Scioto County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (1 of 2 so headed), 1903 (part 9 of 15)

He was educated'in the common schools and attended the North Liberty Academy, in 1882 and 1883. He attended a Normal school in Piketon in 1884. He taught public schools from 1882 to 1890. He began the study of medicine in 1890, with Doctors Berry and Wittenmyer of Peebles O. He attended medical lectures at Louisville Ky., in the School of Medicine there for one year. He graduated from the Louisville Medical School June 21, 1894. He first located in Louden, Adams county, in March, 1895. He was married June 5, 1895, to Hattie Coriell, daughter of Wm. B. Coriell, of Harrison township. They have one child Ida May. His wife died April 27, 1896. He was married a second time on November 27, 1901 to Lida B. Coriell, another daughter of Wm. B. Coriell. Dr. McCann was a democrat in his political views until 1896, and after that became a republican and has remained such. He is a member of the Christian church at Mt. Joy, of the Masonic Lodge at Lucasville and the Knights of Pythias at Harrisonville.

was born August 8, 1863, at Muscatine, Jowa. His father was John D. McColm and his mother, Lida Edgington, both of Adams county. His grandfather was James McColm at one time Probate Judge of Adams county. His grandfather, on his mother's side was Oliver Edgington who resided near Manchester. His mother died when he was but eleven months old. He was taken by his grandfather, Oliver Edgington, and reared in Adams county. He went to school at Manchester. He engaged in the marble business at Manchester when he was but seventeen years of age, and has been there in the same business ever since. He has $10,000 invested in it and employs sixty-five men. He has the largest establishment of the kind between Cincinnati and Pittsburg, and, in his business, he has the latest tools and the most modern and very latest inventions. He sells monuments all over the United States. He also maintains a branch sale-office and marble yard in Portsmouth, Ohio, conducted by W. A. Plummer and is as well known in Portsmouth as in Manchester.

In 1887, he was married to Ida Varner, of Mason county, Kentucky, and they have three children, two boys and a girl. In politics, he is a republican. He deserves a great deal of credit for having built up the wonderful business he has, and it is demonstrated that he is one of the best business men who ever resided in Adams county. Mr. McColm has the confidence of all his neighbors and acquaintances.

was born September, 1850. in Rome, Adams county, Ohio. His father was George S. McCormick, a well known merchant of Scioto county, and his mother was Nancy Fleak. He was one of seven children, of whom only two are now living. He spent his boyhood in Rome until he was nine years of age. His father then removed to a farm still owned in the family, where he remained until he was twenty years of age. His father then removed to Portsmouth and engaged in the grocery business, where our subject remained as an assistant for two years. At the age of twenty-two, he returned to his father's farm and lived the life of a farmer for about four years. At the age of twenty-six, he removed to Buena Vista and went into business with his father. The latter died in 1889, and in the fall of that year, he went into business for himself,

He was married first on September 25, 1872 to Rosa Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, of Walker's Landing. There were two children of this marriage, both daughters, Maud and Genevieve, now at. home with their father. His wife died on May 17, 1890: He was married the second time in May, 1891, to Anna Eakins, daughter of Isaac Eakins, deceased. Their marriage occurred at Captain Kirker's, in Pomeroy, at Lincoln Hall. From his majority until 1896, Mr. McCormick was a democrat in his political views. In that year, he changed his political affiliations and became a republican. His first vote was for Horace Greely in 1872. Mr. McCormick is esteemed as a good citizen.

was born in Bloom township, Scioto county, Ohio, June 29, 1877. His father William H. McCowen enlisted in Company E, 117th O. V. I. August 9, 1862, was transferred to Company F, October 18, 1862 and was mustered out June 20, 1865 at Knoxville, Tennessee, This regiment was changed in May, 1863, into the First Ohio Heavy Artillery. His paternal grandfather, Nathan McCowen served in the 56th Ohio from November 16, 1861 to January 20, 1864, when his term expired and he re-enlisted and became a member of Company A, 56th Battalion and was finally discharged November 15, 1865 at New Orleans, Louisiana, on surgeon's certificate of disability. His great-grandfather, David McCowen, built the first flour mill on the Little Scioto river, but it had been built only a short time when a flood carried it away. The remains of the old mill dam may yet be seen from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad bridge across the Little Scioto. His mother is Frances (McCammon) McCowen.

Edward attended the village schools of South Webster until he was seventeen years of age and was a newsboy continuously from 1887 to 1892. He secured a teaeher's certificate when he was seventeen and began teaching. His first school was taught in sub-district No. 6, Harrison township, where he taught two years. The patrons desired his services again, but the Board of Education of his home town, South Webster, employed him. He is now principal of the South Webster schools and has been in charge of them for five years. He has attended the Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio and expects to graduate there soon. What education he has, has been obtained through his own efforts. He is a republican and takes an active part in politics. He is a member of the Western Sun Lodge, No. 91, F. and A. M. and has held important offices therein. He is also a member of South Webster Lodge, Knights of Pythias, No. 724. He had the honor of being elected first Chancellor Commander of this Lodge, and held the office two terms. Mr. McCowen is a young man universally respected by those who know him. ~- He is especially characterized by truthfulness, honesty and uprightness of character. As a teacher he ranks among the best in the county and performs his dutles with a consciousness of the responsibility of his position. He was married August 19, 1902 to Miss Clara Edith Smith of Russell, Kentucky, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Smith.

was born at Hanging Rock, Lawrence county, Ohio, September 10, 1847. His father, John McElhaney, was a native of Ireland, and his mother, Sarah Ann (Ketchum) McElhaney was a native of Scioto county. He was the eldest of two children. He was reared in Portsmouth, Ohio, being but three years of age when his parents came to Portsmouth. His father was a molder. He attended the public schools of Portsmouth until 1860. In that year, he became a cook on a steamboat on the Ohio river. He followed that occupation and worked in the Gaylord mill until the war broke out.

He enlisted in Company I, 56th O. V. I. as a drummer and stayed with the regiment until they were ready to leave, when his father took him out on account of his age. He was not quite fourteen years of age. In July, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, 117th O. V. I. for three years. In May, 1863, orders were issued changing the organization into the First Regiment Heavy Artillery, Ohio Volunteers. He served as a drummer and as a private until June 20, 1865, when he, was, mustered out with the rest of the regiment. After his return from the army, he went into his father's foundry at Jackson, Ohio, and learned the iron molder's trade. He remained there for two years and then came to Portsmouth and finished his trade with Murray and Moore, He was with them for two years and then went to Zaleski, Ohio, and worked there two years for the old Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad Company, He then came back to Portsmouth and remained two years and. then went to Huntington, West Virginia, and remained there two years working for the Hnsign Manufacturing Company. He again returned to Portsmouth, where he has resided ever since. He was a molder unitl 1891, when he became a letter carrier.

October 24, 1867, he was married to Miss Kate L. Keough, daughter of Thomas and Mary Keough. They have four children: Georgiana, the wite of Leonard Zell Neff of Portsmouth; Kate May, the wife of James L. Dinsmore, of Portsmouth; Mary Estelle, wife of Charles Scott of Portsmouth; Hmma Maude, wife of W. R. Price of Covington, Kentucky.

He is a member of Bigelow M. B. church. He has been a member of Scioto Lodge, I. O. O. F. of Portsmouth, since 1869. He is a member of Bailey Post, G. A. R. and was a charter member of the Iron Moulders Union, No, 147, of Portsmouth, Ohio. He represented the Iron Moulder's Union of North America in convention at Buffalo, New York, in 1882. He represented the same organization in London, Canada, in 1886, and in the Trade and Labor Assembly at Columbus, Ohio, in 1886. He is a republican. He was a member of the School Board from the Fourth ward in 1889 and 1890. He was chairman of the Relief Committee in the G. A. R. for four years. He was a delegate from Bailey Post to the encampment at Toledo and is its Commander at present. He has been drum major of the post almost every time since it has been organized. He was alternate delegate to the National encampment of the G. A. R. at Washington, D. C. October, 1902.

was born at York, Pennsylvania, August 1, 1828, a son of Daniel and Rachel (Owen) McFarland. The father of our subject entered the privateer service on the opening of the war of 1812, and was captured by the British, He escaped from his captors and enlisted in the military service of the United States, and was one of the defenders of Baltimore. Our subject's parents were married at York, Pennsylvania, August 9, 1819. His father died at 'Portsmouth, Ohio, May 14, 18638, aged seventy-five years, and his mother died at Columbus, Ohio, October 21, 1865 aged about seventy.

Our subject: remembers seeing the celebration of the commencement of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Baltimore in July, 1828; in which Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, participated. Soon after this event, his parents emigrated to the "far west'? in a one-horse wagon through the wilderness and over the Alleghany mountains to Columbus, Ohio. It was a long and novel journey and as taverns were few and far between they generally camped out at night most of the time. The only company they had was the teamsters with their big wagons and horses rigged out with bells, transporting merchandise, hardware and glass to the western towns. Ohio was then a vast forest. Mr. Meclarland attended the common schools at intervals until he was twelve years of age, and worked as printer's devil "between times" for $2 per week. His father was an expert maker of womens' fine shoos but could obtain no work at that trade among the pioneers. Sperm oil or whale oil, lard oil and, home made candles afforded the only means of illumination. This suggested to Mr. Mclarland's father the manufacture of candles on a large scale, and such an enterprise was organized by him. A contract was secured for furnishing the Asylum for the deaf and dumb and the subject of this sketch delivered the goods from time to time on a wheelbarrow. )

But when hope seemed the brightest the family were suddenly overwhelmed with sorrow. The father was attacked by cancer or blood poisoning in the right arm and suffered for long, weary months. The business was crippled and every available dollar spent on doctors until they all gave up the case but one, who said amputation of the right arm was the last resort. His associates said the patient would die under the operation, and the sufferer was of the same opinton. But the mother never despaired, and by brave example and earnest entreaty induced her husband to consent to the operation, which proved to be successful and he recovered within a month-and lived thirty years afterward. Soon after the father's recovery, he was appointed collector of tolls on the National road, and the family removed to the government building, three miles west of Columbus, where the parents resided happily for many years. The children in the meantime, had grown up and were self-supporting. The father was a man of noble character and died a Christian. The mother of the subject of this sketch was a woman of deep religious convictions and a faithful member of the Methodist church, enjoying the confidence of the leading ministers to such an extent that they would call upon her on public occasions in large assemblies, to give testimony of her faith.

In our subject's boyhood, there were no "lucifer matches.' Fire was started by sparks struck from a flint and steel over a 'tinder'? box containing burnt linen. In handling candles the necessity for more convenient lighting was suggested, and a "factory" was installed by preparing bunches of small pine slivers and dipping one end in melted brimstone. These our subject peddled from house to house, and pocketed many a good six-pence. He undoubtedly started the first "match factory" west of the Alleghany Mountains. He does not remember going to school at any one time longer than three months, and the last term he walked six miles per day to drink at the fountain of knowledge. At the age of seventeen he entered the Ohio State Journal office, as an apprentice, to learn the vrinting business. He worked ten hours per day for four years for four dollars per month and "found." For two years after becoming twenty-one, he remained in the Journal office as type setter at $10.00 per week; and in October 1846, he purchased a half interest in the Circleville Ohio Herald, an old and well established Whig Journal, and started in business for himself. é

October 20, 1847, he was married to Miss Eliza Jane Doddridge, daughter of Joseph Doddridge, a prominent merchant of Circleville, Ohio. The daughter was a graduate of the Granville, Ohio, Female Seminary, and a granddaughter of Rev. Joseph Doddridge of Wellsburg, Virginia, a faithful minister of the Episcopal church and a physician as well. He is well known as a historian of pioneer times, and the author of '"Doddridge's Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of Western Virginia and Pennsylvania, from 1763 to 1783 inclusive.''

In July, 1848, he became sole proprietor of the Circleville Herald which he, successfully edited and published until the spring of 1858, when he sold out ° and retired to a farm on the National Road, seven miles west of Columbus, where he remained until October of that year, when he purchased the Daily and Weekly Tribune of Portsmouth, Ohio. The paper was originally Whig but when that party collapsed it followed the American party and in 1856 supported Fillmore for the Presidency, a great mistake. In 1860 it supported the Republican party. In the fall of 1861, Mr. McFarland received an appointment under Colonel John W. Forney, Secretary of the Senate. He sold the Tribune to his brother Daniel and went to Washington. In January, 1864, Mr. McFarland was appointed by Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, to a position in the Treasury Department as Assistant Special Agent. He resigned this clerkship in the Senate and accepted the other office. His duties required him to spend his time in the southern states, in leasing deserted plantations and _ securing abandoned cotton and other property. In the discharge of his duties he saved the government many' thousands of dollars and secured the poor freedmen large sums of money, realized from sales of cotton they had raised after their masters had abandoned their plantations and joined the Confederate army.

In November, 1865,. Mr. McFarland adjusted his accounts with the government and resigned his Treasury position and returned home. In 1868, he purchase a half interest of the Tribune from H. R. W. Smith, and re-entered newspaper work. The paper was then published at No. 112 West Second street, over the Adams Express office. In the summer of 1870, Mr. McFarland erected the Tribune Building on the Northeast corner of Second and Court streets and the office of the paper was removed there. Mr. McFarland and David Elick continued to publish the Tribune until August 9, 1876, when the "Republican" was consolidated with it, and the paper called the "Tribune Republican." From October 1, 1877 until January 1, 1881, W. H. Bonsall conducted the paper. At that date Mr. McFarland purchased David Elick's interest and was editor and publisher alone until January 1, 1883, when he became the manager of the "Tribune Publishing Company." In July, 1885, he sold out to the "Blade Printing Company."

Mr. McFarland through the columns of the Tribune while he was editor, contributed more to the material in his columns than any other editor who ever presided over a newspaper in Scioto county. His facts could always be relied on, and he was as truthful as any successful editor could be. Mr. Mc- Farland was always a gentleman and conducted his paper with a high tone. It was uniformly readable, always interesting and fit to be in the best household in the land.

Mr. McFarland was a good business man, and he kept the credit of his paper gilt edged all the time he was conected with it. He was a communicant of the All Saints Episcopal church while a resident of Portsmouth, Ohio, and maintained a high character. While in his seventy-ninth-year, he has excellent health and is able to attend to all of his business. He enjoys the confidence and respect of a large circle of friends both in this city and the city of Los Angeles. He is a good example of remaining in the harness, active as a young man when in sight of his seventy-ninth milestone. In September, 1885, Mr. Mc- Farland took his Lares and Penates and set them up in Los Angeles, California. Most of the colony there from Portsmouth have eaten of the seductive lotus and forgotten their old home and friends in Portsmouth, but Mr. McFarland has never partaken of that memory obliterating fruit and cherishes fondly the memory of his good friends and his happy hours in Portsmouth. He keeps in touch with the survivors of his times in Portsmouth and the memory of his departed friends is his most sacred treasure. ¥

In April, 1886, Mr. McFarland purchased a large interest in the Times Mirror Company, publishing an independent Republican daily and weekly at Los Angeles. He was elected Vice President and Treasurer of the Corporation, and in addition discharged the duties of assistant business manager until April, 1888, when he retired from business until November, 1889, at which time at the solicitation of Colonel Harrison Gray Otis, (his old partner and President of the Corporation) he again became a member of the company, and resumed the duties of treasurer, which position he is filling at the date of this article.

During his connection with the Times it has grown from a small affair of forty shares of par value of $1,000 each to a corporation of nine hundred and sixty shares, par value of $1,000, or $960,000.

Mr. and Mrs. McFarland have had the following children: Ellen Doddridge, born at Circleville, Ohio, February 16, 1849, married to William Hartshorn Bonsall at Portsmouth, Ohio, October 2, 1871. They have three daughters and two sons: Jennie J., Bessie, Mary Elisa, Samuel Newbold and Albert Mc- Farland. All reside in Los Angeles.

Albert Owen, their second child, was born at Circleville, Ohio, November 30, 1851, married at Portsmouth, Ohio, to Martha Densmore, 1875. They have two daughters and one son: Ella, Jennie and Donald.

Their daughter Jennie, born March 30, 1854, married Charles C. Damarin at Portsmouth, Ohio, February 2, 1876. She died at Los Angeles, California, December 14, 1890. Mr. Damarin died in December, 1888.

Their son Dan, born at Portsmouth, Ohio, June 25, 1856, married Louisa Towell, at Portsmouth, Ohio, February 8, 1877. They have the following children: Katherine, who died at the age of sixteen, Louise and Sallie Plater. All reside at Los Angeles.

was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, January 8, 1852. His father was William BoGeores, and his mother was Eliza Anderson. They came to Scioto county in 1864, and brought our subject with them. His father was born in 1819 and died in 1888. His father located at Mt. Joy and the family have resided in that vicinity ever since. Mr. McGeorge learned the carpenter trade. He taught school in the winters from 1872 to 1888,and worked at the carpenter trade in the summers. In 1879, he moved to what is known as the "English farm" which he purchased and has resided there ever since. He was married September 13, 1877 to Harriet Davis, daughter of John Davis. They have four children: Frank, John Davis, James and Mary Florence.

Mr. McGeorge conducted a general mercantile business from 1889 to 1897, He is a member of the United Presbyterian church. He was elected commissioner of Scioto county in 1897, and re-elected in 1900. From 1894 to 1895, he was secretary of the Fair Association at Mt. Joy. Since 1895, he has been president of the Scioto County Fair Association.

was born January 21, 1846, in Carroll county, Ohio. His father was James Mc- Gillivray, who was born in Scotland in 1815, and came to the United States when he was sixteen years of age. His mother was Nancy Bartholomew. Her family came to the United States in 1867, and landed in Massachusetts. His father and mother had eight children, of whom our subject was the eldest. His father was a saddle and harness maker. When he was three years old, his father moved to Vinton county. J. M. attended the common schools in Vinton county for six or seven months in each vear from the age of six until he was thirteen. At the age of eighteen, he became a school teacher, and taught for six consecutive winters. He began to study law January 1, 1867, and was admitted to the bar September 15, 1868, at McArthur, Ohio, but did not begin practicing there until 1869. : re In the fall of 1869, he was elected prosecuting attorney in Vinton county and served one term. He has always been a strong democrat in his political views. He was a candidate for his party for Common Pleas Judge in his subdivision, in 1878. The district was 1,500 republican. James Tripp, senior, was his opponent, and his majority in the five counties was only 2938. Mr. Mc- Gillivray was nominated by his party for Common Pleas Judge again in 1886, against Noah J. Dever, but was defeated. In 1878 and 1879 he was in partnership with his brother-in-law, Mr. Pugh, and afterwards with Henry W. Coultrap, from December, 1884 to January 1, 1890.

From December, 1884, until April, 1888, he was a resident of the city of Portsmouth, and while there he practiced law with A. C. Thompson and A. T. Holcomb, under the firm name of Thompson, McGillivray and Holcomb. In 1892, he was nominated for Circuit Judge, but was defeated by Thomas Cherrington. Mr. McGillivray has practiced law in Jackson, Hocking and Athens counties for the last twenty years.

He was married November 2, 1869, to Miss Ada M. Pugh, of McArthur, Ohio, daughter of Ellis B. Pugh. They have four children: Flora, wife of Albert L. Ullom, resides at McArthur; Ellis, Elizabeth and Donald at home.

He is one of the ablest lawyers in southern Ohio. He never misses a point when he goes into a case, and makes it a rule to know all of his own side and all of his opponents. He is one of the most rapid and brilliant crossexaminers in the state, and a very able advocate. Any lawyer who is opposed to him in a case may expect to meet any arguments which could properly be brought up. He enjoys the confidence of the business public in the county of his residence and the adjoining counties. Mr. McGillivray is a' man of easy manners, generous and frank in his intercourse with his fellowmen and possessed of an unusual amount of good common sense. As a lawyer, he is an untiring worker with great natural ability for the practice. His clearness of conception enables him at once to grasp the strong points of a case and to distinsuish all the shades of difference between cases that bear_a strong resemblance and to determine what the law is from what the other fellow may think it is. His style as a speaker, is terse and perspicuous. He goes right to the controling and decisive points without any preliminaries, and often by a single blow son of David W. McJunkin and Elizabeth Double, his wife, was born Feb. 23, 1836, on the waters of Muddy creek, near Butler, in Butler county, Pa. His father was of Scotch descent and was a native of Butler county, Pa. His mother was a daughter of John Double, an emigrant from Germany to Pennsylvania. He had four brothers and five sisters. He landed at Portsmouth, Ohio, May 2, 1844, with his parents and on the next day they went to Mt. Joy and settled there for a short time, aterwards moving to Sedan, where our subject was reared and educated. His father died in July, 1854, and is buried in the cemetery at Mt. Joy.

Our subject was married on the 8th of November, 1860, to Mary Minich a native of Germany, who was brought to Pike county, Ohio, by her parents when only a child. Her father was Leonard Minich. To them were born nine children, four girls.and five boys. Only five of them are living: Altie E., wife of E. L. Mechlin, at Camp, Pike county, Ohio, James M., William E., Elmer C. and Frank A.

Mr. McJunkin cast his first vote for Taylor. Later he became a republican, and was elected twice as trustee of Camp Creek township, in. Pike county. Though a resident of Scioto county he votes in Pike county. He formerly resided in Pike county and owns a farm there. He became a member of the 8th Independent Company, Volunteer Sharp Shooters on the 19th of July, 1863, at the age of 27, served in the department of the Cumberland, took part in the battles of Mission Ridge, Chickamauga, Nashville and Franklin and was mustered out July 19, 1865. Mr. McJunkin is a man of excellent character, a careful, conservative and law-abiding citizen and punctual in the fulfillment of his business obligations.

was born in Morgan township, Scioto county, Ohio, December 16, 1845. His father's name was David McJunkin and his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Double. His father and mother were both natives of Butler county, Pennsylvania. Our subject had four brothers and five sisters. He had a common school education and was brought up a farmer. On August 21, 1862, at the age of eighteen, he enlisted in Company C, of the Ninety-First O. V. I., and served until June 24, 1865, when he was mustered out with his company. He did not miss a single battle the regiment was in. He was only in the hospital for ten days and that was on account of the mumps. After the war was over he went to his former home and has lived in the same neighborhood, carrying on the business of farming, ever since.

He was married in May, 1887, to Lavinia Hopper, daughter of George Hopper, of Sun Fish, Pike county, Ohio. He has had seven children, three of whom are living: Dora, wife of Newton Bare, Nettie and Jennie, unmarried. He lost a son, Isaac Merton, at the age of eighteen, in 1893. He lost one son and one daughter in infancy; Anolia at the age of five, and David at the age of five years; also a son George at the age of thirteen. He is a republican in his political views. He is a member of the Baptist church at Sedan, and has been for twenty-two years. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr, McJunkin is a man of sterling character and an agreeable and good neighbor. He has always been a careful, conservative, and law-abiding citizen. He is in for anything that will advance the condition of his community. In business, he is punctual in fulfilling all his obligations.

son of John H. and Pauline (Ashton) McKeown, was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, April 17, 1879. His education was received principally in the schools of this city. After taking a course in book-keeping and stenography in the Portsmouth Business College, he took-a position as assistant in the office of the Portsmouth Veneer Works. He had been there but a short time, when war was declared with Spain and Company H, of which he was a member, was ordered to report at Columbus, Ohio. He entered the army ambitious to excel as a soldier. Soon ater reaching Chickamauga, he received an appointment as_ orderly on General Haines' staff. He served in the same position under General Fred Grant. He was detailed by Adj. Gen. Fenton and carried the news of peace from General Brooke to General Haines at Guayama and thus prevented what might have proved a very disastrous battle. On his return from Porto Rico he re-entered the office of the Portsmouth Veneer Works as book-keeper and stenographer, which position he still holds.

On December 27, 1899, he was married to Miss Estelle Smith, a most beautiful and accomplished woman; but their happiness was short lived, his wife dying suddenly July 15, 1900. Mr. McKeown is active in politics and has a promising future in store as a business man.

was born in Franklin county, Indiana, April 11, 1849. His father was Frances T. McKeown, of county Tyrone, Ireland, and his mother was Catherine Hardin, of Cedar Grove, Indiana. Shortly after his birth, his father bought a large farm seven miles east of Brookville, Indiana. As John was the second of a family of eight children, he was obliged to quit school early to assist on the farm. He remained at home and managed the farm until 1873. About that time he met Miss Pauline Ashton, whom he afterwards married. He then removed to Portsmouth and for a short time was engaged in teaming. After the election of his father-in-law to the office of Justice of the Peace, he was prevailed uvon to run for Constable. He was elected and re-elected for several terms, having shown special qualification as a detective. In this respect he became very well known throughout southern Ohio. He was serving as Deputy United States Marshal at the time of his death. He was a republican, and served his friends and party well. He was true and loyal in his friendships, both political and social. In the spring,of 1891, he was a prominent candidate was born in Scioto county, May 2, 1836. His father was William McNelly, a native of Kentucky, and his mother's maiden name was Hannah Deaver, a daughter of William Deaver, a Revolutionary soldier from Virginia. His mother died October 30, 1883 in her 91st year. His father and mother had eight children, of whom our subject was the youngest. The following is the list: James married Martha Monroe; Catherine married James Monroe; Margaret married Richard Walden, a soldier in the Mexican war; William married Mary Monroe; Elizabeth marriedi Wesley Boyer; Mary married Henry Colegrove, who was in Company A; 39th O. V. I.; Eliza married Stephen Crabtree; John Calvin, our subject.

but has worked at all occupations where he could find anything to do. He enlisted in Company C, 91st O. V. I., August 1, 1862 for three years. He was discharged January 4, 1863 for physical disabilities. He was drafted May, 16, 1864 and was assigned to Company F, 126th O. V. I. and was discharged September 8, 1864, when the government discovered that it had made a mistake in taking him in the service a second time. He received a pension on account of the disabilities received in the 91st O. V. I. He had two brothers in the service, James M. in Company H, 1st Ohio Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and William in the 100 days service, 140th O. V. I. } He was married October 1, 1863 to Phebe Ann Miller, daughter of Samuel Miller. They had six children: Henry Calvin, born in January, 1865, and died July 13, 1893, leaving a widow, whose maiden name was Anna Foster; Hannah Belle, m. N. Riley Burton of Bloom township; Eliza E., m. Henry Prior, of Portsmouth, Ohio; William §., resides at Columbus, Ohio; John Davis Wesley resides in Bloom township, m. Bttie Ward; and Joseph L., resides at 'home.

Mr. McNelly was formerly a republican, but is now a prohibitionist. He, his wife, and five children are all members of the United Brethren church at Pinkerman. Mr. McNelly is noted for his earnestness in anything he undertakes. He is a believer in progress and improvement in all things, in farming and arboriculture, lin politics and religion. He believes in doing all the good he the son of James M. McWilliams and Margaret Linn, his wife, was born in Sewickley, a town twelve miles below Pittsburg on the Ohio river, in the year 1838. His father was of Irish birth and was born in 1810. He came to the United States when a boy only ten years old with his parents, and afterwards learned the carpenter's trade and became a carpenter. The mother of our subject was born in Scioto county of Scotch and Irish parents. Mr. McWilliams was educated in the country schools and took up the trade of his father. He made a special study of stair building and contracted for a number of years, working a great deal in -Pittsburg.

In 1859, he went to Rochester, Beaver county, Pennsylvania and in June 21, 1861, he enlisted in the first company that was raised, for three months, but the quota was full. He enlisted in Company F. Pennsylvania Volunteer Reserve Corps, June 21, 1861 for three years. He was hurt at Bell's Landing, Virginia, while loading Quartermaster's stores and was transferred to the Sixth Veteran Reserve Corps at Washington, D. C., until his term of service had expired. He re-enlisted in the 16th Veteran Reserve Corps and during the time of service, on account of the injuries received in his former sevice, he was employed to hunt deserters and to take prisoners north to New York and Fort Mifflin. His last term of service was for one year. During his service he was in the following battles: Seven Days' battle in front of Richmond, Virginia; Fredericksburg, South Mountain, Antietam andGettysburg, and received three flesh. wounds, one on the head, one in the calf of left leg and a buckshot iin left breast.

After the war, he returned to his. home in Rochester, Pennsylvania and resumed his trade, but found that his injury received at Bell Plain Landing had disqualified him for hard work at his trade. In 1873, he came to Scioto county, Ohio. The last work he did at his trade was as foreman under Jacob Dewey, who built the Scioto county Infirmary. He now lives on a small farm at Diffen Postoffice, Ohio. He was appointed Postmaster at that place in 1890 and still holds it. He was elected Justice of the Peace of Jefferson township in 1888 and has held the office by successive re-elections to the present time. He cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln and has always been a republican. He is a member of the Christian church at Fallen Timber.

On May 5, 1880 he was united in marriage to Harriet E. Dever, by whom he has three sons and one daughter: Hugh Edward, working in the Excelsior shoe factory, Charles Arthur, Jesse Pearl and Margaret Ann at home.

was born July 18, 1834. He was the son of William Maddock and was with his father in the woolen mill for several years. May 12, 1864, his wife, Ella H. died at the age of 25 years and 9 months. He was married again on May 16, 1865 to Marie Raynor, daughter of William Raynor. In 1879, he was appointed a member of the Board of Health and served three years. June 16, 1897, he was made Infirmary Director. He served for five years in the City Council. He was a democrat in his political views. He died June 8, 1898. He was a man of the most positive views, and never hesitated to express them. When a subject was presented to him, he considered it carefully and when he had investigated it fully, made up his mind. When once his mind was made up, it was not subject to change, except on new evidence. He had mastered all the details of his own business that of manufacturing woolen goods, and was an authority on that subject. Had he cared to have used his knowledge of that business in certain directions, he could have amassed a great fortune, but he had no ambition in that direction. To hive comfortably and keep on honorable terms with the world, was satisfactory to him. He was a good neighbor and a good citizen.

was born May 5, 1849, in Rietheim, Engen, Baden, Germany. His father, Vitus Maier was a farmer. His mother's maiden name was Theresa Houk, the daughter of Doctor Houk, They had eight children, five daughters and three sons. Our subject was the fifth child. He attended school in Gemany until he was fourteen years of age, then his father apprenticed him to the brewer's trade, to his oldest brother, Carl Maier. He served an apprenticeship of three years and then travelled as most of the apprentices-did in Germany. He worked one year at Basel, Switzerland, and one year at Hessen. He came to Philadelphia, November 18, 1868, and worked there two years. In 1870, he went to Cincinnati and worked there until 1878. In that year he came to Portsmouth and started a brewery under the title of Kleffner & Maier, which continued until 1881 when the firm became Kleffner, Maier & Gerlach for one year, then Maier & Rogers. He then went into the liquor business until 1888, when he became agent for the Lion Brewery of Cincinnati and has been in that business ever since.

On November 26, 1872, he was married to Rose Smithline. He has five children: William in Portsmouth; Thresa at home; Albert, a brewer; Mary, the wife of George Lehman, a druggist of Chillicothe; Bertha, the wife of William Payne of this city. He is a republican and a communicant of St. Mary's church. A neighbor who has had business transactions with him for twentytwo years says, that he is honorable in all his dealings, a first class citizen, and in favor of progress and public improvements. He always sustains his part well in the drama of life and obtains as much pleasure as he can as he goes along. He also wants his neighbors to have as much enjoyment of the good things of this world as himself.

was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, near Adelphi, Ross county, Ohio, October 6, 1876. His father's name was William Markel, a farmer by occupation. His mother's maden name was Sarah Ann Riegel, daughter of Solomon Riegel, of German nativity. His parents had three sons and three daughters, all living. Our subject attended school at his home and at the Adelphi High School in 1894, when he graduated from the latter. He attended the Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, in 1894 and 1895. He then taught school from three to fonr years and attended the Ohio State University in 1898 and 1899. He took up the study of dentistry in 1899 and graduated from the Ohio College of Cincinnati in May, 1902. He located in Portsmouth for the practice of his profession at 160 Hast Ninth street, where he keeps his office. In his political views, he is a republican. He is a member of the German Reformed church. He is not a member of any fraternity. Dr. Markel believes in every good work. He. is careful and prudent in all things and has a keen appreciation of what is best for himself and for those in whom he is interested. His motto is, ''careful and sure.' He will succeed in whatever he undertakes, because he gauges his own ability and has the will, the courage and the persistence to carry out his plans.

was born near Kittanning, Pennsylvania, July 17, 1856. His parents located in Jackson county, Ohio, soon after his birth. His father, William Stremel Marsh was born near Strasburg, Pa., December 24, 1822, and is still living. His grandfather, Elijah Marsh, was born in New Hampshire in 1800 and died at Oak Hill, Ohio, in 1862.. His paternal grandmother, Mary Stremel was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1801, came to the United States in 1814 and died at Oak Hill, Ohio, in 1857. His mother, Rebecca Moorhead, was born August 6, 1825, in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, and was married to his father in 1845. Her father, John Moorhead, was a native of 'Pennsylvania, and of Scotch lineage. His mother's mother, Sarah White, was of Irish descent. His mother died at Oak Hill, Ohio, in April, 1888. ®

He was educated at Oak Hill, Ohio, and was a school teacher for four years. On February 22, 1879, he was married to Alice McNeel. She was born September 27, 1860 and was the daughter of Finley and Mahala McNeel. Finley McNeel was born near Oak Hill, Ohio, April 5, 1819 and is yet living. He was the son of Doctor Gabriel McNeel, an eminent physician. Alice McNeel's mother, Mahala Johnson, was born April 10, 1827 and is yet living. She married

Walker Marsh located at Hifort, Ohio, in March, 1880 and began to get out limestone and ore for the furnaces. There was nothing there but a small side track. In 1881, he had a station established and called it Eifort and in 1882 had a postoffice established and was made postmaster. In 1883, he had a school district established and a school house built. In that year, he adopted the idea of introducing the number four or limestone coal. He shipped a few cars each year and in 1890 had a good trade in this coal, which has increased ever since. In 1896, he bought 640 acres of mineral lands, half in Washington township, Lawrence county and half in Bloom township, Scioto county. In the Fall of 1899, his health failed on account of strenuous labor. He leased the mines and quarries, closed out his business and went to Seattle, Washington. He spent five months there and came back to Hifort and assumed the duties of station agent on the B. & O. railroad. He has one daughter, Amy Vernie, who is telegraph operator and Postmistress at Hifort. He was a voter in Bloom township, from the spring of 1880 to the fall of 1890, bat having built his new station over the line in Washington township, Lawrence county, he became an elector there.

As the facts mentioned indicate, Mr. Marsh is a first class business man. He is highly esteemed in the entire circle of his acquaintance. Mr. Marsh is willing to consider every man's claim with consideration. He is courteous and obliging to all. He is always ready to aid and help every project for the public good and he passes none by without assistance. He is for the upbuilding of his' felowmen. He is a valuable citizen in any light in which he may be viewed. If he cannot find a way, he will make one. The wealth of nature must yield its secrets to him, and to him more than anyone, is due the development of the coal interests of this county, now so rapidly going forward.

was born June 1, 1872, in Springfield township, Gallia county, Ohio. He is the son of William W. Martindale and Lucretia Weed, his wife. His father enlisted as a private in the 58d O. V. I. November 18, 1861, and was appointed Corporal March 1, 1862; transferred to 1st Louisiana Colored Infantry June 6, 1863 to accept promotion; mustered out October 21, 1864. From 1878 to 1882, he served as Treasurer of Gallia county and later was elected Mayor of Gallipolis. He was also engaged in the mercantile business in Gallipolis for a number of years. He retired from active business in 1886, and died on his farm at Keer, Gallia county, in December, 1887.

Our subject spent his early boyhood in Gallipolis and attended the public schools there. Later he attended Ewington Academy and Rio Grande (Ohio) College. He' was connected with the Kentucky Fire Brick Company as _ storekeeper from June, 1891, to February, 1896 when he moved to Lucasville and engaged in business under the firm name of Martindale & Edmunds. The firm still continues in business. He has served as Treasurer of Valley township since 1897 and his present term expires in 1903. He has always been a republican and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was married in October, 1900 to Olive S. Edmunds, daughter of George Edmunds of Lucas- Ville. They have two children: Chester H. born in January, 1893 and died July 25, 1895 and Ruth born March 9, 1891.

was born August 27, 1856, at Jackson Furnace, Ohio. His father was Henry Marting and his mother was Mary Elizabeth Knaper. Both were natives of Osnaburg, Hanover, Germany. A fuller account of the family will be found under the sketch of Colonel Henry Marting his brother. When Frank was a babe of six weeks, his parents removed to the valley of the Little Scioto in Scioto county. He received his education at Tick Ridge and Kettle's school houses. When he was sixteen years of age, his father located in the city of Portsmouth and engaged in the grocery business with Frank C. Herms, his son-in-law as Marting and Herms, Frank L. became a clerk in this business,

In 1878, the firm changed its business to dry goods. In 1877, Frank L. became of age and took a partnership in the business and it_became Marting & Son. His father remained in the business until 1893, when he retired and the business became Marting Brothers & Co. The firm is composed of Frank L. Marting, John C. Marting, his brother and Mrs. Eliza Volker, his sister.

Mr. Marting has been in the same business in Portsmouth, Ohio for thirty years and has prospered all the time. He has one of the best business houses in the city at 515 Chillicothe street, and one of the best selected dry goods stores. Henry Marting, Senior, died May 1, 1899. Mr. Marting has been a member of the City School Board for nearly six years. He is now one of the City Board of Tax Review. He was married September 6, 1877 to Miss Ellen Scheuerman, daughter of George Scheuerman and has six children, five sons and one daughter. Their names are: George, Albert, Edna, Ralph, Henry and Royal. Mr. Marting is a director of the Royal Building Association, a member of the German Methodist Episcopal church, and a member of the Royal Arcanum. He resides at 705, Findlay street, in the Sixth ward of Portsmouth.

was born December 17, 1850, in Greenup county, Kentucky. His parents, Henry Marting and Mary E. Knaper, his wife, were natives of Germany. He was the fifth of his parents nine children. They removed to Jackson Furnace when he was an infant and remained there five years. They then moved to a farm near Wheeler's Mills on the Little Scioto. Our subject attended the schools there. At the age of nineteen, he began working on the railroad as a section hand. He worked at this for two and a half years and then started a store in company with his brother John C. at Gephart's Station. He was there for two years and then sold out and went to Ironton. In 1873, he started in the dry goods business in Ironton and remained in the same business part of the time alone and part of the time with partners until January 1, 1902. His brother John C. was a partner for three years from 1875 and then began to study for the ministry.

In 1882, with J. D. Foster, he organized the Foster Stove Company of Ironton and became treasurer and held that position until 1892, when he resigned. He organized the Eagle Iron & Steel Company rolling mill which manufactured bar and sheet iron. He was president and general manager. In 1899, this company sold out to the Republic Iron & Steel Company. In 1896, with Joseph Clutts and Lewis Vogelsong, he organized the Wellston Iron & Steel Company and operated two blast furnaces. He sold out his interest in this company |in 1898, to Clutts and Willard. While connected with this organization, he was secretary and treasurer. In 1889, he purchased Aetna furnace and organized a company known as the Marting Iron and Steel Company, of which he is president and general manager. In 1899, he organized the Columbus Iron and Steel Company and is president and general manager of that. In 1901, he organized the Ironton Lumber Company and is a director of that. He also organized and is a director and president of the Ketter Clothing Company of Ironton. He is a director of the Citizen's National Bank and of the Ironton Corrugated Roofing Company.

He is a senior member of the firm of Marting, Flehr & Company, shoe dealers; is a director and president of the Register Publishing Company, and a director of the Franklin Stove Company of Columbus. He is a director of the Crystal Ice Company of Ironton, Ohio, and of the Camden Interstate Railway Co. He was a member of the City Council of Ironton for six years, from 1888 to 1894, and was its president for two years. He has a genius for the successful management of business and has been successful in everything he has undertaken. He was a member of the German M. EB. church, but in 1897 he connected with Spencer M. E. church, of Ironton, and is a member of the official board of that church. He is a Knight of Pythias. :

He was married to Miss Margaret ©. Duis, March 7, 1872. She is the daughter of Henry Duis. He has one child, Nellie M., the wife of Doctor Clark Lowry of Ironton, Ohio.

Colonel Henry Adam Marting

lacking the means to give him the opportunity of a higher education. His training was received in practical life. If his had been the' opportunity enjoyed by many youths of our land, his career would have been envious. He has shown great energy, push and determination, which count mightily in making a mark in life. He always believed, that what others have done, he also could do, and when he undertakes anything, there is no swerving until the goal is reached. He is no pessimist; he believes in his fellowmen and is hopeful as to the future; therefore he dares and risks, but never without counting the cost. At one time, he bought at a high price on credit, 40 acres of timber land. A friend suggested that he was risking a great deal, when he replied, 'I have counted the trees on the quarter section.' From his boyhood days, he has been a great trader - jack-knives, his hat, his coat, his fathers' shot gun or horse - anything would be turned. In these deals, he always was fair and strictly honest. He could often, in later years, have enriched himself, at the expense of others, if he had not placed his good name and honor above money. In his financial ventures he always had in mind the giving of employment to others, their welfare. His generosity and philanthropy are not fully known by his own family. He enjoys giving for good causes, and is happiest when he can help some one struggling for relief. A more tender-hearted man can hardly be found. Back. of that will power and energy is a soft, tender heart. His early training was strictly of the Methodist type, and he is today an active worker in the church. The key to the success Colonel Marting has achieved is to my mind, his faith in God and in his fellowmen." was born February 1, 1859, on a farm near Nauvoo, Illinois. His father was Elisha Matthews, a native of Gallia county, Ohio, and one of the well known Matthews family of that county. His mother was Phoebe Ewing, of Gallia county, Ohio, a member of the Ewing family so prominent in the history of Galiia county, Ohio. His father and mother had ten children, five sons and five daughters. He is the youngest born of all. His father died when he was but seven years of age, and the family moved into Carthage, the county seat, where he resided and went to school till he was sixteen years of age. Then he assayed to try the cold world on his own account, and began by farm work. He thought he would like a strenous life and went to Leadville, Colorado, at twenty years, and worked in the mines of Leadville, drove stage and turned his hand and brain to divers and sundry employments, but in 1884, he returned to Carthage, Illinois, and went into the livery business. In 1887, he concluded to try the great state of Ohio, and came back to Jackson county, and engaged in a hardware store.

In 1889, he came to Portsmouth and engaged in that business for the Hibbs Hardware Company, till 1891. Then he traveled for a hardware house in Cleveland for two years. He then tried the Pearl Barley business for two years. In 1894, he tried business in Columbus for six months and sold out. Then he had an accident and spent eighteen months on crutches. Most men would have preferred death to what he suffered, but George thought of Portsmouth and remembered the family stock he came from, especially the Ewing side, Swago Bill and Indian John, and made up his mind to live and get well and he did. In 1895, he went to work again and traveled for two coal companies till September, 1897, when he came to Portsmouth, and he hopes to spend his days here. He was a stock-holder in the- Hibbs Hardware Company till 1900. Then he went to the Veneer Works where he had taken stock. He became a director of that company and is the buyer. He has been a member of the city council of Portsmouth since April, 1901, and its president. He is a republican in politics. He is a Master Mason and a member of the United Commercial Travelers and the Modern Woodmen.

Mr. Matthews has been successful in business in which he has displayed excellent judgment. ~He is public spirited in the strongest sense of the term. As president of the City Council he has made an excellent record. He is one of the working factors of his city and believes in public improvements. . He is candid in all he does and his views on any and every subject are for the perusal of the public, He can be depended on to follow his: views at all times. He was born December 19, 1848, near Wallace Mills, Madison township, Scioto county, Ohio. His parents were Moses and Melissa (Darling) Mault. His ancestry is stated in the sketch of his brother George W. Mault. Aaron attended school at Mault's school house, sub-district No. 10, Madison township, Scioto county, Ohio, and received a common school education. He has always been a farmer. He iis a republican and a member of the United Brethren church. On December 24, 1876, he was married to Nancy J. Hanes, daughter of Archibald Hanes, a soldier of the Civil War. The following are their children: Archey M., Noah A., Stella E., Aaron N., Lewis H., George E., Melissa J., Margaret T. Mr. Mault has deserved and earned the good will and kind regard of all who have known him. E is the great-grandson of Moses Mault, a descendant of the early French colonists of South Carolina, who came to Scioto county and located in Madison township in 1819. His son Aaron Mault was the father of Moses Mault, who is the father of our subject. Aaron Mault, the grandfather of George Mault, was born in South Carolina in 1796. His father, Moses Mault, was born on Brushy Fork, in Madison township, May 27, 1820. Here on the farm on Brushy Fork, in the east end of Madison township, on September 20, 1850, George: Mault was born. His maternal grandfather was James Darling, whose daughter Melissa Darling married Moses Mault in 1844. George spent his boyhood and youth on the farm and attended the district school. He has worked at the furnaces. He has always had a wonderful liking for the study and practice of the law. He has read law until he is well informed in its theories. He practices in cases-before magistrates and has been fairly successful.

He married Harriet Sophia Titus, August 17, 1876. She is the daughter of Arthur and Harriet (Bennett) Titus. Her father came from New York, in 1824. Her mother was the daughter of John Bennett, who came from Virginia, in 1810, and located in Madison township. George Mault is a republican and a member of the Free Will Baptist church. He has seven children now living: Harriet, the wife of Ellsworth Lyons, Frank L., Roscoe C., Stella, Bessie, Rena and Waldo. Three of his children Laura, Kendall and Bont died of diphtheria inside of three weeks. George Mault is a man of sturdy character. He will not undertake what he cannot accomplish and he accomplishes what he undertakes. He has clear perceptions and cannot be imposed on. He is a close and analytical thinker and is able to express clearly and forcibly on every subject he studies. He is a good counsellor in business matters.

was born April 3, 1842, in Mercer county, Virginia. His father's name was Mathias Maxwell, and his mother's maiden name was Juliet Brown. His father died in 1863. His grandfather, William Maxwell, was a Revolutionary soldier from the state of Virginia, who died in 1867 at the age of ninety. Our subject was raised a farmer, and never learned any trade. He had a common school education. When he was five years of age his father moved from Mercer county to Wyoming county. . He enlisted in the 11th West Virginia Infantry, April 3, 1862, in Company K, Captain William Gilton, Colonel Dan Frost. He served until May, 1865, and was never wounded. He is six feet two and one-fourth inches tall, and weighs 270 pounds. He was the heaviest man in his regiment and the second tallest. The regiment's service was rendered mainly in West Virginia and Maryland. Their operations were between Parkersburg and Washington on the B. & O. Railroad. He was in the battle of Cloyd Mountain, Lynchburg, and Snicker's Gap. Mr. Maxwell had the good fortune never to have been hit, notwithstanding his remarkable height and size. He°was captured twice but escaped from his capturer both times. He stayed with them a half night on one occasion and about fifteen minutes on another. Mr. Maxwell also had a brother John B., in the 7th Virginia Cavalry, who died in 1868, at Charles- ton, W. Va., in the service. Another brother, Robert H., was in the same company and regiment with himself. He was badly wounded and left on the field and captured. He was kept in prison eight months, and is still living at Hinton, W. Va. Another brother, William H., did not go into the service, but was seized by the rebels on account of his union sentiments, and kept in prison for thirteen months. He is still living in Jackson county, W. Va., but with a wrecked constitution. He had a brother Samuel, who was a scout for General Cox in West Virginia, and his father was also a scout in West Virginia for the Union army. His two youngest brothers were too young to go to the war. ,

After the war,.our subject went to Cottageville, Jackson county, Virginia, and went into the saw mill business, where he remained about two years in the same business. He then moved to Portsmouth, O., in October, 1867, and went to work with M. B. Gilbert in the ice business, and continued that for three and one-half years, when he went to work for the Portsmouth Transfer Company, which he continued for three and one-half years. In 1874, he went in the commission and feed business on Market street. He afterwards removed his store to Gallia street, where he sold out in 1899. Since then he has been engaged in the real estate business, buying and selling.

He was married in October, 1867, to Lydia J. Rhodes, of Chautauqua county, New York. They have one adopted daughter, May, who married N. D. Bigelow, residing at Winchester, New Hampshire. He is a member of the Bigelow Methodist church, and lives up to it. He is a republican. He was raised a democrat, but when the question of secession was raised in Virginia, his family were opposed to it, and were in favor of the Union, and he became a republican, and has continued such ever since. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic, and takes a great pride in his record in the civil war, and has just reason to. Mr. Maxwell is one of the best natured men of the city. No one can quarrel with him. He is always in good spirits and communicates the same temper to those about him. It is a wise provision of nature which gives large men good dispositions, Mr. Maxwell is a good citizen from any and every point of view. He is a prime factor in his church and in the business associations with which he is connected.

was so named for Isaac Fullerton, well known to the older citizens of Scioto county, aS once county commissioner, a captain in the 56th O. V. I. and a lay Baptist preacher. He was born in Madison township, where all of the inhabitants of the county, who distinguished themselves in after life, were born. He made his bow to the world the 4th day of November, 1841. His father was Hezekiah Mead, and his mother was Lydia Dodge, daughter of Daniel Dodge, one of the pioneers of the county. His grandfather Judah Mead was an original settler in the county, coming from Olean, N. Y.

Isaac Mead was brought up a-farmer, but at the age of twenty, he and his two brothers, Daniel and Jonathan enlisted in Co. A, of the 39th O. V. I. Daniel was wounded at Kenesaw Mountain and died from the effects of amputation of his shattered leg. Isaac and Jonathan served till July, 1865. He was wounded in the left arm by a ball, at Resaca, Ga., May 14, 1864. He served as a private soldier all through the war and did it with great honor. His regiment endured as many army hardships and saw as much fighting as any in the service and a reference to the battles in which the regiment participated will demonstrate this. No soldier who served in the Civil war saw more service than our subject, and the Civil war had no more modest or braver soldier.

_ Isaac Mead is in no way responsible for this sketch, and we propose to tell the truth about him, if-it does make him blush when he reads it. When Isaac came home from the service, he felt like a boy out of school and determined to have a good time visiting around and did so. While he was so engaged, he was nominated by the Republican Convention of the county for Recorder without his solicitation, knowledge or consent. There was a contest over the office, in the Convention, and Moses Gregory who was a power at that time, nominated him before the Convention and he was made its choice. After nominated he learned of the fact. He paid no assessment and asked no one to vote for him and was elected. "His wonderful soldier record was well known and that elected him. He served one term and was-renominated and reelected for a second term. He made as good an officer as the county ever had and retired in January 1872.

Then he had to adopt an occupation and he thought as the Savior of the world had been a carpenter, he could afford to take up that vocation and he did so. From that time to the present, he has followed that handicraft. He taught himself the business and has built over 600 homes of all sorts and conditions in the city of Portsmouth. If any one wants a strenuous example of the term "laboring man" Isaac Mead is "it." He and his brother Jonathan are two of the most industrious men in Portsmouth. No one ever knew them or either of them to be idle for a moment except from pure physical exhaustion. When Isaac gets to Heaven, (as he undoubtedly will), if they do'nt give him something to do and keep him hard at work, he will be positively unhappy. There will be no loafing around the throne with him.

He was married in June, 1873, to Sarah Jane Beatty, a granddaughter of Mrs. Judith Watkins, and has had six children. His eldest, Mary, died in infancy but the others are still living. His daughter Harriet is the wife of Eugene Gower, and has two children. His sons are Henry Edward, Alexander R. who was in the Spanish War, and Daniel. His daughter Georgia is at home. Mr. Mead's wife died on Feb. 14, 1892, and he never remarried. His. married daughter, Mrs. Gower keeps house for him and his brother Jonathan and his sons and unmarried daughter all reside together and are a happy family. They all believe in the Gospel of hard work and practice it.

Mr. Mead is a republican, at all times and under all circumstances. In his religious affliations, he is a Baptist and has been a member of that church for over thirty years. He is over six feet tall and all bone and muscle. He is a rapid walker and never goes slow. He greets all of his friends with a pleasant smile and is liked by all sorts and conditions of men. No man can find it in his heart to hate him. If anybody has a charitable work to do and wants to shift it on to any one else, it can always be put on Mr. Mead and he will attend to it. He is very popular with his party. In 1900, he was one of the decennial appraisers in the city of Portsmouth, and did his duty well. He is always ready to accommodate his neighbors, or the public, even to the extent of being imposed upon. As an example of industry, he is a model for the whole community and the whole world. Another trait of his is his modesty. He was never known to boast of any of his excellent qualities and they are found out, known and published by his intimate acquaintances. A friend of his said of him, "If Isaac Mead is not admitted by St. Peter at the wicket gate on showing himself, I won't make any application to enter." Mr. Mead may have his faults, but in thirty-five vears of close observation we have not discovered them. He was a model soldier and is a model citizen.

was born September 30, 1840 near California, Scioto county, on the old Rickey farm. His father was Ezra Mead who lived to reach 92 years and 5 months and died May 24, 1898. He was the son of Judah Mead who came from Tioga county, New York and located at the mouth of the Little Scioto, November 20, 1815. He lived there only one winter and then moved up the Little Scioto farther. He of Rev. Jacob Rickey, a Baptist minister. He came from New York about the same time Judah Mead did. At the age of sixteen, his parents moved to Sedan and located in the same spot where our subject now lives. His father was born December 24, 1806 and died May 24, 1898. His mother was born December 20, 1810 and died September 28, 1876. He received a common school education, and has been a farmer all his life. He had a brother Ebenezer in the 56th O. V. I. Company G, who enlisted October 29, 1861 and died May 15, 1862, at Shiloh, Tennessee. Mr. Mead has always been a republican and his father before him was was born in Hanover, Germany, April 23, 1859. His father was Henry Menke, a farmer. His mother's maiden name was Emma Niehaus. They had four children, of which our subject was the second. His parents left Germany when he was three months old, and located at Harrison Furnace. His father is now living in Gales county, Nebraska. His mother died when he was seven years old, and his father married the second time. Mr. Menke was reared in Scioto county. He went to.the country schools and began teaching when he was eighteen years of age and taught until he was twenty-three. He started in the grocery business at Eleventh and Gay streets in the fall of 1882. In the fall of 1883, he moved to Bleventh and Findlay streets and bought property there. He remained there in the same business until 1895, when he went into the Central Grocery on Gallia street with George J. Schmidt. They dissolved partnership in 1902, and he started business alone on the north-east corner of Eighth and Chillicothe streets.

He was married January 3, 1881 to Mary Strehle, of Powellsville, Ohio, daughter of Andrew Strehle. His children are: Katie, stenographer at Hibbs Hardware Company; Nellie, at bome; Lloyd Henry, aged thirteen; and Howard Emmanuel, aged three. He has two children deceased. He has always been a republican. He was a member of the City Council for two years in the Fourth ward. He is a member of the United Brethren church and is a Quarterly Conference preacher in that church, and a trustee. If there is any one trait in Mr. Menke's character more prominent than another, it is his earnestness. He is earnest in everything he does. He is conscientious to a remarkable degree and lives strictly according to the dictates of his conscience. In his chureh he is a great worker, much value@ by his associates. He is a true Christian and a model citizen. He has:made an admirable success in his business and is esteemed by all who know him.

was born November 13, 1837, at the old brick homestead of the Funk family in Clay township. His father was Joseph Micklethwait, and his mother's maiden name was Barbara Funk. He was the third child of five sons and one daughter. He attended the district school. His teacher who most impressed him was William R. Holmes, the -father of Sidney Holmes. He was. reared a farmer. From the ages of eighteen to twenty-one he was apprenticed to the carpenter's trade, but never followed it. On May 2, 1864, he enlisted in Company E, 140th O. V. I., and was made third Sergeant. He served until the 3rd day of November, 1864. He went into the retail grocery business in February, 1865, on the old Whitney corner at Second and Market streets, where now stands the Washington Hotel. The firm was M. F. Micklethwait & Brother, the latter being his brother John. The firm continued until the death of John, in July, 1893, and Martin retired from this business in 1894. On May 1, 1899, he went into the real estate business with Frank R. Keffer, as Keffer & Micklethwait, and located at 206 Chillicothe street, where they have quite an extensive business. Mr. Micklethwait has more acquaintances than any one in the city and as many friends as any one. He is one of the best natured men in the community.

was born January 10, 1843 on the Millar farm where he now resides. His father was Abram Millar and his mother's maiden name was Harriet Peters. He was brougth up on the farm and has resided there all his life except from 1869 to 1874, when he resided in the city of Portsmouth, and engaged in the lumber business. He had a good common school education only. On January 10, 1866, he was married to Annie Carre, daughter of Thomas W. Carre, of Portsmouth. Their chjldren are: Abram F. a farmer with his father, Charles R. who is an electrician at the Central Insane Asylum at Columbus, Ohio, and Edgar Garfield, who is an attorney with Mr. Holcomb of Portsmouth, Their daughter, Nellie married Charles Thomas. Our subject*lost two infant daugh-

Mr. Millar is a good neighbor and a good citizeny "He.has been and is a very successful farmer. He has more confidence in his own judgment than any man in Scioto county, but can be controlled if any one can make him believe he is doing it himself. But the man who undertakes to drive him will find him the most obstinate, self-willed man in the whole world, and will fail in his undertaking. Whenever Mr. Millar makes up his mind to any course, he will follow it out regardless of consequences. He has an opinion on every subject and they are carefully formed and adhered to with the most wonderful tenacity of purpose.

was born in Porter township May 29, 1862. His father was John Miller and his mother's maiden name was Barbara Moseman. They both emigrated from France to this country in 1853. Our subject was reared on a farm and attended the district school. He attended the Wheelersburg High School one year and afterwards attended a private normal at Sciotoville, conducted by Prof. White. At the age of nineteen, he engaged in the teaching profession and continued in it for eight years. During the summer months he farmed. He bovght the home farm near Powellsville, and after much improvement has one of the most productive and well kept farms on Pine creek. He owns a beautiful country home and his farm is well fitted with modern buildings.

Mr. Miller is a straight republican and is one of the political workers in yreen township. He has served as Clerk of Green township from 1884 till 1893 with the exception of one year. He is an active member of the Free-Will Baptist church of Powellsville. He was married February 26, 1887 to Caroline Wagner, a daughter of a prominent Lawrence county farmer. Their children are: William and Willard, twins, b. Apr. 13, 1888; Otto Earl b. Apr. 23, 1890, d. Nov. 19, 1890; Frederick Joseph b. Sept. 25, 1891; Edna Marie, b. Oct. 12, 1894,

Mr. Miller is in the fullest sense of the term an ideal citizen. By economy and good habits, he has accumulated sufficient means to live without the toil that persons of his occupation are generally required to perform. He has an interesting family and it is safe to say that his children will receive a liberal education, and by force of his example will become useful citizens. Few men of his age have, by means which were afforded him, accomplished so much. In his preparation for life and the care for his family, it must not be overlooked that Mr. Miller has acquired a liberal education. He is a worthy example and inspiration to all young men who start in life with little but character upon which to lay the foundation for a successful career.

was born in Dietschweiler, Rhine Bavaria, July 29, 1833. His father, Philip Miller, was a village blacksmith. His grandfather followed the same business. His mother's maiden name was Louisa Diehl. His father also owned a small farm in Germary. John T. attended the schools in his vicinity, until he was fourteen years of age, when he went to work with his father in the blacksmith shop. He concluded Germany was too slow for him, and on April 5, 1852, he sailed for the United States from Havre De Grace, France. He was twenty-nine days on the ocean, on the sailing vesseel Mercury. :

He went from New York direct to Cincinnati by the way of Albany and Buffalo. From Buffalo to Sandusky by lake and from Sandusky to Cincinnati by rail. He had two married sisters in Cincinnati. He worked in Cincinnati for a few months, at the butcher trade, until the fall of 1852, when he went to Big Sandy and worked in the saw-mill, and then in a cabinet maker's shop at Louisa. He came back to Ohio in 1853 and farmed one year for General Samuel Thomas at South Point. He also worked for Benjamin Johnson, a brother-in- - law of E. B. Greene, at the same place. From here he went to Pine Grove Furnace and took charge of Robert Hamilton's farm, near Hanging Rock. In the fall of 1856 our subject came to Portsmouth, worked in each one of the rolling mills a short time and drove team for David Davis. In 1857, he became a clerk in the grocery store of William P. Martin, and was also conducting the business of pork packing at the same time. June. 16, 1860 he participated in the great Union meeting at Portsmouth, and was mentioned in the proceedings.

In February, 1862, occurred the celebrated "Cat Case" of William P. Martin vs. Giles Gilbert, which is fully reported in this book in another place. Mr. Miller affirms that the court decided the case wrong, and that the cat was Martin's not Gilbert's; and on February 22, 1862 he wrote a long letter to the Times on the subject of the "Cat Case.' This is one of the subjects which should never be mentioned to Mr. Miller, and especially should any of his friends refrain the suggestion that the disputed cat belonged to Giles Gilbert.

On March 11, 1862, he left William P. Martin's and went into the liquor business for himself. July 22, 1863 he immortalized himself in the Morgan Raid, by capturing fifty-four rebels and bringing them all to Portsmouth and turning them over to the authorities. For further paticulars on this subject, see the article on the Morgan Raid, but this is another subject which should not be mentioned to Mr. Miller by his friends. Mr. Miller made a great deal of money in the liquor business, and he also sank some of it.

We regret very much that we are compelled to tell one thing about Mr. Miller which is not entirely to his credit. On April 17, 1876, he and Dr. Pixley induced the City Council of Portsmouth to buy ten pairs of English sparrows, at $3.00 a pair, for the purpose of introducing them into the city of Portsmouth; and the Council being imposed on by Mr. Miller and Dr. Pixley did buy the sparrows, and ten years later the city had "sparrows to burn." The council would like to employ Mr. Miller and Dr. Pixley to get rid of the sparrows.

In the same year he bought the Correspondent, a German Weekly, and published it until August 15, 1880, when he sold it to the Reutingers of Chillicothe. He was a member of the City Council of Portsmouth, from the First ward, from 1865 to 1867, and from 1870 to 1882. He was president of the Council in the years 1874, 1879 and 1880, but he resigned on October 17, 1881. In 1871, he was a candidate on the democratic ticket for the office of County Treasurer, and was defeated by Charles Slavens. The vote stood Slavens 2,730, Miller 2,166, majority 564. He was a member of the City Board of Equalization in 1890 and 1900. Mr. Miller was always a democrat until 1885, when he became a republican.

He was married April 25, 1859 at Piketon, O., to Elizabeth Schmidt, daughter of John Schmidt, deceased, a former resident of Piketon. They have had the following children: Lucy, wife of Philo S. Clark, postmaster of Portsmouth, Ohio; John, died in 1896, at the age of thirty-two; Elizabeth M., wife of Albert Wurster, book-keeper for C. P. Tracy & Co.; Mary E., clerk at Philo S. Clark's insurance office; Charles E., rural free delivery mail carrier on the West Side. He has two daughters, Bertha and Laura, and one son, William F., at home. He also lost two children in infancy. Mr. Miller was reared in the Evangelical church, better known as the German Lutheran, and adheres to it.

Mayor of Portsmouth, was born January 15, 1847, in Amherst county, Virginia, near Lynchburg. He is the youngest of eight children of Newman Milstead and Clara England, his wife. His parents moved to Union township, Lawrence county, Ohio, when our subject was two years old. His father died in 1870, and his mother in 1872. He received a common school education in Union township, Lawrence county, O., and attended an Academy at Burlington, Ohio. He attended Marshall College at Huntington W. Va., in 1868 and 1869. He enlisted in Cmpany BH, 5th West Virginia V. I., July 138, 1863, as a recruit, for three years, and served until July 21, 1865. He was in the battle of Lynchburg, June 14 and 15, 1864; Kearnstown, July 24, 1864; Berryville, August 8, 1864; Hulltown; Opequan, Sept. 19, 1864; Fisher's Hill, Sept. 22, 1864; Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864. He was in the first brigade, second division, eighth army corps. In the brigade were the 5th, 18th, 23rd, and 36th West Virginia regiments. Gen. R. B. Hayes was the brigade commander; I. H: Duvall, division commander; and Gen. George Crook, corps commander.

From 1865 to 1867 he worked on a farm and attended school. He went on the river in December, 1869, to learn piloting, between New Orleans and the mouth of the Red River, and was in that trade for five years, and got his li- cense as pilot in 1871. He served on a number of different steamboats, and was master on several. He was master on the Clifford and Hamilton running on the Red river trade. He came North in 1874, and took a position on the Eastern Kentucky railroad as agent and operator at Willard, Kentucky, and remained there five years. In March 1879, he came to Portsmouth and began to travel for L. Bisman & Bros., and was with that house eight years and onehalf, In January, 1887, he began traveling for Abe Block & Co., clothiers of Cincinnati, and was with them until July 1, 1894. He then became a stock holder in the Portsmouth Hat & Glove Co., and was in that company until November, 1901, when he sold out. He was elected Mayor of Portsmouth, in April, 1901, which office he still holds.

He was married Sept. 22, 1872, to Ruhama Irwin, of Howard Furnace. She was a daughter of James GC. Irwin, and Sarah Wilson his wife. They have six children: Charles Curtis, a shoe cutter, married; Sadie, the wife of R. John Williams, book-keeper for the Columbus Buggy Co.; James I., at home, a shoe cutter; Clara at home; 'Pearl a school boy and Jessie a school girl.

Mr. Milstead has always been a republican, and is a member of the Sixth Street Methodist church of Portsmouth. He is a member of the Blue Lodge, F. & A. M., Mt. Vernon Chapter and Calvary Commandery, Odd Fellows, the United Commercial Travelers, and also the Bailey Post, G. A. R.

"He is a man of most excellent character, honorable in all his dealings, honest in the fulfillment of his duties, firm iin his convictions of right and. wrong and loyal to his friends, enjoying a feeling of satisfaction in the consciousness of a duty well performed even at the risk of political or social ostracism."' We have the foregoing from one who has an extensive acquaintance with Mr. Milstead.

was born in Deavertown, Morgan county, Ohio, September 16, 1858. His father's name was George Washington Mitchell, and his mother's maiden name was Mary Ellen Richardson. His parents moved to Portsmouth in 1862, where he attended the public schools and in 1876 studied law with Judge Searl. He graduated at the Cincinnati Law School in the spring of 1858, and not being ofage could not be admitted to the practice of law. Losing interést in the legal profession, he engaged in the newspaper business, and was traveling correspondent for the Cincinnati Enquirer, and the Associated Press, local editor of the Portsmouth Tribune and other local papers, local editor of the Circleville Advertiser and editor of the Adams County New Era. Since 1885, he has published the Portsmouth City Directory and engaged in house number surveying, having numbered Portsmouth, Ironton, Ashland and a part of Cincinnati. In the National Census of 1900, he served as Chief Special Agent for manufacturing and mechanical statistics, having charge of the district including Portsmouth, Ironton and Ashland. He was married December 8, 1881 to Miss Josephine, daughter of George Wright, a prominent farmer of Ross and Pickaway counties. He has two daughters Elizabeth Wright, wife of Louis Zucker and Mary Ellen, recently married to Harl Musser.

was born at Braunhausen, Prussia, February 22, 1858. His father was Justice Moeller and his mother was Elizabeth Krieser. The family left Prussia in 1867, He attended school in Prussia three years before coming to this country. The remainder of his education was obtained in the Portsmouth schools. The family crossed the Atlantic in the year 1867,in a sailing vessel. The trip occupied six weeks. They located in Portsmouth in June, 1867, where John attended school until he was fifteen years old. He commenced work at the butcher business at the age of fifteen. He worked for _Brandau, Brant & Brandau and Bandau & Vincent, until 1883, and then began bus-~ iness for himself on the corner of Ninth and Findlay, which he continued until June, 1901. He was elected Commissioner of Scioto county in the fall of 1898, and re-elected in 1901. He is a reublican, a member of the United Brethren church, a member of the German Benevolent Society and of Portsmouth Lodge : No. 416, I. 0. O. F. He was a delegate to the Republican Convention, in 1897.

He married Abagail Klink, of Piketon, Ohio, November 10, 1897. They have five children: Edward, Catherine, Charles, Floyd and Clifford. Mr. Moeller is noted for his cheerfulness and good nature. No one-ever found him in a fit of 'blues. If he was ever in one no record has been preserved. He treats all sorts and conditions of men well and is respected by all.

was born August 20, 1875, in the famous old town of Alexandria, Virginia. His father was George Tate Moffett a native of Augusta county, Virginia, and his mother was Statira Drew, a native of Lynchburg, Virginia. He was one of the youngest of a family of eight children. He comes of the well-known Moffett family of Augusta and Rockbridge counties in Virginia, an account of which will be found in Waddel's History. This family has been identified with the History of the valley since its earliest settlement and much interesting matter in regard to it will be found in the recent historical publications, of Valley History. Our subject only lived on the soil of the "Mother of Presidents" till his seventh year, when his father's family came to Portsmouth. From Portsmouth, the family went to Hamden and in 1886 to Ironton, where he attended school for five years. In 1891, he began life on his own account, by entering the employment of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company and it speaks well for him that he has remained in the same employment ever since, and been advanced from time to time. First he collected transfers for the railroad ferry, at Ironton. Then he was a train collector on the trains. On March 1, 1896, he went into the Railroad office, at Ironton, as an Assistant, where he remained till October, 1899, when he was placed in full charge of the Company's offices in Portsmouth, and has held that important and responsible position ever since. He enjoys the full confidence of his employers and of the public and there has never been a more popular and accommodating railroad official in Portsmouth. He is a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church and in his political views, 'is Democratic. He is a Master Mason and a member of the Royal Arcanum. Just at the moment of writing this Mr. Moffett is a bachelor but from the auspices known to the editor, he would not, under any circumstances, guarantee that social condition to continue over thirty days. The editor does, however, predict that if he marries soon, his bride will be the handsomest young lady known to him. Since the above was written Mr. Moffett has resigned his position with the C. & O. railroad and has accepted a position with the Black Fork Coal Company in the capacity of manager.

was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, November 21, 1862, the son of Henry Molster and Susan (Bennett) Molster. He was reared in this city, completed the full course of the public schools, and graduated from the High School in 1880. He was married June 3, 1885, to Helen Findlay, daughter of Alexander W. and Susan Lawson Findlay. They have six children: Ralph Robinson, Mary Helen, Elizabeth Findlay, Jean Lawson, Charles Bennett and William Alexander. Mr. Molster served six years with the Adams Express Company, one year in the local office and five years in the auditor's office at Cincinnati. He was in the law office of the editor of this work for over ten years, and for the past two years, from June 4, 1900, he has been in the United States Census office at Washington, D. C. He resides in Brookland, D. C. Mr. Molster is a member of the First Presbyterian church at Portsmouth, Ohio. His military service was limited to the two weeks campaign of the Ohio National Guard at Wheeling Creek and Stillwater valleys during the coal strikes of 1894, as a member of Company H, 14th regiment, O. N. G. He is one of the permanent census bureau at Washington.

was born February 21, 1841, in Harrison township, Scioto county, Ohio, and has lived there most of his life. His father's name was Aaron- Monroe, and his mother's maiden name was Sarah Marshall, a daughter of Samuel Marshall, Jr., who has a sketch herein. The great-grandfather of our subject was Samuel Marshall, Sr., a Revolutionary soldier. Samuel Monroe received a common school education in Harrison township, and worked on the farm while a boy. In 1867, he began contracting, which he has continued ever since. Among the first work he did, was the Portsmouth and Harrisonville turnpike, and the retaining wall at the foot of Second street. In 1874 he built the bridges at Turkey creek and Bear creek. He enlisted in the 140th O. V. I., Company I, as a private, at the age of twenty-two, May 2, 1864, for one hundred days, and was mustered' out with the Company September 3, 1864.

He was married in July, 1860, to Miss Mary J. Dever, daughter of Michael Dever, of Harrison township. They have had the following children: Laura Bi married George Luther, a farmer, resides in Madison township; John R., married, lives in Harrison township; Emma, married Charles Frowine, stock holder in the Smith Lumber Co., resides in Portsmouth, Ohio; David, died in infancy; Sarah C., married John Watkins, a foreman in the Excelsior Shoe Factory, resides in Portsmouth, O.; Clara May, died at the age of twelve years; Fannie, died in infancy; Ollie, died in childhood; Gilbert, married, lives in Portsmouth, O.; Kendall and Dessie, at home. Mr. Monroe is a democrat in his political views. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Scioto 'Post, G. A. R. at Harrisonville. He possesses the confidence of all who know him and is noted for his integrity and fair dealing.

was born, March 19, 1842, in Canton of Berne, Switzerland, the son of Peter Ignatius Montavon, a well to do peasant of west Switzerland, and Catharine Erhard, daughter of Joseph Erhard, a shoemaker. Our subject had three brothers and four sisters. He came to America and landed at New York, May 17 1852, and went to Vevay, Switzerland county, Indiana where his father died July 18, 1852 at the age of thirty-seven, having been killed by lightning while in the fleld working. His mother took him from there immediately to Stark county, Ohio, where they remained a short time, and then came to Scioto county in 1856 and located about two miles from French postoffice on Pond creek.

He received his early education in the public schools of Switzerland and afterwards attended the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. He had learned enough English and knowledge of the common branches to teach school. He taught school for twenty-five years in Scioto county, twenty-three in Rush township and two years in Union township, which speaks well for his success as a teacher. He was a member of the Nationa] Guards at the time of the Morgan Raid. He has been a Democrat all his life but not much inclined to politics. He served as Justice of the Peace in Union township and also in Rush township. He served as Clerk of Rush township one term, and has been postmaster at French since 1882. He holds to the Catholic faith. His certificate of baptism bears date March 19, 1842. He is a member of the Holy Trinity church on Pond creek and has been a worker in the Sunday school for thirty-six years.