Pickaway County, Ohio - Chapter 31: Some Representative Men of the County, 1906 (part 7 of 17)

pewa | TTLETON GOCHENOUR, a pros- MO) perous farmer of Scioto township, whose ancestors were prominent in the pioneer history of this section, was born at what is now known as Jacktown, May 27,1841. He is a son of George and Ann Maria (Smith) Gochenour. The Gochenour family is of German derivation and was first established in Pennsylvania. George Gochenour, the father, was born in Rockingham County, in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, in the year 1808, and about 1822 came with his parents and other members of the family to this county, locating near the present site of Commercial Point, on the farm where our subject now resides. He married Ann Maria Smith, daughter of Isaac Smith, who came from Maryland and located on the farm now owned by William Rush and Joseph Hill. After his marriage, Mr. Gochenour removed to Illinois and located on the present site of Danville, in the locality of which city he came to own considerable property, dying wealthy. His death occurred in 1872, at the age of 64 years, his wife surviving him until 1884, when she passed away, aged 71 years. Joseph Gochenour, the grandfather of our subject, was born and raised in Pennsylvania and early moved to Virginia and the greater portion of his large family claimed it as their native State. He traded his extensive milling property in Virginia for 1,000 acres of land in Scioto township, Pickaway County, Ohio. When he came to take possession of-his estate in the new country beyond the mountains, he found he had made a better bargain than he supposed, since the survey proved that he had acquired 1,122 acres. Upon this grand tract of land he raised his family of 11 children, so that according to the correct figures he was able to give each of them 102 acres. The grandfather passed his life, after coming

Of Joseph's 11 children - eight sons and three daughters, it may be briefly stated that Joseph removed to Warren County, this State, where he raised a family and died. John first settled in Warren County, Ohio, but later migrated to Henry County, Illinois, where his family reached maturity and where he himself passed his last years. It is said that he possessed a fine estate in Ohio, which he sold upon moving to Illinois. George was the father of our subject; his life history has been given above. William became a resident of Kosciusko County, Indiana, where he remained until his death. He was twice married and left a family of 12 children. Henry died in Scioto township, Pickaway County, on the homestead given him by his father. He hada family of eight children, two of whom are still alive. David became a resident of Decatur County, Iowa, where he died leaving a wife and several children. Samuel removed to Kosciusko County, Indiana, where he died the father of a family. Daniel, who never married, served in an Ohio regiment throughout the Civil War, his captain being Dr. Black. Elizabeth, who married James Beavers, moved to Decatur County, Iowa, where 'both herself and husband died, leaving a family. Mary became the wife of Richard Payne, by whom she had two children. After his death she married Madison White and removed to Kansas, where both died. She was the mother of four children by her second marriage. The third daughter of Joseph Gochenour married Littlston Bethards, of Scioto township; both are now deceased.

To Mr. and Mrs. George Gochenour, the parents of our. subject, were born seven children, as follows: Joseph, who died when about one year old; Isaac, who passed away on the home farm of his brother at Jacktown, leaving a widow (formerly Lucy Ann Mason) and a son and daughter - the latter now residing in Columbus; Barbara, who became the wife of Nelson McGhee and died on a farm adjoining that of our subject, leaving a family of eight children; Elza, who married Elizabeth Dechert eight children; Sarah A., who married the late Lewis Beavers, resides in Scioto township and has four children; Littleton, our subject; Henry, who first married Elizabeth McGhee, by whom he had one child, and, after her death, Margaret Beavers - he died at Jacktown as did his second wife.

Littleton Gochenour first married Margaret Beavers, a daughter of Elisha Beavers. She died childless in March, 1884. For his second wife he chose Sarah R. Gibson, daughter of James and Esther A. (Crabb) Gibson, the marriage occurring May 20, 1885. The Gibson family is of Irish ancestry and has been long established in this country. Four children were the fruits of this union: Hester A., born June 25, 1887, who died December 15, 1895; George Gibson, born August 7, 1892, who died July 31, 1893; Mary L., born November 1, 1896; ind Martha Ruhamah, born July 11, 1899. 'The two last named are attending school.

James A. Gibson, the father of Mrs. Gochenour, was born at Dayton, Ohio, in 1823, and when six years of age came with his parents to Scioto township, Pickaway County. Robert Gibson, the grandfather of Mrs. Gochenour, was a tanner in Pennsylvania, from which State he came to Ohio in 1816. He located in Scioto township, Pickaway County in 1829. He had a family of six children: Robert W.; James A.; Martha A., who married J. W. Scholey and resides at Kansas City; Mary J., who died single about 1894; Rebecca, who became the wife of a Conover and moved to Denver, -Colorado, where she died; and Sarah, who married Luther Lerch, and, after his death, Lawrence Crookham. Of this family, the first son, James A., married Esther A. Crabb, and by her had three daughters, viz.: Sarah, wife of our subject; Martha A., living at home with her mother; and Mary Jane, who married Henry Kaiser, of Scioto township. James A, Gibson died in 1893, at the age of 70 years; his widow, who was born October 26, 1833, lives on a farm adjoining that of her daughter, the wife of our subject.

present homestead since the spring of 1865. He owns a farm of 252 acres, a considerable portion of which is in grass, and runs two teams constantly. Mr. Gochenour built his first residence during the year following his location and erected the commodious and modern home in which he now lives, in 1883. To the land which he inherited from his father he has since added 130 acres, so that he is now placed among the most prosperous landowners and agriculturists in the township.

Ordinarily Mr. Gochenour supports the Democratic party, but when the Prohibitionists have a ticket in the field he gives his vote to their cause. He concerns himself little with politics, although he has served for a number of years as township trustee. His religious connections are with the Methodist Episcopal Church, while his wife is a Presbyterian, their membership being with the local organizations at Commercial Point. There are few men in the township who stand higher than Mr. Gochenour both for what they are in themselves and on account of their family connections.

ma|SATAH DOWDEN, owner of 138 acres < of farm land, proprietor of a store building, long prominent in the work of the Salvation Army and a leading citizen in the public affairs of Wayne township, has been a resident of this locality for the past 51 years. He is a son of Ashford Dowden, who migrated to Ross County, Ohio, from Cumberland, Maryland, in 1818 and to Pickaway County, in 1855. Our subject has served as justice of the peace for six years and as assessor for three years, and is now a member of the Board of Education. For a number of years he was an officer in the Salvation Army, being successively sergeant, secretary, treasurer and major. - His religious affiliations are with the Union Church of Wayne township. Isaiah Dowden is a native of Ross County, this State, born March 8, 1844, his birthplace being within eight miles of his present home. He was reared 'and educated in this section, and in 1870 was united in marriage to Sarah Ellen McDill, daughter of James McDill, who came to Pickaway County in 1860. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Dowden were born 10 children, as below: James, who married Maggie Althouse and had three children, one of whom is deceased; Mack, who married Ollie Pontius and has two sons; Clarence, who married Anna Fuller, and became the father of a daughter; Edward, who married Mary Flemming; Sherman, who married Mary Bockardt; Emma, who became the wife of George Curry and the mother of three sons and one daughter; Shurley and Hurley (twins); Gifford Fielding, who died in infancy; and Gilbert. Mrs. Dowden died April

Pay) AN METER STIPP HULSE, one of "| the substantial citizens and _ representative agriculturists of Jackson township, was born in this township,

James R. and Eleanor (Stipp) Hulse. He owns 135.32 acres of fine land in his home farm on the Five Points turnpike; he also has 61% acres on the McLean Mill road, besides 96% acres in Pike County, Ohio.

James R. Hulse, Sr., the grandfather of our subject, was born in New York. He was a wheelwright by trade and when he came to Ohio it was as a young man seeking his fortune, with all he possessed done up in a pack on his back. He found favor in the eyes of the daughter of a substantial farmer of Pickaway County, Rebecca Van Meter, and 'after their marriage he had command of her small fortune. He was a man of fine business instincts and invested the money wisely in land and stock. He owned many cattle and on occasion drove them to favorable markets in the East. He accumulated a large fortune, a part of this being 3,000 acres of land. After the death of his first wife, he married again. He had nine children by the first union and two by the second. Politically he was a Democrat.

James R. Hulse, father of our subject, was born in Jackson township, Pickaway County, Ohio, January 20, 1828, and spent his whole life in this locality, except a short period when he resided in Ross County. His death occurred September 6, 1899, at the age of 71 years. He inherited some 800 acres of land from his father's estate and on this he carried on extensive farming and _ stock-raising operations. Like many men of his time, he was unduly hospitable and generous and a large part of his fortune passed out of his hands. He was a stanch Democrat and served as township trustee for a long period. He married Eleanor Stipp, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, April 2, 1826, and who now at the age of 80 years resides with her son, William A. Hulse, in Jackson township. Her parents, Henry and Sarah Stipp, were both natives of Virginia. The children born to this marriage were: Henry Socrates, of Circleville; Sarah Rebecca, deceased at 21 years; Van Meter Stipp, of this sketch; James Reeves, of Jackson township; William A., of Jackson township; Stephen Arnold Douglas, deceased at 14 years; and Mary and George, both deceased.

Van Meter Stipp Hulse, our immediate subject, remained at home until he was 21 years of age and then worked out by the month for some three years prior to going to Moultrie County, Illinois, where he remained some 18 months and a like period in Iroquois County, in the same State. He then returned to Jackson township and worked on the farm for his father. At the death of the latter, he inherited his present home farm of 135.32 acres. Mr. Hulse also owns a farm of 61% acres in Jackson township, and one of 96 acres in Pike County, 35 of which is timber land. He continues to operate his farm as a grain and stock farm, it being well adapted to both industries.

AERMAIN JOSEPH, dealer in gentle- | men's clothing and furnishings, at Nos. 109-111 Main street, Circleville, is a well-known business man of this city and has the largest store of its kind in Pickaway County. Mr. Joseph was born in France, March 12, 1853, and is a son of David. Joseph.

After passing his early life in France, Mr. Joseph came to America when 17 years old and located in Cincinnati, where he remained for one year, clerking in a clothing store. In 1871 he removed to Circleville and took a position as clerk in the clothing store of Isaac Levy, where he remained until 1882; during the last five years of this period he was junior partner of the firm of Isaac Levy & Company. He then moved to Centralia, Illinois, where he conducted a clothing store until 1891, when he sold the store and returned to Circleville and established his present business, having at that time but one room. In 1gor he enlarged the store by renting another room, thus practically doubling his capacity for business. Mr. Joseph also owns the residence the family occupy on North Scioto street, which he purchased in 1900,

Mr. Joseph was married in 1880 to Emma Weill and they have five children: Merle, who was graduated from the Everts High School in 1905; Clara, Fanny, Helen and Samuel. Fraternally our subject is connected with. the Masons; Knights of Pythias; Modern Woodmen of America and Knights of Honor. eS PR eS

ILLIAM HEDGES, the owner of a 1oo-acre farm in Walnut township and a well-known citizen of the eastern section of the county, is a native of Iowa, born December 28, 1850. He is a son of Gideon and Mary three years came to Walnut township to live with Ezra Hedges, his father's cousin. His father joined the Union forces and when the boy was 13 years of age, died of disease contracted in the service, after which until he reached years of maturity Ezra Hedges was his foster father.

Ezra Hedges was born in Walnut township, Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1817, being a son of Obed Hedges, a soldier of the War of 1812. He never married. Although now nearly 89 years of age he has enjoyed good health, until a comparatively recent date. It is safe to say that there is no resident of the township or county, who is more universally honored and loved than Ezra Hedges. He has always been a charitable man, and_ his goodness has invariably taken a practical direction. Although a bachelor, he has a deep love for children, and during his long and useful life has adopted several orphan boys and reared them to careers of usefulness and happiness.

William Hedges was married to Eva Fowler, a native of Ross County, Ohio, and have had two children, Ezra and John. The last named married Mary Roese; they reside on the family homestead.

MHORNTON GLASSCOCK, an esteemed agriculturist of Darby township, residing on a well-improved estate of 167 acres, owned by himself and wife, is a native of Virginia and an old resident of Pickaway County. He was born in the Old Dominion, December 28, 1846, and is a son of John and Mary Ann (Leach) Glasscock and grandson of Thomas and Margaret Glasscock.

Thomas Glasscock and his wife were natives of Virginia and there spent much of their lives, engaged in farming. Four sons and three daughters were born to them.

Armster, William and Benjamin. Nine children were born to our subject's parents, namely: Mary, who died at the age of 13 years; Newton, who with his wife, Mary Jane Caldwell, is now deceased; Warren, who married Virginia Glasscock, his cousin, and now lives in Missouri; Margaret, whose husband, Alfred Stump, is now deceased; Sarah, who married Darius Shockley; Martha C., who married Rev. Robert W. Peters, a minister of the Baptist Church; Thornton, the subject of this sketch; and Alice, wife of Richard R. Leach, of Darby township - all born in Virginia; and William, the only member of the family born in Ohio, who married Ella Balla. Both parents died in 1895, the mother on February 4th and the father on November 18th.

Thornton Glasscock was eight years of age when the family located permanently in Ohio. Several years before, however, his parents with some of the children came to Ohio, but remained only a short time, when they returned to their old home in Virginia. Later all the members of the family came to Ohio, lived here two years and then started for Missouri. into three wagons, one of them being a fourhorse team driven by Thornton and his sister Sarah. The family did not long remain in Missouri, however, but returned to Ohio and located in what is now Darby township, Pickaway County, where Thornton Leach, the maternal grandfather of our subject, had purchased a tract of 600 acres of forest land. The country was quite unsettled at that time. Thornton Leach had made a clearing on this tract and here had built a rude log house, with a stick chimney and a puncheon floor, and with a quilt hung up for a door. It was amid such surroundings that William Glasscock, the youngest member of the family; was born.

On August 21, 1866, Thornton Glasscock was married to Frances Rush, daughter of John W. and Nancy (Yocham) Rush. Mrs. Glasscock's mother died in June, 1906. Besides Mrs. Glasscock, there were five sons and two daughters in the family of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rush, namely: William, who was twice married and both of whose wives, Sarah Worthington and Jennie Watson, are deceased; Jesse, deceased, who married Fidelia Seeds; John, also deceased, who never married; Nelson, who is single; Dennis, deceased. who never married; Sarah, who married George Burgett; and Alice, who married Theodore Shockley.

Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Glasscock, as below: Laura, who married John Gillen; Milton, deceased at the age of 24 years, who married Julia Johnson; Effa, who married Herman Matthews - the latter on November 22, 1894, and the former'on March 22, 1895, at about the age of 30 years, leaving three children (Harry, Alta and Laura), who are living with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Glasscock; John R., a resident of Oregon, who is the father of one child; and Sarah, who married Nelson Martno, and has had seven children - Dennis (deceased), Francis, Rush, May, Ruth, Lewis and Edna.

Although the old family homestead was willed to Mr. Glasscock by his father, he came into possession of it before the latter's death. It consisted of 52 acres, besides which he inherited another farm of 27 acres. He purchased other tracts of land, his wife came into possession of landed property, and the result is their ownership, as stated, of 167 acres in Darby township. Mr. Glasscock has devoted the bulk of his time and energy to the care and improvement of his property. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and keeps .in intelligent touch with the questions of the day.

TARV EY ALD KT RE, vice-president of The Citizens' Bank at Mount Sterling, Madison County, may justly be regarded as one of the leading financiers and capitalists of this section of Ohio, as well as a most worthy and prominent representative of one of the old and important families of

| Pickaway and Madison counties. Mr. Alkire honorably perpetuates a name which has been ' an American one since the days of Lord Baltimore's coming to the English colony now known as the State of Maryland, in the days of James I., of England. Since 1800 the family has been established in Ohio, and in this State, on the old homestead farm in Pleasant township, Madison County, William Harvey Alkire was born on July 20, 1857. His parents were Abraham Reid and Mary Jane (Tanner) AlIkire.

In tracing the Alkire family from its earliest settler on the American shores, the line is followed from Maryland to Virginia, thence to Kentucky, and thence, in the time of our subject's grandfather, to Ohio. The family history is traced to Holland, where, in 1626, according to records at The Hague, there lived near Arnheim on the Rhine a family known from their baronetcy as Algire, which family bore a coat of arms given by William IL., Prince of Orange. The arms were on a silver shield, signifying distinction, and may be thus described: Crest, a falcon, red beak and feet; bunch of grapes and wineglass; pike and cross sword; with the motto - 'Cum Salus." In religious belief the Algires were Lutherans. It is presumed that the family removed from Scotland to Holland, probably on account of religious persecution, though possibly for more worldly considerations. In the. 17th century one Almonas_ Alkire accompanied Lord Baltimore to America and settled on Albemarle Sound near the Virginia shore. He assisted the Governor in various campaigns against the Indians. In 1720, near Moorefield, Virginia (now West Virginia), the great-great-grandfather of our subject, Almonas Alkire by name, was married to Mary Crayman. The names of their four children have been preserved and are as follows: William, born in 1724; Deborah, born in 1728; Almonas, Jr., born in 1730; and Sarah, born in 1732.

William Alkire, the eldest son of Almonas Alkire, was probably reared in Virginia, where he was married to his first wife, Elizabeth Moore, who died later than 1797. She was the mother of 12 children, namely: Mary Ann, born October 5, 1781, who married Courtney Tanner; Robert, born October 3, 1783, who married Elizabeth Douglass; John, born December 17, 1785, who died in infancy; Margaret, born in 1786, who married James Denison; Jacob, born April 1, 1787, who married Mary Phebus, who died March 20, 1842, his death following on June 5, 1847; Isaac, born October 12, 1788, who married Mary Graham; Abraham, born August 6, 1790; Lydia, born January. 3, 1792, who married John Graham; Harmon, born February 10, 1794, who never married; John (2), born October 15, 1795, who married Susan Mantle; Delilah, born in 1796, who married John Metz; and William, born in 1797, who married Hannah Osborn.

William Alkire married, for his second wife, Temperance Clay, and had two sons by this union - Henry Green Clay and Joseph. Mrs, Alkire was a sister of the distinguished statesman, Henry Clay, for whom she named her eldest son, who was born May 25, 1807, and died July 23, 1863. He married Elizabeth Neff.

Abraham Alkire, the grandfather of William Harvey Alkire, and son of William and Elizabeth (Moore) Alkire, was probably born in Virginia and reared in Kentucky. His birth took place on August 6, 1790, and his death on May 19, 1859. In Ohio, on April 16, 1812 he married Jennie Martin Creath, who diec January 27, 1862. They became the parents of these children: Mary Margaret, born February 5, 1813, who married John-Tanner and died February 11, 1892; Elizabeth, born November 5, 1814, deceased May 17, 1815; William G., born July 24, 1817, who married Mary Ann Riddle and died July 5, 1846; Martha

Abraham Reid Alkire, father of William Harvey Alkire, and son of Abraham, was born on the old Alkire homestead, in Pleasant township, Madison County, Ohio, on February 27, 1830. His father had settled in this section of Ohio in 1800, acquiring a very large body of land, which included part of the present site of Mount Sterling and which was inherited by his children. Mr. Alkire was a man of intelligence, industry and foresight. Possessing much land, his life was devoted to agricultural pursuits in large measure. He was one of the directors of the toll road running from Mount Sterling to Harrisburg, a distance of eight miles, which was sold about 1883. He was one of the founders of The Citizens' Bank at Mount Sterling and was also president from the date of its organization, June 1, 1891, to the time of his death. In his death, on February 12, 1902, Madison County lost an exemplary, honored citizen. On October 18, 1855, he married Mary Jane Tanner, who was a daughter of Harvey and Hester Ann (Neff) Tanner. Harvey Tanner was born November 25, 1805, and died December 18, 1865; his wife was born March 11, 1811, and died October 31, 1864. Four children were born to Harvey Tanner and wife, namely: Rachel (Darst), who died aged 19 years, 9 months and 22 days; Abraham, who died at the age of 16 years, 5 months and 28 days; Courtney, aged 50 years; and Mary Jane (Alkire) mother of our subject, who was born February 22, 1839, and died October 10, 1886.

Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Reid Alkire had these children: William Harvey; Charles Francis, born March 4, 1860; Abraham Scott, born October 7, 1861; Corban Grant, born May 26, 1863; Tully Smith, born March 1, 1866; and Lillie Annie, born June 20, 1869. Charles Francis lives just outside the corporation of Mount Sterling. He is a stockholder in The Citizens' Bank and a member of Talmage Lodge, No. 194, Knights of Pythias. On December 7, 1882, he married Flora Heath; they have two children: William Reid, born: January 29, 1885; and Abraham Clyde, both September 12, 1886. Abraham Scott lives in a beautiful home on his grandfather's homestead, in the corporation of Mount Sterling. He is a director in The Citizens' Bank and a member of Talmage Lodge, No. 194, Knights of Pythias. From 1891 to 1894 he was a member of the firm .of Beale & Alkire, dealers

_ in hardware, at Mount Sterling. He is president of the Mount Sterling Building & Loan Company, a member of the Board of Education of Mount Sterling (of which he has been a member for the past 18 years with the exception of two terms) and was a member of the Council of Mount Sterling corporation for about 10 years. On December 17, 1884, he was married to Flora Augusta Beale. This union has been blessed with four children, namely: Coral, born September 22, 1885; Abraham Ross, born November 20, 1889; Mary Jane, born September 14, 1891; and Florence Amanda, born September 11, 1899. Corban Grant, who is a resident of Mount Sterling, was married, on June 29, 1898, to Clara Liggett, who was born April 22, 1868, at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is a daughter of the late Col. John B. Liggett. They have no children. Tully Smith resides near Mount Sterling and is a stockholder in The Citizens' Bank and a member of Talmage Lodge, No. 194, Knights of Pythias. He was married on September 2, 1891, to Elizabeth Morris. Lillie Annie was married to Charles Edgar Zahn on March 23, 1891. Three children have been born to them, of whom two are now living. The record is as follows: Paul Alkire, born June 20, 1894; May, born December 18, 1896, deceased August 15, 1898; and Charles Ewin, born March 27, 1808.

On January 29, 1889, Abraham Reid AIkire married, for his second wife, Mrs. Flavilla (Coalton) Tenny, who died January 16, 1899, without issue. Mr. Alkire and family belonged to the First Christian Church of Mount Sterling.

William Harvey Alkire was reared on the old homestead farm in Pleasant township, Madison County, and received his education in the local schools. In 1880 he formed a partnership with John W. Graham, which business association continued to 1884, in which period they engaged extensively in buying and shipping hogs to Eastern markets. In 1885, in partnership with William Taylor, he engaged in shipping hegs and cattle to Eastern markets and Columbus, Ohio. Six years later, in 1891, he entered into partnership with his_ brother, Tully S. Alkire, and Robert H. Deyo, and en- gaged in shipping hogs and wool. In 1892 the firm of Deyo & Alkire (Tully S. Alkire having retired) rented the elevator of C. Tan- _ner & Company at Palestine, which had been built four years before by the following 12 farmers - Courtney Tanner, Sr., James B. Anderson, John \W. Graham, William Davis, Milton J. Tootle, Charles A. Wilson, Robert H. Deyo, Peter J. Dick, William Denison, James Stone, Abraham Scott Alkire and William Harvey Alkire. The last named was president of C. Tanner & Company from the time the elevator was built until it was sold to Joseph Smith, of Circleville, in 1897. Mr. Alkire is the owner of a large amount of valuable land both in this and other counties, aggregating 868 acres in Pickaway and Madison counties, with a 230-acre farm*in Vinton County, which has a 40-acre orchard on it. and sister also own a large amount of valuable land in Pickaway and Madison counties. Mr. Alkire has one of the most beautiful homes in the eastern section of Madison County. It is a well-proportioned brick residence, situated on an eminence just out of Palestine, not far from Mount Sterling, the farm being known as "Deer Creek Farm.' From the hospitable entrance of this home the surrounding country for miles around may be viewed as a beautiful picture. The disastrous wreck of 1891 on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad occurred not far from Mr. Alkire's residence, and quick and generous assistance was lent to the sufferers from the mansion on the hill.

On November 14, 1883, Mr. Alkire was united in marriage with Sierra Nevada Beatty, a daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Hopkins) Beatty, who had five children, namely: Harlan G., Elijah Adelbert, Sierra Nevada (Mrs. Alkire), Belle and Fannie. Mr. and Mrs. Alkire have four children, as follows: Essie, born October 24, 1884; Rife Tanner, born August 7, 1886; Floyd Smith, born May 10, 1888, and Homer Reid, bory August 31, 1891.

Mr. Alkire is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He has long been connected with The Citizens' Bank at Mount Sterling, both as a member of the board of directors and also as its vice-president. He is also a director of the Mount Sterling Building & Loan Company. He has other interests, both commercial and social, and is a citizen who is thoroughly representative of the best residents of this favored part of the great commonwealth of Ohio, which his forefathers helped to' develop.

am zen of Salt Creek township, and a veteran of the Civil War, resides on his finely cultivated, compact little farm of 26 acres, situated not far from Stringtown. Mr. Smith was born in Hocking County, Ohio, October 15, 1845, and is a son of Henry H. and Jeriah (Hosler) Smith.

The Smith family is one of the oldest in Hocking County. The parents of Mr. Smith were both born there and they resided for many years in Salt Creek township, in that county, where our subject was reared to manhood.. He was educated in the township schools and followed farming until he left home to become a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War.

In July, 1864, Mr. Smith enlisted as a private soldier in Company G, 23rd Reg., 'Ohiq Vol. Inf., of which the late beloved President McKinley was captain. This company and regiment-became a part of the Army of the Potomac and took part in the Shenandoah Valley campaign, with Gen. Phil. H. Sheridan in command, and bore a gallant part at Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill and other points. Mr. Smith was a model soldier, did his duty cheerfully and bravely and was honorably discharged in July, 1865, at Cleveland, Ohio.

In September, 1871, Mr. Smith was married to Matilda Reid, who was born in Hocking County, Ohio, November 25, 1848, and is a daughter of James and Matilda (Cave) Reid. Her grandfather, George Reid, was an early settler in Pickaway County, but died in Hocking County, where her father, a native of Pickaway County, passed much of his life.

John Courtright

Her mother was a native of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had four children, the two survivors being Jennie M. and Virgil M. Mrs. Smith and daughter are members of the Evangelical Association.

In politics Mr. Smith has always been a stanch Republican. He was an earnest supporter of President McKinley, whom he had learned to thoroughly admire and esteem in the army. Formerly Mr. Smith belonged to the Grand Army post at Adelphi.

OHN COURTRIGHT, one of the | prominent agriculturists of Pickaway County, who is the owner of 700 acres of farming land, 225 acres of which lie along the county line between Pickaway and Fairfield county, in the latter county, has his home on the remainder which is situated in sections 11, 13 and 14, Walnut township, his residence being located near the corner of four sections. Mr, Courtright was born in the home he occupies, on January 28, 1838, and is a son of Hon. Jesse D. and Sallie (Stout) Courtright.

riage, Mr. and Mrs. Courtright lived in Clear Creek township, Fairfield County, and for a short time in Washington township, Pickaway County, but in 1834 they moved to the farm now owned and occupied by their son John. In the following year Jesse D. Courtright erected the brick house which still serves as a comfortable family home. Mr. Courtright served for nearly a third of a century as a justice of the peace and was a member of the Ohio State Legislature for one term. He

John Courtright was reared and educated in Walnut township, where his business and family interests have always more or less been centered. On August 16, 1866, he was married to Minerva L. Brobst, who is a daughter of David and Leah Brobst, of Fairfield County, where Mrs. Courtright was born on February 8, 1846. The children of Mr. and

Brobst, the eldést,sén, was born September 29, 1868, 'and was married in December, 1894, to Laura May Peters, a daughter of John Peters, of Scioto township, and they have one son, John Peters, born in December, 1896. Sallie Florence was born August 15, 1873, and on December 22, 1899, was married (first) to Rev. E. J. Snyder, who died 10 months later; on September 19, 1905, she was married (second) to Harry Reichelderfer, of Salt Creek township. John David was born September 30, 1875, and died November 20, 1885. The youngest daughter was born March 16, 1881, and resides at home,

Mr, Courtright has always been identified with the Democratic party. He has frequently been called upon to serve in offices of trust and responsibility. He has been on the School Board; has served as township trustee and is serving his second term as trustee of the Pickaway County Children's Home. By Governor Herrick he was appointed a member of the State board of control of the Ohio Agricultural Experimental Station; a board made up of two Democrats and three Republicans. Mr. Courtright has always shown great interest in the Grange movement, regarding it as: a helpful organization for agriculturists, and served as master of Nebraska Grange for 28 years. For almost 24 years he has served as a director of the Reber Hill Cemetery, of Walnut township. For 47 years he has been identified with the Masonic fraternity, and served as worshipful master several terms. No man stands higher in.public esteem in this section than does John Courtright, whose portrait.

EORGE W. HARTMAN, county re- 4 corder of Pickaway County, whose pleasant home is situated at No. 527 East Franklin street, Circleville, was born in this city on October 17, 1855, and is a son of William D. and Catherine (Glantzer) Hartman.

The parents of our subject were natives of Pennsylvania and early settlers in Ohio. In 1861 his parents moved from Pickaway to Fairfield County, Ohio, where both died. They were farmers. Their family numbered 12 children.

George W. Hartman was reared and educated in Fairfield County where he lived from the age of six years. He was a member of a large family and as soon as he was physically able learned a self-supporting trade, making choice of that of plasterer, at which he worked until 1889, when he came to Pickaway County. He has always been more or less prominent in Democratic politics and shortly after returning to Circleville was elected assessor, serving in that office for two terms and later as township clerk. In 1900 he was elected county recorder and approbation of the manner in which he discharged the duties of this office was shown by his fellow-citizens in his re-election in 1903.

Mr. Hartman was married (first) to Jennie Kesler and they had two children. Mrs. Hartman died in 1903. He married (second) Rosie Angell. Mr. Hartman is a member of the United Brethren Church.

- proved farm of 198 3-5 acres is located in section 18, Pickaway township, divided into two tracts, is one of the representative men of the locality and is a member of the township. Board of Education. He was born in Pike County, Ohio, May 28, 1870, and is a son of James and Mary A. (Shock) Rader. Extended mention of this old pioneer family will be found in another part of this work, in the sketch of Burr H. Rader.

Dennis C. Rader was still a lad when his parents moved to Pickaway County, in 1875, and he was reared and educated in Pickaway township. His training was all in the direction of agriculture and it served to make him a practical, successful farmer.

On March 21, 1893, Mr. Rader was married to Louise Bougher, who was born in Hocking County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Benjamin Bougher, formerly of Pickaway County, but now a resident of Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Rader was six months old when her parents brought her to Pickaway County and she was reared in Pickaway township.

Mr. Rader is identified with the Democratic party as was his father before him. He is serving his first term as a member of the township Board of Education and performs his duty according to the highest demands of good citizenship He is one of the leading members of Emmett Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, of Pickaway township.

FEQIOLOMON GLOYD, a successful farmer of Harrison township, was born January 22, 1842, in Walnut township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a son of Myrom and Mary

Myrom Gloyd, who was a native of Vermont, located in Columbus upon coming to Ohio; later he moved to Pickaway County, where he passed the remainder of his life.

died. He received a very limited education in the common schools of Walnut township and was reared on a farm. Mr. Gloyd has lived on his present form for over 40 years, having come to Harrison township when 18 years of age. He continued to live here for 14 years after his marriage, then lived outside the township for a time; ever since returning to the township, he has lived on this farm. Mr. Gloyd operates a farm of 216 acres and is recognized as one of' the leading farmers of the county. He-has operated the Dill Bur- gett farm of 100 acres for a period of 10 years and at present runs the Sarah Jane Wiggins farm of 116 acres also; from the Wiggins farm in 1905 he produced about 2,000 bushels of grain and from the Dill Burgett farm he raised 1,400 bushels of grain - the largest with one exception of any crop ever raised.

On January 4, 1863, Mr. Gloyd was married to Sophia Leonard. Mrs. Gloyd came with her parents from Switzerland in 1851. Her father, David Leonard, was born near Basle, Switzerland, as was Mrs. Gloyd, also. Mr. Leonard died in Bloom township, Fairfield County, Ohio, as did his wife. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Gloyd, namely: Henry, who resides in Ashville; John, who resides south of South Bloomfield on the Bill Adams farm; Mary, wife of Frank DeLong, livirig near Groveport, Franklin County; Minnie, who married Jesse O'Day and lives at Commercial Point; Mahala, deceased, whose first husband was Frank Goodman, and her .second, John French; Charles, who died in childhood; Frank, who accidentally shot himself, dying at the age of 17 years; and Carl, who died-in infancy. Eufala Goodman, a bright lass of 12 years, our subject's granddaughter, has lived with her grandparents since she was three years old. Mrs. Gloyd is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at South Bloomfield. Mr. Gloyd has been a lifelong Democrat.

ARRY W. MOORE, the junior member of the well-known mercantile firm of Davis & Moore, at Darbyville, was born at Darbyville, on October 26, 1874, and is a son of William Henry Harrison and Anna (Buckler) Moore.

William H. H. Moore was also born in Darbyville and lived here until just prior to the opening of the Civil War, when he removed to Paxton, Illinois. In 1861 he enlisted in an Illinois regiment and served faithfully for four years, participating in many of the great battles of the war. After its close, he returned to Darbyville and conducted a grocery business here for some three years before his death. His store was accidentally burned and he did not resume business. He was one of the active Democrats of this section. He was of Virginia stock, his father having been born in the Old Dominion.

After his return from the army, William H. H. Moore was married to Anna Buckler, who was born at Darbyville, some 62 years ago. She still survives, living on the old home place. Her father was Rev. Abraham Buckler, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. William H. H. Moore and wife had these children: Sally, wife of W. G. Burroughs, of Superior, Wisconsin; Emma, wife of J. A. Hewitt, of London; Stanley, deceased,. who was a resident of Zanesville, Ohio; Harry W.; and Chauncy, deceased.

Harry W. Moore obtained an excellent education, remaining in school until about 19 years of age, his advantages including a course at a business college. At the close of seven years of business with Dr. J. E. Miller at Darbyville, Mr. Moore bought his partner's interest and in December, 1903, became a partner with Prof. C. W. Davis, of Darbyville. The firm is a leading one of the town and carries a large and well selected stock of general merchandise.

Politically Mr. Moore is a Democrat. He has taken a very active part in political matters for a number of years. He has been a member of the Democratic Central Committee for three years and for one: year was a member of the Executive Committee, has been clerk of the village and for one year has been a member of the Council. His fraternal relations are with the camp of the Modern Woodmen of America at Darbyville and with the Odd Fellows lodge at Derby. He is a good business man and a frank, outspoken citizen.

G. HAYS, who is engaged in an in- "surance business at Circleville, was for a number of years a ranchman in the West and later a successful farmer in Jackson township, Pickaway County. He was born in 1852 in Indiana, where he was reared and educated he remained for 18 years, engaged in raising and shipping cattle. In the spring of 1882 he went to Texas and brought to Kansas 1,800 head of cattle for the company in which he was interested. Their ranch was located in "No Man's Land," near Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, where they had some 4,000 cattle grazing. The bringing of 1,800 head all the way from Texas was considerable of an undertaking, requiring 71 days of travel on the old-trail of the Oklahoma survey. At the time the Red River was crossed, it was a mile wide, the cattle swimming and the party crossing on rafts. Cattle were shipped from Dodge City to Kansas City and Chicago and during Mr. Hays' business experience there, he shipped many thousands.

In 1897 Mr. Hays returned to the East and settled in Jackson township, Pickaway County, Ohio, where he still owns a farm of 500 acres. James R. Huls, the grandfather of Mr. Hays' wife, bought 1,500 acres from Lieutenant Colonel Cable, in 1822, which had been secured by the latter in 1812. The patent was signed by President Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe, Secretary of State. This parchment is in possession of the Hays family. In 1903 Mr. Hays left the farm and moved to Circleville in order to give his children better educational advantages. Since locating here, he has engaged in an insurance business, representing the New York Life Insurance Company; during the past year he has paid out the sum of $10,000 in death losses in Pickaway County.

In 1884 Mr. Hays was married to Mary Huls, a daughter of Arestes Huls and a grandjaughter of James R. Huls. The last named was born in New York and was one of the early and prominent settlers of Pickaway County. From his large estate he furnished many cattle for the American Army during the War of 1812.

Mr. and Mrs, Hays have three children, viz.: A. Huls, who superintends his father's farm; and Griffith and Helen, who are students in the Circleville High School. The family belong to the Presbyterian Church. During his residence in Jackson township, Mr.

HOBERT McDOWELL GIBSON, a 4} leading instructor and representative citizen of Scioto township, still residing on the farm purchased by his grandfather in 1839, was born on the old family homestead November 6, 1872. He is a son of Eleazar W. and Louisa Virginia (Walker) Gibson, and was reared, educated and developed into his present prominence in his native township. Mr. Gibson laid the foundation of a thorough education and a broad intelligence in the district schools, which he attended until 1888, in the meantime taking a course of six months at the Central College Academy. Co-incident with his mental training, he enjoyed the discipline and healthful influences of farm life, so that the physical and intellectual have gone hand in hand and combined to form a virile and substantial nature.

1894-95 he taught school in District No. 7 and in 1898-99, in District No. 11, both in Scioto township. For two years he taught in District No.2, Jackson township, and during 1905-06 was principal of Deer Creek township school. At the last meeting of the School Board of Scioto township, he was elected to the principalship of the Robtown School.

From boyhood Mr. Gibson has been of a studious disposition and has taken a deep interest in educational work; the practical application of his earlier literary training, in the field of pedagogics, has been most meritorious. In his treatment of pupils he is firm, but always kind, and above all endeavors to command the respect and confidence of those whose training is intrusted to him. He has earned a high reputation as a public speaker, and his services are in quite frequent demand, especially in the sections where he has lived so many years and where he is best known.

Eleazar W. Gibson, the father of our subject, was a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, born near Dayton on the 7th of February, 1821. When eight years of age he removed with his parents to Scioto townshup, Pickaway County, the family locating on a farm a mile southeast of Commercial Point, where he resided until his death July 11, 1894. As a young man his occupations were various, but the greater portion of his life was devoted to husbandry, and at the time of his marriage he owned the farm on which his heirs now reside.

On the 17th of May, 1865, Eleazer W. Gibson was married to Louisa Virginia Walker, daughter of John and Elizabeth Walker. One son - Robert McDowell, and three daughters - Emma, Sarah Margaret and Ruie - were born to this union, Emma attended the public schools of Scioto township, and spent a year in study at Reynoldsburg. Her career as a teacher extended over a period of Io years. For five years she taught in District No. 1, Jackson township, Franklin County; for about four years in Scioto township, Pickaway County, and the remainder of the time at Grove City, Franklin County. Sarah Margaret received her education in the schools of Scioto township, and while her brother and elder sister were teaching remained at home caring for her mother, who for some years was partially blind. She still resides on the old homestead. Ruie was also educated in the district schools of Scioto township and in: 1900 graduated from the Scioto Township High School, at Commercial Point. The mother of the family, Louisa Virginia (Walker) Gibson, who was born March 20, 1835, survived her husband for seven years, her death occurring February 20, 1901, at the age of 65 years and 11 months.

Robert Gibson, the paternal grandfather of our subject, migrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio 'in 1816, and in 1818 married Ruhamah Williamson, daughter of Capt. Eleazar Williamson. After their marriage they moved to Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, where they remained until 1829, when they located in Scioto township, Pickaway County, about a mile southeast of Commercial Point, where Mr. Gibson had purchased from his fatherin-law, Captain Williamson, the farm that is now the Gibson homestead, which is in the possession of our subject and his three sisters.

Robert Gibson, while a resident of Pennsylvania, served in the War of 1812, among other duties being assigned to the work incident to the construction of Fort Meigs. His death occurred in 1854; his wife survived him until September 6, 1876.

Capt. Eleazar Williamson was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1747, and his wife was a Miss McConnell. He migrated to Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1800, and eight years later removed to Scioto township, Pickaway County, where he received, in consideration for~ his military services, 100 acres of land near the present site of Commercial Point, which was known for many years afterward (until its purchase by Robert Gibson) as the Williamson homestead. Captain Williamson died February 28, 1832.

Captain Williamson was~a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and also played a conspicuous part in the campaign against the Indians in 1782. During that and the following year he was in command of the second Company of the Third Battalion, Washington County Militia. In the campaign of 1782 he was under Colonel Crawford, and when ordered to attack the savages held his men back, but bravely withstood the assaults of the enemy during the entire day. In this engagement, he was the only officer who brought his company away from the field of battle.

To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gibson, the paternal grandparents of our subject, were born the fallowing six children: Eleazar W., father of our subject; James A., who married Hester A. Crabb; Martha A., who became the wife of George W. Scholey; Mary J., who remained single throughout life; Rebecca, who married Garrett E. Conover; and Sarah, who became the wife of Luther Lerch. In connection with the history of the Gibson family, it may here be stated that the first of the name to settle in America came from Ireland.

wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, as are the present members of the family; the mother of our subject, however, was a Methodist. Robert M. Gibson and his sisters are all members of the Presbyterian Church at Commercial Point.

For many generations the Gibsons have been Republicans, and our subject is now active in the councils of the party. He has served as a delegate to various conventions in the county, and on various occasions has done effective work aS' a campaign orator. Since boyhood, in fact, he has been locally noted as a speaker.

The farm occupied by Robert M. Gibson and his sisters as the family homestead consists of 175 acres and represents a valuable property. They are especially identified with the educational progress of Scioto township, and their home is therefore the center of much of the intellectual activity of the community. As Mr. Gibson himself is a young man of marked ability and acumen, and has also behind him several generations of strong pioneer ancestry, there is every likelihood that he is at but the commencement of his career and that his advancement in the future will be even more rapid than in the past.

Illiam Colbert Hatfield

ILLIAM COLBERT HATFIELD, #; a member of the board of trustees of Monroe township, and a citizen of standing and influence, was born on the old Hatfield farm in Monroe township, on September 29, 1842. He is a son of Seth and Margaret (Longberry) Hatfield. :

The venerable father of our subject still survives, although he has passed his 95th milestone. He was born at Chillicothe, Ohio, when it was but a village, on May 15, 1811, and is a son of John Hatfield, who was born in England. The latter came to America when a young man and located first in Maryland, but

Mary, Hetty, Elijah, Seth and John W. By a second marriage the family was increased by these children: Shadrach, Anderson G., Nelson, Caroline, Nancy, Sarah Ellen and Maria.

After the death of his mother, Seth Hatfield was bound out to a blacksmith, with whom he learned a trade, which he followed more or less through the whole of his active life. He was about 19 years of age when he accompanied the family to Pickaway County, where his father purchased about 100 acres of land. After his own marriage, in 1834, he bought a small farm in Monroe township, on which he built a blacksmith shop and continued to work at his trade until 1861, when he sold his first farm and bought a farm of 220 acres, on the Lester mill road, where he now lives. Mr. Hatfield has witnessed wonderful changes since he first came to this part of Ohio and can describe the primitive appearance of the now bustling city of Chillicothe, as it was in his childhood. In 1834 he married Margaret Longberry, a daughter of Charles Longberry, who had come to Pickaway County from Pennsylvania. They had these children: Mary Jane, who married Frank Hill - both now deceased; Orlando, who married Margaret Griffith and is now deceased; Elijah L., who married Charlotte Morton and resides in Darby township; William C., the subject of this sketch; Susan A., who resides near our subject; Felix R., a member of the 114th Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., who died in the army;. Rhoda, who married William Taylor Dennis and resides in Monroe township; Ezra, who married Hetty Smith and lives in Monroe township; and Seth, Jr., who died in infancy.

William C. Hatfield has resided on his present home farm of the Hatfield family since his father purchased it in 1861. He owns a farm of 4o acres and carries on general farming and stock-raising for which the land is particularly well adapted. In addition to managing his large agricultural operations, Mr. Hatfield has given mucn attention to public matters in his township and at various times has been elected to important local offices.. In 1868 he served through one term as constable and made a good officer. In 1893 he was first elected township trustee, serving until 1895, and was elected again in 1905 and assumed the duties of the office in January, 1906. He is an honest, straight-forward man, one in whom his fellow-citizens repose the greatest confidence.

In 1883, Mr. Hatfield was married to Susan Redding, who is a daughter of Reuben and Nancy Redding, the former of whom died some 30 years since. Mrs. Redding resides with her daughter, Mrs. Hatfield. Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield have four sons, viz.: John Arthur, Seth Emery, Festus Webster and Cecil Clark, all residing at home. They have all been afforded excellent educational advantages and are fine types of intelligent American young manhood.

ILLIAM M. STIMMEL, a wellknown resident of Kingston, and the owner of a_ well-cultivated farm of 155 acres, located in Pickaway township, was born in

The Stimmel family is of German extraction, as is the Miller, and both settled in Ohio in the days we call remote. Counting by years they. are not so far away, but counting by the advance in civilization and the wonderful progress attained through the efforts of these same pioneers, the time is distant indeed. The Stimmels settled in Franklin County, where John Stimmel was born, and the Millers in Fairfield County. The father of our subject died when he was still in boyhood, but the mother still survives, in her 77th year, and resides in Franklin County. ;

William M. Stimmel grew up on the home farm in Franklin County and attended the district schools. From boyhood he worked on the farm and thus grew up a thoroughly competent farmer.

On May 22, 1889, Mr. Stimmel was married to Ida M. Hassenpflug, who was born in Pickaway township, Pickaway County, Ohio, March 15, 1863, and is a daughter of Joseph and Martha (Black) Hassenpflug. John Hassenpflug, the paternal grandfather, was born in Holland; after emigrating to America, he settled first for a period in Pennsylvania, but later- came as an early settler to Ross County, Ohio, where he died full of years. Josep! Hassenpflug was born in Pennsylvania and was I5 years of age when he accompanied his parents to Ross County. After his marriage to Martha Black, who was born in Pickaway County, he located in Pickaway - township, where he engaged for many years in farming, but subsequently retired to Circleville, where he and his wife died, both in June, 1895. He was a supporter of the Republican party. Both he and his wife were valued and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The children of Joseph Hassenpflug and wife were: Missouri E., wife of Daniel Dunkel, of Lawrence, Kansas; Agnes J., wife of Clay Snyder, of Kingston; Emma L., wife of John Given, of Circleville; and Ida M., wife of our subject.

For a number of years Mr. and Mrs. Stimmel lived on the old farm in Pickaway township, but in 1904 they retired to Kingston, where they have a very comfortable home. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Kingston, and they have many pleasafit social ties in this village. Mr. Stimmel is a member of the Masonic lodge at Circleville. - >-@ - ____

BOHN WARDELL, a director of the §| Second National Bank of Circleville, and one of the successful men of Pickaway County, was born in England, in April, 1831, and is one of a family of three children born fo his parents, who were John and Anna (Bealby) Wardell, farming people of England.

Mr. Wardell had little more than. attained manhood when he left his native land, where he had been well educated. Landing in the city of New York, after the voyage across the Atlantic, he came on to Pickaway County, Ohio, where he arrived in November, 1853. His capital was small and for years very hard work was his portion,- but with persistent, industry he has become one of the cap-

Mr. Wardell has been married three times. His first wife, Sarah Douglas, was a native of England, where they were married. She died after they came to the United States. His second wifa was Mary Clearwater, whom he married in Wayne township; they had nine children, eight of whom are now living. The third marriage was to Lydia Clearwater, to which union one child was born, Margaret, who resides at home. Mr. and Mrs, Wardell, with their children, belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Clearwater family, into which Mr. Wardell married, is one of the old, pioneer families of Pickaway County.

Mr. Wardell is a strong Republican and has served as trustee of Wayne township for _two terms. Since 1900 he has been one of the directors of the Second National Bank of Circleville. The family home, since removing from the farm, has been at No. 335 East Union street, Circleville. Mr. Wardell is a self-made man. He has comfortably reared a large family and has given them good educational and social advantages. He has developed those sterling traits of character which make him respected and beloved at home and universally esteemed by his fellow-citizens.

BOHN KEGG, who has been identified mB! with Pickaway County for the past 63 years, resides on his well-improved farm of 142 acres, situated on the Young road, off the Commercial Point turnpike, in Scioto township. His parents were Christian and Catherine Elizabeth Kegg.

Christian Kegg and wife, who were natives of Germany, emigrated to America, with their eldest son, in 1827. Mr. Kegg was a brickmaker and he found employment at Columbus, Ohio, where the family lived for some years, during which time the family was increased by the birth of five children. With an increasing family, the father sought wider opportunities for them and decided to settle on a opportunity came when the John Law land was for sale, at $4 an acre. It was situated right in the woods and our subject, who was born here some years later, can well remember when it was still wild and uncleared and neighbors were far distant. Both father and mother died on this farm, the former in 1859 and the latter in 1867. They were honest, industrious, virtuous people and set a good example to their children, two of whom were born in Pickaway County.

The children of Christian Kegg and wife were: Godfrey, born in Germany, who married Ella Cunningham and resides in Georgia; William, now a resident of Pickaway County, who was born in Columbus and married Caroline Eacher; Charles, who married (first) Sidney Clifton and (second) Mary McFarland, and lives at Morgan's Station (Orient P. O.) ; Catherine, who married John Seeds, of Pickaway County; Mary, who married Amarias Jackson, of Madison County; Caroline, who is the widow of Thomas Peterson; Louisa, deceased, who was the wife of the late John Mc- Cord; Elizabeth, born in Pickaway County, who married Nelson Kassidy; and John.

John Kegg, the youngest son in his parents' family, has made his home all his life on the farm on which he was born, not having been absent from it for any extended period. Near the close of the Civil War he enlisted for 100 days, in the 133rd Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., served out his time and then resumed the management of the farm for his mother. After her death he purchased the interests of the other heirs and has conducted large farming and stock-raising operations here up to the present time. Mr. Kegg is acknowledged to be one of thé most successful horse and swine raisets in the county. He makes a specialty of the Poland-China hog, crossed with the Berkshire. He takes a great deal of pride in his fine horses and none but the very best can be found here. His comfortable residence, a great, roomy, frame structure, its 10 rooms easily sheltering all the family when they are at home and still leaving room for the exercise of the generous hospitality in which Mr. Kegg rejoices, commands a fine view of the Young road, just off the much-traveled Commercial Point turnpike. Many improvements to house and barn were made by Mr. Kegg after he became the owner of the farm.

In 1868 Mr. Kegg was married to Jane Baker, who died in 1893. She was one of the children born to Lewis and Mary (Mitchell) Baker, the others being: Howard, Albert, Anna, Ella, Belle, Andrew and Earl. In September, 1896, Mr. Kegg was married to Mrs. Emma (Neff) Murphy, widow' of George W. Murphy, and daughter of George and Amanda (Berry) Neff. Both parents of Mrs. Kegg died in 1882 at their home, which is now the farm of A. L. Shockley. Their children were: Lydia, who married George Deyo; Jesse, who married Mary Wilson; Harley, who married Eva Demilt; Thomas, who married Ida Fetherolf, daughter of S. S. Fetherolf, postmaster and oldest merchant at Era; and David, who lives unmarried, at Derby.

By her first marriage Mrs. Kegg had three children, viz.: Elta Florence, who married Harry Brown, who is the contractor for all the big Hartman barns in South Columbus; Edna Fay; and Fletcher Lee, who assists his brother-in-law, Mr. Brown. Mr. Kegg's six children were all born to his first marriage, as follows: George, who died in boyhood; Albert, who served in the Spanish-American War, enlisting from Washington, passed 18 months in the Philippine Islands and now is in business at Los Angeles, California; and Frank, Jesse, Nelson and Wallace, all of whom live in California, where,they have gained health and good positions.

Mr. Kegg has served on the School Board and as township trustee. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He is one of the very highly esteemed citizens of Scioto township.

Pee ILSON FISHER, a. successful | (J } farmer and well-known citizen of Scioto township, who operates a OA) farm of 323 acres, was born November 27, 1842, in Jackson township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He is a son of John G. and Mary (Jordan) Fisher.

Jackson township, Pickaway County, 91 years ago. John and Absalom Fisher, the greatgrandfather and the grandfather of our subject, came from Virginia, in 1815, and the former died in Jackson township at the age of 86 years. Absalom Fisher died in 1865, in Illinois, in his 77th year, his wife having passed away in 1863.

John G. Fisher, father of Wilson Fisher, was born in Virginia on February 27, 1813, and was only two years old when the family settled in Ohio. He lived all his life in Jackson and Scioto townships. He died in 1887 in Scioto township in his 75th year. He married Mary Jordan, a daughter of Andrew Jordan, of Franklin County, Ohio. She was born in that county, August 31, 1818, and died in Jackson township, Pickaway County, in October, 1886. Their children were: Matilda; Jane, wife of D. V. Shook, of Circleville; Wilson, of this sketch; Mary C., widow of John Hall, who now lives in Pickaway County, coming here from Illinois; Andrew M., a farmer of Paulding County, Ohio; Cindia E., who died in 1895; Absalom, a farmer of Paulding County, Ohio; Josephine; Frances E.; and Tirzah C., deceased, who was the wife of Lewis Haynes.

Wilson Fisher attended the subscription and district schools in his native township, attending mainly in the winter time and working for wages in the summer.. He thus reached his 20th year, by which time he was a pretty fair farmer. The outbreak of the Civil War, however, aroused a feeling of loyalty in his breast and he soon settled the current of his life for the next three years by enlisting in the service of his country. He became a member of the 45th Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., under Col. Benjamin P. Runkle, Capt. George Ross and Lieut. Elias F. Scott, and was mustered in at Camp Chase on August 19, 1862. The regiment was sent to the front and during the whole of Mr. Fisher's service bore a prominent part in the dangers and hardships which attend army life. Mr. Fisher was wounded on June 9, 1863, in an engagement at Rocky Face, which was serious enough to entitle him to a furlough home. He returned as soon as recuperated and was with his regiment under

General Burnside through the East Tennessee campaign, was with General Sherman in the Atlanta campaign and later was with General Thomas at Nashville and Franklin. His regiment followed Hood's forces when they retreated to Huntsville, Alabama, and: then was sent to Virginia where it was stationed when

Aiter the close of his honorable army service, Mr. Fisher returned to agricultural pursuits in Ohio. In 1868 he went to Illinois, but 14 months later returned to Pickaway County and engaged in farming in Jackson township, where he continued until 1884. He then located on the Wayne Caldwell. farm of 323 acres in Scioto township, on which he has resided for 21 years. He is one of the most successful farmers of this locality and under his capable management this farm produces enormously. He runs five teams, has about 200 acres in corn and 100 in wheat, raises a great deal of hay and has fine cattle, horses and hogs. He farms along modern lines and makes use of the machinery which every enterprising farmer now demands.

Mr. Fisher is identified with the Republican party, coming from a family of oldline Whigs. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow, a member of Pickaway Lodge at Ashville. He belongs to Groce Post, G. A. R., at Circleville and enjoys meeting old comrades and recalling with them the days of 1861-65 and of the heroic deeds in which they participated. Mr. Fisher is a very pleasant man to meet, sociable and genial, these qualities being natural as he is-a total abstainer from all kinds of stimulants. A portrait of Mr. Fisher, executed from a recent photograph, accompanies this sketch.

HOHN GRIESHEIMER, deceased, was B} a highly respected citizen and ex- [of cellent farmer of Scioto township, es} ~ where he owned go acres of land which he had developed from a wild condition. Mr. Griesheimer was born May 25, 1856, at Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, and was a son of Martin and Barbara Griesheimer.

Both parents of Mr. Griesheimer were born in Germany. They came to America in 1840 and located at Chillicothe, Ohio. The mother died in 1865, but the father still survives, aged 77 years. Martin Griesheimer is survived by a brother, Lewis, who resides at Columbus; a sister, Elizabeth, who is the wife of John Wetzel, of Chillicothe; and by Frank and Christine, a half-brother and half-sister.

The late John Griesheimer was reared and educated at Chillicothe. Soon after his marriage, he located in Scioto township, Pickaway County, where he resided until his death on May 28, 1902. He had improved his farm with a very comfortable and attractive residence and made many substantial improvements which combine to make his one of the most valuable farms in the township.

On March 2, 1881, Mr. Griesheimer was united in marriage with Elizabeth Goebel, a daughter of Philip and Otilda (Griesheimer) Goebel. Philip Goebel, who was a native of Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, died in September, 1892, aged 51 years; his wife died in August, 1879, aged 37 years. Their children were the following: Elizabeth, widow of John Griesheimer ; Ella, wife of Montgomery Divon, of Springfield, Missouri; Julia, wife of N. A. Brown, of Florence, Alabama, where Mr. Brown is connected with the iron industry; George and Caroline, both deceased; and Mary, wife of Leonard O'Harra, residing at Commercial Point. The grandfather of Mrs. Griesheimer was Jacob. Goebel, who was at one time a well-known resident of Chillicothe.

Mr. and Mrs. Griesheimer had four children, viz.: Albert, the manager of the home farm; Ella, who lives at home with her mother; William, also living on the 'home farm, and Karl Emmett, deceased.

In politics Mr. Griesheimer was a Démo- He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and both of his sons belong to the Modern Woodmen of America. They are industrious, manly young Americans and in the management of the farm follow closely the excellent methods in which their. late father found success. Mrs. Griesheimer is a valued member of the Presbyterian Church at Commercial Point.

DWARD VALENTINE, one of the §} best known citizens of Pickaway County, prominently connected with stock interests and known all over as owner of the noted horse, "Maggie resides on what is known as the "Maggie

Vig V. Stock Farm," which is a tract of 180 acres, situated in section 20, Circleville township. Mr. Valentine belongs to one of the old families of the county and was born at Circleville,

The Valentine family is of German extraction and the grandparents of Mr. Valentine were the founders of the family in Ohio, coming here from Baltimore, Maryland. As early as 1800 the grandfather, John Valentine, traveled over a large part of the State on horseback and finally selected a tract in Circleville township, Pickaway County, which he purchased from his father-in-law, Jacob Zeiger, a still earlier settler.

Israel Valentine, son of John and father of Edward, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, January 26, 1819. He remained at home with his father until the age of 22 years and then started out for himself, purchasing 83 acres in Circleville township. In 1841 he married Caroline Stout, a daughter of John Stout, of Pennsylvania. Later Mr. Valentine added 86 acres and still later bought the old Stout farm of 200 acres in Washington township. Other property that he subsequently bought consisted of the Market farm of 105 acres, in Circleville township; the old Zearing farm of 80 acres, in Fairfield County and the old Tobey farm of 200 acres,: in Washington township. At one time he owned 760 acres of valuable land, the greater part of it being subsequently given to his sons. Israel Valentine died in November, 1903, his wife: having passed away in 1887. They had reared a family of 11 children, viz.: William, Lydia A., Lizzie, John, George, James, Mary, Emanuel, Sarah E., and Edward and Istael S. (twins).

Edward Valentine was reared in Circleville township and attended the local school. He has always made his home in this locality. In addition to his homestead he owns a farm of

103 acres in Washington township, which is occupied by a tenant. The Circleville township farm is owned jointly by himself and wife. In association with his twin brother, Israel S. Valentine, our subject has been identified with the breeding of race horses for some years. At the present time they own a string of 10 head, among them being the beautiful mare, 'Maggie V.," which has a record of 2:12%. This valuable mare is well known and appreciated in racing circles and when it took the prize of $2,000 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, taking the second heat in 2:12% and also winning the third and fourth heats, beating the great race horse, "Klondike," for the first time in the latter's racing hfe, immense sums were offered the Valentine Brothers for the little beauty. They value it too highly, however, to be induced to part with it and there is every expectation that "Maggie V." will lower her already remarkable record.

On October 28, 1886, Mr. Valentine was married to Maggie D. Walters, who is a daughter of John J. and Mary (Dresbach) Walters. They have one son, John Walters, who was born August 24, 1887.

farmer and _ substantial citizen of Pickaway township, has resided on his present farm in this township since 1901. He was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, May 10, 1867, and is a son of Daniel and Harriet (North) Baldoser.

The father of Mr. Baldoser was born in Pennsylvania and came to Fairfield County, Ohio, at a very early date. He still survives, in his 83rd year, residing in Clear Creek township, Fairfield County. He married Harriet North, who was a daughter of James North, an early settler of Clear Creek township, Fairfield County, where she was born and reared. She died in 1882. She was the mother of seven children, namely: Theodore, deceased ; Albert E., who resides in the State of Washut = iS) ington; Effie M. (Lutz), of Fairfield County, Ohio; Daniel W., of this sketch; Austin, of Muskingum County, Ohio; William L, of the State of Washington; and Lucy (Doser), of Muskingum County, Ohio.

Daniel W. Baldoser grew up as other country lads, attending school and assisting at home until he was old enough to learn the bakery business, in which he was engaged for five years at Kingston. For a number of years, however, he has given his entire attention to agriculture.

On May 16, 1894, Mr. Baldoser was married to Julia Orr, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, April 12, 1861, and is a daughter of Simeon and Hannah (Kelly) Orr, both parents being natives of Ross County. The father died in 1894. The mother; who has reached her 68th year, resides with Mr. and Mrs. Baldoser. The Orrs were early settlers in Ross County and were members of the Society of Friends.

Politically Mr. Baldoser is identified with the Republican party but has prohibition proclivities. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Kingston, of which he is a steward. Mrs. Baldoser is a member of the Society of Friends and is connected with the meeting at Londonderry.

PAOHN E. WEISER, township clerk of 3 Walnut township, and proprietor of a general merchandise establishment at Walnut, was born at Greencastle, Fairfield County, Ohio, on the 3rd of February, 1866, and is a son of Samuel and Eve Ann (Carris) Weiser.

The great-great-grandfather of our subject, Conrad Weiser, came to America with his father when but an infant, was adopted into a tribe of Pequod Indians and reared by his savage friends from the age of two years to 21. He became a master of the Indian language in all its branches, and accompanied Washington

Samuel Weiser, the grandfather of our subject, migrated from Pennsylvania to Fairfield County, Ohio, in early manhood and settled on a farm. Later he moved to Greencastle in that county, where he served as postmaster and filled the office of justice of the peace for 40 years.

Samuel Weiser, the father of our subject, was born, reared and educated in Bloom township, Fairfield County, Ohio, and married Eve Ann Carris, daughter of George Carris. His wife was born in France, near the German frontier. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Weiser reside at Greencastle, the former aged 80 years, and the latter, aged 78. Their nine children are as follows: George R., Charles F., Calvin W., Almeda, wife of John Schofner; Mary, unmarried; John E.; Eveline, married to Henry Brenner; Jesse W. and Thomas H.

John E. Weiser nearly reached his majority as a resident of Fairfield County, coming to Walnut township in 1886 and at once securing a position as a school teacher. He followed this profession with unvarying success for 15 years. Iti 1899 he founded the general merchandise business which he still conducts, and for three years served as postmaster of Walnut. In politics he is a Democrat, and as representative of that party has served three terms, or a period of seven years, as township clerk. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

On March 3, 1892, Mr. Weiser was married to Lilly B. Noggle, daughter of Isaac Noggle, of Walnut township. They have four children - Rayman, Harold, Frances and Orville. - ee

HRISTIAN WAIDELICH, a well- | + known citizen and a representative old settler of Pickaway township, residing on his well-cultivated farm of 88 acres, was born April 13, 1820, in Germany, and is a son of Jacob Waidelich, whose life was passed in his native land. Christian Waidelich, who has been a resi- dent of the county for a half century, was educated in the excellent schools for which his native land is celebrated and, as is usual with German youths, he learned a self-supporting trade, that of wagon-making. In the year of his majority he emigrated with his brother John to America, and together they embarked in business at SteinSville, Pennsylvania, where they conducted a wagon-making establishment for some years. After his marriage, Mr. Waidelich came to Pickaway County, Ohio, where he carried on farming operations in Pickaway township during the rest of his active life. His valuable farm is now under the capable management of his son, Charles.

In. Berks County, Pennsylvania, Mr. Waidelich was married to Catherine Sittler, born June 8, 1826, and they have had nine children born to them, the survivors of the family being: Jackson, a resident of Champaign County, Hlinois ; William, of Jackson township ; Mary J., who lives at home with her aged parents; Ella, wife of Ferdinand Bowshier, of East Columbus, Ohio; and Charles, who, as stated, manages the home farm.

Mr. Waidelich has always been attached to the Democratic party. Both he and his estimable wife, who is now in her 8oth year, belong to the Lutheran Church. Formerly Mr. Waidelich was active in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Since coming to Pickaway County, Mr. Waidelich has seen remarkable changes. He is an example of a self-made man, having earned all he possesses through his own industry and good management. Scarcely any resident in his locality is better known and both he and his wife are respected and esteemed and are held in much honor at the gatherings of the old settlers. ;

@AIRISTIAN WEFLER, one of the . esteemed citizens of Circleville, where he is leading a life of ease and retirement after many years of agricultural endeavor, was born in Switzerland, February 7, 1836.

seven years and then moved to Canton, Ohio, and in the fall of 1845 came to Circleville. This place has been Mr. Wefler's home ever since. His business has been that of gardening.

Mr. Wefler has an honorable Civil War record. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, 114th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and went into camp with the regiment at Circleville and then at Marietta. It was soon sent to Memphis and took part in the battle of Chickasaw Bluff, and that of Arkansas Post, going from there to Young's Point and Milligan's Bend and later taking part in the great Vicksburg campaign. Mr. Wefler was a brave soldier and always at his post. He participated in the capture of Vicksburg, and was then sent to New Orleans and the regiment came under the command of General Banks, in the Department of the Gulf. After several months in Louisiana, during which the regiment took part in all the various engagements in that section, it went in December to Texas and remained until April and then took part in the Red River campaign. During the summer of 1864 the regiment served first on detached service, proceeded up the White River and then down again to New Orleans, thence to Pensacola and then on to the capture of Mobile. From there the regiment went to Selma, Alabama, returned then to Mobile and finally was mustered out at Galveston, Texas. Mr. Wefler entered the service as a private and was mustered out as a corporal. He: escaped the dangers of a soldier's life and was able to return to his home practically unharmed.

On January 23, 1868, Mr. Wefler was married to Susan Kraft, who is a daughter of Kasper Kraft, one of the old settlers of this section. The sons, William and George F., are gardeners and carry on the most extensive operations in this line in this locality. The father was associated with them until he retired. William married Minnie Helvering and they have two children - Frederick and Mary Elizabeth. The daughters are: Katherine; Ida, wife of William F. Heffner; Carrie, wife of D. E. Mason; and Harriette. The family belong to the Lutheran Church.

HILLIAM J. M. GRIMES, a substantial citizen and representative farmer of Perry township, whose fine farming lands embrace nearly 400 acres, is a native of this township, where he was born October 11, 1844. He is a son of George and Jane (Bennett) Grimes.

The Grimes family was established in Pickaway County by Benjamin Grimes, the grandfather of our subject. He came from Virginia and located first at Atlanta but subsequently settled in Perry township on the farm now occupied by our subject, on the Circleville road. He married Sarah Anthony and they had two sons - George and William.

ture life and then moved to Ross County where he died. He married (first) Jane Bennett, who was a daughter of John Bennett, a prominent early resident of Perry township. Their children were: Elizabeth J., wife of Allan L. Hyde; Sarah A., wife of Joseph Kirkpatrick ; and William J. M., of this sketch. The second marriage of George Grimes was to Rachel Bowdle, of Ross County, and there are four surviving children of this marriage, viz.: Francis M., a resident of Perry township; John Wesley, a resident of Delaware, Ohio; Louisa, wife of Judge George B. Bitzer, of Chillicothe; and Maria, wife of Edward Coover, of Ross County. The third marriage of George Grimes was to Ellen Parker and they had two children, viz.: Althea, who died aged 22 years; and Joseph B., who lives in Ross County. The father died in 1899. William J. M. Grimes was educated in the district schools of Perry township and prepared for the life of a farmer. He was 20 years of age when he enlisted, in 1864, for the 100-day service in the Civil War, entering Company I, 155th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and accompanied the command to Washington, D. C., where it was sent to prevent General Early's contemplated invasion of the National Capital. After some four months' service, he returned home and his life has since been mainly confined to the peaceful pursuits of agriculture.

In 1866 Mr. Grimes was married to Ellen E. Thomas, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, and is a daughter of John L. and Susan M. (Buckwith) Thomas. Mr. Thomas moved to Illinois and later to Missouri where Mrs. Thomas died and he then brought his children back to. Ohio. Mrs. Grimes was reared by her aunt, Eliza Draper, at New Holland. Mr. and Mrs. Grimes have had five children, namely: Myrta Olive, who married John D. Fidler, of St. Louis, and has one daughter - Eleanor; Charles, a resident of Perry township, who married Ollie Hyer and has one child - Marie; Lydia J., who died at the age of 22 years; Ethel, who resides with her parents; and Glenn S., farming an adjacent property, who married Verna Taylor.

Mr. Grimes is a stanch Republican but has never accepted any office except that of township trustee, in which he proved a very satisfactory official. He belongs to Ferguson Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at New Holland, and he is also affiliated with the New Holland Masonic Lodge. With his family he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Holland.

Pa EREMIAH B. HORNBECK, proprie- O" tor of the "Yellow Bud Farm," a large estate situated in Jackson township on the Dawson turnpike, three and a half miles northeast of Williamsport, is one of the leading citizens of this section. He was born in Deer Creek township, Pickaway County, Ohio, June 17, 1850, and is a son of Cyrus and Jane (Baker) Hornbeck.

The Hornbeck family is a very old one in Pickaway County, the grandfather of our subject, Simon Hornbeck, having been born in Deer Creek township, on his father's farm. The latter was of German descent and. spoke that language. It is likely he was a Pennsylvanian and one of the earliest settlers along Deer Creek. Simon Hornbeck spent his entire life in Deer Creek township, where he owned 100 acres of land. He is represented as having been a man of great physical development, six feet in height and of athletic build. He was well known as a hunter and often went with the Indians of this locality on hunting trips in the forest. He won the esteem of the savages through fair dealings with them, and no record is found that they proved other than trustworthy. He was a great church man and was one of the founders of the Christian Church in Deer Creek township. He lived to the age of 80 years.

Cyrus Hornbeck, son of Simon and father of our subject, was born in Deer Creek township, where his whole busy, useful life was spent and where he died on Christmas Day, 1886, aged 68 years. He was a man of large means and invested much money in land, at one time being the owner of 800 acres. This was the home farm, a fertile tract all in one body, in Deer Creek and Jackson townships. He was life to agricultural pursuits. A great part of this immense body of land he cleared himself; some of it was originally covered with heavy amber. Mr. Hornbeck voted, in early life, with the Whig party and later with the Republicans, but he would not, under any consideration, accept office. In him the Christian Church found a liberal supporter - he was one' of the local preachers in this religious body. When the proposal came to erect the present church edifice, he made a contribution of $1,000.

Cyrus Hornbeck married Jane Baker, who was born near Clarksburg, Deer Creek township, October 8, 1819, and died February 5, 1891, aged 72 years. She was a daughter of James and Mary Baker, and a niece of Mackey Baker, all natives of New England. \ Mackey Baker was a wealthy stock-raiser of Deer Creek township. Cyrus Hornbeck and wife had nine children, as follows: Ira, deceased; Marvin, who married Mary Keys and is now deceased; Sarah; Mary, who married Jarret Rector, of Chillicothe; Jeremiah B., of this sketch; Oliver B.,.of Williamsport, who married Mary Yates; Mrs. Henry Galbreth, a widow, residing at Mount Sterling; Edgar C., of Mount Sterling, who married Ella Hunsicker; and Etta, of Mount Sterling.

Jeremiah B. Hornbeck remained on the home farm until his marriage and then settled on 100 acres of his present farm, which his father gave him. He has made all the modern improvements which make it one of the township's fine farms, at various times having also added to its extent. He purchased 80 adjoining acres and in the spring of 1905 he bought 75 more and has 255 acres in one body of land, this comprising his home place. He also owns a farm of 118 acres in Perry township and another, of 114 acres, in Monroe township. He rents two of his farms and operates the rest of his land in general farming and stock-raising. The homestead of Mr. Hornbeck is known as the "Yellow Bud Farm," being named for the stream of that name which flows through his land, draining it and making it well adapted to both farming and _ stockraising. It borders one of the leading highways of the county - the Dawson turnpike. This farm is within easy distance of two towns, Wikiamsport being but three and a half miles to the southwest, and Circleville being within eight miles and a half. This farm is widely known for its fine grade of stock.

On January 17, 1884, Mr. Hornbeck was married to Theresa E. Phillips. She was born in Monroe township,: Pickaway County, Ohio, September 7, 1850, and is a daughter of Daniel Ryan and Nancy (Otten) Phillips. The parents of Mrs. Hornbeck were born and married in Delaware. In 1833 they located in Monroe township, Pickaway County, where they' spent the rest of their lives. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Phillips were: Maria Elizabeth, who married A. J. Walston - both recently deceased; Kendall, David L. and Rev. Charles A., all of whom served in the Civil War; Mary A., who married George Betts, of Deer Creek township; Sarah Jane, deceased, who was the wife of Jacob Terflinger, of Monroe township; Amanda, who died in 1902 at the home of our subject; Alice Bell, deceased in infancy; and Theresa E., who is the wife of our subject. The three soldier brothers of Mrs.

Hornbeck are dead. Kendall enlisted from Pickaway County, in Company E, under Captain Abraham, in the 114th Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., as did his brother David I., and both died at Vicksburg. Rev. Charles A. was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He enlisted in the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., and died soon after returning from his army service. Many years have passed since these loyal hearts have rested under their coverlet of green, their life-work finished, but they are not forgotten.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hornbeck are: Ella N., a talented young lady who is under instruction at the Capital College of Oratory and Music, at Columbus; and Blanche, who attends school at Williamsport.

Mr. Hornbeck has always been a Republican, imbibing the principles of this party in his youth. He has been a very prominent factor of the party in his locality for many years, and has served on numerous occasions as a delegate to county, district, State and congressional conventions. He possesses every qualification for holding high position, but has worked harder for others than he has for himself. He is at present committeeman for the south precinct, which carries with it a large degree of influence. -

Fraternally Mr. Hornbeck is a Mason, one of the leaders in the lodge at Williamsport. He is a member of the Christian Church at that place also and lives up to what have been the convictions of his family for generations, both in political and religious life. In every. way he stands as one of the representative citizens of Jackson township, one who for years has forwarded all laudable public mavements and with purse and influence has assisted in the development of this part of the county along agricultural and educational lines.

ANIEL PRUSHING, whose beautiful farm of 500 acres stretches through the most fertile portion of Scioto township, is one of the leading citizens as well as most prosperous agriculturists of this section. Mr. Prushing is a

The life story of Daniel Prushing is an interesting one and it is also an inspiring one, reaching from the landing of a young man on a foreign shore, dependent entirely upon his own resources, ignorant of the customs and language of a strange country, to a time when, through his own industry, thrift and good management, he has become possessed of ample means, large resources and the universal regard of his fellow-citizens.

In his own country, Mr. Prushing was well schooled. When he came to America in 1856, he decided to seek an old schoolmate, Dill Wiegand, who had already established himself in Pickaway County, Ohio. Landing at Baltimore, Mr. Prushing crossed the country to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and from there made his way to the farm of Mr. Wiegand, in Harrison township, Pickaway County, Ohio, from whom he received a warm German welcome. Mr. Prushing made himself useful to Mr. Wiegand until the following spring, when he went to Columbus and worked for a time at shoemaking, but subsequently accepted M1. Wiegand's invitation and returned to the latter's farm, where he remained for the following 11 years. At the end of this period Mr. Prushing was married and for the next four years rented farming land in Scioto township and then purchased the farm on which he has lived for the past 36 years. At the date of purchase, it contained 105 acres, to which Mar. Prushing has continued to add, until he now has 500 acres of as good land as may be found in Pickaway County. It is not necessary to say that the acquisition of this large property has not come without strenuous effort, but it has all been honestly earned and can be enjoyed without scruples:concerning the methods of its acquisition. Resolution, industry, economy and integrity have been the main factors.

On February 7, 1866, Mr. Prushing was united in marriage with Wilhelmina Spindler, who was born in Germany in 1845, and who accompanied her father and one brother to America, in 1859. Her parents were William and Annie Elizabeth (Schneider) Spindler. Mr.

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Spindler located at Baltimore, Maryland, where he died soon after and his daughter later became a member of the household of Dill Wiegand, in Pickaway County, Ohio, where she was married to Mr. Prushing, as mentioned above. Her one brother is a resident of Cumberland, Maryland.