Scioto County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (1 of 2 so headed), 1903 (part 10 of 15)

He was married August 8, 1874 to Catharine J. Duplain, a daughter of Francis Duplain an iron worker, who came to 'Portsmouth about 1872 from Switzerland. By this marriage they have eight children, three sons and five daughters, all living: Josephine, Mary, Margaret, Albert, Victor, Winnibald, was born May 3, 1842 near Wheelersburg, Ohio. His father was William Montgomery, by occupation a miller, and his mother's maiden name was Nancy Beloat, a daughter of Walter Beloat of Northampton, Virginia. She died Jan. 3, 1890 in her ninety-second year. His father was a native of Scioto county, and was born at Burke's Point, and died April 6, 1869, in his seventy-first year. His grandfather, also William Montgomery, was one of the first settlers in the county. He was an expert hunter and spent a great deal of his time-in the county in hunting game for the French settlers in Green township. He also built the Giant Oak Mills, now owned by George Dixon.

Mr. Montgoméry enjoys the distinction of having lived in the same community all his life time. He was a farmer's boy until August 5, 1861, when he enlisted in Company A, 38rd O. V. I., commanded by Captain Samuel Currie, and served three years, At the battle of Resaca, Georgia, May 16, 1864, he was wounded in the right wrist with a minie-ball. The wound was not apparently dangerous, but it gangrened and disabled his right arm for life. Every time he looks at his right hand and right wrist, he is reminded of his army service. Notwithstanding his desperately injured arm, he remained in the service until December 29 1864, when he was discharged. He came home and took up the life of a farmer, which he has followed ever since. He had one brother in the 39th O. V. I., who died in the service May 31, 1865.

Our subject has made his home with his sister, Mrs. Mary Montgomery, since 1861. Her husband was McLean Montgomery, who enlisted August 5, 1861, in Company A, 33rd O. V. I., was made a sergeant, August 27, 1861, and died November 1, 1864, of wounds received August 13, 1864, in a battle near Atlanta, Georgia. They had two children: Ella, wife of John Fritz, of Dogwood Ridge; Anna, married Byron James, living at Rockford, Illinois. He had another sister, Cynthia, who married Jesse Rowley, and died leaving a family. His sister Sarah, married Joseph Hopkins, and died leaving a family.

Our subject having lost a brother, and a brother-in-law by death in the service, and having been severely wounded and disabled from the effects of his wound, naturally is patriotic. He has had object lessons in patriotism which he can never forget. There is no citizen of Scioto county who is prouder of his army service, or has more reason to be. His heart is warm to every comrade of the Civil war: He is a man highly esteemed by his neighbors. He had no religious connections until about three years since, when he became a Seventh Day Adventist. He is a republican in his political views, and has been such all his life.

In his own neighborhood where he is well known, Mr. Montgomery is highly esteemed as an honest man and a good neighbor. Even the tongue of the gossiping busy-body can not find material here for evil speaking. He minds his own business strictly, religiously attends the services of his own church, looks after his farming interests and other business matters in a quiet, gentlemanly, unobtrusive way, and comes as near having absolutely no enemies as any man that can be found. Although he went to war in 1862, and carries a hand almost useless from the effects of Confederate bullets, yet he is a man of peace. He lives unmarried at his ancestral home on Dogwood Ridge, enjoying the products of his fertile lands, and surrounded on all sides by appreciative friends.

was born February 22, 1870, at Wheelersburg, Ohio. His parents are John and Anatolie (Wolford) Mooney. His mother was a daughter of Joseph Wolford. Our subject was the eighth in a family of twelve children. He received his education in Wheelersburg, Ohio, and graduated in the schools there in 1889. Then he taught school for six years in Scioto county, four years of which was at the Ball school house, one year on the West Side and one year in Green township, above Powellsville. In 1895, he entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and attended four years. He graduated in the medical course in 1900. In June, 1900, he began the practice of medicine at Wheelersburg and at Haverhill. In October, 1900, he located at Waverly and has practiced there ever since. He is a republican in his political views, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a Blue Lodge Mason, a member of Western Sun Lodge No. 91, at ere the Chapter at Ann Arbor Michigan, and the Council at Chilicothe.

Dr. Mooney is the fortunate possessor of a sunny disposition, a genial manner and good address which quickly wins the confidence and good will of every one he meets. This rare endowment combined with a stalwart frame and ambition for professional success is of most favorable augury for a high standard of excellence in his chosen profession.

was born December 22, 1833, in Washington township, where .he now lives. His father was Evan Moore. His mother's maiden name was Cynthia Pyles, daughter of John Pyles. His parents had two children: Clinton and our subject. His father was a farmer, and died in May, 1834, of the cholera, in Washington township. His mother died in 1859. He attended the district schools, and has always been a farmer. He owns 157 1-2 acres of land.

He was married the first time February 10, 1859, to Lavina Dole, and she died in September, 1866. By this marriage there' were two children: Mary Elizabeth, who married William Vaughters, and died leaving two children; and James Moore, now in California. Our subject was. married the second time to Lydia Mapes. They have eight children. Lavinia, married John Compton, and lives in Friendship; Enos, lives on the farm; Zora, married Harry Vaughters, son of George A. Vaughters; Maude, married Ed. Bodemer, and lives on Carey's Run; Ethel, Claude, Earl and John at home. Mr. Moore was first a whig, but voted for John C. Fremont and has been a republican since.

was born November 28,1827, in Harrison county, West Virginia. His father was Snoch Moore and his mother's:maiden name was Rodah Ward. His grandfather was Enoch Moore, Sr., and a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His father died when he was five years of age and he was bound to Joseph Goodman, of West Virginia. He came to Ohio in 1846, and lived there till 1852, when he removed to Greenup county, Kentucky, and lived there until 1854, when he again removed to Scioto county, where he has lived since. Our subject served in Company F, 140th O. V. I. from May 2, 1864, to September 3, 1864, when he was mustered out with the company.

He is a republican in his views and is a believer in the Baptist doctrines, though not a member of the church. He was married March 30, 1847, to Susan Bennett, by whom he has two children: Ephraim now residing in Argentine, Kansas; and Jessie married to Rolla E. Bennett, residing near Harrisonville, Ohio. George W. Moore is well known in his county as an upright, honest man. As a contractor, he was fairly successful. His plain, blunt, sincere, kind-hearted ways endeared him to his friends.

was born June 9, 1842, in Cardiganshire, Wales. His father was John D. Morgan. and his mother was Margaret Evans. They had eight children, of whom our subject was the fifth. His father was a hatter by occuption. The family left Wales in 1848, and located in Madison township, Jackson county, where John was reared on a farm until he was eleven years old. In 1856, the family moved to Greenfield township, Gallia county, Ohio, where John remained with his father until 1864. He enlisted in Company EH, 179th O. V. I. as a private, September 2, 1864, for one year and was discharged June 17, 1865. .The entire service of the regiment was at Nashville, Tennessee.

In 1865, at the close of the war, he returned home and determined to get an education. He engaged in farming and attended school at Ewington, Ohio, for seven terms. He taught school for two years, one in Gallia and one in Lawrence county. He went to Duff's: College at Pittsburg and learned bookkeeping. From there he went to Olive Furnace and took charge of the furnace store and did part of the book-keeping. He came to Portsmouth, January 1, 1873, and commenced to keep books for John Jones, the plumber. He was with him until 1880. He went to Jackson and was engaged there in the Tropic Iron Company. He remained with them two years, and came back to Portsmouth, and kept books for the Portsmouth Brewing Company, until 1884. In 1885, he returned to Jackson and became superintendent of the Tropic Iron Company at Oak Hill, and has been so engaged ever since. He was a stockholder and director of the Tropic Iron Company while it was in existence. He resides in Portsmouth, Ohio, at the corner of Eleventh and Lincoln streets, and returns home at the close of each week.

He was married to' Jane Herbert, of Oak Hill, Ohio, November 19, 1874. His children are: Jane Herbert, at home; John Stanton, at home, graduated from the Rio Grande College iin 1902; James, a book-keeper at Olive Furnace. He is a republican and a member of the Sixth Street Methodist Episcopal church.

was born at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, February 21, 1816, the son of Benjamin Morris and Hannah Stout, his wife. In 1828, he came to Ohio with his parents, floating down the Ohio river in a boat of his father's own construction, and set- tled at New Richmond. There he grew to manhood, receiving his education in the public schools. His father was a blacksmith and iron-worker, but the son early developed a talent for machinery. He soon became a skilled artisan, millwright and draftsman. He had few, if any, superiors in this region as a millwright, and his skill in this line was in great demand from central Kentucky on the south, to Put-in-Bay on the north. Along about 1840, Mr. Morris went from Rockport, Ky. where he was at work at his trade, to Lawrenceburg, Indiana. There for some time he was engineer of a large distillery and flour mill combined, but 1850 found him back to New Richmond. March 31, 1858, he came to Scioto county to superintend the erection of the Davis distillery and flouring mill at Union Mills.

While his coming was for that purpose solely, events so shaped themselves that he made the West Side his permanent home. At Lawrenceburg, Ind. he first met Miss Josephine McQuiston, who was born at Cincinnati, the very year Mr. Morris, a lad of twelve years, came to Ohio. On January 8, 1844, they were married and for forty-eight years their lives were as one. She survived him and resides at the old homestead on the West Side. Mrs. Morris's father, John McQuiston, was born in Scotland. He was a cousin of Gov. Thomas Hendricks of Indiana. Her mother, whose maiden name was Margaret Scott was a cousin of Gen. Winfield Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Morris had ten children. Two, Albert S., and Armel died in infancy, and one, Louisa R., died at the age of nineteen. The others are still living. They are: John M., who now resides at Columbus; Mrs. Josephine Calver, widow of the late Timothy Calver; Mrs. Amanda Calvert wife of Thomas G. Calvert of the West Side; Miss Luella and Harry R. (whose sketch appears elsewhere); Mrs. Clara Cummings, wife of A. J. Cummings of Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Nora M. Ball, wife of Judge Harry Ball, of Portsmouth. John M. Morris, the oldest child was but sixteen years old when the Civil war broke out, but he enlisted in Battery L and served three years.

In politics Stout Morris was an ardent republican. He never aspired to political office and the only position of public trust he held was that of school director. In religion, he was a firm believer in the doctrines of the Baptist church and he gave much of his life and efforts to the up-building of that church. Mr. Morris died September 23, 1890. He was a man of large ability and counted among his intimate friends and associates, many of the prominent and influential business and professional men of this community. His many noble acts, his constant regard for the advancement and welfare of others, his many kind words and deeds secured him the affection of the people. The influence for good that he then had upon his community lives and is felt today.

was born January 17, 1861 in Washington township. His father was Stout Morris, and his mother was Josephine McQuiston. He is the eighth of the eleven children of his parents. He was educated in the schools in his vicinity, and in the Portsmouth schools. At the age of eighteen, he went into the employment of Davis & Co. as a dry gauger at the distillery and was employed there for three years. At the age of twenty-one, he went into the store of Davis & Son at Union Mills, and was in that employment for three years. For one year more, he was with Spellacy & Company, contractors. He then became a farmer and has continued such ever since. He was married November 15, 1888, to Minnie Wilkins, the daughter of the late E. P. Wilkins, of Rush township. They have three children: Hthel, Inez and Alma. They lost one son, Harry in infancy. Mr. Morris is a republican. He is a member of the Baptist church, in Portsmouth, Ohio. The only order he belongs to is the A. O. U. W. Mr. Morris is a man of sensitive nature and deep feeling. He is of the strictest integrity - faithful and true in all things. His word is as good as his bond, and the latter is good for any amount for which he will give it. He would make no obligations he could not pay. His convictions are clear strong and well-defined; accommodating and obliging, it is impossible for him to do too much for his friends.

was born July 23, 1846, in Rockville, Adams county, Ohio. His father was David Morrison, and his mother's maiden name was Martha Mitchell, a daughter of

Judge David Mitchell, formerly an Associate Judge of Scioto county. When he was five years old his parents moved to Covington, Kentucky, and he resided there until the year 1859. In 1859, his parents moved to the farm, where he afterwards resided and where he died.

He attended school while in Covington and at the Elm Tree school house until he was eighteen years of age, when he entered the military service of the United States in Company D, 173 O. V. I., on August 25, 1864. He was appointed Second Lieutenant Sept. 17, 1864, and was promoted to First Lieutenant Dec. 14, 1864, and mustered out with his Company June 26, 1865. When he returned from the service, he remained on the farm with his mother, then a widow, until he was married, February 1, 1870, to Miss Elizabeth McMasters, a daughter of James McMasters of Sandy Springs. He continued to reside on his mother's farm until 1875. In the fall of that year he began to travel as commercial salesman for J. L. Hibbs & Co., and then moved to Portsmouth. He resided in Portsmouth, Ohio, until July, 1864, employed as a salesman for Hibbs & Co., in the business of selling shoes, and a part of the time he was a partner.

In the year of 1884, he returned to the home farm in Nile township, and at the same time began as a commercial salesman with J. W. Thorne & Co., of Cincinnati in the shoe business. He resided on the farm until the spring of 1894, when he removed to Cincinnati and resided on Walnut Hills until 1898. He returned to the farm in 1899 and lived there until his death. He remained with J. W. Thorne & Co., until 1894, and then went into partnership with D. B. Sachs, in the firm of Sachs, Morrison & Co., in the clothing business. He was in that business until 1898, and then traveled for the firm of Stern, Auer & Co., in the clothing business, until the fall of 1899, when he gave up business as a commercial traveler.

About November 1899, he developed symptoms of Bright's disease, which caused his death on November 13, 1901. Mr. Morrison was a man of great in- _dustry, energy and enterprise. He had one of the largest and finest farms in the Ohio valley; and had placed on it a large, convenient residence. He was a man full of enthusiasm for everything which he undertook. He could have remained in the occupation as a commercial salesman as long as his health would have permitted and could command a handsome salary at any time. He had a wonderful influence over the men connected with him by business relations. As a farmer he was energetic and tireless. An inspection of his lands would demonstrate to anyone that he was a model farmer. He was a most excellent neighbor, a good friend and a good citizen. In his politics he was a republican, but never sought office nor would accept one. In his religious views he was a Presbyterian, and a member of the Sandy Springs Presbyterian church from 1870 until his removal to Portsmouth. In the latter city he was connected with the Second Presbyerian church.

He left quite a large family. His oldest son, William Kepner was born Dec. 14, 1870, and had grown up to be one of the finest young men in the county. He was taking care of his father's farm, and was conducting it in the very best manner. He was an active, energetic, enterprising, young man, respected and admired by all who knew him. On July 8, 1894, he was accidentally shot in the head by a farm hand with a Flobert rifle and died within twenty-four hours. At the time of his death he was engaged to Miss Alwena Caden. Our subject had one other son, his youngest, Roy, who died Jan. 28, 1897, aged ten months and fifteen days. His other children were daughters as follows: Martha Bell, widow of Dr. Charles Adams of Vanceburg, Kentucky; Susan Beard, wife of Morris Coe, residing in Nile township; Blanche, wife of Dr. Joseph C. Williamson of Sciotoville; Fannie, Annie and Bessie, residing at home with their mother.

the third son of David and Martha Mitchell Morrison, was born at Covington, Kentucky, June 18, 1851. When he was six years old the family returned to the old Mitchell home in Nile township, Scioto. county, Ohio. He attended school at Elm Tree school house and obtained his education there. He was a traveling salesman, and began as such in 1880 for J. L. Hibbs & Company, of Portsmouth. He traveled for them two years, then with McFarland, Sanford & Company, of Portsmouth, Ohio; for Vorheis, Miller & Rupel, of Cincinnati, Ohio: for Jacob & Sachs, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and for Sanford, Storrs & Varner.

James H. Morrison

James Morrison was a republican, but took no active part in political affairs. On November 3, 1874, he was married to Miss Ara B. McCall, daughter of Henry McCall, of Nile township, Scioto county, Ohio. There are two children living: Louise, aged sixteen and James Hines, aged twelve. His son, Henry McCall, volunteered in the Spanish War in April, 1898, in Company H, Fourth O. V. I. The regiment was sent to Porto Rico and when about to return, he was taken sick and died on board the Hospital ship Missouri October 26, 1898, and was buried at sea. He was but nineteen years old at the time of his death.

Our subject was attacked by Bright's disease in September, 1899. He suffered with it for two years and died September 23, 1901. He enjoyed the fullest confidence of all his employers. He was one of the best salesmen who ever followed that vocation. He was a good father and a good neighbor and his death was a great shock to all his friends and a great loss to all connected with him.

was born in Brown county, Ohio, five miles north of Georgetown, December 25, 1853. His father was John W. Morrow, and his mother was Marilla Staten, daughter of George W. Staten, the mother of sixteen children, of whom our subject is the eldest. She is living yet in Brown county., His grandfather William Morrow came from Ireland. His paternal grandmother was a native of this state. His father was a farmer and died in 1901. Andrew was educated in the Georgetown schools up till he was twenty-one years of age. He was married July 18, 1813 to Blizabeth Ellis, daughter of Duncan Ellis. There were three children of this marriage, Carrie, the only one living. She was married to a Mr. Gould, near Feesburg, Brown county, Ohio. His first wife died on June 2, 1889 and he was married again to Miss Mary Ellen Wilson, in Scioto county. Since 1891 he has been in the livery and cattle business at Georgetown, Ohio, also at Otway and Rarden. Hie moved to Portsmouth, February, 1901, and went into the livery business at 531, Gallia street. He was in business there for one year and then went into partnership with Thomas Haley under the firm name of Morrow & Haley. In his political views, he is a democrat. He is a member of the Methodist church, of the Red Men and Odd Fellows.

was born at Blessington, county Wicklow, Ireland, January 21, 1834. His father, Edward Mulligan, was educated for the priesthood and was a student at Maynooth College. He was a very intelligent man and gave his son a taste for reading and good literature. Our subject was the third of six children, one son and five daughters. He received his education in Ireland. In 1847, he came to the United States and landed at New Orleans. He went to Cincinnati and his father went into a stove factory there. In 1852 he and his father came to Portsmouth and secured employment in R. Bell's shoe factory and worked with him as long as he run the factory. He was then in business with Ed Kenrick for a short time. He worked in the shoe factory Henry Padan started and from there went to work for Drew, Selby & Company and worked there until 1892 when he stopped all work on account of bad health.

He was married August 27, 1867 to Miss Mary Ann Bannon. He and his wife made a trip to Ireland in May, 1894. The people at his old home in Ireland were amazed at the memory he had of the events of his childhood. He was a communicant of the Roman Catholic church from boyhood. He and Mr. Stanton purchased the cemetery for the Holy Redeemer church. He cast his' first vote for Abraham Lincoln, but afterwards was a democrat. He died December 31, 1895. He was a very witty man and a great reader of politics and history. He was a good and true friend, wherever he made one. He was intensely pious and greatly devoted to his church. To know him was to like him. He was very tender hearted and his sympathies were easily roused and interested. He was single-handed and simple-minded. Such a matter as overreaching a neighbor would never occur to him. He was plain and straightforward with every one. To him all things were pure and good and evil never had any place in his mind, His life was an example of what a Christian's should be, was born in Green township, Adams county, October 16, 1847, son of David Whittaker Murphy and his wife, Cynthia McCall. In 1849, his father moved to Buena Vista, in Scioto county. He attended the district school until he was fifteen years of age, and had the advantage of the township library, kept at his father's home, and he read all its books. In 1851, he took his first lesson in merchandising in the store of Major W. C. Henry. In 1862, he worked on a farm for six months. In 1863, he was employed as a foreman by Caden Brothers for six months. On September 16, 1863, he came to Portsmouth and entered the house of C. P. Tracy & Company, wholesale shoe-merchants, and for thirty-six years, from that time to December 1, 1901 was connected with it. From 1868, he was a partner in the same house until December 1, 1901, when he retired and formed the Murphy Shoe Company with a capital of $60,000, of which he is the president, Arthur Murphy, his son, viee president and John M. Wendelken, secretary and treasurer.

Mr. Murphy has always been a republican in his political views but has steadily declined to be a candidate for any office. He never served in a public appointment, but that of jury commissioner of his county from 1894 to 1897. He has been a member of Bigelow M. E. church since his residence in Portsmouth. He has been a steward of that church for thirty years and superintendent of its Sunday school for four years.

He was married February 2, 1870, to Mary Katharine, daughter of the late Daniel McIntire, who in former years was a prominent contractor and builder in Portsmouth. He has four children, Laura, wife of Louis D. McCall, of Chicago; Dr. Charles T. Murphy of the same place; Arthur Lee, now in business with him, and Julia Alice, residing at home.

Mr. Murphy, while confined closely to his adopted city by his business, yet finds time to read much and, keep thoroughly abreast with the times. He is a steady and hard worker in his business and in the activities of his church, but every summer he takes a vacation of two to four weeks in which he rests himself by following the pursuit of fishing. He is an-enthusiastic disciple of Isaac Walton.

Mr. Murphy believes that the highest duty to man is to perform well, every day, and from day to day, the obligations before him in business, in society, in the church and in municipal and state affairs. In following this guiding principle for over thirty years, he had aided in building up one of the most substantial business houses in the state. In following up this principle in the church, he has been an important factor in maintaining one of the most flourishing Methodist Episcopal churches in the country, and for himself has established a character in business circles and in the state, of which both he and his associates in business, his friends in the church and his fellow citizens may well be proud. In all matters, his word is as good as his bond and the latter is equal to the gold standard all the time. [Since the above was written Mr. Murphy has been compelled to retire from active business life on account of failure in his health caused by overwork. He still retains his former interest in the Murphy Shoe Company which is managed by other members of the company. | son of John C. Musser and Isabel E. Jones, was born September 28, 1856, and has resided all his life in Portsmouth. His grandfather, John Musser, came to to this city from Pennsylvania in the early part of the century. The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools of 'Portsmouth, graduated from the High School with the class of 1875. At the age of nineteen, in the winter after his graduation he began teaching school, his first year's work being in Greenup county, Kentucky. The two years following he taught in Green township, Scioto county, and the next year, 1878-9, he taught at the historic "red school house,' just east of Portsmouth in Clay township, closing his career as a ae a in 1880 as principal of the High School, at Hamden Junction, Vinton county. :

From the time of giving up school work until the spring of 1881 he was employed in newspaper work as a reporter and compositor. In April, 1881 he became deputy under George L. Dodge, County Auditor, serving in that capacity until September, 1887, at which time he assumed the office of Auditor, having been elected the previous year as the Republican candidate over Laban W. Elliott, the Democratic candidate. Re-elected Auditor in 1889 over Wesley Reddish, he completed his second term in that office in 1893.

During his service as deputy and as Auditor, Mr. Musser devised and put into use entirely new systems in the management of that office, and in connection with the County Treasurer, Charles Kinney arranged a system of accounting between the Auditor's and Treasurer's offices. To: such an extent was the work of the office systematized by him, that at the completion of his term the Auditor's office was regarded as a model for the State, and largely to the methods inaugurated by Mr. Musser, and which have been continued by his efficient successors, is due the fact that the offices of the County Auditor and County Treasurer of Scioto county are regarded as probably the most systematic and best conducted offices in the state. In addition to this, in connection with the County Commissioners, he devised the plan of funding the bonded indebtedness of the eounty, making a levy for the annual payment of a portion of the debt, the continuance of which plan to the present time, has resulted in the payment of the entire indebtedness of the county.

In 1893, Mr. Musser was elected to Council from the Sixth ward. Prior to the expiration of his term the Seventh ward was constructed of territory embracing his residence, and at that time, having engaged in newspaper work, he declined a re-election. Immediately after retiring from the Auditor's office Mr. Musser engaged in newspaper work, purchasing the Portsmouth Tribune. This proved an unprofitable venture, and after three years, in January, 1897, the control of the paper was sold to J. E. Valjean. In the years 1897 and 1898, Mr. Musser was employed as expert accountant by the Auditor of State, making an examination of the county offices of Holmes county, which resulted in disclosures causing the County Auditor of that county to become a fugitive from justice.

In 1899. Mr. Musser prepared the maps of the city of Portsmouth, and of the portion of Scioto county east of the Scioto river for the decennial appraisement of 1900, and has since followed up the work of map making and preparing abstracts of land: titles in which work he has become an expert. In addition to this, he is entrusted with the large property interests, in this city and county, of a number of non-residents. He has a pleasant suite of pemeee at 48, West Second street, corner Washington.

On December 29, 1885 Mr. Musser was united in marriage with Elona R. Oakes, the youngest daughter of Joshua Oakes, the drain-tile manufacturer of Haverhill, and now resides with his wife and two daughters, Ethel and Isabel at 135 West Fourth street, 'Portsmouth, O.

was born July 9, 1876 in the city of 'Portsmouth, Ohio. He is the son of Jacob Myer, now deceased, and Rosa (Loeb) Myer, both of whom were born in Rhenish, Germany. His boyhood was. spent at Portsmouth attending the Primary, Grammar and High Schools there and he was graduated from the last named at the age of seventeen, with the highest percentage ever attained by a student at that school. Immediately upon graduation from the High School, he removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, with his mother and sister. He entered the Cincinnati Law School, completing the three years course in two years and was graduated in 1896, receiving the highest percentage of the class, at the same time being the youngest, 19 years of age. Compelled to wait two years before being admitted to the bar, because of his being undér twenty-one, during the interval he was associated with Judge Clement Bates of the Cincinnati Bar in editing the Revised Statutes of Ohio; and was sole editor of the second edition of the same.

under the firm name of Bates & Myer. Mr. Myer is a man of extensive reading, both in and out of his profession, with a memory of great retentiveness united with unusual analytical and practical powers. He is already recognized as one of the most thorough lawyers of the younger bar of Cincinnti,,of prominent ability and untiring energy, and he is winning ever year a more and more responcid class of business and a brilliant future is anticipated for him by his brother awyers, was born April 5, 1866 at Curlisville, Pennsylvania. . His father was Miles Ross. Myers, and his mother's maiden name was Jane Henderson. His parents had five children of whom our subject was the second. He lived in Pennsylvania until he was sixteen years of age. He attended the common schools there, and at the Ohio Normal University, at Ada, Ohio. He graduated in the scientific course in 1886, and inthe law course in 1889. In the year 1888, he taught school in the state of Mississippi. He was married December 31, 1888, to Minerva Parker, daughter of A. C. Parker, of Cambridge, Ohio. She died May 23, 1902.

Mr. Myers located in Greenup, Ky., in August, 1890, where he was the superintendent of the schools in Greenup for three years, and was also County School Examiner for the same time. He was admitted to the bar in Kentucky in 1892. He began his practice in the same year and formed a partnership with Col. W. J. Worthington, afterwards Lieutenant Governor of the State. Hie was elected to the Legislaure in 1897, as a republican, by a majority of 160 votes to represent Greenup county. He served but two years. He was chairman of the Republican House Caucus. He was on the committee of Judiciary, Kentucky Statutes, Court of Appeals, State Prisons, House of Reform, and the Circuit Court. He left Kentucky in March, 1898, and located in Portsmouth, Ohio, to practice his profession. From May 18, 1902, until September 16, 1902, he was absent from the city of Portsmouth, in the west, and his sketch, not being furnished in that period of time, does not appear amongst the Bar of Scioto County, where it should properly appear, and for that reason it appears here.

was born June 22, 1834, at Gallipolis, Ohio, the eldest son and child of Hon. Simeon Nash and Cynthia Smith, his wife. His father was a native of South Hadley, and his mother was a native of Granby, Mass. They were married in 1832, and he went to Gallipolis, and she followed the next year. Our subject attended the public schools in Gallipolis and Gallia Academy until 1849, when he went to Mariette College and remained until the fall of 1852, having completed the sophomore year. His health broke down and he was compelled to leave, and in February, 1853, he went into Derby's book store in Cincinnati, and was there until June, 1856. In October of that year, he started a book store of his own in Gallipolis, and remained there until 1859.

He was married to Sarah 8. Forsythe, daughter of James Forsythe, January 1, 1857, at Junior furnace, by the Rev. Dan Young. There was but one child of this marriage, a daughter, Catharine, born July, 1858.

In the spring of 1860, he moved to Empire furnace, and taught school there until the spring of 1861. On June 1, 1861, he entered the United States service as telegraph operator at Parkersburg, W. Va. On June 22, 1861 he became a confidential cipher operator for General McClellan, and went to Clarksburg. He served in this capacity until November, 1862. On November 28, 1862, he was commissioned a Commissary of Subsistence of the Volunteers, with the rank of Captain, and served as such until December 15, 1865. He was then appointed as Commissary of Subsistence in the Regular army, with rank as Captain, until July 14, 1890, when he was promoted to Major. He was made Lieutenant Colonel June 10, 1896, and was made Colonel and Assistant Commissary General, February 4, 1898. He was promoted to Commissary General of Subsistence with the rank of Brigadier General of the United States army, April 21, 1898.

He retired May 2, 1898, and has been residing in Columbus, at No. 43, Lexington Avenue, ever since. During the Civil war he served with Gen. Sheridan and Gen. Crook, in the Army of the Cumberland, in the entire Chickamauga campaign, was ordered to West Virginia, April, 1864, and was in Hunter's liynchburg campaign. After that he was in the Kanawha valley until November, 1865, when he served in Texas, from March, 1866 until March, 1868. He was chief commissary of the department of Texas. From 1867 to 1869, he was in Washington city. From 1869 to 1870, he was purchasing commissary of subsistence in Cincinnati. He also served in New Mexico, Omaha, Nebraska, Louisville, Ky., Cheyenne, Wyoming, Boston, Mass., from 1880 to 1881. In Washington city from 1882 to 1884 in New Orleans from 1885 to 1888, in Fortress Monroe in 1889. He then was sent to Vancouver Barracks, Washington, and was there from January 1, 1890, to April, 1897, and then at St. Louis from 1897 to April 21, 1898, and later in Washington city to May 2, 1898. He was then made Brigadier General without his request. When he was at Vancouver, he was chief commissary under General Elwell S. Ottis.

His wife died in 1891, and he was married a second time to Mrs. Mary Maxon Wilson, February 22, 1892. She was the widow of Theodore Wilson, at Gallipolis, and a daughter of Dr. Darius Maxon, of Gallipolis, and a granddaughter of Gen. Louis Newsom. j

Here is what a long time friend and intimate acquaintance of General Nash says of him, "He is slightly above average height, spare of person, grey eyes, with a philosophical, argumentative cast of countenance; a man of marked clerical and executive ability; of prepossessing manners, courteous and refined, and with a wonderful fund of information on all sorts of subjects, especially of a political or historical character; of fine education and thoroughly alive to all questions of the moment, whether of church or state; fluent of expression in either writing or speaking; most excellent company, humorous, instructive and entertaining, agreeable in temper, esthetical and tactfully discriminating in all the proprieties and amenities of social intercourse, a true believer in Christianity, a good friend with a good honest heart and stable in general character."

Here is what General J. F. Weston, Commissary General, says of him: "Genial and companionable as a man, he always gave a soldierly deference to his military superiors; vested at times with grave and pressing responsibilities his trust was always discharged with fidelity to the public interests."

He died December 2, 1902, at his home in Columbus, Ohio, of sciatic rheumatism. He was given military honors in his funeral and was laid to rest at Gallipolis, Ohio, among his people.

was born March 12, 1844, in Harrisonville, Scioto county, Ohio. His father was Matthew Neary, a native of Ireland, and his mother's maiden name was Ann Vangorder. She was a native of New York. They were married in Tioga county, New York, and settled in Harrison township, Scioto county, Ohio, in 1834. They had nine children, of whom our subject was the fifth. He received a common. school education and was raised on the farm. He enlisted in Company F, 9ist O. V. I., August 6, 1862, at the age of eighteen, for three years, and was mustered out with the company, June 24, 1865. He was not wounded but was captured at Winchester, Virginia, July 24, 1864, and was a prisoner at Libby, Danville, Lynchburg, and Belle Isle, and was then paroled to be exchanged.

For two years after the war, he followed the occupation of farming and then became a foreman for contracting on public works and was that and a turn pike contractor much of the time until 1890, since then, he has been a farmer. He has been a trustee and assessor of Harrison township. He was elected county commissioner in 1899, and took the office in September, 1900.

In 1871, he was married to Hester A. Tibbs. He had a daughter Florence, who lived to be two years and eight months old. She died of typhoid fever, October 5, 1876, and his wife died on October 9, following. He was married a sec- ' ond time in,1889, to Lizzie E. Humphreys, a daughter of Benjamin H. Humphreys. They have one child, Edna, aged ten. Mr. Neary was a democrat until 1883, when he became a republican, and has been such since. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant church at Shumway chapel. He is a Mason. He is a liberal-minded public-spirited citizen. He is practical in all his ideas, and as a public officer he does the best for the public interests, Knowing, as he does, all about the construction of public roads, from having built them, he knows how, as a public officer, to best preserve them.

was born June 2, 1823, in the county of Londonderry, Ireland. His father was James Neill, and his mother's maiden name was Jane Gordon. His parents were natives of Ayrshire, Scotland. His father and mother had five children, Thomas who located in Wheeling; James; Nancy, who married James Brown, of Philadelphia; Jane, who married Arthur Glasgow, of Guernsey county, Ohio; and John our subject. His father died when he was eight months old. At the age of five

Mr. Neill attended school at Wheeling until he was sixteen years of age, when he learned to be a moulder. He was in the apprenticeship for three years under John Woodcock. At the age of twenty, he went to Zanesville, and worked one year. August 18, 1844, he was married in Zanesville, Ohio, to Elizabeth Richardson, daughter of Jeremiah D. Richardson and Rebecca Pritchett Richardson. She was born November 2, 1825. Immediately after they were married, he bought a foundry at Laurel, Indiana. He remained there two years, and then sold out. He located in Cincinnati and worked in the W. C. Davis foundry, as foreman for five years.

He came to Portsmouth in the spring of 1853, and purchased the Chandler foundry, located on the northeast corner of Massie and Front streets. He formed - a partnership with Henry Eberhart, under the firm name of Neill & Eberhart, and they continued the foundry business as partners until 1865, when he sold his interest to Eberhart. At the same time he bought out the business of Harris and Terry, on Chillicothe street, just north of the present opera house. He carried on that business until 1870, when he bought the foundry site on Seventh street, and built a foundry there. Mr. Neill bought the Dr. Hempstead property in 1862, and resided there the remainder of his life.

In 1889, Mr. Neill changed his business into a corporation, with a capital stock of $20,000. He was president until his death. After his death George Neill became the president and John Neill the secretary and treasurer. Mr. Neill's wife died September 13, 1897, and he died August 138, 1899. He was not a member of any church. His wife and daughters were members of the First (Presbyterian church of Portsmouth. In his political views, he was a republican. He was never a member of any fraternity, and always preferred to stand on his own merits. It will be fifty years the coming spring, since he started business in Portsmouth. Mr. Neill was a man who undertook to fulfill every duty before was born in Jackson county, Ohio, March 22, 1847. He is the son of Oliver J. and Martha B. (Kinnison) Nelson. His father Oliver J. Nelson was a soldier in Company B, 67 O. V. I. and died in the service, September, 1865, and was buried in the National Cemetery, at Stantan, Va. He took part in the battles . fought near Petersburg, Virginia. The boyhood of Charles was spent on the farm. He received his education in the public schools of Jackson county. He came to Scioto county in 1877 and located in the north-western part of Madison township. He is a republican and a member of the Christian church. He was married September 9, 1875 to Mary J. Horton, of Jackson county. They have a large family of children. Arthur and Earl, the oldest sons, are two of the brightest young teachers in the county. Mr. Nelson is regarded as an industrious farmer, a kind and considerate neighbor and a most valuable citizen.

of South Webster, Ohio, was born in Jackson county, Ohio, May- 4, 1839. His' father was George Newell and his mother's maiden name was Margaret Stephenson, descended from the Stephensons of Virginia. Doctor Newell was reared on a farm till sixteen years of age; attended common schools till eighteen and afterwards attended the Jackson High School. He taught school for six years holding the highest grade certificate issued. His services were always lin demand and he commanded the highest wages. In 1864 after six years teaching, he turned his attention to the study of medicine. He attended Ohio Medical College. He located at Mabee in Jackson county, in 1866, and practiced there for twenty-. two years. He came to South Webster, April 16, 1888. He was elected Justice of. the Peace in Hamilton township, Jackson county, in 1872 and held the office for seventeen years. He was township Clerk from 1878 to 1888. He was also a. township Trustee and held other township offices. He has been a member of the

He was married twice. His first marriage was to Francés Buckley, December 31, 1862. To this union four children were born: Warren, a physician in Idaho City, Idaho, and Treasurer of Boise county; Mrs. Bell Ankrom, now in Manila, Philippine Islands; Mrs. Jessie Heisel of Cincinnati and Wilbur, clerk for the South Webster Hardware Company. His first wife died January 26, 1881. His second marriage was to Miss Jennie McCoy, September 29, 1881. They have one son, Guy, who is yet at home.

Doctor Newell began the practice of medicine without capital in 1866, and is now, not only a very prominent physician with a good practice, but is very well endowed with this world's goods. As a man, Doctor Newell, is an excellent example of the self-made type. His honesty, industry and pleasing' manners have made him hosts of true friends and have won him the respect and esteem of the country for miles around. There is no favor he would withhold from a friend. He is a member of Western Sun Lodge, F. and A. M. No. 91 at Wheelersburg and of Oak Hill Lodge Knights of 'Pythias.

was born at Port Isaac, Cornwall county, England, in February, 1822. His father's name was Thomas Nichols, and his mother's maiden name was Mary Ivey. His father was a merchant. 'There were six children in the family: William, Thomas, John B., Samuel, Elijah, James, all sons, and all have lived in Portsmouth. Thomas Nichols the father brought his family to the United States in 1832 and located in Honesdale, Pa., where he tried farming. Our subject came to Portsmouth in 1844, before his father. He went into the furniture business as a maker of furniture. Riggs & Wilcox furnished the lumber and helped him. He learned to make furniture in Honesdale. He was in the business of making furniture forty years. Wm. E. Williams went in with him soon after he opened out in Portsmouth. Mr. Williams made chairs, and Mr. Nichols made furniture. He began undertaking at the same time; but all coffins were made by hand, and were never made until some one was dead and needed one. They were made chiefly of walnut boards. Ready made coffins and caskets were not used until about 1856. Our subject was in the undertaking business until he sold out to the Fullers, but afterwards continued the furniture business.

In 1871, he was elected Cemetery Trustee for a period of three years. January 31, 1871, the Presbyterian church presented Mr. Nichols with a silver service and a family Bible in consequence of his having been chorister for twentyeight years previous. The Bible cost $22, and the silver service $500. Mr. Nichols was the leader of the choir of the First Presbyterian church for forty years.

He was married February 13, 1851 to Maria Merrill, only daughter of John Merrill. The following are the children: Charles M., engaged in the lithograph business in Columbus; John Belden, a farmer in Scioto county, Ohio, married Charlie Davis, who is deceased, and left one child, Charlie; Louis Moore is in business with his brother, Charles M., at Columbus. Mr. Nichols retired from business about 1898, and since then has lived a life of retirement and leisure.

was born April 6, 1840, a short distance north of the present city limits in Clay township, on the farm on which he still resides. His father, Solomon Noel, was a son of Philip Noel, who with Jacob Noel and Gabriel Feurt in 1816 purchased from the government a section of land about four miles north of this city. In the division of the section among themselves, Philip was allotted the southern portion which now comprises the farm of John Hogan and Michael J. - Noel. Isaac grew to manhood on the farm, performing the arduous duties which such a life involves, and participating with enthusiastic vigor in such sports as the times afforded. These sports were chiefly hunting and fishing, and few if any of the residents, even the pioneers themselves, can claim a more varied or successful experience in these sports.

When the call to arms in the defence of the government came, he enlisted in Captain Jacob Caldwell's Company C of the 91st O. V. I. Upon the muster of the regiment at Camp Ironton, July 7, 1862, he was made a Sergeant which rank he maintained until February, 1864, when he was promoted to First Sergeant.

On December 2, 1864, he was made Second Lieutenant, and on May 31, 1865, he became First Lieutenant, and was assigned to duty in Company D of the same regiment. On October 29, 1864, he was stricken with typhoid fever and was sent 'to the hospital at Winchester, Virginia; later he was removed to the general hospital at Clairesville, Maryland, where he remained until January, 1865, when he rejoined his regiment at Martinsburg, Virginia. He was mustered out of the service at Cumberland, Maryland, June 24, 1865. From the time of his enlistment in the service until his muster out he was never off duty, excepting for the brief period of illness in the hospital mentioned. He participated in every skirmish and battle of his regiment, the most important being Cloyd Mountain, Lynchburg, Winchester and Cedar Creek. The numerous marches through Virginia and West Virginia on which he accompanied his regiment aggregate a grand total of 1,300 miles. He was always in the heat of battle, but was never wounded, although at the battle of Winchester his hat cord was shot away. On another occasion at the battle of Lynchburg, the hard-tack was shot from his haversack. At the close of the war, he was recommended by Generals Hayes, Coates and Lightborn for appointment to the Regular Army with rank of First Lieutenant, but he declined the service and returned to his home upon the farm where he has since lived the life of a frugal, industrious tiller of the soil.

On April 23, 1872 he was married to Mary Ellen Jones. He is the father of two children: Charles, who was a member of Company H, 4th O. V. I. of the Spanish-American War, residing with his parents, and Irma D. wife of J. K. Nolder, residing in 'Portsmouth. Mr. Noel is a man of firm, but kindly temperament, modest, unassuming, and commands the respect of all his neighbors.

was born in Scioto county, Ohio, about one-fourth mile southeast of his present home on the Chillicothe pike, February 22, 1842. His parents were David and Nancy (Morgan) Noel. His mother was a native of Virginia. His boyhood and youth were spent in Scioto county. He received such instructions as was afforded by the country schools of that time and graduated in book-keeping frem a commercial school of Portsmouth about 1862. He isa member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was for years superintendent of the Sunday school and church trustee. About 1876, he was associated with Doctor Beard in the drug business in Portsmouth. March 16, 1879 he married Alice Crain of Campbell county, Kentucky. She was the granddaughter of Ora Crain, a soldier in the war of 1812. His father, Leonard Crain, served in the Civil war in the 22d O. V. {. Mr. Noel resides on his farm where he has conducted a dairy for the past eight years. He has two children, David and Clarence F. He is a good citizen, esteemed by all who know him. In his disposition he nearer resembles his kinsman, Jacob P. Noel, to whose sketch the reader is referred.

was born January 5, 1838, in a log cabin near where P. W. Noel now resides. He was a son of Solomon Noel and Mary Huston his wife. Her father was Joseph Huston, a pioneer of Scioto county. His grandfather was Philip Noel, a native of Virginia. Our subject had a common school education but he made the most of it and studied by firelight. He has been a farmer since he was nine years of age. He is not a member of any church but claims to be the best christian on the turnpike in his vicinity. As a boy he attended Sunday school for three years without losing a Sunday and won a prize for committing the greater part of the New Testament to memory. Mr. Noel's religious ideas are based on the Golden Rule, which he tries to live up to and his neighbors think he has succeeded. Mr. Noel has always been a liberal contributor to the churches and has uniformly favored public improvements. He has always been a public spirited citizen.

Mr. Noel ws a republican until 1896, when he became a "free-silver' democrat, and at this writing adheres to it. He voted for William J. Bryan for President in 1896 and 1900. He never was a candidate for any office and never held any. He never served on a jury till April, 1901, when he was called on the grand jury. His fee for such service was the first public money he ever drew. Mr. Noel was not a soldier but his heart was with the Union cause. He volun- teered in Captain A. B. Cole's Company in the Heavy Artillery in 1863, but was rejected on physical examination. He was told he would never see the age of thirty and would soon die of consumption, but the Doctor was mistaken for he is sixty-four past with as good a pair of lungs as anyone ever had.

Mr. Noel believes in honesty, not as a policy, but as a principle and lives it every day. He is highly esteemed by all who know him, if he is a bachelor, He has made his home with his brother Philip W. Noel, on the Chillicothe turnpike for many years. He is an example of a man who has lived at his birthplace all his life and maintained the esteem of his neighbors. He has never traveled, but is a great reader and well informed on current events. He is a good example of the American Citizen, - what he ought to be and what he is.

was born in Buena Vista, March 1, 1859. His father's name was Samuel Nolder, and his mother's maiden name was Martha McCall, daughter of David McCall. Our subject was the oldest of a family of four children. He attended the common schools of Buena Vista until he was twelve years of age, and then he started to work on the farm. He worked as a farmer until he was sixteen years of age, and then he learned the cooper's trade with Jake Willey at Buena Vista. He worked with him for a year, and then went to work for himself. In 1877, he went to Blue Creek and remained five years with John Newman in his store as a clerk. In 1882, he came back to Buena Vista again and worked for John Miller in the quarry. He began to run stone a while, and in 1885 took up the carpenter's and blacksmith's trades and learned both at once. In 1893 he started a blacksmith shop of his own in Buena Vista, which he has conducted ever since. He is also a wagon maker and paints buggies.

He was married October 24, 1883. to Anna Catharine Sonne, a daughter of Catharine Sonne, a widow of Buena Vista. They have four children: Willie, aged eleven years, Anna, nine years, Ralph, seven years, Carl, five years. He lost two children.at nine and eleven, respectively, and three died in infancy. He is a democrat in his political views, and always has been. He has been a member of the school board of Buena Vista for eight years. Mr. Nolder has the faculty of being able to take up any manual occupation and learn it. He is a good neighbor, a good citizen and is liked by all who know him.

was born at Bennington, Genesee county, New York, August 9, 1824, the son of Charles and Amy (Knapp) Norton. Dr. Norton was of French and English extraction, and belongs to the Norton family that appears in the New England states and New York. His genealogy is traced to the French family De Norville. This, during the centuries, becomes anglicised and shortened to Norville, Northtown and Norton. He was educated in his native state, attending school until he was eighteen years of age. At the age of twenty he was a district school teacher. In 1843 he entered the Cleveland Medical College and graduated in 1847, and became a successful practioner in his profession. He endured for eighteen years, that hardest of all lives, that of a country doctor, through the districts of Gallia and Jackson counties, and twelve years of that was spent at Oak Hill, Jackson county, Ohio.

Ill health compelled him to retire from his profession; and he entered into a partnership with Mr. Join Campbell, of Ironton, Ohio, for the manufacture of charcoal pig-iron, the firm being Norton, Campbell & Company. The other members of the firm were: Simon Drouillard and Joveph Stafford. Dr. Norton ~ was engaged in this business at the time of his death. He was a staunch republican in politics, showing a keen interest in all affairs of state. He was a faithful member of the Bigelow Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. Norton was married to Miss Emily Drouillard, of Gallipolis, Ohio, May 10, 1855, and was the father of three children: Charles Joseph; Enon who married Henry W. Verner, of Pittsburg, Pa., and Alfred Francis. Norton died November 27, 1882. He was a man of fine 'personality and all men ae generous and lofty natures, who knew him, loved and honored him. His body rests in Greenlawn cemetery, Portsmouth, Ohio.

druggist of Portsmouth, Ohio, is thé architect of his_own fortunes and has every reason to be proud of the structure he has created. "At the age of thirteen he started out for himself as an errand boy in a drugstore in Portsmouth, and he has stayed by the city, and it by him, until he is now the proprietor of two of the most attractive drug stores in the town. He was born at Pomeroy, Meigs county, Ohio, the son of Nial R. Nye and Sarah (Bower) Nye. His grandfather Othello Radogney Nye came to Ohio, from Pennsylvania, but was a native of Scotland. This statement accounts for our subject's skill in piling up the "bawbees." The ideas of the first five years of his life were obtained in Pomeroy. Then his father removed to Racine, where our subject resided until he came to Portsmouth.

When he struck the town he began working for J. I. Mercer, doing whatever a boy could do in a drug store. He then formed a friendship for Mr. Mercer, which has continued to this time, but their positions are reversed. Now Nye is the proprietor and Mercer the clerk. He remained the first eighteen months of his life in Portsmouth with J. I. Mercer, and was then with Enos Reed for a few months. He tried Columbus, Ohio for six months, but came back to Portsmouth, and went in with Harry Greene. He remained with him about one year and then on August 14, 1889, opened up a drug store on the corner of Fourth and Chillicothe streets, which he has kept ever since. Ten years later he opened a drug store on the corner of Gallia*and Gay, and in July, 1901, he opened a third drug store on the southwest corner of Sixth and Chillicothe.

He is a good illustration of what one man can do by applying himself to a single business. Mr. Nye has one vanity which the conscientious historian, cannot overlook or conceal. He has a weakness or fondness for Secret Societies, and Fraternal Organizatins. In other words, he is a "joiner." He is a Mason of all the degrees to Knight Templar. He is an Elk, a Knight of Pythias, a Woodman and a member of the Royal Arcanum.

Mr. Nye was married November 30, 1899 to Miss Floy Mildred Batey, daughter of Harry E. Batey of Racine, Ohio. He has two children, Rustin Win Nye, a son and Helen Floy Nye, a daughter.

He has advertised and is known by the name of Win Nye, and he has made it good to this date, and his friends believe he will to the end of the Chapter. He is one of the most active, energetic and industrious of the young business men of Portsmouth.

was born April 17, 1830, on a farm about four miles north of Portsmouth, Ohio, on the Chillicothe pike. His father, William Oldfield, was born December 30, 1790, and was a native of New York. His mother's maiden name was Marie Hemstead. She was born September 2, 1794, in the state of Connecticut. George S. Oldfield received a common school education. He lived on the farm until about sixteen yars of age. In 1850, he went to California, where he worked in the gold fields and remained five years, returning to 'Portsmouth in 1855. He engaged in the retail grocery business which he conducted successfully until his death, August 21, 1891. He was an active member of All Saints church, and a member of Aurora Lodge, F. and A. M. In politics he was a staunch republican. November 15, 1864, he was married to Eliza J. Baker, a native of England. She died October 9, 1898. They had six children, four of whom are living: William S., of Portsmouth, Ohio; Frank C., of Denver, Colorado; Robert B., of Portsmouth, Ohio; and George G., of Denver, Colorado.

was born at Locust Grove, Adams county, Ohio, October 3, 1853. His grandfather Enoch Osborne, was a native of Loudon county, Virginia, and emigrated from there to Highland county, Ohio. He was a soldier of the war of 1812. His father, George P. Osborne, was a private in Company B, Fourth Battalion, Ohio Infantry, enrolled May 138, 1864, to serve three years. He was discharged July 12, 1865. By occupation, he was a farmer. His mother was Elizabeth Early. His parents were married at Locust Grove, in 1850. There were but

Dr. Osborne attended the common schools of the county and the High School at Hillsboro frm 1873 to 1875. He began the study of medicine with Dr. James S. Berry, at Locust Grove, in 1870, and continued it from time to time until 1878, teaching school and attending school in the meantime. He attended lectures at the Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1877, and in the summer of that year began the practice of medicine with his preceptor, Dr. J. S. Berry, at Locust Grove, and continued with him for one year.

On April 18, 1878, he was married to Margaret HB. Briggs, daughter of John K. Briggs, of Dry Run, Scioto county, Ohio. They have the following children: Edith Fern, Arthur Flint, and Arleigh B.

In February, 1879, he located at Cedar Mills in the practice of medicine. In the winter of 1882-3 he attended lectures at Columbus, Ohio, and graduated March 1, 1883. In May, 1889, he was appointed one of the three Pension Examining Surgeons of Adams county, and served as such till July, 1893. Dr. Osborne has always been a republican. In the fall of 1893, he was nominated by his party unanimously for Auditor of Adams county, and made the race against Dr. J. M. Wittenmyer. It was a campaign of money on both sides, and he was beaten by'sixty-eight votes On January 1, 1896, the doctor removed to Dry Run, in Scioto county, where he has resided ever since and has devoted himself exclusively to the practice of his profession. He is a member of the Adams County Medical Society and of the Hempstead Academy of Medicine of Scioto county. He is an Odd Fellow and a Red Man. Dr. Osborne is highly esteemed as an excellent physician and a good citizen.

son of Conrad and Rachel Overturf, was born in Portsmouth, Ohio,.June 12, 1839. After finishing his course of study in the public schools of that city, he taught a school in Union, now Rush township, wher but seventeen years of age. In 1857, he entered the banking house of Thomas Dugan and remainel until the summer of 1862, when he entered the army as First Lieutenant in Company F, 91st O. V. I., and served until the close of the war. In the winter of 1862, he was detailed as Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Colonel John T. Toland, commanding a brigade in the Kanawha valley, and afterwards served on the staff of Colonel Carr B. White, Generals Isaac H. Duval and R. B. Hayes, being continuously on staff duty during the remainder of his army service. He refused promotion,-but was breveted Captain and afterwards Major for gallant and meritorious services. General R. B. Hayes in sending the last brevet says, "Enclosed I send you your commission as Brevet Major. I secured it by simply telling the truth about you.' General George Crook offered him an appointment as a Captain in the Regular Army and a position on his staff, but he refused it. Had he accepted the appointment then and received the ordinary promotions since, he would be a Major General now. He was in the battles of Fayetteville, Cloyd Mountain, Stephenson's Depot, Opequan Creek, Fisher Hill, Cedar Creek and others. At the battle of Cedar Creek his horse was shot from under him, but he himself was not captured or wounded.

After the war he was a farmer with his father in Rush township, for about one year. In 1866, he went into the banking business with Thomas Dugan, and remained until 1873, when Mr. Dugan died and the bank was closed. In 1875, he with a number of others established the Citizen's Savings Bank Company, which did business until the panic of June, 1893, when it closed business. He was president of the bank at the time of its failure, and was the largest creditor it had. He and his family represented between one-sixth and oneseventh of its total indebtedness when it closed.

_In 1866, he married Ella Kendall, daughter of Jefferson and Elizabeth Kendall, both now deceased, to whom were born one daughter, who died at the age of eight years. One son, Alva Kendall Overturf, now seventeen, is attending the Ohio State University, at Columbus, Ohio. In 1899, he removed with his family to Columbus, Ohlio, where he now resides.

He was always a republican and active in politics. He represented his ward, the Sixth, in Portsmouth, for seven years in Council, and as a member of the Board of Education fourteen years. He was an active member of the Board of Trade and at one time its president. He was interested in many manufacturing plants in Scioto county, which are now each doing a prosperous business. As a book-keeper he had no superior. As a business man he was always courageous and hopeful. He was always ready to take a business risk which looked well. While the Citizens Bank went down under his management, it was due to causes he could not anticipate or control. He has never lost his industry, energy or courage, and today is as actively engaged in business as he ever was. If any one can retrieve his fortunes, he will do so.

of the firm of Gurney & Overturf, of Ruffalo, New York, was born in Portsmouth, Ohio,October 8, 1853. He is the son of Conrad and. Rachel (Kendall) Overturf. His mother was a daughter of General William Kendall. When eleven vears of age, he went with his parents to a farm in Rush township. He did not like country life and in the winter of 1869, came to Portsmouth and entered the High School, making his home with his brother John, and graduated in 1873. After he left school, he was employed as clerk in the dry goods store of Reed & Peebles on Market street, for one year. He then became a book-keeper in the Citizen's Savings Bank of Portsmouth, later being advanced to the position of cashier.

He gave up this office to accept a position with the White Sewing Machine Company, in Cleveland. Ohio, in 1877. He worked in the home establishment for three years and was then sent as their foreign representative to London, England. He carried an autograph letter of introduction from Rutherford B. Hayes, President, to James Russell Lowell, then United States Minister at the Court of St. James. He remained abroad for a year and was then transferred to Springfield, Mass. Leaving the employ of the White Sewing Machine Company, he spent one year in Kansas City. He also resided for a short time in Cleveland, Ohio, and St. Louis, Missouri.

He went to Buffalo, New York, in 1888, and entered the insurance and real estate office of Hume and Sanford. After the death of Mr. Sanford, he and Mr. Gurney purchased the business and continued it under the name of Gurney & QOverturf. Mr. Overturf attends more particularly to the real estate branch of the business. He is a republican in national politics but in local matters is independent. On April, 27, 1887, he was united in marriage with Ida J. Wiggins, daughter of Doctor D. B. Wiggins, of Buffalo, New York, formerly of . Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Wiggins was born in Vermont, taught school there and afterwards. studied medicine in Cincinnati. He began practice at Locust Groye, Ohio, and located in Buffalo, in 1849, where he now resides. He is now eighty years of age. Mr. Overturf resides at 16 and 18 Swan street, Buffalo, New York.

Mr. Overturf is of a very mild and liberal disposition, particularly amongst his friends. He never forgets any benefits received. He iis an energetic, tireless worker in his business, and has been successful in everything he has undertaken. He reversed Mr. Greeley's advise, and went east and has grown up in'the city of Buffalo, New York.

was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, April 10, 1862. His father was John Padan, and his mother's maiden name was Hannah Craig. He was educated in the public schools of Portsmouth. At the age of fifteen, he entered the employment of the Portsmouth Shoe Manufacturing Company, in which his brothers were the leading persons. He continued in their employ, advancing by regular stages, until he reached the very important position of assistant superintendent of the company, which he held at the time they discontinued business in the fall of 1896. He then removed to Chillicothe, Ohio, took stock in and entered the employment of the Union Shoe Manufacturing Company of that city, as its superintendent, and is now the vice president of the company.

He is a republican and took an active part in the politics of Portsmouth and Scioto county prior to his removal to Chillicothe, having served as a member of the executive committee of both city and county for several cam- paigns. He belonged to the Ohio National Guard for three years. He was First Sergeant of Company H, 14th Regiment, and was with that company when it was called out in 1894, on account of the labor troubles. He was brought up in the Presbyterian faith and affiliates with that denomination. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of the World. He was married on September 15, 1885, to Miss Etta Carmichael, daughter of John and Viola (Brown) Carmichael. They have two children, Hannah Lola, born March 3, 1891, and Charles Donald, born August 16, 1894.

was born in New York City, February 24, 1850. His father's name was John Padan, and his mother's maiden name was Hannah Craig, daughter of George Craig. His parents were both natives of Ireland, and were married May 24, 1849 in Ireland, emigrating to America within one month thereafter and landing in New York City August 9, 1849. Our subject is the oldest of seven children; six sons and a daughter. The father came direct to Portsmouth, Ohio, in September, 1849, and engaged in shoe making. Part of the time he worked for others and part of the time he had a shop of his own. In 1861, he jstarted in business on Chillicothe street, and continued in the same vicinity until his death. He received all his educaton in Ireland, and was a whig. He was brought up in the Presbyterian church, in Ireland.

Our subject was married on October 28, 1875 to Elizabeth Ellen Lynn, daughter of John M. and Alice R. Lynn. They had eleven children as follows: Alice Craig, Anna Lynn, Martha Hester, Georgia, Elizabeth Ellen, Henry, Arthur Trustem, Robert Samuel and Frank Lynn. Two children Jeanette and John Lynn 'died in infancy.

Mr. 'Padan is a member of the Second Presbyterian church. He is a republican in his political views. He is a Knight Templar Mason, and is Secretary of all the Masonic bodies in Portsmouth: Calvary Commandery, Mt. Vernon Chapter, Solomon Council and Aurora Lodge. He was a member of the Board of Education of Portsmouth, from October 1, 1892 until April, 1896. He represented the Fifth ward. He was president of the board, 1894 and 1895.

Mr. Padan is a very modest man. He is a hard worker in any business he undertakes, and never shirked any responsibility. His work is always done on time and well done. As a friend he is reliable and true. He is a man of domestic habits, and has a very interesting family. He is a good student and enjoys the pursuit of knowledge. He has an excellent taste in science, literature and music. His qualities make him a good citizen. If Mr. Padan has one weakness, it is his attachment to Masonry. He is one of the most prominent and active Masons in the community. He has occupied the chief offices was born June 28, 1851. He was the eldest son of John Padan. He was educated in 'Portsmouth, Ohio. In 1874, he and his brothers, Albert J. and George started a shoe factory. They succeeded R. Bell & Company, organized in 1869.

In January, 1886, he was married to Miss Ada Kendall. He was a member of the Second Presbyterian church, a Knight Templar Mason and a republican in his political views. He was president of the Portsmouth Gas Company for several years. On September 30, 1895, in the evening about 6:30 p. m., he was sitting in his yard in apparently perfect health. Suddenly he complained of 'feeling very unwell and in one half hour he was dead. He was an active and energetic business man of high character and it seemed the irony of fate that he should have been snatched away, without notice, in the meridian of his days, when he had given so much promise of a long life of usefulness. He left two children: Charles Franklin, aged eleven years and Henrietta Craig posthumous, born December 24, 1895. } was born May 10, 1828, in county Monaghan, Ireland. His father was Henry Padan, and his mother's maiden name was Ellen Harper. He was the youngest | of a family of eight children consisting of six sons and two daughters. He worked at farming for his father until he was nineteen - years of age, when he learned the trade of a shoe-maker, at which he worked for seven years in Ireland. He was-married on May 24, 1849 to Hannah Craig, of Kilrain, near the banks of the Blackwater. They left Ireland June 23, of the same year, taking passage at Liverpool on the sailing vessel, "Waterloo", and landed at New York on August 9, 1849, where he worked at his trade for one month.

He then started for Portsmouth, Ohio, where his oldest brother Henry was located, and arrived on September 19, 1849, where he followed his trade, being employed by Henry Bertram, Richard Lloyd, C. .P. Tracy & Company and others, until September, 1861, when he engaged in the boot and shoe business on his own account on Chillicothe street. He continued the business for twenty-nine years, until his death. Hie was a republican in politics and a member of the Presbyterian church. He was the father of seven children: George, who resides in Portsmouth, Ohio; Henry, died September 30, 1855; Robert Samuel, who resides in Chicago; John William, died November 4, 1863; Albert Joseph, who resides in Los Angeles, California; Anna Elizabeth, wife of Dr. J. B. Stephenson, of Ripley, Ohio; Charles Walter, of Chillicothe, Ohio. He died on October 138, 1890.

member of the firm of Pieper & Paeltz at Otway, Ohio, was born January 28, 1860 in Clermont county, Ohio, near New Richmond. His father was Julius Edward Paeltz and his mother Minnie Lavinia (Knoehl) Paeltz, both natives of Saxony, Germany. After their marriage they came to the United States in 1835 and settled in Madison, Indiana, and from there they moved to New Richmond, Ohio.

Our subject was raised on his father's farm and attended the country schools. He became engaged in the leaf tobacco business, in. 1881, in Adams county, Ohio. In 1887, he came to Scioto county and formed a partnership with J. J. Pieper in the leaf tobacco business and they have conducted the business together ever since. '

In 1890, he formed a partnership with Mr. Pieper in ther saw mill and timber business. Their plant manufactured chair-stuffs, rim-strips and all kinds of quartered and plain lumber. The firm of Pieper & Paeltz also owns and receives a royalty from a large stone quarry near Otway, operated by Bodemer Brothers. He has been a member of the School Board of Otway and its Trea- . surer since 1892. He is a supporter of Republican doctrines and interests himself in local politics, but does not seek office. He was married December 24, 1894 to Nancy Jones, daughter of A. J. and Effie Jane (Cable) Jones. Their children are Nellie Philippine, aged seventeen; Charles Andrew, aged thirteen; Maud, deceased, aged four; Horace J., aged eight; Carlos Edward, aged six; Arthur C., aged four; and Leo Edward, aged two. Mr. Paeltz is a man with many agreeable traits, of unquestioned honesty and an ideal citizen.

was born in [Portsmouth, Ohio, October 17, 1857. He 'is the son of Thomas McNutt Patterson and Caroline (Clugston) Patterson, his wife. (A sketch of T. M. Patterson will be found herein.) He attended the Portsmouth schools and learned the book binding trade of his father. For the last fifteen years, he has been in business in Birmingham, Alabama, and is at present treasurer and manager of the Dispatch Printing Company of Birmingham, Alabama.

June 27, 1883, he was married to Florence F. Hite of Clasinda, lowa. They have had three children; Louise died at the age of one year, the surviving children are Callie and Elizabeth. Mr. Patterson has one of the largest businesses of the kind in the South. The county in which he resides has 140,420 population and the city of Birmingham has a population of 38,415. Situated in the prosperous manufacturing portion of Alabama at a railroad center, the conditions were favorable to his building up a good business and he has done it wonderf-lly well. His training in the business in Portsmouth 'insured his success in Birmingham. He is one of the young men of whom Portsmouth may justly 'feel proud. When he has made his fortune and retired, he will doubtless return to the home of his youth, where he has a host of friends, was born at Steubenville, Ohio, Dec. 13, 1826. His father's name was James Patterson, a native of Maryland, and his mother's maiden name was Margaret B. Johnson. Our subject attended school at Steubenville until he was fifteen years of age. Then he went to learn the trade of book-binding in Steubenville with James Turnbull. After he had been with Mr. Turnbull a year, the latter sold out to Abner L. Frazer, and Mr. \Patterson remained in his employment for five years longer, until 1847. He went to Cleveland in the spring of 1847 and worked for Sanford & Hayward, and remained there until the fall of 1850. He came to Portsmouth in December,-1850 and worked for Stephenson & Huntington, of Columbus. The building where he was employed stood where Ben Davis now has his clothing store; the old Methodist church stood just east of it. He worked with them until 1855, when he bought one-half of the bindery from Stephenson. From the time Mr. Patterson arrived here until his marriage, he was one of 'the young society men of Portsmouth.

On December 24, 1852, he married Miss Caroline Clugsten, daughter of John Clugsten. In 1862, he bought one-half of the Stephenson book store, which was conducted under the firm name of Stephenson & Patterson. In 1866, he dissolved with Stephenson, and went into business for himself, over the Johnson hat store, on Market street. In 1871, he moved to the McFarland building on Second street. In December, 1882, he added the making of paper boxes to his business. In December, 1883, his business was burned out, but like the Phoenix, it rose at once from its ashes. In 1885, he moved to Front street, below the Biggs House, in the Wise Building, where he remained until 1896, when he purchased the old Gaylord Rolling Mill premises, and moved his book-bindery and box-factory to that place, where it is now conducted.

He has conducted his business successfully ever since he has been in Portsmouth. His business in book-binding has very largely increased in volume with the increase of the city; and the business of making boxes is entirely a new feature introduced by the operation of the many shoe factories in Portsmouth. He has $7,000 worth of machinery, and employs about sixty hands. Mr. Patterson has his business in such shape that he can leave it to his sons, and take time off and enjoy himself. He takes many trips away, which he deserves, after sixty years of hard work. He takes pleasure in going to various places in the United States for recreation and enjoyment.

Mr. Patterson's first wife died in 1865. She was the mother of his sons: James and Charles R. He was married December 4, 1866 to Miss Rebecca Taylor, daughter of W. H. H. Taylor. The children of this marriage are: Margaret B., now Mrs. A. E. Everard; Thomas M., Jr., and Walter K. He lost three daughters and one son of his second marriage in childhood. His sons James and Walter K., are connected with him in his business. (See sketch of Charles R. Patterson.) His son, Thomas M., is now studying for the ministry of the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Patterson was a whig during the existence of the Whig party, and since that he has been a republican. He has been a member of the First Presbyterian church since 1862,andsince the organization of theSecond Presbyterian church, of Portsmouth, O., he has been connected with it. Mr. Patterson is president of the Western Paper Box Manufacturing Association, comprising all the principal Paper Box Manufacturers in the district from Pittsburg to New Orleans and Omaha. He has been successful 'in business and deservedly so. He is a man of most sterling character, and no man enjoys the confidence of his associates in the business community to a greater extent that he does. He is most highly esteemd by all who know him as a true, Christian gentleman.

'was born October 21, 1838, in Montbeliard, Department de Doubs, France. His father was Charles Peach, and his mother's maiden name was Geneive Surmann. His parents left France in August, 1849, and came to New Orleans in a sailing vessel. They sailed from Le Havre, and were on the voyage sixty days. The family remained in New Orleans with relatives for a month, and then came to Cincinnati, where they remained a month. His grandfather, Peter Surmann was in Cincinnati, when our subject left France. He had purchased forty acres entered by him at government price at Wallace Mills, and used to spend his summers there. He sent for his son-in-law, Charles Peach, Sr., to come to the United States. '

Peter Surmann was a molder and machinist in Cincinnati and worked at his trade, for twenty-five years. He was a member of the National Guards and wac with the re-enforcements sent to meet the shattered army of Napoleon after the battle of Waterloo. He had two sons in the French service. John was in the Cavalry and served seven years. Jacob was a member of the First Zouaves and served seven years in France and seven years in Algiers. He afterwards came to the United States and at one time was a member of the Portsmouth Fire Department. Sylvester the youngest son was the Captain of a British merchant vessel for many years. At the end of which time his employers pensioned him off.

Charles Peach, father of our subject, was also a machinist, as well as a clock maker. He located on his father-in-law's land in 1850, and remained there during his life time except 1852 to 1854, when he was at Scioto Furnace. He died at the age of seventy-five. Our subject attended school in France and some little in this country. He could speak and read in French when he came here. His name in French is '"'Peache,' pronounced 'Pash.' Our subject worked at Scioto Furnace as soon as he was able to work, and continued there off and on for years.

He enlisted in the home guard in 1861 and was released, and on August 11, 1862, he enlisted in Company F, 91st Regiment, O. V. I., for three years. He was in all the battles until he was wounded, at Stephenson's Depot, July 20, 1864; and was in the hospital at Cumberland, Maryland until he was discharged, January 21, 1865. After he returned home he engaged in farming.

He was married first in 1861 to Lovine Hopkins. They had nine children, seven living and two dead, as follows: Charles F., James, John W., Sarah Hughes of Wheelersburg, Ohio; Mary Jane Garey of Jackson Furnace, Ohio; . Alexander, Jacob, Emma Maynet of Lois; George, the youngest, died in infancy and the oldest, Charles F.; died in Nebraska. He was married the second time in 1885, to Elizabeth Garey, and they have the following children: Myrtie, Annie, Bertha, Josephine, Ellen, Eliza, Charles, Jesse and Geneive all living. Mr. Peach has always been a republican. He is a member of the St. John's Roman Catholic church at Lilly, Ohio.

was born in the town of Schopflah, Wurtemberg, Germany, on February 28, 1839. His father followed the occupation of farming, but being desirous of having his son learn a trade, apprenticed him at the age of fourteen to a master baker, in a near-by city. Young Pfau served four years of apprenticeship and at once emigrated to the United States. After working at his trade in several cities, he reached Portsmouth and secured work with the late Jacob Oehlschlager, who at that time had a bakery on Front street, near Madison, where afterwards Pfau carried on business for himself. Hie worked at his trade in Portsmouth until October 18, 1861, when he enlisted in Company B, 56th regiment, O. V. I. organized by Capt. Charles Reiniger. He was discharged upon surgeon's certificate of disability, September 30, 1862. He returned to Portsmouth from the army.

In the fall of 1862, he returned to his old home in Germany and established a bakery in Bessengen, Wurtemberg. In 1865, he was married to Johanna Schott, at Bessengen. He had ten children: One died in infancy and the remaining nine are all residents of Portsmouth, Ohio. In November 1868, he returned to the United States, and like every one who has resided in Portsmouth, he had a special desire to return there and did so. When Mr. Pfau landed in Portsmouth with his family, he had but fifteen cents in money. He soon found friends who assisted him in starting a bakery in the building on Front street, in which he had served as a helper for so many years. His struggle was a hard one but he succeeded. Possessed of a Herculean frame, he endured work which would have broken down a man of less physical power. He would work in the bake-shop all day, making bread, and in the evening would fill a large basket _ with it and deliver it walking from house to house. Next he used a hand cart in his business for several years, until through economy and 'increasing trade, he was able to have a horse and express to deliver his goods. He remained on Front street until 1889 when he purchased property on Second street near Jefferson, where he continued the bakery until his death, which occurred on April 9, 1896.

Mr. Pfau had for his mottto, '"Be honorable." When his word was given, he held that as sacred as a written contract. He had the confidence of the busimess men of the city. Mr. Pfau left his family in a prosperous condition. His sons are all good business men and doing well. Three of them, Jacob, Adam, and John H. are conducting flourishing bakeries in Portsmouth, Jacob is at his father's old locality, 175 W. Second street, Adam in a new establishment at 97 East Eleventh street and John H. in the East End.

was born April 26, 1871, in the city-of Portsmouth. His father was John Adam Pfau, a baker by occupation, and a native of Wurtemburg, Germany. His mother was Joanna Shott, also a native of Germany. They had nine children of whom our subject was the fourth. He attended the schools of Portsmouth until he was thirteen years of age when he began life on his own account, ultimately learning the trade of a baker, with his father. He went into business for himself in 1896 on Tenth and Chillicothe streets, and was there four years. In September, 1902, he moved to 97 east Eleventh street where he has an upto-date: bakery and confectionery, with all the modern improvements. He has been very successful in his business and very active and energetic. He was married November 30, 1897 to Rosa C. Lauffer, daughter of Fred Lauffer. They have two children, Mildred and Hazel. He is a member of the German Evangelical church.

the son of John Adam \Pfau, who has a sketch herein, was born September 12, 1873, in Portsmouth, Ohio. He attended the public schools and began to learn his father's business. At the latter's death, he took charge of his business at 175 West Second street, and has carried it on successfully ever since. Jake Pfau, as he is best known, is wonderfully energetic in his business. He has accumulated considerable property, and thus projected a modern up-to-date new bakery on Second street. He is a member of the German Evangelical church, and of the Odd Fellows' Camp of the Uniform Rank, and Knights of Pythias. He was married August 10, 1899, to Miss Amelia Ridenour, daughter of Wesley Ridenour. He has two sons, Earl and Jacob, Jr.

was born near Mabee, Jackson county, Ohio, May 238, 1857. His parents, Philip and Magdalena (Gallbronner) Pfleger came from Bavaria, Germany, in 1854. Mr. Pfleger came in a sailing vessel to New York. The trip occupied forty-eight days. Miss Gallbronner left Bavaria, in December, 1853. Bad weather and the leaky craft delayed her, at Antwerp seven weeks and at Cowes, England, four weeks. She reached New York five months after starting. Mr. 'Pfleger went from New York to Philadelphia, by ship, and from there to Pittsburg by rail. He worked at his trade as cabinet maker, three weeks at Pittsburg and came to Portsmouth. They were married in 1856 and removed to Jackson county and 'soon after to Madison township of this county. Charles Pfleger attended the public schools of this county and obtained a fair education. He has always followed farming. He is a democrat and a member of the German Evangelical church. He was Assessor of Madison township in 1890, and has been a member of the School Board of the township for fifteen years. He married Mary BE. Russ of Jackson county, June 1, 1879. She is the daughter of William and Clara Katharine Russ, They have four children, Henry, C. W., Ella Charlotte, Frank P. L. and Anna Katherine.