Coshocton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1881 (part 4 of 10)

GROSS JOHN, Tuscarawas township; grocer; postoffice, Coshocton, Ohio; born in Bavaria, Germany, December 24, 1818; son of Martin and Barbara (Huffman) Gross. Mr. G. was an enlisted soldier in his native country for seven years, but was exempt from active military duty o-\ving to the general peace of the kingdom at that time. In 1847 he was married to Miss Catherine, daughter of Philip and Christian (Kuegler) Metzger. They became the parents of ten children, viz : Philip P., Margaret, married to John Ingham ; Martin, married to Sophia Schumacher; Elizabeth, deceased; Peter, married to Catharine Gass; Christian, deceased ; John A.; Matthias and George, deceased. The first four named of these children were born in Germany. Mr. G. located first in Cleveland on his arrival in America in 1850, next in New Philadelphia, afterwards in Coshocton, where he arrived in 1857. He has occupied his present residence since 1865.

GROVE W. H, Jefferson township; born April 5, 1845, in Jefferson township, Coshocton county, Ohio; son of David and Mary (Stagger) Grove. Mr Grove was brought up on a farm and educated in district schools. His parents died when he was quite young, and left him to battle with the world among strangers. At the age of fifteen he began school teaching, and followed teaching in winter and farming in summer until the age of twenty-one, since that time has devoted ifts entire attention to farming and threshing. He has established quite a reputation as a thresher. He was married May, 1867, to- Miss Elizabeth Hohenshell, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Kenter), Hohenshell. Marvin L., Eramit 0., Lulu G. and William, are the names of their children.

GUENTHEE FEANCIS JOSEPH, Coshocton ; engineer ; was born in 1839, in Pittsburgh, Pennsjdvania; son of Francis Joseph and Vaberga (Waggoner) Guenther, who was of German ancestry. Young Guenther, when a boy, began doing work about an engine, and has followed the same to the present time. He is now engineer at the Coshocton planing-mills. Mr. Guenther was married about the year 1863.

GUITTARD FRANCIS JOSEPH, M. D.; postoffice, New Bedford; born September 28, 1828, in Alsace, France, now Germany; son of Joseph and Genereuse (Georer) Guittard. He came to America in 1847, and located in Erie count}', New York, where he worked on a farm a few years. About 1849 he came to Middletown, Holmes county, and clerked in store, and read medicine during his leisure time, rmtil 1863, when he began reading with Dr. Pomerene, and attended the Clevelancl medical college in the winter of_ lS54-'55; commenced practice in Jlarch, 18.50, in New Bedford. Pie was subsequently graduated at the Cleveland hospital medical college, and received an Ad eundem de- .gree at Wooster university medical department, at Cleveland. Dr. Guittard was married in Octo- ber, 1856, to Miss Lydia, daughter of George and Sarah (Tambough) Myers. They had eight children: Rosa Lee; C. O., deceased; Alvin M., Victor G., Francis G., Virgil D., Sarah E. and Claud B. The doctor has been successful in his profession, having the confidence and respect of the community.

HACK M. G., postoffice, Roscoe; merchant, of the firm of M. G. Hack & Co., Main street; born April 7, 1848, in Roscoe ; son of Peter Hack, a native of Germany. M. G. was raised in his native village. At sixteen years of.age he went into a store as clerk for Le Rettilley, McClintock & Co., and remained until 1871, when he became partner in the firm of Burns & Hack, at Canal Lewisville, where they conducted business until 1874, when they moved to this place, and continued the business in Roscoe until 1878, when the present firm was formed Mr. Hack was married September 20, 1876, to Miss Alice E. Burns, daughter of John Burns, of Roscoe. They have two children, Rosa Lena and Burns Raymond. This establishment has a full stock of dry goods, groceries, queen and glassware, boots and shoes, hats and caps, carpets, clothing, trunks, etc.

HACK T. B., merchant tailor, 415 Main street, Coshocton, 0. He was born January 3, 1852, in Roscoe, and brought up in his native village. At the age of thirteen he began the tailoring trade with his father. At twenty-one he became cutter for several establishments. In 1877 he became traveling salesman for Goodheart Bro. & Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio, and did business for this firm until August 6, 1880, when he established his present business. This house is one of the first-class business places of the city, employing ten tailors, two clerks and one cutter.

HACK CAPTAIN PETER, cutter for his son, T. B., merchant tailor. Captain Hack was born April 7, 1816, in Odenbach, Bavaria; son of Michael Hack. Peter was brought up on a farm until fourteen years of age, when he went to his trade. In 1837, came to America and located at Roscoe. In 1861, erthsted in Company G, Eightieth 0. V. I., and was commissioned first lieutenant, and after serving one year he was commissioned captain of Company F, same regiment, and served tcrthe close of the war. It is but justice to state here that Captain Hack was never an inmate of the hospital, but always at his post of duty. At the close of the war. Captain Hack returned to his home in Rosdoe, since which time he has followed his present trade. He was married June 29, 1845, to INIiss Rosalena; daughter of Gotleib Adams, a native of .Prussia. They are the parents of nine children, viz: Albert W., M. G., John M., T. B., Louisa, C. PI., Edward P. ; Charlotte, deceased, and Mary.

HAGER G. W., Coshocton ; tobacconist and cigar manufacturer ; was born June 14, 1849, in Greene county, Pennsylvania. His father, Jacob Hager, was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, of German ancestors. Young Hager remained at home until 1% was about twenty-one years old. Then he engaged in several employments for a few years, after which he went into the cigar shop of Isaac Hooper of Waynesburgh, the county seat of his native county, and remained about three years ; then worked in several shops in this and his native State. In 1879 he established his present shop in this city, where he is doing a good business manufacturing cigars and dealing; in tobacco and smoking supplies. , Mr. Hager was married September 16, 1879, to Miss Emma H. Fitz, daughter of John Pitz, of Muskingum county.

HAHN ADAM, Franklin township; born in. Tuscarawas county, Ohio, December 27, 1838; son of Peter and Margaret (Marhofer) Hahn^ who emigrated from Germany, in 1833. He learned the blacksmith trade, with his brother Peter, in Rogersville, Tuscarawas county. When about twenty-one years old, he moved to Franklin township, Coshochton county, and followed his trade, at Wills creek, until about 1873; then turned his attention to farming. He was married, in 1863, to Elizabeth, daughter of Michael and Catherine (Sandels) Strohecker, who emigrated from Alsace, France, to Muskingum county. By this marriage, he had four children, . viz : John Henry, George Valentine, Mary Catherine and Howard Edward.

HAINS JOSEPH R., Bedford township; farmer; postoffice. Tunnel Hill; born, in lt^.52,in this county. He was married, in 1877, to Miss Arminta Taylor, of this county, who was born in 1858. They are the parents of one child, Salina..

HAINS SAMUEL, Bedford township; farmer; postoffice. Tunnel Hill; born in 1850, in this county. His father, Amos Hains, was born in 1820, in this county. He was married in 1840 to Miss Rebecca Drake, of this county, who was born in -1823, in Virginia. He died m 1864. They were the parents of six children, Samuel being the fifth. He was nifirried in 1873 to Miss Annie Norris, of this county, who was born in 1855. They are the parents of three children,, viz : May B., George O., and Edgar B.

HAINS LEVI, Bedford township; farmer; postoffice. Tunnel Hill; born in 1817, in this county. His father was born in 1782, in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and was married in 1803 to Miss Hannah Lybarger, of the same county, who was born in 1784. They moved to Licking county in 1810, and to this county in 1811. The Hains' cabin was the third in the township.

Richard Shelton's being the first, and Ezra Morton's the second. Mr. Hains died in 1863; his wife in 1849. They were tlie parents of eight children, the subject of this slcetcli being the sixtli. He was married in 1843 to ]^ss Lucinda Troutman, of this county, who was born in 1838, in Kjaox county, Ohio. They are tlie parents of children, nine of whom are living.

HAINES HIRAM, Bethlehem township; farm- son of Daniel Haines; was born in 1834, in Coshocton county, Ohio. Mr. Haines' father came to this county in 1802, and was one of the -earliest settlers. When he came to this county it was generally a wilderness, inhabited by Indians and wild animals. He died November 6, 1878, at an advanced age. Hiram Haines was raised on the farm, and has alwaj's followed that -occupation He was married in 1860, to Miss Mary C. Milligan, of this county, who was born in 1836. They became the parents of two children, -viz : Uriah F., born November 8, 1862, and Emma D., born December 27, 1863. Mr and Mrs. Haines .are influential members of the Evangelical church at Princeton, Ohio.

Hauler Brothers, George J. & C. J.

2.52, Main street, Coshocton ; butchers ; born and raised in this city ; sons of Adam and Catharine (Mank) Haller. George J. learned the plasterer's trade, ^and worked at it one year. He was married November 30, 1879, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of George and Mary (McGigen) Mofiitt, of this city. The father of these two brothers was a butcher, and the sons were brought up to their present occupation. They took possession of their present shop January 4, 1881, and keep, a fine assorted supply of sausages, fresh and cured meats.

HALL JOHN H., Lafayette township; farmer ; postoffice. West Lafayette ; was born in West Virginia, in 1821 ; son of DennfS Hall ; came to Ohio in 1865, and located in Linton township, and -came to this township in 1870; was married in 1846, to Miss Ingraham, of West Virginia, daughter of Jabob Ingraharh. They have had ten children, Elihu W. ; Jacob I., deceased in 1866, in his seventeenth year; Nancy A., Edith M., Mary V., J. H., William M., Arthur Lee, Sarah J. and Anderson Monroe. Mr. Hall is industrious and well spoken of by all.

HALL WILLIAM R., Coshocton ; proprietor of coal mine; was born April 2, 1821, in County Darhfim , England ; son of Lancelet and Eleanor (Jackson) Hall, and grandson of Lancelet Hall and Willianr Jackson. He landed at New York September 1, 1849; located at Massillon until August 16, 1850, when he came to this city, where he has remained to the present time. He was married February 11, 1843, to Miss Mary, daughter of George and Mary Lamb, of Darham county, England. This union was blessed with eleven children, viz: Luke, married to Mary Bassett; Mary, burned to death when about three years of age; William, died on the sea when about eight months old ; Lancelet, married to Mary Elizabeth Frazie; Isabelle, married to John Conlej'; William R., married to Clara Rice ; John, ]\Iary Anne ; George, deceased, and Alice. When Mr. Hall started business in America he had only one sovereign, but, by honest industry, he has secured a comforable home, and raised a large, moral and respectable familj'.

HAMERSLEY ISAAC L., Linton township; farmer and shoemaker ; born in Linton township, June 18, 1817; first child of Peter and Lydia (Fuller) Hamersley, and grandson of Isaac and Mary (Wirick) Hamersley and of Thomas and - - (Hayes) Fuller. His great-grandfather, John Hamersley emigrated from the northern part of Ireland, in pre-revolutionary times, and six of his seven sons were soldiers in the revolution. Mr. Hamersley's father was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1795, and, in 1805, moved with his father to Belmont county. One year after, they moved to Guernsey county, and, in 1816, he married and' settled in Linton township. In the fall of 1825, Isaac's father and grandfather built a pirogue on Wills Creek and moved their families by water to Lawrence county, Indiana. They remained their till 1833, then returned to this county. On their way home, while encamped at the mouth of the Wabash river, they witnessed the grand meteoric display of that yesn. Mr. Hamersley, in 1841, married Sarah Ann, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Johnson) Fuller. Their children are Henry, deceased; Thomas, deceased, and Peter. Two of his boys gave their lives to their country. Thomas died at home shortly after his return from the seat of war, from disease contracted there. Henry fell a victim of typhoid fever, at Winchester, June 4, 1863. Both were inembers of company B, One Hundred and Twenty-second 0. V. I.

HAMILTON JOHN, White Eyog township; farmer ; was born, in 1805, in the county of Tyrone, Ireland. He married Miss Mary Fair, of the same county. They came to this county, in 1842; settled in Keene, but afterward located in White Eyes, , on the farm where he now resides. They have had seven children, two of whom have deceased. Margaret, born in 1840, is married to Jonas Brown. Thomas, born 1842, is married to Miss Margaret Boyd, daughter ol R. R. Boyd, and lives in White Eyes. Claudius, born- in 1848, is married to Angie Jack, of this township, and is now living at Bakersville. Mary Ellen, born July 4, 1853, is single, and lives at home. John, born in 1859, lives at home. Mr Hamilton and his family are members of the White Eyes Methodist Episcopal church. .

HAMILTON CLAUD, White Eyes township; farmer, born in 1804, in the couny of Tyrone, Ireland. In 1882 he married Miss Mary A. Johnson, who was a native of the same place, and was born in 1814. They have a family of six daughters and two sons - Margaret, Matilda J., Elizabeth, Mary A., John A., Lucinda D., Sarah J. and Thomas J. All are married, except Mary, Sarah and Thomas, who are at home. Lucinda married Dr. K. A. Calvin, of Pennsylvania, and is now living in Crawford county, Pennsylvania; John married Miss Libby Miser, daughter of Joseph Miser, and is living in this township; Matilda married Rev. J. N. Crawford, a minister of the M. E. church, and they reside in Pennsylvania ; Elizabeth married William Calhoun, a farmer, who lives in Oxford township. Mr. Hamilton and his family came to this country in 1872, and located on the place where he now lives, within the limits of Avondale. Mrs. Hamilton died January, 1 866. Mr. Hamilton and family belong to the M. E. church at Kimbles.

HAMILTON SAMUEL, White Eyes township ; farmer ; born October 10, 1835, in Keene township; son of William and Mary (McCaskey) Hamilton. His father was a native of Ireland, and his mother was born near Steubenville,Ohio, and he came to this county when but a child with his parents. The parents of Mrs. (Adams) Hamilton were natives of Ireland, emigrated to the United States about the year 1821, settled in Jefferson county, and came to this county in 1833. They were married about 1833, and located on the farm in White Eyes township, where Mrs. Adams now resides. On July 4, 1860, Samuel Hamilton married Miss Adams, who was born in farm of eighty acres in White Eyes township, which Mr. Hamilton-inherited, and subsequently added to it the 163 acres on which he now resides. They became the parents of the following named children : Monterville, born August 23, 1862, died when six and a half years old ; Emma Plorinda, born November 26, 1864; Olive Vesta, born May 23, 1870; Elnier, born May 17, 1872; Edgar Lloyd, born August 21, 1877 ; Leroy, born October 23, 1879.

HAMERSLEY THOMAS J., Linton township; farmer: born in Guernsey county, Ohio, March 24, 1825 ; son of Peter and Lydia Hamersley. (See sketch of Isaac L. Haniersley). Mr. Hamersley has lived in Linton township during the greater part of his life. He was married in 1860, to Mary Adams, daughter of Francis and

HAMILTON C. C, Adams township ; merchant ; postoffice, Bakersville : born in Keene township, Coshocton county, Ohio, February 21,. 1845 ; son of John and Mary (Fair) Hamilton, and grandson of Thomas Hamilton. He remained at home with his parents until twenty-one years of age ; -graduated at Eastman's business college, at Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1866, and in 1867, began business as a merchant, at Avondale, Coshocton county ; remained there about ten years,, when he traded his store for land, and^ attended to insurance business for about two ' years. He then traded his land for a store in Bakersville, where he is at present doing a very fair business,, keeping everything usually kept in his line. He was married December 24, 1868, to Miss Angle Jack, daughter of John and Jane (Pord) Jack, and granddaughter of George Ford. They are theparents of six children, viz : Edwin, deceased ; Jennie M., Alfred E., Wilford C, William A. and Mary M.

HAMILTON J. P., Washington township; farmer; postpfHce, Wakatomaka; born in 1826^ in Harrison county, Ohio, and came to this county in 1831, with his father, who was born in 1792,. in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. He came to Ha,rrison county in 1805, and was married in 1816, to- Miss Alfreda Bailey, of that county, who was born in 1793, in Boston. She died in 1863. They are the parents of nine children, the subject of this sketch being the fifth. He was married in 1868,, to Miss Susan Cornell, of this county, who was born in 1840. They are the parents of five children, viz: Robert L., Maria A., William W., Lucinda J. and Albert D.

HAMMONTREE FRANKLIN, Monroe township ; was born April 6, 1821, in Loudon county, Virginia; son of Samuel and Sarah (Brown) Hammontree, and grandson of David and Mary (Beech) Hammontree, and of John and Lydia (Burson) Brown. The Bursons and Browns were revolutionary soldiers. He lived in his native State till about the age of fifteen, when he went to Belmont county, Ohio, and remained there two' years ; from there he went to Washington county, Ohio, near Beverly, where he remained about twenty-three years, in the cabinet business. After leaving there he went to Coshocton county and bought a farm, where he has been engaged in farming ever since. He married Miss Eliza J. McDonald in August, 1842, who was born June 12, 1822, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Featherston (Haw) McDonald, and granddaughter of Thomas Wilkison Hazard Featherston and Margaret (Poland) Haw. Their children are: Rufus, born July 3, 1850; Ruth A., born June 11,

HANKINS DANIEL, Franklin township; farmer; postoffice, Wills Creek. Mr. Hankins was born, February 15, 1828, in Franklin township, on the farm now owned by McBane; son of William and Amelia (Pigman) Hankins; a native of Virginia, of English ancestry. He came to Franklin township, at a very early day. He was a farmer, and renowned anctioneer. He was peculiarly adapted to this profession, being sought many times to go a great distance to auctioneer important sales. He was born April 14, 1787, and his wife was born October 11, of the same year. They were married June 24, 1813, and became the parents of eleven children, viz: Lucinda, deceased; Jane, formerly married to Elijah Duling, now deceased ; JMoses P., emigrated to Missouri; Anne, married to Lewis Eodruck ; Nathaniel L., deceased ; Mary, married to Orange Hagle; Cassandra, married to -John G. Parker, and John (the last three live in Minnesota) ; Daniel, Elizabeth (Daniel's twin sister), married to John C. McBane, of Franklin township; Catherine, married to Martin B. Hewett, now resides in Illinois. Daniel, the subject of this sketch, was married, October 7, 1852, to Miss Louisa, daughter of Isaac and Nancy (Barrow) Shambaugh. Mr. Shambaugh was a native of Virginia, of German descent, and a soldier in the war of 1812. Daniel's children are, Nancy C, married to William Fitz, of Zanesville, Ohio ; Alice A. B., married to John L. Ganner, of Franklin township; Mary Ellen, Isaac Edward and Elizabeth J.

H ANLON WILLIAM, Keene township ; born in Jefferson county, Ohio, May 13, 1818; a son of Allen and Susan (Ford) Hani on, natives of Ireland. He lived in his native county with his parents till 1852, when he came to Ohio and bought the farm where he now lives. He was married -January 29, 1845, to Miss 'Mary Stark, daughter of James and Elizabeth McGee. They had the following named children : Edwin M., born December 3, 1845-; Eliza J., March 23, 1849; Susan J., December 8, 1850; Robert R., March 23, 1853; Marv v.. May 16, 1865; Usher A., November 21, 1858"; Ida M., June 2, 1863; infant son died September 30, 1865.

H ANLON HON. ALEXANDER, Coshocton; judge probate court; born March 2, 1816, in Jefferson county, near Steubenville ; lived on a farm until twenty years of age, then worked at the carpenter's trade two more years, and came to this county in 1841, and engaged in farming and carpentering until 1875, when he was elected judge of probate court; was re-elected in 1878. He married Ehzubeth Mitchell, of Mill Creek township, June 17, 1854, and is the father of six living children, viz: John A., F. H., W. B., Clara, Laura and M. L. L. His parents came to America from Ireland when about twelve years of age, and were educated in the public schools of Jefferson county.

HARDMAN JAMES, Bedford township; farmer ; postoffice, West Bedford ; born in 1835, in this county. His father was born in 1*790, in Pennsj'lvania, and married Miss Hannah Hains, of the same county. He died in 1851 ; she died in 1864. They were the parents of eleven children, the subject of this sketch being the youngest. He was married in 1859, to Miss Nota J. Richard, of this county, who was born in 1842, and died in 1870. They were the parents of two children, viz : Leonard and Belle. He, in 1872, married Miss Matilda Lydick, of this county, who was born in 1839. They are the parents of two children, viz : Allie E. and Bertha.

HARDY HON. JOHN, Oxford township, was born January 31, 182;j, near the village of Warrensburgh, Warren county. State of New York; son of William and Mary (MoCoffrey) Hardy. He is of Scotch-Irish parentage, his father and mother having emigrated from Londonderry, Ireland, to New York in 1824. When about twelve years of age he removed with them to Ohio, when they settled in the wilderness near Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas county. By perseverence and close application young Hardy acquired about as good an education as our logcabin school-houses could bestow. From the age of sixteen to eighteen he was employed as clerk in a store by the firm of Minnich, Nugen & Co.', in Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas county, after which he attended two terms at the Greenfield Academy, in Fairfield county, Ohio. He afterwards engaged in teaching a district school and taught for six years consecutively in the same district. On giving up teaching he engaged in the employment of the State of Ohio as assistant engineer on the northern division of the Ohio Canal, until the state leased the public works. He afterward acted as superintendent at different places for the lessees till the breaking out of our civil war in 1861. In 1864 he married Miss Emily Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, of Washington township, Tuscarawas county, Ohio. In 1865 he bought the farm in Oxford township, Coshocton county, on which he built his present residence, where he now resides. He was twice elected representative of Coshocton county, first in the fall of 1877, to the Sixty-third General Assembly, and was re-elected in 1879 to the Sixty-fourth. He is at present living rather re- tired. He says he has had enough of pubho Ufa, that he has his boat safely and quietly moored in Shady Bend of the Tuscarawas river and has no desire to again launch it out on the cross currents of men's interests and pasSions.

HAERAN CHARLES J., Crawford township;, farmer ; postoffice, Chili, Ohio ; as born in December, 1851, near Biron, Germany ; son of Jacob and Margaret (Portz) Harran. Young Harran to America in 1853. His parents located in Tuscarawas county, where he remained until About 1866, when he' came to his present residence in Crawford township. His father died in June, 1868. Mr. Harran was married October 2, 1880, to Miss Catharine, daughter of William and Nancy McCaskey, of White Eyes township. Mr. Harran has given his entire attention to farming, in which he has succeeded well.

HARRIS JOSIAH, M D., Coshocton ; descended from a very ancient family of New England ; and is from the seventh generation from Thomas Harris, an associate of Roger Williams; whose name first appears on the records of Providence, Rhode Island, in 1736. Dr. Harris was born July 19, 1807, at Winthrop, Me., and was accustomed in childhood and youth to the hard farm labor of the New Englander. At the age of eighteen he entered Monmouth academy, and remained one year; then entered the Wesleyan college, Kennebec county, Maine, and spent four years there studying and teaching. In the spring of 1850 he went to Georgetown, D. C, and taught in a private family for a short time. Then traveled in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. In the fall of 1830 he settled at Luthersburgh, Washington county, Maryland, and took charge of Luthersburgh seminary, and remained there until 1837. In the meantime he attended medical lectures in the University of Maryland at Baltimore, and was graduated with the honors of M. D. in 1837, in which year he came to this city, where he has continued the practice of his profession until the present time (1880). Dr. Harris held the office of associate judge for several years prior to the adoption of the present State constitution, which abolished said office. The doctor possesses good literary and scientific attainments, and has been a member of the school board of examiners both in the county and city. Dr. Harris has been married three times - first, May 27, 1841, to Miss Magdalene Zigler, daughter of Lewis Zigler, Washington county, Maryland ; the result of this union was one child, a son, Lewis, who died in infancy. Dr. Harris was next married January 16, 1844, to Miss Amelia D. Lewis, daughter of Dr. Webster Lewis, of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. His last marriage was on April 12, 1865, to Miss Caroline Frew, daughter -of John Frew, of Coshocton, Ohio. The result of this marriage was four children, two of whom are deceassd," viz : Charles and Frank ; and two are living, viz: Mary Louise and John Marshall. Dr. Harris has a wide professional reputation, and is highly respected at home for his moral and social qualities.

HAETSOCK JOHN, Tuscarawas township; blacksmith; postoffice. Canal Lewisville. Mr. Plartsock was born August 29, 1884, in New Castle township; son of Henry Hartsock, and native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and Mary, daughter of Ivan Rogers. John was brought up on a farm; went to his trade at the age of eighteen, in Walhonding; came to his present village in 1855, but worked as a journeyman in Warsaw and Walhonding, returning to his adopted home in 1857. Mr. Hartsock was married August 24, 1866, to Miss Jane, daughter of Abraham and Caroline (Parker) Brink. They are the parents of three children, viz: The first died in infancy , William and James L. are living. Mr. and Mrs. Hartsock took a child from John T. Simmons, which they named Andrew Jackson, and raised him to maturity.

HAVERICK VINCENT, Monroe township; was born in February, 1825, in Bavaria, Germany ; son of Aloysins, who was born in 1786, and Mary A. (Ament) Haverick. He learned the boot and shoe and stonemason trades in Germany. He came to America April 22, 1842, and settled in Jefferson township, Coshocton county, where he lived five years. From there he moved to Knox county, where he remained about twelve years, then returned to Warsaw and worked at the boot and shoe trade until 1867, when he removed to Monroe township, where he has followed farming ever since. His brothers and sisters are Michael J., born in 1809 ; Mary A., Roduck, Francis and Helena. Mr. Haverick was married to Hester A. Majors, November 36, 1846, daughter of William and Margaret (Sapp) Majors. Their children were James L., a merchant in Iowa; William, Mary A., George H., Margaret J., Frances ; Lewis, deceased, and ISTormanda, deceased. Mrs. Haverick died in March, 1863, and in April, 1864, Mr. Haverick married Miss Accy Foster, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Davis) Poster, and granddauehter of William Davis, and of Moses Foster and Elizabeth (Raymond) Foster. Elizabeth, Kernelons, Joseph and Clara were tl^g names of their children.

HAWK ANDREW, Adams township; farmer; postoffice, Bakersville, Ohio Mr. Hawk was born February 4, 1825, in Carroll county, Ohio. His parents are of German descent ; his father a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of Jefferson county, Ohio. Mr. Hawk was raised on a farm, and came to this county in 1827. When he came to this county it was generally a wilderness, with now and then a cabin surrounded by a cleared lot. Mr. Hawk was married May 5, 1848, to Miss Mary J. Walters, of Guernsey county, Ohio. They became the parents of five children : Mary E., Margaret A., fiachel E. and Tolethe E. are living. The other one died in infancy. His wife died February 8, 1863. He was married May 10, 1865, to Miss Lavina Landers, of Coshocton county. Her father was of German and her mother of Swiss descent. They are the parents of seven childreji : William T. Sherman, Howard A., Edgar K., Avilla, Charles, Rutherford B. Hayes, and John, all of whom are living. Mr.' Hawk was in the mercantile business during 1850 and 1861, in Bakersville, Ohio. He has since followed farming, and has acquired a good farm and property.

HAY JAMES, Coshocton; born in the County Derry, Ireland, January 6, 1806, and, at eleven years of age, came to America with his parents, and settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania. Mr. Hay was married October 6, 1834, to Miss Jane Burns, daughter of Samuel Burns, of this city. By this marriage he became the father of six children, four of whom are deceased, viz : Houston, Samuel, Elizabeth and Mary; and two are living, viz: Sarah, married to James Wilson, of this city, and William, not married. Mr. Hay has been a very successful business man. Mr. Hay died Saturday evening, September 24, 1881.

HAY GEORGE A., Coshocton; mayor and notary public; was born November 16, 1855, in Coshocton ; son of Houston Hay, American born, of Irish descent. Young Hay received a rudimentary education in the public schools, and, at the age of seventeen, entered the preparatory department of Denison University, at Granville, and was there four years. When twenty-one years old he entered the Junior class of Princeton college, and was graduated in June, 1879. Mr. Hay was elected mayor April 1, 1880, and took the oath of office on the 20th.

HAY JOSEPH H., Coshocton; boot and shoe dealer; was born February 21, 1848, in Canal Lewisville, this county. He is a son of Jackson Hfiy, native of Ireland. Young Hay's first schooling was obtained in his native village and finished in this city. Mr. Hay obtained a practical busi ness knoWedge clerking for the firm of R. & H. Hay, also in the hardware store of S. Harbaugh, both of this place, then in his father's dry goods store in his native village. In 1865 he came to this place with his father and continued with him as clerk until the business was sold out to the firm of Meyers, Pocock & Co., Mr. Hay continuing with the new firm until 1874, when he engaged as clerk in his father's bank (First National), and in the same year established his present business which he has continued to date. Mr. Hay carries a large stock of boots and shoes, hats and caps, umbrellas, etc. Mr. Hay was married August 10, 1870, to Miss F. E. Ranna, daughter of Joseph Ranna, of this city. This union was blessed with two children, both living, viz : Harry, born July 10, 1872, and Charles S., born October 15, 1875.

HAY HOUSTON, Coshocton; merchant; of the firm of Hay & Mortley, corner of Second and Main streets ; also proprietor of the Coshocton iron and steel works, for the manufacturing of springs and axles ; was born, February 4, 1818, in Washington county, Pennsylvania; son of John Hay, who was a native of Ireland. Young Hay remained on the farm until ten years of age, when, with his father, he moved to Eldersville, Washington county, Pennsylvania, and remained there three years; then came to this State, and located at Martinsburgh, Knox county, where he lived two years. In May, 1835, he came to this city, and entered as a clerk in the store of Renfrey & Hay, where he remained ten years. In 1843, he engaged as a clerk with Hamilton Meek, and remained two years. In 1845, he was appointed collector of tolls on the Ohio canal, at Roscoe. In 1852, he became one of the firm of R. & H. Hay. In 1867, James S. Wilson was taken into the firm, which continued until June 1879, when the present firm was formed. The building of this firm, on the corner of Second and Main streets, is forty-five feet by seventyfive feet, three stories and basement, and all occupied. They carry a large and complete stock of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, carpets, seeds, etc. In 1874, Mr. Hay parchased the Coshocton iron and steel works, for the manufacture of springs and^ axles. This shop averages forty pairs of springs and 100 axles per day. Mr. Hay was married, July 1, 1852, to Miss Detiah C. Roberts, of Licking county. The union was blessed with four children, all living, viz : Kate, George A., John H. and Warner.

HAYS JOHN E., Tiverton township; farmer ; postoffice, Yankee Ridge, Ohio ; born, in 1844, in this county. His father, Zachariah Hays, was born, in 1814, in England. He came from Enggland to Rhode Island, a,nd was married there ; his wife was born in England also. After marriage, he removed to this countj^, and died, in 1859. They were the parents of four children, the subject of this sketch being the second. He was married, in 1867, to Miss Delilah Draper, of this county, who was born in 1847. She died in 1870. They were the parents of one child, , Dehlah. He was again married, in 1879; this time to Miss Elizabeth Reese, of this county, who was born in 1860.

HEBALL W., Jackson township; postoffice, Eosooe; born in Maryland in 1820; moved -with his father to Coshocton the same year, where he has continued to live ever since. He is a son of John and Anna Heball ; married in 1866, to Dolly Bible, daughter of Philip and Mary Bible.

HECK HENRY, Bethlehem township ; farmer ; was born in 1832, in Germany. He came to this county in 1838, and located in Monroe township. He was married in 1856, to Miss Nancy Burrell, of this county. They became the parents of six -children, viz : Emma H., born November 10, 1861; Richard C, born July 17, 1863; Rebecca J., born in 1865. The other three are dead. Mrs. Heck died in 1866. Mr. Heck's second marriage was in June, 1867, to Miss Mary J. Darling, of this -county ; who was born July, 1837. Mr. Heck has always followed the occupation of a farmer, and has a good farm. He has also cleared all his land, it being a wilderness when he came to this county.

HEFT PETER, Pike township; postofllce, West Carlisle ; farmer and stock raiser; born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1805; settled in this county in 1838; son of Peter and Mariah (Schoch) Heft, and grandson of Peter and Elizabeth (Dihel) Heft, and of Jacob and Magdaline "Schoch. He was married in 1845, to Miss Margaret Gault, daughter of William and Sarah Gault. They are the parents of ten children, viz : George W. ; Sarah, deceased ; William H., Anna M., Perry 0., Mary J., Amanda K, John C, Adam *T. and James M. Five are married.

HEINZLE JOHN, grocer and confectioner, Main street, Coshocton. Mr. Heinzle is a native -of Australia, and emigrated to America in 1871. He first stopped a short time in Cincinnati, after , which he came to Coshocton and engaged in quarrying stone, in which he continued until 1876, when he engaged in the grocery business, in which he still continues. He has a good stock of :staple and fancy groceries and confectioneries, and a first-class stock of restaurant goods, consisting of brandies, wines, gins, beer, ales and whiskies of the best American brands, and imported brandies, wines and gins. He also has a stand, where he sells candies, nuts, fruits, cigars, etc.

HENRY PROFESSOR E. E., Coshocton ; superintendent Coshocton public schools; born August 8, 1841, in Bainbridge, Geauga county, Ohio ; son of John Henry, who was American born of Scotch ancestry. Henry spent his childhood and early youth on a farm. At eighteen, he entered the Eclectic institute at Hiram, James A. Garfield, principal. On April 23 1861, he enlisted in Comvpany A, O. V. I., being one of the first two students who enlisted from that institute, in the three months' service, and re-enlisted for three years; was mustered out in 1864; was wounded at Antietam and was for several months an inmate of Libby prison. At the close of the war, he returned and resumed his studies, and was graduated by the Western Reserve college, at Hudson, Ohio. His first teaching was done in this State; he also taught in Indiana three years, and in Kansas Citj' three years. Was married May 16,1872, to Miss Annie Langworthy, of Worthington, Indiana.

HENRY CHARLES P., Cosfiocton; barber, of the firm of Henry & Hill, 284 Main street; was born January 29, 1847, in Newark, Licking county; son of William Henry, a native of Rockbridge county, Virginia. At twelve years of age Charles went to his trade with his father. At seventeen he enlisted in Company K., Forty-second U. S. Colored Volunteers, was commissary sergeant and served fourteen months, when he was honorably discharged at Nashville, Tennessee. On his return he attended school during the day and worked in his father's shop evenings and mornings, until October, 1869, when he came to this city and became partner with C. Dorsey, and continued the partnership until 1874, when Mr. ^ Henry continued the business alone until Sep- , tember 6, 1880, when the above firm was formed. Mr. Henry was first married August 29, 1872, to Miss Mary L. Norman, of Newark. This union was blessed with three children, one, Mary Louise, deceased, and two living - Ora D. and Blanch E. Mrs. Henry died August 31, 1878. Mr. Henry married January 12, 1880, Miss Eva Norman, of Newark. He came to this city without any financial means, but has become the owner of a good real estate property.

HENDERSON A. M, FrankUn township; physician at Wills Creek ; born in Carroll county March 2, 1839, son of William H and Mary Henderson. He came with his father to Tiverton township when about six months old, and lived there on the farm till he was twelve years old, when his father moved to New Castle township, where Mr. Henderson remained till he was twenty-two, when he began clerking in Edward's dry store in Coshocton, at the same time reading medicine and reciting to Dr. Ingraham. This he continued more than three years. In 1867 he attended lectures of the Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, graduating February 26, 1869. He came to Wills Creek March 26, 1869, and has practiced medicine successfully there since. Married July 8, 1867 to Miss Henrietta Lynch, daughter of Hugh Lynch, of Coshocton. They have had three children, viz : Mabel A,, deceased, Hattie A. and Nellie M.

farmer ; born in White Eyes, in 1840 ; is the son of George Henderson, and is of Irish descent. Mr. Henderson was married in 1868, to Miss Emma Eoss, who 'was born in this county in 1844. They are the parents of four children : Henry J., Isaac R., Catherine M., and William N. Mr. Henderson has always resided in White Eyes.

HENDERSON B. F., White Eyes township; farmer ; was born in this township in 1847, and is the son of George Henderson. Mr. Henderson married Miss Malinda Normon, daughter of Christian Normon, in 1868. Mrs Henderson was born in 1850. They became the parents of four children, one of whom has deceased. Hattie, Edmond, and Christian are living. Mr. Henderson and wife belong to the U. B. church.

, HENDERSON FRANK, Oxford township; farmer; postoffice, Evansburgh; son of Alexander Henderson; was born in Muskingum county, October 20, 1840, and came to this county in 1868; was out five months in company H, One Hundred and Sixty-second 0. N. G. He was married, March 20, 1865, to Mary Wolf, daughter of John Wolf. Their children were Dora, William, Frank, Leroy and Myrtle. He is a member of the M. E. church, has been school director for several terms, owns eighty-six acres of land in this township, and is a highly esteemed citizen.

HESKETT J. W., M. D., Bedford township; postoffice, West Bedford; born, in 1851, in this county. His father, B. F. Heskett, was born, in 1823, near Martinsburgh, Virginia; came to this county in 1836, and was married, in 1848, to Miss Hannah M. Barcroft, of this county. She was born, in 1828, in Jefferson county. He was killed in battle at Murfreesborough, January 2, 1863. He was captain of company C, Fifty-first O. V. I. She died in 1854. They were the parents of three children, the subject of this sketch being the second. He entered the office of Dr. H. C. Dicus, of Martinsburg, Knox county, but now of Utica, Licking county, as student, in 1870, and attended a course of lectures at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in the winter of 1872-3. He came back and and read '.mother year, when he attended another course, receiving a diploma in the spring of 1874. He was married, in 1874, to Miss A. E. Coulter, of Martinsburgh, Knox county, who was born in 1858, in Jeflerson county, Ohio. They are the parents of two children, Leo B. and Daisy V.

HESLIP JOSEPH S., Linton township; farmer ; born December 22, 1827, in Linton township ; son of Joseph and Eleanor (Walgamot) Heslip; has always lived in this township; enlisted in 1864, in Company K, Nineteenth O. V. I.; served on detailed duty as headquarters guard for Sherman in his Georgia campaign. Married August 13, 1867, to Esther J. Lovill, daughter of John W, and Eliza J. (Gillespie) Lovill ; her father emigrated from London, England, in 1830; her mother was from New York. Mrs. Heslip was born in Ashtabula County, March 24, 1838, and moved with her parents to Guernsey county when six months old. ' Their children are Eliza Ellen, William Osborn, Clara Jane, Ada Elizabeth, Elma Susan ; Sadie Bell, deceased ; Bertha, deceased, and Matilda Ann. George Milton Stone, the son of a deceased sister of Mrs. Heslip, is their adopted child.

HICKSON WILLIAM; postoffice, Roscoe; manufacturer of boots and shoes ; born in the county of Meath, Irelahd, December 2, 1845. At twelve and one-half years of age, he began an apprenticeship to a shoemaker, and upon its completion in 1861, while yet a mere youth, left his native land and his friends, and sailed for America. Arriving at New York, he found employment there at his trade, and worked at it till 1865; he then came to Roscoe, and has here followed his vocation uninterruptedly since. April, 1880, he was elected justice of the peace for Jackson township ; was married April, 1863, to Miss Bridget, daughter of James Meady, and has a family of three children, Margaret A., William, James and Maria Isabelle.

HILL WILLIAM M., Coshocton ; barber, of the firm of Henry & Hill; 234 Main street; was born March 20, 1850, in Taylor county. West Virginia; son of John Hill, deceased. William M. was raised on the farm until fifteen, when hebecame servant to Lieutenant Colonel Pierpont, and remained with him four years, and until theclose of the war. In 1870 he went into the barbershop of George Mickens, at Grafton, West Virginia, and remained one year, after which he successively worked at Mannington, West Virginia; Bellaire, Ohio, and Newark, Ohio. August 20, 1878, he came to this city and worked with Mr. Henry, of the above firm, until September 6', 1880, when he became partner. Mr. Hill was married, March 30, 1880, to Miss Lucy Clinton, of Zanesville, Ohio.

HILL A. J., Coshocton; insurance agent; was born in Guernsey county, July 4, 1884; son of David M. and Elizabeth (Gorden) Hill. A. J. was brought up and schooled in town and city. His life has been principally spent in merchandising. In June, 1853, Mr. Hill was married to Miss Annie E., daughter of Adam and Mary (Hufman! Kimble. They have been the parents of the following children, viz : Ray T., Osten D.,51. Lizzie, Ernest C, George F., Jennie A,, Annie B. and Sarah B., deceased. In 1868 he formed the firm of McCleary & Hill, wholesale grocers, Cambridge, Ohio, and did a very successful business.

He was also partner in the firm of Thompson & Hill, boot and shoe dealers, Cambridge, Ohio. From this place he went to Massillon, Ohio, and was proprietor of the Tremont House for two years. Then he moved to Newcomerstown, where his wife died, November 2, 1876. He came to this city in 1877, and the spring of 1880 took the agency of the Jelloway Mutual Aid Association, in which he is doing a very satisfactory business.

HILL GEORGE ROSCOE ; teacher; born January 23, 1840, in Roscoe, Coshocton county, Ohio ; son of James and Catharine (Dunlap) Hill, natives of Ireland, who came to America in 1832 and located at Lockport, New York. In 1837 they came to Roscoe, where the father died, November 16, 186ft Young Hill obtained a good elementary education at the public schools of his native village. At the proper age he began brick laying, at which he worked about ten years, during the summer seasons. When about twentyfive he began his present profession, in which he has been very successful.

HIMEBAUGH WILLIAM, White Eyes township; farmer; born in Harrison county, February, 1818. His father, Peter Himebaugh, was a native of Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, and was of German ancestry. William remained at home until he was eighteen, when he apprenticed himself to a cabinetmaker at Cadiz. In 1840 he came to this county, and he and his brother, Peter, started a shop at Chili, where they continued in the furniture business for eight years, William teaching school during the winter. In 1843 he married Miss Sarah Alexander, daughter of John Alexander. Mrs. Himebaugh is a native of the- county Tyrone, Ireland, and was born April, 1825. Her father, John Alexander, was educated at Dublin. He studied medicine at the same place, but never practiced his profession. He came to Buffalo, New York, in 1825; hved there a short time, then moved to Pittsburgh, where he staid a couple of years; then came on to White Eyes township and purchased the farm on -which he resided till his death, in 18.54, at the age of eighty-four. He was the second justice of the peace in the township, and held that office until he was too old to serve. He was a ready writer,, and an occasional contributor to the newspapers.

Mr. and Mrs. Himebaugh became the parents of two children - Milton, born July, 1845, enlisted December, 1861, at camp Meigs in Company G, Eightieth 0. V. I. He was killed at the battle of Jackson, Mississippi, May 14, 1863, at the age of seventeen years and ten months. He was clerk of the brigade commissary department, but at the battle of Jackson he took a musket and went into the battle, and received a ball near his heart while fighting. He was patriotic and brave, and a young man of great promise. William A. was born May 28, 1857, is reading law, and is the only child living. Mr. Himebaugh moved to Washington county in 1848, and returned to Chili in 1852. He was elected county auditor in 1854, was installed in March, 1855, and was re-elected in 1856. H e is the only Republican in the county who has held a county office two terms in succession, and the only one who has ever held the office of county auditor. In 1861 he bought and moved on to the old Alexander place in White Eyes, remained there uiitil 1875, when he went to Avondale, and in 1877 located on the farm where he now resides.

Mr. Himebaugh was a strong and influential union man. June, 1863, was appointed by the provost marshal enrolling officer of a district including Crawford township. The mostinteresting event that occurred while discharging his duty in Crawford, took- place on Madison's run, in the vicinity of where a lodge of the " Golden Circle " was in the habit of holding its meetings. He called on a young man who was working Jh the cornfield for the purpose of enrolling him. When asked for his name and age he replie^, " I don't go mit dis abolition war. I fights nix for de nigger. I gives no name and I gives no how old." Mr. Himebaugh replied, "All right, sir, there is another way of getting your name and age," and turned to go to his horse. While passing from the field to the road he saw two other persons cross the fence, with clubs in their hands, and join the Dutchman in the field.

When about 200 yards away he heard some loud swearing from the Dutchmen, but could not understand what they were saying. He had to go by the Dutchman's house in order to get to his horse, and the three followed him, keeping at a distance, and pretty quiet until Mr. Himebaugh was past the house, then they hastened their pace, and as soon as they saw they could reach the house, the Dutchman interviewed in the field, began swearing, " Now you're as far as you gets, for I shoots you." He then went into the house and came out with a gun on his arm, still swearing that he would shoot. Mr. Himebaugh stood on the opposite side of the fence with his hand on his revolver waiting for a motion from the Dutchman, and telling him at the same time that he was ready to open the ball at any time. The other two were afraid to show themselves after they got into the house.

However, the Dutchman did not shoot, but continued his murderous threats, while Mr. Himebaugh walked deliberately to his horse that was hitche'd'a few rods distant, when he found the saddle girth was cut. One of the trio was then immediately dispatched post haste to a magician in the neighborhood, and got him to use all his power in the black art to put a stop to " dis enrolling bizness." But, regardless of the shot-gun and the conjurations of the charmer, the enrollment of Crawford was completed^

The Dutchman was indicted by the United States grand jury at Cleveland, was arrested and lay in jail and the dungeon for a long while at that place. The other two ran oflf and have not made their appearance since.

From 1862 to 1869 Mr. Himebaugh was United States revenue assessor. He has been justice of the peace in White Eyes township for twelve years, and holds that office at present.

HINDS ELISHA, deceased, Adams township ; farmer; son of Ezra and Elizabeth Hinds; was born August 28, 1801, near Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He came to Steubenville, Ohio, and remained thirteen years ; he then removed to Carroll county, Ohio, and remained until April, 1836, when he came to Coshocton county, and settled in Adams township, where he remained until his death. Mr. Hinds was married February 10, 1822, to Miss Nancy Berry, of Steubenville, Ohio. They became the parents of nine children, viz : Elias, Westley ; David, deceased ; May J.; Elisha, deceased; Johrf; Hannah, deceased; an infant not named, and Lewis. His wife died February 6, 1864. He was married August 8, 1854, to Miss Margaret Huff, of Brownsville, Pennsylvania They became the parents of one child, James, who was born December 4, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Hinds united with the M. JE. church, December, 1840, and remained members until death. They were descendants of the "Pilgrim Fathers." Mr. Hinds' father served in the revolutionary war.

HOGAN DANIEL, Coshocton ; restaurant, grocery and liquor dealer, 446 Main street; was born May 1, 1850, in Waynesburgh, Virginia; son of Patrick Hogan, a native of Ireland. Mr. Hogan came to this county in 1860, and clerked for J. G. Stewart three and one-half years, and for L. E. Miller four years. From Eoscoe he went to Warsaw and established a grocery ; in a few years he went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and established a restaurant, from whence he came to this city and established his present business, in 1873, after having shipped horses a short time. Mr. Hogan was married July 12, 1873, to Miss Nancy Painter, daughter of John W. Painter, of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. This union was blessed with three children. Wellington, Pearl and Belle. Mr. Hogan commenced life for himself a poor boy, but has succeeded well in his business.

HOGLE JOHN, Bethlehem township; farmer; son of Michael and Polly (Langdon) Hogle; was born November 7, 1816, in Bethlehem township, Coshocton county, Ohio; postoffice, Warsaw, Ohio. Mr. Hogle's father came to Bethlehem ' township in 1814, and found it a wilderness, inhabited by Indians and wild animals ; he was of Holland Dutch descent. John Hogle was married April 12, 1842, to Miss Lydia A. Skillman, of this county, who was born February 22, 1822, in New Jersey. They are the parents of seven children, viz : Wflhelmina S., Leander, Charlotte L., Harriet, Mary, Lizzie, Annie W. Mr. and Mrs. Hogle have been influential members of the M. E. church forty years. Mr. Hogle has been justice of the peace in his township twelve years, and is esteemed by all who know him. He owns one of the finest farms in this county.

HOHENSHELL JACOB, farmer; Washington township; postoffice, Wakatomaka; born in 1810, in Wesmoreland county, Pennsylvania. He was married in 1832, to Miss Sarah Keister, of the same county, who was born in 1813. They came to this county in 1854. They are the parents of fourteen children, seven boys and seven girls; three boys and five girls are still living.

HOLL EICHAED S., Newcastle township; postoffice, Newcastle; was born in Lancaster, county, Pennsylvania, in December 25, 1829; son of Jacob and Lydia (Potts) Holl, grandson _ of Peter and Christina (Miller) Holl, and Ephriam and Esther Potts. He attended school during his youth, and at the age of sixteen began to learn the carpentry and pumpmaking 'trade, serving the proper time. He has been engaged in carpentry ever since. He came to Newcastle in 1855, and on August 5, 1862, he enlisted in the U. S. service under Captain Nichols, Company H., Ninety-seventh regiment, 0. V. I. He went with his company to Camp Lew Wallace, Covington, Kentucky, and while there received an injury while assisting in unloading of medical stores, and was taken to West- End Hospital, Cincinnati, until he became convalescent and was then removed to Camp Dennison, where he remained until he received his discharge on December 25, 1862, and came home. He has never recovered from his injury. After coming home he was unable to do anything for a year, and since then he is able to perform only light work about half his time. He was appointed postmaster in Newcastle, in October, 1869, and has filled that office since. He was married to Miss Mary E. Spindler, on the 31st of January, 1850, daughter of Frederick and Sarah (Campbell) Spindler. Mrs. Holl was born August 18, 1828, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. They have had seven children, viz: Lydia, born November 20, 1850; Sarah, born November 6, 1852, died August 23, 1878; Thomas J., born September 9, 1854; Mary E., born July 16, 1856; Hortense, born January 26, 1859, died July 12, 1859; Ei chard A., born March 8,1861; Lovd N., born March 12, 1865, died October 16, 1870.

HOOD OLIVER T., White Eyes township; born in Ireland, in 1832; came to America in 1842, and to this county in 1852, and located in White Eyes' township. He commenced the mechanical trade as a machinist in his eleventh year, entering a large machine shop in Glasgow, Scotland, but afterward turned his attention to engineering. He came to Montreal, Canada, and took charge of the steamer Rollin Hill, on the St. Lawrence river. In the spring of 184?, he came to Oswego, New York, and had charge of the steamer Victoria, running on the Bay of Fundy in the summer of 1847. In the fall of 1847, he went into a machine shop at ISTiagara Palls. ,In the spring of 1848, his parents moved upon a farm in Canada, where he remained with them until 1850, when he came to Erie, Pennsylvania, and took charge of a steamer on Lake Erie, where he remained until 1852, when he came to this county.- He was married, September 16, 1852, to Mary J. Graham, whojvas born in Steubenville, the daughter of Benjamin Graham, a resident of this county. They are the parents of six children, five living. S. W. was born in 1854, in this county. He was married, July, 1880, to Miss Sadie Marshall, of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. She was born in 1856. 8. W. is a saddler by trade, and is carrying on business at Avondale. The names of the other children are as follows, viz: Maggie, Rebecca, Jane and Sarah K., and are all at home. Mr. Hood has followed carpentering since 1866. He has been elected justice of the peace of White Eyes township, and is holding that office at present. He and his family are members of the U. P. church at Avondale.

HOOK ISAAC, Bethlehem township; farmer; son of John Hook; was born December 16, 1826, in this township, and has always remained a resident. His father came to this county in 1812, and located in Bethlehem township. He was one of the old pioneers, the township being generally a dense forest when he came here. Isaac Hook was married, in 1850, to Miss Kezia Burrell, of this county, who was born in 1829. They are the parents of nine ohildred, viz : S, M., born in 1»61 ; E. Annie, born in 1853; Howard M., born in 1855; Susan, born in 1857; Jennie, born in 1859; Harvey, born in 1862; William, born in 1868; Mildred, born in 1870, and George, born in 1872. All the children are residents of this county. Mr. Hook has always been a resident of this county, and has followed agricultural pursuits.

HOOTMAN HENRY JACOB, Linton township; farmer; born December 9, 1824; son of Henry and Eleanor (Parmer) Hootman. (Por ancfstry see Isaac Hootman). When three years old his father moved to Oxford township, where Henry remained till he was twenty-one; he then lived in Lafayette township until 1869, when he moved to Linton township ; married November 27, 1850, Miss Mary, daughter of Andrew and Mary (Rodruck) Ferguson, of Lafayette township. Their children are Henry B., Emma D., Andrew H., and William Tecumseh Sherman. Mr. Hootman enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth 0. V. I., February 15, 1865, and served eight months.

HOOTMAN ISAAC; farmer; born in Lafayette township October 27, 1818; son of Henry and Eleanor (Farmer) H*ootman. His maternal grandfather, Frederick Parmer, was Irish born; his paternal grandfather, Christopher Hootman, was a Hessian, and was drafted into service when only fourteen years old ; belonged to a regiment as drum-major employed by the English in the American war, and was wounded and taken prisoner at Trenton. When released at the close of the war he adopted America as his home, and settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he died. His son Henry, father of Isaac, came to Lafayette township in 1815, and about 1828 moved to Oxford township ; he afterwards sold out here and moved to Lawrence county, Illinois, where he died. Except a few months spejit in Indiana, Isaac has always lived in this county. He was married in 1841 to Sophronia Hammersly, bqrn October 22, 1822, daughter of Peter Hammersly, of Linton township.. Their children are Henry, Ruhama, Thomas ; Eliza Ellen, deceased ; Seth ; Jacob, deceased ; George, Lydia, Manda, Dora ; Eber, deceased.

HOOVER CHRISTIAN, Crawford township; farmer ; postoffice. New Bedf6rd ; born October 18, 1841, in German township. Holmes county, in the house in which he now resides ; son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Snyder) Hoover. He has spent his entire time on the farm where he was born. He was married March 16, 1863, to Miss Mary, daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth (Varnse) Gouser. Five children were born to them, viz; Francis M., Rebecca Elizabeth, Martha, Albert A. and Mary Margaret. Mr. Hoover has a comfortable home for himself and family.

HOSELTON WILLIAM, Coshocton; saloon and resturant, Third street, between Main and Chestnut; was born April 22, 1832, in Circleville, Pickaway county; son of Joseph Hoselton, Sr., a native of Pennsylvania; served as major in the war of 1812, and was present at the surrender of General Hull. Young Hoselton was raised in his native village. At fifteen he began canal boating, which he followed about fifteen years. He spent the years 1856-7 in the West. In 1861 he learned the carpenter trade, and followed it and butchering until 1877, when he estabhshed his present business. Mr. Hoselton was married May 9, 1859, to Miss Eveline Prescott, of Circleville. This union was blessed with five children,

HOSTETTER A. J., Keene township; born January 12, 1840, in Keene township ; son of Jacob and Harriet (Martin) Hostetter, of German birth. At the age of five years he moved to Holmes county, where he spent about twenty years, and then three in Ashland county. He next moved to Indiana, where he remained until 1876, when he returned* to Coshocton county. He has followed cabinetmaking for thirteen years. Mr. Hostetter enlisted in 1862 in Company B, Sixteenth regiment O. V. I., and was discharged in 1864. He re-enlisted in Company B, First regiment 0. V. I., and remained in service until the close of the war, having been engaged at Mill Springs, Cumberland Gap, and in the numerous battles which were fought in Sherman's Georgia campaign. He was married February 20, 1867, to Susan E. Beaird, born in 1850, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Miller) Beaird.

HOUSER CHARLES, farmer; Washington township: postoffice, Wakatomaka; born in 1814, in Hampshire county, Virginia. He came to this county in 1819 with his father C. D. Houser. He was born in 1769, in Germany, and came to Virginia in 1785. He married Marion Thompson, of the same county, who was born in 1773. He died in 1853; she died in 1851. They were the parents of nine children. The subject of this is the sixth. He was married in 1832 to Miss Rebecca Garee, of Licking county, who was born in 1818. »

HOWE A. D., Coshocton ; foreman in axle department of steel works; was born March 16, 1860, in Lodi, Otsego county. New York; son of George H. Howe. At the age of thirteen he went on a farm, where he remained two years. In April, 1865, he commenced his present business, at Springfield Center, Otsego county, New York, and remained two years, then worked two years in Herkimer county. New York. He came to this city in 1871, and was one of the first who worked in the present works, becoming foreman in September, 1878, which position he has held to the present time. Mr. Howe was married July 19, 1863, to Miss Mary, daughter of Isaac Sparts, of Menden, Herkimer county. New York. They have two children, Clarence D. and Mildred M.

HOWE GEORGE H., Coshocton ; boxmaker, in spring and axle works ; was born in Otsego county. New York, in 1827 ; commenced work in cotton factory at the age of fourteen, and continued four years; then learned the carpenters' trade, and followed it until he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-second N. Y. V. I. He was honorably discharged in July, 1864, and returned to New York and engaged in buggy axle manufacturing, where he continued until 1876, when he engaged in his present position. Mr. Howe chose Harriett, daughter of Leonard Perkins, of Oneida county. New York, for a partner to share the joys . and sorrows of life with him. They were blessed with five children, viz : Albert, Charles, Ida, George, and Eggert, deceased.

HOWELL JOHN, fruit grower; Washington township; postoffice, Wakatomaka; born in 1814, in Belmont county, Ohio. He came to this county in 1827, with his father, who was born in 1767, in Virginia. He was married in 1797, to Miss Elizabeth Bonham, of Virginia, who was born in 1777. They came to Belmont county in 1814. He was in the war of 1812. John was married in 1837, to Miss Phoebe A. Seward, of this county, who was born in 1813, in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. She died in 1879. They are the parests of eight children. Mr. Howell has thirty acres of orchard. His gross sales for 1879 were $2,000.

HOWLETT JOHN, Sr., Bedford township; carpenter; postoffice. West Bedford; born in 1819, in Ohio county, West Virginia. He was married in 1848 to Miss Elizabeth J. Steele, of the same county, who was born in 1829. They came to this county in 1861. They are the parents of nine children, viz: Franklin, Albert; Gabriel, deceased; John, James; Charles, de-. ceased; Sarah E., Harry and Ida May. Mr. flowlett is a carpenter, having worked on many fine buildings.

HOWSER A. B., Jackson township; Roscoe postoffice; born in this county in 1851; son of Jacob and Elizabeth Howser, an'd grandson of Andrew and Mary (Carson) Loekard; married in 1875 to Mary A. Norris, daughter of William and Rebecca J. Norris. They have one child - Curtis S.

HUGHES JAMES, Bedford township; farmer; postoffice, West Bedford; born in 1809 in Belmont county, Ohio, and came to this county in 1821, with his father, who was born in 1767 in New Jersey. He married Miss Francis Launney, of Winchester, Virginia, and died in 1824. She died in 1867. They were the parents of seven children, the subject of this sketch being the third. He was married in 1860 to Miss Rebecca Hardman, of this county, who was born in 1822. She died in 1863. He was married in 1872 to Miss Lottie Robinson, of this county, who was born in 1839, in Harrison county. They are the parent? of three children, viz : Luella J., James A. and Francis U.

«ylvania; son of John and Eliza J. Hughes, and grandson of Kobert and Mary A. (Robinson) Hughes, and of John and Nancy (Hasson) Duncan. He remained in Pittsburgh, till 1878, when he came to Keene, and' married Miss Rebecca FuUerton, of Irish extraction, who was born June 20,1844; daughter of Robert and Anna (Aiken) FuUerton, and granddaughter of Robert FuUerton. Three children have been born unto them: William, February 2,1868; Eliza J., October 15, 1871, and Mary E., October 12, 1874. Mr. Hughes enlisted in the Thirteenth Pa. V. I., Company F, and was discharged August 28, 1861 ; re-enhsted September 6, 1861, in the One Hundred and Second Pa. V. I., Company L, and mustered out September 9, 1864. He was engaged .at Williamsburg, Antietam and Fredericksburg. At Wiljiamsburg he was severly wounded. He was a member of the militia that helped to suppress the great Pittsburgh riot, in 1878.

HUGHES WILLIAM H., Coshocton ; carpenter and contractor ; was born April 9, 1840, in Muskingum county. Me is a son of Henry C. R. Hughes, American born, of Irish ancestry. Young Hughes was raised on the farm until .about fifteen years of age, when he began to learn the cabinet trade, which he followed until 1861, when he enlisted in Company A, Ninth O. V. C, and served until the close of the war. On returning from the war he resumed his trade at Roscoe, where he followed it until 1869, when he -changed to his present trade. In 1871 he came to this city, and has successfully followed the carpenter and contracting business to the present. Mr. Hughes was married August 8, 1866, toMiss Jennie Mirise, daughter of John Mirise, deceased, formerly of Roscoe. This union has been blessed with five children, viz : Frank G., Alice Blanche, Edie Belle, Charles H. and William Longdon.

HURLBUTT L. H., Coshocton; manager for D. M Moore, custom clothier, 422 Main street; was born in 1832, in the State of Connecticut; commenced his trade when fourteen years of age; at twenty he established a shop at Norfolk, Connecticut, and continued business six years. His health failing, he went south and remained two years, then returned and located at Stanford, Connecticut, and remained twelve years. He was employed as cutter in Dunkirk, Newark and Dayton. In 1878 he took his present position. He was married in 1853, to Miss E. Holcomb, of Waterbury, Connecticut. Their children are William L., J. A. and Perry. This establishment employs twenty-five hands, and turns ofT from twenty -five to thirty suits per week. Mr. Moore buys direct from the mills. This is a branch of the Newark store, which employs from fifty to sixty hands.

HUTCHINSON W. S., Coshocton; grocer, corner of Walnut and Sixth streets. Mr. Hutchinson is a native of this city, born December 31, 1848 ; was educated in the public schools of Coshocton, and made his first business engagement as salesman with William Ward, in general merchandising. He afterward served the firms of Hay & Wilson, D. Brelsford & Co., and J. H. Klosser, when in February, 1878, he purchased the stock of Williams Bros., since which he has been engaged in the grocery business. He carries an extensive and first-class stock of staple and fancy groceries and confectioneries, stove and wooden ware, sugar-cured and pickled meats, fish, flour and salt, also deals in all kinds of country produce.

INGRAHAM J. B., Coshocton, Ohio; physician and surgeon; born November 9, 1821, in Harrison county, Virginia; son of Jacob and Maria (Modisett) Ingraham. His paternal ancestors are English, and his maternal, Welch and French. He was brought up a farmer-boy until eighteen, when he began teaching school, and taught three schools. In 1844, he located at Athens, Athens county, Ohio, and at once began reading medicine with Dr. Carpenter, and began practice at Savannah, Athens county, Ohio, in 1847 ; his next location was at Logan, Hocking county, Ohio, where he was married, March 7, 1847, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Fielding) Guthrie. They are the parents of nine'children, viz : Maria, Olivia, now Mrs.Dr. T. J. Smith ; Sarah E., Charles M., Prances Ellen, now Mrs. Dr. H. L Mann; Emma G.; John G., deceased; Rose E., Edgar, Floyd and Robert Jay. June 4, 1848, Dr. Ingraham located at Plainfied, Coshocton county, Ohio, where he practiced unttl April 1, 1864, when he came to Coshocton. He has been eminently successful in his professional practice, especially as a surgeon.

IRVINE J., Coshocton; attorney at law; was born December 24, 1822, at Wooster, Ohio, where he remained until he was ten years old, when with his parents he went to Fredericksburgh, where on finishing his education he began teaching school. He taught in Ashland county, and also in the schools at Fredericksburgh At the age of twenty-four he entered as a student the law office of Sapp & Wilker, and was admitted to practice about the time war was declared between the United States and Mexica In May, 1847, he enlistel in Company G, ff'tS 0. V. I. as second lieutenant, and in September of the same year ' he was elected captain of the company at Matamoras, Mexico, and was honorably discharged in 1848 at Cincinnati, Ohio. On receiving his discharge he came to his present location, and taught school one year ; then resumed his present law profession. In April, 1861, he enlisted as colonel of the Sixteenth 0. V. L and served three months. In 1863 he recruited company M, Ninth O. V. C., and was commissioned its captain, and subsequently major, and served until August 2, 1865. In June, 1853, Col. Irvine was married to Miss Annie Hum«igkhquae. They became the of two children,' Samuel and Mary.

JACQUET JOHN M., Coshocton; pastor of St. George congregation ; born August 20, 1817, in Prance; son of Claude Jacquet; educated at Lyons, . Prance, and ordained there -in 1844; came to America in 1846, and was employed in the diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, until 1855, in which year he became pastor of St. Mary's church, at Batesville, Noble county, Ohio, where he remained till 1869 ; he then removed to Coshocton, and has remained here since, officiating as pastor of the St. George church, in the city ; and, in addition, having charge of five small missions, viz: One in Pranklin, one in Linton, and one in Monroe townshij), this county; one in Dresden, and one in Muskingum township, Muskingum county.

JAMES E. W., Coshocton ; attorney ; born February 11, 1887, in East Union, this county ; son of Thomas James, who was American born, of English ancestry. Young James spent his early life on a farm and going to public schools. In 1854, he commenced a more thorough course of education, during the summers attending successively West Bedford academy, Oberlin college, Spring Mountain academy and Meadville college, JPennsylvania, and teaching in the winters. August 15, 1861, he enlisted as a private in company K, Thirty-second O. V. I. During the first year he rose successively to second and first lieutenants. In February, 1863, he was commissioned captain. He resigned soon after the fall of Atlanta, Georgia. Captain James was appointed judge advocate on General Legget's staff and received several honorable mentions during his military services. In the spring of 1865, he entered, as a student, the law office of Messrs. Nicholas & Williams. During his reading, he took the law course at Michigan university, and was graduated in March, 1867, soon after which he commenced the practice of law, forming the firm of Nicholas & James. Captain James was married. May 16, 1871, to Miss Cornelia A. Denver, daughter of Patrick Denver, of Clinton county, Ohio. The result of this union is one chikl, a daughter, Mary.

JAMES THOMAS, Bedford township; postoflBce West Bedford : born in 1812, in this county. His father Elias James was born in 1785 in Loudon county, Virginia, and was married in 1806, to Miss Nancy Pry, of the same county, who was born in 1786. They came to this county in 1809_ He died in 1860, she died in 1863. They were the parents of six children, the subject of this, sketch being the third. He was married in 1833,. to Miss Sarah 0. Cochran* of this county, who was born in 1815. They are the parents of eight children, only one of whorn is living. E. W. was a member of the Thirty-second, 0. V. I. He went in as a private and rose to the rank of captain. The names of the deceased children are James P., Melvina, Rebecca J., Rachel V., Rutb v., Nancy E., and Sarah K.

JEFFRIES V. 0., Coshocton; carriage and wagon manufacturer, north Second street; born. November 22, 1841, in White Eyes township; son of William Jeffries. Young Jeffries was raised on the farm, where he remained until he was. twenty-one years of age, when he went to his trade with E. McDonald, after which he worked with Conrod & Shepler, of Marysville, Union county; and four years under instructions at Columbus; also for A. D. Manners, of this city.. In the spring of 1876 he established his present, shop, where he is receiving a full share of the patronage in his line of business. Mr. J. keeps eight or ten hands employed at his shop. Mr; Jeffries was married December 21, 1880, to Miss Ada L., daughter of George Morgan, of this city.

JELLEY ROBERT D., Keene township ; farmer ; born December 1, 1841, in Mill Creek township; son of Samuel and Lydia Jelley,and grandson of James and Mary (Hazlett) Jelle;^, and of Robert and Elizabeth Davidson, natives of Ireland. He was married October 22, 1867, to Christina, daughter of Jacob and Susannah Best,, and granddaughter of John and Christina (Revenaugh) Best, and of Peter and Susannah Miller, of German lineage. They have one child, Ehzabeth M., born September 1)^1869.

JENNINGS JOSEPH, Franklin township; farmer; born in Coshocton county, September 23, 1845; son of Joseph Jennings, Sr., an early settler of this county; enlisted in Company M, Ninth 0. V. C, October 22, 1863, and remained in service until mustered out in 1865. Among theengagements he participated in were Decatur,, Alabama, those about Atlanta, Aiken, Chappel Hill, Nashville, Tennessee, etc. Since his return, he has engaged in farming. He was married September 8, 1870, to Rebecca Simon, born April' 27, 1847, daughter of WiUiam Simon, who was. born in Fairfield county, and whose parents emigrated from Germany. His children were, Arminta, Viola, William Marshall, John Harley, Sara Bell and Olvy Pearl.

county, who was born in November, 1824. He died March 12, 1876. They were the parents of four children, only one o£ whom, Polantes, is living. Mr. John followed the business of salesman, selling goods in Walhonding and Warsaw.

JONES SAMUEL, Lafayette township; farmer; postoffice, West Lafayette, Ohio; son of David P. and Margaret (Hunt) Jones; was born April 20, 1842, in England. He came to this country in 1845, and located in Linton township, this county. He was raised on the farm, and has always followed that occupatien. Mr. Jones was married June 29, 1865, to Miss Debby J. Wiggins, of this county. They are the parents of six children, viz: Rosella, born June 29, 1866; Ida M , born August 23, 1867; Charles B., born August 26, 1869; Samuel H., born January 19, 1872; David P , born December 9, 1877, died March 8, 1878, and Debby P., born January 21, 1876. Mr. Jones served four months as a private in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-second 0. V. I., under General Butler.

JONES SMITH, Oxford township; farmer; White Eyes Plains postoffice ; son of Wesley and Mille A. (Medley) Tones, both natives of Ohio. The subject of this sketch was born in Belmont county, in 1841, and came »to this county when about three years of age. He was married to Miss Margaret Ann Wolf, daughter of Samuel Wolf, deceased. They have not been blessed with any children. He is at present township trustee, being elected on the Republican ticket, although the towhship is Democratic, which shows his popularity. He took part in the late war, going out in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth 0. V. I., and serving twenty months, going out as a private and discharged as a sergeant. Mr. Jones and wife are members of the Protestant Methodist church of this township, and are both highly esteemed by their neighbors. He owns fifty-three acres of good land in this township.

JONES REV. A. P., Virginia towiihip. The subject of this sketch was born at Westfield, Medina county, Ohio; son of Sylvanus and Alvira Jones. Mr. Johns was brought up on a farm till the age of eighteen years. He then went to school at Baldwin university, at Berea, Ohio, he also spent two years at the Wesleyan university, at Delaware, where he graduated. H e then entered the North Ohio Conference, of which he remained a member until 1863, when he enlisted in the Thirty-fourth Regiment 0. V. I., Army of the Cumberland, served about eighteen months as a private. He afterward served in various capacities : first as clerk, then in the executive department of the hospital, then as chaplain till he was mustered out of the service. On his return he again entered the conference, and is still a

JOHNSTON J. H., Jefferson township; was born September .iO, 1884, in Scotland, and while yet an infant, he was brought by his parents to Canada, where he was brought up on a farm, and educated in a Canadian free school. At the age of twenty, he came to the United States, and settled in Hancock county. West Virginia, where he learned the blacksmith trade, under John Dixon, and followed it, in Virginia, about seven years ; then went to California, workedathis trade about sixteen months; then returned to Coshocton county, Ohio, worked at his trade until 1875,, when he went to Texas, to look for a location;, remained there about fifteen months, and followed farming; then returned to Jefferson township, Coshocton county, where he is now pursuing his old occupation of blaoksmithing. He was married to Miss Rebecca J. Neptune, September, 1857, who was born June 3, 1834; daughter of Davis and Elizabeth (Hull) Neptune, and granddaughter of Benjamin and Sarah Hull, Their children were, Elizabeth, deceased ; John T., born January 2,1862; George D., August 2,. 1863; Ahoe M., September 28, 1865; James H., September 2, 1868; Charles G., February 2, 1871; Samuel A., September 7, 1862, and Sarah J., May 20, 1876, born in Texas. Mr. Johnston enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-second 0. N. G., and served his country 100 days.

JOHNSON JAMES, Frankhn township; born in Boston, Massachusetts, March 10, 1815; son of John and Rebecca Johnson. In 1818, his father, a weaver, moved to Trenton, New Jersey, and seven years later to Utica, New York James remained here till he was twelve years old, then worked on the Erie canal till he was twenty-five, when he learned the cooper trade, working at it, in Newark, Wayne county, and Phelps, Ontario county. New York, till the fall of 1848. He then moved to Roscoe, this county, and followed his trade till the spring of 1852, when he moved to Franklin township. He built a cooper-shop at Conesville, doing the cooper work for the distillery, and also shipping his barrels. About 1868, he quit coopering and engaged exclusively in farming. He was married, in 1841, to Matilda Cornell, daughter of John Cornell. His two children were named John and Sarah Minerva.

JOHNSON HENRY, deceased; Lafayette township ; was born in Orange county, New York, in 1800, and came to Ohio in 1837 ; previous to coming here, he run a dairy in Orange county, noted the world over for its butter and buttermakers. He was married October 23, 1822, to Miss Clarinda Burt, of Orange county, New York. They had three children, viz : Sarah, Catherine and Clara. Mrs. Johnson passed away in 1873, and Mr. Johnson in 1879, his death resulting from being struck in the breast by a horse which was scared at a steam thresher. Mrs. Johnson was a cripple the best part of her life from rheumatism, caused prinaipally by the hard work incident to an early settler's life. Clara, the youngest daughter, owns the home farm of 200 acres, which is the one first settled upon by her father, and owns 240 acres south of the home farm. The house where she is at present living is the oldest frame house in the valley, atone time a tavern, in the early days of this county, and was the place for holding elections for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were both leading members of the Baptist church here, in fact, Mr. Johnson may truthfully be said to have built the Baptist church in this place, and his home was sometimes called ihe "preacher's home," on account of the hospitality extended to them.

JOHNSON JESSE, White Eyes township; farmer ; born in Jefferson county about 1817, and was the son of Derrick Johnson. Jesse was married in 1841 to Miss M. J. Dennison of Jefferson county ; she was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania. They had nine children, all of whom have deceased except the three youngest, two boys and one girl - Charles, Ernst and Grace. Orace is married to John Adams, a stock dealer of Coshocton, and resides at that place. Charles lives at home with his mother, and farms the place. Ernst has been attending: school at Coshocton for the last three years. Mr. Johnson came to this township in the spring of 1861, and located on the farm where his widow resides. He September 15, 1868, aged 62 years, and was interred at Kimbles. 'They lost four of their children within two weeks.

JOHNSON DR. M.IRO, Roscoe, Ohio. Dr. Johnson was born March 14, 1810, in Cheshire county. New Hampshire; son of Adam and Martha (Breed) Johnson, ivho were of English ancestors. The doctor's grandfather was a soldier in the French and English wars of 1754-55, and ^Iso in the revolutionary war. Young Johnson was brought up on a farm, where he remained until he was twenty years of -age, when he began reading medicine with Dr. Samuel Lee, the first physician in Coshocton, Ohio. After three years' study he attended a course of lectures at the Ohio medical college at Cincinnati. On his return from the lectures he became a partner with his preceptor, with whom he remained six years, and since which time he has practiced medicine at his present place, Roscoe. Dr. Johnson was married November 15, 1838, to Miss Eliza L., daughter of Thomas L. Rue, of Coshocton, but formerly of Pennington, New Jersey. They became the parents of four children, viz: Sarah L.. Jane, married to John M. Adams, of Jackson township; Elizabeth, deceased, aged 19 years; Guy, married to Miss Lone, now residing in Iowa. Mrs. Johnson died in 1854, and is buried in the old cemetery at Roscoe.

JOHNSON William a., clerk; Coshocton; was born June 28, 1823, in this city; son of Adam and Sarah Williams, daughter of Colonel Williams the pioneer settler of this city. Johnson, Sr., was a native of Maryland. At the age of thirteen young Johnson began the printing business in the Coshocton -Demcwai, and in 1845 he became owner of half the office, which he held about one year. In 1846 he became editor and proprietor of the Crawfordsville Review,m Indiana, and conducted it one year, then removed to Iowa and located at Ottumwa, Wapello county. He afterwards purchased the Des Moines Republican, and conducted it nearly two years. Then returned to his native city a wiser if not wealthier man, and became foreman of the Coshocton ^p'e, which position he held under Burt, Hillyer, Dwyer & Harris. He was appointed postmaster by President Lincoln, but was victimized by President Johnson. In 1861 he enlisted as musician of Fifty-first regimental band, but was discharged by act of congress in 1862. He also served under the government as assistant assessor, also as assessor, then again assistant assessos of internal revenue, also deputy provost marshal oE this county, after which he retired to private life. Mr. Johnson was married in April, 1845, to Miss Doratha, daughter of John and Susannah (Jennings) Ostler. This union was blessed with eleven children; three died in infancy, not named; Louisa, Mary v., Luella, William A.. Jr., George W., Charles M. ; Adah, deceased ; Mary A. and Paul B.

JOHNSON C. B., New Castle township; postoffice, New Castle; was born in Tompkins county, New York, April 30, 1840; son of Henry L. and Ocee Ann (Brown) Johnson, and grandson of Robert and Mary (Carney.) Brown. He worked on the farm and attended school until the age of eighteen, aWvhich time he came to West Bedford, this county, and learned the harness-maker trade

New Castle, and worked with William Lyons. In June, 1861, he volunteered in the United States service in Company D, Twenty-fourth 0. V. I., under Captain Givens, and remained in the service until January, 1863. His first encampment was at Camp Chase, four miles west of Columbus, and in July, 1861, was removed from there to Bellaire; thence to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; thence to Clarksburg, West Virginia, where he was taken ill and was sent to the hospital, and was there several days. He then, with three comrades, followed the command to Cheat Mountain, a distance of 104 miles, camping each night among the enemy.

From Cheat Mountain he went to Greenbrier, and there took part in the fight, then came back with his regiment to Cheat Mountain, and from there was ordered to Clarksburg, and thence to Louisville, Kentucky, under General Wilson. Prom Louisville he went into winter quarters at Camp Wickliffe, and, in February^ 1862, was ordered to West Point, Kentucky, and down the Ohio to Paducah, thence up the Cumberland to Port Donelson, expecting to assist in the fight at that place, but didn't reach there until the morning of the surrender. From there he went to Nashville, Tennessee, where he was taken sick and sent to the hospital, and afterward detailed to hospital No. 14 as hospital clerk, and remained nine months and twenty-seven days, when he received his discharge and went home. He was never wounded

He then went to Mt. Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, and worked at his trade with with George Hawk for nine months, and in 1864 moved to Bladensburgh, Knox county, and from there to Roscoe and carried on a shop for two years, and in the fall of 1867 moved to New Castle, where he has resided ever since. In 1874 he patented the diamond trace buckle, for which he received about $1,000. He has served three terms as justice of the peace in New Castle township, and is at present proprietor of Union Hotel, doing a fair business. He has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Martha Baltzall, to whom he was married March 7, 1863. Slje was the daughter of Joseph and Lydia Baltzall, and died July 12, 1865. He married his second wife. Miss Charity E. Fulkerson, July 7, 1867, daughter of Thomas and Lydia Fulkerson, who is the mother of four children, three of whom are living viz : Blanche, born July 6, 1868; George, born October 10, 1879; Robert, born February 21, 1877.

'JOHNSON ROBERT Is., New Castle township ; postoffice. New Castle ; was born March 15, 1838, in Tompkins county. New York; son of Henry and Ooee Ann (Brown) Johnson, and grandson of Robert and Mary (Carney) Brown. He attended school and assisted his father on the farm until he was twenty years of age, at which time he went to Illinois, remaining there about ten months, working for Mr. Williams, of Crawford county, then came to Virginia township, Coshocton county, and from there went to Bedford township, and worked with Elias James, and attended school during the winter of 1859.

In the spring following, he went to West Bradford, and in the fall, to Simmons' run, near Xenia, Ohio, and worked there until the spring of 1861, when he came to New Castle, and worked with Jesse Nickols, until the first of June, when he enlisted in the United States service, Company K, Twenty-fourth 0. V. I., under Captain Given; went to Camp Chase; from there to

Bellaire, and thence to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; was then ordered to Clarksburg, West Virginia, and thence to Cheat Mountain; from there went to Greenbrier, and took part in the engagement at that place; from there he returned, with his regiment to Cheat Mountain; from thence to Clarksburg; thence to Louisville, Kentucky, and from there to winter quarters, at Camp Wickliffe, and, in February, 1862, went to West Point Kentucky; from there to Paducah; thence up the Cumberland, to Fort Donaldson, to assist in the engagement there, but did not arrive until the morning of the surrender.

From there he went to Nashville, Tennessee, thence to Savannah, Georgia, then to Shiloh, expecting an attack. On the morning of the 8th of February, he marched with his regiment against the enemy, had a battle and routed the enemy. From there he went to Corinth and assisted in the siege, thence to Beech bottoms, thence to luka Springs, thence to Nashville and Murfreesborough, Tennessee, where, on account of sickness, he was taken to convalescent camp, remained there about six weeks; was then detailed as teamster to Bowling Green, then to Louisville, thence to Nashville, when he was taken to hospital on account of injuries received from a mule, where he remained until he was discharged, January 27, 1863, and then came home. He married Miss Mary A. Smith, August 17, 1865. He then learned the harnessmaker trade, in New Castle, with his brother, Charles, with whom he was a partner about four years, when he sold his interest and went into the barbering business at Mount Vernon, Knox county, and, after a time, came back to New Castle, where he is at present engaged at harnessmaking and barbering, doing a fair business.

JOHNSON JOHN, Pike township; postoffloe. West Carlisle ; farmer and stock raiser ; born in this county in 1846; son of John and Mary Johnson, and grandson of John Johnson, and of Joseph and Mary Hawker. He was married in 1868 to Miss Elizabeth Frampton, daughter of Garrettson and Eliza A. Frampton. I'hey are the parents of two children, viz : Clarence G. and Stephen D. Mr. Johnson enlisted in 1864, in Company F, Nihety-seventh 0. V. I., Capt. Lemmert, Army of the Cumberland. Mr. Johnson participated in the following battles, to- wit : Rocky Face Ridge, May 9, 1864; Resaca, Georgia, May 14 and 15, 1864; Adairsville, May 17, 1864; Burnt Hickory, May 27, 1864 ; Muddy Creek, June 18, 1864 ; Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864 ; Peach Tree Creek,' July 20, 1864; Atlanta, Georgia, July 22 and 23, 1864; Jonesborough, September 1,1864; Lovejoy Station, September 2, 1864; Spring Hill, November 29, 1864; Franklin, November 80, 1864; Nashville, December 16 and 16, 1864; Missionary Ridge, Stone River, and Chicamauga. He