Miami County, Ohio - The whole text, 1880 (part 16 of 23)

ELI PEARSON, Sr., farmer ; P. 0. Tippecanoe City ; is well Known in the county, and perhaps there is no one who is so well skilled in all branches of mechanism as himself, who never served an apprenticeship ; his parents were Samuel and Mary Pearson, whose maiden name was Coats ; her parents were among the first settlers in this township, and are mentioned in this history ; they were the parents of eleven children, four are living - Henry, aged 82 ; Hiram, 80 ; Sampson, 70 and Eli, 62, their united ages amounting to 294 years. Eli was married to Miss Rebecca Mooney, daughter of Sarah and John J. Mooney, Oct 15, 1837 ; they were the parents of Joseph J., Mary J., Benjamin S., Martha A. and William xl ; Mary is the wife of G. K. Westlake, and Joseph married Miss Phoebe Stewart; Mrs. Pearson died Jan. 14, 1854. His marriage, to Hannah Julien, was celebrated April 15, 1856 ; they have two sons; Sylvanus E. and Warren J. Among the relw» of olden times, in possession of Mr. Pearson, are a wooden clamp to catch wild hogs, made by his father in 1804, which is now as strong and efficient as ever mirror, that was made in 1680, and has been in the possession of his ancestry two centuries ; and a wagon, built by his father in South Carolina, in 1799, that earned them to this county from that State, was used in transportation of supplies tor the army in 1812, and was driven by his brother Benjamin ; it has been use(1 every son of his father's family until he could buy himself one, and is now used for heavy work on the farm. His son Joseph enlisted during the war in Co. A, Hth O. V. C., under command of Maj. O'Farrell ; his battalion was ordered to tne frontier, and guarded the United States mail during the war ; he was honora y discharged in 1 865, having passed through the whole campaign without a woun Mr. Pearson is one of the most social men in the county, and, with his wife as hostess, there cannot be a more inviting place to visit. The products of her daiy cannot be excelled in the State of Ohio. The finest spring in the county bubbles from a fissure in the rocks, and, passing through the dairy room, furnishes wa enough to supply all the stock bred in the State. The beautiful spring-house was planned and built by Mr. Pearson, the stones of which were squared and laid wrrn his own hands ; the tasteful appearance of everything shows his skill and energy- He is a member of Coleman Commandery, No. 17. They are both professed tbn&- tians, he being a member of the Christian, and she of the Baptist, Church, form of 160 acres is a beautiful one, and is well tilled. His son, Benjamin, was also a soldier in the late war, enlisting in Co. G, 147th 0. V. I- ; be died m Mr. Pearson was a member of the Board of Education for thirty-nine consecutive years.

, , PEARSON, Jr., farmer ; P. O. Tippecanoe City ; represents one ^ oldest men in Monroe Township, his grandfather, Samuel Pearson, emigrating to tins township m 1806 ; Hiram, the father of EH, Jr., was bom in 1800, and was marned to Elizabeth Jenkins in 1824, according to the forms of the Quaker Church, and theur marriage certificate is now in possession of his son ; they are quaint old dwuments, and are signed by aU the wedding guests ; three of that large number are vet hvinrr anA 4.1 i . 7 .1 _- were danlht^^ M0 i!ve8J°",the h?"e farm. Eli was married, in 1852, to Miss Nancy, children an<^ Florentine Pearson, whose maiden name was Siddons, w t .. ber five, and are all living ; their names are Mary E., Alva Mr and Mi* p** Jennie i the eldest daughter, Mary, is the wife of James Colin- Home flnrnm^eM8°D are members of the Christian Church, and of Kentucky Grange. Mr. Pearson is a member of Franklin Chapter, No. 24, and is also weU acquainted with the lady named md^<^diti1-EK^02e in this vicinitV is aside from the fact of her beTng the eldrat this brief sketch with interest ; was born in South Carolina^ lW^ndt'now 82^ 8 re"arkable memory she Mrs. Margaret Ingle, who lives in Tndi«n! ^ 82 yJ^ts of "8e '< she has a sister, Robert McClure, #as a Captofa in the He" '."f*1 " 93 **** °fage. Her fether was Mary Buffington ; the? emitted S ;bis wife'8 maiden ""me to Fort Piqua ; Ros^nna^ve the JnZna ^ the"ar of 1812, they moved wife, their dinner, the nexfdav aftlr tn !?° murdered Gerard, Dilbone and his to this county in 1835 -' thev settted fl Pf* wnl Reu^'en and Annie Pence, coming children - Ocey Ph«iJ mI ! ®! Champaign Co. in 1804 ; they had six bara Rudy ; they are the naZta fl1851V^ Pen<£ was married to Miss Bar- Annetta, William H^nd IW P wf ® children-Hamet T., Alfred F, Mary mother of Guy and William n Harriet is the wife of J. F. Kerr, and is the Mary is the ^feofJohnT £e.weU Kerr. Alfh*! married Miss EllaStoher, and Alfred has bZ e£aZ if te^hf^w ®hildren «- M well educated; and members of pod record m itself. Both himself and wife are he votes the RepubK^! ShtITh F? has been Township Trustee for four years : been connected with Z mf'wJ?"# I8,one of the m08t genial of men ; he has also cause he lovea ,8tly f°r fourteen years' and has done much for the oldest chiin^'thp 'n.f11 bTg at. the "E8 of 74 Our subject Was the labor, and educator! in th °D® wbo enuErated to America ; he was inured to farm making his firnTn the ,00m"lon schools ; in 1852, he came to this country, farm work over a* Sandusky City, Ohio, where he engaged in steward on a boat an;ieari'-,111. frll of 1853, took a trip to New Orleans as a returned to Cinpin'n«rf' 1?de Ln fbe latter city, he fell sick, and, after recovering, time ; afteJ ZZ^atl' where he had a relapse and lay in the hospital for some recovering, he found himself unable to go at hard labor, and almnat penniless ; with his little money he purchased some notions and peddling business, which he continued six years with eminent succ^s , he located at Foster's Crossing, Warren Co Ohio, and furnishing goods also ; Mr. Reichel is thoroughly acquainted and reliable ; honesty and integrity are his mUng principles in all been married twice ; first in September, 1859, to Ethlinda MUler, who died m 1866? and again to Hannah A. Cartwright. He had one child, now dead, y 1

B. F. RHODEHAMEL, manufacturer, Tippecanoe; one of toe ewer prising and well-established business men of Tippecanoe ; was torn new Shelby Co., Ohio, in 1843, and is the son of Jacob and Julia R., the ^ ago, and that of his devoted wife, August, 1 878. They hada family four daughters, all growing up to maturity ; one son and two daugnte _ j' the son died in the service of late civil war; was a member of toe - -

Our subject was the youngest son, and was reared and Bch<^le~* f looatine county ; followed farming till 18 years old, when he came to this co y» ^ in Piqua, where he embarked in the wholesale notion business. Ihis with gratifying results for fifteen years, and then moved to Tippecan , has since been engaged in the manufacture of linseed oil and no - ^ brother he holds the largest stock interest in the " Grape Sugar to., la j * the ized in Tippecanoe. Mr. R. is a successful and reliable business man, .

JACOB ROHRER, farmer, etc. ; P. 0. Tippecanoe City Of the ^ citizen o Miami County, none are more worthy of notice than the subject of He was bom in Lancaster Co., Penn., in 1815, and is the son of .ju^1 who was bom on the same farm that our subject was, as was his gra. ' Christian. A brother died on the same farm, November, 1878, at the age o , ended a family ownership in the land that had been existing over low y > place having been deeded to a member of the family by one ot w ^ agents. The father of our subject passed his entire life on his farm, . e occurring June 22, 1825, the first to die in a family of eleven. He ^ children, all reared to maturity. He was married to Maria Farrer,w the advanced age of 83 years. Our subject was raised on a farm, ana ear y ^ the art and dignity of farm labor ; the pursuit of agriculture has been ^ occupation, in which he has taken a great interest and been eminently s In May, 1835, he immigrated to Ohio, locating four miles east of ' an0e he remained seven years, and then moved to his present place, near 1'PF ^ City, which place he had purchased June 23, 1837, of Joseph Jones, w . entered it. On this farm he moved March 1, 1842. Besides farming, he is wrg . identified with various manufacturing interests of the county ; he owns a c ling interest in the " Wheel Works " of Tippecanoe ; has an interest m toe Bugar Co.," recently organized in the same place, and also the ' Troy P . Wagon and Wheel Works," and the "Spiker Wagon Works," at Piqua. Former j au Old Line Whig, he became identified with the Republican party at its org non, and has ardently supported it since. Although no politician, but rew pe have filled so many positions of honor and trust as Mr. R. In 1857 or 185o, elected County Commissioner, and subsequently re-elected, serving six year8' is now filling his third term as Land Appraiser of Monroe Township ; was years a Director in Troy Bank, and for four or five years has been Vice Pres is a Director in the Fireman's Insurance Co., of Dayton, Ohio, and a Trus Knoop Children's Home, of Elizabeth Township. The duties of all these pos enterpnsing of men, and is found identified Jrit? C?u.nt5r' He is one of the most °f the community ; carefUl in aU business a^Jlltw^r .proinote8 the welfare more than an ordinary foresight he is onTwte^'- ?^ctly h?ne8t> and possessing

J. is the wife of James H Snavol,, - nr " ' . >ul^a. and John are not living ; Mary « one of our snS'S®^1 Redded Jacob A. Cain. Mr RusseU bis wife died Aug 1 1880 a9tyle commensurate with his means : felt, not only by ter husband ZnA X&* whose loss will be deeply Russell was wedded to Miss Frenis by m 6 <j?tire neighborhood. Isaac of the county was tern^^R ^Jarmelr.i R °* TiPPecanoe City ; an early settler and Rachel (McPherson) Saylor0 tho°fhrm *P vT" ?5' l82/ > bis parents were Jacob and the latter in thifstate Wh ^ ,n Vlrglnia> near Harper's Ferry,

Jacob and Philip, the Mul isont^8®?^ 94 ?ea?: Uo of his children, op the Miami andenterldoLLIr0, their,ea^ly "lanhood, pioneered their way on it the followi^ snrwZh th ^k" oftlandTm Bethel Township, and moved determination tohew out T temp faf?er' JaC°b began with an onyielding privations and hantehiiJof nionllrr he . wlJdafn?88> b^ng with fortitude the fonr of whom still surrivp Pn !f? ; be had,9,x 80118 and six daughters, only been that of a farmer - +V. subject was the eleventh child, and his life has

Party, and, although no^KH^i1 ' be fi?d? hw P01'410®1 views in the Republican office of County Oomte«i^ bCafi.afl?,"nt' he was elected in October, 1871, to the discharged. He Z lS m 6 du o j8 ?f which he ^'bfUlIy and satisfactorily scendant of early settlersTf1' 1o63, to Jealy Dye> of this county, b detlers of the countv - Sb?phen Dye> being among the first setthe wife of Dr daogbter, Lillie, has been bom to this union, who became

Prominent ritizen««p?' fa£lne5 and manufacturer ; P. O. Tippecanoe ; is one of the gland in T m.»i , and well-established business men of Tippecanoe ; bom in Ensubsequentlv emtell^11. 18*16 ' be is tbe 9011 of ^H'iam and Mildred Smith, who no education hni . kto : they had seven children. George received throughout t iooq ,ac(^uife^ his own exertions and close observation m 1838, he emigrated to this country, landing in New York City, then went to Dayton, Ohio, by steamer, canal-boat and wagon ; he worked aa a laborer at Greenville Falls a short time, and then entered a distillery east of Dayton ; he engaged at this in the vicinity of Dayton, as a laborer, for about five years, and then at merchandising at Fairfield, Ohio, for sixteen months, when he, with ms brother-in-law, leased and operated for three years the distillery, flouring and saw-mill at Greenville Falls ; subsequently for two years they operated a distillery at Casstown, where, in 1852, they erected the first one in this place ; then built a flour and oil mill, which he operated for some eight or nine years ; he then turned his attention to farming, which he has since engaged in ; he is now President of and a stockholder in the " Grape Sugar Company," of this place, which was recently organized, with a capital stock of $50,000 ; he has frequently held offices of trust in township and town, a^ Corporation and Township Treasurer for many years, member of School Board, City School Treasurer, etc. He is a self-made {"*"- . When he arrived at Dayton, in 1838, he had only a sixpence in his pocket, but his energy, industry and business sagacity have won for him a place among the loremost business men of the county. He has done much for the improvement of . e and is identified with all measures of public interest. He is a Republican m politics, and, with his wife, a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is also a member of the A., F. & A. M. fraternity. He has been married twice, first to Miss Jane Smith, in 1839, who died Oct 14, 1877. His second wife was Sarah E. Galowayn^ Bennett One child, now dead, was the issue of this latter union.

J^HN SMITH, farmer ; P. 0. Ginghamsburg ; is a prominent farmer of Mon* 1 o wnshi jx whose father was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., and came to this Elizabeth Whitehead, his wife, was born in Montgomery Co., aoout 1805, and they were married in 1821 ; they were the parents of Susannah, Esther, John, Solomon, Samuel, Elizabeth and Elvira. John was - Montgomery Co., in 1827, and he has always followed the occupation of larmmg. He was wedded to Eve Yount, in 1847 ; they had two childrcn-Catha- M -?fa Smith. His second marriage was celebrated in 1855, Miss ry idemiller being the lady of his choice ; their children are George J., John Ja^iexn^er. D' Eiizrabeth' Peter E., Mary J., Ida, Esther and Lillie M., and is a nr«m*thar^e ai?d ^.are married and reside in Montgomery Co. Mr. Smith lifA men^i|0Ca^P0liticiau, and is a thoroughbred Democrat. He commenced elpcmnf i<? ®mall capital, and by honesty and industry owns a farm of 264 acres of terfcHn ^lS bome and its surroundings are of the substantial kind, charac- canoe boyhood in the country ; he came with his parents to Tippedence Aoril i ^qqA wbere he has since lived ; he moved to his present fine resiof life - hp in where he has a neat home, surrounded with all the comforts

Ten Eick, was TE;J EICK, fanner ; P. O. Tippecanoe City ; the son of Henry educated in thp m tbls county in 1834 ; he was brought up on the farm and to Wyandot Co 8Jlho01 ; he lived at home ®1 the age of 20, when he went for four veam h» fk . charge of his father's stock-farm, which he operaiea agricultural dui-sh itT to tbe homestead, where he remained engaged m dencein TiDDecanop tlT December, when he moved to his present fineresias a Sergeant in the 147th 864, he en^ted in the United States service, and served religious cre^ ^n thp i7^-0; £ ^ 5 he is a Republican, in politics, and finds his bandry. He married ^nPi«^QC^Urc.h ' he. is also a member of the patrons of Husto this union onlv on L Louisa Kiser, of Indiana ; of the five children bom and long-lived familv - hs»nei? C1tizens of Miami Co.; he comes from a vigorous y , ms paternal grandparents were Hollanders ; he was born m

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Somerset Co., N. J., Aug. 14, 1802, and is the son of Matthew and Cornelia (Post) Ten Eick; the former bom May 4, 1764, in the same county as our subject ; his father, Henry, came from Holland in an early day, and settled in New Jersey ; he served as a Captain under Gen. Washington, in the struggle for American Independence, and was a brave man ; he participated in the battle of Bunker Hill and others ; he survived to the advanced age of 86 years, and had seven sons and one daughter ; the daughter married Benjamin J. Hayes, the celebrated New York detective ; Matthew was the seventh son, and, according to the old superstitious belief that the seventh son was endowed with extraordinary curative powers, he was educated for the medical profession, and practiced medicine to some extent through life ; though quite young, he participated in the war of 1776, and was 1st Lieutenant of a New Jersey company. He married Cornelia Post April 9, 1796, who was bom Jan. 4, 1771, in New Jersey ; Matthew emigrated to Ohio in the fall of 1812, making the trip by team ; he located in Montgomery Co., near the present site of Miamisburg ; here he erected his mde log cabin, and began pioneer life ; he soon purchased a farm, and, with unflagging industry and perseverance, established a permanent home, where he passed the remainder of his active life, the latter eight years of his life being passed in Bethel Township, Miami Co., with our subject ; he died at the age of nearly 90 years, April, 1853, and his wife in May, 1849 ; he had four sons and one daughter ; Matthew, his youngest son, went to Iowa early, and with Gov. Lucas, laid out Iowa City, and his oldest daughter was the first child bom in the place. Our subject was the third son, and his early life was that of a pioneer ; the hardships and privations of which developed a vigorous constitution and a fine physique ; in the fall of 1821, he teamed to Ft. Wayne, Ind., where he first met and made the acquaintance of Col. Johnston, with whom he was an intimate friend ever after ; in the spring of 1822, he moved to Shelby Co., on a farm, where he began a career as a farmer, land and stock-dealer , and which has been marked with signal success, due to his unusual foresight as a business man, his industry and economy ; he remained six years in Shelby Co., and then removed to Bethel Township, Miami Co., and in 1865, came to his present place in Tippecanoe City ; while in Shelby Co., he lived a neighbor to Col. Johnston ; he began life with small financial means, and, by his unflagging industry and business sagacity, has amassed a large fortune ; he has 1,440 acres of land in one tract, lying in the horseshoe bend of Honey Creek, Bethel Township, all under the best of improvement ; he also owns " the model " farm of Central Ohio, of 1,000 acres, for which he has been offered $60,000, and a few years ago paid the largest real estate tax in the county ; when the Wyandot reservation of Ohio was sold, he purchased 2,700 acres of the land, and afterward disposed of it in two tracts at a great profit ; he has been equally successful in stock-dealing, and has established a wide reputation as a dealer in fine horses, his judgment in the selection of horses being regarded as par excellence ; while buying horses in Kentucky, he became acquainted with Henry Clay, at whose house he fVequently dined, and one time, to convince Clay that the farming implements of the Miami Valley were far ahead of those of Kentucky, expressed him a patent Wilmington plow, which he much appreciated, and afterward sold him what, he said was the finest horse he ever owned ; during the late waishe took large Government contracts to furnish mules, and among the many hundreds which he supplied, so well had he selected them, not one was rejected by tue Government Inspector ; he is now 78 years old, with his mental and physical powers remarkably well preserved ; coming from a stock of " Old-Line Whigs, he naturally became a Republican at the organization of the party. He was married. May o , 1821, to Eleanor, daughter of William P. and Mary Barkalow ; she was born Nov. 19, 1803 ; their golden wedding was celebrated May 30, 1871, with many »nd valuable gifts ; of the six sons and four daughters born to them, three sons ana three daughters have died. . on(i

AARON F. THOMAS, farmer ; P. O. Troy ; is one of our prormn^t men, ana was born in Concord Township June 12, 1836 ; his vocation mainly thateff engaged in teaching vocal music. ' His father, Samuel Thomas, was born in Ken* tucky, Feb. 24, 1790, and came to this county in 1805 ; his neighbors were Indians, of whom the nearest was the noted chief, Kilbuck, who figured prominently in the war of 1812. Atone time his father sold this chief some whisky, and Samuel carried it to him. Kilbuck became intoxicated ; his son and Samuel were wrestling, and, as Samuel appeared to be getting the better of him, the chief became very angry, attempting to kill him ; Samuel's life was saved only by his fleetness of foot During the war of 1812, he helped capture both this noted chief andnis son, which was a great degradation in their estimation. His wife, Elizabeth Gearheart, was bom in Virginia May 15, 1796 ; she came this county in 1812, and they were married Dec. 26, 1815, and settled near Troy. Their outfit consisted of two knives and forks, two plates, and tin cups to match ; their fbmiture consisted of two puncheon stools, a board being mortised in one for a back, which was usraby Mrs. Thomas in spinning ; all their clothing was manufactured by her skillful fingers. They were the parents of Silas A., Maria, John M., Charlotta, Charles and Aaron F. Thomas, all of whom are living. Samuel was a plasterer by trade, and worked at the business for more than a half-century, plastering the first house in Troy, and also the first one in the county. He owned 160 acres of land, ana was on the pension list of the old veterans of the war of 1812 ; his death occurred in July, 1878, at the advanced age of 88 years. Aaron F. Thomas was first married to Miss Belle McCain ; they had three children - Harry E., Edgar S. ana Frankie, who died in infancy. Mr. Thomas enlisted in the navy, during the war o the rebellion, under Commodore Farragut ; he was discharged in June, 1864 ; soon after his return, his wife died ; his health was much injured in the service, but e is now nearly recovered. His marriage with Miss Susan Patty was celebrated November, 1865 ; he resided on the Thomas home farm until 1879, when he purchased a farm of his father-in-law, Enoch Patty. Mr. Thomas has built a fine residence and bam upon it, and now lives at his ease. They have four children viz., Lizzie, Lucella, Omer and Mary. His wife's father, Enoch Patty, was boro in 1815 ; he was married to Miss Catharine Kessler in March, 1841 ; her P^1*, ' John B. and Susan Kessler, also being pioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Patty wereM. parents of seven children, six of whom are now living. His first wife was m Curtis, by whom one son, William H. Patty, was bom. Enoch is one ot wealthy farmers of this county, and his honorable dealings for a long P®??*1.. years, have greatly endeared him to the people. Since his wife's death, in 187 b, daughters have kept house for him. We cannot hope to have him long with , as he is afflicted with an incurable disease, but we wish to put his name on reco among the first families of the county. n.,

CHARLES TRUPP, contractor, builder and manufacturer, Tippecanoe uy» one of the well-established business men of Tippecanoe ; was bom in Saxo Jr* Germany, in 1833, and is the son of George and Caroline Trapp, both now deceased. George was a contractor and builder, and carried on the business quite sively. Our subject was educated in the common schools of his native country, and from the age of 16 to 18 he took a thorough course in architecture, outside of this obtained valuable experience and instruction in his professio , under the direction of his father ; at the age of 18, he immigrated to this country, landing in New York City, April 7, 1851, where he engaged at carpentering for one year ; he then came direct to Tippecanoe, and followed his occupation for four

1?th0V- 1> in 1862 inthe 94th 0. V. L,in which recent he tt'Lf ^ C!?8e of the war> participating in the battles of Pencyville, Stone Sherman i Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Atlanta campaign and

He is a Republican in politics and b,uf!j J?8 *? *be welfare of the community, has been a member of Stair t. ,"* °f °fflces of *">»or and trust ; for five years, has been for five for,twelve years, was Township Trustee his mother, Jane Ross a yfar8- prevlon9 to tbe Present century ; Paints, by flateboat, so^n atter doW" the Ohio her1 "on ; they pioneered their ,,n ^ Territory was opened up to civilizaentered land under Symmes' Dnrehn^ * pIf9ent 8lte of Franklin Co, where they are noted for their adventn^ tri^A.4*1! ^)88e8 were P'oneers of this county, and them for twenty-seven years Peter w*° IndlaD8' one Taff being a captive among and one daughter by ttafiret and^®**® 'T ",a7ied twice' "d had three som onr subject was the oldLt^hiM ofThe °"e dau«hter b7 the second union; half years ; then he learned the tradsnf w^*' and 8erv®d a term of seven and oneeontinued, a period of f ^ "d, Cra?'8 maker> which he has since glish descent, and a native nf f .am®d dan' I8^3> to Antimns Fitton, of Ento this union, three sons andon^d"'^ ' °f four 80,18 "d six daughters bom otism strongly SS"? w gh I deadi We find *he spirit of patritioruuy soldier and two or k- ^rfav?r family. Peter, the father, was a Revoluh> the war of 18] 2 - Milton ** 8ons' ^ dr8* mamage, John and Peter, were soldiers in this county and hi!fTer ' ^m&bam8bur£- S. S. Wells is quite a noted man P^ents emimted ti fl?.cestl7 dat^ back early in the county's history ; his granddad six children William S0111?^11 1®J6» and settled near Ginghamsburg ; they

Miss Carolbie r ^Iednb^ the Wells family in 1816. Samuel S. Wplls married Caroline Lavy, m 1842 ; their children are Harriet, Matilda, Emily, Margaret,

Evaline and Martha E. ; all except Emily are living ; Mr. Wells is a very prominent man, and is quite a local politician, being an ardent Democrat, a Granger, and Township Trustee. Both himself and wife are members of the Disciples Church ; for fifty-nine years he. has been a resident of Miami Co., and the vast improvements to him seem almost magical ; very few of the pioneers are now living who first settled the Miami Valley, but Mrs. Sarah Brooks, an aunt of Mr. Wells, can almost claim that distinction, as she is past 81 years of age, and is hale and vigorous ; she was born in North Carolina in 1799, and her memory is as bright as though she was only 20 ; many things of interest can be learned from her concerning early times in Ohio ; she was a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Skinner, and was married to John W. Wells in 1818, they being the parents of the following children - John W., Elbert, William H. H., Kitty F., Martha, Isabella and Elizabeth. Mrs* Skinner's father died in 1862, and her 'mother in 1842. She was married to Isaiah Brooks in 1843 ; they had no children ; he died in 1872. The family is a large one, and they are good and honest people.

A. H. WESLER, Justice of the Peace and Mayor, Tippecanoe City; was born in Chester Co., Penn., Jan. 15, 1826 ; his father, John G., was also a native of Pennsylvania, and a farmer by occupation ; he died in November, 1876, at the advanced age of nearly 97 years. He was married to Maria, daughter of Bezekiah Davis, of Revolutionary note ; he was taken prisoner while engaged in the struggle for American liberty, and confined in a prison on Long Island, and while here wrote his name on a pane of glass in the window of his cell, which pane was secured a few years ago by a grand-daughter. John G. was Captain of a company in the war of 1812, and was stationed at Philadelphia, Penn. ; he had four sons and three daughters, all still living. Our subject is the sixth child, and was brought up on a farm till he was 1 7, when he went to the city of Philadelphia and entered an apprenticeship as a joiner and carpenter ; he was engaged here about three years, and, in the spring of 1850, came to this State, locating temporarily in Lost Creek lownship till the following spring, when he located in Tippecanoe, where he now lives ; since coming here, he has been variously engaged at carpentering, surveying, etc ; he has surveyed a larger part of the lots of Tippecanoe City ; he is a Democrat in politics, and, although no office-seeker, has held his share of public offices , be has been a number of times elected to the offices of Justice of the Peace and Mayor and this is a town which gives from 200 to 300 Republican majority, a mark of the confidence and esteem which he has won from the community ; he is a present Justice of the Peace and Mayor. He was married in January, 1853, to ?&kter Henry Krise, an early settler ; five sons and three daughters have

, JOHN B. WESTLAKE, farmer ; P. O. Troy : is a son of Josias Westlake, of wnom mention is made in the biography of G. K. Westlake ; from the Colonel, we interest, which will appear in the history of Monroe Township*

Willia®8^^ firet married Miss Lucinda Earnhart ; she died July 4, 1868, leaving Rnhhin* '' Vs, t^an * month old. The second marriage, to Miss Mary J. L V Oct. 24, 1873, at the residence of the bride's parents, Rev.

resides Dnrineilfkfarmer ' is the owner of 50 acres of land, upon which he was honorahlJ^i war,of rebellion, he enlisted in Co. G, 147th 0. V. L, and ship Trustee at the exPiration of his term of service ; he is now Townof the Chris>i^n?118 f® P08?1011 witi* credit Both himself and wife are members his tuition and is one of the stanch Democrats of this county , is one of the°l«jJ^^ engrafted upon his mind at an early age, as his father reproach, and ^fri^i^ par* in Worm* Township; his character is above the two latter are still living. With tie Yonnta a£!?m°n' F^fd5Tck and Rebecca^ others from North Carolin^and slttlX *eHoovers, Masts and was entered by them at *2 per acre ' TW PT °f the C0UntJr- The hmd woods, from Dayton to the place which thZ^fd to.c"t 8 wagon-road through the they were probably the tot ^ite ± Zt ^ th/irftlture borne, and father settled among the Indies U trod natlve fore8ts- Frederick's molested in the leastby them and their q"lte n.nmerou8 '< 'bey were not ever Uved noble and upright liveT^^h^hl^ "** Socie,y of Friends, and have his ease. His frnn eonsiateof isi 56611 v,ery Prosperous, and now lives at his wife, his grand-dauehter Sri^' Pleasantly located. Since the death of realize this to be the athanne Yount, acts as housekeeper. He can hardly

Ireland, W emLZT£ T . in 1804, in the county of Antrim, Sorth of Co.; worked fiom^ao ao^6"?^ " 1819' and at once found his way to Miami Penler bv . e 182* ,n the Kanawha salt works of Viiginia; was a » dace Kerr nf ih?J~ Jflre Department He was married Dec. 7, 1862, to Oanof four children W C0Un^' and a descendant of early settlers. They have a family

DAVID M. ADAMS, farmer ; P. 0. Troy. David Adams is one of the practical farmers in this township, and has lived here long enough to give many facts of interest to the listener ; he was bom in Troy in September, 1836 ; his first teacoer was Mrs. Fairfield, the mother of the President of Lincoln University, Nebraska. When a boy, going to school, there was a pond holding water all the year where our nice school building now stands. His parents were David ana Ellen Adams, who was a daughter of John and Martha Dougan. David, Jr., was married to Miss Mary Cory, March 11, 1875 ; their two sons are named Andrew L. and Louis A. Andrew was bora Feb. 1, 1877 ; Louis, Jan. 18, 1879, and both are promising lads. Mr. Adams emigrated from North Carolina in 1817, and in Washington Township ; they were the parents of eight children who armed a the age of maturity. Emeline, Louis, Elizabeth, Mary and Manlius were children of his first wife. His marriage to Miss Dougan was celebrated Dec. 27, loH7 , their children were named John D., Andrew J., Finley, David M., Martha D. ana Sarah E. Only four of the children are now living. As the ancestry of Mr. ami Mrs. Adams were all Presbyterians, it is natural for them to follow in their footsteps ; they are recorded among the first families in this neighborhood. Lj 1 1 David's parents moved to Minnesota for the benefit of his wife's health. Ihe climate being still more unfavorable there than this, they soon returned ; with tne exception of four years, David M. Adams has always lived in Miami Co.

W. H. ALEXANDER, farmer ; P. O. Troy. W. H. Alexander is a direct descendant of one of our early settlers, and was bora in Troy Aug. 6, 1843 ; he was the second son of his father's second wife, Margaret Stonaker ; his early life w spent upon the farm, near Troy, and he acquired a taste for agricultural He obtained a good education during his younger days, of which he may well proud. At the first call for troops, on the breaking-out of the rebellion, he ^w one of the first to respond, and enlisted as a private in Co. H, 11th 0. V. I., tap Drury commanding ; three years and three months were spent in the service, ing which time he participated in the battles of Cotton Mountain, Big Sewell, hu Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Lookout M°un l , Snake Gap, Rocky Face and Resaca. He was wounded only once during t e engagements, which was at the battle of Chickamauga. Mr. Alexander was an excellent soldier, served his country well in her hour of need, and was honors y discharged at Camp Dennison June 20, 1864. An attachment had previously existed between himself and Miss Eliza Boone, and, during a visit home on iurlough, he was married March 16, 1862 ; seven children were born to them, s daughters and one son ; the two first, Allie and Lillie May, were twins, born W y 6, 1865 ; Isaac G., born Dec. 16, 1868 ; Carrie, bom Sept 4, 1869 ; Mary, Man* 1872 ; Luella, bora Aug. 4, 1874 ; and Eva Irene, bora Dec. 8, 1876 ; all are Imhg- Mr. A. resides upon the " John Peck " farm, the property of his father-in-law, in - Boone ; he has always been a successful farmer, has prospered greatly, and wi surely become one of our wealthy farmers. His wife died May 5, 1879 ; this 1 w a sad blow to Mr. A., but, as death comes to all, we should be ever ready. H® a ge^rous provider, and is surrounded by all the comforts of life. # .

-HENRY WARE ALLEN, President of First National Bank, Troy, is a nati of Massachusetts, and was bora in Pembroke, that State, April 6, 1822 ; the family wgi^y came fr°m England the first quarter of the seventeenth century ; Rev* Momll Allen, the father of our subject, received a finished education, and became Unitarian Church at the age of 22, with which denomination he j « ait^Uy for nearly four score years, preaching a sermon on his 90th birth a^ter attending the common school near his father's farm, finish ml\ a short time at the Academy of Hanover and the Normal School at Bridgewater, in Massachusetts ; he settled in Troy, Ohio, in the fall nSv^6; ^ Wh'ch ^mess he has been conhe is President, and has always r.^V^rnif^T128*1!011 °f the bank of which laudable undertakings of hia towkTfj 8 Prominent part in all the leading and self with the he time in Miami Co. and has nrnhahL Bafbour; who has passed a long lifeand development : as we interview himT18®8®?* 7 c ?8e*7 88 any one its growth fashioned harness and single line that * 18 B 0WJng m his garden, with the oldscarcely seen in lilies hf wai the 8 COm"°" in the Eastern States, but whose maiden name wak Malkt- ^shel^! 8°?°f Jbomas and Elizabeth Barbour, and Colwells, from near Lexington *K:vte 'is the Barbees and Orrs soon after ; as near as canbe a^rtkinZi' n. 18°4' and Thomas Barbour arrived in a dense foresk in a small lo^b^^th^ "T® mamed in 1810> and settled first year, enough land wfiS ^rthern P*? of thia township; the tuted the chief part of their living - the m® COnl-^I!u P^toea, which constiduring the next twelve month^^nH ^. 8t"^arm of Tta"«8 bad left its mark abont him ; the Indians were auiteteo^hl^8^ "onarchs of the forest lay thick sketch is dedicated common^ °f *?18 work* Loui7 Barbour, to whom this months would in^rSTw^te blf fud'?s a' " early age, but twenty-eight 23 or 24 years of aT a^d e^ teTeft ^ Worked for his fatber now the wife of Georo^RM * he ol? ho?8e - Mildred L. and Elizabeth (who is born Oct 13 1 McKa^ and reside8 " Greencastle, Ind.) ; Mary J. Was skip and hma ?oun^ tblks. Mr. B. has twice assessed the citizens of this townpolitical mattEII611 8fnen^ sntisfaction ; he is a great reader, and is well posted in ticket - u "" under no circumstances does he scratch the Republican fifteen years, and was one of the committee who purchased the Troy fair groun , we presume there is not a man in Concord Township who is not familiar wi

ASA T. 'BEEDLE, Troy, of the firm of Beedle & Kelly, founders and machinists, manufacturers of Troy Champion Corn-planter, plows, etc., one of the mos important manufacturing interests in Troy. Mr. Beedle was born m Miami o., Ohio, on the 28th of January, 1832. His father, Daniel Beedle, was from Kentucky, and was among the earl}7 settlers of Miami Co., locating m un Township. He died in Troy, August, 1877, at the advanced age of 8b years. Asa T. was raised to agricultural pursuits, obtaining a common-school course, until at 21 years of age he completed his education by a course of study a ? och college ; returning from college, he followed farming until 1866, at , whic im he removed to Troy and engaged in the manufacture of plows. In the spring 1870, he associated with him in the business, John Kelly, under the firm : 1 above, conducting a business that increased very rapidly. A card of tneir ness will be found in this work, also a history of their great manufacturing lishment ; their sales extend throughout the Western States as well as k and Pennsylvania. Mr. Beedle was married in November 1858, to Calista J- » who was also a native of Miami Co., her parents being among the early se By this union they have two sons and two daughters. ^

MRS. E. A. BEEDLE, Troy. Mrs. E. A. Beedle, widow of Abram beerne, was bom at Sharpsburg, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1822. Her parents moved to V } in 1824, and she attended school until her education was completed ; her moved to Concord Township in 1842; and settled two miles south of riqua. marriage with Abram Beedle was solemnized June 9, 1847, and they c?1mm® . housekeeping on a farm then owned by Mr. Beedle, three-quarters of mile Troy, on the Covington Pike. Their first daughter, Belle, was born June and is now the wife of J. J. Mitchell, of Yellow Springs, Greene ' ces, the second daughter, was bom Aug. 14, 1853, and is now the wife ot Martin, they reside in Leroy, Coffee Co., Kan.; Emma R., the third daughter, bom June 9, 1854, and became the wife of George S. Helman June 1A * Two short years of a happy married life were enjoyed, when she, together Wl infant son, Harry Orton, were buried in one grave, and the gentle sang the last sad requiem over the grave made doubly sacred by its doub e ing. Horace M., the first son, was bom May 4, 1864, and is now thee0111 his mother ; he lives with her and is completing his education at the Troy sc Abram Beedle, the husband and father, died April 14, 1876, and his rem repose by the side of his daughter Emma and her first-bom, in a lovel) 8P° _ Riverside Cemetery. The entire family, except the son, are conscientious m here of the Presbyterian Church, and their daily life gives evidence of that r which is a "light unto their path." Mrs. Beedle is 58 years of age, has own resident of this township forty years, and may therefore be classed among settlers. Their farm is neatly kept, a roomy brick house containing every necessary for comfort and convenience. u - ..i years. After giving up this business, he engaged in various pursuits u 1879, when he associated with the above firm as special agent, with headqu k* 1851, was united in marriage with Mary C. Case, who was bom Herfamer Co., N. Y., Jan. 12, 1830. They have two chUdren - Mabel, wife o Frank M. Starrett, and Otho. Mr. Binkle\r is a Republican in politics, and for the successof his party. The whole family are members of the M. E. Chumn. V h o' fire in8urance agent, Troy ; was bora in Mary millwright) has been of S *?*kt hL" famous. His trade (that of a these meritorious artideo with ^T1.ce. *° bun in his work. We cannot pass by eomes his steam roS w^n u^th^f " notice- Firet »" order almost perfected win do*?^**® ?ac^ine' tJat> driven by the engine, which is now machine with^whifO?i! d the WOrk of one hundred ^ Per day. He also has a aU ages and flir^ h he ,exPec^slto and scrape from 2,000 to 2,500 hogs, of inveX^fs yTto^mp^nH th thC h0S °f 'hree men' greatest of K patients who have been %Mld 18 8uPPosfi to he a life-saving apparatus, whereby bytbe Physicians, to die, are placed in it. It gen, nitrogen or toni®hing the necessaiy amount of either hydrohope, fctfthe good ^k11' that Patient needs to sustain life. We sincerely success Th^in^ °S hnmamty, that the perfection of this machine shall be a prove eaual to V6 Pi?1U8 °S tkis man is w°nderfril, and, should his machines man in Miami County^^008' cannot faU short of becoming the Wealthiest

Our subject's ^vLS0*' ^hl°' m ^hich the latter part of their lives was passed, ments of hio ^ y 8Pent in Pennsylvania, on the farm, receiving the rudimg medioW m common schools ; at the age of 18, he began read-

Harrish > under to® guidance of Dr. McCowan, a prominent physician of and eTfl(lnof^il^Wa!L his preceptor for nearly two years, after which he entered herein ftvxr^.^S11! Bhysio-Medical College, and received a certificate of mem- Institn^r^^iJr ^ e Ecleclac School of Medicine in Cincinnati. He afterward entered the lecture i 1 Icme and Surgeiy, from which he also graduated ; he attended the nr^J1 va"OU8 plaees, and is thoroughly educated in his profession ; he began practice of medicine in Harrisburg, in which he practiced till 1844, at which time he came to Troy, where he has since discharged the dirties °fa ^I^Pra^"' which he still gives his attention. He has been thrice married ; first, with LUen Williamson, who bore him two children, one living. His second mamage was with Louisa Louthan, by whom he had three children, two living. His third and last marriage was celebrated with Kate Wells, who bore him two children, dsMMd. The Doctor has a beautiful home, in which he is enjoying the declining years

WeU ^ARTIN S. BROOKS, farmer ; P. O. Troy. Martin S. Brooks isoneof the prosperous farmers ofMiami Co., and, during his lifetime of more than tury, he has accomplished his share of developing the county whi honor to the State ; the whole county was, during his boyhoodjOne^ vast f< >res , through which the wild deer and the Indian roamed at will Gene passed and gone, and still some of the early settlers iare left to tell ^ their hardships. Such are now seen in the persons of Martin and E .

He was bom in Miami Co. in 1818, and his wife in 1820. Their^W occu^l March 22, 1842 ; Elmira was a daughter of Samuel and Milly Pierce, and i a ns of John Pierce, whose biography appears in another place. Eduoatio , were limited in their early days ; a log cabin, with a hole left m the , with greased paper to afford sufficient light, was the kind of ^hoolhous ^ their education was received ; Martin's father emigrated to Ohio in , dured all the privations of a frontier life. Martin was bom to be luc y, , an inheritance of nothing but a good physical constitution, he has no* ' P ... farm, well improved, and an income that keeps himself and wife romto out hard work ; during his younger days, he cleared the heavy timber present farm, and cut the second ditch that now drains so nicely the neighborhood. Their 'family consisted of eight children, of whom three living - Thomas L., the eldest, bom July 27, 1843 ; Mary J., h?m _£Pn and Rhoda T., bom June 25, 1849. Thomas was married to Miss Mary' a. * ardson, and lives in Iowa ; Mary J. is the wife of Benjamin Allred, ana Indiana ; Rhoda T. was wedded to Frank M. Perry, and they Jjve e JrJV . on the home farm. Martin and his wife both belong to the Society o > they have ever been noted for their uprightness and exemplary c°n<j^ ' Brooks loves her Bible, and devotes much of her time to the perusal °* 1 -n pages ; we leave them enjoying the comforts of home and friends, an ppj their consciousness of being good and true Christians. nWaM 0f

GEORGE C. CLYDE, Clerk of the Probate Court, Troy. The this sketch was bom Dec. 13, 1819, in Delaware Co., Penn. ; his fathers ^ Peter Clyde, and his mother's maiden name was Helen Breese ; they e ig from Glasgow, on the River Clyde, in Scotland, in 1818, and moved to 1 U » the "Far West," in 1821 ; the journey across the mountains was mao® ~n_ horse wagon to Wheeling, Va., and from there on the Ohio, in a flat-boat, cinnati; they landed in Troy in September, 1821, lived here one y^1*' * - . moved to Lost Creek Township, remaining there until the spring ol l » Clyde's occupation was that of a weaver during his stay : in the ® ^ returned to Lost Creek Township and purchased 50 acres of heavy timber, cleared, and a cabin built of round logs, the spaces between the logs n mud ; in this cabin he lived with his family until a commodious bouse w pleted ; his death occurred in June, 1852, at the ripe old age of 83. of this sketch attended the common schools in Xenia from the age of o ' mid, for two years preceding their removal, attended a private academy, taug Rev. Hugh McMillan, the common schools not affording such instruction, ft , time, as he required ; he then entered upon a course of toil incident to tne mg of a farm in the woods. His marriage was celebrated, at the age of » ,

Miss Pnscilla Knight, April 2, 1841 ; they lived happily together for j. thirty years, rearing a family of seven children - three sons and four daug six of whom are still living, one daughter dying at the age of womanhood ,

«mph «> just$ du^^s^a^^^thOTSi^fr^^^n hrv!?? T* to secure the triconfined himself closely to 7ork on lhf" 'j°1the "S® of 40 years, be other responsible and important mait^na d ]ab°red hard. yet he filled many daring this time, he alsoPtautfit sch<»?foV^v^rUt0r' ^lnistratorand guardian ; the winter season, receiving $15 per month ; *®rms' of three months each, during the art of penmanship aTniirht^n thn^ ' a P0"?60^011 w»*b this, he also tauglft County Bfd 0f A It!* Wa8- ' member of «*e .

Pearson, Probate Judge, and was 7l«£5 under the appointment of Joseph nineteen consecutive vSre dtJhfinT?^! Treasurer of Lost Creek Township for of the County Treasurer's 'office to^rh^h i^l^" f?r a lon8*r term to takecLrge moved, with his family and hit' m J? / Position he was elected in 1859 ; herecontinues to reside ; Ms mother d?^ in W1862Wa8|,?e" ''T?3, *° ^ whew be Treasurer, and, in 1866, was elected Oonntv a.'h-!® served four years as County two terms and eight months - J^o^o^ £udlt0,r- "h,°b Position he filled for Sixtieth General Assembly of Oh?' h ' *872,i he ^°°k bis seat as a member of the body from Miami C<TWJ a^diditef ' "* ^ ®ec<?d 88 a Representative to that certain influences that were aS^id**® ^or /enomroation, but was defeated through at the next succeeding Aiwarra^e?<.?^ain8t k,m> ""d was therefore not a candidate Miami Co L ^^'^ouof the <WlA"l£ bad for forty y^ H^I^d ?00^ th® *"* Representative that party hi being joined^in wedlock to M^Thlili^0 'he marnage relation the second time by tbe 24th of June iW4 Kt r ?attei!on' wh°, r"ided Cincinnati, on which he wan in^.,Lwi0* J ~ough the failure of several business enterorises in son of John H Ste wh^^ Fni°n Toynship, this county, in 1850, and is a member, was bo^nVi^ sketch this work. J. M. Caw, the junior was born in Vtorinia wh* toTTn8hlP ln the same year ; his father, George Caw, the members o^th s " w *J°y if".® to this count^' in whioh he yet lives ; spent two years in r^ceiv,ed c°Hegiate educations, after which Mr. Coate Caw received a like^vrl^f41 "d ?fe, "J Philadelphia, in mercantile pursuits ; Mr. reins of this .Toledo [ m 1878> the above gentlemen took the ability, fair dealing an?^ ^ 0WD h1an^.s and are driving to success ; their mg public who criLf1 if ^ business habits are fully recognized by the buy- generations the name of Coleman has been identified frith local and general posi tions in the various relations of church, state, masonry, medicine and'surgerj , e same patriotic spirit which led their ancestors to enroll themselves under t e n tinental flag moved the descendants in later wars to lead the charging co umn, alleviate distress in the field or the crowded hospital ; the line of descen o subject from this American ancestor, is Noah Coleman first, sec°iicl an i - Noah Coleman third was bom in Hatfield, Mass., in 1 704,. mamed Mary of Colchester, and had a family of seven children, viz., Mary, Sibyl, rioan, > Daniel, Asaph and Zenas. Asaph, the fourth son, was bom in Massacnu 1747 ; married Eunice Hollister, of Glastonbury, Conn., by whom he had six cnndren - Julius, Eunice, Asa, Pamelia, Clarissa and Maria ; he was a P1? physician and surgeon in the Continental army. Asa Coleman, after recen t ^ academic education in his native town, turned his attention to 03 gery, pursuing his studies mainly under the instruction of his father ; J > 1810, he received a diploma from the Connecticut State Medical Sw^ty ; having a prospecting tour to the new State of Ohio, in the fall of 1807, he reso make that his fhture home, and, in May, 1811, left his native State and ,

Troy ; in November of same year, he received a diploma from the Ohio Medical Examiners, and established himself in the town just named, m the p of medicine and surgery, which he followed for more than half a <^nyUIX .. stant success till the close of his career ; an enterprising pioneer, he too* and leading part in all the early improvements of this now beautiful wuniy On Sept 24, 1808, he had been commissioned Surgeon of the 6th ton Militia, and, on the same date of 1811, was made Surgeon of the Uhio » was constantly on the round of duly, visiting the sick and wounded at tn houses and posts along the northern boundary of Miami Co., then tne settlement ; other commissions followed - as Surgeon, as Major, May 1 >

Lieutenant Colonel July 27, 1818, from Gov. Worthington ; in October^ elected Representative to the State Legislature, and served in the first sess held in Columbus, December, 1816 ; he was re-elected in the following y served a second term, declining a third, though strongly urged to /w

Trimble for a period of seven years ; chosen as a Director of the Miami of the State Bank of Ohio, a't its organization in 1846, he served as i .tional its close in 1866 ; he was instrumental in the organization Of the i(yned

Bank of Troy ; was elected its first President, served nearly two years anaresjo through failing health ; he was made a Freemason in 1809 ; was a charter m ,. e

Franklin Lodge, Troy, in June, 1812, and was first Master of the same ; at of his death, in his 82d year, he was the last surviving charter member ; ne a charter member of Franklin R. A. Chapter, Franklin Council R. & b- _ ' ,.g Coleman Commandery, K. T.; the last mentioned bearing his name in Masonic worth ; for six years he served as Director and Physician of *"e. t :n Infirmary, and submitted the plan for the present building ; be was promi establishing the Protestant Episcopal Church in Troy, was elected ms Warden of Trinity Church in 1830. and annnallv re-elected up to the tame on death a continued period of forty years ; fond of agricultural pursuits, much of his time to operations on his farm, and retired thither during the years of his life ; he was above medium height, straight and well proportion , as erect in his advanced years as in his youthfhl manhood ; his bearing was in fled, his step firm, and his hair silver white as the snow ; he lived a long? ' useful and blameless life, and died as one, who, wearied with his labors, the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams. .

ml812 ; she survived her husband but a few months, dying Dec. 5, 1870 ; by last marriage they reared six children - Horace, Pamelia Hale, Augustus Heniyr

"an, whose biography a^^re^thf" " u8Urge<?"' Tr°y : eldest son of Asa Coleeducated at Gambier Oh?^Ih,H-i^ or^' was m Troy Dec. 27. 1824 ; was ,tb® .^fd.ieal College' of Ohio tn ""r®1- fa??r' and Foisted from located m Loganmort lid in th ' -After8 £ew m°nths' practice in Troy, he years, actively engaged in the n^«8Prm£ °£i?^60, where he remained thirteen be ^ a partner^ Dr G *N swgery, three of which surgeon of the 46th Ind V T .LvA, 1,1 ?ct?ber- 1861> be entered the army as or SMgeon-in^hief of his tel ^r &T8' either 88 "edical dir^tor P: X' 1 His services in tlm ^ MaJ.' L864'.h® became surgeon of the 147th fidelity and signal devotion t« distinguished throughout for efficiency, tbe war, he return^ to OW^nT**® °f 7? ?lck 411,1 wounded. At the close of appomted Assessor rfInteiTp d eDg/ge<? " Practice; he was subsequently tbe office duriM Revenue for the Fourth District of Ohio, and filled Chicago Presidential Convent^10®'*!, \D 1868, be was a Republican delegate to the local positions which he h^fin^S ^at nominated Grant and Colfax. Among the a member of the Citv fn "®tho8e of Director in the First National Bank ; third of a century ht ^7 President of the Board of Education. For a occupied high Dr2h"® ^v,06®11 connected with the Masonic fraternity, and has yet affable manners flne*^®1!01 "d trust therein ; he is a gentleman of reserved, for his sterling personal worth. On Nov. 9, 1847, he married Mary L., daughter of C. Aldrich, an early settler of Troy, Ohio ; but a native of Rhode Wand ; seven children resulted from this union ; five are living - Horace, Jessie L., Mwaro, Mary Rebecca and Warren. On the 8th of January, 1880, he moved to the old Coleman homestead, Prospect Hill, Staunton Township, with a view of making tuiB his future and permanent home. ...... ^

S. A. COLLINS, clothier, Troy. Maj. Collins, as he is familiariyMd properly termed by his hosts of friends both far and near, is a native of the State, and was bom in Pulaski Co., Ind., on the 11th of September, 1840, t, the early age of two years, was transplanted to Buckeye soil, where he was 8 up on the farm until 17 years of age ; he then began the business of a con and builder, which he pursued quite successfully until the breaking-out ot tu of the rebellion ; in September, 1862, he enlisted in the famous 11th U. -» and, taking naturally to the business of a soldier, he steadily and rapidly aov in promotion ; after the second battle of Bull Run, in which eng^ement P ticipated, he was promoted on the field, by Col. Coleman, to the °®c^01 f ... tenant, as a reward for gallant services; following the varied fortune o gallant regiment, he participated in the actions of Frederick City ana An . ' after which the regiment was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland » was placed on detailed duty at Gallatin, Tenn., until he resigned his commissiou in September, 1863 ; in May, 1864, by the advice and direction of the State tary Examining Board, he accepted a Lieutenant's commission in the 147t - -

G., and served about four months with this regiment at Washington, D. L., aa. mustered out with the regiment ; since the war, Mr. Collins has been engage mostly in the lumber trade, exporting lumber to foreign markets, and a8 ** .

in building lumber ; in 1875, he took a prominent part in the orgwiization Pearson Guards, Company C, of the 3d 0. N. G., and was elected First ^aP the company, which position he held, making it one of the best military comp Miami Co. boasted; subsequently, in December, 1876, he was elected a°r missioned Major of the Third Regiment, and ably assisted in suppressing road riots in this State in 1877 ; Maj. Collins is now the proprietor of tne aag Clothing House, in Troy, and does an extensive and increasing business line. He was married to Hannah Eamheart May 7, 1864; she was a na _ Miami Co., Ohio, and born in Brown Township in 1840 ; they have a family o children - Effie, Arthur and Alva. The Major is ranked among Troy s Des most enterprising young business men, and will yet win a position and compe if personal popularity, joined to honest and earnest effort is any assurance.

JOHN H. CONKLIN, City and Township Clerk, Troy ; was born m tm* township April 17, 1815 ; his parents, David and Mary J. (House) Conwm, were natives of Ohio, and in about 1814 settled in Piqua, where they made a P« manent home ; his father met his death in Illinois by the hand of a muraeruu* assassin, in the summer of 1837, aged 45 years ; his mother died in Missouri 1861 aged 63 years ; they were parents of ten children, four of whom are livmfr Mr. C. s boyhood was passed in Piqua, where he received the rudiments of a cation, which was more folly developed by attending a school in Spring Township ; in 1835, he came to Troy and was employed as salesman by Har > Pinner & Singer, with whom he remained four years ; since then he has been ployed by many of the business houses here ; he served as Deputy Sheriff Stephen Johnston one term. His marriage was celebrated with Mary J. ***£ who has borne him ten children, eight of whom are living-Alfred L., S^ai>HenI^?eiljamin L-> Bargoon, Lauren F. and John H. ; the deceased are P and Edmund ; Mrs. C. is a daughter of Bargoon and Susanna of Clinton Co., Ohio. He has filled the office of Township Clerk ^Kpr ^?-year8.1? 8ucce88ion, been Deputy Treasurer for two years, and fil ea of honor and trust - in all, discharging every duty, and by so doing bera townsmen. He and his estimable wife have been me of thetwner ' IW^m ** a h\gh. 8tate of cultivation, showing the prosperity of toe S dS W feYer made lte aPPearance for the first tiSe in toe hiTto^ whit SnS? ^Zg^tTUtl^ Where the* Wished and built up H., Henry W Sam^i!? 8 ^w ; five brothers, viz., Joseph, Robert inTroy - toev w^TftLTd ^ohn>1!mmigrated to this county in 1807, and located durin/a ^ of merchants, and did the chief part of the business in Troy and Cairn's wa^hnnif of Tro*v» prominent among which are Culbertson's Mills, grain ete^ fii^Th- 5 the£ were ^usive boat-owners, and were buyers of pork, build UD the comm^ * flark?t Lfor tlle produce of the countiy. and doing much to 2? ZnfiS nmQerciaI wealth of the county ; twoof the brothers were lldiere in children five bov^n^fl1 and Ma^y (Hedges) Culbertson, were the parents often the eldest dauirhLw? ®ve Pr!®> mght of whom grew to manhood and womanhood ; the Christian n^ ! Cathenne E. Moore, was one of the twenty-seven organizers of nary abilitv m Troy ; she was an exemplary Christian woman of extraordito execute* ^?rce ?f character, having the mind to plan and the decision ebritv - ha ia of eldest son, is an oculist and aurist of considerable collocated* at Tndfo ^ head [of the eye and ear infirmary of Culbertson & Eaton, as a jurist ha a?aP?h8\ Charles H. is a prominent lawyer and a self-made man ; which his nrh 8^!?d6L ^igh in the profession, and has a most extensive practice, he has mo/r i?-ni manners and strict attention to business have justly merited : owner nG hj^^Hone of the solid men of the county, being a large real-estate daughter nM j 1st of February, 1855, he was married to Elizabeth Stewart, house rtn fk And5?w Stewart, a wealthy farmer ; the nuptials were performed at the brick hnii^r northwest corner of Market and Water streets, on the morning the in nossea - ^ e °PP°8ite corner was destroyed by fire ; Mr. C. soon after came inesin Tw!°n- 0t u-6 8ame property> where he has since erected one of the finest dwellof ffooH h* ' ifkWlllCk and ^rs* C- have resided ever since, enioying the blessings

Order. The third son, Col. Samuel S., volunteered in the regular army, in September, 1861, as a private, but was soon after appointed 2d Lieutenant, upon the recommendation of Gov. O. P. Morton ; he afterward rose, by his own efforts, to the rank of Major, and was brevetted Colonel for meritorious conduct ; he is now in charge of mines near Leadville. He married Miss Hill, daughter of John Hill, of Indianapolis. Asenath E., deceased wife of James Kerr, since removed to Illinois, and left a large family of children ; the fifth child of Samuel and Mary, was Nancy D., Mrs. Kerr. Joseph and Charlotte H., were twins ; Joseph was a soldier in the rebellion, a member of the 11th 0. V. I. ; he served for more than a year, and was discharged for wounds, for which he draws a fhll pension. He has since married the only daughter of Jonathan Drake, and reared a very interesting family of six children ; he is a prominent advocate of the cause of temperance. Charlotte H. married Augustus D. Grosvenor, son of Daniel Grosvenor, one of the oldest lawyers in the State, and resides at Clarinda, Iowa.

MRS. ELIZA (WRIGHT) CULBERTSON, retired, Troy ; the lady of the above name was bom in Niagara Co., N. Y., in 1811. Her parents, Porter and Louise Wright, were bom in Vermont, and removed to the above county at an early day, during one of the terrible Indian wars that infested that country ; there they lived a number of years ; her mother dying, her father came West, and m the State of Indiana departed this life. She has been thrice married, firet with Nathaniel Hey wood, in 1830, by whom she had five children, two living, viz., William H. and Alexander M.; Mr. H. died in 1840, aged 41 years. Her second marriage was with Daniel Bates, in 1843, by whom she had two children - Harriet L. an Eliza A. ; Mr. B. died in 1850, aged 38 years. Her third and last mamage was celebrated with Samuel Culbertson in 1857 ; he departed this life in April, loTo, aged 77 years. She has lived in Troy twenty-seven years. Death has been a frequent visitant to her family, but with true Christian fortitude she awaits the cal that will again unite the ties that have been severed.

WILLIAM CURTIS, farmer ; P. 0. Troy ; Mr. Curtis is a man to whom we gladly give space in our biographical department. He is a self-made man, having started in life with very limited capital ; he is now reckoned as one of the weaitny men of the township ; and his farm is perhaps the equal of any for beauty and ttility. He was bom in 1824 in this county. His parents' names were Hiram an Jane Curtis. Hiram was bom in North Carolina, and came to Ohio w"en. years of age. Jane Sheets, the mother of William, was a native of Pennsylvani During the war of 1812, Hiram helped supply the army with provisions, lovely land was then the home of the Indian, wild deer and wolf. To-day it is model of civilization and prosperity ; the heavy woodland has given way to. ax of the pioneer, and, in its stead, a heavy harvest is being gathered. Wulia was married to Miss Sally Freese June 24, 1849 ; her parents were natives Carolina and were of German descent. William and Sally Curtis have had thirteen children, of whom twelve are now living - Sarah A. was bora in 1850 ; Mary J. 1851 ; Francis Z., July 25, 1853; William D., April 17, 1854; Martin A., Apnio, 1856 ; Elwood J., Jan. 3, 1859 ; Peter H., Oct. 3, 1860 ; Calvin D., June 11, 1»JJ ; ^ydia B., Nov. 5, 1863 ; Nannie E., Sept. 3, 1865 ; Minnie M., May 13, 1807 , Burnette, Feb. 9, 1869, and Charles H., July 10, 1871. Calvin is the only member of the family that is not living. Sarah A. is the wife of David Stahl, and resides m Darke Co. All the other children live in this county, and have married we , Mr. Curtis has always been noted for his integrity, and has for several year8 connected with the public schools in an official capacity. Both Mr. and Mrs. pu rpf are members of the Christian Church, and live in accordance with its teachings. I bey have an elegant residence and live well, as Mr. Curtis is a generous provider. poUtics^ VOt6d ^ 0ther than ^ ticket, but takes very little part m and Ji£?N W.DEFREES, editor of the Miami Union, Troy ; son of John Defree8' w" bo*11 Nov. 4, 1809, in Rockbridge Co., Va. ; with his parents to Piqua, Ohio, in December, 1814; remained with his to do even the lightest work-in clean n^r,th ,time be .was Iai2e enough left home in October, 1836, going to Gosheif Tnd tl? cultivating the new farm ; late John L. Meredith, in a^tore beloZw V^ w 16 p *?* a P08**00 with the home in 1837, and, in March 1838 ^ , j -JP'.^^riiee, of Troy ; returned

Win. Scott, where he remain^ ^*p*Sd a clerksblP b> the store of the late and, in the succeeding fall purchased ' D-ft the !tore.in APril, 1841, eied it, and commenced the publication of the Piauaff^/* remodto publish uninterruptedly until January 1KH7 ^ whl?h he continued part of the time, the pap^r w« nuhlf4j. f'K S°ld °Ut ; durinS the '*tter in an early day, in company wfthTJ^vT °S ^e?ly ®erard> who came to this county ment in Staunton Townshin wh^ftf r and John Knoop, who made the first settleness to one of the hannorP' bc b'yed to see the county change from a wilderchildren TuL L ^mothe^f®8 *? State.: be was the of twenty-two bom in MiamFco in the 01U!enab^ect!was' *s claimed, the first white woman 1878 she Z Z'ZSe yf? l8.00' in which Place she lived till her decease, in Mr. Deweese has a W« r°f ^"rieen children, thirteen of whom reached maturity.

The edimntfr,80 a Peda£J?£ue in those days, and wielded the birch with great dignity, advantage kD /^ungBeweese received was a very good one, considering the 1844 was married to Miss Martha L. Ruth on the 27th of June,

Thev onont ^ "enn > nnd resided there until a short time before her marriage. j pe t no tame " seeing the sights " and spending money that could in those times be used to such good advantage in other ways, bnt at once wmmenced housekeeping on the old home farm, where Mr. Deweese was torn. - » 1846, William T. was bom ; Matthias D. was bom Dec. 18, 1847 ; he died March 13, 1870, after a lingering illness ; Andrew G., the third son, was born Jam 9, ana now lives near Sedalia, Mo. He wedded Miss Clara Counts, of Staunton P'

Jan. 28, 1874. Harry L. was bom Sept. 27, 1852,andis now living mthh.8 brother Andrew on their farm, near Sedalia, Mo. On the 12th day of September, ,

Ruth E. first saw the light ; the joy of the parents knew no^bounds, but in tw short years she was laid beneath the sod, and the soft September wind 8 gentle requiem over her grave ; her demise occurred Sept 22,1 obi. - .

from this residence is the equal of any in this neighborhood, and ov city of Troy, the Miami River and canal, as well as the magnificen Building, which is a credit to Miami Co. The farm, of 117 acres, is in a & .

of cultivation. They removed to this farm Dec. 17, 1873, and ita in Troy renders it convenient to trade, church privileges, etc. Mr. andM. . are both members of the Episcopal Church, and have lived in accoJ<""* , tLe;r rules for the past thirty-six years. They are surrounded by comions, old age will surely be one of happiness and plenty. , .

W. H. H. DYE, proprietor of Dye's Oil Mill, Troy. Mr. Dye, bemgamg the oldest as well as the most influential settlers of Miami Co., nararauy a prominent position in the biographical department of his county s i y is a son of William and Elizabeth (Evans) Dye, and was born Dec. 2t>, > father, William, was a native of Pennsylvania, from which State he e gra Miami Co., and located in Staunton Township in the beginning of the p tury, where his death occurred Jan. 28, 1823 ; the mother, Elizabeth,

Maryland, but immigrated with her parents to Kentucky in tor infancy, resided until her marriage ; having reached a good old age, she died L in.

the residence of her son, W. H. H. Dye. William, as well as the Jp^nof re drew, with whom he emigrated here, figured conspicuously among tneear yp ^ of the county, and in another department of our work has received a g tended mention ; Andrew Dye died at the advanced age of 93 years. _ - ^ mercantile business, in which he prospered, and in 1838, he began if®... an(j and milling business, by purchasing the property now known as Dye s » continued this uninterruptedly until 1865, part of the time in c^e^°" verted mercantile trade ; he abandoned the distillery in 1865, and in 1877, he the same into an oil-mill, of which mention is made in the history oi 1871, he organized the banking house of W. H. H. Dye & Son, now kno Miami Co. Bank. Mr. D. has prominently identified himself as a genero > as well as a man of great ability in business. In 1839, he married Marx bertson, who has borne him seven children, six daughters and one son.

Mid was a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Gerhart) Thomas ; they are tioned at length in the sketch of Aaron Thomas, as are also their children.

Dye s grandparents were Abraham and Susannah (Smith) Thomas, w natives of Kentucky. The wedding of Miss Maria H. Thomas and Minor J* J was celebrated Oct 27, 1840, Rev. Richard Braudriff performing the ceremo}, their chddren were bora in the following order : Orlando W., Sept. 9, 184 > a*' °qV*,L1842 5 Thomas S > 15, 1844 ; Miranda L, March 3 1845 , M ,

Mr. Dye i was a prosperous man, and left to his widow a lovely farm his death occurred July 19, 1879, and of him may truthfully be said, that

Pennsylva^/Md^he h^ fnnrtWden ^?e WaS E,izabeth Clyne, a native also of Two of his sisters still rp^lin ^a children, ten of whom lived to mature age. the old to Mr Stattler> stm u^n iect Of nnfol^ U th ° . r' Ehzabeth, was married to Mr. James Dve. The sub: he began Iife^nr v*8 r^,8e<* on tl>e home farm until he was 23 years of age, when bethfbwn tj/0^11118^^88 a fanner- He was married May 20, 1829, to Eliza- yearein^EliMhethT^118 ^wns^>- uHe wrved as Justice of the Peace for nine «on for on^T hlp-ir He has been a "ember of the Baptist denominafollowed Hl8 venerable fether died in 1842, and his mother ease and rvimW - m now exPe°ts to spend the remainder of his ripe old age in well sDent «. ^ ' ®JIT0Unded by bis children and the comforts of a life about* . E ARNE ^KT, lawyer, Troy. Mr. Eamhart is a young man of Jacob and^PhnlL h® was born near Fletcher, this county, and is the only son of mother a (Brap800) Eamhart. His father is a Christian minister, and his common i onmmm. xie receivea ms earj which he wb0 8' m t^e high school of Troy, of which he is a graduate, after University T^a tiie Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, and the Michigan bovhnnd vL eT where he graduated in 1874. His mother dying in his

187ft e atterward made his home with his uncle, Commissioner Northcut, until served * ren?oved Troy and began the practice of his profession. He has the fall rtf i&ro8 um °®ce M»yor, discharging the duties satisfactorily. In active _01, 18 . > be was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the county. He is an this tim °r a m the community, being Captain of Troy Guards at non-nh - AS a Prac^^oner, be is successful and entirely self made ; is a reticent, and on s!flVe gen^emaD' preferring that modest worth should win him the respect s^^ nnaence of the people ; his progress since his admission to the bar has been lecture ^a*r become one of the leading lawyers of the place. As a fnl - k®8 a accord not unworthy of mention ; he has made several successnninf" n?11 ^at bne> among which was " The Trial of Christ from a Legal Stand- Po On the 30th of July, 1876, he was joined in wedlock to Lizzie, daughter

MRS. LYDIA ENYEART, Troy. Mrs. Lydia Enyeart is a worthy representative of one of our oldest and best families ; she is a daughter of one of the first families in the county, and the name of Martindale is one ever associated with honor and gentility. Her husband, John L. Enyeart, came to this county in 1830, with $10 in his pocket ; he was married in 1840, to the lady who still survives and bears his name. The children were ten in number, eight survive - Sarah J. (wife of David Coppock), Hester R. (the wife of H. H. Miller), Thomas J. (married Elizabeth Pearson), Elizabeth (married Leander McDonald), Martha C. (is the wife of Philip White), Rebecca (married Daniel Elliot,) John (is the husband of Maggie Connor), and Mary (is Johnston Harvey's wife). Mr. Enyeart died in 1867. By industry and frugality, he was then owner of 358 acres of land, equaling any in the township, worth not less than $29,000. Thomas now lives with his mother and manages the farm. Mrs. Enyeart is now grandmother of twenty-three children. For more than a half-century, she has been a consistent member of the Christian Church j her home is a pleasant one, near Troy, and her declining years will surely be passed in comfort

WILLIAM A. EVANS, grocer, Troy. The subject of this sketch was bom near Piqua, Ohio, in the year 1839 ; he is a son of Luke, a native of New Hampshire, and Rebekah (Adams) Evans, a native of New Jersey, who came to this county about forty-two years ago, and settled on a farm four miles north- 68815 of Piqua, where he remained till the year 1869, when he removed to Piqua, and retired from active life. William A. lived with his parents on the farm, tul the year 1861, when he went to Illinois, intending to try his fortune in the West. In August, 1862, at the call of his country, enlisted under Col. A. C. Hardlpg, in the 83d I. V. I. On the 3d day of February, 1863, he was wounded at Ft. Donelson, after which, he remained in the hospital for twelve months, being removed from one place to another, and suffering the effects of transportation on his already impaired health. On the 3rd of February, 1864, he was honorably discharged on account of his wounds. After remaining in Monmouth, 111., for a few months, he returned to the home of his boyhood, where he remained with his parents till their removal to Piaua. he.inor nnnhio rwrfnrm manual labor, his health winch office he held for two successive terms. Sept. 16, 1873, while the incum- °®« of Sheriff, he was joined in wedlock to Sarah B. Clyde, a daugkoi lieorge C. Clyde, one of Miami's oldest citizens. After retiring from office, TQ^Qu8pent hls time in overseeing the farm, and other private affairs. In Apnl, ae opened a grocery in Troy, in connection with John C. Rogers, under the

CAREy A- FOWLER, fanner ; P. O. Troy. Carey A. Fowler is one of our LnPront armers, and his standing in the community gives him a place in the Indiana Pfrents> John D. and Nancy Fowler, emigrated from Wabash,

Nancv 1 KJf DatlVe ?f Pe?nsylvania, but came to Brown County, Ohio, in 1804; 1821 ^anH wasJk°rn ln Brown County, and they were married, probably, in He w^ratW ^ "°ved to Kentucky f again removed to Wabash, Indiana owned flamo^61^8!6*'10' nevertheless managed to keep about all he ever the suDDlips in those days, and many of the settlers depended upon was then a this 8011106 for sustenance. The Temperance Crusade was the excentfnn11ithikU^llt.of' and wllisky was almost as common as water ; Carey really feared that h* ?ever partook of the beverage, and the old men all of those aro 18 °°n8titution would give way, did he not drink ; but nearly tippling as during- that Indulged so freelv ; Carey is as ardently opposed to was called a farm. Deweele > Pmce of woods, which, at that time! chase with his dog and whdS !'ante/r- and bis time was spent in the clearing, and, in fiSt, all ^hat^dnn# (DeJe^e, had three sons) did the deer and turkeys were oflenlotfr^th °f ?U klnds was abundant, and sive one, and his mother wrench- h. bl" wmdow' His life was an oppresd*d in the spring of lfttP rr^ hlm. *° retum to his "ative county, which he «me. He enSifL education had been wholly neglected 'u^tU thi! until the age of 21 whan i rother-in-law, 8oIomon Kerns, and worked for him 1852, his Zther Jo£ W °f ' *£* a»d »100inih "in ®cuted, and they started 7'* him to California, to which he con-

»t was ascertained that they would htv/T N?W York- ^P011 their arrival there, cbtain passage, all the berth# in** b?Ve -t° 8tajr nmet-v days before they could topped in New Fork one w^k fin^?,ng ve?8^l8J having been taken/* They at once acted upon n!hwJ and>flnally, concluded to return home, which mu "rival, and he £mmTce^ ^ T a'm06t bJ the time of his bother man, for $12 50 per month ** a Mr 5en?8, Afterward, be hired to Nathan for Miss Eleanor^hh^' f 8tronS attachment had been formed by 21st of April, 1850 Thev^b^i"1<\,they were subsequently married, on the in money ; but in asnuin^ neither home, cow, horse nor sheep, and only *75 they commenced their mlJ3LCi%W' Th,oh Natban had built on his brother's land,

Year by year he nmo Mimed life. In 1857, he began farming and buying stock, which he^now 'A'" 1 he- ?urehased the handsome fam upon The fine orchard, togethe/wifh th« l8"^'*4181 1"provemente were made by him. most desirable farmf in thJ^- ^ larKe barns and granaries, make this one of the are now Iiving-Sh E hM File of the 8" chi,dren bom to them

From a wildemeaa Mr p 1 In? tnbute to tbe teaching of their estimable parents, once stood Rio i ' ^ra^er now beholds, the fields of grain, where the forests is energy may be understood, when, for his tuition, he chopped

MICHAEL FRONTZ, retired, farmer ; P. 0. Troy. Mr. Michael Frontz is one of the prominent farmers, having lived forty-one years in the township. He was bom in Germany, and came to Ohio in 1834, settling in Miamisburg. His earthly possessions consisted of only a few dollars, but fortune smiled on him from the first, and he has steadily prospered. He courted, and afterward married, Miss Mary Eberd, of Montgomery Co., May 4, 1836, Rev. Daniel Winters officiating. Their wedding tour was taken from Dayton to their home in a two-horse wagon. Housekeeping was commenced on a farm owned by the father of the bride, where they lived very happily together. The second year Mr. Frontz purchased four acres of land and erected a weaving establishment. He made a specialty of coverlets, and to say that they were genuine would be only the truth. The children each have a specimen of his work, looking almost as good as new, that was woven in 1837. Seven children were bom, and three are now living - Sarah J. is the wife of Rev. George Tenney ; William, the only son, married Miss Sarah J. Honeyman ; Mary A. is the wife of William Sager, who now looks after the farming interests. Mr. Frontz had an attack of paralysis in October, 1879, since which time he has been confined to the house. His wife died April 12, 1868, since which time Mrs. Sager, his daughter, has superintended household matters, and is a splendid housekeeper. Hie orchard and buildings are all in good shape, and the farm is a nice one. They are comfortably situated and everything presents an appearance of neatness and prosperity. Mr. Frontz is 72 years old, and was bom in Gutenberg, Germany, in 1807. He has witnessed much of the growth of this country, and his life has been a financial success. He views the situation politically from a Democratic standpoint, and is the first Democratic supporter of the Miami Co. history m this township. For fifty-eight years he has been an active member in the Lutheran Church, and has lived strictly in accordance with its teachings.

W. H. H. GAHAGAN (deceased); bom in Miami Co., Ohio, Nov. 14, 1835 ; was a son of W. H. Gahagan, a prominent agriculturist ; he was the cniei organizer of the Miami Co. Agricultural Society, and served as its Secretary for seventeen years ; died April 14, 1870 ; his wife, whose maiden name was Hester L. Culbertson, died Sept. 9, 1874 ; they were the parents of nine children, four daughters now living. William Gahagan, the grandfather of our subject, was among the early pioneers of Miami Co., and, in 1809, entered a part of the land now within the corporation limits of Troy ; a few years later, he purchased a large part of the land upon which the business portion of Troy now stands, donating the city for a cemetery the lot where now stands the first school Our subjec being the only son, followed the occupation of his father, succeeded him on tne tarm. which he greatly improved, exhibiting taste in beautifying and tact in managing the same ; he was a Republican in politics, and, while he had no aspiratio^ or office, labored hard for the success of the party ; was patriotic and manifes ^eat interest in military affairs ; on the breaking-out of the war of the region, ennsted m the three months' service, then re-enlisted for three years in the 1 ltd . . . l., and was appointed Second Lieutenant Co. D, which position he resigned ' iu the fal1 of 1861> he returned home, and, never regam- VojL . ^th, died Dec. 4, 1877. He was married to Hannah M. Smith Apn , ? wIitlWR l2rn irLClark Co., Ohio, Nov. 20, 1838 ; they have three children, daughter t? ' Bessie, all now residing with their mother, who i

ELRITRT^td6 Anl?rica when an infant ; died in Clark Co., Sept 13, 187 - in Jackson p ^ GALBRAITH, proprietor Riverside Hotel, Troy; was h° . Galb^h ^ Co., Mo., March 22, 1844, and is a son of Samuel remained in schrvrt* tfken his parents to the city of St. Louis, where removed to Ashtahii^n11 attained his 10th year, at which time his Pare tered out of service - he acrain onf^vl^+vT °t5 tbe *3thday of December, was musoommenced teaching school in 1865 and & School to finish his education ; and has since been ownni^ ^ ®clot°Co. ; m 1876 he located in Miami Co. House in Troy of which*he is nnw^h keeper.; in 1878> be opened the Riverside the fullest 4acity of the ho^ ^,b«ilt UP a business to ters in thia nT ^ ^mcinnati ; be was one of the pioneer Methodist minis- Elizabeth Piort n<^-J *hf? we£? Parents of Winans, John, Carman, Sally H. and J *'- ffither' David Clark> Sr*i was a aa«ve of Scotland; Rev. iue the Inf fx tv. °^lna"y owner of the land Tippecanoe is now built upon, donat- Evans in ^fionthe By**!**11* M. E. Church; he sold his possessions to Robert > o0, and emigrated to Sangamon Co., 111. ; for forty years he was an ordained minister ; D. C. Gideon began the study of medicine in 1865, and graduated at the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, in February, 1873 ; he formed a partnership with his preceptor, Dr. John Clark ; during his stay in Danvers, McLean Co., 111., Dr. Gideon was editor and proprietor of the Danvers Independent , one of the spiciest local papers in the State ; he emigrated East instead of West, March 1, 1880, and settled in Troy, the home of his ancestry.

PETER GRAY, farmer ; P. 0. Troy. This gentleman deserves a place in history, as he is a prominent farmer, and his influence in his neighborhood is considerable ; he is a native of Virginia, and was bom in Morgan Co. in 1837 ; when he came to Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1858, his worldly possessions amounted to $50 ; he stopped among strangers, and commenced work at $13 per month ; the next year, he was employed in farming the land of his former employer, and for his share received one-third of all he raised ; he continued on this farm for nine years, and by economy had managed to lay by a nice little sum ; he then came to Troy and commenced work for Reuben Michaels, receiving 80 cents per day when he worked, and his board when he did nothing ; during this time, he formed an acquaintance with, and afterward married, Miss Josephine Byrkett, daughter of Solomon and Catharine Byrkett ; in January following, they commenced housekeeping in an old washhouse on the Favorite farm ; in March, he rented and moved upon a farm in the immediate vicinity ; after working this place one year, he purchased the farm where he now resides, paying for the same $75 per acre ; he now owns 100 acres of nice land, of which 90 acres are in cultivation ; all this was accumulated by his own hard labor. Their children are named respectively Jam® P ., John H. and Maggie E.; James P. was bom March 19, 1871 ; John H. April 11, 1873, and Maggie H. Sept. 1.5, 1877 ; the schoolhouse across the way affords them an excellent opportunity for obtaining an education. Mrs. G. is a member of the Christian Church, and will surely rear her children in accordanbe with its teachings. Politically, Mr. Gray is a Republican, and his business integrity has made him one of our solid men ; from $50 in 1858, to $10,000 in 1880, is a fitting exhibit of his industry.

DANIEL GROSVENOR (deceased). Daniel Grosvenor, who was ranked among the earliest inhabitants of Troy, was boro in Fairfax Vt., May 8, 179«> and was directly descended from an old English family of that name; his boyhood was spent on a farm, where he acquired his education mainly by his exertions, studying such books as he could procure, by the light of a pine knot or the brush-heap fires. When 19 years of age, he belonged to a militia company of Green Mountain Boys, and went, with his squirrel rifle over his shorn* r> J°'n the army and assist in repelling the British attack on Plattsburg, N* Y.; he here participated in the battle of Plattsburg, lasting about three days, in September, 1814, and was a witness to Commodore McDonough's victory over tne British fleet on Lake Champlain. He came to Ohio in 1819, settling at Troy, where e supported himself by teaching school while pursuing his legal studies ; be was Puttee April 12, 1822, and served as Auditor of Miami Co- 18t®\ ®eo' lf*29, he """Tied Frances Barber; she was b°n> a laid?*?*' 29, 1804, and, while yet a child, removed to Truxton, Cort^

« a s?ven children, all but one of whom arrived at mature age ; three were fonr gr/ls, and of these the eldest son and two daughters are deceased, tom«7?n8?K8 "nd *wo da°8hters are yet living. The subject of our sketch conmeMnfflf! Practice of his profession at Troy many years, and also engaged® was nmini^8.8^1*8' untal failing health compelled him to quit the law office ; h times' when m P^'tical life as an original and out-spoken Abolitionist in th and youngest son are now doing bLuLss ta* & t2l?rlf "?d J uliufl ' the father trade with Young & Smithem - ;£-?- ,Charles learned the tinner's done more to advan<£ its businpL^^lf?^ enterPnsing men, and has probably city ; he was bom in Warren n?8 ^?res.ts **""1 111411 w^o ever lived in the capacity of wta\tai?100 hiihef. ' r er6Cted bls P1688"1 distillery in 1866, the draulic of KnooD's* hefrs to ^,/ ^ Perd*Y ' be P^hasedthe Troy Hytime it had profited nothtotr wlSi rt was bmlt bY 8 company, but until this turn this fine water Mr' Hayner proposes now to erect a paper-mill and