Scioto County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (1 of 2 so headed), 1903 (part 6 of 15)

After his return from the army, he went into the mercantile business at Wales, Ohio, with Emerson McMillan, now in New York. Then he taught two terms of select school at Wales. In the fall of 1866 he went into business with Richard Lloyd & Company, shoe dealers, of Portsmouth, Ohio, as salesmen, and was with them until 1870, when he became a salesman for J. L. Hibbs, in the shoe and hardware business. In 1876, he went into business in Thurman, Ohio, with Charles Smith and was there from 1877 until 1880. In 1880, he became a partner in the firm of J. L. Hibbs & Company. From 1883 to 1889 he was with W. F. Thorne & Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. From 1889 till 1902, he was in the shoe trade as a salesman,

On May 15, 1902, he took the management of the Murphy Shoe Company of Portsmouth; and on the first of November, 1902, when chosen President and General Manager of the Company.

He first came to Portsmiouth in 1868 and has resided here ever since, except a few years at Sinking Springs on account of the health of the family. On February 14, 1890, he was appointed a member of the Board of Managers of the Ohio Penitentiary and was re-appointed for five years in April, 1902.

On August 27, 1868, he was married to Mrs. Sarah K. Fry, daughter of John Amen. His eldest child, Grace, the wife of Dan ©. Jones, died at the age of twenty-five and left one daughter, Grace. The other children of Captain Gillilan are Bertha Sisson, Robert Starkey and Harry Coleman.

He is a member of Bailey Post, G. A. R., Portsmouth, Ohio; and of the Ohio Commandery Loyal Legion. He belongs to Calvary Commandery, Knights Templars, of Portsmouth. He is a Past Master of River City Council No. 11, United Commercial Travelers of America. He is a republican in politics and a member of the Republican State Central Committee. He is a member of the First Presbyterian church of Portsmouth. In all the relations of life was born at Portsmouth, Ohio, March 5, 1867. His father was George Gims rah native of Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. His mother was Anna B. Miller, a native of the same place. They came to the United States in youth and were married in Portsmouth. His father was twenty-two years of age when he emigrated, and had been a weaver in Germany. They had six children, of which our subject was the second. He has two sisters in Portsmouth who married two brothers, sons of Adolph Brunner, the dry goods merchant.

Mr. Gims attended the Portsmouth schools until 1881, and then engaged as a grocery clerk for "Father" C. C. Hyatt. He was with "Pap" Hyatt for five years and he attributes all his suecess to what he learned and to his instructions during the five years he was with him. He was clerk for Charles Wilhelm for one year. In 1886, he went into the business for himself on Twelfth and Gay streets, and has been in it ever since, In 1891, he changed his location to Tweltth and Findlay streets and has been there ever since. He was Councilman in the fourth ward in 1895 and 1896. From 1896 to 1899 he was a member of the Board of Health. In 1891, he was again elected Councilman for the sixth ward. He is a member of the Evangelical church, and of the D, O. H. He is a republican in his political views. He married Sadie C. Koch, daughter of Eli Koch, March 5, 1890. He has two children, Karl and Selma.

was born April 9, 1866, in Portsmouth, Ohio, the son of Bernard Glockner and "Magdalene (Beck) Glockner. His father came to America in 1847 and his mother in 1858. They were married in 1854. He received his early education in St. Mary's Catholic school which he attended for six years at the end of which time, he entered his miother's hardware store to work but he did not like it, and learned the moulder's trade at which he worked for five years. He then took a course in the Portsmouth Business College and again entered the hardware store owned and conducted by his mother,

His father engaged in the hardware business in 1872, succeeding J. B. Rottinghaus. He died October 27, 1876, and the business was conductéd in the name jf his mother, Mrs. M. Glockner until October 22, 1891, when she died. The business was then purchased by our subject who has owned and managed it since. It is now one of the largest and most substantial retail businesses in Portsmouth and it is a credit to the town as well as to its young and energetic proprietor.

Our subject was married to Adelaide Lange, daughter of John Lange, January 11, 1892, by whom he has two children: Edward, aged seven, and Helen, agied five.

He is a member of St. Mary's Catholic church and a member of the Knights of St. George. He was reared a democrat but does not follow his early teaching very closely. On the contrary he is very liberal in his political views. While nominally a democrat he votes for the man and the measure oftener than for the political party. Mr. Glockner is an excellent example of what is called American energy and push, Starting with but little more than the ordinary boy. he has by constant application, industry and acute business insight established a business which is a shining index to his business ability. Besides being a first class business man he is a true sportsman and takes as keen interest in his dogs and gun and fishing tackle as he does in his business. One of his chief delights is to follow the hounds or hunt beside a blooded pointer or setter.

the son of Bernard and Magdalene (Beck) Glockner, natives of Bingen, Baden, Germany, was born August 26, 1855, in Portsmouth, Ohio. He attended St. Mary's school and later took a course of study in a business college. He learned the tinner's trade at H. Eberhart's and after finishing his trade assisted his father in the hardware business. His father died in 1876 and he took charge of the business for his mother until 1884. In that year he moved to Lexington, Kentucky, and was engaged in the shoe business in that place for five years. In 1889, he went to Cincinnati where for four years he carried on a grocery business. In 18938, he returned to Portsmouth and since that time has been engaged in the stove and hardware business at 121-128 Gallia street. On May 15, 1889, he was married to Mary W. Lang, in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. She died November 5, 1901, aged thirty-nine. They had eight children: Magdalene and Frank, who died in infancy, Mary, Herbert, Frank, William, Catherine and Gertrude, was born January 20, 1855, at Covington, Kentucky. His father was Daniel A. Glidden and his mother was Ellen Robinson, a daughter of Joshua V. Robinson, a prominent business man of Portsmouth, Ohio. Daniel A. Glidden, his ather, was a son of Charles Glidden of New Hampshire. Hie father was crate if on the ferry at Cincinnati in October, 1861, Wis mother died in March 1407,

Our subject made his home with his aunt, Mrs, Charlotte E. Turley, from the time of "a father's death until he was married, He attended school at Portsmouth, Ohio, until the age of seventeen years, then went to the Pennaylvania Milltary Academy at Chester, Pennsylvania, for one year, At the age of 1%, he went to work at the Burgess Bteel & tron Works as a clerk and remained with them until 1840, when he went into partnership with Jacob Becker in the wholewale and retail candy and grocery business, A short. experience in that satisfied him. rom 1884 to 188% he was engaged in a railroad office in Kaneas City, Mo. We lett there in the latter year and went to Cincinnatt and worked for the Cincinnatl, Portumouth & Virginia Railroad for one year, In 1290, he returned to Portamouth and went to work for the Burgess Steel & Tron Works a6 a laborer. He was soon promoted to shipping clerk, which position he held for three years, when he was promoted to book-keeper and pay-master, He held this position until 1897,

On the bth of April, 1897, he was elected Mayor of Portsmouth by a vole of 1,742 tor himself to 1,477 for Volney R, Row, republican, He was reelected on April 4, 1899 by a vote of 1,654 for bimself and 1,622 for C. C, Brown, republican, In the spring of 1897, he advocated the system of flood defenses and employed men at his own instance to keep the flood out of the eity by levees and {t has been kept out ever since, Since then he has had the pleasure

On January 8, 1440, he was married to Helen M, Orichton, daughter of Andrew Grichton, a son of Andrew Crichton, the druggist, They have five children: Daniel A., employed by SBpellacy & Go.; William Crichton, employed in the Excelsior Bhoe Company office; Henrietta M., John B., and Bertha, He in & member of the Wiret Presyterian church, We has always been a democrat and was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in 1900 from the Tenth Ohio Distrtet, wos horn in the town of Norwich, Windsor county, Vermont, May 25, 1841, His father's name was Henry Goddard, and his mother's maiden name was Journ Wether Weerton, Wise father was a native of Concord, Vermont. His grandfather, Bamuel Goddard, wan a native of Millbury, Massachusetts. Wis rroat-erandiather was Nathaniel Goddard, Wenry Goddard, his father, waa a farmer und « shoemaker, Samuel Goddard, the grandfather of our subject, wae & merchants and was for thirty veare a Congregational minister of Norwich, Vt, where he dled in 1844 at the age of seventy-two years, He was blind the last two years of his life,

Our subject, Charles Austin Goddard, went to school at, Norwich, Vt., where he obtained his education, On September 16, 1861, he enlisted in Company , Oh Vermont Infantry at Norwich as m private, We was mustered In Ooutoher Ih, 1401, and was made a Corporal in September, 1862, and a Sergeant in S000, Tle served in the 6th Army Corps, Second Brigade, Second Dtviston. General N, I, I, rooks wae bis brigade commander and General N, W, (Baldy) mith was his division commander, Tis division was also under the cominnnd of General Winfleld §, Hancock, General Sedgewick was commander of his corps part of the (ime, Our subject was wounded May 6, 1864, at the Date (le of the wilderness, He was wtruck on the ehin by a mintesball, but this wound wis but a serateh, On the second day of the battle May 6, 1864 he was shot on the left ankle and the bone shattered, As a result of this wound he was compelled to ise crutches for four months, He was discharged No« vember 27, 1864,

On hin veturn to his home in Vermont he engaged In farming, Te remained there wil January, 1866, when he came to Tronton, Obto, THe engaged In contracting on the streets and was very suocessful in the business, Tn No» vember, 1860, he purchased a farm of 260 acres in Union township, Lawrence county jnel oppomile Huntington, and fronting on the Ohto river, where he rex vided for five years, He was married November 16, 1871 to Misa Burekn Kim= ball, of Union township, Lawrence county, the youngest daughter of A. H. Kimball, a native of Vermont. On March 17, 1872 he bought the Junior furnace property and 400 acres of land about it and he has resided there ever since. He has the following children: Charles A., the editor of a newspaper in Fayetteville, West Virginia; Henry K., a farmer, who is married and resides in Green township; Arthur S., a student at the Ohio University; and two daughters, Minnie L., and Nellie who are school girls, residing at home.

Mr. Goddard has always been a republican and has always taken an active interest in politics. He cast his first vote in 1864 at the state election in Vermont, and afterwards voted in the November election for President Lincoln for a second term. He was land appraiser in Green township in 1880. He was elected a County Commissioner in the fall of 1881,"and re-elected in 1884. He resigned in September, 1887, to accept the position of superintendent of the Ohio canal from Columbus to Portsmouth, Ohio. He held this office until 1896. He was elected a member of the State Board of Public Works in the fall of 1897, and was re-elected in 1900.

Mr. Goddard has an easy pleasant way of getting along with his friends and enemies alike. He is a citizen of great public spirit and always in favor of public improvements. He believes in the most modern methods in everything. He is liberal to all charitable objects. He believes in cutting across lots to do the right thing, and does not believe in any small ideas in public matters. He has been very successful in politics because he always gave everyone's views proper consideration. Hyeryone who has business with him is sure of an audience and of full consideration of his claims, and that when Mr. Goddard acts, he will act after being fully advised. Another remarkable fact about Mr. Goddard is that while he has devoted years of his life to public business, he has never neglected his private business and all the years he has resided in Scioto county, he has been a successful farmer. He has one of the pleasantest homes in the county and in it exercises a generous hospitality. He is always glad to welcome his friends to his home and makes their visits full of pleasure. He has demonstrated that a Vermont Yankee can be transplanted to Ohio and be transformed into one of Ohio's most valuablegcitizens. He enjoys the respect and confidence of all his neighbors. man's standing at his own home is the highest test of his worth and usefulness and according to this test, Mr. Goddard is a perfect man.

was born June 8, 1860, in Newark, New Jersey. His father was Henry A. Goldsmith, a native of Baltimore, Maryland. His mother was Sarah Motte, a native of Newark, New Jersey. He went to school in Newark till he was seventeen years of age, and then remained at home for three years. In 1880, he went to the Pacific coast and made his fortune, mining for gold. He placer-mined awhile and then learned the veneer business in Washington territory. He tired of the west and came back to Philadelphia and engaged in traveling for the hardware business of the Bonney Vise and Tool Company, and was with that company till 1886. He came to Portsmouth in 1887, and engaged with the Veneer Works till 1892, when he went to Antigo, Wisconsin, in the same business till 1894. Then he returned to Newark, New Jersey, till 1899, in the same business. In the latter year he came to Portsmouth and became interested in the Portsmouth Veneer and Panel Company, and is its superintendent. The present company was organized in 1889, and has $45,000,00 capital. It employs seventy-five men. Mr. Goldsmith has been nineteen years in the Veneer business and is proficient in it. He has made it his life work and understands all its details. Mr. Goldsmith was married October 24, 1883, to Miss Minnie E. Bonney, of Philadelphia, a daughter of Charles §, Bonney. Her mother was Mary J. Greenleaf, of the well known Greenleaf family of Maine, and the New England States. They have one child, Lela Bonney, a young lady. Mr. Goldsmith is a republican, but not a member of any orders.

iv George A Goodman, of the Gilbert Grocery Company, is an example of the self-made man. He was born October 23, 1862, at Portsmouth, Ohio, and is the son of Michael and Theresa (Amberg) Goodman, both of German descent. Brought up in straight- \\ ened clreumstances, he was compelled to leave school at the age of twelve, and wo to work for himself, Commencing on a farm, where. he worked for a year, le worked his way up to the position of a grocery and dry goods clerk, He followed clerking till he was nineteen when he went into the employ of M. B. Gilbert and drove an ice wagon, He was advanced to clerk and city salesman in 143, by reason of his merit and held that position until 1895, when at the death of Joweph 8, Gaston, a member of the firm, he was again advanced, and viven charge of the traveling salesmen, In 1494, he became a partner in the firm composed of Mrs, M, B, (lbert, George M. Appel and himself. When the Gilbert Grocery Company was incorporated January 1, 1901, he became a stockholder in the corporayon and was elected its vice president, He still retained charge of the traveling salesmen department,

He served aa ity Counellman from 1889, to 1895, representing the Miret ward, He holds to the democratic faith and was formerly very active in polle 'len, Yet he was never of the orthodox type,

He waa raised a Catholic and is a communicant of St, Mary's Catholie chureh of Portamouth, He has been a member of the Knights of St, George for twenty years and for nineteen years an officer In the same, having filled all the offices from trustee lo president,

He was married June 6, 1896, at Chillicothe, to Katharine A, Sehilder, daughter of Miehael and Wlizabeth SBehilder, Mr, Goodman is well named, as iis name is fully deweriptive of his qualities, He ta quiet and unassuming In hiv manners, but makes friends of all who become intimate with him, He is ndmired for bin good qualities as a cltizen and a business man, non of Michard Goodrich and Jane Bonser, his wite, was born June 2, 1865, at Scloloville, this county, His mother was a granddaughter of Colonel Isaac Bonser, whose sketch appears elsewhere In-cthis book, His father was born in 1419, on the site of Mr, lrving Drew's residence in Porfamouth, Richard Good« rch Witte plasterer by trade and worked in Selotoville and the country around there, «© eniinbed in the Mextean war, but wae never called out, The broth er of our subject, Nathan 8, was a member of the 63d 0, V, 1, Company GC, He was wounded In front of Atlanta, July, 1464, Our wubjeet received his edu. cation in the schools of Seloloville, He learned the plasterers trade of hla fae ther, and came to Portamouth in April, 1878, where he has resided ever since, . He wt) works at his trade, Richard Goodrich, his father, was a whig and at} lorwards an abolitionist, The son ie a republican in sentiment, but ia not nellve In polities, fle was married May 7, 1874, to Lucinda Johnson, daughter of Joseph and Liueretia Johneon, tHe had wix children, as follows; Ida May, married Charles Wood; Clarence, at home; Joseph 1, in San Wranciseo; wie bom December 4, 1464, near Stockdale, Pike county, Ohio, His father was Charlo Metondres Gordon, and his mother's maiden name was Harrhet James His grandfather Gomlon came trom New Jersey, His father, Charles W, Gordon wie in the dard O, V, 1, Company 1, He entered the servies September 26, 1404, at the age of twentyefive, for one year, and wae mustered out June 6, 1865, il Washington, Dp, C., by order of the War Department, ;

Ow subject wane edueabed in the common sehools, He began teaching at {he age of elehteon your's, and (aught sehoot five different terme of #hx months each, THe began the atudy of medicine at (he age of twenty, and wtudied with Dod. D. Allard, tle attended the Loutuville Medical School, and praduated In 1494, He began practioe in Otway, July 6, 1894. THe was marred Mareh 29, 1400 to Mary Annis Jackson, daughter of Jolin Jackwon, deceased, who lived hom Mabees, Jackion county, Phe child of that marriage was Ronald Mredere ick, On November 27, 1898, his wife died, He was married the second time 'o Minn Dailey Opal Pieper, daughter of John i, Plepor of Otway, August 26,

Doctor Gordon has a sociable and congenial disposition and is always willing to make a sacrifice to promote the happiness of others, As a physictan, he is establishing for himself a good reputation and has a growing practice, He is one of the most prosperous as well as most promising young physicians of the county, - was born at Franklin Furnace, Ohio, January 80; 1868. His father was Orin B. Gould who has a sketch herein, His mother's maiden name was Levinta Seeley. He attended the Portsmouth public schools and graduated in the Ports= mouth High School in the class of 1881, He took a course in Duff's Commer» mercial College in Pittsburg, in 1882 He went to Wellston May 1, 1882 and has been there ever since, He has been in the furnace business most of the time and was connected with the Milton furnace until the summer of 1888, when he was engaged with the Superior Coal Company and was its superin= tendent until November, 1901, when he sold out his interest and is now on gaged in developing coal mines in Meigs county,

On November 26, 1888, he was married to Frances McGee, the daughter of James M. MoGee. He is a republican, He has often been a dolegate to the city and county conventions of his city and county and was also a delogate to the National convention in 1900, He is now a momber of the elty council of Wellston and has been for four years,

Mr, Gould is one of the most powerful factors in Ohio polities. He ine herited both his republicanism and his political ability from his father, Orin B. Gould, Sr, "the Nestor of republicanism in southern Ohio.' He has proven & most worthy successor to a most illustrious sire, His early political training was secured in Scioto county. Later he became the unquestioned leader of bis party in Jackson county, Mr, Gould has grown to be the commanding figure in the affairs of the Tenth Congressional District, The reasons for this pre» eminence are not difficult to find. Personally, he is very popular possessing the element of personal magnetism which draws men to him, Tn polities as woll as in business his word {s his bond, His promises are never broken, With rare talent for combination, with great fertility of resource, cool, unexecttable, ready and prompt of action, he possesses every eloment of leadership, His marked executive abilityandunusual mental vigor are the great factors how ever in the successes he has achieved, The causes which have brought about his poltical supremacy explain equally his sucess in business and in the other walks of life, He is one of the natural loaders of men and his greatest sues cess yet awaits him. He is a member of the Republican State Central Commit: toe, from the 10th Congressional District and one of the trustees of the Ohio hospital for epileptics at Gallipolis, Ohio.

was born October 6, 1860, in Pike county, Ohie, At an early age, tis parents moved to Ross county, Ohio, where he resided until 1864, when they removed to Highland county, near Millsboro, After a tew yoars they removed toSouth Webster, Scioto county, Here Mr. Grady attended the public schools until he Was sixteen years of age, when, on account of his father's death, he was compelled to begin teaching, which occupation he has followed since, with the oxception of one yoar, when he was engaged as a clerk for the Norfolk & Western railway at Columbus, Oho, y Ho is and has boon for a number of yoars, ono of tho loading educators of Seloto county, having filled some of the most rosponsible positions in. the county, outside of the schools of Portymouth, Tle bas served as prineipal of the Union Mills, Otway and Whoeelersburg schools, and always with eredit to himself and the school, He was also superintendent of the Weat) Union seh in Adams county, for two yoars,

On November 2, 1881, he was married to Miss Mary Py Burke, youngost danghter of Oliver H. P. Burke of Burko's Point. He with his wite and two children now reside in Wheelersburg, where he ts engaged in tenching, THe has long beon a member of the Methodist church and a mombor of the official board of said chureh for a number of yoars. Mr, Grady affiliates with the republican party, but is not an offensive partisan, He has been honored with loca) offices in Porter township. He is a Knight' of Pythias and a member of the Masonic fraternity in Wheelersburg. Mr. Grady-is honored and respected for his sterling qualities of true.and honest manhood.

was born November 10, 1867, near Hast Springfield, Jefferson county, Ohio. ° His father was John C, Graham and his mother's maiden name was Rebecca Richardson, His father was a farmer, a blacksmith and a local Methodist minister. He received his education in the district schools until he was sixteen years of age, when he attended an academy at Harlem Springs, Carroll county, Ohio for one year and then attended Scio College, Harrison county, Ohio, for five years and graduated in the literary course in 1887. He began teaching at the age of seventeen and taught a part of each year for five years and in the same five years was attending school. He was principal of the schools at Salem, Ohio, in 188% and 1889. He then taught his home school one year. rom 1890 to 1892 he was at Scio College taking a post graduate and business course, On May 4, 1898 he came to Portsmouth, Ohio, and took charge of Hudson's Business College for one year. At the end of a year, he bought out Hudson's school and has since conducted it alone as Graham's Business College,

F He teaches all the common branches, business, penmanship, stenography and typewriting. The business course includes merchandise and banking. He has been very successful with his school and has established it on a firm foundation. He enjoys the confidence of all who have patronized him. The old adage is "the proof of the pudding js in the eating,' and as Professor Graham's pupils' all do well in the positions they obtain, that is the best recommendation of his school, The latter has not reached its present position of high excellence without great effort. In the numerous conflicts it has had for its existence and usefulness, it has come out superior to all criticism and attacks of enemies. It is now one of the well established institutions of the city, and the only one ite kind,

Professor Graham was married October 22, 1896, to Miss Ida E. Phillips, daughter of Mrs, Blizabeth Phillips, and granddaughter of the venerable John Mlowers. Our subject is a member of the Sixth Street M. E. church, and is a democrat in his political views.

Professor Graham is one of those men who will always succeed and at the same time enjoy the respect of the community. His occupation, his habits and deyotion to hard work command the esteem of all who know him. He is a conscientious christian gentleman and faithful to every trust. His word is as good as his bond. He is sincere and honest.

the son of John Belli Gegory and Catharine Smith, his wife, was born in Portsmouth, January 29th, 1858, at the northwest corner of Offnere and Gallia streets, then in the country, on the Gallipolis road. The house jis still standing, but is remodeled and now occupied by Win Nye. Mr. Gregory is a grandson of Moses Gregory and a great-grandson of Major John Belli and Cynthia (Harrison) Belli, a cousin of Wiiliam Henry Harrison.

Mr. Gregory spent his boyhood and received his early education in Portsmouth, He attended its public schools and a private school under Rey. Vranklin, at Christ Episcopal church, He was one year in the postofficce under Mrs, Adair. He received his first business education under Harry Grimes, for whom he clerked in the commission business, in the days of steamboats and blast furnaces, when Portsmouth was the emporium of northeastern Kentucky, West Virginia and southern Ohio, He thinks that experience was the best part of his education,

In 1876, he entered the Ohio State University, then in its third year of existence, and was a room-mate and close friend of Robert 8. Towne. He gradvated in 1880, and the same year was employed as a civil engineer in locating railroad Jines in Indiana and Tllinois, and the next year in Ohio and Alabama, Jn 1882, he was engaged at Mt, Vernon, Ohio, as a bridge engineer;

John Belli Gregory

In January, 1886, he located in Carter county, Kentucky, and assisted his father with his property. ' Here he began the study of law. He was examined at Frankfort, Kentucky, by Judges Pryor and Holt, and admitted to the Kentucky bar in January, 1889, and opened an office at Grayson, Kentucky.

In October, 1893, he was married to Miss Louise Bailey, a daughter of Judge James P. Bailey, county Judge of Lincoln county, at Stanford, Kentucky.

In 1895, after having been engaged in the practice of law for six years, he went to Cornell University Law School, and took a course of lectures, but did not graduate. He was elected Police Judge of Grayson, Ky., in 18938, and served one term. In January, 1895, he was appointed United States Commissioner at Grayson, Ky., and tried.some of the most noted ''moonshiners'"' of the Kentucky mountains. In December, 1897, he moved to Covington, Ky., where he opened a law office and is now residing there and engaged in the practice of law. Mr. Gregory has two daughters, Catharine and Clara, and a son John B. Mr. Gregory is regarded as one of the best lawyers of the Kentucky bar. He is a man of great force of character, excelient judgment, a good trial lawyer and e.dvocate.

was born in Scioto county, May 29, 1830. He is a son of Moses and Harriet E. (Belli) Gregory, the tormer of whom was a native of Ross county, Ohio, and the latter of Scioto county. The maternal grandmother of Mr. Gregory, Cynthia Harrison, was a cousin of the hero of Tippecanoe. Her husband, Major John Belli, has a separate sketch herein. His paternal grandfather, David Gregory, was a mechanic, a machinist, and a man of powerful physical endurance. He built one of the first mills ever constructed on the Scioto river. His residence was near Jameson's Tavern not far from the historical spot called the "Hermit's Cave.'"' He died about the year 1801. His widow removed to Chillicothe, where she was married to Henry Sheely, who in 1805, removed with his family to Portsmouth, where the father of the subject of this sketch, Moses Gregory, was brought up. He has a separate sketch herein.

John B. Gregory was brought up in Portsmouth, where he received his academic training, graduating from the High School of that place at the age otf twenty. In 1850, he was employed as division engineer on the Scioto & Hocking Valley railroad, and in 1853, was promoted to assistant civil engineer, superintending the completion of the road from Portsmouth to Hamden. He remained in this position until 1856. In the following year, he was employed as engineer and surveyor in the construction of a blast furnace in Carter county, Kentucky, of which he was one of the projectors and part owner. In 1857, he was appointed by the Board of Public Works, resident engineer for the southern division of the Ohio canal. In 1858, and 1859, he was engaged in railroad engineering and in the running of railroads. From 1859 to 1860, he was Surveyor ot Scioto county. " ;

In 1859, Mr. Gregory was elected a member of the Board of Public works, a position he held for three years. He was renominated in 1862, but was defeated with the rest of the Republican State ticket. From 1862 to 1864, he was deputy Surveyor of Scioto county. In 1859, he was made financial agent of the Boone Furnace Company, filling the position until 1864, and at the same time rendering valuable service to the cause of the Union, as military agent of the government, keeping watch of rebel movements and reporting whatever was discovered to the Federal officers in the field and to Governor Dennison. In 1864, he was appointed by the Treasury Department at Washington, to make 'a survey and execute a plat of the country along the Mississippi river, with a view to confiscation. In 1865, he removed his family to the furnace site in Kentucky, where he remained_as manager of the business until 1867.

In this year, he sold his interests in the furnace and returned to Portsmouth, In 1868 and 1869, he was engaged in engineering and constructing a turnpike road two miles out of Portsmouth, now forming a part of the Portsmouth and Buena Vista road. This was a work of considerable labor, and one of the most difficult of the kind in Ohio, and was made under the greatest possible disadvantages.

In 1869, the Atlantic and Lake Hrie Railroad Company (now the Ohio Central) was formed, Mr. Gregory being selected as its chief engineer, In the autumn and winter of that year, he made the survey from Pomeroy to Toledo, and completed them the following year, when the work was begun, and continued under his supervision until the fall of 1871, when he resigned.

In 1872, he was appointed on a committee for the inspection of the public works of the state, and was directed to report on their condition to the legislature. He was subsequently employed in laying out the Columbus and Ferrara Railroad, now a branch of the Ohio Central Railroad. He continued engineering and surveying during 1873 and 1874. From 1876 to 1880, inclusive, he was city civil engineer of Portsmouth, and was deputy Surveyor of Scioto county in 1871, 1874, 1876 and 1879 and in the meantime contracted and built twenty miles of the grading of the Scioto Valley railroad, between Portsmouth and Big Run. May 20, 1880, he was appointed by Governor Foster and confirmed by the Senate, as chief engineer of the public works of the state, which office he held until May, 1884.

On December 2, 1854, he was married to Miss Kate Smith, daughter of Thomas Smith, of Wheeling, West Virginia. They had three children, two of whom are now living. Harry Gregory, the older son, died at the age of sixteen. The other two are Hiram D. and Mrs. Harriet EH. Barney. The son has a separate sketch herein. The daughter, Harriet, married Ariel D. Barney, of New York, and is now a widow.

After retiring from public office, Mr. Gregory resided: in Columbus until the spring of 1887. He then moved to Carter county, Kentucky, to look after some large property interests he had there. He opened a marble quarry, but abandoned it. He then undertook to ship timber from his lands, which was sent to Liverpool, England. He spent the remainder of his life in his Kentucky home, where he did much good both in church and state affairs. He gave the land and built the Methodist church in the vicinity of his home. He took great interest in politics, being always a strong republican. He was a delegate to the State Republican Convention in Louisville, Kentucky, which met in June. 1895, and nominated William O. Bradley, for governor. At that convention Mr. Gregory was prominently mentioned for one of the State Railroad Commissioners. He was chairman of the Election Commission for Carter county, appointed under the Goebel law. He was a very useful citizen in his community. Mr. Gregory died on the 17th of January, 1902.

During his residence in Kentucky he was noted for his hospitality. He was always careful to entertain travelers and especially the ministers of any and all denominations in the vicinity. Mr. Gregory had a great many friends in Kentucky, and was beloved by all sorts and conditions of men, his neighbors and acquaintances. While he took an interest in-all churches, he remained a faithful communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church. When he made a friend, that friend remained his friend always, and no one ever lived who possesed a greater list of excellent qualities of mind, heart and character.

was born September 5, 1851, in Portsmouth, Ohio, on Jefferson street between Second and Third streets, in a frame house on the west side of the street. His father was James Grimes, and his mother's maiden name was Mary A. Tobin. His father was a native of Birmingham, England, born in 1805. His mother was a native of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. His father came to the United States in 1832 and located in Philadelphia. Afterwards he went to New Orleans, Louisiana, and subsequently returned to Pittsburg, Pa., where he commenced business and was married. He was a man of great inventive genius, and for many years he was engaged in the iron foundry business. He came to Portsmouth in 1837, and was very active and enterprising in his business. He bought and sold real estate, and built many fine residences. He built the house lately occupied by the late J. D. Clare. He died September 27, 1877. His wife died November 15, 1896. ayes : /

Mr. Harry S. Grimes is his youngest son. He attended the schools of Portsmouth as a boy and youth until the year 1868, when he was in the High School. In that year he left school and began traveling. At the age of twenty he engaged in the commission and grain business in Portsmouth, Ohio, under the firm name of Gibbs & Grimes, and he has been in that business ever since, together with agricultural implements, He was a member of the

City Council of Portsmouth from 1883 to 1885 and from 1895 to 1897. He was elected a cemetery trustee of Portsmouth in 1889, and has been re-elected for the same office tri-ennially ever since, his last election being in 1901. He has been a director of the State Board of Agriculture for eleven years. He was president one year of that time, and treasurer one year. He has been president of the Board of Trade of Portsmouth for six years, and is now occupying that position. He has been the president of the Portsmouth Savings and Loan Association ever since its organization. He is now president of the Ohio Grain Dealers' Association, and vice president of the National Grain Dealers' Association, and the Portsmouth Hotel Company, of which project he was the originator.

He is president of the Ohio Grain Dealers' Insurance Company, and president of the Commercial Club of the City of Portsmouth. He has been a vestryman of the Christ Episcopal church.

Mr. Grimes was married December 9, 1873 to Miss Mary C. Vaughters, daughter of John A. Vaughters, of Friendship, Ohio. They have three children: two sons, Shirley V., and John Alexander; and one daughter, Leah Pauline, who married Harry E. Taylor of the Portsmouth Times.

Mr. Grimes is: a republican in his political views. He is noted for his wonderful industry and energy in any business matter or any matter of public interest. If he fails in anything he has the happy faculty of making his failure the ground of success in the next venture. His failures he never tells. He possesses vim and vigor to a remarkable degree, and so plans all his operations as to bring success in every outcome. He is one of the leading citizens and business men of Portsmouth. He is always in favor of any measure for the public benefit or public good, and if anybody has a scheme to benefit the town. Mr. Grimes is one of the first men who should be consulted upon the subject. It is not difficult to interest him in anything of that character, and when once interested he will do everything in his power to make the project a success.

was born at Junior Furnace, Green township, Scioto county, Ohio, April 1, 1857. His father was Benajah Gustin and his mother's maiden name was Ann B. Isaminger. She was the daughter of Philip Isaminger. His boyhood and youth were passed on a farm near Powellsville, and at Empire and Junior furnaces until he was eighteen years of age. He attended the district schools and one term at Lebanon. He read medicine two years with Doctor Slagel from 1884 to 1886. He was appointed Deputy Sheriff in 1886 and served one year under A. J. Finney. In 1887, he was re-appointed and served four years under Yeager. In 1890, he was elected Sheriff and served for four years. From 1895 until 1901 he was engaged in the real estate and lumber business. He was elected City Marshal of Portsmouth in April, 1901. He is a republican. He was a delegate to the Congressional Convention that nominated H. 8S. Bundy. He was a delegate to the State Republican conventions of 1891 and 1892. August 15, 1899, he was married to Mary W. Finney, daughter of A. J. Finney. They have two children; Willard and Edith.

Mr. Gustin is a man of sterling integrity, a citizen much respected and highly honored by his fellow citizens. He makes an efficent officer and is of a most determined and resolute disposition.

son of Michael and Clara (Wisman) Haas, was born in Waldorf, Saxe-Meiningen, Germany, August 21, 1867. He was educated in the public schools of Waldorf and attended a short period in the gymnasium at Meiningen. He left school at the age of fourteen, and went to Eisenach and became a clerk in a dry goods store serving an apprenticeship of three years. After serving his apprenticeship, he came to America and directly to Portsmouth, where he re ceived employment with his uncle, Leopold Eisman, in his clothing store. For nine years he worked for his uncles and then formed a partnership with Will H. Schwartz and Abraham Smith under the firm name of Haas, Schwartz & Smith. The business flourished under efficient management and in 1900 a department was added for the manufacture of men's clothing,

The business grew so rapidly that it became necessary-to find new and: larger quarters. In March, 1902, the Connolley building on the corner of Chillicothe and Fifth streets was fitted up and the entire business was concentrated under one roof. The trade is both wholesale and retail and it is one of the largest and most prosperous firms in Portsmouth.

Mr. Haas is a republican in his political views and is a member of the Jewish Congregation of which he has been secretary for the past twelve years. He served as a member of the City Board of Elections from 1895 to 1899 and was president of the Board for one year. He is a member of Aurora Lodge, F. and A. M., Past Chancellor of Massie Lodge K. of P. and a member of the United Commercial Travelers and of the Royal Arcanum. He was married to Clara Labold, daughter of Henry Labold and Fanny (Rosenfeld) Labold, June 23, 1891. They have had three children: Hsther, deceased, Miriam and Julia.

When a person knows Felix Haas, he is soon recognized as a man of noble determination, stimulated only by lofty aspirations, of keen intellect and quick perception, of literary tastes necessarily giving way, to business duties, a man true and just to the country of his choice and adoption, a man of devotion to his friends, to all that is pure and beneficial to mankind, and above all to his family and home whose ties he holds most dear, even in sacred reverence. In Felix Haas is found a worthy representative of self made, but none-the-less well made men: one whose energy, ambition and integrity any boy might safely emulate.

was born February 1, 1866, at' Forestdale, Lawrence county, Ohio. His greatgreat-grandfather, Thomas Hackworth, emigrated from Roanoke county, Virginia, to Wayne county, West Virginia. His son, William emigrated to.

Lawrence county, Ohio, and located near Forestdale in Perry township. George Hackworth, son of William, and father of our subject, removed to Mt. Joy, this county, in 1877, with his family. George W. and his father William were both membeis of Company C, 5th W. Va. Infantry. George W. enlisted September 14, 1861, at the age of twenty-three and entered service as charged with company September 21, 1864. William was wounded at the second battle of Bull Run in both legs by gunshot. He received another gunshot wound in the head at Winchester, Virginia, and another wound in the elbow was received in a later battle. He carried this bullet in his elbow until his death, July 20, 1890. The mother of our subject was Susan (Carry) Hackworth, daughter of Timothy F. Carry and Mary J. (Wooten) Carry. Her father was a member of Company F, 56th O. V. I. enlisted October 31, 1861, at the age of forty. He was wounded by a horse's hoof at Pittsburg Landing in a cavalry charge. He was drowned at Cincinnati while being transferred with his company from one boat to another July 28, 1862.

Our subject was raised on a farm and attended the country schools. He commenced the mercantile business in April, 1897, at Mt. Joy, where he did business for five years. He removed to Rarden in 1902 and is now conducting a general store there. He is a republican and a member of the Mt. Joy Baptist church. He is also a member of the Improved Order of Red Men. He married Nora McBride, daughter of A. B. McBride of Rarden, January 25, 1894. Their children are: Ruth, aged six and Hazen, aged two.

was born October 11, 1829, in the Aaron Kinney homestead. His father was William Hall and his mother, Margaret Kinney. They were married No- . vember 380, 1828, at the Kinney homestead. He has lived all his life in Portsmouth. He graduated from the Portsmouth High School in 1846. A. L. Childs was superintendent of schools and his teacher. R. S. Silcox was also one of his teachers. Hie attended school first at the Fourth street school. A Mr. Sample was superintendent at that time. There were then nine schools,

After leaving school at 16, he went into his father's store, on Front street, where Webb's saw mill formerly stood. In the spring of 1846, he went east to buy goods and afterwards bought all the goods and managed the store until 1855. In 1853, he became a partner with his father and the firm was W. Hall & Son. In 1855, the firm sold out to the Scioto Rolling Mill Co.

In the fall of 1855, he went into the banking house of Dugan, Means, Hall & Co. composed of Thomas Dugan, Thomas W. Means, Hugh Means, William Hall, J. L. Watkins, Wm. and George Wertz, J. M. Shackelford, W. V. Peck, Wm. and John Ellison and Wm. Means. He was teller. It was located where the Farmer's National Bank stood, for a while and then moved where the First National is now. In 1858, the firm became Means, Hall & Co., and Watkins was manager, and Henry Hall, Cashier. The Bank continued until 1862 and Hall was Cashier until that time.

In 1862, he was appointed First Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the 9ist O. V. I., but did not serve over six weeks. When D. McFarland was made U. S. Assessor, our subject became editor of the Portsmouth Tribune, and remained two years. In 1864, he was made special agent of the Treasury Department, and continued so to the close of the war. After the war, he made wheelbarrows for four years. He ran a canal packet from Portsmouth to Chillicothe for ten months. From 1874 to 1876 he was clerk of the Water Works Board, and superintendent. From 1876 to 1881, he was a flask maker at Neill's foundry.

In 1881, he was elected Justice of the Peace for Wayne township and served ten years. He was elected Mayor of Portsmouth in 1891, and served two terms. In 1896, he was elected Justice of the Peace for Wayne township, and re-elected in 1898. He was a whig and is a republican.

On February 19, 1852, he was married to Miss Caroline Clark Thompson, a native of Portsmouth. Her father was John C. Thompson, a soldier of the Mexican war. Her grandfather was Moses Thompson, an early citizen of Portsmouth. He has two children, George W. Hall, of Cincinnati and P. Kinney Hall of Portsmouth. He was made a Mason in Aurora lodge in 1851 and has been such ever since, and was secretary of the Portsmouth lodge, No. 395 until it united with the Aurora Lodge in 1902.

was born about two and a half miles above Rome on the Ohio river, on the old Wikoff homestead, June 30, 1861. He is the son of Charles N. and Calista (Wikoff) Hall. She is a sister of General A. T. Wikoff, formerly Secretary of State. The grandfather of our subject was James H. Hall, son of Benjamin Hall. His maternal grandfather was John Wikoff, son of Peter Wikoff, born in Shelby county, Kentucky, of Welsh descent.

His father enlisted in Company I, 91st O. V. I., August 9, 1862, for three years, was appointed First Sergeant October 28, 1862; promoted to Second Lieutenant February 17, 1864; and to First Lieutenant November 38, 1864, discharged March 21, 1865. He was wounded at the battle of Opequan. After his discharge from the army, he was elected Clerk of Adams county in 1866 and served for one term. After this he was Deputy Sheriff for a time.

Our subject attended the public schools at West Union until the family removed to Columbus, Ohio in 1872, when he entered the High School there and was graduated in 1876. He immediately entered the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College there and attended for the two years following. During this time, his father was Chief Clerk in the office of the Secretary of State. The family returned to the farm in Adams County in March, 1878, where our subject labored for two years and then became a clerk in the United States Pension Office at Columbus, Ohio. He only remained here about six months and then took a position with the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo railroad. He did clerical work there for eighteen months. After this he spent one year at home in Adams county and three years in Missouri and Kansas and then settled in Scioto county and has been a farmer ever since. He has always Ween a republican and is a member of Dirigo Lodge, No. 702, I. O. O. F. at Rome, Ohio. He was married June 30, 1885, to Elizabeth F. Kirk, daughter of T. J. and Eliza (Glass) Kirk. Their children are Horace ae Gracie E., Bessie P., Mary Susan, William A, and Lulu I, was born at Fredericktown, Madison county, Missouri, June 4, 1857. His father was Doctor John Harold, a native of Ireland. His mother was born Aimee Vallee, She was descended from distinguished French and Spanish ancestry. Her pereat-grandfather Was the last Commandant of the Province of Louisiana and her grandfather the last Commandant of the post o? Ste, Genevieve, under the French government. Both of Mr. Harold's parents died before he was elght years old and he was given by his mother to her sister Bleanore, the wife of Col, Joseph Bogy. Although she had reared twelve children of her own, this gentle and lovable woman gave the orphan the same affection and care as if he were of her own flesh and blood, and never, in word or deed, was he regarded as other than the child of this generous and noble couple. By them he was reared and taught, by tutor and in private school, and finally sent to finish his education in the college of the Christian Brothers, at St. Louis. From this institution he graduated, the head of his class, at seventeen years of age,

At the age of twenty, he was licensed to practice law. In 1880, he was elected 'Prosecuting Attorney of Ste. Genevieve county, Missouri and reelected in 1882, In the year 1884, he resigned the office and moved to Greenville Illinois, where he devoted himself to the newspaper business, which he had entered upon in Ste. Genevieve in 1880, At Greenville, he held the office ot Master-in-Chancery from 1886 to 1891, and resigned that office, in the latter year, to become editor of the Portsmouth Times, having bought a half interest from the late Hon, James W. Newman.

On November 25, 1891, Mr. Harold was married at Greenville, to Miss Anna Belle Tiffln, who was a relative of Governor Tiffin, of Ohio. She died October 18, 1895. i

In religion, Mr, Harold has always been a Catholic and in polities he is a democrat, He is opposed to character comments in a work like this, but the editor wishes to say that Mr. Harold is 'one of the energetic and enterprising citizens in Portsmouth. Socially he stands the best and as a. newspaper man, he has made the Times one of the best journals in the state.

was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, May 8, 1867, He is the son of William and Ann (lewis) Harris, His father was a foreman of the Gaylord Mill for a number of yiears, Our subject spent his boyhood and youth in Portsmouth where he attended the public schools, He learned his trade of J. W. tuts and worked with him for six years. In 1892, he started in business for himbell as a photographer at Springfield, Ohio, and remained there three years. He then went to Osborn, Ohio, and remained there four years. He was a member of the City Council of Osborn for two terms in 1896 and 1897. In 1899, he removed to Portsmouth where he has conducted a photograph gailery since, was born August 19, 1859, in Harshaville, Adams county. His father was William Buchanan Harsha and his mother Rachel MeIntire, daughter of General William Metntire, He was the second son of his parents. He has a common school education, He learned the practical business of milling from his father. rom the time he arrived at the age of twenty-one years, until 1884, he was employed in his father's mill at Harshaville, and had charge of the entire milling operations. In 1884, he took an interest with his father, under the firm name of W. B. Harsha & Son, which has continued until the present time, M

On January 11, 1884, he was married to Miss Ada Barnard, of Cincinnati, He resided at Harshaville from 1884 until 1892, when he removed to the city of Portsmouth, Ohio. In 1889, he formed a partnership with John

P. Caskey, under the firm name of Harsha & Caskey, built a flour mill in the east end of the city, and that business continued until October, 1901, when he and Mr. Caskey dissolved. Since that date he has conducted the business alone. He is one of the progressive men of the city. He is a member of the United Commercial Travelers, Elks and Knights Templars. He was in Portsmouth from August, 1889, but did not remové his family there until April, 1892. He has four children: HWdith Armstrong, Hlizabeth Lucile, William Howard and Philip Barnard.

He and his wife are members of the Second Presbyterian church, He has always been a republican. He has never held a public office except that of member of the City Council of Portsmouth.

was born February 38, 1828 in Twin township, Ross county, Ohio, near Bourneville. His father's name was Benjamin Harwood. He was a native of Maryland. He died in the autumn of 1848, aged fifty-five years on what is now the Davis farm, then the John A. Turley farm. His mother's maiden name was Mary Ward, She was born in Twin township, Ross county, Ohio, in 1799, and died in Lucasville in 1884, being over eighty-five years ol age.

The subject of this sketch never received any sehool training. When twelve years of age, he hired as a jigger boy at $4.00 per month on public works, building the turnpike from Chillicothe to Bainbridge, His work was to go around with a jug of whiskey and a pepper box and give each man the full of it with whiskey six or eight times a day. The next year, when thirteen years old, he drove a cart making a cut through a hill, When he was fourteen, he worked on building the turnpike between Kingston and Tarleton. In 1848 and 1844, he worked on the turnpike from Chillicothe to Portsmouth, He drove a two horse team and his wages were $6.00 per month, Men on a farm at the same time were receiving $7.00 per month,

In 1850, he married Hannah Darlington. In the spring of 1854, he rented the Marsh farm and farmed on it for twenty-six years. In 1880, he bought the farm where he now lives on the Canal opposite Lucasville. His wife died in April, 1886, leaving seven children, as follows: Sarah Ann, deceased; William H. living on the old home place; Benjamin F., a resident of Portsmouth; Mary &., deceased, wife of John Marsh; Daniel L., at home; Charles M., a member of Company A, 9th Regiment, United States Infantry now in the Philippines; Ida B., the wife of William T. Dever, residing on the Dever farm opposite Lucasville.

In November, 1888, he was married to Emma Double, a daughter of William and Margaret Double of Sedan, both natives of Butler county, Penn- Sylvania. Her mother's maiden name was Margaret Alsworth. Mrs. Harwood was a teacher in the public schools for six years and attended one term at the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, in 1881. In 1877, she was united with the Salem Regular Baptist church and in 1896 transferred her membership to Bethany Regular Baptist church at Rushtown, Ohio,

Mr. Harwood's father was a Jackson democrat, but to use his own language, "he was born a republican" and has always been one, never voting any other way. He is a man who is outspoken and pronounced in his views on any subject. He is kind to his family and accommodating to his neighbors. His home is the stopping place for his many friends and not even a tramp was ever turned away hungry. Generous to a fault he is always ready to donate to any one in need.

was born May 13, 1848, in the Little French Grant. His father was Wliphaz Hayward, son of Moses Hayward and his mother was Mary Cadot, daughter of Claudius Cadot. Moses Hayward and Claudius Cadot both have sketches herein. His childhood and boyhood were spent at the place of his nativity. He attended the common schools and took a course in Duff's Commercial College in Pittsburg, which he completed in 1870, The first actual business he engaged in was selling sewing mechines for George D. Selby in Jackson county, Ohio, This he regards as the most successful effort in business he has ever engaged in. Subsequent to this, he spent threeyears in the Mereailitile department of the Los Gatos Manufacturing Company, Los Gatos, California. i :

He located in Lronton, Ohio, in the retail grocery business in the spring of 1874. He followed that for 26 years and merged it into the exclusively wholesale grocery business, March 26, 1900 with Drake 5. Murdock at Ironton, Ohio. For twenty years, he has been a stock holder in the Ironton Fire Brick Company. He was its secretary and treasurer for eighteen years, and has been its president for the past twoi years. He has been a director in the Hirst National Bank of Ironton for about ten years and has been vice president of the bank for the past six years. He is also secretary of the Lawrence Telephone Company. He is an uncompromising republican. : ;

He was married June 28, 1874 to Julia A. Work. Their children are: F. R. now assistant superintendent of Siegel, Cooper & Company's house in New York; Claude C. a practicing attorney in Ironton, Ohio; Mary Elizabeth at home. Mr. Hayward is one of the most respected business men of Ironton. He is a power and a force in every enterprise with which he is connected.

was born near Otway, Ohio, September 5, 1876. His dather's name was William Hazelbaker, and his mother's maiden name was Blizabeth Thompson. Our subject was one of five children. He was brought up at Otway, and was a farmer's boy. He attended the common schools near his home, and at Lebanon one term, in 1898. He taught school from 18938 to 1900. In 1899 and 1900, he studied telegraphy, and was appointed agent at Newtown, Ohio, in August, 1900, and remained there until November, 1900. He has been agent at was born Feb, 2, 1854, in Chillicothe, Ohio. His father was Samuel Heer, and his mother's maiden name was Catharine Wilhelm. His father was a native of Bavaria and his mother was from Hesse, Germany. Our subject is the oldest of six brothers and three sisters. His father moved to Portsmouth when of Portsmouth until he was fifteen. He then went into the employ of Rumsey, Rhodes & Reed, wholesale dry goods. He was with them until 1873, and then was engaged with Voorheis, Miller & Co. When they moved to Cincinnati in 1874, he went with them, and remained in ther employ sixteen years. He left this firm in 1890, and was with Henry Giershofer & Co., for one year. He then came to Portsmouth, and opened a clothing house at Nos. 307-309 Chillicothe street, and has been engaged in that business ever sincee.

Mr. Heer is one of the most energetic, enterprising and industrious business men of Portsmouth, and a man of the highest character and standing in the community. He believes in strictly attending to his own business, and does not seek public attention in any way. He is regarded as one of the successful merchants in the city, and one of the most valuable citizens.

was born January 19, 1881, at Colmar in Alsace. His father was Frederick Held, and his mother's maiden name was Hauser. His father and mother had five children, four sons and a daughter. Frederick was the second child. His father was a weaver by occupation. Young Held had no ambition tio serve in the French army and so he left the country privately, and determined to go to America. He sailed from Havre in the French sailing vessel "Liberty." After forty days he landed at New York, and then went to Cincinnati, and from there to Barboursville, Virginia, where he remained for eighteen months working at the cabinet makers trade, Then he went to Ironton and worked at his trade there, and from there he went to Clifton furnace and dug ore,

Among other places he visited Portsmouth and stayed a short time, and went to Scioto furnace. He was married here to Christina Graffer, in August, 1855. He worked about the furnace until 1855, when he went to Bloom furnace, and was there when the war broke out.

He enlisted October 18, 1861, in Company B, of the 56th, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was appointed a Corporal and afterwards made a Sergeant. He is a firm believer in the idea that thirteen is an unlucky number. He participated in twelve engagements, and the thirteenth was the battle of Champion Hill, May 16, 1863. There his good right arm was shattered, and was so mangled that it had to be amputated close to the body. For two weeks after the battle, he was on the field. where he was shot. He was then taken to the hospital at Memphis, and from there to Jefferson City. Subsequently he was sent to the government hospital in Indiana. There he obtained his discharge, November 5, 1863. He was in every battle and engagement participated in by his command until he lost his arm. He came back and located at Gephart's, where he has ever since resided.

He has eight children: Kate, the eldest daughter, is the wife of John Doll, who lives on the west side near Union Mills; his second daughter, Mary, is married to (George Jenkins, and lives on the west side; his son Herman is a farmer near Gephart's station; his son William works in the car shops at Huntington, W. Va.; his sons John and Fred, are at home and single; his son Charles is at work in Wheeling, W. Va.; his daughter Anna Cordella is at home.

Since his injury in the military service, he has necessarily been compelled to live a life of retirement, but no one enjoys himself any more, and no one is more independent and respected. Mr. Held, of course, receives a pension for his injury. He works a little, as he is able with his one arm. He is a republican. When asked regarding his politics, he said that he voted as he shot. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and is faithful and diligent in his profession.

was born in London, Ohio, March 20, 1886. His father moved to Jackson, Ohio, when he was a child. He came to Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1854, and became a clerk with R. Bell & Co. Then he clerked for Jefferson & Kepner, C. D. Elden, and. James M. 'Ramsey, and was for a short time at Jackson Furnace. He went into the employment of C. A. M. Damarin & Co., and remained with them for over twenty-one years. He became a member of the First Presbyterian church on locating in Portsmouth. He was superintendent of its Sunday school for many years. On January 28, 1863, he married Miss Frances BE. Spry, daughter of Richard Spry. They had one daughter, oo bern in 1864, who grew to young womanhood and died December 25,

He entered the 173 O. V. I. Company D, as First Lieutenant, and was appointed Adjutant December 21, 1863. He was mustered out June 26, 1865. About 1878, he went into partnership with John Richardson in the grocery business, and remained in that until his death. No truer man ever lived. His great-grandfather, Peter Helfenstein, was Major of the 8th (German) Virginia regiment, in the Revolutionary war. He had 'a son William, and his son Henry, was the father of our subject. The revolutionary ancestor

Here under the green grass of the lovely valley of -Virginia rests the mortal part of the brave and good major, guarded by the hazy wall of the Blue Ridge on one side, and the towering Alleghany on the other with the Massunutten looking over from the south. And in the valley of the Ohio, guarded around by the silent, everlasting hills, with the river like a thread bof yellow gold between, lies the mortal part of his grandson, our subject, whose life was likewise cut short by his service to his country. George Helfenstein lived a pure, honest and honorable life. His whole career illustrated his religious profession. No one could know him without respecting, admiring and loving him for his noble qualities of mind and heart. It coulda never be said that his profession and his life were inconsistent. He was of the salt of the earth, and all his life he acted on principle and conscience, was born January 29, 1875, in the city of 'Portsmouth, Ohio. His father is George Helt and his mother was Barbara P. Herder, a daughter of John M, Herder. His parents were both of German ancestry, but born' in Scioto county. Emil attended the Portsmouth schools until he was of the age of eighteen. He dropped out of the B class in the High School, and went into the grocery business, at 518 Chillicothe street, in 1898. He did not like it and gave it up in six months. He clerked in the same business for C, Masters & Company and F. B. Clark, and then engaged in the wholesale commission business until 1896. Since that year, he has been in the huckster business, buying and selling produce. Mr. Helt would never be selected for a handsome man. In fact, he is the very reverse, but he knows everybody and is generally liked. He is not ashamed to work and to keep at it. He is a hustler and has a voice just modulated for the crying of his wares on the street. He is a republican, a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, and an Odd Mellow. He was married December 380, 1897, to Miss Norah Lewis, and has two sons, mil C., and George O. He is a whole-hearted, whole-souled, liberal minded citizen and believes in doing his best every day in the week.

was born May 9, in Gallia county. His father was Charles W. Henry, and his mother's maiden name was Susan Burnett, daughter of James Burnett. He received a common school education in Gallia county. At the age of twelve years he went to work on his father's farm, and continued that until he went into the army. He enlisted in the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Company F, February 25, 1864, for three years, and was mustered out with the company August 28, 1865. After he came home from the war he went to work on his father's farm, and continued that until September, 1868.

He was married April 12, 1868, in Mason county, W. Va., to Miss Jane Kyle, daughter of George and Nancy Kyle. They have had eight children: Albert F., married, resides in Green township on a farm; Mary Ellen, married Albert Feurt, a farmer, resides on the Chillicothe pike; Florence, married John Butterfield, a farmer, resides near Haverhill, in Green township; Nannie J., married Henry Goddard, a farmer, resides near Wheelersburg; George P,, a farmer; Millard, clerk in a hardware store at Ironton; Perry, at home; Willie, died at the age -of five years. In 1868, he rented a farm and farmed in West Virginia for nine years. In 1877, he went to Kentucky and farmed a year. He then moved to Scioto county, Ohio, and rented a farm near Haverhill, and is still engaged lin farming. He is a republican, and a member of the Methodist church. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge at Wheelersburg, and of the Gand Army of the Republic.

was born January 5, 1836, near old Steam furnace, in Adams _ county, where his father Michael Herdman, who came from Pennsylvania, had settled. Michael was in the war of 1812. 'He received a land warrant which he traded for a piece of land in Adams county. The mother of our subject was Jemina Downing, of near Locust Grove, Ohio. THis brothers and sisters were; Philip, William, Rebecca, Susan, John, Sarah, Joseph, Elizabeth, Robert and Ruth, all of whom grew to maturity, were married and raised families. Our subject lived with his father on the farm: until he was twenty years of age, when he came to Nile township, where he has since resided. On coming to Scioto county he learned the carpenter's trade. Besides working on houses, he built flat boats for A. F. Givens, For 'seven or eight years, he worked at flat boating for Givens. He afterwards became a contractor and built several wooden bridges for the county and a number of school houses. He formed a partnership with D. G. Givens in 1888, in the saw mill business. After several yéars, he bought Givens out and has since been in business by himself. He built a saw and grist mill near McGaw P. O. in 1889, and buys timber and saws it into lumber. He was a trustee! of Nile township from 1884 to 1887, and served a number of terms as school director. He is a democrat of the 'dyed in the wool'' sort.

He was married February 1, 1866, to Mary J. Givens, daughter of William and Elizabeth Givens. Their children are: Nora, died June 5, 1883; Jeorge; Alfred; Elizabeth, wife of Robert Jeffreys; Clara; Fred; Harry; John and Clyde. Mr. Herdman has the natural qualifications of a good citizen, honesty, industry and thrift. He always stands for the right, is a firm believer in religion and has raised a large family of respectable children. He possesses a large amount of mechanical genius.

was born in Kirtland, Lake county, Ohio, November 4, 1853. His father was Samuel Herron, a native of Scotland, and his mother's maiden name was Martha Dunkley. She was born in Northampton, England, and her early home was in London. The Dunkleys were originally Norman-French. The subject of this sketch was the last of five children, and the only son. When he was six years of age, his parents moved to Carrollton, Missouri, where he lived until their death in 1864 and 1865. For six years he made his home with a married sister in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, and in Marietta, Ohio. During this time he completed the upper grades of the public schools at New Castle, attended St. John's Academy, Camden, New Jersey, for one year, and clerked for three years in the dry goods store of Bosworth, Wells & Company, Marietta, Ohio. At this time, his talent for music, which he inherited from the Dunkleys, played an important part in his career. Through a former classmate at S. John's Academy, he was offered the position of organist at St. Stephen's College, Annandale, New York. He accepted, as a way was thus opened to secure a college education. He was graduated, with the degree of B. A., in 1876, secundus, and metaphysical prizeman of his class.

He then -entered the General Theological Seminary, New York city, graduating in 1879 with the degree of S. T. B., and receiving the degree of M. A. in course from his alma mater. During this time he was a member of the New York Choral Union, a musical' society of 300 voices which was led by P. S. Gilmore. He was also choir master at the Church of the Transfiguration (The little church around the corner). He was ordained to the diaconate at his final graduation, by Bishop Horatio Potter, on Trinity Sunday. His first ministry was in Trinity Parish, New York city, as curate of S. Augustine's. In 1882, he was called to Trinity church, New Castle, Pennsylvania, where he served for fifteen years. Here, for three years, he was a member of the Standing Committee of the Diocese and for six years, chairman of the Committee on the state of the Church. In 1897, he was called to All Saints chureh, Portsmouth, Ohio, his present charge. Here he organized and drilled a vested choir of boys, girls and young men, which now: numbers sixty voices, and is one of the best in the diocese.

While an opponent of state rights, and a "stalwart" in the days of Grant and Conkling, he has voted the Prohibitionist ticket since 1884. Mr. Herron is a clear. easy and fluent sveaker. He is one of the best sermonizers in his diocese. His words are well chosen and easily understood and his thoughts are carefully considered before expressed in words. Whatever he has to say is interesting and instructive. He is a teacher in the very highest , Sense of the word. He is an earnest and persistent worker, always active and full of nervous energy. He is passionately fond of music and of teaching it. He has composed and published a number of pieces of sacred music. Mr. Herron's sole aim and object in life, to which everything bends, is to do his whole duty, in the position he occupies.

was born November 15, 1865, in Portsmouth, Ohio. His father's name was Jacob C. Hibbs, and his mother's name was Barbara Ann Williamson. He attended the public schools of Portsmouth until he was fifteen years of age.

He then engaged in the hardware business with his father, and has been engaged in it ever since, except one year. From 1880 to 1889 he was connected with Hibbs, Angle & Co. From 1889 to 1890, he was connected with the Woolen Mills Company at West Superior, Wisconsin,-"In 1890, he returned to Portsmouth and again engaged in the-hardware business. In 1899, the firm became a corporation, and he became general manager.

He was married January 26, 1888 to Miss Sadie Watkins. They have one child, Marjorie. In his political views, he is a republican. He is a member of the following Masonic bodies; Knights Templars, Council, Chapter and Blue Lodge, and of the Elks. In social life he is an excellent entertainer. His humor is ever bright and sparkling. He is the soul of any social function. As a business man, he is energetic and tireless. He has built up a large and successful business and understands every detail of it. While he has done wonderfully well in his own matters, he has at the same time done well for the public. He always favors and promotes public enterprise and will always be found in the front in every measure for the public good.

was born April 3, 1830, in Union township, Scioto county, Ohio. His father, Jacob Hibbs, was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother's maiden name was Rebecca Lucas, a native of Virginia. Our subject was reared in the county and attended the common schools. He took a partial course at the Dennison University, Granville, Ohio, in 1852. He resided on his father's farm until 1860, and in that year he entered the service of his brother, Gen. Joseph Lucas Hibbs, as salesman in a hardware store at Portsmouth. He remained with him as an employe until 1866, when he became a partner. In January, 1870, he went into the hardware business on his own account and continued until 1873, when he took in Mr. Wm. H. Angle as a partner, and the business was conducted as Hibbs, Angle & Co., for a period of twenty-one successful and prosperous years. In 1894 he bought out his partner Wm. H. Angle, and continued the business alone. In the spring of 1899, the business was incorporated as The J. C. Hibbs Hardware Company, capital stock, $60,000. He became the president of the corporation, and has remained such ever since. Owng to Mr. Hibb's poor health he is compelled to spend the winters in a warmer climate, usually El Paso; but his business is successfully attended to by his son Harry D. Hibbs, in his absence.

He was married April 30, 1857 to Barbara Ann Williamson of Washington township, Seioto county. They have the following children: two died in infancy, and those surviving are: Flora E., wife of Edward R. Peebles, a salesman in the city of Portsmouth; Lou Grace, wife of Alva Agee, a lecturer of the Farmers' Institutes; and a son, Harry Dixon, conducts the J. C. Hibbs hardware store in Portsmouth.

Mr. Hibbs was brought up a democrat and remained as such until 1860, when he became a republican. The same year he joined the Baptist church, and has been a faithful and active working member ever since. As a business man he has had a wonderfully successful career and has richly earned that Jeisure in his old age which he is now enjoying.

was born in Muscatine, Iowa, December 12, 1866. His parents were Charles and Alma (Lee) Hitchcock. His father died before William was seven years old and he came to Sciotoville and worked in the Fire Brick Works before he was twelve years of age. He received a common school education in the Scilotoville schools. In politics, he has always been a republican. In 1886, he married Lily Purdy. He has served in nearly every capacity as a firebrick worker, beginning at the bottom of the ladder and working his way to the top. He is now superintendent of three yards: Scioto Fire Brick Company, Webster Fire Brick Company, and the Blast Furnace Fire Brick Company. '

To begin as a day laborer and at thirty-six to be a superintendent of three separate businesses is a career to which any young American could was born March 3, 1843 in New Orleans, Liouisiana. His father was Cornelius Hogan, who lived and died a resident of New Orleans. His mother's maiden name was Mary J. Lee, a native of New York state. His parents emigrated to New Orleans from the state of New York in the early thirtys. Our subject was the oldest child of the family. His father died when he was twelve years old, and his mother died when he was thirteen years of age. His father had been a soldier of the Mexican war from Louisiana, had been wounded in the knee, in one of the battles, and died from the effects of the wound. Our subject attended school in New Orleans. One John Adams was his guardian, and he sent him and his sister to the Ironton schools about 1856. Their aunt Catharine Payne came along and took charge of him. He went to school in Ironton about two years, and then ran away from his home and located in the French Grant and worked for Travis Herrel. From there he came into the Scioto yalley and worked among the Noels, as a farm hand, until the war broke out.

He enlisted August 5, 1861 in Company "A," 33rd O. V. I., and served until July 12, 1865. He was promoted from private to Sergeant November 1, 1864, in the Atlanta Campaign. July 2, 1863, he was wounded twice at the battle of Stone river. In the same battle he was lying down and a ball struck his right elbow, and then passed into his right thigh where it has since remained. July 5, 1864, at the battle of Chattahloochee river, he was wounded in the right thigh in the same place as the other wound, only the ball went through. March 16, 1865, when the war was almost over he was wounded in the left foot at Averysboro, North Carolina. He was the first man to be inside the line at Savannah, Ga., and he was at the surrender of Gen. Joe Johnson. He was mustered out July 12, 1865.

December 6, 1865, he married Maria J. Noel, a daughter of Peter Noel, the oldest son of Philip Noel, who died in 1850. Our subject has had seven children, four of whom'died in childhood. His surviving children are William Everett, a practicing physician at Frederick, Mahoning county, Ohio, who married Abigail Groniger; his daughter Martha Jane, who married Frank Ford of Portsmouth, Ohio; his son Edwin Winfield is a farmer residing near his father. Mr. Hogan was'a democrat until 1877, when he became a repubican, and has continued such ever since. He belongs to the Aurora Lodge, Mt. Vernon Chapter, Solomon Council and Calvary Commandery, Masonic bodies in Portsmouth. He was a school director in his district for nineteen years, and trustee of the township for-sixteen years. Mr. Hogan is one of those who can always be depended on. He gravely considers before he gives his word, but once given, he will live up to any agreement made by him. He is always good company and knows how to entertain his friends.

was born August 1, 1851. His father was John Holman, a native of England. His mother's maiden name was Laura Curtis a native of New York. Our subject was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, went through the schools of Portsmouth and was graduated from the High School in 1870. At the age of twenty he started in as a clerk in Peter Brodbeck's dry goods store and remained there two years. In 1873, he went to Keystone furnace in Jackson county, and clerked in a store. He remained there two years. After this he was one year in the milling business in Portsmouth, Ohio with Dr. C. C, Fulton. In 1876 he went to Quinnimont, West Virginia, and was clerk in a furnace store. In 1880 he went to Longdale, Virginia, Alleghany county, and became a store keeper and purchaser of supplies for the furnaces and has been engaged in that business ever since. He was married Dec. 15, 1851 to Sadie Wait, daughter of John H. Wait, an old resident of Portsmouth. The names of his children are: Natalie and George. He is a republican in his political views, and a member of the Methodist church. Mr. Holman is esteemed by all who know him for his high character. He is one of the most genial. and companionable of men, valuable in church, lodge and community and one who can always be depended on to do his share of work and do it to every one's satisfaction.

was born August 9, 1860 at South Webster, Scioto county, Ohio. His father was Herman Holman and his mother's maiden name was Isabel Mittendorf. He attended the common schools until he was sixteen years of age, when he went to Delaware for a year. At the age of nineteen he went to Sciotoville and worked in the store of the Sciotoville Fire Brick Company where he remained two years. He went west in 1882 and was gone about a year. In 1883 he engaged in the brick business in Sciotoville and was there until May 16, 1892 when he went into the employment of J. F. Davis druggist and remained there during his life. When the business was incorporated he became secretary and treasurer. For two years before his death, he traveled for the company. He was taken sick May 12, 1901 and died July 8, 1901 of typhoid fever after one relapse. He was married June 2, 1886 to Lilias Seva Smith, daughter of the late L. P. N. Smith. They had one son David Harmon who died in infancy and one daughter, Stephanie S. Mr. Holman was a member of the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias and a member of the Commercial Club. He was a republican in his political views.

As a clerk and as a manager he has developed wonderful business ability and had he survived, would have made as great a success in the business as his predecessor, J. F. Davis had done before him. His death was one of the saddest events which ever took place. He was so full of life, so full of energy, with wonderful capacity and ability for business, it seemed the irony of fate that he should have been taken away in the flower- of manhood. All of his friends loved him and could not say too much in his praise.

was born in Bath county, Kentucky, October 11, 1831. He is the son of Charles Wesley Honaker, a native of Virginia, and Sarah (England) Honaker. His father was a Judge of Carter county, Kentucky. His boyhood and youth were spent in Carter county Kentucky, where he obtained a common school education. He studied medicine with Drs. W. England and Samuel Ellis of Lewis county, Kentucky. He took a first course in the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, in 1859 and 1860. He came to Nile township, Scioto county, Ohio, in 1861. He attended a second course in the Ohio Medical College in 1883 and 1884 and graduated on March 7, 1884. He has been a farmer and has practiced medicine in Nile township ever since 1884. He was married June 8, 1863 to Emily J. Storer. They have two children: Morris Simpson, killed in a wreck ° on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad in 1890 and Lucey, wife of A. King Veazey. He was a democrat before the war, a republican in 1864 and until 1876, when he became a democrat, but he voted for McKinley in 1896. He is a member of the M. E. church and for ten years was a class leader and Sunday school superintendent. ~He is a very excellent citizen and is so esteemed in his own community.

was born October 31, 1884, at Rhede, Westphalen, Prussia. His parents were Hermann and Elizabeth (Knipper) Huels. He attended the schools of Gronau, Westphalen until he was fourteen years of age, when he was apprenticed to learn the dyer's trade and served an apprenticeship for three years. He re - mained 'one year after his apprenticeship with his master, and traveled as was customary, in his country, until 1868, working in a great many towns in Germany, France, Switzerland, and Austria. Then he determined to go to the United States. He left Bremen, July 31, 1864 and landed in the United States the August following. He went to Springfield, [linois, and remained until the following October, when he went to Cincinnati and followed his trade for one year. In October, 1865, he went to Chillicothe where he worked for'a Mr. Dueber, and on September 10, 1866 he married his daughter, Pauline. E On February 15, 1870, he came to Portsmouth and purchased the dye house belonging to F. Zehner. He enlarged the business, and purchased machinery for dyeing with steam. He has heen very successful in business. He has been a member of the German Benevolent Society for over thirty years, and is a member of St. Peter's Benevolent Society. He is a director of the

German Buiding and Loan Association. He was a member of the City Council from the Second ward from 1899 to 1901, and is now president of the non-partisan Fire Board of the city of Portsmouth. He is a democrat, and a member of St. Mary's church. He has the following children: Hermann, born in 1869, at Chillicothe, Ohio; Emil J., born in 1872, a druggist, now in Brooklyn, New York; Charles, born in 1875, who served in the Spanish War in the 6th United States Infantry; Anna, the wife of Dr. J. BE. Bickle, of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Otillie, at home; Albert, born in 1886, now in Brooklyn, New York, learning the drug business with his brother Emil. : was born December 1, 1839 at Jackson Furnace. His father was Jacob S. Hurd, who was born near Concord, N..H. His mother's maiden name was Sarah E. Clough, a daughter of Dr. Abner Clough, who is buried at Franklin Furnace. His grandfather's name was John Hurd, who came to the French Grant, and is buried at Portsmouth, O. His grandfather Clough came to Scioto county in an early date. Jiohn Ricker Hurd was the oldest child. The other three are: Jesse C., Alice Riggs and Joseph H. Our subject remained at Jackson Furnace until he was five years of age. His father was book-keeper and clerk at Jackson Furnace. In 1884, the family moved to Franklin Furnace, where he was a partner in the furnace with the Goulds and was clerk. A few years later the family moved to Junior Furnace, where he went on the river as captain. In 1852, the family moved to Portsmouth, where they remained until 1870.

Our subject enlisted in Company F, Second Kentucky V. I. May 17, 1861 as a private for three years. He was appointed Sergeant May 17, 1861, promoted to 2nd Lieutenant January 25, 1862; First Lieutenant February 6, 1862; and then was made Captain of Company I, June 138, 1863, and was mustered out with the company June 19, 1864. This regiment was in West Virginia, and at the battles of Shiloh and Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga. He came to Jackson in the fall of 1864, and has lived there ever since. He was engaged at the Diamond furnace as clerk until 1869. He was at Orange furnace, as a clerk until 1874, then went into the coal business until 1887, when he went into the Iron Bank as a partner and assistant cashier. He afterwards became president, which position he has had for three years. He was married in September, 1866 to Julia Dungan, daughter of Levi Dungan. They have six children. Jesse, superintendent of the coal mines at Jackson; Alice C., at home; Levi Dungan, a medical student at Columbus; Harold H., a student at Ada, Ohio; Ethel H., and Bertha at home. Mr. Hurd is a republican, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In the town of Jackson, Captain Jesse C. Hurd is held in the very highest esteem. He possesses all the qualities that ae a good citizen, father and husband, and is above reproach in every respect.

was born January 4, 1838 at Jackson Furnace, Jackson county, Ohio. His father was Jacob S. Hurd and his mother's maiden name was Sarah E. Clough. Until he was 14 years of age, he lived in the furnace region near Portsmouth. Part of the time he attended the furnace schools, and the remainder, he played and hunted. When he was 14 years of age, the family moved to Portsmouth, and he attended school there a short time, and then went to boating on the western rivers, and was out jon the plains and in the mountains of New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. He returned from there, and went into the employment of Joseph M. G. Smith in the construction and operation of his distillery in Greenup county, Ky., and remained there until

When the war began, he entered the service May 17, 1861 as Captain of Oo. F, in the Second Kentucky Infantry. He was promoted to Major January 25, 1862, and was made Tieutenant Colonel January 13, 1863. He was mustered out with the regiment June 19, 1864, (see Co. F., 2nd Ky. Infantry, page 226.) He was captured by the enemy in July, 1861, and incarcerated in Libby Prison at Richmond, Va., from which he escaped with Col. W. H. Raynor and a Lieutenant Murphy in September, 1861, an account of which was published in "Harper's Monthly Magazine.' Col. Hurd was in the battles of Shiloh,

Stone river, Chickamauga and many smaller affairs. He was appointed Colonel of the 173 regiment O. V. I., September 18, 1864 and served as such until June 26, 1865. ,