Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1884 (part 8 of 14)

JAMES T. WAUD, farmer and dairyman, P. O. Tracy, was born in Mill Township, on the farm he now occupies, near Newport, April 8, 1856. He is a son of J. T. and Elizabeth (Tracy) Waud (see sketch of R. D. Waud). His father died when our subject was six months old. He was reared by his grandfather, James Tracy. Our snbject received a common school education in Newport, and chose farming for his occupation. He is also carrying on a dairy in company with his brother. In 1883, he embarked in a creamery, which gives assurance of success. His farm comprises fifty acres of wellimproved land. Mr. Waud was united in marriage with Ellen, daughter of Lewis Wilcoxen, a farmer in this township. To this union were born two children - Lewis Clyde and Harriet. Mrs. Waud is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics, Mr. Waud is a stanch Democrat.

ROBERT WELCH (deceased) was a native of County Donegal, Ireland. His parents died poor, and left him to struggle in a poverty-stricken land. He served an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade in early manhood, on completing which he emigrated to America, settling near Holiday's Grove, Va., in 1817. The first money he earned in this country, $80, he sent to his only brother, with instructions for him to use it in bringing over his family. This generous act has been the means of several happy and prosperous families, descendants of Thomas Welch, living in Columbiana County, Ohio, at the present time. December 2, 1832, Robert Welch married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Maxwell, of Hancock County, W. Ya. This union was blessed with six children, three of whom are now surviving. In the year 1843, he bought a quar ter-section of land near UhrichsvilJe, Ohio, to which ho moved his family April 22, 1845. He died September 24, 1852, of a cancer. Mr. Welch was an enthusiastic lover of his adopted country, admiring her free institutions and liberal rewards to industry. In politics, he was one of the best informed citizens, in his station, in his day. When he came to the United States, her Democratic institutions induced him to join the Democratic party, but he learned in after years that Democratic in name was not the only party that was Democratic in fact, and during the exciting campaign of 1840 he forsook the party, never to return. His four sons are all radical Republicans. The family record of Robert Welch is as follows: George Welch, born September 22, 1833; James Welch, February 9, 1835; Samuel Welch, February 8, 1837; Margarett Welch, August 9, 1839; Josiah Welch, September 3, 1841; Martha Welch, December 5, 1845. Deaths - Margarett Welch, July 28, 1841; James Welch, October 29, 1862; Josiah Welch, March 18, 1877. James Welch enlisted in Company K, Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, August 20, 1862. At the battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8, 1862, a call was made on the regiment for volunteers to supply a battery in danger; James was the first man to say " I'll go," and immediately took position at the battery. The action commenced, and he received a ball in his left knee, from the effects of which be died October 29, 1862. His remains were brought home and buried in the Uhrichsville Cemetery. Samuel Welch enlisted in the first call for 300,000 troops, September 20, 1861, in Company E, Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry; he received his discharge at the expiration of time of service, October 18. 1864, at Villanow, Ga. His service was as remarkable for his escape frftm danger as his brother's was for receiving a mortal wound in his first action. During the three years and one month, he never was excused from duty on ac count of sickness. He was under fire in battles and skirmishes fourteen times, and was at his post at all times, and though his clothes were cut with the rebels' balls twice, he never received the slightest wound. His company went into the batlle of Stone River with forty-two men; four were killed on the field, three mortally wounded, two missing (never heard from), eleven were wounded and eleven escaped, out of whom there were only four whose clothing was not cut with the balls of the enemy. He was afterward engaged at Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Rocky Face Mountain, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro, and at Lovejoy's Station. Mr. Welch is now in the prime of life, a modest farmer of Mill Township, and a Republican. He married Miss Rachel E. Shelley, of Hopedale, Harrison Co., Ohio, January 80, 1866. His family consists of two boys - Charles B., born June 20, 1868, and James M., born November 11,1869. Josiah Welch (deceased) was Second Lieutenant in the One Hundred and Sixty -first Ohio Volunteer Infantry (State Militia). In the fall of 1864, he entered Jefferson College, Washington County, Penn., and graduated in August, 1868. He then spent two years at the Princeton Theological Seminary, and finished his course at the Union Theological Seminary, New York City, the following year. He was licensed to preach at Annapolis, Ohio, by the Steubenville Presbytery, April 26, 1870. In the fall of 1871, he entered the home mission service, and was sent to Salt Lake City to organize a church, a field encompassed with difficulties, the Mormons having almost undisputed control in ecclesiastical as well as civil affairs. He finally met with success, and in the fall of 1874 the new church was finished, at a cost (including the lot on which it was built) of $32,000. He was married, October 14, 1875, to Miss Emma, daughter of Prof. Coyner, of the Salt Lake Collegiate Institution. In the spring of 1876, he was a dele gate to the General Assembly at Brooklyn, and he and his wife left Salt Lake City in March to go East. When he reached Brooklyn, he was taken ill of Bright's disease, gradually growing worse, and in August he returned to Uhrichsville. The day after his return home, his wife was taken ill, and died eight days afterward. He then returned to Brooklyn, to have his disease treated by Dr. Searle, remaining until the following January, when he again returned to Uhrichsville, where he died March 18, 1877.

GEORGE WELCH, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Uhrichsville, was bom in West Virginia September 22, 1833, and is a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Maxwell) Welch. (See sketch of Robert Welch, deceased.) The subject of this sketch was brought up on a farm, and educated at the common schools. He owns 180 acres of land in this township, on which he has lived since eleven years old. September 5, 1861, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hanna. This union resulted in four boys and one girl. It is a singular fact that the children, for the last three generations of this family, have been four boys and one girl. The names of our subject's children are Harvey J., Robert S., Mary A., Oliver B. and Edward M. Mrs. Welch died June 13, 1871. For his second wife he married, December 15, 1882, Ellen Hanna, sister of his first wife. Mrs. Welch is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics, he is a Republican. Mr. Welch is successful in business; in stockraising, he makes a specialty of Spanish Merino sheep, keeping on hand an average of 150 head. The mother of Mr. Welch is still living, and resides with him.

WILLIAM WELCH, farmer, P. O. Uhrichsville, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, February 10, 1820. He is a son of George and Joanna (Price) Wftlch, natives respectively of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the latter of German lineage. The former was reared to the Quaker faith, and came in 1824 to this county, where he followed farming. He had five children, three now living. William, our subject, received his education at the common schools, and for one term attended the New Hagerstown Academy. He chose the occupation of farming, rented land, and by his honest toil and industry succeeded in accumulating 291 J acres of land on Section 29, which includes the home farm of 154 acres. He was married in 1844 to Elizabeth, daughter of William Barkley, who was an old settler of this county. He emigrated from Pennsylvania to this county in 1881, and settled in Bush Township. He was a native of Ireland, his wife of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Welch have two children- George B., who was a member of the One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio National Guards, during the civil war, and is now married, farming in this township; and Andrew J., married, living on a farm in Mill Township. Mrs. Welch is a member of the Disciple and Mr. Welch of the Presbyterian Church. He has been a member of the School Board. ^Tn politics, he is a Bepublican.

GEOBGE BABKLEY WELCH, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Uhrichsville, was born on Section 22, on the^farra where he now resides, in Mill Township. He is a son of William and Elizabeth (Barkley) Welch, whose sketch is also given in this work. Our subject wqs the oldest of a family of four chil dren, and received such an education as could be obtained in his native county, and also attended New Hagerstown Academy. He was reared to farming, and has always been engaged in that occupation. His farm is well stocked, he having 100 head of sheep, twentv head of fine cattle, etc., to which he devotes most of his time. He was a soldier in the late war, having enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixty first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company E, under Capt. Loffer Cables, serving out his time. In 1866, he was united in marriage with Catherine, daughter of Jacob and Agnes (Baker) Cox. Mrs. Welch was born in Harrison County, Ohio. The six children bom to this union are Elnora, Addison, Alma, Louetta, Rutherford and Jessie. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church.

JOHN WELCH, farmer, P O. Tracy, was born in Uhrichsville, Ohio, August 10, 1832, and is a son o John and Mary (Uhrich) Welch. The latter is a daughter of John Uhrich, Sr., of Mill Township. The former was a native of Maryland, bom in 1808, and came to Tuscarawas County with his parents in 1809. He was a merchant and dealer in wheat, and once the owner of the land where Dennison now stands, and is still the owner of twenty-six acres inside the corporation of that town. He was married three times. For his first wife he married Mary Uhrich, who bore him three children - Jacob U., a farmer in Mill Township; Sarah, wife of John Carper, a resident of California, and John our subject. Mrs. Welch died in 1835, and our subject's father subsequently married Susan B. Buckey, and by her had the following-named children - William, killed at the battle of Perry ville, while a member of the Ohio Light Artillery; Abner, an engineer on the railroad in Illinois; Ralph D., a prominent railroad man, General Superintendent for a Western railroad company, Charles M., railroad man in the West; Mary (deceased); and Susan A., now attending school in the West By his third wife Mr. Welch did not have any children. The subject of this sketch was reared in Uhrichsville; received his education in Granville College and Uhrichsville High School, and when nineteen years of age went to California, where he remained till 1858. He was mining and teaming, and after securing a good start returned home and engaged in farming. He is now the owner of 130 acres of valuable land; has lately sold apart of his farm. He was married, in 1858, to Virginia, daughter of Robert Dawson, her father was of Irish, and her mother of Eri{ylish descent. Mr. and Mrs. Welch have their religious connection with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which the former has been Steward for twentythree years. He was elected Township Trustee, but would not accept the office. In politics, he is a Republican. He is a farmer, and devotes much of his time to the raising of fine stock; deals in the finer breeds of horses, and has raised some very fast pacers. He rained " Kittie Patchin " (time, 2:20), " Kittie D." (time, 2:22), " Billy Scott," (time, 2:20) and " Dun Carroll " (time, 2:30). "Kittie D" sold for $7,000.

H. WESTHAFER, farmer, stock-raiser and wool-grower, P. O. Tracy, was bom in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, September 12, 1807. His parents, Conrad and Christine (Rody) Westhafer, were both bora in Lancaster County, Penn., and were of German descent. The former was a farmer and weaver during the whole of his life. The subject of this sketch was united in marriage, in 1829, with Susanna, daughter of Joseph Harmon, a farmer in Tuscarawas County. She is of German ancestry. Seven children were born to this union - Eli (a prominent farmer of Mill Township), Susanna (widow of John Tracy), Selena (wife of Pel eg Warded), Lorena (wife of Joseph Brown, a farmer in Nebraska), W. H., Edward (married, a farmer in Rush Township), and Sephen C. (married, a farmer of this county). W. H., our subject's second son, was born in this county December 17, 1842. He received his education in Newport Schools; was brought up on a farm, and has since continued that occupation. He has been twice married. In 1862, was united with Mary Flickenger, a native of this county, and of German descent, by which union there were bom two children - Elmer Elsworth and Mary Malinda. His wife died in 1868, and, in 1870, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Houk, a farmer and Commissioner of this county. Mr. Westhafer has had three children by his second wife - Bertha, Philip H. and Willie. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church. He is a temperance man, and a strong Prohibitionist. He owns 118 acres of well-improved laud in Mill Township, where his residence is located, and also ninety -five acres of good land in Rush Township. H. Westhafer, our subject, started in life by working on the canal, and with the assistance of his faithful wife, and by strict economy, has accumulated a good competency. On one occasion he bought forty acres of land for $50. He ni nee added, little by little, till at one time he owned 500 acres. He and his wife were both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been Steward, and is now Class Leader and Trustee. Mrs. Westhafer died in 1867. Our subject, in politics, is a Democrat.

ELI WESTHAFER, farmer, P. O. Tracy, was born in Rush Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, June 4, 1832. He is a son of Henry and Susanna (Harman) Westhafer, the former bora in this county, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania, both of German ancestry. Our subject's grandfather came to Tuscarawas County in 1803, and settled in Gnadenhutten. Eli was ttie oldest in a family of seven children, and received an education at the common and subscription schools. He was brought up on a farm, where he remained until twenty-seven years of age, when, in 1860, he went to Newport, and embarked in a general store, which ho carried on for eighteen years. He was successful in business, and bought out the pottery of T. A. Packer, who is now a prominent resident of Uhrichsville. Our subject carried on an extensive business in tbe pottery for about four years; then sold out and bought a farm of 245 acres of choice land in this township. The farmhouse is located on Section 33. The land contains one of the best springs in the State. It passes through the milk- house, and furnishes water for the stock. In 1858, Mr. Westhafer was married to Mary J., daughter of Charles Worbs, and a native of Ohio. Six children were the issue of this union, viz.: James B. (married, a farmer in Mill

Township), Henry W., Rufus D., Charles E., Tecumseh and Winfield Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Westhafer hold memberships in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Westhafer is a School Director, and in politics he is a Democrat.

J. C. WILKINS, lumberman and contractor for railroad timber, Uhrichsville, is a brother of Hon. Wilkins, and a native of the Buckeye State. He was born November 29, 1844, in Marysville, Union County, and received his education in the graded school in the same place. He chose and followed for several years merchandising as an occupation, clerking in a dry goods store in Marysville. In 1870, he came to Uhrichsville, and opened in the same business (dry goods) in company with his brother, continuing with success until 1870, since which time he has engaged in his present business. Our subject was united in marriage, 1873, in Putnam County, Ohio, with Nanie A., daughter of Rev. H. S. Bradley, of the Central Ohio Conference. This union has been blessed with but one child - Eugene. Mr. Wilkins is a Democrat in politics, and ha« been financially successful. Mrs. Wilkins is a consistent Christian, and they are among Uhriclisvi lie's best citizens.

HON. BERIAH WILKINS, present Congressman from the Sixteenth Dis trict of Ohio, Uhrichsville, was born in Union County, Ohio, July 10, 1848. He is a son of A. F. and H. J. (Stuart) Wilkins, both natives of New York, and of Scotch and Irish descent. His father was a surveyor and civil engineer, and one of the early settlers of Union County; for many years he was proprietor of the hotel at Marysville, the county seat of Union County, Ohio. Beriah received a common school education in the graded school, and, at the age of eleven, he entered the list of newsboys in Marysville, and often sat up after night blacking the gentlemen's boots at his father's hotel, earning many dollars in this way. At the age of fourteen he became a clerk in a store, remaining two years. When sixteen years of age, he formed a partnership with John C. Hanover, in the hardware and stove trade, under the firm name of Hanover & Wilkins, the former remaining in Cincinnati, and our subject attending to the store. In 1864, the partnership was dissolved, the firm selling out. September, 1865, he, with his brother James C., and A. J. Sterling as a silent partner, engaged in the dry goods business in Marysville, each of the brothers borrowing of their father the sum of $1,500, which they paid back in two years. In 1869, Mr. Wilkins sold his interest in the store and came to Uhrichsville, where, with the company of A. J. Sterling, he organized the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank (now known as the Farmers' and Merchants' National Bank), of this place, Mr. Sterling becoming President, and Mr. Wilkins, Cashier, which positions they held several years. In 1879, Mr. Wilkins sold his interest to W. B. Thompson, and was elected the same year to the Ohio State Senate. In politics, he is a Democrat. Up to this time his energies have been devoted to his business, and already his financial career is a success. He is the owner of 500 acres of valuable land near Uhrichsville. In the public enterprises of this place he has been very active, helping materially to build up the town. He has served as a member of the Town Council and of the Board of Education of Uhrichsville. In 1882, he was chosen as standard bearer of his party in the Sixteenth District Congressional contest against A. B. Clark, and was elected by a large majority, running largely ahead of his ticket. In October, 1870, Mr. Wilkins was united in marriage with Miss Emma, daughter of John Robinson, a pioneer of Union County and a leading citizen.

G. W. WOODBORNE, dentist, Uhrichsville, was born in Carroll County. Ohio, July 11, 1843, and is a son of E. S. and Ann (Roudebush) Woodborne.

the former a native of England, and the latter of Pennsylvania, and of German and Holland Dutch descent. The former was Sheriff of Harrison County, Ohio, for two terms, and is among the leading citizens there. Our subject received his education at the graded schools of Cadiz, Ohio, and during the rebellion, enlisted, in 1862, in the army and served for three months, re-enlisting in 1863 in the independent cavalry, which was afterward called the Thirteenth Cavalry, Company B. He was Third Duty Sergeant. On July 30, 1861, he received at Petersburg a gunshot wound in the Jiead, fracturing the skull and causing a piece to come out. The flesh then formed a gristle, which acts as a protection. He also received a slight wound in the leg. After the war, he went to Harrison County, Ohio; was elected County Recorder, and served six years in that capacity. He was subsequently Clerk of the village of Scio for one term, also was Deputy Sheriff during his father's last term; was appointed by Judge Bostwick. He commenced the study of dentistry in Cadiz, while he was Recorder, and in 1868 entered the office of Dr. J. W. Scott, to study. He was admitted to practice by the State Board of Dental Examiners, at Columbus, Ohio: also took a medical course of two years in the office of Dr. Snider, and commenced practice in Harrison County, Ohio, where he continued for three years. In January, 1878, he removed to Uhrichsville, and opened his present rooms, where he enjoys a leading practice in the town, and is meeting with good success. In 1869, he was married to Julia, daughter of Dr. J. W. Scott, his former preceptor, a prominent dentist at Cadiz. This union has been blessed with one child - Edwin S. Dr. Woodborne is a member of the G. A. R. ; in politics is a Republican; is also a member of the Town Council.

T. R. WOODBORNE, dealer in stoves and tinware, Dennison, was boru in Harrison County, Ohio, July 12, 1846, and is a son of E. S. and Ann (Raudebush) Woodborne, the latter a native of Pennsylvania, the former of England, who came to America when about eight years old. By occupation he was a blacksmith. He served at one time two terms as High Sheriff of Harrison County, of which he was a pioneer and citizen. His three children are residents of Tuscarawas County, T. R being the youngest. The latter received his education in the district schools of his township, and also attended Scio College. He chose the occupation of a tinner. In 1863, he enlisted in defense of his country in Company F, Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the rebellion. He was with Sherman in his grand march to the sea, and participated in some of the hot engagements under his valorous commander. He came to Uhrichsville in 1869; clerked for his brother for six years; then removed to Dennison, where lie embarked in his present venture, in which he has been successful. He was married, in 1873, « to Josette, daughter of Joseph Cresap. She was a native of the Sunny South. Mr. and Mrs. Woodborne have two children - Beulah and Beryl. Mrs. Woodborne is a member of the Presbyterian Church. 'Her husband, in politics, is a Republican. He is a member of the Town Council, and also serves as Township Trustee.

SYLVANUS WRIGHT, farmer, P. O. Uhrichsville, was born in Monroe Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, in 1839. His father, Sylvanus Wright, was bom in Delaware County, N. Y. , in 1806, and died in 1874 He was of English and German extraction, by occupation a farmer, and settled in Ohio at an early day. Our subject's mother is also a native of New York, born December 10, 1801, and is still hale and hearty, able to perform her housework, and to work in the garden. Her maiden name was Desire Hayes. Their family consisted of one son and two daughters, namely, Sylvanus, our subject; Emerella, wife of James I. Livingston, farmer; and Samantha, widow of Thomas Cox, who died in the army. Oar subject was married, May 12. 1S59, to Sarah, daughter of Job Gatchell. She was born in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1839, and is the third child of a family of eighteen. Mr. Wright has a family of twelve children, their Dames as follows: Mary E., bom February 11, 1860, wife of William Simpson, carpenter in Dennison, Ohio; Rebecca J., June 15, 1861, wife of William West, farmer in Harrison County. Ohio; Rachel A., October 8, 1862; David E., June 10, 1864; Milo H., November 20, 1865; Rosellie, April 6, 1867; James A.. November 22, 1869; William E., July 28, 1871; Ora C., March 11, 1873; Addie F., October 22, 1874; John I., October 22, 1876, and Oliver B., November 22, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are members of the Disciple Church, in which the former is Deacon, and Superintendent of the Sabbath School. In politics, he is a Republican, and is at present serving as School Director. During the late civil war, he was a member of the Forty- third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company H, and erved nine months.

THOMAS WRIGHT, Railroad Agent for the Pan Handle Company, Dennison, was born in Ireland March, 1847, and is a son of David and B. J. (Kanney) Wright. Our subject came to America when a mere lad, and received his education in the common schools of New Brighton, Penn., where he worked in the railroad shops and learned the blacksmith's trade. He came to Dennison in 1866, and worked at his trade until 1880, when he was appointed Freight and Ticket Agent for the P., C. & St. L. R. R. He has been a member of the Town Council of Dennison for three years, and Treasurer of the School Board for nine years. Ho was married, in 1867, to Katherine, a daughter of James Carmody; she is a native of Connecticut, and of Irish descent. To this union were born the following children - Mary, Elizabeth, James, David, Thomas and Katherine. Mr. Wright is the owner of a neat and substantial residence in Dennison. He is a Democrat in politics, and in business has been generally successful.

GEORGE M. WYNE. Few men have worked or been in more places than the subject of this sketch. He was born in Baltimore, Md., December 7, 1816, and is a son of Jacob and Ann (Cook), the former a native of New York, of German descent, the latter a native of New Jersey, and of English descent. The former was a cooper by trade. Our subject was educated at Baltimore, Md., and chose the occupation of machinist, serving the regular apprentice ship. He worked in Virginia six months; was in Baltimore for one summer; thence went to Washington, D. C., and worked in the navy yards six months, again working in Baltimore for three years; then in Philadelphia, Penn., for two .years; thence to Havana, Cuba; from there to New Orleans, after which returned to Baltimore, and remained seven years. He then obtained a position as engineer on the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, after which he returned to Baltimore; and worked at his trade till 1861; he then went on the railroad as engineer for a short time; thence to Richmond, Va., from there to North Carolina, then to South Carolina, returning to Baltimore again. He was always able to secure good paying positions. On leaving Baltimore, he went to the Bahama Islands; thence to Havana, Cuba, and then back to Baltimore, Md. He has made three trips to Cuba. After his return to Baltimore, he went to Pennsylvania, where he was Engineer; then back to Baltimore; thence to Wheeling, Va. ; finally coming to Dennison, Ohio, and commenced work for the Pan Handle Railroad Company, where he has remained a longer period than in any other place. He has been successful, financially, and is the owner of a comfortable residence in Dennison. In politics, he is a member of the National Party. He is serving his third year as member of Dennison Town Council. He and wife are members of the Episcopal Church, of which he is Senior Warden and Treasurer. He was married, in 1848, to Mary Kerkham, by whom there has been a family of four children - Anna E., May C., Clara V. and Alice E.

SAMUEL YANT, farmer and stock-dealer, P. O. Uhrichsville, was born in Monroe Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, March 29, 1882. He is a son of Samuel and Susanna (Runyan) Yant, natives of Pennsylvania, and of Dutch descent The former was a life-long farmer. Our subject's grandfather, John Yant, served seven years in the Revolutionary war; was engaged in one battle where the company numbered 114 men, of whom only twelve remained at the close of the engagement, who only saved themselves by swimming across a stream. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, receiving a common school education, and chose the occupation of farming, which he has since continued with success. He worked land to secure a start, and is now owner of a well-improved farm of eighty- three acres of land, all under a high state of cultivation, due to his own unaided exertions. He also deals in stock The maternal grandparents of our subject were very early settlers of this county. Reuben Runyan, his grandfather, was one of Col. Williams' soldiers, and took part in the Indian massacre at Gnadenhutten. He was also in the war of 1812. Our subject was married. March 4, 1854, to Eliza Jane Heavilen, who was born in Harrison County, Ohio. Her parents were natives of Pennsylvania, of Dutch descent. Eight children were born to this union, viz. : Lucinda V., Anna G. (deceased), Martha J., Minnie B., H. F., J. W., T. S. M. and E. H. Mr. and Mrs. Yant were members of the M. P. Church. Mrs. Yant died in 1871. Our subject is a Democrat, is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, in which society he has taken all the degrees.

J. W. YEAGLEY, attorney at law, Dennison, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, September 12, 1843. He is a son of John and Sarah (Ramsey) Yeagley, the former a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent, the latter a native of Ohio, and of Irish ancestry. Our subject attended the common schools of his native county, and was always an apt pupil, naturally inclined to literary pursuits. At the age of twelve, he had attained such proficiency in his studies that he could have obtained a teacher's certificate. When quite young, he commenced to teach school, and continued doing so for ten years. He was so successful, that for about half of the time he was retained at Pleasant Hill School, in Pekin, Jefferson County. During the whole ten years, he only taught at five different schools; he was three years Superintendent of the Irondale Public Schools. He devoted his leisure time in this period to the study of law, which he determined to make his profession; by getting up early in the mornings and studying late at nights, he made considerable progress in this study, and soon was ready to enter a law office, as a student of Blackstone. He studied under Mr. W. A. Owesney, a leading attorney of Steubenville, and was admitted to practice in the courts of Ohio, in the fall of 1873, and in the United States Courts on March 21, 1880. While a student, he was noted as being an indefatigable reader, and having a remarkably retentive memory. Finding Dennison to be a growing and promising new town, without an attorney, Mr. Yeagley settled here April 13, 1874, and from the first took a leading position among the practicing attorneys at the Tuscarawas County bar, and now enjoys a lucrative and increasing business. He was Mayor of Dennison for two terms, and filled the office in a highly creditable manner to himself, and satisfactorily to his fellow-citizens. Mr. Yeagley is a gentleman of superior literary attainments, and has read most of the standard authors on all leading subjects, both modern and ancient; he has a "ne library, in which he spends most of his leisure time, studying and readmg. He is a great lover of poetry, and can quote readily from most all the standard poets. He is an excellent Bible scholar, and has for several years, been the popular teacher of a large Bible class in the Dennison Presbyterian Sunday school. Mr. Yeagley is pleasant and affable, an entertaining conversationalist, an impressive, fluent and forcible public speaker, and one who seldom forgets a face. He is a successful business man, cautious yet unerring in his calculations, and has never made a business failure in his life. What he possesses financially has been made by his own energy and perseverance. He has also taken an active part in everything that tended to promote the prosperity of the citizens of Dennison. He was one of the organizers of the Dennison Coal Company, an important and prominent enterprise of the community, He is a stockholder and director in the Farmers* and Merchants' National Bank of Uhrichsville, Ohio. He was married, in 1876, to Miss Maggie A. daughter of Mr. John C. Robertson, a wealthy and highly respected citizen of Jefferson County. This marriage has been blessed with three childrea - Sadie C., Emma R. and Bessie. Mrs. Yeagley is a member of the Dennison Presbyterian Church, and is an amiable and devoted Christian lady. Mr. Yeagley takes great interest in political matters, but never aspired to any office. His learning, integrity and ability, however, would fit him to discharge the duties of any public position in which he might be placed by his party or friends. His character is above reproach, and he numbers among his friends all those who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. He is devotedly attached to his wife and family, and spends the happiest part of his life in his home.

JAMES R. YEAGLEY, one of the firm of Yeagley & Bro., dealers in boots and shoes and gents' furnishing goods, North Center street, Dennison, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, August 17, 1843. He is a son of John and Sarah (Ramsey) Yeagley, the former a carpenter by trade. Our subject learned the trade of his father, and came to Dennison, where he worked as carpenter and contractor with great success, often employing from ten to twenty men. He built a large number of the houses in Dennison. In 1876. he became engaged in his present business on North Center street, and owns his business rooms. The firm also owns a store in Lorain, Ohio, the brother of our subject having charge of it. Mr. James R. Yeagley was married in Dennison, 1876, to Linda, daughter of Joseph Healea, whose sketch appears in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Yeagley have two children - Alice Y. and Ray mond Roy. Mrs. Yeagley is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Uhrichsville. In politics, the former is a Democrat. He has been Councilman of Dennison; is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also of L O. O. F., charter member of Encampment No. 198. and the subordinate Lodge No. 389. Our subject is the owner of two houses and lots, and his neat, substantial residence on Grant street, valued at $4,000. In 1861, he enlisted, during the late rebellion, in Company G, Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. September 20, 1863, he and the whole division were taken prisoners by the enemy, and confined in Libby, Belle Isle, Danville, Andersonville, Charleston and Florence, S. C., Prisons. He suffered all the horrors of the rebel prisons eighteen months. He was in several large battles, among others Ivy Mountains, Ky., Perryville, Stone River, Hoover's Gap, and Chickamauga campaign, under Gen. Buell and Gen. Rosecrans. He received several scratches from the bullets of the rebels. Lawyer Yeagley, of Dennison, whose biography appears in this work, is a brother o^ our subject.

DENTON YOUNG, foreman of the carpenter shops of the Pan Handle Railroad Company, Uhrichsville, Ohio, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, September 2, 1832. He is a son of Denton and Elizabeth (Devolt) Young, natives of New York and Virginia respectively. The father was a farmer and stock- dealer, and our subject was reared on a farm, receiving a subscription school education in the log schoolhouse. He chose the carpenter's trade as his occupation, which he learned in Port W ashington, Ohio, with Mathias Ginther, serving three years. He then worked at his trade for ten years; then worked as a bridge carpenter for one year for the Pan Handle Railroad Company. He came to Dennison, May 14, 1865, and helped to build the railroad shops. He was appointed foreman of the carpenter shops soon after the big strike, in February. 1874, and has occupied this position ever since. In 1854, he was married to Nancy A., a daughter of Richard Carr, a prominent farmer of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To them were born the following children: Mary, wife of W. P. Thompson, an engineer on railroad in the South; Emma J., at home; Etta, wife of George Oliver, a painter in TJhrichsville, Ohio; Fannie S., a teacher in the TJhrichsville Union Schools; W. V., partner in the firm of Mazurie & Young, confectioners in Uhrichsville; and C. D., at home.

DANIEL ZIMMERMAN, proprietor of daily Meat Market, Dennison, was born in Auburn Township, this county and State, September 7, 1846. His parents, Daniel and Susanna (Buhller) Zimmerman (both decease;!), were natives of Switzerland, coming to this county in 1883, the former pursuing farming for an occupation. Our subject is the fifth child in a family of eleven children, five sons and six daughters, all of whom are living. He was married, July 22, 1877, to Phebe W. Eckert, who was bom in this county in 1851. She is a daughter of Charles and Caroline (Barnhart) Eckert residents of Auburn Township, the former a merchant, who came to Tuscarawas County in 1833. Mr. Zimmerman was a resident of Pittsburgh for five years, after which he came here and engaged in his present business, which he has followed since 1872. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. He owns property in Dennison, where he is a leading citizen.

HARRISON ADDY, carpenter, Newcomerstown, is a native of Guernsey Count}', Ohio, where he was born June 27. 1830. He is a son of William and Wealthy Auna (Jones) Addy, natives of Virginia, the father, who was a farmer, of Irish, the mother of Welsh descent. They were early settlers in Coshocton County, and are both deceased. Our subject was the youngest of a family of twelve children, six boys and six girls. He has been twice married. The first occasion was in 1856, with Elizabeth Atkinson (deceased), born ia Guernsey County in 1831, and a daughter of Robert Atkinson. She died in 1871. By this union there was one child, Minerva, wife of Seth Scott, of Peoria, 111. His second marriage was in 1877, with Margaret A. Current, a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, where she was born November 5, 1847. She is a daughter of George and Susanna Current, the former of Trumbull County and the latter of Coshocton County, Ohio. To this union was born, September 25, 1878. one child, Joseph Arthur. Mr. Addy has been a resident of this county for eight years. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church.

DR. A. M. BEERS, Newcomerstown, settled in Newcomerstown May 25, 1858. He is a nephew of Dr. S. Beers, and was born near Mauch Chunk, Penn. He was educated at Easton, Penn., and graduated in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. He served as First Assistant Surgeon (ftring the war with the famous Ninth Regiment Ohio Infantry, and after their time had expired he served in the same capacity with the Ninety- second Regiment Ohio Infantry, until the war closed, when he resumed his profession in Newcomerstown, where lie is still hard at work. He was married, June 10, 1868, to Mar}' J., youngest daughter of John and Ann Hogland. The result of this union is five children, viz.: Bell, George A., Warner, William A. and Mary J. Dr. S. Beers settled in Newcomerstown September 3, 1855, and died May 18, 1868, aged fifty-one years. He was born near Easton, Penn., and graduated at the University of Pennsj'lvania at Philadelphia. He was a man of more than ordinary ability in his profession, controlled a very extensive practice, and is justly entitled to the credit of having been at the head of his profession in the Tuscarawas Valley.

GEORGE BENTON, carpenter, builder and contractor, Newcomerstown, was born in Fayette County, Penn., August 26, 1836, and is a son of Thomas and Rebecca (Conard) Benton. The former, a native of England, emigrated to Ohio about the year 1840. He was a carder and spinner, and died about thirty years ago, aged forty-four. The latter died in 1882, aged seventy. Both are buried at Port Washington. They were married in Browns County, Penn., and were the parents of six children, all living. Our subject is the oldest child. He was married, March 1, 1860, to Ann M. Ripley (deceased), daughter of A. S. Ripley, of Salem Township, this county. She was born in this county September 4, 1839, died April, 1879, and is buried in Newcomerstown. Our subject's grandmother, on his mother's ride, is also buried there. Mr. Benton is the parent of four children, three boys and one girl - G. K., Anna May, William C. and Lawrence.

R. BICKER, undertaker, cabinet-maker and furniture dealer, Newcomerstown, was born in the province of Westphalia, Prussia, in 1821. He was in the standing army for five years, acting as Orderly Sergeant on Public Buildings, such as bridges, roads, etc. He was educated in his native country, where he was married to Doetta Itskee, also a native of Germany. To this union twelve children have been born, six living. When our subject was ten years old, his father, Robert, died, leaving him the oldest in the family. Our subject was a charter member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics is a Democrat. He has been an active business man and -very successful. His wife is an intelligent lady and a kind mother.

DANIEL BOOTH, merchant, express agent, Postmaster, Post Boy (established eight years), is a native of this county. He was born April 10. 1840. and was married, in 1863, to Lucinda Graham, a native of Belmont County, Ohio, where she was born in 1842. She is a daughter of Abner Graham. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Booth are the parents of ten children, seven living. Their names are as follows : John Me., Lula, an infant (deceased), William, Harry, Alice, Ida, Daniel, Alvin and Walter H.

JOHN BROWNING, farmer, stock raiser and dealer, P. 0. Albany, was born in Alleghany County, Md., April 1, 1821. and is a son of John and Mary (Berkshire) Browning, natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Scotch and Irish extraction, the latter of German descent. They emigrated to Ohio in 1837. Our subject was twice married. May 24. 1846, he married Jane Williams (deceased), daughter of Samuel Williams, and by this union there was one child - Theodore. His second marriage was September 18, 1853, with Mrs. Mary (Coutts) Stocker, widow of Aaron Stocker, by whom there was a family of three children, one surviving, Benjamin F. The names of the deceased are William H. and Eliza J., who died in infancy. Mrs. Browning is a native of Washington Township, this county, and was born December 19. 1823. She is a daughter of William and Jane (Huey) Coutts, natives of New Jersey. By this second marriage there is a family of five children - Samantha J. (wife of Alexander Schlupp), Cornelia (wife of Eugene Woodard), Amanda C. (wife of Lemuel Murph}-), Mary L. (wife of John Woodard, brother of Eugene), and John Wesley (at home). Mr. and Mrs. Browning have been members of the United Brethren Church, our subject for forty, and his wife for twenty-four years, and the former has held office in the same from his first entry. He owns 360 acres of land in this county, and in Oxford and Salem Townships. He has been successful, and what he has accumulated has been due entirely to his own energies and perseverance.

JOHN A. BURRIS, of the firm of Burris & Neighbor, liverymen, Newcomerstown, is a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, and was born August 12, 1846. He is a son of Jeremiah and Margaret (Pope) Burris. Our subject's father was a member of the Eightieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company B, and died at Camp Sullivan, Miss., in August, 1862, aged about fifty years. Our subject enlisted in the same company October 4, 1861, and was discharged in August, 1865. He was married, October 4, 1871, to Josephine Gardner, born in this county December 11, 1847, and a daughter of William and Susanna (Tufford) Gardner. To this union have been born four children, two living - Lena B. and Anna J. The deceased are Charles and A., both dying in infancy. Mr. Burris had a brother, William R., killed by lightning in Newcomerstown in 1868, and is one of a family of ten children, seven boys and three girls, eight living.

JUDGE J. M. BURT, retired farmer, P. 0. Newcomerstown, is a native of Orange Count}', N. Y., born December 11, 1810. He is a son of Daniel and Sarah (Fought) Burt, the latter a daughter of Capt. John Morris Fought, a German, of the Revolutionary army. Our subject was married, April 15, 1834, to Mary Ann Bradner, born in Orange County, N. Y., December 20, 1813, and a daughter of James Bradner. Our subject was educated at the common schools of New York, and followed teaching, although he was raised on a farm. He is the filth child in a family of nine children, six boys and three girls. He came to Coshocton County, Ohio, October 2, 1831, but returned home and was married. He remained at New York two years, and returned to Ohio by wagon, a journey that occupied seventeen days. His father was a citizen of Coshocton County, and died in 1846, aged seventy years ; he is buried at West La Fayette, Ohio. He came here in 1837, and was a farmer. Our subject is the parent of twelve children, of whom five are living (four being married), viz.: Margaret, J. B., Harriet, L. P. and William F. The deceased are Martha A., Caroline, Clara, Mary, Daniel ; John and Lillis died in infancy. Judge Burt has been remarkably successful in life in agricultural pursuits. He has filled many township offices in Coshocton County, and in 1848 was elected, under the old constitution, Representative of that county for a term of one year, and re-elected in 1849 ; was Associate Judge for two years, when the office was abolished, and was elected a member of the State Board of Equalization from the district composed of the counties of Coshocton and Tuscarawas, in 1859-60. He was elected a member of the Ohio Senate from the same district in 1865, and re-elected in 1869, serving two terms. All the said elections were secured by the Democratic party. They removed from West La Fayette, Coshocton County, to Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County in May, 1878, where they now reside.

LEWIS CARHARTT, tanner. Newcomerstown, was born in Roscoe, Coshocton Co., Ohio, July 1, 1833, and is a son of John and Lavina (Purdy) Carhartt. both natives of Ohio, the former of Muskingum County, of English descent, and by occupation a tanner. Our subject was married, in Plainfield, Ohio, February 23, 1855, to Margaret Burt, a native of Otsego County, N, Y. She was born February 23, 1835, and is a daughter of J. M. and Mary Ann Burt, of Newcomerstown. By this union there is one child, Harriet, born in Plainfield, Ohio, July 20, 1872. Mr. Carhartt was a member of the Fifty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the capacity of a musician, and is a member of the Masonic order. Lodge No. 175, Lone Star, at Newcomerstown. D. L. Williams is a partner with 'Mr. Carhartt in the business.

WILLIAM H. CRAIG (deceased) was bom at Warrenton, Jefferson Co., Ohio, January 3, 1811, and wa6 a son of Roland and Rosanna (Rabe) Craig, the former a native of Ireland and a pioneer of Jefferson County. Our subject was married, September 26, 1832, in Smithfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio, to Nancy FI tunning, born March 13, 1813, in Smithfield. Ohio, and a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Mathews) Flemming, the former of whom was a native of Ireland, and died in 1845, aged seventy-five years. The latter was born in 1783, in Chambersburg. Penn., of Scotch descent, and died in 1866. They were pioneers of Sraithfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio, settling there in 1803, when there was hut one log cabin in the place. They were buried at Smithfield, Ohio. Mrs. Craig is the mother of eight children, one of whom is living, Thomas F., born December 29, 1845. Susanna, born November 21, 1838, was the wife of Peter Saydom,of Columbus, Ohio. She died in Columbus July 23, 1875. Thomas F. was married, November 2, 1876, to Mary Vivian, of Coshocton, Ohio, a daughter of Thomas Vivian, of Cadiz, Ohio She was the mother of three ehildren - May, William C. and Maggie. Our subject, as a merchant, sold goods in Cadiz, Ohio, for ten years, and for eighteen }Tears in Newcomers town. He was an Elder of the Presbyterian Church, of which his wife was a member, and died August 16, 1879, in the sixty-eighth year of his age.

THEODORE F. CRATER, merchant, Newcomerstown, was born January 8. 1846, in Newcomerstown, and is a son of Isaiah G. and Jane (Rogers) Crater, the former a native of New Jersey, and of German descent; the latter a native of Ohio, and of English descent. Our subject's father came to this county in 1840. and was a merchant by occupation. He died November 29, 1882, aged sixtyseven years. Mr. Theodore F. Crater was married, December 18, 1872, to Emma C. McFadden, who was born August 18, 1850, in Newcomerstown, and is a daughter of William and Margaret J. (Herring) McFadden, who came to this county in 1850, where Mr. McFadden died. His widow is a resident of Newcomerstown. Mr. and Mrs. Crater are the parents of two children - Cecil A., born December 2, 1873, and Roy C., born January 15, 1876. Mrs. Crater is a member of the Lutheran Church, and her husband is a member of the I. O. 0. t\, Newcomers* town Lodge, No. 445. He was a member of Company H, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, having enlisted September 19, 1864. He participated in the battle of Kingston, in the spring of 1865, besides numerous skirmishes, and received his discharge July 11. 1865. He has acted as Township Trustee three terms, and was for three years a member of the City Council. He owns considerable real estate. Clifford Crater, a brother of our subject, was killed at Newcomerstown about the year 1868, by jumping from a freight car while the latter was in motion.

THOMAS CRAWFORD, proprietor of brick yard and manufacturer of bricks, Newcomerstown, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1848, and is a son of Hillory and Esah (Hale) Crawford. He was married, in 1876, to Martha Jacobs, born in 1852, and a daughter of David Jacobs. By this union three children were born, two boys and one girl - Emma, l^illiain and Edward. Our subject's father died in the army. He was a member of the Fifty-first Regiment, and died in Texas at the close of the war in 1865. He was a native of Ohio, of Irish descent, his wife being of German lineage. They were early settlers of Jefferson County. Our subject's maternal grandfather, Henry Hale, was a shoe- maker by trade. Mr. Thomas Crawford has been in the brick-making business for himself for six years, and four years for W. H. Mabeiy in the city of Newcomerstown.

SARAH P. CRETER, Newcomerstown, was born June 25, 1800, in Morris County, N. J., three miles from Chester and Schooley's Mountain, and six miles from Mineral Springs. She is a daughter of Morris and Anna (Stephens) Creter. both of New Jersey, the former of German extraction. Our subject is the sixth child and third daughter of a family of twelve children, viz., David, Andrew, Elizabeth, George, Margaret, Sarah P., Barbara, Ann Delano, Sophia Bowman, Morris, Anna Maria and John Gilbert (twins). All are deceased except Sarah P. and Morris. Andrew, brother of our subject, was born November 17, 1791, died November 26, 1861. He came to Ohio in the fall of 1817 ; was married soon after to Elizabeth Neighbor, and was the parent of five children, viz., Clark (deceased), Catharine, Ann, Elizabeth and Andrew Jackson, living. His family are residents of Newcomerstown, and their aunt, Sarah P., makes her home with them, but has ample means of her own for her support as long as she fives. She was presented by her brother Andrew, on his deathbed, with some part compensation for taking charge of hi9 household and bringing up his children. She came to Ohio in the last week of September, 1830, when she was thirty 3'ears of age.

MORRIS CRETER, Newcomerstown, is a native of Morris County, N. J., and a son of Morris and Anna (Stephens) Creter, also natives of Morris County. Our subject married, September 8, 1829, Lanoh, a daughter of John P. Yoorhies. She was born in Middlesex County, N. J., February* 14, 1808, died June 7, 1838. She was the mother of five children, four living. Mr. Creter took for hi9 second wife, May 19, 1839, Mrs. Jane Clark, widow of Dr. H. G. Clark. She' was born on the Isle of Wight, and was a daughter of James Abraham. By this union there were six children, three living. Our subject's third marriage was January 20, I860, with Mrs. Eliza H. Wolf, widow of Perry C. Wolf, born March 2, 1823, in Coshocton County. Mr. Creter had but $44 in cash, and his wife and child when he came to Ohio. In 1838, he bought five and three-fourths acres of land that is now part of Newcomerstown, and he is now owner of 330 acres. Our subject was engaged in trucking, then in the grocery and grain business for four years, extensively, until 1842. The house he lives in he has inhabited since 1843, and there he desires to end his days. Mr. Creter is the father of ten children, and has six grandchildren. He is in his seventy-fifth year, and is hale and heart}-. He moved into Ohio in November. 1830; where the spot Newcomerstown now stands on was a wild forest. Only two houses stood on the town plat proper; one was of brick occupied by Judge J. Neighbor and Jacob Overholtz, the other by Baron Schenk. Mr. Creter was a Justice of the Peace from 1842 to 1845, and Associate Judge from 1845 to 1852. In 1870, he was elected Justice of the Peace for three years, and afterward re-elected, serving in ail twelve years. He was always a Whig and Republican. Activity, energy and perseverance have placed Mr. Creter in the comfortable circumstances he now enjoys, and his love for labor is well illustrated in his own words - " I will retire when 1 die."

L. C. DAVIS (deceased) was born in Meadville, Penn., June 12. 1813, and died April 29, 1881. He was a son of Samuel and Rebecca (Culbertson) Davis, and came to Ohio when young. He was educated at the Granville College in Licking County, Ohio; was admitted to the bar in Millersburg, in 1839, and was admitted to the United States Court in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1 877 ; was Prosecuting Attorney of Tuscarawas County in 1846, and was elected Representative by* the Republican party in 1860. He was married, August 2, 1846, in Newcomerstown, Ohio, to Catharine (Miller) Yunge, born in that place September 4, 1823, and a daughter of J. J. and Anna (Neighbor) Miller, the former of whom wa9 born May 11, 1788, and the latter born in German Valley, N. J., March 1, 1800. She was of German descent. They were married December 31, 1818. Mrs. Anna Miller came to Ohio in 1815, with her parents, Nicholas and Catharine (Sharp) Neighbor, and her husband came in 1816. Our subject is the parent of five children, four living - Florence A., married to Robert Patterson, of Culpeper, Va.; Lorenzo M., a druggist in Cleveland, Ohio, married to Fannie C. Gillette ; Byron C., married to Kate Burt; Lillis M., at home; the fifth child died in infancy. Mrs. L. C. Davis was twice married; the first time on December 3, 1841, to Rev. E. C. Yunge (deceased). He was a minister of the Lutheran Church, and a native of Baltimore, Md., born February 19, 1810, died January 28, 1846, son of J. A. and Rebecca Yunge. To this union three children were born - Anna, Herbet and Jesse, all deceased Mr. Yunge was raised in Maryland; was educated at Gettysburg, and preached in Newcomerstown, Ohio, for several years, and died there.

HENRY DECKER, farmer and stock-raiser, and by trade a stone mason, at which he worked for six. or seven y*ears, P. O. Albany, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, July 25, 1830, and is a son of Joseph and Catherine (Hartman) Decker, natives of Pennsylvania, the latter of German extraction. They emigrated to Guernsey County, Ohio, at an early day. Our subject was married, December 5, 1850, in this county, to Belinda Delong, born in Harrison County, Ohio May 13, 1830, and a daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Fisher) Delong, na- tives of the neighborhood of Cadiz, Harrison County. To this union were born eleven children, ten living - Ozias A., John P., Sarah C. (deceased), Henry H., Louis J., Isolina B., George Me., Susan V ., Martha M., James W. and Joseph F. Four are married - Isolina, wife of Henry Chapman; Ozias, John P. and Louis J. All have families except Louis. Our subject has six grandchildren. He owns 180 acres of land in Oxford, Salem and Washington Townships; is a member of Port Washington Lodge, No. 202. F. & A. M., and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

WILLIAM S. DENT, merchant, Newcomerstown, established 1865, was born in Guersney County, Ohio, in 1841, and is a son of George H. and Maria (Snider) Dent, the former born in Virginia in 1805 ; emigrated to this county in 1848, and died in 1865. He was by occupation a merchant and wool dealer. He was the parent of seven children, five boys and two girls, one of the latter deceased. Our subject was married in 1864 to Mary Mulvane. She was born in this county in 1841, and is a daughter of David and Mary (Ross) Mulvane. To this union two children were born, Hattie, born in 1867, and Dwight, born in 1869. Mr. Dent enlisted in August, 1862, in the Fifty-second Regiment, Company D, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served six months, being discharged on account of disability. He is a member of Masonic Lodge, No. 175, ' Lone Star;" has acted as Trustee, Justice of the Peace, and has been a member of the City Council and of the School Board, also President of Fair Association two terms. Mrs. Dent is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.

ROBERT F. DENT, of the firm of Orme & Dent, dealers in hardware, agricultural implements, etc., Newcomerstown, was born in this county January 7, 1851, and is a son of George H. and 31 aria (Snider) Dent; the former (deceased) was a native of Maryland, the latter is a native of Winchester, Va. Our subject married, December 31, 1871, Mary E. Nugen, born April 20, 1851, in Newcomerstown, in the house she now lives in, and is a daughter of Wesley and Elizabeth (Hun kin) Nugen, natives of England, both deceased. They were early settlers of this county. Mr. and 3Irs. Dent are the parents of one child, Byron B., born in Newcomerstown November 17,1872. Our subject is one of a family of seven children, viz.: Gertrude H., wife of Byron Roberts, of Topeka, Kan.; William S., Albert, Amanda (deceased), Oscar B., Robert Frank and George W. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., Newcomerstown Lodge, No. 445. His brother, William S., was a member of the Fifty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D, and was discharged on account of disability, and his brother Albert was a member of the Fifty-first Regiment, Company C, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted as a private, and was promoted to a Captaincy, serving about four years.

LEWIS R. FLETCHER, farmer, P. O. Newcomerstown, was born in Coshocton Count}7, Ohio, January 5, 1830, and was raised there till thirteen years of age. He is a son of Adam and Catherine Fletcher, the former a native of Stateu Island, N. Y., of English descent, the latter is of German lineage Our subject was married, October 9, 1856, in Coshocton County, by Rev. John Baker, to 3Iary Culbertson, born near Keene. Coshocton Count}', June 23, 1833, and a daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Wilson) Culbertson, the former of Ohio, the latter of Pennsylvania. The result of this union has been a family of six children, four boys and two girls, both of the latter deceased. Their names are Henry W-, Clara E. (deceased), James H., Anna B. (deceased ) and Albert H. and Robert W. (twins). 3Ir. and Mrs. Fletcher are members of the United Brethren Church, along with the two oldest children, and Mr. Fletcher is the owner of 160 acres of land, two miles south of Newcomerstown.

WILLIAM FRUSH, painter and carpenter, Post Boy, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, near Shepherdstown, February 16, 1819, and is a son of Henry and Rebecca (Rippeth) Frush ; the former, a native of Maryland, of German extraction, died in 1838, aged fifty -eight years ; the latter, a native of Pennsylvania, of English descent, died in 1872, aged sixty-three years. Our subject was brought up iu Belmont County, and educated at the common schools. He is the first son and third child in a family of eleven children, three boys and eight girls, five surviving. and has been a resident of this county sixteen years. He enlisted May 1, 1864, in the One Hundred and Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and participated in three battles, viz., Maryland Heights, in July, 1864; Snicker Gap, in July, 1864 ; and Winchester, in August, 1864 ; he was also engaged in numerous skirmishes, and was discharged September 12. 1864. Mr. Frush resides with his sister, Amelia A., born in Belmont County April 4, 1828 ; she is owner of five acres of land.

WILLIAM H. GARDNER, drayman, Newcomerstown, was born in this county in 1844, and is a son of William and Susan (Tufford) Gardner, natives of New Brunswick, N. J. The former, who was a farmer, was born in 1798, and died April 24, 1876 ; the latter was born March 27, 1810, and died May 10, 1878 ; she came to this county at the age of six years. The}' were married in 1829, and are both buried in Newcomerstown. The latter was of German, the former of English descent. They were the parents of ten children, five boys and five girls, viz., Margaret, Catherine, Annis, Sarah Ann (deceased), Josephine, Alvin, William, John, George and Ira ; Catherine and Alvin are single. Our subject was married, December 24, 1873, to Martha Packer, born in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1842, daughter of Samuel and Eliza Jane (West) Packer, both deceased. Mr. Gardner has been a drayman for seven years, and by trade is a stone-mason. He is a member of the order of Odd Fellows, and during the war was a member of the One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Regiment, Compan} H, serving eleven months. He participated in the battles of Kingston and Murfreesboro, Tenn. He worked for nine years on the Pan Handle Railway. Mr. Gardner's wife's father was a native of Jersey, her mother of London, England. Her father died September 17, 1869, aged fifty-six years; her mother died about the year 1848, aged twenty-two years.

GEORGE GARDNER, section foreman on the Pan Handle Railway, Newcomerstown, was born in that city January 27, 1850, and is a son of William and Susan (Tufford) Gardner, natives of New Jersey. Our subject was married to Annetta Pocock, February 20, 1879, also born in Newcomerstown February 23, 1856. She is a daughter of Elisha and Emma C. (Hand) Pocock ; the former, a blacksmith, of German extraction, was born February 5, 1821, in Maryland ; the latter was born January 5, 1824, in New Jersey. They were married in 1842. Our subject is the parent of one child living, Clarence E., born September 4, 1880. Two are deceased, one died in infancy, and Bernice, born December 10, 1882, died February 22, 1883. Mr. Gardner has acted as section foreman on the Pan Handle Railway for five years. He is a member of the Masonic order, connected with No. 175. Newcomerstown, and his wife is a member of the M. P. Church.

IRA GARDNER, butcher, Newcomerstown. was born January 1, 1853, in this county, and is a son of William and Susan (Tufford) Gardner, natives of New Jersey. Our subject was married March 19, 1882, to Minnie, daughter of E. S. and Samantha (Frost) Pocock, of New Jersey, the former living, the latter deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner are the parents of one child, Charles Edwin, born October 26, 1882. Our subject's parents were early settlers of this county, his father being by occupation a carpenter. Mr. Ira Gardner is the youngest of ten children, five boys and five girls, two of the latter deceased.

DR. JOHN W. S. GOUDY, of the firm Goudy & Sons, dealers in groceries. glassware, queens ware, provisions, etc., Newcomerstown, Ohio, is a son of Andrew and Nancy Goudy, and was born January 13, 1833, in Brooke County, W. Va. In 1845, his father emigrated to Warrenton, Jefferson Co., Ohio, where he received his educational training, at intervals assisting his father, who was largely engaged in mercantile pursuits. In his eighteenth year, he entered the medical office of Dr. James M. Kelly, a very distinguished physician of Warrenton, with whom he remained one year, then going to finish his course of study with Dr. William M. Worthington, formerly Physician to the Marine Hospital,

Cincinnati, Ohio, after which he entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, and there finished his collegiate course in March, 1855. Immediately after leaving college, he set out to find a suitable location, and was influenced by his brother-in-law, Dr. S. R. Thompson, to locate in Uhrjchsville. On March 27, 1855, he opened an office in the Commercial House, then kept by William McCullom. A good professional income was soon secured. On February 28, 1858, he married Ann Eliza Huston, a daughter of Jacob and Margaret A. Huston, a young lady of most remarkable gifts - handsome, accomplished, a leader in every circle in which she entered. To her the Doctor ascribes nearly all of his successful professional life. The fruits of this marriage are two sons. The oldest, John H., was born January 23, 1859, and married Lottie E. Richmond, daughter of John Richmond, of Evansburg, Coshocton Co., Ohio ; the youngest, Rollin A., bom October 30, 1863, who is a law student, and at home. February 1, 1860, the Doctor came to Newcomerstown, and on April 1, following, brought his family. Immediately upon his locating here, he began a course of unusual professional success. Although a young man, he at once became a leader in his profession, and has maintained it to this day, standing as one of the most prominent physicians of the Tuscarawas Valiev. In his eighteenth year, he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his parents were members. In 1865, the Methodist Episcopal Church had no church building in Newcomerstown. The society was small and poor. However, it was determined to build a church. In this, as in everything else that the Doctor took hold of, success followed. Assisted by John W. Ayers, they procured what they could by subscription, which was not one half required, and then they borrowed the balance, giving their own individual pledges as security for it. The church was completed, and to-day the Methodist Episcopal Church of Newcomerstown is largely indebted for its strength and influence to Dr. Goudy, aided by John H. Ayers and A. C. Tutford. He is yet in the prime of life, of large wealth, active, energetic, and of indomitable perseverance in whatever he undertakes. The Doctor is a widower, having lost his wife in June, 1882.

JESSE HILL, farmer, P. 0. Newcomerstown. was born in this county in April. 1813, and is a son of Jesse and Mary Hill, natives of Virginia, of English descent. The former, who was a son of Charles Hill, died March 28, 1844, the latter died March 28, 1834. They had a family of nine children, five boys and four girls, five living. Our subject is a twin brother of Isaac Hill, of Salem Township. He was married, April 14, 1839, to Rebecca Hagans, a uative of Guernsey County, Ohio. She was bora near Winchester, in March, 1822, and is a daughter of Charles and Margaret (Bailes) Hagans, the former from Pennsylvania, died in 1857, aged sixty years; the latter died in the West, in about the year 1876, aged seventy-six. Mrs. Jesse Hill is a twin sister of Susan, who died at the age of twenty-four years, and they were members of a family of thirteen children, six boys and seven girls, five deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hill are the parents of six children, three boys and three girls, two of each deceased. The survivors are Isaac, and Floe, wife of William Harvey, who has one child - Blanche. Mr. Hill owns 214 acres of land in this township. Our subject's daughter, Susan, was married to Jesse Osier, of Pottawattamie County, Iowa. They were killed with their two children, Roily W., aged seven years, and Neva May, aged five years, by a cyclone which swept away the house. This occurred June 9, 1879.

G. W. HOGUE and his son, Evans M. Hogue, P. 0. Newcomerstown, are farmers and stock-raisers in this township. Mr. Hogue, Sr., was born near St. Clairsville, Belmont Co., Ohio, March 28, 1820, and is a son of Solomon and Sarah (Seaman) Hogue. The former born in Loudoun County, Va, in 1789, came to Ohio with his parents in the year 1801 and in 1813 married Sarah Seaman, who was born in Ohio County, Va., near West Liberty. G. W. Hogue was married, September 7, 1843, in Guernsey County, Ohio, to Martha Harris, born in Tuscarawas County, Oxford Township, near Newcomerstown. October 17, 1822. She is a daughter of George and Mary (Evans) Harris; the former, who came to Ohio in

1807, was bbrn in Ohio Count}', Va., July 1, 17S8, died July 23, 1854. The latter was born in July, 1797, died April 9, 1839. They were married October 10. 1815. Mr. Harris was a farmer and stock-raiser and land speculator. Mr. and Mrs. Hogue had a family of two children - Martha R., born January 8, 1845, died June 19, 1849, and Evans M., born May 9, 1850, in Linn County, Iowa. Evans M. Hogue was twice married. On the first occasion, August 23, 1874, to Mary E. Hill, born in Salem Township, this county, January 21, 1848, died September 3, 1875, and a daughter of Isaac, Sr., and Eliza (Booth) Hill. One child was born to this union, May 23, 1875, and died June 20 of the same year. For his second wife he chose, in 1876, Florence A. Harris, born in the neighborhood of Port Washington, Salem Township, this county, August 6, 1856, and a daughter of Isaac E. and Sarah A. (Price) Harris. The former, who was a farmer near Newcomerstown, was born August 21, 1825, died March 17, 1857. The latter was born December 18, 1827. They were married July 11, 1844, and were both na- \ tives of Ohio. Evans M. Hogue and wife have a family of two children - Estella May, born May 13, 1877, and Claude Harris, born January 14, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hogue have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1853, and their son and his wife are also members.

CONARD HOSFELT, dealer in groceries, produce, glassware, notions, gents* furnishings, etc., Newcomerstown, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, March 31. 1847, and is a son of Peter and Anna Martha (Roppell) Hosfelt. both natives of Hesse, Germany, and who emigrated to Ohio forty-five years ago. The latter died March 21, 1880, and is buried in Newcomerstown. Our subject's father was born November 12, 1807, and his mother February 22, 1810. They were married February 8, 1833. Their family consisted of ten children, all boys. Conard, our subject, was married, September 15, 1875, to Hattie Law, who was born June 5, 1849, daughter of John Law, of Post Boy, this county. Her mother's maiden name was Anna Crucer. John Law was born January 21, 1813, in Fayette County, Penn., and his wife September 26, 1815. She died July 3, 1863. They were the parents of seven children, and were married in Belmont County in 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Conard Hosfelt have a family of five children - Samuel Franklin, born February 27, 1876 ; George Washington, May 23, 1877 ; Urias Jessie, October 18, 1878 ; Anna Bell, December 28, 1880 ; and Mary J., June 21, 1883. Mr. Hosfelt is the seventh son in a family of ten, seven living. He has been a resident of Newcomerstown ten years, and was raised on a farm. He is a member of a Masonic Lodge at Plainsfield, Coshocton County, Ohio. Mr. Hosfelt had the misfortune to lose his dwelling-house by fire April 10, 1883, suffering a total loss.

JOHN HURSEY, retired farmer and blacksmith, Newcomerstown, was born January 18, 1791, in Virginia, and moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, at the age of twenty-seven years. He is a son of George and J ulia Ann Hursey, and was married in 1818 to Margaret Chadwell, who died October 6, 1852. By this union there were eight children, two deceased. Mr. Hursey was next united, July 10, 1857, to Maggie E. Chadwell, a distant relative of his first wife. She was born December 25, ''1 834, in Jefferson County, Ohio, near Smithfield, a daughter of Duffet and Mahala ( Chaney) Chadwell, natives of Indiana. The former died aged forty-five years ; the latter died twenty 3 ears ago, aged fi ft}* years. Mr. and Mrs. John Hursey are the parents of one child, A. C., born near Albany, this county, September 29, 185^, and was married, January 9, 1881, to Amanda Hart, of this county, born in 1860, and a daughter of Jacob Hart. By occupation, he is a farmer and school teacher. Our subject participated in the war of 1812, of which he is a pensioner. He worked at blacksmithing for about seven years. His parents came to Ohio in 1816, settling in Jefferson County. His father was sixtyfour years old when he died, and his mother was seventy years old at her decease. Mr. Hursey has been a member of the M. P. Church for about fifty years, and his wife for twenty years. The latter has been a dress-maker since fifteen years of age, learning her trade with a Miss E. Bolls, Smithfield, Ohio.

W. A. JOHNS, druggist (of the firm of Wilkin & Johns), and Notary Public. Newcomers town, was born March 27, 1836. at New Castle, Coshocton County. Ohio, and is a son of Joseph and Hannah (Clark) Johns, natives of Ohio and of Welsh extraction. The former was born in 1810; died in 1876; the latter was born in 1815, and at present resides on the old homestead. The grandparents of our subject were natives of New Jersey, and moved to Ohio in 1805. Our subject was married in 1864 to Margaret H. Wilkin, born in Cannonsburg, Washington County, Penn., March 17, 1842, and is a daughter of James and Delilah Wilkin, natives of Pennsylvania, but who moved to Coshocton County, Ohio, in 1860. By this marriage there are two children - Loulou A., born in December, 1864. and Winnifred, born in November, 1869. Mr. Johns' first outset in life was as a clerk in a hardware store in Coshocton, in which store he was steadily employed for five years ; then opened a drug store in Roscoe, Coshocton County, in the spring of 1864 ; carried it on one year ; sold and opened another in Utica, continuing two years ; again sold and bought in Coshocton, where he remained in the drug business until 1871, when he came to Newcomers town and engaged in the printing business, establishing, in that year, the first newspaper in Coshocton, which he carried on one year with Dr. A. M. Beers, under the firm name of Johns & Beers, and then sold. Was again engaged in newspaper business duriug years, 1879, 1880 and 1881, when he became a partner in the drug business with A. J. Wilkin. Mr. Johns' experience in the drug business has been large, having been owner from time to time of several drug stores. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the I. O. 0. F.

NELSON JOHNSON, farmer and stock* raiser, P. 0. Newcomerstown. was born December 6, 1831, in Coshocton County, Ohio, brought up in Guernsey County, and educated at the common schools. He is a son of Ezekiel and Mary Ann (Eagle) Johnson. The former (deceased) was born in Jefferson, Ohio, July 1, 1806, and the latter was born in 1810, of Irish descent. Our subjects grandfather, Ephraim, was an early settler of Coshocton County, and is buried in Guernsey County. Mr. Nelson Johnson was married, August 23, 1860, to Charity Scott, born near Wheeling, Va., in November, 1836, a daughter of James Y. and Ellen Scott, of Scotch descent. They are the parents of eleven children, of whom seven are living - Mary E., Emma P., Alonzo, Laura D., Hattie, Cassie and Martha. Three sons and one daughter died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Johnson is the second in a family of eleven children, six of whom are living, two boys and four girls.

RICHARD JOHNSTON, farmer, P. 0. Newcomerstown, was born in Ireland, and at the age of ten years emigrated with his parents, Richard and Mar}* (Armstrong) Johnston. He was married, July 4, 1831, to Rebecca, daughter of William Little. She also was born across the Atlantic. She died April 16, 1852. To this union six children were born, two boys and four girls - Telenia, Mary (deceased), Francis A., John A., William W. and Margaret all married. Our subject was reared in a family of eight children, and is the sixth child and fourth son. He owns 100 acres of land, and has been an active man, but is now living a wellearned, comfortable, retired life. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Johnston was also a member of that church.

RICHARD KING, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Newcomerstown, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 30, 1820, and is a son of David and Rachel (Phelps) King, natives of Maryland and of English descent. Our subject was married twice, first to Mary Thompson, born in Ireland November 20. 1819, died June. 5, 1877. She was a daughter of John I. and Elizabeth Cruthers, of Irish descent. To this union eleven children were born, six boys and five girls, two of the latter deceased. His second marriage took place December 22, 1878, with Mrs. Nancy Ellen Jewell, widow of George Jewell. She was born in Virginia November 20, 1845. Her father was a Mr. Robinson, of Virginia, of English descent. Mr. King owns 277 acres of land in Sections 13, 18 and 17, and has been a resident of this

State forty-one years. He is a member of the United Brethren Church, and has acted as Trustee three terms of one year each. He has also been a member of the School Board for eighteen years. His sons are all married except one, and all farmers. One is in Iowa and the rest in Dakota.

WILLIAM H. KIPP, railway agent on the Pan Handle Railroad, Newcomerstown, was born in Westphalia, Prussia, April 12, 1841, and emigrated to Dresden, Muskingum County, Ohio, where he lived until nineteen years old, and then went to Newark, Ohio. His father was born December 27, 1816; his mother on June 21, 1817, and was married at the age of twenty-four }*ears. She was killed by the kick of a horse in May, 1878, at Frazeysburg, Ohio. They had a family of eight children, one deceased. Our subject was married, September 23, , 1861, to 31. E. Lisey, born in Switzerland September 23, 1841. They are the parents of five children, viz.: Ida E., wife of William Harris, assistant agent for his father-inlaw; Anna E.; Edward H.; Charles- E., died March 6,1873; and Ella R. Mr. Kipp has been acting as agent for eleven years, and helped to build the Pan Handle Railway. He is a son of Henry and Christina E. (Stockdick) Kipp, the latter deceased. Mr. Kipp enlisted in Company D, First Ohio Cavalry, August 5, 1861, and was discharged in October. 1864, at Columbia, Middle Tenn., and mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, October, 1864. He was in the Arpay of the Cumberland from the spring of 1S62 to June, 1863, acting as Private Orderly in Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas' escort, and participated in all the engagements of the Army of the Cumberland under Gens. Buell, Grant, Rosecrans and Sherman until the Union victory of Atlanta, Ga. He belongs to no religious denomination, but takes the Bible as his only rule of faith, and expects to be saved by aud through the resurrection onty. He discards the doctrine of immortal souls, etc.

J.F. LEGGETT, minister of the Gospel, P. O. Conottou, Ohio, was born in Union Township, this county, October 17, 1854, and is a son of Elijah and Eliza (Leraasters) Leggett, the former born August 2, 1821, the latter on December 23, 1826. They were married in 1845, and were the parents of twelve children, five boys and seven girls, viz.: W. B., born October 6, 1846 ; Abraham, born April

15, 1848, died October 15, .1850 ; Nancy E., born March 23, 1850 ; Elizabeth J., born May 8, 1852 ; J. F., born October 17, 1854 ; Racel A., born September 3, 1856 ; John C., born October 2, 1858 ; Sarah M., born July 22, 1861 ; Catherine R., born November 19, 1865 ; E. S., born December 29, 1866 ; Mary A., born December 11, 1869; and Emma, born December 10, 1871. The subject of this sketch was married, March 20, 1879, to Luella J. Skeels, born March 31, 1861, in this county, and a daughter of T. B. and A. R. (Smith) Skeels, also natives of this county. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Leggett are the parents of two children - Odessie B., born January 17, 1880 ; and Oreta, born 3Iarch 4, 1882. Mr. Leggett received a common school education, and is a minister of the United Brethren Church. He was received into the Muskingum Conference, United Brethren Church, at its sixty-fourth Session, held at New Philadelphia in 1871, Bishop J. Dixon presiding.

G. R. LEWIS, lumber dealer and manufacturer of doors, sashes, blinds, etc., Newcomerstown, was born in 1840 in Neweomerstown, and is a son of Watson and Elizabeth (Doyl) Lewis. The former, born in Pennsylvania in 1808, died in 1874. He was a glass-blower by occupation. The latter was born in 1811 at Zanesville, Ohio ; died in 1860. Both are buried in Salem Township. They were married in 1830, and Mr. Lewis came to Newcomerstown in 1833. Our subject was twice married. In 1860, he married Anna M. Hammel, born in 1841 and died April 15, 1879, leaving six children, five living. In 1881, he took for his second wife Mary A. Hufford, by whom he had one child. His first wife was a daughter of David R. and Hannah E. (Hand) Hammel, and his second wife is a daughter of Alexander Hufford, and was born in this county in 1842. Mr. Lewis has been in the lumber business since 1873. He is a member of Lone Star, No. 175, F. & A. M., and Nugent Chapter No. 124, R. A. M.; also a member of Lodge No. 145, I. O. 0. F. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are members of the United Brethren Church. He owns twenty acres of land in this township.

WILLIAM H. MABERRY, proprietor Fountain Hotel, Newcomerstown. is a native of Wellsville, Columbiana Co., Ohio, born January 1, 1838. He is a sod of Thomas and Ann B. (Cox) Maberry, the former a native of Pennsylvania and of English descent, the latter born at Graves Creek, between Bridgeport and Steubenville, Ohio. They emigrated to West Virginia in 1835, but are now residents of Newark, Ohio. Our subject was married, January 1, 1860, to Catherine Neighbor, born in 1841, in Newcomerstown, and a daughter of Leonard and Mary (Servison) Neighbor, pioneers of this count}'. Both are deceased, the father ten years ago, the mother three years since, at the age of sixty-seven years. Our subject is the father of two children - Flora, born April 10, 1861, died in October the same year ; and Albert U., born April 25, 1862, died February 10, 1878. Mr. Maberry was about twelve years old when he came to Tuscarawas Count}', and Inoccupation was a tinner, which he followed for thirteen years, two years in Wellsville and nine years in Port Washington, Ohio. He built the hotel in which he is doing business, and has enlarged it to a capacity of twenty-five rooms. It was known for the first three years as the " Shiel House." Our subject was a Corporal in the One Hundred and Forty-third Regiment, Company E, and served five months. He was the oldest in a family of seven children, five boys and two girls, viz., our subject; Catherine M., wife of Andrew J. Boggs, residents of Bridgeport, Ohio ; Washington 31.; Sarah II., wife of Johnson Brown, of Bridgeport. Ohio ; John L., of Newark, Ohio ; Thomas E., Newark ; and Frank A., of Bridgeport. Ohio.

JA3IES McCLURE, retired saddler, Newcomerstown, was born in the State of New York July 5, 1811, and is a son of James and Sallie (Corwin) McClure, natives of Vermont. Our subject emigrated to Ohio in 1836, and on February 26, 1842, married Delila Conley, a native of Pennsylvania, born June 8. 1801) They are the parents of three children - James H., deceased ; Charles G., born March 30, 1844, in Cleveland, Ohio ; and James Curtis, deceased. Charles G. is a Sheriff at Austin, Tex. Mrs. McClure's maternal grandfather and Thomas Corwin's father were full cousins. Mr. McClure is a member of the Masonic order, the oldest Mason in the lodge, and the first one made in Newcomerstown. He has been a member of the Blue Lodge for about thirty-five years, and of the Chapter for ten years. He has worked at the saddlery business for thirty-five years. His wife is a member of the Lutheran Church. Our subject's son enlisted in February, 1862, in the Eightieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Corapam E, and served about four years. He was promoted to Corporal, then to Lieuteuant. Mr. McClure's father was killed at the battle of Sackett's Harbor in the war of 1812.

JAMES M. McCOLLUM, farmer, P. 0. Newcomerstown, was bom in Guernsey County, Ohio, June 12, 1839, and is a son of Jasper and Sarah (McPeeck) McCollum, the former of Scotch descent and a native of Ohio, the latter of German extraction, through ancestors in New Jersey, and a native of Guernsey County. Our subject was married. March 4, 1866, in Coshocton County, to Catherine Elizabeth Current, bom July 30, 1844, on the Reserve in Bloomfield Township, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and a daughter of George and Susan (Fletcher) Current. To this union six children were born, viz.: Otis U., Orrin Oscar, Asa H., Bertha E., Ida N. and Eddy V. He was raised in a family of twelve children, his wife in a family of five. Mr. McCollum enlisted September 19, 1861, in the Fortieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company H, and acted as Corporal. He participated in the following battles, besides many skirmishes : Middle Creek, Ky.; Franklin, Tenn.; Chickamauga, September 19, 1863 ; Kenesaw ; Resaca, 3Iay 14, 1864. and all through this campaign, as well as in 1862 and 1863. He was captured June 20, 1864, at Kenesaw, Ga., and imprisoned at Andersonville for five months ; then in Macon, Ga., one month ; three weeks in Savannah, and two months in Florence. S. C.; and was wounded in the right arm at Chickamauga September 19, 1863. He was discharged April 5, 1865. Mr. McCollum owns 130 acres of land two and a half miles south of Newcomerstown, and has been a resident of this county since 1867. His father died in 1854, aged fifty-four years, and is buried in Oxford Township. Mr. and Mrs. McCollum are members of the Baptist Church.

DR. J. R. McELROY, Newcomerstown, was born in Jefferson County. Ohio, November 22, 1848, and received a common school education in the schools of that county. He commenced the study of medicine in 1877, Dr. J. D. Casey, of East Springfield, Ohio, acting as preceptor, and attended lectures at the Medical Department of Wooster University, in the city of Cleveland. He graduated from that college March 7, 1880, and located in Newcomerstown April 15. 1880, where he has since resided, and engaged in the practice of his profession. He was married, November 21, 1882, to Miss Atha A. Ripley, of Tuscarawas County.

FRANK MISKIMEN, horticulturist, P. 0. Newcomerstown, was born December 10, 1845. in Coshocton County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Rachel (Burt) Miskiraen, the former a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, the latter of Orange County, N. Y. Our subject was married to Lucy McMunn, of Mattoon, 111. She is a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, born December 2, 1848, and a daughter of Samuel C. McMunn. Mr. and Mrs. Miskimen are the parents of six children, four living, viz., Bertha G., John S., Rachel, George Y. (deceased), S. C. and Jenny T. (deceased). Mr. Miskimen owns thirt3r acres of land in this county. He was one of a family of twelve children, seven now living, and his wife was one of a family of nine children, eight of whom are now living.

J. R. MULVANE, carpenter and builder, Newcomerstown, is a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, born December 29, 1836. He is a son of Joseph, Jr., and Isabel (Whiteside) Mulvane, both of Irish descent, the former a native of Ohio, the latter of Chester County, Penn. Our subject was married, May 2, 1867, to Mary Benton, born near Brownsville, Penn., January 15, 1838. They are the parents of five children, viz., Maud, Joseph, George, Becca B. (deceased), and Jesse. Mr. Mulvane was the oldest in a family of four children - two boys and two girls - all living. Mr. Mulvane is a member of Lone Star Lodge, No. 175, F. & A. M. He was connected with the planing mill of Wilson, Benton & Co. for seven years.

WILLIAM P. MULVANE, dealer in dry goods, notions, boots and shoes, clothing, etc., Newcomerstown, was born January 7, 1840, in Newcomerstown, Ohio, and is a son of David and Mary (Ross) Mulvane. The former was born August 1, 1804, in Coshocton CJount}', about one mile from Newcomerstown. He was a son of John Mulvane, a native of Maryland, and of Scotch descent. He was married, August 14, 1834, to Mary Ross, a daughter of Rev. William Ross, Sr., and commenced business in Newcomerstown in about the year 1830, engaging in tanning, harness-making and other business, and, being very successful, accumulated some 8150,000. He was a member, along with his wife and two daughters (Mrs. W. S. Dent and Mrs. 0. E. Powleson), of the Methodist Protestant Church. In politics, he was a Whig, but afterward joined the Republican ranks. He died January 8, 1877, aged seventy-two years five months and seven days. He was the father of five boys and two girls, all married. He won the reputation of being a great hunter, as he chased the deer and captured the bear. Our subject was married, June 1, 1870, to Emily K. Gardner, born in Ohio November 15, 1844, and a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Rich) Gardner. By this union, there are two boys and one girl - Stanley B., Dais}' K. and Roy H. Mr. Mulvane was educated at the common schools. He was a member of the Fifty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D. He enlisted August 11, 1862, and served nearly three years, participating in a number of battles and skirmishes. - He was slightly wounded by a splinter from a comrade's gun at Buzzard Roost, Ga., and was mustered out as Orderly-Sergeant in June, 1865. John Mulvane, our subject's great-grandfather, was a native of Ireland, and settled with his wife (Mrs. Douglas, a widow lady of Scotch extraction), in Maryland, where they had a family of four sons.

WILLIAM NEIGHBOR (deceased), late farmer and canal-boatman in New Jersey, was born in New Jersey in 1807, and was a son of William Neighbor.

Oar subject emigrated to Newcomerstown, and was married, September 24, 1833, to Sarah Cline, born April 11, 1815 ; died March 5, 1856. They were the parents of* ten children, four living. Mr. Neighbor next married, April 9, 1857, Polly M., daughter of Milton and Catherine (Fasborough) Smith, and widow of Martin Cline. She is a native of this county, born April 24, 1827. She was first married February 15, 1845, and by that marriage had four children - Rosetta, Elizabeth C., Winfield Scott aud Mahala D. Two are living. B}' her second marriage, Mrs. Neighbor had a family of two - Marcia E. (deceased), and Frank Milton. Her first husband was for a number of years a merchant in Bolivar, and a member of the order of Odd Fellows. A daughter by her first husband is the wife of G. W. Mul vane. She has one brother and one sister, two half-sisters and one halfbrother. The subject of this sketch was a member of the Masonic order, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which church his widow is also a member.