Coshocton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1881 (part 5 of 10)

JOHNSON WILLIAM, Pike township; postoffice, Fallsburgh ; farmer and stockraiser ; born in England in 1819 ; came to the United States in 1852, and settled in this county in 1870; son of Daniel and Mary (Topps) Johnson, and grandson of William and Mary Johnson, and of Thomas

Miss Levina Lane, daughter of Joshua and Sarah Lane. They are the parents of six children, viz : Mary and Sarah, both deceased ; Margaret, John, Terrissa, George E., Harriett, and Elizabeth. The father of the subject of this sketch died in 1867.

KANE FRANK; was born in Herkimer county. New York, July 18, 1828; lived on a farm, and went to Fairfield academy until the age of fifteen, and then went to learn the currier trade; followed it .three years, then moved to Otsego county. New York, and followed pattern making for twelve years. After this he left New York and went to Schenectady City, and resumed his trade of pattern making for a time, after which he returned to Otsego and followed the same business for two years; then came to Coshocton, Ohio, and has worked at pattern making for the Iron and Steel Co., up to the present time. Mr. Kane married Julia H., daughter of, Philip Baker, of Richfield Springs, Otsego county. New York. This union has been blessed with two children, viz : Charley B. and Cora Kane.

KASER CHRISTIAN, Jefferson township; postoffice, Warsaw ; born in Wurtemberg, Germany, November 23, 1815 ; son of Frederick and Johanna. (Slumf) Kaser. - In his youth he learned the shoemaker trade, and, at the age of eighteen, began doing for himself, worked at promiscuous work for twenty years, then came to America in 1848, landing in New York after a voyage of eighteen days. From New York he went to Dutch Bedford, remained there a short time, then came to Jefferson township, Coshocton county, where he has resided since. He was married February 29, 1849, to Miss Sophia Gamertsfelder, daughter of Christian and Johanna (Verner) Gamertsfelder. She was born November 3, 1814, in Stiltzbaugh, Wurtemberg, Germany; Ciime to America in 1833, landing in Baltimore after a voyage of eighty-one days, on the vessel Elizabeth. They are the parents of two children - John and Christian. John was born in Mill Creek township May 25, 1851. He attended district school and assisted his father until the age of twenty-one, since which time he has farmed for himself. He is an energetic young man, respected by all who know him. He was married January 1, 1876, to Miss Anna E. Miller, daughter of John W. and Caroline Miller, who was born June 3, 1852, in Jefferson township, died May 31, 1879. This union was blessed with one child (Samuel), born September 29, 1875.

KASER C, Jefferson township ; was born May 2, 1855, in Jefferson township, Coshocton county. He lived on a, farm until the age of eighteen, when, after attending school for some time at Warsaw, he began teaching and taught one year, then went back to the farm where he remained two years, after which he attended the Ohio Central Normal school, at Worthington, Franklin county. He is now engaged in selling hardware in partnership with R. C. Frederick, at Warsaw, where they are doing a good business. Mr. Kaser was married to Miss Louisa Meyers, May 5, 1880, daughter of Henry and Wilhelmina Myers. C. Kaser is a son of C. and Sophia (Gamertsfelder) Kaser.

KASER JOHN C, Jefferson township; farmer; postoffice, Warsaw, Ohio; son of Christian and Sophia F. (Gamertsfelder) Kaser; was born May 25, 1851, in this county. He was raised on the farm, and has always followed that occupation. He was married December 31, 1865, to Miss Annie E. Miller, of this county. They became the parents of one child, viz : Samuel, born September 29, 1866. His wife died May 30, 1879. Mr. Kaser's second marriage .was on February 24, 1881, to Miss Maggie Fisher, of this county. He is farming his father's place at present.

KETCHUM SAMUEL, deceased; the only son of Abner and Clarinda (Belcher) Ketchum ; was born in Moroe, Orange county, New York, November 8, 1827, and came here with his parents in May, 1840; was married February 24, 1851, to Eleanor L. Lowry, of Linton township. They had four children, as follows : Abner, Laura, Robert and Hattie. Mi. Ketchum died June 29, 1871.

KERNS W. P., Adams township; postoffice, Bakersville; wagonmaker; born in Holmes county, Ohio, May 8, 1851; son of John and Sarah (Snider) Kerns, and grandson of Mary Snider. He begjin his trade at the age of fifteen, with his father, and remained seven years,, after vjfhich he took charge of the shop himself and continued it for some time. He then worked at carpentering for about three years, after which he came to Bakersville and resumed his former occupation, where he has a very flattering trade. He is a firstclass mechanic, and manufactures wagons, buggies and everything in his line in the very best style. Mr. Kerns was married in 1875, to Misa Emma Hixon, daughter of Jonathan and Susan Hixon, and granddaughter of Abraham Hixon. She died April 10, 1878. They have two children,

KEISER MICHAEL, Clark township; miller; postoffice, Clarks; born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, March 16, 1844; son of John and Louisa {Kerstetter) Keiser, and grandson of Daniel and Mary Keiser and Michael Kerstetter. He learned his trade with Daniel Schaef, of Bakersville, and, in 1874, he became proprietor bi the Bloomfield mills, where he is at present, doing a very fair husiness. .He was married, April 5, 1868, to Miss Sarah Beck, and is father of three children: Benjamin, born February 16, 1869; Sarah, born January 2, 1874, and Almira, born October 6, 1876. Mr. Keiser served three years in the late war, in company E, One Hundred and Twentysixth 0. V. I.

KEIST WILLIAM C, Linton township; farm- born in Linton township, November 5, 1837; .son of Nathan and Elizabeth B. (Clark) Keist, grandson of William K. and Catherine (Williams) Clark, and of Philip and Nancy (Holt) Keist; His grandfather Keist was born in Germany, .and settled in Loudon county, Virginia. His grandfather Clark, during the war of 1812, emigrated from Washington county, Maryland, to Eranklin township, and worked a short time on the Miller section, then enhsted in the army, and participated in the battle of the Thames; returning, he settled in Linton township, where Mr. Keist's mother was born. H is father was born in Loudon county, Virginia, and about 1838 came to Muskingum county, and two years later to Linton township. Mr. Keist, April 14, 1859, married Alcinda Gale Ingraham, born in Harrison county, Virginia, daughter of Jacob and Maria (Modisette) Ingraham. Their children are James B., born February 22, 1860; Clark, deceased, born January 22, 1862; Ella V., July 22, 1864; Benjamin F., December 31, 1866; Arthur -G., deceased, February, 13, 1868 ; Olivia E.., May 24, 1871; Mary L., March 2, 1875, and Louis M., March 13, 1880.

KITCHEN J. T., Coshocton; city marshal; born March 14, 1837, in this city; son of Joel Kitchen, a native of Virginia, of Irish ancestry. When about twelve years of age he was employed in the coal works of Jewitt & Co., and subsequently in another company, making about twenty-one years. He was elected to the office which he now holds April 1, 1878. Mr. Kitchen was married, first, December 27, 1859, to Miss Adeline UfFner, daughter of John Ufifner, of Licking county. This union was blessed with -nine children, one of whom, Joseph, is deceased. eight living children are : Charles T., Clara, Frank, Milton, Herbert, William, Niona and Harry. Mrs. Kitchen died June 24, 1877. Marshal Kitchen's second marriage was on June 19, 1880, to Miss Catharine Eeed, of this city.

KING W. H., Coshocton, Ohio; of the firm of King & Ferrell, foundrymen, North Fifth street. Mr. King was born February 1, 1841, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania; son of William King. W. H. enlisted, in 1861, in Company F, Fiftyfirst O. V. I., and re-enlisted as a veteran, in 1864, and served to the close of the war. He was wounded in the hip, at the battle of Chickamauga, which disabled him for a few days. He was in every engagement of his corps (twenty battles), besides many skirmishes. He was discharged at Galveston, Texas, but was not mustered out until he returned as far as Columbus. At the close of the war, he engaged in the foundry business, at Eoscoe, with the following successive partners, viz: Hiram Taylor, James Hay and James Mirise. In the winter of 1881, Mr. King established business, alone, at his present place, and, April 25, of the same year, the present firm was formed. This firm starts under very favorable auspices, both members of the firm being skilled workmen, and having large experience in their business. Mr. King was married, December 25. 1855, to Miss Margaret, daughter of Daniel King, of Crawford township. They are the parents of seven chidren.

KIME JOSEPH, Oxford township; farmer; Evansburgh postoffice ; son of Daniel and Catherine (Canel) Kime; was born in 1830, and came from Knox county to this county in 1851 ; was married in 1854, to Miss Sarah Wolf, of this township, and they have one child, George P., who has been a great sufferer for the past five years. Mr. Kime was county commissioner from 1863 to 1869, aud is one of the leading citiizens of the township. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church.

KINSEY J. I., Monroe township; was born December 18, 1839, in Tiverton township, Coshocton county; son of Samuel and Susannah (Beam) Kinsey, and grandson of Jacob Beam. He was brought up on a farm, and at the age of twentyone he began farming for himself, and followed it for ten years. Since that time he has followed huckstering, and has acquired wealth enough to keep him and his family comfortably. He was married to Miss Harriet Lanning, in April, 1865, daughter of Israel and Susannah (McCoy) Lanning, and granddaughter of Jacob and Margret Moore, and of William and Harriet (Walraven) McCoy Their children are Alberta, born February 12, 1866; Blanche, May 7, 1872, and Clare, August 8, 1875.

moner (Welling) Kirker; married September, 1852, to Miss Rhuellen McCoy, daughter of Joseph and Sarah McCoy. Mr. Kirker is the father of nine children, viz: W. H.; Louisa, deceased; Sarah ; Mary E., deceased ; Joseph M., Martin D., Charity, Gilbert S., Emma S.

KLINGLER tMATHIAS, Jefferson township; born June 13, 1837, in Wurtemberg, Germany; son of Mathias and Elizabeth (Spade) Klingler, and grandson of George and Rosannah Klingler, and of Christian (Plowfelder) Spade. Mr. Klingler followed furniture making till the age of twenty-three, when he learned engineering, and run an engine on the Minden railroad for thi;ee years and six months. In 1866, he came to the United States, lived in Philadelphia six months, spent one year in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, then came to Crawford township, Coshocton county, Ohio, where he has followed the carpenter trade with good success. He was married, in June, 1866, to Miss Elizabeth Shy, daughter of Frederick and Catharine (Shoemaker) Shy. Frederick, Henry, Willirm, Jacob and Catharine are the names of their children.

KLINE CHARLES, Crawford township; shoemaker ; postoffice. Chili ; born in 1848, in Bavaria, Germany; son of George and Christifia (Shaw) Kline, both natives of Bavaria. Charles Kline emigrated to America in 1860, located in Phillipsburgh, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and apprenticed himself to a shoemaker there. He worked in shops in several places in the State until 1868, when he came to Chili and opened a shop for himself, where he has worked at his trade up to the present time. In 1868 he married EUzabeth Miller. Their children are : Mary, George, Amelia, Elizabeth, Lilly, Christina Margaret and Charles Frederick. Mr. Kline and family are members of the Reform church.

KLEINKNECHT CHRISTIAN, Crawford township ; farmer and carpenter ; postoffice. New Bedford; was born February 27, 1852, in Holmes county; son of Jacob and Catherine (Baad) Kleinknecht. Wlien a child he came to Crawford township, in which he has resided to the present time. At the age of nineteen, he went to the carpenter's trade, which he has principally ^ followed to the present. Mr. Kleinknecht was married December 25, 1873, to Miss Mary Margaret Price. They are the parents of two children viz : Jonathan and Mary Alice.

KNIGHT GEORGE, New Castle township; farmer and tanner; was born in Harrison county, Ohio, April 6, 1810; son of Peter and Elizalaeth (Fivecoat) Knight, who both lived to a great age. His father was born and raised in the city of Philadelphia; was a blacksmith by trade, and a member of the Enghsh Prostestant church; and his grandfather was a German Reformed minister. Mr. Knight is one of six children, three sons and three daughters. ' His brothers are both living, one in the city of Baltimore, the other in Iowa. One sister is also living. His father died the year that he was born. He has an English education, such as could be gathered in his time. He began the tanner trade at the age of sixteen with William Frost, of St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio, and worked with him about four years, then went to New Athens, Harrison county, Ohio, and engaged with Mr. Hawthorn, from thence to Wooster, Wayne county, and worked with Mr. David Robison, and from there he went to Millersburg, Holmes county, and formed ' a partnership with Lyman Shafer, which lasted four years.

In the fall of 1833 he received a new partner, Andrew McMonagh, and remained partner with him eighteen months, when he sold his interest and came to New Castle, and formed a partnership with his old partner, Lyman Shafer, in a tannery, saddler shop and store, the partnership lasting about twelve years. He then sold his interest in these, returned to Millersburg, bought a tannery, and for eight years did the most successful business of his life. He then returned to New Castle, bought a farm, and opened another tannery, and has been tanning and farming for the past twenty-five years, in New Castle township. He has been successful throught life, has never drank any intoxicating liquors from his boyhood. He and his wife united themselves with the Presbyterian church when they were about twenty years of age, and are still faithful, and highly respected by all. Mr. Knight had an uncle who was a soldier in the war of the revolution, and another a soldier in the war of 1812,

He was married March 6, 1835, to Miss Keziah Boggs, daughter of Ezekiel and Mary (Tipton) Boggs, granddaughter of Alexander and Sarah Boggs, and Absolam and Keziah (Boran) Tipton. Mrs. Knight was born in Belmont county, June 26, 1815. They have, had nine children, viz : Margaret A., born Sej)tember 18, 1837, the wife of a Presbyterian minister (Rev. Mr. Beldenj of Centreville, Iowa), she is a graduate of Washingington, Pennsylvania, Female seminary ; ' William S., born August 17, 1839, graduated at Washington College, Pennsylvania, and at the Western Theological seminary at Alleghany, and is a minister of the Presbyterian church, at Carthage, in Jasper county, Missouri ; Hervey B., born July 20, 1841, also a graduate of Washington college and Western Theological seminary, at Allegheny, and is a Presbyterian minister ; Lymon S., born November 7, 1843, is a professor of music and teacher of the higher branches in Congress, Wayne county, Ohio; Mary E., born November 19, 1845, graduated at Steubenville Female seminary and is teacher in the Coshocton schools;

Peter B., born March 17, 1848, graduated in Pittsburgh IBusiness college and is clerking in a wholesale establishment in Atchison, Kansas; Maria J., born December 3, 1850, wife of Dr. Richardson, of Monravia, Iowa; George L., born July 25, 1853, attended school at Wooster university, and is at present reading law with Campbell & Vorhees, Coshocton, Ohio. They are all members of the Presbyterian church. Two of Mr. Knight's sons volunteered in the U. S. service during the rebellion.

KE.AUSS JOHN D., FrankKn township ; farmer ; postofBce, Wills Creek ; born April 16, 1850, in Licking county; son of Christian and Henrietta (Keller) Krauss, natives of Germany, who came to America about the year 1842. Mr. John D. Krauss was married January 10, 1875, to Miss Eliza Anne, daughter of John G. and Catherine ( Hackney) Kaufman, natives of Germany. They are the parents of one child, named Clara Ulalah. They located at their present residence March 8, 1878.

KEAUSS THOMAS C, Franklin township; farmer ; postoffice. Wills Creek ; son of Christian and Henrietta (Keller) Krauss. Mr, Thomas C. Krauss was married September 25, 1876, to Miss Mazie Jane, daughter of Moses and Martha A. (Sticl^les) Wilkins, natives of Ohio. Mrs. Krauss was born on the farm on which she now resides. They became the parents of three children, viz : Henrietta, Clemence W. and Lillie Frances. Mr. Christian Krauss, mentioned above, was born November 3, 1819, in Wurteraberg, Germany. On completing his education, he learned the shoemaker's trade, at which he worked in Switzerland and France. His widowed mother needing his assistance, he returned to her, with whom he remained the two years previous to his coming to America, where he landed July 6, 1842, and lo- (3ated at Newark, Licking county. Here he met his betrothed, with whom an engagement had been made in Germany, several years previous, on condition that she would come to America, which she did in 1841, landing in New Orleans. But both being true to their plighted troth, they were rnarried when they met at Newark. They became the parents of the following children: Annie C. W., decased; Elisha, Catherine; Henrietta 0., deceased. Mr. Krauss lived at several places in Coshocton and Licking counties. In 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Ninety-seventh 0. V. I., and served about six months, receiving an honorable discharge on account of sickness. Some years ago, by the imprudence of a railroad -conductor, he was seriously injured, for_ which the company, after a long and tedious litigation, was compelled to pay him |2,200.

LACEY GEORGE, Franklin township; farmer; born in Fauquier county, Virginia, August 20, 1823; son of William Lacey. In the spring o{ 1832 his father moved his family to Muskingum; county, and three years later to Virginia township, where Mr Lacey, December 16, 1843, married Phoebe Tilton, who was born in Virginia township, and is the daughter of Joseph and Phoebe Tilton. About the year 1848 they moved to Lafayette township, and lived successively in Lafayette township; Richland county, Illinois; Lafayette township; Tuscarawas township; Franklin township; Muskingum county, and back again to Franklin township two years ago. Mr. Lacey has seven children living, viz: George W., Nancy Elizabeth (Donaker); Jesse Sanford, Susie Ann, Lawrence L., Ida B. and May Eleanor. He has lost two boys, Joseph T. and James R. The former enlisted in the Ninety-seventy O. V. I., Company I, in 1862, and was killed in the battle of Mission Ridge ; James died in early childhood. Mr. Lacey was married a second in February, 1880, to Marinda Frost, of Licking county.

LAHM JOHN A., of the firm of J. A. Rimer & Co., merchants; postoflice. New Bedford, Ohio;, born January 10, 1853, in Germany; son of Simon and Catharine (Miller) Lahm. Young Lahpi was raised on the farm until seventeen, when he began working in a woolen factory and attended, school. His first experience in merchandising was clerking at Beck's mills. Holmes county, where he remained four years. He next clerked at Millersburgh a short time. Also clerked at Helmick about three years, after which he attended the commercial college at Zanesville, and obtained a diploma. He subsequently clerked at Barnesville and Helmick, and at New Bedford for feieorge A. Rimer, where he was employed when the above firm was formed, January 21, 1879. This firm is doing an extensive business, having a full stock for a combination village store.

LAHNA JACOB, Linton township; farmer; postoffice. Bacon Run, Ohio; born June 6, 1843, in' Adams township, Muskingum cotmty; son of Jacob and Rosanna (Sandel) Lahna, a native of Alsace, France. He came to America with three children, and located in Adams township, Muskingum county; and came to Linton township, Coshocton county, about 1847, and located on the farm now owned by his heirs. Jacob Lahna enlisted in February, 1865, in Company I, One Hundred and Ninety-fifth 0. V. I., and served until December of same year. Mr. Lahna was married June 10, 1867, to Miss Sarah, daughter of Michael and Anne (Lash) Wagner, who is of

<Jerman ancestry. They became the parents of eight children : Mary A.,Eosanna; Ehzabeth, deceased ; Matilda, deceased ; Agatha, John M. and Sarah Adaline.

LAKE JOHN, Pike township; postofflce, Fra- -zeysburg, Muskingum county ; farmer and stock raiser; born in this county in 1854; son of Joseph and Jane (Riley) Lake, and grandson of Spencer and Martha Lake. He was married in 1876, to Miss Laura McConnell, daughter of Daniel and Mahalay McConnell. They have one child, viz : Ura.

LAMBEESON SAMUEL, Coshocton; of the firm of Barney, DeMoss & Co., Empire Mills, Eoscoe, and proprietor Washington Mills, Tuscarawas township ; born March 14, 1814:, in Virginia; son of Samuel Lamberson, deceased. When young Lamberson was only four years of age he was sadly bereft of the kind care and influence of a loving mother, she being suddenly killed by the falling of a chimney. When yet a child he came to New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas county. When -about twelve years of age he went to the hatter's trade with Samuel Burns, and served about seven years, after which he went into the store of Smeltzer & Eansom, of Eoscoe, where he remained about seven years. He then became partner with Arnold Medbery in a store at Canal Lewis- -ville. This firm continued about four years, when Mr. Lamberson became sole proprietor, and conducted the store about twenty years. In 1872 he came to this city and bought his present residence, 671 Main street. Mr. Lamberson served one term as county commissioner, and declined to be a candidate for a second term after having been nominated. He also served as treasurer, the unexpired term of Samuel Ketchana, one year, and was elected and served the succeeding term in the same office.

Mr. Lamberson is the father of four children, viz : Caroline, married to John Cassingham, Esq., of this city ; Louisa, Charles and Samuel Lam- Tserson, Jr.

LAMBEESON CHAS. A., Coshocton; packer in Empire Mills, Eoscoe, 0.; was born September 11, 1861, in Canal Lewisville ; son of Samuel Lamberson, a native of Virginia. Young Lam- Taerson attended public schools until May, 1880, when he came into the above mills, where he is now employed.

LANNING SILAS, Monroe township; born August 30, 1846, in Monroe township, Coshocton county, 0.; son of Israel and Susannah (McCoy) Lanning, and grandson of Jacob and Margaret (Moore) Lanning, and of William and Harriet (Walraven) McCoy, and great grandson of John and Eebecca McCoy. He was brought up on a farm, and educated in district schools and Spring

Mountain academy. At the age of 23 he began the blacksmith trade under George Osburn, of Marion county, Iowa; served an apprenticeship of two and a half years, then returned to Spring Mountain, where he is now working ^tt his trade. Mr. Lanning was married, November, 1866, to Miss Phoebe Wing, a native of New York, daughter of Charles and Phoebe (Titus) Wing, granddaughter of William E. and Phoebe (Cuthburt) Wing, and granddaughter of Stephen and Phoebe (Marsh) Titus. Their children are : Darvin, born October 20, 1867; Mond, February 14, 1869; Alva, March 25, 1871, and Harold, December 16, 1874. At the age of 17 he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Forty-second 0. N. G., and served 100 days.

LAPP MICHAEL, Franldin 'township ; born in Alsace, France, September 28, 1829; son of Henry and Magdalena(Zimmer^ Lapp. In June, 1830, he arrived, with his parents, at Zanesville ; was raised in Muskingum county; is a carpenter by trade, and worked at it many years, when a young man. In 1854, he moved to Linton township, and, three years later, to Franklin township. In connection with farming, he does a general saw-mill business, sawing more lumber than perhaps any man in the county. He is also a contractor for bridges, school-houses, etc., and has constructed and prepared lumber for many buildings. Mr. Lapp has been twice married ; first, to Dorotha M. Snite, born in Tuscarawas county, daughter of John T. Snite. By this marriage, he had ten children, viz: Henry, John F,, Louisa, Mary D., William, Solomon C, Alice E., Caroline, Albert and Frank. His second wife was Lucinda Miller, who was born in Virginia, and came to Ohio about 1864; daughter of Stephen Miller. Harvey, David, George and Anise are the issue of this marriage.

LA SEEEE J. J., grocer and provisions, No. 146 Second street, Coshocton. Mr. La Seere is a native of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in 1839, and Icoated at Putnam, Muskingum county, where he remained until 1848, when he come to Eoscoe, where he followed coopering, and, in June, 1880, he established the grocery business at his present location, where he carries a good, fresh stock of staple and fancy groceries, confectioneries, provisions, fruits and vegetables, sugar-cured and pickled meats, sliced hams, fish, flour, Jjread, and all kinds of canned goods ; also deals in all kinds of country produce.

LAUEIE J. H., Coshocton; proprietor saloon and restaurant, corner Main and Third streets; wab born January 11, 1839, in Bavaria, Germany; son of Christopher Laurie. Young Laurie attended school until fourteen years of age, when he en- tered Kaiserslantern seminary, and remained two years, then returned home and remained one year. In 1856 he came to America, landing at Baltimore, Maryland. Soon after his arrival he became a steamboatman on the Adriatic, plying beween Pittsburgh and New Orleans, and remained on this boat three years. He was successively a bridge builder on the Pan Handle railroad, coal miner, near Steubenvilie, Ohio, and oil operator, near Marietta, Ohio, from thence he came to this city in 1861, and mined four years. Then engaged in merchandising, which he followed until 1872, when he purchased and fitted up the Central House, and was proprietor for two year, when he sold out his hotel and established his present business. Mr. Laurie was married in August, 1861, to Miss Catharine Stone, of Washington county, Ohio. This marriage was blessed with four children, two deceased, Willie Edward and Clara; and two living, Tillie and Haddie Laurie. Mr. Laurie is now doing a good business.

LAUDENSCHLAGER THOMAS, Crawford township; farmer; postoffice. New Bedford, Ohio; born October 10, 1857, in Crawford township; son of John and Elizabeth (Sheets) Laudenschlager, natives of Germany, but came to America in 1846. His father died in 1859, leaving his mother a widow, with three children, David, Elizab&th and Thomas. Afterward, his mother married Michael Link, with whom Thomas, the subject of this sketch, now resides in Crawford township.

LAWRENCE G. W., Clark township; postoffice, Clark's; farmer; born in Cheshire county. New Hampshire, November 15, 1823; son of Jesse and Susannah (Farwell) Lawrence, and grandson of Martin Lawrence and Richard Earwell, all of Scotch descent. He came to Keene township, Coshocton county, with his parents in 1826, remained there about one year, then, came to Mill Creek township, and lived there about thirty-three years, after which he moved to Clark township, where he has remained since on a farm of 113 acres, adjoining the village of Bloomfield. He has been twice married, the date of his first marriage being May 28, 1848, to Miss Lydia Ross, daughter of Nathan and Sarah Ross ; born December 11, 1824, and died March 12, 1862. They were the parents of two children; J. Ross, born March 1, 1850, and Harry, born January 20, 1853. His second marriage was on March 5, 1863, to Miss Rachel Cox, daughter of Elijah and Christina Shepler. She was born in Harrison county, Ohio, March 8, 1832. They are parents of three children; Don Carlos, born February, 12, 1864; Willie G., born April 26,1868, and Jesse B., born September 1, 1875.

farmer ; postoffice, New Castle ; was born in New Castle, Coshocton county, Ohio, March 11, 1831 ; son of George P. and Phcebe (Butler) Lawrence, and grandson of Jonathan and Mary (Horten) Lawrence, and Thomas Butler, one of the first settlers of the county. He attended district school and worked on the farm until the age of eighteen, then attended college at the Ohio-university at Delaware one year. His father, was one of the first occupants of the village of New Castle, then called Liberty. He is now one of the oldest residents of New Castle township. He was a partner in a store at the age of nineteen, with A. S. Lawrence and J. K. Leighow, and remained about two years ; then engq,ged in mercantile business with Jonathan Coggins, and continued a partner with that gentleman three years, when he sold his interest and turned his attention to farming and stock raising, and has continued in that business up to this time. He has been successful through his entire career; is kind, genial, and highly esteemed by all his acquaintances and neighbors. He resides on a farm one and a half miles southwest of New Castle. His paternal ancestors were Pennsylvanians, and his mother was of Irish descent. He was married August 9, 1855, to Miss Eliza Nichols, daughter of Eli and Hachel (Lloyd) Nichols, of Belmont county, who was born August 9, 1833, in Loydville, Belmont county. They have but one child, Eugene, born April 18, 1857, who is now farnaing and dealing in stock in Kansas.

LAWSON WILLIAM, Coshocton; photographer ; was botn in Monongalia county, West Virginia, February 29, 1842; son of Alexander Lawson, American born, of Scotch ancestry. Young Lawson spent his childhood on the farm, and, when twelve years of age, he entered a store as clerk, and, at twenty, began to learn the art of photography, with Snedeker, of Mattoon, Illinois. He was also employed at Gallion, Ohio, and in London Ohio, before he came to this city, and took charge of his brother's gallery. Mr. Lawspn was married, March 15, 1877, to Miss Maij, daughter of Dr. De Long, of Hardin county, Ohio. One child, Georgie E., was born to them, January 16, 1878, in Gallion, Ohio. Mr. Lawson 's rooms, located in the Hays building, on Second street, are well fitted up, with all the modern instruments and accessories, making it a first class photograph gallery.

LAWSON ELISHA, Coshocton; liveryman; was born February 7, 1842, in Virginia; son of Alexander and Susannah (Gould) Lawson, of Scotch ancestors. Elishaleft home whenaboirt nine years of age. He has traveled extensively in the South and West. June 11,1861, he enlisted in Company I, Eighth Pennsylvania Reserves or Thirty-seventh Pa. V. I., at Wajmesburg, Penn- sylvania, and served three years At the battle of the Wilderness he received two wounds in the right arm; he was once captured, but soon recaptured, at the second Bull Run battle. At the close of the war, ilr. Lawson engaged in photography, and followed it about twelve years; he then determined to go to South America, but when he reached Matamoras, Mexico, he was taken sick with fever ; and, advised by his physician to return north, which he did, stopping in the Blue Grass region of Kentucky, where he remained until he regained his health. Then he came to Ohio and resumed the photographic art, and followed it for five years or until the fall of 1880, when he engaged in his present business. Mr. Lawson is a special admirer of fine horses, which would be readily inferred by any one \-isiting his stables and seeing his stock ; especially two blooded mares, Hazards, his favorites. Though the Hazards, by man}', are considered very wild, vicious and unmanageable; Mr. Lawson believes them to be pretty as a gold dollar, generally as sound as a silver dollar, fleet as the wind, harmless as a dove and kind as a kitten. Mr. Lawson was married October 4, 1873, to Miss Hersey daughter of James Alfred and Mary (Borlan) Maekey. They are the parents of two daughters, viz : Edna and Frankie.

LAWSON DR. DAVID, Jefferson township; postoffice, Warsaw; was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in April, 1824; son of David Lawson. Mr. Lawson went to school until the age of twenty ; then went to Muskingum county in 1835, engaged at weaving for some time. He began the study of medcine, at the age of nineteen, with Dr. David Barnes, of Coshocton county, and read three years and attended lectures at the Western Reserve medical college at Cleveland, O. He began the practice of medicine in 1849 at Elizabethtown, Licking county, and continued there one year; then came to Warsaw, and has been practicing here since. In 1872 he opened a dry goods store in Warsaw, since which time he has partially withdrawn from practice. He is doing a very fair business and is highly esteemed by all his numerous acquaintances. Dr. Lawson was married in 1852 to Miss Mary J. Magaw, daughter of James and Matilda Elder. They have had three children - David J., Edgar J. and Willard J.

LA"VMAN D. A., Lafayette township; postoffice, ^^'est Lafayette, 0. Mr. Layman was born December 24, 1854, in Keene, O., and has remained a resident of this county all his life. His parents were of German descent. Mr. Layman was raised on the farna until sixteen years old, when he learned the blacksmith trade, which he has since followed. Mr. L. was married August 23, 1877, to Miss Isabella Frederick, of this county. They became the parents of two children, viz :

Irvin, born April 11, 1878, and Nora C, born October 15, 1880. Mr. Layman has followed his occupation in Millersburgh, ^^'arsaw. Spring Mountain and Manchester. He came to West Lafayette in the fall of 1879 and has since remained, controlling the wagon and blacksmith shops, doing a good business and giving satisfaction in all his work.

LAYMAN JAMES N., Keene towiaship; born' in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1829. Both his parents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Swagerd) Layman, were Pennsylvanians by birth Since he was fifteen years old he has followed blacksniithing. He came to Ohio, locating in Keene when twenty-three years of age; married September 1, 1850, to Catharine Spigler, born November, 1831, daughter of Peter and Margaret (Witseman) Spigler. Their children were Sylvester, born Julv 25, 1851; James A., Mav 16, 1853; David A., December 25, 1854; WiUiam C, deceased, June 30, 1856; Margaret M., deceased, June 10, 1858; Catharine M., February 22, 1860; Mary K, August 5, 1861; George W., October, 1868; Charles E., August 4, 1868; Grant N., August 31, 1872; Minnie Recrisca, August 3, 1874, and Martha B., August, 1876. In 1860 Mr. Layman united with the Metlrodist Episcopal church.

LEAR THOMAS, Coshocton; dealer in boots and shoes, hats and caps, Main street ; born December 25, 1846, in Gloucestershire, England ; son of Stephen Lear, deceased. AVhen fourteen years of age, he came to America witli his parents, landing at New York City in I860, and immediately went to Frostburgh, Allegheny county, Maryland, and from there came to this city, in November, 1862. Mr. Lear followed mining until 1876, when he established a grocery, which he continued until August, 1879, when he established his present business. Mr. Lear was married September 8, 1871, to Miss Mary Higgs, daughter of John Higgs, of this city. They have had five children, one (Thomas) deceased; the four living are Annie Laurie, John S., Mary Annie and Thomas Lear, Jr. Mr. Lear is doing a moderate business.

LEAR HENRY, Coshocton, Tuscarawas township; miner; was born December 29, 1840, in Gloucester county, England ; son of Stephen and Mary (Nat) Lear. Landing at New York in 1860, he afterward located in Allegheny county, Maryland, and renaained there until 1867, when he came to his present residence. Mr. Lear was married in September, 1862, to Miss Sarah Louis, of Maryland. They have been blessed with eight children, viz: Rosanna; James Henry and Stephen Marshal, twins ; Clara Jane, Thomas Milford, Mary Elizabeth, Charles Emery and Minnie. Mr. Lear has succeeded well in the land of his adoption.

LEAVENGOOD I. N., Monr.oe township ; teacher; postof&ce, Spring Mountain/ Ohio; son of Daniel and Mary E, (Lower) Leavengood; was born May 14,1862, in Monroe township, Coshocton county. Mr. Leavengood was raised on the farm until fourteen years of age. He then attended school two years, at Princeton and Spring Mountain. In 1878, Mr. Leavengood removed to Iowa, and remained two years, engaged as bookkeeper with the St. Louis and Council Bluflfs railroad. In 1879, he made atrip through Kansas and Nebraska, returning to Ohio January, 1880. In April, 1880, he removed to Mansfield, Ohio, and is at present engaged in teaching. He has also been engaged as clerk in the Mansfield savings bank. He taught his first school near Mansfield, Ohio.

iEE DE. S. H., druggist. No. 132 Second street, Coshocton. Dr. Lee is a native of this city, and was born January 16, 1820. He received his preparatory education from a lady instructor whom his father, with three other families, had employed to teach their children, after which he entered the freshman' class of 1888, at Kenyon college, where he was a class-mate of K. B. Hayes. He then entered the sophomore class at Marietta college, and was graduated in 1842 ; after which he returned home and read medicine with his father and attended lectures at New York City, and was graduated by the New York medical college in 1845. He then entered upon the practice of his profession at Canal Dover, where he practiced about four years, after which he went to Peru, Indiana, where he served the people with success and acceptance for seven years. He then returned to Coshocton, where he has remained ever since with the exception of two years that he was surgeon in the United States army. He was commissioned assistant surgeon -of the Eightieth 0. V. I., after which he served as contract surgeon, and in 1864 he was commissioned surgeon of the One Hundred and Fortythird 0. N. G. He returned home in 1865 and the drug business, in which he is very located, and keeps a large first-class stock of pure drugs, chemicals, patent medicines, toilet articles, fancy goods, notions, school books, paints, oils, dye stufis, varnishes, etc.

LEE GEORGE C, Coshocton; residence on Chestnut street;' was born in New Castle, this county, May 12, 1855; son of Benjamin S. Lee, a native of New York State, and Elizabeth (Shafer) of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He came with his parents to this city when about seven years of age, and received a good education in the public schools of the city. In 1876 he was appointed deputy sheriff of the county, and served two years. During his term he assisted -at the hanging of Ept, September 29, 1876. He was elected city clerk in April, 1878, and served two years. Mr. Lee's father died August 2, 1874. Since his death, George C. has had charge of his father's estate.

LEE H. W., Perry township; New Guilford postoffice ; born in this county, in 1826 ; son of William and Isabelle (Richard) Lee, grandson of Ezekiel and Mary Lee, and of Henry and Mary Richard, and married in 1861, to Miss S. E. Bon,- nett, daughter of Lewis and Mahaley Bonnett. Mr. Lee is the father of eight children, viz: William G., Lewis H., M. B., J. W., Katharine J., Laura L., and Henry Harrison. Mr. Lee's grandfather was a revolutionary soldier.

LEE J. W., Perry township; New Guilford postoffice; born in this county, in 1828; son of William and Isabella (Richard^ Lee, grandson of Henry and Elizabeth Richard. He was married November 7, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth Wolf, daughter of Absalom and Mary Wolf. They have three children, viz: M. P., C. A., and M. B. One of his sons is a practicing physician and surgeon of Columbus, Ohio. ^,

LYBARGER E. L., Monroe township; born September 27, 1841, in Wayne county, Ohio; son of James T. and Amelia (Crum) Lybarger, and grandson of Andrew Lybarger, who came to Coshocton county from Pennsylvania in 1808, and settled in the town of Coshocton. He was a soldier under Captains Harris and Williams, and was under Hull "at the time of his surrender. His great-grandfather, James Thompson, was a revolutionary soldier, and also a pioneer settler of Coshocton county. Mr. Lybarger was born in Blatchlysville, Wayne county, and lived there till the age of four years, when his parents moved to Millford, Knox county, where he lived till 1861, excepting two years he lived at Danville. He enlisted in Company K, Forty-third Regiment, O.V. I., under Captain Walker and Colonel J. L. Kirby Smith. The battles he participated in are as follows : Capture of New Madrid, Island No. 10, Ft. Pillow, first battle of Corinth, luka, second battle of Corinth, Vicksburg, Dalton, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, the capture of Atlanta, Pokataligo, Salkehatchie, Bentonville, Columbia, and the surrender of Joe Johnson at Raleigh. He was mustered out July 18, 1866, at Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. Lybarger enlisted as a private, and gradually rose in rank till he became captain. After the close of the war he returned home and . pursued the study of law two years ; then engaged in the mercantile business at Spring Mountain, where he has continued ever since. He was married to Miss S. W. Rodgers, in January, 1866, daughter of Dr. and Catharine (Hawn) Rodgers, of Millwood, and granddaughter of John Hawn, who was a settler of Knox county, and also a

LEIGHNINGER ASA, Lafayette township; farmer; was horn in this county in 1836; son of George Leighninger ; was married in 1860 to Miss Sarah Foster, a native of England, who came to this country when quite young. They have had six children, viz : Norah, IT. Grant, Ernest, Ida; George, and an infant, Isoth deceased. He and his wife are members of the Protestant Methodist church. Mr. Leighninger owns 130 acres of land in this township; and twenty-four acres in Oxford township, and is an enterprising farmer.

LEIGHNINGER HIRAM, Lafayette township; farmer; postoffice. West Lafayette; was horn in this county in 1822; son of George and Mary Leighninger; was married to Miss Susannah Loos, daughter of Daniel Loos, October 30, 1847, and had the following children, viz : an infant, deceased; Seldan ; Ernma J., deceased; Clara, an infant son, Maria ; Olive and an infant son, both decased; Elmer and Alta Carvetta. Mr. Leighninger is a prosperous farmer, and ovras eightyeight acres of fine land ; has held offices of trust in his township, and he and his wife are members of the Protestant Methodist church, Mr. Leighninger having been a memiber for the past thirty years.

LEIGHNINGER B. F., Lafayette township; postoffice. West Lafayette ; wtis born in this township, in 1838; son of George and Mary (Wolfe) Leighninger. His father died in 1841; his mother is still living, aged eighty-four years. He was married, in 1870, to Nelia Conaway, daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Lovelace) Conaway, both Virginians. They have three children : Ella M.; Charley C, deceased, and Clyde H. Mr. Leighninger was a member of Company E., One Hundred and Forty-second 0. N. G., holding the commission of Second Lieutenant ; was in general hospital, at Fortress Monroe, three weeks, with the typhoid fever, and had charge of forty of the sick and disabled, in their transportation home. In 1866, Mr. Leighninger, in company with B. F. Fleming, was engaged very extensively in the lumber business, in Southern Indiana; running their own mill, buying and selling, and carrying on quite a successfvil business, when he was stricken with the lung fever, and remained sick four months ; and, seeing he could not endure the exposure and hardships incident thereto, he sold his entire interest to Mr. John Grove, of Harrison county.

In early life, Mr. Leighninger, with his brothers Levi, Asa and Lewis, formed a partnership, with the home farm of 180 acres, after they had bought out the heirs, as their capital, and worked together unfil 1856, when Levi withdrew and located on a hill-farm in Oxford township, known as the Mushrush farm. In 1859 Lewis withdrew, the possessor of a fine farm of 100 acres near West Lafayette ; the partnership between Isa and B. F., continued until last spring, when the stock was divided between them, giving to each a fine farm, well stocked and improved. The farm owned by B. F. was bought April 1, 1867, and known as the Ralph Phillips farm, Mr. PhiUips having entered it and owning it until the purchase by the Leighningers. The farm is one of the best improved in the county, and is set off by one of the prettiest houses on the plains, supplied with all the modern improvements, and everything in fact, tending to make a pleasant home. There never was a more prosperous and happy combination, all things considered, than this, inasmuch as there never was a jar during the years that their interests were a common one,, and was the means of giving them all comfortable homes.

LENNON ANTHONY, farmer; Tuscarawas township ; postoffice. Canal Lewisville ; born May, 27, 1836, and brought up on the farm which he now owns. His father, "James, was a native of Kildare county, Ireland; his mother, Keziab Thonipson, was daughter of Samuel, and granddaughter of James Thompson, who was a revolutionary soldier. She was born April 13, 1809, in Ashtabula county, the same year. Anthony wasmarried January 28, 1860, to Miss Emily, daughter of William and Lydia (Butler) McGiffln, of Keene township. This union has been blessed with one child, Carrie Rose.

LENNON JOHN, White Eyes township; farmer; a native of Tuscrawas township; born in 1833. His father, James Lennon, was a native of county Kildare, Ireland ; emigrated to Canada,, and landed at Quebec in 1818 ; remained there about two years, and then removed to Lockport,, New York, where he worked on the Erie canal two years. He next came to Ohio, worked on the Miami canal, and came to this county after the letting of the Ohio canal, about 1826, on which he was a contractor. After the canal was finished, he bought a farm in Tuscarawas township, on which his widow n6w resides, aiid lived there until his death, which occurred in 1854. His widow was born in this county, in 1807. Her ancestors were New Englanders, and were from Trenton, New Jersey.

In 1858 John Lennon married Miss Lydia Sowers, a native of Jackson township. He located on a farm in Tuscarawas township, and was elected sheriff of Coshocton county, in 1873, and was installed in January, 1874. He was reelected in 1875. Ept, the murderer of young

Wertheimer, was the only criminal ever hung in the county, and Mr. Lennon officiated at his hanging. After serving two terms he moved upon his farm, in White Eyes township, in 1880, where he now resides. He now holds the office of assessor of White Eyes township. He has a family of three children, James, born December 4, 1860, William born July, 1863, and Howard, born April, 1868.

LENJSrON JAMES, farmer; Tuscarawas township; was born March 7, 1832. September 10, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Fifty-one 0. V. I , and served three years. Mr. Lennon was married October 10, 1867, to Miss Emeline, daughter of Amos and Mary (Coyle) Markley. They are the parents of seven children, viz : Samuel, Anthony, Mary E., Ualosia B. ; two infants, deceased, and Amy M.

LENHAET JACOB, Crawford township ; merchant; Chili; born in Shanesville, Tuscarawas county, in 1836 ; son of Peter Lenhart and Magdalena. (Deeds) Lenhart, both natives of Pennsylvania. He left home in 1857, clerked in dry goods stores in Bedford and Illinois for a number of years. Enlisted March, 1865, and was discharged at the close of the war same year. Mr. Lenhart married Miss Emma Winklepeck, of Chili, May 18, 1879, They have one child, Edward Stewart, born April 29, 1880. Mr. Lenhart has been owner of a dry goods store at Chili for a number of years, and he and Charles Stein are in partnership now.

LE RETILLEY JAMES, retired merchant. Main street, Eoscoe ; was born April 26, 1821, in Muskingum county ; son of James Le Retilley, a native of the Isle of Guernsey, came to America in an early period, and located in Guernsey county, and engaged in the manufacture of salt. In 1826 James Le Retilley, Sr., with his family, came to Roscoe and engaged in merchandising, he continued until his death in 1851. Young Le Retilley's mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of William Taylor, a native of Virginia. Young Le Retilley was trained to the mercantile business from boyhood, having assisted his father in the store at a very early age. He has had an active, varied and successful business experience, having been an active partner in the tirms of Burns & Le Retilley, Burns & Co., and Le Retilley & Burns. He also conducted the mercantile business alone for several years ; contracted for and built four miles of the C. C. & I. C. R. R., which he completed in two years. Mr. Le Retilley was married October 27, 1845, to Miss Eliza Ferguson, daughter of Matthew and Mary Ferguson, of Roscoe. They became the parents of four children, viz ; Bertha And George, deceased ; Edward and Elsworth.

LEVENGOOD JOHN, Crawford township; postoffice, New Bedford; teamster; was born May 10, 1842, in New Bedford. In 1858, he went to the shoemaker's trade, at which he worked until enlisting, in September, 1861, in Company H, Fifty-first 0. V. I., in which he served during the war, having re-enlisted as a veteran, January 1, 1868. He was actively engaged in all the battles in which his regiment particijpated, and was wounded in the leg, by a gun-ball, near Kingston. Mr. Levengood was married, February 25, 1863, to Miss Magdalena, daughter of Josiahand Eliza^ beth (Bowman) Rinehart. Mr. Levengood has adopted a child of Emmanuel Rinehart, named Louisa Alice.

LEVITT SYLVESTER, Keene township; was born August 6, 1831, at Kingsville, Ashtabula county, Ohio ; son of Gideon and Mary (Stickler) Levitt, and was a farmer. He enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Forty-third O. V, L, May 1, 1864; died, in West Chester county. New York, July, 1864. He had married Miss Mary A. Whittemore, November 26, 1856 ; daughter of Daniel B. and Lavina (Goodhue) Whittemore. Their children were Julius M. and Sylvester G. Julius is married to Florence Baldwin, and lives in Hopedale, Ohio, engaged at school teaching. Sylvester is going to school.

LINK MICHAEL, Crawford township; farmer; postoffice. New Bedford; born October 11, 1817, in Wurtemberg, Germany; son of John and Rosanna (Wegerle) Link. After quitting school, at fourteen years of age, he worked in a vineyard until he was twenty years old, when he entered the military service, and served six years in the infantry. After his discharge he worked most of the time in a vineyard, until September 1, 1852, when he landed in New York City, and immediately located in a country locality of said State, where he remained thirteen years, after which he came to his present residence, in Crawford township, in 1865. Mr. Link was married June 17, 1844, to Miss Magdalene, daughter of Charles and Catharine (Frihofer) Graft. They have four children, three of whom are dead. John is now residing in the State of New York. Mr. Link was married to Mrs. Elizabeth, daughter of Conrad and Elizabeth (Fink) Sheets. They have one child, Emanuel, born June 2, 1866. Mr. Link has succeeded well in America, having a good farm and comfortable home.

LING HARRISON, Keene township; farmer; born November 11, 1840, in Keene township ; son of Peter and Darcus Ling, and grandson of Peter and Elizabeth Ling, and of Charles and Mary (Umphort) Russell. He was brought up on a farm and received only a common school education. January 26, 1871, he married Anna M., daughter of Samuel and Catharine Munn, and granddaughter of Samuel and Anna (Thomas^ Munn, and of Frederick and Sarah (Patterson) Yant. Ora Maj', born November 8, 1872, is their only child.

LINT JACOB, Clark township; postoffice, Helmick; farmer; born in Holmes county, Ohio, April 4, 1839; son of Conrad and Sarah (Quig) Lint, and grandson of Henry and William Quig. He has always been a farmer and owns a farm of 106 acres. His dwelling was destroyed by fire April 1, 1878. On the 25th of August, 1864, he married Miss Eleanor Teeling, daughter of William and Matilda (Rush) Teeling, granddaughter of Eobert and Eleanor (Morehead) Teeling and Nathaniel Eush. She was born, April 16, 1841, in Holmes county. They are the parents of three children - Mary Ellen, born February 4, 1867; Eda C, born April 12, 1870, and Emma, born September 9, 1878.

LODEE ISAAC, Jackson township; born in Jackson township, Coshocton county, Ohio; son of Aaron and Eebecca Loder. Mr. Loder's father came from Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, to this county, in 1816. The subject of this sketch was married, December 16, 1879, to Miss Mary E. Baughiiian, daughter of Jacob and Margaret Baughman. Mr. Loder is one of a family of nine children, all living but two. Mr. Loder is a graduate of Delaware universitv. He is engaged at present in teaching. Postoffice, Eoscoe.

LONG JAMES, teacher in Coshocton public schools ; was born April 12, 1855, in New York City; son of John and Annie Long. Young Long was left an orphan At the age of six years. He resided with amarried sister untilabout twelve yearsof age, when he privately left for the west in quest of fame and fortune and landed in Coshocton, Ohio, in the spring of 1867, soon after which he engaged to work on a farm in Franklin township. In the fall of the same year he engaged with Joseph Eoyer with whom he remained about five years and worked on the farm and attended school the two last winters. In August, 1873, he entered Otterbein university, at Westerville, Ohio, which institution he attended two or three terms. December 8, 1873, he took charge of his first school (district school No. 1, Adams township). June 20, 1879, he was elected a teacher in the Coshocton public schools, which position he now holds. In the fall of 1878, he entered as a law student in the office of Attorney W. S. Crowell, of this city.

LOOS WILLIS, Lafayette township; harnessmaker. West Lafayette ; was born May 14, 1857 ; son of Charles W. Loos, of this township; learned his trade in Coshocton, with Stirensan & Son; deals in everything in his line, and by strict attention to business and square dealing has built: up an excellent trade.

LOOS DANIEL, Oxford township; farmer;. West Lafayette, Oxford township; was born in Middletown township, Cumberland county,, Pennsylvania, December 20, 1807 ; son of George Loos, who was a Pennsylvanian, as was his mother. Mr. Loos came to his present home with his father, in 1811 ; was married October 11, 1827, to Miss Sarah Waggoner, and they wereblessed with nine children, as follows : Hiram,, born August 14, 1828, and died October 28, 1828;. Adam, born December 28, 1829; Susannah, born August 2,1882; George, born July 16, 1835, and died Aiigust 21, 1838; Eebecca J., born November 2, 1837; Isa H., born March 11, 1842; Henry,, born August 21, 1846, and died same year; Jeremiah B., born May 13, 1848, and Emily, born March 5, 1851. Mrs. Loos passed away September 14, 1869. Daniel Loos was married to Fredrica Long, January 25, 1S69, whd was born in the kingdom of Bavaria, June 6, 1819, daughter of Michael Velger. She was married to Frederick Long, in 1840, the year of her arrival in, America, and settled in this county. At the age' of fourteen she joined the Lutheran church, and in 1869 became a member of the Methodist Protestant church. Mr. Loos united with thesame church in 1843. He has represented his circuit twice as delegate to conference, and hasfllled in a most satisfactory manner all the offices^ of the church, and has held other offices of trust in his township.

LOOS ASA H., Oxford township ; was married to Sarah H. Whitmire, November 30, 1865. Theirchildren are Ira M.; Irvin A., deceased at the age of three years, and Virgil. He and his brother Jeremiah own 140 acres of good land in this township.

LOOS PHILLIP, Oxford township; farmer ,- postoffice. West Lafayette ; was born nr Middleton township, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania,, in 1799, and was married to Sallie Ann Haines, a Virginian, in 1827. Their children were William H., Harriet, George H., Levi, Mary C, Alfred B., John Emery, Adam, Joseph and Franklin. His sight failed him some years ago, and for the past four years he has dwelt in almost total darkness. He owns eighty acres of land, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Protestant church.

about eight years of age. He was married to Miss Wiggins in 1838, and they have had six children, an follows : Louisa, deceased ; Sarah Jane ; Becky Ellen, deceased; Susannah, deceased; Margaret Ann and Elmira. The three living are married to well-to-do farmers. Mrs. Loos is a member of the Methodist Protestant church, and Mr. Loos gives it his support. He is a man well preserved for one of his age, and is esteemed by his -fellow-citizens.

LOEENZ GEOEGE, grocer and baker, Fourth and Main streets, Coshocton. Mr. Lorenz is a native of Bavaria, Germany, where he was born January 4, 1849. He emigrated to America and located at Chili, Ohio, where he engaged in shoemaking, havipg learned that trade while in Germany. He remained in Chili about one year, and then went to Hamilton, Dayton and Portsmouth. He came to Coshocton in 1873, and established the grocery and baking business in which he still continues, and has a large stock of staple and fancy groceries and confectioneries, also deals in all kinds of countrj' produce. He has an extensive bakery in connection, where he produces a large amount of bread, plain and fancy cakes and pies of all kinds.

LOEENZ JOHN", merchant; Chili, Crawford township; son of John and Christina (Euter) Lorenz, natives of Bavaria. Mr. Lorenz was born in Oderheim, Bavaria, January 12, 1844. - When fifteen years old he emigrated to America, and clerked in a store in this state, until he went into the mercantile business at Chili, in the spring of 1865, where he has continued in business up to the present time. Mr. Lorenz began , at Chili with a small capital, but by industry and close application to business, he has succeeded in building up a good business and has accumulated considerable property. He married Maggie Slarp, in 1868. Her parents, Peter and Elizabeth (Zinkhonj Slarp, are both of German ancestry. They have a family of six children - Mary Elizabeth, Elian ora, Charles Edwin, William Henry, Minnie, and Laura. Mr. Lorenz and family are members of the Evangelical church.

LORENTZ HENEY, Coshocton; restaurant and saloon and grocery, 450, Main street; is a native- of Bavaria, Germany; worked on the farm until twenty-one years old, when he entered the Bavarian army, serving four years, during which time the army was engaged in the French and Prussian war. At the close of the service, he- came to America, landing in New York City, and came immediately to this city. After working on the railroad two years, he established his present business, in November, 1873. Mr. Lorentz was married, March 11, 1874, to Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards, of this city. The union was

LONSINGEE JOHN G., Tiverton township ; postoffice, Yankee Eidge, Ohio ; born in 1851, in this township. His father, F. W. L. Lonsinger, was born in 1823, in Wurtemberg, Germany. He came to New York, in 1846, and to this county, in 1848. He was married, in 1850, to Miss Magdaline Bower, of this county, ^ ho was born in 1830, in Bavaria. They are the parents of fourteen children, the subject of this sketch being the oldest. He was married, in 1874, to Miss Elizabeth Kirch, of this county, who was born in 1852, in Bavaria. They are the parents of three children : Clara; Nettie P., deceased, and Lucy.

LOVELESS ALEXANDEE, Adams township ; farmer and stock dealer; postoffice,, Newcomerstown ; was born April 27, 1828 ; son of Stephen H. and Eleanor (Armstrong) Loveless, and grandson of Samuel Armstrong. He began the blacksmith trade at the age of nineteen, with John B. Dunlap, of Shanesville, Ohio, remaining with him about two years ; then worked at different places about a year ; after which he began business on his own responsibility, in Bakersville, which he continued for flfteer^ years. He then sold his shop and bought a fami, and has been devoting his time to farming and stock dealing since. He is an energetic and highly respected citizen. He was married September 11, 1851, to Miss Martha Watson, daughter of Eobcrt and Agnes (Muntz) Watson She died September 1, 1859. They had two children, viz : Stephen H. and Agnes J. He married November 14, 1861, Miss Susannah Conaway, daughter of Charles and Frances (Arnold) Conaway, and granddaughter of Charles and Eachel Conaway, who was born September 24, 1837. They have five children, viz : Charles E., born December 20, 1862; Frances E., December 4, 1866 ; Frederick J., July 20, 1868; Eloise T., March 11, 1872; and Garfield, November 5, 1880.

LOVE JOHN, Keen'e township; farmer; born July, 1806, in Ireland; son of James and Jane (McKee) Love, grandson of Samuel and Susan (Kirskadden) Love, and of Thomas McKee. Mr. Love followed farming in Ireland till the age of twenty, when he came to America and settled on the farm where he now lives. He was married, January, 1838, to JMiss Jane McConnell, born in Ireland, June 3, 1812, daughter of John and Sarah (Eodgers) McConnell. Their children were : Sarah J., born December 28, 1838; James, deceased, October 28, 1840; Mary A., deceased, September 2,1842; Catharine, deceased, September 2, 1842; Samuel, May 5, 1846; Ellen F., deceased, July 12, 1849; Emma, September 1, 1854; John

LOVE JOHN, Keene township, more commonly called John O'Love ; was born in Febru-. ary, 1795, in Molinmore parish, Donegal, Ireland; son of Thomas and Susan (Osborn) Love, and grandson of John and Nellie (McKee) Love, and of John and Bess (Ellis) Osborn, and great-grandson of Elizabeth Forquer. He was married to Eleanor Love, who was born in Mar6h, 1798, in Molinmore parish, Donegal county, Ireland; daughter" of James and Jennie (McKee) Love, and granddaughter of Samuel and Susan (Kirs^ kadden) Love, and of Robert and Fannie (Mc- Kee) McKee. They were married February 19, 1821, and are both yet living. Their children were as follows : Jane, born February 15, 1826, married to Joseph Love, and resides in Iowa City, Iowa, the husband and one child dead ; Ann, born September 10, 1828, married in April, 1847, to William R. Johnston, resides in Galesburgh, Illinois, with two children - husband and two children are dead ; James, born January 8, 1833, died March 15, 1852 ; Thomas, born July 8, 1835, married January 18, 1872, to Mary J. Endsley, who was born May 11, 1845, daughter of Thomas and Matilda (Karr) Endsley, and granddaughter of John and Jennie tBlaine) Endsley, and of John and Nancy (Welcn) Karr. Their children were: Robert, born April 1, 1873 ; Susie, born January 28, 1875; James R., born January 27, 1877; Thomas, born April 27, 1878, and Carrie B., born . November 26, 1879.

Susan Love, born August 24, 1838, was married in April, 1859, to Andrew Karr. They had seven children, all living in Coshocton county. Thomas enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Fortythird Regiment, 0. N G., in July, 1863, and was discharged in May, 1864.

LOVE JOSEPH, Linton township; farmer; born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 1, 1836. His father was born in county .Donegal, Ireland, and emigrated in 1834 to Philadelphia, and in 1846 to this township. His three brothers followed him to America and preceded him to this county. William and Alexander, two early settlers of Linton township, were great-uncles to Joseph. He began teaching in 1855, and has taught in this and adjoining counties for fifteen years. He was married August 22, 1861, to Margaret Rusk, a lady of Scotch-Irish descent. Her father, William Rusk, emigrated from Antrim county, Ireland, to Guernsey county, Ohio, about 1840, and to this county in 1858. M!r. Love's family consists of seven children, William, Ella Jane, Margaret Ann, George Rusk, Robert M., Emily S. and Bessie.

farmer and sewing machine agent; postoffice. Chili, Coshocton county, Ohio; was born in Crawford township, March 26, 1836; son of George and Susannah Lower; was married February 28, 1856, to Mahala Lower, daughter of Benjamin' and Catherine Lower, born in Crawford township October 28, 1836. Children born to them were as follows : Amanda Rachel, born September 12, 1857; Mary Ellen, born April 22, 1860; Susannah Catherine, born June 13, 1862; George Francis and Elizabetli Anne, born January' 19, 1865; Clara Etta, born May 11, 1867; Sarah Jane, born September 16, 1872; Oscar Warren, born June 21, 1875. Mr. L. commenced teaching school in 1855, and taught for twenty-one years. The confinement not agreeing with his health he gave up teaching and commenced farming and selling the American sewing machine. He was elected and served as a justice of the peace for the term of three years; was a Democrat from his youth to the present, casting his first presidential vote for Stephen A. Douglass.

LOWERY DAVIS, Jackson township; postoffice Tyrone ; born in Washington county, Pennsylvania ; settled in Coshocton county, in March, 1835; spn of Thomas and Mary Lowery, and grandson of James and Mary Lowery. Mr. Lowery's people are of Irish descent. He was married January 13, 1842, to Martha Foster, daughter of Moses and Hannah Poster. Their union was blessed with six children, five of whom are living, viz : James M., Thomas C, J. W., Davis J., Martin S., all married and living in this county.

LUKE I. D., Crawford township ; attorney at law, notary public and insurance agent; postoffice, New Bedford; born August 28,. 1831, in German township. Holmes county ; son of George and Mary (Davidson) Luke. He was brought up on the farm by his grandfather, Jacob Luke, until about fourteen years of age, when he came to New Bedford and assisted his uncle in the hotel until seventeen years of age, when he taught one term of school, after which he clerked for different parties in stores, for several years, then, with Ludecker as partner, conducted a store at Nashville, Holmes county, and subsequently a branch store at New Bedford. On closing out these stores, he again clerked in New Bedford until 1856, when he went to California and sought the precious metals by placer mining. In June, 1859, he returned to New Bedford and resumed clerking.-'

Soon after he entered as a student the law office of Messrs. Barcroft & Voorhes, attorneys, and was admitted to practice at Millersburg, in June, 1861. In September, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company H, Fifty-first 0. V. I., and served until the spring of 1864, when he resigned on account of disability. During his service he was appointed sergeant-miajor of the regLnient, and commissioned second and first lieutenant of his company. In June, 186-5, he went to St. Louis, Missouri, and remained one year. Then he crossed the plains to New Mexico, and was allured by the glittering stories of the placer mines of Grant county to seek their treasure. At these mines he remained about a year and a half; thence to Arizona, and from there to Fort Mogave, where he entered the quartermaster department of the U. S. regulars, and remained six months. Quitting this position, he engaged with the Colorado River Steam Navigation Co., at the company's yards at Sonora, Mexico, and remained there three years. In the spring of 1872 he returned to New Bedford. Attorney Luke was married first in the fall of 1872, to Miss Barbara, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Krieger) Sprenkle. By this marriage he had three children: Harvey, Clifford D. and Paris T>. Mrs. Luke died in 1875. He was married February 5, 1876, to Miss Pauline, sister of his first wife. This union has been blessed with two children : Benjamin R. and George A.

LYNCH A., Perry township; West Bedford postoffice; born in this county, in 1834; son of William and Elizabeth (Wolf) Lynch, and grandson of Peter Lynch ; married in 1862, to Miss S. E. White, daughter of Lewis and Sarah White. Mr. Lynch is the father of two children, vi^ : Florence E., and William L.

LYNCH CORNELIUS, Perry township; postoffice. West Bedford ; born in this county, in 1837; son of Wilham and Elizabeth (Wolf) Lynch; grandson of Peter Lynch Mr. Lynch's father settled in this county in a very early day, and sunk the first well ever sunk in Bedford township. He was a hatter by trade. Mr. Lyinch, in 1856, married Miss Darcus A. Fry. Mrs. Lynch's grandfather was a revolutionary soldier. Their union was blessed by three children, viz : Sarah v., William, and Lewella.

LYNDE EZRA H., tinner; Main street, Coshocton, Ohio; was born April 23, 1823, in Dunkirk, New York; son of William R. Lynde, American born, of French descent; raised on a farm until fourteen years of age, when he went to Newark, and, at the age of sixteen, entered Granville college, where he remained eighteen months; learned his present trade with Chancy Humphrey. After completing his apprenticeship, he worked for his brother in Newark three years ; also worked three years -in St. Louis, Missouri; after working in other places, and after leaving St. Louis on account of the cholera, came to this place, in 1849, and followed daguerreotyping one year, then returned to his present trade, establishing his business in the present location, in 1852. In 1855, he moved to Burlington, Iowa, where he followed his business about three years, then returned to the place he left in 1852, and is now doing a good business. He was married, September 18, 1854, to Miss Anna M. Ransom, daughter of Alonzo Ransom, of this place. They have had three children, viz : Francis, deceased ; Charles E., deceased, and William R.

LYONS WILLIAM, Adams township; farmer; postoiflce, Bakersville, Ohio. Mr. Lyons was born March 19, 1840, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and was raised on the farm. He removed from Washington county in 1844 and settled in Tuscarawas county, Ohio. In 1860 Mr. Lyons lost his right arm by an accident at a threshing machine. He commenced teaching school in 1869, and taught successfully for five years. Mr Lyons was married December 31, 1869, to Miss Nancy J Stonehocker, a school teacher of Coshocton county. They are the parents of five children: Mary A., Louisa J., William H., Eliza W. and John C, all of whom are living. Mr. Lyons came to this county in 1874, and has remained ever since, following the* occupation of a farmer.

LYONS GEORGE, Perry township; postoffice. West Carlisle ; born in this county in 1843 ; son of John and Matilda (Crawford) Lyons. He was married in 1864, to Miss Elizabeth Gault, daughter of Adam and Sarah Gault. Mr. Lyons is the father of three children, viz : Fanliie, Anna and Edmund.

McBANE J. C, Franklin township; farmer; born in Jefferson county, Ohio, September 30, 1826 ; son of Jesse and Mary McBane. His grandfather McBane emigrated from the highlands in Scotland to America, locating near Baltimore, Maryland, on a place which is now within the city limits In 1831 his father's family came to Lafayette township, where he grew to manhood, receiving the education which the country schools afforded ; was married March 20, 1853, to Elizabeth, daughter of William Hawkins, an early settler in this township, who came from New Jersey. The years 1854-5 were spent in Clark county, Illinois. In 1856 he moved to Franklin township and has lived here since. He has three children, viz : Olivia, Helen ani .Jesse. Olivia was married December 24, 1879, to James W. Maxwell, of Harrison county. Mr. McBane was elected county commissioner in 1876, and is now serving his second term.

MoCAIN ADAM, Perry township; postoffice. New Guilford; born in this county, in 1845; son of John an Sarah (Dunn) McCain; married in 1868, to Miss Hester J. Mowrey, daughter of Martin and Mary Mowrey. Mr. McCain is engaged in keeping hotel, at present; also keeps on hand a variety of notions for sale.

carpenter ; postoflfice, West Lafayette ; born October 25, 1824:, in Brooke county. West Virginia; son of James McCammant, native of Washington county, Pennsylvania ; raised on a farm, but also learned the gunsmith's trade, and worked at that and farming, until 1852, when he learned ' the carpenter trade, and conducted both trades and run the farm until recently, but gives his entire time at present to carpentering. He left West Virginia, in 1837, and went to Perry county, remaining until 1839; then, for a short time, lived in Muskingum county, and settled in Lafayette township, in 1840. He was married, April 8, 1847, to Miss Rachel A. Shafer, daughter of Peter Shafer, of Albany county. New York. They have eight children, viz : Mary, William W., married to Melissa Shroyer; Sarah E., married to Samuel Garselin; Emily J., Josephine, Ida, James and George Edgar.

McCLAIN GEORGE, Linton township ; farmer; born in Lafayette township, November 27, 1837; son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Stringer) Mc- Clain, and grandsoh of Thomas McClain, one of the earliest pioneers of Lafayette township. In 1872 Mr. McClain moved from Lafayette to Linton' township. He was married in 1870 to Louisa Summers, daughter of John L. and Margaret (Michael) Summers, now of Muskingum count}'. His children are Ada, Maggie, Edward, Lewis and Clarinda, deceased.

McCLAIN H. F., Plainfield, Linton township ; grocer and saloon; postoffice, Plainfield. Mr. McClain was born April 28, 1853, in Coshocton county, Ohio. He was raised on the farm, and followed that occupation until twenty-two years of age. He was married July 18, 1876, to Miss Lydia Hootman, of this county. They became the parents of two children - Sophronia E. and Freddie. In 1875 Mr. McClain removed to Plainfield, Ohii^, and started a general grocery and saloon. He has successfully followed the business ever since.

McCLAIN RICHARD, deceased, Lafayette township; was born in Linton township, in November, 1823, and was married in 1848, to Miss Catherine Elson, of this township. They have had ten children, as follows: Jennie ; Seth, deceased ; Ella, Arthur, Lizzie, Lyde, Noah; Laura, deceased; Charles and Jesse. Mr. McClain was a man of note in this township, having held numerous township offices, and was county treasurer two terms. In a newspaper account of his life, it is said that his youth and manhhod were passed at a time when men were honest, and integrity and uprightness of character were prized jewels among men. He possessed these in an uncommon degree, as evidenced by the high appreciation of his neighbors and friends throughout the county. His courage and patriotism were coequal, and he defended his country with the same devotion to duty that actuated him in his eventful and successful life. When a young man, he enlisted in the Third Ohio infantry, and with other comrades from this place, served in the war with Mexico, in 1846^8. At the breaking out of the rebellion, in 1861, the firing on Fort Sumter aroused him, and he was the first in this county to organize a company, which served three months as part of the Sixteenth Ohio, with distinction. Upon his return, he immediately assisted in recruiting and organizing the Fifty-first Ohio, one of the' best regiments in the service. He was elected major at the organization, and was afterward promoted to lieutenant colonel, and then to colonel, after the promotion of Colonel Stanley Matthews. He participated with his comrades in the battle of Stone River, and others of the campaign. At Chickamauga he was captured, and after one year spent in Libby prison, was exchanged and returned to the command of his regiment, serving until the close of the war. Upon his return home, he was nominated and elected treasurer on the Democratic ticket, though he had been an uncompromisng Republican. When his term expired he was reelected by being the candidate of both parties, which was sufficient recommendation of the faithful discharge of his duties. He was one of the most efficient officers the county ever had. Colonel McClain died of malarial fever, March 31, 1880.

McCLAIN THOMAS, Monroe township ; was born February 15, 1826, in Lafayette township, Coshocton county; son of John and Elizabetlj (Maple) McClain, and grandson of Thomas and Massa (Marts) McClain, who were natives of Ireland, and of Jacob (Sagatha) Maple, who were natives of Germany. Mr. McClain was born and brought up on a farm, and educated in district schools. He lived in his native place till the age of thirty-four, when he removed to Tuscarawas county, where he followed farming and stock dealing for four years ; then came to Monroe township, Coshocton county, where he is now the owner of a neat little farm of about 100 acres. He was married to Miss Ruhama Marlatte, April IS, 1847, daughter of Abraham and Susan (Hamersly) Marlatte, and granddaughter of Michael and Catharine Hamersly, who were natives of England. Their children were John, Jeremiah, and Thomas, deceased; Seth is married to Almeda Severns, a farmer in Jefferson township, this county ; Anderson, Christopher, Jacob, Mary J., Martha E., and George H. Pendleton are at home. Benton C, Andrew B., and Margaret have also deceased.

of Third and Chestnut streets ; born in July, 1818; son of James and Elizabeth (Williams) McClain, His grandfather, Seth, came from Washington county, Pennsylvania. Young Seth was raised in Linton tOAvnship until he was fourteen years of age, when he entered as a clerk the dry goods store of Thomas C. Rickerts, of Coshocton. He afterward clerked for Meek & Johnson. In 1849 he took the hazardous overland trip to California, making the trip in four weeks and six days, being the first man from this county to enter San Francisco. He remained in the Golden State two years ; then returned and clerked for Medberry, in Roscoe, commanding the highest salary of the neighborhood, 1500 hrst year and $1,000 for the second year. He was a candidate for sheriff, and only lacked a few votes of being elected when the deijiocratic majority in the county was about 800! He bought Medberry's stock, and did a business of $80,000 per year. Next closed out his store to S. C. Burrell & Sons, and engaged extensively in buying and shipping live stock. Mr. McClain was married in February, 1864, to Mary, daughter of John and Sophia (Clark) Frew. They have one child, Lewis, born November 18, 1866. Mr. McClain was previously married to Sarah Frew, sister of his present wife.

McCLAUGHRY GEORGE H., Linton township; farmer; born in Jefferson county, Virginia, September 12, 1882; son of James and Rebecca (Brooks) McClaughry, grandson of James and Catherine (Ellsworth) McClaughry. His grandfather, James was a Scotch emigrant, his grandmother a native of New York City. In 1853 he entered Linton township, and has been here since; married February 14, 1855, to Martha Wiggins, daughter of Thomas Wiggins ; his children are Sarah V., Harriet J., Amanda R., Ellsworth and Mary Isabel. Mrs. McClaughry died in 1867, and he married a second wife, Laura Latham, born in Fauquier county, Virginia, daughter of George Latham; a single child - blesses this marriage, Georgie L. Mr. McClaughry enlisted .February, 1865, in Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth 0. V. I., and was in service about nine months.

McCLEEARY SETH, Linton township ; farmer; born in Franklin township, June 26, 1827; son of George and Sarah (Tanner) McCleeary, and grandson of William McCleeary, who emigrated from Scotland at eighteen, and of Margaret (Slagel) McCleeary, a lady of German descent. In 1813 his granddaughter came to Linton township, and some years later his father moved to Franklin township. In 1851 he married Miss Mahala, daughter of Samuel Roderick, and in 1852 he moved to Linton township, where his wife died soon after, leaving two children, John and

Mahala ; and in the winter of 1853, Mr. McCleeary went to California, where he remained nearly three years, engaged in mining. He returned ta his father's, and April 11, 1857, he married Elizabeth Roderick, daughter of Absolom Roderick,, of Tuscarawas township. By this marriage he has six children, viz : Melissa, Elma, Bessie, Sarah, George, and Efiie Bell.

McCLEARY J. W., Tuscarawas township;, postoiHce, Coshocton ; born in Franklin township,. April 16, 1849; son of James T. and Naomi (Wolford) McCleary. His grandfather was George A. McClearj', and his great-grandfather was William McCleary. Mr. McCleary was raised to farming, which business, with slight exception, he has followed successfully to the present time. He wasmarried to Miss Rose Anne, daughter of Samuel Moore, of Tuscarawas county. Four children were born to them, viz: Samuel A., Mary Geneva, James- Philip and Wolford.

McOLUGGAGE JOHN, Bedford township;, farmer; postofBice, Tyrone ; born in 1809, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and was married in 1832, to Miss Elizabeth Guthrie, of the same county, who was born in 1811. They removed to Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, in 1836, and came to this county in 1846. They lived near Bloomfield,. this county, until 1863, when they removed to their present location. They are the parents of nine children, three of whom are living, viz:^ Ellenora, Robert and Elizabeth H.

McCLURE JAMES, Coshocton; proprietor of restaurant and saloon, 622 Main street; was born March 22, 1843, in Keene township ; son of Alexander McClure, a native of Ireland. Young Mc- Clure's first work was with his father at the carpenter trade. At fifteen he went into the Coshocton Democrat office to learn type-setting, and from this office he went to the Coshocton Age^ working about five years in all In 1861 he wasthe second man in the county to enlist in the three month's service, at the beginning of the war. He served in Company A, Sixteenth O. V. I. In 1862 he re-enlisted as second sergeant in Company I, Ninety-seventh O. V. I.^and served to the close of the war. He was promoted to first sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant and to the command of the company, which he obtained at Huntsville, Alabama. At the close he carne to this city and established his present business. Mr. McClure was married October 18, 1865, to Miss Rebecca C. Mosier, daughter of Philip Mosier, deceased, formerly of Adams township, Muskingum county. This marriage was blessed with four childrer^ viz : Kate H., Charles A., Lulu May, and Willie V., deceased. Mr. McClure is doing a very good business at present.

McCONNELL THOMAS, Bethlehem township ; farmer and stock dealer ; son of Matthew McConnell, was born in July, 1843. Mr. McConnell enlisted, in September, 1861, for three years, in company I, Fifty-first 0. V. I., under Captain James Cook. He served in the Fourth Division under Generals Grant and Sherman. He was in the battles of Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain, and marched with Sherman to the sea. He returned October, 1864, after having been in active service over three years. He was married, in 1866, to Miss Mary Miller, of this county, who was born August 19, 1847. Mr. McConnell moved to Indiana in the spring of 1866, and remained eight ijionths, when he returned to this county, where he has since lived. They became the parents of three children, viz : Minnie, born JMav 23, 186S; Edward R., born April 10, 1870, and Matthew, born February 6, 1874.

McCONNELL ALEXANDER, Bethlehem township; farmer; son of Matthew McConnell; was born April 6, 1845, in Bethlehem township, Coshocton count}'. Mr. McConnell was raised on the farm, and has followed farming all his life. In 1863 he enlisted as a private in Company G, One Hundred and Forty-second regiment, 6. V. I., and served 100 days. He was married in 1869 to Miss Elizabeth Overholt, who was born in 1842, in this county. They are the parents of three children, viz: William T., born in 1871; Cora May, born in 1874, and Abraham H., born in 1879.

McCONNELL MATTHEW, Bethlehem township; farmer ; born in 1810, in Donegal county, Ireland. He came to this county in 1832, and located in Keene township. He was married, December 81, 1840, to Miss Mary Laughhead, of this county, who was born in 1819, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of eleven children, BIX of whom are living, viz : Thomas, born in 1843; Alexander, born in 1845; Edward R.,born October 4, 1847; Wilham T., born May 21, 1850; Martha J., born February 3, 1854, and Mary C, born in 1862. Mr. McConnell has lived on the same farm ever since he came to this county, and has followed farming and stock-raising. He and his wife are fnembers of the Presbyterian church at Keene.

McOOY JOSEPH, Virginia township ; born in Coshocton county, in 1850; son of Daniel and Mary McCoy, and married in De^fmber 1873. His children are Minnie M. and Verna P. Post- Dresden.

McCOY DANIEL, Virginia township; born m Coshocton county, Ohio, January 7, 1812; son of Josepn Milly McCoy. He was married August 28, 1866. His second wife was Susan Norris, and his children were Jacob, Leroy, Katharine, Beam,

McCOY HENRY, Jackson township; born in this county, in 1837 ; son of Joseph and Sarah Mc- Coy ; married in 1857, to Martha Roberts, daughter of Dr. Roberts. Mr. McCoy is the father of five children, four living and one dead Postoffice, Roscoe.

McCOY JOSEPH,- Jackson township; postoffice, Roscoe; born in East Virginia; settled in Coshocton county, 1807; son of Joseph and Millie McCoy, and grandson of John and Nancy McCoy; married in 18 - to Sarah Ogle, daughter of Joseph and Millie Ogle. Mr. McCoy is the father of ten children, all living but two. Mr. McCoy was one of the first settlers of Coshocton county, and still lives enjoying the fruits of his earh' toil.

McCOY 'WILLIAM, Jackson township; born in Virginia township, Coshocton county; son of Joseph and Sarah McCoy; married in 1844 to Catharine Johnson, daughter of Henry and Clarinda Johnson. Mr. McCoy is the father of twelve children, five living and seven dead. All married but one. Postoffice, Roscoe.

McCOSKEY GEORGE, White Eyes township; farmer ; born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1815. His father, George McOoskey, was a native of Ireland; was married in that country; emigrated to the United States in 1812, and settled in Pennsylvania. He remained in that State six years; came to White Fyes in 1818, and settled on a farm that was all in woods. He was the father of six children, but two of whom are living. He died in 1871, at the age of eightythree years, and his wife Margaret died in 1866, at the age of seventy-eight years. George, tlie subject of this sketch, was apprenticed to learn the carpenter trade in 1838, and has worked continuously at the trade since then. In 1848 he married Miss Eliza Christy. She was born in this county, August 11, 1823. They have one child, a daughter, born July, 1844, who is married to William Lockard, and is living on the adjoining farm. Mr. McCoskey located on the farm where he now resides in 1859.

McCOSKEY WILLIAM, White Eyes township; a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania; son of George McCoskey ; was married to Miss Eliza Graham, who was a native of Ireland, and Was born in 1813. They were the parents of three children - one deceased, William; two living, G. W. and Margaret. Mrs. McCoskey died June, 3845. William was married, December 1852, to IMiss Nancy McCoskey, a native of Jefferson county. They became the parents of eight children, five of whom are liv- ing. G. W. was born in 1.S44, and was married, November, 1807, to Miss Joanna Hamilton, the daughter of Samuel Hamilton. They have seven children: Ida M., Eva M., William J., Eliza B., Emma S., Hestella and Arosta, all living. G. W. has never left the county, and now resides' between Avondale and Chili.

McCULLOUGH GEOKGE, deceased ; born in the county of Donegal, Ireland; came to this county about 1830. He was married, December 3, 1850, to Miss Rebecca Lockard, the daughter of Robert Lockard, and she was born in 1822 They had seven children, viz : Malinda, Mary A., Martha, J., deceased; Sadie A., Stewart, deceased; Franklin H. and Emma. Mary' A. is married to John P. Benjamin, of Avondale, a shoemaker by trade. The others are at home. Mr. McCullough died February 28, 1866. He located on the farm where his widow now resides, before his marriage. He was a member of the M. E. church at Kimbles. Franklin is the only son living; is at home with his mother and farms the place.

McCULLOUGH WILLIAM, deceased; born in 1787, in Delaware, and was married in 1818. His wife was born in 1796. They came to this county in 1834. He died in 1869. They were the parents of eight children, viz: Margaret, deceased; Elizabeth, deceased; Samuel; Ann; Martha, deceased; Rebecca, deceased; Lydia, deceased, and Mary.

McCUNE SAMUEL, Linton township; farmer; born April 8, 1824, in Linton township ; the son of James McClure, one of the earliest settlers of Linton township; married December 2, 1852, to Hester Ann Higer, daughter of Jacob and Mary Higer, of Oxford township. Children : Mary E., James W., Jerry C, Joab, Jane, Arabella, Agnes, Flora Ellen, Sarah Ida and John A. Logan. Mr. McCune enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth O. V. I., and remained in service about eight riionflis, doing duty in Virginia and Washington City.

McCUNE JOHN, Linton township; farmer; born February 17, 1813, in Linton township ; son of James and Elizabeth (Craig) McCune, grandson of John and Jane (Jenkins) McCune, who were foremost in the settlement of Linton township. Mr. McCune has been twice married ; first in 1835, to Sarah McDowell, daughter of James McDowell, of Stark county. Children: Mary Craig, James, Nathaniel; Martha, deceased; Salina Jackson and Ellen R. Wiggins. His second wife was Miss Nancy A. Glenn, and their children were johii and Robert.

1780, in county Tyrone, Ireland. He moved to Philadelphia in 1798, and to Jefferson county in 1802. He was married in 1809, to Miss Jane Richey, of that county^ who was born in Fayette countjr, Pennsylvania, in 1791. They came to this county in 1817. He died in 1862, she died in 1869. They were the parents of eight children, Daniel being the fifth. He was married in 1853, to Miss Rachel Loder, of this couHty, who was born in 1833, in this county. They were the parents of nine children, viz : Rebecca ; Mary S.,. deceased ; William A.; Clement L., deceased ;. Francis A., Rosella, May B., Echo P. and Fanny D.

McCURDY W. C, Bedford township ; farmpr ; postoffice. West Bedford ; born in 1849, in this county. His father, John McCurdy, was born in 1826, in this county. His grandfather came from Ireland. John was married in 1847, to Miss Nancy Adams, of this county, and died in 1872. She died in 1855. They were the parents of three children, the subject' of this sketch being the oldest. He was married in 1874, to Miss Elizabeth Jobe, of this county, who was born in 1850, in thiscounty. They are the parents of three children, viz : Otis, deceased ; Otto and J. F. The first tw& were twins.

McDonald, of Daniel and Mary (James) Lovett, The McDonalds are of Scotch descent, and the Lovetts are of German descent. Mr. McDonald was brought up as a farmer, and was educated in the district schools. About the age of twenty years he commenced business for himself in his native county. He remained there one year,, then moved to the farm on which he now resides, in Virginia township, Coshocton county. He married Miss Jane McClannahan, March 21, 1845, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Lemert) Mc- Clannahan. Their union was blessed with seven children, four of whom are married, and three still remain with their parents, viz : Alex. Melvina and James.

McDONALD JOHN, Virginia township ; bom in this county, December 23, 1847 ; gon of William and Jane McDonald and grandson of George and Nancy McDonald, and John and. Elizabeth Clanahan ; married September 7, 1871, to Rachel Markley, daughter of J. B. and Margaret Markley. They have three children, viz : Orpha J., John W., and Stacy B. Mr. McDonald enlisted February 29, 1864, in Company H, Eightieth Ohio Regiment, Captain Freeman ; and was with Sherman in all his engagements during his march ta the sea. Postoffice, Willow Brook.

McDonald J., farmer; Washington county; postofSce, Dresden; born in 18-47, in this county. His father was born in 1821, in Musliingum county, and was married in 1842, to Miss Frances O. Moore, of the same county, wlio was born in 1823, in Fauquier county, Virginia. They came to this county in 1843, and are the parents of nine children.' The subject of this slvetcli being the third. He was married in 1872, to Miss Sarah A. Lake, of this county, who was born in 1852. They are the parents of three children, viz : Lemmert J., French and Nora D.

McDowell JOHN, Coshocton; blacksmith; was born May 20, 1836, in the County of Tyrone, Ireland ; son of James McDowell, deceased. He was apprenticed at about the age of sixteen to Robert McDowell, and served five years. Shortly after completing his apprenticeship he set out for America, and landed in May, 1860, and worked a few weeks in the State of New York and came to this city June 9, 1860, and has made it his home to the present time. Mr. McDowell was married July 3, 1866, to Miss Kate Dolen, of this city. This union was blessed with six children, two deceased, viz: Mary and Ellen; and four are living, viz : Charles, Joseph, John and Francis James. For about two years Mr. McDowell worked at his trade as a government emplo.ye in the Army of the Cumberland. He is now doing a good business at his shop No. 543 Main street.