Knox County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1881 (part 17 of 20)

SPRAGUE, E. H., general manufacturer, and repair shop, corner of Chestnut and Mulberry streets, Mt. Vernon. Mr. Sprague is a native of Attleborough, Bristol county, Massachusetts, and was born May 31, 1807. He afterwards resided at Hampshire, where he learned the machinist trade, and then at Berkshire, where he worked at his trade on cotton machinery. In the year 1834 he went to New York''city, where he was engaged in manufacturing, which included an endless variety of tools, implements, fixtures, instruments &c., in which he was engaged about two years; after which he went to Allegheny City, where he engaged in the manufacturing of iron fencing, railing, ballustrading, cresting, and erecting doors for safe vaults, to which was added a general line of jobbing and repairing. He continued in this until the year 1872, when he went to Columbus, where he engaged with Peter Hayden, contractor at the Ohio State prison, where he took charge of prison labor, in manufacturing, and in which he continued until 1846, then entered the employ of J. Ridgeway & Co., builders of steam engines, with whom he was engaged on the contract for weights and measures for the different counties of the State of Ohio. In 1849 he went to McConnelsville, and engaged in the machine shop of James L. Gage, as superintendent, in the manufacture of engines; after this he served the firm of D. Rolf & Co., manufactures and builders of engjnes, of Harmar, Washington county, one year. He then went to Beverly, where he engaged in the general manufacturing and repairing of engines, in which he continued until 1853. After this, he went to Zanesville, working for the Central Ohio road (now the Baltimore & Ohio), the firm of H. F. Blandy & Co., builders of locomotives and the firm of Douglas Smith & Co., builders of cars. He then came to this county and engaged at Fredericktown with the firm of J. & T. Craven, manufacturers of saw-mill engines, where he remained until 1859, when he came to Mt. Vernon, where he has been engaged in various ways, and with different firms, and was engaged with the firm of C. & G. Cooper & Co. at different times, until the year 1866. He then established his present shop, where he is engaged in the manufacturing of and repairing of all kinds of novelty work, which consists in part of gunning, filling, and repairing all kinds of saws, and all kinds of light machinery, manufacturing of all kinds of patent models, and light novelty repairing, including everything that mecahical skill can accomplish. Mr. Sprague is a mechanic of fifty-eight years' experience, and as has been noticed has had practical experience in all kinds of mechanical work, in addition to his great natural mechanical talents, which warrant us in saying, that he is one of the most proficient mechanics in the State.

SPROULE, JOSEPH, grocer, Mt. Vernon, was born in county Fermauagh, Ireland, in 1834, came to America in 1852, and settled in Mt. Vernon, then being about eighteen years of of age, under the firm name of Sproule & Watson engaged in the grocery business. By the judicious use of printer's ink and the use of an unique advertisement that attracted the attention of the reading public, the firm soon built up a lucrative trade. By square dealing and attractive goods they retained all their first customers and gained many new ones, which they retained. Said partnership being dissolved Mr. Sproule continued the business, all of which he, in time, sold, and engaged in farming in Liberty township, which he continued for two years. On his return to the city he entered into partnership with Mr. Samuel A. Trott, and opened a new and extensive grocery store in connection with the shipping business, and purchased the block on the northwest corner of the public square, part of which they occupied. When the partnership dissolved Mr. Sproule retained the business, and has since continued it alone.

Mr. Sproule has been married twice, his first wife being Miss Maria, daughter of John Craft, of Green Valley, this county. By this union three children were born - two sons and one daughter. The two sons are both dead, dying within a short time of each other, aged respectively nine and eleven years. The daughter, Miss Iva, a young lady of fine mind, is now finishing her education at Oberlin college.

SQUIRES, OLIVER, Miller township, pioneer farmer, was born in the town of Pittsford, Rutland county, Vermont, January 20, 1812. His parents, Phineas and Esther Squires, nee Rowley, came to Ohio with'a family of six children, in the fall of 1812, and settled near Dresden, where they remained about two years, and then came to Miller township, being among theearly pioneers. About the year 1834 they removed to Chesterville, Morrow county, where he died. During the time of his residence in Miller he was engaged in farming and clearing land. He would purchase a piece of land in the wilderness and erecta cabin and commence clearing a farm, when he would sell and purchase another piece in the wilderness, and commence again to make a farm; and this he continued during the time he lived in this township, performing as much hard labor as any man living in this country. They had twelve children, all of whom are now dead, except the subjeect of this notice. Eleven of these children lived to the years of manhood.

Oliver Squires was reared to hard labor. As soon as old enough he was put to work picking brush and other hard labor- His advantages for education were limited. The old log school. house, with its puncheon floor and clapboard roof, with weightpoles, its window of six lights, eight by ten, and the log fire, was the kind he attended for a few months each winter. He remembers their old home in what is now the village of Brandon. The huge log house; the large fireplace; are distinctly remembered. After he left home he learned the cooper's trade, which he followed for several years, but farming has been his principal business.

He was married to Mary Colopy, daughter of William Colopy, an early settler, October 18, 1841, and in 1842 he removed to his present home, where he has resided to the present time. They have five children, viz: Earl O., farmer; Timothy C., farmer; Ellen, who married Jasper Hall; Emma, who married R. Shepperd; Fulton, and Douglas.

Mr. Squires is a man who acts honestly and independently when he is conscious that he is right, he trusting to his own judgment, and acts without fear or favor. In politics he was formerly a Democrat, but when he became fully satisfied that the measures advocated by that party would beinjurious to our public welfare, and having no confidence in the Republican party, he became an honest advocate of the principles held by the Greenback party. In religion he is Liberalist, freely granting to others the rights and privileges he claims for himself. He is a kind and affectionate husband and father, and a kind neighbor and worthy citizen.

STAATS, ISAAC, Pike township (deceased), born in Knox county, December 15, 1819, and was married in 1844 to Rebecca Giffin, who was born in Coshocton county in 1821. They had three children - Louisa, born in 1846; William Alonzo, in 1848; and Joseph, in 1851. William was married to Elizabeth Doty, and resides on the old homestead.

Mr. Staats died October 10, 1853, at his home in Knox county, Ohio. His occupation was farming, and he owned a good farm in this county. Mrs. Staats still resides on the home place in Pike township.

STAATS, JOHN, Jefferson township, farmer and _ stock raiser, post office, Jelloway, son of Joseph and Catharine Staats, born in Butler township, Knox county, March 18, 1827; he received a common school education and continued to farm for his father until 1849, November roth, when he was united in marriage with Miss Rosannah Horn, a daughter of Jacob Horn, born in Butler township, Knox county, April ro, 1826. After his marriage he remained in Butler township for about nine years, and then moved to Jefferson township, and there purchased a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, where he then moved with his family, and devoted himself to farming, which has been his vocation all his life.

Mr. and Mrs. Staats became the parents of six children, viz; Sarah J., Jacob la le Joseph L., Calvin F., Edward S., one of whom died in infancy. Vive are still living. Mrs. Rosannah Staats, his wife, died August 20, 1863, aged thirty-seven years. On the tenth of March, 1864, he married Miss Hannah Berry, daughter of Joseph and Matilda Berry, born in Wayne county, January 20, 1838. By their union they became the parents of five children, two of whom are dead and three are living, viz: Carrie B., Carresie B., Charles B.

STADLER, A. M., clothier, Kirk block, corner of public Square and Main street, Mt. Vernon. This firm was established in 1877 in Kirk's block.

Mr. Stadler is a native of Champaign county, Ohio, born August 28, 1852. His first business engagement was with Max Stadler, wholesale and retail clothier in New York, where he had charge of the manufacturing department, in which position he was retained five years. After this he came to Mt. Vernon and established the present firm. He carries a large stock, consisting of ready-made clothing, hats, trunks, valises, and gents' furnishing goods. This stock is one of the best in the city, and is conducted strictly on the one price system.

STARR, BARTON, "deceased, late of Pleasant township, Knox county, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, on the twentieth day of November, 1816. He emigrated to Massillon, Ohio, remaining there a few years, and then went to Oberlin, Ohio, and graduated at the Oberlin college in 1846. His intentions were to prepare for the ministry, but the failure of his health compelled him to give up the idea of going into the ministry and seek some other vocation. In 1847 he came to Mt. Vernon and in the following year he engaged in the nursery business. His first nursery was on a farm which he rented, situated on the Wooster road, one and a half miles from Mt. Vernon, where he continued in the business until 1854, of the Mt. Vernon nursery, where he continued the business, making it a success until his death, which occurred April 2, 1874. In 1849 he married Miss Sarah J. Marquis, daughter of Edward and Llizabeth Marquis. Mr. Marquis was a native of Pennsylvania, migrated to Ohio and located in Knox county in 1817, where he deceased in 1860. Miss Marquis was born in Monroe township, this county, June 26, 1824. His union with Miss Marquis resulted in four children, viz: Newton, Devella, Mary E., and Edward E. Mrs. Starr and <i are still living on the nursery farm and carrying on the business. STAUFFER, JOSEPH, of the firm of J. Stauffer & Son, clothiers, Mt. Vernon, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, on the fifteenth day of July, 1817, and resided in that county until he was seventeen years of''age. He then removed to Price's Mills, Trumbull county, Ohio, and engaged in selling goods for William Porter, where he remained nearly three years, and then took a stock of goods for Mr. Porter to the village of gaged about nine moths, and then went back to Price's Mills and remained some six months. He then went to Greene village, Columbiana county, and engaged in the grocery business, and continued in this branch of trade for one year. April 17, 1839, he removed to Knox county and purchased a farm in Monroe township, which was all in woods, having only ten acres deadened and five acres grubbed. On this farm he remained about six years, which time was spent in clearing up his farm and farming. After this he went to Monroe Mills, and engaged with Mr. Henry Boynton as salesman in a dry goods store. Here he continued ten years. He then came to Mt. Vernon, and sold goods for Mr. Mark Curtis, with whom he remained seven years, and then Mr. Curtis established a clothing department, and Mr. Stauffer conducted that branch as salesman for some three years. In 1868 Mr. Stauffer bought out the clothing department and engaged in conducting that branch of trade for himself, in which he has continued ever since. He commenced with a stock of six thousand three hundred dollars. He has been doing a successful business, which is constantly increasing in value. The firm always keep on hand, and increase as trade demands, a full and well selected stock of clothing and gentleman's furnishing goods. To the establishment has been added a merchant-tailoring department for all who desire home-made clothing, having for that speciality one of the best cutters in the State in their employ.

This house has met with good success from the beginning. Their annual sales amount to about thirty-five thousand dollars. They now carry a stock valued at about nineteen thousand dollars. This house is the original ''one price clothing house." The firm consists of Messrs. Joseph Stauffer, A. J. Stauffer, and R. C. Mitchell.

STAUNTON, JOHN H., Pike township, blacksmith, post office, North Liberty, born in Augusta county, Virginia, in 1850, and was married in-1873, to Catharine A. Rolfe, who was born in Nova Scotia in 1853. They have three children: Marshall C., born in 1874; Albert, in 1875, and Charles, in 1877.

Mr. Staunton came to Ohio in 1871, located in Mt. Vernon, remained about four years, and then went to Brownsville. He remained there three yeais. Hecame to North Liberty in 1878, where he now resides. He is a skilful mechanic in all the branches of his trade, horse shoeing being a speciality.

STEELE, J. & H., Fredericktown, liverymen, established the livery business some two years ago, and keep good horses and conveyances. They are good business men, obliging and accommodating, and always ready to wait on those who will give them a call.

STEELE, ISRAEL, Fredericktown, livery, born in Frederick county, Maryland, in 1822, came to Ohio in 1848, and was married to Hannah Runkles, who was born in Carroll county, Maryland, in 1822. They had the following children: Richard V., born in Maryland, and drowned at Cape May in 1877 James J., in Maryland, and died in Knox county in 1865 Albert T., in Columbus, Ohio, and died at that place in 1850, John L., in Ohio, resides in Boston, and is a travelling salesman, and Mary Alice was married to J. A. Bennett, who now resides at Chicago Junction.

Mr. Steele came to Knox county in 1860, located on the farm where they now reside, is engaged in farming and has been successful in accumulating property. He was a prominent, member of the Presbyterian church in Fredericktown; and a worthy Christian. He died at his home, August 31, 1874.

William Patterson, father of Mrs. Steele, was a native of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and was married to Rebecca Findley, a native of the same county. They had seven children: Ebenezer F., deceased; Jane, deceased; Matilda, deceased; Margaret, James, Rebecca, and Martha.

Mr. Patterson died in Wayne county, Ohio, in 1854. Mrs. Patterson is a resident of this township, living with her daughter, Mrs. Steele. They are all members of the Presbyterian church.

STEMM, JOHN W., miller, Fredericktown, born in Adams county, Pennsylvania, in 1830, came to Ohio with his parents, who located in Seneca county, remained there some years, then moved to Indiana, remaincd there several years, and then removed to Maryland. He was married in Virginia to Laura V. Smoot, who was born in that State in 1840. They had eight children: William H., Laura V., Mary B., Harriet E., John R., Samuel J., Herenden, deceased; and Jacob, deceased.

After marriage Mr. Stemm located in Altoona, Pennsylvania, erected a flouring-mill, and was engaged at that business several years. He then moved to Wooster, Ohio, engaged in the milling business for seven years, then moved to Wyandotte county, and was engaged there at the same business for three years. He then removed to the Rocky Fork mills, near Mansfield, then to Lucas for one year. From there he went to Ashland county, and engaged in the Charles mill. In 1875 he purchased the Mound City mills, has been successful in doing merchant and custom business. He has a good reputation as a miller.

STEPHENS & SCOTT, carriage works. The business was originally started in 1865 by Messrs. White, Stephens & Barker, who continued five years. After this the firm became Stephens & Co., and continued as such until December, 1879, when the present firm was organized. They have very much improved, remodeled, and made new additions to the works. They have a woodwork department, ironwork department, painting and trimming department, and wareroom in addition to the repository building for the display of finished work.

This company manufacture and keep on hand fine carriages, single and double buggies, barouches, phzetons, spring and platform wagons, and every style of farm wagons. The remarkable perfection in the execution and finish of their work, as well as the substantial materials which they use, enable them with confidence to invite those who contemplate buying tocall and examine their stock before purchasing elsewhere. They feel able to satisfy all of the justice of their claim - that their vehicles are made of the very best material in use, and put together by workmen of skill and experience. They use in their gearing the best second growth hickory; in Lodies, the best poplar and ash; the wheels are the genuine Sarvern pattern, second growth hickory; the springs are Forest City; axles number one; tubular bow sockets, trimmed with good leather, rubber, or flock as customers may desire. Their painting speaks, to all who see it,

Mr. Stephens is a thoroughly skilled workman of large experience, and a gentleman who stands high in the community, both in business and social circles.

Mr. Scott is a young man completing and perfecting himself in the business under the most advantageous circumstances, and with his skill, natural ability, and business qualifications will eventually take a prominent position in the field of business activities. Each of these gentlemen are natives of this State.

STEVENSON, WILLIAM, carpenter, residing in Martinsburgh; was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, January 18, 1807; removed to Mt. Vernon at an early date, residirg there until 1861, when he removed here. He was married December 27, 1836, to Christiana Graham. They were the parents of eleven children: Thomas A., John G., William F., Emeline, Anna M., Frank, and Fred A.; the others dying in infancy. John G. and Anna are now the only surviving children. Mr. S. is a member of the Presbyterian church of Martinsburgh.

Mr. Stevens is a native He resided in that State until he was about ten years old, when his father emigrated to Ohio, locating on a farm near Chesterville, Morrow county, where he resided about ten years. From the farm near Chesterville the subject of this sketch went to Missouri and engaged in the drug and dentistry business in the town of Cameron. Here he remained about four years. From Cameron he came back to Ohio and for one year resided in Mansfield, and then went to Belleville, where he engaged in the dry goods business. In this business he remained some two and a half years. His next remove was from Belleville to Bucyrus, where he engaged in egg and butter packing, with his father and brother. Some two years were thus spent, when he and his brother came to Mt. Vernon and engaged in the same business, to which was added the purchasing and shipping of hides, pelts and furs. The firm of W. A. Stevens & Co. is well established and is doing a large and a steadily increasing business. During the first year their business amounted to twenty thousand dollars, and for the year just past amounted to thirty-five thousand dollars, and from the favorable commencement, this year's trade will exceed the amount last mentioned.

STEWARD, DAVID, farmer, Brown township, post office, Jelloway, son of John Steward, born in Brown township, Knox county, May 27, 1827. He remained with his parents until he arrived at the age of thirty-eight years. In 1865 he married Miss Martha J. Workman, a daughter of S. C. and Mary 1 Workman, born in Brown township, Knox county, December 25, 1841. During the time he remained at home he made a purchase of the old homestead, containing one hundred and sixty acres, where he remained after his marriage, it being a very pleasant and inviting home. He also owns one-half of eighty-four acres in Brown township, known as the widow Wolfard farm, making in all two hundred and two acres. By their marriage they became the parents of three children: Solomon C., born November 29, 1867; Clinton M. C., May 22, 1871; Mary E., January 31, 1878.

STILLWELL, OBADIAH, Middlebury township, deceased, born in Pennsylvania, and was married to Sarah Whaford, who was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, March 7, 1782. They came to Ohio in 1818. They had the following children, viz: Josiah, born December 29, 1804; Charlotte, February 1, 1806, now deceased; John, deceased; Rachel, July 6, 1811; Jackson, January 18, 1815; Arthur, January 9, 1817; Josiah, October 1, 18109.

Obadiah Stillwell died April 8, 1850. Mrs. Sarah Stillwell is still living on the old homestead, with her great-granddaughter, Olive S. Blackford, who was born February 24, 1862.

STILLWELL, JOSIAH, Middlebury township, farmer, post office, Levering, born in this township October 1, 18109, was married in 1849, to Mary Levering, who was born in Mcr- Tow county, April 7, 1825. They had the following children: Zantha, born November 6, 1852; Zoe, August 13, 1856; Mary, November 29, 1859; Lee V., April 28, 1863; Jay W., June 15, 1866; Jennie L., October 6, 1869.

STIVES, JOSHUA N., was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, January 31, 1840, and came to Butler township, Knox county, in 1872. Hewas married February 16, 1862, to Rosan Smith, who was born July, 1844, in Guernsey county. They have had eight children, viz: Minnie May Bell, born November 11, 1862; Charles W., April 25, 1865; Lillie F., born April 13, 1867; Theudas E., September 14, 1870. Samuel Martin, August 28, 1872, James D., September 25, 1874; John R. Hancock, May 27, 1876; Joshua L., June 7, 1880; all are living except Minnie, who died February 13, 1863. Mr. Stives was a member of company H, Sixteenth Ohio volunteer infantry, served three months and reenlisted in the Ninety-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry.

STOFER, ABRAHAM, Pike township, retired, post office, North Liberty, born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, in 1807; came to Ohio in 1834, and was married in 1836, to Barbara Bearinger, who was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1814. They had fourteen children: Flora, born in 1837; Joseph, in 1838; Jane, in 1839; Rachel, in 1840; Jacob, in 1842; Nancy, in 1844; John, in 1845; Samuel, in 1847; Allen, in 1848; Harriet, in 1852; Eli, in 1855; Amanda, in 1857; and George, in 1859. The deceased are: Flora, Jacob, Jane, Nancy, and Allen:

Mr. Stofer, after marriage, returned to Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and remained about three years and then came to Knox county, and located in this township. He has improved and cleared a farm, and by industry and economy has accumulated a competency. He has reared a large and respectable family, and is one of the reliable and respected citizens of this township, everybody esteeming him highly.

North Liberty, born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1838, and was married in 1869 to Margaret Swank, who was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1838. They have four children living - Amanda, born in 1870; Arminda, in 1871; Alfred, in 1877; and John A., in 1879. The deceased members are infant twins, and Rosa.

Mr. Stofer resided in Indiana from 1864 to 1866, then returned to Pike township, Knox county. He owns a farm in a good state of cultivation, and is a leading active citizen of this township.

Mrs. Margaret Stofer's father, Gabriel Swank, was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1795, and was married to Catharine Stone, who was born in the- same county in 1797. They had ten children - Henry, born in 1818, was a resident of Richland county, and came to his death by the falling of a tree, which occurred in 1876; Lenah was born in 1820; Zachariah, Elizabeth, Susannah, Christena, Mary, Sarah, Margaret, and Catharine.

Mrs. Catharine Swank died in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1856. They came to Ohio in 1866, first to Richland county. In 1878 came to Knox county. Mr. Swank resides with his daughter, Mrs. Joseph Stofer.

STOFER, JOHN J., Pike township, post office, North Liberty, born in Pike township in 1845, and was married in 1873 to Sarah E. Hipsley, who was born in Berlin township in 1849. They had two children - Jesse L., born April 5, 1874, and died April 24, 1875. Cora May was born April 28, 1876.

Mr. Stofer is a farmer, owns a well improved farm, with good buildings, and has been very successful in his occupation, haying accumulated rapidly. He bought the farm on which he resides, and made most of the means to pay for it upon the farm.

STOW, HARRISON N., Pike township, carpenter, post office, North Liberty, born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, in 1827, came to Ohio in 1836, locating in Holmes county, and remained there a year; then came to this county and was married in 1851 to Louisa Johnson, who was born in this township. They had six children, four of whom died in infancy. Ampuda Winton and Cora May are living in North Liberty. Mrs. Louisa Stow died at their residence in this township, July 4, 1879.

Mr. Stow is a carpenter engaged in working at his trade in this and adjoining townships. He is a skilful workman and the leading carpenter in this neighborhood. Ampuda W. Stow is engaged in carrying the mail from North Liberty to Independence, three times per week, and is a promising young man.

STREETER, FREDERICK, Union township, teamster, post office, Rossville, was born in Jackson county, Michigan, in 1843, and remained there until his twenty-sixth year. He was then married to Ella A. Howell, who was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, in x840. In 1864 Mr. Streeter and his wife settled in Harrison township, Knox county, and lived there two years; then moved to Jackson county, Michigan, for two years; then to Columbus, Ohio, for one year; then back to Harrison township for two years, and once more to Jackson, Michigan, for a year, and from there to Rossville, where he has bought a piece of land and is making a permanent home. He has one child, Samantha B., born in 1866.

STRONG, LEWIS, Fredericktown, farmer, was born in Frederick county, Maryland, in 1815, came to Ohio in 1830, and was married in 1839 to Susannah R. Cone, who was born in

New York. They have one son, Clayton Strong, who was born in 1847. He is now married and resides in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Mr. Strong is a dealer in stock.

STRONG, NORMAN M., Middlebury township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Middlebury township in 1832, and was married in 1856 to Sarah A. Farquhar. They have five children - Wilbur T., Charles F., Edwin Franklin, and Eddie. Mrs. Sarah A. Strong died in March, 1871. Mr. Strong married Ruth P. Farquhar, who was born in Knox county. Mr. Strong owns an excellent farm, with buildings in a fine condition. His father, Truman Strong, was born in Vermont; came to Ohio in 1811; was engaged in the War of 1812, under General Harrison, and was among the earliest settlers of this county. When it was all in woods he settled in Middlebury township, cleared up a farm, and was engaged in preaching in the Universalist denomination, and was very conscientious and zealous in his religious faith, He had a charge in Huron county several years, and was familiarly known by many of the early settlers. In 1870 he died in this county, at an advanced age,

STRONG, REV. P. B., was born in Medina county, Ohio, May 3, 1842, and received his 'preparatory education at Baldwin university, at Berea, Ohio, after which, in 1861, he enlisted during the first call for troops, in company H, Eighth Ohio volunteer infantry, in which he served three months. He then enlisted in company H, Ohio volunteer cavalry, in which he served about twenty months, when he was honorably discharged in consequence of disability. After his return he engaged in the study of law at Elyria, Ohio, where he remained two years, and was admitted to the bar August 29, 1864, but did not engage in practice. He then entered the ministry in the travelling connection of the North Ohio conference, and was ordained to deacons orders in 1867, at Tiffin, Ohio, and was ordained elder by Bishop E. S. Janes (deceased) at Norwalk, September 12, 1869. His first charge was Republic circuit, where he remained one year, then East Townsend, two years, Milan, three years, Fairfield, one year, Troy, two years, Ashland, two years, Sandusky City, three years, and at present is laboring on the Mt. Vernon station. He was appointed presiding elder of the Mt. Vernon district by the conference held at Norwalk in September, 1880, Bishop J. T. Peck presiding.

STRUBLE, JOHN D., Berlin township, deceased, was born in Sussex county, New Jersey, in 1792, and was married in 1822 to Mary Hadley, who was born in Norris county, New Jersey, in 1802. They had nine children- - -Rebecca, born in 1824; Headley, in 1826; Daniel, in 1828; William J., in 1831; John S., in 1834; Charles S., in 1836; Oscar, in 1839; David W., in 1841; and Edwin Dallas, in 1845.

Mr, Struble located in Fredericktown in 1832. He was an extensive land holder, owning over four hundred acres,-and a very active and successful business man, engaged in different enterprises, such as the sale of merchandise and the milling business, superintending all himself.

In 1874 his mill property was destroyed by fire. He did much to improve Fredericktown, and wasa prominent member of the Baptist church. He departed this life May 21, 1875.

married in 1866 to Anne Cummings, who was born in Richland county in 1844. He was a soldier in the late war, a member of company B, Second New York cavalry, and was in the service over three years.

STUDER, DAVID, Morris township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1825; emigrated with his parents to Ohio in 1830, and was married in 1858 to Rebecca Ebersole,. who was born in this county in 1833. Théy bave three children - Byron, born in 1859; Albert, in 1864; and Castilla, in 1866,

Mr. Studer's parents first located in Fairfield county, Ohio; also resided in Holmes and Wayne counties, and then came to Knox county. He has since been a resident of this county, and owns a beautiful farm in this township, with fine improvements.

STULL, MARTIN, farmer and stock raiser, Miller township, was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, August 2, 1828. He is the son of George and Elizabeth Stull, deceased, who came to Ohio in 1833, and resided for about seven years in Milford township, when they came to Miller townthip. They had ten children, viz: Mary, Elizabeth, Catharine, Abram, Martin, Philip, Isaac, Sarah Ann, Lucinda, and Lucina, of whom Mary, Elizabeth, and Philip have since died. Mr. Stull was reared on a farm, and was educated at the district shool. In April, 1861, he enlisted in company H, Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry, and was in several of the engagements in West Virginia, and in the army of the Potomac. He suffered considerable while in the army from chronic diseases, which greatly impaired his health. He was discharged with his regiment. Mr. Stull entered the army upon patriotic principles. Nothing can deter him from expressing his sentiments on the political issues of the day. He is a Democrat from. principle, and is well informed upon the policies of the two great parties. Mr. Stull started in life peor, but with a determination to succeed; he has gained the object of his determination. He is aman of strict integrity, and his word is regarded as ''good as gold." He hasa beautiful home. He was married to Miss Magdalene Ilgenfritz, December 10, 1867. They had seven children, three of whom died in infancy.

STULL, PHILIP, was born in 1840 in Millwood, Knox county, Ohio. He was married to Melissa Darling on the seventeenth of November, 1865. Mrs. Stull was born in 1847. They have had five children, viz: William, born July 13, 1866, and died July 23, 1866; Ida May, born July 4, 1867; Sherman, born October 2, 1869; Eliza D., born October 15, 1871; Samuel, born February 4, 1874, and died July 6, 1874.

Mr. Stull was a member of company F, One Hundred and Twenty-first regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, enlisting in 1862, and served about three years and until the war was over. Mr. Stull was wounded at Perryville, Kentucky; he was also in the engagements at Crab Orchard, Kentucky; Campbellsville, Kentucky; Chickamauga, Kennesaw Mountain, also in Sherman's march to the sea.

STURGES, FRED D., cashier of the First National bank of Mt. Vernon, was born in Zanesville, Muskingum county, June 1, 1833, where he received a preparatory education, entered Marietta college, and graduated in 1851; came to Mt. Vernon in 1853, and engaged in banking, where he has since lived. He was formerly engaged in a bank at Zanesville and at Newark.

STYERS, JACOB, of Mt. Vernon, was born in Greenwich township, Warren county, New Jersey, October 31, 1813, about two miles from Easton, Pennsylvania, the Delaware river being the boundary line between the two States. His education was received in the common schools of that day. He has been a hard worker from his youth up to old age, enjoying good health through life. At the early age of nine years he left his father's house and commenced work on the farm of Mr. John Lance, with whom he continued six years. His father, John Styers, was the father of ten children, eight sons and two daughters, Jacob, the subject of this sketch, being the second child. All are living except two of the sons, one of whom died while quite young, and the other was drowned in Wisconsin. The parents are both dead.

In 1832, after leaving the Lance farm, Mr. Styers went south and engaged with his brother Daniel, a carpenter, who had been employed by a New York company to erect houses in the town of St. Joseph, located by them on St. Joe's bay, Florida. Here he remained about one year, when he returned to his father's home in New Jersey. On May 31, 1838, he married Miss Elizabeth A. Andrews, daughter of Mr. Jacob B. Andrews, of Warren county, New Jersey, by whom he had three children: Sarah Ann, who married William A. Rose; Jacob M., who married Miss Callie C. Reed, to whom one child was born, a daughter, and James W., who married Miss Olla Jadden, to whom three children have been born.

Mr. Styers came to Knox county with the family of his fatherin-law, Mr. Andrews, September, 1846. Mr. Styers engaged with the late Samuel F. Voorhies to work on his farm in Clinton township, now owned by the heirs of Jacob B. Andrews, where he worked one year when Mr. Voorhies sold the farm and came to Mt. Vernon, retaining Mr. Styers in his employ with whom he remained six years. Mr. Styers' next employment was at the foundry of General C. P. Buckingham as general teamster, where he remained for six years and until 1859. For the last few years Mr. Styers has been in the employ of Mr. Charles A. Bope, an extensive coal merchant.

SUTTON, GIDEON, Hilliar township, retired farmer, was born in Licking county, December 24, 1807. His father, Jehu Sutton, was born in Uniontown, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1777. He was married in the year 1801, and in 1804 came to Licking county, being among the early settlers.

He was lieutenant of a company of soldiers during the War of 1812, and went to Upper Sandusky to protect the frontier from the devastations of the Indians. He was esteemed by all who knew him.

He was a consistent member of the Old School Baptist church for many years, and died at the ripe old age of nearly eighty-eight years. His aged companion died some years later, at the age of ninety-six years. Thus passed away two of Licking county's first and most influential settlers.

They did not live in vain. They left their impress on the minds and hearts of their family, who grew up to be useful and influential citizens.

Gideon. was one of their sons. We learn from him that he spent his youth on his father's farm. After leaving home he engaged in cutting stone' for the National road, which was then being built. He subsequently contracted for stone work in Newark and surrounding country, in which he was successful.

and the following spring he moved on the farm he now occupies. His first abode on the farm was a cabin near his present dwelling. This he occupied until 1839, when he built his present dwelling. He has been succe$sful in making for himself a competence.

He was elected justice of the peace in 1841, and held the office until 1847. He is a man of good judgment, social and congenial, and makes all who call upon him feel at home.

We are indebted to him for an article entitled Centreburgh, its Past and Present, which he had written some years previous, and which he kindly lent us.

He was married to Miss Eliza Shaver, of Licking county, March 8, 1832. They have therefore been together for over forty-nine years. They had four children born to them, viz: Rebecca, married to David N. Potter; Jasper N., and Joseph S., and-Samantha A., married to Dr. W. S. Pollard.

SUTTON, DAVID A., Hilliar township, farmer, was born in Licking county, Ohio, December 31, 1826. His parents were Elijah and Nancy Sutton, zee Gillespie, born respectively July 24, 1802, and January 8, 1799. They were married Feb- Tuary 12, 1824. They had two children, one of whom died when young. Mrs. Sutton dying, he married Sarah Stonebraker, June 4, 1829. They had six children. Mr. Sutton died November 12, 1872, his wife dying some years previous.

Mr. Sutton was from Greene county, Pennsylvania, came to Ohio with his parents, and was a stone-cutter by trade. The subject of this notice, after the death of his mother, and when about eighteen months old, was taken by his grandfather, David Gillespie, and by him reared 'until about eighteen years old, when he went to his Grandfather Sutton's, where he remained several years. June ro, 1851, he was married to Miss Sarah Emery, and in 1853 they moved to Hilliar township, where he purchased the farm on which he now resides. Mrs. Sutton was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania. Mr. Sutton is a good farmer, a man of fine social qualities, and is respected by the community. They have had three children, all sons, viz: Elijah, Ellmore, and Allen K.

SWANK, GEORGE, Pike township, farmer, post office, North Liberty, was born in Pike township, Knox county, in 1825, on the same farm he now resides. In 1851 he was married to Nancy Gilmore, who was born in Pike township in 1829. They had the following children: Christain, born in 1854; Mary Ellen, in 1856; Eliza Alice, in 1858; John, in 1866, and Amanda, in 1868.

Christian Swank was married in 1880 to Irena Garber. Mary Ellen Swank was married to 'Simeon Betchel in 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Swank are both members of pioneer families. He now owns the old homestead, a farm that was improved and cleared up by the Swank family.

SWETLAND, H. C., dry goods merchant, corner of Main and Gambier streets, Mt. Vernon, was born in Morrow county April 7, 1855, where he resided until he was sixteen years old, and during which he attended school, and assisted his father who was a merchant in the store. He then came to Mt. Vernon, and entered the employ of J. C. Swetland as salesman, where, in appreciation of his abilities and faithfulness, he was retained until 1880, when he bought out his employer, and has since been conducting the business himself. He commenced with a stock of about fifteen thousand dollars, and has been doing a successful business. He now has a stock of about sixteen thousand dollars, consisting of foreign and domestic

Mr. Swetland is a young man of character, energy and ability, and his prospects for the future as a citizen and a business man are most flattering, as he commands the respect of the public generally.

SWETZER, ALLEN, Berlin township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Richland county in 1833, came to this township when a child, and was married in 1862, to Mary Ann Pound. They had three children, viz: Charles M., born in 1865; Marion, in 1867, and an infant, deceased. Mrs. M. Swetzer died in 1867.

SWITZER, JACOB, deceased, Berlin township, was born in Berlin township, this county, in 1836, and was married in 1857, to Alvira Hughes, who was born in Berlin township, this county, in 1839. They had four children: Hiram M., born in 1858; Clayton, in 1860; Freddie, in 1862, and Willie A., in 1865, and died January 24, 1864.

Mr. Switzer studied medicine with Dr. Ring, of Fredericktown, and attended lectures in Cleveland. He engaged in the practice of medicine in Sparta, Morrow county, and in 1836 located in Fredericktown, where he remained until the time of his death. He was a member of the Disciple church.

SCHINDLER, JACOB, owner and proprietor of the Danville Carriage and Wagon works. These works were established in 1875, in the Collins building, where he carried on the business of blacksmiting, carriage and wagon making, until 1877, when he erected his present shop, in which he is manufacturing all kinds of wagons, carriages, sleighs, etc. Prompt attention given to repairing of all kinds.

TABOR, CHARLES R., Middlebury township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Rutland county, Vermont, in 1820, came to Fredericktown in 1824, and was married, in 1858, to Eliza Tooman, who was born in Pennsylvania. They have the following children: Alonzo A., born December 25, 1862; Mary J., November 22, 1860; Erie Smeadley, March 16, 1865; Charles R., jr., March 11, 1867.

Mr. Tabor left this county in 1852, and settled in Cedar county, Iowa, remained there eleven years and then returned to Middlebury, and has continued to make that his home ever since. His father, Alanson Tabor, was born in New York, and came to Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio, in 1824, remained there for one year, and then moved to Berlin township, where he died at the age of eighty-three years.

TAFT, H. C. & SON, booksellers, stationers, and circulating library, Main street, between Vine and Gambier streets, Mt. Vernon. Mr. Taft isa native of Northbridge, Massachusetts, born April 12, 1815. In 1830 his parents moved five miles south, to Uxbridge, where he resided with them ten years. He was married June 12,"1839, to Miss Catharine Grout, daughter of Colonel Moses Grout, of» Westborough, Massachusetts. They had a family of four children, one only of whom is living, J. Grout Taft, born June 11, 1846. Mr. Taft, in consequence of his health failing, emigrated to Georgia in 1854, and located at Hawkinsville, where he engaged in the mercantile business, in which he continued four years. Finding his health considerably improved, he sold out and returned home; and finding his wife's health rapidly declining, he took her west, with a view of her recuperation, but the seeds of death were too deeply rooted, and she died at Chicago in 1850. Mr. Taft brought her back, and her body was interred in the family tomb.

In 1854, failing health again compelled him to seek a warmer climate, and he returned to Georgia and located at Millidgeville, where he remained two and a half years. After which, in April, 1856, he emigrated to Ohio, and located at Mt. Vernon, being attracted thither by the educational advantages afforded by Kenyon college, he having a son, Cheney Taft, that he wished to educate. The boy attended Kenyon college about three months, when he sustained injuries in a game of foot-ball which led to a disease that proved fatal January 5, 1857.

Mr. Taft married Miss Sophia Parkman, daughter of Hon. Charles Parkman, of Westborough, Massachusetts, by whom he had two children, one of whom, C. Parkman Taft, is living, and was born in Mt. Vernon, July 11, 1856. Mr. Taft engaged here in the cultivation of market produce, in which he continued eleven years. He then engaged in the book business, under the firm name of H. C. Taft & Son, J. Grout Taft being the junior member. He has always been his father's assistant in business, and is a young man of energy and ability. Although he was so unfortunate as to lose his left arm some years ago, it is interesting to see with what dexterity and expedition he manages to wait upon their large custom. The second son, C. Parkman Taft, is of a classical turn of mind, and is preparing for the ministry. He graduated at Racine college, Wisconsin, in the class of 1877, 'taking the highest honors, being selected to deliver the valedictory for his class. Messrs. Taft & Son have an extensive business, and carry a large stock of miscellaneous books, all of which are of a high grade of literature, and are the productions of the best authors. They keep in stock a large assortment of school books, pictures, picture frames, musical instruments, sheet music, brackets, and all the latest and most popular periodicals of the day. They have also a circulating library of about one thousand three hundred volumes, which consists of the most interesting and instructive miscellaneous publications of the period, among which every lover of reading will find that which will be pleasing to them, and at a very trifling expense. Their entire stock is first-class, and their circulating library is the only one in the city.

TARR, JOHN H., was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1801, and was married to Miss Hannah Price in 1824, and reared a family of nine children, seven of whom are now living.

Mr. Tarr emigrated to Ohio in 1850, and settled in Liberty township, Knox county, on a farm, where he lived until 1868, when he retired from business, but still made that his home until his death, May 9, 1872.

Mrs. Tarr is still living. Alexander B., the seventh member of the family was born in December, 1837; was educated at the district school, after which he followed farming until 1869, when he came to Mt. Vernon and engaged in the grocery business. In consequence of bad health, after being four years in

Alexander B. was married October 31, 1867, to Miss Maria Hyatt, by whom he has a family of three children, two sons and one daughter - Alexander P., born September 7, 1871; Rizpah N., June 21, 1876; and Philip H., June 15, 1878.

TAVENNER, GEORGE N., farmer, Fredericktown, born in Loudoun county, Virginia, May 25, 1813, and was married January 26, 1836, to Elizabeth Jane Hann, who was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, December 24, 1823. They had eight children - Joseph H., born June 21, 1840, and was married to Linda Rummel, and now lives in California; David, October 2, 1842, and died July 9, 1863; Jerome B., born in Virginia, March 15, 1844, and was married November 25, 1873, to Louisa Auten, and resides in Wayne township, this county; Richard D., born August 15, 1847, and was married January 1, 1874, to Rebecca Auten, and resides in Berlin township; William C., born October 15, 1849, and died May 16, 1867; Rosa E., born March 14, 1853, and was married to James A. Knapp, and resides in Marion, Ohio; America, born August 13, 1856; and an infant that died February 28, 1861.

Mr. Tavenner removed to Fredericktown, Knox county, March 28, 1855, and since then has resided in Hardin and Logan, but is now residing in Fredericktown.

TAYLOR, SAMUEL, Mt. Vernon, was born April 16, 1800, at Troy, New York, where he remained until June, 1840, when he came to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, having previously made arrangements to take charge of cue coopering shops of J. & J. Slocum, where he remained one year when the firm failed and he established a business for himself, in which he was very successful, doing a very large business. He employed about six hands, and manufactured barrels, meat tubs, butter "kegs, etc. In 1870, qn account of his age, he gave his son charge of the business. He was married to Catharine Balson in 1825, by whom he had fourteen children, six of whom are living. Losing his wife, he married November 27, 1853, Isabella Bumpus. Mr. Taylor was one of the oldest citizens of Mt. Vernon, having lived here forty-one years and being eighty-one years old.

TAYLOR, STOUGHTON L., of Mt. Vernon, was born in Saratoga county, New York, March 6, 1822. He was born on a farm. He commenced to work on the farm at quite an early age. His father emigrated to Ohio when the subject of this sketch was about fifteen years of age, and settled in Licking county, where he resided up to the time of his death, his wife surviving him for some years. In 1838 Stoughton went to clerk in a store in Homer, Licking county, and shortly after to Utica, same county, where he remained until 1843. He continued clerking up to 1846, when he commenced business for himself, which he continued for a short time. He went from Utica to Logan county and engaged in business, and also acted as agent for the Knox Mutual insurance company for some nine years. He came to Mt. Vernon and engaged in business here. In 1870 he was elected by the board of directors of the Knox Mutual Fire Insurance company as general agent and adjustor for the company. He has been a member of the board of directors for several years.

Mr. Taylor has been twice married. 'His first wife was Miss Elizabeth T. Browning, to whom he was married in June, 1849. She was a daughter of the late George Browning. Mr. Browning was born in a block-house in Marietta. He was the son of adaughter of Rufus Putnam. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor had six

TAYLOR, ALEXANDER, farmer, Middlebury township, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Greene township, Ashland county, May 8, 1838, and was married April 13, 1862, to Elizabeth Heck, who was born near Holmes county, Ohio. March 30, 1836. They have six children: David W., born January 25, 1864; John R., November 26, 1866; Carrie B., March 10, 1868; James, March 19, 1870; Millie Maud E., August 8, 1872; and Eva M., born September 3, 1875.

Mr. Taylor is a son of David Taylor, esq., of Richland county. In 1821 he settled in Greene township, now Ashland county. They first came to Monroe township and remained there till 1844, when they moved to Worthington township. Mr. D. Taylor has been commissioner of Richland county for two terms of three years.

Alexander Taylor came to Middlebury township, Knox county, Ohio, April 25, 1871, and remained there till the fall of 1880, when he sold out and moved to St. Clair county, Missouri, his post office being Lowery City, St. Clair county, Missouri. Mr. Taylor has been a worthv citizen of this county.

TAYLOR, THOMAS N,., farmer, Pleasant township, was born in Logan county, Ohio, August 14, 1844. He was reared a farmer and has made farming his vocation. In 1872 he married Miss Mary E. Bowman, of same county, born in 1854. They settled in Logan county, where they remained until 1876, when they came to Knox county, purchased and moved on the farm where they are now living in Pleasant township, known as the old Park farm, two miles east of Mt. Vernon.

TAYLOR, JOSEPH W., Mt. Vernon, physician and surgeon, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, near Wooster, in December, 1849. He remained in the family until about fourteen years of .age, when his parents removed to Mt. Vernon. He read medicine with Dr. Jacob Stamp, of Mt. Vernon, for three years - 1869, 1870 and 1871. He attended two courses at the medical department of Wooster university, located at Cleveland, from which he received his diploma. He returned to Mt. Vernon, and practiced with Mr. Stamp in 1871, 1872 and 1873. He then purchased the drug store of Mr. L. Rowley. After the erection of the Curtis house, in 1877, he moved his store to the room in building where he has since remained.

He came first to Mt. Vernon about 1866. He attended school at Kenyon about one year. He was deputy auditor under Colonel Alexander Cassil for two years.

TEETER, GEORGE L., Brown township, was born in Pike township, Knox county, August 11, 1852, being the eldest son of John L. and Elvina Teeter.

In 1854 his father removed to a farm in Richland county, remaining there until 1864, when he sold it and purchased one in Berlin township, known as the Moltsbaugh farm, where he at present resides. George remained at home assisting his father on the farm during the summer and attending school during the winter until he was twenty-one. By the advice of his friends he adopted school teaching as his profession, teaching in the winter and working by the month during the summer, in the meantime purchasing books and reading them so as to better qualify himself for teaching, so that he is new competent to teach all branches commonly taught in common schools, and is well

In 1877 he united with the Dunkard church, of which he and his wife are still members. In the summer of 1874 he came to Brown township in the employ of Mr. Elisha Ross. On the third of January, 1878, he was united in marriage with Miss Priscilla Dewitt, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Dewitt,, and granddaughter of S. N. C. Workman, since which time he has resided in Brown township. Two children have resulted from his marriage - both daughters. The first was born May 11, 1879, and died the same day. The second daughter, Laura, was born June 28, 1880. In the spring of 1880 he purchased a small tract of land, being a portion of the Moomaw lot near Jelloway, on which he now resides.

John L. Teeter, the father of George, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, February 26, 1824. His parents remained in Pennsylvania until 1830, when they emigrated to Ohio and located on the farm now owned by the Wallace family, in Pike township.

On the second day of September, 1851, John L. Teeter was united in marriage with Elvina Cramer, who was born near Philadelphia, May 30, 1831, being the daughter of George L. (deceased) and Elizabeth (Henry) Cramer, late of Worthington township, Richland county.

Jacob Teeter, grandfather of George, was born in Maryland in the year 1782. In 1863 he died, and his remains were interred by the side of those of his wife in the Wallace graveyard, Pike township. John Deeter, great-grandfather of George, was born in Maryland, as was also his father.

The original surname of the family was Deitrich. Near the beginning of the eighteenth century a family of the last mentioned name emigrated, some s'y from Ireland, while others assert that they came from Switzerland, and located in the present State of Maryland. The family, if not German speaking when they came to America, became so afterward. The name Deitrich became corrupted into Deeter in some localities, Deetery in others, Teeter in some places, while a large number of the descendants of the family still retain the original name. The above mentioned facts render it extremely difficult to obtain any accurate information concerning the family.

TERRY, WARNER, deceased. Mr. Terry was born in Cecil county, Maryland, November 18, 1796. During the War of 1812, he served six months, being stationed on Chesapeake bay. Early in the fall of 1826 he removed with his family to and superintended the clearing of the land and making arrangements for the foundations of Kenyon college and other buildings on the college Jands. When the ground on which Kenyon college now stands was prepared for digging to lay the foundation, Mr. Terry threw out the first shovel full of earth, the bishop desiring him to take a hand in the great work. Shortly after this he removed to a farm nine miles north of this city, where he remained until the year 1831, when he moved his family and personal effects to the house on East Chestnut street, where he resided up to the hour of his death, a period of nearly half a century. Mr. Terry was not a professional man, but since his residence in Mt. Vernon, turned his attention purely to mercantile pursuits, having been engaged the greater part of the time in the grocery trade. Three years since he was obliged to give up his business on account of an affection of the kidneys, which disease has kept him closely confined to' the house. The deceased reared a large family of children, six of whom are still living, viz: Mrs. Emily T. Shipley, residing near Portland, Oregon; Mrs. M. L. Hood, formerly postmistress of this city; Miss Johanna Terry, of this city; Mr. Edwin W. Terry, of this city; Mr. Brook L. Terry, of Columbus, Ohio, and Miss Caroline Warner Terry, of this city. Mr. Terry was taken suddenly worse on Sunday with hemorrhage of the kidneys, and at an early hour on the morning of July 13, 1880, breathed his last. The funeral services were held in St. Paul's Episcopal church.

THOMAS, HON. JESSE BURGESS, deceased. The Hon. Jesse B. Thomas was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, in the year 1777, and came west in 1799, and studied law with his brother, Richard Symmes Thomas, of Bracken county, Kentucky. During his stay there he married, but was so unfortunate as to lose his wife within a year after their marriage.

Mr. Thomas was full six feet high, florid brown complexion, dark hazel eyes, brown, nearly black, hair, muscular system well developed, and sometimes weighed over two hundred pounds, and was very particular in his personal appearance, having much of the mode and manners of a refined gentleman of the last century.

On the organization of Dearborn county, Indiana territory, March 7, 1803, Jesse B. Thomas located in Lawrenceburgh, the county seat of said county, asa practicing lawyer. The first election of members to the Territorial legislature was held January 3, 1805, and Jesse B. Thomas was elected a member for Dearborn county. The Territorial legislature was called together by proclamation of the governor (General William H. Harrison, elected President of the United States in 1840), to meet in the town of Vincennes, on the first day of February, 1805, to choose members of the legislative council. They chose ten persons and sent their names to Congress, which body selected five of the ten named to serve as members of the Territorial council. After'the council was chosen, and the legislature having been elected as above stated, they were called, by proclamation of Governor Harrison, to meet at Vincennes (the seat of government of the territory), on the twenty-ninth of July, 1805, to discharge their duties as legislators.

At this first session of the legislature of the Indiana territory, Jesse B. Thomas was elected speaker of the popular branch, and Benjamin Chambers, also of Dearborn county, was elected speaker of the council. On the twenty-fourth of August, 1805, Governor Harrison appointed Hon. Jesse B. Thomas as a captain of a portion of the militia of Dearborn county.

Hon. Jesse B. Thomas served as speaker of the first and second sessions of the first general assembly, closing his service as speaker October 24, 1808, having served as such more than three years, when he resigned to accept the position of delegate to Congress, to which he had been elected by the Territorial legislature.

During his term of service in the Territorial legislature, he made the acquaintance of the young and accomplished widow of the late Colonel Hamtramck, whom he subsequently married. He then removed to Vincennes, but remained there only a short time. After serving as Territorial delegate a year, he was appointed in 1806, upon the organization of the Illinois territory, one of the judges of said territory, by the President of the United States, and then removed to Kakaskia, thence to Cakokia, and afterwards to Edwardsville, and served nine years as a Territorial judge.

Judge Thomas was elected a member of the convention to form a constitution for the new State, and was chosen president of said convention. He was elected in the same year, by the first legislature of Illinois, one of the members of the United States

Judge Thomas introduced into the United States senate, the once famous Missouri Compromise, (see Journal of the United States senate of 1820), which he regarded as one of the most prominent members of the cclebrated caucus which nominated William H. Crawford for President of the United States in 1824. Att he close of his term of service in the United States senate in 1828, Judge Thomas and his wife, (they had no children), removed Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, where they had large property to interests. Colonel Hamtramck, who died in 1803, left a son, bearing his father's name, John Francis, born at Fort Wayne in 1797, and who also acquired his father's title, having coimmanded the First Virginia regiment in the Mexican war. The elder Hamtramck had acquired title to four thousand acres of land, adjoining the tract on which Monnt Vernon was afterwards located, and after his death some years, General Harrison and Judge Thomas became trustees for the management of said land, and it has been alleged that they were in no small degree instrumentral in securing the location of the Knox county seat of justice at Mount Vernon.

In this.connection it may be stated that the elder Colonel Hamtramck was born in Canada, in 1757; was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, came out of it a captain, remained in the United States army, reached the position of major in 1789, was lieutenant colonel commanding the first sub-legion in 1793, commanded the left wing under General Wayne, in the battle of the Fallen Timbers, in August, 1794, and became a colonel in the United States army in 1802, having sustained until his death, April 11, 1803, at Detroit, the reputation of a gallant soldier and patriot. j

His son graduated at West Point Military academy in 18109, remained in the army serving on the frontiers under General Taylor, and as Indian agent; and commanded a brigade in 1847, in Mexico, though holdiug only a colonel's commission. He afterwards resigned his position in the army, was mayor of Shepherdstown, Virginia, from 1850 to 1854, and served as one of the justices of the Jefferson county court from 1853 until April 21, 1858, when his death occurred.

In 1829 Judge Thomas took an active part in the organization of St. Paul's Episcopal church in Mt. Vernon, and was a member of the congregation from its inception until his death. He made large additions to Mt. Vernon, laying out lois in the eastern and northern parts of the city.

Judge Thomas, in 1830, took the preliminary steps to make the canvass for a seat in Congress, in the district of which Knox county was a part, but finding that Hon. William Stanbery had a strong hold upon the voters that year, he declined the candidacy before the time of election.

In 1840 Judge Thomas took a lively interest in bringing about the nomination of his old time friend, Governor Harrison, for President, attending the great convention held at Columbus that year, to secure that object, and labored zealously afterwards to effect his election.

various positions of captain of a military company, member of the territorial legislature, speaker of said body more than three years, delegate in Congress, United States judge in Ilinois territory, delegate to a constitutional convention, and its presiding officer, and United States senator from Illinois for ten years, which closed his service of twenty-five years of public life, after having held many positions of responsibility, honor, and dignity.

Mrs. Thomas was a lady of marked and distinguished character. She was a Mackenzie, and her early life was spent in Montreal. When she married Major Hamtramck she was the belle of Detroit, where the major was then stationed in command, and where he died some few years later.

THOMAS, DANIEL, Liberty township, farmer, born in Liberty township, July 7, 1812. His father, Jacob Thomas, was a native of Pennsylvania; he married Betsy Kile, a native of Maryland; he came to Ohio about 1810; they had a family of six children, viz: John, Peter, Sallie, Rosanna, Daniel and Polly. Of these John was drowned at Gains mills, on Owl creek; his father also was drowned at the same time. Jacob Thomas was a soldier of the War of 1812. The subject of this notice married Celina Sisk, a native of Virginia, born in 1818. They had four children. Henry was a member of company F, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio volunteer infantry; he died while in service. Mary E., wife of Cornelius McElroy, of Union township; Morgan S., farmer in Milford township; Francis M., born May 21, 1846. He married Miss Anna Belle Davis, February 27, 1879. She was born January 18, 1851, and is the daughter of John and Susannah Davis, residents of Milford township. They have one child, Walter, born September 15, 1880.

THOMPSON, FRANKLIN P. (deceased), Middlebury township. - Abner Murphy (father of Mrs. Thompson) was born in Pennsylvania, in 1777, and was married to Sarah Gattern. They had the following children: Hiram, born in 1800; Robert, in 1802; William, in 1804; Jane. in 1806; Mary, in 188; Eleanor, in 1810; Basil, in 1812; Rachel, in 1814; Sally, in 1817; and Elias, in 1820.

George T. enlisted in the late war in 1862, was a member of the Ohio volunteer infantry; James F. was also in the war, a member of the Ohio National guards, and served his time of enlistment.

Ella O. Murphy was married November 23, 1872, to Franklin P. Thompson, who was born in Richland county. They had the following family, viz: Ora Belle, born November 4, 1874; Alice Belle, February 5, 1876; Karloss, November 4, 1877; and Mabel, August 7, 1879. 5

THOMPSON, ENOCH, Miller township, pioneer, was born in Hampshire county, Virginia, April 17, 1808. His parents, Cornelius and Rebecca Thompson,' zee Baker, came to Ohio in 1809, remained one year in Licking county, and settled in the southern part of Miller township, a short distance west of the Vance settlement. Mr. Thompson died here. His widow subsequently married John Row, and died in the township.

The subject of this notice has always resided in the township, except a very few years. He married Rachel Tush in 1830, who was a native of Virginia. They had eight children, two daughters and six sons. Two died while young. The living are Virgil, Elizabeth (wife of D. W. A. Cunningham), John, Lewis, James, and Thomas.

Virgil was born April 16, 1831, in Miller township. He went to Iowa in 1856, and remained about five years. He subsequently removed to Indiana and remained until 1869, when he again returned to Miller township, where he has since resided, being engaged in farming. He is successful in his undertakings and reliable in his business.

THOMPSON, ROBERT, president of the Knox County Mutual Fire Insurance company, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, was born in county Fermanagh, Ireland, May 5, 1814. His youth was spent ona farm. His parents came to the United States in 1831, when the subject of this sketch was about seventeen years of age. When about twenty-one years:of age he commenced working at the carpentering business, which he followed until about 1850, when he went into the grocery business in Mt. Vernon, and followed that until 1863, when, on account of failing health, he sold out his business. He was very successful in the grocery line. In 1862 he was appointed internal revenue collector of the thirteenth district, (Knox county) Ohio, which he held until 1867, when he resigned. He dealt quite extensively in agricultural implements between 1867 and 1876. In July, 1876, he was elected president of the Knox Mutual, and was also a director of the same company for ten years previous to his election as president. He also travelled for the same

THOMPSON, MATHEW, M.D., Mt. Vernon, was born in Ireland May 10, 1816, emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1831, and located in Knox county. He made a profession of religion, and united with the Methodist Protestant church in 1837. He graduated from the Medical university of New Yorkin 1842, and entered upon the practice of his profession in 1844 in company with Dr. J. W. Russel, with whom self, having established a high reputation as a physician and gentleman. He associated with him in practice, Dr. Smith, deceased, with whom he continued until his death which occured June 19, 1867.

He was married May 15, 1851, to Miss Phebe Veach, of this county, by whom he had a family of four children. Mrs. Thompson was the third daughter of Peter Veach, one among the early settlers of Knox county.

Doctor Thompson, as a physician, was highly proficient and successful, and had the universal esteem and confdence of his brother physicians, and as a man he, in his daily life and conduct, exemplified the Christian character, and was profuse in his liberality to the church in all her various benevolent enterprises, for the advancement of religion and for the amelioration of the condition of man. He was beloved and esteemed by all who knew him.

THOMPSON, JOHN D., of Mt. Vernon, treasurer of the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon & Delaware railroad company, was born in the county Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1821, the fourth son of Irvine Thompson, a farmer.

Having emigrated to the United States in 1831, the family proceeded to Ohio and settled in Mt. Vernon. Although far from being a wealthy man, Irvine Thompson had each of his five sons well educated, three of them being fitted at his expense for the several professions of their choice - the ministry, medicine and the law.

The subject of this sketch, having received a fair education, and contented to work on his father's farm, did so until he became a farmer on his own land.

In 1852 he went to California, and returned to this county in 1854, and continued to cultivate his farm. While thus engaged he was nominated and elected county auditor in 1862, a position he filled with credit to himself and profit to the State. He was the first Democrat that had been elected in the county for the previous ten years. He was nominated to this office without his knowledge, and in like manner he was nominated and elected in 1869 to represent the county in the Ohio legislature. In the same year he was appointed to the office he yet fills. At the close of his legislative term he declined a second nomination, and devoted himself to the interests of the company whose treasurer he is.

Something may be learned of Mr. Thompson's activity in business from the number of responsible positions he held. For while he was treasurer of the railroad he was also treasurer of the Knox County Savings bank, the Mt. Vernon Savings Loan and Building association, the Knox County Agricultural society, the Eagle Mutual Fire Insurance company, and president of the Ohio Mutual Aid association.

His great modesty of bearing has caused him to decline nominations for various offices his friends and neighbors sought him to fill, including nominations to represent his district in Congress offered him in 1876, and again in 1878, as one of the staunch supporters of the Democratic party.

Although not a professor of religion, he practices the precepts of Christianity in his daily life, being to all objects and enterprises a liberal contributor, and the true and substantial friend of the weak and of the oppressed.

In 1864 he married Miss Priscilla, second daughter of James S. Banning, of Mt. Vernon, and whose family is one of the oldest and most substantial of the county.

THOMPSON, M. D., SAMUEL C., was born in Cadiz, Ohio, January 21, 1824. His father, Robert C., and his mother, Ann Cochran, were born and married in Washington, now Alleghany county, Pennsylvania. They came to Ohio about 1823. They subsequently returned to Pennsylvania and died in their native county. :

The subject of this notice attended the common schools, and several terms at Du Quesne college, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was clerk on a steamboat on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. At about twenty-one years of age he began reading medicine. He was taken sick, and while confined to his room, his physician, Dr. Sheldon, of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, furnished him with books, which he read. After his recovery he continued reading until he was about twenty-four years of age, then entered the university of Louisville, Kentucky, and graduated in 1849. After he finished his course of lectures he practiced in Louisville; Kentucky, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and New Philadelphia, Ohio. In 1864, he came to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, where he has In 1854 he changed his practice from allopathic to homceopathic. He is one of the trustees and the examining physician of the Mt. Vernon Mutual Aid association. In April, 1869, he married Miss Malinda Ward, daughter of Dr. Truman

THOMPSON, THOMAS, Wagonmaker. He was born in Clearfield county, Pennsylvania, in 1830, and came to Holmes county, Ohio in 1834; remained there till 185s, then came to Brownsville, Knox county, where he engaged in working at wagonmaking. In 1868 he moved to Fredericktown. He married Sarah Robinson, who was born in Muskingum county in 1837. They have two children: Lavisa 'fer born July 7, 1858, and Hattie B., born September 10, 1863. Mr. Thompson is engaged at present in the carriage shops of W. E. Gibson, of Fredericktown, and is a skilful workman. His father, Benjamin Thompson, was born in Union county, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1801, and was married to Sarah 'Ligget, who was born in Centre county, Pennsylvania, October 5, 1798. They had the following family: James, born December 20, 1825; Lavisa, March 17, 1827; George, February 17, 1828; Thomas L. and Davis' (twins), December 5, 1830; Margaret, December 28, 1835; Cyrus, deceased, and Mary M., the last of whom was born June 15, 1840.

Mr. Thompson came to Holmes county, Ohio, in 1835, and remained there sixteen years, then moved to Ashland county, remaining there sixteen years. In 1867 he came to Fredericktown, where he now resides.

THOMPSON, REV. WILLIAM, was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, in 1834, where he resided and received his preparatory education, until about fourteen years of age, when he emigrated with his parents to America and settled at Circleville, Ohio, where he attended school. In 1853 he entered the preparatory department of Kenyon college, at which institution he graduated in 1858. He then entered the seminary, and graduated in 1861. Shortly after he was ordained a deacon and appointed by the bishop to a mission in northern Ohio, where he remained two years. In 1862 he was ordained priest, and in the fall of 1863 was called to the rectorship of St. Peter's church, Gallipolis, Ohio, where he remained three years, when he was called to Kewanee, Illinois, as rector of St. John's church, where he remained three years, when he received a call to Grace church at Galesburgh, Illinois, where he remained two years, when he went to Cincinnatiand took temporary charge of Trinity church one year. In 1872he came to Mt. Vernon and took charge of St. Paul's church.

THRIFT, ABSALOM, Fredericktown, retired, is a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, came to Ohio in 1808, and was married to Amanda Brown, who was born in Charlotteville, Virginia. They had nine children. He has been longer in business here than any other person. For several years he conducted the leading dry goods trade of the place. In March, 1875, his store, building and contents were consumed by fire, by which he sustained a loss of ten thousand dollars, having no insurance. He was elected sheriff of Knox county in 1842, and reelected in 1844. He filled the office with ability and credit. While filling this position he was also deputy United States marshal, and held this position for eight years.

A. B. Thrift, son of Mr. Absalom Thrift, now occupies the same store room, in which he carries on the merchant tailoring business. He is a workman of experience and skill and keeps a full line of cloths, cassimeres, suitings, vestings, gents' furnishing goods, ladies' hosiery, cuffs, collars, etc. His goods and styles will always be found up with the times, and his prices will compare favorably with any similar merchant tailor in this section of the State. He does the leading business of this section, giving employment to three experienced hands, and guaranteeing perfect fits in all cases. His store room is twenty-five by fifty-five feet in size, and located on the corner of Main and College strgets.

Absalom Thrift, though advanced in years, is an active business man, and takes a lively interest in all matters promising public improvement. His father, William Thrift, was born in Fairfax, Virginia, came to Ohio, Knox county, in 1808, and was one of the pioneer Baptist ministers. He preached in Licking, Coshocton, Muskingum and Knox counties, and continued his iabors in the ministry until his death. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, entering it at the age of sixteen years.

TILTON, REV. A. H. is the son of Warren Tilton, of Easton, Washington county, New York, and was born March 17, 1808. He remained at home until his twentieth year and received a good school education. At the age of twenty he went to Oneida county and engaged in cabinet-making, which business he followed three years. During this time he determined to devote himself to the ministry, and engaged in the regular course of theological reading prescribed by the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1831 he was licensed to preach, and travelled on the Westmoreland circuit.

He was married to Miss H. M. Lovejoy, daughter of Joseph Lovejoy of Cambridge, Washington county, New York, born November 14, 1809, in September, 1833, by whom he had three children: Caroline M. born October 3, 1834; James A., August 8, 1836; George H., December 2, 1842.

In May, 1855, Mr. Tilton came to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, where he has made his home ever since, but has travelled extensively as agent of the American Bible society, preaching on the way. From 1835 until the downfall of slavery Mr. Tilton never lost an opportunity of raising his voice against that institution, and all through the war of the Rebellion was an uncompromising Republican. Of his children, Caroline died May 14, 1860, James A. is general ticket and freight agent on the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon & Columbus railroad. George H. is engaged in merchandising in Mt. Vernon.

TILTON, J. A., Mt. Vernon, was born August 8, 1836, in Onondaga county, New York, and moved with his parents to a number of different places, and at the age of fifteen years he left home and went to learn printing. He was first at Rome, New York, and then went to the office of the Buffalo Christian Advocate, after which he attended school at Lima, New York, and then went to Genessee college, where he remained four years. After leaving school he went to work on the Lima Weekly Visttor for a short time, then came to Ohio and was employed on the Ohzo State Feurnal at Columbus, where he remained about nine months, when he came to Mt. Vernon, where his parents had located. In 1857 he went to Kansas and Missouri, and was foreman in a printing office at West Point, Missouri, where he remained one year, then went to Kansas City and worked on the Kansas City Yournal of Commerce. He then took charge of the Manhattan Express as foreman, where he remained about one year, then came back to Mt. Vernon and established the Knox County £xpress, under the firm name of Agnew & Tilton, in which they continued one year. He then enlisted in company B, Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry for

1862 and engaged in the printing business until 1863. In March he enlisted in comprny E, Twentieth Ohio volunteer infantry and remained until the close of the war, when he returned to Mt. Vernon; was appointed chief clerk of the internal revenue assessor of the thirteenth district; then was appointed assistant, after which he was appointed to the special mail service, in which he remained until the spring of 1874, when he was appointed clerk in the auditor's office of the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon & Columbus railroad, which place he held until 1875, when he was appointed general ticket and freight agent, which position he now holds.

TILTON, DANIEL M., Brown township, farmer, son of Josephus and Sabina Tilton, was born in Jefferson township, this county, August 29, 1838. His education was that obtained in a select school taught by Professor Burns, at Millwood, this county. He taught one term of school in district number four, Brown township, in 1861. -He served in the One Hundred and Forty-second Ohio National guard, one hundred and twenty days in the late war. He has made farming his principal vocation. He has also been engaged in the saw-mill business to some extent.

Mr, Tilton has been married twice, first in 1859 to Miss Caroline Hagaman, of this county, daughter of George and Nancy Hagaman. They settled on a farm one mile anda half west of Jelloway. Their union resulted in seven children - five sons and two danghters. His companion deceased in June, 1870, leaving seven small children to his care. In1871 he purchased and moved on the farm near Jelloway, Brown township, this county, where he now resides.

Mr. Tilton's second marriage was with Mrs. Isabella Watson, #e¢ Dunn, of Licking county, Ohio, in December, 1872, by which marriage he has two children - one son and one daughter.

TILTON, ASBURY J., farmer, born in Jefferson township September 22, 1840. Elijah Tilton, his grandfather, was an early settler in Muskingum county, Ohio. By his marriage he had thirteen sons and three daughters, of whom five sons and one daughter are living, and among whom is Josephus S., father of our subject, who was born October 1, 1811, thirteen miles north of Zanesville. In 1812 his father, Elijah, moved north of where Dresden now stands. He moved to Newcastle township, Coshocton county. In 1817 he moved to Jackson township, Knox county.

Elijah Tilton being poor and having a large family, he could not, in those early times, give his children the advantages of much schooling, as their help was needed in clearing up the ground. Thus Josephus S. spent his youth to manhood; and among his earliest recollections was seeing the Indians pass his father's house on their way to Zanesville to trade. He remained at home assisting his parents, until the fall of 1832. Being then twenty-one years old, he launched his bark and commenced life's voyage. His first work for himself was at the mouth of Owl creek, for one Walter Turner, who was cleaning up a large tract of land.

_In the spring of 1833 Mr. Turner put him in charge of his canal-boat Dresden. He remained during the summer on the canal. He clerked fora short time in his brother's store in Newark, and the summer of 1834 worked at various things, and ia the fall took quite an extensive trip through the State on foot. The summer of 1835 he was engaged in clearing land and raising tobacco.

July 6, 1835, he married Sabina Jones. She was born Feb- Tuary 15, 1815, in Muskingum county, Ohio, January, 1835, he moved five miles north of Danville, settling on one of the forks of the Jelloway, where hé purchased a small tract of land. He remained on this land until April, 1880, when he moved to Rosstown. On the farm ten children were born: J. S., D. M., A. J., Mary E., Maria J., Julia A.; M. C., who died when fifteen months old; Sabena, who died in infancy; Rebecca E., who died in her nineteenth year, and J. R.

Mr. Tilton's first vote was cast for Andrew Jackson for President. In 1833 he became dissatisfied with the extension of slavery, and heving read the life and writings of Thomas Jef- He vated for James G. Birney in 1840, and again in 1844, he being the liberty candidate. He suffered much persecution for his political views. He voted with the Republican party in 1856, and still adheres to that party.

In 1862 Mr. Tilton became one of the incorporators of the Farmers' Fire Insurance company, of Jelloway. In 1871 he severed his connection with the company. He organized the Farmers' Home Insurance company, a stock company, was a stockholder and its president for seven years, declining a reelection. He was also an incorporator of the Buckeye Mutual Aid asseciation, of Danville.

Mr. Tilton is a strong advocate of temperance. As early as 1833 he abandoned the use of all intoxicating drinks, and was the first man in the community to do away with the use of whiskey at gatherings.

The subject of our notice, Asbury J., was reared ona farm, receiviug a common school education. Farming has been his occupation. He served in the war, being a member of company F, One Hundred and Forty-second regiment, Ohio National guard. In 1865 he moved from Jefferson township to where he now resides. November 2, 1865, he married Mary E. Doup. They had five children. Mr. Tilton is a man of general information.

TIMS, ANDREW W., Liberty township, farmer, was born in Morris county, New Jersey, September 2, 1835. His parents, James W. and Sarah Tims, zee Cook, came to Ohio in 1849, and settled in Bloomfield township, Knox county, now Morrow county, where they yet reside. They had ten children, six of whom are living. :

The subject of this notice was reared on a farm and attended the schools of the district. Mr. Tims is one of the most systematic and careful farmers in Liberty township, or in fact, in the county. His farm shows judicious and careful cultivation. Mr. Tims is well informed upon all general topics, is a good thinker and a debater of no mean ability.

He married Miss Minerva J. Hewett in April, 1862; she was born in 1843. They have two children: Wilmer A., born October 12, 1863, and Jessie M., August 28, 1867. Mrs. Tims died in the fall of 1880. She was an estimable lady.

TISH, GEORGE W., Berlin township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Millwood, Knox county, September 25, 1842, and was married in 1866, to Livona Weston, who was born in Fredericktown, Ohio, January 24, 1844. They have two sons: Charlie, born June 13, 1868, and Freddie, January 16, 1876. :

He wa' a soldier in the late war, a member of company B, Ninety-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, and was in the © following engagements: Chickasaw Bluffs, Mississippi, Decem- ber 28, 1862; Fort Hindman, January 11, 1863; Siege of Vicksburgh, from May 28, 1863, until July 4, 1863; Jackson, Mississipi, July roth to July 17, 1863; Battle of Grand Coteau, November 3, 1863; Siege of Fort Gains, Alabama, from August 3rd to August 9, 1864; Fort Morgan, Alabama, from August gth to August 23, 1864; Fort Spanish, Alabama, fror March 27th to April 8, 1865, and Mobile, Alabama, April 12, 1865. He was honorably discharged, and has resided in Berlin township for a period of eleven years.

During the war he was taken prisoner November 3, 1863, and was paroled December 25, 1863, and exchanged in May, 1864. He was a prisoner five months. He was a corporal of company B, One Hundred and Ninety-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry.

TISH, FRENCH, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Harrison township, Knox county, Ohio, in 1853, and was married in April, 1875, to Julisa McKinsey, who was born in Brown township in 1847. They have one son: Walter Clinton, who was born November 30, 1876.

TOBIN, MATILDA, Middlebury township, was born in Guernsey county, Ohio. Wesley Tobin, her father, came to this county in 1852. They hada family of nine children, Mr. Wesley Tobin died in this township in October, 1865.. Mrs. Barbara Tobin died in 1863, in this township.

TOMS, WILLIAM, Berlin township, miller, post office, Shaler's Mills, was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1826. His parents emigrated to Wayne county, Ohio, when he was an infant, remained there fourteen years, and then came to Ashland county (formerly Richland).

He was married in Richland county in 1853, to Elizabeth Schrack, who was born in Richland county in 1833, daughter of Charles Schrack. They had eight children, James Allen, born in 1853; John K., in 1855; William W., in 1859; Herschel O., in 1860; Sarah Ann, deceased; Lena -May, born in 1865; Charles S., in 1867; and Nina Myrta, in 1871.

Mr. Toms learned the milling business with his father, and afterwards worked in the Schrack mill. He then went to Newville and purchased a farm, and has been engaged at farming eight years. In 1870 he purchased Shaler's mill, and has since been engaged in operating it.

Charles Schrack, father of Mrs. Toms, was born in Pennsylvania in 1790, and married Susannah Kerstetter, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1795. They had nine children - Jacob, born in 1821; George (deceased), in 1824; Margaret, in 1820; Sarah, in 1828; Phebe, in 1830; Elizaheth, in 1832; Catharine, in 1835; John (deceased), and Mary Helen in 1840.

Charles Schrack died in Monroe township, Richland county, December 10, 1860. Mrs. Susannah Schrack resides with her son Jacob in Monroe township, Richland county. They came to that township and settled in 1820, and were among the early settlers and pioneers of that county.

TONENS, JAMES, farmer, Morris township, born in county Donegal, Ireland, December 26, 1828. His ancesters came from Scotland, about 1806. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and received a common education. He remained in Ireland until September 10, 1864, when he emigrated to the United States and settled in Licking county, Ohio, where he remained one year, and in 1865 purchased the farm on which he now resides. He married Miss Mary McClure, February 7, 1847. They had eight children, viz: Margaret Ann, married to Alexander Fletcher, of Scott county, Iowa; Frank, it is supposed was abducted at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he had gone to dispose of sheep in 1871; Mary Jane married James R. Stewart; Matilda, Belle, Thomas John, David, and James. Mr. Tonens is a consistent member of the Reformed Presbyterian church, and is an estimable citizen.

TRAHERN, ALEXANDER, Fredericktown, cabinet-maker, was born in Knox county in 1850. He was married in 1871 to Eliza Ball, who was born in Virginia. They have two children - Carrie, born in 1872; Walter, born in 1874.

TRESSEL, MATTHIAS, Union township, mechanic, post office, Danville. - He was born in Prussia, January 30, 1833, and emigrated to America in 1854, and settled in Cleveland, where he remained two and a half years.

During this time he visited Germany, and on his return, in 1858, settled in Mt. Vernon. He was there a year and married Miss W. Smith, of Germany. She only lived about three years, being the mother of two children - Clara and Mary. He married Mary E. Sappin 1861, who was born in Danville. He settled in Danville in 1859 and worked at-his trade. In 1878 he bought and moved upon a farm, where he still lives. He has five children - Clara, born September 29, 1859; Sarah, in July, 1866; U.S. Grant, September 7, 1869; Charles Wilson, September 7, 1873; and Louisa Jane, in 1876.

TRICKLE, JOHN, Fredericktown, blacksmith, was born in this county in 1849, and was married in 1871 to Eliza Jane Kulb, who was born in this county in 1850. They have the following children: Andrew, born in 1873; Samuel R. H., in 1875. Andrew died May 6, 1878.

Mr. Trickle learned carriage-ironing with the firm of W. E. Gibson, and has been engaged at that business, in this town, for about sixteen years.

TRIMBLE FAMILY. - John Trimble, sr., was born near Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, and emigrated to Ohio in the year 1801, and located near Lancaster, Fairfield county. At that time Fairfield county comprised all the territory included in Fairfield, Licking and Knox counties. He resided there until 1809, when in the fall of that year he came and located in what is now Morris township, five miles north of Mt. Vernon, where he attacked the forest to transform it into productive fields. He took an active part in everything that was for the promotion of good and the development and best interests of the pioneers and community, of whom he wasone. He assisted in building the first log cabin in Mansfield. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, where he served with credit to himself. He was also associate judge, and served the people as justice of the peace for many years. He was a staunch Presbyterian, and was an elder in the first Presbyterian church of the county. He died in the year 1845, aged sixty. six years. His wife died in 1865, in the eighty-fifth year of her age.

John Trimble, jr., was but three years old when his father located in this county, consequently he has seen all the important changes this county has undergone. He received such an education as the times afforded, getting most of his education by studying at home by the light of hickory bark. The first school he attended was in a little log stable that was neither chinked or daubed, and when it was cold they had to suspend school. The early part of his life was spent in helping to clear away the forest, and in learning the tanner trade, after which he gave his attention principally to farming until 1834, when he came to Mt. Vernon, having purchased property here in 1831. After his arrival in the city he engaged in the carpenter business and farming, which he conducted for several years. He' then engaged in the chandlery business, in which he continued about seven 'years, and during which he did quite an extensive business. During the last two years of this time he had two shops, one in Mt. Vernon and one at Zanesville, and during these two years he manufactured one hundred tons of candles per year. He had to quit the business on account of his health, after which he engaged in farming.