Clinton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1915 (part 13 of 26)

George He. Crouse

Agriculture has been an honorable vocation from the earliest time, and as a usual thing men of humane impulses, as well as those of energy and thrift, have been patrons of husbandry. The free, outdoor life of the farm has a decided tendency to foster and develop that independence of mind and self-reliance which characterize true manhood. Among the industrious and honorable citizens of Union township who have turned their attention to the farm is George E. Crouse.

George HE. Crouse was born on February 3, 1856, near Cuba, in Washington township, Clinton county, and is the son of Empson and Mary (Horseman) Crouse, the former of whom was born in Washington township in 1820, and who died in April, 1881, and the latter of whom was born in Union township, Clinton county, in 1821, and who died in 1905. Empson Crouse was the son of John and Rhody (Matson) Crouse. The former was of German extraction, and the son of John Crouse, Sr., who came from Germany to America shortly after the close of the Revolution, when he was eighteen years old. John Crouse, Jr., was born in Frederick county, Virginia, in 1794, and in 1817 was married to Rhoda Matson, a daughter of John Matson. Some time during 1817 he immigrated to Ohio, and settled on land later owned by James Skimming, from whence he moved to Cowans creek on what was known as the Williams farm. John Crouse, Jr., died in 1867 in his seventy-third year. His widow died the next year in 1868. John Crouse, Jr., who was familiarly known as "Uncle Johnny" was a small man physically and one of a very militant disposition. He had little education. In fact he could not write his name, but, nevertheless, owned three farms at the time of his death and was considered very successful for his day and generation. His wife was familiarly known as "Aunt Rhody." They had nine children.

The maternal grandfather of George E. Crouse was Amos Horseman, whose wife died early in life, and after her death he married again. They were members of the Society of Friends and came to Clinton county from Virginia, settling on Cowans creek. Amos Horseman had a fair education. By his two marriages he had twenty-two children, most of whom died early in life of tuberculosis. Only one is now living.

The late Empson Crouse grew up in Washingtotn township, and had little opportunity to obtain an education. He inherited the home farm of one hundred and thirty acres from his father and was a succesful farmer. He was more or less prominent in local Democratic politics and seryed some time as a school director. Empson and Mary (Horseman) Crouse had eleven children, of whom one, Thurman, the youngest, died at the age of thirty-two; John lives on the home place; Eliza J., deceased. married Will

Conner; Elizabeth married Marion McKibben, a retired farmer of Cuba, Ohio; David H. is an electrician in Iowa; Sarah married James Turner, who is deceased, and now lives near Cuba, Ohio; Rhoda married Frank Ireland, of Washington township; Melvyina is unmarried and lives in Cuba; George BH. is the subject of this sketch; Charles lives at Aspen, Colorado, where he is a miner; and Della married Harry Dailey, a retired miller of Wilmington.

George E. Crouse was also limited in educational advantages and was able to attend school only three months each year. He remained at home until his marriage, farming the home place, after which he purchased twenty-seven acres of land. In 1902 he sold the farm and purchased eighty acres of the Boyd farm on the New Vienna pike, in Union township. In 1918 Mr. Crouse remodeled the house and barn and refenced the place.

On December 9, 1885, George E. Crouse was married to Addie Osborn, who was born in Adams township, Clinton county, Ohio, and who is the daughter of Peter and Louisa Osborn, the former of whom is a farmer and a minister in the Friends church. Mr. and Mrs. Crouse have had two children, Edna and Osborn. Edna was born on April 80, 1890, and was married to Fred Cast, who died of pneumonia four months after their marriage. Later she was married to Grover Early. Osborn was born on September 8, 1900.

Mr. and Mrs. Crouse formerly were members of the Beech Grove meeting of the Quaker church. Mr. Crouse is identified with the Democratic party.

W. Jeff McKibben, the scion of an old and distinguished family of Clinton county, and a well-known farmer of Clark township, was born in that township on February 18, 1851, the son of John and Matilda (Garner) McKibben, the former of whom was born on December 2, 1809, in Greene township, Clinton county, Ohio, and died on August 24, 1894, and the latter of whom was born on September 8, 1811, in Clark township, Clinton county, and died on October 12, 1883. They were married on April 3, 1884, and had six children, as follow: Mrs. Eliza J. Davis, who was born on July 6, 1886; James M., October 14, 1837, died on November 80, 1913; Mrs. Mary E. Pittzer, July 17, 1843; Mrs. Martha A, Brown, May 6, 1848; J. F. and W. Jeft, twins, February 18, 1851.

John McKibben, Jr., was a son of John and Catherine (Leonard) McKibben, natives of Westmoreland county, Pennsylyania, the former of whom was a prominent land owner in Green township. Upon leaving Pennsylvania, they first settled in Kentucky, where they spent one year, and from which they immigrated to Green township, Clinton county, about 1803. Here they purchased one thousand acres of land, part of which was cleared. They had purchased a large tract of land in Kentucky, but the title proved defective and the vendor, being an honest man, gave them one thousand acres in Ohio in its place. They died at their home in Green township.

John McKibben, Jr., the father of W. Jeff, was reared as a farmer boy and his educational advantages were limited. His wife was the daughter of James and Polly (Moon) Garner, natives of North Carolina, who were married in Randolph county, North Carolina, in 1794. and moved to Tennessee in 1796, settling just across the road from the home of John Fushee Garner, Polly Moon was the eldest daughter of Joseph and Anna Moon, Mr, and Mrs. James Garner and family remained fifteen years in the state of Tennessee and from that state immigrated to Clinton county, Ohio, with their nine children, one haying died in Tennessee. Four more were born after their arrvial in Ohio, It is an interesting fact that within eighty years, James Garner had five hundred and twenty-six descendants, After his marriage, John McKibben, Jr., moved to a furm which he had purchased in 1881. He owned one hundred and thirty-seven

On May 2, 1878, W. Jeff McKibben was married to Mary O. Betts, who was born on October 18, 1851, the daughter of Christopher and Lydia (Huff) Betts, of Clinton county, Ohio.

Mrs. McKibben is a member of the Friends church. Mr. and Mrs. McKibben ard members of the Daughters of Rebekah, and Mr. McKibben is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Frank L. McDonald, the well-known superintendent of the Clinton county infirmary, is one of the worthy citizens of this county and one who has figured in the growth and development of the agricultural and commercial interests of this great section. Although still in the prime of life, he has been identified for many years with the progress and prosperity of Clinton county and has contributed his resourceful ability to many spheres of action. Earnest purpose and tireless energy, combined with sound judgment and every-day common sense, have been among his most prominent characteristics. He well merits the respect and esteem accorded him by the people of Clinton county.

Frank L. McDonald is connected by birth and marriage to families which have been prominent in the educational, agricultural, civic and political life of this county for more than a century.

Frank L. McDonald was born on November 17, 1871, near the Springfield meeting house in Adams township, Clinton county, the son of James W. and Sarah (Thatcher) McDonald. James W. McDonald was a native of Green township, born near Antioch, October 1, 1844, and died on April 1, 1907. He was the son of Thomas and Sarah (Bloom) McDonald.

Thomas McDonald was a native of Virginia. who located along the Ohio river, in Ohio, when a very young man, settling with his parents in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, where they purchased two hundred acres of land at one dollar and fifty cents an acre. He cleared off the timber and established a home. Thomas and Sarah (Bloom) McDonald were members of the Methodist Protestant church. The former, who was eighteen years older than his wife, died at the age of eighty-two years. His wife died on February 17, 1900, at the age of seventy-five. Thomas McDonald was the son of Jerod and Nancy (Marshal) McDonald, the former of whom was born on August 20, 1768, and died on April 2, 1845, and the latter born on January 3, 1776. and died on August 2, 1861. Both were natives of Virginia and early settlers of Clinton county, Ohio. Ten children were born to Thomas and Sarah McDonald, of whom James W., the father of Frank L., was the eldest. Seven of the children are now deceased and three are living. The names of the children in the order of their births are as follow: James W.; John, deceased, who was born on June 29, 1846; Cyrus B., July 30, 1847, deceased, who lived in Chicago; Alpheus, December 29, 1849, died May 28, 1870. who was a minister of the Methodist Protestant church; Charles H., April 11, 1852, deceased, who had a music store at Chicago, Illinois; Cornelius, May 3, 1854, who is a fruit tree salesman, of Chicago; George M., 1856, deceased, who was a real estate dealer in Dallas, Texas; Mary Ellen, 1859, who married John Watrous and lives in Hvanston, Illinois; Thomas Elmer. 1862, deceased. who was a bank clerk at Des Moines, Iowa; and Anna May, April 14, 1870, who is the widow of Charles Compton and lives in Bradford,

James W. McDonald, the eldest child of this family, grew up on his father's farm near New Antioch, and in 1868 enlisted in the Thirteenth Ohio Cavalry, serving until the end of the war, when he received an honorable discharge. During his service he received a scalp wound but, with that exception, suffered no more than the ordinary hardships, which hard service entails. He was with the army which pursued Lee at the time of his surrender and at that time was on horseback constantly day and night for fifteen days. In 1864, when he was home on a furlough, he was married. After the war he rented farms for twenty-five years. His health failing in 1885, he moved to Wilmington and worked in a meat market as a meat cutter, following this trade until his death, He was prominent in local politics as a Republican and served as township assessor for several years after moving to Wilmington. He and his wife were members of the Wilmington mecting of the Friends church. In 1887 he purchased a comfortable home on Sugar Tree street, in Wilmington, where his widow now lives.

James W. McDonald was married on December 8, 1864, to Sarah Thatcher, a native of Union township, born three miles southeast of Wilmington, September 4, 1843. She is the daughter of Joseph and Deborah (Hadley) Thatcher, the former of whom was born on June 17, 1818, in Wilmington, Ohio, and died on May 8, 1857, and the latter, born on April 14, 1817, in the Springfield neighborhood of Clinton county, and died on September 1, 1862,

Joseph and Deborah Thatcher had eight children, four of whom are deceased, as follow: Mary Ellen, born on September 20, 1884, died December 25, 1854; William H., October 80, 1887, died September 18, 1857; Susan, July 29, 1840, who married George Brown and lives at Hillsboro Ohio; Sarah, September 4, 1848, who is the widow of James W. McDonald and the mother of Frank L.; Lydia Maria, July 20, 1846, who married Samuel Stattler, of Wilmington; Annie J., May 28, 1849, died June 1, 1881; Emily, August 11, 1852, died April 12, 1879; and Oliver Joseph, November 10, 1857, who for several years prior to 1906 held the chair of medieval history in the University of Chicago,

Joseph Thatcher was the son of Thomas and Susannah (Stratton) Thatcher, the former of whom was a native of Virginia and the latter of North Carolina. He was a tanner by trade and operated a large tannery in Wilmington in pioneer times, Thatcher's addition in Wilmington was named for him. Joseph Thatcher and his wife were farmers and throughout their lives were active members of the Quaker church. He was the clerk of the yearly meeting for many years. Her parents were William and Sarah (Iindley) Hadley, who were natives of North Carolina and early settlers in Clinton county, owning a home in Adams township. Besides being a farmer, Joseph Thatcher was also a blacksmith and operated a shop on his farm.

Frank L, McDonald is one of four children born to his parents, namely: Mary Annetta, who was born on September 24, 1867, is the widow of Frank L. Doan and lives in Columbus, Ohio; Frank L., the subject of this sketch; Thomas Russell, June 80, 1874, died November 20, 1918, in Chicago, where he was a grain merchant; and William Estus, December 17, 1884, is unmarried, and is a merchant in Columbus, Ohio,

Frank L, McDonald was educated in the public schools of Union township, He spent his boyhood and youth on a farm, He was fifteen years old in 1886 at the time his parents moved.to Wilmington, and here he learned the undertaking and furniture business as an apprentice under 0, A. Marble. Seven years after coming to Wilmington, in partnership with Oary A. Holliday, he purchased Mr. Marble's establishment. He continued the business successfully until 1908, when Mr, McDonald. sold, out to Mr. Holliday and purchased. a half interest in the carpet store of Frank Gallup. After four years, Mr. McDonald sold. his interest in the Gallup store and purchased the John Hirt farm in Union township.. This farm comprised one hundred and forty-seven. acres, In 1907 he sold this farm and purchased the Judge Doan homestead in Wilmington, Hight

On March 1, 1918, Mr. McDonald was appointed superintendent of the Clinton county infirmary, a position which is now under the civil service and which he holds during good behavior and satisfactory service.

On September 18, 1895, Frank L. McDonald was married to Fannie M. Doan, who was born in Wilmington, Ohio, and who is the daughter of the late Judge Azariah Doan and his second wife, Martha G. Taylor, of Pennsylvania. Judge Azariah Doan was the son of Jonathan and Phoebe (Wall) Doan, the former of whom was a native of North Carolina and a blacksmith, who came to Ohio in 1804 and located in Union township, where he was a farmer. He died in July, 1874. Phoebe Wall was a native of Pennsylvania, who accompanied her parents to Ohio in 1808. She died in November, 1869. The late Judge Azariah Doan was a well-known lawyer of Clinton county, who served a term of two years in the Ohio state senate and a term of fifteen years as judge of the common pleas court of Clinton county.

Mr. McDonald is a member of aH of the branches of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He and his family are ardent members of the Friends church.

Heber W. Custis

Heber W. Custis, a prominent and successful young farmer of Union township, was born on the farm where he now lives, on the Washington pike, July 24, 1888, the son of Levi H. and Elizabeth Jane (Vanniman) Custis, the former of whom is a retired farmer of Richland township, and who was born on December 6, 1845, and the latter of whom is a daughter of Blias and Eva (Early) Vanniman, and was born on February 8, 1850. Levi H. Custis is the son of Douglas W. and Renniah (Gustin) Custis, the former of whom was born on December 20, 1811, in Scioto county, Ohio, and the latter of whom is the daughter of Elkany Gustin. Douglas W. Custis was a son of William and Elizabeth (Savage) Custis, the former of whom was twice married. By his first wife, Elizabeth Savage, he had five children, Sallie, John, William,-Harriet and Douglas W.

Heber W. Custis is one of five children born to his parents, and he is the youngest in order of birth. Lillian is the wife of Clark Haines, of Warren county, Ohio. Edna is the wife of Irving Peelle, of Wilmington, Ohio. Dwight married Nettie Hughes. He is a minister at Richwood, Ohio. Maude died in infancy.

Like most lads born and reared in Clinton county, Heber W. Custis attended the district schools, but he had unusual educational advantages in being permitted to attend Wilmington College for two years, after which he took an agricultural short course at Ohio State University, at Columbus. There he received a splendid training for practical farming, and completed the course in 1909. In 1911, Mr. Custis' father retired from active farm life and removed to Sabina, Ohio, since which time Heber W. has rented the home place of one hundred and twelve acres from his father. The farm has a very handsome prick house on the Washington pike, with an avenue of maples leading back to the house. Mr. Custis bought seventy-seven acres of land from his father near the home farm. In this community he is: considered a very pleasant, agreeable young citizen.

On August 10, 1910, Heber W. Custis was married to Hazel Reed, who was born in Wayne township, Clinton county, Ohio, a daughter of Amos ahd Ella (Driscoll) Reed.

Mrs, Custis graduated from the Reesyille high school and also attended Wilmington College, after which she taught school two years in Wilson township. Amos Reed was born in Wayne township, Clinton county, Ohio, in 1852, and died in 1888. He was a son of William and Rachel Rede, the former of whom was born in Clinton county. Ohio, and the latter of whom was born in Virginia. William Reed was a farmer in Wayne township. Ella (Driscoll) Reed, the mother of Mrs. Custis, was a daughter of Ephraim and Hester (Kaiser) Driscoll, the former of whom was a native of Clinton county, Ohio, and the latter of Indiana. Ephraim Driscoll was a farmer living near Cuba. Amos and Ella (Driscoll) Reed were farmers in Wayne township, and were the parents of two children: Orville, of Melvin, Ohio, and Hazel. Amos Reed died while Hazel was an infant, and in 1891 her mother, Ella (Driscoll) Reed, married, secondly, William B. Vermilyea, who was born in Wabash county, Indiana, a son of Solomon and Mary Jane Vermilyea. William Vermilyea served three and one-half years in the Civil War in the Seventh Missouri Cavalry. He was a widower, his first marriage occurring in 1866. He and his wife, the mother of Mrs. Custis, are now living retired in Reesville, Ohio. By this second marriage, there were two children: Ethel, who married Virgil Ireland, of Dayton, Ohio; and Wright, who is unmarried and lives at Reesville with his parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Custis belong to the Methodist Protestant church at Melvin, Ohio. Mr. Custis is a member of Sabina Lodge No. 324, Free and Accepted Masons,

Elijah Marmaduke Haworth

The Haworth family has been well established in Clinton county for more than a century, and the various members of the family have been prominent in the political and religious life of the various sections in which they have lived. Elijah Marmaduke Haworth, one of the older members of the family now living in this county, is a wellknown churchman and farmer of Union township, where he is prominent in the Dover meeting of Friends, and a former trustee of Wilmington College. In Clinton county the name Haworth stands for honesty, integrity and the highest moral purpose, and the representative of the present generation are no exception to the rule established by the worthy pioneers and early members of this family.

Elijah Marmaduke Haworth was born on September 9, 1849, on the farm where he now lives in Union township, the son of Blijah and Elizabeth (Walthall) Haworth, the former of whom was born on March 1, 1818, on Todd's fork, Union township, and died in 1895, and the latter of whom was born in November, 1811, in Dinwiddie county, Virginia, and died in 1897,

Elijah Haworth was the son of Mahlon and Phoebe (Bailey) Haworth, the former of whom settled on Todd's fork in 1804. This is a part of Clinton county, now comprised in Union township. Mahlon Haworth was a son of George Haworth, said to have been the second settler in what is now Union township, and one of the earliest in Clinton county. He opened a farm and built a grist-mill. His son, James, settled on a farm long occupied by Hli Gaskill; Richard settled on the David Myers place, and John the Morris farm; George owned the John Haines place, while Samuel and Dillon lived at home with their father. A year later Mahlon brought his family from Tennessee and settled on the farm since owned by William Walker, of Todd's fork, two miles north of Wilmington, on the Dover road. Other sons opened other well-known farms in this part of the county until each of the eight had homes of their own. Here George Haworth continued to reside until about 1825, when several of his sons, having sold their possessions in Ohio, removed to Illinois. He also sold out and removed with his two younger sons, Samuel and Dillon, to Quaker Point, near Georgetown, Vermilion county,

Mr. And Mrs. Elijah M. Haworth

Ttinois;. in: order:to be near his ehildren. Georgetown was laid out by his son, James Haworth, and called after his father's given name. George Haworth was a worthy member of the Society of Friends and in the latter years of his life a minister. About 1807 or 1808, he traveled on horseback to Baltimore to attend the yearly meeting as a representative from the Miami quarterly meeting, then, as now, held at Waynesville.

Mahlon Haworth, the son of George Haworth, who had settled on Todd's fork in 1808, visited Ohio first in 1800 on a prospecting tour and prosecuted his explorations up the Little Miami and Mad rivers, returning by way of Van Meter's.. When he came from Tennessee with his family in 1804, he was accompanied by John and James Wright and their families. At this time Cincinnati contained altogether about eighteen houses. It is said that Mahlon Haworth on the journey north rode the wheel horse and 'drove the team over Clinch mountain, bearing an infant in his arms. This child, then nearly two years old, was his daughter, Susanna, who afterwards married Marmaduke Brackney. Besides Susanna, he brought to Ohio his three children older than she, Rebecca, George D. and Hezekiah. The families of George Haworth, Mahlon Haworth, James 'and Jobn Wright were among the first white families to settle in Clinton county north of Wilmington. In the bottom of the opposite side of Todd's fork, where they built their cabin, was a camping ground of Indians. In their rude cabin and during the cold winter season a daughter, Mary Haworth, or "Polly," as she was called, was born to Mahlon Haworth. She grew so beautiful that she was admired of all the surrounding country, but in the midst of her loveliness, in her early womanhood, she was called away. Mahlon and Phoebe (Bailey) Haworth had also born to them upon this farm other children, as follow: Phoebe, Mahlon, Jr., John, Elijah, James and Richard. Rebecca died in early womanhood, and John and James in infancy. The remaining children all lived to be respected and influential citizens of Clinton county and heads of families. Mahlon Haworth finally owned about two hundred acres. He died on his farm at the age of sixty-eight in 1849. All the members of his family were ardent Quakers and he helped to start the Dover meeting in his neighborhood.

William and Elizabeth Walthall, the maternal grandparents of Elijah Marmaduke Haworth. were born in Dinwiddie county, Virginia, about 1825, and came to the Dover neighborhood, in Clinton county, by wagon. He purchased a farm of a hundred acres one mile east of the Dover meeting house and lived there until his death. They were strict Quakers.

Elijah Haworth grew up on a farm in Union township, and with only three hundred dollars cash for payment purchased ninety-seven acres of land out of the Wrightsman farm, where his son now lives. He built a cabin on the farm and kept adding to the place until he owned two hundred acres. In 1840 he built the house which yet stands on the place and in which his son lives. It is a very comfortable dwelling. In 1844 he built the large barn which also stands on the place, hewing every stick of timber in it. He lived on this farm until his death. He was a stock raiser and took especial pride in fattening large numbers of hogs. He served as township trustee, having been elected as a Whig, and during all his life was a radical Abolitionist, and on the formation of the Republican party became identified with it. He and his family were all active in the Dover meeting of the Friends church.

Elijah and Elizabeth (Walthall) Haworth had five children, three of whom, the eldest, are deceased. The living children are Elijah Marmaduke, the subject of this sketch, and Phoebe, who married H. Mather, a farmer of Union township. The deceased children are: Henry, who was a farmer in the Dover neighborhood, and was killed in 1861 by the kick of a horse; William, who died in 1909, was a farmer in Union township; Martha, who married Josiah Hoskins, died, February 15, 1915; her husband is also deceased.

schools in his neighborhood, and receiyed a fair education. He also attended the Friends monthly meeting schools and lived at home with his father until after his marriage. AS his father grew older he gradually took charge of the home farm and in 1895 purchased the interest of the other heirs. He now has a hundred and eighty-four acres in Union 'township. He keeps a fine grade of live stock and is well known as a stock breeder.

In 1870 Elijah Marmaduke Haworth was united in marriage to Louisa Gilpin, who was born in the Dover. neighborhood of Union township, and died in July, 1883. After her death Mr. Haworth was married, secondly, in September, 1884, to Mary Jane Greene, who was born in Clark township, Clinton county, Ohio, the daughter of John Greene, deceased. By the first marriage there were three children, namely: Alma, who married Kelly Underwood, died in 1908; Henry is in the transfer business at Dayton; and Lindley M. is a farmer in Union township. By the second marriage there were two children, Ila, who married Herald McKay, a farmer of Union township, who operates his father-in-law's farm, and Elizabeth, who is unmarried and lives at home.

Elijah Marmaduke Haworth is a. Republican. The Haworth family are members of the Dover meeting of Friends, where Mr. Haworth is an elder. He served as trustee of Wilmington College for six years.

William C. Parlett

Specific mention is made in this volume of many worthy citizens of Clinton 'county who lived during a former generation, citizens who figured in the growth and development of the county and whose interests were identified especially with its agricultural progress, Among such men was the late William C. Parlett.

William C. Parlett was born in Chester township, Clinton county, Ohio, on April 23, 1830, and died on June 18, 1904. He was the son of David and Elizabeth (Clark) Parlett, both of whom were natives of Virginia. The father died in 1834 and his widow later married William Bathcall, a resident of northern Ohio.

William C. Parlett grew up on the farm and after attaining manhood was married to Anna N. Woolery, who died in 1862, whereupon he came with his children to Clinton county, Ohio, and rented land.

_ On April 6, 1865, William ©. Parlett was married to Sarah Elizabeth Kline, who was born on April 11, 1842, in Wilmington, the daughter of Henry and Sarah (Chipman) Kline, the former of whom was born in Hampshire county, Virginia, December 4, 1801, tnd who died on August 30, 1870, and the latter of whom was born on January 25, 1817, in Kentucky, and who died on July 11, 1907.

The parents of Henry Kline were Jacob and Catherine (Brill) Kline, the latter of whom died when Henry was only six weeks old. Both Jacob and Catherine (Brill) Kline lived and died in Hampshire county, Virginia. They were born and married, howeyer, in Germany. and came from their native land to Virginia. Sarah (Chipman) Kline's parents died when she was an infant and she was reared by several different families in succession. At the age of ten she went to live with Judge Jesse Hughes, in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, and lived with them until her marriage.

Henry Kline learned the gunsmith trade in Virginia, and about 1820 came to Wilmington, Ohio, and built a house and shop on the lot on Columbus street where the Methodist Episcopal parsonage is now situated. He was first married to Catherine Eaton and sbe died two years after their marriage. They had no children. Afterwards he was married to Sarah Chipman. They lived in Wilmington until their death. They attended the Methodist Episcopal, church. Mrs. Sarah Kline was a member of the church, Early in life he was a member of the Whig. party, but became a Republican later on. He was a natural mechanic and an especially fine carpenter. -In the latter year of his life he suffered a great deal from "white swelling."

William David died soon after the Civil War in which he-had served under Colonel Doan in the Twelfth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Catherine Lydia died at: the age of nineteen, in 1858, and was the first person buried in: the Wilmington cemetery : Mary Virginia-is unmarried and lives on Columbus street in Wilmington; Mrs. Parlett was the fourth born; Rachel Ann married Benjamin Kingery, a resident of Kansas, where both died; and Melissa Jane died at the age of twenty-one.

Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth (Kline) Parlett, who received her education in a school in Wilmington where the Friends church now stands, is the mother of one child, Frances Catherine, who was born on September 27, 1876. She married Vincent Rollison and they live on a farm in Adams township and have four children, Lola, Dora, Russell H. and Clarence V.

Mrs. Parlett is a member of the Friends church as was her husband also during his life. He was identified with the Republican party, but was a man who never took an active interest in political matters, leaving those matters to others who had more time and a keener inclination for them. William C. Parlett was a highly-respected and wellknown citizen.

Seth Richard Snowden

Among the younger farmers of Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, who have established 'comfortable homes and surrounded themselves with valuable personal and real property, few have attained a greater success than Seth Richard Snowden, who has overcome many discouragements, and who, though in the prime of life, has the satisfaction of knowing that the'community has been benefited by his presence and his counsel. He is descended from two very old families in this county and comes from a line of hardy and vigorous pioneer ancestry.

Seth Richard Snowden, who was born on January 2, 1877, on the Waynesville pike, in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, is the son of Charles Edward and Rachel (Linton) Snowden. Mr. Snowden's father was born in Maryland, October 19, 1836, and died in 1892. He was the son of Richard and Mary (West) Snowden, natives of Maryland and of English descent. They immigrated to Ohio in 183%, and located in Clinton county. Charles HE. received his education in the Ohio public schools, and for many years was engaged as a school teacher. Later in life he became a farmer. In 1862 he was married to Rachel Linton, daughter of Seth and Sarah Ann (Moore) Linton. Seth Linton was born in Union township, October 10, 1812, and was married to Sarah Ann (Moore), September 21, 1836. A complete history of the Linton family is found in the sketch of Walter Welden Linton, contained elsewhere in this volume. The late Charles Edward Snowden was an infant when his parents, Richard and Mary (West) Snowden, removed to Clinton county, Ohio. He grew up in Chester township. He owned a nice home of one hundred and twenty acres, two and one-half miles from Wilmington, but in later years spent his winters: in Florida. He was a member of the board of trustees of Wilmington College, and president of the Clinton County Farmers Institute for several years. Although a Republican early in life, he later became a Prohibitionist. He and his wife were members of the Center meeting of the Quaker church and were regular attendants. They had four children, namely: Mary, the -eldest, died in- 1885, at the age of twenty-one; Alton L., formerly was a farmer, but is now a-salesman for-:the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company; Seth is the subject of this sketch: Sarah married Carl Lukens, of Wilmington.

Richard Snowden, the founder of the Snowden family in Clinton county, was a native of Anne Arundel county, Maryland, and an iron manufacturer. Snowden Manor, located near. Baltimore, was the family estate. Richard, who was Hicksite Quaker, came with his family to Clinton county about 1836, first living on Mr. Wall's farm in Ghester township. Subsequently, he purchased a farm in Chester township and later

Seth Richard Snowden attended district school No. 4, in Union township, and also Wilmington College, where his education was completed. His father died when he was obout fifteen years. old and after the father's death he made his home untfl he was grown with his uncle, Henry Snowden, on the Waynesville pike, on the farm where he now lives. Henry Snowden had been a traveling salesman for a Brooklyn, New York, wall-paper firm, and had invented the Snowden wall-paper trimmer, which brought him a splendid revenue. He made two trips around the world and when he was ready to retire was a wealthy man. He purchased the old Nathan Linton home place on the Waynesville pike in Union township, and in 1885 built a magnificent frame house on this farm, where he lived until he died. Seth Richard lived in this house for several years and then in Wilmington for a time, After his marriage he took charge of his uncle Henry's farm, which he now owns. _Mr. Snowden specializes in pedigreed stock, which he raises especially for breeding purposes. He keeps several jacks and thoroughbred trotting horses, as well as Hampshire hogs. Byery year he buys up a great many mules and holds a stock sale on his farm.

Seth Richard Snowden was married on October 10, 1900, to Florence Paukette, who was born in Liberty township, Clinton county, Ohio, and who is the daughter of Franklin und Dora (Early) Paukette. The father was a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Snowden have no children.

Although Mr, Snowden is an ardent Republican, he has never aspired to office. He and his wife are members of the Friends church of Wilmington.

Moody H. Price

There is no calling which gives to a man the independence of life or which brings him closer to nature than does farming, In pioneer times farming was very much of i drudgery, but with modern improvements the farmer is relieved from a great deal of the hard work which was the portion of his forefathers. Farming has risen in dignity and is frequently referred to now as a profession, rather than as an occupation. Fifty yenrs ago, however, the science of agriculture was in its infancy and it was considered unnecessary to have scientific training for agriculture. Today it is different. Many of the most successful farmers of Ohio either have been educated in the agricultural colleges, or in the classical colleges, in which they have learned methods of doing work and nequired a scientific point of view. Good roads are threading every portion of our state, and the interurban car and the automobile keep the farmer in close touch with his neighbors and also with the people in the cities. Clinton county has many fine farms und successful farmers, and among the most enterprising and successful of these is Moody H, Price, of Union township, a man who stands high in the esteem of the people of this county.

Moody H, Price was born on the Clarksville pike in Union township, this county, on March 25, 1875, son of Henry C, and Martha Jane (Humphreys) Price. Henry C. Price was born in Franklin county, Indiana, on April 15, 1841, and died on June 10, 1910. He was the son of Thomas and Mary (Hutchinson) Price, the former a native of Wales, ind the latter a native of England, both Presbyterians, who came to the United States on the same ship. They were farmers in Franklin county after their marriage, and four years after his wife's death, in 1856, Thomas Price sold out and moved with his children to Clinton county, purchasing a farm near Villar's chapel, in Vernon township. His two children were Henry C., the father of Moody H., and Jane, who married William Lows, and who died at Connersyille, Indiana, in January, 1910. The late Henry C. Price was a soldier in Company I, Seventy-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. On October 14, 1866, he married Martha J. Humphreys, who was born in Warren county,

Ohio, January 25, 1848, the daughter of John L. and Julia Ann (Sidel) Humphreys, the former a native of Warren county and the latter a native of Clinton county. Jobn L. Humphreys was the son of James and Elizabeth (Long) Humphreys, who came from New Jersey to Warren county in 1814. Julia Ann Sidel was the daughter of Israel and Nancy (Morrison) Sidel, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter a native of Clinton county. John L. Humphreys and wife were members of the Methodist church and reared a family of twelve children, six sons and six daughters. Henry C. Price, who made a splendid success of farming, spent the later years of his life in Wilmington. He was a Republican in politics, and he and his wife were active members of the Friends church. He was especially well known in this county as a sheep raiser.

Moody H. Price received his elementary education in the public schools of Union township and later attended Wilmington College, completing his education in that institution. In 1904 his parents moved to Wilmington and he continued to reside on the oid homestead. Mr. Price now owns two hundred and fifty acres of land on the Clarksville pike, west of Wilmington, in Union township. In 1907 he remodeled his father's home place and there he still lives. He has become prominent among the stockmen of Clinton county and keeps on the farm several hundred head of sheep, making a specialty of sheep breeding.

On October 5, 1898, Moody H. Price was married to Ida May George, who was born at Oxford, Ohio, daughter of Jackson George, a wagon and carriage nmker, and wife, both of whom are now deceased. To this union three children have been born, Martha, born on August 20, 1899, a student in the Wilmington high school; George, September 22, 1900, also a student in the Wilmington high school, and Howard, April 30, 1903.

Mr. and Mrs. Price belong to the Presbyterian church at Wilmington, and Mr. Price is a Republican. He is undoubtedly one of the most progressive farmers,. as well as one of the leading citizens and foremost exponents of country life living in Clinton county.

John A. Craig

Any community is willing to do honor to the man who starts out in life with little or no assistance from family or friends; who, by good business management and good farming, acquires a competence of his own. Such a man is John A. Craig, a well-known farmer of Chester township, who is a booster for all worthy enterprises, and who likes to see local undertakings succeed.

John A. Craig was born on January 5, 1865, near New Burlington, in Greene county, Ohio, a son of Samuel L. and Mary C. (Le Mar) Craig, the former vf whom was born on July 17, 1838, in Greene county, and who died on March 22, 1915, and the latter of whom was born on November 26, 1845, a daughter of John and Barbara (Swain) Le Mar.

Samuel L. Craig was the son of Addison T. and Dorothy (Le Mar) Craig, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter a native of this county. Addison T. Craig emigrated from Virginia to Ohio, when a young man of about sixteen years, but before coming to Clinton county, lived for a short time in Warren county. He was married at New Burlington, and after his marriage, started a grist-mill in that town, which mill he operated for many years, later. disposing of it and removing to a farm in Spring Valley township, Greene county, near New Burlington, where he spent the remainder of his life. A man of more than average intelligence, he was a prominent citizen in his community, and for many years served as justice of the peace. Addison T. and Dorothy (Le Mar) Craig were the parents of ten children, of whom Samuel L., the father of John A. was the eldest. The others in the order of their birth were: Noah, Charles, Hiram, Anna, James, William, Franklin, Tilghman and Clement V.

Samuel L. Craig received his education in the common schools at New Burlington, Ohio, and supplemented his early education by attendance at Holbrook Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. This school for a great many years was conducted by Professor Holbrook, who died a few years ago at a very advanced age. After Samuel L. Craig completed his educational training, he taught school for twelve years, and then engaged in farming in Greene county. About 1895 he came to this county, locating in Chester township, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was very active in church work, und. during the last thirty-five years of his life, was a local minister, preaching in Greene, Warren and Clinton counties. He was well educated and widely read and a man of considerable influence in his section. He was unfortunate during the last years of his life, being broken in health and greatly handicapped by his physical condition. To Samuel L. Craig and wife three children were born, of whom John A. is the eldest. The others were Edgar, who married Ella Tremper, and Samuel Eugene, who married Maud James. Throughout his life Samuel L. Craig was identified with the Republican party, and served many years as justice of the peace in Chester township.

John A. Craig started in pursuit of an education in the common schools of Greene county, Ohio, and later attended Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, for two years, after which he taught school for a period of two years. He then worked on a farm by the month for about three years, at the end of which time he began farming for himself in Chester township, where he has since liyed. In 1897 Mr. Craig purchased the farm where he is now living, comprising thirty-five acres. Three years later he built a barn, and in 1893 he purchased another farm nearby, consisting of ninety-eight acres, and now owns altogether one hundred and thirty-five acres, which is devoted to general farming and stock raising. When it is remembered that Mr. Craig started with a very small competence, his success must be an admitted fact. His farm adjoins the little village of Oakland, and is very well situated.

On November 15, 1906, John A. Craig was married to Mary A. McKinney, daughter of William and Rhoda McKinney, and to this union two children have been born, Ruth R. and Dorothy, the former born on July 16, 1907, and the latter on November 26, 1908.

As a Democrat, Mr, Craig was appointed deputy assessor of Chester and Adams townships, and served in that capacity for one year. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Hiawatha encampment of that order. Mr. and Mrs. Craig are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are devoted to all movements haying to do with the general betterment of conditions in the community at large.

Pleasantly situated in his delightful home in Wilmington, this county, Daniel J. Foland, a well-known former druggist, who for many years enjoyed a position as one of the most important factors in the commercial life of the cofinty seat, now is living in quiet retirement, enjoying the fruits of a life of useful endeavor. Dilligent in business, he prospered as he deserved to prosper, and in the evening of his life is able to rest serenely on the rewards accorded him by the community in which he ever has taken so deep on interest. During the dread days of the Civil War, Doctor Foland performed well his part in the service of the Union and at the close of that gigantic struggle resumed his place in the commercial life of his community, becoming one of the foremost druggists of this section of the state, later taking up the practice of medicine, in which he also achieved.an honorable career, More than twenty years ago he retired from the active callings of life, since which time he has been living in quiet ease at his pleasant home in Wilmington,

Daniel J. Foland was born on a farm in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, on March 8, 1841, son.of Daniel and Matilda (Crawford) Foland, both natives of Virginia, the former of whom 'was born in 1794, and died at his home in this county in February, 1841, and the latter, born in 1795 and died in 1874,

Daniel Foland, father of Doctor Foland, came 'to Clinton county about the year 1820, his parents emigrating from Virginia and locating here at that time, becoming prominent factors 'in the development of the neighborhood in which they settled. Mr. Foland's maternal grandparents also were early settlers of Clinton county and inftuential in pioneer days. The elder Daniel Foland was a brass-worker by trade and made carding machines for use in the wool-weaving industry. He also was a large landholder in this county; at one time owning as much as four hundred acres of land in. the Miami valley, but most of his time was devoted to the promotion of his carding machines, his travels in this connection taking him all over the country. He died of typhoid fever, being taken: off in the very height of his useful career, and his widow never remarried. Daniel- and Matilda (Crawford) Foland were the parents of three children, namely: Martha, who died unmarried; Sallie, who is living at Wilmington, this county, and Daniel J., the immediate subject of this sketch.

Bereft of his father, even before his birth, Daniel J. Foland, at three years of age, was placed in the Pedrick family, residents of this county, who later moved to a farm in McDonough county, Illinois, where the lad remained until he was eleven years. of age,-at which time he. ran away from. the Pedrick home and returned to Clinton county, going to Wilmington, where he began working in the drug store of Roger B. Morey, in time becoming thoroughly acquainted with the drug business. In the summer of 1863, Daniel J. Foland enlisted in the naval service and was engaged in fighting the battles of his country until the close of the war, being discharged with the rank of captain. His first service was on the monitor "Osage," and later on the monitor "Neosia." He saw much active service and participated prominently in the immortal siege of Vicksburg.

At the lose of the war Captain Foland returned to Wilmington and began work in Doctor Martin's drug store, his previous experience in the drug business making his services valuable. He also entered thoughtfully upon the study of medicine, and in 1872 was admitted to practice medicine, soon gaining a wide practice in and around Wilmington. Doctor Foland was a successful pharmacist and manufacturing chemist and many of his chemical and pharmaceutical preparations attained a wide sale throughout the country. In 1893 he retired from active business, since which time he has been living quietly at his home in Wilmington, enjoying the confidence and esteem of the whole community.

On September 27, 1877, Dr. Daniel J. Foland was united in marriage to Lucy V. Tracy, who was born in Piedmont, West Virginia, to which union two children were born, Willie and Ida, both of whom died in infancy. The mother of these children died on January 30, 1894, and on June 15, 1898, Doctor Foland married, secondiy, Sarah B. Shields, who was born in this.county. 'To this latter union one child has been born, a son, John D., born on September 23, 1900, now a student in the Wilmington high school.

Doctor and Mrs. Foland are members of the Central Christian church at Wilmington nnd take an active part in the various good works of that congregation, Doctor Foland being one of the trustees of the church. Doctor: Foland is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member. of the Ohio consistory and of the Mystic Shrine. He is the oldest living member of the Masonic lodge at Wilmington, of which he is past master, and he also is past commander of the commandery at Wilmington. He is a Republican and for many years gave much attention to the political affairs of the county, his sound judgment and through acquaintance with local affairs giving much weight to his counsels in the deliberations of the party managers in this section, though he never has been included in the office-seeking class; his only public service in that connection having been performed in 1870-72, when he filled, by appointment, an unexpired term as county recorder. Though praetieally retired: from active business life, Doctor Foland continues to take a warm interest in local affairs and is deeply concerned in all measures looking to the advance- ment of the general welfare. For years he has been a director of the Clinton Telephone Company, in which connection his services have been valuable in promoting the interests of the telephone service in this county. Doctor Foland has many friends in and about Clinton county and is held in high regard hereabout.

Lafe Record

Lafe Record, who formerly was a contractor and builder in Clinton county, but who is now a well-known farmer of Union township, was born in Brown county, Ohio, near Fincastle, March 21, 1848, the son of Washington S. and Sarah Catherine (Darling) Record, the former of whom was born on February 21, 1818, in Brown county, Ohio, and died on July 1, 1881, and the latter of whom was born in Brown county, Ohio, in 1818, and died in 1857.

The paternal grandparents of Lafe Record were natives of Virginia. His grandfather, John S. Record, grew up in the Old Dominion state, but was an early settler in Brown county, Ohio. He and his wife were members of the Christian church. He was a school teacher in his early days, and one of the best penmen of his generation. He and his wife reared a family of ten children. Mr. Record's maternal grandparents lived and died in Brown county, Ohio.

Washington S. Record grew up in Brown county, Ohio, and owned a farm in that county, but in 1853 he and his family emigrated to Livingston county, Illinois, where he purchased a farm of eighty acres at ten dollars an acre. His wife died in Livingston county, Illinois, in 1857, and three years later he sold. the farm and returned to Brown county, Ohio. The next year he emigrated to Clinton county, and having learned the cooper's trade when a lad he worked at his trade in this county. He rented farms also until his death. After the death of his first wife he married Lydia A. Brown, whom he survived for several years. All of the members of his family were prominent in the work of the Christian church.

To the first marriage of Washington S. Record were born six children, two of whom, Sarah Ellen, the third born, and Frank, the youngest, are deceased. Sarah Ellen married William Lower, a resident of Ilinois. Frank died at the age of one year. The living children are: Rachel, who married John Young, of Pontiac, Illinois; John Spencer, of Boise, Idaho; Lafayette, the subject of this sketch; and Laura, who married James Brock, of Madison county, Ohio. By the second marriage there were four children, of whom the two eldest and the youngest are deceased. Carrie and Jennie died early in life and Frank died in infancy, Katie married Foster Warner.

Lafe Record attended the district schools of Illinois, and was taught at home by his mother until he was eight years old, and after that was a pupil in the public schools. When a young man he learned the carpenter trade under James and Thomas Babb, at Burtonville, Ohio, and worked for them three years. Later he engaged in contracting and built many fine houses all over southern Clinton county and in Wilmington. For thirty-five years he was engaged in contract building. In 1897 he purchased the Dwiggins farm north of Wilmington in Union township and now owns a hundred and thirty-three acres. The magnificent brick house on this farm was built in 1812 by the McWhirter family. Mr. Record is now living retired.

On November 80, 1876, Lafe Record was married to Eva Jane Burton, who was born near New Antioch, Ohio, in Clinton county. She is the daughter of a well-known miller of New Antioch. Her parents are both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Record have had two children, Charles, who lives in Wilmington, and Jessie, who married Julian McKenzie, a farmer.

Mr. and Mrs. Record belong to the Baptist church in which Mr. Record is a deacon and a former trustee. He is identified with the Republican party.

Residence Of Lafe Record, In Union Ownship, Built In 1812

Jerremma D. Hurley was born on June 1, 1884, in Chester township, this county, Ohio, of which township he is still a resident. He is a son of John H. Hurley and Elizabeth (Linton) Hurley. In his early youth, he attended the public schools of Chester township, and when he arrived at the age of young manhood, started to farm, renting at first. He has farmed in this county all his life, with the exception of three years spent in the state of Indiana, where he was engaged in the same line of business. In 1894, he returned to Chester township and purchased a farm of two hundred and ninety acres, which he still cultivates. In 1908, he built a comfortable home, and is at present conducting a general farming and stock-raising business. '

John H. Hurley was born in Chester township, this county, on January 23, 1835. His early education was secured at the public schools of Chester township, and, as a young man, he started to cultivate a farm in that township, remaining there all his life. He prospered and became the owner of two hundred acres of Jand. He married Elizabeth Linton, daughter of Allen and Elizabeth Linton, to which union eight children were born as follow: Nora, who married Elias Paxon; William A. who married Emma Oglesbee ; Anna, who married Isaac Peterson; Jerremma D., the subject of this sketch; Lillian, who married C."J. Lundy. Carey, who married Bertha Edwards; Charles, who married Hattie Wilson and, secondly, Blanche Swindler; Frank, who married Agnes MecDana. He is a member of the Methodist church, and in politics, is a Republican.

John H. Hurley is the son of William and Drusilla (Mann) Hurley, the former of whon was a farmer, and resided in Chester township, this county, where he owned about three hundred acres of land and in addition to his farming interests, operated a sawmill.

On December 22, 1886, Jerremma D. Hurley was married to Ida Stingley, who was born on April 17, 1865, daughter of Noah and Sarah (Jones) Stingley, to which union haye been born the following children: Edith, who married Bernard Hunt and has two children, Esther and Elizabeth; Horace J., who married Edith Haines, by whom he has had one child, Mary Blizabeth; Ethel, who married James B. Harner, and has two children, Carl and Loren; Howard W., who is at home; Elizabeth, also at home; Ralph, at home; I:oy, who died when eleven years of age, caused by an injury to his side; Mary, who died in infancy, and Jesse. In his religious belief, Mr. Hurley is a member of the Friends church, and in politics, he is a Republican. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

Philip Edmond Pagett

Philip Edmond Pagett, a succesful farmer of Union township, this county, was born on Caesars creek, in Greene county, Ohio, on August 12, 1871, the son of Philip Cc. and Elizabeth (Peterson) Pagett, the former of whom was born in Winchester county, Virginia, on April 27, 1827, and died on November 16, 1901, and the latter of whom was born in April. 1826, in Greene county, Ohio, and died in February, 1901. Philip C. Pagett was the son of William and Susanna Pagett, both natives of Virginia, who bore in their veins an admixture of Irish, French and Welsh blood. In 1833 they came to Ohio and settled on a farm in Greene county. William Pagett was a carpenter by trade and lived to a good old age.

Mr. Pagett's maternal grandparents were Jonas and Susanna (Coiner) Peterson, both natives of Pennsylvania, who at an early date settled on Caesars creek in Greene county. At the time they came to this state they had only a few personal effects and no money. They were thrifty people. however, industrious and good managers, and finally came to own fourteen hundred acres of land. Both were members of the German Reformed church. The grandfather at one time lived in Indiana, where he purchased land. They were the parents of ten children.

Philip C. Pagett was six years old when .the'family came from Virginia to Ohio. He grew up in Greene county, where he was. married, and in 1854 removed by wagon' to Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he purchased eighty acres of land and remained four years, at the end of which period he returned to Ohio and purchased a farm in Greene county. In 1881. he sold out and came to this county, purchasing one hundred and eighteen acres of land in Union township, where he and his wife spent the rest of their lives. They were members of the German Reformed church, and during the Civil War he was a member of the famous "squirrel hunters" organization.

To Philip C. and Elizabeth (Peterson) Pagett were born eight children, of whom five, Jennie, Susan, Jonas, Arthur and Hannah, are deceased. Susan died in January, 1902; Jonas died in 1901; Arthur died in 1883, and Hannah died at the age of two years. The living children are Davis, a farmer who lives at Port William, Ohio; Ada, who married Elton Bentley, a resident of Wilmington, Ohio, and Philip Edmond, the subject of this biographical sketch.

Philip E. Pagett attended the public schools of Greene county, and later the public schools of Union township, this county, but received only a limited education. He lived with his father until the latter's death in 1901, and thereafter worked for a time in a store in Wilmington as a clerk. For a year and a half thereafter he worked in the Irwin auger-bit factory at Wilmington and in 1908 purchased a farm of sixty acres in Union township, and is now living on that farm.

On June 14, 1894, Philip E. Pagett was married to Alice Lewis, who was born in Chester township, this county, the daughter of John W. and Hannah Lewis, both of whom are deceased. John W. Lewis was a well-known farmer of Chester township. To this union three children have been born, all of whom are living, as follow: Harry, born on May 31, 1896; Myra, November 1, 1898, and Paul, January 16, 1912.

Although Mr. Pagett has devoted his time and attention principally to his own personal business, he has always taken a keen interest in politics and is a man of no little Jocal influence, having served as township assessor and as a school director for many years. The Pagett family belong to the Dover meeting of the Society of Friends and are prominent members of the church and liberal contributors to its support. They take an earnest interest in the good work of the neighborhood ,and are held in the highest esteem thereabout.

Alvin Stingley

Alvin L. Stingley, one of the well-known descendants of John Stingley, who settled in Clinton county, nearly a century ago, son of Gilead EB. Stingley and brother of Calvin and J. Albert Stingley, was born on June 5, 1878, on the farm in Chester township, this county, where he now lives. Gilead EF. Stingley was born in Ross county, Ohio, on November 24, 1820, and died in 1909. His wife was born in Highland county. in 1831, the daughter of Richard and Mary (Curtindoll) Lueas, and is still living.

Gilend E. Stingley was educated in the common schools of Chester township and was a prominent farmer of this county, owning seven or eight hundred acres of land. During the five years following 1875, he was engaged in the pork-packing business at Wilmington and for many yenrs was a large cattle raiser. He voted the Democratic ticket and he and his wife and family were members of the Friends church. To him and. his wife eleven children were born, namely: Eliza, who married John F. Oglesbee; William, who died in March, 1913; Amanda, who married James Bailey, is now deceased; Elizabeth, who married James Swindler; Emma, who died at the age of five years; J. Albert and Calvin, who are referred to elsewhere in this volume; Ada, who married Lester Oglesbee; Alonzo, who died at the age of two years; Nettie, who married Elijah Turner, and Alvin, the immediate subject of this biographical sketch.

of whom was born in Virginia on August 22, 1792, and the latter of whom born on May '21, 1798. After their marriage on April 16, 1818, they located in Ross county, this state, and four years later came to Clinton county. John Stingley had come to Ohio from Virginia originally in 1800. He owned a farm of two hundred and nine acres in Chester township and was a well-known pioneer citizen. He and his wife were the parents of four children: Noah B., born on February 24, 1819; Gilead E., November 24, 1820; Talitha, April 27, 1828, and Julian, October 7, 1825. John Stingley died on September 6, 1826, and, after his death, his widow married his twin brother, Sebastian Stingley, to which second union there was no issue. The Stingley family originally came to America from Germany, where George Stingley, the great-grandfather of Alvin L., was born on' September 12, 1763.

Alvin Stingley was educated in the common schools. of Chester township and has farmed all his life. He owns one hundred acres of land in Chester township, and is very well circumstanced.

In 1896 Alvin L. Stingley was married to Hattie J. Thomas, the daughter of Joshua and Martha Thomas, to which union four children have been born, namely: Alie L., born in June, 1897; Luther A., in September, 1898; Clarence L., in November, 1900, and Charles T., in May, 1906.

Mr. Stingley is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Knights of the Maccabees, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Daughters of Rebekah, the Knights of Pythias and the Pythian Sisters. He is independent in politics and he and his family are members of the Methodist church at Lumberton.

Calvin Stingley

Chester township owes much to the Stingley family, especially to the sons of Gilead Stingley, who was a well-known farmer of Clinton county, and one of the pioneer pork packers of Wilmington. The distinguished family in Clinton county, however, goes back to the time when John Stingley, the father of Gilead, purchased a farm of two hundred and nine acres in Chester township, nearly a century ago. For the most part, later generations of the family have been identified with agriculture and more than this the various members of the family have been good citizens and prominent in the neighborhoods and communities where they have lived.

Calvin Stingley, the son of Gilead and Nancy (Lucas) Stingley, was born on June G, 1863, on the old Stingley farm in Chester township, where he now lives. His father was born on November 24, 1820, in Ross county, Ohio, and died in 1909, while his mother. was born in 1831 in Highland county, the daughter of Richard and Mary (Curtindoll) Lucas, and is still living.

The paternal grandparents of Calvin Stingley were John and Elizabeth (Bush) Stingley, who were married on April 16, 1818, the former a native of Virginia, born on August 22, 1792, who came to Ohio in 1800, first locating in Ross county, and the latter, born on May 31, 1798. About 1822 they purchased a farm of two hundred and nine acres in Chester township and there spent the remainder' of their lives. John Stingley was one of the foremost farmers of the township and did much clearing. John and Elizabeth Stingley were the parents of four children: Noah B., born on February 24, 1819; Gilead, November 24, 1820; Talitha, April 27, 1823; and Julian, Ocobter 7, 1825. The father of these children died on September 6, 1826, and after his death, his widow married his twin brother, Sebastian, but to this latter union no children were born. The original home of the Stingley family was in Germany, where John Stingley's father, George Stingley, the great-grandfather of Calvin. was born on September 12, 1763.

Gilead Stingley received his education in the common schools of Chester township and, having taken up agriculture as a life vocation, became the owner of about eight hundred acres in this county. He was an extensive cattle raiser and about 1875 entered the pork-packing business at Wilmington and was thus engaged for five years. He was & member of the Friends church and yoted the Democratic ticket. Gilead and Nancy Stingley were the parents of eleven children, namely: Eliza, who married John F. Oglesbee; William, who died in March, 1913; Amanda (deceased), who was the wife of James Bailey; Elizabeth, who married James Swindler; Emma, who died at the age of five years; J. Albert, who is referred to elsewhere in this volume; Calvin, wito is the subject of this biographical sketch; Ada, who married. Lester Oglesbee; Alonzo, who died at the age of two years; Nettie, who married Elijah Turner, and Alvin, who is referred to elsewhere in this volume.

Calvin Stingley, who was educated in the common schools of Chester township, began farming when a young man on the land where he now lives. Except for three years during which he lived in Dayton, Ohio, he has lived on the farm all of his life. In September, 1904, he went to Dayton, where, during the first year, he worked for the Dayton & Xenia Traction Company. The next year he was a merchant policeman and February, 1907, he returned to the farm, where he has since resided.

On August 1, 1886, Calvin Stingley was married to Mary Hurley, the daughter of Henry and Lauretta (Colvin) Hurley, to which union two children have been born, Verna, who is still at home, and Velmer, who married Eva Hurley and has one chil, Donald.

Mr. Stingley is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights: of Pythias and the Knights of the Maccabees. Nominally, he is identified with the Democratic party but is independent in local politics. The Stingley family are members of the Friends church and are held in high regard in the community in which they live.

Isaiah Morris Haworth

It is not common to judge American citizens as a class from the standpoint of their religious views because citizenship in America does not rest upon any religion, but when we look about to find a whole class of men who have fitted themselves into American ideals and have made, as a class, universally good citizens and then, after analyzing this class, we find, incidentally, that they all belong to one religious denomination, we are inclined to conclude, that at least in this citizenship, religion - their religion - has been a desirable factor. And such has proven the truth in the Quaker or Friends church. In every community of Friends - and they usually abide in communities - we find that wholesome democratic character and ideals which have distinguished America, and among the first of these citizens might be included the subject of this sketch, Isaiah Morris Haworth, of Union township, Clinton county, Ohio.

_ Isaiah Morris Haworth was born on August 16, 1848, on what is known as the Haworth homestead, in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, on Todds fork and died on June 15, 1915. He was the son of Richard M. and Elizabeth M. (West) Haworth. Richard M. Haworth was born on July 1, 1823 on this same Haworth homestead and died in October of 1902. Elizabeth M. West was born near Martinsville, Ohio, on July 10, 1824, and died in November of 1862.

Richard M. Haworth was the son of Mahlon Haworth, whose pioneer ancestry is easily traceable to Revolutionary times. He was born on October 28, 1775, in Frederick county, Virginia. The father of Mahlon Haworth was George Haworth, whose father, James Haworth, was the son of George Haworth, who came from Lancashire, England, with William Penn in 1699. The mother of Mahlon Haworth was Susannah Dillon. George and Susannah Haworth in their early married life moved to North Carolina and settled on the Yadkin river near the home of Daniel Boone. George Haworth and his brother, James, accompanied Daniel Boone on his second visit to Kentucky, their families being two of the six families which made up the party that attempted the first settlement: of Kentucky. They were violently attacked by the Indians and were so discouraged that the Haworth brothers returned to North Carolina, where they remained for twelve years. They then went again to Kentucky, but finding the Indians still hostile they turned their course. toward Greene county, Tennessee, where George settled the place for his new home and returned to North Carolina, where after a short stay he again started, with his two little sons, John and Mahlon, aged ten and twelve, for Tennessee. After a perilous and dangerous trip he reached the spot he had selected for a home and with the aid of these two boys he built a cabin on the site and made other preparations to receive his family. When this work was completed the party returned to North Carolina, for the wife and remainder of the children, leaving the two boys behind to guard the cabin until their return. The father had calculated that this trip would take about three weeks and had left more than an ample supply of provisions for the two boys during his absence, but high water, and other impediments to travel on pack-horses, detained them and it was more than six weeks before they returned to the spot. During that time the provisions which were left for the boys gave out, and they were obliged to subsist on parched corn, roots and berries, such as they could gather in the woods. They were also much in fear of an attack from the Indians, and when at last their parents arrived they ran to meet them with outstretched arms, and the mother springing from her horse gathered the boys in her arms and they all wept for joy.

In Greene county, Tennessee, Mahlon Haworth married Phoebe Frazier and they built a home on the Little Holson river, near Greenville, where they resided until the pioneer spirit again influenced them to seek a new home in an unopened forest. In 1800 Mahlon Haworth made a prospecting tour to Ohio and pushed his explorations as far as the Little Miami and Mad rivers. Some authorities say his father accompanied him. He did not move to Ohio, however, at this time, because of objections made by his wife, but his father did move to Ohio in the fall of 1803, and Mahlon, with his family, and the families of John and James Wright, followed the next year, and on reaching the place early in November, selected for their home a spot across the river opposite Cincinnati which was at that time a village with about eighteen houses. <A story is told of their passing through Cincinnati that might be of interest here. They moved in 'old Virginia wagons' - a four-horse van - and drove their cattle and other stock with them. Mahlon Haworth had a very fine horse that he called "Major." In Cincinnati a citizen there took a faney to this horse and offered Mahlon one hundred and fifty acres of land on which the city of Cincinnati now stands for him, but Mahlon because of his fondness for the horse and his mistrust for the future of the land refused to consider the trade and moved on with "Major."

In making this trip to Ohio, Mahlon Haworth rode the "wheel-horse" of his team-offour and carried his infant daughter in his arms. He had with him his three elder ehildren, Rebecca, George Dillon and Ezekial, and on his arrival in Ohio, as he drove on through the woods he "blazed" the trees as he went in order to find his way back if need be. The land selected on which to settle was on Todd's fork, two and one-half miles from where Wilmington now stands. George and Mahlon Haworth and John and James Wright were among the earliest settlers north of Wilmington. They arrived at this spot too late to build comfortable houses before the winter set in, and so in haste they built-a cabin of round logs, filling the cracks with moss and mud, and moved in without laying a floor. They built a fire-place in the middle of this cabin and left an opening in the roof for the smoke to pass out, their windows being openings over which they hung bedquilts to keep out the cold and rain. Their beds were made on poles laid across sticks driven into the ground. One night, soon after their arrival in their new "northern" home, the horses seemed restless and awakened the household by moving about and shaking the chains by which they were tethered, and Mr. Haworth got up to see what the trouble was. He put his head out of the door and cried back to his wife:

"Phoebe, hard times are at the door." Their first snow had begun to fall and continued to fall until the ground was covered to a depth of over two feet.

In the bottoms, on the opposite side of Todds fork, was an Indian camping ground, and in the season when the Indians occupied these grounds, the lights of their camps were plainly visible from the Haworth cabin and these Indians were not unfrequent visitors at this cabin, and once, when Mahlon Haworth was absent from home an Indian lifted the quilt at the door of the cabin and looked in, with a friendly grunt he then set his gun outside and entering, walked over to a stool and deliberately took from his belt a butcher knife and began scraping the Spanish needles from his leggings, after thus grooming himself for a while, in broken English he asked for food and after being supplied with a hearty meal he departed.in peace. To show the different dangers to which these earlier settlers were subject we might further relate that later on this very same day three large bears came up to within a few feet of the cabin.

The question of food supplies was often a graye question with these earlier settlers. Soon after the arrival of the Haworths in their new home they exchanged with a neighbor, Timothy Bennett, a horse for one hundred bushels of corn, a small quantity. of hog Meat and a small hog. This meat, in addition to the wild turkey, bear and venison, which they could kill, was all the meat which they had until they could raise it, and for a long time they ground corn with a hand-mill for their bread. In these surroundings during this cold winter was born to Mahlon and Phoebe Haworth a beautiful daughter, Mary (or "Polly" as she was called), who was admired by the whole country around but who died in her youth. Their other children were: Phoebe, Mahlon, who with his sons became inventors and invented the first check-row corn planter and settled at Decatur, Illinois, where they manufactured this machine and became very wealthy, and he is still living at Decatur; Elijah, James, and Richard, who was the father of the subject of this sketch. Rebecca, the eldest child died early in womanhood, John and James in infancy, and the remainder of the children lived to be respected and influential citizens of Clinton county.

At the close of the War of 1812, there came to Mahlon Haworth's house a company of "light horse," as they were called, which had been in the service during the war. The horses were almost dead. He took them all in and fed the horses and the men until they were able to go their way. Mahlon Haworth was a man of strong intellectual powers. He was an active, useful citizen in everything that related to the advancement of the people and the good of the community. High official positions in the state were offered him by his people but these he declined because of the conscientious scruples of his wife who was a Friend of the strictest type.

Richard M. Haworth, the father of the subject of this sketch. was the youngest child of Mahlon and Phoebe Haworth and was nursing on his mother's breast when she was fifty years old. He inherited the homestead of one hundred and sixty acres and took care of his parents until their death. In 1859 he traded with his brother George D. for a farm east of Wilmington, He increased his holdings, until, at one time, he had five farms of over five hundred acres in all. He invested very heavily in the pork-packing business in Wilmington, Ohio, and reverses caused the loss of almost his entire property. In 1883 he moved to Hendricks county, Indiana, near Plainfield, and bought a small farm on the edge of Morgan county, where he did general farming. He was twice married; his first wife, Elizabeth M. West, was the mother of the following children: Thomas M., who died in 1910, on his farm adjoining the subject's farm; :James M., who died in youth; Isaiah M., subject of this sketch; Frances Hlizabeth and Caroline Evalyn, who both died in infancy; Harriet Ellen, who married Orlando Hadley, of Wilmington; and Anna E., who was born on October 12, 1862, and died on August 22, 1882. The second wife of Richard M. Haworth was Jane Janney, who was reared at Martinsville, Ohio, and who was the mother of two children: Lenora P., who was born on November 6, 1866, and who married Calvin Newlin and lives on a farm near Plainfield, Indiana; and Clinton R., who was born on March 23, 1869, and now lives near Plainfield, Indiana. Richard M, Haworth was a Republican and a stanch member of the Friends church.

The parents of Elizabeth M. West were Thomas and Detamer (Hadley) West, natives of North Carolina and members of the Friends church. They were the parents of the following children, all of whom are now dead: Sarah, who married David Pyle; Elizabeth M., who was the mother of the subject of this sketch; Jeremiah, who died at the age of sixteen; Mary, who married Doctor Bond and lived in Iowa; Isaiah, who lived on the farm where the subject of this sketch now lives, and Eldon, who married Micajah Moore and lived in Adams township, Clinton county..

Isaiah Morris Haworth, the subject of this sketch, attended the district schools at Dover and later in Wilmington two years, and then at the Dutch district school in Union township. He had but a limited education and as a young man he worked on his father's farm. for several years and then bought what is now known as the Charles Hunnicutt farm which he soon sold and bought a one-hundred-acre tract of the Thomas West farm, where he lived until he sold this tract and in 1883 he bought the present farm across the road from the George D. Haworth farm at Starbucktown, Union township. He then rented his farm and went to Hendricks county, Indiana, for eighteen months, after which he returned to his present home. There is a little over one hundred acres in this tract, which was formerly the old West homestead. The house was remodeled by Mr. Haworth.

On September 20, 1871, Isaiah Morris Haworth was married to Mary Johnson, who was born in the Center neighborhood of Union township. They were the last couple to be married by the Friends ceremony in the old Center meeting house. Mary Johnson was the daughter of Louis and Rachel (Stanton) Johnson. Louis Johnson was the son of Louis, Sr., and Mary Johnson, natives of Virginia, who emigrated to Ohio, and was born near Port William, Ohio, on November 13, 1821, and died on December 5, 1908. Rachel Stanton was the daughter of William and Margaret Stanton, who came from Virginia and settled in Wilmington, Ohio, where for many years he was a hatter. Rachel Stanton was born in Wilmington, Ohio, on January 15, 1818, and died on January: 10, 1899.

Louis Johnson, Jr., and wife were farmers and owned a farm in the Center neighborhood which they cultivated for years until their retirement, when they moved into Wilmington, where they died. They had the following children: Ahira, who lives in Wilmington; Sarah Ann; Mary, the wife of the subject of this sketch; Joseph, who lives in Indiana on a farm; and Mrs. Elizabeth Sprouse, who lives on a farm in Union township.

Isaiah Morris and Mary (Johnson) Haworth were the parents of six children, of whom three are dead and three living, as follow: Adelbert R., who was born on July 31, 1872, and died on September 19,°1872; Delena Ann, August 30, 1873, married Charles Hunnieutt and now lives in Wilmington, Ohio; Rachel C., August 17, 1875, died on May 4, 1887; Alton M., July 2, 1877, is a farmer now living on the Port William road in Liberty township on the old George Bailey farm; Alice E., August 11, 1880, married Dr. C. B. Thomas and lives in Plainfield, Indiana ; and Marietta, October 14, 1882, died on December 11, 1884.

Isaiah Morris Haworth was, as are all his family, attached to the Friends church, of Wilmington, Ohio. Mr. Haworth was a Republican in politics, and was conservative in his beliefs. He was humble and unseeking in his attitude toward his fellow men and was held in the very highest esteem by all who knew him. He was one of the men who has indeed proved that true religion and true citizenship go hand-in-hand, and whenever he was called.on gave full evidence "that a friend in need is a friend indeed."

One of the greatest men which Wilmington and Clinton county, Ohio, ever produced was the late Dr. Addison Peale Russell, editor, statesman, critic and author. Wilmington people esteemed Doctor Russell for all of the public distinctions which he brought to the city, but they loved him for himself. Handsome and courtly in appearance, he was the most genial of companions and the most faithful of friends. During the long years of retirement he lived a social life in the highest and best sense of the term. As Doctor Venable beautifully expressed it - 'at leisure, but never idle,' the late Dr. Addison Peale Russell belonged to that school of writers produced in the Ohio valley, whose works constitute its chief claim to distinction in a literary way. Associated with the Hon. Addison Peale Russell, who was called the "Washington Irving of the West,' were Col. Coates Kinney, Prof. William H. Venable, Cincinnati's Arnold of Rugby, and Mr. John James Piatt, Cincinnati's Thoreau.

Addison Peale Russell, who was secretary of state of Ohio during the governorship of Salmon P. Chase, and who was several times in the company of Abraham Lincoln, was born in the house now occupied by Harry Dailey on Main street near Mulberry. in Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio, September 8, 1826, and died at his home in Wilmington, Wednesday, June 24, 1912, in the eighty-sixth year of his age. His father was of Revolutionary stock and his mother came from the Scottish clan, MacNabb. His death came not from the effects of disease so much as the natural and inevitable passing of all things earthly. During the last year of his life he was practically blind, but he went about familiar streets and mingled with his friends. During the declining years of his life he was faithfully cared for by the untiring ministrations of his niece, Clara Russell Burns.

The first work of Doctor Russell as an author was a volume published anonymously by D. Appleton & Company, entitled, 'Half Tints: Table d'Hote and Drawing-room." A few years later Hurd & Houghton, of New York, published his "Library Notes,' which eventually went into a second edition. His third book, "Thomas Corwin: a Sketch," was published in 1881 by Robert Clarke & Company, and three years later a companion volume to his "Library Notes," entitled "Characteristics" was published by Houghton, Mifflin & Company. In 1887 appeared anonymously a volume of essays, entitled, "A Club of One," which had an immense sale in this country and abroad. In 1890 he published "In a Club Corner," and in 1895 his last work, "Sub Coelum: A Sky-built Human World."

Addison Peale Russell was a son of Charles and Mary (MacNabb) Russell, the former of whom was born at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, July 2, 1794, and died, April 16, 1872, and the latter of whom was born on the Isle of Man, December 15, 1795, and died, September 25, 1862. They were married May 15, 1815. Charles Russell was the son of William and Jane (Sewall) Russell, the former of whom was born March 19. 1756, and died November 25, 1829, at the age of seventy-eight years, and the latter of whom was born October 15, 1767, and died September 28, 1814. They married June 21, 1795. Both parents of Charles Russell were born in Virginia, and about 1800 emigrated to Warren county, Ohio, and settled there. The father was killed in a barn raising.. Doctor Russell's maternal grandparents were John and Catherine (Warnock) MacNabb, who were born in Scotland and who emigrated from Scotland to the Isle of Man, where he was a linen draper and dealer. Later they settled in Virginia. Catherine (Warnock) Mac- Nabb was a granddaughter of Lord Warnock, of Scotland.

On May 16, 1815, Charles Russell arrived in Warren county, Ohio, from Virginia. He had been brought by his parents. He was an ambitious lad and wished to obtain a good education. He chopped woed to earn money to buy a new dictionary. He was married in Warren county, and with his wife moved to Wilmington, where he built a woolen-mill, which is still standing on the corner of South and Burdsall streets. For many years he operated this mill, and finally failed in business because he had lent his name to the security of a friend's note. He was a strictly temperate man who never touched liquor or tobacco, which was a remarkable thing for the day and generation in which he lived. He and his wife were members of the Methodist church. He was a great class leader and a splendid singer. Charles Russell was an ardent Whig.

Charles and Mary (MacNabb) Russell had nine children. J. Warnock, the eldest child, died at the age of twelve. Jehiah L., who was born, December 31, 1817, and died January 10, 1890, was married January 12, 1841, to Mary Ann Crosby, a native of Mason county, Kentucky, born on July 4, 1817, and died September 18, 1892. Jehiah L. Russell was born at Lebanon, Ohio. He was a physician by profession and studied at Cincinnati, and finally at the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia. He began practicing at Lebanon, Ohio, and from Lebanon removed to Covington, Ohio, and from Covington to Maysville, Kentucky, where he practiced almost until the time of his death. He was an active Democrat. Both he and his wife were members of the Christian church. He served as clerk of the court in Clinton county, Ohio, when a young man. Jehiah Russell and wife had four children, namely: Laura, married David S. White, and they live on a farm in Kentucky; Alice, married Sidney C. Neal and lived in Washington, D. C., but is now deceased; Jehiah, Jr., died at the age of eighteen; Clara is referred to elsewhere in this sketch.

Amanda, the third child of Charles and Mary Russell, was born on January 12, 1820, and married Jackson Marble. They lived in Wilmington. He was a cabinetmaker and well-to-do. Charles C. and William MacNabb were twins, born on February 22, 1824. Charles C. married Louisa Moorehead and was a banker in Zanesville, Ohio. William MacNabb, who married Elizabeth Allen, a native of New York, was a physician and lived at Port Gibson, Mississippi. They had one son, Irwin, born at Port Gibson, who became a writer of prose and verse, especially in Negro dialect. Jrwin died in New Orleans at the age of twenty-seven. Addison P. was the sixth child. Phineas, died unmarried. Catherine, born on September 15, 1832, died unmarried. Mary Blizabeth married Samuel McQuilty, a blacksmith, and lived at Middletown.

Dr. Addison Peale Russell's great-grandfather on his paternal side came from Ireland to America about 1720. He was more of an Englishman, however, than an Irishman. A carpenter by occupation, he was a large, fine looking man, and died about 1766. Doctor Russell's great-grandmother on his paternal side was also an English woman, and the mother of one daughter and four sons. Mary, the eldest, married James Cowan about 1770. Thomas, the eldest son, settled in the state of Georgia about 1786, and nothing further was ever heard from him. William, who was Doctor Russell's grandfather, was born in 1756, and at twelve years of age was bound out as an apprentice to Adam Hope, in New Jersey, where he became a wood-worker. As a skilled workman he made many of the early spinning wheels used in his community and state. He served in the War of the Revolution as a member of the militia from Somerset county, New Jersey, and was a private. He also was in the company of Capt. Jacob Martin, a battalion of the second degree, establishment of the Continental line, from Somerset county, New Jersey. Moses and Charles, the younger sons, settled near Gallipolis, Ohio, and lived to very advanced ages.

On his maternal side Doctor Russell's great-grandfather's name was Timothly Sewell, a strongly built and powerful man, nevertheless kind and peaceful and a friend to everyone. He died in 1807. He had one brother and two sisters. The great-grandmother Sewell's maiden name was Tullis. She was the eldest of a large family of twelve brothers and three sisters, and died at an advanced age near Wilmington. Most of the members of this family died in Ohio. Jane (Sewell) Russell, who was Doctor Russell's grandmother, was the eldest of a large family. Her sisters were Sarah, Mary, Hester, Hannah and Nancy, and her brothers were Moses, Peter, Rion, David and Amos. Jane (Sewell) Russell was an exceptional woman. She was unusually talented as a conversationalist.

The education of Addison Peale Russell was limited to the common schools, which he attended in Wilmington. When he was sixteen years old he was indentured to a printer in the office of the Zanesville Gazette, and in 1845 became editor and publisher of the Hillsborough News, a Whig newspaper. Two years later he removed to Lebanon, and was there connected with the Western Star. These associations with the political press led to his appointment as clerk to the Ohio state Senate in 1850. Upon returning to Wilmington he purchased a half interest in the Clinton Republican and in 1855, while editing the paper, was elected by the Republicans of Clinton county aS-a member of the state Legislature. "He served as representative for two years, and in 1857 was elected Secretary of state by the Republicans. In 1859 he was re-elected to this office. During his administration the statutes of Ohio required a financial agent for the state to reside in New York City, and in 1862 Doctor Russell was appointed to this important position by Governor Todd, and re-appointed in 1864 by Governor Brough. He was again reappointed in 1866 by Governor Cox. In 1868 he retired from the public service with an unstained and untarnished record.