Miami County, Ohio - The whole text, 1880 (part 15 of 23)

West Virginia An'ff Iftiiaoa c<uTiaSe ""1 JT8*®" maker' Brandt; was bom in "ear Carilste «£?g' 1V?28' and ^"e to Ohio about 1839 ; he located in Clark Co., learning hie trade ; he worked as apprentice and journeyman until, in 1850, ne moved to Elizabeth Township, Miami Co., near McKendrie Chapel, and commenced business for himself ; two and a half years afterward he bought property in Brandt and started a shop, this has been his home ever since'; although left an orphan at the age of 9, he managed to support himself, and at the same time, get a common-school education ; he has served as Magistrate in Bethel Township nearly fifteen years ; was Postmaster from Lincoln's first administration to February, 1879, when he resigned ; served one term as Township Clerk and several terms aB irustee. In 1849, Dec. 31, he married Louisa Giesseman, a native of this township, born Sept 30, 1832 ; the fruits of this union were two children - Gordon T., ^m^2^1850' md Winfield S., June 16, 1854, and died Feb. 5, 1856.

WILLIAM DINSMORE, farmer ; P. 0. Brandt ; bom Sept 25, 1842; is a son or J. J. Dinsmore, of whom mention is made in the sketch of R. G. Dinsmore; his alwa?8 he^n that of a farmer ; in 1871, he and his brother, J. A., Dought 162 acres of land in Sec. 13, where he has since resided ; he also served in e late war. On the 1st of June, 1871, he married Sallie A. Brenner, of * °?m 1850, a daughter of Jacob S. and Sarah Ann Brenner;

. T, DINSMORE, farmer ; P. 0. Tadmor, Montgomery Co., Ohio ; boro m Bethel Township Dec. 20, 1837 ; is a son of J. J. and Maria (McConnaughy) JJinsmore ; he was bom in Fleming Co., Ky., Dec. 1, 1805 ; at a very early day he rought to the territory now comprising Greene Co., not more than ten miles ?? 18 P^ent residence ; in 1817, he removed to Montgomery Co., and, in 1819, wn lownship, Miami Co. ; his home has been in the county ever since that wine at present residing in Bethel Township ; his father was the first Justice ot Onr °Du °i the first Trustees of Brown Township after its organization, four vooia J*.8? bred a farmer, and has followed that business all his life, except n wnicn were spent in the service of his country in the war of secession, discharo-p hi sent home, where he remained a short time ; besides his honorable tion in tha 8<5ST of a wound in the arm, that testifies to his participaresides Oh- £8^0, be bought 80 acres of land in Sec. 19, where he now spiriUs handin H^ "f V " 7el1 as his father before him, and, in fact, the same George Murrav i daughter ; the fruits of this union are two children - were among the verv 1 *beir J^8, living in different places in the county ; they were obliged to « " £J?ett?ers' and commenced right in the woods, when they assassination of Preaidpn+gT^°r 'i 5,088 Dunham died in 1865, the night after the and reached the ase of qJ^11100^ at the age of 78 ; his wife survived till 1870, Jersey Feb. 18 1815 u ^eaj?' The subject of this sketch was bom in New hardships of pioneer lifo ' brought up on the farm, was accustomed to all tee the light of a large brush-hao11^ to think it recreation to pick brush at night by school until old enough to n*J\?re ' be never enjoyed the privilege of attending the age of 20, he learned th« Ih* °7n tuition, and then only for a short time ; at «amea the shoemaker's trade, which he followed fifteen years, and

Delaware, Ohio, had he not volunteered to Z* °??Pkted a "Uegiate course at won ; he first enlisted for three ye^^uf hltoT hW " the war of seoeswas discharged at the time of ?ne ot Fremont's body guard he

Miami Co., Dec. 4, 1819 is a son of TB^a^pTfA Bethel Township, natives of Rockbridge Co Va h °f Jamea land 1 Rachel (Mars) Fergus : they were 160 acres of land ^ wWchTl ^ ^ l town8hiP in 1807 ^d boS fam he bad improved, but followed cleared. The remainder of the nuhtia in the war of 1812 but w«B *^mng bimself. He was commander of the the County Commissioners in th^ ?ever (?aIled to active service, and was one of helped to lay ou^ the ^n 4 .^78 Wh!D they were the tai colleTrs He short time previous to WalwFl d W<"1 lto representative for three terms A at his daughterisTn ^wIT* *° W?f Chari<*ton. He^asTkeo m occsrred Dec. 27, 1855P^Te^ nf T? never able to be taken home. His death JMt was raised a fanner Md foXw4 ti^Tsl m°^a"d 12 da?8 Onr sub- 29 years. He then bought pmSIn^n^ } h® arrived at the sge of ^two years, at which Leliettf T* fflged in the grain trade freently sold 54 acres to his son hnisHn fm°n wh,°h he now resides. He has unproved and in a good stat/nf'^ **!? OWn® 90 acres in Sec. 26, which is well Black, a native of SSI'S8 bSSS^lSM ^ "l he "arriedsJZ three children - James Pnrwin k« **,1823. The of this marriage are Franklin, March 8, 186R ^ ^ N°V' 28, 1845 ; Samuel &, Oct 27, 1848^John

Of life was spent The subWt of ^ b°Ufe on their son s farm, where the remainder Previous to his parents' f ^ located here in 1848> five Jears

°f f°ar acres, with a imoH ^ .°^,nary < crop this year, and also an apple orchard Vicinity, has on it afinfT^- vanet^ of fruit 5 &}* farm, like many others of this all the improvements mJ?"*? > uP°n ^e whole, it is a very desirable farm ; besides made, he has, at intervals, purchased land until he owned the south half of Sec. 9 ; but has recently sold 5 acres to his son David leaving him 315 acres in one body, and in a high state of cultivation. In 1845, Oct. 23, he married Lydia Heck, who was bom Nov.- 10, 1827 ; by this union they had nine children, four of whom preceded her to their eternal home ; after many years of affliction, and having been an intense sufferer for several months prior to her death, she departed this life April 28, 1880, a consistent member of the German Baptist Church, with which she had been identified for about thirty-six years.

P- B. FISHER, blacksmith ; Tadmor, Montgomery Co. ; bom in Clermont Oo., Ohio, Aug. 30, 1840 ; is a son of Alexander and Mary (Brown) Fisher ; he was also a native of Clermont Co. ; at an early age he learned the blacksmith trade and followed it all his life ; in 1858, he located in Bethel Township, Miami Co., where his widow and son still reside ; she was bom in Shenandoah Co., Va., April 9, 1809, and came to Ohio with her parents, who located in Preble Co., Ohio, near Eaton, where she lived at the time of her marriage ; they were the parents of seven children, three of whom are still living - David B., living in Eaton ; Preston B. and Elizabeth J., now Mrs. Warner, residing at North Manchester, Ind. ; Alexander Fisher departed this life April 19, 1875. The subject of this sketch learned blacksmithing with his father ; he spent nearly three years in the war of secession and lost his right foot and leg to the knee, having been wounded between the ankle and knee, in the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864 ; this of course put an end to his service, and he was honorably discharged ; although crippled, he still swings the hammer, by which means and the help of his pension, he supports his feeble mother and himself ; he owns a lot of two acres in Sec. 25, of Bethel Township, and thus far has lived a life of celibacy.

B-OBERT M. FREEMAN, farmer ; P. O. Tadmor, Montgomery Co. ; bom Aug. 29, 1803 ; is a son of John Freeman, who came to Miami Co. in the spring of 1806, and settled in Monroe Township ; he and his father, Samuel Freeman, entered a very large tract of land, a part of which they improved. From the proceeds of 8old the7 erected » mill, the second one built in the county; this mm had but one buhr, and of course all kinds of grain were ground on it. Several years elapsed before they did any bolting, and when they commenced using a bolt, e whose grist was grinding was obliged to turn the bolt. They suffered -oases by fire, one resulting in the destruction of their grist-mill, and two of ^!!L!aW'D?ulon tbe 8ame race- % perseverance and industry, however, they v « j?? misfortunes, and finally built a four-story mill, with three ran of u dldLa flourishing trade. Our subject was the oldest of thirteen children, ana was brought up on the farm and in the saw-mill ; at the age of 25, he commenced ; ?n the spring of 1834, he settled on the farm given his Hi« rr»Qi*i*fr f b?5; ^Jv*d Puterbaugh ; this farm he has cleared up and improvedof^hi^£age mthMzry Puterbaugh was celebrated March 27, 1827 ; the fruits chiMren - David, Isaac, George, John, Daniel, Hannah (de- 1869 - merva, Henrietta and PrisciUa. Mrs. Freeman died May 10, and a'diuicriif1 * n-' N°v- 28, he married Mrs. Ann Winans, a native of England, Mm ***7 * H7att> a v«*y early settler of this county. Mr. and

Bethel Townsh^EM^A^nai^er7man 5 p* 0 New Carlisle, Clark Co. ; bom m 2?' Ohio> May 4> !832 ; is a son of R. M. Freeman^ whose ag^f22 and ?? work- He worked on the farm till he arrived at the aorttem part on WiU^°rCaltbmia' and there 8Pent about thirteen months intte Dec. 1 to^mid^7MCre!kVone of tributaries of Feather River. From for twenty days thev w^^Wjh'ithVPOW w" twenty-two feet deep on the level, and tunnel, did they su^eed to^th^ from.eve^7thing' and then only by twelve feet above thp to Vlew the "beautifhl snow, and walk miles south, and the rem ? utbe mines on the Stanislaus River, about 250 ana the remainder of the time in a farming region still fhrther south ; of land m this State and in W^ on Mav 5 1 S1' *e °wns 536 acres ford, who was bom in BethelTownshiD Miami a h Sophia s- Stafter of James S. Stafford an oM ooh-w^ Co., Aug. 1, 1837 ; she is a daughtownship, having been Snuiro «- f bere' and one of the prominent men of the

Michael and Eli^^to H^ff?or helTh0WnSh^' in 1827 ' with his pirento Brandt, and erected thaif?® " £ Purchased 20 acres of woodland adjoining he cleared up his landZ r bewed l°8 house, but moved into it without a floor ; being broken down hd h^Lf°r a "umber of years worked at the carpenter trade ;

1836 ; he was the flrof *l8r? WOrk' be engaged in the mercantile business about he sold his land Lj ^,mef°hant of the place and also kept a kind of inn ; in 1842,

-n Brandt, and t lma 1 tract south of town ; having purchased a lot that of Andrew br!cjt h°U8e, he moved his store and consolidated it with time of his deatK Mrr ' , be h°ught, and continued in the business to the widow is still l;,,i H® Jd®Parte5i this life Nov. 22, 1868, in his 70th year. His mng and is quite active for a lady of 69 years. They were the parents of seventeen children ; of these sixteen grew to the age of maturity. The subject of this sketch, the oldest of the children, has been a farmer for the greater part of his life, and now owns 126£ acres in Sec. 15, in Bethel Township, Miami Co., Ohio, besides his property in Brandt, where he resides. He has held the office of Township Trustee and Assessor. In September of 1846, he married Lydia Keifer, by whom he had three children - John F. (who accidentally shot himself Oct 8, 1872), William M. and George K. Mrs. Heffaer died May 18, 1853, at the age of 25 years, leaving her husband with the care of three small children. On the 20th of March, 1867, he was united in marriage with Mrs. Catharine Helmer. One child, Jacob E., is the fruit of this marriage.

L. W. J A COBS, farmer ; P. 0. Tippecanoe City ; is a son of Cyrus and Mary Jacobs, and a grandson of Mark Jacobs, who was one of the very early settlers of Miami Co., and entered 160 acres of land in Bethel Township. This farm has ever been owned by the Jacobs family, and is now left by will to Mary Jacobs, the widow of Cyrus Jacobs. He was a native of this State, bom Sept 11, 1804, and departed this life April 3, 1877. She is a native of Virginia, bom in June of 1809, but the exact day is not known. The subject of this sketch was bom in Bethel Township, Miami Co., July 12, 1838, and brought up on the farm. He served four years in the war of the rebellion, first enlisted for two years, and then for three if8' resides on one of his mother's farms and carries on farming, although he is not able to do much of the work himself, as his health was impaired m the army. In 1870, Dec. 22, he married Clarissa E. Uptegraft, a native of this townslnp bom May 10, 1847. She is a daughter of Augustus and Elizabeth vplack) Uptegraft He was bom in Greene Co. April 28, 1819, and she in Bethel Township, Miami Co. Her death occurred March 12, 1880. L. W. and Clanssa . Jafobs are the parents of two children - Charlie R., bom Nov. 6, 1872, and William Augustus, Oct 20, 1874.

etnel Township, Miami Co., on the old farm where he resides ; he is a son of tyms and Mary Jacobs, spoken of in the biography of L. W. Jacobs ; his occupabeen in tilling the soil, and he is an enterprising young farm®*- T _ UI?e!n,1879, he married Elizabeth Wigand, who was bom in Elizabeth

Sj?®? Ip» ^lami Co, May 27, 1853 ; she is the daughter of Lewis and Elizabefo Ca?? from Germany in 1835, and located in Dayton ; they moved to hi« ^th TOWI?®blP in ab°ut 1842, where he died in 1876, at the age of 72 years ; h'8 on the old farm.

the folio wine- virT' about f°ur miles distant ; to his farther embarrassment, m got his brother drafted, but was in the service only a short time till he besides clearing Institute, while he returned to battle with the oaks and elms, siderable toward ;Lh.ls farm, he purchased another quarter-section, and did conwhom eleven grew to Wer® th?, of occupation has alwavs hpL 6 f111 on Tvhich he was bom, July 3, 18*> j of the prominent men Jr*Ln Vlin& *be soil he is an enterprising farmer and one tion for nearly twentv t2,wnsbip ; has been a member of the Board of Educapraiser at the Dresenf ^?wnsbip Trustee several terms, and is Land Apnized April 1 1852 «hf Hls marriage with Elizabeth Keplinger was solem- home at the age of 17 toleam th» to!?**16 '"'JB'apbyof J- C.McConnaughey. Deleft of three yemf® "d.currier <**!«, Irving an apprenticeship he located on a farm in thm towMto ?"d deaUnS " leather; in 1855^ to Xenia, and again e^^ in^ ?' ^ 1865, when he went this county, Xffi £±^7 Y^®*11 1876> whe" he moved back to began the leather^ a^"*^®"fernf;n« i « August of 1878, he again but resides on the ten ind ov^^fT* fly-nets in Dayton, Ohio,

Miami Co Aug 19 ^ ^ Tippecanoe City ; bom in Elizabeth Township he was bore if vS {J 17$° (Gearhart) Mitchell; TheysettledintheaSv«-nftm2??8, **5 cai?? to Ohio Wlth his parents in 1811. a few years of his death who h wnsh<P, which was his place of residence to within in November of 1874 ha'vine'bemthl^H? ^f1®1 Tow"?hip; he departed this life ceded him to their et^inL^ the father of seven children ; three of these prethe living ones) Ltan v T n«w" MMdp°ne fol,owed since ! J C. (the oldest of ing in Cincinnati Mr8' Ges8eman> lining in Kansas, and James, livand still follows' that bvai^ZJ°T' of this sketch was bred a farmer, some land in the West - he h? . ' ®,Ya8 "cy®8 °f land in this township, besides of this pTaL' JO an^T M * daughter of James S. Stafford, who was also a native Marvin M. (deceased! J^ar??r®t Mitchell are the parents of nine children - Homer W. fi Renhen wnff goods merchant of Lima, Ohio), Roger J., ter Elizabeth with re"emb®red as such ; he would frequently take his daughto give instruction in k through the wilderness, as far as twenty miles, family, boro in TWh fm®10' ®zra -Moms was also the oldest child of his father's Morris, a^faVe ^!w°Wn8h,p'JMlami Co- Au«- 29, 1804 ; a son of David H. the very first ;?r8e^ and Ploneer of the Western country ; he was one of under Gen H*rmo meii t^at traver8e<^ the Miami Valley, which he did as a soldier lution - Dreviftn^fJf'icSm a *ranter i "1 his youth, he was a soldier of the Revoeetablishincr tho Q J8^ ^.ttled amid the forests of this vicinity and assisted in was enabled 8e®"ons of this, and probably other townships ; by this means he and imnrovAd - ma^e choice of half of Sec. 23, which he entered hmd on thA a/*!.*!!1 1 "e donated to the Methodist Episcopal Church 1 acre of buildim? th» fi corner of said half-section, and did the principal part toward

April 1«4Q u " wh°m he lived happily for more than forty years. On the 3d of a blissful immrf ^Parte<l fchis life, in the 74th year of his age, in ftill assurance of manv virtn ^eav/nS a large family to inherit his name and remember his are now living. His death occurred Jane 12. 1856. Our subject, in his youth, received very little education, but he is a lover of books, and by his own efforts has obtained a good knowledge of business. He has been Assessor two years, Township Clerk eight or ten years, and has positively refhsed other offices since. In 1858, he married Elizabeth Wiggin ; she died Jan. 2, 1859, aged 21 years 4 months and 11 days. His marriage with Maria E. Oarst was celebrated May 7, 1867 ; she was born in Clark Co. May 25, 1840. The fruits of this union are four children - Manr M., Charles E., Nellie F. and Frank, deceased.

JOHN ROSS, farmer ; P. 0. West Charleston. He was bom in Bethel Township July 22, 1814, and is a son of John and Sarah Ross ; they were natives of Pennsylvania, but removed to Kentucky, and from there came to Ohio and settled in Warren Co., where the town of Franklin now stands ; his father, Robert Ross, laid out the town ; in 1811, John Ross came to Bethel Township, Miami Co., and purchased 320 acres in two separate tracts, and located on the one where his sou now resides ; although they were not the earliest settlers, they were the first to make any improvements worthy of mention ; he was one of the parties called out to pursue the Indians, at the time of the Dilbone and Gerard massacre ; their cabin served as a retreat for the women and children of the neighborhood, while the men were gone ; this farm continued to be their home to the end of their lives ; he died in 1849, at the age of 72, and she in 1872, at the age of 90 ; it is also the birthplace of our subject ; this was one of the most heavily timbered countries to be found anywhere, and also thickly set with underbrush, which made it all the more difficult to clear ; however, by the hard knocks and unceasing energy of the pioneers, it has been stripped of its forests and made a desirable locality ; of this work, 7°88 Ras done a good share ; he owns 140 acres of the quarter-section inhabited by his father, which he has under good cultivation, and also well improved , besides this, he has 160 acres in another section of this township, and is doing a thriving business as a farmer ; he has a harvest of about 100 acres of wheat, also some rye and barley, besides the spring crop. In the early part of March, 1845, emamed Eliza DeLong, also a native of this township, and the daughter o

Elizabeth DeLong, who came here in an early day from Virginia, the fruits of this marriage are twelve children, viz., Ann M., Harrison C., Robert, L'' Sen>min Franklin, Sarah E., Mary Alethia, George W., Eliza, Thomas in iSo1' Fannie and Charles ; Harrison C. entered the service of his county Aug.

** 1790> and sRe in 1788 ; they resided in different counties of that livAd tkl « I®98, when they moved to Ohio, and rented a log cabin, in which they and RAn6, fi^8t ^mmer » be had also rented a farm in Greene Co., which his son form Z 5 in the fall> Re moved to Greene Co., also, and boughtthe Co and but remained only a few months, when he returned to Miami femilTnfS^ the.farm .of 234 acres, on which he had first settled. Of their Bashom nlghtn°r -mne children> four are still living - Henrietta, now Mrs. Michael deT near ?" Coyin&>?> Miami Co.; Charles ; Catharine, now Mrs. William Snyman de^rhS8^8^' Jnd:; and William, in West Charleston. Catharine Senseof twentv dftvahlSTKfe 22, 1864' and Rer husband May 12, in the short space 16 1817^ . ^be subject of this sketch was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Ju I

Hen^r Shroyer departed this life Math is 'l878 - hiTtid-' b?n June 26- 1877- entire care of her children and the i^ which h *k ?i*w haa s,nc« bad the managed very successfully whlch> b7 the aid of her eldest son, is ff °f 59 yUm, an^he to 1860^ «n6r the,r "ve8 1 . hedied 1" 1855 at thf bom in Rockingham Co. Va Julv^io i The subject of this sketch was country, was the feed-box fastened 18A7 1 b,s cradle, while on the way to this while crossing the C^to at WwJ° 'r' bmd P8rt of the wagon ; in this he slept Part of the work to do on the farm8 olde8t son, he had the principal

8. L. ST0CK8TU? , the Gorman Baptist Chureh. fb'P, Miami Co.OhtoAn^oV Now 'CarUsle, Clark Co. ; bora in Bethel Towns'll- He was one of 'th» f ' 27, 18.17 ' 1S,the 80,1 of Tbom88 and Catharine Stock- Maiyland but when nntL *7 of tbl8 county ; his native State was was a speculatortostov^Tk118 hk .removed to Tennessee with his fether, who left Tennessee at thn V^mas, being consoientionsly opposed to the slave traffic, flve or stohTteinPinT °«16' 8nd 08m® to Ohio- At ttostoe, there were only consisted of one cabin P18**,. and a very few between that and Dayton, which then °arried on quite a trlin^ bjr tb® of Acres kept a store, and twelve miles, there was not a house, and no road but an Indian trail. He £ a s with old man Hain, an acquaintance of his from North Carolina, located in what is now Bethel Township, Clark Co. ; his wealth then consisted in a horse, saddle, saddle-bags, a few chisels, two gimlets and a broad-ax ; he never served an apprenticeship at any trade, but was handy with tools and did a considerable amount of work in wood, and at shoemaking ; he made the first coffins used in this part of the country. In those days, it would have been thought sinftil to make any charge for services of that kind, so that he has made many coffins without charge ; his chief business was farming, and after his arrival in this State he took a lease for twelve years of Leonard Hain, whose daughter Catharine he married about 1801 ; in 1806, he left his lease and bought 80 acres in Bethel Township, Miami Co., and once more commenced in the woods. In addition to clearing up his farm, he bought 120 acres more. He was a strict Methodist, and aided almost any church of that faith within his reach. Eight of his children grew to maturity - Elias, Bachel, Sarah, Susan, John N., Stephen L., Irvin J. and Catharine. Our subject has always followed farming ; in connection with his farm work, he has made several usefhl inventions, as he felt a need for the several articles invented. His first was a grain drill, the distributing principle of which is now used in the Superior Drill, built at Springfield, and others. His other patents were for a clover harvester, for heading clover in the field ; a riding attachment for breaking-plows, and a meat cutter. His livelihood has been gained principally by the sale of these patents. On the 18th of February, 1847, he married Mary J. Lucas, a native of Clark Lo., born June 4, 1826 ; by this union they have had nine children - James A., Lathm-ine O., Chalmers T., Nannie C., Insco H. (deceased), Maggie M., Summerfield S., Minnie J. and Etta B. - v }

- 8 SULLIVAN, farmer ; P. O. Tadmor, Montgomery Co., Ohio; bom Clark Co., Ohio, Feb. 11, 1814 ; was a son of James and Jane (McAlister) Suluvan He was one of the lineal descendants of the Sullivans who settled Sullivan s s and, N. C., whence it derives its name. It was on account of his antipathy to avery that he left the land of his nativity and emigrated to Clark Co., Ohio. i ® ?f traveliug was quite in contrast with that of the present day. They k .kx! at the e.xPiration of his lease, he bought 160 acres, which he npvAr T«o.r* Ut b^_8°me mishap lost all. Being, perhaps, past the prime of life, he "if?1* retrieve his situation, and left his children to accumulate numhor ^ Tor themselves. He was a minister of the Christian Church for a but rAAAiT7^ear8' J?Ur 8ubJect was accustomed to the hardships of frontier life, attending ***1 °^inai7 education, such as he could obtain in those days by home & ^GW ?"ontb8 m the winter season ; when, in his 17th year, he left that he had Tint c earin& by which he saved 27 cents per day ; he soon found therefore dAoidJd8? ®°ient muscular power to make a living by hard labor, and in arithmetic and to educate himself ; having gone as far as the single rule of three in those dav« ho m(K^e8 and tenses of verbs in grammar, the requisite of a teacher article of ajrreeme^ft^ to teActl a term of three months ; he entered into an nate Saturd^nd C^e?ce at 8 °'clock in the morning, teach every altering for six vears ^°r the term and boarded himself ; he followed teach- the Peace for twelvo °®c®1 some kind for a number of years ; was J ustice of he is not an office saoiJ^k^ l8 .^Preaentative of Miami Co. at the present time ; the people. In irqo xt' , bein& a man of real worth, his office is a gift fr°m Crook, the great Ind:®«°«' il he married Maria Crook, a sister of Gen. George Thomas, James Theodnro^ii61*' . ^mts of this union are eleven children - - Alice and Lizzie ThA Aid' ?*artlla' J°hn, Oliver, George, Florence (deceased), " eldest son is a graduate of West Point. Although com-

7h0 came from Vl^Sato this^tate *to Charlfst?n 1 ia a son of Peter tamed only two houses, and Friend Tmm » m daJ ; Dayton then coneisted of one house : hi "m S I°W,' called West Charleston « Wcinily he entered a very large (^^1^^^ « ® P^nt town- "*> *" this at the death of his wife dimnLi ;+ 01 la?. * one ^me he owned 600 acre* hnf

Bethel Township Miami Pn vhn u ^ ear^J day ; he entered a farm in Sec. 29 occurred Jan 14 'lftift - h2° ' .There he, 8Pent the remainder of his life - his death toe oid pla£ thejidow Tyburn, stiU makesUr^me on is the only one lm7nT^ W > of Sandusky City, high state of cultivation - in^° C,"flnna? ! his farm was well improved and in a for about ten yealZ i ' " " ""^n with the oversight and management of it strong and Venango CoT PenT^ l" ^ 0,1 ^business, as an oil prodmser, in Annul the war of therebellion - Berv^d' 88 Captain and then Lieutenant Colonel

'hen returned to M*£j hjr!uhl8 mother died thirteen years later ; his fether this life in 18r>fi ?fy , ,and there passed the remainder of his days, departing business, workiL hr^h! ' haI!ng.b??" brought up on the farm, continued at that In 1826, Jnn fo^y "(mth at different places for about two years in Indiana, exact date of hi^ "® "l|a^ned Elizabeth Shroyer, also a native of Maryland, but the of her marruum t* ft18 not hnown ; she was a resident of Miami Co. at the time "-ise. in tUe course of about a year they moved to Montgomery Co.J they lived on rented farms till 1834, when they returned to Miami Co., and he worked for about two years at what he could get to do ; a part of the time by the month, on a farm, at $7 per month ; in 1836, he bought 80 acres of land in the woods, in Sec. 15, Bethel Township, and went to work to convert the dense forest into a home ; by excessive hard labor, however, he has succeeded in getting a very comfortable place to live. He has been a cripple for nearly thirty years, which was caused by the bursting of a ligament, allowing the joint-water of the knee to escape ; notwithstanding his lameness, and the many hardships he has undergone, he is a very lively man for his age. And his wife, also, who is only six or seven years younger than himself, is as active as many a woman at 60. They are the parents of six children - David D., Louisa, Susanna, Mary C., Benjamin F. and 8arah, deceased.

D. F. ANGLE BARGER, blacksmith, Tippecanoe City ; one of the well-established business men of Tippecanoe City ; was born in Frederick Co., Md., June 17, 1840 ; he is of Irish-German descent ; his father, D. S. Anglebarger, and mother, Elizabeth -Ramesburg, were both natives of Maryland, and passed their entire lives there ; D. S. followed the pursuits of undertaking and fanning; he had a family of four sons and two daughters by his first marriage ; our subject was the youngest son ; at the age of 13, he immigrated to Ohio, and located in Clark Co., where he engaged as a laborer at various pursuits till he went to New Carlisle and began the smithing business ; here he remained seven years ; then enlisted in Co. C, 110th 0. Y. L, and was employed as a blacksmith ; he was m tne fight of Winchester, under Gen. Millroy, and was subsequently discharged on a°COUn*; Physical disability ; returning, he located at Troy, Ohio, and, in 1864, came to Tippecanoe City, where he worked for three years at "jour " work, and 8^°1) 8^°P f°r himself ; he is now located on Second, between Main and r°w streets ; his long experience as a smith, and careful attention to business, aX?.won him the reputation of a first-class workman. He is a Republican m po cs, and an ardent supporter of the party ; he is also a member of the A., F. niZ . * ?a.arried SeP^ 15, 1859, to Nancy Ross, a native of Clark Co.,

Y , . I'lAM ASHWORTH, nurseryman, Tippecanoe City ; born in Middleton, Eng ' inJ836 ; «- » son T^eTud Betsy fault) Ashworth ; he ioA with of baker in his native country, and immigrated to Amer- to his nrpspnt «ide8t 8?n' and was only ^ years old when he came with his parents 11 entered on^ wa? located in the common school, and, at the age of harness trade^h^ti?^1 I*1 Dayton, Ohio, and served about three years at the ness which he hen^*611 turne? attention to gardening and the nursery busione of the most continued at Tippecanoe ; with his brother, he cultivates tree^oraameTte.fsW^Kf nur?eries in this oounly ; he raises all. Unde of fruit; his long experience in V11le8 and plants of all kinds (see card in directory) , ticipating in the foliowin/^+f 1x11 close of the war (over three years), V81' ^ rouowing battles : PenyviUe, Ky., Stone River, Mission Ridge and such facts upon record - he ia al«o v> sal°°nj we feel a just pride in placimr with credit ^ also Postmaster of the village, and fills that position bood and youth in his native nhL?? d Bowman ; he passed his boyattending common school - he took 'a hnai W°rk °" the. farm and in the store, ami under J. Bowman & Son and in ^I ta'cftIloe m 1863 and managed a grocery «nn style of Bowman, Wells md .ft?* mto 'H® goods business, undertK Bowman purchased the store? 18M J2* T®^ tLhang®8 made in firm, Mr. own responsibility - his te?? "J,!3! s,I,.ce w^e? he bas been operating it on his goods attests his skill and fucc^ to?hishn * ' 7'4h ?U 8tock of well-assorted

Jm A lSwfte^^so^of^^a^^ FLPpecanoe Citj' ; born in Tippecanoe of this county, and- the former of T»D| ^arl®tewsrt) Caldwell, the latter a native ^ occupation and " me to tote 0hia C' L W88 » marble cutter still survive. R. R. is the fifth child, and passed his early life in his native place, attending school till the age of 12, when he was placed in a drug store ; remained at this till the age of 20, thus acquiring a good knowledge of materia medica, which has served him well in his professional life ; in the meantime he devoted all his leisure time to reading medicine, and when he left the drug store he entered the Bellevue ^fedical College of New York, and graduated in 1843 ; one year after, he began his career as a physician in Danville, Penn. ; in 1849, he left Danville and went to New York City, where he continued his practice till 1856, when he came to Tippecanoe, where he has since been in the practice ; he gives special attention to chronic diseases, and is a well-established and reliable physician ; personally, he is pleasant, affable and sociable in his intercourse with his fellow-men. He has been married twice ; first, in 1854 to Fidelia Warford, of Pennsylvania, who died m 1 866. His second marriage was in the fall of 1866, to J alia King, of this county, who died in April, 1877. One daughter, by the first union, constitutes his family. The Doctor is a member of the A., F. & A. M. of Tippecanoe.

CHARLES B. CHAFFEE, Tippecanoe City. He was born in Colesville, Monroe Township, this county April 26, 1852, and is the son of S. L. and Barbara fCecil) Chaffee ; S. L. is one of the foremost business men of Tippecanoe, bom in Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1818, and was brought up to the manufacturing business ; he emigrated to Ohio in 1833, and in 1838 to Miami Co. Our subject came to Tippecanoe City with his parents when about 5 years old ; he received his prinoary education in the common school of this place, and, at the age of 14, entered Antioch College, at yellow Springs, where he remained one year, and then spent toe two subsequent years in Oberlin College ; but failing health required him to abandon the schoolroom ; in the fall of 1870, he went to Buffalo, N. Y., and engaged in the general liquor trade till January, 1872, when he returned to Tippecanoe, and embarked in the distilleiy business till 1874, and then went to Toledo, wnere he remained in the same occupation till 1878 : since then, he has chiefly in_ CLARK, fanner ; P. 0. Tippecanoe City. He is one of the few remainv!v£L*ii' y native-born citizens of Monroe Township : he is the son of John Clark, one »nTg v. in the township histoiy ; he was born Nov. 22, 1818, about four of whn mJe8jn°rthwest of Tippecanoe ; he is the oldest of a family often, whmK? the 8ceQes of his boyhood and youth were in this vicinity,

Dal occunltfrm - ^ *'lme8 > reared on a farm, he has always made farming his princilowed the hnoin 6 8®rvf^ an apprenticeship at the tanner's trade, but never folents in Deopm h!f8 V oon OC8te<^ on the present site of the township, with his partown - under co^equently has had a residence here coeval with the ering the distanoif fwl MJ- Clark made a triP to California in 1852, covtwo traveling daJf01? ^ ^18souri River in the remarkably short time of sixty- ' mining with fair h® U>®ate? in Georgetown, Eldorado Co., and engaged in ing fourteen month^688' *®turm.n£ by the Panama route and New Orleans, consumand makes his annual i he has a Particular fondness for hunting, nesota, Nebraska tbe hunting grounds of Michigan, Wisconsin, Mman "old-line WW " f .lnf regarded an expert and successful hunter. Formerly views naturallv fell in witw^18 vo!ie for Harrison in 1840, his political identified. He was marriJi tJV Republican party, with which he has always been was born in Elizabeth -13, Clarinda Ramsey, of this county, who

Ramsey, early pioneers - rJfif *P 18 1821, and is the daughter of Allen and Hannah and three daughters ar*' of six sons and five daughters, three sons one son in the late civil war. Our subiect . °f whom have died, was reared and schooled in the city ofltotfAn *?Xfh«ohl,<J of the kniily, and as a clerk in a hotel, and one year airo camp** t-* ^ latt;er place he was engaged doing a large trade in the groLry ba8 aincJfbfen was married to Sarah J. Nicholls and h«d^0, a°^located » this county. He b® oldest ; he was reared principally to the °7 whom our subject is school, and so well did he improve hfs A' and guested in the common prepared to enter the profesS L* edu.catlo"»1 opportunities, that he was early and was telegraph o^rato^L teach'.ng : this he continued about fou7yeara7 fectionery busriSess Lkji yeare' ""<1 then embarked to the bakery and oonthe south sid^ of Mato st^t w 8,nce1c°n tinned with success ; he is to^tedTn stock of confectioneries, fresh toSid "ci^id^ hokeeP9 hand a toll aramged ice-cream parlor where he sei4^ffrf?h tobacc°' He has, also, a neatly acason (see card). He is one of the ^eT'ea f*?811 lce'cream at all times during the "oe, and reliable ; his motto to y°U"& business men of Tip^ecatransactions. ' excel,0nce in quality and integrity in all his subject of this sketch mam'ari nr ' ^?d her husband m 1873. John Duncan, the was the result of ttos m^ria^* °y t Jonf Dec' 6- 1835 ! eleven children Nathan and Catharine are living - A)Wh°® Jo?athan, Estley, Aaron, Lucinda A., and a tenant looto^uTS' ' ShT""1.; Mri b?ncan ^es at his ease, Christian Church and Mr Tin A?1' himself and wife are members of the shipwrecked, a violent storm coming up, that lasted two days and nights ; Mr. Eidemiller was a large contractor and builder of pikes, and in his business made much money ; he died in 1877 at the age of 76, and his wife in 1879, aged 78 years. John was married to Miss Seraphine Lavy in 1851 ; they were the parents of Martin E., Sarah J., John L., William H. and Peter F. (who died in infancy); Mrs. Eidemiller died in December, 1861 ; in July, 1862, Mr. Eidemiller led to the marriage altar Miss Augusta Miller, of Vandalia, Ohio ; they have seven children - George P., Warren, Laura E., Dorsey G., Wade, Lilly and Webster ; Martin K., John L. and Sarah J. are married and live in this county. Mr. Eidemiller is one oi our most prosperous farmers, owning 240 acres of fine land. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church, and also of Kentucky Home Grange ; he is a conservative Republican, and believes in the greatest good for the greatest number. The amount of stock reared is large, and the income derived from the farm a handsome one ; he built five miles of the Piqua and Troy pike, six and one-half of tne Troy and Stillwater, two and one-half of the Dayton and Hyattsville pike, an now superintends them for a distance of eight miles from his home

ROBERT M. EVANS, merchant and dealer in agricultural implements, Ginghamsburg. The grandparents of Esquire Evans, on both sides, were among tee first settlers in this county, and his wife's parents also came at an early day. '

Evans, Esquire Evans' grandfather, came here in 1 801, and his mother's fateerinloW. The inhabitants of the county were mostly Indians and wild beasts. Robert Evans was married to Miss Mary Jenkins in 1824, and they were the parents of Aaron, Louisa, Jesse, Kahren, Robert M. and Elizabeth ; the four latter are still hvjpfr and are all married. Esquire Robert Evans was wedded to Miss Minerva J . n - ler, in 1867 ; they have five children living, one dying in infancy ; their names are, respectively, Lilly, Arietta, Korah, Zenitia and Laura. Mrs. Evans parents oft eight children - Minerva, Sarah, Margaret A., Ellen, Alice, William E.. Alvin ^ and Joseph W.; Mrs. Keller died in 1876. Esquire Evans was one of the brave men that enlisted in 1864, under the banner of his country, in Co. G. 147th U. v. J-, for four years and three months he was a member of a military company. Home Guards. In 1876, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and was re-eiectea in 1880. He is a partner in the firm of Besom & Evans, dealers in dry goods, groceries, agricultural implements etc., etc., doing business at Ginghamsburg. was for two terms Master of Fidelity Grange, is a conservative Republican, mi honest man. Both himself and wife are members of the United Brethren Chu , and are good and useful members of society. , ,

G. L. FAVORITE, merchant, Tippecanoe City ; one of the well-estab business men of Tippecanoe ; was bora in Monroe Township, in 1841, an lived here since, with the exception of three years, when he was in Toledo, parents were Abraham Favorite and Eva Long, the former born in Virginia, nom whence he emigrated to this county just previous to the war of 1812, in w i struggle he served as a teamster, teaming from Greenville to Ft. Wayne. . R® . a farmer by occupation, and passed the remainder of his life in this township, dying m 1848. He was married twice, and had five children by first marriage, two oi whom still survive. His second marriage was in the spring of 1828, with v , daughter of George and Margaret (Green) Long, by whom he had six children, five stall living. Eve was bora in Augusta Co., Va!, Feb. 28, 1798, and died twoyearo ago, over 80 years old ; she was brought up under the benign influences of Chnsan parents, and, at the age of 15, became a professor of religious faith, and con turned strong in the fiuth until herdeath. In 18 - , she emigrated with her parents to Grwne Co Ohio, and, a few years subsequently, moved to Miami Co. Our sub- Ja^J^te"ai.Ch?ld of.tl!e famUy> lived ona farm till 18yearsof age, and attended he wae on receiving the usual farmer boy's education. At the age o

"berSK^. He » located on North Main strefet, between First and Second ps on hand a ftill line of stock and fhrnishes all kinds of agricultural of the Fire Department, With which to h« kI9 Counc'i' and » Assistant Chief He married, in 1869 Maria O'Cnnnoli connected since its organization life was that of a fampftec L .mI, the,fl^h chdd of the family - his early which he has since follow*] He £«* -8' * learned the carpenter trad£

His grandfather was a soldieMn ^ f,hter ?\ -A°drew1 Sheets, a gunsmith by trade, to perform guard dutv in the so *8 °f 1776, and to, Andrew, was old enough Wilson Co,TeM. wtorc h» e WY' He moved his family in 1806, to In September 1812 to nion 10aJaioed 8,1 years a neighbor to Andrew Jackson, beth Township, thig' tou tor "who** h Valley> and located in Elizain 1843, in Clark Co n,^' w8?re ,he passed the remainder of his active life, dying made filing and stoJ? Z W8S 0,6 on,y ohi,d ** the second marria^ef hf located in Itew Carli^U^ hl8^cupatl0n l111 about flv« years ago, when he then located in TinnZ* d ^age? m general merchandising for two years : he on South Main b£t^n<Fir!rfd e®5arked m the hardware business ; to is located stock of hardware T*1 8eoond. streets, where to keeps on hand a full

Miami five muJ! ^ Gr^"e ^° i ^^O) locating on the west bank of the Little American TnH* 68 5^°ve t^e Pre8ent site of Xenia ; he was in the struggle for Indians - hp i>enden^e,v an(^ Participated in many of the frontier wars with the his son, James, was the first Surveyor. A brother of our subject has held the surveyorship of the county for twenty -four years. The family has been extensively identified with the public offices and interests of Greene Co. since its organizataon , Andrew was a farmer by occupation, and one of the prominent citizens of Greene , his death occurred March 26, 1864 ; his wife, Mary, was bom in Lancaster oo, Penn., July 3, 1798, and settled in Greene Co. in the spring of 1816; her aeatn occurred Feb. 25, 1872. Our subject continued on the farm till 22 yea*8 0 ' receiving his primary education in the common school, and a more advanced* in the National Normal, of Lebanon, Ohio ; at the age of 22, he entered the P fession of teaching, and continued it till Oct 9, 1861, when he enlisted m the Um States service, in which he remained over five years. We give below a mremroe ' ation by William B. Gaw, Col. 16th U. S. C. I., which gives his militwy career ^ April 15, 1866. - The bearer here, Capt Samuel Galloway, 16th U. 8. b. i take great pleasure in commending to the favorable notice of his Galloway entered service the 9th of October, 1861, as a private in the 74th U. **> and was promoted successively to Corporal, Sergeant, and on the 14m ot M , 1864, was examined for a position in the colored troops and passed a .

Captain, when he was immediately assigned to the command of a company m U. S. C. I. This officer has conducted himself, during his military career) in su manner as to win the esteem and confidence, as well as the approbation, brother officers ; he has exhibited rare qualifications for commanding troops, his integrity, valor, sobriety, urbane manner and ability in all the .

of business, have never been questioned ; he was examined for position ol M J short time before muster-out of regiment, and came fully up to me awn required. - William B. Gaw, Col. 16th U. S. C. I." Mr. G. engaged in the batUes oi Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, etc., besides nu skirmishes ; was taken prisoner at the battle of Stone River, and during me J days in which he was held prisoner passed one week in Libby ; his regime colored troops were mustered out April, 1866, and he was detained on duty till his " muster-out," which occurred Nov. 6, 1866 ; he then went to L icagw, and engaged in the drug business, on W. Lake street, under the firm of Snerw Co., till June, 1867, when he purchased an interest in his present store, tne ducted under the firm style of S. & W. C. Galloway ; Feb. 1, 1876, the SJK^iqvi name was adopted. Mr. G. was in the the Government employ from 1869 ' as United States Storekeeper of the Distilleries of Tippecanoe City. Republican in politics, and has held his share of town and township offices ; holds the office of Township and City Clerk, and is a member of the Royal Area of Tippecanoe. He married, May 24, 1866, Mary A. Morris, of Shabbona Grove, 111. ; of the six children born of this union, two have died. H. A. Galloway, J member of the firm, was bora in 1842, in Greene Co., and is a brother of 8. way. In August, 1 862, he enlisted in Co. D, 74th O. V. L, and in the following Janu»U was discharged, on account of physical disability; has since been e®£a8e~hiv farming and in the drug business. The above firm is reliable, and thoroug educated in the knowledge of drugs, and their careful attention to their busin has won for them the esteem and confidence of the community.

I. KIRK GILBERT, physician, Tippecanoe City, was borp in Newberry trict, in the town of Newberry, S. C., in 1819 ; he is the son of Dempsey and Mwa (Lester) Gilbert ; his early ancestors were found in the colonists of Virgima , J found their way to South Carolina previous to the war of 1776, and many of mem participated in that struggle. Dempsey G. immigrated to this State with hj9 .

y m 1834 ; he was engaged in the cotton culture in his native State, and m& overtaken by pecuniary reverses, he was induced to emigrate ; he located per nently in this, Monroe Township, where his death occurred in 1859. Of a HwLthr?e a80118' °ur 8ubJect is the oldest; his boyhood was passed on a rtantotion in South Carolina ; he was 14 years old when he came to this State.

1846 ; is the son of Dr! A Clty ' 1)0111 in TiPP®®anoe, Aug. 14, twicfe and had two children by the firsthand siTh^ttf P®nn » who was married with Delilah Campbell of thif count, v ' n.i8U»?y second marriage, which was marriage ; he was reared and schooled i^hhi^aH01 ** ?h® oldest child of the second learned milling, subsequent^ Jo h "H® plaCe' and .at the of 16, this place, where he^cquired the art^ onr? t ^P11 °^aj?r.' being an assistant in twenty months - he left the nffw ?°d then operated m the Troy offloe for of Ann Arbor Mich and September, 1869, entered the medical college ican birthand Gema^ de^e J Z^h ' " 1838 ; bis Parento were of Amerhe had six sons and twr«. ri u2 18 ^ber, Jacob, being a farmer by occupation : the first and only member of °f whom i still survive ; Jacob died in 1863, the advanced ageoffiT^L n fa"'.ly who has died, his wife still surviving at at home until hi rM1?h°J 0are-' ?ur 8ubJ<!ct " the youngest of the family ; he lived ing school his in tbe dutie8 of the farm, and attendwhere 1*1 in tbe.faU of 1860 he came to' Tippecanoe, till 1869 when Hp ««« f!? '- b® was first occupied as a laborer at various pursuits, till 1871 'when he emhafhL'" machine shop and at coopering with his brother First and Swond sfa^ta^h " ^ ^'°cery bu8lness i he >9 located on Main, between best qualities - he is a j ® ?" hand a ful1 line of £roeerieH of the

Co., Md°tami': i«HfhWVERi C?K>per' Tippecanoe City ; was bom in Frederick sketch^ -' hp ih 18 Jbe ®°n Jacob and Elizabeth Hawvor (see H. E. Hawver's inured to farm of. tbe family ; was brought up on the farm and early scrintion hvq^vI ^u ' 018 e?r ^ Vacation was obtained under the imperfect sub- Ohio looAtinrr i remained with his father till 1849, when he emigrated to ous pursuits fill0 iqr?161 JOWL8hiP' this c®nnty ; was engaged as a laborer at vansix years Zt?+ wben he engaged in the stock business for the subsequent erini businpoDer Jb® finn style of John Broan & Co. ; he then engaged in the coopand isonp wblcn he has since followed. He has the confidence of the public, with nothin** nnterprising citizens of Tippecanoe. A self-made man, beginning permanent »? a ^ a?d mind determined to succeed, he has established a ome, and acquired a competency ; he is one of the stock-holders in the

" wheel works " of Tippecanoe. He is a Republican in politics, and finds his religious creed in the M. E. Church. He was married in 1859, to Angeline Mann, of Miami Co., and a descendent of early pioneers.

JOHN K. HERR, miller and grain-dealer, Tippecanoe City ; was bom in Washington Co., Md., in 1824, and is the son of Rudolph and Mollie Herr ; Rudolph was a farmer by occupation ; his death occurred in 1860. He had a family of twelve 'Children, of whom our subject is the eleventh ; he was raised and schooled in his native State, and emigrated to Ohio in 1841, making the trip here in a two-horse wagon ; worked one year near Xenia, and then went to Warren Co., where he Temained about five years ; subsequently milled in Dayton, Ohio, and Knightstown, Ind., and in 1852 came to Tippecanoe and engaged in the milling business with his brother, firet renting and afterward purchasing his present mill property, which he has since operated with eminent sucoess ; he also deals largely in grain ; is a careflil and reliable business man, and a much-respected citizen, taking an active part in matters pertaining to the welfare of the community.

W. HONEYMAN, farmer ; P. 0. Troy ; is a prominent farmer ; his parents, John and Mary Honeyman, of Virginia, were pioneers, who emigrated to Miami County early in its settlement. John was a soldier in the war of 1812 ; we regret that so little can be learned of them. Eli was born in Miami Co., May 14, 1834 ; Sept 29, 1859, he was united in marriage to Miss Annie, daughter of John and Mary Miller. They were also pioneers, and should have a place in kmtoiy i their children were ten in number, four only survive - Albert, whose sketch appears in connection with other noted men of Monroe Township, Thomas J., Rhoda Z. and Annie, the wife of Eli Honeyman. They have been the parents of seven children, of whom Oliver M., Willis R., Mattie and Ory, survive; Oliver was bom March 7, 1863 ; Willis, Dec. 11, 186& ; Mattie, May 27, 1872 ; Ory, Jan. 4,1874. iney are all attending school and learning rapidly. Mr. Honeyman has always been prosperous in business, and owns a nice farm of 119 acres ; he has been wnnected with the public schools in capacity of Director. He is a conservative Kepublican and a good neighbor.

n w r NORTON, editor; P. O. Tippecanoe City; was born in Westchester . °ePk 5, 1834, and comes of English ancestors ; he came to this county with his father, Joseph C., in 1839, and located in Piqua ; his father was a smith by trade, and still lives in Piqua, retired from active work. Col. Joshua H. is the oldest or a family of five children ; he was reared and schooled in Piqua, and early learned e printer s art, which he has followed principally through life ; after serving an apprenticeship he worked at journey-work till 1860, when he started the Piqua which he conducted till the outbreak of the war, when he responded to me nrst call for troops and enlisted in the 11 th 0. V. I. as 2d Lieutenant of Co. F. At ^ three-months term of service, he re-enlisted as private, and was soon ST- to the 8ame rank which he held before. In this regiment he served two wS from 2d to 1st Lieutenant, and to Adjutant of the regiment, in omSSi® fi ied one 5 he then went into the 84th O. V. I, which he assisted vear^vn « JEl was appointed Adjutant, and was discharged at the end of one

^Fest Viroini Unt Physical disability ; while with the 11th 0. V. I. be was m which werL T^nd S?Sa8ed in numerous severe skirmishes, the most important of GauWMtT Mm Creek (2 days), Hawk's Nest (2 days), Sewell Bit, toTiSnoe infftfiQ6 ^ p?nting establishment for four' years, when he came to operate successfiiif^Jn*111^ tte Tippecanoe City Herald , which he continued abandon the office - has th qui!le Gently, when poor health required him to is Lieutenant Col of aPP?mtment for census taker for Monroe Township, ana ant Lol. of 3d 0. N. G. During the railroad riots of July, 1873, his established in the placeton! "hollt r®W®hlT^- b"8mess J 1118 «h°P is the oldest attention to his business reliable, his long experience in and carefol

Jonathim X oiive ThlrI" b2n in PenTlTania «" 1800; s a daughter of rapidly Mr Thom bom.P??n- .Her Pa^ts had ten children, and, as they grew the m&Jr *° ,Purchaf land enough for toem 'when he' had and purchased lOOrt^LI Pennsylvania, himself and eldest son went to Canada fortably wMed 'wh®^' rT.£®y removed ''"'her in 1810, and were getting oom- Thom^rXeX te tek® * "V? 18,2 brok® out "i all its fory Mr.

therefore forced to fl«®t?h®i^l®i-<7tb allegiance to the British Crown, and .was letter to his^fe'hiHHW i, *"* ^ H® C8me *° C.leveland> and from there sent a could carry Th® ber oonae at once and bring with her such things as she rages had been nr>mm-«!LW®r®ibitbl8 tbne yeT^ troublesome, and numerous outwits hailed wifh - and the news that they were to leave toe settlement the ground Th J?y' . 8y 8t?rted to midwinter when the snow lay deep upon nevertheless wrth*1 r°Ut® W8'? through an almost trackless forest, but they started, they conld ?n®,ox and one two-horse team, hitched to sleds loaded with all driving the ®Dtiy oariy. Sally was then 11 years old, and went to front, they wprpwSSv^ °L road' tlie oxen broke the tongue out of the sled to which and stav HnJ; . ^ret nj&ht, and they were forced to stop in the dense woods from freezing. The other children were as well protected from the cold as was possible with blankets, etc., but Mrs. Thompson's feet were so badly frozen that she was unable to walk for weeks afterward. At daybreak, they left the oxen and the disabled sled and started with the other team. After traveling four or five miles they came to a cabin, where they hired a man to go back, repair damages, and bring the team to his house. The next day's journey brought them to the home of a brother of Mr. Thompson, where they had to stop, as the suffering endured by Mrs. Thompson with her frozen feet, forbade them continuing the journey. They stayed there three weeks, perhaps, when three men with whom her husband was acquainted stopped at the house, and told Mrs. Thompson if she would put herself and little ones under their protection they would see her safely to Cleveland. Mr. Thompson, Sally's uncle prevailed upon her to stay a short time with him, as he also intended leaving the country. She consented, and the mother and children took an affectionate leave of Sally, expecting soon to meet her again. But that parting was destined to be forever, and the daughter, who is now an aged woman, has seen nothing of either parents, brothers or sisters, from that time to this day, neither has any tidingB been heard from any of them, and if any of the family are to-day living, they mourn Aunt Sally, the subject of this sketch, as dead. The parting was one never to be forgotten, and, though parents and children may never meet again on earth, we trust that in Heaven above, where no sorrow nor parting is known, their union may be complete. Sally's uncle was also obliged to make his escape, as he was drafted into the British Army, and she was again left with her aunt as an only friend. Shortly after, she was placed in charge of a man and his wife who said they were also going to Cleveland, and again she started to join her parents. The people with whom she found herself afterward proved to be ballet dancers, and, after wandering about the country awhile, came to Ft. Meigs. Disregarding their promise, they left her here among a lot of French and Indians, while she was the only American in the place. Their food was hominy and fish without salt, and she frequently prayed for death instead of this semi-captivity and disgusting food. But as there is always a silver lining to the darkest cloud, so were God's mercies to be extended to our little Sally. Some time during August, a band of 400 savage warriors, painted for battle, and her why she was there, and after hearing the story, told her if she could ride a horse to Fort Piqua, he would carry her that far. She joyfully consented, as the hope of again seeing her friends was still paramount in her bosom. Accordingly, she was mounted on a man's saddle, and the journey of 200 miles commenced. Their route was through an unbroken wilderness, with only a bridle path marking the way, and they rode single file, she being next her protector, the Colonel. She recognized many articles that the Indians had with them as trophies, as belonging people whom she had known in Canada ; but she was not molested in the least oy them, the Colonel always haying a tent stretched for her accommodation, and placing guards about it. Upon their arrival at Wapakoneta, Ohio, the savages were halted, as they were here allowed their ration of rum. Sally was placed m u an In,dlan squaw, who could talk some English. She, fearing that danger , ? happen (as the Indians when drunk were always dangerous), told her, as she 25®* P°"y her own, she would take her to Fort Laramie, distant twenty mdes- 40 " "ei«hboring cabin to borrow a sidesaddle, when they met two the R^w*dlMn?' 0ne of 11161,1 8P°k« to Sally (remarking about her beauty), when tmlttecH-ho*?!^ ,ll6r - run and hide :- this she did and reached the hut she tod just w of ' Vi®Indl!ln chase ; she climbed into the loft and covered herself with » one di^ had t??en Placed there. The Indian climbed up, but seeing no leading her -j^JC ° 'l8 S^nt of dissatisfaction. The squaw soon returned, walking ail th/ 8tarted and arrived at Fort Laramie before daylight, the squaw onw s^ h J^' ,.After taking leave of Sally in an affectionate way, she a once started back to her cabin, not waiting for daylight Upon her arrival at

Fort Fiqu^ remarking to him that he wanted tom0^hf0h?8f1i?n, Indian A«e^ at toen resumed his march, as he was taking t !? to ^ a father to the girl. He of her stay. She then went to Mrs E wine's tn .l^bing-yarn, during three months nent home with Mr. Jesse Miller I!i(k if* S *° bve, and finally made her Hermann 1818; she tet camfto Fortt'Z 6 ?"* UntU marriage to W than, Rebecca, William, James John Pemtn^Q^f tof' Ge0ISe> M"igaret, Jonaare now living, and are all perrons of'n2,"d SaI1/A- - ««ven of these children live. Her husband, James Kerr was ver^*^. 6 " the °°mmunity in which they "tensive tract of land. He diid ai?d accumulated quite an for doing so was no doubt a pure onT lfc ^ Republican cause, but his motive celebrated Sept. 21 lft*i ?? H 8 marnage to Mrs. Martha J. Kerr was by Joseph Conrey, on the Dayton Pike^^im^^th1 °n th® &rm now owned form upon which Mrs. Kerr now lives rtirth h ^ P81"* to ^ beautifbl Mrs. Martha Kerr is a dauehte7of tohn n 18 /PProPn»teiy named Glen Forest, country in 1821, and were fw8 Urom^nent *%* Nancy Fowler, "bo came to this occurred July 1 6, 1876 in ^ Tbe death of Newell Kerr

8 nine-years official career never h^one nfh * jmt"ment Magistrate, and, during mission as Captain in the Hnmt n* u **"8 decisions reversed ; he held aoomcaptaincy and^nlisted in Co" SuTu' W£e" the.w" br°be out, resigned his through the Shenandoah Valiev' «mi U'^' G'J he wa? ,n Hunter's memorable raid ^ captured manyhardships and privations; he leading spirits in*the 11/ ®ny femily in the county. Mr. Kerr was one of the agement, rod h" wro H<T? Grange, which was organized under his man- ation of his family wTr0J ;j,8 the first one ofhis name to give us informiscences equal nprh^,^ ' &nd M?nroe Township furnishes a list of family remin- £ally Ken* the^fL S t any £ ^ count^- A long historical sketch appears of Margaret Jonathan p Kerr and the parents of Hanford, Hamilton, George,

To avoid rerSft^r^ ^ WllLliam' Jame8> John, Perry and Sally A. Kerri biography of^hia^T he^e *8tate «hat her children are nearly all represented in the settled in the r~nT?L°rk' ?nd Aunt SaU3r's sketch will explain where and when they 1858, his marrifl^oY" v 1)0111 in 1 834 ' his location is a good one. In the farm upon which they" now reside, in 1860. Their four sons were born named in the following order : James M., bom Jan. 15, 1859 ; William M., bom Dec. 8, 1860 ; Wesley S., Nov. 13, 1865 ; and AlbertB.,bom Dec. 30, 1867. Under the able management of Mr. Kerr, assisted by his sons, the farm is a wurce o great revenue. The boys promise to make men of substantial character and intern* gence. James Kerr is an honorable and upright Mason, is now Master of lin Lodge, No. 14, A., F. & A. M., and also is Master of Concord Grange, m m ; both himaftlf and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a Democrat in whom there is no guile ; for many years he has been connected wi the public schools, and is also Pike Superintendent in this district He is a generous, hospitable host, and enjoys the confidence of every man who knows him.

PERRY KERR, farmer ; P. 0., Troy ; is Mrs. Sally Kerr's youngest son, and has managed the home farm for many years, and the general appearance or buildings and farm are indicative of his care and adaptation for his business , ® brick residence is the first one of the kind erected in the neighborhood. Perry married to Miss Susannah E. Kessler March 28, 1876 ; her father was the battle of Lexington, Ky., and died from effects of the injury. Mr. and Mrs. are the parents of Hanford W., bom Feb. 8, 1867 ; Cora A., Jan. 29, ,1869 ; S * nah E., Nov. 26, 1870 ; Alva M., Feb. 23, 1874; Sarah E., Dec. 24 187b; am Martha A., Feb. 13, 1879. They are a splendid family of children. Through me

James Kerr, the Nashville and Troy (Branch) Pike was built, which is one of the best in the township. Perry Kerr is owner of 220 acres elegant land, which was mostly purchased by himself, and contains the pnncip part of the homestead ; the site of the old home has never been disturbed dv plow, and is revered as " consecrated ground." Many things dear to chilan memories are yet to be seen ; the rock upon which they cracked their hi j nuts, the remains of the walnut stump that stood at the end of the porch, three trees that were budded by different ones of the family, and since have called by their names ; the old hearth-stones, and the old chimney-place are visible, and are the dearest objects to the family, who revere the memory o man who did so much for them in childhood's happy hour. Aunt Sally makes home with Perry and his amiable wife, and is now 81 years of age. Perry, hke father, is a lavish provider of the good things of earth, and follows in his pou footsteps, Democratic, first, last and always. M *

J. A. KERR, attorney, Tippecanoe City ; was bom in Chambersburgr gomery Co., July 7, 1853, and is the son of J. T. Kerr, and a direct descendancoi George Kerr, the pioneer ; J. T. is a farmer by occupation ; bom in this township 11, 1828, and married Feb. 10, 1851, to Matilda, daughter of Col. Westlake, an eany settler ; by this union he had a family of five sons and one daughter ; one son infancy. He is the son of James and the grandson of George Kerr, who was -in the county of Kerry, Ireland, near the Lake of Killamey and the Eagles w » he married Martha Newel, of the same place, and came to America with his par ents just previous to the Revolutionary war, in which straggle he took a pai^> was one of the first settlers in Marietta, Ohio, and, in 1813 or 1814, moved toLeoanon ; his father was brutally murdered by the Indians ; he had six sous ana o daughter. Our subject is the second child of the family ; he passed his can? ' , on the farm, attending the common school till 16, when he entered the Na Normal, of Lebanon, Ohio, and attended it for two subsequent winters, wherjLR learned the science of surveying, which he has since practiced ; as early as l > k*? attention to the study of law, and, in 1873, was admitted to P^jjce a5 aPe of 23> was admitted to the United States Courts ; in the M

^ 'S.08' he U a ^"ocrat, aSd a member of the City Council. He was p h® 886 °f 20' to Elizabeth, daughter of Lemuel Coat, a descendant Pearson, a pioneer ; one daughter him been the issue of this union.

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ton Kerr, came to this KvCffiOfi to »»te that his father, Hand! were made, the wild deer the^anther 8e.tUe.mente worthy of mention p . bom June 19 185Q l8^'JM?rt,n w > bom June 2, 1857 ; Webster ?T* are married Mr VZl| Zabeth ®7 born ** 20- 1862-; all are living, and -on, but died during his^m gallt"t eoldler during the war of the rebellbj all who knew him - semoe > be was a good man, and highly respected borne in October followino-8*^ occurr^d July 23, 1863 ; the remains were brought widow and sixTf to. TS and,.were lnterred in the Wheelock Cemetery. The oonsi and £2!"^ 1,Ve °Dr^e fa^'. whlch « superintended by the diere daring the war ^f^KnC0Iueii- dolm> William and Samuel were also sol- We rememfer witiT!^j the re,^e hon' and were brave and daring volunteers.

1830 ; his father, Nicholas, was a carpenter by trade, and mamrf Ma^Schoii, oy whom he had thirteen children ; eight still. survive Our subject, toe seconded of the fiunily, was reared and schooled in his native country ; at toe age ot lo, n learned the carpenter's trade, and has since followed it ; he emigrated in 1859, landing in New York City, whence he came to Tippecanoe ; . engaged at once at his trade, and, in the early part of 1868, fonned * P withthe firm of Trupp, Weakley & Co. ; Mr. K. is one of the mduetoous and® terprising citizens of Tippecanoe City, and is always found interested m matte pertaining to the welfare of the community. He is a member o - - and of the German Lutheran Church. He has been married twee, nret, > to Mary Roehling, of Germany, and, second, to Mary Schoch, of toe same place, in 1876 that of a miller, and, during his early residence in this country, he to business ; in 1856, he purchased the fine farm upon which he now wa i » which time his attention has been devoted to agriculture ; they have dren living - Daniel, _ Mary E., Samuel G, John, Annie, Emma ' Mare taS

Co., Ind. ; Mr. Lehman owns 135 acres of land, and upon it is a splendi small firuits, etc., of every variety known in this climate ; he has the ghum mill in the county, and the best and latest improved machinery ; do self and wife belong to the " Church of God ; " three terms he has held the om of School Director in his district ; his sons cultivate the farm, and a ur. lives at his ease ; they are surrounded with comforts on every hand, ana ^ good and useftil members of society ; he is also considered one of the Desi. gians belonging to his church, and is also well posted on the current topi day

Covington, Miami Co., in 1850, and is the son of Joseph and Margaret it » Joseph followed merchandising most of his life, his death 0CCUITi?^5 W m n j8 subject was quite small ; he had four children, two of whom have died ; - - place, attending school ; his business career in Covington was passed f9 pcured a dry-goods store, where he obtained that practical education which has him success Bince ; he came to this place in the fall of 1876, and at on stock in the wheel- works known as the " Ford & Co. Wheel- Works, .

it is one of the most extensive factories in the county, and employs con from seventy-five to one hundred hands, turning out from fifty to sixty sets o per day ; the establishment has gained a wide reputation for manufactun g best quality of .work, which is evidenced by the demand for their wor much larger than the supply ; Mr. Leonard is one of the most enterprising y men of Tippecanbe, with good business sagacity. Politically, he is a ' personally, affable and pleasant. He is a member of the Town Council. " married, in 1875, to Mary, daughter of Jacob Rohrer ; one son and one daug have been the issue of this union. . .

and, although 75 years of age, does good work at the bench, and has fo 1^8J^U81°e88 fifty-five consecutive years ; he was born in 1804, 1,1 Nf* District S. C.; Ins parents moved first to Savannah, Ga., thence to North Carolm, t^^1rrrgini?' *nd lastly to Miami Co.; his father, James D. B. MoCooJ, ^ Charity Chapman, his wife, in 1781 ; three of his children Grace Mehaffy? are now living. Young was married to hi Ifst wife, Miss Margaret Cloyde, in January, 1828 - they were the parents of six

^ni88 l?rightly M8ladof 2ofand h^Tw^todte S'81** °f "- .bo"fy ! ' b® is consecutive years ; his library is laroTlnTh - the harvest fleld for fifty-five least, he is a Bepublican, Severeftht reader : and last, but not

°"* ; bl* active life ; he still survives at the ^T®11^8 and 8tock-dealing throughchildren, of whom the Doctor il tto ftfth eh?fd h **1 °f 86 yeare 5 be had nine the Methodist Episcopal Church ^hi!^7 P° \where he entered the ministiy of by the fact that he^k ch^ .V 8 e"1?ent 8UCCe88 in this field is attested political factions, and by F*** di8order and confusion from biin and is conscientious and Thl°h ^ff01*?"011 ^P08®8 upon religious creed in the MetX£ 5^8ch?1Ke f bis duty. He finds his tbl member of the same Ha Episcopal Church, and, with his wife, is a faith- whose namebtjfe^hu ' P' °i 6inghamsburg. The gentleman his present home : he was bom kTlso^Dt "??Fe than a half-century within sight of were well known - hi was w! i l82'; *?d his parents, John and Amy Martmdale, to Montgomery Co inisis tu 7 WaS 1)0111 m Pennsylvania in 1806, and came in number, and elelln of tL Jh®y W8rf "aFried " 1823 i the children were twelve Samuel, John William s* em are yet living - Jesse, Elizabeth, Robert, Mary, the children were livino- ^ .R?becca> Cyntbia A. and Martha. All ment. Their son nd tbeir llves were fcbe better for helping in its developfather is the oldest *** JTedded to Miss AIvina Waymire in 1849. Her from North Carolina 7 J^a^bban, was born in that county, and her ancestry were - Alexander a . u an^ Mr8, Martindale are parents of one child, only and Samuel, bright and splendid-looking children. Mr. Robert Martandale lives like a prince ; his house is a neat one, his bams and other buildings large and commodious ; he owns 1 10 acres of land, equaling any in his neighborhood. He was a volunteer in Co. G, 147th 0. V. I. during the war, having rank of od Sergeant Both himself and wife are members of the Christian Church, and he is also a member of Coleman Commandery. As a host, he cannot be equaled in this or any other county, and his name, for honor and veracity, is without a stain.

F. C. MERKLE, hamessmaker and saddler, Tippecanoe City ; was bom in Auglaize Co. April, 1851 ; is the son of Charles T., a native of Germany, and a wagon-maker by trade ; he married Ann E. Cottenberger, of Germany, by whom he had nine children, five of whom still survive. Our subject is the third child of the family, ana was reared and schooled in the town of Wapakoneta, his native place ; began an apprenticeship at the harness trade at the age of 14, and served some three years ; he then engaged at butchering for three years, and then at railroading for three years, when in 1874 he came to Tippecanoe and began the manufacture of harness, and, by Ins enterprise and carefhl attention to business, has established a gratifying trade; he is located on North Main street, between First and Second streets, where he keeps on hand a full line of first-class stock. He took a course in the Commercial College of Dayton, Ohio, in 1871, thus acquiring a thorough business education. Me is a member of the A., F. & A. M. and M. R. A., of Tippecanoe. He mamed Elizabeth Pohlkotte, of Montgomery Co., in 1873 ; they have a family of three children.

A. W. MILES, confectioner, grocer and Postmaster, Tippecanoe City ; was bom in Newton Township, this county, Nov. 27, 1839, and is the son of Wade and grandson of Jonathan Miles, one of Newton Township's first settlers. Wade was a native of same place, and a farmer by occupation ; he was married twice, ftjst to Mary Tucker, of this county, and second to Malinda Hayes, n£e Thomas ; eight children were bom of the first, and one child of the second marriage ; a son and two daughters are dead. The subject of this sketch is the second child of the . "7j he was brought up on the farm, and educated in the common school. He a8918 . in the duties of the farm till his father's death, and one year after this, began profession of teaching, which he continued till 1858 ; in the fall of 1858, a dry-goods store as clerk, and continued here till the outbreak of the late re be ion, when} at the first call for troops, he responded, and entered the army as a her of the 11th 0. V. L, Co. H,in which he served till the close of the war, a pen of four years three months and five days ; enlisted as a private and was ^motea to Corps Commissary, which office he held when mustered out ; participated m the hard-fought battles of second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, around Chattanooga, Atlanta campaign, besides numerous skirmishes ; was with Sherman to the sea, in the campaign of South Carolina, at close o the war, and from latter place went to Washington City, and then to Louisville ivy., where he was mustered out ; he returned to Tippecanoe and engaged as clerk in a dry-goods store till May, 1868, when he became clerk in the post offioe, and m March, 1869, received appointment as Postmaster, which position he has since filled with fidelity and satisfaction to the public. In connection with the post office? he keeps a full line of fancy groceries and confectionery. His motto is excellence in quality, integrity in transactions, low prices and quick sales. He finds his poll the Republican party, and has frequently held the office of Township Trustee. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M. and M. R. A. of this place, and also a member and clerk of the Baptist Church of this place. He was married in January, 1867, to Mary C. Wesler, of this county, who died last Febuaiy, leaving fonr

JOHN MILLER, grocer, Tippecanoe City ; one of the well-established business men of Tippecanoe ; was lWin Baden, Germany, in 1834 ; his father, whnmn!?8 *7 occupation and raised four sons and two daughters, o

<SUntT He nn migrated to America in 1854, landing in New York m wluch place he oame to this, where he shortly engaged in the coopering busi, ness ; this he followed two years and then embarked in the occupation of a baker, which, with hotel-keeping, he continued till 1875, when he engaged in the grocery trade. He is located on North Main, between First and Second streets, where he keeps on hand a full line of groceries and queensware, which he sells at lowest prices ; he is reliable and honest in all his dealings. In politics, he is a Democrat, but no politician. He has been member of the Council, and for five years of the fire department, of which he is now Treasurer, and in 1861 carried the mail from Charleston to Brandt He married Catharine Steck, of Alsace, Germany, in 1858. Of the five children bom to this union, one has died.

ALBERT MILLER, farmer ; P. 0. Troy. Albert Miller was bom and reared in the township in which he resides, his parents, John R. and Mary Miller, then being residents of the county. He was 20 years of age when wedded to Miss Amanda Honeyman, which event was celebrated March 25, 1852, Squire David Jenkins tying the nuptial knot ; his parents gave him one horse, a cow and a feather bed ; after farming with his father one year, he began business for himself. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Miller were the parents of nine children, of whom five are now living - Matilda J., Calista Belle, Ella D., Cora E. and Lulu M. Matilda married Lewis Schafer ; none of the others are yet married ; they are eminently fitted to adorn any position in society. Mr. Miller is a Democrat of the conservative stamp ; his wife is an excellent housekeeper ; their residence is neatly ftimished, and Mr. Miller provides liberally for his family. The splendid farm of 60 acres, with the neat residence and substantial outbuildings, surrounded by forest trees, is a home as oozy as any in the township.

J. W. MILLER, farmer; P. 0. Troy ; is the eldest son of John V. and Rebecca Miller ; was bom April 22, 1838. Miss Sarah A. Shoemaker, of Dayton, became his wife in 1865 ; their children were bom in the following order : William A, Sept 20, 1867 ; Asbury W., Feb. 22, 1870 ; Isaac N., Jan. 20, 1872 ; Belle, Aug. 27, 1875 ; and Jeannette R., March 17, 1878 ; they are a most interesting family of children ; Mrs. Miller is a native of Pennsylvania, and was raised in a city, but, as a farmer's wife, she can scarcely have an equal ; Mr. Miller proposes to move to Kansas in the spring . x>f 1881, and engage with his brothers in the stock business ; Miami Co. will thus lose one of her best men, who can illy be spared ; they are both influential members of the M. E. Church, and here will their loss be felt Mr. Miller sold his elegant farm last year, and intends invest ing a large part of his money in lands in Kansas. He carries with him the kindest wishes of every family in Monroe Township.

ISAIAH K. MILLER, stock-breeder ; P. O. Troy. His mother, Rebecca Kessler, was bom in this county in 1813, and his father, John V. Miller, in Berkeley Co.,Va., in 1803 ; he came to this county in 1832, and was married at the residence of the bride's 'parents, in 1834; David Jenkins, Esq., conducted the marriage ceremonies ; an old log cabin was the birthplace of their first children ; six of eight children bom now survive - John W., Henry H., Levi S., Isaiah K., Susannah E. and Elizabeth J. ; almost the entire tract of country was then covered with heavy timber, and the pioneer was used to rough fare, and the howling of the wolves ; every year found them prospering, and Mr. Miller, at the time of his death, which occurred Sept. 17, 1878, was owner of nearly 900 acres ; Isaiah has had practical control of the farm since the age of 16, and his experience in breeding thoroughbred stock has made him famous throughout the country ; his herd has produced the finest Durhams in the county ; himself and Levi S. Miller have purclmsed f large tract of land in Kansas, upon which Levi resides ; they are now conducting the breeding of thoroughbred cattle on a large scale ; J. K. Miller is also partner in the steam saw-mill near his residence. His marriage to Miss Lizzie t* was celebrated Feb. 5, 1874, in Cincinnati, Ohio ; her parents were natives ol oeiferson Co., Va., but now live in this county. They are, at this tune, the paints of two children - Samuel C. and Minnie V. ; Mrs. Rebecca Miller makes her home with her son Isaiah, and they have everything necessary for the promotion iot comfort The tidy house, the neatly trimmed orchard, substantial bams, etc., eta,

J OHN MILLS, farmer ; P. 0. Ginghamsburg ; the subject of one of our most wonderful biographies, is well known in this neighborhood ; his grandfather, Elias Mills, was born in 1683, and married Miss Martha Stiles ; he weighed 485 pounds, and was considered not only the strongest but also the fleetest man in the world ; he challenged England to produce a man who could compete with him as an athlete ; a man came, and they started in a race, Elias easily coming out ahead and running backward all the while ; he was killed by a kick from a horse, at the remarkable age of 140 years. John Mills was born in 1812, and was the youngest son of Richard and Martha Mills ; they emigrated to Montgomery Co., in 1800 ; he was a blacksmith, and was of great service to the early settlers ; they were the parents of Jonathan, Lydia, Rachel, Lutitia, Ira, Henry, John and Gideon; John is the only one now living of this large family. He married Miss Elizabeth Watkins, in 1836 ; they were the parents of twelve children, three of whom are deceased ; Cerelda, Richard, Carletta, Joanna, Mahala, Sarah, David, Henry and Joseph C. are living ; five are married, and live in this county ; John and his wife are grandparents of twenty-one children ; his farm consists of 80J acres of land, which is cultivated by his sons ; he is a Democrat, and reared a family of sons who are all strong in the faith ; his descendants can hereby trace their relationship to their great-grandfather, who was supposed to be the strongest man living in his time.

JACOB W. MYERS ; farmer ; P. O. Tippecanoe City ; is a native of Lancaster Co., Penn., and was born in 1822 ; his parents were named Daniel and Hester Myers ; his mother died when Jacob was one year old ; as he grew to manhood, he learned the trade of weaving, and, in 1842, in company with some friends, emigrated to Clark Co. He engaged in weaving near Carlisle, previous to his marriage to Miss Elizabeth Shuman, which event occurred in 1850 ; one and a half years after the marriage, Mrs. Myers died, also their infant daughter, Magdalena. He continued weaving in winter and farming in summer, until his marriage to Miss Sarah Mott, in 1855 ; they are the parents of ten children, of whom Mary J. and Lilly F. are deceased. Daniel is the husband of Miss Mary Gottschall, and has two children - George Arthur and Bertha Estella ; William, Eunice L., Otho P., Calista . *, "acob W., Sarah E. and Charles are now living with their parents, and form an interesting family. Jacob is a prosperous farmer and generous provider; has always voted the Republican ticket ; his wife and daughters are excellent house- Keepers.

LUCINDA NEAL ; P. O. Fidelity ; is the widow of a wia.n well known in this county, and their names are worthy of remembrance ; they were bom in Monroe ownship in 1808, and have always lived near their birth-place ; Mrs. Neal's parents were married in Tennessee, and emigrated to Miami Co. in 1807*; their names and Jemima Million ; they were the parents of five children, of whom l Ham Jester and the worthy lady whose name heads this sketch are yet living; _ the eldest settlers now living in the county. Lucinda was

PhmKa li? i *a*m ^ea* *n 1828, and they were blest with seven children - Melinda, _ atdda, Annie, Israel, Francis and Henry ; four of these are married; Mr. Neal ar8°^ a* the ^me his death, and left a large estate ; he was a very he watt a ^n'ibem* ^ownslliP Trustee and School Director a number of times; morallv supporter of everything that tended toward advancement, both after - the npauf6 ^arm8 ' the home place is a lovely spot, and is carefhlly looked of the most tan*1#*11?6 n?Jrthe °Jd homestead belongs to one of the sons, and is one children a birthS^/6*1?611068 in that part of the township. Mrs. Neal leaves her GEORA^^r?Lh^esty and sociability.

now hving of the numerous family of Joh77nd ?v^l v "* the ^ children ned Miss Margaret Clawson Feb 4 187R +k ^la ^18wonger. George marlittle girls - Lydia J. and Clara E ' The^cM f«my are.ihe P^ents of two bright gentleman is a jolly Democrat of tho folk8ireslde with them, and the old sippi Squadron. He parti^ated in^^^d hi^dm,raI Porter' of the Missiswounded while on duty and ms hnn^M ^1 .bloo<^r engagements, was never farmer he is verv su^to7 The y ^luu*edt in December, 1864. As a family is highly resDected and i .. /an>ily 'hbraiy is large and well read. This the township and durino^th -' i ^ wer,e' that time, the oldest living couple in hand in hand thpi- in 08 ong wedded life, were separated only five weeks - aging Mother the hillside of life, always loving and en^-' and Mary - the two a5nm,l.ly.of four children - Sarah, Esther, Valentine her sister Sarah?onlv ?Tn.; she has reared> from infancy, hood, there are non* ' sbe 18 an intelligent lady, and, in her neighborin 1856. Miss Pea^ nv^1^^ M&ry %rkett » «he waS born ing as ^rly as 1689 8 godfather was one of the first settlers in that State, combackthan those ofthe^e^nnamf mi168 ^ ^ ^ their genealogy further

South Carolina in i oo^° ^jfen(*ed the cause they loved. John's parents came from was marriAd an^ 8ettled near where Frederickstown now stands. John M.

and Igaap p,10o n*88 ^amet Russell Feb. 19, 1857 ; she was a daughter of Tamar Rearson ^1? w,as horn March 16, 1835 ; they have no children. John M.

state of cultivation ; for the past year he has been engaged in getting under way an apiary, which promises to be a lucrative business ; he has facilities for manufacturing his own hives, and has a large number filled with bees; he is a Republican of the radical sort ; he and his wife belong to the Christian Church, and are also members of Monroe Grange. During the war of the rebellion, he enlisted in Co. G, 147th 0. V. I., and acquitted himself with honor.