Clinton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1915 (part 19 of 26)

Although Mr. Allison is actively identified with the Republican party, he has never aspired to office. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Sons of Veterans. Mr. and Mrs. Allison are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and take an active interest in all good works in and about Blanchester, where they are held in high esteem by many friends.

Dr. George R. Conard, a pioneer physician of New Vienna, this county, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, on January 5, 1842, son of Benjamin and Eliza (Roberts) Conard, the former of whom was born at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, September 14, 1810, and the latter, in Chester county, Pennsylvania, also in 1810.

Benjamin Conard was a son of Cornelius and Susannah (Chalfont) Conard, both natives of Pennsylvania, the former descended from an immigrant who settled in Pennsylvania, in 1628, after coming to America from Holland. Cornelius Conard was a member of the Society of Friends, and lived at Valley Forge at the time Washington camped there. Eliza Roberts was the daughter of George and Alice (Fell) Roberts, both natives of Chester county, Pennsylvania, the former of Welsh descent. They were farmers by occupation, and, when advanced in years, removed to Wilmington, Delaware, where they died, he at the age of eighty-four years and she at the age of eighty-six.

Benjamin Conard was reared to manhood in his native state. He was a profound student and became a very well-informed man. A farmer by occupation, in 1850, he emigrated to Highland county, Ohio, where he purchased a farm at twenty-four dollars per acre. In 1865 he sold the farm at eighty-five dollars per acre, and moved to Hillsboro, where he was engaged in the mercantile business for several years, conducting a queensware store. He retired from business at the age of eighty years. and died, in November, 1902, at the age of ninety-two years. The late Benjamin Conard was a Republican in politics, and active in temperance work during the latter years of his life. He was a member of the Hicksite branch of the Friends church, and, for a number of years, Served as township trustee. He also served as the treasurer of a building and loan association and in other positions of responsibility and trust. Benjamin Conard was married three times. By his marriage to Mary Ann Moore, one child was born, who died in infancy, the mother dying soon afterwards. By his marriage to Eliza Roberts, eleven children were born: Almira Carey, Cornelius, Alice Roberts, George Roberts, Granville, William, Benjamin R., Rachael, Elwood, Mary Mente and Elizabeth. Of these children, Granville, Benjamin R., Rachael and Bliza died in infancy. William and Cornelius served as Union soldiers during the Civil War. The former died on February 18; 1915. Cornelius served three years during the war and was promoted to first lieutenant in the signal service. He died at Carthage, Missouri, about 1907. Elwood, another son, lives in Philadelphia. After the death of Mrs. Eliza Conard, on April 29, 1854, at the age of forty-five years, Benjamin Conard married Mrs. Elizabeth (Hussey) Jobnson, by whom he had one child, Emma.

George R. Conard was eight years old when his father's family came to Ohio and he grew to manhood on the farm. Upon completing the course in the public schools he attended the normal school at Lebanon, Ohio, after a course at which he entered Miami University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science, with the class of 1863, among the members of this class there having been such well-known men as Calvin Brice, Charles Fisk and Dr. James Whitaker. On September 9, 1861, he had enlisted in Company A, Yorty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded on April 6, 1862, at Shiloh, and on July 11, 1862, was discharged on account of his wound. After completing tne course at Miami University, which he had entered in September, 1862, he entered the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, under W. W. Dawson, and was graduated in 1865, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, after _ Serving one year as acting Medical cadet. He was also stationed for four months at the state hospital for the insane at Nashville, Tennessee. Having passed the+ examination before the army board of medical examiners, Doctor Conard received, on March 14, 1865, an appointment as acting assistant surgeon of the United States army, which position he held until November 14, 1865, his services by that time being no longer needed. During the period of this latter service he was on duty in the hospitals of Knoxville and Chattanooga. In December, 1865, Doctor Conard located at Peru, Indiana, where he practiced his profession until November, 1875, establishing a Because of ill health in his family, he removed to New Vienna, this county, where he has since been actively engaged in practice.

On February 28, 1866, Dr. George R. Conard was married to Martha Good, a native of Highland county, Ohio, daughter of Charles and Betsy (Moore) Good, who came from Pennsylvania in 1854, and who spent their last days in.New Vienna, the former dying at the age of eighty-eight years and the latter at the age of ninety. They were members of the Hicksite branch of the Friends church. To Dr. George H. and Martha (Good) Conard five children have been born, namely: Helen, who lives at home; Harvey E., who is professor of higher mathematics at the Columbus high school of commerce; Elma, who died at the age of twelve years, and Robert and William (twins), the former of whom is a physician at Blanchester, this county, and the latter of whom died at the age of three months. Mrs. Conard died on May 1, 1877, and on September 24, 1879, Doctor Conard married, secondly, Augusta Lacy, by whom he had one child, Jane L., of New York City, whose mother died on March 26, 1885.

Dr. George R. Conard is a member of Carey Johnson Post No. 404, Grand Army of the Republic, and has been commander of that post for many years. He is a Republican but has never been an aspirant for office. He is a member of the Clinton County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is a Mason, member of lodge No. 578, at New Vienna, of the chapter of that order at Hillsboro and of Highland commandery, Knights Templar.

Alonzo Oglesbee

Alonzo Oglesbee, who is an excellent farmer of Liberty township, where he owns one hundred and forty acres of land, was born on October 28, 1860, on the farm where he now lives, and is the son of Joshua and Mary (McKay) Oglesbee, the former of whom was born on July 29, 1825, and the latter on September 27, 1837, the daughter of George and Mary (Ferguson) McKay, pioneers of Chester 'township, this county. George McKay was a native of Virginia, who came to Clinton. county when a young man, with his father. Afterward he returned to Virginia and brought back his wife on horseback. George McKay was born in Virginia in 1800 and lived in Ohio from the time he was eighteen years old. He died in 1850 and his widow in 1878. George McKay's father, Moses McKay, who was born in Virginia about 1776, came to Clinton county in 1818 with his wife and eleven children, leaving one son in Virginia.

Joshua Oglesbee was the son of John and Sarah (Stump) Oglesbee, natives of Virginia, who were married in the Old Dominion state on September 4, 1809. Three children were born to them before they came to Ohio. John Oglesbee owned nearly twelve bundred acres of land in Liberty township, this county, a part of which is now owned by his descendant, Granville Oglesbee. John Oglesbee was the son of Isaiah Oglesbee, who settled in Clinton county, one and one-half miles east of Lumberton, where

Joshua Oglesbee spent his entire life in Liberty township. He remained at home with his widowed mother until reaching his majority, or until his marriage, on March 11, 1855, to Mary M. McKay, to which union there were born three children, Alonzo, Sallie M. and Horace. Sallie M. Oglesbee married Charles Conklin, of Greene county, Ohio, and Horace Oglesbee married Jennie Foodie, and now lives in Dayton, Ohio. Joshua Oglesbee and wife were members of the old-school Baptist church and active in chureh work. They owned four hundred and thirty acres of land in Liberty township. He. died on May 28, 1900, and his widow died in 1908.

Born and reared in Liberty township, Alonzo Oglesbee was educated in the common schools there. -On October 21, 1898, he was married to Mary E. Turner, who was born in Greene county, this state, the daughter of John and Margaret (Haines) Turner, farmers in that county and members of the Quaker church. Margaret (Haines) Turner was the daughter of Eber Haines, who was a prominent minister in the Quaker church in the early days of Clinton county. He was born in 1825 in Greene county and died in Clinton county in 1911. To Mr. and Mrs. Oglesbee seven children have been born, of whom six are living, Sarah M., Esther, Gladys, Leontine, Frances and Robert J. All of these children are still at home with their parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Oglesbee are members of the Friends church at New Hope and are regular attendants at Sunday school. Fraternally, Mr. Oglesbee is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

Robert Edward Woods

Robert Edward Woods, who has spent his entire life in Clinton county, needs no introduction to the people who live within its boundaries. His life has been devoted not only to promoting his own interests and welfare, but also to promoting the interests of the public generally. He is an honorable representative of one of the esteemed families of this section and a gentleman of high character and worthy ambitions. He has filled no small place in the public life, as the important official positions which he has capably filled bear witness. He is a splendid type of the intelligent, up-to-date, self-made American farmer and is regarded as one. of the best business men of Clinton county, enjoying the unqualified respect and confidence of all the people.

Robert Edward Woods was born on January 11, 1872, in Union township, this county, the son of James F. and Mary Lavinia (Wood) Woods, the former of whom was born in Wilmington, Ohio, on July 2, 1844, the son of Joseph and Rosanna (Fife) Woods, and is still living. The mother was born in Union townsHip, the daughter of Robert and Mary (Hughes) Wood, in 1850, and died in 1909. Joseph Woods was born at Lebanon, Ohio, and his wife, Rosanna Fife, in Wilmington. They were of Irish descent and died when their son, James F., was a mere lad. They were farmers by occupation and early settlers in Clinton county and were members of the Presbyterian church. Rosanna Fife was the daughter of James Fife, who immigrated to America from Tyrone, Ireland, at an early date and settled in Clinton county. He became one of the foremost citizens of the county and founded the first bank in Wilmington, now called the First National Bank. A large picture of him now hangs in the bank and a more extended mention of his life and work will be found in the chapter of this history relating to banks and banking.

James F. Woods, the father of Robert Edward Woods, grew up in the home of his uncle, Silas Woods, and at the home of his grandfather, James Fife. As a boy he did farm work and for several years was a partner with Matt Fife in the dry-goods business in Wilmington. He then taught bookkeeping in Nelson's Business College for a few years, (having been a student in Wilmington College), and subsequently purchased a farm in

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Union township, which he presently sold and purchased one hundred and seventy acres in Washington township, where he lived until the time of his retirement from the active duties. of the farm. Since the death of his wife in 1909, he has made his home with his children. He is a Republican and has been a deacon in the Baptist church for many years and has also been treasurer of the same for thirty years, during all of these years having been a regular attendant. To James F. and Mary L. Woods three children were born, namely: Mary Rosanna, who married O. C. Lacy, of Springfield, Ohio; Robert E., the subject of this sketch, and Joseph S., who is a mechanic and lives at Wilmington.

The maternal grandparents of Robert E. Woods were Robert and Mary (Hughes) Woods, the former of whom was born in Frederick county, Virginia, June 14, 1812, son of Isaac Wood, a Virginian, born in 1779, who lived to be ninety-three years old, and the latter, in Union township, this county, the daughter of Judge Jesse Hughes, a native of Kentucky, who was one of the first judges of the court in Clinton county. They were the parents of six children: Jesse, Nathan S., Lydia (deceased), John William, Isaac and Mary Lavinia. Robert Wood was a farmer of Union township, who retired late in life and moved to Wilmington, where he died in 1902, at the age of ninety, his wife having preceded him to the grave in 1881, in her sixty-sixth year. Both were members of the Baptist church, and for. many years were active in good works in the community in which they lived.

Robert Edward Woods received a good education in the public schools of Union township and in the Wilmington high school, from which he was graduated in 1892. Upon returning to his father's farm, he was married and took charge of the farm. In 1908 he purchased his father's Union township farm of one hundred and twelve acres, but four years later sold it to the Buckley brothers and moved to Wilmington, from which place he directed the operations on his father's Washington township farm. In 1913 he purchased the Anna Sharp farm of fifty-one acres in Union township, situated northwest of Wilmington. Upon this farm he built a modern house in 1913 and there he now makes his home. He also farms one hundred and seventy acres for his father in Washington tewnship, and raises large type Poland China hogs and a few cattle, most of his profit coming from raising and feeding hogs. :

On September 9. 1896, Robert E. Woods was married to Ada B. McMillan, who was born in Chester township, this county, on December 10, 1877, the daughter of Shipley and Sarah (Lacy) MeMillan. Shipley McMillan was the son of Newton McMillan, the second son of William and Deborah McMillan, who iinmigrated from York county, Pennsylvania, to Clinton county. William McMillan was a native of Scotland and his dife, Deborah, was a native of Wales. On first coming to Clinton county, Newton McMillan, settled on the sixty-acre farm later owned by Duane D. Smith. Sarah Lacy was the daughter of Joshua and Ruth C. (Bankson) Lacy. who were married on March 12, 1850. Joshua Lacy was born on November 24, 1827, in Clinton county, the son of Enos L. and Sarah (Wright) Lacy, the former a native of Virginia and the latter a native of Ohio, both of English descent, who located in Clinton county about 1816. Ruth C. Bankson was a native of Highland county, Ohio, and the daughter of William Bankson, a native of England. Shipley McMillan died on January 11, 1914, at the age of sixty-nine years, and his widow is living with her father, Joshua Lacy, in Wilmington.

To Robert EB. and Ada B. (McMillan) Woods three children have been born, Edith, born on May 30, 1900; Harold Edward, May 4, 1905, who died on February 19, 1906, and Mary Ruth, September 9, 1906.

Robert Edward Woods is a Republican and served as township trustee for one term and as school director for fourteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Woods belong to the Baptist church at Wilmington, and he is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Few young men living in Clinton county are more highly respected than Robert BE. Woods, and few more thoroughly deserve the confidence of their neighbors and fellow citizens than he.

Francis H. Pyle

Various members of the Pyle family have long been prominent in the history of Clinton county. 'The late Francis H. Pyle, who was a successful farmer of Adams township, where he owned one hundred and ninety-four acres of land, was a well-known stockman, whose father was trustee of Adams township for three years; a director of the Goshen, Wilmington & Columbus turnpike and a member of the Clinton county board of agriculture. Francis H. Pyle spent practically all of 'his life in Clinton county, and was always engaged in farming,

Francis H. Pyle, a native of Wayne township, was born on July 10, 1844, and died on October 28, 1907. He wa the son of Samuel and Isabel W. (Austin) Pyle, the former of whom was born on July 22, 1812, and died on July 1, 1887. The Pyles came originally from North Carolina, Samuel Pyle's father, William, having been born there on March 11, 1788. About 1824 William Pyle built the Clarksville grist-mill, which he operated for about a quarter of a century. In 1869 he went to live with his son, William L. Pyle, at Indianapolis, and about six years afterwards, while on a visit to his old home in Clinton county, was taken severely ill and died on July 20, 1875, in his eighty-eighth year. William Pyle, who was the son of John and Ruth Pyle, was first married to Mary Hadley, who was born on July 17, 1792, and who died on February 7, 1848. Later he married Abigail Hadley, who died in 1858, after which he married Lydia (Hazard) Smith. William and Hary (Hadley) Pyle were the parents of nine children, among whom was Samuel, the father of the late Francis H. Pyle.

Samuel Pyle was married on July 6, 1837, to Isabel W. Austin, who was born on July 1, 1817, and who died on April 25, 1856. She was the daughter of Thomas and Hleanor Ann (McDaniels) Austin, the former of whom was born on August 2, 1777, and the latter on May 18, 1784. Bleanor Ann McDaniels was the daughter of William and Priscilla Ann McDaniels, the former born in June, 1754, and the latter on April 16, 1764. After the death of his first wife, in 1856, Samuel Pyle married, secondly, February 25, 1858, Mrs, Harriet S. McMillan, widow of Milton McMillan, who was-born on January 18, 1816, and who died on January 12, 1888. Samuel Pyle was the father of eight children, namely: Anna Bliza, born on April 21, 1838; Emily C., October 14, 1839; Amanda M., July 29, 1842; Francis H., July 10, 1844; Melissa J., September 38, 1846; Thomas William, September 5, 1848; Alfred ©., October 12, 1850; and Arthur W., October 28, 1858.

The late Francis H. Pyle received his education in the schools of Adams township and farmed all of his life in the same township, where he owned one hundred and ninetyfour acres of land. He was married on December 10, 1867, to Lizzie Hadley, who died on September 22, 1868, less than one year after their marriage. On January 11, 1877, he married, secondly, Lydia H. Osborn, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Fulghum) Osborn, who was born on October 18, 1854, and who died on May 21, 1918. Francis H. Pyle was the father of four children.

Samuel ©. Pyle, the eldest son of Francis H. Pyle, was born on September 7, 1878, and married Bessie J. Winfield on December 31, 1906, to which union three children have been born, Francis H., born on November 21, 1907; Lloyd W., June 4, 1910, and Lawrence D., August 81, 1912. Wthel D. Pyle, the second child of Francis H. Pyle, was born on January 11, 1880, and on February 21, 1906, married Alonzo H. Carson, who was born on August 19, 1871, to which union two children have been born, Eleanor L., born on November 10, 1906, and Joseph P., March 2, 1910. Myrtle EB. Pyle, the third child, was born on May 18, 1881. Darl F., the fourth child, was born on August 18, 1884, and on February 28, 1906, married Mildred C. Hooton, who was born on December 6, 1885, to which union five children have been born: Myron O., born on January 18, 1907 ; Manard T., October 24, 1908; Henry S., August 28, 1910, who died on September 8, 1913; Hdwin A., September 17, 1912, and Frank L., June 20, 1915.

Earl F. and Myrtle E. Pyle live on the old home farm of two hundred and forty-six acres and are engaged in general farming and stock raising. They have a dairy and keep thoroughbred Jersey cattle, making breeding a specialty. This worthy brother and

J. Oscar Villars

Among the oldest families in Clinton county, Ohio, are the Villars, whose ancestral home was established in this county early in the last century, when James Villars, the great-grandfather of J. Oscar Villars, the subject of this sketch, emigrated from Greene county, Pennsylvania. :

For a little more than a century, therefore, the family has been established in Clinton county, and the late generations of the family, especially, have been prominent in the educational life of this section of Ohio. The healthful growth of this family is due in part, no doubt, to the high standard of morality and of Christian living which the various generations have maintained. Several members of the family have enjoyed a college education. Others have been leading farmers and stockmen, but almost without exception, they have been prominent in the religious life of the county.

J. Oscar Villars, who represents the fourth generation of the Villars family in Clinton county, was born near Clarksville, in this county, July 3, 1873, and is the son of John W. and Kezia (Penquite) Villars, the former of whom was born, October 3, 1833, in Vernon township, Clinton county, Ohio, and died on September 20, 1885, and the latter of whom was born in 1835, in Washington township, Warren county, Ohio, and who died on December 25, 1877.

Mr. Villars' paternal grandparents were James and Frances (Gregg) Villars, the former of whom was born on October 28, 1800, and when six years of age accompanied his father, James Villars, to Ohio, from Greene county, Pennsylvania. The family had come from Virginia originally. In 1813 James Villars came with his family to Clinton county, and purchased a farm in what is now known as Vernon township. His son, James, finally owned sixteen hundred acres of land in Clinton county, and divided his time between farming and preaching. The pioneer preacher was called a circuit rider, and James Villars was a circuit rider, or itinerant preacher, in the Methodist Protestant church, and founded Villars chapel, in Vernon township, in 1868. This church was not essentially sectarian, but was dedicated to the use of any Christian religion. James Villars, before the formation of the Republican party, was a Whig, but afterwards identified himself with the party of Lincoln. He and his wife had twelve children.

Mr. Villars' maternal grandfather, William Penquite, was an early settler in the eastern part of Warren county, Ohio. The Penquites came from Cornwall, England, where they were living as early as 1600. The earliest history of the family, in America, begins with that of Mary Penquite, who was born on October 25, 1719, and died on July 81, 1818. Her son, William, was born on August 16, 1756, and died on March 28, 1839. His son, William, was born on September 30, 1786, and died on September 20, 1865. His daughter, Kezia, was the mother of J. Oscar Villars.

The late John William Villars, son of James Villars, grew up on his father's farm in Vernon township, and attended Yellow Springs College. During the Civil War he was the captain of a company of "squirrel hunters." He was given a farm by his father and later purchased additional acreage, living one mile east of Clarksville, Ohio, where he owned three hundred and thirty-three acres. his was his home at the time of his death. Like his father before him, he was an ardent Republican. His wife was a member of the so-called Campbellite church, better known today as the Christian church. Mrs. Kezia (Penquite) Villars, the mother of J. Oscar, died when he was four years old, leaving four sons and one daughter. The daughter, Jennie, died the following summer, but the four boys are yet living. William, the eldest, lives near Clarksville, in Warren county; Horace Finley, in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Charles Edwin, in Chicago, Illinois.

The father died when J. Oscar was twelve years old, after which he lived with his brother, William, in Warren county, Ohio. During this period he attended the public schools of Clarksville, subs: quently entering Wilmington College, where he was a student for four years, graduating in 1894. In Wilmington College he won a fellowship tu Haverford College, and the next year after his graduation from Wilmington College was a student at Haverford, where he received his Master degree in 1895.

Mr, Villars, upon his graduation from Haverford, taught in the Wilmington high school for three years, and then taught ten years in the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades, near Philadelphia. For six years he was instructor in mechanical drawing and for six years he was assistant superintendent of this school endowed with one million, five hundred thousand dollars by the late Isaiah V. Williamson, of Philadelphia. After this he migrated to Montana, where he remained three years, at Great Falls. After the death of his father-in-law, he returned to Wilmington, since which he has been teaching and attending to business interests. He and his family belong to the Methodist Episcopal church and, fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic lodge and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He lives on Xenia avenue, in Wilmington.

On August 11, 1897, J. Oscar Villars was married to Lula Cecilia Statler, who was born in Vernon township, this county, August 28, 1875, the daughter of George Henry and Mary M. (McCray) Statler, the former of whom is deceased. The latter lives in Wilmington.

Of Mrs. Villars' parentage, it may be said that her father, George Henry Statler, was born near Little East fork, in Vernon township, this county, on June 10, 1849, and died in Wilmington on September 20, 1912. The Statler family were all members of the Methodist Episcopal church and stanch Republicans.

George Henry Statler was the son of Samuel and Mary (Harris) Statler, the former of whom was born in Loudon county, Virginia, December 25, 1799, and died on April 12, 1868. The latter was born in the same county in Virginia, September 18, 1803, and died on September 15, 1884. John Statler, the father of Samuel, was a native of Germany, who emigrated to Virginia and became a planter and slaveholder. He enlisted and served in the patriot army during the Revolutionary War and, with his two brothers, ; was discharged where Washington City now stands and afterward purchased one thousand acres of land in Clinton county, Ohio, for the benefit of his three children.

Samuel Statler, grandfather of Mrs., Villars, grew up in Virginia and spoke no language save the German until he was eight years of age. At the age of nineteen he came to Ohio, and made his home with his brother-in-law, Dr. Asael Tribbey. He soon erected a cabin on the land his father had purchased, and, as he was a man of ability and thrift, soon enjoyed great prosperity. He died in 1868, leaving his nine children very well circumstanced., :

Mrs. Mary (Harris) Statler, grandmother of Mrs. Villars, was the daughter of James and Mary (Cherry) Harris, both of whom came from Loudoun county, Virginia, and were of Welsh descent. In 1806 James Harris located in Vernon township, where he became a wealthy farmer. AS a member of the Whig party, he served in the state Legislature of Ohio. He and his wife came to this county at a time when there were no roads hereabout, but only "blazed" trails.

The late George Henry Statler was the youngest of nine children, of whom only four are living. Of his father's estate, he inherited the homestead house, which was built in 1860, together with about two hundred acres of land, which now belongs to his daughter, Mrs. Villars. He lived upon the farm. until 1904, at which time he retired and moved to

Wilmington, where his last days were spent. He was a strong Republican, quiet and retiring in his home life; a man of even temperament, good business ability, thrifty and prosperous.

On September 11, 1873, George Henry Statler was married to Mary Melissa McCray, who was born in Warren county, this state, near Clarksville, on February 16, 1853, and who is still living in Wilmington. She is the daughter of Samuel C. and Sarah Elizabeth (Humphreys) McCray, the former of whom was born in Salem township, Warren county, February 14, 1831, and died on June 21, 1909, and the latter of whom was born in the same county on May 28, 1836, and died on September 9, 1906. Samuel C. McCray was 'the son of Daniel and Harriett (Skinner) McCray, both natives of Loudon county, Virginia, very early settlers of Warren county, this state. They were farmers and members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Harriett (Skinner) McCray was the daughter of a colonel of Virginia troops, who served during the Revolutionary War.

Elizabeth (Humphreys) McCray's parents were James and Elizabeth (Lange) Humphreys, the former of whom was born in New Jersey and the latter, on the ocean en route to America from Germany. James Humphreys was a "bound boy" to Colonel Rose, who lived in New Jersey and was a soldier during the Revolutionary War. He later married Colonel Rose's daughter and after her death, married Elizabeth Lange and came on horseback to Ohio, where he purchased a farm in Warren county and became well to do. He died in 1893 at an advanced age.

Samuel C. McCray was a farmer and respected for his honest dealings. During his latter years, broken in health, he lived with a son in Cincinnati, where he died in 1909. The late George Henry and Melissa (McCray) Statler had only two children, Maude Marie, who was born on June 17, 1874, and Lula Cecilia, the wife of Professor Villars.

The present generation can never repay those old heroes of a past century who blazed the trails through the wilderness, established homes, cleared the forest, and reared children to honorable and useful lives. It was their work which has made this country the richest on: earth and the inestimable heritage of the present generation is the result of their labors. The ancestors of both Professor and Mrs. Villars had a large part in the great work of pioneer development, especially in ChHnton county.

James W. Channel

James W. Channel, of Melvin, this county, is one of the best-known citizens of Richland township. He is a prosperous merchant and farmer, and was born on April 15, 1866, at Morrisville, this county, son of John H. and Sarah (Custis) Channel, natives of North Carolina, and of Richland township, this county, respectively. Sarah Custis was a daughter of William H. Custis, a farmer of Clinton county, who owned two hundred acres of land, and who was a prominent member of the Friends.church at Sabina. John H. Channel was educated in the common schools-of Clinton county, having come to Ohio with his parents when quite young. As a young man he taught schools in different parts of the county, and for many years was active in politics. He was.also a leader in the affairs of the Christian church in his community. During the last twenty years of his life he was in business at Sabina, conducting a clothing and drug store. Fraternally, he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

To John H. and Sarah (Custis) Channel were born six children, Arminda, Mary, James W., Lucy, Emma and Gertrude, all of whom are living save Lucy and Arminda, the last named dying at the age of twenty-one years. 'Mary is the wife of George Manmeisel, of Sabina. Lucy is the wife of Dr. William Burnett, of Sabina. Emma is the wife of N. B. Tharp, of Columbus, Ohio, and Gertrude, who is unmarried, has been principal of the East End school at Washington.C. H. for twelve years. John H. Channel .died in March, 1880, and his widow, is still living in Washington, township.

having attended school principally at Sabina. On January 5, 1888, he was united in marriage to Laura Pavey, who was born in this county, the daughter of John Pavey, a well-known farmer, who was prominent in the affairs of the Methodist Episcopal church. To this union two children have been born, Walter and Roxie, both of whom are living at home with their parents,

After his marriage, Mr. Channel located on his father-in-law's farm, where he remained two years. In 1891 he moved to Melvin and has lived in thet pleasant village ever since, He was first engaged in the general mercantile business, but afterward built the elevator there, and is now its proprietor. He also established a tile-mill at Melvin, and operated that mill for five years. When the Baltimore & Ohio railroad was built, Mr. Channel was the telegraph operator at Melvin, and was also station agent for the Pennsylvania Railway Company at that place for twelve years. Mr. Channel is the owner of sixty-two acres of land in Richland township. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant church and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Clinton Madden

Clinton Madden, the present popular cashier of the Farmers National Bank at Clarksville, this county, was born in Wilson township, this county, on July 6, 1867, the son of Cyrus W. and Jane (McCray) Madden, the former a native of the same county, born in Adams township, on Sepember 22, 1822, and the latter in Warren county, this state, on February 25, 1828. Cyrus W. Madden was the son of Solomon and Ruth (Robbins) Madden, natives of North Carolina, and pioneers of Adams township. Solomon Madden was the son of George Madden, who served as a soldier in the patriot army during the Revolutionary War, and who came to North Carolina to this part of Ohio very soon after this region was opened to settlement. Jane McCray was the daughter of Christy and Nancy (Urton) McCray, the former a native of Virginia, who died in Warren county, this state, in 1889, his widow surviving him for thirty-one years, her death occurring in 1870.

Oyrus W. Madden was twice married, his first wife having been Lydia Eleanor Brown, to which union two children were born, Mrs. Mary E. McPherson, of Springfield, Ohio, and Mrs. Lydia BE. Crawford, of Marion, Indiana, His second wife, the mother of the subject of this sketch, died in May, 1899. The children born of this second marriage were six in number, namely: A. D. Madden, who was a contractor, builder and lumber dealer at Clarksville, this county, and who died in June, 1914; Nannie, who died in 1902; Addie, a teacher in the public schools of Morrow, Ohio; W. H., of Waynesville, Ohio; Clinton, the subject of this sketch; and T. C., of North Lewisburg, Champaign county, Ohio, Cyrus W. Madden and his wife were members of the Friends church and their children were reared in that faith, He was a blacksmith and farmer, of Adams and Wilson townships, and died in Warren county in 1877.

Clinton Madden attended the public schools of Washington township, Warren county, and upon completing the course there prescribed extended his studies at the Lebanon Normal and at Wilmington College, after which, for nearly eighteen years, he performed excellent service as a teacher in the public schools. In April, 1906, he was made cashier of the Farmers National Bank at Clarksvillé, a position which he still holds, and which he has filled with credit to himself and to his employers.

On December 10, 1908, Clinton Madden was united in marriage to Nellie Cockerill, of Wilmington, this county, daughter of James Cockerill, deceased, a former resident of Fayette county. No children have been born to this union.

Mr. Madden is a Republican, as was his father. Both he and Mrs. Madden are members of the Friends church, and for years have taken a vital interest in its work and worship. They occupy no small place in the social life of the community, as they

; CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. 793 have made and retained many warm personal friends. Mr. Madden is genial and friendly, and while he is a good business man, he does-not allow business to absorb all 'of his interest and time. : He believes in taking time to live, and in keeping in touch with the questions and movements which are occupying a large share of the "world's thought. He is a faithful worker, having at heart the best interests of his employers, and as a business man, it might be said that his life is an exemplification of the words of a recent writer who said that "Those who will work faithfully will put themselves in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness." _

Stephen C. Brown

Listed among the progressive farmers of Liberty township, this county, Stephen C. Brown operates a splendid farm of ninety-three acres and his home is equipped with all of the conveniences available now in'the country. He was born in Lucas county, Ohio, on September 29, 1881, the son of Edmund G. and Jessie (Cowdery,) Brown. Edmund G. Brown was born in Dayton, Ohio, on April 30, 1855, and his wife was born in Union City, Indiana, the daughter of Diah Cowdery, who for many years was a dentist of Union City. The paternal grandfather of Stephen C. Brown was Henry L. Brown, who was a merchant at Dayton, Ohio, and who had a large store in what is now the center of Dayton. He was a leader in the Presbyterian church and a man of considerable wealth.

Edmund G. Brown, the father of Stephen C., is a farmer in Lucas county, Ohio, and owns eighty acres of land. He and his wife are members of the Christian church of Dayton, Ohio, and prominent in its activities. Nine children have been born to Edmund G. and Jessie (Cowdery) Brown, L. BE., Eva C., Stephen C., Blossom, Charles, Jessie, Telfair, Henry and Sidney, all of whom are living.

Stephen C. Brown was educated in the public schools of Ohio and on September 19, 1904, was married to Nettie Shrack, who was a student at Wilmington College during 1903 and 1904. She is the daughter of J. H. and Olive (Carroll) Shrack, farmers of Liberty township, this county, and members of the Baptist church. To Mr. and Mrs. Brown five children have been born, Edith M., Stephen, Jr., Olive Carroll, Edmund Hu and Pauline S. :

Mr. Brown has lately remodeled his house, and in 1914 built a barn. He has equipped the house with bath, furnace and all other modern conveniences, and he and his family are delightfully situated. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the Baptist church at Wilmington, and Mr. Brown is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Alpheus A. Hite

Alpheus A. Hite, a well-known farmer of Liberty township, this county, was born on June 8, 1866, in Greene county, Ohio, the son of W. M. and Sarah (Dalby) Hite, the former of whom was born in Xenia, Ohio, on January 14, 1840, and the latter in Greene county, the daughter of Jesse Dalby, a prominent farmer and member of the Baptist church, in that county. W. M. Hite was the son of Andrew Hite, a native of Ohio, and the father of six children, John (deceased), Albert A., C. M., Catherine, Elizabeth (deceased) and W. M., the father of Alpheus A. These children located near each other ' in Greene county and a road in the neighborhood was named the Hite road. Andrew Hite was a pioneer farmer in Greene county and owned one hundred and thirty acres of land. He was a local minister in the Baptist church.

W. M. Hite, who died in November, 1912. was a farmer and stockman and for forty years shipped stock to Pittsburgh, Baltimore and other eastern points. He owned two hundred acres of land and was known as a successful farmer. He served as trustee in Greene county a number of terms before coming to Clinton county, fifteen years before his death. His widow is now living in Port William, this county. They were the parents of six children, Emma (deceased), Alpheus A., Charles, Maude, Oscar and Myrtle L.

Educated in the district schools, Alpheus A. Hite has always been engaged in farming. He was married on July 7, 1887, to Alice Thornhill, who was born in Greene county, the daughter of Malory and Thompsey (Bolden) Thornhill, who were farmers and members of the German Baptist church. To this union two children have been born, Pearl and Lola. Pearl Hite married Alfred Kiphart, a street car conductor of Richmond, Indiana, and has one child, Donald. Lola Hite married James Mason, of Greene county, Ohio, and has one child, Winona EF.

Mr. and Mrs, Hite own a farm of eighty-six and one-half acres, which they purchased in March, 1918. They are members of the German Baptist church at Carlisle.

Luther G. Bailey

Luther G. Bailey, an enterprising farmer of Liberty township, this county, living on rural route No. 2, out of Wilmington, was born on September 3, 1872, in Liberty township, the son of Josiah and Sidnie (McPherson) Bailey, the former of whom was born in 1842 in Liberty township, this county, and the latter in Highland county, Ohio, daughter of John and Mariah (Bonsell) McPherson, who were residents of Highland county and members of the Friends church.

Josiah Bailey was the son of George and Lydia (Shields) Bailey, the former a native of Liberty township, who were the parents of four children, Enos, Anna, William and Josiah. George Bailey was an early farmer in this community and was a prominent member of the Friends church. Josiah Bailey was educated in the common schools and was engaged in farming all his life. He was a prominent member of the Friends church and died in February, 1913. He and his wife were the parents of three children, namely: Luther G., the subject of this sketch; Luella, who married George Mills, of Waynesville, Ohio, and Eva, deceased.

Luther G. Bailey received a common school education in the public schools of Liberty township and early in life took up farming. He now owns a farm of one hundred and twenty-four acres and is profitably engaged in general farming and stockraising. Mr. Bailey was married to Almira Hunnicutt, who was born in Clinton county, the daughter of David and Martha (Ross) Hunnicutt, farmers of Liberty township, both now deceased, and to this union two children have been born, Atha Virginia and Alson H. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey are members of the Friends church at Dover and regular attendants at the services of the same. They have many friends in their neighborhood and are held in high regard by all.

Charles Linkhart

Charles Linkhart is a progressive farmer of Liberty township, this county, who lives on a well-kept farm with his mother. Mr. Linkhart was born on February 1, 1880, in Liberty township, on the farm where he now lives, the son of George W. and Mary C. (Anderson) Linkhart, the former of whom was born on April 15, 1843, in Liberty township, and the latter in Greene county, Ohio. Mary C. Anderson was first married to James Linkhart, a brother of her second husband, to which union there were born six children, Albert, Louisa, Laura, Frank, Emma and Anna.

George W. Linkhart was the son of Thomas and Ellen (Fisher) Linkhart, natives of Virginia, who were married in that state and had one child, Joseph, before they came to Ohio. Upon locating in Clinton county, where they spent the rest of their lives, they entered one hundred and eighty-five acres of land, of which tract their grandson, Charles, now owns ove hundred and five acres. They were members of the Methodist church, and Thomas: Linkbart was an active man in his community. He and his wife were the parents of six children, Joseph, Dorothy, Thomas, Eleanor, George W. and James,

George W. Linkhart was educated in the common schools of Liberty township and was engaged in farming during his entire life. He owned about three hundred acres of land in Liberty township and was a general farmer. Although a man active in public affairs, he was a man of strong domestic inclination and spent mest of his time in his hone. He and his wife were the parents of two children, Katie A. and Charles, the subject of this sketch. Katie A. married H. B. Bllis, a farmer of Liberty township, and 'has one child, Orville. George W. Linkhart died on September 11, 1908, and his widow is now living on the home farm with her son, .Charles.

Educated in the district schools of Liberty township, Charles Linkhart was reared on the farm and was married on November 28, 1910, to Lela Oglesbee, daughter of Solomon and Sabina (Middleton) Oglesbee, the latter of whom was the daughter of James Middleton, a native of Greene county, Ohio, a farmer by occupation and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Solomon Oglesbee was the son of Amos and Anna (Huffman) Oglesbee, the former of whom was born in Virginia in 1810 and came to Ohio in 1817. Three years later he located in Clinton county and here he spent the remainder of his life. His wife was born in 1814 in Virginia and came to Ohio with her parents soon after the War of 1812. Amos Oglesbee died on December 31, 1851, and his widow on June 25, 1875. Besides Mrs. Linkhart, Solomon and Sabina Oglesbee had seven other children, James, who died at the age of forty-seven, Hattie, Nettie, Alice, Allie, Arthur and Carrie.

Mr. and Mrs. Linkhart have no children. Mr. Linkhart owns one hundred and five acres of the old farm, but cultivates in all two hundred and twenty-five acres. He is a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles of Wilmington.

Howard F. McKay is a prosperous and well-known young farmer and teacher of Liberty township, Clinton county, Ohio. By birth and by marriage, he is connected with several of the very oldest families of this county and, being a young man of far more than ordinary ability, he is expected to take his place as a leader in this community.

Howard F. McKay was born on January 15, 1891, in Libérty township, this county, the son of Jacob B. and Priscilla (Haines) McKay, the former of whom was born on March 14, 1859, in Liberty township, and the latter on July 18, 1860, the daughter of Eber and Mary (Mendenhall) Haines. Eber Haines was a well-known minister in the Friends church for a long period, a farmer by occupation and was born in Greene county, Ohio.

The paternal grandparents of Howard F. McKay were William Franklin and Elizabeth (Peterson) McKay. 'The former was born on January 12, 1833, in Chester township, and in 1856 was married to Elizabeth Peterson. They located in Liberty township and became the owners of three hundred and fifty acres of land and a desirable country home. They were the parents of six children, Azel P. (deceased), Jacob B., George E., Ulysses G., Arthur F. and Beatrice A. The paternal great-grandparents of Mr. McKay were George Wesley and Mary (Fergueson) McKay, natives of Virginia, who moved to Ohio after their marriage. George Wesley McKay died in 1850, and his widow in 1878. All of their ten children grew to maturity. George Wesley McKay, who was born in 1800, was the son of Moses McKay, who was born in Virginia about 1776. He remained in Virginia until about 1818, when he and his wife and eleven children came to Ohio, leaving one son in Virginia. They settled in Warren county, where he became a land owner and remained until his death, about seven years after locating. His wife died about the same time. George Wesley McKay and wife had eight children, of whom two, George and Lucinda, are living, the deceased children being Tilman, Samuel, William Franklin, Alfred, Mary Massie and Jane.

Mr. and Mrs. Jacob B. McKay, the parents of Howard F., are at present living in Wilmington, at 502 North Walnut street. Mrs. Jacob B. McKay is a member of the

Friends church. The family owns land in Union township and also property in Wilmington. Jacob B. McKay was formerly a member of the board of education in Liberty township. He moved to Wilmington in December, 1909. To him and his wife have been born four children, E. Harold and Howard F. (twins), Mary Elba and Maynard J. E. Harold McKay married Ila Haworth and lives.in the Dover neighborhood of Union township. :

Howard F. McKay was born and reared on the farm and was educated in the common schools of Clinton county and at the Port William high school. After graduating from the Port William high school he entered Wilmington College, from which he was graduated in 1910, and having won a scholarship there he attended Haverford College during 1910 and was graduated from this latter institution in 1911. On January 24, 1914, My. McKay was united in marriage to Edith Starbuck, who was born in Union township, this county, on November 22, 1890, the daughter of William A. and Mary Anna (Bailey) Starbuck, and who was graduated from Wilmington College with the class of 1911. William A. Starbuck is a farmer of Union township and a member of the Friends church. He is prominent in the Friends yearly meeting and in the Sunday school, of which he is superintendent. . For some time he bas been an officer and director of the Clinton Mutuat Insurance Company. For several years he served as assessor of Union township.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. McKay are members of the Friends church and they take a great interest in church work. Mr. McKay was formerly in charge of the teachers' training class in the Chester Sunday school and is now (1915) superintendent. He is also mastre of the Mt. Pleasant Grange in Liberty township. Mr. McKay and his twin brother, E. Harold McKay, have a farm of eighty-one acres in Liberty township, which their father formerly owned. He has taught high school for four years, the first two years at Bradford, Ohio, and the last two years at the Mt. Pleasant school.

Hugh E. Terrell

Hugh E. Terrell, a representative of one of Clinton county's prominent families and a well-known stockman of Wayne township, is descended through his grandmother, Eliza (Bernard) Evans, from Pocahontas, daughter of the Indian chief, Powhatan, who married John Rolfe, of Varnia, Virginia, April 5, 1613 or 1614. Grandmother Evans was a representative of the seventh generation in direct descent from Pocahontas and John Rolfe. Hugh E. Terrell not only.owns a splendid farm in Wayne township, but he is a well-known stock breeder, who raises standard-bred horses, and who has been raising Shorthorn cattle for twenty years. Prominent in the educational circles of his township, he is a member of the Wayne township school board and has striven earnestly as a member of that board to increase the efficiency of the public schools and to raise their standard of excellence.

Hugh E. Terrell was born on November 19, 1848, on "Woodlawn Farm," in Wayne township, this county, the son of David A. and Mary J. (Evans) Terrell. His father was born about one mile south of Highland in Highland county, Ohio, on December 5, 1820, and died in April, 1909. His mother was born near Hillsboro, in Highland county, the daughter of Hugh and Eliza (Bernard) Evans.

The line of descent from Pocahontas and John Rolfe to Eliza (Bernard) Evans is as follows: Pocahontas and John Rolfe were married in 1613 or 1614, there being some doubt as to the exact date, and they had one son, Thomas Rolfe. (1) Thomas Rolfe married Jane Poythress, and they had one child, a daughter. As is well known to all readers of early colonial history, John Rolfe took his Indian bride to England, where her death occurred a few years later. Her son, Thomas Rolfe was reared in England, but in 1640 returned to Virginia and lived on his property called ''Varnia," sixteen miles below Richmond, near Henricopolis. Thomas Rolfe and wife had a daughter, Jane, who married Col. Robert Bolling in 1675, the latter of whom was born in 1646, and who died in 1709. The wife of Colonel Bolling lived but one year after her marriage, her death occurring in 1676. She left one child, a son, (3) Jobn Bolling, who afterwards became a colonel in the American army. Col. John Bolling married Mary Kennon, daughter of Doctor Kennon, and with his family lived in his beautiful home on the Appomattox, called the "Cobbs." Col. John Bolling and wife were the parents of six children, one son . and five daughters: (4) Major John Bolling, born in 1700, was the father of nineteen children, died in 1757; (4) Jane, 1703, died, 1766, married Col. Richard Randolph, and was the mother of nine children, and the grandmother of Randolph Roanoke, who was of the sixth generation; (4) Mary, 1711, married Col. John Fleming, of Mount Pleasant, who was born in 1697, the son of Charles Fleming and grandson of Sir Thomas Fleming, who, in turn was the son of Sir John Fleming, first earl of Wighton; (4) Elizabeth, 1709, married Dr. 'William Gay; (4) Martha, 1713, married Thomas Eldridge, and died October 23, 1749, and Anne, who became the wife of James Murray.

colonel in the Ninth Regiment of Virginia in the Revolution, married a Miss Randolph, and was killed in the battle of Princeton, January 12, 1777; (5) John, who was a major in the Revolution, was killed at White Plains; William, born on July 6, 1736, married Elizabeth Champe, and during his life filled a number of important judicial positions in his native state of Virginia, died February 15, 1824; (5) Charles, who was captain of the Seventh Virginia, and lieutenant-colonel of the line, and Mary, who became the wife of William Bernard, and was the mother of ten children. The Fleming family was of Flemish descent, one of whom, of high rank, settled in Scotland in the reign of David I. The connection is direct from Sir Malcolm Fleming, sheriff of Dunbarton under Alexander III. This was a singularly distinguished family, friends of Robert Bruce and favorites of successive kings.

William Bernard and Mary (Fleming) Bernard were the parents of the following children of whom there is record: (6) Jobn, who was the father of several children, who, after the death of their father, moved to Lynchburg, Virginia; (6) William, born in 1750, was a lieutenant during the Revolutionary War; (6) Robert, served as a private in the War of Independence under Morgan; (6) Thomas, 1756, married Mary Hicks, and eame to Ohio from Virginia in an early day and settled in Highland and Clinton counties; (6) Richard, 1767, who married Polly Walker and from whom is descended the branch of the family to which H. HB. Terrell belongs. William Bernard, with his brother, John, emigrated to America from Ireland some time between 1735 and 1740. Col. Charles Fleming, a brother of Mary (Fleming) Bernard, was reimbursed for military service by being given a grant of land in Kentucky comprising fifty-four thousand acres. Richard and Polly (Walker) Bernard, who came to Ohio in September, 1805, from Rockbridge county, Virginia, were the parents of the following children: William P., Joseph, Richard, Eliza and Caroline. It was this Eliza, who married Hugh Evans, who was the grandmother of H. B. Terrell. The Bernards of Clinton county are all descended from Thomas and Mary (Hicks) Bernard.

The paternal grandparents of Hugh BH. Terrell were Pleasant and Esther (Haines) Terrell, the former of whom, born in Virginia, died in 1837, and the latter of whom died in 1846. Pleasant Terrell came to Highland county, Ohio, from Virginia when only a bey, accompanying his parents, who stopped for a time in Cincinnati. While in that city, he learned the brick mason's trade and after reaching Highland county with his parents, built the first saw-mill and the first grist-mill at Highland. He worked at his trade all of his life, passing away in 1854 or 1855 on the farm. Pleasant and Esther (Haines) Terrell were the parents of 'six children: John, Israel, David, Mary, Narcissa and Ruth. The members of this family were connected with the Society of Friends. Pleasant Terrell was one of a family of eight children, born to his parents, David and Mary (Anthony) Terrell. David Terrell was born near Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1763 and died in 1858. His wife, who before her marriage was Mary Anthony, died in 1858. David and Mary Terrell were the parents of eight children: Pleasant, Christopher, David, Joseph, Mary, Judith, Sarah and Elizabeth. The father of these children served for many years as justice of the peace in Fairfield township' and was, therefore, one of the foremost citizens of that section. He was a well-known hunter and spent most of his life in the wilderness. David Terrell, the great-grand-father of Hugh E. Terrell, was the son of David and Sarah (Johnson) Terrell. Sarah Johnson was the first wife of David Terrell but he was subsequently married to Sarah Clark and still later to Martha Johnson. He was the father of nine children. He was the son of David Terrell, who was born in 1675 and died in 1757. The first David Terrell and his wife reared a family of twelve children. He was the son of William Terrell, who was born in 1650 and who came to-Ameriea at the age of twenty in 1670 with his two brothers. These three brothers were sent to Virginia by King James II as explorers and hunters and, for their services, were granted a large tract of land in Virginia.

Dayid A. Terrell, the father of Hugh E. Terrell, received his education in the common schools of Fairfield township, Highland county, Ohio, but his educational advantages were meager. The only reader used in the schools at that time was the Bible. During his early life, while living at home with his father, he did much hauling. After coming of age, he purchased cattle, with his father-in-law, Hugh Evans, and drove them through to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a trip requiring forty days. In some instances, they had three hundred cattle and as many as sixteen hundred head of sheep and thirtyfive or forty horses, and it required about thirty-five men to take care of the stock while driving them through the woods. Until 1854 David A. Terrell purchased hogs and drove them to Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a stockman all of his life. At the age of twentyone years, he had come into possession of two hundred acres of land valued at seven dollars an acre, but later increased his land holdings to one thousand acres. In 1868 he moved back. near Highland, where he spent the remainder of his life. There he purchased a part of his grandfather's old farm. To David A. and Mary J. (Evans) Terrell were born seven children, of whom Hugh B&., the subject of this sketch, was the eldest, the others being as follow: Anna, who is the wife of Frank Rhodes; Martha, who became the wife of Oregon Bonnie; Cora, who married Henry Bailey, a minister at Tampa, Florida; Harry, who married Etta Fenner: Imogene, who is unmarried, and Rutherford, who married Hattie Thornburg. All of the members of this family are still living with the exception of Martha. Mrs. Mary J. (Evans) Terrell was a member of the Methodist church. David A. Terrell voted the Republican ticket.

Educated in the common schools of Wayne township, and at Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, Hugh BE. Terrell was a partner with his father on the farm, where he now lives, until 1874, since which time he has been farming for himself.

On December 23, 1878, Hugh BE. Terrell was married to Hattie Finley, who was born on December 29, 1848, and who died on January 28, 1901. She was a daughter of Robert and Jaue (Russell) Finley, and at her death left five children: Arthur, who married Mary Seward, and has two children, Hugh and Ruth; Russell, who died at the age of twenty-seven; Frank, who married Dorothy Book, and has one son, Russell; Jane I. and Lillian Esther. The Terrell family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mr. Terrell is a trustee.

Politically, Hugh is a Republican, and is at present a member of the school board of Wayne township. For the last few years Mr. Terrell's son, Frank, has been a partner with him in the operation of the home farm.

John Clinton Reardon

John Clinton Reardon is a prosperous farmer of Liberty township, who was born in Fayette county, Ohio, October 11, 1863. He is a son of Edward and Catherine (Mitchell) Reardon, both natives of Ireland, the former of whom was born on March 1, 1840. Edward Reardon came to the United States alone and subsequently settled at Washington C. H., Ohio. After his marriage in the latter city, he moved to Clinton county, and now owns six hundred and thirty-six acres of land in this county, located in Wilson, Liberty and Union townships. He lives in Union townhsip and is an active member of the Catholic church at Wilmington. He has also been active in local affairs in his neighborhood, and for many years has been a school director. At one time he served as road superintendent, having been appointed as a Democrat.

To Edward and Catherine (Mitchell) Reardon were born eight chidren, of whom Patrick, Catherine, Michael, Johanna and. Beatrice are unmarried. Mary, the wife of James Waldron, is a resident of Dayton, Ohio. Margaret, who lives in this county, is the _ wife of John Keith. John C. is the eldest.

John C. Reardon was educated in the common schools of this county, principally in the schools of Wilson township. In 1897 he was married to Sarah Shaw, who was born in Butler county, this state, the daughter of William and Catherine (Cline) Shaw, farmers of that county, and earnest and devoted members of the Catholic church. To this union one child has been born, Teresa Louise, who is now a student in the public schools. .

John C. Reardon is operating two hundred and thirty acres of land, one hundred and thirty acres of which belongs to his father, but he owns one hundred acres of land just across the road from where he is living. At the present time he is serving as ditch commissioner. He is a Democrat, and he and his family are devout members of the Catholic faith.

Robert Edgar Hunt

Robert Edgar Hunt. an enterprising farmer of Liberty township, this county, who owns a splendid-looking home on the Xenia pike, was born on April 15, 1856, in Martinsville, the son of Cyrus and Margaret (Donaldson) Hunt, who were married in 1852. The former was a native of Clinton county and the latter of Ireland, who came to Clinton county with her parents. Her father departed to return to Ireland and no member of the, famiy has since been able to discover what became of him. Cyrus Hunt was the son of Robert and Ruth (Madden) Hunt, natives of this county, the latter of whom was an aunt of Moses G., Solomon and Rachel Madden, whose biographical sketches, presented elsewhere in this volume, give the history of the Madden family. Robert Hunt was a farmer in Clinton county and was an extensive stock buyer, in an early day having been profitably engaged in driving cattle and hogs to Cincinnati. He was prominent in the pioneer Quaker church of this county and died in 1856 at the age of fifty-five years. Robert and Ruth (Madden) Hunt had ten children, of whom Cyrus, the eldest, was the father of Robert Edgar, the subject of this sketch, the other children being George, Nathan, Henry, Elizabeth, Mary, Edith, Rachel, Ann and Lydia. - 2

Cyrus Hunt received a common school education in the public schools of Clinton county and taught school practically all of his life. He became a well-read man and was a natural leader in the community in which he lived. As a member of the Friends church, he was active in religious work and was also active in civic affairs. In the days before the Civil War, he was prominent in the 'underground railroad'? movement and was one of the leaders in the local anti-slavery agitation of that period. For four years he taught a territorial Indian school in the west and died in Kansas in February, 1898. Cyrus and Margaret (Donaldson) Hunt were the parents of four children, Oliver, Robert Edgar.

Palmer and Gladys. Oliver is a resident of Oklahoma and has been married twice, the first time to Alice Hiatt, by whom he had three sons, and the second time to Ola Hinshaw. Palmer, who is also a resident of Oklahoma, is unmarried. Gladys is unmarried and lives with her mother.

Robert Edgar Hunt was educated in the common schools and was reared on the farm. On October 24, 1878, he was married to Lavinia Hiatt, who was born on the farm where Mr. and Mrs. Hunt now live, the daughter of Allen and Susan (Folger) Hiatt. Allen Hiatt was a farmer and large landowner in Clinton county, having been the owner, altogether, of about five hundred acres of land.

To Robert E. and Lavinia (Hiatt) Hunt five children haye been born, Gladys, Susan, Bernard, Alice and Doris. Gladys married Alvin Hartman, of Clinton county, and has three children, George E., Conard and Alice. Bernard, who lives on the old home place, in Liberty township, married Edith Hurley and has two children, Esther and Elizabeth. The remainder of the children are unmarried. :

After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Hunt moved to the farm of one hundred acres in Liberty township, where they now live. They enjoy a comfortable competence and arehighly respected citizens of the township.

Nathan S. Gregory

Nathan S. Gregory, a successful farmer and stockman of Green township, by perseverance, industry and wise economy has attained a comfortable station in life, and is well and favorably known throughout Clinton county. As a consequence of his wide and various interests, he is regarded by all who know him as a man of the best type of American citizenship, straightforward, unassuming, genial and obliging. Mr. Gregory is the proprietor of "Maple Grove Stock Farm," where he has made a specialty of raising standard-bred trotting horses.

Nathan S. Gregory was born on December 28, 1856, in Green township, this county, the son of James J. and Nancy (Rix) Gregory, the former of whom also was a native of Green township, born on October 22, 1819, and the latter of whom was born on July 24, 1819. They were married in Green township on December 25, 1839.

Mr. Gregory's paternal grandparents were Levi and Katie (Walker) Gregory, natives of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and Clark county, Kentucky, respectively. Katie (Walker) Gregory was the daughter of Robert and Nancy (Huls) Walker, pioneers of Clinton county. Mr. Gregory's maternal grandparents were Jordan and Nancy Rix, both natives of North Carolina and early settlers in Clinton county, who died near New Antioch.

The late James J. Gregory grew up in Green township, and attended the public schools of that township. He owned one hundred and seven acres of land. As a Republican, he waa elected infirmary director for one term, the same year that the late Addison P. Russell was elected secretary of state. James J. Gregory was a member of the Christian church early in life, but, late in life, became a member of the Universalist church. His wife remained a faithful member of the Christian church until her death on February 2, 1885. James J. Gregory died on December 11, 1907. He and his wife were the parents of eight children, as follow: Sarah C., born on November 30, 1840; Albert F., November 18, 1848; Emily J., March 6, 1847; Samantha E., September 13, 1849; Survetus L., February 28, 1854; Nathan S., December 28, 1856; Laura B., December 18, 1859, and Ulysses 8. Grant, August 25, 1865.

Reared on his father's farm and educated in the public schools of Clinton county and in the high school at New Vienna, as well as in the normal schools at Sabina and Wilmington, Nathan S. Gregory, during the first ten years of his active career, was engaged In teaching school. When a very young man, he purchased twenty-five acres of land and kept adding to the tract until he now owns five hundred and sixty acres.

On December 25, 1886, Nathan S. Gregory was married to Mrs. Mary E. (Foster) Cantrell, who was born August 23, 1856, the daughter of Joseph and Cynthia Foster, natives of Highland county. Joseph Foster is deceased and his widow is living with the family of Mr. Gregory. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory are the parents of two children. Sherman R., born on October 18, 1887, attended the public schools of the county and the Greenfield Business College and married Della M. Brown, who has borne him four children, Chester, Milton, Lena and Beatrice, and Russell, January 28, 1894, who attended the public schools and married Minnie -Campbell, who has borne him one child, a son, Nathan William.

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory were formerly members of the Friends church, but are now, with their family, members of the Christian church. Mr. Gregory votes the Republican ticket and for several years has served as a member of the school board in Green township.

C. Allen Atley

C. Allen Atley, a progressive farmer and thresherman of Liberty township, this county, is a man of likeable qualities, who is keenly interested in all local enterprises. He was born in this county on July 5, 1865, the son of John and Eveline (Sanderson) Atley, the former of whom was born in Adams county, Ohio, and the latter in Liberty township, this county, the daughter of Henry N. and Sarah (Earley) Sanderson. Sarah (Earley) Sanderson was a daughter of Solomon Earley, who was one of the early landholders of Liberty township. Henry N. Sanderson was an early settler in Clinton county, a school teacher and farmer by occupation. He owned four hundred acres of land and operated a private bank at his home in the country for the convenience of his neighbors and was otherwise active in local affairs.

John Atley was the son of Henry and Sarah Atley, natives of Kentucky. Henry Atley's grandfather and two of his brothers came from France with Lafayette during the Revolutionary War, and, after the close of the Revolutionary War, settled in Virginia. In earlier times the Atley name was written "De Atley." While Henry Atley was still single, he moved to Adams county, Ohio, where he entered two hundred acres of land, which he held during the remainder of his life. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and died at the age of ninety-four. He and his good wife had seven children, one of whom was John Atley, the father of C. Allen Atley. John Atley left Adams county at the age of twenty years and came to Clinton county one year before the breaking out of the Civil War. He prospered here and was the owner of one hundred and fifty-three acres at the time of his death. The family, however, held over four hundred acres, a part of which had been inherited by Mrs. John Atley from her parents. John Atley died in 1910 and his widow is still living. They were the parents of six children, of whom C. Allen Atley, the subject of this sketch, was the eldest, the others being Nelia, Elie, Ellie, Anna and Effie. Elie married Harvey Garber and lives in Liberty township, this county; Ellie married George Drake, of Wilson township; Anna married EH. P. Stotler, of Green township, and Effie married Henry Sprague, of Richland township.

Mr. Atley was educated in the public schools of Clinton county and has always been engaged in farming. In 1918 he remodeled his barn and owns in his home farm one bundred and eighty-two acres. During the past three years he has been engaged, in partnership with two neighbors, in the management of a threshing machine. Mr. Atley married Nettie Rockhill, who was born in this county, the daughter of John G. and Lydia Emily (Green) Rockhill, and to this union four children have been born, John C. (deceased), Earnest Vernon, Earl Russell and Allen Denver, all of whom live at home

Mr, and Mrs, Atley are members of the Methodist Protestant church at Port William and are regular attendants at Sunday school. Mr. Atley is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, including both the subordinate and encampment branches, and is also a member of the Daughters of Rebekah. He takes an active interest in local affairs and is a member of the boar1 of education, Although Mr. Atley is nominally a Democrat, he is more or less independent in voting.

Edward Lewis Johnson

Edward Lewis Johnson, now the proprietor of one hundred and seven and one-half acres of land in Liberty township, this county, was born on October 31, 1863, im the township where he lives, the son of Isaiah and Deborah (Ferguson) Johnson, both of whom were born in Clinton county, the former on February 29, 1824, and the latter about 1832, the daughter of Anderson and Anna (Fires) Ferguson. Anderson Ferguson was a Virginian, who came to Ohio before his marriage and settled in Clinton county. After a short time, he moved to Fayette county and then to Illinois, settling in Shelby county, where he became a large landowner. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church,

Isaiah Johnson was the son of John Johnson, also a native of Virginia, who, after his marriage, came to Ohio and settled on the present site of Cincinnati. Subsequently, he came to Clinton county and finally purchased the farm now owned by Edward L. Johnson, comprising at that time sixty acres of land. He and his wife were the parents of five sons and four daughters. Isaiah Johnson was educated in the common schools and was a carpenter by trade. He owned one hundred and eight acres of land in Liberty township, comprising the sixty acres of land which his father had owned, and was active in local affairs, especially in the affairs of the Christian church. For some time he served as trustee of Liberty township. To Isaiah and Deborah (Ferguson) Johnson was born six children, Nathan, Anna, Belle, Edward, John, Rufus and Carrie, all of whom are living. The father of these children died about 1900 and the mother in March, 1910.

Educated in the common schools of Liberty township, Edward Lewis Johnson has always been engaged in farming. On January 9, 1890, he was united in marriage to Jerretta Bentley, who was born in this county, a daughter of HE. V. Bentley, a farmer of Clinton county, who is now living retired in Wilmington. To Mr. and Mrs. Johnson four children have been born, Hilen, Ethel, Flora and Mary. Of these children, Ellen, the eldest, married Gurney Kersey, who died in August, 1914, leaving two children, Catherine and Mildred,

Mr, and Mrs, Johnson are members of the Christian church at Wilmington. They are regular attendants at the services and liberal contributors to the support of the church,

Frank Curtis

Among the industrious farmers of Liberty township, this county, is Frank Curtis, who was born in this county on May 6, 1866, the son of David and Martha J. (Truitt) Curtis, the former of whom was born in Virginia and the latter in Clinton county, the daughter of George and Abbie (Applegate) Truitt. George Truitt was a farmer and large landowner in Clinton county, The patrnal grandparents of Frank Curtis were Christopher Curtis and wife, who were natives of Virginia and were married in that state. After their marringe, they came to Ohio and engaged in farming in Clinton county. They were devout members of the Baptist church.

David Curtis, the father of Frank Curtis, was still a young man when he came from Virginia to Clinton county with his parents. In time he came to own six hundred acres of land, having been a very successful farmer. Although not a member of any church, he was an attendant at the Baptist church. He died some years ago, and his widow is still living in Green township, this county. They were the parents of nine children, of whom Frank, the subject of this sketch, was the fourth in order of birth. Three of the children, Sarah, Jennie and Lula, are deceased. The other living children are A. A., William, Elzie, Lucy and George. :

Frank Curtis, who was educated in the common schools of Green township and was reared on his father's farm in this county, was married in December, 1886, to Lucinda _Morton, who was born in Clinton county, the daughter of Isaiah and Jennie (Lieurance) Morton, farmers in Green township and' life-long members of the Baptist church. After his marriage, Mr. Curtis located on the old home farm, where he lived until about seven years ago, at which time he purchased the farm of one -hundred and one acres, where he now lives and where he is profitably engaged in general farming.

To Frank and Lucinda (Morton) Curtis twelve children have been born, of whom one, Russell, is deceased, the living children, in the order of their birth, being Lonnie, Roy, Carl, Elzie, Chloe, Sarah, Alice, Lucy, Martha, Opal and Burdsal.

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis are popular citizens of Liberty township. Mrs. Curtis is a member of the Baptist church and active in the various works of the church. Mr. Curtis is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Another of the grandsons of the well-known pioneer family of McKay in this county is Clarence H. McKay, of Chester township, the son of Jonathan McKay, and a keen, ambitious and intelligent young farmer and stockman. He is the owner of two hundred and eighty-eight acres of land, and is also an extensive dealer in hogs and cattle, which he buys and sells.

Clarence H. McKay was born on the farm where he now lives in Chester township, this county, on January 2, 1874, a son of Jonathan and Elizabeth J. (Medsker) McKay. Jonathan McKay was born on August 3, 1834, in Chester township, this county, and was reared on a farm. He received a good, common school education and on June 18, 1862, at the age of twenty-eight, was married to Elizabeth J. ,Medsker, who was born on August 30, 1838, a daughter of Michael and Sarah (Graham) Medsker. Michael Medsker was born in January, 1812, near Hillsboro, Highland county, Ohio, and was reared on a farm. On May 14, 1833, he married Sarah Graham, who was born on March 18, 1811, and to this union nine children were born. The mother of these children died in October, 1862, and in May, 1865, Mr. Medsker married Elizabeth Zink. Jonathan McKay and wife were the parents of five children, two of whom died early in life, the children who survive being Francis M., who married Lucy McClintock; Luella, the wife of Walter Lackey, and Clarence H., the immediate subject of this review. Jonathan McKay owned two hundred and twenty acres of land two miles east of New Burlington, where he was a prosperous farmer and a well-known and influential citizen of his community. He served as a steward in the Methodist church for many years, and politically, was identified with the Republican party.

The founder of the McKay family in America was Andrew McKay, a native of Scotland, and a member of the Society of Friends, who, some time prior to 1766, married Jane Ridgeway, and settled in Frederick county, Virginia. They were the parents of five children, Moses, Enos, Jacob, Margaret and Patience. Moses McKay was born on September 17, 1766, and in 1793 married Abigail Shinn, who was born on May 3, 1776, in Stafford county. Virginia, the daughter of George and Rachel Shinn, and to this union were born thirteen children: Rachel, born on January 19, 1794; Robert, December 17, 1795; Sarah, November 11, 1797; George, March 11, 1800; Francis, January 19, 1802; Margaret, January 16, 1804; Jonas. September 9, 1806; Virginia, August 22, 1808; Maria, May 23, 1811; Jonas T., May 10, 1813; Levi, February 29, 1816; Jacob F., June 3, 1819, and Mary E., July 27, 1822. Moses McKay and family emigrated by way of Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, to Lebanon, Ohio, about 1814, and later settled near Waynesville, in what is now known as Massey township, Warren county, Ohio. Moses McKay died on January 28, 1828, his widow surviving him but six months, her death occurring in July, 1828. Their son, Francis, the fifth child in the.family, was educated in the pioneer schools, and on October 7, 1830, married Mary Collett, who was born on November 7, 1808, the daughter of Moses and Rebecca Collett. 'They were the parents of eleven children. Francis McKay was a man 'well known in the community where he lived, and was greatly missed when he died, March 26, 1871, not only by the loved ones of his own family, but by the poor and needy, to whom he had been a very great benefactor.

Clarence H. McKay, the grandson of Francis and Mary (Collett) McKay, received his education in the common schools of Chester township. At the age of sixteen years he started life on his own responsibility, on the farm which he now owns, a farm comprising two hundred and eighty-eight acres, where Mr. McKay carries on general farming and stock raising, and is accounted one of the most enterprising and thrifty young farmers of Clinton county. In 1914 he remodeled his house and now has a splendid country home, equipped with all modern conveniences.

On June 3, 1896, Clarence H. McKay was married to Flora Beam, the daughter of Daniel and Susan Beam, and to this union have been born four children, Albert, Eva, Ada and Mary BE.

Mr. and Mrs. McKay are prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is both recording steward of the congregation and superintendent of the Sunday school. Mr. McKay votes the Republican ticket, and fraternally, is identified with the Free and Accepted Masons.

Thomas F. Bernard

It is a well-attested fact that the greatness of a community or state lies not in the machinery of government, or even in its institutions; but rather in the sterling qualities of the individual citizen. in his capacity for high and unselfish effort and his devotion to the public welfare. In these particulars, the venerable Thomas F. Bernard, of Wayne township, has conferred. honor and dignity upon this county, and ha& been connected with the advancement of one of the most flourishing and progressive sections of the commonwealth. He is descended from distinguished ancestry, his grandfather having been a soldier in the American Reyolution, and was with General Washington at the surrender of Cornwallis.

Thomas F. Bernard was born on February 28, 1832, in Fairfield township, Highland county, Ohio, the son of George W. and Harriett (McConnell) Bernard, the former born on September 13, 1799, in Goochland county, Virginia, and the latter in Brown county, Ohio, the daughter of James McConnell.

George W. Bernard was the son of Thomas F. and Mary (Hicks) Bernard, the former of whom was the son of William and Mary (Fleming) Bernard, of Goochland county, Virginia. William Bernard, who was a farmer and carpenter, and an extensive slave owner in the Old Dominion state, was a soldier in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War, serving under General Washington for five years. He participated in the battles of Germantown, Monmouth, Trenton, Stony Point and Yorktown. In 1807 he left Virginia and came to Ohio, having started from Virginia on April 10, 1807, and arriving in Ohio, on June 10, of the same year, having been just two months on the way. He and his wife spent the remainder of their lives in Highland county, this state. Thomas F. and Mary (Hicks) Bernard were the parents of eight children, John, George W., Thomas, Sallie, Bettie, Mary, Susannah and Nancy.

George W. Bernard, the second son of Thomas F. Bernard, received only a limited education. On March 1, 1883, he came to Clinton county from Highland county, locating on a farm in Green township, subsequently becoming the owner of about five hundred acres of land. He did much clearing and draining and lived to a very ripe old age, passing away quietly on July 23, 1895, at the age of nearly ninety-six years. Nine children were born to George W. and Harriett (MeConnell) Bernard, Thomas F., James K., Mary, Jane, John, Sallie, George, Charles and Elijah. George was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War. The late George W. Bernard and his wife were members of the Friends church, while politically, Mr. Bernard was an adherent of the Democratie party.

The rudiments of an education were obtained by Thomas F. Bernard in a logcabin school house in Green township, this county. Having begun when a young man to work on his father's farm, in 1855, one year after his marriage, he purchased a farm" of fifty acres in Wayne township. He has added to his land holdings gradually from year to year until he is now the owner of three hundred and fifty-eight acres of excellént land. During his active life Mr. Bernard was an extensive stockman, but Bean from active farming in 1913.

On October 15, 1854, Thomas F. Bernard was married to Sophia West, the daughter of Harrison and Jane West. Of the nine children born to this marriage, two, Martha ' Anna, the eldest, and William C., the eighth born, are deceased, the others being as follow: Harriett Jane, who became the wife of Jehu Steele; Mary E., the wife of Thomas Hagerty; Virginia, the wife of Jackson Fry; Minerva, the wife of William McKay; Charles E., who married Nettie Steele; Elizabeth, who became the wife of Elmer Page; Hugh, who married Bessie Achor, and Thomas J., who married Marley Achor. The mother of these children died on May 18, 1907.

Dennis Stephens

Dennis Stephens, who now owns a good farm of one hundred and fifty-five acres in Liberty township, and who is prominent in the educational affairs of Clinton county, was born on April 10, 1868, in Greene county, Ohio, the son of Lewis A. and Catherine (McDorman) Stephens, the former of whom was born in 1844, in Highland county, Ohio, and the latter in Clinton county, the daughter of Risdon and Tacy McDorman, natives of Virginia, who settled in Clinton county after their marriage, and here owned a small farm. They were members of the Methodist Protestant church.

The paternal grandparents of Mr. Stephens were residents of Highland county, Ohio. John Stephens, the paternal grandfather, was born in Highland county, and lived in that county all his life. He was a large landholder, owning approximately five hundred acres, altogether. By his first wife he had seven children, Lewis A., Casper, Curren, John, Elizabeth, Julia and Mary. By his second wife there were two children, William and Charles. The great-grandfather was John Stephens, a native of Virginia, who came on horseback to Ohio and located in Highland county, where he owned a large tract of land. He had five sons.

The late Lewis A. Stephens was educated in the common schools, and served valiantly as a Union soldier during the Civil War, a member of Company M, Twelfth Ohio Cavalry, serving two years and eight months. Later he became active in public affairs in this county and was a prominent member in the Friends church. He died on June 30, 1885, and his widow survived him until June 12, 1894. They were the parents of seven children, of whom Nellie died at the age of eighteen, Clarence at the age of seven and Roscoe at the age of eighteen months. The living children are W. O., Dennis, the subject of this sketch, Vivie and Webster, all of whom are married except W. O. Vivie, who is a resident of Xenia, Ohio, married Harry Higgins, and had one child, Edward Lewis.

Educated in the common schools of Port William and reared on the farm, Dennis Stephens was married on June 30, 1898, to Nora Hunnicutt, who was born in Liberty township, this county, daughter of Wilson and Mary Hunnicutt, to which union five

Mr. and Mrs. Stephens are members of the Friends church and attend the Sunday school, Mr. Stephens being a teacher of a class and has been assistant superintendent of the Sunday school. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has served as trustee of Liberty township for three terms, being active in the local councils of the Republican party. -

John B. Wical

_ John B. Wical is a successful farmer and public-spirited man of affairs of Wilson township, this county, who was born on April 9, 1860, in Mercer county, Ohio, the son of Jonah and Permelia (Henderson) Wical, the former of whom was born in Greene county; Ohio, and the latter in Mercer county, the daughter of Bushrod Henderson, who was a farmer in that county.

The paternal grandparents of John B. Wical were George and Hattie (Ogden) Wical, natives of Greene county, Ohio, but who lived near the Clinton county line. George and Hattie (Ogden) Wical were pioneer farmers of this section. They had eight children, John, Jonah, Michael, Jane, Ann, Emily, Isabel and Eliza.

Jonah Wical received a common school education and farmed seventy-five acres of land in Wilson township. He and his wife are still living. They are the parents of nine children, of whom John B. is the eldest, the others being Mary, William, Clem, Peter, Blizabeth, S. Milton and Hilton (twins) and Charlotta.

John B. Wical was educated in the common schools and has always been engaged in farming. He owns one hundred and forty-two acres of land and has a farm which presents a splendid appearance. On December 24, 1884, he was married to Ella Spears, the daughter of S. C. Spears, a farmer of this county, to which union have been born three children, Grover, Frank and Thurman. Grover, who lives in Reesville, married Ora Wilson, Frank, a resident of Clinton county, married Clara Morris. Thurman is unmarried and lives at home with his parents.

John B. Wical is a member of the Wilson township school board and, for many years, has taken an active part in the educational affairs of Wilson township. He is widely known in that township and is one of its most highly respected citizens,

Laurence Good Wright

Laurence Good Wright, one of the most erent young farmers in Green township, this county, has been well prepared for agriqulture, having been graduated from the agricultural department of Ohio State University in 1911.

Laurence Good Wright is the son of James M. and Rachel (Good) Wright and was born in Highland county, Ohio, July 31, 1888. His father was a native of Highland county, born on January 7, 1854, and his mother a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, born on August 31, 1852, The father was reared in Highland county and, when a boy, moved to New Vienna, this county, where he began working by the month, then engaged in the mercantile business for a few years and later engaged in farming, in which he was very successful, having been the owner of about three hundred acres of land in Green township, near New Vienna, at the time of his death, on June 15, 1918. He was also a stockholder in the bank at New Vienna. He was a Republican and was a member of the Grange and of the Sons of Veterans. He was a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which his widow is also a member.

The late James M. Wright was the son of Thomas McOlain and Sarah Ann (Woodmansee) Wright, who were pioneers in Highland county. Thomas McClain Wright was a soldier in the @ivil War and died during the service in 1864, at Raymond, Mississ-

CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. 807 ippi. He was a wagon-maker by trade. His widow died in Green township, this county, in 1911. Rachel Good was the daughter of Charles and Betsy (Moore) Good, who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in pioneer times and spent the rest of their lives at New Vienna. They were members of the Hieksite Friends church and Charles Good was one of the organizers of the bank at New Vienna. Laurence Good Wright is one of four children born to his parents, the others being H. Doyle, Edith B. and Alice, all of whom are living. :

Laurence Good Wright moved to the farm, which he 'now owns, with his parents in 1802, and there he has since resided. He was educated in the public schools of New Vienna and was graduated from the New Vienna high school in 1907. In 1911 he completed the agricultural course at Ohio State University. He owns one hundred and | twelve acres of land comprising the old homestead, and has made many improvements upon the farm. He has specialized in registered Jersey cattle and has a dairy on the farm, keeping about thirty cows.

On June 12, 1912, Laurence G. Wright was married to Bessie Lewis, of Clermont county, Ohio, the daughter of Charles and Emma Lewis, to which union two daughters have been born, Eleanor Lewis, born on April 1, 1914, and Edith Esther, August 14, 1915.

Mr. Wright is a Republican... He is a member of the Grange and he and his wife are active members of the Methodist IXpiscopal church, enjoying the friendship and esteem of all in that section of the county. °