Clinton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1915 (part 3 of 26)

Bramble Ward, who for many years was one of the best-known and most influential residents of that part of Clinton county. Elon B. Ward was born near the village of Madisonville, this state, on September 27, 1822, and lived to be nearly ninety years of age. He was one of the eleven children of Morris and Mary (Bramble) Ward, the former of whom was born in New Jersey on October 19, 1790, and the latter of whom was born in Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, on July 25, 1795. Morris Ward was one of the six children of Israel and Sarah (Cook) Ward, the former of whom was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who followed his father from New Jersey to Ohio, locating in October, 1811, in the Madisonville neighborhood, where the rest of his life was spent. Israel Ward was one of the seven sons of Joseph Ward, who was born in New Jersey in the year 1734, his other sons being Jeremiah, Amos, Usual, Stephen, Isaac and Aaron.

Joseph Ward and his three eldest sons, Jeremiah, Amos and Israel, were soldiers in the patriot army during the Revolutionary War, the three sons living to draw pensions from the government for such service, these pensions being granted about the year 1832. Israel Ward went into the service at the age of sixteen and he brought with him, upon coming to Ohio, the musket he carried during the war. This ancient musket stood in his room, with bayonet fixed for hand-to-hand charge, until his death, in June, 1846.

In the year 1797 Joseph Ward emigrated from New Jersey to Ohio and entered from the government a section of land nine miles from Cincinnati, in Hamilton county, where the town of Madisonville now is situated. He built a log house in the wilderness and there spent the rest of his life, his death occurring in 1828, he then being ninetyfour years of age. Joseph Ward's wife was killed by the Indians and he married, secondly, a woman of the name of Muchmore, continuing to live in the pioneer cabin until his death. Joseph Ward's sons all followed him, one by one, from New Jersey to Ohio, all settling on the same section of land, Israel being the last to come.

Morris Ward, son of Israel and Sarah (Cook) Ward, was about twenty-one years of age when he accompanied his parents from New Jersey to Ohio in the fall of 1811. On February 10, 1814, he married Mary Bramble, whose father, Elon Bramble, had brought his family from Pennsylvania to Ohio in the fall of 1801, floating down the Ohio river in a small flatboat. Elon Bramble and his wife were the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters, Laban, Major, Ayres, Fannie, Lavina and Mary, the last named of whom was the great-grandmother of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Botts. To Morris and Mary (Bramble) Ward were born eleven children, namely: Abigail, who married Martin Varner and died without issue; Elizabeth, who married Solomon Waybright, and had two children, Benjamin A. and Henrietta W.; Marietta, who married William Ereheart, and had one daughter, Eveline; Elon B., father of Mrs. Botts; Benjamin C., who married Sarah Holt, upon whose death, four years later, he married, secondly, Matilda Chew, to which latter union two children were born, Morris and Frank; Ayres B., who married Flizabeth Pearson, upon whose death he married, secondly, Margaret Rutlege, to neither of which unions was there issue; Harriet C., who married David Stites, and had four children, Mary, Priscilla, Phoebe and George; Frances, who married John Giffin; Danforth B., who remained unmarried, and Isaac and Edgar, who died in infancy.

Elon B. Ward was united in marriage on November 26, 1845, to Anne Marie Vanmiddlesworth, to which union were born six children, Marietta. Sarah FEljlen, Catherine W., Jane V., Alfred B. and Elon B. The mother of these children died on January 24. 1864, and Elon B. Ward married. secondly, Sarah M. Vanmiddlesworth, sister of his first wife, to which latter union two children were born, Jefferson and Anne Maria, the former of whom died at the age of six months. Of the above named children, Marietta married Watkins J. Farren, Sarah Ellen married George King, Catherine W. married Elisha T. Custis, Jane V. married James Williams, Alfred B. married Ida May Hoskins, Elon B. married Mary Shaffer and Anne Maria married Charles Botts.

Mr. and Mrs. Botts are members of the Baptist church, to which all their children also are attaehed, and all take a warm interest in the affairs of the church, as well as in all good works in their neighborhood, this family being regarded as one of the leaders in affairs generally in their community. Mr. Botts has taken much interest in public affairs and is keenly concerned in all measures looking to the advancement of the common welfare. For nearly twenty years he served his township in the capacity of supervisor of highways and made an excellent reputation in that direction. He is held in high repute in his community and enjoys the confidence of all.

Benjamin Dunham Ashcraft Noscar

The founder of the Noscar family in America spelled his name Noftzgar, but this presently was stripped of some of its superfluous letters, for the sake of convenience, and later generations of the family have been quite well contented with the more simpli. fied form of the spelling noted in the caption of this brief biographical sketch. The first of the name to come to America was John Noftzgar, who came from Germany, locating in Maryland, where for some time he was connected with the military service. He later married and he and his wife emigrated to Ohio, coming down the Ohio river on a flitboat. They brought with them a favorite cat. Some time after their arrival at their new home, in the Madisonyille section of Hamilton county, where they located, they missed the cat. Much to their astonishment, they later learned that the cat, following that marvelous sense of direction for which cats are so particularly noted, had returned to its old home in Maryland. The Noftzgars settled in Hamilton county. at about the point where 'the Longworth property. in Cincinnati, now is situated, and there they reared their family and spent the rest of their lives.

William Noftzgar, son of John and Jane Noftzgar, was reared on the pioneer farm. in the Cincinnati neighborhood and married Elizabeth Ashcraft, daughter of Dunham Asheraft and wife, natives of the north of Ireland, of Scottish descent, who emigrated to America and also settled in the Madisonville neighborhood near Cincinnati, where the rest of their lives were spent. Dunham Ashcraft was a shoemaker and became one of the best-known and most popular residents of that section in his day. For some years before his death, John Noftzgar gave much time trying to make a machine that would work by 'perpetual motion."

Upon reaching manhood, William Noftzgar, or Noscar. as he later became known, became a fireman on the railroad out of Cincinnati, and for some years was engaged in the railway service. He then became head sawyer in Crane's mills. a position he also held for years, after which he went to Missouri, where he was engaged for some {ime in operating a saw-mill. He then returned to Cincinnati and upon the breaking out of the Civil War enlisted for the ninety-day service, at the end of which he moved to Plensantplain (now Winsor), in Warren county. this state. where for some years he operated a saw-mill. To William and Elizabeth (Ashcraft) Nosecar were born two children. Upon the death of the mother of these children, William Noscar married, secondly, Sybil Ann Loose, member of a pioneer family of the Pleasantplain neighborhood, to whieh union three children were born. Mrs. Noscar's grandfather. Alfred Scudder, was the owner of five hundred acres of land in that vicinity and he leased to his granddaughter's husband fifty acres, which Mr. Nosear later bought, at the same time adding thereto twelve acres, and on this farm he spent the remainder of his days. His widow is still living. .

Benjamin Dunham Asheraft Nosear, son of William and Elizabeth (Ashcraft) Nosear, was born in Hamilton county, this state, in the year 1855. His parents moved to Warren county during his youth and he was reared there. He spent three years at Lynchburg, in this county. learning the shoemaker trade. but never worked at the same. He concluded this apprenticeship when he was about twenty-one years of age and immediately began working on farms in the neighborhood of Lynchburg, continuing this form of occupation until his marriage in 1880, in which year he and his wife moved to Cincinnati, where for more than four years he was engaged at work in a coal yard. He then returned to this county and in 1899 bought the farm on which he now lives, in Washington township. This farm of fifty acres is well improved, Mr. Noscar having made all the improvements on the same with the exception of the frame of the barn.

In 1880 Benjamin Noscar was united in marriage to Mary Winston, who was born at Loveland, in Hamilton county, this state, a daughter of George and Mary (Sears) Winston, both of English descent. George Winston came to America as a young man and lived to be ninety-four years old. To this union three children have been born, Leuelda, Mary Elizabeth and Howard William. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Noscar spent one year in Warren county, five years in Clinton county, then moved to Selma, Clark county, for one year, then to Cincinnati for about five years, then moved to Clinton county, where they are now situated.

Mr. and Mrs. Noscar are members of the Methodist church, to the affairs of which they are devoted, and their children have been reared in this faith. Mr. Noscar is held in high repute in his neighborhood and has served his district in the capacity of school director and his township in the capacity of supervisor, in both of which positions of trust and responsibility he acquitted himself in such manner as to win the commendations of his neighborhood.

Lindley Murray Moon

After an honorable, faithful and efficient service of twenty-eight years as a member of the able teaching corps of the Clinton county public schools, Lindley Murray Moon retired from that form of service and engaged in farming, since 1905 having devoted his attention to agriculture in Washington township, where he has a well-kept farm of more than two hundred acres, upon which he is living in comfort, enjoying the confidence and respect of the whole countryside. The same diligent attention to the duties in hand which made Mr. Moon's service as a teacher so successful has been given to the operation of his farm and during the ten years he has followed this vocation he has prospered, being now numbered among the substantial residents of that section of the county. He has been honored by his neighbors and is now serving his second term as township trustee, having been for three years president of the township school board.

Lindley Murray Moon was born on a farm east of Martinsville, in Clark township, Clinton county, Ohio, on March 21, 1857, son of Pleasant and Huldah (Pike) Moon, the former of whom was born in this county on May 20, 1819, and the latter of whom was born in Highland county, this state, on June 16, 1817, daughter of William and Lucy (Butler) Pike, pioneers of that county.

Pleasant Moon was born in Clark township, this county, son of Joseph and Rachel (Hockett) Moon, members of the celebrated Moon colony that came from Sevier county, Tennessee, and settled in Clark township in the year 1809, the year before Clinton county was organized as a civic unit. Pleasant Moon was reared in the forest wilderness surrounding his boyhood home, receiving such education as was provided in the ''backwoods" school of that neighborhood. Upon reaching manhood's estate he married and moved to Washington township and for twenty-six years lived on a rented farm west of where his son, the subject of this sketch, now lives. Following the death of his wife, in 1863, Mr. Moon returned to Clark township, taking a farm near Lynchburg, where he spent the rest of his life, his death occurring in 1885.

To Pleasant and Huldah (Pike) Moon were born sixteen children, tweive sons and four daughters, namely: Lucy, Parker, Rachel, Sarah E., Mary A., Samuel, James A.,

Lindley M., Daniel, Carey, Joseph P., William, Harvey, Stephen R., Elwood and Manary (or Manara). The mother of these children died on May 25, 1863, and in April, 1868, Pleasant Moon married, secondly, Mrs. Susan Boyd, widow of Samuel Boyd and daughter of John and Jane Terrell, who was the mother of five children by her former husband, Jane M., Sylvester W., John T., James and Suzana.

Lindley M. Moon was reared on the home farm in Washington township and attended the district schools of that township until he was nineteen years of age, at which time he entered the training school for teachers at Martinsville and equipped himself for teaching, engaging in this profession the following winter, the pay for his first term's service being at the rate of thirty-five dollars the month. The next winter he was engaged as teacher at the Brown school, near his home, at a somewhat better wage and continued as teacher in that school for four years, working for his father for his board. He then was engaged as a teacher at Macedonia for two years, at a further advance of wages, and then for five years served as principal of the graded schools at Cuba, this county. Following this service he was engaged for two years as teacher at Farmers Station. At this period of his career he meved to Wilmington, where he made his home, and for two years was engaged as teacher at Burtonville, after which he went back to the Brown school in Washington township, teaching there for four years, at the end of which time he was engaged to serve as principal of the central school building at Wilmington, a position which he filled for five years, after which he returned to Cuba, where he concluded his service as a teacher three years later, having for twentyeight years been engaged in instructing the youth of Clinton county, a service of inestimable value. During that time Professor Moon made many enduring friendships, his students, now men and women of affairs in-this county, entertaining for him to this day feelings of the most sincere esteem and deepest gratitude.

While thus engaged in teaching, Professor Moon was looking ahead to the future and made some judicious investments in land. In 1892 he bought a small farm of sixtyone acres in Washington township, later adding an adjoining small farm of fifty-three acres, this being the tract on which he now lives; to this latter adding another tract sixty-five acres in extent, to which seven acres later were added and still later a tract of seventy acres, all adjoining, which gives Mr. Moon a fine farm, all of which is under an excellent state of cultivation and to which he has given his personal attention since the year 1905. This farm has three dwelling houses on it, and Mr. Moon rents the larger part of his land to responsible tenants, giving his chief attention to the tract on which his home is situated. In connection with his general farming, Mr. Moon is engaged extensively in the dairy business and has derived considerable profit from his fine berd of dairy cows. He also is much interested in poultry raising, giving particular attention to Black Langshans, and has found this department of his agricultural operations quite profitable.

On May 22, 1890, Lindley M. Moon was united in marriage to Alice B. Brown (one of his former pupils), who was born in this county, daughter of Isainh and Elizabeth (Anson) Brown, and to this union two children haye been born, Vivian, who died in infancy, and Vira Alice. Mr. and Mrs. Moon have a yery pleasant home and entertain their friends witih the most cordial hospitality. They are interested in all measures designed to udyance the common welfare of their community and are held in the highest regard by all. They are members of the Christian church and Mr. Moon is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being looked upon as one of the leaders in the lodge to which he is attached. For years he has given close attention to public affairs in his neighborhood and is now serving his second term as a township trustee. He has been a member of the Cuba Special District board since 1907 and has been president of that

Harry L. Conner

The Conner family has been represented in Clinton county since 1831, in which year Jacob Conner, born in Maryland in 1801, and his wife, who was Susan White, also a native of Maryland, came to this county and located in Union township, where they became established as among the best-known and most influential residents of that section of the county. Jacob Conner was the son of Patrick and Mary (Lannem) Conner, also natives of Maryland. Patrick Conner was a blacksmith, held a captain's rank in the army of the United States during the War of 1812 and at the close of that war did not return home, the presumption being created that he was numbered with the unknown dead. His widow accompanied her son to this county and spent her last days here. Susan White's father, also a blacksmith, was a soldier during the War of 1812, and he, too, was reported among the missing. His widow spent her last days in Maryland.

Joseph Conner, father of the immediate subject of this sketch. a son of Jacob and Susan (White) Conner, was born in Union township, this county, receiving bis education in the district schools of that township. He always has been a farmer and has been quite successful, most of his life having been spent in Washington township, where he now resides. He has given much attention to public affairs and is regarded as one of the most public-spirited men in the township, his services as ditch commissioner and road supervisor for years having given an impetus to highway improvements and drainage in his community that has resulted in vast improvements in this direction. He is now, and for some time past has been, commissioner of drainage in Washington township and his effective administration of the affairs of that office has met with the approval of all concerned, he being generally recognized as a man of large uséfulness in the community. Two of Mr. Conner's brothers, Jesse and Charles, performed valiant service in behalf of the nation during the Civil War, as soldiers in an Ohio regiment, and survived that dreadful struggle between the states.

Joseph Conner married Eliza Ireland, who was born in Warren county, this state, a member of one of the old families of that county. and to this union two children were born, both sons, Harry L., the immediate subject of this sketch, and Walter S. Mr. and Mrs. Conner are members of the Christian church and their sons were reared in that faith, the family long having been active in the good works of the communitly, their influence ever having been exerted in behalf of all movements designed to elevate the standards of living thereabout.

Harry L. Conner, son of Joseph and Eliza (Ireland) Conner, was born on the home farm in Washington township, Clinton county, Ohio, and his entire life has been spent in that township. He received his education in the neighboring district school and was reared as a farmer, to which vocation he early gave his serious attention. In 1898 he bought the farm of one hundred and two acres in Washington township, on which he since has made his home, and has prospered, being regarded as one of the most substantial farmers of his neighborhood. TFnergetic, industrious and enterprising, he has done well those things which his hand found to do, and is now very well circumstanced, approaching middle life with a fair competence, well fortified against the future chances of fortune.

On February 3, 1888, Harry lL. Conner was united in marriage to Minnie May Stephens, who was born in Union township, this county, daughter of Frank and Sarah Drusilla (Gallaher) Stephens, the former a native of Warren county, this state, and the latter a native of Washington township, this county.

Frank Stephens was the son of Obadiah and Susan (Ireland) Stephens, the former of whom was a native of New Jersey and the latter a native of Warren county, this state. Obadiah Stephens came to Ohio when a lad about seventeen years of age. locating in Warren county, becoming a farmer and later operating a distillery in that county.

About the year 1830 he came over into Clinton county and bought three hundred acres of land in Union township, becoming one of the most substantial farmers in that section of the county, and there spent the remainder of his days. His son, Frank Stephens, married Sarah Drusilla Gallaher, of Washington township, this county, daughter of Haryey and Ann (Williams) Gallaher, the former of whom was the first white child born in Warren county, who later became a resident of Washington township, this county, where both he and his wife spent their last days. One of*their sons, James Gallaher, served the Union as-a soldier in one of the-Ohio regiments during the dark days of the Civil War and survived that great conflict.

To Harry L. and Minnie May (Stephens) Conner thirteen children have been born, namely: Armeda Emaline, Eva Eiza, Hdwin Leslie, Leo Ray (deceased), Otto Neal, Bessie Lillian, Stacey M. (deceased), James Espy (deceased), Susan (deceased), Ruth (deceased), Harold Joseph, Herbert Franklin and Ruby Rotensis. Mr. and Mrs. Conner are members of the Universalist church and their children have been reared in that faith. They ever have taken an active interest in the general welfare of the community in which they reside and are held in the highest regard throughout that whole section of the county.

Frank L. Gallup

Adapting a sentiment once expressed concerning the writing of history, it is appropriate to quote: "Writing history is like making a bouquet in a garden of rare and beautiful flowers - there is such an array of material, so much to choose from, so little that can be chosen, and so much to be left untouched." The same might be said of the biography of a self-made man, such as the subject of this sketch, for in such a life, it is possible only to portray the external events and final results, though their influence may go down to posterity. There is something in the American heart which makes it respond to the word "self-made," as a soldier responds to a drumbeat. When that term is applied to one of our acquaintance, our respect immediately mounts higher, but the hardships encountered on the journey to success fortunately remain in the memory only of the man himself. One of the best-known and most influential merchants is Frank L. Gallup, dealer in carpets and wall paper, who was born in Wilmington on January 27, 1872, the son of Horace and Frances (Crary) Gallup, both natives of Connecticut.

Whatever of success Frank L. Gallup has attained, has been largely through his own efforts, for the father was a man of moderate means, and in those days a college education was indeed a luxury. But the father left his son something far more priceless than means, and that was an honest name.

Horace Gallup came to Wilmington in the pioneer days of 1848, his journey from the East apparently being made in the desire to find full scope for his adventurous nature. Together with his parents and their family, he started a sash and blind factory with his brothers, Alpha and Henry, which they operated successfully, for many years. He was a man of high standing in the community, and was a Mason. His widow, who still survives him, is living in Wilmington. Mr. Gallup was twice married, his first wife being Emily Clevenger by whom he had two daughters, Nettie, the wife of A. E. Caudel, deceased, and whose home was in Westerville, Ohio, and Emma, now Mrs. Charles Hadley of Wilmington.

The children of the second marriage were three in number, of which the subject of this sketch is the eldest. Anna, the eldest daughter, is the wife of H. T. Cartwright, a prominent attorney of Wilmington; Mary, the youngest, is Mrs. P. F. Dixon of Chilieothe, Ohio, her husband being a dentist in that city.

As before stated, the boyhood home of Frank Gallup was at Wilmington, in its schools of which he was educated, this including a course in the Wilmington college. As it was necessary for him ¢arly to assume the responsibilities of life, he first sought and obtained employment from H. G. Cartwright, taking charge of the carpet department of his carpet and dry-goods establishment. Some time after this, Mr. Gallup was employed by Cook & Linton until the death of the former, at which time, Mr. Gallup, who had now become a valuable salesman, took over the carpet department of this business. He first started in business on May 14, 1898, and has grown from a modest beginning to be the largest merchant in his line in the county.

That Mr. Gallup is a good business man by nature as well as by training may be perceived by the fact that starting with a small stock and store, he now has a stock four times as large as that of any other town of the size of Wilmington in the state. The store has a floor space of ten thousand five hundred square feet, and the stock and fixtures occupy two floors and the basement. Mr. Gallup carries a large line of carpets, draperies, wall paper, china, vacuum cleaners, and gives especial attention to the work of home decorating.

On January 21, 1900, Mr. Gallup and Maude Anderson of Leesburg, Ohio, were married, the bride being a daughter of Thomas J. and Jennie (Chew) Anderson. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Gallup are Helen, Mildred and Chester.

Mr. and Mrs. Gallup's church affiliation has been with the Presbyterians of which denomination, the former is now a trustee. Both he and his wife have been valuable members of the church, active and zealous in all of its work, and sincere in their desire to make their lives count for good.

Mr. Gallup is a loyal and energetic member of various organizations. Besides taking his place among the merchants of the city, Mr. Gallup is a prominent Mason, being up to the commandery; is a member of the Elks lodge; the Knights of Pythias, and is a Republican.

One of the honors which has come to Mr. Gallup recently is an office connected with the Commercial Club. Since he has become its treasurer, the financial affairs of this important business organization have been well looked after. In "boosting" its interests, he has also "boosted" the business conditions in Wilmington. He is a ''live wire," and is popular both as a business man and in the social and religious circles in which he and Mrs. Gallup move.

In closing this sketch, it is fitting to note that high moral standards have always actuated Frank L. Gallup, both in his public, business and private life. With honesty and integrity as the key-note to his career, it is not surprising that he has built up a large business, his geniality and kindliness being no small factor in his success.

Otto Grady Brown

Dating from the very beginning of the social order hereabout, the Brown family has been prominently and influentially identified with the best interests of Clinton county, particularly in the Washington township neighborhood. James Brown was one of the very earliest settlers of that section, having come here from Kentucky upon the opening of the Carrington survey and establishing himself as one of the most forceful and energetic pioneers of this region, His son, David Brown, inherited many of the same forceful characteristics and in his generation was regarded as one of the most influential factors in the community life of that part of the county in which his life was spent, he having remained on the paternal acres which were wrested from the forest wilderness by his pioneer father. David Brown's son, William Riley Brown, in his generation, brought to his labors a similar degree of energy and was accounted a man of substance and quality. He was public spirited and enterprising and for eighteen years served his township as trustee, being the incumbent of that office at the time of his death.

forceful family in this county, is carrying on, in his own life, the work bequeathed to him by three generations of energetic forbears and has done equally well, bringing to bear the same talents and energy which placed his father, his grandfather and his great-grandfather in the forefront of the earnest citizenship of their respective fields, and is now serving the township as trustee, following his father's faithful example of devotion to the common welfare of the people of his home township.

Otto Grady Brown has the first tax receipts issued to his grandfather, David Brown, for the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents, this being the taxes on fifty acres of land and his personal property. Mr. Brown also has the first tax receipts of his father on his land.

Otto Grady Brown was born on a farm near Farmers Station, in Clark township, Clinton county, 'Ohio, on July 22, 1872, son of William Riley and Martha Ann (McKibben) Brown, the latter of whom was a sister of W. J. McKibben, to the biographical sketch of whom, presented elsewhere in this volume, the reader is respectfully referred for details regarding this interesting family in Clinton county. William Riley Brown was the son of David and Rebecca -(Lieurance) Brown, the former of whom was born in Washington township, this county, and the latter of whom was born in Ash county, North Carolina, a daughter of George and Mary (Baker) Lieurance, she having come to this county on horseback, with her uncle, at the age of twelve years, locating in the neighborhood of Brown's school in Washington township. Rebecca Lieurance was one of the nineteen children born to her parents, none of whom she ever saw again after coming to this county.

David Brown was a son of James and Mary Elizabeth (Baker) Brown, the former of whom was a native of Kentucky and the latter of whom was one of the very earliest settlers in what is now Clinton county, having come here with her parents shortly after the opening of this settlement and locating in the vicinity of Morrisville. When James Brown came to this section from Kentucky, he crossed the Ohio river at Cincinnati (then called Ft. Washington), where he was offered the pick of land at the rate of one dollar the acre. He passed this flattering offer by, however, and came on north, buying six hundred acres of timber land in the Carrington survey, much of which still is in the possession of the Brown family, Otto G. Brown's farm being a part of this original tract. James Brown erected a log cabin, of the most primitive type, on this purchase and proceeded to clear his land of the dense forest which covered jt. He married Mary Elizabeth Baker, daughter of one of the hardy pioneer couples who had settled near by, and presently supplanted his cabin by a residence of more pretentious appearance, this later to give way to the fine brick house in which his last days were spent, this old brick mansion still standing and in use, being now occupied by the family of William Baker. At the time of James Brown's settlement in this county the wolves still were plentiful hereabout and at times he found difficulty in guarding his homely cabin from the nocturnal incursions of these voracious maurading "varmints." He had to go to Miami mills to have his grain ground, a tiresome trip requiring three days, during which time his wife and little children were compelled to remain alone.

It was amid these conditions of pioneer life that David Brown was reared. A log school house was early erected on the Brown place, near the spot where Otto G. Brown now lives, and there David Brown received his education under the primitive system that then prevailed. Upon reaching his majority he received from his father fifty acres of timber Jand, which he cleared and brought to a state of cultivation. Upon his, marriage to Rebecca Lieurance he erected a humble home in the forest and there he reared his family. By energy and industry he prospered and presently became known as one of the solid and substantial men of the county, his land holdings increasing until he owned three hundred acres of choice land. He and the members of his family were adherents of the Baptist faith and earnest workers in the church of that denomination.

During the Civil War David Brown served as a member of the home guards, or "squirrel hunters," as they locally were known throughout this part of the state. For some time he served as township assessor and took an active part in all public affairs.

William Riley Brown, son of David and Rebecca (Lieurance) Brown received his education in the Brown district school and upon reaching manhood's estate entered upon the life of a farmer, buying one hundred and sixty acres of the old home farm, and there he spent the remainder of his life. At the age of sixteen William R. Brown began to engage in the business of shipping stock, and followed this business with much success all his life, being one of the best-known stock dealers in that part of the county. He married Martha Ann McKibben, member of one of the old families in this county, and later erected the fine home in which his son, Otto, now lives. He and his wife were members of Bethel Christian church, of which he was one of the "main stays," and their children were reared in that faith. William R. Brown was a Democrat and ever took a prominent part in the political affairs of the county, his sound judgment and thorough acquaintance with local conditions giving much weight to his counsels in the deliberations of the party managers. For eighteen years he served his township faithfully in the important office of township trustee and was the incumbent of that office at the time of his death. William R. Brown and wife were the parents of four children, Otto, the immediate subject of this biographical sketch, Oceus, Ohm and Maude.

Otto G. Brown was reared on the paternal farm, receiving his education in the Brown school, and, with the exception of nine years, has spent his whole life on this place, having been located on the old home farm ever since he started farming for himself. He operates one hundred and twenty acres of the original tract purchased by his great-grandfather, James Brown, and has prospered, being accounted quite well circumstanced in world's goods. Mr. Brown has given close attention to political affairs and is prominently identified with the civic life of the county. Six years ago he was elected township trustee, on the Democratic ticket, and is still serving the people of his township in that important capacity, his efforts in behalf of the public welfare having been indorsed by successive re-elections.

On October 11, 1891, Otto G. Brown was united in marriage to Mary Pond, of Washington township, this county, a daughter of Riley and Jemimah (Lieurance) Pond, to which union two children were born, Reba and Riley. Mr. Brown married, secondly, on March 5, 1913, Vesta Bond, of Greene township, this county. a daughter of Thomas and Katie (Smingley) Bond, descendants of early settlers of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Brown take an active part in the social affairs of their neighborhood and are held in the highest regard throughout that part of the county. Mr. Brown is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge and of the Order of Eagles and is very popular with the members of both of these orders.

One of the most highly-treasured relics of a day long gone that is possessed in Clinton county is a Bible four hundred and sixty years old. This truly venerable volume of Holy Writ was brought to America by John Noftsger. grandfather of the gentleman whose name the reader notes above. when he came to this country from Germany back in the early days of the last century. John Noftsger for some time after his arrival in this country was located in Maryland, where he married. He then emigrated to Ohio, locating in Hamilton county, and later moved to Clinton county, where he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. Grandfather Noftsger was a great Bible student, being widely noted for the careful manner in which he searched the scriptures and the old Bible which he brought with him from Germany, and which, even then, was a prized heirloom in the Noftsger family, is now owned by his grandson, C. M. Noftsger, the immediate subject of this sketch. As noted above, this venerable volume is four hundred

Namond Noftsger, son of John and Mary Jane Noftsger, was born in Hamilton county, near the town of Madisonville, and was reared as a farmer. Upon reaching manhood's estate he moved to Butler county, this state, where he married Mary Jane Gerard, daughter of John and Martha Gerard, members of old families in that part of the state, and later came to Clinton county, where, in 1855, he bought the farm in Washington township, where his son, the subject of this sketch, now lives. This farm of eighty acres was brought to an excellent state of cultivation and Namond Noftsger - made on it a good living, rearing his family of ten children in comfort. During the Civil War Namond Noftsger enlisted in the Union army in response to the call for ninety-day men and performed good service. He and his wife were devoted members of the Seventh Day Adventists church and their children were reared in that faith.

C. M. Noftsger, one of the ten children of Namond and Mary Jane (Gerard) Noftsger, was born in Butler county, Ohio, on December 24, 1853, and consequently was but two years of age when his parents moved to this county, practically all of his life, therefore, having been spent on the farm on which he is now living. With the exception of two years he spent in the medicine business at Lancaster, Ohio, C. M. Noftsger has been a farmer all his life. In his early manhood he spent three years engaged in farming in Illinois. He owns thirty-one acres of the old home place, the buildings of which he has remodeled, and is living there very comfortably.

On February 28, 1878, C. M. Noftsger was united in marriage to Mary Eliza Bloom, who was born in this county on August 10, 1858, daughter of William and Miranda (Roberts) Bloom. To this union four children have been born, namely: Maude married William Chambers, living in Washington township; Garri is a painter at Burtonville, Ohio; Harley and Marion. Harley is in Orofino, Idaho, in business with his father-in-law in a department store. Marion is in Moscow, Idaho, manager second floor of the largest department store in the state of Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Noftsger are members of the Seventh Day Adventists church and are warmly concerned in the affairs of that church, being among the leaders in the local congregation, in which both are held in the very highest esteem.

Simeon G. Smith

For one hundred years the family of Ephraim Smith, an English sailor who settled on American shores and became the founder of an extensive family, has been represented in Clinton county, the first of that line of Smiths to come here having been another Ephraim, who came from New Jersey in the year 1816 and located on a farm in Vernon township, on which he conducted a roadside tavern which was famed far and wide in that day for the hospitable character of the entertainment it afforded for the weary traveler. This pioneer tavern was situated on the main east and west highway through this section at that time, over which there was a constant stream of travel, and Hphraim Smith's reputation as a boniface extended far beyond the mere confines of this county. Ephraim Smith was twice married and had a large family of children, the numerous descendants of whom, in this generation, are widely scattered throughout this section of Ohio and many of whom have wandered into other states. Of this numerous family probably the best-known member in Clinton county is the gentleman whose name forms the caption for this interesting biographical review, Simeon G. Smith. a well-known lawyer of Wilmington, who for years has been recognized as one of the lenders of the bar of the Clinton circuit court.

Simeon G. Smith was born on a farm situated on the line separating Washington and Clark townships. in Clinton county, Ohio, on August 18, 1846, son of Amos and Hester A. (Morris) Smith, the former of whom was born on the old Smith homestead

The family of Smiths from which Simeon G. Smith is descended had its origin in this country early in the second quarter of the eighteenth century, when Ephraim Smith, an English sailor, weary of sailing the seven seas, located in Long Island, later moving with his family to New Jersey, where he spent the remainder of his days. Ephraim Smith was born in England in 1691 and died on March 27, 1750, at the age of fifty-nine years, three months and two days. He and his wife, Hannah, the latter of whom died on _ February 5, 1736, were the parents of four children, namely: Ephraim, born on December 15, 1727; Simeon, great-grandfather of the immediate subject of this sketch, born on Friday, January 16, 1730, and died on November 27, 1807; Hannah, born on January 4, 1732, and Daniel, born on June 21, 1734, and died on September 27, 1749.

Simeon Smith, after whom the subject of this sketch was named, was reared to the blacksmith trade and became a man of substance in his home community in New Jersey. On Thursday, June 9, 1768, he was united in marriage to Catherine Servis, daughter of Uri and Elizabeth Servis, and to this union six children were born, as follow: Elizabeth, born on August 29, 1771; Sarah, November 7, 1773; Anna, December 6, 1775; Ephraim, grandfather of Simeon G., born on April 7, 1778, died on October 14, 1838; Cornelius, October 12, 1780, died on January 15, 1859, and Rebekah, October 18, 1783, died on January 7, 1866.

Ephraim Smith, in the third generation from Ephraim, the English sailor, was the first of the line to locate in Clinton county, as set out above. He was twice married, his first wife, Sarah Higgins, grandmother of Simeon G. Smith, having been a daughter of Matthew Higgins, a soldier in the patriot army from New Jersey during the Revolutionary War. Upon her death he married, secondly, Rebecca Dolby, and by both unions had issue, the children of the first union numbering six, namely: Ephraim, a farmer of the Clarksville neighborhood, now deceased; Jonathan, also a former well-known farmer of this county, now deceased; Amos, father of the subject of this sketch; Mary, who married Benjamin N. Austin; Mrs. Eliza Batson and Mrs. Fordyce. To the second union four children were born, as follow: Mrs. Lois Austin, Mrs. Rebecca Osborne, Samuel (deceased) and George, who is living in Iowa.

Amos Smith was reared on the farm in Vernon township and was a farmer practically his whole life. During the period of the Civil War he conducted a general store in the village of Morrisville and then bought a farm in Highland county, this state, on which he spent the remainder of his life. He married Hester A. Morris, member of one of the well-known pioneer families of Highland county and'he and his wife early became recognized aS among the most influential members of the community in which they resided. Hester A. Morris was the daughter of William and Dephsey (Bales) Morris, the former a Virginian and the latter a native of Alabama. William Morris left Virginia during his early manhood, going to Alabama, where he engaged in farming. There he married Dephsey Bales and about the year 1835 came to Ohio, locating in Highland county, where he became a substantial farmer, spending the rest of his life there, living to the great age of ninety-eight years. His wife died at the age of eighty-three and William Morris married, secondly, at the age of eighty-four. He was a prominent member of the Disciples church and took an active part in the affairs of his community, being an influential factor in both the civic and religious life of the county. Amos Smith and his wife also were members of the Disciples church and were active in all good works thereabout. Amos Smith was an ardent Whig and upon the organization of the Republican party transferred his allegiance to that party, for many years being recognized as one of their leaders in his neighborhood. For years he served his community as a magistrate and the soundness of his judgments in such local disputes as required adjudication in his court, secured to him wide fame as a just judge.

To Amos and Hester A. (Morris) Smith were born six children, namely: Samantha, now deceased, who married S. J. Brown; Simeon G., the immediate subject of this sketch; Mary E., who died in the year 1868, at the age of seventeen; Hiram P., a substantial farmer, of Hillsboro, this state; Sophronia, wife of Judge Savage, of Wilmington, this county, and Almeda, who also lives in Wilmington.

Simeon G. Smith's youth was spent at Morrisville, his elementary education being received in the schools of that pleasant village. He supplemented this instruction by a course in Grear's Commercial College at Dayton, this state, after which he entered the law office of Governor McBurney, at Lebanon, Ohio, as a student. So effectively did he apply himself to the study of law under his excellent preceptor that at the end of two years, in 1874, he was admitted to the bar at Lebanon. After thus qualifying for the practice of law, Mr. Smith returned to his native county, locating at Wilmington, where he since has been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. Upon locating in Wilmington, Mr. Smith formed a partnership with the Hon. John S. Savage, former congressman from this district, a mutually satisfactory arrangement which continued until the death of the latter in 1884. Mr. Smith then formed a partnership with W. W. Savage, and this connection continued until the latter's elevation to the bench of the Clinton circuit court in 1900, whereupon Mr. Smith entered into a partnership with F. M. Clevenger, a happy combination of talents, which still exists, to the mutual satisfaction of both. Mr. Smith's success as a lawyer was assured from the yery start and he rapidly rose to a commanding position at the bar of the Clinton circuit court, quickty achieving a reputation for prudent and sagacious practice which extended far throughout this section of the state. Few legal firms in this part of Ohio are better established than that of Smith & Clevenger, that firm's clientele including many important connections hereabout.

On August 27, 1879, Simeon G. Smith was united in marriage to Althea B. Moore, who was born in Missouri, near the city of Cairo, Illinois. She was a daughter of William and Sarah Moore, both of whom now are deceased, and to this union six children have been born, as follows: Wella M., who is a teacher of domestic sceince in the public schools of Covington, Kentucky; Allan, who was graduated from Wilmington College and the law school of Columbia University and is now engaged in the practice of law at Cincinnati; Anna, a teacher in the Wilmington schools; Jessie, also a teacher in the Wilmington schools; Helen, who also occupies a position as teacher in the Wilmington schools, and Kathryn, a student in the Arnold School of Physical Culture, at New Haven, Connecticut.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Disciples church and their children were reared in the faith of that communion. Mr. Smith is a Republican 'and takes a keen interest in the political affairs of his home county, being deeply concerned in all matters having to do with the betterment of conditions in the community to which, for years, he has given devoted efforts. He has served the publie acceptably in the capacity of city councilman at Wilmington and as a member of the city school board, to both of which important trusts he gave his most intelligent attention. He also is alertly attentive to the rapidly-growing business interests of his home city, ever being found among the leaders in movements designed to promote the city's advancement, and, as a director and vice-president of the First National Bank of Wilmington, and formerly a director of the Clinton County National Bank, occupies a prominent position in the financial circles of this region.

Mr. Smith is a prominent member of the Masonie order at Wilmington, having attained to the commandery, and is a past master and a past high priest in the order. He has prospered in the matter of the world's goods, and owns a handsome home on LineolIn avenue, Wilmington, which he built in 1909, and which is the scene of much cordial hospitality, he and his family being regarded as among the leaders in the social affairs of the city. Genial, affable, a thorough lawyer and a gentleman, Mr. Smith is exceedingly popular, not only among his associates at the bar, but among all classes in this county.

Walter H. Hoskins

Approximately one hundred million people come under the influence of the American educational system, and millions are yet to come under the influence of this system. A few realize their maximum potentialities as citizens of the republic, as workers in the home, in the fields and in the marts of trade. An almost unbelievable majority of the people never rise above the plane of superficial thinking and lackadaisical effort. Far too many fail to attain a higher state of culture because they are unwilling to take modest beginnings. A few men have profited in a large degree by our educational system, and Walter H. Hoskins, a splendid young farmer of Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, owes his success in a large measure, no doubt, to the careful and scientific training he received in the public schools of Clinton county and at Wilmington College.

Walter H. Hoskins was born on his father's farm on the Port William pike in the Dover neighborhood of Union township, November 28, 1882, a son of Rev. Josephus and Emily (Gallimore) Hoskins.

Rey. Josephus Hoskins who is a native of Green township, in this county, was born three miles north of New Vienna on April 26, 1841. He is a son of Isaac and Rachel Hoskins, the former of whom was born in 1811, in Guilford county, North Carolina, and died in March, 1897, and the latter of whom was born in 1809, in Guilford county, North Carolina, and died in May, 1854. The parents of Isaac Hoskins, John and Hannah (Hockett) Hoskins, were natives of North Carolina, of Welsh descent. The first members of the Hoskins family to settle in America came about 1750. There were three brothers, one of whom settled in Philadelphia and two in North Carolina. During the War of the Revolution the brothers who located in North Carolina operated a blacksmith shop. All were members of the Quaker church. Jobn Hoskins was the eldest son of Moses Hoskins, he was reared in North Carolina, and was married there. The Hoskins family came to Clinton county, Ohio, in 1813, and settled in Green township in the Fairview neighborhood of Friends.

Walter H. Hoskins attended the Dover district school near his home and later became a student at Wilmington College. He worked with his father on the farm until his marriage, and then rented a farm for a few years, and in 1907, purchased seventy-four acres of the old General Denver farm in the Dover neighborhood of Union township. At the time he purchased the land, it was nearly all covered with timber and there were no fences. Mr. Hoskins has built a new house and barn, and has since erected a garage. He cleared the land of its timber and erected fences and improved the place generally. bs Here he carries on general farming and makes a specialty of raising early lambs, which are dressed and shipped to New York for "baby mutton," and for which fancy prices are received. He also feeds a large number of hogs, being very successful in his live stock business. He has been the local agent for the Regal Automobile Company for some time and has sold a large number of these machines. Mr. Hoskins is considered a very successful young farmer, and has a beautiful farm with neat and attractive grounds.

On September 7, 1904, Walter H. Hoskins was married to Florence Peelle, a native of Wilson township, Clinton county, Ohio, a daughter of Elias and Armetha (Creamer) Peelle. and to this union one child has been born, Robert, who was born on February 11, 1909.

Mrs. Hoskins' father, Elias Hicks Peelle, was born April 5, 1843, in Wilson township, Clinton county, Ohio, and is a son of Reuben and Bmily (Coreoran) Peelle, the former of whom was born in Wilson township, and who gave each of his four sons one hundred acres of land, and each of his daughters an equal value in money. The family were all members of the Friends church. Elias Hicks Peelle married Armetha Creamer, who was born in 1847, in Fayette county, Ohio, and who died in 1909. She was a daughter of Simon and Anna (Johnson) Creamer, the former a native of Fayette county, Ohio, where he was a prominent farmer and an influential member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Hoskins' father is a retired farmer, and for two years has been a resident of Whittier, California. He formerly lived near the corner of Fayette, Clinton and Green counties, Ohio, where he had a farm of one hundred and eighty-five acres of land. He is a member of the Friends church and retired from active farm life in 1904, removing at that time to Wilmington, and in 1918 to California. Mrs. Hoskins, who was the fourth child born to her parents, is one of five children, the others being: Dr. F. A. Peelle, of Wilmington; Delaware C©., a farmer living in Union township; May, who is a trained nurse living with'her father; and Pearl T., who is the wife of Burritt Hiatt, of Wilmington.

Mr. Hoskins has a birthright membership in the Dover meeting of the Friends church. He is a Republican and is well known and popular in Clinton county.

Sullivan D. Chancellor

It may prove a bit of interesting information to the many friends of Sullivan D. Chancellor, proprietor of the well-known Chancellor saw-mill at Wilmington, this county, to learn from the following biographical sketch of that popular manufacturer, that he is a lineal descendant of William the Conqueror's first chancellor. Though Mr. Chancellor is not much given to vaunting his descent, his family having been so long established in this country as to lose that high measure of consideration for distinguished ancestry which marks social relations in Europe, the fact of this distinguished descent is so interesting from a genealogical point of view that the biographer is taking the liberty to make reference to the same here, regarding it as a very proper point to be brought out in a historical and biographical work of this character.

The founder of the well-known Chancellor family was M. Gaultier, a distinguished French law oflicer of the crown, who accompanied William of Normandy on the Conqueror's historic invasion of England in the year 1066. Chancellor Gaultier was wont to affix his name to crown documents as "M. Gaultier le Chancelleur," indicative of his official position. His descendants gradually dropped the "Gaultier," writing the name "Le Chancelleur." Time gradually made further changes, until in the fourteenth century we find the "le" dropped and the French form of spelling changed to the Anglo- Saxon "Chancellor," which form since has been retained by the family. The founder of the family in this country was Richard Chancellor, who married Catherine FitzGerald, an Irish girl, and came to America in 1682, the descendants of this pair now being found in practically every state in the Union and in many cases have been persons of power and influence in their respective communities.

Sullivan D. Chancellor was born on a farm in, Chester township, Clinton county, Ohio, on September 16, 1855, the son of William and Abigail J. (Colvin) Chancellor, the former of whom was born in Virginia in the year 1825 and the latter of whom was born in Warren county, this state, in the year 1827. William Chancellor was the son of Hyrocelus and Rebecca (Rowe) Chancellor, both natives of Virginia, who, in 1848, emigrated from Virginia to Ohio, locating in this county, where for about twelve years Hyrocelus Chancellor taught school, engaging in farming during the 'periods of the summer vacations. In the winter of 1855-56 the Chancellor family moved from this county to Oxford, Indiana, where Hyrocelus Chancellor and his wife spent the remainder of their days.

William Chancellor was eighteen years of age when his parents emigrated from Virginia to this county. He taught school for several years and was married in this county to Abigail J. Colvin, daughter of John .and' Margaret (Neil) Colvin, the former of whom was a native of Kentucky and the latter a native of Philadelphia. John Colvin was a wagon-maker, who settled in Hamilton county, this state, where he worked at. his trade, becoming well-to-do; among his holdings being a number of lots that are now very valuable, the growth of the city of Cincinnati having' brought that tract within the corporate limits. He became surety on a note of a friend, who defaulted, and in discharging the obligation John Colvin was rendered a bankrupt, being compelled to start all over again. Following this ill stroke of fortune, Mr. Colvin and his family moved to Canbytown, in Warren county, this state, where they remained for a few years, at the end of which time they came to this county, settling in Chester township, buying a' small piece of land on Buck run, on which Mr. Colvin erected a wagon-making shop and continued to follow his trade. He and his family were active in all the good works of the © community. William Chancellor and his wife accompanied the parents of the former to their new home in Oxford, Indiana, where he engaged quite successfully in the livestock business. He and his wife were the parents of but two children, sons, Sullivan D., the subject of this sketch, and Leonidas M.; the latter died in Wilmington in 1910, having for years been associated with his brother in business. William Chancellor died in January, 1865, in the very zenith of his business career, of what probably was appendicitis, though at that time this malady was known merely as an inflammation of the bowels. His widow returned to this county and married John G. McIntyre, a farmer, spending the rest of her life here, her death occurring in 1889. There was no issue of this second marriage.

Sullivan D. Chancellor was but three months old when his parents moved to Indiana, he having been born in September and their move being made in December, and his early years were spent in the town of Oxford, where he received his primary education. He was ten years of age when his father died and his mother returned to this county with her two sons. The next year his mother remarried and he remained with his mother and stepfather until he was eighteen years of age, diligently pursuing his studies in the district school in the neighborhood of his home. When fifteen years of age, he began looking after himself, "working out" on farms by the month. In 1872 he learned the blacksmith trade under J. R. Littler, remaining with the latter for five years, at the end of which time he set up a blacksmith shop for himself at Starbuck town on prairie road, three miles east of Wilmington, where he remained six months and then returned to Chester township and bought out the man from whom he learned his trade. He taught his brother the trade and took him as a partner in the venture. For several years the brothers maintained this shop and then started a saw-mill nearby, operating the two industries in conjunction. They dissolved the partnership, Leonidas retaining the sawmill and Sullivan taking the smithy. Five years later, Sullivan Chancellor closed the smithy and resumed the partnership with his brother in the milling business, continuing to operate the mill in Chester township until 1900, in which year they moved the plant to Wilmington, where it ever since has been in successful operation. Leonidas Chancellor died in 1910 and Sullivan D. purchased the decedent's interest in the mill, remaiming since that time sole owner of this important and growing industry. He handles all kinds of native lumber. retail, beside which the mill has a quite extensive trade in all kinds of custom sawing.

On January 4, 1882, Sullivan D. Chancellor was united in marriage to Emma S. Dakin. who was born in Warren county, this state, daughter of Hiram Dakin. Both of Mrs. Chancellor's parents are dead, her mother having died when she was an infant. To this union two children have been born, Anna May, who died when sixteen months of age, and Mrs. Lena B. Toops, who, with her two children, Benonia and Anna May, makes her home with her parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Chancellor are members of the Methodist church and are earnestly concerned in the good works of the community, taking an active interest in measures designed to promote the common welfare. Mr. Chancellor is one of Wilmington's most prominent Masons. He has attained to the royal arch chapter in that order and is president of the board of trustees of the Masonic Temple Association of Wilmington. Few citizens of Wilmington display a more active public spirit than does Mr. Chancellor, and he is held in the highest regard in business and industrial circles throughout this section of the state, being regarded very properly as one of the substantial leaders hereabout. .

John Leininger

To America, the "melting pot" of all the nations, every country has contributed its quota to make the truly wonderful cosmopolitan character at once the marvel and the © puzzle of other nations. Here in the sifting that has come from the struggle with wild stubborn Nature and new obstacles to be met and overcome, and the increasingly accentuated splendid qualities of the mother country. A new character has been developed, retaining the best of the old, added to, and developed by the unequalled conditions of a vast new country. The picturesque little principality of Alsace-Lorraine added its contribution, born of the struggle and emerging into splendid young manhood, in the person of John Leininger, the subject of this sketch.

John Leininger was born fifty miles from the noted city of Strasburg, in the quaint little town of Mietesheim, in Alsace-Lorraine, now a part of Getmany, on April 17, 1856. He was the son of John Leininger, who was born in the same place. The paternal grandfather of John Leininger was Jacob Leininger, a well-known blacksmith, who plied his trade all of his life in the place of his birth, dying in Alsace-Lorraine. John Leininger, the son of Jacob Leininger, and the father of the subject of this sketch, learned the blacksmith trade from his father, continuing his labors in Germany in a blacksmith shop of his own. He was a very large sturdy man, a splendid physical type. He belonged to the Lutheran church, following with manly zeal and steadfastness of purpose the early ideals set forth and followed assiduously by the founder of this sect.

John Leininger, responding to the law of change and the love of the wanderlust, emigrated to this country in 1873. While it is true that in recent years, the emigrant coming to our shores is not the "flower of his native soil," yet in the days when John Leininger Jeft a sure thing for an uncertainty and came to this country, unknown and Strange, to cast his lot among new peoples and new conditions, it was a mark of fhe highest courage and fortitude. His patient and steadfast companion, his wife, had died in 1870, Starting in February with his son, John Leininger, after a stormy voyage lasting almost a month, he arrived in America and traveled to Highland county, Ohio in March, 1873.

For a year, he worked on a farm in Highland county, Ohio. At the end of that time, he moved to Clinton county. True to the steady industry and frugality of his race, although a stranger in a strange land, he had Saved. sufficient money to enable him to send to Germany for his children. Later, he opened up a blacksmith shop in Burtonville, Ohio, in which he worked and prospered until his death. On account of the training of his father and his own early work, he returned to his trade as naturally as the tiller to the soil.

The children born to John and Kate Leininger were: John Leininger, the subject of this sketch; Margaret, deceased, who married John Emory; Sarah, who married George Riehl and now resides in Wilmington; Maggie, who married Stanley McKenzie, a farmer of Greene township; Kate, who married Isaac Mobley and now lives in Burtonville; Jacob, who is a farmer residing in Union township, and Michael, who is a farnder residing in Washington township.

: AS a boy John Leininger, the eldest of this family and the subject of this sketch, attended the government schools of Germany, and into his youthful mind were inculcated many of the finest ideals and traditions of his people; but out of school hours, John Leininger was always to be found in the blacksmith shop of his father, literally growing up in the atmosphere where he was to spend the most of his life. We find him in his early youth-attracted to the fiery forge and the fine, physical expression exhibited in the work; watching the splendid figure of his father achieving results easily discernable at hand. His youthful imagination and alert understanding were stirred deeply by the horrors of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, witnessing part of a battle, in and around his home.

The trade of the blacksmith has always been held in good repute among the earliest peoples and even until this day, for it is truly an exacting. trade, and a very necessary one. The blacksmith produces through honest sweat before the eyes of his customers and he can truly look the whole world in the face - and proudly. When John Leininger emigrated with his father to this country he entered the blacksmith shop of his father in Burtonville, where he toiled for many years.

On September 27, 1887, John Leininger was married to Mary Babb, who was born in Union township, Clinton county. To this happy union were born the following children: WBlva, who is living at home; Charles, who married Leona Murphy and is living in Dayton, Ohio; they have one child, Velma C., born on June 25, 1909; and George, who married Edith Summers, and is a farmer living in Washington township.

At the time of his marriage, John Leininger became a partner in his father's business. In 1889 his father died and for a time John Leininger ran the shop alone, but later entered into a partnership with his brother, Jacob. Feeling the "call of the soil," in 1886, he turned the shop over to his brother and engaged in farming. He bought a farm consisting of eighty-seven acres of fine land on the New Vienna pike in Union township, and here he settled and still lives, carrying on general farming.

Mr. and Mrs. Leininger have so improved this tract of land, clearing it and ditching it, that, today, it is one of the finest farms in Clinton county. In addition, in 1905, they built their present. fine, roomy, country home in keeping with its splendid surroundings.

John Leininger, by his honesty and quiet persistency, has won and enjoys the confidence and respect of his neighbors and his many friends. He is a stanch Republican in politics, not seeking office but choosing rather to add the weight of his opinion in a quiet way, influencing his friends by daily deeds well done. His opinion is due to be relied upon, backed by years of well-poised and quiet deliberation. He belongs to that vast array of people who silently but surely mold the opinion and work out the destinies of this nation.

Charles E. Dwiggins

Charles E. Dwiggins. a well-known farmer of Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, is descended on his paternal side as well as on his maternal] side from the very earliest settlers of Clinton county. The family has long been prominent in this county as members of the Society of Friends.

Charles E. Dwiggins was born on December 138, 1856, on the farm where he now lives in Union township, the son of Robert J. and Rebecca B. (Kinsey) Dwiggins, the former of whom was born on February 1, 1832, on the farm where his san, Charles E., now lives, and who died on October 11, 1895, and the latter of whom was born in Union township, on March 31, 1834, and who died on March 14, 1913.

The paternal grandparents of Mr. Dwiggins were Robert and Sarah (Dillon) Dwiggins. the former of whom was a native of North Carolina, born in 1781, and who died in 1839, and the latter of whom was born in 1785, the daughter of Jesse Dillon

'Daniel Dillon was a cousin to Susannah Haworth, the progenitor of the Haworth family in Clinton county and the brother of Jesse Dillon. He came to Todd's fork in 1804, settling on a hundred acres of land, which he sold to Samuel Stanton. Later he bought three hundred acres from George Haworth and his son James. The land was the Brackney farm on Todd's fork. His son, Jesse, owned the Levi Smith farm and sold it to Smith. His son, Walter, owned the home place of Elijah Haworth; Thomas, the John Peebles' farm; Nathan, who married a Haskins," was justice of the peace in Greene township, and after his removal to [llinois served as justice there; William Dillon bought land in the Haskins neighborhood and lived there in early times; he, too, moved to Illinois; Absalom and Joseph went west; one of his daughters married Daniel Hodgson; Jane was the first wife of James Fife and the mother of his children; Ann married Michael Bennett. Jesse Dillon, who was Daniel's brother and the father of Sarah (Dillon) Dwiggins, settled on and improved the Denver farm. He bought the whole of the Heath survey on Todd's fork, containing twelve hundred and ninety-two acres. The land was surveyed for him by Nathan Linton, September 28, 1815. His eldest daughter, Achsah, married Hur Holgson; Susanah married Gayer Starbuck; Martha married Dora Fisher, who owned the William Rannell's farm; he sold that and afterwards owned the David Bailey farm and removed to [linois; Sarah married Robert Dwiggins, Sr.; Hannah married William Wright, who owned a part of the Jacob Jenkins place, which he sold to Joseph Oren, and Oren, in turn, sold it to Isaac Wright, William's brother, both sons of James Wright; Abigail married Isaac Wright; Jonathan Dillon owned the farm known as the Zimri Whinery farm near Gurneyville; there were about two hundred and ninety acres in the farm; Luke obtained the Denver farm and sold it to George D. Haworth; his wife, Charity Wright, was a sister of Isaac Wright; they removed later to Illinois.

When a young man the late Robert Dwiggins, Sr., came to Clinton county, Ohio, and settled on a farm of a hundred and two acres in Union township, where his grandson, Charles E., now lives. He belonged to the Christian church, but his wife was a member of the Society of Friends. A Whig in politics, he served several terms as school director. During his life he went to Grant county, Indiana, and purchased a quarter section of land for each of his elder children. The first seven children in the family settled in Grant county and their descendants still live there. Robert Dwiggins' wife's father and mother, Jesse and Hannah Dillon, came from Nantucket Island about 1800 to the Dover neighborhood in Clinton county, or a little earlier than Jesse's brother. Daniel. Jesse and Hannah Dillon purchased the farm from the government and gave it to their children, The Dillon family were members of the Friends church, and had been whalers, or seafaring people before the Revolutionary War, which drove their boats off the seas.

Robert and Sarah (Dillon) Dwiggins -had ten children, born as follow: Daniel, 1807; Elizabeth, 1809; Susannah, 1810; Lydia, 1812; Hannah, 1814; Sarah, 1817; Isaiah, 1820; Nancy, 1822; Martha, 1825; and Robert J., the father of Charles E., in 1882. The last three of the children lived and died in Clinton county.

Mr. Dwiggins' maternal grandparents were Edmund and Matilda (Ballard) Kinsey, the latter of whom was the daughter of Enoch and Rebecca Ballard, and was born in Clinton county. Edmund Kinsey was the son of Christopher and Mary Kinsey, who were among the earliest settlers in this county. He and his wife lived on a farm in Union township for some time, but later removed to Marshall county, Iowa, where they lived until their death.

Robert J. Dwiggins purchased the interest of his brothers and sisters in the home place and lived and died on his father's farm in Union township. He was a Republican in politics and served as school director. He was also a very strong temperance man, and during the later years of his life voted the Prohibition ticket. He was instrumental in the founding of Wilmington College, and was an elder and overseer in the Dover meeting of Friends. His wife was also an elder in the church. Robert Dwiggins, Sr., built the brick house in which Charles BE. now lives in 1828. There were five children born to Robert J. and Rebecca B. (Kinsey) Dwiggins, of whom Charles E. is the eldest ; Sallie M., who married Allen Brackney, was born in 1862 and is now deceased; Emma, 1866, married Joseph McMillan, and they live near Waynesville, Ohio; Clara Anna, 1868, died in 1871; Mata lives with her brother, Charles B.

Charles E. Dwiggins attended the public and subscription schools of Union township, and later Wilmington College. During the time 'his father was living he remained on the farm and operated it. In 1880, he and A. L. Starbuck purchased a portable sawmill and engaged in custom work for several years. Subsequently, he operated a threshing machine in the neighborhood for twenty years. He and his sister, Mata, operated the home place.

On October 29, 1885, Charles E. Dwiggins was married to Clara E. Hilling, a native of Union township, Clinton county, the daughter of John and Mary (Postlewaite) Hilling, the former of whom died in 1867, and the latter in 1868, when Mrs. Dwiggins was two years old. She grew up with the family of Jesse G. Starbuck. Mr. and Mrs. Dwiggins have had one son, Arthur, who was born on June 11, 1886. He married Anna Carman, and they have two children, Howard C., born on March 24, 1908, and Edith Lucile. September 3, 1910.

Mr. Dwiggins has served as road supervisor of Union township ever since the law creating this office was passed. He is a Republican in politics. At present he is one of the overseers of the Dover meeting of Friends. All of the members of the family belong to the Dover meeting.

Charles E. Dwiggins is a good citizen and an upright, honorable man in all the relations of life. He is popular in the community where he lives and enjoys the confidence of all his neighbors.

Arthur Pd. Antram

No event has occurred in recent years in Union township which cast a deeper gloom over the hearts of the people of this township than the unfortunate accident which resulted in the death of Arthur D. Antram on August 10, 1911. He was a well-to-do and popular farmer of Union township and a man who had a host of friends in this section of Clinton county and prominent in the political and civie life. He was devoted to his family and their interests and was admired by all with whom he had come in contact.

The late Arthur D. Antram was born on the farm where his widow now lives in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, March 27, 1855, and died on August 10, 1911, as a

-result of injuries sustained when his horses ran away in the woods. He died three hours after the accident. He was a son of John M. and Catherine (Babb) Antram, the former of whom was born in Clinton county, Ohio, one mile west of Wilmington, June 19, 1825, and who is still living at the homes of her son, Frank William, and his daughter, Mrs. Arthur A. Antram, the latter of whom was born on July 21, 1827, on a farm in Union township, where Frank Antram now lives, and died on June 24, 1898. John M. Antram is the son of Hiram and Sarah L. (Whitson) Antram, the former of whom was born on January 29, 1798, in Frederick county, Virginia, and the latter of whom was born in 1800 in Center county, Pennsylvania, and who died in 1872. In 1817 Hiram Antram came to Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, with his parents, John and Ann (Hackney) Antram, who were among the first families to settle in Clinton county. Sarah L. Whitson came from Pennsylvania to Madison county, Ohio, in 1816 and to Clinton county in 1817. They were married in Clinton county. John Antram was a farmer and kept a hotel and store at Harveysburg in Warren county for a number of years. Sarah L. Whitson was the daughter of John Whitson, who married a Miss Moore.

Hiram 'Antram's family came from Ireland to Virginia in an early day and the family is of Scotch-Irish descent. Hiram Antram owned a farm of two hundred and thirty-six acres' one mile west of Wilmington. He and his wife had nine children, of whom five are deceased. The living children are: James W., who is living at Monticello, Missouri, and 'who is ninety-two years of age; John M., who is living with his son, Frank William, and is ninety years old; Calvin H., who lives in California; and Priscilla, who married Frank Larzelere. The deceased children are: Emily, who died unmarried; Amanda Louisa, who died in infancy; Joseph, who died in Warren county, Ohio, in 1912; Maria, who married Alfred Haines; and Mary, who died at the age of twenty.

The Antram family is noted for its longevity and John M., who is now ninety years old, has spent all of his life with the exception of six years, when he lived in Warren county, in Clinton county. He grew up on his father's farm and in 1861 was married, after which he purchased seventy-seven and three-quarter acres of land and added to it until he owned one hundred and forty acres at what is now known as Antram Corners. He lived there for thirty-seven years, or until 1888, when he retired and moved to Wilmington: Since 1903 he has made his home with his son. He was trustee of Union. township for four years and an ardent Republican in politics. In 1870 all the members of the Antram family joined the Friends church and John M. Antram was an elder in the church for some time. He was not only a farmer during his active life but was engaged in buying and selling stock. He kept a tavern at Antrams Corners for several years. He had only two children by his marriage in 1851 to Catherine Babb: Arthur D., the subject of this sketch, and Frank William.

Catherine Babb was the daughter of Azel and Hannah (Hollingsworth) Babb, the former of whom was the son of Henry and Elizabeth (Walker) Babb. Henry Babb came to Ohio in 1806 from Frederick county, Virginia, and settled: about a mile and onehalf north of the court house in Wilmington. His wife's father, Mordecai Walker, in 1805, purchased a thousand acres of land from Thomas Posey, the owner of the survey on which Wilmington was laid out, and divided the same into four equal parts, giving each of his four children, twe sons and two daughters, one of these parts. Elizabeth Walker received her portion in the northeast corner of the one thousand-acre purchase, including the land on which Mr. Babb had settled. At the first election of eounty officers, Henry Babb was elected county commissioner and served two years. He was the father of five sons and six daughters. -His sons were. Peter, Thomas, Henry Azel and Samson. His daughters were Mary, who married Thomas Babb; Rebecca, who married William Crumley; Rachel, who married. John Walters; Hannah, who married. Joseph Smith; Lydia, who married a Mr. Smith; and Betsy, who married-a Mr. Wall.

Arthur' D, Antram attended the district school at Antram's- Corners-and later .Wilmington College. After leaving college, he was married and purchased a farm.at the edge of Liberty, in Union township, comprising one hundred and -fifty acres, in partnership with his brother, Frank W. Later he sold his share to Frank W., and lived with his parents, operating the home farm. In 1888, when his parents moved to Wilmington; he purchased a part of the home farm and later bought the entire tract of one hundred and twenty acres. Subsequently, he bought sixty acres of the Curl farm and added it to his land which he already held. In 1910-he remodeled his house.

On February 2, 1878, Arthur D. Antram was married to Margaret Welch, who was born in Ireland and came to the United States with her parents when a baby. She was born on December 25, 1850, and was reared by George and Lydia Bailey, now deceased, who lived on a farm in Liberty township. Mrs. Antram. had a. half-sister, Catherine, who married Samuel Brann, of Wilmington, but more than- that she is not acquainted with her family history. Mr. and Mrs. Antram had three children: . John, Ralph: and Mary C. John was-born. on September 1, 1879, and lives-on a part of the Antram farm which he purchased. .He married Maud South. Ralph, who was born on March 7, 1881, is unmarried and operates the home farm for his mother. Mary C., who was born on December 27, 1883, lives at home. She attended Wilmington College and has taught school for five years. Mrs. Antram has also taken a hoy to rear. His name is Orville A. Paris and was born on March 21, 1904.

Arthur D. Antram was prominent in the political life of Union township. having served as township assessor and as road supervisor for a third of the township. He was identified with the Republican party. The family are members of the Dover meeting of the Friends church. -

Fred Stoltz

In the history of agriculture in Clinton county. Ohio. Fred Stoltz. who owns one hundred and ninety-two acres of land in Union township. occupies a conspicuous place. During several decades he has been one of the representative farmers of the coujnty. progressive, enterprising and persevering. Such qualities always win success sooner or later, and to Mr. Stoltz they have brought a satisfactory reward for his well-directed efforts. While he has benefited himself and the community in a material way. he has also been influential in the educational. political and moral advancement of the community where he has lived so long.

Fred Stoltz was born six miles from Stutgart. in the province of Wurttemberg. Germany. Mareh 28, 1846, the son of John and Fransine (Stoltz) Stoltz. who were secondcousins. John Stoltz was born near Stuttgart. December 25. 1823. and died in February. 1903, and his wife was born at Stutgart in 1821 and died in 1872. They came to America in 1851 and located in Adams county. Ohio.

The paternal grandparents of Fred Stoltz lived and died in Germany. as did also his maternal grandparents. They were all members of the Lutheran chureh. John Stoltz, before coming to America, owned fourteen acres of land in Germany. and this was considered no small amount in that country. After coming to America they purchased a farm in Adams county, and later he purchased another farm. In 1870 he sold out and moved to Clinton county and purchased one hundred and fifty acres in Union township. John and Transine Stoltz had eleven children: Rachel. who is the deceased wife of James Keach; Dora, who died unmarried at the age of fifty-two; Fred, the subject of this sketch; John, who is a retired farmer of Highland county. Ohio; Jacob. who is a retired farmer of Sabina, Ohio; Fannie, who is unmarried and lives in Wilmington ; Mary, who died in 1912; William. who lives in Greene township: Christian. who lives on a farm in Washington township; Callie, who is the deceased wife of Joe Sherman; and Lizzie, who married R. M. McCoy and lives in Wilmington.

Fred Stoltz was three years old when the Stoltz family immigrated to the United States. The voyage to America required forty-two days. After the family settled in Adams county, he attended the public schools in a German settlement. He was twentyfour years old when the femily came to Clinton county and shortly afterwards he purcbesed seventy-two and one-half acres on the New Vienna pike in Union township. Since 1884 he has added eighty-six acre in one tract and thirty-three acres in another and now owns one hundred and ninety-two acres altogether. In 1885 Mr. Stoltz built a new house nnd in 1910 he remodeled and enlarged this house. One venr before building the house. he built a splendid barn. He makes a specialty of purebred Jersey cattle and has been very successful as a farmer and dairyman.

On September 4. 1884, Fred Stoltz was married to Mary J. O'Niel. who was born in Clinton county, Ohio, the daughter of William and Mary Ann (Miskelly) O'Niel. the former of whom was born in South Carolina, and is now deceased. and the latter of whom was born near Philadelphia in 1810 and died in 1893. Mary J. O'Niel has lived all her life thus far in Clinton county and was a teacher in the public schools for eight

To Mr. and Mrs. Stoltz have been born five children, namely: Charles William, who was born on January 3, 1886, and who travels for the International Harvester Company ; Mary, June, 1887, died at the age of seven years in 1894; Cora O., who is a school teacher at Batavia, Ohio; Viola, who is attending Wilmington College; and Winifred, who was born in January, 1893, and died in June, 1894, of scarlet fever. Cora O. received the scholarship for excellence in her senior year at Wilmington high school and-used her scholarship at Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, from which she was graduated in 1913 and is now a teacher of languages in high school at Batavia.

Darius J. Miller

Darius J. Miller, a successful farmer of Union township, Clinton county, was born on the farm where he now lives on April 21, 1852, the son of John D. and Jane (McKenzie) Miller, the former of whom was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, June 29, 1817, and died on March 18, 1892, and the latter of whom was born in Green township, Clinton county, Ohio, in 1816, and died on April 27, 1883.

John D. Miller was a son of David and Tamzen (Whitson) Miller, natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent. The latter was born on June 23, 1792, and was married to David Miller on December 30, 1815. David Miller came to Clinton county, Ohio, from Pennsylvania, in 1819. He died on April 15, 1869. A brother of his, John, served in the War of 1812, in a company from Center county, Pennsylvania. After his removal to Clinton county, Ohio, he owned two different farms in Union township.

David and Tamsen (Whitson) Miller were the parents of eight children: Emmeline, born on April 10, 1815, married John McCool, of Wilmington; Mary Ann, April 127 182i married Samuel Collins, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Almina Margaret, January 10, 1823, married Charles Jones, of Wilmington; Priscilla, October 7, 1824, died July 3, 1887; Angeline, June 5, 1828; Alfred Adams, May 5, 1826, was a farmer in Iowa where he died ; John D., the father of Darius J., was the seventh born; Louisa Ellen, re 1, 1832, became the wife of Nathaniel Hale.

John D. Miller was married on October 31, 1841. to Jane McKenzie, a daughter of John McKenzie, a native of Kentucky, who emigrated to Warren county, Ohio. The settlement in the southeast part of Union township was made in 1804 and 1805, John McKenzie and the Spencer family being the first to locate here, building their cabins on Cowan's creek. Although the families of McKenzie and Spencer were unfriendly, it became a necessity for them to assist each other in raising 'cabins and at log rollings. At this period a number of Indian camps still remained along the brow of the hill facing the creek, where Mr. McKenzie and the Spencers were making their improvements, but they were friendly to the whites, whose children often visited the Indian wigwams. Hunting parties of the Shawnee tribe made annual visits to their old camping ground on Allen's creek until 1811, when, on account of the approaching trouble with the whités, their hunting expeditions ceased.

When John D. Miller was brought to Clinton county, Ohio, by his parents in 1819, he was only two years old, He grew up on the farm, married and rented land. His wife inherited seventy acres of land in Union township from her father, to which she and her husband moved, and here they lived the remainder of their lives. John D. and Jane (McKenzie) Miller had the following children: Isabel, the eldest, who married William Caryer, is deceased; Miles D. is a farmer living in Union township on a farm adjoining the one on which Darius J. is living, who is the youngest of the family.

Darius J. Miller attended the Sugar Grove district school, and grew up on the farm, living at home with his father until the latter's death in 1892. Afterwards Darius J.

Miller purchased the interest of his sister in the farm and now owns fifty acres. In 1886 the house burned, and Mr. Miller built a new house, in which he now lives. |

On August 17, 1883, Darius J. Miller was married to Anna M. Gumley, who was born on July 14, 1865, in Union township, the daughter of George and Mary (Irvin) Gumley, both now deceased. Mrs. Miller's parents were both natives of County Tyrone, Ireland, who came to America in their younger days, he being eighteen years of age at the time of his arrival in this country, and was married after coming to this county. George Gumley died on April 27, 1911, at the age of eighty acres, and his wife died on April 30, 1913, in her eightieth year. They were the parents of five sons and three daughters, who are still living, and two sons who died in infancy. ;

Mr. and Mrs. Miller are the parents of four children: Ennie, born on May 4, 1885, married Nell Elliott, has one daughter, Josephine, and lives on a farm in Adams township; Pearl, April 28, 1888, married Russell Crouse, of Wilmington, and they have one daughter, Evelyn May, born May 18, 1912; May, October 19, 1890, lives at home with her parents; and Lloyd, March 13, 1904, also lives at home.

In politics, Darius J. Miller is independent and casts his vote regardless of parties and party emblems for the man he believes to be the best fitted to fill the office sought. Mrs. Miller is an earnest and consistent member of the Central Christian church, of Wilmington.

Lorin A. Vandervort

It is an axiom demonstrated by human experience that a man gets out of this life what he puts into it with a reasonable interest on his investment. The individual who inherits a large estate and adds nothing to his fortune cannot be called a successful man. The man who starts in the world unaided and by sheer force of his will, forges ahead and at length attains a position of honor among his fellow citizens, is a success which can hardly be appreciated. To a considerable extent Lorin A. Vandervort is a creditable example of the man who has succeeded by his own unaided efforts.

Lorin A. Vandervort was born on December 14, 1860, in Greene township, Clinton ~ county, Ohio, and is the son of Thaddeus H. and Minerva (Noble) Vandervort, the former of whom was born on October 30, 1830, in Greene township, near New Antioch, and died on July 5, 1900, and the latter of whom was born in 1836, in Greene township, and died in June, 1911. Thaddeus H. Vandervort was the son of Nicholas and Nancy Vandervort. Nicholas Vandervort was born at Columbia, near Cincinnati, in 1803, and his wife was born in Warren county, Ohio. Nicholas Vandervort was six years of age when brought to Clinton.county, Ohio, where he grew to manhood and married. He was an earnest worker in the Christian church and lived a most useful life, at his death having been a resident of Clinton county for sixty-four years. He passed away on June 23, 1876. and his wife on January 11, 1873. They had seven children besides Thaddeus H., the father of Lorin A., as follow: James M., John M., Nicholas W., Jonah S., Paul C., William V. and one unnamed. Paul C. and William V. were soldiers in the Civil War, having been members of the Company B, Fortieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The former died of typhoid fever at Catlettsburg, Kentucky, February 8, 1862. The latter became a drummer boy and served throughout the war, being discharged at Atlanta, Georgia, in December, 1864. He came home, was married and died on April 14. 1880.