Madison County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1883 (part 7 of 13)

1839, aged seventy- seven years. William Campbell, the father of our subject, was bora in Maryland., August 17, 1801, emigrated to Ohiu and settled in. Madison County, in quite an early day, while a young, single man, and here he was married to Sarah Moore, October 20, L831, by whom ho had eight children - seven now surviving - Laura (married John Lucy), James J., William, Alexander. Eli G., Benjamin M., Sarah, John "W (deceased), and Oreighton E. (now a resident of Montana). Of these sons, all but the youngest served in the war of the rebellion. James, Alexander and John enlisted in the spring of 1801, in the Twenty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three years, or during the war. James was taken prisoner and was confined in the Libby and Andersonville Prisons, and suffered untold hardships in those terrible places during a period of eighteen months' confinement: was almost starved to death, and when released was but a living skeleton. Alexander and John saw hard service and had many narrow escapes. John, afterserving nearly one year, was taken sick with camp fever, and returned home on furlough, where, after lingering about three months, on May 19, 1802, died, and his remains now rest in Oak Hill Cemetery, at London. Eli was in the three months' service, but was out about four months. Benjamin enlisted in a company of cavalry in the spring of 1865, and was with Sherman through the South till the close of the war. Mr. Campbell followed farming through life in Union and Deer Creek Townships. In his early life, he was Captain of a rifle company, which was mustered at appointed times, when they would camp out for several days and perform regular drill service; this practice was followed for several years. Mr. Campbell died December 17, 1857, aged fifty-six years. His wife died March 27, 1882, aged seventy-four years. Eli G. , the subject of this sketch, was born, raised and grew to manhood in Deer Creek Township, and has passed the most of his life on the Gwynne farm, where he now resides. This farm consists of 3,300 acres, one of the largest and best stock farms in the county. It is the estate of E. W. Gwynne (deceased), one of the early settlers, which is inherited by two grandchildren - Edmiston and Marie Gwynne. Mr. Campbell has had the entire superintendence of this large farm since the death of Mr. Gwynne - a period of fifteen years. Mr. Campbell married Eliza J. Buntin, March 0, 1807; she is a daughter of James and Catharine Buntin, natives of Ireland. Eliza was born in Deer Creek Township, in February, 1842, and died February 15, 1870, aged twenty-eight years. By her he had twins (deceased). The large brick residence on this farm, an important tavern stand in an early day. where all the stages and passengers used to stop on their journey from Columbus to Springfield, prior to the building of the National road, or the day of railroads, and on a pane of glass still in one of the windows, is engraved the name "George E. Kummer, New York, September, 1830," a passenger, engraved by himself, where it has remained over half a century. Mr. Campbell is one of the active business men of the community, and the position he holds, in charge of this large stock farm, imposes upon him a great responsibility, he having 400 head of cattle to attend to, and 400 acres in cultivation, principally in com.

WILLIAM DILLOAV, farmer, P. (). La Fayette, was born in Madison County January 11, 1833, he is a son of John and Margaret B. Dillow, natives of Virginia, where they were married. About 1825 to 1828, they removed to Ohio and settled in Monroe Township, Madison County, where they resided the greater portion of the balance of their lives. He died in Pike Township, in November. L879, aged seventy two years; and she died in June, 1880, aged seventy years. They had eleven children, seven now survive - Susan, now Mrs. Mayberry; Margaret P., now Mrs. Scranton; Nancy Ann, now Mrs. Campbell; Mary, Hugh, William and James. The subject of this sketch was brought up to farm labor, and was married to Rebecca Chambers, who was born in New Jersey January 6, 1835, a daughter of Samuel and Ann (Simon) Chambers, natives of New Jersey, who came to Ohio and settled in Madison County about 1850, where they have since resided; they are now residents of Jefferson. They have had eight children, four now surviving - James, Samuel, William H. and Rebecca. Mr. Dillowand wife have five children, William B., born December 20, 1856; Wintield Scott, born November 9, i860; Mary Jane, born May 27, 1863; Katie Ann, born February 28, 1866, and Margarei Elta, born November 16, 1869. Mr. Dillow has made farming his business through life, and all iu Monroe and Deer Creek Townships. In the spring of 1881, he purchased his present property in La Fayette, to which he moved and where he has since resided. He is one of the reliable and respected farmers of Deer Creek Township, where he has the general confidence of the people. He served as Township Treasurer in 1881. He is a worthy member of Lodge No. 70, I. O. O. F., of London, to which he has belonged eight years.

A. N. FOX, farmer, P. O. La Fayette, was a native of Madison County, Ohio, born November 7, 1838, and is a son of John and Elizabeth Fox, he a native of New York, and she of Champaign County, Ohio. The grandfather, Daniel Fox, was a native of Germany, who emigrated to America about 1876, and married Abigail Allen, a native of New York. They settled in that State, where they resided till 1813, when they removed to Ohio and settled in Champaign County ; they afterward removed to Madison County, where he remained till his death. John, the father of our subject, was born in 1801, and was twelve years of age when they settled in Champaign County, and there grew to manhood, and married Elizabeth Jones, a native of that county, born in 1805. In 1836, they removed to Madison County and settled in Pike Township, where they lived till their death; she died May 11, 1846, and he July 28, 1868. They had eight children, six now survive - Rudolph, William R., John N., A. N., Alma (wife of Thomas Cantrall), and Henry C. Rudolph (resides in Marion County, Ohio). and the others all reside in Kansas but our subject. Mr. John Fox, after locating in Madison County, entered upon the mercantile trade at Bosedale, where he continued several years, also serving as Postmaster during thi-, time. He then sold out his store and purchased a farm, and for twent} -five years devoted his attention to farming. Then he again entered upon mercantile trade at Liverpool, where he continued business till bis death. He was also Postmaster while in business in Liverpool. Mr. Fox was an enterprising, thoroughgoing, business man. He started in life without capital, and by his own industry and good business management he accumulated ;i good property. At his death he owned 136 acres of land, besides quite an amount of personal an< I other property at Liverpool. His character and integrity were undoubted; he was a member and an earnesl worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church from his early manhood, and was a Steward and Elder in the church for many years. Our subject was raised to farm labor, and in his early life taught school for several years. He was married, November 27, 1862, to Clarinda J. Baker, who was born in Delaware Counts. Ohio, November 30, 1843. and was a daughter of Hiram E. and Margaret J. (Wilson) Baker, he a native of New York, and she of Ohio. They had nine children - eight now survive - Clarinda J., Ellen M (wife of

L. G. Huff),. Lester, Oscar, Sallie (wife of Christian Kaufman), Eugene, Etta and Edgar. Mr. Baker and wife now reside in Morrow County, Ohio, where he is engaged in farming, abusiness which he has followed the greater part of his life, and is one of the prominent leading men of that county. Mr. Fox and wife have live children - Edgar B., born October 2, 1863; Gertrude, born December 30, 1865; Grace, born January 13. L869; Eva, born October 19, 1870; and Ross, born December 3, 1878. Mr. Fox. after his marriage, settled on the old home place near Liverpool, where he lived two years; then he purchased a farm on Barron Run, where he resided till 1873, when, in February of that year, he located on the farm where he now resides. He served Pike Township as Clerk several years.

JAMES B. GARRETT, farmer, P. O. London, a native of Madison County, born January 15, 1830, is a son of Alfred and Jane Garrett, natives of Virginia. The grandfather, Benjamin Garrett, also a native of Virginia, married in that State, and soon after, probably about 1805-6, removed to Kentucky, remaining there but a short time, when he moved with his family to Chillicothe, Ohio, which was about 1800-8. He there left his family for safety from the Indians, which were then very troublesome, and came to what is now Madison County, selected his location, and for protection erected a block-house on Coniac Run, after which he brought his family here. Subsequently he moved their house a short distance south of the London & Jefferson pike, where he remained till his death. He was buried on his farm, in a lot set off for a family burying-ground, and it is believed he was the first person buried there. Alfred Garrett, the father of our subject, was about ten years old when brought to this county by his parents, and here grew to manhood, fully inured to the trials and dangers of those early days. He was married to Jane Boggs,- a native of Virginia, and settled and spent his whole life in Deer Creek Township, with the exception of one year's res idence in Somerford Township, and nearly his whole life, to the time of his death, was spent on the old farm of his father, where they first located in 1808 - a period of about seventy years. He was one of the true pioneers, and with his father, ranks among the first settlers of the Township. He died December 14, 1878, aged seventy-nine years. His wife died in March, 1858, aged forty- five years.' They had eleven children, three now survive - James B., our subject, Alfred, Edward and Solomon. The subject of this sketch was born, raised and grew to manhood in sight of where he now lives. He was married, February 26, L852, to Elizabeth Flight, who was born in Pennsylvania October 7, L832, a daughter of Nicholas and Barbara Flight, natives of Pennsylvania, who removed to Ohio in the fall of 1836, and settled in London, and then located in this township, where he died October 11, 1862, aged sixty-live years. His wife died November II. L869, aged seventy-seven years. They had but one child - Elizabeth. Mr. Garrett and wife have had ten children - Mary C, born December L6, 1852, and died October 2, L862; James Manuel, born December 12. L854, died November 14, 1876: Barbara Jane, born May 6, 1857; William Henry, born October 11, 1850. died September 29,1862; Edward Smith, born May 28, 1862. died October 8, L862; John Marrion, bom March 21, L864; Benjamin Wilson, born December I. L866, died February 21. 1868; Earnest Linwood, born July 31. 1869, died February 21. 1870; Pearl Wilbert, born January 7, 1871; and Harrison Jefferson, born December 13. 18/3. and died April 18, 1878. Mr. Garrett, after his marriage, located in the north part of Deer Creek Township, on the Wahoo Plains, where they lived about five

ALFRED KILGORE, farmer, P. O. La Fayette, a native of Madison County, born October 24, 1824, is a son of James and Sarah Kilgore, natives of Kentucky. The grandparents were John and Lydia Kilgore, who were very early settlers of Kentucky, and endured terrible hardships and run many risks and narrow escapes from the hostile savages. They finally removed to Ohio and were among the first settlers of that county. He was in the war of 1812, and died while in the army. The maternal grandfather was Skinner Hutson, a native of England, who became an early settler of Kentucky. Sarah Kilgore, the mother of our subject, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., in 1789. She married Jonathan Denton in 1806. Their lives were full of suffering and danger. They settled near Vincennes, Ind., and were often driven to take refuge in the fort by savage Indians. Their eventful lives were continued but a few ' years together, as Mr. Denton fell in the war with the savages, under Gen. Hull, and she was left alone with three small children to care for. Her circumstances were such that she was compelled to return to her parental roof in Kentucky. But in her eventful career during the few years she lived in Indiana, she proved herself to be a brave woman. AVhile her husband was in the war, she would leave the fort every day at the risk of her life to attend to the stock they left on their farm. On one of these occasions, in company with her sister-in-law, they saw, on approaching their cabin, that Indians had taken possession of the house. They came out and demanded the horse they were riding, and finding them inexorable, they told the Indians if they must give up the horse they must first feed him, as he had not been fed that day; so on pretense of feeding the horse, the Indians left them and returned into the house; then they turned their horse and made for the fort as rapidly as possible. Subsequently, Mrs. Denton's sister-in-law and all their family were murdered by the Indians, it was believed in revenge for not obtaining that horse. Such brave. Christian patriots deserve to be held in everlasting remembrance. In 1814, she married, for her second husband, James Kilgore, the father of om subject, who was born in Bourbon County, Ky., in 1791. They settled in Fayette County, Ohio, on the home place with his mother and her family, and there resided till 1824, when they removed to Madison County and settled near Midway. Subsequently, they became residents of the James Rankin farm near London. He and his wife lived very happily together for nearly fiftyeight years, and until death removed her from all earthly relations, November 3, 1872. She left eight children, thirty-eight grandchildren, forty-nine great-grandchildren, and one of the fifth generation. She had consecrated herself to Christ at the age of sixteen, a few years after the beginning of the present century, when the war-whoop was common. Many good sermons and many class meetings did she enjoy in the primitive houses. She was an active class-meeting Methodist Christian, having for a long time performed the duties of an assistant class-leader. Mr. Kilgore survived her till April 10, 1870, and his remains were interred in the Paint Township Cemetery, in the presence of a large concourse of friends and acquaintances. In his earlier life, for ten years he was Captain of a company of militia, and was ever afterward known as Capt. James Kilgore. He was Justice of the Peace for many years; an excellent neighbor and a most worthy citizen. Five children now survive - Deborah, Isaac, Alfred. Henry and Martha. The subject of this sketch married Margaret Dougherty, September 10, 1 849. She was born in Fayette County, Ohio, February 3, 1828, and a daughter of James and Susanna Dougherty, natives of Virginia, who came among the early settlers of Highland County, Ohio, when young, and were married there. Subsequently, they removed to Fayette County, where she died October 1, 1852, aged sixty-sis years. They had fourteen children, four now living - Andrew, Henry, Mary Jane (wife of Jacob Young), and Margaret. Subse quentty Mr. Daugherty removed to Indiana and married Mrs. Scott. Afterward they removed to Minnesota, where he died. Mr. Kilgore and wife have had four sons and four daughters, seven now surviving - John O, born July 3, 1850; Amanda Jane, August 12, 1854 (wife of William Corson); Ella, February 26, 1859; James S., Nov. 19, 1864; Edith B., November 24, 1868; Minnie, January 21, 1872, and Bruce, born January L6, 1876. Mr. Kilgore has devoted his life to farming, and all in Madison County. He and wife were raised to pioneer life. They started out in life with no means, and although Mr. Kilgore, at one time suffered much from an affection of his hip, yet, by their combined industry and economy, they have accumulated a good competency; have a good farm of 112 acres, with good buildings and improvements, constituting a pleasant home and farmer's residence.

JOHN LOHR, farmer, P. O. London, was born in Shenandoah County. Va., April 1, 1816; he is a son of Michael and Mary Catherine Lohr, natives of Virginia. The grandfather was Michael Lohr, who, it is believed, was born in Virginia, where he lived and died. He was one of the early settlers of that State, and a farmer by occupation. It is believed he was the father of six children, of whom two yet survive - Catharine, who was never married, and resides on the old home place in Virginia, now aged ninety years; and what is remarkable in her history has never paid but $1.50 in doctor bills during her whole life, and Henry, the other child, who resides in Madison County, Va., past eighty years of age. Michael Lohr, father of our subject, the second child of his father, grew to manhood and married Mary Catharine Miller, a native of Virginia. They settled in his native county, where they resided till his death, February 26, 1819, aged thirty- two years. He was the father of four children - Margaret Ann. born May 7, 1812 (now widow Chapel); George W., born December 4, 1813; John, our subject; and Mary born March 27, 1818 (now Widow Carr). Mrs. Lohr married for her second husband Samuel Messmore, a native of Vir ginia, born August 18, 1798; by him she_ had three children - Elizabeth, born April 9, 1821; James M., born November 17, 1823, and Isabel, born October 29. 1830. Mr. Messmore died September 18, 1852; bis wife survived till December 29, 1864. John Lohr, the subject of this sketch, was but three years of age when his father died; when four years of age, ho was brought by his mother and step father to Ohio in the fall of 1820, and here he grew to manhood. On December 12, 1844, he married Ann Noteman, who was born in Madison County, Ohio, August 1, 1823, a daughter of William and Ann Noteman; he was born on the ocean and she in Virginia. He was principally raised in Madison County, and was married September 28, 1817. He was the father of four children, all now deceased but Ann. Mr. Noteman died January 14, 1827; his wife died July 12. 1826. Mr. Noteman was one of the earliest settlers of Madison County, and owned the farm where Mr. Lohr now lives. Mr. Lohr first located in London, and there followed his trade as a saddler till the spring of L848, when he removed to the farm where he now lives and lias since resided - a period of thirty four years. They first lived in a primitive log cabin, since which they have erected all the buildings and made improvements, till now he has a pleasant home with all necessary comforts, and a good farm of 300 acres, more than 200 of which are in pasture and cultivation. Mr. Lohr and wife have had ten children, eight now living - Thorressa, born December 19, 1845 (married Robert Moore) ; Berthier, born November 13, 1847 ; Clara, born March 22, 1851 (now Widow Pierce); Angenette, born October 10, 1853; Smith, born November 29, 1856; Ella, born October 4, 1859; Charlie S., born January 29, 1862; Flora, born November 30, 1868. Mr. Lohr is one of the prominent and reliable farmers of Deer Creek Township. He has held the office of Township Trustee several years, and that of School Director for many years. He and family are members of the Presbyterian Church of London, to which he has belonged many years, and in which he has been Elder more than twentv years.

-ALEXANDER B. McMURRAY, farmer, P. O. La Fayette, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn. , August 3, 1820. He is a son of Alexander and Ellen McMurray; he was born in Cumberland County, and she in Allegheny County, Penn. The grandfather, John McMurray, was a native of Scotland, and when a young single man emigrated to America about 1774. and served in the war of the Revolution, after which he married and located in Pennsylvania, and finally died in Westmoreland County. Alexander, the father of our subject, married Ellen Simpson and located in Westmoreland County, where they lived till 1826, when they emigrated to Ohio and located in Highland County, where they lived two years; after which they lived two years in Ross County, and in January, 1830, they removed to Madison County and located in Deer Creek Township; here his wife died May 9, 1854, aged seventy-three years. He died October 5,1867, aged ninety-six years. They had eight children, six now survive - John, James, Ellen, Isabel, Sarah and Alexander, our subject, who was ten year9 of age when they came to Madison County, and here grew to manhood, fully acquainted with the early pioneers and the hardships and trials of those days. He was married to Mary Houser, who was born in Fairfield County. Ohio, October L6, L838; she was a daughter of George and Barbara i .Miner) Honser, he a native of Virginia and she of Ohio. Their marriage was celebrated July 4, 1854. Mr. Houser and wife had rive children, four now living - Dorotha. Jane, Elizabeth, Mary and Ann .Maria. Mrs. Houser died in 1840; he still survives and resides in Indiana, aged seventy years. Mr. McMurray and wife have had ten children, seven now survive - Alex ander, born March 18, 1855; Louisa. April 16, 1859: George November 17, 1863; Ella, July 17. 1868; Robert, February 4. 1870; Sallie, March 22, L877; and Florence, born June 26, 187(.». Mr. McMurray has made farming his occupation through life, and all in this township, but three years, from the fall of 1855 to the fall of ls5\ during which he lived in [owa. In September, 1861, he bought and located on the place where he now lives and has since resided. This farm consists of fifty-two and a half acres, which he purchased of Mrs. Rogers. Mr. McMurray has served his Township as Trustee, and is one of the early settlers of this county.

JOHN MINTER, farmer, P. O. La Layette, was born in Harrison County, Va., October 12, L804; he is a son of William and Mary Minter, natives of Virginia. The grandparents were John and Elizabeth Minter, also natives of Virginia, who removed to Kentucky, and were among the early settlers of that State; they located on military lands, which, from the uncertain and imperfect titles which thru existed, he subsequently lost. About 1802, they removed to Ohio, and were among the pioneers of Dela- ware County, where they lived and died. William Minter married Mary Stevenson, and resided in Kentucky till the spring of 1829, when they removed to this county and located in Deer Creek Township, on the tract of land still owned by his son John, our subject, at a point about one mile north of La Fayette. This tract of land he obtained on a military claim, which called for 6,666f acres, of which he obtained about one-third; the balance being absorbed by fraud and expenses of surveys, and in locating the lands. This land was then all in its natural state, with no improvements, and here Mr. Minter spent the active portion of his life; thence he removed to the town of LaFayotte. where he passed the last years of his life. He died in August. L858, aged eighty -two years; Lis wife died in February. 1868, aged eightyseven years. Mr. Minter was one of the active, leading men of this community, and held many offices of trust in the township, and as stated in the history of Deer Creek Township, he was the founder of the town of La Fayette. He was always ready with his means and influence to aid in all public improvements for the general good of the community; and many of his neighbors and acquaintances were the recipients of his kindness and financial aid, even to the great injury of himself, and in his death the community lost one of her kindest and best citizens. He was the father of nine children - four now surviving - John, Sallie (now Widow Quinn). William. Crawford and Ann (now Widow Rogers). Our subject grew to manhood in Kentucky, and was in his twenty-fifth year when he came to Madison County with his father. He was married, September 7, 1887, to Mary Delaney. who was born in Urbana, Ohio, November 18, 1818, a daughter of David and Sarah Delaney, a native of Champaign County, Ohio. ' They had but one child - and wife have had six children - Salome and Saline (twins) born April 12, 1839; the former died January 12, 1857; the latter June 2, 1857; Walter, born April 12, 1842, died June 15, 1844; Sallie Ann, born October 11. IS |f». married W. H. Jones: Lewis K., born June 25, 1852; and Benjamin Franklin, born April 9, L855. Mr. Minter resided upon the old home place of his father till about 1N57, when he moved to La Fayette for the purpose of convenience to school, to educate his children. He Las now lived fiftvthree years in Deer Creek Township.

REV. SETH NOBLE,* deceased. Respecting the question of the early ministers of the Gospel in tLe county, 1 believe my grandfather- my mother's father - Rev. Seth Noble, was the first Presbyterian. I have in my possession a book of " uotes " of his sermons, in Lis own handwriting, together with the dates and places where some of his sermons were delivered - about fifty in all during the years of 1806 07. He was Lorn in \\ est field, Mass.. April 15. L743, and died in Frankhnton - aqw embraced in the corporation of Colni nl n is. Ohio September 15. 1807, aged sixtv four years. His genealogy, as tar as known, is as follow-: Thomas Noble was admitted an inhabitant of Boston, Mass., on the 5th day of January, L653. He was probably a native of England. In the year 1653, he moved to Springfield, Ma>s.. and in about 1669, to Westfield, Ma>s. He married, November 1. L660, Hannah Warrinor, Lorn in Springfield, Mass.. August IT, 1643, only daughter of William and Joanna (Scant) Warriner. To them were Lorn eleven children, the third one of whom was Thomas XoLle (" Deacon % Thomas), born in Springfield, Mass.. January 1 I. L666, and died in Westfield. Mass. July 29, 17-")". aged eighty-four years. He married, December 19, 1695, Elizabth Dewey, born in Westfield, Mass., January 10. 1077. daughter of Thomas and Constant (Hawes) Dewey, and was ordained as Deacon in the Congregational Church May 25, 171'J. They had eleven children, the first of whom was Thomas Noble, born in Westfield, Mass., September 10. 3696, and there died February 18. 1775, aged seventy-eight years. He married (first). September 1, 1722, Sarah Root, born in Westfield, Mass., March 9, 1702 daughter of John and Sarah (Stebbins) Root. To them were born ten chil dren. the youngest of whom being Rev. Seth Noble.

Rev. Seth Noble, was bprn in Westfield, Mass., April 15, 174M. He married (first), November 30, 1775, Hannah Barker, who was bom in Rowley. Mass., February 19, 1759, the daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Palmer) Barker, of Rowley, Mass., and Maugerville, N. S. She died in "Kenduskeag Meadow," (Bangor) Province of Maine, June 16, L790, He married (second), April 11, 1793, Mrs. Ruhama Emery, of Bangor, Maine, who died in Montgomery. Mass., in October or November, 1805. He married (third), Mrs. ' Mary Riddle, in June, 1807. He joined the Congregational Church at Westfield, Mass., May 5, 1770. His first settlement in the ministry was on the 15th day of June, 1771. over the Congregational Church in Maugerville, N. S., and the descendants of that society say that he was ordained at Newburyport, Mass. In 17S4. New Brunswick was separated from Nova Scotia, and in 1789 the meeting house in which " Parson " Noble had preached was removed to that part of the town which is now Sheffield, and on the 13th day of July, 1876, Rev. Joseph Barker, a grandnephew of Mrs. Noble's, was settled as their pastor. Rev. Seth Noble's ministry at Maugerville continued until 1777. when upon the arrival of an armed British schoonor, which had come to enforce the oath of allegiance to King George, he fled, narrowly escaping with his life, as he was an ardent advocate of the cause of the Colonists He became, for awhile at least, a soldier in the Revolutionary army. On the 7th day of June, 1780, he was engaged as the first settled religious teacher and preacher by the citizens of Kenduskeag Meadow (Bangor) at an annual salary of £70. He was inducted into office September 10, 1786. He was not only the first settled minister, but in 1790 he was deputized to go to Boston and procure from the General Assembly an act of incorporation, undei the name of Simfield; but being a teacher of sacred music, and passionately fond of the solid old minor tune of " Bangor," he erased " Sunfield " and inserted Bangor in the petition. The field over which Mr. Noble presided included Bangor, Brewer, Eddington, Hampden, Holden and Orrington. He added to these duties the instruction of youth in English branches, a iid also in singing. Deacon William Boyd, of Bangor, says "he was a good singer and had a clear and pleasant voice. He tauglrl those who were natural vocalists to sing by note, and was the first teacher of Bacred music in the place." During the Centennial exercises at Bangor in L876, a brother of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin's was the orator. In his oration, he presents the foregoing facts, dwelling upon them at length In 1797 he left Bangor and returned to New Market. \. H., where he had previously ministered to some now extinct Presbyterian congregations, and in L799 went to Westfield, Mass., the place of his activity, where for two years he supplied vacant pulpits in Beoket, Blanford, Feeding Hills. Ireland. Montgomery, Russell and Springfield. From the 1th of November, L801, he was the first settled pastor of the church at Montgomery, Mas- . up until his removal to Ohio in the spring of 1806.

June 26, L802, and published by T. M. Poineroy, of Northampton, in L804. I have in my possession a lengthy letter written me in 1870, by Rev. Elisha D. Barrett, of Assumption, III., who was, at thai, time, the oldest living Alumnus of Williams College, in which he says: "I well remember llev. Seth Noble as the first pastor at Montgomery. He was tall and slim, but very active and energetic. His stop was quick and firm, and his gait graceful. He wore a white wig, which he used to powder. His complexion was ruddy." "As a preacher he was sound and able; and his sermoDS were scholarly, unique, systematic and evangelical. On one occasion, a child by the name of Bartholomew was killed by a falling tree, and Mr. Noble preached the funeral discourse over the open grave from Ecclesiastes ix, 12. The effect was electrical, and proved the most dramatic scone [ have ever witnessed.'1 The Congress of the United States gave public lands to the Nova Scotia refugees. The refugee lands extend from the Scioto, at Columbus, Ohio, to the Muskingum, at Zanesville. Mr. Noble's share - 320 acres - fell where Columbus now stands. In the spring of L806, he came to Ohio anil settled in Franklinton. He built a house on his land, which Mr. Albert Bartholomew, now of Detroit, Mich., a grandchild, revisited and recognized about thirty years ago. His first recorded sermon preached in Ohio was at J. Andrus', at Worthington, April 9, 1806, He preached at Granville, Licking County, August 17, L806; at Franklinton, August 24, 1806; " Derby " (Big Darby) September 22,' 1806; Bixby's (Delaware), April 1 1, 1 S07, and at Berkshire. Delaware County, May 24 and '27, 1807. In 1847, whilst I was a dry goods clerk in the store of George A. Hill & Co., in Plain City (then Pleasant Valley), James Ewing. the first white settler of what is now Union County, told me that Mr. Noble had frequently been a guest at, his house, and had preached there a number of times. There were a number of Presbyterians along Big Darby, north of Ewing's, and among his other preaching places were the houses of the Mitchells ami Woods, the father of the late banker. William Wood, of Marysville, Ohio, and also at a point or points on Little Darby, over about the Fullington settlement. Mi'. Wood was himself ordained in 1807 or 1808, as is shown by letters now in my possession. Mr. Noble had not infrequently ministered to Presbyterian con gregations in Now Hampshire, in and around New Market, both before and after his settlement at Bangor, Maine; and it is presumable that he fell into the Presbyterian ways of his congregations in Ohio with but little embarrassment. History is history; and Mr. Noble was not only the first pastor at Maugervillo, at Bangor, and at Montgomery, bul he was doubtless the first preacher to the Presbyterians at Franklinton, where he was on a salary and preached regularly, twice on each alternate Sunday, in L807, where he had a church organization of fourteen members, of which Mrs. Lucas Sulli vant was one. I saw, when a boy, among my mother's papers, the list of names of these fourteen members; and these fourteen persons were undoubtedly the persons who, in L808, composed the " Firsl Presbyterian Church," at the time of the ordination of the Rev. .lames Hoge.

Mr. Noble's last recorded sermon was preached in Franklinton, August '.). 1 S07, from Matthew, xi. 28 - "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will gi ve you rest." He died on the 15th day of the follow ing month (September), ami was buried in the old b'ranklinton Buryingground; but the "march of empire," sweeping over and beyond, has left no token or sign of the exact spot where his body was laid to rest. His children by his first wife were as follows: Seth. born August -*>. 1777. at Maugervill S., was lost at sea off the New England coast, October 20. 1798, aged twenty-one; Joseph, born at New Market, N. H., June 13, 1783, died about 1869, at Brighton, N. B., aged about eighty-six; Sarah, born June 1, 1785, and died in Montgomery, Mass., November 15, 1836, aged fifty-one; Benjamin, born June 25, 1787, died in Brighton, N. B., April 12, 1860, aged seventy -three; Hannah (my mother), born in Kenduskeag Meadow (Bangor), Maine, September 11, 1789, died in Amity, Madison County, Ohio, November 17, 1854, aged sixty-five. The children by the second marriage were Betsey, Thomas, Polly and John Adams, all of whom are now dead.

WILLIAM CLABK SIDNER, farmer, P. O. West Jefferson, was born on the place whoi-e he now lives January 5, 1845; he is a son of Jacob and Margaret R. Sidner, he a native of Kentucky, and she of Licking County, Ohio. The grandfather, Philip Sidner, was a native of Virginia, who emigrated to Kentucky with ten of his brothers, and settled there in an early day. Some of them were extensive slave owners, but manumitted their slaves prior to the war About 1802, Mr. Philip Sidner, with his family, removed to Ohio and settled about four miles south of Columbus, on the Scioto River; thence he went back to Kentucky, but retui'ned to Ohio in 1806, and here remained till his death. He was buried at Jefferson. Jacob was born in Kentucky in 1799. and was raised in Ohio. When about twelve years old, he, with his sister, settled on the old " Ewing " farm, now owned by G. G. McDonald. In 1818, they settled on the place where his son, our subject, now lives. He married Margaret R. Irvin, by whom he had seven children, five now survive - Irvin, Wesley, Angeline, William Clark and Theotis. Mr. Sidner was twice married; by his first wife, Miss Ewing, he had five children, three now living - Samuel, Philip and Elizabeth Jane. Mi*. Sidner died in February, 1880, and his wife in August, 1880. He experienced his full share of the trials and dangers of pioneer life, having been one among the earlist settlers, and he had lived in Deer Creek Township nearly seventy years. He was an energetic, industrious farmer, and became owner of about 900 acres of land; he was a mau of undoubted honor and integrity, and an earnest member and worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was one of the organizers of the Upper Glade Church, a Steward in the same and a Trustee for many years. The subject of this sketch was married, February 24, 1870, to Sarah J. Jones, a native of this county, by whom he has two children - Ernest L. and Earl Anson. Mr. Sidnor located on the home place, where he s^ill resides and where bo has lived from his birth. Here he has a fine farm and good improvements, constituting a pleasant home.

JOHN SNIDER, farmer, P. O. La Fayette, was born in Germany September 19, 1821; he is a son of Henry and Catharine Snider, natives of Germany, who lived and died in their native country. They had three children, two of whom. George and Sophia, remained in Germany, where they were residing when last known of them. The other child was John, our subject. who, when about eighteen years of age, emigrated to America and came to his uncle. Jacob Snider, who had previously come to this country, and was residing at La Fayette, this county. He arrived here in the fall of L839. In 1846, he was married to Martha Verner, a native of Pennsylvania, by whom he had one child- Henry - now a resident of Iowa. His wifp died July 16, L849, of thai terrible scourge - cholera On April 22, 1851, he married for his second wife Drucilla Ellsworth, a native of Clark County, Ohio, and a daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Ellsworth. By this union they have four children - Alpharetta E. (now wife of Dr. J. W. Chance, of

London), Minnie L., Ida L. and Annetta E. Mr. Snider, after he came to La Fayette, learned the blacksmith trade, which business he followed about three years, when he entered upon the grocery trade, and finally extended his business intoageneral stock of goods, such as a country trade demands. In this he continued until the spring of 1S64, when he purchased and located upon the farm where he now lives and has since resided. He now owns 600 acres of good land with good buildings and improvements, constituting a pleasant farmer's residence. Mr. Snider is strictly self-made; starting in life poor, he has by his industry and good business tact, accumulated a good competency, and is now one of the most reliable and respected farmers of Deer Creek Township.

CHRISTIAN VOLKA, merchant, P. O. La Fayette, was horn in St. Louis, Mo., November 25, 1837; he is a son of John and Catharine Volka, natives of France, who emigrated to America while young; they grew to maturity and were married in Columbus, Ohio. He was a shoe-maker by trade, which business he followed in Columbus, Cincinnati and St. Louis. He died of small-pox in Cincinnati. They had three children, two now surviving - Catharine (wife of David M. Bradley),' and Christian, the subject of this sketch, who was principally raised in Madison County, brought up to farm labor and was married, January 8, 1863, to Lucetta Bell, a native of this county, where she was born May 12, 1844, and a daughter of Daniel Bell, a native of Viiginia, and his wife Rebecca (Wagoner) Bell, a native <>f Ohio. Dr. Bell was a practicing physician for many years, commencing his profession in Coshocton County, Ohio; thence coming to Madison County and practicing in Somerford Township. He was an earnest worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and gave freely of his means for the erection of the church edifice, and also for the sehoolhouse that was built near it, in honor of which the place was called Belleville. He purchased a farm in that township, upon which he resided a short time; then he removed to Champaign County, and there bought a farm, where he resided about twenty years; then he removed to London, this county, and entered upon the mercantile trade, but after a few months he removed to La Fayette, where he died December 8, 1869, aged sixty-nine years. His wife died November 29, 1858, aged thirty-nine years, dying on her thirty-ninth birthday. They had thirteen children, five now surviving - Lucy, Rachel, Lucetta, Laura Ellen and Charles. Mr. Volka ami wife have had five children, two now survive - Nettie, born October 3, 1865, and John O, born August 14, 1878. Mr. Volka first located in La Fayette, and has spent most of his life in London and La Fayette, and the greater portion of it has been devoted to the mercantile trade. He was employed as a clerk in London for several years; then he entered as an assistant with Dr. Bell to the time of his death, when he took possession of the store and as since continued the bn- iness. conducting a general grocery and drug trade, and has a good established business.

ALFRED WILLETT, farmer. P. O. LaFayette, was horn in the State of New York May 31, 1842; he is a son of John and Jane Willett, natives of England, who, shortly after their marriage, emigrated to America and settled in Livingston County, N. V.. where they resided several years, but finally became residents of Ohio. He died at La Fayette in August, 1876. Mrs. Willett is still living and now resides at Rockford, 111. They had three children - Alfred. Nellie (deceased), and Reuben. The subject of this sketch came to Madison County and located at La Fayette in the spring of 1858. Mr. Willett enlisted in the spring of 1862, in Company A, One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served till the close of the war - nearly three years. He was in the Fourteenth Army Corps under Davis, Stedman and others, and was engaged in the battles of Chickamauga, Kenesaw Mountain, Savannah, Atlanta, Jonesboro and others ; but passed through all without a wound, and was discharged in July and mustered out of service in August, 1865. On November 5, 1865, Mr. Wil lett was united in marriage with Sophia Snyder, who was born in La Fayette September 25, 1843, a daughter of Jacob and Christena Snyder, natives of Germany, who emigrated to America and became residents of La Fayette, Madison County, Ohio; and thence removed to Mercer County, Ohio, where they died. They had seven children - Elizabeth (married James Millens). La Fayette (the first child born in the town of La Fayette), Margaret (married James Simpson), Sophia, Mary (married Morris Agler), Martha Jane (married Willi am Shaffer), and Anna (married Lewis Minter). Mr. Willett and wife have had four children, three now survive - Clarence, Morris and Clara. Mr. Willett settled in La Fayette and engaged in mercantile business, carrying on a trade in dry goods and general merchandise, in which he continued till January, 1882, when he closed out his stock, sold his resi dence; and is now giving his attention to farming. During his sixteen years of mercantile trade, he did a large and prosperous business, and was Postmaster during several of the last years in which he was in busi ness. He is one of the leading, active citizens of this community, and possesses the confidence and respect of the people, and is now serving his third year as Treasurer of Deer Creek Township.

STEVEN ANDERSON, farmer, P. O. Mt. Sterling, was born in Kentucky May 23, 1808. He was the son of Thomas and Rebecca Anderson, both natives of Virginia. When about three months old, with them ho was brought to Ohio. They settled in what is now known as Pleasant Township, Madison County, where they remained until their decease Steven was reared on a farm, amid the stirring scenes of pioneer life, and received but an ordinary educatiou. In April, 1831, he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret McCown (now deceased), by whom he had ten children, eight of whom are now living - Louisa, James, Jane R. William P., Sarah A., John W., Martha and David. About the year L836 Mr. Anderson settled in Pleasant Township, this county, where ho n«>\>. resides. For twenty- one years he has served as Justice of the Peace in Pleasant Township. He is a member and Deacon of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the owner of two hundred and six acres of land.

CH VKLKS II. BEALE, farmer, P. O. Ml. Sterling, was born in Virginia March 5, L833. His parents were Stephen S. and Harriott (Elmore) Beale. When two years of age, with them he came to .Madison County, Ohio. After their arrival in this county, for a short time they Located in Jefferson Township, when they settled in Pleasant Township, where the] remained until their decease, he in 1881, Bhe in I^T1'. Five of their family of seven children are now living - Charles H. (the eldest), Mary A., David, John W. and Smith. Our Bubjed was reared to man'-- estate on a farm, and received but an ordinary English education. On June 16, 1857, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Nye, daughter of Samuel and Jane Nye, of Pleasant Township. They have five children - William S., Clark, Stephen W., Elmer and Elva V. He has served as Trustee of Pleasant Township, and at present is officiating as one of our efficient County Commissioners. He is a member of the I'. cV. A. M. fraternity, and the owner of 650 acres of land in a good slate of cultivation.

- RICHARD N. BROWN (deceased). The subject of this sketch was born in Ross County. Ohio, October 18, L840. His parents were Thomas \V. and Martha Brown, both natives of Ohio. From bis youth up he engaged in agricultural pursuits. On March 7, L865, in Pickaway County, he was united in marriage with Miss Marinda Vates, who was born in Pickaway County March 1, 1844. and is a daughter of John Yates (deceased), and Elizabeth Yates. Her mother at present resides with her in Pleasant Township. This union lias been blessed with six children - Theodosia J!.. Ariel, Lina, Clement, Paul and Mar) Y. In 1805, a short time after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Brown came to Pleasant Township and settled where she now resides in 1S07. He possessed a sterling reputation, and a reliable business character. He departed this life on December 18, 1876, mourned alike by relatives and friends. In his demise, his wife and children lost a faithful husband and father, and Madison County one of her most worthy citizens. He left to his widow, who still resides at her splendid homestead in Pleasant Township. 500 acres of tine tillable land.

F. O. P. GRAYHAM, farmer, P. O. London. The subject of this sketch was born April 20, 1816, in Madison County, Ohio. He was a son of John and Lydia Grayham, both natives of Kentucky. His father, with his parents, in 1807, came to this county. Our subject was, in his youth, trained to the pursuits of agriculture, in which he is still engaged. On November 5, 1840, he married Miss Elizabeth Robison, daughter of John B. and Polly Robison. Two daughters - Mary and Lydia - are the fruits of this union. After his marriage, for several years, he settled on his father's farm, now owned by Lemuel P. Loofbotu'row. Later he settled where he now resides, in the northern portion of Pleasant Township. He has served as Trustee of Pleasant Township, and for three years officiated as an Infirmary Director. lie is the owner of 280 acres of valuable land, and a member of the Christian Church.

CHRISTIAN H. HAN A WALT. Postmaster and Notary Public, Mt. Sterling, was born April 1. 1833, in Ross County, Ohio. He was a son of John Hanawalt, a native of Pennsylvania, and Mary Hanawalt, a native of Maryland. At the age of fourteen, he was apprenticed at Chillicothe to the harness-making and saddler's trade, where he continued four years. He then went to Columbus, where he followed his trade, about six months. From there he went to Harrislmrg. where he remained a short time, and where, on October 28, 1852, he married Miss Elizabeth Deyo, by whom he had seven children, two of whom are now living - John W., employed by the Government as Postal Clerk between Toledo and Columbus, and Georgie, married to McGill Mitchell, of Mt. Sterling. In 1852, our subject engaged in harness-making and saddlery ai Mt . Sterling, wdiich he continued until 1801. In 1862, with J. W. Riddle as a partner, he entered into the grocery business, under the firm title of Hanawalt i\: Riddle. This firm continued to transact business under the above head until 1864, when a dissolution occurred. In 1 863, he was elected Justice of the Peace for Pleas-* ant Township, the duties of which office he performed faithfully for eighteen successive years. He also for several years acted as Pension Claim Agent.

In 1870, he was appointed, by the Government, Assistant United States Marshal, in taking the census of Madison County. In 187], he was ap poited Postmaster of Mt. Sterling, the duties of which office he has faithfully discharged up to the present time. Politically, he is a Republican, in the ranks of which party he has been an earnest worker for many years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the F., & A. M., and of the I. O. O. F. societies.

DAVID HEATH, farmer, P. O. Mt. Sterling. This venerable old gentleman was born in December, 1800, in Ross County, this State. His parents were Joseph and Jane Heath. He was reared amid the scenes of pioneer life, in Ross County, until about fifteen years of age, at which time with his parents he moved to Franklin County, where they located four years. Thence with them he came to Madison County. He, like his pioneer sire, has seen and endured many of the vicissitudes and trials of frontier life. In January, 1829, he was united in the bonds of matri mony with Miss Nancy Thomas, who was born October 16, 1810. She was a daughter of Joseph and Mary Thomas. With them, when a mere child, she came to Ohio. By this union there has been an issue of ten children, of whom seven are now living - Joseph, John, William, Emma, Elizabeth, Laura and Margaret. Shortly after his marriage with his estimable wife, he settled in Pleasant Township, in which township he at present resides. They are both members of the Christian Church, and honored alike by friends and relatives. Mr. Heath is the owner of 867 acres of good land, which he has acquired principally by his industry, perseverance and good management.

JOHN G. LOOFBOURROW, Cashier of Farmers' Bank, Mt. Sterling. This gentleman, the efficient Cashier of the Farmers' Bank, was born October 27, 1845, in Fayette County, 111. His parents are Lemuel P. and Elizabeth (Graham) Loofbourrow, now of Mt. Sterling. He was reared on a farm until nineteen years of age; received a liberal English education, and for about two years engaged in teaching. He subsequently, for five years, engaged in the drug business at Mt. Sterling. At a later period, in 1874, he took a three months' course at Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. For several years he has been the genial and accommodating Cashier of the Farmers' Bank. In May, 1875, he was united in marriage with Hulda Kauffelt, daughter of Mr. N. J. D. Kauftelt - the enterprising hardware merchant of Mt. Sterling. To them have been born three children - Ross K., Lemuel G. and John R. Mr. Loofbourrow has served as Clerk of Pleasant Township two terms, and is a member of the Presbvterian Church.

SAMUEL McCLINTTCK, physician, Mt. Sterling. The subject of this sketch, a Leading physician of Madison County, was born February 1, 1821, in Pickaway County. Ohio. His parents were Joseph and Elizabeth McClintick, his father a native of Ireland, andhis mother of Pennsylvania They came to Pickaway County in an early day. Our subject was reared in Pickaway County. Although he engaged in agricultural pursuits until he was twenty years of age, he succeed.-. 1 in acquiring a liberal English education. At the above age, he began the study of medicine, spending a. portion of the time with his brother, William McClintick, then al Mt. Sterling, and the other portion with 1. F. Wilson, then Located at New Holland. Pickaway County. During the Latter portion of IS I I. and the beginning of 1SIT), I'm- live months he attended t he ( )hio Medical College at Cincinnati. In April. 1845, he located at Mt. Sterling, and began the practice of his profession, in which he has niet with abundant success. He is reliable and conscientious in the discharge of his duties, and for many years has enjoyed a large patronage. In connection with his professional duties, he also has under his control and management, a tine druc store which is largely patronized. He has served as Treasurer of Pleasant Township three years, and as such still officiates. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and of the F. & A. M. society. On May 20, 1846, he was united in marriage with Louisa C. Kauffelt. By this union there has been an issue of four children - Elizabeth A., Francenia, Letitia and Lor en a.

WILLIAM F. MERGER, druggist, Mt. Sterling, was born February 27, 1847, in Ross County, Ohio. He is a son of James M. Mercer, who served in the war of the late rebellion, and died of hemorrhage on the James River, Virginia, in December, 18(54, and Elizabeth Mercer, who still resides in Ross County. The earlier portion of his youth was spent in Bainbridge, Ross County, where he received a liberal English education. In May. 1862, he enlisted as a private in the Mississippi Squadron, Federal service, and served for a period of four months. On September 29, 1870, he was united in marriage with Miss Lizzie Van Buskirk, daughter of Peter and Rebecca Van Buskirk. They have one daughter - Belle, born January 25, 1878. Since 1864, Mr. Mercer has been engaged more or less in different branches of trades. In March, 1882, as senior member, he formed a copartnership in the drug business with W. A. Basore, of Mt. Sterling, under the firm title W. F. Mercer & Co. Our subject has been moderately successful in business. He is a clever and agreeable gentleman, and a good salesman. He has established for himself a reliable business, and is a member of the Christian Church.

JOHN M. NICODEMUS, undertaker, Mt. Sterling, was born September 24. L838, in Pennsylvania. His parents were John Nicodemus (deceased) and Harriet Nicodemus. When about one year old, with them he was brought to Circleville. Pickaway County, this State, where they remained until he was eighteen years of age. From thence, with them, he went to Illinois, where he remained until the breaking-out of the late civil war, and where his father died in 1802. In April, 1861, he enlisted in the Ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry and served three months. In Novem ber, 1861. he again enlisted, this time in the Sixty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. With that regiment he participated in the engagements at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, the terrific battle of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Iuka and others. He was discharged in March, L864, at which time he re-enlisted in the Sixty-sixth Regiment, which now merged into the Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry. He subsequently participated in many hotly-contest.cd fields, a few of the important ones of which were Chattanooga, the Atlanta campaign and Sherman's grand march to the sea, also the surrender of the noted confederate chief - Joseph Johnston's army. He continued in the service until July. 1865, when hi11 received an honorable discharge. In December, 1865, lie married MissEiiza L. Bostwick, a lady of merit, by whom he has two children - -Howard L. and Maud S. In 1876, as senior partner with F. C. Bostwick. he formed a copartnership, in the furniture and undertaker's business, at. Mt. Sterling, under the firm title of J. M. Nicodemus & Co. The business was conducted under the above head until April, 1882, at which time Mr. Bostwick withdrew. It is now under the entire control and management of our subject, who has dispensed with the furniture trade, and confined himself entirely to the undertaking.

He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and also of the F. & A. M. and I. O. O. F. societies. For nine years he has served as Clerk of Pleasant Township with credit, and at this time is still Berving, and for

ARTHUR A. Fl CKET, farmer, P. O. Mt. Sterling. The subject of this sketch was born at Manchester, Adams County, Ohio. May 14, 1831. He is a sin of John and Catherine M. (deceased) Tucket, His father was born in Adams County, Ohio, and when a boy, with his father, came to Highland County, whore, in 1826, he married Four of his family of seven children are yet living - Mary. Sarah J.. Martha, and our subject, who is the oldest now living. After his marriage, he engaged in the tanning business until 1881, in which year he came to Mt. Sterling, this county, where he again engaged in tanning, and continued in the same many years. In 1853. he settled on the farm at present occupied by our subject. His wife died in 187'J, having enjoyed many pleasant years of married life. For fifteen years he has been afflicted with paralysis; during the past five years, he has been utterly helpless, and has been under the care and protection of our subject and his kind wife. He has served as Trustee of Pleasant Township, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject, in his youth, received a liberal English education, and in February, L853, he married Miss Margaret Willman, daughter of James and Letta Willman By her he had two children - James V. and John W. She died in April, 1856. In April, 1 857. he married Louisa Stroup, daughter of Clabourne and Mary Stroup. of Highland County, this State. To them have been born six children, four of whom are now living William N., Maggie A., Mary M. and George W. In 1S5'J. he took possession of the tannery after his father's retirement at Mt. Sterling. He engaged in tanning for the two following years, when he removed to Adams County, where he farmed eighteen months, and lost his wife. In 1856. he returned to Mt. Sterling, and for one year engaged in the mercantile business. In 18(50, he moved to Fayette County, and engaged in agricultural pursuits for the following six years, at the expiration of which time he returned to Pleasant Township, this county. In 1878, he located on his father's homestead, where he at present resides. He is a member of the Christian Church, and of the F. & A. M. society; the owner of 115 acres of land.

MARTIN W. SCHRYYER. The subject of this sketch, the enterprising book dealer, stationer, and job printer of Mt. Sterling, was born October 12, IMC), in Pickaway County. Ohio. He is a son of Jacob H. Schryver. a native of New York State, and Elizabeth Schryver (deceased;, a native of Pickaway County, this Slate. He was reared on a farm in Pickaway County : received a liberal English education, ami subsequently, for perhaps twelve years, engaged in Bchool teaching, for one year as Superintendent of the Mt. Sterling graded school. For several years, in connection with other business, he dealt in musical instruments, hi L869, from Pickaway County he came to Mt. Sterling, this county. In May, 1871, ho began the publication «>f the Mt. Sterling Review, which he continued three years. In October, 1868, he was united in marriage with Miss Karbara Campbell, daughter of Robert and Nancy (deceased) Campbell. Robert, now of Pickaway County, this State. This union has been blessed with four children - Robert H., Florence N., Guy H. and Clyde H. Mr. Schryver possesses sterling business qualities, and is meeting with success. He is

A. TANNER. County Treasurer, London, Ohio, \v;is horn in Plei Township December 1, 1838. He was a son of John and Margaret Tan ner, the former a native of Ohio, and a life lon'g farmer, and the letter a aative of Ohio. Our subject was raised on a farm, and devoted his life entirely to farming and trading until August, L882, when be came to London to take charge of the County Treasurer's office, to which he was elected in 1881 On June L8, L873, he married Amanda Taylor, a daughter of Warner T. Taylor, of Jefferson Township. By this union three children were horn -Jessie, John Warner and Bruce. Mr, Tanner is a Republican in politics; his lirsi Presidential vote was casi for John Bell, the Whig candidate for President.

FREDERICK YOUNG (deceased), The subject of this sketch was born in Germany, in the year 1813. lie emigrated to America, find in September, L840, he married Miss Lucinda ML KaufFelt, who was born November 4, L823, in Pennsylvania. She was a daughter of George .rid Koturah Kauffelt, ;m<l when a child with them came to Ohio. Subsequent to their marriage, they settled in Pleasant Township, this county, whore Mrs. Young now resides. The following are the names of their children: AlviraA. , Martha M, Lenora, Elton J., Laura K.. Sarah L.. Lydia A. and Mary L. Mr. Young was a conscientious and faithful member of the Presbyterian Church, and departed this life April ISOf}. He left to his widow, a middle aged lady, and highly respected, L60 acres i f land.

JOHN W. ALLEN, farmer, P. 0. Cross Roads, was born in Fayette < 'ouuiy, Ohio, December 13, L835, and is a son of Adam and Rosana Allen, who were both natives of Payette County, where they were married. They moved to Madison County in 1S75, locating first in Range Township, where they remained until 1878, when they moved to Somerford Township, where they now reside. John was united in marriage with Harriet A. Pent, November 5, L857; she was born in Fayette County, Ohio. He was twenty-two years old, when he began farming for himself, as a renter, and thus he continued for six years, when he bought fifty-eight acres of land, which he sold, and bought 100 acres where he now resides. He and his wife are the parents of eleven children, of whom nine survive--Venie O., Delia, Hulda -I.. Eugene, Sheridan, Rosanna C, Cora F., Icy, Urbin O. and Osa.

ALJiLHT H. BOUGHN. farmer, I'. O. Jeflersonville, Fayette Co., born n Fayette County, Ohio, September L2, L846, and is a sou of . Joseph H. and Elizabeth (Fultsj Boughn. The former was born June 2, L810, and his wife in August, 1820. They were both natives of Ohio, where they married and settled in Fayette County, where they reside. Our subjeet was united in marriage with Mary Ervin, December 23, 1870. She was born in Madison 'ounty August 30, L852. He engaged in farming as a renter, when he was twenty years of age, and thus continued for three years, when he went into mercantile business, which lie followed for three years; he then sold out and bought forty-two acres of land in Fayette County. Ohio. He has at present eighty-four acres of land, where lie resides. He acquired a com- mon school education, is a member of the I. O. O. F., and a Trustee of Stokes Township. He and wife are the parents of four children - Nettie I., born January 7, 1871; Lizzie F., born January 9, 1874; Loa, born March 19, 1876; and Lila, born June 24, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Boughn are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

A. J. BROCK, farmer, P. O. South Solon, was born in Greene County, Ohio. February 14, 1816; he is a son of Francis and Sarah (Harper) Brock. Mr. Brock was born in North Carolina, and Mrs. Brock in Virginia. They were married in Greene County, Ohio. He emigrated to Ohio when a boy and settled in Greene County, afterward moved to Madison, where he re mained for some years; then returned to Greene County, where he remained until his death, which occurred October, 1857. Mrs. Brock died in Madison County in 1836. Our subject was united in marriage with Sarah Little, January 1, 1845; she was born in Virginia March 13, 1818, and emigrated to Ohio, with her parents, in 1831. Mr. and Mrs. Brock are the parents of eight children, of whom six now survive - James K., Lewis C, Robert A., Angeline, Andrew Jackson and Flora B. Mr. Brock has been a very strong Democrat through life.

JAMES K. BROCK, farmer, P. O. South Solon, was born in Greene County, Ohio, November 3, 1845, and is a son of Andrew J. and Sarah J. Brock, whose sketch appears in this work. James K. Brock, when twenty-five years of age, engaged in farming and handling stock, a busi ness he has since followed. He bought sixty acres of land at first, and has since added until he owns ninety-six acres, where he resides. He acquired a common school education; is Township Trustee of Stokes Township, at the present time, and is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge. He was united in marriage with Laura Records, May 7, 1876. She was born in Brown County, Ohio, near Fincastle, January 23, 1852. To this uniou have been born two children - Walter M. , born February 13, 1877, and Angie P., born September 17, 1879.

MANLEY BOZARTH, farmer, P. O. South Solon, was born in White County, Ind., May 31, 1830, and is a son of Lot and Nancy (Ray) Bozarth The former was born in Virginia in 1792, and the latter in Maryland in 1802. He was one of the earliest settlers of Madison County, Ohio, having emigrated to Ohio when young. Our subject was twenty years of age when he began farming for himself, and he has been engaged in thai occupation and trading in stock ever since. His father died April 17, 1872, his mother, March 12, 1878. He was united in marriage with Mary Jane Shepard December 24. 1857. She was born in Madison County, Ohio, February 24, L839, and to their union seven children have been born - Addison, born February L0, L859; James, born June 2. L860; Albert M., born April L0, 1863; Charles L., born November 27, L865; John, born October lJ0. 1867; Jessie Belle, born February 19, 1871, and Nathau Clark, bom April 14, 1875.

LEWIS BOZARTH, fanner, P. O. South Solon, was born in Stokes Township, Madison County, Ohio, March 20, L829, and is a son of Lot and Nancy (Ray) Bozarth. Mr. Bozarth was horn in Virginia, and Mrs. Bozarth in Maryland. He was one of the earliesl settlers of Madison County, having emigrated to Ohio when he was very young. Lewis was twenty year- of age, when he began fanning for himself, as a renter. Thus he continued Eor o then went, to McLean County, 111., where he remained for seventeen years, fanning and trading in cattle. lie then moved back to Ohio, and seitlod in Madison County, on the farm where he now resides, and has been engaged in farming and trading ever since. He was united in marriage with Rosana Moon in September, 1849. She was born in Ohio April 29, L831, and to them have been born six children, of whom four survive - John L., Jennie, Mary and Laura Belle. Mr. and Mrs. Bozarth are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and reside on a farm that is well adapted to the raising of grain and stock.

T. S. COOPER, farmer, P. O. South Solon, was born in Madison County, Ohio, November 20, L836, and is a son of William and Martha (Slaughter) Cooper, who were both natives of North Carolina. They were married in Greenville, Ind. , August 18, 1835. William emigrated to Ohio in 1823, then went to Indiana, and was united in marriage with Martha Slaughter, and soon afterward he returned to Ohio, and settled in Madison County, where she died in April, 1874. He still resides in Madison County, and is a retired farmer. T. S. Cooper was united in marriage withlsadore Lucas. October 21, 1862. She was born in Fayette County, Ohio, August 5, 1844, and is a daughter of John Lucas, whose sketch is in this work. To this union have been born seven children, of whom six survive - Thadeus W., Thomas A.. Stella May, William E.. Raymond L. and Nellie F. Our subject, when nineteen years of age, engaged in clerking in a store, and thus continued for two years. Then he took a course in Antioch Col lege, Ohio, after which he returned home and taught school ten years, beginning in 1860. He farmed in the summer season of the year, and in 1867 he bought land, to which he has since added fifty acres. He has been Township Clerk of Stokes Township twelve years, and he and his wife arc members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

HIRAM COOPER, farmer, P. O. South Solon, was born in Stokes Township, Madison County, Ohio, October, 1830, and was a son of William and Elizabeth (Merryman) Cooper. William was born in North Carolina, and Elizabeth was born in Fayette County, Ohio. He emigrated to Ohio while young, and was married in 1828, and settled in Madison County, where he lost his wife in 1865. Hiram was united in marriage with Elizabeth Hogue, October 21, 1855; she was born in Fayette County April 10, 1837. He has been engaged in farming and trading in stock through life. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper are the parents of seven children, of whom rive are living - John F., Melissa, Joseph, Lillie and George. They reside on a farm of 150 acres of land.

M. W. CORBITT, farmer, P. O. South Solon, was born in Fayette County, Ohio. February 11, 1 834, and is a son of Samuel K. and Catharine Corbitt. The former, who was born in Virginia, emigrated to Ohio when he was a young man, and settled in Fayette County, where he was married, and where he remained until his death, which occurred August 7, 1874. Mrs. Corbitt died in August. L872. Our subject was united in marriage with Elizabeth Paullin, January 29, 1856; she was born in Greene County Ohio. February 11, L834. Mr. Corbitt engaged in farming and dealing in stock when twenty-one years of age, a business he lias followed through life. He first bought 156 acres of land where he resides, and has since added to it until he owns N:!:! acres of fine land, all in a high state of cultivation. He and his wife are the parents of three children - Eldora, born June 1, I860; Warren, born April 22, L862; and Adda, born June 7. 1866. Mrs. Corbitt is a member of the Christian Church.

SAMUEL ERVIN, farmer, P. O. Bookwalter, Fayette County, was born in Stokes Township, Madison Co., Ohio, January 31, 1834, and is a son of Joel and Mary (Huffman) Ervin, who are mentioned in the sketch of William Ervin.

Our subject was married twioe, first, with Nursey Ann Gordon. January 20, 1856, with whom he lived until L865, when Bhe died; and next, on November 10. L869, with Rebecca Johnson. To these unions have been born seven children, of whom five survive - William H.. John L.. Jesse H.. Ollie and Wallace. Ho has been engagedin farming all his life. He is. as were his first and second wives, a member of the Christian Church. Ho is a good citizen, and is well respected in the community in which he lives.

WILLIAM ERVIN, farmer, P. 0. Jeff ersonvi lie, Fayette County, was born in Stokes Township, Madison Co., Ohio, June L6, L835, and is a son of Joel and Mary (Huffman) Ervin, who wore both natives of Ohio, whore the former was born in 1S11. and the latter in L812. They were married, in Clark County, Ohio, and moved to Madison County, where they remained a few years, and then moved to Fayette County. Fifteen years later, they came back to Madison County, where they remained until their death. He died February 5, L864, and she. April 12, 1878. William remained at home until twenty-four years of age, when ho engaged in farming for himself, on the land he inherited from his father. Ho has added to it since until he owns LJ'J acres, where ho resides. Ho acquired a common school education and has held the office of Justice of the Peace of Stokes Township three years. He and wife are the parents of eleven children, of whom nine survive - Orra L., Orpha V.. .Mary (>.. Orley W.. OrpheousA., Leonard L, \ddio E. and Clara. Mr. and Mrs. Ervin have been members of the Christian Church for nearly twenty-six years.

JOHN FOSTER (deceased) was born in Pennsylvania, January 7. 1821; he was a son of John and -lane Foster, natives of Pennsylvania, where they remained until their death. Our subject was united in marriage with Eliza Sampey February 26, 1846. She was born in Pennsylvania April 13, 1823. They moved to Wesi Virginia in L849, and remained there two years, then emigrated to Ohio, in 1851, and settled in Fayette County, where they remained until his death, which occuiTed October L5, 1863. The family then moved to Madison County, in 1866, and settled in Stokes Township. He acquired a common school education, and was engaged in farming through life. He was the lather of eight children - Charlie, McDowell D., Rebecca J.. Leander, Arabella. Cecelia. Benjamin and Julia.

SAMUEL FLA LICK, farmer. P. 0. South Solon, was born in Pennsylvania . I nne 2, L837, and is a son of Joseph and Snsan Fralick, natives of Pennsylvania, where the former was born January 13, 1Mb and the latter January;!. 1816. They were married. October L2, L834, emigrated to Ohio in 1853, and settled in Madison County, whore they remained until his death, May 20, L874. The widow still resides in Madison County. Our subject has been engaged in farming and raising stock all bi« life. He owns at present L50 acres of good land. Ho acquired a common school education, and has been Township Trustee of Stokes Township, an office he tilled with credit.

WILLIAMS. CAS KILL, retired. P.O. South Solon. The subject of this sketch, one of the Justices of the Peace in stokes Township. Madison County, Ohio, was born in Clinton County, Ohio. September 6, 1826, and was a eon of Eli and Hannah (Smith) Gaskill both natives of Pennsylvania, when> tin') were married. Eli was married twioe; his firsl wife was Catharine Campbell, with whom he emigrated to Ohio, and settled in War ivn County, in L804, where they remained until her death, which ooourred in 18K>. [n 1822, h>- married Hannah Smith, his Becond wife, and moved to

Todds Fork, one and three-quarters miles north of Wilmington, in Clinton County, Ohio, where ho remained until his death. He was a member of the Ohio Legislature from ls:!l to L836, a position he tilled with honor to him self and his constituents. William S. Gaskill was married Juno 26, 1848, to Miss Jane Hutson. who was born December 7, 1827, and was a daughter of John and Hannah Hutson. William, when twenty-two years of age, engaged in farming for himself, a business he followed until within tielast few years. He is now retired. Mr. and Mrs. Gaskill are the parents of nine children, of whom eight survive - Hannah A.. Calvin Ff.. Walter S., Mari;i Louisa, Mary Belle, Nettie E., Albert S., and John E. Mr. and Mrs. Gaskill live in South Solon, Ohio, and have a very pleasant home, surrounded with the comforts of life.

JOHN V. GOSSARD (deceased) was born in Rose County, Ohio, Sep tember 15, I SI 1, and was a son of John and Elizabeth (Valentine) Gossard, who were natives of Pennsylvania. They emigrated to Ohio, and wer married. He died in L840, and his wife in 1872. Our subject was united in marriage with Phebe Cox June 9, 1841. She was born in Ross County. Ohio, in November 27, 1814. When Mr. Gossard was twenty-one years of age, he engaged in fanning on his father's farm, and in L852 he bought 260 acres of land in Madison County, Ohio, where the widow now resides. He acquired a common school education, and was Trustee of Stokes Township. He was united in marriage three times. His first wife's name was Hannah Brown; after her death, he married Nancy Ritenour, who lived only one year, and then he married Miss Cox, who survives him. If died June 4, 1880. He was the father of six children - Robert, Joseph Arther, Marcellus, John and David. Mr. Gossard had been a member of the Methodist Church for thirty years. He was a good citizen, much respected by all who knew him.

J. H. HARltOD (deceased) was born in Madison County, Ohio, December 5, L815, and was a son of Samuel and Mary Harrod; the former was born September 28, 177'). and the latter October 4, L790. They were married in Greene County, Ohio. December 20, 1810. He died Februray 7. 1857, and his wife November 21. L866. Our subject was united in marriage with Ellen Hughes, February 14, 1850; she was born in Delaware County, Ohio, January I I. L826. To this union have been born five children - William, Augusta, Charles G., Samuel L. and Mary E. Mr. Har rod was engaged in farming and trading stock through life. When he was married he owned ISO acres of land, and he afterward added to it until at the time of his death, September 13, 1874, he owned nearly seven hundred acres of well-improved land. He acquired a common school education, and was a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity. He was a good citizen, loved and respected by the community in which he lived.

JOHN M.. LUCAS, farmer, P. O. South Solon. The subject of this sketch was born in Clinton County, Ohio, February 18, 1823, and is a son of Thurman and Lida (Mock) Lucas. The former was born in Warren County, Ohio, October 17. L799, and the latter in North Carolina November 18, 1801. They were married in Greene County, Ohio, in 1821, then went to Indiana, where they remained four years ; then returned to Ohio. Fayette County, remained a number of years ; then sold their farm and moved to Jamestown, Greene County, Ohio, where they remained until their death, he dying May. 1872, and she, August, 1863. Our subject was united in marriage with Elizabeth Kilgore. October 23, 1843; she was born in Fayette County, Ohio, August 19, 1824. He is a member of the I. O.

O. F., and was elected County Commissioner of Madison County, and has held the office for two terms with credit to himself and his constituents. Mr. and Mrs. Lucas are the parents of ten children, of whom nine survive - Isadora, Mary C. , Hezkiah, William, Alice, Ann, Willis, Sophrona and Douglas. Mr. Lucas has been engaged in farming all his life, and he and his wife now reside on a farm of 175 acres of land in Stokes Township, Madison County, Ohio.

STEPHEN W. MAXEY. liveryman, South Solon, was born in Madison County, Ohio, February 11, 1842, and is a son of John T. and Charity Maxey, who were both natives of Ohio. Mr. Maxey was born November 10, 1814, and his wife June 9, 1819. They were married in Greene County, Ohio, and moved into Madison County, where they remained until their death. Stephen was united in marriage with Anna Gaskill March 14, 1872. He first engaged in farming, then in keeping livery stable in South Solon, Ohio, a business he still follows. Mr. and Mrs. Maxey are the parents of four children - Wilson R., Nettie, John C, and Jessie. Mrs. Maxey is a member of the Methodist Church.

WILLIAM H. McHENRY, farmer. P. O. South Solon, was born in Stokes Township, Madison County, Ohio, January 31, 1825, and is a son of Isaac and Christena (Selsor) McHenry. The former was born in Kentucky June 4, 1801, and his wife in Virginia. Mr. McHenry emigrated to Ohio when a boy, and settled in Madison County, where his wife died in 1832. He then moved to Fayette County, and married, for his second wife, Miss Nancy Flood, who survived him, he dying in 1874. Our subject was united in marriage with Sarah J. Hornbeck March 8, 1847; she was born in Stokes Township June 8, 1827, and died December 15, 1879. Mr. McHenry was twenty-five years of age when he engaged farming for himself. He first farmed on David Selsor's farm, but when he was married he moved on the farm of 270 acres, which Mr. Selsor gave him. He and wife are the parents of ten children, of whom nine survive - Mary E., Margaret S., Julia Ann, Alva L., Laura Belle, Alraeda, George W. , David S. and Isaac E.

J. D. MOON, carpenter, South Solon, was born in Ohio, May 25, 1828, and is a son of Jonathan and Catharine (Davis) Moon. He was united in marriage with Sarah Bysher February 3, 1861; she was born in Highland County, Ohio, November 1, 1840. He was twenty years of age, when he began earning money for himself. He learned the carpenter trade before he was married, and has followed that trade ever since. He acquired a common school education, and is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge. In 1862, he bought fifty-two acres of land where he resides, which he has put in a high state of cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Moon are the parents of four children - Douglas B., born October 21, 1861; Samuel S., born March 31, L863; Morgan D.,born December 17, 1872: and Edith L., born July 4, 1880. .Mi. Moon was Clerk and Treasurer of Stokes Township.

W. O'SHAUGHNESSY, merchant, South Solon, was born in County Galway, Ireland, February 2, 1842. He is a son of Martin and Judith (Raferty) O'Shaughnessy, natives of Ireland, where Martin was born in 1802. They were married in Ireland in 1837, and never came to the United States. He died March 16, L847, and his wife is still living. Our subject was united in marriage with Mary C. Lucas, June 30, 1871; she is a daughter of John M. Lucas, whose sketch appears in this work, and was born in Fayette County, Ohio, April 20, 1847. Our subject was twenty two years of age when he emigrated to the United States, where he landed

August 3, 1864. He came to South Solon March 16, 1865, and engaged in the mercantile business, in which he has been engaged ever since," owning at present a nice country store. He and wife were the parents of two children, of whom one survives - Louis, born August 8, 1877. Our subject having been engaged in the mercantile business for a number of years, has quite an extensive custom throughout Stokes Township and is doing a successful business.

JOHN PANCAKE, farmer. P. O. South Charleston, was born in Madison County, Ohio, August 1, 1835, and is a son of Jesse and Martha (Cooper) Pancake. The former was born in Virginia June 29, 1801, and the latter in Madison County, Ohio, in 1814. They were married in Madison County, in 1834, he having emigrated with his parents to Ohio in 1812. landing iirst in l\oss County, where they remained a few years, after which they came to Madison County, where they settled and remained until their death; the former, November 23, 1877, and the latter in 1839. Our subject was united in marriage with Serelda Paulin, January 15, 1862. She was born in Clark County, Ohio, July 20, 1839. Mr. Pancake, when seventeen years of age, began superintending his father's farm, which his father afterward divided between him and his sister, giving each about six hundred acres. To this Mr. Pancake has since added until he now owns 750 acres of fine land in a high state of cultivation. He has been engaged in farming and trading in stock all his life. He acquired a common school education, and has filled the office of Trustee of Stokes Township three terms. He and wife are the parents of five children - Jacob W., Martha O, Mary P., Jessie and Addie. Mr. and Mrs. Pancake ai*e members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

DAVID W. PERKINS, farmer, P. O. D effersonville, was born in Washington County, Ohio, March 30, 1838, and is a son of Samuel and Frances (Ward) Perkins. The former was born in 1805, and his wife in 1810. They were both natives of-Ohio, and settled in Washington County. He died in March, 1850. and his wife in 1863. David W. was united in marriage with Elizabeth Ervin, November 3, 1864; she was born in Fayette County, Ohio, March 6, 1839. He has been engaged in farming and raising stock through life. He acquired a common school education, and is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity. He and wife reside on a farm in Stokes Township, surrounded with all the comforts of life. They are both members of the Christian Church.

O. W. POWELL, farmer, P. O. South Solon. The subject of this sketch was born in Fayette County. Ohio, January 28, 1835, and is a son of Robert and Mary (James) Powell, who were natives of Virginia. They were married in Fayette County, Ohio, where they settled and remained until their death. They emigrated with their parents to Ohio when very young. (,}. W. Powell was united in marriage with Sarah Jane James November 3, 1859; she was born in Fayette County, Ohio, January 22, 1837. To this union have been born seven children, of whom five survive - James A., George W., Charles H. , Delia F. and Lillie Iva. Mr. and Mrs. Powell are members of the Methodist Church.

MICHAEL E. RITENOUK, farmer. P. O. South Solon, was born in Frederick County, Va., February 26, 1822, and is a son of Daniel B. and Elizabeth (Drake) Ritenour, natives of Virginia ; the former born October 27, 1796, and the latter July, 1790. They were married in Virginia, and remained there until her death, which occurred in 1842. In 1845, he emigrated to Ohio, and settled in Greene County, where he remained until his death, February 26, 1874. After his emigration to Ohio, he was united in marriage with Sarah Walker, who died in March, 1879. Our subject was united in marriage the first time in Frederick County, Va. , with Mary Jones, March 6, 1845; she was born in Virginia in 1822. They emigrated to Ohio and settled in Madison County, where they remained until her death, which occurred in 1850. Mr. Ritenour remained a widower three years, when he was united in marriage with Adaline Blair, who was born in Virginia February 12, 1833. He, at twenty-three years of age, engaged in working by the day on contract, and thus he continued for twenty-six years, when he bought fifty-eight acres of land where he resides, and engaged in farming. He is the father of ten children, two by his first wife and eight by his last, of whom nine survive - Delia E., Joseph H., Lucy E., Mary E., Georgianna, Robert E., Oladious O., Frederick G. and Fannie F.

DAVID SELSOR (deceased). Without a doubt, it can be truthfully said of the deceased that, as a stock-dealer, he had no equal in Madison County. He was born in Virginia, on the 30th of March, 1806, of parents John and Mary Selsor, Virginians by birth, and in which State their marriage was solemnized. The family emigrated to Ohio when David was quite young, and the parents remained here until their death. Our subject at the age of sixteen years engaged in farming and trading in stock, which occupation he followed through life, and at which he gained great success, both pecuniarily and in high standing in the business, having justly been awarded by his fellow-dealers the title of " Cattle King." On April 10, 1876, Mr. Selsor was united in marriage with Jennie Foster, a native of Pennsylvania, who was bom December 8, 1852, and by this union there were born Delamie and Oran Belle. Mr. Selsor was the foremost man in Madison County in introducing thoroughbred stock, and labor ing to improve the growth of cattle in this vicinity. He was not only known within the borders of his own county, but his reputation extended abroad and he took rank with the leading cattle men of Ohio. He was accustomed to attend fairs with his blooded stock, and in many cases carried off th<> first premiums. He shipped extensively to the New York market. He died January 12, 1882, possessed of an estate of nearly three thousand acres of land, and is remembered as a man of sound judgment, and possessed of th<> rarest business qualifications. He was shrewd, capable, kind and honest; was liberal and obliging, yet unyielding in his principles of right and jus tice.

CHRISTOPHER SELSOR, farmer. P. O. South Solon, was born in Stokes Township, Madison County, Ohio, January 26, 1833, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (McHenry) Selsor. Mr. Selsor was born in Virginia, and Mrs. Selsor in Kentucky. He emigrated to Ohio when a boy and settled in Stokes Township. They were married in Ohio and remained there until their death, he in 1842, andshe in November, L864 « Christopher was united in marriage with Leah Kelley in 1866; she was born in Clark Count} Ohio. April 9, 1838. To this union have been born two children - Charlie A. and Ida. Mr. Selsor acquired a common school education, and is a mem ber of the I. O. O. F. fraternity. He has been engaged in agricultural pursuits all his life, and now resides on a farm of seventy- four acres of land that is in a high state of cultivation. Mrs. Selsor is a member of the Methodist Church.

WILLIAM SHOCK Li' Y. farmer, P. O. South Solon, was born in Stokes Township, Madison County, Ohio, January 15, ISl*. and is a son if Clement and Matilda (Briggs) Shockley, who are both natives of Ohio.

Clement was born in May, 1823, and Matilda in May, 1825. They were married in Clark County, Ohio, in 1843 or 1844. YVilliain was united in marriage with Nancy J. Huffman October 10, 1871; she was a native of Greene County, Ohio, born in 1851. He bought 106 acres of land in Fayette County, Ohio, when twenty-live years of age, and engaged in farming. He sold that tract and purchased 1 llf acres of land in Madison County, where he resides. Mr. and Mrs. Shockley are the parents of three children, of whom three survive - Franklin P. and Martha M.

REUBEN SLAUGHTER, farmer, P. O. South Solon, was born in Highland County, Ohio, June 9, 1824, and is a son of John and Anna (Wright) Slaughter. The former was born in Virginia, in 1783, and the latter was born January 1, 1789. They were married in Highland County, Ohio, where he came when a young man. They remained there for some years, then moved to Madison County, where he remained until his death, which occurred August 7, 1863. His wife died March 17, 1874. Our subject was united in marriage with Matilda Denton, October 9, 1851. She was born in Madison County, Ohio, November 11, 1832. Mr. Slaughter engaged with his father in business, and remained with him until his death, when he began farming on 300 acres of land that was left to him by his father. He has since bought and added to the 300 acres until he owns at the present time 1,228 acres of fine land. He acquired a common school education and has been engaged in trading and selling stock. He and wife are the parents of six children, of whom four survive - Reuben L., born Oc tober 11, 1854; James A., born July 9, 1859; Martin M., born August 21, 1861; and Sidney Belle, born September 3, 1864.

JACOB SMITH, retired farmer, P. O. South Solon. The subject of this sketch is the oldest man in Stokes Township, and doserves not only a place in the biographical chapter of Madison County, but in the State his lory. He was born in Maryland June 10, 1803, and emigrated with his parents to Ohio in L806, stopping first at Cincinnati. In 1807, he pressed forward to Greene County. Ohio, where he remained until 1836, at which time he moved to Madison County, where he settled and is still living. He is a son of Mathias and Barbara (Beckel) Smith, who were na+ives of Maryland. He was born in 1769, and lived until August 5, 1824. when he passed away; his wife died in 1839. The subject of our sketch was first united in marriage on December 8, 1831. to Amanda Harrod, a native of Greene County, Ohio, born October 11, 1811; she died October, 1872. On April 11, 1876, he married for his second wife, Julia Harris, who was born July 18, 1853, and died April 16, 1882. Mr. Smith has been engaged in farming all his life. He acquired a common school education, and has been Trustee of Stokes Township a number of years. Ho is the father of six children, of whom live now survive - Enziletta, Samuel H. , Jonathan C, Frances M. and George.