Coshocton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1881 (part 8 of 10)

RICE De. G. W., Adams township ; postoffice, Bakersville; was born in Shanesville, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, August 24, 1854; son of J. W. and Elizabeth (Fisher) Rice; grandson of John Rice and John Fisher ; great-grandson of Peter Fisher. His parents came from Pennsylvania. He attended school until the age of seventeen, when he began teaching, in which capacity he continued seven years. While teaching he read medicine, and during the winters of 1878-79, and 1879-80, attended lectures at the medical department of Wooster university, at Cleveland, Ohio. He began practicing in April, 1880, at Bakersville, and is making fine progress in his profession. He was married September 2, 1875, to Miss Hester Flexer, daughter of Daniel and Mary Flexer, who was born in Pennsylvania, August 26, 1855. They are the parents of three children: Charles, born August 13, 1876; Wil- ' liam, born November 23, 1877, and Harry, born January 25, 1880.'

RIPPL JOHN GEORGE, Adams township; blacksmith; postoffice, Bakersville; born in Bakersville, March 22, 1857; son of Joseph and Maria A. (Busier) Rippl, and grandson of Joseph and Mary (Fisher) Rippl. He began his trade in 1876, learning it of his own accord, never serving an apprenticeship, and is now a first-class workman, doing an extensive business in ironing and trimming wagons. He was married November 27, 1879, to ^Miss Elizabeth Gintz, daughter of John and Caroline (Copple) Gintz. She was born February 11, 1859, in Tuscarawas county.

RIPPL FRANCIS J., Adams township; postoffice, Bakersville ; wagonmaker ; born in Bakersville, January 30, 1860 ; son of Joseph and Maria A. (Busier) Rippl, and grandson of Joseph and' Mary (Fisher) Rippl. His father and mother came from Austria in 1860. He began his trade July 16, 1880, with his father, and is making fine progress, being an energetic young man and a great reader and lover of literature. He has two brothers and two sisters.

Reuben and Hilpa (Darling) Eiley, and grandson of Isaac and Mahala (Severns) Darling. He has always been .41 resident of this township, excepting one year that he was in Illinois. He was married, February 5, 1874, to Miss Anna M. Simpson, daughter of Robert and Eliza (Moffat) Simpson, who died April 20, 1876. Etta V. is their only child. He was married September 26, 1877, to Miss Ruth Simpson, sister of his first wife, who was born June 27, 1843. Anna M., born September 13, 1878, is their only child. Mrs. Riley has two sisters living, Isabella and Flora J. Isabella is one among the first class teachers in the schools of Coshocton county. Mrs. Simpson, the mother of these three girls, is the daughter of John Moffat, who died February 25, 1877. He was a blacksmith, and worked in the employ of Robert Fulton, and did the smithwork of the first three steamboats that ever ran on the Ohio river. He was a son of Alexander Moffat, who served seven years in the war of the revolution as a minute man, was taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery, and remained a prisoner nine months. He was a son of Hugh Moffat, who was born in Orange county. New York, whose father, a farmer, with three brothers, Presbyterian ministers, came from Antrim county, Ireland, and settled in Orange county, New York, some time in the eighteenth century.

ROLLER CASPER, Franklin township; farmer; postoffice. Wills Creek, Ohio ; was born September 23, 1834, in Alsace, France; son of Andrew and Barbara (Sandle) Roller. Andrew Roller was born in Weidenberg, Germany, in 1808. His father, Jacob Roller, was one of a family of eight sons, four of whom came to America and served in the revolutionary war. Two settled in South Carolina, and two in Virginia. Some of their descendants are now residents of those States, and have filled offices of trust at Washington, D. C. Jacob Roller was a wealthy man, but sold out in 1813 and moved to Alsace, France, with two sons and three daughters. He suddenly lost all his wealth "by exchanging, with the banks, his specie for paper, which the next day became worthless. He then became a village schoolteacher, and taught a German school for twentyfour years. His sons, Jacob, seventeen, and Andrew, five years of age, became shepherds, which occupation they followed until 1837, when Andrew came to America and settled in Franklin township, this county. He was the father of ten children, eight sons and two daughters, five of whom are dead. Of those living, Casper, William H. and Elizabeth live in Linton township; George, in Franklin township, and Philip J., in Douglas county, Ilhnois. Casper Roller, the subject of this sketch, was married March 5, 1852, to Ehzabeth, daughter of James M. and Mary (Nelson) Brannon. They are the parents of eight children, viz: George McClelland, deceased ; Cassius Clay, Edward Henry, Jessie Roe, John Floyd, Annetta Delle, Casper Herbert and Lizzie Agnes. Mrs. Roller was first married to Samuel Erwin. They became the parents of two children, viz: William Augustus and James Madison.

ROBISON J. C, Pike township; postoffice,. West Carlisle ; farmer and stock raiser ; born in Licking county, in 1816; settled in this county in 1813; son of John and Bulah (Rakestraw> Robison, and grandson of jMaximillian and Lucinda Robison, and of John and Rakestraw.

He was married, in 1841, to Miss Nancy E. Coulter. They are the parents of eight children, viz: Rush, John W.; Samuel, deceased; Joseph B.; James R., deceased; Richard A., Elonzo L, and Susannah B. Two are married. Mr. Robison's grandfatlier was three years in the revolutionary war. His father was in the war of 1812^

ROBINSON E. LETTS, deceased; Frankhn township ; was born January 26, 1818, in Franklin township; the son of Col. Jarnes Robinson. He was married, in 1844, to Miss Mary J. Roe^ daughter of Rev. Jesse Roe, who was a pioneer Methodist minister in 'Muskingum county. Mr. Robinson was a life-long resident of his native township, engaged in farming and stock raising. His children are James W., Anna M., Sallie J. (Bell), S. Roe, L. Viola and Edmund L.- ROBERTSON JAMES, Keene township ; farmer; born in Derry county, Ireland, May, 1808 p. son of Matthew and Rebecca (Anderson) Robertson, and grandson of Rebecca Denny. In 1812' he left his native land for America, but was captured by the British on the sea and detained at Halifax two years. He there witnessed the burial of the gallant captain, James Lawrence. Upon his release his father came to Coshocton county. Mr. Robertson was married March 11, 1829, to Eliza McFetredge, born May . 22, 1808. Her ancestry is as follows : , Parents, James and Elizabeth (McDonald; McFetredge, natives of Ireland; paternal grand parents, Archibald and Eliza (Cochran) McFetredge; maternal grand parents, John and Mary (Loyd) McDonald. Their children are: Levina (j., born January 8,1830; William, deceased, January 31, 1832; Mary L., deceased, July 29, 1833; James M., deceased, March 25, 1835; Elizabeth C, March 26, 1837; Annie J., February 28, 1839; Rebecca A., August 31,1841; John,February 23, 1843; Amanda, January 17, 1845; Joseph R., Jlarch 24, 1847; Milo R., deceased, June 15, 1850;' Louisa, April 28, 1853, and Lewis K., March 31, 1855. John was in the 100-days' service, and Joseph served his country till the close of the war. -iLewis K.. married Maggie, daughter of Robert and Margaret (Hood) Boyd, September 16, 1880.

ROBINSON A. S., Monroe township ; was born in 1811, in Fairfax county, Virginia; son of A. S. and Elizabeth (Duval) Robinson, and grandson of John C. and Verlinda (Summers) Robinson, and of William and Nancy (Johnson) Duval. Mr. Robinson, while very young, was taken by his parents to Prince Williams county, where he lived until 1821. After the death of his father he lived with his grandfather Robinson, in Fredrick county, Virginia, two years. ' From there he went with his grandfather to Hampshire county. After living there two years, he left his grandfather and went to Loudon county ; then to Prince Williams county; then back to his mother; thence to Loudon county again, staying but a year or two in each place. In 1830 he began the wagon-makers' trade, serving an apprenticeship of two years. After spending one year in Fredrick county, he came to Perry county, Ohio; followed farming there two years; farmed eight years afterward in Muskingum county; then was a minister in the Protestant Methodist church for nkie years. Ever since then he has followed farming, near Spring Mountain, Coshocton county, Ohio. He married Miss Mahala Lyder, February 9, 1832, in Loudon county, Virginia. She was born in December, 1806; daughter of Lewis and Susannah (Bradfield) Lyder, and granddaughter of Jacob and Margaret Lyder, and of Jonathan Bradfield. Their children were as follows : Susannah, deceased ; Samuel, married to Frances Menifee, whose children were Charles, Mary E., George _T., Lou A., and Letitia, deceased. John W. married Miss Martha Duval, whose ^children are, Clifford L., Emma, Joseph, William A., Roberta, and Dinkej'. Arthur L. lives at home.

ROBISON D. C, Perry township; New Guilford postofRce ; born in this county, in 1845; son of John and Mary (Torrence) Robison, and grandson of John and Mary Torrence. ' He went West in 1865, and returned to this State in 1880, and was married in 1866, to CaroUne Cochran Mr. Robison is the father of three children, viz : Ella M., John and Lillie M. Mr. Robison has been engaged in teaching school for the past fifteen years. Entered Ohio Wesleyan university in 18(52, staying there some three years. Volunteered in First U. S. Engineer Regiment, Company I, Captain John L. Thomas. Mr. Robison's senior, was a revolutionary soldier.

ROBINSON L. W., Coshocton ; general superintendent Union Coal Mining Company; was born September 19, 1855, in Hudson, Ohio; son of Warren Robinson, a native of Connecticut, and Sarah Woodward, a native of Maine. When aboujfceven years of age he moved to New Haven mth his father's family to be educated, and received a good elementary education in the public schools of that city ; was then placed under a private tutor for three years. At the age of eighteen years he entered, Yale college, and was graduated at the age of twenty-one. After completing his college course he engaged as engineer in the coal fields of Pennsylvania, and was transferred to this place to take general charge of the company's interests here, and do the engineering of the place. Mr. Robinson was married September 9, 1880, to Miss (DoUie) Ruth May, daughter of Lewis De Moss, Esq., of this city.

ROBINSON W. H., Coshocton; insurance agent. Equity building; was born January 11, 1812, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; son of William Robinson, American born of Scotch ancestry ; lived on a farm until the age of ten years, when with his parents he moved to Savannah, Georgia; attended school until the age of seventeen, then went to New York City and attended school there a short time, from which city he moved to Orange, New York, and was' apprenticed to the carpenter trade, and served four years. In 1836, came to this city and followed his trade until 1871, when he established his present agency, and conducted it to the present time. His first marriage was January 6, 1834, to Miss Sarah Anne Matthews, daughter of James Matthews, of Orange, New York. By this marriage he became the father of six children, two of whom, Esther M. and Charles C.,have died. Their living children are Mary E., married to Calvin Skinner, of this city ; Harriet N., married to James Stonebock, now residing at Crystal Plains, Smith county, Kansas ; William H., married to Louisa Johnson, of this city, and Sarah Frances. Mrs. Robinson died February, 18(54. Mr. Robinson afterward married Miss Susan C. Deman, and by this marriage became the father of two children, viz : Clara D. and Howard.

RODEHAVER G. H., New Castle township; postoffice, Walhonding; was born in Jefferson township, Coshocton county, in February, 1846 ; son of David and Louisa (Butler) Rodehaver; grandson of Noah and Rebecca (Cox) Butler; was educated at Coshocton ; brought up on the farm until the age of twenty-one ; then engaged with ShafTner Brothers, merchants, in Warsaw, one year. He then engaged with Cassingham & Crowley, grocers, for three years; then went into the boot and shoe business in Coshocton, remaining in it two years, when he was employed by Fleek & Sherwood, of Newark, Ohio, as shipping clerk two years; then returned to Coshocton and clerked for Cassingham & Co. one year, when he purchased a half interest in the firm, continued a year, dissolved the partnership and went to New Orleans and engaged in the erection of iron bridges six months; after which he re- turned to Coshocton and engaged with C. A. Eckert in the grocery and baking business one year, after which he moved to Walhonding, where, in the spring of 1879, he began merchandizing for himself, and is having a fair trade. He married Miss Mary F. Dixon, March 13, 1870, daughter of Robert Dixon. He is father of four children, viz: Emma, Willie, Minnie, (deceased), and Frank.

ROOT J. W., Tuscarawas township; farmer; born in Bloomfield, Holmes county ; son of L. L. Root and Clarissa (Morgan) Root, who are natives of Connecticut. J. W. Root came to this county when a child, with his parents, in 1840. May 20, 1866, he married Nancy E. Thomas, daughter of Levi Thomas and Annie (Salyards) Thomas. They became the parents of the following named children: Annis, Clara, Lyman, John, L. L. and Alpha.

ROSS GEORGE, Coshocton ; saddler and harness-maker; born October 15, 1826, in the County Donegal, Ireland; son of Hugh Ross. Young Ross lived on a farm until fifteen years of age, when he went to his trade and worked six years in his native island, then came to America, landing in New York City, August 1, 1851, where he worked at his trade a few years. He came to this city in March 1853, and worked on the railroad nineteen years as foreman of repairs, after which he worked two years in the steel works of this city. After leaving the steel works he resumed his trade, which he has followed to the present time. By industry and good management, he has acquired a competency. Mr. Ross was married August 6, 1860, to Miss Elizabeth Hill, daughter of James Hill, of Roscoe Her mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Dunlap. James Hill and Charles G., are their children.

ROSE JOHN J., Coshocton, O.; of the firm of D. Rose & Son, Main street. Daniel Rose, of the above firm, came to Roscoe about the year 1834. His parents were from the island of Guernsey. His father built the foundry in Coshocton county, at Roscoe. D. Rose was married in 1860, to Miss Alcinda G. Rickets, whose parents were natives of Virginia. D. Rose is the father of six sons, .viz : John J., of the above firm, who was married January 5, 1876, to Miss Weltha L., daughter of Alonza and Carlotte (Denman) Ransons. They are the parents of one child, viz : Carlotte R. The other sons are : Charles P., Marion, William E., A. R., and Walter B. The above firm was formed in 1876, with a small cash capital, the senior member having lost almost everything by fire and the junior member having a small capital made by plastering at which he worked about six years, but by adhering to the policy of cash purchases they have been very successful, now

RODERICK SIMON, Linton township; farmer; born near Dayton, September 26, 1825; son of Samuel and Mary Ann (Crampton) Roderick. His father, a miller by occupation, about 1813, came with his brother, John, from Maryland to Linton township, remained a year or two, returned to Maryland, married, and then moved to Montgomery county, where he remained till 1826, then came to Linton township and resided here till his decease. Mr. Roderick, in 1851, married Margaret McCleeary, daughter of George Mc- Cleeary^. She having died, he, in 1866, was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Williams and granddaughter of Richard Williams.

ROGERS JAMES L., Lafayette township; farmer ; was born in Harrison county, Ohio, February 19, 1840; son of Joseph and Mary (Burkhead) Rogers, and is the sixth of ten children. He came to this county in 1866, and was married April 15, 1877, to Miss Harriet Burt, being the thirty-third marriage anniversary of her father, the well-known Judge James M. Burt. They have had four children, viz : J. Burt, Maggie, Mary Anna, and Lewis Bradner. Mr. Rogers enlisted in Company F, Ninety-eighth 0. V. I., organized in Harrison county in August, 1862, and served two years and ten months, taking part in every engagement in which his regiment was engaged, a few of which were the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesborough, Peach Tree Creek, Rome, Georgia, and Bentonville, North Carolina. He was in Sherman's march to the sea, witnessed the grand review at Washington, traveled over 5,000 miles while out, never rode but one-half a day in an ambulance, was never sick a day, and was mustered out at Cleveland as a second lieutenant in June, 1865, although he had entered the service as a private. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal, church.

RODRUCK LEWIS, Franklin township; farmer; born in Franklin township, March 19,1824; son of Thomas Rod ruck, who was born in Hampshire county, Virginia, and emigrated to this township May 1, 1811, with his father, Lewis Rodruck. In 1823 his father married Mary Hines, who came from Virginia in 1822. Mr. Rodruck enlisted in the Nineteenth 0. V. I. in 1864, and remained in service nine months, serving with Sherman in his Georgia campaign. He was married January 21, 1849, to Ethalinda Hawk, who became the mother of two children, viz; ^ary Elizabeth, who died in infancy, and John Blvin. He was married September 17, 1863, to Ann,

EOYER ADAM, Franklin township; farmer; postoffice, Wills Creek; born May 17, 1843, in Loraine, France (now Germany); son of Nicholas and Anne (Lago) Royer. Adam came to near Sonora, Muskingum county, with his parents, who remained there about six years prior to coming to Adam's present residence, in Franklin township, which he obtained by paying $1,200 to each of six other heirs. He has since bought forty-two acres adjoining the homestead. Mr. Royer was married, November 10, 1868, to Miss Susan, daughter of Benjamin and Susannah (Michael) Roof. Her father was a native of Germany, and her mother of Switzerland. Mr. Royer, by this marriage, became the father of six children : Alice Jane, John Nicholas, Emma Agnes, Cora May, Harvy Edward and Delia Anne.

RUSSEL JOHN N.; farmer; postoffice, West Lafayette; was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1817, and was married in 1838, to Harriett Williams, who was born in the same county, in 1820. They had nine children, six living, viz : Emily, Williams A., Similda, Sue, Freeman, and Leila Adda. The deceased are, Francis, John, and an infant daughter. Mr. Russell came to Coshocton county in 1865, and locate i in this township, and owns a good farm, and is an intelligent, enterprising and progressive farmer.

SALRIN JOSEPH, Franklin township; born in France, Department of Moselle, Canton- of Foulquemont, Vittoncourt village, April 10, 1812; son of Stephen Salrin. He left his native land March 5, 1846, for America, and, coming by way of New Orleans, landed at Zanesville June 10. He located at , Adamsville, following his trade, cabinet making, until 1852, when he moved to his present home in Franklin township. He has here engaged in farming and also worked at his trade to some extent. In 1839 he married Madelaine Nichols, and has had six children, viz: Basil ; Justin Albert, of Brown county, Illinois ; Laura, a sister in St. Francis hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Madelaine, deceased; Nicholas, deceased, and Joseph. Basil, Justin and Laura were born in France, the others here. His wife died February 29, 1876.

SALRIN BASIL, Franklin township; farmer; born in France, June 12, 1839; eldest son of Joseph Salrin. When seven years old he came with his father to Muskingum county, where he lived until 1852, then moved to Franklin township, and has lived there since. He married, October 7, 1874, Anna Marraine, born in France, in June, 1860, and emigrated to America August 13, 1874. Their family consists of three boys, viz: Joseph Basil, Ernst Alexander and Frank Sherman.

SALRIN ANDREW, Franklin township; farmer; born near Metz, France, May 10, 1848. His parents, Andrew and Barbara (Mitchell) Salrin, emigrated with their three children directly to this township, from France, in 1853. His two sisters, both older than himself, are now living in ' the West, Victorine fDavid) in Kansas, and Mary (Sherrest) in Chicago, Illinois. He was married January 10. 1872, to Martha Jane, oldest daughter of WilliamM. Clark, of FrankUn township. The children born of this marriage are Francis Ann, Mary Ellen, Andrew Wilham ; Barbara Elizabeth, deceased, and Emma Jane.

SALRIN JOSEPH M., FrankHn township; farmer; born September 25, 1849, in Franklin township ; married, in 1872, to Mary, daughter of Charles Schmueser, of Muskingum county. By this marriage he had two children, viz: Mary Bertha and Joseph Milton. His wife having died May 9, 1879, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Moffet, of Guernsey county, March 28, 1880.

SANGSTER COLONEL CHARLES F., Lafayette township; farmer; postoffice, Plainfleld, Ohio. Colonel Sangster was born September 15, 1810, in Fairfax county, Virginia, sixteen miles from Mount Vernon. He is son of James and Priscilla (Ford) Sangster. His father was of Scotch descent; his mother, of English descent, her father being a minister of the Church of England and her mother a descendant of the Barry family of Ireland. Mr. Sangster was raised on a farm. He removed to Loudon county, Virginia, in 1836, where he remained until 1849. He then came to Linton township, Coshocton county, Ohio, where he lived until 1866; (he then removed to Lafayette township, where he has since resided. Colonel Sangster was married February 24, 1845, to Miss Sallie E. Gore, of Muskingum county, Ohio. They became the parents of seven children, viz : Ella C, James, Annie, MoUie, Charles and Laura, twins, and Hattie. Two, James and Ella C, are married. In 1852 Colonel Sangster was chosen president of the first agricultural society organized in Coshocton county He was re-elected the following year, and again in 1857. In 1857 Colonel Sangster was elected to the Ohio legislature, and served two years. He was elected infirmary director and served six years. In 1880 he was chosen by the eighteenth senatorial district as member of decennial board of equalization, running between one and two hundred ahead of his state ticket, which shows the esteem in which he is held by his countrymen. He is at present engaged in the duties of his office. In 1832 Colonel Sangster united with the Methodist Episcopal church, and has ever since remained an influential and efficient member. He has always manifested an interest in educational matters, holding office and otherwise. *

SANDEL CASPER, Franklin township ; farmer; born in Muskingum county, April 1, 1841; son of Valentine and Saloma (Sauer) Sandal. His father was born in Alsace, France. In 1869 he moved from jMuskingum county to Franklin township and lived here ever since. He enlisted August 12, 1862, in Company A., One Hundred and Second 0. V. I., and was discharged June 30, 1865. He saw service principally in Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama, was in the battle of Decatur, Alabama. Married January 23, 1868, Harriet Barclay, .daughter of Joseph H. Barclay, oE Muskingum county. Their children are : William Howard, John Francis Barclay, Theraby May, and Chester Valentine.

SAUNDERS WILLIAM, Keene township; farmer ; born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, about 1810; son of Joseph Sanders. At the age of thirty-five he emigrated to this county and has been a farmer all his life. He was married in 1829, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Catharine (Markley) Miller and granddaughter of John Miller. His children were John, deceased ; Catherine, Isabelle, Harrison, and Elmira, deceased.

SAYER STEPHEN D., deceased; born in Orange county. New York, 1814 He came to this county in 1837, and was married to Sarah A. Morgan, who was a native of the same county in New York, and was born in the year 1813. They had eight children, viz : Lydia, Samuel K., Mary A., Robert F.,Ehzabeth, Thomas, Caronand Willard, six of whom are living. All those living are married except Lj'dia, who is staying with her mother. Samuel K. lives in Iowa, Elizabeth in> Tuscarawas county, Mary Ann in Indiana, the rest in this county. Mr. Sayer located on the farm where his widow now resides, when he first came to this county. He died March 1879, aged sixtyfive years. Samuel K. enlisted in Company H, Fifty-first 0. V. I., at Coshocton. He was taken prisoner at Chickamauga, was confined in Libby prison and endured the hardships of that place. Thomas enlisted in the 100-day service in the One Hundred and Forty-fourth 0. N. G. He took sick and died at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, and was buried there.

SAYER R. F., Coshocton; miller, of the firm of Sayer, Balch & Co. ; was born April 23, 1842, in White Eyes township ; son of Stephen D. Sayer, native of New York, of English origin. Mr.

Sayer remained on the farm until he was about thirty-four years old. In 1865 he went "West taking a wagon train, and settled in Carroll county, Missouri, where he remained seven years, after which he returned to the old homestead and remained three years. January 10, 1876, he came to this city and engaged in his present business, which he has closely followed to the present writing. Mr. Sayer was married April 23, 1866, to Miss M. J. Balch, daughter of John W. Balch of Lafayette township. This union was blessed with six children ; two deceased - Sadie M. and Eugene Ellsworth; the four living children are Laura .M., Elmer E., Josephine, and Emma J. Mr. Sayer is doing a good business in custom and merchant work.

SCHOOLEY MAIL'EN, Jefferson township; was born in September, 1820, in Belmont county, Ohio. Ijle is the son of Mailen and Honor (Lafevor) Schooley, and grandson of Henry Lefevor, who was a native of France. Mr. Schooley was brought up on a farm, till the age of eighteen, when he began the carpenter trade, under Henry Schooley, and served seven years; but during this time he worked at the manufacturing of boots and shoes in the winter season. Since that time he has devoted his entire attention to the shoemaker trade. In 1848, he opened a shop in Knox county, and continued three years; from there he went to Jefferson township, Coshocton county, where he yet remains, and is following his trade with good success. He was married to Miss Mary J. CuUison, in February, 1843, daughter of James and Sarah Culhson. One child, Thomas 0., born November 8, 1844, is the issue of this marriage. Postoffice, Mohawk Village.

SCHLEGEL FREDERICK, Crawford township; farmer; postoffice, New Bedford; born September 28, 1846, in Crawford township ; son of David and Elizabeth (Barkley) Schlegel. His father's nativity was Germany; his mother's, Ohio. Young Schlegel has been accustomed to farm life from infancy. He was married March 27, 1874, to Miss Catharine, daughter of Balthaser and Catharine (Hothem) Pretcens. Three children were born to them - Charles Henry, Herbert Balthaser and Mary Martha. Mr. Schlegel has made farming his special vocation, and has been successful.

SCHWEIKERT GOTTLEIB, Crawford township; wagonmaker; postoffice. New Bedford, Ohio; was born March 16, 1849, in Wurtemberg, Germany. At the age of fourteen he left school and went to his trade, which he has followed to the present time. He came to America in July, 1866, and located at New Bedford. Mr. Schweikert was married June 14, 1873, to Miss Mary, daughter of Frederick A. and Elizabeth (Magenan)

JBaad. By this union he had three children, viz; Maggie E.; Annie L., deceased, and Mary Annie. JMr. Schweikert is considered a first-class workman.

SOHUTZBACH FRANK, Crawford township; painter; postoffice.New Bedford, Ohio ; was born February 6, 1847, in Wurtemberg, Germany ; son of Xavier and Anna Mary (Dilger) Schutzbach ; -came to America in 1866, and located at Washington City, D. C, where he remained about one year, working at his trade ; also worked in Philadelphia He came to New Bedford about 1868. Mr. S. was married October 18, 1868, to Miss Bachel, daughter of John and Mary (Seidel) Halterbaum. They have one child, John Charles. Mr. S. is considered a first-class workman in graining and house painting.

SCHUMACHER JOHN, Crawford township; farmer ; postof&ce. Chili ; born December 15, 1821, in Bavaria, Germany; son of Frederick and Elizabeth (Klide) Schumacher. Quitting school at fourteen, he came to America in 1836, and stopped in New Jersey for nine months, then located in Bucks township, Tuscarawas county, where he remained until the fall of 1871, when he came to "Ms present residence. Mr. Schumacher was marriedi in December, 1844, to Miss Catharine, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Smith) Stilgenbaner. Twelve children blessed their union, four of whom -died in infancy and eight are living, viz : Caroline, Frederick, Catharine, Mary, Phihp, Charles, John and Magdalena. Mr. Schumacher began business for himself without any capital but Tiardy hands and an honest good will. In 1846, he bought a small piece of timber land in Adams county and moved to it with his young wife; but the only shelter they had was a log house, with only a bed quilt to close the doorway. But now he has an abundance for himself and family, also ior his mother, who is eighty-one years old and lives with her devoted son.

SCOTT JOHN W., Crawford township; farmer; postofflce, Chili; born in Brooke county. West Virginia, February 20, 1830 ; son of James V. and Ellen (Tumbleson) Scott, of Pennsylvavia; was brought to Ohio when about seven years of age, and to his present residence in 1878. Mr. Scott was married, first, October 81, 1851, to Miss Lavina, daughter of Vincent and Eleanor (Cordery) DeWitt. They have had six children: "Vincent, deceased; James; Osee, deceased; Marion, Mary C., and Rebecca Jane, deceased. Mrs. Scott died January 21, 1871. Mr. Scott has acceptably served three terms as township assessor. He married Miss Sarah Everhart for his second wife.

and was married, in 1876, to Mary Catherine McCary, who was born in White Eyes township, in 1857. They have three children, viz : William K. John E. and Oda. He is engaged in farming.

SELLS B. F. CAPTAIN, Coshocton, Ohio; livery man, west Main street. Mr. Sells was born November 12, 1824, in Coshocton, Ohio ; son of Abraham and Phebe (Hart) Sells. Mr. Sells chose the cabinetmaking business, which he followed until June, 1846, when he enlisted in Company B, Third 0. V. I., for the Mexican war. The company left Coshocton in cahal boats June 5, 1846. He served one year in General Taylor's command. After his discharge he came home and followed his trade until the fall of 1852, when he was elected county auditor. At the expiration of his term of office he again resumed the furniture business, which he followed until September 30, 1862, when he recruited Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-second O. V. I., and was commissioned its captain, and served until March, 1864, when he was honorably discharged. .After his discharge he was, for some time, engaged in furnishing horses for the government, which was merged into his present livery business. Captain Sells was married February 6, 1849, to Miss Ehza, daughter of William and Ehzabeth (Ludington) Shaw. They are the parents of eight children, viz: William, Howard A., Joseph B., Emma Adeha, Clara E., B. F., Charles and John.

SENFT CHARLES, Jefferson township; postoffice, Warsaw ; born in Baden, Germany; son of George A. and Elizabeth (Banner) Senft, and grandson of George Albright. His father was born April 11, 1790. He attended the public schools until the age of 16, then went to Baden to learn the saddler's trade with Wilhelm Isenholdt, and served an apprenticeship of three years. He then traveled as a journeyman, and worked one year in the city of Charles-rest, in Baden, then one year in Zurich, Switzerland. He then came to America, landing in the city of New York on the 10th of May, 1845. From there he went to Buffalo and worked at his trade about eighteen months, then to Uricksville, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and engaged with Christopher Middaugh, and worked for him six months; from thence to Canal Dover, in the same county, and worked with Simpson Shandler eighteen months; thence to Rogersville, and engaged for three months with John Groft; then to New Bedford, Coshocton county, and worked two years with John Gard; then came to Warsaw and began business on his own responsibiUty, and has been there about thirty years. He was married February 25, 1849. to Miss Barbara Baad, daughter of Adam and Barbara (Erb) Baad, and granddaugh- ter of Christain Frederick and Agnes (Shriver) Ott. Their children are as follows: Margaret, born October 11, 1850, deceased; Christianna, born February 11, 1855; William, born Jpnnary 28, 1857; Louis, bom July 24, 1859; George A., born January 27, 3862; Charles J., born May 10, 1866; Jacob G.,born December 6, 1868; Nettie, born October 6, 1872, deceased, and Agnes, born June 24, 1876.

SEWAED G. W., proprietor of Arlington House, corner of Main and Railroad streets, Coshocton, Ohio ; was born March 5, 1837, in Bethlehem township, Coshcton county, Ohio; son of Albert Seward, Esq.; mother's maiden name was A. Cranes; was raised on the farm; enlisted in 1861, in Company K, Thirty-second 0. V. I., and served eighteen months in that regiment, in Virginia, and surrendered to the enemy at Harper's Ferry, and after being exchanged, went down the Mississippi and ran the blockade at Vicksburg. After tlie surrender of Vicksburg, he was transferred to the Signal Corps, and served for the Seventeenth Army Corps until the surrender of Atlanta, Georgia, when he was honorably discharged. Mr. Seward was married August SO," 1877, to Miss Sadie M. Richeson, daughter of James Richeson; mother's maiden name was Maria Highland. This union was blessed with one child, a son, Clyde L., born October 23, 1879, in Coshoction, Ohio.

SEVERNS JACOB, Coshocton; sheriff of Coshocton county ; was born April 16, 1832, in New Castle township, Coshocton county, and raised on the farm; married September, 1865, to Miss Elizabeth Dillin, daughter of "William Dillin, of Perry township. In the fall of 1856 Mr. Severns moved with his wife to Schuyler county, Illinois. During their stay there a son was born to them, but died at the age of sixteen months. In 1868 Mr. and Mrs. Severns returned to their native county, but Mrs. Severns survived their return only a few weeks, having contracted consumption in their western home. Mr. Severns was married to Miss Eliza Dillin, of Perry township, in 1860. The result of this union was one daughter and two sons, viz : Eva, William E. and John L. Mr. Severns was elected to the office of sheriff in 1877, and re-elected in 1879. SherifT Severns is a very efficient and competent public officer.

SHAEFFER EMANUEL, Coshocton ; general smithing shop; was born October 1, 1822, in Columbiana county; son of Nathaniel Shaeffer, a native of York county, Pennsylvania, of German ancestry. Young Shaeffer spent his childhood at New Lisbon, Ohio, and in youth worked at different employments. At eighteen commenced his trade at New- Lisbon with Hiltabiddle; also -worked in carriage shop of Polland & Wells of same place. He then formed a partnership with David Kisinger, which continued one year; then established a shop, which he conducted until 1851, when he began traveling, and worked in several different States for four years. In 1855' he settled in this city, and has remained to the present time. Mr. Shaefter recruited Company I, Ninety-seventh 0. V. I., and was commissioned its captain, but owing to sickness resigned in 1863. Capt. Shaeffer was first married December 18, 1845, to Miss Elizabeth Baxter of Washington county, Pennsylvania, who became the mother of three children, viz : Charles, deceased ;, Samuel L., and Mary Lettitia. The mother of these children died in October, 1851. Captain Shaeffer was afterward married, August 16, 1855,. to Susannah, daughter of John Miller of this county, who became the mother of eight children, viz : Almeda, John W., Sarah E., Louis C.,, Charles, Roberta, Leonora, and Hattie. The captain and his son, Samuel L., are doing a very active business in general smithing and machine repairing.

SHAFER EDMUND; farmer; postoffice, Plainfield; was born in this township in 1847, and was married in 1870, to Jennie Scott, who wasborn in Oxford township in 1851. They have three children : Samuel, Steward and Emma> He is engaged in farming the home farm.

SHAFER GEORGE; farmer; Lafayette township ; postoffice. West Lafayette ; was born in Albany county. New York, in 1822, and came to Ohio when quite small; was married in 1847, to Miss Margaret Smith, a native of Pennsylvania. Their children were : Jacob, deceased ; George W., Martha E., John F., Mary C, William W.,. Benjamin, Edward ; Lizzie S., deceased, and Jennie. George, the eldest son, was out in. the three-months service, and was a member of Company H, Eighty-eighth 0. V. I. The subject of this sketch owns 116 acres of good land in thistownship, and is regarded as an honest, industrious citizen.

SHAFER A., Lafayette township; farmer; postoffice, Jacobsport; was born m Albany county, New York, in 1809, and came to this township, in 1836; and is one of the oldest residents of this township. He was married to Miss Maria Davis, of Schnectady county. New York^ in 1886. They have had six children : Steven, deceased ; Elizabeth A., Peter, Catharine, Baxter and Alonzo. Mr. S. was county commissioner one term, township trustee two terms, and supervisor numorous times. His parents were New Yorkers of German descent. He owns 240 acres of land and although at an advanced age, is industrious, and regarded as one of the prominent men of the township.

SHANNON NATHAN E., Mill Creek; postoffice, Keene ; born in 1851, in this county. His grandfather, Nathan Shannon, was born in 1796, in Washington county, Pennsylvania. He came to Harrison county in 1805. He was married twice. His first wife dying, he married, in 1818, Miss Mary Endsly, of Harrison county, who was born in 1799, in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. They were the parents of eleven children. John P., the father of the subject of this sketch, is the third child. He was born in 1825, in Jefferson county, Ohio; came to this county in 1826, with his father, and was married, in 1850, to Miss Sarah A. McConnell, of this county, who was born in 1830, in county Donegal, Ireland. They are the parents of one child, the subject of this sketch. He was married, in 1877, to Miss Emma A. Clark, of this county, who was born in 1856, in this county. They are the parents of one child, John Earl.

SHANNON J. J., Mill Creek township ; farmer ; postoffice, Keene ; born in 1847, in this county. His father, J. M. Shannon, was born in 1800, in Pennsylvania. He came to this county, in 1828, and was married the same year, to Miss Jane Johnson, who was born in 1810, and died in 1863. They were the parents of eleven children. The subject of this sketch is the eighth. He was married, in 1880, to Miss M. A. Foster of this county, who was born in 1849, in this county. Wm. B., brother of the subject of this article, was killed at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864. He was a member of the Fiftyfirst 0. V. I.

SHANNON WILLIAM, Bedford township; farmer; postoffice, Tyrone; born in 1835, in this county. His father was born, in 1804, in Payette county, Pennsylvania, and came to Harrison county when a child. He was married, in 1826, to Miss Sarah Stone, of Harrison county, who was born in 1806, in Jefferson county. They came to this county in 1831. She died in 1877. They were the parents of nine children, the subject of this sketch being the fourth. He was married, in 1859, to Miss Elenora McCluggage, of this county, who was born in 1839, in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of eight children, three of whom are living, viz: Sarah E., Lulu B. and Bertie F.

SHANNON CYRUS W., Monroe township; born April, 1855, in Clark township, Coshocton county, Ohio; son of Jeremiah and Sophia (Buckmaster) Shannon, and grandson of Isaac and Sarah (Stone.) Shannon, and Richard and Elizabeth (Mattock) Buckmaster. He has spent the most of his life thus far in educating himself. He was married, October, 1880, to Miss Mary Brillhart, daughter of John and Jane Billhart.

SHANAMAN ELIJAH, Mill Creek townships farmer; postoffice. New Bedford, Ohio; was born in Holmes county, April 6, 1860, and is the son of Jonathan and Barbara Shanaman.

SHARPLES JAMES, Bedford township; P, 0. Warsaw; born in 1823 in Jefferson county, Ohio, and came to this county in 1833 with his father, who was born in 1778 in England. _ He was married twice. His second wife's maiden name was Miss Elizabeth Marsdow. She was born in 1788. They came to Jefferson county,. Ohio in 1819 or '30. She died in this county in 1850. He went back to Jefferson county in 1856 and died there in 1861. They were the parents of six children, James being the fifth. He was married in 1847 to Miss Ann E. Gelsthorpe, of this county, who was born in 1826 in England. , They are the parents, of eleven children, viz: Thomas S.; Eliza A., deceased ; Alonzo, Russell ; Sarah E., deceased; James B., Mary E.; Alice E.; deceased, an infant, deceased; Nannie R., and Ida M.

SHARPLES RUSSELL, Bedford township;, farmer ; P. 0. Tunnel Hill ; born in 1853 in this county, and was married in 1877 to Miss Clara Tredway, of this county, who was born in 1857. They are the parents of two children, namely : I Etta and an infant daughter.

SHAW DANIEL, Bedford township; farmer; postoffice, Warsaw ; born in 1821, in this county. His father,' James Shaw, was born in 1790, in Harford county, Maryland, and was married in 1820, to Miss Sarah Tredway, of the same county, who was born in 1798. They came to this county in 1820. He died in 1862, and she died in 1870. They weare the parents of twelve children, the subject of this sketch being the oldest. He was married in 1848, to Miss Athalia Wright, of this county, who was born in 1823. They are the. parents of eleven children, viz : Viola, James W., William H., Sarah L., Lewis C, Mary M., Meda, (deceased), Libby, Nathan E., Sabina and an infant, (deceased).

SHAW JAMES, Jackson township ; postoffice, Roscoe; born in this county in 1828; son of James and Sarah Shaw, and grandson of Joshua Shaw; married in 1859, to Mary Courtwright, daughter of Jacob and Susan Courtwright. Mr. Shaw is the father of six children, viz : Frank, Sarah, Charles, Lewis, James M., Eward E.,

SHAW J. W., Coshocton; sewing machine agent; was born September 14, 1838, in the County of Sligo, Ireland. His father, William Shaw, is yet living in Ireland. J. W. worked on the farm until he was about twenty-eight years of age, when he came to America and settled in this city, in 1867. He farmed two years, then en- gaged in his present business, which he has followed up to the present time. Mr. Shaw is doing .a good share of the trade in his line in this place and vicinity. He was married November 19, 1863, to Miss Martha Morrow, daughter of Thomas Morrow, of the County of Sligo, Ireland. This union was blessed with five children, one deceased, viz : Thomas, and four are living, viz : William, James, Sarah and Mariah.

SHAW D. R., queensware and glassware dealer. Second street, Coshocton. Mr. Shaw is a native of this city, and was born March 1, 1836; .son of Hon. B. R. Shaw, American born, of English ancestry. At fifteen years of age he entered the dry goods store as clerk; at eighteen was appointed deputy postmaster. At twentj'- he bought a farm and managed it eight years ; at twenty-nine returned to the city and engaged in the hardware business ; at forty changed his business from the hardware to that named above, in which he has almost the exclusive trade of the jplace and vicinity. Mr. Shaw served as quartermaster sergeant of the One Hundred and Fortythird 0. N. G. for five months. He has very acceptably filled the office of township clerk and as member of city council,^and is at present president of the board of 'directors of the M. E. church, of this city. Mr. Shaw was married December 23, 1856, to Miss Alpha J. Benson, daughter of John Benson, of Perry township, and cousin to James A. Garfield. This union was blessed with four children, one of whom died in infancy, and three are living, viz : Emma Frances, William Walter, and Benjamin Lewis.

SHEAFER WILLIAM, Newcastle township); farmer ; was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1831 ; son of John and Catharine (Price) Sheafer, and grandson of John and Elizabeth Sheafer, and of WiUiam and Jane Price. He spent his boyhood days attending public school and working at farm work. He went to Knox county in the year 1834, and in 1886 moved to Newcastle, where he now resides. He is an enterprising farmer and an obliging neighbor. Mr. Sheafer was married to Miss Pauline Lewis, daughter of Henry and Mary McVey. Her father was of Welsh and her mother of Irish descent. She was born in East Union, Coshocton county, December 7, 1843. They have been blessed with one child, viz : John, born May 9, 1875.

SHEARN WILLIAM, Jackson township; Roscoe postofRce; born in South Wales, in 1826; settled in this county in 1851 ; son of Henry and Hannah (Gulifer) Shearn; married in 1854, to Zillah Stubbs. Mr. Shearn is the father of seven children, viz : Jonah, deceased; Williain, deceased; Bettie H., born February 18, 1859 ; Sarah E., born October 28, 1860; Ester, born August 21, 1863;

SHEPLER A. J., Coshocton, photographer, west Locust street; was born in Coshocton county, August 22, 1842; son of Peter Shepler, of German and French extraction; was brought up on the farm until the age of seventeen, when he began to learn photography at Millersburg, Ohio. He has traveled extensively, working in most of the principal cities of the West. By special request, in Anthony's Phctographio Bidletin, he describes the process bj' which he produced pictures-exhibited at the Chicago exposition in 1874. Also, in the Philadelphia Phctcgrapher, Mr. Shepler's improved method of vvorldngatank for washing prints, is given. He is very successful in his art. Mr. Shepler was married September, 1860, to Miss Nancy, daughter of James and Mary A. Gray, of Holmes county. Their children are named Laura E., Eddie L., James P. and Henry V.

SHIELDS JOHN, Bedford township; blacksmith; postoffice. West Bedford ; born in 1819, in Harrison county; came to this county in 1844, and was married in 1844, to Miss Jane Harrisoii, of this county, who was born in 1820, and died in 1860. They were the parents of six children, viz : Thomas H., Wilham J., Margret J., Minerva A., S. P. and Mary E. He, in 1867, married Miss Mary Hillary, of this county, who was, born in 1834, in Licking county. Mr. Shields, besides being a blacksmith, also makes hayrakes and wagong.

SCHOTT M. J., foreman in the Empire mills, Roscoe, Ohio; was born November 5, 1848, in Eoscoe'; son of Nicholas and Caroline (Rosenberger) Schott. Young Schott began life a poor boy; but by careful economy and industry, he has been quite successful. Mr. Schott was married to Miss Mary, daughter of John and Margaret Clark. They are the parents of one child, viz: Caroline Estella. Mrs. Schott was born October 9, 1850, in Sandusky, Erie county, Ohio. When two years of age she was abducted from her parents, by Clarinda Montgomery (maiden name Mathews), an aunt of the child. She was taken first to Utica, New York ; then to Newark, Ohio ; thence to Mt. Vernon, Ohio,and finally to Roscoe, where she was rescued by the neighbors of the party holding the child, then about ten years of age. She was taken by Mrs. Smith, one of the knid deliverers, with whom she found a comfortable and happy home until her marriage, as stated before.

SHAW WILLIAM, proprietor Central Hotel, corner Main and Second streets, Coshocton, Ohio, Sir. Shaw was born ]March 5, 18:34, in Leesburg, Ohio ; son of Uriah and Sarah (True) Shaw. Mr.

S. was brought up on the farm, where he remained until he was about twenty-eight years of age, when he began merchandising in Eogersville, Ohio, where he remained about twelve years, when he sold out his stock and moved to Avondale and took charge of the Avondale House, which he kept three years and established a wide reputation as a good landlord. In the spring of 1881 he took charge of his present house, which in his care has become very-popular. Mr. S. was married first August 20, 1857, to Sarah Garver, who died without children, in li>72. He was married the second time February 26, 1874, to Mrs. Martha, daughter of George and Sarah (Torton) Wilson. Mrs. Shaw was married first, August 26, 1866, to Hugh Leonard. They became the parents of two children, viz : Mary Grace and Josie Bell. Mr. Leonard died July 12, 1872.

SHEOYER 0. A , Frankhn township; born in Franklin township, August 21, 1842; son of Andrew J. Shroyer; enlisted August 22, 1862, in company D, One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry; participated in the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill, etc. At Winchester, while in the Hospital, was captured and imprisoned in Libby, and afterward on Belle Island, but was exchanged about six weeks afterward; married October 24, 1867, to Mary Craig, of Lafayette township, and has two children, viz : Jennie L. and Rose Estella.

SHULTZ ALEXANDER, Adams township ; farmer ; postoffice, Evansburgh ; born in Jefferson county, September 24, 1841; son of Jacob and Eliza J. (Cook) Shultz, and - grandson of Henry Shultz and Jesse Cook. He enlisted January 1, 1862, in Company G, Eightieth O. V. I , under Capt. Marshall, went into camp at camp Meigs, thence to camp Chase at Columbus, Ohio, thence to camp Joe Holt, thence to Paducah, Kentucky, and from there to Hamburg, Tennessee, thence to camp Clear Creek, Mississippi, and from there was sent to Evansville hospital, Indiana, where he remained seven months, and from there came home, having received Ms discharge on the 8th of February, 1863, on account of disability. He has devoted most of his time since then to farming; was also proprietor of Shultz House in Chili for eight years. He lived one and a half years in Tuscarawas county. From there he moved to Adams township, this county, where he is at present living, in very prosperous condition He was married January 20, 1867, to Miss Catharine E Geese, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Killian) Geese, and granddaughter of Catharine Geese, and John and Elizabeth (Long) Killian. Mrs. Shultz was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, January 10, 1848, and came to Ohio in May of the same year. They

SHULTZ JACOB, farmer; White Eyes township ; a native of Belmont county, and was born February, 1819. In 1840 he married Miss Eliza J. Cook, of JeffeTson county. They have four children living : Alex., born 1841, is married and lives in Adams township; Elizabeth, born January 1848, is married and lives in Davis county, Indiana; Laura B., born August 28, 1863, and Agnes C, born January 21, 1866, are unmarried and live in Chili. Mr. Shultz enlisted in 1861 in Co. C, Seventy-seventh Pennsylvan'a Regiment. He was in the battles of Liberty, Hoovers' Gap, Pittsburg Landing, Chickamauga, and a number of skirmishes.- He was in the service over three years. He is now living on a farm of eighty acres south of Chili.

SHRIGLEY GEORGE J., carpenter and contractor, of the firm of Shrigley and Hughes, Coshocton, Ohio. Mr. Shrigley was born August 4, 1844, in Adamsville, Salem township, Muskingum county, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Werts) Shrigley. They were natives of Loudon county, Maryland. Young Shrigley was brought up on a farm; in 1869, went to his trade; came to this city in 1868. He enlisted in company E, One Hundred and Sixtieth O. K G., and served four months. Mr. Shrigley was married, October 11, 1866, to Miss Lyde, daughter of Rev. J! H. and Rebecca (Sample) Rogers. They are the parents of two children, viz : Clara Belle and Hamilton H.

SICKER JOHN H., Linton township; farmer; born August 25, 1819, in Albany county. New York ; son of John and Charlotte (Kirker) Sicker; grandson of Lewis and Margaret (Fratt) Sicker, and of Henry and Margaret] (Campbell) Kirker. His grandmother Kirker was from Holland ; his other grandparents, from Germany. His grandfather Sicker, born in Wittemburg, Germany, crossed the ocean at seventeen years of age, about 1755, as a German soldier in the English service, and served in the -'Canadian war. By permission of. his general he remained here, working on a farm in Schenectady county. New York; while there his employer sent him with two slaves to a Mr. Fratt, in Albany county. Fratt invited him to remain over Sunday; he stayed, loved and married his daughter. In 1835 Mr. Sicker moved with his parents to Linton township, and has lived here since. In 1839 he married Jane Rodruck, daughter of Lewis Rodruck. Children living are - Charlotte, Margaret J., Rebecca, John L., Anna, Elmira and Alice.

married in 1859, to Miss Rebecca J., daughter of S. Day, of Coshocton county, who was born May 3, 1840, in Knox county, and died December 4, 1863. They were the parents of two children, A-iz : Edwin E., born December 22, 1859 ; William E., born September 29, 1863. He .was married December 18, 1866, to Miss Eda H. Bailey, daughter of John Bailey, of this township, who was born August 27, 1840. They are the parents of two children : Carlos H., born April 10, 1868, and Benjamin B., born December 6, 1869.

SIMMONS ABRAHAM; farmer and Justice of the Peace; Tiverton township; P. O. Gann, Knox county; born in 1832, in this township. His grandfather, Abraham Simmons was born in 1764, in Massachusetts, and was married in 1794, to Miss Polly Borden, of Massachusetts, who was born in 1778. They came to this county in 1817. He died in 1846. She died in 1855. They were the parents of six children, the oldest child, Benjamin, being the father of the subject of this sketch. He was born in 1796, in Massachusetts, and was married September 19th, 1820, to Miss Lovey GifBn, of Knox county, who was born in 1861 in Indian "Wheeling. He died December 4, 1874. They were the parents or five children, the subject of this sketch being the fourth. He was married in November 1854 to Miss Margaret Winslow, of this township, who was born in 1838. They are the parents of five children - John, died August 9th, 1880; Hetty, Benjamin, died September 6th, 1863 ; Mary L., died May 6th, 1879, and Sarah E. Abraham Simmons' grandfather Robert Giffin, was born in 1776, in Virginia. He was married in 1800 to Miss Hetty Harris, of Virginia. She was born in 1779. They came to St. Clairsville Ohio in 1800, and to this county in 1807 They moved to Knox county in 1812, and moved back to New Castle, this county, in 1847. He died in 1847. She died in 1851. They were the parents of twelve children, Lovey, the mother of Abraham Simmons, the subject of this sketch, being the oldest.

SINDEN WILLIAM, Lafayette township; farmer; was born in Sussex county. Parish Penhurst, England, in 1849; came to America and to this county in 1855. He was married in 1874 to Miss Margaret Shirer, of Muskingum county. They have had two children, Harriet, aged three years,, and Clare, one year. Mr. Sinden has lived on what is known as the Miller farm for the past eight years, and is honest and industrious. He visited his native country during the war.

SISLEY PERRY, Bedford township ; farmer ; postoffice. Tunnel Hill ; born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and came to this county in 1859, with his mother, his father, Jacob, having died in 1827. in Pennsylvania. His mother died in 1865. They were the parents of seven children, the subject of this sketch being the sixth. He was married in 1870, to Miss Eliza A. Ogle, of this county, who was born in 1853, in this county. They are the parents of four children : Lora J., William K., Silas T., and Charlie N.

SKINNER WILLIAM T., Keene township; farmer; born February 6, 1800, in Hartford, Connecticut; son of Nathaniel Skinner, a revolutionary soldier, born July 28, 1745, and Margaret (Hunt) Skinner, born September 14, 1757. By a previous marriage to Rebecca Bigelow,born Janunary 10, 1750, his father had two children - Rhoda and Mary. His two grand fathers were John Skinner and Alexander Hunt. He was married May, 1831, to Mary, daughter of Timothy and Polly (Trowbridge) Emerson, born in 1806. Their children are: Julia, born March 22, 1832; Adeline P., October 28, 1836; Timothy, deceased, born in 1843, and Mary E., in the fall of 1854. Mrs. Skinner died in February, 1860.

SMAILES S. H., Virginia township ; born June 7, 1839, in Washington township, Coshocton county, Ohio ; son of Thomas and Sarah (McCoy) Smailes. Mr. Smailes was brought up on a farm, and was educated in district schools. At the age of twenty-one years he began life for himself. When the rebellion broke out he enlisted in Company I, Ninety-seventh Regiment, O. V. I., and was in the army of the Curnberland, serving from August 13, 1862. Mr. Smailes was engaged in the battles of Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Resaca, Dalton and Kingston, and was mustered out of the service July 27, 1865. In the month of ]\Iarch, 1869, he opened a store in Moscow, where he still continues to do business. He married Miss Elizabeth A. Spayde, January 2, 1869, daughter of John and Margaret Spayde. They were blessed with four children.

SMART J. S., superintendent of paper-mills, Coshocton ; born May 16, 1843, in Queen's county. Long Island, New York; son of Robert T. Smart, a native of New York City, of English ancestry. At eighteen years of age, young Smart took charge of his father's paper-mills, at Troy, New Yorif. In 1869 he went to Great Bend, New York, and superintended a paper-mill. In 1873 he built and was part owner of a paper-mill atBlossville, Oneida county. New York, firm name of Holisead, Parry & Smart ; sold his interest in 1875 and moved , to Michigan, and superintended a paper-mill until 1878, when he settled on a farm m Nebraska, and remained one year, when he sold a part of the farm at a good profit and came to. this city and entered upon his present duties. Married September 29, 1864, to Miss Margaret Martin, daughter of James G. Martin. They have had three children, one of whom, Grace, died in infancy. Frank Everet and Harry are the two living children.

SMITH MISS EMILY, Adams township; teacher; postoffice, Avondale; was bc*n in Adams township; daughter of Daniel and Mary (Funk) Smith, and granddaughter of Edward and Hannah (Mo]-ris) Smith, and of Michael and Savina (Slusher) Punk; also great granddaughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Davison) Smith, and of Bazel and Margaret Morris, Peter Punk, and Frederick and Margaret (Huntsiker) Slusher. Her father was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, December 29, 1808, anji came to Clark township in 1836. Her mother was also Jaorn in Washington county, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1803. They were married June 16, 1833. Emily has one brother, Edward, and one sister, Melinda. She is a teacher of common schools, and, as such has always met with success.

SMITH CHRISTIAN, Adams township; tinner; postoffice, Bakersville; born near Berne, in Switzerland, May 3, 1844; son of Peter and Mary (Cower) Smith. He came to America with his parents when he was but four years of age, landing in New York after a voyage of eight weeks. From there he went to Stark county, Ohio, where he remained about fourteen years. He enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Fourth O. V. I., under Captain Sterl, and served three years. After coming home he worked at his trade, which he had learned with his father before the war. He spent several years in Missouri, and, in 1872, came to Bakersville, where he established himself in business. He was married in May, 1874, to Miss Mary Shannon, daughter of Isaac Shannon, and granddaughter of William Shannon. They have one child, Peter, born May 3, 1875.

SMITH JOSEPH, Coshocton; barber; born June 7, 1857, in Zanesville ; son of Joseph Smith, born in Germany. When eight years old he came to this city with his father, and attended the public schools here until he was thirteen years old, when he went into the Coshocton iron and steel factory to work, and continued there until June, 1876, when he began his trade, and finished it in two years, since which time he has been employed in the same shop, on a salary.

Smith, business manager and salesman. This firm was established July 1, 1879, and occupies pleasant and commodious rooms in J. Gundisheimer's building, twenty-two by forty feet, where they carry a good stock of staple and fancy family groceries, confectioneries, stoneware, woodenware, sugar-cured and pickled meats, river and Dover salt, flour, salt fish, oysters in season, tobaccos and cigars ; also, pays cash for all kinds of country produce.

SMITH GEORGE, Coshocton; blacksmith; born November 8, 1861, in Lafayette township ; son of John Smith, born in Pennsylvania, of English ancestry. Young Smith was raised on the farm. At the age of twenty he went into his father's shop to learn his trade. In 1868, he, with his father, moved to Illinois, but only remained eight months, when all came back to the old homestead in Lafayette. On returning, George worked at Jacobsport, from which place he came to this city and established a shop on Second street, where he is doing a fair business in smithing and shoeing. Mr. Smith was married in April, 1878, to Miss Mary Duffey, of Lafayette. The result of this marriage is a son, named Charley.

SMITH WILLIAM, Oxford township; farmer; postoffice, Evansburgh; son of George Smith, deceased; was born in England, in 1834. His father was born in England in 1810, and came to this country in 1844, and died in 1873. His mother was born in 1806, and died in 1880. He was married to Miss Ann Taylor, of this county, daughter of Joseph Taylor, in 1859. The children are as follows: John Wesley, born in 1860; George Clifford, born in 1862; Joseph Sherman, born in 1864; William, born in 1867; Emma, born in 1868 ; Sarah Catherine, born in 1870 ; Franklin, born in 1872; Burt, born in 1875, and Richard, born in 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are both members of the M- E. church, and are respected citizens of this township. He was supervisor one year in this township; owns some 336 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, etc.

SMITH THOMAS P., Oxford township ; farmer ; postoffice, Newcomerstown ; was born in England, and was married in . 1857, to Miss Everall, daughter of John Everall, of this township, who came from England in 1830. Their children are as follows : Lawrence Wellington, Laura V.; Mary A., deceased ; Harriet E., John T., M. E. . A., George W. W. and Lotta. He has been trustee for two years in this township, and school director. He owns a farm of 230 acres in this county, and is a representative citizen. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren church.

SMITH MRS. ISABELLA E., Keene township ; widow of James P. Smith ; born in Rhode Island, September 25, 1811; son of William C. and Hannah (Richmond) Smith. She was born March 5, 1816, near Adams, New York. The daughter of Samuel and Lucinda Crowell, and granddaughter of Solomon Crowell, and Phineas and Sybil Leonard. When a year old she moved to Sackett's Harbor and there lived till about twenty-two years of age, when she came to New Haven, Holmes county, Ohio, where she married Mr. Smith, a dry goods merchant of this place, November 14, 1838. In 1842 they moved to St.

Louis, where Mr. Smith died of throat disease, April 3, 1863. In 1868 she returned to this county. Their children were : Alice (Sertrude, born October 1, 1840, and married January 24, 1860, to Francis C. Sprague, and resides in St. Louis ; Charles F., born October 20, 1842 ; Frances R., born August 12, 1848; Carrie B., born July 8, 1855, and married to H. Bell, of St. Louis ; and WilUam C, born July 24, 1852. Mrs. Smith has one graijdchild, Lulu B. Sprague, born September 10, 1866.

SMITH JOSEPH, Jackson township; post- office, Tj'rone ; born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1803 ; son of James and Mary Smith, and grandson of Thomas and Mary Smith ; married, in 1827, to Elizabeth Hastings, daughter of James and Martha Hastings; settled in Jackson township in 1834. Mr. Smith is an old and much respected citizen of Jackson township, and is widely known as " Uncle Jo Smith." He is the father of twelve children, seven of whom are dead and five living. He had one son, George W., who gave up his life for his country. He was a member of Company H, Ninety-seventh 0. V. I.

SMITH MRS. NANCY, Bedford township; postoffice, New Bedford ; born in 1802, in Jefferson county, Ohio; was married, in 1822, to Mr. William Smith, of the same county. He was born in 1801, in Virginia; came to this county in 1834, and died in 1864. They were the parents of eight children, viz : Mary A.; Ruth, deceased; Matilda, James L.; Richard M., deceased; Nathaniel, deceased; Susan, deceased; and Alfred L. Richard and Nathaniel were in the Fifty-first 0. V. I. Immediately upen the death of Mr. Smith, she purchased the property where she now lives.

SMITH THOMAS, Bedford county, farmer; P. O. Warsaw ; born in 1846 in this county. His father, George W. Smith, was born in 1810, in Virginia, and was married in 1838 to Miss Lucinda Bricker, of this county, who was born in 1814 in Pennsylvania He died in 1850. They were the parents of six children, Thomas being the fifth. He was married in 1868 to Miss Elizabeth J. Carrell, of this county, who was born in 1.84S. They are the parents of six children, viz : David C, infant, deceased; Perry F., Charley G.; John N., deceased, and Nelly. Mr. Smith enlisted in February, 1864, in Company F, Fiftyfirst Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Col. Wood commanding. He was mustered out in November, 1865.

SMITH HENRY M., Bethlehem township, farmer; was born May 20, 1838, in Washington county, Pennsylvania. He was married January 10, 1861, to Miss Isabella Golden, of Washington county. They had one child, J. Alva, born in 1S62. Mr. Smith's wife died April 10, 1864. Mr, Smith enlisted as a private in the Eighty-first 0. V. I., of Washington county, and served eighteen months. He came to Coshocton county in 1862, He was married October 22, 1866 to Miss Martha J. Milligan, of Coshocton county, who was born December 4, 1842. They are the parents of seven children, viz : Jesse P., Sarah E., Celia J., Mary L., James H., John H. and an infant. Mr. Smith has always followed the occupation of a farmer, and has accumulated some property.

SMITH T. J., M. D., Tuscarawas township; postoffice, Canal Lewisville; was born November 30, 1846, in Washington township ; son of James M. Smith, a native of Ohio. James M. Smith wa^. raised on the farm until about 17 years of age, when he began teaching school, and taught two terms, and in the meantime attended school until he was nineteen years old, when he began the reading of medicine with Dr. Edwards, of West Carlisle, and attended lectures at the Cincinnati college of medicine and surgery, and was graduated February 16, 1879, with the title of M. D.. Dr. Smith first practiced his profession at Plainfield, where he remained five years, then located in Coshocton ahd practiced there a short time, and then went to his present location, where hehas an extensive practice. Dr. Smith was married April 14, 1870, to Miss Olivia Ingraliam, daughter of Dr. Ingraham, of Coshocton. Thisunion has beeru blessed with one child, Stella J. In connection with his general practice. Dr.. Smith has been physician to the county infirmary two years.

SMITH WILLIAM, M. D., Pike township; born in 1825, in this county. His father, Edward, was born in Ireland, in 1792. He came to this countf'y in 1812, and to this county in 1815. Hemarried Jliss Jane Richardson, of this county,, who was born in Virginia. He died in 1872.. She died in 1876. They were the parents of seven children. William Smith began to read medicine in 1848, under Dr. Simmons, of Bedford, this county. He practiced under an act of the State Legislature, it granting a diploma after ten years reputable practice. He was married in 1855, to Miss Mary J. ]McKee, of this county, who was born in 1836, in this county. They are the parents of one child, JIaria A., deceased.

SNEDIKEB G. P., Jackson township; Roscoe postoffice ; born in Ohio county. West Virginia, in 1823, settled in this county in 1846; son of Jacob and Eleanor Snediker, and grandson of Garrett and Elizabeth Snediker, and of Joshua and Margaret Porter. He was married in 1856, to Rutha McCoy. His second wife was Edith Ingraham. Mr. Snediker is the father of eleven children. The names of those living, are i Will-

SNIDER J. T., Keene township; physician; born in Knox county, Ohio, December 2, 1851 ; son of J. F. and Mary (Dean) Snider, both born in Germany, and grandson of J. T. Snider and Carl Dean, of Lichten, Germany. His father enlisted November, 1861, in Company K, Fortythird 0. V. I., and re-enlisted in the same company in 1863 ; served to the close of the war, but, broken down in health, he died soon after his return. Dr. Snider attended school a.t New Castle from twelve to seventeen, then taught school five years in Ohio, and two, in Illinois. He then began the study of medicine under Dr. McElwee, and graduated at the medical department of the Wooster university, in 1877, and began practicing at Mohawk in March, 1877, and in October, 1878, came to Keene.

SNOW DARIUS, Monroe township; was born in May, 1840, in Monroe township, Coshocton county, Ohio; son of Alonzo and Catharine (Mc- Bride) Snow, and grandson of Darius Snow. He was brought up on a farm and educated in the district school. His father digd while he was quite young, and the responsibility of taking care of his mother and sister was a duty which he performed faithfully. He married Miss EHzabeth Blubaugh, in January, 1860, who was born in March, 1842, daughter of Benjamin S. and Charlotte (Heckle) Blubaugh, and granddaughter of John and Elizabeth (Sapp) Blubaugh. i Their children were: Mary F, born April 23, 1861; Eliza B.,born December 23, 1862; Alonzo B., born December i% 1864; Nancy Jane, born June 31, 1869; Martha, born July 13, 1873; John, born July 2, 1875, and one not yet named, born July 20, 1877.

SNYDER DANIEL, Coshocton ; miller, of the firm of Sayer, Balch k Co.; was born October 26, 1843, in Tucarawas county ; son of Peter Snyder, a native of Switzerland. Young Snyder was brought up on the farm, where he remained until twenty-one years of age, when he went West and stopped in Indiana, where he remained about two vears, then removed, suffering from a bad case of fever and ague. On recovering his health he went to Starke county and remained one year. At twenty-four years of age he began the carpenter trade. After working at the trade two years, he again visited the West, stopping in Indiana one year, then going to Kansas City, where he did the carpenter work of several buildings in that city. In January, 1871, he returned to the city and stopped at Chili a short time, then came to this city and followed his trade until August 1880, when the above firm was formed. Mr. Snyder was married March 28, 1875, to Miss

SNYDER S. W., Coshocton; dealer in pelts, hides, furs, tallow, dried fruits, etc. , Mr. Snyder is a native of this county, and was born June 23,. 1840. He received his education in the district schools, and learned the harnessmaking business. After serving his time he embarked in business for himself at Roscoe, in 1866. He also commenced at the same time to deal in hides, pelts, furs, etc., in connection with the harness business, which he continued for twelve years, when, in 1873, he relinquished the harness business and has since given his entire attention to the present, department, in which he does a business of about $36,000 per year. He also has a half interest in the firm of Snyder & Andrews, in the livery business, and in which they have a stock of eleven head of horses and eleven vehicles, consisting of single, and double carriages, buggies and barouches, all of which are in good condition, and afford first-class accommodations for the traveling public. Mr. Snyder is a self-made man in the strictest sense of the word, having been alwaysdependent on his own efforts, and in commencing, life his only capital was his energy, perseverence and integrity, and at present he owns valuable real estate, besides doing a successful business.

SNYDER NOAH, Crawford township; jeweler ; postoffice. New Bedford, Ohio ; born April 16, 1855, in German township, Holmes county. He was brought up on the farm. At the age of twenty he began teaching school and taught three terms, after which he farmed three years. In the spring of 1880, he took a prospecting trip to the West, visiting the States of Illinois, Michigan . and Indiana, and returned in the same year, satisfied to " let well enough alone " for the present. In December, 1880, he established his present business, m which he is having good success.

SNYDER B. M., Crawford township ; farmer ;. postofBce, New Bedford ; born October -31, 1844, in German township. Holmes county; was brought up on the farm, where he remained until 1865, when he engaged in oil producing in Noble county one year, and was subsequently engaged one year each in the mill business and ware-house at Millersburg, Holmes county, then with a portable saw-mill, until 1878, since which time he-has given his entire attention to farming, Mr. Snyder was elected justice of the peace of Crawford township in 1877, and re-elected in 1880. 'Squire Snyder was married June 14, 1872, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Ferdinand and Elizabeth Smith. Mrs. Snyder was born on the farm where they now reside. They are the parents of two children - Edwin F. and Mary Ehzabeth.

SP ANGLER E. T., Coshocton ; attorney of the firm of Spangler & Pomerene ; was born January 26, 1832, in Zanesville, Ohio; son of *Hon. David Spangler, who was American born, of German ancestry. When E. T. was but one year old, he was brought to this place by his parents. Young Spangler spent his childhood and early youth attending school. At the age of .sixteen years, he entered Kenyon college, at and was graduated in 1852. On his return home he entered, as a student, the law office his father, and was admitted to the bar in 1854. He first practiced with his father, until 'his decease, in October, 1856. He then formed a partnership with his brother, A. H., the firm name being E. T. & A. H. Spangler, which firm continued about two years. From its close, E. T. continued his practice alone, until 1868, when the -present firm was formed. Attorney Spear was married, in May, 1868, to Miss Helen King, of Attorney Samuel D. King, of New- Ohio. They are the parents of one child, Charles E., born in June, 1869.

SPECK JOSEPH, Jeflferson township; postoffice, Warsaw; born in Baden, Germany, Novem- 'ber 7, 1808; son of Starnus and Avon Speck. At the age of seventeen he began the blacksmith trade with Ignatius Storts, and served three years, then worked as a journeyman one year. He then served six years in the German army; then sold clocks two years ; then embarked for America, and after a voyage of eight months 'landed in New York, and from there he came to -Jefferson township, Coshocton county, where he has remained a resident ever since. After coming to this country he sold clocks one year, and then has been farming. He was married in May, 1837, to Miss Caroline Gamertsfelder, who died January 6, 1844. They had two children, viz : Christian and John. He married, in June, 1844, Miss Margaret Straum. They had seven children, viz: Gotlieb, Joseph; Caroline, deceased; David, WilHam, Daniel and George.

SPECKM AN JOHN, Jefierson township ; shoemaker ; postoffice, Warsaw ; was born in Jefier- township, Coshocton county. May 15, 1846; son of John and Rose A. (Frederick) Speckman, and grandson of George and Christina E-rederick, natives of Canstadt, Wurtemberg, Germany. He lived on the farm until the age of seventeen, at which time he enlisted in Company I, Fifty-first O. V. I., and served twenty months. He was engaged in the battles of the Atlanta campaign, imder Gen. Sherman ; then, under Gen. Thomas, was in the battle of Franklin, Tennessee; was afterwards sent to Texas, -and was among the last troops discharged at the of the war. He was married July 1, 1869, .to Miss Matilda McPeek, daughter of James and

Margaret (Boyd) McPeek, of Harrison county. They have three children, viz : J. M., born November 17, 1871; George W., born July 19, 1874; and Dora A., born October 31, 1875. Mr. Speckman began the shoemaker's trade in 1867 with F. Seal, and served seven months apprenticeship. He then began business for himself in Princeton, and worked there about eight years. Then came to Warsaw and opened a shop, where he is doing a good business in shoemaking.

SPENCER W. K., Bedford township ; teacher ; postoffice, West Bedford ; born in 1843, in Muskingum county, Ohio; came to this county in 1852, with his mother, his father having died in 1846 in Muskingum county. W. K. Spencer was married in 1873, to Miss Ada Thompson, of this county, who was born in 1865. They are the parents of four children, viz : Maud, Amos P., Charlie C. and Blanche D. Mr. Spencer began teaching in 1867 and has made it a business, always teaching in this county, and principally in town. He entered the army November 15, 1861, as a member of General McLaughlin's Independent Cavalry, and was in the service for four years, being honorably discharged November 16, 1865. He participated in forty-five battles and skirmishes.

SKINNER C, Coshocton ; soap manufacturer, junction of Second and Water streets ; born April 25, 1832, in Madison county; son of Madison Skinner, deceased, a native of Virginia, of German descent. Young Skinner was raised on a farm, which he left, in 1864, and followed sawing, wiih a portable mill, when he established h'is present business, and has continued till the present time. He was married, October 4, 1855, to Miss Mary A. Robison, daughter of W. H. Robison, of this city. They have had four children, viz: William M., deceased; Sarah Ella, Callie, Frances and Alfred Luther. Starting business with a very limited capital, he has, by honest industry, accumulated some of this world's goods, represented by three valuable residences in this city.

SPBAGG HENRY, Linton township; farmer; born in Green county, Pennsylvania, in 1814; son of Benajah and Nancy (Barkheimer) Spragg. His grandfather, David Spragg, a sailor, was a native of England; his grandfather, Barkheimer, a native of Germany. Then he was twelve years old, he came with his father to Muskingum county, and remained there till 1868, when he moved to Linton township. He was married, in 1839, to Maria C. Johnson, daughter of Richard Johnson, of Muskingum county. Their children are: Harriet (Miller), Nancy J. (Morris), Eliza A. (Hagan), Richard, Rachel, Hiram and Harrison.

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SPURR ABRAHAM, Virginia township ; born in Coshocton county, in 1840; son of John and Jane Spurr. He was married, in 1839, to Mary A. Ervine. Mr. Spurr has had fourteen children, seven living and seven dead. One son died while in the United States service at Nashville. Postoffice, Adams' Mills.

STAFFORD ISAAC, Bethlehem township; farmer; was born in England in 1810. He was a blacksmith by trade. He came to this county in 1840, and was married to Miss Susannah Laycock, of England. They became the parents of three children, viz: Reuben, born in 1828, John and Isaac, Jr., born in 1837. Mr. Stafford enlisted in 1862, in Company H, One Hundred and Twentysecond Regiment, 0. V. I., and served three years. He was honorably discharged July 25, 1865. He was wounded at the battle of Winchester. Reuben Stafford was employed by the United States marshal to arrest deserters. He was shot while attempting to make an arrest. Isaac Stafford, Jr., enlisted, in the One Hundred and Fortythird Regiment 0. V. I., for 100 days. He was married September 19, 1869, to Miss Sophia Lown, of this county. They became the parents of five children, viz: John L., William E., Myra P., Cora E. and Ida M.

STANFORD J. W., Jackson township ; Rosc9e postof&ce ; grocery and provision store. Main street; born in Jackson township, October 27, 1843 ; son of John Stanford, American born, of English ancestry. Young Stanford was raised on a. farm until seventeen years of age, when he enlisted in Company D, Fifty-first 0. V. I., and served two years. He was wounded at the battle of Stone River ; was discharged on account of disability. On his return home he attended Spring IVIountain academy, one 'year ;.then read medicine with Dr. Sapp, and attended one course of lectures at the medical college, Columbus, and practiced in the southern part of this county two years. In 1872 he established his present business. Dr. Stanford was married first, September 13, 1866, to Miss Mary E., daughter of John Chalfant, of Lafayette township, and they have one child - Nettie May. Mrs. Stanford died in June, 1871. He was married June 13, 1872, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of George Edwards, of Roscoe. Their children are - Guy Y., Eddie and Susan Lettitia. Dr. Sanford is doing a good, steady business, and owns the property in which it is conducted.

STANFORD J. A., Jackson township ; born in Coshocton county, Jackson township; son of J. M. Stanford, and grandson of Joshua and Nancy Stanford ; marriefl, in 1873, to Nancy J. Donley, daughter of William.and Margaret Donley. Mr. Stanford is the father of one child, Rosette. Post office, Tyrone.

STANTON JOHN W., Clark township ; postoffice, Helmick; farmer and stock raiser; born in West Bedford, Coshocton' county, October 19, 1840; son of William and Elizabeth (Pepper) Stanton, and grandson of John Pepper. His father came from Connecticut, attended school, and assisted on the farm, until he was twenty years of age, when he entered the army, volunteering in Company K, Thirty-second 0. V. I., and served as a private about two years, when he was promoted to the office of adjutant, and served one year in that capacity, after which he came home, remained about two weeks, when he ag^in entered for three months, in the One Hundred and Forty-second 0. N. G. Aftei; serving his time, he again came home, and engaged as a merchant, in Warsaw, Coshocton county, continuing in the business about a year, when he traded his stock for his present farm of 320 acres, in Clark township, on which he now resides, and which is in a fair state of cultivation. Mr. Stanton is largely engaged in grain and stock raising. He was married, February 22, 1865, to Miss Anna Wilson, daughter of Thomas and Mary A. (Sykes) Wilson, who was born in Martinsburg, Virginia, June 18, 1843. Her father is proprietor of the woollen mills in Roscoe. They are parents of six children : Mary, deceased ; William T., born October 14, 1867 ; George N., October 10, 1869; Perry C, deceased; Lillie M., December 15, 1874 ; Frank S.j August 18, 1877.

STARKER JACOB, Oxford township ; farmer ; postoffice, Newcomerstown; son of George and Hannah (Tingler) Starker; was born in the, State of Ohio. His father was born in Essex county. New York, and his mother near Elizabethtown, same State. The subject of this sketch was born in this township, near his present home, July 4, 1824, and has since resided in this county. His father came to this State June, 1814, and his mother in January, 1815. Mr. Starker was married in 1856, to Miss Hannah E. Read, of Tuscarawas county, daughter of John 'B. and Rebecca (Hammel) Read. The fruits of this union- has been eight children, as follows : Laura D., Isadora L., DoUie F., Charley R., Willie M., Thomas D., Jerry C. and Caraminta.

Isadore is in Denver, Colorado, and the other children are at home attending school, Mr. Starker believing in giving his children a good education. Mr. Starker has an account book kept by his father, dating back close to 1800, and kept in pounds, shillings and pence. Mr. Jacob Starker owns 128 acres of good land, and is- surrounded by a bright family and all the comforts of a pleasant home. He has lived on the home farm fifty-one years, the other six years having been spent on his father-in-law's farm in Tuscarawas county - from the spring of 1856 until the spring of 1861. His grandfather, Aaron Starker, spent seven years in the revolutionary war. His forefathers were Germans. His father was a carpenter, and was expert in the use of tools, making coffins in the early times. He is honest and outspoken in his views, and what he says he means, and is one of Oxford's solid men. Mrs. Starker is a niece of the late poet and artist, Thomas Buchanan Read. After the battle of Pittsburgh Landing he presented her with a horse which was captured at that battle and presented by Gen. Eosecrans to Mr. Read. Laura has been married three years ; is the wife of Arthur Mc- Clane, (living in Coshocton), who is the son of the late Col. Richard McClane of Lafayette township.

STEIN CHARLES, Crawford township ; merchant; postoffice, Chili; born, in 1853, in Bavaria; son of Charles Stein and Phoebe (Daum) Stein, both natives of Bavaria. Charles emigrated to America in 1867, and settled in Tuscarawas county with his parents. He came to this county in. 1875; clerked in a store until 1878, when he and Jacob Lenhart went into the mercantile business at Chili, where they still have a dry goods store. Married, in 1879, Elizabeth Ott; They have one cjiild, Wilbert.

STEVENSON PETER, Je., Coshocton, saddle and harness manufacturer, 199 Second street. At the above number Mr. Stevenson is doing a very fair business in his line, carrying in stock everything that can be found in a first-class harness and saddlery shop. Mr. Stevenson was born March 1, 1828, in Harrison county; son of Peter Stevenson, deceased, who, died at the advanced age of ninety-six; American born, of English descent. Young Stevenson lived on the farm until about twelve years of age, and in 1841 commenced his trade with John Woods, of Zanesville, and remained five years at |3 per month, and one year at iC per month; came to Keene and worked as foreman for Nathan Bassett one year, then bought out his shop and carried on for himself at Warsaw two years ; thence returned to Keene, from which place he came to this city ; was married May 31, 1852, to Miss Sarah Jane Duncan, of Millersburg, Holmes county. They have had seven children: Alonzo L., John D., William P., Ella E., Edward B., Prancis J., and Gillie May.

STEWART JAMES R., Coshocton; carriages and wagons, corner Water and Mulberry streets; was born July 29, 1853, in New York City. At five years of age he came to this city with his parents; at nineteen years of age entered as an apprentice to learn carriage wood-work with E. McDonald, and served three years, and one year as a journeyman, arid then established a shop, where he is doing an active business, necessitating an enlargement of his shops. Mr. Stewart

STEWART WILLIAM A., Bethlehem township; farmer; was born in Ireland, and came to this county in 1858. He enlisted, in October, 1861, in company H, Eightieth 0. V. I., and was engaged in the battles of Corinth, Vicksburg, Jackson, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, and others of less importance. He was wounded at Vicksburg, and returned home in the spring of 1868. He remained at home only thirty days, re-enlisting in the same company, and was honorably discharged in 1865. He was married, in 1876, to Miss Martha Moore, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who was born August 11, 1841. She was the daughter of Aaron Moore, who was born in the' county of Donegal, Ireland, in 1813. He came to this county in 1835, and located in Philadelphia, where he carried on the boot and shoe business until 1877, when he came to Hve with his daughter, Mrs. Stewart.

STICKLE ELI J., Coshocton, attorney; was born August 14, 1854, in Licking county ; son of Thompson Stickle, of German ancestors, his mother being of English extraction. Young Stickle is the fifth of a family of ten children. He was raised on the farm. At about twenty years he began going to school and teaching school, which he continued until May, 1878, when he entered as a student the law office of Campbell & Voorhes, and was admitted to the bar in May 1880. He was married September 8, 1880, to Miss Emma A., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Helfrey) Miller, of Utioa, Ohio.

STILL JAMES, born in August, 1828, in Coshocton county, Bedford township ; son of Jacob and Elspey (Lockard) Still, and grandson of Gabrial and Cloa Still, and of James and Margaret (Wilson) Lockard. He is a farmer by occupation; had three brothers in the Union army; was inarried to Miss Sarah J. Conner, of ancestry same as Isaac Conner, named elsewhere in this book. James L. was born December 24, 1861; is now going to school, and is their only child.

STILGENBAUER JACOB, Adams township ; farmer; postoflSce, Bakersville; born in Bucks township, Tuscarawas county, July 12, 1836; son of Jacob and Catharine (Groce) Stilgenbauer, and grandson of Philip and Elizabeth Stilgenbauer, who came from Prussia. He resided about thirty-six years in his native county, and from there moved to Adams township, Coshocton county, where he has a farm of 130 acres, well improved. He was married Blebruary 26, 1857, to Miss Catharine Schar, daughter oi Nicholas and Elizabeth Schar. She vJas born September 23, 1836. They are the parents of nine children.

STILLINGER J. P., Tiverton township; postoflBce, Yankee Ridge, Ohio; farmer; born August 8, 1829, in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany; came to Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1830, and to Knox county in 1833. He was married in 1853, to Rebecca Conner, of this county, who was born May 27, 1828. They came to this county in 1856, and are the parents of twelve children, viz : Jennie, born July 5, 1854; Mary E , born October 13, 1855, died June 13, 1859 ; infant, deceased, born December 7, 1856; John A., born December 12, 1857, died October 31, 1860 ; Hattie A., born March 7, 1859, married July 4, 1879, to William H. Cooper, of this county; Lucinda E., born April 25, 1860, died November 9, 1861; Susannah, born January 30, 1862; William P., born October 7, 1863, died January 12, 1876; George M., born October 8, 1865; Emily E., born June 5, 1867 ; Benjamin P., born April 5, 1869; and an infant daughter, deceased, born December 18, 1872.

STILWELL A. H., Coshocton; attorney at law, office and rooms over commercial bank; was born April 30, 1850, in Holmes county; son of Asher and Helen (Boyd) Stilwell; his paternal ancestry is English, his maternal, Irish. Young Stilwell was brought up on the farm, and educated in the public schools of his native county and the high school at Millersburg, also Spring Mountain academy, and at Fredericksburg, Wayne county. At eighteen he began teaching and taught four terms. Studied law in 1870 and 71, with Judge Follett, of Newark, Ohio, and was admitted to practice by the Supreme court in 1872. He began the practice of law at Dresden Muskingum county, where he remained nearly two years. In December, 1874, he came to this city and continued in the practice of his profession. In October, 1876, attorney Stilwell was elected prosecuting attorney of Coshocton county, and re-elected in October, 1880, which office he now efficiently fills.