Delaware County, Ohio - Chapter 18: Townships and Towns, 1908 (part 5 of 16)

Mr. Van Deman's first case, was one which became famous afterwards, from the principal established in it when it reached the Supreme Court. It was a question affecting the grade of streets, and it became a leading authority everywhere on that subject. Judge Powell was associated with Mr. Van Deman in the case. Colonel Crawford, an old lawyer, had brought suit for damages against the city of Delaware, for cutting down the street in front of his residence. On a hearing in the District Court. Judge Powell was trying to call to mind a Latin maxim, which he thought was applicable to the case, but which eluded his grasp. Finally Judge Finch, a fine Latin scholar, said : "Mr. Powell, you refer to the maxim, 'Damnum absque injuria.' " "Yes, yes," said Judge Powell, "that is it." The Colonel, who was not a Latin scholar, at once spoke up: "I'll you whether it is a damn tight squeeze before I get through with you." There were very few important cases tried in the courts of Delaware Count) during the time of Mr. Van Deman's active relations with the Bar in which he was not engaged. One of the most celebrated cases he managed was that of Lou Honk, a manipulator oi Three Card Monte, who killed a man on a Hocking Valle) train. Of his argument in that trial, the Ohio State Journal said: "His address was admired bj all who were present: it was clear and sound in argument, and his rhetoric was unusually fine. The speech was pronounced one of the best ever delivered at the Bar of Delaware County. Another celebrated case was one growing out of the failure of a bank at Logansport, Indiana, which was tried in the Federal courts at Toledo. An attempt was made on the part of the Indiana bank management to hold Mr. Thompson, a non-resident, as a stockholder in the bank. There was a verdict against Mr. Thompson on the first trial. The case was taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, and the judgment reversed. After a delay of eight years, the case was again tried, and a verdict was hail in favor of Mr. Thompson's estate, Mr. Thompson having gone long before to his final account.

Mr. Van Deman always prepared his pleadings with exceptional care and tried his cases in court with great skill. He sometimes perplexed a witness by his sharp cross-examination. An amusing incident illustrative of this occurred during the trial of one of his causes. The question related to the genuineness of a signature. The defendant had verified his answer, and on the witness stand, as an expert, had given his opinion against the genuineness of the signature to the note. On cross-examination. Mr. Van Deman required the witness to state with positiveness his conclusions; then wrote something at the trial table on a paper, which he folded up in view of the witness ; then folded the paper on which the defendant's answer was written, in such a way as to expose the signature only. He handed this paper to the defendant, asking him to examine the name and see if it was his signature. The witness promptly denied it. at the same time pointing out with particularity the let- ters which showed it was not genuine. The witness was then requested to unfold the paper and tell the jury what it was. With complete astonishment and some embarrassment, he exclaimed: "Why, my God, it is my answer in the case, and my signature to the verification." His suspicion of a trap had led him into error. The incident also shows the weakness of that kind of expert testimony.

Mr. Van Deman has always been a Republican, but has rarely aspired to political honors, lie was satisfied with the emoluments, as well as the fame which a lawyer who attends strictly to the profession, may secure. He was just entering his professional career when the Republican party was burn. The condition of affairs and the issues which caused the formation of that party were of deep interest to him. and in [856 he took the stump in favor of Fremont and the new political platform, which opposed the further extension of slaver; Frequent visits to the South had convinced him that slavery was not such an institution that its wider spread over the virgin territories of the nation was desirable, or for the best prosperity of the country, lie hecame acquainted with Abraham Lincoln in [859, when the latter made his great speech in Columbus against Stephen A. Douglas, from the east side of the State House. He was so charmed with the great simplicity, candor, true nobility, and strong common sense of the .Martyr I 'resident, that he became one of his most zealous adherents, lie continued in campaign work until after the campaign of [884, when he retired from the political field. leaving the more arduous service to younger But in [896, when the national honor was at stake, and when the question of giving to the people a currency worth it- face value, or one that could not be received in the markets of the world, was the burning one in p tics, he again entered the field, and made many speeches in Ohio; and under "the aptmenl of the National Committee, spent four weeks on the stump in Kansas, most of the time in "Sockless" Jerry Sipson's Populistic district. Prior to the organization of the

Republican party, Mr. Van Deman was a Henry Clay Whig, and served as a delegate to the last Whig convention in Ohio, when Nelson Barrier was nominated for Governor. He was for four years prosecuting attorney of Delaware County; four years mayor of the city of Delaware; once a candidate for judge of the Court of Common Pleas of his subdivision, and later a candidate for Circuit Judge of the Sixth Circuit of Ohio; but in both cases the Democratic party had an overwhelming majority, and though unsuccessful, he made a satisfactory race, cutting down the majority of his Democratic opponents over one thousand votes. He was for several terms a member of the City Council and its presiding officer. The following resolution presented by the late Gen. J. S. Jones, upon his retirement, and passed unanimously, shows the opinion of his fellow-councilmen : "We desire to express our thanks and appreciation of our president. Under his administration the business of the Council has been transacted with accuracy and dispatch. The expenses of the city government have been largely curtailed, and. stimulated by his example, other city officers have been imbued with his commendable spirit of economy and reform. Our Council meetings have been exceptionally free from discord. No ruling of the Chair has been questioned, because all have been fair and impartial. We regret exceedingly that with the close of this term, the city loses his experience and ability in the direction of its government.*'

Mr. Van Deman's disposition is to be conservative, believing that permanent success for the country will be found in guarding carefully the public expenditures and discountenancing appropriation of the people's money for questionable objects, rather than in hunting up new forms of taxation, whereby the people become oppressed and all kinds of modern official graft flourishes, lie would reduce the taxes to a minimum, and exact of all officials a faithful performance ol duty and an honest execution of their several trusts.

ment U. S. I., in the Civil War. and a charter member of George B. Torrence Post, G. A. R., of which he is past commander. He served as aide on the staff of General Alger, when the latter was grand commander of the (i. A. R. for the United States.

Mr. Van Deman has a talent for business affairs which has been employed in various corporations and private companies. He assisted in organizing the Columbus & Toledo Railroad Company, and served as a director until the sale of the road to the Cleveland syndicate. For thirty-five years he was its counsel, and he served the "Big Four" in the same capacity for a period of nearly equal length. For about thirty years he has been a director of the First National Bank of Delaware, and is now its president.

He has been a member of the Episcopal Church for forty-two years, and is now its senior warden. He has served for many years ;;s president of the Board of Trustees for the Diocese of Southern Ohio, a board having the management of the church property of the diocese, and the investment of its benevolent and charitable funds. He organized and was president of the first building association established in Delaware, and has been connected as director with one or more such associations ever since.

In 1861 Mr. Van Deman married Lydia, daughter of Judge R. E. Runkle, of Logan County, Ohio, and they have three children - Ralph H.. a captain of the general staff of the United States Army, now detailed in the Military Information Bureau, at Washington, D. C. ; and two daughters, F.nnalla. and Mildred, living at home with their parents.

In 1903 Mr. Van Deman. having rounded .nit fifty years of work at the Bar, retired from the profession. Success came to him as the result of the determined application of his abilities and powers along the rigidly defined lines or labor, and the respect of the community was given him in a free acknowledgment of liis sterling worth, for he is a man of strong individuality, great mental force, and utmost rectitude in thought, word and deed.

'EPHEN POTTER, one of Delaware's prominent citizens who is serving in his second term as count)- commissioner of Delaware County, was born in Ireland, in 1844. His parents brought him to America in 1845. settling at Whitesboro, New York, where Stephen was reared and attended school.

During early manhood, Mr. Potter worked on a farm and then learned the cooper's trade at which he was employed until 1871, when he came to Delaware. Here he became connected with the Big Four Railroad and for eighteen years served as division master. He has always been popular with his associates, and. without any self-seeking, he was appointed !>' stmaster at Delaware, by President Cleveland during his first administration. Mr. Potter subsequently engaged in a grocery business which he continued until he was first elected to the office of county commissioner, on the Democratic ticket, although the county is normally Republican. The office came to Mr. Potter unsought but his administration of it was so satisfactory to all parties, that he was reelected in the fall of 1905. For ten years he served as a member of the City Council of Delaware, where his business discernment and public spirit made him a very valuable official.

In 1 S77. Mr. Potter was married to Ellen A. Hanlin. who was born in Canada, and they have one son, Mark S., who is chief clerk in the engineering department of the Iron Mountain Railroad^ with quarters at Van Buren, Arkansas. Mr. Potter is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, of which he is trustee. He is identified with the order of Knights of Columbus.

Il.( ) D. GRAHAM, who for many years was engaged in general farming in Delaware Township, was mie of the best known men of his community, and in his death, winch occurred in [902, Delaware Count) lust 'iiic 1 E lis representative citizens. Mr. Gra

John Graham was horn in New Hampshire, and was taken to Pennsylvania by his father, who there abandoned him. bringing the other children, with their mother, to Ohio, and settling north of Delaware. John Graham was reared by a farmer in Pennsylvania, and learned the tailor's trade. He also succeeded education in those days, being regarded as a good scholar. He married in Pennsylvania, and on subsequently coming to Delaware, Ohio, he had dealings with his father for several years before either knew that they were related. His death took place in the fall of [878, when he had attained the advanced age of ninety years, three months, and several days.

Milo Graham located on his father's farm in 187(1, the property subsequently coming to him by inheritance. He engaged in general farming, and kept several head of cattle, a number of Chester White hogs and about 100 chickens, and was very successful in his operations. Since his death his widow and -sons have been cultivating this fine fiftv-nine-acre property, devoting five or six acres to garden trucking. Mr. Graham was a Democrat in politics and a Presbyterian in religious belief, while his widow is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Stratford.

Milo Graham was married on August 30, 1877, to Alvesta Kroninger, who is the daughter of John Kroninger, and they had eleven children, nine of whom grew to maturity, namely: Jennie, who married Guy Stickney of Delaware: Arthur, also of Delaware; Katherine, who married Abraham Baker, of Delaware: George, who operates the home farm; Martha, the wife of Charles Nugent, of Columbus; Ella, wife of (has. Thomas, of Delaware, and James Calvin. Daniel and Lydia Maybell, all residing at home.

John Kroninger. father of Mrs. Graham, was born in Pennsylvania in 1812, and there learned the trade of blacksmith. On attaining his majority, he came to Delaware Township, and engaged in blacksmithing north of the city of Delaware. He subsequently re- 1111 ived to Stratford,, where he continued that occupation. His latter years were spent in farming on the east side of the river, near Stratford, where his death occurred September 24, 1894. By his first marriage Mr. Kroninger had two sons, Peter and Hosea, and not long after his first wife's death he was married secondly to Elizabeth Swartz, by whom he had seven children, the following six of whom grew to maturity : James, a resident of Shelby, Ohio ; George, who resides at Shepard ; Alvesta, born May 5. 1853; Jacob; Daniel, who lives in Shelby County, Illinois; and Katherine, the wife of Charles Grojane, of Delaware, Ohio. Mr. Kroninger contracted a third marriage with Mrs. Hannah Stickney, willow of Hugh Stickney of Union County. The family were members of the Lutheran Church.

] C. FAY, M. D.. who has been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Ostrander, since 1867. is the oldest continuous practitioner in Delaware County. He was born in Darby Township, Union County, Ohio. August 10, 1843, all(l 's a son ot Benjamin A. and Hester Ann (Robinson) Fay.

The paternal grandparents of Dr. Fay were David and Electa (Smith) Fay, who came to Ohio from Rutland. Vermont, prior to 1813. David Fay raised stock and quarried stone on his farm in Vermont, but after settling in Union Count}'. Ohio, he followed farming. His son. Benjamin A. Fay. father of the Doctor, was horn in Darby Township, in 18 1 3. and died at Marysville, Union County, in 1885. Mainly self-taught, as in his youth educational apportunities in his section were limited, he became a man of more than ordinary importance in the communities in which he lived. While carrying on, a farm of 1 50 acres, he learned civil engineering without instruction, and so thoroughly that the active practice of this profession occupied a large part of his time for many years. In i8(>o. after being elected county surveyor of Union County, he moved to Marysville, and continued in that office for six years. Prior to this he had served as justice of the peace in Darby Township, and tilled other offices. lie was much interested in improving the stock of sheep and horses and devoted time and money to this object. His last years were passed in honorable retirement. He married Hester Ann Robinson, who died in 1888, leaving but one child.

During his early years. Dr. D. C. Fay was instructed entirely by his father, who was by no means a lax disciplinarian, having regular hours for hearing his son's lessons and requiring that they be properly prepared; hence, when opportunity was afforded for academic instruction at Marysville and at Haysville, the son was advanced far beyond others of his age. For a part of the time while attending Marysville Academy, he taught school, and then entered upon the study of medicine under Dr. J. M. Southard, of that place. After attending one course of lectures at the Starling Medical College, he entered the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, where he was graduated in 1867. In the same year he settled at Ostrander, which village has since been his home, although for many years his practice included much adjacent territory, which he covered on horseback. Dr. Fay may almost be called the father of the medical guild in Delaware County. He was a charter member of the Delaware Medical Society and belongs also to the Ohio State and the American Medical Associations.

Dr. Fay married Mar}- A. Liggett, who is a daughter of Joab Liggett, a resident of Scioto Township. They have one daughter. Mima, who married Eugene C. Gee. Mr. Gee is chief electrical engineer for the Bell Telephone Company, at Tucson, Arizona. Mis. Fay is a member of the Baptist Church at Ostrander. Dr. Fay has never taken any very active interest in politics. He has been closely identified, however, with several of the leading fraternal organizations. Since 1808. he has been a member of Palestine Lodge, No.

158, F. & A. M., at Marysville: is past chancellor of Ostrander Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and belongs to Edinburg Lodge, No. y<j. ( Idd Fellows. He is the only living charter member of this lodge and was the first to hold the office of noble grand in this body.

Ev. Herbert Welch, A. M.. D.

EV. HERBERT WELCH, A. M.. D. D., LL. D., president of Ohio Wesleyan University. Some college presidents are great executives, some excel as educators, while others show marked business ability. Seldom, indeed, are these qualifications combined in one man, but Ohio Wesleyan University is unusually fortunate in having such a man for its president. h those who know Dr. Welch, the perfect balance, the all-roundness of the man. is a constant surprise. While an undergraduate he was a man of no specialty. The fourteen prizes which he won during his course - practicallyall that were open to him - show how he excelled in each department of scholarship. This characteristic has been notable throughout his career. As a preacher of the gospel, he is forcelul and effective: in dealing with business problems, he shows a business ability uncommon in professional men; as an executive, he conceives big plans, and has a grasp of detail that is truly astonishing when one considers the many and varied lines of his work. President Welch is one of the most accessible of men. He is never too busy to talk with any student who seeks his counsel, whether it be in regard to college matters or purely personal affairs.

Dr. Welch was born in New York City. November 7. 1X02, son of Peter A. and Mary L. ( Loveland ) Welch. His father was a merchant, as was also his maternal grandfather, Oliver Loveland. His elementary education was acquired in the New York Grammar School No. 35, which he attended from 1N70 to 1877, being graduated with the Girard medal. He then entered Brooklyn College and Polytechnic Institute, and was graduated therefrom in 1880, with a diploma tor proficiency in the scientific course. From 1880 to 1882 he was engaged in private and school study in the classics, becoming in the year last named a student in the Wesleyan Umversit) at Middletown, Connecticut, and so continued until 1887, being out of college, however, in l884-'85. He was graduated from the I'm versity with the degree of B. A. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Psi Upsilon fraternities.

In 1887 Mr. Welch began his theological studies in the Drew Theological Seminar}'. from which he was graduated in 1890, with the degree of B. D. He obtained his M. A. degree from Wesleyan University in 1890, alsi that of D. D. in 1902. and that of LL. D. in 1906. He was a student in Oxford University (England) in i902--03.

1 )n his graduation from Drew Seminar}'. being equipped for the ministry, he joined the Xew York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was appointed to Bedford Station, where he served from [890 to [892. 1 1 i s next held of labor was in Xew York City, in 1 Si )_>-'<)_:;. He was then transferred to New York Fast Conference and appointed to Summerheld Church. Brooklyn, which he served in iSiy'i).\ IPs next pastorate was that of the First Church at Middletown. Connecticut. [898-1902, and was followed by a two years pastorate at Chester Hill Church, Alt. Vernon, Xew York, i9o;rY)5. Dr. Welch is intensely interested in the purely evangelistic side of religious work, at the same time being a close student of the relation of the church and of ' Mianuy to public affairs and good citizenship. In 1905 he accepted and entered upon the duties of his present position as president of the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, m which capacity lie has since continued to e, with manifest benefit to the University and to the unmixed satisfaction of its friends. Welch has made some scholarly contributions to religious literature, which have been published in college and church periodi- ^mong them ma) be mentioned, "Selections from the Writings of John Wesley," Xew York, [901; and (published in pamphlet

College Student and the Christian Confession." and "The Resurrection the Crowning Fact of Christianity." He also performed useful services as a member of the Board of Managers of the Sunday School Union, i892--96; member of the Board of Managers of the Missionary Society, 1896-1905; member of the Board of Managers of the Board of Education. Freeman's Aid and Sunday Schools, 1907 to the present time; and trustee of Wesleyan University, 1 90 1 -'06.

Dr. Welch, in his vacation intervals, both during and since his student days, has spent some time in travel, visiting Canada in 1S74 and 1882; the far west in 1879, i88_l-'85 and 1889; and Europe in 1897, 1899. and 1902- '03. He was married June 3. 1890, to Adelaide F. McGee, of Plainfield, Xew Jersey, whose father, James McGee. was a merchant of New York City. Mrs. Welch's mother was in maidenhood. Elizabeth A. Merklee. Two children have come to bless the household of Dr. and Mrs. Welch - Dorothy, born June 7, 1891 ; and Eleanor, born September 3. 1900.

Dr. Welch is one of the most modest and unassuming of men. Generous to a fault,' he has often sacrificed personal interests to aid his friends, and his is the charity that "knoweth no evil." The Doctor has a keen sense of honor, and a fund of stories that is apparently inexhaustible, in the telling of which he is inimitable. Both the Doctor and Mrs. Welch are strong in their social instinct, and are capital entertainers, as those who have enjoyed the free and open hospitality of their home will testify.

and the owner oi a fine grain and fruit farm of 100 acres on the Radnor pike, is one of Delaware County's representative citizens, and a survivor of the Civil War. Mr. Ousey was born April 30. 1S47, near Xew ton. Sussex

Martin Miller

Edward Ouse) was born near Liverpool, England, where he resided until sixteen wars of age, at which time he came to America and found employment in the iron mines of Sussex County, New Jersey, remaining thus employed until 1851. In this year he came to Orange Township, Delaware County. Ohio, and began farming on his own account, being followed here by his wife and family the following year. He was living at Westerville at the time of his death. Mr. Ousey was a stanch Republican in politics, and his patrii itism was shown by his three years and nine months service in the Union army as a member of Company D, Twentieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. He was married to Anna Washer, whose father was a Revolutionary soldier and an old-time mail carrier in New Jersey. Of this union there were born six children, three of whom grew to maturity, namely: William H.. who is now deceased; Susan, also deceased, who was the wife of William Lane, of Worthington, Ohio; and James, whose name appears at the head of this article.

James Ousey was educated in the common schools of Orange Township, and was working on the home farm at the time the Civil War broke out. In January, 18(4. at the age of sixteen years, he enlisted in Company K. Second Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and joined his regiment at Munfordsville. Kentucky, remaining with it until the close of the war. when he received his honorable discharge. He then returned to the farm, on which he worked until 1876, and in this year became a railroad brakeman. being later promoted to conductor. A severe injury to his arm. which left it partially crippled, caused him to abandon railroading, and in May, [884. he established himself in the livery business, in which he continued until 1888. In this year be sold out and purchased a farm in Henry Count}-, still keeping his residence in Delaware, however, but this farm he soon sold and purchased his present property of 100 acres on the Radnor pike, just outside of the corporation limits of Delaware! This he operates as a grain and fruit faim. having [,500 apple trees, 500 pear trees, 200 peach trees and 100 cherry trees. Mr. Ousey's tine twostory brick livery stable at Delaware was built by him in 1891, and he now keeps fourteen horses and boards many more.

Mr. Ousey was married to Catherine Lienfenderfer, who came from Germany as a child with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ousey are members of Zion Reformed Church of Delaware. Fraternally he is connected with Olentangy Lodge, No. 53, I. O. O. F., of Delaware, and in politics he is a stanch Republican, although no office-seeker, preferring to give his entire time and attention to his business interests.

\I\TI\ MILLER, vice-president of the First National Bank, at Delaware, is one of the city's astute financiers and most substantia] citizens. He was born April 1. 18-7. in Bavaria, Germany, and is one of a family of three children born to his parents, who were Adam and Cunigunde Miller. At the age of seven years he accompanied his parents to America. A short stop was made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and they then moved to Wheeling. West Virginia, where they remained only a few months, thence going to Columbus, where also a few months only were spent, when the family moved to Delaware, in either 1834 or [835. Here the subject of this sketch took up his schooling. When about 1 _> years of age he began to learn the baker's trade with his brother Adam, who had learned the trade of baker and confectioner in Wheeling. For several years .Mr. Miller worked at the trade. at the same time attending school. When Adam Miller went to California, the subject of this sketch took a partnership in the baker's business, and on Adam's return. Martin Miller bought out his interests, and thereafter conducted the business alone, though in .1 different location. He succeeded and made

Mr. Miller was one of the first stockholders of the First National Bank, and in 1895 was elected its vice-president. He has been treasurer of the Delaware Electric Light, Heat and Power Company since its organization, and has also other business interests. Mr. Miller was first married in 1847 tn -^'lss Lydia Worline, by whom he had three children: Mary R., who is now the widow of Hon. E. 1\ I'oppleton. formerly Congressman from this district; Frances, wife of James Naughton, a merchant of Columbus, Ohio; and William M. who is single and resides at theparental home. Mrs. Lydia Miller died n 1875. and Mr. Miller was married second in 1880, to Mary E. Moran, a native of Lorain County, Ohio. The family residence is at No. 32 West Winter Street. Mr. .Miller is a Democrat in politics, and in religion a Catholic.

OEL W. DILL, general farmer, stockraiser, and stock-feeder, of Radnor Township, where he owns a farm of 208 acre--, is a representative citizen of this section. He was born in this township. March 8, 1853. and is a son of Augustus 1!. and Elizabeth (Turney) Dill. To trace his ancestral line on either side, a backward glance at history is necessary, and we therefore yield the pen to a member of his family who thus briefly sketches his antecedents: "1 Vrhap-. the annals of history do not furnish examples of greater heroism and bravery than the narrative of the siege of Boyne, Through the reigns of Charles II. and James II. the lot of the Protestants was a painful lie 111 Ireland, as well as in Scotland. The King countenanced the Roman Catholics in Ireland, while the Free Kirk people were op pressed by both the English prelates and Irish papists. In the revolution oi 1689, when fames ||. with his French allies, entered Ireland and made a stand against William of Orange, the Roman Catholic armv joined his army in large numbers; while the Scotch-Irish in the North withstood him. They drove the Irish from their borders and in Londonderry, their chief city, withstood the most determined siege in history. After one hundred and Ave days the}- were relieved by the arrival of the Orange fleet. Then ensued the sanguinary conflict between the forces of the two kings, known as the Battle of the Boyne. From this period dates the feud between the Roman Catholic Irish and the Orangemen the world over. Some time after this, tired of the persecution of both the Roman Catholic and the Established Churches, these more than Covenanters although well-to-do in their adopted country as manufacturers of linen - these peace-loving Scotch-Irish - began to emigrate tn the American colonies, many of them settling in Maine, Xew Hampshire, and Massachusetts, and many in Nova Scotia and New- Brunswick. It is related that such a thing as a Loyalist was unknown among the Scotch- Irish.

"During the Revolution many of them rose to places of distinction both in the army and in the Civil government. Of the twenty-four major-generals of the war, no less than half were Scotch-Irish. The religious fervor of these settlers, as well as their moraility, was noticeable. Yet a witty humor was also a prominent trait in their character. The lively and the sedate, the old and the young alike indulged in it and enjoyed it, and they took care not to miss any proper occasion for sport.

"It is unfortunate that we are unable to trace the ancestry of our family farther back than to the grandparents of the older generation now living. The family came from the county of Londonderry, Ireland, to Nova Scotia, but the time cannot be definitely stated.

"John Dill, the paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Nova Scotia about 1780. He married Sophia Beckwith, a native of Maine, and they emigrated to Baltimore, Maryland, in [819. They had four sons born in Nova Scotia - David. John, Edward, and Augustus B., and three in Baltimore - George 11.. Joseph, and James. In [829 they moved to Columbus, Ohio, and the following year to Mifflin Township, Franklin County, about six miles northeast from Columbus to the farm, which they made their permanent home. John Dill had a very good education lor his time and at once became a leading citizen of the community, lie was a one "f the wealth}' men of his neighborhood, owning at his death some 000 acres of land and money besides. He was very public-spirited and helped with money and influence every worth}' enterprise. He was one of the projectors of the Columbus and Sandusky Turnpike, built in 1852, and its first treasurer. He was often called upon to settle the estates of his deceased neighbors, which work he performed with good judgment and fidelity, lie died in i860, aged eighty years, his wife having passed away the year previous.

They immediately removed to the wilds of Mercer G unity, where he cleared the trees from the spot where he built their cabin. Becoming dissatisfied there he sold his land - Mine 500 acres - and came back to Franklin County, and in 1848 to Delaware Count}', where he lived only a short time, for he died in 1855. at the early age of thirty-seven years. He was a man of great energy and good business faculties, and for the short time he lived he accomplished much. Having been gone so long, and those who knew him intimately having also passed away, we are unable to give much of his life story. He had a good education, obtained in the schools of the early days and by private study, and he had quite an extensive library, perhaps one of the largest in the township. He was a great reader and was well informed upon the topics of the day. Mr was an abolitionist and a Whig in politics and was violently opposed to ECnownothingism, then oik- of the burning questions of the day. He was a man highly respected, and his earlv passing away was sincerely mourned by all who knew him. At the time of his death lie owned 100 acres of land, having a number of years previously purchased the farm now owned by his son Joel in Radnor Township, which at the time was heavily timbered. To this property his widow and sons added from time to time until -it reached its present proportions.

"Augustus B. Dill ami his wife Elizabeth were the parents of fixe sons - William Augustus. John Beckwith. David Turney, Joel Wesley, and Charles Wallace - and their history in brief is as follows; William Augustus married Alary Elinor Farnum, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Farnum. she of Prospect, died in 1887 at the age of thirty-two years. They had rive children - Mary Elizabeth, Dill Augusta, Raymond, William Hoyt, and Walter Page. John Beckwith married Jennie Merchant, and died in 1889 aged forty years. His wife Jennie died in 1907. They had four daughters, of whom two died when young, the other two being Agnes, wife of Leonard Harmon of Prospect, and Jessie, wife of Charles Saner, of Prospect. David Turney died in infancy as did Charles Wallace. Joel Wesley, whose name appears at the head of this article, resides in the old home in Radnor Township.

"Elizabeth Turney Dill was horn in Mifflin Township, Franklin County, Ohio, November 18, 1818. She is a lineal descendant of a French Huguenot family, who were driven from France in the latter part of the Fifteenth Century by papal persecution, a short time previous to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV. Three brothers - Daniel, Peter, and Adam Turney - leaving a considerable property behind them, fled their native country and landed in Philadelphia in 1668. Elizabeth Turney is a great granddaughter of Daniel Turney, the Huguenot refugee.

"John Turney, grandfather, son of Daniel, removed to Hagerstown, Maryland, where he married Mary Grove. The fruit of this union was six children - Daniel. Adam, John Henry. Joseph. Susan (Robinson), Mary 1 Hawkins). Daniel married Susan Ridenour, daughter of Mathias Ridenour and Catherine (Fake) Ridenour, also .if Huguenot family.

These pioneers came to Ohio from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled first in Ross County, about 1806, and to Franklin County in 1810. John Turney and Mathias Ridenour had each entered large tracts of land in Mifflin Township, Turney on Alum Creek, Ridenour on Big Walnut, where the village of Gehanna is now situated.

"Elizabeth Turney was married to Augustus B. Dill, March 31, 1846. She was the mother of five sons - Willam Augustus, John Beckwith, David Turney. Joel Wesley and Charles Wallace, of whom two died 111 infancy - David and Charles - and John B. in the prime of life eighteen years since. She leaves two sons - William A. and Joel Wesley, seven grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. In 1848 they came to Delaware Count)', where she lived fifty-nine years on the same farm. None who came in contact with Elizabeth Turney Dill but felt at once the impress of the strong character she possessed. No descendant of the family more fully vindicated the purity of descent in her own clearly defined habits and strong decision of mind, from thi ise sturdy French Huguenots who could leave home, country, and fortune under the bloody persecution of papal despotism, but could not surrender their freedom of conscience and the liberty to worship God in their own way. She was the last of a large family, namely : John, Jacob, Daniel. George R.. Daniel. Henry, Mary (Dill). Susan (Bell), Catherine (Noble), and Phebe ( Xoble). The force and positiveness of mind was joined with bodily strength which gave her a long life - eighty-eight years, nine mouths and twenty-eight days. She was a member of the church for over seventy years, first of the Presbyterian, later of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over fifty years. She was a subscriber and constant reader of the Western Christian Advocate, her church paper, for over fifty years. She was mother to all. and her works of charity and words of comfort were always ready for those most in need. Her heart was always open to the needy and her deeds of kindness are best known bv those she helped. She was thorough in religion, remarkably even in temperament, generous to a fault, always the same faithful friend to all who knew her. A trusted friend, valued counselor, wise and prudent in her advice, constant in her affections. Her good ancestry showed through all her life - a life that makes the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in the dust. At life's sunset, in the shadows of the day's decline, she stood looking back at the graves of her household, where the little children were put away with white hands folded. How the older ones followed the friends we best loved cut down in the prime of life, while standing on the brow of the hill with bright eyes looking to a happy future. But for all this silence is the most expressive language. We feel more than words can express while writing this brief sketch of the mother who had been more to us than all else, and whose light shines brighter in the Eternal day."

In their early married life the parents were members of the Presbyterian Church, but 'inlater years Mrs. Dill united with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Joel W. Dill acquired his education in the district schools and at his mother's hands received a careful and judicious training. His whole life has been passed on the home farm. and every part of it possesses more than a money value to him on this account. He devotes thirty-five acres of his land to corn, from thirty to thirty-five to wheat, and thirty-five to hay. The remainder is mainly given over to pasturage, as he raises and deals largely in stock. His comfortable home - a two-story brick residence of six rooms - was built by his father in 1850, who then possessed the finest house in the township. The other farm buildings were erected about the same time. Mr. Dill is a' member of the Masonic Lodge at Prospect, and of Deurwood Lodge. No. 153. K. of P., also of Prospect. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Prospect and is a member of its official body. He is known to all as a public-spirited and conscientious citizen.

Ili-'.SI.IA WORNSTAFF, a member of the firm of Sperry & Wornstaff, proprietors oi the Hank oi Ashley, has been a life-long resilient of Delaware County and is descended on both sides from old established families of this county. He was born on a farm west of Ashley, in Oxford Township, and is a son of Lewis and Sally Ann (Bartholomew) Wornstaff. His grandfather, Daniel Wornstaff, was the first of the family to locate in this county. He was a native of Pennsylvania and at an early date removed to Ross County, Ohio, and came to Delaware County in [829. He bought a farm of about 100 acres on the west branch of the Whetstone River, and erected a log cabin. Here he lived the life of a hardy farmer ana converted his farm from a wilderness into tillable land, remaining there until his death. Lewis Wornstaff, father of Chesley. was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1822, and was seven years of age when brought by his parents to Delaware County. He grew up on the old home place and then purchased a tract of about fifty acres of unimproved land in Oxford Township. He first erected a cabin of poles and it was in this the subject of this sketch was born. He subsequently built a log cabin and finally a frame house which stands on the farm now owned by his younger son. He remained on the farm until his death Jul}- 20, jSijo*, aged sixty-eight years, and at that time he owned about 300 acres of land. He married Sally Ann Bartholomew-, who was born in Liberty Township, in [829, and at the present time resides with her son Sperry. at Ashley. Her father. Milton Bartholomew, came from the Xew England States to Delaware County at about the same time the Wornstaffs came. He moved from Liberty Township, where he first located, to Oxford Township, where his death occurred. Three children were born to Lewis Wornstaff and wife: Chesley; a child that died in infancy, and Sperry, who owns and resides on the old home place.

trict schools and also the schools of Ashley. He bought a farm of seventy-eight acres known as the Eckles farm, one and one-fourth miles southeast of Ashley, and has always been very successful, ha\ inincreased his holdings until he has 260 acres in his home farm, and 110 acres in Peru Township, Morrow Count}-. In 1884, in partnership with his brother-in-law, C. E. Sherry, he established the Bank of Ashley,. with which he has since been identified, but did not move into town until 1888. He still oversees the work on the farm, owns a fine brick In rate here and has other property.

Mr. Wornstaff was married November 9, 1870, to Mary Ella Sperry. who was born in Knox Count}-. Ohio, and is a sister of C. F. Sperry. This union resulted in the birth of one son. Albertus. who was bookkeeper in the Bank of Ashley at the time of his death. March 22, 1903, aged twenty-six years. A mute from birth, he was of exceptional brightness and possessed educational attainment-. He was a graduate of the State Institution at Columbus, and a graduate at Gallaudet College, Washington, D. C. and his earl}' death, amid bright prospects, was a sad loss to his devoted parents. Albertus Wornstaff married Laverna Carr. Mr. Wornstaff is a Republican in politics, but has never taken an active part in political affairs.

Joab Liggett was born in 1806, in Hani} County, now West Virginia, and was a child when his parents. James and Susan (Carr) Liggett, came to Delaware County. Ohio, and settled south of the present town of Ostrander. James Liggett was born in Virginia in 1770 and died in 18(14. His wife was born in [782 and died in 1856. James Liggett, Solomon Carr and George Bean purchased 600 acre- ol land when they came to Delaware Count)', and a large part of Ostrander stands on land that once belonged to the Liggett heirs. James Liggett served irl the War of [812. His children were: Job, Joab, Aimer. Absolom, William. Amelia, Susan, Jarries, Conrad and I rideon. The mother of the above family was a devoted member of the Christian Church.

Joab Liggett was a successful farmer and representative citizen. At the time of death he owned 256 acres. He served as trustee oi Concord Township, which then included a part of the present territory of Scioto ["ownship, lie married a daughter of Solomon ( arr, and they had the following children: Sarah Jane, now deceased, who married Hamilton \V. Rittenhouse; Milton, subject of this sketch; Henry, Joseph and Priscilla, all now deceased; and .Mary, who married Dr. I). C. Fay, residing at Ostrander. The maternal grandparents of the above family. Solomon and Priscilla (Dean) Carr. were natives of Virginia. The Cans were members of the Baptist Church.

Milton Liggett attended the district schools during boyhood when work on the farm did not press too heavily, for at that time the present well-cultivated acres belonging to Mr. Liggett were in man}- parts still covered with native timber, and lie assisted in clearing and developing the place. He recalls when the busy town of Ostrander was a belt of w< odland. Mr. Liggett owns 200 acres of fine 'and. on which lie formerly raised grain and livestock, hut for some years he has rented mt both of his farms.

Inly 3, [856, Mr. Liggett was married to Ann Carr, who died February 9, 1907, having been horn in Scioto Township April 25, 1845, a daughter oi Gideon A. (arr. They had two children, Maretta A. and William. The former, now d< was the wife of

Milo Howey. She left two children: William Earl and Clyde 1.. William rents one of his lather's farms. He married Anna Mc- Kirgin, and they hive two children, Olgy and Frank.

For a period covering thirty-six years Mr. Liggett has been a Mason, entering the fraternity at Marysville and demitting from Palestine Lodge, X". 1 5<S. to Ostrander Lodge. No. 594, of which he is one of the surviving charter members. He has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1857. his late wife having also been connected with this religious body, in which she was an active worker. Mr. Liggett killed the last deer that was found in this section, and can remember when it was no rare sight to see a herd of them.

G. LYBRAND, president of the Delaware Chair Company, at Delaware, ranks with the city's able business men and is identified with a number 'I the prospering enterprise- of this section. He was born in Pickaway County, ( )hio, in 1845, and accompanied his parents to Delaware in [857, where he attended school until abi 'tit hj years of age.

In 1864, Mr. Lybrand enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company G, Eighty-fourth Regiment. O. V. 1.. and three months later was elected captain of Company D, One Hundred and Ninety-second Regiment, O. V. 1.. and served as such until the close of the Rebellion. He participated in the Shenandoah Valley campaign, and received an honorable discharge at Winchester. Virginia. At this time his father was engaged in a stove and hardware business at Delaware, and Mr. Lybrand was associated with him until 1870. when the Delaware Chair Company was organized, the first president of the company being Samuel Lybrand. The present officers are: R. G. Lybrand, president and treasurer; A. Lybrand, vicepresident and secretary. In 1885 the company was incorporated with $150,000 capital stock. The business is the manufacturing of all kinds of chairs and is a very large and important industry of Delaware. Other concerns with which Mr. Lybrand is connected are. the Deposil Banking Company, of which lie is a direct"!", and the People's Building and

In 1870, Mr. Lybrand was married to Mary K. Ilurlbutt, of Beaver, Pennsylvania, and they have three children: Mary 11., who is the widow of Louis Welch; Blanche, who is the wife of George N. Bates, of New London, Connecticut; and Robert H., residing at In une. The family belong to the Episcopal Church.

Politically, Mr. Lybrand is a Republican, and served two years as a member of the City Council. Fraternally he belongs to the Blue Lodge, \. &. F. M., and to the Chapter and Council, at Delaware, and the Commandery at Marion. He is a member of the Loyal Legion and of G. B. Torrence Post, G. A. R.

\\AA AM POTTS, a substantial farmer and well-known citizen of Porter Township, residing 011 his farm of <jS acres, was born August 18. 1829. in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Charles and Mary Ann (Updyke) Potts.

The grandparents of William Potts were William and Susan Potts, who moved from Connecticut to New Jersey during the boyhood of their son Charles and remained in that State during the rest of their lives. Charles Potts was born in Connecticut in 1808 and lived in New Jersey until he was twenty years of age, when he moved to Pennsylvania. In 1828 he married Mary Ann Updyke. and eight years later they removed to Ohio, settling' in Licking County, near Utica. They had nine children, namely: William, Catherine, Benjamin. Joseph, John. Daniel. Susan. Margaret, ami Mary. Five of their children were born in Pennsylvania and four in Ohio. The survivors are: Benjamin, William. Joseph, Daniel, and Susan (Moore).

William Potts was a boy of eight when his parents came to Ohio. The first year was -pent with a maternal uncle livn Utica, and then the family moved to the father purchasing a farm mi which they resided for twenty-seven years. Charles Potts retired to Sparta after selling his farm and died there six months later, aged sixty-five years. His widow survived to the age of seventy-five years. She was born in New7 Jersey in 1809.

Mr. Potts has been a resident of Delaware County for the past thirty-five years and has owned his present farm for thirty years. He purchased this property from Attorneys Curtis and Irvin of Mt. Vernon, who disposed of it at sheriff's sale. Mr. Potts has made all the excellent improvements here and his buildings are tasteful, substantial and attractive as he put them up himself, being a skilled carpenter. For the past twenty years he has given the larger part of his time to general farming.

In 1853, in Knox County, Ohio, Mr. Potts married Malinda Spindler, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1830, and died in Porter Township April 14, 1905. She was a daughter of John Spindler. Mr. and Mrs. Potts had seven children bom to them, namely: John, James. Mary J.. Charles, Lenna. George and William. John Potts was born in 1854 and is a carpenter by trade, residing at Columbus. He married Addie Pierce and they have two children, Verna and Coral. James Potts, born in Knox County in 1857, resides at Olive Green, Ohio. He married «Par.a Mr'am.eJl and they have five children : Edith, Gertrude, Addie. Ray, and Hubert. Mary Jane Potts, born in Delaware County, in 1859, married Elmer Mandrel and they reside near Delaware, Ohio. They have two children. Alice and Howard. Charles Potts, born in 1861, residing in Morrow County, married Hettie Chambers and they have the following children: Elsie, Ernest, William. Belle. Fred and Mary Jane. Lenna Putts, burn in 1863 and George Pott-. burn in 1S05. both reside at home. William, w In 1 was burn in 1N07, died in 1908. Mr. Potts is a quiet, industrious, self-respecting citizen, one who enjoys the esteem of the community in which he has lived for so many years.

D1AMES !-:. CARTER, a representative agriculturist of Troy Township, was born December 26, [852, in Delaware - I County, Ohio, and is a sun oi Hugh and Nancy (Cash) Carter.

Hugh Carter, father of James E., was horn in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and was taken to Belmont County, Ohio, by his parents, in his childhood. He remained in Belmont County until after his marriage and the birth of two children, when he came to Delaware, probably about 1832. being one of the earliest settlers in Troy Township. He built a log house in the depth of the woods, and with his family, endured many pioneer hardships. He died December 25, 1887. His wife had passed away nine years previously, the date of her death being December 28, 1878. Of their children the following survive: William, residing in Colorado; Keziah, who is the widow of John Willey, residing in Orange Township; John H.. residing in Marlborough Township; Ellen, who married James Armstrong, residing in Belmont County ; Helen, who nlarried Murray Francis, and resides at Lima, Ohio; James E., whose name begins this sketch; and Alice, who married William Ryan, of Belmont County.

James E. Carter has devoted the larger part of his attention since leaving school, to agricultural pursuits and has made a specialty of growing sheep, with other stock. He owns 109 acres of excellent land and is one of the township's substantial men.

On January ,30, [879, Mr. Carter was married to Mary Jones, of Franklin County, ( and they have one daughter. Mattie F., residing at home. Mr. Carter and family belong to Troy Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, all being actively interested in its good work. Politically, Mr. Carter is a Republican. He has been willing to accept no office except that of school director, but was tendered the office of justice of the peace. He belongs to the order of Knights of Pythias, at I )elaware.

with the early settlers. Their three surviving children are: Mary (Mrs. Carter); Anna. who is the widow of James H. Walker, now residing in Delaware; and Sarah, who is the widow of David Davis, residing in Delaware Township. Mr. Carter is the only member of his family residing in Troy Township.

EORGE KIRBY, one of the successful agriculturists of Delaware Township, Delaware County, Ohio, who is cultivating his fine farm of more than 100 acres, was born April 10. i860, at Batesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, and is a son of William O. and Mary A. (Mayrield) Kirby.

William O. Kirby. who was also a native of Albemarle County. Virginia, received a common school education, and being a natural mechanic followed carpentering until the outbreak of the Civil War. He served four years in the Confederate army and after the close of the great struggle engaged in farming, as the freedom of the slaves had opened opportunities for the individual farmer. Mr. Kirby was married to Mary A. Mayrield, who was born in 1827, and died in 1891, and they had a family of children as follows: James Henry, a resident of North Garden, Virginia; John, who died in infancy; Nancy Jane, who married Joseph Mover: William J., of Massey*s Mills. Nelson County. Virginia; Mary, who died at the age of twentytwo years; George, subject of this sketch: Hamilton, who lives at Scottsville, Virginia: Catherine, the wife of Robert Freeman, of Alberene, Virginia ; and Calvin 0.

George Kirby received a common sch<">l education in his native locality. On May 8. [884, he removed to Ostrander, Delaware County. Ohio, where he worked as a farmer. and he continued thus employed until his marriage, at which time he went to Watkins, Union Count}'. There he farmed on his own account until 1904, in the spring of which year he purchased what is known as the James K. Brittain farm in Delaware Township, a tract of mure than ioo acres, eighty-five acres of which are under cultivation. Mr. Kirby raises oats, corn, wheat and hay, has a seventy-ton sili i. operates a small dairy and keeps from fifty to sixty hogs, and is considered one of the township's good, practical fanners. In political matters he is a Democrat, but he has never cared for public office.

In 1802 Mr. Kirby was married to Mary Easton, who is the daughter of Joseph and Margaret Easton, and three children have heen born to this union - Mary Ruth, Forrest Fa-ton. and Paul Mayfield. Mrs. Kirby was b -in in Coshocton County, Ohio, to which place her father had emigrated at the age of sixteen years with an elder brother, from Essex, England. He subsequently followed agriculture near Lafayette. Mrs. Kirby is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

EV. A. C. CRIST. From the Herald inn! Presbyter, a denominational organ of the Presbyterian Church, we quote the following: "Prominent among the forces of Presbyterianism in Delaware is Rev. A. C Crist, who resides here, and who is a sort of pastor-at-large in Marion Presbytery. By reason of his long and successful pastorates at Iberia and Ostrander, he is well, widely, and most favorably kii' i\vn. As a teacher he has gained great prominence. The lives of hundreds of students have been powerfully impressed by his noble individuality."

The Crist family traces hack through five generations in this country to three brothers; Johannas, Henricus and Stephanus Christus, natives of Alsace. Germany, who were among the large number of Huguenol refugees who came to America during the latter part of the 17th century as a result of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. They settled in Orange County, New York, and in course of time, the name became Anglicized, the "h" and the "us" g dropped. Henricus married Anne Bodine, a full-blooded French woman who came America with him. The families led the agricultural life of those times, and continued in the locality where they settled until Henry Crist, the grandfather of A. C, moved to the adjoining count)- of Sullivan. In religious belief they were German Lutherans. Here our subject's father, the third Henry in lineal descent from the original Henricus, was born January. 8, [81 1. He was a carpenter and followed his trade most of his life. He moved to Hocking Count), Ohio, in 1838, and resided there until 1848, when he took up his residence in Union County. He cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson, but was a stanch Abolitionist, and upon the organization of the Republican Party he identified himself with it.

He married Miss Marian Hollister of Sullivan County, New York, whose father was a native of England. This union was blessed by a family of eleven children. Two sons, Abner B. and James Alfred, lost their lives in the Union cause during the Rebellion, and one son, Alexander, lost a leg and died from the results of the injury, a few years after his return home. Henry Crist and his wife were for many years consistent members of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Crist died January 30. 1 89 1, aged seventy-six. He died January 29, 1902, having only twenty-two days previously celebrated his ninety-first birthday.

Rev. Asahel Clark Crist, the immediate subject of this sketch, was born in Hocking County, Ohio. April 19, 1845. tne nttn child of his parents. He remained at home, helping" to clear up the farm, until he was nineteen years of age, having only the advantages of the district school for three or four months in the winter season.

During the summer of 1864. young Crist served in Co. 1).. 130th Keg. ( >. V. 1.. and entered the high school at Marysville, in the fall of that year. He taught a district school for three months during the winter. Our subject united with the Presbyterian Church of Marysville, in the fall of 1805. and was taken under the care of the Marion Presbytery (old school) at Cardington, at the spring meeting in 1806. That summer he was employed as a colporteur for the Presbytery, and canvas all that part of the Presbytery west of tin

Four Railroad. The following winter he taught a district school for three months and attended the high school at Marysville the remainder of the time. In July, 1867, he entered Vermillion Institute at Haysville, Ohio, and was graduated there in October, 1870. He was tutor of mathematics for two years of the time at Vermillion Institute, and by that means helped to defray his expenses. Immediately after graduating, he entered the Western Theological Seminar}'. During the junior vacation, he taught a select school at Worthington, Pennsylvania, for five months. Mr. Crist was licensed to preach at Liberty Church, Marion Presbytery, at the spring meeting, 1872, and supplied Brown, Kingston, and Porter churches that summer.

Mr. Crist was graduated at Western Theological Seminary, April, 1873, and immediately took charge of Brown, Kingston and Porter churches, living at Eden. He was ordained at Trenton Church, April 23, 1874. In 1875 'le dropped Kingston and Porter, and supplied Berlin and Brown until June, 1876. During this time the church at Berlin was rebuilt. He also supplied Ashley, in the evening, for three months in the winter of 1875. Me taught a select school much of the time, during his residence at Eden, thus supplementing his salary.

In the spring of 1876 lie was elected as Professor of Languages in the Ohio Central College, at Iberia, Ohio, and removed there the 13th of August. In the spring of 1877, Mr. Crist took charge of the Presbyterian Church at Iberia in addition to his work of instruction at the college. This pastoral relation continued for twelve years. For about live years of this time, lie supplied the pulpit al Caledonia, Ohio, in the afternoons. In March. [889, he took charge of the church at ( (strander, being installed there in the first week in March, and in connection with the work of tins pastorate supplied Providence and Jerome. This relation continued until September 13, 1897. when it was dissolved.

to Mr. and Mrs. Crist - Bessie and Henry Mickliff. Bessie, a bright, lovely girl, died December 10, 1894, in the twenty-first year of her age. Henry Wickliff, born November 19. 1873, was a graduate from Wooster University in 1897, after which he studied law with James R. Lytle. Esq., of Delaware, and was admitted to the bar on December 7, 1900. He is one of the able and prominent young attorneys of Delaware, and is now ( 1908) campleting a term of three years as a member of the General Assembly. It may be said' that he has done more and better work as a representative than an}- man of this count}" who has had the office in recent years.

The only fraternal order with which the subject of this sketch is connected is the George B. Torrence Post, No. 60, ( '-. A. R., of Delaware. When he was located at ( >strander, he served as commander of the Joseph Tanner Post of that town.

Probably no clergyman of any denomination in Delaware has such a wide personal acquaintance with the citizens of this count}'. To quote again from the Herald and Presbyter, "Every Sabbath finds him actively engaged in the Master's service, filling some vacancy, encouraging some weak church, or starting some new enterprise. Mr. Crist P a man of high intellectual attainments, and is possessed of rare social qualities."

DAM SIEGFRIED, agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at Delaware, was born in Delaware Township, Delaware County; Ohio, March 23, 1837, and is a son of William and Susan ( Swartz ) Siegfried.

The grandparents of Mr. Siegfried came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, in 1827. They were Jacob and Elizabeth (Lantz) Siegfried. both of whom were members of well-known old German families of Berks and Northampton Counties. Jacob Siegfried located first at Stratford, in Delaware County, but in a few years he moved to a point north of the town of Delaware, where he kept a tavern for a short time. He died prior to 1848. aged fifty-six years. His eight children were: Angeline; William; Catherine, who married Ephraim Willy; Sallie; Rebecca; Samuel; [saac, who was blind from the age of eleven years, was a broom-maker by trade and a natural musician; and Benjamin, who removed from his farm north of Delaware to Columbus, where he died. He married Harriet Willy. Of the above family several never married and all have passed away with the exception of Angeline, the first-born. She married John Troutman and resides in Troy Township, having reached the age of eightysix years.

William Siegfried, father of Adam, was horn in Berks County, Pennsylvania, January 6, 1822, and was five years old when he accompanied his parents to Ohio. In November, [848, he was married to Susan Swartz, who was born October 17. 18.29. in Lehigh 1 1 nut v. Pennsylvania, and died August 31, 1905. She was a daughter of Daniel and Sarah 1 Smith 1 Swartz. Daniel Swartz brought his family to Ohio in [835, settling first in Fairfield County. Conditions there did not altogether please him and he left his family there while he came on a prospecting tour through Delaware County, covering the distance on horseback. He found two tracts of land located one and one-half miles north of Delaware, which met his requirements, and these he secured, and in 1836 brought his family to Delaware Township. At that time the land was all heavily timbered. He cleared it and made most of the substantial improvements. In 1849 he built a stone barn which still stands, and which, at the time of its erection, was the finest in the county. He also built a residence, which his son-in-law, William Siegfried, replaced, in 1876. with a fine brick house. Daniel Swartz died in 1870. aged seventy-seven years. His widow survived him seven years and was seventy-seven years old at that time. They had five children, namely : Susan M., the mother of Adam Siegfried; Daniel, who died in Delaware County; Ellen, who married Lewis Graham, and lived ami died in Marlborough Township; Caroline, who married Daniel Miller, and died at Delaware; and Elizabeth, who married Thomas Slough, and died on the old homestead. Daniel Swartz had 240 acres of land in his two farms, and this was considered the finest piece of agricultural property in Delaware Township.

William Siegfried took charge of the old tavern on the Marion turnpike, north of Delaware, which he conducted for two and a half years and then bought a farm adjoining that property, on which he resided from 1852 until the death of his father-in-law. Daniel Swartz. He settled on the Swartz farm in 1871 and resided there until his death, wl ich occurred May 0, 181)9. He and his wife had seven children, as follows; Three daughters, all of whom died in infancy: Adam, the direct subject of this sketch; Samuel, born May 5, 1861, who married Martha Thomas, and resides on his fine farm north of Delaware; Wilmer, born in 1804, who married Gwendolyn Hudson, and now owns his father's first farm and also the farm adjoining the old tavern property; Charles, born in [869, who resides in Delaware, having sold his farm and invested in city realty, and who married Mary Gross.

Adam Siegfried attended the district school, the sessions of which were held in the old stone school-house, north of Delaware. He continued to work on the home farm until he was twenty-two years of age, when he married. He then farmed for several years more in Delaware County, but in 1883. he moved to Omaha, Nebraska, in which city he resided for two years, being employed as a shipping clerk in a lumber yard. His next move was to Lincoln, in the same State, where he remained until the fall of 1885, when he returned to Delaware. He now remained on his father's farm until 1891. when he embarked in a livery business at Delaware, which he conducted for eighteen months. In [893, Mr. Siegfried went to work for the Columbus & Sandusky Short Line Railroad and continued as one of its employes after it became a part of the Pennsylvania system, in 1903. He has now maintained this connection for lift ten years. He entered the railroad business as a freight hand and baggage man and has been steadily advanced to his present responsible position as passenger and freight agent at Delaware. For fourteen years. Air. Siegfried remained at his post without a single day of absence. His fidelity was recognized by the company, which, in the summer of 1907. not only gave him a vacation but presented him with a pass over all its eastern lines. He thoroughly enjoyed this period of recreation but, like the excellent business man that he is, was ready to return to his routine work when the vacation expired.

In 1880. Mr. Siegfried was married (first) ti> Maria Stimmel, who was a daughter 'if John and llettie Ann Stimmel. They had one son, John, who was reared mainly in 1 )elaware County and became a clerk in the freight department of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Delaware. He was popular with his employers and associates and was a valued member of Hiram Lodge, No. 18, F. & A. M., at Delaware. Ili> death took place February 1 _'. 1906, when he was aged twenty-four years. He was buried with .Masonic honors, fr< 111 the Masonic Temple at Delaware.

is, in October, iK<j_\ She was reared west of Delaware and is a daughter of David and Sarah Davis. Of this union there are two children. Paul I', ami Ruth Helen, aged fourteen and eleven years, respectively.

In politics, Mr. Siegfried, like his father, always been identified with the Democratic party. The elder Mr. Siegfried was a stanch supporter of iis policies through the greater part of his life and on man\' occasions

2 fried has been equally successful in overcoming the normal Republican plurality. In [907 he was elected a memof the City Council of Delaware. coming the regular majority ..f 200 in the city, and in [89] was made the Democratic nominee for sheriff and came within three votes of being elected to this office. He is a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 18, F. & A. M. He is a man who stands very high in the esteem of his fellow-citizens, one whose business capacity and personal integrity are universally recognized.

tired on his farm of 58 acres, a valuable tract of land which is situated in Scioto Township, has many valid claims to the respect of his fellow-citizens. Colonel Ayres was born in Pickaway County. Ohio, March 1 _\ 1841, and is a son of Isaac and Catherine (Freese) Ayres. Isaac Ayres was born in 1810, at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and died in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1872. He learned the blacksmith's trade in York County, Pennsylvania, which he followed more or less throughout the entire period of his industrial life. When he reached the age of twenty-one years he started on foot and crossed the mountains into Ohio, 'settling first in Pickaway County, where he married. He remained there until after the birth of five children, when he came to Delaware County, locating near Bellpoint, where he acquired a small farm, the operating of which was largely left to his son-,. He was a man of sterling character and frequently was invited to accept political office but consistently refused. He was married shortly after coming to Ohio, to Catherine Freese, who was born in 1814, and died' in 1848. She was a daughter of Rev. Isaac Freese. a minister of the German United Brethren faith. He was born and married in Germany and after coming to America settled first in Pickaway County, but subsequently moved to Bellpoint, where he conducted religious services in both the German and English languages. The children born to Isaac Ayres and his wife were: John, who died in the service of his country, following the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, as a member of Company C, One Hundred Twenty-first Regiment.

Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Ellen L., now cleceased, who married Royal Edwards; Andrew, who died in early manhood; Martha, who is deceased; Catherine, deceased, who married David Hamilton; Sarah, also deceased, who married Frank Speese; Jacob, subject of this article ; Abraham, who resides in Concord Township; Hester Flora, who married John Fuller, and resides at Roann, Indiana; Isaac, and one child unnamed that died in infancy. Both parents were very active church workers.

Jacob Ayres lived at home until his mother's death, and attended what was called the Haney School at Bellpoint. Until 1858 he resided with Green Xeff, at Berlin Station, and then, coming to Delaware, learned the carpenter's trade with Henry Robinson and ( 10 irge Perry. He continued to work as a carpenter until he enlisted in the Federal Army, on February 1, 1862. He became a member of Company 1. Eighty-second Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was sent to Grafton. West Virginia, thence to Moorefield and later to McDowell, Virginia, where the Union forces were defeated May 8, 1862, and retreated to Moorefield. Here they were reinforced by General Fremont and then crossed the mountains to Strasburg, where they defeated General Jackson's forces and drove him up the valley to Uarrisburg. < ',( -mpany I then fell back to Middletown, and from there went to Culpeper Court House to reinforce General Banks, going thence to the banks of the Rapidan River under General Sickles. At this point, the force with which I olonel Ayres was connected, being notified of General Lee's advance, began a retreat to Culpeper Court House. They subsequently fought in the .second battle of Bull Run, under General Pope, and after the defeat fell back to Washington. The corps was left at Arlington Heights to recruit, while the remainder of the army went to lake part in the battle of Antietam, as a part of the forces un- I leneral McClellan.

After that battle the Eighty-second Regiment was united with the Army of tin- Poto mac and later took part in the battle of Chancellorville under General Hooker. After his defeat they crossed the Rappahannock River and encamped in the Stafford Hills until General Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania. The regiment then broke camp and followed the Confederate forces into Maryland, and thence to Gettysburg. There, under Generals Reynolds and Howard, the Eighty-second took part in the first day's engagement. In relating the subsequent movements at Gettysburg, Colonel Ayres' own vivid description may be used to give a clear idea to the reader.

"At four o'clock in the afternoon we retreated to the village of Gettysburg and our lines were re-established by General Hancock and formed in line of battle around Cemetery Hill. The right wing stationed upon Culp's Hill was known as the Twelfth Corps and was under General Slocum. and the Eleventh Corps, under General Howard, joined the left of the Twelfth and extended around the horseshoe bend of Cemetery Hill. The First Corps, under General Newton, joined the left of the Eleventh Corps and extended around the foot of Cemetery Hill, to the Second Corps under General Hancock and joined the left of the First Corps and extended on down Cemetery, Ridge and was joined on the left of the Second Corps by General Sickles with the Third Corps that extended down to Big and Little Round Top. That position was held by each corps until the close of the following engagement. The second day opened upon the extreme left at three o'clock by General Longstreet of the Confederates against Generals Sickles and Hancock, and at eight o'clock Ewell's Corps of the Confederate army moved in upon the Union right and took the first two lines of the Union works, this closing the engagement of the second day. At the council of the generals it was decided to open against Ewell's corps as quick as they could discern an object in the morning. Slocum being re-enforced. The attack opened early in the morning upon Culp's Hill, and the Union position was re-established, the battle closing at eleven o'clock in favor of the Union forces. At 1 40 p. m. the artillery duel opened the advance of Pickett's charge, which immediately followed, and the Federal army was again victorious. The next day the scouts advanced and found that Lee was making arrangements to retire, having withdraw 11 Ewelfs corps from the front of Culp's Hill, and subsequently the Union army followed Lee for one day, being then drawn hack to Frederick City, and thence to Funkstown, where they remained in line of battle until Lee crossed the river. The Union army then marched across the river again into Virginia and hack to Bull Run battle-field, where the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps were detached from the Army of the Potomac and sent to re-enforce Rosecrans of the Army of the Cumberland. On the 27th they started from Bridgeport, crossed the Tennessee River, struck the Trenton Valley at the foot of Lookout Mountain, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, being the advance scout (having been detailed as a regular scout under General ( ). ( ). Howard in May. [863). 1 was wounded at the junction of the railroad where it passes around the mountain to Chattanooga and remained there until January 23, when I was furloughed from the hospital and went In ime. 1 returned from there to Camp Chase. Columbus, Ohio, and from there was discharged for a gun-shot wound in my right hip." In the limits of the present biography, it would be impossible to give any adequate account of the dangers, adventures and thrilling escapes of Colonel Ayres, for, as a scout, his was always the post of danger, the one where hazard was the greatest, and for this dangerous work only men of unflinching courage were selected. Colonel Ayres has a war record that should be preserved entire for it is one to which his descendants can refer with feelings of pride in years to come. In the heat of battle, or in making his way cautiously to watch the movements of the enemy in advance of the army, or in carrying a message through unfriendly territory. Colonel Ayres had several Imrses shot from under him, and on one occasion he ran a horse to death in making his escape from his captors. On another occasion he was taken prisoner in the Shenandoah Valley, and as rain was falling as it does fall only in Virginia, and the roads were such as only

Virginia can produce after such a rain, the officers of the capturing part)- decided that they would camp for the night in an old log cabin in a lonely spot, picketing their horses and taking their saddles and equipments within the cabin. There were fifteen Confederates in the party guarding Colonel Ayres. hut that did not prevent the alert Union officer from managing to get next to the door when the tired part_\- lay down around the room to sleep. All were worn out and all fell asleep except the prisoner, who managed to slip out of the door without arousing them, and catch the halter strap on one of the picketed horses; and while lightning flashed and thunder rolled, a Union officer Was wildly galloping bare-hacked in the direction of liberty which was fifteen miles distant. Pursuit was continued for almost the whole distance to the Union lines, the pursuers sometimes being -1 1 close that bullets whistled by the colonel's ears. Fortunately he knew the men on picket duty when he reached the Union forces and with the cry. "A friend in trouble and the enemy coining." he dashed by and fell exhausted in the arms of his comrades. This thrilling experience was more than once almost duplicated by him and its recital enables the reader in these peaceful times to appreciate the nerve ami valor of those who fought in the great struggle of 1861-65.

Colonel Ayres was married to Mary P. Rhoades. who was horn June 30. 1840. a daughter of Valentine Rhoades of Scioto Township, and who died March 9, 1907. leaving behind a sweet and gracious memory. She was a woman of many Christian virtues, one who bore years of suffering with patience and fortitude. There were four children born to this union, namely: John J., who is an auctioneer and carpenter; William A., who manages the home farm: Rosa Mary, who is the wife of Oliver Owens, of Radnor ; and George E.. who resides in Thompson Township. Colonel Ayres has fourteen grandchildren.

After his marriage Colonel Ayres settled in School District No. 1 1, Scioto Township, in which he has lived ever since, and where he has been a school director for eighteen years.

In 1870 he settled on his present farm and for twelve years followed carpenter work. In [875 he began auctioneering', in which occupation he continued for many years, being the oldest living member of that craft in this section. Although reared in a Democratic family, he is a stanch Republican. He has served Scioto Township as a trustee on many occasions and has been elected when the Democratic normal majority has been 100. He is a member of Edinburg Lodge, No. 467, I. O. O. F.. at Ostrander, being past grand of the same, and belongs to Tanner Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Ostrander. For a considerable period he lectured through Ohio, Indiana and Michigan on the subject of a Union ScoutV Personal Knowledge of the Battle of Gettysburg, and everywhere his vivid storyr \\a^ listened to with interest and benefit.

AMES WILLIAM JACKSON, general farmer and well-known citizen ol Scioto Township, was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, November 10, [853, and is a son of John S. and Dorothy Ann (Wilkins) Jackson.

The father of Air. Jackson was also a native of Fauquier County, Virginia. He was a cooper by trade but after coming to Ohio in 1 S 5 7 , he followed general farming and the raising of livestock. The first year after coming to Scioto Township, John S. Jackson resided at what is now called Eagleville. He died at the age of sixty-one years. He married Dorothy Ann Wilkins. who was also a native of Virginia. Her death took place when she was sixty-two years old. They had the following children: George T., now residing in Nebraska: John S., a resident of Montana: Medora, who married Asa Franklin; Virginia 1;.. now deceased, who was the wife of Perry Erwin, of Berlin Township: James William, subject of this sketch: and Richard H. L.. residing in Scioto Township. Both parents died in [876. They were held in high esteem in their community and were valued members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. For over

James William Jackson remained on the home farm until his marriage, and then moved to Rush Township, Champaign County, where he was engaged in farming" for four sears. He then resided in New Dover, Union County, for a few years, and later in Jack -on Township, Union County, thence going to Little Prairie Township, Marion County, and later again to Jackson Township. He then settled on the old Bird farm in Scioto Township, which he continued to operate for six years. In [900, he came to his present farm, which contains fifty-five acres, forty of which he has under a fine state of cultivation. He raises stock, making a specialty of hogs, and grows , m, oats, wheat and hay. November 11. [880, Mr. Jackson married Mary Bird, who is a daughter of Abner Johnson and Catherine (Newhouse) Bird. On both sides Mr. Jackson belongs to prominent and substantial old families of this section. Her mother. Catherine Newhouse. born January 22. [831, in Scioto Township, was married to Abner Johnson Bird, August 14, [856, and died January 5- 1885.

She (Catherine) was a daughter oi William Newhouse. who was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, March 11, 1800, and came with his parents to Delaware County in May. 1814. On January 6, 1823. he married Annie Richey. who was a daughter of William Richey. They settled on the banks of a river near Bellpoint, later moved to Union County but subsequently returned to Delaware County and settled on the farm now owned by John R. Newhouse. in Scioto Township. They had eleven children: Mary K.. David Emery, Belinda. John R., Catherine, Nancy Jane, Adam. Joseph, William Lafayette. James H., and Isaac. William Newhouse died December 6, 1842. He served as township trustee. He possessed mechanical genius, but followed agriculture as his life occupation. He constructed the first wagon ever made in this section and made many articles of household furniture.

ruary 10, 1772. He was about four years old when his father enlisted for service in the Revolutionary war. When he was eight his father died in the army, and Anthony remained with his widowed mother and assisted her in rearing the family. In 1794 he offered his services to suppress what is known in history as the Whiskey Rebellion, and remained in the military service for six months, going as far as Fort Pitt, and afterwards returning to Loudon County. In [798 be went to Wheeling. West Virginia, where be remained for six months, thence going to an old red stone fort, the locality being now in Fayette County. Pennsylvania. There be met Nancy 1 0 ms, to whom he was married March 28, [799. From there, with bis father-in-law, John Coons and family, and Henry More, he moved to Pickaway County. Ohio, this being in the early part of 1800, and settled on Scipio Creek, in Salt Creek Township. The place he ch"<e was one which the Indians bad cleared and somewhat cultivated, but the surroundings were still wild in a large degree. The nearest settlements were Chillicothe and Lancaster, the former thirteen and the latter settlers constructed cabins close together on the banks of Scipio Creek, with an eye to pro 'ii from the Indians, who were almost daily visitors. At this time the country was yet unsurveyed, all of it being Government land. The settlers subsisted on corn brought on horseback from Marietta, together with game which was plentiful. As there were no mills, native ingenuity bad to fashion dome-tic utensils to take the place of that almost necessary concomitant of civilization. What was called a mortar was made out of a sawedoff piece of log. eighteen inches in diameter and two feet long. An iron wedge was fastened on a strong stick, sometimes on a well-sweep, and the corn was pounded by this force in the scooped out end of the log until it was fa ivly reduced to meal, which was then

In 1 81 2, Anthony Newhouse enlisted from Pickaway County, in John Boggs' company, under, command of General Tupper. and they proceeded to Fort Defiance, to repulse the Indians. One night, while they were on the way. they were surprised by a band of Indians, one of whom struck Anthony Newdiouse's horse on the thigh, making a deep, bad wound. The poor animal made its way back to Pickaway County on three legs. Mr. Newhouse was discharged at LJrbana, Ohio. In January. 18 14, be sold his farm of 160 acres in Pickaway County and bought 200 acres in Seioto Township from Henry Massie, of Chillicothe, paying two dollars an acre. His first journey to this section was made under very uncomfortable circumstances, involving the fording of Mill Creek in cold weather, and the consequent freezing of his clothes on his body. In the following May he started back ti 1 Scioto Township, accompanied by his family, and bringing with him three cattle and three horses. Some of the descendants of these transferred live stock are now owned by John R. Newhouse.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are three in number - Lenna Fay, Strother Bird and James Arthur. Mrs. Jackson was reared in the Presbyterian Church and she is an active member of the old stone church of South Radnor. Mr. Jackson takes no very active interest in politics, although he votes as bis lather did, with the Democratic party, but he is ever ready to perform all the duties of a

HOMAS OWENS, a well known prosperous farmer and a survivor of the Civil War, resides on a valuable, well improved farm of 100 acres in Radnor Township. Delaware County, time he emigrated to America, leaving Wales .May 1. [863, and taking passage at Liverpool on the ship City of New York, of the Inman line, which arrived at New York City in about eleven days. He came immediately to Ohio, locating for a short time at Marion, whence he came to Delaware County, and engaged in the lime business at Radnor, where he remained for several years. He then returned to Marion, near which place he carried on the same business for a number of years, but subsequently came again to Radnor Township, where he has since made his home. For a short time he was engaged in the manufacture of lime, but he has mainly followed agriculture, and his present farm is, through fertilty of the soil and advantageous location, admirably suited for general farming and stockraising. He has been very successful in his operations and is classed with the substantial men of the township. He enlisted in May, 1864, in Company A, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for service in the Civil War, and much of his time in the service was spent in guard duty at Arlington Heights. He received an honorable discharge at Camp Chase. August 24, 1864.

Mr. Owens was married (first) to Ann Williams, who was born in Wales, and of this union there was born one son : Oliver Ivor, who resides in Radnor Township. He marred Rosa Avers, and they have four children - Lloyd, Clyde, Myrtle' and Mildred. Mr. Owens was married secondly to Mrs. Rebecca Lewis, who was born in Wales, and she is also deceased. On March 8, 1900 Mr. Owens married for his third wife Mrs. Clara Thomas, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and who is a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Jester) Johnson, who were natives of Butler County, Ohio. Samuel Johnson was a well-known hotel proprietor in his day, at one time keeping the Burnett House at Cincinnati, where King Edward of England, then the Prince of Wales, stayed during his tour of this country. Mrs. Owens' first husband was Samuel P. Thomas, who was born in Kentucky and died August 2, 1899.

In political matters Mr. Owens is a Republican, and he has always been interested 111 public affairs, although he is no officeseeker. With his wife he attends the Congregational Church in the southern part of Radnor Township.

ILLIAM W. JONES. Radnor Township can boast of many good farms and representative men, and both may lie found respectivelv in the property and person of William W. Jones, who owns a finely-cultivated estate of 265 acres. Mr. Jones is one of the township's native-born older citizens, his birth having occurred November 4, 1825. He is a son of John P. and Mary (Penry) Jones. The parents of Mr. Jones were born in Wales and came to America in 18 18, bringing with them three children. They came as far west as Delaware County, Ohio, the father purchasing a wild farm in Radnor Township. The family had few neighbors at that time, as this section was only partially settled. John P. Jones was one of the useful and hardy settlers of pioneer days, and he continued to be respected and esteemed until his death, which took place in 1864.

William W. Jones was born and reared in Radnor Township and obtained his early know ledge of books in the old-time log schoolhouse near his father's farm. He grew to manhood strong and sturdy, from the hard discipline of clearing the land and putting it under cultivation, and he has since continued to follow agriculture. During the progress of the Civil War be took a deep interest in public matters and when the call came for ioo-d:u men, in May, 1864, he went out with Company A, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was sent to Arlington Heights on guard duty. He was in the service 115 days and was mustered out in August, 1864. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and is connected with the post at Prospect.

ried to Eleanor Evans, who was born in Wales, August 15, 1829. She is a daughter of John and Margaret (Jones) Evans, who came from Wales when she was in her third year. They settled first at Philadelphia, later lived at Pittsburg for a short time and then came to Delaware County. She was still small when they settled in Radnor Township, where both parents died. Mrs. Jones has one brother and nne sister, namely: John Evans, residing in Scioto Township, and Elizabeth, who married lames R. McKinney, late of Delaware. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have six surviving children: Margaret A., who married Evan Price, residing in Radnor Township, namely. John 1'. and Frank C, both residents of Radnor Township; Mary P.. who married David

Charles l\. residing in Radnor Township; and Ella, who married Perry J. Griffiths, and reside- ai Radnor Station.- Delaware County. Mr. Jones is a stanch Republican and takes rable interest in public affairs as liecome- an intelligent citizen. For a number of years he served as trustee of Radnor Township, and has acceptably filled other township offices. Mrs. Junes belongs to the Baptist Church of Radnor Township. They are well known and very highly esteemed residents of this section.

[RISTOPHER POTTER, a representative citizen of Delaware, was born in County Meath, Ireland, March 27, [831, and is a sun of John and Mary 1 Lynch) Potter. In Ireland, John Putter was considered a man of some little means and il was not with the thought of increasing his own wealth that he came with lus Family in America, in 1844. hut with the hope that in this country his children might find easier conditions and better opportunities than prevailed in his own land, lie disco ered, however, as did many another e found after locating at Utica, Xew York, that he was nut able to care as thoroughly for his family as heretofore, and that his elder sons would have to become self-supporting and help to provide also for the younger members of the family. He bought a small farm in Westmoreland Township, Oneida County, New York, and settling on it devoted the rest of his life to its cultivation, lie died in the fall of 1 8 5 _» , at the age of sixty-five years. His wife died in October, 1849, aged fifty-two. Their second son, James, died in Ireland, in [843, while serving an apprenticeship to the blacksmith trade. The oldest of the family, William, learned the carpenter's trade and worked in Westmoreland, New York, where he died in 1848. He married Bridget Devoe.