Fairfield County, Ohio - Chapter 20: Conclusion, 1912 (part 6 of 12)

Edward Johnston was born on the farm above mentioned, August 6, 1823, and spent his long life here engaged in agricultural pursuits, his death occurring March 19, 1886. During his lifetime he made many improvements but continued to use the log barn his father used. On October 14, 1847, he married Mary Ann Barr, who was born in Fairfield County, April 12, 1824, and died here February 23, 1877. They had the following children born to them : Martha Elizabeth, born August 5, 1848, died April 25, 1849; Sarah Catherine, born February 24, 1850, married Frank Spiece; Henry Clinton, born December 13, 1853, resides at Bremen ; John F., born April 7, 1856, died July 22, 1861; J. J.; and Emma, born August 11, 1863, who died on the same day.

When his father's estate was settled after death, J. J. Johnston purchased the interests of the other heirs and continued on the old homestead. Through careful cultivation this has been converted into one of the best farms of Rush Creek Township. He was remodeled the house, which is now a fine home, and erected all other farm buildings. Mr. Johnston continues in the active management of all his activities here, producing crops and stock which are creditable to his industry and judgment and take first rank with any in this section. He married Miss Margaret Ann Poling. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Bremen. He is a Republican in politics.

J. S. MATHENY, postmaster at Sugar Grove, O., and an honored veteran of the Civil War, was born in Berne Township, Fairfield County, O., March 28, 1841, and is a son of John H. and Elizabeth (Beall) Matheny.

John H. Matheny and wife were both born in Licking County, O., and the former was a son of Jacob Matheny, who moved from Licking County to Fairfield County, when John H. was small. The latter was reared in Berne Township and became a surveyor and civil engineer. His death was accidental, he being drowned in Rush Creek, in November, 1852, when aged thirty-four years.

J. S. Matheny was reared in Berne Township and obtained his schooling there and afterward taught school for four winter terms, devoting his summers to farming. He was one of the first in his section to respond when the call came in 1861 for soldiers to assist in suppressing rebellion, enlisting on April 16 of that year, in Co. B, 2nd O. Vol. Inf., which became a part of the Army of the Potomac. He was on duty at Washington City, at Alexandria and Fairfax, Va., and during this first enlistment of three months, participated in the first battle of Bull Run. He was honorably discharged, but in July, 1863, reenlisted, entering Co. A, 5th Independent Battalion O. Cav., for six months and did dutj' during the Morgan Raid in Ohio, and later accompanied his command to Kentucky, it being called there to check the depredations of guerrilla bands. His period of service covered some eight months, when he was again honorably discharged and returned to Columbus, O., where he resided until 1876, in the meanwhile having studied law, been admitted to the bar and engaged in practice and for a time was also interested in handling real estate there. Mr. Matheny subsequently returned to Berne Township, where he engaged in farming from 1876 until 1881, when he accepted a position as night watchman at the Ohio Boys' Industrial School in Fairfield County, which he retained for twelve years. On October I, 1904, he was appointed postmaster at Sugar Grove and has resided here ever since. He is a stanch Republican and has been a strong party worker and has always been interested in educational matters, serving eleven years as a member of the township school board . He is commander of Chickamauga Post, G. A. R., No. 583, at Sugar Grove.

Mr. Matheny was married to Miss Christianna Jackson, a daughter of Col. E. P. Jackson, formerly of Hocking County, O., who was lieutenant-colonel of the 58th O. Vol. Inf., during the Civil War. Mr. and Mrs. Matheny had eight children born to them, namely: Mary E., deceased; Ezra S., residing at Cooksville, O. ; Belinda A., wife of Thomas Smith, of Lancaster, O. ; Martha, residing at Sugar Grove : Grace, a teacher now in North Dakota; Edith, wife of C. C. Berry, of Sugar Grove; Grant, of Sugar Grove; and Catherine, who is assistant postmaster at Sugar Grove. Mr. Matheny and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

GEORGE W. RUBLE, a substantial citizen and successful farmer of Bloom Township, in which section he has spent forty-five years of his life, owns 281 acres of fine land which he has under cultivation. Mr. Ruble was born in Hocking Township, Fairfield County, July 10, 1835, and is a son of George and Eliazbeth (Shore) Ruble.

George Ruble was born in Virginia and was six years old when he accompanied his parents to Fairfield County, O.. the family settling in Hocking Township, then a wilderness, where the father died shortly afterward. The mother of George Ruble kept her family together and reared her children, probably enduring many hardships for their sakes. George Ruble became a farmer and carried on his agricultural pursuits in Hocking Township during his many years of active life, afterward retiring and living into his nineteenth year. He married Elizabeth Shore, who was born in Fairfield County, and of their children there are two survivors - Isabel, still residing in Hocking Township, and George W.

George W. Ruble was reared in Hocking Township. He had as favorable school opportunities as the neighborhod afforded at that time and very early began to learn practical farming. About 1866 he moved from Hocking to Bloom Township and took possession of his present farm, on which he has resided ever since, during which time he has enriched and improved it. On February 20, 1866, he was married to Miss Sarah C. Ingman, who was born in Hocking Township, a daughter of Eden and Mary (Williamson) Ingman, and a granddaughter of Henry Ingman, the latter a native of Virginia who came at an early day to Fairfield County. Mrs. Ruble has one brother, Henry J. Ingman, who lives in Pickaway County, O. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ruble, the second born, Clothilde, be- ing now deceased. The others are : William C, residing in Hocking Township ; George E., also residing in Hocking Township; Samuel B., Raymond R. and Felix K., all residing in Bloom Township; and Lulu, wife of Bertram Alspach, residing in Franklin County, O. Mr. Ruble and family attend the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically he is a Democrat.

FRANK E. KERN, a prosperous farmer and well known citizen of Hocking Township, Fairfield County, C, owns 103 acres of fine land here which he devotes to general agriculture. He was born in this township, December 8, 1854, and is a son of Francis and Catherine (Gerber) Kern.

The parents of Mr. Kern were born in Alsace, France, now a part of the German empire. In 1845 Francis Kern and wife and their one son, emigrated to America, crossing the Atlantic Ocean in one of the old, slow-sailing vessels of that time, and after landing immediately made their way to Fairfield County, O., securing land for farming purposes in Hocking Township. They were hard working, frugal people and became possessed of ample means that provided for their old age. Francis Kern died in 1866. Both he and wife were members of the Roman Catholic church. They had a large family of children and five of these are living, as follows : David, who is a resident of Denver, Colo. ; Frank E., Joseph, who lives at Liberal, Kans. ; Catherine, who is the wife of Joseph Vagnier of Hocking Township ; and Clara, who lives at Lancaster, O.

Frank E. Kern attended the country schools in boyhood and helped his father on the home farm and later enjoyed additional educational advantages, attending Cobbs' Commercial College at Painesville, O., where he was graduated in 1878. He has found that this knowledge has been of great advantages to him in doing business and has made him independent of outside help in many ways in carrying on the many activities that engage the attention of the modern farmer. For a time he resided in Amanda Township and while there was a member of the special school district of Amanda village.

On June 18, 1883, Mr. Kern was married to Miss Josephine Spires, who was born in Hocking Township, a daughter of Jospeh Spires, a retired farmer of Lancaster. Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kern : Mary E., Lewis B., Walter J., Bertha F., Blanche, Harry, Irene, Clara, Ray S. and Adell. Mr. Kern and family are members of the Roman Catholic church. In politics he is an Independent, being a man who does his own thinking and votes according to his own judgment.

HENRY S. ECKERT, general farmer and stock raiser, resides on his valuable farm of 125 acres, situated in Berne Township, Fairfield County, O., was born in this township, March 5, 1859, and is a son of Henry S. and Anna M. (Shaffer) Eckert.

Henry S. Eckert was born in Lancaster County, Pa., and his wife in Fairfield Coimty, O. He was two years old when his mother died and he was reared by an aunt in Clear Creek Township, Fairfield County. When he reached manhood he learned the cabinet-making trade, which he followed for a number of years and then engaged in farming and stock raising. He was a inan well and widely known and very highly respected. His death occurred in the early eighties. Of his children there are fi\'e 3'et living, namely: Jacob L., of Cottonwood, Ida. ; Catherine E., wife of H. E. Field, of Lancaster, O. ; James R., living in Alberta, Can. ; Henry S. ; and Clara E., who is the wife

Henry S. Eckert, who bears his late father's name, was reared in Berne Township and obtained his education in the public schools. He has devoted his life in large part to agricultural pursuits, has his farm .well tilled and raises very fine stock. On October 25, 1900, he was married to Miss Nellie F. Shattuck, a daughter of \\'illiam and Mary A. (Brevoort) Shattuck, the former of whom was born in Franklin County, O., and is now deceased. The mother of Mrs. Eckert resides at Columbus, O. Mrs. Eckert was born and reared in Clinton Township, Franklin County, O. Mr. and Mrs. Eckert have two children, Ruth and William S. In politics Mr. Eckert is a Republican.

CHRISTIAN KELLER, a leading business man at Lancaster, O., who conducts a retail grocery on the corner of Columbus and Chestnut Streets, was born at Lancaster, December 26, 1865, and is a son of John B. and Elizabeth (Hartman) Keller.

John B. Keller was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and came to America in 1857, locating in Logan, O. During the Civil War he was a member of Co. D, 170th O. Vol. Inf., and served as a soldier until he was severely wounded at the battle of Chickamauga. This injury was in his elbow and caused him to lose the use of his left arm. He returend to Ohio and embarked in the mercantile business at Lancaster, in which he continued until 1888, when he retired and is now in his seventysecond year. He is a member of Ben Butler Post, G. A. R. He married Elizabeth Hartman in January, 1865, who was also born in Hesse-Darmstadt, and still survives. They are members of the Lutheran church. They had the following children born to them : Christian; Elizabeth; John H., of Lancaster; Christina, wife of Charles Yontz, of Logan, where he is in the dry goods business ; Margaret and Ida, both residing at home; Rose, wife of Dr. U. S. Abbott, formerly of Fairfield County but now residing at Point Richmond, opposite San Francisco, Calf. ; and Clara, who is the wife of X. V. L. Garrison, of Columbus, O.

Christian Keller obtained his education in the Lancaster schools and until his father retired from business, was connected with him. In 1888 he embarked in business for himself and now conducts the largest retail grocery establishment at Lancaster.

Mr. Keller was married in 1900 to Miss Sophia L. Ranch, a daughter of Ernest and Catherine Ranch, of Lancaster, and they have three daughters : Catherine Elizabeth, Rose Augusta and Christine Louise. Politically Mr. Keller is a Democrat and he has been a member of the city council for two terms. He has become one of the foremost business men of this city through hard work and close attention and stands very high as a citizen. He is a member of the Board of Trade in which he takes an active interest and served as president of the same for a number of years.

I. N. STEMEN, whose excellent farm of seventy-two acres lies one and one-half miles east of Bremen, O., in which neighborhood his family has long been known, was born on an adjoining farm. August 27, 1864, and is a son of Emanuel and Barbara (Welty) Stemen.

Emanuel Stemen was also born in Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, O., his father having been a pioneer here from Pennsylvania. It was Grandfather Stemen who cleared and improved the old homestead which is still in the family, at the present time being the home of Charles Stemen, brother of I. N. Stemen. For some twenty years Emanuel

Stemen has resided with his wife at Bremen. They had five children born to them, as follows: I. N., subject of this sketch; Jennie, who married George Staker, and has three children - Mrs. Mabel Anderson, Mrs. Fern Griffin and Frances; Kate, who is the wife of Edward Turner, and has three children - Ross, Russell (deceased) and Fred; Charles, who married Emma Householder and has four children - Margaret, Dwight, Victor and Nellie; and Alice, who is a milliner.

I. N. Stemen obtained his education in the local schools and then entered upon farm work on the homestead, where he remained until 1908, when he came to his present farm. He found much improvement necessary to suit the place to his ideas of a model farm, and this work he has carried on with satisfactory results. He raises the usual farm corps of this section and each year has a lot of excellent stock, a portion of which he sells. Mr. Stemen married Miss Mary McCandlish, a daughter of William B. McCandlish, and they have had three children : Ethel, who married Emmit Snyder, and has one son, Carl; Minnie, who is deceased ; and Cecil, who resides at home. Mr. Stemen and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a Republican in politics and an active and earnest citizen and has served acceptably as a trustee of Rush Creek Township.

FRANK A. SHAEFFER, who is one of Fairfield County's well known men and substantial farmers, owns 435 acres of valuable land, separated into three farms and has lived on his home place, containing 223 acres, since the spring of 1877. He was born at Lancaster, 0., June 28, 1852, and is a son of Jacob and Deborah (Welsheimer) Shaeffer.

Jacob Shaeffer was born at Lancaster when it was a small place, a son of Frederick Shaeffer, who had come to this section from Pennsylvania. He engaged in farming after walking the entire distance from his native state to Ohio, but was a tailor by trade. Perhaps at that early day he found but few customers, for he seems to have done but little tailoring after reaching Lancaster, where he conducted one of the first hotels. He became a man of considerable estate and lived until about eighty years of age. Jacob Shaeffer was reared in Fairfield County and his business was tanning. He died in 1868. He married Deborah Welsheimer, of German parentage but of Maryland birth. Of their children two survive; Susan M., a resident of Lancaster, and Frank A., of Hocking Township. Jacob Shaeffer learned his trade in Madison Township and afterward conducted a tannery at Amanda, O., before establishing himself in business at Lancaster, where he passed the rest of his life.

Frank A. Shaeffer spent his boyhood and early youth at Lancaster and learned his father's trade and followed it for a number of years there and for a short time in Texas. In 1877 he settled on his present home farm and during the many years since has become known as a breeder of Scotch-Collie dogs, for farm protection, and also a fine breed of bird dogs, for hunting purposes. His kennels are interesting to visit and he has ready sale for all their increase. He carries on general farming and also raises much excellent stock.

Mr. Shaeffer married Miss Flora A. Cowden, of Lancaster, O., and they have had nine children, seven of whom survive. Clara E. is the wife of Harry Thimmes, of Hocking Township. Maria W. resides at Lancaster and is a valued teacher in the public schools. Deborah is also a resident of Lancaster, while Laura E., Frank A., Tacy and George C, all live in Hocking Township. Ralph and John are deceased. In politics Mr. Shaefifer is a

Republican and in 1900 was made land appraiser of Hocking Township, and in 1910 his party made him tlieir candidate for county commissioner and his vote was far ahead of the others on the ticket. For a number of years he has been a political factor and is in close association with party leaders in the township. He has served twice as president of the board of directors of the Amanda Special School District, exercising in looking after public affairs the same care and good judgment that he gives to his private concerns. He is president of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, with headquarters at Lancaster, and was one of the promoters of the same. Mr. Shaeffer and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

DAVID KING, a representative citizen and successful farmer of Rush Creek Township, residing in Section 3, where he owns 139 1-2 acres of fine land, was born on this farm. May 5, 1848, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Sortman) King.

John King was born in Thorn Township, Perry County, O., a son of Christian King. After marriage he settled on a farm of 160 acres in Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, and spent the remainder of his life here, erecting all the buildings and making many improvements. His death occurred at the age of seventy-eight years and his burial was in the Jerusalem Cemetery. In politics he was a Democrat and in his religious faith was a member of the Reformed Church. He married Elizabeth Sortman, who was born also in Perry County, and she lived to be sixty-eight years of age. To them were born the following children : Margaret, who is the widow of Elias Purvis, resides on a farm of thirty-seven acres, in Rush Creek Township, and has three children - Stella, Charles and Clara; Henry, who is deceased, is survived by his widow who lives in Rush Creek Township, with their four children - John, Berl, Clinton and Bessie; Matilda, who is the wife of H. W. Young, of Rush Creek Township, and they have four children - Irwin, Charles, Walter and Blanche; Elizabeth, who died at the age of eight years; and David, of Rush Creek Township.

David King has spent his life in this section of Fairfield County and is well and favorably known to all other old residents. He remained with his father on the homestead and after it came into his possession and management, he made many improvements, including the erection of the present comfortable farm residence and the remodeling of the other structures. He carries on general agriculture and raises some fine high grade cattle. He is interested in the Rush Creek Oil and Gas Company.

Mr. King was married in 1870 to Miss Elmira Leckrone, who wa^ born in Fairfield County, a daughter of James and Sarah Leckrone, and they have three children: Violetta; Clifton, who married Verna Leckrone, and has had three children ; and James Austin, who married Cora Crooks, and has had three children. Mr. King and family belong to the Reformed church. He is a Democrat and on the Democratic ticket was elected a trustee of Rush Creek Township, to serve until 1912, when he undoubtedly will be reelected, having proved a useful and very efficient public official.

E. V. BARR, president of the Farmers and Citizens Bank, at Stoutsville, O., and one of the substantial and representative men of the place, was born in Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, O.. August 21, 1865, and is a son of David A. and Anna Matilda (Martin) Barr.

He married Anna Matilda Martin, who was born in Marion Township, Hocking- County, O., and tliey had the followingchildren born to them : James Austin ; Alma J., who is deceased; Estella, deceased, who was the wife of John G. Ginger, now a resident of Columbus ; E. v., whose name begins this article : Matilda, who is the wife of U. G. Broyles, of Columbus ; Etta Rebecca, who resides in Rush Creek Township, and A. C, deputy county treasurer, who resides in Lancaster. The parents of Mr. Barr are members of the United Presbyterian church. In politics the father is a Democrat.

E. V. Barr received a common school education and was a pupil of C. C. Miller, editor of this work, in the Ireland district. Rush Creek Township, this county. Afterward he spent one year in Kansas and two years in California, returning to Fairfield County in October, 1889. Shortly afterward he was appointed deputy under Sheriff Amos Levan and served in that capacity for two years, this being his only political office, although he has been prominent in Democratic circles in the county for years and is a member of the Fairfield County Democratic Committee. In 1891 he came to Stoutsville and rented the grain elevator here for one year when, in the spring of 1892, he moved to Lancaster, where he was in the carriage and implement business for one and one-half years. He then sold his interests at Lancaster and spent the next year traveling for the Milwaukee Harvester Company and the following three years for the Scioto Buggy Company of Columbus. In 1897 he left the road and rented the mill and elevator again at Stoutsville and for nine years operated under lease, at the end of which time he bought the property and still continues the business. With improved machinery Mr. Barr does a very satisfactory mill business, his capacity being eighty barrels daily, which is double its original output. He has proved himself one of the most enterprising men of the town, investing largely and employing his own capital to start a number of successful concerns. He was one of the organizers of the Farmers and Citizens Bank and has been its president for the past year. The institution is in an exceedingly prosperous condition.

In February, 1891, Mr. Barr was married to Miss Maggie Belle Pool, who is a daughter of S. A. and M. L. Pool, who now reside at Lancaster, O. They have the following children : Lola, who is the wife of C . E. Myers; Minnie, who is the wife of C. B. Wise ; F. J. ;^ Harry V. ; C. S. ; and Ollie, who is the wife of Lloyd Black. Mr. and Mrs. Barr have a beautiful home here situated on one of the leading streets and Mr. Barr owns additional property to any mentioned. They attend the United Presbyterian church.

A. H. McVEIGH, a well known citizen and general farmer of Rush Creek Township, residing one and one-quarter miles north of Bremen, where he owns sixty-three acres of fine land, was born in Perry County, O., April 12, 1848, and is a son of Jesse and Mary (Huston) McVeigh.

Jesse McVeigh was born in Fairfield County, but little is known concerning the early history of the family. His parents died when he was small and he was bound out to neighboring farmers until a certain age. He was, however, ambitious, and managed to secure a good education, becoming a well informed man. Dur- ing the Civil War lie was frequently called on by his neighbors to address them on the questions of the day. He was a Democrat in politics but never accepted any public office. During life he lived in both Perry and Fairfield Counties, spending the last thirty years on the present farm of his son, in Rush Creek Township, where he died aged seventy-three years. He married Mary Huston, a daughter of Christopher Huston, who moved from Pennsylvania and settled in Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County. She lived also to the age of seventy-three years and both she and her husband were buried in Bethel Cemetery. They were members of the Presbyterian church. They had four children: A. H., James, Alfred and Samuel.

A. H. McVeigh attended school in Rush Creek Township and at Pleasantville and afterward a Normal School in Michigan and subsequently devoted some time to the study of law. Farming and stock raising, however, have been his main interests and he has resided on the homestead ever since his marriage, making many improvements and developing every resource of his land.

Mr. McVeigh married Miss Ella McCandlish, who was born in Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, a daughter of John Mc- Candlish, a well known resident here, and they have two children, William and Mary. Mr. McVeigh is a Democrat but takes no great interest in politics and has accepted no office except in connection with educational matters, having been for some years a member of the school board, of which he has been president for two years. He and family attend the Presbyterian church.

Rloom township, April 17, 1865, and died in Mt. Caramel hospital, Columbus, November 15, 1907. His father, Lewis Oyler, was a well known man in Bloom township, for many years and engaged in farming and molasses manufacturing. He was one of the overseers of Delaware College. After the death of his first wife he married a Mrs. Baker and removed then to Galena, O., where he still lives.

S. M. Oyler attended school in Bloom Tow nship and afterward was engaged in teaming, farming and butchering for some years in various places. In 1899 he bought his farm of 117 acres in Bloom Township, the old Failer farm. It is well improved property and the residence is one of the best in Bloom township. Mr. Oyler carried on general farming up to the time of his death. He was well known and very highly respected all over the county and on numerous occasions had been elected to township office, serving as councilman and also as school director. He was a man of temperance and cast his political influence with the Prohibition party.

Mr. Oyler married Miss Carrie Hunter, a daughter of George Hunter, who was one of the early blacksmiths at Lithopolis. He retired at the age of sixty-six years and moved to Columbus for a time but is now a resident of Canal Winchester, O. He married Cassandra Schofstall and they had the following children born to them : One who died at the age of five years ; and Carrie, Lillie, Clark and Earl. Mr. and Mrs. Oyler had four children : Vera, who is the wife of Samuel Hynie, of Royalton, O., and they have five children ; and Ralph, Esther and Kenneth. Mrs. Oyler has proven herself a very capable business woman. She retains the farm and has it under a satisfactory rental. \\Mth her children she belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, of which Mr. Oyler was also a member. He was identified with both the

SANFORD POOR, who has been a resident of Lithopolis, C, for thirty-eight years, has many business interests in this section, inchiding farming, threshing and himbering, having operated his saw-mill continuously since 1879. He was born in Bloom Township, Fairfield County, 0., one-half mile northeast of this city, March 16, 1848, and is a son of Daniel and Mary (Brakebill) Foor.

Daniel Foor came to Fairfield County from Pennsylvania when he was a young man and engaged in farming in Bloom township until within five years of his death, when he retired and moved to Winchester. He married Mary Brakebill and they had ten children born to them, 7 of whom are living.

San ford Foor had the usual school advantages offered boys in his day and they were sufficient to provide a good foundation. He entered into the mill business in 1879 and handles hard wood for building material. He is interested also along other lines and is one of the busy men of this place and one of the best known. Politically, Mr. Foor is a Democrat and for seventeen years served in the office of constable in Bloom township.

Mr. Foor married Miss Tabitha Bower and they have had seven children, Estella, who lives at home ; Hattie, who died when aged eleven years ; Loretta, who married William Cassidy and has two children - Evelyn and Byron ; Curtis, a resident of Lithopolis, who married Margaret Conaway; James Monroe, who lives at Columbus, and married Jennie Dollar ; Emerson, who assumed the duties of a justice of the peace on January i, 1910; and Lee, who died in infancy. Mr. Foor and family attend the Methodist Episcopal church. He is identified with the Knights of Pythias.

CHARLES McGARVEY LARUE, a successful practitioner of the osteopathic system of medicine and surgery, at Lancaster, O., was born at Elizabethtown, Ky., September 20, 1880, and is a son of Thomas C. and Harriet Ellen (Miller) LaRue.

Thomas C. LaRue and wife were born also in Kentucky and the former resides in his old home there, being in his seventy-seventh year. His wife died in 1890. Of their family of three sons and three daughters, Dr. LaRue is the youngest, the others being: Vienna, who is the wife of L. W. Miller, residing in Kentucky; J. Byron, who is president of Owensboro College, at Owensboro, Ky. ; Flora Ellen, who is the wife of J. Lacy Overby, of Henderson, Ky. ; Samuel T., who is a farmer near Wickliffe, Ky. ; and Lulu D., who is the wife of William M. Edrington, of Arlington, Ky., where the latter is engaged in the hardware business.

Charles M. LaRue was educated in the schools of his own state, being graduated from the Owensboro College in 1905. He then became a student of osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo., and was graduated with the class of 1910 from the American School of Osteopathy. He located first at Indianapolis and from that city came to Lancaster in September, 19 10, establishing himself in well appointed offices at Nos. 132-34-36 Kirn Building. Dr. LaRue has met with a cordial reception and already has a large and growing practice. Much is claimed for the system of healing known as osteopathy and at a recent meeting of the American Osteopathic Association, to which Dr. LaRue belongs, held in the city of Chicago, a prominent practitioner of this science declared this system offers a certain cure for typhoid fever. Dr. LaRue belongs also to the Ohio Osteopathic Society.

Miss Ouida May -Shepherdson, who is a daughter of W. V. and Ida (Jenkins) Shepherdson, of Louisville, Ky. They are members of the Disciples church. He is identified fraternally with Lancaster Lodge No. 57, F. & A. M. ; Lancaster Chapter, No. 11, and also to the Atlas Club, a secret society of standing. Dr. LaRue is well equipped for his profession, possessing not only knowledge and experience but also the personal qualities which invite confidence and inspire esteem.

LEWIS WILSON STEWARD, one of the substantial and public spirited citizens of Amanda Township, president of the school board and the owner of 100 acres of excellent land, was born in Clear Creek Township, Fairfield County, November 14, 1837, and is a son of Charles Steward and a grandson of Robert Steward, who was of Scotch-Irish descent.

Charles Steward was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Ohio in 1836, locating first in Washington Township, Pickaway County, and coming from there to Clear Creek Township, Fairfield County and then to Amanda Township, where his death occurred, his burial being in Dutch Hollow Cemetery. He married Sarah Kuntz, who was born in Lehigh Township, Berks County, Pa., and of the fifteen children born to this union, four died in infancy, those who survived childhood being: Lucy Ann, now deceased, who was the wife of Mr. Zuring; Thomas, who is deceased; Hannah, who is the widow of Joseph Christy; William Henry and Mrs. Mary Ann Doner, both of whom are deceased; Lewis Wilson; James Milton, who lives in Nebraska; Mrs. Susanna Reigle, who is deceased; Sarah, who lives in Amanda Township; Charles, who lives at Ashville, O. ; and Samuel, who is a resident of Clear Creek Township.

when his parents came to Amanda Township and he remained at home until he was twentyone years of age and then hired out to farmers by the month. He continued to work as a general farmer for others until he married, when he rented land for himself and lived eleven years in Pickaway Township, Pickaway County. In 1885 he bought his present farm from his father's estate and moved onto it in 1887. While he has made a number of impro\ements the main farm buildings had been erected by his father and little change in them was needed. Mr. Steward carries on farming along modern lines, makes use of first class machinery and believes that it costs no more to raise good stock than poor.

He was president of the Farmers' Institute of Amanda Township for three years and had the honor of holding the best exhibition they had. In 1886 he exhibited corn at the Chicago Corn Show and took the first prize of the world, that being the last world's contest, so that he is rightly called Corn King of the \\'orld.

On October 16, 1866, Mr. Steward was married to Miss Mary Paughman, who was born in Madison Township, Fairfield County, and died November 7, 1908, aged sixty-six years. Seven children were born to them, namely : Lillie. who is the wife of Patrick Roberts, of Pickaway County; Calista, who is the wife of Luther Will, living in Amanda Township; William W., who is the home farmer; Charles Kirby, a resident of Lancaster, who married Margaret Ochs ; and Olive, Jennie, and Florence, all residing at home. Mr. Steward has four grandchildren - Mary, Florence, Nellie and Murial, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Roberts. He is a member of the Lutheran church and for many years was one of the church officers. In politics he is a Republican and on one occasion was his party's candidate for

ERASMUS DARWIN KRANER, postmaster at Pickerington, 0., where he has also been engaged in the mercantile business since 1872, is one of the representative citizens of Violet Township and one of its substantial business men. He was born in Fairfield County, 0., January 10, 1844, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Bowers) Kraner.

William Kraner was born in Baltimore County, Md., and came to Fairfield County about 1809, accompanied by his parents, who were of German extraction. For over a half century he lived in this county, for a number of years following farm pursuits, his death occurring Februar}' 28, 1 860, he being then in the sixty-seventh year of his age. He was also a merchant at one time, also engaged in shoemaking and as he was well educated for his day, was one of the pioneer school teachers. In his early political life he was a Whig and later became a Republican and was deeply interested in the stirring events which his political foresight saw were leading up to civil war. He vi\idly recalled the War of 1812. He was twice married, first to Abigail Bartlett, and secondly to Elizabeth Bowers, who was born in Rockingham County, Va.

E. D. Kraner attended the district schools in his youth and also received instruction from his father. With the approval of his parents he learned the shoemaking trade and subsequently went into the boot and shoe business at Pickerington for himself, employing several men in his shop. In the fall of i860 he became a clerk for William Harner, a well known merchant, and later was in the employ of Wesley McArthur, and in 1872 embarked in the mercantile business on his own account, at Pickerington, in which he has continued ever since. In the fall of the above year he was appointed postmaster and in spite of changing administrations, has been continued in office for over a quarter of a century. This fact is illustrative of the high esteem in which Mr. Kraner is held by his fellow citizens. For three years he was a member of the Ohio National Guard, and belonged also to a local military company when there was prospect of an invasion of the peace of the community.

Mr. Kraner was married to Miss Ella N. Holmes, who was born also in Fairfield County, O., and they had four children born to them, namely: Charles H., who is a well known physician at Pickerington; James G., who is cashier of the Pickerington Bank; and Luella M. and William H. T., both of whom reside in Pickerington, and William, now being in his first term as a student at the Ohio State University. Politically a Republican, Mr. Kraner has always given loyal support to his party but has never been particularly active in politics. He belongs to Lodge No. 340, F. & A. M., at Reynoldsburg, and has long been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Pickerington.

WILLIAM F. SHERBURN, whose fine farm of 136 well cultivated acres lies three miles west of Bremen, O., is one of the well known residents of this section and was born in Fairfield County, O., in 1859, a son of Joseph and Susanna (Patterson) Sherburn.

Joseph Sherburn was born also in Fairfield County, his parents having been very early settlers. He spent his life in his native county and died at Lancaster, when aged sixty-one years. He married Susan Patterson and they had a family of nine children, as follows : Anna C, who married Thomas Jones; William F., subject of this sketch; David F., now deceased, who married Ella Rarp; Isabella A., who married \V. H. Winner; Mary E., who married Luther Mull, of Colfax, O. ; Joseph M., who died in infancy; Charles H., who married Ella Cofifman; Thos. A., who married Rose Littrel; and John, who is now deceased. William F. Sherburn has been engaged in farming and stock raising all his mature life and is numbered with the substantial agriculturists of Rush Creek township. He married Emma F. Snoke, a daughter of Samuel Snoke, who had the following children : Eliza, Sophia, Margaret, Alaria, Levi, Malinda, Rebecca, Mary, Clara, Ella, Emma and Albert. To Mr. and ]Mrs. Sherburn six children were born, namely: Nellie May, who is the wife of William Hardwick, of Berne township, Fairfield County; Clarence W., who married ]\Iaggie Boyer and lived in Berne Township; Simon A., Albert C. and Frank R., all living at home ; and one that died in infancy. Mr. Sherburn and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal churcli, in which he is a class leader and steward and is also a member of the board of trustees. Politically he is a Democrat but has never accepted any public office except that of school director.

L. S. BENNETT, a leading citizen of Lithopolis, O., and town treasurer, also conducts the only drug store in the place. He was born in Plainfield, Washington County, Vt., January lo, 1853, and is a son of Dr. Stephen and Alma (Short) Bennett.

Dr. Stephen Bennett was born in Vermont and when he came to Fairfield County, O., located first at Pickerington. He then bought the practice of Dr. Davidson, at Lithopolis, and continued the practice of medicine here for forty years, dying at the age of eighty-two years. He married Alma Short, who was also born in Vermont and they had five children, two of whom died young, one at the age of

L. S. Bennett had public school advantages and afterward was employed for three and one-half years in a saw mill. In 1879 he embarked in the drug business at Lithopolis and has since continued in it. He has been an active, interested and public spirited citizen and for years has held offices of trust and responsibility. In addition to those mentioned, he is treasurer of the cemetery fund. Politically he is a Republican.

B. F. SEIFERT, who carries on general farming in Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, O., where he owns eighty acres of well improved land, situated one mile north of Bremen, was born in this township in 1878, and is a son of John and Mary (Shoemaker) Seifert.

The Seiferts have been residents of Rush Creek township for many years and John Seifert was born three miles west of Bremen, O., in whicl: town he now lives retired, being in his seventy- fourth year. During the Civil War lie served as a soldier, being a member of the 17th O. Inf. He married Mary Shoemaker and eleven children were born to them, namely : Charles, West, John, Alice, Delia, Sadie, Bert, James, Frank, Russell and Mary, all of whom live in Rush Creek Township except the youngest, who resides in Marion Township.

B. F. Seifert attended the local schools in boyhood and ever since has devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. He has an excellent, well-cared-for farm, on which he made all the improvements. In 1900 he married Miss Elizabeth Engle and they have two children : Forrest, who is eleven years old, and Neda, who has reached her seventh year, both of whom are bright students at school. Mr. and Mrs. Seifert are members of the Presbyterian church. He is identified with the Repubhcan party and keeps thoroughly posted concerning the news of the country, while he is ever ready to perform a good citizen's duty in advancing the welfare of his own neighborhood.

SIMON P. CRIST, who is one of the substantial farmers and leading citizens of Bloom Township, resides on his finely cultivated farm of 1 60 acres and owns additional land amounting to 290 acres in all, and is a member of one of the oldest families of this section of the county. He was born in this township, November II, 1846, and is a son of Samuel and Margaret (Myers) Crist.

Samuel Crist was also born in Bloom Township, in which he spent his life and died twentyfive years ago. His father was Simon Crist, who was of German ancestry but was born in Pennsylvania. When he came to Ohio to seek a home he settled in the woods in Bloom Township, Fairfield County and entered a quarter section of land which, in large part, still belongs to his descendants. His humble home was a log cabin built as near as possible to a stream of water, and in 181 5 he erected a log barn, building it so compactly that it still stands and is one of the landmarks in the township. Scarcely less so is the brick dwelling that he put up in 1820, which serves still and is in fair condition. The Crists encountered the usual pioneer hardships but their numbers increased and their undertakings prospered, and the name has always been held in high regard in this section. Samuel Crist was a Whig and later a Republican. He was one of the early members of the fraternal order of Odd Fellows, in Bloom Township, and so impressed his friends and family with the beneficial results attending such membership that the younger generations have also identified themselves with this organization. He was a member of the Reform church.

Samuel Crist married Margaret Myers, who was born in Amanda Township, Fairfield County, O., and of their family of children the following survive: Irvin, who is a resident of Henry County, Mo., served in the Civil War as a member of the 43rd O. Vol. Inf. ; Simon P., who has always lived in Bloom Township; Amos, who lives in Bloom Township; Israel W'., who lives in Franklin County, O. ; Samuel W., who is a resident of Cincinnati; John T., who resides at Columbus; Angeline, who is the wife of William Kiger, of Greenfield Township; Ellen, who is the wife of John Lane, of Shelby County, 111. ; Josephine, who is the wife of Jacob Benson, of Bloom Township ; and Margaret, who lives at Royalton, O., the widow of Ivan Kiger, late of Amanda Township. When this family speaks of the great Civil War and its attendant troubles, it recalls one brother, Milton, who enlisted in the service of his country, in the 17th O. Vol. Inf., and after being captured by the Confederates was confined in the prisons at Andersonville and Libby, where he suffered such inhuman treatment that he died from its effects shortly after being exchanged.

Simon P. Crist has followed agricultural pursuits all his life, carrying on general farming and stock raising, and has also followed threshing as a business for forty-five years, being ready for this strenuous labor whenever the season comes round. He is a man of public spirit and has interested himself in the movements which have been beneficial to his section, and was one of the founders and is yet a director of the Farmers and Merchants Banking Company, at Carroll, O.

was born in Amanda Township, Fairfield County, O., and is a daughter of WilHam Kiger, a former resident, and they have three cliildren, Ora A., Clarence W. and Charles F., all residents of Bloom Township and the two older ones former school teachers in the county. Mr. Crist and sons are identified with the Republican party as law abiding citizens but not as seekers for office. With him they also belong to the order of Odd Fellows, members of Weaver Lodge No. 486, at Greencastle, O., of which he is permanent secretary, while his son, Clarence W., belongs to the Patrons of Husbandry and the Grange at Canal Winchester, being recording secretary. Mr. Crist's sons are also interested together in the Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, at Carroll, O., all being progressive and practical agriculturists, and Ora A. belongs to Marsea Grange.

I. N. CARNES, vice president of the First National Bank of Baltimore, O.. in which town he has lived more or less retired since 1895, still retains his valuable farm of 163 acres, which is situated in Liberty Township, Fairfield County. He was born July 12, 1845, in Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, not far from Carroll, O., and is a son of John and Eliza J. ( Havens) Carnes.

John Carnes was born also in Fairfield County and settled on what is called the Carnes homestead in 1840. where he lived until his death in 1885. He married Eliza J. Havens, also of Fairfield County, and they had a family of eleven children born to them.

I. N. Carnes attended the district schools in boyhood and assisted his father on the home farm until 1873, when he married and then moved to a farm three miles north of Carroll, in Liberty Township. There he carried on farming and stock raising until 1895, when he retired to Baltimore. In February, 1864,

Mr. Carnes became a soldier, enlisting in Co. K, 17th O. Vol. Inf., and saw very active service before his honorable discharge and mustering out at Louisville, Ky., when the Civil \\'ar closed. Although he was but eighteen years old when he shouldered his musket, he braved the dangers of war, like a veteran soldier, taking part in the battles of Resaca, South Mountain, and Kenesaw Mountain, Chattahoochee River (near Altanta, Ga.), Jonesboro, Waynesboro, Ga., Savannah, Ga., Bentonville, N. C, and Raleigh, N. C, and being 100 days under the enemy's fire.

Mr. Carnes married Miss Susie Weist, of Fairfield County, and their one child died in infancy. In his political views he is a Republican and is serving as a member of the town council of Baltimore. He is identified with Col. Valentine Cupp Post, No. 263, G. A. R., at Baltimore. For many years he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

PHILIP M. CRUMLEY, a representative citizen of Hocking Township and a member of one of the fine old families of Fairfield County, O., resides on his excellent farm of more than sixty acres, devoting it to general agriculture, including the raising of a superior grade of stock. Mr. Crumley was born July 8, 1856, in Hocking Township, and is a son of John F. and Catherine (Miller) Crumley.

John F. Crumley was born in Bloom Township, Fairfield County, while his wife was a native of Madison Township. He was young when he accompanied his parents to Hocking Township, in which section of the county he spent his subsequent life. His parents were Conrad and Magdalena M. (Feller) Crumley, who had come in their early married life to Fairfield County from Pennsylvania. John F. Crumley attended the district schools in Hocking Township and also Capital Univer- sity, at Columbus, O. He followed agricultural pursuits all his life but also gave a considerable amount of attention to music, being singularly talented in that direction, a heritage that has descended to his children. He was an intelligent and active man in many directions, was a stanch Republican in politics and dependable in every relation of life. He was one of the leading members of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church and directed the church music for many years. As township trustee and also as a member of the school board he was careful of the best interests of his fellow citizens. Six children were born to John F. Crumley and his wife, the three survivors being : Philip M. ; Albert L., a minister, residing at Topeka, Kas. ; and Mary R. Those deceased are Henry N., Elmer M. and Alice A.

P'hilip M. Crumley obtained his education in the excellent schools of Hocking Township and had the advantage of growing to manhood in a good home and an enlightened community. He has always been a reader and close observer and, like his father, has devoted considerable attention to music and is identified with all things musical in the township. He is the able director of a musical organization known as the Crumley Orchestra, which is made up of local musical talent, its members residing either at Lancaster or in Hocking Township.

Mr. Crumley married Miss Elenora Brobst, who was born in Madison Township, Pickaway County, O., a daughter of the late Peter Brobst. They have one daughter, Clara M., whose marked musical abilities have been developed by study. The family belongs to Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, in which he has been church treasurer for some years. Mr. Crumley is a Republican in politics and formerly served on the township school board and tor a time was president of that body.

G. R. WEISER, a representative business man of Lithopolis, O., who, in association with G. W. Lisle, conducts the only hardware store in the place, was born at Greencastle, O., in 1853, and is a son of Samuel Weiser, a former well known farmer in Bloom township, Fairfield County.

G. R. Weiser obtained his education in the country schools, after which he learned telegraphy but made little use of it, as he soon went into the dry goods business. Several years afterward he embarked in the hardware line at Lithopolis, first in partnership with J. E. Courtright, who later sold his interest to a Mr. G. \V. Lisle, who, two years later sold to C. P. Lehman and the firm of Weiser & Lehman continued for twenty-two years. The junior partnership was then bought by G. W. Lisle. In addition to carrying a complete line of hardware, the firm deals in farm machinery, handles wall paper and engages in undertaking.

Mr. Weiser married Miss Ollive Shultz, a daughter of Daniel E. Shultz, a resident of Lithopolis, and they have two children: Blanche, who is attending college, and Felonise, who is at home. Politically, Mr. Weiser is a Democrat and is serving in the office of township clerk. He and family belong to the Presbyterian church. For about 15 years Mr. Weiser has been identified with the Masonic fraternity.

DAVID CLARK, proprietor of the Hocking Valley Roller Mills, located at Horntown, in Berne Township - an important enterprise of this section in a business way - was born in Falls Township, Hocking County, O., October 3, 1856, a son of George and Elizabeth (Snider) Clark, and a grandson of George Clark.

Logan, O., at an early day, from Maryland, and his children were born in Hocking County. There his son, George Clark, Jr., was born and spent his life, following ap-riculturai pursuits. He married Elizabeth Snider, who was born at Lancaster, Pa., a member of an old German family.

David Clark was reared in Hocking County and followed farming there and in Perry County before coming to Fairfield County and embarking in his present mill business in Berne Township, of which he has been sole proprietor since 1907, taking charge in September of that year. This is a first-class mill property, having a full equipment of rollers and is modern in all its machinery. Flour, meal and feed are all manufactured, the favorite brands of flour being the "Peacemaker" and the "Family Choice," and the capacity of the mill is fifty barrels in every twenty-four hours. The output is mainly sold at Lancaster, and in surrounding towns, the business houses there having found it to their advantage to buy of home manufacturers. Mr. Clark looks after the practical part of his business himself and thus ensures the satisfaction of the public.

Mr. Clark was married in Perry County, O., to Miss Mary Patton, and they have five children - ^Myrtle B., Chloe M., Earl W., Florence M. and Zelda M. In politics, Mr. Clark is a Democrat and while living in Perry County was a member of the school board of Mundy Creek Township. He belongs to the order of Odd Fellows, at Gore, O.

WILBUR DELLAS NOTHACKER, city auditor of Lancaster, Ohio, is also proprietor of the City News Agency at this place, and a well known business citizen. He was born at Shiloh, Richland County, Ohio, August 4, 1867, and is a son of John and Rebecca (Burton) Xothacker. The father of our subject.

John Xothacker, was born in Wittenburg, Germany, April 26, 1837, and came to the United States in 1854, locating at Shiloh, Ohio. He had learned the jeweler's trade in his native land and still follows it in Shiloh, Ohio. He married Rebecca Burton, who was born in \\'ayne County, Ohio, and who died in 1907. Their family numbered three sons and two daughters, as follows : Albert J., who is a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Albert Mosier, of Shiloh, Ohio; Charles who died at the age of thirty-eight years; Wilbur Delias, the direct subject of this sketch ; and Rosa, who is the wife of John Wilson, of Ashland County, Ohio.

Wilbur Delias Nothacker in his youth attended school in his native town of Shiloh, Ohio. He then learned the printer's trade there and afterward worked in various places as a journeyman printer. Coming to Lancaster in 1888, he found employment as foreman in the ofiice of the "Republican" and for eighteen years was foreman in the office of the "Daily Eagle." On December 15, 1909 he purchased the City News Agency, which business he still conducts successfully. In politics an active Democrat, he served from 1902 to 1906 as clerk of the City Council, and also from 1908 to the present year, 19 12. He was elected city auditor on the Democratic ticket at the November election of 191 1. He is a member of Elk's Lodge, No. 570, and also of the Royal Arcanum.

Mr. Nothacker was married October 7, 1891 to I\Iiss Harriet Belle Stiff, who is a daughter of Samuel and Laura (Flowers) Stiff, of New Lexington, Ohio, and they have one son, Wilbur Flowers, who was born September 24, 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Nothacker are members of the Episcopal Church, in which he served thirteen years as treasurer and has also been a vestryman for a number of years.

CHARLES M. WAGNER, cashier of the First National Bank of Baltimore, C, is one of the representative men of this progressive town and is financially interested in a number of its leading enterprises. He was born on a farm in Liberty Township, Fairfield County, C, in February, 1868, and is a son of Andrew Wagner, who was one of the old settlers of Liberty Township.

Charles M. Wagner was educated in the district schools and afterward was engaged in a mercantile business at Baltimore for ten years. For the four following years he was with the Columbus Merchandise Company, of Columbus, but in 1905 he returned to Baltimore and organized the First National Bank here, with a capital stock of $25,000. Its officers are : A. Hansberger, president; I. N. Carnes, vice president; C. M. Wagner, cashier; and J. W. Fenstermaker, assistant cashier. The bank is in a prosperous condition and occupies the company's building. Mr. Wagner's additional interests include the presidency of the Buckeye Lake Home Telephone Company, with office at Baltimore, while he is also secretary, treasurer and stockholder in the Fairfield Paper Company, which is the largest industry at Baltimore.

Mr. Wagner married Miss Lettie Reeder, a daughter of Abraham Reeder, whose death occurred in 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Wagner have one daughter, Ada B., who attends school. The family belongs to the U. B. church. Politically he is a Democrat.

CALVIN W. WEISER. a leading citizen of Greencastle, C, and a general merchant here of more than twenty years standing, has acceptably filled numerous public positions in Bloom Township, Fairfield County, being the

The Weisers came to Bloom Township quite early and have always been dependable and useful as citizens. The grandfather, Samuel Weiser possibly was born in Germany and came to Ohio from Pennsylvania.. He served many years as a justice of the peace and also was township treasurer. His son, Samuel \\'eiser, Jr., spent his life in Bloom Township and was a respected and valued man of his community. Samuel Weiser, Jr., married Eve A. Carres, also of Fairfield County, and the following children were born to them : George R., of Lithopolis, O. ; Charles F., of Bloom Township; Calvin W., of Greencastle; Almeda, wife of John Shaffner, of Basil, O. ; Mary M., of Greencastle; John E., of Pickaway County; Clara E., wife of Henr}' Brenner, of Bloom Township; Jesse W., of Greencastle; and Thomas H., of Columbus, O.

Calvin W. \\^eiser was reared in Bloom Township and attended first the township schools and the Lithopolis High School and subsequently a private Normal School at Carroll, O., under Prof. William H. Hartsough, now of Columbus. Later he taught school in Bloom Township for about eight years and for one year in Pickaway County. After several years of teaching he became a clerk in the dry goods store of a merchant at Canal Winchester, but in 1884 embarked in the business for himself, in partnership with Thomas H. Courtright, at Greencastle, under the firm name of Weiser & Courtright, which association continued for twenty years, when he bought Mr. Courtright's interest and for the past three years has been sole proprietor. For fifteen years he was postmaster at Greencastle and for the same period of time has been a justice of the peace. He is serving in his second term as treasurer of Bloom Township, to which office he was elected on the Democratic ticket. He has always been affiliated with the Democratic party and on several occasions he has been sent as a delegate to important Democratic conventions.

On September 25, 1886, Mr. Weiser was married to Miss Mary Boyer, who was born in Bloom Township, a daughter of the late Marquis L. Boyer, and they have had three children - Harry B., Ardie B. and Mary H., the last named being deceased. Mr. Weiser and family are members of the Presbyterian church at Greencastle, of which he is a trustee. He is identified with the Odd Fellows and for a number of years was treasurer of Weaver Lodge No. 486, at Greencastle.

OTTO GROVE, who fills a very responsible public position as superintendent of the Fairfield County Childrens' Home, which is located in Berne Township, near and east of Lancaster, O., on the Zanesville and Maysville turnpike road, Is a man well qualified for this office, in which he has served continuously since the fall of 1906. He was born in Perry County, O., July 12, 1865, and is a son of Jacob and Lucretia (Cooper) Grove, both of whom were born in Perry County.

Otto Grove was reared to the age of eighteen years in Perry County, where he attended school, being a student at Thornville. His father was a man of considerable prominence both in Perry and later in Walnut Township, Fairfield County, in the former being the candidate for his party at one time for the office of county commissioner and being defeated by but forty votes. After moving to Walnut Township, Fairfield County, he was elected township trustee, on the Democratic ticket. His death occurred there April i, 1891, his widow still surviving, with three children :

Otto ; Judd, who is a resident of Walnut Township; and Talma C, who is the wife of James B. Watson, also of Walnut Township. The father of the above mentioned children was a pillar, so to speak, in die Union Baptist church at Thornville.

From youth up. Otto Grove has been interested in agricultural pursuits and owns a farm of eighty-eight acres in Walnut Township. Prior to being appointed to his present position, he served two terms as a trustee of Walnut Township. The Childrens' Home is designed to accommodate from fifty-five to sixty dependent children. It was established in 1883 and was enlarged to its present proportions in 1885. These children are not only fed, sheltered and clothed during their period in the school, but they are taught all the elementary branches and, as far as possible, are equipped to successfully pursue a career for themselves after they leave this shelter. Mr. Grove as superintendent, has nine employes in the Home and much of its satisfactory showing at the end of each year is due to his careful management and good judgment.

Mr. Grove was married May 4, 1892, to Miss Etta B. Watson, a daughter of W. H. Watson, of Walnut Township, and they have had five children, namely: Elsie, Joy W., Miriam, Clay and Harold, the second born being deceased.

WILLIAM C. HOLLIDAY, who is a veteran of the Civil War and a member of the G. A. R. Post at Bremen, O., resides on his farm of ninety-seven acres, which lies in Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, one and onefourth miles west of Bremen. He was born in 1840 and is a son of John and Magdalene (Ruffler) Holliday.

Creek Township, Fairfield County, where they reared their family of nine children - ^Jacob, Zebulon R., Mary, Rebecca, Emily, Erminda, Joseph S., John P. and William C. Jacob died in Nebraska. Zebulon R., who lives at Thurston, O., married Laura Peters. Mary, now deceased, was the wife of Thomas Strawn. Rebecca married Thompson Rowles. Emily married Warren Bright and they lived south of Baltimore, Fairfield County. Erminda died at the age of two years. Joseph S. married Elizabeth Friend and they live north of Rushville. John P. married Lavina Stith and they live west of Thurston, O.

William C. Holliday attended the Eden district school in boyhood and afterward worked on the home farm. He was twenty-one years of age when he enlisted for service in the Civil War, in which he was engaged for four long and eventful years. John M. McConnell, of Lancaster, O., was colonel of his regiment, which was a part of the 3rd Div., 14th Army Corps, under General Grant. Mr. Holliday took part in many of the great battles of the war, among them being Chickamauga, Stone River, Missionary Ridge, Perryville and Corinth. He was fortunate enough to escape serious injury and after the war was over returned to the quiet life of a farmer. He de- his land to general agriculture and gives some attention to raising good stock.

Mr. Holliday married Miss Hannah Jane Strawn, a daughter of Thomas Strawn, of Perry County, O. They have two children: Carrie Jane, who is the wife of Alvin C. Huddle, of Knox County, O. ; and Arthur Grant, who married Hattie Houck and has two children - Carrie Bell and Archie Carl. Mr. Holliday and family are members of the old-school Baptist church. He is a Republican in politics and takes a keen interest in all matters pertaining to the progress and development of his

J. F. CAMPBELL, a veteran of the great Civil War, who resides on his farm of 100 acres, situated in Liberty Township, Fairfield County, O., three and one-half miles northwest of Basil, this being a part of the old Campbell estate which has been in the Campbell name since 1814. He was born on this farm in 1842 and is a son of Harvey and Mary (Cowan) Campbell.

This branch of the old Scotch family of Campbell, came to Ohio from Virginia. The grandfather, Andrew Campbell, first visited Fairfield County on horseback and secured 366 acres of virgin land, establishing the family home here when his son, Harvey Campbell, was ten years old. The grandfather died in 1826, leaving two children, Harvey and Nancy, the latter becoming Mrs. Outcalt.

Harvey Campbell cleared up a large part of the land left by his father and he and his sister divided the estate. He , followed an agricultural life and lived to the age of eighty-four years. He married Mary Cowan, and they had three children: A. Hamilton, a farmer, who lives in Licking County; Mrs. Elizabeth Catherine Mason, who died at Kansas City, Mo. ; and J. F., of Fairfield County.

J. F. Campbell spent boyhood and youth on the home farm, attending the district schools in the winter time and assisting his father and older brother on the homestead. When the Civil War broke out it found him ready to offer his services to help suppress rebellion and he enlisted in Co. K, 17th O. Vol. Inf. He gave over three years of his life to the service, and finally received an honorable discharge. Although he took part in many battles and faced every hardship and danger of the soldier's life, he fortunately escaped serious in- jury and was able to return home practically unharmed. After attending school for several terms he became a clerk in a general store at Basil, after which he embarked in business for himself and for twenty-two years dealt in hardware and agricultural implements. In 1892 he closed up his mercantile affairs and came to the old home farm where he has since been interested in farming and stock raising. He has shifted his responsibilities to the strong shoulders of his youngest son, Fred Campbell, who successfully manages the home estate. Mr. Campbell owns eighty additional acres north of his home place, the same being operated by his sons.

Mr. Campbell w as married to Miss Edith M. Smith, a member of one of the old families of Fairfield County, an educated and accomplished lady who, at that time, was a successful teacher. She is a daughter of Jesse and a granddaughter of Jesse Smith, the latter of whom was one of the early teachers and one of the first surveyors in Fairfield County. Her father owmed a farm in Walnut Township, which he operated until i860, when he moved five miles north of Baltimore, O., where he continued to reside until the time of his death, when aged sixty-eight years. He was married first to Sabrina Whitley and six children were born to them, three of whom died in infancy. The others were : Mrs. Malissa Soliday, who is deceased ; Mrs.' Edith M. Campbell, wife of our subject; and Mrs. Charity Outcalt, who is deceased. The second marriage of Mr, Smith was to Mary Payden. Five of their six children sur\'ived infancy - Mrs. Adeline Lane, now deceased ; and Mrs. A. Bruner, Mrs. Alice Messerly, Mrs. Lois Radebaugh and David W. This family and connections are prominent and substantial people of Fairfield County.

metal worker at Columbus, O., who married Jeanette Bethel and has a son, Don C. ; H. H., who is one of his father's farmers in Liberty Township; C. S., who is a commercial traveler with the Avery-Loeb Electrical Company, of Columbus; and Fred, who, as noted above, manages the home farm. In politics Mr. Campbell and sons are Republicans. He is a member of the Masonic lodge and of Outcalt Post, G. A. R., of Baltimore, O. Mr. Campbell and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal church at Basil.

EDWARD T. BEERY, one of the substantial farmers and respected citizens of Berne Township, who resides on his valuable farm of 104 acres, has other property including a farm of 136 acres which lies in Pleasant Township. He was born in Berne Township, September 24, 1857, and is a son of Lewis and Mary (Swartz) Beery.

The Beerys came from Rockingham County, Va. Daniel eBery, the grandfather of Edward T., started from Virginia with his bride, in a vehicle known as a two-wheeled gig, and they drove slowly across the country, having many pleasing adventures and some hardships before they reached Berne Township, Fairfield County, their destination. They were among the earliest settlers in what was then a wild region. They reared a large family to useful lives and set an example of family affection, kind neighborliness and business thrift. Their son, Lewis Beery, father of Edward T., spent almost his entire life in Berne Township and successfully carried on farming and stock raising during his active years. He was one of the liberal supporters of the Mt. Tabor United Evangelical Association and held numerous oilices in .that body.

where they lived until he was fifteen and then returned to Berne Township, the most of his schooling having been secured while the family resided in Pleasant Township. When he reached manhood he married Miss Clara Miesse, who was born in Greenfield township, and two children were born to them : Arthur, who is deceased, and Osceola. For his second wife, Mr. Beery married Miss Ella Ruble, who was born in Pleasant Township and is a daughter of David Ruble. They have three children - Anna F., Herbert D. and Relva G. Mr. Beery is a member of Mt. Tabor United Evangelical Association and is now serving as one of the trustees and for several years was a steward in the church. In politics Mr. Beery is a Republican, as was his father, but has never been ambitious to hold office.

DAVID YOUNG, a general farmer and well known resident of Clear Creek Township, residing on his valuable farm of io8 acres, which is situated in a well drained and fertile region, owns an additional farm of thirtyseven acres over the line in Amanda Township. He was born in the latter township, May i, 1852, and is a son of David and Elizabeth (Stout) Y'oung.

David Young was born in Berks County, Pa, a son of John Young. He spent almost his entire life in Fairfield County and died in Amanda Township, where he had been engaged in farming and carried on wagonmaking. He was a Democrat in his political views and both he and wife were raambers of the Presbyterian church. He married Elizabeth Stout, who was born in Fairfield County, a daughter of Isaac Stout, and she died on the home farm in Amanda Township. They were parents of nine children: Eli, David, Simon, Ellen, Rosanna, Joseph, Susan, Anna and Wilson, all of Avhom survive except Ellen and Rosanna.

David Young attended the common schools in boyhood and then took up farm duties. He has made farming his business and has met with a large degree of success as the result of his industry. In 1877 he purchased his present farm in Clear Creek Township, one that is numbered with the best in this section, and here has done a large amount of improving.

Mr. Young was married in 1877 to Miss Louisa Phillips, a daughter of Jacob and Sophia (Crites) Phillips, and she has the following brothers and sisters: John; Philinda, wife of Henry Kiger; Sarah, wife of Edward Kiger; Ellen, wife of Allen Doner; Flora, wife of George Murray; and William. Mr. and Mrs. Young have eight children, namely: George, who married Ada Boyer, and has two children - Mildred and Clydus; Ira, who married Stella Kearns, and has three children - Edith, Walter and Paul; Theodore, who married Nellie Crowley, and has two children - Stanley James and Mary Evelyn; Clarence; Ralph, who married Jennie Hunt, and has one child - Harrold Lewis ; and Herbert, Alda and Boyd. Mr. Young and family attend the Lutheran church. With his sons, Mr. Young takes a good citizen's interest in the politics of his community, all of them being Democratic in their views, but none seekers for office.

ISRAEL FOSNAUGH, one of Fairfield County's useful and respected citizens, a member of the board of directors of the Fairfield County, O., Infirmary, was born i.n Clear Creek Township, Fairfield County, December 26, 1854, and is a son of John S. and Lucinda (Conrad) Fosnaugh.

and is one of the venerable residents of Fairfield County, is a son of Christian Fosnaugh, a native of Germany, who settled here in pioneer times. John S. Fosnaugh assisted to develop a farm from the wilderness and during his active years followed agricultural pursuits. Although advanced in years he retains his mental faculties, continues to be interested in all local happenings and never fails to cast his vote with the Democratic party. He has served Clear Creek Township as a trustee and as a school dii-ector. He married Lucinda Conrad, who was also born in Fairfield County. They are members of the Lutheran church.

Israel Fosnaugh has been a farmer ever since he reached maturity and now owns a well cultivated farm of forty-five acres, which is located in Hocking Township. After his marriage in 1877, Mr. Fosnaugh located in Madison Township and lived there for about twenty-five years and then resided for a season at Lancaster, O., and from there moved to his present farm, in 1908, where he carries on general farming and raises stock for his own use. He is one of the influential Democrats of this part of Fairfield County and is serving in his fourth term as an Infirmary director. For nine consecutive years he was a trustee of Madison Township, during a part of that period being chairman of the board, and also served two years as assessor and two terms as road supervisor of that township. He has been prominently identified with public affairs and is generally recognized as a man of discretion and excellent administrative ability, and has been chosen as president of the board of Infirmary directors from the time of his first assuming the duties of this office.

On January 6, 1877, Mr. Fosnaugh was married to Miss Frances Martin, who was born in Clear Creek Township, Fairfield County, and five children were born to them, namely :

Bertha M., who lives in Hocking Township; Maud C, who is the wife of Pearl Dixon, of Lancaster, O. ; Bessie F., who is the wife of Elmer Boystel, of Lancaster; Ethel M., who is the wife of Ralph Crumley, of Hocking Township; and Verna M., who resides at home. Mr. Fosnaugh and family belong to the Lutheran church.

THOMAS H. COURTRIGHT, a representati\e citizen of Bloom Township, who served as township trustee for many years, and is also president of the school board, for twenty years was engaged in the mercantile business at Greencastle, where he still resides. He was born in Bloom Township, January 27, 1842, and is a son of Jacob G. and Elizabeth (Weiser) Courtright.

Jacob G. Courtright was born in Bloom Township in 1808 and died there in 1864. His father, John Courtright, was the pioneer of this family in Fairfield County, coming from Pennsylvania and establishing what has since remained the Courtright homestead, one mile east of Greencastle, in Bloom Township. The Courtrights have all been good people, sturdy and honest, members of the Presbyterian church and Democrats in politics. Jacob G. Courtright married Elizabeth Weiser, who was also born in Bloom Township, and of their family of children there are two living: Thomas H., and George B. Jacob F. died in November, 191 1.

Thomas H. Courtright grew from boyhood to manhood on the home farm during the winter seasons attended the district schools. Although other interests have claimed a part of his attention, he has always been more or less interested in farming and stock raising and owns a fine farm of 100 acres in Bloom Township. About 1885 he went into the mercantile business at Greencastle, in partnership with his cousin, C. W. Weiser, and the firm of Weiser & Courtright did a large trade in town and country for some twenty years, when Mr. Courtright withdrew, seUing his interest to Mr. Weiser, who still continues the business. Mr. Courtright has always been an active and interested citizen of Bloom Township and during his long period of twenty years as trustee, exercised the good judgment which public affairs in the township demanded. He has acceptably served in other offices and has been assistant postmaster of Greencastle.

Mr. Courtright married Miss Minerva Fellers, a daughter of Joshua Fellers, once a well known resident of Bloom Township, and nine children have been born to them, six of whom survive, namely: Myrta E., who lives at Greencastle; Thurman T., who is the present able prosecuting attorney of Fairfield County: Maud, who is the wife of John Hummell, of Bloom Township; Harley B., who is a resident of Columbus; Ruth O., who is the wife of Dr. E. B. Roller, of Lithopolis, O. ; and Fannie E., who is the wife of John C. Phelps, of St. Paris, O. For a number of years Mr. Courtright has been an elder in the Presbyterian church. He is a Royal Arch Mason, belonging to the Chapter at Canal Winchester and to the Blue Lodge at Lithopolis, O.

EDWARD B. ROLLER, M. D., physician and surgeon at Lithopolis, O., and a citizen of civic usefulness, was born at Greencastle, Fairfield County, O., in 1878, and is a son of Elijah and Margaret (Beatty) Roller.

Elijah P. Roller, who now lives retired at the age of seventy-one years, was born in Fairfield County, his parents being early settlers here. During his active life he followed farm pursuits. He married Margaret Beatty, a daughter of Bateman Beatty, and they have had seven children, six of whom survive.

Edward B. Roller attended the public schools and later the Lithopolis High School. In 1890 he entered Starling Medical College, at Columbus, where he was graduated in 1905 and immediately came to Lithopolis, establishing his ofifice on East Main street where he has continued. Dr. Roller is an active member of various leading medical organizations and belongs to the Fairfield County, the Ohio State and the American Medical Associations.

Dr. Roller married Miss Ruth O. Courtright. They are members of the Presbyterian church. Politically he is a Democrat and has served on the city school board. He is a Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge at Lithopolis, to the Chapter at Canal Winchester and the Council at Lancaster, O. He belongs also to the Royal Arcanum at Lancaster and to the Woodmen of the World at Canal Winchester and is physician for the Modern Brotherhood of America. At present he is also examining physician for both the M. W. A. and the W. O. W.

JACOB T. DARLING, whose well cultivated farm of 106 acres lies in Hocking Township, is a leading citizen of this section and is known all over the county. He was born at Lancaster, O., June 13, 1867, and is a son of Gottleib and Margaret (Wyman) Darling.

Gottleib Darling was born in Bavaria, Germany, a son of Philip Darling, who came to the LTnited States and died of yellow fever at New Orleans, in 1848. In 1856, Gottleib Darling came to America and located at Lancaster, O., where he drove a stage coach for a time between Lancaster and Wheeling, but later became a farmer in Hocking Township. He married Margaret Wyman and of their family of children are three survivors - Jacob T. and Edward, both of whom live in Hocking Township, and Harry B., who is a resident of St.

Jacob T. Darhng was reared at Lancaster until fourteen years of age and attended school there, after which he worked on farms in Hocking Township. He made farming and fruit growing his main industry. The fine condition of his land shows that he gives it intelligent care, while his two-acre apple orchard, containing seventy trees, is productive and healthy. He finds a ready market for his apples, which are of all varieties. Mr. Darling is a leading Democrat of Hocking Townsliip and for eight consecutive years has served as a justice of the peace. Formerly he was a member of the township school board and on numerous occasions has been elected a delegate to county and state conventions.

Mr. Darling was married February 19, 1891, to Miss Lizzie Fricker, who was born in Hocking Township, a daughter of the late John Fricker, whose death on May 13, 191 1, removed one of the venerable residents of the county, he being in his ninetieth year. Mr. and Mrs. Darling have five children - Harry E., Isabel, Clara, Walter and Albert. Mr. Darling and family belong to St. Peter's Lutheran Church at Lancaster, O.

WILLIAM H. OYLER, who resides on his well cultivated farm of 100 acres, which is situated three-fourths of a mile north of Lithopolis, O., was born in Bloom township, Fairfield County, in 1863, and is a son of Lewis and Angeline (Foor) Oyler.

Lewis Oyler was born in Maryland and was a young man when he came to Ohio, locating first in the northern part of the State and later moving to what became the Oyler homestead, in Bloom Township, Fairfield County, southeast of Lithopolis. In addition to fanning.

during his active years, Lewis Oyler worked as a carpenter and was otherwise occupied, always being a man of great energy. He is now in his seventy-fifth year and resides at Galena, Delaware County, O. He married Angeline Foor, daughter of George and Esther Foor, and they had twelve children.

William H. Oyler obtained school training in Bloom Township. His first employment away from home was teaming and afterward he engaged in farming. In 1902 he came to his present place and immediately started on its improvement and the erection of new buildings. He carries on general farming and gardening.

Mr. Oyler married Miss Sarah A. Hunsecker, a daughter of Abraham and Susan Hunsecker. They were natives of Pennsylvania and both are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Oyler the following children were born: Bessie, who is deceased; Cora, who married Leonard Snyder; and Blanche, Grace, Vernon, Ethel, Homer, Clarence, Chester and Paul. Mr. Oyler casts his vote with the Prohibition party. He is regarded as one of the reliable and substantial citizens of Bloom township and has served in the office of supervisor. He is a local preacher in the Nazarene church.

FREDERICK HORN, who is one of the substantial citizens and progressive agriculturists of Berne Township, Fairfield County, O., has resided on his home farm, which contains 240 acres, since 1897, and is also the owner of two other well improved farms in the same township. He was born in Berne Township, February 15, 1849, and is a son of John G. and Barbara E. (Elfline) Horn.

The parents of Mr. Horn were bom in Bavzria. Germany, and both came when young to Fairfield County, where they married and settled in Berne Township. John G. Horn was a good manager and careful farmer and accumulated property. Of his three children but one survives. He and wife were members of the Lutheran church.

Frederick Horn has been more or less engaged in agricultural pursuits since early boyhood and is numbered with the most successful farmers and stock raisers of Berne Township. For some years he owned and operated the grist mill at Horntown, which is now the property of David Clark. Mr. Horn's farm land is all well improved and is very valuable. After his school days were over and he had reached man's estate, he was married to Miss Barbara A. Cook, whose father, Jacob Cook, was, like his own, a native of Germany and a substantial farmer of Berne Township. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Horn, the survivors being: John G., Jacob, William, Nora and Albert, all of whom live in Berne Township. They are members of the Lutheran church at Sugar Grove, in which Mr. Horn is an elder and a member of the board of trustees. In his political attitude he is an Independent Democrat. The family is held in very high regard in Berne Township and particular honor was shown Mr. Horn when the pleasant little hamlet of Horntown was given his name.

GEORGE SNOKE, one of the well known farmer-citizens of Hocking Township, who came to his present fine farm of 353 acres, in the spring of 1905, was born in Berne Township, Fairfield County, April i, 1857, and is a son of Adam and Sophia (Bentz) Snoke.

The parents of Mr. Snoke were of German extraction and both were born in Maryland. Adam Snoke accompanied his parents to Fairfield County when a boy and was reared and continued to live in Berne Township until his death, which occurred in August, 1888. He was a man of excellent parts, worthy in every way and was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Of his ten children, the following survive : Sarah, wife of Richard McClane, of Carroll County, Ind. ; Rebecca, wife of Andrew J. Beery, of Oklahoma; William J., of Berne Township; Jemima, wife of Frederick Neubauer, of Berne Township; George of Hocking Township; Rosa, wife of Joshua Hamm, of Macon County, 111. ; Oliver, of Lancaster, O. ; and Elizabeth, wife of E. A. Pierce, of Columbus, O.

George Snoke spent his boyhood on the home farm and attended the public schools in Berne Township. He then taught school for fifteen terms and was very acceptable as an instructor. His attention was then turned and his interest aroused in the great lumber industry, with which he remained connected for eighteen years, but for some years past he has given his attention to farming and stock raising. After his marriage he removed to Madison Township, where he lived for four years and during two of these years was a justice of the peace there. In his political opinions he is somewhat independent, but nominally is a Democrat.

On April 23, 1885, Mr. Snoke was married to Miss Susannah Shonk, who was born in Berne Township and is a daughter of John Shonk, who formerly lived in Hocking County and later in Berne Township, Fairfield County. Mr. and Mrs. Snoke have four children - Lucy C, Charles E., Cora E. and John L.

SAMUEL CAMPBELL, whose valuable property consisting of 190 acres of well improved land lies jointly in Madison and in Clear Creek Townships, Fairfield County, O., was born in Clear Creek Township, September 20, 1872, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Fosnaugh) Campbell. The father died in 1889 and the mother contracted a second mar- riage, with Silas Hamilton, and they live at Oakland, O. To her first marriage the following children were born : Jack, William, Samuel. Harrison, Jacob and Levi. Both parents belonged to the U. B. church.

Samuel Campbell attended the public schools in boyhood, after which he worked as a farmer, mostly by the month, until he came to his present farm, which he rented for five yfars prior to purchasing it from John Landis. While the land lies across the township line, the fine residence he has built stands in Clear Creek Township. He engages in general farming and raises stock but seldom has any for sale, aiming only to provide enough for his own use.

Mr. Campbell was married first to Miss Belle Knecht, a daughter of Daniel Knecht, of Stoutsville, O. She is survived by one son, Edgar Leon, a bright manly youth who is approaching his seventeenth birthday and is a very satisfactory student in the High School at Amanda. On December 14, 1897, Mr. Campbell was married to Miss Hattie Campbell, a daughter of George and Sarah (Con- , rad) Campbell, residents of Madison Township. George Campbell is a veteran of the Civil War. Mrs. Hattie Campbell is one of the following family : Emma, who is the wife of Edward Bliss ; William ; Charles ; Nancy, who is the wife of Mathias Fosnaugh; Lyman; Lilly, who is the wife of Matthew Fosnaugh ; Robert ; Hattie; Francis; and Maude, who is the wife of George Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell attend the Reformed church. He is a Republican in his political views.

JOSEPH JOOS, one of Hocking Township's well known citizens and experienced farmers and stock raisers, has spent his life in Fairfield County, O. He was born in Greenfield Township, May 31, 1861, his parents being Joseph and Theresa (Flamm) Joos.

In 1855 the parents of Mr. Joos emigrated from Baden, Germany, to the United States and settled in Fairfield County, O., locating for a time in Madison Township and afterward moving into Greenfield Township. There the older Joseph Joos died in 1876 and his wife in i8gg. Of their children the following sur\'ive : Charles J., of Hocking Township; Mary M., Caroline, Joseph and John S., all also of Hocking Township; William E., of Lancaster, O. ; and Frank T., of Hocking Township.

Joseph Joos, who bears his father's name, was reared and attended school in Greenfield Township and later moved to Hocking Township, where he has carried on agricultural pursuits and become one of the reliable and useful citizens. For two terms he served as township clerk of Hocking Township, having been elected on the Democratic ticket, and he has always been numbered with that body of citizens w ho encourage local enterprises and show a large measure of public spirit. Mr. Joos was one of the organizers, with Frank A. Shaeffer, of Hocking Township, of The Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, for Fairfield County, and is one of its board of directors.

L. T. MARTIN, president of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank Company of Carroll, O.. and a prominent citizen of this place, with the interests of which he is largely identified, was born in Greenfield Township, Fairfield County. O.. July 23, 1837, and is a son of Gideon and Frances (Taylor) Martin.

Gideon Martin, the father of our subject, was born at Newark, N. J., where he was reared and married. From his native state he came with his family to Ohio, traveling' in an old-style wagon and camping at various points on the route, and even after reaching their destination the family had to live in a tent untl the first log cabn could be erected. Greenfield Townshp, or what is now called such, was then an uncleared wilderness, but the new arrivals were brave and hopeful and possessed their full share of pioneer resourcefulness, and the little, square 1 6-foot cabin served them as a happy home for many years. Gibeon Martin became a man of importance in the new settlement; at one time he owned 800 acres of Ian dand he acquired the title of "Judge" Martin on acocunt of serving as associate judge of Fairfield County. He was for many years a justice of the peace and in addition to his other activities he taught a pioneer school. In early days an old line Whig, he later became a stanch Republican. His death occurred in 1887. He married Frances Taylor, who was born in New York, and of their children there are two survivors: Mrs. Samantha J. Messmore, of Columbus, O. ; and Lebbeus T., of Carroll, the direct subject of this article, he other children of this family were Mrs. Emily Mason, Mrs. Mary Brandon, Evi (a son), Catherine, Mrs. Calista, Brandt, Mrs. Louisa Graybill and Mrs. Angeline Hooker. L. T. Martin was reared in Greenfield Township. In boyhood he attended the district school but the greater and better part of his education has been gained through his own efforts and in the practical school of life. Since his youth he has been closely connected with agriculture and he now owns 200 acres of land separated into two farms. His operations are carried on along scientific lines and have proved very successful. Besides cultivating the soil, he is a raiser of stock. He has been president of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank Company, of Carroll, since 191 1, having previously served two years as vice president. He is an acti\e Republican and has proved himself a useful citizen, serving fifteen years as a member of the Special District School Board, and for ten years as a member of the Town Council.

Mr. I^Iartin was first married to Miss Harriet Spangler, a daughter of Lewis Spangler, of Fairfield County. She died and was sur- \ived by four children, namely: Charles H., who is a resident of Cincinnati ; Fannie S., who is the wife of Frank A. Brown, of Ross County, O. ; Edward L., who lives in Montana ; and Minnie D., who is now deceased. Mr. Martin married secondly Mrs. E. M. Bates, widow of Eli Bates, formerly a resident of Fairfield County. Mrs. Martin is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the Ladies Aid Society, also belonging to the Ezra B. Ricketts Relief Corps at Carroll, O.

FRANK P. BEERY, whose home farm of 121 acres, together with an additional tract of twelve acres, lies in Clear Creek Township, Fairfield County, 0., was born May 30, 1870, in Hocking County, C, and is a son of Daniel and Sarah (Mowery) Beery.