Scioto County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (1 of 2 so headed), 1903 (part 8 of 15)

He enlisted in the 8th N. Y. Vol. Infantry, July 6, 1861 for two years. His regiment was then in Virginia and he joined it at Arlington Heights some time in August. In a month after, he was detailed for topographical work and served in that capacity in Washington until his regiment, which was in Blenker's division of Sumner's corps, was sent across the mountains into West Virginia to join Fremont.. He was in Fremont's campaign in Western Virginia and at the battle of Cross Keys on June 8, 1862. He went through the first Rappahannock campaign under Pope and Sigel and was in the second battle of Bull Run on the 29 and 30 of August, 1862. He was in Hooker's Rappahannock campaign and at Chancellorsville on May 24, 1863, on division staff service.

At Gettysburg, his command fought along the Mummasbure road on the first day of July, 1863, and captured forty men of Rhodes' division. He was sent back with a guard detail in the afternoon, but the rebel prisoners got away in the melee in the town and he rejoined his command that evening at the cemetery gate. During Early's attack on the Federal right center late on the atternoon of the second day his command went to the support of Rickett's and Wiedrick's Batteries. During the night of the same day, they were rushed to the right of Culp's Hill to the support of Gen. Green against Johnson's attack on the Federal extreme right. In the afternoon of the third day, his.command was subjected to the terrific concentrated fire of the entire Rebel artillery on Cemetery Hill during Pickett's charge. Mr. Korth's two-years' time expired on July 8, 1868, but he remained with the command during the pursuit of Lee as far as Warrenton, Va.

He then concluded to go to Cincinnati and remained there until Kirby's raid when he assisted in laying out one of the redoubts south of Covington, Ky. He fell in with the 16 New York Artillery and enlisted in Company G for three years. Soon after he was sent to Gloucester Point at the mouth of York river. In the spring of 1864, his Battery joined the army of the James in the active campaign on Richmond under Butler. He was at Drury's Bluff, Dutch Gap Canal, Fort Harrison, Fort Brady, Darleytown, etc. In December, 1864, he was attached to the staff of Gen. Weitzel as topographer and served in this capacity until Grant's finishing campaign against Richmond. He went into Richmond with Battery C, 3rd R. I. Artillery on the morning of the 8rd of April. He was discharged late in July, 1865.

, In October, 1865, he went with his former captain, who was appointed _Indian Agent, to Fort Smith, Arkansas. In the fall of 1866, he located at Quiney, Ill., and later took up the editorial charge of The Daily German "Tribune." He remained there seven years, and in St. Louis one year, where he worked on both English and German dailies with. Car] Schurz and Joseph Pulitzer,

In 1873, he visited Gerinany and resided there and in Liverpool England, about one year. In the fall of 1875 he returned to the United States for the Centennial Exposition, and took an editorial position on the Philadelphia "Daily Democrat,' where he remained ten years. In 1885, he was called to Cleveland where he edited the German Daily '"'Waechter' four years. In 1889, he went to Springfield, Ohio, and started the '"'Adler,'' Republican. In 1895, he returned to Cleveland and took charge of the Cleveland German "Post and Press," (Republican), and published and edited it until 1899, when he came to Portsmouth and purchased the ''Correspondent."

Mr. Korth was married the first time in 1870, to Rose Lambur of Quincy, Ill. He had two sons by this marriage; Frederick, at Tacoma, Washington, and George, connected with a New York Publishing House. His first wife died in 1878, and he was married again in 1886 to Caroline Raff, at Cleveland.

Mr. Korth is a valuable addition to any community. As his sketch indicates, he comes of good German stock. With all his acquirements and experience, he is a gentleman of modest demeanor. His education fits him well for the position he holds.

was born at Portsmouth, Ohio, December 19, 1858, the son of Matthias Kricker and his wife, Margaret Myers. His father has a spearate sketch herein. He attended school at the parish school of the Holy Redeemer, and the public schools of Portsmouth, Ohio, until 1874, when he began for himself as a clerk in the store of Rudolph Brunner for three years. Then he clerked in a store for J. N. Leedom for a year. In 1879, he went to Waverly and clerked for Emmitt, Myers & Company. Myers was his uncle. He remained in this employment until 1881 when he clerked in a dry goods house in Springfield. In 1882, he was in Columbus, in the employment of R. G. Dunn & Company. In 1884, he returned to Portsmouth-and kept books for Stanton & Balmert. From 1885 to 1887 he was deputy United States Collector under the late James W. Newman. In 1887, he resigned the office to become manager of the Spring Lane Distilling Company. In 1889 he was elected to the City Council of Portsmouth, and served six years. In 1892, he organized the Central Savings Bank and began business with it in 1898. He has been its cashier from the start.

He was married in 1884 to Miss Isabel A. Dunn, daughter of William _ Dunn, and has eight living children; Helen, Sadie, George, Seva, Louis and Leo, (twins) Edmund, and Paul. He has lost two children, one an infant son and another son, William at five years. He is a communicant of the church of the Holy Redeemer, and a democrat in politics, with the proviso that he is for the gold standard. Mr. Kricker is thin and spare, of a dark complexion and very earnest in his manner. He has been. very successful in his management of the Central Savings Bank and has built up an institution of which he may be proud and of which the community is proud. He is one cf the best business men of the city. He has the banker's faculty of taking one look at a man and then telling him what he wants, without the man's ever speaking. . He possesses the confidence of the entire business community and has demonstrated that he deserves it. ; was born in Rhenish, Bavaria, near Worms, January 14, 1853. His father was George K. and his mother's maiden name was Ella Andone. His parents had three children: Andrew, John and Barbara. His father was a farmer and died in 1869, at his home in Germany. John learned the cooper's trade, and served as an apprentice for three years. He began his apprenticeship' the year his father died, and left Germany on January 14, 1872, and went to Antwerp in Belgium, where he took a ship for this country; he crossed the English Channel, went to Liverpool and then came to New York. The entire voyage from Antwerp occupied fifteen days. He went from New York-to Cincinnati, remained there two weeks, and then came to Scioto county and located on Dogwood Ridge, where he had an uncle. He went to work on the B. & O. railroad as a section hand, and worked at it for fifteen months, when he was made a foreman for nine years - near Jackson for two years and near Gephart's, for seven years. He then was a farmer on Little Scioto, on the old William Marting farm, until 1890 when he went to Gephart's, and engaged in a general store. He also has a grist mill there.

He was married December 5, 1875 to Mary Marting, daughter of William Marting. His children are: Henry Marting, who lives with his father; Charles engaged in milling at Gephart's; Nellie, Carrie, Katie, and Hilda, at home. He is a democrat in his political views, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Gephart's.

Mr. Kriick is a citizen of the most sterling character. He is industrious, energetic, liberal-minded, and of broad and charitable views. He is one of the strong elements in the community where he resides, and would be an important factor in any community where he chose to reside. He makes all enterprises he takes up succeed. He is a prosperous and successful farmer and keeps up with the most advanced notions in farming. He is successful as a country merchant. His neighbors believe in him and he enjoys their confidence to the fullest extent.

was born September 29, 1856, at Portsmouth near the mouth of Lawson's Run. His father was Jacob Kugelman, a native of Hidenkopen, Bavaria. His mother was Anna Margaret Deinser, a native of Mergnes, Bavaria. He grew up in Portsmouth and went to the city schools until he was twelve years of age, when his father removed to the Hatch farm, now known as the Peebles farm, east of Portsmouth. He lived the life of a farmer there for two years, when his father purchased a farm near Powellsville, Ohio, now owned by William Duis and resided there from 1870 to 1896. Our subject farmed for Dan Harwood on the Marsh farm from November 24, 1878 till May 1, 1880. Then he -worked for Milton Buck, on the Damarin farm for awhile. He went to Texarkana and came back from there to Illinois and Indiana, where he worked until August 1, 1880. Then he came to Portsmouth and went to working for Gilbert Stewart and worked for him until September 1, 1881. At that time he went into the employment of McFarland, Sanford & Company, as a salesman, and remained with them until August 1, 1885. He was then employed by the Chicago house of Miller, Cissna & Company, and was there until July 1, 1889. He was then employed by Clement, Vane & Company, of Chicago, till December 15, 1889, when he came to Portsmouth and was employed by Sanford, Varner & Company, where he remained until February 1, 1900. He then tried the insurance business for one year. On February 10, 1901, he purchased a grocery at 205 Hast Third street. He later sold out and took employment with Haas, Schwartz & Co. .

He was married to Kate A. Buck, daughter of Milton Buck, March 8, 1882. He has a son, Charles Wynn, born May 18, 1883. His daughter Alice Stewart, was born February 25, 1886, and died January 31, 1889. He has a son, J. Emerson, born June 8, 1889. He is a member of Bigelow M. E. church. Prior to 1880, he was a democrat; since that time he has been a republican. He is a member of the United Commercial Travelers. Mr. Kugelman is one of the most active and energetic business men of his age. He found his true career as a salesman and if he cannot sell goods, no one can.

was born in Covington, Kentucky, December 20, 1855. His father was Henry Labold, a resident of Portsmouth, and his mother's maiden name was Fannie Rosenfeld, a native of Bavaria. His father was a native of the same place. Our subject attended school in Covington, Ky., and Cincinnati. At the age of fourteen he was in the High School of Covington, and his father wished him to continue going to school and get a good education; but the former having met with reverses, Simon determined to do something for himself and to go into business. He quit school and engaged in buying wool, hides, country produce and anything to which he could turn his hands. His very first venture was to buy $500 worth of goods on credit, when he had but $30. He followed this business in and about Covington and Cincinnati until 1875. From 1875 to 1884 he traveled continuously in the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee, buying produce. In the summer be bought country produce.and~in the winter he bought furs. When he was at the age of seventeen, he clerked for a year at Vincennes, Indiana.

He came to Portsmouth in 1884. He then began to carry on the business of S. Labold & Co., buying hides, wool, etc., and is still a member of that firm. In 1894, he became a director in the First National Bank of Portsmouth; and in 1896 he was elected its cashier, and has been that ever since. He was married June 23rd 1886 to Miss Lena Riesman, daughter of David Riesman. They have one child Leona, a daughter. Mr. Labold is president of the Chicago Fire Brick Co., Chicago, Ill., a director of the Portsmouth and Kentucky Fire Brick Co.; of Oak Hill, O.; of the Davis Fire Brick Co., at the same place; and of the Davis Drug Co., of the Excelsior Shoe Company and of the First National Bank, all of Portsmouth, Ohio. He is president of the Star Fire Brick Works and director and treasurer of the Portsmouth Savings and Loan Association. He is a director of the Board of Trade, and of the Commercial Club. He was a member of the City Council for two years, from 1895 to 1897. He was chairman of the Finance Committee during the time that the debt was reduced by $35,000, when the city built the new engine house and paved Market street without borrowing money. He is also a Director of the Black Fork Coal Co., which is developing coal mines in the vicinity of Washington Switch.

Mr. Labold is a gentleman of wonderful executive, administrative and financial ability. He knows what to touch and what to let alone and he knows it instinetively. His judgment is made up instanter on a case being presented to him, and like the Rothchilds, he makes no mistakes. If he backs | an undertaking, it will be accomplished. If he declines to endorse a measure, it is because it has the element of failure. In all he has undertaken, he has been successful. It is his labors which have largely contributed to make the First National Bank of Portsmouth, Ohio, the strong, financial institution it is, and his skill and judgment have been of great benefit to all other businesses with which he is connected.

was born near Haverhill, Ohio, February 20, 1833. His father was Alexander Lacroix, son of the French emigrant, Andrew Lacroix, who kas a_ sketch herein. He attended the common schools of his vicinity until the age of eighteen when he entered the preparatory department of the Ohio Wesleyan' University at Delaware, Ohio. Two years later he entered the college. In 1857, he graduated, one of a class of twelve. He was a member of the Athenian Society and was noted for his literary productions. During his college course, he was very fond of Chaucer and Spencer and the early English authors. He composed many poems which were published in the Cincinnati papers. In the winter of 1857, he went to New Orleans and for two years was engaged in teaching, and spent much of his time in the study of the French language and literature. Some of his correspondence with his college friends was in Latin. In 1860, he returned to the North and was made a minister of the Methodist church, and preached for three years. In 1863, he was elected tutor of Modern Languages in the Ohio Wesleyan University and was later made assistant professor.

In August, 1863, he was married to Corintha A. Irwin. She was born near Irwin station, Union county, Ohio, September 19, 1837 and died October 5, 1878. She translated 'Gustavus Adolphus" from the French of L. Abelous: She was the mother of five children, four of whom survive her. :

In 1865, he made a trip to Hurope and studied at Berlin and Halle. He returned in the fall of 1866 and was elected Professor of Modern Languages and History, which chair he held until his death, September 22, 1879. He was a constant contributor to the Western, Pittsburg, Northern, Central and California Advocates; and he wrote occasionally for the Transcript, Independent, Zion's. Herald, Methodist Recorder, Ladies' Repository, Southern Quarterly, Bibliotheca Sacra and the Methodist Quarterly Review. A list of his books will be found under "Bibliography of Scioto County."

Physically, he was a man of weak constitution, but he performed a wonderful amount of labor, He was all mind and no body. It is said not a day passed that he did not write something for publication. He was a constant contributor to the papers of the Methodist Episcopal church. It was a favorite work of his to review French and German books of great length. President Payne said of him: 'No man ever wrote more or better. He was one of the most productive writers of the day. I never met from his pen a weak or puerile sentence." He maintained an extensive correspondence with men of learning and letters, in German and French.

Doctor Merrick said of him: "As a scholar his learning was various and correct; as a thinker, he was independent and profound; as a writer, ready and forcible; as a preacher, eminently instructive; as a teacher, successful; as a Christian, profoundly devout and sincerely pious. He believed the Bible to be God's word - God's teaching to him. His religion was not a mere form, but a life; that life had its roots in God and was nourished by communion with God. His addresses before God's throne were peculiarly impressive. He was remarkably conscientious. As a friend he was open and frank; no scheming about him. He was what he seemed to be, perfectly open, a friend, a true friend. Many of us found him such."

While a student at Delaware in his Junior year, he prepared a number of articles on the early French inhabitants of southern Ohio. To do this he traveled over Scioto, Lawrence and Gallia counties and interviewed all the old French settlers then living. From the material he gathered he prepared a series of sketches which appeared in the Ironton Register in the fall of 1855. These sketches were republished afterwards by James Keyes in his pioneer record, herein noted, and all. of them have been used in this work as the basis of the sketches of the French settlers. The Editor desires to say that in his researches he has been able to find but very little to add to what Professor Lacroix prepared and found in his investigations that he had exhausted the material accessible.

was born in Harrison township, Scioto county, Ohio, June 5, 1866. Iris father was William Lair, and his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Welch. They had five sons and five daughters. of whom Frank was the second child. His father enlisted in Company F, 56th O. V. I., November 20, 1861, at the age of twenty-five years. He was transferred to Company A, January 26, 1864, having re-enlisted for three years. He was captured April 8, 1864, at Sabine Cross Roads, and mustered out June 30, 1865.

Frank, his son, obtained his education in the common schools of his vicinity, and at South Webster. He has been a farmer all his life, excepting in 1898, when he was a clerk at Hoskinson Furnace in Logan county. He is not married and makes his home with his father. He has been a member of the Township and County Republican Committee many times. He has always taken an active interest in the Republlean party, of which he is a member. He is connected with the Free-Will Baptist church at Bloom township, and is highly esteemed by all his neighbors.

was born May 29, 1849, at Wooster, Ohio. His parents were Constant Lake and Hleanor Jones, his wife. His grandfather was Constant Lake. The name "Constant," as a baptisimal name, was constant in the family for seven generations back. The family came from England to the United States in 1638. In that year, William George Lake settled in Massachusetts from England. His wife was Mary Gardner. They had two sons, Elijah and James, and a daughter Mary. In 1679, Elijah married Rebecca Ellerton. They had five children: Constant, Ellerton, Jane, Elizabeth, Annabell and Marty. In 17038, Constant Hllerton Lake settled on the eastern shore of Maryland, and in 1709, married Eliza Willis. Their children were: Chloe, Winnifred, Constant, Eliza, Mary, Martha and Norton. Constant married Mildred E. Mont, of Annapolis. This Constant- was a Major of the Maryland state troops in the Revolution. He served in Carolina with General Greene. Their children were: Mary, Ann, Hannah, Joseph and Constant. In 1756, Constant, son of the Revolutionary Major, married Anna Weir. Their children were: Contsant and Joseph. This Constant settled in the Shenandoah Valley. In 1796, he moved to Penn Yan,

New York, where he married Anna Straughn. He removed to Trumbull county, Ohio, and then to Wayne county, Ohio. His children were: Joseph Straughn, Mary, Elijah W., and Constant, the father of our subjeet. Later he went to Wooster.

The present Constant went to school at Wooster until he was sixteen years of age. He then attended Bethany College, Virginia, for one year. From 1867 until 1872, he was a planter in Yalobusha county, Mississippi. In the year last named he returned to Wooster and was in the livery business until 1887. He spent two years in the Ontario Veterinary College in Canada and graduated there in April, 1888. In May, 1888, he located in Portsmouth, where he has since resided and has practiced the profession of a veterinary surgeon. September 12, 1871, he was married to Anna Nachtrieb, daughter of Jonas and Nancy (Punghes) Nachtrieb. He has threé children. One daughter died in infancy. His son Joseph F. is a veterinary surgeon in Ironton, Ohio, and his daughter Ella, is the wife of John Bell Woods. He is a democrat in his political views, but more inclined to be independent. He lives up to the traditions of his New England ancestry and consequently is a most excellent citizen, highly esteemed for all the civic virtues.

son of Reuben and Lavina (Chaffin) Lamb was born June 28, 1844, on the Lamb farm just below Franklin Furnace. His great-grandfather, Reuben Lamb, emigrated from Massachusetts about 1815, and settled on what has since been known as the Lamb farm. The farm is still in the possession of his descendants, one of whom is our subject. One of his sons, Willard, was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. Reuben Lamb, Sr., died May 10, 1838, in his seventy-second year. Willard Lamb, Sr., died October 2, 1840, aged fifty. Reuben Lamb, Jr., died January 19, 1854, aged thirty-six years, ten months.

of eighty-six. The mother of our subject is still living at the age of eightyone. Mr. Lamb received his education in the "Ball'' school house in Green township. He enlisted August 23, 1864, as a private in Company D, 173d O. V. I., at Nashville, Tennessee, and was honorably discharged June 26, 1865. He has been a merchant for over fifteen years. He is a member of the Wheelersburg Baptist church, and has been one of its Trustees since 1896. Politically he is a republican. He was president of Green township School Board from 1899 till 1901. ' born twelve children, only eight of whom are now living. The children are as follows: Emma May, deceased; Reuben Thomas, married Eyle V. Mooney, is now living in Bradford, Pa., and is a train dispatcher; Clara Etta, married John A. Oakes and lives on Pine Creek; Lucinda Oma, married Henry J. Barrett, who is principal of the High School at Toronto, Ohio; Hattie Marcie, is a time-keeper for Drew, Selby & Company, Portsmouth, Ohio; William Walter, is studying telegraphy at Bradford. Pa. The others are: Bessie Alice, H. Harrison, Amanda Lois, Mary Lavinia, (deceased), Persis Lena, (died in infaney) and Luther Leonard, (deceased).

son of Jeremiah and Eliza (Bandy) Lambert, was born in Greenfield township, Gallia county, Ohio, December 9, 1849. His father's maternal great-grandfather, John Harper, was born in England, in 1740, and came to America in 1770, and settled in Maryland, near Chesapeake Bay. His father's maternal grandfather, Hamilton Harper, was born in Maryland in 1777, and emigrated to Logan county, Virginia, in 1804. His father's mother Jincy (Harper) Lambert was born in Logan county, Virginia, in 1806, and came with her parents to Greenfield township, Gallia county, Ohio, in 1810. ; ; Our subject's paternal great-grandfather, Philip Lambert, was one of the early settlers of Gallia county. His grandfather, Pearsol Lambert, was born in Wythe county, Virginia, in 1805, and came with his parents to Greenfield township, Gallia county, Ohio, about 1810.

When Mr. Lambert was six years old, his parents moved trom Gallia county to Richland Furnace, Vinton county, remaining three years. They moved from there to Monroe Furnace, Jackson county, where they remained until 1872, when they moved to Madison township, Scioto county.

In 1862, he entered school at Ewington Academy at Ewington, Gallia county, Ohio, where he attended four terms, after which he _ attended school at the Wilkesvilie Academy, in Vinton county. He commenced teaching in 1872 in sub-district, No. 9, Madison township. He taught continuously during each consecutive school term until 1899. During this time he taught in Scioto, Lawrence and Jackson counties, and in Stafford and Reno Counties, Kansas, and in Dent county, Missouri. He served as assessor of Madison township in the year 1895-6. He was appointed Supervisor of Census for the Tenth Congressional District in the taking of the twelfth census in 1900. He has always been a republican and may be counted on at all times to work for the success of his party. He is a member of the United Brethren church, of South Webster, where he resides. He was united in marriage to Tenie Miles Allen, daughter of James M. and Matilda (Sargent) Allen, September 28, 1873. They have one son, James N., who has reached his majority and is a telegraph operator at Jamestown, Ohio.

was born at Portsmouth, Ohio, November 17, 1866. His father was Joseph Herman Lange and his mother's maiden name was Adelheid Fisher. She was the daughter of Joseph Fisher. Both were natives of Hanover, Germany. He received his education in St. Mary's school of Portsmouth, up to the age of fourteen, when he went into the hardware business as a clerk for one year. He worked two and a half years with J. L. Hibbs & Company, and then went with John B. Rottinghaus and kept books until 1890, when he was engaged as book-keeper in the Citizen's Savings Bank and remained there until 1893. He worked for the assignees of the bank until 1894. On April 1, 1894, he became assistant postmaster of Portsmouth, under John Jones, and served as such until March 31, 1898. On April 23, 1898, he went with the Burgess Steel and Iron Works and remained with them until they sold out, August 1, 1900, and was then employed by the Crucible Steel Company until December 15, 1900, at which time he was elected secretary and treasurer of the Mingo Coal Mining Company and remained with it until in February, 1902, when it sold out. He was then elected secretary and treasurer of the Portsmouth Street Railway and Light Company, succeeding Samuel B. Timmonds, and is now holding that position.

He was married October 18, 1892, to Theresa Snyder, daughter of Joseph Snyder, and resides at 14 East Second street. He is a democrat, and a member of St. Mary's church. As a book-keeper, there are few more expert, and he is regarded as one of the best business men of Portsmouth. He is faithful to every duty and trust imposed upon him.

was born February 22, 1831, in Athens county, Ohio. His father, Aaron Lantz, was a descendant of a German emigrant who came from Scotland to Athens county, Ohio, in 1790, where Aaron was born in 17938. The father of Aaron was George Lantz, one of three brothers who emigrated from Scotland. His mother, whose maideh name was Leah Claypool, was born in Greenbrier county, Va., in 1803, and was married to Aaron Lantz and settled in Jackson county in 1818. They soon after removed to Athens county, where our subject was born. Aaron Lantz died in 1842, and his widow died at McArthur, Vinton county, in 1890, at the age of eighty-seven.

Our subject continued to reside in Athens county until 1851 when he came to Bennett's mills which he undertook to operate. His father had been a maker of millstones. On December 21, 1852 he married Lovina Bennett a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Mills) Bennett. Joseph Bennett was the son of Thaddeus Bennett (see his sketch in this volume). Joseph was a soldier in the war of 1812.

' After his marriage Capt. Lantz Jocated three miles from McArthur, and engaged in milling. He was there until 1857, when he moved to McArthur. In the year 1857, ine returned to Scioto county.

On April 27, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, 22nd O. V. I., at the age of thirty, for three months. He was made a Sergeant and mustered out August 19th 1861. He entered Company F, 56th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, November 21st 1861, as First Lieutenant. He was mustered out November 21st 1864, at New Orleans, on expiration of his term of service. March 14th 1865, he was appointed Captain of Company K, 194th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for one year, and served with the Company until October 24, 1865. This Regiment was organized at Camp Chase, O., in March, 1865. It was first ordered to Charleston, W. Va., and assigned to General Egan's Division, composed of one Brigade of Eastern and one of Western troops. The surrender of Lee's army caused the Division and Brigade to be broken up, and the Regiment was ordered to Washington City, where it remained performing garrison duty until October 24, 1865, when it was mustered out. After his discharge, Captain Lantz went to McArthur, and engaged in the undertaking business. In the year 1866, he went to Bennett's Mills, Ky., and spent four years there as an undertaker and a carpenter. In 1878, he returned to Harrison Township, and has lived there for twentyeight years last past. His business in that time has been that of an undertaker. His children are: Henry Clay, married and lives in Harrisonville; Mary Edna, wife of Alexander Shuter, who lives in Harrisonville; Benjamin Franklin, aged thirty-two, married, a merchant in Harrisonville; Thomas C., aged thirty, a teacher, living at Portsmouth. All of his children are married and have children of their own. He never was sick during his army service, and never had wounds of any consequence. Up to 1856, he was a democrat, after that he became a republican, and has remained such. He is a member of Delta Lodge, F. and A. M. at McArthur, Ohio, and an Odd Fellow.

was born at Scioto, Ohio, September 10, 1868. He is the son of Henry and Lovina H. (Bennett) Lantz, (see sketch of Henry Lantz). The boyhood of our subject was passed at Scioto, except four years from 1869 to 1878, which were spent in Greenup county, Kentucky. He obtained a good education and commenced teaching in 1881. He followed the profession, with one intermission | of two years, until 1900. He spent two terms at the National Normal University, at Lebanon, Ohio. He went west in the spring of 1887 and remained till the fall of 1889. For several years he was engaged in the mercantile business at Harrisonville. He was Clerk of Harrison township from 1885 to 1887 inclusive. He was Treasurer from 1896 to 1898 and School Examiner of Scioto county from 1894 to 1900 inclusive. He is a republican and very liberal in his views.

He married Emma J. Samson the adopted daughter of David and Susan Samson, of Harrisonville, February 9, 1898. Her parents were William and Martha J. (Fox) Dalton, of Pomeroy, Meigs county, Ohio. Her mother died when Emma was a little child and she was reared by Mr. and Mrs. Samson. Our subject has three children: Wenona Goldine, Gladys Sylvia, and Clay Dalton. Mr. Lantz is one of the best qualified of the teachers in the county. He was always bright and quick, ready to take up new ideas and make them his own. He is noted for his sincerety and straightforwardness. This quality in him is pronounced and has made him both enemies and friends. As a public official, he has always acted without fear or favor. He is true to his convictions and to the right as he sees it.

was born near Bennett's Mills, Greenup county, Kentucky, October 8, 1871. He is the youngest son of Henry and Lovina (Bennett) Lantz. He spent all his early life in Harrisonville except the first two years which were spent in Kentucky. He attended the. schools of Scioto county until 1889, when he com-. menced teaching which pursuit he has followed continuously since. From 1892 to 1900 he conducted a series of normal schools at Scioto. In 1901, he conducted a normal at Sciotoville. He was for six years a member of the firm of Lantz Bros., merchants, at Harrisonville. He is a republican, a Past Chancellor of Ives Lodge No 472, Knights of (Pythias, a Past Captain of Lois Camp,

No. 16, Sons of Veterans, and a member of Lucasville Lodge, No. 465, F. and A. M. He married Rosa B. McKinney, daughter of. William and Rachel (Odell) McKinney, December 19, 1892. They have three children: Lowell Liston, Leroy Marcus, and Lyle Ray.

He possesses rare gifts, or endowments, of an artistic nature, being one of the best native pencil artists in the county. He is one of the most successful teachers in the schools of the county.. His efficiency as a teacher is due to the untiring efforts he puts into the work; and in all other vocations in which he has been engaged, the same energetic spirit characteristic to himself, has clearly shown itself. He stands for those lofty principles which characterize every true American citizen. Mr. Lantz ranks among the best teachers in the county, judged both byhis scholarship and his uniform success.

was born in Galena, Delaware county, Ohio, August 20, 1826. His father Stephen Larkin was from Albany, New York, and his mother from Essex county. New Jersey. His mother's maiden name was Mary Jane Rosecrans and she was a cousin of General and Bishop Rosecrans. When a lad, his parents moved from Fairfield county, and as a youth he drove cattle to the Eastern markets. It took from twenty to sixty days to make the trip. September 18, 1850, he married Miss Sarah Margaret Johnson of Ross county and shortly after came to Scioto county and locatedson the McArthur farm. He returned to Ross county in 1851 and remained until 1853. He returned to Scioto county in the year last named and leased 40 acres of the New York land. Subsequently he leased 300 acres for twenty-three years.

On May 2, 1864, he enlisted as a private in Company I in the 140th regiment O. VY. I. for one hundred days. He was mustered out with the Company, September 3, 1864. In 1865, he purchased the farm on which he resided until his death, January 31, 1884. He made a specialty of raising broom corn and in 1886 had 100 acres all of which he manuactured into brooms. He was at one time a Trustee of Washington township.

His children are the following: Charles, Effie, wife of John A. Williamson, Harry, Catharine, Mrs. Alice Stephenson, of Columbus and Mrs. Charles McFarland, of Los Angeles, California. They had six other children now deceased. He was a Universalist in faith. He was originally a whig and a republican but afterwards acted with the Democrat party for a few years. He was at all times a good citizen, generous and kind with all his neighbors, a believer in good fellowship, a lover of his country, and a devoted friend to all the soldiers of the Civil War.

was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, November 17, 1840. His father was George Mim Lauman, born in York, Pennsylvania, in 1805. His father was a tanner and was taken to Chillicothe, Ohio, by his father, Barnet Lauman, at the age of four years. His great-grandfather was Christopher Lauman, a soldier of the Revolution. His record will be found in.the article entitled Revolutionary Soldiers.

George M. Lauman was reared at Chillicothe and learned the tanner's trade there. He followed the same trade after locating in Fleming county, Kentucky, and was there married to Anna Shanklin, a native of Kentucky. There were eight children of this marriage, three sons and five daughters, of whom our subject was the seventh. The family left Kentucky in 1845 and went to Aberdeen, Ohio, where Mr. Lauman worked at his trade. In 1846, he went to Chillicothe and remained there following his business of tanner until 1849. In that year, he located in Waverly and carried on a tannery for G. and G. L. Armstrong, and remained there until his death.

Our subject went to school for one year in Chillicothe and a short time in Waverly. In 1850, he went to work at Emmitt's Mills tending gate at $5.00 per month. Then he was a cob-picker at the Distillery for three years and in the meantime was advanced to head sheller. He was taken into Emmitt's store worked there ten years.

He enlisted April 17, 1861, in Company G, Ist O. V. L, for three months. He was wounded June 17, 1861, at the battle of Vienna. He was standing up on a flat car, when the moving train was fired on by a.masked battery. A solid shot struck his gun and completely mangled his hand. The same shot struck and tore away the clothing and accouterments on his left side and bruised his side so badly that he was unfit for further service. He was discharged at Washington, D. C., at expiration of his service.

On his return from that service, he re-entered Mr. Emmitt's employ and remained there until 1864, when he became Provost Marshal and served as such until 1865. He then went to Jasper and clerked for Peter B. Hayes until 1872. In that year he came to Portsmouth and worked in the grocery store of Thomas Brown for four months. He heard of a _ store at Bear Creek and purchased it and carried it on till 1900. After he located at Bear Creek, he engaged in buying and selling railroad ties and made a fortune at it. He has always beeen a republican and is a member of the Masons and Elks.

He was married first, October 6, 1864, to Mary Lucretia Watkins, daughter of John Watkins. She died October 22, 1892. November 28, 1895, he was married to Elizabeth Dever, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca Wales Dever.

Mr. Lauman is a liberal minded, public spirited citizen. He is always ready to aid in any good cause. He always regretted he could not serve his country during the war, but his honorable wounds received at the outset, prevented. No man has a kinder regard for his comrades of the Civil war, than he.

was born May 16, 1848, in Portsmouth, Ohio, the son of Thomas Lawson and Rebecca Jane Tillow, his wife. His grandfather, William Lawson, was one of the original proprietors of Portsmouth. Thomas B. received his education in the old brick school house on Fourth street. He enlisted April 16, 1861, in Company G, ist O. V. I, commanded by Captain George B. Bailey. He served three months and was mustered out with the company August 1, 1861. He then enlisted in October, 1861, in the 75th New York Infantry, Company. A, and served two years. He re-enlisted again in Company A, 160th New York Infantry, for three years and served until the close of the war. He was in the grand review in Washington in May, 1865.

After the war he went to work as fireman on the New York Central railroad and fired a locomotive for three years. Then he came to Kentucky and fired a locomotive on the old Kentucky Central railroad running from Covington - to Lexington, Kentucky. He received his promotion to engineer. One day he had a little mishap and knocked some cars off the track. The company stopped his pay and laid him off. He got angry, quit railroading and returned to Portsmouth, Ohio. He worked for T. M. Lynn as book-keeper and collector for two or three years. He also worked a year or two for Yeager and Dice, who were engaged in the livery business. In March, 1872, he went into business for himself at Middleport, Meigs county, Ohio. He went into the mercantile business in which he was very successful. He remained there in the same business for twenty-three years, or until 1892, when he returned to Portsmouth, Ohio, where he has since resided. He had always had a strong love for his native place and returned to spend the remainder of his life here.

On July 22, 1878, he was married to Miss Ada Eliza Horn. They have three children living, two sons and a daughter: Earl Benton is a shoe cutter; Ernest Charles travels for Biggs, Watts & Company, of Huntington, West Virginia, and Maude is a student in the High School. His oldest daughter Ina, died at the age of seventeen, and his youngest daughter, Frieda Marie, at the age of eleven. Mr. Lawson was a member of the council of Middleport, Ohio, for two years. He is a democrat, a member of Bigelow M. E. church, of the parents of Pythias, Odd Fellows, Elks, Bailey Post, G. A. R: and of the Mystic was born in 1818, in Tioga county, Pennsylvania. His father was Uriah Leete, and his mother's maiden name was Polly Ives. They lived on a farm and Horace was brought up to be a farmer. At fifteen, he went into a printing office in Wellsboro, and worked there for three years. He afterwards carried the mail from Belfont, Pennsylvania, to Olean, New York, a distance of 126 miles through the wilderness. He made one trip a week. The winters were severe and there was danger from wild animals. He was a chain carrier when the Pennsylvania railroad was surveyed through to the lakes. Their work took them through a dense wilderness, inhabited by deer, elk, bear and panthers. There was much hunting and the streams were full of fish. There were fifty engineers in the party and many were related to distinguished men. While on this business, Mr. Leete met Thaddeus Stevens, then Canal Commissioner of Pennsylvania. He clerked for a while for an uncle in Potter county, Pennsylvania. He was also editor of the first paper ever published in that county. His first vote in 1840, was for Martin Van Buren. He has always been a democrat. He was one of the auditors of Potter county, Pennsylvania, and resigned the office to come to Ohio.

In the spring of 1850, he landed at Catlettsburg, Kentucky, with a raft of lumber. He remained there until November, 1850, and came to Portsmouth. He engaged in the lumber business in Portsmouth with his brother Ralph Leete, for a partner. Their office and lumber yards were west of his present residence on Sixth street. Later his brother retired and his nephew, Horace L. Chapman, went into the business with him. The first bill of lumber he sold in Portsmouth was to James Pursell, then a dry goods merchant. In the fall of 1864, Mr. Leete quit business in Portsmouth, and went to Alleghany county, New York, where he bought a stock farm. He operated this until May 18, 1869, when he returned to Portsmouth, and re-engaged in the lumber business with Daniel McIntyre, as Leete & McIntyre. They had a lumber yard and ran a planing mill on West Fifth street. In 1870, they were burned out, but immediately rebuilt at Ninth and Washington streets. From 1870 until 1880, Carl Lehman was his partner.

In 1874, he was elected a member of the School Board for two years. In 1881, he was a candidate for Water Works Trustee, but was defeated by John I. Mercer. The vote stood: Mercer, 1,212, Leete, 996, majority, 216. In 1883, he was a candidate for Cemetery Trustee, but was again defeated. His opponent, Wilson, received 1,267 votes to 1,229, for Leete, majority, 28.

In 1858, he was married to Miss Ellen Weatherby, of Coudersport, Pennsylvania. They had four children, two of whom are living: Mrs. Mary Small, and Phelps Leete. On his eightieth birthday, he was notified that all his employees wanted to meet him, that they had decided to work no longer at their present wages. .He met them and began to explain why he could not pay more, and they cut him short and presented him with a gold headed cane. Though eighty-four years of age, he works every day and still holds all the threads of his business in his own hands. He is considerate of every one's opinions and feelings. He enjoys the respect and affection of all those connected with him in business, and is highly esteemed by the general public. The article on the Leete family in the Pioneer Record, shows that he is from a long line of sturdy ancestry, of men who have been important factors in the world's work, and is a good example of the old adage that blood will tell; but the son of Fredrick Legler, was born December, 1857, in the Eagle hotel, on Front street, and has resided on that street all his life. He was the eldest of his family. He attended St. Mary's Parish school and the public schools. He en- managed by his father. He continued this until 1893, when he started a shoe store on Second street. After a year he sold out his business to W. A. Connolley and entered the Central Savings Bank as a bookkeeper and served as such in 1894 and 1895. In 1895, he purchased the Hotel Portsmouth and renovated it and has conducted it ever since. It accommodates one hundred guests and

He was married October 5, 1882, to Anna Maria Schwartz, of Portsmouth. He has had three sons born to him: Harry, his second son, died at the age of three years and two months, and Clifford and Ralph are still living. Mr. Legler was originally a democrat but when President McKinley ran for his second term for Governor of Ohio, he 'became a republican and has continued as such every since. He is a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church. He is noted for his honor and his integrity and for his excellent qualities. As a business man and good citizen, he possesses the confidence of the entire community.

was born June 27, 1832, in Baden, Germany. His father was Joseph Legler. His mother died when he was a boy. . His father brought him to this country when he was only six years of age, in the year 1838, and he located in Scioto county. He had a brother James, now deceased, and a sister Mary now living near Pana, Ill. He began the hotel business in Portsmouth, in 1855, with a Mr. Wolford from Mt. Joy, the Eagle hotel on Front street, near where Fred Brodbeck now resides. In 1863, he took the White Bear, and kept it until 1866, when he purchased what is now the present Legler House. In 1867, he started a restaurant in the building and was so well patronized, that he turned it into a hotel. In 1867, he rebuilt the house at a cost of $7,000. He purchased the lots in the rear of the present Hotel Portsmouth, which fronted on Second street, and kept stables and wagon yards there for his patrons. He opened the Legler House on June 20, 1868, as a hotel, having previously conducted it as a restaurant.

On January 8, 1867, he was married to Elizabeth Eck, daughter of Adam ick, an old citizen of Scioto county.. The children of that marriage were: Charles J., Fred and Frank, both living in the city of Portsmouth; George who is a resident of Berwyn, Ill.; and William, who died at the age of three. His daughter, Clara, is the wife of Albert J. Reitz. In 1875, he was appointed a member of the City Annual Board of Equalization and re-appointed in 1876 and 1879 and was a member of that board at the time of his death. In April, 1880, he was appointed a member of the Decennial Board of Equalization and was appointed a member of the Board of Health at the same time, for a period of three years. On April 29 1880, he died in his forty-eighth year. He began without anything and amassed a competence for his family. He was a democrat in his political views and a member of St. Mary's church, in Portsmouth. Mr. Legler was a man of quiet and retiring disposition. He made a good impression' on all who knew him. He was honest to the value of a pin and honorable in all his dealings. When he made a friend, that friend remained such. He was liked by the public generally and was very successful in his business.

was born in South Webster, Ohio, March 22, 1870, in the house where his parents still live. His father and mother are Henry W. and Mary (Sudbrook) Leive. William's father came from Southern Germany to South Webster in 1856, and learned the trade of wagon-maker. He served in the Civil War in Company B, 10th O. V. I. from June 8, 1861 to June 17, 1864, and was at the seige of Chattanooga, battle of Chickamauga and other important battles in which his company was engaged. William's education was received in the South Webster schools. He taught school for two terms, but did not like it and quit to become a carpenter and funeral director. He qualified himself for the business by a course of study. He was graduated from the Portsmouth Business College in book-keeping, July 18, 1897. In politics he has been a republican and has always taken an active interest in local affairs. He held the office of Township Clerk in Bloom from September, 1896, to September, 1900. He is now Clerk of the village of South Webster, having been elected April; 1901, for a term of two years. He is a member of the Evangelical St. John's church of North America and also of South Webster Lodge No. 724, Knights of Pythias. He was married to Miss Nan Zimmerman, August 14, 1901. Mr. Leive is a promising young man, honest, industrious and upright. He,enjoys the confidence and respect of all who know him.

was born September 1, 1844 lin Jackson county, Ohio. His father's name was Lemuel Lemon, who came to Portsmouth in 1832 from Belmont county. His mother's maiden name was Rebecca Stiffler. His grandfather's name was George Lemon. When our subject was seven years of age his parents moved to Scioto county, where his father died Jan. 14, 1900, at the age of eighty-four years, and his mother died six years prior in 1894. Our subject received a common school education. He was raised a farmer, and is a farmer still. At the age of eighteen he enlisted in Company D, Ist O. V. H. A., Sept. 8, 1862, for three years as a private. He was promoted to Corporal in April, 1864, and mustered out June 20, 1865, at Knoxville, Tenn., by order of the War Department.

He was married August 5, 1866 to Mary S. Boren, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Boren of Pennsylvania. They have the following children: David F., married, living in Vernon township, a farmer; Rebecca Jane, at home; Amanda married John Somers, residing in this county; Cora A., married Edwin G. Turner, residing in this county; Effie, a school teacher; Florence, at home; Louis F., John W., Ida and Amelia all at home. Mr. Lemon is a member of the Christian church at Lyra. He is a republican in his political views, and has always been such. He owns a farm at Lyra of about 400 acres, where he has resided since 1867.

was born December 12, 1839, at Alleghany City, Pennsylvania. His parents were Patrick and Laura (Crosby) Leonard. His father was a native of Scotland and his mother was a native of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest of seven children. He went to school in Alleghany City until he reached the age of sixteen, when he worked in a foundry and learned casting. He was there two years and then went to learn the trade of a carpenter at which trade he worked until he was twenty-four. He enlisted in Company K, 18th Pennsylvania Infantry, three months service, at Pittsburg, Pa., April 26, 1861, and was discharged August 6, 1861, at the expiration of his term. He reenlisted in Company I, 102d Pennsylvania Infantry, August 15, 1861, to serve three years. He was honorably discharged June 24, 1862, at (Philadelphia, by reason of a gun shot in the left arm, which he received in the battle of Williamsburg. This was his first battle and the shot which struck him was a canister shot. " ,

He then went back to Pittsburg where he remained a year and then came to Portsmouth, afterwards going to Scioto Furnace, where his sister, Mrs. George Williams, resided at that time. He has been a resident of Scioto Furnace ever since, with the exception of the two years from 1866 to 1868, when he was at Brownsport Furnace, Tennessee. He was connected with the Scioto farnace as part owner until it blew out on December 25, 1890. He has been postmaster at Scioto Furnace since 1868, and agent for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad from 1868 until January 31, 1902, when he resigned. He has always been a republican and is a Blue Lodge Mason of the Western Sun Lodge of Wheelersburg. He is a member of the G. A. R. at South Webster.

Mr. Leonard is a man highly appreciated by those intimate with him. He has a heart to take in the whole world and is charitable to a fault. And yet with these qualities, he is most modest and retiring. His qualities alone proclaim the man.

was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, February 28, 1850. His father was Thomas Cotton Lewis, Jr., and his mother was Nancy Anderson (Gregg) Lewis. He was graduated from the High School in 1867 and attended the academy at South Salem, Ross county, Ohio. He also taught school in Kansas and graduated with honors from Marietta College in June, 1876, and from Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio, in May, 1879. The Presbytery of Chillicothe ordained him an Evangelist in September, 1879. He was stated supply for the Hamden Junction, McArthur and Wellston Presbyterian churches in 1879 and 1880, and for Mona chapel, Ross county, Ohio, in 1883 and 1885. From 1883 to

1893, he was president of the Union Shoe Company, of Chillicothe, Ohio. From 1886 to 1891, he was proprietor and part of the time editor of the Scioto Gazette. He was for years one of the trustees of-the Chillicothe Presbytery, also of Salem Academy. In 1898, he moved to Missouri and was graduated in June, 1900, as Doctor of Osteopathy from the American School of Osteopathy, at Kirksville, Missouri. At once he begun the practice of Osteopathy in Cincinnati, where he is located at this date.

is the eldest son of the seven children of Barton B. and Tamer Elizabeth Lindsey. Barton B. was the oldest son of William J. Lindsey, born at Blue Lick, Kentucky, in 1821. William J. was the son of John Lindsey, who emigrated from Scotland in 1810, and afterwards served in the war of 1812. He settled in Virginia and removed to Blue Lick, Kentucky, in 1824. The mother of our subject was the eldest daughter of Peter Cooley Aldred and Sarah Ann Freeman, his wife. Peter C. was the son of David Aldred, of near Manchester, Ohio, and served in the 182nd O. V. I., Company G, and afterwards was transferred to the 64th O. V. I. David was the son of Henry Aldred a soldier of the Revolution.

Sarah Ann Freeman Aldred, the grandmother of our subject, was the daughter of Tamer Freeman, of Cedar Mills, Ohio. A 'history of the Freeman family can be found in the Portsmouth Public Library.

Our subject was born July 4, 1878, at Manchester, Adams county, Ohio. He received a common school education from the schools of Monroe township, afterwards graduating from the West Union High School in 1896. He moved with his parents to Pond Run, this county, that year, and began teaching the following year. He followed this profession for two years, and then located in Portsmouth, and engaged as a clerk for M. Lehman & Brother for a year. From there he went to Burt, Hall & Company's, where he was salesman until May, 1901, when he entered the employ of J. Eisman & Company, in the same capacity. Later he became traveling salesman for the latter firm for southern Ohio and West Virginia, which position he now holds. He was married July 2, 1902, to Misss Florence Weghorst, daughter of Christopher Weghorst, of Portsmouth, Ohio. Mr. Lindsay is a young man of more than ordinary intelligence. He possesses a good amount of business ability, although yet a young man, and has a promising future before him. He is honest, upright, and energetic, and by his congenial ways has won a host of friends.

son of John Liston and Sarah Robinson his wife, was born April 2, 1821, on Brush creek. in Scioto county, Ohio. His father was a son of Perry Liston, who came from Wales to Maryland and afterwards removed to Philadelphia. Shortly afterwards he came to Scioto county, and settled on Scioto Brush Creek, near Otway, being one of the first settlers in that vicinity. At that time the country was still inhabited by Indians and some of them came to see him often. Our subject never went to school until he was eighteen; and he helped to build the first school house in which he was a pupil. It was built of logs and greased paper was used for windows.

He was married in 1850, to Nancy Thompson. She died in 1855, and he was married the second time to Eliza Jane Cox, a daughter of Jacob Cox and Cynthia (Smith) Cox, January 17, 1856. By this second marriage there were ten children, six boys and four girls. Of these five boys and two girls are living: Margaret, William Jasper, Allen T., Nancy J., William Sherman, Charles Wesley and Firman M. Margaret married William Brown. Nancy J. married John A. Davis.

Our subject enlisted in Company I, 28th O. V. L, under Captain William Hessin, and Colonel G. F. Wyles, September 27, 1864. "He. was attached to the Second Brigade, Third Division, Seventeenth Corps. He was with Sherman on his march to the sea. He was honorably discharged at Washington, D. C., May 30, 1865. He was a whig and afterwards a republican. He was a Methodist during a greater portion of his life, and afterwards united with the Christian Union church. It was said, he never swore an oath in his life nor took a drink of intoxicating liquor. He lived a devout christian life and gave freely to the building of churches and the support of them. He died November 7, 1898, and is buried in the family cemetery, near the old homestead, on Scioto Brush Creek.

was born in Stirling, Kilsythe, Scotland, August 26, 1838. His father's name was James Little, and his mother's maiden name was Margaret Cameron. Both of his parents were natives of Scotland. Our subject came to this country alone at the age of fourteen. His parents came afterwards. He located in Cumberland, Alleghany county, Maryland, and attended school there. In 1860, he brought his parents to this country. In this vicinity he was engaged in mining coal, and at the age of twenty-two he became a boss master miner, which occupation he continued until he left in 1881. He then went to Piedmont, West Virginia, and became a mining superintendent for the Big Vein Coal Co., and remained with this company sixteen years, until 1897. He then went to Dingess, West Virginia, and operated for himself in mining coal. He left there in October, 1899, and located in Portsmouth, and is conducting a business under the firm name of Little & Wilson.

He was married April 238, 1868, to Janet Stewart, a native of Scotland. They have had five children: John Stewart; William C. was killed at the age of thirty-two in a railroad accident in July, 1901; Margaret, married Frederick Fredlocke, residing in Portsmouth; Mary, died in infancy; Mary, married H. T. Wilson, residing in Portsmouth, of the firm of Little & Wilson. Mr. Little is a republican in his political views, and has always been. He is a Blue Lodge, Knight Templar, Chapter and Council Mason. He is also an Odd Fellow.

was born at Diamond Furnace, Jackson county, Ohio, June 18, 1858, the son of James and Cynthia (Smith) Littlejohn. His father was a native of Porter township, Scioto county, Ohio, born in 1820. His mother was a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth 'Gray Smith, born in Greenup county, Kentucky, April 22, 1824. The maternal great-grandfather of Mr. Littlejohn was Godfrey Smith, a soldier of the Revolution, who has a sketch in the article, 'Revolutionary Soldiers." Our subject received a common school education and afterwards attended the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, for one year. When nineteen, he began to teach and followed that occupation for six years. In October, 1887, Mr..Littlejohn moved to Steece, Lawrence county, Ohio, where he now resides and has been employed by the firm of E. B. Willard & Company, at that place until the present time. He is a member of the Lawrence Lodge, F. and A. M., No. 198, Ironton': Commandery, Knight Templar, No. 45, Ironton, Ohio. He is also a member of the Syrian Temple A. A. O. M. S. of Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1881, he was married to Amelia Ranshahous, a native of Portsmouth, daughter of William and Augustia (Fisher) Ranshahous. They have one daughter, Addie A. Charles Perry Lloyd, son of Richard and Anna Canfield, his wife, was born June 10, 1840. He attended the schools of Portsmouth until fifteen years of age, and then entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, and was graduated in June, 1860. He read law six months with Colonel O. F. Moore, and then concluded the law did not suit him. In the spring of 1861, he went to Iowa, and was a farmer for three years. In 1864, he returned to Portsmouth, Ohio, and entered the shoe business with his father as R. Lloyd & Son. The firm was afterwards 'changed to Lloyd, Tracy & Company and then to R. Lloyd & Company. On February 26, 1863, he married Miss Laura Jane Bentley. They had two children: )Richard Bentley, who lived to young manhood and died Jan. 18, 1889, aged twenty-five years, and Genevieve, now a young lady. In 1877, Mr. Lloyd became president and superintendent of the Scioto Fire Brick Company. He was for a long time a director of the Portsmouth National Bank. He was a Mason, a republican, and a member of the Sixth Street Methodist church. He was an excellent business man, a pleasant neighbor and devotedly attached to his home and family. He died suddenly March 27, 18938.

went into the millinery business in Portsmouth, Ohio, in April, 1866, and has been in it ever since. She is now located at No. 308 Chillicothe street. She is a member of- the Bigelow church. As a member of the business community, she is favorably known to the public and has been very successful. No one is esteemed higher than she. Her word and obligation, in a business way, or otherwise, is better than gold, because the gold may be lost or stolen, but her promise or obligation will be met to the moment, without any question. She has demonstrated the fact that a woman can go into business and succeed, and do as well, or better than any man.

was born at Haverhill, Ohio, September 11, 1866, the son of Delmont and Elizabeth (Trumbo) Locke. His ancestry is directly traceable to John Locke. His boyhood and youth were spent on the farm. He attended the district school. He spent two years, 1885 and 1886, at Buchtel College, Akron, Ohio. He taught school for two years, (1890 and 1891,) and in 1892 entered the University of Michigan and took up the study of medicine. He remained there until 1896, when he was graduated. He located in Haverhill, Ohio, the same year, and has practiced there since. On June 24, 1896, he was married to Miss Ella L. Murray, at Milan, Michigan. They have one child, Cranston, a son.

As a man, Dr. Locke enjoys the respect and esteem of his neighbors and of the community at large. As a citizen, he is public-spirited and progressive, always ready to help when the public good is concerned or private charity necessary. As a professional man, he has the confidence of the entire community in which he works and he applies himself assiduously to his duties and to his own advancement in his profession.

was born September 15, 1866. He attended the Portsmouth public schools till 1881. He was compelled to leave school to earn his living. He began working for John B. Nichols as a varnisher. Afterwards he worked for, the Whiteley Company, at Springfield, Ohio. He returned to Portsmouth in 1888, and became stage manager at the Opera House, and continued that occupation for ten years, when he engaged in business for himself, as city bill poster. He. became a member of the Ohio State Association and the International Association of Distributors and operated one of the best plants in the state. He had been a member of Company H, 14th O. N. G., and was on duty at the miners' strike in 1894. He was a republican, a charter member of the Elks, and a member of the Portsmouth Board of Trade. He was in all respects a selfmade man, and had built up a character and business for himself of which he and his friends had just cause to be proud. He was married December 2, 1892, to Mrs. Nellie Reiniger, widow of Louis Reiniger, and eldest daughter of the late Judge Martin Crain. He died December 27, 1901, of acute Bright's disease, after a two week's sickness.

was born July 18, 1830, at Troy, New York. His father was Isaac Losee, a native of Scotland. His mother's maiden name was Roxana Jarray, daughter of Anthony Jarray. The family went to Detroit when Silas was five or six years of age. In 1838, they left Detroit and his father went to work as a stone mason on locks of the Ohio canal, between Potsmouth and Cleveland. He built_ the "elbow" lock. Mr. Jarray was also a stone-mason, and worked on locks of the Ohio canal. He died of the yellow fever in 1840, in the northern part of Ohio. Elizabeth, his widow, died in 1860, in Portsmouth, and was interred in Greenlawn. Anthony Jarray came from France prior to 1812, and went into the war of 1812. ~

Silas Losee came to Portsmouth in 1838. His father died in 1845, and he was reared by Moses Wilson, who taught him the brick mason's trade. He was married June 30, 1859, to Sarah E. Weatherwax, daughter of Jacob Weatherwax, and Louisa Wilson, daughter of Moses Wilson. Mr. Losee enlisted July

12, 1861, in Company A, 39th O. V. I., and was made a Sergeant. He was promoted Second Lieutenant, October 6, 1862, and First Lieutenant May 9, 1864. He was mustered out, October 28, 1864, on the expiration of the term of service. He was shot in the right foot with a minie ball July 22, 1864, before Atlanta. His children are: Jennie H., wife of Eugene Herbert Clare; Nellie I., book-keeper at the Hibbs Hardware Company; Silas O., resident of Portsmouth; and Ada B., wife of Algernon McBride. Mr. Losee made an excellent soldier and officer. He was a quiet, industrious and law-abiding citizen respected and liked by all who knew him.

was born at Portsmouth, Ohio, December 2, 1856. His parents were George and Eliza (O'Neil) Lowry. His mother came from Ross county, Ohio. His father's people came from Virginia, in 1837, and settled at Portsmouth. Our subject's father, George Lowry, married Eliza O'Neil, in 1842, and lived on Ninth street, where their son George, was born. He attended the Portsmouth schools and secured a fair education. He worked in the Maddox woolen mill from 1870 to 1875. He gardened for Mr. Ward till 1878, and then farmed until 1884. He then engaged in the grocery business and contract carpentering. He and his wife continued the grocery until 1895, and since that time he has followed carpentering. One of Mr. Lowry's paternal ancestors was in Washington's army. Mr. Lowry is a republican and has done good work for the party. He is quite a politician, but never has had any important positions. He is a member of Scioto Lodge, I. O. O. F., and also a Forester.

He married Carrie Isabel Noel, daughter of Isaac H. and Mary HE. (Jones) Noel, October 29, 1879. They have six children living: Edwin Earl, Bessie May, Pearl Isaac, George W. Jr., Clifton and Erma I. The deceased are: Maude an@ Blanche. Mr. Lowry is an industrious, painstaking workman, of a genial, social turn, a good talker and an agreeable companion.

was born at Bloom Furnace; Scioto county, Ohio, March 16, 1862. His father was John W. Lummis, born near Vineland, Cumberland county, New Jersey, September 15, 1813, and has a separate sketch in this work. His mother was Blizabeth Chaffin, daughter of Shadrack Chaffin, one of the pioneers of Scioto county, and a farmer of Vernon township. Our subject lived on his father's farm until he was nineteen years-of age when he went to Iowa in 1881, to learn the grocery business with Boggs Brothers & Company at Vinton. He did not like it, it was too humdrum for him. He returned to Ohio, in the fall of 1881, and entered Oberlin School of Telegraphy March, 1882, and graduated in June, 1882. He then accepted a position with the Scioto Valley railway at Ironton, Ohio, and was there until 1888, when he resigned and took a position with the Chesapeake & Ohio, at Hawk's Nest, West Virginia, and stayed there a year. Then he took an attack of the western fever, resigned and accepted a position with the F. E. & M. V. railway in Nebraska, and was afterwards transferred to Buffalo Gap, South Dakota, where he remained until 1898. He was elected Treasurer of Custer county, South Dakota, for two years at the November election, 1898. He was re-elected in November, 1900, for two years.

He was married June 24, 1891, to Emily D. Buck, daughter of Nathan Buck, of Suffolk, Virginia. He has one son, Jacob Chauncy Lummis, born August 7, 1894. He says he has always voted the straight republican ticket, and always will. He is a member of no church, but a Protestant in his views. He is a member of Lawrence lodge and LaGrange Chapter, F. and A. M., of Ironton, Ohio, and of Deadwood Consistory. He resides at present at Custer, South Dakota. As Mr. Lummis is in no way responsible for this sketch, and will not'see it until it appears in print, the editor purposes to do as he pleases with him. Physically, Mr. Lummis is one of the finest looking young men who ever grew up in Scioto county. He is a most agreeable companion, a good man, and liberal in all his views. There is no limit to his industry and perseverance: Whatever he takes up, he does with a determination to succeed. His friends in Ohio expect great things from him in the state of South Dakota, and if they do not hear from him as one of the most prominent men in the state, in the course of a few years, they will be very much disappointed. To the people of his adopted state, his friends in Scioto and Jackson counties, Ohio, will endorse him in any respect which may be hinted at. No request or demand is necessary. His friends in Ohio regret his removal to the west, as this genial 'presence was like sunshine and mountain air, but they have the consolation that he is doing for Custer county, South Dakota, what he would have done for his native county had he remained.

the oldest son of James and Margaret (Mearns) Lynn, was born near Coleraine, Londonderry county, Ireland, November 24, 1829. His parents were descendants of Scotch-Irish Covenanters, who had come into northern Ireland during the day of' religious persecutions. He came to this country with his parents in 1846. Shortly after settling in America, his mother died and his father removed to Pittsburg, where he learned the molder's trade. He worked afterward in foundries at Wheeling, Louisville and Cincinnati. In the latter place, he made the acquaintance of the late John Mill and together they made the first metallic casket produced in the United States. In 1852, he came to Portsmouth and worked in the Eberhardt foundry. It was here he met Miss Alice Richardson, a native of Zanesville, Ohio, who was visiting her sister, Mrs. John Neill. She was the daughter of Jeremiah D. and Rebecca (Pritchard) Richardson. They were married at the Neill residence on Front street, May 4, 1854. Their children are as follows: Elizabeth E., now Mrs, George Padan; Rey. B. Frank, a minister in the Christian church; Mattie H., a teacher in the Public Schools; Jennie S.; James S.; Trustem M.; John R. and Edith A., now Mrs. H. O. Barklow. One daughter, Annie N., died in 1863.

In 1865, Mr. Lynn was the Democratic candidate for Wharf-master and received 497 votes to 573 for Thomas T. Yeager, republican. After several years of service in the City Council, he was elected Mayor of Portsmouth on the Democratic ticket, in 1867, receiving 737 votes to 649 votes for F. J. Griffith, republican. In 1869, he was again a candidate for Mayor on his party ticket, and was elected, receiving 800 votes to 745 for his: opponent, H. T. Newton. In 1871, he was again a candidate for Mayor on the party ticket. but was defeated by John A. Turley, republican, receiving 978 votes and John M. Lynn 782 votes. In May, 1872, he was appointed a member of the: City Board of Equalization. In April, 1874, when the Board of Education was first organized by wards, Mr. Lynn was elected from the First ward for two years without opposition. In 1877, he was again elected mayor of the city on the Democratic ticket. The vote stood, Lynn, 1,058, Samuel P. Nichols, 953. In 1879, he was a candidate for re-election for Mayor, but was defeated by H. A. Towne, republican who received 1,093 votes to his 1,031. In 1881, he was a candidate for Probate Judge, but was defeated by H. C. Turley, republican, who received 3,445, to his 2,359.

Mr. Lynn in his_ active life was prominently identified with the political life of the community. He was always an unswerving democrat. He had a generous disposition which made him numerous friends. In his political career, he was noted for his honesty, integrity and sincerety. He was strong and courageous for the right, as he saw the right. We have given the votes on the offices at the different times he was a candidate in order to show the confidence the people had in him. When he was not elected, he was usually very nearly so. He was a very good parliamentarian. Many of his political opponents were his best friends. His domestic life was commendable and he was very devoted to his family. He was brought up a Scotch Presbyterian, but in early manhood united with the Christian Baptist church and remained connected with that all his life. Mr. Lynn was always ready to aid in any charitable work and in accordance with his means, he was one of the most liberal men of the community. He was especially prominent with the Odd Fellows and in the meetings of the encampment filled positions of honor. Hie was one of the organizers of the Iron Molders Union of North America in the early days of its existence and maintained his membership in the local Union, serving as its President for many years. Physically he was a fine specimen of manhood. He died August 14, 1890, and was interred in Greenlawn, Mr,

James W. Newman said of him, "He was a man of sturdy character. He never abandoned a principle or betrayed a friend. He loved his home, and was proud of his children, and watched their progress with solicitous care." the youngest son of the late John Mearns and Alice (Richardson) Lynn was born October 21, 1870, in Portsmouth. He graduated from the Portsmouth High School in June, 1889. On the paternal side, his ancestry is the sturdy Scotch-Irish, while on the maternal side it is a combination of Pennsylvania Dutch, Quaker, Welsh and old Virginia stock. The subject of this sketch, upon leaving school, engaged actively in the gas business, serving on the engineering staff of the Detroit (Mich.) and Memphis (Tenn.) gas companies. He has also managed gas plants in the following places: Decatur, Alabama; Penn Yan, New York; Benton Harbor and Port Huron, Michigan, and Portsmouth, Ohio. In August, 1901, Mr. Lynn became manager of the Fremont Gas, Electric Light and Power Company, of Fremont, Ohio, where he now resides. He has made a specialty of construction work and iis recognized as one of the best in his line in the country. He is a member of the Western, Michigan and Ohio Gas Association, one of the directors of the former and also a director of the Portsmouth Gas Company. He was married to Anne HElizabeth, the eldest daughter of Thomas Franklin and Ruth (Williams) Lloyd, June 28, 1900, at Portsmouth, in which city Mrs. Lynn was born December 28, 1872. She was a member of the Ironton High School class of 1891, and for several years a popular teacher in the Portsmouth public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn are members of the Baptist church of Clyde, Ohio, and are interested in its work.

was born July 1, 1833, at Malatrakill, Londonderry county, Ireland. His father was James Lynn, and his mother's maiden name was Margaret Mearns. The whole family emigrated from Ireland to the United States when our subject was fourteen years old. They were six weeks and two days on the ocean. They landed in New York, twelve miles from Harper's Ferry and there Mr. Mr. Lynn's mother died and was buried. After remaining here one summer, they went to Pittsburg, Pa., where they remained five or six years. There Mr. Lynn was apprenticed to the tailor's trade and worked at it about five years. At the end of that time, his brother John was located in Portsmouth, and he came to Portsmouth in 1854. The first year in Portsmouth he peddled cook-stoves, and the next year he drove a notion wagon. He opened the livyery business in 1854, on what is now the vacant lot east of his present stable, and has been in the livery business in that locality ever since, a period of fortyfour years. :

He was married March 14, 1859 to Susan Cockerill, daughter of Jesse Cockerill. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn have never had any children born to them, but reared six. Of these, three were adopted. They reared John Shaw, Emma Shaw, living in St. Louis, Mo., and Margaret Shaw now the wife of John Jones. They adopted Susan Shaw, now Mrs. Charles Micklethwait, Una Mc- Cauley, a niece, and Roy McCauley, a nephew.

Mr. Lynn was a member of the City Council in the First ward for a period of thirteen years and a member of the School Board in the same ward for a period of fifteen years. He was a democrat until 1880, and since then he has been independent. He was reared in the Presbyterian church, and became a member of it within three years past. Between 1861 and 1887 he had the fast horse craze, and says that if he had never had it, he would have had $40,000 that he does not have now. He has handled, bought and sold, made and lost money, on many fast horses. The most notable one was "Dan Rice," which he bought in 1862 for $800, and sold him in 1866 for $16,000. After Mr. Lynn parted with him he was called "Rhode Island,' and while Mr. Lynn owned him he won eleven races out of twelve. Mr. Lynn has come to the same conclusion as to fast horses that Solomon did as to things in general, that they are all vanity and vexation of spirit. Mr. Lynn is a liberal minded man, always ready, to give his last dollar in any manner where he is interested, a very good talker and full of dry humor. The last two qualities he brought with him from Ireland. He is a gentleman who makes good-friends, and they stand by him.

was born Jan. 22, 1845 in Butler county, Pennsylvania. His father's name was Robert Scott McBride, and his mother's name was Eliza J. Bryson. His grandfather Thomas McBride came from Scotland with his parents when he was only eight years old and on July 14, 1777, he emigrated to Pennsylvania (see sketch of Thomas McBride.) Our subject was six years old when he left Butler county, Pa., and located in Pike county, Ohio, on Yankee Hill, where he resided until he was twelve years of age, when he moved to Mt. Joy, and has lived there ever since. He was brought up a farmer. His father died when he was sixteen years old, and he managed his father's former business from that time on.

Our subject enlisted in Company A, 58rd O. V. I. October 3, 1861 for three years at the age of seventeen. He was appointed Corporal January 23, 1864. In the summer of 1862, while at Memphis, Tenn., he was detailed a color guard of the regiment and served with the colors from that time until he was wounded on June 27, 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain. He was in all the battles of the Regiment until disabled by his wound. He was unable for duty until the December following, when he joined his regiment at Rowland, North Carolina on the march from the sea to Washington. He was mustered out of service August 11, 1865, at Little Rock, Arkansas. After the war he engaged in farming at Mt. Joy. He went to Rarden in August, 1897, and was appointed postmaster and has held that office ever since. He was Justice of the Peace of Rarden township from 1891 to 1897, a period of six years. He was elected Mayor of the village of Rarden in April, 1900.

He was married December 5, 1864, to Miss Margaret Smiley, daughter of Nathaniel Smiley. They have the following children: - Della May, wife of Thomas Armstrong of Delavan, Ills., William Alton, in the mercantile business at Mt. Joy; Mertie E., wife of Clinton Armstrong, of Delavan, Ills., Nora H., wife of William T. Hackworth, of Rarden; Niman S., residing at Delavan, Ills.; Ila, wife of John Perry, of Rarden, a clerk in Mr. Blackburn's store; Emma, aged twenty, Vernon, aged eighteen, Alcie, aged fifteen, and Clyde, aged eight years at home. Mr. McBride has always been a republican, and is a member of the Christian church.

For loyalty, patriotism and devotion to country and flag, A. B. McBride was not excelled by any man who wore the blue. He stands deservedly high in his community and for morality, character and integrity, he ranks among the most substantial citizens of the county. As a soldier, citizen and official, his life stands without blemish or reproach.

was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, four miles from the town of Butler, February 20, 1849. His father was Robert Scott McBride, and his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth J. Bryson. His grandfather, Richard Bryson, was of Irish descent, and a native of Butler county, 'Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Thomas McBride, was born in Scotland, and was eight years old when he with his father's family landed in America. They proceeded immediately to Mercer county, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1774. Thomas McBride had two brothers and one sister: Charles, Walter Scott and Margaret. He married a McGill and had ten children, as follows: Archibald, William, Charles, Thomas, John, James, Robert, Samuel, Eliza Jane and Sarah Ann.

Our subject came to Yankee Hill, Pike county, Ohio, in 1850; with his parents, where they remained six years, afterwards removing to Mt. Joy. Here he attended school and worked on his father's farm until 1872, except the time spent in military service. He enlisted in Company F, 1st O. V. H. A., June 25, 1863, at the age of fourteen, and was discharged March 7, 1864. He 'enlisted in Cmpany E, 179th O. V. I., August 11, 1864, and was appointed Corporal September 27, 1864, and mustered out June 17, 1865. He began teaching in Scioto county, in 1872 and continued to teach, though not continuously, for six years. A part of this time was spent in Scioto county, part in Armstrong county, Pa., and part in Mason county, Kentucky. He gave up the profession of teaching to become a store clerk and was employed for some time by W. A. McGeorge at Mt. Joy, and subsequently by J. E. Blackburn at Cedar Mills, Ohio. Since then he has been a farmer of Mt. Joy. He is a republican and a member of the Christian church. October 16, 1886, he was married to Mary J. Strickland, daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Ferran) Strickland, of Pike county.

was born August 20, 1834, in Cincinnati, the son of Archibald McCall and Anna Coughlin, his wife, who was an only child. Her grandparents, Van Houghton and G. G. Van Blarcom, came from Holland in early days and settled in New Jersey, a direct descendant of Anneke Jans, Queen of Holland. The father of Archibald McCall came from the Highlands of Scotland.

Our subject spent his boyhood days in Cincinnati, and was educated at Herron's Seminary, one of the best schools in the city. He also attended St. Xavier school and finished his education at Wittenburg College at Springfield, Ohio. After leaving college he studied architecure with Mr. William Waller, his brother-in-law. In 1857, he became acquainted with C. A. M. Damarin, who induced him to leave the profession of architect and go into his employ. He served with the firm of C. A. M. Damarin & Co. as a book-keeper, until 1880. He was a partner until 1890 when the firm retired.

Mr. McCall was a very modest man and of retiring disposition. He serve on the Portsmouth Board of Health for several years. He was also a member of the Tax Commission of the city of Portsmouth. In his political views he was always a republican. In 1859, he became a member of the First Presbyterian church of Portsmouth, Ohio, under the ministry of Rev. E. P. Pratt. He was a deacon for a number of years, until the Second church was organized, when he connected with it. He was a teacher in the First church Sabbath school from September, 1857, until he connected with the Second church and from that time he was connected with its Sabbath school until his death. He was superintendent of the Second Presbyterian Sunday school for ten years. He was elder in the Second church from its organization until his death and was a trustee from the first until he was made executor of the J. lL. Hibbs estate. He was a liberal supporter of the church and of all public measures.

On April 7, 1858, he was married to Sarah A. Merrell, of Cincinnati, Ohio. She was the second daughter of William Stanley Merrell, M. D., President of Eclectic College and one of the oldest druggists and citizens in the city of Cincinnati. Her ancestors came to the British colonies of North America prior to the French and Indian war, and participated in the war of the Revolution and the war of 1812. The mother of Mrs. McCall was Mehetabel Thurston Poor, a New England woman from Newberryport, (Byfield) Massachusetts. The revolutionary ancestors of our subject and of his wife will be found named under the title "Revolutionary Soldiers" in this work. Mr. McCall had three children born in Portsmouth, Ohio. Oliver Clifford, who died at the age of three years, Anna Merrell, wife of William S. Calder, of Connersville, Indiana; Louis Damarin McCall, of No. 6,321 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Calder have two children, Rachel and William Stanley.

Our subject died January 5, 1898, of hardening of the liver. Mr. McCall was a man of the very highest character, and lived every day up to the christian principles he professed. As a business man he had no superior. He was accurate in all his work and in all his dealings. He was respected and loved by all who knew him, and will long be remembered as an exponent of true man- 'hood. He was interred in the Spring Grove cemetery, in Cincinnati.

ferson Furnace for one year. When our subject was nine years of age the family moved to South Webster, where his father was employed as a miller. He attended school until he was twenty, and then engaged in store keeping at Clinton Furnace. He was there for six months and then went to Washington where he remained for six and a half years. He then went to Center Furnace, Law rence county, and clerked for one year and a half. In 18738, he went to Oak Hill and engaged in the mercantile business. He remained there for eighteen months and then went to South Webster, where he was in the mercantile business until 1875. In that year, he commenced traveling for Hisman & Company and traveled for them nine years. In 1885, he went to South Webster and remained there until December, 1891, when he returned to Portsmouth and opened a grocery in the east end.

On January 1, 1878, he was married to Susan Cole, daughter of James M. Cole. Their children were: Harriet, Nellie, Dollie and Ada. His wife died January 5, 1884. In May, 1885, he was married to Augusta M. Griffith. Their children are: Edith, Augusta, Florence Esther and Richard Dudley. Mr. McCall is a democrat and a member of Bigelow M. E. church. He is also a member of Aurora Lodge, Masons in Portsmouth and of the Royal Arch Chapter at Jackson, Ohio. Mr. McCall is a good citizen and a valuable working member in the community. He does every duty before him and lets consequences take care of themselves. .

was born in the old stone house one mile above Buena Vista, July 2, 1842. His father was David McCall, and his mother was Sarah (Silvy) McCall. His grandfather was William McCall, Sr., born'in Argyle, Scotland. David settled at Rockville in Adams county in 1802 or 1808. He afterwards owned a large body of land there. He built the stone house now standing in the Loughry orchard and gave it to his brother Solomon. He built the stone house just above Buena Vista and had a boat yard there. The lumber used in building his boats was gotten out with a whip saw. He built two water mills, one on the upper stone house farm and the other on upper Twin creek on the John McKinney farm. They were operated as late as 1862. He also kept a store at the stone house and sold liquors.

He married Mary Caraway. They had eleven children, five sons and six daughters, as follows: Solomon B. who lived and died in Kansas; Henry, Justice of the Peace for so many years in Nile Township; William died a young man; John, unmarried, living at White Cloud, Brown county, Kansas; David lived and died in Scioto county; Mary married Isaac Stockham; Penina and Sarah single; Martha married Simon Nolder whose son is a blacksmith at Buena Vista; Maria married Lewis Dunn, lives in Brown county, Kansas: Mary married William Williams of Brown county Kansas. After the death of his first wife he married Mrs. Sarah Worley, widow of Jefferson Worley. By that marriage were born Moses David, our subject; Rachel, deceased; Eliza, married W. F. Kenyon, of Vanceburg, Kentucky; Emily, married John Gillett, and Penina, married John W. Givens of Salina, Kansas.

William McCall, the grandfather, and his wife are buried in the McCall graveyard. They had a large family of sons and daughters, as follows: Moses, Solomon, William, David, Duncan, John, Millie, Martha and Polly. William, life but has been conducting a store at McGaw for the last ten years. He is a republican and is a member of the McKendree Chapel Methodist church at McGaw. He had the McGaw postoffice established in 1898 and has held the office since. He is an honest, honorable man, a good neighbor, a good citizen, a good Christian. He has lived in the same neighborhood all his life. He was married January 4, 1872 to Elizabeth A. Gillett. They have four children: Arthur G. a chemist in the United States Bureau of Soils, Agricultural Department, Washington, D. C.; C. Herbert now in his last year in the Ohio Dental College at Cincinnati, Ohio; HWddie A. clerk in a wholesale grocery in Portsmouth and Otto M. also a clerk in Portsmouth.

was born near Mt. Joy, Pike county, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1864. His father was Henry McCann, and his mother's maiden name was Amanda Lawwill, daughter of Johnson Lawwill. His grandfather, John McCann, was born in Scotland and emigrated to Pennsylvania. His grandmother was Mary Rose. His greatgrandfather McCann came from Scotland with his father in about 1768 and settled in Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Johnson Lawwill, married Mary Collings. His great-grandfather, Stephen Lawwill, was one of the first settlers at Manchester in 1791. Robert F. Rose, the father of Mary Rose his grandmother, was a surgeon in the Revolutionary war from Virginia. The parents of our subject had seven children, six sons and one daughter. He was the fifth ehild.