Fayette County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1914 (part 10 of 11)

George Dahl came to Fayette county and located in Washington C. H. when he was a small lad, coming to this county with his mother. As a young man he manufactured candies and delivered them by wagon, later engaging in the retail grocery business in Washington C. H. He gradually branched out into the wholesale grocery business and continued in this line until his death, in 1808, at the age of sixty-four. His wife still survives him at the age of seventy-eight. George Dahl and his wife were both members of the Methodist church. i

The paternal grandparents of Harris B. Dahl were natives of Germany and came to America in an early day, locating in Brown county, Ohio, and were pioneer settlers of that county. Grandfather Dahl died in middle age and his widow came to Fayette county, where her death occurred in Washington C. H. at an advanced age. The grandfather of H. B. Dahl had a large family of children: Henry, Jacob, George, Mrs. Catherine Rapp, Mrs. Ann Siehl, Mrs. Mary Hirt and Mrs. Ziegler. l

The maternal grandparents of Harris B. Dahl were Joess.-and= Sina (Thompson) Bereman, of Scotch-English descent, and pioneer settlers in Fayette county. Mr. Bereman was in the hardware business and was familiarly known as "Judge Bereman." He was twice married, and by his first marriage had one son and four daughters: Clayton, Elizabeth, Jennie, Ruth and Victoria. His second wife was a Miss Porter, and to this union were born three children: Eli, Porter and Catherine.

Harris B. Dahl was reared in Washington C. H. and attended the local high school until the age of seventeen, when he entered the State University at Columbus, where he remained three years. He then spent one year in the medical department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and a year in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, after which he took a course in the laboratory of the State University of Ohio with the intention of becoming a physician.

However, Mr. Dahl finally decided to engage in the business which had made his father so successful, and in 1882 he embarked in the retail grocery business in Washington C. H., and two years later he started the wholesale business. This has grown into a business of large proportions and goods from Washington C. H. are shipped all over the state of Ohio, as well as other states. The company now has four large buildings. The original building burned December 30, 1911. The firm was incorporated under the name of The Midland Grocery Company, with a capital stock of five hundred and eight thousand dollars common stock and six hundred and thirty-six thousand dollars preferred stock. The company also has a large store in Columbus, Ohio, which is the headquarters of the firm. The Washington C. H. store is called the Dahl-Millikan Branch.

The officers of the Midland Grocery Company are as follows A. S. Hammond, of Columbus, president; Col. B. H. Millikan, vice-president; C. C. Benbow, secretary: H. B. Dahl, treasurer, and William M. Campbell, manager of the Dahl-Millikan branch at Washington C. H. The company employs about sixty people in the branch store at Washington C. H. and a similar number in the Columbus store. Mr. Dahl is a director in the Commercial Bank of Washington C. H. and president of the Washington C. H. Gas and Electric Company, and has money invested in various other business enterprises in the county seat.

Mr. Dahl was married September 18, 1890, to Mary Maynard, the daughter of Col. Horatio and Clara (Blakemore) Maynard, and to this union four daughters have been born: Fanny, Charlotte, Nina and Mary. Fanny is the wife of Conrad Schweitzer, of Los Angeles, California.

Mrs. Dahl was born in Washington C. H., and her mother was a native of Virginia and her father of Holden, Massachusetts. Her father came from Drewsville, New Hampshire, to Fayette county, Ohio, when he was a young man. He was a school teacher in early life and later practiced law, and was a partner of Judge Briggs and H. L. Hadley, of Washington C. H., and H. M. Daugherty, of Columbus, for many years. Colonel Maynard was a soldier in the Civil War and was the colonel of the One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving three years at the front. He died in 1907, aged over eighty years, while his wife still survives him at the age of seventy-eight. Eight children were born to Colonel Maynard and wife: Herbert P., John P., Walter E., Mary, Nina, Augustus F., Horatio and one who died in infancy.

The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Dahl were John Phillips and Roxey (Davis) Maynard, of English descent. They died in Drewsville, New Hampshire, after rearing a family of five children: Caroline, Cleora, Horatio B., Mary and Augustus. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Dahl were Harvey and Ann (Millikan) Blakemore, his wife being born in Washington C. H., and here they both died at the ages of sixty-one and sixty-four, respectively. Mr. Blakemore was a merchant and a sheriff in the early history of Fayette county. Seven children were born to Harvey Blakemore and wife: Clara, Josephine, Emma, Charles, Lee, Wyatt and Anna.

Politically, Mr. Dahl is identified with the Republican party, but his extensive business interests have been such that he has never taken an active part in political matters. Mr. Dahl is a man of sterling character, quiet and unassuming in his manner, with a kindly word for his neighbors, and a man whose veracity has never been questioned. It is needless to say that such a broad-minded man stands high in public estimation and is today one of the representative business men of Fayette county.

Jerome Seay Lor

One of the most enterprising citizens of Union township, Fayette county, Ohio, is Jerome Taylor, farmer and dairyman. It is a well authenticated fact that success comes as the result of legitimate and well applied energy, unflagging determination and perseverance in a course when once decided upon. He who succeeds financially has the ability to see opportunities where one less gifted does not, and by taking advantage of same he turns the tide to his own account. While winning his way along financial lines, Mr. Taylor possesses those principles and attributes which not only win the confidence and respect of his fellow men, but which also bring him the admiration and sincere liking of those who know him.

Jerome Taylor was born on January 27, 1874, on the farm where he now makes his home, being the son of William E. and Nancy A. (Drais) Taylor, both of whom were born in this same township and are at present living in comfortable retirement in Washington C. H. The subject's farm contains three hundred and four dcres of excellent farming lands, much of which is devoted to pasture to accommodate his one hundred and five milch cows. This farm, known among the older residents as the old Taylor farm, is located just at the edge of the city and is more widely known as the Washington Avenue Dairy Farm. In this enterprise Mr. Taylor is highly successful, operating his business along most modern and approved lines. In addition to the dairy business, he is also owner of two moving picture shows in the city of Washington C. H., one being known as the "Air Dome" and the other as the "Palace."

The subject is one of a family of five children, the others being Harry D., Roy C., Anna (Mrs. McFadden) and Edward, deceased. Mr. Taylor is the oldest of the family, and received his elementary education in the common schools of the home locality, finishing his education in later years at the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he took a classical course. When quite a young man he began assisting his father in the work of the home farm, and this he continued at all odd times throughout his years of schooling, all of which ably fitted him for his chosen vocation of farming.

On November 9, 1902, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage with Sallie Steele and to their union have been born four children, the second of whom, their son Charles, is deceased. The others are Pauline E., aged ten years; Anna Lee, six years old, and Robert C., aged three vears. Mr. and: Mrs.

Politically, Mr. Taylor is a stanch supporter of the Republican party, taking an active interest in local politics. For six years he served as township trustee and was township assessor for five years, acquitting himself to the satisfaction of all in the duties of these offices. His religious affiliation is with the Methodist Episcopal church and to the support of the local society he gives generously of his means. He is broad in his religious views and is also warmly interested in the welfare of other church organizations. Mr. Taylor is a veteran of the Spanish-American war, having served in the Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

The best title one can establish to the high and generous esteem of an intelligent community is a protracted residence therein, and the subject of this sketch, who has spent his entire life in the one locality, has, because of his earnest and consistent life and his high attainments in his chosen line of endeavor, earned the sincere respect and good opinion of all who know him. Mr. Taylor has performed his full part in every walk of life and has ever given his unreserved support to every movement for the public welfare. He comes of a family which has always stood for the best things in the community and is counted among the progressive and enterprising families of the county. Personally, the subject is worthy of the high esteem in which he is held by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

Asp Riser Eley

A review of the life of the honored and lamented Luther L. Shelley, whose earthly career was terminated a few years ago, must of necessity be brief and general in its character. To enter fully into the interesting details of his career, touching the struggles of his early manhood and successes of later days, would far transcend the limits of this biography. He filled a large place in the ranks of the enterprising and public-spirited men of his day and generation, while the memories which attach to his name and character form no inconsiderable chapter in the history of Jasper township, this county, where he spent so many years. His life was such as to entitle him to an honorable position in this biographical history of his county, and it is eminently fitting that he be included among the representative citizens. That he did his part nobly and well is universally admitted, and the name he earned

The late Luther L. Shelley was born in 1866, in Greene county, Ohio, near Jamestown, and died November IT, 1909, at his country home in Jasper township, Fayette county, Ohio. He was the son of Mathias and Eliza (Sanders) Shelley, natives of Greene county, this state. Mathias Shelley and wife lived near Pleasant View, in that county, and reared a family of nine children, Marion, Morgan, Amanda, Flora, Eva, Jane, Anna, Luther L. and James.

The education of Luther L. Shelley was received in the schools of Pleasant View and, in accordance with the custom then prevailing, he spent all of his summer vacations at work on the home farm. After his marriage he located in Jasper township, where he lived until his death. He was a prosperous and substantial farmer and accumulated an estate of one hundred and nine acres of good land by the exercise of good management and close economy. His wife was a true helpmate and much of his success was due to her efforts, a fact which he was always ready to acknowledge.

Mr. Shelley was married in 1879, to Alice Gray, the daughter of Jefferson and Ellen (Creamer) Gray. Jefferson Gray was a native of Virginia and was one of the early settlers in Fayette county. He and his wife were the parents of five children, Mrs. Virginia Haines, Theodore, Oliver, Alice and Mrs. Elmeda Thornburg. To Mr. and Mrs. Shelley were born twelve children, Ora, Olive, John, Alva, Raymond, Percy, George, Hubert, Dorothy, Bertha, Phillip and Harry.. Of these children, all are still living with the exception of Bertha. Three of the children are married, Ora, Olive and Alva. Ora married J. C. Whiteside and has one son, Franklin: Olive became the wife of Frank Creamer and has five children, Marjorie, Roger, Grace, Hester and Richard; Alva married May Lucas, who is now deceased, as is their son, Donald.

Mr. Shelley was a life-long Republican, but never had any inclination to take an active part in political matters. However, he was interested in everything pertaining to good government and always gave his unreserved support to. such measures as would bring it about. Fraternally, he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was always interested in the affairs of that fraternal organization. Mrs. Shelley is a woman of gracious tact and charm and is greatly beloved by all who know her. She is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in whose welfare she has always been interested and to whose support she is a willing and generous contributor. Mr. Shelley was a man of broad sympathies, kindly disposed toward the faults of others and ever ready to lend a helping hand to those less fortunate than himself. In everything that he did he was careful to observe a proper mode of conduct and thus left behind him a name which will always be cherished by his children and those with whom he was associated. The lives of such men mean much to a community, for they give stability and character to the locality where they live. Such a man was Luther L. Shelley; thus he lived and thus he passed away.

Edward E. Cockerill

One of the earliest pioneer families to settle in Fayette county, Ohio, was the Cockerill family, which was first represented in this county by William S. Cockerill, a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, who was born in December, 1790, and came to Ohio in 1812, shortly after his marriage, settling first on the Ohio river just above its union with the Hocking river. Here he lived until 1821, when he came to Fayette county and purchased land of John Rowe in Perry township. Here he lived for one year and then bought land of Mr. Connor on the Little Wabash. William S. Cockerill was a man of decided literary tastes and more than ordinary intellectual ability. For several years after coming to this county he followed the profession of teaching in connection with farming. He served in the War of 1812 in an Ohio regiment. William S. Cockerill was married four times, his first wife being Anna Lehman, to whom he was married in Virginia in 1809, and whose death occurred in Fayette county, Ohio, in 1821, shortly after the family moved to this county. Nine children were born to this first marriage, Elizabeth, William, Milly, Samuel, Eldridge, Thomas G. and three who died in infancy. Thomas G. is the father of Edward E. Cockerill, with whom this narrative subsequently deals. The second wife of William S. Cockerill was Phoebe Mooney, the daughter of Judge Mooney, and to this second union nint children were born, Mary A., James, Lydia J., Harmanus, Amanda, Eliza, Anna and two who died in infancy. The second wife died in 1855, and in 1857 Mr. Cockerill married her sister, Eliza Mooney, who died in 1862. The fourth and last marriage of William S. Cockerill occurred in 1864, when he was united in marriage to Mrs. Doster, who died in 1873. William S. Cockerill lived until December 19, 1879, being nearly ninety years of age at the time of his death. He was a prosperous farmer and left an

Mr. And Mrs. Edward E. Cockerill

Thomas G. Cockerill, the son of William S. and Anna (Lehman) Cockerill, was born in 1812, and was married September 29, 1831, to Sylvitha Cochran, the daughter of Barnabas and Charlotta Cochran, natives of New Jersey and early settlers of Ohio, who came to this state in 1806. To Thomas G. Cockerill and wife were born nine children, William Newton, Martha J., Edward Estell, Jacob, Thomas, Samuel S., James W., Amelia O. and Eldridge W. Four of these sons were in the Civil War, where they made a distinguished record for themselves. All of the nine children grew to manhood and womanhood, married and reared families of their own.

Edward Estell Cockerill, named in honor of the Rev. Edward Estell, was born January 22, 1837, in the township where he has always lived except ten years in other states. He is the third child of Thomas G. Cockerill and wife and one of the most highly honored residents of this county. He was born in a log cabin in Perry township, and spent a few months of his boyhood years in the primitive schools of his home neighborhood, and early in life became used to hard manual labor. He married two years before the Civil War opened and left his wife and two small children to serve his country. He enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served for four months toward the close of the struggle. Immediately after being mustered out of the service he returned to his farm and has been following that vocation since. He bought his present farm of two hundred and thirty acres, six miles from Washington C. H., in 1881, which farm was a part of his grandfather's estate and is now one of the most attractive farms in Perry township. Mr. Cockerill has always been a heavy stock raiser and has been uniformly successful along this particular line. He keeps his farm in good repair and has always kept it to a high state of productivity, so that he is able to secure the maximum results from his labors.

Mr. Cockerill was married October 11, 1859, to Heressa Bineger, the daughter of George and Mary Bineger, natives of Virginia, and to this union have been born eleven children, Dennis, Eldridge, Minnie, A. G., Orville, Carrie, Melvin, Almeda, Gilbert, Lurella, Frank Willard. Dennis and Eldridge died before their father went to the front during the Civil War; Minnie married Eugene Horney and has four children, Fred, Jessie, George and Ralph; A. G. married Naomi Marks and has three children, Cleo (who | married James Beatty, and has one son, Russell B.), Clayton and Angeline; Orville is married; Carrie married Mr. Craig and has three children, Genevieve, Otis and Helen: Melvin married Miss Meeks and has four children, Edward M., Melvin, Russell and Estella; Almeda is single and still living with her parents; Lurella is the wife of Harry Silkot and has two children, Roland and Edward, deceased; Frank W. married Miss Coffman and has one child; Gilbert is married and has one son, Marcus. .

Mr. Cockerill has been a life-long Republican in politics and has always been very much interested in political matters. He has been trustee of his township, served as member of the school board, while he was commissioner of Fayette county for two terms. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for more than fifty years and has always been much interested in church work. He and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1909 and the occasion was observed in a most happy style. Mr. Cockerill is one of the best beloved men in the township and no one is held in higher esteem and greater affection.

A farmer and stock raiser of Jasper township, Fayette county, Ohio, is C. H. Perrill, who was born in this county forty-four years ago on his father's farm near where he is now living. His parents located in this county several years before the Civil War, and his father became one amongst the largest land owners of the township. Mr. Perrill is a practical farmer and has made a success of his chosen life. While primarily interested in his own affairs. yet he has not neglected to take his share of the burdens of civic life and gives his unreserved support to all measures of merit.

C. H: Perrill, the son of John and Margaret (Sparks) Perrill, was born November 25, 1870, in Jasper township, on his father's farm about eight miles northwest of Washington C. H, His father was born June 17, 1823, in Highland county, Ohio, and lived there until he reached his fourteenth year. He then went to Pike county, Ohio, and lived with his grandparents until he attained his majority. He then became interested in the live stock business and drove stock from Ohio to Pennsylvania and. New York markets, following this line of activity until he was twenty-nine years of age. In 1852 he came to Fayette county and here was married on November 14, 1855, to Margaret J. Sparks, the daughter of Elias Sparks.

John Perrill was the son of Hugh Perrill, who died in Kentucky about 1847, and his wife died in Highland county, Ohio, in 1835. To John Perrill and wife were born eleven children: George, Mrs. Iva Acton, Louis, Edward, Mrs. Rebecca Custis, «Charles H., Mrs. Laura Jones, Mrs. Margaret Glass, Frank and two who died in infancy. John Perrill was one of three children, the others being James and Mrs. Mary Brown. ;

C. H. Perrill received all of his education at the South Plymouth school in this county. At the age of twenty-six he assumed the management of his father's large estate.

He has identified himself with the various activities of his township, and although unmarried he takes an active interest in the social life of his locality. Politically, Mr. Perrill is a Republican, but often gives his support to a deserving friend of the opposing party.

Jacob V. Kennell

One of the many farmers of German ancestry in Fayette county is Jacob V. Kennell, of Union township, who has been a resident of this county for the past half century. He has inherited all of those sterling characteristics which have made the Germans successful wherever they have located and in whatever occupations they have engaged. The thrift and economy of the people from the Fatherland has become proverbial and they never fail to make a success of any undertaking to which they turn their attention. While Mr. Kennell has been primarily interested in his own affairs he has not neglected to take his share of the burdens of civic life and has thereby won the esteem and regard of his fellow citizens. ry

Jacob V. Kennell, the son of Valentine and Mary (Dohn));Kennell, was born in Jackson county, Ohio, October 18, 1849. His father was born in Germany and came to America when a small boy with his parents, locating in Jackson county, Ohio. The family were among the early settlers and became prominently' identified with the history of Jackson county. Valentine gréw to manhood in that county, married there and came to Fayette county in 1864 with his family. He and his wife reared a family of seven chiidren, Catherine, Eva (deceased), Jacob V., Mrs. Barbara Miller (deceased), Mrs. Anna Nichols, William (deceased) and John. l

Thé education of Jacob V. Kennell was received in a rude log schcol house in Jackson county and in the district schools of Union township in Fay- ette county. He worked on his father's farm until his marriage and then began for himself on a rented farm in Union township. He saved his money and within a short time was able to buy part of his present farm. As he prospered from year to year he added to his land holdings until he now owns one hundred and sixty acres of fine land in Union and Marion townships about four miles from the county seat. He has placed some valuable improvements on his farm and has built a fine country home of ten rooms, his home being equipped with all of the modern conveniences. He has divided his attention between the raising of crops and live stock with excellent success and is ranked among the best farmers of his township.

Mr. Kennell was married March 5, 1872, to Catherine Knotts, the daughter of Henry B. and Rachael (McGowen) Knotts. To this union there have been born three children: Eva, deceased, who was the wife of J. E. Robinson, and had one daughter, Catherine; Mae, the wife of Joseph Allemang; Percy, who married Nellie Heistand.

The Democratic party has received the hearty support of Mr. Kennell since reaching his majority and he has always taken an active part in local political affairs. He has been especially interested in educational matters and has served as clerk of the school board of his township for the past twentyone years, a remarkable record and one which shows the confidence his fellow citizens have in his ability.

Loups-Perriee

There are three means of measuring the magnitude of the farmer's income: the area of land under cultivation, the amount of working capital employed and the productive labor the farm furnishes. These three factors are not independent of each other. In general, the larger the area of productive land the greater the working capital and the amount of productive labor, but this is not always the case. Data are not available for determining the independent influence of these three means of measuring the magnitude of the farming business, but much data has been collected by the United States government to show that each is closely correlated with profit. A most interesting study has been recently issued by the Department of Agriculture in regard to the farmer's profits. A detailed study of two hundred and seventy-three farms in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa revealed the fact that average profits are as follows: For farms averaging thirty-seven acres the profit was $416; seventy-two acres averaged $848; and increasing averages up to six hundred and twenty-three acres with a profit of $6,182. Whether Fayette county measures up to these averages the historian does not know, but if all the farmers of the county were as successful as Louis Perrill, there would be no question but that they were fully up to the average.

Louis Perrill, the son of John and Margaret J. (Sparks) Perrill, was born November 10, 1862, in Jasper township, in this county. His father was a native of Ross county, Ohio, and came to Fayette county when a young man. He married after settling in this county and reared a family of eleven children, nine of whom are still living: George, Mrs. Ivy Acton, Louis, Mrs. Rebecca Custus, Edward L., Mrs. Laura M. Jones, Mrs. Margaret Glass, C. H., Frank and two infants who died in infancy. The mother of these eleven children was the daughter of Elias and - - - - - (Hall) Sparks. John Perrill, the father of Louis, was one of three children, the other two being James and Mrs. Mary Brown.

Louis Perrill was educated in the schools of Jasper township and early in life began to assist with the work on the home farm. He spent all of his summer vacations on the farm and in this way had a good practical knowledge of all phases of agricultural life by the time he had reached his majority. At the age of twenty-six he moved to his present farm of two hundred and forty-seven acres, which, with the farm of one hundred and thirty acres since acquired, makes him one of the largest land owners of his township. He divides his attention between farming and stock raising and has met with a success commensurate with his efforts.

Mr. Perrill was married February 9, 1898, to Lucy Johnson, the daughter of Solomon and Mary (Creamer) Johnson. To this marriage there has been born one son, Wallace C. Mr. Perrill and his wife are loyal members of the Methodist Protestant church and are actively engaged in the work of their church. Mr. Perrill is superintendent of the Sabbath school and one of the class leaders of his denomination.

Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Politically, he has always been identified with the Republican party and has been active in political matters in his county. He has served as trustee of Jefferson township to the satisfaction of his fellow citizens and at the present time is filling the important office of county commissioner, being elected to that position in the fall of 1912 by a handsome majority and re-elected in the fall of 1914 for a second term by one thousand majority.

It:is a pleasure to investigate the career of a successful, self-made man. Peculiar honor attaches to that individual who, by his own unaided efforts, gradually overcomes the obstacles in the pathway of success and by the master strokes of his own force and vitality succeeds in forging his way to the front and winning for himself a position of influence and esteem among his fellow citizens. Such is the record, briefly stated, of him whose name appears at the head of these paragraphs and who for 'several decades has been numbered among the successful lawyers and representative citizens of Fayette county. His life-long residence in-this community has made his name widely and familiarly known. His life'and the history of this locality for more than fifty years have been contemporaneous and he has performed his full share in the upbuilding, development and progress of the county, taking an especially prominent part in the later-day growth of the community. He has been a consistent man in all phases of his career and his life has. been characterized by an entire absence of pretense or sham. He is what the community holds him to be, a man among men, and one who has fairly earned the high position which is today his. !

James D. Post was born on a farm near Washington C. H., Fayette county, Ohio, on November 23, 1863. -His parents, Abraham and Mary Jane (McCoy) Post, also were natives of Fayette county, and both died here, the father in 1909, at the.age of sixty-eight years, and the mother at the early age of twenty-six years. Abraham Post was a farmer by vocation and was the son of Valentine Post, who came, with his wife, from Pennsylvania, being numbered among the earliest pioneers of Fayette county. Here his death occurred at an advanced age. To him and his wife were born the following children: Andrew, Jacob, Abraham, Wesley, Barbara, Ann, Nelson and Sarah J. Berry. Mary. Jane Post was the daughter,of Patrick and Elizabeth McCoy, who also were early settlers in Fayette county. Their children were Patrick, Abraham, John, Sylvester, Elias, Mary J., Sarah J., Price, Ann (McCartney) and Rebecca (Drais). To. the subjects parents. were born two children besides himself, Esker, deceased, and. Addie, the wife of Thomas M. Hare, of Baltimore, Maryland.

James D. Post has spent his entire life in Fayette county and his boyhood days were spent on his father's farm, where he not only gained a. sound body, but also became imbued with those sterling principles of industry, perseverance and independence which have been marked characteristics of) his later life. His early educational training was'received inthe district schools, which was supplemented by a course in the National Normal University, at Lebanon, Ohio. During the following five years Mr. Post was engaged in teaching school, and during this period he earnestly gave his attention to 'the study of law, the practice of which profession he had determined to make his life work. In 1887 he was examined and admitted to the bar arid at' once came to Washington C. H. and "hung out his shingle." That he has been eminently successful in his chosen calling isa matter of local history, for Mr. Post has for many years been numbered among the leaders of the Fayette county har, being connected with much of the important litigation in the local courts and being frequently employed in the courts of neighboring counties. As a member of the bar he has ever faithfully and honorably discharged his duty, and has always, maintained the respect that is due to courts of justice. He has always counseled and maintained' such actions and defenses only as appeared to him to be just and has adhered' so closely to the professional code of ethics that he has merited the confidence which has universally been placed in him.

Politically, a life-long supporter of the Democratic patty, Mr. Post has for many years stood high in the councils of his party, wielding a large influence and being numbered among the party's leaders in this section of the state. In recognition of his ability, he was, in 1910, nominated and elected to represent this congressional district, the seventh, in the national legislative body. No member of Congress entered upon his labors there with a more sincere devotion to his constituents' interests than did Mr. Post, and that they appreciated and recognized his efforts was evidenced by his reelection to Congress in the fall of 1912. He is a close student of public questions affecting the financial, economic, educational and moral interests of the country and he has invariably been found on the right side of these great questions.

Religiously, Mr. Post and his wife are earnest members of the Presbyterian church, to which they contribute liberally. Fraternally, Mr. Post is a member of Sample Lodge No. 227, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

In 1885 James D. Post was married to Mrs. Mary J. Snider, a native of Ohio, and the daughter of J. J. and Catharine (Creamer) Worthington, also natives of the Buckeye state. These parents had three children, David I., Lee and Mary J. To Mr. and Mrs. Post has been born one son, Claude L., who is an attorney in Columbus, Ohio, and who married "Lois Jones.

Mr. Post has always been an active supporter of all local movements tending to the upbuilding of the community, and is a stockholder and director of the Milledgeville Bank. Though very busy in the practice of his profession and in discharging his official duties at Washington, DACA Mr Post does not evade his ordinary duties as a citizen and, because of his life and attainments, he deserves representation in the annals of his county.

Alexander Dawson

Although a resident of this county but a short time, Alexander Dawson has been here long enough to let his neighbors judge of his character and worth as a citizen. Born and reared in Ross county, this state, in 1888, he came to this county and in 1913 moved to his present place in Marion township, on a farm of fifty acres on the Circleville pike eight miles from Washington C. H. He comes from an old and highly esteemed pioneer family and has inherited those excellent qualities which made his forefathers prominent citizens of the various communities in which they resided. He is a man of clean and wholesome life and interested in everything which pertains to the general welfare of his locality, thereby well meriting the high esteem in which he is held.

Alexander Dawson, the son of Dillie and Rebecca (Baughman) Dawson, was born November 17, 1849, in Ross county, Ohio, near Clarksburg. Dillie Dawson was the son of Jolin and Catherine Dawson, natives of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and early settlers in Ross county, Ohio. Dillie Dawson was bound out when a small boy, owing to the death of his father, and was essentially a self-made man in every particular. He grew to manhood in Ross county, married and reared a family of seven children, Marion, Sarah Jane, Alexander, Dillie, Owen, Jasper and one who died in infancy. Of these children, Alexander, Owen and Jasper are still living.

Alexander Dawson was educated in the schools of Clarksburg, Ohio, and early in life went to work on the farm. He lived in Ross county until 1888, when he came to Fayette county, where he is now living. He is a selfmade man, having started in life with nothing and has attained his present standing solely through his own unaided efforts.

Mr. And Mrs. Alexander Dawson

the daughter of William and Martha (Dennis) Shockley, and to this union eight children have been born, Clarke, Harry, Owen, William, Mary, Lillie, Clara and Nettie. Clarke married Edna Hoskins, and has two children, Opal and Forrest; Harry is deceased; William married Ida Mattson and has two children, Virgil and Mabel; Mary became the wife of G. W. Rogers; Lillie is the wife of Guy Brown and has two children, Frank and Paul, deceased; Clara is the wife of James Hunter, and has four children, Vera, Robert, Ruth and Ethel V.; Nettie married Lawrence Losey and has two children, Dorothy and Paul.

Politically, Mr. Dawson has been a life-long Democrat and has always taken a deep interest in local political matters. After coming to Fayette county, he served as township trustee and was road supervisor while living in Pickaway county, filling the latter position for twelve years. Mr. Dawson is a man of pleasing personality, and has won many friends since becoming a resident of this township and county.

William H.Sheley

It is an excellent thing to be born to great wealth, but it is a more excellent thing to be born to a good name. When ancestors through many generations have lived useful lives and made a splendid name for themselves by devotion to duty and honor, it is one of the brightest inheritances which can be left to descendants. And so the families who had representatives in the Revolution or in the service of the country many years ago, boast of such service and found organizations of the descendants, with the record of the fathers as the foundation stone. Descendants of families which came to the wilderness of Ohio and carved refined and Christian homes from the primeval wilds may well boast of the deeds of their fathers and mothers who conquered the woods and made the soil blossom with the flowers of industry and peace. And for this great service, so long since unselfishly rendered, their children of today may well rise up and call them blessed. Such has been the inheritance of the subject of this brief sketch.

William H. Sheley, farmer and stock raiser, residing on his one-hundredand-sixty-acre farm, located about four miles from Washington C. H., on the Bloomingburg road, first saw the light of day on January 12, 1849, in Greene county, Ohio, near Jamestown. It was at that point that the earliest of the family settled when they came to this state in 1802 and took up gov- ernment land, carving out of the wilderness the home which was a family possession for so many years. Mr. Sheley is a son of. T. L. and Sarah (Phillips) Sheley, who in their day and generation were among. the. most prominent citizens of Greene county. : They were refined and kindly people whose useful lives shed a beneficent influence over the entire community where they passed their lives and in that same neighborhood they were laid to rest when death called them from their activities here below. Mr. Sheley's paternal grandparents were Michael and Louisa (Strong) Sheley, the former of whom was born near Winchester, Virginia, :and was a son of John and Anna (Bealler) Sheley. John was a native of Germany, who came to this country in his young manhood and the Bealler family were emigrants from Treland, locating in. Virginia early in its history. John had become a naturalized American hefore the outbreak of the War. of the. Revolution. and during that conflict, was for seven years in the famous Virginia Continentals.

Mr. Sheley was one of. a family of seven children, the second in order of birth, and when a boy attended the common schools of the home locality and in his spare time assisted with the work of the home farm. He remained under the parental roof until he attained his majority, when he started out in life for himself. His first venture was the renting of a tract of land. He first came to this county in 1890, when he purchased a farm and permanently located here. However, he later disposed of his original holdings and purchased his present location from the Hays estate. He devotes his energies to general farming and the raising of live stock.

On December 12, 1872, Mr. Sheley was united in marriage with Martha Tressler, born on March 13, 1850, in Greene county, a daughter of Peter and Catherine (Smith) Tressler. Peter Tressler was a life-long farmer and a son of John and Sarah: (Fudge) Tressler. John was a native of Virginia and was one of the early settlers of Greene county, where he was prominent in everything that made for the public good. Mr. and Mrs. Sheley are the parents of three children, the oldest of whom, Thurman, married Lula Minton and is the father of thtee children: Doris, Earl and Zelma. He resides on the farm. Clarence, the second son, lives at home, while Kathreen, the daughter of the family, is the wife of Irwin West and lives at Jeffersonville.

Mr. Sheley' is an earnest and consistent member of the Methodist Protestant church, while politically, he gives his support to the Democratic party. He is regarded as one of the leading men of that party in this locality. -He has been a trustee for the Children's Home forthe past: fourteen years. Mr. Sheley'is one who has'not only succeeded along material 'lines; but has won for himself something better than possessions "in the honor and respect ac- corded him by his fellowmen and their tribute to his usefulness as a citizen. He began his business career low on the ladder. of success, but, to his undertaking he applied himself with courage, industry and perseverance and has: attained a commensurate degree of success. i

Scott Brate

One of the largest farmers and stock raisers of Fayette county, Ohio, is Scott Beatty, who is the owner of about eight hundred acres of land in Fayette and Pickaway counties, Ohio. The first members of this family came to Fayette county about 1818 and settled on land south of Samuel Dew. Mr. Beatty has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits and is known as one of the largest cattle raisers of Fayette county, having made a specialty of this particular phase of stock raising. He is a man of marked business ability and good judgment and has always so conducted his affairs as to win the high esteem of his fellow 'citizens, while at the same time adding to his material possessions. ;

Scott Beatty, the son of Isaac Newton and Margaret (Hidy) Beatty, was born September 9, 1850, in Marion township, Fayette county, Ohio, and moved to Pickaway county in 1868, and moved back to Madison township in 1908. His father was born in Marion township, the son of James and Rebecca (Gibson) Beatty. James Beatty came from Hampshire county, Virginia, in 1818, and located in Marion tow nship, where he and his wife reared a family of five children: Isaac Newton, Milton, James G., Samuel and Mary. 'The parents of Margaret Hidy Beatty came from Pendleton county; West Virginia, about 1800 and located in Fayette county, Ohio.

Scott Beatty received his elementary education in the district schools, afterward attending the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. After graduating from this excellent institution he returned to the farm and has since devoted his life to the various phases of agriculture. At the age of twenty-one he began farming for himself and by good management and keen foresight has so managed his affairs as to accumulate an estate of eight hundred acres, being one of the largest land owners of the county.

Mr. Beatty was married June 28, 1874, to Mary Decker, the daughter of A. S. and Catherine (Timmons) Decker. Mr. Beatty was born in Waterloo, Ohio, her father having located in that city immediately after coming to this country from Switzerland, where he was born. . A. S. Decker was a harness maker by trade, and he and his wife were the parents of two children: Mary, the wife of Mr. Beatty, and Wesley. Mr. Beatty and his wife have one daughter, Margaret A., the wife of William Strope. Mr. and Mrs. Strope are the parents of three daughters: May, Hazel and Fern.

William Strope was born November 5, 1874, at Manara, Ohio, the son of Lafayette and Essie (Brown) Strope. Lafayette Strope came from Compton Creek, Ohio, and was the son of William Strope, a native of Virginia. Lafayette Strope and wife had a family of six children: Charles, Nancy, Clara, Mary, William and Mrs. Inez Tharp. After leaving school Mr. Strope learned the telegrapher's trade and was for several years an operator on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Orient, Ohio. He married Margaret. A. Beatty on the 19th day of June, 1895, and since then has assisted his father-in-law on the farm. He is a Republican in politics and, fraternally, is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

Mr. Beatty adheres to the principles and policies of the Republican party but has never been active in the political affairs of his township or county, his extensive agricultural interests demanding all of his time and attention. His wife died in 1913 and since then he has been making his home with his daughter, Mrs. William Strope. Fraternally, Mr. Beatty is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias.

The Haigler family trace their ancestry back to the little mountainous republic of Switzerland. J. W. Haigler, whose history is presented in this connection, is the- fourth in direct line from the first member of the family to come to this country. The name of the first member of the family to settle in America has been lost, but it is known that he was married before coming to this country and that he settled in Pennsylvania and reared a large family of children who located in Hadry and Pendleton counties, Virginia, upon reaching manhood and marrying. One of the several children born to this first member of the family to come to Virginia was William, who is the great-grandfather of J. W. Haigler. William Haigler married Magdalena Whitzel and located in Virginia, where he reared a large family.

A family of fourteen children were born to William Haigler and wife: Phoebe, the wife of Jesse Harper; John, who married Phoebe Skidmore; Anna, the wife of Eli Brand; Christina, the wife of Jonathan Nelson; Eliza- beth, the wife of Jesse Buckbee: Jacob, who married Christina Harper; Mary, the wife of Michael Carr; Susan, the wife of George Miller; George, who married and had at least two sons, George and Zebdee; Henry, who removed to Canada; Jehu and Martin, concerning whom nothing is known; William and Clara, who died in childhood. John Haigler, the second child, who became the grandfather of J. W. Haigler, lived for atime in West Virginia, and spent his declining years in Labette county, Kansas. John Haigler and wife were the parents of six children: Elijah, the father of J. W., whose career is set forth later on; Morgan, who married Elizabeth Armentrout; James, who married Edith Speakman; Rebecca, the wife of George H. Kyle; Levina, the wife of C. Smith, and Lucinda, the life of Jehu Judy.

Elijah M. Haigler was born in Pendleton county, West Virginia, September 26, 1826, and came to Fayette county, Ohio, when he was a young man of twenty-one. He only remained in Fayette county for a short time and then returned to West Virginia, and a year later returned to Fayette county and became interested in the raising of live stock. He was married in 1859 to Letitia Hays, and to this union were born five children: John W., Mrs. Julia Kennedy, Albert, Charles and Mrs. Jennie Todhunter.

John W. Haigler, the oldest child of Elijah M. and Letitia (Hays) Haigler, was born on the farm where Albert Haigler is now living, May 28, 1862. He went to school for a time in Fayette county and later went to Virginia, where he attended school in Rockingham county and then completed his education by attending college at Lebanon, Ohio. At the age of twenty-two he began farming for himself by renting land from his father. After renting a few years he bought his present farm of seventy-seven acres about twelve miles from the county seat. He is a stock raiser and keeps a high grade of stock on his farm at all times.

Mr. Haigler was married on Christmas day, 1894, to Emma L. Heironimous, the daughter of Joshua G. and Phoebe (Hutchinson) Heironimous, and to this union have been born three children: Nellie Letitia, Candace Marie and Elijah Morl, deceased. Both of the daughters are graduates of the Jeffersonville high school.

Politically, Mr. Haigler is identified with the Republican party and has always been more or less interested in local politics. He has been a member of the school board of his township, as well as township assessor, filling these positions in a satisfactory manner to his fellow citizens. He and his family are consistent and loyal members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in whose welfare they are greatly interested. Mr. Haigler is.a trustee of his

Dr. Francis Marion Black

The late Dr. Francis M. Black was a prominent citizen of Darbyville, 'Ohio, for many years and during his residence here in the county he took an active part in every phase of the development of Washington C. H. and Fayette county. He was a distinguished soldier of the Civil War and was always interested in the welfare of the old soldiers. He was not a man of pretense and therefore did not pose as a perfect man. But he was a man of high ideals, and, like men of strength of character, his ideals were always above him. His ideals were not meager, but full, broad and telling - ideals of home, of social life, of business, of the sanctuary, of obligation and duty, -of faith and religion. He was a man whose speech was sane, whose honor was unswerving, and whose word was pure gold.

Dr. Francis M. Black, the son of William and Elizabeth Black, was 'born in Pickaway county, Ohio, October 27, 1827, and died in Washington C H., Ohio, January 20, 1902: He was one of nine children, all of whom -are now deceased with the exception of Captain Edward R., of Leistville, 'Ohio. .

Doctor Black was educated in the public schools of his native county -and received his medical education under the tutelage of Doctor Hull, of Circleville, Ohio, to which he added a course of lectures in the medical school at Columbus. He began the practice of medicine at Williamsport, 'Ohio, in 1849, but the next year moved to Darbyville, Ohio, where he resided until 1883. In that year he removed to Washington C. H., where he lived the remainder of his life. While in Darbyville he was in partnership with Doctor Allen for some years, after which he practiced alone. Upon settling in Washington C, H. he entered into partnership with Dr. C. A. Foster and they remained together for several years. Doctor Black owned a fine farm near Darbyville to which he gave his careful supervision. He sold this farm and invested in Pickaway county farm land and had nearly * four hundred acres of well-improved land at the time of his death. He was interested in the business life of Washington C. H. and was president and a large stockholder of one of the largest banks in the city. At the time of his 'death he was the oldest physician in the county.although he had practically retired from active practice a few years before his death.

Doctor Black was married in October, 1853,, to Mary Zinn Aabe a «daughter of Elijah and Prudence (Sharp) Zinn. His widow is still living in this city in the old homestead. There were no children born to this union.

second degree and was also a member of the Mystic Shrine. Hes was always active in Masonic affairs and was interred with full Masonic honors. Mrs. Black has been a life-long member' of 'the Methodist church and although Doctor Black was not a member of the denomination, yet he was a regular attendant upon its services. He lived a life of usefulness and honor in every respect and was truly one of the noblemen of earth.

In the year 1862 Doctor Black enlisted in Company A, Ninetieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was elected captain of his company immediately after it was mustered into the service. His regiment was attached to the Fourteenth Army Corps and fought in many of the bloodiest engagements of the war. At the battle of Stone River his regiment suffered fearful losses, but he escaped without injury although many of his brave comrades fell to rise no more. The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic took a prominent part at the time of the funeral services.

Thus briefly is told the story of the life of a good citizen. He came to the end of life's journey with no regrets on account of a wasted life. The trail he has left in this world he has found in that better world where he is now marching with those who have kept the faith and fought the fight which ends in eternal happiness.

Jesse Wel Ton

The history of every man is an account of what he does, and the history of such a man as Jesse Welton, a large land ow ner of Jefferson township, 1 interesting in view of the fact that he started in at the foot of the ladder i, by his own energy and determination has accumulated a farm of more than five hundred acres. He is strictly a self-made man who has achieved his success because of his sterling personal qualities, and being a man of high ideals and correct principles of life, he is well deserving of the high esteem in which he is universally held throughout the county.

Jesse Welton,- the son of Solomon and Mary (Clarke) 'Welton, was born 'March 17, 1851, in Petersburg, Virginia. "Solomon Welton and wife were born in Hardy county, West Virginia, and never left the county of their nativity, he dying in 1862, and the wife and mother many years later. Both aré buried in the cemetery at Petersburg, West Virginia. Three children were: born to Solomon Welton and wife: Aaron, Jesse, and Mary, the wife

Jesse Welton received his education in the schools of his native town and remained at home until he was twenty-five years of age. He then left his native state and came to Fayette county, Ohio, where he began working by the month. Being of a frugal turn of mind, he saved his money and when he had accumulated one thousand dollars, he began renting land in- this county, and continued farming inthis way for seven years, at which time he married and purchased a farm in Jefferson township. Being compelled to exercise the closest economy in order to buy this farm it was but a natural thing for him to continue his frugal habits after beginning to farm for himself on his own land. He invested his savings in land and kept on increasing his acreage until at the present time he is the owner of five hundred and ten acres of fine land in Jefferson township. He finds the most profitable part of his farming is in the raising of live stock, feeding a large number of cattle and hogs each year for the markets.

Mr. Welton was married to Susan Parrett, the daughter of Isaac and Mary A. (Kiplinger) Parrett, natives of Virginia, and to this union has been born one son, Wilbur J., who.is now farming with his father.

Mills Gardner

The late Mills Gardner, of Washington, C. H., Ohio, was one of the distinguished lawyers and educated men of his day and was a son of one of the honored families of Ohio. A man of high moral character and unimpeachable integrity, persistent industry and excellent professional judgment, he stood as a leader in his state for nearly half a century, in the largest and best sense of the term. Mr. Gardner was one of the notable men of his day and generation and as such is entitled to a conspicuous place in the annals of his state. As a citizen he was public-spirited and enterprising to an unwonted degree. As a statesman he was the peer of any of his contemporaries. As a business man he exercised those qualities which distinguish men of industry; and, as a friend and neighbor, he combined those qualities of head and heart that won confidence and commanded respect.

Hon. Mills Gardner, the son of Seth and Elma Sands (Barrere) Gardner, was born at Russellville, Brown county, Ohio, January 30, 1830, and died at Washington C. H., Ohio, on the 2oth day of February, rg10. His father was born in New York and his.imother in Ohio. For most of their married life they. lived in. Russellville, Ohio, where-they reared their three sons, George B., Mills and Thomas. Seth Gardner was a merchant in Russellville for many years and died there late in life. His widow, Elma S. Gardner, died in Washington C. H. at the age of eighty-five. Seth Gardner was a son of Benjamin and Lucy (Hawks) Gardner. Benjamin Gardner was born in Exeter, Washington county, Rhode Island, and served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The maternal grandfather of Mills Gardner was George W. Barrere and his wife was Abigail Mills, both of whom were natives of Virginia.

Mills Gardner received his early education in the common schools of New Market, Highland county, Ohio, and afterwards attended an academy taught by the Rev. John Rankin at Ripley, Ohio. He left school when he was fourteen years of age to enter a dry goods store as clerk. It was while he was working as a clerk in this store that he began the study of law under the supervision of his uncle, Hon. Nelson Barrere, of Hillsboro, Ohio. In 1854 Mr. Gardner moved to Washington C. H., Ohio, where he lived until his death. He was admitted to the bar in 1855 and was engaged in the practice of his profession and in public service for the remainder of his days.

Mr. Gardner was a life-long Republican and was a leader of his party for more than a quarter of a century. In 1855 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Fayette county and re-elected to the same position, serving four years. In 1862 he was elected to the State Senate and served two years in the Legislature. In 1864 Mr. Gardner was presidential elector from his congressional district and voted for Abraham Lincoln. In 1866 he was elected to the House of Representatives in the State Legislature and served for one term. His next public service was as a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1872, to which he was elected by the voters in his district. The highest official position to which he attained was that of member of Congress, to which he was elected in the fall of 1876. He was a member of the forty-fifth Congress from the third congressional district of Ohio, and in the same year was a member of the Republican national convention, which nominated Rutherford B. Hayes for President. While in Congress, Mr. Gardner sat between the two martyred Presidents, James A. Garfield and William McKinley, and was a warm friend of both men. This position completed the official career of Mr. Gardner, which gave him distinction.

As a lawyer Mr. Gardner had a large practice and as a pleader before the jury he had few equals in the state. He was interested in 'business affairs and was a stockholder in several financial institutions of his county. He was president of the Commercial Bank for several years. He built one

Mr. Gardner was always an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal church and was one of the committee which built the present church at Washington C. H. This was the third church of this denomination and Mr. Gardner had helped to build the first two as well. He was a very liberal contributor to the church and was never happier than when engaged in some kind of religious work. He conducted a large men's class and a Bible school for several years and was regarded as a most efficient teacher.

The domestic life of Mr. Gardner was very happy. He was married at the early age of twenty-one, in October, 1851, to Margaret Ann Morrow, the daughter of John and Martha Morrow. There were nine children born to Mr. Gardner and his wife, all having died in childhood with the exception of two daughters, Gertrude and Edith Hortense, -both of whom are still living. Mrs. Gardner died October 20, 1898, and her husband survived her only a few years. The two daughters, Gertrude and Edith, took care of their father very tenderly after their mother's death. These two daughters are very prominent members of society and interested in everything pertaining to the advancement of the educational and religious welfare of their city. They were both active workers in the church and their influence is always used for the best things.

William M. Campbell

A prominent business man of Washington C. H, Fayette county, Ohio, is William M. Campbell, vice-president of the Midland Grocery Company of Ohio and general manager of the Dahl-Millikan branch at Washington C. H. He has been a business man since his early manhood, his father having been a general merchant all his life, and, consequently, his early training was such as to influence him in favor of a business-career. He has been living in Washington C. H. since 1897, where he has charge of the Dahl-Millikan branch of the Midland Grocery Company.

William M. Campbell, the son of Thomas C. and Margaret L. (Brown) Campbell, was born in Bainbridge, Ross county, Ohio, February 28, 1871. His parents, who were natives of, Ohio, reared a family of six children: William M., of Washington C. H.; Joseph Porter, of Bainbridge; Frances C., of Bainbridge; T. Clifford, of Berlin, Germany; Winifred, the wife of

Thomas C. Campbell was born in Aberdeen, Ohio, and reared in Cynthiana, Pike county, Ohio. He was a general merchant and for forty-five years was a prominent merchant of Bainbridge, where he is now living a retired life.. He has extensive farming interests as well as mercantile interests in Ross county. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Thomas C. Campbell's father, William H. B. Campbell, of Aberdeen, Ohio, was a grandson of Evan Campbell, whose father was Mathew Campbell, one of the founders of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mathew Campbell was a son of Colin Campbell, of the house of the Scottish Lords and the seventh son of the Duke of Argyle, Scotland.

The paternal grandparents of William M. Campbell, William H. B. and Nancy (Shofstahl) Campbell, were early settlers in Brown county, Ohio. William H. B. Campbell was the first man to start the Gretna Green for ferrying people across the Ohio river between Maysville, Kentucky, and Aberdeen, Ohio, and was a river boatman all his life. Thomas C. was the only child born to this union and was reared by an uncle and aunt, J. W. McCague. The maternal grandparents of William M. Campbell were Joseph P. and Mary (Perrill) Brown. Joseph P. Brown was merchant and farmer at Bainbridge, where he died at an advanced age. Mr. Brown and his wife reared a large family of children, Margaret L., John, Frances, Perrill F., Effie and Elizabeth.

William M. Campbell was reared in Bainbridge, Ohio, and graduated from the high school of Bainbridge in 1889. He then entered the Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York, and graduated from that excellent institution in the spring of 1891. He then began clerking in his father's store at Bainbridge, Ohio, and later took charge of the store, remaining at Bainbridge until after his marriage in 1897. In that year he came to Washington C. H. and took a position with the Dahl-Millikan Company in order to learn the grocery business. He went through all of the office positions and traveled on the road as a salesman for the company for a few years. He then returned to the home office in Washington C. H. and took charge of the buying, first of the notions, woodenware, etc., and later became the buyer for all of the departments of the store. He has been a director + in the company ever since the organization of the Midland Company. He is now the vice-president of the Midland Grocery Company, controlling two stores, one at Columbus and the other at Washington C. H., known as the Dahl-Millikan branch. This company employs about forty salesmen on the road and is one of the largest wholesale grocery firms of the state. Mr. Campbell is essentially a self-made man and has worked his way up from a boy to his present position and is now one of the leading and eminently successful business men of Washington C. H.

Mr. Campbell was married June 24, 1897, to Ethel Dahl, the daughter of George and Ruth (Bereman) Dahl. To this union one daughter, Virginia, has been born. Mrs. Campbell was born in Washington C. H. and spent her whole life here. Her death occurred on December 27, IQII.

Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are stanch members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Campbell belongs to Bainbridge Lodge No. 196, Free and Accepted Masons; Greenfield Chapter No. 133, Royal Arch Masons; Chillicothe Council, Royal and Select Masters, as well as Garfield Commandery No. 28, Knights Templar, at Washington C. H. He is also a member of the Scioto Consistory, Columbus, Ohio, being a thirty-second-degree Mason. He also holds his membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Washington C. H. He is a director of the Fayette Canning Company and is a stockholder in the Fayette County Bank. In addition to -his other interests, he owns two hundred and fifty acres in Union township, in this county. Politically, he has always given his hearty support to the Republican party, but has never been a candidate for office. Mr. Campbell is. recognized as a man of worth and stability of character and enjoys the highest esteem of his fellow citizens.

The Parrett family was one of the first to locate in Fayette county, Ohio, and the various members of this family have been prominently identified with the history of this county for nearly a century. Frank C. Parrett is a worthy representative of this family and a man of broad and liberal education, who is now devoting himself to the supervision of extensive farming interests in Fayette and Greene counties. A graduate of the State University of Ohio, a newspaper man of several years' experience, he is now devoting himself to an agricultural career and is exhibiting marked ability in handling the large estate of his parents.

Frank C. Parrett, the son of John S. and Alice (Coffman) Parrett, was born in Union township, Fayette county, Ohio, on the old Samuel Coffman homestead September 13, 1882. His parents, both of whom were also natives of Fayette county, had only one child, Frank C. John S. Parrett was reared on Sugar creek, Union township, this county, and his wife was born and reared in the same township. He was a life-long farmer and after his marriage lived for one year in Washington C. H., where he was engaged in the hardware business. He then returned to the old Samuel Coffman homestead, where his wife was born, and lived there until his death, April 22, 1911. He was born in 1849 and spent his whole life in the county of his birth. His wife still survives him and lives on East Market street in Washington C. H. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. John S. Parrett was a farmer and stock raiser and a successful man in every way. He was active and industrious and accumulatyd a Sarge estate. At one time he was a director in the Fayette County Bank at was also vice-president and a director in the Washington Savings Bank and Trust Company, having had a part in the organization of both banks.

The paternal grandparents of Frank C. Parrett were Frederick A. and Elizabeth (Grove) Parrett, natives of Ohio and pioneer settlers in Fayette county. Frederick Parrett cleared and improved a farm in Union township and was a large farmer and stock raiser and well known throughout the county. He lived to an advanced age, while his wife died a comparatively young woman. Frederick A. Parrett and wife were the parents of several children, Frederick, John S., Noah S., Christopher, and two who died in infancy. After the death of his first wife he married again and three children were born to his second union. `

The maternal grandparents of Frank C. Parrett were Samuel and Nancy (Smith) Coffman, natives of Ohio and pioneer settlers in Fayette county. They both died at an advanced age after rearing a large family of children, Mrs. Jane Grove, Mrs. Matilda Johnson, Mrs. Charity Sturgeon, Mrs. Armilda Lanum, Mrs. Nancy Dick, Mrs. Alice Parrett, Samuel E. and Mrs. Mary Deinous.

Frank C. Parrett was reared on his father's farm in Union township and graduated from the high school at Washington C. H. He then attended the Ohio Normal University at Ada, and later entered the Ohio State University at Columbus, graduating from that institution in the spring of 1904 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He was then engaged in newspaper work for about four years, doing both reportorial and editorial work on various Columbus newspapers and on the Toledo Blade. In 1908 he took charge of a farm in Madison county, Ohio, where he remained for four years and after his father's death, in 1911, he returned to Washington C. H. and now looks after his father's and mother's lands in Fayette and Greene

Mr. Parrett was married September 26, 1907, to Katherine Eastman, the daughter of Henry Neville and Lillian (Jones) Eastman. Mrs- Parrett was born in Columbus, Ohio, her father being a native of Zanesville and her mother of Columbus.

Politically, Mr. Parrett is a stanch Republican and has been one of the leaders of his party for many years in local affairs. On November 3, 1914, he was elected to the General Assembly of Ohio as representative from Fayette county, a fact which speaks highly of his standing in his county. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons at Columbus, Ohio, and also of the Royal Arch Masons of the same place.

George Allen

The late George Allen, the son of William and Sarah (Hidy) Allen, was one of eight children born to his parents, the others being Irvin, Samuel, Adam, William, Aaron, Joel and Elizabeth J.

George Allen was reared to manhood in his home county and received a good common school education. He remained with his parents until his marriage and then located in Jefferson township, in Fayette county. He bought a small farm and gradually added to it until at the time of his death he owned two hundred and fifty acres of land on the Jamestown pike about two miles from Jeffersonville. He was a progressive farmer and took an active interest in the welfare of his community. In addition to farming he opérated a tile mill for about ten years in his township. He served in the Civil War as a member of Company G, One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and upon the organization of the Grand Army of the Republic became a member of the post at Washington C. H.

Mr. Allen was married December 1, 1868, to Mary S: Williams, the daughter of Jesse and Margaret (Bodkin) Williams. Her father was born in Harrison county, West Virginia, and when a young man came to Ohio and located in Fayette county. Seven children were born to Jesse Williams and wife, Jeremiah, Henry M., Mary S., Thomas, John, Esther and Fannie. Jesse Williams was the son of Thomas and Esther (Young) Williams, natives and life-long residents of West Virginia. Thomas Williams and wife reared a family of five children, Elizabeth, Prudence, John, Eli and Jesse.

Mr. Allen and wife reared a family of seven children, Lily, Adah, Ford, Raymond G., Roy, Clarence O. and Della. Lily is the wife of Adam Jacks and has three children, Luella, Claude and Marie. Adah is the wife of

Arthur Hidy and has three children, Florence, Francis and Earl. Ford H. married Jennie Edge. Raymond G. married Belle Perslnger and has two children, Mildred and George. Roy married Edith Connor, and Della þe- ` came the wife of James Rea.

John Morgan Baker

The manager of several large farms in Ohio is John Morgan Baker, who has the supervision of twelve hundred acres in this county. He is a man of excellent education and after leaving college became the bookkeeper in the Commercial Bank of Morris Sharp & Company, of Washington C. H., where he remained for many years. He left the bank in order to look after the extensive farming interests of Morris Sharp, his uncle, and for the past ten years has been thus engaged.

John Morgan Baker, the son of John and Susan (Sharp) Baker, was born in Jamestown, Greene county, Ohio, July 2, 1873. His parents, who were natives of Kentucky and Aberdeen, Ohio, respectively, had three sons: Owen, a farmer living near Buena Vista, Ohio; John Morgan, of Washington C. H., and Warren, who died in infancy.

John Baker was a druggist in his early manhood and later was employed by the D. M. Ferry Seed Company, of Detroit, and remained with that company for fifteen years. He died in Columbus, Ohio, in 1910, at the age of sixty-four. His wife died January 12, 1879, at the age of thirtyeight. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

The paternal grandparents of John M. Baker were natives of Kentucky and early settlers in Greene county, Ohio, where they died at an advanced age. Five children were born to the grandparents of Mr. Baker, Arvilla, Frank, Samuel T., John Hillary and W. Raper. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Baker were Morgan and Frances (Warren) Sharp, natives of Kentucky. Morgan Sharp was a river pilot for many years and later operated a general store at Jonestown, Ohio. Mr. Sharp and his wife both died at Washington C. H. He passed away in June, 1882, and his widow in March, 1890. Three children were born to Morgan Sharp and wife, Morris, Susan and a son who died in early childhood.

John Morgan Baker came to Washington C. H. when he was five years of age and has lived here ever since. After graduating from the Washington C. H. high school, he entered Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, where he spent three years. He then became bookkeeper in the Commercial Bank of Morris Sharp & Company, of Washington C. H., and remained with them for fourteen years. Mr. Sharp died February 11, 1905, and since that time Mr. Baker has been looking after the extensive farming interests of his uncle.

Mr. Baker was married January 6, 1898, to Ora Belle Harsha, the daughter of John P. and Anna (Wiley) Harsha. To this union two children have been born, Helen and Warren Harsha.

Mrs. Baker was born in Springfield, Ohio, January 7, 1875. Her parents were natives of Ohio and have been residents of Washington C. H. since 1893. Her father is a monument dealer and a prominent citizen of the city. Three daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Harsha, Ora Belle, Jessie Dea and Mary Edith.

Mr. and Mrs. Baker are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically, he is a stanch Republican, but has never taken an active part in the political affairs of his county. Fraternally, he is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Robert B. Greenlee

A man long identified with the business in Bloomingburg, Ohio, is Robert B. Greenlee, who is now living a retired life in that town. He was born April 29, 1846, in Marion township, Fayette county, Ohio, the son of Samuel and Anna (Hess) Greenlee. His father came from Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and settled in Marion township in this county about 1836. His mother came from Hesse, Germany, and his mother's grandfather was in the Revolutionary War. Samuel Greenlee and wife were the parents of five children, Mrs. Mary Parrett, Caroline, Anna, Robert B. and Charles.

Robert B. Greenlee was educated in the country schools and later finished in Bloomingburg Academy. He started to work for himself before reaching his majority and after his marriage became interested in the.mercantile business in Bloomingburg. He proved to be a very successful business man and retired several years ago from active business life, having laid by a very comfortable competence for his declining years.

Mr. Greenlee married Jane Holland and to this union three children have been born, two of whom are living, Pauline and Mary. Pauline is the wife of Howard Jefferson and has two daughters, Jane H. and Charlotte. Mary is a graduate of the Wooster high school as well as her sister, Pauline. His daughters are members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, being entitled to this honor because their great-grandfather on their mother's side was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Mr. Greenlee is a member of the Presbyterian church, as are the other members of his family. Politically, he has long been identified with the Republican party but has never taken an active part in the councils of his party. He is a man of high character and has lived such a life in his community as to merit the high esteem in which he is held.

Roy Hagler

An enumeration of the representative citizens of Fayette county would be incomplete without specific mention of the well-known and popular gentleman whose name introduces this sketch. A member of one of the old and highly-esteemed families of this locality and himself a public-spirited man of affairs, he has stamped the impress. of his individuality upon the community and added luster to the honorable name which he bears, having always been actuated by a spirit of fairness in his dealings with the world in general, and leaving no stone unturned whereby he might benefit his own condition as well as that of his friends and the favored section of the great commonwealth in which he has been content to spend his: life. Straightforward and unassuming, genial and obliging, Mr. Hagler enjoys the good will and respect of a wide circle of friends throughout this part of the state.

Roy Hagler, farmer and stock raiser of Jefferson township, Fayette county, Ohio, was born on August 17, 1870, on the old Hagler homestead where his father was born. He is the son of Jesse and Angeline (Rodgers) Hagler and was one of a family of three children, the other two being Howard, the oldest son, and Gertrude, wife of V. R. McCoy. Jesse Hagler, father of the immediate subject; was born on October 22, 1823, being the son of Isaac and Susan (Stuckey) Hagler, the former having come from his native home in Virginia and located in this county in 1811. Throughout his life he followed the vocation of farming and was one of the pioneers of this section. He purchased the farm on which his grandson, Roy, makes his home, comprising some three hundred and sixty acres, for six dollars and twenty-five cents per acre. Being a man of more than ordinary intelligence, he was one of the foremost men of his time in this community and left the impress of his individuality upon not only the material aspect of this then new section, but upon its moral and educational life as well. He and his faithful wife lie buried upon the homestead where they spent so many active years of life. After the death of Isaac Hagler, Jesse, the son, took over the management of the home place.and there passed his entire life, his death occurring on February 12, 19c0. He, too, was a man of prominence in the community and well filled his place in life. He received his education in the schools of Jefferson township and was a man of broad ideas and generous impulses. His three children received excellent educations' in addition to careful home training, thus well fitting them for their places in life. He was highly respected by a large circle of friends and his death was a distinct shock to the community in which his entire life had been passed.

In his youth Roy Hagler attended the schools of the community, principally the Creamer school, an educational landmark of this section, which education was supplemented by a course at the Ohio State University. His brother also attended the university, while the sister was sent to the Granville school. From the time he was a young boy he took an interest in the affairs of the home farm and during the spare time, while attending school, he was receiving from his father careful instruction in the secrets of successful husbandry. The family life of Mr. Hagler was ideal, all working together for the common good and not until the father's death was the land divided. 'The Hagler farm is located on the Jamestown road, about five miles northwest of Washington C. H., the residence being one of the finest in the county. It contains nine rooms and is constructed of iron clay brick. Its location is ideal, being set back off the main road and surrounded by attractive shrubbery and trees. Mr. Hagler is quite successful in raising the crops best adapted to this section and has an enviable reputation as a raiser of good cattle and horses. He prefers the Angus breed of cattle and his horses are the Belgian variety, his stables producing many fine specimens.

Mr. Hagler chose as his wife Flora Robinson, daughter of George F. and Lavina (Bramble) Robinson, to whom he was united in marriage on November 30, 1898. They are the parents of four children, namely: Ruth, Jesse, Mary and Alfred, all of whom are attending school and all of whom are worthy representatives of this honorable family. The family having remained in this county since early pioneer times, many incidents of family history are identified with well known county landmarks. Hagler Station, on the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton railroad, receives its name from the family.

Mr. Hagler is deeply interested in any movement having as its object the advancement of any community interest, being regarded as one of the best citizens of this section. The entire family is well liked and respected by a large circle of friends, and having been found faithful to every trust of life, Mr. Hagler is well deserving the high esteem in which he is held by all who know him.

Matthew Gilmerr

Enumerated among the progressive farmers of Wayne township, Fayette county, Ohio, is Matthew Gilmerr, who has a farm of two hundred acres on the New Holland and Good Hope pike, about nine miles southeast of Washington C. H. He has been a resident of this county practically all of his life, having come here with his parents in his boyhood days. He' comes from a splendid family, one that always stood for right living and industrious habits, for education and morality, and for all that contributes to the welfare of the commonwealth. His whole life has been characterized by industry, perseverance, temperance and integrity, and he has worked himself from an humble station to a successful place in life, attaining an honorable position among the well-known and highly esteemed men of the locality in which he resides.

Matthew Gilmerr, the son of Martin and Sarah (Bybee) Gilmerr, was born July 27, 1858, in Ross county, Ohio. Martin Gilmerr was a native of Hardy county, Virginia, and located in Ross county when he first came to Ohio, and later settled in Fayette county. Martin Gilmerr was the son of Matthew and Elizabeth (Shobe) Gilmerr, and had a family of ten children, Emily J., Elizabeth, Levi, Matthew, Nettie, Clara, Anna, Henry E. and two who died in infancy.

Matthew Gilmerr received his education in the public schools of Ross - and Fayette counties, working on the farm during the time he was not attending school. Upon his marriage, in 1888, he bought out the other heirs to the paternal estate, and has lived there for the past thirty-five years. He is a practical and systematic farmer, giving his personal attention to every detail of the farm work, and in the raising of crops and live stock he has been highly remunerated for his efforts. His life has been one of unceasing industry and perseverance and the notably systematic and honorable methods he has followed have won for him the confidence and regard of all who have formed his acquaintance.

Mr. Gilmerr has been twice married, his first marriage being to Elizabeth Ater, daughter of Abraham Ater, and to this first marriage were born two children, Bessie, who married Jesse White, and has one daughter, Edith Annabel, and Mathew, Jr., deceased. After the death of his first wife, in 1897, he married, in 1901, Mrs. Mary Bryan, the widow of Darius Bryan, and to the second union no children were born.

Fraternally, Mr. Gilmerr is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and also holds his membership in the Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Gilmerr is enjoying life on his farm, realizing, as the public at large are realizing more than ever before, that the farmer today is to be envied above all other men. He has worked his way from the foot of the ladder, a fact which renders him the more worthy of the praise that is duly accorded him by his fellow men.

Jesse Hagler

Nearly a century ago the first members of the Hagler family settled in Fayette county, Ohio, and since that time the family has been prominent in all the activities connected with the growth and development of the county. In the summer of 1814 there came to Ross county, Ohio, Isaac Hagler and Susan Stookey with their respective families, and in that same. year this young couple were married and the year following located in Fayette county. They started life under pioneer conditions, built a rude log cabin and started to clear the virgin forests and make a home for themselves in this new county. The Hagler and Stookey families came from Hardy county, Virginia, and were among the first to locate in Ross county, Ohio. There were nine children came to bless the union of Isaac and Susan (Stookey) Hagler: Mrs. Lottie Hankins, born in 1817; Mrs. Kate Millikan, born in 1818; Mrs. Matilda McLean, born 1822; Mrs. Susan Browning, born 1830; Albert, born 1826; Felix, horn 1827, and Jesse, born 1823. Upon coming to this county, Isaac Hagler located seven miles northwest of Washington C. H., where he lived until his death, July 10, 1830.

The late Jesse Hagler, the fifth child of Isaac Hagler and wife, was born October 22, 1823, and died February 12, 1900. He was born on the Hagler homestead in Jefferson township and lived on the same farm all his life. He received a very limited education, since the schools of his boyhood -days offered very few advantages. From his earliest boyhood he worked upon the farm, and after his father's death, he and one of his brothers bought out the interests of the other children in the home farm and operated the old home place in partnership. As he prospered from year to year he added to

Mr. Hagler was married May 1, 1864, to Angeline Rogers, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Rogers, early pioneers of this county. Mrs. Hagler was born June 25, 1840, and died September 27, 1874, leaving her husband with three children: Howard, Gertrude and Roy. Howard is now farming two hundred and seventy-three acres of the old homestead ; Gertrude is the wife of V. R. McCoy, and Roy, whose history is presented elsewhere in this volume, is also on the old Hagler homestead.

John E. Hopkins

A substantial farmer and stock raiser of Madison township, Fayette: county, Ohio, is John E. Hopkins, who was born June 25, 1862, near Linden, Ross county, Ohio. He was the son of Levi and Rachel (Kintz) Hopkins, natives of Ross county, Ohio. Levi Hopkins was the son of Matthew and - (Harper) Hopkins, natives of Pennsylvania and early settlers of Ross county. Levi Hopkins came to Fayette county and settled one mile east of Madison Mills, where he and his wife reared a family of five children, Selah, Ella, John E., J. W.and H. L. Of these five children, Selah and H. L. are deceased.

John E. Hopkins was educated in the schools of his home township and later attended the high school at Washington C. H. and the Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. He then taught school for a few years during the winter months and worked on his father's farm during the summers. At the age of twenty-four he began renting land and has been farming since. A few years after his marriage he bought his present farm of two hundred and fifty acres one mile west of Madison Mills on the White Oak pike and now has one of the finest farms in his township.

Mr. Hopkins was married in 1883 to Sarah Jane Taylor, the daughter of Phillip and Sarah (Bennett) Taylor, and to this union three children were born, Clem, Morris B. and Ruth Ann. Clem married Eliza. Cook and has. two children, Frank E. and Margaret.

Politically, Mr. Hopkins is a stanch Republican, but has never been an applicant for any public office. Fraternally, he holds his membership with the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America.

George N, Glickner

One of the substantial and wide-awake citizens of Perry township is George N. Glickner, who is now serving as trustee of his township. He has been very largely dependent upon his own resources and has attained no insignificant success, though he, like most men of affairs, has encountered obstacles and met with reverses. He is a man of splendid personality and because of his industrious habits and persistent energy has attained definite success along agricultural lines and enjoys the respect and esteem of the community in which he has lived for so many years. He is one whose integrity and strength of character have commended him to everyone with whom he has-been associated. That he is regarded as a man of ability is evidenced by his election to the 'responsible position of township trustee.

George N. Glickner, the son of Jacob and Nancy Glickner, was born in Fayette county, Ohio, in 1859. His father was born in Germany and when a young man came to America and first located in Brown county, Ohio. He came to this country alone, his parents and the remainder of his family remaining in their native land. After remaining in, Brown county for a short time, Jacob Glickner went to Hillsboro, in Highland county, Ohio, and while working there was married and moved on a farm in that county. Jacob Glickner lived in Scioto county for a while and later moved to Fayette county, where he lived the remaining years of his life. Eight children were born to Jacob Glickner and wife, David, Mary E., George M., Mahala, John, Joseph, Mrs. Jane McDonald and Mrs. Sarah Speigel.

George N. Glickner received his education in Scioto. and Highland counties, and attended the Buena Vista schools in the former county and finished his education in the district schools of Highland county. After completing his education he worked on his father's farm until his. marriage. He later came to Fayette county and purchased his present farm of one hundred and forty acres in-Perry township about one mile from New Martinsburg. He has been a- successful farmer, dividing his attention between the raising of grain and produce and the breeding of live stock, with the result that he has a very comfortable income.

Mr. Glickner married Maggie Larrie, the daughter of John and Ellen Larrie, and to this union have been born four children, William, Fred, John and May. William married Ida Dowler and has one son, Chester; Fred married Olive Johnson and has two. children, Loran and Herbert; John is living in Highland county; May is still residing with her parents.

Politically, Mr. Glickner is a Democrat and has always been interested in political matters. He has been regarded as one of the leaders of his party in the township for many years and, being a man of good business ability, was nominated by his party for the office of township trustee. He was subsequently elected to this important position and is administering the duties of this office in such a way as to give universal satisfaction to his fellow citizens. Mr. Glickner is a whole-souled, genial and kindly man who is interested in every movement which he thinks will benefit his community. His life has been singularly free from anything which might bring upon him the censure of his neighbors and therefore he is well deserving of a place in the history of his county.

A highly respected citizen of Marion township, Fayette county, Ohio, is Thaddeus T. Turner, who is an enterprising farmer, owning one hundred and seven acres of fine farming land on the Turner road, nine miles from Washington C. H. He comes from an excellent family, his father having been a lawyer, teacher and farmer, while he himself followed teaching for several years. As a matter of fact, public school work has interested the various members of this family for at least three generations. Not only was the father of Mr. Turner a teacher, but Mr. Turner's children are also school teachers.

Thaddeus T. Turner, the son of James W. and Sarah (Evans) Turner, was born October 13, 1846, near Ringgold, Ohio. His father was a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, and was the son of Lewis and Uriah (McKnight) Turner. Lewis Turner came to Morgan county, Ohio, from his native state with his parents when he was eleven years of age. Lewis Turner was 'the son of John Turner, a native of Wales, and an early settler in Virginia. Lewis Turner was a soldier of the War of 1812. James Turner and wife reared a family of eleven children, Alonzo J., Theresa, Thaddeus T., Clarence F., Tell A., Marion B., Flora E, Sarah, Elmer, Theodore and Mary. Of these children Thaddeus T., Tell A., Marion B., Flora E. and Mary are living, while the others are deceased.