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

JOB M. SHAFER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 27 ; P. 0. Versailles ; was born in Bedford Co., Penn., Sept. 4, 1830 ; his father, John Shafer, was born in the same county, July 17, 1802, and married Dorothy Mann Feb. 24, 1824, of the same count}' ; she was born Feb. 20, 1804 ; his father, Sickfrit Shafer, was born in Virginia, and married Mary Hess ; Mrs. John Shafer' s father, Jacob Mann, was born July 27, 1763, and married Dorothy Hill June 13, 1786 ; she was born May 2, 1761 ; Mr. Jacob Mann died Nov. 5, 1830 ; Dorothy, his wife, died Aug. 6, 1845; John Shafer moved to Darke Co. in 1837; they had five children, viz.: Anna, born April 30, 1826, married Alexander B. Brandon ; Mary, born June 9, 1828, died June 20, following ; Job M., the subject of this sketch ; Margaret, born Oct. 7, 1833 ; died Sept. 5, 1841, of the milk sickness, and Jacob, born Dec. 10, 1835, died Dec. 11, 1845. John, the father, resides where he first settled in Richland Township ; his wife died April 11, 1875. Job M., the subject of this sketch, has always followed farming on the old homestead, where he now resides ; he was elected Justice of the Peace in April, 1856, and served three years, and has been Township Trustee. He married Elizabeth Brandon March 20, 1851 ; she is the daughter of James R. Brandon, and was born in Darke Co. (see Alexander B. Brandon's biography in this work) Oct. 10, 1831 ; they have six children, viz.: Dennis, born Dec. 24, 1851 ; Margaret A, born March 11, 1855, married Cyrus White ; John C, born May 13, 1858 ; Allen W., born March 30, 1862 ; Mary, born March 24, 1866, and Bertha, born Jan. 31, 1872. He owns 263 acres of land and a good home.

DAVID J. STAHL, farmer, Sec. 34 ; P. 0. Versailles ; was born in Adams Township, Darke Co., Ohio, Nov. 17, 1850, and is a son of Jacob K. and Sarah (Limber) Stahl ; he was born in Pennsylvania in 1812, and died in Greenville Township in November, 1861 ; she resides with her daughter, Mrs. John C. Hill, in Newton, Miami Co., Ohio ; he came to Darke Co. among the early settlers, with his father, Henry Stahl, therefore the family is identified among the first settlers of the county ; he was noted for his enterprise and industry ; he accumulated a large property ; at his death he owned the grist and saw mills, with 40 acres of land in Coletown, a large landed property in Greenville, 266 acres in Adams Township, and the homestead farm, where the subject of this sketch resides, in Richland Township. David J. has always followed farming, and has resided in this county, except six years, during which he worked his mother's land in Miami Co., Ohio. He married Sarah Curtis Aug. 19, 1872 ; she was born near Fredericksburg, Miami Co., Ohio, July 16, 1850 ; her father, William Curtis, married Anna Feece ; she was born Jan. 7, 1832 ; they reside near Troy, Miami Co., Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Stahl have three children, viz.: Leonia Belle, born Oct. 4, 1873 ; Daisy, born Dec. 6, 1875, and William Allen, born Oct. 14, 1877. He owns onehalf of the homestead, containing 235 acres - the first land his father settled on in this county of his own.

GEORGE H. WARVEL, farmer, Sec. 6 ; P. O. Beamsville ; was born in Rockingham Co., Va., July 27, 1829 ; his father, John Warvel, was born in the same county, May 29, 1798, and married Delilah Lepe, June 14, 1829 ; she also was born in the same place May 1 3, 1807, and resides with her son, the subject of this sketch ; they moved to this place in the fall of 1844 ; John Warvel died Jan. 31, 1866, and was always a strong, robust farmer up to a year or two before he died. The subject of this sketch has always pursued the avocation of farming, except for a short time he followed carpentering ; has been Trustee in this township, is a member of the order of A., F. & A. M. He married Mary Simes Nov. 6, 1856, daughter of Henry P. Simes, she was born Jan. 12, 1838, and died Aug. 17, 1865 ; by this union they had three children, viz.: William A., bom Sept. 2, 1857 ; two died in early infancy ; his second marriage was with Lizzie Hartzell, Nov. 22, 1866 ; she was daughter of George Eartzell, deceased, and born June 8, 1845, in this county, and died March 16, 1868, leaving no issue living ; his third marriage was with Susan M. Earhart, April 24, 1870 ; she was born Nov. 28, 1840, and was sister of his second wife, Lizzie; she died Feb. 10, 1875 ; by this union two children were born, viz.: Lilley Bell, born April 11, 1871, and died March 3, 1878, and John H., born May 4, 1872. Mr. Warvel owns 65 acres of land and a good home bordering Beamsville.

DANIEL WARVEL, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 32 : P. O. Beamsville ; was born in Warren Co.. Ohio, Sept. 5, 1834 ; his father, Christopher, was born in Rockingham Co., Ya., Feb. 27, 1796, and married Charlotte Lilly ; she was born in the same county June 4, 1799 ; he died March 18, 1851, and she died March 14, 1855 ; they are buried in the cemetery on the old homestead on Sec. 13, in this township ; they moved from Virginia to Warren Co., Ohio, and thence to Montgomery^ Co., and came to Darke Co. about 1839 ; when they endeavored to buy something to eat, on their arrival in Warren Co., tlie}^ offered the last $5 they possessed, and found it to be counterfeit, consequently they began life in Ohio with nothing ; when they got to Darke Co. they had sufficient to buy their first 160 acres in the woods ; they had nine children viz.: John H., William L., Sarah A., George C, Elizabeth, Mary, Adeline, deceased, Daniel and Margaret L. ; Sarah A. married D. R. Hathaway ; Elizabeth, Solomon Beam ; Mary, Daniel Hartzell ; Adeline, Andrew Coppess, and Margaret married Linas Hathaway. The subject of this sketch was raised a farmer, and remained at home with his parents until his mother's decease, he then made a trip to Virginia, and worked at farming and miscellaneous employment, for wages, by the month ; at the age of 21, he bought 40 acres, and began a home for himself ; has been honored with various township offices, was Township Clerk, Trustee, etc., was Justice of the Peace three years, and retired last spring. He married Catherine Ann Kay lor Jan. 1, 1856 ; she was born in Logan Co., Ohio, May 7, 1837 ; she died Feb. 3, 1857 ; they had one child, Joseph C, born Jan. 28, 1857 ; he is still living ; his second marriage was celebrated March 21, 1858, with Sarah Powell ; she was born in Monroe Co., Ohio, Jan. 27, 1836 ; they have five children, viz.: Mary A., born Dec. 18, 1858, she married Abraham Eley ; Lucy E., born May 9, 1860 ; Laban, Dec. 10, 1861 ; Amos A., June 11, 1864, and Clement L., July 20, 1873. Mr. Warvel owns a good home and 227 acres of land.

JOHN B. WERTS, merchant and Postmaster at Dawn, Sec. 20 ; was born in Preble Co., Ohio, June 20, 1848 ; his father, William Werts, was born in Preble Co., Ohio, Dec. 25, 1826, and married Lydia Willson, who was born in Darke Co., June 20, 1827 ; he moved to Darke Co. in 1855, and engaged in coopering in this township ; Mrs. Lydia Werts died Nov. 21, 1878. John B., the subject of this sketch, commenced clerking, with Creager Brothers, in Horatio, Darke Co., at the age of 10 years, which he followed until he moved to this place, in April 1873, where he engaged in business on his own account ; he was appointed Postmaster Sept. 30. 1875, he is also express agent ; he was Township Clerk six years in York Township. He married Mary J. Winbigler of Brock, this county, Oct 15, 1872 . they have one child. Minnie Claudia, born Nov. 15, 1874.

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PETER E. ARMSTRONG, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Hill Grove ; was born in Greenville Township, Darke Co., Ohio, Nov. 21, 1831, and is the son -of John and Jane (Elston) Armstrong ; at the age of 18, he was living in Jackson Township, this county ; about that time the first church edifice was built there - a little log house, b}r the Methodists ; his early education was obtained in a very poor log hut, of small dimensions, but from his father he obtained good sound knowledge, as he was an educated gentleman before he emigrated into the wilderness ; he was an attorney at law, and in this county was Associate Judge of the Common Pleas a number of years, and Justice of the Peace twenty-four years he was one of the most highly respected and prominent men of the county during his lifetime. The subject of this sketch, Peter E., is Treasurer of this township ; has assessed the chattel property of this township five years : a Trustee, etc. ; is a strong Union man, and a Republican. He married Catherine Henning July 25. 1851 ; she was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Nov. 22, 1830, and came to Darke Co. in her youth, with her parents, Jacob and Rebecca (Stiner) Henning ; they have four children, viz. : David, born Aug. 11, 1855 ; Sarah Jane, born Nov. 23, 1856 ; she married Andrew C. Rickel ; Hugh Lincoln, born June 15, 1860, and Mary Isabelle, born Nov. 29, 1867. Mr. Armstrong owns 148 acres, where he has resided twenty-four years ; this he has procured by his own unaided efforts and self-reliance ; himself and wife are members of the German Baptist Church.

ANDREW BICKEL, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 15 ; P. 0. Hill Grove ; was born in Brush Valley, Centre Co., Penn., Sept. 2, 1805 ; moved to Montgomery Co., Ohio, with his parents in 1811. His father, Andrew Bickel, was born in Pennsylvania, and married Catherine Gloss, born also in Pennsylvania ; he died in St. Joseph Co., Ind., in 1854, and she died here on Sec. 15 in 1858; he was drafted in the war of 1812, but hired a substitute. Andrew, the subject of this sketch, moved to this place, where he now resides, March 2, 1831, having entered 80 acres in August before ; he built his cabin of logs in the woods, without windows or doors, but in the fall he procured a plank, of which he made a door, using wooden pins for nails, being too poor to buy nails, or latch, or hinges, but his latch-string has always been out for a friend ; in 1838, he built a hewed-log house and weatherboarded it ; in this he still resides, a good, warm, substantial habitation ; he sold forty bushels of corn of his own raising for 25 cents a bushel, and every year since has had corn to sell ; and in the early days he never refused a neighbor a sack of corn whether he had the money or not ; in the first twelve years alone he cleared 50 acres ; after that his boys were old enough to help him, and thej" did. He married Nancy Moyer Ma}' 30, 1830 ; she was born in Rockingham Co., Va., Aug, 27, 1810. Mr. and Mrs. Bickel have had ten children, viz. : Henry, born Jan. 2. 1831 ; John, bom Feb. 23, 1832 ; William, born Oct. 10, 1833, died Nov. 22, 1853 : Catherine, born Feb. 9, 1839 ; Daniel, born Oct. 21. 1837 ; Sally, born Dec. 2, 1839. died March 30, 1843 ; Elizabeth, born Jan. 3. 1842 ; Abigail, born Jan. 19, 1844. died March 20, 1853 ; Mary, born April 25, 1847, died May 21, 1847, and Andrew, born June 15, 1852. Catherine married Henry Blocher ; Elizabeth married John J. Norris. Mr. Bickel is hale and hearty, and says at the age of 60 he could cut and split from the stump 200 rails, or cut and put up two cords of hard wood in a day. He voted for Andrew Jackson in 1832. He now owns the old homestead of 120 acres, where he resides.

DANIEL W. BICKEL, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 17 ; P. O. Hill Grove ; was born in Clermont Co., Ohio, Nov. 11, 1838, and is the eldest son of Tobias Bickel, of Sec. 18, Washington Township, who was born in Centre Co., Penn., May c. 1811, and married Elizabeth McAdams, of Hamilton Co., Ohio, in June, 1837 she was bora in that county Nov. 15, 1815. Tobias Bickel moved to where he now resides in 1848 : he followed teaming in Cincinnati until he was 25 years of age : he had no advantages for an education in his youth, but has given all his children good opportunities, which they have improved ; they have had eleven children, viz. : Daniel, Margaret. Hamilton A.. Sarah lv. deceased ; Catherine, deceased : John .1.. Nancy J., Joseph, Elijah. Stephen R., deceased, and Marcus P. Mr. T. Bickel has been a successful and thrifty farmer ever since he came to Darke Co.. and owns, free and clear. 240 acres, which he has redeemed from a wilderness of swamps, by open and blind ditching, as well as clearing of heavy timber. The subject of this sketch, at the age of 20. commenced teaching school, and followed it four years ; has been Assessor of the township for two years, and Clerk one year. He married Rebecca Chenoweth, daughter of John Chenoweth. deceased. of this township. Sept. 28, 18G1 ; she was born May 25, 1838. They have had three children, viz.: the first died unnamed ; John H., born Oct. 29, 1863, and Ira E., born Feb. 28, 1866. He owns a tine home and 15G acres of land : himself and wife are members of the Methodist Church.

HENRY M. BICKEL, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 8 ; P. 0. Hill Grove ; was born Jan. 2, 1831, in Montgomery County. Ohio, and came with his parents to Darke County in April following ; his father, Andrew Bickel, was born in Centre Count}', Penn., Sept. 2, 1805, and married Nancy Moj'er, who was born in Virginia Aug. 27, 1810 ; both, hale and hearty, are now living on the farm they bought in 1830, at that time in an unbroken wilderness, in Washington Township, though they experienced all the hardships and privations so well known to all the early settlers of this portion of Ohio, but now, instead of the wilderness, amid the most fertile and productive agricultural land of the State, Henry M., the subject of this sketch, has owned the farm (234 acres) where he lives twentj'-three years ; this also has he redeemed from wilderness and swamps to bountiful productiveness, being among, if not the very first man to £i blind tile," which is the making of the fine farms in Darke County ; now he is surrounded by abundance and comfort ; at 21 years, he was not worth a dollar, and possesses to-day the first silver dollar that he earned, by cutting eight cords of hardwood. June 12, 1856, he married Mary Crumrine ; she was born in Darke County July 8, 1839 ; they have had six children, viz., John C., Lucy C. (deceased), Mary A., Dora (deceased), Harrison C. and Henry I.

SAMUEL W. BLOCKER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 23 ; P. O. Greenville ; is the youngest son of Samuel Blocher, of Washington Township, and was born in this township Oct. 20, 1845 ; was raised a farmer, and has continued to follow it successfully, and has just erected for himself one of the finest brick residences in this count}'. He married Catherine M. Glunt. daughter of Joseph Glunt, deceased ; they have three children, viz. : Ira. born July 22, 1873 ; Hugh, Feb. 12. 1876 ; and Myrtle, Aug. 6, 1878. Mr. B. owns 183 acres of fine farming land adjoining the homestead of his father.

THOMAS F. CHENOWETH. farmer and brickmason, Sec. 32 ; P. O. Darke ; was born in Franklin County, Ohio, July 17, 1808 ; his father, John Chenoweth, was bom in Virginia, and married Betsey Foster; she was born in Maryland July 16, 1788 ; he died in Tippecanoe County. Ind.. in 1865 ; she died in Darke Count}-, Ohio, in ISTCi ; the family moved to this section in February. 1818. (See biography of Jacob B. Chenoweth.) The subject of this sketch attended school with about an equal number of white and colored children, as the Clemens (colored) settlement was made soon after they moved here ; up to the age of 21, Mr. Chenoweth followed farming, then learned the brickmason's trade, which, with farming, he has ever since followed ; w:is elected Justice of the Peace in 1852. and served until 1879 (twenty-seven years). He married Christina Thomas Nov. 10, 1831 ; she was born in Anderson County. Tcnn., Feb. 1, 1810 ; her father. John Thomas, married Catherine Albright Oct. 31. I7!»it : she was born March 14. 1784 : both were born in North Carolina and died in Preble Comity, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Chenoweth have had the following children, viz., Lewis A., born Aug. 6, 1832, died April 4. 1836 ; John, born Nov. 19, 1833 ; Louisa, Dec. 16, 1835 ; Nelson T., Oct. 8, 1837; Emeline. Dec. 7, 1839, died Feb. 18. 1840 ; Catherine, born Jan. 13, 1S43 ; Joel T., Dec. 29, 1844 ; Mary Jane, Sept. 18, 1848 ; and Benjamin F.. Sept, 27. 1852 ; Louisa married Milton Jefferis, Catherine married Daniel Clapp. Mary Jane married George McClure. In the winter of 1830 and 1831, Mr. Chenoweth hauled with a four-horse team out of Greenville all the wheat that was marketed there at that time, i. e., two loads a day, twenty-five bushels to the load ; it was sold for 374; cents per bushel in merchandise. He owns a good farm of 160

JACOB B. CHENOWETH, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Hill Grove ; was born in Pike Co., Ohio, Ma}' 13, 1824, and came with his parents to Washington Township, where he now resides, in December. 1829 ; his father, John Chenoweth, was born in Pike Co., Ohio, Nov. 7, 1797, and is said to be the first white child born on the Scioto River in that county ; he married Mary E. Barger April 13, 1820 ; she was born in Virginia in 1797 ; her father, Jacob Barger, was born March 13, 1769, and married Susan Barger, who was born in Germany ; he died Sept. 7, 1822, and she died Oct. 24, 1845. Jacob B., the subject of this sketch, began life poor ; he worked for small wages, farming up to 1850 ; his limited education he procured here in a hut built of round logs, small and so low a big boy could barely stand upright ; in place of glass window-lights was greased white paper, through which only dim knowledge could be obtained. He married Sarah Wagemon Sept. 10, 1857 ; she was born in Darke Co., Sept. 8, 1837 ; her father, William Wagemon, was born in Pennsylvania, and married Mary Baker, of Virginia ; he died in Wabash Co., Ind.,in the winter of 1867 ; she died in Randolph Co., Lid., in March, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Chenoweth have four children, viz.. John W., born Sept. 6, 1858; Mary A., Oct. 21, 1860 ; Flora J., March 30, 1863; and Ira 0., March 15, 1874. He owns 100 acres and a good home ; he has been Supervisor, Trustee, School Director, etc., but has never aspired to public office.

JOSEPH COLE, Jr., retired farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Darke; was born in Washington Township, Darke Co., Dec. 29, 1823 : at the age of 17, he began teaching school in the first schoolhouse erected in Washington Township, and followed teaching most of the time until he was 30 years old ; he built and managed a saw-mill about three years ; he went into merchandising in Coletown and followed it four years ; he since has followed dealing in live-stock and farming ; he has never been a political aspirant ; he is now Secretary of the Darke Count}* Pioneer Society. His father, Samuel Cole, was born in Sussex Co., N. J., July 3, 1787, and married Mary Elston, of the same county, in 1812 ; she was born Nov. 27, 1792 ; his father, Samuel Cole, was born on the Hudson River, near New York City, Nov. 5, 1751. He first married Janey Davis ; she was born Jul}* 2, 1755 ; his second wife was Anna Rider ; she was born Oct. 25, 1760 ; his father was David Cole, a descendant of the Coles who were among the first settlers of New York City or New Amsterdam ; Samuel Cole, the father of the subject of this sketch, moved to Washington Township in March, 1817 ; his father came the next year and died here Jan. 8, 1829 ; Samuel, father of Joseph, the subject of this sketch, died in Greenville Township, this county, Feb. 21, 1866 ; he was a farmer but taught the first school in Washington Township ; he was the first Justice of the Peace, and was Township Clerk in 1823; his widow Mary, died Aug. 10, 1831 ;they had eight children, viz.: William, born July 25, 1813, in New Jersey, died April 3. 1836 ; Asa. born July 26, 1815, in New Jersey, died May 29, 1857^ Jane, born April 20, 1817 ; the fir<=t white child born in Washington Township ; she married Leonard Wintermute. and now resides in Greenville Township ; Betsey, born March 23, 1819, died Feb. 6, 1872 ; she married George Fllston, deceased ; Samuel, born April 5, 1821 ; Joseph,

JAMES B. CREVISTON, school teacher, Sec. 4; P. O. Hill Grove; was born in Washington Township. Darke Co., Ohio, Jan. 17, 1820. His lather. Henry Creviston, was born in Bedford Co.. Penn., in February. 1780, and married Mary Burnham, of North Carolina ; they moved to Darke Co., Ohio, in 1808, and settled near Greenville ; he mainly followed farming, but was a noted hunter, as game was abundant and the country a dense forest; he was in the war of 1812, and acted as scout for Gen. William H. Harrison, from Ft. Greenville to Tippecanoe and other points in the Northwest, among the Indians ; he died in September, 1855 ; his wife survived him until Februar}-, 1805. James B. Creviston commenced teaching school at Hill Grove, wdiere he now resides, in 1840, and has continued up to this time, within the four adjoining districts, and is now the oldest native teacher in the county, and if not the first, he was the second, white child born in this township. In April, 1801, he enlisted in Co. 1, 11th 0. Y. I. ; went out as first Lieutenant, and on Sept. 9, following, was appointed Adjutant of the 40th Ohio Regiment under Col. Jonathan Cranor, and served until discharged, on account of inflammatory rheumatism ; he was commissioned Captain of Co. G. of the 193d Ohio Regiment of Infantry in February, 1805, and served until the surrender of all the rebel armies ; was mustered out in September, 1805. He married Maiy Older Aug. 29, 1849 ; she was born in this township Sept. 23, 1849 ; they have had four children, viz., Kate, born Jul}' 1, 1851 (she married Henry Cook) ; Bruce, born Sept. 20, 1859 (died Nov. 7, 1800) ; Johnny, born Oct. 18, 1807 (died Aug. 21, 1808) ; and Mary Agnes, born July 22, 1872. Himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church ; in politics, he is a Republican.

JOHN FLORY, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 9 ; P. O. Hill Grove ; was born in Palestine, Darke Co., Ohio, Oct. 21, 1841. His father, Daniel Flory, was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio May 13, 1817, and came with his parents to German Township, in Darke Co.. in his youth ; he learned the tinner's trade, and was the first, and for many years the only tinner in Washington Township, which was his principal business during life. He died on his homestead in Sec. 10, Washington Township. Nov. 4, 1873, where he owned 182 acres of land. He married Eliza Wise, of Darke Co., who died about 1849 ; by this marriage were six children, all of whom are now living. His second marriage was with Elizabeth Morgan, of Maryland, in December, 1851, by whom were nine children, three of whom only are living - John Flory learned the tinner's trade also, which he followed only for a short time, giving his attention mainly to farming ; he married Rebecca Friend Oct. 19, 1805 ; she was born in Darke Co., Ohio June 15, 1849; they have six children, viz., Rachel, born Oct. 30, 1867 ; Emma, born Nov. 13. 1870 ; Sirrilda, born July 20, 1872; Sarah, born May 20, 1874 ; Jesse, born Sept. 15, 1876, and Joseph E., born Aug. 5, 1878. He owns 73 acres of land ; Mr. and Mrs. Flory belong to the German Baptist Church, of which he is a Deacon.

ELIZABETH (CRUMRINE) GLUNT, widow of Joseph Glunt deceased, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Union City, Ind. Her husband, Joseph Glunt, was born June 5, 1822, and departed this life May 1, 1878, after a lingering illness, which he bore with patience and Christian fortitude ; he had been a member of the German Baptist Church for seventeen years. They commenced life in a very poor little log hut, which now stands in the rear of the pleasant home, and is used as ;i stable. The gentlemen and ladies of to-day would hardly desire to make such a beginning, but from such beginnings have grown all the wealth and prosperity of this countiy. This hut was erected in the wilderness, but is now surrounded by beautiful and productive farms. Mr. Glunt. when married, had only a cow, two horses and a few farming tools, thus showing what untiring industry and indomitable will will accomplish. The farm consists of 427 acres of excellent land. Mr. Grlunt married Elizabeth Crumrine, daughter of Moses Crumrine, one of the earliest settlers of this county, June 7, 1849 ; she was born in Darke Co., Ohio, July 22, 1832 ; they have had five children, viz.: Catherine M., born March 21, 1850 ; she married Samuel W. Blocker ; Mary E., born Sept. 18, 1852 ; she married Samuel Mote ; Isaac N., born Sept. 18. 1856 ; Harrison, July 11, 1863, died Aug. 27. 1863. and Harvey M.. born Dec. 11, 1864.

FREDRICK HOUPT, retired farmer, Sec. 33 ; P. 0. Darke, Ohio ; was born in Lebanon Co., Penn., Aug. 10, 1814 ; his father, Fredrick Houpt, was born in Schivylkill Co., Penn. The subject of this sketch, at the age of 12, went to work on a farm and worked five years for his board and clothes ; he then learned the cooper's trade ; moved to Dayton, Ohio, in 1833, worked at farming in summer and in winter at his trade ; in the spring of 1846, he moved to where he now resides ; the first land he owned was 25 acres, which he bought in the wilderness in the eastern part of Darke County, for $275 ; he sold it for $1,000 in 1856. He married Sarah Wilds April 2. 1844 ; she was born in Ohio, Aug. 16, 1815, and died Feb. 7. 1879 ; they have had four children, viz.: a little boy, died unnamed ; John, born Feb. 16, 1849, died Nov. 5, 1869 ; David, born Nov. 4, 1851, and Sarah Ann, Dec. 27, 1854 ; she married Calvin Young ; David resides at home ; he married Almira Heck April 10, 1873 ; she was born in German Township, Darke Co., March 28, 1855, and died March 30, 1876 ; they had one boy, William F., born Nov. 19, 1873, died Feb. 6, 1875. His second marriage was with Phoebe Rodgers. Dec. 26. 1878 ; she was born in Washington Township April 21, 1858. Fredrick Houpt owns a good home and 623 acres of land, and other good houses and buildings.

SAMUEL HUFFER, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. O. Hill Grove, Ohio ; who is a son of Jacob and Barbara (Bechtel) Hnffer ; was born in Mainland, Sept. 24, 1799 ; the father moved to Montgomery Co., Ohio, in the fall of 1830, and to Darke County in 1838, to Harrison Township ; in 1844, they moved to where a portion of the family now reside, in Sec. 2. Washington Township ; he died Feb. 15, 1873; his widow, Catherine, died Feb. 16, 1879; they had seven children, viz.: Aaron, born April 19. 1830 ; Jacob. Jan. 6, 1832, deceased ; Elizabeth, born Dec. 19, 1834, deceased; Samuel (the subject of this sketch), born March 31, 1836; Reuben, April 13, 1839 ; Magdalena, July 13, 1844 ; she married Jonathan Hart; and Malinda, born June 7. 1846 ; he followed farming during his lifetime ; two of his sons, Aaron and Samuel, and son-in-law, J. Hart, established a tile factory on the old homestead in 1874, where they are turning out large quantities of tiie of excellent quality. Aaron and Samuel remain unmarried and live in their paternal residence with Howard and Rebecca Hart, and own 200 acres of land which their father and his sons have converted from a wilderness to fine productive meadows and fields ; their first residence here cost, erected and covered. $6, which exhausted their exchequer ; in this they resided four years ; in 1852, the present home was built ; all the privations and hardships of pioneer life have been experienced b}r this family. Elizabeth Hurler married Ambrose Green, whose daughter, Rebecca A. (born June 19. 1858). married Charles H. Hart, born in Berks Co.. Penn.. July 11, 1855 ; they have one child. Mary Myrtle Hart, born July 1, 1879.

ISAAC KAUCHER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 9 ; P. O. Hill Grove; was born in Patter's Township. Center Co.. Penn., Sept. 17, 1805 ; went with his parents to Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1808 ; his father. Godfrey Kaucher, was born in Berks Co., Penn., Sept. 1, 1774, and married Christina Fay ; she was born in the same county Aug. 14. 177:! : he died Nov. 13. 1850. and she died April 13. 1855; both are buried on the old homestead. The family moved to Washington Township, Darke Co., in 1831 ; in his early days, Godfrey Kaucher followed milling, but, after he came here, farming. Isaac, the subject of this sketch, obtained only three months' schooling in his youth, and then in a German school ; previous to 1830, he followed distilling; ever sinew lias followed farming. Be married Welshes Miller Dec. 30, 1835; she was horn in Tompkins Co., X. V.. Feb. 29, 1820; they have five children, viz. : Margaret, born Oct. 23, 1836; she married Alfred Bliccard; Elizabeth, Aug. 3, 1838; Washington, Oct. 17. 1840; Sarah. .March 27, 1843; John. -Inly 14, 1845. -John, the youngest, resides with his parents, and married Sarah Emrich Sept. 6, 1868; she is deceased, leaving two children -Cora and Isaac. Mr. Kaucher owns '.)."> acres of land and a good home.

MICHAEL KAUCHER, farmer mid stock-raiser, Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Hill Grove ; was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, A.ug. 13, 1813 ; has always followed farming: never attended any but a German school; his father, Godfrey Kaucher, was born in Berks Co., Penn., Sept. 1, 1774, and married Christina, Fay, who was born in the same county Aug. 14. 177)5 ; they moved to Montgomery Co.. Ohio, in 1808, and to Washington Township, Darke Co., in 1831 ; he died Nov. 13, 1850, and she died April 13, 1855 ; both are buried on the old homestead in Sec. 0 ; they had nine children, viz., Jacob (deceased). Hannah (deceased), Elizabeth (she married William Oswald), Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, Christina, Michael and Rebecca; the three last are living on the old homestead. In his early days. Michael was quite a hunter of wild game, which was very abundant; he has killed, probably, fifty deer, and great numbers of wild turkeys and smaller game ; he owns the old homestead, 91 acres, and a good home.

JAMES McNEIL, merchant, Justice of the Peace and Postmaster, Sec 34; residence. Darke; was born in Breckenridge Co.. Ky., Sept. 1 1835: moved to Darke Co.. Ohio, with his parents, in 1844 ; from 1856 to 1862, he followed school- teaching, then went into merchandising where lie now resides, in Sec. :!4 : in 1864, he volunteered for 100-days service in 152d 0. N. G. ; after rendering his faithful and loyal service to his country, through much tribulation, he was honorably discharged ; he returned to his home and resumed his business ; was appointed Postmaster April 9, 1875, and elected Justice of the Peace in April. 1879. He married Mary liarter Oct. 15, 1861 ; she was born in Darke Co., Ohio, April 6. 1843 ; they have had four children, viz.: William H., born March 23, 1862, died Feb. 6, 1868 ; Viola, June 14, 18G7 ; David R., Jan. 3, 1869; Linna May. Oct. 14, 1S73. David G. McNeil, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., in 1796, and his mother, Harriet (Lav) McNeil, in Fairfax Co.. Va.. .March 8. 1808.

JAMES X. MORRISON, Justice of the Peace and farmer, Sec. 4 ; P.O. Hill Grove, lie was born in Montgomery Co.. Ohio. July 28, 1834, and moved to Darke Co. with his parents in 1S41 ; his father, Nathaniel Morrison, was born in Virginia, and his mother, Catherine (Ludy) Morrison, in Maryland; they first settled iii Butler 'Township ; in 1863, James X. moved to Hill Grove and entered into general merchandising business ; sold out in the fall of 1865 and went into the live-stock business, which he followed two years, then went to farming and huckstering; at this time, in addition to his official duties, he gave his attention to farming; he was elected .Justice of the Peace in April. 1871; was appointed Postmaster at Hill Grove Feb. 2!!, 1S77. lie is a member of the church of United Brethren in Christ. Now 1. 1857, he was married to Amanda Nyswonger, daughter of Daniel Nyswonger. of Butler Township, this county, and lias had ten children, viz., Frank D. John H. M.. Laura A.. Floretta I*1., Charles Iv. Emma F. William G., James E. (deceased). Myrtle M. and George.

HENRY SNELL, retired farmer. Sec. 27; P. 0. Darke. He was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Jan. 14, 1812; his father. .John Snell, was horn in Hag town. >bi.. in 1782, and married Mary Shivery, of Pennsylvania ; they moved to Washington Township, Darke Co., June I. 1817, making the first wagon track on the wesl side of the second branch of Greenville Creek, from south of what is now Nashville to "Sharp Eye;" the country was nil wilderness, and ibr six months Mrs. Snell never saw the face n{' a white woman, but Indians were numerous, and wild game of every description ; deer were more plenty than sheep are to-day : the first schoolhouse bad yet to be built, and for man}' years the first elements of education were bard to obtain. The subject of this sketch cast his first vote in Washington Township for Andrew Jackson, but ever since has voted on the Republican side ; he began life with nothing, learned early the cooper's trade, and commenced the business on his own account in 1831 ; followed it about fourteen years, until his health failed him, then he went to buying and selling live stock and farming ; but for the last twenty years, he has rented out hisf arms and speculated in lands and houses. He married Mary Shively Sept. 11, 1836 ; she was born on Sec. 27. where they reside, Aug. 24, 1S18 ; they never had an}- children of their own, but have raised two sets, all of whom are doing well in business, and are well settled in independent circumstances ; Mr. Snell owns 438 acres, with good farmhouses and outbuildings.

DANIEL SNELL, retired farmer, Sec. 28 ; P. 0. Darke. He was born in Warren Co.. Ohio, March 1, 1809, and moved with his parents, John and Mary (Shively) Snell, to the place where they now reside, June 4, 1817 ; they at once erected a log house, 18x20 feet, of round logs, with mother earth for the fioor ; the following winter, twenty persons found cover and home in this hut, not very comfortably, either, especially after the old sow and her pigs were given quarters in one corner, to keep them from freezing ; four or five years later, they erected a more eligible house by adding another room ; Daniel Snell resides near the spot where they first settled. He married Maria Rush Nov. 8. 1834 ; she was born in a block-house or stockade on Mud Creek, three miles from Greenville, in this count}-. in May. 1813 ; her father and mother. Henry and Rachel (Creviston) Rush, came from Pennsylvania and settled on the Scioto River, and moved to Darke Co. in 1808 ; she died March 14. 1852 ; Mr. and Mrs. Snell have had six children, viz.: Mary E., born Sept. 4, 1835, married Randolph Harrison ; Thomas R.. born July 21, 1837, died March 5, 1852 ; Alonzo Y., born Feb. G. 1839, died March 9, 1872 : William H, born March 16, 1841, died in November, 1863; Rachel J., born Dec. 17, 1844, married William Moyer, and John R.. born Oct. IS, 1850 ; he married Margaret E. Wenger, youngest child of Elias and Catherine Wenger, Oct. 26, 1872 ; she was born in this township Dec. 19, 1850 ; they live in the old homestead, and have four children, viz.: Estella, born July 26,. 1873 ; Katie M.. born May 5. 1S75 : Walter W., born Nov. 21, 1876, and Jennie, born Feb. 17. 1878 ; they own the first farm her father bought and part of the first his grandfather bought in Darke Co. - 113 acres.

THOMAS E. TEAL, grocer, Sec. 4 ; P. O. Hill Grove ; was born in Wabash Co.. Ind., May 6, 1837, and moved to this township in 1858 ; was raised a farmer, but has followed the grocery business from the time he moved to this county ; is and has been four years County Coroner ; was Postmaster many years, and is nowacting deputy ; the office is and has been in his store about twelve years : has been School Director a number of years, also railroad and express agent : when a boy in Wabash Co.. Ind.. his nearest neighbors and playmates were Indians ; thus fresh in his memory are the recollections of border life, the games, sports, and turbulence of semi-civilization ; his father, Walter Teal, settled there, on Eel River, in 1836 ; he was born in Vermont Dec. 11, 1784, and married Rebecca Stephenson, of Fairfield Co., Ohio (where she was born Jan. 7. 1807) ; he died Dec. 11, 1844 - she March 23, 1S78. Thomas E. Teal married Ellen Crouse, of Darke Co., Ohio. Feb. 1, 1862 ; she died Jan. 8, 1864. leaving one daughter, Olive R. ; his second marriage was with Lucetta Heckerman. of the same place (Hill Grove) Feb. 27. 1868.

CAPT. JAMES M. WHITE, farmer and school-teacher ; P. O. Mt. Heron ; born in Paterson, N. J.. March 11, 182S : when quite young, he emigrated with his parents to Kentucky, and in 1840 came to Ohio and located, in Ross Co. and completed his education in the high school at Chillicothe, and the Academies at Lebanon and Delaware ; at 2<> years of age. lie engaged in school-teaching, which profession he followed until July. 1862, when he enlisted in the 91st O. A*. I. and went forward to battle for the Union ; he served through the campaign of Wes1 Virginia ; after which he served under Gen. Sheridan during the campaign of the Shenandoah Valley, and was mustered out of service as Captain of Co. F of the above regiment, al Cumberland, Md., in July, 1865, having served in the Union army three years ; he then returned to Ross Co. and followed farming and schoolteaching two years, and after a residence of five }Tears in Clinton Co. came to Darke Co. in 1872, purchased a farm in Washington Township, and has since devoted his attention to farming and school-teaching. In 1874, he organized the Mt. Heron National Guards, which formed a part of the 3d Regiment; was elected ( laptain, which office he held until 1879, when, on account of physical disability, he received an honorable discharge. In 1854, he was united in marriage with Rachel A., daughter of John Chenoweth, one of the early pioneers of Darke Co. ; they have five children now living, having lost three by death ; the living are Mary. Jane. Annie, Elizabeth and Thomas ; the deceased were Alice, Sarah and Lucina. JAMES M. WASSON, farmer. Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Union City, Ind. ; was born in Butler Co., Ohio, Jan. 19, 1811 ; came with his parents to Darke Co. in 1816. His father, David Wasson, married Flora Graham in Pennsylvania; both were natives of Ireland ; when they moved to Darke Co. there were very few whites here, but a great man}- friendly Indians ; the country a wilderness and swamps ; their currency, mostly hoop-poles and the skins and pelts of wild animals, which were abundant ; and Mr. J. M. Wasson, the subject of this sketch, became a great hunter; three large black bears and many a noble buck and doe, and smaller game too numerous to remember, have succumbed to his unerring rifle ; his first 40 acres he bought from the Government, and paid for it with the proceeds from furs and pelts of his own killing ; this land has never changed title, and he owns altogether 200 acres ; at the age of 25, he could neither read nor write, but began then to educate himself, and soon obtained sufficient for all ordinary business affairs. He married Christina Hover July 14, 1835 ; she was born in Pendleton Co., Va., March 14, 1816 ; they have had seven children, viz., Mary Ann, David F., deceased ; Luther N., deceased ; Peter C, Flora J. and Elizabeth A. Mr. and Mrs. Wasson are and have been members of the Presbyterian Church for forty years.

JOHN DAY, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Willow Dell. Solomon Day, the father of John, was born in Loudoun Co., Ya., on the 17th day of December, 1812 ; he moved with his parents to Penns3*lvania when about 3 }Tears of age, after which he came with his parents to Belmont Co., Ohio, in the year 1828, where he remained about two years, thence with his parents to Darke Co., in 1832 ; he then went to Piqua, Miami Co.. and drove team for David Jordon, drawing crockeiy and building stone for one }'ear, after which he returned home ; he was united in marriage with Sarah Myers, in Shelby Co., near Houston. Dec 4, 1834 ; she was born in Miami Co. Aug I. L816 ; he then moved upon his father-in-law's place and farmed one season, during which time he entered 4o acres in Darke Co., Patterson Township ; this was in the 3'ear 1835; he then erected a nice little cabin, and moved into it in the spring of 1836; tapped a few sugar trees and went to his father-in-law's, Leaving hi- brave wife and one child in charge of the cabin ; she tended the sugar cam}' while he was away through the week, and on Saturday nights he would return am! boil sugar water : this lie continued to do for about three weeks, the distance being ten miles of which he would walk home Saturday night and return Sunday morning, and for the fruits ^l' this labor, their sirup and sugar that they made was equal to the best in the State ; his industrious and hard-working wife cleared off, made and planted garden in his absence ; they remained on this place some fifteen years, meeting with good success, and in 1848 he bought 85 acres in Sec. 17, in the same township, where he built a hewed-log house, his wife helping him to saw out the windows and doors, and also to clear off a garden spot, moving into the house in April, 1851 ; while raising his house, he came very near being killed by falling from the top joist to the ground below ; in this house he continued to live until his death, which occurred June 13, 1872, with cerebro-spinal meningitis ; Mr. and Mrs. Day passed through the many struggles, trials and incidents common to pioneer life ; was a member of the Christian Church some thirteen years, and lived a devoted and consistent Christian till the angel of death came and relieved him of this earthly tenement ; Mrs. Day is still living in the old home farm, enjoying good health, and is 63 years of age ; nine children was the fruit of this union, of which four are living, viz.: Rhoda, born May 27, 1837, now Mrs. J. W. Puterbaugh ; May J., born May 29, 1839, now Mrs. S. J. Hixon ; John, born Feb. 17, 1849, and Solomon J., born Jan. 13, 1857 ; Mr. Day had his full share of offices, being Justice of the Peace for nine years : Township Clerk one year ; Treasurer one year, and Trustee one year. Our subject was born in Darke Co. on the 17th day of February, 1849, and lived with his parents and worked on the farm and attended the district school in the winter till he was 16 years of age, after which he did not attend school but four days, but by his own exertions has obtained a good common-school education ; he continued to work at home until he was 21 years of age, and at that time he came to the conclusion to remain on the home farm, where he has since lived ; he bought 80 acres of land in Sec. 18, pajing $1,300, in the year 1871 ; sold out in 1873, for $1,600, and in 1874 bought 64 acres in Sec. 17, paying $1,508, and in 1876 sold this place for $2,500, and during the same }Tear he bought 77|- acres in Sec. 17, paying $3,500, and in 1879 sold 60 acres for $2,200 ; has been Trustee one year, and Supervisor two 3*ears, and is a Republican in politics ; Mr. Day was employed in the boat-yards at Wheeling, Va., with the Skags Brothers, building boats, working about two years altogether.

STEPHEN A. GREER, physician ; P. O. Willow Dell. Aaron, the father of Stephen A., was a native of Kentucky, born in Bourbon Co. on the 23d day of November. 1785 ; Elizabeth, his wife, whose maiden name was Reed, was a native of Ohio, born in Chillicothe in August, 1792 ; they were united in marriage in Montgomery Co.. Ohio, and in 1816 moved to Darke Co.. where they resided till death called them from earth to heaven ; he departed this life in March. 1848, being 62 years 11 months and 23 days old ; she sank peacefully to rest March 5, 1871, at the ripe old age of 79. Stephen A., the subject of this memoir, was born in Darke Co., Ohio, on the 8th of June, 1817, being the first white child born in AVayne Township ; he spent his boj-hood days on his father's farm, assisting in the clearing and the cultivation of the soil, during the summer months, and in the winter season he attended the district school, which was held in an old log cabin, thereby obtaining a good common-school education ; he commenced to read medicine under Dr. L. Houston, of Shelby Co., Ohio, when he was 22 years of age ; taught school during the winters and read medicine till his funds ran out, then he would go to work, and managed in this way till he had gained sufficient knowledge of medicine to practice ; he now came to the conclusion that he would take in a partner for life, and on the 19th day of September, 1839, he celebrated his marriage with Miss Huldah Brandon, in Versailles, Ohio ; she is a native of Ohio, born in Versailles, on the 11th day of October, 1823 ; her mother, Lydia, was a native of New Jersey, born on the 12th of September, 1803, and departed this life Feb. 28, 1877 : her lather, Vincent (t. Brandon, was born in Virginia on the 31st of December, 1793. and departed this life, Jan. 5, 1870 ; after his marriage, he taught school and continued the study of medicine ; in 1845, he moved to Ft, Recovery and opened an office, where he followed his profession, meeting with good success, remaining there about one year, after which he moved to New Harrison, Darke Co., in the spring of 1847 ; he practiced here till 1848, when he moved to Patterson Township, and during the winter of 1849 and 1850 attended the Eclectic Medical Institute of

Cincinnati. When he moved to Patterson Township, it was a gloomy outlook, as he moved into an old log cabin, covered with chipboards, and. as he says, "we did not have an overplus of furniture ;" he purchased 40 acres in Sec. 20, for which he paid $200, the tract being all heavy timber; he now built a hewn-log house, into which he moved his family, and commenced the task of opening up a farm, and, at the same time, practiced medicine; he would work in the clearing during the day time, and at night study medicine, and. as he says, "lam not done reading vet." The Poet or has accumulated a considerable amount of property by his hard labor, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and amiable wife ; he is strictly temperate in all his habits ; he owns 140 acres of land in Patterson Township. 80 acres in Kansas, near G-arnett, the American House and City Livery Stable, in Versailles ; he is in no sense of the term a political aspirant, although he has tilled nearly every office in the township ; in the fall of 1855, he was elected County Commissioner, which office he filled for three years ; in 1870, was elected Land Appraiser ; served as Township Trustee for several 3rears, also Township Clerk, and is now filling the office of Land Appraiser. The}' are the parents of ten children, of whom eight are living viz.. Rachael J., born Sept. 16, 1856; Vincent B., May 19, 1844 ; Aaron R, Jan. 19, 1847 ; Lydia A. Sept. 15, 1849; Millnor, Dec. 16, 1852; Stephen. Aug. 26, 1859, Mary B., Oct. 10, 1862; Elizabeth Irene, born Jan. 6. 1866. The Doctor was admitted to the bar of Greenville, Ohio, as an attorney and counsellor at law, on the 12th day of May, 1858 ; this acquisition he picked up himself by his own hard study, and it is said of him that he is an able attorney, a wise judge and a good pleader.

JACKSON HOLLAWAY, farmer and school-teacher, Sec. 8 ; P. O. Dawn ; was born in Darke Co., Ohio. March 1, 1828 ; his father, John D. Hollaway, was born in Pennsylvania Feb. 1, 1795 ; when but a boy, he went to Warren Co., Ohio, with his parents ; he served as a Corporal under Gen. Winfield Scott during the war of 1812; he moved to Montgomery Co., Ohio, and in 1817, to Darke Co., Richland Township, and the same year married Catherine Miller, of Darke Co.; on his coming here, he camped on the banks of Stillwater Creek till he cut his logs and erected a two-story cabin, assisted by the Indians ; he afterward cleared off a large farm ; twelve years he served as Justice of the Peace ; in 1859, he moved to Beamsville and engaged in keeping hotel for four years, then moved back to his farm, which he sold in 1864 ; he then returned to Beamsville and engaged in merchandising; he died Sept. 6, 1866; his wife died July 10, 1871. Jackson the subject of this sketch, remained at home with his parents until he was 24 fears of age; he then married Rachael Ann Stevenson; she was born Aug. 10. 1828; her father. John Stevenson, was born in Boone Co., Ky., April 16, 1803 ; he moved to Darke Co. in 1818. and married Elizabeth Stan] ; he bought a farm in Richland Township, where he resided until his death, Feb. 4. 1S79 ; his widow resides on the homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Hollaway have nine children, seven of whom arc Living, viz.: Albert A. and Alice < ). (twins), born June 15, 1855; Elizabeth C, born Oct. 11. 1857; Flora L. born Jan. 21, I860; Letina E., born Feb. 13,1862; John 1'. S.. born Jan. 26, 1864 ; Edith M., born Oct. 8, 18(17. Mr. Hollaway served four months in the late rebellion ; has been Township Clerk one year; Constable three years ; School Director twenty-one years, and has taught school thirty years ; four of his family are now teaching, and he is Justice of the Peace, and has served since Feb. 12, 1877.

DAVID LYON, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 9; P. 0. Dawn : was born in Preble Co.. Ohio, Dec. 15. 1814 ; his father, David Lyon, Sr..was born in Rocking- ham Co Va and his father was born in England, and in an early day emigrated to Virginia, but he started to return to England to secure a legacy, but was never heard from after; David Lyon, Sr, was bound out after his father left until he was 21 - in 1807, lie married Susan Black, and m 1808 moved to Preble Co, Ohio and was drafted, and served six months in the war of 1812 ; his wife died in April 1846 - they had ten children, six boys and four girls ; he afterward married Rachael Rider (in 1850); he died in August, 1850. David, the subject of this sketch, remained at home with his parents until he was 22 ; he then mamed Catherine Grissom ; she was born Nov. 4, 1813 ; they had three children viz Jacob born Aug. 31, 1837 ; Susan, Feb. 25, 1840 ; Milton Nov 23, 1842 his wife d ed \pril 12 1847 ; he then united in marriage with Mary Link, Oct. M, 1847 , sue was born in Virginia in September, 1820 ; by this union were eight children viz.: David Link, born July 23, 1848 ; Emily, Feb. 26 1850 ; Mary Ann Jan. 7, 1853 William Henry and Sarah Jane (twins), May 30, 185a ; Isabe lie, June 8, 18o8 John Calvin, Nov. 22, 1860; Barbara E., Aug. 1, 865. The subject of this sketch started in life without a dollar in the world ; he now owns 200 acies ot <rood land, and has helped his children to land.

S \MUEL WILSON fanner and stock-raiser, S« c. 16 ; P. O. Dawn ; was born Feb 21 1829 ; Samuel Wilson, Sr, his father, lived in Greenville Township Darke Co 'and married Mary Frances Stoner in June 1829, whose father was killed by the Indians ; Samuel Wilson, Sr, was drowned in Greenville Creek ; his wife died in the year 1831. The subject of this sketch lived with his parents until their death ; "after that, he was compelled to go among strangers, and worked tor 25 cents per day, until the age of 18, when he apprenticed himself to Ornn Culbertson as a carpenter, for $5 per month, until the year 1852, when he took ^ contracts for himself. In the year 1853, he married Mary E. Eyler ; Jacob Eylei hei father was a native of Maryland; he married Rachael Sataup; they moved to Darke Co Ohio in 1848, where thev now reside. The subject of this sketch owns one quarter-section of land, well improved, and, in the year 1877 erected a handsome brick residence, and built a fine bank barn in 1879 ; they had eight children, viz, Cyntha H, born May 10, 1854 ; William J March 20, 1856 ; Minerva J June 13, 1860; lola Bell, Nov. 25,1864; Ida May, Dec. 27 ,1870 , Edith Gertrude Dec 16 1873; Minnie Blanch, April 8, 1877. The subject of this sketch served as Treasurer in York Township, Darke Co, four years, Trustee one year and in 1879, was elected County Commissioner tor Darke County, for the term ot three years.

JOHN C BURNS, farmer and teacher, Sec. 11 ; P. O. North Star ; a son of Abraham and Elizabeth Burns ; was born in Richland Township, Darke .Co., Sept. :>5 1842 ; his parents settled on Sec. 9. of Richland Township inA182^ Was united in marriage with Sarah E. Templeton in Greenville, Darke Co, Aug. 9, 18bb; thev have four children - Atta, Lulu. Cary F. and James H.

HENRY J. BURNS, farmer, Sec-. 3 ; P. O. North Star ; a son of Henry and >-irah (Oliver) Burns ; was born in York Township, this county. July o, lb4b.

JOHN H CAMPBELL, merchant; P. O. North Star; a son of D. C. ami Mary (Starr) Campbell ; was bom in Jamestown, Greene Co.. Ohio Aug. 8 1847, and settled in this county with his parents in 1850. Was mamed to Miranda Riegel at North Star April 3, 1870 ; she was born Jan. 5, 1852 ; three children- Mary T, born Dec. 31, 1870 ; Dora D, born Aug. 31, 18 <o ; James I, born Dec. 19, 1878.

BENJAMIN F. GILBERT, manufacturer of tile ; P. O. North Star ; son of Benjamin and Jane (Lntz) Gilbert ; was born in Miami Co., March 11, 1838 ; came to this county with his parents in 1840 and settled in Adams Township. Was married in York Township, Sept. 7, 1866, to Hnlda Grissom, born Jan. 25, 1848 ; four children - Ida May. Lucy Belle, Mary Jane; Carlin, died Oct. 13, 1876.

ABSALOM PEARSON, Physician and Surgeon; North Star; son of Isaac and Mary (Pemberton) Pearson ; was born in Miami Co., Ohio. Jan. 14, 1838, and came to this county Sept. 1, 1871. Married Eliza A. Oaks in Troy, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1859 ; children - Mary Luella, born Sept. 8, 1860 ; Samuel Alvard. born Jan. 14. 1863 : Daisy Viola, born Oct. 11, 1874 ; Mazy Idella, born No\ 1876.

ISAAC N. MEDFORD, teacher, Sec. 5; North Star. The subject of this sketch was born in Licking Co., Ohio, Dec. 24, 1845, and is the son of James and Sarah (Miller) Medford ; his father was born in Virginia in 1802 and died in 1861 ; his mother was born in 1812 and died in 1868. Mr. Isaac Medford came into this county with his parents in the spring of 1846 and settled in York Township. He enlisted in the 152d 0. N. G. May 2, 1864 ; he then re-enlisted in the 187th 0. V. I. Feb. 11, 1865, and was mustered out of the service at Macon. Ga.. Jan. 20, 1866. Mr. Medford was joined in the holy bonds of wedlock to Miss Annie Wagner in September, 1876, in Darke Co. ; his wife was born in Mercer Count}-" Feb. 18, 1858. He is a Republican in politics, and has been Justice of the Peace for two years, which office he now holds.

JOSEPH DENNISTON, farmer; P. O. Union City, Ind.; son of Samuel and Sarah Denniston ; he was born in Jackson Township of this county, Feb. 7, 1836 ; the parents of Mr. D., settled in this county as early as 1807, and may be truthfully termed "early pioneers." Mr. Denniston was married to Anna Money, in Jay Co., Ind., Sept 28, 1858 ; they have nine children, namely. Sarah J., Senath E., William C. L., Mary Olive, Azore C, David L., Nancy E.. Frederick and Joseph Roland. Mr. Denniston's farm of 268 acres is located in Sec. 28. 29 and 32, of this township, 180 acres of which are under cultivation ; his residence, built February, 1869, is located on Sec. 29.

HARVEY HILL, Justice of the Peace and Township Clerk ; P. O. Rose Hill ; son of Nathan and Mary Ann Hill, was born near Batavia, Clermont Co., Ohio. June 15. 1838; he came to this township with his parents Oct. 1, 1854, and settled on Sec. 20, on land that his father occupied during his life, and now owned and occupied by our subject ; at the time this family settled here, the township was almost an unbroken wilderness, the woods abounding in nearly all kinds of game : deer and the wild turkey abounded on every hand; these early settlers were subject to the privations and hardships of pioneer life ; but the intervening years have brought about a happy change, and to-day this portion of the county is as promising as any in Western Ohio. Mr. Hill was united in marriage with Martin E. Matthews, of this county, Nov. 17, 1873 ; they have two children, to wit : Will iam .Jesse and Amy <!race.

JOHN MLLLIG AN. tanner and stock-raiser, Sec. 32; P. 0. Union Citj ; was born in Perry Co., Penn.; he came West with his parents and settled in Shelby Co.; from there they moved to Randolph Co., Ind.; he came to Darke Co. in 1862. and settled on his father-in-law's farm, in Sec. 32, Mississinawa Township : he then moved near Union City, and lived two years, then moved on to his present farm, in 1868. He married Miss Rominah Carter June 29, 1850 ; she wj - born in Hamilton Co.. Ohio; twelve children have been the fruit of this union.

seven of whom are now living, viz., Emeretta, Marguretha, Mary C, William F., Sarah P John W. and Ella K. Mr. Milligan owns 120 acres of fine land, which is situated in Sees. 28 and 32 ; he has been Township Trustee for twelve years, which office he now holds ; he has taken an active part in religion for the last six years, and is a member of the Methodist Church.

GEORGE W. REICHARD, Sec. 8 ; P. 0. Rose Hill ; is the son of Israel and Sarah (Garland) Reichard ; Israel Reichard was born in Preble Co, Ohio ; Sarah Reichard, his mother, was born in Tennessee ; George W. Reichard was born May 26, 1851 ; he is a carpenter by trade, and works at his trade in summer and at coopering in the winter ; he is still unmarried.

DAVID SMITH, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Union City. The subject of this sketch was born in Clermont County, Ohio, April 8, 1809 ; he followed milling for about eight years before coming to this county, Oct. 3, 1847, since which time he has devoted his attention principally to agriculture. He was married Dec. 27, 1827, in Clermont County, to Julia A. Riley ; she was bom in New Jersey ; the fruit 'of this union has been nine children, viz., Peter, Simon, Levi, Elisha R., John Z., James, Phoebe, Elizabeth A. and Eliza O. Mr. Smith held the office of Township Treasurer for the remarkable period of twenty -two years in succession, and has had a surfeit of minor offices. He has a fine farm of 80 acres.

DANIEL SNYDER, harness-maker and farmer, Sec. 14 ; P. O. Rose Hill. The subject of this sketch was born Jan. 20, 1842, in this township ; he is the son of John K. and Amy (Hidley) Snyder ; John K. Snyder was born in New Jersey, and died in this township in July, 1849 ; Amy Snyder was born in New Jersey, and is now married a second time ; Daniel Snyder's parents settled in this township in 1839. Mr. Snyder was married Oct. 31, 1869, to Miss Lydia I. Winterrowd - she was born in this township ; the fruits of this union have been five children, viz., Rolla W., James H., Amy J., Sallie and Clifford. He owns 40 acres of land in this township, which is under a good state of cultivation. He enlisted in the 187th O. V. I. February, 1865, and was mustered out at Macon, Ga., Jan. 20, 1866 ; is a good strong Democrat, and is serving his third term as Township Treasurer.

EDWARD LAWRENCE WELROURN, physician, Union City ; son of George Welbourn and Jane Lawrence ; was born in Marion County, Ohio, Jan. 11, 1843. Mr. Welbourn graduated at the Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania, Jan. 25, 1866. and began the practice of medicine at Union City, Ind., March 31 of the same year ; from the first, his practice was a grand success, and he made money rapidly, but owing to failing health he purchased a farm on Sec. 20 the next year, and turned his attention to farming and experiments in organic chemistry ; in the spring of 1870, he began the manufacture of a chemical antidote for rheumatism, and has been so successful in its introduction that it is known from Maine on the east to the Pacific Coast on the west ; at the same time the Doctor has an office practice one day each week at Union City, which he intends to continue in the future. The Doctor was married to Martha Levina Jones, of Harrison Township, Jan. 1, 1866. Two children were born to them, namely, Ulysses Edward Alaska and Oclasco Carlos ; Mrs. Welbourn departed this life Oct. 28, 1879.

Bachman, Chas., Merchant Tailor and Clothier, a large stock of Men's and Boy's Clothing constantly on hand, also Gent's Furnishing Goods. Broadway.

Biltemeier & Martini, Manufacturers and Dealers in Boots and Shoes, full line of best stock always on hand. 61 Broadway. Charles Biltemeier. J. G. Martini.

Bornstein, H ., Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Liquors and Cigars. Pure Liquors for Medical purposes a specality. 108 Broadway (opp. Turpen Housej.

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Manufacturers of and Dealers in Agricultural Implements. Special attention given to Repairing. Factory and Office (in Martin St. A !\ Rush. W. H. Eby.

Gregg BroS.,Matchett's New Building. Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Paints oils. Varnishes, Hooks and Stationery, Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal use. Farmers and Physicians from the country will find our stock of Medicines complete, warranted genuine, and of the best quality.

Hime & Hall, Livery, Feed and Sale Stable; Horses and Carriages supplied at short notice. Office and Stable Northeast corner of Public Square D. S. Hime, J. W. Hall.

Huhn, Moses, Popular Clothier and Merchant Tailor. Hats, Caps and Gents' Furnishing Goods. Merchant Tailoring a Specialty. 68 Broadway, next to National Bank.

Hunt, Washington, Milk Dealer, Jamison, D., Brick Manufacturer. Johnson, A. M., Photographer. Jones, Rev. Lewis E., Minister. Judy, Swan, Attorney at Law.

K ester, Sol, Dealer in Dry Goods, Clothing, Notions, etc., Ladies and Children's Shoes; Merchant Tailoring a Specially. Broadway Store, formerly occupied by Wilson & Hart, Broadway,

Kipp, Wm., Dealer in Pure Drugs and Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Brushes, Patent Medicines, Sponges, Shoulder Braces, Trusses, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Cigars and Tobacco, also Pure Wines and Liquors for Medical use; Prescriptions carefully filled. Broadway and Public Square.

Klinger, A. J., Proprietor of the City Mills and Elevator, and Dealers in Grain and Seeds; Mill and Elevator on Martin St., near D. & U. R. R. Depot.

Limbert, L. F-, Attorney at Law and Notary Public. All business entrusted to him will be promptlv attended to. Office, Anderson Building, opposite Turpen House, on Broadway.

Lynch, I. H., Dealer in Gold and Silver Watches, Clocks, Fine Jewelry, Silverware, Gold Pens, Spectacles, Musical Instruments, Notions, etc., etc. Repairing of every description and Engraving done to order. All Work Warranted. Please call. 61 Broadway, next door to Kipp's Drug Store.

Real Estate Agent. Martin, J. W., Merchant. Martin, J. H., County Clerk. Martz, J. T., Supt. of Public Schools. Matchett, W. H., Physician and

Mills, Harrod, Dealer in Farm Machinery and Agricultural Implements, also Agent for the popular Buckeye Reaper and Mower, all the popular Breaking Plows, Walking Cultivators, Grain Drills, Corn Planters, etc.

Rehling, F., Dealer in Stoves, Tin and Hollow Ware, Roofing and Spouting, Plumbing, Gas and Steam Fitting, Pumps, Wood and Iron, Bath Tubs, Gas Fixtures. Wash Stands, Water Closets, Steam and Water Gauges, Iron and Lead Pipe, of all sizes, etc. All work warranted. 17 Third St.

Slenaker, H. J., Contractor and Builder, special attention given to the construction of Drains and Cisterns; Business solicited. 46, Fourth St.

Smith, O. H., Dealer in Stoves, Tinware Roofing, Spouting and General Job Work, take in exchange Old Iron. Copper, Zinc, Rags, etc.; Third St., east of Broadway.

Stein le, J., Manufacturer and Dealer in Cigars and Tobacco, Wholesale and Retail; a full line of Smokers' Articles constantly in stock; West Side Public Square.

Stephens, John, Blacksmith Turner Bros., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Liquors, Wines and Cigars, etc. A quiet and retired Sample Room in the rear of the Wholesale Department, 31 Third St.

We ills, Herman, Manufacturer of Carriages, Buggies and Spring Wagons; special attention paid to Repairing. Shop corner Third and Walnut Sts.

Winklebleck, & Co., Contractors in Supplies for P., C. & St. L. R. R., and Dealers in Timber, Wood, Bituminous and Anthracite Coal. Office, Martin St. A. Winklebleck, B. Johnson.

Youart & Bro., Ice Dealers. Furnish Ice in any quantity. Residence and Ice House tj miles east of Greenville, on the Milton Pike. W II. Youart. S. Youart.

Union City P. O.

Ansonia Stave Company, Manufacturers of Slack and Tight Barrel staves and Headings, also Crimped and ('oiled Patent Hoops. J. H. Roush, Will A. Roush, Chas. A. Roush.

Bertz, Schlemmer & Co., Dealers in Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, etc. AJso Agricultural Implements, such as Threshing, Reaping and Mowing Machines, "Wagons, Corn Cultivators, and Breaking Plows, Pumps, Windmills, etc., etc. Corner of Main and Canal Sts. George Bertz, Henry Schlemmer, Wm. Baughman.

Carver, L. C, Bakery, Confectionery, and Restaurant. Also dealer in Choice Family Groceries, Provisions, Glass, Queensware and Notions. Special inducements to Cash buyers.

Hostetter, S. A. & T. J., Dealers in Drugs, Medicines and Chemicals, Perfumery, Soaps, Combs and Brushes, Trusses, Supporters, Shoulder Braces, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Books and Stationery, Kerosene Oil, Lamps and Chimneys, Grass and Garden Seeds, Glass, Putty, Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Dye Stuffs, Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal purposes, Patent Medicines, etc.

Harsh, D. A., Dealer in Choice Groceries and Provisions ; a full line of the best Teas, Coffees, Spices. Sugars and Syrup, Queensware, Glassware. Tobacco, Cigars, Notions, etc. ; Highest Prices paid for Produce, Arcanum.

Smith, A. F., Drugs and Medicines; Prescriptions carefully compounded ; also Dealer in Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Shoulder Braces and Trusses; also finest variety of Wines and Liquors; also Freiberg Bros,. Rye Whisky and Rock Candy, Arcanum.

Marker, Leonard, Furniture and Undertaker. Furniture at Lowest Prices. I am prepared to furnish, on short notice, latest styles of Burial Cases, Caskets and Wooden Coffins, either with or without Hearse. Call and examine my stock and prices. Main St., nearly opposite Brandon House.

Wonderful Healer and Clairvoyant. Thousands acknowledge Mrs. Coblentz an unparalleled success, and hundreds have been cured with her remedies. Bradford P. O.

George, Wm. E., Gettysburg, Proprietor of Railroad Hou se. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in all kinds of Grain, Field Seeds, Flour, Salt and Hogs. U. S. Express Agent, Ticket and Freight Agent of the P., C. & St. L. R. R. All communications by wire can be sent either to Bradford or Greenville.

Martin & Vogt, Grocers (Lecklider's old stand). They have the largest and most complete stock of Groceries ever brought to Gettysburg, and a complete stock of Choice Cigars, Smoking and Chewing Tobacco. Also a good variety of Notions and Hardware.

Minnich & Hamiel, Castine, Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Notions, Ready-Made Clothing, Hardware, Queens ware, Stationery, Tobacco and Cigars ; highest prices paid for produce. S. B. Minnich. J. W. Hamiel, Sr.