Darke County, Ohio - The whole text, 1880 (part 20 of 31)

O. H. SMITH, Greenville, Ohio ; dealer in stoves and tinware. The subject of this memoir was born in Winchester, Randolph Co., Ind., in 1855, and is a son of Jeremiah and Cynthia Smith, residents of Randolph Co. ; both are dead ; his father died in 1872 at the age of 68 years ; his mother died in 1873, aged 54 years. Our subject resided at home till he was 17 years of age, when he began life for himself and followed various pursuits ; he removed to Greenville in 1877 and opened a hardware store, which business he is still engaged in. He was united in marriage in 1878, Dec. 24, to Miss Voria Southern; her parents are residents of this place.

JACOB STEINLE, Greenville, Ohio; manufacturer and dealer in cigars and tobacco. The subject of this memoir was born in Shelby Co., Ohio, Feb. 25, 1854 ; in 1867, he commenced the cigar trade, and followed the same for two years in La Crosse, Wis. ; thence to Vandalia, 111., for a short time ; thence to Indianapolis, Ind., where he followed his trade seven years, and in June, 1877, came to Greenville and engaged in his present business, which he has since successfully followed. He is a practical cigar-maker, and gives his personal attention to every detail of his business, and has in his employ the year round from two to six men. His marriage with Emma S. Reeder was celebrated in Indianapolis, Ind., in 1875 ; they have two children, John H. and Anna.

JOHN STEPHENS, blacksmith, Sec. 5 ; P. 0. Greenville ; another of the old settlers ; born in Darke Co., German Township, Nov. 11, 1825 ; he was a son of David Stephens, one of the early pioneers of Darke Co. ; he was born in Washington Co., Penn., Nov. 1, 1791 ; he came to Jefferson Co., Ohio, with his parents in 1798, four years before Ohio was admitted into the Union as a State ; he came to Preble Co. in 1805 and to Darke Co., 1818 ; he was a soldier in the war of 1812, serving a part of the time as scout between Fort Nesbit and Fort Recovery, and was in the memorable forced march from Fort Greenville to Muncie, Ind., in the winter of 1814, to relieve Isaac Shell}' and Gen. Winchester, Kentuckians. who were out of rations, and was compelled to stand guard half the night in snow knee-deep, without anything to eat ; he was, so far as known, the last surviving one living in this county who served at Fort Greenville ; he suffered all the hardships and privations of frontier life, and by industry and economy secured a handsome competence ; he was a man of sterling will and integrity, and won the esteem of all who knew him ; in early life, he joined the Church of the United Brethren, and in 1861 or 1862 connected himself with the Reformed Church, and lived a consistent Christian life until his death, which occurred Jan. 8, 1879, aged 87 years, 2 months and 8 days. He was married in Darke Co. to Lydia Wngner ; she was born in the year 1803; she is now living in German Township, at the advanced age of 77 years ; they were the parents of ten children, of whom seven are now living. The subject of this sketch commenced to learn the blacksmithing trade at Palestine when 19 years of age, and worked at his trade in German Township, with the exception of six months' residence in Indiana, until about the year 1847, when he removed to Neave Township ; and about the year 1853 located upon his present place, where he has lived and followed his trade for a period of two and a half decades ; he also owns 140 acres of land, which he rents, devoting his entire attention to his trade. He has been twice married, first, in 1851, to Maria D. Dininger, a daughter of Jacob Dininger. one of the early pioneers of Darke Co. ; she was born in Montgomery Co., May 6, 1830; she died in Darke Co, Aug. 15, 1865, leaving five children, of whom four are now living - William, Margaret, Lewis, and Lydia. His marriage with Mrs. Matilda Risser was celebrated Oct. 4, 1868 ; her maiden name was Finfrock ; she was born in Miami Co., Ohio, Dec. 17, 1832 ; they have three children by this union, viz., Alva A., Clara E., and John C.

HENRY TILLMAN, retired farmer ; P. 0. Greenville ; one of the old settlers of Darke Co. ; born in Preble Co., Ohio, Jan. 20, 1818 ; he was a son of John Tillman, Sr., who was born in Virginia April 17, 1780, and when 10 years of age removed to Tennessee, and came to the Territory of Ohio about the'year 1800, two years previous to its admission into the Union as a State ; he he was married in Tennessee to Nancy Harlers ; she was also a native of Virginia, born Sept. 10. 1790 ; they were the parents of seventeen children, of whom thirteen lived to grow up ; Mr. Tillman died in Preble Co., Feb. 24, 1850 ; his wife died Sept. 1, 1863. The subject of this memoir was raised to farming in Preble Co. until 22 years of age, when, in 1840, he came to Darke Co. and located in Van Buren Township, upon 160 acres of timber land which had been entered by his father ; and upon this place he resided until 1871, a period of thirty years, during which time he cleared upward of 500 acres, and brought the same from a howling wilderness to a good state of improvement, and in 1862 he was in possession of 1,000 acres of land ; he has since disposed of a part of the same, and now has about 600 acres divided into improved farms. Mr. Tillman has been one of the hard-working and industrious men of Darke Co., and by his energy, industry and correct business habits, has placed himself among the large landholders of this county ; in 1872, he purchased his present residence in Greenville, with 15 acres of land within the corporation of Greenville, upon which he then located, and where he has since lived, retired from active labor, having his farm rented. June 16, 1840, he was married to Rachel Townsend ; she was born April 3, 1820, and died March 18, 1848 ; two children are now living by this union- Noah H. and Lydia. His marriage with Martha Thorn was celebrated Aug. 12, 1849 ; she was born in Indiana in 1824, and with her parents came to Darke Co. in 1831 ; she was a daughter of Thomas A. Thorn, one of the early pioneers of Darke Co. ; he died in this county in 1852 ; they have three children by this union, viz. : Belle, now Mrs. Henry Hetzler ; John A., farming in Brown Township ; and Susie, now Mrs. Cliff Boyde. Mr. T. has taken a deep interest in the cause of religion, having been a member of the Christian Church for a period of thirty years ; his wife and four of the children also belong to the church.

WALTER J. TODD, livery and feed stable ; the subject of this memoir was born in Campbell Co., Ky.. Feb. 3, 1840, and is a son of Charles W. and Catherine Todd, also natives of Kentucky. Our subject removed to Greenville in 1861. and soon after embarked in the livery stable business, in which he is still engaged ; he carries a fine stock of turn-outs, the finest in the city, and is prepared at alftimes to give his customers, or any who may favor him with a call, a fine rig at moderate prices. He was united in marriage with Miss Mary Coblantz, a native of Ohio, Jan. 14, 1871 ; they were the parents of two children, viz., George B.. bom in 1872, Chasseldown, born in 1875.

J. W. TROXELL, saw-miller and lumber dealer ; P. 0. Greenville ; born in Virginia, Sept. 5, 1838, where he remained with his parents till 1S45. when they moved to Knightstown, Ind., where he remained until 1859 or 1860 ; at this date, he purchased a saw-mill, and moved it to Illinois, where he remained some two years; he then disposed of his mill and went to Indianapolis, where he worked at the carpenter's trade, and in 1873 came to this county, where he has since continued to reside. On the 22d of December. 1873. he was united in marriage with Nancy M. Anderson ; they are the parents of four children, of whom three are living, viz.. Fannie B., Belle and Mamie; the deceased died in infanc}T.

THOMAS I'. TURPEN, retired; P. 0. Greenville; the paternal ancestry of our subject cannot be traced with any degree of certainty ; all that is definitely known is that his Grandfather Turpen was born in England, and emigrated to this country in about the year 17(H) ; on the maternal side, we only know that a Gc< Hubbard, whom we will call the first George Hubbard, was born in England in 1590; settled first in Hartford, Conn., married Elizabeth Watts; came to Middletown in 1(35(1 ; had eight children, six being sons ; died March 18, 1684 ; his children's names were Mary, born Feb. l<i. 1641 ; Joseph, born Dec. 10. 1643; Daniel, born December, 1645 ; Samuel, born May 9, 1648 ; George, born December, 1650 ; Nathaniel, born Dec. 10, 1652 ; Richard, born Jan. 15, 1655 ; Elizabeth, born Ki59. II. Joseph Hubbard, son of George First, was born Dec. 10, 1643 ; died 1686 ; his children were Robert, born Oct. 30, 1673 , George, born 1675; died Dec. 15, 1765. III. George Hubbard, son of Joseph, was born 1675. died Dec. 15, 1765 ; married Elizabeth Miller Dec. 22, 1703 ; their children were George, born March 9, 1705 ; Mahitable, born June 21, 1708 ; Richard, born Jan. 8, 1712 ; Abner, born April 10. 1715 ; Caleb, born Aug. 28, 1716 ; Hezekiah, born March 6. 1718 ; Abner, horn July 26. 1721. IV. George Hubbard, son of George Third, born March 9, 1705; married Mercy Roberts; their children were George, born Feb. 6, 1731; Abner, born 1733, was lost at sea. V. George Hubbard, son of George Fourth, was born Feb. 6, 1731, old style, died Jan. 7, 1809, new style ; married Mary Stocking ; their children were George, born Aug. 17, 1758 ; Mahitable, born Feb. 18, 1762 ; Jesse, born June 7. 1764 ; Elias, born Aug. 26, 1766; Asa, born Jan. 13, 1769; Zadoc. born Jan. 8, 1771 ; Ansel, born June 15, 1774; Mary, born April 16. 1780. Henry Turpen. father of our sketch, was born in Middletown. Conn., 177.") : was married to Mary Hubbard in the year 1798, by whom he had twelve children, of whom six are still living ; Thomas P. Turpen was born near Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio. Oct. 1, 1820 ; his early days were passed in the endless variety of ways incident to boy life on the farm, and his educational advantages were commensurate with those early times ; he remained on the farm until the age of 32. when he came to Greenville and engaged in the dry -goods business ; after two years' experience, he was employed as Government agent ; continuing in this for three years, he went to Peru, South America ; remaining about a year, he returned to Greenville and engaged in the furniture business ; remaining in this until 1S62, he was elected County Treasurer and served four years : in 1869. he built the '- Turpen House," and presided over it till 1878, when he was succeeded by his son. His marriage with Mary J. Hunter was celebrated March 14, 1843 ; she was born June 17. 1S24 : they were the parents of four sons and one daughter, viz.: Lucy H.. died at 3 years of age ; John C, County Auditor, whose sketch also appears in this work : William V.. now conducting the hotel, whose sketch also appears in this work : Daniel R.. and Frank ; Lucy H., born Feb. 21, 1844; John C, Oct. 31, 1845 ; William V.. July 7. 1847 ; Daniel R . July 20. 1851 ; Frank E., March 12, 1854.

JOHN C. TURPEN, County Auditor; Greenville, Ohio; born in Darke Co., Ohio. Oct. 31. 1845, and is a son of Thomas P. Turpen. whose sketch also appears in this work ; John C. attended the public schools of Greenville, and completed his education by attending the Adrian College, of Adrian. Mich., one year, and the Albion College. Albion, Mich., three terms: he then attended the Commercial College of Dayton, from which he graduated in 1868 ; he was then employed in the Auditors office at Greenville several years, and in 1878 was elected to the above office, which he now holds. Upon the 21st of January, 1869, he was united in marriage with Mattie Wharry ; they have four children by this union. Fred H., Alary. Clara, and Maggie ; Mrs. Turpen is a daughter of Judge John Wharry, one of the early pioneers of Darke Co.

WILLIAM V. TURPEN, proprietor of the Turpen House, Greenville ; born in Greenville Township. Darke Co., Ohio. July 7, 1847, and is a son of Thomas P. Turpen, whose sketch also appears in this work. A small part of the early life of our subject was passed on the farm, during which time he attended the common school, "but completed his education in the graded schools of Greenville ; at 18 years of age, he entered the store of his father, continuing with him in his different branches of trade until the completion of the above hotel, which was erected, opened and conducted by his father until the spring of 1879, when he was succeeded by William V., who has already established a reputation as being one of the best hotel proprietors of the State, and we can say from our own experience that we have found no hotel in Ohio, where we have been so well satisfied as at the Turpen House, and predict that the genial landlord will soon find himself laboring under one difficulty, viz., want of room for the accommodation of his many patrons. The marriage nuptials of William V. Turpen and Mary Jones were celebrated June 7, 1870 ; she was born in Darke Co. in 1850 ; her father, John Jones, was editor of the first paper printed in this county. Two children are the fruits of this union, viz., Benjamin and Nellie.

JOSEPH R. TURNER, firm of Turner Bros., wholesale and retail liquor dealers, Broadway, Greenville, Ohio. Greenville, like most cities of its size, has its representative business men in nearly every branch of trade, and we must accord to the above firm the honor of being the leading firm of the place in their line, carrying, as they do, a large and extensive stock of foreign and domestic goods, which they sell at the smallest margin. Joseph R. Turner is the senior member of the firm, and was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, June 23, 1842 ; received the advantage of the common schools, and completed his education by a course of two years' study at the Wittenberg College at Springfield. In the summer of 1861, he enlisted in the 13th Mo. V. I.; was then transferred to the 22d 0. V. I., serving sixteen months ; he then returned home on a sick furlough ; received a commission as Second Lieutenant of Co. K, 93d 0. V. I., and served with this regiment through Kentucky and Tennessee, participating in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and some battles of less importance. The hardships of army life being too severe for his constitution, after being disabled from duty some four months, he resigned, returned home, and upon the 1st of July, 1865, he made the trip overland from Omaha to Virginia City with mule teams, the trip consuming some four months. He remained in Montana some five and a half years, during which time his thermometer of success suffered many changes, he having made and lost several fortunes. He returned to Ohio in 1871, and in 1874 located in Greenville with his brother under the above firm name, where they have since done a successful business. His marriage with Hattie A. Macy was celebrated in Montgomery Co. in 1872 ; they have three children by this union, viz., Mabel, Ida and

HENRY V ANTILBURGH, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. 0. Greenville. We are pleased to make mention of the above gentleman among the old settlers of Darke Co. He was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, March 6, 1813. His father, John Vantilburgh, was born in New Jersey, and emigrated to Warren Co., Ohio, thence to Montgomery Co., and about the year 1835 came to Darke Co.. where he died in 1837 ; his wife's maiden name was Sarah Francis ; the last fourteen years of her life we're spent with her son Henry, and died at his residence about the year 1864. The subject of our sketch lived in Montgomery and Warren Cos. until 25 years of age, when he came to Darke Co., and after a residence of two years, removed to "Preble Co.. and in 1844 returned to Darke Co. and located upon his present place, where he has lived for a period of thirty-five years, and has since cleared about 60 acres b}r his own labor. Upon Locating here, his worldly posses sions consisted of one small team of horses, and he was in debt $65 ; he, with the assistance of his amiable wife, battled against poverty, until they have secured a pleasant home and have secured sufficient of this world's goods to carry them through life. In June. 1843, he was united in marriage with Mabel F. Holly ; she was born in Butler Co.. Ohio, in 1821 ; they have one son and six daughters, viz., Nancy, Albinia, Eliza, Louisa, Sanford, Mabel and Maria.

E. II. VOELKLE, retired carriage and wagon maker, Greenville. Our subject was born in Cleveland. Ohio. Aug. 20, 1848 ; in 1853, he with his parents moved and located in Covington. Miami Co., where they remained until 1858, at which time they came to Gettysburg, Darke Co.. and have since been residents of said county, he having been a resident of Greenville for several years. In April, 1879, he was elected to the office of Constable, which position he now holds.

JACOB WAGNEB, proprietor Wagner House, Greenville, Ohio. We eat to live, and live to eat ; therefore, to point out a good hotel is an act of kindness which is sure to be appreciated by the hungry traveler. The genial proprietor of the above house is the oldest hotel keeper of Greenville, and has a reputation as a first-class man in his line, his house having a good reputatation, extending over a large part of Ohio. Indiana and other States. He was born in Beinpfaltz, Bavaria. Germany. Jan. 24. 1833 ; he received a good education in German in his own country, and emigrated to America when 24 }Tears of age, landing in New York Dec. 1, 1857 ; coming directly West, he remained three years in Cincinnati, then one year in Louisville. Ky.. thence to Miamisburg, Montgomery Co., where he was employed as clerk in a hotel from 1862 to 1864 ; thence to Dayton, where he engaged in the hotel business for himself until 1868, and in the fall of 1 868 he came to Greenville and purchased King's Hotel, which he gave the name of Wagner, and which he has successfully run for a period of eleven years ; he also has a feed and sale stable connected with the house. He was married in Dayton, to Barbara Haas, in 1854 ; she was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Jan. 2, 1838 : they are the parents of two children, one of whom died in infancy ; the living. George Lewis, was born June 14, 1865. Mrs. Wagner is a daughter of Conrad Haas, who emigrated from Germany to America in the year 1868, and is now a resident of Miami Co. Mrs. Wagner emigrated to America in 1858, and located in Dayton, at which place her marriage nuptials were celebrated with our subject.

JOHN H. WABVEL ; P. 0. Pikeville ; resides in Greenville Township, Sec. 1. One of the early pioneers of Darke Co. ; born in Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio, May 16, 1818. He was the oldest son of Christopher Warvel. who was born in Bockingham Co., Va., and came to Warren Co. in the year 1817, where he lived a few years, then to Montgomery Co. ; and, in 1838, came to Darke Co., and located in the woods, near Beamsville, where he lived until his decease ; he was one of the patriots of the war of 1812, under Col. Massie. A full and complete genealogy of the family will be found in the sketch of Daniel Warvel, in another part of this work ; John H. received a limited education in the subscription schools in Warren and Montgomery Cos., and assisted his father in fanning until 18 years of age, when he was apprenticed to learn the blacksmith's trade : after working at the same for two years he was obliged to give it up on account of his eyesight failing him ; in Aug. 14, 1838, he came to Darke Co., and purchased 80 acres of land near where Beamsville now stands ; after residing there three years he lost his wife, and to pay the doctors' bills, he was obliged to sell half of his farm ; upon locating here, he settled in the woods, his milling was done at Piqua, and there was only two houses between his residence and Greenville : commencing life in penury, he has suffered all the privations and hardships of frontier life ; he has cleared 200 acres of land, and has now 275 acres of land upon the old homestead, a part of which was entered by him in the year 1850 ; he has been very kind to his children, and has settled upon each one money and land to the amount of $1,200. A part of the old homestead was entered by him in the year 1850 ; May 16, 1878, he was tendered a surprise by his friends and old acquaintances, to the number of 100, coming from different townships ; the company represented all ages from childhood to old age. bringing bountiful supplies of proviso >ns and refreshments ; Rev. Mr. Colvin offered prayer and made some appropriate remarks, after which James Johnston made an address ; the Dallas band furnished music for the occasion. His marriage with Mary Souders was celebrated May 31, 1838; she was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, April 15, 1819; she died May 15, 1841, leaving two children, of whom one is now living, viz.. Nathan S., born April 18, 1839 - the other died in infancy. His second wife was Barbara Holloway ; they were married Dec. 19, 1841 ; she was bora Jan. 30, 1820, and died Aug. 5, 1844, leaving two sons, one now living, Allen, bora Sept. 21, 1842 ; Irving, born June 12, 1844, died July 8, 1873. He married for his third wife, Phebe Harney, March 9, 1845 ; she was born Aug. 29, 1820 ; she died Jan. 25, 1846, leaving one child, who died in infancy. His marriage nuptials with Mrs. Elizabeth (Beanblossom) Baker were celebrated Feb. 16, 1847 ; she was bora Dec. 6, 1813, in Montgomery Co. ; they have four daughters, and have lost a son by death ; the living are Charlotte, born Dec. 13, 1847, now Mrs. L. C. Garver, of Dallas ; Sarah A., born Oct. 13, 1849, now Mrs. Adam Johnston, of Brown Township ; Elizabeth, born Sept. 25, 1853, now Mrs. Orlando J. Hager, of Dallas; Emeline, born Feb. 10, 1857, now Mrs. George Garbick, living in Richland Township. Mrs. Warvel is one of the oldest residents of Darke Co. ; she is a daughter of Christian Beanblossom, who was bora in North Carolina, and came to Darke Co. about the year 1817, and located in the woods among the wolves and Indians ; Mrs. Warvel has a vivid recollection of the familiar faces of the same. Her first husband was Andrew Baker, to whom she was married June 27, 1841 ; he died March 14, 1844 ; they had two children, who died in infancy. Mrs. Warvel located here when there was nothing but an Indian trail from here to Greenville ; she is now living upon the same place where she has lived for sixty years. Mr. Warvel has been administrator of many estates, has been guardian for many children ; has been Infirmary Director six vears, and has held other offices.

NATHAN S. WARVEL, Sec.'l, Greenville Township ; one of the old settlers of Darke Co. ; born in Richland Township April 18, 1839 ; he is the oldest son of John H. Warvel, whose biography also appears in this work. The subject of this sketch was raised upon a farm of his father's until upward of 20 years of age, and in 1859 he commenced business for himself by engaging in thrashing, which he has followed for eighteen years during the fall, being engaged for the balance of the year in farming. In 1861, he commenced farming in Richland Township, and in the fall of 1863 he exchanged farms with his uncle and located upon his present place, where he has since lived. Upon the 23d of December, 1860, he was united in marriage with Nancy J. Royer, who was born in Logan Co., Ohio, Dec. 8, 1839 ; she was a daughter of David Royer, who was born in Rockingham Co., Va., Feb. 11, 1807, and came to Ohio at an early day, and died Feb. 15, 1860, aged 53 years. The children of Nathan S. and Nancy (Royer) Warvel were four in number, of whom one is deceased ; the living are Martha S., born Oct. 22, 1863 ; Eva C., born June 21, 1865 ; Mary E., born June 9, 1868 ; the deceased died in infancy, Oct. 10, 1861. Mr. and Mrs. Warvel are both members of the Christian Church.

HENRY A. WEBB, the present Mayor of Greenville. The career, briefly outlined, of individuals chosen by the people to direct in government, whether of city, State or nation, may well be considered of most interesting character. Too frequently honors are heaped upon men whose fame is based upon success in sanguinary conflicts, and the pages which record their achievements seem dark and repelling from their crimsoned hue. As often, the men whose quiet lives displa}r manly action, strict integrity and true Christian principles, are quietly ignored as though the creations of peace were not comparable to the demolition and ravages of war. It is a well-approved saj'ing, that the best of men seldom find their way to the front. When, however, exceptions occur, the lesson is fraught with encouragement and example to posterity. Ancestry is a subject of which men have long been proud. There is pleasure in tracing a long line of honorable ancestors back toward the obscure shadow of the past. This pleasure is enjoyed by the subject of this sketch, Henry A. Webb, whose line of eight generations is on record, from Christopher Webb, of Wales, who came from that country about the year 1650, on down to the present. The following genealogy presents the chain of descent : Christopher Webb the second, the father of Benjamin Webb, the father of Timothy Webb the father of Stephen Webb, born at Windham. Conn., Oct. 4, 1742, who was the father of Nathaniel Webb, born Jan. 15, 1770, and died at Guyandotte, Va., Aug. 22, 1823; he was the father of Nathan Webb, born July 27, 1798, who married Margaret Albright, of Hanover. Penn., Oct. 31, 1819, and Nathan was the father of Henry A. Webb. The family removed to Vincennes, Ind., when Henry was an infant, from Hanover where he was born (Sept. 22, 1822), and the father dying, his widow, with a family of four children, returned to Pennsylvania. The journey is remembered as a long and tedious one, to which present travel is but as a pleasure-trip. At the age of 1 3, Henry was bound as an apprentice to George Young to learn the trade of tobacconist ; having served six years, the desire to see other places, and to find a congenial and promising opening for exertions, induced him to travel to various places, engaging in such work as could be had. On the 15th of June, 1845. he married Elizabeth Warner at Hampton, Penn., and three }Tears later removed to Baltimore, Md., where he continuously engaged in his business as a dealer in tobaccos until 1870, when he migrated to his present place of residence, Greenville. Ohio ; here he resumed business, which has prospered and been increased, until the present stock affords an ample choice to the public of all articles kept in a variety store. From childhood. Mayor Webb has shown a fondness for painting. ami studiously labored during leisure hours to master the difficulties of this ideal and realistic work ; he succeeded, and many portraits extant are the work of his hand ; despite the discovery and perfection of sun pictures, his services are yet in demand, and the ancient and noble art }*et exists. He was originally a Democrat, and cast his first vote for James K. Polk; upon the nomination of President Lincoln to the office of chief magistrate of the nation the second term. Mayor Webb became a Republican, and has since continued to act with that party; in March, 1878, his name was placed upon the Republican ticket for the city of Greenville, as Mayor, and his election resulted by a majority of about one hundred over his opponent, A. P. Gorsuch. Major for two terms, a sti'ong. popular man, well calculated for the position. Believing in the refining and elevating tendencies of religion, he joined the English Lutheran Church, in 1848, at Baltimore, and remained with it till the time of his removal to Greenville ; there being no church of this denomination, he stood temporarily connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church four years, and acted as Superintendent of their Sabbath school ; he then began to attend the Episcopal Church, which considers him practically a member, and is the Superintendent of the Sabbath school therewith connected. He joined the Washingtonians in 1S40. and stands by the brief pledge of the organization - abstinence from the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage. In 1844. he became a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mechanics' Lodge, and is also of the Encampment of Greenville. Taking little part in politics, he acts from principle ; he is earnest in example and influence for Christianity, delights in painting, and is beloved by his family, and generally respected. Mayor Webb is of line personal bearing, is well preserved, social, easy of approach, and a pleasant conversationalist. Following a quiet business and official routine, life is made useful, and the years pass swiftly and pleasantly.

ville ; dealer in groceries, provisions, glass and queensware, etc., etc. The subject of this memoir was born in Mt. Sterling, Madison Co., Ohio, Nov. 3, 1846. and is a son of J. S. Webster, now a prominent merchant of Ansonia, whose biogrpahy appears among the sketches of Brown Township, in another part of this work ; our subject came to Darke Co. with his parents in 1865 ; after one year's residence he removed to Illinois, where he resided until 1871, at which time he returned to Greenville and followed clerking and various pursuits until January, 1880, when he purchased his present business, and from his extended acquaintance and popularity we predict, that he will command a large increasing yearly trade. His marriage with Dottie Martin was celebrated in Greenville in April, 1872 ; she was born in Greenville Sept. 2, 1850 ; the}' have four children by this union, viz., William, Charles T., Clyde and Gertrude. Mrs. Webster is a daughter of William Martin, one of the prominent early pioneers of Darke Co.. whose biography appears among the sketches of this township.

HERMAN WEILLS, carriage manufactory, Greenville. The subject of this sketch was born in Washington Co., Penn., May 23, 1851 ; he is a son of Solomon and Lydia (Shaffer) Weills ; he left his place of nativity in 1856, and went to Liberty, Union Co., Ind., where he remained until 1S61 ; he then went to Tippecanoe, Miami Co., Ohio, where he learned his trade, remaining there four years. He came to Darke Co ., and settled in Greenville in the fall of 1878. He was united in marriage with Catherine Porter Feb. 23, 1874 ; she was born Sept. 23. 1851, and is a daughter of James Porter, a resident of Hancock Co., and is now living in Darke Co., at the age of 62 years ; his wife was born in 1828, and died in 1865. Mr. Weills' business is located at the corner of Walnut and Third streets. where he gives employment to several men, and manufactures some of the finest work in Greenville.

JOHN E. WESTFALL, retired farmer ; P. 0. Greenville. Among the early pioneers of Darke Co., the gentleman whose name heads this sketch is accorded a place in the front ranks ; he was born near where the city of Cincinnati now stands Sept. 19, 1810 ; when 5 years of age, he came to Darke Co., with his parents and located in Adams Township ; when 12 years of age, the death of his father occurred, and at 15 years of age, he commenced the management of the home farm, continuing the same until 22 years of age. In 1832. he was united in marriage with Priscellia Williams, who was born in Ohio Sept. 21. 1805 ; they were the parents of seven children, of whom George and Isaac Newton only survive, and are both mentioned in the biographical part of this work. In 1832, he removed to Greenville Township and purchased 30 acres upon the same section where he has since lived for a period of forty-seven years ; he has been a continuous resident of the count}' for sixty-five years ; he now has 145 acres in his home farm, located three miles from Greenville ; about the year 1869, he rented his farm to his sons, since which time he has retired from active labor. He has a vivid recollection of the Indians, the wolf and deer, and other game which in the early day of his coming here was to be found in abundance. He is one of the very oldest of our earlier settlers, nearly all of the pioneers of 1815 having either died or removed away.

MARTIN C. WESTFALL, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 32 ; P. O. Greenville ; one of the earl}' pioneers of Darke Co. ; born in Montgomery Co. in 1S24 ; he was a son of Jacob Westfall, who was born in Virginia and came to Montgomery Co., Ohio, at an early day, and to Darke Co., about 1827, and was consequently one of the early settlers of Darke Co. ; he died in the same county, about the year 1839 or 1840. He was married in Montgomery Co. to Barbara Crawn ; she was also born in Virginia, and died at the residence of Martin C. in 1878, at the advanced age of 88 years. Martin C. came to Darke Co. in the year 1827, being then three years of age, and has always lived on the same place for a period of upward of half a century ; he is one of the oldest continuous residents of Greenville Township ; he has now upward of 106 acres under a good state of cultivation, which he has brought from a howling wilderness to its present state of cultivation by his own labor. His marriage with Mary Pannel was celebrated in 1858 ; she was born in Virginia ; they were the parents of three children, of whom one is deceased ; the living are William L., born August, 1859, now living upon the home farm ; Ida E., born in 1868 ; the deceased, Charles M., died in infancy.

GEORGE WESTFALL, farmer ; P. O. Greenville ; one of the old settlers of Darke County, was born in Greenville Township Jan. 19, 1841 ; he is the oldest son of John E. Westfall, one of our early pioneers, whose biography appears among the sketches of Greenville Township. The subject of our sketch received a liberal education, and assisted his father in agricultural pursuits until upward of 24 years of age, when upon March 30, 1865, he was united in marriage with Martha Phillips ; she was born in Butler Co., Ohio, Dec. 17, 1843 ; they have five children by this union, viz., Leora B., John W., Maggie M., Bertha 0. and Arthur R. Upon the marriage of Mr. Westfall, he located upon his present place, where he has siifce devoted his attention to farming. In 1870, he was elected as Township Trustee of Greenville Township, which office he filled with credit to himself, and satisfaction to his townsmen, for a period of eight years.

ISAAC NEWTON WESTFALL, farmer ; P. 0. Greenville ; the subject of this memoir was born in Greenville Township, Darke Co., Ohio, upon the 21st of February, 1843 ; he is a son of one of the early pioneers, John E. Westfall, and a brother of George Westfall, both of whom are mentioned in the biographical part of this work in this township ; in early life he applied himself closely to his studies, and b}r so doing succeeded in obtaining a good common-school education ; he has always followed the occupation of farming, and about the year 1869, rented a part of the farm of his father, which he has since operated. Upon the 4th of August 1864, he was united in marriage with Mary E. Bell, who was born in Gettysburg. Adams Township, Nov. 29, 1846 ; they are the parents of five sons, viz.. Oscar W., William E., Charles E., Alonzo R., and an infant unnamed. Mrs. Westfall was a daughter of Jacob Bell ; her mother's maiden name was Mary Zimmerman, both natives of Penns}'lvania, and early pioneers of Darke Count}7. Mrs. Bell coming here in 1838, her husband locating here a few years previous. Mr. Bell died in 1850; Mrs. B. now makes her home with her daughter, and, at the age of 61 years, is in possession of all her faculties, and able to perform some household duties.

WASHINGTON ALLEN WESTON, deceased, Greenville ; was born in Alexandria, Va., March 3, 1814, and died in Greenville, Ohio, April 24, 1876; his father, William Weston, was a sea captain and perished at sea ; his mother. Rebecca Conyes, was an English lady, and died soon after the death of her husband ; when an orphan boy of 15, he came to Ohio, and was six years a salesman in a mercantile house in Dayton, where he made a record of fine business talent, industry and honesty ; about 1835, with a small capital, he began business in Piqua, Ohio, but the financial crisis of 1836-37 swept away even- dollar he possessed ; nothing daunted, however, he soon began again in Covington, Miami County, where he prospered and became leader in the public affairs of the community ; in 1847, he was elected on the Whig ticket to the General Assembly of Ohio, and acquitted himself with credit ; in the fall of 1848, he located in Greenville, and opened the first hardware store of the place ; in 1856, he purchased the Dayton paper mills, and for seven years conducted a thriving business in that city, and in 1863, returned to Greenville, resumed the hardware trade, and in January. 1860. became one of the organizers of the Farmers' National Bank of Greenville, and President of the same, remnining such until his decease. He was prominently active in the local enterprise of the community, and his generosity was as universal as mankind, with a heart ever open, and a hand ever extended to relieve the necessities of the poor ami unfortunate. He possessed a fine literary and scientific taste, and had a very fair education, and was a good conversationalist ; he excelled as a writer, and contributed a number of timelv

A. WINKLEBLECK, contractor in supplies for P., C. & St. L. R. R. and dealer in timber, wood, bituminous and anthracite coal ; office, Martin street, Greenville. The subject of this sketch was born in Montgomeiy Co., on the 2d of January, 1846. He has been a resident of Darke Co. for several years, and, on Dec. 25, 1865, he was united in marriage with Susan Gorsuch. They are the parents of six children, of whom three are deceased. The living are Homer C, Maud and Carrie C.

JOHN LEOPOLD WINNER, merchant, banker, and legislator, Greenville ; was born in Franklin, Warren Co., Ohio, November 19. 1816. His parents were Isaac Winner and Mary Powell, natives of New Jersey. They were married in Philadelphia and came to Ohio in 1816, where they passed their lives. Mrs. Winner died in April, 1832, and her husband in the October following. For about four years subsequent to his father's death, our subject worked at the cooper's trade" In April, 1836, he came to Darke Co. and located in Greenville, where he has since been extensively identified with the business of the community, and has also held a prominent place in the political councils of the county and State. In November, 1837, he married Miss Charlotte Clark, daughter of John Clark, Esq., ot Warren Co., Ohio. For some five years Mr. Winner was in the grocery business. Eight years he kept a hotel. Four years he kept a drug store. In 1853, he engaged in banking in company with the late Col. J. W. Frizzell, and thus continued till May, 1865, when he became a stockholder in the Farmers' National Bank of Greenville, and, in January, 1866, he was made cashier of that institution, which position he held till January, 1872. In April, 1873, he opened the Exchange Bank of Greenville,and still conducts the business of that flourishing institution. His wife died Aug. 12, 1863. She possessed, in a high degree, those noble qualities of mind and heart so essential to a true wife, and was revered in the community for her sweetness of disposition and sympathizing charity for the poor and unfortunate. She left an only daughter, Hattie, who inherited the sterling qualities of her mother, but the loss of her mother so affected her that she survived her but a few weeks, dying at the age of 15 years. On April 1, 1867, Mr. Winner married Mrs. Jane Crider, widow of Frederick Crider, of Greenville, and daughter of John W. Porter of the same place. Since 1863, Mr. Winner has been a member of the firm of Moore & Winner, the leading dry-goods firm of the county. In 1846, he was appointed Auditor of Darke Co., to fill an unexpired term of four years, from 1857 to 1861 he represented Darke Co. in the Legislature, and from 1867 to 1871 he served in the State Senate. In 1874, he was elected Mayor of Greenville, and served two years. In politics, he is a Democrat. Although his school advantages were very meager, his active mind has grasped a knowledge of men and things that full}' compensates the loss.

WILLIAM H. YOU ART, late of this township, deceased. The subject of this memoir was born in Ireland in 1796, and came to America about the year 1818, settled in Miami Co., Ohio, where he followed farming and working at his trade, that of wheelwright, with the exception of five years' residence in Indiana, until 1850, when he removed to Darke Co., and located in Franklin Township, where his decease occurred in 1862. He married in Miami Co., Ohio, to Nancy Jay ; she was born in Pennsylvania in 1809 ; they were the parents of nine children, of whom five are now living, viz., Anna, William H, Samuel, Jennie and Emma ; Mrs. Youart is now living with her sons at their home, and at 70 years of age is in possession of all her faculties and able to attend to some light household duties ; their home is located one and a half miles east of Greenville ; Wm. H. and Samuel are the only sons now living ; they came to Sec. 36, Greenville Township, in 1871, and purchased their present place of 60 acres, where they have since lived ; in 1873, they engaged in the ice business, and have since largely supplied the citizens of Greenville with ice ; the\ have ice-houses the capacity of 12,000 tons, which

DANIEL ZIMMERMAN, grain-dealer; firm of Zimmerman & G-rubbs. grain merchants, Lower Depot, Greenville, Ohio ; another of the old settlers of Darke Co., born in Lebanon Co., Penn., Jan. 25, 1827 ; he is a son of Henry Zimmerman, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to this county in the fall of 1835, and is now residing in Greenville at the advanced age of 83 years ; our subject came to Greenville with his parents, and when 16 years of age he was apprenticed to learn the harness-maker's trade, which occupation he followed some seven years ; he then associated with Eli Helm in the butcher business, -continuing the same for twelve years. In the spring of 1863, he enlisted in the 94th O. V. I., and went forward to battle for the Union; hv received his commission as second Lieutenant, and after two months' service, received his discharge on account of disability. In 1865, he engaged in the grain business at his present place, which business he has successfully followed ; in 1876 he associated with Mr. Grubbs, since which time he has done business under the above firm name ; they are extensively engaged in buying and shipping grain to the Eastern markets ; their shipments having in a single season amounted to upward of 150,000 bushels. Mr. Zimmerman has held his full share of town offices, having been Marshal of the city two years, Councilman three years, Street Commissioner two years, and is now Corporation Treasurer. His marriage with Catherine Hartzell, was celebrated in Greenville in 1849 ; she was a native of Pickaway Co., Ohio ; she died in Greenville July 13, 1876 ; they were the parents of two children Mary, deceased, and Lillie C., living.

JOHN BREWER, farmer, Sec. 16 ; P. 0. Stelvideo. Peter, his father, was born in Pennsylvania in 1777 ; he married Holy Babe Larern, a native of Pennsylvania, born about 1779 ; they emigrated to Ohio in 1804, locating in Hamilton Co., and in 1819 he moved to Darke Co., where he resided till his death, which occurred in 1855 : his wife died in 1843. John, the subject of this sketch, is one of Darke Co.'s old settlers ; born in Pennsylvania on the 7th of October, 1802 ; came with his parents to Darke Co. in 1819 ; his education, which is very meager, he obtained by his own exertions ; he lived with his parents till he was about 24 years of age, when, on the 8th of June, 1826, he celebrated his marriage with Elizabeth Coppess, who is a native of Greene Co., Ohio, born on the 2d of November. 1807 ; after his marriage, he rented a farm on Stillwater, where he remained for two years ; he purchased 80 acres in Adams Township, for which he paid $50. erected a log cabin and moved, and began the task of opening up his farm ; has added 93 acres more, making in all 173 acres, with 125 acres in a good state of cultivation, the whole valued at $11,000 ; he also owns a house and lot in Stelvideo. Mr. and Mrs. Brewer are among the oldest settlers of Adams Township, and have lived to see the mighty forest disappear before the woodman's ax ; and where the old log cabin stood, a large two-story frame house is in its place ; they have passed through the many struggles, dangers and incidents so common to the pioneer of the West, but with an indomitable will, associated with frugality, industry and correct business habits, they have accumulated considerable amount of property ; ten children have been born to them, of whom nine are living, viz.: Alfred, born March 10, 1827 ; Mahala, born Dec. 25, 1828 ; Peter, born Aug. 8, 1831 ; Adam, born Nov. 25, 1833; Daniel, born Oct. 4, 1835 ; Jesner, born Aug.

known as a man of good principle and full of humanity ; he has raised six grandchildren, besides his own family - one for Mahala, two for Alfred, and three for Phoebe.

HENRY BROWN, carpenter and farmer'; P. 0. Gettysburg, Ohio. Samuel, his father, was a native of Pennsylvania, born in Lebanon Co. in June, 1803 ; he married Frances Kopp, who is a native of the same place, born in June, 1803 ; they emigrated to Ohio in May, 1834, locating in Wayne Co., eight miles north of Wooster, where they remained till the fall of 1847, when they removed to Montgomery Co., remaining there till spring, after which they removed to Miami Co., locating near where Bradford now stands, remaining till 1850, when he moved across the line into Darke Co., where he resided about four years, during which time he purchased a tract of land in Section 24, consisting of 124 acres, Adams Township, all of which was under heavy timber ; during the time between 1850 and 1854, he, with the help of his boys, erected a hewn-log house and cleared several acres, and in 1854 he moved his family, where he resided till his death, which occurred on the 3d of March, 1866, leaving a family of eight children, of whom seven are living at present, viz., Jacob, Henry, Daniel, Reuben, William, Fanny (now Mrs. Brandle), Elizabeth ; his widow still lives on the old home farm, being 76 years old ; Henry, the subject of this sketch, is a native of Ohio, born in Wayne County on the 27th of August, 1834 ; spent his boyhood days on the farm, assisting his father in the clearing and the cultivation of the soil, receiving his education in the district schools ; he remained at home till he was 22 years old, when he quit his parental roof and went in search of his fortune ; he commenced to work at the carpenter's trade when he was about 25 years old, in Gettysburg, Ohio, which trade he has followed ever since, making his home with his mother on the old home farm, assisting in the farming, etc. Mr. Brown is a live, energetic, thorough business man, strictly temperate in all his habits, and is highly esteemed by his many friends and acquaintances. He is a member of the Lutheran Church.

ABRAHAM BYRD, Sr., farmer ; P. O. Webster, Darke Co., Ohio ; was born Feb. 18, 1804, in Shenandoah County, and raised in Rockingham Co., Va.; in 1840, he came to Ohio and stopped for a part of the first summer in Montgomery County, and then settled in Darke County ; worked at his trade, bricklaying, for two years. He then married Emma Radefelt, who was born Nov. 17, 1820, in Adams County, Penn. ; about the time of his marriage, he bought 80 acres of land in Sec. 36, Adams Township, on which he is still living ; he has 65 acres cleared, all of which he accomplished but about 15 acres ; they are the parents of ten children - George S., born June 2, 1843 ; Hannah C, Nov. 27, 1844 ; Jacob F., March 31, 1847 ; Sarah I., Nov. 11, 1849 ; Mary M., Jan. 17, 1852 ; Abraham and Emma, July 27, 1854 ; Henrietta, April 16, 1858 ; Lucy A., Feb. 27, 1860, and Silvester, Aug. 4, 1862.

SOLOMON B. CHRISTIAN, farmer, Sec. 9 ; P. O. Bradford ; Solomon, his father, was a native of Pennsylvania, born in Huntingdon County on the 25th of December, 1789. He married Mary Bauslaugh, who was a native of the same State and county, and was born March 4, 1794 ; in 1814, Mr. Christian made a visit to Darke County, Ohio, and while here entered the east half of Sec. 9, and in 1829 he settled on his tract of land, which at that time was a dense forest ; his wife did not come till 1834, as she was afraid of the Indians ; she came with a firm determination to share the trials, dangers and hardships with her devoted husband, in the then almost unbroken wilderness, with here and there a family, at the mercy of the bloodthirsty red man, and for twenty-five years she nobly acted her part of the great drama of life ; on the 26th of September, 1859, the messenger of death entered the household, removing her from earth to heaven ; Solomon, her husband, surviued the storm of life till Feb. 10, 1862, when he, too, sank peacefully to rest in the blessed knowledge of the immortality of the soul ; they were the parents of seven children, of whom four are living, viz.: Susan, now Mrs. Brakebill ; Anna, now Mrs. Katherman ; Sarah, now Mrs. Wise, and Solomon B., the subject of this sketch, who is a native of Darke County. Ohio, born Jan. 9. 1836 : he received his education in the district schools by the time he was 19 years old, during which time he assisted his father in the clearing and the cultivation of the soil. On the 19th of -January. 1854, he celebrated his marriage with Miss Mary Brumbaugh, who is a daughter of Jacob and Susan Brumbaugh, natives of Montgomeiy County, Ohio ; Mary was born in Miami County on the 27th of December, 1830, being the fourth child in a family of eight children, viz.: Catharine. John, Carrad. Mary, Emanuel, Esther, Elizabeth and Susan ; after his marriage, he farmed the old homestead, where he has resided ever since ; he came in possession of the home farm at the death of his father ; Mr. Christian has accumulated a considerable amount of property by his hard labor, in which he has been nobly assisted bj' his good and amiable wife ; he is strictly temperate in all his habits, being a member of the Masonic Order, also of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Patrons of Husbandry. He is a firm Democrat ; Mr. Christian is not a political aspirant, although he has been identified with the township offices, served as Township Trustee two terms, one jvear as Pike Superintendent, and as School Director ten years. Mr. and Mrs. Christian are highly esteemed by their many friends and acquaintances for their good qualities ; Mrs. Christian is a member of the German Baptist Church ; thev are the parents of eight children, of whom seven are living, viz.: Susan, born May 18, 1855 ; Philip, Jan 1, 1858 ; George W., July 4, 1860 ; Mary, Jnly 14, 1863 ; "Martha, Jan. 13, 1866 ; Solomon, Sept. 7, 1868 ; John S. E.. Oct. 31. 1871. Jacob Brumbaugh was born March 14, 1803, died Jan. 27, 1843 ; Susan, his wife, was born Nov. 11, 1807, died March 29, 1852.

GIDEON J. COBLENTZ, farmer, Sec. 28 ; P. O. Bradford, Ohio. Daniel, the father of Gideon J., is a native of Maryland ; born in Frederick County in April, 1814. He married Margaret Worman. who was born in Ohio in 1815 ; she departed this life in 1855. Mr. Coblentz celebrated his second marriage with Sarah Shepherd ; the}' now reside three miles east of Dayton, Ohio. Gideon, the subject of this sketch, is a native of Ohio, born in Montgomery County, on the 17th of October 1838 ; he spent his boy-hood days in Montgomery County, assisting his father on the farm till he became of age, obtaining his education in the district schools. On the 7th of Januaiy, 1863, he celebrated his marriage with Mary E., daughter of John and Sarah Hinsey, who was born in Mad River Township, Montgomery County (now in the Corporation of Dayton), on the 29th of April, 1838. After his marriage, he moved on his father's farm, where he remained about two 3'ears : after which he rented the Barlow farm, remaining for a period of about three years ; when he moved near Fort Wood, on a small farm for which he paid money rent, remaining three years ; he followed farming for four years on three different farms, and in March, 1876, he purchased 40 acres in Adams Township, Sec. 28, where he moved and resides at present ; has since added 8 acres more, making in all 48 acres in a good state of cultivation. Mr. Coblentz has accumulated some property by his hard labor, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and amiable wife ; is strict^ temperate in all his habits ; two children have been born to them, viz.: John I). W., born July 20, 1865 ; Sarah E. M. A., born March 27, 1872. Mrs. Mary E. Coblentz is a clairvoyant and has remarkable powers in the facult}- of clairvoyancy ; to diagnose disease and prescribe for the same, and has a large practice in the counties of Darke, Miami and Montgomery. After an illness of ten years, receiving treatment from the most able physicians of the county, but all to no avail until the 4th day of July, 1874, when the faculty of clairvoyancy was brought into action, and the beautiful " Beyond" was opened up to her vision ; in which a tall, venerable old gentleman, with gray hair and beard, spoke to her. saying : " I come to cure you." She was then ordered by her control to read the thirty-fourth chapter of of Ezekiel : after which she was ordered to go where there was a pool of dead water and remove from her person all but three garments and dip herself seven times, after which burn the three garments, which she did and in six weeks she had recovered from her illness so as to be able to do her housework. We now leave the reader to draw his or her own conclusions, however, the writer can truthfully say that she possesses remarkable magnetic powers, and has great power over disease.

SOLOMON CREAGER, farmer ; P. 0. Gettysburg ; was born in Maryland in 1809 ; was the son of Henry and Susannah Creager ; they had seven children, viz., Polly, Thomas, Charlotte, Rebecca, Valentine and Solomon ; the grandparents, Conrad and Susannah, were born in Germany ; Susannah's maiden name was Wolf. Henry and Susannah Creager came to Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1810, when Solomon was about 9 months old, and located six miles south of Dayton, where they lived and died. Mr. Creager, the subject of our sketch, was married in 1833 to Maria, daughter of George and Susannah Martin ; George was born in England, and Susannah in Maryland ; Maria had two brothers and four sisters, viz., Elizabeth, Maria, Ann, Mary, George and John Thomas ; the eldest and youngest being dead, and the rest are living ; they have had as the issue of their marriage six children, three of whom are living, viz., Henry, George M. and Cora Francis, all married and settled in life. Mr. Creager after his marriage, lived with his father about six years, till the year 18-10, when they came to this count}' ; having entered eighty -three acres of land about five years previous and settled upon it while it was a wilderness, and cut the first stick of timber ; made an opening and put up a small cabin, into which they moved ; then commenced clearing up. working and toiling from day to day and year to year ; making such improvements as time and means would admit, till at present the}' have about 65 acres cleared and in cultivation, and a good comfortable house, a large barn and other buildings for comfort and convenience. When Mr. Creager started in life he began without any capital, and has made all his property by his own industry and dilligent labor, except a very small amount received from their parents. Mr. Creager has always been an active Democrat ; has been School Director and Trustee of his township some six years; and also filled other township offices. He is a member of the Reformed Church, having belonged to the same for nearly half a century ; he and his wife were two of the six constituent members who organized the Zion's Church, the first Reformed Church established in this county ; he has been Elder in the church for eighteen years. Thus, while we have here a sketch of one of the old settlers of the county, we have also a sample of pioneers in the church work rarely excelled in length of time of service ; here we have a noble example of the coupling together of pioneer work in opening out the forests, and that of building up the church, which shall ever stand upon the pages of history as a bright and shining light to guide the children's children and future generations to industry in life, and a sure way to a happy immortality beyond.

DANIEL CREx\GER, farmer; P. 0. Horatio; was born in 1820 in Ohio; was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Creager, who were born in Maryland ; Elizabeth was the daughter of Lewis Lecklider ; the grandfather was Henry Creager. Thomas and Elizabeth Creager came to Darke County, and located upon the farm on which Daniel now lives, in 1832, when all was a wilderness ; they cut their road through from New Harrison to get to their land, and cut their first stick of timber ; arriving at the farm on Sunday, the next Wednesday eve had a log house up, and moved into it Thursday morning ; from this beginning they labored on, clearing up and opening out and making improvements as time and means would admit, enduring the privations and hardships of such life ; for several years their principal milling and grain market was at Dayton ; Thomas lived till 1849, when he departed this life, leaving as the results of his labor about 130 acres cleared and under cultivation, being an example of wonderful industry and energy, and having accomplished a wonderful amount of labor for the length of time he lived here ; he had a family of thirteen children, eight of whom grew up to manhood, viz., Esaias, Mary Ann, Perryman. Daniel, Catherine, Lewis, Elizabeth and Josiah, six being now living, the eldest of the eight children having since died. Daniel, the fourth child, and the subject of this sketch, in 1847 went to Versailles, where he remained about two years ; then to Kokomo, Ind., where he remained about two years ; from there he went to California, where he remained about five years ; returned home and remained here till 1863, when he bought a mill in Miami County, which he operated about two years, sold out. and then went to Versailles into the mercantile trade, in partnership, with his brother, where he remained two years, when he sold out ; but the trade was not fully consummated, after which he was some of the time at Versailles and some of the time on the farm, to the expiration of five years, or till 1872, when his trade at Versailles was closed up, and he returned to the farm, where he has remained to the present time ; the original farm, as bought or entered by Thomas Creager. comprised 334 acres, of which there are now about 180 acres cleared and in cultivation ; the farm has remained undivided to the present time, the mother having departed this life only last May. 1879, being nearly 86 years of age ; Daniel has bought out four of the heirs, thus becoming the owner of five shares, which, of course, gives him the greater portion of the farm. We see here the history of a man and a family who have been through many hardships, but the fruits of their labors are now visible, and enable them to live in comfort and plenty the rest of their lives ; and this history will be read by generations to come with much interest, and as an example of industry and good management will stand forth as a bright and shining light to all ages to come.

E. 0. CRUEA, meat market, Bradford, Ohio. James Cruea, the father of E. 0., was born in Miami County, Ohio, on the 18th of June, 1818 ; was united in marriage with Miss Maria E. Alexander, who was born in Piqua, Ohio, on the 29th day of Januar}-, 1822 ; on the 7th day of August, 1873, the angel of death entered this peaceful family, removing from earth to heaven their kind and loving mother, leaving a large concourse of friends to mourn her death. Mr. Cruea is not a resident of Darke County, as he resides in Miami County, the street being the division line ; he is hale and robust, being 61 j'ears old. E. 0. Cruea, the subject of this sketch, was born in Piqua, Ohio, on the 19th day of August, 1847 ; spent his boyhood days in Piqua, where he obtained a good common-school education ; was united in marriage with Miss E. Anna Boulden, in Piqua, on the 16th day of September, 1869 ; she was born in Piqua on the 9th day of September, 1848 ; he moved to German Township. Darke County, in the spring of 1870, where he engaged in the livestock business, buying and selling ; meeting with good success, he sold out in 1872, and moved to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where he dealt in live stock, butchering part of the time till the spring of 1874, when he sold out and moved to Bradford, where he still resides, and is at present engaged in the butchering business, carrying on the largest meat market in Bradford. Four children were given to their union, viz. : Anna A., who was born on the 18th day of September, 1870 ; James W. was born on the 2d day of November, 1873 ; Edna G. was born on the 2d day of December, 1875 ; Lizzie May was born on the 2d day of Mav, 1877.

GEORGE W. ELIKER, farmer, Sec. 28 ; P. 0. Greenville. Henry, his father, was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1794 ; he married Lydia Harris, who was a native of the same State, born in 1790 ; they emigrated to Ohio, locating in Fairfield Co., where he remained till his death, which occurred in March, 1871 ; Mrs. Eliker died in 1845. They were the parents of three children, of whom all are living at present writing, viz., George W., Mary and Susan. George W., the subject of this sketch, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in York Co. on the 7th of October, 1822 ; came with his parents to Ohio in 1826, locating in Fairfield Co., where he obtained a good common-school education in the old-fashioned schoolhouse ; lived at home till he was about 24 years old, and on the 10th of December, 1846, he celebrated his marriage with Eliza Graham, who was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, on the 28th of May, 1823 ; after his marriage he rented a farm and farmed for about ten years, when he moved to Darke Co. and rented land for about five years ; he has bought and sold 120 acres, in which he gained about

$2,800 ; he purchased 96 acres in Adams Township, for which he paid $5,000, where he now resides ; he has good farm buildings and about 80 acres in a good state of cultivation. Mr. Eliker had but little of this world's goods when he commenced life, but by hard labor, economy, connected with strict temperate habits and integrity, he has accumulated considerable amount of property. A sad affliction befell this interesting family, for on the 3d of October, 1878, the angel of death removed from earth to heaven the mother, who was a devoted mother, a good wife, and a zealous Christian. Eight children were born to them, of whom seven are living, viz. : John H., born Jan. 2, 1848 ; Joseph G., born Feb. 27, 1849 ; Mary C, born May 9, 1850 ; Sarah A., born Feb. 10, 1854; George W., born July 10, 1858 ; Simon, born May 9, 1852 ; Emma, born Oct. 24, 1860. Mr. Eliker is a zealous worker in the cause of religion, being a member of the " Brethren in Christ " for a period of twenty-one years.

CHRISTIAN ERISMAN, farmer, Sec. 24 ; P. O. Stelvideo, Ohio. Jacob, his father, was born in Pennsylvania on the 12th of October, 1785 ; he married Nancy Cassel, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1795 ; they emigrated to Ohio in 1839, locating in Darke Co., Adams Township, Section 21, where he resided till his death, which occurred in 1843. They were the parents of eighteen children, of whom nine are living, viz., Christian, Jacob, Henry H., Reuben, Benjamin, Emanuel, Daniel, Joseph, Anna. Christian, the subject of this sketch, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Lancaster Co. on the 24th of December, 1820 ; he assisted his father on the farm in the clearing and the cultivation of the soil ; obtained his education in the subscription schools ; came with his parents to Darke Co. in 1839 ; he remained at home till he was 21 years of age, when he commenced life on his own responsibility, working by the day or month, and at all kinds of work, till the death of his parents, when he returned home, and, with his eldest sister Eliza, took charge of the farm, which he managed with good success. On the 6th of February, 1845, he celebrated his marriage with Miss Catharine Long, who is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Adams Co. on the 16th of February. 1827 ; he now began the herculean task of clearing and opening up a farm, which has been accomplished ; and, through the mercy of Providence, he has been spared to see the mighty forests fall before the woodman's ax, and what at that time was a dense wilderness, is now dotted with beautiful meadows, with elegant farmhouses and large and commodious barns ; he has under cultivation 110 acres, with good farm buildings, has erected a large barn at a cost of about $1,000, also a two-story brick house at a cost of $1,200, all of which was done when labor and material were very low ; he now owns 144 acres, valued at $10,000, all of which he has accumulated by hard labor, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and amiable wife, having passed through the many struggles, dangers and incidents so common to the pioneer of the West ; eleven children have been born to this union, of whom only five are living, viz. : Lizzie, born Feb. 14, 1850 ; Franklin C, born Feb. 14, 1860 ; Lewis E., born Dec. 9, 1864 ; Cora M.,born May 5, 1867 ; Arthur A., born Oct. 5, 1871. Henry Erisman, his brother, lives but a short distance from the old home farm ; he married Mary Jane Reck on the 26th day of September. 1848 eight children have been born to them, of whom seven are living, viz. : Samuel H born Aug. 26, 1849 ; Ervin H., born May 13, 1852 ; Edward, born Dec. 11. 1854 Brough, born July 4, 1862 ; Charles, born, Dec. 7, 1868 ; Frances, born Nov.2, 1857 Delia, born July 25, 1856.

ADAM C. FRAMPTON, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 15 : P. O. Stelvideo. The subject of this memoir is a son of Hugh Frampton, who was a native of Pennsylvania and was born in 1799 ; he came to Ohio and settled in Richland Township, Darke Co., when he was a young man. He was united in marriage with Mary Coppess ; she was born in North Carolina in 1805. They were the "parents of five children, of whom four are now living, viz., Adam C, William, Martha (Mary J. deceased) and Sarah E. Mr. Frampton entered 80 acres of land which at that time was all under heavy timber ; here they settled, lived and died. Mr.

Frarapton departed this life in 1862; his wife dying two years previous. Our subject was born in Ohio. Darke Co.. Nov. 5, 1S26 ; he remained at home until lie was 22 years of age, during which time he acquired a good common-school education in the district school. At the age of 20 he commenced school teaching, which he followed for about three years ; teaching during the winter months and working on the farm in the summer. On the 31st of May, 1849. he celebrated his marriage with Mary .Jane Patterson : she was born in Maryland in 1826 and is a daughter of Robert and Anna Patterson, who emigrated from Maryland in 1 832 and located in Richland Township, this county. Mr. Patterson departed this life in 1842 ; his wife's death occurring in 1854. They were the parents of five children, four of whom are living, viz., John, Esther. Mary Jane, Samuel and Michael, deceased. After the marriage of Mr. Frampton, he settled on his farm in Richland Township ; remaining there about three yeai-s. he sold out and moved to Stelvideo, Ohio, and in company with two of his brothers-in-law erected a steam sawmill and engaged in the timber business, following the same for about thirteen years, meeting with good success ; he then sold out and purchased fifty acres of land in Sec. 15, Adams Township, for which he paid $800 ; he also owned 60 acres in the same section, but disposed of 4 acres and now has 106 acres in his farm. When he purchased this land, it was all under heavy timber with the exception of 2 acres ; he moved into a little house which had been erected previous to his coming here, but in a short time he had the residence erected he now lives in, and a good barn and other good farm buildings ; he has 70 acres cleared and under a good state of cultivation. It can be truly said that Mr. Frampton is a ': pioneer, " that is, as far as clearing and opening out a farm is concerned ; he has accomplished this Iry his hard labor, correct business and temperate habits, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and amiable wife. He has been identified more or less with township offices since his residence in the county ; served as Trustee of Adams Township for a period of six years, and has held some other offices ; he is not a church member, but believes that religion must be lived as well as professed, and it can be said that he is always be found at his post ready to relieve suffering humanity. Five children are the fruits of this union, four of whom are living, viz., Robert P., Carrie, Minnie and Lillian. On the 3d of March, 1878. the death messenger entered this peaceful and interesting family and remove! from earth to heaven, Rosella, a daughter of 16 summers, cut down in the bloom of life and leaving a host of friends to mourn her loss. Mr. Frampton is a member of the I. 0. O. P. Order ; also a member of the Patrons of Husbandry and is strictly temperate in all his habits, not using tobacco in any shape and has never taken a drink of an}r liquor only for medical purposes, and is an earnest worker in the cause of temperance.

JACOB F. GAUBY. manufacturer of brick and tile ; P. O. Bradford, Ohio. Jacob, his father, was born in Pennsylvania on the 20th of March, 1803 ; he married Christina Fike. who was born in Berks Co.. Penn., on the 11th of March. 1811 ; they emigrated to Ohio in 1855, locating in Darke Co.. where they resided until death overtook them ; Christina died June 11, 1873, and on the 16th of October. 1873, Jacob sank peacefully to rest.

Jacob F.. the subject of this sketch, was born in Pennsylvania on the 7th of December, 1837 ; he spent his boyhood days in Pennsylvania, where he received a good education in German ; came with his parents to Ohio when he was 17 years old ; after he came to Ohio, he obtained some knowledge of the English language by his own efforts ; he remained at home until he was 21 years old. and on the 20th of January, 1859, he celebrated his marriage with Rebecca Wise, a native of Ohio ; he then engaged in farming, and in a few years he purchased 122 acres of land ; unfortunately, he lost his wife on the 22d of March, 1865 ; three children were born to them, viz.: Moses, born Oct. 19, 1860; Jacob, born July 16. 1862 ; Rebecca, born March 9, 1865. About one year later, he celebrated his second marriage with Abigail Boocher. of Montgomery Co.. Ohio ; three children by this union, of whom two are living, viz.: Henry, born June 27, 1868; John, born Dec. 3. 1870. On the 16th of January, 1874, the death messenger called again and summoned his wife to that better land ; this, a second bereavement, almost crushed him to the earth. In 1874, he was married to Malinda J. Stose, a native of Ohio, born on the 7th of June, 1853 ; three children have been born to this union, viz.. P]ffie J. D., Cora, William. Mr. Gauby has sold off 80 acres of his land, investing the proceeds in his manufacturing of tile and brick ; he now owns 42 acres of land where he resides, one house and lot in Bradford, also a blacksmith-shop ; he is now engaged in the manufacturing of brick and tile, and it is said that his tile and brick are the best in the count}'. The brickmasons say that they can make a better job out of his kiln than from any other in the country ; he has the largest and most complete tile manufactory in the county. Mr. Gauby has had his full share of township offices ; served as Constable and Supervisor ; he is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., and was a member of the German Baptist Church until he joined this order, when the church dismissed him for joining this good and noble order.

WILLIAM E. GEORGE, dealer in grain and hogs, also ticket, freight and express agent, Gettysburg, Ohio. George, his father, was a native of Germany, born in Hesse-Darmstadt in 1812 ; Mary, his wife, whose maiden name was Bishop, was a native of Adams Co., Penn., born in 1815 ; the}* were united in marriage in Gettysburg, Penn., where they spent their days. Mrs. George departed this life Dec. 24, 1843, Mr. George in 1879. Our subject is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Gettysburg, Adams Co., the 6th day of June, 1835 ; he spent his boyhood days in his native State, where he received his preparatory education in the district schools, after which he entered the preparatory department of the Pennsylvania College, where he obtained an academic education, and at the age of 20 years engaged in teaching school in the vicinity of Chambersburg, Franklin Co., which he followed about three years ; came to Darke Co.. Ohio, in the fall of 1857, and located in Washington Township, where he engaged in teaching in the district schools, which he followed for a period of about seven years, averaging about nine and a half months per year ; he was united in marriage with Deborah H. Fonts on the 13th of January, 1861 ; she was a native of Indiana, born in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., on the 16th of October, 1840 ; her parents were natives of Maryland, and came to Indiana in an early day. On the 4th of June, 1863, the death messenger entered the household of Mr. George and removed from earth to heaven his beloved companion ; after her death he sold all his real and personal property, following his profession of teaching in different localities, during which time he entered Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College of Indianapolis, where he graduated in the fall of 1865 ; he then came to Gettysburg, Darke Co., and resumed his profession, teaching at different places in Adams and Franklin Townships and vicinity, for about eight years. On the 28th of December, 1865, he celebrated his second marriage with Sarah M. McDowell, born in Darke Co. Jan. 4, 1844 ; her parents were from Pennsylvania, and came to this count}' in a very early day. In July, 1872. Mr. George was appointed ticket, freight, and U. S. Express agent of the P., C. & St. Louis R. R. at Gettysburg and at the same time engaged in the grain and stock trade, which he has since followed ; he now has in course of erection a large elevator. 26x110. and 26 feet high, which will be supplied with all the necessary machinery ; he handled about 170,000 bushels last season, of different kinds of grain. Mr. George has one child by his last marriage, Myrtie A., born Oct. 10. 1871 ; also one child by his first wife. viz.. Charles A., born on the 3d of December, 1862 ; his mother died when he was but 6 months old, after which his uncle, William English, of Spartanburg, Randolph Co., Ind., took him to raise, where he now lives, but is making arrangements to engage in the drug business in Marshall, 111. Mr. George has been identified with the various township offices since his residence here ; has been clerk of the township for about twelve years, which office he now holds ; was appointed Deputy U. S. Marshal in 1870, having for his district, Adams, Franklin, Van Buren and Monroe Townships ; he was confirmed in the Lutheran Church in 1850, but after he came to Darke Co., Ohio, he past his lot with the Presbyterians, his wife also being a member of the same church ; he has accumulated a considerable amount of property by his hard labor, connected with correct business and temperate habits, in which he has been assisted by his good and noble wife ; he owns 260 acres of land in Iowa, and about five acres in the corporation of Gettysburg, the whole valued at about $0,000. Mr. George commenced life without any of this world's goods, and when he came West he borrowed $50 to bring him here, and has met with many trials and troubles since he commenced life ; the greatest misfortune was in losing his right arm on the 19th of February, 1849, two and a half miles south of Gettysburg, Penn.; while feeding a thrashing machine he unfortunately got his hand caught in the cylinder, and was mangled so badly that he was compelled to have it amputated ; he is a man who possesses an indominitable will, strictly honest, and a thorough business man ; strictly temperate, neither chews nor smokes tobacco ; is a great worker in the cause of temperance ; a Republican in politics.

LEVI GILBERT, farmer ; P. 0. Gettysburg. James, his father, was a native of Maryland, born in 1776 ; was taken to Pennsylvania by his parents, where he married Mollie Reeser in Lebanon Co., where they spent their days ; he departed this life about 1814 ; Mollie, his wife died in about 1816 ; six children were born to them ; three are living at the present writing, viz., Levi, Joseph and Benjamin ; Joseph lives in Montgomery Co.. Benjamin in Darke Co. Levi, the subject of this sketches a native of Pennsylvania, born in Lebanon Co. on the 26th of September, 1806 ; he was left an orphan when quite 3Toung, thrust out on the cold charities of the world to fight the battles of life among strangers ; he lived in Lebanon Co. till he was about 16 years old, working for different persons for his clothes and board ; he would attend subscription school part of the winter, which tuition he paid himself ; he went to Dauphin Co.. where he worked by the month on a farm for about one year and a half, after which he went to Lancaster Co., where he resided till he was about 30 years old, following teaming and farming. On the 8th day of December, 1829, he celebrated his marriage with Miss Mariah Spires, who is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Lancaster Co. on the 13th of July, 1808. In 1837. he and his family of three boys bade farewell to friends and their native county, started with a two-horse team for the West to better their condition, and on the 21st day of May they arrived in Miami Co., where he rented the Eller farm near Covington, where he remained abput five and a half years, meeting with good success, during which time he purchased 110 acres in Adams Township, Sec. 19, all of which was under heavy timber, for which he paid $41)0 ; after he purchased this tract of land, he commenced the task of clearing and opening up a farm, worked at spare times till he had cleared sufficient to put out a little crop ; during this time, he had erected a log cabin, and in 1843 he moved his family into this " mansion, " where he has continued to reside ever since, but not in the old log cabin, as in the course of time he erected a beautiful two-story brick house, and other farm buildings. Mr. Gilbert has accumulated a considerable amount of property by hard labor, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and amiable wife, b >th of whom have passed through the many struggles, dangers and incidents so common to the pioneer of the West ; they have a host of friends and are held in high esteem by nil who know them ; they are active' workers in the cause of religion, being members of the Evangelical Church, and the writer can truthfully say that they are living devoted Christian lives, and he will never forget that pleasant hour and a half he spent in their company. May their days, which will be few in the body, be brightened by the golden light of spirit land - the summer land - and when they are through with the body may the passing-out be as a gentle zephyr. They are the parents of seven children, of whom six are living, viz.. Henry, Samuel, Levi S.. Frances (now Mrs. Merrick). Mollie (now Mrs. Holman). Elizabeth

(now Mrs. Reck), Elmira (now Mrs. Floinerfield) ; Henry, his son, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Lancaster Co. on the 23d of October, 1830 ; he spent his boyhood days on his father's farm, assisting in the clearing and the cultivation of the soil. He received a good common-school education in the district schools. At the a<re of 18, he commenced to learn the coopering trade in his father's shop, where°he worked till he was 21 years old, after which he continued on his own responsibility till he was about 29 years of age, during which time he made his home with his father. He celebrated his marriage with Nancy A. Hill on the 28th of August, 1859 ; she was born in Miami Co. in 1839, and on the 12th of August the death messenger removed her from earth to heaven, leaving one child, who in seven days later fell asleep in death also. In two years and five months, he celebrated his second marriage,with Miss Mary E. Harry, who is a native of Montgomery Co., Ohio, born in Dayton in May, 1843 ; seven children by this union, viz - William H, born Dec, 28, 1863 ; Samuel H, born September, 1865 ; John C, born March, 1867 ; Benit, born August, 1869 ; Edward 0., born March, 1872 ; Yinie B.,born November, 1876 ; May, born September, 1879. Mr. Gilbert resides on his father's farm, carrying on the coopering business during the winter and farming in the summer. .

LEVI S. GILBERT, farmer, P. 0. Gettysburg, Ohio; a son of Levi and Mariah Gilbert ; was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., on the 13th day of September 1835; came with his parents to Ohio, locating in Miami Co., and in 1842 removing to Darke Co, where he spent his boyhood days on his father's farm, receiving his education in the district school ; at the age of 16, he commenced to learn the coopering trade in his father's shop ; he followed his trade about sixteen years, four years of which he worked in Gettysburg ; in 1863, he sold out his shop and purchased a farm of 124 acres in Sec. 29, Adams Township, where he moved and has since resided ; he now has ninety acres in a good state of cultivation a beautiful brick house ; a barn, 80x47 feet, which he erected at a cost of about $1,500 ; on the 29th day of September, 1859, he celebrated his marriage with Rosana, daughter of Mathias and Arnstena, who was born in Montgomery Co., on the 28th day of December, 1840 ; five children have been born to them, viz., Elmer E born August 9, 1862 ; Nora May, born December 5, 1865 ; Harry A., born Feb. 17, 1867 ; Edith J., born March 25, 1869 ; Raymond M., born March 7, 1874, Mr. Gilbert has accumulated a considerable amount of property, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and amiable wife ; he is strictly temperate in all his habits. In 1864, he enlisted in the 100-day service and went forth in defense of his

AARON HAHN ; P. 0. Gettysburg. The subject of this sketch was born m Mahoning Co.. Ohio, March 26, 1816 ; he is a son of Samuel and Hannah (Pauline) Hahn, who were natives of Maryland; Mr . H. was born about the year 1790 or 1791, his wife in 1795 ; they came to Darke Co. in 1831 and located in Franklin Township ; Mrs. H. departed this life in 1861 ; Mr. H. is still living, and resides in Greenville, with his son Amos. Our subject came to this county with his parents when 15 years of age, where he assisted his father on the farm during the summer season and attended the district school through the winter, thereby obtaining a o-ood common-school education ; he remained at home till 21 years of age, when his father gave him 93 acres of land, all under heavy timber ; he then commenced the task of clearing and preparing the land for cultivation. On the 21st of March, 1839, he was united in marriage with Mary A. Reck, and located upon his farm, to which he had added until possessed of 184 acres in all ; Mrs. H. departed this life May 11, 1853; their children were five in number by this union, of whom four are living, viz.: Mary E., born May 18, 1844 ; Jeremiah, Oct. 15. 1846 ; John E.. May 21, 1850 ; Joseph, April 30, 1853 ; Mr. H. carried on his farm and cared for inVchildren till Jan. 26, 1854, when he was united in marriage with Catherine Feeser ; she was born in Frederick Co., Maryland, July 7. 1834 ; they remained on the farm in Franklin Township till 1868, when he sold, and bought 127 acres m

Adams Township, which he traded for 84 acres in Sec. 25, locating there in 1873, where he still resides : his residence is situated in the corporation of Gettysburg he has been afflicted with palsy for several years, which has confined him to his room a greater part of the time ; Mr. H. has in no way been an office-seeker, yet he has been identified with the township offices since his residence here he has served as Trustee of Franklin Township for a period of six years, and has Keen Clerk and School Director ; the children of Aaron and Catherine (Feeser) Hahn were ten in number, of whom nine are living, viz.: Emeline, born April 15 1857 William. Oct. 16, 1858 ; Martha E.. May 5, 1860 ; Susanna C, Sept. 10,' 1861 ; Laura B.. May 16, 1863 ; Ansenora, Oct. 24, 1865 ; Samuel N., May 15, 1868 ; Sarah J., May 1, 1869, and Benjamin F., May 15. 1871. Mr. H. has passed through the many hard struggles, trials and incidents of frontier life, and has accumulated a good property, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good wife. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are good, consistent Christian people.