Clinton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1915 (part 18 of 26)

After attending the district schools of Clinton county, Reuben B. Peelle became a student at Earlham College at Richmond, Indiana, and later at the Lebanon Normal College at Lebanon, Ohio. Subsequently, he taught school for five years, and in 1877 went to California, where he remained for two years in Colusa eounty. Upon his return from California, Mr. Peelle married and took charge of the home place for his father. In 1884 he bought this farm, consisting of one hundred and seventy acres, and in 1896 purchased ten acres near Wilmington, where he built a magnificent home, where he has lived ever since. Still later he purchased the Tim Bennett farm of one hundred and sixteen acres. For many years he has specialized in raising thoroughbred Durham cattle and is well known in this section as a successful breeder.

On January 20, 1879, Reuben B. Peelle married Emma Elliott, daughter of Solomon and Penelope Elliott, residents of Henry county, Indiana, who died in 1889. Three years later Mr. Peelle married, secondly, Mrs. Rosaline (Cryder) Cline, a widow, who was born in Ross county, Ohio, the daughter of Andrew Cryder, who was a farmer of thac county, and to this second union has been born one child, Effie Olive, who was born on August 10, 1895, and is now a student at Wilmington College. :

Mr. and Mrs. Peelle are devoted birthright members of the Friends church. Politically, Mr. Peelle is a Republican. He undoubtedly has exerted a wholesome influence on the social and commercial life of Clinton county and is one of the most highly respected citizens of this county.

Daniel Webster Haines

Daniel Webster Haines, one of the leading members of the Chester township school board for the past decade, is a man of pleasing personality, well known and highly - respected, as well as a successful farmer, who owns one hundred and fifty-five acres of land in that township and one hundred and sixty acres in Vernon township. By marriage, Mr. Haines is connected with the famous McKay family, whose ancestry goes back to the first settlement made in Clinton county. The Haines family maintain a home in Wilmington, where they live a part of the time.

Daniel Weebster Haines was born in Greene county, Ohio, on April 22, 1863, a son of Eber and Mary (Mendenhall) Haines, the former born in Caesars Creek township, Greene county, on January 20, 1825, and the latter born at West Milton, Miami county, this state, daughter of Thaddeus and Priscilla (Sturgeon) Mendenhall. Eber Haines was a son of Zimri and Elizabeth (Compton) Haines, natives of New Jersey and North Carolina, respectively. The latter came with her parents in a wagon from North Carolina to New Burlington, Ohio, when only four years of age. Zimri Haines emigrated from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, where he learned the trade of a cabinet-maker. Later he emigrated to Greene county, Ohio, where he spent the remainder of his life. He and his wife were the parents of ten children, Samuel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Maria, Elwood, Eber, Eli, Clapton, Asaph and Phoebe. The family were earnest members of the Friends church, while politically, Zimri Haines was an old-time Whig. f '

The sixth child of Zimri and Elizabeth (Compton) Haines was Eber, the father of Daniel Webster Haines. Eber Haines was a farmer all his life. After removing to Clinton county, in 1882, he began preaching, at the age of forty-five, and continued as a Jocal minister in the Friends church until his death, on December 19, 1911. Daniel Webster Haines is one of ten children born to his parents, the others being as follow: Lydia Ellen, who died when young; Margaret, who married John Turner; Zimri D., who married Alice McKay; Thaddeus A., who married Eliza Mary Hiatt; Priscilla, who married Jacob B. McKay; Daniel W., twin brother of Wilomena, the latter of whom died early in life; Mary, who was the wife of William Hiatt, died at the age of twentyeight, and Eber W., a well-known farmer of Chester township.

Daniel Webster Haines, who received his elementary education in the common schools of Paintersville, Greene county, later pursued his educational training in Chester township, this county, and when a young man began farming in that township. He continued farming there until 1908, at which time he purchased the old Mahlon Wall farm, consisting of ninety-six acres, and to this tract he has added from time to time until he is now the owner of one hundred and forty-five acres in Chester township and one hundred and sixty acres in Vernon township. He is an extensive breeder of Duroc- Jersey hogs, as well as a feeder of cattle.

On October 15, 1891, Daniel Ww. Haines was married to Estella McKay, who was born on July 5, 1865, the daughter of Alfred and Sarah L. (Miars) McKay. Mrs. Haines' father was a farmer in Liberty township and served as county commissioner of Clinton county for several years. He also Served as county Surveyor. Mrs. Haines was one of two children born to her parents. Her brother, Ray, is deceased.

Mr. And Mrs. Eber Haines

Mr. and Mrs. Haines are members of the Friends church, and Mr. Haines votes the Republican ticket. They take an earnest interest in all good works in their neighborhood and are held in high regard throughout that vicinity.

Enoch Holaday

Enoch Holaday, now a successful and well-known farmer of Jefferson township, Clinton county, was born at Ogden, this county, on July 17, 1886, one of the eight children born. to William and Ann (Carter) Holaday, both natives of the same village. William Holaday was the son of John and Susanna (Falkner) Holaday, both natives of the same neighborhood in Virginia. John Holaday fell in love with Susanna Falkner, and her people, who were opposed to his attentions, left Virginia for Ohio. He followed, however, to Greene county, where he married the girl of his choice. Later, Susanna Falkner's parents came to Clinton county, where they spent the rest of their lives. John Holaday erected a saw and grist-mill at Ogden, but later sold out and moved to Jefferson township, where he purchased over nine hundred acres of land and he and his wife died on their farm a little east of Westboro. They were the parents of eight children. John Holaday was a member of the Society of Friends and it took all his personal property except an ax to pay for his substitute to fight in the War of 1812. The government would have taken the ax, but his wife hid it. John Holaday, after taking some hogs to Westboro, was attacked by cholera. He spent the night at his daughter's home and died before morning. The maternal grandparents of Enoch Holaday were Nathaniel and Nancy (Baker) Carter, natives of Virginia and early settlers in Clinton county. Nathaniel Carter was a farmer and Quaker minister, who had a farm which adjoined that of Mr. Holaday's paternal grandparents. Both Nathaniel and Nancy Carter died on this farm. William Holaday received a limited education in the schools of Clinton county and was a farmer on the land now owned by his son, Enoch, all his life. He owned one hundred and eighty acres of land and was a member of the Quaker church.

Enoch Holaday was educated in the public schools of Jefferson township. He was a successful huckster for some time, but later went into the dry-goods business at Midland and lost everything he had saved. Afterward, about 1869, he moved to his present farm, and has since lived there, he and his wife being the owners of one hundred and twenty acres.

On October 18, 1866, Enoch Holaday was married to Sarah J. West, who was born in Clark township, this county, the daughter of Owen and Mary (Carey) West, the former a minister in the Friends church, who was born north of Martinsville, in this county, and the latter of whom was born near Hillsboro, in Highland county. The Rev. Owen West was the son of William and Sarah (Hamrick) West, natives probably of Virginia and early settlers in Clinton county. William West first located in Chester county, Pennsylvania, but later came to Clinton county and engaged in farming. His wife, Sarah Hamrick, was the daughter of Lockie Hamrick, who was a soldier in the Reyolutionary War. Mary Carey was the daughter of John and Margaret (Greene) Carey, natives of Grayson county, Virginia, who moved to North Carolina and _ still later to Highland county, Ohio. Subsequently, they settled in Indiana, where they both died. They were Quakers and had ten children, of whom eight grew to maturity. Mrs. Holaday's father did not attend school a day in his life. His wife taught him his letters and he later became a minister in the Friends church. He was also a farmer and owned one hundred and sixty acres of land in Liberty township, Highland county, having moved there when his daughter, Sarah J., who later became Mrs. Holaday, was

To Enoch and Sarah J. (West) Holaday five children have been born, of whom two, Lindley, the eldest, and Mary, the third born, died at the age of sixteen, the living children being Eva, Margaret and Elizabeth.

Mr. Holaday was drafted for service during the Civil War, but, as a member of the 'Friends church, his religious scruples would not permit military service and he paid three hundred dollars for a substitute, thus escaping service. He is a Republican and has served his township very efficiently as a road supervisor and as a school director.

Willard Kline

Willard Kline, a native of Stark county, Ohio, is at present one of the best-known farmers of Jefferson township, this county. He was born on October 28, 1862, the son of Philip and Magdelina (Bortz) Kline, natives of Germany and Stark county, Ohio, respectively. His paternal grandparents were residents of Philadelphia after emigrating to this country from Germany. His maternal grandfather, Michael Bortz, was a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, of German descent, who moved to Stark county, Ohio, purchased a farm and died in that county.

Philip Kline had completed his education in the German schools before coming to this country with his parents. He was a cabinet-maker and undertaker, trades which he had begun to learn in Germany, and for a time followed those yocations in Philadelphia. After his marriage, he removed to Malvern, Ohio, and followed his trade there for some time, after which he removed to a farm nearby and was engaged in agriculture the rest of his life, having been the owner of sixty acres of land. He and his wife were the parents of twelve children.

Willard Kline, one of the twelve children born to Philip and Magdelina (Bortz) Kline, was educated in the common schools of Stark county and of Malvern, under John Baxter. He also attended school at Mount Union and _later- attended -a- business: college in Canton, under Griffith and Paterson, this latter school having been one of the first of its kind opened in the state of Ohio. Mr. Kline taught, school for twelve years, and then became an interurban railway conductor out of Akron, a position which he held for six years. Afterwards he was in the coal business for two years in Akron, but sold out in 1910 and removed to Jefferson township, this county, where Mrs. Kline owned a farm. They now have three farms, comprising, in all, three hundred acres, and are engaged in general farming and stock raising.

On Thanksgiving Day, 1905, Willard Kline was married to Mrs. Ellen (Sliffe) Moon, a native of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, daughter of Jacob and Susanna (Longnecker) Sliffe, natives of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and Fayette county, Pennsylvania, respectively, and widow of Jason Moon, for many years a teacher in Clinton county and a son of Thomas Moon, an early settler in Jefferson township, this county. Jason Moon, who died in 1908, was also a farmer, and served as principal of the Westboro and Blanchester schools for some time. He had been educated in the public schools and at the Lebanon Normal School.

Mrs. Kline's paternal grandparents were Henry and Magdelina (Biddle) Sliffe, of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and of German descent, who settled on a half section of land in Tuscarawas county, Ohio. Her paternal great-grandparents _ were Henry and Elizabeth (Houk) Sliffe, of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, who also entered land in Tuscarawas county. Mrs. Kline's paternal grandmother was the daughter of Fred and Barbara (Bidler) Biddle, natives of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and early settlers in Tuscarawas county, Ohio. The father of her paternal great-grandfather, Henry Sliffe, came to America from, Germany and settled in Westmoreland county. Mrs. Kline's maternal grandparents were Peter and Elizabeth (Shank) Long- necker, of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, who were farmers in Holmes county, Ohio. Her maternal great-grandparents were Peter and Hlizabeth (Noftsinger) Longnecker, of Fayette 'county, Pennsylvania, who migrated with the remainder of the family to Holmes county, Ohio. Mrs. Kline's mother, who, before her marriage, was Susana Longnecker, had four brothers, David, Joseph, John and Henry, who were soldiers in the Civil War. Mrs. Kline's father, Jacob Sliffe, was a farmer in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, all his life, .and died in that county. He and his wife were the parents of thirteen children, of whom ten grew to maturity.

"Mr. and Mrs. Kline are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Westboro, and take an active part in the affairs of that congregation. They are highly-respected citizens of Jefferson township and are well known and widely admired.

Charles Caleb Hixson

The late Charles Caleb Hixson, well known as a farmer of Washington and Jefferson townships, this county, was born in Jefferson township in 1855, son of John A. and Nancy (Hull) Hixson, who came from Highland county, this state, to Clinton county.

Charles Caleb Hixson was educated in the public schools of Jefferson township, and was reared to the life of a farmer, which occupation he followed all his life. After reaching maturity, he engaged in farming for his father for a time, and also carried the mail for a period of six years, from Westboro to Wilmington, before the construction of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. At the time of his death he was the owner of one hundred acres of land, sixty acres of which is in Washington township and forty acres in Jefferson township, practically all in one body.

In 1879 Mr. Hixson was married to Minnie James, a native of Lumberton, this county, daughter of Isaac Newton and Isabelle (Miller) James, the former a native of Lumberton and the latter of Campbell county, Virginia. Isaac N. James was the son of Joshua and Maria (Burr) James, very early settlers of Wilmington. Isabelle Miller was the daughter of Ephraim and Esther (Keiter) Miller, the former born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and: the latter in Hampshire county, Virginia. Ephraim Miller was a soldier in the War of 1812, and after his marriage, in the Old Dominion state, in 1849, located in Clinton county, settling one mile west of Lumberton, where he was engaged in farming the rest of his life. The Millers are of Pennsylvania Quaker descent. Esther (Keiter) Miller was a daughter of George Keiter, a native of Virginia, of German descent.

To Mr. and Mrs. Hixson were born five children, Zella, Joseph Eugene, Walter Leroy, Charles Caleb, Jr., and Hallie Hazel. Of these children Zella, the first born, and Charles C., Jr., the fourth born, are deceased.

The late Charles Caleb Hixson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and his widow is still an active and interested worker in that denomination.

William A. Pond

Suecess "generally comes as a. consequence of closely applied energy, unfailing determination and perseverance. Seldom is success known to smile upon the idler and the dreamer rarely is courted; only those who diligently seek the favors of success receiving her blessing. William A. Pond, a resident of Antioch, this county, is one of the wellknown residents of this section, and his present high standing may be attributed to his large personal worth, which has gained for him the esteem of the people with whom he has had business and social relations.

William A. Pond was born on March 20, 1852. in Green township, this county, the son of William and Mary (Lieurance) Pond, the former of whom, born on June 2, 1812, in Green township, died on January 10, 1912, and the latter, born on March 21, 1815, died

In 1802 four brothers, Griffen, Henry, John and Jonathan Pond, started from Wilkes county, North Carolina, for Ohio. Later the four brothers scattered over different parts of Ohio and in the respective communities where they lived, they became prominent citizens. Griffen Pond, the grandfather of William A., came to Clinton county in 1802, locating on what is now known as the old Faren farm. He cleared one hundred acres of land and received fifty acres of the same in payment for his work. He lived in this section of the state the rest of his life, buying and seHing several farms. He was a member of the Baptist church. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, all of whom are now deceased, these children having been as follow: Griffen, Jr., who moved to Mercer county, Ohio, and died at the age of one hundred years and six months; John, who died in Miami county, Indiana, where 'he was a farmer; Jonathan, who died in Wabash county, Indiana; Mary, who married Messer Green, and died at Cuba, this county, at the age of ninety; Priscilla, who married John Wire, and was the mother of Doctor Wire, of Wilmington; Sarah, who married Samuel Hamilton, of Jamestown, Greene county, Ohio; William, who was the father of William A.; George W., who died in Mercer county, Ohio, where he was a farmer, and David, who died in Clarksville, this county, where he was a preacher in the Baptist church and a farmer.

The late William Pond, father of William A. Pond, started in life with very little money. He built a log house for himself on what is now known as the Clark place, in Green township, which is still standing. It was in this log house that William A. Pond was born. There were two slabs pinned together for a table and the bed was made by putting pins in the log wall. William Pond finally came to own three hundred acres of land and died on his farm. His wife, Mary Lieurance, was the daughter of John and Rebecca (Brown) Lieurance, both natives of Wilkes county, North Carolina, who were married in that county and in 1802 came with the Ponds and Browns to Clinton county. The Lieurances settled in Washington township, where they became the owners of a large farm. John Lieurance was a deacon in the Cowans Creek Baptist church. He died at the age of eighty-five, after rearing a large family. William and Mary Pond were members of the Christian church at New Antioch and were ardent church workers all their lives. William Pond was a stock buyer of considerable note and drove stock overland to Cincinnati. In his younger days he had been engaged in hauling produce to and from the cities in this section. He served as township trustee, having been elected as a Republican. Before becoming a Republican, he was a Whig.

To William and Mary (Lieurance) Pond eight children were born, five of whom are still living, the names of the children, in the order of their birth, being as follow: John, born in 1835, who is a retired farmer at Columbus; Jesse W., born in 1837, died in March, 1909, at Morgan Hill, California, where he was a stock dealer and farmer; Mary J., born in 1840, married Thomas J. Bloom, and died in 1892; Anna, born in 1848, first married W. H. Lieurance and later Campbell Wright, and died in September, 1901; Tillie, born in 1847, first married a Mr. Anson, later Henry Arnold, and now lives at Port William, Ohio; William <A., the subject of this sketch; Martha BE., a resident of Montgomery, Alabama, who is the widow of R. BE. Hunt, and Lina, who married C. B. Murphy, a merchant of New Antioch, this county.

William A. Pond grew up on the farm and received his education in the public schools of that neighborhood. He lived at home until his marriage, on September 10, 1874, after which he lived on a part of the home farm, subsequently building a home on a tract of land which he purchased and where he lived until March, 1902, at which time he moved to New Antioch, where he now lives. When a young man, Mr. Pond engaged in buying and shipping live stock and wool, and has ever since been engaged in that business. About seven years ago, he became a partner with Bennett & Thompson, of Wilmington, and is a member of that firm now. For the past twelve years he has been

Mr. Pond's wife, before her marriage, was Alice Tener, a native of Adams county, Ohio, born at Locust Grove, the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Weaver) Tener, both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Pond's father was a harness-maker and also a native of Adams county. Her mother, however, was a native of Highland county, and died when Mrs. Pond was a small girl. After her death the father married again and moved to New Antioch.

To William A. and Alice (Tener) Pond have been born twelve children, four of whom are deceased, the names of the children, in the order of their birth, being as follow: Verdie, born on July 18, 1875, died on July 30, 1876; Frank B., March 21, 1877, a well-known farmer of this county; Naomi, April 14, 1879, who died on October 11, 1880; Fred, April 26, 1881, who married Oval West, and is a resident of Wilmington; Mary, March 27, 1883, who married Edwin S. Thatcher, and died on December 23, 1910; Edna, July 27, 1885, who is unmarried, and lives in Columbus, Ohio; Vada, March 16, 1887, who married Charles Severs, and lives at Sabina, Ohio; Chloe, November 10, 1888, who died on January 18, 1890; Cliff, who married a Miss Stotler; Zella, February 8S. 1891, who died on August 6, of the same year; Charlotte, July 21, 1892, who married Fred Arnold, of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Guy, October 17, 1894, who married Mary Oglesbee, of Lumberton, Ohio.

William A. Pond is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has been a delegate to the grand lodge of Odd Fellows for eight successive years and is a trustee of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows home at Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Pond is a well-known citizen of this county, honest and upright in all of the relations of life and admired and respected by his fellow citizens, he and all the members of his family being held in high esteem hereabout.

Jesse G. Batson

Jesse G. Batson is a prominent citizen and farmer of Jefferson township, this county, who was born in Washington township, this county, on November 2, 1861, the son of Ephraim and Louisa (Wright) Batson, both natives of Clinton county, the former born in Washington township and the latter near Martinsville. Ephraim Batson was the son of Samuel Batson, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio when a young man and located in what is now Clark township, entering between eighty and one hundred acres of land, which he cleared. He married a Thornhill and he and his wife died in that township. Louisa Wright was the daughter of James and Sarah Jane (West) Wright, also pioneers of Clinton county, who owned nearly one hundred acres of land just north of Martinsville.

Ephraim Batson received a common school education in the schools of Clinton county and spent his life as a farmer in Washington township, having been the owner of one hundred and twenty-one acres, upon which he lived for many years. The last six years of his life were spent with his son, Jesse G. His wife died at the comparatively early age of forty-nine, but he lived to be eighty-two. They were the parents of six children, four of whom, Christopher, George, Sarah Ann and Jesse G., grew to maturity. Ephraim Batson was an influential and useful citizen and had served as school director and road supervisor in Washington township.

Jesse G. Batson was educated in the public schools of Washington township and, with the exception of ten years, which he spent in Newport, Kentucky, as a street railway motorman, has been a farmer al! his life. He moved to the farm upon which he now lives in 1908, and now owns sixty acres of land in Jefferson township. He has cleared the farm and erected good buildings and is rated as a prosperous farmer.

and reared at Westboro, this county, the daughter of Edwin Hodson, to which union two children were born, Laura and Harry. Mr. Batson married, secondly, on October 8, 1918, to Josephine McClearin, of Highland county, Ohio, who was born at Hillsboro and reared at Samantha, and to this second marriage there was born one child, Margaret, who died in infancy.

Mr. Batson is a member of the Christian church, and his wife is a member of the Friends church. Mr. Batson has served as township trustee and has filled other local offices. He is prominent in the political councils of Jefferson township and popular in the neighborhood in which he resides.

Walter S. Osborn

Walter S. Osborn, now a successful and well-known farmer of Jefferson township, this county, was born in Beech Groye, in this:county, on July 12, 1866, a son of Alfred and Martha (Stanton) Osborn, both natives of Beech Grove. Martha Stanton was the daughter of William and Theodosia (Thatcher) Stanton, early settlers in Clinton county. The Thatcher family history is set out at length elsewhere in this volume.

The late Alfred Osborn, who was a well-known farmer of Clinton county, was educated in the public schools of this county, and after leaving school, farmed at Beech Grove and at Midland City. He died in the latter village. Walter S. Osborn was one of six children born to his parents, Alfred and Martha (Stanton) Osborn, the others being Lettie, Sarah T., Ollie, Rena and Frank.

Walter S. Osborn received his education in the Osborn district school, and in the fall of 1888 removed to Midland and for ten years operated a livery stable at that place. Subsequently, he purchased forty-five acres of land, a part of which lies within the corporation limits of Midland. He farmed this land for one or two years, or until about 1905, when he moved to the Isaac Hixson farm, one mile north of Midland City. This place comprises one hundred and seventy acres, which Mr. Osborn rents, and in addition to this he also operates his own land, being well known as a successful farmer and stock raiser of that vicinity.

In November, 1895, Walter S. Osborn was married to: slice Foster, and to this union were born four children, Hazel M., Russell T., Bernice and Alfred 'Franklin. Mrs. Osborn died on May 7, 1913.

Mr. Osborn is a devout member of the Friends church. He is a Republican and has been treasurer of Jefferson township for the past fourteen years, and still holds that important office. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

Jacob Frey

Jacob Frey, who was formerly a competent bookkeeper in Cincinnati, but who, for several years, has been a successful farmer in Jefferson township, this county, was born on December 12, 1853, in Cincinnati, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Hess) Frey, both natives of Bavaria, Germany, and both of whom are deceased. Jacob Frey, Sr., was an Officer in the German army. Neither the paternal nor the maternal grandparents of Jacob Frey, Jr., ever came to America.

Jacob and Elizabeth (Hess) Frey were married in Germany and came to America in a sailing vessel, locating at New Orleans, after a voyage lasting fifty-two days. In 1847 they proceeded by boat to Cincinnati, where they made their home. Jacob Frey had learned the barber's trade in Germany and followed this trade in Cincinnati until his death. To Jacob and Elizabeth Frey were born five children: George, Jacob (who died in infancy), Margaret, Fred and Jacob. After the senior Jacob Frey's death, his widow married August Goetze, and to them were born four children, Augusta, George, Elizabeth and Lena. The family were members of the Evangelical Protestant church.

Jacob Frey, the subject of this sketch, was. educated in 'the- public schools of Cincinnati and early in life was employed as an apprentice in the Lackman brewery, learning the trade as brewer. He later became connected with the Schmid Brothers' brewery as a bookkeeper, a position he held for twenty-six years. In 1902 he moved to the farm of one hundred and thirty-one acres in Jefferson township, this county, which he had previously bought in 1896, and where he is engaged in general farming.

On November 29, 1876, Jacob Frey was married to Anna Marie Yerkel, a native of Bavaria, Germany, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Frank) Ferkel, both natives of Bavaria. Mrs. Frey's paternal grandparents were Andres and Elizabeth Ferkel, both of whom died in Bavaria. Her maternal grandfather served in the Napoleonic Wars. Mrs. Frey's parents were married in Germany and in March, 1865, came to America, locating at Cincinnati. 'He was a farmer, grocer and baker. He and his wife retired to the farm, upon which Jacob Frey now lives, in 1896 and both spent their last days on that farm. Their remains are buried in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Westboro.

To Jacob and Anna Marie (Ferkel) Frey have been born ten children, one of whom, Edward, the eighth born, is deceased, the others being Jacob, August, Frederick Jacob, Elizabeth, Harry, George, Albert, Florence and Stella Marie.

Mr. and Mrs. Frey and family are members of the Evangelical Protestant church and Mr. Frey served as treasurer of the church of that denomination for fifteen years during his residence in Cincinnati.

Francis M. Hiatt

Francis M. Hiatt, now an enterprising and well-known farmer of Clark township, this county, was born on January 10, 1851, in Clinton county, the son of Clarkson and Jane (Hollingsworth) Hiatt, the former a native of Clark township, this county, and the latter born near Rochester, in Warren county.

Mr. Hiatt's paternal grandparents were Christopher and Jemima (Hunt) Hiatt, the former born near Greensboro, North Carolina, and the latter in Grayson county, Virginia. The paternal. great-grandfather, Christopher Hiatt. Sr., died in North Carolina when his son, Christopher, was a young man. Christopher Hiatt, Jr., was educated by his mother, who was a well-informed woman. He married in Virginia, and, about the year 1810, emigrated to Ohio and located in Clark township, this county, where he purchased a farm upon which his grandson, Francis M., now lives, and gradually became the owner of several hundred acres of land in this county. Mr. Hiatt's maternal grandparents were James and Esther (Cadwallader) Hollingsworth, the former born in South Carolina and the latter near Lynchburg, Virginia, who located in Warren county, this state. where both spent the remainder of their lives. James Hollingsworth was the proprietor of a nursery.

Clarkson Hiatt was educated in the common schools of Clark township, this county, and was engaged in farming all his life. He owned a part of the old home tract of land, where his son, Francis M., now lives and erected most of the buildings now standing on the farm and cleared-most of the place. Five sons and two daughters were born to Clarkson and Jane (Hollingsworth) Hiatt, as follow: Lorenzo D., who was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War, a member of Company M, Second Ohio Cavalry, and who, during his service, was struck on the head by a spent musket ball, but survived the wound; Francis M., the subject of this sketch; Hvelyn, Albert and Warren, who are deceased, and Lora and James Edwin.

Francis M. Hiatt was educated in the common schools of Clark township, and, upon attaining his majority, began farming for himself. He bought a small tract of twelve acres adjoining his home and lived there from 1890 to 1908, when he removed to the

In November, 1889, Francis M. Hiatt was married to Nellie McLaughlin, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hill) McLaughlin, the former a native of Clermont county, Ohio, who died in Clinton county. Joseph McLaughlin was born' in Clermont county in 1815, the son of Charles and Nancy (Bundle) McLaughlin, of Virginia, who were early settlers in Clermont county and farmers by occupation, the owners of seventy-five acres. of land. Joseph McLaughlin first married Agelina Hill, a native of Clermont county and a daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Burton) Hill, of North Carolina, who emigrated to Clermont county, where they were farmers by occupation. Jesse Hill's son, Hezekiah, was a soldier in the Civil War, and lived until recently. He was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church. By the first marriage, Joseph McLaughlin had seven children, Charles, James, Milton, Jesse, Jane, 'Martha and Belle. Of these children, Charles, James and Milton were soldiers in the Civil War, Milton dying in the service. After the death of his first wife, Mr. McLaughlin married, in 1860, Elizabeth Hill, who was born in 1832, a sister of his first wife. Of this second family of children, Mrs. Hiatt was the youngest, the other children being Alfred N., Florence, Ulysses and Bergen. Joseph McLaughlin emigrated to Clinton county about 1882 and here died. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

To Francis M. and Nellie (McLaughlin) Hiatt eight children have been born, Alma, Chester, Grace, Stella, Mildred, Howard, Clarkson and Esther, all of whom are living.

Mr. Hiatt is a member of the Quaker church, and Mrs. Hiatt is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. They are well known throughout Clark township and adjoining neighborhoods and enjoy the respect and esteem of many friends.

Thomas Henry McMillan, who owns a farm of two hundred and fifty acres in Chester township, this county, is descended from two of the very oldest families in this county. His father, Thomas McMillan, was the grandson of William and Deborah McMillan, who immigrated from York county, Pennsylvania, to Clinton county, some time after 1805, and his mother was the daughter of Seth and Sarah Ann ( Moore) Linton. Thomas Henry McMillan is the only son born to his father's second marriage.

Born on January 5, 1884, Thomas Henry McMillan, an enterprising citizen of Chester township, has been a farmer all his life. He received his education in thle common schools of Chester township and later attended Wilmington College for about four years. After finishing his college education, he began farming on the old home place and has made an exceptional success in his chosen yocation. He is intelligent, widely informed and popular and enjoys the confidence and respect of that entire neighborhood.

Mr. McMillan's father, Thomas McMillan, the son of David and Hannah (Huzzey ) MeMillan, was first married to Elizabeth N. Adsit, who bore him six children: Isabel, Mary Ann, Debber T., Eliza Jane, Horace G. and Palmer, of whom Horace G. is the only present survivor. Following the death of the mother of the above children, Thomas McMillan married, secondly, Mrs. Naney (Linton) MeMillan, widow of Isaac MeMillan, and daughter of Seth and Sarah Ann (Moore) Linton, to which union there was born one child, a'son, Thomas H., subject of this biographical sketch. 'Thomas MeMillan's family were members of the Friends church, and he voted the Republican ticket. David and Hannah (Huzzey) McMillan were the parents of ten children, five of whom were born in Pennsylvania and five in Ohio. Dayid McMillan immigrated to Clinton county in 1805 and settled on Turkey Run creek, where he purchased three hundred acres of land. He was a member of the Society of Friends. He departed this life on Decmeber 20, 1844, his widow living less than two years thereafter, her death occurring on September 18, 1846. David MeMillan's parents, William and Deborah MeMillan, who came to this county

On October 26, 1904, Thomas Henry McMillan was married to Mary Probasco, the daughter of C. A. and Anna Probasco, to which union there has been no issue. Mr. and Mrs. McMillan are members of the Friends church and devoted to all good works in their neighborhood. Mr. McMillan votes the Republican ticket and is a man of considerable influence in local politics, as well as in the general affairs of the community.

Ray O. Boulware

Ray O. Boulware, the proprietor of a popular grocery at Midland, this county, and the son of a prominent Clinton county physician, was born in 1872 in Clermont county, Ohio, the son of Dr. L. and.Margaret (Monjar) Boulware, both of whom were born near Williamsburg, Ohio. Doctor Boulware was the son of Abram and Nancy Boulware, both natives of the northern part of Pennsylvania, who located in Clermont county, Ohio, early in life. Abram Boulware was a cabinet-maker and undertaker for many years, but in later life was engaged in farming. He located in Clermont county, near Emilia, and later lived near Williamsburg, where he was engaged in the occupation of farming and there both he and his wife died, after having reared a large family of children.

The late Dr. L. Boulware, who was a member of a company of Zouaves connected with the Thirty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, survived the war and lived until 1912. He was educated for the medical profession in Pittsburgh, and took up the active practice of his profession at Nicklesville, Ohio. He also practiced his profession at Williamsburg, Bowersville and Midland City, in Clinton county. Doctor Boulware and wife were the parents of eight children, five of whom grew to maturity.

Ray O. Boulware was educated in the public schools at Williamsburg and Midland City. After leaving school he followed the trade of house painter and was engaged in that occupation for a period of nineteen years, working mostly in Midland. In 1911 Mr. Boulware opened a grocery store in Midland and is still the proprietor of that store, having been quite successful. He is also interested in the Centennial Laxative Company, of Covington, Kentucky.

In 1900 R. O. Boulware was married to Halsie Wickersham, the daughter of J. C. Wickersham, and to this union one child has been born, Beatrice.

Mr. and Mrs. Boulware are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, aud take an active interest in the affairs of the local denomination. Fraternally, Mr. Boulware is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Modern Woodmen of

John Edwin Hockett

John Edwin Hockett, a well-known merchant of Westboro, this county, who conducts a general store known as the J. D. Hudson & Company store at Westboro, was born near Westboro on July 11, 1853, the son of Thomas and Sarah (Newby) Hockett, natives of Clinton and Highland counties, Ohio, respectively. Thomas Hockett was the son of John and Mary (Cox) Hockett, both natives of North Carolina and members of the Society of Friends, who settled near New Vienna. this county, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Sarah Newby was the daughter of William and Sarah (Overman) Newby, natives of North Carolina and also members of the Society of Friends. After their marriage. at Buck Creek. North Carolina, the Newbys located in Highland county, this state, later moving to Clinton county. William Newby was a farmer by occupation.

John Edwin Hockett was educated in the common schools of Clinton county and, for some time, was a teacher. He was appointed depttty county surveyor under the administration of John Harvey, about 1870, and was thus engaged for some time. Afterward Mr. Hockett studied telegraphy at Martinsville and held several positions with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. From telegraphy he turned his attention to the telephone business, and for eight years was superintendent of the Bell Telephone Company of Indiana. While thus employed 'he accepted the managership of the Western Union telegraph office at Dayton, Ohio, and after the death of his brother-in-law moved to Westboro. Before engaging in the telephone business, he was wire chief and chief clerk for the superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company at Cincinnati. He was a pioneer in establishing exchanges, and worked extensively in Cincinnati. In 1894 Mr. Hockett located at Westboro and has ever since been engaged in the general mercantile business there.

On December 9, 1879, John Edwin Hockett was married to Emma Anderson, of Cincinnati, to which union two children have been born, Edith and Thomas Walter. Mr. and Mrs. Hockett and family are members of the Friends church. Fraternally, Mr. Hockett is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Masonic lodge. He has taken a considerable part in Republican politics and is well known throughout Clinton county in that connection.

William A. Hudson

William A. Hudson, now an enterprising and well-known farmer and successful business man of Westboro, this county, was born on September 15, 1857, in Brown county, Ohio, the son of Charles and Sarah (Lear) Hudson, both natives of that county. Charles Hudson was the son of Shelby and Polly Hudson, natives of Indiana, and early settlers in Brown county, Ohio, where they were farmers. Sarah Lear was - - daughter of Joshua Lear, also an early settler in Brown county.

Charles Hudson received his education in the pioneer schools of Brown county, and some years after his marriage came to Clinton county, where he purchased a farm in Marion township, comprising sixty-eight acres, upon which he spent the remainder of his life. The Hudson family at that time were all members of the Methodist Episcopal church. To @harles and Sarah (Lear) Hudson were born seven children, of whom William A. was the second in order of birth, the other children being Mollie, hai: Lillie, Wilford, John and Luella.

William A. Hudson, who was brought to Clinton county by his parents when about five years of age, was reared on a farm in Marion township, and received his education in the public schools of that township. Upon reaching manhood he engaged in farming in Jefferson township, where he lived for some time. Although Mr. Hudson is still interested in farming and owns thirty-three acres near the village of Westboro, he has been engaged in recent years in dealing in white-oak timber, and in 1913 established a coal, cement-post and drain-tile business in the village of Westboro, where he enjoys a flourishing business, which is a distinct recognition of his standing as an honorable citizen in the community.

On March 11, 1888, William A. Hudson was married to Ella Garner, a sister of Jesse Garner, whose biographical sketch, presented elsewhere in this volume, sets out the family history of the Garners in full. To Mr. Hudson and wife two children have been born, Howard and Elbridge, the former of whom is the cashier of the Merchants and Farmers Bank, of Blanchester, this county, and the latter a rural mail oon out of Westboro. Mrs. Hudson is a member of the Friends church.

William Haley

No more substantial and moral citizens have ever come to this country from foreign lands than the sons of Ireland. Wherever they have settled they have become honored and respected citizens. As a race they are characterized by industry and patience which overcomes obstacles, and which insures success in most any undertaking they choose to follow. Clinton county has been honored by having several sons of the Emerald Isle as citizens, among whom was the late William Haley, of Wilson township.

William Haley was born on April 9, 1841, in County Cork, Ireland, the son of Dennis and Julia (Creedon) Haley, both natives of Ireland, who died in their native land. They were the parents of three children, William, John and Abbie. Of these children William and John came to America. Dennis Haley, who was a farmer by occupation, was a devout member of the Catholic church. His death occurred about 1845, his widow surviving him many years. William Haley came to America in 1868, at the age of twenty-seven. He had been married in his native country, and after arriving in America, first located in Wilmington, this county, where for some time he worked as a section hand on the railroad. Later he took up farming on the Leo Wells farm, being employed by Mr. Wells until 1873, when he moved to Wilson township, where he rented land until 1889. In that year he bought a farm of one hundred and seven acres, to which he later added sixty acres, and still later eighty acres, and upon which his children now live. He made many improvements on this place and was known in his community as a thrifty farmer. He was a member of the Catholic church at Wilmington and active in local public affairs until his death, which occurred on October 9, 1912. His good wife had died ten years previously, on September 27, 1902. William Haley and wife were the parents of ten children, Dennis, John, Jeremiah, Julia, Thomas, Mary, William, Hanora, Michael and Charles. Of these children, Dennis died at the age of twenty-one, unmarried, and Thomas died at the age of twelve. John married Mary Dehan, and they have three children, Katherine, Anna Marie and Rose. Jeremiah married Mary Keegan, and they are the parents of six children, William, Eugene, Agnes, Helen, Frank and Paul. The remainder of the children are unmarried. Michael is a physician at Piqua, Ohio. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus. Hanora.is a teacher in the schools at Wilmington, this county, and Charles, Julia, William and Mary live on the old home place.

Charles Haley is a hustling young farmer, who attended the public schools, supple menting this with a course at Wilmington College for two years, during 1905 and 1906. He played on the basketball and baseball teams of that institution, and won his letter in both branches of athletics. Not only is Charles Haley a skillful farmer, but he is one of the most popular young men in the section of Clinton county in which he resides.

John Brackney

John Brackney, a highly-respected farmer of Liberty township, who owns one hundred and three acres of land and who has held various positions of trust and responsibility in that township, was born on March 9, 1871, in Union township, this county, the son of George and Judith Ann (Haines) Brackney. George Brackney was born on the Port William pike, near Todd's fork, on January 6, 1833, and Judith Ann Haines was born in what is now the Country Club house, of Wilmington, December 30, 1837. Her father, Stacy Haines, was a pioneer settler in Clinton county and operated a grist-mill near the present Wilmington Country Club. He was a member of the Friends church. George Brackney was the son of Marmaduke and Susannah (Hayworth) Brackney, the former a native of Virginia, who located in Clinton county in 1806 or 1808. He was a farmer and followed that occupation until his death, in 1856. Susannah Hayworth was a native of Tennessee, who died in 1865 or 1866. Marmaduke Brickney and wife were members of the Friends church and occupied the farm where their grandson, John, the subject of this sketch, now lives. They were the parents of five children, Eli, Mahlon, Mary, Rachel and George, of whom Eli, Mahlon and Rachel are now deceased.

George Brackney was born in Union township, on the Port William road, on January 6, 1832, and was married in 1853 to Julia Ann Haines, a native of Greene county, this state, daughter of Stacy and Judith (Terrell) Haines, both natives of Virginia, who located in Greene county, this state, at an early day and in 1838 came to Clinton county, locating on Todd's fork. George Brackney and wife were the parents of eight children, Stacy, Mahlon, Edwin, George, Lewis, Mable, John and Anna, all of whom are living. George and Julia Ann (Haines) Brackney are both still living, and have celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. George Brackney has been a lifelong member of the Republican party. i

Jobn Brackney was educated in the common schools and in Wilmington College, where he spent three years, and has spent his life on the farm. On October 29, 1896, he was married to Lillian Peelle, who was born in Greene county, this state, the daughter of W. ©. and Sarah (Bevan) Peelle, farmers of Greene county, members of the Quaker church and owners of one hundred and sixty acres of land. To this union six children have been born, Charlotte, Lauren, Charles, Ruth, George and Richard.

Mr. and Mrs. Brackney and family are members of the Friends church. Mr. Brackney served six years as trustee of Liberty township, having been elected as a Republican, and also served for some time as a member of the school board.

William A. Stingley

One of the prominent old families of Chester township, this county, is that of William A. Stingley, an enterprising and prosperous farmer, who owns two hundred and seventy acres of land, and who, like his father and grandfather before him, has been very successful in agricultural pursuits. 'The Stingley family was established in America by George Stingley, the great-grandfather of William A., who was born in Germany on September 12, 1763.

William A. Stingley, the son of Noah and Sarah (Jones) Stingley, and the cousin of Calvin, Alvin and J. Albert Stingley, referred to elsewhere in this volume, was born on the farm where he now lives, in Chester township, an January 18, 1863. His father was a native of Ross county, Ohio, who died on April 8, 1894, and his mother, the daughter of Lewis Jones, who married a Miss DeMoss, was born on September 8, 1822. Noah Stingley was the eldest of four children born to John and Elizabeth (Bush) Stingley. John Stingley was a native of Virginia, born on August 22, 1792. He came to Ohio in 1800, and located first in Ross county, where, on April 16, 1818, he married Elizabeth Bush, who was born on May 31, 1798. In 1822 they removed to a farm in Chester township, this county, where they spent the remainder of their lives. John Stingley was one of the foremost farmers of Chester township, and he and his wife were the parents of four children, namely: Gilead, born on November 24, 1820; Tabitha, April 27, 1828; Julian, October 7, 1825, and Noah, the father of William A., February 24, 1819. John Stingley died on September 6, 1826, and after his death his widow married Sebastian Stingley, the twin brother of her first husband.

The late Noah Stingley was educated in the common schools of Chester township and was engaged in farming all his life, having been the owner of sbout six hundred acres of land, and was an extensive breeder of cattle. On January 27, 1848, Noah Stingley was united in marriage to Sarah Jones, to which union nine children were born, us follow: Tabitha, born on December 4, 1848; Martha, December 5, 1849; Elizabeth, January 17, 1851, who died early in life; Arvilla, December 10, 1852; John, March 10, 1854; Lewis, September 19, 1857; Lawson, April 22, 1859; William A., the immediate

William A. Stingley, like his grandfather and father, received most of his education in the district schools of Chester township, but this early education has been supple mented by wide reading and diligent home study. He has been a farmer all his life, and has been very successful because he has paid close attention to modern developments in agriculture.

On March 4, 1896, William A. Stingley was married to Elizabeth Martindale, who was born on October 25, 1863, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Roach) Martindale, and to this union two children have been born, Russell N. and Raymond T., the former born on January 11, 1898, and the latter on May 20, 1902. Mr. and Mrs. Stingley are earnest and faithful members of the Friends church, and fraternally, Mr. Stingley is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Knights of the Maceabees, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics, he is an independent voter, casting his ballot for men rather than for party platforms. He and his family are held in high esteem among their neighbors and enjoy the confidence and respect of all. :

William M. Boring, now a prosperons and well-known farmer of Liberty township, this county, was born on August 3, 1862, in Green township, this county, the son of Lafayette and Polly Lieurance (Hall) Boring, the latter of whom was Lafayette Boring's second wife.

Lafayette Boring was born in Harrison county, Virginia, the son of Thomas and Ruth Boring, natives of Maryland, Thomas Boring having been the son of Absalom and Sarah Boring, also natives of Maryland, who subsequently settled in Virginia, where Mrs. Boring died. Absalom Boring then moved to Ohio and died in Clinton county after having attained the age of more than eighty years. Thomas and Ruth Boring were married in Maryland and resided many years in that state. from which they moved to Harrison county, Virginia. In 1830 they moved to Ohio and settled on a farm, where their son, Lafayette, later lived. They were the parents of nine children. Lafayette Boring was a young man when the family came to Clinton county. About 1840 he married Ailsey Collett, who was born in Kentucky, the daughter of John Collett. a native of Pennsylvania, who immigrated to Kentucky in an early day. when the Indians were very troublesome, one of his brothers having been killed by the redskins. To Lafayette Boring and his first wife the following children were born: Elizabeth, Ruth, Ann, John and Absalom. After Mrs. Ailsey Boring's death, Lafayette Boring married. secondly, Mrs. Polly Lieurance, daughter of Tilman and Betsy Hall, natives of North Carolina, to which second union there were four children born. namely: William M., the subject of this sketch; Mary Alice, who married George Skinner, and lives in Wilmington. this county; Eliza Jane, who married Squire Beaty, and lives in Green township, this county, and Susan, who married Elias Morton, of Wilmington. Lafayette Boring and wife were members of the Baptist church, and their children were reared in that faith. He was a "Republican in politics and owned one hundred and twenty acres of land in Green township. He died about thirty years ago.

William M. Boring was educated in the common schools of Clinton county and was reared on the farm. He married Cora Early, who was born in this county, the daughter of George Harly, a farmer of Liberty township and a prominent member of the Methodist church. After his marriage, Mr. Boring located in Green township. on the home farm, and in 1913 bought one hundred and seventy-five acres of land where he now resides. To him and his wife were born seven children, Ira, Ernest, Zella, Roy, Luella, Harry and Glenn, the latter of whom died at the age of eighteen months. The mother of these children died on Decoration Day, 1915, and was buried at the Antioch burying ground. Ira Boring married Alice Collins, and has two children, Lavonne and Mable Jane. Ernest Boring married Ada Cast, and lives in Wilmington.

Arthur Oglesbee

Arthur Oglesbee is a successful farmer of Liberty township, who lives on the Xenia pike, near Lumberton, and who was born on June 17, 1874, in Liberty township. He is the son of Solomon and Sabina (Middleton) Oglesbee, both natives of Clinton county. The latter is the daughter of James Middleton, a native of Greene county, Ohio, a farmer by occupation and a member of the Methodist Protestant church. The paternal grandparents of Arthur Oglesbee were Amos and Anna (Hoffman) Oglesbee, the former of whom, the eldest son of John Oglesbee, was born in Virginia in 1810 and came to Ohio in 1817, three years later, settling in Clinton county. In 1835 Amos Oglesbee was married to Anna Hoffman, who was born in 1814 in Virginia and who came to Ohio with her parents soon after the War of 1812. Soon after their marriage, they settled on a farm in Clinton county, where he died on December 31, 1851. His widow survived him many years, her death not occurring until June 25, 1875. They were the parents of nine children. Solomon Oglesbee, one of these nine children, was educated in the common schools and farmed one hundred and eighty-five acres of land in Liberty township, which he owned. He was a member of the Methodist Protestant church and died on October 29, 1898. His widow is still living. They were the parents of seven children, James, Hattie, Nettie, Allie, Arthur, Lelia and Carrie. James died unmarried, at the age of forty-seven years. Hattie and Carrie are unmarried. Nettie is the wife of Wesley E. Jordan, of Dayton, Ohio. Allie married Edward McKay, a resident of Union township, and Lelia married Charles Linkhart, of Liberty township.

Arthur Oglesbee received a good common school deucation in the schools of Clinton county. On November 15, 1900, he was married to Florence Shook, a native of Greene county, the daughter of David and Lucinda (Devo) Shook, who were farmers in Greene county and members of the Methodist church, and to this union four children have been born, Bernice, Melville, Edith and Dorothy. Mr. and Mrs. Oglesbee are members of the Methodist church and their children are being reared in that faith. i

After his marriage, Mr. Oglesbee located on the farm of one hundred and sixtyeight acres, where he now lives, and where he is engaged in general farming and stock raising.

John W. Hiatt

J. W. Hiatt, who is a successful farmer of Liberty township, this county, where he owns a farm of eighty-four acres, was born in Liberty township on July 16, 1862, the son of Isaac and Phoebe (Oglesbee) Hiatt, both natives of this county, the former of whom was born on January 4, 1813, in Union township, and the latter of whom is the daughter of John and Sallie (Stump) Oglesbee, natives of Virginia, who had several children before coming to Ohio. John Oglesbee owned about six hundred acres of land in Liberty township. He was a member of the Baptist church. Isaac Hiatt was the son of Hezekiah and Ann (Perkins) Hiatt, who were farmers in Clinton county and prominent members of the Quaker church. They came to Ohio before their marriage and were prominent in the civic life of the county. To them were born six children, Sallie, Isaac, Allen, Susan, Mary and Pheniah.

The late Isaac Hiatt was educated in the common schools and was engaged in farming practically all of his life. He also assisted his father in the pottery shop before leaving home. In time he came to own about four hundred acres of land in Liberty township. He was a member of the Friends church and died at the age of ninety-eight years. His wife, who was born in 1816, died at the age of sixty-six years. They were the parents of five children, Sarah (deceased) and Lydia Jeffries, Mary E., J. W., and Mrs. Olivia St. John.

Born and reared on the farm and educated in the common schools of Clinton county, Mr. Hiatt has always lived in Liberty township. He has been twice married, the first time to Mayme Haines, a native of Greene county and the daughter of Eber Haines, a prominent farmer and member of the Friends church. By this marriage there were born two children, Truman H. and Phoebe Mary. Truman H. married Grace Rotroff, and has two children, William D. and Phoebe Susanna. Phoebe married Harry Lighthizer, of Liberty township, and has one child, Mary E. Mr. Hiatt married, secondly, Anna Hazard, -a native of Clinton county and the daughter of Herbert and Hannah (Jeffers) Hazard, who are farmers of Clinton county, and members of the Friends church. By this second marriage, there have been born four children, Loren E., Veda H., Lenna C. and Hazel L.

P. B. Black

P. B. Black is a well-to-do farmer of Richland township, this county, who was born on June 22, 1853, in Brown county, Ohio, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Workman) Black, the former of whom was born on April 10, 1808, and the latter of whom was the daughter of Samuel Workman. Samuel Black, after his marriage to HBlizabeth Workman, emigrated from Kentucky to Brown county, Ohio, where he purchased one hundred acres of land, which he cultivated and improved, and upon which he spent the rest of his life. He and his good wife were active members of the New Light church, and he was prominent in the public affairs of Brown county. In Kentucky he had been known as a "bully," because he was. a good fighter. He was a very strong man physically, and remained so until his death, on August 1, 1869. His widow survived him for nearly twenty years, her death occurring on June 1, 1888. They were the parents of twelve children, as follow: John, born on December 15, 1825, died on March 8, 1870; James, November 19, 1827; Sarah Ann, February 9, 1831; Mary E., November 10, 1833; Jacob, April 22, 1835; Thomas, April 8, 1838; William, October 14, 1840; Amelia Hllen, December 28, 1842, died on October 12, 1890; David G., November 18, 1844; Hannah, June 27, 1847; Nancy Catherine, March 14, 1850, died on August 9, 1899; and P. B., June 22, 1853. Three of these sons, John, William and Jacob, were soldiers in the Union army during the Civil War, John serving one year; William, four years, and Jacob, three years.

P. B. Black received his education in the public schools of his home neighborhood, and was reared to the life of a farmer. He was married on December 27, 1877, to Samantha Martin, who was born on September 24, 1859, in Fayette county, this state, the daughter of Jehu and Martha Jane (Thompson) Martin.

Jehu Martin was a native of Clinton county, but a farmer in Fayette county. He was a member of the Friends church, and active in the work of that church until his death, on September 18, 1900. His wife had preceded him to the grave, her death having occurred on January 21, 1894. They were the parents of ten children, of whom Mrs. Black was the eldest, the others being Elmer, Margaret, Eli, Mary Jane (deceased), Grant, Alice, May, Lawson, Quincy and Edna (deceased). The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Black were Stephen and Martha (Curtis) Martin, who were among the early pioneers of Clinton county, they having come here about 1809, at which early date they had entered about one hundred acres of land from the government. They were the

After Mr. Black's marriage, he and his wife settled in Fayette county, Ohio, where they lived for twelve years, at the end of which time they disposed of their farm of eighty acres there and on January 8, 1908, came to Clinton county, having purchased the farm where they now live, a mile and one-half out of Sabina, three years prior to that date, in 1900. :

Mr. and Mrs. Black are the parents of five children, namely: Minnie, born on April 10, 1879, is the wife of Frank Bloom, of Richland township, and has three children, Florence, Raymond and Noel (deceased); John, September 21, 1883, who married May Jacks, to which union three children have been born, Albert D., Helen Elizabeth and one that died in infancy; Alvie, June 28, 1887; Roy, May 30, 1890, and Harold, May 27, 1896, the last three named being unmarried and living with their parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Black and family are earnest and devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of Sabina. Politically, Mr. Black is a Prohibitionist, and while living in Fayette county served three years as constable.

James K. Bernard

Among the citizens of Clinton county who belong to a past generation and who built up comfortable homes and surrounded themselves with valuable property, few attained a larger measure of success than the late James K. Bernard, one of the largest landowners and one of the most public-spirited citizens of Clinton county. With few opportunities, except what his own efforts were capable of mastering, and with many discouragements to overcome, he achieved a remarkable success in life, and, in the declining years of his life, enjoyed the satisfaction of knowing that the community had been benefitted by his presence. He was regarded as a good business man, who possessed sound judgment and keen foresight; one who was, in every sense of the word, progressive, and always enjoyed the respect, esteem and confidence of those who knew him. His interest in public affairs and his upright life secured for him an enviable place in the life of this great county, in whose advancement he took such a conspicuous part.

James K. Bernard was born on June 19, 1835, in Greene township, this county, and died at New Vienna in the same county, on September 5, 1907, at the age of seventytwo years, two months and seventeen days. He was the son of George Washington and Harriet (McConnell) Bernard, the former of whom was born in Goochland county, Virginia, September 13, 1799, and the latter, in Brown county, Ohio, October 12. 1810. George Washington Bernard was the son of Thomas and Mary Bernard, natives of Virginia. Thomas Bernard was the son of William Bernard, a native of England, who married Mary Fleming and was a prominent resident of the Old Dominion stute. He owned three thousand acres of land in Virginia and also was extensively engaged in business at Richmond, that state, where he was a wholesale merchant. During the War of the Revolution, his store was robbed of nearly all of its goods. William and Mary (Mleming) Bernard spent their last days in Virginia. 'Thomas Bernard was born in March, 1756, grew to manhood in Virginia, and served as a soldier through the War of the Revolution having been engaged in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown Monmouth, Stony Point, and others. In 1807 he married Mary Hicks and removed from Virginia to Ohio, settling in Highland county, near the Clinton county line. In those days wolves and deer were in abundance, and on one oceasion he heard a loud bleating near his cabin which he thought was one of his calves in the merciless clutches of a wolf; hurrying to his eabin door, he beheld a wolf holding fast to a deer. The wolf at once loosed its prey and fled and the the deer escaped in an opposite direction. In 1832 Thomas Bernard moved to Leesburg, where he died on June 11, 18383. His widow sur- vived until May: 22, 1847, when she died. At that time, she was a resident of Clinton county. They were the parents of three sons and five daughters, of whom two were living as late as 1882 - George W. and Nancy, who married Thomas Riley.

George W. Bernard, son of Thomas and Mary (Hicks) Bernard and father of James K. Bernard, the subject of this biographical sketch, was about eight years of age when his parents removed to the Ohio wilderness. Here he grew to manhood and became fully inured to the hardships of pioneer life. On March 28, 1831, he was married to Harriet McConnell, who was born in Brown county, Ohio, October 12, 1810, the daughter of James and Sallie (Downing) McConnell, natives of Pennsylvania, who were early settlers in Brown county, this state, and who removed to Clinton county about 1821. They were the parents of four sons and five daughters, four of whom were living as late as 1882. as follows: Thomas, Betsey, who married Isaac Wilson of Illinois, Harriet and Joseph M., the last named of whom resided in Oregon. G 2

To George, W. and. Harriet (McConnell) Bernard. eleven children were born, nine of whom lived to full maturity, as follow: Thomas F., James K., Mary E., who married Joshua Wilson; John W., Matilda Jane, who married Edmund West, George W., Charles B., Martha H., who married Edward McVey, and Elijah M. 'In 1832, George W. Bernard located 6n the farm in this county where he spent practically the rest of his life, living to be the oldest man in Greene township, and to see all of his children married and settled in life. Although he had in his youth little opportunity for an education, he had supplemented his limited opportunities by special study and in later years was knowh as an unusually well-informed man. By energy, industry and economy, he acquired a large estate, amounting to something over thirteen hundred acres. He died at his home in Greene township in 1894, at the age of ninety-five years.

James K. Bernard, the second child born to his parents, George W. and Harriet (McConnell) Bernard, grew up on the old homestead in Greene township, which is still held by the Bernard family, and received a limited education in the pioneer schools of his neighborhood. On October 19, 1861. he was married to Kezia McVey. who was born in Clinton county on January 19, 1838, a daughter of Christopher and Catharine (West) MeVey, natives of Fayette and Brown counties, Ohio, respectively; both of whom were born in 1812. ;

Christopher McVey was the son of James and Kezia McVey, both of whom were natives of Ireland and pioneer settlers in Clinton county, where both died. They were the parents of five sons and four daughters, William, Edmund, Christopher, Robert, John, Catharine, Josephine, Jane and Kezia. To Christopher and Catharine (West) McVey eight children were born, Henrietts. James, Kezin, Robert, Benson, Edniund, Eliza Jane and Elkena. Christopher McVey was a farmer and owned about one hundred and eighty acres of land in Greene township. He was a Republican and a member of the Christian church. He died in 1895, his wife having preceded him to the grave in 1853. Catharine West was the daughter of Robert and Henrietta West, who came from Pennsylvania to Clinton county in pioneer days and here they spent the rest of their lives. They had eight children. Nancy. Mary. Harrison, Benson, Flizs, Catharine and Sallie.

James K. Bernard located in Wayne township shortly before his marriage, and shortly after his marriage, on March 10, 1862, moved to his farm in Greene township, where he had a fine home and was extensively engaged in farming. He'owned at one time about sixteen hundred acres of land, which he divided among his children, leaving his widow one hundred and eighty acres near New Vienna. Altogether, he had received from his father about twenty-five hundred dollars but aside from this help, accumulated the money with which the sixteen hundred acres were purchased, by his own effort and his was regarded as one of the most remarkable examples of success from small beginnings ever witnessed among the farmers of Clinton county. ri

In 1908 Mr. and Mrs. Bernard removed to New Vienna, where they lived retired until Mr. Bernard's death in 1907. The late James K. Bernard was more than a successful farmer. He was a man of extraordinary vision, of indefatigable industry and possessed a unique ability to concentrate his attention on a given focus or a given end. His mind, once settled on the accomplishment of a definite goal, nothing could divert him from this purpose. Loved by his large family, honored by his neighbors and respected by the people of Clinton county, he died as only the man who has lived'to good purpose can die, full of the honors of noble and useful service.

Edgar Crosley

Edgar Crosley is a prosperous young farmer of Marion township, this county, who was born in the county where he lives in 1884. He is the son of William and Carrie (Wood) Crosley, the former born in Warren county, Ohio, on November 24, 1841, and the latter in Cincinnati in 18650.

William Crosley was the son of Isaac and Rachel (Cook) Crosley, the former a native of Michigan, and the latter born near Lebanon, in Warren county, Ohio, of pioneer parentage. The paternal grandparents of William Crosley died in Michigan. Mr. Crosley's father located in Warren county in the time of his young manhood, and, after his marriage there to Rachel Cook, became a well-known and well-to-do farmer. He and his wife were the parents of four children, Samuel (deceased), Andrew (deceased), William and Huston. - The latter served as a Union soldier during the Civil War. Mrs. Isaac Crosley died at Hopkinsville, in Warren county. After her death, Isaac Crosley was married a second time and had five children, four of whom are living: Emma; Thomas, who is on the police force at Columbus, Ohio; John and Bell, the latter of whom lives in Cleveland. Isaac Crosley died in Columbus, Ohio.

William Crosley was reared on the farm and was educated in the public schools at Pleasant Plain, in Warren county. He is a farmer by occupation, who came to Clinton county in 1864, and owns a farm of fifty and one-half acres in Warren township. For many years he has been engaged in threshing. He is more or less independent in politics, but generally votes the Republican ticket. Mrs. William Crosley is the daughter of Charles and Sarah (Wallen) Wood, of Hamilton county, Ohio, who came to America from England. They were early settlers in Cincinnati, where both died, the father at the age of elghty-four years. To William Crosley and wife nine children have been born, Perry, Lenna, Charles, Dolly (deceased), Martha, Mary, Ella (deceased), Edgar and Roy.

Edgar Crosley, the eighth born in the family of his parents, who lives on the home farm of his father, was born in Clinton county in 1884, and was educated in the public schools, for some time attending a school taught by Jerry Fisher, a former auditor of Clinton county. Mr. Crosley is a farmer and thresher,

On February 25, 1909, Edgar Crosley was married to Hstella Fox, of Clinton county, but a native of Highland county, Ohio, who was born on August 5, 1884, and the daughter of Ashley Fox, now deceased. To this union two children have been born, Richard Howard, who was born on February 17, 1910, and William Robert, January 21, 1912.

Edgar Crosley votes the Republican ticket. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Blanchester, and he and his wife are members of the United Brethren church,

Lewis M. Riley

The tried and true pioneers of Ohio are often considered the greatest assets in the building up of the state's position in the nation: As a purely native product of Ohio soil, few are found whose ancestry is more wrapped up in the earlier history of Ohio than that of our subject, Lewis M. Riley, for as far back as Mr. Riley can trace his ancestors, both paternal and maternal, they were native Ohioans.

Lewis M. Riley was born in Warren county on December 28, 1849, the son of James and Catherine S. (Kephart) Riley, both natives of that county. James Riley was a son of Richard Riley, a pioneer of Warren county, who died there. Catherine S. (Kephart) Riley was born in 1823 and died in 1912. She was the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Skinner) Kephart, also natives of Warren county, who lived and died there. James Riley was a cooper by trade and followed that vocation the larger part of his life. He was a Whig in politics, and to him and Catherine S. (Kephart) Riley were born the following children: Cornelius B.; Henry C., who was killed in the second battle of Bull Run in 1862, and Lewis M., the subject of this sketch. After the death of James Riley, his widow married Edward Crosson, and to this second union was born one child, a daughter, Addie.

Lewis M. Riley was educated in the public schools of Warren county, and came with his mother and step-father to Clinton county in 1862. For a time he engaged in farming then entered on a position as clerk in a dry-goods store in Blanchester, which position he held for fourteen years, or until he was appointed postmaster of Blanchester by President McKinley, and was reappointed by President Roosevelt, holding the position for eleven years. After he left the postoffice he engaged in the grocery. business for three years.

Lewis M. Riley is a Republican, a member of the school board, and an active member of the Masonic order, being a Royal Arch Mason. He was married in 1876 to Carrie M. Aupperle, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and to this union have been born two children, Henry and Julia.

Few men in Clinton county are better known or more highly respected than Lewis M. Riley, a man who has made his way to a position of trust and honor in his neighborhood. Courteous and affable, he always has a smile for everyone, and is held in high regard by his many friends in the Blanchester neighborhood.

Ora M. Brindle

Ora M. Brindle, who is engaged in the operation of the elevator at Reesville, this county, in partnership with W. A. Ewing, was formerly connected with the elevator at Melvin, this county. He is a well-known citizen of Richland township, and a man who thoroughly understands the business with which he is connected. ;

Ora M. Brindle was born on January 23, 1866, in Clinton county, the son of J. W. and Sarah (Forman) Brindle, the latter of whom was a daughter of Abraham Forman, a farmer of Clinton-county, who owned one hundred and fifty acres of land in Washington township. Sarah (Forman) Brindle was the second wife of J. W. Brindle.

The paternal grandparents of Ora M. Brindle were Jacob and Elizabeth (Stone) Brindle, natives of Pennsylvania, and Highland county, Ohio, respectively. Jacob Brindle came to Ohio before his marriage and was a tinner by trade, living in Wilmington. Jacob and Elizabeth (Stone) Brindle were the parents of three children, J. W., Philip and Mary, the last two named now being deceased. Jacob Brindle was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and active in church work.

J. W. Brindle was educated in the Delaware Normal School, and was twice married. By his first marriage there were no children, and to his second marriage there were born four children, T. E., Ora M., W. K. and F. L. Of these children, T. BE. married Olive Mann, and is a resident of Wilmington. W. K. and F. L., twin brothers, married

Addie and Alma McKee, twin sisters. The mother of these children died on November 16, 1913. J. W. Brindle is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and active in 'church work. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and during the Civil War was a member of the famous "squirrel hunters" organization.

Ora M. Brindle, who was educated in the local public schools and the Wilmington high school, was married on February 14, 1889, to Cora M. Vermilya, a native of Clinton county, daughter of W. B. Vermilya, a well-known Clinton county farmer, who was a soldier in the Civil War, and saw three years' service in that struggle. From the time he was wounded during the service, he carried a bullet in his back.

After Mr. and Mrs. Brindle's marriage, they settled on a farm near Melvin, this county, where they now own one hundred and sixty-six acres of land. Mr. Brindle, however, soon found that be was unable to stand the hot summer sun in the fields, and shortly afterwards engaged in the elevator business at Melvin. Since December 9, 1914, he has heen associated with W. A. Ewing in the elevator business at Reesville.

Mr. and Mrs. Brindle are the parents of three children, Cleo, Raymond and Helen. Helen is the wife of Clarence Chestnut, of Melvin, while the other two children are unmarried and 'are living at home with their parents. The Brindle family are members of the Methodist Protestant church, and take an active interest in the affairs of that denomination. Mr. Brindle is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

William Walter Burk

The sturdy Scotch character has always been noted for its honesty and industry. Of hardy disposition and because of cramped opportunity in native Scotland, those emigrating to this country have grasped their new and immense opportunities and, with native hardiness, have plodded on to success. Their descendants almost invariably have been blessed with this progressive spirit and so it is not surprising to know that William Walter Burk, the subject of this sketch, has accomplished what he has when it is considered that his grandfather came direct from Scotland.

William Walter Burk was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, on February 25, 1847, the son of Alexis and Mary (Woolever) Burk. Alexis Burk was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, in 1902, a son of Elisha Burk, a native of Scotland, who worked his way on shipboard to pay his passage to this country and, after arriving, settled in Hamilton county, Ohio, and bought government land close to Dearborn county, Indiana. He afterwards increased his holdings to include land in Dearborn county, as well as in Hamilton county. He lived on this land until the time of his death and was buried in Hamilton county beside the body of his wife. Mary (Woolever) Burk was the daughter of Peter Woolever und wife, pioneers of Hamilton county, and both of whom are buried there.

Alexis Burk was « successful farmer in Hamilton county, Ohio, and Dearborn county, Indiana. He owned a tract of three hundred and twenty acres in Hamilton county and eighty-six acres in Dearborn county. All of this land was very valuable farming land, and Mr. Burk farmed it to the best advantage. He died on January 2, 1861, and was buried in Dearborn county. His widow survived him for more than twenty years, her death occurring on April 15, 1888. They were the parents of the following children: Mary B., who is deceased; Elisha M., who is deceased: Lemuel W., who is deceased: Alexis F.; William Walter, who is the subject of this sketeh, and Amanda, who is decensed. Alexis Burk was a Democrat in polities and both he and his wife were active members of the Presbyterian church.

William Walter Burk was educated in the common schools and the high school at Harrison, Hamilton county, and then engaged in the livery business in Harrison for a humber of years, until in 1894, when he moved to Blanchester, this county, where he continued in the livery business until 1896, when he went into the undertaking business and later formed a partnership with his grand-nephew, Claud B. Eichelberger, a grandson of Mary E., the eldest sister of W. W. Burk. Claud Eichelberger was born in 1889 and that same year his father died and he lived with his mother until her death, in 1896, since which time he has made his home with Mr. Burk. After graduating from the high school at Blanchester, Claud Hichelberger took a course and was graduated from the Clark School of Embalming at Cincinnati, and then, when he was twenty-one years old, entered into partnership with W. W. Burk. ;

William Walter Burk is an active worker in the Democratic party. He was elected to the office of mayor of Blanchester on that ticket and served with honor and distinction for a term of six years. He has been president of the school board of Blanchester since 1906. He is a faithful and active member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and 'is a member of the encampment of that order. Claud Eichelberger is a Mason and a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics.

In 1881 William Walter Burk was united in marriage to Addie B. English,-of Dearborn county, Indiana. There were no children born to this union, but Mr. and Mrs. Burk have proven father and mother to their grand-nephew since, at the age of eight, he came to live with them. Mr. and Mrs. Burk are members of the Methodist Episcopal church ef Blanchester, and are active in all good works thereabout.

In outlining the life of William Walter Burk, the biographer is led back in thought to that early time when Grandfather Burk left his native land of Scotland and braved the sea to seek a new home in a new, almost unexplored country; fiighting the fight of the average early pioneer, to leave a heritage in such progeny as the subject of this sketch, who has proved useful and helpful in all forward movements in this county.

Harold Bh. Katzenmeyer

Harold E. Katzenmeyer, one of the best known and most progressive business men of Blanchester, this county. is the son of Jacob and Rebecca (Foltz) Katzenmeyer, the former of whom was born in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1847, the son of Peter and Barbara (Bickelhaupt) Katzenmeyer. Peter Katzenmeyer, with two brothers, Michael and Adam, came to America in 1848, Michael settling in Toledo, Adam in Upper Sandusky, while Peter located in Wyandot county, Ohio, where he spent the rest of his days, his death occurring in 1907, at the age of about eighty-nine years, while on a visit to the home of 'his daughter, who resided in Toledo. His wife, Barbara, was born in Germany and died in Wyandot county.

Rebecca (Foltz) Katzenmeyer was the daughter of Philip and Margaret (Hiestand) Foltz, both natives of Germany, who settled in Virginia upon coming to this country, but later came to Ohio, and settled near Basel, where Rebecca Foltz was born. Later they went to Hancock county, where they entered a homestead and there they spent the rest of their lives. Philip Foltz died in 1891, and his wife died several years earlier. He was a very prominent citizen in his locality.

Jacob Katzenmeyer, in his younger days, was in the leather business and later became superintendent of a stave company in Wyandot county until the time of his marriage, after which he went to North Baltimore, Wood county, where he established a grocery business, which he conducted until 1891, in which year he went into the drug business and was thus engaged for a number of years. He is now living retired at Tremont, Ohio. His wife died in 1909, at the age of sixty-three years. They were the parents of the following children: Harold E., the subject of this sketch; Lillian G.. George W., Estelle M. and Earl, all of whom are living.

Harold E. Katzenmeyer was reared in North Baltimore, Ohio, and was edycated in the public schools of that city, being graduated from the high school of that place in 1890. He later attended the pharmacy school of the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1895. He then took a position with his father in the latter's store until the. store was sold, in 1900. In 1901 he went to Blanchester and took' a position in the drug store of W. F. Warning, of that place, acting as a clerk in that store until 1910, when he bought the store from Mr. Warning, since which time he has operated the business himself, with much success, In 1908 he was elected a member of the board of public aflairs of Blanchester, and has been clerk of that board ever since.

On February 25, 1898, Harold BE. Katzenmeyer was united in marriage to Harriet M. Shaffer, of North Baltimore, Ohio, daughter of Norman and Jane M. Shaffer, who now reside in Oklahoma, where Mr. Shaffer has the management of a considerable oil field. To this union has been born one child, Mabel R., who was born on May 2, 1899.

Harold E. Katzenmeyer is a citizen of sterling worth and character, who is active in every movement for the betterment of his community. He is a stanch Democrat, but has never been a seeker after office. He is a faithful and devoted lodge man, a member of the Masonic order, and past master of his local lodge. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He occupies a prominent position in the business life, not only of Blanchester, but of the county generally, and is held in high regard in commercial circles hereabout, being regarded generally as an enterprising and public-spirited citizen.

Woodson Oglesbee

The venerable Woodson Oglesbee, of Liberty township, who has spent all of his life in Clinton county and who is now afflicted with the infirmities of age, was born in Liberty township, Clinton county, June 21, 1839, the son of Eli Oglesbee and his second wife, who, before her marriage, was Lucinda Fawcett. The former was born in Virginia on October 5, 1896, and died on February 28, 1870, and the latter born in Belmont county, Ohio, on June 4, 1810, and died on September 14, 1877. The paternal grandfather of Woodson Oglesbee was Isaiah Oglesbee, who was born in Frederick county, Virginia, and whose wife was Phoebe Oglesbee. They settled in Clinton county, about one and one-half miles east of Lumberton, where they died, Isaac Oglesbee about the year 1840 and his wife about three years later. Both were members of the Friends church. They had nine children, Elias, Jacob, Jonathan, Isaiah, David, Eli, Phoebe, Ellis, and one whose name is lost to the present chronicler. 'The Oglesbee family is of Scottish extraction, but it is uncertain at what time the family was established in America.

Eli Oglesbee, the father of Woodson Oglesbee, was born in Virginia on October 5, 1806, and came to Ohio when about eleven years old with his father. He grew to manhood in Liberty township and acquired a limited education. He married Rebecca Mann, a native of Ohio, born in 1807, and who died in 1881. To this marriage there was born one child, Lydia, who married William Cornell, of Spring Valley, Ohio. Bli Ogilesbee married, secondly, Lucinda Fawcett, a native of Belmont county, Ohio, to which union three children were born, Hiram, Rebecca (deceased) and Woodson. Hiram Oglesbee was born on August 4, 1834, and grew to manhood on a farm. On August 2, 1858, he married Susan Buser, who was born in 1885, a native of Greene county, Ohio, to which union were born six children, Louie B., Charles H., John W., Horace ©., Edward F. and Amos L. Hiram Oglesbee was a farmer early in life, but subsequently engaged in the hardware and implement business at Xenia, Ohio. Still later he was engaged in the furniture business at Xenia, but finally settled on the old home farm, where he still lives. Rebecca, the second child born to Bli and Lucinda (Fawcett) Oglesbee, married A. J. Van Pelt, a resident of Port William, and is now deceased.

Woodson Oglesbee was educated in the common schools. He grew to maturity in Liberty township and has spent all of his life there. At the age of twenty-two years he was united in marriage to Mary Blizabeth Haines, who was born in 1841 and who died in May, 1879. To this union four, children. were born, namely: . Charles A., who: married Ella Christy and lives at Spring Valley, Ohio; Alden M., who married Alta Beal, and lives at Jackson, Mississippi: Hiram Jacob, who married Pearl Jessup and lives in noo township, and Mary E., who married Thurman Early, and died in Liberty township. : After the death of his first wife, Mr. Oglesbee married, secondly, Lucy M. Fawcett, who was born on May 27, 1860, and to this union two children were born, Blanche, who married Clyde Banghan, and has two children, Lucy Pauline and Ruth Agnes, and Walter, all of whom live on the home place.

- Woodson Oglesbee owns one hundred and seventy-four acres of land in Liberty township, this county, and in Greene county. He is a prominent member of the Methodist Protestant church at Port William, Ohio. He has spent all of his life in general farming and stock raising and has a wide acquaintance throughout the county, where he is held in the highest esteem by all. ,

Frank O. Allison

Frank O. Allison, who for years has been the popular station agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company at Blanchester, this county, was born in New Vienna, Clinton county, on June 27, 1872, a son of Jesse Hunt and Sarah (Miller) Allison, the former of whom was born on December 26, 1839, in Rush county, Indiana, and the latter in Coiumbiana county, Ohio, in 1844.

Jesse Hunt Allison is the son of John and Eunice (Hunt) Allison, both natives of Highland county, Ohio, the former born in 1807, and the latter in 1811. John Allison was a son of William and Nancy Allison, pioneers of Highland county, where they both died. Eunice Hunt was a daughter of Asa and Marion Hunt, also pioneer settlers of Highland county. John Allison emigrated to Rush county, Indiana, in 1885, and later to the Wabash country, near Lafayette, where he died in 1844. Later his widow and family returned to Rush county, Indiana, and after being there for three years, came to Clinton county, settling near New Vienna. Mrs. John Allison died in Rush county, Indiana, in 1901. She and her husband were the parents of six children, Asa H., Ashaia, Isaac R., Jesse H., Thomas G. and William G. Of these six sons all served in the Civil War, except William, and all are now deceased, except Jesse H., the father of Frank O.

Jesse H. Allison was married in 1869 to Sarah Miller, a daughter of Samuel and Charity P. Miller, who emigrated from Columbiana county, Ohio, to Clermont county, and afterwards to Clinton county, and whose remains are buried in the cemetery at New Vienna. To Jesse H. and Sarah (Miller) Allison the following children were born: Frank O., Veda, Henrietta, William Logan, Mary A., Jesse Augusta, who died at the age of nine years, and Harry J. and Fred D., who died early in life, the former having been ~ drowned. Jesse H. Allison was a soldier in the Civil War, having served in the Fortyeighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, successively as a private, surgeon and lieutenant. He was discharged in. 1864, and. is now--living retired in New Vienna, Ohio. He is a Democrat in politics, and has held various political positions of trust and responsibility, and is a member of the Grand'Army of the Republic. He and his good wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the various beneficences of which they are actively interested.

Frank O. Allison was reared in New Vienna and was educated in the public schools there, finishing his educational training in the high school at New Vienna. He was station agent at New Vienna for several years for the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company, but in 1908 was transferred to Blanchester and since then has been station agent at the latter place.

In 1905 Frank O. Allison was married to Clara Driscoll, of New Vienna, a daughter of Charles and Mary Jane (Curren) Driscoll. Charles Driscoll traveled overland to California during the time of the "gold fever" in 1849, and had several narrow escapes from capture or death by the Indians. He died in 1912, at the age of eighty-two years, and his widow died in 1914, at the age of sixty-nine years. Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Allison are the parents of two children, Gaylin Dean and Thelma Louise.