Shelby County, Ohio - The whole text, 1883 (part 16 of 30)

deceased, was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, April 15, 1807, where he grew to manhood. In 1831 he moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, remained two years, then, in 1833, he came to Shelby County, and located in Green Township, on section 29, where he made improvements, and passed the remainder of his life. He died August 19, 1880, aged seventy-three j'ears, four months, and four days. On the 6th day of March, 1834, he married Miss Dorcas Tuttle; who was born in Clarke County, Ohio, October 7, 1817, and was brought to Shelby County by her parents, Thnddeus and Mary Tuttle, in 1818. Mr. and Mrs. Platt moved on his land in Green Township, where she is now residing. They reared two children, Thomas T. and Mary M.

Mr. Platt was a citizen highly esteemed, possessing the confidence and respect of all his neighbors. He was a kind and indulgent parent and an affectionate husband, and greatly beloved by his family. He had been a member of the M. E. Church for forty years.

a son of the above-named John and Dorcas Platt, was born in Green Township, Shelby County, on the farm where he is now living, February 2d, 183(1. On the 30th day of April, 1860, lie married Miss Margaret Francis, of Shelby County, born in Sidney, December 5, 1837, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Francis. By this union he has four children, two sons and two daughters.

deceased, a pioneer of Green Township, was born in Virginia November 8, 1790. He moved to Ohio in 1811, and located in Clarke County, where he married Miss Mary Ellsworth ; who was born in Virginia September 3, 1792, and came to Clarke County, Ohio, with her parents.

In 1818 Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle came to Shelby County, and settled in Green Township, where they made improvements, and lived many years. Mr. Tuttle died August 1, 1852. His companion survived him until October, 1852. They reared a family of nine children, viz., Thomas, Charity, Dorcas, Polly', J. B., John E., Phebe C., David S., and Sylvanus. Only four of the number are now living, Thomas, Polly, David, and Dorcas. Mr. Tuttle was a soldier of the war of 1812. He filled the office of treasurer of Green Township about five years.

deceased, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, October 14, 1811. He migrated to Miami County, where he married Mary A. Bobbins September 1, 1831. They settled in Miami County, remained until September, 1846, when they came to Shelby County, where Mr. Co vault died December 18, 1867. Mrs. Covault is living on the home farm. They reared a family of ten children, six sons and four daughters. One of the sous, Eisbery G., served about three years in the war of 1861.

Mr. Verdier was born in Clarke County, Ohio, October 2, 1808. His education is what could be obtained in the common schools of his youth, and by close application to his studies at home. In 1828 he began teaching school, which he made a profession about ten years. April 25, 1839, he married Miss Lucinda Leffel, of Clarke County, Ohio, born in 1821. Shortly after marriage they came to Shelby County, and settled on the farm in Green Township, where he is now living. They reared four children, William I., Elizabeth K., George W., and Pauline J. William I. served in the war of 1861. Mrs. Verdier died in 1852.

Mr. Verdier then married Miss Sarah E. Hand in 1869, of Miami County, born November 17, 1843, by whom he has six children, one son and five daughters.

After his settlement in this count}' he gave his attention to farming, and now owns a farm of 240 acres in Green Township. He taught two terms of school in Green Township soon after coming to the county. He also taught vocal music at different school-houses' for several years. He filled the office of treasurer of Green Township three years. He is esteemed and respected by all who know him.

Mr. Johnson, a son of John and Eliza Johnson, was born in Bucks County, Pa., September 10, 1820. His education is what could lie obtained in the common schools of his youth. October 17, 1844, he married Miss Catharine Green, of New Jersey, born April 7, 1824, daughter of James B. and Catharine Green.

Mr. and Mrs. Johnson settled in his native count}', remained four years, then in 1848 they moved to Mercer, New Jersey, and from thence they moved to Ohio in 1851, and located in Shelby County, where they now reside.

Mr. Sober, a son of George and Elizabeth Suber, was born in Miami County, Ohio, July 9, 1832. He received a common school education. March 26, 1866, he married Miss Sarah A. Earhart, of Miami County, born June 19, 1839, daughter of David and Catharine Earhart. Mr. and Mrs. Suber settled in their native county, remained seven years, then in March, 1873, they came to Shelby County, purchased and moved on the farm in section 11, Green Township, where they are now living. They have a family of three children, one son and two daughters.

Mr. Conroy was born in Hampshire County, Virginia, May 21, 1802. He is a son of Edward and Jemima Conroy, who moved from Virginia to Ohio in or about 1805, and located in Pickaway County, remained until 1817, when they moved to Champaign County, located one year, or long enough to raise one crop, and from there they came to Shelby County in the fall of 1818, and settled on the northeast quarter of section 10, Green Township, on which they made improvements, and passed the remainder of their days. Mr. Conroy died February 8, 1842. II is companion died October 6, 1851. They reared a family of six children, viz., Isaac, Catharine, Nancy, Edward, Elizabeth, and Samuel. All are now dead except Edward, the subject of this sketch, who is now living on the old home farm in Green Township. December 23, 1835, he married Miss Kebecca Scorf, of Greene County, Ohio, by whom he had four children, Isaac N., Mary C., George W., and Martha E. His companion died in 1851. He then married Mrs. Frances Rock, McFarland, December 24, 1853, who lived with him until November 10, 1881, when she was taken from him by death, leaving him to fight the battles of life alone in his old days. He is enjoying good health for one of his years, honored and esteemed by all of his acquaintances, and commonly known as Uncle Ed Conroy.

In Berkeley County, West Va., on the 30th day of Nov. 1824, Mr. Crouse was born. His parents were Michael and Elizabeth Crouse, who came to Shelby County in 1850, and settled in Green Township, where they died several years since. Joseph H. Crouse is of German descent on his father's side, and of English extraction on his mother's. He received a common school education. In 1845 he came to Ohio and located in Greene County, remained until 1847, when he came to Shelby County and stopped in Green Township. Feb. 22, 1851, he married Miss Mary J. Cltrisman, daughter of David and Leanali Chrisman. Miss Chrisman was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, Feb. 29, 1828, and came to Shelby County with her parents in 1844, who settled in Green Township.

Mr. nnd Mrs. Crouse settled on a farm in Green Township after living on rented farms for several years, or until 1860, when he purchased a part of the N. W. quarter of section 17, on which they moved in 1861, nnd remained three years. Then in 1864 he sold his land in section 17, purchased and moved on the farm in section 24, near Plattsville, where they are now residing. He has made farming his principal occupation, and at present owns a farm of 62£ acres of good land and under a good state of cultivation.

son of T. C. and Rachel Woolley, was born in Shelby County, Green Township, Jan. 9, 1854. In 1861 he began making his home with Edward Conroy, with whom he has since been living. Jan. 13, 1878, he married Miss Lizzie R. Neal, daughter of Daniel D. and Eliza Neal. They moved into the house with Mr. Conroy, where they are now living.

Mr. Middleton, a son of William and Rachel Middleton, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, Jan. 29, 1814. He is a blacksmith by trade, and followed that business for eight years. In 1845 he turned his attention to farming, and has since that date made farming his avocation, and now owns a farm of 133 acres. December 5, 1838, he married Miss Lydia Graham, daughter of James and Mary E. Graham. Miss Graham was born in Lancaster County, Pa., Aug. 14, 1818, and moved to Hamilton County, Ohio, with her father in 1823, her mother being dead.

Mr. and Mrs. Middleton settled in Hamilton County, remained until April 3, 1853, when they came to Shelby County and settled on the farm in Green Township, where they have since resided. They reared a family of eight children, viz., Lucinda H., James B., Mary J., David, Elizabeth, Lewis N., Alice B., and William L., all of whom are now living.

deceased, was born in Virginia Feb. 28, 1792. He migrated to Ohio with his father and located in Hamilton County, where he married Miss Leanah Stoneshaffer. In 1844 Mr. and Mrs. Chrisman came to Shelby County and settled on section 13, where they made improvements and passed the remainder of their days. Mr. Chrisman died July 24, 1866. His companion survived him until Dec. 5, 1870. They reared a family of ten children, viz., Martha A., Alfred, Emeline, Mary A., Eliza, Anna M., Rosanna, Sarah M., Harriet, and David A., four of whom are now dead - Emeline, Sarah M., Martha A., and Anna M.

On the 29th day of July, 1811, in Frederick County, Maryland, Mr. Shank was born. In 1825 he, in company with his father, Christian Shank, migrated to Ohio and located in Montgomery County, where the subject of this sketch married Miss Catharine Woolet March 8, 1832, daughter of Philip and Mary Woolet. Mias Woolet was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, Feb. 12. 1808, and migrated to Montgomery County, Ohio, with her brother in 1826. Mr. and Mrs. Shank settled in Montgomery County, remained until 1856, when they came to Shelby County, purchased and moved on the farm in' section 4, Green Township, now owned by his widow, Mrs. Shank, and their two sons, Joseph M. and Henry M., where Mr. Shank diet! September 3, 1881.

was born in Miami County, Ohio, January 24, 1835. He came to Shelby County in 1861, and made his home with Jeremiah Layman, of Orange Township, two years, Aug. 18, 1863. He married Mrs. Aim£e H. Silver, nie Layman, daughter of Jereminh and Mary Layman, born in Hamilton County, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1831, who came to Shelby County with her parents in 1839 and located in Orange Township. Mr. and Mrs. Brelsford settled in Green Township on a part of the south half of section 23, where they are now residing. They have a family of five children, four sons and one daughter.

was born in Clarke County, Ohio, Nov. 8, 1838. He went to Greene County, Ohio, when yet a small boy, and made his home with Jonathan S. Cost. In 1850 Mr. Cost removed to Champaign County, Ohio, taking young Ulrick with him, where he grew to manhood. He received his education at the Westerville College, where he attended about three years. Aug. 4, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, 95th O. V. I., and served until the war closed, and was discharged from the service at Louisville, Ky., Aug. 14, 1865, and returned home. He was engaged in the following named battles: Jackson, Miss., May 14, 1863; Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., from May 18 to June 22, 1863; Siege of Jackson, Miss., from July 10 until the 18th, 1863, and passed through these hard contested battles without receiving a wound. In the fall of 1865 he engaged in teaching school, which he followed as his profession about five years, and then turned his attention to farming, and since 1870 he has made farming his principal business. Jan. 1. 1867, he married Miss Susannah Wilkison, of Champaign County, Ohio, daughter of Asahel and Mary Wilkison. Mr. and Mrs. Ulrick settled on her father's home farm in Champaign County, remained until 1869. when he purchased and moved on the farm in Green Township, Mielby County, where they are now residing. They have one child, a daughter.

deceased, was born in Maryland July 27, 1807. He migrated to Greene County, Ohio, when yet a small boy, where he grew to manhood He married Miss Julia A. Snider, of Greene County, Ohio, born Jan. 9, 1808. They settled in Greene County, remained until 1832, when they came to Shelby County and settled on section 17, Green Township, where he followed farming as his avocation and passed the remainder of his days. His companion died Jan. 15, 1880, and he died Jan. 20, 1880. They reared a family of thirteen children, viz., John, Elizabeth, Ghaspcr, Jonathan, Jacob, Sarah E., Rebecca, Marj', Theresa F., William, Almeda, Julia A., and Laura B., eight of whom are yet living, three sons and five daughters.

son of the above named William, was born in Greene Count}', Ohio, July 13, 1832, and was brought to Shelby County by his parents when a small child, where he passed his minority days. May 17, 1857, he married Miss Samantha Bodle, born Jan. 15, 1830, daughter of William and Mary Bodle. Mr. and Mrs. Niswanger have resided in Shelby County since their marriage, excepting about two years, during which time they were in Miami County, Ohio, and Madison County, Indiana. They have five children, two sons and three daughters. He served three years in the war of 1861. He enlisted in Company K, 20th O. V. I., Aug. 28, 1862, and was discharged at Washington May 30, 1865.

deceased, was born in Greene County, Ohio, March 11, 1811. He made farming his avocation through life. In 1835 or 1836 he came to Shelby County, and entered the northwest quarter of section 11, Green Township. In 1837 he married Miss Nancy Garbry, then of Miami County, Ohio. Miss Garbry was born in Pennsylvania, October 14, 1812, and came to Miami County with her purents when a small girl.

Mr. and Mrs. Gray settled on his land in Green Township, on which he made improvements, and lived until 1859, when he purchased land in section 12, same township, where he died March 11, 1875. His companion is stilt surviving him, and is now residing in Miami County. They reared a family of five chlidren, three of whom are now living. One of his sons, William G., served three years in the war of 1861.

common school education. He was reared on a farm, and made farming and dealing in stock his avocation through life. On the 5th day of April, I860, he married Miss Anna E. Seely, of Miami County, Ohio, who was born February 1, 1844, and came with her parents, Rockwell H. and Salinda Seely, to Shelby County, and located in New Palestine.

Mr. and Mrs Dorsey settled on a part of his father's home farm in section 4, Green Township, remained until 1867, when he sold his interest in the home farm, and purchased a farm in section 13, Green Township, on which he moved with his family, and passed the remainder of his days. He died July 17, 1873. The farm is now owned by his heirs - his widow and children. He was considered one of Green Township's wide-awake and leading business men.

was bom in what is now Green Township, Shelby County, Ohio, September 28, 1817. He is a son of Ezekiel Sargeant, who was a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in 1800, and located in Adams County, where he married Miss Jane Lochard, of that county.

Mr. and Mrs. Sargeant settled in Adams County, remained a few years, then moved to Clarke County, located a short lime, and from thence they came to Shelby County in 1816, and settled in a part of section 6, Green Township, on which they made improvements, and lived about seventeen years, or until 1833, when they removed to Champaign County, where they passed the remainder of their days. They reared a family of eleven children, Elizabeth, Margaret, Martha, Eli, John, Philip, Richard, Ezekiel, William, Jane, and Andrew .1. Only four of the abovenamed children are now living, viz., John, Ezekiel, William, and Andrew J. John Sargeant, the subject of this sketch, is the only one of the family that is now living in Ohio; the others are in the Western States. He is a carpenter by trade, and that in connection with farming has been his vocation through life. He has owned several farms in Shelby and Champaign counties, and at this time he owns a good farm of 140 acres in Champaign County. He has been twice married; first, on the 12th day of September, 1840, to Miss Mary A. Woolley, by whom he reared two children, Ezekiel and Elbe. His companion died in August, 1864. He then married Mrs. Hannah Manning, nee. Graham, in December, 1865, by whom he had three children, two of whom are now living, one son and one daughter. Mr. Sargeant settled in Champaign County alter marriage, remained until the spring of 1873, when he moved to New Palestine, where he is now residing, respected and honored by all that know him. All his life has been spent in the vicinity of New Palestine.

Mr. Leedom was born in Bucks County, Pa., November 13, 1817. He was educated in the Philadelphia schools. In 1837 he began the study of medicine in his native county. He attended the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, and in 1839 he moved to Ohio, and located in Champaign County, where he commenced the practice of medicine under the direction of and with Dr. A. K. Roots, of St. Paris, with whom he remained about two years, or until 1841, when he associated himself with his brother, Dr. S. K. Leedom, of Quincy, Logan County, Ohio, for one year. Then in 1842 he came to Shelby County, and located near New Palestine, where he has since been engaged in the profession of medicine, and is known for many miles around as a successful practitioner. On the 4th day of February, 1839, he married Miss Mary Johnson, of Bucks County, Pa., born April 23, 1819, daughter of John and Eliza Johnson. By this union he has five children, viz., Caroline E., John J., Mary J., Samuel K , and Elwood G. Mr. Leedom owns a good farm in Green Township near New Palestine, on which he is residing and conducting the business of farming in connection with his profession, and is considered as among Green Township's most enterprising and leading business men, always in favor of any improvement that is beneficial to the community at large in which he lives.

deceased, was bom near Elkhart Mills, Maryland, February 3, 1786. He was taken to Virginia in 1790 by his parents, Charles and Elizabeth Dorsey, where he passed his minority days. In 1810 he came to Ohio with his parents, and located in Champaign County. He served his country in the war of 1812, and was discharged from the service after the war closed near Columbus, Ohio, and returned to his home in Champaign County. In 1861 he received a warrant, calling for 160 acres of land, from the Government, as a recompense for his service during that war. About 1816 or 1817 he came to Shelby County yet a single man, entered, made improvements, and settled on the northwest quarter of section 4, Green Township, a part of which is now owned by his son, Isaac C. Dorsey, where he spent the remainder of his days as a farmer. In 1822 he married Miss Catharine Conroy, daughter of Edward and Jemima Conroy. Miss Conroy was born in Virginia May 14, 1799, and came to Shelby County with her parents in 1818, who settled in Green Township. Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey settled on his land, where they lived many years, and reared a family of eight children, viz., Eliza-

Mr. Dorsey served as justice of the peace of Green Township several years. He also filled the office of township trustee for Green Township about twenty-six years. He always took an active part in tiie advancement of education, and was one among the leaders in pushing forward the educational interest of the township. He was also an active member of church, and his house was a home for all the ministers of the Gospel that chanced to pass through the neighborhood. He was a good citizen, having the confidence and esteem of all that knew him, a kind and indulgent parent, and an affectionate husband. He died November 11, 1867, aged eighty-one years, nine months, and eight days. His companion survived him until October 11, 1878, when she died at the age of seventy-nine years, four months, and twenty-nine days.

son of the above, was born in Green Township, Shelby County, Ohio, July 17, 1833. On the 2d day of May, 1858, he married Miss Isabella, daughter of Jacob Evelsisor, of Champaign County. They settled on a part of his father's home farm, where they have since resided. They have a family of eight children, six sons and two daughters. He has filled the office of trustee for Green Township about twelve years; also acted as township assessor one year.

eldest son of the above-named John and Catharine Dorsey, was born in Green Township, Shelby County, Ohio, Jan. 11, 1825. He was reared on a farm, and has made farming his principal avocation. May 20, 1849, he married Miss Margaret J. Dodson, of Champaign County, born Sept. 2, 1826. daughter of Elijah aud Elizabeth Dodson. By this marriage he had two children, Edward C. and John E. Mrs. Dorsey died Oct. 25, 1862. He then married Miss Sarah A. Shaw, March 28, 1863, daughter of William and Sarah Shaw, born June, 1839, with whom he lived until May 9, 1864, when she died. On the 28th day of July, 1864, he married Anna M., daughter of Samuel and Hannah R. Mathers, born in Sidney, Shelby County', Ohio, July 6, 1836, by whom he has two children, Samuel M. and Charles M. March 28, 1854, Mr. Dorsey settled on a farm in section 5, Green Township, where he has since resided. He filled the office of trustee of Green Township one term.

Mr. Princehouse was born in Green Township, Shelby County, Ohio, Dec. 31, 1831. His father, Henry Princehouse, was born in Virginia about 1797. He married Miss Winaford Griffin. In 1819 he came to Shelby County and located in Green Township. His first permanent settlement in the township was on the N. E. quarter of section 7, now known as the Van Demark farm. In 1833 he purchased of R. C. Cunningham a part of the S. E. quarter of section 7, on which he made improvements, moved his family, and passed the remainder of his days, jlis companion died in 1869. He died Nov. 1 , 1869. He reared a family of twelve children, only four of whom are now living, viz., John T., Peter, Jacob, and Samuel. Peter Princehouse, the subject of this sketch, married Marv A. Harvey Feb. 20, 1850. They settled on his father's home farm, where they are now living. They have three children, viz., Henry N., Samuel, and Harvey G. Mir. Princehouse has made farming his avocation through life.

Mr. Cunningham was born in Butler County, Ohio, May 16, 1798. He was taken to Greene County, Ohio, by iiis parents about 1800, where he passed his boyhood days. Sept. 4, 1817, he married Miss Margaret A. Berryhill, of Greene County. They settled in Greene County, remained two years or until September, 1819, when they came to Shelby County, made improvements, and settled on the S. E. quarter of section 7, Green Township, on which he has since resided, having lived on the one farm sixty-two years. His companion died Aug. 3, 1878, aged 81 years, 3 mos. and 4 days. He is still living, and enjoying good health for one of his years. They reared a family of ten children, viz., James, Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Margaret A., Martha, Mary, Ellen, Nancy, and Andrew. Four of the number are now dead, viz., Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, and Andrew. Andrew Cunningham served about six months in the war of 1861. Ellen is still at home, taking care of her aged father in his feeble days.

was born in Butler County, Ohio, Sept. 4, 1809. He was brought up on a farm, and followed farming as his avocation through life. In Jan. 1830 he married Miss Zilpha A. Hunt, daughter of Nathan and Zilpha Hunt, born in New York State April 20, 1820. Mr. and Mrs. Rolfe settled in Butler County, remained eight years or until Dec. 1838, when they migrated to Shelby County and located on the land which now comprises the well improved farm owned by their son Nathan F. Rolfe, in the N. E.

quarter of section 12, Green Township. They reared two children, Nathan F. and Rachel A. Rachel A. is now dead. Mrs. Rolfe died March 27, 1869. Mr. Rolfe died Dec. 27, 1869.

Nathan F. Rolfe, the subject of this sketch, is now living on the home farm and following farming as Iris vocation. May 27, 1862, he married Miss Eliza J. Woolley, daughter of Thomas C. and Mary Woolley, by whom he has seven children, five sons anti two daughters.

was born in Brown County, Ohio, January 2, 1830, and came to Shelby County with his parents. Robert and Isabella Laughlin, in the fall of 1839, and settled near New Palestine. In 1840 Mr. R. Laughlin purchased and moved on a farm near Plattsville, where he passed the remainder of his day's. He reared a family of eleven children, six of whom are yet living, viz., William, John C. C., David, Joseph S., Elizabeth, and Nancy A. John C. C. Laughlin has made farming his vocation, and at this date owns a farm of 120 acres in Champaign County, near the Shelby County line. Dec. 3, 1854, he married Miss Sarah A. Clark, daughter of William and Jemima Clark. Miss Clark was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, Oct 2, 1834, and came to Shelby County with her parents in 1838 and settled in Green Township. By this union he had two children, viz., William R. and Jemima I. Mr. and Mrs. Laughlin are now residing in New Palestine. They have lived on five different farms since their marriage, all of which were in Shelby County. He filled the office of trustee of Green Township about four years.

a son of Henry and Matilda Develvis, was born in Warren County, Ohio, April 15, 1839. He received a common school education. In 1848 he came to Shelby County with his father and located near New Palestine, where his father died in 1851. In 1853 young Develvis went to Miami County, remained a few years or until 1858, when he returned to Shelby County and located in Orange Township, remained about ten years, until 1868, when he moved out of the township. He lived in several different places until March, 1876, when he moved to New Palestine and engaged in the mercantile business, dealing in groceries, provisions, boots, shoes, etc. etc., which he has since been conducting successfully. In March, 1878, he received the appointment of post-master, which position he is now filling. January 1, 1865, he married Miss Martha Nagle, of Greene County, Ohio, (laughter of George and Jane Nagle, by whom he has two children, one son and one daughter.

son of Jacob and Sarah Bowersock, was born in Brown Township, Miami County, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1829. He received his education at Delaware, Ohio, where he attended school several years. In i 849 he engaged as clerk in the mercantile business with Samuel Bowersock, of St. Paris, Ohio, with whom he remained several years. In 1865 he came to New Palestine, Shelby County, where he engaged in the mercantile trade, and has since been conducting the business successfully, dealing in all kinds of general merchandise necessary to keep in stock in a country village. In 1865 he was elected to the office of justice of the peace of Green Township, and has since filled the office (excepting one term) until Dec. 5, 1881, when he resigned his position as justice of the peace to accept the office of probate judge of Shelby County, to which he was elected in the fall of 1881 by the democracy of Shelby County. Jan. 8, 1856, he married Miss Elizabeth H. Woolley, by whom he has one son and one daughter.

was born in Bucks County, Pa., Sept. 12, 1818. He came to Ohio with his parents, Thomas and Rachel Anderson, who located near Centerville for a short time or until 1837, when they came to Shelby County and settled on the S. W. quarter of section 5, Green Township, on which they made improvements and lived many years. William B. Anderson, the subject of this sketch, was brought up on a farm and made farming his avocation through life. Nov. 18, 1841, he married Miss Elizabeth A. Dorsey, born in Green Township, Shelby County, May 9, 1823, daughter of John and Catharine Dorsey. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson settled on the farm in section 5, Green Township, where she is now living. Mr. Anderson died June 21, 1861. They reared a family of seven children, viz., Elvira, John D., Clara, Thomas J., William H., Charles A., aud George D. Of these all are living, except Clara.

was born in England Aug. 7, 1800, and immigrated to America with his parents, Richard and Ellen Pardington, in 1810, who located in Maryland, where he, Joseph Pardington, married Miss Tabitha Clark. They remained in Maryland until 1831, when they in company with his father's family moved to Ohio and located in Green Township, Shelby County, remained about one year, when they all returned to Maryland. In 1837 Mr. Joseph Pardington returned to Green Township with his family and made a permanent settlement on a tract of land between Palestine and Plattsville, on which he made improvements and lived until 1868, when he moved to Miami County, where he died June 19, 1881. His companion died Sept. 3, 1844. He reared a family of five children, Ann, Jemima, Ellen, John, and Mary. He was considered one of the best historians that has ever lived in Green Township, and was esteemed and respected by all who knew him.

Mr. Dormire was born in France Nov. 20, 1808. He is a weaver by trade, and made weaving his principal vocation while in his native country. In 1830 he emigrated to America and located in Baltimore, remained a short time; from there he went to Philadelphia, Pa., stopped a few months, and from thence to Chainbersburg, Pa., where he married Miss Dorothea Piper May 15, 1834. Miss Piper was born in Germany June 28, 1808, and emigrated to America in 1830. Mr. and Mrs. Dormire settled near Chambersburg, Pa., remained until 1836, when they moved to Ohio and located in Montgomery County one year or until in the spring of 1837, when they came to Shelby County and settled on a tract of land in Perry Township, on which he made improvements and lived until 1850, when he purchased and moved on the farm in section 2, Green Township, where he has since resided. He erected his present brick residence on his farm in 1857. He reared a family of three children, Jacob, Margaret, and George. Margaret is now deceased.

son of the above-named Nicholas Dormire, was born in Shelby County Oct. 5, 1838. He was reared on a farm. Sept. 21, 1865, he married Miss Catharine C. Foster, of Shelby County, born Feb. 12, 1849, daughter of John and Catharine Foster. Mr. and Mrs. Dormire settled on the farm in section 8, Green Township, where they are now living. They have a family of five children, three sons and two daughters.

Mr. Dormire was born in France Jan. 18, 1806. He is a weaver by trade, which he followed in his native country. In 1829 he married Miss Magdalene Balhoon, born in France Jan. 18, 1806. In 1840 Mr. and Mrs. Dormire emigrated to America and settled in Shelby County, Ohio, on a tract of land in Perry Township, near where his brother Nicholas Dormire was then living, on which he made improvements and lived about nine years. In 1849 he purchased and moved on the farm in section 1, Green Township, near New Palestine, where he now resides with his son, David Dormire, surrounded by the many comforts of life, enjoying good health for one of his years. His companion died March 6, 1880. He reared a family of four children, viz., Caroline, Margaret, John, and David, all of whom are now married and have families. He erected his present brick residence on his farm in 1859.

Mr. Lovett was born in Bucks County, Pa., February 20, 1823, and came to Ohio with his parents, Joshua and Hepzibah Lovett, who settled in Champaign County, near the Shelby County line, August 28, 1835, where young Lovett passed the remainder of his boyhood days on a farm. May 26, 1842, he married Miss Hannah, daughter of Nicholas and Mary Speece, born in Virginia May 16, 1818, and came to Champaign County, Ohio, with her parents in 1823 or 1824.

Mr. and Mrs. Lovett settled in Champaign County, remained until 1857, when they purchased and moved on the farm in section 2, Green Township, Shelby County, where they are now living. They reared a family of four children, viz., Joshua, William S., Nicholas S., and George H., all of whom are now married, and have families. Joshua and Nicholas served about four months each in the late war in Company H, 132d O. N. G.

Mr. Arbogast was born in Greenbrier County, Yn., in October, 1801. When he had attained the age of ten years, or in 1811, his parents came to Ohio and located in Clarke County, where he grew to manhood. April 12, 1821, he married Miss Sarah Davidson, then of Clarke Count}', but a native of Franklin County, Ohio, where she was born in December, 1800. Mr. and Mrs. Arbogast settled on a farm in Clarke Count}', remained until 1851, when they came to Shelby County, purchased and settled on the northwest quarter of section seven, Green Township, remained until 1858, when he purchased and moved on a farm in Clinton Township. In 1865 he sold his farm in Clinton, returned to Green Township, purchased the farm which is now owned by his sou, Allen Arbogast. In 1865 he made a division of a part of his property among his nine children, giving to each child one thousand dollars, and still retaining for himself his farm in section thirty, on which he resided until March, 1880, when he sold his farm, and has since made his home among his children alternately. His companion died October 19, 1881.

He reared a family of nine children, viz., Adaline, Margaret, John H., Elizabeth, Lewis, Allen, Ruth. Lydia A., and Cornelius. Lydia A. is now dead. Allen Arbogast served three years in Company F, 20th O, V. I. during the war of 1861. John H. Arbogast served nearly two years in the war of 1861.

third son of Cornelius and Sarah Arbogast, was born in Clarke County, Ohio, March 11, 1837. He came to Shelby County with his parents in 1851, and located in Green Township as aforesaid. He received a common school education, also attended several terms of school at Sidney and Troy. When at the age of sixteen years he taught his first term of school. He attended school during the summer, and taught from four to five months each winter for two years. Then for six years he followed farming during the summer months, and teaching in the winter. Then for two years he gave all of his time to teaching winter and summer - in all making eleven years. A part of which time he was employed at leaching. In 1866 he retired from teaching, and has since given his attention to farming and stockraising, which he has conducted with success, and now owns a farm of 161 acres, on which he now resides. September 3, 1857, he married Miss Lydia Schobey, of Miami County, Ohio, where she was born March 2, 1839, daughter of John and Margaret Schobey. By this union he has a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters.

On the 16tli of September, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, 20th O. V. I., and served three years as first sergeant of his company, and was discharged from the service October 1, 1864. He was actively engaged in the battles of Fort Donaldson, Shiloh, Siege of Vicksburg, the Atlanta Campaign, and other minor engagements. He received a slight wound in the leg at the battle of Vicksburg, but not serious enough to render him unfit for duty.

Mr. Cory was borne in Tyrone, Schuyler County, New York, November 27, 1831, and was brought to Ohio by his parents, Joseph L. and Abigail Cory, who settled on a farm near the northeast corner of Brown Township, Miami County, in 1832, where they remained several years, or until 1840, when they moved to New Palestine, Shelby County, and remained one year. In 1841 they moved on their farm in Miami County where Mr. Joseph L. Cory died June 8, 1865. He was a bricklayer and plasterer by trade, having learned his trade in New York, which he followed as his principal avocation through life. His companion, Mrs. Cory, died at the residence of her son, Albert J. Cory, October 18, 1869. They reared a family of two children, Albert J. and Sarah C. W. Sarah C. W. married Jasper Scott December 11, 1856, and died March 23, 1869.

In 1847 Albert J. Cory, subject of this sketch, went to Spring Water, New York, for the purpose of learning the tanner and currier trade with his cousin, where he remained about one year, or until August 23, 1848, when he returned to his home in Ohio, and began working with his father at the bricklaying and plastering trade, which he has since made his principal vocation, having designed as well as built some of the best dwellings in the vicinity in which he resides. October 14, 1852, he married Miss Hannah Woolley, by whom he had two children, Oscar F. and Clarence W. Oscar F. died April 13, 1861.

Mr. and Mrs. Cory settled in- New Palestine, where they have since resided, with the exception of six years, during which time they lived one year on a farm in Van Buren Township, Shelby County, and from the spring of 1865 until ihe fall of 1869 they were living in Indianapolis, Ind-, where he was engaged at his trade. November 4, 1861, he enlisted in Company 1, 42d O. V. 1., and served his country faithfully for over three years, and was honorably discharged from the service at Columbus, Ohio, December 3, 1864. He served under Colonel, now General, Garfield, and was at the battle of Tazwell, Tenn., August 3, 4, 5, and 6, 1862. He was taken prisoner at Cumberland Gap, September 17, 1862, and was in the rebels' hands as a prisoner one month and thirteen days, when he was paroled and sent to the Union lines, and again returned to his company. He was with his regiment in the battle of Arkansas Post in 1863. lie witnessed the gunboat flight on Grand Gulf, April 29, 1863. He was engaged in the battle of Thompson's Hills, May 1, 1 863-, Champion Hills, May 16, 1863, Big Black River, May 17, 1863, the siege of Vicksburg, which lasted forty-seven days, the siege of Jackson, Miss., which lasted seven days. Also in other engagements not here mentioned. A part of his time he was in the regimental hospital, acting as hospital steward.

In September, 1855, he connected himself with the Tawawa Lodge, No. 253, I. O. O. F., by initiation, and passed the chairs while a m-mber of that lodge. He received a withdrawal card February 10, 1866, from the Tawawa Lodge, and deposited it in the Philoxenian Lodge, No. 44. of Indianapolis, Ind., February 21, 1866. In March, 1866, he joined the Metropolitan Encampment, No. 5, of Indianapolis, Ind. In November, 1866, he was a representative to the Grand Lodge of Indiana, and in November, 1867, he was a representative to the Grand Encampment of Indiana.

About the year 1760 or 176ft four brothers came from England to the American colonies. Upon their arrival they separated. One located in Richmond, Va.; one in Boston, Mass.; one in Trenton, N. J.; the fourth we cannot learn where he located. One of these brothers afterward became one of the original major-generals of the Revolutionary army; one ltecame a brigadier-general, and one a captain. John Heath, one of these - brothers, was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He located in New Jersey. He left at his death a family of three children, two sons and one daughter. John Heath, Jr., one of these two sons, was born in Hunterdon County, N. J., in 1788, and married Mary Burruck. They reared a family of seven children. Austin, the subject of this sketch, was the third son of this fatuity. He was born in the same county and township as that of his father. He was born June 4, 1814. He remained in New Jersey until the fall of 1839, when he came to Ohio and located near Urbana, Champaign County, where, in the year 1845, he married Miss Eliza Lyon, who was born in Champaign County in 1826. In the fall of 1855 they moved to Shelby County and located where they now reside, in Green Township. They have raised a family of ten children, nine of whom are still living. Mr. Heath from the year 1834 to 1854 made school teaching a profession exclusively. From 1855 to 1872 he taught during the winter season and worked on his farm during the summer. He has during life devoted much time and thought to the study and investigation of the science of Geology - having travelled throughout nearly every State and Territory in the Union east of the Rocky Mountains, as well as the Canadas; having been all along the sea-coast from Maine to the reefs of Florida. He has within his possession a very large and fine collection of specimens of corals and shells from the 'seashore; minerals from every State east of the Rocky Mountains, among which may be found an aerolitic stone which he dug up in the State of Iowa within one hour after it fell. He has a large collection of fossils, representing all the formations from the lower Silurian up to the latest; also a fine collection of archaeological specimens known as Indian relics. Among his collection are several hundred specimens gathered in Shelby County, consisting of the bones of the Orthoceros, found near Sidney ; some exceedingly fine specimens of the Pentemeris, gathered near Pontiac; also Trilobites from the same place, and numerous specimens of crinordal and coral rock, all collections from this county.

Perry Township antedates Shelhy County, having been organized as a part of Miami County June 10, 1817, thus forming one of the original townships of this county. The first election was held by order of the Commissioners of Miami County, at the house of James Dingman, on the 28th of June, 1817. The officers at this election consisted of Edward . Jackson, chairman; James Dingman and John Bryan, judges ; and David Henry and John Francis, clerks, who, after being duly qualified, opened and held an election for town officers. The result of this election is shown by the official roster of the township.

On July 7, 1817, the Trustees met and were severally sworn into office. Present: Edward Jackson, Samuel Robinson, Charles Weeks, and David Henry, clerk.

Win. Drake, constable elect, came forward, was qualified, and gave bond with John Francis as security. Daniel V. Dingman, treasurer elect, was qualified and gave bond with John Francis and James Dingman as securities. Board adjourned.

September 20, 1817. The electors met at the house of David Henry and chose Samuel Robinson, James Dingman, and John Bryan, judges, and David Henry and Daniel V. Dingman, clerks, who being qualified, opened and held an election for one justice of the peace, when David Henry was elected.

Ordered, that the annual elections for county and township, and town meetings, be held at the house of David Henry until otherwise ordered. Adjourned.

Ordered, that the old road from Piqua to Brandon and Park's mill, or so much as is in Perry Township, and the new road up Musquito Greek from Dingmansburg to the county line from said town to the Five-mile-tree, be District No. 1, and that said new road from the Fivemile-tree to the beginning, be District No. 2, and that Win. Drake be supervisor of District No. 1, to have all the hands along the Miami River to work under him in said township, and that Wm. Marrs be supervisor of District No. 2, and have all the hands on Musquito Creek to work under him.

March 2, 1818. The trustees met. Present: Jackson, Weeks, Robinson, and clerk, Henry. Dec. 3, 1817. Orders No. 1. David Henry, clerk, one book, $1 ; onequire paper, 37^ = $l 37£. No. 2. Wm. Drake, supervisor, for one dsy's service, 75 cents. No. 3. Edward Jackson, for one day's service attending this meeting, $1. No. 4. Charles Weeks, order as above, $1. No. 5. Samuel Robinson, same as above, $1. No. 6. David Henry, for one day's service as clerk of Board, $1.

Proceeded to choose as grand jurors, Enos Thompson, John Hathaway, and Daniel Vandemark; and as petit jurors, John Medaris, John Bryan, Rodham Talbott, and Wm. Marrs.

Ordered, that an election be held at the house of David Henry for the election of one clerk, three trustees, two overseers of the poor, two fence viewers, two appraisers, two supervisors of roads, one constable, and one treasurer. Adjourned.

April 6, 1818. This being the day of annual meeting, voters did not attend in sufficient numbers to hold an election, and the trustees proceeded to choose officers for the township with the following result: Trustees: Henry Sturm, Daniel Vandemark, and John Hathaway. Clerk: David Henry. Treasurer: Daniel V. Dingman. Supervisors: A 8a Hubble, James Dingman. Overseers: James Dingman, Jr., John Medaris. Appraisers: Rodham Talbott, John Francis. Fence Viewers: James Bryan, John Hunt. Constable : Henry Sturm, Jr.

Proceeded to district the road as follows: That the road from the east line of the county, down Mosquito Creek to Dingmansburg, be District No. 1. That the road up Leatherwood Creek, thence south in the direction of Dayton, be District No. 2. That the Wapakoneta road, so much as is northwest of the Miami River, be District No. 3. That the Wapakoneta road, so far as is southeast of said river and the old State road, down the river to the county line, together with the road from the northeast corner of section 6, town. 1, range 12, thence to Piqua, be District No. 4.

On the 10th of June, 1817, the Commissioners of Miami County ordered an election to be held in Perry Township, at the house of James Dingman, on the 28th of said month. On said date the electors assem- bletl as ordered; chose Edward Jackson, chairman, James Dingman and John Bryan, judges, David Henry and John Francis, clerks, who were duly qualified, and proceeded to hold an election for township officers, when the following named persons were elected to fill the respective positions: -

The second election was held at the house of David Henry September 20, 1817, on which date David Henry was elected justice of the peace. Since that period officers have been elected from year to year, as shown by the following list : -

The nine votes cast at this election were given solid for the following named Presidential electors: Edward W. Tupper, Thomas Kirker, James Mills, Benjamin S. Cox, Jeremiah Morrow, Allen Trimble, Wm. H. Harrison, and James Fergus.

At the time of the organization of Shelby County (in 1819) Perry Township embraced all the territory now included within the townships of Perry, Orange, Green, Salem, Jackson, and a portion of Clinton. In September, 1819, Orange Township was struck off In March, 1820, Green was detached from Orange. The following is a record of the metes and bounds as established by the Commissioners in 1825, and entered by their order: Perry Township begins on the southeast corner of section 4, town. 2, range 13, east line of Shelby County; thence north with said line to the northeast corner of tiie county; thence west with the county line to the line between sections 29 and 30, town. 1, range 7; thence south with the line between the said sections; continued on to the Miami River, and across said river; thence with the river clown to the line between sections 1G and 9, town. 1, range 13; thence with last said line east to continue on to the place of beginning. In March, 1826, a portion of the township was attached to Clinton. In June, 1826, the north tier of sections of Green Township was attached to Perry, and all that part of Perry lying north of the Miami River was created a new township under the name of Salem. In June, 1837, all of fractional township No. 1, range 14, which belonged to Perry, was attached to Salem. This included that part of said fractional township lying south of the river, which in 1854 was again attached to Perry.

The first settlement made within the present limits of this township was made by Judge David Henry in February, 1814. He located in section 28, on the farm now owned by Wm. R. Ried, Esq., on the bank of Mosquito Creek. We cannot learn that there were any others who came that year. The following year Samuel and William Robinson, with their families, found their way to the same neighborhood. They were followed by Win. Marrs in 1816; he by George Chiles, Charles Johnston, Thomas Wilkinson, Peter Musselman, Wm. Richardson, Charles Weeks, and Benjamin Manning, all of whom were here prior to the organization of the county in 1819.

The first frame barn was erected by Wm. Marrs. The same is still standing on the farm of Henry R. Miller. The lumber was sawed for it in this township, on a mill built by Peter Musselman on Mosquito Creek.

The first flouring mill was built by Charles Mason, a colored man. He built a log mill on Mosquito Creek, near where the Manning & Line mill now stands. It had a corn and wheat buhr, the bolt was turned by hand.

Iudeed, there are but few miles of mud roads in the township. The township is crossed from east to west by the C. C. C. and I. R. R., on which is situated the station of Pemberton, near the east side of the township.

There are seven school districts within the township, in each of which is a good, substantial brick school-house, furnished with all the modern furniture and fixtures of the day.

On this 29th day of January, 1852, before the undersigned, an acting justice of the peace in and for said county, personally appeared Benjamim C. Wilkinson, John H. Elliott, Leonard T. Elliott, and George R. Forsythe, proprietors of said town of Pemberton, and acknowledged the survey and plat of said town to be their act and deed.

This thriving village is situated on the C. C. C. & I. R. R., seven miles east of Sidney. It was platted January 24, 1852, by J. H. Elliott, L. T. Elliott, B. C. Wilkinson, and George R. Forsyth. The first store was a grocery store, owned by Calvin Morris. The proprietors of the first dry goods store were Isaac Wilkinson and Irvin Nutt; the second were Joseph Smith & Smith Gano. The first blacksmith was Wm. Johnston. The first wagon shop was owned by David Lemon. The first hotel opened in the town was by J. V. Wilson. The first P. M. was Joseph Smith. The first physician probably was Dr. Edward Stockton. The town at the present time has one dry-goods and grocery store, two grocery stores, one grocery and drug store, one graiu elevator, one sawmill and shingle factory, one blacksmith shop, one shoe shop, one hotel, one butcher shop, one concrete stone works, two churches - Methodist and Baptist - one school-house, and two physicians.

The town was named in honor of a brother of Gen. Pemberton, of rebel fame, who at the time the town was platted was civil engineer on the railroad that was being constructed through the town.

The first Baptist society organized in Perry Township was at the house of James Wilkinson, in the 3 'ear 1830, by Rev. Willis Hance, Moses Frazer, and Moses Frazer, Jr. The constituent members were Peter Kiser, Cath. Kiser, Michael Cox, Mary Jackson, Nancy Wilkinson, and Sarah Manning. First deacon was Peter Kiser. Meetings were held here for some length of time. In the year 1835 the Baptists on the border of Shelby and Logan counties built a church in Quincy, Logan - County, where they continued to worship until the year 1873, when the church building was destroyed by a tornado. Action was then taken by the society to remove their place of worship to Pemberton. The following 3 'ear - 1874 - the 3 T erected a very neat brick church, size 36 X 60 feet, at a cost of about $4000. The church was dedicated Nov. 15, 1874. The dedicatorial sermon was preached by the Rev. Thomas Allen; the prayer was offered by Rev. Daniel Bryant. The membership at that time residing in the county was 17; the present membership on roll is 148. T. J. Shepherd was pastor from 1874 to 1875. From that date to the present the Rev. Z. Ross has been the pastor. The trustees of the church are Joseph Wilkinson, John S. Jordon, and N. W. DeWeese. The deacons are Jos. Wilkinson, N. W. DeWeese, and Jacob Kerns; clerk, U. M. Styles. There is a Sabbath -school connected with the church, under the supervision of Joseph Wilkinson, with an enrolment of eighty scholars and teachers.

The surface along the streams is somewhat broken and hilly. The balance is generally level, especially in the central and southern parts of the township, but is sufficiently rolling for ample drainage.

The soil is a rich sand, clay, and black loam, and well adapted to the raising of grass or grain. This township has the credit of being one of the best agricultural townships in the count 3 r . They can show as good crops of corn, wheat, or grass as can be shown anywhere throughout the country.

The drainage of the township is to the north, and is complete. The north boundary is formed by the Great Miami. The southwest part is crossed by Mosquito or Tawawa Creek. The central portion by Turkey Foot. The eastern part by Big and Little Indian Creek, all of which empty into the Miami.

The roads are the pride of the enterprising people of this township, they having more gravelled roads than any other township in the county.

The first M. E. society in Perry Township was organized by the Rev. - Sims at the house of Booth Burditt, half a mile north of where Pemberton now is, about the year 1833. The first class consisted of Booth Burditt and wife, George Pool and wife, Wm. Moore and wife, Isaac Rundall and wife, Marcus Peck and wife, and - McVeigh and wife. The first class-leader was Marcus Peck. The Rev. Sims was followed by Daniel D. Davidson and Jos. Smith. Meetings were held in private houses and in the school-house until the year 1843, when a small frame church was built on the cemetery ground, half a mile north of Pemberton. This church was occupied until. 1857, when the present one was built in Pemberton. This society and church was known as the Indian Creek Church. The pastor who was over the society at the time the present church was built, was Rev. Lewis. The present number of members is about 100. The present pastor is Rev. Wm. S. Scoles. The first Sabbath-school in all this region of country was held by Win. McVeigh at his own house, l£ miles south of the present site of Pemberton, and Sabbath-schools have been kept up nearly every year from that time to the present. At the present time there is a school kept up all the year round.

Of this pioneer church but little can be written, as its first members have all passed away, and no record has been kept. But we learn that back prior to 1820, the Rev. Jacob Antrim preached and formed a class at the house of Judge David Henry, Mrs. Henry being one of the first members of the society. From this time down to 1863 we can learn nothing. In that year they erected a frame church on Mosquito Creek, on land donated by Samuel Young, and is known ns Tawawa U. B. Church. The church was built under the supervision of the Rev. Charles Miller. The present pastor is Rev. Wm. Kiracboff. The trustees are, John Peckham, Wm. Marrs, and John H. Pepper.

Biographical

About the year 1720 Wm. Marr, a nobleman of Scotland (leaving a vast estate in Scotland, which now of right belongs to his American descendants), emigrated to America, in order to avoid being put to death or severe torture as a religious heretic. The dominant religionists had passed his sentence, which was that he be tied to the tail of a wild colt, and it be turned loose in the streets of Edinburgh. To avoid this fearful fate he fled his country, and left friends and property behind. Originally the name was spelled Marr, but he, to avoid detection, added an s, since which time it has been written Marrs. Upon his arrival in the land of religious freedom, he located at or near the town of Little York, Pennsylvania, where he reared a family of three sons, Samuel, Henry, and Barnabas. Samuel, the eldest, was-born about the year 1740, and remained there to marry about the year 1759 or 1760. A few years later he removed to Rockbridge County, Va., but remained there but a short time, when he moved to what is now Tazewell County, where he remained until 1793, when he moved to Jesamine County, Kentucky. Whom he married, or when he or his wife died, we have no account, but of his family we know that he had eleven children, viz., Henry, Phillis, Elizabeth, Christopher, Ruth, Samuel, William, John, James, Josiah, and Abigail.

Wm. Marrs, the pioneer of Perry Township, was one of the above eleven children. He was born in Virginia, October 13, 1770, and married Jane McClure November 25, 1794, in the State of Kentucky. About the year 1808 they came to Champaign County, Ohio, where they remained until 1816, when they settled on the bank of the Mosquito Creek, within the present limits of Perry Township. He and two of his sons are known to have been here as early as 1814, but did not permanently locate until 1816. He entered his land in 1812 at the land office in Cincinnati. Their family consisted of five children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: John, 1796; Samuel, 1798; William, 1800; Betsey, 1801; and James, 1809. Tills old pioneer departed this life March 12, 1844; his wife survived him until April 6, 1847, when she, too, was taken away.

Betsey Marrs, one of the above mentioned, was married to Wm. Pepper October 23, 1817. They lived in Champaign County, Ohio, until 1820, when they settled on Mosquito Creek, four miles east of Sidne3 - , where they lived until Wm. Pepper departed this life, December 11, 1854. His widow remained on the home place until May 5, 1876, when she was called home. Their family consisted of four children: Greenup, born 1819; Marshall, born 1822; James, born 1825; and John, born 1828. Greenup, the eldest of the family, died 1*40. John, the youngest, died in 1854. James resides in Pulaski County, Indiana.

Marshall Pepper, Esq., one of the four sons of Wm. Popper, was born and lived all his life in Perry Township, until recently he moved to the town of Sidney. While living in Perry the people of that township honored him with the office of justice of the peace for eighteen years. In March. 1845, he was married to Elizabeth Hollopeter, by Thompson Vaughn, Esq. Their children consisted of six sons and four daughters, all of whom died in childhood except one, Rudolph James, who was born in 1854. In 1875 he married Harriet E. Frazier, of Plattsville, Ohio. Four children have been born to them, three of whom are living.

The grandfather of the above (Lewis Kempt was born in Maryland, and came to Ohio in 1806, and located where Dayton now is. Here he helped to lay out the town, and build the first house. He remained in Dayton until he died at the age of ninety-six years. Jacob Kemp, the father of Joseph L., was born in Maryland; in 1788 came with his father to Ohio. Here, in 1809, he married Mary Musselman. By this marriage there were six children, who lived to become men and women. Of this family Joseph L. was the fifth. He was born in Montgomery County in 1821. He lived with his parents, and brought them to Shelby County in 1847, and located on section 11, where he now lives. The same year he married Rachel J. Elliott, with whom he lived until

1873, when she died, leaving four children, viz., Mary M., Margaret V., Martha M., and Joseph 0. The mother of Mr. Kemp was a daughter of Peter Musselman, Sen., and sister of P&ter Musselman, Jr., who built the first saw-mill in Perry Township.

To give the origin of the Wilkinsons we go to Antrim, Ireland. As early as 1750 Joseph Wilkinson came to America. The place of his first location is not known. We first learn of him in Virginia, where he married Polly Hollands worth. Thomas Wilkinson, Sen., was a son of the above, and born in Virginia in 1763, where ho lived and married Jane Anderson, and raised a family of eleven children. About 1805 he removed with his family to Champaign County, Ohio, where he lived until the year 1818, when he moved to what is now Shelby County. Five of his children came with him, viz., Samuel, Rachel, Thomas, Jaue, and Isaac A. Thomas Wilkinson, Jr., father of Joseph Wilkinson, was born in Virginia in 1799, consequently was nineteen years of age at the time of their settlement in this county. They located in Perry Township, on section 6, and were the first settlers in the east part of the township. In 1825 he married Anna Kirtland, and located on part of the same farm with his father, where he lived and raised a family of seven children. Joseph Wilkinson, a son of the above, was born on this farm in 1832, and lived with his father until 1856, when he married Louisa Nutt, and located on section 10. By this union he had two children, viz., Anna and Ella. Mrs. Wilkinson died in 1876. In 1878 he married Dorcas Lilly, of Columbus, Ohio. By his second marriage he had one child (Thomas), born in 1880, and died in 1881. Mr. Wilkinson has retired from the farm, and moved to the village of Pemberton. His father died in January, 1875; his mother in 1852.

a son of Isaac A. Wilkinson, was born in Perry Township in 1841. He was raised a former, and was taught early the habit of industry. Being of a nervous disposition, he has not been able to content himself with farming alone, but turns his attention to dealing in stock and brokerage. In 1864 he enlisted in the army, and served his time of enlistment. In 1878 lie married Miss Francis L. Weaver. They have born to them one child, Anna R., born April 27, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson commenced life empty handed, but have made for themselves a comfortable home of one hundred and sixty acres of well-improved land, all gotten by industry and good management.

Isaac A. Wilkinson, the father of the above, was born in Virginia in 1805, came with his father, Thomas Wilkinson, to Champaign Co., O., in 1805, from there to Perry Township, Shelby County, O., in 1818, where in March, 1831, he married Ruth R. Persinger. They raised a family of eight children, viz., Jacob P., Thomas F., Wm. R., George P., Isaac N., Joseph E., Mary, and Laura J. Of this number five are still living. Wm. R. was killed at the battle of Cliickamauga ; George died in the hospital in the army. Mr. Wilkinson died April, 1862; his wife died in 1879. Jacob P., whose name is at the head of this sketch, was born in Perry Township in 1832; he resided on the farm with his father until he arrived at his majority, when he engaged in the mercantile and grain trade, which he followed about fifteen years' - he, with his father, built the first grain warehouse in the town of Pemberton. After quitting the grain trade he, together with his brother Newton, bought a farm, which he afterward sold his interest in to his brother and bought where he now lives, on section 12. In 1865 he married Miss Louisa A. Dunham. By this union they have two children, viz., Nettie M. and Bertie L.

was born in Montgomery County, O., in 1800. ne is a son of Peter Kiser, and was the tenth of fourteen children. In 1823 he was married to Elizabeth Baker, with whom he lived seven years, when she died, leaving four children. About two years afterward Jie married Mary Knoop, with whom he lived twenty-one years when she died, leaving no children. Shortly afterward he married Nancy Knoop, a sister of his second wife. By this marriage there were two children. He lived with his third wife fourteen years, when she died. He then married Rebecca Fannestock (nee Rebecca Bender), with whom he has been living some fourteen years.

Mr. Kiser was among the early settlers of Perry ; he has been an industrious and energetic man ; has been one of the strongest men of his day ; was a great woodman, both with the axe and gun ; has cut and split his four hundred rails in a day. He has been noted as a hunter, as also was his father before him. Mr. Kiser is now in his eighty-third year, being born in the year 1800. He has spent a long life of hard toil. For thirty years of his life he has been in the ministry of the German Baptist church, to which he is fondly attached. About six years ago Father Kiser had his thigh broken, from which he has never recovered, being compelled to walk with crutches. He now spends his time reading his

Bible and other hooks and papers. He has seen the same place where he used to meet the red man, become the site of the church and schoolhouse. Many were the deer and wolf that met their fate at the crack of his rifle ; also, the catamount and other wild animals.

Peter Kiser was born in Virginia in 1755, eame to Montgomery Co., O., about 1799, where in 1802 Elisha Kiser was born, he being the eleventh of fourteen children. They lived in Montgomery County until 1807, when they moved to Miami Co. where he lived until 1829, when he married Amilla Corben, and the same year moved to Shelby Co. and located on sec. 7 Perry Township. The land on which he located was all in timber, without a road to or near it. It was here with his new wife he located in a rude cabin, without any means of support, except as he earned it by days' work, having to go to Miami Co. to get work to do. He cleared his own land at intervals as fast as be could, and in a few years had a comfortable home, living happily in their self-made home until 1850, when his wife died, leaving him with seven children, viz., Susan, Thomas, Orrin, Laban, Elisha, Ann, and Matilda Jane. In 1851 he married Mary A. Wilkinson, his present wife, by whom he has five children, viz., Win. R., Sarah E., Emma A., Mary B., and Alta M. John C. died 1880, aged twenty-four. Mr. Kiser had four sons and one son-in-law in the late war, who served their full time of enlistment. In 1878 Mr. Kiser retired from the farm, and is now living in Pemberton in tiie enjoyment of the fruits of his hard labor. May his last days be bis happiest.

Jacob Jackson was born in Tennessee, February 8, 1793. When quite young he was taken to Kentucky, and remained there till he was seventeen years old, when he came to Miami County, 0. Here, in 1821, he married Catharine Redinbaugb, of Shelby County. In 1823 they located in Perry Township, on section 27, on the land now owned by Wm. Hnncc. It was here the January following (in 1824) that Win, li. was born and rocked in a sugar-trough, grew up to manhood, and received his education in the cabin school-house. In 1847 he married Miss Hannah D. Maxwell. They have had seven children, only two now living, Mary I. and George W. Mr. Jackson is located on section 34, one and one-half miles east of Sidney, where he located in 1866. Mr. Jackson has always had the esteem and confidence of his neighbors, who have elected him to fill different positions of honor and trust. He has filled the office of trustee of his township, director of county infirmary, and has just closed his second term as commissioner of the county.

the second son of Jacob Jackson, was born in Perry Township in 1825, anil never has lived or voted anywhere else in his life. In 1852 he married Catharine E Persinger, by whom he had eight children, only four now living, viz., John F., Amy C. B., Daniel H., and Alonzo E. Mrs. Jackson died in 186-. Mr. Jackson again married in 1871. His second wife was the widow of John Vaughn, deceased. Her maiden name was Mary Walters. By his second marriage he has two children, Walter B. and Catharine A. Mrs. Jackson had by her former husband one child, Loretta June.

was born in Shelby County in 1848. He is a son of Richard and Barbara Henry. Richard Henry, the father of E. F., was a son of Judge David Henry, and was the oldest of the family. In 1829 he married Barbara Jackson, a daughter of Jesse Jackson, who was among the first settlers of Shelby County, having come to the county prior to the war of 1812. They built a block-house on the land of Edward Jackson, in which they lived or resorted to during the Indian trouble. This was on the bank of the Miami River, two miles south of the site of Sidney. They lived on this place some ten .years, then moved to where Port Jefferson now is ; lived there two years, then located on section 27, Perry Township. It was here that E. F. was born. In 1877 he married Miss Anna B. Fish, who was born in the county in 1856. They reside on part of the old homestead.

was born in Orange Township in 1838. His father, Peter G. Thompson, eame from New York State to Huron County, Ohio, in 1834, where they lived three years; then removed to Miami County, and remained there only a few months, when they came to Shelby County in 1838, where the subject of this sketch was born on Christmas day. He has lived In the county all his life, most of the time in Perry Township. In 1862 he married Miss Maggie E. Kiggins, by whom he has had three children: Lizzie S., born 1863; Carrie F., bom 1846; and Dolly B., born 1873. The Kiggins were among the early settlers of Shelby County; they located as early as 1817. The grandfathers of Mr. and Mrs. Kiggins were both revolutionary soldiers.

was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, December 30, 1831 ; was brought by his parents to Shelby County in 1832. His father, John Staley, was born in North Carolina in 1799. Married Elizabeth Bolden in 1820. The date of his coming to Ohio cannot !>e gotten. He died in Shelby County' in 1864. He was located in Salem Township. In the year 1852 David Staley married Mary Manning. From this union they have four children, viz., Hattie, born 1856 ; Emma, born 1859; Mattie, born 1864 ; and Nellie, born 1871.

was born in Shelby County in 1844. He married Ellen Bruce in 1867. They have two children: Elizabeth J., born 1868; and Jennie May, born 1875. Eugene Bruce, the father of Mrs. Staley, was born ip Germany, and came to the United States in 1847, and first located in Cleveland, where he lived till 1858, when he came to Shelby County, where he lived, until during the war of the rebellion, he enlisted in the army, and was killed at the battle of Atlanta, August 11, 1864. Mr. Staley is located in fractional section 36, on the old homestead of Benjamin Manning, settled in 1819.

was born in Clarke County, Ohio, in 1835. His parents were William and Delia (Colbert) Pence, who were among the very earliest settlers of Clarke County along the Mad River. They settled there as early as 1800. Some of the family still own and reside on the old homestead. A. I. Pence in the year 1862 married Mary J. Loudenback, by whom he has nine children, viz., Rosezella, Emma A., Noah W., Jonas W., Abraham E., Etta May, Walter Scott, Hattie L., and Susie A. They are located on fractional section 8, where they located in the year 1862.

The ancestors of the Ferrees were French and Protestant, and were banished from France on account of their religious belief, when the edict was issued for all to become Catholics, flee the country, or die. They came to America, and settled in Pennsylvania, where they lived and died, and all their descendants lived until about 1834, when Daniel Ferree came to Ohio, and located in Seneca County, where he lived one year, then removed to Miami County, thence to Shelby County in 1843, where he located on Plumb Creek, Salem Township, and built a woollen and carding mill, which he ran about thirty-five years. It was here that Jeremiah D. was born iu 1845. As soon as old enough he was put in the mill to work, at which he was engaged until eighteen years of age, when he enlisted in the First Ohio Cavalry, and served under Gen. Wilson as first sergeant, and participated in the capture of Jeff. Davis, and drew his share of the reward of $100,000 offered by the Government for the capture of Davis. After the close of the war lie returned to Shelby County, and again engaged in the woollen mill with his father as a partner. In 1870 he married Arvista Line. By this union they' have three children: Ernest F., born 1872; Judson A., born 1874; and Clarence E., born 1877. He is located on section 23.

Edwin A. Ferree, a son of Daniel Ferree, was born in Shelby County in 1850. In 1876 he married Miss Alice G. Steel. They have one child, Elmer, born 1877. Mr. Ferree is engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber, being the proprietor of a saw-mill, on which they can cut eight thousand feet per day, having a forly'-horse power engine.

In tracing back the ancestors of the above, we can only go back to David Stephenson, who was born in Kentucky, but removed to Virginia, where, in the year 1805, Charles Stephenson was born. In 1813 they emigrated to Greene County, Ohio. Shortly after their location there Mr. S. went to Champaign County, and entered a piece of land, and built a cabin upon it; then started to return to bring his family, when he was taken sick, and died before he got home, and was buried on his new home in the woods of Champaign. His widow, with her family of eight children, removed to this new home in the woods. They lived here about one y'ear, when they' traded for a place in Clarke County, where they lived until all the children grew up to majority. In 1829 Charles Stephenson was married to Miss Rachel Johnston. They remained in Clarke County until 1835, when they removed to the western part of Logan County', and settled on land he had entered there. It was here in the woods, with not even a garden spot, cleared, and with only three dollars in money, that he commenced his pioneer life. He was compelled to leave home to work by day's work to provide for his family, leaving home on Monday morning and not returning before Saturday night; his wife and her four small children remaining at home, and not seeing the face of a person during her husband's absence. They lived in this way about one year, when they became discouraged, and sold their place, and bought a smaller one with some improvements. It was then they began to live, and from that time to the present they say have always had plenty. They had a family of twelve children, ten of whom grew up, and eight of them still living, viz., Sarah, Joseph, Jane, Rebecca, John, Ann, Mary, and David. Mr. S. lias been noted as a hunter, having spent many days and night with his gun. lie has killed deer by the hundred, and other smaller game without number; also a few bears. He followed hunting every year more or less, until the last few years he has become so badly crippled that he has to forego the privilege. He says every summer and fall he would work just as hard as he could to get his work out of the way, then would take his gun and camp equipage and start for the northwest woods to take his annual hunt, never returning without having killed some deer.

Mr. Stephenson tells of an almost improbable instance that came under his observation, the truthfulness of which is verified by his wife. One day he killed a deer, and brought it home before dressing it. When he was taking out the entrails he felt a hard substance in the heart; he examined it, and called his wife to show it to her. Upon cutting open the spot in the heart, they found a bullet that had been imbedded there at some time previous, and the wound had healed over, leaviug the bullet remaining in the heart.

was born in Logan County, Ohio, in 1839, and came with his father, Charles Stephenson, to Perry Township in 1855. In 1863 he married Miss Caroline Leach. He is located on section 16.

was born in Perry Township in 1845. He lived with his parents on the farm ; received a fair common education; at the age of eighteen he commenced teaching district school, which he followed until 1875, at which time he engaged in the grocery trade at Pemberton, and is engaged in the same business at the present time; he is also post-master and township clerk. In 1874 he was married to Miss Kate Wilson. They have two children: Maud, born 1877; and Mable, born 1879.

Wm. Miller, the father of the above, was born in Pennsylvania in 1802; came to Franklin County, Ohio, in 1816, where he remained until 1824, when he came to Shelby County. Here he married Lucinda Goble, a daughter of Caleb Goble (who located in Shelby County in 1814 or 1815), in 1826. They raised a family of twelve children, eight of whom are still living.

Thomas Wilson, grandfather of the above, came to America about 1750, and located in New Jersey, where, in 1754, he married Martha McCracken, by whom he had six children. John, the eldest of the six, was born in 1755. At the age of eighteen years he entered the army under Washington; was at the battle of Trenton ; was with Washington when he crossed the Delaware: was in the battle of Princeton and at Monmonth; was present when Washington received the news of Arnold's treason; and was at the trial and hanging of Major Andrl.

Thomas Thompson, the grandfather of Mr. Wilson on his mother's side, came from Ireland about 1750, and located in New York City, where he married, and shortly afterwards moved to New Jersey, and raised a family, of which Jane Thompson, the mother of Mr. Wilson, was the youngest. John Wilson and Jane Thompson, the parents of Jacob V. were married in 1799. They raised a family of five children, of which Jacob V. is the youngest. He was born in New Jersey in 1807. When a young man learned the wagon and carriage trade; commenced a shop for himself in 1824. In 1833 he married Elizabeth West. By this union they had a family of eight children, viz., Samuel, Jennie, Vincent, J. Wesley, Susan, Kate, Hattie, and Jacob. They moved to Shelby County in 1858, and located in Pemberton, where he started a shop, and opened the first hotel in the town of Pemberton. He filled the oIBce of justice of the peace nine years in New Jersey and six in Perry. Mrs. Wilson died in 1867. Mr. Wilson is now making his home with his daughter, Mrs. J. S. Slagle, having retired from business on account of ill health.

This early pioneer and settler of Shelby County was born in Pennsylvania in 1770.* The first place we know of him living was in Kentucky; his next place of residence was Champaign County, Ohio. February, 1814, he moved to Perry Township, then in Miami County, where he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land in section 28. He was the first white settler in Perry Township. At the time of his location there was not a settler within three miles of him. In the spring of 1817 he was elected clerk of his township, and acted as such for a number of years. In the fall of the same 3 'ear (1817) he was elected justice of the peace, and received his commission from Thomas Worthington, then Governor of Ohio. He was re-elected to the same office in 1821, 1824, 1826, 1829, and 1832. Also was the first commissioner's clerk of the county, which position he filled from the organization of the county until the fall of 1820, when he was elected as commissioner of the county, hut resigned the same in the fall of 1821. He was also appointed by the court as director for the survey and sale of lots of the town of Sidney. In the year 1826 he received a commission from Governor Jeremiah Morrow as Associate Judge for the Court of Common Pleas of Shelby County. To his papers, which have been kept on file, and preserved by his daughter, Mrs. Ried, we are indebted for much of our information in regard to the county' as wqll as to Perry Township. Judge Henry was one of the prominent and leading citizens at the organization of the county, and filled some official position in both county and township from their organization to the time of his death, which occurred March 29, 1834. He raised a family of ten children, only two of whom are now living in the county', viz., David Henry, Jr., and Mrs. Wm. R. Ried, both of Perry Township.

David Henry, Jr., was born February 17, 1815. He and a sister who were twins are said to be the first births in what is now Perry Township. David Henry' is now the oldest settler in the township, having had his home in the township for over sixty-seven years. lie has seen the woods of Perry become a fine, fertile, and well-improved portion of the county.

James Forsyth, father of the above, was born in Pennsylvania in 1776. He was one of the pioneer settlers of Shelby County, having settled here as early as 1820, first locating in the town of Sidney, where very shortly afterward he was elected treasurer of the county, which position lie filled some eight years. In 1824 he moved to Perry Township, where he died in 1837. Allen S., the subject of this sketch, was born in Franklin Co., Ohio, in 1818. When but a few days old his mother died. His father married again when Allen was about three years old. When he was four years of age his father bound him out to his brother-in-law, who lived in Licking County, until he should be twenty-one y'ears of age. He lived with his brother-in-law until he was nine years of age, when on account of bad usage he ran away, and started to find his father. Barefoot and alone, without money or help, and not knowing where his father lived, he fled as fast as he could, not caring which way he went, only so that he was not caught and taken back. Without food all the day he trudged along, and before night he was in Columbus. Wandering along the street tired, hungry, and forlorn, he was observed by a man, who soon saw that he was running away. The man stopped him, asked him where he was going, where he came from, and many other questions, all of which young Allen answered honestly. The man took him home with him, gave him his supper and a good bed ; but the boy mistrusted that the man intended to return him to his master in the morning; and being determined not to go back, he was up in the morning before an 3 ' of the family, quietly slipped out of the house, and was again on the road. Before leaving town he heard of a horse-race that was to be run that da 3 ', several miles out in the country. Having been trained as a jockey to ride races, he thought to himself he would go to the races, and perhaps he could get a chance to ride one of the horses and make some money to help take him on his way'. After arriving at the race ground he met a man who had a horse there that he knew ; the man also knew the boy and had seen him ride. He agreed to let the boy ride his horse. While they were talking, another man who was sianding by asked the boy his name; he told him Allen Forsyth. He then asked him if he was any relation of James Forsyth, of Sidney. As quick as Sidney was mentioned he then remembered that that was where his father lived. He then learned the direction and the road, did not stop to ride the race, but made his way as fast as he could toward Sidney when night overtook him. He stopped at a house, and asked to stay over night. The man asked him his name, and where he was going. He told him his name, and that he was going to his father in Sidney The man told him his father did not live in Sidney, but had moved on to a farm. This man was Henry Sturm, of Green Township. He took the boy in, kept him all night, and the next day (as it was rainy). The following day Mr. Sturm took his horse, and told the boy' he would go with him, as there was no road and was woods all the way. Mr. Sturm went with the boy to within sight of home, when he left him. This was in the north part of Perry Township. When the boy entered his father's house he did not know him at first, but soon recognized him. He heard the boy's story of misusage without reproving him, kept him a short time, when he was again seut away from home, and from that time on he made his way through the world without the advice or assistance of parents or friends. For a number of years he made his home with Isaac Wilkinson. in 1841 he married Elizabeth Smoot. By this union they had three children, only one now living, viz., Jacob M., born 1845. Mr. Forsyth for many years followed buying and shipping stock, but has now retired from active life, having seen all the hardships of an orphan boy raised in the woods, he having spent sixty-two years in Shelby County.

The Harbours came to America from England about the beginning of the eighteenth century, and settled in Virginia, where the grandfather and father of Mr. Harbour were born, and lived till 1818, when thev came to Champaign County, Ohio, where Henry was born in 1825. In 1849 he married Nancy Hall, by whom he had one child, viz., Jennie, at present the wife of David Pool.

Mr. Harbour's wife died in 1856. In 1860 be came to Shelby County, and the same year married Elizabeth Persinger, with whom he has three children, Charles W., Elmer E., and Harry. He is located near Pemberton on the old homestead of Booth Burditt. The grandfather of Mr. H. was a soldier of the Revolution. His father (Jesse Harbour) was in the war of 1812. His grandmother (who was a Packard) when quite young was taken a prisoner together with all her brothers and sisters by the Indians. They were taken to where Chillicothe, Ohio, now is, and all massacred except her. She was rescued by the whites, and restored to her friends in Virginia.

Leonard Elliott, the father of the above, was born in Frederick County, Maryland, in 1786. He lived here until after the war of 1812 (having served as a soldier in that war), when he moved to Butler County, Ohio. Here his wife died, and he afterwards married Melinda Holden, and came to Shelby County in 1830, and located on section 5, Perry Township, and died in 1864. His wife died in 1850.

John H., the subject of this sketch, was born in Butler County in 1822; came with his father to Perry when he was eight years of age. Here he grew up to manhood in the wilds of Perry, and was educated in her cabin school-houses, and has never had a home elsewhere than on the old homestead. In 1843 he married Jane Burditt, with whom he lived till 1856, when she died, leaving two children, viz., Elizabeth M. and Sarah M. In 1857 he married Sarah Burditt, a sister of his first wife. By this union they have two children, William T. and John B. When Mr. Elliott commenced for himself his father gave him one hundred acres of land in the woods, on condition that he pay to the balance of the heirs $650. This is all the aid he has ever had. He was one of fifteen children, only two of whom are now left in the county.

Booth Burditt, the father of Mrs. Elliott, settled in Perry in 1820, where Mrs. Elliott was born in 1825. He was one of the pioneer local preachers of the count}*, and was a member of the first class organized in Perry Township. It was at his house that the first meetings were held. He died in July, 1843. Mr. Elliott also has been identified with the M. E. Church since he was fifteen years of age.

was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1827. Came with his father, Leonard Elliott, to Shelby County in 1830; has lived in the count}*, and on the same farm from that time to the present. In 1848 he married Elizabeth Kemp. They have had born to them two children, Irwin V. and Lillie L. Mr. Elliott is located on part of the old homestead of his father.

The grandfather of the above was of German birth; came to America just previous to the Revolutionary War, and settled near Philadelphia, where he bought two large farms. These he sold some time afterward, and took his pay in Continental script, which was good at that time, but before he disposed of it was not worth a dollar. It was here that Jacob Barringer, the father of Jacob L., was born in 1778. From there they removed to Virginia, and married Lucinda Linsey, and moved to Williamsport, Maryland, previous to the war of 1812. It was here in 1818 that Jacob L. was born, and in 1820 was taken to Virginia, where he remained till 1831, when he came to Montgomery County, Ohio, lived there till 1838, when they removed to Miami County. It was after this that Jacob L. learned the brick mason trade in Springfield, Ohio; worked at his trade a few years. In 1842 he married Susan Black, and moved to Clarke County, Ohio, lived there a few years, then returned to Miami County, where he remained until 1851, when he came with his wife and three children to Shelby County, and located on section 12, Perry Township, where he bought eighty acres of land in the woods. He has made of this piece of land a fine home with good buildings. Mrs. Barringer died July 15, 1881, having raised a family of six children, whose names are as follows: Jane, Oscar J., John A., Jacob I., William T., and Henrietta F.