Muskingum County, Ohio - Chapter 45, 1892 (part 18 of 31)

Gen. Rufus Putnam, of Revolutionary fame. She died March 14, 1808, and was interred at Zanesville, Ohio. Second, March 31,1812, in Fairfield, Ct. , to Sarah Sturges, who was born December 4, 1786, daughter of Dirnon and Sarah (Perry) Sturges. She died April 9, 1815, in Zanesville, Ohio, and is interred there. Third, August 5, 1816, in Glastonbury, Conn. , to Eunice Hale, who was born October 22, 1792, fifth child of Benjamin and Martha (Wells) Hale. She died February 28, 1843, in Zanesville, Ohio, and is interred there. Mr. Ebenezer Buckingham was killed August 21, 1832, and lies buried in Woodlawn cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio. Mr. E. Buckingham Jr., was one of the pioneers of Ohio. His ancestors, both paternal and maternal, were of the old New England Puritan stock. Thomas Buckingham, the ancestor of the American Buckinghams, arrived at Boston, June 26, 1637, and March 30, following, sailed for Quinnipack, now New Haven, where he arrived in about a fortnight. Of his children, it is necessary to mention but one, the youngest, and ancestor of the subject of this sketch, Rev. Thomas Buckingham, who was born at Milford, Conn., November 8, 1646. He was held in high esteem by his people, and was one of the founders and a fellow of Yale college, from 1700 till his decease, and a strong supporter of its interests. He died April 1, 1709, at Saybrook, Conn. His monument is still standing in the old burying ground of Saybrook, and also that of Mrs. Hester Buckingham, his first wife. Daniel, the third child of Rev. Thomas and Hester Buckingham, was born October 3, 1672, and married Sarah Lee, of Lyme, Conn. He was a prominent and useful member of the church, and died March 25, 1725. His son Stephen married Elizabeth Sherwood, of Fairfield, Conn. (Their home was for some time at Norwalk, Conm, where his uncle, Rev. Stephen Buckingham, who had adopted him was pastor for many years.) He was lost at sea in 1756. His widow died at Cooperstown, N. Y., in 1792, aged eighty-four years, in the home of her son, Ebenezer, who married Esther Bradley, of Greenfield, Conn., and after removing to a place west of the Hudson River, Nine Partners, thence to Ballston, N. Y. , came in 1794 to Cooperstown, N. Y., when Ebenezer Buckingham Jr., the subject of this sketch, was about sixteen years old. The facilities for getting an education were limited in those days; but Ebenezer Jr., made the most of his opportunities, and spent many of his study hours in his boat, floating on the clear waters of Lake Otsego. His favorite books were those on mathematics and surveying, having to walk several miles to his recitations, where he fitted himself for the first work that he was to undertake in the wilderness of the West. The exodus of the Ohio company to the Northwest Territory had aroused the pioneer spirit over all the country. The thirst for adventure and the hope of fortune, fostered by the Indian traditions among which he lived, took such possession of this lad (for such he was), that when he was eighteen years old, he bade farewell to his family, and started on foot across the Allegheny mountains to find the El Dorado. Early in the spring of 1796, he crossed the Ohio river from Williamstown to Marietta, with a small grip sack and an ax and 12^ cents in his pocket, and walking up into the town, going to the first house he saw, which proved to be Gen. Rufus Putnam's, of Revolutionary fame, asked him " if he could give him some. work. " The answer was "No, he did not know that he needed any help." He then told him he would like to do some work to earn his breakfast; the General told: " I see you have an ax on your shoulder, and there is a pile of wood which you can chop up for fire wood until breakfast time, and I will give you your breakfast." While he was busy chopping this wood, the General's daughter Kate, looking out of the dining-room window, said to her father: "Who is that good-looking young man out there chopping wood? He has now chopped more wood than that man you had yesterday all day. ' ' Shortly afterward the General told his daughter Kate to call the young man in to breakfast, which she did. Afterward, the General finding how industrious he was, asked him if he knew how to drive oxen, he answered that he did. The General told him to yoke up the oxen and hitch them to that cart and go up to the base of the hill and haul some clay he would find there, until noon, and after dinner they would make it into mortar and chunk and daub the cabin next adjoiuing the General's. At noon-time, having finished hauling the clay he sprinkled some water over it, and from an adjoining corn crib he procured a small measure of shelled corn, which he scattered over the clay; just at that moment the General appeared, with a desire to know what he was throwing that corn there for; his answer was: " Do you see see those hogs up there ? While we are eating dinner they will come down here, and rooting for that corn they will make the clay up into a nice pile of mortar," all of which amused the General very much. The next day the General went on a surveying trip on the west side of the river, taking him along as rodsman, and in finding he was so adept and quick he told him if he would stay with him, he would teach him surveying; in a few weeks' time he was even a more expert surveyor than the General himself. At that period General Putnam had charge of surveying nearly all the southeast quarter of the state of Ohio. Whether the General was prepossessed by this circumstance or not, does not appear, but he was certainly kind and interested, and found a place for young Buckingham in a surveying party that started off in a day or two. In this trial trip he displayed such energy and skill as to quite win the heart of the General, who gave him other work, and admitted him to his family circle. During 1798 Mr. Buckingham surveyed a large portion of Muskingum county, having William Nye as one of his assistants, and the meeting place of many of the surveyors, on Sunday was at a place called Laurel Point, five miles southwest of Zanesville on the Maysville pike, and now occupied by the "Rolling Plain church." The records at Columbus, Ohio, show that he was surveying Coshocton county in the fall of 1796. In the spring of 1799 his brother, Stephen, followed him to Ohio and assisted him that summer, and in September of 1799 the two brothers returned to Cooperstown, N. Y., and by their glowing accounts of the new country, its delightful climate and productiveness, they persuaded the whole family, with the exception of the three children already married, to move with them to Ohio. The journey was a tedious one, and must have been trying in many ways. They started in December, 1799, and traveled on sleds as far as Pittsburg, where they had to wait six weeks for the ice in the Ohio river to break up. The cattle were sent through what was then a wilderness, under the care of Stephen and Milton, to Middle island, just above Marietta, and the family, with their goods and chattels, descended the river on a flatboat. Arriving in March, 1800, they shortly after, with other families, ascended the Muskingum river and located at the mouth of Killbuck creek, near the confluence of the Tuscarawas and Walhonding rivers, which there uniting, form the Muskingum. This was some miles above the present town of Coshocton and the nearest white settlement was Zanesville, thirty miles down the river. The family remained at this place only two years, findiog the locality very unhealthy, and in the fall of 1802 they removed to Carthage township in Athens county. In the meantime Mr. Buckingham, who had no taste for farming, had established a trading post at Coshocton, which town he surveyed and laid out. The Indians were quite friendly and familiar with the whites at this time; but their morality was not proof against the temptation to appropriate anything they wanted, if they could get it. They once stole some of Mr. Buckingham's horses, and ran them off toward Lake Erie. He immediately pursued them alone through the unbroken wilderness to Sandusky, where, by the aid of a friendly chief, he succeeded in recovering his horses. He returned home in triumph, riding on a bark saddle, and without a hat, and was warmly welcomed by his friends who had thought him lost. The early years of his life were full of interest and incident, " mingling with the aborigines of the country and to a considerable extent using their language or penetrating the interminable forest of the west, among men almost as wild as the beasts whose skins and furs he sought, and in the course of time returning again to civilized society, and gracing its refined circles, the judicial bench and the legislative hall.'' In 1804 he was made, by Jared Manstield (then surveyor-general of the United States), his deputy, and was engaged in surveying a part of the state of Indiana around Vincennes. In 1805 he started a trading post at what was then called Springfield, now Zanesville, in a two-story log cabin, which stood on Muskingum avenue just above the Sixth Street bridge, and on November 27. 1805, he returned to Marietta and married Miss Catherine Putnam, the same young lady who had called him to breakfast nine years before. Returning to Putnam, at the birth of his only child by his first marriage, he had the severe affliction of losing his wife, March 14, 1808. In 1810 he built what was known as the "Buckingham Store and Warehouse" on Muskingum avenue, just south of the jmesent Sixth Street bridge, which was torn down in 1880. On April 6, 1816, he took into partnership with him his brother Alvah and his brother-in-law. Solomon Sturges (brother of his second wife). That partnership was a prominent factor in the business of southeastern Ohio, and continued until it dissolved by Mr. Buckingham's sudden death in 1832. He was mai-ried to his third wife, Eunice Hale, August 5, 1816. As the best means of conveyance, the wedding party, consisting of Mr. Buckingham, his bride and her sister Anna, returned to Ohio over the Alleghany mountains on horseback. Soon after settling in Springfield, now a part of Zanesville, Mr. Buckingham began to exercise an important influence in the community, and by his sound judgment and excellent business habits did much to promote public interests, both in his neighborhood and the state. He represented his district several times in the state senate, and' was one of the first and most influential in promoting the enterprise of building the Ohio canal. As one of the commissioners of the canal fund of Ohio, an office he held at the time of his death, he evinced a sagacity and fidelity which would have done credit to the ablest financiers. As far as his duty required, he attended in person along the line of the canal. The favorable terms on which the, for that time, extensive loans of the state of Ohio were made, the facilities for the various financial operations of the state which were secured by the commissioners were practically the results of Mr. Buckingham's experience, talents and character combined. In 1825, in connection with the other commissioners, Gov. Allen Trimble and Mr. Joseph Perkins, they negotiated in New York city a loan of the youthful state bearing five per cent, interest at 97 and secured from the Manhattan County bank, which they made fiscal agents of the state of Ohio, interest on funds in its hands, a concession which the bank had not made to the state of New York, for which it was also the fiscal agent. Among the results of his public spirit and sound judgment were the building of the two bridges, which, prior to his death, crossed the Muskingum and Pataskala rivers at Zanesville. At the building of one of these he unfortunately lost his life, August 21, 1832, by the giving way, during a flood, of the temporary supports upon which it rested during its construction. Mr. Buckingham early embraced the religion of Jesus Christ, and for more than twenty years was a consistent and exemplary member of the Presbyterian church at Zanesville. In this, as in other things, he was thorough. Not content with being a Christian in name, he practiced the duties which his religion inculcated, and exerted a decided Christian influence on all occasions when such influence was required. His sound principles of business, stern adherence to the right, honesty above suspicion, gained for him the confidence of the public, while his kind heart and generous hand won for him the love of his personal and intimate acquaintance. In person he was commanding, his head massive, his dark eye clear and searching. Many of the results of his efforts during the early years of the state of Ohio will remain long after his name shall have passed from the memory of its inhabitants.

Alvah Buckingham, born March 20, 1791, at Ballston, N. Y., son of Ebenezer and Esther (Bradley) Buckingham, was married October 3, 1819, at Glastonbury, Conn., to Anna Hale, who was born March 9, 1795, the sixth child of Benjamin and Martha (Welles) Hale. Mrs. Anna Buckingham died on Monday, September 23, 1867, at 13 East Twelfth street, New York city. Mr. Alvah Buckingham died October 4, 1867, in Putnam (now the Ninth ward of Zanesville), Ohio, and both are interred in Woodlawn cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio. In 1794 his parents removed to Cooperstown, N. Y. In 1796 his elder brother, Ebenezer, left home to see the wilds west of the Alleghany mountains and the Ohio river, followed in the spring of 1799 by Stephen. In the fall of 1799 they returned with such glowing accounts of this new land that their parents, with their numerous children, except three married daughters, left Cooperstown for the western wilderness. They located at first at the mouth of Killbuck creek. This was almost the first settlement made in that region, and was some miles above the present town of

Coshocton. The nearest white settlement was Zanesville, some thirty miles south, on the Muskingum river. While the elder members of the family traded with the Indians for furs, robes, etc. , the younger ones joined in their sports and learned their strange language. And this was never entirely forgotten, as fifty years later counting in the Indian tongue was a source of great entertainment to a delighted circle of little auditors. Their amusements were, "throwing the tomahawk," "shooting with bow and arrow," "tossing up wood chips for old Indians to fire at," in which they were very expert, and other athletic sports. In the fall of 1802, finding this location unhealthy, the family removed to Carthage township, in the southeastern part of Athens county, Ohio, on the Hockhocking river. Here the subject of this article, Alvah Buckingham, had the inestimable privilege of attending school. Though it was four miles distant from his home to the schoolhouse, he walked thereto daily. Out of school he assisted on the farm or indulged in hunting. This latter was his favorite pastime, as at that early date game was plenty. The woods were infested with the bear, deer, panther, raccoon, opossum and wild turkey. Near the farm was quite a celebrated deerlick, where, on moonlight nights, he was accustomed to station his watch, and many a victim rewarded his unerring rifle. It was in one of these lonely watches that his quickness of thought and rapidity of action saved his life and brought down a huge panther poised just above him, and ready for the spring. Thus at the age of seventeen he met with a severe accident. Hunting in the wood one day, his horse became frightened, reared and fell back on his rider. Stunned by the fall, he yet recovered to find his right leg broken both above and below the knee, himself distant from the nearest house, which was his own home, over three miles away, and no aid for his rescue but his own mother wit. With a courageous spirit, and by dint of crawling on his two hands and one knee, he reached the river, which fortunately was low enough to enable him to cross, holding his mouth just above water, and thus reach home just as his sinking strength gave way. The limb was splintered as best could be in a country home, but a long weary year's confinement was the result, and ever after a slight, though not perceptible lameness. In 1804 the older brother, Ebenezer Buckingham, moved to Putnam (now a part of Zanesville), Ohio, and to assist him in business. Alvah followed in 1810, leaving his parents still at the Hocking farm. In 1813 Stephen, an older brother, died, and Alvah was called upon to take charge of his business, which he did for two years. In April, 1816, Solomon Stnrges and himself (they afterward married sisters - the Misses Hale of

Glastonbury, Conn.,) formed a mercantile partnership one-fourth each, with his elder brother, Ebenezer Buckingham, under the firm name of E. Buckingham <Si Co., a firm widely known in their then pioneer life. Ebenezer married Eunice Hale of Glastonbury, Conn., and returning to the West, brought his sister-in-law, Anna, the whole party crossing the Alleghany mountains on horseback, as at that time there were no roads for carriages or wagons. In 1818 Anna Hale returned to her eastern home, but as it proved for only a time. As leader of the village choir she sat in her accustomed place on the last Sunday of September, 1819, in the old church at Glastonbury. Glancing below, her eye met the well-known figure of her western friend. An interview - a hurried proposal - -and a hurried marriage on the following Sabbath evening - left our young couple free to start on their homeward western route, and on horseback again, as in her previous trip, the wife of Alvah Buckingham was escorted to her pioneer home. Returning to Putnam, they purchased on the banks of the Muskingum river a very modest homestead of one room, and there in 1820 set up their household goods. In 1821 they built a two-story brick house, to which they subsequently added, in 1834, a more commodious addition. This was and is the old homestead in which all their children were born, and now (1892) occupied by their youngest son, James Buckingham.

In October, 1824, Ebenezer Buckingham Sr., the father of Alvah, died at the old farmhouse in Carthage township, Athens county, Ohio, and his wife, Esther, then removed to the home of her son, Ebenezer Jr., in Putnam, where she died June 25, 1827. In August, 1832, the firm of E. Buckingham, Jr. & Co., was dissolved by the sudden and painful death of Ebenezer Buckingham, but the business was continued under the new name of "A. Buckingham & Co.," and the following year another brother, Milton, was induced to give up the old farm at Carthage and join the firm, taking one-half of Alvah' s share, while at the same time Solomon Sturges, Alvah's partner, persuaded his brother Hezekiah to remove from Fairfield, Conn., and share in his share. At this time there was a great need felt of good schools, and in 1835 a charter for a seminary was secured, to be called the "Putnam Classical institute" (now Putnam Female seminary), to be located at Putnam. Mrs. Eunice Buckingham - wife of Ebenezer - Alvah Buckingham, Solomon Sturges, Julius C. Guthrie and Austin A. Guthrie furnished the funds, and the seminary was established which, through all its vicissitudes of time, still continues worthy of patronage. In 1843 Milton Buckingham removed to Springfield, Ohio, and Alvah could thus admit his eldest son, Benjamin, to a partnership. In 1845 the firm name of ''A. Buckingham & Co." was dissolved, and a new firm name, " Buckingham & Sturges," established, composed of Benjamin H. Buckingham and William Sturges, the two eldest sons of the two former partners. In 1850 R. P. Burlingame, a friend, was sent up to Chicago, 111., to open up a lumber trade there, the funds being furnished by Alvah Buckingham. The next year the two built the first grain elevator in the city of Chicago. It was built of wood, holding some 75- OGO bushels of grain, at that time a great wonder. It was called the Fulton elevator. In 1851 Alvah Buckingham established branch houses in New York city and Toledo, Ohio, for his two oldest sons, Benjamin H. and Philo, buying the Pendleton elevator, the first one built in Toledo. They soon built a second elevator and here in the press and excitement of a too extended business, Philo, the second son, lost his health and died quite suddenly, April 6, 1853, in the homestead, at Putnam, Ohio. In 1854 Alvah Buckingham sold a third interest in his Chicago Fulton elevator to his old partner, Solomon Sturges, and shortly after they concluded a contract with the Illinois Central railroad to do all their grain warehousing business for ten years. In 1856 they built and opened the two large warehouses called "A" and "B" in the city of Chicago, holding each some 700,000 bushels of grain - the marvels of the day. After this date, of 1855, Alvah Buckingham spent most of his time at Chicago, and three years later removed his family there. His oldest son, Benjamin, removed to Chicago, but died in 1864, at Madison, N. J., while on a visit to his father-in-law, Mr. John S. Potwin. Benjamin Buckingham was singularly sincere and just in his dealings with man, of great Christian purity and behavior; a man of unblemished character, and fine financial knowledge and ability. Philo, the second son, many will recall with melancholy pleasure. He was a large hearted, generous man; had a full faith, too great in human nature, generous to a fault, fond of outdoor life, agriculture and stock-raising being his especial delight. The surviving brother, James, seems to have combined the qualities of both his brothers in his business and occupation. In April, 1865, Mr. Alvah Buckingham removed to New York city, where he purchased a home and with his daughters, resided at No. 13 East Twelfth street until his death. His daughter, Julia A., had married the Hon. Samuel S. Cox, of Ohio, and the other daughter, Elizabeth, had married John A. Hardenberg, of New York. In the spring of 1866, having occasion to locate some lands in the West, Alvah Buckingham took his youngest son, James, as a companion and traveled through Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, and though much of this was accomplished in a spring wagon, over rough roads, and at the age of seventy-five, it was without any apparent fatigue. In the spring of 1807 he made a second pilgrimage to the West, this time traveling through Iowa and Nebraska, and passing over the line of the Pacific railroad as far as it was then finished. He was ambitious to be on the first train through to the Pacific Ocean, but this anticipation was not to be realized. The summer of 1807 was spent with his family and two daughters, Mrs. Cox and Mrs. Hardenberg, at Saratoga, ending in a most pleasurable trip to the White Mountains. Returning to his New York home his wife was taken sick with pneumonia and died September 23, 1867, and her remains were taken to their first home, Putnam, Ohio. In a week Mr. Buckingham was stricken down, and eleven days after his remains reposed by the side of his wife in Woodlawn cemetery, Putnam (now a part of Zanesville), Ohio. He died October 4, 1867. Mr. Alvali Buckingham was especially distinguished by those who knew his habit and mind: First, as a conscientious Christian man; second, as a man of unfailing courtesy of demeanor; third, as a just, business-like, economic, yet speculative merchant; fourth, as possessing a rare genius for construction of bridges, elevators, houses, etc. ; fifth, as a just citizen, who would prefer a sacrifice of his personal interest rather than the least injustice to any one or to the government; sixth, as a most affectionate husband and indulgent father. For over half a century in the region of Ohio where he lived, he was universally regarded as an honest man, above all reproach.

James Buckingham, born October 22, 1831 > at Zanesville, Ohio, third sou of Alvali and Anna (Hale) Buckingham, was married November 5, 1856, at Chillicothe, Ohio, to Jane P. Wills, third child of Dr. David and Eliza (Peebles) Wills, born October 8, 1832, in Chillicothe, Ohio. Mr. James Buckingham was educated at Marietta, Ohio, and Brown university, R. I., leaving the latter place in February, 1852, on account of ill health. A part of the winter of 1852-53, he was in his father's elevator in Chicago. In June, 1854, he invented the cogs placed on the outside of the driving wheels, used on all mowing and reaping machines, but did not patent it. In September, 1863, he removed from his farm at Duncan's Falls, Ohio (where he had lived since April, 1853), to the house in Zanesville, where he was born and where he still resides. The spring and summer of 1864 he was a member of Company A, One Hundred and Fifty-ninth O. V. I., stationed in Virginia and Maryland. From January, 1865, to January, 1873, he was director of the Ohio State Agricultural society, four years of the time its treasurer and one year, 1872, its president. Also one of the trustees of the Central Lunatic asylum, at Columbus, Ohio, to finish, furnish and open it. Also president of the Zanesville & Ohio River railroad, from its beginning to completion. He has been interested in farms, ranches and wild lands in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.

Decatur Buker, Otsego, Muskingum county, Ohio. The great-grandfather of our subject was born in England and came to America, bringing his family. He settled in the town of Gray, Me. His son, and the grandfather of Decatur Buker, was born in England, came to America with his parents when a boy, married and reared a family. He died when his son, Israel H. Buker, the father of our subject, was but eighteen months of age. Therefore but little of his history is found in this branch of the Buker family. Israel H. Buker was born in Gray, Me., April 17, 1756. On account of the early death of his father, he was bound out when but two years of age to a farmer and tavern keeper. He continued to work for this man until he was nineteen years of age. When the battles for freedom were fought at Lexington and Concord, young Israel H. Buker, working on a farm in far-off Maine, heard the stirring news and joined the company there drilling in the neighborhood. He was obliged to be secret about his enrollment, as his employer was a tory. When his company was ready to march, Israel was with them. His employer told the captain of the company that he should not go. The captain ordered his men to halt and destroy the house of the tory, but the wife of the tory interfered and told her husband that the soldiers would surely destroy the house. Seeing this he came out and said: "Well, let him go, and give him some food." The company joined Washington's army, and Israel was at the battles of Trenton and Princeton, and crossed the Delaware with Washington through the ice. He was with the army during the disastrous and awful encampment during the winter at Valley Forge. He was also present at the surrender of Burgoyne. He was a member of the famous regiment which the celebrated French general, La Fayette, armed, equipped and clothed. Israel Buker was made an orderly sergeant in this regiment, and frequently saw Gen. La Fayette, who upon one occasion personally addressed him. He was wounded during a skirmish, the ball passing through the back- of the neck, which he afterward stated " felt like the burning of a red hot iron." At one time a ball passed through his hat. As an orderly sergeant he carried a sword which was given him by Gen. La Fayette. After the war he returned to Gray, Me., and married Sallie Carver, and to them were born ten children: Israel (who pha, Edson, and Sallie, are those remembered. Mr. Buker taught school in Maine and was also a farmer. In 1808 he came to Ohio and settled in Coshocton county, near the present town of Coshocton and here he owned a farm of 200 acres, which he cleared up from the wilderness. He was one of the first school teachers in Coshocton county. His wife did not come to Ohio with him, but died in Maine a few years after. The journey from Maine to Ohio being great, and at that time through a dense wilderness, was the reason the family did not join Mr. Buker. After a few years his son, Caleb, joined him in 1819, and his son, Alpha, came about 1822. They were school teachers and farmers. Nearly all of Mr. Bilker's sons were school teachers. Caleb Buker became the wealthiest man in Monroe township. In 1816 Mr. Buker married again, Sallie Black, daughter of John Black, of Washington county, Penn., who was a farmer and came with some other farmers to Coshocton county, Ohio. She was the mother of eight children: John, Xerses, Mary, Sallie, Marrion, Decatur, Maloney, Emeline, the youngest, who was born when his father was nearly eighty years of age. Mr. Buker was the father of eighteen children. He taught school for forty years, and was well educated and a tine mathematician. Politically he was an old lino whig. He reached the advanced age of ninety-two years and six months, and was an active man to the last, walking from Coshocton to Otsego, a distance of twelve miles, after he was ninety years old. He was a man of character, honest, faithful and punctual, and held the respect of the people. He was a tine example of an old colonial patriot and in his old age, delighted to relate his life as a soldier in the cause of freedom in Washington's army. Decatur Buker, his youngest son, was born September 11, 1825, on his father's farm in Coshocton county, Ohio. His early education was limited to the common schools, but he began teaching at the early age of seventeen and continued! eighteen years. He gained an excellent education and became an accurate scholar. He taught in Coshocton county and Monroe township, Muskingum county, and gained an enviable reputation. January 3, 1849, he married Lucy M. Barnard, daughter of Jason Barnard and Jane (Holcomb) Barnard. The father was from Connecticut, near Hartford, and came to Ohio about 1824, immediately after his marriage. All his children were born in Monroe township and were here married. There were eleven in all, named as follows: Julia R. , Edwin P., Oliver, Lucy M. , Mary L., Jason A., Harriett A., Louisa M., Electa L., Celia A., and Fidelia J. Mr. Barnard was a farmer and lived to the age of seventyeight years. He was a member of the Methodist church and cl ass- leader, and was a man of good character, descending from good English stock. When twenty years of age Mr. Buker bought a farm of fifty acres near Otsego, and resided there seven years, then coming to his present farm of 500 acres. To Mr. and Mrs. Buker seven children were born: Mary M. (deceased at twenty-five years), Charles W., Emma L. (deceased), Sarah J., Albert L., Scott H., now a physician and surgeon, and Rose. Mr. Buker is a stanch republican in politics and formerly was an old line whig. He has voted on the prohibition ticket and is a strict temperance man. He served several years as township trustee and was elected eleven successive years treasurer of the township, and served six years as justice of the peace, and was colonel of the Third regiment of Muskingum County militia. Both Mr. and Mrs. Buker are members of the Methodist Protestant church, and Mr. Buker has filled the office of Sunday-school superintendent, chairman, trustee, class-leader and steward. He has been school director many years, and is a man of great general intelligence, has been a wide reader and kept up well with the times. He has not tasted a glass of liquor in fifty years and does not know the taste of tobacco.

Mrs. Mary M. Buker, Otsego, Ohio, is the widow of John Buker, who was a soldier in the great civil war. He was the son of Caleb Buker [See sketch of Decatur Buker], born on his father's farm in Monroe township, reared a farmer, received a limited common-school education and married Mary M. Riney, daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Chaney) Riney. Thomas Riney was from Loudoun county, Ya. , and a miller by trade. He married in Virginia and became the father of ten children: Sarah A., Louisa, Rachel, John, Samuel, Oscar, Thomas, Ellen, Mary and Amanda, all of whom are deceased except Thomas and Mary. His wife, Catherine Chaney, was of Scotch descent. Mrs. Mary Buker was born April 16, 1842, in Loudoun county, Ya., received a limited common-school education and was twelve years old when she came, in 1854, with her parents to Ohio. They settled on a farm three miles north of Otsego, where the father lived the remainder of his life. He had been a soldier in the War of 1812, during which his constitution was shattered, and for thirty years he was unable to work. John Buker and Mary Riney were married September 20, 1861, and one year later when his eldest child, Frank, was an infant, Mr. Buker enlisted in the service of his country as a private in Company F, Seventy eighth regiment Ohio Infantry, and served eleven months, when he was disabled by sickness. He was in several battles. He owned a farm of 160 acres, given him by his father, Caleb Buker, who was the wealthiest man in this township, and here Mr.

Buker lived until bis death, July 20, 1887. He was a good citizen, kind husband and father. To Mr. and Mrs. Buker were born ten children - all living: Oscar, 'William A., Sarah O., George C. ,

Alice L., Amanda M. , Richard J., David J. , Rachel M. and Annie R. Mrs. Buker is a woman of fine business ability, has managed her farm well, brought up her children creditably and given them all good common-school educations. Oscar F. married Ruth Lane. He is a carpenter at Otsego and has three children. William A. married Dora Cornelius and lives in Zanesville. They have five children. Sarah C. married William Waters, a farmer in this township, and has three children. Alice L. married Logan Smith, a farmer of Coshocton county. Amanda M. married Thomas Norman, a carpenter, and resides in Indianapolis, Ind., they have one child. The rest of the children are at home.

John F. Burgess, commissioner of Muskingum county, Ohio, was born in Hopewell township, this county, August 26, 1852, to Thomas and Martha (Bonifield) Burgess, the former of whom was also born in this county, near Pleasant Valley, May 1, 1800, and died April 28, 1877. The Burgess family came to the "Buckeye State" from Maryland. The father was a skillful cabinet-maker, and was also an undertaker and farmer by occupation, and to know him was to honor him, for besides being enterprising and of an energetic, temperament, he was strictly honorable in all his business transactions and was of a generous and kindly disposition. The mother was also born in this county, the year 1813 witnessing her advent into life, her people being early pioneers of this section. John F. Burgess was one of their eight living children, was brought up to farm life and received a common-school education. He followed agricultural pursuits until 1878 with fair success, then turned his attention to the manufacture of lumber, a calling in which he is still interested. He does quite a heavy contracting business and furnishes large quantities of lumber and ties to different railroads. In the fall of 1887 he purchased a onethird interest in a planing-mill, the firm being known as Patterson, Burgess & Co., for two years. Mr. Burgess is a democrat and a strong supporter of the principles of that party, and owing to the efficient services he has rendered it at various times and from the fact that he is a man of far more than ordinary intelligence, he was elected a commissioner of Muskingum county in 1889. He was nominated without solicitation on his part and received a majority of 300 votes. His term of office will expire in January, 1893. He has proven himself one of the most faithful and capable officials, and in every instance has been true to her interests and to his own principles of what is just and proper. He removed to the city of Zanesville in August, 1885, and now resides in the seventh ward. As a business man he is shrewd and farseeing; as an official, trustworthy and capable, and as a citizen, enterprising, law-abiding and upright. Miss Delia Flesher, who was born in Falls township, this county, February 13, 1853, became his wife in 1875, and January 8, 1883, bore him a daughter, whom they named Bessie B.

William H. Bush is a member of the firm of Prettyman & Bush, proprietors of the Caldwell woolen mills and manufacturers of fine skirts, skirting and blankets, at Dresden, Ohio. So much advance has been made of late in the production of domestic woolens, that the country is daily becoming more and more independent of the foreign manufacturer, and style, quality, durability, evenness of texture, in fact all the qualities once supposed to be monopolized by the foreign manufacturer, are here reproduced, and in very many cases the foreign maker is very successfully competed with in his own market. Such a concern as that operated by Prettyman & Bush, keeps the public alive on these essential facts and the trade which they have established is very extensive. Mr. Bush was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, October 19, 1848, a son of Joseph and Mary (Gordon) Bush, the former of whom was born in Connecticut and died in McConnelsville, Ohio, in 1872, the mother's birth occurring near Rockville, Muskingum county and her death in Noble county, in 1876. In 1852 the father established a woolen factory in Noble county, which he continued to operate for twentyone years, and here young William H. learned the details of the business. In 1875 he began operating the old McConnell factory at McConnelsville, Ohio, and in 1880 he purchased the Island mills at Beverly, Ohio, and successfully conducted them for five years. On account of the low water of that year he went to Caldwell, Ohio, and built the Caldwell woolen mills in partnership with T. M. McVay, but these mills were burned in 1889, and Mr. Bush then came to Dresden. He has spent his life in the business in which he is now engaged and is its thorough master. In 1873 he was married to Miss Ella J. Carroll, of Perry county, by whom he has two children: Media and Lester.

Mr. Bush has always given his support to the rei publican party, and in 1873 showed his approval of secret organizations by becoming a member of the I. O. O. F. He is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Joshua Butler is a grandson of Nicholas Butler, who was born in Baltimore county, Md., about twenty miles from the city of Baltimore. He was of Irish descent, and was married in Maryland, becoming the father qf the following family: Henry, gum county, Ohio, in 1822), Nicholas, Jesse, Achsah (who married Jacob Lane), Deborah (who died single), and two other daughters, one of whom married Caleb Butler, and the other James Van Winkle. Nicholas Butler was a farmer, and first moved from his native state to Brooke county, W. Va., and finally to Muskingum county, Ohio, with his son Henry in 1810, at which time he was quite aged. After the death of his first wife he took for his second wife a Virginia widow, and by her be came the father of two children: Absolom and

James. He died in this township. Henry Butler, his son, was born on July 18, 1781, in Baltimore county, Md. , and received the limited education usually given the youth of his day. He learned the details of farming, and when a voung man, in 1802, went to Brooke county, W. Va., where he purchased a small farm and was married on September 3, 1807, to Charity Baxter, who was born January 25,1787, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Chinneth) Baxter, the former of whom was born in Baltimore county, Md., and afterward setted Brooke county, W. Va. He came to this county in 1810 with Henry Butler, and family and settled in Muskingum township on 160 acres of land which he entered. He was the father of the following children: Greenberry, William, Samuel, Sarah,

Annie, Polly, Charity and Rachel. Samuel Baxter was a man of limited education but industrious and honest. He and his wife are members of the Old School Bajitist. church, and he gave the land in 1816, for the first Baptist church and burying ground in this township, both of which are still kept in excellent condition. His son William, and Charity Chinneth were the first two persons to be buried in this cemetery. Samuel Baxter lived to the age of eighty two, and throughout his long life never violated his word. Henry Butler and his wife became the parents of ten children: Amon, born August 13, 1808; William, born July 20, 1810; Nicholas, born April 9, 1813; Sarah, born August 16, 1815; Samuel B., born June 5, 1818; Greenberry, born November 25, 1820;

Joshua, born September 16, 1823; Jesse, born April 13, 1826; Helen, born February 1, 1829; and Rachel, born October 1, 1831. All these sons were over six feet one inch in hight except Jesse, who was five feet eleven inches. Joshua, the subject of this sketch, was the tallest, reaching the towering hight of six feet four inches. Henry Butler came to this state and county with his family in the fall of 1810, making the trip by wagon, and with the exception of Amon and William, all his children were born in this township. He settled on 160 acres five miles northwest of where Joshua now lives, at which time there were only two wagons and one road in the township, the latter leading to Zanesville. In the fall of 1811 a report was spread that the Indians were coming to massacre the settlers, at which time Mr. Butler was away from home, having gone back to Virginia to make some collections. Mrs. Butler becoming alarmed, took her children and went on horseback alone through the dense wood to her old home in Virginia, a distance of about 115 miles. She reached there safely, but missed her husband on the road while he was on his way home. She rested one day, then returned home, carrying one child in her arms and the other on the horse behind her. Mr. Butler was one of the early justices of the peace, tried many cases and married many of the early pioneers. His wife was a member of the Old School Baptist church from her seventeenth year, and this church Mr. Butler joined late in life. He traded his original farm in 1816 to a man by the name of Linton. The trade was made offhand, Linton having come to him and proposing to make the trade, which was promptly accepted and the families moved the same day. On this farm, on which the subject of this sketch now lives, has resided some member of the family for the past seventy-five years, and it is now a fine place. He was a substantial pioneer farmer, and was one of those hardy characters well fitted to endure life in the wilderness. He was very upright in all his business transactions, and was highly respected by all. He was well versed in law matters, and being very just he filled the position of justice of the peace for thirty years. He was an old line whig in politics, and lived to be about seventy-five years old, dying December 10, 1855. Joshua Butler his son was born September 16, 1823, in a hewedlog-house on the old homestead where he now lives. He received a common school education and attempted to gain a better education at Granville, Ohio, but his health would not permit. He remained with his father until 1851, when he married Alice J. Gist, a daughter of George and Rachel (Jones) Gist, the former a farmer of Brooke county, W. Va., where he lived all his life except three last years which were spent with his son-in-law, Mr. Butler. He and his wife were members of the Old School Baptist church, and he was a prominent man, a substantial farmer and was very liberal with his children, giving each of them $2,000 on starting out in life for themselves. He lived to be about seventy-four years old. He was the father of the following children : Elizabeth, who died in infancy; Annie, Elizabeth, Cecil, Alice J., Thomas, Joseph, William and George. After his marriage he remained on the old homestead, and has resided here all his life, with the exceptoin of three years which he spent in Perry township on a farm which he bought of John Spry, and one year when he was superintendent of the county infirmary, and five and one-half years spent on the old

Boggs place, which is now within the corporation of Zanesville. He is a practical farmer, and is universally known as an honorable business man. Besides his farm he owns real estate in Zanesville. He is a republican politically, and he and his wife are liberal in the use of their means in the support of worthy enterpises. She is a member of the Old School Baptist church. Their union resulted in the birth of two children: George G. , and Millard

Charlotte and Charles H. , to whom Mr. and Mrs. Butler have given a home. George G., married Nettie Lane, a daughter of John M. Lane, and by her has two children: Pearl and Lane. Joshua Butler is an excellent example of the substantial Ohio farmer, and is a man of numerous worthy traits of character.

An honorable and successful career of many years has served to place Lewis Cartnal, Cottage Hill, among the substantial farmers of Muskingum county, Ohio. He was born in Maryland on the 24th of March, 1827, and was about three and a half years of age when he was brought by his parents, Jacob and Eleanor (Brookover) Cartnal, to Ohio. Jacob Cartnal was also a native of Maryland, born in 1775, and was of English descent. He was of old colonial stock, and was a soldier in the War of 1812. Mrs. Cartnal' s father, Thomas Brookover, was a farmer of Maryland. The seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Cartnal were named in the order of their births as follows: Raphael, Elizabeth, Mary A., Thomas, Catherine, William and Lewis, all born on a farm in Maryland. In 1831 Jacob Cartnal and family came to Muskingum county, Ohio, and settled on the farm in Muskingum county, where his son Lewis now resides. He cleared and improved this farm, and there passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring April 3, 1866, when ninety-one years of age. His wife died February 6, 1874, when eightyeight years of age. In politics he was at one time a whig, but later a democrat. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal, and his wife a member of the Old School Baptist church. He was industrious and honorable, and was well thought of by all acquainted with him. Lewis Cartnal received but a limited education in the pioneer schools of Muskingum county, and his youthful days were passed in assisting his father to clear and cultivate the farm. He selected as his companion in life Miss Dorothy Redman, who was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, January 28, 1828, and who was the daughter of Jeremiah and Sarah (Hill) Redman. Her father came from Virginia to Ohio a number of years before the Cartnals, and settled on a farm in Hopewell township. He lived to be seventy years old. He was the father of ten children: Nelson, William, John, James, Elizabeth,

Margaret, Susan, Jesse, Dorothy and Sampson. Mr. Redman was an honorable, straightforward man. * Directly after marriage Mr. Cartnal settled on land adjoining the old homestead, and resided here seventeen years. After the death of his father he moved to the old homestead, where he has since resided. His marriage was blessed by the birth of seven children: Almeda, born September 16, 1852; LucyE., born September 7, 1856; William J., born June 2, 1859; Jacob H. , born July 4, 1861, and died on the 4th of April, 1890, when twenty-eight years of age; Susanna, born September 16, 1863; Melissa C., born October 24, 1867, and Lewis M., born September 3, 1869. Mr. Cartnal is a man highly esteemed by the people of the township, and has held many local positions. He has been school director, and is not only interested in educational matters, but takes a decided iuterest in all enterprises for the good of the county. He has given his children all good common-school educations, and two sons, W. J. and Jacob H., are school teachers. In politics Mr. Cartnal is a democrat. He has always been a hard-working, industrious man, and assisted by his cheerful wife, he has accumulated a good property, consisting of 178 acres of land. His word is as good as his bond, and every one has the utmost confidence in him. He is an excellent representative of the sterling stock from which he sprang, and his children rank well as honorable and upright people. All are married, except Melissa C. and Lewis M. Almeda married Carlton L. Butler, a resident of this township, and has three children living: Keturah E., Carrie R. and Lewis G.

Lucy E. married William H. Weakley, a farmer of Licking county, and they have six children: Bertram V., Milam M., Jennie B., Flossie D., Elizabeth M. and Iva G. Jesse married Rosa Siler, a farmer's daughter of Licking county, and they have six children: Jefferson R., Eddie E., Grover C.,

Dollie C., Jacob F. and Leota V. Susanna married Jacob M. Farmer, clerk and teacher of Newark, Ohio, and they have one child, Kenneth V. Mr. Cartnal is a Baptist in his religious belief, and his wife has been a member of that church for twenty-five years. The daughters, Melissa C. and Almeda. are members of the same church.

The humanizing influences of Christianity are shown in thousands of directions, but in none to a more marked degree than that of medical and surgical science, and Edward Cass, M. D.,of Dresden, Ohio, is recognized throughout the state as a friend of and laborer in the cause and advancement of the medical fraternity. He is the only living representative of the Cass family of Ohio, the members of which have held so conspicuous a place in the historical annals of the country. The progenitor of this illustrious family in this country was Maj. Jonathan Cass, a native of New Hampshire, who became distinguished in the Revolutionary war, having taken part in the battles of Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth and Germantown, rising to the rank of major. After this war he served in the regular army under Gen. Anthony Wayne. In 1781 he married Mary Gillman, daughter of Theophilus Gillman, a noted tory. In 1794, after the battle of Maumee, he was stationed in command at Fort Washington, on the present site of the city of Cincinnati, where he remained until 1797. In 1799 he purchased land warrants amounting to 4,000 acres, and being given his choice of location, he chose Muskingum river land in what is now the northern part of Muskingum county, Ohio. Maj. Cass came to Marietta, Ohio, in 1800, bringing with him his wife and five children. The eldest son, Lewis Cass, remained in the East to complete his studies in the Exeter academy, and after graduating came to Ohio, and later became a lawyer of Zanesville. He was the first prosecuting attorney of the county, served in the AVar of 1812, and at its close removed to Michigan and was governor of that state for eighteen years following 1815. He was secretary of war under Jackson; was United States minister to France in 1836; was United States senator from Michigan for two terms following 1844; was democratic candidate for president in 1848; was secretary of state under Buchanan in 1856, and died in 1865. Deborah, the second child, became the wife of Judge Wyllis Silliman, of Zanesville; George AV. , who remained on the farm, reared a family, among whom was the subject of this sketch, the present owner of the old Cass homestead, and died August 6, 1873; Mary G. became the wife of Joseph Munro, and Capt. Charles Lee, the youngest of the family, served in some of the early Indian wars, and died in 1842. George AY. Cass was married to Miss Sophia Lord, daughter of Col. Abner Lord, of Lyme, Conn. The children born to this union were: George AV. Jr. (who died in 1888), John Jay (who died at the age of twenty-seven years), Augusta L. (who died in 1888 also), Abner L. (died in August, 1887) and Dr. Edward (who resides at Dresden). In early life he was a student in Kenyon college for a time, and later began the study of medicine, graduating in 1854 from Jefferson Medical college at Philadelphia. He at once located at Dresden, and here has since successfully continued the practice of his chosen profession. He is a prominent republican in politics, and is a man of extended experience and knowl-. edge, both professionally and otherwise. He is a speaker and writer of ability, and has contributed many articles to the literature of his profession which have been considered very able. In 1878 he was president of the Zanesville Academy of Medicine, and is now president of the Zanesville Medical society, and president of the Muskingum District Medical society. Dr. Cass is of a robust constitution, is very prepossessing in personal appearance, and bears a strong resemblance to the elder members of his family. He is one of the eminent men of Ohio, and is especially well known to the medical fraternity of the country. He was married in 1885 to Miss Clara Shaw, of Columbus, Ohio, by whom he is the father of two sons: Edward McDowell and George Abner.

Dr. Harvey C. Chappelear, Hopewell, Ohio, one of the successful physicians of the county, was born on the farm that he now owns, in Hopewell township, Muskingum county, Ohio, October 15, 1841, and is of French-English descent. His grandfather, William A. Chappelear, was a native Virginian, and his wife, who was a Miss Bradfield, was also a native of the Old Dominion. They were the parents of ten children: John, Johnson, Henderson, Sarah, Jane, Rachel, James, Charles, Jacksou and Nancy. Six of these are still living: John, Johnson, Sarah and Rachel, in Ohio, Henderson in Iowa, and Jane in Missouri. The father of these children removed from Virginia to Morgan county Ohio, in 1825, and there purchased a farm on which he resided for many years. His son, J. B. Chappelear, was born in Loudoun county, Va. , December 20, 1815, and is a farmer by occupation. He is now a resident of Hopewell township. He passed his youthful days in working on his father's farm and in attending the common school until 1839 when he located on the farm he now owns in Hopewell township. He married Miss Mavilla E. Grant, daughter of George and Sarah (Rakestraed) Grant, both of whom were natives of Virginia, and the fruits of this union were two children: Sarah Delia

(Rayme), born November 1, 1839 and died in 1866, and Harvey C., the subject of this sketch. The latter passed his boyhood days on the home farm and received his education in the district school. He then began studying medicine under Dr. Ramey and subsequently attended Medical college at Cincinnati, graduating in the class of 1862, when twenty years of age. Returning to Hopewell township he began practicing his profession and has continued this in Hopewell township ever since, with the exception of six months spent in Zanesville. He has a very lucrative practice. Dr. Chappelear owns the old homestead located and settled by his grandfather Grant, and is paying strict attention to stock-raising. His desire is to better the grade of horses now in the county, and his especial pride is fine double teams and saddle horses. Many prizes have been carried away, both at his own county fairs and adjoining ones, by his excellent teams. Although he formerly owned some fast horses, and still owns a few, he prefers to breed roadsters that are noted for their size, style and action. Dr. Chappelear was married July 2, 1868, to Miss Clam Richards, daughter of Louis and Phoebe Ann (Deems) Richards, of Hopewell township. [See sketch.] He and his estimable wife are members of the M. E. church, and he has been trustee of the same for some time. He was a member of the committee of three appointed to looking after the construction of the church building. Dr. Chappelear affiliates with the Republican party in politics, and his first presidential vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln. Dr. Chappelear is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Brownsville Lodge No. 85, and was master of the same for eight consecutive years. He is also a member of the Good Templar organization. The Doctor is a good citizen, and is highly respected by all with whom he comes in contact. He is interested in all good movements and is the prime mover in all enterprises for the advancement of education or religion. Of him it may with truth be said: "The, world is better for his having lived in it." Dr. Isaac W. Chisholm is a prominent physician of New Concord, Muskingum county, Ohio, and a son of William Chisholm, who was a son of Alexander Chisholm. The Chisholm family of this country are descendants of Lord Chisholm of Scotland. The first known of the family was Alexander Chisholm who was a native of Scotland and emigrated to this country early in the nineteenth century. He settled near Pittsburg. Allegheny county, Penn. He and two brothers, Dr. Joshua and James, established the family in the north. Other members of the family went south but have not been heard from. James married and had two sons and two daughters and Dr. Joshua also reared a family. Dr. Joshua settled in Washington county, Penn., and practiced medicine. James settled on a farm in Allegheny county, near Pittsburg. Alexander settled in Allegheny county, Penn., near Sharon, and followed farming. He was twice married, the first time to Miss Ann McKee, and to them was born one child, William - the father of Dr. Isaac W. The second marriage was to Jane Atcheson, and six children were the fruits of this union: Minerva, John, Aaron, Benjamin, Alexander and Harvey. Of these children John was the only one who reared a family. Alexander died about 1846 and was a member of the Presbyterian church. He had accumulated quite a property. William Chisholm was born in 1815 in Allegheny county, Penn., and was reared on a farm. He learned the wagon, carriage and buggy trade and carried this on large ly for a number of years. He built wagons for the Mexican war, but on account of his failing health was compelled to give up the business. He then moved to Pittsburg and entered the mercantile business, which he followed for many years, dying in 1851. He married first in 1810, Catherine Willisou, who was a native of Allegheny county, and the daughter of Isaac and Catherine (Long) Willison. They were natives of Washington county, and of English descent. To William Chisholm and Catherine, his first wife, were born two children: Isaac W. and Alexander, the latter dying when only eight months old. His wife Catherine died in 1843, at the age of twenty-three years. Mr. Chisholm was married the second time in 1845 to Mariah L. Campbell, of Washington county, Penn., the only daughter of Dr. Campbell a prominent physician of that county. They had no children. Mr. Chisholm died, and his widow married Mr. Joseph Thompson of Hickory, Washington county, Penn. He was the father, by his first wife, of three prominent ministers, of the U. P. church - Revs. Joseph, Alexander and James. William Chisholm was a democrat in politics and a member of the Presbyterian church. He had accumulated considerable property, was a pleasant companion and beloved by all who knew him. Dr. Isaac Chisholm the only surviving child, was born July 8, 1841, in Allegheny county, near Pittsburg. He was reared at Hickory until about eight years of age when his father moved to Pittsburg, where he received his schooling. He attended the public schools and high school at Pittsburg - also at Philadelphia and college at Washington, D. C. In 1862 he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteer infantry, commanded by Col. R. P. Roberts and in the Second Army Corps. Hi s first battles were Chandlersville and Gettysbur g. At the last named he was severely wounded. After he left the hospital he went to Washington city and was detailed as a clerk, in the meantime attending college in the city. He remained in Washington until the close of the war when he took up the study of medicine with Prof. Paucoast, of Philadelphia and attended Jefferson Medical college. He graduated in 1868 with distinction, in a class of 155. Dr. Chisholm commenced practice in Hickory, Washington county, Penn., where he remained until 1871, when he moved to Mt. Perry, Perry county, Ohio. Here he remained until 1874, and then moved to New Concord, where he has since resided. He is a member of the Muskingum County Medical society and also of the Ohio State Medical society. He is a member of Hanson Post No. 468, of New Concord, Department of Ohio; and has held the office of ad jutant, Jr. vice-commander and surgeon. In politics he is a republican, his first vote was cast for Lincoln, and he was in Washington at the time President Lincoln was assassin- ated, having still at home a portion of the curtain of the box in which the president sat when shot. He has held nearly all the offices in the town of New Concord, mayor, member of council, clerk of board of education and member of said board for a number of years. The Doctor was united in marriage March 7, 1869, to Miss Belle Y. Miller, a daughter of James A. and Ellen (Cresswell) Miller. The father was born in Beaver county, Penn., and of Scotch-Irish descent. He grew to maturity in Beaver county, there married and was the father of seven children: Rev. J. R. Miller, D. D. is a minister of the Presbyterian church and editor of the Presbyterian Board of Publication in Philadelphia, and was for many years pastor of (Wanamaker) Presbyterian church of Philadelphia; Mary is living in New Concord, professor of modern languages in Muskingum college, which position she has held since 1876; Belle V., the wife of Dr. Chisholm; Ella, died March, 1871, was the wife of R. C. Henderson of this county; Anna is the wife of William A. Moore, of New Concord ; Elizabeth is the wife of Nathaniel McDonald of this county; and Rev. R. J. Miller, D. D.. editor U. P. Board of Publication, Pittsburg. Penn. The father of this family moved to this county in 1863, near New Concord. He died in 1883 and his wife in 1834. They were members of the United Presbyterian church, of which he was an elder. Mrs. Chisholm was born August 30, 1843, and received her education at Muskingum college. She was elected teacher in a college at Pittsburg. Penn., where she taught some time and came to this county where she was one of the acknowledged educators. She taught common and select schools for a number of years. She is also the author of a number of popular books: "Howard Ashton, and the World He Lives in;" "Who Wins?" "In Search of a Home," Eunice Erskine;" and others. She writes for many of the popular papers and magazines and has a national reputation as a writer and authoress. To Mr. and Mrs. Chisholm were born five children: Florence

L., now Mrs. E. P. Douglas of Pittsburg, who is a graduate of Muskingum college; J. W. Da Costa is a graduate of Muskingum college, and a teacher in New Concord public schools; Mary K. is at the seminary at Washington, Penn.; Harry T. isattending Muskingum college; Grace J. is still attending public school. The entire family are members of the Presbyterian church. The Doctor is a frequent contributor to several medical journals.

George Clapper, grandfather of W. T. Clapper, Sonora, Ohio, was of Dutch descent, from Lancaster county, Penn. He brought his wife, Elizabeth, and family, who were mostly grown up, and settled in Salt Creek township when it was a wilderness. He lived to a good old age, and died somewhere in the thirties. He was the father of ten children: George, Joseph, Jacob, Philip, John, Peter, and four daughters, whose names are forgotten. George Clapper Jr., son of the above and father of our subject, was born in 1781 in Pennsylvania, and was the eldest son. He received but a limited education, learning to write after he began business for himself. He married Susan Baker, daughter of Philip and Catherine Baker, of Pennsylvania, in 1805, and to them were born fourteen children: Peter, Elizabeth, Susannah, George, Catherine, Mary, Sarah, Hannah, Jacob, William, Martin, Eliza, and two, the oldest, died as infants. The remaining twelve lived to grow to maturity, and reared familes. George Clapper came to Ohio in 1808, and settled in Salt Creek township, seven miles east of Zanesville, where he died. The land was covered with very heavy timber, and Mr. Clapper built a log cabin for shelter. He gave all his sons farms, during his life accumulating 817 acres. He kept one of the early taverns on the first road from Marietta to Zanesville. Both Mr. and Mrs. Clapper were members of the Lutheran church, attending church at Zanesville. Mr. Clapper lived to the great age of eighty-three years. Mr. Clapper was widely known among the old pioneers. He was an honorable and upright man, and an excellent neighbor and citizen. William T. Clapper, son of the above gentleman, and our subject, was born in Salt Creek township, this county, in the old tavern on the Zanesville and Marietta road, seven miles from Zanesville, February 23, 1829. As a boy, he remembers attending his father's guests and the old stages and teams which conveyed the early travelers. He received a common school education and learned farming, remained at the old homestead and managed the farm until he was thirtynine years of age, when he married, in 1868, Margaret A. McKelvey, of Pennsylvania, Westmoreland county. To Mr. and Mrs. Clapper were born three children, two of whom died as infants, and Charles C. After his marriage Mr. Clapper remained on the old homestead until 1881, when he moved to his present home, near Sonora. In politics he is a strict democrat, and takes an interest in having good schools. Mrs. Clapper was a member of the Baptist church. She died October 25, 1891. Mr. Clapper has always been an industrious man, and has accumulated a handsome property. He is a temperate man, and in favor of temperance and the suppression of the open saloon. He is descended from good, sturdy Pennsylvania parentage, which has furnished many pioneers of the best character to Ohio and the West. His son, Charles C., married Gussie Moore, December 31, 1891, the daughter of Hamilton Moore, of Newton township. He wyas well educated at Fultouham Academy, Dennison university, and Zanesville Business college. He is a young man of good business ability and upright character.

ton F. Claypool, a son of Levi Claypool, who was born in Hardy county, Ya (now West Virginia), May 9, 1801, and is of royal descent through Sir John Claypoole who, on July 20, 1657, " was by his Highness " (Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector) ' ' created baronet, and afterward he received also the order of knighthood from his Highness." Sir John, knight of Latham and clerk of the Hanaper, was a son of Adam Claypoole, a knight (who was seated at the Manor of Norborough, Norhhampton county, England, in 1610 and also owned Waldram Parks and Gray's Inn estates in the same county), and Lady Dorthy Winfield (a sister of William Cecil, Lord Burleigh and prime minister of England, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth), through whom the royal descent is traced back through various kings, princesses, etc., ol' England, Scotland, France and Germany, to Alfred the Great, king of England (born A. I). 849, died A. D. 901), also to Charlemagne, emperor of the west (born A. D. 742, died A. D. 814). The family coat-of-arms granted to James Claypoole, of Waldram Parks, Northamptonshire, England, by Robert Cook Clarencieux, King-of Arms, June 17, 1583, consists of three azure caps of maintenance and azure bars forming an angle, on a gold field, surmounted by a knight's helmet and over all a crest of fleur-de-lis. The motto is supposed to be "Nil desperandum " but of this we are not positive. Sir John Claypoole married Marie Angell in 1622 and had fourteen children, of whom John, the first son, married Elizabeth, the favorite daughter of Oliver Cromwell; they had three or four children, who are supposed to have died without issue. James, the fifth son (born 1634) married Helen Mercer and also had fourteen children, of whom John (his first son) came to Philadelphia in 1682, he following in 1683, with the rest of his family, consisting of his wife and seven children. They came over in the ship Concord, and he mentions in a letter, "I have purchased of William Penn 5,000 acres in his country," and several lots in the town of Philadelphia. He was very intimate with William Penn, the Quaker, and was the first witness to his signature on the charter of Pennsylvania. He figured prominently in the early affairs of Pennsylvania, was treasurer of the "Free Society of Traders," register general, member of provincial council, etc. His sons, John, James and George were also prominent officers, merchants, etc., in early Philadelphia. David C. Claypoole first printer to congress, editor of the ''Pennsylvania Packet" in 1784 and who published the valodictory address of President Washington, was a great-grandson of James and Helen (Mercer) Claypoole. Norton, the seventh son of Sir John and Marie (Angell) Claypoole, settled at New Deal in Delaware Bay in 1681 on a plantation with "his wife and child." In the latter part of 1683 he received an appointment from the governor, and, as his brother James says in a letter to "Brother Edward" (who was the sixth son of Sir John and lived on the island of Barbadoes, owning a plantation, eighty six negroes, etc., also was a merchant and shipped molases, rum, sugar, ginger, etc., to Europe and America). ''He is in a thriving way. He does intend to sell his land and houses whear he lives & come to dwell at this towne. " It is very evident that James Claypoole (born in 1701), who was the great- greatgrandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a descendant of either James or Norton. James Claypoole was born February 14, 1701, who died October 9, 1789. He settled in Rockingham county, Ya., but removed to Lost River, now in Hardy county, Va. , long before the Revolutionary war. He was the father of six (or more) sons: James (born in 1730, who came to

Ohio and settled first at Coshocton, then removed to Chillicothe, Ohio; He was the father of thirteen children); John (remained at Lost River, where he raised a large family, was the father of twentytwo children and died at the age of ninety years); Joseph (became the father of one son. It is believed that this is the Joseph who was born in and eight daughters); William (who was killed on Lost river by the Indians and left a wife, and perhaps one child); George (born in 1747, spent all his days on Lost river); Jesse (settled at or near Bourbon county, Ivy). George (the grandfather of our subject), was born March 31, 1747, was married February 19, 1776, to Catherine Miller and to them a son, Levi, was born. In 1801 he came to Ohio and bought 1,000 acres in Licking township, Muskingum county. He came thither on horseback with his brother-inlaw, Jacob Miller, and they blazed their way with butcher knives from Zanesville up Licking river to the west line of what is now Muskingum county This was done to enable Judge James Jeffries, from Lost river, who was to join them in a few days, to find them. Mr. Claypool then returned to his old home and never returned to reside on his Ohio land. He died September 24, 1829, was a member of the Church of England and a substantial farmer of quiet disposition and excellent character. His son Levi was born May 9, 1801, on Lost river, Va. , received a limited education in his youth, and like his father before him, followed the life of a farmer. He married Mary Fravel, daughter of Joseph and Anna (Savannah) Fravel, of Lost river, who were of German descent. To

Mr. and Mrs. Claypool were born twelve children, nine of whom lived to maturity: Norton F., Ellinda, Felix W., Catherine, Harrison H., Louisa, Jacob M., Cecelia, and Rebecca B. Levi Claypool inherited land from his father, and remained on the home farm until the death of his mother in 1832, but the next year, October, 1833, came to Ohio and settled on the 1,000 acre tract which he inherited from his father. He ran the flouringmill, known as the Claypool mill, was a practical and thrifty farmer, and added to his possessions until he owned a very handsome property. He in time became the possessor of 3,600 acres of land and was an extensive stock-man, widely known throughout the country. He was a man of great integrity of character and commanded the respect and esteem of all who knew him. He lived to the age of seventy -three, dying April 19, 1874.

Norton F. Claypool, his son, and the immediate subject of this sketch, was born July 1, 1822, on Lost river, now West Virginia. Although his advantages were poor in his youth, he possessed a naturally active mind and being fond of reading he added to his information by the perusal of newspapers and valuable books, and is now a wellinformed man. He was married in this state (Ohio) to Miss Julia F. Lynn, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Spotz) Lynn, and their union resulted in the birth of five children; Ella, Edward A.. Levi, William O. and Charles N. F. In 1854 Mr. Claypool engaged in the mercantile business at Nashport and continued to follow this calling for about eighteen years. He was also in the distilling business from 1847 to 1862, for some years owned and ran the Claypool mills, and was also in the carriage business. In 1860 Mr. Claypool planted the first peach orchard in his vicinity and the first successful one in the county. He was also the first man to run a steam thresher in this part of the state. He is, in short, a most energetic business man, and one who is bound to make a success of all his undertakings. Socially he is a member of the A. F. & A. M., in which he is a Knight Templar, and he is one of the charter members of Irville Lodge No. 184, at Nashport, Ohio. He is a man who has had a wide and varied business career, and he stands deservedly high as an honorable man. He has taken pleasure in accumulating a library of good books, and now has one of the largest libraries in his part of the country. He was interested in the management of the canals of the state of Ohio for nearly eighteen years, as one of the " lessees of public works of Ohio." (Note: All descendants of the Claypoole, Claypool, or Claypole family ai-e requested to send copy of family records to N. F. Claypool, Nashport, Muskingum county, Ohio.]

Ohio, is a descendant of George Claypool, who came to this section from Lost river, W. Va. , in 1801. [For an early history of the Claypool family see sketch of Norton F. Claypool.] Levi Claypool, father of Jacob M., built a log house on the farm where the latter is now living, but afterward erected a substantial brick house, and finally the house which is now occupied by Jacob, which is still in a good state of preservation. Jacob M. Claypool was born March 5, 1844, on his present farm, and after receiving a common school education, he began following in his father's footsteps and became a farmer. His first work was in riding over his father's large farm looking after the stock and other matters, and two horses were kept constantly busy at this work. On the 15th of May, 1865, he was married to Miss Mary Anderson, daughter of Absolom and Flora (Cisna) Anderson, the former of whom was born in Maryland, September 13, 1809, of

Scotch Irish ancestry. He came with his father, Joshua Anderson, to Ohio, when a boy of nine years (in 1818), but after his marriage he removed to Iowa, and settled in Lee county, of which he was one of the pioneer settlers. He was first a merchant in Nashport, Ohio, but upon removing to Iowa, in 1839 or 1840, he turned his attention to farming and now owns a large and valuable farm. He has been married three times, first to Flora Cisna, by whom he became the father of seven children: Thomas, William, George, Robert, Orien, Mary and Hugh. By his second wife, Emeline Coleman, he became the father of two children : Ira and Dorr. He is now living with his third wife, who was formerly Mary Manhard. Mr. Anderson is still well remembered in Nashport as a straightforward and upright business man. Since his marriage Mr. Claypool has resided on the old homestead, where he owns 446 acres of land, and occupies a comfortable and pleasant residence, beautifully situated. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Tobaso, Ohio, and in this church Mr. Claypool has held the office of steward. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M. lodge at Nashport. and politically is a republican.

Tholemiah Cochran (deceased) was born January 11, 1810, and died March 9, 1877. He was a son of James and Sarah Cochran, and was brought up on the farm belonging to his parents, in Loudoun county, Va. , and with whom he remained several years after he attained to manhood. January 28, 1847, he married Hannah James, daughter of Thomas and Mary James, of Loudoun county, Va. She was one of their ten children, only four of whom are now living, and she the only one living in Muskingum county. In April, 1849, Mr. and Mrs. Cochran started west, and after spending a few weeks in Muskingum county went onward to Missouri, expecting to make their home in that state, but after a sojourn of a few weeks returned to Muskingum county, and in August, 1850, located on the farm near Adamsville, on which Mrs. Cochran still resides. Mr. Cochran was a good business man, and in his efforts prospered. He possessed very decided views on all subjects, and was very candid in expressing his opinions. In politics he was a democrat, and with his means and influence furthered enterprises for the good of his section. Mrs. Cochran has been an honored resident of this county for the past forty years, during all this time living near Adamsville, where she has a nicely improved place. She is a refined and intelligent woman, and a generous and considerate neighbor.

Vincent Cockins is the efficient clerk of Muskingum county, Ohio, and notwithstanding the superior capabilities of her public officials, he has proven himself a beau ideal public officer, efficient, punctual, industrious, honest, and uniformly courteous to all with whom he comes in contact. He was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, February 11, 1841, to Vincent and Hannah (Wright) Cockins, natives of the "Keystone state." The father was born June 15, 1802, and about 1835 removed with his family to Ohio and located on a farm in Guernsey county, where he spent the remainder of his days, dying February 9, 1891. During the fiftysix years that he resided on this farm, about twenty were spent as trustee of his township. He was a man of much force of character, upright in every worthy particular, and one whose kind heart won him many warm friends. The mother was born about 1809 and is yet living. She bore her husband eight sons and one daughter, seven members of the family being now alive. Simeon H. , who is in Wyoming territory; William H., in Columbus, Ohio; Vincent; Alexander L., a resident of Rich Hill township, Muskingum county; Robert A., who has been in the mercantile business for a number of years; Joseph, who resides on the old homestead at Rix's Mill, where he is postmaster; and Sarah M., wife of James Larrner, of Mercer county, 111. The immediate subject of this sketch, Vincent Cockins, was reared on a farm in Guernsey county, in the public schools of which he received his early education. He remained on the home farm until 1802, when he enlisted in Company B, Ninetyseventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until the close of the war. He was a participant in the battles of Perryville, Stone River and a number of skirmishes, after which he was on detached duty. He was mustered out of the service in July, 1805, returned to his home and began buying and shipping stock to the East. He continued this business until 1880, when he came to

Zanesville. He soon became so well and favorably known that he was elected to the office of county clerk and entered upon his duties in the spring of 1880, to which office he was re-elected in 1888 and is still discharging its duties. He was married in this county, in 1809, to Miss Selina M. Kelley, by whom he has three children: Simeon, Blanche and Hettie Mabel. He and his family are connected with the Seventh Street Methodist Episcopal church of Zanesville, and he is a member of the A. F. & A. M. , the Elks, the K. of L. and Hazlett Post No. 81 of the G. A. R. Upon his election to his present position he received the largest vote that was ever polled by his party at any election. His first election was made by a majority of 480 and upon his re-election his majority was 530. The total number of votes cast was 12,500, and of these Mr. Cockins received 0,320. Four of Mr. Cockins' brothers served in the Union army during the civil war. Simeon was in the Seventy-eighth Ohio, had his left arm broken at Champion's Hill, was discharged and returned home; William H. was also in the Seventy-eighth Ohio, was wounded at Atlanta, Ga., but remained with his regiment until he was mustered out of service at the close of the war; Robert was in Company A, Seventyeighth Ohio, and during his service received a slight wound. He was with Sherman until the close of hostilities, and was with Sherman on his march to the sea; Alexander also served in the Union army. These four brothers, with Vincent, served in all about thirteen years, and their service was marked by a conscientious discharge of their duties and by faithfulness to the interest of their country. The following is from the pen of William Culbertson, written December 4, 1890, relative to the grandfather of Mrs. Cockins, who lived to be one hundred years of age:

"Mr. Kelley was born in North Carolina in 1755. At the age of nineteen he joined the American army, under Washington, and served during the war with credit to himself and good to his country. On September 11, 1777, he was in the bloody battle on the Brandywine, in which he was dangerously wounded, and carried from the field, where an American lady dressed his wounds and was instrumental in saving his life. On July 15, 1779, he was with Gen. Wayne, in storming Stony Point, and stood his ground during one of the most heroic deeds that immortalize the Revolution. At the end of the war he was honorably discharged. He was one of the patriots engaged in the exploration and surveying of the state of Kentucky, where he had many conflicts with the Indians, but always stood firm and unshaken amid the desolation around him. He married in Virginia, and some forty years ago emigrated and settled in Muskingum county. He was the father of nine children, eight of whom survive him. Mr. Kelley was a noble specimen of humanity; honest, prudent and strictly pious. He had unshaken confidence in the merits of the Redeemer of the world, and died with the assurance of a blissful immortality beyond the grave. His remains were followed to the tomb by a large concourse of his" offspring and neighbors, where they rest in the glory of a Revolutionary patriot, until the resurrection of the just."

Harvey L. Cogsil, farmer, Adamsville, Ohio. Among the leading men of Salem township none are more prominently identified with the farming and stock-raising interests of the same than Mr. Cogsil, who by his industry, perseverance and integrity, is considered one of its first-class farmers. He was born in Loudoun county, Va. , November 17, 1832, and was next to the youngest in a family of eight children born to Harry and Mary (Vincel) Cogsil. He was the grandson of John Cogsil. Harry Cogsil was born in Connecticut in 1806, and lived to be about eighty-seven years old. He was reared and educated in the vicinity of Danbury, Conn., and moved to Loudoun county, Ya. , about 1818. There he met and married Miss Mary Yincel, a native of that county, and the daughter of John Vincel. In 1838 Mr. Cogsil moved to Carroll county, Ohio, where he bought an improved farm and there resided until his death about 1885. He was a prosperous farmer and a successful business man and had accumulated about $80,000 at the time of his death. He was a whig early in life, but later affiliated with the democratic party. He was quite a prominent man, was president of the first railroad built in Carroll county; was president of the first county fair, and held other local positions. To his marriage were born the following children: Antoinette, Oliver, George YV., John P. , Harvey L. (subject), Mary, Anson B. (who died young) and an infant. The mother of these children was a member of the Lutheran church. Harry Cogsil' s mother was a Hanley and her people took a prominent part in the Revolution. Harvey L. Cogsil was about six years of age when he came with his parents to Ohio, and in Carroll county he was reared and received his education. When a young man he began the study of law with E. R. Eckleyat Carrollton, and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1861. The following year he enlistedin Company H, Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer infantry and was first in the reserve corps. Toward the close of the war he was in the Fourteenth Army corps. He enlisted as a private, but was promoted from grade to grade until he held the rank of captain. He was in the battle of Perry - ville, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and was with Gen. Sherman in his Georgia campaign. He was taken prisoner at Newton Creek, but was released in about two hours. After the war Mr. Cogsil came to this county, bought a farm, and was married, in 1867, to Miss Rosetta Schnebley, of a prominent family of Muskingum county. This union resulted in the birth of two children: Harvey H. (who is married and living in Carroll county on a farm) and Anna (who died while young. Mrs. Cogsil died about 1869. Mr. Cogsil's second marriage was to Miss Alice L. Vincel, a native of Loudoun county, Va., born in 1840, and the daughter of .Philip and Eliza Vincel. This last union resulted in the birth of five children; Maud A., Frank, John T. , Bruce and Mabel. Mrs. Cogsil is a member of the Lutheran church. Mr. Cogsil is interested in politics and votes with the democratic party. He represented Muskingum county in the legislature early in the eighties, and he has held numerous local offices. He was mayor of Carrollton while a resident of that city and has been a member of the school board of Adamsville. Mr. Cogsil owns about 108 acres of well-improved land in Muskingum and about 180 acres in Carroll county. He is also engaged in raising a good grade of stock.

Mrs. C. W. Comin, New Concord, Ohio, is the widow of Rev. John Comin, who was born in county Antrim, Ireland, October 13, 1815. He was the son of Robert Comin, born in the same county and of Scotch-Irish descent. Robert Comin was a blacksmith by trade, and married Mary Sims. To them were born nine children: John

(the eldest), Mary J., Margaret, Robert, James, Gibson, Ellen, Sarah and Martha A. The three eldest were born in Ireland and about 1819 Robert came to this country with his family and settled in Burgettstown, Washington county, Penn., where he followed his trade. Here the rest of the children were born, except Martha A. who was born in Muskingum county, Ohio. About 1834 he came to Muskingum county, Ohio, and settled on a farm in Union township. Here he remained until his death in 1840, a prosperous farmer. His wife died the year they moved to this county. They were members of the Seceder church, in which Mr. Comin took a very active part, also being interested in school matters. Politically he was a whig. Of his children six are still living; two in Guernsey county, Ohio, Mrs. Walker (wife of Samuel Walker) in this county, one in Illinois, one in Iowa and one in Kansas City. John Comin, their son, came to the United States with his parents when only four years of age. He was educated principally in Washington county, Penn., and at the age of nineteen years came with his parents to Muskingum county, Ohio, and attended Muskingum college. He was one of the first graduates of this college, and later taught there. He also taught at the Acadamy of Richmond, Ohio, and later attended the Allegheny Theological seminary, in Allegheny City, Penn. He was ordained a minister of the Associate Reformed church in 1850, and changed to the United Presbyterian church when they united. He was for thirty eight years minister of the gospel among the people with whom he was reared, in the Salt Creek congregation at Rix's Mills. Rich Hill township. He was ever an earnest preacher of the gospel, and loved by all who knew him. He was very much opposed to slavery and tried to make others see the right side of that question. He died June 18, 1887, was interred at Salt Creek cemetery, mourned by all who knew him. May 24, 1853, he married Miss Kate W. Clark, daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth (Walace) Clark. The father was born in Coleraine, Ireland, where he married and afterward came to this country, settling in Pennsylvania. His wife died and he married Elizabeth Walace, the mother of our subject, and they were the parents of five children: Elizabeth, James, Matthew, Nancy A., and Kate W. Mrs. Comin was the youngest of the family and only one year old at the time of her father's death. Of the children, besides Mrs. Comin, only one brother, Matthew, is living. He resides in Chicago, 111., and is a minister of the United Presbyterian church. The mother died about 1872, in Indiana. Mrs. Comin was born in Allegheny county, Penn., in 1829, and here received her education. After her marriage she came with her husband to Muskingum county, and settled in Rix's Mills. She was the mother of ten children, all living but the eldest daughter, Maggie W. (who was the wife of Hugh McVey, a minister of the United Presbyterian church of New Wilmington, Penn. They have one child, Katherine J. ) ; Mary L. (who is the wife of Samuel Moore, a minister of the United Presbyterian church of Beaver county, Penn. They have three children; Mabel, Ross and Helen); Anna Kate (who is the wife of James Moore, a minister of the United Presbyterian church of New Lisbon, Ohio. They had three children: John (deceased), James R., and Samuel F. (deceased); Sarah Ella (lives at Washington, Penn.); Clark W. (who is a minister of the United Presbyterian church at Pigeon Creek, Washington county, Penn., and married to Eula Anderson of Xenia, Ohio. They have one child, Mary Iv. He has been a minister three years and is a graduate of Muskingum college, also having attended Theological seminary at Xenia, Greenecounty, Ohio); Jennie N. (who is a teacher in the New Concord public school, has been teaching five years and is a graduate of the Muskingum college. She is a very accomplished young lady); John (who is teaching vocal music at the public schools in Cambridge, Ohio, and is a graduate of Muskingum college); Belle H. (who is teaching in the public school at New Wilmington,