Coshocton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1881 (part 7 of 10)

NICHOLS WILL AED, White Eyes township ; a native of New York State ; was born in September, 1832, and came to this county with his wlien but a child. February, 1860, he married Miss Nancy A. Henderson, the daughter of George Henderson, who was born in April, 1839. They have a family of nine children: Charles F., Hattie A., Edwin, George H., Willard, James A., Frank, Lewis A. and Ivy E., all living. Mr. Nichols has lived in this township his inarriage, and owns 200 acres of land where he resides. He is trustee of White Eyes. In 1849, he went to California; was in that State about two years, engaged in mining; he went by land and returned by w^ater.

NORMAN WILSON 0., Adams township; young farmer; postoflfice, Evansburgh; born in Adams township, July 31, 1859 ; son of Isaac and Harriet (Norris) Norman, and grandson of George and Barbara (Workman) Norman, and William and Rebecca (Tipton) Norris, and great-grandson

of Benjamin and Margaret Norman, and Isaac Workman, and Anna Norris, and Silvester and Mary Tipton. His father was born in Coshocton county, May 1, 1817. His mother was born, March 17, 1823, in Adams township, Coshocfon county.

' They were married November 28, 1839, and are the parents of ten children, six of whom are living, viz : Sylvester, born March 1, 1841 ; Rebecca, born December 1, 1845; Mary A., born October 22, 1846; George W., born August 16, 1852, and Francis M., born July 18, 1855. His brother, Sylvester, was a soldier in the Ninetyseventh 0. V. I., three years. Wilson is a promising young farmer, highly respected by all.

NORMAN JOHN W., White Eyes township; farmer; born in Oxford township, October 7, 1825 ; son of Isaac and Isabel (Wise) Norman, both natives of the United States; married January 28, 1849, to Susan McCleary, who was born January 22, 1827. They have seven children, viz : Melissa, Isaac, Sarah Isabel, Hannah, Hester, Hattie Nena, James Lester. Melissa married Samuel Dougherty in November, 1867, and they have four children living. Isaac married Leah Brown in the fall of 1876; and they have two children. Sarah Isabel was married to Andrew Schrack in 1874, and they have one child. Mr. Norman was a well-to-do farmer.

NORMAN WILLIAM, Keene township; shoemaker at Keene ; born in June, 1837, Mill Creek township; son of Javas and Barbara Norman, who was the daughter of Daniel and Catherine (Young) Weaver. At the age of twenty-one, Mr. Norman began his apprenticeship of two and a half years in Holmes county, under Jacob Miller. When it was completed he opened a shop in Chili, and five years later he went to Bakersville, .and remained till he came to Keene, about 1870.

He has a flourishing trade, which shows him to be an excellent workman He was married May 15, 1859, to JNIiss Matilda Redd, daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth (Horn) Redd, of German descent. Their children are - William F., born in March, 1SG2; Ella J , born in March, 1864; Augustus, in September, 1867 ; Joseph, in April, 1870; Hattie, October 2, 1873, and Vesta, in April, 1876.

NORRIS ISAAC, Oxford township; blacksmith ; postofiice, Evansburgh ; was born in this county, in 1841; son of Charles and Margaret (Hamill) Norris; was married in 1863, to Miss Harriet E. Richmond, daughter of Edward Richmond, of this township. The fruits of this union has been five children, viz : Frank, Charles, Leonora ; Edward, deceased, and Seth. Mr. Norris is a blacksmith by trade, and has been at the business here about thirteen years, besides the time spent at his trade in the army. He took an active part in the late war, going out in Company C, Fifty-first O. V. I., and served four years and two months, re-enlisting at Shell Mound, Tennessee. He is school director and is honest and industrious. His son Edward, a bright boy, met his death March 28, 1879, in his eighth year, being in company with a play-mate, he was crushed to death by the caving in of a coal-bank on the premises of James Addis.

NORRIS WILLIAM, Jackson township; Ros- COQ postofB.ce ; born in this cotinty in 1835 ; son of Daniel and Mary (McCoy) Norris, and grandson of William and Sarah (Graves) Norris, and of Joseph and Mary McCoy; married in 1855, to Rebecca J. Lockard, daughter of Andrew and Mary Lockard. Mr. Norris is the father of five children, viz : Mary A., G. 0., Sarilda L., Henrietta E., Maro A. Mr. Norris' father settled in this county in 1809.

NORRIS J. W., Bedford, township; farmer; postofiice, Mohawk Village ; born in 1851, in this county, and was married, in 1872, to Miss Caroline Middleton, of this- county, who was born in 1850. They are the parents of four children, viz : Charles, deceased; George E., Chester C, and an infant.

NORRIS G. W., Bedford township; farmer; postofiice, West Bedford; born in 1823 in this county. His father, Thomas Norris, was born in 1796, in Maryland, and was married in 1817 to Miss Sarah Stills of Belmont county, who was born in 1801. They came to this county in 1820. She died in 1876. They were the parents of twelve children, the subject of this sketch being the fourth He was married in 1845 to Miss Sarah Horton of this county, who was born in 1828. She died in 1845. He, in 1846, married Miss EUzabeth McNabb of this county, who

NOEEIS MILTON, Perry township; postoffice, West Bedford; farmer; born in this county, in 1852; son of G. W. and Elizabeth Norris, and grandson of Tliomas and Sarah A. (Stills) Norris, and of George and Mary (Hogue) McNabb. He was married in 1872, to Miss Martha J. Shrigley, daughter of John and Mary T. (Barton) Shrigley. They are the parents of five children, viz : William, Mary E., Edwin O.; Charles Elmer, deceased, and one unnamed.

NOERIS E., Bedford township; postoffioe. West Bedford ; born in 1809 in Allegheny county, Maryland ; moved to Belmont county, Ohio, in 1813, and to this county in 1820 with his father, who was born in 1769 in Maryland. He married Miss Elizabeth Dager of the same county, who was born in 1775. He died in 1835 ; she died in 1855. They were the parents of eleven children, the subject of this sketch being the ninth. He was married in 1832 to Miss Mary A. Humphrey of this county, who was born in 1814 in JelBferson county. They were the parents of nine children, viz : Sarah J., deceased ; Nancy, Clara, Stephen, Wilson; Martha E. and an infant, both deceased ; John, and Viola.

NORRIS THOMAS M., Pike township; postof&ce West Carlisle; farmer and justice of the peace; born in Green county, Pennsylvania, January -39, 1851; son of Thomas and Maria (Phillips) Norris. He was marriedin 1871, to Miss ElizalDeth A. McKee, daughter of Daniel and Jane McKee. They are the parents of four children, viz: Ora J., Daniel F. and Ama M., deceased.

NOBLE JOSEP H, Bethlehem township; farmer ; was born June 22, 1811, in Fermanagh county, Ireland. He came to the United States, with his parents, in 1823, and located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, Joseph Noble, Sr., was born November 27, 1766, in Ireland. He was married. May 22, 1794, to Miss Catherine Wilson, who was born January 1, 1774._ They became the parents of eleven children, viz : George, Catherine, James I, Jane, Alexander, Mary Ann, James II, Joseph, William, John and Elizbeth. Pour are at present living. James II lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and John at Fremont, Ohio. Joseph Noble Sr., died July 6, 1859. His wife died February 25, 1869. Joseph Noble was a baker by trade. He removed from Philadelphia, in 1829, and located in Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he remained four years. He then came to Ohio, where he has since resided

NOBLE JOHN, Lafayette township; farmer; postofiB.ce, West Lafayette ; was born in this county, in 1830; son of David Noble; was married to Miss Wagner, of this county, in 1852; they have had nine children. Mr. Noble has always followed farming and has lived about seventeen years at his present home. -

NOLA.ND JOHN, Bedford township; farmer; postoflfioe. Tunnel Hill, born in 1840 in this county. His father, William Noland, was born, in 1808, in Pennsylvania; came to this county in 1811, and married Miss Catharine McParland, who , was born in 1813. They are the parents of eight children, the subject of this sketch being the third. He was married, in 1863, to Miss EUzabeth Mc- Bride, of this county, who was born in 1844. They are the parents of five children, viz; Martha D., deceased; Jason F., Ettie B., Odessa and Earnest.

NOLAND HIRAM Pike township; postoflace, West Carlisle; farmer and stock raiser; born in Pennsylvania, in 1807; son of Pierce and Abigal ^Geary) Noland, and grandson of Pierce and Mary (Doster) Noland, and of Cornelius and Mary Elliott. The subject of this sketch settled in this county in 1811. He remembers quite well when there were but few houses in the town of Coshocton, one being a public house kept there at that time by Colonel Williams. Mr. Noland has been blind for a number of years, but still retains his mental faculties remarkably well. It is quite interesting to sit and hear him tell of the incidents which happened in his early days ; how he used to visit the Indian camps, and of the forms they went through in receiving visitors, etc. Mr. Noland was married in 1834, to Miss Nancy Huff, daughter of George and Mary (Mahony) Huff. They are the parents of seven children, viz : Jackson A.; Pierce W., deceased; George; Amanda, deceased; Martha; Julia, deceased ; and Nancy J. All are married but two. Mr. Noland's wife died in 1850. He has a son practicing medicine in the West.

NOLAND HENRY, Pike township ; postoSice, West Carlisle ; farmer and stock raiser ; bora in this county in 1826; son of Pierce and Abigail (Geary) Noland. The father of the subject of this sketch came to this county from "Virginia, about the year 1811, and died in 1835. Mrs. Noland died in 1855. The subject of this sketch was married in 1855, to Miss Martha E. Ashcraft, daughter of one of the first settlers of this country. They are the parents of ten children, viz: Sampson P., deceased; Sarah M., Jacob M., Mary J., Flora E., George T., Laken M., Minnie B., Madison L,, and EflBe E., deceased.

ODOR EEV. A. W., Jackson township ; postoffice, Roscoe ; born in Orange county, Virginia, in 1822 ; settled in this county in 1830 ; son of EITvood and Nancy (Wigfield) Odor, and grandson of Joseph and Nancy (Moore) Wigfield; married Septfember 25, 1856, to Maloney C. Piatt, daughter of Robert and Margaret Piatt. Mr. Odor is the father of two children, viz : J. W. and E. P. Mr. Odor pursued a regular course of studies at Denison. university until his health failed him. He was then engaged in teaching for some seven years. Ordained to preach by the Regular Baptist church in 1853, and has followed that calling ever since.

OGILVIE F. M., Keene township; born August 19, 1844, in Coshocton county, Ohio ; son of Thomas and Christina (Johnson) Ogilvie; a grandson of Thomas and Jane (Taylor) Ogilvie, and great grandson of Thomas Ogilvie, Sr., who was an Englishman' by birth; grandson of John and Elizabeth (Peterson) Johnson. P. M. Ogilvie was brought up on a farm, and educated in district schools. At the age of twenty-two he began school teaching, and taught two years in Illinois and one in Missouri. He enlisted in Company I, Fifty-first O. V. I., in the fall of 1861, and served till the spring of 1863, when he was mustered out. In September of the same year he re-enlisted in Company D, Forty-fifth 111. V. I., and continued till July, 1865, when he was mustered out for the last time. The principal battles he was engaged in are. Stone River, Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, Nashville, Siege of Vicksburg and Chickamauga. He was married to Miss !Emma Richardson October, 1869, a daughter of Lemuel and Jennie (Turner) Richardson. They have four children - George W., Mary May, Thomas and Katie.

OGILVIE JAMES, Keene township; was born in West Virginia, April 15, 1788; son of Thomas and Jane (Taylor) Ogilvie; a grandson of Thomas Ogilvie, Sr., who came to America sometime be- . fore the revolutionary war, and was one of the patriots who braved the storm of battle for American liberty. James lived in his native State till 1810, when he came to Coshocton county, where he enlisted and served through the war of 1812, then returned to his farm, where he has continued ever since. He was married to Miss Christina Johnson, of West Virginia, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Peterson) Johnson. They had, seven children : Thomas, Johnson and Eliza are living. Mr. Ogilvie's first wife died March, 1843; after this he married Mrs. Catherine Thursthammer, who was born March 14, 1795, a daughter of Charles and Catharine (Cost) Thursthammer.

farmer ; son of James Oglevie, of Keene township, who came to this county from Virginia, in 1809, was born in 1820. He was married in December, 1842, to Miss Rachel O'Donald, of this county, who was born in 1852. Her parents were of Irish descent. They are the parents of four children, viz : Francis M., born August 20,. 1844; Josephine M., born November 26, 1845; J. J., born July 29, 1848, now living in Virginia.. The other one is dead. Francis M. served three years as a private in Company I, Fifty-fourth regiment 0. V. I., and was with Sherman on hisfamous march to the sea. Mr. Oglevie has always resided in Bethlehem township, owns a good farm, and is esteemed by all his acquaintances.

OGELVIE JOHNSON, Bethlehem township;, farmer ; son of James Ogelvie, of Keene township ; was born, February 7, 1813, in Coshocton, Ohio. Mr. Ogelvie was raised on the farm and hasalways followed that occupation. He was married, in November, 1838, to Miss Margaret Norman, of this county, who was born November 12, 1818. They are the parents of six children, viz : William,, born in 1840; John W., born in 1841; Malona, born in 1844; James G., born in 1847 ; Benjamin H., born in 1849; Laceann, born in 1853, and A. G., born in 1856. William and Malona are married and live in Franklin county. James and Albert G. are in California, engaged in business. Mrs. Ogelvie died in August, 1856. Mr. Ogelvie was married again, April, 1860, to Mrs. Sophia Westerwilt, of Franklin county. They have one child, Oscar T., born February 26, 1861. Mr. Ogelvie removed to Delaware county, in 1852. He went from there to Franklin county, in 1857 ; thence to Hocking county, remaining eighteen months, and returning to Coshocton county in 1866. Mr. Ogelvie owns a good farm of 240 acres.

ORR WILLIAM, Bedford township; farmer and blacksmith; postoffice, Warsaw; born in 1824, in Newcastle county, Delaware, and came to this couiity in 1838, with his father, who ivas born in 1791, in Ireland. He came to Delaware in 1816, and was married in 1818, to Miss Elizabeth Little, of Delaware. She was born in 1798,. in Ireland, came to this country in 1815, and died in 1872. He died in 1852. They were the pa- - rents of eight children, the subject of this sketch being the third. He was married in 1850, to Miss. Elizabeth Tredway, of this county, who was born in 1826. They are the parents of nine children, viz : Mary E., Olive J., A. F.; Emma P.,deceased; Ida B., deceased; John T.; Ella M., deceased; William E. and Joseph.

OVERHOLT JOHN, Keene township; post-' office, Keene; born October 10, 1831, in Tuscarawas county ; son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Harbaugh) Overholt. He learned the shoemaker's.

trade under John Hamilton, and for-twenty years followed it exclusively. He has since taken up farming in connection with his trade, and is an industrious and careful farmer and stock raiser. He was married February 17, 1856, to Miss Catharine, daughter of William Saunders, of this township. Their children were : Reo A., born December 2i, 1856; James M.,born September 21,1859; Orlando A., born February 26, 1862; William C, born November 7, 1869; and Charlie R., deceased, born July 14, 1873.

OXLEY JOSEPH, Perry township; farmer and stock raiser ; postofflce, New Guilford ; born in this county, in 1839 ; son of Ohio and Hester A. Oxley : married in 1865, to Miss Martha J. Bonham, daughter of Evan and Mary (Worley) Bonham. They are the parents of four children, viz : George Mc, Mary A., Isa M. and John M.

OXLEY OHIO, Perry township; postofflce. West Carlisle; born in this State, in 1804; son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Oxley; died in 1863. The subject of this sketch was married in 1833, to Miss Hester Stewart, daughter of Charles and Susan (McDowell) Stewart. They are the parents of six children, viz: Elizabeth; John, deceased; Joseph ; Jeremiah,'deoeased ; Thomas S., deceased, and G. W., who was born in this county, in 1849 ; married in 1876, to Margaret Johnston, daughter of John and Mary (Dugan) Johnston. They have three children, viz : Charles E., Hettie . M. and Emma E. Mr. Oxley's father was in the war of 1812. Jeremiah enlisted in the U. S army in 1862, and died at Vicksburg in 1863.

PARK SAMUEL, White Eyes township; farmer; born in Ontario, February 23, 1833; son of WiUiam and Mary A. (Boyd) Park, natives of Ireland. Samuel Park came to this country and settled in White Eyes in 1854. Married in 1858, Miss Boyd, daughter of Wilham M. Boyd. They have seven children: William Melville, born November 21, 1858 ; Joseph Erastus, born August 4, 1860; Alexander, born October 24, 1864; Nancy L., born April 26, 1867 ; Margaret A., born April 1, 1870; Samuel Elza, born October 21, 1872. Joseph Erastus died January 3, 1868; James Renwic died January 8, 1868, and Samuel Elza died May 24, 1874. William Melville, the eldest, who makes his home with his parents commenced teaching in the summer of 1879, has taught most of the time since and expects to follow school teaching, for a while, at least.

PARK WILBER F., White Eyes township; teacher; postofflce, Avondale, Ohio; born February 29, 1860, in White Eyes township; son of William and Nancy (Ross) Park. Young Park was iDrought up on the farm until the age of sixteen, when he taught his first school at Elder's school-house, Jefferson township, and has taught seven terms successfully.

PARKER EZRA, Linton township; resides in Plainfield ; born January 3, 1824, in Belmont county. His father, George Parker, was a native of North Carolina; the son of Jacob and Ehoda (Belmon) Parker. His grandmother, Rhoda Belmon, was born in Prance. His mother, Rachel, was the only child of Joseph and Mary (GelJDreath) Jones; her father, Joseph, was of Irish birth, emigrating from the northern part of Ireland to Georgia about 1776 ; her mother, Mary Gelbreath, was born in Wales. In 1838, Ezra left Belmont county and went to Washington county, and, from that time to the present, has been engaged in a great variety of pursuits, among which may be mentioned, engineering in the government employ; managing oil works; keeping drug store, hotel, etc. In 1872, he came to Plainfield and has since been a member of the firm of Parker Brothers, proprietors of the extensive water-mill located at Plainfield. He is also engaged in the jewelry trade. Mr. Parker was married, in 1848, to Miss Lucy, daughter of Richard Ross, of Washington county. His wife died in September, 1870, leaving one child, William E., now a druggist in Beverly, Ohio. In September, 1872, Mr. Parker was married to Mary M. Betts, daughter of William Betts, of Morgan county. By this marriage he has two children : Lucy B. and Ora L.

PABKHILL D. R., Mill Creek township; farmer ; postofflce, Keene ; born in 1858 in Mill Creek township. He was married in 1880 to Miss Annie Richey of this county. She was born in 1856 in this county.

PARKHILL W. B., Keene township; born in Mill Creek township December 15, 1856 ; son of Robert and Mary Parkhill, and grandson of David and Margaret (Davidson) Parkhill, and of James and Nancy (Ford) Foster. His father died July 7, 1864. He received his education at Keene academy under the instruction of Mr. Finley, attending school in Keene six years. He is now engaged in the mercantile business in KeenCi having opened a dry goods establishment March 5, 1880.

PARKHILL WILLIAM, Keene township; farmer ; born April 23, 1844, in Mill Creek township, Coshocton county, Ohio; a son of David and Matilda (Beard) Parkhill, and grandson of David and Margaret (Patent) Parkill, and of William and Ann (Rickey) Beard. He was married February 4, 1873, to Miss Amanda Speringer, daughter of William and Catharine (Hyder) Speringer. They have but one child, Florence, bom October 2, 1874.

PAEBISH J. J., Bedford township; farmer; postoffioe, Mohawk Village ; born in 1850, in this county. His grandfather, Joseph Parish, was born in 1777, in Virginia. He came to Belmont county while yet a boy. He was married to Miss Mary Lundy, who was born in Pennsylvania. They came to this county in 1817. He died in 1866 - she died in 1850. They were the parents of ten children, John, the father of the subject of this sketch, being the youngest. He was born in 1818, and was married in 1843, to Miss McNeely, of Washington county, Pennsylvania, who was born in 1818, and died, in 1864. They were the parents of seven children. He, in .1866, married Miss Louisa Dawson, of this county, who was born in 1830, in Virginia. He died in 1880. They had one child - J. J. Parish, married in 1880, to Miss Natinie Moore, of this county, who was born in 1855.

PETTIT JOSEPH, Clark township; farmer; postoffice, Helmick; born in Monroe township, Coshocton county, September 19, 1843; son of George and Sarah (Maxon) Pettit, and grandson of Nathaniel and Abigail Pettit, and James and Barbara (Carpenter) Maxon. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother, of New York. He has been a farmer all his life, and has a good farm, situated in the southwest part of the township, which is well adapted to the raising of all kinds of grain. He was married November 23, 1873, to Alma Matticks, daughter of Jacob and Jane (Matticks) Matticks, and granddaughter of John and Edward Matticks. She was born in township, July 27, 1829. They have two children, viz: Mary N., born January 20, 1875; Crenofa A., born December 7, 1877. His father died December 31, 1880, at the age of eighty years, one month and four days. His mother is still living, and is now seventy-one years of age.

PEAIES ALVIN A., Adams township; stock and wool dealer; postoffice, Bakersville, Ohio. Mr. Peairs was born in Salem township, Tuscarawas county, March 6, 1848 ; son of John W. and Sarah (Heart) Peairs, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Young Peairs was educated in the public schools and at Eastman's National Business College, at Poughkeepsie, where he was graduated in 1865. Mr. Peairs was married in October, 1871, to Miss daughter of Levi and Catharine (Owell) Miller, of German descent. They are the parents of five children, viz: Lilian, John W., Bernis, Charles and Myrtle.

PECK J. P., Oxford township ; merchant and grain dealer, Orange; Evansburg postoffice; son of Richard A. Peck, of New York State ; born in 1834 ; was married in 1864, to Miss Sarah E. Day, of this county, and has two children, viz : Jennie W. and Hettie H. He embarked in business liere in 1857, and has been in his present location since 1867. The style of the firm is J. P. Peck . & Co., his brother, Alfred Peck, being his partner. They deal in all kinds of dry goods and groceries, and buy and sell large quantities of grain and farm produce generally. Mr. Peck is a member of the M E. church, and is one of the leading men of this township.

PEACOCK PEOFESSOB C. L., teacher of dancing schools; was born October 23, 1857, in Springfield Corners, New York; son of Stephen B. and Mary (Winslow) Peacock, of Engish ancestry; was raised on farm; when about twelve years of age went to steel works to turn boxing, remaining in the works until sixteen years of age, and then attended public schools one year ; came to this city in December, 1872, and has made this his home ; began teaching in 1878, and has now about 175 young people receiving instructions from him. Many of them, belong to the leading families of the city.

PECK ALFEED, member of the firm of Peck & Co.; was born in 1836, and was married in 1859, to Miss Sarah Norris, of Tuscarawas county. The result of this union has been three children, as follows, viz : Adella, Lenora and Eay Ansan. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church, and he is considered one of the leading business men of this county, and a patron of all educational enterprises.

PEPPEE JOSIAH, Virginia township; born in Maryland, in 1823 ; son of Walter and Charlotte Pepper; died in 1869. He was married in November, 1854, and was the father of eight children, one of whom died. Postoffice, Adam's Mills.

PEEKINS SAMUEL, Virginia township; born in Belmont county, Ohio, January 16, 1834. In J/fay, 1857, he moved to Coshocton county, Ohio ; son of Fielder and Delia Perkins. He married Miss Margaret Barkhurst, in 1860. Mr. Perkins has five children, viz : Maria E., John H., Agaline T., Nelson L., and Lethi U. Postoffice, New Moscow.

PERKINS J. W., Virginia township; born May 12, 1833, in Coshocton county; son of Thomas and Mary (Wagner) jPerkins, and grandson of John and Perella Perkins, and of Joseph and Eebecca (Beal) Wagoner. Mr. Perkins was brought up on a farm, went to school at Westerville seminary^ and at the age of twenty years began school teaching, and has taught every year since, except two. He is also engaged in farming. He was married October 12, 1854, to Miss Elizabeth Treg. Mr. Perkins has seven children living and two dead. Postoffice, New Moscow.

George and Susannah (Lemons) Phillips, a pioneer of this township; He was married, May 22, 1850, to Amanda Banker, daughter of Jacob Banker, of Guernsey countj'. By this marriage he has had eight children : Quincy Ann, deceased ; Eliza Jane, deceased; Sarah (Gaumer), John, Mary, Martha, George B. and William Baxter. .

PHILLIPS JOHN L., Washington township; farmer; postoffice, Wakatomaka; born in 1813, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. He canae to this county with his father, in 1815, who was born in 1781, in the same county. He was married, in 1812, to Miss Elizabeth Larr, of the same county, who was born in 1792. He died in 1863. She died in 1874. They were the parents of ten children, the subject of this sketch being the oldest. He was married, in 1836, to Miss Eliza J. Stevens, of this county, who was born in 1816. She died in 1876. They were the parents of eleven children two of whom, Jonathan and William, were members of the Fifty-first O. V. I. William was a prisoner for over eighteen months. Both were in the service three years.

PHILLIPS GEORGE N., Washington township; farmer; postofflee, Tunnel Hill; born in 1846, in this county. His father was born in 1790, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and was married, in 1813, to Miss Mary Tharp, of the same county. They came to this county in 1814. She died, and he afterward married Miss Elizabeth Crumley, of Harrison county, who was born in 1804. They were the parents of five children, viz : Susannah, Sarah, Rachel, Eli and the subject of this sketch.

PHILLIPS RICHARD, Adams township; postofiice, Evansburgh; born in Cayuga county, New York, September 18,1820; son of Elijah and Keziah (Smith) Phillips, and grandson of Richard and Francina Phillips. He came from New York in 1838, located in Lafayette township, remained there fifteen years, then moved to Adams township, where he has been a resident since, on a farm of about 200 acres, one and three-quarter miles north of Evansburgh. He was married January 26, 1846, to Miss Nancy Miller, daughter of Francis and Nancy (Wiggins) Miller, and granddaughter of George Miller. She died November 10, 1856. This union was blessed with three children, viz: Thomas, born August 19, 1848, deceased April 2, 1880; George H.,born ^December 6, I860, and Emilv, born May 12, 1854. He married March 80, 1865, Miss Elizabeth Cutshall, who became the parents of the following children, viz : Elijah, born June 29, 1868 ; Elsie, born July 1, 1870; Richard, born November 19, 1872 ; Robert, born October 1, 1874, and Jessie, born July 1, 1876.

PHILLIPS WILLIAM, Keene township; farmer; born August 12, 1851, in Coshocton county; son of Bailey and Nancy (Croi) Phillips, and grandson of Bailey and Anna (Frazy) Phillips, and of Duncan and Sallie (Morrison) Croi. He was married to Mary E. Evans, October 12, 1875, who was born November 16, 1858, daughter of Alexander and Mahala (Cochran) Evans. Mr. Phillips worked at the carpenter trade about five years. Their children were Amanda J., born September 13, 1877, and Laura C, born February 15, 1879. ,

PHILLIPS JOSEPH, Monroe township; bom January 1, 1830, in Alsace, France ; son of Joseph and Eva R. (Strauser) Phillips, and grandson of Anthony Phillips, and of Odle Strauser. While he was very young his parents brought him to Ameri<'a and settled in Erie count}'. New York, where they lived ten years, and then came to Holmes county, Ohio, where his parents died. He was married to Mary Winkley, February 2, 1S62, who was born in Lancashire, England, December 17, 1841, daughter of Thomas and Catharine (Robison) Winkley, and granddaughter of William and Mary (Womsley) Robison. Their children are : Albert, born January 16, 1863; Joseph E., born April 29, 1865; Japies W., born December 26, 1870; Rosella, born August 22, 1875, and Flora, born April 14, 1872.

PHILLABAUM ALEXANDER, White Eyes township ; farmer ; born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, December, 1838. He is the son of George Phillabaum, who came to this township about 1844. His father was married to Miss Sarah Miller of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and they became the parents of eight children. Alexander remained at home until he was married, which was in 1867, to Miss Magnolia Geese, daughter of Christopher Geese, who was born in 1849 in this county. He has a family of six children, viz : Manda, Sarah B., Victoria, Emma J., George, and Mary. Mrs. JPhillabaum died December 28, 1877, aged twenty-eight years, and is buried at Kimbles. He moved on the farm where he now resides in 1868. He has served as treasurer of White Eyes township six times, and holds that office now.

PHABION JOHN, Coshocton; blacksmith; was born February 15, 1829, in Wurtemberg, Germany ; son of Martin Pharion. John attended school until he was fourteen years of age, then was apprenticed three years, and after completing his apprenticeship he worked in several countries of Europe. In 1850 he caine to America and first worked at Williamsport, in New York; he also worked at several other places in the same state. In 1855 he settled in this city and opened shop at the corner of Locust and Second streets, where he still remains. He and his son, John G., are doing good, active business in general smitliing, repairing and shoeing. Mr. Pharion was married July 18, - 1864, to Miss Mary Shutzly, daughter of Conrad Shutzly, of New York State. The result of this marriage was seven children, two having died, viz : Annie and Charles ; the five living children are John G., Mary, Catherine, George and Maro Allen. John G. was married December 31, 1878, to IMiss Barbara Doll, daughter of John Doll, deceased, formerly of Clinton township. The result of this union has been blessed with one child, a daughter, Annie.

PICKRELL J. M., Jackson township ; postoffice, Roscoe; born in Virginia, Hanover county; settled in this countj' in 1847 ; son of James and Mary A. Pickrell, and grandson of Kelley and Francis Pickrell, and of William S. and Sarah Smedley. Married December 27, 1846, to Almeda Bailey, daughter of James and Nancy Bailey. Mr. Pickrell is the father of twelve children, nine of whom are still living, viz: F. M., J. M., H. B., Alpheus, Arnold, G. B. Mc, John M., Francis R., Sarah E.

PICKRELL WILLIAM, Jackson township; Roscoe postoffice ; born in Virginia, in 1820 ; settled in this county in 1852; son of James and Mary Pickrell; married in 1848, to Sarah Stephens, daughter of John and Sarah Stephens ; died in 1876. Mr. Pickrell is the father of seven children, viz: John, Josephine, S. P., Marrow, Albert, Shrighley, and William J.

PINE A. T., Pike township; saddler; born in 1824, in Guernsey county ; came to this county in 1829. He was married, in 1845, to Mary A. Donaker, of Muskingum county, who was born in 1824, in that county. They are the parents of eight living children; Margaret J., Cochran, A. W. Pine, James C.,. Edmund L., Charles L., French W., Laura B. and Anna M. He has been in the business for twenty-one years in this place.

PIGMAN JAMES H., Bedford township; farmer; postoffice, Warsaw; born in 1835, in Knox county; came to this county with his father, who was born in 1793, in' Maryland. His father came in 1810, and was married, in 1821, to Miss Rebecca Hooker, of this county, who was born in 1805, in Maryland. They moved to Knox county in 1824. He died in 1867, They were the parents of nine children, the subject of this sketch being the eighth. He was married, in 1865, to Miss Lorinda Jackson, of this county, who was born in, 1844. They are the parents of eight children, viz: Joseph E., WiUiam C, Dora^B., Minnie, Milton 0 , Ward, Clara M. and Charlie.

in this county. His father, James W. Pigman, was born in 1808, in Maryland. Came to this county in 1814, and was married in 1826, to Miss Rachel Hooker, of this county, who was born in 1807, in Maryland. He died in 1869. They were the parents of six children, William being the second. He was married in 1864, to Miss Sarah Lynch, of this county, who was born in 1886, and died in 1865. They were the parents of seven children. His second marriage was in 1866, to Mrs. Billman, of this county, who was born in 1836. They are the parents of one child.

PIGMAN BEN, Perry township-; New Guilford postoffice ; born in Perry township, this county, in 1839 ; son of J. W. and Rachel (Hooker) Pigman, and grandson of Joseph and Ruth Pigman. Mr. Pigman has been twice married ; first to Miss Mary E. Crowther, who became the mother of two children: Miles H., Flawra M. In 1871 Mr. Pigman married Miss Hannah Botts, daughter of Morgan and Drucilla Botts, who are the parents of five children, viz : H. B., Frank, J. W., Susan, and one unnamed. Mr. Pigman is at present serving his second year as justice of the peace of Perry township.

PL ATT MAJOR THOMAS J., Linton township ; merchant in Plainfield ; born in Plainfield December 16, 1840; son of Thomas and Eliza (Harbison) Piatt, whose children are Allen H.,. Mary J. (Smith), Thomas J., John P , Robert V., Joseph H., Agnes (Vickers), and Isabel (Norris), His grandparents, Robert and Margaret (Parker) Piatt, were of Irish birth. His grandfather, Robert Harbison, moved to Linton township from Baltimore in 1830. In 1857 he entered the store of Jefferson & Co., at Thornville, Ohio, andremained there till he entered the army. His father, himself and three brothers (all who were old enough) were in the war at one time. Mr. Piatt enlisted April 21, 1861, in Company F, Seventeenth 0. V. I., for the three months service ; and re-enlisted for three years October 11, 1861, in Company D, Sixty-second 0. V. I., was appointed first sergeant November 16, 1861, and was with his regiment at the battle of Winchester, Virginia, March 28, 1862 ; at Harrison's Landing July 10, 1862; and for meritorious conduct he was promoted to second lieutenant of his company July 13, 1863; and was commissioned first lieutenant at Morris island. South Carolina. His regiment took an active part in the assault on Fort Wagner, its loss in killed and wounded amounting to about seventy-five. He became captain of his company October 24, 1863, and was at the taking of Fort Gregg and tlie siege of Charleston ; was commissioned and mustered as major of his regiment in front of Richmond, Virginia, December 26, 1864, and was in active service during all the campaign before Richmond and Petersburg, and at Lee's surrender; was lieutenant colonel June 16, 1864, but not having the complement of men required by army regulation, could not be mustered to accept the rank. By an order from the war department, August 1, 1865, the Sixty-second and -Sixty-seventh Ohio regiments were consolidated, the Sixty-second losing its identity ; and all surplus officers of both regiments were mustered out of service. He was reta,ined as the major of the Sixty-seventh 0. V. L, and was mustered out with the regiment December 7, 1865. Upon his return he formed a mercantile partnership at Plainfield with David Brelsford, and retired April 1868 ; was on the road one year for Jewett & Co., of Newark; then purchased remnant of stock Tselonging to Jonathan Wiggins, and has conducted a successful business since. Married June, 1867, to Miss Ella C, daughter of Charles F. Sangster, and has three children - Harry C, Anna S., and Nellie Lee.

PLATT EGBERT V., Linton township ; born July 8, 1848, in Linton township ; son of Thomas and Ann Eliza (Harbison) Piatt. At the age of thirteen he began working on the farm of Thomas Dwyer, of Lafayette township, and when Dvvyer sold out to Colmer Bell in 1863, continued on the farm with him until May, 1864, then, though not . yet sixteen, volunteered in Company G, One Hundred and Forty-third O. N. G., and served the United States six months on James river. Upon his return he attended school in Lafayette till 1867, then went west to Caldwell county, Missouri, engaging in farming pursuits for three years, and, subsequently, merchandising for A. K. Bell, in Lathrop, Missouri, one year. He then went with Bell and Woodraansee to Cawker city, Kansas, as salesman, and remained till they their business, three months later. He returned to Missouri, and, in the spring of 1872, came back to Plainfield. He has since been a salesman here in the store of his brother, T. J. Piatt. He was married April, 1875, to Miss Eva, -daughter of J. B. Parker, and has one child - Emmet P.

PLATTE H. W., agent; was born March 23, 1848, in Linton township; son of James Platte, American born. H. W. was raised on the farm where he remained until about twenty-five years of age, when for four years he worked at the carpenter trade, then went into the coal business, in which he is engaged at present.

PLOWMAN JANE, Jefferson township; daughter of James and Elizabeth (Rodehaver) Butler, and granddaughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Severns) Butler; was married July 19, 1849, to Mr. William H. Plowman, son of Jonathan and Catharine (Spencer) Plowman. He was born October 28, 1828, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, died

February 28, 1861, in Walhonding, where he had been engaged in the mercantile business. Mrs. Plowman is of English and German descent. Her father was a soldier in the war of 1812. She is the mother of five children, viz : Mary E.,born May 19, 1850, died February 20, 1850; Juhette, born January o, 1852; Jennette, born October 19, 1857 ; Elnora, born April 20, 1855, died September 12, 1855, and Frank W., born March 20, 1859,. died March 4, 1870. The mother and her two daughters are milliners and dressmakers, doing a prosperous business. They are proprietresses of the Sherman House, in Warsaw, Coshoc*on county, conceded to be an excellent hotel.

PORTER JOSEPH W., Bedford township; farmer ; postofflce, Warsaw ; born in 1813, in Jefferson county, Ohio, and was married in 1842, to Miss Mary Dean, of that county, who was born in 1817. They came to this county in 1848. She died in 1865. They are the parents of six children, viz : Curtis, deceased ; Mary J., Elizabeth A., Hannah ; Margaret M., deceased, and Vilda. The last named was married in 1873, to Albert Saurs, of this county, who was born in 1847, in Pitts- burgh. They are the parents of four children, viz: Curtis, William, Dennis and Mary Pearl. Vilda and her husband live on the home farm.

PORTER WILLIAM, Keene township; farmer ; born March 5, 1824, in Jefferson county ; son of John and Margaret (Dinsmore) Porter, and grandson of William Dinsmore. Mr. Porter was brought up on a farm and remained in his native county until thirty years old ; he then came to Coshocton county, and has here been engaged in farming and stock raising, and now owns a farm of 300 acres, which he has acquired by intelligent work and careful management. He was married February 20, 1852, in Jefferson' county, to Miss Eliza J. Stark, who was born Septemer 29, 1827, daughter of James and Elizabeth (McGee) Stark, and granddaughter of James and Elizabeth Mc- Gee, who were natives of Scotland. His children are Curtis C, born February 12, 1853 ; Frank H., November 18, 1854 ; Wiley B., March 31, 1857 ; Mary, September 11,1859; Benton, June 26, 1862; Ross, August 11, 1864, and Ed., September 17, 1866.

POWELL THEODORE, Adams township; postoffiioe, Evansburgh; farmer; born in Adams township, October 23,1855; son of Thomas H. and Mary (Starker) Powell, and grandson of Thomas and Henrietta (Howells) Powell, and of John Starker. He attended school at Xenia and New Market, and is an energetic young man. He was married September 24, 1879, to Miss Nora Emerson, daughter of Henry and Ann (Norris) Emerson, and granddaughter of Timothy and Nora (Preston) Emerson, and of William Norris. Mr. Powell's father and mother are still living. His father was born in Herefordehire, England, May 7,1809; came to America in 1817, landing in New York; from there went to Eichmond, Virginia, rented a farm near there, and remained there several j-ears; then moved to Steubenville, and after remaining there a short time he came to Adams township, Coshocton county, where he has remained ever since. He was married in 1830, to Miss Mary Starker, daughter of John Starker. She was born January 17, 1814. They are the parents of nine children, six of w"hom are living, viz: Edwin, David, Charles, Wellington, Theodore and Louisa.

gostoffice, Evansburgh; born in Adams township, oshocton county, Ohio, June 30, 1828; son of Thomas and Henrietta (Howells) Powell, and grandson of William Powell and Henry Howells, who, came to this country on a visit soon after the revolution, and, on his return to England, tried to induce his wife to nrove to America, but she would not come. Mr. Powell is cousin to William C. Howells, of Ashtabula county, and has ^ always been a farmer. He was one time engaged in mercantile business in Orange. He has been elected to the office of justice of the peace three times, and has also filled the offices of clerk and treasurer of the township. He lives on a farm of 640 acres, in the southwest corner of Adams town- ( ship. Mr. Powell was married, October 13, 1852, to Miss Margaret Leach, daughter of Archibald and Sarah Ferguson. She was born June 29, 1826. They are the parents of four children, viz: Caroline L., John T. F., Francis J. and Sarah H. He was first a free soil or anti-slavery man, and voted that ticket when there yere but four or five in the township, but is now a Eepublican. Had at one time,i during the rebellion, fifteen nephejvs in the United States army, five of whom lost their hves.

POWELL EDWIN, White Eyes township; faimer ; born September 3, 3843; sen of Thomas H. and Margaret (Howell) PoT\'ell, who were natives of England. Edwin Powell's heme was a depot on the "underground railroad," and he was his father's principal help in assisting the coloreel emigrants from a land of bondage to freedom. His falher was a strong union man and abolitionist, his son inherited Ihe same principles, and when the war broke out he manifested his patriotism by going to the front in the defense of his country. He enlisted August 13, 1861, when hut eighteen years of age, in Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-second 0. V. I, Second Brigade, Third Division and Sixth Corps. He was taken prisoner at Winchester, June 15, 1863, confined at Belle Island and Libby, and was paroled October 1, 1863. After he was captured at Winchester he, with some other prisoners, were marched ninety miles to Staunton, guarded by a detachment of rebel cavalry who had seen service in the front. They treated the prisoners very kindly, and when they reached Staunton, where the prisoners took the railroad for Eichmond, the rebels warned them that they would receive rough usage«from the "Home Guard " at Eichmond, whom they characterized as cowardly wretches.

He was ni ordinary health, when captured, but was treated so badly, -nhile in prison, that he was nothing but a wreck when released ; he weighed but ninety pounds, an average weight, when in good health, being about 145 pounds. Eations were issued twice a day, and were of an inferior quality, consisting of bean soup and mule meat. They were so nearly starved, at one time, that he and some others killed the lieutenant's dog, and eat it. This was thought to deserve severe punishment, and the authorities refused to issue rations until the name of him who had killed the dog was revealed. At the end of two days, their craving for food was so great that they gave up the guilty Yank, and he was bucked and gagged, and left in that condition for twenty-four hours. The rebels rifled Mr. Powell's pockets, when he entered Belle Island, and again in Libby, and took everything of value he had about him, except |26 he had concealed in his cap; one ten-dollar bill he had chewed up, and put in a blouse-button, and a twenty-dollar bill, concealed in the same way, in another button.

The prison discipline was arbitrary and strict, and new prisoners who were but little acquainted with lhe regulations would sometimes step across the dead line, and all such were shot without ceremony. Some one was shot nearly every day, and the boys .believed that the guard was promised a furlough for every Yankee he shot. The apartments and clothes of Mr. Powell and his feUow-prisoners were allowed to become so filthy that they were compelled to fight the graybacks whole days at a time until they were covered with blood. He entered the service as a private, was made third corporal and was promoted to fifth duty seargent. He served till the close of the war, was mustered out at Baily's Cross Eoads, near Washington, June, 1665, and was discharged at Columbus. His regiment was in over eighty engagements. While at Winchester he was visited by his mother, who was taken prisoner with him, and she was put in Castle Thunder. (See Thomas H. Powell's sketch). After the war he lived at home with his parents until 1869, when he went to Independence, Montgomery county, Kansas, and entered 160 acres of land. He lived on it two years, returned to White Eyes, and traded his Kansas land for a large farm in White Eyes, on which he now resides. His firstvote was cast for Abraham Lincoln, while in the Shenandoah valley.

POWELL THOMAS H., Adams township; farmer; born in 1809, in Herefordshire, England; son of Thomas J. Powell and Henrietta (Howell) Powell, who were natives of England, and emigrated to the United States in 1817. The father of Thomas J. Powell was steward to Lord Oxford, and 'his father-in-law was engaged extensively in the manufacture of woolen goods, and was induced to come to the United States by Genera! Washington, and establish a factory in New England. Thomas J. followed the mercantile business for a few years and brought a part of his stock of goods with him when he came to this country.

He landed with his family at Richmond, Virginia, where he sold his goods and rented a farm of Mrs. Haganbottom, on the James river, seven miles below Richmond. Work on the farm was performed by slave labor, he having rented a number of slaves with the farm. One of the Randolphs, who belonged to the Randolph family of revolutionary fame, was Mrs. Haganbottom's sonin-law, and was- on terms of social intimacy with the Powell family. In 1818, after living there thirteen months, he moved to Steuben ville, Ohio. His treatment of the slaves was the same he had given his white servants in England, and when h^ left for Ohio, the slaves bid their old master and mistress a very affectionate farewell, and said, " God bless you master and mistress, we shall never forget you." He brought with him from the old country about 130,000, but lived extravagantly while in Virginia, and had but little when he came to Steubenville.

He rented a farm on the Mingo bottoms, in Jefferson county, and hired a man to teach him to farm. While there a disastrous fire consumed nearly everything they had. After this misfortune he thought of going to Canada, but Campbell induced him to take a seven-years lease on his farm in Adams township. He visited his prospective home in Adams township during the winter, and on his return to his family, reported that the people in Coshocton would not make very desirable neighbors; that they were rough, and some were half naked and ran wild in the woods.

In the spring of 1820 he brought his family out, and stopped for a while with Judge Evans, of Oxford township, treated them very kindly, and the judge and his boys helped them get their cattle and things across the river, which was swollen. They reached the Campbell farm in safety and in time for the spring work. The cabin on the Campbell farm, put up by Colwell, was the first cabin built in Adams township. The door was so low that they had to stoop to enter it. Pie being unused to manual labor, without money, on a farm nearly all in woods, with neighbors few and far between, his newmade friends in Coshocton county expressed fears that the English folks would starve. His fine library that he had brought with him to Steubenville, he traded for a flock of sheep.

Mrs. Powell exchanged her chinaware for necessaries, and gave a neighbor woman a fine silk shawl to learn her how to milk. At the expiration of his lease of the Campbell farm, Mr. Powell was in still more straightened circumstances than when he came to the county. He next took a contract on the Ohio canal, and engaged a farm ill Jefferson county, and desired to go there where his family could enjoy better educational facilities, but his family prevailed on him to stay here. He went to England that summer and sold a life estate his oldest son, Thomas H., had in some land there, returned and purchased 1,080 acres in Adams, where his sons, Thomas H. and Washington now reside. He met with better success on his own land, become wealthy and retired to Bakersville, where he died.

Thomas H.Powell married Mary Ann Starker, a daughter of one of the earliest settlers, whose parents were natives of New Jersey. He was in partnership with Watkins in the mercantile business at Evansburgh for three years, then moved on to a farm, where he how resides. In 1849 he joined the M. E. church and imbibed Abolition principles. His home was a, depot on the " underground railroad," and he and his family assisted hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of slaves tofreedom. He continued in the good work for twenty-five years or more, notwithstanding the censure and threats of the opposing political party. Some of his enemies charged that he built his store-house with the profits derived from his connection with the underground railroad, but instead of being profitable it was a great ^ expense. Jlinisters thought he was doing very ' wrong, and endeavored to persuade him to abandon it, but he met them with the abolition arguments, and told them that he was willing to eridure abuse and hatred, for he felt confident that he was doing right, and that future events would justify him in the minds of all men.

His children are Edwin, David, Wellington, Charles, Theodore, Louisa and Elizabeth. Elizabeth is dead, and all are married but Edwin and Charles. Enwin was a. soldier in the late war ; enlisted in 1861, in his eighteenth year, in Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-second 0. V. I, and served till the close of the war. He was taken prisoner at Winchester, got sick, and his mother visited him, and took care of him for a while; but, while there, the enemy took Winchester, carried off Mrs IPowell and her companion, Leah Brown, and imprisoned them in Castle Thunder. Mrs Powell was not heard from for nine weeks, and her husband and friends in the North feared that she had declared her union and

J'OWELSON VALENTINE, Linton township; farmer ; born December 2, 1812, in Linton township ; son of Conrad and Katie (Johnson) Powelson, who came from Hampshire county, Virginia, in 1808, and lived in Franklin township, on the Bobinson section, till 1811, when they came to Linton township. Mr. Powelson was married in 1841, to Ellen Thrapp, daughter of Joseph and Jemima (Campen) Thrapp. Five of their nine <!hildren survive: Erastus N., Alfred Playfair, Valentine P., Joseph Thrapp and Morgan Evart.

POWELSON JACOB, Coshocton, Ohio ; was born July 10, 1818, in Linton township ; son of Xewis and Rachel (Powenel) Powelson, of German ancestors. Lewis, named above, came to Linton township from Virginia about the year 1817. He had an extensive experience in pioneer life, having spent many a day among the wild Lidians of Virginia and Ohio. He was a skilled huntsman in the chase for deer, wolves and bear. Jacob Powelson, the subject of this sketch, was brought up on the farm, and followed agriculture until within the last three years, when he retired from hard labor, and now has only a general supervision of his farm. He came to this city, his present residence, in 1869. Mr. Powelson was married February 22, 1842, to JNIiss Eliza, daughter of Robert and Amelia (Cook) West. They are the parents of seven children, viz : Lavina, Raigon, Anderson, Elmira, Thomas, Perry and Rachel.

POCOCK COLONEL E. J., Coshocton; merchant, of the firm of Pocock & Sons, general dry goods, shoes and groceries; was born June 21, 1843, in Keene ; son of Joshua Pocock, American born. E. J. Pocock was raised on the farm, where he remained until Septeinber 11, 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Fifty -first O. '\'. I., and served nearly four years. During his term of service he was commissioned second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and served on the of the commanding officers of the Second Brigade, First Division, Fourth Army Corps. He was recently elected colonel Seventeenth regiment 0. N. G. In the spring of 1866 Colonel Pocock commenced merchandising at Clark's, where he remained until the spring of 1873, when he came to Coshocton and formed the present firm, which ranks among the best in the city. He was married October 15, 1865, to ]\Iiss j\[ary A. Hunt, daughter of Judge Hunt, deceased, formerly of Millersburg, Holmes county. This union was blessed Avith three children, viz : Carrie Adelia, Madeline W., and Lucy H.

of Julius Pomerine, deceased, is American born, of French and German extraction. He spent his childhood and early youth on a farm. At the age of seventeen, he entered Mt. Union college, and attended that institution, at different times, during the summers, taught school during the winters, until he was twenty-two years' old, when he entered as a student the law office of Messrs. Hogland ct Reed and read one year. Then he entered the Ohio State and Union Law college of Cleveland, Ohio, and was graduated in 1859. In November, of the same year, commenced the practice of law with Col. Josiah Given, under the firm name of Given & Pomerene, and continued in said firm until May, 1861, when he conducted his practice alone. In 1862 he formed a partnership with Benjamin S. Lee, firm name Lee ct Pomerene. In May, ISGS, he formed the present partnership, viz: Spangler & Pomerene. Mr.' Pomerene was married April 8, 1862, to Miss Irene Perkey daughter of Dr John F. Perkey, of Hancock county, Ohio. He is the father of three children, viz : William R., Frank E. and Helen. Attorney Pomerene has a wide reputation as an able counsellor and as a man of strict integrity.

PRICE GEORGE W., Crawford township; blacksmith; postoffice. New Bedford; born January 3, 1854, in Crawford township; son* of 'Squire Jonathan Price ; raised on the farm, but worked two years at the carpenter's trade. In the spring of 1876 he went to his present trade. Mr. Price was married in August, 1874, to Miss Lucy, daughter of Henry and Louisa (Baad) Stroup. They have four children, viz : Mary E., William, Emma and Josephine. Mr. Price is one among the good workmen of the country.

PRICE JONATHAN, Crawford township; farmer and carpenter; postoffice. New Bedford, Ohio; was born in Tuscarawas county, ]May 31, 1829; son of Jonathan and Margaret (Deetz) Price. When about four years of age he came to Coshocton county, and at eighteen went to the carpenter's trade, which he has followed in con - nection with farming to the present time. Jlr. Price was married in ^May, 1851, to Miss Mary, daughter of George and Catherine (Schweitzer) Smitli. Their children are : Jfary Margaret, George W.; Jacob, deceased ; William B., Sarah C, Henry E., Elizabeth A., Simon P., and Jonathan, Jr. Mr. R. served two terms as justice of the peace (six years) of Crawford township.

PRICE WILLIAM H. H., deceased; son of Colonel William and Sarah (Butler) Price; was born December 6, 1817, in Preston, Virginia. Mr. Price came to Coshocton, this county, in 1833. From early youth he was connected wilh a hotel. At the time of his death, he was the oldest hotel proprietor in the State of Ohio, having been the proprietor of a hotel for more than thirty years.

His general reputation was that of a genial, hospitable landlord. Held almost the entire trade during the long period which he kept hotel in Coshocton. Was sheriff, and was the only sheriff that has been elected in opposition to the Democratic party in the county. He was a- rank abolitionist. Was married, March 4, 1841, to Miss Rebecca, daughter of Samuel and Sydney (Brown) Morrison. This union has been blessed with five children, viz: Hellen M., Mary E.; Samuel M., present proprietor of Price House, one of the best hotels in the city; George W. and Marie Louise. Mr. Price died April 1, 1880.

PRIWER REV. E. H. 0., Crawford township ; ]S"ew Bedford postoffioe; pastor German Evangelical Lutheran churches of New Bedford, Coshocton county, and Good Hope, Holmes county. He was born December 12, 1845, in Berlin, Germany. He was educated at Herrmansburgh, Germany, and Capital University, Columbus, Ohio; came to America in 1873; took his present and first pastorate in 1876. He was married, June 22, 1876, to Miss Augusta, daughter of Henry and Hannah (Tesset) Yunge. This union has been blessed with two children : Josephine A. C. and Trangott 0. H.

PRESTON L. B., Perry township; postoffice. West Carlisle ; farmer and stock dealer ; born in this city in 1847; son of Bernard and Mary (Westlake) Preston, and grandson of Silas A. and Maria (Brown) Preston ; married, in 1869, to Miss Julia A. White. They are the parents of five children, viz : Ora, J. W., Gibert, Hays and Edward.

PRESTON BERNARD, Perry township ; farmer and stock raiser ; postoffice. West Carlisle. Mr. Preston also learned the harness and saddle business in his younger days, but has been living on the farm some fifteen years. He was born in Belmont county, this State, in 1822, settled in this \ founty in 1838; son of Silas A. and Maria (Brown)

Preston; married in 1844, to Miss Mary West- I lake, daughter of George and Anna Westlake. They are the parents of twelve children, viz : William W., deceased ; L. B.; John H., deceased ; Anna M.; James H., deceased; Silas, Sarah, Ada- 'line, George, Bernard, Charles B. and Albert D. Four are married and are living in thip county.

PY CELESTIAN, Monroe township; born October 20, 182-3, in Otsoen, France; son of Joseph and Mary (Cheney) Py, and grandson of Nicholas and Mary (Dechens) Py. At the age of fourteen he began the miller's trade, and followed it for sixteen years ; then clerked for a railroad company three years. In order to get a cheap home he embarked for America, and settled in Coshocton county, where he now has a farm of 140 acres. He was married to Miss Margaret

Cartie in 1855, daughter of Michael and Julia (Arnold) Cartie. Their children are Mary, born August 22, 1860; Adaline, March 20, 1863; Catharine, September 13, 1866 ; Victor, September 13, 1870, and Albert, July 23, 1873.

RANDLES JOHN, Jackson township; postoffice, Roscoe ; was born ilear Cadiz, Harrison county. May 21, 1814. His father, Abram Randies, was born in Loudon county, Virginia, and in his youth emigrated to Harrison county, Ohio, where, at the age of twenty-one, he married Elizabeth Cheney. In March, 1817, before John was three years old, his father moved to Jackson township, Coshocton county, settling about eight miles from Coshocton, on the road leading to Mt. Vernon, in the midst of an unbroken wilderness. On this road their nearest neighbors were eight miles distant. Here John was reared to manhood, enduring all the privations incident to pioneer life. The oldest of seventeen children, he became his father's main support in reducing the barbarous wilds to a civilized state. Savage, howling wolves prowled about the lonely cabin at night, disturbing the sleep of the family. Deer and turkeys were abundant, and bears were occasionally seen. John threaded the dismal forests in every direction, visiting every mill within thirty miles of home. He was married in August, 1835, to Mary, daughter of Samuel Oilman, of this county, and by this union had, six children, viz : Jemima E. (Clark), Jackson; Thomas J., deceased; Nancy J. (Shaw), William W., and Hester A. (Eckert). His wife having died, he married, in 1857, Jane Hornbaker, who became the mother of five children, viz : Catharine ; John H., deceased ; John A., Charles and Dollie. Mr. Randies lived on the old place till 1850, when he bought and moved to a farm adjoining Roscoe. In 1857 he moved to Roscoe, and has lived there since, except five years, 1865-70, spent in Coshocton.

RANDLES J. A., Bethlehem township; farmer; son of John Randies ; was born in 1833, in this county. He was married in 1860, to Miss Hannah Foster, of this county, who was born in 1829. They became the parents of ten children, viz: Elizabeth, William, Jane, Perlina, Emiline, Emerson, Martin, Cornelius, Ella, and Charles. Mr. Randies has always been a resident of Bethlehem township, and has been a successful farmer, esteemed by all his neighbors.

RAMER JESSE, Keene township; farmer; born November 19, 1820, in Tuscarawas township; son of Henry Ramer, a sketch of whose life is given elsewhere. At the age of twelve years he came with his father to Keene township and has lived there since ; was married Februafiy 22, 1855, to Sarah A., daughter of Peter and Dorcas (Russell) Ling, and granddaughter of Charles and jMary Eussell. They had the following children : Mary E., born January 22, 1856; George "W.. (deceased), born January 26, 1858; John B., (deceased,) born April 4, 1860; Benjamin F., May 11, 1862; Emily D^ May 22, 1867, and Fanny, (deceased), November 19, 1870.

RAMEE STEPHEN, Keene township ; farmer; bom April 6, 1831, in Coshocton county, Ohio; son of Henry Ramer. He married Miss Margaret Wilson August 11, 1867, Avho was born August 29, 1850, daughter of William P. and Olive (Cortright) Wilson, and granddaughter of John and Rebecca (Cay) Wilson, and Abrani and Margaret (Dusthammer) Cortright. Their children were Olive A., born August 6, 1868; B. B., deceased, born August 25, 1869 ; Lewis H., born September 20, 1870; Charles W., deceased, born November 24, 1871; Orley B.,.borri September 29, 1873; Eda, deceased, born May 29, 1875; Katie Blanche, born October 2, 1876 ; Harly B., deceased, born December 13 ,1877, and Jennie Perlorlo, born December 19, 1878.

RAMER HENRY, Keene township; born May 17, 1796, in Strasburg, Pennsylvania; son of Adam and Mary (Lenhart) Ramer, and grandson of Stophle Lenhart. He went to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, in 1806, and remained there until 1821, when he came to Coshoctan county and located where he now resides. Farming has always been his occupation. Trie was married, January 3, 1820, to Miss Catharine Jones, born August 10, 1800. They have had the following children: John, born April 10, 1828 ; Isabelle, September 8, 1831; Stephen, April 6, 1834; Emily, November 16, 1836; Thomas, June 6, 1839; Catharine, November 20, 1840, and Angehne, October 31, 1842. After the death of Mr. Eamer's first wife, he married Miss Delila Shinier, January 1, 1861.

EAMEE HENEY P., born September 1, 1845, in Coshocton county, Ohio. For ancestry see his father's biography elsewhere. His occupation is farming. He was married, February 29, 1872, to Miss Nancy E. Kent, who was born

EAMEE JOHN, Keene township; farmer; born in this county April 10, 1828 ; son of Henry Earner ; married May 7, 1S64, to Sarah A, E. Wheatcraft, born June 14, 1834, daughter of Samuel and Chloey A. (Potter) Wheatcraft, and granddaughter of Samuel Wheatcraft and Elisha Potter. Their children were : Clement L., born July 9, 1SG5; Elrado Ellsworth, born January 10, 1867, and Clarinda Ammarilah, ApriVl, 1870.

EALSTON EOBEET G., Crawford township ; school teacher; born February 7, 1853; son of Eobert Ealston, who was a native of the County of Armagh, Ireland^ emigrated to this country and settled in, Crawford township, in 1845. Soon after his arrival his wife died. His second wife, Sarah J. (Elliott) Ealston, to whom he was married, in 1846, is the mother of Eobert G. His father died September 11, 1863. Eobert G. commenced attending Muskingum college in 1879, and is a member of the graduating class of 1881> He taught his first school in 1873, has taught several terms since then and expects to follow teaching as his profession. Mr. Ealston ranksamong the leading teachers of the county.

E AMSEY THOMAS, Bedford township ; farm- ' er; postoffice. Tunnel Hill; born in 1825, in Washington county, Pennsylvania; came to Harrison county in 1837, and was married in 1850, to Miss Louisa A. Carson, of the same county. They came to this county in 1870, and are the parente of four children, viz : William F., Mary M., Lydia J. and T. C. Mr. Eamsey has a good home and a farm of 216 acres.

REDD JONATHAN, White Eyes township; farmer ; native of this townshsp, and was born in 1854. His father, Lewis Redd, was born in 1807, in Pennsylvania, came to this county in 1833, and settled in this township ; he is living with his son Benjamin. In 1878, Jonathan married Miss Elizabeth McCoskey, daughter of James McCoskey, who was a native of this township, and resided on the farm where Mr. Redd now lives, until the summer of 1880, when he moved with his family to Oregon. Mr. Redd has one child, Ernst Winfield, born June 20, 1880.

REDD LEWIS, White Eyes township; farmer"; born in 1807, in Washington county, Pennsylvania. In 1813, he married Elizabeth Horn. He farmed, and distilled whisky during the winters, for four years ; came to this county in 1837, and settled in this township. He moved to Chili in 1841, kept tavern there for two years, and then moved upon the farm where he now resides. His children are as follows: Benjamin, born in Pennsylvania, March 18, 1833; married Eliza' Everhart, April 29, 1858, who died February 29, 1864. In 1865, he married Miss M. J. Reed, and they have a family of four children : Mina, born September 6, 1866; Ida, born May 17, 1869; Lewis J., born jMnrch 23, 1873; William C, born January 25, 1875. Benjamin enlisted in 1861, in the Sixth 0. V. I., sharpshooters, and served three years and ten months, and was home on furlough but once. Slahala Redd was born September 11, 1835, married Elijali Bechtal, and lives in Martin county, Indiana.

William Normon, and resides in Keene. Elizabeth was born November 16, 1840; married William Vansickle, and died in the winter of 1866. Sarah J. was born March 29, 1843, and died in 1862. Seata was born April 12, 1845, and died in 1869. Margaret was born June 24, 1847 ; was married to John MoCosky, in 1878. William H. born October 20, 1849, and died in October, 1874. Andrew J. \f as born December 23, 1851 ; married Susan Miller in 1877. Jonathan W. was born March 12, 1854; married Elizabeth Mc- 'Coskey in 1877. George W. was born March 24, 1856; now lives in Indiana. Lewis Fremont was born in 1860, and died when two years old.

EEED L. H., Virginia township;, born in Coshocton county in 1840; son of Aaron and Lydia Reed, grandson of Jesse and Sarah Reed, and was married in 1860 to Evahne Wright. He is the father of five children. Edward B., Effie A., Zebra E., Charles W., (dead), and William E. Postoffice, Willow Brook.

. EEED, JOHN H., Bedford township ; blacksmith and farmer ; postoffice. Tunnel Hill ; born in Fauquier county, Virginia, in 1838, and came to this county in the same year with his father, Aaron Reed,' who was born in 1804 in the same county in Virginia. He was married in 1827 to Miss Lydia Herndon, of the same county, who was born in 1802. He removed from this county to Jasper county, Rhnois, in 1868, where he now lives. His wife died in 1876. They were the parents of eight children, the subject of this sketch being the third. He was married in 1856 to Miss Nancy Smith, of this county, who was born in 1885. They are the parents of eight children, viz : Marion S., Albert L., William D., Franklin E., Rebecca J., Emma F., Aaron E., and John M.

REED Mc, Clark township; farmer; postofiice, Clark's ; born in Jefferson county, Ohio, June 8, 1825; son of Thomas and Nellie (Stone) Reed, and grandson of Thomas Reed and Benjamin His parents came from Pennsylvania to Jefferson county, Ohio, in the year 1808, and in 1833 they moved to Clark township, Coshocton -county. Mr. Reed is the seventh in a family of ten children, eight of whom are living. He was married October 14, 1858, to Miss Susannah Endsley, daughter of James and Christian (Baker) Endsley, and granddaughter of John and Jane (Blain) Endsley, and Zacha,riah and Susan (Washburn) Baker. She was born March 1, 1838, in Clark township, where she has lived all her life. They are the parents of the following children : Mary C, born October 12, 1857 ; Wilham M., born November 24, 1860 ; Charles H., born May 17, 1864, and Chflord E., bom June 26, 1869.

EENNER HENRY, Crawford township ; carpenter at Chili; born May 14, 1854; son of H. Renner and Charlotta (Novice) Renner, both natives of Germany. In October, 1875, he married Margaret C. Miser, daughter of Samuel Miser. They have a family of three children, viz : William 0., born February ,19, 1877 ; Clara Elizabeth, April 16, 1878, and an infant, July, 1881.

REPPART DAVID S., Adams township; farmer; postoffice, Evansburgh ; born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, Jaauary 12, 1826 ; son of Daniel and Hannah (Stephen) Beppart, and grandson of Daniel Reppart, and of Samuel and Elizabeth (Lewis) Stephen, and great-grandson of William Lewis. He worked on the farm until the age of twenty-one ; then hired to Mr. Maddox, of Harrison county, Ohio, by the year, and remained with him twenty years. He was then a soldier for about eleven months, after which he went to Iowa, and remained there about one year ; then came back to Ohio again, and engaged with Mr. Maddox for another year, then worked one year for an uncle of his. Mr. Maddox then married and came to Coshocton county, and has been a resident of this county since. He was married April 4, 1867, to Miss Amanda Norman, daughter of George and Susannah (Walcott) Norman, and granddaughter of John and Christina (Roderick) Norman, and of James and Susannah (Cohagan) Walcott, children of Susannah Walcott. She was born in Harrison county, Ohio, June 11, 1887. Thpy have one child, George Walter, born September 8, 1871.

RENFREW THOMAS and ALEXANDER, farmers; Keene township; postoffice. Canal Lewisville. They were born in this township, and raised on the farm. They attended the district schools. Alexander, after attaining his majority, served in the Fifty-first 0. V. I. during the late war. These men are sons of Alexander, Sr., and Nancy (Carnahani Renfrew. Alexander, Sr., was born January 25, 1807, and was the son of Jacob Renfrew. Thomas Renfrew was married to Miss Margaret Craig, February 23, 1876. She was born January 23, 1844. She is the daughter of William and Maria (Murry) Craig. Mr. and Mrs. Renfrew are the parents of one child, Bessie, who was born April 7, 1877.

REYNOLDS WILLIAM, Jefferson township; postoffice, Warsaw; barber; born May 3, 1861, in Coshocton county; son of Thomas and Rebecca (Oarr) Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds went with his parents, at the age of three years, to Indiana, and remained there until the age of eight ; then came back to Coshocton county, and followed farming until the age of twenty; then began the carpenter trade, with his father, and worked at that about nine years. He then opened a barber shop, in Warsaw, and, by his gentlemanly man-

EICHESON JOHN, Tuscarawas township ; superintendent county infirmary; postofiice, Co- ' shocton ; was born February 10, 1842 in Holmes county ; son of James and Maria (Highlands) Richeson, of Irish ancestry. John was raised on the farm, and came to this county about 1859 and located at Canal Lewisville. In the spring of 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Second 0. V. I., and served to the close of the war in Gen. Sherman's command. Mr. Richeson was married March 1, 1866, to Miss Jane, daughter of George and Mary (Lee) Smyth, of Muskingum county. Their children are Dora and Jesse. Mr. R. was appointed superintendent of the county infirmary in 1872, and reappointed each succeeding spring to 1880.

BINE BENJAMIN, farmer; Washington township ; postoffloe. West Carlisle ; born in 1817, in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and was brought to this county in 1818. He was married in 1844 to Miss Elizabeth Camp, of this county, who was born in 1826. They are the parents Of twelve children, viz : Lucinda, deceased ; Amanda, deceased; Mazy E., Mary E., David W., William B., Violet L., Francis M., Ida E., Benjamin A., Eliza A. and Lauer E.

BINE ISAAC H., Pike township; postoffice, West Carlisle ; farmer and stock raiser ; born in this county in 1833; son of Jesse and Margaret (Wheeler) Rine. He was married in 1853 to Miss Sarah E. Smith, daughter of Richard and Sarah R. (Taylor; Smith. They are the parents of six children, viz: Emma C, deceased; Alice M., Austin L., Sylvia B., Clara F. and H. M. Three are married.

RINE JESSE W., Perry township ; farmer and stock raiser ; postofllce. West Carlisle ; was born in this county in 1825; son of Jesse W. and Margaret (Wheeler) Rine, and grandson of Casper Rine and of Gilbert Wheeler; married in 1847, to Miss Hannah Toothman, daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Gault) Toothman. Mr. Rine is the father of eight children, viz : Gilbert W., Samuel A., John Milton, Jessie ^W.; Martha D., deceased ; Margaret M., deceased',' Thomas H., deceased, and Adam G., deceased.

RINE J. C, Perry township; postoffice. New Guilford; born in this county in 1831; son of John and Matilda Rine, and grandson of Rudolph and Barbara A. (Conaway) Rine, and_ of Casper and Margery Conaway. He was married in 1861, to Hannah Taylor, daughter of Abraham and Mary Taylor. Mr. Rine is the father of six children, viz: Rudolph, Mary E., Matilda I., Liza E., John S., and Zora E.

RINE WILLIAM T., Perry township; New Guilford postoffice; born in this county in 1841; son of John and Matilda Rine, and grandson of Rudolph and Barbara E. Bine. He was married in 1869 to Miss Mary L. Norri s, daughter of William and Nancy ISTorris. They .have seven children, viz : Margery E., Minna J., Leweva M., Clara M., Alanzo L., (dead), Milton Millard, Arley M.

RINE WILLIAM, Perry township; New Guilford postoffice ; farmer and stock raiser ; born in this county in 1831 ; son of William and Nancy Rine. He was married in 1861 to Miss Martha A. Busa, daughter of John and Mary A. Busa. They are the parents of nine children, viz : Sarah M., Nancy A., John W., George H., Alfred W., James C, Mary E., Samuel T. and Eliza E.

RIDGELY G. G., Coshocton; freight Agent of P., C. and St. L. R. R.; born January 21, 1832, in Baltimore, Maryland ; son of Archibald G. Ridgely, a native of Baltimore, whose ancestors came to America from Glocester county,^ England, in 1632, and who was a United States marshal for about twenty years. Young Eidgely at the age of seventeen entered a jobbing and dry goods house in his native city ; at nineteen years of age he came to this city, and was a dry goods clerk until 1856, when he established a dry goods store, which he continued three years; then became banking clerk in Rickett's bank, where he remained till March 7, 1865, at which time he assumed his present duties. Mr. Eidgely was married October 30, 1853, to Miss Henrietta Ricketts. This union was blessed with three children - Thomas R., married to Miss Hattie Switzer, daughter of M. Switzer, Newark, Ohio, Anna H. and Mary B. Mr. Ridgely is heir to a realty in Maryland, which was transferred by Leonard Calvin, in 1632, to one of Mr. Ridgely's ancestors and has been in possession of the family since.

RIDGWAY DAVID, Franklin township; farmer ; born February 12, 1829, in Belmont county ; son of Basil and Mary Ridgway. His grandfather moved from Maryland to Belmont county about 1808, when his father was about four years old. David was only ten months old when his father came to Muskingum county, Ohio. He has lived since in Marion county, Ohio; Marion county, Iowa; Linton township, in this county, and in Muskingum county, until he moved to Franklin township in 1876. He was married January 17, 1856, to Mary, daughter of David and Sarah Ruse, and granddaughter of John and Mary (Fitzgerald) Ruse, and of Garrison and Jane (Vanander) Vermillion, who came from Loudon county, Virginia, with her father, in 1846. They have eight children, viz : Louisa,

RICKETTS & JACOB, hardware dealers, 234 Main street, Coshocton, Ohio. B. Worth Ricketts, the senior member oE this firm, was born October 12, 1847, in Tuscarawas county, near Gnadenhutten ; son of Robert F. and Julia A. (Thistle) Ricketts, and grandson of Benjamin and Nancy Ricketts, who were pioneer settlers of Coshocton county. Mr. Ricketts 'was brought up on the farm, until seventeen, when he entered Harlem Springs college, and subsequently attended the Ohio Wesleyan university and INIount Union college. He began his present business in 1874, in this city, firm name G. W. Ricketts & Co. In 1877, Mr. Ricketts purchased his partner's interest in the firm, and conducted the business alone, until January, 1880, when the present firm was formed. They carry a complete assortment of general hardware, having the largest stock of the kind in the county. Mr. Ricketts was married, October 8, 1877, to Miss May, daughter of Sanford and Elizabeth (Watkins) Rose, of this city. They are the parents of two children viz : T. H., deceased, and Earl Thistle. Robert Jacob, junior member of the firm, was born January 10, 1856, near New Philadelphia, Ohio; son of E. P. and Mary L. (Ricketts) Jacob. Mr. Jacob was brought up on the farm, and taught school four terms. He was married, April 4, 1878, to Miss Abbie, daughter of John and Catherine (Whedon) Wallace. John Wallace was a descendant of the family of Sir William Wallace, one of Scotland's greatest heroes. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob are the parents of two children, viz : William W. and Edna P.

RICKETS THOMAS HUGH, prosecuting attorney; postofiice, Coshocton; was born December 9, 1845, in Frankhn Township; son of F. Rickets, native American of English descent. Young Rickets remained on the farm until he was seventeen years old, when he enlisted in Company I, Twelfth 0. V. C, and served to the close of the war. On his return to his peaceful home he attended school one year, and then entered Ohio Wesleyan university, and remained two years, when he commenced the study of the law in the office of A. L. Neely, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, and read about one year. In 1868 he entered the law department of the New York State university at Albany, and was graduated in 1869 with the title of B. L. In this year attorney Rickets was married June 30 to Miss Annie Powell, daughter of Hon. T. W. Powell of Delaware, Ohio. Soon after his marriage he located at Clinton, Iowa, where his wife and infant son died in 1870. He next practiced his profession in Chicago, Illinois, with attorney S. F. Brown as partner. They, for the time being, reached beyond their profession and invested in the lumber and manufacturing business, in 1873; which enterprise, in common with others, went down in the financial wrecks of that period. In the spring^ of 1876 he resumed his profession, and established an office in this city. In the spring of 1878- he was elected mayor of the city, and in the fall of the same year was elected to the office which he now holds.

RICKETS BENJAMIN F., Tuscarawas township; farmer ; postoffice, Coshocton; born in Lafayette township November 20, 1840; son of Barzilla Rickets, a native of Virginia, who came tothis township in 1847, and to his present' residence in 1856, with his parents. He was brought up on the farm where he has wisely remained, engaged in agriculture and husbandry ; having all his stock selected and bred from the best blood in the country.

RIDEBAUGH JOSIAH, Perry township; postoffice, Mohawk Village ; farmer and stock raider;, born in Carroll county in 1884 ; son of George and Margaret Ridebaugh; married in 1860 to Miss Mary E. Cullison, daughter of Ephraim and Harriet Cullison. They are the parents of twochildren - John William, deceased, and George F.

RICHARDS JOHN J., Perry township; postoffice, New Guilford; farmer and stock raiser; born in Frederick county, Virginia, in 1804; settled in this county in 1822 ; son of Henry and Elizabeth Richards, and grandson of Michael and Elizabeth Richards, and of Cary and Isabelle Caldwell. Mr. Richards has been twice married, first, to Miss Margaret Cullison, who became the mother of nine children, viz : Henry, Samuel, Ehzabeth, J. W., Margaret J., William R., Louisa M.; Jessie L., deceased, and Eliza C, deceased. In 1841 he married Miss Mary Smith, daughter of Henry and Susan Smith, who were blessed with ten children, viz : Mary E., Susan, W. B., Sarah K., Mahala A., R. Z., Rebecca A., R. M., T. F., and J. T. M. Mr. Richard had four sons in the United States army, who rendered gallant services for their country. His son Elijah was killed at the battle of Mission Ridge.

RICHARD ELIJAH, Perry township; postoffice. New Guilford ; born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1816; settled in this county in 1825; son of Henry and Elizabeth (Copeland) Richard, and grandson of Carey M. and Elizabeth (Snapp) Richard; married in 1837, to Maria Cullison, daughter of Jesse and Nota CuUison. They have four children. W. H. was married to Mary J. Morgan in 1868. They have nine children. Mr. Richard's grandfather was in the war of 1812. Mr. Richard is engaged in selUng dry goods and notions in East Union, Ohio.

KICHARDSON JAMES, Bethlehem township; farmer; son of Joseph Richardson ; was born Decemb^ 13, 1823. Joseph Richardson came to this county at an early day, when it was a wilderness inhabited by Indians and wild animals. James Richardson, Jr., was iharried November 3, 1848, to Miss Sarah Carr, of this county, who was born in 1828. They are the parents of three children, viz: Julia A., Alonzo and Leander. Mrs. Richardson died August 25,1855. Mr. Richardson married Miss Ethliah Dunlap, of this county. They are the parent^ of five children,' viz : James B., Joseph K., Elmira, Seth and Howard. Mr. Richardson was raised on the farm, and has always remained a resident of this county.

RICHMOND JOHN, Oxford township; merchant and farmer; postoffice, Evansburgh, Ohio; son of Edward and Martha (Nott) Richmond; was born March 1, 1881, in Salina, New York. He came to this state with his parents in 1822, and located in Morgan county. His parents formerly from Vermont While in Salina his father was engaged in the salt trade. He also sold goods. After they came to Morgan countj' he w-as engaged in the carpenter trade. Mr. Richmond to this county with his parents in June, 1824, and located on the hanks of the Walhonding six miles above Roscoe. In 1826, they moved to Roscoe. Mr. Richmond's father was engaged as a stone-cutter, and boarded hands engaged in the construction of the Walhonding canal. In June, 1828, the family moved to Oxford township and engaged in the building of the Ohio canal. Mr. Richmond's mother died in March, 1829. His father kept tavern and a station on the Ohio from that time up to his death in 1846.

Mr. Richmond was married March 3, 1836, to Miss Elizabeth Reed, of this county. They became the parents of six children, viz: Catharine A., George U., John E., Mary E., James J. and "William H. Mr. Richmond had followed boating from his bDyhood until he married. He then purchased a boat and followed boating for fifteen years. During that time he was also engaged in the dry goods and grain business. In April, 1850, Mr. Richmond started on an overland journey to California, as captain of a company of fifteen men. They were on the road four months and fifteen days. While in California he was engaged in mining and trading. He returned by vessel July 4, 1852, via Panama. Mrs. Richmond died in February, 1852. He married November 28, 1852, Miss Elizabeth Higbee, daughter of J. C. Higbee, Esq. They became the -parents of five children, viz : Elizabeth N., Jesse P., Charles H., Francis A. and Lottie C. His wife died in June, 1864. His third marriage took place in January, 1865, to Mary J. McClain, of this county. Mr. Richmond has been engaged in farming and mercantile business. He has amassed a fortune. Starting in the world a poor boy, meeting reverses after reverses, he nevertheless by his own honest labor accumulated a fortune. He has alwaj's worked hard, and has been regarded as honest and upright in his dealings, thereby gaining the esteem of all who knew him. He operates largely in grain and wool. He owns a splendid farm of over 600 acres, a dry goods store, a ware-house, and town property in the town of Orange. Mr. Richmond had two sons who served in the rebellion. James J. was a member of Company C, Fifty-first Regiment, O. V. I. He died at Green Lake, Texas, and was buried there. John E. was a member of Company H, Eighty-eighth Regiment, O. V. I. He served three months, and was then discharged on account of sickness.

RICHMOND JOHN E., Oxford township ; farmer; postoffice, Evansburgh; was born in this township, in 1842; soil of John Richmond. In 1870, he commenced the dry goods and grocery business at Orange, and went out of it in April, 1880, and is now living on a farm of 168 acres. He was married, in 1863, to Miss Mary A. Wood, of this township, daughter of Thomas Wood. The result of this union has been four children, as follows: Charles M., sixteen years old; Harry M., twelve years old; Mary E., ten years old, and Noah M., eight years old. He has been school director for the past nine years, in No. 6 school district. He owns and lives in a substantial new residence and is highly esteemed. He and his wife are members of the M. E. church at Orange. He served four months in company F, Eightyeighth 0. V. I.

RICHIE WILLIAM, Keene township; farmer; born in Donegal, Ireland, August, 1808 ; son of George and Susan (Williams) Richie, and grandson of William and Martha (Hogg) Richie, and of Charles and Mary (Cunningham) Williams. Mr. Richie followed weaving in his native country until the age of twenty-nine, when he came to America, and took up the occupation of a quiet farmer. He has spent thus much of his life in single blessedness.

RICHIE RICHARD, Keene township ; farmer ; born December, 1812, in Donegal, Ireland; came to America when twenty-one years of age, and settled in Coshocton county ; son of George and Susan Richie, and grandson of William and Martha (Hogg) Richie, and of Richard and Mary (Cunningham) Williams. He was married December 23, 1839, to Margaret Marshall, who was born in January, 1815, in Jefferson county, Ohio, daughter of Joseph .and Elizabeth Marshall, and granddaughter of William and Jane (Lemmon) Marshall, and of Robert and Jane (Riddle) Adams. Their children were : Ehzabeth, born December 30, 1840; Susannah, de-

EINNER G. A., Crawford township; postoffice, New Bedford ; of the firm of G. A. Rinner & Co., merchants; born January 8, 1859, in New Bedford; son of George 0. Rinner, predecessor of the above firm. After obtaining a good elernentary education in the pubhc and select schools of native township, he took a commercial course at the Cleveland Spencerian business college, and received a diploma from the college, receiving 100 per cent on examination. May 31, 1879. On returning home he resumed clerking in his father's store, which position he held when the above firm was formed.

RINNER GEORGE C, Crawford township; retired merchant ; postoffice, New Bedford, Ohio ; born August 18, 1831, in Langelischwarz Kerfensteuthuen, Hessen, Germany; son of John and Margaret (Saleman) Rinner. At thirteen he quit school to clerk in a store at Fulda, on the Tulda. "This position he held until he started to America, where he arrived June 2, 1851, and located at Appleville, where he attended school and worked on a farm one year. Then he clerked in Wooster and Nashville, Holmes county, each about one year. He commehced business in New Bedford, as clerk, in 1854, first forvLandecker & Co., afterward for Bell. Then he became partner in the firm of Rinner & Pocock, subsequently Rinner, Pocock & Doak, which was succeeded by the firm of Rinner & Cox, which firm continued until the death of Mr. Cox, in 1874. After that Mr. Rinner business alone until he sold out to his son, George Albert, and J. A. Lahm, January 21, 1879. Mr. Rinner was married April 8, 1858, to Nancy, daughter of Elijah and Christiana (Shepler) Cox. Seven children were born to them, viz : George Albert; Flora, deceased ; Ida Rachel, deceased ; Elijah Calvin, Mary Etta, Amanda Jane -and John Sheridan. Mr. Rinner started in this -country with about $100, but by faithful attention to business, retires with a competency. He enjoys the respect of a wide acquaintance.

RICHCREEK W. D., Jackson township ; post- Tyrone ; born in Harrison county, Virginia, in 1820 ; settled in this county in 1837 ; son of John and Nancy Richcreek, and grandson of Philip and Sarah Richcreek ; married in 1839 to Estis Philips, daughter of John and Elizabeth Philips. Mr. Richcreek is the father of nine all married but two, viz : George and William.

in 1852 in this county. His father, D. W., was born in 1802, in Jefferson county, Virginia, and came to Muskingum county in 1821. He was married in 1843 to' Miss Nancy M. Tidball, o Muskingum county, -who was born in 1821 in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. They came to this county in 1848. He died in 1880. They are the parents of eleven children, six of whom are living. The subject of this sketch was married in 1877 to Miss Mary A. Dickey of this county, who was born in 1849. They are the parents of two children, viz : Estelle B., and an infant.