Madison County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1915 (part 14 of 20)

Born on May 14, 1859, in Puint township, Jesse S. Gain is the son of Thomas and Mary (Stroup) Gain, the former of whom came with his brother, Jesse, to Ohio. Their fathen Joshua Gain, was born iu Jefferson county, Virginia (now West Virginia), 1760, and died in Harrison county, Virginia, in 1854, at the age of ninety-four years. His wife before her marriage was Mary Crouse, who was born in 1771, and who died in Frederick county, Virginia, in 1846. 'The name Mary is to be met with frequently in the Gain family.

Joshua and Mary (Crouse) Gain had eleven children; some of the sons removed to Illinois. Her old home in Frederick county, West Virginia, is still held by members of the family. Thomas Gain, father of Jesse S., was born in Morgan county, Virginia, April 16, 1821, as was also his brother, Jesse, the father of Dr. Charles Emory Gain. the postmaster of London. Jesse Gain was born on September 23, 1823, and died on August 27, 1892, at London. 'Thomas and Jesse Gain removed first to Berkeley county. Virginia, and on August 3, 1845, removed to Fairfield county, Ohio, where they lived for two years. Afterwards, they lived in Greene county, Ohio, until 1851. and then both came to Madison county, settling near each other in Paint township. Jesse, however, soon removed to London.

Thomas Gain and Mary Stroup were married on October 16, 1856, in Madison county. She was the daughter of David and Mary (Ray) Stroup, and was born in aint township. having been one of nine children. The last survivor of this family died on March 7. 1915. She was Rebecca Stroup, who had married Seth McCollum a who was next to the youngest in the family. Several of Mary Stroup's brothers remained in Madison county. Jacoh has two children, John L.. near Xenia, Ohio, and Fannie Woosley, of Cherryvale, Kansas. Jesse, who died in January, 1909, was a wealthy man at the time of his death. The other brothers were David, Alfred and William, the last of whom was the youngest in the family. He died in Kansas in 1886. Practically ali the members of the family were reared in Madison county. Of Mary Stroup's sisters, Nancy married John Linson, but uhey are now both deceased: Martha died in childhood.

-Mary (Stroup) Gain died on December 16, 1860, at the age of thirty-one, leaving but one living child, Jesse S.. the subject of this sketch, who was then nineteen months old. After his wife's death, Thomas Gain remained in Paint township. He spent his later years with his son, Jesse S., and died in his son's home, November 22, 1907, in his eighty-seventh year. He was a Democrat in politics, and never held public office. However, he was always ready to discuss politics, and was a man possessed with a very retentive memory.

Jesse §. Gain, who was reared by his grandparents, David and Mary Stroup, attended school in Madison county. His grandfather, David Stroup, died when ke was fifteen years old. Jesse S. attended. school for a short time, and at the age of seventeen, at South Charleston, while living on the old farm, he began to work by the month. In company witb his cousin, Victor Stroup, he rented a farm near Summerford in 1885. In 1887 he worked for Cyrus Ball, and in 1888 had charge of a small farm in Paint township owned by Aaron Gaines. At this time he began to interest himself in standardbred horses, and has continued the business until the present time. In 1909, Mr. Gain reyoved to his present farm near the city of London. Here he owns twenty acres of land, and has made most of the improvements upon this farm. He has continued to breed horses, and has become the largest breeder of standard-bred horses in Madison county.

One of his horses, "J. S. G.,'"' obtained a mark of 2:131%4, and was one of the finest track horses Mr. Gain has ever raised. He won many races and became a well-known horse in the state of Ohio. In fact, he was the finest horse ever owned in Madison county. "Sir Lane,' bred by Mr. Gain, was sold in the West, where he made a mark of 2:081%. "Brownie Her' made a mark of 2:12%4, and was sold as a colt. Some of these horses were trained on the Madison county fair grounds track. Mr. Gain now has several splendid horses, all of which he drives himself. Most of the races which he has won, he himself has driven.

At the age of thirty-two, Jesse S. Gain was married to Mary Humphrey, who died within a year, leaving no children. After five years, Mr. Gain was married, on October 27, 1897, to Janet A. Brown, of Richmond, Indiana, who was born in Canada. Mr. Gain gives his wife credit for much of his success as a horse breeder. She is a lover of horses herself, and has extended encouragement at critical times. By her warm sympathy and help, such as a wife can give, Mr. Gain has today become one of the best-known and most successful horsemen in the Buckeye state. Mrs. Gain's father was of Scotch birth. Her stepmother. Mary Gilbert, died in London in March, 1915. Mr. Gain has reared several boys, one of whom, Jerome Burchnell, lived with him from the time he wis thirteen until he was eighteen years old. Ernest Beard has also been with him since he was thirteen years old.

Mrs. Gain's father, Hugh Brown, was born on Apna 13, 1832, in Ayrshire, Scotland, and emigrated as a young man to Canada. He was a cooper by trade. On March 18, 1855, he was married to Alameda Sanders, a native of Canada, who was born on July 4, 1833, and to this union two children were born, James M., of Oswego, New York and Janet A., wife of Jesse S. Gain. In 1858 Mr. Brown moved to Oswego, New York, where his wife died the next year. About 1863 Mr. Brown moved to Richmond, Indiana, and was there married to Mary EH. Voss. To this union were born two sons, Oliver M., of London, Ohio, and John W., of Dallas, Texas. Mr. Brown died in Richmond, Indiana, on March 14, 1879.

Jesse S. Gain is often called upon to assist in the management of fairs, particularly in the management of speed programs. As a breeder, his influence in this county has been far reaching. Not only has he greatly increased the interest of the people of Madison county in good horses, but he has made it possible for them to secure the higher grade of horses.

John A. Schurr

Among the successful farmers of Paint township, Madison county, Ohio, is John A. Schurr, who comes of German stock, dating back in this country to about 1847.

John A. Schurr was born in Madison county, north of Palestine, April 7, 1851. He is the son of George and Elizabeth (Carter) Schurr, the former of whom was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, July 31, 1823, and who, in 1829, came to America with his parents in a sailing vessel. They were seventy-nine days in making the voyage on the good ship "Isabella." After landing in New York City, they traveled by team to Buffalo, where they took another sailing vessel and came by way of Lake Erie to Cleveland. From Cleveland the family took a canal boat to Columbus, and from Columbus came on to Madison county.

The next spring, George Schurr's father rented a farm and they farmed for four years. The father then moved to Columbus, where he obtained work at seventy-five cents a day. In the course of two years he bought a farm on Possum run, comprising one hundred acres. George Schurr assisted in the farm work during the summer and attended the district school in the winter. At the age of twenty-one, George Schurrstarted farming for himself, working at eight dollars a month until 1847, when he was employed to accompany a drove of cattle to Philadelphia across the Alleghany mountains. After delivering the cattle he was allowed 'Sixteen days time to return and sixty-two cents a day for expense money. The distance was six hundred miles and he walked the entire distance in fifteen days.

On December 26, 1848, George Schurr was married to Elizabeth Carter. The marriage was performed by Squire Stephen Anderson. After farming for three years in Madison county, George Schurr moved to Coles county, Illinois, remaining there for two years. His father having died, he returned to Madison county and purchased some land and cleared it of its heavy timber. In 1859 he and his wife joined the Christian church. In 1865 they sold the farm and purchased one hundred acres of: land in Paint township, to which he added fifty acres. Subsequently, he purchased the Doctor Kinney property in London. Mrs. Schurr died on October 4, 1900, and her husband died seven years later, on June 2, 1907.

George and Elizabeth (Carter) Schurr were the parents of ten children, namely: Mary, born on December 7, 1849, died in Columbus about 1913; William, October 4, 1852, is deceased; John A. is the subject of this, sketch; Charles, December 11, 1854, lives in Logan county; James, June 12, 1855, lives in Paint township; Esther, May 8, 1857, married John Southward and lives in Clark county, near Springfield, Ohio; Clayton, August 2, 1859, died on October 3, 1866; George, February 1, 1861. lives in the state of Washington; Alfred, January 4, 1865, died on March 11, 1886; and David, April 9, 1866.

David Schurr, the tenth child in this family, attended the district schools and was granted a certificate to teach at the age of sixteen. He began teaching in the district schools at eighteen and continued teaching, applying his leisure hours and vacations to the pursuit of advanced studies. He was graduated from Ohio Northern University with the degree of Bachelor of Science and from Wittenberg College with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He holds common and high school life certificates granted by the state board of examiners. Mr. Schurr was superintendent of the Midway schools for one year and superintendent of the South Solon schools for seven years. He was also Superintendent of the Plain City schools for four years and declined a re-election at Plain City to become a candidate for representative. He was the chvice of his party and has always been active in local politics. He has. been a delegate to almost every county convention for fifteen years and is a member of the National Educational Associa- tion, the Central Ohio Teachers' Association and has been elected president three times of the Madison County Teachers' Association. He is at present a member of the executive committee of the county teachers' institute and served nine years on the board of county school examiners. He was recently chosen cashier of the Farmers and Traders Bank of South Solon, of which bank he is one of the directors. Fraternally, David Schurr is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, also being a member of the uniform rank of the latter lodge. He is a member of the committee on enrollment, chairman of the boys' industrial school, chairman of the committee on ways and turnpikes and a member of the committee on schools. He owns the old homestead of one hundred and fiftyseven acres and also a farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Logan county. David Schurr retains his residence in Paint township.

On September 15, 1875, John A. Schurr was married to Ida Stroup, a daughter of Alfred and Charity (Thompson) Stroup, and to them have been born three children, two of whom are living. Alma, born on March 20, 1878, married Hartford Welsh and has one daughter, Mary Louise. They live in London. Mr. Welsh is cashier of the Commercial and Savings Bank, at London. Emmet, the other living child, was born on May 3, 1880, and married Myrtle March. They live in London. Formerly, he was agent at the interurban station for eleven years, but is now bookkeeper in the London BHxchange Bank. The mother of these children, who was born on November 5, 1854, died on October 7, 1884.

On February 11, 1886, John A. Schurr was married to Mary Hornbeck, a daughter of Cyrus and Elizabeth (Meliner) Hornbeck. Mr. and Mrs. Hornbeck were the parents of seven children, two of whom are living, John Q. is deceased; Martin is deceased ; Melissa, born on October 17, 1852, died at the age of seventeen; Mary E., January 7, 1855, is the wife of Mr. Schurr; C. R., August 28, 1858, is an attorney of London; Sidney E., November 17, 1860, died on June 17, 1914; Isaac W., July 23, 1863, died some years ago. The father of these children died on July 28, 18638, and the mother in May, 1900.

John A. Schurr is living on the old homestead and is a farmer and stock raiser. He owns one hundred and fifty-seven acres in Paint township. He and his wife are members of the Christian church, at Mt. Sterling. He is a Republican in politics and has served as township trustee and township treasurer. He is now a trustee of the Paint township cemetery. |

Thomas Mallon

America owes much to the Emerald Isle, which has given to this country many of our best citizens. Among the successful farmers of Madison county, Ohio, is the venerable Thomas Mallon, of Stokes township, who was born in Ireland in 1840, and who, after coming to America, worked at odd jobs for a time and then purchased a farm, now owning three hundred and sixty acres of well-improved land.

Thomas Mallon was born in County Cavan, Ireland, in 1840, and made the voyage to America with his sister, Mary. They were the children of Owen and Nancy (McCormick) Mallon, who lived and died in the Emerald Isle. They had one other child besides Thomas and Mary, Patrick. who came to America about two years before his brother and sister. He settled in Madison county but later moved to Missouri and died there about 1895. Mary, after coming to America, married Michael Devereaux, of London. She died about 1910 but her husband still lives in London.

was married to Margaret Silk, the daughter of Bernard and Mary (Fleming) Silk, both of whom spent all of their lives in Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Mallon have been the parents of eight children, seven of whom are living, namely: Hugh is at home; Owen married Catherine Charters and lives in Columbus, Ohio; Michael, the twin brother of Owen, died in 1906; Mary and Anna live at home; Thomas married Mary Devenport, they live in Washington, D. C., and haye had five children, Margaret (deceased), Thomas S., Marie, Hugh and Anna; Margaret is the wife of James Daugherty and has three children, Mary, Thomas and Joseph, and lives in Stokes township; and Patrick A. operates the home farm for his father.

The Mallon farm lies in Stokes township about four miles east and north of South Solon. It is equipped with substantial buildings, including a good house and barn. For several years Mr. Mallon has been living retired. He has made every dollar of his present wealth by his own efforts and has succeeded in a large measure unaided by friends or relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. Mallon are highly-respected citizens of Stokes township. Mr. Mallon votes the Democratic ticket. The Mallon family are members of the St. Charles Catholic church, at South Charleston.

John W. Kellough

John W. Kellough, of Mt. Sterling, Madison county, Ohio, was born on July 5, 1889, at Veedersburg, Fountain county, Indiana. He was reared on the farm but attended school in the old Salem Academy, located in Ross county, Ohio, and also attended one year at the Lebanon normal school. In 1856, when only seventeen years of age, he began teaching school in Ross and Pike counties, Ohio, serving in that capacity for two years. Following the termination of his teaching in Pike county he taught for four terms in Ross county. This experience carried him into the period when the fighting was at its hottest, during the Civil War, and though his enthusiasm was that of an ardent soldier eager for the fray his health was such that he was permitted to engage in only one battle and a skirmish or two. He was a member of the Ohio National Guard.

At the close of the war Mr. Kellough returned to Ross county, Ohio, where he rented land, which he tilled until 1873, removing at that time to Madison county, Ohio, where he purchased two hundred and ten acres in Range township. Improvements were begun at once, two large barns being erected for the housing of grain and stock, and a comfortable residence built. Three acres were set aside for fruit growing and the producing of stock became a specialty. In 1882 John Kellough began the manufacture, material used in the building of district schools in his locality. In 1910 he removed to Mt. Sterling, Ohio, and erected a thoroughly modern home in which he now resides.

John W. Kellough is the son of John and Rebecca (Pummill) Kellough, to whose union were born two children, Mrs. Mary Jane McClean, a widow, of Washington C. H., Ohio, and John W. The father, John Kellough, is the son of John and Betsey (McConnell) Kellough, and was born in 1814, in Highland county, Ohio. He was a farmer of Highland county, Ohio, and it was there that he wooed and won the hand of Rebecca Pummill, whose marriage was solemnized in the year of 1836. For three short years they lived happily together and! then the husband, at the age of twenty-five years, departed this life on May 17, 1889, leaving his widow to care for and rear the two small children who were born of this union. For more than seventy-five years his. widow remained true to the memory of her beloved companion, incorporating the wealth of her nature into kindly deeds and words that will be remembered, and her memory will be revered as one whose life was a shining example of purity of purpose and love.

Rebecca Pummill was born on April 10, 1816, near Woodstock, Shenandoah county, Virginia, and passed away on March 15, 1915, aged ninety-nine years, less twenty-five days. She was one of eleven children born to her parents, there being eight daughters and three sons. She was a devout Christian and a member of the Methodist church, joining' the same when she was a girl of fourteen years. After her husband's demise she returned to the home of her parents, but some fifty years ago she came, with her daughter and family, to Range township, Madison county, Ohio, and settled in the Bethel neighborhood.

The mother of John Kellough, Sr., was Betsy (McConnell) Kellough, eldest daughter of Alexandria McConnell, the famous Indian fighter of Kentucky. John W. Kellough is a stockholder of the First National Bank of Mt. Sterling, also holding stock in the elevator and grain company of this town.

On June 5, 1862, John W. Kellough was married to Senath Pool, who was born on April 29, 1841, and for fifty-three years they were permitted to travel life's pathway together. Mrs. Kellough was the daughter of Henry and Mary (Vinson Hallar) Pool, natives of Germany. After rearing the ten children born of their union, Senath (Pool) Kellough passed to her eternal rest on August 29, 1913, leaving the companion of so many years to finish the journey alone. The names of their ten children follow: Mrs. Mana K. Ester, a nurse living at Columbus, Ohio; Charles, a farmer of Range township, Madison county, Ohio; Mrs. Anna Wyss, a teacher in Oklahoma, who has taught for sixteen years; Mrs. Nellie Dickson, of Harrodsburg, Indiana; Mrs. Sallie Rader, deceased ; William, a former student in the medical college and a school teacher, died March 12, 1891, at Columbus, Ohio; Jesse P., a farmer of Fayette county, Ohio; Claud, deceased; Mrs. Katherine Wissler, a widow, who now resides with her father; and Robert W., a lawyer of Tulsa, Oklahoma. ;

John W. Kellough is a life member of the Forestry Association of Ohio, of which, in 1911, he was elected vice-president. Politically, he is a Democrat, and in 1913, at the age of sixty-four years, he was a candidate for office as representative of his state, on the Democratic ticket. He was defeated, but like a true soldier, he is a good loser. He has been justice of the peace, township trustee and clerk, also land appraiser. No Presbyterian is more loyal to the church creed than is John Kellough. Mr. Kellough is a charter member of Lenore Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Sedalia, Ohio, having joined that lodge in 1875. He is also a member of the consistory, at Columbus, Ohio.

Asa Be. Farrar

Asa E. Farrar, a veteran of the Civil War and a retired farmer of Paint township, Madison county, Ohio, was born on July 15, 1838, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the son of Alexis and Sarah (Atwood) Farrar, the former of whom was born in the village of Rush, New York, and the latter was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Alexis Farrar was born March 16, 1808, and his wife was born on March 26,'1817. They were married June 17, 1834, in Cincinnati, and had nine children, six daughters and three sons: Hariett, who was born on January 20, 1836, died on June 14, 1836; Alice, May 18, 1837, died on July 3, 1857; Asa E. is the subject of this sketch; Laura V., February 22, 1840, is deceased; Charles E., October 13, 1841, lives in California; Maria, July 26, 1844, died on September 8, 1844; Mary D., January 14, 1846, died on October 14, 1846; Sarah F., April 21, 1848, is the wife of S. S. Clayton of Dayton, Ohio; Alexis, September 20, 1849, now lives at the Soldiers' Home, at Sandusky, Ohio. Alexis enlisted in the First Ohio Light Artillery during the Civil War and served two years. He received his discharge at the close of the war. The father of these children was a carpenter and an architect. For many years he was in partnership with Charles Rousey, a practical

Asa BE. Farrar received a good common-school education in the public schools of Cincinnati and Toledo. He helped his mother to take care of five children, but, when the Civil War broke out, he enlisted, August 5, 1861, in Company I, Forty-eight Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, serving two and one-half years. Afterward he enlisted in the same company and served till September 12, 1865. All together Mr. Farrar served four years and one month. He served under General Butler, and after returning from the war engaged in farming.

On June 16, 1873, Asa E. Farrar was married to Mary Eliza Williams, a daughter of Washington and Maria (Jones) Williams, the former of whom was born on November 9, 1818, and the latter was born on August 15, 1819. Washington Williams and Maria Jones were married on October 21, 1838. Mr. Williams died on October 2, 1847, and his wife died on July 22, 1854. They were the parents of three children: John H., born on August 9, 1840, died on December 15, 1895; Margaret R., March 18, 1848; Mary E., May 14, 1845.

Mr. and Mrs. Farrar have had one daughter, Margaret, who was born September 8, 1874. She married Frank W. Read, and they now live in Los Angeles, California. They have six children, Welden R., Max W., Alice Jean, Elizabeth Louise and two that died in infancy.

Shortly after his marriage, in 1874, Mr. and Mrs. Farrar settled in Madison county. For a short time after his marriage Mr. Farrar worked in Clark county. Since 1905 he has lived retired on his farm of sixty-seven acres at Florence, Madison county, Ohio. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, at South Charleston, and as a Republican has served as a director of the school for many years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Farrar are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and attend church at Williams Chapel.

Stephen Carter

Farmer and thresherman, Stephen Carter is a well-known citizen of Paint township, Madison county, Ohio. He lives on a farm a short distance south of Newport. Mr. Carter was born on May 24, 1868, in Clinton county, Ohio, the son of Jonathan and Sarah (Criswell) Carter, the former of whom was born in Hardin county, Ohio, and the latter in Clinton county. They were married in Clinton county and, as the fruit of their marriage, had one son, Stephen, the subject of this sketch.

Jonathan Carter was engaged in farming in Clinton county, but later moved to Indiana, where he remained for two years. Upon returning to Ohio, the family set- Ued in Clinton county, where they remained until 1872, when they moved to Madison county and settled in Paint township. In March, 1872, Mrs. Sarah (Criswell) Carter died and two years later, her husband was married to Margaret Cleeland. After living in Madison county for many years, Jonathan Carter died on October 7, 1913. His second wife had died previously in 1903.

Stephen Carter received a common-school education in the public schools of Paint township, and after reaching maturity was engaged for a few years in farming with his father. \

On September 18, 1884, Stephen Carter was married to Mary Stewart, a native of Butler county, Ohio, and the daughter of James and Anna (Cleeland) Stewart, the latter of whom was a native of Clark county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart spent most of their lives in Butler county, where they died some time prior to 1880, both passing Away within a period of a few months. .

Claude, the eldest, was accidentally killed in Newport in 1905; Maude, who is the: wife of 'George Cochenour, of Springfield, Ohio; Isa, who is a resident of Columbus, Ohio, and is unmarried; Mary is the wife of Clarence Taylor, of Sedalia, Ohio. Mrs. Mary (Stewart) Carter died on August 3, 1892. Five years later, on September 9, 1897, Mr. Carter was married to Lydia Newman, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Newman, of Madison county. To this second marriage there has been born two daughters, Ruth, who lives at home with her parents, and Agnes, who died in infancy.

For the past twenty-one years Mr. Carter has been engaged in threshing and farmfg. He has charge of one hundred acres of land in Paint township and is known as a successful farmer.

Fraternally, Mr. Carter is a member of the Masonic lodge, No. 138, at London, and of Madison Lodge No. 70, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is also a member of the encampment branch of the Odd Fellows and belongs to London Encampment No. 126. Politically, he is a Democrat. Mr. Carter is now serving his first term as township clerk. Formerly, he served as assessor for a period of five years. He also served as a member of the board of trustees of the township for three years and as township treasurer for one term.

The gentleman whose name the reader notes above, the proprietor of "Elmwood Stock Farm," is the owner of two hundred and fifty-seven acres of fine land in Jefferson and Canaan townships, and is regarded as one of the most substantial citizens of that part of the county. In addition to his farming interests, he has also been actively engaged in the timber business in Ohio, and for many years has bought and sold horses.

Born in the neighboring county of Franklin, Stephen C. Smith did not come to this county until he was sixteen years of age. He was born on a farm near the village of Groveport, Franklin county, Ohio, June 4, 1867, son of Stephen and Abigail (Ayers) Smith, both natives of England, the former of whom came to America before he was twenty-one years of age. When he landed here, Stephen Smith was in debt, but he possessed plenty of energy and pluck and was not daunted by the prospect of facing new conditions without a cent. He came to Ohio and located in Franklin county, in the Groveport neighborhood, where he prospered. In that neighborhood there was an English girl. Abigail Ayers, who had come to this county with her parents when twelve years of age, and had grown to womanhood in the vicinity of Mr. Smith's new home. The marriage of this couple took place in Franklin county, but they later moved to this county, locating in Jefferson township, and became well known throughout that entire section of the county. Stephen Smith was a good farmer and became the owner of several tracts of land. His wife was a leader in the Methodist church, and influential in all good works.

Stephen Sinith and wife were the parents of twelve children, ten of whom are still living, namely: Thomas A., a well-known and prominent farmer of Fairfield township, this county; Richard B., a successful ranchman in Paradise Valley, Montana; Dr. R. P., a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, who is now president of the Kansas Wesleyan University at Salina, Kansas; Rev. Edward, a prominent minister in the Methodist church, now district superintendent of the Helena district, with headquarters at Butte. Montana; Stephen C., the immediate subject of this sketch; Rev. Attree, a graduate of the Garrett Biblical Institute at Chicago, now pastor of the Methodist church at Beloit, Kansas; Anna, who married Frederick McClish, a substantial farmer of the Groveport neighborhood; Abigail, unmarried, who lives at Charlotte, North Carolina ; Amy M., a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, and formerly a' well-known teacher of German in the public schools of London, this county, who is national secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association, with headquarters at Charlotte, North Carolina, and Catherine, who became the wife of H. A. Newcomb, of Boston, Massachusetts, a practical mechanic, who is the overseer of several large office buildings in that city. Percy died at the age of seventeen, and Mary HE. also died young.

Stephen C. Smith was reared on the home farm in Franklin county, receiving his elementary education in the district schools of his home neighborhood, which he supplemented by a comprehensive course in the normal school at Ada, Ohio, following which he entered seriously upon the life of a farmer, a vocation to which for years he gave his most diligent and intelligent attention, with the result that he is now the possessor of two hundred and fifty-seven acres of fine land in Jefferson township, this county, and is looked upon as one of the most substantial citizens of his community. In 1904, Mr. Smith, because of ill health, retired from active farm life and moved to West Jefferson, this county, where he built his present handsome, modern seven-room house, which is equipped with all the modern conveniences, being heated with hot water and lighted with gas.

On January 31, 1894, Stephen C. Smith was married to Carrie Price, who is a native of Franklin county, Ohio, and was formerly a well-known teacher in the public schools of Madison county. She took up teaching after finishing her education at the normal school at Ada. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are devoted members of the Methodist church, Mr. Smith being one of the most prominent lay workers in that church in this part of the state. He is a member of the official board of his home church, and for several years' was superintendent of the Sunday school of the same. He represented his church as a delegate to the great Methodist men's convention at Indianapolis in 1913, and several times has been selected as the lay delegate to the annual conferences of the church. He and his wife are actively interested in all good works in their neighborhood, and very properly are held in the highest esteem throughout the community.

Mr. Smith is a Republican in politics, and has always been interested in local affairs; and has taken a very active part in temperance work. Fraternally, he is a Mason, and is the present master of Madison Lodge No. 221, Free and Accepted Masons. For several years Mr. Smith served as president and general manager of the Farmers Telephone Company, and in all movements that make for the betterment and progress of his home community he takes an active interest.

George Hornbeck

In a state like Ohio, where a greater portion of the state is given over to agriculture, a man who can successfully meet the problems of the farmer and bring returns from the soil is of great value to the community in which he lives. Probably no other settler was more familiar with the early agricultural life of Ohio than Isaac Hornbeck, the father of George Hornbeck, who is the subject of this sketch.

George Hornbeck was born in Union township, Madison county, Ohio, on October 1, 1855. He was the youngest of seven children born to Isaac and Anna (Peck) Hornbeck, the former of whom was born in this county, and the latter was born in Pickaway county, Ohio. After his education was completed in the schools near his home he remained with his parents on the farm, where he learned the lessons of experience in farming which served him so admirably in latter years, when he was compelled to assume complete care of the estate.

Isaac Hornbeck was born in 1814, died in 1865, in Stock township, Madison county. In Mr. Hornbeck's boyhood the educational opportunities afforded a farmer boy were meager, but this very fact makes the school house of those days one of the most inter- esting objects of study. With great pleasure Mr. Hornbeck would relate stories of the little log cabin school house with the slab seats and small windows. The remarkable fact, however, is that the products of these schools often became the most reliable, industrious and intelligent of citizens. Before his death, which occurred in 1865, Isaac Hornbeck had accumulated three hundred and seventy acres of land. His wife, who was born in Pickaway county, on May 15, 1818, remained on the farm until her death in 1898. She was the daughter of Henry and Hager (Carr) Peck, natives of Virginia. The father of Isaac Hornbeck, who was Samuel Hornbeck, married Mary Hudson, and came from Kentucky to Madison county, where he died near South Solon, Ohio.

To Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hornbeck were born the following children: Miles D., who died in 1864; Samuel, a farmer in Paint township; Emily, who is at home; Henry who died in infancy; Mary, who is at home; John W., a farmer in Fayette county, Ohio; George, the subject of this sketch.

The progressive quality in an agriculturist is one of the most valuable attributes. George Hornbeck, not content with managing the farm as his father left it, has made extensive improvements. Mr. Hornbeck, although giving some time to horticultural interests, devotes most of his attention to the breeding of Shorthorn cattle. He has never married, but for a number of years has made his home with his sisters, Emily and Mary. He is active in Democratic political affairs. Mr. Hornbeck is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Free and Accepted Masons at Mt. Sterling. The Hornbecks are all members of the Christian church, of Mt. Sterling.

Thomas C. Gaynard

Farmer and school teacker, Thomas C. Gaynard, who lives at the corner of the Patee road and Columbus pike, in Somerford township, two miles northwest of the village of Summerford, was born in Somerford township, two miles west of the village on the National road, March 26, 1866.

Thomas C. Gaynard is the son of Peter and Margaret (Coleman) Gaynard, both of whom were natives of Ireland, the former of County Mayo and the latter of County Galway. After their marriage, in Springfield, Ohio, they settled on a farm. Peter Gaynard had come to America in 1848, and for a time had worked for various railroads in Illinois, Louisiana and Indiana. After 1860, however, he lived in Madison county. His wife had worked in Springfield.

In partnership with his brother, Thomas, Peter Gaynard, Sr., purchased the old Gaynard homestead. containing six acres. After being there several years, Thomas Gaynard, in 1880, removed to Logan county. He died at West Liberty, in that county. Peter Gaynard bought his brother's interest in the Somerford township farm. It was formerly a station on the old National rond in stagecoach days, and consisted of a tavern and the vecessary barns and sheds used in pioneer times in connection with a tavern. After passing a most useful life in this community. Peter Gaynard died on the old farm in October, 1901, at the age of seventy years. His wife had died about twenty years previously, July, 1880. They were quiet and unassuming people, and devout members of St. Patrick's Catholic church. They were the parents of six children, of whom Thomas C., the subject of this sketch, is the eldest. Delia, who is unmarried and who lives at Springfield, Ohio, owns the old home. She remained with the father until his death. John died in childhood. Peter was a teacher for twenty years, mostly in the schools of Madison county, and also served as superintendent of the Deer Creek township schools. , ;

Thomas C. Gaynard began to teach school at the age of nineteen. He attended the district schools and was later graduated from the normal school at Lebanon under the skillful direction of Professor Holbrook, one of the most competent teachers in the history of education in the state of Ohio. Of the nineteen years that Mr. Gaynard taught subsequent to his graduation, all but one year were spent in Madison county. He taught one year in Clark county. Thomas C. Gaynard has been especially well known for his ability in handling schools where other teachers failed, and at times has had as high as fifty-five pupils of all ages and of all grades. Mr. Gaynard's own education has been carried far beyond what is required for teaching in the rural schools. He has served officially in institutes, and in the teacher's reading circle, also nine years on the school board.

Formerly, Mr. Gaynard owned a small farm near the fish hatchery, but thirteen years ago purchased his present farm, the John Cleary farm, of one hundred acres. The farm was very much run down when he obtained possession of it, but he has not only put it into a high state of cultivation but has improved it in other respects. Besides fencing, he has installed several hundred rods of tile, and has enlarged the barns. All of the crops raised on the Gaynard farm are fed to the stock. Mr. Gaynard has three fields of twenty-seven acres each.

On November 28, 1896, Thomas C. Gaynard was married to Sarah Francis Golden. of Clark county, the. daughter of. Hugh and Mary (Ward) Golden. Mrs. Gaynard was born in Madison county and has borne one child, John A., who is ten years old. He was born on July 30, 1905. Myr. and Mrs. Gaynard have also reared two orphan children of Mrs. Gaynard's sister, Edward and Agnes Mooney. The former is now the bookkeeper in the Dwyer Brothers' hardware store, of London. Agnes is still a member of the Gaynard family, and has taught school for three years. After attending the summer school at Wittenberg, she became a teacher in Madison county.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Gaynard are members of St. Patrick's Catholic church, of which church he has served as warden the past nine years. Mr. Gaynard is an ardent Democrat, and is at present serving as secretary of the Democratic central committee. He has never sought office, however, with the exception of minor educational offices in his own township.

Lewis J. Hunter

To make a success of agriculture, it is necessary to be something more than a hard worker. A farmer might labor from dawn to twilight every day in the year and yet fail to accomplish much. There must be sound judgment and discretion exercised at the same time as well as a knowledge of soils, grains, live stock and, in fact, general business. The man who accomplishes much as a farmer in these days should be accorded a place with men who succeed in other walks of life, for often it requires more ingenuity and courage to manage a farm successfully than anything else that claims the attention of men. Lewis J. Hunter, a most successful farmer of Paint township, Madison county, Ohio, has achieved success in life, partly because he has worked for it and partly because he has been a good manager and a shrewd business man. Mr. Hunter owns a tract of six hundred and fifty-six acres, all of which is in Paint township except nine acres which is located in Clark county.

Lewis J. Hunter was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, February 7, 1862, the son of Joseph and Dorcas (Deems) Hunter, the former of whom was born at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, August 4, 1824, and the latter at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1825. They were married on January 28, 1847, and were prosperous farmers in Pennsylvania, in Pickaway county, Ohio, and in Madison county, Ohio. To them were born eight children, two of whom, Eliza, the firstborn, and Samuel A., the twin brother of Anna, are deceased. Eliza was born ou December 8, 1847, and died on May 30, 1901. Samuel

A. died on July 1, 1905. The six living children are as follow: James W., born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, April 5, 1850, who is a resident of Plain City and a farmer by occupation; Mary L., born in Tuscarawas county, May 29, 1852, is the wife of John Penn and lives in Pickaway county; Rebecca J., born in Hocking county, Ohio, July 2, 1855, is the wife of Allen Kibler, of Waynesville, Warren county, Ohio; Anna M., born in Hocking county, November 9, 1857, is the wife of Baxter E. Tumblison, of South Charleston, Ohio; Lewis J. is the subject of this sketch; George D., born in Pickaway county, January 6, 1866, is a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana.

Joseph and Dorcas (Deem) Hunter. the parents of these children, were farmers. After their marriage they immigrated from Guernsey county, Pennsylvania, after three or four years, to Pickaway county, Ohio. After farming in Pickaway county until 1877 they moved to Madison county and settled in Paint township. Later Joseph Hunter bought a small farm in Union township. He died here on August 10, 1887. His beloved wife died on November 2, 1892. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

On December 23, 1886, at the age of twenty-four, Lewis J. Hunter was married to Keturah Stroup, the daughter of Jesse and Lavina (Woosley) Stroup, the former of whom was born on March 1, 1828, in Madison county, Ohio, and the.latter was born on July 5, 1842, in Clark county. Mr. and Mrs. Stroup were married in Clark county on April 17, 1866, and have had six chiidren, all of whom are living. 'Their children are as follow: Keturah, who was born on May 4, 1867, in.Clark county, Ohio, is the wife of a Mr. Hunter; Mary, born in Clark county, August 4, 1868, married George Clemans, of that county; Rebecca, also born in Clark county, August 4, 1870, married Reeder Bennett, of Clark county; Emma, born in Clark county, February 8, 1874, is the wife of James Lewis, of that county; Jesse B., born in Madison county, March 20. 1879; and Lula B., born in Madison county, January 4, 1884. Jesse Stroup was a farmer and stockman. After having farmed for many years in Clark county, he and his wife moved to Madison county in the spring of 1875 and settled in Paint township, where he farmed in 1887, when he retired and moved back to Clark county, settling near Charleston. There he died on January 21, 1909. His wife died on April 8, 1915. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis J. Hunter have been born six children, only one of whom, Leroy S., the eldest, is deceased. He was born on December 11. 1887, and died on August 5, 1889. The five living children are Carl Edgar, a resident of Paint township, born on August 20, 1889, married Pearl Silver on August 27, 1910, and she died on February 20,.1914: Jessie Leota, born on March 28, 1895; Clarence, January 29, 1899; Hazel Louise, February 15, 1905; and Harold Lewis, October 16, 1907, all of whom are at home.

Mr. Hunter owns six hundred and fifty-six acres of land, practically all of which is located in Madison county. The land is all well improved and Mr. Hunter himself has made most of the improvements on the farm. On "Pleasant View Farm," which is located about four miles east of South Charleston, Mr. Hunter raises a very high grade of sheep, horses, cattle and hogs. He is essentially a stock farmer. Politically, Mr. Hunter votes the Republican ticket. In a public way, he has served as president of the township board for the past two years. Formerly, he was a member of the school board for eighteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter are members of the Grange, at South Charleston, and all of the members of the Hunter family are connected with the Methodist church. There is no family living in Madison county that more thoroughly deserves the respect and confidence of their neighbors than that of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis

Dr. Joseph Spencer Martin

The Civil War period, in the history of this country, called to the front men and boys who sacrificed everything for the land of freedom. After that great war the survivors from the field of battle returned to peaceful scenes and became prominent factors in the upbuilding of this land, which had been devastated by the horrors of war. The children of these veteran soldiers have inherited the real mettle of their fathers and have become a credit to their country and immediate communities.

Joseph Spencer Martin was born on February 7, 1878, in Range township, Madison county, Ohio, and is the son of Joseph Spencer Martin, Sr., a soldier of the Civil War, who surrendered his college career to fight for his country. To Joseph Spencer Martin, Sr., and his wife, Isabelle (Harrison) Martin, four children were born, namely. James IF., Benjamin H., Joseph Spencer, Jr., and Mary I.

Joseph Spencer Martin, Sr., was born on November 22, 1839, in Range township, Madison county, Ohio, where, on obtaining mature years, he engaged in farming. In September, 1860, he entered Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, where he remained until June, 1862. He then enlisted in the Ninety-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at London, Ohio, in which service he continued until his discharge at the close of the war. After his return from the war. he settled in Madison county, Ohio, and resumed farming, at one time being a breeder of Shorthorn cattle and Delaine sheep. Prominent in politics, Mr. Martin was elected and served as county representative from 1889 to 1893, in which capacity he served the best interests of his constituents. His active life, spent on the field of battle and in the peaceful pursuits at home, was brought to a 'close in 1901, with his labors well done. Isabelle (Harrison) Martin was born in Fayette county, Ohio, in 1847, and died at Mt. Sterling in 1911, at the age of sixtyfour years. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Martha (Reeves) Harrison, of Madison county.

The parents of Joseph Spencer Martin, Sr., were Jacob and Johanna (Leonard) Martin, both natives of Virginia. Jacob Martin devoted his life to religious work, and as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the pioneer days, rode horseback for over seventy-five thousand miles, through Virginia. Ohio and Indiana. After long and faithful service he retired and lived at London, Ohio, until his death.

The paternal old farmstead was the boyhood home of Joseph Spencer Martin. Jr., and he obtained his first schooling from the district schools, afterward receiving a liberal education at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, being a student in that institution from September, 1897, until June, 1901. Before completing his course at that college, he was called away because of the death of his father. After assisting his mother at home he went to Kirksville, Missouri, and took up the study of osteopathy in the American School of Osteopathy, from which school he was graduated in June. 1904, at the age of twenty-six years. In his professional career, Doctor Martin was very proficient as well as successful. During the first year in his profession he practiced at Mt. Sterling, Ohio, then removing to Xenia, Ohio, where he built up a large practice, remaining there for a period of ten years, until 1915, and has now returned to Mt. Sterling, Ohio, where he intends-to remain but a short time, later locating on his farm, the home of his parents and grandparents, where he will superintend his agricultural interests.

On December 24, 1902, Dr. Joseph Spencer Martin was married to Jessie Maxey, who was born in 1881, in Stokes township, Madison county, Ohio, the daughter of Stephen and Anna (Gaskill) Maxey, both natives of Ohio. Her grandfather, John Maxey, was commissioner of Madison county when the first court house was constructed, as was also Doctor Martin's grandfather, Benjamin Harrison. A somewhat remarkable coincidence occurred in the earlier history of the Martin and Maxey families, when, it is related, the grandfather of Jessie Maxey was converted at one of the meetings conducted by Rey. Jacob Martin.

Jessie Maxey attended the district and high schools at South Solon, Ohio, and later became a student at Wittenberg College, at Springfield, Ohio. After receiving a thorough education, she taught school in Range township, Madison county, and in Fayette county for a period of four years, until her marriage. To the union of Dr. Joseph Spencer Martin and Jessie (Maxey) Martin two children have been born, Joseph Spencer, born on March 21, 1906, and Marjorie Maxey, born on October 7, 1907.

True to his early training, Doctor Martin is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically, he affiliates with the Republican party. Whatever the future may have in store, the present, at least, is secure for him and his happy family. He has been a faithful son; a kind and considerate husband and father; a comprehensive man in his professional and business occupations.

Pearl J. Stoddard

Pearl J. Stoddard, farmer, Rosedale, Madison county, was born on January 16, 1870, in Pike township, Madison county, and is a son of Orlo and Eliza (Curl) Stoddard. He was-reared on a farm in Madison county, where he attended the public schools of Rosedale, Ohio. Mr. Stoddard has always given his best efforts to his agricultural interests, leaving nothing uncared for that materially concerned the general outcome of his business. Politically, he is a Democrat, but has never sought political office. In religion, he is a member of the Union church at Rosedale, of which he is one of the trustees.

-Orlo Stoddard, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in 1823, in Vermont, coming with his parents to Ohio in 1829, and settling in Champaign county. His wife, Eliza (Carl) Stoddard, was born in Champaign county. They were married in Ohio, and bought a farm, where they lived until 1869, when they sold the old place and came to Madison county, where they bought a farm north of Rosedale, where they lived until the death of Mr. Stoddard. hey were the parents of twelve children - seven of whom are living, namely: Rose, Josephine, C. L., Edward M., Pearl J., Nell and Alta. Mrs. Stoddard, the mother of our subject, is living in 1915.

Pearl J. Stoddard was united in marriage, January 2, 1895, with Margaret Roseberry, daughter of E. T. and Mary E. (Carter) Roseberry. She was born on September 20, 1871, in Rosedale, Ohio.

E. T. Roseberry, the father of Mrs. Pearl J. Stoddard, was married to Mary E. Carter, daughter of Doctor Carter. His parents, Michael and Elizabeth Rosberry, came from Pennsylvania. E. T. and Mary E. (Carter) Roseberry were the parents of ten children, nine of whom are living in 1915: Mrs. Effie Morgride, of Darby township; F. M., of Pike township; Mrs. May R. Stoddard, of Irwin, Ohio; Margaret; C. A,; Mrs. Neltie King, of Pike township; Joseph C.; John R., of Rosedale; and Bess R., wife of N. W. Harter, professor of mathematics at Thiel College, Pennsylvania, Margaret was educated in the public schools of Rosedale, Ohio. EH. T. Roseberry was second lieutenant in Company C, One Hundred and: Thirty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

sense of honest business methods have very prominently figured as the keynote. Mr. Stoddard bas found himself steadily and surely advancing in his individual affairs, as a result of his determination to keep abreast with improved agricultural interests, leaving behind those less active and less energetic along the highway of life.

Leroy Wilson

Leroy Wilson, farmer, Plain City, Canaan township, Madison county, was born on May 3, 1888, on 'Cedar Grove Farm," where he now resides. and is a son of William and Mary (Slyh) Wilson. He was reared in Plain City, Ohio, by his sister, Ella, his mother having died when he was eighteen months old. His early education was received in the public schools, after which he entered the high school, and later the Wittenberg College. at Springfield, Ohio. After finishing at school, Mr Wilson took up the vocation of a farmer, which he has followed ever since, and in which he has been eminently successful. His splendid property, located in Canaan township, is located six miles north of West Jefferson and six miles south of Plain City. and consists of four hundred and thirty acres. Politically, Mr. Wilson is a stanch Republican, while his religious membership is with the Presbyterian church at Plain City, of which he is a regular attendant. His fraternal alliance is with the Alpha Tau Omega.

William Wilson. father of the subject of this sketch, was a son of William Wilson, Sr., who owned a large tract of land. William Wilson, Jr., was born in Canaan township, on the old Wilson homestead, and inherited fifteen hundred acres of land from his father. He was united in marriage with Mary Slyh, by whom he had two children: Ella, who became the wife of Ernest Beach, of Plain City, Ohio, and Leroy.

William Wilson, Sr., the paternal grandfather, was the possessor of great wealth, and owned thousands of acres of valuable land, of which he willed fifteen hundred acres to each of his six children.

Leroy Wilson was united in marriage, January 16, 1912, with Ruth Evans, daughter of Rev. F. M. Evans. She was born in 1892 in Bowersville, Ohio, and attended the London high school. of which she is a graduate, and finished school at Ohio Wesleyan University. This union has been blest with one daughter, Ella Mae, who was born on September 1, 1914.

Rev. F. M. Evans, father of Mrs. Leroy Wilson, is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, and is district superintendent of the Marietta district.

George M. Van Dyke

George M. Van Dyke, a self-made and enterprising farmer. who owns the old Potee farm of one hundred and sixty-eight acres two and one-half miles west of Summerford, was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, April 19, 1866.

At the age of one year, Mr. Van Dyke was brought to Madison county, Ohio, by his parents, Isaac and Nancy (Allendra) Van Dyke, both of whom were natives of Ohio. They settled in Range township, where Isaac Van Dyke died in 1884. He was a tenant farmer. His widow is still living in Van Wert county, and is now past the age of eighty-six. They had a family of ten children, all of whom lived to maturity and six of whom are now living, but only two, George M. and Eturra, are living in Madison county. The latter is the wife of Daniel Hill, of Lafayette. Isaac and Naney Vain Dyke had but two sons, George M. and Peter. The latter is engaged in the manufacture of pine lumber at Shreveport, Louisiana.

on the farm by the month at fifteen dollars a month for ten years. At the end of that time he had his wages increased to twenty dollars a month. He had saved about five hundred dollars and owned a good horse and buggy at the end of this time. Three of the ten years Mr. Van Dyke worked for Bryan Flynn.

On March 7, 1895, George M. Van Dyke was married to' Minnie Crawford, the daughter of James and Sarah (Coberley) Crawford, who was born in Paint township. Mrs. Van Dyke's father is still living.

After his marriage, George M. Van Dyke became the foreman for Colonel Pettyman, and took charge of twenty-six hundred acres of land. He also had seventeen families to look after. He worked as "riding boss" for four years and received, during that time, one dollar a day with house rent. Colonel Pettyman was a good man for whom to work. After working as foreman for four years, Mr. Van Dyke rented three hundred and sixty acres of land of Colonel Pettyman for four years longer. He was aggressive in his methods and the management of his farm and made good in a large degree. Afterwards he operated the Fifer farm and also the Judge Duncan farm, of four hundred acres, for nine years. During the latter period, he was heavily interested in stock raising and fed many horses, cattle and hogs.

In 1912 Mr: Van Dyke bought the old Potee farm and is now engaged in raising Percheron horses and Chester White hogs. He feeds all of his crop to the stock and, in addition to what he raises, buys considerable grain. Since buying the Potee farm, Mr. Van Dyke has moved and rebuilt the barn and installed a cement floor and many other improvements. The place is now known as "Elm Spring Stock Farm."

For a number of years George M. Van Dyke kept a number of running horses and, although he found it exciting sport, he made no progress financially, since it was necessary to be a liberal spender when winning.

Mr. and Mrs. Van Dyke have been the parents of two children, Glenn and Ray, both of whom live at home with their parents. Ray is a student in the London high school and wili graduate with the class of 1916.

As a Democrat, Mr. Van Dyke has held several township offices in Paint township. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Free and Accepted Masons, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Daughters of Rebekah. In the Odd Fellows he has passed all of the chairs, and is past chief patriarch of London Encampment No. 126. Mr. Van Dyke is a member of Oak Run Grange. Mrs. Van

Jacob H. Bogard

To be born into this world as one of fifteen children, and without help or inheritance work out a considerable measure of success, seems a difficult undertaking, but Jacob H. Bogard, of Sedalia, Madison county, Ohio, has successfully accomplished that which would have been deemed an impossible task by one of lesser ability and strength of character. Jacob H. Bogard was one of fifteen children born to Austin and Lavina (Van Gundy) Bogard, eleven of whom are living at the present time. He was born on January 26, 1872, in Ross county, Ohio, and what little education he received was gleaned from the district schools of that section.

On account of the unusual size of the family, Jacob H. Bogard was compelled to assist in the support of his brothers and sisters, and at the age of fifteen years he gave up his school work and began his agricultural duties on the home place, which occupied a period of six years. Remaining at home until some of his brothers were old enough to take his place, Jacob H. Bogard then hired out as a farm 'ynd and continued at this until his marriage, five years later.

1850, and came to Ross county, Ohio, from the northern states, with his parents. In 1889, when thirty-nine years of age, he removed to Pickaway county, Ohio, where he rented seven hundred acres of land from William Bowser, which he cultivated for four years, then moved to Fayette county, Ohio, where he died in 1898. Austin Bogard was road supervisor for two terms. Both he and his wife, Lavinia (Van Gundy) Bogard, were members of the Christian church, but the wife has her letter in the Methodist church. She was born on April 15, 1849, in Ross county, Ohio, and is now living at Bloomingburg, Ohio.

Shortly after his marriage to Almeda Beatty, in 1898, Jacob H. Bogard rented land in Fayette county, but in 1905 he rented the present farm of one hundred and thirtyeight acres, in Range township, upon which he has made improvements of buildings and fences, and now is the owner of the same.

To support a family of eight on the proceeds of one hundred and thirty-eight acres of land and still save enough to become the owner in eight years, is no easy task, but Jacob H. Bogard did this very thing, purchasing, in 1918, the farm he had rented only eight years' before. There are four acres of this farm that are in orchard and graded stock is one of the principal revenues.

Almeda Beatty, who became the wife of Jacob H. Roehl in 1898, was born in 877, in Jackson county, Ohio, and was reared on the farm of her parents, James and Sarah (Roland) Beatty, who now live at Lancaster, Ohio. Jacob H. Bogard and Almeda (Beatty) Bogard are the parents of six children: Paul, Ireel, Arthur, Charlotte, Austin and Eskline.

Jacob H. Bogard is a Democrat and lends all his support to the benefit of that party. He follows the creeds of the Methodist church, doing all within his power to make its tenets a practical factor in his daily life. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, in which lodge he is held in great esteem. He has been a hardworking man, accumulating his possessions through sheer force of character and welldirected energy, and has the respect and regard of all who know him.

Robert H. Schryver

One of the glories of the American social and industrial system is that it affords an opportunity of reaching success through individual effort. When this effort has finally brought one the satisfaction of achievement, probably no greater service can be rendered in a community than that of opening to others a means by which they may realize a desired ambition. As secretary of the Building and Loan Association of Mt. Sterling, Robert H. Schryver, during his early business career, found ample opportunity for helping citizens in his community along the lines of business enterprise.

Robert Schryver was born at Mt. Sterling, Ohio, on the 9th day of August, 1873, and is the eldest of the six children born to Martin W. and Barbara H. (Campbell) Schryver. The other children are: Florence N., who has charge of the Fayette Hospital, at Washington C. H., Ohio; Guy H., who is an automobile salesman and mechanic, residing in Chicago; Clyde H., general manager of the Chicago Merchandise and Equipment Company, Union Stock Yards, Chicago; Mrs. Helen R. Hosler and Mrs. Maude Waldo, who live in Mt. Sterling.

Martin W. Schryver was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, on October 12, 1848. He was reared on the farm, and after attending the district schools came to Mt. Sterling and began teaching school. He is proud of the fact that he was one of the first teachers in the school. He was successful in that vocation and remained connected with the Mt. Sterling schools for several years, serving as superintendent of the schools there in the years 1869 and 1870.

Martin W. Schryver

Martin W. Schryver came to Mt.. Sterling in August, 1869, and brought the first printing press to the town in 1871, and established the Mt. Sterling Review, afterward changed to The Husbandman. He was a member of the council and clerk of that body from 1873 to 1877, during which incumbency he drew the plans and specifications, and supperintend the building of the stone culvert on South Columbus street, a mammoth undertaking at that day. He was a member and clerk of the school board from 1878 to 1885, during which time the high school department was added to the common course. Mr. Schryver organized the Mt. Sterling Building and Savings Association, 1869, and was secretary most of the time during its eleven years of existence, and in 1871 organized the Mechanics' Building and Loan Association. After a few years this association fell into incompetent hands and failed. Mr. Schryver was appointed receiver, and by husbanding the scattered assets, closed the business up with but little loss to the stockholders. In connection with several other public spirited citizens he aided in organizing the Mt. Sterling Building and Loan Company, in 1889. This was succeeded in 1898 by the "Security," for which Mr. Schryver drew up the constitution and by-laws, and which is still in successful operation. He was a member of the board of directors of that company from its organization, and was secretary from 1891 to 1898 and again served as organization for several years from 1905.

In addition to the foregoing, it should be stated that upon quitting the newspaper business, with which he had been associated for ten years, Martin W. Schryver started the first and only book store in Mt. Sterling. Later, he moved to Columbus, looking for a more lucrative field, but a year later, he returned to Mt. Sterilng and, in partnership with his son, the subject of this review, started a general merchandise business. After he retired from business he went west and became interested in a large tract of land near Spokane, Washington. Since then he has traveled extensively and is now located at South Mansfield, Louisiana, where he has a plantation of a thousand acres. His wife, who died in 1891, was the daughter of Robert Campbell and was born in Westfall, Pickaway county, Ohio, in 1851. Martin Schryver was the son of Jacob Howard Schryver, a native of Pennsyivania, who later became a farmer in Pickaway county, Ohio, and then, through his interest in politics, became county clerk of the county in . which he lived.

In the public schools and high school in Mt. Sterling, Robert H. Schryver received his education. When he was eighteen years old he began farming on twenty-five acres of ground which his father had bought at the edge of Mt. Sterling. He finally left the farm and engaged in the mercantile business with his father. Later he sold out to his father and became interested in the building and loan association, and also in fire insurance and real estate. In 1905 he sold half of his fire insurance and real-estate business to C. M. Neff. With O. W. Loufborrow, in 1904, he bought the telephone plant at Mt. Sterling, of which he became president after its organization into a company. Following the organization of the telephone company, his rise in the affairs of Mt. Sterling was rapid. He became vice-president of the First National Bank, the largest bank in Madison county, in 1905, and two years later he became president.

One who, though engaged in the active affairs of business, still devotes part of his time to improving and beautifying the city in which he lives, leaves an indelible mark upon its history. For the betterment of a greater Mt. Sterling, Mr. Schryver, in 1918, saw the need of adding more lots to the town, because of its ever growing population, and with his associates formed a company (of which he is president) and laid out lots in "Maplewood Addition," which was added to the corporation of Mt. Sterling.

In New York City, on the 21st of April, 1895, was solemnized the marriage of Robert H. Schryver to Lida BE. Henkle, who was born in Fayette county, Ohio, in 1873.

She is a daughter of Curren and Caroline (Bryan) Henkle, both of whom were born in Ohio, where the former was a minister and farmer in Fayette county, until 1892, when he came to Mt. Sterling and engaged in the lumber business with his sons. After his death, which occurred in 1894, his wife continued to live in Mt. Sterling. Mrs. Schryver is a graduate of the Washington county high school and also of Hillsboro College, Hillsboro, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Schryver became the parents of six children: Alfred, who was graduated from Culver Military Academy, at Culver, Indiana, and is now attending school at the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia ; Harold, who died in infancy; Barbara, who died in her tenth year; Caroline, Martin and Naomi are still at home.

Well qualified for leadership in public affairs and distinctively a man of action, Mr. Schryver has taken part in county politics as a member of the Republican party. He has contributed largely to the support of the Methodist church, of which he is a member. He is also identified with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of the blue lodge, the Scottish Rite and the Mystic Shrine, at Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Schryver is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the Knights of Pythias, at Mt. Sterling; and the Farmers Grange.

Charles A. Dorn

In this review of the life of Charles A. Dorn, resident in Range township, Madison county, Ohio, the reader will at once perceive that he is a man whose strength of character has been unusual. and whose life of constant effort has been crowned with more than ordinary achievement. Born on February 8, 1868, on his father's farm, in Ross county, Ohio, he was early taught that thrift and well-directed energy were the necessary attributes for the completion of a worthy career. Limited to the district schools of Range township, Madison county, and to those of Pickaway county for his book learning, his practical education was given an impetus through his chosen vocation of husbandry and broadened rapidly under the pressure of every-day necessity.

Until his marriage, which occurred when he was twenty-four years of age, Charles A. Dorn remained at home with his parents, Peter and Katherine (Uhrig) Dorn, and assisted his father in the cultivation of the home place. For seven years after his marriage he rented land from his father and during that time his accumulations were such that he was able to purchase ninety-seven acres, thus being qualified to follow his agricultural pursuits independently.

Charles A. Dorn, among other improvements, erected a six-room house, with bath, in the year of 1900. Fourteen years later a barn, thirty-eight by eighty, which he planned himself, was built, several wells were dug and adequate tiling laid to insure proper drainage. The original farm of ninety-seven acres of unimproved land, has been added to until, at the present time, it consists of three hundred and fifty acres, entirely protected by fencing, and upon which nine thousand dollars' worth of improvements have been made. The breeding of Duroc-Jersey hogs is a specialty on this wellregulated farm, of which Charles A. Dorn is the scientific manager and owner.

On June 22, 1892, Charles A. Dorn was united in marriage to Jessie D. Field, who was born on March 10, 1873, in Sedalia, Ohio, and who is the daughter of Dr. Orestes G. and Josephine (Dille) Field. Jessie D. Field was the first pupil to graduate from the school at Sedalia, Ohio. Dr. Orestes G. Field, her father, was born on January 19, 1832, in Gorham, New York, and was the son of Dr. Able W. Field, who left New York state when his son, Orestes, was only five years of age, and settled in Darby Plains, Madison county, Ohio. A few years later the family removed to Plain City, Ohio, and it was there that Orestes G. began the study of medicine in the office of his father. In 1858 he was graduated from the Starling Medical College, and the same year began the practice of medicine, in connection with his father, in Big Plain, Ohio. While in Range township, school teaching was combined with his medical practice. On March 19, 1862, he received his commission as an army surgeon, at Columbus, Ohio, and served in that capacity until the close of the Civil War.

Returning to Sedalia, Ohio, this highly-educated man, beloved and cherished by a host of friends, remained until he passed to his abode in the silent city, in the year of 1895. His marriage to Mrs. Josephine (Dille) Latham occurred in 1866. She was born on January 1, 1848, near Washington C. H., Fayette county, Ohio. Her education was received in the Circleville Academy, at Circleville, Ohio. The Latham family were very aristocratic, being direct descendants of the old Kentucky family, of that name. Each member of this family received a splendid education, and the only child of Mrs. Josephine (Dille) Latham, Mrs. Lillian (Latham) Clawson, of Range township, was a school teacher for several years previous to her marriage.

Dr. and Mrs. Orestes G. Field were the parents of two children: Jessie D. and Francis Floyd, a graduate of the Starling Medical College, who graduated in 1898 and is now located at Newton Falls, Ohio, where he has a fine and growing practice. He was graduated from the high school at Sedalia, Ohio, on May 22, 1894. Francis Floyd Field also organized and was president of the Groveport Bank, in Franklin county, but has resigned. 3

To the union of Charles A. and Jessie D. (Field) Dorn have been born four children, whose names follow: Howard F., born on May 8, 1893, and who is a graduate of the high school at Sedalia, Ohio, also of the Ohio State University, at Columbus, Ohio, and is now at home assisting his father; Josephine, born on May 28, 1901; and Hvelyn and Elenor Mae, twins, born on January 17, 1910.

The mother of these children is a woman of talent and charm and a worthy helpmeet and mother. She is endowed with the gift of oratory and won a gold medal in an oratorical contest, given by the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Charles A. Dorn is a Republican, and is a member of the Presbyterian church. An honored member of the Free and Accepted Masons. surely Charles A. Dorn is well blessed with all a man can wish and now, in the prime of life, can view with satisfaction the work of his past efforts and gain inspiration for future achievements in the blessings of today.

Cloyd D. Looker

There is no ealling fraught with greater potentialities for the future than that of an instructor of youth, for "as the twig is bent the tree will grow." During comparatively recent years the subject of the needs of childhood has been so generally diseussed and methods for the training of children in home and school have been so altered, that it is not too much to say that the men and women of the coming generation will enter on their duties and responsibilities with a much better equipment, physically, mentally and morally, than any previous generation has ever done. One _ excellent result of this awakaned interest in child life is the closer bond which is coming about between parents and teachers; parents beginning to realize that they owe much of their child's character and ability to the man or woman who has him in charge for the greater part of the day throughout the greater part of the year. One of the popular younger teachers in Monroe township, Madison county, Ohio, is Cloyd D. Looker, the subject of this sketch. Mr. Looker resides in Plumwood and served Monroe township as superintendent of its schools from 1911 to 1915, in addition to being principal of the Plumwood school. ~ ,

Mr. Looker was born in Fayette county, this state, at Yatesville, on August 19, 1889, a son of Levi and Abbie (Durflinger) Looker, the former being a son of Joseph Looker, who was one of the early school teachers of that section. Levi Looker was for the most part of his life a farmer and truck gardener and lived for a good many years in the southern part of the county near Sedalia. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served for three years as a private in Company G, Fifty-fourth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was with the western division of the army under Grant and was with him at Shiloh. Levi Looker was twice married, the children by his first niarriage being Byron (deceased) ; Howard, residing in Fayette county, this state; and Laura, wife of Will Hume, of London, this county. To his second marriage were born, William, a farmer in Fayette county; Nettie, wife of C. E. Douglas, of Mount Sterling; and Cloyd, the immediate subject of this sketch. Levi Looker was for a number of years a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in the tenets of that faith he carefully reared his family of children.

Cloyd Looker received his elementary education in the district schools near his home, and was graduated from the Sedalia high school. He then went to Lima for more advanced education, attending college at that place for one year, followed by studies at Wittenberg and Oxford. His first position in his chosen field of endeavor was filled in Range township, this county, after which he was superintendent of the Monroe township schools for four years. Mr. Looker is now a student at Ohio State University. taking a four-year course in the college of arts and education.

On July 26, 1911, Cloyd D. Looker was united in marriage with Hazel Groves, daughter of J. M. and Myrtle (Brown) Groves, both born in Fayette county, the former descended from sterling old English stock. There were three children in the Groves family, Mrs. Looker being the eldest. The others are Forest (deceased) and Mabel, wife of Edward Heath, a farmer of Sedalia.

Mr. Looker's fraternal affiliation is held in the Knights of Pythias, through Evening Star Lodge No. 736. at Sedalia. He votes independently in politics, his choice falling on the candidate himself rather than any party platform which he may represent. Mr. Looker holds his church membership with the Methodist Episcopal church. in the faith of which he was reared by his conscientious father.

Mr. Looker is regarded as one of the promising young men of this section, and having kept so fair a record in the past, he gives promise of still greater influence for good and a still fuller and broader manhood, as the years pass over him. Realising fully the importance of the life work he has chosen, and bending his best energies to his task, he is well worthy of the high degree of esteem in which he is held throughout the township.

Court M. Neff

The Neff family are among the descendants of those Hollanders who figured so distinctly in the making of early American history, and in Court M. Neff, the reader finds a true type of those sturdy pioneers, who first chose their homes in the East and South; but who later, as the trend of population moved westward, were as quick to see the opportunities of the vast new land and became active in the work and preparation of future homes as were those of other nations. The grandparents of Court M. Neff, Jacob W. and Elizabeth Neff, were natives of Virginia. George W. Neff, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Neff, was born near Parkersburg, Me ad January 5, 1823, but left there when twenty years of age.

George W. Neff came to Pickaway county, Ohio, where he engaged in farming until 1871, removing thence to Madison county, Ohtio, where he purchased eighty-one acres of land in Pleasant township. He was married to Elizabeth Marshall, who was born on September 12, 1825, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, and of this union eight children were born, six of whom are now living to mourn the loss of their father, which occurred in 1900.

Hlizabeth (Marshall) Neff, was the daughter of Rev. James M. and Sarah (Murray) Marshall; the father a native of Ohio and the mother a native of Ireland. Hlizabeth (Marshall) Neff taught school in the early days of Pickaway county, Ohio. Mrs. Neff died on December 10, 1906. Both husband and wife had been great workers and supporters of the Methodist church.

Court M. Neff, one of their eight children, was born on February 21, 1869, in Pickaway county, Ohio, and was reared on the farm in Pleasant township, Madison county, Ohio. He attended the district schools for a time, completing his schooling by attending one year in Delaware and two years in the schools of London. After concluding his days as a student, he began teaching, first in the district schools of Madison county, where he taught for eight years, and later teaching for six years in Fayette county and resigned: and then served as rural mail carrier, the first carrier on rural route No. 2, out of Mt. Sterling.

Subsequently, Mr. Neff became connected with the Security Building and Loan Association, in which company. he served as clerk for three years. In 1909 he became a stockholder of the company and an insurance agent with Robert H. Schryver. Mr. Neff is now secretary of the Security Building and Loan Association, also a stockholder and director of the grain company. Mr. Neff is now a property owner in Mt. Sterling and one of the representative citizens of this thriving town.

Mary I. Anderson, daughter of William P. and Lucina (Young) Anderson, both natives of Pleasant township, Madison county, Ohio, became the wife of Court M. Neff in 1894. Mrs. Neff was born on April 8, 1874, at the home of her parents in Pleasant township. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Neff was blessed with one child, Mary L., who was born on April 18, 1902. Mr. Neff is chorister of the Christian church, of which he is an active member. He holds a membership in the Knights of Pythias, also in the Free and Accepted Masons, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His political sentiments are with the Democratic party and his progressive ideas make him a most likable gentleman and valuable help to both church and state.

Nathan Gillespie

The complex requirements necessary to the modern farmer of the present age demand a more liberal education than was essential in the days of the forefathers. Each decade rapid advancement in agricultural lines is noted, as well as in other professions and trades. In agricultural lines the heavy and extremely laborious tasks have been largely supplanted by scientific methods. employing machinery with its various uses, and the soil, once replete with all its virgin richness, has become depleted of its many necessary ingredients, and prolific harvests now require a scientific rotation of crops and a knowledge of what and how much is deficient in the land. The raising of graded stock demands study and experience.

The old log school house has gone and it has been replaced with the convenient, well-built school buildings of the present day, in which the farmer's children are advanced from grade to grade, with minute ecaleulations for their fitness to undertake their labors in the future. The obligations devolving upon the parents on the farm, in this age, are numerous and most essential to the welfare of their children and the prosperity of their respective communities. S

Nathan Gillespie, born on November 15, 1856, in Range township, Madison county, Ohio, procured for himself a broad, liberal education, which has been so essential in his duties as a father and a citizen. He is a man of vigorous mentality and is endowed with a strong, unbiased judgment, which is responsible for the full confidence

Living on the farm and of Scotch-Irish descent, Nathan Gillespie, son of Joseph and Sarah H. (Shepherd) Gillespie, who are referred to in the sketch of Isaiah Gillespie, attended the district schools and later the National Normal College at Lebanon, Ohio. After completing his studies at Lebanon, he took a commercial course at the business college. In 1878 Nathan Gillespie removed to his father's farm and became a tenant, and from this beginning, with his vigorous activity, he soon emerged as the owner of one hundred and ten acres of land deeded to him by his father. On this farm are found all the modern improvements, which are the result of the handiwork of Nathan Gillespie, who has added to the original acreage of one hunred and ten acres and is now the owner of two hundred and fifty-six acres of well-improved land. The raising of graded stock has become a specialty on this farm.

During the year 1878, which marked the start of his successful life in the agricultvral line, Nathan Gillespie was united in marriage to Josie E. Counts, who was born on July 24, 1855, in Range township, Madison county, Ohio. She is the daughter of Peter and Susan (Popejoy) Counts.

The father, Peter Counts, was born in Ross county, Ohio, and came to Madison county, Ohio, where he herded cattle and devoted himself to farming until about the time of his death, which occurred in 1877, at Danville, Ohio. Susan (Popejoy) Counts, the mother, was born on November 2, 1812, in Ross county, Ohio, and died on June 18, 1915, at the remarkable age of one hundred and three years.

From the union of Nathan Gillespie and Josie E. Counts, four children have been born: Earl N., who married Lena Richardson, is a farmer living in Range township, Ohio; Effie is at home; Lelia M., who married W. A. Anderson, lives in Tennessee; William Paul, who is living on the home farm, is married to Louise Blaugher, formerly of Paint township, Ohio.

In his political life, Nathan Gillespie is a Democrat; in church affairs, a Methodist, and in his fraternal relations, he belongs to the Free and Accepted Masons. In educational affairs he has been an untiring worker, having served as a member of the school board, in Range township, for nine years. Personally, Nathan Gillespie is a most affable gentleman, honest and sincere in his business relations, wholesome and clean in his domestic and social life, with a sense of honor and uprightness which commands for him a position as one of the most influential citizens of Madison county, Ohio.

Burton B. Crawford

The truest aristocracy is unselfish, conscientious service to one's family and to one's fellow men; the best claim to respect is that of sincere effort, along worthy avenues of endeavor, and the surest road to success is the selection of work which is best suited to one's ability and education. So, in the annals of Range township, Madison county, Ohio, appears the name of Burton B. Crawford, one of twelve children born to William and Sarah (Blizzard) Crawford, six of whom are now living.

Burton B. Crawford, born on February 26, 1853, in Paint township, Madison county, 'Ohio, chose for his life work that which he was best adapted for, the vocation of husbandry, and in this special sphere has met with more than ordinary success.

William Crawford, born on February 14, 1799, in Scotland, was the son of George and Amelia (Blizzard) Crawford, natives of Scotland, who removed to Virginia, where they remained until their deaths. He came to Madison county, Ohio, from Virginia, when a young man, and began teaching school in Range township, which occupation he followed for several years. Reaching the decision that a salary, no matter how large, was not a true recompense for the denial of pleasures to be gained through honest effort for himself, he purchased one hundred and forty acres of land, in Paint township, Madison county, Ohio, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred on February 4, 1875, in London, Ohio. The wife of William Crawford, Sarah (Blizzard) Crawford, was born on October 11, 1811, in Range township, Madison county, Ohio, and was the daugghter of Burton and Ameélia (Willoughby) Blizzard, natives of Virginia. Her death occurred on April 24, 1888. The parents of Sarah (Blizzard) Crawford, Burton and Amelia (Willoughby) Blizzard, came to Madison county, Ohio, in the early days, and purchased land from the government for ftifty cents an acre. This land consisted of nearly fourteen hundred acres and covered part of the area known now as Range township, and this unimproved wilderness, populated entirely by savage Indians, became the home of the Blizzard family. They were the first white people to settle in Madison county, Ohio, and their nearest market was Chillicothe, Ohio. They drove from Virginia in a covered wagon, subsisting on game and wild fruits gathered by the way, and after they were settled in this new wild life, spun and wove the material from which they made their garments. They became the parents of eleven children, none of whom are living. Burton Blizzard was born on August 7, 1781, and died on April 11, 1860. Amelia (Willoughby) Blizzard was born on January 18, 1788, and died on October 2, 1881, at the age of ninety-three years.

On Memorial Day, when our heads are uncovered in silent respect for those brave men who bled and died for their country's freedom from slavery; when the solemn requiem is sounded for those whose bravery rings loud in our hearts, and in the annals ot America's history; when their deeds of daring and heroism are recounted for che benefit of their descendants - another note, as sweet, and loud and clear as a clarion eal], should be sounded, and a song sweeter than any yet written should be sung above the graves of those pioneers who carved, from the cruelest savagery, "the land of the free and the homes of the brave." Another memorial day might well be set apart for the strewing of beautiful, sweet-scented flowers, upon the graves of those who unflinchingly met a savagery, greater than any encountered in so-called "civilized warfare." And on that day the silent palaces of our pioneer dead should be draped with blankets of trailing arbutus,' a flower typical of their lives.

Burton B. Crawford was reared in Paint township, Madison county, Ohio, and attended the district schools. of that section. When twenty-three years of age, he removed to Range township, where be was employed as a farm. hand at a monthly Wage, covering a period of three years. He then rented eighty acres of the Blizzard land and married the same year, 1879, Frances Gillespie, who was born on February 15, 1851, in Range township. In 1886 he purchased the present farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres, which had been sadly neglected, and at once set out an orchard and made other necessary improvements. The house and barn were built, almost entirely, from. timber on the farm and the breeding of Shorthorn cattle became one of the principal industries. The farm has been increased, until at the present time it consists of two hundred and twenty-five acres of some of the best land to be found in Madison county.

To the union of Burton B. Crawford and Frances Gillespie, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Shepherd) Gillespie, have been born ten children: Mrs. Nettie Barrett, living in Paulding county, Ohio; Joseph, a farmer of Pleasant township, Ohio; Sarah, wife of William Bogard, who resides in Springfield, Ohio; Benjamin, a minister living in Pataskala, Ohio; Mrs. Louisa Johnson, at home;. Frank, now in British Columbia ; Bert, deceased ;. Mrs. Ollie Dacie, now of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Millie Keifer, in London, Ohio; and Marion, deceased.

Burton B. Crawford, politically is an iaaepanaeat voter. He has been township trustee for two years and a school director for four years. The life of Burton B. Crawford has been. one worthy of true regard and loyal friendship.

James Withrow

Among the representative citizens of Madison county, Ohio, there is no one who occupies a more highly-respected position than does James Withrow. As a self-made man he stands as a shining example of what can be accomplished by hard, conscientious work and strict attention to business. He is a most enterprising and successful farmer of Paint township, where he owns two hundred and four acres, comprising what is known as "Five Oaks Farm." Mr. Withrow isa veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted early in the war and served three years as a soldier in the Union army.

James Withrow was born on January 18, 1842, in Paint township, Madison county, Ohio, the son of George Washington and Catherine (Truman) Withrow, the former of whom was born in Madison county, Ohio, February 27, 1813, and the latter was born in New York state, January 29, 1815. Catherine Truman came with her parents to Ohio when six years of age. She was married to George Washington Withrow on January 27, 1833, and to them were born fourteen children, seven of whom died in infancy. The seven children who grew to maturity were as follows: Margaret, born on May 7, 1834, married Albert Rankin, married, secondly, Isaac Kemp, who died in 1913, and she now lives in Union township; William, August 3, 1837, died on August 5, 1904; James, who is the subject of this sketch; John, July 12, 1844, is a resident of California; Lucy, July 6, 1846, is the wife of James McDonald and lives at Crescent, Iowa; David, July 26, 1850, lives in Paint township; Fannie, May 6, 1855, is the widow of Richard Armstrong and lives in Indiana.

George Washington Withrow was the son of James and Mary (Stockton) Withrow, the latter of whom was a native of Pennsylvania and the daughter of Robert Stockton. James and Mary (Stockton) Withrow were the parents of eight children. James Withrow died in August, 1823, and his wife, who was born in 1778, died in April, 1841. Both were buried on the home farm, now a portion of the Paint township cemetery. William Withrow, from whom the family is descended in this country, was a native of England, who, upon coming to the United States, located in Pennsylvania, where he resided until his death. James Withrow, who married Mary Stockton, was a son of William Withrow and came from Pennsylvania to Ross county, Ohio, in 1801. Five years later, in 1806, he immigrated to Madison county.