Scioto County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (1 of 2 so headed), 1903 (part 14 of 15)

On May 2, 1864, Mr. Tracy entered Company E, 140th O. V. I. as Second Lieutenant and served till September 3, 1864. He was First Lieutenant in the State Militia but accepted a Second Lieutenancy in this hundred days' service.

He was a director in the Portsmouth National Bank from 1873 and its vice president from 1875. He became a communicant of Christ church when it was organized and was a vestryman for many years. He left Portsmouth as a resident in 1886 and became a resident of Boston, Massachusetts, where he has resided since, but has always held his interest in the firm of C. P. Tracy & Co. and its successor, The Tracy Shoe Company.

He has been a republican all his life. He is a man of superior business abilities, and though beginning life with little or nothing has achieved a very gratifying success. With fine social qualities, and manners of more than ordinary polish and refinement, yet decidedly retiring, he combines a kindness of heart, thoughtfulness, benevolence and charity which have justly won for him the respect and esteem of all who know him.

was born in Chenango county, New York, April 12, 1837. He came to Portsmouth in 1851. When a boy he clerked with S. R. Ross. Later he conducted a store at Pioneer Furnace and has lived at Hale's Creek station many years. When he first came to the county he clerked at the Pioneer furnace store several years. He was a sergeant in Co. F. 140th O. V. L., May 22, 1864 to September 2, 1864. He was married in 1859 to Eliza Brady, daughter of Levi Brady. They have six children: Charles P., Emily B., Uri and Mary (twins), Albert and John. In 1860, he purchased a farm of 167 acres at Pioneer station and has resided there ever since. In 1872, he became a local Baptist minister and has preached at a number of appointments. He was Treasurer of Scioto county 1896 to 1900. He has always been a republican.

° 'Mr. Tracy is rated as one of the stanch business men of Bloom township. He was a faithful, conscientious public officer and discharged the duties of his office in a very creditable way. His kind genial manner makes him a general favorite of all; Being a ready speaker and well informed on public questions, he is in demand in the political and ecclesiastical world.

son of Noah and Nancy Ann Freeman, his wife, was born December 28, 1865, near Mount Pleasant, Henry county, Iowa. His grandfather was Jonathan Tracy, a native of Steuben county, New York. He was an old time' physician in Scioto county, residing at Rocky Fork from 1834 until his death in 1888. His mother was a daughter of Milby Freeman of near White Oak, Adams county, Ohio. At the age of two years, his parents moved to near Bloomfield, Davis county, Iowa, and there our subject attended school until he was eleven years of age. They then removed to Rock Fork, near Otway, this county,

He resided there from 1876 until he reached his\majority. He attended the country schools there, and became a teacher in the fall of 1884, and followed that occupation until April, 1891. He taught at Otway, McGaw and Dry Run. He was appointed County School Examiner in September, 1889, and served as such until September, 1893. In April, 1891, he was appointed deputy Clerk of the Courts, under William F. Whitney, and held that office until September 11, 1893. On that date he took the office of County Auditor, having been elected in November, 1892, and served until October 19, 1899. Since then he has assisted in the Auditor's office from time to time. On August 22, 1901, he was appointed Examiner for the State Auditor, and since then has been engaged in examining the financial transactions of the county of Auglaize. That task is now completed.

Mr. Tracy was married on April 11, 1894, to Alnore Arnold, daughter of George Arnold, of. Rush township. They have four children: Stanley, Helen, Christine and Juliet. He has always been a stanch republican, and has taken a great interest in politics. He is a member of the Bigelow M. E. church of Portsmouth. On June 27, 1902, he was appointed one of the Deputy Inspectors and Supervisors of Public accounts, under the act of the General Assembly of Ohio, establishing a Bureau of uniform accounting in public offices.

son of Charles Oscar Tracy and Maria Kinney, was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, June 16, 1831. In September, 1847, he engaged in the shoe business in the employ of Richard Lloyd, afterward becoming a partner in the firm of Lloyd, Tracy & Co.

He was married December 4, 1851, to Harriet Ellen Lloyd, who died October 14, 1901. They had six children, four of whom are living at this time: viz., Charles O. Tracy, Uri Tracy, Jr., Harriet E. Waughop and Elizabeth L. Lowes.

was born November 29, 1851, in Wheelersburg, Ohio, of Swiss-Irish descent. Her parents, Samuel N. Bruner, born in 1812, a Jeffersonian Democrat, and Elnora Fischer Bruner,.born in 1814, located in southern Ohio, in 1838. In company with Mr. Bruner's parents, they responded to the call of Westward! Ho!, and left New York, Pennsylvania, in 1834. Samuel Bruner operated a flour mill at Chaffin's Mills, Ohio, and from 1849 to 1869, conducted a general merchandise store in Wheelersburg, Ohio. Her grandfather, Owen Bruner, was identified with the early history of Scioto county, as Justice of the Peace, School Director and Methodist class leader in 1838.

Her mother, Elnora Fischer, was a devout Methodist and the daughter of George Fischer, a soldier of the Revolution and an aid in the removal of the Continental congress from Philadelphia to Lancaster and later to York, Pennsylvania, in 1777. She also saw Lafayette during his visit to America in 1825.

The subject of this sketch taught school in Waverly, Pike county, in 1869, and in Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1871 and 1872, She was married November 27, 18738, to James L. Treuthart, born in 1838, a native of Zweisimmen, Canton Berne, Switzerland. He wrote 'The Milliad, a poem of Liberty." He enlisted in Co. A, 104th O. V. I., August 7, 1862, and served until June 17, 1865. He was appointed corporal August 22, 1862, Sergeant, August 5, 1868, and First Sergeant, August 19, 1864. For twelve years, he was an examiner of city school teachers at Portsmouth, Ohio, and is familiar with the French, German, Greek and English languages. Mr. and Mrs. Treuthart's two sons, Willie and Elmer, died in infancy. Of the three eldest daughters, who graduated from the Portsmouth High School with highest honors: Alice C., 1878, is engaged in teaching; Bertha M., 1880, and Maude L., 1882, are proficient stenographers in the railway service. Flora B., 1885; Blanche I., 1887; and Edythe E., 1891, are students. Mrs. Treuthart is a member of the Woman's Literary Club, organized in 1891, and with her daughters, Alice C. and Bertha M. received a diploma of graduation in 1900 from the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. An interest in edu- 'cational matters is shared alike by parents and children, the son of Col. John A. Turley and Charlotte E. Robinson, the daughter of Joshua V. Robinson, was'born November 11, 1862. He was the youngest son and child of his parents. He attended the Portsmouth schools until 1878, then went to the Ohio State University for a term, then to Cincinnati to the Nelson Business College, and took one term there. When he came home from Cincinnati, he went to work for the Portsmouth Steel & Iron Company, on the old site of the Gaylord mill. He next went to work for Levi D. York, in the Burgess Steel & Iron Works, running the two hammers at the plate mill. After that he went to work for his brother at the fire-clay mines at Sunday Switch on the B. & O. railroad, for several months. Mr. Adams then offered him a job as weigher and time-keeper of the Portsmouth Fire Brick Company. During this time he was also secretary. He remained with this company until 1891.

After 1891, he engaged in business with George Davis and W. G. Beyerly in the Kentucky Fire Brick Works. They made the first paving brick that was ever made of shale in this district. This was continued until after the death of Mr. Davis, Jan. 11, 1894, but the administrator had his interest until 1896, when the property was sold and Mr. Watkins and our subject bought it. lt was incorporated into the Kentucky Fire Brick Works, and Mr. Turley was made vice president and secretary. They operated it for about five years and in June, 1901, it was consolidated, and the Kentucky Fire Brick Works, the Portsmouth Fire Brick Works, the South Webster Plant and the Blast Furnace Company became the Portsmouth & Kentucky Fire Brick Company, of which our subject was first vice president and general manager. In 1902 this company was absorbed by the Portsmouth Hanbison-Walker Company of which Mr. Turley was elected President. He is also President of the Black Fork Coal Co.

He served as a member of the City Council six years from 1894 to 1900, and was also president three years out of this period. He was married November 11, 1890, to Miss Retta Reed, a daughter of Samuel Reed. They have two children: Charles Leslie and Ella Retta. Mr. Turley is a Mason, an Elk, a member of the Sons of Veterans, of the Royal Arcanum, of the Woodmen of America, and the Woodmen of the World. He is a republican.

was born November 12, 1863, at Union Mills, Ohio. His parents were William and Mary (Daniels) Turner. His boyhood and youth were passed on a farm on the west side of the Scioto river. He attended the district school in winter and received a common school education. He was elected Clerk of Nile township in 1898, and served until 1902. He is a republican and an Odd Fellow. On March 11, 1890, he was married to Catherine Barbee, a daughter of William Barbee. They have three children: William, Leroy and Ethel. Mr. Turner lives two miles below Friendship and has a comfortable home and a large and profitable farm. He has one of the largest apple orchards in southern Ohio. Mr. Turner is one of those solid, substantial farmers who tends strictly to his own affairs and by doing so has become one of the most prosperous and respected citizens. He is of large portly build, weighs over two hundred pounds and is possessed of a most equable temper. While he is essentially a man of business, he is a lover of the sports, and in times of leisure he takes a special delight in hunting and in the fox-chase.

of Sciotoville, Ohio, was born in Piketon, Pike county, Ohio, September 6, 1840. His parents, Nelson Turner and Francis (Hopper) Turner, were married at Scioto furnace, Ohio, in 1836, and moved to Piketon during the following year. His father was an engineer and machinist and erected a blacksmith and machine shop in Piketon, which he conducted successfully. He died in 1843. After several years of widowhood, his mother was married in 1846, to William Sheets. In the spring of 1848, they moved to Randolph, Tennessee, where they were engaged in the hotel business for two years. In 1852, they moved to a plantation on the Mississippi river, where his mother died March 4, 1853.

In the spring of 1854, our Subject left the parental roof and went west to near Little Rock, Arkansas, to live with a cousin. He worked on a farm there until the fall of 1860, when he went to see his step-father, who, in the meantime, had moved from Mississippi to a large plantation in Louisiana.

Hostilities between the North and South were at fever heat and he was an out-spoken Northern sympathizer. In the spring of 1861, the Confederates were organizing a company there to go to the front, and were bent upon pressing him into service. He out-witted them and skipped for the North between sun-set and sun-rise June 5, 1861. He intended to go up the river, but when he 'reached Memphis, he found it blocked at Island Number Ten, and had to change his plans and go by rail to Louisville. Coming up the river, he rode on a boat with the Tiger Bayou Riflemen from Milligan's Bend to Memphis, and to secure safety, he told them he lived in Memphis and would enlist with them upon reaching that port, which he neglected to do. While in the Memphis depot, inquiring the most direct route, he met a young man from Indiana, who had been in Mississipppi, and who was trying to get home. As they were both in the same predicament and their efforts to escape were the same, friendship ensued and they became partners. They went to Bowling Green, Kentucky, and on June 10, while on the depot platform at Bowling Green, our subject overheard the officers tell the conductor to stop the train at Camp Zollicoffer, where the train would be searched. He told his partner this, who paid little attention to it. Our subject considered discretion the better part of valor and was also anxious to see the camp, so he was standing on the platform between the cars when the train reached the camp. Officers boarded the train and placed guards at the doors, but they evidently thought he was a member of the crew and did not molest him. He stepped off and sauntered up to the engine and boarded the cab, and thus came on safely. But, his partner, who had remained in the car$, was captured, and he never heard of him again. They had arranged that, if one met with misfortune, the other would notify his folks, and our subject wrote his partner's folks when he reached Missouri.

He reached the Union lines at Louisville, and, crossing the river to Jeffersonville, he drew one long breath, threw his hat into the air, and gave a yell. His plans were then undecided, but as his two half-sisters were attending school in Hannibal, Missouri, he went to see them. He then went to Ralls county, twenty-one miles away. He lived on a farm there until February 22, 1862, when he enlisted in the 31st Missouri State Troops and served until November 30, same year, when they were disbanded, subject to call. Our subject started to Indiana on horseback, but stopped in Iowa where he remained until July 28, 1863. He then went to Indiana, thence to Ohio and Pittsburg to see his mother's relatives. In the fall of 1863, he went to Camp Nelson, Kentucky, where he was employed in the Quartermaster's Department to drive teams. During the winter he operated from Flat Lick to Cumberland Mountain, taking supplies to the forces. In the spring of 1864, he went to Lexington, Kentucky.

Until then, he had been a driver and leader of pack mules in the mountains, but he was promoted to Wagon Master when he reached Lexington. His train started south with five hundred wagons and three hundred ambulances, - and when it reached Decatur, Alabama, he was turned over with 25 wagons and 150 mules to the First Division of the Twenty Third Corps of the Army of the Cumberland. The drivers were sent back and soldiers were detailed to drive and he was retained as Wagon Master. He was with this division until February 16, 1865, was through the Nashville fight, and kept up the supplies from the time the army left Nashville until it was finally shipped from Grange's Landing on the Tennessee river to Louisville, from which place the Division was sent to Washington and our subject to Lexington. During March, 1865, another train was organized, which started to Little Rock, Arkansas, in April. It went to Louisville and went into camp to await transports, buf, on May 20, they were discharged, the war being ended.

He then went to Berlin Cross Roads, Jackson county, Ohio, bought a team and hauled ore to La Trobe Furnace. In the fall of 1865, he took a contract with the Baltimore & Ohio South Western railroad to furnish them crossties in Scioto county. He came to this county and boarded at Henry Barrett's in Harrison township. In February, 1866, hé came to Sciotoville and contracted with McConnell, Porter & Company to deliver fire-clay to their works.

On October 15, 1868, he was married to Miss Louella Byrn, who died November 15, 1901. They had three children, viz: Arthur M., who is assistant superintendent of Barnhart Brothers' type foundry in Chicago; James P., who is storekeeper for The Scioto Fire Brick Company; and Ella, who died December 23, 1894. On January 1, 1876, he was employed by The Scioto Fire Brick Company as assistant superintendent. .On January 1, 1890, he became superintendent, and in September, 1894, he was also made treasurer; and on January 1, 1902, he became president, superintendent and treasurer.

He was reared a Democrat, but shortly after becoming a voter, he became a republican, in which he is firmly grounded. He is not a politician in the popular 'sense. He never aspired to political honors, although he served his township one term as Trustee in 1877. One of the regrets of his life is that he voted the democratic ticket one time.

Mr. Turner is one of the best specimens of the self-made man. On account of scant school privileges in the South during his boyhood, his education was limited, but by dint of a bright intellect and indomitable perseverance, he acquired a good, practical education since reaching manhood, and is to-day one of Scioto county's progressive and substantial men.

was born in Washington township, Scioto county, Ohio, March 14, 1831. His father's name was Samuel Turner, and his mother's maiden name was Phoebe Wilson, a daughter of John Wilson. There were two boys and two girls in the family: John, William, our subject, Mary and Maria. John died in Portsmouth at the age of seventy-three; Mary, now deceased, married William Holt; Maria is deceased. Our'subject aitended the common schools. He commenced to work on the farm when he was nine years old, and has been a farmer all his life. In the spring of 1860, he located where he now resides.

He was married February 9, 1860, to Mary Daniels. They had the following children: Frank, Louisa, married Aaron Briggs, Albert, a farmer on the

- West side; Andrew Barry and Jennie Dunbar, twins. The latter married Christian Blair, a farmer; Lottie died in infancy. His first wife died January 29, 1898, and he married again November 2, 1899 to Mrs. Eldecca Wishon, a daughter of Robert S. Wynn.

He was township Trustee for a number of years. He was County Commissioner from 1876 to 1882. He owns about 500 acres of land along the Ohio river and the Scioto valley. He was a whig before he was a republican, and cast his first vote for General Taylor on the Whig ticket. He is an Odd Fellow. Mr. Turner is one of the most reliable citizens of Scioto county. While he was County Commissioner, he made one of the best in the whole succession. When he said "no" it was "no," but he was never arbitrary. He was al- Ways open to reason and conviction and took the best course. No man ever possessed better business judgment than he. As an economist, he has been a success. He has made a fair fortune and he knows how to take care of it, though at all times he is a liberal, public-spirited citizen. A dozen words from him as how to make money is worth a whole library from a writer on the subject who has not succeeded in practical life.

was born January 1, 1861 at Portsmouth, Ohio, the youngest son of Col. Sampson E. Varner and. Maria Louise Huston, his wife. He attended the Portsmouth public schools until 1874, when, at the age of 13, he went into the Kinney. National Bank.. He remained in the employ of that institution until 1887 when he went to Muscatine, Iowa, as.a clerk in the Commercial hotel, kept by his uncle, John W. Varner. From there he went to Kokomo, Ind., and was a clerk for eighteen months in the hotel kept by Joseph C. Gilbert, his uncle. In 1880, he went into the Express office in Portsmouth, Ohio. In the same year, he began as stock boy with Sanford, Varner & Company and continued with their successors, Towell, McFarland and Sanford, until 1886. In the latter year, Mr. Sanford, our subject, and William H. Varner bought out the old firm and conducted the business in Portsmouth, Ohio, as Sanford, Varner & Company until 1898 when the firm moved to Cincinnati and succeeded Miller,

Vorhees & Company by purchase, since which time they have conducted the business as Sanford, Storrs & Varner. The firm is composed of Angus L. Sanford, John S. Storrs and James H. Varner.

Our subject was married on November 27, 1887 to Ellen Louise Damarin, second daughter of Louis C. Damarin and Mary Ann Peck, his wife. They have four children, Louise Pauline, Mary, James H., and Dorothy.

Mr. Varner was a democrat until 1896 when he became a republican on the money issue. He is a Mason, a member of the Elks, of the Business Men's Club of Cincinnati, of the Avondale Athletic Club and of the Cuvier Club. Mr. Varner is known among his contemporaries and associates as a gentleman of the highest character. His word is always kept with the utmost scrupulousness.

was born in Nile township, near Friendship, July 19, 1852. He is the son of Thomas G. Vaughters and Ara B. (Jennings) Vaughters. His father has a sketch herein. His mother was a daughter of Enos Jennings, who emigrated from Juniata county, Pennsylvania to Muskingum county, Ohio, where she was born April 12, 1832. The Jennings family later moved to near Hamden, Vinton county, Ohio, where at the age of nineteen, she was united in marriage with Thomas G. Vaughters. by the late Hon. H. S. Bundy, who at that time was a local Methodist preacher.

Our subject was very mischievous when a boy and that trait persists in exhibiting itself to this day. In attending the common schools, he was always considered a very apt pupil. He had an especial-fondness for geography, spelling and history, mathematics being as dry as chaff to him. He taught the Friendship school four years and was successful in its management. After completing the common schools, he attended the National Normal at Lebanon, Ohio, the Central Ohio Normal at Worthington, Ohio, and at Oberlin, Ohio. Our subject was too young to be in the Civil war, but had three uncles: Ervin, Oren and Sanford Jennings, who were in the service and consequently he has a warm feeling for the old soldiers. He was Assessor of Washington township for two years. This is the only office he ever held, with the exception of being Postmaster at Dennis, Ohio, since September 15, 1893.

He is a republican but an ardent supporter of the 'free-silver"' theory. He is very independent in his political course and votes for the man rather than the party label. Though not a rich man, he owns a good farm, unincumbered, all under-drained, very productive, and with good improvements. He is a good financier in a small way. He is always liberal and willing to help those in need of help, and has always felt a pleasure in doing so. Mr. Vaughters was Editor of the Piketon (Ohio) Courier in 1879 and 1880. He says he did not accumulate two cents during that time, but had two million dollars worth of fun. He has been correspondent for several city papers before and since. He owns a general store at Dennis, Ohio, and has been conducting it since 1892.

was born in Caroline county, Virginia, in 1823. His father was of English descent but a native of Virginia. His mother Catherine Mason was of Scotch descent, but a native of Philadelphia. His father died when he was quite young and his mother, three brothers and a sister came to Ohio in 1830. They located in Jackson county. From 1834 until 1838 he attended the country schools walking three miles to the school house. He burned pine knots to study by at night. He got beyond his teacher and walked eight miles to another school. In 1842, he obtained a teacher's certificate and taught- three months in Ohio and Kentucky and then began the study of Anatomy and Physiology. In the fall of 1842, he began the study of medicine with Dr. D. H. Mitchell of Jackson, Ohio. He studied there for three years and then went into the office of Dr. J. M. Keenan in Hamden and read, studied and practiced until 1850. He visited one of his brothers in Scioto county and met Dr. J. W. Dennis, who persuaded him to locate at Friendship, Ohio. In 1851 and 1852 he took a full course of lectures at Louisville, Kentucky. In March, 1872, he obtained the degree of M.

1D. from the Ohio Medical College. He was President of the Scioto County Medical Society for two years and after the Hempstead Academy of Medicine was organized became.one of the Trustees and was its first vice president. He was also a member of the Ohio State Medical Society and held a diploma from it.

He was married May 25, 1851 to Miss Ara B. Jennings, daughter of Enos Jennings of Vinton county. She was a sister of the late Sanford Bundy Jennings. Six children were born to them: James S., Enos J., married Anna Reinhardt, resides at Dennis, Ohio; John E., Alice H., Flora M., married T. J. Lauter, and Loulie K. the wife of W. L. Baker of Dennis, Ohio. John E. is deceased. Alice H. is married and lives in Wisconsin.

When Doctor Vaughters was about to die he made all arrangements for his funeral and selected his pall bearers. He was the true type of the humanitarian. He wore himself out in the service of others. The editor of this work often said to him, that he deserved one of the highest seats in heaven. The Doctor was a practical Christian. He believed in good works and performed them himself. He took the part of the good Samaritan every day of his life and acted it out to perfection.

was born July 31, 1834, in Nile township, Scioto county, Ohio. His father was William Veach, and his mother was Ruth (Burris) Veach. He received his education in the log houses of Washington and Nile townships. On April 2, 1861 he enlisted in Company D 22 O. V. I. for three months and was mustered out with the Company, August 19, 1861. On October 18, 1861, he was appointed Second Lieutenant and recruited forty men for the service and was assigned to Company D, 56 O. V. I. He was commissioned First Lieutenant February 5, 1862 to rank from November 11, 1861, and was discharged by order of the War Department June 2, 1862 and re-commissioned April 9, 1863 to rank from February 9, 1863. He resigned September 10, 1864. C)

He resided in Nile township until 1865 in which year he moved to Vinton county, Ohio and lived there until 1867. Receiving an offer of employment from the Quincy Bridge Company, he located in Quincy, Illinois, leaving there in 1869 for Grundy county, Missouri where he farmed until 1881 when he returned to Scioto county. Here his family suffered severely from the high wa- 'ters of 1884 and he decided, in 1886, to go to Kingston, Ross county, where he has resided ever since. |

He was married to Mary Ellen, daughter of George W. McKinney of Nile township, on the 28th of June 18638. The day following his marriage he' returned to the army. He has six children living: Ruth, wife of Henry Snook, Mary E., Charles Walter, Maggie A., Nellie J.. and Maude F. His son William W. was killed at the age of nineteen, by the explosion of a flour mill boiler at Kingston, Ohio.

He is a republican in his political views and has been a member of the Methodist church for twenty-five years. Mr. Veach is a citizen of the highest character and possesses the confidence of all who know him. He is of the strictest integrity and lives up to the golden rule every day. He is a credit to the community in which he dwells and would be a credit to any community. He takes life easy and is simply waiting the final roll call, when he will answer, "ready." was born in Greenup county, Kentucky, November 13, 1857, the son of Joseph W. Veazey and Elizabeth Campbell, his wife. His father was a Mexican soldier and at the opening of the Civil war he was drill master for a long time at - Tronton, Ohio. Our subject had two brothers in the Civil war, B. I. and W. W. Veazey. In 1858 his father removed with his family to near Ironton, Ohio. ' His boyhood and youth were spent at that place where he attended the schools at South Point, Ohio. He taught school in Lawrence county for four years and was a township Clerk for two years from 1890 to 1892. He has always been a republican,

He was married first to Miss Kate Wetherbee, of Minnesota. There is one daughter of this marriage, Bertha. Mrs. Wait died February 28, 1878. He was married the second time to Miss Sallie J. Dillon, daughter of Rev. J. W. Dillon, February 23, 1882. Their children are: Helen M., Catharine D., and Gilbert D. He is a member of the Bigelow M. E. church, and is a republican in his political views.

was born at Harrison Mills about three miles southeast of Harrisonville, Ohio, . December 30, 1870. His father Charles Walden enlisted as a private in Company A, 39th O. V. I., July 16, 1861 and was discharged July 9, 1865. His grandfather, Richard Walden, was in Captain Hamilton's Company, Company D, Ist ©. V. I. in the Mexican War. He enlisted June 1, 1846 at the age of 32 and was discharged June 14, 1847. His mother's maiden name was Harriet Ellen Colegrove, daughter of Peleg Colegrove. His boyhood and youth were spent on the farm where he attended the district school in winter. His father removed to Portsmouth where he had a general store. He remained two years and in 1884 removed to Sciotoville where our subject completed his education in the Sciotoville schools. He spent three and a half years as teacher in the grammar school and five and a half years as teacher in the High School of Sciotoville. He began teaching in 1891 and is at present teaching in the High School at Lucasville. He was appointed County School Examiner in September, 1899. He is a republican and a member of the Wheelersburg Masonic Lodge and also a member of the Sciotoville Knights of Pythias Lodge.

Mr. Walden is a self-made man and has reason to be proud of what he has accomplished. He possesses all of the cardinal virtues and illustrates and honors them in life. He is a diligent and faithful student and a proficient scholar for his years. He has attained the highest success as a teacher. He holds a State High School Life Certificate.

was born in Buffalo, New York, March 18, 1861. His father was David Walker, and his mother was Sarah H. Tyler. They had two children, our subject and a daughter. William attended school in Buffalo between six and eight years, and at the latter age, his father, who was a contractor on public works, moved to Chicago, Illinois. The family remained there until after the great fire in 1871 when they moved to Milwaukee. There William went to school till 1878 when he spent one year in preparing for Brown University at Providence, Rhode Island, but instead of going, went into business. From 1879 to 1887, he was an assistant book-keeper in a hardware house, at Milwaukee.

In 1881 he began to travel for an ink company and among other places visited Portsmouth, Ohio. He was pleased with the place and in 1887,. he located there and went into the employment of the Veneer Works then opened by Goldsmith & Rapp. He has remained in Portsmouth and has been connected with that business ever since. He is now the secretary, treasurer, and general manager and has been such since 1900. ;

He was married August 14, 1889, to Miss Effie Petrie, daughter of James Petrie, a Scotchman, who is now the postmaster at Jasper, Ohio. She is a great-granddaughter of Major Joseph Ashton, a soldier of the Revolution, who has a sketch herein. Mr. and Mrs. Walker have two sons, Paul and Harold Holcomb. Mr. Walker is a Mason and a Modern Woodman. He has already placed himself in the front rank of Portsmouth's business men. He: has deserved success and has obtained it. He possesses all of those qualities which are admired and prized by those who value success. He has accomplished much in his chosen business career and bids fair to make a record as one of the most valued men of the city.

was born February 24, 1869, at Lancaster, Ohio. His father was Henry Woodrow Waller, a native of Guernsey county, Ohio, near Cambridge. His mother was Minerva M. Graybill. He was reared on a farm and received his education in the public schools of Lancaster and afterwards learned the stone business in a quarry operated by his father near Lancaster. With his brothers he came to Rarden in 1895 and became a stockholder in the Rarden Stone Company, organized and incorporated at that time. Since that time he has superintended and managed the operation of its quarry. He is a democrat, but votes for the man as often as for the party. He is a member of the English Lutheran Church at Laneaster, Ohio. He was married October 12, 1898, to Gertrude Schweikert, daughter of Henry C. and Catherine Burke Schweikert of Lancaster, Ohio. Their children are Ora Concorda, age eight, and Gladys Catherine, age five.

son of Henry Woodrow Waller and Minerva M. (Graybill) Waller, was born at Laneaster, Fairfield county, Ohio, January 25, 1875. His father was raised near Cambridge, Guernsey county, Ohio. His mother was a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Pence) Graybill. His father enlisted in Company F, 9th O. V. C., August 27, 1863, for three years, and was mustered out with the company July 20, 1865.

Our subject was raised on a farm adjoining Lancaster, attended the public schools and was afterwards employed at a stone quarry operated by his father near Lancaster. He came to Rarden June 15, 1895, and became engaged in the stone business with his brothers Frank M. and Charles C., L. Taylor and others under the name of the Rarden Stone Company, Incorporated. He is a stockholder in the company and is a foreman in the quarry. He is a Democrat and a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, Tribe No. 159, and also of the Knights of Pythias, Lodge No. 203, at Peebles, Ohio. He was elected a member of the Rarden council in 1892; He was married October 1, 1896, to Iva Wamsley, daughter of Harvey and Sarah Wamsley, of Rarden. His children are Mildred and Paul.

was born September, 5, 1872, at Lancaster, Ohio. His father was Henry Woodward Waller and his mother's name was Minerva M. Graybill. His parents had three sons and one daughter. He received his education in the common schools at Lancaster until nineteen years of age, then he attended Zanesville Business College, at Zanesville, Ohio. He left there in April, 1893, and returned to Lancaster and engaged in work at his father's stone quarry with his other brothers. He remained here until June, 1895. They were handling sandstone for masonry work. They then concluded to change their business to Rarden, Ohio, and have been engaged there ever since. An advertisement of Scioto County stone in a stone journal had called their attention to this locality, and Charles C. came to Rarden to investigate the situation; and the result was that all three located there.

Our subject was married December 28, 1897, to Noline Abbott. She died August 14, 1898. Mr. Waller attends to all the shipping of the Rarden Stone Company, and is secretary of the company. He is a member of the Red Men and Knights of Pythias. He is a republican in his political views, and a member of the English Lutheran church, of Lancaster, Ohio.

was born September 12, 1876, in Scioto county, Ohio. His father was Edmond Walsh, and his mother's maiden name was Margaret O'Brien. They were from county Clare, Ireland, and came to the United States in 1848. Their children were: James R., Bridget, married Wm. Guthrie, deceased; John C., clerk in his brother's store; George, our subject; and Edward K. Our subject attended 'school at McCulloch, and at the age of twenty-two went west to Menominee, Michigan. After remaining at Menominee furnace, for two years in the Northern Peninsula, he came back to Scioto county, and later went to Pullman; Illinois, and was a brickmaker for six months. Then he went to Indiana and railroaded six months. In 1884 he was a turnpike contractor of Ross county with James R. and John C. Walsh. :

He was married May 12, 1886 to Miss Mary Finn, daughter of John Finn. They have the following children living and deceased: "Edmond James, Maggie, 'Annie, Marie, deceased at two years, two months, and Helen. He began the liquor business at Otway February 1, 1886, and has been in it ever since. He is a member of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church at McCulloch. He is a democrat in his political views. Mr. Walsh is a farmer and owns the Albert Dear farm and the Joseph Kelly and the Banks farms in the horse shoe bend in Brush Creek. Mr. Walsh devotes almost all of his attention to farming. He is regarded by his neighbors as an upright and honorable man, who will stand up to every agreement or pledge he makes, and is well liked by those who know him best. He is liberal in all public matters and regarded as a good citizen and a valuable factor in the community.

was born in Piketon, Ohio, Feb. 10, 1830. His father, Daniel Ware, was a native of Virginia, and his mother's maiden name was Maria Dunham. Our subject was one of a family of eight children, five sons and three daughters. He attended the public school in Piketon, and at the age of eighteen, he clerked in the store of Ross, Dunham & Co., at Piketon. On Oct. 20, 1852, he came to Portsmouth, on the old stage line conducted by Hawks of Circleville. At that 'Mime the stage left at five or six in the evening and arrived in Portsmouth about 10 P. M. On the next day after his arrival he went to work for R. Bell © & Co., as a salesman. He remained an employee until February, 1856, when he became a partner in the business. He remained as a partner until 1875, when the firm closed out. Our subject has not been in any regular business since.

He was married on October 12, 1853, to Martha Ann Lancaster of Piketon, O. His children are: Mrs. Anna, wife of John E. Mick of Chillicothe, O.; Ida, wife of Frank H. Davis, of Portsmouth; William H., traveling salesman for the Excelsior Shoe Company of Portsmouth; Lucy, unmarried; Harry L., a salesman for the Excelsior Shoe Company; Francis J., died at the age of two years. He has always been a republican. Since 1875, he has lived a retired life, taking the world easy.

was born in London, England, March 16, 1850. His father was John Metham Warrener, a contractor. His mother's maiden name was Martha Very, daughter of Judge Very. There were five sons and two daughters in the family. Our subject was the third child and the second son. He was brought up in London, England, until he was twenty-two years of age. He attended school in London and received a thorough academical education. He studied veterinary surgery at a school in Westborne, London, England, for four years and graduated in 1871. The same year he came to the United - States and located on a farm in Athens county, with an uncle, and remained - there five years. He then went to Chester Hill, Morgan county, Ohio, and be- 'came a stock dealer, and was in that business until 1890 when he went to Gallipolis and took up veterinary surgery. In 1898, he came to Portsmouth and has been here ever since. He has a hospital at 21 west Eighth street. He was married in 1873 to Pharaby Adeline Beasley, daughter of Isaac Beasley, of Athens county. He has three children: his son Arthur B. is.a Veterinary Surgeon, in partnership with his father; his daughter Jennie married Otto Lasley of Marietta, O., and his daughter Martha married W. K. Merriman of Gallipolis. His wife died November 12, 1902. He is a republican, a Knight of Pythias, and a member of Aurora Lodge F. & A. M.

was born December 25, 1805 in Nelson county, Virginia. He was the son of Nelson Reed Warwick who was born April 6, 1784 in. Nelson county, Virginia. 'He moved from Virginia in 1888 to Chillicothe, Ohio, where he died of flux October 5, 1848. He united with the M. BE. church when 19 years old at Nelson C. H., Virginia. He had a good common school education, was a great reader and a good public speaker, He taught schoo] at Bethel church, Nelson county,

Virginia, in 1826. In 1827, he came to Augusta county, Virginia and taught school three years near Waynesboro, Virginia, and began the study of medicine with Doctor Abraham Wayland. On September 19, 1833 he was married to Mary Fisher, daughter of Anthony Fisher of Churchville, Virginia. He then moved to Staunton, Virginia, where he taught school four years and continued to study medicine under Doctor T. Reynolds. In 1887, he attended medical lectures at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio.

In 1838, he began the practice of medicine at Deerfield, Augusta county, Virginia. In 1839, he moved to Middlebrook, Virginia, and continued the practice of medicine until 1856 when he left Middlebrook and moved with his family to Cincinnati, Ohio. He then attended the Miami Medical College and graduated in March, 1857. In the winter of 1857-8 he attended lectures at the Ohio Medical College and received a diploma from the Ohio College.

In 1850, he was licensed to preach as a local preacher in the Methodist chureh. In 1857, he was ordained Deacon by Bishop Morris. April 1, 1858, he left Cincinnati and moved to PortsmoutIh, Ohio. In 1859, he moved to Lucasville. where he practiced medicine for five years. Having poor health he gave up practice and engaged in the drug business and kept a general store. He died June 14, 1880, at Lucasville, Ohio, aged 74 years, 5 months and 14 days. His widow survived him many years and died February 1, 1902, aged 91 years, 11 months and 15 days. His children were: Mrs. Annie Anderson, Maggie Thomas and Dr. John B. Warwick of Lucasville, Ohio. Three sons, Newton, Frank and James are dead. Doctor Beverly Green Warwick was a just man, a good Christian and a model citizen. é was born at Staunton, Augusta county, Va., July 5, 1834. His father's name was Beverly Green Warwick, and his mother's maiden name was Mary Fisher. He remained in Staunton, Va., until he was two years old, and then moved to Deerfield, Augusta county, Va., where he remained two years, and then moved to Middlebrook, Va. His father was a physician. He attended school in Virginia, until he was twenty years old. He then taught school in Virginia for two years. He left Virginia in 1856, and went to Cincinnati, where he studied medicine. He graduated from the Medieal College of Ohio in 1858. He then came to Portsmouth in 1858 and practiced medicine here until 1859, when he located in Lucasville, and has been there ever since.

He entered. the 91ist O. V. I. as Assistant Surgeon August 19, 1862, for three years. He was promoted to Surgeon, May 23, 1863, and was mustered out with the regiment June 24, 1865. He was appointed Pension Examining Surgeon under Harrison's administration, and served from 1889 to 1893, and was reappointed in 1897. He was married February 14, 1860, to Sarah Belknap Moulton, daughter of Norman Moulton. They have the following children: Mollie E., wife of Judge John C. Milner; Maggie A., wife of John A. Long, residing at Streator, Ill, Charles A., a physician at Lucasville, in partnership with his father; Norman Beverly, residing at Denver, Col.; Miss Lou, and Frank, a dentist in Columbus. Mr. Warwick is a Royal Arch Mason.

For forty-three years the Doctor has practiced medicine in Lucasville and vicinity and the wonder is that he is not broken down. There was never a night so dark, a road so long, a rain so hard, or a north wind with sleet and snow so fierce, but what on the cal! of a patient he would turn out, for the humblest as well as the most influential. He is of a cheery, hopeful dissposition and has a hearty handshake which is as good as an electric treatment. He is always, apparently, in a pleasant humor. He is of a sympathetic nature, and encourages his patients to hope for the best. In all the circle of his acquaintances he has bound the hearts of all who know him and have met him to himself, as if by bands of steel. The Doctor could pose as a good patriot, if he could pose at all, for he is one of the right stamp. His love of country carried him into the army and gave it three of the best years of his life. He is prominent in Grand Army circles, and there is never too much he 'can do for an old comrade. The men of his own regiment, the 91st O. V. I. look to him as children to a father, and the happiest moments of his life are those spent in reunions and the camp-fires of his old comrades in arms. As a citizen, he never shirks from his duties or responsibilities. His influence is always for the best interest of those about him whether in religion, politics or learning. He has the courage of his convictions. In politics, he is a stalwart republican.

was born in Augusta county, Virginia, May 29, 1845, and died in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 10, 1898, being 52 years, 8 months and 13 days old. The cause of his death was some form of brain trouble, which had resulted in paralysis. His father was Dr. Beverly Green Warwick and his mother was Mary (Fisher) Warwick. In 1853, on account of his decided views upon slavery, Doctor Warwick moved with his family from the old Virginia home, to Ohio, settling first at Cincinnati, and then in a year or two afterwards, moving to Lucasville, Scioto county. There Newton lived when the war began, and there he voluniteered as a private in the 91st O. V. I., and was mustered into the service with the regiment September 7, 1862. In October following he was appointed Commissary Sergeant of the regiment, which position he held until July 6, 1864, when he was promoted to Second Lieutenant and so continued in faithful service till the close of the war, June 25, 1865, participating in all the arduous duties and struggles of his regiment.

He was married to Adelaide Brown, a native of Kentucky, at Lucasville, Ohio, March 22, 1866. Of this happy union there were six children. Two died in infancy. Mary, a teacher in the-Cincinnati public schools, died in 1901, aged 34; Beverly G., died in 1894, aged 24, while living in Chicago as Passenger Agent for the Missouri Pacific Railroad; Walter W. and Frank B. are now (1903) living in Cincinnati, practicing law. The widow of our subject also lives in Cincinnati. When the war was over he went into the mercantile business at Lucasville, where he was postmaster from-1865 to 1869. In 1869 he removed to Portsmouth and in 1871 to Council Grove, Kansas, where he carried on a general store until 1874, when he sold out and returned to Ohio, settling in Cincinnati, and accepting the agency of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.

About 1878 he became agent of the Iron Mountain Route, and represented that line and the Missouri Pacific for twenty years till his death. In this capacity he was well known and most cordially esteemed. He was elected President of the International Association of Traveling Passenger Agents at Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1886. He never held any public office except that of postmaster at Lucasville. He was a member of the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; of the Grand Army of the Republic; of the Masonic Lodge and Chapter; also a member of the Knights of Pythias; and of the Uniformed Rank, Knights of Pythias, and of the Elks.

He was a fine railroad man, and conducted his business in such a genial, intelligent, straight-forward manner as to make his service highly efficient. He possessed such a cheerful disposition that his presence was a glow of sunshine, and he carried with him such a hearty good will that it was a joy to. meet him. Lieutenant Warwick was a popular soldier. He was highly regarded by every member of his regiment. He was a boyish and handsome fellow, but exhibited at all times strong manly traits of character. Uncomplaining and faithful he was always honored by conscientious performance of whatever duty was imposed upon him. His life was honorable. He was one of the most zealous Grand Army and Loyal Legion men. He loved the memories of the war. He was a familiar figure at camp fires and re-unions. Patriotic reminiscences were delightful to his heart. His life was full of sunshine, of gentle words and kindly deeds.

was born October 17, 1858, at Piketon, Ohio., His father was John H. Watkins, and his mother's maiden name was Sophia Murphy, one. of five brothers and two sisters. His father kept a ferry at Piketon, Ohio, for a long time. He was a private in the army and died in the service. He also had a brother who died in the. Civil war. When our subject was six months old his parents moved to Zanesville, and resided there until he was nine years old. He at- tended school while at Zanesville. His father died when he was a child, his mother remarried to Benjamin Lewis, and the family moved on a farm just north of Waverly, and resided there four years. At thirteen years of age, our subject went to Bear Creek, and engaged in the mercantile business as a clerk for Lowman & Allison. He remained with Lowman on Bear Creek until he was twenty years of age, when he opened a store at Clifford, Ohio, for Mr. Lowman and remained there from 1878 until 1886. In the latter year he removed to Wakefield, and there a store was opened under the firm name of Lowman & Watkins. [In 1900 he bought out Mr. Lowman, and has been carrying on the store ever since. August 1, 1901, he located his office at Columbus, in the Wyandotte Building. He is a railroad-tie contractor, purchasing ties for several of the railroads. He maintains his residence at Wakefleld. He was appointed Superintendent of the Ohio Canal in February, 1898, and holds the office yet.

Glaze. They have three children: Frank IL., a physician at Portsmouth; Lou M.; a daughter at home, and Nelson M., a son at home. , He has always been a republican, and is a Blue Lodge Mason. His chief characteristics are his sturdy honesty, liberality, progressiveness and loyalty to his friends. He despises hypocrisy and deceit in every form. During a long and eminently successful business career his word has always been regarded as good as his bond, and he has had the confidence and respect of those with whom his business has brought him into contact. While a very earnest political worker, he never permits his political affiliations or prejudice to interfere in his social intercourse with his friends, who are to be found in all parties. Mr. Watkins is regarded as a public spirited citizen. He is always identifled with everything that tends to advance or better the condition of his community.

was born in Clinton, Illinois, October 18, 1857. His father was John C. Watkins, and his mother Ellen LaForgey. His father was a native of Portsmouth. His grandfather, Thomas Watkins, was one of the first settlers in Portsmouth. Thomas left Clinton, Illinois, when a babe and came to Portsmouth. He attended the Portsmouth schools until 1874, and then began to learn the plumbing business with Jones & Burt. He went to Cincinnati and worked at his {trade there until 1878. He then came back to Portsmouth, in 1878, and started in business for himself, in 1880, and has been in it ever since. He is located at the southwest corner of Third and Washington streets, and has been there for ten years. He resides at 320, Jackson street, in the Thomas W. Carrie property. He was married in 1872, in Scioto county, to Sarah Stockham, daughter of Aaron Stockham. He has six children: Lettie, Charles, Judith, Thomas A., Harold Wayne, and Sarah. He is a republican. He was at one time Superintendent of the Water Works, and is a member of the Royal Arcanum and Knights of Pythias. He understands his business thoroughly and devotes himself to it.

was born March 12, 1842, in Adams county, Ohio. His father was John Webb, and his mother's maiden name was Eliza Lewis. His grandfather, William Webb, was from Germany. His mother was born and reared in Scioto county. What schooling he received was obtained by attending school two years after he was fifteen years of age. His father moved into Scioto county, when he was fourteen years of age; and he has lived in the county ever since. He began life at sixteen years of age by peeling bark and hauling logs. At twentyone he went to work for himself in Coan & Smith's saw-mill and has been in the lumber business ever since. He was with Coan & Smith three years, with Thomas G. Adamson nine years, eight of which he was foreman. On March 25, 1872, he went into partnership with Henry H. Cuppett in the lumbering busiimess, under the firm name of Cuppett & Webb. This partnership continued for twenty-eight years, when Cuppett sold out to Webb, and the latter continued the business. The partnership was dissolved by mutual consent, Mr, Cuppett wishing to retire to his farm on Turkey creek, -

When they began business they operated on Turkey creek, and kept the lumber yard in Portsmouth. Our subject moved to Portsmouth in 1885 and started a saw-mill, keeping one on Turkey creek at the same time. The firm established a planing mill on Front street in 1894, and dispensed with the sawmill in the city. The planing-mill was destroyed by fire June 23, 1898, loss estimated at $13,000. September 2, 1898, their saw mill on Turkey creek was destroyed by fire, loss $3,000, with no insurance on either except $1,500. They leased the Portsmouth Planing Mill on Gallia and Campbell Avenue, June 30, 1898, and operated it until December 4, 1901. Mr. Webb who had succeeded Cuppett & Webb in 1900, purchased the mill outright. The firm never failed, although a number of their debtors have failed on them for large sums.

He has been a member of the Christian Church since 1868, and is now a member of the church at Third and Gay streets. He has always been a republican. He was a school director for some time in Nile township, and was elected president of the City Water Works Board in 1900.

He was married December 17, 1867 to Sophia Holt, daughter of David and Jerusha Holt of Nile township. They have five children, four sons and one daughter. His daughter is the wife of Frank Hacquard. His sons are David L., John Thomas, Charles Elden and Henry Harrison. All except Charles are with him in the business. David L., is his book-keeper and John Thomas is foreman in the mill. Henry is assistant book-keeper and collector. Charles is a salesman for Ben Davis in the clothing business. Mr. Webb is an Odd Fellow of uniform rank. He is an honest man, if one ever lived. He would lose every dollar he had and go to the poor-house rather than do anything he deemed dishonest or dishonorable. He has been through fires and disasters, but like Job he has always maintained his integrity.

was born at Jackson C. H., Ohio, March 28, 1851. He is a son of Frederick Louis and Dora (Caden) Weghorst. His father is a native of Prussia. His mother was a native of Sehindberg, Hanover. Our subject had eight brothers and two sisters. Seven of his brothers and both of his sisters are living. His parents moved to Portland when he was two years of age and to Monroe Furnace two years afterwards. After two years residence there they moved to Boone Furnace, Ky., where they lived until 1859. From there they went to Cincinnati, and in 1862 they came to Buena Vista. At the age of twenty-one he went to work for himself as a saw-setter in the stone saw-mill at Buena Vista, and continued to work here until 1876, when he became a driver for the Buena Vista Freestone Co. and he has hauled sand and stone for the company ever since. He was married December 30, 1872, to Anna Margaret Dorn of Buena Vista. He had eleven children: Lena, the wife of William Roth of Buena Vista; William, resides in Pittsburg, Pa., foreman of the Homestead Bridge Works; Sadie, wife of Henry Roth of Buena Vista; Frederick, Hattie, Albert, Etta, Mabel, Carrie, Anna, deceased, and Rufford. He is a republican, a member of the German Presbyterian church and of the Odd Fellows.

was born January 5, 1860, in Portsmouth. His father was William Welch and his mother's maiden name was Susan E. Jones. He was reared in the city of 'Portsmouth, and attended its school until he was thirteen years of age when the family circumstances were such that he went to work. He was engaged in Johnson & Road's hub factory for six years, and worked for the United States Express Company for two years. For.eight years he was in the confectionery business with his brother, Ed Welch. In i890, he started a retail grocery at the corner of Third and Chillicothe, and was there ten years. He then located on the southwest corner of Sixth and Washington streets for one year and for another year on East Fifth street. On January 1, 1902 he opened a retail grocery at 28 Gallia street which he is conducting.

He was married in 1890 to Minnie C. Patton and has had four children. The eldest, Letha is deceased. The surviving children are: Walter, aged eight; Bernice, aged five; and Pauline, aged two. He is a member of the Christian church, of the Knights of Pythias, and of the Royal Arcanum, and

William H. Wheeler

Modern Woodmen. He is one of the live, active, progressive, young business men of the city and has a business of which he is justly proud. The Phoenix arose from its ashes, but he had none to rise from. Everything he is and has is due to his own exertions.

was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, March 12, 1876. His father was Samuel Williams and his mother's maiden name was Martha Clare. At the age of ten years, he was adopted by Richard H. Wells and his wife of Flat, Ohio. He went to school at Flat till he was twenty years of age, and in the year 1894, he attended school, one year, at the Illinois State University at Champaign, Dllinois. At the age of twenty, on May 8, 1894, he enlisted in Company G, 22 United States Infantry. He served three years. After he had been in the service three months, he was made a Corporal. In another seven months he was made Second Sergeant and directly afterwards was made First Sergeant. He was in the service two years at Fort Kehoe, Montana, and in Nebraska. He was discharged May, 1897, at Portsmouth, Ohio, while on a furlough. He then went to clerking for J. J. Brushart, and was with him eighteen months. In the year 1899, he engaged in the insurance business, and has been in that ever since. His employment is with the National Protective Society in Detroit. He is district agent for ten counties and an adjuster. His office is at Jackson, Ohio. He is a republican, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a Knight of Pythias.

was born September 13 1846, in Highland county, Ohio. His mother's maiden name was Hannah Amanda Crawford and his father's name was Isaac Newton West. His father and mother were married in West Union, September 28, 1845. His father was born in Highland county, Ohio. His grandfather, James West, was from Virginia. His father died in Buford, Highland county, in 1852, of that 'Fell Destroyer,' consumption, leaving his mother with him and a sister, Josephine, born in 1848. His mother took her two children and went to the home of her mother, Mrs. Daniel Matheny, in West Union. Here she fell a victim of the same disease in 1854. James McClanahan was appointed 'guardian of the two children and he placed them with Thomas Reighley of North Liberty, who reared them.

Our subject.enlisted in Company G, 129th O. V. I., July 14, 1868, and served in that regiment until March 8, 1864. He re-enlisted in Company H, 178rd O. V. I., August 31, 1864, and served until June 26, 1865. At the date of his first enlistment, he was of the right age to make a good soldier and did make an excellent one. He knew what was most important to a soldier - he knew how to take care of himself - and for that quality he survived the service to this day. After his return from the army, he removed to Peoria, Illinois, where he resided until 1868, when he went to Manchester and resided there until 1871.

Capt. W. W. Little, at Manchester. He removed to Portsmouth, Ohio, in March, 1871, where he has since resided. He worked for his brother-in-law, Capt. Little, until 1877, when he went into the Burgess Mill and worked there until 1886, when he went to draying and carting. In politics, he has always been a republican. He has had five children: James P. and Claude, electricians: Anna, George and William. His son Otto died in the Regular Army, a member of the Sixth Infantry.

He prides himself on his-honesty and fair dealings and is highly respected by all his acquaintances. He belongs to no organization but the Grand Army. His wife died suddenly on December 7, 1888. He tries to do his part according to the best of his information and apy, and when death calls him, he will have no regrets.

was born at Wheelersburg, Ohio, February 14, 1841. His father was Isaac Hastings Wheeler, grandson of Luther and great-grandson of Nathan Wheeler, the Revolutionary soldier. His mother's maiden name was Sarah Burt. His boyhood and youth were spent at Wheelersburg where he received a common school education and worked on the farm. He lived in Wheelersburg until 1861. He enlisted in Company E, 33d O. V..L., September 3, 1861, for three years and was mustered out October 17, 1864. After ,his return from the army, he began public contracting. He did turnpike work from 1868 until 1871. He built the turnpike from Harrisonville to Sciotoville. He was employed for ten years or more in contract work, bridge masonry in this county. For five years or more, he did contract work in Marion and Clark counties, Ohio. Until about three years before his death, he was engaged in dredging in Illinois and Iowa. After leaving Wheelersburg he lived in Harrisonville until 1873, then he removed to Bonser's Run near Sciotoville and then removed to Sciotoville. He was married January 21, 1865 to Miss Rhoda Ann Taylor, daughter of James Taylor of Harrison township. They had four children: Nettie Urana; Ida Florence, the wife of G. Frank Friel of Ashland, Kentucky; George Franklin of America, Ohio; Lillian Caroline, wife of James H. Finney of Portsmouth, Ohio. ;

Mr. Wheeler died November 17, 1896. He was a very strong republica but never held any public office. He was one of the most generous men who ever lived. He endeared himself to his friends and could not do too much for them. He was the soul of honor. His army service destroyed his health and in reality he gave his life to his country. He was as true a patriot as ever lived as much so as his great-grandfather, Nathan Wheeler, who gave seven years service to his country.

was born October 4, 1842, on Little Scioto, Harrison township. His father was Osborne White and his mother Maria Chamberlin, daughter of Anson Chamberlin. His grandfather, Daniel White was born in Vermont and his greatgrandfather Abel White was also a native of Vermont. His grandmother was Sarah Osborne from Kentucky. He had two brothers -and one sister. His brother, Anson White lives at Cambridge, Iowa, the other brother, Abraham, lives in Texas. His sister, Mrs. Sarah Cooper, the wife of Ezekiel Cooper, lives in Clay Center, Kansas. Daniel White's father owned a farm on Dogwood Ridge where James Cranston now lives. 5;

When our subject was five years old, his father and mother died of fever, within five days of each other. His grandfather then took him to raise. When he was ten years of age he came to Portsmouth and was apprenticed to the jewelry business with H. E. Brown. When he was twelve years of age he was apprenticed to John Clugsten. At that time the craft made all kinds of jewelry and did repairing of all kinds. When he was nineteen years of age, Mr. Clugsten sold out to Abraham Coriell and Daniel White worked for him about eight months. Then he started a store of his own in Wheelersburg and kept it for two months when he took the gold fever and went to Pike's Peak with Eli McLean, William McKinney, John McKinney, Joseph Rogers, Harvey Patton and some others. He was gone eighteen months, but did not return with the gold pieces. When he was in Denver, every other lot was given away and he now wishes he had remained and made his fortune.

When he came back he went to working for Abraham Coriell and was | with him for a few months. He then went into partnership with S. S. Doyle in the cooper business at Wilson's Bottom, Kentucky, below Manchester, Ohio. The war came on and the Home Guards robbed and destroyed their bus- 'ness. He then went to Sciotoville and started in the dry goods and grocery business and was there for four months and then went to clerking for Luther Marshall, at Powellsville for two months. Then he came to Portsmouth and started in the confectionery business. He then went into business with Blijah Noel until 1868 when he bought out Noel and conducted it alone. In 1872 he sold out the confectionery business to William E. Hancock and bought out Abraham Coriell and went into the jewelry business with Frank Coriell as Coriell & White. In 1886 he bought out Frank Coriell and since then has conducted the business alone. Since 1890 he has been conducting the business at 74 West Second street,

March 1,:1866 he was married to Eliza Noel. There was one son of that marriage, Frank, in the business with his father: Our subject's wife died in ~ 1868 and he was married: again in 1870 to Belle Wilhelm. They have one child, Abraham aged thirty-two. Daniel White is a member of Bigelow M. E. church. He is not a member of any secret orders. He is a good business man, cheerful and agreeable to all, and aims to make the best of everything of this life, as the best preparation for the life tc come.

was born January 16, 1856, in Scioto county, on the Little Scioto. His father's name was Nelson White, and his mother's maiden name was Eliza Wilson, daughter of James Wilson. His paternal grandfather was John White. Our subject received a common school education. He has always been a farmer and a contractor. He began business for himself in 1876, as a contractor and farmer. He is a contractor on road work in this county and other counties in the State, building turnpikes and bridge work. In 1887, he went to Montana for one year and engaged in the timber business.

He was married March 9; 1876 to Sarah Neary, daughter of Mathew Neary and a sister of Green Neary, the County Commissioner. They have the following children: Franklin W., married and resides at Harrisonville, is envigaged as a painter; Hattie Agnes, at home. Mr. White is a republican in his politicaleviews: He is regarded as a useful and valuable citizen. _He is highly esteemed by his neighbors. He is in favor of public improvements and progress and is a gentleman whom it is always a pleasure to meet.

was born in Meigs county, Ohio, on January 15, 1828. His father was John White, who- was born June 15, 1794 and died May 8, 1874. His mother was » Silva Wyman, born May 17, 1795 and died April 17, 1874. They are both buried in the White burying ground near Kendall Dever's, Madison township. His father, John White, came to Portsmouth in 1809, a single man. He was a pilot on the Ohio river on keel and flat boats. When he came to Portsmouth, his father, Abel White of New York, came with him. Abel White, the grandfather of our subject, had nineteen children by two marriages. Our subject's father, John White, was from the second marriage, as were the sons: Seth, Abel and Daniel. -John= White located first in Portsmouth, later at the mouth of Lawoson's Run and still later in Meigs county, where our subject was born. John, White returned to Scioto county and located at what is now the Wheeler's mills in! 1830., He soon after moved to a farm now owned by Warren Canter. He afterwards built the Wallace mills, in 1844, and operated them for eighteen years.

His son, our subject, was the miller. Mr. White says he attended school only ninety days, beginning at the age of fourteen, which comprised the schooling he had and yet he is one of the most intelligent and highly respected citizens in the county. Horace White is about the only "'forty-niner" surviving and residing in Scioto county. In the spring of 1849, he with Jefferson Dever, who now resides in Jackson county, and Randolph Lindsey started overland to California. They went to St. Louis by boat and from there they walked through. They started in April, 1849, without teams and were two months on the road. They stopped in Sacremento and went to gardening. Lindsey was so homesick that he returned to the states soon after reaching there. Mr. White worked for forty dollars a month and remained there two years when he started homewards. He came back through Lower California to New Orleans and from there up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. He saved oe or nothing. -Mr. White on his return, engaged in milling at Wallace's mills.

He remained as the miller at Wallace's mills until August 7, 1862, when at _ the age of 34, he enlisted in Company F, 9ist O. V. I. He was appointed Corporal June 13, 1865 and was mustered out with the Company June 24, 1865. On his return from the army, he began farming on the farm where he now lives, which was entered by John Dever. Since 1865, he has followed a variety of occupations and has made himself useful in all of them. He has been a farmer

He was married April 2, 1852, to Eliza Pinkerman, a daughter of Charles Pinkerman. Their children are: William H., now in Oregon; Isabel, the wife of Zachariah Dillon of Portsmouth; Lusetta, the wife of Stephen Wells of Struthers, Mahoning county, Ohio; Cornelia, the wife of Rev. David Gow, a Free-Will Baptist minister residing in Crawford county, Pennsylvania; John C. White, Shasta county, California; Ulysses G. White, Elkhorn, Montana; Leroy White lives at Helena Montana; and Lilly, wife of Charles Condon, resides at Riverside, California. The last two were twins.

Horace White and wife are members of the Free-Will Baptist church. In his political views, he is a republican. He has never held any public office except in his township. Mr. White is noted for his agreeable disposition. He sees the best side of every situation and is alway cheerful and contented.

was born June 22, 1859, one and a half miles up Brush creek from Otway, Ohio. His father, Paul White, was born in Pennsylvania, December 17, 1817, and came to Ohio with his father, William White, at an early date and settled on Brush creek above Otway. He died March 22, 1882. Elizabeth, his wife, died on February 25, 1862, at the age of thirty-four years, six months. Our subject owns a farm of 396 acres along Brush creek, which occupies his time in its cultivation. He has a handsome family residence and comfortable surroundings. He is a democrat and strong in the faith, very seldom wavering from the straight and narrow way. He was married to Mary L. Newland, daughter of Joseph L. and Josephine (Kendall) Newland, October 21, 1886. Her grandfather was George Kendall, who died February 18, 1855, aged thirty-eight years, five months and four days. He was a son of Samuel Kendall, one of the first settlers in this locality. Their children are Nora V., John L., Bervie O., George W., Edna May, Bertha Edith. J was born June 22, 1834. His father was Daniel C. Withrow who was one of the first settlers in Eastern Pennsylvania near Mercersburg and was of Scotch- Trish lineage. His mother was Sarah Devore, daughter of John Devore, who took part in the battle of New Orleans and was among the missing when the battle was over. Nothing was ever heard of him afterwards. He came from Paris, France, about 1810.

Our subject was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He attended the ~ public schools and Madison College there. His parents took him to Iowa where he lived for five years. He went from McGregor to Montana and clerked for B. B. Harding. While in Montana, he became a Master Mason in Clayton Lodge, No. 70. In the winter of 1857-8 he was summoned to Washington in regard to the Fort Crawford Reservation. Here he saw President Buchanan for the first time. On his return trip from Washington, he stopped in Portsmouth to visit his great-uncle William Salter. While here, B. L. Jefferson of Jefferson & Kepner offered him a situation as clerk at their store on Market street, and he accepted and remained with them until April 15, 1861.

Th 1860, he joined a Company of Home Guards under Captain Bailey. When Fort Sumpter was fired on, the Company offered its services to Governor Dennison and was accepted. They were mustered on April 15, 1861, being one of the first companies to respond to the eall for three-months troops. Our subject received an injury at Vienna, Virginia. While the troops were being advanced on a railroad train, they were fired on by a battery and the plank on which he was sitting was struck by a cannon ball. He was appointed corporal April 29, 1861, and mustered out with the company, August 1, 1861. He afterwards served as a scout.

He was Justice of the Peace in Greenup county, Kentucky, for one year after the war. He has an interest in the zinc mines in Lewis county, Kentucky, and is field superintendent for the company which owns it. He is a straight republican and holds the Presbyterian faith, though not a member of any church. He is a member of Bailey Post, No. 164, G. A. R., and has been four

He was married to Katharine Bryson, December 25, 1861. He commenced to farm and has followed that occupation all his life. He has seven children, as follows: Elizabeth married William Hillard; Jennie Bell, married Albert Middaugh, of Greenup county, Kentucky; Ruby, married Morton Warnock, of the same county; William B.; Lavinia Dugan and Daniel C., are all unmarried and at home. Another, Fannie, is deceased.

was born at Burlington, Lawrence county, Ohio, February 9, 1859. His father was Isaiah H. Williams, and his mother's maiden name was Emily Lefever. He attended the public schools and a private school. In 1880, he began the study of medicine under Dr. C. Hall, of Burlington, Ohio, and attended lectures at the Miami Medical College, at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he graduated March 1, 1883, taking the highest honors of his class. He engaged in the practice of medicine at Burlington, Ohio, and resided there until November, 1896, when he removed to Portsmouth, Ohio, and after a period spent in post-graduate study, he began the practice of medicine in Portsmouth.

He was married September 1, 1886 to Miss Sallie J. Anderson, second daughter of G. W. and Anna H. Anderson, of Portsmouth. They had one child, 'Donald A., who was born September 17, 1887. Mrs. Williams died October 13, 1901, and the son, Donald died just two weeks later, October 27, 1901. Dr. Williams is regarded among his professional brethren and by the public as one of the ablest physicians in the city.

[This sketch should have appeared under the title of Physicians in Part ll, City of Portsmouth, but was received too late and therefore is printed here. ] was born at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1821. Robert Hazelton Williams, his father, was for a time connected with an iron furnace in the Monongahela valley. Coming to Pittsburg, he engaged in business as a grocer and continued in this employment for the rest of his life. The mother of George S., whose maiden name was McDonald, was of Scotch Irish descent, and was known to her contemporaries as a woman of unusual independence and strength of character. George S. Williams had what would be considered quite limited educational advantages, but possessing an accurate memory and a taste for good reading, he was widely informed on business and political topics, and well read in the current literature of his time. When quite young he went into business for himself as a grocer on Smithfield street, Pittsburg. He was burned out in the great fire of Pittsburg in April, 1845, and not having the means to establish himself in business again, he went as clerk to the Caroline furnace in Kentucky, then owned by an older brother, William H. Williams, who was manager at the furnace.

Here Mr. Williams began the training in what was, from that time, the business of his life, the making of charcoal pig-iron. While at this furnace in 1847, Mr. Williams was married to Margaret Crosby Leonard, daughter of Patrick and Laura Crosby Leonard of Pittsburg. Shortly after his marriage, he removed to Kensington Furnace, Pennsylvania, from there to Greenup Furnace, Kentucky, and at the instance of Mr. Allaniah Cole, who was interested in both Greenup and Bloom furnaces, Mr. Williams in 1854, came as manager to Bloom Furnace, Scioto county. In 1857, he came to Scioto Furnace which was his home, with the exception of one year, until his death. In 1860, owing to the depression in the iron business, the Scioto furnace went out of blast, and the year 1861 Mr. Williams spent at Bloom settling up his business there. He then returned to Scioto, the furnace going into blast and continuing in operation during the twenty years which he spent there as manager and member of the firm, long known as L. C. Robinson & Company.

He had the following children: George C., deceased; Blanche, a teacher; Laura at home; Alice married John B. Gray, lives in Wheelersburg; Robert H., at Wellston, unmarried, engineer at the McFarland Coal Co.; Henry, died in

Our subject was always a republican. On April 30, 1881, Mr. Williams died at the home at Scioto Furnace, in which he had spent nearly twenty-five years of his life. His wife died January 7, 1889. Both are buried at Portsmouth, Ohio. Mr. Williams was a man of strong convictions, holding decided opinions on all subjects, yet he was very liberal toward all holding differing views. He was exceptionally thoughtful of the welfare and considerate of the rights of others, not only those in his own family, but of those in his employ. Every movement, educational, moral and social, which was for the good of the little furnace community, was of interest to him and had his warm support. He was esteemed and respected as an honorable man and good citizen by all who knew him.

was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, June 9, 1863, the son of Evan D. Williams and Catharine Edwards, his wife, both of whom were born in Wales. He was one of three brothers. His mother was a daughter of Rev. John Edwards, a Welsh minister. John attended the Portsmouth schools until he was fifteen years of age when he went to work for the late William S. Pattin. He was in his employment until 1882. Then he went into the Drew, Selby Shoe Company, as a laster, and was with them until 1888, when his real life work began. He started the Excelsior Shoe Company, a partnership of twenty-five shoe workers, and he was the head and manager. They started business on the third floor of the building, northwest corner Second and Chillicothe streets, doing all work by hand, making nothing but baby shoes and selling their output of forty pairs per day to the local trade. This arrangement lasted a year, when John Williams bought the others out, being convinced that a successful business could be conducted on a larger scale.

In the spring of 1889, he organized_and incorporated The Excelsior Shoe Company taking his two brothers, Grant and Charles in with him. The original capital of $10,000, was paid in during the first year, and the factory was moved to the Stemshorn building on Front street. John E. Williams was made president and has been at the head of the concern ever since. In fact from this year, 1889, the history of Mr. Williams has been that of the Excelsior Shoe Company and vice versa. When that Company started in 1889, it was in a rented building with twenty-five employees and made 150 pairs of youth's shoes per day. In 1892, the Company moved to the old Planing Mill, on the corner of Third and Gay streets, and was there until 1897 when it went into the new building on Gallia, John and Findlay streets, where it has a building built expressly for it, fifty feet wide, two hundred and fifty feet long and five stories high. (See page 608.) Mr. Williams is and has been from the start general manager, and he is the Deus Ex Machina of the concern. For thirteen years, he has devoted himself exclusively to this business and has made a phenomenal success of it. :

Mr. Williams was married in May, 1890 to Miss Sarah M.: Davies, of Ironton, Ohio, a daughter of James J. Davies. He has had six sons, five of whom are living; Evan Charles, James Davies, John Kilsworth, David Charles and Thomas Edward. In the spring of 1901, Mr. Williams bought the Gaylord place, which he has remodeled into one of the finest houses in the city. He has been an active member of the Second Presbyterian church for twenty-five years. He is a member of the Republican party.

was born February 6, 1847, at Martin's Ferry, Ohio. His father was Samuel A. Williams, and his mother's maiden name was Sidney A. Huston, sister of Capt. Samuel J. Huston. His parents had six children, and he was the fifth child. He received his education in the common schools of Scioto county. His father was a knobbler in the Gaylord Rolling Mill. Our subject learned the carpenter's trade and followed it until six vears ago. i

He enlisted in the 189th O. V. L, at the age of eighteen as a private, February 18, 1865, for one year, and was mustered out with the Company, Sep- tember 28, 1865. His father Samuel A. Williams, was in the 73rd O. V. I., Company B. He enlisted as a private, at the age of forty-four, October 19,- 1861, for three years, and was discharged November 28, 1862, at Alexandria, Va., on surgeon's certificate of disability. His brother Brooks Williams enlisted in the same company and regiment, at the age of eighteen as a private, November 1, 1861, for three years, and was discharged August 6, 1862 at Clarysville, Md., on surgeon's certificate of disability. His brother Wm. H. Williams, enlisted in the 39th O. V. I., Company A, as a Sergeant, at the age of nineteen, July 16, 1861, for three years. He was appointed Corporal, December 27, 1863; wounded July 22, 1864, in the battle of Atlanta, Ga., appointed Sergeant, June 1, 1865; mustered out July 9, 1865, by order of War Department.

Our subject was married in 1872 to Miss Alice D. Barber, daughter of Uriah and Rachel Barber, and granddaughter of John Barber. They had the following children: Kate S., married W. E. Wood, resides in St. Louis, Mo., and is a railroad fireman; Samuel A., shoeworker in Portsmouth, and a member of Company EH, 4th O. V. I., (formerly Co. H. 14th O. N. G.) during the Spanish War; John P., was killed at Geneseo, Ill., in his eighteenth year; Alice D., and Royal A., at home.

John Williams was Councilman from the Sixth ward for two years. He was Chief of the Fire Department for four years, from 1888 to 1892. He was elected Water Works Trustee in 1894, and served three years. He was appointed Deputy State Inspector of Work Shops and Public Buildings May 15, 1896 and held the office until June 15, 1902. He is a republican, and a member of the Second Presbyterian church. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, and the Masonic Lodge of Portsmouth.

Mr. Williams is a man with whom to become acquainted is to become his friend. He possesses so many excellent qualities of mind and heart, that to know him is to admire him. If he has any fault, it is his modesty. He is not sufficiently self assertive, in his own behalf. When it comes to acting or doing for a friend, he is as bold as a lion. He might be said to belong to his friends more than to himself. He has a high position in the community in the estimation of all who know him. In every relation of life and to society, he conscientiously tries to do his duty and this excellent trait commands admiration. The combination of all excellent qualities makes him a model American citizen.

was born December 20, 1827, in Glamorganshire, Wales. His father was Benjamin Williams and his mother's maiden name was Ann Edwards. He was the eldest of his father's seven children. His parents left Wales and came to the United States when he was twelve years of age. He came in the sailing vessel "Marquis of Bute.' They settled in Brady's Bend, Pennsylvania and our subject worked there in the coal-banks for two years and also worked in the rolling-mills of that place. He came to Portsmouth in 1844 and went into the Gaylord rolling mill and was there one year. He then went to Cincinnati and worked in Barrett's mill, near Brighton, and took a furnace there and remained for three years, when he went to Hillman, Tennessee and was there for six months. He returned to Cincinnati and remained there until 1849, then came back to Portsmouth and went to work in charge of a furnace at Gaylord's mill. He remained in Portsmouth until in 1852, when he was smitten with the gold fever and started for California on April 1, of that year, in a party composed of Stout Barklow, John Sturgeon, David Price, Thomas Williams, Andrew Robinson, William Sidney, Thomas Richardson, William Delaney and Thomas McAuley. They were joined by Captain John Clark, father of Mrs. P. ©. Kinney, Leonard Alexander, Giles Thornton, William Morton, Thomas Thompson, and Frank Johnson. They had wagons made in Portsmouth and shipped them to St. Joe, Missouri. They were five months on the way. They worked at the placer mines near Pell River, California. Our subject staid nearly a year and came back by the Panama route. He brought some money home with him. He went into the mill again in 1853, but in six months was again struck with the gold fever, and went to California, this time by the Panama route and stayed one year. In 1855, he came back to Portsmouth and went into the mill again and worked there until the war broke out. In 1860, he organized a company of militia. On August 7, 1861 he enlisted in Company C, 56th O. V. I. and was made Captain. He was with his company during its entire service until November 14, 1864. He was wounded at the battle of Champion Hill, May 16, 1863. He was shot in the right leg with a minie-ball and the bone was shattered which has lamed him ever since. He reached home December 7, 1864, and went to work in the mill.

Captain Williams had been a whig from 1840, when he cast his first vote for William Henry Harrison, until the Know-Nothing craze came up and has been a democrat ever since. In 1866, he was a candidate on the Democratic ticket for City Marshal against Calvin J. Stevens. He received 689 votes to 617 for Stevens, majority 72. Im 1867, he was again a candidate for the same office against Valentine Burkel. The vote stood Williams 768, Burkel 632, majority of 136. In 1868, he was again a candidate and received 815 votes to 635 for Calvin J. Stevens, majority 180. In 1869, he was again a candidate and the yote stood, Williams 890, Silas J. Losee 664, majority 226. In 1871, he was again a candidate against William Martin. This year he was defeated and received 853 votes to 939 for Martin. In 1873, he was again a candidate against William Martin and this time defeated him. The vote being 973 for Williams and 918 for Martin, majority 55. This was the least majority Captain Williams ever received. In 1875, he ran for the same office with the same opponent. The yote stood 1,104 for Williams and 998 for Martin, majority 106. In 1877, he ran for the same office and was opposed by John Henneke. He received 1,082 votes to 943 for Henneke, majority 135. Im 1879, he was again a candidate for the same office against William Keer. The vote stood Williams 1,102, Keer 1,009, majority 93. In 1881, he made his last race for Marshal. He received 1,165 votes to 1,032 for his opponent, Lee T. Beatty, making a majority of 138.

It will be seen that the republicans tried the Germans, Irish and Americans, each one against him, but he was elected every time but once. He was never defeated in the Third ward at any time he was a candidate. He was Deputy United States Marshal from 1884 to 1888. He was Government storekeeper under James W. Newman collector, from 1884 to 1888. He was also store-keeper under McMillen collector, from 1892 to 1896. As a politician, Captain Williams has been very successful. He is in comfortable circumstances, has retired from all work and is trying to live an easy and quiet life' He has an army record of which he may well be proud, and he is respected by all who know him. During the time of the first paving in Portsmouth, he was a member of the Council for four years from the Third Ward and was re-elected a member of Council in 1900, and is still a member of that body.

He was married in March, 1847 to Margaret Edwards, daughter of Rey. John Edwards. Their children were: William who died in infancy; Anne died at the age of eighteen: William H. now in Columbus, Ohio: David; Jerusha died aged seven; Mary Emily and Floyd died in infancy, and a son Oscar died at twenty-two. His first wife died in 1876. He was married the second time to Lydia Sissler. He has three children of that marriage: Benjamin who married Lucy Waller: Mary; and Floyd who is a student at Miami University.

In every relation in life Captain Williams has tried 'to do his best. No better city Marshal ever held office in the State than he. All the good people admitted this and the rogues all realized it. When he undertook to-.convict a criminal he did so. With him no guilty man escaped. He was peculiarly was born January 3, 1866, in Jackson county, Ohio. His father was Evan D. Williams, and his mother's maiden name was Catharine Edwards, the daughter of Rey. John E. Edwards. His parents had seven children, of whom he was the fifth. Three of these sons survived and the others died in infancy. Grant's father was a farmer in Jackson county, but in 1867 moved to Portsmouth, Ohio, and began work in the Gaylord mill. The son has lived in Portsmouth ever since. He attended the Portsmouth schools until he was fifteen-years of age and then he began for himself as a messenger for the Western Union Telegraph Company. He served as such for one year and then became a telegrapher in the general offices of the Scioto Valley Railway Company, in Columbus. He served four years in this capacity and then became Secretary to J. J. Archer, the General Passenger and Freight Agent of the same Railroad Company..