Fairfield County, Ohio - Chapter 20: Conclusion, 1912 (part 11 of 12)

County, where he passed eighteen more )'ears in the schoolroom and for some time was superintendent of the schools of Liberty Township. For six years he was principal of the schools of Brownsville ; for seven years of those of Thurston; for five years at Pleasantville and for one year at .Millcrs])()rt. On July 28, 1908, he enii)arkcd in the mercantile business at Baltimore and carries a general stock of goods including dry goods, groceries and shoes. He is a Republican in politics.

On December 26, 1882, Mr. Osbourne was married to Miss Tacey Holmes, of P)rownsville, Licking County, and they have three children : O. O., who resides in Columbus, O., married Bertha White and has two children - Raymond W. and Lowell E. ; Inez, a highly educated young lady, who is teacher of Latin in the L^rbana schools: and Helen, who is the wife of V. R. Gephart of Pleasantville. Mr. Osbourne and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, where for fifteen years he has been superintendent of the Sunday-school. He is identified fraternally with the Knights of Pythias, the Red Men and the A. I. U.

PROF. CLYTUS E. VALENTINE.* one of the well known educators of Fairfield County, O.. and a teacher engaged at present in the High School of Stoutsville, was born in Clear Creek Township, Fairfield County, two miles south of this place. He is a son of John and Mary (Levan) Valentine.

The father of Professor Valentine was a farmer in Clear Creek Township during a large part of his life. His death occurred in 1888 and his burial was at Circleville, O. He was a man of sterling character, honest and upright in life and a worthy member of the Lutheran church. He was a Democrat in his poHtical affihation but was never a seeker for public office. He married Mary Levan, who survives and she resides at Stoutsville with her son Clytus E. A second son, Austin, married Delia Baker and they have two sons, Arnold and John. Mrs. Valentine is a member of the Reformed church.

Clytus E. Valentine attended school in Clear Creek Township and at Stoutsville. He began educational work in 1900 and taught for two years in his native township and is teaching in his ninth term in the Stoutsville High School. He attends county institutes and keeps fully abreast with the times in educational matters and is considered an able and efficient instructhree acres of valuable farming land in Clear Creek Township. Professor Valentor. He owns a one-third interest in eightytine has never married. He is somewhat independent in his political views but nominally is a Democrat. He belongs to Scipio Lodge No. 255 Knights of Pythias.

E. M. HEISTER, whose excellent farm of 108 acres lies four and one-half miles southeast of Lithopolis, O., in Bloom Township, was born in this township, March i, 1858, and is a son of Daniel and Josephine (Hood) Heister.

Daniel Heister was born on his father's old farm in Bloom Township, one mile east of the above mentioned property, and there followed agricultural pursuits during his entire active life, his death occurring in his seventy-second year. He married Josephine Hood, who was a daughter of Allen Hood, of Fairfield County, and seven children were born to them : George, Ella, E.

E. M. Heister attended the district schools until he was considered old enough to take farm responsibilities on himself, and since then he has been engaged in farming and stock raising. In 1901 he came to his present farm, on which he has made many substantial improvements and devotes his time to still further improving and developing the possibilities of his land. Having spent his entire life in Bloom Township, he is well known and is universally respected.

Mr. Heister married Miss Minnie Belote, who is a daughter of George Belote, and they have three children: Bertha, who is the wife of Charles Hummell and has one child, Waneta Bernadine ; and Forest and Viola. Mr. Heister has never been very active in politics but he casts his vote regularly for the candidates of the Democratic party.

STEPHEN J. McAULIFFE,* who is a well known citizen of Hocking Township, where he has resided for twenty years, for the past twelve years has lived on his present valuable farm of loi acres, and in addition to general agriculture, carries on a large business in the buying and shipping of horses. He was born April 17. 1865, in Madison Township, Fairfield County, O., and is a son of Daniel and Eliza (Pearce) McAulifife.

Daniel McAulifife was born at Cleveland, O., and his wife at Lancaster. He came to Fairfield County in early manhood, and for some time was employed on the State farm south of Lancaster and afterward followed farming for a number of years, in Madison

Township. He was a self made man and was one who commanded the respect of his fellow citizens. His death occurred aliout 1 89 1, but his widow still resides in Hocking Township, having passed her sixtieth birthday.

Stephen J. ]\lcAuliffe remained in Madison Township until he was about twenty years of age and then, with his mother, after the father's death, came to Hocking Township. In politics Mr. McAuliffe, like his late father, is a Democrat.' He takes a good citizen's interest in public matters and is serving as a member of the school board. He was married in 1899 to Miss Florence Charles, who was born in Hocking Township and they have had three children : Mary, who is deceased ; and James and John R., both of whom attend school and are also helpful to their father on the home farm.

until 1899, when he came to Lancaster and established his office at No. 355 E. Main Street. Dr. Samson has been a close and careful student of his science and has had abundant experience both in the clinics of the great schools in which he received his training as well as in a i)rivate practice which is now one of large volume. He is a member of the State Blind Commission and belongs to the National, State and county medical societies.

Dr. Samson married Miss i-"lora H. Mc- Clure, who was born at Jackson, O.. and they have one daughter, Eva, who was born at California, O. Dr. Samson is a Freemason and belongs to the Blue Lodge at Lancaster. He is a Republican in politics but takes only the interest in public aflfairs that every good citizen considers his right and duty.

\V. STANLEY SAMSON, M. D.,* physician and surgeon at Lancaster, O., making a specialty of diseases of the eye, nose and throat, has been established professionally in this city since 1899. He was born August 23, 1866, at California, O., and is a son of E. V. and S. J. (Brown) Samson.

\\'. Stanley Samson received his early education at ^^'averl^^ O.. later entering the Lniversity of Cincinnati, where he was graduated in the medical department in 1888. subsequently taking a course in the Baltimore INIedical College, at Baltimore, Md., where he was graduated in 1893. Dr. Samson pursued his medical studies still farther, taking one post-graduate course at Johns Hopkins University, at Baltimore, and later another at the Chicago Medical School, at Chicago, 111. After a short initial practice at Wakefield, O., he located at California, his birthplace, where he remained

H. C. ASHTON, M. D., who is in the enjoyment of a large medical jiractice at Basil, Fairiiekl County, Ohio, where he is also an earnest and representative citizen, was born on his father's farm in Violet Township, Fairfield County, in 1881, and is a son of Thomas and Emma (Beals) .\shton. The parents were also born in Fairfield County and now live retired at Re^noldsburg. Their family consisted of seven children.

H. C. Ashton attended school in Violet Township and the High School at Reynoldsburg, going from there to the Ohio W'esleyan University at Delaware. He completed his medical education at Starling Medical College, where he was graduated in 1906, when he located at Jacksontown, Licking County, from which place he came to Basil in January, 191 1. He is identified with various medical bodies and keeps thoroughly abreast with the scientific advancement of his profession.

Dr. Ashton married Miss Rose Young, of Delaware, Ohio, and they ha\'e three children - Mildred, Eveline and Chester. Dr. Ashton and wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically the Doctor is a Republican, and fraternally he is identified with the Masons, the Elks and the Modern Woodmen.

C. W. ANDREWS, superintendent of the schools of Baltimore, O., is a well known and thoroughly qualified educator and has Ijrought the school standard very high in his present position. He was ])orn March 12, 1878, at Pleasant Valley, Muskingum County, O., and is a son of G. W. and l'"rances (Raley) Andrews. The father, who has been a section foreman for the B. & O. Railroad for many years, resides at Plymouth, O. He married Frances Raley and they haA-e six children: Mary, C. W., Jessie, Martin, Ruth and Robert.

C. \V. Andrews attended school at Glenford, O., after which he became a teacher and finding this a congenial profession, he has further advanced himself along this line and has made it his life work. He has been a student in the Ohio University and in other institutions and thus is a teacher from both choice and training. He has been connected with the Baltimore schools since 1910, coming here from the Pleasant\ille schools.

Mr. Andrews married Miss Ora Cotterman, of Somerset, O., and they have had four children : Donald, Paul, Fred and Mar}', the eldest being- now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is identified with the Masons.

he is city auditor, ^vas born in Fairfield County, O., March 11, 1866, and is one of a family of four children born to his parents who were James and Anna (Sherrick) Nye. The father was a prosperous farmer in b'airfield County for many years and died on his own land in 1893, ^t the age of sixtyse\en years. He was a highly respected and much valued citizen.

\\'illiam H. Nye was educated in the public schools and for two years engaged in teaching in his native county and then established himself in the mercantile business in a western state. Subsec|uently he returned to Ohio and served in a clerical position at Lancaster until he was elected to his present office, in 1907. In 1909 he was reelected and general satisfaction was shown. He is an active Republican in his views on ]3ublic matters and has been an effecti\e party worker.

Mr. Nye married Miss Jessie M. Wendel and they ha\e one son, Charles W. The I)leasant family residence is at No. /^j, E. Wheeling Street. Mr. and Mrs. Nye are members of the Presbyterian church. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias.

JOHN N. SCHMELZER, president of the board of trustees of Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, O., and interested in a number of important business enterprises of this section and half owner of 536 acres of valuable land, resides in section 35, Rush Creek Township, three and one-half miles south of Bremen, O. He was born in this township, October 16, 1858, and is a son of John and Gertrude (Myser) Schmelzer.

John Schmelzer was born in Germany and remained in/his native land until he was twenty years of age, when he came to .\merica and for a short time lived in the city of New York, l-rom there he came to Perry County, O., where he lived until he came to Bremen, where he was in the tol)acco business for six years and then l)Ought a farm of fifty-three acres. Mter his marriage he left that farm and liought the one of lOO acres in section ,:53, Ivusli Creek Township, on which his son John X. resides, and fifty-three years ago erected farm buildings. The residence is still standing but the barn was destroyed by hre. He carried on farming and also, for several years, operated a butcher shop at I^ancaster. He was a Democrat l)ut never desired to hold ofifice. He married (iertrude JMyser, who was born in b'rancc, and thev had the following children: J'aul, who died in infancy ; Julia Ann, who died in Perry County, who was the wife of Jacob Shore and tlie mother of thirteen children, eleven of whom survi\e: Enoch, who flied in childhood; Lewis, residing in I\ush Creek Township, who married Lisa Ritter; Caroline, who died in infancy; Mary, who is the wife of Joseph Shore, of Lancaster, and the mother of twelve children, eleven of whom survive : Philip, the owner of the other one-half interest in the 536 acres of land mentioned above, who married Katherine Noll, who died leaving four children : John N. ; and Caroline, who is the wife of David Schmelzer. They reside at La Crosse, Wis., and have seven children. The father of the above family died at the age of seventyfour years and the mother when aged fiftynine years. They were faithful members of the Catholic church and were buried in the cemetery belonging to the Sacred Heart parish.

which resjwnds generously to tillage but shows no evidences of cither oil or gas deposits. In addition to his large agricultural operations, Mr. Schmelzer has numerous other important interests. He is president and ;i director of the Magdale Oil and Gas Ccjuipany ; president and a director of the Middletow n Oil and (ias Company ; also interested in the CoiK'u.sperger Oil and Gas Company; the Geneva Oil and Gas Company; the Overland Oil Company ; the McCuny Oil and Gas Company; and is a director and stockholder in the Bremen Bank Company of Bremen, O., and stockholder in the New World Life Insurance Company.

Mr. Schmelzer married Miss ICllen Mc- (Juaid, who was born in Berne Township, Fairtielfl County, O., a daughter of Michael and Ellen McOuaid, both of whom arc now deceased. Nine children have been born to Mr. and .Mrs. .Schmelzer, namely: Mary, who is acconiplished in music, and a teacher of this science; Jerome, who died in infancy; John, who lives at home; Sylvester, who (lied in childhood: and Leo, Rose, h'rancis. Michael and Lucy, all of whom live at home. The family belongs to the Catholic church at I'remcn. Mr. Schmelzer and his older sons are Democrats and hearty workers for the party. On the Democratic ticket Mr. Schmelzer was elected a member of the board of trustees of Rush Creek Township, January i, 190S. of which he now is president. He is one of the township's representative men in public matters and one of its most substantial in business affairs.

FRANK S. BEERY,* who. for the past eight years has been a member of the Board of Education in Pleasant Township, Fairfield County, O., owns the valuable farm of 133 acres on which he resides, devoting it to general farming and stock raising. He was born in Pleasant Township, February 12, 1856, and is a son of Lewis and Mary (Swartz) Beery.

The first of the Beery family to come to Fairfield County was Daniel Beery, who was a native of Rockingham County, Va. He established the old home in Berne Township, where the late Lewis Beery was born. He was a well known stock raiser and farmer. His death occurred in 1909, in Pleasant Township.

Frank S. Beery attended the district schools in boyhood and then had practical experience on the home farm that has since been of great benefit to him as farming and stockraising have been his main interests. In 1888 he settled on his present place and he has developed it into one of the most productive farms in the township.

Mr. Beery married Miss Emma Sites, a daughter of Emanuel Sites who was a leading farmer in Pleasant Township for many years. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Beery, namely : Fannie F., who is the wife of C. A. Teele, of Columbus, O. ; Edna, who is the wife of E. H. Kuhn, an educator and graduate of the Ohio State University ; Maud, who is the wife of Forrest Ketner, of Walnut Township ; and Ross, Fred and Harry, all three residing at home. In politics Mr. Beery is a Republican. He is one of the leading members of the U. B. church at Lancaster.

WILLIAM GUYTON, now deceased, who for many years was a successful farmer and highly respected resident of Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, O., was born in Perry County, Ohio, and was a son of Henry Guyton, who settled there at an early, date and followed

William Guyton grew to manhood in Perry County, attending school in boyhood and later assisting his father in his farming and lumbering operations. Later coming to Fairfield County, he settled on the farm of 65 acres in Rush Creek Township, and here spent the rest of his life, busily engaged in farm pursuits. An industrious and energetic man, he made all the excellent improvements of this place, erecting the substantial buildings now standing. He died here March 16, 1892.

On April 10, 1862, William Guyton was married to Miss Catherine Lehman and seven children were born to them, namely: Isaac, z\lpha Retta, L. V., Callie, Maud, Henry and Alice, of whom the two last mentioned died when young. Isaac married a Miss Wixon and moved to Michigan. Alpha Retta, who married a Mr. Huntwork, lives in Perry County, O. L. V. Guyton is a resident of Rush Creek Township. Callie is the wife of Charles Young. Maud was first united in marriage December 28, 1899, to Rev. J. O. Geiger, a native of Hocking County, O. He was educated at Central College, Huntington, Ind., also spending one year at Westerville College, Ohio. He was a successful minister and during the first year of his pastorate added one hundred souls to the church. Mr. and Mrs. Geiger were the parents of one son. After her husband's death, Mrs. Maude Geiger became the wife of John Garrison. Mrs. Guyton not only owns the home farm, but also an additional 49 acres lying to the north of this tract. She oversees the property, having it under rental.

ALONZO E. MILLER,* stock raiser and general farmer and one of the representative citizens of Pleasant Township, Fairfield County, O., was born near Pennsville, Morgan

Henry G. Miller was horn in Guernsey County, O., and was thirteen years old when he accompanied his parents to Morgan County, O., where he grew to man's estate and married. In 1865 he moved with his family to Fairfield County, locating near Colfax, in Pleasant Township, where he resided for seventeen years. He then moved to the northeastern part of Pleasant Township, in the early eighties, and there he died, September 11, 1886. His widow, who is now in her seventythird year, continues to live on the farm in Pleasant Township. Henry G. Miller was one of the sterling citizens of this township and for years enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. He served in the offices of trustee and treasurer with honesty and efficiency, and was a member and liberal supporter of the Christian church. In politics he was a Democrat. Of his children the following are living: Alonzo E. ; Lizzie L., wife of Lincoln Wilson, of Morgan County; George H., of Pleasant Township; Annie F., wife of B. F. Craner, of Pleasantville; and Mary A., wife of B. F. Wolf, of Richland Township. Henry G. Miller was interred with Masonic rites, having been a Knight Templar IMason, belonging to the Commandery at Lancaster.

Alonzo E. Miller grew to man's estate in Pleasant Township and attended the local schools and the Fairfield Union Academy at Pleasant\'ille, which was one of the leading educational institutions at that time in this part of the county. His business has always been along agricultural lines. Mr. Miller was married first to Miss Ella M. Rowles, a daughter of William and Rebecca Rowles, of Fairfield County, and they had five children born to them, namely: William H., Ola F., Lyda M.. Fern F. and Iva Inez. For his second wife

Mr. Miller married Mrs. Mollie C. Sprague, widow of Charles Sprague and a daughter of James Stockdale, both being former residents of Walnut Township. Two sons have been born to the second marriage: .Alonzo E. and Ralph S. Mr. Miller and family belong to the Disciples church. In politics he is nominally a Democrat but has independent tendencies. He belongs to Lodge No. 531, F. & A. M., at Pleasantville, O. and to White Shield Chapter, No. 57, Eastern Star. He has long taken much interest in the Patrons of Husbandry and is a member of Pomona Grange No. 161 5, at Pleasantville, of which he is master.

HON. B. F. SNYDER, mayor of Sugar Grove, O., is a leading business man in this section as well as a representative citizen in public affairs. For the past four years he has been superintendent of wells for the Lagon Natural Gas and Fuel Company. He was born in Fairfield County, O., March 12, 1859, and is a son of Daniel and Mary (Snoke) Snyder. The father of Mayor Snyder was born in Licking County. O. For many years he has been a resident of Fairfield County, O., and now lives at Sugar Grove, being in his seventysixth year. The mother of Mayor Snyder died in May, 1908.

B. F. Snyder was mainly reared in Berne Township, where he attended school, later having additional advantages at Pleasant Hill and Sugar Grove. He then learned the carpenter's trade and some years afterward went into carpenter contracting. In 1907 he accepted his present position with tiie Logan Natural Gas and Fuel Company as superintendent of their wells, his territory of inspection being in different townships in Fairfield County. He has been a very active citizen, always taking an interest in movements for the general welfare and making so excellent an impression as to efficiency and public spirit while serving on the \illage council of Sugar Grove, that he was elected mayor in December, 1909. For seven years he also served as a member of the Sugar Grove Special School District. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Sugar Grove and is president of the board of trustees. He is identified with the Masonic lodge at Lancaster, O.

JAMES \V. DUNCAN,* who is entering upon his second term as a county commissioner of Fairfield County, O., is a leading resident of Hocking Township. He was born in Fairfield County, O., January 22, 1853, and is one of a family of eleven children who were born to his parents who were Thomas and Mary (lies) Duncan. They are deceased.

James W. Duncan was reared and educated ill his native count}' and farming has been his main business and for a number of years he has lived in Hocking Township. He was elected a county commissioner from there in 1908 by a fair majority and in November, 1910, was reelected by a much larger one. He has been connected with all the wise measures approved by the board in the last few years and his advice is heeded and his judgment consulted by his co-workers.

Mr. Duncan was married to Miss Alice Ward, who is a daughter of Daniel Ward, of Fairfield County, and they have two cihldren : William and Russell. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan are members of the Presbyterian church. He is identified with the Knights of Pythias.

HON. JOHN G. REEVES, one of Fairfield County's distinguished and honored citizens, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and an able and forceful member of the Lancaster bar, was born in Fairfield County, O., and is a

Left fatherless when quite young, John G. Reeves was reared in the home of his grandfather, Hon. John Graybill. Here he had many advantages, both social and educational, and from the country schools he became a student at Lancaster and still later in the Ohio University of Athens, where a pleasing personality easily won him friends. Having decided upon the law as a profession, in i860 he became a student in the law office of Martin & Schleich, at Lancaster, where he continued his studies until after the general arousing of public enthusiasm incident to the outbreak of the Civil \Var. With other young and ardent spirits, he enlisted for three years in the 7th O. Vol. Cav., which, after several changes, in 1863 became the nth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He served for eleven months as orderly sergeant and on September 21, 1862, was appointed second lieutenant of Co. C, of which he was commissioned first lieutenant on June 9, 1863, and soon afterward was made adjutant of the nth Ohio Cavalry. His advancement had been rapid but it was justified by his efficiency, and soon after tlie above promotion he was made adjutant of the post at Fort Laramie, and subsequently provost-marshal of the district. In tlie spring of 1864, Mr. Reeves was appointed assistant inspector of the Western Division of the District of Nebraska, as a member of the stafif of Gen. Mitchell, and his jurisdiction extended as far as South Pass, Wyo. Other official honors awaited him, one of these being the proffer of a captaincy of Co. L, nth Cavalry, which was not accepted on account of the immediate termination of the war. He was honorably discharged from the service in April, 1865. He had passed through many hazardous experiences, his regiment having been detailed to guard the overland mail and the emigrant route from Julesburg to South Pass and on the South Platte from Julesburg to Fort Halleck. The Indians at that time were troublesome and hostile and danger lurked in every shadow. Viewing the calm poise and perfect self control of Judge Reeves on the bench, it is possible to believe that a measure of these qualities may have become a pitirt of his nature during those months of bravely borne hardship in a position of grave responsibility in what was then an uncivilized part of the country.

After his return to Ohio, Mr. Reeves was admitted to the bar, in 1865, locating immediately at Lancaster, which pleasant little city has been his chosen home ever since. He made rapid progress in his profession and in 1880 was admitted to practice in the U. S. Circuit and District Courts, and in March, 1885, in the U. S. Supreme Court. In 1867 he was elected city solicitor of Lancaster ?nd served four years, and in 1871 was elected prosecuting attorney of Fairfield County and served for six years. In November, 1900, he was elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas, to serve out an unexpired term, and in the following year was elected to the office for a term of five years. In 1906 he was again elected for a term of six years, ending February 9, 1913, which term he is now serving. He is identified with the Democratic party but his profession lias been of much more interest to him than politics, and he has seldom consented to consider even tempting proposals of political signiticance outside of the law. For many years he has been prominently connected with several fraternal organizations and has frequently been an official in state military associations. He has served as grand commander of the American Legion of Honor for Ohio, and as grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Ohio, in 1888, and also as supreme representative.

He is a charter member of Coeur de Lion Company No. 9. Uniformed Rank, Knights of Pythias, having served as its captain, and he served also as judge advocate general on the staff of J. W. Green, commander, in Ohio. In Odd Fellowship he is equally prominent, being past noble grand of Alpine Lodge, No. 566. and past patriarch of Hocking Encampment, No. 7 ; he took an active part in the formation of the Patriarch Militant branch; was twice elected brigadier-general of the First Brigade of Ohio, and twice major-general, commanding the Division of Ohio. He has reached to the highest honors of Masonry, being a Scottish Rite and 33rd degree Mason, and is affiliated with the Ohio Sovereign Consistory at Cincinnati. Grand Army affairs have also claimed his loyal attention and he has not only been commander of the G. A. R. post at Lancaster but has filled other positions of authority. He is also a charter member and past commander of Encampment No. 12, U. V. L. In the beneficiary order of Royal Arcanum, he has filled the office of grand regent. He served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Boys' Industrial School of Ohio eight years. He has served also as a member of the Board of Trustees of the City Library of Lancaster for the past ten years and in January, 1912, was reappointed for a term of three years.

Judge Reeves was married in 1866, to Miss Rachel Elizabeth Hooker. They had one son born to them, John Harold. Mrs. Reeves died December 14, 1896.

IRVIN E. ALSPAUGH,* who owns one of the best farms in Clear Creek Township, Fairfield County, O., consisting of 167 acres of well cultivated land, was born in Bloom Township, Fairfield County, January i, 187J, and is a son of Paul and Lavina (Weiser) Alspaugh.

The above families were established in Fairfield County by Jacob Alspaugh and Jacob Weiser, both being of German ancestry. They have had many descendants, all of them sturdy, thrifty and law-abiding. Paul Alspaugh and wife were both born in Bloom Township and died there, their burial being in the old township graveyard. They were v/orthy members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They had the following children born to them : Edward H. ; Margaret, wife of S. S. Mathias ; Levi ; Alice, wife of Jonathan Click; Samuel; Cora Ann, wife of Frank Bell; Irvin E. ; and Emma, wife of George O. Keiger.

Irvin E. Alspaugh spent boyhood and early youth on the farm and attended the local schools but he was ambitious for more extended educational training and for four years devoted the winter months to his books, becoming a student for two years at Crawfis Institute, one winter at the Pleasantville Academy and one winter at the university at Ada, O. He returned home and took over the operation of the home farm of 224 acres, which he continued for four years. His father died in 1896 and he was appointed one of the administrators and performed all his duties satisfactorily. He has resided on his present farm for twelve years and conducts his agricultural operations along the best approved lines, raising crops according to modern methods and producing stock which equals any in the township. He has proved that a college education is very helpful to a man in every line of business.

On November 29, 1899, Mr. Alspaugh was married to Miss Etta Haas, a daughter of Benjamin and Louisa (Bright) Haas, the former of whom was born in Pickaway and the latter in Fairfield County. Mrs. Alspaugh has one older sister, Leoda, who is the wife of J. B. Meisse; a younger sister, Alice, who is the wife of William E. Sitterly; and one brother.

Charles Haas. Mr. and Mrs. Alspaugh have three sons: Ralph B., Harold P. and Donald J. Politically he is a Democrat and fraternally belongs to the Knights of Pythias at Amanda. The family attends the Methodist Episcopal church at Amanda.

JAMES HAMPSON, one of the reliable and prominent citizens of Pleasant Township, who has served as township treasurer since April, 1903, was born on the farm on which he lives, June 29, 1865, and is a son of James and Mary (Hite) Hampson.

James Hampson, the elder, was born in Pleasant Township February 12, 181 3, a son of John Hampson, who was one of the early settlers of Pleasant Township, entering land from the Government as early as 1806 and becoming a man of affairs in this section. He was one of the pioneer justices of the peace in North Pleasant Township, holding his court in his log cabin. James Hampson was also a man of prominence in Fairfield County and was township trustee during the Civil War, when unusual conditions confronted all local officials as well as those higher in authority. He was one of the founders of the Fairfield Union Academy, and "from its organization in i860 until his death, in 1889, he was a member of its board of trustees. In his political sentiments he was a Democrat. He married Mary Hite, who was also born in Pleasant Township, and of their children the following are living: Henry J., residing in Walnut Township; Levi H., in Pleasant Township; Lillie, wife of M. F. Mauger, a well known contractor and builder of Lancaster, Ohio; and James, residing in Pleasant Township. The father was a man of such sterling character that he was frequently entrusted with the settlement of estates, without any bond. He was one of the

James Hampson spent his early life in Pleasant Township and had excellent educational training in the Fairfield Union Academy and in the cultivation of his farm has demonstrated that an educated man may make a very successful agriculturist. He owns ninety-one acres of land adjoining Pleasantville on the south and his handsome residence presents an attractive appearance amidst the surroundings, all of which indicate thrift and comfort.

Mr. Hampson was married ]\Iay j8, 1890, to Miss Carrie A. Fisher, a daughter of the late Adam Fisher, of \\'alnut Township, and they have had three children : Esther M., James V., and one deceased. Upon the death of his father, Mr. Hampson succeeded as a trustee of Fairfield , Union Academy and served for twenty years, when the property was turned into a public school for Pleasantville and vicinity and is now known as Pleasantville special school district and since the fall of 1909 Mr. Hampson has been a member of the board of this special district. He is a charter member of the Knights of Pythias at Pleasantville and a Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge at Pleasantville and to Royal Arch Chapter, N^o. 11, at Lancaster, and has just been advanced to the rank of Knight Templar.

G. BIGERTON, one of the well known citizens of Bloom township, Fairfield County, O., resides on his valuable farm of 118 acres, which is situated half way between Lithopolis and Canal Winchester. He was born in 1873, in Greenfield township. Fairfield County, O., and is a son of Jacob and Almeda (Markle) Bigerton.

township. He married Almeda Markle and their family of seven children all survive: Sarah Jane, Newton, Charles, William, Alva, G. and Orpha.

G. Bigerton attended the public schools of Greenfield township and then assisted on the home farm until he came to his present place, about 1899. He made many improvements including the erection of a modern, comfortable residence. He carries on general farming and devotes some attention to the raising of good stock.

Air. Bigerton married Miss Martha Bertchin, a daughter of the late John Bertchin, of Fairfield County, and they have had two children : Marie and Archer, the former of whom is deceased. Mr. Bigerton is a Democrat in his political views, and in all that relates to good citizensiiip, is one of the township's dependable and reliable men.

FRANK M. ACTON,* who is recognized as one of the leading members of the Lancaster bar, at Lancaster, O., and formerly prosecuting attorney of Fairfield County, is somewhat prominent politically although his main attention has been given to his professional duties. He was born in Amanda Township, Fairfield County, O., April 8, 1872, and is a son of William H. and Sarah F. (Pollard) Acton.

Both parents of Mr. Acton were born in England. The father, William H. Acton, was born in England, October 8, 1832, and remained in his native land until he was twentyfive years of age. He then embarked on a sailing vessel bound for New York, but landed in New Orleans, where he remained for six months. He was already equipped with the excellent trade of machinist and later became a railroad engineer. After coming to Lancaster, O.. he ran a stationary engine at the old starch factory for a time, afterward was an engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and then gave his entire attention until he retired, in 1904, to work as a machinist. He resides at Lancaster.

William H. Acton married Sarah F. Pollard after coming to Lancaster, where her father, John Pollard, had settled with his family after coming from England. He v.-as in the artificial gas business and continued in the same at Lancaster until he retired, when he removed to Chicago, III., where his death occurred at the age of ninety-three years. Mrs. Acton was twenty years old when she came to America.

Frank M. Acton was educated at Lancaster, graduating from the High School in 1890. He then engaged in the study of law in the office of C. W. McCleary at Lancaster and was admitted to the bar when but twenty-one years old. Circumstances of the most favorable promise have never led Mr. Acton to change his place of residence and he has been an acti\e and useful citizen, at all times working for the general welfare while engaged in advancing his own fortunes. In politics a Democrat, on the Democratic ticket he was elected city solicitor in 1894 and served until igoo, and in 1903 he was elected prosecuting attorney and served effectively in that difficult position until 1909. Fraternally he is identified witli the Masons, Odd Fellows and Elks.

Mr. Acton married Miss Maude C. Wiley, who was born at Carroll, O., a daughter of I'iobert M. and Phebe M. (Church) Wiley. Tliey have four children : Margaret Lucille, l<>ancis Marion, Robert M. and Laura Maria. Mr. Acton and family are members of the English Lutheran church.

The Snider family is an old and respected one in Fairfield County and has always been connected with agriculture. Emanuel Snider was born in this county and owned valuable farming land in Liberty Township which he improved during his lifetime and died here when aged sixty-four years. He was twice married, his second wife still surviving, the first wife dying when her son, Samuel F. was five years old. She was Elizabeth Feeman, a daughter of John Feeman formerly a substantial farmer of Pleasant Township. His second marriage was to Miss Leah Hensel, a daughter of Jacob Hensel, Sr., who came to Fairfield County at an early day from Pennsylvania. Mrs. Snider had no children of her own but proved a devoted mother to her step-children, tour in number : Noah, who died young; J. W., who died in Columbus, was an attorney; Mrs. J. V. Goss, who is a resident of Basil; and Samuel F., with whom she makes her home.

Samuel F. Snider obtained his education in the schools of Liberty Township. He has always lived on the homestead and as time has passed has kept up the improvements and continually added to the value of the land. He raises the usual profitable crops and additionally gives attention to good stock and keeps the careful, overseeing, eye on every thing that proclaims the successful agriculturist. In politics Mr. Snider is a Democrat and was elected township trustee in the fall of 191 1 for a term of two years. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Evangelical Association. Mr. .Snider is unmarried.

SAMUEL F. SNIDER, whose productive farm of 318 acres lies five miles northwest of Basil, O., in Liberty Township, Fairfield County, was born on this place in 1875, and

H. A. HOUSE,* cashier of the Millersport Bank Company, at Millersport, O., of which he is one of the charter stockholders, has served in liis present official capacity ever since the insti- tution opened for business. He was born on his father's farm in Licking County, O., September 14, 1875, and is a son of Jefferson and Lavina (^ Young) House, both of whom are now deceased.

H. A. House enjoyed good educational advantages. After graduating from the Hebron High School in 1895, he attended the Northern Ohio University at Ada, O., and in 1897 began to teach school. He taught what was known as the Sugar Loaf School for one year and then taught the Hebron schools for six years. He then entered the employ of the T. & O. C. Railroad as agent and telegraph operator and for some two years spent his summers in this connection, teaching school during his less busy months. On September 10, 1904, he was assigned to Alillersport as agent for the abovementioned road and thus continued until September 10, 1907, when he resigned in order to become cashier of the newly organized Millersport Banking Company. This has grown to be one of the dependable and solid financial institutions of this section and has the support of the substantial men in both the town and country.

On April 16, 1908, Mr. House was married to Miss Julia Smith, a daughter of James H. Smith, and they have one child, Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. House are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is identified with the Masons and the Knights of Pythias, both at Millersport.

RUFUS J. CONRAD, a leading citizen of Berne Township, Fairfield County, O., and a trustee of the township, owns a \aluable property in this section, including a one-half interest in 154^/^ acres, and also a one-half interest in eighty-two and one-half acres situated two miles east of Sugar Grove, O. He was born in Berne Township, September 5, 1871, and

Noah Conrad was born in Hocking County, O., a son of Christopher Conrad, who was an early settler there, reputed to have come from Virginia. Noah Conrad was reared and attended school in Good Hope Township, Hocking County, and from there came to Fairfield County in early manhood. Subsequently he married and settled in Berne Township, where the remainder of his life was passed, his death occurring October 16, 1908. His wife died October 11, 1892. Of their children the following survive : Jane M., who is the wife of Henry Ackers, of Berne Township; Emma, who is the wife of John Fossler, a resident of Webster County, Neb. ; George W., who also lives in Nebraska; Clara A., who is the wife of Frank Ream, of Sugar Grove; and Rufas J. and Joseph N., both of Berne Township. In politics Noah Conrad was a stanch Democrat. He was a man of sterling integrity, a consistent member of the i\Iethodist Episcopal church, and was known and respected all over the county.

Rufus J. Conrad was reared in Berne Township, where he attended school and the well known Craw f is Institute. He has devoted Iiimself to agricultural pursuits and is numbered with the prosperous farmers of Berne Township. Mr. Conrad has always been an active and interested citizen, one of the men of progressive ideas in his section and a leading Democrat. He is a member of the Democratic Central Committee of Fairfield County, served three years as a member of the school board under the old law, and is serving in his second term as a trustee of Berne Township.

Mr. Conrad was married to Miss Annie M. Sharp, a daughter of William Sharp, a former well known resident of Berne Township, and they have four sons : Carroll S., Randolph

HON. GEORGE EWING, who is a member of the bar at Lancaster, O., bears a name that has been held in high esteem in this state for several generations. He was born at Washington, D. C, June 3, 1865, and is a son of Major General Hugh and Henrietta (Young) Ewing.

On both paternal and maternal sides, Mr. Ewing comes of Revolutionary stock. His great-grandfather, George Ewing, commanded a battery that did effective service in the battle of the Brandywine, and was one of General Washington's officers who assisted his superior in encouraging the disheartened soldiers during the long winter at Valley Forge, cheerfully enduring the same hardships. The subject of this sketch is a grand-son of the elder Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, one of the greatest lawyers and statesmen of his day. His father. General Hugh Ewing, was a distinguished soldier of the Civil War. The maternal grandfather of Hugh Ewing, Hugh Boyle, was one of the patriots who were engaged in the Irish uprising in the latter part of the eighteen century, and was forced to fly to America with an English price upon his head, as the penalty for his love of country and courage in its defense.

On his mother's side, the Youngs were large plantation owners and prominent among the Catholics of Maryland from its earliest history, that family having been established in America by Benjamin Young who, as Commissioner of Crown Lands, accompanied Lord Baltimore to this country and assisted him in founding the Colony of Maryland. The maternal great-grandfather of George Ewing was a neighbor and intimate friend of George Washington. Nicholas Young, his great-uncle.

established the Dominican Order in this state and was the pioneer priest of southern Ohio. Edward Fenwick, first Catholic Bishop of Cincinnati, was his great-granduncle.

George Ewing was educated at St. Vincent College, near Pittsburg, Pa. He graduated from the law school of the Cincinnati University and was admitted to the Bar of Ohio in 1888. In politics, he has been an active Democrat. In 1892 he was appointed by Governor McKinley upon a bi-partisan commission to investigate irregularities in the Ohio Boys' Industrial School, and subsequently was appointed by him as the Democratic member of the Ohio State Board of Pardons, in which capacity he has served the state for nearly twenty years, concurrently with eight successive governors.

In 1892 Mr. Ewing was married to Miss Agnes Donohoe, of Greensburg, Pa. They have six children : Ruth Udell, Thomas Donohoe, Hugh Maskell, George Hampton, John Fenwick and Agnes Wise.

COL. VAN A. SNIDER, attorney and counsellor at law, with rooms in the Martens Block, Lancaster, O., is a representative business man of this place and also a prominent politician, at present being city solicitor. He was born in Fairfield county, O., October 27, 1869, and is one of a family of eight children born to his parents. His father. Rev. A. Snider, D. D., is a well known minister of the United Brethren church and resides at Gallon, O.

Van A. Snider was reared on a farm in Walnut township, Fairfield county and educated in the public schools. He subsequently taught school for two years. His law studies were pursued under the direction of Hon. J. G. Reeves, now judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and he was admitted to the bar in Octo-

In November, 1909, he was elected city solicitor on the Democratic ticket and was reelected in 191 1. He is president of the Fairfield County Democratic Club.

Mr. Snider was married to Miss Cora A. Holland, who is a daughter of Hon. E. F. Holland, judge of the Probate Court, and they have two children : E. Miriam and M. Vaneta. Mr. Snider is a member of the United Brethren church. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, Elks, Redmen, Royal Arcanum and Knights of Pythias, having the distinction of being a colonel and chief of staff of the Uniform Rank, Ohio Brigade, on the staff of General Kauffman. He is an officer in the Ohio National Guard and camp on the personal military staff of Governor Harmon. Mrs. Snider belongs to the Methodist church.

FREDERICK RUFF, whose two finely improved farms, aggregating 165 acres, lie seven miles east of Lancaster, O., and one and a half miles west of ^^'est Rushville, on the Zanesville and Maysville pike, in Richland Township, Fairfield County, is one of the substantial, enterprising and public spirited men of this section. He was born in 1852 and is a son of George F. and Anna (Shingle) Ruff.

George F. Ruff and wife were both born in Wittenberg, Germany, and after marriage came to the United States, settling somewhat later in Richland Township, Fairfield County, O., where Mr. Ruff died at the age of fifty-five years. His wife died at the age of fifty-six, surviving him about eight years. For a while they resided in Hocking County. But three of their nine children are now living, namely : John and Frederick, both of Richland Township, and Emanuel, who lives in Pleasant Township.

Frederick Ruft', our direct subject, since early manhood has been engaged in farming and stock raising. His property is well located and on his farms he has made some of the best improvements to be found in this part of Fairfield County, his buildings being both substantial and attractive. A man of progressive ideas, his agricultural operations are carried on along modern lines and have proved very successful. He is a director and stock holder in the Rushville Banking Company, and a promoter of and stock holder in the Rushville Oil and Gas Company - a prosperous concern - and his judgment as a business man is usually regarded as safe and sound by his neighbors.

Frederick Ruff married Miss Anna Gebhardt, who was born in Fairfield County in 1856, a daughter of George and Catherine Anna (Zigler) Gebhardt. Mrs. Ruff had three sisters, two of whom are now deceased. The other, Elisabeth, resides with Mr. and Mrs. Ruff. Mr. and Mrs. Ruff have three children - Clara Catherine, Emma May, and Viola Etta. Clara Catherine is the wife of Frank L. Rowles and resides in Pleasant Township, not far from Pleasantville, O. Her husband is a farmer and stock raiser and deals in Jersey cattle. She has two children - Dorothy Evaline and Frederick W. Emma May Ruff married Harvey L. Irvin, of Licking County, Ohio, they residing near Thornville, where Mr. Irvin follows farming. They have a daughter - Anna E. Viola Etta is the wife of Sherman S. Weidner, who is a farmer in Berne Township, Fairfield County. They have a son - Alva Edison.

]\Ir. and Mrs. Ruff are members of Grace Lutheran church, to the erection of which, in 1884, he contributed of his means, and of which he has been a trustee since its organization. He formerly served on the township school board and is at present a member of the

Fairfield County Agricultural Board. Mrs. Ruff and her sister Elisabeth own what is known as the George Gebhardt homestead of sixty-two acres, on which there is a good house, barn, and out-buildings. Mrs. Ruff is also a stock holder in the Rushville Banking Company at Rushville, O.

LEMUEL H. MEEKER, whose fine farm of one hundred and one-half acres lies in a very desirable part of Clear Lake Township, Fairfield County, 0., belongs to an old county family and was born in Amanda Township, January lo, i860, a son of Sherman and Eliza (Allen) Meeker.

Sherman Meeker was born also in Fairfield County and farming was his occupation through life. His father, Aaron Meeker, was one of the early settlers. Sherman Meeker was twice married, first to Eliza Allen, a daughter of Howard and Sallie Allen, and they had the following children : Mary E., deceased, who was the wife of Isaac Lear; Sarah M., who is the wife of J. C. Barr ; Anna E., who is the wife of Monroe Hickle; Ollie S., who is the wife of Absolom Peters; Lemuel H. ; Alpha E., and John S. The second marriage was to Ellen Griffith and one daughter was born to that union, Ida, who is the wife of George Shadle. Sherman Meeker was a Republican in politics and he reared his children in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church.

After his school days were over, Lemuel H. Meeker assisted his father on the home farm and has been a farmer ever since. In 1893 he purchased this farm in Clear Creek Township from the Samuel Barr heirs and immediately began to improve it, repairing the farm buildings and erecting a new residence. The farm gives evidences of thrift and good management and an air of comfort prevails, Mr.

On September 20, 1883, Mr. Meeker was married to Miss Alice Barr, a daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Hammil) Barr, of an old family of Fairfield County. Mrs. Meeker is the youngest member of her parent's family, the others being: J. C. ; Louisa, wife of Judge S. T. Shaffer; David; John; Nancy, second wife of Judge S. T. Shaffer; and Simon. Mr. and Mrs. Meeker have had two children, Maimie Marie and Russell Earl, both of whom have been given school advantages. The family belongs to the Lutheran church. Nominally Mr. Meeker is a Republican but he reserves the right to vote independently according to his judgment. He has long been connected with the Odd Fellows at Amanda.

HENRY H. FAUBLE, one of the leading citizens of Berne Township, Fairfield County, O., and the present township treasurer, was born in this township, January 20, 1857, and is a son of Christopher and Annie C. (Martin) Fauble.

Christopher Fauble and wife were both born in Germany and they came to America in 1850 and immediately located at Sugar Grove, in Fairfield County, O., where he worked at his trade of tailor, for a number of years. Later he moved to Hocking County. O., and there was a farmer for a long period in Good Hope Township; he died there in 1891. Of his children the following survive : John, residing in Hocking County; J. C, in Berne Township; Adam, in Ohio City, O. ; Henry H., in Berne Township; Daniel D., in Hocking Township; and Mary, wife of John F. Bowers, living in Berne Township.

under the care and protection of good parents. He attended school in Hocking County, Holbrooks' Normal School at Lebanon and the Nonnal School at Ada, O., and afterward taught school for three years in Hocking County. Farming and stock raising, however, have engaged the most of his attention and he owns lOo acres of land which is cultivated along modern lines. Mr. Fauble is a Democrat in his political views and on the Democratic ticket was elected treasurer of Berne Township in September, 1909, for a term of two years and assumed the duties of oi^ce on January I, 1910, and is making a very acceptable official.

Mr. Fauble was married to Miss Nettie Rudolph, who was born in Berne Township, a daughter of Peter Rudolph, a native of Pennsylvania, and they have one son, Emmitt L. He is a graduate of Crawfis Institute, Berne Township, and is assistant principal of the grammar department of the Sugar Grove Special District public schools. J\lr. Fauble is a member of the Lutheran church at Sugar Grove and has been a member of the board of deacons.

JOHN G. RUFF, proprietor of Sunnyside Farm, a valuable tract of ninety-four acres of land situated in Hocking Township, Fairfield County, O., was born in Marion Township, Hocking County, O., October 10, 1861, and is a son of John G. and Magdalena B. (Walter) Ruff, the former of whom was also born in Hocking County, where he died March 4, 1886. His widow survives and lives at Lancaster, O. She was born in Germany, in 1836, and it is probable that she came to Ohio in infancy with her parents, who settled in the same neighborhood as did her husband's people.

in Marion township, Hocking County, which had been settled by his grandfather, Frederick Ruff, and attended the district schools. Afterward he learned the principles of agriculture while assisting his father in cultivating the land and caring for the stock increase, and by the time he was called on to take responsibilities on himself he was prepared for tliem. He came to Fairfield County in 1889 and for some years afterward lived in Greenfield Township, and later in Pleasant Township and still later m Richland Township, coming to Sunnyside Farm in 1909. He engages here in general farming and dairying and is numbered with the successful, intelligent and prosperous business men of this section.

Mr. Ruff married Miss Alice M. Kull, who was born in Fairfield County, O., a daughter of Edward Kull, formerly a farmer in Berne Township but now a retired resident of Lancaster. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ruff: Clarence E., Leona Ida, Floyd E., Cora E., Florence E., Minnie and Dorothy. Mr. Ruff and family are members of the Emanuel Lutheran Church at Lancaster and he has served as a church trustee. Nominally a Democrat, Mr. Ruff has his own views on public questions and frequently casts his vote according to his own judgment.

CHARLES GLICK, one of Bloom Township's most successful and thrifty farmers, resides on the old Glick estate of 200 acres, situated four and a half miles southeast of Lithopolis, Ohio. Charles Glick was born May i, 1873, on the same farm where he now resides. He was the third son and fifth child born to Manasseh and Eliza (Hartman) Glick. Mr. Glick owns 50 acres and he with his two sisters, Mary and Loa, owns the old homestead of 200

Alanasseh Click, father of Charles, was born in Bloom Tovvnship, Fairfield County, his family being among the early settlers in this section. He followed farming as his life's occupation and was seventy-two years of age when he died on the old Click homestead. He married Eliza Hartman, whose people were among the early settlers also. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Manasseh Click, namely, Mary, Jonathan, Alice, George, Charles and Loa.

Charles Click received his education in a district school of Bloom Township and, growing to manhood on the old homestead, naturally made agriculture his chief occupation. His many acres of well tilled and cared for land show his great interest in his occupation as a farmer. He resides in the farm house, which was erected by his grandfather in 1837, which still affords a stanch and comfortable home.

Mr. Charles Click married Miss Anna Click, a daughter of Zeno Click, of Fairfield County, O. They attended the Lutheran Church. Politically, he is a Democrat and fraternally a member of the order of Knights of Pythias.

CHARLES A. KEFAUVER, M. D., who has been engaged in the practice of medicine at Stoutsville, O., for over a quarter of a century, is one of the leading men of his profession in Fairfield County. He was born at Fairfield, Franklin County, Pa., May 4, 1856, a son of Lewis and Amanda (Rautzhan) Kefauver.

Rev. Lewis Kefauver was a prominent clergyman in Ohio for many years, for thirty years being pastor of the First Reformed Church at Tiffin, O. He attained high position in his religious body, receiving the degree of D. D., and for a long period was chancellor of

Heidelberg University at Tiffin, Ohio. Both he and wife died at Tiffin, O. They had the following children : Charles A. ; Elmer R., who is an express messenger on the Hocking Valley Railroad; Elizabeth, deceased, who was a teacher in the public schools of Tiffin; and William F., who is in the furniture and undertaking business at Manistique, Mich.

Charles A. Kefauver was afforded excellent educational advantages and after graduating from the High School at Tiffin, entered Heidelberg University, where he spent four years. He then entered the medical department of Adelbert University, at Cleveland, O., and was graduated with his degree in 1886. Dr. Kefauver immediately settled at Stoutsville and here, for the past twenty-six years has been continuously in practice. He is recognized as a very able member of his profession, belongs to all the leading medical organizations and for the past twelve years has been a member of the county board of pension examiners. He is also a member of the board of regents of Heidelberg University and one of the trustees of the Lancaster Classics.

Dr. Kefauver was married in December, 1 89 1, to Miss Mary E. Baker, a daughter of Hon. Ceorge S. and Rachel Baker, natives of Stoutsville, O. Dr. and Mrs. Kefauver have three sons : Ross B., Addison L. and Robert S.

JOHN W. KUNKLER, a member of the board of trustees of Berne Township, residing on his excellent farm of eighty-four acres, has additional interests, engaging in threshing during the season, and baling hay extensively, and he also owns and operates a traction sawmill. He was born in Cood Hope Township, Hocking County, O., February 24, 1872, and is a son of Nicholas and Mary (Kost) Kunkler.

born in Hocking County but have resided near Bremen, in Fairfield County, for over a quarter of a century. The father has frequently served in public offices in Rush Creek Township and is one of the highly respected citizens of that section. On both his side and that of his wife, the ancestry is German. Of their children seven survive, as follows : John W., of Berne Township; Christian V., of Hocking County; Clara, wife of William Smeltzer, of Rush Creek Township; Margaret, of Rush Creek Township; Stephen and Edward, both of South Dakota; and Philip, of Rush Creek Township.

John W. Kunkler was ten years old when he accompanied his parents to Fairfield County and he grew to manhood in Rush Creek Township, where he attended school during boyhood. In the fall of 1898 he came to Berne Township, where he has been a leading citizen for the past twelve years. He has served two terms as township road supervisor and is chairman of the board of township trustees, in which he is serving in his second term. Mr. Kunkler has also been a school director of District No. 12, Berne Township. In politics he is a Democrat. He married Miss Annie Bash, who was born at Logan, O., a daughter of Morn Bash, and seven children have been born to them, namely: Wilfred J., Mary A., Charles L., Leo, John H., Susan M. and Harold. Mr. Kunkler and family are members of the Roman Catholic church at Sugar Grove.

AMOS J. WINEGARDNER, general farmer and stock raiser, who resides on the old Winegardner homestead containing 120 acres, situated in Richland Township, Fairfield County, O., one mile north of Rushville, was born in 1869 and is a son of Herbert and Sarah (Anspach) Winegardner, both families being formerly of Perry County, O. The father of Mr. Winegardner died at the age of seventy-five years. There were five children in the family, namely: Margaret, who married AI. Fisher and lives in Perry County; Elizabeth, who lives in Perry County; G. W., who married Florence Daniels ; Owen, who married Elsie Zartman, and lives in Perry County; and Amos J.

Amos J. Winegardner was reared on the home farm and obtained his education in the district schools. He was well trained in boyhood and youth concerning agricultural matters and has devoted his mature life to farm pursuits, meeting with a large degree of success.

Mr. Winegardner married Miss Minta Drumm, a daughter of Jacob and Amanda (Turner) Drumm, of Perry County, O. Mrs. Winegardner has four brothers - George, Benjamin, Orrin and Findlay; and three sisters - Mahala, who married Charles Turner; Lou, who married S. Hoover, of Perry County ; and Tona, who is at home. The father of the above mentioned family is now eighty-two years of age, and two of his sons, Findlay and Orrin, still live at home. George and Benjamin both have domestic circles of their own, Benjamin having married Netta Van Tossel, of Licking County, and George, Tela Crickert. Mr. and Mrs. Winegardner have five children, as follows : Guy, Dale, Raymond, Remola and Irene. Mr. Winegardner and family belong to the Evangelical church, in which he is a deacon. He is a Democrat in his political opinions. He is one of the good citizens and respected residents of Richland township.

THOMAS MOVER, who is one of the well known and highly respected citizens of Pleasant Township, who has resided on his present well improved farm since 1851, was born May 25, 1S33, in Perry County, O. His parents

George Moyer was born in Germany and after emigrating to the United States, settled in York County, Pa. He married there and moved to Fairfield County when his son, Jacob, was twelve years old. The latter spent his entire life in Ohio and became a well known man in Fairfield County, where he died in his eighty-seventh year. He married Margaret R. Young, who was born in Fairfield County, and of their children five survive: Thomas; John, who lives at Delaware, O. ; Margaret, who is the wife of George W. Cruit, of Hocking Township, Fairfield County; Mary, who is the wife of John B. Eversole, of Douglas County, 111. ; and Laura J., who is the wife of J. H. Beery, of the State of Washington.

Thomas Moyer was reared in Pleasant Township and enjoyed the educational privileges of the public schools. From youth he has been interested in agricultural pursuits and for sixty years has resided on his present farm. He devotes his land to general farming and stock raising and is looked upon as one of the very successful agriculturists of this section. He stands high in the esteem of his fellow citizens as a man, at all times having been a good influence in his community.

Mr. Moyer married Miss Catherine Jackson, who was born in Fairfield County, a daughter of Samuel Jackson, more familiarly known as "Esqr. Jackson," who for a number of 3'ears was a justice of the peace and a resident of Berne Township, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Moyer four children were born, namely : John E., who is a resident of Pleasant Township; Elizabeth, who is the wife of J. H. Eversole, of Champaign, 111.; Jennie J., who is the wife of Dr. P. J. Bidwell, a prominent physician of Toledo, O. ; and Emma, who is now deceased. Mr. Moyer and family are members of the First Presbyterian Church at Lancaster, O., and he formerly was a member, trustee and elder in the Presbyterian church at \Vest Rushville. He casts his vote with the Republican party.

WTLLIAM I. HOY, a large buyer and shipper of stock and a general farmer in Bloom Township, Fairfield County, O., where he owns 130 acres of well improved land, situated three miles south of Lithopolis, was born in this township in i860, and is a son of Peter and Margaret (Carter) Hoy.

The Hoy family came to Fairfield County from Pennsylvania several generations ago, as early as the great-grandfather's time, and Peter Hoy and his son, William Hoy, were both born in the house the pioneer grandfather built. Peter Hoy was a farmer all his life and died at Canal Winchester, when in his seventy-fifth year. He was married three times ; first to Margaret Carter, and they had two children - William and Sarah - the latter of whom is deceased. His second marriage was to Anice Courtright and they were the parents of two children - Mary, who is deceased, and Margaret, who married Ross Hedges. Peter Hoy's third marriage was to Clara Hanway.

William Hoy attended the public schools in his youth and engaged in farming on the old homestead for some years and then, after a trial of several other farms, in 1894 moved to his present place, where he has 130 acres and his two daughters have eighty-seven acres. Mr. Hoy has been careful in his improvements and has erected substantial and attractive buildings. In addition to his general farming he is associated with J. M. Glick in the livestock business and they are among the largest buyers and shippers in this section.

Hall, who died some twenty-five years since, a daughter of Peter Hall. She was survived by two daughters : Mary, who is the wife of Noah Beery, of Columbus, and has one child, Ireta; and Estella, who is the wife of Walter Bopp, and has one daughter, Marie. Mr. Hoy was married a second time, to Miss Laura Barnhart, of Fairfield County, a daughter of George Barnhart, a well known farmer. Politically, Mr. Hoy is a Democrat, while fraternally he is a Mason and a Knight of Pythias.

JOHN TRAFFORD BRASEE, in former years a leading light of the Fairfield County Bar, and one of the county's most eminent citizens, as well as one of the state's most eminent jurists, was born near Hillsdale, Columbia County, N. Y., December 24, 1800, a son of William and Magdalen (Trafford) Brasee. His paternal grandfather, Andreas Brasee, served in the Revolutionary War, as a member of the Tenth Regiment, Albany Company ( Land Bounty Rights).

At the time of our subject's birth his parents were residing on the farm of John Trafford, father of Magdalen. Mrs. Magdalen Brasee died in 1808 and was survived a few years by her husband. Our subject, with his sisters Jane and Amanda, and his brother Morton, subsequently continued to live with their grandfather, John Trafford, until the latter's death in 1809. Then their uncle, Benjamin Snyder, came to live at the old home and John T. Brasee remained with him for about one year. From then until the year 1818 he was placed by his guardians, Perley Foster and Aaron Reed, among dift'erent families, by whom he was employed in various occupations, being allowed to attend school occasionally in the w inter months.

school to /Vrnold Truesdell, a young man but a very comi>etent teacher. He spent this time in improving his penmanship and in completing his knowledge of arithmetic. While attending this school he wrote into a book provided for the purpose the entire contents of Dabell's arithmetic and worked out every sum therein and copied the work into that book. Thus the whole subject became very familiar to him and he never afterward had any difficulty in solving the most abstruse problems.

In February, 1818, he went to Canandaigua, in Ontario County, N. Y., where he was employed by John W. Beal, a manufacturer of tin and copper ware, who had a store devoted to the sale of articles of his own manufacture, together with hardware. He remained in the employ of Mr. Beal until the September following. While here he attended the Episcopal church, the rector of the parish being the Rev. Mr. Onderdonk, who afterward became bishop of Western New York. After he had been in Mr. Beal's store two or three months, his employer started a branch store in a more business part of the city, in a house owned by Asa Stanley, a tanner, who had a leather store there, and young Brasee was placed in charge of both stores, doing all the buying - a fact which shows that he had already established a character for intelligence and general reliability.

After remaining here about six months Mr. Brasee decided to emigrate to Ohio. He and two companions hired a conveyance, put their trunks aboard and set out for Olean Point. When they reached the Allegheny River they found that the water was too low for navigation. They waited here for it to rise until their patience became exhausted. They then built a flat-boat and started on their w-ay, taking some food with them but depending for their meat upon the friendly Indians along the way. No w hite people were seen until they reached War- ren, a little town on the north bank of the river. From here they went to Pittsburg, where they remained about ten days, waiting for their trunks, which they had left behind to be shipped to them by the regular boat as soon as the water should be high enough for navigation.

After their trunks arrived they took passage on a family boat owned by Roswell and Ora Crane, who were going to a point just below Portsmouth, where they had bought a farm. This point they reached in quick time. They then took passage on another family boat for Cincinnati.

The day after he arrived in Cincinnati Mr. Brasee started for Wilmington in Clinton County, being attracted to that place by hearing that two men from Hillsdale whom he knew - Arnold Truesdell, his old teacher, and Jacob Bosworth - had established themselves as merchants there, and from whom he hoped to receive employment. But on reaching the place he found that they had sold out their business and had no employment themselves. The next day, at the suggestion of his two friends, he called at the office of Isaiah Morris, the clerk of the court, and it was agreed between them that Mr. Brasee should enter his employ as clerk and receive $15.00 per month, he to pay his own board, which cost him $5.00 per month. He remained here during that winter and until the middle of the next summer and was very attentive to what transpired there. It was at this time that he decided to become a lawyer.

Francis Dunlevy, a member of the convention which formed the first constitution of Ohio, his son Howard, and Thomas Corwin, were the first lawyers from Lebanon. William R. Coal and James Radcliffe were the resident lawyers. Knowing his education to be defective, Mr. Brasee made inquiry for the best school in Ohio and was directed to the Ohio University at Athens, Ohio. He proceeded to Athens, reaching there shortly after the Fourth of July, 1819, and went to board with Gen. John Brown, with whom he boarded almost continually for seven years. He immediately entered the grammar school of the college, having about $100 of J. H. Piatt's money, which was the principal currency at that day in that part of Ohio. He gave it as payment on his board to General Brown.

He had not been in Athens long before he made the acquaintance of Henry Bartlett, the clerk of the court, and was employed by him to assist him whenever he had leisure time. After being there for a couple of years he taught a ^-illage school for one quarter. In January, 1824, Mr. Thomas Ewing was desirous of employing a competent teacher to take charge of the Academy at Lancaster and Mr. Brasee was employed at $200.00 for six months, he first having obtained leave of absence from the faculty of his college.

Coming to Lancaster with Mr. Ewing, he stopped at John Noble's hotel. That evening, in the parlor of that hotel he met the trustees of the Academy. These included Mr. Ewing, Judge Scofield, John Noble, Samuel F. Mac- Cracken, David Reese and others. After informing him about their academy, the meeting adjourned with the understanding that he was to enter upon his duties the next day. They informed him that the institution had two departments, one for classical and advanced and the other for the younger scholars, that was in cliarge of a man whose name was Conger, over whom he was expected to keep constant supervision.

He remained here without intermission for six months, which brought him to August, 1824 - the time when the commencement at Athens too place. He returned to Athens,

Soon after his return to Athens, Mr. Bartlett, being an aged man, gave him charge of all his clerical work - dividing fees equally - and the possession of a room near his office where he could read law. He began the study of law with Joseph Dana, the professor of languages in the college, who came every Saturday night to examine him in his studies. In the spring of 1826 - his two years of the study of law had expired - he having entered himself as a law student before his graduation. At that time he was well qualified for admission to the bar. When the Supreme Court met at Burlington in Lawrence County, he was examined by Judges Peter Hitchcock and Jacob Burnett and was admitted to the bar. He selected Gallipolis as a good place to open his law office. Thomas Irvin, who lived there had the winter previous been elected President Judge, and Samuel F. Vinton was then and for several years afterward a member of congress. He provided himself with a fine horse and other necessary things and began to attend the courts regularly in the counties of Gallia, Lawrence, Scioto, Pike, Jackson, Athens, Washington and Meigs, and at Point Pleasant, Va.

His practice grew far exceeding his expectations, and by the fall term of 1829 he purchased a fine lot, paid for it and commenced the building of a two-story dwelling. In November of that year - 1829 - he was married to Mary Jane Scofield, daughter of Judge Elnathan Scofield of Lancaster, O. That winter they boarded with the widow of Edward W. Tupper and in the spring following moved into their new home, which was just completed.

Gallipolis and move to Lancaster - much against Mr. Brasee's will at first, for he had gained a valuable practice at Gallipolis and he considered the Lancaster bar already crowded with very able men, but he finally consented. Judge Scofield's only other child, Eliza, had just been married to James Stanberry, of Newark, Ohio, a nephew of the Hon. Henry Stanberry.

In the spring of 1833 they started for Lancaster - Mr. Brasee, his wife and two children, Ellen and John. They went from Gallipolis to Portsmoutlii on a steamer, thence by canal to Circleville, where they took a carriage and drove to Lancaster. They continued to live very happily in the home of Judge Scofield until the deaths of both Judge Scofield and his wife, which occurred in Noxember, 1841 - about two weeks apart.

Mr. Brasee's law practice became very extensive, covering not only this state but extending into numerous other states and into the United States Courts. Mr. Brasee first appears in the Ohio reports in the case of Smith vs. Bing, 3, O., 33, which was decided in 1827, the year after his admission. The Ohio bar, during Mr. Brasee's active career, contained many able men, of great ability and legal learning. He stood as a peer among them and was not only an able advocate and profound lawyer, but a highly cultured and agreeable gentleman. He was noted on the circuit for his apt and quaint anecdotes. He was a brilliant speaker and was very successful before juries. His arguments on the facts of a case were remarkable for their completeness in presenting the whole case, showing the mastery of the facts and an appreciation of the strong and weak points on each side, and ability to sift evidence, and apply it to build up his theory as to the truth of the matter. His leading characteristic was his knowledge of the law in its most ele- mentary principles. In special pleading and in equity pleading he was a master and he was ready and proficient in all matters of evidence and practice, which made him formidable in the trial of cases. His forte was in arguments to the court. His mind was at once acute and logical and his industry was such that he was always found fully armed and ready for the fray, whoever might be the champion of the other side.

Though decided in his political views, he could not be called a partisan and was never voluntarily a candidate for office. After the dissolution of the whig party, of which he was a member, and Ijefore the formation of the Republican party, while the opposition to the Democratic party \\ as in a transition and somewhat chaotic state, he was in 1855 elected to the State Senate and he served during the two sessions of 1856-1857, and took an active and "leading part in the legislation of those two sessions, and particularly in perfecting the act for the "Bank of Ohio," which was his own idea. This law never went into effect in Ohio; it had the higher distinction of forming, with the law creating the State Bank of Ohio, the l)asis and prototype of the National Bank Act passed by Congress some seven years later.

During the entire period of his professional career his practice was much larger by far than any other lawyer at the Lancaster bar. He was a giant among giants and was both a brilliant speaker and advocate and a profound jurist.

The Lancaster bar had national reputation, being composed of such men as Henry Stanbery, Thomas Ewing, John T. Brasee and Hocking H. Hunter. Mr. Brasee came not as a stranger to Lancaster, having been a close personal friend and associate of the learned men of his day. He was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church and was one of the

Mr. Brasee's death took place on the 27th of October, 1880, when he had almost reached the age of eighty years. The following is an extract from the resolutions of the Lancaster Bar:

"John T. Brasee, the last of his generation at this Bar, reaching the Psalmist's fullest limit of human life - four score years - more than half a century of which was given to active duty in honorable professional labors, needs no formal eulogy.

"Few of us were born when he had already won the early triumphs of his fully rounded professional career. We grew 'in the gladsome light of jurisprudence' under the shadow of his acquired fame and learned from his example the sure way by which one must treat the rough and toilsome paths of professional duties - to such a goal as his - the trusted counsel, tlie winning advocate, the complete lawyer."

In the year i860 he retired from active professional business and devoted the remainder of his life to the supervision and care of a large and valuable landed estate, accumulated chiefly through judicious investments of his income from the practice of the law. The estate which he left at his death was at that time the largest ever before administered upon in Fairfield County.

Mr. Brasee was the father of eight children, as follows : Ellen Eliza married Theodore W. Tallmadge. John Scofield Brasee, born August 19, 183J, died February 23, 1905. He married Mar}' Anna Dickinson, daughter of Dr. J. .\. Dickinson, a prominent physician and surgeon of Newark, O. ; Romaine died, aged three years; Mary Jane married Dr. J. H. Hammil, of Newark, Ohio; Clara Brasee married James Henrv Salisburv, M. D., of

Cleveland, Ohio and New York City; Alice married George F. Witte, of New Orleans; Morton Elnathan was a lawyer of Columbus, Ohio; he died in 1870; George B. is a resident of Lancaster.

DARIUS TALLMADGE, SR., was born at Schaghticoke, N. Y., June 30, 1800, being the youngest of the fourteen children of Josiah and Margaret Tallmadge. The father, Josiah Tallmadge, died when Darius was two years old; the mother when he had attained the age of ten years. Darius lived with his brother David until he was about fourteen. He then went to visit his brother Peter, in Dutchess Coimty, where he was employed to teach school. At the age of twentyone he went again to visit his brother Peter, who had moved to Varna, Tompkins County, N. Y. Here he married Sarah Ann, daughter of Jonas Wood and, having purchased forty acres of land, erected a small residence. As however, the revenue from his farm proved inadequate to his expenses, he became financially embarrassed and decided to "go west" to seek his fortune.

In the spring of 1825, accordingly, he and another young man named Jewell, walked to the Alleghany River, where they purchased a skiff to take them to Pittsburg, Pa. Here they sold their skiff and worked their further passage on a flatboat, landing at Maysville, Ky., on the Ohio River, in April. Here young Tallmadge found employment in buying horses for his wife's uncle, John Wood. The horses were taken by him overland to New Orleans, where they were sold, the return trip being made by steamer up the Mississippi River. He was next employed by a Mr. Blanchard, as overseer of his plantation of 500 acres, well manned with slaves. In 1826 Darius sent for his wife, and accordingly her father sold his farm in New York and emigrated with her and his entire family. Their first child, Theodore W., was born at Maysville, Ky., January 25, 1827.

In 1830 the family moved to Tarlton, Ohio, making the journey overland by wagon. The house they occupied was owned by Dr. Otis Ballard and was located opposite the old hotel. Dr. Ballard and Darius Tallmadge became partners in the purchase and sale of horses. During one winter Mr. Tallmadge kept his horses on the farm of Col. Noble, one mile from Tarlton and resided in that gentleman's house. Mr. Noble was the father of John W. Noble, who was Secretary of the Interior in Benjamin Harrison's administration.

An important change took place in Mr. Tallmadge's business prospects when he was soon after employed by the Ohio Stage Company at a salary of $400 per year, with expenses paid while on duty. This sum represented much more at that time than it would today. He was placed in charge of routes in the southern part of the State, the principal one being between Maysville. Ky., and Zanesville, O., via Chillicothe and Lancaster. This was the route necessarily taken by travelers bound east from central Kentucky, and Henry Clay was often a traveler over it, going from his home at Lexington to Washington, or return.

Mr. Tallmadge's salary was increased rapidly until it reached $1,200.00. He then became a partner in the Stage Company and was given exclusive ownership of his individual lines, which were run in the name of "D. Tallmadge," which name was inscribed in gilt letters on the door panels of every coach. Soon after becoming a partner in the business, he moved to Lancaster, as that point was more convenient for his work. This was about 1833. He had by this time a second

After a few years in Lancaster, Mr. Tallmadge purchased of a Mr. Myers, the large brick house on the west side of Columbus St., between Mulberry and Union Streets, and remodeled it. It was afterwards sold to Theo. Mithoff. Later he purchased 500 acres of land of John Creed half a mile west of Lancaster, and here he built a fine brick residence, which was his home for several years. He built a plank walk from the city through the low lands to his gate, and planted a willow tree every thirty feet to shade the walk. Mr. Tallmadge purchased the entire stock of the Ohio Stage Co., which he owned until it went out of existence, being forced to the wall by the encroachments of the railroads.

His son, James A. Tallmadge, went to Valparaiso, Chili, where he died of typhoid fever, June 26, 1856. The father did not learn of his son's death until six months later. He then sent a monument to be placed over his son's grave, which stone was placed by Dr. and Mrs. Trevitt, who were close personal friends of the family. Dr. Trevitt at that time was U. S. minister to Chili.

Darius Tallmadge Sr., was one of the organizers of the Hocking Valley Branch of the State Bank of Ohio, in 1847, and was made its president, which position he held for twenty years. In early life he had joined the Masons and he subsequently attained the 32d degree. He was also an Odd Fellow. In the month of May, 1873 he was attacked by pneumonia and died at the "Tallmadge House" on Friday, March 27, 1874. During his last sickness he was baptized by Rev. T. R. Taylor of the M. E. Church. He was buried in Elmwood cemetery in the family burial lot.

Mr. Tallmadge's. first wife, was born April 28, 1806. Their marriage took place Sept. 15, 1821, and she died June 23, 1849. Mr. Tallmadge's second marriage was to Elizabeth Creed, at Lancaster, Ohio, in October, 1850. She died in Trenton, N. J., in the year 1902.

Theodore Wood Tallmadge

THEODORE WOOD TALLMADGE, son of Darius and Sarah Ann (Wood) Tallmadge, was born at Maysville, Ky., January 25, 1827. He moved with his parents to Tarlton, Ohio, and then to Lancaster, in 1833. For several years he was a pupil in Samuel Howe's Academy. At the age of thirteen he was sent to Augusta College, Ky., on the Ohio River, twenty miles below Maysville, where he remained two years. In September, 1842 he entered the Ohio University at Athens, O., and from here he went to Princeton College (N. J.), November 10, 1843, ^"^ after examination was placed in the sophomore class, being then only sixteen years of age. He was graduated July 24, 1846 and received his B. A. degree, his M. A. degree being received in 1849. He studied law in the office of Henry Stanberry and was admitted to practice December 2, 1848. In 1849 he became a law partner of John T. Brasee under the firm name of Brasee and Tallmadge. This partnership was dissolved in 1852. . In 1854 he became president of the Upper Wabash Bank, at Wabash, Indiana. He moved to Columbus, Ohio, in April, 1859. In 1861 he was made Quartermaster on the staff of Henry Wilson, ranking Major General of the Ohio militia. When the militia of the state was reorganized in the following May, Mr. Tallmadge was commissioned assistant quartermaster and Commissary of Subsistence by the Governor of Ohio, with the rank of Captain in the Ohio volunteer militia. In July, 1863 Governor Tod ordered the militia to Camp Chase and

In March, 1862, Mr. Tallmadge established the business of prosecuting soldiers' claims at Columbus, Ohio, and was soon the most prominent claim agent in the State of Ohio. In October, 1878 he moved his office to Washington. He was a member of the Federal Bar Association of Washington, D. C. ; member of Burnside Post, No. 8, Department of the Potomac, G. A. R., and was elected three times as Chaplain. He served as Aide-decamp on the staff of Col. Chas. P. Lincoln; also in the same capacity on the staff of Commanders-in-chief, William Warner and Wheelock G. Veazey, and Commander Dinsmore of the Department of the Potomac. The death of Theodore Wood Tallmadge occurred in Washington, D. C, December 2, 1904. Wealthy, cultured, and able in every sphere of activity to which he was called, he was a man of mark, highly respected, and esteemed by a wide circle of friends.

On October 2d. 1849, Mr. Tallmadge married Ellen Eliza Brasee, a daughter of John Trafford Brasee, of Lancaster, Ohio. She died February 2, 1865. at Columbus. O., and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery. They were the parents of si.x children - Mary, Sarah, Frank, James, Darius and Theodore, whose record in brief is as follows : Mary, born August 20, 1850, died February 11, 1851. Sarah, born January 9, 1852, married Henry Alvan Stephens, of Cleveland, O., who is now deceased. Frank, born January 9, 1854, married Abbie May Hedges, at Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. I, 1879. Their children are Trafford Brasee Tallmadge, born July 28, 1880, who married. December 10, 1902, Ethyl Thompson, and has one son, Trafford Wood

Tallmadge; and Harold Hedges Tallmadge, born at Columbus, O., Nov. 5, 1883, who married Agnes Lee Smith, and died March 12, 1908. James, (fourth child of Theo. and Ellen), bom June 6, 1857, died Aug. 14, 1858. Darius, born May 9, 1859, at Columbus, O., married Nettie Jones, December, 1884 and has two children - Helen, born Dec. 29, 1885, who married Paul Lindenburg; and Katherine, born January i, 1894. Theodore (si.xth son of Theo. and Ellen), born Nov. 1862, married Leah Gapen and has two children - .\lvan Brasee Tallmadge and Elinore Cresap Tallmadge.

After the death of his first wife, Theodore Wood Tallmadge married secondly Harriot Washington Parks, June 27, 1867, a daughter of Maj. Andrew Parks and great grand niece of George Washington. Two children were born of this union - Flora, born Oct. i, 1868, who died in Washington, D. C, Feb. 13, 1900, and is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery; and Andrew, born January 16, 1870.

Alvertus L. and Nancy R. Tidd were residents of Berne and Pleasant townships for many years and reared an interesting family of five sons and one daughter - ^Jacob L., Francis M., Charles Henry, Daniel B., William W. and Mary A. V. Tidd. The family became famous in its neighborhood for its musical and intellectual entertainment qualities and when they were all at home, before the children became scattered, their home was a popular place for neighbors and friends at which to spend social evenings, and be entertained with vocal and instrumental music and elocutionary efforts. So great was the talent of the boys in this respect, together with a natural gift for theatricals, that the "College Hill" school house in Berne township, which they attended for many years was made famous by the "spelling schools," and "exhibitions" frequently given during the winter terms. On these occasions the Tidd boys had leading parts in especially prepared programs, in which Francis always figured as a comedian - and no professional theatrical company ever produced a better; Charles, William and Mary were the musicians, and Daniel B. frequently wrote the addresses and songs, the music of the latter being composed by Charles.

As the boys grew to man's estate they became widely scattered, Francis and William settling in Florida, Jacob L. in Xew York state and Charles H. in Arizona. Mary married in Florida, while on an extended visit to her brothers in 1891, and three years later died, leaving a bright little two-year-old daughter, Ruth, who is now living with an aunt in Toronto, Canada. William died at Jacksonville, Florida, from an operation for appendicitis, in August, 1910, leaving a widow and one child - a son, Elvis, aged 18 years.

Daniel B. Tidd was the only one of the boys who remained in Fairfield County and he carefully looked after his parents in their declining years. He served as assistant postmaster at Colfax under his Ijrother, Jacob L., for a number of years and in 1891 was appointed deputy probate judge under Probate Judge E. C. Rutter, and served with rare efficiency for six years.

He was a Democratic candidate for probate judge in 1896 and again in 1902 but because of his youth, more than anything else, he was defeated. He received a good vote yet his friends have never been able to induce him to run again for the office. After leaving the probate judge's office in the spring of 1897 he at once became city editor of the Lancaster Daily Eagle and the weekly Ohio Eagle, which position he has ably filled ever since. It has been said of him that no better newspaper man has ever lived in the county and that no man in the county has a wider acquaintance. He has served as correspondent for many of the big city papers and has won an enviable reputation for accuracy and devotion to the work.