Greene County, Ohio - The whole text, 1902 (part 12 of 25)

Mr. Barber has been twice married. For his first wife he chose X'ancy Townsley, their marriage being celebrated February 9, 1848. She was a daughter of Enos Townsley, a farmer and an earlx' settler of Ceflarville townsiiip. llcr death occurred Ma_\- 4, 1855, and four children were left to mourn her loss: Emmazetta is the wife of L. J. Bull, of Cedarville, and they have three children - Carl, Frank B. and Ralph. Mary Jis the wife of Charles M. Crouse, who is engaged in tlie hardware business in Cedarville. Henry M. is the superintendent of the straw department of the pajjcr mill at this place and is a member of the budding committee of the courthouse for this county. Nancy is the wife of James H. Andrew, a retired grocer, of Cedarville. For his second wife Mr. Barber chose Mary ^L Mead, a nati\e of Morgan county, Ohio, and a daughter of Holmes aiid Marv Ann Mead. Her father was born in Vermont and the mother's birth occurred in Xew Jersey. I\Ir. Mead follow'ed farming all his life. At an early da>- he came to Ohio and here became identified with agTicultural pursuits. His last davs. however, were spent in Kansas. The second marriage of Mr. Barber occurred Xovember 20, 1861, and by this union two children ha,"\e been born: Carrie J. and Lulu. The latter is at home and the fomier is now the wife of W. L. Marshall, who is engaged in the livery business in Xenia. They have four children : Harry, Arthur B., Mary L. and Alfred L.

.\t the time of the Civil war Mw Barber was made a member of the Volunteer Company of Xenia, was stationed at Fort Chase at the time of the Morgan raid, but was only on duty for a few da\s. In politics he was a Democrat during early life, but for the past ten years has voted the Reformed ticket. For se\eral terms he served as a member of the council at Cedarville, and whatever tended to advance the welfare ami upbuilding of the town has proved of interest to him and has elicited his co-operation. For over a half-ccntin-y he has been a member of the United Presbyterian cluirch and his life has been in constant harmony with its teachings and principles. Mr. Barber is now past the age of eighty-two years, and to him is tendered the veneration and respect which should e\-er be gi\e:i to one of advanced years. His life lias been characterized by industry, by perseverance, by loyalty in citizenship and trustworthiness in all relations, and therefore his example is one worthy of emulation, and one which should ever awaken respect.

Upon the farm w hich he now occupies in Xenia township J. Homer Hawkins was born on the 20th of Xovember, 1864, and here his entire life has been passed as a representative agriculturist of Greene countv.

He is a son of James and Catlierine (Cromwell ) Hawkins and the father was also born on the farm occupied hy our subject, 'i'hc grandfather was J^Iounts Hawkins, and at an early day the family lived in the Shenandoah valley of Virginia. Mounts Hawkins was an own cousin of David Crockett, the famous scout and explorer. Leaving \'irginia he emigrated westward and became one of the pioneer settlers of Greene county, Ohio. He engaged in farming in Xenia townsliip and purchased the old home place, to which he added from time to time until he had one ihousand acres, the greater part of which was originally covered with limber, but lie cleared away the forest trees and developed a very valuable farm, lie we<l(led Mary Allen, a daughter of Davis and Elizabeth (Antrim) Allen, who were also from \'irginia. It was in i8 14' that the grandparents of our subject arri\ed in Crcene countw and the thousand acres of land were ])urchased for live thousand doU lars. Both Mounts Hawkins and his wife spent their remaining days in this county. Their son, James Hawkins, w^as reared amid the wild scenes of tlie frontier and assisted in the arduous task of developing a new farm from the wild forest land. Throughout the years of bis business career he carried on agricultural pin^suits, making his home upon the place where his birth occurred. He married Catherine Cromwell, a native of Maryland and a daughter of Richard and Susan (McLrmghlinj Cromwell, also natives of the same state. 'i"he father was a farmer and stock-raiser and followed those pursuits until his death, which occurred in Maryland, when he was forty-six years of age. He had served bis country in the war of ilSu. l'\>r nearlv ten years after the father's death the CrtMiiwell familv remained in Maryland and then the mother brought her six children, of whom Mrs. Hawkins was one, to Greene county, Ohio. James Hawkins was a prosperous and i>rogressive man and ])ro\-ided a good home for his family. He became a very extensive land owner and his realt\- holdings jjrought to him a g(jod financial return by reason of the care and labor be bestowed upon the fields. He was a member of the First Reformed church of Xenia and served as one of its elders for many years. In politics he was a Democrat. His death occurred in December, i8Sj, when he was sixty-two years of age, and thus the community lost a valued and representative citizen and Irs family a devoted husband and father. His widow still survives him and yet resides upon the old ihome farm with the subject of this review. Bv her marriage she became the mother of nine children: Jose])h C. who died in childhood; Mary Belle, at home: Carrie, also at home: Sallie C who spends most of her time in Atlanta. Georgia: Mounts, who died in infancy: l'"lora, who died at the age of seventeen years : Frances C, the wife of L. F.' Cramer, an insm\'mce man of Osborn, Greene county: Ann Maria, who died in infancy: and J. Homer. Of this family I'rances C. was married in 1881 to L. F. Cramer, of I'ranklin county, Pennsylvania. Their chililrcn arc: Winnefred, a student in Wittenberg College, of Springfield. Ohio: Ral])h, a student in the high school of Osborn: Catherine, who is also taking the high school course; Joseph Carl, who died at the age of three years; and Marguerite, at home.

J. flomer Hawkins pursued his earlv education in the public schools of Xenia and later became a student in Xenia College, after which he entered upon his business career as a farmer and stnck-raiscr. liaviny gained i)ractical knciwledt^e of the business duriii'^- the davs i)f his youth, wlien lie was not occupied l)v iiis sclmol \vori<. lie is enga^'i^ed in the operation of two hundred acres of rich and valuable land, and the liclds are under a high state of cultivation. He is also a successful stock-raiser, making a specialty of short-horn cattle. Poland China hogs and I'ercheron horses. He takes a deep interest in everything tending to p'"omote the welfare of the agTicultural class and render their labors more effective and profitable, and is to-day the president of the (Ireene (."oinity Farmers' Institute.

in Xovember, iS<)i, Mr. Hawkins was united in marriage to Miss iClizabeth iMsher. a daughter of Andrew I-'isher. a meat jiacker and dealer of Xenia. To them have been burn two children : James, born .March 7. 181^4, and Kdith .\1., born .April jj. iS(;t). In his ])<)litical views Mr. I lawkins is a Democrat and has been a member of Xenia township board of education I'or the past seven or eight years, while for fourteen years he has been a deacon in the I\eformed church, in wihich he holds membership.

Samuel Moses Mallow

From pioneer times down to the present the Mallow family has been rei)resented in (ircene county and the name figures on the pages of history in comiedion with .agricultural interests and with many lines of l>rogress and iimprovemenl, wihich have lead to the substantial ui)building oi' this portion ol the state. Mr. Mallow of this review is now residing in Caesarscreek townshiji. 1 le was bovn May 6, 1831, in what is now Xcw Jasper t(nvnship, bis parents being George and Flizabetli (Fudge) Mallow. The family is of Gemian lineage but was founded at an early date on American shores. Both of the parents of our subject were natives of Virginia, the father having been born in Rockingham county. They were* married in Warren county, Ohio, having taken up their abode in this portion of the state during its primitive development. After their marriage they lived in Xew Jasper townshij). where they spent their remaining days, the f.lther passing awa\- in 1861 at the age of se\enty-one years, while the mother's death occurred in 1865. their remains being interred in L5oots' cemeterv of New Jasper township. Mr. Mallow was a W'hig in his ])olitical views and both he and his wife were consistent members of the Lutheran church. They had six children but only two .are now living, llenry .\1.. the youngest of the famih'. lieing .a resideiU of W;irren, Indi;ma.

Samuel M. M.dlow. of this review, was the fifth in order of birth, lie is indebted to the common school system ()f Xcw Jas- ])cr township fi>r the educatiiHial in-i\ileges which he enjoyed in early youth. At lirsl be attended scIkmjI throughoul all sessions, but in later years, when he was <ild enough to assist in the work of the farm, he jjursued his studies only through the winter months, and when nineten years of age put aside his text books, lie continued on the old fainily -homestead until .Xovember (>, 1 85 I, on which date was celebrated his marriage to Miss .\my H. Adsit, who was of I'jiglis'h lineage. She was born in Dutchess county. Xew \'ork, as were her parents, Hiram and Susan (lUilts) Adsit, the former born June 4. 1807, and the latter on the 19th of .\ugust of the same vear. Their mar- riage was there celeljrated Decemlier 3, 1829, anil in 1833 tliey emigrated westward, ^Irs. Mallow being at that time only ten months old. They first settled in Spring \'alley township but after a short time ]Mr. Adsit purchased alxaU one hundred acres of land, constituting the farm upon which our subject now resides. From this tract he cleared the hea\'v timber and continued the work of imi)r(i\enient and cultivation imtil his death, which occurred September 2. 1847, ^vhen he was forty years of age. His wife long survived him and passed away in 1896 in her ninetieth year. He was buried in the Baptist cemetery of Caesarscreek township and his wife in the cemetery in Xenia. She was a member of the Reformed churdv and by her marriage had become the mother of four children, of whom three are now living: Daniel B., who resides in Warren, Indiana: Silas, of Jamestown, Ohio: and Mrs. Mallow.

After his marriage Samuel ]\I. Mallnw rented land for two years and then witli the money which 'he had acquired through iiis own efforts he purchased his present farm, which has been his home continuouslv since. He has one hundred and si.\ty acres of land which is under a high state of cultivation. He built the dwelling and barns upon the place and has made other substantial improvements, W'bich indicates his progressive spirit and his enterprise. His farm work has been tO' hun a profitable source of income and he certainly deserves great credit for what he has accomplished. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Mallow has been blessed with two children. George Fudge, tlie elder, married Josephine Smith and resides in Xenia township. They have one child. Opal, Susan is the wife of Charles INIcKay. of Clinton countv, and thev have three children, Bernard, Amy C. and Lena M. ^Irs. ]\Iall(iw belotigs to the Reformed church and is a most estimable lady. To the men and measures of the Republican party Mr. Mallow gives his support and has held the office of trustee in Cajcsarscreek township. He has good business ability, is prudent and earnest, and owes his success not to genius but to the due exercise of his own good judgment.

Joseph B. Cummings is one of the distinguished and honored residents of Greene county, having gained prominence in political as well as in business circles. He stands to-day a strong man, strong in his honor and his good name, and his value to the communitv b_\- what he has done in behalf of the county is widely recognized. His birth occurred Alay 31, 1841, on a farm in Caesarscreek townshiji, where he now resides. His father, Thomas B. Cummings. was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, February 6, 18 14, and there spent the days of his boyhood and youth, coming to tlie west when twentv-two vcars of age. He engaged in teaching' in his native county in early life, but believing that he would have better business opportunities in the new and growing west he walked from Philadelphia to Pittsburg and then proceeded by boat to Cincinnati, arriving at that place with only fifty cents in his pocket. He then made his way into the interior of the state and formetl the acquaintance of a man who proved to lie Mr. Weaver, of Greene county, and a neighbor of David Marshall, an uncle of ^Ir. Cummings. The latter accompanied Mr. Weaver to Greene countv, and after a few (lays accepted a pusiliun as teacher of a school. He taught alxmt twenty years in Caesarscreek tow nshi]). in tlie meantime liaving purcliased a farm of fifty-five acres, of whicli only ahout two acres liad been cleared, while a loy cabin constituted the only improvement up<jn the place. Mr. Cunimings continuefl clearing his land while engaged in teaching. .\t length he abandoned that profession and l)v industr\- ami perseverance and capable management became the owner of a very valuable farm, e.xtending- its borders from time to time by additional purchases until 1)\- the close nf the war he was the owner of h\e hundred acres of valualile land. He gave a part of this to his children, also sold a portion of it, but at the time of his death retained jjossession of two hundred and forty-two acres. Mr. Cunimings was twice married. He first wedded Mary E. I Joints, who died on the ist of October, iSfii. She was a descendant of the PetersDU family of Caesarscreek township. By that marriage there were eight children : j\Iar\-, who died at the age of sixteen years; Josepli B. : Sarah J., the wife of William Conklin, of Xenia ; James M., who is a resident iif Indiana, and who served in Company A.. Second Ohio Light Artillery in the Civil war ; Thomas Jefferson, who served in Company £, Second Ohio Heavy Artiliery, being on Ship Island during his entire service, and is now deceased; Martha, the wife of Henry C. Long, of Jasper township ; ami Ada, who died at the age of three vears. After the death of his first wife the father was married on the i ith of September, 1862, his second union being with Miss Marv E. McXair, who still survi\-es him and is fixing with John Cummings. The mother of our subject was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, but the father and his second wife belonged to the Reformed church. He served as a justice of the peace and took a very active part in politics, upholding the princi])les of the Re- ])ublican party. His death occurred November 22. 1895, at the age of eighty-one years anil after almost a half-century's residence in Greene county.

Joseph B. Cummings, whose name introduces this review, obtained bis education in the district schools near his home and remained under the parental roof until twenty years of age, when he enlisted at Dayton, Ohio, September 22, 1861, in response to President Lincoli/s call for aid in preserving the Union. He was mustered in on the 28th of the same month as a private of Company E, I'-irst Ohio \'olunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles (if Shiloh, Perry ville. Stone River, Liberty Gap, Chickamauga and nunor engagements. At Chickamauga on the 19th of September, 1863, he was wounded in both hands and the left lun.g. The regiment was in the very thickest of the fight, and, having sustained these injuries, Mr. Cummings was sent to the hospital at Chattanooga and afterward to Nashville, Tennessee. In May he was ordered to AVashington, D. C, and there was made first sergeant of Company H, Nineteenth Regiment of the Veteran Reserve Corps. He was stationed at Rochester, New York, during the famous draft riots in that state, and in that state was honorably discharged October 15, 1864.

Mr. Cummings at once returned to his home and on the 14th of February, 1865, he was united in marriage to Miss Ann Humston, a daughter of H. G. and Elizabeth (Ford) Humston, both of whom are nowdeceased. Three children ha\e graced this marriage ; ]^Iary. born September 26, 1867, is an instructor in Greek and occupies the chair of modern languages in the Tuscuhim College, in Tennessee. She was educated in the Xenia Female Seminary and in Antioch College. Ina, born October 9. 1870, is the deceased wife of T. O. Masoii, of Xenia. and left one son, Joe. Thomas, horn July 26, 1876. married Mamie "S]. Wise, and they reside w ith his father. They lost one child, Marie, but have two sons. Donald and Floyd.

Mr. and ^Irs. Cummings hold membership in the Reformed church, anil he maintains relations with his old army comrades through his membership in Lewis Post, G. A. R. He is also identified with the Union Xational Legion. In politics he is a very prominent Republican and is recognized as a leader of public thought and action in his district. He was elected township clerk, in whicli position he served for six years, was land appraiser and for twelve years was justice of the peace. In 1894 he was chosen to represent his district in the state legislature, where he proved an active working member. He served on a number of important committees, including the committees on county affairs, the military. Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Home, and of the last named he was chairman. In 1895 he was re-elected and his course was such as reflected credit upon his constituents, for he labored earnestly and indefatigably for the welfare of tKose whom he represented. His life has been devoted to his family and his friends, his business and to the support of those principles which he believed to be right. His unswerving purpose, his unquestioned fidelity, his unfaltering honesty and his unchanging way ha\e commanded the highest respect of all. He has been a leader in the cause of liberty, of freedom and of progress and his hearty cooperation has ever been given to that which tends to elevate mankind.

James Collixs Galloway

The name Galloway is closely associated witii the history of Xenia and Greene county. The pioneers of the Greene county branch of this family came from Lexington, Kentucky, in 1797, and settleii ujKin the banks of the Little Miami river about four miles north of Xenia, near Old Chillicothe, now Oldtown. This family is of Scotch origin and they are known to have lived in the southwest part of Scotland, in the district composed of W'igton and Kirkcudbright of to-day. During the era of the persecution of the Christians in Scotland they migrated across the Irish sea and settled in County Antrim, Ireland. This is known as the Galloway district and it was from this place that the family of seven l)rothers - George. Samuel, John, \\'iniam, James, Peter and Thomas, - yearning for civil and religious liberty, set sail for the new world. They made a settlement in the province of Pennsylvania early in the eighteenth century near the famous spring of the noted Indian chief Logan, in what is now Cumberland county.

George Galloway, one of these brothers, was born in Scotland about 1700. emigrated to Ireland to avoid religious persecution, conring thence to America and founding a branch of the family in Cumberland county, Pennsvlvania. He marrietl Rebekah Junkin, a native of Scotland, and died August 3, 1783. In their family were five sons and four daughters: \\'illiam. Joseph, John.

Of tliis numljer James Galloway was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner. He was born ]\Iay i, 1750. and married Rebekah Junkin. wlio was born October 2, 1759. They were residents of Greene county. Ohio, at its organization, having settled near Old Chillicothe(now 01dtown)in 1797. The former died near Xenia. August 6, 183S, and the latter August 31. 1812. their remains being interred in Massies Creek burying ground, fom- miles east of Xenia. In their family w ere eight sons and two daughters : George, James, Joseph. William, Samuel, Andrew, Anthony, John. Rebecca and Ann. Rebecca became the wife (.1 (i^orge Galloway and they were the parents of James Collins Galloway.

George Gallowa\ was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. June 4, 1784, and was the son of Joseph Galloway. His brothers and sisters were John, William. Jane. Isabel. Joseph. Jr.. James, Sojihia. .\nn Eliza. Agnes and Elizabeth. He married Rebecca Galloway, who was born near Lexington. Kentucky. Octoljer 7. 1791, and died I-'ebruary 2^. 1876. at Xenia, Ohio. Her b.usband. George (jalli}way, dietl at the same ]ilace January 29. 1857. Their children were James Collins, Madison, William. Ann, Martha and Eleanor.

James Collins Galloway was Ixirn in Xenia township. Greene county. Ohio. June 30. 18 1 7. He was a man of broad mind and liberal education for the period in which he lived. He was closely associated with the educational interests of the county, and the common school s)stem was materiallv jimmoted throug''h his efforts. He was a strong abolitionist, an earnest Christian and organized the first Sabbath school for freedmen in the county. In politics he was a ^^ big in early life, and when the Republican party Avas fomied to prevent the furtlier extension of sla,very he joined its ranks. In religion he was a Seceder and later a Presbyterian. On the 1 8th of X'ovember. 1841. James Collins Galloway and Mary Ann Kendall were married by Rev. James R. Bonnar. She \\:i- born in Xenia township. ^lav 12, 1822, and was a daughter of William and Eleanor (Jackson) Kendall. Her father was born at Stoney Creek, Kentucky, in 1795. and was a son of Robert and Xancy (A\'ilson) Kendall. Roljert Kendall was born October 12, 1752. and died on the 12th of October, 1843. His wife, who was born in 1770, died Eebruary 18. 1852. Their children were William. John. James, Erancis, ^lilton, Xewtun, Martha, .\nn, Isabel and Xancy. Of this family William Kendall died near Xenia, August 6, 1879. He had married Eleanor Jackson, a daugiiter of Roliert Jackson, a granddaughter of David Jackson and a great-granddaughter of Dr. Joseph Jackson. The last named was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1690, and about 1762 emigrated to America, his children having preceded him. Of his large family Hugh, Robert and David were full brother.s, while Andrew, a half brother, was the father of Andrew Jackson, who became president of the United States in 1829. Dr. Jackson died in 1768. His son, David Jackson, was born in Ireland in 1730, was a srildier of the Revolutionary war and lost one of his hands in the battle of Trenton on Christmas day, 1776. He died in 181 r. The third child born unto him and his wife Elizabeth was Robert Jackson, the father of Mrs. ^^'illiam Kendall. He was born at Xewtown, Limavady. County Derry, Ireland, in 1758. He had two brothers and one sister: Hugli. James and Mary. Robert Jackson came to .America \vith his fatlier and liis family in 1762 and in 1786 was married to Elizabeth McCorkle, a beautiful girl and the daughter of a Revolutionary soldier killed in battle. She was born in Scotland and had two brothers, one of whinn was killed in the Revolutionary war and the other was killed by accident. Both Robert and Elizabeth ( McCorkle) Jackson spent their last days in Greene county, Ohio, and were buried in Massies Creek burying ground. He died September 26. 1828. There were two sons and eight daughters in their family : David, Robert, ^Margaret, Jane, Elizabeth. Mary. Rachel, ^lartha, Nancy and Eleanor. Of this family Eleanor Jackson became the wife of William Kendall. She was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, March 15. 1800, and died June 6, 1888, near Xenia. Their children were Robert, Clark, Henry, Mary Ann, Eliza and Caroline. Mary Ann became the wife of James Collins Galloway. He died in Xenia, Ni>vember 28. 1899, and his wife died in the same city. Septanber 10, 1892. They were the parents of four children, all yet living: Clark ]\Iadison, born April 20, 1843; Alethia Ellen. ^^larch 2j. 1846; Rebecca Alice, December 28, 185 1 ; and William Albert, April 8, i860, all born in Xenia township.

Clark Madison Galloway. M. D., A. ]\I., enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Ohio \^olunteer Infantry, for one hundre<l days' service in the spring of 1864, and during that term was in West \'irginia. He afterward re-enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Eighty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and took part in the battle of X'ashville where Hood's veteran armv was destroved bv General Thomas.

He was present when Johnston surrendered to General Sherman at Raleigh, Xorth Carolina. At the close of the war he was mustered out of service and returned home. His preliminary education had been acquired in the pul)lic sch(X)ls and in i8()f) he continued his education as a student at Xenia College. In 1869 he entered ^Miami University, in which he was graduated in 1871, after which he began teaching, being professor in Greek, Latin and mathematics in Xenia College. For four years he was one of the instructors in that institution and during the summer months he also taught in its summer normals. In 1875 he entered the ^ledical College of Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1877. He then located for the practice of medicine and surgery in Xenia and is now associated with is brother. Dr. W. A. Galloway. He took a special course at Jefferson ^Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1879. He is now and for ten years has been secretary of the Xenia board of United States pension surgeons ; was coroner of Greene county for eight years; a member of the board of education of Xenia for twelve years ; was physician and surgeon to the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Xenia from 1888 until 1891 ; and is assistant surgeon of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Compau}- : was a member of the board of health for two years : and for a similar jieriod represented the first ward in the city council of Xenia. In 189 1-2 he was medical director of the Department of Ohio, Grand Army of the Republic, and is a member of Lewis Post, Xo. 347, G. A. R., and Xathaniel Greene Chapter, S. A. R. In religious faith he is a Presbyterian anil in political belief a Republican. Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic Lodge of Xenia, X^o. 49, and in the line of his profes-

Alethia Ellen Galloway is a graduate of and received her degree of M. E. L. from Xenia College in 1864. In the same year she was married by the Rev. R. D. Harper, D. D., to William J. Parrett, of Lyndon, Ross county, Ohio. They have two children living: Carrie Dell, \\lv> was educated in Wooster University ; and Clark Sherman, who Avas graduated in the same institution in 1897 and was married January 23, 1902, in Springfield, Ohio, to Sylvia Jones.

Rel>ecca Alice Galloway is a graduate of Xenia College of the class of 1873, at which time the degree of M. L. L. was conferred ujxDn her. She taught lor one year in the Osborn public schools: Iv^o years in Xenia College: attended Antioch College for one year: taught for two ye;irs in the public schools of Yellow Springs; and from 1888 to 1896 in the public schools of Xenia. She is a past regent of Catharine Greene Cha])tcr, 1). .\. R. : a member of the Woman's Club of Xenia : is Ohio Federation secretary of the General Federation of Woman's Clubs; and a member of the Xenia Library Association. On the 6th of February. 1896, she became the wife of Henry Harrison Eavey, the marriage being performed by Rev. J. C. Eh".

William Albert Galloway, B. S.. '\L D., was educated in Antioch College, being graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science. On his gratluation from the Medical College of Ohio, in ?»Iarch, 1890, he became associated w'ith his brot'ner. Dr. Clark M. Galloway, and has practiced continuously to this date. He was married April 2, 1891. in X'ewark, Ohio, by Rev. E. B. Jones, to Maude Evelyn, only tlaughter of \\'illiani C. and Evelyn ( Spitzer) Lyon. Her father was lieutenant governor of Oh'ui from 1888 to 1890. Three children ha\e been born to th0m : Evelyn Helen, torn February 8, 1893; William Lyon, born March 29, 1895; and Elizabeth Mary, born May 21, 1902. Dr. \\'. A. Galloway was apoointed a member of the State Xormal and Industrial lx)ard of trustees at \\'ilberforce Uni\ersity by Governor Bushnell in 1896, and has been president of the board continuously since. He belongs to Xenia Lodge, Xo. 49, F. & A. M. ; is corresponding secretary of X'^athaniel Greene Chapter, S. A. R. ; vice president of the Ohio Society, S. A. R. : and in his church relations is a Presbyterian. From 1899 to 1902 he was physician to the Greene County Infirmary and Children's Home; is surgeon to the Cincinnati, Haanilton & Dayton Railroad ; is a member of the Greene County, Ohio State and Mississippi Valley Medical Associations: and is a frequent contributor to medical and other journals.

Otto A. Wilsox

Otto A. Wilson, who is now living in Fairfield, is well known in Democratic circles in Greene county, taking a deep and active interest in everything pertaining to the welfare and upbuilding of his party. He is now serving in the position of township clerk. He was born in the village of Fairfield, August 7, 1867, and is a son of William W. and Sarah ( Greiner) Wilson. His paternal grandfather, William Henry Wilson, was a native of Ireland and emigrated with his family to the new world, after which he served as ensign of the Fifth Company of the Seventyfourth Regiment of the Militia of Pennsvl- vania. being appointed to the position in 1811, the commission being signed by Governor SinK.in Snvder. This document ^is still in the possession of our subject. Mr. Wilson also has a commission in his possession signed by President James Monroe, ap- ])ointing \\'illiani 11. \\'ilson as the first surveyor of Clark county, Ohio. In 1816 the grandfather purchased a tract of land bordering for one hundred feet on Market street, in Springfield, Ohio, and this was in possession of the family for over eighty years, l)eing- sold but a short time ago. He died while vet a \iiung man. passing away in 1823. His remains were interred in Springfield. Ohio, but later were transferred to the family lot in Fairfield. He was the father of three children: Mrs. Emily Smith, who died in Fairfield in 1889: Catherine, who became Mrs. Bressler, of Fairfield, and died in Jul}-, 1890: and ^^'illiam \\'., the father of our subject. The mother of these children passed away in 1868.

William W. Wilson was born in Springfield, Ohio, July 20. 1823, and pursued his educatiim in the public schools there until he was twehe years of age, when he went to Bath township, Greene county, to live with .\rthur Johnson, and in that locality he completed his education. In 1846 lie began to learn the cal)inet-maker's trade, in Dayton. Ohio. He wi.>uld walk to Dayton on Monda\' morning and return on Saturday evening, making the journey on foot each way. a distance of fifteen miles. After he had com])letcd his trade he returned to Fairfield, where he opened an undertaking establishment and cabinet shop, continuing business along those lines until the close of the Civil war. He then entered into partnership with D. K. Wnlf. under the firm name of Wilson & Wolf, and t)pened a general store in Fairfield, but the partnership continued only a short time, Mr. \\'ilson becoming sole owner of the business which he conducted successfully until a few years p.rior to his death, when on account of ill health he S(.ild out. He started in life with nn capital and b\' hard, earnest, honest work he accumulated considerable property and became a wealthy man. At the time of his death he owned a house and kit in Fairfield, where he lived, a farm in Bath township, (ireeue county, another farm in Clark count v and a business block and a house and li)t in Springfield, Ohio, all having been acquired from his own earnest exertions. In politics he was a lifelong Democrat, ami served as township trustee for a number lA years, while for a few years he was justice of the peace, proving a capable and efiicient ofificer. His wife was a niember of the ]\Ieth(jdist Episcopal church, and he was a regular attendant upon its services until his health failed. Mrs. Wilson was ill for al:)out eighteen months ]irior to her death. Dm"iug the last six months she was unalile to Iea\'e her bed. She passed away November ^1, 1901, at the age of sixty-seven years, and was laid to rest b\ ihe side of her husband in Fairfield cemctcrw L'nto Mr. and I\Irs. Wilson were born two children, the daughter being Cornelia, the wife of F. D. Johnson, a resident of Chexenne. Wyoming, in the L'nited States mail service. .

(Hto A. Wilson, of this re\'iew. i)ursued his education in the schools of Fairfield and accp-iired a tcac'.ier"s certificate, ])ut ne\-er engaged in teaching. He always li\-ed w ith his father and assisted him in his work and after his father's liealth failed assumed the management of the Inisiness. He is. however, a painter l)y trade and followed that pursuit for a number of years, working in

On the 27th of Septeml>er, 1894, Mv. Wilsoti was united in niai ria<^e to Miss Cora Miller, a native of Bath township, and a daughter of Jacob and Catherine Miller. In liis political views Mr. Wilson is a stanch Danocrat, and in 1895 was elected on that ticket to the office of township clerk, in which capacity he is still serving. During the cani|)aign f)f 1896 and those succeeding he has been a member of the central and executive committees, and has served as clerk of both committees. Me has also for several times been a delegate to the county and state conNciuions and is unswerving in his allegiance to the party. Mis wife is a member of tlie {-Reformed church, while he belongs to the Methmlist Episcopal church. They ha\e one of the finest hoiucs in Fairfield. It is heated by hot water, is modern in every respect and was built in an attractive style of architecture, Mr. Wilson himself draw ing the plans for the place. He also owns a fami of one hundred and sixt;- five acres of \'er\- \aluab!e land in Piath township and this brings to him a good rental, adding materially to his income. Mr. Wilson has sjient his entire life in this locality and is widely known as a gentleman of genuine worth, of reliabilit\- in business and one whose genial manner and social disjxjsition has gained him many friends.

John R. Smith

A farm of one hundred and fifty acres situated in Sugarcreek township is the property of John Riley Smith, a well know'o agriculturist of Greene county, who throughout his entire life has engaged in the tilling of the soil in this iX)rtion of the state. His birth occurred about four miles froiu Xenia on his father's farm on the C'okmibus ]iike at what is called East Point, in a st(jne house wliicb is still occupied as a residence. His natal day was November 18, 1839, and he is a son of John G. and Sophronia (?kIcFarland) Smith. The father w:is liorn in Hagerstown, Maryland, and when only two years old was brought by his parents to Ohii"). the family making the journey 011 horseback and bringing with them their farming utensils. Mr. Smith was born on Christmas day in 18 10 and the year 1812 witnessed their emigration westward. The family settled at Cedarville but at a later date returned to Maryland. When two years had passed, however, they came once more to Ohio. The grandfather, Jonathan Smith, owned a small farm of ten acres on which he made his home until his death, which occurred about 1845 when our subject was six \ears of age. His wife, Mrs. Barbara Smith, lived to a verv advanced age. John G. Smith, the father of our subject, spent the greater part of his youth in this county amid its frontier surroundings and scenes and assisted in the arduous task of developing a new farm., .\fter arriving at years of maturity be married Sophronia McFarland. who was born in this county, her parents being Arthur and Martha (Claypool) McFarland. The young couple then began their domestic life u])on a farm whicb Mr. Smith rented. They became the parents of nine children, of whom our subject was the third in order of birth. Four of the number are still living, the others being Jonathan M., George McHenry and Howard Scott, all residents of ^ladison

Only very hmited educational privileges did John R. Smith receive on account of ill health. He remained at home until about twenty-two years of age and then began to earn his own livelihood. For two years he rented land and in 1880 he purchased his present farm, comprising about one hundred and fifty acres. This he has improved with modern equipments and accessories and its neat and thrifty appearance indicates to the passerby the enterprise and progressiveness of the owner.

On the 1st of February, 1877, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Smith and Miss Henrietta Maria Bonner, who was born in Xenia township. Greene county. ]\Iarch i, 1840, a daughter of Stith and Maria (Mercer) Bonner. Her father was born in Dinwiddle county, Virginia, in 1791, and the mother in Hamilton county, in 1800. Both had come to Greene county m childhood and were here married. The paternal grandfather. Frederick Bonner, arrived here in 1803 before the admission of the state into the Union. He purchased a large tract of land just south of Xenia where the Orphans' Flome now stands. One of his grandsons, William F. Pelham. donated twenty-five acres of this land to the Soldiers' Home. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Smith was Edward Mercer, who built the first brick house ever erected in Greene county. It stood on the farm owned by Robert Mcndenhall. Mrs. Smith began her education in a log school-house and later spent a year and a half as a student in the Xenia Seminary. By her marriage she has become the motiier of one son, Jesse Clyde, who was born on the borne farm, ^Nlarch 9, 1880. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the ]^Iethodist Episcopal congregation at Gladys Chapel, and since casting his first presidential vote for Lincoln in 1864 Mr. Smith has been a Republican. Since 1866 be has been identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Xenia. and his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit of that fraternity which is based upon mutual helpfulness.

James E. Galloway

There is particular satisfaction in reverting to the life history of the honored and venerable gentleman whose name initiates this review, since his mind bears the impress of the historic annals of the state of Ohio from the early pioneer days, and from the fact that he has been a loyal son of the republic and has attained to a positit)n of distinctive prominence in the thriving little city where he was born and where he has maintained his residence during the greater part of his life, being one of the revered patriarchs of the community. He. however, spent a qaurter of a century upon the Pacific coast during the most interesting epoch in its history, - that followine- the discovery of gold in California. Xo family has been more closely or honorably connected with Greene county than the Galloway family, which, through more than a century, has l)een identified with the imprdvenient. progress and upbuilding of this portion of the state.

James E. Gallnway was horn in what is now the \er\- heart of Xenia, January 3, 1825. His father, James Galloway, came to this county in 1797, being one of the first settlers to establish a home liere. Ohio then formed a part of the Xorthwcstern Territory anil had not vet been admitted to the union of tlie new republic. The graiulfatlier was horn in Cuml^erland count)-, Pennsylvania, and was of Scotcli-Irisli descent, his ancestors liavins^- come to this countr}- from the nortli of tlie Emerald Isle. He loyally served as a soldier under General Washington in the Revolutionary war. lie was an expert shot and was designated to engage in hunting in order to supply the regiment with meat. He served for several years, participating in many battles, vet was never wounded. Emigrating westward to establish a home uix:)n what was then the frontier, he first took up his abnde in Kentucky and participated in the battle at Blue Lick. In 1797 became to Greene county, and was probably the must influential resident of the county at an early date. Ele served as the first county treasurer, and his influence was most marked in laying the foundation for the future development and prosperity of this portion of Ohio. He became a prosperous agriculturist and remained a resident of Xenia townshi]) until his death, which occurred in 1838, when he was eighty-eight years of age.

The father of our subject also bore the name of James Galloway. He was burn in Louisville, Kentucky, and after arriving at years of maturity married Martha Townsley, a native of Cumberland county, Penngvlvania. They became the parents of ten children, but our subject is now the only surviving member of the family. Further mention is made of the parents in the historical section of this volume.

James E. Galloway, whose name introduces this record, acquired his early education in Xenia in a private school taught by Thomas Steele. He afterward jjursued a classical course in a school taught Ijy the

Rev. Hugh ]\IcMi]lan. a miinster of the Covenanter church, who was \-er_\' thorough in his methods of instruction, and in addition to the common branches of learning taught the languages. Later Mr. Galloway entered ^liami University at Oxford, Ohio, where he was graduated in 1844, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. On completing his education he went to St. I>ouis, Missouri, where he secured a clerkship in a wholesale dry-goods house, serving in that capacitv for five years, but the discovery of gold in Califronia changed his plans and in the spring of 1849 he started for the El Dorado of the west, going up the Missouri river to St. Joseph, whence he drove a six-mule team across the plains. At first there were five wagons and seven men in the train, but later the strength of the jiarty was augmented until there were eighteen men, who traveled together for protection. The original party of se\en had purchased a stock of goods which they intended to take to California, but at Salt Lake City their mules gave out and so they auctioned off their goods until they had but a small remnant left. That they sold to Bishop Hyde, taking notes payable in three or four months. Mr. Galloway and another man called on Brigham Young with the notes and sold them to him with a thirty per cent discount. At that time most of the Mormons were living in wagons, for they had not yet built homes in the city afterward to become famous as a Mormon stronghold. At this place 'My. Gallowav saw California gold for the first ime. He took in payment a fivedollar gold piece which the Mormons had minted, worth about four dollars and a (|uarter. After four months of travel across the hot sandy stretches and through mountain passes he and iiis party arrived in California on the 14th of September. 1849. While en ronte they had seen Indians se\'eral times. Inn were not molested save at Grand Island, where the red men stole a mnle from the jjartv. There were over a thonsand Sionx Indians who passed their camp on iheir way Ijack from a light with the Pawnees.

After arriving in California Mr. Galloway and another man opened an auction house in Sacramento, there ccmdncting business for two years, selling sometimes in twenty or thirtv minutes several thousand dollars" worth of horses, mules and oxen. Thev did a general auction business at Sacramento, which place was then called Suter's Fort. After two \ears IMr. Galloway went to Marysville. where he remained for ten years, establishing a wholesale grocery and general mercantile business, selling to the mountain merchants who had their places of business on the streams, where mining camps had been established. In i860, however, our subject sold his store and went to San Francisco, where for a number of years he engaged in the brokerage business, handling mining stocks of all kinds. He continued this until 1866. when, after seventeen years' residence in California, he went to Montana, making his wa_\- in June of that year by steamship to Portland, Oregon, whence he proceeded itp the Columbia ri\er to ^^'alla Walla. \\'ashington. and from there proceeded across the mountains with three others on pack horses and mules, carrying provisions, and crossingtwo spurs of the Rocky Mountains. After about a month's travel he arrived in Montana. Landing at Bear Town, then a mining cam]). \Mien he had been in the territory about three months he was nominated for the legislature and although not eligible to run, a lawyer there told him to go ahead, as the only copy of the organic act in the territorv was in the pocket of a judge one hundred and fifty miles away. Mr. Galloway was nominated by the "self-risers," as the old Californians were known, and his opponent was a "tenderfoot." Mr. Galloway ran far aliead of his ticket and was elected. While traveling to the convention, fifty miles away, he stopped at a house for supper and was told that he might stay all night, but for two years he had not slept in a bed and, instead of accepting the oiYer, he and his companion went out d(jors and slept on a straw stack.

After being elected Mr. Galloway removed to Helena, for he was prospecting in that locality at the time. The legislature met at Virginia City and to that place he went by stage coach. There were twentyfive members of the house and thirteen members of the council and it was t<) the latter bodv - corresponding to the state senate of to-day - that Mr. Galloway was elected. His district covered a trritory about forty miles wiile and one hundred and forty miles long. When the members of the kigislature reached Virginia City there were no boarding places and with several others he had to sleep on the floor of the bar-room covered up with his blanket. Later he and others slept on the floor of the council chamber, and i'n the morning they would sli]) their blankets under the benches occupied by the spectators. Mr. Galloway remained in Montana for about four years, jjrospecting part of the time. He afterward went into a wholesale commission house at Helena as a clerk, and during that time drew the largest salary of anv man in the state, having full charge of live business. He was offered a partnership, but declined^ as he desired to return lionie. Prices were ver\- high in those days. Brooms sold fur twenty-four dollars a dozen; nails at fifty dollars a keg; sinip at five dollars a gallon, and sugar at forty cents a pound, and all these were the wholesale rates.

After twenty-five years" residence on the Pacific coast Mr. Galloway returned to Xenia and has since lived a retired life, although he was at one time a director in the First National Bank of this city. He has made several trips to California, .going at different times hy way of Nicaragua, the Panama route and Mexico, and in other parts of the country he has also traveled extensively. He is connected with the Beta Theta Pi, a Greek letter fraternity. In politics he was originally a \\'hig, and afterward became a Re])ul)lican, and although he was very active in political circles at an early tlay, he always refused to hoUKoffice, save that of state senatur. His life history, if written in detail, would furnish many a chapter of thrilling interest. His has been an eventful career in which many experiences have relieved his history from monotony. Reared amid the scenes of frontier life in Ohio, connected with the early development of the Pacific coast, he is now enjoying a well merited rest and is accounted one of the honored and respected residents of Greene countv.

Albert M. Stark

For many ^ears Albert ]M. Stark was a well known figure in mercantile circles in Xenia and was so widely and honoral)ly known that no history of this county would be complete without the record of his life.

His father, William T. Stark, came to Greene county from Lexington, Kentucky, in the year 1814, and almost immediately became a factor in the lousiness life of Xenia. He was Ixirn in Loudoun count)', \'irginia, and was a son of John Stark, who subsequently removed to Lexington, Kentucky. It was there that William T. Stark completed his education and learned the trade of a silversmith, which he followed during the greater part of his life. In 1829 he was appointed postmaster of Xenia and served in that capacity continuously until 1841, his first appointment coming from President Jackson. Fie held various ofticial positions of trust and was an honored and intluenlial resirlent of the community. In 18 1 4 he married Miss Lydia Miley, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and afterward removed to Cincinnati. Her parents settled in Columbia, Hamilton county, Ohio, immediately after leaving the Keystone state, and subsequently Mrs. Stark became a resident of Greene county. By her marriage she became the mother of eleven children. William T. Stark departed this life in 1858 and his wife survived him until 1872, having lived with her children in Xenia after her husband's death. They were among the early and devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church and the family has ever been noted for industry, integrity and honor.

Alljert M. Stark, whose name introduces this record, was born in Xenia June 4, 1822, and acquired his education under the direction of Thomas Steele, one of the most popular and efiicient teachers of the cit}'. When a boy he was emplo)'ed in the store of Canby & Walton, where he received his first business training. He there remained until 183S, when liis services were sought by J. C. McMillen. with whom he remained as a salesman for some time and. finally was admitted to a partnership in the business, this relation being maintained for twenty years. He was also one of the founders of what became one of the largest mercantile houses of Xenia, that of Stark, Lytle & Cooper.

In 18C2, however, Mr. Stark put aside business cares and enlisted as a Union soldier in the One Hundredth and Tenth Ohio Infantry, and owing to his business qualifications he was immedialcly n.ade quartermaster, the appointment coming from Governor Tod. The regiment was assigned to the Arm\- of the Potomac and operated in West Virginia with the Sixth Corps. On the 1 2th of January, 1863, Mr. Stark was captured b\- the rebels at \\'inchester and experienced all the horrors of life in Libby prison, where he was confined for fifteen months. He was the only prisoner who survived the tortures of that loathsome den for so long a time. Of the three who were captured at the same time, his two companions died in the hospital and Mr. Stark was paroled from the hospital, September 12, 1864. In the following Januan,- he rejoined his regiment in front of Petersburg and had great satisfaction in witnessing the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox, knowing that it practically ended the war for the preservation of the Union. His regiment was then sent to Danville, \'irginia, on to Richmond, and a few days later was ordered to Washington, where it participated in the most celebrated military pageant perhaps of the century, known as the grand review.

immediately thereafter returned to Xenia. where he resumed business relations. He was one of the oldest grocery merchants of Xenia at the time of his death and enjoyed an extensive and profitable patronage. He was also for a number of years the ])resident of the building and loan association, and for fourteen years he was president of the school Ixjard. Through a long period he also acted as a member of the city council, and in each public position which he was called upon to fill he discharged his duties with marked loyalty and capability. By Governor Hayes he was appointed a trustee of the Soldiers" and Sailors' Orphans" Home, in which capacity he remained for six years. Governor Bishop reapix)inted him to that po.-^ition and for a third term he was appointed by Governor Foster. He wa5 elected appraiser of real estate of the west half of Xenia in the spring of 1889 by a large majority. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity and to the Grand Army of the Republic, and took a very deep and helpful interest in the latter order. He was also a charter member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Xenia and enjoyed the distinction of being its first i)residing officer.

On the 19th of February. 185 1. 'Sir. Stark had been united in marriage to Miss ^lary W^ard, who was born May 2, 1832, a daughter of James H. Ward, one of the higiily respected pioneers and merchants of Middletown. This union was blessed with two living children, William and Walter C, who are residents of Xenia. Mrs. Stark still survives her husband and resides at Xo. 134 West Main street. It was on the 8lh of Feljruary, 1895 that Albert M. Stark was called to liis final rest, his remains being in-

John S. Turner

Almost thirty years have passed since John S. Turner became a factor in mercantile circles in Bellbrook, where he began business on a small scale. He has steadil\' increased his stock to meet the growing demands of his trade and now has a store which would be a credit to a place of much greater size. His business reputation, Um. is unassailal)le. f(ir his enterprise and honorable methods have commended him to all.

Mr. Turner was liorn in this village November 5. 1850. his parents being James and .\ancy (Snodgrass) Turner. His boyhdoel days were passed in this village, where his father had located when yet a young man. The latter was married in Sugarcreek township and engaged in real-estate dealing.

In the common schools our subject acquired a fair education, fitting- him for life's practical duties. For a few years he clerked in Bellbrook and thus gained a knowledge of mercantile methods which have proved of value to him in the control of his business enterprise. Soon after his marriage he began business on his own account, and he now owns not onh- a large stock of general merchandise, but the building in which he is carrying on business. He also has an excellent residence in the town and a farm of one himdred and ninetv acres of valuable land west of Bellbrook, situated on the trolley line. These investments have been made as the result of his success as a merchant. As the years have passed he has prosjjered in his undertaking, for the people have reliance in his business methods and also patronizes him because of his reasonable prices.

On the 5th of June, 1874, ]Mr. Turner was united in ma'riage in Sugarcreek township, to Miss Martha J. Cunningham, a daughter of James and Sarah (Stratton) Cunningham. Four children have been born to this union : James, who is a graduate of \\'ittenl>erg Ccjllege of Springfield, Ohio, and is employed by the Foos Gas Company, of Springfield, was married to Miss Maude Butt, of that city, and there they make their home. John, who is a farmer of Sugarcreek township, married Miss Helen Pease, of Bellbrook, and they have three children. Harry M., who on the ist of January, 1902, was admitted in his father's business, married Ethel Barnett, of Spring Valley. Grace, the only daughter, is yet a student in school.

Mr. Turner is a leading antl active representative of the Democratic party and since 1881 has continuously filled the office of township clerk, while since 1878 he has been village clerk. He has also been treasurer of the school district since 1884 and is a citizen whose devotion to the best interests of the community is aboi\-e question. He co-operates in every movement and measure for the general good and his labors have not been without result in promoting the progress and prosperity of Bellbrook.

Anthony Varner

Anthony Varner, now deceased, was born in Berkeley county, West Virginia, and later removed to Washington county. Maryland. In early manhood he married

Catherine Kline, a native of Washington county and tlie year 1857 witnessed their arrival in Greene county, Ohio. The work of progress and improvement was in its incipiency, much of the land was still uncultivated and there was little promise of rapid development, hut the family cast in their lot with the early settlers and Mr. Varner took an important part in laying broad and deep the foundation for the present prosperity. There were thirteen in the party that made the trip to the west. Air. \'arner and his family being accompanied by his two brothers and their families. Three weeks had passed ere they reached tlieir destination. They first located in Dayton, where they remained for about a year and a half. On the expiration of that period they took up their abode in Deavercreek township, Greene county. Here Mr. \'arner purchased ninety acres of land which is still owned bv his daughter. With the exception of a small tract of four acres the entire farm was covered with timber. There was an old log cabin ujxju the place, but no other improvements, and with characteristic energy our subject began to clear away the trees and place the field under cultivation. He built a larger and more substantial log house and also built barns, but all these are now a thing of the past, save the mere shell of one of the old buildings.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. \'arner were born six children: Mira. who became the wife of William Burrous: Elizabeth and Eleanor, who were next in order of birth ; John, who lived all his life upon the old homestead and died in 1892 at the age of seventynine years, his remains being interred in Mount Zion cemetery : Andrew C. ; and Susanna.

Andrew C. was born in Maryland, October 21, 1819. and accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio, in 1827. He remained a resident of this state until 1849. when he went to Piatt county, Illinois, wliere he has since lived upon the farm which he purchased at the time of his remo(\'al there, it having been his home now for more than a half a centur}'. His education was acquired in the common schools of Beavercreek township and in Xenia. While pursuing his studies in the latter place he walked each day back and forth to the school, a distance of six mile:.. He afterward engaged in teaching school, being empkiyed in nearly every school in his township and continuing in some of them as many as five terms. He was married to Miss Iva Paxton, and unto them was born one son, George D. The mother died and he afterward married Miss Emily Painter, of the well known Painter family of this county. It was soon after that thev removed to Illinois. In their family were seven children : ]^Irs. Ella Dulison, Clara M., William. Jeremiah, Mary, Andrew C. and Richard. Of this number William was born April 12, 18G3, in Monticello township, Piatt county, Illinois, where he was reared and educated, but in 1893 came to Beavercreek township, Greene county. Ohio, where he engaged in the operation of the uUl Varner homestead. He is still living there and is one of the enterprising, v/idf.-awake and progressive farmers of the community. On the 21st of February, 1899, he was married in Xenia to Miss Sarah Jane Hartsock, who was born in Douglas county, Illinois, a daughter of Ephraim and Sarah Jane (Rice) Hartsock, both of whom are now deceased. Three children have been born of this marriage. - Charle.s- William, Frank Arlie and Irene.

Susanna, tlie sixth nienil)er of the family, became the wife of Smith F"ithian, a native of Xew Jersey, wlio came to this county when a small child. After he had attained years of maturity he removed to Illinois, where he married Miss Varner. His death occurred January 17, 1890.

Anthony Varner, whose najiie introduces this review, served his country as a soldier in the war of 1S12 and was ever a loyal and ])atriotic citizen, interested in all that pertained to the welfare of his community. He died in 1859 in his seventyfourth year, after more than thirty years' residence in this county, and is yet remembered by some of the oldest settlers. His wife passed away twenty years prior to his death. Both were loyal and devoted memlx;rs of the Lutheran church and enjoyed the high regard of many friends. Their remains were interred upon the farm which Mr. Varner had purchased and improved. He was a Democrat m his ix)litical views and was always true and faithful to his honest convictions, and well does he deserve to be mentioned among the honored pioneer settlers of Greene countv.

Mathicw Alexander Bickett

Mathew Alexander Bickett, who resides about two miles east of Xenia, was born in Xenia township, January 19, 1831, and is a son of William R. and Isabella (Alexander) Bickett. His father w^as born in the Coaquilla Valley, Pennsylvania, about 1796 and was a son of Adam and Elizabeth (Reed) Bickett. The grandfather was born in the northern part of Ireland where he spent the most of his life and where all but two of his cliildren were born. On coming to .\nicrica the familv settled m Pennsylvania, wliere he spent his remaining days, his death occurring a few years later. In the yeau 1818 \\illiam R. Bickett started with the remainder of the family, of whom he was the youngest, for Ohio. They made the trip with a six-horse team and passed the tirst winter with Robert Hamell, a brother-in-law-, who had come to Ohio the previous year as a teacher. In tlie spring of 1819 the Bickett family purchased one hundred and fifty acres of timber land and in connection with his brother John, the father of our subject built a log cabin, which was the family home for many years, the sons living with their mother. It was a l)ri>ductive district in which they located, the work of progress and civilization being scarcely begun. \\'ild game of all kind was plentiful, including deer, as well as turkeys and other smaller game. ]\Ir. Bickett bore all the hardships and trials incident to pioneer life, but was at length enabled to o\-ercome all obstacles and secure for himself a comfortable home. In 1827 he w-as united in marriage to- Isabella Alexander, and unto them were born six children : Adam R.. a resident of tiiis county; Mathew A. ; Mary Jane, who became the wife of Solomon Foust, who died a few months later, leaving her with a son, Edward : Elizabeth Isabella; Lydia Ann, who died at the age of twenty years ; and W. Harvey. The father of this family passed away in 1865 and the mother died in .\pri], 1S85, at the age of eighty-three years, their remains being interred in Xenia, Ohio. They were the members of the Second United Presbyterian church and people of the highest respectability. Mr. Bickett bore an important part in clearing and developing the land and thus largely promoted the progress of the county.

In the common schools near his home Mathew A. Bickett pursued his education and to the development of the home farm he contributed his share of labor until about the time of his father's death. On the 30th of May, 1865, he married ;\Iiss Caroline E. Kendall, who was born in Xenia township, a daughter of William and Eleanor (Jackson) Kendall. Her father was a native of Kentuckv and a son of Robert Kendall, while her mother was born in this state and was married in Xenia township. The Kendall family is of Scotch-Irish lineage and untt) the parents nf Mrs. Bickett were born six children, of whom four are living: Robert, a resident of Xenia : Henry, of Xeiu'a township; Eliza, the widow of Wilson Dallas, who resides near Dayton; and Mis. Bickett. The deceased were: Mary Ann, the wife of James Galloway ; and Rev. Clark Kendall, a minister of the United Presbyterian church, who died at Xenia. The father was a soldier of the war of 181 2 and both he and his wife were consistent Christian people, who held membership in the United Presbyterian church. The marriage of our subject and his wife has been blessed with seven children. Clark K., of Xenia township, married Margaret Turnbull and has two children, Maiw Eleanor and Joseph Turnbull. Charles A. is at home. William Albert married Margaret Harper and resides in Xenia township. Annie M. and Eleanor L are with their parents. John W. IS a minister of the United Presbyterian church, located at Greenfield, Ohio. David Cameron, at home, completes the family.

The family home is an attractive one, noted for its hospitality. All the buildings upon the farm have been erected l)y ^Ir. Bickett and staiid as monuments to his enterprise and thrift. He has a large barn, forty b}" si.xty feet, and a corn crib, forty by nineteen feet. He makes a specialty of the raising of shorthorn cattle and finds this a profitable source of income. His efforts return to him golden harvests and the farm is neat and thrifty in appearance, indicating his careful supervision. Beginning life without means he has added to his possessions till he owns about two hundred acres at present. He is a Republican in politics, but not an aspirant for ofiice.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Bickett are members of the Second United Presbyterian church and are worthy representatives of honored pioneer families. Their own records reflect credit upon the untarnished family names and they ha\-e a large circle of friends and acquaintances in the community who esteem them for their genuine worth, genial manner and kindliness. As a business man Mr. Bickett sustains an unassailable reputation for reliability and trustworthiness.

Hallie O. Browx

There are perhaps few ladies in all this land who have as wide a reputation or more extensive acquaintance than !Miss Hallie O. Bro\\n, whose career has been one of marked l)enefit to her fellow men. Her activitv has always been along lines of improvement and of benefit for those with whom she has come in contact. The highest and the lowliest in this land and in Great Britain have acknowledged her jwwer as an elocutionist, while many have reason to feel grateful to her for what she has accomplisheil. \\'ilberforce College, of Greene county, Ohio, owes much of its success to her efiforts in its behalf and through her in- rtueiice its lalmrs liavc extended to a wider scope, assisting main- in tlie development of their talents and capabilities and thus enabling them to become men and women of strong force of character and helpful lives. ]'erha])S the account of Miss Brown's early life can not l)e better given than in the w nrds of a contemporary historian who has said : "A traveler passing by a country farmhouse a few miles from Chatham. Canada, not many years ago, might have seen a little girl of eight or nine summers mounted on a cult, without girth or bridle, her hair given to the winds, dashing up a lane to pasture. There he would have seen her dismount and hastily perform the duties of dair_\-uiaid. first calling each Cdw b\- name and ])layfully inquiring as to the health of each. The milking finished, he would iiave seen her juni]> upon a tree stump or felled log and deliver an address to the cows, the slieep and the birds. She had a se|)arate speech for the larger animals and special addresses for the lambs, the ducklings and the other auditors that ha])pened to be present. Having exhausted her own vocalnilary she began a conversation in the language of the cow, the horse, the sheep, the goose, the rooster, until each was imitated, and then, bidding adieu to the "congregation," she remounted her steed and cantered home again. That was her dailv morning program, secret and unobserved. It was for this that she rose earlier than the others of the household itntil one morning a farm liand saw her hv chance, himself unobserved, and her secret was a secret no longer. This little girl was Hallie O. Brown. ^\'ho can say but that propitious fate had her then in training to develop her powers >vhich ha\e since carried her east and west, upon her mission of amusement, instruction

Miss Brown was the youngest of six children. Her father died at the age of eighty years, in 1882. but her mother lives with her at Wilberforce, at the advanced age of eighty-five years. Jere A., their eldest child, is now living in Cleveland. Ohio. He has served in the state legislature of Ohio, and now holds a position in the government service at W'asliington, D. C. Mrs. Bell Xewman. the next younger, is now deceased. Mrs. Annie E. W'eaxer resides at Farmland, Indiana. Mary Frances is deceased. John G., also deceased, was a graduate of Wilberforce University and gave great promise of being a noted lecturer and speaker, liut death terminated I'.is career in his early manhood.

Hallie Quinn I'.rown was born in Pittsburg and during her early girlhood accompanied her parents to Chatham, Canada^ where she acquired her ])reliminary etlucation, later continuing her studies in Wilberforce College, of Ohio, where she was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science with the class of 1873. Among her classmates were ]\Irs. Mary F. Lee, wife of Bishop B. F. Lee; and Samuel T. Mitchell, afterward president of Wilberforce University. Her broad mind and earnest thought: had grasped the situation in the south, and. realizing that there was a mighty field of labor, she entered upon educational work in that portion of the country. Her first school was on a plantation in South Carolina, where she endured the hardships and rough life uncomplainingly, and continued her work of teaching the children of \-arious plantations and also instructing the aged ones to read their Bibles, thus bringing into many a life the great comfort which the reading of the

\\(Ji"(l brings ti) all the true followers of Christianity. Later she was in charge of a school on the Sonera plantation in Mississippi, where she found that her labors were largely hampered by two \-ices - the use of whisky and tobacco - and since that time she has labored earnestly to abolish those two evils. Her fame as an instructor spread and her services were secured as a teacher in Yazoo City, but on account of the unsettled state of affairs in the south in 1874-5, she was compelled to return to the north.

Later a successful teacher in Dayton, Ohio, for four years, she was then obliged to give up educational work on account of her health, and has since devoted her attention largely to lecturing and public reading. She started out upon a lecture tour in behalf (if her alma mater, W'ilberforce College, and the first }-ear"s ser\-ice proved her ability in that direction. Then in order to better present her work from the platform she took a course in elocution and again started out upon her tra\els. meeting- with still greater success. For several years she tra\-eled with the W'ilberforce Grand Concert Compau}-. an organization for the benefit of W'ilberforce College. She has lectured and read throughout the length and breadth of this land in all the leading cities, and e\-ery place has been favorably and enthusiastically received.

In 1894 Miss Brown went abroad and lectured in England for six years. Among the dift'erent lecture courses on which she appeared was that of the renowned W'estlx3urne Park Listitute. She has lectured and recited in all the leading cities of Great Britain, and was connected for some time with Latly Henry Somerset in temperance work. She was entertained bv Oueen Nktoria. July 7. 1899, ^^^ being served in St. George's Hall, the hall of the Garter, Windsor Castle. She appeared and spoke at the entertainment of the Princess of \\"ales, the present Queen of England, this entertainment being given for the poor of London at the time of the celebrati(.)n of the Queen's diamond jubilee. She has been entertained and dined by the most noted ladies and families of England and Scotland, and during Queen \'ictoria's jubilee year she was the guest of the Lord Mayor of Lfjndon and his wife, and later liy the Mayor and Mayoress of Croydon, and journeyed with them in a private car to London, where special seats near \\'estminster Abbey were reserved for them from which to view the procession and ceremonies. She was also in attendance at the funeral of Gladstone, the ticket of admission being furnished t(j her by a member of parlianitnt.

I\Iiss Brown belongs to the Royal Scottish Geographical Society of Edinburgh, to the British Women's Temperance Societ_\-, to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, to the King's Daughters, and was a member of the International Congress of Women. Miss Brown w-ent to England in behalf of the Douglass Memorial Hall, which was required for the accommodation of the large and increasing librarx' of the university. She lectured also on temperance and \'arious other subjects, and gave many readings, her splendid and exceptional gifts as an elocutionist winning the highest praise. Hers has been a life permeated Ijy the true missionary spirit, carrying truth and hel]> into many districts where it has been so greatly needed, and presenting facts in such a clear, understandable wa_\- that her auditors have gone away convinced. It is im]iossible to give any correct estimate of her work, llie influence of mind upnn mind, and of soul upon soul heintf an incalculable force, the worth of which is only recognized in eternity, but in this land and in Great llritain thousands ha\e reason to be grateful to her and to speak oi her in words of liiving praise.

Silas O. Hale

Among those who in public office have adxanced the general welfare tlu-ough faithful performance of duty is numbered Silas Opdyke Hale, who is clerk of the court of l)leas in Greene county. He was l)orn in Bellbrook, Sugarcreek township, this county, March 9, 1858. his parents being Silas and Miriam (Opdyke) Hale, who were also natives of Greene county. The father was born near Bellbrook, August 26, 1803. and was a son of John and Sarah (Bowen) Hale, natives of Maryland, whence tliey removed to Kentucky and in iSoj removed to Ohio, locatin,'- in \\\\:n is now Sugarcreek township, Greene county, where the grandfather successfully carried on business, being engaged in both farming and tanning. He was one of tiie honored ]moneers of this portion of the state and took an active part in the early development and progress of Greene count\-. In 1838, however, he removed to Kosciusko county, Indiana, where he died in 1845. By two marriages he had twelve children.

Silas Hale, the father of our subject, obtained a common-school education, and when old enough began work in his father's tanyard, where he was emplo\'ed until seventeen years of age. He was then apprenticed to the cabinet-maker's trade in Wilmington, Ohio, and after mastering that business returned to Bellbrook, where he engaged in caliinet-making for ten years. Later he established a general store, which he conducted almost up to the time of his death, being one of the enterprising, wideawake and reliable merchants of the town. For more than forty years he was township treasurer and was appointed postmaster of Bellbrook by Franklin Pierce, in which office he served continuously until Grover Cleveland's first administration, a period of over thirty years. Xo puljlic official of the county has ever enjoyed to a higher degree the confidence and good-will of the public or more truly deserves the respect accorded him. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hale were born ten children, who in order of birth were as follows : Dorinda, John, Henry and Frank, twins, Angeline, Mary. Bowen, James, Melancthon and Silas O. Four of the sons, John, Henry, Frank and Bowen,. were in the Civil war and Bowen died at Camp Chase in April. 1862. The parents were both members of the Methodist Protestant church and were people of genuine worth, true to every principle which tends to the tle\'elopment of an upright character. Mr. i^ale died in 1889 at the age of eighty-six years, but his widow, a lovely Christian lady, still survives him at the age of eightyeight years and is Iving with her .son, Henry H. Hale, in Xenia.

In the schools of Bellbrook Slias O. Hale acquired his early education, which' was later supplemented by study in the X^ational Normal University at Lebanon, w'here he pursued a scientific course. He prosecuted his studies during the summer months while in winter he engaged in teach.ing Entering upon his business career he first learned the carpenter's trade in Bellbrook under the direction of Harman Brothers,

Ijut follcnved tliis only a short time, when he began teaching in Sugarcreek township. lie was very successful as a teacher, having the ability to impart clearly and concisely to otliers the knowledge he had acquired. On the organization of Sugarcreek township high school Mr. Hale was selected as the first principal and was also made supermtendent of the township schools, which position he held from 1892 until lie entered upon the duties of the office of clerk of the common pleas court of Greene county, Ohio, in 1900. He was one of the organizers of the Ohio State Township Superintendents' Association, and was its first president. Afterward he was secretary and treasurer for several terms, resigning the position w*hen elected clerk of the courts. He served on the executive committee of the Greene Count\' Teachers' Association for one year and presided over the Teachers' Summer Institute. He was then elected president of the Teachers' Association and as such again conducted the Teachers' Summer Institute. which was declared one of the most popular ever held in Xenia.

On the 29th of November, 1881, Mr. Hale was united in marriage to Miss Anna ]\I. Gibbons, a native of Greene county and a daughter of Thomas Gibbons, of Bellbrook. Her father was a native of Ireland, but for many years resided in Bellbrook, where he spent his last days. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hale have been born one child, Minnie Miriam, now a student in the high school of Xenia.

Socially 'Mr. Hale is connected with .Spring Valley Lodge, No. 302, I. O. O. F.. and with Xenia Lodge, No. 668, B. P. O. E.. and of the latter he is a trustee. In jiolitics he has always been a stanch Republican, deeply interested in the welfare and growth oi his party. He has held different official positions, having been treasurer of Sugarcreek township for ten years and also treasurer of the village of Belll,>rook several terms, as well as a member of the city council of Bellbrook. In 1899 he was elected clerk of the courts on the Republican ticket and in 1902 is again the candidate of his party for that office, his second nomination being a public acknowledgment of his capability during the first term of senice. For several years he was an acti\e member of the county central committee and was on the executive committee for one year. Mr. Hale attained to a prominent position in educational circles and is now accounted one of the most faithful and skillful officers of the county. In all life's relations he has been found true to the trust reposed in him and has well merited the good name which he enji;>ys.

George Confer

George Confer, a retired farmer residing in Yellow Springs, is a native of Washington county. Maryland, his birth ha\-ing occurred near Hagerstown. on the 8th of February, 1827, but since the age of seven years he has lived in Ohio, coming at that time to this state with his parents, George and Elizabeth (Bowman) Confer. The father was born in Maryland and followed the occupation of farming as a means of providing for his family. In 1834 he came to Ohio, locating in Greene county, his farm comprising one hundred and fifty acres of land in Miami township, a small part of which had been improved. He erected some new buildings, making many excellent inii)r(>\enients ujjon the farm.

which is still in jjdssessinii ni the tamily. There he lived and died, passing away at the age of seventy-two years. He was a manber of the German Reformed church and in early life gave his political support to the Whig party and on its dissolution Ije- >came a Republican. Init the honors and emoluments of office had no attraction for him. As tlie years passed his diligence and business ability brought to him success, so that he was enabled to gi\-e to eacli of his children a good lionie. His widow survix'ed him twelve years and (bed in the city of Xenia. She was also born in Maryland and was a memiber of the Lutheran church. Pjy Iter marriage she became the mother of five children, three nl win mi are still living: Hannah, who resides near Spring Valley ; William G., now deceased; George; Susan, w ho died at the age of twenty-seven years ; and Elizabeth, who is the widow of Richard Partington and has one son, Edward. Her home is near Spring Valley. Greene -county.

To the district school system of Miami township George Confer is indebted for the educational privileges which he enjoyed. He assisted his father upon the home place and after the death of his parent, in 1857, he and his brother began farming for themselves and were thus engaged for two or three years. The partnership was then dissolved and George Confer purchased more land adjoining the farm which his father had given him in Miami township. There he engaged in the tilling of the soil and stock-raising for thirty-three years and in 1 89 1 he removed to the village of Yellow^ Springs, where he has since lived a retired life.

On Ma}' 2, 1 86 1, George Confer was married in Miami township to Ann Johnson, whose birth occurretl on the 15th of April, 1841, in Greaie county. She is a daughter of James and Catherine (Ehrler) Johnson. The father was a native of Kentucky and at an early date came to Ohio. The mother was born in France, but when a young girl was brought to the United States, settling with her father in Clark county, Ohio, and with him she remained until her marriage, .\fterward Mr. and Mrs. Johnson settled upon a fami in Miami township, Greene county, where the mother died in 1849. ^^f- Johnson afterward married again and his death occurred in 1890, both passing away in Miami township. L'nto Mr. and Mrs. Confer were b<irn si.x children and the family circle yet remains unl)roken by the hand of death.

Mary Etta is the wife of Joseph Veruanda Shoemaker, who resided at Goes Station, in Xenia township, where he is conducting a grocery store. They have one child, Cora May, who is the wife of George Hall, of Dayton, by wdiom she has a daughter, Dorothy. George Alljert. the second member of the Confer family, resides upon his father's farm on the Dayton jxike, in Miami townshii), where lie is engaged in the cultivation of the fields and in the raising, purchasing and sale of stock. He married Miss Anna Fogle and they have five children : Vernanda. Earle, Raymond, Verna and Georgia. Arthur U. resides upon the home fami in Miami township. He married Miss Clara Miller and they have three children, Florence, Chester and Harry. William W., who is also living upon the home farm, wedded Miss Zella Fogle and they have two children, Edith and Esther. Howard T., a blacksmith at Goes Station, married Nora Ginneman and their children were Harold, Mildred and two that died in infancy. Susie, the youngest member of the Confer family, is the wife of John Conrad, a grocer of Springfield, Ohio, and they have one son, Herman.

In his political views ]^Ir. Confer is a Republican and for one term he served as supervisor of his township, while for eight or nine years he was a director of the public schools. He belongs to the Reformed church and take a deep and active interest in everything tending to promote the general welfare, along all lines of substantial progress ami improvement.

Noah Sipe

Noah Sipe is the oldest resident of Bath towTiship, having lived here for more than eighty years. He has witnessed great changes as time has passed and man has \vrought for the upbuilding and improvement of this portion of the state. The forests which stood in their primeval strength during his boyhood days have been cut down to be replaced l)y fields of waving grain, while here and there homes have been builded and are now occupied by a prosperous and contented people. Towns and villages have also had their era of prosperity and improvaiient and to-day Greene county in its splendid development is the work of many enterprising pioneers among whom is numbered Xoah Sipe, who resides on a farm on the Fairfield and Yellow Springs pike in the eastern part of Bath township, where his birth occurred in a little log cabin, December 28, 1820.

His parents were Christian and Catherine (Carpenter) Sipe. The father was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, and was a son of Henry Sipe, a native of Germany, who, on crossing the Atlantic to the new world, settled in the Old Dominion, where he spent his remaining days. In the county of his nativity the father of our subject was reared and educated and served as a private in the war of 181 2. For two Acars thereafter he remained in Virginia, and alx)Ut 18 14 came to Ohio, settling first in Clark county, where his brother Francis had earlier made his home. When two years had passed he went to Cincinnati to see a man who had entered a half section of land. This he purchased, paying about nine hundred dollars out of the sum of one thousand dollars which he had accutnulated while in the east. Tliis land was all heavily wooded, but soon the sturdy strokes of his ax removed trees trpon the place and the land was cultivated. In the latter part of h.is life he purchased a fine farm near Yellow Springs where he Vwed retired ujxmi the place where l>oth the father and mother of our subject died. The latter was born in Virginia and came to Greene county in 181 2. She was a daughter of John Carpenter, who was also a native of the Old Dominion, and on coming to Greene county with his family settled about one mile west of the present home of our subject. Christian Sipe died in 1855, at the age of sixtyfive years, while his wife passed away in i860, when about sixty-five years of age, both being interred in Yellow Springs cemetery. The mother was a member of the ^lethodist Episcopal church and in his political views the father was a Jacksonian Democrat. Of this marriage were born seven children : Amy, the wife of Eli l-Joutzong, who is now deceased ; Noah, our subject, being the second in order of birth ; John, who died in early youth; Manuel, who is also deceased : Sarah, the wife of Lewis

Cosier; Elizabeth, deceased; and Mary Y., who has also passed away. As the years passed the father cultivated a very good home for his famil\-. He became the owner of four hundred and eighty-eight acres of valuable land. He was a tanner by trade and in early life followed that pursuit, but during the greater part of his business career devoted his energies to fanning.

Xoah Sipe pursued his education in the township schools but his advantages in that direction were somewhat limited. The building was a log structure and the schcKjl was conducted after the subscription plan, the tuition being one dollar and fifty cents lor three months. Tlie spelling book and the arithmetic were about all the Ixjoks required and the methods of teaching were \ery primitive as compared with those of the present day. At the age of eleven years Mr. Sipc began to follow the plow and throughout his active business life he devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits. His practical experience in youth enabled h.im to successfully carry on farm work after he had attained to man's estate.

In the year 1848 Noah Sipe was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ann Wiant, a native of Champaign county, Ohio. In 1856 ]\Ir. Sipe erected a brick house upon the old home farm, where he now resides. There was but one other house anyAvhere in the locality at the time the old home had been erected. The first structure was a log cabin, which was succeeded by a fine log house built when Mr. Sipe was a young lad, and is still standing, one of the mute reminders of pioneer days and an indication of the present progress and improvement of the county.

(Air subject, married ]\Iary Jane Wilson ajid unto them four children were bjrn - Edgar \y., Emmet Clifford, Ida May, and John, Jr. Artemis, who is the wife of William Strasburg, is residing in Springfield, Ohio, and they have three children - Ota and Reta. twins, and Maude. Jasper is the next younger. Walter, who lives on the old home fann with his father, which is also the place of his birth, married Johanna Hern, and unto them six children have Ijeen born - William, Walter, Mary, Frank. Charles and Catherine. He assists his father in the operation of the home farm. Ida, who married George Finfrock, resides in Boise City. Ida- I'lO. Joseph Douglas is now deceased. He married May Woodall and they made their home in Yellow Springs township. Their children were - Noah, Charles, Alyrtle and Lizzie. Mertie, the seventh member of the family, married Ephraim Harshman and resides in Clark county. Their children are - Harry, Gladys, and Elmer, deceased.

In 1881 Mr. Sipe was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who in that year passed away and was laid to rest in the Yellow Springs cemetery. At the age of thirteen years she had become a memlier of the Baptist church and was ever a consistent Christian woman. For his second wife Mr. Sipe chose Sarah C. Scudder, who was born in Trenton, New Jersey. His landed possessions now comprise three hundred and seventy and one-half acres and he also owns a lot in the village of Osljorn.

In his political views Mr. Sipe is a Democrat, l)ut has never accepted office save some minor positions. For thirty years he has been school director and for twelve years w-as clerk of the school board. His son John has for three years been township trustee, elected on the Democratic ticket.

Mr. Sipe has devoted his energies to general farming and stock-raising, and as the years lia\e passed has met with creditable and gratifying success so that in the evening of life he is provided with all the comforts that go to make life worth the living as the result of his former toil. Both he and his wife are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church and he is a steward of the church at Yellow Springs. He takes a very deep and active interest in religious affairs and his life has ever been in consistent harmony with his profession. He has passed the eighty-first milestone on life's journey and now receives the veneration and respect which should ever be accorded those who have advanced thus far. His history contains manv elements well worthy of emulation, for he has ever lived an honorable and upright life, having been true in all his relations to his fellow men.

Hox. Axdrew Jacksox

The list of the leading citizens of Greene county contain.s the name of the Hon. -Andrew Jackson, one of the representative and honored citizens of Cedarville. His record as a soldier, as an official and a business man has been so honoraljle that he has gained the confidence and good will of all with whum he has been brought in contact. His unbending integrity of character, his fearlessness in the discharge of his duties and his aijpreciation of the responsibilities that ha\e rested upon him have been such as to make him a most acceptable incumbent in the office of assemblyman and in that of sergeant-at-arms in llie house. He is filling the latter position at the present time and is