Coshocton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1881 (part 3 of 10)

DUSENBERRY JOHN, Bedford township; farmer; postoffice. Tunnel Hill; born in 1850 in this county. His father was born in 1799 in eastern Pennsylvania, and came to this county in 1832. He was married in 1835 to Miss Rebecca Stevens, of this county, who was born in 1810. He died in 1879, and she died in 1880. They were the parents of seven children, the subject of this sketch being the youngest. He is unmarried, and lives on the old farm.

DWYER JOSEPH W., Tuscarawas township; was born in Coshocton, Ohio, October 6, 1832; married Emma A., daughter of John G. and Emma (Denman) Titus, October 21, 1858. Has one child living, named David G. Commenced life as a merchant. Owned and published the Coshocton Age from 1856 to 1866. Appointed postmaster of Coshocton, Ohio, by President Lincoln in March - 1861, declined, and was appointed clerk in treasury department at Washington City in same month, and for a while was assistant private secretary to Secretary Chase, subsequently, being promoted through the various grades to be chief in charge of commissary accounts in the treasury department. Resigned this office to accept the office of pension agent for the Columbus, Ohio, pension district. It being a new district, he etitered upon the new duties and organized tjie office in September, 1864, which office he continued to hold until June, 1869, with the exception of an interim of six months, during President Johnson's swing around the circle. ' His successor failing of confirmation by the Senate, Dwyer was reappointed by President Johnson.

At the close of his second and last term as pension agent at Columbus, he received notice from the chief accounting officer of the treasury department at Washington, that his accounts were closed on the books of the department, and that

"during his last term of office, he disbursed nearly two millioiis of dollars to pensioners, with promptness and efficiency that meets the entire approbation of this department."

Allen Rutherford, third auditory of treasury department, on closing up his accounts and turning over the office to his successor, was appointed; by President Grant, chief of supervisors and detectives in the internal revenue service, headquarters at Washington. Holding this office until December, 1869, when a vacancy occurred by the death of Charles Hedges, of Mansfield, Dwyer was appointed supervisor of internal revenue for Ohio and Indiana, with headquarters at Coshocton, Ohio, holding this office until July 1, 1872, when his resignation was accepted by Hon. John W. Douglass, commissioner __of internal revenue, in the following words : " I regret tha;t you feel compelled to take this step, not only on account of the pleasant personal relations which do now and ever have existed between us, but chiefly because the Government is about to lose the services of an intelligent, courageous and incorruptible officer."

On retiring from the foregoing office he was appointed one of the three United States commissioners to visit, inspect and accept, if completed in accordance with the law, the Central Pacific railroad. He met Messrs. Sullivan and Brown, his fellow commissioners, at San Francisco, California, fr6m whence they made a minute inspection of the whole road and all its branches, culverts, bridges, gry,des, etc., and upon their report the government accepted the road as finished, and gave to its company the subsidy of bonds and lands voted by congress.

This ended'his services in official position. He accepted employment with the Atlantic and Pacific railroad company and was their agent at Washington, and among other duties, endeavored to induce congress to organize the Territory of Oklahoma out of the present Indian Territory and open it up to white settlement, and to this end invited both houses of congress to visit the Territory. Over two hundred members accepted the invitation and made a trip to that country, extending their visit to Galveston, Texas and to New Orleans. Nothing came of the organization of the Territory, but the building of the Eads'- jetties below New Orleans at the mouth of the gulf was the outcome and result of this excursion.

During his official career he found time to devote to farming and stock raising, and for a time, when pension agent at Columbus, jjublished the Farmer's Chroniele. He engaged actively in whatever would improve and interest the farming community, and to this end was one of the promoters of the ".Patrons of Husbandry " in its infancy, and has now in his possession the third charter, issued by the originators of the institution, authorizing the late secretary Klippart, of the State Board of Agriculture, Dugan and others, to organize a grange at Coshocton. He is now a farmer and stock raiser near Coshocton and a ranchman in New Mexico. He, with his partner, Mr. John S. Delano, of Denver, have upon their New Mexico ranch over 1,400 cattle, 6,000 sheep, and 200 horses.

EARLEY WILLIAM M., Oxford township ; farmer ; Evansburgh ; was born in this township in 1854, and was married September 21, 1873, to Miss Emma Mclntire, in Pennsylvania. Their children are, Rebecca Jane, deceased, Desmond, deceased, and Seburtis Mack. They are members of the M. E Church in West Lafayette.

EASTER DAVID, Bedford township ; farmer ; postofflce, Tunnel Hill ; born in 1820 in Payette county, Pennsylvania, and came to this county in 1830. His father was born in 1783 in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and died in 1839, his wife in 1871. They were the parents of ten children ; David being the eighth child.

ECKELS RICHARD, Jackson township; postoffice, Roscoe ; born in IBelmont county, Ohio, in 1816, settled in this county, in 1822; son of Thomas and Margaret (Porterfield) Eckels, and grandson of Richard and Elizabeth Eckels, and of Gabriel and Jane Porterfield j married in 1842 to Martha Porterfield (first wife), and in 1849, to Mary E. Nichols, daughter of John and Rachel Nichols. Mr. Eckels is the father of ten children, seven living and three dead. Three are married, two living in this county, one in Columbus, Ohio.

ECKERT C. C, Coshocton; proprietor of C. 0. D. store, grocer, baker and dealer in produce, No. 430 Main street, Coshocton, Ohio. Mr. Eckert was born in Ragersville, Tuscarawas county, August 22, 1850. His first business engagement was with his father under the firm name of C. A. Eckert & Son, in general merchandising, in which he continued about six years. He then went west and engaged in dealing in groceries and -miner's supplies at Central City, Dakota, where he remained one year, after which he returned to Coshocton in 1877, and established his present business. He occupies pleasant and commodious rooms in the Eckert block, where he carries a large, first-class stock of staple and fancy groceries and cotifectioneries. He also deals in all kinds of country produce, and has a large bakery attached, where he does an extensive business in baking bread, plain and fancy cakes and pies of all kinds. He also roasts all grades of coffees, which are of a very superior quality.

1799, in Baltimore county, Maryland, and came to this county about 1825. He was married in 1828, to Miss Catharine Lee, of this county, who was born in 1804, in Pennsylvania. He died in 1875, she died in 1874. They were the parents of two children. Dr. Edwards being the oldest. He began reading medicine in 1853, under 'Dr. Bussell, of Mt. Vernon, and attended his first course of lectures in 1855-6, and graduated in 1857. He has been here ever since. He was married in 1847, to Miss Sarah S. Marquand, of this county. She was born in 1833, in this county. They are the parents of five children, viz : Belle B., Russell C.; Birdie, deceased, Edwin S. and Gracie.

EHRICH HENRY, Crawford township; shoemaker ; born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1850. Son of Nicholas Ehrieh and Margaret (Nye) Ehrieh, both natives of the State of Bavaria. Mr. Ehrieh emigrated to America, February 23, 1869, and located in Massillon. He worked as a hand in the shop, until 1873, when he opened a shop of his own in Chili, and still continues to work at his trade there. In August, 1873, he married Catharine Shoemaker, of Crawford township. Her parents, William Shoemaker and Margaret (Wentz) Shoemaker, are both of German ancestry. Mr. Ehrieh has a family of three childreen : Charles .Tacob, born June 12, 1874; Margaret, August 23, 1877 ; Ehza J., January 23, 1879.

ELDER CYRUS, Jefferson township; born January 25, 1834, in Jefferson township, Coshocton county, Ohio, on the farm where he now lives; son of John, a native of Antrim county, Ireland, and Esther (McConnell) Elder, and grandson of John Elder and John McConnell, natives of Ireland. Mr. Elder came to Virginia in 1804, and remained there till 1806, when he came to Coshocton county, where he lived till his death, in 1852. At that' time his sons, Cyrus and William, became possessors of the home farm. Thej' have since divided it, Cyrus getting the homestead, 310 acres. He was married to Miss Mary A. Waite, October 4, 1866, daughter of John and Mary (Boyd) Waite, and granddaughter of William and Sarah (Maines) Boyd, and of \\'illiam and Margaret (Milligan) Waite. Their children were Elwood, William J , Honorah M , John F., and James H. Mr. Elder was in the 100-day's service, a member of Company E., One Hundred and Forty-third regiment, 0. N. G.

ELLIOTT MISS KATE, Tuscarawas township ; teacher ; postoffice, Coshocton, Ohio. Miss Elliott received a good common-school education, also attended the national normal school, at Lebanon, Ohio She taught the first school in the Barnes district, Keene township, in 1869, and has been constantly employed ever since, often teaching as much as nine and ten months in the year.

She has been a successful teacher, having taught two years in the Coshocton schools. She has taught many schools in different parts of the country, always giving satisfaction. She is at present engaged in the Lafayette schools.

ELLIOTT SIMON, Jefferson township; moulder; postoffice, Warsaw; was born in Millersburg,. Holmes county, Ohio, December 15, 1832; son of Thomas and Lucy (Sanders) Elliott, and grandson of John Elliott, and Nathan and Mary Banders. Mr. Elliott is of Irish descent. Until about the age of sixteen he attended school and worked with his father in the wagon shop. He then began the moulder's trade in the foundry at Roscoe, and remained there about two years. He went to Walhonding in 1848, and remained until the year 1864, and the next spring went to Kansas, where he followed farming fourteen years, and on account of his wife's ill health he returned to Coshocton county and resumed his trade. He has a small foundry in Warsaw, and has a very fair line of custom. He married, October 3, 1857, Miss Electa Butler, daughter of Allen and Margaret (Smith) Butler. Edward L., born August 25, 1866, in the Osage Indian Reserve, in Kansas, is their only child. Mr. Elliott is a nephew of Charles Elliott, the founder and editor of the Western Christian Advocate, of Cincinnati, who never went to school, but was master of five different languages, and was at one time elected a college president.

ELLIOTT R. M., Lafayette township; tinner; postoffice, West Lafayette ; learned his trade in Coshocton, and has worked at the business about seven years, and at the present time is working for F. M. Familton ; was married, in 1877, to Miss Miller, of this township. They have had two children : William, two years of age, and Agnes,, an infant. Mr. Elliott has lived in this township about two years, and is steady and industrious.

ELLIOTT ANDREW, Perry township ; postoffice. New Guilford; born in West Virginia, in 1798 ; son of John and Charity EUiott ; married in 1825, to Miss Margaret McLewee, daughter of George and Katherine McLewee. Mr. EUiott died in 1858. They had eleven children, viz: Charlotte, deceased ; Simon, Katherine, deceased ; George, Isabelle, John, James, deceased; Jane, deceased; Andrew, M. E. and Francis A., deceased. Mrs. Elliott still lives upon the old homestead.

ELLIOTT GEORGE, Perry township; postoffice. New Guilford; born in this county, in 1831; son of Andrew and Margaret (McLewee) Elliott, and grandson of John and Charity Elliott, and of George and Katherine McLewee. He was married in 1861, to Miss Margaret Dengan, daughtr of Thomas and Margaret Dengan. Mr. Elliott spent some six years of his life in the gold regions 01 California. He sailed from New York on the ship northern light, in October, 1853, and returned in 1869. Mr. Elliott at one time came near being buried alive, while engaged in mining operations in California.

ELLIOTT WILLIAM B., White Eyes township; farmer; was born in the State of New York, in 1825, and came to this county, with his parents, in 1828. His father, John H. Elliott, emigrated to this country from Ireland, about 1823, and located in Keene township. He removed to White Eyes in 1832. William B. began working at the carpenter trade in 1847, and followed his trade for about thirty years. He taught school during the winters for fifteen or sixteen terms; In 1851, Mr Elliott married Miss Mary Boyd, daughter of William M. Boyd, who was born in 1831, in Keene township. They have two children: Milton, born in 1852, and Almarinda, born in 1855, both of whom are unmarried and live at home. Mr. Elliott bought and located on the farm where he now resides, in the spring of 1852. Mr. Elliott has served in the office of township assessor two terms, land appraiser, one term, and one term each of clerk and treasurer of township. His father is deceased, and his mother, who is a very old lady, lives in the township.

ELLIOTT COLONEL JOHN S., Coshocton, of the firm of Elliott & Marx, 114 and 116 Main street, is a native of Keene townshij); born May 11, 1817; son of Findley and Catharine (Strong) Elhott, of Irish ancestry. He was raised on the farm. At the age of twenty-three he was elected justice of the peace of his native township and served nine consecutive years. Esquire Elliott was appointed by Governor Corwin lieutenant colonel of the State troops, and served until the forces were disbanded by act of the Legislature. He came to this city in 1862, and has served two terms as mayor ; also, president of the National Temperance Christian Union of this city three years, and president of the Coshocton Agricultural Society for a number of years. He was married first to Miss Margaret, daughter of George McCaskey, of White Eyes township, and by this union had one son - Alonzo Milton. His second wife was Miss Margaret Morrison, who died some thirteen years since. The above firm is doing a very extensive business in farming implements and heavy machinery. In 1880 'they sold three thousand two hundred pounds of wire to bind grain cut by machines sold by them.

ELLIOTT & MAKX, General Agency, Nos. and 416 Main street, Coshocton. This house was first established in 1860. by William Elliott, deceased, and was conducted by him until 1862, when, in consequence of his demise his brother, John S. Elliott, succeeded to the business which he conducted and greatly enlarged during the years of 1878-9, after which J. W. Cullison was associated with him under the firm name of Elliott & Cullison. This firm continued until 1871, when Mr. Cullison was succeeded by H. Marx, changing the firm nairie to Elliott & Marx. This firm carries a large stock of agricultural' implements and does a general agency business in which they furnish repairs for all kinds of machinery promptly on receipt of order. They keep posted in all the improvements of the age, and deal in the best articles in the market. They also furnish on lowest rates and best terms, mowers, reapers and binders, grain drills, plows and points, field rollers, sulky cultivators, hay rakes, corn planters, straw cutters, cider mills, corn crushers, farm and church bells, post hole diggers, wood pumps, churns,' clothes wringers, washing machines, road scrapers, threshing machines,, farm engines, wheelbarrows, sewer pipes, fruit dryers and bakers, ceiling and sheathing paper, etc.

ELLIS GEORGE W., Tuscarawas township; farmer; postoffice, Canal LewisvHle; born Janu ary 18, 1841, Jn Keene township; son of Andrew W. Ellis, and grandson of Samuel Ellis. Hismother's maiden name was Mary A. Crablet,. daughter of William Crablet. George W. was raised on the farm. When about eighteen he learned the shoemaking trade and followed it about thr.ee years, and has spent his entire life to the present time in this county. He came to his present residence in 1867, and has remained to the present time. He was married March 11,. 1869, to Miss Annie E. Reynolds, daughter of Abraham Reynolds, whose father's name was Abraham. Her mother's maiden name was ..Eliza Binning. Mary S. is their only child.

ELY JONATHAN, Crawford township; teacher; postoffice. Chili; born February 19, 1857, in Crawford township; son of Frederick and Mary Magdalena (Yost) Ely. He was educated in the public schools and national normal school at Lebanon, Ohio. He has successfully taught two terms of school, beginning his first teaching October 13, 1879, and is succeeding first rate.

EMERSON ANDREW, Keene township ; farmer ; born December 3, 1838, in Keene township ; son of George and Olive Emerson, and grandson of Jacob Emerson, a native of Massachusetts,. Andrew and Lydia (Fulton) Weatherwax. He was married December 21, 1858, to Phoebe,, daughter of John and Phoebe (Stonehocker) Dickey. They had the following children : George,, born December, 1859 ; Ella, died, February 28, 1861, and Angeline, February 1, 1863.

l^orris, in 1855. The result of this union was seven children, as follows: William F., Mary Anara, Timothy C, Henry Siegel, Sherman. Elmer, U. S. Grant, Sheridan and Alverton She is a member of the M. E. church, at Wesley chapel; her father's name was William Norris. Mr. Emerson owned, at the time of his death, 253 acres of good land in this township, and was respected as an honest, upright man, by a large circle of friends. He died on the 17th of April, 1874.

ENGLISH J. M., Bedford township; farmer; postoffice, Tyrone ; born, in 1830, in this county. His father, Patrick English, was born, in 1800, in Pennsylvania. He removed to Harrison county, and was married, in that county, to Miss Susannah Dickerson, of the same county, who was born in 1796, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. They came to this county in 1827. He died in 1857. She died in 1870. They were the parents eight children, the subject of this sketch being the sixth. He was married, in 1852, to Miss Isabella Stephens, of this county, who was born in 1837. They are the parents of twelve children, eleven of whom are living, and two are married.

EVERHART DAVID, White Eyes township ; -Chili, postoffice; farmer; born March 8, 1834, in White Eyes township; sop of Frederick and Elizabeth (Miser) Everhart, formerly of Washington county, Pennsylvania. David was raarr ried, January 16, 1862, to Miss Sophia, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Stilgenbower) Gonter, a native of Pennsylvania. This union has been blessed with six children, five living, Calvin, Mary, Elizabeth, Saloma, Walter, Maggie, Ellie, and one died in infancy, not named. Mr. Everhart has obtained a comfortable farm home, and exerts a moral influence in his community.

EVERHART SAMUEL, White Eyes township ; farmer ; born in this county in 1832. His father, Henry Everhart, came to this county from Tuscarawas county. Samuel remained at homie until he was twenty-five years old, and married Miss Florinda Hoobler, of Tuscarawas countv, in 1857. Mrs. Everhart was born in 1839. They have had a family of six children, one of whom is deceased. Those living are Eliza J., born in 1868, is married to Peter Farney, and lives in Tus- county; Isaac B., born 1859; Catharine, born 18G4; John A., born 1872; Delia M., born 1879. Mr. Everhart has always resided in this county.

EVERHART CHARLES, West Water street, Coshocton ; livery man; born September 1, 1866, in Franklin township; son of Michael Everhart, native of Virginia, and of English ancestry. Young Everhart was raised on the farm, where he remained until he established his present business at this place, in August, 1880. He keeps

EXLINE H. A., Washington township; farmer ; postoffice. West Carlisle ; born in 1822, in this county. His father was born in 1777, in Loudon county, Virginia, and was married in 1805, to Miss Elizabeth Betz, of the same county, who was born in 1789. They came to this county in 1818. He died in 1850 and she died in 1860. They were the parents of three children, the subject of this sketch being the youngest. He was married in 1844, to Miss Mary Gault,of this county, who was boi'n in 1827. She died in 1856. They were the parents of three children, viz: Ehzabeth E., Elsie A. and Flora B. He afterward married, in 1861, Miss Elizabeth A. Yunker, of this county, who was born in 1833. They are the parents of three children living, viz: Nora M., John H. and Charlie B.

FAIR DANIEL, Clark township; farmer; postoffice, Clark's; born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, August 4, 1831 ; son of Charles and Catharine (Keefer) Fair, and grandson of Christopher and Elizabeth (Hofman) Fair. He moved to Holmes county, Ohio, with his parents in 1836, when he was but five years of age ; and at the age of eighteen he began to learn the blacksmith trade with Shrock & Miller, in New Carlisle, Holmes county, remaining about nine months. From there he went to South Bend, Indiana, where he finished his trade with Pres. Whitten, remaining about eighteen months. He then went to Mishawauka and engaged with Graham & Japen, and remained about six months. From there he came to Farmerstown, Holmes county, and began business for himself, where he remained nine years; then sold his shop and began the mercantile business, and continued at that six years, when he sold his store and purchased his present farm of 237 acres, in Clark township, and has engaged in farming since, and is a successful and energetic farmer. He was married April 4, 1854, to Lucinda. Snider, daughter of Abram and Mary (Fox) Snider, and granddaughter of Abram Snider and Jacob and Mary Fox. She was born October 14, 1829, in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas county. They have six children : Phineas F., born January 21, 1855; William H., born August 5, 1857; Charles B., born February 11, 1860; Lorenzo D.,born March 24, 1863; Lyman S., born December 24, 1866; Bellmina, born January 15, 1870. Mr. Fair is a member of Millersburg Lodge No. 126, F. A. M., of which he was made a member in 1864.

dleton) Faniilton. His father moved from Port Washington, Tuscarawas county, to Lafayette, in 1869. John remained with him there till 1875, when he purchased Osborn's store, at Bacon postoffice, this township. He remained there till the fall of 1877, at which time he moved his stock of goods to Plainfield and opened a store there. The following year a partnership -was formed with Lewis Carhart, which was dissolved in 1879, and Nicholas Faniilton, his brother, was then admitted as a partner. Nicholas died February, 1880, and since then Mr. Familton has conducted the business alone. He was married June 4, 1878, to. Miss Elizabeth, daughter of William Gorseline, of Lafayette township.

FAMILTON T. H., Lafayette township; merchant ; born in Harrison county, in 1829, and came to West Lafayette in 1869 ; was married to Miss Elizabeth Middleton, of Tuscarawas county, in 1852; they have had six children : Nicolas, deceased; Dora, deceased; John, Frank, George and Will. Before he started business here, a pound of coffee or a yard of cloth could not be purchased in the place, but in his store to-day, you can find anything usually kept in a first-class dry goods and grocery house. His numerous patrons have found him an honest and obliging gentleman, and his prices compare favorably with any house in the county.

PARQUHAB, FRANKLIN, Perry township; postoffice, New Guilford ; born in this township in 1835; son of Caleb, and Katharine Farquhar, and grandson of Samuel and Phebe (Yarnall) Farquhar, and of John and Ellen (Murray) Yarnall. Mr. Farquhar is one of a family of ten children, six of -whom are still living.

PARQUHAB S AMUEL, Pewy township ; postoffice, New Guilford; farmer and stock raiser; born in this county in 1838; son of Samuel Y. and Mary (Trimble) Farquhar, who came here from Maryland ; grandson of Samuel and Phebe Farquhar, and of John and Ellen (Murray) Trimble. He was married in 1869 to Miss Harriet Blue, daughter of Daniel and Clara Blue. They have five children, viz : Bollie M., Mary L., Lyman L., Minnie P. and Carrie. He enlisted in 1861 in Company K, Twentj'-fourth regiment 0. V._ I., Captain Ginnis, and participated in the following , battles : Greenbriar, Nashville, Pittsburgh Land- -ing. Stone River and Chickamauga. He was discharged in 1864. .

FELLER GOTTLIEB, Crawford township; proprietor of a tannery at Chili ; born in Naflen, Kirchdorp, Amt Belb, State of Switzerland, July, 1835; son of John Feller and Barbary (Krebs) ' Feller, natives of the ^ame place. Mr. Feller emigrated to America in 1854, and settled on Stone creek, Tuscarawas county, and started a tannery at Chili in 1863, where he has followed the business successfully ever since. In 1863, he married Catharine Lebold, of Tuscarawas county. They are the parents of the following named children: John, born November 3, 1863; Mary Ann Senora, August 31, 1865; Jacob Edward, August 10, 1868 ; Catharine Amelia, October 28,. 1870; Frederick Albert, September - 11. 1872; Clara Matilda, March 21, 1876, and Lissette Caroline, August 4, 1878. One died in infancy, Jacob Henry. Mr. Feller ownes quite an extensivetannery, the largest in that section of the county.- He also carries on the saddlery and harnes.'! making business in connection with the tannery. Mr.- Feller and family belong to the B. M church at Chili.

FELVER BIZARRE, Oxford township; carpenter ; Orange postoffice, Evansburgh ; was born in 1840, in the town of Coshocton ; son of John Felver, a cooper by trade, who died in 1842.- The subject of this sketch was married in 1861 to Miss. Josephine Richmond, of this township. They have three children, as follows : Alice, deceased, aged eight months and six days; Harriet, aged seventeen, and Edward, fifteen years of age, Mr. Felver has been working at his present trade about five years, having worked first at coopering under James Butler. He is a natural mechanic, and is honest and well spoken of. He has followed several vocations, starting out at boating, then coopering, then railroading, and was in Terre Haute, tidiana, for some four years, where he was, for some time, on the police force of the city. He has also v^forked for the Massillon and Canton bridge companies.

FERGUSON VINCENT, Lafayette township; farmer; son of Andrew Ferguson, who came from Ireland in 1806 and located in Jefferson county, and was married in this county to Mary Roaderick, January 6, 1825, whose parents were natives of Maryland. He was born in this township in 1843. -His father, Andrew P., was born April 2, 1795, and died in 1879. His mother was born October 4, 1810, and died in 1866. The subject of this sketch was married in 1866, to Miss Rachel Bates, of Tuscarawas county, who became the mother of three children : Harry, Halston, deceased, and Homer, deceased. Mr. Ferguson keeps good stock on his farm of 438 acres, vv^hich , his father bought in 1835. He has been township treasurer in his township for the past seven years, and he and his wife are members of the Protestant Methodist church. Of the fourteen brothers and sisters, one brother and five sisters are living.

FERRELL J. M., White Eyes township; i^aerchant and postmaster at Avondale ; born in Mc- Connellsville, Morgan county, April, 1833; son of Joseph Ferrell, who was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, about the year 1801, and emigrated to Morgan county in 1826. He married Hannah Daugherty, in 1827; returned to Pennsylvania, in 1836; lived there two years; moved to White Eyes, and settled on a farm purchased of Elisha Swigart. His wife died in 1864. He married Mrs. Mary Johnson, in 1867, and died in 1879 J. M. Ferrell married Nancy M. Maxfield, of Orange, and lived in Orange until 1856, when he moved to Kansas. On the breaking out of the rebellion, he left Kansas, and returned to White Eyes. He enlisted in the Fifty-first 0. V. I., in Company I, under Captain Heskett, and served three years. After the close of the war, he located in Avondale, and sold goods. His wife died in 1873. Their children are, Hattie, born in 1856, married David Tipton, in 1877, and now resides in Johnson county, Kansas; J. E., born in 1866, clerks in the store, with his father; Emzy, born in 1869, and Walter, born in 1872. Mr. Ferrell married Miss Mary Funk, in 1875. Mr. Ferril has been longer in business, in Avondale, than any other person doing business there now.

FERRELL JOHN, Coshocton ; street commissioner; born July 13, 1819, in County Donegal, Ireland; son of William and Nancy (Lane) Ferrell. He came to America in 1849, landing at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he remained two years and fired an engine. He came to this county in 1851 and located in Keene township, where he mined coal about five years, then came to this city, in 1861, and remained several years, then returned to Keene township and farmed until 1872, when he again came to this city and has remained to the present time. Mr. Ferrell was appointed street commissioner in April, 1874, and has been reappointed until he is now serving his fourth term. Mr. Ferrell was married in the fall of 1842, to Miss Jane, daughter of John Mc- Gee, of Scotland. This union was blessed with four children, Matilda, married to Henry Ondian, now residing in Porter county, Indiana, Agnes, William, married to Miss Ella Mateer, of this city, and John.

FILLMAN PETER, New Castle township; postofflce. New Castle ; was born in Oldenburgh, Germany, on the 3d of May, 1832. He is a son of John and Catharine Fillman, and grandson of David Fillman. He attended school from the age of five until he was fourteen, after which he began to learn the tailoring trade' with Bartholomew Ludwick, in Fishback, Germany, finishing his apprenticeship at the end of three years. He then traveled for four years on the Continent, eeeipg the sights, of which' he gives many interesting narratives. After he finished his rambles, he entered the German army to serve his time there, but at the end of eighteen months he made good his escape, and embarked for America, landing in June, lSo5, in the city of New York, remained there until the following September, when he came to Port Washington, Ohio, and engaged with Charles Detman to work at his trade, remaining there until the summer of 1857, when he went to Dresden, Muskingum county, and worked for Alexander Marten, and in the fall of the sa"me year came to New Castle, Coshocton county, where- he has remained ever since, following his occupation. He is also proprietor of the Buckeye hotel, and is doing well, both at tailoring and hotel keeping. He married Miss Mary .Fulks, daughter of John and Jane Fulks, who was born in Coshocto» county. Their union has been blessed with four children, viz : John, Dorca, Sophia, and Mary. John was born September 22, 1861 ; Dorca, July 28, 1864 ; Sophia, December 19, 1868 ; and Mary, March 6, 1870. Mr. Fillman was made a member of, the Masonic fraternity in the year 1868, and in the year 1872 he joined the I. 0. 0. F. He is a kind, genial man, and welcomes rich and poor alike to his hospitalities.

FUNK DAVID, White Eyes township; Chili postoffice ; farmer ; was born September 20, 1842, on the farm on which he now resides. He is the son of Jacob and Anne - daughter of Abraham and Margaret (Peck) Miller - Funk, who were the parents of eleven children, six living : Abraham, Morgan, Margaret, Ellen, Sarah and David. The latter was married May 14, 1872, to Miss Harriett A., daughter of Simon and Sophia (Grimm) Stough ; horn January 18, 1850. This union has been blessed with two children, John Grant and EUma Dottie. Jacob Funk, referred to before, is a native of West Virginia, but when about four years of age was -taken to Washington CTjunty, Pennsylvania, where he remained until about 1845, when he came to his present residence with only about $700, but now has an ample competence for his old age, raising and assisting to start in the world his family of sons and daughters.

FINLEY R. E.,D. D. S., of the firm of Finley & Wernett, Coshocton ; was borri August 28, 1840, in New Salem, Fayette county, Pennsylvania. He is the son of Eli H. Finley, and grandson of Ebenezer Finley, one of the first settlers at Red Stone "Old Fort," near the Monongahela, in Western Pennsylvania. He there shared the perils, hardships and privations of pioneer life m the wild forest, infested with savage Indian warriors. Young Finley spent his childhood and youth on the farm with his father. At twenty-three years of age, he entered Dunlap's creek academy, and on completing his studies there, in 1865, commenced the study of dentistry with Dr. R. J. Cunningham, of Wooster, Ohio; next read with Dr. William Mitchell, a graduate of Philadelphia dental college. He next formed a partnership with Dr. C. M. Kelsey, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, and remained with liim, studying and practicing in the adjoining country and villages, until October, 1870, when he entered the Ohio dental college, at Cincinnati, and was graduated with the usual honors of the class of 1870-71. On receiving his diploma., he located at Dresden, and entered into partnership with Dr. E. A. Wernett, a student of the Ohio dental college. Soon after forming the new firm, they came to this city and succeeded Dr. Moffitt, corner Main and Fifth their present location. Drs. Finley & Wernett have greatly improved and furnished their parlors in a most elegant and tasteful manner.

FINLEY JOHN A., Clark township; farmer; postoflBce, Clark's; born in Holmes county, Ohio, October 18, 1851; son of George and Priscilla (Vanbuskirk) Finley, and grandson of Aaron and Alice Finly, and Joseph Vanbuskirk. His father was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, his mother in Carroll county, Ohio. His grandfather came from Ireland. He spent his youth attending school and assisting his father on the farm. At the age of nineteen he began a two-years' course at Vermilion institute, in Haysville, Ashland county. After that he engaged in farming, and has continued successfully to the present. He was married August 6, 1874, to Miss Martha Frizell, daughter of WiUiam H. and Elizabeth <Sowash) Frizell, and granddaughter of John and Ellen (Kelly) Frizell and Daniel and Catharine (Spring) Sowash, also great great granddaughter of Jacob Spring and Absolom Frizell. She was born December 12, 1851, in Holmes county, and "became the mother of three children, viz : Emma, born May 18, 1875; George C, born October 3, 1878, and William W., born August 10, 1880.

FISHER HON. J. C, Coshocton ; editor of the Democrat; was born December 16, 1840, in Muskingum county, Ohio. At thirteen years of age he moved, with his father, to a farm in Licking where he remained until 1866, when he took charge of the above named paper, which he has conducted until the present time. His education was obtained in the public schools aiid teaching schools, also a four years course at the Denison university. He was elected to the State senate from the eighteenth district in 1873, and re-elected in 1877. He was also, by Governor Allen, appointed, in 1875, member of the Ohio State Fish Commission, for three years, and by Governor Bishop re-appointed, in 1878, for a like term. He was married December 15, 1869, to Miss S. A. Hawthorne, of Coshocton. The result of this union is two daughters, viz : Annie and Shirly. Mr. Fisher has succeeded well as an -editor and legislator.

stone mason; born August 20, 1850, in Muskingum county ; son of Clark and Mary (Myers) Fisher. His great-grandfather, Daniel Fisher, was born in Milford, Massachusetts, in 1752, and died in 1820, was the owner of a large estate, exceeding 1,000 acres, at Newfane, Vermont. Daniel Fisher, son of the above, was born February 16, 1776, and died August 17, 1862. He married for his first wife, Millicent Durren, of Newfane, Vermont, in 1797. Clark, the eldest child by this marriage, born April 23, 1798, died July 1, 1874, engaged in farming in Vermont, and in 1833 moved to Canada East, in the spring of 1885 he removed to New York, and in 1838 came to Coshocton county; remained till. 1849 - except one year, 1846-47, spent in Mercer county - then went to Muskingum county, having engaged in teaching school since he quit Vermont. He kept a boarding house in Zanesville a while, then on the pike near Sonora. The subject of this sketch was reared in Muskingum county, and about 1872 came to this township. He was married, April 11, 1875, to Martha E. Adams, born May 8, 1852, daughter of Charles and Susan Adams, of this county. They have two children - Charlie Clark, born June 10, 1876, and Bertha Elsie, born October 6, 1879.

FITCH JAMES, farmer; Tuscarawas township ; Canal Lewisville postoffice ; born November 30, 1844, in Lafayette township ; son of John M. Fitch and grandson of David Fitch, of Irish ancestry. His mother's maiden name was Hester McCleary, daughter of Abraham McCleary, a native of Maryland. James was raised on the farm and has always lived in this county. He came to his present residence in 1878. He was married August 11, 1860. to Miss Lucy Jane Babcock, daughter of Abel Babcock, of Linton township. His children are, Samuel H., Jesse, Clarinda and Wilbert A.

FITCH JOHN M., deceased, Layfayette township; son of David Fitch; was born in Guernsey county, in 1820. He was married in 1845, to Miss Hester McClurg, who waS born in Virginia, in 1823. Their children were James, Elizabeth, Lucinda, Louisa, John, Margaret, Hannah, David, Sarah, Susannah, George, Hattie, Prank and Hester. Six are married, the rest are at home. Mr. F. died in 1874, aged fifty-four years. He was a man of .good principles, honest in all his dealings. He has always lived in this county and since their marriage they have lived on the farm, where his widow now lives. By his own industry he acquired the home he left to his family. They are a prosperous family and have the respect of all their acquaintances and friends.

dleton Brothers; is an ingenious mechanic, and doing an extensive business. His father was a native of Virginia, and was married to Eliza A. Gorseline. They had eight children, viz: William, John B. Franklin, Alfred, Simpson, Hester, deceased, Charlie and Persian, deceased. The father, Thornton Fleming, has deceased.

FLYNN JOSEPH, engineer at paper-mills; born March 13, 1847, in New York city ; son of Patrick Flynn, a native of Ireland. Young Flynn, when a small boy, sold newspapers at the newsboys' home. New York city. When about sixteen 'years of age, came -to this county, and worked for Washington Darling, about two years; also worked for Anthony Wimmer, about one year; then came to this city, and engaged in the mill where he is now employed. Mr. Flynn was elected constable, in 1869, and re-elected, in 1880, which office he now holds. He was married, July 19, 1868, to Miss Mary Reynolds, daughter of Abraham Reynolds, of Canal Lewisville. Their children are, Susan, William, Eliza, Ellie, Josie- and Matilda.

FORBES J. P., Coshocton; born April 28, 1855, in Tuscarawas county, Ohio; son of T. J. Forbes; American born, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. He obtained a rudimentary education in the public schools of Uhrichsville, Ohio, and finished his studies at New Hagerstown academy, Carroll county, Ohio, and Denison university, Granville, Licking county, Ohio. In 1877 Mr. Forbes entered, as a student, the law office of F. Douthitt and read one year, and then came to this city and finished his reading with G. H. Barger, and was admitted to practice by the supreme court of the State pf Ohio, March 4, 1879. In the same year he formed a partnership with his recent preceptor, under the present firm name of Barger & Forbes. Attorney Forbes was married December 30, 1879, to Miss Maria E. Hay, daughter of Robert Hay, deceased.

FORKER W. R., Coshocton ; insurance agent, Norris block. Main street ; born August 28, 1849, in West Carlisle, Pike township ; son of Daniel Forker, of English ancestry. W. R. was brought up on the fann till seventeen, when he began teaching school and taught three terms. At twenty-one he began clerking in West Carlisle, and remained two years. In February, 1854, he went to. California, but returned in July, 1855, and formed a partnership with his brother Samuel in the mercantile business at West Carlisle. In 1858 he went to Missouri and taught school one term, but returned in the fall of same year. In the spring of 1859 he came to Coshocton and served as deputy auditor for his brother Samuel four years. He also served as city mayor and justice of the peace of Pike township. In 1866 he was elected county auditor, and re-elected in 1868.

In 1874 he engaged in the hardware business, which he continued till 1878 when he established his present agency. Mr. Forker was married April 11, 1866, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of N. R. Welch, of this city. Their children are Julia A., Grace W., Early and William.

FORNEY A. Z., Linton township; farmer; born in Linton township, April 14, 1828 ; son of Joseph and Susan (Mistimen) Forney; grandson of Abram and Polly (Forney), and of James and Catharine (Bartmess) Miskimen. His grandfather Forney moved his family from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1812. His father settled in this county about 1826. Mr. Forney is the oldest of six children. He was married October 7, 1849, to Huldah Doty, daughter of Isaac and Maria (Shaw) Doty, born in New Jersey, and came to this county when a little girl. His children are Clark D., Harriet, Joseph W., Franklin, John^ Sarah, and Rachel.

FORSYTHE JAMES, Oxford township; farmer ; postoffice. White Eye Plains ; was born near Nashville, Tennessee, in 1847 ; son of Samuel and Mary (Whiteside) Forsythe ; came to this county with his parents when about six years of age, where he has since resided. He was married to Rebecca Lisk, of this county, in 1851, who was the daughter of James Lisk. His father passed away in 1872 ; his mother is still living. He has been township treasurer of this township. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church. He owns two hundred and fourteen acres of land in the best part of this township.

FORTENBACHER CASIMER, Jefferson township; wagonmaker; postoffice, Warsaw; born in Londenbach, Baden, Germany, March 8, 1840; son of Andrew- and Gertrude (Weimer) Fortenbacher. He commenced work at his trade at the age of eighteen, and at the age of twenty-one he enlisted, October 10, 1861, in Company B, Fortysixth 0. V. V. I., and was mustered out of service July 23, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky. He took part in the following engagements: Battle of Shiloh, siege of Corinth, battle of Vicksburg, Mission Ridge, the campaign to Atlanta, Sherman's march to the sea, and the battle of Goldsborough. He was never wounded. After the war he took a trip west, but being disappointed he returned to Columbus, Ohio, and carried on a shop about five years. After leaving Columbus he located in Warsaw, this county, and has been carrying on his shop to advantage since, having a very fair trade. He married, November 16, 1876, Miss Emma Buckalew, daughter of William and Mary Buckalew. Two children, Ignatius and Lamburt, were born to them.

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daughter of James and Ellen Johnston. Mr. Fortune has been twice married. His second wife was Gordie Hanna. He had two children with each wife. Postofltice, Roscoe.

FOSTER CORNELIUS, Jefferson township; bom in March, 1844, in. Coshocton county; son of William R. and Elizabeth (Davis) Foster, and grandson of Miser and Hannah (Randies) Foster, and of William Davis. Mr. Foster was brought up on a farm and edjacated in district schools. He lived at home with his parents till about the age of twenty-eight, when he married Miss Caroline Speckman, in March, 1872, daughter of John and Rose (Fredrick) Speckman, and granddaughter of George and Christina - (Davis) Fredrick. He now owns a small farm, and by honest industry makes a good living for himself and family. Angeline, Charles P. and Viola G., are the names of their children.

FOSTER JAMES, Jefferson township; mercha,nt; postoffice, Warsaw ; born in Jackson township, Coshocton county, October 12, 1830 ; son of William and Sarah A. (Drake) Poster. Mr. Foster was brought up on a farm, and, at the age of twenty-one, he went to school at West Bedford, and attended there two years, then went to Jackson and attended a select school for six months, after which he began teaching common schools, and continued ten. years. He then engaged as clerk with Dr. Stanton, in a dry goods store, and continued about one and a half years, then formed a partership with Isaac Hogland, purchased the goods of Mr. Stanton, and, in 1874, Mr. Ebenezer Foster became his partner. He afterward purchased his partner's share, and since then his been doing the business himself. He has a good paying custom. His average sales are about $16,000 per year. Mr. Foster was married October 24, 1872, to Miss S. S. McCoy, daughter - of Uriah and Elizabeth (Wolfe) McCoy, and granddaughter of WiUiam and Harriet (Walraven) McCoy, and James and Sarah (Meredith) Wolfe. This union has been blessed with three children - Louis A., born in September, 1873, died March 14, 1877; Gladys Pearl, born October 10, 1874, and Glenwood Mc, born March 14, 1878.

FOSTER RALPH, Keene township; farmer; born February, 1822, in Keene township ; son of James and Nancy (Ford) Foster, and grandson of John and Catherine (Blain) Foster and of William and Jane Ford, all natives of Ireland. He was married December 2, 1845, to Madeline Wilson, daughter of John P. and Grace (Vale) Wilson. Their children were Catherine, Augusta, Etta, William E. and Mary.

pies, in Linton township; the son of Richard and Jane (Elson) Fowler. His father was an early settler in the county. Mr. Fowler was married July 13, 1842, to Sarah, daughter of Francis Wells, of Tuscarawas township. The children born unto them are John W., Richard; Isabel, deceased; Francis, Jeremiah ; Mary, deceased ; Hiram and William Albert.

FOSTER JOHN, Monroe township ; son of John and Catharine (Boyd) Foster; was born February 9, 1823, in Donegal, Ireland, came to America with his parents in 1825, and settled in Coshocton county, where he has since lived; is a farmer; was married in December of 1855. to Miss Ann J., daughter of W. H. and Martha (Mc- Bride) Burklew; are the parents of two children.

FOX MARTHA, Clark township; postoffice, Helmick; widow of Ira Fox; was born in Ireland, June 13, 1841; daughter of Thomas and Jane Buchannan, who came from Ireland, in 1847. She was married to Ira Fox, August 21,1861; son of Ely and Louvina (Andrews) Fox; born January 25, 1816; died, February 8, 1879. She is the mother of seven children, viz : James H., born December 14, 1862; Thomas L,born July 6,1864; Isabel J., born June 6, 1866; Cora E., born January 9, 1869; Joseph D., born January 9, 1872; Wilmer M., born July 18, 1874; George, born April 26, 1878.

FOX EDWIN, Clark township; postoffice, Helmick; born in Clark township, Coshocton county, November 23, 1852; son of Ira and Roxanna (Davis) Fox, and grandson of Ely and Louvina (Andrews) Fox. He was raised on the farm, and has spent most of his time at farming, but has also worked at carpentry, and is, at present, partner in a saw-mill, with George Lowe and Henry Markley. He was married, February 23, 1873, to Miss Mary J. Akin, daughter of James and Sarah (Moore) Akin. She was born in Bethlehem township, July 24, 1852. They are parents of four children: George, deceased; Cora E., Ira N. and Rose.

FOX ELY, Clark township ; farmer ; postoffice, Helmick; born May 8, 1827, in Clark township, on the farm where he now resides ; son of Ely_ and Louvina (Andrews) Fox. His father and mother were both born in Hartford, Connecticut, his father in 1789, and his mother in 1794. They moved to Clark township in 1822, entering a tract of land of one thousand acres, two hundred and fifty of which is now owned by the subject of this sketch, and on which he now lives. His father was a ship carpenter, and lived in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1812, and assisted in building the first (Buckingham) bridge. His grandfathers were both soldiers of the revolutionary war. He was married February 17, 1849, to Elizabeth Mc-

Coy, daughter of John and Sarah McCoy, from whom he was divorced. He was married again May 17, 1862, to Ann M. Bills, daughter of William A. and Almira (Fulton) Bills, and granddaughter of Allanson Bills and Sampson and Elizabeth (Quigly) Fulton, who was born in Wheeling, West Virginia,' July 18, 1832. They are parents of seven children, viz : Ivey I., born

FOX AMOS, Clark township ; farmer ; postoffice, Helmick; born in West Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, June 29, 1801 ; son of Eli and Louvina (Andrews) Fox,_and grandson of Amos Fox. He removed from' Zanesville with his parents, to Clark township, when he w^s ten years of age, where he has resided ever since. He is one among the oldest settlers of the township, and owns a farm of 356 acres Mr. Fox was married October 19, 1837,to Miss Chrissa Ann Stover, daughter of Michael and Phebe Stover. She was born in Virginia, December 14, 1806, and came to Ohio at six years of age. They are the parents of eight children, John, deceased ; Thomas, deceased ; Ira, Michael H., Louvina, Matthias and Rebecca. John belonged to Company F, Fifty-first O. V. L, under Captain James Crooks. He enlisted September 17, 1861, and died October 26, 1863, near Chickamauga, Tennessee, where he is buried.

FERGUSON S. T., manager of Coshocton Cominonwealth, of the firm of Ferguson Bros., pub- Mshers and general job printers; born in Plarrison county, Ohio, August 24; 1848 ; resided there until between sixteen and seventeen years old, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Eighty-fifth O. V. I., and served as a private in Company I until the close of the war, then served on the Pan Handle railroad in the capacity of brakeman, freight conductor and passenger conductor, for over eleven years. He was married in January, 1874, to Miss Maggie Ferguson, of Canonsburgh,Pennsylvania,and has one child - Carrie, who is now six years of age. In the year of 1878 he left the railroad and engaged in the foundry and machine business at Newcomerstown, Ohio, and was burned out shortly after engaging in that business, when he located at Coshocton, Ohio, and is one of the partners of that popular sheet called the Coshocton Comnwnwealth. The paper was started on January 1, 1880, the most inauspicious time for such an enterprise, but, through his efficient management, it has been entirely successful, and reached the acme of excellence, and far surpassed the expectations of the proprietors. It will, in the near future, become the paper of Coshocton county.

FERGUSON W. M., editor Coshocton Commonwealth; of the firm of Ferguson Brothers, publishers and general job printers; native of Harrison county, Ohio, and was born July 29, 1857; youngest son of Benjamin M. and Cynthia (Haskins) Ferguson. Went to school until about fifteen years old, when, without having ever been under instruction, took up the "art preservative," in company with a younger companion, and pub-' lished a small paper. In two years he left home and engaged in the office of the Cadiz Sentind, serving a three years' apprenticeship, being, however, promoted to the foremanship after first six months. He next went to Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas county, there establishing a paper called The Eye, and successfully managing it for over a year, when he disposed of his interest and retired for a short time, next, with his brother, purchasing an office in Coshocton and starting, January 1, 1880, the Coshodmi Com,monweatth, which, as a result of their industry, energy and persistent efforts, has now grown into a large, influential, independent weekly, ranking among the very best county papers in Ohio. The prosperity of the Commonwealth is evinced in the fact that a new power press and outfit of type has just been added to its office.

FRECK W. C, New Castle township; postofflce, Walhonding ; was born in Holmes county, August 25, 1851 ; son of Christian and Julia (Miser) Freck. He attended school until the age of fourteen, at which time he began to learn the shoemaker's trade with Henry H. Geiger, of New Bedford, Coshocton county. From there*iie went to Meadville, Pennsylvania, and engaged with Carpenter & Mathews in building the court-house of that place. He then went to Garretsville, Ohio, and assisted in building the college and bank in that place, and from there he went to Cuyahoga county, and assisted in building the court-house in that county ; after which he went to Millersburg and served as clerk with R. C. & J. T. Maxwell, in a retail clothing establiehment, and remained two years. He then went to Liiiia, Ohio, and engaged with Koch & Levi, retail clothers, and after remaining with them one year he went to St. Louis, and engaged in a wholesale clothing store with L. E. Green & Co., and remained with them three years. His health being^ impaired he took a trip through the West, visiting Colorado and the Hot Springs, and on returning home to New Bedford he clerked for G. C. Brenner in a general dry goods store eighteen months, after which he formed a partnership in general merchandising under the firm name of Freck & Fair, doing business a year, when he bought the entire stock and moved it to Walhonding on the 1st of March, 1879, where he has since been doing a fair business. He was married to Miss Selecta C. Fair August 16, 1877, daughter of Penice and Fair, who was born July 8, 1859, in Holmes county, Ohio. They have been blessed with two children, viz : Charles and MoUie.

PEEDEEICK J. M., Jefiferson township ; farmer; postofRce, Warsaw; born in York county, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1825; son of Jacob and (Frederick) Frederick, who came from Wurtemberg, Germany, and grandson of Casper and Barbara Frederick, who came to Monroe township, Coshocton county, when he was but -eight years of age. He never received any schooling, as there were no schools until he was fifteen years old. He was married, November 19, 1846, to Miss Sarah Parrot, daughter of John and Dora (Bateman) Parrot, who came from Ireland. She was born March 13, 1826, died June 19, 1854. They- had four children, viz: Eobert C, born 4, 1847; Dorenda A., born September 3, 1849; Martha J., born October 6, 1851 ; and William W., born November 8, 1853. He was married, November 20, 1854, to Mrs. Phebe Brillhart, daughter of Samuel and Susan (Whitzel) Brillhart, born June 12, 1833. The children of this marriage were ; Mary J., born February 18, 1857 ; Samuel J., born August 14, 1859; Sarah L., born September 3, 1862; Elizabeth A., born January -22, 1865; Laura M.; born August 18, 1867; Eosa born October 13, 1869; Emma C, born April 14, 1872; Harriet G., born October 10, 1875, died J'une 19, 1879. Mr. Frederick is a member of the M. E. church and has been for the past thirty-five years; is a highly respected, pious man, and has Taised a large, intelligent family.

FEEDEEICK BENJAMIN J., Bethlehem township; farmer; son of John C. Frederick; was born August 27, 1856, in Bethlehem township. Mr. Frederick was raised on the farm, and has always followed that occupation. He was married February 12, 1878, to Miss Katie Layman, of this county, who was born in February, 1860. They are the parents of one child, James Clayton, born in August, 1880. Mr. Frederick's father and mother died in January, 1879, aged respectively eighty and sixty years. They were among the first settlers of the township.

FEEDEEICK JOHN G., Bethlehem township; farmer; postoffice, Warsaw, Ohio; son of John C. and Mary A. (Frieze) Frederick; was born, April 10, 1828, in Bethlehem township, Coshocton county. Mr. Frederick's father was one of the old pioneers of the county. John G. Frederick was married, October 31, 1850, to Miss Emma Curran, of this county. They are the of five children, viz: Laura E., born December 11, 1852; Silva F., born May 14, 1859; MilUe S., born July 16, 1863; Perry W., born

October 19, 1865; Carrie A., born June 10, 1871. Two, Laura E. and Silva F., are married. Millie S. was educated at the National normal school, at Lebanon, Ohio, and is now teaching school. Mr. Frederick was raised on the farm, and has always followed that occupation. He has, by industry, secured a fine farm, in Bethlehem township. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick are prominent members of the Methodist Protestant church, and are esteemed by all who know them.

FEEDEEICK E. C, Jefferson township ; was born in Coshocton county, Ohio ; son of John M. and Sarah J. (Parrott) Frederick. He lived on a farm until the age of sixteen, when he accepted the position of clerk in W. & J. W. Stanton's dry goods store, where he continued till the dissolution of that firm, when he engaged with Jackson Hay, of Coshocton, in th^ same business, where he labored for five years. In 1870, he engaged in the hardware business, in partnership with G. E. Gamble, and in 1872, he sold his hardware interest to his partner, then formed a partnership with James Frederick, and opened up another hardware store, which they managed successfully till 1874, when they had a burn-out and lost everything. He then traveled with J. Kitzmiller & Co., of Canton, Ohio, for four years, on a salary of $6.00 per day. After this he went into the hardware business again, under the firm name of C. Kaser & Co., and are at present doing a lively business at Warsaw, Ohio. Mr. Prederfck was married to Miss Lizzie Myers in March, 1870, daughter of Henry and Wilhelmina Myers. Their children are Clara, May and Eussell C.

FEEDEEICK JOHN, . Jefferson township; born in Wurtemberg, Germany, January 21, 1813; son of John George and Christina (Deaner) Frederick, and grandson of Casper and Barbara Frederick and John Deaner. He came to America at the age of nineteen, landing in Baltimore after a voyage of eleven weeks on a Holland vessel. From there he came to Bethlehem township, Coshocton county, and after remaining there about two years, moved to Jefferson township, where he has resided since. He is one of the first settlers of the township, is a highly respected citizen, owns a farm of 320 acres, well improved. Mr. Frederick was married September 10, 1837, to Miss Elizabeth Brillhart, daughter of Samuel and Susan ( Whitezel) Brillhart, of Buckingham county, Virginia. Mrs. Frederick died December 3, 1879. He is the father of ten children, viz : Susan; Samuel, deceased; Pollie, George, David, Louis, William, Benjamin ; Christina and Julia, deceased. He has twenty-four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Maryland, and came to this county in 1834. He was married in 1835 to Miss Annie M. AA'eatherwax, of this county, who was born in 1815, in New York. They are the parents of ten children, the subject of this sketch being the fifth. He was married in 1877 to Miss Mary J. Ogle, of this county, who was born in 1855. They are the parents of one child, Asbury.

FREW W. C, M. D., Coshocton ; born, October 31, 1844, in this city ; son of John Frew, a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, of Irish ancestry. He was raised, and received a primary education, in his native city. In 1862, he entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Harbor, and was graduated, in 1866. In the same year, he began the study of medicine, with Dr. Harris, of this city. In 1867, he entered Long Island college hospital, at Brooklyn, New York, and attended three courses* of lectures, receiving the degree of M. D , in 1869, and served one year in the Long Island college hospital house, as physician and surgeon. He began practice in this city in 1870, and has continued to the present time (1880). Dr. Frew was married, January 2, 1877, to Miss L. V. Hackinson, daughter of Robert Hackinson, of this city.

FREY FREDERICK, New Castle township; postofiftce, Walhonding; born September 3, 1820, in Pfalz of Bavaria in Germany ; son of George ^nd Elizabeth (Eresman) Frey, grandson of Frederick and Catharine Eresman, all natives of Germany. Mr. Frey came to America with his parents, on the 17th of August, 1837, stopped in Buffalo a month, then came to New Castle township, Coshocton county, and has lived here ever since. The first four years of his sojourn in this county were spent working on the Walhonding canal, then in process of construction. After its completion, he engaged with Mr. Noah Butler to work on the farm, and remained several years, then began farming for himself, and has been successful. He has a good farm of 160 acres in the northern part of- New Castle township. He married Miss Dorothj' Branstool, June 13, 1846, daughter of Godfrey and Ehzabeth Branstool, who was born in the year 1827, in Alsace, France. They have eight children, all living, viz : George, born May 24, 1848; Elizabeth, born December 1, 1849; Mary, born March 6, 1862; John, born February^ 12, 1856; Lewis, born October 25, 1857; Caroline, born February 29, 1862 ; William, born October 20, 1865, and Clara, born January 10, 1870.

FROCK MICHAEL, Keene township ; farmer; born October 28, 1847, in Coshocton county, Ohio; son of George, born May 21, 1824, and Rachael Sheneman, born September 29, 1829, grandson of Michael, born May 9, 1785, and Elizabeth (Seldenright) Frock, and of Christian and Catharine (Moore) Sheneman. He was married to Miss Mary IMcCaskey, born April 4, 1844. ^heis a daughter of William and Eliza (Graham) McCaskey, and granddaughter of George Mc- Caskey. Their children were - William G, born April 7, 1875 ; Solernma D., December 24, 1876,. and Donella May, August 22, 1878.

FROCK GEORGE, White Eyes townshisp;, farmer; born, on the farm where he now resides, in 1824. His father, Michael Frock, was born, in Chester county, Georgia, in the year- 1795, and was married in Georgia. He emigrated to Tuscafawas county in 1814, and came to White Eyes township in 1818 ; bought eighty acres of land, and entered the balance of the 200 acres where his son George now lives. Ke was the fifth settler in the township; came here before it was organized, and had to cut his way through the woods, from Sugar creek to his farm. He was the first justice of the peace, and served in that office three terms. His son George has his first docket, which is quite a curiosity. It is made out of coarse, unruled paper, and is bound in buckskin and pasteboard. The first entry wasmade in 1824.

The first law-suit was against James Henderson. Pat. Ravenscroft charged him with killing a dog and scalping it, and drawing on it the premium paid by the State for wolf scalps. He was bound over to the court of common pleas. In the same year, a Sabbath-breaker was fined seventyfive cents. Another was charged with " swearing two finable oaths," tried, found guilty, and was fined fifty cents, twenty-five cents for each oath.. He styled some of his cases " assault and struck," and in several places where an adminstrator was plaintiff, he entered it thus : " A. B., administrator for the State of C. D., dec'd." A large portion of the docket was filled with suits for bastardy.

The following is a fair specimen of some of the entries : "Appeared before me, Michael Frock, a justice of the peace for said township, on the 7th day of August, William Cutshall personally appeared and paid one dollar for to fight fisticuffs with John Shook, on the 23d day of July- Received by me, Michael Frock, J. P." This docket is highly prized by the family, and they have also miany other ancient papers that are interesting to the antiquarian. Michael Frock was of German descent, and had a good German education ; but, judging from his papers, his English' was defective. He served the township as trustee several terms ; was an honorable gentleman, and highly esteemed. He enjoyed hunting, and was fond of relating his adventures with the wild animals that prowled through the woods that surrounded his home in pioneer times. Hewas drafted in the war of 1812.

He died in 1871, age eighty-five years, and his wife, who was well known in the community asan obstetrician, died in 1856, at sixty-nine years- of age. Their family consisted of the following children : Anna Mary, married Jacob Nihart and lives ifi Williams county; Jacob, married Catharine Sompsel, and are both deceased; Michael, married Susan Nihart, and they are both dead; John, died when about fifteen years old ; Djniel, married Catharine Lint, and lives in Indiana; Christina, was married to Wash Richardson, and has deceased; George, married Rachel Shoneman, June 25, 1846, and their children are : Michael, born October 28, 1847, married Mary MoClosky in 1870, lives in Keene township, and his wife has deceased; Margaret, born November 14, 1650, married Danied Arney in 1879, and lives in Clark township; Leah E., born January 24, 1858, married Thomas Doak in 1873, and is a widow; John, born September 8, 1855, married Sarah Sampsel in 1879, and lives on his father's place ; Rachel, feorn December 17, 1862, is unmarried, and lives at home.

FRY J. P., New Castle township ; was born in December 1823, in Pfalz, Bavaria, in Germany; .son of George and Elizabeth C. Eresman Frj', grandson of William Pry and Frederick Eresman, all natives of Germany. In August, 1837, he arrived in America, stopping in Buffalo until September, when he came to Coshocton county and worked on the canal ind farm for seven years. He then leased land, cleared, and farmed until 1848, when he purchased a small farm, since which time he has been gradually advancing and now has over 400 acres of land. He was married to Miss Anna Braustool, on the 29th of June, 1849, daughter of Godfrey and Elizabeth Braustool, and they have had seven children, viz : William, John, Jacob, Levi, Elizabeth, Elvina and Louie. Mrs. Fry died November 2, 1861. He afterwards . married Miss Barbary Breidenbucher, daughter of George and Margaret (Olier) Breidenbucher, granddaughter of George and Barbery (Weimer) Olier, natives of France, and by their marriage had five children, viz : Daniel, Franklin, Samuel, Edward and Otto.

PRY W. S., Perry township; born in this in 1840 , Son of Samuel and Darcus (Cullison) Pry, grandson of John Pry and of Jesse .-and Notie' Cullison. He was married in 1861, to Miss Caroline Crowther. They are the parents 'of three children, viz: William A., Willis and Emmet.

PRY JONAS, Jackson township; postoffice, Warsaw; was born in this county in 1836; son of Jonas and Mary (Crowther) Pry, and grandson of Enoch Fry and James and Delilah Crowther. Married in 1860, to Miss Sarah P. Hughes, -daughter of William Hughes. Mr. Pry is the father of three children, viz : Lincoln, Joshua and William P.

GAMBLE SAMUEL K., groceries and provisions. East Chestnut street, at the intersection of Chestnut and Main streets, Coshocton. Mr. Gamble is a native of Cookstown, Tyrone county, Ireland, where he was born June 12, 1846. He emigrated to America in the spring of 1865, and located in Coshocton, where he engaged as salesman in the grocery of W. G. Mofltit, where, he remained one year. After this he engaged m railroading and coal mining, until 1879, when he established his present business. He carries a good stock of staple and fancy family groceries, and confectioneries, stoneware, woodenware, sugarcured and pickled meats, salt fish, flour, salt, and all kinds of canned goods ; also deals in all kinds of country produce.

GAMBLE G. R., Jefferson township; merchant; postoffice, Warsaw : born in New Castle township, Coshocton county, Ohio, August 8, 1842 ; son of Romulus and Margaret (Riley) Gamble. He was raised on a farm, and educated in the graded schools of New Castle ; remaining on the farm until twenty-six years of age. In the spring of 1870 he opened a hardware store in Warsaw, in partnership with R. C. Frederick, and continued in that business until 1878, when he sold his interest in the hardware, and purchased the half interest in Nickol's store, where he is at present, doing a lively business. They deal extensively in grain also. He was married in December, 1868, to Miss Lizzie Cratz, of Cosl^octon, daughter of Leopold and Marilla Cratz. They are blessed with four children : Romulus, Milla, Maggie and Lou Ella.- Mr. Gamble is a gentleman of standing, a thorough business man, and respected by all who know him.

GAMBLE LEVI, Jefferson township; teacher and civil engineer; postoffice, Warsaw; born in Huron, December 10, 1834 ; son of James and Elizabeth (Ashley) Gamble, and grandson of William and Nancy (Robison) Gamble, and of Warden and Susannah (Turner) Ashley. His grandfather. Gamble, came from Ireland, in an early day, and settled near Philadelphia Pennsylvania. From there he came to Zanesville, and, after remaining there for some time, moved to Delaware county, and thence to Huron county, where he died. He was father of twelve children, of whom James the youngest, moved to Coshocton county, in 1837; located in New Castle township, and served as justice of the peace, for about twelve years. He was sent to the Legislature, from this county in 1860, and served one term, and, in 1,862, was elected member of the board of public works, in which capacity he served until March 18, 1864, when he died, in Iris fifty-eighth year. Levi is the only son, and followed teaching, from the age of twenty to 1S64, at which time he was appointed civil engineer on public works, and served one year. He was appointed county surveyor, by the county commissioners, in June, 1865, and served twelve years. Mr. Gamble is at present teaching. He was married, January 6, 1868, to Miss Mary A. Bucklew, daughter of Nathan and Mary A. (Chambers) Bucklew, and granddaughter of Parker and Elizabeth (Mathena) Bucklew, and of WiUiam A. and Anna (Smock) Chambers. She was born September 30, 1845 in Clark township. They are the parents of three children: James H., born December 16, 1869; Nathan Ward, September 21, 1871, and Clyde A., March 9, 1873. I

GAEDNEE SAMUEL, leather and findings, Sixth street, Coshocton ; was born in Saratoga, ' New York, December 22, 1823 ; son of Jabez and Sarah (Brone) Gardner, of American ancestry. Young Gardner lived until nine years of age, at Troy, New York, from thence moved to Utica, New York, from which place he came to this city, in 1844. Mr. Gardner learned the shoemaking trade when about eighteen years of age, and has followed it as a secondary business to the present time. About the year 1849, he learned telegraphy and was an operator about five years. He was appointed collector of tolls on the Ohio and Walhonding canal, June 1, 1861, and served to April 15,' 1880. In April, 1871, he was elected justice of the peace, .and served three consecutive terms. He was also elected county infirmary director and served two terms. . He was married Septembr 1, 1844, to Miss Margaret E., daughter of Henry and Jennette (McFarland) Vanvalkinburg. New York State. They have brought up a family of seven children, viz : Clinton J.; Jennie and Julia, twins; Kate, Benjamin, Mamie and Ellie.

GAEDINEE JAMES A., Pike township; postoffice, West Carlisle ; farmer and stock raiser ; born in this county in 1829; son of Archibald ^nd Martha (Stewart) Gardiner. Mr. Gardiner's father settled in this county in 1819, and died in 1868; and his mother died in 1879. He is a grandson of Hugh and Barbara (Neal) Gardiner, and of William and Anna Stewart. He was married in 1852 to Miss Minerva J. Beckham, daughter of William and Nancy Beckham. They are the parents of five children, viz : WilliaJii H., Samuel A., Cteorge N., Martha E., and Nannie A. One is married and lives in Licking county.

GAULT JOHN, Pike township; postoflice, WestCarhsle; farmer and stock raiser; born in this county in 1837; son of Adam and Sarah Gault, and grandson of Adain and Margaret Gault. I-Ie was married in 1867 to Miss Susan M. White, daughter of Lewis and Sarah White.

GAULT ADAM, Perry township; postoffice. West Carlisle; born in Mercer county, in 1806, settled in this county in 1814; son of Adam and Margaret (Stewart) Gault, and grandson of Jamesand, Margaret Gault, and of William and Margaret (Neal) Stewart. He was married, in 1831, to Miss Sarah Miller, daughter of Francis and Isabella Miller. Mrs. Gault died in 1876. They had nine children, viz : Isabella, Margaret, John, Anna, William, Eliza and George.

GAULT W. E., Coshocton ; attorney; born January 20, 1848, in Pike township, this county; son of Adam Gault, who, at an early day, came to this county from Washington county, Pennsylvania. In his childhood and early youth he faithfully performed the duties of a farmer boy. His rudimental education was obtained in the public schools of his native county. In 1869, he entered Wittemberg College, Springfield, Ohio, and was graduated in 1873. In the same year he entered as a student in the law office of Messrs. Nicholas & James, and was admitted to the bar July 20, 1875, since which time he has pursued his profession. June, 1879, Mr. Gault was appointed a member of the board of school examiners, which position he now honorably fills.

GEESE GEOEGE, Adams township; farmer; postoffice, Avondale ; born in Cnmberland county, Pennsylvania, May 28, 1808; son of George and Catharine (Stall) Geese, and grandson of Conrad Geese, who was of German descent. He came to White Eyes township, Coshocton county, in 1837, remained there two yeai^,then moved to Crawford township, remained there one year, then came to his present location, where he has been a resident ever since. He was married in May, 1831, to Miss Mary McFadden, daughter of Thomas and Barbara McFadden. She died April 1, 1864. They became the parents of fourteen children, eight of whom are living, viz: William, Samuel, George, Jacob, Christian, Henry, Sarah and Jane. He married, in February, 1855,^Mis9 Margaret Wimer, who died in 1863. He then married Mrs. Sarah Fuller, daughter of John and Susannah (Noel) Bowman, and granddaughter of Nicholas and Mary (Slonacre) Noel, of German descent, and became the mother of two children, Alonzo and Harry.

GEESE CHEISTOPHEE, White Eyes township; a native. of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania; emigrated to this county about 1837. April 27, 1845, he married Miss Jennie Kimble. She was a native of Jefferson county, was born in 1818, came to this county with her parents, whowere among the first settlers of White Eyes.

Mr. and Mrs. Geese were the parents of four children, two of whom are hving, viz: Columbus and Washington. Columbus was born March 22, 1846, in White Eyes ; remained af home until he was married, which was in 1868, to Miss Catharine Endlich, she is a native of the county, was born in 1847, and is of German ancestry. They have four children - Elmer E., Clarinda C, Laura J., Cordelia M. Washington Geese was born August 22, 1848, and is married to Elizabeth Cutshall. Christopher Geese bought the farm, where his son Columbus now lives, in 1857. Before Mr. Geese came to this county, he followed navigation. He made eighteen trips across the Atlantic, and was captain of a crew on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers for some time. He was on the water about twenty-eight years, and came to this count}' in 1845. He, at one time, owned about 800 acres of land in White Eyes. The elder Geese died September 26, 1870, aged sixty-five years, and his wife died October 21, 1863, and they are both buried at Kimbles. Columbus Geese was elected clerk of White Eyes and is serving out his term now, he is also a notary public.

GEIDEL CHARLES H., of the firm of Hack, Geidel & Co., general merchants, Roscoe, Ohio. Mr. Geidel was born June 28, 1852, in Newark, New Jersey ; son of John Conrad and Maria L. (Beatzel) Geidel. In 1856 they came to Roscoe, where young Geidel was brought up. In 1871 he entered the room (where he is now partner) as a clerk. In September, 1880, he entered the railway mail service on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway. This position he resigned November 6, 1880, and became a member of the present firm January 1, 1881. Mr. Geidel was married December 29, 1881, to Miss Sadie A. Huthchins.

GEIGER HENRY H., Crawford township; boot and shoe manufacturing; postoffice, New Bedford, Ohio; born in Somerset, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, August 27, 1830; son of Henry and Susannah (Hess) Geiger. In 1840 became to Holmes county, and in 1845 to Crawford township, and in 1849 located in New Bedford where he has since resided, excepting' six years spent at Coshocton. Mr Geiger was mail carrier between Coshocton and New Bedford from 1861 to 1863. He was married January 6, 1856, to Miss Drusilla, daughter of Charles and JBlizabeth (Kreiger) Srenkle. By this union he had four children : Ellen S., Elmer E., Elizabeth A. and Henry S. Mr. Geiger was appointed postmaster at New Bedford in 1864 and held the office two years, and was re-appointed in 1877, and has since held it.

GETZ ERNHEST, Crawford township; of the firm of Getz & Brother, marble cutters; postoffice. New Bedford, Ohio; born June 18,1859, in Berlin township. Holmes county; son of John and Annie Mary (Schiller) Getz. His childhood and early youth were spent on the farm and attending school, one term of which was at the Lebanon normal school. When about twenty years old he began his present trade. Mr. Getz takes an active part in the prf sent literary society of New Bedford, being the editor of the society's paper. The above firm is doing a line business in cemetery and other work in their line.

GIANQUE DAVID, Clark township; fcrmer and shoemaker; postoffice, Helmick; born in IJolmes county, Ohio, in September, 1850 ; son of David and Sophia ( Williard) Gianque, and grandson of David Gianque. His father came from Switzerland. He learned his trade with Benjamin Gessaker of Wilmont, Holmes county, remained there two years, then came to Clarke township and after remaining four years removed to Holmes county, where he remained three tears. He then moved back to Clark township, purchased a farm and has been here since, working at his trade and farming. He has a very fair trade. He was married November 10, 1873, to Miss Caroline Fulmer, daughter of George and Mary (Shedecker) Fulmer, who was born November 11, 1848, in Wayne county, Ohio, where her parents settled on coming from Switzerland. They have two children - Benjamin P., born May 25, 1875, and Nellie May, born August 30, 1878.

GIFFIN FRANKLIN, Perry township ; post- , office. New Guilford; born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1846; son of Hiram and Mary (Trimble) Giffln, and grandson of William and Elizabeth Giffin, and of William and Anna Trimble. He was married in 1869, to Miss Laura J. Blue, daughter of Peter and Mary Blue. Mr Giffin is the father of six children, viz : Charles E., Alice M., Edward H., John W., Raymond D. and Lloyd E.

GILMORE H. W.,Washington township ; farmer; postoffice, Wakatomaka; born in 1856, in this county. His father was born in 1830, in Green county, Pennsylvania; was brought in same year to this county, and was married in 1855, to Miss Ella J. McAdow, of this county, who was born in 1836r in this county. He died in 1877. They were the parents of four children, the subject of this sketch being the oldest. He was married in 1877, to Miss Ettie McGinnis, of Muskingum county, who was born in 1856. They are the parents of two children, viz : Oscar E., deceased, and Charlie.

GIVEN WILLIAM, Jefferson township; born in January, 1806, in County Tyrone, Ireland ; son of John and Rebecca (Moore) Given, and grandson of James and Sarah (Boak) Moore. He followed farming in Ireland until the age of twentysix, when he came with his mother and brother James, and settled in Brooke county, Virginia, where he remained until 1840, when he came with a colony of twenty -eight persons, his mother and brother James included, to Coshocton county. They purchased large tracts of military land, known as the " Bell section," and in a short time all became rich. Mr. Given married Miss Margret Alexander in 1832, daughter of James and "Eebecca (Hamilton) Alexander. The children of this marriage are : Eebecca A.; Isabelle, deceased, and Sarah. Mrs. Moore died in Virginia in 1839. JMr. Moore then married Miss Margret McParland, who was born in 1824, and died October 27, 1853, being the daughter o* Robert McFarland. Their children were : John J., Robert and William, all living in Coshocton county. John married Miss Nora McNabb, in September, 1877, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, daughter of John and Susan (Adams) McNabb, and granddaughter of Jacob and Rachael (Powell) Adams, and of John McNabb. William and an infant son that is not yet named, are their only children.

GLAZE ZACHARIAH, Franklin tOAvnship; born October 7, 1837, in Montgomery county, Indiana. His great-grandfather emigrated from England to Delaware, and his grandfather from that State to Montgomery county, Indiana. In his youth he clerked in a store. In Jaunary, 1862, he married Anna Engle, of Frederick county, Maryland, who died two years after. In 1864 he came to Ohio. In 1867 he enlisted in the United States army, and served three years, eighteen months at Florida Keys and eighteen months at Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. In March, 1874, he married Mrs. Elvira Simon, and is the father of two children, viz : Albert Alonzo and Milber J.

GLOVER JOSI AH, Coshocton ; dealer in books, sheet music, etc., 421 Main street. Mr. Glover is a native of this county, and was born October 30, 1830; son of Joel and Elizabeth (Shannon) Glover. He was educated in the public schools of this county and at Smithfield, Jefferson county. At Smithfield he learned the carriage and wagon making trade. On completing his trade he traveled for some time in Illinois, working at his trade at diflTerent places. In 1850 he returned to Coshocton, and in 1853 he resumed his trade, which he followed until 1871, when he established his present business in which he has been successful, having a fine stock of school and miscellaneous books, sheet music and musical instru- - ments, pictures and picture frames. Mr. Glover is one of the pioneers of this county in music, and has done more than any other to develop this fine art, having been a teacher since 1850. Tie was married, first, in September, 1853, to Miss Malona L., daughter of William W. and Louisa (Lee) Jamison. By this marriage he had two children, viz : Samuel L,, deceased, and William J.

Mr. Glover was afterward married to Miss Leonora E., daughter of Timothy A. and Mary A. (Woodruff) Condit. They are the parents of eight children, viz: Alfred, deceased; Edwin W., Ada L., Frank E., Mary and two infants, (twins), not named, died in infancy. Timothy A. Condit, named above, was one of the early settlers of Coshocton county. He was born in Orange, Essex county, New jersey, in November, 1809, and came to Coshocton county in October, 1834. He identified himself at once with every plan that would advance his adopted county and State. In politics he was a strong Whig, and had the distinctive honor of being the only member of the legislature from this county elected by the Whig party. This was in 1850. He was a friend of education and always ready to help the poor, which gave him a leading position with the best men' of his community. He died leaving a wife and four daughters, all of whom moved to the West excepting Mrs. J. Glover. Mrs. Condit and one daughter, have deceased.

GOODIN S. R., Jackson township; postoffice, Roscoe; born in this county, in 1844; son of Amos and Katharine Goodin, and grandson of Samuel and Sarah Goodin; married, in 1874, to Mary Underwood, daughter of Lewis and Lucy Underwood. Mr. Goodin is the father of two children, viz : Sylva and Willis.

GOODIN SAMUEL, Jackson township; postoffice, Roscoe; born in Perry county, Ohio; son of Amos and Katharine Goodin, and grandson of Samuel and Sarah Goodin; married, in 1866, to Katharine Rush, daughter of Daniel and Mary Rush. Their union has been blessed with two children, viz : John and Charles.

GORH AM WILLIAM, New Castle township; born November 23, 1808, in Kent county, Parish Westwell, England ; son of Thomas and Sarah (West) Gorham. He followed farming in his native country till his twentieth year. He left Liverpool April 7, and landed in New York June 15, , 1828; settled in Middlefield, New York, and moved from there to Cherry Valley, New York ; then to one or two other places, including Putnam, Muskingum county, Ohio, New Castle, Dresden, Coshocton, and finally to New Castle in 1835, where he yet remains In 1834 he began to study astrology, which he is now practicing. Before this he had no particular trade. He now has correspondence from all parts of the United States as a fortune-teller. He married Miss Sarah Scott February 20, 1840, daughter of Arthur Scott, who was a native of Pennsylvania. Their children were Elizabeth, deceased; Mary A., Adaline C, Ebenezer S., Louisa Jennie, Raphael A., and Amelia L. He cleared a great deal of land in New Castle.

GOSSER .MICHAEL, Franklin township; farmer ; postoffice, Wells Creek, Ohio. Mr. Gosser was born May 29, 1S43, in Linton township ; son of George and Magdalene (Long) Gosser. Mr. Gosser enlisted in Company G, Eightieth 0. V. I., and served nearly four years. He was married November 19, 1867, to Miss Margaret, daughter of Henry and Barbara (Haag) Hennel. They are the parents of two children, viz: Barbara Catharine and Henry Edward. Mr. Gosser is of German and Mrs. Gosser of French ancestors.

GOSSEE GEOEGE, Coshocton; manager grocery, bakery and boarding-house, Second street, between Chestnut and Main ; was born in France December 17, 1833; son of George Gosser. In 1840 he came to America, with his parents, and settled with them in Linton township. At the age of fourteen he began life for himself, and worked at several occupations. In 1863 he came to this city. Mr. Gosser was married April 2, 1857, to Miss Annie Michael, daughter of David Michael, of Linton township. They have had seven children, one of whom (David), is dead. Their six living children are William, George W., Samuel, Charles, Clarence and Frank.

GOESELINE WILLIAM, Lafayette township ! merchant ; postoffice, West Lafayette ; started his present business in 1878, dealing in dry goods and groceries. Previous to 1878, he taught school eight j'ears, three years in the graded schools of West. Lafayette and three years in Frazysburgh.

GOULD JOSEPH H , Keene township ; born October 11, 1842, in Summit county, Ohio ; son of J. T. and Eunice Gould, and grandson of John and Olive Gould, and John and Eachel Walker. At the age of thirteen he came to Coshocton county, and was employed on the public works. He enlisted in Company D, First O. V. A., Septernber, 1861, served about a year and was mustered out, on account of disability. He applied to re-enlist, but was rejected. In 1865 he learned the blacksmith trade in Mill Fork, and has worked at it since in various localities in this vicinity, and also in Illinois, for three years. He is at present situated in Keene. Married May 26, 1866, Mary E. Hughes, daughter of Absolom and Susan (Hawk) Hughes, born August 4, 1846. Their children are Sarah E., born September 28, 1867 ; Eunice V., October 13, 1868 ; Cora E., July 24, 1871, deceased; Wilham J., October 25, 1873; Eachel E., August 1875; Joseph M., July 21, 1877, and Emma J., April 8, 1879.

GEAHAM CHAELES H., Tuscarawas township; postoffice, Canal Lewisville; merchant of the firm of Henderson & Graham, Canal Lewisville; was born July 7, 1850, in the county of Sligo, Ireland; son of Thomas Graham. His mother's maiden name was Charlotte Martin. They came to America in 1853, and located in Franklin township. Young Graham was raised on the farm, where he remained until about twenty-one years of age, when he entered the store of Burns & Hack as clerk, with whom he remained three or four years, and subsequently clerked for C. F. Burns, and for Hamilton Brothers and Balchire & Burns. In 1880, the present firm was established, which carries a general stock of goods suited for the retail trade. They also deal extensively in grain. Mr. Graham was elected justice of the peace April 5, 1880, which oflSce he now holds. He was married, April 10, 187fl, to Miss Lizzie Clendening, of Canal Lewisville. This union has been blessed with one son - Bernard.

GEAHAM THOMAS, Clark township; farmer; postoffice, Clark's; born in Ireland, June 25, 1828; son of Thomas and Mary (Wilkinson) Graham, and granddaughter* of James Graham and Elizabeth Wilkinson. He came to America when he was nine years of age with his mother, four brothers and one sister, and settled in Clark township, where he has resided since. He was married July 25, 1854, to Miss Massey Casey, daughter of John and Hannah Casey, who was born in Holmes county, March 20, 1830. Her father was a soldier in the war 1812. They are the parents of six children - John T., deceased ; Mary H., deceased ; Hannah M., born March 3, 1860 ; Martha, born. December 7, 1863 ; William J., born September 12, 1868; Nannie M., born October 18, 1871.

GEAHAM EOBEET, Clark township ; farmer ; postoffice, Clark's ; born in Ireland, June 25, 1826 ; son of Thomas and Mary '(Wilkinson) Graham, and grandson of James Graham and Elizabeth Wilkinson. He came to White Eyes township,. Coshocton county, in 1839, and remained until 1842, when he moved to Keene, where he learned the shoemaker trade with John Boyd, and followed that occupation twenty- three years; from there he moved to Bloomfield and worked at his trade seventeen years; then purchased the Bloomfield mills, and followed milling six years; then moved to Medina county and dealt in grain two years; then came back to Clark township and purchased a farm, and has been engaged in farming since. He was married April 19, 1847, to Miss Mary Eamsey, daughter of^ Henry and Margaret (Cullen) Eamsey. She was born in Keene, August 15, 1829; died June 21, 1852. They were blessed with three children : Eichard, born March 19, 1848 ; Mary J., April 27, 1850, and William T., June 11, 1852. He was married June 22, 1853, to Marian Edwards, daughter of Jesse and Harriett (Lilley) Edwards, and granddaughter of Jourdan and Mary (Wren) Edwards, and John and Frances (Smith) Lilley ; born June 22, 1880,

GRAHAM JAMES, Clark township ; farmer; postoffice, Clark's; born in Ireland, March 29, 1818 ; son of Thomas and Mary (Wilkinson) Graham, and grandson of James Graham and Elizabeth Wilkinson. He came to America in 1839, settled in White Eyes township, and remained there until 1846,- when he moved to his present location, where he has remained sinCe. He was married in Ireland, April 13, 1839, to Catharine Peoples, daughter of James and Catharine (Bonner) Peoples, who is a second cousin of Mr. Bonner of New York. They are the parents of eleven children, seven of whom are living, viz : Catharine B , Mary, Margaret, John, Eebecca, Hannah M., and Francis.

GEAHAM JOHN C , Pike township; postoffice. West Carlisle ; farmer and stock raiser ; born in this county in 1847 ; son of William and Elizabeth (Crawford) Graham. He was married December 24, 1868, to Jliss Mary M. Norris, daughter of Thomas and Mariah Norris. They are the parents of four children, viz : George E., Etta M., Ollie B. and Luna E. The subject of this sketch is a grandson of Alex, and Jane Graham, and of John and Nancy Crawford. Mr Graham's father emigrated from Ireland to this country at a very early day, and died April 9, 1880.

GEAHAM ALEX., Pike township; postoffice, Wakatomaka, tliis county; farmer and stock raiser ; born in 1844 ; son of James and Matilda Graham, and grandson of Alex, and of John and Isabella McKee. Pie was married in 1865 to Miss Sarah A. McKee, daughter of James and Isabella McKee. They are the parents of three children, viz : James E., Lenna B. and George C.

GEEEE JOHN, Jackson township; Eoscoe postoffice; born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1820, settled in this county in 1840; son of John and Mary Greer, and grandson of William and Mary Critchtield. Married in 1850, to Mary Finncd'l, daughter of Thomas and Nancy Pinnell. Mr. Greer is the father of seven children, three of whom (Mary F., Alexander, Martha) have deceased. The living are Emma E., Charles W., Eobert A., Mattie B.