Madison County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1915 (part 10 of 20)

Meritte D. Stalbird was united in marriage, September 25, 1899, with Estelle Reed, who was born on March 10, 1888, near Gillivan, Canaan. township, in Madison county, Ohio, and was educated in the public schools of Monroe township. To this union have been born two children, Marion Everette, born on August 26, 1900, a graduate of the public school at the age of fourteen years, and Florence I, born on January 7, 1903.

Mrs. Estelle (Reed) Stalbird is a daughter of Perry and Missouri (Miller) Reed, both of whom have lived for many years in Monroe township, where Mr. Reed is a farmer. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Reed are the parents of six children, as follow: May married Samuel Skeels; Lennie married Major Gammel ; Wstella was the third in order of birth; Clara married Kirk Phillip; Edith married Fay Fenner; Harrison married Inez Anderson. ;

Mr. Stalbird has made all he possesses without any outside assistance, and being a gentleman of marked domestic tastes, thoroughly enjoys his home and family.

Horace T. Finley

While endeavoring: to advance his own interests, Horace T. Finley, whose name introduces this sketch, has never neglected any favor that would tend to the promotion of the welfare of a friend or neighboring citizen. He is the owner of fine farming lands in Monroe township, and springs from aristocratic Virginia ancestry. His financial success has been the outcome of strict attention to business, and the high principles upon which he has always conducted his work.

Horace T. Finley, farmer, residing in Monroe township, Madison county, was born on October 25, 1848,-in Rockbridge county, Virginia, and is a son of Col. J. H., and Martha (Ruff) Finley. He was educated in the public schools, after which he taught school for some years, and then took up the vocation of a farmer, which he has successfully conducted, and is now well fixed with the material goods of this world. Mr. Finley is a Democrat, in behalf of which party he has shown his public spirit by serving as trustee and: township clerk at various times. His farm, consisting of one hundred and twenty-five acres, is located in Pike, Monroe and Darby townships. He is a member of Urania Lodge No. 311, of the Masonic Order, at Plain City.

Col. J. H. Finley, father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Virginia, and a son of Michael Finley. His wife, Martha (Ruff) Finley, was a daughter of John R. Ruff. Colonel Finley was at one time a slaveowner, and conducted a flour-mill. When Colonel.and Mrs. Finley came to Ohio, they located where Horace T. Finley now lives, and built a log cabin for their home, spending the remainder of their lives on this farm. Colonel Finley was a Democrat. He was well educated and well informed on the important topics of the day, and took an active interest in local politics. In his younger days Colonel Finley taught school for a number of years. To this union were born nine children, as follow: John R. enlisted in Company K, Ninety-fifth Regiment, Ohio. Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel McMillan, participating in the siege of Vicksburg; W. A. was killed at Plain City by a railroad train; Samuel died when two years of age; D. Wallace is following agriculture in Nebraska ; Amanda is deceased: Horace T., of Monroe township; Matilda died in infancy; Margaret became the wife of E. W. Fisher; W. S. lives in Monroe township. A biographical sketch of the latter is presented elsewhere in this volume. Horace T. Finley was united in marriage, October 1, 1874, with Ada A. Dillow, daughter of Hugh and Susan (Heath) Dillow. She was born in Madison county. This union has been blest with five children, only three of whom are living in 1915: J. T., Oscar W., Ethel (deceased), Bertha (deceased), and Fay. J. T. is manager of the home farm: Oscar W. lives near Plain City; Bertha became the wife of John Barley. of Gillivan road; Fay is also at home. Mrs. Horace T. Finley died on March 7, 1915, aged fifty-seven years.

Owen Harbage

The gentleman whose name is noted above is a member of one of the -old and honored families of this county, who, though not native-born, have made a name and a place for themselves, and have become in every sense of the word American, except in the matter of birth. Coming to this country when a mere lad, Owen Harbage has worked out his destiny by reason of ability and perseverance, until he has come to oceupy an important place in the vicinity of his: home, and has won many friends, whose entire confidence he has. He is the son of parents who braved the dangers of the ocean to establish their home in the New World. It is "a far cry" from the little town in England in which he was born on May 2, 18388, to the presidency of a bank in Ohio, but such is the cycle of his life. ;

Joseph and Sarah (Kutley) Harbage, parents of Owen Harbage, were English-born, and after their murriage came to the United States. about the year 1853. Arriving in New York City, they bought tickets for Madison county, and located immediately on a farm near West Jefferson, where they spnt the remainder of their days, acquiring two hundred and twenty-five acres of land in that part of the county. Joseph Harbage was a quiet, forceful man, a Republican in political belief and a good, conscientious farmer. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, those besides the subject of this sketch being John, Elizabeth (widow of Patrick Caragan), Sarah (deceased), Joseph, William (living in Indiana), and Edwin.

It is not difficult to imagine the struggles of an English lad of fifteen coming to a strange country where so many customs and institutions differ from those of the Old World, but, with determination, Owen Harbage set to work, and here in the Madison county schools finished the education begun in England. Until the year of his majority, he lived under the paternal roof, and then started to carve his own destiny. It would seem that Fate was rather kind to him. for she not only brought him a wife, but in so doing determined the direction along which he should carry out his economic activities. In other words. after his marriage to Minerva Arnett in the fall of 1859, he became manager of his mother-in-law's Madison county farm, afterwards purchasing it, and he still owns nine hundred acres in Jefferson. township. Continuing his residence on the farm until 1905, he then moved to West Jefferson, where he now resides, one of his business interests centering in the Farmers Bank, which he organized, and of which he is the president.

To Owen and Minerva (Arnett) Harbage seven children were born. four of whom are living, namely: Vynul, who has become a wealthy farmer. of Jefferson township; Arnett. who possesses six hundred acres in Monroe township; Clara, who married J. Wilson Goodson, a prosperous resident of Jefferson township. and Addie, who married David Lloyd, a successful farmer of Franklin county. The mother of these children died in 1901 and three years later, August 26, 1904, Mr. Harbage married, secondly, Mrs. Elizabeth Riddle, who was born in Madison county on August 4, 1849. The daughter of a farmer, she was educated in the local schools, and reaching womanhood, chose for her husband Abner Riddle, to which union two children were born, Dllen, who married David Sidner, a farmer of West Jefferson, and Gertrude, deceased.

The church to which Mr. and Mrs. Harbage have been most strongly attracted is the Methodist Episcopal, and to this they have contributed both of their time and means, Mrs. Harbage being quite active in the church work, especially that of the Ladies' Aid Society.

Although an active Republican, Owen Harbage has never held any office of a public nature. He is of a kindly, cheerful disposition, attracting friends and retaining them, and is one of the honored and respected citizens of the county in which he has spent nearly all of his life.

Lawrence Cassett Houston

The history of a county or state, as well as that of a nation, is chiefly a chronicle of the lives and deeds of those who have conferred honor and dignity upon society. The world judges the character of a community by its representative citizens and yields tribute of admiration and respect to those whose words and actions constitute the record of the state's prosperity and pride. Among the prominent citizens of Madison county who are well known because of the part they have taken in public life, as well as the fact that they come from an old and honored family, is.Lawrence Cassett Houston, a farmer by occupation, who lives two miles north of Summerford, in Somerford township, on a part of a military tract granted by the state of Virginia to members of the Marsh family for services performed in the Revolutionary War. Mr. Houston has a modern farm, known as "Liberty Hall."

Lawrence C. Houston was born on October 13, 1872, in Clark county, two miles sr of his present home, the son of William Laus and Mary J. (Bales) Houston. They also were born in Clark county. William L. Houston was the son of Thomas F. Houston, who was the son of Robert, the son of Joseph. It was Joseph Houston who brought the family to Ohio from Maryland in .pioneer times. The founder of the family in America, who came from Scotland, was Robert Houston. The family seat is situated at Houston, Scotland, and a coat of' arms granted by the king, bears the motto "In Time." It was granted on account of his having appeared on the field of battle with his serfs and having saved the day. The Houston castle is still standing and is a fine specimen of Scotch architecture, with its turrets, etc. Joseph Houston, who established the family in Ohio, was a brother of Gen. Sam Houston's father. Joseph Houston's son, Robert, the father of Thomas F., settled about 1862 in Pleasant township on the farm where he lived until late in life, when he moved to Springfield and died at the age of sixty-five years. He was saddle and harness maker in South Charleston in early life, and an old ledger shows that he made a saddle for George Murray some sixty years ago. It was a fine piece of handiwork and was handed down in the Murray family, reaching Mrs. Lawrence ©. Houston, and she still has it.

William Laus and Mary J. (Bales) Houston succeeded to the old homestead, where they lived until a few months before his death, when he moved to London. He died on Mareh 11, 1900, at the age of fifty-six years. Mrs. William Laus Houston lives in London. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as was also her husband. Mary (Bales) Houston is the daughter of Calvin and Julia Bales, who lived near Tradersville, in Somerford township, where she was born. She is now sixty-nine years old. Her brother, Charles, still lives in the old Bales home. To William L. and Mary Houston. were born three children. Lawrence. C., the subject of this sketch; Morris Charles, an automobile dealer of Duncan, Oklahoma ; Stella B., the wife of Edward B.

Lawrence C. Houston lived at home until seventeen years old. He attended the high school at London and subsequently entered Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, from which he was graduated with the class of 1895, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science. Later he took a course in Nelson's Business College at Springfield, Ohio, and entered the London Exchange Bank, where he remained for three years in a clerical capacity. At this time his father was a stockholder and director of the bank. After this he cierked in the Citizens National Bank at Springfield for a year and a half, until the death of his father, when he returned to London and was made administrator of the estate, comprising eleven hundred acres of land. A part of his present home farm was included in the Houston estate. Here he owns two hundred and forty-two acres. Mr. and Mrs. Houston also own a farm of eighty-seven acres nearby.

On February 17, 1898, Lawrence C. Houston was married to Clara Murray, of South Charleston, the daughter of John M. and Sallie (Nesbitt) Murray, both of whom are of Seotch descent. Mrs. Houston's grandfather, George Murray, came from New York with his parents and later settled in Clark county, Ohio. He was a farmer and stockman at South Charleston and died at the age of seventy-one years. His son, John Murray, now lives in Clark county, aged seventy-five years. He is a stockman and farmer. Mrs. Houston was born in Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, and reared in South Charleston. She wes educated in Ohio Wesleyan University and was a classmate of lier husband, having graduated in 1895. She was graduated from the South Charleston high school in the class of 1891.

Mr. and Mrs. Houston have been the parents of two children, Murray, who is a student in the London high school, class of 1917, and Helen, who will graduate from the high school with the class of 1919. Murray is very much inclined to nature study, and in 1913 discovered an aicient turtle in the woods of the old Willard farm, bearing the date "1812," with the initials "J. W.' carved on its back, thought to be the initials of J. Willard, who owned the farm at that date.

Practically all of the members of the Houston family have been Republicans, but: Lawrence C. Houston is inclined to the Progressive party. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at London. Mr. Houston is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He is a member of the Masonic lodge and one of the radical dry workers in Madison county. He is also a member of the Grange, the Farmers Club, the Young Men's Christian Association and takes an interest in all of these organizations.

Asa F. Burnham

Tireless energy, combined with honesty of purpose, and a good supply of proper business judgment, is bound to end in successful achievement in most any line of business, and this fact is illustrated in the life of the subject of this sketch, Asa F. Burnham, who is prominently known throughout Madison county as a high-grade, twentieth-century farmer and stock raiser.

Asa F. Burnham, farmer and stock raiser, Mechanicsburg, Madison county, Ohio, was born on February 12, 1855, in Pike township, and is a son of John and Selina (Fullington) Burnham. He was reared on a farm and attended the district schools, after which he entered the Akron College and at the end of two years returned home and became engaged in general farming and stock raising, and is now the proprietor of the valuable farm known as "Maple Lawn Farm," located on rural route No. 3, six miles east of Mechanicsburg, in Pike and Monroe townships. Mr. Burnham is a stanch Republican.

John Burnham, father of Asa F. Burnham, was born in Connecticut, and his wife, Selina (Fullington) Burnham, was born in Ohio. They were early settlers in Madison county and Mr. Burnham was always considered a money-maker. He began on his own responsibility in very meager circumstances, but was industrious and thrifty, and soon became the owner of fifty cows and a good dairy farm, which he later gave up and engaged in general farming and stock raising, principally sheep and cattle. John Burnham was a man of high moral character, and upright in all his business dealings.

Mr. and Mrs. John Burnham were the parents of eight children, seven of whom are living in 1915: Henry, a veterinarian in Indiana; Charles L., a retired farmer at Mechanicsburg; Darius J., also retired and living at Mechanicsburg, where he is one of the large landowners; Pearl J. is cashier: of the Oentral Bank at Mechanicsburg} and is also the owner of a large tract of land; Ada Burnham is the wife of M. D. Bradley; Marion L. is the present mayor of London, Ohio; and Asa F.

Asa F. Burnham was united in marriage in October, 1882, with Amy F. Burnham, daughter of Henry and Eveline (Williams) Burnham. She was born in Pike township, in Madison county.

Mr. Burnham' has always been a man of temperate habits, and because of his sterling qualities is deservedly popular among his acquaintances.

William Johnson Edwards

The human life is most useful which results in the greatest good to the greatest number. Though all do not reach the heights to which they aspire, yet in some measure, each can reach success and make life a blessing to his fellow men. It is not necessary for one to occupy eminent public position to do so, for in other walks of life there remains much good to be accomplished and many opportunities for the exercise of talent and influence, which in some way will touch the lives of others. Among the farmers of Somerford township, Madison county, Ohio, William Johnson Edwards has,.for many years, occupied a conspicuous place. He is the proprietor of '"Needmore Farm," located on the London and Urbana pike, two and one-half miles north of Summerford, in Somerford township. It is the old David Ward farm and contains one hundred and seventy-five acres, having been purchased by Mr. Edwards five years ago.

William Johnson Edwards was born in Wise county, Virginia, February 4, 1865. -Many of the members of the Edwards family still live in Wise county, Virginia. Mr. Edwards was reared on a farm and for many years was engaged in the manufacture of hardwood lumber in Carroll, Wise and Grayson counties, Virginia. During a period of sixteen years he had extensive experience in operating mills. 'Coming to Ohio in December, 1903, he settled in Clark county, his object being to obtain better educational advantage for his children. Mr. Edwards rented land for two years and then purchased land in Madison county. He first bought the Arbuckle farm in Somerford township, a tract of one hundred and seventy-one acres. It was a run-down farm, for which he paid fifty-five dollars an acre. In four years, he sold out and received eightyfive dollars an acre. He then rented the Angus Bonner farm of seven hundred and _ forty acres, and one year later sold out his interest in the farm and purchased his present home, which had been rented for many years. There were no fences on the farm and this farm also was very much run down, and it gave Mr. Edwards a chance to improve and rebuild. The land is now in a high state of cultivation. He has blown out several acres of stumps and put this into cultivation. He grows corn, wheat and oats and buys considerable grain to feed to his stock. A rather large herd of cows is kept on the farm and the cream is sold as a principal product. He has splendid wells on the farm, which are operated by windmills and the water piped to a tank in the yard. The farm also has a silo. Besides cattle and hogs, Mr. Edwards keeps draft stallions and is doing a great deal to improve the breed of horses in this county.

Frances Shupe, a native of Grayson county. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have been the parents of eight children: Hattie May, who is the wife of Louis Ackermann, of Rosedale, Madison county; Earl Eugene, who owns a part of the Edwards farm, but lives in Clark county; Everett Clintun, who is a graduate of the London high school and is a teacher; Ernest Kyle, who married Gladys Wilson, the daughter of Valentine Wilson, and occupies Mr. Wilson's farm; Clara and Martha Ann, who are students in the London high school; William Austin and Vernie Clyde, who live at home. |

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Edwards are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Summerford. They have been active in church work since 1892. Mr. Edwards is a trustee of the church... Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic lodge at London. The Edwards home is located in a magnificent grove which makes one of the most desirable home sites in Madison county.

Among the resourceful and enterprising citizens of Madison county, Ohio, is Dr. William I. Ballinger. Although well advanced in years, Doctor Ballinger is still wonderfully active and wide awake. His progressive spirit has been very helpful to his township, and he has performed his part as a public-spirited citizen. He began his career as a physician, but the call of the commercial life proved more attractive to him, and his last years in active business were spent in his flouring mills, in which business he has also been eminently successful. He retired from business in 1908.

William I. Ballinger was born on October 18, 1828, in Logan county, Ohio, a son of Joshua and Delila (Inskeep) Ballinger. He was reared on a farm in Logan county, and obtained his early education in the public schools, remaining on the farm until nineteen years of age. When a boy he was injured, making it impossible for him to follow agricultural pursuits, and in deciding upon a vocation he selected the study and profession of medicine and surgery, entering the college at Marysville, Ohio, presided over by Dr. D. W. Henderson, where he was one of the leading students. He later went to college at Delaware, remaining from 1850 to 1853, after which he studied with Doctor Henderson in Marysville for two years, and was later a student at Starling Medical College at Columbus. From there he went to Cleveland, during which time he devoted much of his time and attention to surgery, graduating from the medical college at Cleveland with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in April, 1856,

Doctor Ballinger located at Plain City, where he established a good practice, untii 1885 or 1886, when he discontinued his medical practice in order that he might have more time to devote to his flouring-mill, which he had built in 1873. It was one of the first mills and proved a success. Dr. Ballinger personally took charge of it in 1885. Tt was burned down in 1898 and he at once rebuilt it on better and more modern plans, taking out the buhrs and replacing them with the roller system, and in 1904 or 1905 he again took active charge of the mill, assisted by his sons. Doctor Ballinger was originally a Whig, but later became a Republican, to which party he has since given . his loyal support. He has always been an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church and an active worker in that denomination. Fraternally, he belongs to the Masonic lodge of Plain City, of which he has officiated as secretary for many years.

Joshua Ballinger, father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of New Jersey, and came to Ohio in 1808. His wife was Delila (Inskeep) Ballinger, whose parents were natives of Virginia, and both died in Logan county, Ohio, where her father was a prosperous farmer. Mrs. Joshua Ballinger had five brothers and two sisters, the only one of whom now living is Hester A., the widow of BE. P. Williams.

Dr. William I. Ballinger was united in marriage, in February, 1857, with Matilda M. Taylor, by whom he has had three children - John, Llew and Eva, who married

Rev. A. L. Rogers, a Methedist Episcopal minister, and they live in Plain City, Ohio. Doctor and Mrs. Ballinger have been married fifty-eight years, and are among the best known and most highly respected citizens of Plain City, Ohio.

Mrs. Ballinger's father was John Taylor, who was born on the old Taylor homestead, located in Darby and Canaan townships. He was a farmer and large stock man. He died on the old home place. Mrs. Ballinger's mother was Eliza Marks, who was born on the banks of Little Darby, in Madison county, Ohio. She was the daughter of James Marks, a prominent farmer and one of the early settlers of Madison county, who came to this section when it was a wilderness. John and Eliza (Marks) Taylor were the parents of the following children: David, deceased; Matilda; Elizabeth, deceased; James, deceased; Eva, deceased, and J. B. F., who lives at Lafayette.

Edwin E. Willard

Large undertakings are entrusted only to men of large vision and great ability. During the past few years, Madison county has been engaged in tremendous road building projects, at the head of which has been Edwin E. Willard, the president of the board of county commissioners, who was elected to his present office first in 1910 and who is now serving his second term. During his administration, Madison county, in conjunction with Franklin county, has built two large bridges over Big Darby as a result of the flood. These bridges cost about seventy thousand dollars each. Moreover, the county is constructing about fourteen miles of state and inter-county roads, a total cost to Madison county of about fifty-five thousand dollars.

During Mr. Willard's administration, the county has also rebuilt several miles of roads, one of which is the old turnpike. A movement is now on foot to change the route of the old national road so that it will leave the old line at West Jefferson and pass through London and by the way of the state farm to Summerford. The present bational road is a straight line from West Jefferson to Summerford, by the way of Lafayette. London lies four miles south of Lafayette, so that the new line makes a slight detour to the south, returning to the old line at Summerford. The increase in distance, however, is very slight. This project means an expense of one hundred thousand dollars to Madison county and is about one-half the total cost as the state will pay the other half. Mr. Willard is a man of large ability and has given a full measure of satisfaction during his 'previous years of service. He is thoroughly experienced in politics and public affairs, having served as township assessor of Somerford township, as trustee and as a member of the school board. The people of any county are pleased to honor a man possessing the ability of Edwin E. Willard.

Edwin E. Willard was born on the old home farm near his present home on May ©, 1856, and is the third in the family born to James M. and Eleanor (Hull) Willard, the former of whom was born in Somerford township, October 2, 1829, and the latter in Madison county, July 2, 1830. James M. Willard was the son of Abner S. and Hulda (Colver) Willard, the former a natiye of Vermont, born in 1797, and the latter born on the shore of Lake Champlain, in New York state, in 1796. Abner S. Willard went to Canada in early life, then returned to New York, and in 1812 settled in Champaign county, Ohio, where he remained until 1815, when he came to Madison county. He died on December 16, 1872. He was married in Madison county in 1817. His wife died on June 3, 1861, in this county.

James M. Willard was married to Eleanor Hull on November 25, 1851, and after his marriage engaged in farming and stock raising, renting land until he purchased two hundred acres, adding to it until he owned two hundred and fifty-eight acres. Elected as a Republican he served three years as county commissioner and faithfully discharged the duties of the office. He also served as township trustee at different times and school director for twenty years. James and Ellen (Hull) Willard were the parents of six children, of whom four are living: Edwin E., the subject of this sketch; Horace M. lives on the old homestead; Olive J. is the wife of Walter Dickason, of Columbus; Louie R. is the widow of Frank Newman, of Rosedale, Madison county. Tabitha and Nettie O. are deceased. Tabitha was the wife of Marion Candler and died on June 14, 1886, her hsuband having since died. Her daughter, Myrtle, married Eugene Dixon and died on June 19, 1905, leaving no children. James M. Willard was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and he and his wife were members of the Universalist church. He died on February 17, 1905, and his remains were buried in the Summerford cemetery. His wife died in December, 1896.

The life of Edwin E. Willard has been passed mainly in Madison county, either on the farm or in London, where he was engaged in breeding light harness horses. He followed the race circuit for many years, driving his own horses, and during that period owned several fast horses which brought him good prices. He has now been living on the farm for eight years and owns seventy-five acres of land. On the farm he lives in a neat concrete house, which has beeu made modern and is a desirable home. It it situated two miles north of Summerford.

Edwin E. Willard was married on January 19, 1877, to Alice E. Evans, the daughter of William and Anna Evans, who were, for many years, proprietors of the hotel at Summerford. William Evans died on August 5, 1915, and was buried at Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Willard are the parents of four children: Forrest, who is employed by the Ohio Electric railway at Columbus, Ohio; Edwina, who is the wife of A. J. Leonard, an electrician of London; Jeannette, who was graduated from the high school with the class of 1915; and Irene, who will graduate from the high school with the class of 1916.

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin FE. Willard and family are prominent citizens of Madison county. The family is popular socially and enjoys the wholesome respect of their neighbors. At no time in the history of the county has any county commissioner had so much to contend with as Mr. Willard. He is acknowledged one of the best men who ever held that position.

Robert Harbage

Robert Harbage, a prosperous young farmer of Somerford township, is the proprietor of "Spring Hill Farm," a tract of two hundred acres, lying three miles north of Summerford and back from the main pike from London to Mechanicsburg. The farm lies on Georges creek and is excellently watered and well adapted for stock raising.

Robert Harbage was born in Jefferson township, Madison county, November 24, 1889, and is the son of Charles and Jennie (Roberts) Harbage, the former of whom is deceased and the latter is still living on the old home place.

For a period of three years, Mr. Harbage operated the farm of his uncle, Vymul Harbage, in Deer Creek township. but after his marriage moved to his present farm. which is known as the old David Ward farm. Since moving to the farm he has rebuilt most of the fences and by installing an elaborate system of drainage, has reclaimed a great deal of waste land. The farm was very much run down when he took possession of it, but it is now in a high state of cultivation. At the present time Mr. Harbage has one hundred and fifty acres of land in cultivation and is clearing more land every year. He is engaged principally in stock raising and specializes in hogs and sheep, being one of the well-known breeders of this community.

Mr. Harbage is a graduate of the West Jefferson high school and spent two years in the University at Columbus. He was a charter member of the Farmers Club.

of Nathan and Esther (Sheridan) Fields, who are prosperous farmers of Deer Creek township. Mrs. Harbage's father was born in Carroll county, Ohio, June 1, 1854, and her mother was born at Mishawaka, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Fields have owned the old Beals farm since 1891. It consists of one hundred and twenty-seven and one-half acres. Mrs. Harbage is one of a family of eight children and the third in the family. The others are: Wealthy, the wife of Earl Woodruff; Margaret, now a student at the State University; Amy, the wife of Lester Stroup; John, a farmer and carpenter at Bernstad, North Dakota; Clarence, who is in the service of the Pennsylvania railroad; Alice and Gladys.

Mrs. Harbage was born in Somerford township and is a graduate of the London high school. She was a student in the summer school of Ohio State University and, for five years, was a teacher in Madison county. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harbage have two children, Charles Nathan and Ben. The family is highly respected and well known in Somerford township and, altogether, Mr. Harbage is one of the leading young citizens of the township.

Valentine Wilson

Valentine Wilson, a son of Washington and Linnie (West) Wilson, and the grandson of Valentine and Susan (Umble) Wilson, is a farmer of Somerford township, owning three hundred and eighty acres of his father's old homestead, and altogether three hundred and ninety acres in this township. His farm is located on the London and Mechanicsburg pike, one mile north of Summerford.

Valentine Wilsoh was born two and one-half miles west of his present home, in Clark county, Ohio, June 30, 1851. Mr. Wilson's father first purchased land in Clark county, where he lived until 1856, when he came to the farm now occupied by his son. Valentine inherited half the land and built the house, which still stands on the farm, in 1856. Here he lived until his death, at which time he was the owner of about eight hundred acres of land. This old house has been the gathering place for the ministers of the Christian church for a great deal more than a generation. Washington Wilson was a man who had many friends, and so thoroughly and widely was he trusted that he was appointed by the court to settle up many estates. His life and his children ure referred to elsewhere in the sketch of the Wilson family. It may be said here that he was a stanch Republican in politics and took a very active part in public affairs locally. He was fond of fine horses. During the Civil War he was heavily interested in raising sheep.

Valentine Wilson, the immediate subject of this sketch, inherited from his father's estate what was called the Heffley farm, and there he lived for thirty years. After the death of his brother, Charles, he bought the old home farm, where he has now lived for four years. He is heavily interested in live stock and buys great numbers of cattle, which are fed off to grass.

In 1878 Valentine Wilson was married to Flora Overturf, who died in 1900, leaving three children who grew to maturity. Tweed, the widow of Willard Dickason, lives with her father; Ralph married Bertha Mershon, and operates a part of the home farm. He and his wife have one child, Valentine Harold. At one time Ralph took a sommercial and business course at Greenfield, and for a year worked in an office in Chicago. Gladys A. attended London high school for four years and was graduated in 1910. On March 3, 1915, she was married to Ernest Kyle Edwards, who was born in Grayson county, Virginia, a son of William and Sarah F. (Shupe) Edwards. They now live in Somerford township, this county, where Mr. Edwards is a farmer and stock raiser. The late Willard Dickason was a son of Oscar Dickason, of Somerford township, this county. He was a farmer by occupation, and for three years fought off the dread disease of tuberculosis by travel and change of climate, but all to no purpose, for subsequently he returned to his old home and died among his friends. He died on January 31, 1911.

An ardent Republican in politics, Mr. Wilson has taken an active part in public affairs. He has served as township assessor, and as a member of the township school board. He served as director of the county infirmary for a term of six years, and has always taken an active part in the conventions of his party. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, London. He is affiliated with the Christian church at Summerford, in which he is deeply interested, and to the support of which he is a liberal contributor, and for several years has served on the board of trustees of this church:

Arnett Harbagehe

"Maple Shade Stock Farm," consisting of three hundred and forty-four acres, situated on rural route No. 8, London, Ohio, is the property of Arnett Harbage, in addition to which he owns a fine tract, consisting of three hundred and thirty acres in Champaign county, Ohio, making in all, six hundred and seventy acres, the greater portion of which is devoted to stock raising, from which Mr. Harbage reaps a handsome annual profit. | .

Arnett Harbage was born on April 21, 1873, in Jefferson township, and is the son of Owen and Minerva (Arnett) Harbage. He was reared on the farm and was graduated from the West Jefferson high school in 1890, attending later the Ohio State University and was graduated from that institution in the class of 1898, with the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, but never practiced his profession. He is a breeder of fine Percheron horses, of which he has a number of good ones, including three registered stallions, and several registered mares. Mr. Harbage is a Republican but has never been active in politics.

Owen Harbage, father of Arnett Harbage, was born in England, and his wife, Minerva (Arnett) Harbage, was born in Oak Run township, Madison county. Ohio.

Arnett Harbage was united in marriage on March 2, 1899, with Helen Postle, daughter of Theodore and Mary (Busbey) Postle. She was born on April 4, 1877, in Franklin county, and was educated in the public schools. To Mr. and Mrs. Harbage have been born three children: Frances, born on October 30, 1900, and died on February 7, 1915; Minerva, November 24, 1902, and Mary, May 27, 1909. Mrs. Harbage is an attentive member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Harbage are members of the Madison County Farmers' Club. Mrs. Harbage is a member of the Harmony Club at Rosedale (a literary club) and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Mr. Harbage is a leader of the Plumwood Young Men's Christian Association.

Theodore Postle, father of Mrs. Arnett Harbage, was born on March 28, 1848, and died on January 21, 1915. His wife, Mary (Busbey) Postle, was born at South Vienna in Clark county, Ohio, and is now living in Franklin county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Postle were the parents of five children: Helen; Dr. Carl D. Postle, of Columbus, Ohio; Fred W. Postle, a successful practicing attorney, and member of the city council of Columbus; Edna Grace, died on January 17, 1887; and Mary Lucile, died in April, 1901.

Mr. Harbage enjoys the distinction of being one of the largest, if not the largest, stock dealers in Madison county, and his beautiful home is pointed out as one of the places of interest in Monroe township. He raises horses, hogs and sheep, and has bought and sold a great deal of stock. He has also bought and sold farm lands in this

Mr. And Mrs. Arnett Harbage John Scott

The subject of this sketch was born in Champaign county, Ohio, half way between Bellefontaine and Urbana, July 14, 1836. He grew to manhood on his father' farm, was educated in the high school of West Liberty, and at the first eall for volunteers for the Civil War enlisted in the Thirteenth Ohio Battery, Light Artillery. He fought at the battle of Shiloh, and after the battle was placed under the command of General Buell and sent to Kentucky, and was discharged on account of sickness a few months later.

John Scott married Rachel Jane Green, November 1, 1868, and after terms of residence in Tennessee, Kansas and Illinois, they settled in Madison county in 1875. Mr. Scott lives on his well-improved ninety-acre farm, which he acquired by his industry. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics a Republican. Mr. Scott has served as justice of the peace for several years. He is a member of Harry Scribner Post No. 222, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is past commander and chaplain. He is a member of the Grange, of which he is past master.

Both Mr. and Mrs. John Scott are of English and Scotch descent. His greatgrandfather was Thomas Scott, who emigrated to Philadelphia from Wexford county, Ireland, about 1783. In 1800 Thomas Scott and his three children by his first wife, Samuel, William and Sarah, and his second wife, Ann (Owen) Scott, and their eight children moved to Chillicothe, Ohio. Samuel was born in Wexford county, Ireland, October 15, 1778. He served in the War of 1812, and married Ruth Hopkins, daughter of John and Elsie (Goodwin) Hopkins. Their sixth child, William Scott, father of the subject of this sketch, was born on June 18, 1814, and married Emily Gillilan in 1835.

The paternal grandmother, Ruth Hopkins, belonged to an old family of Maryland, the first Hopkins having come there from HPngland about 1660. Her father, John Hopkins, served in the War of the American Revolution, having first enlisted at the barracks, Dover, Delaware, February 17, 1776. He saw service under Col. John Hazlett and Capt. Henry Neill. On July 16, 1780, he received one thousand pounds from Capt. Alexander Thompson for enlisting troops. John Hopkins married Elsie Goodwin, of Glasgow, Scotland, and had six children, three of whom were Archibald, Ruth and Robert. About 1797 John Hopkins with his family moved to the banks of the Scioto, below Chillicothe, and later to Pickaway plains, where he died before 1810.

Emily (Gillilan) Scott, mother of John Scott, was born in what is now Greenbrier county, West Virginia, April 9, 1819. She was the daughter of William and Ann (Edmondson) Gillilan. William Gillilan was a son of James and Lydia (Armstrong) Gillilan. Both families were from Ulster, Ireland, and originally from Scotland. The Gilliians belonged to the Clan MacGillychallum or Clan MacLeod of Rasay, and the Armstrongs were a border clan.

Emily Gillilan's mother, Ann Edmondson (or Edmonstone), was the daughter of James and Jane (Smith) Edmondson of Augusta county, Virginia. James Edmondson was a soldier of the American Revolution and fought at the battle of Kings Mountain. He was the son of Mathew and Margaret Edmondson, and the grandson of Sir James Edmonstone, royal standard bearer at the battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715. The Edmonstones were a powerful family of Scotland, being descended from Celtic kings and closely related to the house of Stewart; their family seat was Dunreith castle, county Stirling. They lost = title and estates after the "rising of 1715" and emigrated to Virginia.

Rachel Jane (Green) Scott, the wife of John Scott, was born on August 17, 1840, in Monroe township, Champaign county, Ohio. She was the tenth child of George and Ruth (Williams) Green. Her father was the youngest son of George Green, Sr., and

Mary (Death) Green. George Green, Sr., was born in England, and at the age of thirteen, having heard much of America, ran off and hid himself in the hold of a ship bound for Baltimore. He was not found until the ship was three days out. On arrival at Baltimore he was put up at auction to pay for his passage, and was bought by John Death, of Baltimore county, whose daughter he afterward married. George Green fought in the American Revolution, enlisting from Pennsylvania. After the war he moved to Fleming county, Kentucky, and about 1810 to Logan county, Ohio.

Ruth (Williams) Green, mother of Mrs. Scott, was a member of a Quaker family of Guilford county, North Carolina. Her first ancestor in this country was George Williams, who came from England about 1690, to Philadelphia, with William Penn and the Quakers. His son, Richard Williams, with his wife, Prudence (Beales) Williams, of King George county, Maryland, moved to Guilford county, North Carolina, in 1752. They were living there at the time of the American Revolution and their home was used as a hospital by the English officers from whom Richard Williams caught smallpox and died. He gave forty acres to the Quakers for their meeting house.

The battle of Guilford Court House was fought on land owned by John Robinson, grandfather of Ruth (Williams) Green. The Robinsons were a Scotch-Irish family of Maryland, and were Quakers also. Hannah Clarke, wife of John Robinson, was from Scotland.

- John Williams, son of Jesse and Eleanor (Johnson) Williams, and grandson of Richard Williams, and his wife Mary (Robinson) Williams, grandparents of Mrs. John Scott, emigrated to Logan county, Ohio, in 1811.

Mr. and Mrs. John Scott are the parents of three children. Emily Scott was born on February 22, 1865, and married Archibald E. Smith, October 7, 1886. Their children are Muriel, Sydney Scott, Mildred (who died in infancy), Junius Percy and Archibald Lawrence. MacKenzie Scott was born on March 17, 1868, and married Myrtle Stockman, in November, 1900. Their children are John Jerome and Herbert, who died in infancy. Elizabeth Scott was born on September 9, 1891,.and married James Calvin Bushey, February 25, 1891. Their children are Oren Jay, Leslie Leigh, Leo James and Juanita.

William L. Debolt

The life of the gentleman whose name initiates. the following paragraph has been one of closely-applied energy, accompanied by the necessary qualities for achieving the desired results in an agricultural vocation, and deserves worthy consideration in this volume. Mr. DeBolt has fortunately been situated in a thriving agricultural community, where farmers have been on the alert for advancement along any lines tending toward au higher grade of farm produce.

William L. DeBolt, farmer, Plain City, Madison county, was born on October 23, 1860, in Union county, Ohio, and is a son of G. W. and Emily (Cole) DeBolt. He was reared amidst farm scenes, and his elementary education was obtained in the district schools in Darby township. Union county. At the age of twenty-one years he began to farm for himself, forming a partnership with his father, and working for others during his spare time. By close attention to business, and with his mind made up to win the best to be had in the vocation of a life on the farm, Mr. DeBolt is now the owner of a splendid farm of one hundred and forty acres, located five miles west of Plain City, all of which has been acquired entirely through his personal efforts. He has put valuable improvements on his place, including a fine modern house, and a good, substantial barn, built in 1914 and 1913 respectively. Politically, he is a stanch

Republican, but has never taken an active interest in local politics, his entire time and attention having been divided between his farming interests and the raising of fine stock, principally hogs and horses, and he is considered one of the most up-to-date agriculturists of Darby township.

G. W. DeBolt, father of the subject of this sketch, was married to Emily Cole, who was an aunt of Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks. He died on May 22, 1912, and Mrs. DeBolt died on September 17, 1912. They were the parents of six children: J. iia farmer in Madison county; William L., of Darby township; Minnie, who became the wife of Frederick Kaline; Myrtle, who was.married to R. W. Brown; Ida, the wife of H. E. Thompson, of Columbus, Ohio, who is a conductor on the Pennsylvania railroad; and Elton, who follows farming in Madison county.

William L. DeBolt was united in marriage, April 13, 1914, with Zena Dunfee, daughter of S. W. and Sylvia (Bailey) Dunfee. She was born on October 5, 1880, in Darby township, and received her education in the public schools, after which she became a nurse, in which capacity she served for a number of years. This union has been blessed with one daughter, Gladys Pauline. born on January 19, 1915.

Mr. DeBolt has the reputation in his community of being a wide-awake, hustling farmer, and has been the means of inspiring his neighbors with the same ambitious spirit.

David Davis

Wise and judicious business management have been the principal elements which have contributed largely in the success attained by the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch. HEnjoying a position of unquestioned honor, and possessing in a marked degree an insight into agricultural possibilities and conditions far beyond that of the average farmer, Mr. Davis is one of the foremost citizens of Darby township, in whose behalf all his efforts have been actuated by unselfish motives.

David Davis, farmer, Darby township, Madison county, was born on June 21, 1860, and is a son of Benjamin and Rachel (Davis) Davis. He is a native of Union county, but was reared on a farm in Franklin county, Ohio, where he was educated in the district school. After leaving school Mr. Davis engaged in business for himself at the age of twenty-one years, and has been rewarded with success in return for his industry and untiring efforts. Politically, he has always been a loyal advocate of Republican principles, to which party he has given his support by serving as trustee of Darby township. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Plain City, and is a liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church at Lois Chapel.

Benjamin Davis, father of David Davis, was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, and his wife, Rachel (Davis) Davis, was a native of Cardiganshire, Wales. They emigrated with their families to the United States and settled in Franklin county, Ohio, where they were married, and settled down to home building, but at the end of one year they moved to Union county, returning again to Franklin county, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Davis were both members of the Baptist church, and were the parents of eight children, all of whom are living in 1915: George, Stephen, David, Mary, Jenkin, Sarah, Ada and J. B. George is a resident of South Dakota; Stephen is a resident of Columbus, Ohio; Mary is the wife of Dell Sands, and lives in Arizona: Jenkin is a resident of Columbus, Ohio: Sarah became the wife of F. High. and lives in Jefferson township; Ada is single and lives at home; J. B. is a resident of Franklin county, Ohio.

David Davis was united in marriage, February 2, 1882, with Mary Edwards of Franklin county, Ohio, daughter of William and Ann Edwards. She was born in Franklin county, where she was reared and educated. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have had two children, Gracie, deceased, and William J., who was born on November 28, 1883, in Madison county, Ohio. He is a graduate of Plain City high school, and was graduated from the Ohio State University at Columbus in 1907. After finishing his education he becume a teacher of chemistry in the State University. He was married to Edna Andrews, of Union county, Ohio. They had one child, Elizabeth Grace, deceased.

Mr. Davis is a gentleman of quiet, unassuming manners, and is a whole-souled, earnest Christian, and no man occupies a higher standing in the estimation of his fellow citizens than he.

Mrs. Jennie Lombard

Wholly devoted to home and domestic duties, doing through all of the best years of her life the lowly but sacred work which comes within her sphere, there is not much to record of the life of the average woman, and yet, what station is so dignified, what relations so loving and endearing, what office so holy and tender and ennobling, as that of home-making, wifehood and motherhood. Man's equal in every qualification, save the physical, and his superior in the gentle, tender and loving amenities of life, she fully merits a conspicuous notice in the historical annals of any county. Mrs. Jennie Lombard, of Darby township, Madison county, Ohio, is a noble woman who is numbered among the most respected and esteemed residents of this part of Madison county.

Mrs. Lombard, who is the widow of Frank FE. Lombard, was born in Madison county, Ohio, April 18, 1864, and is the daughter of Joseph and Luella (Morse) Bidwell, the former of whom was born in Madison county, Ohio, and the latter in Union county, Ohio. They had two children, Ellsworth and Jennie. The former was a graduate of the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, and was a prominent teacher in Madison county. The mother of these children died in 1869, and after her death her husband married again and had two children.

Born and reared on a farm near Resaca, in Pike township, Jennie Bidwell received her education in the district schools of that township. On December 24, 1885, she was married to Dewitt C. Bradley, who was born in Madison county, Ohio, in Monroe township, September 380, 1860. He was a graduate of the teachers' course at the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, and was a teacher in Madison county. One child born to this union died in infancy. She was Grace, born or October 6, 1886, and died on March 19, 1887.

Dewitt C. Bradley was a prominent member of the Christian church and a member of Urania Lodge No. 311, Free and Accepted Masons, at Plain City, Ohio. He was also a prominent member of the lodge. A Republican in politics, he was active in public affairs. He died on March 30, 1887.

On December 24, 1894, Jennie (Bidwell) Bradley was married to Frank E. Lombard, who was born in Madison county, Ohio, on the farm where his widow now lives, June 3, 1857. He received his early education in the district schools of this county and attended the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. He also was one of the prominent teachers of Madison and Union counties, a member of the Universalist church at Plain City and a Republican in politics, who was elected treasurer of Darby township at one time. During his entire life he was prominent in local and county politics and a man much respected in the councils of his party. He died on May 6, 1912, and was the father of three children, Asa B., born on October 11. 1895, who graduated from the common schools and farms the old home place; Halma AD December 8, 1898, who was a student one year at the high school at Chuckery, and two years at Plain City; and Roy E., October 30, 1903, attending the grade school at Plain City.

Mrs. Lombard owns one hundred and thirteen acres of land, known as "Maple View Farm." situated one mile east of Chuckery, Ohio. She lives on the old Lombard homestead, known as 'Tanglewood Farm." Mrs. Lombard is a woman of culture and refinement and of charitable impulses. She is a member of the Universalist church at Plain City, Ohio.

Lewis Weaver

It would be well worth the time of anyone interested in agricultural matters to take a trip through Pike township, Madison county, and cain a personal knowledge of the great number of splendid farms in that section, all in a high state of cultivation, one of which is owned by the gentleman whose biographical sketch follows. Lewis Weaver is known as a citizen who has always been essentially helpful in the growth of the community in which he resides.

Lewis Weaver, farmer, Irwin, Madison county, was born on February 27, 1841, in Pike township, on a farm, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Moss) Weaver. He grew to manhood on the farm and obtained his education at the district schools, remaining at home until he was married. In 1868 he located on his present farm of one hundred and forty acres, which is located eight miles east of Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Politically, he has always been a loyal supporter of the Republican principles.

John Weaver, father of the subject of this sketch, was born on May 18, 1807, a son of George and Elizabeth (Hempleman) Weaver. He was united in marriage, in 1886, with Elizabeth Moss, who was born on February 22, 1817. Mr. Weaver settled on a farm in Pike township, where he spent the remainder of his life. Mrs. Weaver was a native of Virginia, but was married in Ohio, where she died. They were the parents of nine children, only three of whom are living in 1915: William, who follows farming in Pike township; Addie, who became the wife of Boas Black, and lives in Pike township, and Lewis.

Lewis Weaver was united in marriage, September 11, 1862, with Celia Lucetta Morse, daughter of Caleb and Huldah (Arnold) Morse, and niece of Elizabeth (Morse) Kennedy. Mrs. Weaver was born on September 23, 1838. She was reared on a farm in Pike township, and was the youngest of thirteen children. Her education was obtained in the district schools. This union has been blest with one son, Harold, who was born on July 31, 1863, and was educated in the public schools. He is now the husband of Myrtle (Figley) Weaver, by whom he has had one child, Celia; born on September 30, 1908.

Caleb and Huldah (Arnold) Morse, parents of Mrs. Lewis Weaver, were the parents of thirteen children, only three of whom are living in 1915: Albert E., who lives at Irwin, Ohio; George, of Mechanicsburg, and Celia Lucetta.

Stephen M. Smith

Stephen M. Smith is a successful farmer living on rural route No. 1, out of Plain City, Ohio. He is a native of Darby township, Madison county, Ohio, born on May 12, 1858, the son of John W. and Esther (Keyes) Smith.

John W. Smith, the father of Stephen M., was born in Scioto pane Ohio, May 22, 1824, the son of Orson Smith, a native of Vermont, who came to Ohio and located in Scioto county. Orson Smith had three sons by his first marriage, Horatio, John W. and Stephen. He was married the second time to a Miss Kimball, and to them were born three daughters and a son, Mariah, Caroline, Ira and Elvira. John W. Smith moved to Union county with his parents early in life and grew to manhood in that county. He was married to Esther Keyes and to them were born ten children, eight of whom are now living. These children are: John A., who is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, and is now a lawyer in Cleveland, Ohio, in the firm of John A. Smith & Son; Winnie, the wife of Esau Reed, of near Broadway, Ohio; Stephen M., the subject of this sketch; Elmira, the wife of James Baldwin, of near Broadway; Anson, who is a farmer in Lake county, Ohio; Orson E., a farmer in Darby township, Madison county; May, who is the wife of a Mr. Hart, an attorney in Cleveland, Ohio; Laton, who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio; Ellen and Loren are deceased.

Stephen M. Smith, who was reared on a farm in Union county, Ohio, and educated in the public schools of that county, attended Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, and after finishing his college education became a teacher in Union county, teaching for two terms.

On June 16, 1874, Stephen M. Smith was married to Frances Carpenter, the daughter of Rodney and Arvilla (Keyes) Carpenter, and to them were born two sons, John W., June 23, 1875, who is married and lives in Texas; and Earl, July 18, 1882, married Luto Edwards and lives in Delaware county, Ohio.

After his marriage Mr. Smith took up farming on his father's farm and in 1875 bought the farm where he now lives, consisting of one hundred and three acres.

On April 27, 1899, Mrs. Frances Smith died and four years later, in 1903. Mr. Smith was married to Mrs. Viola Wels, who was born in Kane county, Illinois, June 4. 1851, and who was brought to Union county, Ohio, by her parents when six months old. They located in Jerome township and she was educated in the district schools of that township and in the select school, where she spent two terms.

Mrs. Smith had also been previously married, her first husband being Joseph Wells. Before her marriage to Joseph Wells, her name was Viola McKitrick and she was married to Mr. Wells on October 15, 1871. To them were born three sons, two of whom are living, Clare and Guy. Clare was born on February 15, 1876, and married Laura Gossage, of Columbus, Ohio. Guy was born on October 27, 1880, and married Grace Bigelow. They live at Perrysville, Ohio. Everett Wells, born on September 24. 1878, died in 1891.

Stephen M. Smith is a member of Pleasant Valley Lodge No. 193. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was formerly a noble grand in this lodge. He was a member of the Daughters of Rebekah. Formerly, Mr. Smith was a member of the Grange. He is a Republican but has never taken a very active part in political affairs.

Harry E. Bay

"Pioneer Place," an attractive farm in Somerford township, Madison county, Ohio which is now owned by Harry E. Bay, is a part of the old Howard farm and includes the Howard home, an old landmark in the northern part of Somerford township, which was held by the Howard family for a period of more than a century.

Harry E. Bay is a native of Champaign county, Ohio, the son of C. M. Bay, who lives near Mechanicsburg. In 1892 Mr. Bay was matried to Mary Linvill, also a HEE of Champaign county, who has been the mother of two children, Alice and Howard. Mary (Linvill) Bay was the daughter of T. B. and Pleasy (McCarty) Linvill, both born and raised in Champaign county. Mrs. J. B. Linvill died about twenty years ago and T. B. Linvill lives with his daughter. 'heir children are Edgar (deceased), George (deceased), Mary, Kemp and Benjamin.

After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Bay moved to the Howard farm aud continued to operate it as tenants until the death of Marion Howard, its owner, who died on December 31, 1911, at the age of seventy-one. |

Marion Howard was the son of Amos J. and Rachael (Kirkly) Howard, the former of whom was six years old when brought to Madison county, Ohio, by his parents,

Amos, Sr., and Marian (Mills) Howard. Amos Howard, Sr., was born on Goose Island in the Connecticut river, in Grafton county, New Hampshire, in 1775. He was Hits ried to Marian Mills, March 22, 1796, and in the fall of 1808, moved to Virginia, where he taught school. In the spring of 1809, he came down the Ohio river on a flatboat. He died on January 15, 1843, and his wife in 1860. Amos J. Howard, who died on April 16, 1882, was twice married. After the death of his first wife in 1858, he was married in 1861 to Elizabeth Cowan, who survived him. Amos J. Howard was father of the following children: Napoleon B., Mary J., John M., Clinton, Marion, Edwin, Belle and another daughter. Marion was born on the old farm in the northern part of Somerford township. Marion Howard owned nine hundred acres of land in Madison and Champaign counties. The relations between him and his stepmother were of the closest and most cordial kind. He always consulted her in business transactions since she was an unusually capable woman.

At the death of Marion Howard in 1911, Harry E. Bay purchased the old Howard homestead, of one hundred and fifteen acres of land, and has since purchased a small tract, three-quarters of a mile away in Champaign county, which was also a_ part of the Howard estate. Mr. Bay has been making many improvements in the. last three or four years and has laid several miles of tile on his farm. Now it is one of the most productive farms in Madison county. Mr. Bay grows alfalfa and corn and the ordinary crops raised in this section. He feeds all of his grain to his stock.

A Republican in politics, Mr. Bay has never taken an active part in politics. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Grange.

Hubert S. Worthington

From the earliest ages agriculture Las been an honored yocation for men of energy and ambition, and from it have developed the substantial and representative citizenship of our country. Hubert 8. Worthington, whose name initiates the following sketch, has, by patient adherence to well doing, succeeded in establishing for himself and family a life of comparative comfort in the community in which he started on life's journey empty handed.

Hubert S. Worthington, farmer, Plain City, Ohio, was born on June 16, 1860, in the township which is his present home. He is a son of John H. and Candace (Smith) Worthington. He grew to manhood on the home farm, and obtained his early education at the district schools, attending later, the schools at Ada, Ohio, after which he began the life of a farmer. Mr. Worthington had but little of this world's goods when he took upon himself the responsibility of providing for a wife and family. He started out with a rented farm, and at the end of two years rented a portion of the home place, and bought the remainder, to which he has added, until he now owns 2 valuable tract of one hundred and eighty acres, known as "Bur Oak Farm," located on rural route No. 1, Plain City, about four miles south, on the Plain City and Mechanicsburg pike.

Mr. Worthington is an active supporter of the Republican party in local politics. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian church of Plain City, and on the board of that church he has served as trustee for the past four years. He has also served as a member of the board of education for a number of: years, and with the exception of five years spent in North Dakota, from 1884 to 1888, he has always lived on his present farm. Woaile in Dakota he was employed for one year by Jones 3rothers, after which he and his brother farmed for themselves.

John H. Worthington, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in 1825, at Colchester, Connecticut, coming to Madison county, Ohio, at the age of sixteen, and was educated at the West Jefferson schools. His wife, Candace (Smith) Worthington, to whom he was married in 1851, was born in 1827, on the farm where Hubert S. Worthington first saw the light. After his marriage, John Worthington spent the most of his remaining years at Plain City. His wife died in 1883. This union was blest with nine children, seven of whom were living in 1915: Ida, Eva, John C., Hubert D., Alathea, Myra and Harry B. Ida became the wife of T. K. Sherwood ; Eva is the widow of E. G. Cenverse; John C. was married to Harriet Beach, and lives at Plain City; Alathea became the wife of Herbert Holycross; Myra lives at Columbus, Ohio; Harry B. also resides at Columbus. John H. Worthington was married, secondly, to Cloe Beach Bartlett.

Hubert S. Worthington was united in marriage, May 29, 1889, with Rose Mitchell, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Worthington) Mitchell. She was born on September 15, 1868, in Darby township, Union county, and was educated in the district schools and high school. To Mr. and Mrs. Worthington were born the following children: Nila V., died at the age of twelve years; Willis M., died at the age of eight months; Mary E., born on October 9, 1896, graduated from the Plain City high school in the class of 1915, and now attending the state university; Alice A., born on May 22, 1904.

Mr. Worthington is descended from an aristocratic old pioneer family of Ohio, and he and his family move in the best social circles of the community. He is a gentleman of pleasant address and enjoys the confidence and high esteem of his fellow citizens. His success is due to the co-operation of his good wife.

Alvah Calhoon

One of the strong, self-reliant characters of Madison county is the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this paragraph. His unlimited supply of energy and his determined and industrious efforts toward success in his agricultural pursuits have - rewarded him with a splendid tract of two hundred and eighty-three acres of as fine land as could be found in the state of Ohio. During his long residence here he has become well and prominently known and is considered as one of the eminently successful agriculturists of Madison county, Ohio.

Alvah Calhoon, farmer, living on rural route No. 3, London, Jefferson township, and proprietor of "Maple Shade Farm," consisting of two hundred and eighty-three acres, was born on February 21, 1859, in Canaan township, Madison county, and is a son of Lawson and Mary A. (Smith) Calhoon. He attended the public schools of the county, and remained at home until eighteen years of age, when he entered a private school at Plain City, Ohio. After his marriage Mr. Calhoon gave close attention to his farming interests, the result of which is his present valuable tract of land, situated on the Lucas toad, eight miles northeast of London, Ohio. Mr. Calhoon has always been a stanch Republican. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.

Lawson Calhoon, father of the subject of this sketch, was born at Darby Plains, and his wife, Mary A. (Smith) Calhoon, was born at Galena, Ohio. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Calhoon located in Canaan township, near Amity, Ohio, where they reared their children, and resided for many years, moving later to Darby Plains, but returned to their old home near Amity at the end of three years, and later moved to Plain City where they spent the remainder of their days. To Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Calhoon were born four children: Emery died at the age of six years; James, who died aged forty-two years, was married and was the father of four children; Elizabeth became the wife of G. M. Russell, of Columbus, Ohio; and Alvah.

Alvah Calhoon was united in marriage, April 7, 1887, with Hannah A. Timmons, a daughter of Thomas W. and Hannah (Oglesby) Timmons, born in Jefferson township. Mrs. Calhoon was reared on a farm and attended the public schools of Madison county.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Calhoon located on the old Calhoon farm, located west of Plain City, Ohio, where they lived for sixteen years, renting at first and later purchasing a part of the home farm. In 1905 they came to Jefferson township, where they now reside.

Thomas W. Timmons, father of Mrs. Alvah Calhoon, was a native of Ross county, Ohio, near Chillicothe. His wife was Hannah (Oglesby) 'Timmons. He came to Madison county, Ohio, with his parents, John W. and Lottie (Williams) Timmons.

The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Alvah Calhoon, was John W. Timmons, and his wife was Lottie (Williams) Timmons, daughter of Reverend Williams, who at one time was a Slave holder in Maryland, but later became convinced that slaves had souls, and set his slaves free, after which he moved to Ohio. Mr. Timmons was married in Maryland and brought his family to Ross county, and afterward moved to Madison county, settling in Range township, where he accumulated five hundred acres of land and where he lies buried. Matthew Rea now owns the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Timmons were the parents of eleven children, five of whom are living in 1915: Jennie became the wife of M. R. Roberts, of Nebraska; Alice H., wife of the subject of this sketch; Doctor Catherine, the widow of W. M. Vickers, is practicing her profession at Cleveland, Ohio; Ruth is the wife of E. H. Stuckey, and Grant lives in Jefferson township.

Mr. and Mrs. Alvah Calhoon form their part in the substantial and honored citizenship of the township, and rightfully deserve the high place they occupy in the esteem of their many friends.

James S. Parker

James S. Parker is a prosperous young farmer of Darby twonship, who lives three and one-half miles southwest of Plain City, and who cultivates altogether two hundred and three and one-half acres of land. He has made a specialty of raising registered Berkshire hogs and is well known in Madison county.

James S. Parker was born on June 4, 1873, and is a son of Sidney and Maria (Sisson) Parker, the former of whom was born in Athens county, Ohio, and who was killed by a falling tree in his native county. The latter lives at Pleasanton, in Athens county. .

Sidney Parker and wife were the parents of eight children: Benjamin F., a farmer in Athens county, Ohio; William S., a farmer in Athens county, and for twenty-one years. a teacher in the public schools of that county; Edward B., living in Athens county; James S., the immediate subject of this review; Mary E., the wife of Oscar H. Chase, of Athens county ; Oliver M., a farmer living in Alberta, Canada; Lydia M., the wife of William Lash, a farmer of Athens county; and Charles A., a farmer living near

James S. Parker was reared on his father's farm in Athens county, receiving his education in the public schools of his native county, and as soon as old enough began to learn the rudiments of farming by assisting with the work of the home farm. After he was twenty years old, Mr. Parker was employed as a brick burner at Gloucester, Ohio, and remained there for ten years. Subsequently he engaged in the real-estate business at Athens. He came to Madison county, November 1, 1914.

James S. Parker was married to Bessie I. O'Hara on September 14, 1910. Mrs. Parker is a daughter of Smith T. and Alice M. (Kilbury) O'Hara, and was reared on the farm where she is now living. She was born on July 19, 1885, receiving her early education in the common schools of her home county, afterwards supplementing her educational training by a course in the Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, from which institution she was graduated in 1908. After leaving college she taught school for

Smith T. O'Hara. the father of Mrs. Bessie I. (O'Hara) Parker, was born in Jerome township, Union county, on February 5, 1857. He is now living retired in Plain City, Ohio. He is a son of Joseph and Ann (Rickard) O'Hara, the former a native of Ohio, and the latter of Virginia. 'They were married in Union county and lived and died there. Joseph O'Hara was a farmer and stock man. He and his wife were the parents of two children, Frank (deceased) and Smith T.

Smith T. O'Hara was educated in the public schools and later attended the business college at Delaware, Ohio. On April 25, 1882. he was married at Marysville, to Alice Kilbury, who was born at Plain City, Ohio, a daughter of Isaac and Lavina (Ketch) Kilbury, of Union county, Ohio. Isaac Kilbury was a son of Thomas Kilbury, one of the oldest settlers of this county; he was nearly one hundred years old when he died. Mrs. Alice (Kilbury) O'Hara was the only child of Isaac and Lavina (Ketch) Kilbury. Isaac Kilbury died in 1863 and his widow was married, secondly, to Perry Douglass, of Union county, Ohio. To this union were born five children, S. A., Cora F., Clara W., Thurman P. and Daisy L.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith T. O'Hara were the parents of one child, Bessie I., who mirried James S. Parker. Mr. O'Hara has always been a farmer He is a Republican, and has held township office. He is a Mason and he and his wife are members of the Kastern Star. Mrs. O'Hara is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.'

The Parkers are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Plain City, Ohio, in which they take an active interest. Mr. Parker is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Glouster, Ohio, and is a Republican in politics.

Oscar Dickason

Osear Dickason is a successful farmer of Somerford township, who was born on Georges fork, near his present home, on April 29, 1850. He is the son of Samuel R. and Eliza (Rafferty) Dickason. Samuel R. Dickason was the son of Samuel and Sarah (Countz) Dickason, the former of whom was born in Greenbrier county, Virginia, on Greenbrier river, in 1785, and who, when six years old, was taken to Monroe county, Virginia, where he lived until 1811. In 1814 Samuel Dickason was married and a little later came to Ohio. After a short stop at Dayton he settled at the Glade and soon thereafter secured a tract of unimproved land and there he lived and died. His death occurred on August 15, 1877, when he was in his ninety-third year. At that time he was the oldest citizen in Somerford township. In the sixty-six years of his residence he had failed but twice to cast his ballot. He was the father of fifteen children, and at the time of his death had thirty-three grandchildren, sixty-six great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

The ancestors of the Dickason family are traced to the very earliest settlers of the Old Dominion state. Samuel Dickason's father was, for nine years, a prisoner of the Indians and escaped finally, after having failed many times and having gone through many thrilling experieces. Samuel Dickason built a cabin on Wahoo Glade, so called for Chief Wahoo, whose camp was not far distant. Georges fork was also named for another Indian chief, as was Spring creek.. for Chief Springer. The Indians were numerous in the days of Samuel Dickason and the forest was filled with game. The dense undergrowth of the Glade afforded shelter for the wild hogs, and Samuel, once hearing a cry for help, sent his two big dogs ahead and, with his trusty gun, mounted his horse and followed. A wild boar had treed a man and was making frantic efforts to tear down the sapling when Samuel's bullet killed him. Samuel Dickason had very little trouble with the Indians. Once, when skinning a deer, his gun was laid aside and an Indian, coming up unnoticed, picked up the gun and left his own broken-stocked gun. He was making off, when Samuel took the gun from him und compelled him to take his own broken gun.

Samuel R. Dickason was born in Virginia and spent most of his life on the farm where Oscar Dickason now lives. He was not an office seeker. He passed away in Clark county, Ohio, on July 24, 1895, in his seventy-fifth year. None of his fourteen brothers and sisters are now living. His widow spent her last years with her son, Oscar, and died at the age of eighty-seven. 'To them were born six children, two of whom are living, Oscar and Walter. The latter is a retired farmer of Columbus and owns a farm in Clark county. Jacob, Marshall, Angeline and Sarah Ann are deceased.

Reared on a farm and educated in the common schools, Oscar Dickason was married in Clark county, Ohio, at the age of twenty-five, to Alsaretta Couples, who was an orphan, born in Madison county. They began housekeeping on their present farm, located on the Lafayette and Mechanicsburg road, nine miles north of London. The farm is known as the Rafferty farm and belonged to Mr. Dickason's maternal grandmother. His mother inherited a part of the farm and he afterward bought one hundred and four acres. He has a good house and a fine barn and is engaged in general farming. Having spent his whole life on the farm he is interested exclusively in agriculture.

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dickason are the parents of five children, as follow: Addie Loen is the wife of Wilbur Foreman, of Columbus, and has one child, LaMarr W.; Willard died died at the age of thirty-three; Walter R. is an engineer on the Big Four railroad at Sharonville, Ohio; Harry Lamar is single; Alice Fern, now Mrs. Ashmore, who, with her son, George Oscar, live with Mr. and Mrs. Dickason. Walter R. Dickason very much enjoys hunting for big game and spends a portion of each year in the Maine woods and other good hunting sections of the country.

The Dickason family are members of the Christian church at Summerford. Mr. Dickason is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has passed all of the chairs in the subordinate lodge. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias.

Elmer P. Daugherty

It requires not only a very high order of business ability, but a most expert knowledge of agriculture and agricultural problems to manage an enormous estate comprising five thousand acres where general farming and stock raising are carried on. It is a most fitting tribute to the career of Elmer P. Daugherty that he has sueceeded in a magnificent way, not only in the management of "Houstonia Farm," No. 4, a tract of three hundred acres, but in the supervising capacity which he exercises over the entire Houston estate. He has shown himself to be a man possessed of great commercial logic and wide vision, and has well performed the task which he set about to accomplish.

Elmer P. Daugherty, superintendent of the Houston estate, and manager of "Houstonia Farm" No. 4, was born at Darbyville, Pickaway county, Ohio, January 15, 1866, but has been a resident of Madison county for the past twenty-one years.

As superintendent of the Houston estate, Mr. Daugherty has under his immediate supervision twelve tenants, each of whom operates his own farm. Mr. Daugherty, however, looks after all the improvements on the estate. He also has direct charge of the operation of three hundred acres, and lives in Deer Creek township in a residence built especially for him. Many years ago he engaged in general farming and for seven years worked by the day. He next rented a ninety-acre farm for one year, and then three hundred acres for five years, investing heavily in live stock in the meantime. He has lived on the Houston estate during the past twelve years. "Houstonia Farm" No. 4 originally produced but forty pounds of corn to the shock, it now produces sixty-five bushels to the acre. This land has been developed to its present high state of productivity under the careful and skillful management of Mr. Daugherty. Qn the farm of which he has direct and sole charge, he raises registered Shorthorn cattle and deals in imported Belgian horses. In addition to feeding cattle and hogs he keeps thirty-seven head of cows and grows his own young stock. He also makes a specialty of Duroc-Jersey hogs, all of which are registered. In recent years he has exhibited the products of this farm at different fairs in this section of the state.

In 1891 Elmer P. Daugherty was married to Rhoda Hill, a native of Pickaway county, Ohio, and to this union have been born six children, Glenn, Veta, Marie, Edna, Hilda and Thelma, all of whom are living at home with their parents. Marie is a graduate of the business college of Columbus.

One of the noteworthy features of the Houston estate is a social club, which maintains a hall thirty-five by seventy feet, built and supported by the members. The club maintains a baseball team, a basketball team and other athletic organizations. Its fifty members hold dances occasionally, support an orchestra, and an amateur theatrical society. The club house stands on the site of the old Dunn church. It is essentially a young people's club, but the older citizens of the community are honorary members. Altogether the Houston Athletic Club provides the most up-to-date social advantages, not only to the Houstonia family, but to all the families in the vicinity.

Elmer P. Daugherty is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of the Golden Eagle. He is also prominent in the Rural Protective Association. Elected as a Democrat, he has served as a justice of the peace in Deer Creek township, and also as township assessor. He is a member of the school board and is one of the commissioners appointed to secure the repair of the Marysville road. Mr. Daugherty is a very busy man, and a very useful one in the community where he has spent the most active years of his life.

Vynul Harbage

Among. the enterprising and progressive citizens of Madison county, Ohio, none stands higher in the esteem of his fellow citizens than Vynul Harbage, a successful farmer of Deer Creek township, living on the national road. He has long been engaged in agricultural pursuits of this county, and the years of his residence here have but served to strengthen the feeling of admiration on the part of his neighbors.

Vynul Harbage was born on September 22, 1869, in Jefferson township, Madison county, Ohio, and is the son of Owen and Minerva F. (Arnett) Harbage, the former of whom was born in Oxfordshire, England, and who at the age of sixteen came with his parents to the United States. His father, Joseph Harbage and family, lost one child on the voyage to': America. The child was thirteen years old and was buried at sea. Landing at New York, the Harbage family came west to Buffalo and Cleveland and finally to West Jefferson, Madison county, Ohio, settling on the East pike. They became farmers by occupation, Joseph dying at an advanced age and is remembered by his grandson, Vynul. Owen was married, at the age of twenty-three, to Minerva F. Arnett, the daughter of William Arnett, a neighbor of his father. The Arnett family comes from Cambridge, Dorchester county, Maryland. Mrs. Owen Harbage "was born near Lower Glade church in Madison county, Ohio, December 31, 1835.

After their marriage Owen and Minerva (Arnett) Harbage took up farming, residing on the East pike in Jefferson township. The original Arnett homestead was subsequently purchased from the other heirs. The old Arnett home has been built for nearly thirty years. The family built another house which is still standing, but, in 1889.

removed to the farm one and one-half miles away on the national pike, known as the Roberts home. Here Mr. Harbage' s mother died on March 10, 1908, at the age of sixtyeight years. The father is still living and resides mostly in West Jefferson. He is a public-spirited citizen, but has not been an office seeker. He is still active as a business man and still attends to his own affairs although he has been partially disabled for two years.

Mr. and Mrs. Owen Harbage had seven children, four of whom, Addie, Clara, Arnett and Vynul, are living. Charles, the eldest, died at the age of forty-seyen. He was a farmer in Jefferson township. Annie, who was unmarried and a 'stenographer at Columbus, Ohio, for some time, is now deceased. Her remains were buried in Pleasant Hill cemetery. Ben, who was cashier for the Farmer's Bank at West Jefferson, died at the age of twenty-eight. Of the living children, Addie is the wife of David Lloyd of Brown township, Franklin county, Ohio. Clara is the wife of J. W. Goodson of Jefferson township, and Arnett lives in Monroe township.

Vynul Harbage was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools, in the high school and at Ohio State University, where he spent some time. He lived at home until his marriage. He was associated with his father in the management of the farm.

Vynul Harbage was married on October 31, 1894, to Celeste Wilson, the daughter of Jasper N. and Ellen (Prugh) Wilson, of Jefferson township. Mrs. Harbage's father was a native of Harmony township, Clark county, Ohio, and her mother was born in Somerford township, Madison county, Ohio. Jasper N. Wilson was the son of. Michael and Lavina (Henry) Wilson. Michael Wilson was a Kentuckian of Irish origin. Jasper Wilson spent most of his life in Jefferson township. He was a soldier in the Civil War, having served in the Forty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He died on his farm in Jefferson township, September 25, 1893, of milk sickness. He was a stanch member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mrs. Ellen Wilson makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. Vynul Harbage.

The Harbage farm is located five miles west of West Jefferson in Deer Creek township. It comprises three hundred and twenty acres. Not long ago Mr. Harbage constructed a handsome modern house on the national road. He has fed stock and is engaged in general farming. Mr. Harbage still owns, in Monroe township, a farm of two hundred and eighty acres, which is in first-class condition. He is devoted sincerely to the interests of agriculture and gives his farming land the best thought and the best attention of which he is capable. Mr. Harbage is president of the Farmer's Bank of West Jefferson. :

Mr. and Mrs. Vynul: Harbage are the parents of four children. Jasper Wilson, who died on January 9, 1915, at the age of nineteen years, had been keenly interested in athletics. He was a graduate of the London high school, and a sophomore in Ohio State University at his death. Throughout his entire educational course he was popular both with his teachers and fellow students. He died of pneumonia. Gladys is a sophomore at Ohio Wesleyan University. Lois is a junior in the London high school. Eleanor, eight years old, attends district school.

Mr. and Mrs. Harbage and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. - Mr. Harbage is a Republican. Mrs. Harbage is a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and Mr. and Mrs. Harbage and family belong to the Grange and also belong to the Farmers' Club, of Madison county.

A brother of Mrs. Vynul Harbage, Wilbert D. Wilson, served as auditor of Madison county for six years, dying on April 9, 1904. He was elected to the office from Jefferson township. Charles D. Wilson, another brother, lives at West Liberty, Champaign county, Ohio. Samuel P. Wilson, still another brother, was a well-known attorney of

The Harbage home and surroundings are very attractive. The home is a modern residence and the well-kept lawn makes a splendid setting. The residence consists of eight rooms, with all appointments and conveniences found in the modern residence.

Mr. Harbage raises Duroc-Jersey hogs, making a specialty of purebreds. He is active in everything that relates to the advancement of education, which is best attested by the liberal education extended to his children.

Daniel Anderson

One of the well-known citizens of Monroe township, Madison county, Ohio, is Daniel Anderson, the immediate subject of this biographical sketch. Mr. Anderson is one of those worthy men who through long years of labor and faithful performance of duty has acquired a competence, and now in the later years of life he is able to retire from the more active duties of his farm home. Mr. Anderson started out for himself in life when only a youth and he owes solely to his own efforts all of which he stands possessed at the present time. His homestead of one hundred and twenty acres of tine farming land is located mainly in Canaan township at the point where both Monroe and Jefferson townships touch the border of the former named, the land being located in all three townships. In this same county and close to the town of London, Mr. Anderson was born on May 28, 1841, being a son of Daniel and Louisa (Allen) Anderson.

Daniel Anderson, father of the immediate subject of this sketch, was also a native of the state of Ohio, born about four miles from Xenia, and was in his turn a son of Daniel. This first Daniel, together with his wife, came from Scotland, where both had been born and reared, and were numbered among the early settlers of Greene county, this state. They located on the Buckskin road, in that county, and there passed their remaining days, having the reputation of being numbered among the most excellent and enterprising citizens of that time and community. .

Daniel Anderson, Sr., was married in Clark county to Louisa Allen, and there they made their home for the following four years, after which time they came into Madison county, where the balance of their lives were spent. Daniel and Louisa (Allen) Anderson had a family of nine children, all of whom grew to maturity, but of the number only three are now living: Drucilla, the eldest of the family, died at her home in Ijlinois; Allen, who was a veteran of the Civil War, having served in Company A, Fortieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from 1861 to the close of hostilities in 1865, is also deceased; Miranda is deceased: William, deceased, went through the Civil War as a private in the same company with his brother Allen; Nancy died at her home in Illinois; Daniel, the immediate subject of this sketch; Frances M., the wife of Thomas Pugh; 'Wesley, the youngest of the family, makes his home in New Carlisle; Gus, who was a private in the Ninety-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, is deceased.

Mr. Anderson's father died when he was but a boy and his mother married again. Soon after, when fourteen years of age, he began life independently on his own account, turning to the work of a farmer as the way he would win his living. Daniel Anderson was married on October 16, 1861, to Manzella Ortman, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Harlin) Ortman, both natives of Maryland, the former descended from German emigrants aud the latter from an Irish family. Mr. Anderson's wife was also born in Maryland, close to Harper's Ferry, and was a child of eight years when her parents made the journey to Indiana. The family located first in Wayne county of that state, where they remained but a year, and then moved to Franklin county,

Ohio, where they spent the balance of their lives, close to the town of West Jefferson. Both parents died as a result of pneumonia, the father on November 18, 1856, and the mother about one year later, on November 28, 1857. They were the parents of eight children, all of whom lived to years of manhood and womanhood except one child who died in infancy. Out of that family there are four living at the present time. 5

To Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were born two children, Thomas M., who at the present lime resides on the home farm with the father; and Maude, who became the wife of George Wear, of Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Anderson is and has been for. a good many years, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he votes: for. his choice of man, regardless of any party ticket.