Morrow County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1880 (part 16 of 17)

21, 1828, leaving Mrs. Halferty with nine small children, the oldest being but fourteen years old, almost in the wilderness, with few resources, but an indomitable courage, and an energy that knew nothing of failure. She was possessed of remarkable physical powers, being able to pick up two bushels of wheat and put it on a horse. They were favored with remarkable health, and paid no doctor bills in the family. They all worked together to clear up the farm and put out crops, and as the boys grew up she held them firmly to the principles of right. If, perchance, either of the big boys did not obey her word, his size did not prevent her from administering a wholesome lesson of correction. They cleaned wheat by fanning with a sheet, and went to mill at Mt. Vernon. Of the family five were born in Pennsylvania, and four in this township. James L., who married Mary Lamb, and she died, and he subsequently married Rachel Sherman, also deceased; he lives in Noble Co., Ind. Edward married Henrietta Carr, and lives in Noble Co., Ind. Margaret, now widow of Martin Buchner, and lives in North Woodbury; Isabel, still at home; John, father of our subject, (see sketch); William, died July 28, 1875, in Noble Co., Ind., leaves wife and two children; Mary lives with her mother; Robert married Sophia Waltman, of Richland Co., O., now lives in Noble Co., Ind.; Jane, now Mrs. William lines, who lives in Noble Co., Ind. The father of our subject, John Halferty, was born in Fairfield Tp., Westmoreland Co., Penn., Oct. 10, 1820; he was eighteen months old when the family came to Ohio in the spring of 1822. He attended the subscription school a short time for six winters, probably not more than nine months in all. June 24, 1837, he began learning the trade of carpenter and joiner with Daniel Bowman, serving an apprenticeship of two years; he erepted some buildings on the home place, and worked as journeyman for one year. About 1840 he employed hands and began building by contract, which he continued for a period of about fourteen years, generally employing about three hands. He built several fine residences, churches and school-houses in this and Richland counties. In 1854 he })urchased forty acres of section sixteen and rented the homestead on which he began farm operations. His labors were attended with success, and he now owns a large interest in the homestead, and his first purchases. He united in marriage with Ann E. Woodrow, June 24, 1851. She is a daughter of .John and Hester (Sills) Woodrow, born in Cumberland Co., Pa., Oct. 12, 1829 ; five children have been born to them - Frank, born Aug. 10, 1853; Mary J., Oct. 22, 1855, married .John Green of this township; Martha E., born Dec. 14, 1S61; Almeda, .Jan. 15, 1864; .John Halferty, .Jr., April 18, 1871. Mr. Halferty is a mt^mber of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, in which he has held the office of Trustee; he is a member of .Johnsville Grange, No. 802 ; he supports the measures of the Democratic party, and has been elected Trustee a number of terms ; he has also held the positions of Assessor and Land-Appraiser. Thus have we traced through foiu" generations, the fortunes of a family whose history is a part of the country's heritage.

GEORGE HARMAN, blacksmith; Woodview; he is the second son of .John and Queen Anne (Smith) Harman; born Nov. 3, 1837, in the town of Nimburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, of the German Empire. When he was seven years old, the family sailed from Bremen, and after a voyage of nine weeks, reached Baltimore; they settled on a farm about seven miles from the city, where they lived for some time, when they removed to Baltimore and lived there until his parents died, the father in 1809, and the mother in 18G7, leaving three sons and one daughter - -John, George, .Joseph and Mary. Our subject went to school, but in his youth he worked at different kinds of employment until he reached his eighteenth year, when he served a threeyears' apprenticeship at blacksmith! ng with Abraham Oeligrath, of Middletown, Md.; he worked as journeyman some four years, part of the time in Baltimore; he united his fortunes with Miss Louisa Oeligrath, Jan. 20, 1863. She is the third daughter of Abraham and Amelia (Marsailles) Oeligrath; born in Middletown, Md., Oct. 8, 1842. Her father came from Prussia to America in 1834, beingtwenty-five years old; he has followed blacksmithing in Middletown since 1835, building up a good business; he was well educated in Prussia, and served in the army three years; he takes a deep interest in politics, and has been Justice of the Peace for many years; in 1837, he married Amelia Marsailles. Of this marriage nine children were born - Amelia, Sarah, Louise, William, Eliiora, Rosina, Emma, Ferdinand and Lillian. The mother was born in Prussia, of French parentage, her father being a captain of fifty in the French army under Napoleon, and met and married her mother during one of the campaigns. After marriage, Mr. Harman started a shop of his own in Carroll Co., Md., where he worked about ten years; he then set out for Ohio, arriving at Mansfield April 15, 1873, where he worked some six months; in the following fall, he came to .Johnsville, Ohio, where he worked about sixteen months as the partner of Charles Parsons; he purchased the present residence and shop in North Woodbury in April, 1875, where he does an extensive business in general blacksmithing and the manufacture of buggies and wagons of the most substantial and attractive varieties; he has but three children living - George G., born July 22, 1867; Ina Rosabelle, Jan. 13, 1874; Pearl Lilian, Sept. 20, 1877. Four are dead - Elmer, Bertha J., J. Elwood and Amelia E.

WILLIAM IRELAND, farmer; P. O., Shaueks. Among the "new settlers " of this township, the above named gentleman is worthy of more than a passing notice as a representative ex-soldier and a worthy citizen. He is a son of Andrew and Nancy (Goben) Ireland; born in Danville, Knox Co., Ohio, May 14, 1844. He passed his boyhood in the village, and assisted his father in the hotel until he was 15. He then engaged to work for his grandfather two years for two colts - one of which died before the time was up, and William, being a lad of 17, enlisted in the 30th Regiment, Company A, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. Hayes and Col. Hugh Ewing. This regiment formed a part of the illustrious 15th Army Corps. Our subject enlisted July 1, 1861, for three years, and fought in the battles of the siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Black River, Manassas Junction, Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, siege of Atlanta, and with Sherman in his " march to the sea." He re-enlisted in 1863, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war, being mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas. He was never off duty from wounds or sickness. He was taken prisoner at Atlanta, but escaped the same day. In the hxst batth^ in wliicli he fongrht at Goldshoro', a musket hall passed thiouirh his caitridj^e box, which he keeps as a trophy of his nanow escape. ( )ut of' twenty-two who enlisted in his r('<i;inient IVom Knox Co., he was the only one who returned at the close of the war. On his return he lived with his grandfather Ireland one year, when he united his fortunes with Sarah Cutler. Their marriao-e ceremony was celebrated .luly 4, ISGC. She is the only daughter of Robert and Esther (Evarts) Cutler, horn in Schuyler Co., 111., Oct. 15, 1842. Her father, Robert Cutler, was born August, 18()S, in Wheatacre Parish, County of Norfolk, Englaiid. His father was a farmer, and he was well educated. In 1826 he left " Merry England" for the island of Jamaica, where he became a bookkeeper on the Chiswick estate, situated in St. Thomas, in the East, for about two years. He next became bookkeeper on the Surge Island estate, and was promoted to the position of overseer at the end of a year, but he soon became disgusted with the negroes and the business, and going to Kingston, took shipping for New York, arriving in the spring of 1832. He at once journeyed to Mansfield, ()., and bought eighty acres of land in Richland Co. He then made a trip to England in 18o;5, and returned, settling on his land for eight years, when he sold out and emigrated to Iowa, and for three years became a squatter on land situated on the Des Moines river. He then returned to Belleville, ()., where he united in marriage with Esther Evarts, and they removed to Schuyler Co., 1 11., where he remained until 1854, wheii his wife died, leaving him with one child - Sarah. We will now follow the fortunes of our subject. At the time of his marriage he had only one hundred dollars capital. He farmed near Palmyria two years, making a trip to Kansas the following wint(>r. After his return he engaged in farming in Knox Co., O., some two years, then emigrated with his family to Mason Co., 111., where he remained two years, visiting various points of interest in Iowa in the meantime. Then leaving his family in Illinois, he started with team and wagon, March 5, 1872, and traveled through Kansas and Nebraska to the Colorado line. He selected Jewell Co., Kan., as a home, where he lived the life of a pioneer in its truest sense. He owned 255 acres of land here, in which he j)lowed the first furrow ever plowed in the county. He sent for his family, and they lived four miles from any white settler. The nearest town, of a few huts, then was Edgar, forty-five miles distant. Foi- two years he went one hundred and ten miles to mill and for groceries, leaving his family alone. As the country began to settle up, he kept a ranch, selling the products of his farm to the emigrants, and giving to those who were not able to buy. He was Justice of the Peace there, and married nine couple, yet he had never seen any one married but himself. At the expiration of four years he returned to Knox Co., O., and settled on the present place of fifty-three acres, March 1, 1879; also owns eighty-one acres in this township, all made by his own labor. He is a member of Johnsville Lodge, No. 4G9, I. O. O. F. Has five children living - Robert, born April IH, 1867; Lewis, March 18, 1869; M. Esther, June 27, 1873; Ida B., Aug. 15, 1875, died when six months old; Charley, born Dec. 27, 1877. Infant daughter, April 7, 1880.

ABEL JAMES, farmer; P. O., Andrews; is the second son of Henry W. and Hantnih (Jones) James; he was born in Chester Tp., of this county, Sept. 8, 1819. He was eight years old when his father removed to the woods of Congress Tp., whore he was engaged in clearing. He went to subscription schof)l but a short time, his services being required at home for the support of a large fan.ily. At 21 he went to Soutli B oomfield Tp., where he cleared land for three crops on the same, and at the expiration of three years he married Rebecca McClain, March 23, 1843. He then returned to his father's, taking charge of the farm for six years. He next removed to Wright Tp., Ottawa Co., Mich. Here he owned 83 acres in the green woods. He cleared 37 acres of his own land, and slashed 53 acres into windrows for others; his skill and endurance enabled him to split six hundred rails in a day. He was here nine y»>ars and four months, and in the meantime his wife died, leaving him with four little children. Archibald, born Oct. 2, 1844, married Lovina Furston, and was in the army three years and wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness; he now lives in Muskegon Co., Michigan;

Charity J., born Jan. 2, 1846, now Mrs. Levi Myers, and lives in Northern Michigan; Adelbert J., born June 37, 1850; Mary, April 3, 1855, died when nine months old. He nnited in marriage with Eliza McClain, June IG, 1855. She is a daughter of John Harris, of South Bloomfield Tp., and widow of the late Evan McClain. Of this marriage two daughters were born - Rebecca, July 6, 1S57; Hannah R., Oct. 24, 1859, died at the age of five years and twenty-two days. Mr. James returned to this township in Septeinber, 1858, and during the same month he purchased the home place, where he has lived ever since. He united with the Free Will Baptist Church about 1852, but withdrew from that church, and with others formed a Regular Baptist Church while in Michigan. He is now a member the Harmony Baptist Church. His father, Henry W. James, was born in September, 1781, in Pemrockshire, South Wales; his father died when he was six years old, and he went to live with an uncle by the name of Henry David, where he was employed in carting coal and lime until his eighteenth year. In Sept., 1799, he took shipping for America. The ship was carried by a head wind far to the south, and prolonged their voyage to nine weeks and three days. They landed at Philadelphia, where he engaged in sawing and dressing marble for some time; from there he went to Ne\v York, and tarrying but a short time in the city, he went to Steubenville New York, and there learned the double trade of miller, and millwright. He remained here about eight years, and owned a small farm. His brother. Elder David James, who had emigrated some fifteen monl^hs l)efore Henry, lived here, and they both concluded to emigrate to Pennsylvania. They settled in Alexandria Co., where Henry found employment with a wealthy miller, by the name of Lowry. He united in marriage with Miss Hannah .Jones, Oct. 30, 1807. She was born in Cardiganshire, South Wales in December 1788. She came over in 1801, after a journey on the ocean of six weeks and three days, and the family settled in Alexandria Co., Pa. After marriage, Mr. James remained in the mill until 1811, except for a short period in 1809, when he and a relative, by the name of Elder John D. Thomas, set out on foot for Ohio. They journeyed across the mountains and swam the Ohio river, and entered land in Ch(!ster Tp. While they were thus wandering in the wilderness of Knox Co., strange and sad events were transpiring at home. Before setting out Mr. James had moved his family, and household goods in the house of Mr. Thomas, where the two ladies lived together. One Sabbath they made preparations for going to church, carefully securing the smouldering embers in the fire-place, as they supposed; but on their return from church, the iiouse was in flames, and everything was lost, including over three hundred dollars in silver, tor which Mr. James had sold his land in New York; all that remaiiied was sixty dollars, which he had loaned, As the silver could not be found in the ashes, it is supposed that the house was robbed, then burned to conceal the crime. On his return, Mr. James lal)ored in Pennsylvania, until the (all of 1811; when he, with his wife and two little girls, set out for Ohio, with an ox team. They landed at Licking Co., O. in September, where his brother. Elder David James, had preceded him some months ; they remained here two and a half years ; while here the Indians became very troublesome, and at one time fired at his caFjin in the night, and he returned their fire, aiming where he saw the flash of their guns, while his wife guarded the door with a large knife, and the Indians finally dispersed ; he served in the war of 1812, under General Meigs, he and six others being detailed as scouts ; they captured two hostile Indians, which were sent as prisoners to Delaware, O. At one time during this campaign, the soldiers' rations were reduced to one pint of meal to three men, and Mr. James came home nearly starved, and his wife was obliged to give him food in small quantities at first ; during his absence the wife often took her little ones and hid out to avoid the scalping-knife of the savages. After the war, probably about the spring of 1814, he removed forty miles west, to the fifty acres of land which he had entered in 1809, in what was then Chester Tp., Knox Co., O.; hardly had surrounded his little family with a few of tlie necessaries of life, when the devouring element swept away all again. It was in 1815, when he lived in a log cabin whose " bat and clay" chimney was built up but a short distance, and to prevent fire from blowing across the floor, it was covered eaeli nijrlit with boards; oil this ])iirtieular morning he had gone to a log rolling, while the mother had gone to a neighbor's with her babe, leaving Tour little girls, the oldest being six, at home ; by some menus the clap-boards had not been removed, and when the children built a lire, they caught and comnninicated a l)la/.e to the roof ; the voungest child was sleeping on the bed, and the other three heard the roaring of the flames and were bewildered, not knowing what to do; they were leaving when they suddenly remembered their little sister ; the flames were creeping around the bed, when they went in ami dr;tgg(>d her, sleeping, from the bed, out of the tloor, just as the roof fell in with a crash; they went to the woods, sobbing and frightened ; they hid, and the little one, not conscious of her great danger, went to sleep again near the foot of a large tree; in the meantime, the news of the fire was borne to the men at the log-rolling, and the distracted father, wild with grief at not finding his little ones, would have rushed into the flames, saying, " Let me find my children's bones," but they restrained him, and diligent search was made, and there was great rejoicing when the little wanderers were found. Men came seven miles to raise them a cabin, and in three weeks they had another house, and received many contributions from the large-heai ted settlers of that day. He attended ten log rollings with his ox team on ten succeeding days. In every community in that early da}', some means of grinding their grain was the most pressing need; hence, his services as millwright were sought far and near. In the absence of any other material, he used the common country stone or " Nigger Head" for burrs, which required great labor and patience to dress them. He built or repaired many of the earliest mills in the country, among which may be mentioned Joseph Coles of Delaware Co., Judge Young near Lucerne, Kesslers of Marion Co., and the Waterford Mills; also many others in Knox and Richland counties. He rented his farm and was away from his family most of his time. He purchased two lots in Mt. Gilead, and erected the first frame ever built in that place about 1824; he moved his family there in A])ril 1825, and took charge of Mr. Eustick's mill for two years. He then removed to the new land in Congress

Tp., where he lived until March 183G, when he moved to the present place of eighty acres, where he lived out the remainder of his days. He was a stone mason and brick-layer, and built many chimneys in this country. In constructing mills he was often required to work in the water, and this, with the many other hardships he underwent, began to manifest itself in broken health during the last thirty years of his life, in which he suffered very much. He and his faithful wife were V)oth consistent and devoted members of the Regular Baptist Church during their lives. He united with the church in Wales at sixteen. He served the church as deacon for thirty-one years, to the full satisfaction of all. The companion of his joys and griefs, departed this life Sept. 20, 185o, and he passed away in the triumphs of a living faith July 2, 18G4, at the ripe old age of eiglity -three. On his death bed he said: " Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they cond'ort me." Twelve children were born to them, but two, Hein-y and John died young, while ten grew up to manhood and womanhood - Frances, widow of Hiram A. Hilliard, and resides in Harmony Tp.; Mary, widow of Thomas J. Hilliard, now resides in Ottawa Co., Mich.; Rachel, from whom this sketch was obtained, was born in Licking Co. 0., Nov. 19, 1811. She lived in her father's family until his death, caring for him in his declining years. She has always had delicate health, and her father secured her a fife interest in the homestead, wliere she now lives, with her brother Abel. In her fifteenth year she was received into the Bryn Zion Baptist Church, by her uncle David .fames. She had been previously carried to the water for baptism, and even amid her infirmities, rejoiced in a Savior's love. The church met at her father's in Mt. Gilead, on account of her ill health, and five candidates received the right hand of fellowship. Phebe, wife of James M. Hilliard of Knox Co.; Anna, now Mrs. Nelson Smith, of Knox Co., O. David now resides in Ottawa Co. Mich. Abel, subject of this sketch; Abigail, widow of John Parks, and lives in Crawford Co. O.; Sanuiel, (see sketch, among those of Fi"'i"clin Township); Daniel T. farmer, of Congress Tp.

view; is the oldest son of Jacob and Sarah L. (Rulo) Kront, was born Aug. 24, 1850, inYork Co., Penn. He lived upon a farm and went to the district schools of his neighborhood until twelve years of age when the family moved to North Woodbury, and upon examination he was admitted to the higher department of its schools, where he studied until eighteen, when he assumed the duties of teacher. His success is attested by the fact that he taught thirteen terms in one school. He has taught twenty-tree terms in all, only missing one term since he began. He has been Principal of the Woodbury schools, where he was formerly a pupil. He has been a meml)er of the Teachers' Institute of this county for many years, and has served on its Executive Committee, with efficiency and ability. March IG, 1875, a large competitive Spelling Match was held in the Court House of Mt. Gilead. Mr. Krout secured the first prize over a hirge number of competitors - a large Unabridged Dictionary - as the best speller of the county. He has gathered quite a collection of valuable books. Mr. Krout is a member of the New School Baptist Church. He united his fortunes with Mary Dennis, Dec. 0, 1870. She is a daughter of Elah Dennis (see sketch); was born April 4, 1853, in this township. Three children have been l)orn to them - Emma was born May 9, 1872; Clinton, Oct. 15, 1874; Clara, .June 6, 1876. By frugality and careful manngenient Mr. Krout has purchased a valuable house and lot in Woodbury, and 80 acres of farming land in Kanses, all the fruit of his own labor. The parents of Mr. Krout are of German origin; his father, Jacob Krout, was born in Baltimore Co., Md., June 18, 1824, and his mother whose maiden name was Sarah L. Rule, was born .Ian. 20, 1827. They were united in marriage June 18, 1847, in Pennsylvania, where they lived a part of the time mitil March 1858, when they emigrated to Ohio, settling near West Point, where he lived two years, working at the carpenter trade in meantime. He then purchased a farm of 70 acres in North Bloomfield Tp., which he cultivated until 1802. He came to North Woodbury in March of that year, and engaged in milling for about ten years, and has since worked at carpentering. They have a family of nine children - Mary A., now widow of the late Rev. Thomas W. Dye of this townshij). She had live children - Lua E., Elzy A., Clement C, Zila L. and Raleigh B.; John N., subject of this sketch; Elizabeth E., now Mrs. Leander Dennis of this township; .lacob B., was born in Baltimore Co., Md., .July 27, 1850. He came with his parents to this county in 1858. He attended the higher department of the school at North Woodbury, and began teaching at eighteen; he has taught thirteen terms in all, seven of which he taught in the same district. He removed to Keokuk, Iowa, where he is still engaged in teaching, and bids fair to stand at the head of his profession. Charles A., was born March 12, 18G2, in North Bloomfield Tp., of this county. He completed a course of study in the North Woodbury Schools; subsequently he entered the Union Schools of Chesterville. O., under the instruction of Prof. William Morrow. He went to Keokuk, Iowa, where he began teaching at 17 years of age, and is now bringing to a successful close his "third" term in the district where he was first employed; George F. was born in this county, March 31, 1859. He received a good education in the Graded School of North Woodbury. He chose the avocation of farming. He united his fortunes with Miss Ella Kelly, a daughter of Samuel Kelly, of Gilead Tp., where he is now employed in tilling the soil. The remaining memb(MS of the family still at home are Hiram E., Vincent D. and Ida F. Krout; one died in infancy.

JACOB KING, retired farmer; \\ O., Shauck's (Johnsville). Among the old and influential citizens who settled in the vicinity ere this county was born, stands the worthy gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He is the son of George and Mary (Blassei) King; was born in York Co., Penn., Jan. 30, 1805. He lived on the farm until he was sixteen, enjoying but few adv^antages for education; he then worked at milling in his father's mill about six years. He married Mary Winters March 27, 1827; she was born in York Co., Penn., June 18, 1809. After marriage he rented land in York Co. for about two years, when he formed a desire to come to Ohio. He enlisted the sympathy of his father in the movement, which resulted in their selling out, and ere long two heavily loaded wagons were bearing the King family across the mountains to the Buckeye State.

The family stopped witli a brother-in-law in NA'^ayne Co., while Jacob and his father came to Troy Tp., then Hichland Co., where they sidected three liiiiub-ed acres of land, on wliicli some small improvements had been made. Jacob hought I'^O acres of .John Mitchell in the s])rinir of 181^3, on which he built and run a saw-mill some ten or twelve years. Here he lived and made many improvements on his farm until 18G4, when he sold his farm and came to Johnsville to enjoy the rest and (juiet which his abundant labors had so richly won. Here he owns four lots and eight acres of land south of tow-n. When Morrow Co. was organized, the line dividing Troy Tp. passed through Mr. King's farm, leaving his residence in the new county. He was a member of the first Democratic Convention, which lasted all night, and was solicited to be a cardidati^ for (\)minissioner, but declined. He has ably filled the offices of Trustee and Justice of the Peace a number of times during his residence in both counties. It will be seen by reference to the map of the county that a portion has been severed from the western part of Troy Tp. In this area Mr. King lived, and desiring to be set back into Richland Co., for sufficient reasons, he quietly raised a jietition of twel\ e men in his school district, and through the influence of Barnabas Burns, a friend of his then in the State Senate, two sections of Tr<jy Tp. were set back into Richland Co. He was Trustee at the time, and so neatly had the work been done, that they waited until about ten o'clock for him to open the election, not knowing of the change. Mr. King is a Democrat of the " old time" type - a faithful and efficient worker in its ranks. He raised a family of four children - Leah was born April 8, 1828, in Pennsylvania; married Henry L. Shauck, by whom she has four children living; she died Sept. W, 1874; Catherine, Sept. 1833, now Mrs. Jason J. Cover (see sketch); Jane, Nov. 8, 1838, was wife of Charles Dise; she died March 31, 1872, leaving three sons; Jerome J., May 4, 18-12, and united in marriage with Mary Miller, a daughter of Dr. Miller, of Mansfield, Ohio, where Jerome is engaged in the grocery business at present.

(Meister) Keifer, was born Dec. 30, 1846, in this township; he lived at home until 28; he then united his fortunes with Louisa Portner, April 18, 1875. She is the oldest daughtc r of David and Margaret (Noward) Portner; born .Ian. 17, 18.52. David Portner was born in Switzerland about 1824, and came across the ocean with his parents when al)out two 3'^ears old. His parents settled in Clinton Co., Penn., about 182r), where they lived until 1833, when they moved to Troy Tp., of this county, on 74 acres of land. David wedded Margait^t Noward, Oct. 31, 1849. She was a daughter of George and Margaret (Radal) Noward. Both of her parents (grand-parents of Mrs. Keifer) were born in Bavaria, Germany, and came across the ocean in the same vessel in 1819, and settled at Lebanon, Penn., where they were married, and came to Troy Tp. in 1833. Mr. Noward was born Sept. 2, 1799, and is now eighty-one years old, hale and hearty. David Partner raised six children - Louisa, Jacob M., Samuel S., Mary C, Chrissie A. and Hattie B. After marriage, our subject settled on the present place, where he rents 80 acres of his father's farm; he votes with the time-honored party of Jefferson and Jackson. One daughter has blessed this union - Emma I. Keifer; born Jan. 1(5, 1870. His father, Peter Keifer, son of David Keifer, was born Dec. 9, 1804, in Bavaria, Germany; he was sent to school about thn»e years; at the age of thirteen he hired out to work on a farm by the year, which he continvied for fourteen years; for the first year's work he received three dollars, and the highest wages received during that period was eighteen dollars per year; he left home for the United States, May 11, 1834, sailing from the port of Havre, and after an ocean voyage of six weeks, he arrived at New York July 14; he went by rail and steamboat to Philadeljihia, and from there to Lebanon Co., Peini., where he worketl on the farm some eight months; in the spring of 183,">, he joined his uncle, Philip Keifer, who was jomneying to Ohio; he walked the most of the way. They settled in Troy Tp., of this county. Although unused to choi)ping, on his arrival he began clearing land at from three to five dollars per acre; in this way he cleared some eighty acres for others; about 183G, he purchased twenty-five acres where his present residence stands; by his own energy and frugality, he now possesses the entire quarter section, on wliich he lias cleared sixty acres and erected substantial buildings; he married Susan Meister, April ::28, 184:4. She was born in Switzerland, Aug. 2^, 1812, and came over with her parents during the same vear as Mr. Keifer. Her parents settled at first in Wayne Co., Ohio, and afterwards removed to Fulton Co. Of this marriage three children have been born - .John, born April 23, 1845; Benjamin, Dec. 30, 1846; Sarah, Feb. 22, 1853. Peter Keifer and wife are members of the Menonite Church, in which he holds the office of Deacon.

DANIEL LEVERING, farmer; P. O., I^evering; is the representative of one of the oldest and most highly respected families in the township of Perry. A genealogical account of the Levering family, embracing 193 pages, was published in 1858, which gives an account of two brothers, Wigard and Gerhard Levering, who emigrated from Germany about 1685 and settled in Roxborough, Philadelphia Co., Pa. It is thought that their father. Rosier Levering, came from France, as the name has a French sound. This account includes ten generations, and up to 1858 enumerates 2,091 descendants of that name. Daniel Levering, son of Nathan and Mary (Kearney) Levering, was born May 9, 1833, on this farm, where he passed his boyhood and youth; attended school on the hill near by, about three months per year until he reached his majority, his first teacher being Charlotte Gregg. He then worked for his father until

1857, when he took a three months' tour through the West, visiting various places of interest in Iowa and other States. He united in marriage with Sarah K. Iden, March 4,

1858. She was born July 31, 1833; her parents were both natives of Loudoun Co., Virginia. John Iden was born in 1806, and Dorcas Furr was born in 1812. They were married April 22, 1830, and emigrated to Knox Co., in 1835, where they lived three years, settling permanently in Congress Tp. of this county, where they raised a family of nine children - Martha J., Sarah K., George W., Francis M., John A., Susan E., Thomas T., Loyd D. and Melville M. After marriage Mr. Levering settled on a quarter section of land in Congress Tp., where he tilled the soil for eight years; then moved to an eighty- acre lot which he |)urchased in the same township; remaining here six and a half years, he sold out and purchased 130 acres of the old homestead, to wliich he came in 1873. He has cleared aportion«of the place since then, realizing 100,000 feet of walnut lumber from the timber removed. They have three children - Martha I. was horn May 8, 1859; Clint, Sept. 12, 1863; Addie M., April 9, 1872. Daniel Levering, grandfather of our subject, canie on horseback in 1812, and entered a half section of land, near the present site of Waterford, O.; he then went back to Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1813, he and a family of seven children, together with William Rambo, who married his daughter Grace, in Pennsylvania. The names of the family are as follows - Grace, Henry, Charles Nathan, John, Noah and Joseph ; they drove two five-horse teams and four head of cattle, on the old wagon road from Bedford Co.. Pa., one hundred miles this side of Baltimore; they were twenty-one days performing the journey ; he purchased another half section of one of the Mitchells on his arrival, and built a grist and saw mill. The town of Waterford was laid out on a part of his land, and the post office was named " Levering," in honor of .John Levering, his son, who was the first Postmaster. The family settled^in the woods, and lived on corn-bread at first ; they sowed some buckwheat, probably the first raised in this vicinity, and it attracted large numbers of wild turkeys, which they killed ; it was on his farm that the block house spoken of in the sketch of Stephen Cook, was built, and it was connected with the residence b}'^ a protected passage-way. Daniel Levering was born Feb. 3, 1764, in New Jersey, and died Dec. 31, 1820, leaving Nathan, the third son and father of our subject, to settle up his large estate. We will now trace the fortunes of Nathan Levering. He was born Oct. 14, 1795; he was eighteen years old when he came to this State. Possessing a fair education, obtained in the schools of Pennsylvania, he attended school two terms in the old log school house on his father's farm, then began teaching, which he soon abandoned for the more congenial employment of farming. He received 160 acres of the present site from his father's estate, to which he added fifty acres more, clearing a large portion. He united in niarrirtge with Mary Kerney, A\n-\l 17, 1827. She was a daughter of William and Sarah (Mackey) Kerney, and was l)orn Sej)t. 4, ISOO. They lived in a double hewed log house just east of this until 1845, when Mr. Levering burnt two hundred thousand l)rick and built the j)resent substantial residenc^e of nine laroe rooms and a hall, using one huinired thousand briek in its construction. Tiie building is then^fore thirty-five j-ears old, yet in a state of good ])reservation. Nathan lievering raised a family of eight eliildren- - Sarah A., deceased, was wife of .John McAnall; Mary J., now Mrs. Robert MotVet, of C'ungress Tp.; Esther, died at the age of twenty; Duuel, William W., now in Philadelphia: Kli/abeth, now Mrs. Jacob ( ). Talmag(^; Martha, now Mis. T. Mc- Kee; Sanuiel, difd at about twenty-five, leaving: two chihlren. Nathan Leverinp- died in December, 1872. He was a man of sterling integrity and irreproachable chara-ter; he was justice of the peace in this township for a number of years. He was delegated by this section to influence the legislature in behalf of the organization of the county at two different sessions of that body. He and wife were members of the Hannony Pre-byterian C'hureh, and he assistinl in building tli« old log and also the frame building which stands at present. «

BVRAM LEVERING, farmer; P. ()., Wooilview; son of Morgan and Mary (Bell) Leveriiig; was born .June 9, 1842, in North Woodbury. He spent his youth attending the village school, and working on the farm, near by, during the vacations. At 21 he had a good education, and began the struggle of life, for himself. He purchased the quarter section of land here, and Ix^gan farming, and stock raising quite extensively. At 23 he wooed and won the hand of Leah Ruhl daughter of Henry H., and Catherine (Patterson) Ruhl. She was born Dec. 15, 1840, in this township. Their marriage was (celebrated April G, 1865. Five children have been born to them; four are living, and one died in infaiu^y. Nora, Orpheus, Alfred H., and Hylas Allen. After marriage he settled on his present home, when; he erected an elegant l)rick Mansion of fifteen rooms, at a cost of ^.")()00, in 1872. By his energy and management he has added another farm of IGO acres to his estate, and now owns some 320 acres of fine farming lands, with, with handsome and substantial buildings on the same. Mr. Ti(»v(Ming has given clos(» attenion t<^ the im- ])rovement of cattle, and has at present a herd of 27 fine grades of the short horn stoctk. He was formerly interested largely in sheep. Mr. r^evering, wife and daughti-r, are all members of the Evang«dical Lutheran Church. His father, Morgan Levering, was the second son of William and Ruth (Bryson) lievering, (See sketch of Milton Levering). He passed his boyhood on the old homestead in Fraidilin Tp. At 21 he became a clerk in the store of John Markey, at BeUeville, Richland Co. O., where he remaiiuHl about fovu- years. He then came to North Woodbury when there was only four houses in the village. A partnership was formed for general merchandise and produce business about 183(5, consisting of four partners - Morgan Levering, John Rule, John Markey, and Elkanah Van Buskirk. The two latter soon retired, and Rule and Levering continued in partnership until 1851. They hauled away produce and goods with a six-horse team to the lakes, and across the mountains to Baltimore, and other eastern cities. They raised three sons - Allen, Byram and Robei t; two died young. The father died Jan. 25, 1860.

SHANNON LEVERING, farmer; P. O., Levering ; son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Blair) lowering, was born near Waterford, O., March 25, 1842. He received a good education in the Waterford schools, and at 21 rented his father's farm, where he continued to farm some five years. He began farming on the present place in 1868, where he owned a one-half interest. In the fall of 1871 he purchased the remaining onehalf interest of his brother Charles. He now owns 107 acres of fertile land, known as the Old Van Buskirk Property. The old brick house, yet in good presevation, was built about 1825, and is a marvel of endurance against the " tooth of time." Mr. Li^ering united in marriage with Lydia Ogle, Nov. 11, 186!). She is a daughter of John Ogle, born in this township Nov. 29, 1850. (See township history for Ogle family.) Mr. Levering and wife are both members of the Disciple Church, and he is a Democrat in politics. His Sather, Joseph Levering, was born in Bedford

Co., Pa., Nov., 1805; he was eij^ht years old when the family moved to Ohio, and the youngest one, by tlie name oi" William, having- died in Peiuisylvania. They came in 1813, when the Indian troubles were most appalling, and the settlers rushed together and built a block-house, and connected it with the residence which is still standing on the liill near the village, but the blockhouse lias been removed long since. Joseph grew amid these stirring scenes of pioneer life, and went to the first schools of the settlement. According to an ancient custom, he being the youngest son living, he received the homestead of 168 acres at the death of his father. Tliis he cleared up and improved. He married Elizabeth Blair, May ^1, 1833. She was a daughter of William Blair, born in Bedford Co., Pa., May 7, 1806, and came with her family to Ohio in 1811. (See sketch of Calvin Blair.) He and his faithful wife were members of the Presbyterian Church; he held the office of Elder. He died a triumphant death May 26, 1871, in the sixty-sixth year of his age, exclaiming on his deatli-l)ed: "I feel that 1 am dead, and my life is hid with Christ in God." His wif(; soon followed him, passing away Aug. 26, 1877. They leave five children living and two dead - Edwin, at the age of three; Lurane, now Mrs. E. W. Brown, near Waterford ; Charlotte died in youth ; Charles, farmer, near Chesterville, O.; Shannon, subject; Edward and Calvin, both farming on the old homestead near Waterford, O. A. A. LUCAS, dealer in boots and shoes; Shaucks (.fohnsville); son of Adam and Maddalena (Emig) Lucas, was born in Perry Tp., Jan. 22, 1838; he lived at home on the farm until 22, when he was cm[)loyed one year by Mr. Cover; he next formed a partnersliip with I. N. Lewis ill the grocery business at North Woodbury, which lasted about one year, when Lewis retned, and Mr. Lucas continued for a number of years, keeping a post office and store; he worked for Levering & Rule five years, when he sold his property in North Woodbury, and moved his family to Johnsville; he then purchased the right of eight counties in Indiana for Owen's patent fence, selling farm, township and cc^iuity rights for one year; he traded one county for a lot in Lulianapolis, which he still owns; he then acted as traveling: sales-man for H. M. Weaver & Company, selling boots and shoes, by sample, for one year. He open(;d his present siiop and store-room in the spring of 1878, where he keeps a full stock of boots and shoes of every variety of styles and prices. He united in marriage with Susan N. Magill, of North Woodbury, Aug. 25, 1864. Of this marriage one child was born - Arita O. His wife died June 8, 1865. He married Mary A. Pittman, of Pulaski ville, Ohio, in December of 1866. Two chiMren were born to them - Clement L., born Sept. 24, 1867, died Aug. 16, 1868; Alvicktus G., born .June 14, lS6!i, died Sept. 14, 1870. Mary A., his wife, died Sept. 28, 1870. March 26, 1872, he united his fortunes with Lottie R. Edwards, of Homer, Ohio, with whom he has two children - Doda G., born Jan. 7, 1875, died April 14, 1875; Mamie J., born May 18, 1878. In addition to this record of sorrow, Mr. Lucas has had many accidents; when 4 years old he fell into a kettle of hot water; at 12 a horse on which he was riding, lell, throwing him beneath the feet of another horse, breaking his arm; at another time his arm was broken by falling from a sled, and his limb was broken by an accident, when riding in a sleigh. He is a member of the Baptist Church, in which he has held the office of Clerk for a number of years. Adam Lucas, father of our subject, was born in York Co., Pa., May 2, 1795; he was drafted in the army in the war of 1812, but being only 18, his father employed a substitute; he worked some six years in a stillhouse; he then married Elizabeth Evets in 1820, and in October of that year he came on horseback to Ohio, and entered a quarter section of land in this township. In the spring of 1821 he drove through in a wagon, being on the road from April 9 to May 2. They lived in the wagon in the woods until July 4, while the wolves howled around at night. He reared a cabin and made a small clearing, when his wife di(;d Dec. 30, 1821. He remained in his lonely cabin until the followingspring; he started back to Pennsylvania, Feb. 11, 1822, where he arrived March 30. He united in marriage with Magdalena Emig, Nov. 9, 1823, and they started to Ohio in April, 1824; and again he settled in the little cabin where he lived for nearly half a century, replacing the rude domicile of 1821 with large and handsome buildings; in later years he purchasoil another 80-acre farm, on wliich he lived until his retirement from active life. Thirto(Mi ehilclren were born to them - Rebecca, L(>vi, Isaac, Leah, Caroline, Elizabeth, Mai^dalena, Adam A., Susan, .folm, Abraham A., are livino-, while .facob died in Missouri, at the a"-e of '^o, and Charles died at 13.

BARTON LEWIS, farmer; P. 0., Woodview; is the oldest son of John and Mary (Ackerman) Lewis; he was born Dec. 29, 1830, in Knox Co., O.; his father was the second in a family of four sons and four daughters, who left New .Jersey for Ohio in 1S12, but hearing of the Indian troubles here, they remained one year in Pennsylvania, coming to what is known as the "Jersey Settlement" of Ivnox Co., in 1813. ft is said that a company of these settlers, before reaching their destination, camped on the banks of a small creek, and started in the morning in search of the land which they had entered. They wandered about all day, coming at night to the same S])Ot; wlien James Bryant, one of the party, said, " Here we are at Granny Creek," and it retains that name to this day. There were but few families in Wayne Tp. then - the Douglass, Bonar and Biyant families were among the first. They fled to the fort at Fredericktown during the war. Two sisters of John Lewis could shoot a rifle with great accuracy and skill. The marriage ceremony of John Lewis and Mary Ackerman was celebrated at her father's, Oct. 20, 1829. After marriage they removed to the old Lewis farm in Jersey Settlement for two years, when his father died suddenly, before a sufficient title had been secured to the land. He j)assed about one year on Ackerman's farm, then entered a quarter section of land in this township on which he settled about 1833, in the woods. The steady blows of his ax»i-ang through the forest until the sunlight greeted field after field of his farm; this was a time when a fraternal spirit reigned supreme among the early settlers, and John Lewis attended the log-rolling or the raising almost every day for a month, every spring burning his (}wn brush-heaps at night, after a hard day's work. He raised a family of five sons, all of whom are living - Barton, William, Thomas, I. Newton and Byran. He was a (Uivoted member of the Old School Baptist Church, in which he for many years held the office of Deacon. He was chosen at different times to fill various positions of trust in tiie township - such as Assessor and Trustee. After a life of toil and hardships, he passed away in January, 1879, at the age of seventythree; respected by all for his sterling integrity and purity of character. Barton Lewis grew up on the farm in Perry Tp., getting a limited education, until he was twenty-one, when he worked by the mcjnth for William Lewis, at $1(1 a month for four years. Subse- ([uently he puichased land in this township on which he lived mitil 1873, when he purchased the present quarter section on the Johnstown Road. Oct. 1, 1857, he united in marriage with Martha Acton; she was a daughter of Gabriel and Catherine (Vanbuskerk) Acton, and was born Feb. 4, 1838, in this township; she died July 13, 1874, leaving a family of six children - Alwilda, Milton, Orrilla, Kate, Jane and Weems, all living. Mr. Lewis has been chosen to fill the offices of Assessor and Township Trustee; he was a member of the Old School Baptist Church for eight years.

JACOB I. MH^LER, farmer; P.O., Woodview; is the third son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Winters) Miller; he was born in New York Co., Penn., April 30, 1833. When he was five years old, the family settled in this township, and Jacob was sent to district school when he could be spared at home; often he was required to ride horses while they were tramping out wheat on the barn floor for four weeks in winter. He was married to Sarah Cyphers June 5, 185G; she is a daughter of James and Keziah (Baughart) Cyphers; was born Oct. 7, 1832. Mr. Miller purchased sixty acres of land in Congress Tp., and lived upon it about four years, then sold this, and farmed on rented land for the next six years. He purchased his present home of 110 acres in 1860, and has made considerable impiovement. In 1875 he bought the old homestead of 80 acres, in this township; his township has made an almost contiiuious draft upon him for service. For six years he was Trustee, and nine yearsjie assc^ssed the township, and is Land A])praiser for 1880. To these positions he has been callcMl almost without opposition, and his ability and unswerving integrity have gained the confi lence of all. Mr. Miller and wife are both active members of the Evangelical

Lutheran Chiirch, in which he is Treasurer, Seven children have been born to them, five of whom are living - Joanna, Elwood C, William L., Charley C and Ardella, Clement, and an infant. His parents came from York Co., Penn., in LS.'iS, and settled on 80 acres in this townsliij), known as the" Miller Farm;" when they came, there was only a cabin and a small clearing, and by his energy he cleared it up and erected substantial buildings upon it. They raised a family of seven children - Aquilla, Abram, .[()hn, .Jacob I., Catherine, Samuel and Sarah; four of whom are living; .John was killed in the army; Samuel Miller, the father of Jacob, died in Jan., 1872, and his mother is yet living. He was a prominent worker in the United Brethern Church, in which he held a membership until his death. He was a man of great industry and integrity, and was esteemed and revere'.l by all who knew him. ABRAM MILLER, farmer; P. O., Siiaucks; son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Winters) Miller; was born Oct. 2o, 1828, in York Co., Pa. He was 10 years old when he came with his family to (3hio. The family settled in the southwestern part of Perry Tp. When a youth Abram learned blacksmitiiing, serving an apprenticeship of two years under .John Walker of Woodbury. After this he worked for wages two years, at Johnsville, when he set up a shop on his father's place, wherein he worked about one year. He united in marringe with Miss Jane Hanawalt, Dec. 4, 1851. She is a daughter of .John and Susan (IClinefelter) Hanawalt, born in York Co., Pa., May 13, 1828. After marriage Mr. Miller divided his attention between the shop and the farm some three years. He then removed to Troy Tp., Richland Co., wliere he farmed two years; from there to the adjoining township of Perry, in Richland; also farming eighty acres of the present place which he rented of Widow Lamb. In 185S he purchased this farm of IGO acres of fine arable land. He moved here in March, 1859, when; he has resided since, erecting a large barn forty by seventy-two feet; he also built a fine frame residence of ten rooms in 1872. Mr. Miller began with but few of this world's goods, and by his force of will and ceaseless energy attained a handsome property. He has taken much pains to improve the l)lood and character of his stock, raising some fine heavy horses; and has a fine animal of the Short Horn Durham stock, and pure Chester white hogs. Every enterprise of a moral or religious nature receives the hearty co-operation of Mr. Miller. He holds a memlxirship in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and has been trustee of his church. He is also a member of Johnsville Lodge, No. 469, I. O. O. F. He is Overseer of Richland Grange No. 250. He has been trustee of his township two terms; he has a family of five daughters and one; son - Alice, born Oct. 1.3, 1852, marritui Sherman Myers, and lives in Marion Co., Ohio; S. Nevada, born Sept. 20, 1854, married B. F. Thuma of Johnsville; Mary R., born July 1, 1857, married Seymour Lindsay of Lexington; Janette, born Sept. 22, 1859; Emma F., June 27, 1862; Charley L., .Jan. 3, 1866.

GEORGE S. NEWHOUSE, merchant; P. ()., Shaucks, (Johnsville); is the son of Kasper and Susan (.Jager) Newhouse; he was born Dec. 20, 1834, in Alldorf, Rhenish Bavaria. As prescribed by the laws of that country, he attended school seven years, almost without vacation. Subsequently he spent about two years traveling in Prussia and other German States. In 1852 he passed down the river Rhine, taking a farewell view of the " Faderland." He sailed from the port of Havre, and after a voyage of thirty-five days arrived in New York City July 2, 1852. Thus we find our subject, a lad of seventeen, without a relative in this country. He chose the avocation of tailor, and devoted himself to that work in the city for about five years except a brief period when he made a trip to the Western States, visiting various points of interest; he returned to New York in the fall of 1855, where he united his fortunes with Mary Smith, Sept. 30, 1855. She was born in Wittenbuig, Germany, Oct. 5, 1835, and came across the ocean in 1852, with a sister, now Mrs. Morris Kline, of .Johnsville. Mr. Newhouse came to this village in August, 1857, where he followed tailoring until the breaking out of the war; he entered the LInion army under Col. Swayne, of the 43d Regiment, O. V. I., Company "E," and when his term of service had expired he re-enlisted in the 179th Regiment, and fought until the close of the war, being honorably discharged. In the spring of 1870 he opened a merchant tailoring establishment in Johnsville, in which he continued until 1876, at which time he formed a partnership for five years with Jolni Hehl, under the firm name of Newliouse & Hehl, They carry a large assortment of dry goods, groceries, clotliino-, hardware, and everything needed by a farming connnunity. They have l)usincss room of forty feet l>y twenty-two, witli wareroom attached, Mr. Newhouse has maile an eminent advancement in that ancient and honoral)le onh'r of Free and Accepted Masons. He holds a meml)ershij) in ]?elleville Lodge, No. 370; Mt. Gilead Chapter, No. 59, and the Mansfield Uommandery of Knight Templars, No. 21. Has five children living - George W., Clifton S., Frank M., Dell L. and Irwin S., and two died when voung.

EZEKIEL C. PEXN, farmer; P. O., Levering; son of John and Mary (Chumldin) Penn; was born in Perry Tp., Richland Co., Ohio, June 2<i, 1S41. At eighteen he went to the Oliio ^\'esleyan University, at Delaware, during the spring term of 1860, and attended the Chesterville Union Schools that Bummer; he taught school in the home district the following spring of 18(51; in the fall he agaiti assumed the duties of teacher, but during the winter he lay aside the "birch," and rushed to the rescue of his imperiled country. He enlisted October, 1801, in the 72d Regiment, O. V. L, Com[niny C. His first engagement was in th(j Battle of Shiloh, having previously been in a skirmish of Friday. He was just recovingfrom the; measles, and as he lay ou. the night of the battle, he was taken sick and sent home on a fiu-lough, in Aj)ril. He returned toCamp(^hase in August for examination, and was honorably discharg(!d. He united his fortinies with Sarah J. Winand, Oct. 2, lS(;->. She is a daughter of .fohn and Cynthia (Painter) VN'inand, of this township. She was born .fuly 3, 1841 (see biography of John Winand). After marriage Mr. Penn settled for two and a half years on the homestead of his father; lived on a rented farm some six months, then purchased seventy-nine acres in Richland Co., AN'here he engaged in farming two and a half years. He pinchased his present home of eighty-two acres, and moved here Feb. 27, 1 SOI), where they have since lived, raising a fiimilv of three children - Cletnent, born June 10, 1803; John R., Feb. 24, Isr.O; Mary

C, Feb. 19, 1876. Mr. Penn, with wife and sons, are members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, near Waterford, in which he holds the office of Elder. The {)arents wen; baptized under the preaching of Elder Wagner, at Mansfield, in October, 1871. Mr. Penn is a tireless worker in the Chiu'ch and Sab- I bath-school, and believing in education in its highest, noblest sense, he has surroundiul his family with music and books, and the hallowed influences of an enliglitencd Christian home. The (Jhurch to which he belotigs has a brief history, which we will follow. Some years since, Mr. Newell Grant, of Richland Co., became dissatisfied with the creeds with which he was actjuainted. He began searching for the truth and the true church; in due time he was put in communication with the Seventh Day Advent Church, at Battle Creek, Michigan, and found that their views coincided with his ow-ii. Through his influence two ministers, Elders Vanhorn and Lawrence, came, and Mr. Penn heard them, and some of the church's literature found its way into his family. He investigated and studied two years; then began keeping the Sabbath; and social meetings were held here in his house in 1869. In April, 1872, Elder O. Mears, of Bowling Green, Ohio, organized the first church in this house, consisting of seven members. They met in his dwelling about two years, in the meantime holding meetings at different points in Franklin Tp. They are now known as the Waterford Society, and have built a neat and substantial frame church one-half mile west of Waterford, which was dedicated by Elder H. A. St. John, in January, 1874. The church has increased (juite rapidly, and has at jiresent a membership of forty- four, which meet every Sabbath for church and Sal)bath-school. John Penn, the father of our subject, was Ijorn in Baltimore Co., Maryland, May 5, 1800; his parents were natives of England; he learned the coopers' trade when a youth, and remained with his first employer until twenty-one. He then traveled in Pennsylvania and Virginia, roing to Loudoun Co., Va., where he married Maiy Chaml)lin in J824. The Chamblin family were from New Jersey. He soon remov<;d to .fcfferson Co., near Harper's Ferry, where they lived some eight years, when he (tame to Ohio with five children, settling on eighty acres of alnriost new land in Perry Tp., Richj land Co., in October, 1834. The wife died in April, 1844, and he died March 1st, 1879. Nine children were born to them - Elizabeth - Mrs. John Verniillion, of Greene Co., Ohio; William, farmer near Waterford, Oiiio; Mary E., deceased; John, farmer of Hardin Co., Iowa; Deborah J., now Mrs. Gtorge Penn, of Iowa; Maria, now Mrs. Ovin Boggs, of Whitley Co., Ind.; George, farmer in Noble Co., Ind.; Mahlon, died in the army; Ezekiel C, subject.

AMOS RULE, merchant; Woodview; is the third son of John and Susan (Blosser) Rule; was born June 2, 1832, in this township. He worked on the farm, and received such instruction as the schools of his neighborhood could give. In 1853, being twenty-one years of age, he became a clerk in the store of Morgan Levering at Woodberry. In the meantime he devoted his spare moments to the study of medicine. April 5, 1855, he united in marriage with Caroline Buchner of this township, and soon after emigrated to Nebraska, where he engaged in the practice of medicine for about two years, then returned to North Woodbury. He entei'ed into a partnership with Allen Levering in the mercantile business. This partnership lasted about six vears, and during that time the first draft for troops was made, and it fell on both partners. They hired substitutes and continued business until Levering sold his interest to Norman Merwine, and again both Rule and Merwine were drafted on the second call, and escaped by paying |300 each to the volunteer credit fund, to secure the township's quota. Subsequently Mr. Merwine sold his interest to Robert Levering, which partnership lasted until 1876, when Levering Hitired, leaving Mr. Rule sole proprietor. He carries at present a full stock of dry-goods, groceries, hats, cajjs, boots and shoes, and in flhort. everything demanded by a farming community, at prices that favor the purchaser. Mr. Rule attended lectures at Stirling Medical College, and has been (juite successful in practice, but is not actively engaged at present. He is Post master at present, and has been Treasurer of Peny Tp. for 12 yeais. He has a familv of twelve ehildren - Benjamin F. was born Jan. 27, 1850; .John A., March 28, 1850; Allen v., Aug. li, 18G0; Anna M., Oct. 27,

1761; Emma J., born March 25, 1863; Minnie B., Aug. 17, 1864; Amos M., Dec. 14, 1805; Ellis O. and Rosa M. (twins), Apr. 3, 1867; Robert R., Aug. 16, 1869; Louisa C, Feb. 26, 1871; Isaac N., Nov. 25, 1872; Ohio M., a son, died at the age of five years. His father, John Rule, was born in Baltimore Co., Md., Dec. 14, 179(5; his mother, Susan 131osser, was a native of York Co., I'a. Tiiey were married in Pennsylvania, and came by team to Ohio in 1828. They cut a portion of the road through from Mansfield, O. They settled in this township, near Woodbury, living in a covered wagon until they cleared a site and built a cabin. Their two sons, .John and Isaac, were small, and the father toiled in his clearing lone-handed. He cleared about 100 ares of the 160 which 4ie entered two years before. A brother, George Rule, and others of the family, came with him. He became a ])artner with Morgan licvering in 1836, and this relation lasted until 1851, when Mr. Rule retired. Has a family of three sons and one daughter - John, Isaac, Amos and Lovina, now Mrs. Norman Merwine. He departed this life March 12, 1874, at the ripe old age of 77 years, esteemed and respected by all.

HENRY H. RUHL, farmer; P. O., Woodview. Among the successful farmers of Perry Tp., Mr. Ruhl deserves more than a passing notice ; he is the oldest son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Hosier) Ruhl ; he was born in York Co., Pa., April 14, 1808; his father died when he was seven years old, and as he grew up he worked very hard for the s!j{)port of the family until he was twenty-five years old. The mother re-married, and they eame as a family, in the spring of 1833. x\rriving, May 10, they rented a house near where Jacob L Miller lives, and in August of that year they purchased 160 acres of Mr. RuhPs present farm, of John Bigham, for |500. The only improvements made were a small cabin and seven acres underbrushed. The family cons-isted of four children - Henry H. (sul)jeet) ; Polly, who married John Warner, of Pa.; Rachelmarried John Garberick ; and Jac(jl). The mother died about 1835 ; March 20, 1836, he married Catherine Patterson, a daughter of .lames and P^sther (Erstine) Patterson; she was born in York Co., Pa., Sept. 12, 1802; her parents afterwards removed to Maryland, from wliicli tlioy emigrated to Congress Tp., of this county, in the fall of 1825, where the entered eighty acres in tlie woods ; the\'' raised eight children to manhood and womaidiood, all of whom were born in the East - John, Samuel, Peter, William, Catherine, Elizabeth, Mary and NaJioy. Mr, Khul has lived on present place since his marriage ; he and his esteemable wife, who has been a help-mate indited; both worked in the clearing together in early daN's, burning tiieir brush and log heaj)S at night ; Mr. Khul and his brother Jacob, went to thirty log-rollings one spring, and about that many in the fall ; he has cleared about one hundred acres here, and now owns three hundred and twenty acres, principally the fruits of his own labor ; Mr. Ruhl and his entire family are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church ; he has held a meml>ership for forty-(Mght years, and has filled al^ly the various offices of Elder and Deacon ; he has been Trustee of this township eleven terms, elected fre(piently, almost without opposition ; Mr. Ruhl has raised two daughters, and one died in infancy ; Catherine and Leah - Mrs. By ram Levering (see sketch) ; Catherine Ruhl was boru Sept. 10, 1S38, in this townsliip; at twenty-seven she married Jacob Rule, a son of George and Mary Rule (see sketch of Elah Dennis) ; her husband, Jacob Rule, was born Nov. 28, 1842, in Perry Tp., near Woodbury ; he lived on a farm until eighteen, then became a clerk in a store, for some time ; subse(|uently he worked on the farm by the month, about four years ; after his marriage with Miss Ruhl, he worked for T^evering and Merwine about eigrht months, after which he beoan farminoon the lands of IL H. Ruhl, where he has lived ever since; ; in 1874 he purchased eighty acres of land. Four children have been born to them - Eva, born Sept. 24, 18(50; Henna, April 21,1872; Idella, Nov. 17, 1874 ; Heilman H., March 2, 1880. He and his wife are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

REV. J. F. SIMONS, farmer, and dealer in agricultural implements; P. O., Levering; is the second son of Frederick and Elizalxjth (Hardman) Simons; he was born Oct. 28, 182o, in 15edf(jrd Co., Penn.; he went to school about three months per year until sixteen, when he received instruction in an

Academy in Cumberland Co., Md., for nearly two years; by close application, he so carefully employed his advantages here that he responsible work of teaching, which he successfully followed for four terms in his native county, working in a tannery during vacation; being twenty-tlwee years of age, he was filled with a desire to visit the West and find a new and larger field for his energies; accordingly, he joined his utu-le, Jacob Hardman, early in the spring of 1848, and they arrived at McFarren's, of Perry Tp., Ri(!hland Co., Ohio, March I'J; he taught school that summer, and took a tour through Indiana, visiting various points of interest; he returned and taught school in the Lamb District the following winter; he married Catharine A. Wirick, Feb. 11, 1849. She is the second daughter of Peter and Deborah (Huntsman) Wirick, born in Perry Tp., Richland Co., on the IGthof September, 1820. After marriage, Mr. Simons lived on McFarren's farm one year; in the fall of 1849, he purchased his present farm of 80 acres, all in the woods then. The next year a hewed log house was erected where the present handsome frame structure now stands. Here they have lived and toiled for thirty years. The following year after he settled, he planted a fine orchard and sowed six acres of wheat. His own labor has removed sixty acres of heavy timber, and erected the substantial buildings of the })resent. In 1856 there was an almost total failure of the wheat crop in some localities, from the ravages of the weevil, making bnnid-stuffs scarce. Mr. Simons hauled timber' to Mt. Vernon, for which he received in payment a ten-dollar bill; he purchased a barrel of flour with it in Mansfield, and started home; he was soon overtaken by merchant, who claimed the bill was counterfeit, and on taking the bill to the lumber dealer, he denied giving it- to him, and as a consequence, Mr. Simons lost the much-needed sum ; he is a Democrat, and has assessed this towi# ship, and served on its Board of Education. Vor some time past he has elfected extensive sales of D. M. Osl)orne Company''s Agricultural Implements, in this and Ivichlandand Knox c(tunti(!S. lb; early united with the Disciple (yhurch, and hasbecMi a faithful minister in its ranks for a number of ^^ears. His \\if(; and seven of the children are within the sacred fold of the same church. ElevcMi children have blessed this union, all living but tvpo - Mary E. born Dec. 24, 1849; Rebecca, March 24, 1851, married Frank Hathaway, and live at Levering Station; Deborah, July 2, 1852, married Leander Ackerinan of Knox Co,; Lomirah, born Dec. 29, 1853, died Sept. 6, 1S77; Freeman born D., Feb. 2, 1856; Lean der Jan. IG, 1858, married Miss Beulah Lukens of Ridgway, Ohio; Catliarine, born Oct. M., 24, 18(31; Addie A., March 19, 1864; Minnie June 26, 1866; Vernie G., May 16, 1868, died Feb. 7, 1870; Mamie, Sept. 29, 1871. The fnther of Mr. Simons follow^ed the occupation of miller; spent his days in Bedford county and was the father of seven children - Maria, Mary, Elizabeth, David, Josiah F., John and Rebecca. Peter Wirick, the father of Mrs. Simons, is one of the few pioneers yet living whose vivid recollections extend back over more than a half century of thrilling scenes and great privations. To his grand- daughter. Miss Mary E. Simons, we are indebted for the followingsketch of this remarkable man's life: Peter Wirick, oldest son of John and Elizabeth Wirick, was born in Washington Co., Penn., on the 25th of July, 1794. His parents were of German descent, and reared to manhood and womanhood nine children. His father was a farmer and millwright, and left his native State when Peter was a small child, settling in Belmont Co. O. Here he learned to read, write and cipher, which was all they taught in the schools of that day. He never attended school after reaching his twelfth year. About 1806, his father again sold his property and removed to Guernsey Co. O., where he lived some six years, and being of a roving disposition - never satisfied - he again sold out and removed to Richland Co. O., and settled on the stream known as the Mohican. Here he entered land, and not being able to obtain the money for which he sold his former died to live very poor Their clothing, warp and woof, was manufactured by their own hands. Peter had now reached his eighteenth year, and had never worn aught but "homespun." This was about the year 1812, and the almost unbroken forest abounded with every variety of wild game. Under these circumstances, Peter developed a jjassion for hunting whi<;h seemed to be .innate, and has characterized him from that day to this. He being the oldest son, ranged the forest that the lamily might have meat while, his father labored in the mill, and in varicnis ways sought to drive the "wolf" from his door. In the years following 1812, the Indians gave the settlers much trouble. They "forted" three times, and under th<! command of Samuel Watson erected a block-house on the site of Belleville, which consisted then of a few dwellings. In this place of refuge they spent a greater part of the summer, and late in the autumn returned to their homes. On this twenty-third birthday he was married to Miss Deborah Huntsman, by squire Amariah Watson. She is a daughter of James and Catherine Huntsman. Her parents were from Pennsylvania, and settled on a farm in Richland Co. in an early day. (See sketch of William Huntsman.) Soon after marriage Mr. Wirick entered land near Bellville. It was then a wilderness, full of deer and other wild game, which it was his chief delight to pursue and kill. Here he resided seventeen years, and in that time thirteen children were born to them - nine sons and four daughters, as follows: James, born April 3, 1817; John, March 29, 1818; Jacob, July 31, 1819; Peter, Oct. 11, 1820; Mary Ann, Dec. 4, 1821; George, Jan. 24, 1823; William, Sept. 20,1824; Catherine A., Sept. 16, 1826; Daniel, Feb. 8, 1828; Jesse, Aug. 10, 1829; Washington, May 13, 1831; Elizabeth, in 1833; Deborah, Sept. 5, 1834. He sold his land on the Mohican for $1000, and purchased his present home of 94 acres for iii>800. Here three sons were born - Jeremiah, born July 16, 1836; Harrison, Nov. 25, 1838; Ziby, Dec. 27, 1840; making sixteen children in all, of which eleven are living, and in prosperous condition in life, and have families, except a son and daughter. The parents were members of the Disciple Church for many years, but drifted away, and at present the father's sympathies are with the Universalist Church; he has bcMMi a Republican since the organization of the party, and formerly wore the name of Whig. He was the finest marksman of his day, and was ever ready to join a hunting party and spend days and even weeks in the forest; he spent the autumn months for eighteen years in hunting, and killed during his life over six hundred deer. On one occasion Mr. Wirick was out hunting with a brother-in-law, John Hunts- man, on the "Cravon" farm, when from some cause they became separated. Soon after Peter saw a hir<>e " IJuck," on which he firc'd, wounditi"^ it severely. He aj)])roaclied the animal, intending- to knife it, but found that he had l'or<^otten his knife. Th(> deer was very ati<^ry and powerful, and he could only defend hiinsidf by strikiny- heavy blows on its \iv;u\ with the mu/./le of his gun until blood flowed freely from its nose, but its fury increased, iMitil cIosin<r, they both (\dl on the snow covered earth, then stained with the blood of man and beast. Strength and courage were fast giving way, when with mighty effort he caught the animal's neck and threw him on his side, but unfortunately with his feet toward him, giving the beast a decided advant age which he was not slow in using, for in this position he kicked and lashed his foe terribly. To use his own words: "1 was bruised from the crown of n)y head to the sole of my feet." Keali/ing that the struggle wo ild be brief with such odds against him, with an almost superhuman effort he thrt^vv the deer on its other side with its feet from him, and seizing his neck, with one limb across his l>ody, he thought to destroy his sight with a ffint, which he usually carried in his shot-j)Ouch. But, alas ! no flint was there. He next searched for a pin or splinter of spicewood to accomplish the work; but the splinter was of little service to him. Despair was about to seize him, when he heard the report of his comrade's rifle, and his call brought him to the rescue. They dispatched their plucky antagonist by cutting his throat. Mr. W. is now eighty-six years old, feeble and tottering on the verge of the silent grav<>, wliere he must soon follf)w his faithful com{)anion to rest. She bore burdens, such as few motlu^rs have suffered or endured. A strong determination and a j)owerful constitution sustained her tliioiigli all.

DOL'TOK D. M. L. SINGREY, physician and surgeon; Levering; second son of Jehu and Jane (Lemmon) Singrey, was born on his present farm Feb. 11, 1S:3',*; he went to school near where his brother Joshua lives, in the first school house built in Perry Tp., taught by Lawrence Van Huskirk, who boarded at his father's, and often carried our subject, a four-year-old pupil, to school on his back. As he grew up, he toiled in the clearing and in the field from early morn till the day's close, until he was 18 years old, whtni his father moved to JJellville, Ohio. He attended the schools of that j)lace until he reached his majority, reading medicine with Dr. Jacob Singrey during vacations. He then entered the office of Dr. James C Lee of Belleville, where he reviewed the whole course of study which he comj)leted in two and a half years. A series of }K»})ular lectures on medical subjects were given at Belleville during the winter of 184G. The doctor removed to the old homestead, where he began the practice of medicine in Oct. 1847, and has continued (!ver since, except one year and four months spent at Albion, Noble Co., Ind. He has a good practice in Morrow, Knox and Richland counties. The doctor is a fine type of that class of men whom our' country delights to honor as "self-made" and self-educated; he has been a member of the Richland County Medical Association; he has been a constant reader of the best books, of which he has a fine collection; he is a consistent mendjer of the Harmony Regular Baptist Church, having united with that body in September, LStJ"), in which he is now Trustee; he cast his first vote for James K. Polk in 1844, and stands with that time-honored party to-day. He united in marriage with Charlotte A. Bonar of this county, on the 35th of December, 185G. She was born in Congress Tp., April 13, 183G, a daughter of John Bonar. Of this marriage seven children were born, five of whom are living - Hoy L., born Nov. 20, 1857; Thomas B., May 9, 1861; Lucy A., April 10, 18G7; Fred L., Nov. 5, 1876; Ben B., Oct. 16, 1879. Tw(j died in infancy - William F. and Kate. Hoy L. Singrciy resides at Belleville, Ohio, where he is telegraph operator on the iialtimore and Ohio R. R. Jehu Singrey, father of D. M. L., was born in Baltimore Co., Md., Aug. 16, 1779; he followed the trade of miller and millwright in his native State; he married Jane Lemmon, Oct. 30, 1808. After seven years of wedded life had passed over their heads, they wcue fired with a desire to see the new KIdorado just carved out of the great Northwest Territory; accordingly they jouiiK^yed across the mountains, and alter a jouiney of twentv-two days reached the little cabin which his brother-in-law, John Shauck, had built on the

Mohican, near the site of Shaucks' Mills, September, 1S15. As Mr. Shauck had not arrived with his family, Mr. Singrey settled here for the winter, and in the meantime entered one hundred and sixty acres here and erected a house, into which they moved in the spring of 181G. On the mornint^ of his first visit to this place, he set out with gun in hand, and just as he reached the hill on which the house stands at present, he was confronted by three Indians, one of which g-ave a low whistle and waved him back with his hand, and looking down in the hollow, he saw three deer feeding, and bringing his gun to his shoulder, sent a ball with unerring aim through the heart of one of them. He soon removed the hide and gave the Indians half, and ever after that they called him the "White Chief." They were his nearest neighbors, there being a wigwam of over one hundred and fifty Wyandott Indians camped in sight of his father's house for seven consecutive years. Tom Lion, the " Big Foot," was their Chief. The best of feeling ever exibted between this family and these dusky children of the forest, and no instance of treachery or depredation occurred during their stay. Mr. Singrey associated witli them until he could talk their language. The wife often baked for them, and exchanged bread for fresh meat. The wolves made sad havoc of his sheep during the first five years; hogs were killed by the bears. Jehu Singrey was a fine marksman; he killed wild cats, bears, and wolves; he killed twenty-three deer from September to Christmas. During the first two years he went to Newark and Mt. Vernon to buy breadstufFs. He built several of the first mills, working with Henry James. The fifth season after his arrival, more wheat was raised tlian could be consumed in the fauiily, and he took a load to Mt. Vernon, where Gilman Bryant, a merchant there, offered him twelve and a half cents per bushel in goods if he would empty it into the streets for the hogs to eat. He drove on to Zanesville, where he received fifteen cents per luishel in sugar, rice, salt and leather. He was an " old time" Democrat, casting his first vote for Thomas Jefferson. He was elected the first Justice of the Peace in Perry Tp., in the spring of 1817. He owned three hundred and twenty acres in this and Congress Tps.

His nearest white neighbors at the time of settlement were Hemy Sams, on the old Green place, and Daniel Levering, near Waterford. He and his wife were l)aptized in the Clear Fork of the Mohican, by Elder Benjamin Green, by which they became meml)ers of the Salem Church, and oti the organization of the Harmony Regular Baptist Church, became the first members of that body; he departed this life Apr. Ji3, 1847, aged 07 years, 8 months and 23 days, and his faithful wife died May 9, 181}!, aged 47. Seven children were born to them - Elizabeth, born June 27, 1810, now Mrs. Dr. James C. Lee, of Belleville, O.; Rachel, born Sept. 7, 1812, died Nov. 16, 1850, was wife of Elijah Clark, a tailor at Belleville, O.; Sarah A., l)orn June 11, 1814, lives at Belleville; Joshua, born .Ian. 15, 181G; D. M. L., Feb. 11, 1822; (subject) ; Alice, June 5, 182G, lives in Belleville. Christian Singrey, grandfather of our subject, was born near Luzerne, Switzerland, on the 27th of Sept., 1723. He came to America about 174G, landing at Philadelphia, and settled in the Colony of Pennsylvania, where he remained some time, when a passion for a little lady whom he had known and loved in his native land became his master and he returned to claim her. Elizabeth Ingold was but thirteen years of age, but their love laughed at obstacles, and they were wed, and hastening back to the Colony with his young bride, he never lost his residence there. Having been seven years in the Colony of Pennsylvania, he took out naturalization papers, dated Sept. 27, 1753, bearing the Great Seal of the Crown of Great Britian, "on whose dominion the sun never sets." This ancient and yellow document is still in the possession of the Doctor, as is also his lancet over one hundred and fifty years old. There were five sons and three daughters born of this marriao-e, of which Jehu was the seventh child. Christian Singrey was a zealous patriot, and loaned nearly half a bushel of gold and silver coin to the Continental Congress, and received in payment their issue of paper money, which was almost worthless; he was an Army Surgeon in the Revolution under General Washington, and had his head-quarters at BaltiuKjre. .lehu Singrey, James McClure and Peter Wirick cut the road from Lexington through Kelley's Corners, in the winter of 1816. The Leininoti family came froiii In^lnnd in the person of Joliii I^oiumon, t^fcat-jrraiMirathei- of oui' subject; hesctUcd in Baltimore Co., Mu., and married, raising a tamily of seven ehileren, of vvhieh Alexis' I -eniujon, orandfatiier of our subject, was one. lie wedded Kaoliael Starisberry, a sister of General Stansberry, of Hevolutionarv fame. Eight daui;hters were born to them, of which Jane, mother of our subject, was the seventh child.

JOSHUA SINGREY, farmer; P. O., Darinoton; oldest son of Jehu and .lane (Lemmon( Singrey; was born near the site of Shauck's Mills, on the l")tli of Jan., ISIG. His youthl'id ])oii-fires were tlie brush-lieaps of tlie clearing. He put his hand to the plow almost as soon as he covdd reach the handles, and has never looked back or forsaken the calling of an honest yeoman. He was introduced to the beauties and mysteries of the alphabet in the old log school -house which stood on the site of his own garden. Here Lawrence Van Buskirk gathere(i his little flock, day after day, as they came through the woods, into a rude domicile, whose onlv floor was the rich soil. The grateful sunlight, promoter of growth and beauty, struggled through the windows of paper, aided by the use of grease. Here, before the great fire-place, with its " cat and clay" chimney, he learned to read, write and cipher. He united in marriage with Miss Eliza Fike, May 10, 1840. She was a daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Ullery) Fike, born in Bedford Co., Penn., March 31, 1820. Joshua lived under the paternal roof until his father's death; at which time he purchased eighty acres of the old homestead - his pressent home. Here he has tilled the soil all his life, except three years, when he worked at saddle and harness-making in Belleville, O. About IHGG he cut down an ash-tree on the farm, which had been deadened about ten years before; and on splitting it open they found the unmistakable marks of a former girdling which had healed over. He and others counted the year-ring growths outside of the first incisions, and they numbered one hundred and seventy-three, which, since 1856, would make nearly two hundred years since the cutting was done by an implement fashioned by the " Pale Face. " Here is a problem for for the historian. Who did it? When a little boy the Indians often stole upon him softly, when they would startle with a thrilling war-hoop, which seemed to give them great delight, Joshua and his sister were often sent in searc^h of the cows, when they wandered away, sometimes two miles distant through the woods. At such times, when they lost the direction of home, the cows would lead them safely along, although they saw wolves. Mr Singrey has a family of six children living, and two dead - Benton, born April 14, 1841, married Martha BiMinet, of Marshal Co., Ind; Jehu, born Jan. 23, 1S43 - he has been thirteen years in the Far West, and is probably dead; James L., born May 13, 1845; John, Sept. 12 1840, married Elizabeth Berget, of this towhship; R. Jane, born Aug. 4, 1858 - now Mrs. James Van Buskirk, of Knox Co., O, Rachel E., born March 27, 1851, married Lemmon Hettrick, of Marion Co., O.; Ruth A., born Dec. 27, 1854; Mary A^, Sept. 11, 1852, died at the age of 19 years, seven months and fifteen davs. MOSES SHAUCK, selling buggies; Shaucks (Johnsville);' is the representative of an old and highly respected family in Perry Tp.; he is the second son of Elah and Barbara (Haldeman) Shauck. He was born in this township, Jan. 0, 1837; his youth was absorbed with the labors on the farm just east of Johnsville. At the age of nineteen he entered the Otterbein University, at Westerville, O., and was an in attendance during the years of 1856, 1857, 1858 and 1861, giving *his attention to the farm during vacations. He responded to the call of his country, enlisting in the 43d O. V. I. as member of the regimental band, and participated in the battle of Pittsburo- Landinj):. He was dischari>ed in September, 1862, when he returned to his native village and engaged in the milling lousiness four years, except a period of 4 months, when he went to defend tiie Nation's Capitol as Captain of a company in the 13(5th Regiment O. N. G. Subseipiently he purchased 1574^ acres of land in Perry Tp. - a portion of the old homestead on which he lived until the spring of 1880, wIkmi he moved to his present residence in .Johnsville. He united m marriage with Kesia Hewitt, December 11, 1862; seven children have been born to them - Lenore was born Oct. 22, 1863; Avalie, Mav 7, 1866; Edna, Oct. 5, 1868; Edgar A., Aug.