our subject; he was born in Bucks County September 4, 1794, and married Sarah Hougland, a daughter of Benjamin Hougland. In 1838, they moved to Lee Township, Athens Co., Ohio, where they died, he in 1876 and she in 1849. Our subject's maternal grandparents were Benjamin and Catharine Hougland, who were married in New Jersey. They had seven children, of whom Sarah, our subject's mother, was the third. Mr. Farabee, whose name heads this sketch, emigrated to Athens County, Ohio, with his parents in 1842, and on March 24, 1854, married Martha Tom, with whom he moved to Indiana, in October of the same year. In November, 1856, he returned to Athens County, and in March, 1857, he took a trip across the Western plains, returning in the following July. In the fall of 1857, he commenced reading medicine, and in 1863, entered the army, serving as a Surgeon at Nashville, Tenn. He returned home in the same year, and remained until May, 1864, when he went with the " hundred days' men," being detailed as Assistant Surgeon at Baltimore, Md. Being again discharged, he entered the Medical College at Cincinnati, from which he returned in June, 1865, and commenced practicing his profession in partnership with Dr. Thomas Farabee, with whom he remained until January 1, 1866 ; he located at New Antioch January 3, 1866, and has since remained there, practicing his profession. His wife died January 14, 1861, leaving two children, Sarah A., born in Indiana, August 15, 1856, and Laura, born in Athens County February 22, 1859. On the 7th of January, 1866, Mr. Farabee was again married to Sarah Arnold, by whom he has had two children - Ella, born November 2, 1866, and Leona, born September 6, 1868. Mr. Farabee is a physician of ability, as his success in life indicates. He is a good citizen, and stands high in the estimation of the people of his vicinity.

JOHN FISHER, farmer, P. 0. New Vienna, born in Highland County October 29, 1820, is a son of Cephas and Rachel Fisher, natives of Pennsylvania. The grandparents were James and Jane Fisher, natives of Pennsylvania ; they emigrated to Tennessee soon after 1800, and about 1804 removed to Highland County, Ohio, and settled near Monroe, where they lived till their death. Cephas Fisher had arrived nearly at manhood, when with his father's family he removed to Tennessee. Mr. Fisher was twice married ; his first marriage it is believed occurred in Tennessee, where he was .united to Rachel Stanbury, and soon after removed to Highland County ; thence about 1837 removed to Clinton County, and settled on the farm where our subject now lives; subsequently he moved to the place where Jane Fisher now lives, and there resided till his death. His wife died May 5, 1844. By her he had eight children, three now survive - Rebecca, wife of Isaac Atkinson, and resident in Story County, Iowa ; Cephas, who resides in Henry County, Iowa, and John. Mr. Fisher married for his second wife Mrs. Jane Atkinson, whose maiden name was Leech ; by her he had one child - Eli ; she, by her her first husband, Mr. Atkinson, had five children, two now survive - Hannah and Rebecca Ann, the latter wife of David Brewer. Mr. Fisher died December 30, 1862, aged eighty-four years. His widow still survives, now seventy -seven years of age. The subject of this sketch was about seventeen years of age when his father and family settled in Clinton County. He was married. September 25, 1845, to Hannah Atkinson, who was born in Clinton County June 2, 1827, a daughter of John and Jane Atkinson, he a native of Ohio, and she of Pennsylvania. The Atkinson family were among the pioneers of Ohio. John Atkinson died in April, 1839. Mr. Fisher and wife have had ten children, nine now survive - Amos, born April 1, 1846 ; Amy, born December 30, 1849, wife of William McFadden ; Harriet Ellen, born September 10, 1851; Joseph, born April 22, 1853; Phebe Jane, born April 9, 1855, wife of William F. Waddle; Thomas, born May 16, 1857 ; Rachel Alice, born July 7, 1859 ; William Henry, bora May 7, 1861, and Azariah, born June 19, 1865. Mr. Fisher has spent his entire married life on this and his adjoining farm ; has been very hardworking, industrious man, and by his own efforts has become the owner of 368 acres of land, most of which he has accumulated by his own labor and that of his family. He has erected a fine large brick house, and other improvements in good order, constituting a pleasant home and farmer's residence. Mr. Fisher and family are members of the Society of Friends, as ^were also their ancestors, and are among our best and most respected citizens.

ELI FISHER, farmer, P. O. Now Vienna, born in Clinton County, Ohio, June 27, 1842; is a son of Cephas and Jane (Leech) Fisher, whose history and that of their ancestors is fully given in a sketch of John Fisher. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood on the old home place where his mother, Jane Fisher, still resides. When twenty years of age, on August 15, 1862, he enlisted in the defense of his country in the war of the rebellion, in Company G, Seventy-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served through the war, receiving his discharge June 17, 1865. He served in the Army of the Cumberland under its various commanders, and with Gen. Sherman on his march through the South to the sea, and saw very active service ; was slightly wounded twice, yet was never in an ambulance, or a hospital, or lost a single day from duty while in the service, which, perhaps, is unparalleled by any soldier in the service. Mr. Fisher was married, February 1, 1866, to Rebecca Jane McFadden, born in Clinton County, November 28, 1841, a daughter of John and Elizabeth McFadden, by whom he has two children - Charles, born December 29, 1866; and Mary, born December 26, 1871. Mr. Fisher purchased the place where he now lives and has since resided, of John W. Smalley; it'consists of thirty-one acres, upon which he has erected all the buildings and made all the improvements, and now has a very pleasant home. Mr. Fisher is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., also of the Encampment, and has passed the highest degree in both. As a neighbor and a citizen Mr. Fisher is highly esteemed and respected.

AMOS FISHER, farmer, P. 0. New Antioch, born on the place where his parents, John and Hannah Fisher, still reside, April 1, 1846. The ancestral history is given in sketch of John Fisher. Our subject, who arrived at manhood, brought up on his father's farm, was married, January 15, 1874, to Ruth Ann Terrell, born in Wayne Township, Clinton County, November 8, 1844, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Williams) Terrell, natives of Highland County, Ohio. The maternal grandparents were William and Phebe Williams, natives of North Carolina, but who became early settlers of Highland County, Ohio, and lived and died iu that county. John and Elizabeth Terrell had seven children, six now survive - Hampton W., Ruth Ann, Phebe, Jane (wife of William Huff), David E., Mary Edna (wife of Wm D. Thompson), Flora A. (wife of Dennis Cook), and Pleasant M. (deceased was married to Alice Malone, and left one child, Hezzie). Mr. Fisher and wife have three children - Elver J., born April 30, 1875 ; Lena May, born January 11, 1878, and Amos Clyde, born June 29, 1880. Mr. Fisher, after his marriage, located on the place where he now lives, and has since resided. This place he purchased of his father, which was known as the Curtis farm; it now consists of 115 acres, of which eighty-five acres are in cultivation. Mr. Terrell and wife are members of the Society of Friends, as were their ancestors for several generations, and in integrity of character, are among the best citizens of the county.

GEORGE W. FISHER, farmer, P. 0. New Antioch, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, October 13, 1826 ; is a son of David and Hannah Fisher, natives of Virginia. David lost his parents when a child, and was bound out to Thomas Thatcher, who emigrated to Ohio when David was a boy of fourteen, coming through with a four-horse team and one of the Old Virginia wagons, and on arriving at the Ohio River, the ferryman being on the opposite shore was hailed, and, not giving a very satisfactory reply, Mr. Thatcher determined to swim the river with his team, and he drove right into the stream, his family in his wagon, Mr. Thatcher on the near lead horse and the boy, David, on the off horse, the people on the shore expecting to see them all carried down the stream and drowned, but the noble horses carried them safely over, while some one on the housetop waved a flag, directing Mr. Thatcher to the right or to the left as safety indicated. This was a feat never before accomplished, and never since such a thing known in history. They settled in Clinton County near Cuba, and here David grew to manhood, married and became the father of thirteen children, ten now living - Samuel, John, Andrew J., William, George W., James, Thomas, Eliza Ann, Maria and Elizabeth. Mr. Fisher lived in this county till about 1858, when he removed to Illinois, and about 1862 or 1863, died of the cholera, aged sixty-seven years; he was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was one of the troops surrendered by Gen. Hull, at Detroit, and shared with many others their hatred of Hull for that uncalled-for surrender. George W., our subject, was the fifth son of his father now living, and on arriving at manhood was cast upon the world without means, and left to fight his own way through life ; he entered upon the trade of brick-making, which business he followed fifteen years in Cincinnati, Shelbyville, Ind., in this county, and in other places; thence, in the spring of 1857, he entered upon farming, purchasing seventy-five acres, a part of the tract of land where he now lives. Mr. Fisher and wife have continued their united labors, and from time to time have added more land by purchase, till now they own 235 acres of excellent land with good buildings and improvements, and clear of debt. Thus we have a living example of what energy and industry can be made to accomplish. The noble wife above spoken of, who has proven so worthy a help-meet, was Martha Fife, who was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, August 20, 1828, and with her parents, David and Nancy Fife, came to Philadelphia in 1840, and a few years later came to Clinton County, Ohio, where her mother died. Subsequently, he removed to the State of Illinois, where he died. Mr. Fisher and wife were married February 15, 1850. and unto them have been born eight children - Jennie, born June 21, 1852; David July 18, 1854 ; John W., September 11, 1856; George L., November 8, 1858 ; Thomas, December 29, 1860 ; Matthew, January 17, 1865, and died December 29, 1881 ; Maggie L., April 23, 1869, and James, born July 25, 1873. During the war, Mr. Fisher was a member of the Ohio National Guards. In the spring of 1864, when their services were deemed necessary at the front, he left his plow in the furrow, and, instead of hiring a substitute to represent him in war, the substitute took the plow and our subject went to the front, serving under Capt. Wilson, in Company " K," One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment Ohio National Guards. It was in May that Mr. Fisher enlisted, having just planted thirty acres of corn, which was to be cultivated by the home substitute, but not long after Mr. Fisher's absence, if occurred to the wife of Fisher that the substitute's presence was needed more by the Government on the field of battle than among the peaceful fields of growing crops, and he, too, was permitted by this patriotic woman to go to the front, and to her was left the care of the farm; and well fitted for that care, too, was she, for with only the assistance of a son and daughter, aged nine and eleven years respectively, she plowed and cared for the thirty acres of corn, besides attending to the many duties of the house.

LEWIS FRAZIER, farmer, P. 0. New Vienna, born on the farm where he now lives April 24, 1826, is a son of Abraham and Margaret Frazier, he a native of North Carolina, and she of Tennessee. The grandfather, William Frazier, emigrated from North Carolina to Tennessee, where he lived and died, at the ripe old age of nearly ninety years. Abraham Frazier was but an infant child when his father moved from North Carolina to Tennessee, and there he grew to manhood. In 1812, he came to Ohio, and settled in Clinton County adjoining his brother Eli, who had settled here one year previously. Here Abraham purchased 100 acres of his brother, and remained one year, then returned to Tennessee, and married Margaret Coppock, of Strawberry Plains. Thence he took his wife on horseback, with a feather bed and a few effects for house-' keeping, and thus journeyed all the way through the wilderness to his new home in Clinton County, Ohio, and here commenced right in the woods, and lived the true logcabin life, enduring all the hardships of those days. He was an industrious, hardworking man; though a man of no education, yet he was a man of great integrity of character, and lived a very quiet and upright life ; was never sued in law, and never sued any man, and died highly esteemed and respected. He died March 22, 1862, aged seventy-seven. His wife died June 29, 1845, aged fifty-two years. They had nine children, six now survive - William, Madison, Eliza (married to Jacob Quigley), Lewis, Margery A. (married to Abraham Skeen), and Aaron ; the latter resides in Oregon. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood on the farm where he was born, and where he still lives; was married May 28, 1853, to Margaret A. Quigley, who was born in Berkeley County, Va., December 24, 1832, a daughter of Michael and Margaret Quigley, he a native of Lancaster County, Penn., and she of North Carolina ; they had nine children, six now survive - Jacob, Mary Ellen (married to William Tarr), Margaret A., Michael, Jane (married to Simeon Pennington, and resides iu Indiana), and Alice Virginia (married to Peter Malott). Mr. Frazier and wife have eight children - John W., born April 18, 1854; Abe, born December 2, 1855; Alpheus, born August 25, 1858 ; Albron Gage, born February 12, 1861 ; Carrie Ella, born July 27,

1863; Maggie Oral, born August 27, 1866; Aaron J., born April 27, 1869, and Mary Lizzie, born July 27, 1877. Mr. Frazier has spent his entire life upon the old home farm, which has now been in possession of the Frazier family for seventy years. This place, which in 1812 was one unbroken forest, is now nearly all in fine cultivated fields with good improvements, and now Mr. Frazier is very comfortably situated, and ranks among the " well-to-do " farmers of Clinton County ; is a man of integrity and high moral character, and like his father wa3 never sued and never sued any man, and was never called before a court as a witness - a remarkable incident fora man of his age.

JOSEPH A. OR AY ATT, druggist, of the firm of Gravatt & Moon, New Vienna, was born at New Lexington, Highland Co., Ohio, July 11, 1835 ; is a son of Peter R. and Charity (Tilton) Gravatt, natives of New Jersey. The grandparents, Robert and Mary Gravatt, natives of New Jersey, emigrated to Ohio and settled near New Lexington, Highland County, where they resided about eighteen years, thence removed to Waynesville, Warren County, where she died about 1857, and he in 1858. The maternal grandfather, Sylvester Tilton, a native of New Jersey, became a resident of Ohio about the same time as the Gravatt family, and died near New Lexington, Highland County, about 1847. Peter R. Gravatt was a young single man when he came to Ohio with his father in 1831, and soon after married and entered the profession of teaching, which occupation he followed the greater part of his life. In the spring of 1849, he removed with his family to Dayton, Ohio, where, during the great cholera epidemic of that year, he took the disease and died, aged forty-five years. He was twice married, first to Charity Tilton, by whom he had three children, one only now surviving, Joseph A. She died in 1838 ; subsequently, he married for his second wife, Rachel Purneo, of Warren County, Ohio, by whom he had two children, one now survives, Henry P., now editor of the Wayne County Democrat , at Wooster, Ohio. The subject of this sketch was but three years of age when his mother died, and at fourteen years of age he lost his father, and was thus left an orphan and thrown upon the world to make his own livelihood. After working on a farm for a short time, he learned the carpenter trade, obtaining a limited education in the common schools. He followed his trade about nine years. In 1861, September 9, he enlisted in the defense of his country, in Company A, Forty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and soon after, was appointed Hospital Steward, in which capacity he served till mustered out of service January 17, 1865. After his return home, he engaged again in the carpenter trade, and in the manufacture of doors and sash for two years ; thence entered as ejerk in the drug store of C. C. Bowers, and continued as clerk about three years, whe^ he bought out the interest of Mr. Good, of the firm of- Johnson & Good, druggists, in New Vienna. This partnership continued about two years, when the firm changed to Nordyke & Gravatt; thence, in February, 1881, the firm became Gravatt & Moon, under which title the business is still conducted. They have a large and fine stock of drugs, and are doing a prosperous trade ; second to none probably in New Vienna. Thus, Mr. Gravatt has arisen from a poor orphan boy to a prominent and leading business man of the town, being a worthy example to the rising generations, of what may be accomplished by energy and close application to business, coupled with good management and economy. On September 29, 1859, Mr. Gravatt was united in marriage with Virginia A., daughter of James and Ellen Evans, he a native of Virginia and she of Delaware. By her he has had seven children, five now survive - Charles, Eugene, Anna, Ellen and Henrietta.

LEVI GREGORY, farmer, P. 0. New Antioch, born on the place where he now resides April 5, 1839; is a son of Levi and Catharine Gregory; the grandfather was father, was born October 2, 1792 ; he had two sisters, Jane and Ellen. The former married a man by the name of Osborn, and lived and died in her native State ; the latter married a Mr. Leonard, and settled in Illinois, where she died. The maternal grandparents were Robert and Nancy Walker (see sketch of R. B. Walker). Levi age, when his father died. He was raised by his uncle, Gideon Jackson, who about 1798 emigrated to Ohio, and settled near New Market, in Highland County, where Levi, our subject, arrived at his majority. In the meantime, he served as a soldier in the war of 1812, and was in Gen. Hull's army at their surrender at Detroit. Theuce he became a resident of Clinton County, married and settled on the place where our subject now livens, and here remained till his death. They had ten children, seven now survive - Nellie (wife of David Pond), Robert, James, Nancy, Elizabeth (wife of Alphonzo McDaniel), Servetus and Levi. Mr. Gregory, though a man of limited education, having, when young, had few advantages of schools, yet was a very active, industrious and prosperous farmer, and accumulated a good competency ; a man of sound integrity, of high moral and Christian character, a worthy and active member of the Christian Church, in which he became an exhorter. He died January 19, 1880. His wife died May 29, 1874. Our subject was married, December 24, 1881, to Cynthia Ann Morton, born in Clinton County September 4, 1843, a daughter of Richard and Lucinda Morton, he a native of Kentucky and she of Ohio. He came from Kentucky when young, and married and settled here; thence he removed to Iowa, where his wife died in August, 1862, aged forty years. Thence Mr. Morton returned to Ohio, where he has since resided. They had eight children - William, Sarah Jane (wife of Servetus Gregory), Cynthia Ann, John H., James Madison, Richard R., Elizabeth (wife of Elihu .Thomas) and Mary Bell. Mr. Gregory remained with his parents, and took care of them till their death, and has taken the home place, where he has lived from his infancy, a period of forty-three years.

CHARLES H. HARRIS, farmer and dealer in agricultural implements, P. 0. New Vienna, born in New Antioch October 1, 1835, is a son of Handy and Eleanor (Huls) Harris. He was born at Morgantown, Clinton Co., Ohio, December 4, 1809, and she in Clark County, Ky., January 12, 1812. The grandparents were Charles and Catharine Harrris, natives of Maryland, who, in 1805, emigrated to Kentucky, and in 1806 removed to Clinton County, Ohio; and located where Jonathan Leeka now lives, and there opened out right in the woods. He resided there fourteen years, and cleared up seventy acres of land ; thence he located on the place where Elisha Harris now resides, and here again opened out right in the woods, and here, in connection with farming, he kept a tavern for the accommodation of travelers. His first log cabin proving inadequate to the demands, he built an addition of a brick house of four rooms, which he then thought would be sufficient ; but this was entirely inadequate, and he entered upon the erection of the large and commodious house which still stands upon the place. Here Mr. Harris remained till his death, January 27, 1854, aged seventyfive years ; his wife died July 8, 1835, aged sixty-two years. They had eight children, all now deceased but one, Elisha. The maternal grandparents, Paul and Elizabeth Huls, natives of Kentucky, but who became early settlers of Clinton County, locating near New Antioch, their nearest neighbors being at that time Mr. Harris and Mr. Van Meter, about four miles distant. Here they lived and died, and their remains now rest in the cemetery at New Antioch. Mr. Handy Harris grew to manhood fully inured to the hardships of the early settlers of this county. Was married, and became the father of three children - Paulina (deceased), Elijah B. (deceased), and Charles II. Mr. Harris settled on the place now owned by James Higgins, and there he met his early death by cholera, July 22, 1835, and his remains rest with those of his two children in the burying-ground at Morgantown. Mrs. Harris subsequently married for her second husband Squire G. Harris, by whom she had three children - Sarah E., now wife of Samuel T. Anderson ; Salathiel L.; and Elizabeth L., wife of Henry L. Miller, residing in Hillsboro. Squire G. Harris was twice married; his first wife, Sarah, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Harris ; she died and was buried at Morgantown. Mr. Harris was a man of great integrity of character, and highly esteemed and respected by a largo circle of friends and acquaintances. Mrs. Eleanor Harris died October 11, 1880, and ihe remains of both herself and her husband rest in the cemetery at New Vienna. The subject of our sketch was married May 9, 1858, to Mary E. Littler, born near Centerville, Highland Co., Ohio. May 26, 1838, a daughter of John and Nancy

Littler, he a native of Nashville, Tenn., and she of Grayson County, Ya. They were married in Highland County, and settled there and resided till his death, May 31, 1855, aged fifty-five years ; his wife still survives, aged seventy-eight years. They had nine children, six now survive - Eliza J. (wife of W. W. Barnes, of Kokomo, Ind.), Walter B., John M., William, James H. and Mary E. Mr. Harris and wife have five children - S. Grant, born August 12, 1859 ; Charles H., September 18, 1862 ; Ivolue B., May 15, 1872; Harry L., January 4, 1874; and Bessie M., June 27, 1876. They have also raised a young lady, Luticia Marlatt, who came to live with them when fifteen years of age, who has now been as one of their family for nine years, and is much endeared to every member of the family. In the fall of 1858, Mr. Harris engaged in mercantile business in New Vienna for three years, as dealer in dry goods and groceries ; then became dealer in drugs, groceries, hardware aud agricultural implements for seven years ; then he entered upon farming where he now lives in 1868, and here has since resided. In connection with farming, has continued his trade in agricultural implements ; the latter he has made a leading business for many years, and there are few farmers in Clinton and Highland Counties unacquainted with Mr. Harris. Though often solicited to accept office, he refuses all, as uncongenial to his tastes. In integrity of character and as a business man, Mr. Harris sustains a high reputation, and is one of Clinton County's best citizens. He and wife have been members of the Gniversalist Church many years. He is also a member of I. 0. 0. F., to which he has belonged twenty-seven years, and about eighteen years he has been in the Encampment.

GEORGE S. HAYNIE, merchant, New Vienna, born near Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio, March 14, 1841 ; is a son of Thomas B. and Charlotte (Thatcher) Haynie, he a native of Winchester, Va., and she of Clinton County, Ohio. The grandparents were Charles and Sarah Haynie, natives of Virginia. The paternal ancestors were of English descent, the maternal of German descent. About the year 1830, Charles Haynie with his family emigrated to Ohio and settled in Union Township, near Wilmington, where he lived till his death. In his early life, while a resident of Virginia, he was employed as au overseer, having charge of quite a number of slaves. After his arrival in Ohio, his life was devoted to the occupation of farming, and was very strongly opposed to slavery. He was a very reserved, unpretentious man, never holding nor seeking office, but a kind neighbor, and' a highly respected citizen, of excellent Christian character, and died mourned by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Thomas B. Haynie, the father of our subject, was twelve years old when they came to Ohio ; was brought up to farm labor ; was married, and followed agricultural pursuits nine years ; thence he entered upon mercantile trade, first in Burtonville ; thence removed to New Antioch, where he continued the business till 1873, when he retired from all active business. Mr. Haynie has been a man of great energy and business tact, cautious and correct in all transactions, yet decided and active, always buying for cash, thus avoiding any after pressure. Hence, his entire career ofbusiness life, a period of nearly a quarter of a century, was one of success, and he retired with a good competency. Few men have exhibited a life of success financially which has been marked by greater integrity, accompanied with a firm Christian character. They had nine children ; seven now survive - George S., Martha A. (married J. W. Bond), Lydia E. (married P. D. Barrett), Thomas F., Mary E. (married H. G. Vandervort), Emma J. and Garrie. The subject of this sketch was brought up and educated to the mercantile trade, receiving a fair common school education. At twenty-six years of age, he entered into partnership with his father, which continued till 1873 ; thence he bought out his father's interest and conducted the business very successfully till April, 1879, when, from failing health, he sold his stock of goods, and in the fall of the same year, he entered upon a manufacturing business at Geneva, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, engaged in the novel work of manufacturing wood tooth picks, splints, lamp-lighters, etc., being one of four such establishments known in the world. This business he carried on about one year, Mr. Haynie acting the part of traveling salesman for the purpose of recruiting his health. In this business, like all others of his life, he was successful, but from ill health of his wife, caused by the influences of the lake, he sold out and returned to

Clinton County, and for two years, engaged in contracting for and the building of turnpikes. In January, 1882, having regained his health, he purchased the stock of dry goods, boots and shoes and notions, of Ashdill & Co., of New Vienna, where he is now engaged once more in the business of his early years. Mr. Haynie's life, like his father's, has been one of success, and his activity and upright dealings have won for him the respect and confidence of his wide and extended circle of acquaintances. Not only has Mr. Haynie made a success in business, but at the same time, he has been a close student, and devoted largely his attention to the study of medicine, and also theology ; in fact, is a man of general information, and intellectually is truly a self-made man, atfable and social in his nature, correct in business habits, and of high moral and Christian worth, constituting Mr. Haynie one of our county's best citizens. On June 1,' 1860, Mr. Haynie was united in marriage with Elizabeth, a daughter of Harvey and Elizabeth Rannells, natives of Pennsylvania. By this union they have five children - Lenora E. (married D. F. Fisher), Ella May, James E., Harry H. and Earl Russell.

JOHN M. HUSSEY, publisher, New Vienna. The Hussey family came into England in 1066, during the Norman conquest with William the Conqueror, with whom they claimed blood alliance For several centuries, they were closely identified with the government of England, several having been members of Parliament. Sir William Hussey was Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, and was summoned to Parliament under Henry VIII. His son John was made Chief Butler of England. In 1316, Sir Hugh Hussey went to Ireland, and from him descended the family of Husseys in that country. Capt. Christopher Hussey came from England to America in 1630, in company with Stephen Bachelder and others and settled in Nantucket, and afterward married Martha, daughter of Stephen Bachelder, from whom descended the family of Husseys in the United States ; and Christopher, Stephen and Martha have been family names ever since. Some of their descendants went into Pennsylvania. Christopher Hussey removed from Bucks County, Penn., to North Carolina with his two sons, Stephen and Christopher. Stephen married in North Carolina, and had four sons - Christopher, Stephen, Joshua and William ; the latter remained in his native State, while the father, with his three elder sons, came to what was then Highland County, Ohio. About 1807, Stephen Hussey settled on the site where New Vienna now stands, and his son Joshua adjoining him on the south. Joshua had four sons, two of whom were born in North Carolina, viz., Thomas, born in 1800, and Stephen, born October 22, 1804 (the father of our subject), and William and Nathan, born after they came to Ohio. Thomas Hussey subsequently came in possession of the farm formerlv owned by his grandfather, and laid out the town of New Vienna in the spring of 1827. He and his father built a flouring mill in the year 1825 in what was afterward the eastern part of the village. In the spring of 1828, Stephen Hussey, father of our subject, and William Reece opened the first store, and the former sold the first dress pattern ever sold in the village to Miss Nancy Harris, of Snow Hill. In the fall of 1829, he was married to Rachel Thornburg, and then removed to his farm just east of the village, where he devoted himself to agricultural pursuits during the active portion of his life. About the year 1868, he sold his farm and removed to town, where he has since lived retired, and invested his money in stock of the New Vienna Bank, in which he has held the place of a Director since. He is an earnest and consistent member of the Society of Friends, in which church he has been an Elder for more than twenty-five years. They had five children, three of whom died in early life, leaving one daughter - Martha Ann, born January 15, 1834, and one son, John M., born February 6, 1838. In the spring of 1865, Martha Ann was married to Daniel Hill, who, in connection with John M. Hussey, opened a dry goods store in New Vienna in 1866, and continued the same until 1870, when they disposed of their stock of goods, and then started a publishing house, where the periodicals of orthodox Friends are published. After continuing this business for two years, it was turned over to Mr. Hussey, who continues the publication of the three church papers, viz., Christian Worker, Olive Leaf and Bible Lesson Leaf, and a local paper known as the New Vienna Record. In addition to the above, he prints the Messenger of Peace and a large amount of tract work for the Peaoe Associaiti: tion of Friends, of which Daniel Hill is Secretary. In the spring of 1879, J. M. Hussey formed a partnership with Dr. A. H. Lindley for carrying on a general drug business in New Vienna, which, at the end of two years, had been sufficiently prosperous to justify them in establishing two branch houses, one at Centerville, in Clinton County, and one at Leesburg, Highland County. He has also been for several years past identified with the banking interest of the place. On December 22, 1864, Mr. Hussey married Anna R. Fall, who was born in Wabash County, Ind., October 2, 1843, a daughter of John and Anna Fall, he a native of Preble County, Ohio, and she of Virginia ; they became among the early settlers of that county, where they still continue to reside. They had six children ; five now survive - S. Martin, Daniel, Anna R., Jacob and John. Mr. Hussey and wife have two children - Homer F., born June 8, j 1869, and Mary Inda, born June 17, 1876. Mr. Hussey is an active, earnest worker, and in the business interests of New Vienna and in the growth and prosperity of the town has been one of her leading citizens. His printing establishment is one of the largest and most completely furnished of anything of the kind outside of the large cities.

DANIEL HILL, minister and editor, New Vienna, born on the western bank of White Water, at Richmond, Ind., November 18, 1817, a few days after his parents had reached Richmond, having emigrated from Randolph County, N. C.; is a son of Henry and Achsah Hill ; the paternal grandfather was Jesse Hill, and the maternal grandfather Abraham Peacock, both of whom removed from Randolph County, N. C., to Randolph County, Ind., where they died at a good old age. In the fall of 1818 the father of our subject, Henry Hill, removed to Randolph County, Ind., about twentyfive miles north of Richmond, and five miles east of Winchester, the county seat of Randolph County. That country was then an almost unbroken forest ; Indians were frequently seen in those days, and deer, wolves and wild turkeys were in abundance. There were then no schools or meeting houses any where in that region of country. He had a birthright membership in the Society of Friends, his ancestors on both sides for generations back being members of that society. There were then no public schools in the country. The Friends built a little log meeting house about one-half mile from his father's residence, when his son, our subject, was about seven or eight years old. They soon started a little school in the meeting-house where Daniel learned his A B C's. His education consisted of what he could learn from very poorly qualified teachers during the three winter months of each year, until he was nearly grown, the remainder of each year being spent in hard work upon the farm, and in clearing up the forests. His mother died when he was about twelve years of age. He had from boyhood a great taste for reading and study. There were no newspapers nor light literature in that part of the country at that time. His early reading consisted of the Bible and such books as were then found in a small Friends' Library, and these were all substantial and instructive reading, and no doubt contributed largely to the moral and noble character which his manhood has since exhibited. In the autumn of 1840, he was married to Arcadia, daughter of Benjamin and Ann Thomas, of Wayne County, Ind., with whom he lived happily till the fall of 1863, when she died, leaving no issue.

In politics Mr. Hill was first a Liberty Party man, with Whig predilections ; thence a Free Soiler; thence a Republican, and lastly a Prohibitionist with Republican predilections. In 1856, he was elected as a Senator in the Legislature by the Republican party, representing the counties of Randolph and Jay, and served through three sessions of the Legislature - two regular and one extra sessions. In 1863, he was recorded a minister of the gospel in the Society of Friends by New Garden monthly meeting, Wayne County, Ind. In 1864, he removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, having been appointed Superintendent of the Children's Home, then just organized on Park street, below Third street. In the spring of 1865, he was again married to Martha Ann, daughter of Stephen and Rachel B. Hussey, of New Vienna, Clinton County, Ohio, by whom he had four children - three sons and one daughter. Two of the sons died in early childhood, and two children still survive. In the spring of 1867, Mr. Hill resigned his position of Superintendent of the Home and removed to New Vienna, where he has since resided. In the spring of 1872, his second wife died of congestion of the lungs after a brief illness. In 1867, he was appointed President of the Peace Association of Friends in America, and in 1869 was transferred from the Presidency to the Secretaryship of said association, and in 1870 commenced the publication of The Messenger of Peace, a monthly journal advocating the views of the association on the subject of Peace and War. The same year he also became editor of the Christian Worker, a weekly paper published in the interests of the Society of Friends, which position he has since occupied. In the autumn of 1873, he was again married to Tamar, daughter of William and Rachel Thorn, whose residence was near Selma, Clark County, Ohio. Since Mr. Hill's connection with the Children's Home he has taken a special interest in the religious instruction of the young, and- has frequently held religious meetings especially for children. Besides his zeal as a Christian worker he is as a neighbor and citizen greatly esteemed and respected.

BLACKBURN HOLMES, farmer, P. 0. New Vienna, born in Belmont County, Ohio, November 2, 1820, is a son of Isaac and Ellen Holmes, natives of Pennsylvania, but who were among the early settlers of Belmont County ; thence, about 1830, they removed to Highland County ; thence, a resident of Clinton County, where he died in July, 1860, aged seventy-one years; his wife survived him till 1863, aged seventy-one years. They had ten children, nine now survive - Shepley, Catharine (married to Henry Johnson), Ann (married to Henry DeLong), Lucinda, Blackburn, Isaac, William, Obadiah and Elizabeth (married to Washington McKibben). Mr. Holmes was a blacksmith by trade, which, to some extent, he followed in connection with farming for many years. He served as Township Trustee and Justice of the Peace, besides filling other minor offices. He was a man of undoubted integrity, of high moral and Christian character, and was a class leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years. The subject of this sketch was raised to farm labor, was twice married - first, September 30, 1847, to Eliza Cowgill, a daughter of Henry and Mary Cowgill, by whom he had six children - four now survive - Alice J., born August 8, 1848 (married to Wyatt Lieurance, and resides in Kansas) ; Henry C., born June 2, 1850, also resides in Kansas ; Mary E., born October 3, 1853 (married to Frank Harris), and Marley C., born December 2, 1857 (married to Charles Miller). Mrs. Holmes died January 10, 1859, aged thirty years. On October 8, 1865, he married for his second wife, Rebecca J. Cline, who was born in Clinton County, October 2, 1832, a daughter of Richard and Priscilla Cline, whose history is given in sketch of James Cline. Mr. Holmes and wife have one child - Frank, born August 5, 1870. Mr. Holmes has devoted his life to farming. He first located in Clark Township, this county, on the farm now owned by William Mann, where he resided till about 1854, when he purchased the farm where he now lives and has since resided, a period of twenty-eight years. This place he bought of Job R. Haynes ; he has cleared up from the woods a large portion of the farm and erected the large brick house that now adorns the place, and all other buildings and improvements, such that it is now one of the prettiest farmer's residences in this neighborhood. During the war of the rebellion, although Mr. Holmes did not enlist as a soldier, he gave freely of his means by hiring two substitutes to help break down that heinous rebellion. Mr. Holmes and wife are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and as a neighbor, a citizen and a Christian, he is held in high esteem by his large circle of friends and acquaintances.

ASA HOOK, farmer, P. O. New Vienna, born in Clinton County, Ohio, April 6, 1836, is a son of Joseph and Rebecca Hook, natives of Virginia. The grandparents were -William and Mary Hook, natives of England, but became early settlers of Virginia, and lived and died in that State. The maternal grandparents, Jacob and Mary Bowers, emigrated from Virginia to Ohio, and settled in Highland County in 1804, being among the pioneers of that county ; thence, they removed to Clinton County and located near Snow Hill, where they remained till their death, and their remains now rest in the burying ground at Morgantown. Joseph Hook resided in Virginia till twenty-eight years of ago ; thence, about 1826, he emigrated to Ohio, and married Rebecca Bowers, and settled in Clinton County on the place where Asa Hook now lives, and here remained till his death, August 7, 1852, aged fifty-four years. His wife still survives, now eighty years of age. They had six children - five now survive - David, Robert, Asa, Jacob and Mary Ann (wife of Levi Decker, and residing in Kansas). Mr. Hook started in life a poor man, but, by his own energy and industry, obtained a good competency. He was a very active business man ; was not only a farmer, but carried on a variety of businesses. He had a store, a shoe shop, a blacksmith shop, ami also that which was very important in those pioneer days, he had a " horsemill " for grinding corn and wheat, to which the neighbors, from far and near, came with their sacks of grain on horseback to get their grinding done. At the time of his death he was in the midst of his activity and usefulness, being widely known and much esteemed and respected. Our subject grew to manhood under the careful training of his active and noble father ; was married November 19, 1869, to Mary H. Johnson, born in this county December 31, 1847, a daughter of Michael and Nancy Johnson, natives of New Jersey, but who became residents of Clinton County, Ohio, about 1845. They have ten children - Celia, Joel, Mary H., William, Edward, Caroline, Martha J., Frederick, Alice and Elizabeth. Mr. Hook and wife by their union have had six children - five now survive - Frank, born August 31, 1870; Leota, born December 3, 1872; Emma, born December 31, 1874 ; Fred, born April 2, 1877, and one infant, born January 19, 1882. Mr. Hook, at thirteen years of age, learned the shoemaking trade, which business he followed till of age ; thence, he entered upon the saw-mill business, which he followed fourteen years ; thence, entered upon farming, to which he has since devoted his life. He has never held office, having no aspirations in that way, but, like his father, he sustains an unblemished integrity of character, and stands high in the confidence and estimation of his community.

WILLIAM HOSKINS, farmer, P. 0. New Vienna, born in Guilford County, N. C., March 7, 1808; is a son of John and Hannah Hoskins, whose history is given in sketch of John Hoskins. The subject of this sketch was but a small child when brought to his county by his parents, and here grew to manhood ; being the second child and eldest son of his father, he realized and experienced the full hardships of the 'first settlers. He was married, December 13, 1833, to Mary Ann Kirby, born in Virginia, October 11, 1816, a daughter of John and Eliza Kirby, natives of Virginia, but who became early settlers of Kentucky, and subsequently removed to Ohio and settled in Clinton County when Eliza was but a child; here he died in September, 1856, aged sixty years. His widow still survives, and is in her ninetieth year. Mr. Hoskins and wife have had four children, two sons (now deceased) and two daughters - Cynthian, wife of William Horseman ; and Martha Ann, wife of Joseph V. Brewer Mr. Hoskins, after his marriage, located on the place where he now lives and has since resided, a period of forty-nine years - nearly half a century. This place he took right in the woods, and has cleared up every acre of his farm, consisting of seventy acres, and made all the improvements on the place ; the house and barn he built with his own hands. Now he has a good farm, and he knows how he made it. Now he is old and quite broken down, but he will leave to iiis descendants the works of his hands, the fruits of which they may enjoy for ages to come. Mr. Hoskins and wife are worthy members of the Society of Friends, as were their ancestors back for several generations.

JOHN HOSKINS, farmer, P. O. N-w Vienna, born on the place where he now lives September 13,1813; is a son of John and Hannah Hoskins, natives of North Carolina. The grandfather, Moses Hoskins, a native of North Carolina, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution; he emigrated to Ohio, it is believed, about 18 1 0, and was among the early settlers of Clinton County ; he subsequently removed to Illinois, where he died. John, the eldest child of Moses Hoskins, was raised and grew to manhood in North Carolina, married there, and, in 1810, with his father came to Ohio and located on the farm where our subject now lives, and here remained till his death. When he settled here, he took the place right in the woods, no settler nearer than Snow Hill - three miles distant; no road in any direction, only as they cut their way through the dense wilderness. Deer and turkeys were in abundance, and occasionally a bear was killed, and the nights were made hideous by the howling of wolves. These were the real pioneer days, and these men and women endured many hardships of which the present and future generations can have no adequate knowledge. Mr. Hoskins died December 13, 1846, aged sixty-one years. His wife died September 18,

1876, aged ninety-one years. They had seven children ; six now survive - William, Isaac, John, Hannah, Mary Jane and Elizabeth. John Hoskins was the fourth child of his father, grew to manhood and was married to Leatha Burns, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Burns, who also became settlers of Clinton County, where he died ; his wife subsequently removed to Iowa, where she died". Mr. Hoskins and wife hud four children; two now survive - Sarah Jane Emily, wife of Thomas J. Bernard, and reside in Illinois ; and Juhn W., born February 20, 1852, married Maria J. Reed, daughter of Samuel P. and Nancy Reed, of Clinton County, both now deceased. John W. and wife have two children - Raymond R. and Birtsil Q. Mrs. Leatha Hoskins died March 15, 1852, aged twenty-eight years. Mr. Hoskins has spent his entire life upon the old home place - a period of sixty-uine years. He is a member of the Friends' Society, a man of high moral and Christian principles, and is one of Clinton County's upright and substantial farmers.

JOHN HYATT (deceased). Mr. Hyatt was born in Fayette County, Penn., July 21, 1804, was a son of Noah and Sarah Hyatt, natives of Maryland, but who removed in an early day to Pennsylvania and located in Fayette County, where they lived and died. He served through the seven years war of the Revolution, coming out of the war unharmed, and followed farming the balance of his life. They had seven sons and three daughters, all now believed to be deceased. John Hyatt, the youngest of his father's family, was raised and grew to manhood in his native county ; was married twice ; first on August 3, 1826, to Nancy Lawhead, by whom he had seven children ; five now survive - Mary A., wife of Lafayette Skinner ; Sarah Jane, wife of Elisha Stackhouse, John H., George W. and Noah. Marshall I. (one of the deceased) served three years in the war of the rebellion, enlisting in Company B, Fortieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and while in the army took the measles, and from exposure took cold, which settled on his lungs, which was the cause of his death, January 20,

1877. In January, 1832, Mr. John Hyatt, with his family, removed to Ohio, and settled in Clinton County, on the farm where he lived till his death. His wife died October 1, 1848. On July 2, 1851, he married for his second wife, Mrs. Myra Winpiglar, a daughter of James and Hannah Hanly, natives of New York State ; his ancestors came from Ireland. James and Hannah Hanly had seven children, three now survive - Myra, Susan and Jane. Mr. Hanly served three years in the war of the Revolution, contracting consumption, which finally terminated in his death. He studied medicine, intending to enter upon practice as a physician, but his health would not permit ; he died in October, 1829. His wife survived him till August 5, 1870, aged seventy-five years. Mr. Hyatt, by his last wife, had three children - Louis H., born June 30, 1852; Barnett, born November 10, 1855, and Clara E., born January 7, 1861, now Widow Hodgson. Mrs. Hyatt, by her first husband, Isaac Winpiglar, had five children, two now living. Martha Helen, wife of George Robinett, and Rachel, wife of N. W. Vandervort. Mr. Hyatt died October 6, 1876. He was a farmer by occupation, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. He started in life a poor man ; when he landed in this county, he had but 25 cents left in money, with a wife and three children depending upon him for support. He located upon the place where his widow and two children still reside ; there was but one acre cleared, all around was a wilderness. Here he labored through life, and by industry and economy, made his way through all discouragements and hardships, and before his death saw his farm cleared up and in good cultivation, with good improvements. He was upright in all his dealings, a man of character and integrity, and died esteemed and respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintan9es.

JOHN W. LAWHEAD, farmer and stock -dealer, P. O. New Antioch, born in Clinton County, Ohio, September 24, 1835 ; is a son of William and Elizabeth Lawhead, natives of Pennsylvania, who, about 1830, came to Ohio and settled in Clinton

County. Here they resided till the year 1855. They removed to Iowa, where he died about 1874. His wife still survives, now aged seventy-nine years. They had five children, all sons; four now survive: John W., James M., Alfred and Jonah. The eldest son, Henry, enlisted in the war of the rebellion, and died of sickness at Little Rock, Ark. James M. and Alfred were also in the war. The former served three years, and the latter through the entire war. The subject of our sketch grew to manhood in Clinton County, and when twenty years of age, with his parents moved to Iowa and lived two years; thence returned to Ohio, and, on November 26, 1857, was married to Cynthia A. Canny, born in Clinton County April 6, 1839, a daughter of Robert D. and Rachel B. Canny, he a native of Athens County, Ohio, and she of Clinton County. Robert D.. who was born in 1807, was but a child when, with his father's family, he came to Clinton County, where he grew to manhood, married and spent his entire life in this county. His wife died in the fall of 1864, and he died in the fall of 1865. They had one son and two daughters, one only now living - Cynthia A. Mr. Lawhead, after his marriage, returned to Iowa, where they resided two years; thence returned to Clinton County, where he has since spent his life. In February, 1869, he located on the farm where he now lives, and has since resided. Mr. Lawhead followed farming as his leading business till about 1877. During the last five years, he has given his principal attention as a stock dealer. He carried on the business by himself till the fall of 1880, when he formed a partnership with Jesse W. Pond, which partnership has since continued, and as stock dealers are doing the largest business of any firm in the county, and perhaps as much as all others combined. During the past year, their sales of stock from all sources and transactions have not been less than $200,000. They are stirring, active men of undoubted integrity, and well qualified for the business in which they are engaged, and are well suited as partners, Mr. Lawhead being one of the best buyers and financial managers, while Squire Pond is one of the best salesmen known. Mr. Lawhead and wife have had five children, four now living - Robert C., born August 29, 1860 ; James W., September 10, 1862; Rachel Ann, September 22, 1864 (deceased), Mary E., January 10, 1870, and Althea M., May 29, 1876.

JONATHAN LEEK A, farmer. P. O. New Vienna, born in G-reene Township, Clinton County, July 8, 1822 ; is a son of Philip and Elizabeth Leeka, whose history is given in a sketch of Matthew Leeka. Jonathan Leeka was married, August 14, 1845, to Mary Hockett, who was born in this, G-reene Township, July 24, 1821, a daughter of John and Martha (Cox) Hockett, natives of Randolph County, N. C. John was a son of Joseph Hockett, also a native of North Carolina, but who emigrated to Ohio and settled on the place now owned by John Hoskins about 1815, being one among the early settlers of Clinton County. John Hockett was born in 1788, and was a young single man when their family came to Ohio, and here married, settled, lived and died in Greene Township. Mrs. Hockett died August 24, 1870; Mr. Hockett died March 31, 1871, aged eighty-three years. They had six children who grew to maturity, two sons and four daughters, three now survive - Thomas, Elizabeth (now widow Van Winkle), and Hannah (wife of Moses Edwards). John and Martha Hockett were members of the Society of Friends, unassuming in their habits, but possessed of the utmost integrity, and were most worthy neighbors and citizens. Mr. Leeka and wife have had six children, five now survive - Sarah Elizabeth, born December 29, 1847, wife of S. P. Mason; Harvey Milton, born September 26, 1850 ; Alpheus, born May 15,1853; Sylvanus, born June 10, 1857; and Martha Ellen, born April 13, 1864. Mrs. Leeka died March 26, 1880. Mr. Leeka has spent his life in Greene Township devoted to the business of farmiug. He bought and located upon the place where he now lives in the fall of 1853, where he has now resided a period of twenty-nine years. This place he purchased of Isma Harris' heirs. To this tract of land Mr. Leeka has from time to time added more by purchase, till he now owns 333 acres of good land. The home place is beautifully situated with good buildings and improvements. Upon this place he has erected a large, fine barn, said to be one of the best in the county. He also owns some property in New Vienna, and is one of the prominent farmers of Greene Township. When he commenced in life, he started poor, his resources being his strength and industry ; thus his property and wealth are acquired by, his own unaided efforts. He has been Trustee of Greene Township twelve successive years, and a School Director many years. He is a member of the Society of Friends. In conclusion, we may truly say, Greene Township has few better or more worthy citizens.