Richland County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1880 (part 15 of 18)

SUTTER, SAMUEL J., furniture and undertaking ; is a son of Samuel Sutter, mentioned above, and possesses in a remarkable degree his characteristic pluck and energy; he was born in Shelby, Ohio, Sept. 20, 1856; he remained with his parents until he was 20 years old, attending school in Shelby until he was 16 years of age, when he went to Zanesville and took a thorough business course in the business college of that place, and the thoroughness of the instruction and aptness of the pupil are well exemplified in his splendid business; Mr. Sutter learned thoroughly every depart- - ment of the furniture and undertaking business, under the tuition of his father, who has no superior in this country in either branch; thus making him an excellent judge in the selection and purchase of furniture with which to supply the market; as to the other branch, undertaking, though young in years he is old in experience, having served a long apprenticeship under his father, and learned thoroughly every branch of the business; he has a magnificent hearse, and is bountifully supplied with the very latest and best appliances for properly taking care of the dead; Mr. Sutter only commenced business a little over two years ago, yet such are his energy, pluck, perseverance and business ability, that he has already built up a retail trade in Shelby and surrounding country never before equaled by any other furniture dealer in the place; his fame has gone abroad, until he now does a large business in retailing to citizens of neighboring towns and cities, who come to him to buy in preference to purchasing at home, on account of the superior quality as well as the extremely low price at which he offers his goods. Inthe undertaking branch of Mr. Sutter's business, he has become deservedly popular ; Mr. Sutter possesses qualities that fit him in an eminent degree to perform these duties, and the greatly increasing demand for his services in this department of his business .testifies the high esteem in which he is held by the citizens of Shelby and the surrounding country. Mr. S. J. Sutter was married to a Miss Shiffer on the 16th day of January, 1877.

TAYLOR, JOHN W., machinist, Shelby ; was born in Weller Township, Richland Co., Dec. 18, 1820; remained there on a farm until he was 22 years of age, when he went with Hoy & Williams to Lexington, Mo., and engaged in the fanning-mill business ; stayed there two years and then went to Kentucky. In 1846, enlisted in the Louisville Legion and served as a private soldier under Zachary Taylor, in the Mexican war, and was discharged at Vera Cruz; from there he moved to

California, where he remained until 1850, then returned to Kentucky by way of Isthmus of Panama. In 1859, he went to Missouri and went to raising cotton, which business he followed until the war broke out. He volunteered as Captain in the Confederate service under Gen. Forrest; was in all the principal battles of the Army of the Cumberland, and at the close of the war surrendered with Joseph E. Johnston to Maj. Gen. Sherman at Jonesboro, N. C.; after the war closed, he came to Kentucky and engaged in the fanning-mill business again. In 1875, came to Shelby, where he now lives. Was married to Amanda Killingsworth, of Georgia, in 1850. Had by this wife two children, one of which is now living. His first wife died in 1854; in 1856, was married to Sarah C. Thurman. Had by this marriage four children - Alonzo, Cleopatra, John T. and Lena. His second wife died May 1,1870. Married as his third;wife Mary A. Nunamaker, Sept. 28,1875. Mr. Taylor is a man of good moral habits, neither drinks, chews nor smokes. Both of his grandfathers were Revolutionary soldiers, and his father a soldier of the war of 1812. His father, John Taylor, a noted pioneer of Weller Township, Richland Co., was born in Greene Co., Penn., in 1788; moved to Weller Township in 1818, where he entered his land from the Government. ve remained on this farm until July 26, 1875, when he ied.

TUCKER, BENJAMIN, farmer ; livesin Sec. 20; P. O. Shelby; was born in Washington Co., Penn., ir 1812; he moved to Shelby in 1819. He was married to Nancy Wentz in 1844, and moved to Crawford Co. in 1850; he lived there as a farmer eight years, when he returned and located on a farm near Shelby, where he now lives; his wife was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Jan. 4, 1820; she came to Richland Co. in 1821; Mr. Tucker by this marriage was the father of eight children - Samuel H., Mary E., Jos. W., Margaret J. (died July 31, 1867, at the age of 15 years), Paulina, Sarah, Christopher and William A.; Samuel H. was a soldier in the late war of the rebellion. The subject of this sketch is a man of feeble health, in consequence of many hardships of his pioneer life in Sharon Township; his wife is in good health.

URICH, ISAAC, farmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Shelby; he was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., April 20, 1808; he moved to Sharon Township in an early day, and entered 80 acres of land, where he now lives; he built a house, and on the 28th day of November, 1848, was married ; by this marriage he had six children - David G., born July 15, 1849; Elizabeth Mary, born Dec. 18, 1850; Amos C., born Sept. 27, 1853; Sarah A., born Nov. 4, 1855; infant son born July 11, 1858 (died soon after its birth); Isaac N., July 14, 1859; Mr. Urich's first wife died Sept. 1, 1860. He was married to his second wife, Mrs. John Hersh, June 24, 1861; by this marriage he had four children, three are living - Wm. Riley, born March 7, 1862; Ezra C., born June 6, 1864; Mattie E., born May 8, 1867, and a daughter who died in infancy. The subject of this sketch is one of the enterprising farmers in Sharon Township, a careful business man and an excellent neighbor.

WARD, J. L., proprietor Beverstock House, Shelby, Ohio ; was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, in 1837. His father, J. W. Ward, moved to Richland Co. about 1847.

About the age of 15 years he began clerking, which he followed for a number of years; he also taught for a number of terms; he engaged in several business enterprises, furniture and undertaking being the principal; he has lately taken charge of the Beverstock House. This house was built in 1847, and is well calculated for the business. Mr. Ward is gentlemanly and accommodating; he and his wife fully understand the wants of the traveling public. He was married to Mrs. Ann E. Kline Feb. 22, 1880, and has settled in Shelby.

WEBER, SOLOMON, was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., September, 1820; when he was about 2 years of age his parents died. He then went tolive with his aunt, Mrs. Weber, with whom he stayed about five years and then went to his brother's, who was a wagon-maker, and with whom Solomon learned his trade; when he left Pennsylvania he came to Jefferson Co.,Ohio,and in 1840, he came to Richland Co.; he followed his trade until 1849, when he went to farming, which he followed until 1870, when he moved to Shelby. He has been following his trade mostly since he has resided in Shelby ; Mr. Weber has- been a successful man; hestarted poor, but by industry and perseverance he has made a competence ; he is well informed although his educational advantages were limited; he is a comprehensive man, and takes an interest in*the affairs of the country. He was married to Miss Sarah Miller, Feb. 27, 1844; they had four sons - two of whomareliving - George A., a minister in the M. E. Church, John L., farmer. Mr. Miller, father of Mrs. Weber, was born in Lebanon Co., Penn., in 1792, and came to Ohio about 1815. He some time afterward returned to Pennsylvania, and married Catherine Bricker, and returned about 1823; he settled permanently in what is now Jackson Township. He died in 1868; his wife still survives him and resides with her daughter, Mrs. Weber.

WENTZ, HENRY, Jr.; fourth son of Henry Wentz, Sr., who moved from Perry Co., Penn., in April, 1834, and settled in Cass Township, was born Dec. 9, 1839; lived with and aided his father on his farm until the age of 18 years, when he went to Crestline, Ohio, as an apprentice to the carpenter trade; served an apprenticeship of three years; when attaining his freedom he went to Fort Wayne, Ind., and obtained employment in the car-shops of the P., Ft. W. & C. R. W. Co. at that place, and remained until the breaking-out of the late war, when he, on July 11, 1861, enlisted as a private in Co. E, llth Ind. V. I. (Lew Wallace's Zouave Regiment), and immediately entered upon his duties as a soldier; the arrival, by express, of his trunk, tool-chest, etc., at Shelby, Ohio, was the first intimation his parents and friends had of his enlistment; from Fort Wayne, his company was sent to Indianapolis for drill, where it remained at Camps Morton and Robinson until Aug. 6, 1861, when the regiment was sent to Benton Barracks near St. Louis; in September of the same year the regiment was sent to Paducah, Ky., where it was made a part of the force under Gen. Grant, styled the Army of West Tennessee; on Feb. 5, 1862, Mr. Wentz accompanied his regiment, and took part in the capture of Fort Henry ; also participated in the siege and capture of Fort Donelson, Feb. 14, 15 and 16, 1862, and in the battle of Shiloh in April 6 and 7, same year; in the siege of Corinth, capture of Memphis, and in the campaigns through Arkansas under Gen. Fred Steele; in the flank movement on Vicksburg, viz., Atchafalaya, in the movement on Vicksburg, viz., Milliken's Bend; was present at the running of the blockade by 'Commodore Porter's fleet; participated in the battles incident to the approaches to Vicksburg, viz., Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, Beaver Station, Raymond, Jackson and Champion Hills; the latter one of the severest, for the number engaged, of the war; Mr. Wentz at this time held the rank of First Lieutenant; his company entered the fight with forty-five men and came out with twentythree, but had the satisfaction to capture, aided by the regiment, four guns in this engagement ; the boys used the bayonet and butt of the gun at close quarters ; Lieut. Wentz coming out without harm except that caused by a minie ball that carried away the heel of his boot and another passing through his cap, received while aiding the Colonel in changing the position of the regiment ; participated in the siege of Vickburg, and was present at its surrender, and was with Gen. Sherman on his Jackson (Miss.) campaign; in August, 1863, his regiment was transferred to the Gulf Department, where Mr. Wentz took part in the campaigns under Gens. W. B. Franklin and Nathaniel Banks; re-enlisted as a veteran in 1864, after which his regiment was transferred to the Shenandoah Valley, reaching Washington Aug. 4, 1864, and Harper's Ferry, Va., on the 10th; took part in the skirmish at Halltown, battle of Winchester, Sept. 18, Fisher's Hill, Sept. 22, and Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864, where Gen. Phil. Sheridan so greatly distinguished himself by taking command of a defeated army and winning one of the most brilliant victories of the war, after making his famous ride from Winchester, twenty miles away; although Mr. Wentz was a perfect stranger to all in his regiment, he, by his faithfulness | to duty, won the confidence of his superiors, and | thereby promotion, he haying held all the subordinate positions from the command of his company down to private; was also at different times detailed on staff duty and acted as Adjutant of his regiment. After the war, Mr. Wentz returned to his home, afterward en- | gaged in the luinber business at Crestline, but after one | year, finding that his health would not permit him to continue, he sold out his interests and engaged in the hard- | ware business, which business he followed until September 1874, when he sold out and entered the fire insur- | ance field; since then he has been engaged at Dayton, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Shelby, Ohio: in the spring | of 1880 a new fire association was formed at Shelby, and Mr. Wentz was offered the secretaryship, which he | accepted and now holds. Mr. Wentz married Miss Sarah A. Bushey June 8, 1865; the fruits of this union were two sons and one daughter - one daughter and one | son now living. Although a strong Republican, Mr. Wentz was three times elected a member of the City | Council at Crestline, Ohio, the usual Democratic majority being about two to one.

WHEELER, ISAAC S., was born in Plymouth Township, Feb. 11, 1822; his father, Oliver Wheeler; immigrated from Connecticut to Ohio at an early day, and settled two miles northwest of Shelby. His father served in the war of 1812; his mother, whose maiden name was

Rebecca Holston, was born in Pennsylvania; she died when Isaac was 13 years old, and his father died when he was 14, thus leaving him to take care of the younger children, as he was oldest son, and second child. He thus at an early age was deprived of the, fostering care of his parents,and had the charge of his younger brothers and sister, who depended on him ina great measure for their raising. He managed the farm and kept the family together until they could do for themselves, for which he certainly ought to take a just pride. He is Vice President of the Shelby National Bank, and Treasurer of the Buckeye Mutual Insurance Company ; he is a practical business man, and considers well any enterprise he undertakes; he is a self-made man ; his educational privileges were poor, as he was compelled to work when young, but he has acquired sufficient education to see to his business properly conducted, and is a close observer of the issues of the times. Mr. Wheeler was married in 1851, to Mrs. Martha Moore, whose maiden name was Rambo ; they are the parents of six children.

WHITE, WILLIAM C., farmer, was born in Richland Co., Oct. 18, 1836; he has lived in Cass and Sharon Townships all his life except five years he resided in Marshall Co., Ind.; he sold his farm in Indiana, and on his return to Ohio, purchased the farm known as the '¢ John Snyder'"' farm, where he has since resided. He was married to Miss Susan Snyder Feb. 23, 1860; she was born Oct. 8, 1840; they are blessed with five children, four living, namely : Mary E., married to Laurence Lake, farmer; Dorah Matilda, Irene Jane and Minnie May, at home. Mr. White started in life without material assistance, but by industry has made for himself a comfortable home. Mrs, White's mother, Mrs. Mary E. Snyder, whose maiden name was Magner, was | born in Greene Co., April 30, 1818; her parents, Samuel and Catharine Magner, immigrated to Columbiana Co., Ohio, where they lived for some years, and then came to Richland Co., in April, 1829, and settled on the farm now occupied by Mr. White. This farm was entered in 1827. Mary E. Magner was married to John Snyder April-28, 1837 ; he was born Sept. 4, 1804; they had four children, all of whom are living.

WILL, PETER, farmer and stock grower; he was born in Bedford Co., Penn., March 19, 1833; his par-- ents emigrating to Richland Co., Ohio, in May of the same year, purchasing what is familiarly known as the Will homestead, composed of 155 acres, where he received his education, remaining with his parents until December, 1860. He married Miss Humphrey, January, 1857. They have six children - Ivin E., John Sherman, Franklin E., Jennie E., Sarah E., and George B. His father, Vallentine, was born in the Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, about 1802, and married Elizabeth Cook, who was born in the same place about 1805, and had twelve children, nine of whom are living - Elizabeth, Henry, Peter, Margaret, Mary, Rebecca, Sarah, John A. and Lottie, Peter, the subject of this sketch, was elected Assessor in 1874, and has been re-elected six consecutive years ; he also was elected Land Appraiser in October, 1879 ; on leaving the homestead, in 1860, he moved to Shelby, where he purchased an interest in the Sutter saw-mill, remaining until October, 1867, when he disposed of his interest, and went to Marshall Co., Ind., remaining there about four years, when he returned to his native county, and purchased 75 acres of Sec. 11, Range 20, in Sharon Township. Politically, he is a Republican, and possesses the confidence of the community; he enlisted in Co. F, of 163d O. V. I., May 2, 1864, und was mustered out of service at Columbus, Ohio, in September of the same year.

WIRTZ, HENRY, Sr., father of Henry, Jr., and John; was born near Heidelberg, Germany, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, in April, 1806 ; he married Miss Bowman about 1828; they had thirteen children; they emigrated to Ohio about 1840, with three children, locating on what is known as the Wirtz homestead; he lived to the age of 72, his wife and two sons surviving him; he died in the faith of the Reformed Church, of which the remainder of his family are members.

WIRTZ, HENRY, farmer; P. O. Shelby; he was born on the Wirtz homestead in March, 1844; he received his education at the district schools, remaining with his parents until he was 20 years of age, when he married Miss Mary Frank, of Sharon Township; they have quite an interesting family of children - John Henry, Lewis Philip, George Adam, Charles William, Francis Marion, Allen Willard, Oliver Wesley and Sherman Edward. Mr. Wirtz was elected Trustee of Sharon Township in the spring of 1876, and has been re-elected four consecutive years, having the confidence of the community at large; he owns 80 acres of land, under a splendid state of cultivation, and erected a fine brick building in 1875; he is a member of the Reformed Church at Shelby.

WIRTZ, JOHN W., farmer; P. O. Shelby; he was born in Sharon Township Aug. 29, 1849; he remained with his parents until 1872, receiving his education in the district schools. He married Caroline Beach Nov. 16, 1872. They have three children - Mattie Florence, Mary Etta and Birdy Hortense. The subject of this sketch has erected an elegant residence, the finest in his immediate vicinity, on his 80-acre farm, which is under a high state of cultivation.

ANDREWS, HARRISON, is a resident of Ontario; his father at one time lived in Brooke Co., Va., but moved to Washington Co., where Mr Andrews was born May 3, 1818. He was married, Jan. 14, 1841, to Mary Ann Rankin; he lived in Washington Co. until the year 1867, when he came to this county. Mrs. Andrews died Jan. 14, 1878. Mr. Andrews has six children living and one dead.

AU, CHRISTOPHER; merchant, Ontario; he was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., in 1824, and came to Ohioin 1843. He was married June 27, 1848, to Laura J. Greenfield, who was born Nov. 16, 1829, in the State of New York; they have the following family: John H., born May 2, 1852; Mary E., March 27, 1854 ; Martha A., April 8, 1856; Sherman G., July 10, 1858 ; Abraham Hamlin, Sept. 1, 1860; Laura F., Nov. 15, 1862; Christopher Sheriden, Oct. 25, 1865. Mr. Au resided in Mansfield for one year and a half; then spent six years in the Western States; returned to

Mansfield and remained till 1855, then removed to Springfield Township, and engaged in farming till 1869, when he located in Ontario, and engaged in the mercantile business; he also has been Postmaster for eleven years. Mr. Au recruited a company for the 120th O. V. IL. of which he was Captain, during the war. John H. Au was married, April 18, 1878, to Miss E. M. Hartupee; they have one daughter, Minnie L., born Feb. 8, 1879. He is now a partner in the mercantile business with his father.

BRANDT, DAVID, resides on the southeast quarter of Sec. 5; he was born in Franklin Co., Penn., in the year 1805; at 20 years of age, he moved with his father into Maryland, and married the next year; from Maryland he came to this county in 1837, and lived on the farm now owned by J. W. Niman twelve years, when he removed to his present place; Mr. Brandt lost his first wife, July 30, 1865; he was married a second time to Margaret Augustine, a sister of his former wife, in the fall of 1866; he has nine children living and two dead. His trade has been that of a carpepter and builder, in which he was one of the best; all over the township and in those adjoining are evidences of his skill; so successfully has he followed his business that he has now a small improved farm anda handsome competence besides. Mr. Brandt is a member of the Lutheran Church; is highly respected, and widely known as an able, honest, and, in times past, a most useful man,

CAMPBELL, DENNIS, farmer ; he was born in Berkshire, Vt., Aug. 29, 1825; he came to Richland County with his parents in the spring of 1840; his father, Shepard Campbell, resided for many years in this township; in 1863, he removed to Fayette Co.,

Iowa, where he was killed by a falling limb while engaged in cutting timber; his family consisted of seven children, five of whom are living. Dennis is the oldest son and resides near the southeast corner of Springfield Township; he was married April 24, 1861, to Miss Sarah Sweeney; she died July 8, 1875.

CONDON, J. M., lives on the southeast quarter of Sec. 29; his grandfather, Richard Condon, came into the county in 1814, from Westmoreland Co., Penn.; he entered a body of land at Spring Mills. J. M. Condon was born at this place in 1828, and, when 2 years of age, his father, John, moved to Plymouth, thence to the farm now owned by Mr. Condon, two years later. He was married on the first day of 1858 to Maria Walters, and has a family of eight children. Mr. Condon comes of a hardy stock of people, who knew well what hardships, privations and dangers the early settlers were obliged to endure while clearing their farms and making the improvements which the present generation now enjoy.

COURTNEY, WILLIAM, sawyer; P. O. Ontario; he was born in Troy Township March 26, 1846. He was married in 1873 to Anna Lindsey, who was born in this township June 12, 1852; they have two children - Elmer, born Sept. 25, 1874, and Carrie A., Oct. 6,,1876.

CRAIG, WM. N., was born in Jackson Township in the year 1828; his father came from Belmont Co., Ohio, and settled in the above mentioned township (then Sharon) in 1825; Mr. Craig describes the country as being very wild and unimproved, when he was a boy going to school; the first teacher he had of whom he can remember, was an old Irishman, named Wm. Bailey, who taught in a log schoolhouse near his father's farm ; the scholars were large boys and girls not far advanced, and their illustrious teacher made frequent use of the rod as a means of advancement. There were plenty of wolves and deer, but the more dangerous wild animals were scarce; they were, however, occasionally met with, as will be seen from the following incident which Mr. Craig relates: He and another boy were sent one day to carry a bucket of water for the school; when they had gone some distance from the house, they met some wild animal, which he now thinks was a panther; they did not then know what it was; it sat in the road watching them and lashing its tail against its sides; presently it jumped behind a tree, and the boys went on unharmed; Mr. Craig remembers when the first railroad train came through the county, his father was some distance from the house at the time, and mistaking the noise for that of a storm coming upon them, ran home with all speed to close the house. Mr. Craig was married in 1857, and has two children; his wife died in 1875; he owns and resides on the northwest quarter of Sec. 8. He isa member of the United Presbyterian Church at Ontario.

DAY, MARCUS, came to this county with his father when he was 8 years old. His father came from Washington Co., Penn., where he lived previous to his removal to this State, to this county in 1814, and cleared a small piece of ground in the north part of Troy Township, which he planted in vegetables of different kinds, and then returned to Pennsylvania. The next year, he brought his family out, and they moved into a log cabin on his farm. Mr. Day was born in 1808, in Washington Co., Penn. He was married, Sept. 15, 1830, to Mary Ann, daughter of John Young. He united with the Methodist Church when in his 30th year. He has held the offices of Township Trustee and Justice of the Peace, the duties of which he discharged with ability and with satisfaction to all. Mr. Day was very fond of hunting when a young man and found plenty of game in the then thickly wooded forests. He tells of the following occurrence which took place when he was still a boy living with his father in their cabin: "« His father had started from the house and had gone twenty or thirty rods, when he came running back saying he had heard a rattlesnake and that it was somewhere near the house. On looking they found one which had just crawled from under the cabin. It sported seventeen rattles." Mr. Day moved into Springfield Township in 1830, and now lives on the northwest quarter of Sec. 36.

EVERITT, PETER,; P.O. Ontario. He was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., July 16, 1888; he came to Ohio in 1865, and was married the same year, to Elzora D. Evans, who was born in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., March 6, 1848; they have the following family of children: Thomas Miles, was born Oct. 7, 1866; Angelia, July 21, 1868; William M., Sept. 2,, 1870; Ella May, June 14, 1878, and Cornelia Maud, Dec. 12, 1874. Angelia died March 16, 1878. Mr Everitt enlisted at the first call for soldiers, for three months, and served his time; he then enlisted for three years ; he was amember of Co. K, 58d Penn. V.I.; he was wounded June 1, 1862, in the battle of Fair Oaks, East Virginia ; lost bis left limb; also shot through the right limb; he received four balls; after being wounded, he laid on the field of battle four days, without any attention, and suffered intensely; at the expiration of four days, was put on an ambulance and taken to Savage Station ; he lay there one night, and next morning was put on a freight car with other wounded soldiers, taken to Whitehouse Landing, and from there to a boat (called the State of Maine), and was taken to Fortress Monroe and thence to New York City, then up the Long Island Sound to New Haven, Conn., to the State Hospital; he then at the expiration of nine days, received medical treatment ; he lay nine weeks before his limb was amputated ; three weeks after the amputation, the main artery ruptured, from which bled till his bed was completely saturated; he was attended by seven nurses, taken from among the soldiers; the main artery was closely compressed three months, by which process, his life was saved. After the war, Mr. Everitt Jocated in Ontario; is receiving a pension, and is a worthy citizen.

FINNEY, JOHN, a resident of Springfield Township, and well known throughout the county, came into Ohio in 1804. He was born in-Fayette Co., Penn., in the year 1801; three years later, his father constructed a flatboat, and with his family and possessions, floated down the river to Wellsburg, bought a section of land in Harrison Co., Ohio, and put up a cabin 18x20 feet ; there Mr. Finney had his first experience in pioneer life. The country was wild and unimproved; wild animals and game of all kinds were plenty, and the comforts and conveniences of life scarce ; especially was this the case with schools; Mr. Finney at one time went to live with his grandfather, six miles from home, that he might go to school; but, as he was the oldest one of the children, he was needed at home, and his education was neglected to such a degree, that when at the' age of 24, he was married, he could not read a newspaper. His father moved to Richland Co. in 1820, and settled on the farm now owned by Mr. Finney ; in 1823, the family moved to Madison Township, but continued to farm the place in this township; three years afterward, they returned to Springfield Township, where Mr. Finney has continued to reside since. On the 26th of September, 1825, he was married to Elenor Marshal ; by this union he had twelve children, only four of whom are now living; Mr. Finney was married, the second time, to Isabelle Alban, July 14, 1858, his first wife haying died Dec. 22, 1857; his second wife died Jan. 9, 1874. Mr. Finney has been a great reader in his life, and an active worker in such causes as he conceived were for the public good. He signed the first temperance pledge in the township, and in company with David Trimbal inaugurated the first temperance movement. He was an active Antislavery man, and has labored continually in opposition to secret societies. As a member of the United Presbyterian Church, he has always endeavored to live consistent with his professions. A more extended account of his work may be found in the history of this township.

FREED, JOSEPH, deceased, came to this county in 1888 ; formerly lived in Pennsylvania, where he was born 1808. In 1827, he married Hanna Snider; they had fifteen children, 'seven of whom are dead. The youngest son, Isaac Freed, was born in 1849, and lives on a farm of 123 acres, a\part of the southwest quarter of Sec. 19. Joseph Freed died Feb, 6, 1873.

HOUT, CHARLES, farmer; P. O. Crestline; he was born in Springfield Township March 22, 1841. He was married in 1872 to Hester S. Barnes, who was born in

_thiscounty. They have the following family: Harlon Wesley, born May 25, 1875, and one infant child. He owns an improved farm with good buildings.

HOUT, JOSEPH, farmer; P. O. Crestline; he was born in Mifflin Township Feb. 9, 1845. He was married in 1866, to Amanda Kurtz; they had the following family ; Eddie C.,Ellie,Levi and Charles. Mrs. Amanda Hout died in 1878. Mr. Hout married Jennie Pool, who was born in this county. ;

LAMBERT, WILLIAM, was born in Knox Co., Ohio, in 1860; inthe spring of 1879, he removed to the southern part of Springfield Towriship. He was married in

HOUT, JOHN (deceased); he was born in Jefferson Co., Ohio; he came to Mifflin Township April 4, 1820, Married, April 30, 1844, to Fanny Boals, who was born in Harrison Co. Oct. 30, 1816. They have a family of three children - Joseph, born Feb. 9, 1845; Charles, born March 22, 1847; John, born Jan. 2, 1855. Mr, Hout died April 3, 1878, in Springfield Township, at his residence; in the spring of 1846 he removed to

MATSON, J HN, S. B., was born in the year 1828 in Jackson Township, one half mile north of his present residence. His father, Uriah Matson, was one of the early pioneers, having come into the county in 1815. He was of Scotch-Irish descent. He came from Westmoreland Co., Penn., to the vicinity of Lebanon, Ohio, in 1812, and three years later to Richland Co., where he spent the remainder of his life. As a woodsman he had, probably, no equal in the county, and did a great deal of work at chopping and clearing. It is said to have been the custom of a firm of Mansfield, which manufactured axes, to give, at meetings of the citizens of the county, an ax as a premium to the oldest man, the oldest pioneer, etc. At one of these meetings, it was suggested that an ax be given to the man who had done the most work with an ax. It was decided that Uriah Matson was entitled to the award, which he accordingly received. Although he was a great worker, he was very fond of books, and did a great deal of reading. He was born in 1793, and died in 1873, His wife was Elizabeth Beech, whom he married in 1822. She is still living at the age of 81 years. Their children were six in number and were born as follows ; Albert F., in 1824; U. J., in 1826; John S. B., in 1828; Araminta, in 1831; Charles C., in 1833; Melvina, in 1836, Albert, Araminta and Charles are now dead. John §. B. Matson was brought up in the neighborhood of where he now lives; and when 21 years of age, began work on the railroad. In 1856, he married Mary A. Finfrock, and moved on his farm jn 1860. In 1862, he enlisted in the 120th O. V. I., and was out nearly three years, over one year of which time he lay in a rebel prison. He has one daughter who ig now married. Mr. Matson has taken great pains in collecting archwlogical specimens and Indian relies, and has a large, rare and valuable collection, of which he may justly be proud. Many of his best specimens were on exhibition at the Centennial, in the archplogical exhibit from this State.

married to Mary Gray (now deceased), they had six children. John Marhall married Mary A. Cookston. George Marshall married Sue Finfrock, they have one child, Harry. James Marshall married Hattie Patterson, they have one daughter, Nora. William F- Marshall married Rebecca Will, they have two children, Flora and Hermon Roy. Samuel Marshall was married to Maggie A Cook Feb. 14, 1878; she was born in Wyandot Co. April 3, 1859; they have one daughter, Arvada, born Jan. 29, 1879; they reside on the home farm. Gilbert Marshall was married to Ellie Hann Dec. 29, 1875; they also reside on the the home farm. David, John, George and James Marshall, Jr., were in the late war. David Marshall (father of James), was one of early settlers of this county. He came from Pennsylvania, also the parents of Mrs. Jane Marshall. Thomas Edgington and wife emigrated from Jefferson Co. to this county, at an early day, and were among the pioneers of Richland Co. MAY, LYMAN A., farmer; P. O. Crestline; he was born in Huron Co. Noy. 31, 1837; married April 17, 1866, to Sarah A. Seamon, who was born in Springfield Township March 30, 1845; they have the following family: Jennie E., born March 31, 1867; Dora F., June 4, 1868; Hattie E., Sept. 11, 1870; Ella, March 15, 1872; Annie, Oct. 1, 1874; William A. and Francis J., Oct. 22, 1877; George, Feb. 25, 1880. Mr. May enlisted in the late war. He was first a member of the 25th O. V. I.; served in this capacity for one year, then

MILLIKIN, WILLIAM B., resides one mile and a His grandfather was one of the first settlers in this part of the county. He came from Washington Co., Penn., and entered the southeast quarter of Sec. 33. Mr. Millikin's father was born in 1812; was married to a daughter of Jeremiah Bowers, who wasa pioneer of this county. He moved to Allen Co., Ohio, in 1836, where William was born Dec. 2, 1837. He lived with his father until he had reached his 19th year, when he came to this county. In 1861, March 13, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Walker. The next year, a call for volunteers was made. Mr. Millikin enlisted Aug. 11, in the 120th O. V.1., and marched South asa private, but subsequently rose to therank of Second, then First Lieutenant. He was along with the disastrous Red River expedition, and was captured and taken to Camp Ford, Texas, where he was held as a prisoner twenty-four days. At the close of the war, Mr. Millikin returned and moved to Ontario. He was engaged in teaching for awhile and, in the spring of 1866, formed a partnership with J. T. Woods and 8. A. Walker, and kept a store in Ontario about six months. About this time, he purchased a piece of he moved, Nov.7, 1866. This place was in very poor repair when it came into his possession. A small log house and log barn constituted the farm buildings. The farm is now in good condition, and has all the who improve our lands, bring up the market value of property, and exert about them a prosperous influence. He has two sisters living and.one dead. A brother died Feb. 27, 1862, at Lebanon, Ky. He was 16 years old, and at the time of his death, was aymember of the 64th O. V. I. Mr. Millikin's children are named Luemma, Mary, Laura and Stella. His father is still living in Allen Co., Ohio, at the age of 67 years. His land consists of his home farm and 120 acres of improved land in Shelby Co., Ohio.

MUNNELL, JOSEPH H., farmer; P. O. Ontario ; he was born in Sharon Township in 1840. Was married in 1863 to Rosetta Nazor, who was born in this township March 7, 1844. They have the following children: Edward, born Aug. 3, 1864; John, Jan. 1, 1865; Kittie May, born in Wells Co., Ind., July 17, 1871; Claudy C., born in Jefferson Township, Wells Co., Ind., April 7, 1874. Harry was born in Shreve, Wayne Co., Ohio, Feb. 14, 1877; died on the 25th of March, at the age of 8 years 1 month and 11 days.

RACE, JOHN, L., harness-maker, Ontario. He was born in Columbiana Co. in 1833, and came to this county in 1853. He was married, June, 2, 1866, to Urilla J. Hackedorn, who was born in this township in 1846; they have the following family: Olive L. born Sept. 4,1867; Emma G., March 18, 1869; Lizzie G., May 20, 1872; Walter H., Sept. 10, 1876; Della B., Oct. 25, 1877; Howard C., Nov. 27, 1879. Mr. Race enlisted in the late war in the 2d O. H. A; remained till the close of the war, after which he located in Ontario, and engaged in the harness business. He is a practical mechanic, is doing an extensive business, and is one of the leading and enterprising men of this township.

REINHART, WM. H., Sr, came with his father, from Greene, Co., Penn., in 1830. He is of German descent, his great-grandfather, it is thought, having come from Germany. His father lived for many years in Greene, Co., Penn. In 1829, he came out and purchased a farm in Green Township, Ashland Co. (then Richland). The next year, he moved his family to this state, and settled on a farm in Mohican Township, which he leased for a term of seven years. At the expiration of this lease, he moved to his farm in Green Township, at which time Mr. Reinhart was 14 years old; and as that township was then in Richland Co., he came into this county in 1837. His father's family sustained all the hardskips incident to pioneer life after their removal to this State. The part 'in which they settled was heavily timbered, and many years of hard labor at clearing were spent, and that, too, with but poor accommodations in the way of living. When Mr. Reinhart was about 20 years of age, he left home to learn the carpenter trade with an older brother. After working four or five years at the trade, he was married, Nov. -8, 1848, to Rebecca Ewalt, and began housekeeping in Loudonville in the spring of 1849. He lived'there one year; he then bought his wife's old homestead, in Lake Township, Ashland Co., and lived on that farm four years. Having sold this place he removed to Wooster, and worked while in that town at his trade; but soon after going there he purchased a farm east of Wooster, one mile, and lived there two years. His next removal was to the vicinity of Shreve, Wayne Co. He purchased a farm there which he held until the year 1862, when he came to Mansfield. soon after coming to Mansfield, he purchased a farm in the eastern part of Springfield Township, on the Galion road, but continued to reside in Mansfield until the year 1867; at this date, he removed his family to that place, and lived there until the fall of 1879, when he made another exchange, and removed to the vicinity of Spring Mills, where he still resides. removals, Mr. Reinhart has invariably taken property in exceeding poor repair, and left it well improved, and with the value greatly enhanced. He is known as a skillful workman as a carpenter and builder. He is the seventh one ofa family of nine children. Four of these are still living: J. Hughes Reinhart, still retains the old home in Green Township, Ashland Co.; B. F.

RINGER, ELIAS, merchant, Ontario. He was born in Stark Co. Jan. 28, 1825. He was married in 1849 to Mary A. Hohenshil, who was born Oct. 7, 1826. They have the following family: Caroline, born Feb. 18, 1850; Parven M., Oct. 30, 1852; Lydia R., March 14, 1861. Mr. Ringer came to this township in 1853, engaged in farming till L878, then engaged in the mercantile business in Ontario, where he is doing a prosperous and successful business.

ROE, JOSEPH, farmer; P.O. Ontario. His parents, Thomas D. and Elizabeth Roe, were married in Orange Co., N. Y., in November 1802. His father's ancestors emigrated from England some generations previous ; on his mother's side from Holland. His mother's father, Judge Holmes, was from Ireland and settled in Newton, N. J., and his mother was a native of New Jersey. His parents.came from Jefferson Co., Ohio, 1804, and lived a few years about seven miles west of Steubenville. When the war of 1812 commenced, his father was drafted, and went to Mackinaw | and other points under Col. Cotgrove; William Alban | was his Captain, and Lieut. Solomon Gladden, late of Monroe Township in this county, his Orderly Sergeant ; he went for six months, and while absent Joseph was born, May 18, 1814; when his father returned from the army, the family moved to Richland Co. in July, 1815, and settled in Vermillion Township, two miles northeast of Hayesville. In July, 1835, the subject of this sketch was married to Miss Jane Woods, and moved to Springfield Township, where he commenced improving a new farm, then in the woods, the southeast quarter of Sec. 19, one and a half miles west of the village of Ontario. After many years of toil, he succeeded in getting this land under a good state of cultivation. His wife died in April, 1838, leaying a daughter who survived her but a few years; he was again married in December, 1839, to Miss Margaret Chambers, who died in August, 1840. In October, 1848, he was married to Miss Martha Ann Lorimor, of Guernsey Co., Ohio. They have been permitted to raise nine children; the oldest, J. A., married Miss Crooks, and is a farmer; the second, Maggie M. J., married A. F. Sawhill, a druggist, and lives in Pittsburgh, Penn.; the third, J. C., is a minister and lives in Beaver Co., Penn. ; the fourth, Sarah M., married J. Q. Codding, an attorney, and lives in Marion, Ohio; the fifth, T. S., married Miss Gibson, is a farmer, and lives in Madison Co., lowa; the sixth; C. M., is a dentist in Mansfield ; the seventh, Susannah L., the eighth, Lewis W., the ninth, Lillian May - the three younger - are at home. Mr. Roe has been active and prominent in his neighborhood both politically, and otherwise. In an early day he was prominently identified with the "' underground railway,' and with his hands, his influence and vote, worked against slavery until it went down in the great war of the rebellion. In the history of Springfield Township, his movements in this and ali public interests are fully given.

soon afterward he went to Sandusky, where he lived two years with a brother; he then returned to this county, and lived with his brother, Joseph Roe, until he became of age. He married Susanna Offineer, and by this marriage had nine children, one of whom is dead. They are members of the Methodist Church Mr. Roe owns a part of the southwest quarter of Sec. 30; he has been engaged for some years in selling medicines, prepared by Dr. U. C. Roe, for which he claims superior healing properties, especially for chronic diseases. SEIBERT & BRO., blacksmiths; are following their trade, two miles south of Ontario, where they are ready to do all kinds of repairing, whenever wanted; horseshoeing is made a specialty. They are of German descent, their father, Adam, having been born in Germany, in the year 1812; he came over in 1830, and settled in Washington Co., Penn.; removed to Mansfield in 1839, and, in the fall of 1879, to Springfield Township, when his sons erected their shop, and began work at their trade, which they had previously followed in Mansfield. SHAFER, J. M., an emigrant from Bavaria, Germany, Sept. 29, 1823; his parents were wealthy, and gave him an education necessary for a veterinary surgeon. After attending the public schools for some time, he continued his studies at home, under the instruction of a tutor; when he was 24 years of age, he obtained promising to return in two years; he came here in 1847, and worked one year at blacksmithing in a carriage-shop at Mansfield. In 1848, he was married to Verone Divel, and removed to Washington Township, where he lived a short time, when he bought a piece of land in the southern part of Springfield Township, and moved there; he soon sold this place, and purchased the southwest quarter of Seo. 9, where he now lives. Mr. Shafer has living nine boys and six girls; four of whom are married. Farming and stock-raising are his occupations.

STEWART, ROBERT, resides in the south part of Sec. 3, on a farm of 143 acres; he was born in Jefferson Co., Ohio, and came into this county in 1816. with his father, "who settled on a piece of land near where Mr. Stewart now lives. The land was, at that time, almost entirely covered with timber. The mill to which they carried their corn - on horseback at first - was thirty or forty miles distant. Mr. Stewart was married in 1844, and now lives with his family, on the farm he cleared, and in the county whose varied steps of improvement he has observed since the days of the early pioneers.

WALKER, ROBERT; he was born in Knox Co. (now Morrow) in 1809, on the John Walker farm, one-half mile north from Chesterville ; remained there till he was 25 years ofage. He was married, May 1, 1834, to Mary Mettler, who was born in Northumberland Co., Penn., Dec. 13, 1813; they had the following [ family: Elizabeth, born July 18, 1835; Smith A., born Aug. 15, 1838; William W., born March 17, 1841; John L., born July 10, 1844; S. Findley, born Sept. 11, 1848; Mary E., Feb. 13, 1851; Robert Miles, Aug. 26, 1854. Elizabeth married William B. Millikin; Smith A. Walker married Sarah Gass; William W., died near Pana, Ill., Feb. 16, 1873; John L. Walker married Laura Brown; S. Findley married Anges E. Mitchell; Mary Walker resides with her parenis; Robert Miles died March 11, 1858. Mr. Robert Walker came to Richland Co. in May, 1834; located in Springfield Township, and engaged in the tannery business; continued till within a few years. His father, John Walker, settled in Knox Co. in 1807; settled seven miles west of Fredericktown; his nearest neighbor resided three and a-half miles; they were surrounded by Indians; Mr.Walker was drafted in the war of 1812; the night after the zimmer family slaughter, Mrs. Walker took up her family of small children and went to the block house for shelter; she took three children on horseback, and wrapped them up in blankets; they were compelled to make this retreat for their safety ; the country, at that time, was a dense forest, infested with wolves, bears, panthers and wild cats. Robert Walker's grandmother was taken prisoner at one time by the Indians, and made a very narrow escape. Smith A. Walker enlisted in the 15th O. V. L., under Capt. Dawson, in 1861; he was taken prisoner at Stone River; was held by the rebels sixteen days ; he then came home; was exchanged and returned to his regiment on the march to Atlanta, Ga.; he was wounded in the left arm; when his time expired he returned home; he afterward went as substitute and remained during the war.

WALKER, JAMES P., farmer; P. O. Ontario; he was born near Iberia, Morrow Co., Jan.6,1851; married Sept. 8, 1872, to Margaret H. Sipes, who was born in Morrow Co. March 4, 1850; they have two daughters - Ella, born Oct. 22, 1875; Ada, born Aug. 16, 1879 ; Mr. Walker has been engaged in farming, is the owner of a good farm and is an enterprising and active man.

WARK, R. F., physician, Ontario; he was born Dec. 25, 1831, in Zanesville, Ohio. He was educated in District No. 1, Highland Township, Muskingum Oo.; he commenced teaching school at the age of 16 years, in Sub-District No. 8, same township, and continued teaching in the same neighborhood thirteen years. He studied medicine with Dr. J. W. Craig, of Mansfield, and attended the Cleveland Medical College in the winters of 1862-63, and graduated in 1864; then went to Sago, Muskingum Co., Ohio, and remained there for ten years engaged in the practice of medicine. He then returned to Ontario and resumed his practice, has a family of two daughters and two sons.

ABERNETHY, ALEXANDER, M. D., Lexington; Dr. Abernethy is the oldest resident physician of Troy Township. He was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1810; graduated at Jefferson College in Philadelphia in 1831; preached in Ferry Co., Penn., for six years; he then came to Ohio and settled in Lexington in 1836; at that time, Lexington had about fifty dwellings, three churches, two stores, one mill and one hotel; the country was sparsely settled, the roads in a bad condition, and the Doctor visited most of his patients on horseback, riding many weary miles through the country for small compensation. In 1843, he married Katharine Fulton, by whom he had four children. When the gold fever of California struck the Eastern States in 1850, the Doctor, like thousands of others. started for the Pacific coast; he arrived safely, he stayed in Qulifornia about eighteen months, when he again returned to his home in Lexington. Previous to his trip to California in 1850, he served two terms inthe Ohio State Legislature. The Doctor according to his quaint expression, has ''seen much of the dark as well as the light side of life,' his medical practice haying extended over a period of more than thirty years; he is now living a retired life in the village of Lexington, known and respected by all.

BEVERSTOCK, A. B., retired merchant, P. O. Lexington. Allen B. Beverstock was born in the State of Vermont in the year 1804; in 1819, he removed to New York, remained there until 1821, when he turned his face westward and emigrated to Ohio, settling in Monroeville, Huron Co.; here he clerked for the Hollister Company; trading for furs and pelts from. the Indians was a large source of income to this company; he remained in Monroeville until 1832, when he removed to Lexington, Richland Co.; here he engaged in the dry-goods business and also other business enterprises, by which he amassed a goodly fortune. Mr. B. was married in 1828 to Miss Reed of Monroeville, by whom he had one child; his first wife having died, he married Miss Underhill in 1837, by whom he had six children; Mr. B. continued in business until 1864, when he retired. When the late rebellion broke out, two of Mr. B.'s sons, Frank and Barney, went to the war; Frank served the interests of his country faithfully, sharing in all the marches, battles and skirmishes for nearly two years, when he was captured and languished in the rebel prison-pens for fifteen weary months; he escaped once, but was recaptured, and was finally exchanged through the influence and money of his father. Barney's experience wa; not so varied; he enlisted in the three-months service, and died at Fortress Monroe in 1864. Mr. Beverstock lives in his pleasant residence in the village of Lexington.

BOWSER, GEORGE. laborer, Lexngton ; born in Troy Township, May 6, 1833; he is the second son of John Bowser, and was born on his father's farm, in the southeast quarter of Sec. 86; he lived on the old homestead until 1872, when he married Virginia, | McWharter, of Marion, Ohio, by whom he has had one child - an interesting little girl, born in the centennial year, and named Ida May Bowser; immediately upon his marriage, Mr. removed to a small piece of land, containing 20 acres, in Sec. 35; remained about three years; from there he again removed to the southwest quarter of same section, where he bought a tract, containing 10 acres, on which he now resides. Mr. Bowser is one of the honest laboring men of Richland Co. A consistent member of the United Brethren Church, of which his wife is also a member.

was born near the city of Baltimore, Md., on the 7th day of April, 1806 ; his father removed to Pennsylvania,while Ephraim was quite young, and in a few years again returned to Maryland; jn 1817, he turned his face westward, and emigrated to Ohio, settling in Washington Township, Richland Co. Ephraim lived in this township until his marriage to Elizabeth Ridenour, in September of 1829; he then removed to Troy Township; he is the father of seven children, six of whom are living. When the rebellion broke out, two of his sons went to the war as wagonmasters. Onthe 10th of September 1879, Mr. Bull and his estimable wife, surrounded by childdren and friends, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedded life. Mr. Bull's home is situated on part of southeast quarter of Sec. 35.

CUSTER, GEORGE W., hotel keeper, Lexington ; born in Allen Co., Ohio, in the year 1842. During his early life, his father made several removals: first to Auglaize Co., then to Morrow Co.; then to Richland Co. While living in this county, the rebellion broke out and George enlisted in Co. D, 26th O. V. I., May 21, 1861, responding to the first call for troops to defend the honor of the nation; Mr. Custer enlisted for the term of three years, but after thirteen months of active service, most of which was spent marching from place to place, he took sick at Nashville, was honorably discharged from service and sent home. In 1864, he married Fidelia Worcester, of Morrow Co., where he again became a resident until 1872, when he returned to Richland Co., settling in the village of Lexington, and purchased the old hotel building on the southeast corner of the public square. Mr. Custer is the father of three children. In1878, he served as Councilman, and in 1879 waselected by his townsmen as Justice of the Peace. He has repaired the old hotel to a great extent where now can be obtained ample accommodations for man and beast.

DOUGLAS, SAMUEL, farmer; P. O. Livingston ; born in Richland Co., Ohio, Sept. 29, 1821. His father emigrated to Ohio in 1818 and located in Monroe Township, Richland Co., where Samuel was born; he lived with his father until after his marriage to Harriet Finney, Nov. 20, 1845; she was born Aug. 31, 1826, in Richland Co. In 1852, Mr. Douglas and family removed to Troy Township, where he purchased a farm of 210 acres, owned by the heirs of the Hisky estate; he paid about $21 per acre for this valuable farm, situated in Sees. 22 and 27; it is now worth probably | three times that amount. Mr. Douglas and family are members of the Congregational Church. He divides his farming operations between raising stock and grain. He is the father of five children, three of whom are dead.

GASS, WILLIAM (deceased), who entered the first land in Troy Township, in A. D. 1811, was born in Franklin Co., Penn., on Feb. 14, 1769; removed with his parents to Western Pennsylvania when a youth; worked there a few years, assisting his father, then returned to his native county, and in 1793 was married to Mrs. Jane McClain; soon after their marriage, they moved to Brooke Co., Va., where he bought a small farm ; sold out there in June, 1800, and emigrated to the Northwest Territory, squatting on land which he bought as soon as opened for sale, near New Lancaster, now Fairfield Co., Ohio; in the spring of 1806, he sold out there and removed to Knox Co., Ohio, entering a quarter-section, one mile east of Mt. Vernon, where he resided until the spring of 1812, when he sold it and removed to his land in what is now Troy Township, Richland Co., where he remained during his life, reaching his log cabin the 23d of April. His family was then four sons,in the following order: Benjamin, James R., John, and William; their mother died in March of 1817. In July, 1818, he was married to Mrs. Rebecca Meredith, mother of Judge John Meredith, by whom he had oneson, Isaac Gass; Mr. Gass was Representative of Fair-field County in the Legislature of 1803-04, sitting at Chillicothe ; he was also frequently a member, both from Knox and Richland Cos., until he became quite aged; was said tu be the oldest man in the Legislature during the last winter that he served, to wit: 1832-33; though of rather limited education, and making but little show, he was quite popular, and esteemed as a good reliable statesman. Religiously he was of the Baptist order, and died in that faith, in March of 1846, a little over 77 years old. A daughter, Elizabeth, was born in September, 1800, while the family resided in Fairfield Co.; she lived to be about 5 years old and losther life from the effects of the kick of a colt.

8th of August, 1796; was brought by his parents to Fairfield Co., Ohio, inthe summer of 1800, and to Knox Co., Ohio, in the spring of 1806, and thence to what is now Troy Township, in the spring of 1812, arriving at their cabin on the 28d of April, where he has resided continuously ever since, never having been absent from the township six weeks at one time, since the family first settled in it. Was married in the fall of 1822, to Miss Jane W. Burns; they raised four sons and three daughters ; have now living, three sons and two daughters; his sons are now all settled on farms, in Grundy Co., Mo.; late rebellion, and escaped uninjured ; his daughters, now living, are Mrs. Samuel Wilcox, of Delaware Co., Ohio, and Mrs. 8. A. Walker, of Troy Township, Richland Co., Ohio; his first companion, and mother of all his children, died on the 28th of August, 1843 ; he was again married to Mrs. Mary Ann Coates, on the 5th of June, 1845, who died on the 29th of August, 1857; after living a widower more than eleven years, he was married, the third time, to his present companion, Mrs. O. S. Campbell, on the 3d of November, 1863; James was more slender and weakly than any of his four brothers, and occupies a part of the land first entered by his father, in Troy Township, in 1812; he has resided longer in the township than any other person; taught school a little inhis youthful days; practiced surveying some, and seryed as Justice of the Peace, in all, thirty years; during all these thirty years he has never had a jury trial.

GASS, WILLIAM (deceased), fourth son of William and Jane Gass); was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, on the 25th of September, 1808; removed with his parents and their family to Knox Co., Ohio, in the spring of 1806, and thence to Troy Township, Richland Co., Ohio, where they arrived on the 23d day of April, 1812; William was a studious boy, and apt to learn, but had only means and opportunity to acquire a common-school education: labored on 'the farm with his father until the summer cf 1824, when he was married to Miss Violet Davis, and settled on the farm in said township, which he owned and occupied nearly all the time until | his decease, which occurred after about five days' sickness, on the 17th of May, 1876; his first companion died in the summer of 1852; they had four children, all of whom died in infaney except Benjamin R. Gass, who has been for some years Superintendent of Public Schools in Michigan; in the spring of 1853, William was married to Mrs. Sarah Young, who still survives him ; there were no children of that marriage but R. F. Gass, who still resides on the farm owned by his father; in 1836, William became a preacher of the Disciple, or Campbellite order, and continued to proclaim that Gospel until his death ; he was a pious, zealous man, much | respected and esteemed by all his acquaintances. | GASS, JOHN (deceased), third son of William and | Jane Gass; he was born in Brooke Co., Va., on the12th

Fairfield Co., Ohio, in June, 1800; then to Knox Co., Ohio, in the spring of 1806, and to Troy Township, | Ohio, on the 23d of April, 1812; he lived and labored

McCluer; he built his log cabin, and commenced busi- ' ness on their own farm. Their children were five sons and three daughters, all of whom are living except one son and one daughter; those living are William R., now of Illinois; 8. A., of Troy Township; P. P., of Plattsmouth, Neb.; Octavius D., of Arizona; Mrs. Chester Wilcox, of Troy, and Mrs. Dr. McKinly, of Kansas. John was an industrious, sober, honest man, and much respected by his acquaintances; he departed this life on the 30th of January, 1859, at his home in Troy, and in his 61st year.

GAILEY, RICHARD, REV. (deceased). Among the prominent educators of Richland Co., there are none who deserve a more extended notice of their worth and ability than Rev. Richard Gailey; he was born in Letterkenny, Ireland, Oct. 81, 1806; at the age of 21, he emigrated to the United States; being a man of some education, he engaged in teaching, for one year near Washington, Penn.; he then came to Mansfield Ohio, and entered the Academy of Father Rowland, taking up the classical studies; one year later, he entered the Sophomore Class of Jefferson College, Cannonsburg, Penn., and graduated in 1835; immediately on his graduation, he entered the Theological Seminary of the Associate Reformed Church at Allegheny, Penn., and was licensed to preach the Gospel by the Monongahela Presbytery, April 11,1838; after serving as Pastor of Mt. Pleasant and Sewickly Churchés in Westmoreland Co., Penn., for one year, he wasordained in 1839. On July 17, 1888,he was married to Miss Catharine Thornton, near Savannah, Ohio, and was called to take charge of three congregations in Richland Co., viz., Troy, Monroe and Pine Run; he took charge of these congregations in 1849, making his home at Monroe; he established a male and -female seminary, in which he labored in connection with his duties as minister. In 1860,the seminary was removed to Lexington, Uhio, at which place he lived until the time of his death, April 2, 1875, after a very short illness. He was Pastor of Troy congregation nearly twenty-six years, and since his ordination, thirty-six years before, he had missed but three Sabbaths on account of sickenss. Mrs. Catharine Gailey, wife of Rev. Gailey, survived him about four years; her death occurred Noy. 10, 1879, at the residence of her son, Richard Gailey, in Lexington; she was a most estimable woman, and was widely and most favorably known. After the death of Rey. Gailey, the seminary was conducted by his daughter, Jane Gailey, until her marriage, March 26, 1880; she proved herself fully competent for the position she held.

GEORGE, WILLIAM, stock dealer, Lexington. Mr. George has been a resident of Troy Township for many years, being engaged for a greater part of his life in cattle and stock dealing, and other business,

GRUBB, G. W., painter, Lexington; was born in the village of Lexington, Richland Co., in 1840; learned the trade of painting in the year 1856. Immediately on the breaking-out: of the rebellion, Mr. Grubb volunteered his services to sustain the honor of his country, being the first man in Troy Township to respond to the Presidential call for 75,000 troops, and the fifth man in Richland Co.; he enlisted for the term of four months ; was in several skirmishes, and finally took part in the memorable battle of Bull Run; the night following the final ending of that disastrous battle, when the boys in blue were demoralized and flying in all directions before the victorious rebels, Mr. G. piloted Capt. Mc- Laughlin thirty miles across the country to Camp Upton, sharing his rations and sustaining the old veteran in the long and weary tramp. While he lived, Captt McLaughlin ever regarded Private Grubb with highes. esteem and gratitude, believing he was the means of saving him from capture, and perhaps death. Returning to Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Grubb again enlisted in the

Sixth Ohio Light Artillery, in which he served until the end of the war, passing through twenty-three heavy engagements and a great many skirmishes, sharing all the battles and marches of the Army of the Cumberland, mustered out of service at Columbus, Ohio, September, 1865, serving four years and five months, during which time he never lost a day from sickness, wounds or any other cause. It was a frequent remark of his Captain, that he need never look for Grubb any place else than at his post. Mr. G. was married in the spring of 1866, to Miss Elizabeth Keister, of Ashland, Ohio, and is now the father of a family of four interesting children. KILGORE, JAMES, farmer; he was born in Greene Co., Penn., May 22, 1824. He came to Ohio in 1846, and first settled in Morrow Co., where he resided until 1868, when he removed to the northwest corner of Troy Township, where he at present resides. He was married in Morrow Co., in 1847, to Hannah Kilgore, by whom he raised a family of four children, all of whom are living - Nehemiah Harvey, Catherine Jane, Andrew Mitchell and John Marshall. Mrs. Hannah Kilgore died Aug. 27, 1858. Mr. Kilgore was married April 7, 1859, to Miss Joanna Larimer, a daughter of James Larimer, one of the early settlers of this county. MANSFIELD, GILEAD. Mr. Mansfield was born on with his uncle he found a deer lick and arrangea to meet his game there; an Indian ladder was made by cutting a sapling and trimming off the limbs within eight or ten inches of the trunk; by means of this the hunters climbed into a large tree, and in a large fork or to the lick; the hunter fired from his ambush; it fell, rolled over three times, jumped up and disappeared ; the hunters, with dog, pursued, and soon came upon the wounded stag; it was soon killed, dressed, and hung up on a sapling; when the chase ended, it was ensued feasting and congratulations; soon after, Mr. Mansfield returned to the homestead, where he remained fora term of years; about 1848, he began reading medicine with his brother at Mt. Blanchard, Ohio ; soon thereafter he returned to the farm again with his married in 1850. In 1852, Mr. Mansfield opened a photograph gallery in Lexington, where he has resided ever since; he is quite skillful as a hunter; he made several trips to the Western countries in quest of deer and other large game, killing on one occasion seven or eight deer; in his parlor may be seen a large sketch representing one of these scenes in Van Wert Co. Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield have but one child - a son, who is a harness-maker by trade, aged 28. Mrs. Mansfield isa born in Meishausen, county of Shaffhausen, Switzerland, in the year 1849; he is the second child of Martin Meier; at the age of 23, Mr. Meier concluded he would try his fortunes in the New World, and accordingly he set sail from his native land on board the steamer '' Montreal,'' on the 3d day of March, 1872, and landed at Castle Garden, New York, May 12, 1872; started to Toledo, Ohio, but when he got to Mansfield concluded to stop; got employment and worked for about two years; he then went to Crestline, Ohio, and remained there three years; in 1877, removed to Troy Township, to the farm now owned by Martin Warnes. In 1878, Mr. Meier married Lydia Kenser, of Richland Co. Mr. Meier is one of the sturdy emigrants who come from the overcrowded countries of Europe to the United States of America, whose free soil and free institutions continually extend a welcoming hand to all honest men and women of all countries and nations.

McENTRE, J. W., farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Lexington. John W. McEntre was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., in the year 1819; removed with his father's family to Troy Township, Richland Co., in 1833; settled on the northeast quarter of Sec. 36; his father built a cabin in the woods, and there John received his first experience in pioneer life; he helped clear the farm on which he now resides. Mr. McEntre married in the year 1854; has had eight children ; his life has been spent in agricultural pursuits and raising stock ; he is known far and near as one of the honest yeomanry of Richland Co.

POST, HENRY, farmer; P.O. Ontario; he was born in Washington Co., Penn., Sept. 8, 1805; came to Ohio in 1819. Married to Anna Andrews, who was born in Washington Co., Penn., March 26, 1807; they have the following family: William B., born Jan. 9, 1838; Nancy Ann, Sept. 19, 1839; James H., Aug, 22, 1841; Almeda, born Aug. 18, 1846. Mrs. Anna Post died Sept. 24, 1868. Nancy Ann married Wm. Palmer (deceased) ; they had two children. Mr. Post's father, Benjamin Post, was born in New Jersey in 1776; married to Nancy Pool, also born in New Jersey; Mr. Benjamin Post died in August 18380; Mrs. Nancy Post died in 1823; they came with their family to this county and located in 1819 in Troy Township ; they both died on the home place; James H. Post. now resides with his father, and is engaged in farming the homestead.

ROPP, JACOB, carpenter, Lexington. Jacob Ropp was born in Frederick Co., Md., in the year 1817; removed to Stark Co., Ohio, with his father's family, when he was 5 years of age, remained there nine years, and then removed to Richland Co. in 1831; he was the first child of Michael Ropp; in the year 1840, he began the carpenter trade; two years later - 1842 - he married Mary A. Summers, daughter of James Summers, of Richland Co., a gentleman well known throughout the county, haying occupied a position of trust for several years; Miss Summers was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., in 1819, removed with

Mrs. Ropp have had a family of four children, but have been sadly bereaved by losing them all; they have been members of the United Brethren Church for many years, and by consistent and orderly lives are preparing to join their children in the house not made with hands; their little home, consisting of 20 acres, is situated on the southwest quarter of Sec. 35. It is hardly necessary to add that this worthy old couple are known and respected by all their neighbors as kind and Christian people.

SCOTT, JOHN, (deceased), was the second child of Thomas Scott, one of QOhio's earliest pioneers: he was born in Jefferson Co., Ohio, Aug. 238, 1809. In the year 1834, he was married to Miss Jane Cantwell, of Richland Co., and two years later (18386), | he with his wife removed to Troy Township and bought a tract of land containing 40 acres; to this | he added by purchase from time to time, until he owned about 177 acres situated on Sec. 2; on this farm, Mr. Scott and wife spent the greater part of their lives and raised a family of nine children, all of whom are still | living in different parts of this State. But afew weeks | previous to his death, Mr. Scott had a social family reunion, all his children coming home to the old homestead to greet their aged parents and make glad their hearts in their declining years; this re-union followed so soon by the death of the father seemed almost providential in its character, giving all his children the opportunity | of bidding their parent a final farewell. Mr. Scott | died Jan. 19, 1880, aged 70 years 4months and 26 days. | He was an affectionate husband, a kind father and a devout Christian, haying united with the Methodist Protestant Church in his 21st year.

ANDREWS, JACOB, farmer; P. O. Bellville; he was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., March 18, 1803; he came to this county with his parents Aug. 1, 1823; they settled in Jefferson Township; he remained with them until the age of 28 years. He was then married to Miss Christina Baker in December, 1830; she was born in Franklin Co., Penn., April 17, 1807; she came to this county in April, 1823. After his marriage he moved on the farm he bought, formerly owned by Thomas Andrews, for which he paid, at that time, $1 per acre, where he has ever since resided; they have seyen children, three sons and four daughters, named John, Jacob, Andrew, Susannah, Nancy and Catherine, one died in infancy ; John was married to Miss Anna Deadwiler; they had five children; his first wife died the earliest emigrants who followed in the footsteps of the first pioneers of Ohio is that of Moses Sowers; he was born in York Co., Penn., July 22, 1791. His father emigrated to Ohio in 1811 and located in Fairfield Co., remaining there until 1815 ; Moses removed to Huron Co., and settled near where Monroeville now stands. Here he built the first grist and saw mill ever built in the county, and also hauled the first load of lumber to Norwalk. While living there, he became acquainted with Miss Susan Bloomer, whose parents had also come to Monroeville from Dorset, Vt. ; he married her Oct. 18, 1829; she wasborn in Dorset, Vt.,Nov. 25, 1802. Mr. and Mrs. Sowers were among the first to locate and may be said to be among the pioneers of the 'fire lands ;'' in 1832, Mr. 8. and family removed to Lexington, Richland Co.; he was accompanied to this place by A. B. Beverstock, with whom he formed a business partnership, and engaged in the dry-goods business for twelve years. He continued aresident of Lexington until his death, 16th of February, 1875. He had been a resident of Lexington over forty-two years and was esteemed as one of the county's best citizens; his aged wife and two sons are still residents of Lexington. TINKEY, JOHN, farmer ; he was born in Washington Co., Penn., May 31, 1834; he came to this county with his parents who first settled in Jefferson Township in 1856. He was married in 1858, to Miss Laura Ann Culver, by whom he raised a family of six children, five of whomare living - Monroe, Sarena, Susan Lodena, Mary Ellen, Anna May and Perry Burr. Mrs. Laura Ann_Tinkey died Oct. 7, 1870. He wasmarried in June, 1872, to Miss Caroline Davey ; they are the parents 'of

Gracie Edna, Lutenoa Edith; he removed to the northwest corner of Troy Township, in November, 1872, where in addition to farming he is engaged in the mill business. George Tinkey, hig father, died Sept. 6, 1875, at the residence of his son in Washington Township. His eae Elizabeth (Swickart) Tinkey, died July 17, 1872.

several years ago; he was lately married to his second wife, Miss Malinda Hoover, they have one child. Jacob, who is married to a daughter of William Spade, they have three children; Susannah was married to Anthony Clever, they have nine children; Catherine was married to John Riggie, they have eight children. Mr. Andrews has, by strict attention to farming and hard work, made for himself and family a good home. ANDREWS, LYMAN W., farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Bellville; he was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., Noy. 7, 1818; Mr. Andrews came to this county with his parents, at the age of 5 years, Aug. 1, 1823; he entered a quarter-section ofthe Government land,where he now resides. Mr, Andrews was married to Anna Oldfield March 12, 1845; she was born in this county Jan. 25,

1827, they have six children, two sons and four daughters - Richard E., William W., Mary, Sarah, Esther M. and Lucy Bell; Mary A. was married to James H. Palm, in 1872; they have two children.

When 24 years of age, he was married to Isabella, daughter of John Hull; she was also born in this county Dec. 25, 1831; they were married Nov. 20, 1851; they have four children, three sons and one daughter - Albert, Ira Allen, Charles W..and Sadie M.; Albert was married to Hattie Meek in 1875. He is.a carpenter. :

BENTLEY, ROBERT H., Gen., farmer. Hewasborn at Mansfield, Ohio, Aug. 8, 1835. His father, Baldwin Bentley, was a prosperous merchant in Mansfield, but died at the early age of 26, leaving two children, viz: the subject of this sketch, then only a year old; a daughter, Mary Lake Bentley, subsequently the wife of Gen. R. Brinkerhoff. When 12 years old, Robert entered the dry-goods store of James Weldon then the principal merchant in Mansfield, and remained in the store until he went into partnership with his brother-in-law, Gen. R. Brinkerhoff, in the publication of the Mansfield Herald. Subsequently, he sold his share in the Herald establishment and went into partnership with James Weldon, his old employer in the dry-goods business, and remained with him several years. His grandfather, Gen. Robert Bentley, was one of the early settlers of Richland Co.; was an Officer in the war of 1812, and subsequently a Major General of militia, an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and a member of the Ohio State Senate. Robert, his grandson and namesake, inherited his military tastes, and when the war of the rebellion broke out, he was umong the first to volunteer. He went into service April 16, 1861, as a private in Capt. McLaugblin's company of the Ist Ohio Infantry. He came out of the service a Second Sergeant, and was soon after appointed Regimental Quartermaster, of the 82d Ohio Infantry. After the capture of Harper's Ferry, the regiment was re-organized, and he was made Lieutenant Colonel. With this regiment he went through the Vicksburg campaign, and in the battles which preceded the capture of the city won the special commendation of Gen. Logan, his division commander. After the capture of Vicksburg, he, resigned his position in the 32d Infantry, and was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the Twelfth Ohio Cavalry, and remained with the regiment until the close of the war. In the raid upon Virginia Saltworks, and in the great Stoneman raid through Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas, he was in the command of the regiment, and for serv cs thus rendered, was brevetted a Brigadier General of volunteers. He was also tendered a position in the regular army, by the Secretary of War, but declined to accept it. In July, 1865, he resigned his position in the army. He remained for a time in business in Washington City, and then returned to Richland Co., where he engaged in farming and stock-raising near Mansfield. He was married, Aug. 3, 1876, to Elizabeth A. Lee; she was born in Licking Co., Ohio, Aug. 3, 1837. e born in Brooke Co., Va., Nov. 18, 1834; in October, 1835, his parents moved back to Washington Township, Richland Co., Ohio, to the farm they had left seven years before, and upon which Robert and his aged mother still live. After receiving the ordinary preparatory education, he entered Franklin College, and graduated in the year 1860. Enlisted for three months as a private soldier in the 15th O. V. I. April 22, 1861, and served in Western Virginia until mustered out; same autumn, assisted in recruiting Co. C, 64th O. V. IL, and, when the regiment was organized, was mustered in as Captain, and commanded Co. C in the various battles in which the regiment was engaged, including the battle of Stone River, after which he received a commission as Lieutenant-Colonel; holding that rank he served with the regiment in the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and Rocky Face Ridge, at which Col. McIlvaine was killed May 9, 1864; the command then fell to R..C. Brown, and June 17, 1864, he was commissioned Colonel; he commanded the regiment in the various skirmishes intervening, besides the battles of Resaca, Adairsville, Dallas, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy, Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville; except at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain (when he was in hospital), he was with the regiment in all its engagements and on all its marches; was discharged from the service of the United States, Feb. 23, 1865, at Huntsville, Ala., by reason of expiration of term of service. (For full military service see chapter on "Richland County in the War,'' part of which was written by the Colonel.) In company with Maj. 8. L. Coulter he then rented a cotton plantation near Mooresville, Ala., where he remained during the years of 1865 and 1866; then returned to, Richland Co., Ohio. Was married, Sept. 22, 1868, to Mary E. Gailey, a native of Westmoreland Co., Penn., and has two children - Helen T. and Charles G. Religion, United Presbyterian.

CAMPBELL, JAMES, farmer and stock-raiser: P. O. Lexington ; he was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1829, and came to this county in 1837. Was married to Malinda A. Bell in 1852; she was born in this county in 1834; they have six children, two sons and four daughters, viz., John M., Lacyette, Catherine J., Bertie A., Jessie, and one who died at birth ; two are married, and three are single. Mr. Campbell was Infirmary Director of this county for six years; he was a good and faithful officer.

CHARLES, C. C., farmer; P. O. Mansfield; he was born in Cuyahoga Co., June 26, 1824; heremained | there until he was 16 years old, when he came to this county with hisparents; he stayed with them until he was 25 years old; from the time he was 18 to 24, he worked out by the month. He then got married to Miss Ruthan Enlow, April 27, 1874; she was born in Washington Co,, Penn., in March, 1822; she came to this county in 1830; they have eight children, four sons and four daughters, named William P., John J., George M., David H., Emeline A., Anna D., Alice M. and Lillie E. William P. and Emeline A. are dead. Mr. Charles has, by industry and strict attention to business, made for himself and family a good home; he first bought a small home of 20 acres from John Fox, and afterward bought 27 acres adjoining, from Peter

W. Kohiser, where he resided six years; he then sold to John Wagner and bought the farm formerly owned by Jacob Beany, where he moved and resided three years, when he sold again to Anthony Kestetter, and then removed to his brother's place, where he remained a short time, and from there moved on the farm where he now lives and has resided ever since.

CLEVER, ANTHONY, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Bellville ; he was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., in 1825; he came to this county with his parents in 1834; his father bought the farm formerly owned by Conrad Strickler. Mr. Clever was married to Susanna Andrews, in 1853; she was born in this county in 1833. Mr. Clever bought the farm formerly owned by C. Vandorn; he also bought the farm formerly owned by Jacob Neply, where henow resides. They have nine children, five sons and four daughters - John, Henry, Willis, Andrew, George, Sophroa, Cora, Rosa and Mary. Sophroa C. was married to Hiram Spitler in 1875. He was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio; they have three children. Henry Clever is living at present in Barry Co., Mich.

CONRAD, JOHN, farmer and carpenter; P. O. Lexington ; he was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Sept. 8, 1808. He was married to Susan Kissel in July, 1829; she was born inthe same county; they came to this county in 1848; they remained here three years, then they moved to Iowa, where they lived four years; they then returned to this county, and bought the home formerly owned by Conrad Houser, where they now reside; they now have ten children, two sons and eight daughters - John P., Elizabeth C., Ruanna H., Mary A., Sarah J., Sophia, Flora A. and Levi P. (dead). Ruanna H. was married to Henry Mansfield Sept. 16, 1855; they have one child; they resided in Warsaw, Ind. ; in 1869, her husband died, leaving her a widow with one child; she remained a widow about one year, then she was married to Z. C. Bratt, June 26, 1870; they have one child. Elizabeth C. was married to Levi McLaughlin Sept. 28, 1852; they have eight children. Mary A., was married to David C. Smith Nov. 25, 1865; they live in Akron. Sarah J. was married to F. M. Hooper June 10. 1864; they have four childen; they reside in Clarke Co., Ill.; Sophia was married to William A. Rodocher Jan. 14, 1868; they have two children ; they reside in Akron, Summit Co.

FAUST, LEWIS W., farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Mansfield. Mr. Faust was born in this county in 1848; he remained with his parents until he was 22 years old,when he was married to Amanda Gribling, in 1871 ; she was born in this county in 1852; they have four children, one son and three daughters; William N., Effy M., Laura B.and Alice A. Mr. Faust left this county in 1871, and moved to Iowa, where he remained four months;

| he then returned to his present home, where he has remained ever since; Mr. Faust now lives on the old homestead. His father was born in Germany in the year 1821; he came to this county in 1847; he died in 1872, at the age of 51. His mother is still living and is 56 years old ; she resides in Mansfield.

FERGUSON, JAMES. farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Mansfield; he was born in Allegheny Co., Penn., Sept. 27, 1826. He was married to Nancy Geiger Dec. 2, 1847; she was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn.,

March 17, 1830; he came to this county May 22, 1852, Mr. James F. lives on the farm called the old homestead ; they have ¢ight children, four sons and four daughters ; Samuel L., Joseph G., James C., Thomas B., Mary M., Jane E., Malissa W. and Ellen ; of these Joseph G. and James C., are dead. Samuel L. Ferguson was married to Francis Burnett in 1878; she was born in York State; they have three children. Mary M. Ferguson was married to Daniel Butterfield in 1874; he was born in Carroll Co., Ohio; they have two children. Malissa W. Ferguson was married to Samuel B. Traxler April 12,1874. James C. Ferguson enlisted inthe late war Aug, 14, 1862, and was discharged July 1, 1865. Mr. Samuel Ferguson, the father of James F., died in the fall of 18638, at the age of 98 years ; Mrs. Ferguson, the mother of James F., is living at the present time ; she is now at the age of 90 years ; she lives in Allegheny Co., Penn.

FLEMING, JOHN, shoemaker, Barnes. Mr. Fleming was born in Franklin Co., Penn., in 1803, he remained with his parents until he was about 18 years old; then he served as an apprentice to the shoemaker's trade for the term of three years, at the expiration of his apprenticeship, he remained at home a short time; he then left home and came to this county in 1824; he made his home at that time in the village of Newville ; he remained there about six months, then he started for his old home in Pennsylvania, and went as far as Wooster, and gota job, and remained there about six months ; he then made another start for home, where he arrived in the spring of 1826; he remained at home about eight years, then married Margery A. Trindle, in 1881 ; she was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., in 1802. About three years after his marriage, he started for this county ; he traveled with team and wagon; he landed in this county in 1834; he remained but a few days, : then left for Urbana, where he remained about one year ; He then returned to this county, and lived at Newville three years and six months, then came to the village of Washington and bought 20 acres of land from Harman Newton, and also 5 acres adjoining from Eli McGregor, where he now resides, and where he expects to remain the rest of his life; they have five children, three sons and two daughters - Joseph, Mary Ann, George, Jane E. and Thompson are dead ; Mary Ann was married to Samuel McFarland ; they have nine children. Joseph was married to Acintha Day; they have six children. Mr. Fleming is a very temperate man ; he has never used any spirits or tobbacco in his life.

FORD, W. E., farmer; P. 0. Mansfield; he was born in Washington Township March 18, 1851. He was married to Miss Susie Oberlin April 18, 1872; she was born in this township; they have two children, one son and one daugher, named John E., and Kitty V. Mr. Ford bought 65 acres off the west side of the Oberlin quarter-section, where he now resides.

FULTON, JOHN, farmer and stock-raiser, and ex- Justice of the Peace of Washington Township; P. O. Bellville; he was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., June 20, 1821; came to this county in the spring of 1848. Was married to Jane Duncan in 18651; she was born in this county; they have one child. John Fulton was married to his second wife, Rachael J. Campbell, in December 1854; she was born in Wayne Co. Nov. 13, 1825 ; they have four children, two sons and two daughters - William C., John, Jane E. and Sarah R. John Fulton's first wife died in -November, 1853 at the age of 20 years.

GARBER, EMANUEL, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Lexington; he was born Sept. 28, 1824, in Lancaster Co., Penn.; came to thiscounty in 1835. Was married to Emaline Diegle Feb. 6, 1849 ; she was born in Philadelphia, Penn., September 1830. They have ten children, five sons and five daughters, viz., George F., William H., Isaac H. John W., Henry D., Eliza J., Mary A. Martha E. Anna 8. and Emma R.; all living. Eliza J. Garber was married to George W. Wert in February 1879.

GERHARD, JOHN F., farmer and stock-raiser; P. QO. Bellville. Mr. Gerhard was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., Oct. 8, 1835; he came to this county with his parents when he was 2 years old (1837). He remained with his parents until he was 23 years old, when he was married to Elizabeth Chronister in 1858 ; she was born in this county March 13, 1837; they have eight children, five sons and three daughters - William F., Andrew S., Charley S., John O., Mary E., Daisy B., and Rosha A. J.; Daniel W. is dead; Mary E. was married to John Timmerman April 29, 1876; he was born in Holland in 1852; they have two children ; he resides in this county. Mr. Gerhard has always remained on the old homestead from his child. hood up to this time; he was Township Clerk six years; at the expiration of his clerkship he was elected County Commissioner of this county ; his first term expires in the fall of 1880; his father was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., Oct. 14, 1810; he is still living and is now 70 years old; Mrs. Gerhard was born in Harrisburg, Penn., June 9, 1813, and died July 10, 1871; she was 58 years old.

GRIZE, CALEB F., farmer; P. O. Bellville; he was born in Fayette Co., Penn., March 14, 1831; he came to this county with his parents in 1840; he remained with them until he was about 18 years old, when he started out in life for himself ; he worked at painting and turning for about,five years; he then left this county and went to Indiana where he remained one year; he then left and went to Wisconsin, and resided about one year, then returned to this township and was here about one year, when he was married to Miss Mary Ann Gerhart, Oct. 1, 1857; she was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Nov. 8, 1841; they had two children, one is living named Alice. In 1861, his first wife died, leaving him with one child ; about six years after, he was married to his second wife, Miss Margaret Ann Miller,