Scioto County, Ohio - Chapter 7, 1903 (part 5 of 8)

was born in Maryland in 1778, and received a fair education. His father and family removed to Kentucky in 1793, in the midst of the Indian War. 'They came down the Ohio in a boat, but had the good fortune to escape all Indian encounters. They located in Kentucky. In 1799, our subject made a trip to New Orleans in a flat-boat for one Samuel Smith. He traded his cargo for sugar and took the sugar around by sea to Baltimore. He rode from Baltimore to Kentucky on horseback. He married Phebe Coon on his return, and in 1803, bought a town lot in Alexandria, for $100. He was the first Recorder of Scioto County, appointed September 28, 1803, and served until June 26th, 1805, when he resigned and was succeded by _ Alexander Curran. He was also Clerk of the Courts from August 6, 1804, till June 26, 1805, when he resigned and was succeeded by Alexander Curran. At this remote period, his reasons for resigning these offices cant only-bé conjectured. There was but little to do in the public offices, at that time and as Jones was a cabinet maker and a genius in that trade, he probably resigned to give his whole attention to his trade.

In 1810, he moved to the mouth of Scioto Brush Creek, and became a farmer This proved to be a great mistake. He aided in building Gen. Kendall's mills there in 1815, two saw mills and a flour mill. He also worked there in boat building. He had the ability to take up any trade and follow it, creditably. He was regarded as better educated than most men of his time. In 1821, he was a Justice of the Peace for Union Township. In the same year he and his large family returned to Portsmouth. In 1823, he was clerk of the market in Portsmouth. In 1825, he was the jailer and was employed to put a lock on the dungeon. In the same year he was elected to the town council by-21 votes, and the council made him supervisor of the Kast ward. From 1825 to 1828, he was the Town Marshal and in 1828 and 1829, he was clerk of the market. In 1826, he was a candidate for Coroner. In 1827, he was employed by the county to make a desk for the Commissioners and received $8.00 for it. While jailer, he had Robin Hood as a prisoner. | When he fed prisoners on bread and water he received 1214 cents _per-day for each and he at one time had five on bread and water for three days. From 1829 to 1831, he worked on a contract on the Ohio canal, and when the latter was completed went to boating on it. His wife died of the cholera in 1834.

In the fall of 1840, Mr. Jones took a severe cold which resultea in consumption, of which he died December 9, 1841. He was strictly honest in all his dealings and his word could always be relied on. He met many heavy losses in business by trusting that every one was like himself. He had been opposed to the party of Jefferson' until 1832, when he went over to the Jackson Democracy on account of President Jackson's action as to the U. 5. Bank.

Mr. Jones, had he lived in our day, would have been deemed an agnostic. He did not believe in revealed religion. He had been rcared a Methodist, but he was a great reader and especially of ''Freethinkers' " works. He was also a Socialist and Communist. He was a great reader and possessed a mind always bent on investigation. He was a good neighbor, but used liquors to excess. The wife of Elijah Glover, senior, was his sister. Nathan L. Jones at was born in Winchester, Va, December 9, 1797. His parents, Peter Kehoe and Ann Carey, came from Ireland in youth, and were married in Virginia. Peter Kehoe was a shoemaker, and had his son learn the trade. 'The father accumulated and owned real estate in Winchester, Va. His mother died in Winchester when he was quite young. In 1815, Murtaugh and his friend Nicholas Burwell, both of Winchester, Va., and both shoemakers, concluded to come west. They came to Portsmouth, and looked the town over. 'They concluded it could not stand two shoemakers; and as Kehoe was more favorably impressed with Portsmouth, he remained and Burwell went to to Maysville, and afterwards to West Union. Both followed the shoe business all their' lives. Kehoe died November 25, 1874, worth $75,000 and Burwell died July 1, 1879, with $750.

Peter Kehoe, father of our 'subject, soon after came to Portsmouth, with his: other children and' remained until his death, October 19, 1838 at the age of 74. Peter Kehoe set up a shoe shop in Portsmouth and, in 1818, advertised as a shoe dealer in the first newspaper published in Portsmouth. Murtaugh Kehoe was in business with his father until 1826 when he engaged in business for himself with a stock of boots and shoes, groceries and liquors. In 1831, he had discontinued the shoe business and confined himself to groceries and liquors. | In 1837, he was again in the shoe business with William Gray, made the firm name, Kehoe &

Gray. In 1828 young Thomas Waller owned a strip of ground from Second to Gallia street, which he inherited from his father. It contained about six acres. Young Waller thought the town would go to the "demnition how-wows," and wanted to sell out, so he sold to Kehoe for $300. Kehoe held on to it and before he died it was worth $50,000. The same ground now with the improvements is not worth less than $300,000.

Mr. Kehce was born with good business talents and he improved them. He was strong in his likes and dislikes. | He was conservative in everything. He was industrious and frugal, and always strickly honest. He retired from business about 1862 and lived a quiet and retired life, thereafter.

Moses Thompson was a prominent citizen of Portsmouth, who about 1829 had five handsome, loveable and marriageable daughters. He furnished the same number of wives to five lucky young men of Portsmouth. Mr. Kehoe was one of the lucky ones, and he married Eliza Thompson, April 29, 1829. They had eleven children, of whom Charles T., John C., James S., Caroline, Ann Eliza, Ann Carey and Mary Ellen are deceased. James S. was a soldier in the Civil War, in Battcry L, First Ohio Light Artillery. After the War, he studied medicine and became an excellent physician. He died in Clay Center, Kansas, in March, 1875, leaving a family. Charles T. Kehoe was a merchant and business man in Portsmouth. The surviving children of our subject are: Peter Kehoe, a merchant of Clay Center, Kansas; Frank B., of the old Tremper Shoe Company of Portsmouth, and Murtaugh, Jr., also of Portsmouth.

Mr. Kehoe was raised in the Roman Catholic faith, but became an Episcopalian. He was originally a Whig, but became a Demoerat. He never took any interest in politics. In 1832, he was an

. Overseer of the Poor in Wayne Township, and in 1842, was a school trustee. He was an ardent supporter of the Civil War. In September, 1861, he was nominated as Infirmary Director on the Union ticket, but declined to run. .He died November 25, 1874. He was one of the successful men of Portsmouth; but quiet and unostentatious in all things. In all respects he was a useful and valuable citizen, was born at Xenia, Ohio, May 1, 1807. His father had the contract for erecting the first Court House biilt at that~point, and was re siding there temporarily. He was the oldest son of William and Rachel (Brown) Kendall. He spent his boyhood in Scioto County, and was sent to Uniontown, Pennsylvania, to his grandfather, Jeremiah Kendall's to be educated. When he returned to Ohio, he was surveyor for a number of years. He married Elizabeth Fenton, December 9, 1830.

He assisted his father in the building of~Scioto, Clinton and 3uckhorn furnaces. He moved-to-Wheelersburg in 1835, where he established a general store of drugs, dry goods and groceries. He remained there until 1846, when he loaded his goods on a flat boat and went south as far as Memphis, Tennessee, closing out his stock there. He moved to Portsmouth in 1850, locating on the southeast corner of Seventh and Chillicothe streets. The old stage line between Columbus and Portsmouth, made his house their headquarters and occupied a large frame barn once used by his grandfather, John Brown, asa mill. Here he again engaged in surveying for a number of years.

When the war of the Rebellion broke out, although fifty-four years of age, he enlisted as a private in Battery L, First Ohio Light Artillery, Captain L. N. Robinson, October 19, 1861. He served with the Battery until September 26, 1862, when he died at Washington, D. C. He is buried at the National Cemetery near that city. He was a life long Whig until 1860, when he voted for Abraham Lincoln.

His wife, Elizabeth Fenton, was born in Hector, New York, August 30, 1808. She was the daughter of John and Sallie Bennett Fenton. Her father took a drove of horses to Philadelphia to sell, and dicd there, after a few weeks illness. Her mother with four children then came to Ohio with her father, Thaddeus Bennett and a number of other families in 1818. They left New York in the fall of 1817, and wintered at the head of the Alleghany river, where they sawed lumber and built rafts. Upon these they placed cabins, and the Little Scioto on April 27, 1818. They lived in a schoolhouse at Wait's Station during the summer, while they looked around for a location' Fever and ague having become prevalent along the rivers, they settled inland in Madison township. . Elizabeth Fenton taught school until her marriage with Jefferson Kendall. Five children were born to them, three of whom died in infancy. Of the two who grew to maturity, the son, Alva Fenton Kendall of Portsmouth is deceased, and the daughter, Ella Kendall Overturf, who resides in Columbus, is still living. Milton Kendall, son of General Willam Kendall and Rachel Brown, his wife, was born June 16, 1812 in Clay Township. He spent most of his boyhood on his father's farm, but resided with relatives in Pennsylvania for some time. He became a farmer and resided near the city of Portsmouth, and gardened for the market. He continued at this work imost of his life, He was a member of the Whig party until the dissolution and then became a Democrat. He was united in marriage, June 23, 1833, to Ruth Lawson, youngest sister of Christina Lawson who was his father's second wife. Ruth Lawson was born June 16, 1812 and

- Mr Kendall was a member of the First Baptist Church of Portsmouth, Ohio. He was a good father, a good neighbor and was well liked by all who knew him. He died August 6, 1882.

'Thomas Kendali was bom in Portsmouth, Ohio, July 6, 1814, the eldest son of General V alli Kendall and Rachel Brown, his wife. His mother died while he was a child and he was taken to Pennsylvania te the home is where he spent his boyhood. As a youth,

'ett d to Portsmouth. and became a clerk in the drug store of jrews & "MecVey. and subsequently went into business himself. 1837. and m 1843. he was Overseer of the Poor of Wayne Town-

: In 1846, he was a Trustee of Wayne Township... He was Superintendent of the Scioto and Hocking Valley Railroad for a ber of years. In 1856, he removed to West Liberty, Ohio. and

= in milling. In 1874, he went to Cleveland and engaged with tlson Machine Company. In September, 1888. he re- | to I ortsmouth. November 16, 1836, he married to Miss Anne 'and three children were born to them: Charles Kendall, Roda, fe of General William H. Raynor of Toledo, Ohio: and Mrs. h Henderson, deceased. The latter left three children: Annie, md Charles. Our subject died December-15. 1889, of a pa-

¥ 7. 1811, on Wolf Creek in Washington County, Ohio. were William Kennedy. son of a Revolutionary Soldier ay. his wife. The family moved to Washington County

) after his birth. and resided there until he was eight vears | that age the family embarked on a family boat and went to ond. Ohio. Our subject's father was a tobacconist. and the the business. He attended school but six months. but in New Richmond with Perry J. Dunham, and practiced 3 es in Clermont County. In 1848. he came to hh and engaged in buying and selling corn. He continued s until 1856, and handled as much as $40,000 to $50,000 i 1855. he met with financial reverses, from which he covered. He lost $26,000. : he was most prominent always. In 1836, he voted In r&2#. he voted for James G. Birney. He was - of the Free Soil Party in Scioto County.. In 1852, whn P. Hale and he. Wm. Hicks and R. S. Silcox = in eee Comnty, who so voted. He held the ng in Scioto County in 1852, and made a speech from a wagon in front of the White Bear Hotel. The same year he attempted to make a Free Soil speech at Lucasville, and was stoned and rotten egged. He joined the American Party when it was formed, and, in 1856, was a delegate to the National Republican Convention in Philadelphia: He was a first-class politician, and one of the first Apostles of the Republican Party, when many wanted to act with him but were ashamed to.

He was a great friend and admirer of Salmon P. Chase, and named a son for him. 'That son was educated at West Point, is now an officer of the Regular Army and has a sketch herein. In 1860, Governor Chase made him Superintendent of the Ohio Canal, and when the war came on, Assistant Treasurer of the United States at Vicksburg. In the earlier part of the war he commanded the steamboat Piketon on the Sandy river, and was a captain of transports on the Mississippi. He at one time owned the Peytonia and Reville - small steamboats.

He married Rosanna Israel February 4, 1830, and had eight children. October 20, 1849, he was married to Miss Josephine B. Hutchinson, of Pittsburg, and they had ten children. He was a Constable in Portsmouth many times. He was a Justice of the Peace in Wayne township in 1858. In 1871, he was a candidate for Postmaster, Oliver Wood got 428 votes and he received 385. In 1872, he was a Day Policeman in Portsmouth. In 1873, he was appointed Sanitary Policeman He was a man of great physical powers and intense mental energy. He became addicted to the drink habit, after he came to Portsmouth, but he reformed and became a great advocate of temperance.

was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, March 24, 1801. His father's name was Selma Keyes, a native of Massachusetts, and his mother's maiden name was 'Polly' (Mary) Andrews. There is an account of the Keyes family elsewhere in this book. When our subject was ten years old, his father re-considered the idea of residing in Virginia and moved to Scioto County, Ohio. Selma Keyes was a Revolutionary soldier, a sketch of him, as such, will be found under the title of Revolutionary soldiers.

James Keyes was born with a disposition to be a student. He received a fair education in Virginia. | When he came to Ohio he procured a scholarship in the Ohio University at Athens, and improyed his education there, but never graduated. He was one of the ear-_ lest pupils at the Athens University. . He was a fine mathematician, well read in both modern and ancient literature. After completing his education, he learned the trade of a carpenter, and followed it to some extent.

James Keyes

there with his large family, and Mr. Keyes became acquainted with his daughter Catharine, and was married to her April 3, 1831. Her father's home was then on the Kirkendall place. He had four children: Thomas, of Columbus; Milford, who resides at No. 151 East Kighth street, and is a journalist; and two daughters who died in infancy. Mr. Keyes was a Democrat until the Know Nothing move- "ment came yp, and then he joined that party. When it went to pieces, he became a Republican, and continued that during his life. Mr. Keyes never belonged to any church. He was a man of the strictest morality. He never drank any liquors, never smoked nor used tobacco in any form, and would not tolerate profanity or immoral talk in his presence. He was a free thinker in his notions. He was of the strongest of will power, great purity of life, a high sense of business and social honor. He had a wonderful constitution physically. He never got old, except in years and at eighty, he still had advanced ideas and kept abreast of the times. In 1866, he was elected Justice of the Peace of Wayne Township and served one term. In 1872, he was one of the City Infirmary Directors of Portsmouth. In 1880, he issued a book called "A Series of Pioneer Sketches," which is fully noticed under the bibliography of Scioto County. He moved about considerably in his early life, but settled down in Portsmouth and became quite well off from the year he made Portsmouth his permanent home. Mr. Keyes conserved all his powers physically and his faculties, mentally to the year of his death. He was a pleasant companion and fond of reminiscence. He never forgot anything he learned of a historical character. He was stricken with paralysis in March, 1883, but appeared to have recovered. He died suddenly on June 28, 1883, in the fullness,of all his powers. He was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery. He was highly respected by all who knew him; and it is most unfortunate that he did not undertake to write a history of the county, for no one appreciated a work of that character more, and no one was more competent to edit such a work.

As to the early education of our subject, we know but little, but we do know that he had only such as the vicinage afforded. He however, learned the tanner's trade.

In 1797, he married Mary Clingman, the daughter of John Michael Clingman, who was born in 1746, a native of Germany, but a man of substance and importance for his time. He had been a Captain in the Revolutionary war.

On August 26, 1798, the eldest son of _our subject was born, and was named for the Father of our Country, then living. His next child, Elizabeth, afterwards married to Wilson Guten was born October 2, 1800. His third child, Ann Elizabeth Cady, was born July 2, 1802, and his fourth, Maria Tracy, was born July 2, 1804. 'Then Mr. Kinney thought he had best emigrate where his increasing family might have room to grow up. Asa youth he had learned the tanner's "trade, and he thought the great state of Ohio would be a good place to exercise it.

He came to Portsmouth with his family, from Pennsylvania, in 1804 in a four horse wagon. His brother-in-law, Washington Clingman, had come before, and had entered fractional section seven, and section eight, north of Portsmouth.

Aaron Kinney purchased his rights and had them transferred to him. he first thing he did was to inspect his domain. It extended from the foot of Amos B. Cole's hill, at the old toll house, to the foot of Clingman's hill where the C. P. & V. railroad crosses the ~ turnpike, and from the Scioto river to Martin Funk's land on the west. He was of course first looking for springs of water, and he found the celebrated 'Kinney Spring," and drank from its limpid waters. Then he took his trusty rifle, and went upon the hill just above the spring and killed two deer. He marked out a place for a cabin west of where the present brick house is built; here he built the cabin and set up his household goods. He sunk a tannery in front of the present brick residence ied went to work to make money; and well he might, for his family was increasing right along. Peter was born December 16, 1805; Margaret Hall, February 16, 1808; Rachel Dodson, December 9, 1809; Nancy Walker, November 19, 1811. In the mean time he was busy with his tanning. Leather was a prime necessity among the pioneers, for money was a thing almost impossible to obtain. So he tanned on the shares and took his pay in hides. His share was plenty, and he sent it to Barr & Lodwick in Chillicothe. He owned a six-horse team which was sent to Chillicothe with tanned leather and came back with goods and money; Samuel C. Briggs drove this team for him. Hugh Cook had a six-horse team and took his leather to Chillicothe. James Emmitt drove the Cook team for him, and one James Davis of Chillicothe, was also a driver for him. While Aaron Kinney brought money from Pennsylvania, he was a money maker, a family trait which descended to his sons.

In 1812, he began to feel that he was on a firm foundation, financially. On August 7, 1812, he had completed his payment for fractional section seven and section eight and received a patent from the United States, recorded in Volume D, Page 402. This

Aaron Kinney

On June 14, 1814, he bought of Henry Massie for $900.00, 104 acres which fronted the Ohio river, and was bounded on the west by the Raynor property, and by the Martin Funk tracts on the east. It extended north from the river 209 poles and was 80 poles wide.

In the summer of 1812, he built the present brick house in which his son, Henry. R. Kinney resides. The brick was made of earth excavated in front of the residence.

All the time his family was increasing. His son, Eli, was born September 17, 1813; his son, Henry Richie, was born July 2, 1815; his daughter, Sarah Ann Renshaw, was born April 23, 1817; and the youngest, Philander Chase, was born May 28, 182t.

On February 9, 1816, he began the tannery business in Portsmouth. He went into partnership with General Kendall. Each put in $700.co and they sunk a tannery where the Gas Works are now located. The partnership was to last for ten years.

On. December 15, 1823, he purchased 178 acres of land of Henry Massie. It embraced the Maria L. Kinney, Peter Kinney, and Eli Kinney Additions. It extended from Union street to the Scioto river, and from the south line of sections seven and eight to Thirteenth street. He gave $1,780, or $10.06 per acre, for it. At the time of the purchase General Kendall had 124 acres south of it, which he had purchased of Massie, and which afterwards became the Barr Addition.

This was the last of his purchases, and he died seized of all of it, and it was divided among his heirs. He was a staunch citizen, always up to date with his obligations. He was a communicant of the Episcopal church.

He was the first tanner in Portsmouth. In his political views he was a Democrat. Of his four sons, Henry R. Kinney is his only survivor. Of his seven daughters, only Mrs. Sarah Ann Renshaw survives. Wer ean

Men of such sterling qualities as he, made our nation great and powerful. He was a man who let no opportunity pass, and left his impress on his sons, who were all prominent business men.

was born August 26, 1798, in Pennsylvania, and came to Portsmouth, Ohio, with his parents. In 1820, he advertised in the Portsmouth paper as "G. W. Kinney, Tanner and Currier." He had his tan yard where the Portsmouth Gas Works now stands and it ran through from Second to Third street. On December 14, 1820, he was married to Mary, one of the daughters of Doctor Thomas Waller and they had a large family. 'The daughters wére Mrs. Samuel Ross and Mrs. Samuel Reed: and the sons were George, Charles, Aaron, Alfred, William and Thomas Waller.

Mr. Kinney was successful as a tanner and currier and made and saved money. He became a banker and for many years conducted a private bank in Portsmouth under the name of W. Kinney & Company. He was a person in whom the whole community had confidence. He was always an active and useful citizen. In 1827, he was Secretary of Mt. Vernon Chapter of Freemasons. In 1829, 1830 and 1837, he was a Trustee of Wayne Township. In 1829, he was in the town council and he and Sam Tracy settled the question as to the front of the town. 'That was a great question in its time and Mr. Kinney settled it happily. In the same year, he and Mr. Samuef Gunn procured two floating wharves for the city. In 1833, he was Overseer of the Poor of Wayne Township. In 1839 to 1845, he was one of the school directors of Portsmouth. He filled the same office in 1837. From 1847 to 1850, he was one of the County Commissioners. In 1846, he was Assessor in the Second ward.

He was a Whig in his political views and he was a devout communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church. He was a vestryman, first of All Saints and afterwards of Christ church. He was always reliable as a citizen and a churchman. He was conservative in his views, but of excellent business judgment. He had a happy faculty of getting along smoothly and easily with all with whom he did -business. Mr. Kinney .was highly esteemed by all his business contemporaries as a man of honor and integrity, and he enjoyed the highest confidence of the entire community. He was always regarded as a safe man. He died September 21, 1869, aged seventy-one years and one month and his wife died March 7, 1874.

was born in Scioto County, Ohio, on December 16, 1805, the son of Aaron Kinney and Mary Clingman, his wife. He was born with an imperious will and it lasted him to his dying hour. He grew up in Portsmouth with what little education the town afforded him, but he learned much from the association with his fellow men. He was at all times daring and venturesome. In 1820, his father sent him with the family grist to Major Isaac Bonser's mill on Bonser's Run, when the woods were full of wild animals. This then was the nearest mill available to Portsmouth. In the same year his father sent him to New Orleans on a flat boat loaded with produce.

In 1827, he made another trip to New Orleans and this time brought with him the seed of the pecan tree, which stands near the spring near the old Kinney homestead. In 1829, he was Captain of a cavalry company of militia. He had a taste for military affairs which followed him all his life. In 1829, he and Wilson Gates had a general store, under the name of Gates and Kinney. In 1832, he engaged in business as a private banker and was so engaged for many years. The firm name wassE. Kinney & Co. In 1832, he also had a grocery license from the city countil and conducted a grocery on Front street. In this year he married Elizabeth Redhead, who survived him. In 1835, he became a member of the city council and was a member of the town and city council most of the time until 1854. From 1842 to 1844, he was a Director of the Portsmouth Insurance Company. In 1845, he appears 6n the committee on claims. In 1846, he was elected town recorder, but declined. In 1848, his banking firm was P. Kinney & Co. In 1850, it was Kinney & 'Tracy.

In 1849, he was appointed to welcome Gen. Zachary Taylor on the occasion of his visit to Portsmouth on his way to Washington to be inaugurated President. In the same year on September 21, he was elected trustee and visitor of the public schools. In 1850, he was one of a committee sent to the Legislature to lobby on the Scioto and Hocking Valley railroad.

He was president of the city council from 1852 to 1854. In 1855, he obtained a controlling interest in the Portsmouth branch of the state bank of Ohio and directed its affairs till 1861, when he yielded the control to go into the military service of the United States. In 1856, he took a great part in the erection of Christ church and was a vestryman there a long time, but went back to All Saints church. In 1857, he was_treasurer of the Scioto and Hocking Valley railroad and helped build it.

On September 11, 1861, he was appointed Colonel of the 56, O. V. I., and served as such until April 8, 1863. During the Morgan Raid, he commanded all the militia at Portsmouth. He declared martial law. Every man who could carry.a gun did so; and those who did not were ordered to work with a pick or a spade on the entrenchments. After his return from the army, he resumed his position in the bank; and when the law was passed organizing banks, he orgawized the Portsmouth National bank, became its president and remained such until 1867, when he sold out his interests and made his celebrated trip to the Holy land, in with the party written up in Mark Twain's "Innocents Abroad"'

When he came home from Europe, he organized the bank of Portsmouth and in 1872, he changed it into the Kinney National bank of which he became president. This enterprise was not a success, as Portsmouth was then overstocked with bank capital. After Col. Kinney's death, this bank liquidated, and its stockholders lost fifty per cent of their investment.

On May 16, 1872, he and Mrs. Kinney gave a party to the young folks at their beautiful home at Mt. Paborin the afternoon and evening. - The day was fine, merging gradually into a moonlit evening and the young people rolled ten pins. Col. Kinney and his. wife always took pleasure in the young people and this function was one of those ever to be remembered in the history of the city. Col. Kinney was always in favor of any public enterprises or improvements. He took a great interest in the completion of the Scioto Valley railway. He took part in the ceremonies of digging the first earth on April 10, 1877. He died on the 13th of August, 1877.

He was proud, self-willed and very much set in his own. opinions. He was a good friend if he had his own way all the time. It was of no use to cross him. He was a communicant of All Saints church and a vestryman there, after 1870. He was a valuable citizen.

After his return from Europe, he built a fine residence on Kinney Lane, north of the cemetery and named it Mt. Tabor. He was the father of ten children all of whom died in childhood, but two; Emma now the wife of Hon. Theo. K. Funk and Captain John W. Kinney.

: Eli Hinney was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1810. He and his wife, Martha S. Lodwick were married at the residence of James Lodwick, the old Buckeye House on Front street. They went to housekeeping in the east side of the double brick in the rear of All Saints Chapel. Mr. Kinney then had a salary of $400 per year and he and his wife thought they were rich. In 1849, he built the brick dwelling on the southwest corner of Court and Fourth streets and lived there until his removal to Cincinnati.

_ He began his business career in the old Commercial Bank below Lynn's livery stable' He afterwards went into business two doors below Gilbert's store on Front street. The firm was E. Kinney & Company and was composed of himself, Peter Kinney and William Ffall. He retired from this firm in 1846 and became the founder of the Portsmouth branch of the State Bank of Ohio, and was its first cashier. He went to Cincinnati and established the banking house of EK. Kinney & Company, composed of himself, B. B. Gaylord, George Johnson and William Salter. A few years after the firm became Kinney, Espey & Company. Then the firm became Kinney & Company. His son-in-law, Major Low was a_ partner. In 1877, the firm failed and that precipitated the failure of W. Kinney & Company of Portsmouth, Ohio. At one time Eli Kinney had a fortune of $500,000, but had too much in real estate when the Jay Cooke panic came on.

lands, August 22, 1884, of paralysis. His widow and four children survived him, Mrs Major Low, Mrs. Darling, Fannie and Alice. He had two sons, one died of yellow fever in the south and one was * killed by an accident on a ferry boat. His daughter Alice is the wife of Mr. Dudley Hutchins of Portsmouth, O.

son of Aaron Kinney,.who has a sketch and portrait herein, was born July 21, 1815, at the old Kinney homestead, where he now resides, on Kinney Lane. His last year of schooling was in 1836 in the Woodward High School, Cincinnati, Ohio, where he received instruction from Dr. Ray, the author of Ray's Arithmetic, and the two McGuffeys, authors of the McGuffey school text books. Stanley Matthews and George EK. Pugh were classmates. He worked on his father's farm until he was twenty-two years of age. The farm extended down to what is now Twelfth street and much of that portion of Portsmouth, north of this street was ploughed and cultivated by Mr. Kinney when a young man.

His father gave him a farm when he was twenty-one which he ~ sold and took the proceeds, and with his brother, started west to invest in real estate. It was their intention to invest in, Chicago which at this time, was' a mere cluster of huts, and seemingly a swamp: It looked so unpromising that they decided not to invest there. They traveled through the West and East for about three years. They were present at the signing of the treaty by which Iowa was acquired from the Indians. The chiefs, Black Hawk and Keokuk, were present. This was at the period of suspension of specie payment, and Mr. Kinney emulating the example of his brother, Eli, who was then a banker in Portsmouth, began to buy and sell the paper of the local banks, at which he made considerable money. After this he became a trader on the Mississippi river, buying produce and live stock, and transporting it to New Orleans to market. During one of these trips, the party became wind bound near Island 96 and narrowly escaped an encounter with the land and sea pirate, Lafitte, whom they learned had a few days previously captured a flat boat loaded with cattle, and murdered the crew. He was married November 7, 1843, to Mary McNairn, a daughter of Joseph and Jane McNairn, natives of Scotland. His wife came to the United States when only fifteen years of age.

When Mr. Kinney gave up flatboating he located in Portsmouth and set up a hardware store.' His stock was worth about $3,000 and there was not $10.00 worth of American manufacture in the whole stock. He continued in this business until 1856 when he sold to Waller and Ward and received for his stock complete $23,000 and not $50.00, worth of foreign manufacture could be found in the stock. He imported his stock for about four years and at that time American manufactures began to come forwafd; so he: patronized home industries.

It was one of his characteristic traits, to attend closely to any business he had in hand and almost all of his ventures were successful. Everything he touched turned into money. His father made a division of his property in 1856 and Mr. Kinney received for his portion the old homestead. Here he has lived ever since. This house was built in 1812, and has been the home of three generations. Upon moving to the farm he turned his attention to farming, and the cultivation of fruit trees for profit. In 1870, he went back to the hardware business with his sons. This was one of his unsuccessful ventures, and he sold out February 28, 1877, to J. B. Rottinghaus and Joseph Lang. He then went back to his farm and has been engaged in farming, gardening and raising small fruit. In 1826, he went to Cincinnati and got one dozen grapevine cuttings and brought them home with him and planted them. He is said to be the second man in the state of Ohio to cultivate the grape.

Mr. Kinney has always been a Democrat. He was treasurer of Clay Township for a short time, filling a vacancy. He was a candidate for County Treasurer October 9, 1877, against B. R. Miles. The vote stood Miles, 2,974, Kinney, 2,539. He has been a member of All Saints church since 1843. He was baptized by Bishop Chase in the old Court House, which stood on Market street between Second and Front streets, in 1821. His children were: Joseph, died aged one year; Sarah Ann, died aged eight; Wellington, living on Chillicothe Pike; Mary C., died aged four; Harry Elwell, died in 1881, aged thirty; Janet married Samuel T. Williams, living; Josephine and Isabel, living; Aaron and Polly, twins, died aged three months} Sarah Ann and Mary C., mentioned above died of cholera, July 1, 1854. Mr. Kinney bears well the weight of years, aside from his loss of hearing, he enjoys complete health. He is the last survivor in. this vicinity of the generation of men who conducted flatboats to New Orleans.

was the son of Aaron Kinney, who has a separate sketch herein. He was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, May 18, 1821. He. was educated partly in Portsmouth and partly in Cincinnati, and passed his minority on his father's farm. In his youth he was a market gardener and dairyman. For scveral years subsequent to his majority he was engaged in farming and flat-boating between Portsmouth and New Orleans.

In 1846 to 1848, he was engaged in the livery stable business in Portsmouth. In 1849, he was engaged in the banking business in Portsmouth with Thomas Dugan, under the name of Kinney &

From 1856 to 1858 he was interested in the lower rolling mill. In 1868, he was a candidate for County Commissioner of Scioto County, on the Democratic ticket but was defeated by Henry Rosenberg. The vote stood, 2,764 for Rosenberg, and 2,340 for Kinney. He was always a Democrat. In 1871, he retired from the banking firm of W. Kinney & Co., with which he had been engaged for some time. From 1874 to 1877, he was engaged in the furnace business in Tennessee, but had his office in Cincinnati. In 1877, he returned to Portsmouth.

He was a man of great business qualifications and met with remarkable success. He traveled extensively through this country and made two trips to Europe. On one trip he was accompanied by his nephew, William Kinney. As a banker, he was very successful and made a fortune. He died January 15, 1884.

was born in Jefferson, now Valley Township, Scioto County, Ohio, October 19, 1818, a son of Daniel and Sarah (Campbell) Kirkendall. His grandparents Willia and Lavinia Kirkendall, settled in Portsmouth about the beginning of the present century. They had a family of five children: Daniel, Levi, Henry, William and Lavinia, Daniel was married about 1813, in Portsmouth, to Sarah, daughter of William and Mary (Stricklett) Campbell. In 1819, he removed to the farm where Levi now lives. He was a Captain of a rifle company in the old military days, and served in the war of 1812. After his death the government gave his widow warrants for land in Logan County, Illinois. He died in 1853 and his wife in 1857. Eight children were born to them: William of California; Levi; Mary, wife of Thomas Craig; Stephen, on the old farm; Lavinia, wife of David Dunlap; and John. Sarah Ann and Henry are deceased.

Levi Kirkendall was married March 15, 1838, to Minerva, daughter of George and Mary Beloat, and settled on the old Beloat _ farm. In 1855, he removed to Jo Daviess County, Il., but the next year returned to Ohio. The day after his return, August 31, his wife died. Of their six children: George, William, Sarah Alice, Mary, James O. and Levi, the three latter are deceased. In 1857, Mr. Kirkendall married Mrs. Sarah Russell, daughter of George and Elizabeth Hereodh, and removed to Washington County, Ill. = In 1864, he returned to the home farm where he has since resided. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkendall have had four children, but two now living: Rhoda E. and Fanny. James S. and Truss L. are deceased.

Politically, Mr. Kirkendall was a Republican. Before the organization of that party he was a Whig and*castshis first vote for William Henry Harrison for President. He owned a fine farm, well improved. He was a member of the Baptist church, and of Lucasville Lodge, No. 465, F. & A. M. His son, George W. enlisted in the Forty-fourth Illinois Cavalry and served during the war. He died June 11, 1888.

was born April 22, 1811 in Dusseldorf, Parish of Kempen, near Cologne, Germany, now part of Prussia. His father was a school teacher, -and he was brought up to follow that profession. His mother's name was Gertrude, the family name not remembered. He had a brother, Peter, and three sisters, Madeline, Catherine and Gertrude. He attended his father's primary school and afterwards an academy. At the age of fourteen, he was apprenticed to a cabinet maker, served three years and became a journeyman.

At the conclusion of his apprenticeship, after the custom then, he had to designate a route he would follow, starting from his master's place and returning to the same point. This route was marked down in a book and certified by the government and he had to obtain statements in every place he stopped from a master workman. He worked in Belgium about a year and was three years in Holland, at the Hague, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and other places. At the age of twenty-one, he returned to Cologne, and he and his brother Peter went to making velvet ribbons. They were prosperous for a time, but a duty interfered with their business and broke them up. . He spent three years after the conclusion of this venture in Cologne, as a foreman in a cotton factory. At the end of that time, his father died, and he took his place as a school teacher in the public schools for a few months.

He came to the United States, at the age of thirty-one. He came as a sightseer with the view of locating in case he was satisfied. He reached this country in the fall of 1842, and went from _ New York to Buffalo and then to Cleveland. He worked awhile at his trade in Cleveland, and came to Portsmouth on the canal, intending to go on to Cincinnati. He stopped in Portsmouth at Major Reiniger's hotel. The latter persuaded him to stay. In the summer of 1843, he made a trip through Indiana, Ilinois, Iowa and Missouri. He was looking for a better location than Portsmouth, but concluded to return. He worked for others. until, his marriage. :

He met his wife in the Roman Catholic church, on Madison. street. Her name was Margaret Myers, a daughter of Anton Myers, a native of Wurtemburg. They were married November 23, 1844, by Rev. Father O'Maley. They went to housekeeping at once. on Third street, between Madison and Jefferson streets. He then went into business for himself as a cabinet maker for three years. He then concluded to try hotel keeping and kept the Swan Hotel for three years, after which he purchased where the post-office and the Kricker building now stand, and became a cqntracting teamster until 1854. He then went to manufacturing buggies where Fisher & Streich's drug store now stands. He was afterwards an Insurance agent. He was a Justice of the Peace from March 4, 1863. to January 10, 1872, in Wayne Township. .He retired from business in 1888, and died January 31, 1890.

He was brought up in the Roman Catholic church and adhered to it all his life as a faithful member. Samuel M. Tracy was one of his intimate friends. Both were great readers, fond of history, and had many tastes in common. In his political views he was a Democrat. He was noted for his integrity in business and his conscientious life. Mr. Kricker was a man of domestic tastes and preferred to spend his leisure with his family. He was very successful in business and could have been more so had he chosen to. He never had good health. He was administrator, executor and trustee of many estates, and was very methodical in all his ways of doing business. Having been a school teacher, he never used any colloquialisms but followed the rules of syntax in all his speaking.

His wife, Mrs. Kricker was born April 23, 1826, in Wurtemberg, Germany, of a Roman Catholic family. Her father's family came to Pittsburg in 1832, over the mountains with mule teams. 'They went from Pittsburg to Louisville on the steamer "Powhatan." At that time there was only one other steamer plying on the Ohio river, the Robert Fulton. 'They were two weeks coming from Pittsburg to Louisville...She came to Portsmouth in January, 1835. Her father was a butcher and went into partnership with Major Reiniger. Her father died in 1841 and her mother, when she was five years old. Mrs. Kricker is a woman most highly esteemed in her church, and in the circle:of her acquaintance in the community. Her faculties are wonderfully preserved for her years. She has a remarkable memory and her hair is as black as when she was a young woman. Her life has been one of great usefulness.

Mr. Kricker and his wife were the parents of the following children: Lewis, born 1845, and died 1887, leaving a wife and five children. Joseph, born 1847, died in St. Louis in 1896, leaving three children, who reside in Portsmouth; Francis Charles, born in 1850, died 'in Portsmouth in 1878, at the age of twenty-eight and left a wife; Mrs. Louise Balmert, widow of Simon Balmert, has seven children and resides on Washington street, Portsmouth, Ohio; George Englebrecht, born in 1856, is cashier of the Central Savings bank; Richard, who resides on East Second street; William, born in 1870, resides in Baltimore, is employed by the Canton Distilling Company and is single.

a Vrench emigrant, was born in Normandy in 17662. He was an accoucheur in his own country, He came to the United Statets at the age of 25 years. He-was one of the regular French emigrants, not a pick up or stowaway as some were, In Gallipolis he became a whip sawyer under Monsieur Bertrand, and carried on a horse mill. On February 13, 1797, he was married to Madame Serot, widow of Veter Serot. She had four children of her previous marriage, the oldest of which was only four and one-half years old.

He came to the French Grant on March 21, 1797, with Jean G. Gervais, Jean Baptist Bertrand, Charles F, Duteil and William 'Duduit. He drew lot number 15 as his portion, He built him a cabin and cleared ground for peach orchards. When he sécured a crop of peaches, he distilled them, Directly after coming to the Grant, he had an encounter with a bear on the hills back of Franklin Furnace. He shot at the bear and only broke its lower jaw. The bear then hugged him and the two fell down and rolled down the hill together. Lacroix managed to stab the bear with his knife and make an end of it after much injury to himself. As Lacroix's peach distilling grew, he sent boats to New Orleans, He gave his attention to fruits. He had orchards of apple trees. From September to March, he would he engaged in distilling apple or peach brandy, It was a hard employment, requiring constant attention, night and day. One night he fell into a well 36 feet deep but managed, unaided, to climb to the top and saved his life, as it was in a lonely place where no assistance' could be called.

His wife died December 16, 1824, leaving seven children of her marriage with him, Cecilia, born May 20, 1798; Zaire, Emily, Catharine, Michael, Andrew and Alexander born December 28, 1809. Madame Lacroix was herself one of 23 children, Monsieur Lacroix was called to practice his profession in the Grant, and often went twelve to fifteen miles in the night. He died September 29, 1844. He was fond of books and spent much of the time in his latter years, in reading.

enjoys the distinetion of being about the only one of the pioneers of Portsmouth, who brought any money with him. We have stood them all up and searched them (historically speaking) and we find that he brought about one thousand dollars - a great fortune in 1799. This William Lawson is reported to have been born in Virginia, but was born in York County, Pennsylvania, in December, 1761, the eldest son of Thomas Lawson, a Revolutionary soldier, whose record will be found under that title. William may have been in the Revolution, but if so we have no account of it. He went into Hampshire County, Virginia, in 1779 or 1780, and remained there nineteen years. It is said he disliked the institution of slavery. In 1799, he appeared in Alexandria. He came with three of his brothers, Thomas, John and James, and three sisters. The brothers and sisters located in Kentucky opposite Scioto County.

He located on the Ohio side and went into a trust which bought up the 2,024 acres of land on which Portsmouth was located. Henry Massie, Jeremiah McLene, Nathaniel Willis and General 'Thomas Parker were his partners. Jointly they enteredeall of section sixteen and fractional sections, 15, 17, 18, 19 and 20, Townsliip 1, Range 21, and fractional sections, 1 and 2, Township 1, Range 22, on March 28, 1801. 'They all sold out to Massie who thus obtained the credit of being the founder of the town. Lawson's share was 454 acres in the pool and he took it on the east side of the purchase. The part he took is bounded on the east by the Damarin farm, on the north by Seventeenth street extended, on the west by Campbell Avenue and on the south by the Ohio.river. Lawson formally assigned his interest to Major Henry Massie who took out the patent for the tract in August, 1804, but directly after, he deeded to Lawson the 454 acres, two rods and thirty-six poles. Lawson paid Massie, or rather the government two dollars per acre for this land. His deed from Massie was dated October 29, 1806, and in consideration of one dollar. He built his cabin on the tract near the present residence of Miss Mary Young, when no timber had been cut on the site of Portsmouth. It was built with reference to the large spring. Lawson's Run was named for William Lawson. When Massie was surveying out the lots in Portsmouth he and his party of surveyors boarded at Lawson's home. He was evidently pleased with the treatment accorded him for-he offered to give Mr. Lawson a lot in the town of Portsmouth. It is said Lawson declined it because he thought it would be a burden and the town. would never amount to anything. In 1811, Lawson replaced his cabin by a rich house which in its turn was replaced by the present Jesse Young residence, built by Mr. Aholiab Bently in 1854.

On May 10, 1803, William Lawson was made a Commissioner when Scioto County was organized. He served until October tro, 1810, seven years. In 1809, at the organization of Wayne 'Township he was made an Overseer of the Poor. In 1813, he was a viewer of the first road laid out in Wayne Township. In 1814, he was an Overseer of the Poor for Wayne Township, a second time. In 1820, he was elected a fence viewer of the 'Township, refused to serve and was fired. - se ae

William Lawson married Susannah Earsom. 'The following are their children: Manasseh and Thomas; John, born August 27, 1790, died September 18, 1859; Madison and Enoch; Mary, married Judge Joseph Moore; Christina, married to General William Kendall; Maria, married to General William' H. Kelley of Union

William Lawson was a positive man and went direct after everything he wanted. He was very candid in his opinions and never hesitated to express them. He had no policy except to speak out his impressions and feelings at any time. He died March 18, 1832, and is buried on the hill in the spot back of where Thompson Kenyon now resides. His wife died June 25, 1846, aged seventy-six years. The proposed city, in which he had no faith and whose pretensions he despised, has absorbed his entire farm of 454 acres.

was born in Llandaff, Wales, March 31, 1776. He was the son of Lewis Lewis and Ann Cotton Lewis. He served apprenticeship in Merthyr-Tydvil, South Wales, to become a machinist, draugtsman and millwright. He was the master mechanic in erecting iron works at Newbridge. June 19, 1815, he landed in New York city. At Middletown, Fayette County, Pa., in 1818 he erected, and with his brothers, run for Mason & Company, of Connellsville, the first mill in the United States for rolling bar iron from blooms. In 1821 and 1822, he put up a blast furnace in Butler County, Pennsylvania, for Whitney & Company. Later he repaired and remodeled several mills in Pittsburg, and built a new rolling mill in Centre County for Curtain. As master mechanic, he erected '"'the upper" rolling mill in Portsmouth, in 1832, for Glover, Noel & Company. 'With his son, Thomas Cotton Lewis, Jr., he built and operated a foundry on Mill street, in Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1842. He prospected for iron and coal in Ohio and West Virginia. About 1850, he gave up business - and settled on a farm, near Wheelersburg, where he died October 19, 1853. He was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery. He joined the Masons in Wales, was a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church, was a well educated man for the times, was competent in his trades and capable of erecting and running all kinds of iron works.

was born in Nearer spe Wales, January 25, 1805. He was the son of 'Thomas Cotton Lewis, Sr. and Mary (Watts) Lewis. He was one of the forty-two persons, by the name of Lewis, who came in one ship to New York city:in the spring of 1817. He helped his father and his uncles make the first bar iron rolled in the United States. He was a machinist, roll-turner and engineer at Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. He was an engineer on passenger boats on the Ohio river for a time. In 1832, he came to Portsmouth and for years, at different times he was roll-turner and machimst in "the upper' or Gaylord Mill. Soon after coming to Portsmouth, he bought the lot at the north-east corner of Third and Washington streets where he lived for nearly sixty years. He invented and built the old rivet machine that David Patton ran, click-ety-clack, for so many years in the Gaylord Mill. With his father, he built and run the foundry, afterwards a wheel-barrow factory, paper mill, ctc., on Mill street.

With his son, Charles, he went over-land to the California gold: fields, in 1852. Returning by the Isthmus of Panama, he was shipwrecked in the Caribbean "Sea. In 1856, he built the store room on the corner of Third and Washington streets, where he conducted for thirty years a toy and notion store, and was "Santa Claus" to the boys and girls of old Portsmouth. At various times, he built six or eight houses in the city. He took stock in several factories and did what he could to build up the city. He was elected Assessor of the Third ward of the city many years in succession. He was an active member of various temperance societies, of the Y. M. C. A., of the Home Guards, and a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. He died in his eighty-seventh year and his remains are interred in Greenlawn.

was born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 9, 1806. He came to Portsmouth Ohio with his father in 1817. The following year the family moved to Cincinnati, but returned to Portsmouth in 1820. In 1827, he engaged in the shoe business for himself, and in 1830, formed a partnership with John P. Terry to carry on the same line of business. Later on he employed a number of men in the manufacture of boots and shoes in connection with his regular jobbing business, being the pioneer manufacturer in this line in the city. The firm did an extensive wholesale business in this and adjoining noe for a number of years, being located on Front street, below Marke

October 21, 1829, he was married to Anna Canfield, who died April 25, 1896. Eight children were born unto them, all of whom have passed away with the exception of Mrs. Geo. W. Field, of London, England.

Richard Lloyd was a man of the strictest integrity, a consistent member of the Sixth Street M. FE. church, and one of the most liberal 'supporters. The lot upon which the church was erected being donated by him.

was born at Marietta, Ohio, October 11, 1810. His parents moved to Cincinnati on or about the year 1811. They removed to Portsmouth during the year 1817. Here the remainder of his life was spent. His education was such as the schools of the pioneer days of Ohio afforded. Aside from education he was endowed with large common sense, business foresight and executive ability.

His first business adventure, after reaching years of maturity, was the manufacture of shoes in which he was sucéssful, employing many laborers... He made for himself the start of what was afterward a very comfortable competence. He learned his trade as shoemaker under his brother-in-law, Benjamin Melcher. When money began to flow into his exchequer, his foresight began to assert itself. When he saw that the destiny of Portsmouth was one of progress and that there would be money in the real estate business, he ventured out upon this line, purchasing vacant lots and improving property until before he died he was one of the largest real estate holders in the city of Portsmouth. He constructed some fifty odd new houses in the city which were sold soon after completion, as it was a well known fact that houses he had constructed were of the best material and would stand wear and tear.

He and two associates, realizing the need of a cemetery, and one that would be creditable to a coming city, laid out what was known as Evergreen Cemetery, the southwest part of Greenlawn. Mr. Lloyd gave this project his personal supervision and the most, if not all, of the trees planted in that cemetery are the work of his hands, or were planted by his direction. His business and executive ability, as well as his judgement of real estate, brought him into considerable notice and his advice and opinions were often solicited. -In 1841, a newspaper clipping would indicate that he held trust funds and loaned large sums of money to some different parties. Along in the early sixties, he was appointed to the Board of Equalization of the city of Portsmouth, and on five subsequent occasions was re-appointed to the same Board, serving from one to three years each term.

Thomas G. Lloyd was married to Lola Adams, May 8, 1833. To them eight children were born, four of whom are with their parents in the happy beyond. 'The four remaining children are: Lola Cornelia Duke, wife of John K. Duke of Portsmouth, Ohio; Louella N. Lucas, wife of Samuel B. Lucas, of Cherokee, Kansas; T. Frank Lloyd, the only son, a resident of Portsmouth, Ohio; Julia A. Russell, wife of J. S. Russell of New Hartford, Missouri.

Mr. Lloyd's family were members of the First Presbyterian church of this city. Mr. Lloyd did not identify himself with the church till late in life. Yet from this it is not to be inferred that he was not an attendant and a supporter of the church. When the present structure was built, an indebtedness of considerable amount hung over the church for some time. Mr. Lloyd and his neighbor, George Johnson, each being large contributors originally, took it upon themselves as outsiders, to set the precedent of doubling their subscriptions and relieving the liability of the church, and they accomplished this in a remarkably short space of time.

- out the residue of life. In the early part of the great civil strife of 1861-65. he joined the Home Guards. or what was known as the "Silver Greys" in which organization he did service. No one under forty-five years-was permitted to be a member. During the dark days of the Republic his face was the index as to the success of our army. He was a loyal adherent to all the policies advocated by the

Gty of Portsmouth and witnessed its slow growth from a small village to a city of 13.000 to 15,000. But few pioneers took more interest in the growth of the city and of relating its prosperity from its

_1He died September 1, 1883. : was born im the stockade at Manchester. Ohio. January 17. 1891. the son of Col. John Lodwick and Elizabeth Cooley. his wife. He __ was the oldest son. He came to Portsmouth in about 1814. and he "made money-very fast. He was 2 Councilman in the second year of 'the fown in 1816, and was re-elected in 1819, and served until 1822. Tm 1821. he was elected a Supervisor of the town. He kept a general store, a wood yard for steamboats and was a money lender. On Apnil 24. 1822. Council gave him leave to have a woodyard under the bank. with the permission to put his wood on top of the tank in case of high waters. He was to pay the town one-half of __-@he per cent on the wood he sold as a tax. -< 'Tm 1803. he tired of mumicipal honors and resigned from the

~ Couneil. He built several steamboats and built the first one ever built in the county. This was at George Hereodh's, at the mouth Brush Creek. In 1825. he sold the county the blank books and nd 820, Kennedy Lodwick had a store alone. When Massie lai to the front of the town and laid out lots on the river bank ir. Lodwick purchased "two lots of Massie right opposite his store on Front street about 1823. This controversy with Massie lasted till 1829. There was correspondence with him, suits were ordered, and there were proceedings to take testimony de bene esse. In 1829, Massie offered to sell his claim to the front of the town for $3,000, but the town had no money to pay him. 'Thereupon William Lodwick came forward and offered to sell his two lots for $2,000, to lend the town $3,000 to pay off Henry Massie, and to take the town scrip or notes in payment. 'The town borrowed $6,000 of Lodwick and gave its notes payable in gales and pledged the wharfage of the town to pay the notes.

Mr. Lodwick left the town soon after this and went to St. Louis, where he died at a comparatively early age. He came to Portsmouth without anything. He became associated with John T. Barr and made a great deal of money. At one time, he owned more lots in Portsmouth than any one in it, not excepting Henry Massie, and he was one of the early money lenders. While he did not keep'a bank, he managed to find money if any one wanted to borrow it. He was an excellent business man and that is the most we know of him.

It was his misfortune not to have been born a Virginian, but he came very near it. His father and mother were married in Win- > chester, Va. His father was Col. John Lodwick, born in Winchester, Va., March 24, 1767. His mother, Elizabeth Cooley, was born in 1760. She was a widow with one child, Peter Cooley, when John Lodwick married her in June, 1790. Their eldest child, Sarah was born in Winchester, Va., on July 13, 1791. In 1792, the family went to Mason County, Ky., and in 1794, to the stockade in Manchester.

In 1795, Col. John Lodwick purchased the farm on Zane's Trace known as the Col. John Means farm. It is one mile south-west of Bentonville in Sprigg Township. Here, our subject was born March 15, 1798, the fourth child and third son of his parents. Here his mother died on July 6, 1800, in her atst year. While a boy in Adams County he was treed by a, wolf, which his father's dog drove away. In 1812, being somewhat of a musiciam he played airs on a horn for Henry Clay who was passing through Adams County on his way to Washington.

His eldest brother, William, born in the stockade in Manchester, July 11, 1794, had located in Portsmouth and in 1814 was a merchant there in the firm of Barr & Lodwick. He was then one of the principal citizens of the town and at one time owned more real estate in Portsmouth than any one. James Lodwick entered the store of Barr & Lodwick as a clerk and so continued with his brother for five years. The first year he worked for his board and clothes, and the second year, he was allowed a salary of $500.

October 14, 1819, he married Jane Hempstead and the same year he went into the business of merchandising for himself and continued it for fifteen years. He made soap and candles, carried on a bakery, and a woodyard for steamboats. He sold the wood to steamboats at $1.00 to $1.50 per cord. Elijah Glover, as a boy did his first work in cording wood for Mr. Lodwick at thirty cents per cord. In the year after he was married, he built the Buckeye House on Front street and lived in it until 1850. While in the bakery business, Martin F. Timmonds came to him as an apprentice to learn the business under him. He also had Robert Montgomery for an apprentice and taught him the bakery business. Mr. Lodwick also sold goods from a keel-boat, which traveled between Portsmouth and Guyandotte.

In 1832, he began selling lumber on commission for B. Chamberlain. At the end of two years, he bought out his principal and conducted the business until 1848. At the same time he was in the dry goods business. In 1848, he took his eldest son, John K. into the dry goods business.

He retired from the dry goods business in Portsmouth, on February 15, 1871, having been in it fifty-one years. In 1852, he became agent for the Protection Fire Insurance Company and, from that time, was an insurance agent the remainder of his life. Mr. Lodwick was not born a Virginian and therefore not born with a thirst for public office, but he held office persistently and long enough to make any Virginian green with envy. John R. Turner, who was a native Virginian has always been considered the star office holder of Scioto County, but a close comparison of his record with that of Mr. Lodwick, will-satisfy any one that the latter was a close second to Mr. Turner. The first office he held in Portsmouth was that of town councilman in 1823, but the honors wore on him and he resigned in 1824:

.In'the fall of 1825, his brother, William was nominated as county commissioner, but declined to run and thereupon, James Lodwick run in his place. At that time parties had not been organized to any extent and it was a free for all race. The vote was James Lodwick, '424; Daniel McKinney, 265; Charles P. Hatton, 203; John Brown, 122; James Chapman, 121; Samuel Monroe, 79 and Thomas W. Burt, 19. His first official act was to concur with the other two coimmissioners in appointing Samuel M. Tracy as legal adviser for the county. eee

In those days no act was done by any city or county officer until Mr. Tracy had-been consulted and advised it. Mr. Lodwick was _a candidate for the same office in 1853, and was elected. The vote stood James Lodwick, 1,446, Leonard Groniger, 1,076. In 1874, Mr. Lodwick was a candidate for the same office on the Democratic ticket and was elected. The regular Republican nominee was Dr. L. A.

Norton. Col. Sampson FE. Varner ran as an independent Democratic candidate and contrary to expectation his candidacy~defeated the Republican nominee. The Republicans divided between Norton and Varner, while the Democrats stood by Lodwick. The vote stood, Lodwick, 2,255; Norton, 2,023; Varner, 728.

In 1823, 1825 and 1835, Mr. Lodwick was a trustee of Wayne 'Township. From June 23, 1829, to February 9, 1842, he was the postmaster at Portsmouth. He received the appointment from Gen. Jackson and his appointment created a great newspaper controversy hccause of the removal of John R. Turner to give him the place. This was the first example the people had had of Jacksonian doctrine 'that "to the victor belonged the spoils." He dosing the office to the Buckeye House and kept it there till November 1841, when he removed to the market house, where he kept it till velieved by Gen. Wm. I endall.

In 1839, he was appointed by the council as inspector of domestic spirits and served as such until 1839. In 1838, he was elected a school trustee for the First ward.

In 1839, he became a councilman for the Second ward and in 1841, was re-elected for Third ward. In 1842 to 1851, he was City Treasurer, elected annually. .

In 1845, he was a town guard for the First ward. In 1850, he was a guard for the Third ward. In 1840, he was a director of the Portsmouth Insurance Company and in 1844, its president. From 1832 to 1879, he was Treasurer of Aurora Lodge of Free Masons.

The only time that we have found that he was defeated for office was in 1870. He was a candidate for City Treasurer and the poll stood W. 'T. Cook, 884, James Lodwick, 788. In 1844, he and Mr, Joseph Riggs were sent by the town council to Columbus to' lobby against the machinations of the Portsmouth Dry Dock Company, which was then supposed to be intending to have the mouth of the current made a mile below Portsmouth. Their errand was successful.

In 1863, 1868 and 1873, he was appointed to the City Board of Iqualization and served as years. In 1867, he wasiin the) City > Board of Health. In 1872, he was' appointed city collector and served as such until his death, October 11, 1879. His wife died October 11, 1865, and he never re-married. His four sons were, John Kennedy, Oliver C., Eggleston B., and Henry C.

Mr. Lodwick made a great deal of money in his time, but made no noise about it. He was very liberal with his sons and helped them while they were in business to 'the amount of $60,000 all told. = Mr. Lodwick was a quiet unostentatious citizen. He had a great vein of humor but never used it offensively, He had a faculty of dealing pleasantly with every one and was for this reason much liked. He was just and exact in all his dealings. He was very fond of Mas- onry. He became a Master Mason in 1820, Royal Arch in 1839, and Knight Templar in 1850. He was secretary of the Chapter over twenty-five years. He was a man whom every one trusted. In 1861, when Sumter was fired on, he was appointed one of three to take charge of the $5,000, appropriated by the county for the defense of the town. Whenever there was any pubiic business to be done which required discretion and good judgment, he was usually called on. He was a safe man, and 'the whole public knew it. He was true to every trust he ever undertook and was as reliable as the bank of England. He was of dark complexion, over medium height, with small black eyes deeply set in his head. He had a pleasant-salute and greeting for his friends, enjoyed a good joke or story and liked to tell it himself. He was a firm Democrat in faith and practice all of his life and never wavered. He was a good husband, a good father, a good Democrat, a good citizen and a good Christian. He never failed in any duty, and left the record of a busy, pure and good life.

_was born on three mile creek, three miles from Manchester, in 1810. In 1824, he came to Portsmouth, Ohio, and engaged in .mercantile business with his brother, James Lodwick. He continued in that till 1828, when he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and became a member e the firm of Barr, Lodwick & Co., dry goods dealers. In 1832, |} formed a partnership with Thomas Huff as Huff & Lodwick. They purchased the store of Graham & Clare at Second and Main streets. They continued their business for several months, and then moved it on a boat on the river. He closed ovt this business and then he and his brother, John.N., and two others bought the steamboat "Argo" and took her south aaa entered her in the Natchez and Shreveport trade. "Honesty" Joe Jones was one of the pilots. He kept the boat one season, made a lot of money and brought her back and sold her at Cincinnati. He then re-entered the dry goods trade, where he remained until 1842.

He bought a one-half interest in the steamboat "Sylph" with his brother, Capt. John N., and thcy ran her from Louisville to Owensboro, Ky., making two trips per week. The trade was profitable and they purchased the "Gallant,'' and put her in the same trade. They extended her trips to Henderson, twenty-four miles further. They sold the "Sylph" and ran the "Gallant"? on this trade for two years, when they. sold her. Captain Preston then built the "Swallow" and sold her in New Orleans. Then he built another boat and called her the "Argo." He took her to the Upper Mississippi, and sold her, and became a Captain on one of the hoats of the Northern line. Soon after, he went to Madison, Ind., ard superintended the building of a large steamboat called the Northern Light, for the Northern line. After that he returned to Cincinnati where he, Dayid Gibson and oth- ers built the "Prince of Wales," a fine steamboat. - She was sold to the southern trade, captured by the rebels-and burned. He bought the steamer "Kentucky" and ran her in the St. Louis and New Orleans trade. The rebellion coming on, his boat was impressed. After a time he escaped, and came north. He bought the interest of Captain Wm. McLain in the '"Bostona." She was burned and another built and he kept his interest till he sold out to Captains Wm. and Enos Moore. He bought an interest in the Arms & Wick Rolling, Mill in Portsmouth and dropped $80,coo in it. He again went to Cincinnati and commanded the steamer "Ohio"? for a while and then the Kanawha steamer, "Virgie Lee." He was associated with Captain W. W. Little in constructing the "Eldorador" in 1874. This. closed his steamboat career. He returned to Cincinnati and dealt in real estate there. He accumulated quite a fortune. He died at his home in Sedamsville, Ohio, November 16, 1887.

was born October 24, 1812, on the Col. John Means farm in Adams County, now owned by A. V. Hudson. As a boy he was very fond of fun and mischief according to his own accounts. He used to play all manner of tricks in school and out of it and sometimes came to grief. Notwithstanding his aptitude for mischief he thought he got a whipping too much when he was a school boy and he laid it up against the teacher, intending to whip him when he became a man. When he became a man he was mate on a steamboat, and the teacher came aboard the boat and recognized him. He:spoke very pleasantly to Mr. Lodwick but he was very gruff and told him he tntended to whip him the first time he saw him and as this was the first time the whipping was in order. Capt. Lodwick says that he got the best whipping then and there that he ever got in his life.

In 1826, he came to Portsmouth and attended the school taught by Erastus Dwyer for two years. He began life on a flat boat in 1828. At the age of 20, in 1832, he took the river and made a trip to New Orleans geil two flat boats loaded with pork, lard and bulk meat. The cargo was owned by Renich and Hurst of Circleville. In 1831, he began to learn the trade of 'ship carpenter under Archibald Gordon at Cincinnati. In 1832, he built the steamboat "Car-. roll" at Portsmouth for Gordon. In 1834, he was shipping clerk at Portsmouth for a canal boat line called the Troy and Erie. There were two boats a day for the line which was then considered a small business. In 1833, he went on the river as a mate on the "Helen Mar" under Captain Fuller.

He was captain of several different boats, and in 1836, he went as mate on the "Comanche" to New Orleans and Texas. When he arrived there the war for Texan Independence was going on and he joined a company of independent scouts, as he then believed them, but thinking over the matter for 50 years he thinks they were plain cattle thieves. 'Their business was to go into Mexico and steal cattle from the Mexicans and sell them to the Texan government. After the war, and some bouts with the Mexicans and Indians the Captain returned to New Orleans and continued on the river as captain and mate. :

In 1840, he was married to Elizabeth A. Stephens, of Wheeling and took up his home at Hawesville, Ky. He then owned one-fourth of the steam-boat "Pensacola" and was its Captain. She was sunk and he came down to mate again. In 1834, he came te Portsmouth and bought the "Sylph" of McDowell and Davis. The boat cost 32,700 and he did not have a dollar to pay for her. He took her to the Ilinois river and paid for her in six months. He bought a new boat, the "Gallant," and the purchaser of the "Sylph" sunk her on the first trip out. Captain Lodwick wore the "Gallant" out in the Louisville and Henderson trade. In 1833 he moved back to Portsmouth. He purchased the "Hamburg" and run between Portsmouth and Pomeroy. He was Captain and J. W. Vance was Clerk. Dr. A. B. Jones and Col. S. E. Varner were part owners with the Captain and Clerk.

On April 26, 1854, he was walking along the track of the Little Miami Railroad near its station in Cincinnati and was reading a paper as he walked. A switch engine with a baggage car attached was backing up and struck him and knocked him down in the middle' of the track. The baggage car passed over him but the fire box caught him and he was dragged 95 yards. He held on to the fire box and this saved his life. About all his ribs were broken loose and his jaw and nose were broken. His right arm was wrenched out of place and his left leg lacerated from hip to foot. He was laid up for twelve months. After this he bought a shoe store and run it for a while.

From 1856 to 1862, he was wharf master at Portsmouth, Ohio, and built a fine wharf boat, the first one ever at Portsmouth. During this time he was agent for the B. & O. Ry. In the year 1862, he sold his wharf boat to Thos. T. Yeager and went on the river and remained until 1868. He ran as Captain on all the "Bostonas" but the last one. In 1879-80 he served on the city Board of Equalization of Portsmouth and from 1883 to 1888, the time of his death, he was a member of the Board of Health of Portsmouth. In 1881 he was invited by his friend, A. W. Williamson to take a ride on the propeller, "W. F. Gaylord.'"'. When she was opposite Ashland in the night the tow boat "D- T. Lane'? was coming down. She ran the "Gaylord" down and'sunk her and the Captain was thrown into the river. He seized two board life preservers and floated down the river until he was picked up by the "Nellie T. Brown." The cook, Elizabeth Meade, was drowned.

After that the Captain stated that he had been blown up four times, sunk three times and run over by the railroad once. After his experience at Ashland he came to the conclusion that he was bound to die in bed; and was not born to be killed on the railroad or drowned in the river. However, he did die with his boots on, as he was found dead in his yard in March, 1888. He served on the Board of Health twelve years, and took a great interest in the work. After he had left the river for good, he became a member of the First Presbyterian church. In politics he was a Democrat, and ready to serve his party at all times, although he was not a strong partisan. In 1868 he opened a commission house on Pig Iron Corner. The same year he was a candidate for the position of wharf master and was defeated. He was also a candidate for Coroner in 1873.

He was a very strong patriot in the civil war, and when his son Blashford got up a company of volunteers, he spent $600 in equipping them. He had a fund of anecdotes entertaining enough to entertain a regiment at any time. He was one of the most agreeable companions and was greatly esteemed by all who knew him. He was one of the old fashioned steamboat captains, the generation of which has forever passed away.

was born near Vineland, Cumberland County, N. J., September 5, 1813. His father was James Lummis, and his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Wood, a native of Holland. His education was limited to the common schools of Cumberland County, N. J. When a youth of eighteen, he went to Wheeling, W. Va., where he served three years as an apprentice in a machine shop. At the age of twenty-one, he went to Hanging Rock, Ohio, and became an engineer for Mr. Dempsey. He worked here a time, then went to Tennessee, to a furnace, and worked for a man by the name of Peters, running a furnace engine. He did not like it there and returned to Portsmouth. Shortly after returning to Portsmouth, he was offered the place of engineer at Bloom Furnace, and went there and remained in the employment of the Bloom Furnace Company for twenty years. After leaving the furnace, he bought eighty-four acres of land in and near Webster. He built him a comfortable home in Webster and resided there until his death.

He married Elizabeth Chaffin, the daughter of Shadrach Chaffin of Vernon Township, February 4, 1849. She died in March, 1883. They had eight children, all of whom are. deceased, but three, Sarah E., wife of Simeon E.. Evans, of Jackson, Ohio: Jacob W., agent on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and. Postmaster at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., and Shadrach Chaffin, Treasurer of Custer County, South Dakota.

Mr. Lummis was always an abolitionist but acted with the Republican party. He had a talent for accumulation, and left a good estate at his death, September 5th, 1891. He was a religious man and a Christian. He was a member of the United Brethren church at South Webster, and one of its main pillars. He was a man of strong convictions. He examined a subject carefully and made up his mind. When once made up, nothing could prevent him. He was never idle a day in his life. He always found something to do. He was not only a good mechanical engineer, but a draughtsman as well. He built the engines for Ohio, Buckhorn and Bloom furnaces. When he took up farming he was just as busy at that as he had ever been before, and death struck him and took him while he was out in his field at work; but he had been ready for his call for years. Mr. Lummis was essentially a good citizen and a credit to the community in which he dwelt.

- was born in Staffordshire, England, in the year 1803. His father was a manufacturer of porcelain ware and pottery. john B. Maddock of the firm of John B. Maddock & Sons, of London, England, manufacturers of the widely known Maddock ware, is a brother. William learned the trade of a foundryman and machinist in Manchester, England. He was raised a Quaker and when he came to America in 1824, at the age of twenty-one, he wore the conventional Quaker dress. He first landed in Maine, but located in Detroit the next year and worked for a Mr. Pond in a foundry, but did not stay long.

He came to Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1826, and with money which 'his thoughtful mother had stowed away in a chest for him, similar to those brought by most emigrants to America, and with $600.00 borrowed from Judge William Salter he bought the lots where the Opera House now stands and built a woolen mill with a grist mill attached. After operating the mill in this way for some time he purchased the balance of the lots between Fourth and Fifth - strects, fronting on the east side of Chillicothe and built a foundry and machine shop. 'To these as side lines were attached mills for flour and linseed oil, so that he had a monopoly on the manufactures of the town. 'This foundry and machine shop was the first of the kind in Portsmouth. Maddock and Beyerly advertised in 1836 as manufacturers of sheet iron, and Stevenson and Maddock as foundry. He was connected with the foundry busincss until his death from apoplexy, May 11, 1865.

He was married in 1826, to Elizabeth Buffington and had nine children. John B., died June 29, 1898; Mary J., widow of Captain Charles A. Barton; Addean E., widow of Captain William Stoner ; William H., died December, 1897, was a mechanical engineer in

Pittsburg; Emma and James died in infancy; Charles R., United States Inspector of woolen goods-for army use at Chicago; Ida C., widow of Walter Mann, now living at Columbus, Ohio; Richard Cotton of Philadelphia, agent for the output of several knitting factories (stockings). Mrs. Elizabeth Maddock, wife of our subject died November 1, 1868, aged fifty-five years and nine months.

Our subject always retained his Quaker ideas, but attended the Episcopal church. He was a Whig and afterwards a strong Republican. When he died he left his business to his sons and $8,000 each to his daughters.

one of the twelve children of Benjamin Malone and Priscilla Guthrie, his wife, was born in Scioto Township, Ross County, Ohio, Nov. 20, 1820. His father was a native of Bedford County, Va., and emigrated to Lawrence County, Kentucky, near the Blue Lick Springs and afterwards to near Chillicothe, Ohio, about 1813. Shortly after arriving, he was asked to convey the news of peace to Detroit at the conclusion of the war with England. Three days after being asked, he started and made the journey on horseback. Benjamin Malone was born December 25, 1785, and died January 15, 1881. The mother of our subject was a daughter of William Guthrie, one of the pioneers of Pike County, who emigrated there from Pa. about 1799, and was married March 1, 1816.

Isaac Malone came to Scioto County when about 20 years of age and was married to Mary Ann Utt, daughter of John Utt, February, 1844. He lived awhile on Pond Creek and afterwards moved to Hygean Run and bought 138 acres of Scioto bottoms of George Davis which he continued to own until his death. Of the eight sons born to them, seven are now living: George, Frank, Joseph, Charles. Isaac, Fred and John. All daughters are living: Lizzie, wife of John L,. Hinze; Priscilla, wife of Frank Turner; Mary, wife of Carl Huber and Hattie, wife of Charles McMillen.

Samuel Marshall, his wife and four children were the first persons to settle permanently in Scioto County. They left Pittsburg in the summer of 1795, and went to Manchester where they remained till after Wayne's treaty. He then took the same boat he came down in and went up the river to opposite the mouth of Tygart creek in. Kentucky, where he landed and built the first log cabin in Scioto County.. His family consisted of himself, his wife Polly Marshall and her children: Labina Marshall, Jesse Marshall and Samuel Marshall, Jr. This was in March, 1796, when he located in Scioto County. His daughter, Nancy, did not come till the next year, and then as the wife of William Rollins. Labina married a Pyles, and she and Samuel Marshall, Jr., were living (August 2, 1873) in ie ison Township. The log cabin built by Samuel Marshall in 1796 was, when completed, the only one on either side of the river 'ties tween Gallipolis and Manchester.

John Lindsey and wife and children soon followed. They came from Manchester also. His children were Beulah who married George Edgington, John H., William, Oliver, Lemuel, Peter and James. Sallie Lindsey married Samuel Perry. John A. Lindsey and Polly Marshall were the first couple married in Scioto County, but when or where does not appear. 'They probably went to Kentucky. They built a cabin where the Scioto Furnace now stands. Samuel Marshall, Sr., had five children when he settled in Scioto County. <A daughter Fanny was the first white child born in Scioto County. She married George Shonkwiler, reared a large family and died at an advanced age.

was a son of Nathaniel Massie, of Goochland County, 'Virginia, and Elizabeth Watkins his wife, and was born February 7, 1768. His elder brother, General. Nathaniel Massie, founder of Manchester and Chillicothe, was born in 1763. His father was said to have been a Colonel in the Revolutionary War. He was well educated, but the place or extent of his education is unknown. - It is certain that among his educational acquirements was the science and art of surveying.

He followed his-brother, Nathaniel, to the Northwest Territory and became a land speculator. Like all men of his time, he was in the militia, and rose to the position of Major. He married Helen Bullitt, daughter of Colonel Alexander Scott Bullitt, one of the first settlers of Jcfferson County, Kentucky. No children were born to them, but they adopted four - two of his own nieces, and two of his _wife's nephews. The nieces were Constance Massie, who married

The nephews were Henry Massie Bullitt, son of Cuthbert Bullitt and Scott Bullitt, son of William Bullitt. He owned a large farm of 300 acres eight miles out of Louisville, Ky., which he called Ridgeway. 'There he built a beautiful home, from which he dispensed a generous hospitality all his life. He was married about 1807. He spent considerable time in Chillicothe, Ohio, and prior to his marriage, in Adams County, but Ridgeway was always his home.

His widow re-married twice - first to Major John L. Martin, and second to Colonel Marshall Key, of Mason County, Ky., and is buried at Oxmore.

Henry Massie came to the site of Portsmouth as eariy as 1798. He saw what others failed to see, that Alexandria was predestined to failure, and undertook to purchase lands on higher grounds on the eastern side of the Scioto, but he was not the first one to appreciate the site of Portsmouth.

Jeremiah' McLean, Nathaniel Willis, William Lawson, and Thomas Parker had all of them entered the lands he wanted, before him. As four of them were non-rcsidents he did not have much trouble with them, and William Lawson, the only resident yielded quickly. He bought them out in 1802, but the lands were not patented, to him until August 4, 1806, when he received his patent from the United States for fractional sections, 17, 18, 19 and 20, 'Township 1, Range 21 and fractional sections 1 and 2, 'Township 1, Range 22.

This covers all the land\on which the orignial town of Ports- - mouth was located by him, in May, 1803, and hence any one who has real estate in Portsmouth and can trace it clear to Henry Massie has a good title. His patent embraced 2,024 and 26-100 acres.

He dedicated in-lots 130 and 143, where the Second street school house now stands, and' out-lot 39, where the Fourth street school house now stands, to the public schools. He dedicated lots 3, 146 and 147 on Second and Market streets for public purposes, and they were so used for many years.

On March 8, 1800, he deeded in-lot 31 to the Commissionérs for building a court house. It is in the center block, on the south side of Second street, between Court and Market.

When he made the town plat he left all land south of the present Front street vacant, and made no indications of his intentions in respect to the same.