Morrow County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1880 (part 7 of 17)

YELVERTON P. BARRY, farmer; P. O. Cardington; was born near Utica, Licking Co., Ohio, March 12, 1832, and came with his parents to Westfield Tp. at the age of 6 years; his father. Captain Elisha Barry, of the war of 1812, was born in Ann Arundel Co., Md., Sept. 4, 1787, and received a good common school education. He married at the age of 25, Rachel Lucas, who was born Jan. 3, 1798. About 1830 they emigrated to Ohio, where Mrs. Barry died, June 10, 1835. Capt. Barry died at Shaw Town, June 7, 1873, having been a member of the M. E. Church over sixty years, and a class-leader over thirty. Yelverton B. received the elements of an English education in the old log school-house at Shaw Town. At the age of 18 he married Miss Hannah E. Benedict, daughter of Eli and Elizabeth (Shaw) Benedict. They moved to their present home in 1859, then consisting of 55 acres, all in the woods, to which they have since added 50. With his grandfather, a soldier of the Revolution, and his father of the second war with England, it was not surprising that when our country was again in peril that the patriotic fire should burn in the heart of Mr. Barry; he turned his back on home and family, and joined the 6Gth O. V. I. Co. K, under Capt. J. H. Van Deman, in Oct., 1861, and went to the Eastern army at once. He took part in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Dumfries and Chancellorsville. In the last named engagement, while guarding a battery, he was struck in the arm by a piece of shell, and permanently disabled for further military duty, and was a few months afterwards discharged. The nature of his wound was such as to preclude his ever doing hard manual labor. His brother Joshua S., who joined the 121st O. V. I., was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, and died in the field hospital, while his arm was being amputated. Mr. Barry has five children - Eli E., John W., Lorinda J., Charles B. and Rachel E. He is at present engaged in general farming and stock-raising, and is a Republican of the most pronounced order.

JACOB CLAYPOOL, farmer and stockraiser P. O., Westfield; was born in Ross Co., O., Jan. 23, 1820; his father, William Claypool, and mother Sarah (Sperry), were natives of Virginia, and came to Ohio in 1802, thus giving them rank among the early pioneers. His father served in the war of 1812. He came to Westfield Tp. in 1827, where he spent his declining years, and where he reared a family of eleven children, eight of whom are now living (those deceased lived beyond the age of fifty years). Mr. Claypool's early life was spent amidst the scenes incident to the frontier. He has seen his father shoot wild game from his own door, and when the supply of meat began to run low, he would shoulder his gun and not return until he was well supplied with game, especially deer, which were quite common. Mr. Claypool gained such an education as the times would allow, and began to do for himself before arriving at his majority. He married at the age of 25 Miss Martha McDonegal, a native of Delaware Co. His father dying soon after, he began business for himself; he bought out the other heirs and took the home farm. There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Claypool seven children, six of whom are now living, and all are married and settled in life except the youngest. The oldest^ Dr. Albert Claypool, is a prominent physician of Toledo. Another son is Gen. Agent of the Howe

Sewing Machine Co., and resides at Nyack, New York. Mr. Jacob Claypool is one of the wealthiest farmers of Westfield Tp., possessing a farm of 214 acres of the best land in the township, and good buildings thereon, and a farm in Wood Co., and is a careful business man. He has for many years been a prominent member and officer in the M. E. Church. In politics he is a Republican, and was formerly an Abolitionist, voting the ticket when only one other man in the township had the courage to do it.

FREDERICK CUTLER, deceased; Frederick Cutler was born Dec. 12, 1829, in Vermont, and came to Westfield Tp. when a small boy, receiving the customary advantages of that day. He went with the great tide to California in '49, and after a year's absence returned with about $1,200 in gold, which he immediately invested in the farm where his widow now resides. At his country's call he early joined the 65th O. V. I., remaining in the service three years; while in the army his first wife died, and he married first a sister of Mrs. Cutler, and after her death, the present Mrs. Cutler, then Miss Maria Peak, a native of Westfield Tp., whose parents, Daniel and Clarissa Peak, came to Ohio from Vermont in 1825, and settled about a mile and a half west of Westfield. Mrs. Cutler received the best education the schools of that day afforded; her parents, with the characteristics of New England people, exercised a pious care for the education of their children. Mr. Cutler, dying in Jan., 1879, left the management and care of the estate and family entirely in her hands, which she is ably conducting, and educating the four children of her own, and four of her sisters', on her fine farm of 200 acres.

STEPHEN H. CURREN, farmer; P. O., Cardington, was born in Westfield Tp., Oct. 11, 1837. He attended school, and assisted his father until of age; his father, Nehemiah Curren, was born in the State of Tennessee, May 18, 1807, and came to Ohio with his parents when a child. His advantages for an education were very limited, having to go four and five miles through the woods to reach the nearest school. His wife, Stephen's mother, was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, in 1814; her parents, whose names were Willey, were from Pennsylvania. Nehemiah Curren was married March 1, 1835, and moved to the place where he now resides, then entirely in tlie woods. Of liis father's family, which consisted of twelve children, three brothers settled in this county. Of his own, there were ten children; two arc now residents of Michig-an, one of Delaware Co., Ohio, and five, three girls, and two boys, are in this county. Of the sons, one lives on the home-farm, and the other, Stephen, lives on his own farm, a half mile distant. One brother, George W., was killed at the battle of Arkansas Post. Stephen H. Curren was married to Miss Emily Wood, Nov. 3, 1858, whose parents came here in an early day from New York State. There were born to them five children, three only - Alice, Estelle and Rosa - are now living-. Mrs. Curren , dying Nov. '23, 1872, he married Miss Phebc Brenizer, March 9, 1874, who also was a native of this county. From this marriage, there is one child living - Clay W. Mr. Carren is a member of the Cardington Lodge of Pree Masons. He started in life with only the smallest setting out, that the custom of that day recognized - a horse, saddle, bridle, and a suit of clothes; and has since secured, entirely by his own industry, a good farm and a nice home.

T. J. CURREN, lumber manufacturer; Westfield; was born Jan. 31, 1845. His father, Jesse Curren, was born in Delaware Co., in what is now a part of Marion Co., June 0, 1819, but at the age of 15 he moved to the vicinity of Norton, where, at the age of 21 he married Miss Malinda Stratton, of Vermont parentage. From this marriage there were seven children, five of whom are now living. The oldest son, Francis M., served in the 9Gth O. V. 1., taking part in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg. Fort Wagner,,Fort Gaines, and remaining until the close of the war. Thomas Jefferson Curren, with his parents, moved to the place where his father now lives, when he was 7 years of age; here he remained until his 27th year, during which time he learned the carpenters' trade. He married Exa Thornburg, a native of Westfield Tp., from which union there were two children - Jessie Estelle, born June 18, 1872, and Emory, Nov. 24, 1874. After marriage he resided nearly four years in Van Wert Co., Ohio, and on his return to Westfield Tp. his wife died, Marcjj 16, 1877. He is now engaged in the saw-mi..

business, doing custom work chiefly, but also manufactures lumber for the market. He is a good business man, and highly esteemed, and is in politics a Republican.

CHARLES B. COOMER, cooper; P. O., Westfield; was born in Niagara Co., N. Y., Apr. 29, 1825; his father was a shoemaker, but carried on a farm, at which Charles assisted when not in school, until his 19th year, when he went to Monroe, Mich., to learn the coopers' trade; after a year he returned to Ohio, where he finished his trade; and worked in different places; at the age of 25, he opened a shop on the home farm, and worked about three years; in 1852, he married MissEmeline Rogers, of Shawtown, a native of Delaware Co.; after some changes, they settled down in this township in ISGl, and Aug. 8, 18G2, he entered the army; only a battalion of three companies being formed, they were assigned to garrison duty,and subsequently consolidated with the 88th O. V. I. ; he was mustered out in July, 18G5; two years later he engaged in the coopers' trade, in which he has since continued. He has a good business and a pleasant home in Westfield; of his three children, only one, Emerson F., born May 3, 1853, is now living. Mr. Coomer is a member of I. O. O. F, Lodge, No. 269, of Westfield, and Encampment No. 125, of Ashley; in politics he is aRepid^lican.

EDWIN M. CONKLIN, farmer; P. O. Westfield; was born Sept. G, 1835, in this township. His father, ^acob Conklin,was born in St. Al burg Tp., Grand Isles Co., Vermont, June 10, 1782. His father, Abram Conklin, was a soldier in the war of Independence; he came to Ohio in the fall of 1813, and located in Liberty Tp., Delaware Co., and a year later joined the Light Horse, under Capt. Mvu-ray, and served under Gen. McArthur, participating in several skirmishes, suftering the vicissitudes of war, sometimes going three days without food. He was married to Orra Payne, Sept. 17, 1818; she was born in New Hartford, Litchfield Co., Conn., July 6, 1798, and came to Ohio in 1817. They immediately started for their new home in Westfield Tji., as described in the history of the township. Mr. Conklin died March 12, 1875, having been a member of the Methodist Church seventytwo years, his home being the first preaching place in the township. Edwin had charge of the farm after his fifteenth year, and hence was deprived of many school privileges which other boys had, but he has by no means neglected the cultivation of his mind, and is ])roverbial for his accuracy. He has for more than twenty years kept a journal of every day's transactions, and for the same length of time a tri-daily thermometrical record. He married Lottie Shoemaker, Oct. 15, 1872, who died Jan. 12, 1876. To them was born one son - Edwin J., July 1, 1874. He married Martha Van Brimmer Feb. 11, 1880. Her parents were among the early settlers. Mr. Conklin has been prominently identified with the Odd Fellows; he was Deputy Grand Master for this district about four years, and Representative in the Grand Lodge two years; he passed all the chairs in both branches, joining the encampment at Delaware, and was a charter member, both at Cardington and Ashley, and was one of the charter members of the Myrtle Lodge of the Daughters of Rebecca, at Westfield. He was the first one to take hold of the Grange movement in this locality, and was the first delegate from here to the State Grange, in Xenia, in 1874, and was made Deputy for Morrow Co., and in that capacity organized the Grange at Cardington, Lincoln, Harmony, Canaan, Johnsville, Peru and Marengo. He has always been a Republican, casting his first vote for Fremont in 1856, and has held various township offices. He has a farm of 105 acres, in a good state of cultivation, which is known as the " Pleasant Home Farm. "

WILLIAM COOK, school teacher, Cardington; was born in this tow^nship, Feb. 11, 1854, near the east branch of "Whetstone." His father, John Cook, who deserves most especial mention as one of the earliest pioneers of this township, was born at Lancaster, O., Dec. 5, 1811. His parents came from Vii'ginia to Ohio, about four years before the latter became a state - and came to Delaware Co., and settled at Fort Morrow, near Norton, in 1813, and a year later in this township. Of his father, David Cook, especial mention is made in the general township history. His mother's maiden name was Ruth McLung, Mr. Cook married Louisa Nicholas, March 9, 1837, who was born in Shenandoah Co., Va., in- 1814. They had a family of eight children, six of whom are now living, and five residents of this county. 'Mr. Cook has been a resident of this township over sixty years, but nearly twenty years ago the light was forever vanished from his sight, and he became totally blind, and sadly he said to the writer: "Many grandchildren have grown up around me, the face of not one of whom have I ever seen." William is a young man of rare promise, and great energy. He improved his early advantages, although only permitted to attend school in the winter, his services being required the balance of the time. At the ao-e of twenty he went to Cardington, where he spent one year in school, to fit himself for teaching, applying himself closely, especially in the study of languages, making a specialty of German. He intends shortly to enter on the study of medicine, and he will without doubt, make his mark as a physician. His grandfather was a soldier of the war of 1S12, and his great grandfather of the Revolutionary war.

JOHN B. GULP, farmer; P. O. Westfield; was born in Franklin Co., Pa., June 7, 1838. He was the oldest son of Andrew and Leah (Bean) Gulp, who raised a family of eight children. At the age of 20 his parents moved to Waldo Tp., Marion Co., O., where his mother died; his father is now a resident of La Bette Co., Kan. Mr. Gulp was for some time engineer in the Richland (now the Willow) Flouring Mills, and subsequently the Waldo Mills. He married Miss Catharine Strine Jan. 15, 1861, and soon afterward entered the army and served in the Quartermaster's Department in Kentucky for about four months. He afterward enlisted in the 174th O. V. I., Co. L, under Capt. Garrett, and was assigned to the Western army, under Gen. Thomas; he was in the battle of Overhall's Creek, and seven days later in the battle of the Cedars, in which he was Avounded and obliged to remain in the Hospital six months; he was mustered out at Camp Denison in June, 1865. His wife died Aug. 22, 1865, and in 1866 he married Mrs. Margaret Waddell, widow of Isaac Waddell, who died Nov. 6, 1859, leaving her with three sons - John S. James G, and Benjamin I. She and the first Mrs. Gulp were sisters, and their parents were John and Mary (Moneysmith) Strine. Their grand-father, John Moneysmith, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war; their brother, Peter Strine, was killed at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, and anotlier brother died in the army of sickness. Mr. Gulp's brother Samuel, was one of the "Lincoln Guard," and died at Washington, J). C. In 1873 Mr. Gulp bou<2;ht the farm whore he now lives, consisting of fifty acres, on which he in the fall of 1879 erected his elegant residence. His farm is known as Mt. Pleasant, and is under a good state of cultivation.

MORRIS M. GOOMER, farmer and stockraiser; P. O.Ashley; was born in Ontario Go., N. Y., Jan. 13, 1815. His father, Benjamin Goomer, was born March 22, 1783, in IBerkshire Go., Mass., and at the age of 22 married Miss Amy Wood, born in Bennington Go., Vermont, May 11, 1789, who was related to the Hutchinson family, famed as singers, and a cousin to Ex. President Filmore. To them were born Ira W. Jonathan, G. Anson, Seymour G., Morris M., Julia, married to Joseph Shoemaker; Rachel, married to Ephraim Hubbell, Gharles B., and Wilson W. Morris began his education in New York State, but his advantages were limited after his arrival in Ohio. He learned the cabinet-makers' trade, at which he worked one year; afterward in partnership with his brother Jonathan, he manul'actured fanning-mills for one year, and worked for fourteen years as journeyman in the same business. At the age of 31 he married Miss Sarah Glark, daughter of Elihu and Mary (Keene) Glark; she was born in Franklin Go., Ohio, in 1810. Her grandfather, as well as Mr. Goomer's maternal grandfather, were Revolutionary soldiers. Her parents came from New York State to Ohio in 1811. Soon after marriage they moved to Oxford Tp., Delaware Go., and six years later to the farm where he now resides, consisting of 74 acres of productive land. They have had four children - Gicero, born in 1847, married to Miss Sarah Pierce, and now Treasurer of Delaware Go.; Monroe, born in 1850, who died at the age of 4 years; Alice, born in 1854, apd married to Isaac Hickson, and Ada, born in 1858, and educated at the Ohio Wesleyan Female Gollege, and now engaged in teaching school. Mr. Goomer is a member of I. O. O. F., No. 421, and F. and A. M., No. 407, and in politics a Republican.

LEVI P. DIXON, farmer, stock-raiser; P. O., Westfield; was born Sept. 29, 1843, on the farm where he now resides. Alexander Dixon, his fatlici, was born in Vermont, in 1807, and at the age of 2 years, he came with his parents to Bourbon Go., Ky. At the age of 21 years he resolved to try his fortune in Ohio, where he engaged in bi:^ing horses, which he took to Kentucky and exchanged for sheep, which he sold in Ohio. In this way he for several years carried on a profitable business. He married Minerva Bartholomew, Jan. 3, 1829, who was born near Bradfordtown, Gonn., June. 9, 1804, and came to Ohio with her parents when a child. From this marriage there were eight children, only three of whom, two daughters and Levi, survive. Leander joined the 65th O. V. I., and immediately after the battle of Shiloh, ivas taken sick and died; Lincoln, another brother, joined the 174th O. V. I., and participated in the battles of Overhall's Greek, Cedars, Murfreesboro, and the evacuation and burning of Decatur, Alabama; and returning home died of diseases contracted in the army. Levi enlisted in the 187th O. V. I., and served with his regiment until the close of the war, when he returned home and took charge of the farm, which he carried on for about five years, and then on account of ill health spent one year in the west. On his return from Kansas, he married Miss Minerva Shaw,, born in this county Apr. 2, 1851. They have had three children - Oscar, born Oct. 2, 1873; Archie, July 31, 1878, and died Sept. 14, of the same year, and Smith, May 8, 1880. His father dying in 1876 Levi came in possession of the home farm, consisting of 164 acres of good land. He makes a specialty of sheep-raising, keeping thorough-breds and good grades. His residence is one of the old landmarks, being the first frame house erected on the "school section." He is a Republican, and of a patriotic family; his grandfather, Alexander Dixon, Sen., having served through the Revolutionary war.

WILSON FOUST, farmer and stockraiser; P. O., Westfield; the only son of Abraham and Almira Foust, was born April 7, 1821, near Winsor's Gorner, in Delaware Go.; his father was born April 7, 1796, and came to Ohio when a small boy, and settled first in Pickaway Go., and later in Delaware Go., and settled in this township, as noted in the history of the same. He married Mrs. Almira Gone, and raised a family of four children, all of whom are now settled in this vicinity. When Wilson was a small boy, his father moved to the farm where he now lives, with limited advantages for an education, most of which was secured in one term; at the age of 18 he went to learn the carpenters' tradp, at which he worked some eight or ten years, in the meantime spending three years in Indiana. On his return he married Miss Ellen Claypool, Oct. 14, 1850, leaving the same day for Iowa, with his wife; he remained there two years, during which time was born, Warren M., Oct. 28, 1851, who now resides in Wyoming Territory; on their return to Ohio, two other children were born, Bruce B., Feb. 32, 1852, also now in Wyoming Territory, and Mary E., Oct. 16, 1854. He purchased the farm where he now resides, about this time consisting of G2 acres. Soon afterward his first wife died, and he married Miss Lucy A. Durkee, from which union there were six children, of whom four are living - O. K., born Nov. 8, 1861; Flora L., Nov. 19, 1863; Harriet A., Nov. 20, 1865; Kelly O. K., Oct. 3, 1868. In addition to the home farm, he has by careful management accumulated considerable property, including a piece of land of 25 acres, of rich bottom on the Whetstone River; another piece of 32 acres, a farm of 84 acres, and another of 20 acres in Marion Co. He gives especial attention to breeding cattle, keeping good grades, and has a fine flock of sheep. He is a member of the Westfield Lodge I. O. O. F., and Ashley Lodge of Free Masons.

DR. GEORGE GRANGER, deceased; was born in Vermont, in July, 1815, and attended school at Bethel Gilead, coming to Ohio via. Erie Canal and the lake; he arrived at Huron, from which point he came on foot to this part of the State, walking some days forty miles; he entered the Worthington Medical Institute, and graduated in 1837, and located at Westfield in the following year, where he began the practice of medicine; he married Miss Mary Bishop, who died in 1846; he married again, in 1847, Miss Adah Carpenter, who was born in Galena, Jan. 15, 1825, and whose parents came from Pennsylvania, and were among the very earliest settlers of Berkshire Tp.; her grandfather, Gilbert Carpenter, a Revolutionary soldier, -wis one of the most prominent men of Delaware Co., and is remembered as Judge Carpenter. Her parents moved to this township when she was 12 years of age; she attended common school, and spent one term at Zanesville, Ohio. About this time Dr. Granger bought an interest in the fanning mill, pump factory and store business of Adam Wolf, and afterward, with Henry Keyser, established a clothing store and merchant tailoring establishment, and finally bought out Wolf and carried on business, managed his large farm and practiced medicine until 1859, when, having been elected to the position of County Treasurer, he moved to Mt. Gilead, where after a residence of little more than a year, he died, in June, 1860. In the fall following, Mrs. Granger, with her family, returned to Westfield, where she manages her farm of 118 acres successfully, and gives especial attention to raising sheep; Mrs. Granger is the mother of three children - S. Granger, whose sketch appears in this work; Mary, married D. D. Booher, a real estate and insurance agent of Mt. Gilead, and Emma, married to Alfred Bishop, and now deceased. Dr. Granger was one of the Charter members of the Westfield Lodge of Odd Fellows; he began without a dollar, and by his own labor amassed a great deal of property.

ALBERT GOODHUE, farmer and stockdealer; P. O. Westfield, was born in Westfield Tp., June 13, 1831. His father, J6siah Goodhue, was born in New Hampshire, March 19, 1792. His ancestors served in the Revolutionary war, two of whom gave up their lives in that struggle. He was married to Elizabeth Peak, March 25, 1825, about eight years after he came to Ohio. They settled on the west bank of the Whetstone, nearly opposite the site of the present town of Westfield ; here he early engaged in the ashery business, in which he laid the foundation of his fortune; carrying the products to Zanesville and Cin- - cinnati, and exchanging them for such goods as the settlers needed, which he in turn sold at a profit. This business he carried on for about fifty years, during which time he was in partnership with Henry Lamb, of Delaware, and others; he was the father often children, six of whom are now living. One of his sons, John Goodhue, of the 26th O. V. I., was killed in the battle of Murfreesboro. He lived to the advanced age of eighty-four years, vigorous in mind and body. Albert lived with his father until lie was thirty years of age, when he was married. He has two children, whom he is giving the very best advantages for securing a good education. He has a good farm, of 1U4 acres, and his residence commands a fine view. Besides this, he has town pr()|)erty, and an interest in other lands. In stock-dealing, he invests in whatever the mark(!t indicates as the most prudent to handle.

WIIdJERT GRANGER, farmer; P. O., Westfield; was born June 21, 1845, in what is now Westfield Tp., but then a part of Oxford; he is the son of Dr. George and Mary (Hisliop) Granger. His father's history is noted elsewhere, and his mother's family were among the first settlers; he received a good common school education, and in 1863 enlisted in the 6th Independent Battalion of Cavalry, serving one year. Before his time of service expired he again enlisted in the 13th Ohio Cavalry, and served three years* He took part in the battles of White House Landing, the Explosion of the Mine, at Petersburg, the battles of Weldon Rail Road, Pegram Farm and Dinwiddie, C. H. During the last named engagement his regiment dismounted; was posted in a wood endeavoring to hold the line, when he was struck in the shoulder by a Minie ball and severly wounded, from the effects of which he still suffers. In March, 1867, he married Miss Mary A., daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Washburne) Olds. Mrs. Granger was born in this township, in 1844, and her people are among the very first settlers of the township. There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Granger three children - Viola O., Audrie Jane and Walter O. Mr. Granger has a nice farm of forty-five acres, in the outskirts of the village, and his residence is one of the old landmarks. Mr. Granger was a good soldier in the field, and is a good citizen at home. He is in politics a Republican.

SOLON GRANGER, farmer and stockdealer; P. O. Westfield. Among the younger class of citizens, who are rapidly coming to the front, none are more pnjminentthan Mr. Granger. He is the son of Dr. George and Adah Granger, whose biogra])hies appear more fullv elsewhere, and was born March 10, 1851. At the time of his father's death, which occurred when Solon was 9 years of age, he was attending school at Mt. Gilead, Ohio, where his father was performing the duties of County Treasurer. He returned then to Westfield, and after spending a few years in the village school, and nearly a year in college, at Delaware, he went to Lebanon, O., where he completed a business course and received a diploma. At the age of 20, he took charge of the home farm of 216 acres, forty-seven of which belonged to him ; to the latter he has added forty-seven acres additional, thirtyfive of which he has cleared and improved. He marrried Miss Ethlinda Durkee, Nov. 16, 1873., who .was a native of this township. From this union there are two children - George A., born Jan. 2, 1875 ; and Emma, born May 14. 1879.

CHARLES HOLT, farmer and stock-dealer; P. O. Cardington. His father, Evan Holt, was a pioneer of Chester Tp., as noted elsewhere, and came to Westfield Tp. about 1827, where he married, and reared a family of eight children, of whom Mr. Holt, the youngest son, was born July 21, 1841. He lost two brothers - one was killed' by lightning, and the other by a saw-mill accident. Charles was early obliged to relinquish his school privileges, but says he received the best part of his education in the army. He enlisted iVug. 18, 1862, in the 121st O. V. I., and served to the end of the war, with a record that he may justly be proud of; he took part in the battles of Perry ville, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Rome, Buzzard's Roost, Kenesaw Mountain, and the battles in that vicinity, and about Atlanta, and the battle of Jonesboro'. After the last-named battle he was detailed for hospital service, and assigned to duty at Indianapolis, in which capacity he visited all the leading cities of the Union. Mr. Holt relates an amusing incident in which he took part: A few days before the battle of Chickamauga, a detachment to which he belonged made a dash into the enemy's lines, capturing a lot of sweet potatoes, which the rebels were washing for supper, and reached an eminence commanding the station where Longstrcet's corps was disembarking, into which they poured a lively fire, and then fell back to make their supper off their recent capture; but by the time they had their fires kindled, and were in high anticipation of a rich sup- per, a few shells from the rebels warned them to extinguish their fires, and they were compelled to lay on their arms that night, and eat their sweet potatoes raw. At one of the skirmishes, at Kenesaw Mountain, while his company was charging the rebels through a thicket, they very unexpectedly came on the enemy intrenched behind railroad ties; a volley from their guns was received, and his companion, Chester Bartholomew, fell, mortally wounded, and died in his arms, his last words being: " Tell my wife I have been a good soldier. " On his return from the army he moved to the place where he now resides. On one of his furloughs home he married Miss Delight H. Mary, born in Westfield Tp., Aug. 4, 1844, whose parents, Edwin and Electa (Aldrich) Mary, came here in an early day. From this marri.age there are seven children - four boys and three girls. On his return from the army, Mr. Holt had but 1200 to start with, purchasing a mill-seat and apiece of land; he has added to this until he has a farm of 63 acres, 25 of which are rich bottom-land, situated on both sides of the Whetstone river. He gives especial attention to the breeding of hogs, taking, in 1879, the first premium at the Morrow Co. Fair, as also, the first premium on draught horses. For the past six years, he has been engaged in buying hogs for the Eastern market, as a member of the firm of Holt & Payne; he has been Township Assessor for three years. Mr. Holt has that energy and decision of character which marks the thorough business man, and is destined to be one of the leading men of the county.

J. G. KEHRWECKER, farmer and stockraiser ; P. O., Cardington. John G. Kehrvvecker was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and came to America at the age of 22. He received a good German education, being required by law in that country to attend school from the age of 6 to 14. In 1830, he landed in New York, and went direct to Lancaster, Pa., where he spent five years. In 1835, he came to Delaware Co. and located in what is now Westfield Tp., Morrow Co., purchasing ninety acres, in the woods, and erecting a log cabin, began the work of making this township what it is to-day, in which none have taken a more prominent part than Mr. Kehrwecker. It was here that he made the acquaintance of, and subsequently married, Mary Hack, who also was a native of Wurtemberg and came to this country with her mother and located in this vicinity in 1832 and became Mrs. Kehrwecker in 1837. Thirteen children in all to gladden their hearts, five of whom are dead. Of their children who now survive - Christina, the oldest, married George Renz and afterwards Harmon Ruhrmond; Mary married Clay Hardsock; Caroline, the third daughter, married George Karns; Fredrica married William A. Payne; Geo. H., the only surviving son, lives in this vicinity. The three younger daughters are Sarah, Anna and Ella. When our country was in peril, Mr. and Mrs. Kehrwecker surrendered two of their three boys a sacrifice to the cause of Freedom. They bade them farewell, never again to see them, and to-day they sleep beneath a Southern sky. Frederick joined the 31st O. V. I., for which a company was raised at Cardington; in 1861; he took part in the battles of Stone River and Shiloh and died at Nashville, Sept, 28, 1862. John enlisted in the 96th O. V. I. and participating in the battles of Chickasaw Blufi"s, Arkansas Post and the siege of Vicksburg; he was taken sick immediately after the latter, and died at Vicksburg, July 17, 1864. By careful attention to business, prudent investments and untiring industry, Mr. K. has increased his tract to over four times its original size, and his farm now embraces 380 acres of the finest land in the township, all well ditched and under-drained, everything about his premises denoting thrift and enterprise. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, and in politics a Republican.

DR. EPHRAIM LUELLEN, physician; Westfield; was born in Meigs Co., Ohio, Feb. 21, 1824; his father, Philip Luellen, was born in Pennsylvania, his mother in New York State* When he was 3 years of age his parents moved with him to a place near Delaware, and two years later to Waldo Tp., then in Delaware Co. It was here the Doctor experienced the vicissitudes of frontier life, his parents moving into the woods, with not a neighbor within a mile. Their home was of the most primitive style, built of round logs " chinked and daubed," with puncheon floor and ceiling, and in fact without any sawed lumber. Thus he began his youth, with few of the comforts of life, but amidst surroundings whicn tended to develop those sterling qualities lor whieh our pioneers are noted. When he was 9 years of age liis lather died, and about a year after, he was enabled to attend the first school opened in that vicinity, a subscription school, even the school-house being ])uilt by voluntary contributions of labor. From this time until his IGth year he attended school, occasionally having to go two miles through an unbroken wood. He went to learn the tanner's trade in Westfield, at which he continued to work for about five years. Owing to failing health he undertook the study of medicine with Dr. Granger, and subsequently attended the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, and then began to practice with his preceptor. He married Miss Nancy Trindle, Dec. 14, 1853, whose family history appears under the sketch of J. B. Trindle. In 1873 he moved to Delaware, Ohio, to give their two children, Clara Estelle and James C, better advantages for an education. While there he opened a drug store, in which he did a thriving business, and although not designing to practice, he was forced by his old friends, and many new ones, to do so. Yielding to the urgent entreaties of the people of Westfield, among whom he had spent nearly forty years, he returned after an absence of four years. He has a fine residence and 128 acres of most excellent land, and a residence in the city of Delaware. He is a self-made man, and, although public-spirited, he has never aspired to public office. In the practice of medicine he has associated with him Dr. C. L. Morgan, of Alliance, Ohio. He is a Republican, and a prominent member of the M. E. Church.

JOSEPHUS McCLEAD, farmer and stockraiser: P. O. Westfield; was born in Washington Co., Pa., Apr. 25, 1818; his father moved to Athens Co., Ohio, in 1830, where he remained about seven years, he then moving to Westfield Tp. Joscphus spent about eight years in the fanning-niill business, traveling and selling; during this time, besides spending a good deal of time in Ohio, he covered much of Indiana, and spent four years in Missouri, and had an opportunity to observe the early settlements in those states. When the gold fever broke out, he led a company to California, and made his first stand at Hangtown, since called Placerville; after a varied experience of about four years, with good success, taking out in the meantime great quantities of gold, he returned to the more quiet scenes of his early home. He had in 1837, purchased a farm in Westfield Tp., at about $3.00 per acre, unimproved, and this, on his return, he set about improving, which he was now able to do with earnings in the gold regions; after devoting a few years to this work, he decided further to increase his happiness by making Miss Mary Ann Wiley, a lady born and educated in Lincolnshire, England, the sharer of his fortune; they were married in 1856, and have since had six children, all of whom are now living. He is of a family of thirteen children, all of whom are now living, and scattered over four states, the youngest being about 43 years of age; he is of Scotch descent, his great grandfather emigrating from Scotland, the characteristics of which are plainly marked in Mr. McCIead; he is strong in his convictions, fearless in the expression of them, and when he espouses a cause which he believes to be right, you will* find him staying by it. He is truly a selfmade man, but unlike many such, he belongs to the advanced school, and favors education, culture and the improvement of society; he is now quietly enjoying the pleasures of home on his farm, one of the largest in the township, and his elegant residence commands the finest view in that part of the county. He gives especial attention to stock-raising, particularly cattle, of which he keeps a fine herd; in his religious belief he is Deistic.

WILLIAM H. MILLER, farmer and stock raiser; P. O. Westfield; son of Philip and Hannah (Mattux) Miller, was born in Waldo Tp., Marion Co., Ohio, Aug. 17, 1838. He received a common school education, and attended Mount Hesper one term. He joined the 26th O. V. I., Company C, May 1, 1861, and was the second man in the township to enlist; he served three years, taking part in the battles of Cross Lanes, Cotton Mountain, Raleigh, Kanawha Falls, Scurry and Sewell Mountain, in Virginia. In Feb., 18G2, his regiment was transferred to the Army of the Ohio, and was in at the last of the battle of Pittsburg LandinT, taking part in the pursuit of Hood. At Kenesaw Mountain, of the ninety-four who had reported for duty in his company, the morning they went into battle, only eight answered to roll call after the two days' fight. While in the service he was detailed for several foraging expeditions; in one of these, while near Nashville he, with a detachment, went out on the Nolanville Pike to secure some corn, and while removing it, was surprised and captured by Morgan, of guerrilla fame, but one of their number escaping, carried the news to camp, and they were recaptured the same day by the 3d Ohio Cavalry and the 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry, Mr. Miller suffering only the loss of his boots, which a "reb"had appropriated; secured his watch and revolver, which he had taken the precaution to hide when he found himself surrounded; he had . five brothers in the army, of whom one died at Newbern, N. C. On his return from the army, he read law a short time, which he abandoned to resume farming, purchasing the 'Bijah Wilson farm of 100 acres of good land, valued at about $6,000. In 1868 he married Ellen, daughter of Hartman and Mary (Stinger) Gickhout, born March 29, 1846. Her father came to America from Hesse Cassel when a young man. They have two children - Ollie Varrence and Hartman Gickhout. Mr. Miller gives his attention in the way of stock to fine wool sheep; as a citizen he is generous hearted and public spirited, and has the confidence of those who know him. He is a Rejjublican, and a member of the Ashley Lodge No. 407, of Free Masons.

JACOB MOYER, blacksmith; Westfield; was born in Bavaria, April 8, 1831; a son of Henry and Salomi Moyer. His father was born in 1800 and was brought up to the blacksmith's trade, which Jacob, having spent eight years in school, began to learn at 14 years of age, of his father. In 1847, his parents emigrated to America, with their three boys and five girls; but as they were about to land, their vessel was wrecked on a sand-bar, on Long Island, and soon went to pieces, the passengers barely escaping with their lives, the first mate losing his in his efforts to save them. His family lost all their property, except such as they had on their persons. Coming to Marion Co., where his wife had a brother, Henry Schaaf, his father bought a small farm. Sometime after, Jacob came to Westfield, and worked at his trade about a year, and then went to Columbus, where he worked a year and again returned to Westfield; where, after working six years, he purchased a farm on which he remained seven years. Selling out, he engaged in the provision business, in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, in which he continued three years. He returned U) Westfield again in 1868, and erected his present shop, where he has since carried on the blacksmith trade successfully. He has an improved arrangement for setting tire, which obviates the dishing of the wheel, which has made for him a considerable reputation. In 1853, he married Mary Detwiler, whose parents, Henry and Anna Detwiler, came from Switzerland, in 1847, to Marion Co. They have a family of six boys and two girls, named in the order of their birth, as follows: Henry, Charles, Jacob, Frederick, Dillie, Wesley Adam and Nettie. He has been a member of the I. O. O. F. since 1855, and is a member of the German Reformed Church.

JONATHAN McQUlSTIAN, farmer ; P. O., Cardingon ; the son of Thomas and Jane McQuistian, who are natives of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in 1812, and settled on Salt Creek, Wayne Co., where Jonathan was born, in 1816, amid the exciting times of pioneer life. His father built the first mill and still-house in Holmes County, which was largely patronized by the Indians. His early advantages were limited; the school-house in which he was a pupil was built of logs, with the ground for a floor and greased paper for windows. At the age of 16, he engaged in teaming from Millersburg to Massilon and Cleveland. At the age of 22, hewent to work on Wahlhonding Canal, and a year later he marrried Miss Sarah Hardraan, and three years later moved to Iberia, this Co., and four years afterwards to his present farm, which at that time was in the woods but which he has since made one of the best improved farms in this section, with a good residence. He has been married three times ; by his second wife he had seven children - James, Thomas, Rebecca, Peter, Amanda, Jacob and Mary. He is particularly engaged in breeding fine horses, and is the owner of the horse Pride of Normandy, a a beautiful dapple-gray, 16 hands high, and weighing about 1600 pounds. In politics, he is a Democrat.

only son of Zilui and Amanda Peak, was born June 3, 184:5. His lather was born in Windsor Co., Vermont, Sept. 13, 1802. His grandfather, Daniel Peak, served in the war of 1812, with two of his sons - John andOnin; he took part in two battles, those of Bridge water and Stony Creek, and in the latter his son Orrin was killed. Daniel Peak emigrated to Ohio, with his familv of seven cliildren, in 1819. The education Ziba gained, was secured before he left Vermont, the hard and incessant labor incident to the new country preventing the further prosecution of his studies. When he became of age, he engaged in business with his father, farming and running an ashery, the latter probably the first in the township. They found a market for their products in Zanesville, which were exchanged for dry goods, groceries, hardware, etc., which in turn were traded for ashes on their return. In 1834, he married Miss Amanda Torry, a native of Windsor Co., Vermont, Avho emigrated to Ohio at an early day, and taught school for some time, on what is known as the "school lands," in a double log house, a part of which was used as a dwelling. In 1850, Mr. Ziba Peak joined the Delaware Company of gold-seekers, and went to California. Since then he has carried on farming with more than ordinary success, as his farm of 240 acres of excellent land attests. Mr. Peak has been a member of the Methodist Church for over fifty years, and was one of the first members in this township, while Mrs. Peak traces her family back in the same church for generations,^and her father's home in Vermont, as well as Ohio, was also the home of the itinerant preacher. Mr. and Mrs. Peak, although far advanced in the afternoon of life, are still hale and hearty, and are now quietly enjoying the fruits of their early labor, and awaiting the reward of the faithful. Their three daughters are - Eliza, Mary and Julia. William T, relieves his parents of the responsibility of managing the farm, and remains with them. He has also a farm of his own under a good state of cultivation. He was educated in the common schools and spent one term in the Ashley school and six months in Cleveland.

Hiram and Adeline (Goodrich) Payne, were born in Delaware Co., and soon after the marriage moved to Westfield Tp. After living for diiferent periods at Lima, Worthington and Liberty Tp., Delaware Co., they again settled in Westfield Tp., on the farm now owned by William. He has one brother and five sisters. Mr. Payne received his education chiefly in common schools, and attended Cardington High School one term. He married Miss Fredrica Kehrwecker in lS73,whose family history forms an interesting part of this work. They have been blessed with five children - two bo^'S and three girls. His farm consists of 152 acres of land, all tillable, and well adapted to stock-raising, which he turns to good account in the rearing of good grades of sheep, of which he has a large flock. Although Mr. Payne is a Democrat in a Republican locality, he is, by all parties, spoken of as one of the foremost and most respected citizens of the township, and as liberal and public spirited in the highest degree. He is a member of No. 269, 1. O. O. F., of Westfield.

RICHARD PEAK, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O., Westfield; was born in Windsor Co., Vt., Jan 19, 1813; his father, Daniel, served in the war of 1812. When he was 6 years of age his parents moved to Wayne Co., O., and the next year to this township. They were induced to take this step at the solicitation of their son, John, who, having settled in Westfield Tp. after his return from the war,sent back glowing accounts of the productiveness of the country. Richard spent his boyhood in attending the backwoods schools occasionally, as opportunity alforded, and assisting in clearing ofl" the place until his IGthyear, when his brother Ziba took charge of the farm; he then assisted in this, as well as the manufacture of pearlash, cheese, etc.; their nearest market then for the simplest kind of produce being Delaware. After arriving at maturity he worked for several years at farm labor, saving ^350 with which to begin business. At the age of 28 he, with his younger brother, George, took charge of the home farm, and cared lor their parents during their declining years. In 1851 he married Miss Maggie Himlich, whose parents came from Alsace, Germany, about 1833, and located in Columbia Co., Pa., where Mrs. Peak was born April 4, 1834.

From there they moved to Marion Co., O., where Mrs. P. received a common school education. Mr. and Mrs. Peak have twelve children, all of whom are now living, and the four oldest are married; they are as follows: George J., born Aug. 17, 1852; Mary, July 1, 1854; Annie, March 30, 1856; Lorinda, Dec. 31, 1858; Ellenore, Aug. 6, ]8G0; Luella, March 24, 18G2; James, March 18, 1864 Flora, March 5, 1866, Ziba, March 26, 1868 Hawley, April 8, 1870; Elmer, Aug. 17, 1872 Otto, Oct. 1, 1874. Mr. Peak has a farm of about 130 acres of good land, with good stock water, and gives special attention to the rearing of cattle. The buildings on his farm are good, and his residence commands a fine view. Mr. Peak is a member of the Methodist Church, in which his parents lived and died consistent members.

JOHN RUGGLES, farmer; P. O., Westfield; was born in this township, Aug. 8, 1834; his father, Alfred Ruggles, was born in Pennsylvania, and came here when there were very few settlers; his mother, Eliza Ruggles, is a daughter of Elisha Barry, who was a Captain in the war of 1812, and came with her parents to Ohio from Ann Arundel Co., Maryland, about 1830. Mr. Ruggles began his education in an old log school house, but being compelled to assist his father in clearing up the farm, his advantages were limited; he enlisted in the 121st O. V. I., in Co. D, under Captain Sharp, in Aug., 1862, and served twenty-eight months; he was in the battle of Perryville, and the skirmishes in and abont Triune, Tennessee; in the battle of Chickamauga, he received a Minie ball wound just below the shoulder, on account of which he was eventually discharged; his brother, Almon L., who enlisted in the same company, died in the hospital at Perryville, in Oct., 1862; on his return home he engaged in farming with his father, and in 1867, he married Mise Laura A. Hare, a native of Ohio; they have a family of three children. Mr. Ruggles is a generous, public-spirited citizen, highly respected by all who know him. He is a Republican, and a member of the Westfield Lodge I. O. O. F., No. 269.

OLIVER E. RICHARDSON, merchant; Westfield; was born Aug. 10, 1828, at Caledonia, Marion Co. His parents. Manning and Lucina (Eno) Richardson, were natives of Connecticut, and moved to Ohio about 1820. Mr. Richardson received a good common school education, and attended the Ohio Wesleyan University one year, after which he taught school for four years. He engaged in business in Waldo, O., in 1853, as a member of the firm of French & Richardson. Having disposed of their business there, they opened a store in the Goodhue room in Westfield, in 1857; Mr. Richardson's father bought out Mr. French's interest in 1859, and the firm became O. E. Richardson & Co. In 1862, Mr. Richardson, Sr., dying, the firm became O. E. Richardson, which was changed to Richardson Bro. in 1864, by the admission of J. B. Richardson. About this time the firm suffered a loss of $700 by robbery. In 1872 he and L. W. Cook bought out the interest of his brother, and the firm continued to be Richardson and Cook for about two years, when he bought out Mr. Cook's interest, since which time the firm has been O. E. Richardson. In December, 1877, in connection with Daniel Waddell, he opened a hardware and clothing store in Westfield, under the firm name of Daniel Waddell & Co. He also has a farm of fifty acres south of Westfield. Mr. Richardson gives his principal attention to his first named business, which consists chiefly of dry goods and groceries, which he has yearly increased, until there are few if any merchants in this line who do a business in excess of his. Hand* ling the large quantity of goods that he does, he is enabled to buy direct from manufacturers and importers, at the very best rates, an advantage he has had the far-sightedness to give his customers, which is one of the secrets of his success. In connection with Charles Millikan, he is largely engaged in shipping butter and eggs, doing a business that yearly aggregates about 87000. He has been Postmaster over twenty years, and served the township as Treasurer for many years. He has at all times been foremost in every thing that pertains to the public interests, and is willing at all times to lend a helping hand to any enterprise that tends to build up the business of the community, showing a remarkable degree of unselfishness in these matters.

Drake, of the war of 1812. Mrs. Richardson was born Aug. 9, 1834. They have eight children, one of whom, Clermont, resides in California. Mr. Richardson is a member of the Westfield Lodge 369, I. O. O. F.

EZEKIEL B. SLACK, farmer; P. O. Westfield; Avas born Feb. 5, 1832. His father, William Slack, was born in Franklin Co., Ohio, in 1804, and at the age of 4 years, moved to Delaware Co., where his younger brother was born, the first male child born in Delaware Co. At the age of 24, he married llhoda Smith, a daughter of Simeon Smith, a HovolutioHary soldier, and a native of New York State. They moved to Oxford Tp., Delaware Co., where were born five children. After receiving his education, Ezekiel married Miss Sarah J. Smith, Sept. 6, 1857, who was born June 5, 1838. He engaged in farming until the breaking out of the war, when he joined the 121st O.' V. I. Co. D. His regiment within a few months went into the battle of Perryville, and then Chickamauga, in the latter losing severely. He went with Sherman on his " march to the sea;" he was under fire almost every day. At the battle of Bentonville, he received a severe gunshot wound which passed through his face destroying the sight of his right eye and hearing of his right ear, notwithstanding which he remained with his regiment until the close of the war. His comrades speak of him as a brave soldier and a generous man, and he now enjoys the esteem of all who know him. He had a nice home, with delightful surroundings, and has had four children - Lois (deceased), Lester L., Minnie E. and Rhoda L. He is of very patriotic stock, his grandfather being a soldier of 1812, and his great grandfather of the Revolution.

JESSE SHAW, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Cardington ; was born at Shaw Town, March 30, 1823; his father, Joseph Shaw, was one of the pioneers of this county, and was born in Berks Co., Penn., Aug. 18, 1792, and married Hannah De Witt, who was born in PcMinsylvania, in 1800; she came to Waldo, Ohio, with relatives, when a small girl. From this union there were eleven children. Joseph Shaw died (where he had settled sixty-eight years before). May 4, 1876. Jesse went to learn the cabinet-maker's trade when 20 years of age, at which he worked for seventeen years. He married Miss Phoebe Pringle, April 5, 1844, who died June 16, 1859; from this union there were three children - Francis C, born July 16, 1845, and now a practicing physician of South Woodbury, Ohio; James L., born Jan. 17, 1847, who studied law, but is now engaged in teaching, and Simeon J., born June 19, 1850, now practicing medicine at Marengo, Ohio. Mr. Shaw married, Jan. 26, 1860, Chloe Jane Pringle, born Aug. 27, 1828, daughter of John and Pamelia (Messenger) Shaw, and widow of John Pringle, by whom she had but one son, John H. Pringle, now a resident of Cardington Tp. To them have been born - Emma Minerva, Jan. 10, 1861, now married to Martin Heil; Harrison Orlando, Aug. 27, 1862; Joel Grant, Aug. 19, 1868, deceased, and Rosa Belle, May 25, 1870. In 1862, he enlisted in the service, and his company, with others, was consolidated with the 8Sth O. V. I., and employed in doing garrison duty; his time was chiefly taken up in guarding prisoners, at Camp Chase, and conveying them to Cincinnati, Chicago and other points. His eldest son, Francis C. enlisted in the 66th O. V. I., and took part in the battle of Port Republic, and other engagements; and although discharged, because of injuries of the severest kind, he enlisted three times afterwards and served in three different regiments, remaining until the close of the war. James L., the second son, enlisted in the 147th O. V. I., and was transferred to the 88th, and also remained until the close of the war. Mr. Shaw purchased the farm where he now resides, in 1871, where he gives especial attention to stock-raising, particularly fine wool sheep; his farm consists of 158 acres of great fertility, with good buildings and good fruit. He has always taken an active interest in educational matters. His second and third sons have been students in the Otterbein University. He has served as Justice of the Peace and Township Trustee, and is a Trustee . in the United Brethren Church, of which he has been a member for about thirty-six years. He is uniformly respected by all who know him.

HENRY STUTZ, grocer; Westfield; among the German citizens of Westfield Tp., none are more highly esteemed than Henry Stutz; he was born in Bavaria, Aug. 27, 1838, and at the age of 16, emigrated to the United

States; he had, previous to this, received a good German education, attending day school eight years, and Sunday school two years; his lather dying, left his mother with the care of four children - Emma, Adam, Henry and Frank. When Mr. Stutz landed at Castle Garden, he found himself the possessor of two French sous (about two cents), and after borrowing from a friend $1 .50, he went to Albany, N. Y., where he remained three years, in the meantime learning the turners' trade; at the end of this time he went to Upper Sandusky, Ohio, where, their being little demand for his trade, he learned the shoemakers' trade, at which he worked about twenty years; he married Mary Sieger, Jan. 26, 1863; of their nine children, only four are now living - George, born Nov. 14, 1865; Charles F., May 9th, 1867; William, Aug. 30, 1870; Delia, Jan. 8, 1878, and Ida May, Jan. 2, 1880. After spending nine years at Upper Sandusk}^, four of which he was in business for himself, he then came to Westfield in the fall of 1866, and bought the property known as the Westfield Hotel, which he carried on in connection with his shoe-shop for five years, after which he opened a grocery in the hotel; in the spring of 1880, he purchased his brother Frank's stock of goods, and moved into the building formerly occupied by him. By persevering industry and good management, he has accumulated a good deal of property, and is one of th^ influential men in this community.

, CHARLES HENRY SHAW, farmer and schoolteacher; P. O. Cardington; was born Sept. 29, 1854. His parents are Henry John and Caroline (Lewis) Shaw; he is descended from the very best stock, both the Shaws and Lewis families are prominently knowin His great grandfather, Lewis, was a Revolutionary soldier. His grandfather, John Shaw, was one of the first families who settled in Westfield Tp., and his great grandfather the first proprietor of land in Morrow Co. His grandfather was for many years the leading man in this township, and his father is now a prominent citizen of Cardington Tp. Mr. Shaw's youth was spent in the locality of this, the first settlement in the county, and at the age of 17 he went to Cardington to school; he also spent one term at Mt. Gilead, under Phil. Roetinger, now a prominent lawyer of

Cincinnati. Since this time he has been teaching during the winter and farming in the summer. In 1876 he married Miss Mary Brennan, born Oct. 5, 1854, in this county, whose parents were natives of Ireland, but emigrated to America in their youth. They have one child, Mervin B., born Oct. 23, 1877. Although a young man, Mr. Shaw has the elements which will make him respected in any community. He has sold his farm and contemplates removing to Iowa; wherever he goes he will make his mark.

JONATHAN SHAW, farmer and stockraiser; P. O. Cardington; was born Sept. 11, 1821, on his father's farm, the first one settled in this county, where his youth was spent until the age of 17, when he married Mary Ann Barry, born in Ann Arundel Co., Md., Sept. 7, 1822, whose family history is found in the sketch of Y. P. Barry. One week after this event they moved into the wo3ds, two miles north, on forty acres of land, given him by his father. His father, Jonathan Shaw, Sr., who is particularly mentioned in the general history of this township, was born in Bucks Co., Pa., Jan. 24, 1787, and soon after moved, with his parents, to Chester Co., Pa., and in 1804 to a settlement in Liberty Tp., Delaware Co., where he married Miss Ruth Welch, who was born Aug. 12, 1786, and whose parents were among the earliest settlers of Liberty Tp. After the birth of their oldest child, Susannah, they moved to this township, and were the first white settlers in Morrow Co. To them were subsequently born John L., the first white child in the county, Elizabeth, Content, Aaron, Melissa, Jonathan, Jr., Luther and Sylvester. After his father's death, which occurred at the age of 65, Jonathan moved to the home farm, to care for his mother; who six weeks later followed the father. He had, however, after three years' residence in the first-named place, moved farther West, on sixty acres, and from thence to his present residence, occupying nearly the same spot where he was born, a few rods from where the first cabin in the county was built. Here he has raised a family of nine children - three sons and six daughters. The oldest son, Jonathan Waters Shaw, is engaged in the book and drug business, in Cardington, and is also a member of the firm of Lamprecht & Shaw, hardware dealers. The second son, James

S., is also engaged in the book and drug business. His youngest son, Lincoln, and youngest daugter, only remain with their parents. He has in all about 300 acres of choice land, ](;5 of which is a part of the original tract belonging to his grandfather; this is well watered by numerous springs, and by Shaw Creek, which flows through it; it has good building, and most excellent fruit, and for obvious reasons is known by the name of " Old Homestead Farm;" in addition this he has a line residence, and five and one-half acres of land, and two business rooms in Cardington. Mr. Shaw has borne a conspicuous part in the township, serving it as Justice of the Peace for fifteen years, and holding other offices, among tliem Land Appraiser in 1880. He is a member of the Friends, and his wife of the United Brethren Church. In politics he is a Republican. Few men take as much interest as he does in pioneer history. And he has a very large collection of family portraits. JOHN SCHORR, farmer; P. O. Cardington; deserves especial recognition in our work as an example of what German industry and thrift has done in this township. Beginning without a dollar, he has, by his own labor and prudent management, worked his way to the foremost rank among the farmers in this locality, and, in fact, his farm is excelled by none in point of fertility and improvement, brought out by the skillful hand of Mr. Schorr; he was born in Bavaria, Germany, May 14, 1813, of Fredrich and Elizabeth Schorr, and was brought up at farming; he came to America in 1841, landing in Nev? York, from whence he went to Columbus, O., where he worked as a laborer for twelve years; in 1843 he married Anna Mary Schertzer, also a native of Bavaria, who came here with her parents in 1838. In 1853 he moved to this county, buying fifty-five acres of land at Shaw Town, which he subsequently traded for a farm of the same amount, embracing a part of the tract he now owns, and to which he has since added, at one time, forty-five acres, and another sixty acres; in addition to this he owns a house and lot in Cardington; his farm is well ditched, and has superior buildings, and he is engaged in general stock raising. He has a family of five chiWren - John, Elizabeth, married to Fred Heimlich, and Mary Ann, married to Daniel Beckel, are settled in

Richland Tp., Marion Co., on good farms. His oldest daughter, Barbara, is married to Jacob Young, one of the business men of Delaware, O. His youngest son, Lewis Fredrick, is engaged in farming with his father. Mr. Schorr is a member of the Lutheran Church, and in politics a Democrat.

L. D. SMITH, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O., Cardington; was born in Westficld Tp., Nov. 22, 1851. His parents, Selah Smith and Esther Smith, were also natives of this township. His father, owing to the condition of the country, received only a meager education in the schools, yet in after life picked up a great deal good practical knowledge. The mother was Esther, daughter of Abram Foust, who figured prominently among the first settlers, and served in the war of 1812, as mentioned elsewhere. These parents both passed through the experience of frontier life; they ground their meal with hand-mills, and when all kinds of game, such as wild turkey, deer, bear and hare were abundant, Mr. Smith's youth was spent here, attending school and assisting his father until 1875, when he took charge of the farm. Two years later he married Miss Lydia McConaughy, whose parents were from the West. They have one child. Mr. Smith possesses a farm of 200 acres of most excellent land and about the best buildings in the township. His house, a two story building, consisting of ten rooms, was built in 1876, and his barn a year later. In the rear of his Jiouse is a large brick structure, the lower part of which is used as a cellar, the upper as a granary. He has a good orchard of grafted fruit. Mr. Smith confines his attention in stock, entirely to raising sheep, having in his flock 200 fine ewes, shearing from six to eight pounds of wool each. His farm is known as the "Oak Grove Farm," deriving its name from the fact, that there is located on it a 40 acre lot of the best oak timber in the township. He is a member of the Ashley Lodge of Free Masons.

JAMES B. TRINDLE, farmer and stockraiser; P. O. Westfield; was born Nov. 29, 1831, on the farm where he now resides. His father, James Trindle, of whom mention is particularly made in the township history, was a native of Pennsylvania, and settled first near Norton, Delaware Co., Ohio, about 1806.

He was a soldier of the war of 1812, and served in the Light Horse, under Gen. McArthur, and besides this, served in some volunteer campaigns against the Indians, who, as allies of the British, engaged in frequent marauding expeditions against the whites. His mother, Annie (Brundage), was a native of New York State, but emigrated first to Virginia with her parents, and subsequently to Ohio, in 1806, and settled near Norton also. His father settled in Oxford Tp., Delaware Co., in the part that is now Westfield Tp., Morrow Co., about 1817, where he was prominently identified with its history, and where he died in 1837, leaving eleven children, of whom James was the eighth, then six years old. His father, although in possession of quite a large tract of land at the time of his death, his estate was found to be considerably involved, and as the family consisted chiefly of girls, the care of it and the management of the farm devolved on his older brother, who survived his father but a few years, when this lot fell to Mr. Trindle, consequently his advantages for school, meager at the best in those days, were circumscribed. With a stout heart, he set about the work of paying off the unexpected indebtedness of the estate, and with the aid of the younger members of the family of carrying on and improving the farm, in doing which he laid the foundation of a successful business career. Jan. 19, 1860, he married Miss Hannah Goodhue, who also was born Oct. 8, 1835, in this township, the history of whose family appears under the name of Albert Goodhue. From this union nine children were born, of whom six - three boys and three girls - are now living. Mr. T. has in the tract where he now lives 290 acres, a farm of 80 acres in Kansas, and city property in Atchison of that State. He occasionally buys and ships wool, and gives particular attention to the breeding of fine wool sheep, thoroughbred cattle and French horses. He is a member af the Masonic Lodge, No\ 384, of Cardington, Ohio. In politics he is a Republican, and one of the recognized leaders of that party in this township, but commands the respect and good will of all parties.

DANIEL WADDELL, merchant; Westfield; was born in Marion Co., Feb. 6, 1823; his father, John Waddell, was born in Wheeling, in 1797, and the day he was of age, he married Margaret Giffin, born there also, in 1799. His father was well educated, and taught school several years. After the birth ^of their two older children, Nancy and William, in 1821, they moved to Marion Co., Ohio, into an unbroken wilderness, having to cut their way through to their cabin. Here they resided during their lives, and raised a family often children, of whom Daniel is the third; he gained his education chiefly under the instructidn of his father, who, dying when he was eighteen, left the care of the farm, which was only partly cleared, and the care of the family, to Daniel and his older brother, a by no means light burden. Having remained with the family until the members could care for themselves, he married Miss Celia Richardson, Aug. 19, 1847; from this union there were Lucina, born April 1, 1849; and Mary E., April 13, 1857, now married to Scott Clark, of Caledonia, Ohio. He lived three years in Delaware Co., and then moved to Westfield Tp., where his wife died June 2, 1874. Mr. Waddell soon after took an extended trip through the West, and while at Olathe, Kan., met Mrs. Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, whom he married Sept. 1, 1875. Mrs. Waddell is a cultured lady, and a fine artist, and has a choice collection of paintings of her own work. She excels especially on portraits. Mr. Waddell, with O. E. Richardson, founded the hardware and clothing store of Daniel Waddell & Co., of Westfield, in 1878. He has a beautiful home to which is attached ten acres of land lying just outside of the village. Mr. and Mre. Waddell are strong supporters of the temperance cause, and are members of the M. E. Church, in which Mr. Waddell has been a class-leader for twenty-eight years.

JAMES R. WEST, farmer and wool grower; P. O., Westfield; was born in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., England, Oct. 9, 1809. His father, William West, was a silk manufacturer, and his mother, whose maiden name was Dorothea Rennison, was a milliner. They emigrated to America when James was 9 years of age, settling first in Hartford Co., and subsequently in Baltimore Co., Md. Young West had attended school in England, which, with the exception of one quarter and an occasional night-school, provided for the operatives in the factories where he worked wns all the education he ever received; he l(!ariiod woavinfi:, working first in the Union Mills, in which his father was manager of the weaving department, and subsequently in the Franklin, in which his father was entire manager. In 1830 his father, wishing to improve tlie condition of his family, thinking it could best be done by going w^est, emigrated to Ohio, and settled in Muskingum Co., where .James remained with him five years, when, on .June 4, 1835, he was married to Miss Rebecca Hedges. Mrs. West was born in \*irginia Feb. 4, 1816, and came to Ohio with her parents when a small child. After two years Mr. West moved to West Rushville, Fairfield Co., where he can-ied on coverlet- weaving till 1847, when he purchased and moved on the farm where he now resides, and soon after discontinued his trade. His farm consists of 135 acres, under a good state of cultivation, and well adapted to grazing, which Mr. West turns to good account in raising sheep, in which he is largely interested. He has raised a family of six children - Dorothy Jane, born March 28, 1838, died May 1 1876; Nancy Ellen, Dec. 3, 1839; William E., Dec. 3, 1841, died Oct. 6, 1862; Elizabeth Ann, Oct. 9, 1843, died Dec. 20, 1877; James Taylor, Aug. 8, 1848; Maria Emily, July 23, 1853, died July 11, 1877. Few men have made greater sacrifices to their country than has Mr. West; his son, William, the first man to enlist in the township, joining the 26th O. V. I., was permitted to serve his country but about eighteen months, when, «n a severe march he contracted an incurable disease. When Mr. and Mrs. West learned that their son must die, with parental affection they desired that he miglit close his eyes in his dear old home which he loved so well, and for which he offered his life. Mr. West went to the front and succeeded in getting him on the last train for the north - an hour's delay would have been too late. There, among loving friends, after six weeks of suffering, he went to join the great army above. The spirit of patriotism stirred the soul of the youngest son, James, and accordingly, at the age of 16, he ran away and joined the 187th O. V. I., remaining until the close of the war; he married Miss Jenny McDonald, a native of Pennsylvania, May 8, 1870, and is now engaged in farming with his father. Mr. West has taken an active interest in all things that pertain to the welfare of Westfield Tp., and the people have shown their appreciation of liis worth by electing him to various offices, among which is that of Justice of Peace, which he held for many years. He was one of the charter members of Westfield Lodge No. 269, 1. O. O. F., and was one of the charter members of the first Lod(>e in Morrow Co.

JOSEPH WISEMAN, miller, Westfield; was born in Pennsylvania, May 2, 1821; his father was a shoemaker, which calling he folfowed as well as farming, in Pennsylvania and Ohio; his parents originaUy settled in eastern Ohio, and after several removals, they came from Crawford Co. to Lincoln Tp., Morrow Co., where his father died in 1859. His time was spent in Ohio in attending school and in assisting his father on the farm; at the age of 23 he married Miss Christianna Aurand, from which marriage there were five children, three of whom are now living; two are married and one yet at home. Mr. Wiseman came to Westfield in 1849, and bought the mill which he now owns, and in which he began business, learning it as he went along; by an unfortunate partnership, he found at the end of two years the 1500 he had invested was entirely gone, and hence he had to begin anew; since that time he has been successful, and has accumulated property; besides owning one of the best mills in the country, he has sixty-seven acres of land in the vicinity. The present structure of his mill property was built in 1856; it has two run of buhrs, and does the very best of work, having a large custom trade; Mr. Wiseman has in connection with his flouring mill, also run by water, a saw mill, running an old-fashioned sash-saw which does a superior class of work to the modern and more rapid kinds. Mr. Wiseman has held various positions of trust in the. township, and was for fifteen years Justice of the Peace, which attests his popularity among the people of Westfield Tp. Politically, he musters with the Republican party. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 407, at Ashley.

AARON BENEDICT, farmer; P. O. Bennington, is the second son of William Benedict, who came from Peru Tp., Essex Co., New York, and settled in Peru Tp., (then Delaware Co.) in 1813. Aaron was born in the year 1817, and was one of the first persons born in Peru Tp. He has twice been married, his first wife being Caroline Dague, his second, Louisa M. Meeker. The children by the first marriage, are as folio wsj Adessa, Linton, Margaret Jane, (Wyman deceased), Direxa, Lester P., William, Frederick, and Addison, deceased. By the last marriage there is but one child - Preston Benedict. By occupation Mr. Benedict is a farmer, wniting many and varied characteristics. For fifteen years he has applied himself assiduously to the propagation of bees, especially the Italian bee, queens of which variety he has sent to all parts of the Union, and was the first party who was able to send ^an Italian queen to the Sandwich Islands alive and in good condition. He has a particular penchant for the breeding and rearing of wild animals and fowls, especially the American wild turkey, and at the date of this writing, there is in his hands an order from California for a pair of these fowls, to be shipped thence. As a woodsman, Aaron has always been considered in the foremost rank, and recognized by his associates as the most expert of hunters, possessing in an eminent degree, even from boyhood, a knowledge of the habits of the game which he sought to capture. He is a member of the Society of Friends, the oldest church organization in the township.

THEODORE K. BENEDICT, farmer; P. O. Bennington. Theodore, as were his ancestors, is a member of the Society of Friends; a man of modern ideas and notions of reform; a farmer by preference, and strongly attached to his business; he is sparing neither pains nor expense in rendering his home pleasant and attractive; he is a cattle dealer and breeder, and enjoys the business more than any other branch of stock raising; he cultivates music in his household, discourses on the questions of pul)lic policy, and allows himself a wider range for reflection than has hitherto usually been accorded to, or by, the society of which he is a member. He is a good, reliable, intelligent, and hospitable citizen - a business man and useful citizen who lives in the enjoyment of his family. His parents were Ezra Benedict, born in the State of New York, June 31, 1803, and Miss Ruth Gridley, born in Saratoga, Saratoga Co., New York, July 3, 1807, and were married Oct. 4, 1837, in Peru Tp, Theodore was born June 6, 1835, in Lincoln Tp., Morrow Co. His wife, Susan H. King, was born in Franklin Co., Ohio, June 37, 1837, and on the 18th day of November, 1856, they became man and wife. Mrs, Benedict's parents were the Rev. Wm. King, and Mary Ann Eastwood, of Columbus, Mr. King being a resident of Franklinton. Theodore's family is as follows: Ruth Millicent, born Auof, 35, 1858; George Dylwin, Aug, 1, 1860, and died Aug. 30, 1865; William H,, born March 38, 1863; Mary Lillian, Nov. 3, 1866; Reuben G., Sept, 39, 1870.

W. W. COOMER, farmer; P. O. Ashley. In the State of Rhode Island, Benjamin Coomer took his first peep at the light of day, in the year 1747; passed through the revolutionary war, and having attained his three score and ten, died Oct. 36, 1817, in Niagara Co., N. Y. Benjamin Coomer, Jr., was born in the State of Mass, on the 33d day of March, 1783. His wife was Annie Wood, born in Bennington Co., Vt., May 11, 1789. They were joined in wedlock, Jan. 13, 1805, and for two-thirds of a century they met and battled with the cares and woes incident to life. Their family, like many of the pioneer families, was large, as will be seen b}' the following record : Ira W., born Nov. 3, 1805, died March 1, 1865; J. G., born May 8. 1808; Anson H., born June 36, 1810, died Sept. 18, 1819; Seymour C, born July 4, 1813; M. M., Jan. 13, 1814; Julia, April 34, 1817; Rachel, Dec. 14, 1830; Cynthia, born Nov. 18, 1833, died Nov. -^8, 18:24; Charles B., born xAipril, 29, 1825; Wilson W., June 25, 1827; Stephen L., Jan. 29, 1831, died Dec. G, 1834; the subject of this biography, who is Wilson W. (Joomer, the proprietor of Hickory Grove Farm, born in Niagara Co., N. Y., June 25, 1827, was one year old when his parents came to Ohio in 1828. His wife, Lucinda McClish, was born in Carroll Co., Ohio, on the 24th day of December, 1829, and their marriage occurred March 13, 1850. Their first-born, Benjamin Third, dates April 4, 1853, died Feb. 2, 1875; Amy, born Oct. 18, 1856; Alexander, July 5, 1858; George S., March 31, 18G3. Although, by occupation, Mr. Coomer is a farmer, yet he is a man possessed of rare mechanical genius, and might have played the role of master mechanic. He enters upon this part of farm economy with zeal and a constant hope of reward, and has devoted some attention to the mysteries of Spiritualism. He has paid much attention to relics of the past ages, and his cabinet now contains a stone hammer, a hatchet, a stone pestle; shuttles, one of which bears the appearance of petrified wood, the grains of wood being distinctly visible; darts and such like of more than ordinary interest.

WILLIAM COOMER, farmer and carpenter ; P.O. Ashley. Benjamin Coomer was born in the State of New York and came to Ohio in 1820. His son Ira was born in the year 1806, in Onondaga Co., N. Y. In the year 1829, he led to the altar Mary Ann Houston, daughter of one Thomas Houston, a pioneer emigrant from the State of Delaware, and who settled near the present site of the village of Ashley. The subject of this sketch, Mr. William Coomer, son of Ira and Mary Ann Coomer, was born Sept. 13, 1830 ; his wife, Barbara Place, was born Jan. 15, 1838. They were married the 21st day of May, 1853, the Rev. Mr. Nickey officiating. Sept. 28, 1855, Elmore, their first son, was born ; Ira, their second son, was born April 19, 1858 ; Lenora, born Feb. 21, 1860 ; Irena, born May 16, 1862 ; Emma J., born April 5, 1865 ; Frederick, May 5, 1867, and Wellington, April 10, 1874. Mr. William Coomer is a carpenter and joiner, practical and competent. At present, however, he has turned his attention to farming, and is rapidly developing the productive qualities of the rich, alluvial deposit, of which his farm is composed. Like most intelligent farmers, he has learned that the raising of stock is most compensating to the husbandman.

DAILEY BROTHERS, carpenters; P. O., Ashley. The father of Eel ward PVancis and .John Dailey his brother, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1824, and came to America in 1842; in 1852, he married Susan Rountry, of the city of Taunton, Mass.; she was born in 1832. Edward Francis Dailey was born Sept. 6, 1854; his brother, John Dailey, Dec. 11, 1855.

The history of the Dailey brothers is nearly identical. By handicraft they are mechanics of a high order, and this seems almost wholly the sport of nature, as neither ever learned a trade or served an apprenticeship, but were naturally possessed of that genius that enabled them to calculate correctly, and handle tools with precision and certainty.

REUBEN B. GARDNER, farmer; P. O. Bennington; grand-son of John Gardner, who was born Aug. 5, 1759, in Scotland, was a soldier under Lord Cornwallis, and surrendered by him Oct. 19, 1781. Settled in the District of Columbia; in 1800 came to Zanesville, Ohio, thence to Delaware in 1812, or what is now Morrow Co., Ohio, purchasing the lands of one Munson, one of the very earliest settlers in Peru. His son, Robert Gardner, who was born Nov. 20, 1792, in the city of Washington, D. C, emigrated with his father to the Buckeye State, and in 1816, July 1st, married Polly Benedict, who was born in the State of New York, June 11, 798. They had the following children: Nelson, born Aug. 9th, 1817; Sarah, Feb. 23, 1819; Reuben, June 18, 1820; Anna, March 23, 1822; Rebecca, Sept. 4, 1823; Phebe J., March 22, 1825; James, born Nov. 23, 1826, and died same year. Hannah C, born Nov. 15, 1833. December 8th, 1853, the nuptials of Reuben Gardner and Hannah O. Wilson were celebrated by the Rev. Wm. King. Hannah's birthday occurred Sept. 3, 1831; she was therefore over 10 years his junior. Their family names are - Alice Eugenia, born Aug. 3, 1854, and died Oct. 24, 1878; Albert Nelson, born Feb. 4, 1859; Eva Bell, May 10, 1863; Nevada Alaska, Oct. 4, 1870. Cora Alaska, his grand-child, and whose home is with her grand-father Reuben, was born

May 8, 1875. On the 18th day of Fel)., 1800, Eva Bell died, making two deaths, that have occurred in Reuben's family. By occupation Reuben Gardner is a farmer, but largely engaged in stock-raising, the buying and selling of stock, etc. He has held the office of Township Trustee for 12 years. Trustee of Church and Parsonage, School Director for 20 years, Treasurer of the Odd Fellows Society for 3 years, with numerous other trusts. In religious opinions he is of the Methodist Episcopal caste. A member of that church. In his agricultural purposes, sheep husbandry forms his strongest bias, and that of cattle his next, and one thing must always be observable with regard to him, and that is his remarkable power to remember names and dates.

SAMUEL HEVERLO, farmer; P. O. Ashley; was a Marylander, born April 8, 1785; came to Pickaway Co. in 1799, and to Delaware Co. in 1805, where he married Mar^^ Smith in 1817. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and located land by the warrant which he obtained from the government. His death occurred Nov. 30, 1836. Samuel, his first child, was born Sept. 25, 1818; Ann was born Dec. 6, 1820; Almira, July 8, 1824; Harriet, June 22, 1829; Smith, June 20, 1832; William, July 1, 1834. When Samuel Heverlo was born in Berlin Tp., Delaware Co., Sept. 25, 1818, it was the blockhouse era, and when the Byxbes, of Berkshire, and the Cellars, of Liberty, were the nearest neighbors, the red man excepted. W^hen six years old his parents settled in Peru Tp., whore now is the village of West Liberty. Aug. 29, 1848, he married Roxanna R. Grant, who was born June 22, 1831; commencing operations as a farm laborer, he applied his earnings to the purchase of land, and after some changes of real estate, settled down on what is now Longview Farm, selected for the many facilities which it afforded for the management of cattle and sheep. The principles of finance have been correctly shown in transforming the forest to a field, and pasture to gold. He has patiently and unremittingly labored, and sold stock and laid by for the evil day, should it ever come. In sheep raising he has overtaken and passed many who had considered themselves established in the business; in conjunction with his own efforts, he is nobly seconded by his son Clarance Heverlo and Isaac Heinlen, who have brought sheep raising to a high standard, both in size and quality, and made Longview Farm one of Peru's business centers. He has but two children, Clarance F., born Feb. 28, 1852, and Cora G., Oct. 28, 1861.

GEORGE S. HARRISON, farmer; P. O. Pagetown; born Oct. 2, 1825, in the State of New Jersey, and is the son of Aaron R. and Mary (Condit) Harrison. George's wife was Eiza Ann Hunt, born June 26, 1826, in Oliio; she was the daughter of a Presbyterian clergyman, who received his education at the oldest college in the State, and after graduating, became a Professor in the same college. George's family consists of five children, as follows: Mary Sophia, Emma Dell, George Elwood, Zenas Albert, deceased, and Luella. His two oldest daughters both married the same day, one marrying Dr. Ballard, the other Mr. I. N. Cox, a merchant. The children were born as follows: Mary Sophia, born Sept. 25, 1849; Emma Dell, Oct. 25, 1851; George Elwood, Oct. 18, 1857; Zenas Albert, May 23, 1860, and died Sept. 3, 1801; Luella, born Oct. 24, 1862. Long prior to the formation of Morrow Co., the Harrison family were settled where the sons now reside, owning nearly eleven hundred acres of land. The family history on Mr.Harrison's side is connected with the early settlement of the State, near Athens, Ohio, whilst Mrs. Harrison traces down through the lapse of time, connecting with Miles Standish and the Mayflower. In education George has patronized the Lebanon school, and has at this time a son in attendance there. The family library and cabinet are of an order seldom met with among farmers; in the cabinet are specimens of the stone age and aboriginal ingenuity rarely met with in more pretentious collections; specimens evincing a much higher attainment in the use of tools than is usually accorded to the age in which they are supposed to have b(?en made; rare stones from different states and countries, mosses, lichens, petrified specimens, and among the many things, a cross made of olive-wood taken from a tree which grew on Mt. Olivet, near Jerusalem, the name of the historic city being on it; also a rare specimen from Lookout Mountain. In George's family resides the relict of the Rev. Mr. Hunt, de- coased, her mother beiiii^ a sister of Presiileiit Whelock. 13y occupation George S. Harrison is a farmer, but associates many of the comforts of city life with this mode of living. The family are members of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, and live up to the privileges and Christian duties which that respectable denomination permits and enjoins. As a farmer, Mr. Harrison directs his energies and efforts more especially to sheep-husbandry, although, like the practical farmer, he includes all departments of stock usually embraced within the range of farming. Since his marriage, which occurred Oct. ;^5, 1848, Mr. Harrison has resided in Morrow Co.