Knox County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1881 (part 2 of 20)

The Beardsley family are of English origin. Three brothers came from England at an early date, whose descendants are scattered over many of the States and territories, Mr. Beardsley the elder learned the shoemaking trade while in Conecticut. About two years after his marriage he moved to New York, where he resided until about 1814, when he came to Granville, Ohio, where he remained until 1818, then moved to Homer, where he remained for ashort time. He purchased a forty-acre tract of land in what is now Milford township. He then cut. a road from Homer to this tract, on which he lived for many years. He was one of the organizers of the township and always took an active interest in public affairs. He was an influential and leading member of society, a leading member of the Masonic fraternity, and a representative to the Grand lodge in 1817; and at his death was the oldest living member in the State. He lived to see his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren to the number of eighty. Twelve of his descendants entered the army for the suppression of the Rebellion, seven of them losing their lives. His father was a soldier of the Revolution. He always followed his trade, and by it made considerable property. About five years before his death he removed to Brandon. He died January 28, 1863, and was interred with Masonic honors. His wife survived him until July 8, 1876.

The subject of this notice (P. G. Beardsley) being the oldest child, it naturally devolved upon him to assist his father in clearing up their new home. He worked at the cooper trade for a short time, but preferred the farm. His education was that of the schools of those days. He has always taken an active interest in the affairs of the county, and was a leading citizen of the township and county. He wasa justice ofthe peace for nine years, during which time he married over thirty couples. He was infirmary director six years and always took an active interest in military affairs. He was elected lieutenant of militia and was successively captain, major and colonel, and at one time knew most of the men in the county. He was successful in acquiring for himself a very pleasant and comfortable home. He was social, hospitable and pleasant in his manners. He was married twice, first to Miss Mary M. Miller, June 1, 1837, daughter of James Miller, a pioneer of Miller township. They had four children, two of whom are living. The children were Emily N. (married to L. H. Burgess); Charles S., who was killed July 22, 1865, at Atlanta while serving in the army; James M., died young, and Mary M., who married W. V. Wright. His last wife was Elizabeth Burns. He died January 30, 1881, aged seventy-four years.

BEAVER, WILLIAM, Miller township, farmer, was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, November 30, 1830. His parents came to Ohio about 1835, and lived for a short time in Knox county, and then moved to Licking county, where Mr. Beaver died. Mrs. Beaver still survives him. They had eight children, seven of whomare yet living. The subject of this notice is the second of the family. His youth was spent on the farm with his mother until he was about twenty-three years of age. His father died when Mr. Beaver was about fifteen years of age, so that considerable of the management fell upon him at an early age. This was perhaps the foundation of Mr. Beaver's after success. It gave him self-reliance and a knowledge of that which is necessary to success. Mr. Beaver started poor in life, but has secured a, competency by industry and good management. He is a systematic farmer, and his farm bears the marks of good cultivation. He married Miss Elizabeth Weller, daughter of Philip Weller, December, 1853, and commenced housekeeping on the farm on which he now resides, and where he has resided ever since, except seven years while out of the county. They had twelve children, four of whom died in infancy. The living are Sarah Ann, Mary, Ellen, George W., Isabella, William, Evaline, Ida E., and Abram Franklin.

BEBOUT, ENOCH, Pleasant township; deceased; a native of Holland; was born born July 24, 1801. He was brought to America in 1805, by his parents who located in Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he grew to manhood. November 1, 1832, he married Miss Eliza Boggs, of Washington county, Pennsylvania; born December 27, 1808. They emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, and located in Harrison township, where - he remained until March, 1845, when he purchased and moved on a farm near Martinsburgh, this county. He remained there five years; then in 1850 he bought and moved on the farm in Pleasant township, now owned by his son-in-law, David B. Kerr. He died October 27, 1879. His wife is still living on the home farm. They raised a family of seven children: William, Rebecca, Hannah, James, Eliza, Enoch and Mary J., all living except William, who died at Fortress Monroe July 25, 1864, while serving as a Union soldier in the war of the great Rebellion.

BEBOUT, WILLIAM, deceased, was born July 12, 1834, in Knox county, and was married to Miss Malinda Pipes January 19, 1860. When a young man, he taught school for some years, and afterwards engaged in farming up to the time of his decease, July 25, 1864. Their children were James Wilber, Eva May and William Grant. Mr. Bebout was a soldier of the Union army, and lost his life in the service, dying of typhoid fever in Virginia.

BECHTEL, MARTIN, deceasea, Pleasant township, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, April 13, 1802. He was raised a farmer, and was considered one of the best in Knox county. In 1829 he married Miss Sophia Fetter, born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, September 16, 1806.

and in 1831 emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, and located on the farm in Pleasant township, now known as the Bechtel homestead, on the Martinsburgh road, five miles from Mt. Vernon, where they passed the remainder of their days. He deceased March 4, 1875. His wife died September 16, 1875. They had a family of six children: Malinda, Barbara, Jonas, Catharine, Jacob, Cornelia A. and Frances J.

BECHTEL, JACOB J., farmer, Pleasant township; son of Martin and Sophia Bechtel, was born in Pleasant township, this county, July 30, 1839. On the twenty-eighth day of January, 18 - , he married Miss Kesiah J. Eley, born in Knox county, Ohio, November 1, 1840, daughter of Peter and Sabinah Eley. They settled on his father's home farm where they are now living. They have a family of five children - four sons and one daughter. Farming and stock raising is his vocation.

BECHTEL, ANDREW, farmer, Berlin township, post office, Shaler's Mills; born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, in 1829, raised in Bedford county, and was married to Elizabeth Brumbaugh, who was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1828; they had four children, viz.: Simon, Jackson, Mary Ann

(deceased), and Nancy Jane. Mrs. Elizabeth Bechtel died in Knox county. Mr. Bechtel was afterward married to Elizabeth Frederick, who was born in this county. They had four children, viz.: Isaac (deceased), Lewis, Sarah E., and Minnie C. Mr. Betchel came to Ohio in 1853, located in Berlin township, and owns the old Frederick farm. He has erected one of the finest residences in this township.

BECK, JOHN, farmer, Union township, post office, Danville, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, September 2, 1818, and lived there until 1829, when he came to Union township, Knox county. In 1844 he was married to E. J. McDonald, and settled on a portion of the old homestead where he has since remained. They have the following children, viz.: Sarah, born in 1846, Mary, in 1848, Newton, in 1850, Theresa Ann, in 1853, Eliza Ellen, in 1856, and Nancy Jane, in 1860. They have lost three children: Sarah, Grant, and Rebecca.

BEDELL, SYLVESTER, farmer, Liberty township, was born in Niagara county, New York, April 23, 1823; his parents, Michael and Mary Willis, were married in New York, and about 1836, and emigrated to Ohio, settling in Liberty township some four miles west of Mt. Vernon, on the Delaware road, where he purchased a farm in the woods and cleared it up. He was an estimable citizen and was highly respected in the community. Mr. and Mrs. Bedell lived to a good old age. They died in Mt. Vernon, where they resided some years previous to their death. They had a family of nine children, all living and doing well. The subject of this sketch is the oldest child; he assisted his parents until he was twenty-one years old, attending school in the winter until he acquired the necessary qualification to teach. His first certificate was granted by Joseph S. Davis, of Mt. Vernon. He taught his first term in 1844, and taught thirteen terms thereafter. He was twice married; his first wife was Matilda Tucker, to whom he was married February 18, 1848; they had three children, two living. He was married to Mrs. Mary Hobbs in April, 1876. Mr. Bedell is a pleasant, social gentleman, and an influential citizen.

BEDELL, ISRAEL, M. D., Mt. Vernon, was born in New York, October 19, 1834. He spent his youth ona farm. His father was born in Massachusetts, and his mother in Connecticut, and emigrated to Ohio about 1848. He commenced reading medicine with Dr. McCarther, of Circleville, and finished his course of reading with Drs. Russell and Thompson, of Mt.

in New York city, March 3, 1863. He taught school for some nine terms prior to entering his course of reading medicine. About six weeks after his graduation he was examined at Columbus and appointed first assistant surgeon of the Sixth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, formerly the Guthrie Grays of Cincinnati, Ohio, and reported to his regiment in the field at Bridgeport, Alabama, and remained with it until the regiment was discharged.

On his return home he was appointed contract surgeon, and was stationed at Camp Dennison, and had charge of it about eight months. He received a commission as first assistant surgeon of the One Hundred and Fourth Ohio regiment, but was not mustered into service. He came home and iocated in Cardington, Ohio, where he remained about two years, and then came to Mt. Vernon, where he has since been practicing. He associated himself with Dr. Bryant, and contirued with him

Dr. Bedell married Miss Lydia L. Saelts, of Mt. Vernon, in 1863. They have had four children born unto them--three sons and one daughter, only two of whom are living.

BEERS, JOSEPH, Fredericktown, farmer, was born in this county December 15, 1811. He was married December 14, 1841, to Jane Douglass, who was born in this county in September, 1822. They have two children: Theodore, who is now married and resides in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; and Aaron, who is now engaged in farming the home place.

"Mr. Beers has been identified with this county from infancy, and through his industry, economy and frugality, has succeeded in securing a good property. He owns a beautiful farm near Fredericktown.

BEEMAN, SAMUEL, of Brown township, chairman of the county board of commissioners, was born in Alleghany county, Maryland, June 6, 1820. He receeived his education in the common schools of the day. His youth was spent on the farm of his father, William Beeman. His father, with his family, came to Ohio in 1820, settling in Wayne county, where he resided until 1833, when he removed to Knox county, and located in Jefferson township, remaining there up to the time of his death, in 1872.

Samuel Beenman, the subject of this sketch, in 1855, married Miss Mary Withrow, daughter of Hon. James Withrow, of Jefferson township, unto whom five children were born - three sons and two daughters - two of whom are dead, one son and one daughter. The names of the living children are, James, Mary A., and Chester F. James married Miss Lovina Gardner of Brown township. In 1851 Mr. Beeman engaged in the mercantile business in Brownsville, this county, and conducted it successfully up to 1867, a period of sixteen years, when he gave up the business and retired to the farm, where he and his family live a happy and contented life, with all the comforts within their reach. In 1875 Mr. Beeman was elected county commissioner, and was in 1878 reelected to the same position. Asa merchant, as a farmer, as a county official, and as a citizen, Mr. Beeman has occupied a high and prominent position.

BEERS, ASHER L., stone mason, Fredericktown, was born in Wayne township, Knox county, in 1830, and marrried in 1852 to Mary E. Coleman, who was born in Knox county in 1832, They have the following children, viz: Lawrence A., Mr. Beers is a stone mason by trade, and has worked at this business over fourteen years. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, being a very efficient worker, especially in Sabbath-school.

"BELL, BENJAMIN, Morgan township, is one of the largest land owners in Morgan township, and, in fact, in the county. He is a native of Green county, Pennsylvania, where he was born, May 17, 1813. His father was a well-to-do farmer of the same county. The Bell family were early settlers of that part of Pennsylvania.

The subject of this notice was raised on a farm, and received such schooling as was customary in those days. He remained in Pennsylvania until about 1843, when he came to Ohio and purchased a part of the farm on which he now resides, and settled upon it. For this one hundred acres he paid one thousand four hundred dollars, but having no money, he went in debt for it. He succeeded by hard work and economy in pay- ing for this farm, and was soon enabled to buy more. He thus was fairly started in life, having laid a foundation for his future success, before he received any portion coming from his father's estate. He now owns one thousand and twenty-nine acres of land. Mr. Bell has always been punctual in the payment of all contracts made by him. He is engaged quite extensively in sheep raising. He was married to Miss Mary Woodruff, a native of Knox county, in 1844. They had a family of seven children: John, Ella, (deceased, who was married to L. B. Mantouya), two infants, Lucilla, (who married D. W. Archer), Morgan and Edison.

BELL, JAMES, Pleasant township, deceased, a native of Green county, Penngylvania, born on the fifteenth day of April, 1818. He was brought to this country by his parents, Benjamin and Elizabeth Bell, when but a small boy, who located in Morgan township, where he grew to manhood. On the twentysecond 'day of November, 1838, he was united in marriage with Miss Rowena Robinson, of Coshocton county, Ohio. By this marriage he had six children, only two of whom are now living, viz, Edwin W. and Benjamin T. They settled on a farm in Coshocton county, where his companion deceased March 12, 1856. On the sixteenth day of August, 1857, he was married to Pheebe J. Wright, of Coshocton county, born August 24, 1832, daughter of Willis and Anna E. Wright. They settled on his farm in Coshocton county, remained until January 23, 1863, when he purchased and moved on his farm in Pleasant township, this county, now owned and occupied by his heirs, where he deceased April 9, 1879. His last marriage resulted in four children, one son and three daughters. Farming was his vocation.

BELL, HIRAM, Hilliar township, farmer, born in Knox county, October 16, 1833. He spent his youth in Licking county on a farm, receiving a common school education. In 1858 he moved to Clay township, Knox county, and in 1864 he purchased the farm on which he now lives, and moved on it the same spring. His principal business is the raising of sheep. Mr. Bell is a quiet and influential citizen; has been elected several times to fill the different offices of the township, and has the confidence of the community and the esteem of all who know him. He was married to Miss Mary A. Hughes, of Clay township, December 17, 1856. She was born January 1, 1836. As a result of this union they had three children, two of whom are living, viz, Florence E., married to Augustus M. Wolf, and resides near them; John E. at home.

BELL, JAMES, farmer, post office Bladensburgh, is a native of Clay township, born here September 20, 1839, and has lived in Clay most of the time since his birth. He was married to Sarah Paul, May 14, 1866, two children being the fruits of this union, viz., Iva Olive, and Ottie S. Mr. Bell is in very comfortable circumstances, financially, and is a highly respected citizen.

BELL, JAMES W., farmer, Pike township; post office North Liberty; born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1848, and was married in 1874 to Bessie Price, who was born in Ashland county, Ohio, in 1850. They have one son, Edward Austin, born in 1875. Mr. Bell came to Knox county in 1875. He is a farmer by occupation. He has been engaged in some interesting and lively debates in this county - the first an Advent question, '' Will the wicked be eternally punished?" Affirmative, Mr. Bell and Mr. Scarbrough; negative, Jesse

Nichols and William Romine. ,They had five judges. Universal decision for affirmative. He was engaged in a second debate with the Dunkard question, ''Is the bread and wine the Lord's supper.'' Affirmative, James W. Bell and Levi Marshall; negative, Joseph Barnard and Mr. Workman. Decision in favor of affirmative.

BELL, MORGAN, farmer, Morgan township; was born in Morgan township, May 6, 1852. He is a son of Benjamin Bell, of this township, and of whom mention is made elsewhere. He was raised on a farm and received a commonschool education. He was married to Miss Jennie E. Horn, daughter of Jacob Horn, July 8, 1875.

BELT, JEREMIAH, farmer, Pike township; post office Democracy; born 1n Monroe township in 1850, and was martied in 1875 to Permelia Fields, who was born in Pike township in 1856. 'They had two children - Clara Belt, in 1876; Permelia (deceased). Mrs. Permelia Belt died in 1877. Mr. Belt was subsequently married to Ellen Fields, who was born in Pike township in 1852. They have one daughter, Izora Blanche, born in 1880. Mr. Belt is a farmer of this township.

BENEDICT, ZIBA, Morris township, deceased, was born in Danbury, Connecticut, in 1784. He came to Ohio in 1818, settled in Mt. Vernon, and remained there until 1820, when he located in Fredericktown. He was married in 1815 to Hannah Keeler, who was born in Brookfield, Connecticut, in 1787. They had three children: Nancy Jane, born in 1816; Clarinda, born in 1818; Lucian, born May 15, 1820. Mr. Ziba Benedict died May 6, 1833, in this county. Mrs. Hannah Benedict died June 11, 1850. Clarinda died July 21, 1840.

Mr. Benedict was one of the earliest settlers of Knox county. He came here when it was in its wild state and all in timber. He cleared the farm where his son Lucian now resides. Mr. Benedict was a hatter by trade and worked at that business in Mt. Vernon two years, and also in Fredericktown.

Lucian Benedict was married in 1847 to Sarah Trimble, who was born in Morris township in 1815. They had three children: L. G. Benedict, born September 12, 1851; Orien, born Decem- . ber 19, 1852; Charles, born October 6, 1856.

Charles Benedict graduated from the Business college at Poughkeepsie, New York, in July, 1880. He is a young man of promise, and is well educated.

BENEDICT, TRUMAN, a native of Vermont, and son of Solomon and Laura Benedict, was born in Bennington county, on the twenty-ninth day of April. 1823. In 1837 he accompanied his parents to this county, who located in Pleasant township, near the Hurford mills, remained until 1851, then moved to Clinton, one mile north of Mt. Vernon, where, in 1868, Solomon Benedict died. His companion survives him, at the advanced age of eighty-nine years.

February 10, 1821. She came to this county in 1851. They settled in Clinton, remained about seven years. In 1859 moved to Monroe township, this county, remained until 1873, then moved upon the farm where they now reside, in College township, north of Gambier. tion through life.

BENNETT, CLARK L., livery, feed and sale stable, West Gambier street, near Main street, Mt. Vernon. Clark L. Bennett was born in the State of Vermont in the year 1804. When less than a year old his father moved to Ticonderoga, Essex county, New York. In 1824 he came to Ohio and located in Licking county. In 1825 he removed to Knox county. In 1832 Mr. Bennett came to Mt. Vernon, where he has resided ever since. Prior to settling in this city he followed the occupation of farming. His first occupation in Mt. Vernon was brick making, which he followed several years. In 1849 he opened a livery establishment, in which he still continues, assisted by his son, George S. Bennett, who was born in this city, and was educated in our public schools.

George read medicine with the late Dr. Matthew Thompson, and then attended the university at Cleveland, where he graduated. After graduating, young Bennett located at Chesterville, Morrow county, where he practiced for four years. In consequence of his father's failing health he gave up his practice and returned to Mt. Vernon, and assumed the management of his father's establishment. This establishment is a large and complete one, comprising horses, single and double carriages, barouches, phaetons, and sleighs. Here the travelling public find first-class accommodations at all hours, as the horses are in fine condition and the vehicles all in good order.

BENNETT, JOHN, Monroe township, farmer, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Bennett, zee Stratton, was born near Steubenville, Jefferson county, Ohio, April 7, 1826.

Thomas Bennett, late of Gambier, and father of John, was born in Maryland, January 20, 1805, and emigrated to Jefferson county, Ohio, where he married Miss Elizabeth Stratton, born in June, 1805. In 1828 they came to this county, located in Danville and remained until 1832, then moved to Gambier, where he deceased in May, 1880. For several years after their settlement in the village he was engaged in clearing on the college land, then turned his attention to farming, which he made his principal vocation until 1858, when he engaged in running a hack line and carrying the mail from Gambier to Mt. Vernon, which he continued until the completion of the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon & Columbus railroad. He then turned his attention to farming again, which he followed until his death.

John Bennett, the subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm, and has made farming his principal vocation. On the twenty-ninth day of March, 1853, he married Miss Eliza Conley, a native of Ireland, born April 19, 1830, and came to this county in 1852, settling in Monroe township. In 1873 they purchased and moved on the farm where they are now living, in Monroe township. They raised a family of four children: Thomas, George W., Emma J., and Isabella.

BENSON, GEORGE, Monroe township, farmer and stock raiser, post office, Mt. Vernon, son of Lyman and Emery Benson, was born in New Millford, Connecticut, on the twenty-fifth day of June, 1815. In 1831, at the age of sixteen years, he commenced working at the cabinet-maker's trade, and served as an apprentice about four years. In 1835 he accompanied his par- ents to this county and located in Monroe township, on a farm now owned by John Hardesty, where his father and mother remained until 1851, when they moved to Illinois, where they passéd the remainder of their days. His father died at the age of eighty-five years. His mother deceased when eighty-four years of age. He continued at his trade for about three or four years after his settlement in Monroe township, and then turned his attention to farming and stock raising, which business he has since been engaged in. He owns a farm of one hundred and sixty and one-half acres in Monroe township, which isin a good state of cultivation.

In 1836 he married Miss Rebecca Spry, of Monroe township, daughter of William and Sarah Spry, who was born in Pennsylvania, October 20, 1816, and came to this county with her parents in 1820, who located in Monroe township, on a farm now owned by Edwin Scott. Shortly after the marriage of Mr. Benson they settled in Monroe. They have lived on three different farms in the same township. They moved on the farm where they now reside in 1855, and have raised a family of eight children, three sons and five daughters, one son and three daughters have deceased.

BEENY JOSEPH, farmer, a native of England, was born October 8, 1802. He came with his parents, James and Sarah Beeny, to America in 1822, and located in Knox county, Ohio, in Clinton, a small village one and a half miles north of Mt. Vernon. Just before sailing from England he married Miss Hannah Wright in 1822, who came with him to America. They lived in Clinton about three years, then his father, James Beeny, purchased and moved on a farm in Clinton township, three miles from Mt. Vernon, on the Columbus road, where he lived until about 1855, when he moved to Licking county, Ohio, where he deceased in November, 1860, aged seventy-two years. His companion survived him until 1870, when she died, aged eighty years. They reared a family of ten children, six sons He and his family lived with his father until 1825, when he moved to Liberty township, Knox county, and located on a farm, where they lived several years, then bought several other farms, and finally, in 1850, he purchased and moved on the farm where he is now living, three miles from Mt. Vernon, on the Columbus road. He has followed farming as his vocation. They reared a family of ten children, six sons and four daughters. His companion deceased July, 1871. He then married Mrs. Jane G. Maxwell, zee Ryan, in 1872, born in Pennsylvania in 1816, who is still living, to take care of him in his old age.

BEST FAMILY, The, Hilliar township. Peter Best, the father of this family, was born in New Jersey, May, 1797. In 1823 he married Miss Mary Trimmer, who was born in New Jersey in 1802. They remained in New Jersey until 1839, when they immigrated to Hilliar township, Knox county, Ohio, settling ona farm. They lived:and died in this township being much esteemed. They had eleven children, nine born in New Jersey, an two in Ohio; nine are yet living.

John Best, born in New Jersey October 3, 1823, was married to Mary Jane Yeocom, in Champaign county, Ohio, November 27, 1849. He isa plasterer by trade, which he followed for a number of years, and then settled on a farm on which he is yet living. William was born in New Jersey, June 9, 1825, married November 18, 1846, to Sophia Huock, a daughter of one of the pioneers of this township. After his marriage he settled on a part of the Houck farm in Hilliar township, where he closed his days. He died September 12, 1877. His wife still resides on the farm. Jesse was born in New Jersey January 7, 1827, and was married to Mary Spaur in Butler county, lowa, November 30, 1856. He was a wagonmaker by trade, but now owns a farm in Woodson county, Kansas, and is engaged in agriculture. Jacob was born in New Jersey January 14, 1829. When a young man he emigrated to Illinois, where he dealt in stock for many years. He married a lady in Lexington, McLean county, Illinois, and settled down in the lumber business, at which he is still engaged. Mary E., born in New Jersey, October 25, 1830, married Lemon Chadwick, with whom hestill lives in Kansas ana farm. David T. born in New Jersey, January 5, 1832, married Susannah, Addleman January 4, 1855, in Hilliar township. By trade he is a plasterer. After his marriage he purchased a farm in Hilliar township, where he still resides, engaged in farming and breeding Aresican Merino sheep, of which he has a fine flock. He has three children, John T., born September 23. 1855; Lydia Ellen, born December 9, 1857, and Wilbert Irvine, born July 21, 1868. Mr. Best is an estimable citizen. Lydia Ellen, born May 20, 1834, in New Jersey, married October, 1880, to John McGuier, a plasterer, residing at Centreburgh, Ohio. Ananias, born in New Jersey July ro, 1836, married in Iowa to Miss Kate McCrary. He is a wagonmaker, but is now engaged in farming in Butler, county, Iowa. Peter, born in New Jersey, September 5, 1838, lived until fifteen years of age, dying in Hilliar township. James, born October 25, 1840, in Knox county, Ohio. He obtained a collegiate education at Waynesburgh, Pennsylvania, and took a theological course at Cincinnati, Ohio, and is now a minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian church at Bradford, Ohio. He married Narcissa M. Conner, of Cumberland, Ohio. Sylvester was born in Hilliar township, January 30, 1843,, remained on the farm until September 22, 1862, when he enlisted in company F, One Hundred and Twenty-first regiment O. V. I. He participated in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and Kennesaw Mountain, where he received a gunshot wound in the left hand June 27, 1863. He was discharged October 10, 1864 by reason of disability caused by his wound. After his return home he finished his education at Mt. Vernon, Ohio. He was married to Miss Martha Annett, of Centreburgh, Ohio, May 19, 1866. He followed photography for seven years, after which he engaged in farming near Centreburgh, Ohio, at which occupation he is still engaged. They are the parents of the following children: Carrie Bernice,. born at Centreburgh March 29, 1869, died at Lock, Ohio, October 24, 1870; Sylvester Robert, born at Lock, Ohio April 5, 1872; Jesse Taylor, born at Sunbury, Ohio, May 1, 1874; Charlie Sherman, born at Sunbury, Ohio, February 10, 1876.

BEST, MRS. SOPHIA, Hilliar township, was born in Hilliar township in 1823. She is the daughter of Henry and Rhoda Houck, zee Jennings. Her parents were among the first settlers of Hilliar township. They came in 1811. She spent her youth at home. She was married to William Best November 10, 1846. They had a family of five children, two of whom are living. Mr. Best died September r2, 1877.

BIGGS, JAMES, Howard township, farmer, post office Howard, was born in Jefferson township, Knox county. His mother died when he was a small child, and he was given to his uncle with whom he lived fourteen years. He then went to Coshocton county, Ohio, and learned the shoemaking trade, and followed it five years. Then after two years of farming life he married and settled on his present farm, where he has lived twenty-one years. He has four children: Carrie, Maggie, Jackson, and Olive. His wife died*in 1877, and was buried in the Millwood cemetery.

BINGHAM, L. O., Middlebury township, mason, post office Levering, born in Licking county, Ohio, in 1849, and was martied in 1874 to Amanda Gaumer, who was born in Knox county in 1850. They have two children: Bessie O., born in 1876, and Henry L., born in 1877.

BIRD, MRS. KEZIAH, Liberty township, born in Northumberland .county, Pennsylvania, November, 1802, being the daughter of Abner and Abigail Johnston, who had a family of nine children, seven daughters and two sons. The sons died when young. The daughters all grew up and were married. The parents died in Pennsylvania. The subject of this notice was married to John Bird, August 11, 1824. He was a native of New Jersey, and was born January 16, 1801. Shortly after their marriage they settled upon the farm on which she still resides. Mr. Bird had been here two years previous, having come with his father, Sylvanus Bird, who emigrated with his family about 1822, and settled on this farm. Here John Bird died September 11, 1878. He was'a good citizen and an exemplary man.

There were born to them nine children, viz: Oliver P., died in Delaware county; left a family of ten children; Johnson A., farmer, in Delaware county; Ellen S. resides with her mother on the old homestead; Milton, farmer, a resident of Liberty township; Charlotte H., wife or Henry Strickler deceased, and resides in Iowa; Esther Ann, wife of John McAllister, in Union county, Ohio; Corinda, wife of John D. Higgins, of Liberty township; Mary E., wife of George Hull, of Morrow county, Ohio; and John, a farmer, and resident of Liberty township.

BIRD, GEORGE W., farmer, Hilliar township, was born in Liberty township, Knox county, December 18, 1828. He is the seventh child of Elisha and Susan Bird (zee Haggerty), who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio.

The youth of Mr. Bird was spent on a farm, and like boys of his day, he attended school during the winter. He was married to Miss Lucinda Abbott, in June, 1853, She was born in Licking county.' The following spring they moved to Hilliar township, on the farm on which he now resides, and began the improvement of their future home. He has succeeded in beautifying his home and adding considerable land to his first purchase. He is a careful farmer, a good citizen, and has the confidence of the community. He is hospitable and agreeable in his manners. The raising of cattle is his principal business. The marriage of Mr. Bird was blessed with six children, three sons and three daughters, four of whom are living, viz: Joel A. (farmer, Wyandot county, Ohio), Sarah E., Dora M., and George M.

BIRD, MILTON, farmer, Liberty township, born there November 14, 1831, and is the son of John and Keziah Bird, of whom mention is made in this volume. He spent his youth followed farming as his occupation. He married Sarah M. Robertson, daughter of Hezekiah K. Robertson, of Liberty township, November, 1855, and has a family of five children, viz: Eva M. (wife of Dr. -W. Merriman, of Centreburgh, Ohio), Elmer M., Flora M., Alfrata M., and Orville M.

BIRD, WILLIAM, JR., hardware dealer, Mt. Vernon, son of William Bird, sr., was born at Catawissa, Columbia county, Pennsylvania, February 10, 1835, where he resided until March 28, 1859. He then emigrated to Ohio and located at Mt. Gilead, Morrow county, Ohio, where he resided seven years, during which he was in the boot, shoe, and leather business, after which he came to Mt. Vernon and engaged in the hardware, stove, and tinware business, in which he still continues, and has been successful in. He cartics a stock of from eight to twelve thousand dollars.

He married Miss Manie E. Kreigh, February 4, 1854, and has a family of five children: Charles A., Daniel K., Kate S., Annie E., aud Bessie M.

BIRD, JOHN H., Liberty township, farmer, born in Liberty township February 23, 1843, being the son of John and Keziah Bird, of whom mention is made in this work. He was raised on the old homestead farm, doing the ordinary work of a farmer's son. He enlisted in company F, One Hundred and Twenty-first regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, and was in the battle of Perrysville, Kentucky; taken prisoner, and parolled on the field. In May, 1864, he returned to his regiment and purticipated in the battles of Kennesaw Mountain and Mission Ridge, and marched with Sherman to Savannah, thence to North Carolina and Washington, and was discharged with his company at Columbus, Ohio. After his return home he engaged in farmtng, which he has since followed. On September 7, 1865, he was united in marriage to Miss Carrie A. Brokaw, daughter of John A. Brokaw, and of whom mention is elsewhere made. They have one child, Edith W., born November 25, 1870.

BIRD, MORGAN, Wayne township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Morris township, this county, in 1849, and was married in 1871 to Sarah McCutchen, who was born in Morrow county in July 1849. They have the following children: Leroy. born in 1872; Etta, 1875; Daisy, 1878, and Ceorge, in 1880. Mr. Bird has always resided in this county. He is one of the intelligent and active farmers of Wayne township.

BISHOP, ARNOLD, Milford township, farmer, was born in Milford township February 1828; is the son of Gardner and Millie Bishop, zee Young, who were natives of Rhode Island, and early settlers of Milford township. Mention is made of the Bishop settlement of Milford in the general history of the township.

The subject of this notice was raised on a farm. He enlisted in company F, One Hundred and Twenty-first regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry; was second sargeant of the company at its organization, and about a year after commissioned orderly' which he held until he was discharged He participated in most of 'the battles in which his company and regiment was engaged. He did not participate in the campaign from Atlanta to Savannah on account of disability. He joined his regiment at Savannah, and was with it from that time until the discharge of the company. After his return home he resumed farming, at which he has since been engaged. Politically he is a zealous

Republican; is a good citizen; was married to Miss Sarah A. McClelland December, 1854. They had two children (one of whom died in infancy), Luella, is the wife of Aaron W. Gearhart.

BLACK, WILLIAM B., farmer, Pike township; post office Corning, Adams county, Iowa; born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1823, and was married to Margaret Cornell, who was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, in 1827. They had eight children - Ransom B., John L., Mary E., (deceased), Alvin S., Sarah.R., (deceased), Martha A., Irena M., and Harriet.

Mr. Black came to Ohio with his parents at the age of four years, who located in Union township, this county. His father, George Black, remained on the same farm they purchased until his death. After marriage W. B. Black located in Danville, and engaged in manufacturing wagons and buggies for some years, after which he moved to Gann, this county, and continued in the same business till 1869, when he moved to Iowa, where he still resides, engaged in farming in that State.

BLACK, John L., physician, Pike township; post office Democracy; born in Union township, this county, in 1846, and was married in 1869 to Dora J. Sapp, who was born in this county in 1850. They have three children - Aurilla, Robert R.» and Eva A. Dr. Black attended school at the academy at Spring Mountain, Coshocton county, and studied medicine with Dr. C. Sapp, of Danville. He attended lectures at Cleveland, in the medical department of the University of Wooster, (formerly called Charity Hospital Medical college). He graduated in the spring of 1869, and commenced the practice of medicine the same year in Amity, where he still remains.

Dr. Black has been successful as a physician, has accumulated considerable property, and stands high in his profession in this county. He wasa soldier in the late war, a member of company K, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth regiment, independent volunteer infantry, continuing in the seivice for about six months.,

BLACKBURN, WILBUR, farmer, Middlebury township; post office Fredericktown; born in Middlebury township, July 19, 1842, and was married February 6, 1866, to Elvina Keyes, who was born in Middlebury township, July 15, 1849. They have one daughter, Effie, who was born March 26, 1879. Mr. W. Blackburn was a soldier in the war, a member of company A, Twentieth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, and was engaged in the service over three years.

BLAKE, WILLIAM, born in Ireland in the year 1761, and at an early day emigrated to America. He married Miss Hannah Sprague, born in Connecticut in 1778. They came to Knox county and settled in Clinton township in 1812, on the farm now owned by John Grey. He died in 1848, aged eightyseven years, and his companion in 1850, aged seventy-two years and five months.

BLAKELEY, HUGH, Pike township, farmer, post office North Liberty, born in Clinton township, this county, in 1809, and was married in 1827 to Catharine Wallace, who was born They had the following children: James W., born in 1828; Zephaniah and Joel, born in 1830; Isabella in 1832; Hugh H. in 1836; Rachel in 1834; Thomas C., born August 19, 1839; Margaret A. in 1841; Lyman P. in 1844; and Mary C. in 1848.

Personal Sketch Of John S. Braddock

John Sellers Braddock, dealer in land warrants and real estate, Mount Vernon, Ohio. The name of Braddock (Saxon Broad-Oak) at once suggests a chapter in colonial history inseparably connected with that of the country, and to trace the history of that family, connecting the past with the present, is the object of this sketch.

Major General Edward Braddock was born in England about 1650, served with distinction under ceorge II, and won for himself the name of an ''honest, brave old gentleman.'' He died at Bath, June 15, 1725, and left one son, then about thirty years of age.

Edward Braddock, jr., was born in England about 1695. On the eleventh day of October, 1710, he entered the army with the rank of ensign in the grenadier company of the Cold Stream guards, ''the flower of the British army." Promotion followed rapidly, until, on the twenty-ninth of March, 1754, he was made major general, and in the September following was appointed to the command of all the troops to be sent against the French in America... On the twenty-first of December he sailed for Hampton Roads, in Virginia, where he arrived .February 20, 1755. His military career in America, and especially his unfortunate defeat at Braddock's Field, on the ninth of July, 1755, and his tragic death four days later, are too well known to require repetition here.

His cousins, John and Raphael Braddock, came to America about the same time, located in Baltimore county, Maryland, served in the Revolution, and after the close of the war, or in Raphael Braddock had four sons - Frank, David, Cyrus, and they moved to Washington county, Pennsylvania. Harvey. David was born in Baltimore county, Maryland, and moved to Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1814. Joshua Braddock, son of David and grandson of Raphael, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, March 19, 1781, married Susanna Sellers (born October 15, 1783) in 1807, by whom he had ten children - Elizabeth, Sarah, Margaret, David, Susanna, Joshua, Mary, Arena, Anna, and Robert M. Braddock. He moved to Knox county, Ohio, in 1814, and located temporarily in Morgan township, on the Jacob Sellers farm, where he ~ remained until 1816, when he entered six hundred and forty acres of Government land on Schenck's creek, in Morris township. He was'one of the early settlers in that section of country. Possessed of Christian character and high moral worth, he

_ of sport and enjoyed hunting, having killed during his residence in Morris township fifty-four bears, and deer in numbers. He died January 9, 1837.

David, the fourth child and oldest son of Joshua and Susanna Sellers Braddock, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1813; and Catharine Headington was born in Baltimore county, Maryland, March 6, 1817, and they David Braddock and Catharine H. Braddock had twelve children, six

Sacramento, California; J. Thomas, Rebecca H., Eliza A., Arena E., and Ruth A. reside near Charleston, Illinois. Two sons and two daughters died in infancy.

John S., the sixth child and second son is the only member of David Braddock's family residing in Ohio. He was born at the old homestead in Morris township, Knox county, Ohio, December 13, 1844, and received a common school and practical education. He was sent by his father, at the age of nineteen, to Illinois, where he farmed two years. Upon attaining his majority he returned to Knox county, Ohio, and engaged in teaching school during the winters of 1866-7-8-9 and 1870, and travelling the summer months, hunting up, purchasing and selling land warrants. In July, 1870, he went to Nebraska and entered three thousand five hundred acres of land, and in October of the same year located in Mt. Vernon, and engaged in the purchase and sale of real estate, together with the land warrant and scrip business; where, by industry, integrity and promptness he has built up a successful and prosperous business. On the fourth of March, 1869, he married Miss Maggie Burson, daughter of Edward Burson, esq., of Morris township, Knox county, Ohio, who was born January 16, 1851, in Parke county, Indiana.

John S. and Maggie B. Braddock have six children: Orrinda Kate, born September 19, 1870; Edward Burson, born December 3, 1872; Walter David, born March 6, 1875; Maggie May, born May 8, 1877; John Sellers, born June 17, 1879; Alice Anna, born February 23, 1881.

ley is dead. Joel died in Jasper county, Iowa, in 1875. Catharine E. died in 1871. Thomas C. and Lyman P. have deceased. Mr. Blakeley moved to Pike township in 1871, and has since been engaged in farming. He is numbered among the pioneers; is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and one of the good citizens of this township.

BLAIR, Z., son of Joseph Blair, who was a native of Mon+ mouth county, New Jersey, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1811. He came with his parents to Knox county in 1820, and located in Middleberry township, where the family have ever since resided, except about two years in Delaware county, Ohio. Mr. Blair, sr., was a soldier in the War of 1812; wasamusician. He died in 1873, in the ninety-second year of his age. He is one of a family of eleven children, of whom seven are now living. He received an education such as that day afforded in the country. Early in life he learned the trade the red mill owned by Gillman Bryant, and has been engaged in the business ever since. He has been engaged with J. C. & G. Cooper, and John Cooper, for the last twenty years, in putting up mill works in different States for them; he was married July 7, 1835, to Miss Jane, daughter ot William Petigrew, of Mt. Vernon, by whom he had two children, both of whom are dead. Mrs. Blair died in 1842. He married Miss Ann Hanlan in 1847, by whom he had five children, two of whom are living. Mrs. Biair died June 15, 1860.

BLAIR, ISAAC G., Jefferson township, farmer, post office Greenville, the sixth son of William Blair, born in Jefferson township, Knox county, September 16, 1853, where he was raised by his parents and received a common school education. At the age of twenty-two years, November 28, 1875, he married Miss Victoria Critchfield, a daughter of Robert and Emily Critchfield, born in Danville, Knox county, May ro, 1857. Soon after his marriage he located in Greersville, where he remained eighteen months, and then removed to Rosstown, where he performed labor in a flouring-mill for about eight months, when he moved to Brown township, and from there to Jefferson, locating on a part of his father's farm, where he now resides. Their union resulted in one child, Olive Blanche, born July 21, 1878. Farming is his vocation at present.

BLAIR, WILLIAM H., Jefferson township, farmer, post office Greersville; son of Thomas and Phebe Blair, born in Al- Alleghany county, Maryland, October 7, 1808, and _ received a common school education. He remained at home till he arrived at the age of twenty-three years, when he married Levinia Shaw (September 24, 1833), daughter of John Shaw, born in Maryland, June 20, 1814. After his marriage he moved to Knox county with his famify, locating in Danville, and remained about three years, then moved into the neighborhood of Greersville, where he hpurchased a farm of eighty acres; remaining about two years and a half; he then sold and bought fifty acres in Milford township, where he removed and remained eighteen months, then sold and bought fifty acres in Jefferson township, four miles northwest of Greersville, where he then moved and now resides. In 1877 he bought sixty-six acres adjoining him on the west, making one hundred sixteen acres. By their marriage they became the parents of eight children, viz: Thomas H., born December 29, 1834; James F., June 2, 1836, died November 17, 1860; John F., September 27, 1838, died March 25, 1865; Emily M., April 12, 1841, died November 20,

Levinia Blair, his companion, died March 21, 1850, in her thirty-sixth year. November 5, 1850, he married Olive Simpson, widow of Samucl Simpson, born November 11, in Jefferson township, Knox county, 1819. Their marriage resulted in five children, viz: Sarah E., born September 1, 1851; Isaac F., September 16, 1853; Mary F., December 30, 1855; Calvin S., March 18, 1858; Leroy, July 6, 1860; all of whom are living.

BLUBAUGH, MRS. SARAH, post office Rosstown, was born in Jefferson township Knox county, December 9, 1839, and was married January 1, 1860, to H. Blubaugh; settled on a farm, lived there one year, and then moved to their present farm. In 1874 Mr. Blubaugh was killed by falling from a tree. They had three children; Henry, born October 22, 1864; Clinton, born August 20, 1867; and Charles, born July 3, 1870.

BLUE, PETER (deceased), was born near Columbus, Ohio, January 1, 1825, and removed to Jackson township, Knox county, Ohio, at an early age, residing there until his demise, May 8, 1868. He was married August 2, 1849, to Mary Mc- Camment, who was born in Jackson township, February 3, 1829. They had nine children: Laura J., Henrietta E., Ella M., Alice E., Susan M., Wilbur M., James O., Emma B., and Maggie L. Alice died March 7, 1865; Henrietta died May 21, 1879; Laura was married September 16, 1869, to Franklin Giffin, and resides in Coshocton county.

BOGARDUS & CO., hardware dealers, Southwestern quarter, Public Square, Mt. Vernon. Mr. William P. Bogardus, the managing partner, was born in Huntsville, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, August 26, 1841. When seven years of age his parents moved to Wilkesbarre, where he attended Wyoming academy. In 1856 he, in company with his parents, removed to Huron county, Ohio. In 1863 he enlisted.in the United States service, and was enrolled as a member of the Seventh Independent cavalry, which served as Lincoln's body guard. In April, 1865, he received a commission as second lieutenant in the Twenty-fourth regiment United States colored troops. In this position he served until October x, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He returned to his home in Huron county and engaged in farming, which he followed for three years. He then entered the service of the United States express company as messenger, and continued in that capacity until 1870, when he was transferred to Mt. Vernon, to take charge of the express office at that place, where he remained for two years. In May, 1872, he engaged in the hardware business. In this The firm has met with good success from the commencement to the present day. They carry a stock valued from five to six thousand dollars. Their stock comprises mechanics' and builders' hardware, and sash, doors, blinds, and carpenters' supplies.

Mr. Bogardus was married June 1, 1871, to Miss Elizabeth Sperry, daughter of Mr. Jared Sperry, merchant of this city. The issue of this marriage is four children, viz: Anna L., Belinda M., Everett J., and Ruth.

lived in the old country until 1822, when he came to New York. He came to Maryland in 1832, and then went to California in 1860, and remained there fourteen years. He then came to Knox county. He came from California poor and worked on the canal from Rosco to Rochester two years, made some money and bought a farm. He married his first wife in the old country, but she died the first year of their marriage. He married his second wife in Knox county. He has five children. His wife died in 1860. :

BONAR, WILLIAM, a resident on the east side of North Main street, Mt. Vernon, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, May 2, 1805. In the year 1812 his parents came to Ohio, and located in Morris township, this county, where they resided the balance of their lives. His father died May 22, 1844, aged eighty-one years, and his mother died April 18, 1857, in the eighty-eighth year of her age. After their death Mr. Bonar remained on the home farm, having had charge of it some years previous, where he gave his time and attention principally tofarming. In the year 1859 he was elected to the Ohio State legislature, in which he served one term, after which, in 1874, he became a resident of Mt. Vernon, where he has since resided. He was married to Abigail L. Case, daughter of Aaron Case, of Morris county, New Jersey, by whom he had a family of six children, viz: Elizabeth, wife of Rev. J. W. White, of Long Mont, Colorado; Isabella, Caroline and David (deceased); Sarah J., wife of C. W. Vanakin, who isa merchant in Mt. Vernon, on the west side of Main street near public square, and one who died in infancy.

Mr. Bonar has always been an aggressive and progressive man, believing all good improvements should be utilized even if popular opinion did not always sanction then. His speeches in the legislature show an earnestness of purpose and a determination to stand for progress and the right.

BONAR, JOSIAH, Morris township; farmer; post office, Mt. Vernon, was born in 1826, in Morris township, Knox county, Ohio. He was married in 1854, to Margaret A. Swan, who was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, in 1836. They had two daughters: Anna B. and Ada. Ada died in 186s.

Mr. Bonar has always been identified with this county, and owns one of the best improved farms inthe county with modern style buildings, He is a model and enterprising farmer, and has done much to promote the general interest of schools and public enterprise of the township.

BONAR, JOHN, deceased, Morris township, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1803, and was married in 1826, to Lucinda Cooper, who was born in 1805, in Washington county, Pennsylvania. They had three children: Josiah, born in 1827; Catharine, in 1829, and Belle, in 1837.

Mr. John Bonar died in 1860, in Morris township, Knox county, Ohio. He emigrated with his parents, to Knox county, in 1812, who located in Morris township, on a farm that was all in timber, and the country was in its infancy. member of the Congregational church.

BONE, MOSES C., Miller.township, farmer, was born in the county of Cornwall, England, about 1832, and was reared on a farm, In 1852 he emigrated to America and worked at wagon making for some time. He then worked by the month for some time until he had earned enough to set himself up on a rented farm. On account of failure im crops he lost all his previous earnings; but being determined to succed he struggled on until he succeeded in being able to make a purchase of six acres of land: "A few years after, he purchased the farm of one hundred and forty-seven acres on which he now resides, and subsequently purchased adjoining Jand until he now has two hundred and seventy-three acres, and is one of the leading farmers of Miller township. His farm is improved, having a commodinus, new, and substantial dwelling, with all other necessary farm buildings. Mr. Bone is a leading citizen, and is highly esteemed for his many good qualities. He was married March 18, 1858, to Miss Martha White, a native of Pennsylvanla. They had nine children, eight of whom are living, viz.; John H., Lovilla C., Mary Jane, Frank E., Alta Amelia, Charley C., Anna Dell, and Martha M. Burnella has deceased.

BONER, MATTHEW, Wayne township, farmer, post office Fredericktown, born in Knox county in 1831, and was married in 1854 to Hannah Dalrymple, who was born in Knox county in 1831. They have one daughter, Avarilla, who still resides with her parents. Mr. Boner is one of the leading and enterprising men of this township, and one of the official members of the Baptist church.

BONER, F. P., Wayne township, farmer, post office Fredericktown, born in Morrow county, Ohio, in 1853, and was martied in 1877 to Amanda Cooper who was born in Knox county in 1855. They have two children - Mary, born in 1878, and Olla, born in 1880. Mr. Boner has been a resident of Wayne township about fifteen years.

BONNETT, Simon L., retired, Gambier, a son of John and Eva Bonnett, was born in Virginia, October 22, 1814; his father died in 1817, from disease contracted while serving in the War of 1812; his mother married Daniel Blue in 1818. Mr. Bonnett was brought to Franklin county, Ohio, in 1819. by his mother and stepfather. In 1824 they moved to Knox county, Ohio, and located in Jackson township, where his mother is now living at the advanced age of eighty-nine years. In 1828 he returned to his native county.in Virginia, where he remained five years, then in 1833; he emigrated to Coshocton county, Ohio, April 14, 1837, where he married Miss Marinda Boggs, born October 30, 1817. They settled on a farm in Coshocton county, and remained fourteen years. In 1851 he sold his Coshocton farm and purchased one in Harrison township, this county, on which he moved and lived until 1877, when he came to Gambier, where he is now living a retired life. Their union resulted in six children, three sons and three daughters. One of the sons has deceased. His companion departed this life on the twenty-third day of January, 1877. His second wife was Miss Jane Kelley, of Gambier, to whom he was married Juné 30, 1877. Two of his sons, Benjamin L., and Henry W., setved in the war of 186r.

BORDEN, ANDREW T., Hilliar township, proprietor of livery and sale stable, was born in Knox county, March, 1843. His youth was spent on his father's farm and attending the district schools. In 1861, when about seventeen years of age, he enlisted in company F, Sixty-fifth Ohio volunteers. He was with his regiment until the battle of Stone River, where he was taken prisoner and parolled on the field. He was sent to Nashville, Tennessee, where he was taken sick and was discharged on account of physical disability. He returned home, but being in ill health, he took a journey to the west. His first point was Helena, Montana territory. He was engaged there in the mines for about one year. He then went to Hamilton City, Nevada, where he remained for some time. From Nevada he went to Idaho territory. He returned to Nevada, thence to California, and then returned again to Nevada. He came home from Nevada after spending about two years and a half in the various places named. After his return home he clerked in a store in Bellville, Richland county, for about two years. He then went into the livery business in Mt. Vernon, and was engaged in that fora year. He then went to Sunbury, Delaware county, Ohio, where he engaged in the livery and hotel business, in which he was successful. He sold his business in Sunbury and in April, 1880, moved to Centreburgh and opened the livery business. He keeps the latest and best style of rigs, and his teams are above the average. He is affable and pleasant and always ready to wait on his customers. Mr. Borden was married to Miss Agnes C. White, of Belleville, Richland county, Ohio, September 12, 1872.

BELL FAMILY. This family originally came from Pennsylvania to Ohio. James Bell, James Hayes, his brother-in-law, and Benjamin Bell came from Green county, Pennsylvania, and settled in Knox county. Benjamin Bell and James Haves in the spring of 1813, and James Bell in the fall of 1815, bringing with them their families. They settled in what was then an unbroken forest and still the happy hunting ground of the natives, where they lived for near half a century, and by their industry, economy, and frugality, they cleared up large farms and acquired for themselves a competence of this world's good. In religion they were Disciples of Christ; in politics Democrats, to which party their numerous descendants, consisting of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, in all numbering three hundred and three, of whom two hundred and sixty-seven now survive, a large part of whom adhere most tenaciously to the faith of their fathers. September 19, 1878, this family had a reunion near Martinsburgh, Ohio. Rev. Benjamin Bell was president, and Leman A. Bell secretary. There was present a great number of friends and relatives of the family. Hon. William Bell, Professor Harris, Rev. Mitchell, and several others made suitable speeches. The following is a brief history of the family now in Morgan township:

Isaac Bell, son of James Bell, was born in Pennsylvania in 1802; came to Ohio in 1815 with his parents. In 1820 he married Miss Catharine Hanger. They had a family of six children: Amelia, James, Elizabeth, Robinson, Alexander, and Harriet M. Of these Elizabeth and Alexander are dead. Mr. Bell still resides on the farm on which he has lived for many years.

Samuel Bell was born in Pennsylvania December 10, 1800; came with his father, James Bell, to Ohio in 1815. By his marriage he had twelve children, as follows: Nancy, Betsey, Jacob H., William, Julia, Rachael, Orrin W., Lee A., David P., and Letty.

Leman A. Bell was married to Miss C. A. McClelland December 31, 1861. They had two children, Edwin and Ida R. He was reared on a farm and educated at the common schools. He is a leading citizen. He was nominated in the fall of 1877 for county auditor, but was defeated at the ensuing election.

1807; came to Ohio with his parents in 1813. In 1828 he married Rachel Letts. They had a family of nine children. Three died in infancy, The living are Carey, Emily, wife of Charles Vanausdall; Elizabeth, wife of George H. Moore; Carrie, wife of Dr. Garrison, of Utica, Ohio; Dr. R, L., of Springfield, Ohio, and Willis R., of Cass county, Iowa.

Carey Bell spent his youth ona farm. He attended school two years at Granville, Ohio. He married Miss Mary E. Hughes, daughter of George Hughes, March 10, 1854. They had three children. One died in infancy, and the other two were Clara E., wife of Orrin S. Gilbert, of Alexandria, and Hugh C. Mr. Bell is a leading member of the Baptist church. Politically a Republican, which in the Bell family is rare. He was first lieutenant of company I, One Hundred and Fortysecond regiment, Ohio National guards.

BOTTENFIELD, WILLIAM L., Milford township, farmer, was born May 2, 1839, in Green county, Pennsylvania. The Bottenfield family were very early settlers in Washington county, Pennsylvania, but at what time they settled there is not definitely known. There was quite a numerous family there, but their descendants are now mostly scattered over the western States, and but few of the family remain in Pennsylvania. John Bottenfield, the father of William L., was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, April 21, 1788, and married Mary Woodruff, born April 13, 1794, who was a native of New Jersey, born near Elizabethtown. While quite young her parents emigrated to Washington county, Pennsylvania.

Mr. and Mrs. Bottenfield came to Ohio in October, 1839, and located in Milford township, where they remained until their death. John Bottenfield died August 7, 1866; his wife died December, 1871. They had ten children, all of whom are living, and all were born in Pennsylvania: Sarah, widow of Peter Wolff; Joseph, farmer, in Crawford county, Illinois; Barbara, widow of Job Sutton; Meaker, farmer, in Mason county; Esther, wife of William Bishop; Phebe, wife of James McClellan, in Warren county, Iowa; Jane, wife of William Williams, in Warren county, Iowa; Elizabeth, wife of David Martin, in Morris county, Kansas; Nehemiah, farmer in Crawford county, Illinois; and William L., who has always resided in Milford township. He was raised on the farm and has followed farming as his occupation. He is one of Milford's best citizens, and is a strong advocate of any cause which he espouses and which he believes to beright. Heis a man of generous impulses and is always ready to further any enterprize which has for its object the elevation of the community. In politics he isa Democrat of the Jacksonian type, and is one of the leaders of his party in the county. On the eleventh of September, 1872, he, was united in marriage to Clamana L. Stevens, who was born in Milford township, September 27, 1846. They have one child, Lee Malcolm, born October 24, 1873.

Mrs. Emeline Stevens, zee Ferrell, mother of Mrs. Bottenfield, was born in Milford township, March 15, 1818. Her parents came from Litchfield county, Connecticut, about 1816, and settled in what is now Milford township, where they both died. She was joined in marriage to John Stevens in 1843. They had a family of six children, allliving. Mr. Stevens died April, 1862.

BOUTON, HENRY, Wayne township (deceased), born in Tompkins county, New York, in 1801, came to Ohio at the age of sixteen years, and was married to Phebe Rood, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1804. Their children are Jane, Amanda, James M., and Eliza.

Mr. Bouton located in Knox county in 1816, bought timberland, cleared, and improved it, and has at present one of the most beautiful farms of this township. He died April 18, 1877, and was buried at Fredericktown. Mrs. Bouton died August 18, 1878. They were known by many of the earliest settlers of this county.

BOWERS, WILLIAM, farmer, Morris township, post.office Mount Vernon, was born in New Jersey in 1814, went to New York with his parents in 1827, and married Sarah Cosgrove, who was born in New Jersey in 1811. They have two children: Charles, born in 1840, and Louisa, born in 1845.

Mr. Bowers went to Ashland county in 1853, and remained there till 1861, then came to Knox county. He first resided in Mt. Vernon, after which he located on a farm in Morris township, in 1872. Mr. Bowers is a farmer by occupation. Charles Bowers enlisted in company A, Ninety-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, and died at Memphis, Tennessee, July 6, 1863.

BOWLAND), R. M., boot and shoe dealer, Banning block, corner of Main and Vine streets, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, was born September 27, 1832, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he resided until fifteen years old. He thencame to Ohio and located at Martinsburgh and made his first business engfagement as salesman, in which he continued until 1852. He then came to Mt. Vernon and engaged with the firm of Miller & Browning, dry goods merchants, fora short time, after which he entered the employ of J. E. Woodbridge, whom he served four years, he then engaged with the firm of Beam & Mead, where he served six years, the firm then dissolved, and he remained with D. W. Mead, one of the firm, until 1869, when he bought out Mr. Grant, of the firm of Grant & Atwood, and did business under the firm name of Atwood & Bowland until 1876, since which Mr. Bowland has been sole proprietor. He carrys a stock of about four thousand dollars, 'consisting of boots and shoes, and has one of the largest and most complete stocks in this line in the city, doing a business of from twenty to twenty-five thousand dollars per year.

BOYD, JOHN, Mt. Vernon, was born January 20, , 1808, is a native of Allegheny City, where he received his education, and when seventeen years old engaged with James Taylor, of Pittsburgh, to learn the baking business, at which he served four years; he then engaged in business for himself, in which he continued about one and a half years, when he went to Louisville, Kentucky, where he worked at the business for some time; he next went to St. Louis and remained in business there until 1836, when he returned to Pittsburgh and remained there until December of that year; he then came to this State, locating in Mt. Vernon, where he engaged in the grocery and baking business, in which he continued until 1866, when he engaged in the business at Smith's Ferry, Pennsylvania, where he remained fonr years (during which his family remained in Mt. Vernon), after which he returned in 1870, since which he has been engaged in various ways. He was collector in 1872-3, and from 1873 to 1875 was first clerk in the pension office at Washington, District Columbia. He was elected township trustee in 1875 in which office he still continues. He was married April 22, 1830, to Miss Margaret O'Hanlan, daughter of Michael O'Hanlan, of Pittsburgh, by whom he had a family of eight children, viz.: John C., William, Rovert A., Maggie A., George W., and W. H. (twins), Mary, and Sadie; four are living, viz., William, Maggie A., George W., and Sadie. Mr. Boyd enlisted in 1864 and served in the One Hundred and Forty-second Ohio National guard, and his sons, John C., and William, were in the Eightysecond Onio volunteer infantry, and George was in the Twentieth Ohio volunteer infantry. °

BOYD, SAMUEL, of Fredericktown, deceased, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1811; came to Knox county, Ohio, in 1864, and was married to Matilda Hastings, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1820. They had the following children, viz.: Sarah J., now Mrs. John W. Leedy; and William, who married Anna B. Mane; they reside on the home place. Mr. Samuel Boyd died in 1874. He was a farmer by occupation. Mrs. Boyd still resides on the home place.

BOYD, THOMAS, farmer and wool-grower, Brown township, post office, Jelloway, son of James and Nancy Boyd, born in Leesville, Carroll county, Ohio, January 13, 1828. At the age of six months his parents died, and he lived with Archibald Elliott until he was thirteen years old. Thomas then worked among the farmers until he arrived at the age of sixteen, when he entered into a contract with David Copper to work for five years for the sum of one hundred dollars and a freedom suit. After that he followed farming and dealing in stock. On the twentieth of March, 1850, at the age of twenty-two years, he married Miss Mahala, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth, Norrick,born in Harrison county, January 13, 1828; after his marriage he moved to Brown township, Knox county, where he purchased forty acres of land, and there located and reared his family. In 1851 hebought fifty-three acres of woodland adjoining him; and in about three years bought thirty-three acres more. In addition to that, he in 1862 bought seventy-five acres, and in 1871 fifty acres more, making in all two hundred and forty-eight acres. In 1871 Mr. Boyd erected avery fine dwelling, which, with other buildings to correspond, make avery desirable and comfortable home. Formerly Mr. Boyd followed buying and shipping stock in connection with farming, but is at present giving his attention to raising fine sheep. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd are the parents of eleven children, yiz,: James W., Hezekiah F., Elizabeth a5 Emelia U., Daniel W., Jemima A., Thomas M. (died August 27, 1867), Olive B., Ettie P.; one died in infancy, leaving nine living. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd are consistent members of the Wesleyan Methodist church of Shadley Valley.

BOYD, WILLIAM, farmer, was born in Clay township, where he has always resided. He was married to Henrietta McWilliams; they have two children, viz.: Charles and Lorena.

BOYLE, MICHAEL, isa native of Londonderry, Ireland, where he was born Christmas eve of 1797. and resided until his nineteenth year, when he came to this country and settled in Baltimore, Maryland, where he worked at his trade (learned the trade of house plasterer in Iraland) for about four years, after which he worked in Pennsylvania, Buffalo, New York, and several other places for a aumber of years. He then engaged in the real estate business in Buffalo, in which he was at first very successful, but finally met with reverses, when he concluded to move to St. Louis, Missouri, but when he got as far as Newark, Ohio, he concluded to settle in Ohio. He settled in Mt. Vernon in 1837, where he has ever since remained, working at his trade until his age warned him it was about time to retire. He was married December 11, 1836, to Miss M. Boyle of Buffalo, New York, by whom he has had a family of seven children, of whom only three are living: John, Michael, and Edward.

BOYLE, EDWARD, dealer in tobacco, cigars, etc., was born in Mt. Vernon, June 14, 1859, and was educated in the public schools. When seventeen years of age he commenced selling papers as a newsboy, which he followed until he was twenty years old, when by economy and industry he had enough money to buy out J. M. Roberts' cigar store. He now carries a large stock of cigars, tobacco, confectionery, daily papers, ete.

BRADDOCK, JAMES A., Fredericktown, butcher, was born in Knox county, December 22, 1848, was married in 1870, to Nora A. Phillips, who was born in Knox county, November 21, 1851. They reside in Fredericktown. His father, Joshua Braddock, (deceased) was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1818,. He was married in 1839, to Margaret Dutbin, who was born in Knox county, in 1819. They had the following family: Emeline, born March 10, 1840; Jefferson, October 30, 1841; Levi, July 10, 1844; Elizabeth, October 30, 1846; John D, and James D. December 2, 1848; Rebecca, February 9, 1851.

Joshua Braddock came to his death by being kicked by a horse, December 5, 1874, in Morris township. His occupation was farming and dealing in stock. He was one of the leading men of this county.

BRADDOCK, LEVI S., Morris township, farmer, post office Mt. Vernon, was born in this county in 1844, and martied in 1866 to Elizabeth J. Brumbaugh, who was born in this county in 1848. They have one daughter, viz, Stella M. Braddock.

The father of Mrs. Braddock, Daniel Brumbaugh, deceased, was a native of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, who came to Knox county at a very early day, with asmall pack. He wasa shoemaker of very small means, but by industry and economy he succeeded in accumulating wealth. He made his first purchase in Monroe township of fifty-five acres of land, for two hundred and twenty-five dollars, and finally became the owner of three hundred and thirty acres, and at the time of his death was worth over thirty thousand dollars.

BRADDOCK, JOHN D., Pleasant township, son of Joshua and Margaret Braddock, was born in Knox county, Ohio, December 2, 1848. On the tenth day of October, 1875, he married Miss Minerva McIntire, born in Holmes county, Ohio, in 1851, daughter of John and Mary McIntire. They settled in Morris township, this county, remained until the spring of 1878, when he purchased and moved on the farm in Pleasant township, where they are now living, located on the Martinsburgh road, five miles from Mt. Vernon. His business is farming and stock raising.

BRADFIELD, JAMES W., Union township, farmer, son of John and Amy Bradfield, was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, December 6, 1819. His father died in 1820, leaving him without paternal care. In 1836 he, in company with his mother, his uncle, James P. Bradfield, and wife, his sister and her husband, Ferdinand Bolon, emigrated to Knox county, and located on a farm now owned by Mr. J. W. Bradfield, adjacent to Danville, where his brother-in-law, Mr. Bolon, died August 28, 1837. His uncle, James P. Bradfield, died on the same farm, in the winter of 1845. During the winter of 1837, the subject of this sketch, and his mother and sister, moved on a farm in Brown township, this county, where his sister married Robert D. Barr, of the same township, and he and his mother made their home with Mr. and Mrs. Barr several years. Mr. J. W.

Bradfield married Miss Sarah A. Sapp, July 6, 1845. She was born in Union township, Knox county, November 6, 1824, and is the daughter of Leviand Mary Sapp. They settled in Brown township, and remained until 1850. He purchased and moved on a farm in Howard township, near the Catholic church, where they lived ten years, and in 1860 he purchased and moved on the farm where they are now living, in Union township, near Danville. They have five sons and four daughters. He wasa millwright by trade, and made that his principal vocation until he was about forty years of age, when he turned his attention to farming, and is at present farming and stock-raising, making fine sheep a specialty. He filled the office of county commissioner from 1861 to 1867. He held the office of justice of the peace from 1860 to 1866, and was internal revenue assessor from 1862 to 1869. Heisa man that is well known in the county, and highly esteemed by all his acquaintances. After the death

BRADFIELD, CHARLES ROBERT, Liberty township, physician, Mt. Liberty post office. He was born in Union township, May, 1846. His youth was spent on the farm and attending district school. He attended school at Hayesville and Danville. While on the farm he read anatomy during his leisure time. When about seventeen years of age he went to read medicine with Dr. L. W. Sapp, a Homeopathic physician of Cleveland, but changed his purpose and read with Drs. Sapp and Balmer of Danville, physicians of the regular school. He read wlth them three years and attended lectures in Cleveland, and finished his course at Detroit, Michigan, in 1870.

His first practice was with his preceptors at Danville, where he remained until 1872, when he came to Mt. Liberty. Hesoon secured a large practice and has been successful in retaining it. He is social in his manners and liberal in his views.

He was married to Miss Sarah Dunlap, daughter of Salathiel Dunlap, of Butler township, January, 1868. They have three children - Stella, born December 14, 1869, died July, 1871; Lizzie A., born May 3, 1871; Dale, born January ro, 1870.

BRADRICK, JOHN, Berlin township, farmer and carpenter, post office, Fredericktown, born in Belmont county in 1818, and was married in Richland county to Elizabeth Jane Beans, who was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, in 1822. They had five children, viz: Mortimer, born in 1849; Wilson, in 1851; Harrison, in 1854; Paul A. (deceased), in 1856; and Jonathan, jr. (deceased), in 1858. Mrs. Elizabeth]. Bradrick died in 1874.

His second marriage was to Mariam Gibson (Tavenner), who was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, in 1836. Mr. Bradrick came to Richland county in 1833, and remained there till 1849, when he located in Berlin township, this county.

When a young man he learned the carpenter trade; he built a barn on the farm of James Trayer in 1836, and in 1876 he built a barn on the same location for Isaac Leedy, and has worked at his trade in different localities.

Elizabeth was married to Daniel Fallen, now living in Perry township, Richland county. Catharine died in 1879. George died in 1852. Margaret was married to A. C. Huntsman, now of Richland county. Lorain is engaged in the study of medicine with Dr. Hall, of Fredericktown, and attending lectures at Chicago. Leroy is residing with his parents.

Richland county, Ohio; born July 3, 1831. When about seven years old his father moved to Knox county and located about one mile west of Mt. Vernon. There he resided three years when he returned to Richland county and located three-fourths of a mile east of Shelby. After residing there three years he again moved, making a home in Crawford county. Mr. Branyan, senior, died July 5, 1845.

After the death of his father young Branyan returned to Richland county and resided there for some three years, and then went to Gambier and engaged in learning the blacksmith trade with Mr. F. Penhorwood, and served three years. At the expiration of his apprenticeship he opened a shop for himself, and conducted it for two years. The four following years were spent in travelling and working as a journeyman in different places in Ohio and Indiana. After thus travelling he came to Mt. Vernon and for two years worked asa journeyman, after which he opened a shop for himself. He does a business of about two thousand dollars per year, and makes horseshoeing a specialty, having a thorough knowledge of the theory of shoeing track and draft horses, and all other departments of shoeing. He does also all kinds of job work and repairing on short notice. All work first class and warranted. Mr. Branyan bas represented his ward in the city council.

BREECE, EDSON J., Fredericktown, painter; was born in Fredericktown in 1829, and married in 1852 to Ruth Snow, who was born in Lake county in 1828. They have three children, viz: Elva I., born in 1853; Etta M., in 1855, and Ellsworth W., in 1866. Mr. Breece enlisted in company H, O. N. G,, during the late war and served out the time of his enlistment, receiving an honorable discharge. He is engaged in house and carriage painting, and is a skilful mechanic.

BREECE, ADAM, Pleasant township, farmer; son of Adam and Eliza Breece; was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, May 29, 1832. He was brought to Coshocton county, Ohio, by his parents in 1836, where he was brought up on a farm, and has followed farming as his principal vocation. In 1855 hecame to Knox county and located in Harrison township, where he married Miss Elizabeth Biggs in 1859, born in 1836 and daughter of Levi Biggs. They settled in the same township, and remained until 1869, when he purchased and moved on the farm in Pleasant township, where he is now living. They have a family of seven children, four sons and three daughters.

BRENT, REV. JULIUS, deceased, former pastor of St. Vincent De Paul's Catholic church, Mt. Vernon, and of St. Luke's, near Danville, Ohio, was born in the city of London, on the twentieth of February, 1827. He was the youngest of six children of Samuel and Anne Virtue Brent. His father and grandfather were ship-builders, who at one time had a large interest in the London and Greenwich docks, and had during the 'thirty years war" amassed a considerable fortune in building menof-war vessels for the British Government. After the close of the war by the treaty of Ghent the business of ship building declined, and little was done in that line except in remodelling war vessels into merchantmen. This the Brents refused to engage in as being out of the province of the business proper. Reverse of fortune caused Mr. Brent to turn his eyes to America in the hope of retrieving his losses, and in® 1829 he settled with his family in Brooklyn, Long Island, New York. In 1835 the family immigrated to Knox county, locating in Brown township, on the farm that the elder sons Edmund (Judge Brent of this city) and Edgar (the father of Samuel J. Brent, the present clerk of the court), had commenced clearing of the primitive forest the year before. Change of circumstances and of habit told severely upon Mr. Brent, and after a lingering illness he died in the autumn following his arrival. The eastern portion of Knox county was largely settled by immigrants from Maryland, who brought with them the faith that their fathers had learned from the pious missionary fathers of Lord Baltimore's Catholic colony. The sincere and earnest lives of these good people attracted the attention of the '' English folks," and when the good priests came to administer to the religious needs of the ''settlement" they sought them out, obtained Catholic books, made themselves acquainted with the doctrines of the church, and when Father John Lamy, now archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was sent by the bishop of Cincinnati to take charge of St. Luke's mission, near Danville, the entire family, one member after the other, were received into the fold of the Catholic church.

Young Julius at once resolved to devote himself to the minis; try, and his good mother, at no little sacrifice and effort, advised by Father Lamy, placed him at the age of thirteen, under the care of the learned and saintly Father Amick, then prefect and professor of St. Xavier's college at Cincinnati. From his mother and sisters he had obtained the rudiments of an education so 'that he at once-entered upon the college course. His conduct here was in every respect unexceptionable. An assiduous student, an agreeable comrade, he won the love and' respect of both professors and fellow-students, and at the end of each year few carried off more, if as many, of the college prizes. The venerable archbishop of Cincinnati, learning of his desire to enter the ministry of the priesthood, and pleased with the good account of his abilities and deportment that he had received from the Jesuit fathers at St. Xavier's, sent him to the seminary of St. Sulpice, Paris, to study theology. He made the arduous curriculum in four years, and at the age of twenty-four was ordained priest, June, 1851. On his return home he visited the family relatives in England, arriving at Cincinnati, and reporting to the archbishop for duty in September of the same year. While at the archbishop's house, he learned the sad news of his brother Edgar's death from Asiatic cholera, the week previous. The archbishop gave him the choice of the mission at Chillicothe or of returning to the scenes of his early boyhood in Knox county. He chose the latter, and when in later years better places in point of numbers and prominence were offered him, his invariable answer was that he preferred his first love. For over twenty-three years he was pastor of St. Vincent de Paul's at Mt. Vernon, and of St. Luke's near Danville, attending each place, week and week about, besides giving a monthly mission at St. Michael's chapel, among the German Catholics of Jefferson township, Knox county, and the south part of Ashland county. No weather, indisposition, pleasure or engagement, except the order of his ecclesiatical superior, prevented him from making these weekly trips. In all these years, but two who had sent for him in their dying moments were reached by him too late to receive at his hands the last rites of the church. At Danville his saintly mother assisted by his sister Emma, presided over his household up to the time of her death in April, 1854. Emma continued his housekeeper till her death in April, 1873. At Mt. Vernon his sister Frances, ''Aunt Fanny"' as she is so welland lovingly known, not only among the relatives of the family and entire congregation, but to many outside, has continuously kept house for him. To the orphan children of his brother Edgar and of his sister Isabella (Mrs. Tardeville), he took the place of a father and his house or houses became, much of their time, their home. 'The old homestead in Brown township has been sold, and the proceeds invested in property in Covington, Kentucky, while Father Brent was in France. This was sold at an advance after he returned and became located in Knox county, and the proceeds again invested in real estate, near the church property at Danville. In improving and farming this land, Father Brent spent much of the leisure time not eccupied in his clerical duties. At the same time it was earnest work with him and hard; it was not in his nature to do anything slightingly. ''If anything is worth doing at all it is worth doing well'' was a motto that he practiced as wellas endeavored to impress upon the young men with whom he often labored.

In 1874 the ordinary of the Columbus diocese determined to separate the Mt. Vernon and Danville charges and give each a pastor. Since then Father Brent has given this congregation his undivided attention. In'1863 he had a very severe attack of rheumatism, which he bore with the greatest resignation, but from the effects of which he never recovered. This fact, and the death of his sister Emma, doubtless had much to do with hig selecting Mt. Vernon rather than the country congregation a' Danville, for country life and its labors and pleasures were naturally dear to him. The land near St. Luke's was sold at a handsome advance and the proceeds invested in a farm near Mt. Vernon, as a provision for himself and sister in old age and the decrepitude, that he feared was overtaking him prematurely. For the last year or two before his death he was an intense sufferer, but never complained, and seldom spoke of his trouble; so much was this the case that his most intimate friends did not anticipate the danger he was in. By the advice of his physician he had resolved upon taking a trip for the benefit of his health, but the resolution was too late. Father Brent died at his late residence in Mt. Vv ernon, July 22, 1880.

BRENT, SAMUEL J., Mount Vernon, clerk of the court, was born in Brown township, Knox county, Ohio, September 25, 1839." His father, Edgar Brent, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, when Samuel was about twelve years of age. His father, dying, left him to be educated by his mother. Samuel attended St. Mary's of the Barrens, in Missouri, and at Bardstown, Kentucky. He graduated at St. Mary's college at Cincinnati, (Bishop Rosecrans, president), in the class of 1861. December 31, 1861, he enlisted in company B, Fiftieth Ohio volunteer infantry for three years. His regiment consolidated with the Sixty-first, and he was then discharged from the Sixtyfirst to take a commission as second lieutenant in the Fiftysecond Ohio volunteer infantry. He was detailed asa signal officer, and commissioned by the President, with the consent of the United States Senate. He remained with the corps until the general order of discharge, August 22, 1865. After his discharge from the signal corps, he completed his law studies and was admitted to the bar in June, 1866. In the fall of 1869 he was nominated and elected clerk of the courts, and again reelected in 1872. He remained out of office for three years, and was, in 1878, reelected for the third time, which office he still holds. He was married to Miss Mary A. Zimmerman, daughter of the late F. J. Zimmerman, of Mt. Vernon, September 27, 1864. By this union, four children, all daughters, were born.

Mr. Brent's father was English by birth. His mother, whose maiden name was Magers, was a descendant of ILord Baltimore, of the Maryland colony. :

BRENT, C. F., Mount Vernon; was born October 27, 1848, in Covington, Kentucky, but when about two years of age his parents came to Knox county, Ohio, and settled near Danville, where they remained until 1860, when they moved several times in the next two years; came to Mt. Vernon in November, 1862, where they have since resided. In April, 1864, he engaged in the printing business, at which he worked until 1867, when he came back to Mt. Vernon; he then went to work for Mr. Kendrick at cigar making, with whom he served until 1875, when he went to Columbus and worked until December 8, 1877, on the Catholic Columbian, when he returned to Mt. Vernon and opened up a cigar factory, wholesaleing exclusively until May 1880, when he moved to a new place of business, and now is engaged in manufacturing and retailing cigars, tobacco and smokers articles.

BRICKER FAMILY, Liberty township. Ludwig Bricker, the grandfather of the original Brickers of Liberty township, was a soldier of the Revolution. He entered two thousand acres of land in what is now the northeast corner of Liberty township. He was a resident of Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he lived and died. Banning Norton, in his History of Knox county, says that Lewis Bricker came to Liberty township about 1810; but David Bricker says he came prior to that time, as Lewis Bricker, his brother, was born in this township in 1807. Ludwig or Lewis Bricker induced his son, Peter, and George Lewis, a relative of the family, to come out and settle the land he had entered. Accordingly they brought their families. They remaind one night, and by noon the next day they were on their way back to Pennsylvania. They saw many Indians, heard the wolves howling, and the owls hooting. They agreed with their wives to let the land go to the devil and they would return to Pennsylvania, as they thought no one would or could ever live in the Owl Creek country. He however induced some of his tribe to settle this land. He finally got Peter, George, Jacob, David, Solomon, Lewis, Catharine, Rachel, and Mrs. Lewis, to come here. From these have descended the Brickers of this county, mostly. David went to Morgan township. All the original Brickers remained in this township but David.

The Bricker family became quite numerous, and it is not our purpose to write or follow up the family of each, but give such an outline of the family that it will be preserved to their descendants. Among these is David Bricker, grandson of Peter Bricker, and son of Peter Bricker, one of the first of the family who came to Ohio. He was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, October 30, 1805. His parents came, April, 1806, to Ohio. David was raised as were pioneer children, with but few educational advantages; he, however, acquired sufficient to transact business. On the twelfth day of October 1830, he married Sarah Beam. They had nine children, five living - Malinda, Jacob, Wilson, Marshal, and Jerome. Lewis P. Bricker, one of this family, was born November 5, 1807, in what is now Liberty township. It is said ne was the first white child born in this township. December 6, 1832, he was married to Sarah White. She was born July 7, 1809. They hada family of eight children - Abigail, born November 24, 1833, married Nelson Bidwell; Margaret E., born July 6, 1836, married Nicholas Darling; Ann Rebecca, born April 19, 1839, married Mortimer Hayatt; Mary Sophia, born June 5, 1841, married William Gray; Sarah E., born March 24, 1844, married John Creamer; Viola M., born July 21, 1846, married L. B. Lewis; Peter, born December 28, 1848; Alexander, born November 29, 1852.

We might go on and follow up this family, tracing the different branches, but it will suffice to say that our work does not admit of so much space being occupied by one family. The Bricker family are_good citizens, industrious and well-to-do people.