Fairfield County, Ohio - Chapter 20: Conclusion, 1912 (part 10 of 12)

Christian and Martha Strawn Miller had in all eight children, the others, in addition to the subject of this sketch being George, Elisha, Samuel, Anne, John O., Rebecca and Lewis C. Their record, in brief, is as follows : George learned the saddler's trade, and with his brother Elisha, who had learned the trade of the tanner, settled in early life in Cedar County, Iowa, where they became prosperous farmers and stock raisers and were held in high regard by the citizens. Samuel became an expert blacksmith and removed, at an early day, to Indiana. Here, in Wells County, he cleared a fine farm and reared his family. His children were Naaman, who held prominent positions in his county and state ; Edson, a most successful farmer, and Martha and Mary. Anne, the eldest daughter (of Christian and Martha Miller), married Jesse Macklin, to whom there were born three children, Carrie, deceased ; Charles and Essie, who are both living and prosperous. The Macklin farm was in Pleasant Township, on Pleasant Run. John O. Miller made his home in Indiana, where he carved a fine farm from the forest and reared a family of eight children (see sketch of Frank P. Miller). Rebecca was twice married, first to John Paden, in 1872, and after his death to Benjamin Rudesill. She died at her home in Baltimore in 1905 and lies buried in the new cemetery in that beautiful village. She left no children. Lewis C, the youngest of this family of Christian and Martha Miller, married Elizabeth Sites, a relative of the noted mathematician of that name. They lived for a number of years at the old homestead in Pleasant

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Township; then they removed to a fine farm at Woodington in Darke County, Ohio. Many years later, after their family had been reared, they removed to a comfortable home in Greenville, Ohio. Their children are Cletus, Laura (Mrs. G. W. Izor), Emma, Mollie, Manuel and Maude. Of these eight children - Enos, George, Elisha, Samuel, Anne, John, Rebecca and Lewis - all are gone to their reward - Enos in 1899, Anne in 1892. Rebecca in 1905, Lewis June 13, 191 1, and John Q., the last to pass away, in August, 191 1.

Enos Strawn Miller had but slight chance as as boy to gain an education. Those were the days in Ohio when schools and school teachers were not numerous, nor were they of high grade. Another difficulty in the way of an education in the early part of the Nineteenth Century was found in the fact that it usually required the help of the entire family to make a living. Nevertheless Enos acquired a fair knowledge of the common branches. He was a lover of books and a constant reader all his life. He always had a good weekly newspaper come to his home and alter, when it became possible, the daily paper was found there.

One of the achievements of which he was justly proud was that he had learned the wagon-making trade from his father, - and he had learned it so well that he could go into the woods, and with axe and saw prepare the timber for a wagon, making every part of the woodwork from the trees standing in the primeval forest. And many were the wagons thus made, the faithfulness of his work being witnessed by the fact that there are many of his wagons still doing service in the county.

In his young manhood he met Miss Elizabeth Radebaugh, daughter of Nicholas and Catherine Radebaugh. A mutual attraction sprang up between them, and later on a call was made at the residence of the young lady.

Ihis call was rather sudden and unexpected on the part of the father, whose answer to the first remark of the young man, "It is very disagreeable traveling tonight," was, "Yes, and there are always those traveling who have no business to travel."

But the young man held his ground, and did not "travel" at once. Later they were married (1845), an event alike fortunate for both parties, for they li\ed a long and happy life, each one seeking the pleasure and comfort of the other.

The Radebaughs were of German extraction, coming originally from both Germany and Holland. On arriving in America they settled in Pennsylvania, whence they came to Ohio and made their final home in Fairfield County, .shortly after its organization. Nicholas Radebaugh was a man of unusual physical strength, and of \igorous health, even in old age. He was full of good humor and loved to play harmless jokes upon liis friends. He had the build of an old Roman gladiator and many are the instances of his strength in the field and at pul)lic gatherings in those early days. It is related that he and a friend carried a neighbor's farm wagon, piece by piece, and put it all in ]>lace astride the comb of the roof of that neighbor's barn, then loaded it and left it there to be discovered in the morning. He died in 1862 at the age of eighty-five. His faithful wife, Catherine Radebaugh, died in 1855 at the age of seventy-one years.

Their children were ten in number, namely: Mary, Rel:)ecca. Joel, Esther, Elizabeth, who married the subject of this sketch, Daniel. Sarah, who married Levi Soliday, Samuel, Nancy, who married Alfred Clemens, and John, who married Maria Heberling of Lancaster. Joel was one of the early county officers, holding the office of Probate Judge in 1852, and being the first one elected to that of- fice in the county. He was also elected clerk of courts of the county and served three years. John removed to Columbus in 1861, filling important positions in the State and National governments. During the Civil war he was a government inspector at Columbus - purchasing agent under Colonel Burr - handling thousands of dollars each week. He died at his home in Columbus, April, 1903, and is buried in beautiful Greenlawn. His wife still survives, though the hand of affliction has fallen heavily upon her. Their children were Manville, Charles, Katherine, Ida, Grace and Frank. Of these, only the eldest, Manville, is deceased.

For several years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Enos S. Miller made their residence with his father at the old home in Pleasant Township. Then they removed (1850) to a farm of fifty-two acres, which they had purchased in \\'alnut Township, near Baltimore. Their home was one mile and a quarter east of Baltimore, on the Pleasantville road, and here they resided for the rest of their lives. The farm now has eighty-four acres. Here also Mr. Miller followed the vocation of wagonmaking, and at the same time managed his farm. In 1882 he was elected to membership on the board of county commissioners of Fairfield county in which capacity he served two full terms, of six years, retiring in 1888. He served the people of his county faithfully and well, making the business of the county his own. He was always interested in good water, good roads and good bridges. One of the pieces of work which he secured and of which he was justly proud, is the substantial stone bridge or viaduct over Poplar Creek in the town of Baltimore, a picture of which may be found in this history. He made use of every spring along the highways, arranging watering places for thirsty horse and driver.

During his membership on the Board, the indigent children were taken from the County Infirmary and placed in the new Children's Home (see illustration), which was established by that board for that purpose. The purchase of the site for this Home and the arrangement of all details, was a work of no small magnitude. Mr. Miller was always deeply interested in this Home for the little unfortunate waifs of the county. His love for liis fellow man, his ability and honesty, made and held many close friendships. His public service received the endorsement of the people, for he believed "a public office was a public trust." All through life he tried to be a consistent Christian and, with his faithful wife, was a lifelong member of the United Brethren Church, and one of its officials.

Mr. Miller was a born mechanic and loved to use tools. He was an inventor, for his mind took the channel that was new, and he tried to improve upon the old ways of doing things. He invented and patented an end-gate for wagon-beds, by means of which the load could be removed much easier and quicker. For this original work he received a patent from the United States government.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Enos S. Miller are Manson, Chauncey Jerome, Mary and Charles Christian. Manson, the first born, died before he reached his second birthday. Chauncey, a prosperous farmer, lives on the old homestead. He married Henrietta (Messerly) Wildermuth. They have two sons - Bliss Thoburn, an engineer on the Ohio Central Railroad, and Wayne E., a successful student at the Ohio State University. Mary married William L. Whitecamp, who, with their married daughter, Mabel Lessler, and granddaughter, Evelyn, reside in Newark, Ohio. Mr. Whitecamp is in the hardware business. Charles Christian Miller married Nellie Cor- nell Wilbur, of Honeoye, N. Y. Their home for the past sixteen years has been in Lima, Ohio. Their children are Leon Wilbur Miller, a student in his freshman year in Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio; Robert , Strawn Miller, a student in North High School, Columbus, Ohio, and Elizabeth Miller, a pupil in the Ninth Avenue School of the same city.

Enos S. Miller, the father, died August 15, 1899, at the age of eighty-one years, four months and twenty-four days. The mother died September 7, 1900, at the age of eightythree years, four months and twenty-five days. ' They sleep side by side in the beautiful Bethel Cemetery, of Bethel United Brethren Church, l6cated in Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio. The following tribute to Mr. Miller is from a life-long friend, Hon. E. F. Holland, judge of probate :

"I knew Enos S. Miller intimately from my boyhood days until his death. His counsel was always valuable, and I can never forget his advice and encouragement to me while a young teacher in his district. He served the people of the county for six years as Commissioner and faithfully and honestly performed his whole duty. He was a leader in his church and party and a useful citizen in his community."

My Dear Sir: I take the privilege of an old friend to express to you my high regard of the life, services, and character of your father, Enos S. Miller.

of Fairfield County, and was active and prominent in the social, political, and business affairs pertaining to the advancement of the best interests of his community, and county.

He was always held in the highest esteem by the entire community for his christian character, devotion to and strictly honest performance of all his duties, public and private, and his kind and affable disposition. He was specially admired and resjiected by the young men, for his kind and considerate treatment, many of whom owe their success in life to his christian example, timely encouragement, advice, and assistance.

This sketch of the father would in no way be satisfying without a more definite and loving reference to the mother, Elizabeth (Radebaugh) Miller. She was a most beautiful and tender mother to all who knew her. She was self-sacrificing to a fault - kind and helpful in every walk of life. She lent a kindly, soothing hand to the sick and encouragement to the strong. Her very presence was a benediction to the sorrowing or the dejected. Her children loved her as a true mother deserves to be loved, and they unite heart and soul in repeating the beautiful tribute from the pen of Kate Douglas Wiggin - to my mother:

"Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds! Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows ; brothers and sisters, aunts and cousins; but only one mother in all the wide world!"

tracts of excellent land, aggregating 140 acres, is an honored veteran of the great Civil War, one whose loyalty and patriotism kept him a soldier from 1861 until 1865. He was born near New Salem, C, March 4, 1842, and is a son of Joseph and Louisa (Showman) Clayton.

Joseph Clayton was born in Maryland in 1802, and was a son of Capt. Henry and Ann Clayton. Captain Henry Clayton was of Irish extraction and was born in Pleasant Valley, Va. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War under the immediate command of General Washington, who was a personal friend of the family and frequently was entertained by Captain Clayton and wife. The family still preserves a table glass tumbler from which the Father of his country was wont to drink when he dined with the Claytons, and also an old slate which he often made use of, on which to sketch a map when he was planning military operations. Henry Clayton was elected a lieutenant in Col. Swope's Flying- Camp, Maryland Line, Continental Army, in 1776. He took part in the Siege of Boston, and after that was commissioned a captain in the Maryland line, Col. Swope's command, and took part in the Battle of Long Island, in General Sullivan's Brigade. He was captured by the British and confined in the prison hulks at New York, being parolled after two years' confinement. As a soldier he had a brilliant record and on many an occasion made his presence and ability felt by the British. His company was composed of brave and tried men, whose clothes were often mended by Mrs. Ann Clayton, grandmother of the subject of this sketch, as they were generally poorly clad. Captain Henry Clayton's eldest son, John, was a drummer boy iu his company.

It is related that on one occasion the Hessians succeeded in capturing Captain Clayton and before he was rescued they had robbed him of his silver knee and shoe buckles. He made a vow that the first Hessian he afterward met should fall by his sword or musket and there is every reason to believe that he carried out his vow. His death occurred probably along the Atlantic coast, after which his widow came to Fairfield County, where her life was prolonged to ninety-seven years, six months and two days. By special act of Congress she was granted a pension from the Government as the widow of a Revolutionary officer. She was the mother of seven children. So many interesting events had occurred in her life that she became widely known and many can recall her portrait taken at the age of ninety years^ that received the first prize at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, in 1876. She was one of the pioneer Methodists of Fairfield County, belonging to the church at Rushville. During the latter part of her life she resided with her youngest son, Joseph.

Although his father had been so notable in military life, Joseph Clayton was always a man of peace. A scholar and teacher in Maryland, he there married Louisa Showman and shortly afterward they came to Rushville, Fairfield County, O. Here he bought 100 acres of land of the Hopwood heirs, paying $18 per acre for it. He also engaged in the mercantile business both at Rushville and New Salem. He handled tobacco extensively and also bought the Andrew Baker farm in Perry County, C, evidently being a man of much business enterprise. His death occurred at New Salem, in 1888, his first wife having died in 1862, at the age of fifty-three years. He married for

To the first marriage of Joseph Clayton the following children were born : Leonidas W., who died at the age of seventy-four years, was captain of the Home Guards and resided at Thornville, O. ; John F., who died in Missouri, was a physician in Wood, Hancock and Henry Counties, O. ; Joseph B., who formerly was a captain in the state militia in Fairfield County, and is now a resident of Hancock County; William M., who is a resident of Washington, D. C. ; Thomas C, who is deceased ; Francis A., who served three years in the Civil War as a member of the 21st O. Vol. Inf., and now resides at Hume, Mo. ; Louisa, deceased, who was the wife of William Shoemaker; and Josephine, who is the wife of Pressley Hitt, and resides at New Salem, O.

Wilber F. Clayton attended school in boyhood when a teacher could be secured for what was called the "Old Chris Baker school," a log structure standing some distance from New Salem, and in those days boys were expected to apply themselves to spelling book and arithmetic whether their surroundings rendered them physically comfortable or not. There Mr. Clayton laid the foundations of his education. As soon as he was old enough for hard work he learned the plastering trade, with his brother, near Findlay, O., and has followed it in connection with farming during the greater part of his subsequent life. In September, 1 86 1, in answer to the first call of President Lincoln for troops, he enlisted at New Salem, under Captain John Wiseman and Lieutenant Linville, in Co. C, 46th O. Vol. Inf., as brave and courageous a body of men as ever served on any battlefield. Of this gallant band Mr. Clayton is the only survivor at New Salem. He took part in seventeen battles l)ut survived to return home at the close of the war. His name appears on the roll of honor. I'or many years he has been identified with the Grand Army Post at East Rushville.

On October 2, 1872, Mr. Clayton was married to Miss Mary E. Melick, who died in 1888. She was a daughter of Aaron Melick, of Perry County, O. In May, 1909, his second marriage took place, with Miss Alice A. Clemson, a daughter of Joseph Clemson. They are members of the Methodist Protestant church, with which he has been identified since he was fifteen years of age. He was one of the organizers of the church and Sunday-school at Van Buren, O., and for many years has been superintendent of the Sunday-school at New Salem, having always been greatly interested in Sunday-school work. In politics he is a Democrat but has never cared to hold ofiice. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity.

JOHN J. ASHBAUGH, one of the highly respected citizens of Bremen, O., now living retired and in the enjoyment of an ample income, was born in Perry County, O., May 16, 1840, and is a son of William and Julia Ann (Cohagen) Ashbaugh.

William .Ashbaugh was born in Fairfield County, O.. two and one-half miles east of Bremen and after his school days were over, he followed farming in Perry County, where he improved eighty acres of land. Here he lived until 1857, when he returned to Rush Creek Township and settled on the same farm on which he had been born. One year later he bought fifty acres of land north of Bremen, where he operated a grist mill in addition to farming. He lived on that place until 1863, when he moved to Bremen. He died at the age of eighty-one years and was buried at Bethel Presbyterian church, in Rush Creek Township. He was a Democrat in politics until the administration of President Lincoln, when he identified himself with the Republican party. He married Julia Ann Cohagen, who was born in Perry County and died in Rush Creek Township one year after her husband, her age being eighty years. They were worthy members of society, good, virtuous people and belonged to the Presbyterian church. Five sons and four daughters were born to them and of these three sons and one daughter are deceased.

John J. Ashbaugh attended school in Bronday Creek Township, Perry County, O., after which he worked on his father's and other farms until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he enlisted for service in Co. B., 129th O. Vol. Inf., and served out his term without meeting any of the disasters of war. He then reenlisted as private in Co. D, 159th O. Vol. Inf., and served three months more, and a third time enlisted, on January 30, 1865, entering Co. D, 187th O. Vol. Inf. He was with that organization for one year and during the larger part of the time was orderly sergeant. After coming home he learned the carpenter's trade at which he worked through Rush Creek Township, continuing to live on his farm of eighty acres in that township until April, 1909. He then sold to Otto Lacey and came to Bremen and embarked in the ice business, which he carried on until August 8, 191 1, when he disposed of it to J. K. Davis. He has been a very active Republican, serving for twenty-one years as central committeeman, for seven years was a member of the Fairfield County Republican Executive Committee and on fourteen occasions was elected a delegate to the State conventions.

Mr. Ashbaugh was married first, May i, 1873, to Miss Cloa L. Davis, who was born in Rush Creek Township, a daughter of Davis Y. Davis. Her death occurred at the age of thirty-four years. She was the mother of four children, namely : Sarah Julia, who died in infancy; Annie, who married Edgar Clark, a native of Vinton County, O., and a resident of Bremen, and has one child, Lola; William D., who is a railroad engineer with the T. & O. C. Railroad ; and Pearl E., who is the wife of John Wheeler, an employe of the Electric Power and Light Company of Columbus, O. On September i, 1888, Mr. Ashbaugh was married to Miss Jennie D. Davis, his sister-inlaw, and they have two children : Robert Paul, an electric engineer located in Chicago; and Fay, who is the wife of Elsa Rinehart, of Tulsa. Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Ashbaugh are members of the Presbyterian church in which he has been an elder for many years. He has long been identified with the Odd Fellows and is one of the oldest members of Lodge No. 561, at Bremen. He has been much interested in Grand Army affairs and has belonged to John Rowles Post, No. 411, G. A. R., at Bremen, almost since its organization and is now senior commander of the same. Mr. Ashbaugh's comfortable residence is situated on the corner of Mulberry and Walnut Streets, Bremen.

HENRY JOHNSON, a member of the school board of Berne Township, Fairfield County, O., carries on farming and stock raising on his valuable farm of 161 acres and for the past twenty-five years has been an auctioneer in this section. He was born in Berne Township, May 8, 1852, and is a son of James P. and EHza (Strayer) Johnson.

James P. Johnson was born in Licking County, O., and as he was left an orphan when small, he was reared in the family of Mr. Brandon, who lived near Sugar Grove, in Fairfield County. When eighteen years of age he started out for himself and became a successful farmer and respected citizen, married and reared a creditable family. His death occurred in 1895. He was a Democrat in politics and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married Eliza Strayer, who was born in Fairfield County of parents who were natives of Germany. Of their children the following survive : William and Henry, both residing in Berne Township ; Elizabeth, also of Berne Township; James, living at Williamsport, O. ; Caroline, of Berne Township; Zopher, of Lancaster, O. ; John, living in Pleasant Township; and Theodore, residing in Berne Township.

Henry Johnson attended school in Berne Township when he was a boy. He has always taken an interest in educational matters, has kept well posted on the news of the times and forms his own opinions concerning public events. Politically he is a Democrat and he has frequently been elected to public ofiice, serving as assessor and as road superintendent and also on the township school board.

Mr. Johnson married Miss Elizabeth Kull, a daughter of Andrew Kull, who was once a prominent and substantial resident of Berne Township, having settled here after coming from Germany, when woods still covered a large part of the land comprising the present farm of Mr. Johnson. Andrew Kull operated a sawmill in addition to farming. To Mr. and Mrs. Johnson three children have been born: Charles C, Frank H. and Goldie M. Mr. Johnson and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. He is very popular as an auctioneer and his services are engaged from distant sections at times, he having a genial manner and a fund of anecdotes that please his hearers and accomplish the end for which he is employed.

LEWIS J. KNECHT, a prominent citizen, township trustee and successful farmer, in Berne Township, was born in this township, March 16, 1856, and is a son of Charles and Mary (Kourt) Knecht.

Charles Knecht was born in Bavaria, Germany, and came to America with his parents when he was thirteen years of age. They were early settlers near Sugar Grove, in Berne Township, Fairfield County, O., the wild animals of the forest still being numerous in that region at the time. There Charles Knecht grew to manhood and spent his life, his death occurring August i, 1907, when he was in his eighty-fifth year. He married Mary Kourt and they had a large family, there being ten survivors in 191 1, namely: Charles, of Columbus, O. ; Lewis J., of Berne Township; Lena S., of Lancaster, O. ; Christian, of Texas ; Phebe C, wife of Lewis Rowe, of Columbus ; Elizabeth, of Lancaster, O. ; James R., of Lorain, O. ; Tobias W., of Columbus ; Edward C, of Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Emma C, of Lancaster.

Lewis J. Knecht grew up on his father's farm and has always devoted a large part of his attention to agricultural pursuits. He owns a farm of about fifty-seven acres of excellent land in Berne Township, which he devotes to farming and stock raising, and has been a continuous resident here with the exception of four years passed in Darke County, O. All his mature life Mr. Knecht has been identified with the Democratic party, as was his father, and he has frequently been called on by his fellow citizens to serve in public office. For many years he was a school director of District No. 7. He has served four years on the township board and is serving in his fourth term as a trustee of the township, having been chairman of the board. On three occasions he has been elected by his party as a delegate to the Congressional conventions, representing Berne Township.

Mr. Knecht was married to Miss Annie P. Hoffman, who was born in Berne Township, a daughter of David and Barbara (Hoffman) Hoffman, the former of whom is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Knecht have six children : Loma P., who is the wife of Herman Boehm, of Franklin County; Charles F., who is a farmer in Berne Township; Fannie E., who is a student of the Ohio University, at Athens, O. ; Albert L., who is also a farmer in Berne Township : Harry P., who is preparing to be a civil engineer at the Ohio University, Athens, O. ; and Wilhelmina K., who is a student at Crawfis Institute, Lancaster, O. Mr. Knecht and family belong to the Evangelical Lutheran church in the village of Sugar Grove.

WASHINGTON WYMAN, a leading citizen of Lancaster, O., formerly secretary of the County Board of Infirmary Directors and for many years connected with public office in Fairfield County, was born February 22, 1841, at Lancaster, in which city he has passed his

The parents of Mr. Wyman were born in Bavaria and came from Germany to America in 1837, locating at Lancaster, O. The father was a florist and nurseryman and engaged in this business at Lancaster as one of the pioneers in this line. His death occurred in October, 1854, when he was aged fifty- four years. His widow kept the family together as long as she survived, her death following when she was aged sixty-three years. There were seven children in the family, as follows : Jacob, Justus, George, John Lewis, Margaret, Washington, and one not named. Of the above family a number of the sons saw military service. Jacob had served in the Mexican War when he enlisted for service in the Civil War, becoming a member of the 2nd O. Vol. Inf. He married Elizabeth Smith, of Hocking County, O., who died in 1883, and his death occurred at Logan, O., in 1892. Justus was a soldier in the 12th Reg. U. S. A. and was wounded while serving under General Thomas, in the Civil War. He married Mary Reif and they resided on Sixth Avenue, Lancaster, where he died in 1905. George Wyman died in 1862, at Columbus, where he was in the meat business. He married Catherine Milizer, who died in 1865. John Lewis married Mary Shadd, who died in 191 1, at the family home on Pearl Avenue, Lancaster, where he yet resides. Margaret, who died in 1883, was the wife of Gottlieb Deirling, who died some twenty years after.

Washington Wyman was the next youngest born of the family. Until he was fourteen years of age he attended school with regularity, after which he started to work, attending night-school for a time. The death of his father made it necessary for the sons to be- come self supporting as early as possible, and he learned the making of shoes before becoming an assistant to his brother, who was an expert butcher. Later he decided to learn this trade also and worked at it for eight years, and then learned to make I)rick, at Logan, ()., and there conducted a brick-yartl and engaged in building and contracting. He then took charge of the Kirn Hotel, which was formerly the old Tallmadge House at Lancaster, when Tallmadge operated the stage coach line, and Mr. Wyman continued in the management of this hostelry until April, 1912.

Long before these later activities, however, Mr. Wyman had taken an important part on the theater of civil war that disturbed every section of the United States between 1861 and 1865. He was twenty years of age, loyal and patriotic, when he joined the state militia, in answer to the first call for soldiers to suppress rebellion. His first enlistment was for three months, in a company recruited at Lancaster, this company reporting at Columbus three hours ahead of the Cleveland Grays, and immediately a sort of rivalry grew up between these bodies of fearless and enthusiastic young men that resulted in a number of adventures. After his first term of enlistment was honorably completed, Mr. Wyman reenlisted and his subsequent military life was one series of battles, skirmishes, marches, dangers and hardships. He took part in all the engagements and movements of the regiment to which he belonged, including the actions at Port Gibson. Miss.; Champion Hill and Jackson, and on July 4, 1863. shared General Grant's victory at Vicksburg. From there his regiment was sent to Texas and landed at a point on Matagorda Bay, and from there went on to Indianola. On reaching Mustang Island they found orders to reinforce General Banks, who was conducting the Shreveport campaign.

This regiment assisted in destroying the arsenal at Shreveport and then made its headquarters at Alexandria, La. War is not altogether fighting one's fellow men, some times it is fighting for the means of sustaining life. .At tlie place above mentioned wells had to be sunk and the water was so low, also, that there was difficulty in getting the boats to the Mississippi River through the marshy bayous. The regiment remained on the Mississippi until the beginning of the fall campaign, when it moved to Barancas, Fla., antl in the spring of 1865 moved from Spanish Fort to Blakely, Ala. From there the regiment moved up the Alabama River to Selma and remained one week after Wilson's cavalry passed through, and destroyed the arsenal and policed the city. From there a move was made to Mobile and one week later that explosion took place that blew up seven blocks of the city, killed 5,ckx) people and destroyed five steamboats. From Mobile the command then went to Galveston and, in the meanwhile, as news had been received of the surrender of General Lee, Mr. Wyman relates that when the Federal regimental band struck up Yankee Doodle in the streets of Galveston, the real brotherhood of North and South was shown in the fact that when the Union soldiers offered the friendly hand of good fellowship to their former enemies, it was eagerly accepted. On account of yellow fever having developed at Galveston, the regiment went on to Houston, Texas, and Mr. Wyman tells in a most interesting way of the excitement prevailing during the stay there, and of Governor Sam Houston's subsequent activities. As an eye witness his recollections are especially entertaining.

\\'hen the regiment found itself at Blakely, Ala., mail for eight weeks was delivered and, as it must be remembered transportation facilities were not as they are at present, it was conveyed in the soldiers' letters that Gens. Lee and Johnson had surrendered and that President Lincoln had been assassinated. From Houston the regiment went to Milligan, Tex., for three weeks, then back to Houston, where the tired soldiers were mustered out. By boat they went to New Orleans, thence to Cairo, 111., and then on to Columbus, where Mr. Wyman was honorably discharged. During all this period he was but once wounded, that being at Thompson's Hill.

On March ii, 1866, Mr. Wyman was married to Miss Mary Webber, a daughter of Andrew and Anna Mary (Weidner) Webber. Mrs. Wyman's father was born at Baden, Germany, and her mother had come to Hocking County from the same place when she was sixteen years of age. Andrew Webber died in Fairfield County in 1904, at the age of eightysix years, and his wife when aged thirty-three years. The former was twice married and had sixteen children, Mary (Mrs. Wyman), being of the first union. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wyman, namely : Margaret, who is the wife of John Gardner, of the firm of Gardner & Hughes, of Lancaster, and has two children - -Margaret and George Edward; George A., who is in the dry cleaning business at Lancaster, married Edna Clover and has two children - Gladys and George A. ; Fannie A., who is the wife of Joseph Mattox, a clothier at Lancaster, and has four children - Richard, Dorothy, Thomas and x\nna Mary; Carrie A., who is the wife of William Addleberger, a dealer in coal, lime, cement and building material, at Dayton, O., and has one son - William ; and Edward, who makes his home in New York City and travels as a musician with theatrical companies. Formerly he served as a musician in the U. S. Navy and made the trip around the world with the fleet, being connected with both the battleships Georgia and

Ohio. Mr. Wyman and family are members of St. Peters Lutheran Church. He is a Democratic in his political opinions and served twelve years as a director of the Fairfield County Infirmary. For some years he was president of the Square Deal Building and Loan Association. In 1901 he erected his handsome residence at Lancaster and superintended its construction.

DANIEL CRUMLEY, a well known and prosperous citizen of Hocking township, formerly president of the Fairfield County, Agricultural Society, was born on his present farm, Dec. 22, 1839, a son of Conrad and Mary M. (Feller) Crumley. His parents were both natives of Pennsylvania, and he is a descendant in the fourth generation of V'alentine Gramlich, who emigrated to this country from the Duchy of Wurtemberg, Germany, arriving at Philadelphia, September 19, 1749. Valentine Crumley and his sons founded the Lutheran church at Weisenberg township, in Lehigh county, Pa., soon after their settlement in that county in 1749. Valentine was a man of influence and high standing in his county and a leading and public spirited citizen. He was the father of five children, viz : George, who died near Danville, Pa. ; Paul, who died at the old homestead ; Daniel ; Ann M. and Christian, all three of whom moved to Ohio as early as 1805. The family name of Gramlich was soon anglicised by its bearers to Crumley and has thus remained since.

Three sons of Paul moved to Ohio in 18 1 5 - Jonathan, Jacob and Paul - and settled in Pickaway county. Paul died in March, 1826. He left four sons - James, Stephen, Thomas and William. William was born in Pennsylvania, March 19, 181 3 and died in May, 1888, aged 75 years. He was the father of the Hon. T. E. Crumley, late a trustee of

Daniel Crumley, later of Bloom township, was a son of Christian Crumley and grandson of Valentine, Christian being the grandfather of our subject. The direct line is Valentine (I). Christian (II), Conrad (III), Daniel (IV). Daniel Crumley, above mentioned, was born in Bloom township, this county, Dec. ii, 1807. He married Miss Jane Betzer, who was born July 5, 181 1. Their children numbered fourteen and nine of them preceded their father to the grave. Those living at the time of his death (Nov. 30, 1891), were Mrs. A. W. Killits, of Chicago, 111. ; Mrs. T. J. Arnold, of Lancaster, Ohio ; E. M. Crumley, of Springfield, Ohio, and A. I. Crumley, of Lithopolis, Ohio. Daniel Crumley was a very prominent and useful man in his township. He was a justice of the peace for twelve years and was for several terms a township trustee. He was a very competent administrator of estates and settled up thirty-five in his life time. His second wife was Mrs. Buxton of the county of Licking. Daniel Crumley was an upright, honorable man, widely known and highly esteemed. He was grandfather of Frank Crumley, of the Lancaster Gazette.

Christian Crumley was born in Germany and accompanied his parents to this country. In the year 1803 he, with his family, left Pennsylvania to seek a new home in Lancaster, and during that time one of his children died. He purchased a section of Woodland in Bloom township and moved his family to the new home, about one mile west of Rock Mill. Here young Conrad remained until he became a man. He assisted his father in clearing up his farm and tasted the joys and endured the privations of pioneer life. When 18 years of age he was confirmed a member of the Lutheran church, and to the end of his life was a faithful member and a consistent christian. His membership at this time was in the Glick church. Rev. M. J. Steck, pastor. Later in life he founded the Trinity Evangelical church in Hocking township. The site on which the family encamped on the first night of their arrival in this county lies on Columbus street, Lancaster. On two occasions Christian Crumley loaded fiat boats at Gallipolis for New Orleans. Conrad drove the team that carried, or drew tlie produce to load these boats. He made nine trips in one winter through an almost unbroken forest to Gallipolis, a distance of 100 miles.

Feb. 23, 1824, Conrad Crumley was married to Miss Mary M. Feller. He then settled upon a quarter section of land donated by his father, entirely in the woods. He lived in a rude cabin and devoted his energies to clearing up his farm where his son Daniel now resides, in Hocking township. Here he lived a quiet peaceful life for 41 years and reared a large family of children, eleven in number. Two of his sons were in the Union army. In August, 1863. two of them, George and Daniel, were coming home from Columbus on furlough, having just enlisted, George for the second time, and Daniel, our subject for the first time - and took passage on the same coach with Colonel McVeigh and family. The coach was upset and McVeigh and his son were killed. The Crumley boys remained with the family and brought the dead to Lancaster. When a friend spoke to the old man and praised his boys for their good conduct, tears came to his eyes, and he replied, "I'm proud of my boys."

Conrad Crumley was one of the grand old men of the past - one whose example for good was felt through a very large circle of acquaintances. He was for a number of years a trustee of St. Peter's Lutheran church, of Lancaster, and later of Trinity, near his home.

He died March 8, 1879, aged yj years. He had been married 55 years. His son David married Sarah, a daughter of the late Daniel Ward. John married Catharine Miller, of this county. Peter married Catharine, a daughter of the late George H. Strode. Daniel married Rebecca Strode, a sister of Catharine. George married Matilda Brobst. May became the wife of Daniel Hoffman. Elizabeth is the wife of Amos Graham. All are farmers and have fine homes in the neighborhood where they were born and raised. There are man}' grandchildren and great grandchildren of Conrad Crumley now living, but the list is too long for enumeration. Born on the 24th of January, 1802 and dying in March, 1879, Conrad Crumley was a little over yj years old at the time of his death. He was an active and progressive man, and built the first brick barn in Bloom township, and in him Fairfield county lost one of its most worthy pioneer citizens.

Daniel Crumley, our direct subject, was, as already stated, born on his present farm, on which he has since resided. In his youth he attended the public schools of Hocking township and was a student for two years at Capitol University, Columbus, Ohio. In July, 1863, at the age of 23 years, he enlisted in the 129th regiment, O. V. I., Company D, and was detailed as quartermaster sergeant of the regiment. This enlistment was for six months, but he served about eight months, taking part in the battles at Cumberland Gap and Clinch River. He was in due time discharged and in June, 1864 he reenlisted in the 178th regiment, O. V. I. Company C, being made orderly sergeant, and for much of the time he was in command of his company. He fought at Murphreesboro, Tenn., and in December, 1864 accompanied his regiment to Washington, where the 23d Army Corps, of which it formed a part was reorganized. They then went by sea to Fort Fisher on the steamer Champion and took part in the capture of the fort. Later they were ordered to Newbern, N. C, and marched through North Carolina to Kingston, where they fought a battle. General Schofield being their commanding officer, and under the same general they were present at General Joe Johnston's surrender. After spending some time with the 23d Corps at Charlotte, N. C, doing guard duty, he was finally discharged June 29, 1865, having been nearly two years in the service, during which time he had had his full share of hardship and adventure.

Returning to his home in Fairfield county, he then took up agriculture and stock raising, in which he has been very successful. He built his present fine residence in 1888. He owns altogether 230 acres of land, of which 160 acres comprises the old home farm and is one of the best known and most popular citizens in this part of the county. He is a charter member of Ben Butterfield Post, G. A. R., at Lancaster and has held the principal offices in the Post. In politics he is a Republican. He served for two years as superintendent of the Fairfield County Agricultural Society and also two years as vice president, and for twelve years as a director of the same.

Mr. Crumley was married Sept. 24, 1868, to Rebecca Strode, a daughter of George H. Strode, a former well known pioneer citizen of Fairfield county. Of this marriage there have been four children, namely: Blanche L., Cloice H., Ralph L. and Glenn Irving. Blanche L., who is now deceased, was the wife of H. Orville Mechling. Cloice H. Crumley is a mechanical engineer and draftsman in the Cooper Engine Works, at Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Ralph L. and Glenn I. both reside in Hocking township.

GEORGE H. STRODE, father of Mrs. Crumley, was born in Berkeley county, Va., Jan. 19, 1799. He canie with his father, Edward Strode to Fairfield county, O., in 1804, and for two years in early life he resided in Lancaster. On September 6, 1829, he married Rebecca Arnold, daughter of Daniel Arnold. In 1830 he removed to Lancaster and entered the tanyard of his father-in-law, where he learned the tanner's trade. This tanyard was on the lots now occupied by a frame row on Wheeling street, long known as the Mac- Cracken Row. After two years' apprenticeship, he moved to his father's farm in Hocking township, where he sank a tanyard and carried on the business in connection with his farm. His son, Thomas Strode, was born in Lancaster. George H. Strode was a good citizen, an intelligent, well read man, and a model gentleman in every respect. He was a good business man and especially endowed with good common sense. He was a Christian from childhood, a member of the Methodist church. His mother was called " a saintly woman " by Bishop Asbury, who preached at her house. Mr. Strode reared a large family of children, who honor his memory and profit by his example. He died February 5, 1876.

GRANDVILLE M. TRIMMER,* county recorder of Fairfield County, O., has the reputation of being one of the most efficient and popular public officials of this county. He was born in Perry County, O., January 4, 1869, and is one of a family of five children born to his parents who were Conrad and Ella (Glenn) Trimmer, the former of whom is now deceased.

Grandville M. Trimmer was reared on his father's farm and was educated in the public schools and at a university. Farming was his main business, together with oil operating, until he took charge of the recorder's office in September, 1906, when he moved to Lancaster where he has since resided, occupying a comfortable and attractive residence at No. 820 N. Broad Street. He is serving in his second term as recorder, ha\ ing been reelected in Septemljcr, 1909.

Mr. Trimmer married Miss Grace E. Stucker, a daughter of John Stucker, and they have one child, Laverta. Mr. and Mrs. Trimmer are members of the Presbyterian church. He is identified fraternally with the Masons, the Elks and the Knights of Pythias.

JOHN K. HEXGST. who successfully carries on farming and stock raising in Berne Township, Fairfield County, O., owns 200 acres of valuable land and is one of the suijstantial men of this section. He was born in Hocking County, O., December 13, 1844, and is a son of Lewis and Mary (Keller) Hengst.

Lewis Hengst was born in Prussia-Germany and his wife in Hesse, Germany. The former came to America and to Hocking County, O., with his father, John Hengst, who was born in Prussia. The family lived for a short time at Lancaster, O., but soon went on into Hocking County. He remained there until after he had a family of Iiis own. wlien he came to Rush Creek Township, where he lived at the time of his death, in 1901. He was a worthy and respected citizen, a Democrat in his political beliefs, and when he was elected a trustee of Rush Creek Township, his fellow citizens knew that they had put an honest man in office.

John K. Hengst grew to manhood in Hocking County and attended the pulilic schools in Washington Township. In 1865 he accompanied his parents to Rush Creek

Township, Fairfield County. In 1871 he took up a homestead of 80 acres, in Harvey County, Kansas, also 400 acres of railroad land, on which he resided for six years, and for two years in Newton, Kansas, and then came back to Fairfield County and has lived in Berne Township ever since.

Mr. Hengst married Miss Mary Clover, who was born in Berne Township, a daughter of George Clover, and they have two children : Luella, who is the wife of Samuel W. Scott, of Berne Township; and Alva R., who is a prospering dental surgeon at Columbus, O. Mr. Hengst is a member of the First English Lutheran church at Lancaster, O., of which he is a trustee.

PROF. E. E. RAY,* principal of the schools of Basil, C, has been engaged in educational work ever since he completed his university studies. He was born in 1875, at Ray, Jackson County, O., and is a son of Milton and Florence (Essex) Ray.

The Rays have been people of good report in Jackson County for many years and the town of Ray was named in honor of the great-grandfather of Prof. Ray. He was born in North Carolina and went from there to Virginia and came by flatboat on the Big Sandy and Ohio Rivers to Ohio and was the first settler in Jackson County, owning 1,000 acres of land, about 1800. His son, Samuel Ray, was born in Ohio, and he cultivated many acres of land. He married Elizabeth Dickson and they became parents of fifteen children.

Milton Ray, father of Prof. Ray, was born on his father's farm near Ray, and has been a farmer, mill operator and lumberman and is now a railroad man with the B. & O. S. W. Railway, and lives at Orient, Pickaway County, O. He married Florence Essex, a native of Morgan County, O., and they have seven children, as follows: E. E.; Ella, who is the wife of William Rhodes; Estilla, who is the wife of D. LoUes and has three children; Homer; Gertrude, who married Charles Osburn, and they have one son; Harry; and Cora, who married Earl Alkire.

E. E. Ray was educated in the schools of Ray and the Ohio Northern LTniversity, where he was graduated in 1903. He taught his first term of school in Vinton County, after which he was superintendent of the schools of Scioto Township, Pickaway County, for six years. In 1909 he was called to Basil as superintendent of the schools here and is also superintendent of the schools of Liberty Township. He is a broad-minded man and progressive educator and spares no effort to keep the schools under his charge to the highest standard of working efficiency.

Prof. Ray was married to Miss Maud Marshall, of Pickaway County, an educated lady who for five years had been a teacher in Derby Township, and they have two children : Edwin, who was born July 30, 1905; and Mabel, who was born April 15, 1909. Prof, and Mrs. Ray are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He votes independently and is identified fraternally with the Knights of Pythias and belongs also to the Grange.

CHARLES A. PATRICK, who devotes his thirty-five acres of land in Violet Township, to greenhouse purposes, supplying a large trade at Columbus and other points with flowers and early vegetables, is one of the prosperous business men of this section and a citizen who is held in high regard. He was born in Violet Township, Fairfield

The parents of Mr. Patrick were born in England, and soon after their marriage, early in the fifties, they emigrated to America. Before coming to Ohio, they lived in the State of New York, and after moving to Fairfield County, settled in Violet Township. Here Mr. Patrick was engaged in farming for many years but when the infirmities of age fell upon him, he retired to Reynoldsburg, where he and wife now reside and where, on August 17, 191 1, they celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. Mr. Patrick was an active citizen during his many years of residence on his farm and successfully used his influence in numerous public-spirited movements, being notably useful in regard to the establishing of good roads. He was largely instrumental in bringing about the building of the Pickerington & Reynoldsburg turnpike road, a highway that reflects credit upon the promoters, builders and taxpayers in Violet Township. Mr. Patrick and wife have the following surviving children, all of whom reside in Ohio and all but two in Fairfield County. William lives in Violet Township. James O. resides in Pike County. Belle is the wife of B. F. French and they live at Reynoldsburg. Frank S. has his home in Licking County. Mary is the wife of G. L. Bowen, Clara the wife of J. H. Kraner, and Charles A., is the youngest - all of whom live in Violet Township. The parents of the above family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Charles A. Patrick was reared in Violet Township and obtained his education in the public schools. Before engaging in the greenhouse business, in 1901, he devoted himself to general farming and his success along general agricultural lines and his natural interest in experimenting, turned his thoughts in the direction of his present enterprise - one in which he could give undivided attention to specialties, such as flowers and early vegetables, for which there is a constant demand. He has four greenhouses, each 20x114 feet in dimensions, which are heated by a modern hot water system, which he finds entirely adequate. His specialties are greenhouse flowers, lettuce and tomatoes, having a larger demand in the spring than he can supply.

Mr. Patrick married Miss Millie Bush, who was born in Franklin County, O., and is a daughter of Charles Bush, and they have two children - Mabel E. and Ralph R. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Reynoldsburg. Like his father, Mr. Patrick is a Democrat in his political views. For some four years he served as superintendent of the Pickerington & Reynoldsburg turnpike road but otherwise has accepted no public office. He is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, attending the Grange at Reynoldsburg.

A. E. HUSTON,* of the Huston & Swope Company, at Amanda, O., has been in the grain business during almost all of his active career. He was born at Rushville, Fairfield County, O., April 10, 1880, a son of Alexander E. and Sally (Murphy) Huston.

A. E. Huston was reared and educated at Rushville and for a short time he engaged in farming and then went into the grain business in his native place with G. W. RufF, with whom he later came to Amanda, conducting an elevator here and one at Rushville at the same time. .After one year, Mr.

Huston sold his interests and purchased the Jacob Balthaser elevator, which he operated for five years and then sold to S. B. Swope, to become assistant cashier of the Farmers & Merchants Bank at Amanda. After a few months in that position, he associated himself with Mr. Swope under the firm name of the Huston & Swope Company, which took over the RufT and Swope elevators. Operations started August 9, 1909, and have continued, an exceedingly large business resulting. During 1909-1910 they handled 140,000 bushels of corn, and during the month of July, 191 1, a total of 60,000 bushels of wheat. Air. Huston is a stockholder in the Farmers & Merchants Bank at Amanda. He is a Democrat in politics and is treasurer of the village and a member of the school board. Mr. Huston was married April 20, 1904, to Miss Ethel Lewis, a daughter of John W. Lewis, of Rushville, and they have four children: Dorothy Gertrude, Theodore Lewis, Paul William and Robert Ehvood. Mr. Huston belongs to the Masonic lodge at Amanda, and to the Odd Fellows at Rushville.

FRANK P. STRAYER, M. D., physician and surgeon at Bremen, O., was born at Sugar Grove, O., October 23, 1855, and is a son of Jacob E. and Sarah E. (Brandon) (Pierce) Strayer, and a grandson of Nicholas and Evelyn Strayer.

Jacob E. Strayer was born in Maryland, one of a family of twelve children born to Nicholas and Evelyn Strayer, eleven of whom were natives of Maryland and one of Ohio. While making the overland journey in their wagons and camping along the way between Maryland and Fairfield County, O., the entire family contracted small-pox, but all recovered and finally reached their destination. They settled in the northeastern part of Berne Township, two miles from Bremen depot, on 160 acres of land which Nicholas Strayer purchased and improved after he was fifty years of age. At that time he was obliged to haul his wheat as far as Zanesville to find a market and often traded a part of it for barrels of salt, this commodity being one of the necessities on a farm and in those days both scarce and expensive.

Jacob E. Strayer, father of Dr. Strayer, was reared on this pioneer farm and assisted his father in his agricultural operations. At the age of seventeen he was trusted to make the necessary long trips to the East to dispose of stock from the farm, and drove cattle, hogs and sheep as far as Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia. In 1841 he went to Missouri, where he entered 160 acres of land in Madison County, on which he lived for several years, but as his neighbors were four miles distant, homesickness overcame him and he returned to Fairfield County. He married Mrs. Sarah E. (Brandon) Pierce, a widow, who was born in Fairfield County and was a daughter of William Brandon.

After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Strayer settled on a farm in Fairfield County, northwest of Amanda, and there their lives were spent, the former dying in Berne Township, at the age of sixty-seven years and the latter at Bremen, in her seventy-fifth year. Their burial was in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. At times Jacob E. Strayer filled township ofifices, being elected to the same on the Democratic ticket. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity and both he and his wife attended the Methodist Episcopal church. They had the following children born to them: William J., now deceased, who married Laura Shoemaker, and had two children; Eliza J., who is the wife of Noah Seifert, and has four children; Anna, who died in infanc\'; Frank P., subject of this sketch; Florence A., who is the wife of S. W. Lehman, of Bremen, and has one child; Charles B., residing in Illinois, who married Lillie Fox ; and Ellen E., who is the wife of J. W. Haney, of Oregon, and has nine children.

Frank P. Strayer went from the public schools to Worthington Normal LTniversity and then to Delaware College, but illness prevented his completing the collegiate course. Later he studied medicine under the late Dr. Frampton, at Bremen, O.. attended lectures at the Athens Medical College, and then entered the Ohio Medical College at Columbus, where he was graduated with the class of 1879, immediately afterward locating at Bremen, where his fine oiflce has been much admired. He was one of the organizers of the First National Bank at Bremen, of which he is a director, and has been otherwise interested in local afifairs of importance. In 1892 he started the movement for the improvement of the public roads in Fairfield County, and as evidence of his sincerity and public spirit, improved four miles between Bremen and Berne - a tract known as the Strayer road. Along this he has planted both shade and fruit trees, having the practical idea that the fruit produced would pay for the improvements, in fact making this tract a kind of object lesson.

Dr. .Strayer is a valued member of the Ohio State and Fairfield County Medical Societies. He served as a member of the first town council of Bremen, being elected on the Citizens' ticket, and for several years was also a member of the Board of Education. He is a charter member of the Masonic lodge at Bremen, and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church of this place.

BENJAMIN D. CLUMP,* a representative citizen of Pleasant Township, a member of its board of trustees and the owner of seventy-seven acres of well tilled land, was born in Hocking County, O., April 27, 1866, and is a son of Christian and Mary (Rufif) Clump.

The parents of Mr. Clump were born in Germany and the mother is now deceased. The father was quite young when his parents brought him to America. They settled in Hocking County, O., and spent the rest of their lives there. Christian Clump moved with his family from Hocking to Fairfield County more than thirty years since, living for a short time near Baltimore, O., and then settling in Pleasant Township and engaging in farming. He is a member of the Lutheran church. Of his children the following survive: Edward T., of Shelby County. 111.; Benjamin D., Charles, Emanuel and Emma, all living in Pleasant Township; and Clara, wife of John Haines, a farmer in Pleasant Township.

Benjamin O. Clump was about twelve years old when his parents came to Fairfield County and he attended several terms of school afterward. General farming has been his main business and he has made it profitable. He married Elizabeth Strayer, who was born in Fairfield County, O., a daughter of Benjamin Strayer, of Berne Township, and they have one daughter, Sylvia M., who is a student in the Lancaster High School. Mr. Clump and family belong to the Lutheran church, in which he is a deacon. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a man who possesses the confidence of his fellow citizens and is serving in his second term as a trustee of Pleasant Township.

J. MADISON JACKSON, who has resided on his present valuable farm of 62 acres, situated in Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, O., since 1882, is a representative citizen of this section, widely known and highly respected. He was born September 29, i860, in Good Hope Township, Hocking County, O., a son of Henry H. and Eliza (Jones) Jackson.

Henry H. Jackson was born in Berne Township, Fairfield County, O., a son of John Jackson, who was an early settler there. Later he moved to Hocking County and while living in Good Hope Township, near Sugar Grove, served as township, clerk and as school director. His brother. Col. Ezra P. Jackson, who served in the Civil War, became a well known contractor and builder, erecting structures of all kinds in Hocking, Fairfield and Franklin Counties, Ohio. For several years he was officially connected with the Boys' Industrial School near Lancaster, O. Henry H. Jackson moved to Fairfield County in 1882. He married Eliza Jones, who was born in Hocking County, and of their children the living are as follows: George W., of Carroll, O. ; Emma, wife of Frank Pletch, of Frankfort, Ind. ; Edward; J. Madison, subject of this sketch; Ezra; Charles B. and Homer D., of Chicago, 111.; and Wesley. Henry H. Jackson and wife were members of the Advent church.

effects of careful cultivation and he devotes it to general farming and stock raising. On January 23, 1890, he was married to Miss Carrie Young, a daughter of John S. and Ara A. (Kiger) Young, of Greenfield Township, the latter - Mrs. Young - being now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have one child, a daughter, Mayme, who is attending school at Carroll. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Carroll and Mrs. Jackson is active in the Ladies' Aid Society and in the Womans' Christian Temperance Union. In politics Mr. Jackson is a Republican.

JOHN HOSLER,* who is one of the substantial and representative citizens of Fairfield County, O., is a large landowner in several sections of the county, having 200 acres in Clear Creek Township, and 283 acres in Amanda Township. He was born in Amanda Township, February 28, 1855. His one brother, Joseph Hosier, is engaged in the farm implement business at Amanda, Ohio.

John Hosier was educated in the public schools of Amanda and Tarlton and since then has devoted himself to agriculture, working on the homestead until he reached man's estate and then assuming responsibilities of his own. With the exception of five years he has resided on his present Amanda Township farm all his married life. He was married March 29, 1882, to Miss Ida Lutz, a daughter of Daniel and Jemima (Dreisbach) Lutz, who were farming people in Clear Creek Township. Mrs. Hosier is the youngest member of the family, the other survivors being a brother, John, and a sister, Jennie, who is the wife of Dr. R. B. Miller, who is a practicing physician of Chicago, 111. One brother, Nelson, is deceased.

Mr. And .Mrs. Francis Reicheldeefer

Mr. and Mrs. Hosier have three children: Jessie, who is the wife of Frank Bussard, a resident of Chicago; Fred, who lives at home ; and Ralph, who is a student of medicine at Columbus and a graduate in pharmacy. Mr. and Mrs. Hosier attend the Presbyterian church. In politics he is a Republican.

FRANCIS REICHELDERFER, who, with his brother, James Reicheklerfer, conducts business in Amanda Tow nship, under the name of The Fairfield Canning Company, Inc., is an experienced man in the line of business he follows and is a valued citizen of this section. He was born in Salt Creek Township. Pickaway County, Ohio, July 20, 1859, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah Reichelderfer.

In the early settlement of Pickaway County, Ohio, Jacob Reichelderfer came as a pioneer from Berks County, Pa., bringing with him the industry and thrift inherited from sturdy German ancestors, and in Salt Creek Township he developed a farm. On that farm Samuel Reichelderfer was born in 181 3, and in his childhood saw Indians and when older hunted game in the forests that then covered that nowcultivated section. He was a farmer all his life and died in 1875, his widow surviving until July, 1890. They had the following children : Amos, who died in Delaware County, Ohio, aged forty-eight years; Caroline, who died in Salt Creek Township, was the wife of Nelson Avis; Elizabeth, who die<l in Pickaway County, was the wife of Lewis Jones; Ira, who was formerly a commissioner of Pickaway County, and lives in Salt Creek Township; James, w-ho is associated with his brother Francis in the canning business and resides in Circleville, where he is interested also in the Sears & Nichols Canning Company; William, teen years; Charles, who died, aged seventeen years ; Susan, who was twelve years old at the time of death; Sarah, who is the wife of Daniel Heffner, of Salt Creek Township; Francis, subject of this sketch; Jacob, who died in 1895, ^^lien aged thirty-four years; and two babes that died unnamed.

P'rancis Reichelderfer attended llic country schools in boyhood and remained on the home farm until about 1897, when he went to Circleville, Ohio, where he remained for one year, and in 1898 came to Amanda. In association with his brother James he built the elevator now operated by the Huston & Swope Company, dealers in grain and farm implements. In 190J the l""airhel(l Canning Company built the present plant in .\manda Township, which is well equipped and lias a capacity of about 40,000 cans of peas, corn, tomatoes or pumpkin, per day. Present business prospects are excellent, and the products turned out by this company have won a ready sale on account of their superiority.

On November _>, 1882, Mr. Reichelderfer was married to Miss Sarah Dresbach, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, and is a tlaughter of Samuel and Hannah (Rauck) Dresbach, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. Mr. Dresbach died in 1875 ^"^^ his widow December 2, 191 1. Mr. and Mrs. Reichelderfer have had four children : Samuel Dresbach, Lyman D., Vest D. and Karl D. Samuel D. was born November 14, 1884, and is a graduate of Bliss Business College and also of the Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology and Otology, and is lx)okkeeper for the Fairfield Canning Company... He is active in politics and is clerk of both the village and town of /Kmanda and also of the township school board. Lyman D., the second son, was born December 18, 1886, and died aged about eight months. Vest D., bom November 29,

1890, after graduating from the public schools of Amanda, attended the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware for two years and then entered Starling Medical College at Columbus, where he is completing his third year of study. Karl D. was born July 6, 1894, and is a student in the Amanda schools. Mr. Reichelderfer and family are members of the Presbyterian church, in which he is an elder. He is a Democrat in politics and has filled the office of mayor of Amanda for two terms and has also served two terms on the village council. He is a dependable citizen and a wide awake business man.

THOMAS JONES, who, for nearly a cjuarter of a century has been a justice of the peace in Berne Township, and has held other public offices, resides on a finely cultivated farm of twenty acres, which he devotes largely to garden truck and fruit growing. He was born in Perry County, O., June 23, 1855, s'lcl is a son of Andrew J. and Catherine (Jourdan) Jones.

Andrew W. Jones was born in Perry County, O., and was a son of John Jones, a native of Virginia and of Welsh parentage. John Jones and wife were early settlers in Perry County and there Andrew J. Jones was reared, moving some time previous to the outbreak of the Civil War, to Fairfield County and settling at Sugar Grove, where he followed his trade of shoemaker. He served one year in the war but owing to disability was discharged at the end of that period and died in Berne Township when over fifty years of age. Of his children three survive : Thomas ; Eliza, wife of James Johnson, of Pickaway County; and Elizabeth, wife of F. M. Hall, of Berne Township.

Thomas Jones was young when his parents moved to Fairfield County and his rearing was in Berne Township, where he attended school and afterward learned the shoemaking trade with his father. He followed his trade for a number of years but latterly has given much of his attention to his farm pursuits. In politics he is a Democrat and on numerous occasions has been selected by his fellow citizens for offices of responsibility. He is serving as assessor of Berne Precinct, for several years has been a notary public and for twenty-five years a justice of the peace. He is also a member of the school board and has been its president.

Mr. Jones was married first to Miss Anna Sherbern, a daughter of Joseph Sherbern, formerly of Berne Township, and they had two children : Albert L. and William J. His second marriage was also in Berne Township, to Miss Mary Tipple, a daughter of Noah Tipple, and they have one daughter, Hazel, who is a student at Crawfis Institute, in Berne Township. Mr. Jones and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he takes an active interest and promotes in every way the development of the Sunday-school, which he believes is the cradle of the church.

AUBREY E. LEITH,* a prosperous general farmer, owning 117 acres of fertile land in Walnut Township, was born on his present farm, October 8, 1876, a son of Leslie W. and Rebecca C. (McNaghten) Leith. His paternal grandfather was Isaac Lowery Leith, also a resident of this township, where the father of our subject was born August 9, 1845. The latter, Leslie W. Leith, is now the postmaster at Pasadena, California. His wife, who was a daughter of David Y. McNaghten, was born

February 17, 1848, and died November 2-j, 1898, when in lier fifty-first year. She and her husband were the parents of three children, namely: Aaron, born in 1871, who died in 1877; William M., born in 1874, who lived but a few years, dying in 1878; and Aubrey Eugene, whose name apepars at the head of this sketch.

Aubrey E. Leith was reared to manhood in his native township and in his youth attended the district school, later graduating from Fairfield Union Academy in 1897. He then returned to the farm, which he purchased in 1900 and which is the old Mc- Naghten farm originally entered by his grandfather. He has since remodeled the buildings and made many other important improvements, transforming it into a very desiral)le piece of agricultural property. Here he follows general farming and also raises Percheron horses, Duroc hogs, cattle, etc., his stock being all of high grade. He is a stockholder in the Pleasantville Bank and has a well established reputation as one of the township's prosperous and representative citizens. He belongs to the Masonic and Pythian lodges at Pleasantville and in politics is a Republican.

ALBERT HOFFMAN, chairman of the school board of Berne Township, Fairfield County, O., and a highly respected citizen of this section, was born in this township, August 17, 1857, and is a son of J. Frederick and Rebecca M. (Martens) Hoffman.

J. Frederick Hoffman came to America in 1832 with his parents and lived with them for several years at Hagerstown, Md. The family came from there to Fairfield County, O., and lived for a time at Lancaster. They then took up their residence in Hocking Township, Fairfield County, just west of the city, and remained there for a period of twelve years, subsequently settling on the property in Berne Township on which the subject of this sketch now resides.

While living west of Lancaster, J. Frederick Hoffman became a member of a military organization known as the "German Guards." This company was under the command of Captain Witte, also a native of Germany, who had received his military training in his native land. This company, as also others at that time, was an independent organization - that is, they were not under governmental laws, but owned their own uniforms, arms, etc. They also had their own musical organization, a good military band - mostly (iermans. At the time when the corner stone was laid for the first State House at Columbus, this company received first honors, and occupied front ranks during the ceremonies. On this occasion they made the journey to the capital by canal boat, leaving Lancaster in the morning and arriving at Columbus at "candle-light." This military organization remained in existence until the time of the Mexican War, (1845-48), when many of its memliers enlisted in the U. S. army and the company finally disbanded. J. Frederick Hoffman died October 24, 1894; his widow survived him until November 7, 1904. Of their five children, four survive, namely: Albert, David M.. Amelia J. and Charles F. Mary M., the other child, is deceased. Mr. Hoffman was a successful farmer and an honest and upright man. He was a member of the Lutheran church.

Vlbert Hoffman grew to man's estate in Berne Township. He tended the country schools and has always been interested in the cause of education. In politics he is a Democrat and has served two terms as road super- \isor and for four years served as assessor of Berne Precinct. In 1900 he was electetl a member of the school l)oard, of which he has been chairman for several years. He is a meml)er of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, near North Berne, in which he has served as deacon, ves^ tryman and financial secretary. A brother, David M. Hoffman, has been organist of the church for over a quarter of a century, while another brother, Charles F., has served as deacon and vestryman and is now treasurer of the church cemetery. The family has been liberal in its support to this church and are among its most devout members.

HENRY A. CASSIDY,* superintendent of the public schools of Lancaster, O., is a man of scholarly attainments and of long experience in educational work. He was born in Ireland and was educated at Marlborough College, Dublin, and in that city noted for its learning and culture, first entered upon educational work, which he later continued in England and still later in America.

Mr. Cassidy spent some years as a teacher at Worthing, County Sussex, England. In 1888 he came to America and in the following year became principal of the High School ^t Bellefontaine, O., where he continued until 1902. In that year he came to Lancaster, accepting the position of principal of the Lancaster High School, and in 1903 was made superintendent of schools.

E. B. McCULLOUGH, a prominent citizen of Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, ().. whose 240 acres of fine land is separated into two farms, lives in Section 25, where he was born, April 20, 1863. He is a son of William and a grandson of W^illiam McCullough.

Grandfather \Mlliam McCullough was born in Ireland and was eighteen years of age when he came to America, locating first in Pennsyl- \ania. He \vas twice married there, his first wife leaving one son, and his second five children. She belonged to the same Calhoun family that gave John C. Calhoun, lawyer and statesman, to the country. To this marriage were born : Alexander, William, Rebecca, Nancy and Margaret. After the second marriage, William McCullough came with his family to I'^airfield County, O., settling on the land which now is the home of his grandson, E. B., and the old sheepskin deed, in the latter's possession, bears the signature of James Monroe, President of the United States. After the death of his second wife, in Rush Creek Township, Grandfather McCullough married a Miss Nelson, who was a native of Hocking County, O., and iive children were bom to them : Robert, James, Samuel, Elizabeth and Sarah. William McCullough died in 1857, on what is called the upper farm, his third wife surviving him for some years. They ^\ere members of the Presbyterian church.

William McCullough, father of E. B. Mc- Cullough, attended school in Rush Creek Township and as he was gifted in music, he taught it for a time in early manhood and was interested in it all his life. He remained at home and helped to clear the land, until his marriage, when he settled on a farm in Monday Creek Township, Perry County, near Streightsville, where, for twelve years he operated a saw-mill and a water-mill. During the coal l)oom in that section, he sold eighty acr.es of his land for $6,000, which afterward was sold for $50,000. He then returned to l^-iirfield County and at the time of death, in 1883, he owned 320 acres of partly improved land. He w as a man of importance wherever he lived and was an influential member of the Democratic party. It was a matter of general knowledge that he was the best informed man im all questions while li\ing in Perry County, where he was a trustee of Monday Creek Township. Pie attended all the early Democratic conventions in Fairfield County, as a delegate, and had he so desired might have held many official ]iositions. He was one of the first stockholders of the C. AI. V. Railroad, then the P^airfield County, and also of the B. & O. Railroad, the latter at that time being a losing investment.

He married Elizabeth Nixon, who \\as Ixirn near Clarksl)urg, \'a., and came with her parents, John and Rebecca Nixon, to near Maxville, Perry County, O. She lived to the age of eighty-six years and both she and her husband were buried in P>ethel Cemetery. They were memliers of the Presbyterian church. They had the following children : an infant son that died unnamed; Sarah .\nn, who died in infancy; Rebecca, now deceased, who married first, John Larmer, and secondly I larris Wilson; Jane, who is the wife of ^^'illiam Mar^ tin, of Perry County, O. ; Lucinda, who lives in Perry County, the widow of Hilus McCune, who died April 25, 191 1; Samuel, owner of one of the largest farms in Hardin County, O., who married Ann Jane Wright, of Fairfield County; Margaret, who is the wife of Jacob Barnes, and resides near Somerset, O. ; Nancy, who is the wife of Calvin Sherburn, and lives in Shell)y County, 111. ; William, residing in Rush Creek Township, who married Mary E. Rowles ; Caroline, deceased, who was

The youngest member of the family, E. B. McCullough remained at home, grew up on this farm and obtained his education in the local schools. He became the owner of his I wo farms through purchase and has spent his life here, making many improvements and bringing farming and stock raising to a high standard. His land is situated three miles southeast of Bremen, O. I'\)rmerly he raised sheep as well as other stock but n(j longer gives attention to that branch, but makes something of a specialty of raising fine horses. Mr. Mc- Cullough follows agriculture along modern lines and had much to do with the organization of \iuA\ Creek Grange, serving as its first worthy Master. In addition to his large agricultural interests, he has numerous others, including investments in the Flagdale Oil and (las Company; the Mid(llet(nvn Oil and Gas Company; the (leneva Oil and Gas Company, and is a stockholder and one of the directors of the I'irst National Bank of Bremen, He has been a lifelong Democrat and for seven years has been a trustee of Rush Creek township.

In October, 1884, Mr. McCullough was married to Miss Etta Hodge, who was Iwrn in Rush Creek Township, a daughter of Isaac and .Matilda Hodge, and they have had three children: judson, who resides on one of his father's farms, married .Nellie Blosser and they have one daughter, Bessie Irene ; Forrest. who died froiu an attack of measles when .she was only seven months old; and I'earl, who resides at home. He has won honors ever since he has attended school, pa.st the Patterson test at the age of 10 years, in iQoS, and is now a student in the Bremen High School, this being his third year. Mr. McCullough belongs to Crescent Lodge No. 561, Odd Fellows, at Bremen, O., and also to the Masonic lodge at Bremen, O. For twenty-three years he has been a member of the school board of Rush Creek Township, and, in fact, has taken a leading part in all matters of public concern in this section, since early manhood.

WILLIAM K. THOMPSON,* a leading citizen of Walnut Township, Fairfield County, O., engaged in general farming and stock raising on his valuable farm of 169 acres, which lies in section 19, was born October 11, 1839, on his present farm, in the log house that his father erected after he purchased this land. His parents were Moses and Anna (Kalb) Thompson.

Moses Thompson was born in Pennsylvania and in boyhood accompanied his parents to Fairfield County, where they settled in the woods of Walnut Township and spent the rest of their lives among early pioneer conditions. They had two daughters and four sons : Elizabeth, who became the wife of John Coble ; Ann, who married John Yates ; and William, Moses, Jesse and John, the youngest of whom died in childhood. Of this family, William bought a one-half section in Walnut Township, Jesse located near the reservoir, while Moses bought what is now the farm of his son, William K. Thompson. On this land he built first a log cabin and later replaced it with a larger and better house, and here his death occurred in 1862, when aged sixty-nine years. He was twice married, first to Anna Kalb. who died when her son, \^'illiam K., was a child, and second to Mrs. Malinda (Bowes) Sites, a widow and a native of Virginia. Four children were born to the first union: Mary Jane, who was the wife of James K. Groves, both now deceased; Elizabeth, who married Peter

William K. Thompson has spent his long and busy life on his old birth farm, a privilege that in these days of change is not afforded e\ery one. In boyhood he attended the district school and many of his neighbors were comrades in his early days. Being an only son he assumed responsibilities early and gave his father much assistance. When the father died one half of the farm came to him and his youngest sister and they bought the other half and subsequently the entire farm came into Mr. Thompson's possession. He has devoted his land to crop raising and stock producing and has prospered in his undertakings. In 1884 he erected his commodious brick residence, one of the best in the township. For some years he has been more or less retired, having given over the management of the farm to his youngest son. Carl.

Mr. Thompson was married March 30, 1865, to Miss Sophia M. Jeffries, a daughter of James and Mary Jeffries, and a cousin of the ex-champion heavyweight, James J. Jeffries, now of California. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Thompson ; James D., a resident of Walnut Township, who married Minnie Spettler; Elizabeth and Ada, both of whom died when aged seventeen years; William, living at Kirkersville, O., who married Essie Baughman ; Verda Claude, who is the wife of George Seymour, and lives in Licking County; Herbert, who lives at Outville, O., and who married Effie Cunningham ; Amanda ; Jasper, who lives at Millersport, and who married Elizabeth Huston ; and Carl, on the home farm. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a Republican in politics and has served in the office of township trustee.

PHILIP SCHMELZER, who is one of Rush Creek Township's most substantial and enterprising citizens, was born in Rush Creek, Fairfield County, O., October 24, 1857. He is a son of John Schmelzer and a brother of John N. Schmelzer. and in partnership with the latter has a half interest in 436 acres of land. Tiie brothers are also interested together and individually in a number of business enterprises of this section.

The grandfather of the subject of this sketch was Blasius Schmelzer, who was born in Bavaria, Germany, and who came to the United States in 1840, accompanied by his wife and six sons, namely : John, Gerdon, Anthony, Anselm, Leopold and Otto. After remaining in New York a year, they moved west to Perry County, Ohio, and from there came to Fairfield County, settling in Bremen. They w'ere mainly engaged in farming. Blasius Schmelzer lived to the age of 76 years, and his wife to that of ninety. Their five eldest sons are all deceased. The youngest. Otto, is yet living - in Van \\'ert County, Ohio.

Philip Schmelzer obtained his education in the schools of Rush Creek Township and ever since has been more or less engaged in agricultural pursuits. He located on his present farm two years after his marriage and erected the commodious farm buildings that he utilizes. He has devoted much of his attention to breeding high grade cattle and hogs and at present owns a fine herd of thirty-five head of Shorthorn cattle. Mr. Schmelzer lias numerous investments outside of his farm and stock and among these may be mentioned the following successful enterprises with which he is concerned. He is one of the charter members of the Bremen Banking Company, of Bremen, O., in which he is a stockholder; and is also a stockholder in the Flagdale Oil and Gas Company, the Middletown Oil and Gas Company, the Mt. Hope Oil and Gas Company and the Geneva Oil and Gas Company, being also a director in several of these. In politics he is a Democrat and has sened for three terms as a meintjer uf the school board in Rush Creek Township.

On November 22, 1887, Mr. Schmelzer was married to Miss Catherine Noll, who was born in Hocking County, O., a daughter of Oliver and Elizabeth Noll, who now resides at Lancaster, O. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Schmelzer had four children - Edward, Elizabeth, Henry and Clement E. Mrs. Schmelzer died March 18, 1902, aged 34 years, and was buried at Sacred Heart Chapel, Geneva, O. Her husband and four children survive. They are members of the Roman Catholic church.

W. B. SAGER,* general farmer and stock raiser and one of the reliable and respected citizens of Liberty Township, Fairfield County, O., resides on his well improved farm of sixtyfive acres which is situated three miles northwest of Basil, O. He was born in 1867, on Iiis father's farm two miles north of this place, and is a son of .\braliam and Naomi ( Gaselle) Sager.

The parents of Mr. Sager were natives also of Fairfield County. The father was aged sixtjj-one years at time of death and had been a farmer all his active life. There were six children in the family, namely: Mrs. Jennie Coff, W. B., Dallas, David, Charles and Minnie. Dallas is deceased. All the survivors reside in Liberty Township with the exception of Minnie, who makes her home in Chicago, III.

With his brothers and sisters, W. B. Sager attended the public schools in Liberty Township and has spent almost his entire life on his present fanu. having been absent for four years during which period he followed farm- ing in Huntington County, Ind. The Sager farm is one of the best improved and most carefully cultivated properties in this section, and, while not so large as many others, in volume of crop production and output of fine stock, is far above the average.

Mr. Sager married Miss Emma Realhom, who was born in Liberty Township, and they have four children : Ethel, who married Russell Miller; and Dottie, Maude and Paul. Mr. Sager and family are members of the Evangelical church. He has never been unduly active in politics but has always voted with the Democratic party.

ALLEN J. FREISNER,* one of the well known and much respected citizens of Fairfield County, C, resides on his farm of eighty-five acres, which is situated in Rush Creek Township, one and a half miles south of West Rushville and two and a half miles north of Bremen, an excellent location for both business purposes and for social life. He was born March 28, 1850, in Fairfield County, a son of Benjamin and Lydia (Stemen) Freisner.

Benjamin Freisner was born in Pennsylvania and in early manhood came to Fairfield County and engaged in farming in Rush Creek Township, where his death occurred at the age of forty- four years. He married Lydia Stemen, a daughter of Isaac Stemen, of Rush Creek Township, and they had the following children: Benton, who lives at West Rush Creek; Ellen, who married George \\'olfinger, of Lancaster, and has three children - Margaret, Oscar and Earl; Frank P., who resides with his family at Columljus, O., and has two children - Fay and Grace; Mary, who married Charles Hodgson, of Columbus; Emma, who is the wife of George Hillon, of Bremen, and has one son, Lester ; Sarah, who is the wife of Freeman Sedwell, residing near Colfax, C, and has six children - Blanche, Zena, Goldie, Mabel, Murray and Russell; and Allen J.

Allen J. Freisner has devoted his attention to farming and stock raising since he reached man's estate. He married Miss Lydia J. Yost, a daughter of David Yost, and they have had two children, one of whom died in infancy. The survivor, Stanley W. Freisner, is a farmer in Rush Creek Township. He married Fay Besse who was born at Bremen, C, and they have one son, Allen B. Mr. Freisner and family are meml)ers of the Lniited Presbyterian church, in which he is a member of the board of trustees. He is prominent in Democratic politics and is a member of the Fairfield County Democratic Central Committee. For thirteen years he was a director of the county fair association and was president of the township school board.

GEORGE W. MACKLIN,* who resides on his well cultivated farm of over seventynine acres, situated in Pleasant Township. Fairfield County, O., is a well known and highly respected citizen of this section and belongs to an old settled family of the county. He was born in Pleasant Township, October 8, 1850, and is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Arnold) Macklin.

The founder of the Macklin family in Fairfield County was Rev. Tewalt Macklin, who was born in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio as one of the pioneer ministers of the United Brethren church, taking up his residence in Pleasant Township, Fairfield County. He reared a family here and one of his sons, Samuel Macklin, became the father of George W. Macklin, of Pleasant Township. George Macklin spent his eighty-one years of iife in this township. He was a farmer and stock raiser. His political support was given to the Republican party and he was one of the pillars of the U. B. church in this section.

George W. JMacklin attended school in Pleasant Township and has devoted his attention ahiiost exclusively to farming and stock raising. He is a RepubHcan in politics and has served as school director in his district. On October 15, 1888, he was married to Miss Laura A. Hand, who was born January 25, 1861, at Logan, Hocking County. O., a daughter of David S. T. and Margaret E. (Bragg) Hand, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and the latter in West Virginia. They moved to Hocking County after marriage and lived at Logan, where they died. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

W. R. OSBOURNE, proprietor of a general store at Baltimore, O., is widely known all over Fairfield County, having been engaged in educational work here for eighteen consecutive years. He was born in Licking County. O., not far from Newark, in 1861, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Brake) Osbourne.

John Osbourne was born in Virginia but came to Licking County in boyhood and spent the remainder of his life here, dying at the age of thirty-five years. He married Elizabeth Brake and their children were : W. R.; M. E., E. M., J. L.. Amelia E., the wife of Charles Shoaf, and Brice O.

W. R. Osbourne attended school at Hanover, O., and was young when he 1)ecame a teacher, for fourteen years teaching school in Licking County. He resumed educational work after coming to Fairfield