Warren County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1882 (part 13 of 16)

Mary J. and Catherine. Our subject was reared on the farm, and remained with his parents on the farm in Indiana, until so broken down with ague he was obliged to return to Ohio, when he worked as a hired hand, giving the proceeds of his labor to his father. In 1833, he was married to Sarah, daughter of Major William Mason. After the celebration of this event he located on land adjoining the village of Mason. He has been successful during life, and his farm of 440 acres attests the fact He has been no political aspirant, caring nothing for the bauble of office, and with the exception of one year he served as Justice of the Peace, has held no other office. He has been a member of the Mason Horse Rangers for thirty years. Major William Mason and wife, Sarah Murphy, were parents of Mrs. Wikoff; he was bom in Pennsylvania, and afterwards removed to Palmyra, Tenn., from whence he came to Ohio, about 1798, and first settled on the Little Miama river, near Madisonville, Ohio. Here he lost his first wife Mary McClellan, and soon after came to this township, in which he bought 36 acres, the present site of Mason. By his first wife he had two children, viz. - Maria and Samuel. By the second four children, viz.: Cynthia, Sarah, William and Elizabeth. At the age of sixteen he entered in the war of the Revolution, and served under Col. Hookum; for meritorious service was commissioned Major. He also enlisted in 1812, but only served a short time. He was much noted for his liberality, and at his death willed to the Ullage of Mason 40 acres of land.

JOHN C. WODREY, farmer; P. O. Foster's Crossing. The gentleman whose name we present at the head of this sketch, is one of the prominent and enterprising German citizens of Warren County. He was bom in Mecklenburg Strelitz, Germany, Sept. 14, 1822, and is a son of Jacob Wodrey, a native of the same place, who lived and died in his native land. Our subject was reared in farm pursuits and obtained only such education as the schools of this country at that time afforded. In 1850, he set sail for America, and on the 16th of August landed in New York, after a tedious voyage of sixty-three days. For four years following he obtained employment with the Vanderbilts, on railroad lines and labored in various places. In 1854, he came to Ohio, to Montgomery County, when he worked one summer as a farm hand, after which came to Warren County, where he labored for the well known Frederick Cline for two years; then worked his land on shares, but still lived with him for several years. In 1864, he purchased 75 acres of land, which, under his management has been developed into the most productive and best kept farm in his neighborhood. In February, 1865, he was married to Matilda Stuckland; to his second wife, Nancy E. Cline, he was married Sept 29, 1867; one child, viz., Nancy. He was married to his last and third wife Hannah Albright, June 23, 1869, and by her has had two children, viz., John E., and Lillie M He and his wife belong to the Lutheran Church, to which they have belonged since childhood. He is a Republican in political belief, having always voted with that party.

HIRAM ALLEN, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; boro in New Jersey, Dec. 6, 1818; isason of Kenton and Delilah (Elwell) Allen, natives of New Jersey, and emigrated to Ohio and located in Warren Co., near Ft. Ancient, in 1825, and here resided till his death; his wife survived him till 1854, when she died on the place where our subject now lives ; they have two children now living - Rebecca, now Mrs. Crawford, and Hiram. Mr. Kenton Allen was a farmer by occupation, a hard-working industrious man, a man of integrity and high principles of honor, a good neighbor and a worthy citizen. The subject of this sketch was but seven years of age when brought to this county, and here was raised and grew to manhood ; was married to Margaret Miller, whose family and ancestral history is written in sketch of Conrad Miller : by her he had two children - Rachel, deceased) and Susan, now Mrs. Anson, residing at Harveysburg; his wife died Oct. 1, 1876. On April 2, 1877, he married Mrs Sarah Ann Rees, a daughter of David and Mary Elwell, natives of New Jersey ; she was born Dec. 29, 1814, and emigrated with her parents to Philadelphia when one year old, and to Ohio in 1828. David and Mary Elwell had eleven children, four now survive - Sarah Ann, Susanna, Anna Maria and Zeru. Mr. Elwell died in Springboro in 1852 ; his wife died April 27, 1862, aged 69 years ; Mr. Elwell was a man of undoubted integrity and high moral character, a member of the Masonic fraternity, aud whose funeral services were conducted under that order. Sarah Ann was first married to David F. Rees, a native of Pennsylvania, and a twin-brother of Henry Rees; both married sisters and both died within ten days of each other, aged 71 years. By Mr. Rees she had eight children, three now survive - John Wesley, Hiram, and Susanna, now Mrs. Joseph S. Johnson, residing at Franklin. Mr. Rees was a blacksmith by trade, which business he followed for fifty-six years ; an honest, upright man, well and favorably known in Springboro and vicinity, where he resided so long ; was a member of the M. E. Church fifty -seven years and died rejoicing in a bright hope of a blessed immortality. Mr. Allen has always followed farming as an occupation ; is an upright, hard-working man, and a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church, to which he has belonged twenty-live years. Mrs. Allen was a member of the M. E. Church for forty-nine years; then, after her marriage to Mr. Allen, for convenience and to be in accord with him, she united with the Free-Will Baptists, with whom she has been a member four years. Mrs. Allen has been an extensive writer and contributor to various newspapers and especially to the Lebanon Star ; in this paper her contributions have been known over the signature of AquiUay and have been eagerly sought and read by the public and earnestly prized and solicited by the editor. Alice, (deceased,) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rees married Oscar Ghrifthner, of Franklin, in June, 1874; had one child, Jennie.

ISAAC H. ANTRA M, merchant, Harveysburg, born at Harveysburg Oct. 13, 1837 ; is a s m of Aaron L. and Martha W. (Harvey) Antram ; he was born in Frederick Co., Va., Oct. 23, 1807, she in Clinton Co., Ohio, May 26, 1809. The paternal grandparents were John and Ann (Hackney) Antram, he a native of New Jersey and she of Virginia. The great-grandfather was John Antram. The grandfather of our subject, John An r ram, moved from his native State to Pennsylvania, thence to Virginia, where he married, and in 1817, with his family, moved to Ohio and located in Clinton Co.; in 1825, he moved to Warren Co. and settled near Harveysburg. They had ten children - James, Lydia, Joseph, Hiram, John, Joshua, Eliza, Aaron L., Edmond and Charity Ann. Mr. Antram was d man of great energy and untiring industry ; was noted for his free-hearted ness and liberality, and was highly esteemed for his manly virtues and generous nature. His religious belief was with the Society of

Friends ; he died in 1847. Aaron L. Antram was about 10 years of age when brought to Ohio by his parents ; here he grew to manhood, with the privilege of attending the common schools, such as those early days afforded, during the winter seasons. These were all the advantages which he enjoyed for obtaining an education. He also served a three-months1 apprenticeship at the weaver's trade, after which he employed his evenings and rainy days in weaving the cloth out of which the clothes for the family were made ; such were the means and industry by which those early pioneers were enabled to supply the necessities of life. On April 1 , 1829, Mr. Antram was married to Miss Martha W., daughter of Isaac and Lydia (Dicks) Harvey, natives of North Carolina, whose history appears in this work. By this union they had three sons - Anselem, born Jan. 1, 1830 ; Micajah T., born Dec. 27, 1834. and Isaac H., the subject of this sketch. In 1830, Mr. Antram purchased a farm near Harveysburg, upon which he remained one year, then sold his farm, and in the spring of 1831 he entered upon mercantile trade in Harveysburg, in which business he has continued to the present time, a period of half a century, aqd for over forty years has been an extensive pork dealer. Mr. Antram is a man of great force of character, and his business career has been one of remarkable success ; by industry and economy he accumulated a good competency ; he has ever taken a great interest in the cause of education, and for many years filled the office of School Director ; he is modest and retiring in his manners, and one of the substantia) citizens of the community ; his wife died May 5, 1865 ; she was a woman of remarkable kindness of heart and of great benevolence ; her numerous acts of charity and kindness won for her a host of friends, and her virtues are embalmed in the memory of many who were the recipients of her kindly ministrations. Mr. Antram married a second companion in the person of Mrs. Barbara Roach, who was born in Clermont Co., Ohio, a daughter of Jacob Stroup. Anselem, the eldest son, married June 26, 1851, Louisa, daughter of Judge James Dakin, of Harveysburg, and resides at Washington C. H., Fayette Co., Ohio, engaged in mercantile business. Micajah T., the second son, married Martha, daughter of John and Mary Davis, of Cincinnati, and is a commission merchant in that city. Our subject, the youngest son of his father, was brought up to, and thoroughly initiated in, the duties of mercantile business, and about 1868 became a partner in the firm with his father and oldest brother, which continued several years, when the older brother withdrew, and established himself at Washington C. H., and the firm was then organized as it now exists, and has continued to the present time, being the oldest established business house in Harveysburg. On Oct. 19, 1859, Mr. Antram was married to Miss Charity A., daughter of John and Edith Oyler, of Harveysburg, by whom he had two sons and one daughter - William H., born Jan. 28, 1860; Aaron S., born Jan. 14, 1862 ; Lydia M., born March 8, 1866.

CLARKSON BURGESS, farmer; P. 0. Harveysburg ; bom on the farm where he now lives, Nov. 4, 1844 ; is a son of Jesse W. and Elizabeth (Harvey) Burgess, he a native of Virginia and she of Ohio ; the paternal grandparents were Thomas and Betty Burgess, he a native of Pennsylvania and she of Virginia. Thomas was a son of Joseph Burgess, and he a son of Samuel Burgess, who emigrated from England to America and settled in a very early day, and is said to have lived for a time in a cave. Thomas Burgess, while a young man, emigrated with his parents from Pennsylvania to Virginia, where he married and resided till about 1813 ; emigrated with his family to Ohio, and located in Highland Co , and resided till in the fall of 1835 ; he removed to Harveysburg and resided till his death in the summer of 1836, aged 73 years ; his wife died at the home of one of her children in Indiana. They had four sons and four daughters, four now survive - Elizabeth, now Mrs. Mendenhall, living at Indianapolis ; Joseph, in Iowa ; Moses, in Kansas ; and Tacy, now Mrs. Hadley, in Indiana. Jesse W. was about 8 years of age when brought to Ohio by hi9 parent ; was raised to farm labor, and grew to manhood, receiving a good common school education, and entered upon the study of medicine with Dr. Jesse Harvey, in Clinton Co.; in 1831, 1832and 1833, attended medical lectures at Cincinnati, and graduated in the latter year ; he entered upon the practice of his profession in Highland Co.; thence located at Harveysburg. But Mr. Burgess had more pleasure and relish in farming than for his profession, and he soon gave his leading attention to the occupation of farming. In 1835, the farm where Clarkson and his mother now live was purchased, and in 1838 he and his family moved on to the farm ; here he spent the balance of his life, engaged mainly in the management of the farm, but was forced to continue his practice more or less, as many of his friends placed such confidence in his skill and knowledge that in severe and critical cases of sickness he was sure to be called upon to treat these patients. But the brightest and most shining trait in the Doctor's character was the great interest he took in the subject of education. He was the active man - the motive power - in every step of progress in his neighborhood and community, in elevating the standard of schools and teachers ; was School Director for many years ; he also filled most of the offices of his township during his life. He gave all his children a thorough education, and most of them became graduates of college. In his death the community lost a most worthy citizen, and the family a kind father and a devoted husband. He died Dec. 19, 1868, aged 63 years ; his wife is still living on the old homestead, where she resides her son Clarkson. They had eight children, five now survive - Thomas H., residing in the State of New York; Martha Ann, now Mrs. Anderson, living in Iowa; Mahala L.; William H., residing in North Carolina; and Clarkson ; Mary Emily, (deceased) was more than an ordinary woman and scholar; was a teacher of great repute in the Female College at College Hill, Cincinnati, and died there Dec. 20, 1854; Anna M. (deceased) was a teacher at Friends Academy, Union Springs, N. Y., where she was held in high esteem by both faculty and pupils of that institution ; she died at Union Springs, Feb. 28, 1868. Isaac T. (deceased) the youngest child, had a very bright and energetic mind, was a devoted Christian, whose life was cut off at the early age of 13 years, Oct. 21, 1866. Clarkson, now in charge of the home place, is a graduate of the college at Union Springs, and studied law, intending to make that his profession, but after the death of his father he gave up that profession and took charge of the farm, and to it is now giving his exclusive attention. He, like his father, is a great advocate of education, and is active in all general public improvements and progress, has acted as a Notary Public many years. Mr. Burgess was married Oct. 11, 1876, to Miss Mary, daughter of Dr. William Owens, a native of Pennsylvania, and he was a son of Robert Owens, who came to Ohio with his family when William was but a boy ; here he grew to manhood, studied medicine and became a practicing physician, which profession he followed through life. During the war of the rebellion he enlisted in tl\g service, and while fortifying near Corinth he became overheated by work, from the effects of which he died, in 1862, having been in the service about nine months. The Doctor's family were remarkably patriotic - four of his brothers and three of his sons enlisted in the army, and served through the war, all returning safely home. Mary's mother was Elizabeth Whetzel, a daughter of William Whetzel, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio and settled in Clinton Co., in 1818, and soon after removed to Warren Co., where he died, aged 85 years. Elizabeth is still living in Clinton Co. Dr. Owens and wife had eight children, seven now survive - George, now in Kansas; Abi; John; Asa, now a Methodist minister; Mary. Daniel and Martha. Mrs Mary Burgess is a graduate of the National N ormal school , Lebanon , and was a successful and popular teacher for several years. W e have here given a somewhat extended sketch of the Burgess family and ancestors, but we are conscious we have hardly done them justice in the brief space we have to devote to them, as they are numbered among the early pioneers, and from their intelligence and high moral standing ; their activity and usefulness, have ranked among the best citizens in the community in which they lived ; and if their descendants will follow their example, and keep up the high moral standard of intelligence, Christian character and usefulness, then their lives and examples and their history will not have been in vain.

JOSEPH C. CARROLL, farmer; P. 0. Harveysburg ; bom in Columbiana Co., Ohio, May 1, 1833, is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Ellis) Carroll, he native of Antrim Co., Ireland. The grandparents, Edward and Mary Carroll, emigrated to America with their family in 1799, and located in Columbiana Co., Ohio, where they resided till their death. They had five sons and five daughters, all now de eased. Thom- as Carroll, the seventh child of their family, died in Cincinnati about 1871. He was a practicing physician in that city for many years, and was one of the most noted of his profession ; was a Professor in the college for a long time and author of a large and popular treatise on the practice of medicine. His son, Robert R. Carroll, is now one of the leading publishers of the subscription book business of Cincinnati. Joseph Carroll, the father of our subject, was the oldest child of a family of ten children ; was about 18 years of age when he came with his parents to Ohio. He obtained his naturalization papers in October. 1816. He became a nail manufacturer, making them by hand, which business he followed for some time ; then he entered upon the milling business, which he followed most of his life. In 1836, ho moved into Belmont Co., and about 1840, to Highland Co., where he died in February, 1843, aged 62 years. In fall of 1843, Mrs. Carroll and family moved to Indiana. They had ten children, six now surviye - John ; Eliza Aon, now Mrs. Ireland, residing at Ithaca, N. Y. ; Rebecca, now Mrs. Murry, living in Indiana ; Joseph ; Sarah, now Mrs. Housefelt, and Solon. In 1845, Mrs. Carroll married for her second husband William Birdsal, and, in March of the same year, moved to Clinton Co., Ohio, where she died in August, 1869, aged 73 years. Our subject, was in his 10th year, when his father died, but was raised to 16 years of age by his mother and stepfather. At 17 years, he learned the carpenter trade, which business he followed thirteen years ; then entered upon farming which he has since followed. He bought, and located upon, the place where he now lives, in spring of 1866. Mr. Carroll was united in marriage Oct. 4, 1860, with Mary, daughter of George and Lydia Bailey, natives of Clinton Co., Ohio. George was a son of Daniel Bailey, native of Virginia ; Lydia was a daughter of William Shields, native of Tennessee, the ancestors being from Ireland ; the Bailey ancestors were from Wales. George and Lydia Bailey had seven children, three now survive - Mary, Josiah and Enos P. Mary was born, in Clinton Co., Nov. 22, 1839. Mr. Carroll and wife have five children - Anna B., born July 27, 1861 ; Rose E., bom May 16, 1863 ; George E., born March 9, 1865; John Q., born Jan. 3, 1861, and Carrie E., born Sept. 23, 1872.

GEORGE T. CHAMPLIN, farmer; P. 0. Harveysburg; born in Clinton Co., Ohio, Aug. 9, 1838; is a son of Joshua and Hannah (Martin) Champlin, natives of Rhode Island. They emigrated to Ohio in spring of 1832, locating first at Cincinnati ; thence, in the fall of the same year, located in Clinton Co., where his wife died, in fall of 1839; he died Sept. 5, 1864, aged 70 years. They had seven children, six now survive - Joshua; Samuel; Moses; John ; Edward and George T. Mr. Champlin was a sailor on the seas for twenty-five years, several of which he served as a Captain, and was engaged as a Privateer in the war of 1812. His father followed the seas through life, and died on the ocean while out on a four years cruise, dying when on his way home, and was buried in the ocean. After Mr. Champlin settled in Clinton Co., he followed farming ; was a very prosperous farmer and a leading man in his community, and held most of the offices of his township during his life. Our subject remained with his father till his death ; was married March 5, 1867, to Caroline, daughter of Jehu Mulford, a native of New Jersey. Mr. Champlin after marriage located in Warren Co., where he has followed farming. In 1871, he purchased the place where he now lives, and moved on to it in 1872, where he has since resided ; this farm he bought of the Hadley heirs ; it consists of 111 acres of good land, mostly in cultivation.

JOHN D. CLEAVER, retired; P. O. Harveysburg; born in Warren Co., Feb. 12, 1820 ; is a son of Peter and Sarah (Crew) Cleaver ; he is a native of Pennsylvania, and she of North Carolina. The paternal grandparents, Ezekiel and Abigail Cleaver, were natives of Pennsylvania, and emigaated from there to Ohio, and located in Warren Co., near the mouth of Caesars Creek in 1805, being among the early settlers of that section of the County, opening out right in the woods, and enduring the hardships of the true pioneers of the county, and here they lived and died. They had four sons and three daughters. Mr. Cleaver first bought 240 acres, where he located, and which constituted the homestead farm ; after which he purchased 500 acres about three miles east of his home farm, in what is now the southern portion of Massie Township ; this last purchase he apportioned to his children, settling his eldest son the first or western 100 acres, and the second son on the next 100 acres, and so proceeded till five children were settled ; the youngest two children to have the homestead place ; thus providing all with a farm. Peter, the father of our subject, was the fourth child of his parents, married and settled on the 100 acres given him by his father - it then being all in the green timber, and here he began to make a home and a farm, erected a cabin and commenced to transform the vast forests into cultivated fields. But he was not permitted to carry out his full plans, as the messenger death came early and cut short his career; he died in 1832, aged 35 years, just in the prime of life. His widow is still living, now past 80 years of years, and has lived a life of wodowhood of almost half a century, and has continued her residence to the present time on the old home place. They had four sons, three ujw survive - John D., Nathan and William, (deceased, Levi L). Our subject was 12 years of age when his father died, and the other children Btill younger, which brought a great care upon the mother, but she faithfully discharged her duties and raised them all to manhood. John D. was married in November, 1843, to Catharine Tiger, by whom he had three children, two now survive - Peter Benton and Charles ; one daughter, Harriet, died in early childhood ; his wife died in 1852. On May 10, 1854, he was united in marriage with Lucinda, daughter of John B. C. and Elizabeth (Hart) Reed, he a native of Scotland, but was brought to America when 3 years of age. She was a native of Pennsylvania, where they were married, and became settlers of Warren Co. about 1815, where she died ; he died near Dayton in Montgomery Co., Ohio. By his last wife Mr. Cleaver had oue child - May (deceased). Mr. Cleaver followed farming till 1870, when he retired from active labor, and located in Clarksville, Clinton Co., where he resided four years ; thence located in Harveysburg, where he has since resided. Mr. Cleaver is one of the prominent men of Massie Township, and has held the office of one of the Trustees for many years ; is a man of undoubted integrity, a kind and sociable neighbor and universally respected throughout his community.

WILLIAM H. CLEAVER, farmer, P. O. Harveysburg; born in Warren Co , Aug. 18, 1830, is a son of Peter and Sarah Cleaver, whose history and that of their ancestors is written in sketch of John D. Cleaver. The subject of this sketch was only two years of age when his father died ; then he was cared for by his mother and older brothers till his majority. He was married Jan. 12, 1853, to Martha A., daughter of John and Sarah Reason ; by her he had two children - Sarah Bell (deceased) and Mary Elizabeth, born March 16, 1857 ; his wife died March 20, 1857, aged 24 years. On April 15, 1863, he was united in marriage to Mary Jane, daughter of John and Elizabeth Sears, whose history is given in sketch of John Sears. Mary was born July 8, 1838. By this union they have had five children - Martha A., born Oct. 11, 1865; Anna C., born Dec. 2, 1867 ; Lutie A., born Nov. 18, 1868 (deceased) ; Willie E., born July 22, 1871 (deceased), and Warren M., born Aug. 3, 1872. Mr. Cleaver after his marriage located on the farm where he now lives and has since resided, a period of twenty-eight years. Mr. Cleaver is one of the substantial farmers of Massie Townsnip ; a man pf integrity, a kind neighbor and a good citizen ; has been Township Trustee four years.

WILLIAM J. COLLETT, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; bom in Clinton Co., Ohio, June 30, 1838, is a son of Jonathan and Sarah (McKay) Collett, natives of Virginia. The paternal grandfather, Daniel Collett, was born in Maryland, but hi9 father was a native of England, and whose parents emigrated to America when he wa9 but an infant, and his father died on the voyage and was consigned to an ocean burial. This left the mother with the full responsibility of the care of her infant son and were thus thrown into this new country among strangers early in the 17th oentury. Here this infant son grew to manhood, married and became the father of the above mentioned Daniel Collett, the grandfather of our subject, and from him have descended the numerous families bearing the name of Collett. Daniel married in Virginia, and raised a family of eight children - Moses, Joshua, Isaac, Jonathan, Benjamin, Aaron, Mercy, and Daniel. The family resided in Virginia for many years, till becoming completely disgusted with the institution of slavery, they determined to try and find a country and a home free from its pernicious effects, and in pursuance of this idea, in 1810, Moses, the eldest son, with his family, emigrated to Ohio and located in Greene County in 1811. Jonathan followed his brother to Ohio and remained here about two years, during which he was pressed into the service in the war of 1812, serving a short time ; in 1813, he returned to Virginia, and brought his father and family to Ohio and they located in Clinton County ; here the grandfather, Daniel, died about 1836, aged 84 years. He was a man who possessed a mind of high order ; was noted for his excellent Christian and moral character, which, in those days of pioneer roughness, was of the greatest importance to mold the character of the people of those early settlements. Joshua, the second son of Daniel, arose to great distinction and held the office of Circuit Judge many years, for full information of which see in general history of the county. Daniel Collett was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, serving through the entire conflict. Jonathan, the father of our subject, was married in Warren County, and located iu Clinton County, on a part of the land of the large purchase of 4,000 acres made by his father when they first came to the State, and there he spent his entire life. He died in October, 1865, aged 70 years ; his wife died in 1852, aged about 55 years. They had ten children, seven now survive - Ann, now Mrs. McCune; Mose3 ; Benjamin; Martha, now Mrs. Denny; William J.; Robert and Azel. Mr. Collett in his life and character was a fac simile of his father, noted for all those noble principles which made him so useful and beloved, and at his death the loss was mourned by all who knew him, but to love and respect him. Our subject remained with his father till 26 years of age; was married Dec. 7, 1864, to Elizabeth D. Macy, whose ancestral history is contained in sketch of E. L. and J. G. Macy. By this union they have had three children, all deceased. Mr. Collett after his marriage, bought and located upon the place where he now lives and has since resided ; has a fine farm and a pleasant residence situated half a mile west of Harveysburg ; is one of the prominent farmers of Massie Township, and well sustained the good name and character of his noble ancestors; has the entire confidence of his community, and has held many offices ; was Township Trustee for twelve years, and has been a Director of the Orphan Asylum and Children's Home at Lebanon, by appointment of the Court since 1875.

ISRAEL D. COMPTON (deceased) was born in Manchester, Adams Co., Ohio, May 12, 1829; he was a son of Stephen W. and Harriet (Donaldson) Compton, natives of Adams Co., Ohio. The maternal grandfather, Israel Donaldson, was a native of Virginia, but emigrated to Kentucky, locating at Maysville; thence removed to Adams Co., Ohio, where he was one of the earliest settlers ; there he married and settled, at Manchester, and, it is said, built the first brick house in that county. His last years were spent with his son, in Brown County, where he died in February, 1860, aged 91 years. Stephen W. Compton grew to manhood and married in Adams County, where he resided many years ; thence removed to Highland County ; thence to Harveysburg, where they lived about five years ; thence removed to Rome, Adams County, where they have since resided. He is now 81 years of age, and she 77 years. They have traveled the journey of life together, bearing its sorrows and enjoying its pleasures for fifty-five years. They have had seven children, six now survive - Harriet Ann, now Mrs. Crissman, residing in Adams County ; Samuel W., living in Minnesota ; Mary Caroline, now Mrs. Patton, residing in Arkansas ; Joseph, now in the Post Office Department at Washington, D. C. ; and John D., residing in Cincinnati. Israel D. Compton, the subject of this sketch, was the eldest of his father's family ; was raised in Adams County, and married in Highland County in February, 1859; to Mrs. Margaret Ellis, daughter of Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Carr) Cleaver, natives of Virginia, who were married Feb. 23, 1825 ; they had eleven children ; five now survive - Margaret, now Widow Compton ; Abigail, now Mrs. Boatman, residing in Illinois ; Mary C., now Mrs. Reason, also in Illinois ; and James. Four of their sons served in the army during the rebellion - David, Robert, James and Empson ; Robert and Empson died in the service; David and James served through the war. Margaret Cleaver was born June

18, 1826. Mr. Compton and wife had one daughter - Ida Bell, born July 9, 1880. Mr. Compton was a teacher of music for several years ; after his marriage, he gave his main attention to farming, till the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, when, in August, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, 79th 0. V. I., and, at the organization of the company, he was elected 1st Lieutenant ; he served but the brief space of less than five months, when, at Gallatin, Tenn., he was stricken down by sickness and died Dec. 31, 1862. His remains were brought home and now rest in the cemetery at Harveysburg. He also had three brothers, who served through the war, and came safely home. Mr. Compton was a very worthy man and citizen, an active member of the Presbyterian Church, and Superintendent of the Sunday school ; and in his sudden death the community lost a good citizen, the church a great worker, and his family a kind father and devoted husband. Mrs Compton has been twice married; first, to John Ellis, by whom she had four children, one only now living - Olive A., now Mrs. Lawrence. Mr. Ellis died May 14, 1855, aged 45 years.

FRANK M. CUNNINGHAM, teacher, Harveysburg, was born near Loveland, in Hamilton Co., Ohio, March 22, 1849 ; is a son of Frederick and Sarah P. (Mc- Donald) Cunningham ; he was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, May 4, 1821, and died, July 8, 1852 ; she was born in ' Cincinnati, Oct. 8, 1824. They had three children - Josephine, Frank and Alice, all now living. The paternal grandparents were John and Catharine Cunningham, both deceased. The maternal grandparents were John and Maria McDonald, the former is deceased. The subject of this sketch spent his childhood days on the farm, receiving a good common school education at the country schools ; then he took a two years' academic course and spent a short time at the National Normal University, at Lebanon, Ohio. At the age of 21 years he commenced teaching, which profession he has since followed, and is now (1881) Principal of the Harveysburg Schools. He read law with J. W. O'Neall, Probate Judge of Warren Co., and was admitted to the bar in 1878.

JOSEPH J. DOWNING, artist, P. O. Harveysburg; born in Center Co., Penn., Oct. 20, 1858 ; is a son of Jacob and Jane (Underwood) Downing ; he a native of Center Co., and she of York Co., Penn. The paternal grandparents, Thomas and Rebecca (Starr) Downing, were natives of Pennsylvania, and lived and died in their native State. Thomas was a farmer by occupation, and when he started in life he purchased land the title to which proved defective, and he had to pay for his land a second time, which was a heavy burden in the commencement of his business life, but notwithstanding this drawback he became a very prosperous farmer, and by industry and energy became possessed of a good competency. He died aged 69 years ; his wife died July 15, 1819, aged 59 years. Jacob Downing was raised to manhood in Pennsylvania ; married and became the father of nine children, five now survive - Hannah M., Rebecca S., Maria M., Matilda J. and Joseph J. Rebecca S. (deceased) married Jeremiah Fravel, by whom she had three sons and two daughters. Maria M., married Jesse Romine; Matilda J., married Zephaniah Underwood, and have two sons and two daughters. Mr. Downing died June 9, 1862, aged 55 years. He was a farmer, but had very poor health, caused, it is believed, in a great measure, from the care, labor and watching over his father during the last years of his life. The maternal grandparents, Zephaniah and Hannah Underwood, were natives of York Co., Penn., where they spent most of their lives, but died in Center Co., Penn. They had six children, four sons and two daughters, five now survive Charles ; Rebecca, now Mrs Perry John, living in Pennsylvania ; William, John and Jane. The ancestors of both the Downing and Underwood families were from England. William Underwood emigrated to North Carolina, and located at Elizabeth City, where he still resides and where he has made himself quite popular by his energy and enterprise in public improvenymts, and the aid he gave in building up the city, which was so badly destroyed during the war of the rebellion ; and as a token of their appreciation of his services, they presented him with a fine gold-headed cane. Mrs. Downing and her family, in the spring of 1878, emigrated to Ohio and located where they now live and have since resided. Joseph, our subject, was raised to farm labor, but early manifested a great taste and talent as an artist, and although opposed by his kindred and friends from pursuing that line of business, yet he continued to prosecute his scheme of painting and pencil drawings till his natural genius manifested itself so overpoweringly that it overcame all opposition to his plans, and he began to systematize his ways and means to acquire some scientific knowledge of the art. Mr. Downing then embraced the opportunity to learn some of the principles and rules of portrait painting under Prof. Southworth, who was then teaching the art to a class in Lebanon ; was under his instructions about five weeks when the Professor gave him notice that he could teach him no more, as it was evident to him as also to the general critics of the art that Mr. Downing was excelling him in the perfection of his paintings. Mr. Downing has continued the practice of the art ; has executed many portraits, and has received the highest encomiums from the press, as well as from those whose work he has executed with so much skill. £very life-like expression seems to flow from his pencil as if by magic, and when his hand gives the finishing touch there appears before you a far more life-like picture than any photographer can possibly execute. Mr. Downing is strictly a self-made mau, and we have no hesitancy it predicting that, if his life and health are spared, he will, as he already does, excel in the art; and will arise to notoriety and distinction in this beautiful and God-given science.

JAMES W. ELLIS, farmer; P. 0. Harveysburg ; born in Massie Township, March 12, 1844 ; is a son of Lee and Eliza (King) Ellis ; he was born in Clinton Co., Ohio, June 9,1815 ; she was born in Adams Co., Ohio, Feb. 16, 1825. The grandparents, Leonard and Mary (Babb) Ellis; he was a native of Kentucky and she of Virginia. The great* grandfather was Leonard Ellis, who died in Kentucky. The grandfather, Leonard Ellis, was raised to manhood in Kentucky ; went to Virginia and was married ; and in 1813 emigrated to Ohio and located in Clinton Co., one ofthe early settlers. In 1819 or 1820, removed to Warren Co. ; in 1824, removed to Cla rksville, Clinton; in 1838, again located in Warren Co., Massie Township, where they lived and died; he died in May, 1856, aged 72 years ; his wife died in May, 1842, aged 56 years. They had four sons, two now survive - Lee and James. When Mr. Ellis first located in Clinton Co., Wilmington consisted of a few cabins, brush heap and stumps; deer, turkeys, and wild game were abundant. Now what a contrast ! the town of Wilmington is a large, flourishing city, with fine brick and frame residences, and instead of the almost unbroken forests, are fine farms, with fields of waving grain, and for this great and admirable change we are indebted to the industry and hard labor of these worthy old pioneers. The maternal grandparents were Richard and Sarah King, natives of Adams Co., Ohio. They had two sons and five daughters, five now survive - Amos W., Eliza, William, Mary Jane (now Mrs. Harlan) and Sarah Ann (now Mrs. McIntyre, residing in Iowa). Mr. and Mrs. King died when Eliza, the mother of our subject, was but a child, and she was raised by her uncle at Clarksville. Mr. Ellis, the father of our subject, was married March 9, 1843, issue six children, five now survive - James W.; Nancy C., born Dec. 30, 1847 ; Sarah Louisa, born Jan. 27, 1850, now Mrs. Jessup ; Samuel A., born Oct. 1, 1857 ; and Mary E., born June 15, 1860. Mr. Ellis located on a farm adjoining the one where he now lives, and has never made but the one move from that place to where he now resides, which change was made about 1846, and here has now made a continued residence of thirty-five years. Mr. Ellis obtained a limited education in the old log school house, with greased paper windows, and started out in life a poor man, but by his own industry, hard labor, and good management has accumulated a good competency ; owns a large amount of land, and is one of the leading farmers and prominent citizens of Massie Township, and is strictly a self-made man. The subject of this sketch was raised to manhood within a quarter of a mile of where he now resides ; was married Oct. 15, 1866, to Anna M., daughter of David and Rachel (Hawkins) Allen, natives of New Jersey, but who emigrated to Ohio in 1831, and located in Warren Co., thence removed to Greene Co., thence back to Warren Co. Mrs. Allen died April 3/1881, aged 77 years. Mr. Allen, now 77 years of age, resides near Ridge ville. They had nine children, five now survive - Lucinda, now Mrs. Corwin ; Mary Effie, now Widow Carpenter ; Eleanor Dorse, Amos and Annie M., who was born in Greene Co., Oct 18, 1845. Mr. Ellis and wife have five children - Rosetta, born Jan. 18, 1868; Charles E., born Ang. 24, 1869 ; George B., born Feb. 14, 1872 ; William H., born Aug. 6, 1873 ; and Cora B., born April 19, 1879. Mr. Ellis has always followed farming, and all in this township and neighborhood ; located on the place where he now lives in 1868, where he has since resided. Mr. Ellis is one of the prominent farmers of Massie Township ; is now one of the Township Trustees, this being his second term of service.

HARVEY C. ELLIS, farmer; P. 0. Harveysburg; born in Massie Township Dec. 30, 1847 ; is a son of Lee and Eliza Ellis, whose history and that of the ancestors, is given in the sketch of James W. Ellis in this work. The subject of this sketch was raised to farm labor, and remained with his father until after his majority ; was married Jan. 7, 1873, to Mary A., daughter of Josiah C. and Amelia Rogers, whose history k given in the sketch of Josiah C. Rogers. By this union Mr. Ellis and wife have three children - Walter L., born Jan. 8, 1875 ; Heber H., bom Sept. 18, 1876 ; and Abbie, bom July 19, 1878. Mr. Ellis first located on the farm now owned by Herbert Laurence ; resided there one year, thence located on one of his father's farms and resided six years, then in the spring of 1880 he located upon the place where he now lives and has since resided.

MILTON HADLEY, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; bora in Clinton Co., Ohio, Feb. 19, 1833 ; is a son of Jonathan T. and Rebecca (Harvey) Hadley, natives of North Carolina. The grandparents, Simon and Elizabeth Hadley, were probably natives of North Carolina, but who emigrated to Indiana, where they lived and died. Jonathan T. Hadley was born March 14, 1793, and grew to manhood in his native State, and about the spring of 1814 emigrated to Ohio, and located in Clinton County. In 1815, he was married to Rebecca Harvey, by whom he had nine children ; six now survive - Lydia D., Samuel L., Simon, Deborah L., Milton and Harlan H. Mr Hadley followed the honest occupation of a farmer through life. When he came from North Carolina to Ohio, he rode through on horseback, and after he married , located right in the woods, erected a cabin, and started out in life a poor pioneer, deter mined to make a farm and a home. He was a man of industry and great energy, and his efforts were crowned with success, becoming possessed of a good competency. He furnished each of his children with 130 acres of land, and had a good sufficiency reserved for himself. Mr. Hadley was a very retired, unassuming man, never holding or seeking office, but one of those firm, substantial men, prompt and exact in all his dealings, constituting one of the best of citizens in his community. He died in October, 1878, in his 86th year ; his wife died in July, 1876, aged 81 years. Our subject was raised to manhood in Clinton County ; was married Sept. 21, 1854, to Lucy M., daughter of John L. and Susan Smoot, natives of Virginia, but who emigrated to Perry Co., Ohio, thence to Warren County, and thence to Illinois, where they died. They were parents of seven children, who grew to maturity ; three now survive - Sarah A., now Mrs. Grimes ; Lucy M ; and Nancy Jane, now Mrs. Gause. Lucy M. was born in Virginia Aug 2, 1832. Mr. Hadley and wife have two children - Isaac H., bora Aug. 21, 1855; and Otis, born May 27, 1868. Mr. Hadley resided in Clinton Co. till October, 1858, when he bought a farm on Flat Rock Creek, in Warren County, where he resided till 1873, when he bought and located where he now lives and has since resided, and where he has a fine farm with good improvements, constituting a pleasant home and residence. Mr. Hadley has been Trustee and Treasurer of his township. The general character of his father, as given above, is well represented in his son, and could the county be filled with such men, we should have much better officers, neighbors and citizens.

SAMUEL HARLAN, farmer ; P. O. Harveysburg ; bora in Massie Township Oct. 16, 1829; is a son of Enoch and Elizabeth (Harvey) Harlan, natives of Orange Co., N. C. The grandparents were Enoch and Lydia Harlan ; he was probably born in Ireland, the ancestors being from that country. Euoch Harlan died in North Carolina, but his wife came to Ohio, and died in Clinton County. Enoch, the father of our subject, emigrated to Ohio, and located in Clintpn County, in 1806 ; resided there till 1824, when he removed to Warren County, where he lived till his death, July 26, 1866, aged 80 years and 5 months ; his wife died May 9, 1875, aged nearly 83 years.

They had ten children, seven now survive - Lydia, Mahlon, Carter, John, Nathaniel, Samuel and Wilson. Mr. Harlan was truly a pioneer ; when he came to Clinton County, he had to cut his road through the wilderness from Cincinnati to where he settled, and there he opened out right in the woods, and endured the many deprivations and hardships of those early days ; there he labored for eighteen years ; thence moved to Warren County, and again opened out a farm right from the woods, and thus did a double pioneer work. Now this country presents a great contrast - fine farms and elegant buildings have taken the place of the vast forests, and the log cabins are almost extinct, and this change has all been made by these noble pioneers, whose memory should be embalmed in the hearts of their descendants for all time to come. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood, and remained with his father till 33 years of age ; was married Sept. 15, 1864, to Hannah A., daughter of Nathan and Rachel Bean, natives of Frederick Co., Va., but who emigrated to Ohio in 1841, and resided in Clinton County till the death of Mrs. Bean, March 4, 1853. They had eight children - James W., Mary Eliza ; Edith C., now Mrs. Duncan ; Harriet C., now Mrs. Markland ; Hannah A. ; Sarah F., now Mrs. Wilson Harlan; Rebecca V., now Mrs. Williamson, living in Butler County ; and Rachel E. The first four reside in Kansas, and the others in Ohio. Mr. Bean removed to Kansas, where he died Sept. 2, 1873. Mr. Harlan and wife have one child - May, born May 1, 1866. Mr. Harlan has always followed farming, and all within Massie Township ; he bought and located upon the place where he now lives, in the spring of 1870, and where he has since resided. Mr. Harlan is a member of the Orthodox Society of Friends ; is one among the prominent farmers of Massie Township, and one of its best citizens.

WILSON HARVEY*, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg. Among the early settlers of Massie Township, and the founders of Harveysburg, were the Harvey family, and we are able to trace them to the original progenitor of this name in America. William Harvey, who was born in Worcester in the Parish Lyd, England, Sept. 5, 1678, and emigrated to America in 1712, and located in Pennsylvania, where he purchased 300 acres of land from a party who obtained his title direct from the State, for which he paid £75 English money ; this land was in the tract known as " The woods the Kennet," now Pennsbury Township, situated on the Brandywine, beginning at Chadd's Dam. A part of this tract is still in possession of descendants of the family, on which still stands one of the quaint old houses of the early times. In 1814, about two years after Mr. Harvey's arrival in Pennsylvania, he married Mrs. Judith Osborne, who was born in Bilson, Co. of Stafford, England, in 1683; she died May 1, 1750. Mr. Harvey died June 20, 1754. Their children were - Hannah, who married Jacob Way ; William, married Ann Evitt ; Isaac, married Martha Newlin ; Amos, married Kesiah Wright, and James who died unmarried. Three of these brothers it is said emigrated to Virginia and North Carolina, and from whom have descended the now numerous families of the name scattered over the various Western States. Isaac Harvey, the eldest child of William Harvey, emigrated to North Carolina when a young man, and there married, and of his children William is the great-grandfather of our subject; he married Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Carter, a native of Dublin, Ireland. William and Elizabeth had seven children - Eli, Isaac, Caleb, William, Joshua, Martha and Lydia, of whom Isaac, the second son, is the grandfather of our subject ; he married Lydia, a daughter of Zachariah and Ruth Dicks. Isaac became very much dissatisfied with the institution of slavery in the South, and as he was raising and educating a large family of children, he determined to find a country and a home where he could be free from the pernicious influences of that baneful institution. In the fall of 1804, he crossed the mountains on horseback, entered Ohio and through Indiana, making quite an extended prospecting tour, and it appears decided upon his location, and retuned home, and in the fall of 1806, with three of his brothers, Eli Caleb and Joshua, and their families, came to Ohio, and located in Clinton Co., bringing with them their aged widowed mother, who lived to see her fourth generation. She was born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 16, 1736, and died Feb. 16, 1832, in her 96th year of age. Isaac's wife died Jan. 2, 1813, and was the first person buried in the

Springfield Graveyard, a place which had just been donated by Isaac Harvey as a burial place for their dead. About 1828, Isaac became a resident of Harveysburg; for a more full narrative and facts connected with the life of Isaac and other members of the Harvey family, see history of Massie Township, in this work. Isaac died May 9, 1834, aged 70 years. They had nine children - Ann, married Archibald Edwards; Rebecca, married Jonathan Hadley ; Elizabeth, married Enoch Harlan ; Ruth, married Henry Towel; William, married Mary Crew; Harlan, married Ruth Chew; Deborah, married Elisha Hobbs ; Martha, married Aaron L. An tram, and Simon married Mary H. Burgess, and is the father of our subject, who spent the most of his life in Harveysburg and vicinity, as a farmer and merchant, whose life was full of activity and earnestness ; a great Christain worker, and who spent four years of missionary work among the Indians of Kansas, which labors are more fully written of in history of Massie Township. His wife died Aug. 9, 1862, aged 53 years ; he died July 14, 1876, aged 72 years. They had four sons and one daughter - Willson, born Sept. 26, 1828; Moses B., born Nov. 1830; Micajah M., Aug. 18, 1834; Thomas 0., Aug. 13, 1836 ; and Gulie, born Aug. 27, 1840 (deceased). She married Samuel Ellis, and has one son living - Elijah. Our subject was united in marriage Dec. 7, 1858, with Sarah, a daughter of Benjamin and Mary S. Lukens, whose ancestral history will be found in sketch of Joseph Lukens ; by this union they have had four children - Lizzie L., born July 6, 1860, now Mrs. Shidaker; Charlie and Harris (twins, deceased), and William L., born Feb. 8, 1868. Mr. Harvey has resided nearly all his life in Harveysburg and vicinity, engaged principally in the honorable occupation of farming ; has been very successful financially in his business life ; is a man of excellent judgment and business capacity, and one who has ever held the esteem and confidence of the people of his community ; has held nearly every office of the township and corporation in the gift of the people ; has always taken a live interest in the subject of education, and in all moral and political progress of his community, and is, as were his ancestors before him, among the best citizens of Harveysburg.

JERVIS J. HATTON, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; born in Warren Co. Oct. 19, 1827 ; is a son of Edward and Rachel Hatton, whose history and that of their ancestors is given in sketch of Dr. George Hatton. The subject of this sketch was raised and grew to manhood on the farm adjoining the one where he now lives, which is still owned by his father. Mr. Hatton was married Nov. 26, 1856, to Samantha, daughter of John C. and Jane (Cadwallader) Anderson, he a native of New Jersey and she of Ohio; he was bom Oct. 4, 1808 ; she was born May 3, 1814. Mr. Anderson was a son of Samuel Anderson, who, with his family, emigrated to Ohio and settled in Clermont Co. in 1818, where he lived and died. Mr. John C. Anderson married and settled in Warren Co., where he followed his trade, that of mason and brick-layer, in connection with farming, through life; he died in December, 1879, aged 71 years. The maternal grandfather, Jonah Cadwallader, was a native of Virginia, but become one of the early settlers of Ohio and here resided until his death, in July, 1879, aged about 89 years. Mr. Anderson and wife had twelve children, eleven now survive - Samantha, Priscilla, Ann Eliza, Jonah, Jerome, Aquilla, Mary, Albert, Emily, Edwin and Ellen. Mr. Hatton and wife have two children - Clara Jane, born July 8, 1858 (now Mrs. Bonneville, of Waynesville), and Horace Edwin, born Jan. 19, 1865. Mr. Hatton was a carpenter by trade, but has followed farming as his leading business ; he first located in Harlan Township, where he resided about six years ; in 1864, he bought and located upon the place where he now lives and has since resided. Mr. H. has a large and good farm and is one of the prominent farmers of Massie Township ; he takes a great interest in education and has served several years as School Director, and is an excellent neighbor and worthy citizen.

CHRISTIAN HISEY, hotel and grocery; Harveysburg; born in Virginia April 22, 1812 ; is a son of Jacob and Amelia (Williamson) Hisey, natives of Virginia. The paternal grandparents, Christian and Rosa Hisey, it is supposed were born in Germany, but emigrated to America some time prior to the Revolutionary war, as he served as a soldier in that war ; they Jived and died in Virginia. The maternal grandparents, William and Didema Williamson, were natives of England. Jacob, the father of our subject, was reared to manhood and married in Virginia, where he resided till the fall of 1818, when he, with his family, emigrated to Ohio and located in Warren Co., in Wayne Township, and opened out right in the woods, living a true pioneer life, enduring all the many hardships and deprivations of those early days. Mr. Hisey was a blacksmith, which trade he followed through life, employing others to do the work on the farm. He first settled on 60 acres of land, and from time to time added more to it by purchase till he became owner of 400 acres of good land ; here he resided till his death. Mr. Hisey was a very industrious, economical man ; one who started in life a poor man, but by his own labor and good management, became quite wealthy. They were parents of fourteen children, nine now survive - Jemima, now Widow Ridge ; Hannah, now Mrs. Gard : Amelia, now Mrs. Carr ; Rhoda, now Widow Harlan ; Emiline, now Mrs. Harmell ; Maria, now Widow Banes; Mary Jane, now Widow Terry ; Christian and John. Our subject grew to manhood, brought up to farm labor ; was married June 8, 1837, to Sarah Ann, daughter of Robert and Ann Leak ; he a native of England, and she of Philadelphia, but of English descent. Sarah Ann was born in Philadelphia April 16, 1817. Mr. Hisey and wife have six children - Robert John, born Dec. 1, 1838; Angeline, Jan. 13, 1840; Mary Jane, Aug. 12, 1844; Jacob Charles, June 6, 1848 ; Joseph Gilpin, June 16, 1854, and Twilight, born Feb. 16, 1860. Mr. Hisey followed farming till 1842, when he purchased a flouring and grjst mill on Csesar Creek, which he run successfully about thirty-four years; then, in 1876, he retired from the milling business, bought property in Harveysburg, where he now resides, and is carrying on a hotel und grocery business. Mr. Hisey united with the First Wayne Free-Will Baptist Church at its organization, being one of its constituent members and principal mover in its organization, and has been a regular ordained minister in the church since 1850.

EDWARD P. KIR VAN, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg ; born in Ireland about 1805 ; is a son of William and Mary Kirvan, natives of Ireland, and lived and died in their own native country. The grandfather wasWilliam Kirvan, and his ancestors came from Germany. One Jeremiah Kirvan, a native of Germany and a man of prominence, had so won the favor of Lord Klon Reichard, of Ireland, that that Noble induced him to leave his native land and come to Ireland in 1492, where he settled and lived till his death, enjoying the special favor of Lord Reichard, and became a very noted General of his army. From this great General descended the grandfather William. William and Mary had seven sons and three daughters, of whom Edward, the subject of this sketch, was the eldest ; he emigrated to America in 1837, and landed in New York on the 4th of July ; thence he went to Dutchess Co., N. Y., and obtained work with a farmer by name of Flagler, where he remained about sixteen years, and became the principal manager of his farms. In 1852, he came to Ohio, and remained from May till August at Columbus ; thence to Clark Co., and resided three years ; thence to Warren Co., and bought, and located upon the place where he now lives and has since resided a period of twenty-four years. Mr. Kirvan had six brothers and sisters who followed him to America, who are all deceased but one sister, Delia, now residing in New York City. Mr. Kirvan was married May 12, 1852, to Mrs. Martha May, daughter of James and Jane May, natives of Lancaster Co., England, who lived and died in their native land. Martha was born May 3. 1323, and, when about 19 years of age, or in 1842, she with her brother John emigrated to America, and located in Dutchess Co., N. Y., and there Mr. Kirvan made her acquaintance which culminated in their marriage. They were married in Albany, N. Y., and then went to Ohio where they settled as above stated. By this marriage they have one daughter, Margaret S., born in Clark Co., Ohio, March 16, 1854. Mr. Kirvan has a good farm, upon which he has erected a good house and other buildings, and now has everything comfortable about him, constituting a pleasant home and residence.

HERBERT A. LAURENCE, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; born in Cincinnati, July 10, 1854; is a son of Theophilus E. and Elizabeth (Singer) Laurence; he, it is believed, was born in New Jersey, and she in Ohio, the Laurence ancestors, so far as known, being natives of New Jersey. Theophilus was but a child when brought to Ohio, and was raised and grew to manhood near Cincinnati, and learned the tanning trade, which business he followed till 1877, when he entered upon the milling business in Lebanon where he continued till January, 1881. In July, 1881, he purchased the Harveysburg Mills, which at this writing he is about to take possession of. Mr. Laurence commenced in life without capital, and by his own industry and good management has accumulated a good competency. He is a man possessed of energy, and his integrity is undoubted ; he is prompt and exact in all his dealings and one of the best citizens in the community where he has lived. He was first married to Mary W ood, by whom he had one child (deceased). His second marriage was on Oct. 14, 1853 ; by this union they have had nine children, eight now survive - Herbert A., Elmer G., Cora, Theodore, Daisie, Guilford, Mabel and Perry. Our subject remained with his father till his majority, brought up to the tanning business. In the spring of 1878, he located upon the farm where he now lives and has since resided. Mr. Laurence was married April 14, 1878, to Olive A., daughter of John and Margaret Ellis, whose history and that of their ancestors is given in sketches of James W. Ellis ^and Israel D. Compton (deceased) in this work. Mr. Laurence and wife have one child, Jessie T., born July 14, 1879.

JOSEPH LUKENS, retired; P. 0. Harveysburg; born in Virginia, Dec. 28, 1797, is a son of Levi and Elizabeth (Cleaver) Lukens, natives of Pennsylvania. The paternal grandparents John and Rachel Lukens, were also native of Pennsylvania, the ancestors of the Lukens family came from Germany. John and Rachel lived and died in their native State. The maternal grandparents were Ezekiel and Mary Cleaver ; the Cleaver ancestors came from Wales. Levi Lukens was raised to manhood in Pennsylvania, emigrated to Virginia and was married in Berkeley County, Aug. 8, 1793, and removed to Ohio and located in Warren County in December, 1807, erected a log cabin into which they moved Jan. 1, 1808, the floor of their cabin being made of puncheons, as there were no saw-mills in that early day ; here they toiled and labored in opening out their farm, living the true pioneer life, enduring the many hardships of that day, yet enjoying the kindness and sociability of those hardy and honored pioneers. In making their journey from Virginia to Ohio they came through over the mountains in a wagon, and met with a severe loss on the way, their youngest son about two years of age, fell from the wagon, the wheels passed over him from the effects of which he died the sime night. When Mr. Lukens first came to Ohio he purchased 500 acres of land near Portsmouth, and 1,000 acres in Greene County, both of which tracts of land he soon after sold, and purchased 1,000 acres in Massie Township, Warren Co., upon which he located as above stated. After which he and his brother-in-law purchased 1,000 acres more land, thus Mr. Lukens became owner of a large amount of land. He built the first saw-mill ever erected in Massie Township. Upon the real estate which he first purchased, Mr. Lukens resided till his death, Jan. 3, 1860, in the 93d year of age, his wife having died Feb. 2, 1831, in her 68 year of age. They had seven children, six grew to maturity, three now survive - Joseph, John and Salathiel. Our subject was with his father till 24 years of age, was married Feb. 13, 1822, to Hannah, daughter of Clayton and Elizabeth Brown, natives of New Jersey, by whom he had five children, four now survive - Levi born Dec. 25, 1822, now a resident of California; Mary born Nov. 28, 1828; Clayton C., bom March 20, 1831, and William S. bom Aug. 9, 1834. His wife died Feb. 29, 1868, aged 72 years. On June 30, 1870, he was united in marriage with Elsie, daughter of Soloman and Fanny Howland, natives of Dutchess Co., N. Y.; the Howland family being descended from one John Howland from England, who came to America in the " Mayflower." Mr. Lukens has always followed the honest and honorable occupation of a farmer, but being now advanced in years and possessed of an ample competency, has retired from his farm and all active labor and lives on a nice property in the pleasant village of Harveysburg.

SALATHIEL LUKENS, farmer ; P. O. Harveysburg; bora in Culpeper Co., Va., Sept. 12, 1803 ; is a son of Levi and Elizabeth Lukens, whose history is given in sketch of Joseph Lukens. The subject of this sketch was about four years of age when brought to this county by his parents ; here he was raised and grew to manhood, acquainted with the hardships and trials of those early pioneers ; was married Oct. 20. 1831, to Louisa, daughter of Elijah and Phebe Fawcett, natives of Frederick Co., Ya., who came to Ohio and settled in Clinton County in 1822; they have now living four sons and one daughter - Charles, Oliver, Jerome, Caius, and Jane. Mr. Fawcett and family resided in Clinton County till about 1835, when they removed to Logan County, where they resided till their death. Mr. Lukens and wife have had seven children, five survive - Sarah, Virginia, Levi, Elijah and Ida. Mrs. Lukens died Feb. 2, 1880, aged 70 years. Mr. Lukens after his marriage located upon the old home place where his father first settled in 1807, remained there about five years, thence removed to Indiana, but his family not feeling contented there he remained but a few months and removed to Logan Co., Ohio, where they resided from 1837 to 1864, when they moved back to Warren Co., Ohio, and bought and located upon the farm where he now lives and has since resided. Mr. Lukens' ancestors were members of the Society of Friends, and among the best citizens of this community ; and the subject of this sketch is no exception to them in the integrity of his character, honest and honorable in all his dealings, and is a worthy example to the rising generations.

JOHN LUKENS, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; born in Culpeper Co., Va., July 9, 1801 ; is a son of Levi and Elizabeth Lukens (see sketch of Joseph Lukens), The subject of this sketch was 6 years of age when brought to this county by his parents, and here in the wilderness, as it was then, was raised and grew to manhood fully initiated into the hardships and roughness of pioneer life; was married in 1825 to Susan, daughter of John and Margeret Fawcett, natives of Frederick Co., Ya. Mr. Fawcett died in Virginia, but subsequently Mrs. Fawcett and family became residents of Clinton Co. about 1822, where she died in 1823 ; they had nine children, all now deceased. John Fawcett, was a son of Thomas Fawcett, who it is. believed was a native of Wales ; he lived and died in Virginia. Mr. Lukens and wife by their marraige had one child (deceased) ; Mrs. Lukens died Feb. 16, 1864, aged 69 years. In 1865, he was married to Jane Fawcett, daughter of Elijah and Phebe Fawcett, (see in sketch of Salathiel Lukens); Jane was born in Virginia, Sept. 18, 1819. Mr. Lukens first settled on the old home place of his fathers, which is now owned by Lewis Carr. When about nineteen years of age, Mr. Lukens went to Springboro and served an apprenticeship at the cabinet-making trade, which business he followed only a short time ; his father gave him 32 acres of land all in the wood, located on Jonah's Run , and there erected a saw-mill which he ran for twenty years ; since which he has engaged in farming; has now resided on this farm since 1822, which he opened out right from the woods, a period of fifty-nine years, nearly threescore years ; is now 80 years of age and has retired from all active labor, having done his full share of pioneer work, and deserves quiet rest in his declining years.

LEVI S. LUKENS, farmer; P. O. Harveysbnrg; bom in Warren Co., Jan. 19, 1845 ; is a son of Benjamin and Mary (Saterthwaite) Lukens ; he was a native of Virginia, whose ancestral history is written in sketch of Joseph Lukens. Benjamin and Mary were parents of four children, two now survive - Sarah, now Mrs. Wilson Harvey and Levi S. Mr. Lukens was a farmer, and after his marriage located in Massie Township, where he resided till his death, in October 1875, aged 75 years ; his wife died Feb. 17, 1865, aged 62 years. The subject of this sketch remained with his father till after his majority ; was married June 8, 1870, to Tacy Ellen, daughter of William and Martha (Burgess) Ham, he a native of South Carolina and she of Virginia. William Ham was a son of Rhoden and Abigail Ham, natives of South Carolina. Rhoden Ham was a son of William and Eleanor Ham, who, it is believed, were natives of South Carolina, and lived and died in their native State. They had three sons who grew to maturity, married and raised families ; the eldest of whom was Rhoden, who married Abigail McKinsey, whose ancestral history is given in sketch of Henry Me Kinsey, of Wayne Township, in this work. In 1808, Rhoden Ham with his family emigrated to Ohio and located in Wayne Township and there resided one year ; thence to Clinton Co., and in 1815 moved back into Warren Co. , and parohased a farm embracing the land upon which the town of Harveysburg now stands, of which see history of Massie Township, and here he resided till 1828 ; he removed to Montgomery Co., lad., where he died in 1850. His wife survived him about two weeks ; they had ten children, three now survive - William, James R. and Mary, now Mrs. Ammerman, risiding in Indiana ; James R., is settled in Iowa, engaged in the practice of medicine, is a very active and prominent brother in the U. B. Church and is a Ruling Elder. William Ham is the only one remaining a resident of Warren Co. He has been thrice married, first to Leanna Edwards, by whom he had three children, one surviving, James R., whose residence is Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Ham's wife died Nov. 2, 1835 ; in December, 1837, he married Martha Burgess, issue three children - Thomas, Findlay and Tacy Ellen ; his second wife died in fall of 1852. On April 18, 1853, he married Mrs. Rebecca Mills, a daughter of Archibald and Nancy Edwards, natives of North Carolina. Mr. Ham, when a young man, learned the blacksmith trade, located in Harveysburg and carried on his trade very successfully for twenty-five years ; thence he entered upon the merchantile business, which he followed twelve years ; four of which were in the dry goods and grocery trade, in which he was not so successful, meeting with heavy losses; the last eight years he was engaged in the drug trade, in which he very successful. In January, 1881, he sold out to his grandson Arthur L. Ham, and retired from all active business to pass the balance of his days in quiet and rest. Mr. Ham has spent a life of activity and usefulness, from which his labors have been abundantly rewarded by a good competency ; has been an active Christian worker for more than forty years, and lives in faith to believe that when his Lord calls him hence, he shall reach that "brighter shore." Mr. Lukens and wife have three children - Benjamin H., born June 12, 1871; Mary M., born Oct. 24, 1873; and Alice, born Jan 16, 1876. Mr. Lukens, after his marriage, located upon the place where he now lives and has since resided. This farm he purchased of Turner Welch ; it consists of 105 acres of good land, most beautifully located, with good buildings and improvements, and is one of the prettiest locations in Massie Township. Mr Lukens also owns other real estate to the amount of 283 acres, making in all 388 acres, mostly improved land. He is comparatively young, but is a man of great general information and an industrious, active farmer ; takes a great interest in education and all general public improvements and is one of the progressive and useful men of Massie Township.

E. L. and J. G. MACY, farmer and merchanic ; P. 0. Harveysburg. One among the prominent and early pioneer families of Harveysburg, was the Macy family, and their descendents constitute a large number of families in Harveysburg and vicinity at the present time. They have a very complete genealogy of the family from its first location in the United States published in book form, and from it we find they have multiplied and extended until they are found in twenty-two States of the Union, and in 1868 there were then living 1,240 souls ; deceased since their settling in the United States. 851 ; unknown, 17 ; total, 2,108. The progenitor of this now so memorous family was Thomas Macy, born in Wiltshire Co., England ; emigrated to America about 1635, and became one of the first settlers of Newbury, Mass.; residing there but a few years, he removed to Salisbury, Mass., and was one of the original settlers of that town. Mr. Macy was a man of sterling character, possessed of great energy and determination of will ; he held many positions of honor and trust in this new settlement ; was a merchant, a planter, one of the selectmen of the town, a juryman, and withal a preacher ; he was of the Baptist persuasion, and would frequently on the Sabbath exhort the people. Mr. Macy resided at Salisbury until 1659, when the persecution of the Quakers, Baptists, and others became so intolerant that he would endure it no longer, and he, with nine others, purchased the island of Nantucket, and in September or October of above year, he, with his family, embarked in a small sail boat in Boston Bay, rounded Cape Cod, and sailed direct for the Island. This Island was then inhabited by about 3,000 Indians. There he, with a few others, settled, braving all danger to secure a free altar and a safe home, and thereby transmit to his descendents the seeds of true liberty and pure religion. Thomas Macy married Sarah Hopcott, who was born in England in 1612 ; ha died on the island of Nantucket April 19, 1682, aged 74 years ; she died in 1706, aged 94 years. They had three sons and four daughters, of whom John Macy, the sixth child and second son, was born in Salisbury, Mass., July 14, 1655 ; married Deborah Gardner, who was born Feb. 12, 1658 ; he died at Nantucket Oct. 14, 1691 ; she died in 1712 ; they had four sons and four daughters, of whom John, the eldest child, was born at Nantucket, about 1675 ; married Judith Worth, born Dec. 22, 1689 ; he died at Nantucket Nov. 28, 1751 ; she died Nov. 8, 1767 ; they had seven sons and six daughters, of whom David, the fifth child and fourth son, was born at Nantucket Sept. 12, 1714 ; married Dina Gardner ; he died at New Garden, N. C.; they had two sons and five daughters, of whom David, the second child, and the grandfather of Edward L. aud Nathan D. Macy, of Harveysburg, was bom at Nantucket about 1743 ; emigrated to North Carolina about 1770, and married Hannah White; his sister, Abigail, married Benjamin Stanton, and was the grandmother of the late Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, under the administration of President Lincoln. David died in Guilford Co., N. C., about 1792 ; his widow married Matthew Coffin, and died in Indiana. David and Hannah Macy had four sons and two daughters, of whom David, the second son and the father of Edward L. and Nathan D. Macy, was born at Guilford Co., N. C., May 26, 1784 ; married Sarah Dix July 8, 1807 ; emigrated to Ohio, and located in Warren Co. in the spring of 1816 ; he died Nov. 14, 1863 ; his wife, Sarah, died Oct. 2, 1866 ; they had seven children - Micajah T., born in North Carolina May 15, 1808, died at Harveysburg Deo. 2, 1828 ; William, born in North Carolina Nov. 18, 1809 ; Zalinda L., born in North Carolina Aug. 11, 1811 ; Nathan D., born in North Carolina July 20, 1813 ; Edward L., born in Clinton Co., Ohio, Jan. 9, 1816 ; Milton T., born in Warren Co., Ohio, Nov. 25, 1817 ; and Abigail F., born in Warren Co., Feb. 24, 1824 ; died at Harveysburg Nov. I, 1864. Mr. David Macy was a saddler by trade, and among the early settlers of Massie Township. When he came here he purchased a farm, where he continued to work at his trade ; thence he removed to Haiveysburg, and was associated with William Harvey in laying out the town ; here he continued in business at his trade until his death. Mr. Macy was a man of undoubted integrity, unassuming in his habits, never seeking or holding office, but was one of those solid, substantial men who make the kindest of neighbors and best of citizens in every community; he was a worthy member of the Society of Friends, and an elder in the same for many years. William Macy, son of David and Sarah Macy, married Phebe Bower, issue five children - Edward T., Zalinda A., Mary E., Priscilla and David W. Mrs. Macy died Deo. 28, 1851. Nathan D. Macy married Mary Scroggy, issue two daughters - Sarah, now Mrs. W. Lukens ; and Elizabeth, now Mrs. William Collett. Mrs. Macy died June 14, 1842. On Dec. 8, 1848, Mr. Macy married for his second wife, Eliza Gilpin, issue three children - Mildred, John G. and Edmond A. Milton T. Macy married Caroline M. Wales ; she died Aug. 30, 1844, leaving no issue. On June 28, 1849, Mr. Macy married Mrs. Eliza J. King, issue three children-DeElla Alzora, Emma C. and Charles T. Mr. Macy and family now reside in Nebraska. The greater portion of the children and grandchildren of the pioneers, David and Sarah Macy, still reside in Harveysburg and vicinity, and are among their most worthy citizens. They are retiring in their habits, desiring no offices, or public notoriety, but possess a high moral standard, intelligent, social and congenial, constituting them excellent members of society in the communities where they live.

DR. DAVID MASON, physician, Harveysburg, was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Sept. 26, 1824. His parents were Richard and Frances (Strickler) Mason, the former a native of Maryland, and the latter of Pennsylvania. They emigrated from the Red Stone country, Pennsylvania, in 1798, and located in Montgomery Co., Ohio. They were parents of twelve children, our subject being the youngest. He was raised on the farm, and attended the district school of his native county. In 1845, he commenced reading medicine with Dr. Sellman, of Shelbyville, Ind. He afterward attended lectures at Payne's University, Philadelphia, Penn., from which he graduated in 1848. He first located in Indiana, and for some years afterward practiced his profession in that State. In 1853, he came to Warren Co., and, after practicing two years in Waynes- ville, settled in Harveysburg, where he has since remained. In 1844, he married Rachel Gibbons, a native of Preble Co., Ohio, who died in 1856, leaving four children. On the 12th of November, 1869, Mr. Mason took to himself another wife, in the person of Mrs. Edith Edwards, widow of William Edwards, of Warren Co., and a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Kumbrough. By this marriage one child has been born, vis., Lewis A., born June 12, 1874. During his residence in Harveysburg, the Doctor has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession.

LUKE McGUINN, farmer ; P. 0. Harveysburg; born in the county of Sligo, Ireland, Aug. 23, 1815 ; is a son of William and Margaret McGuinn, who lived and died in Ireland. They were parents of three children - Michael, John and Luke. Mrs. McGuinn died in 1820 ; Mr. McGuinn married for his second wife Ellen Fealy, by whom he had eight children, seven now living - Patrick, James, Martin, William, Mathias, Alice and Margaret. The subject of this sketch was raised and grew to manhood in his native land, and remained there till about 30 years of age when, in 1845, he emigrated to America and landed in New York City ; thence came to Cincinnati ; thence came to Clarksville, in Clinton Co. ; was married in 1850, to Bridget, daughter of Thomas and Catharine Jordon, natives of Ireland, but who emigrated to America in 1845, and located in Cincinnati, where they remained five years ; thence came to this county, and have since resided in Clinton, Greene and Warren Counties. Mr. Jordon died in Clinton Co. Jan. 31, 1868, aged 68 years. They had eleven children, nine now survive - Bridget, Anthony, Ann, John, Mary, Edward, Thomas, Perry and Jennie. Bridget was born in county of Mayo, Ireland, May 13, 1828. Mr. McGuinn and wife have six children - William, born March 11, 1851 ; Margaret, born Jan. 18; 1854; Charles, Nov. 27, 1856; Edward, July 10, I860; Thomas, Nov. 17, 1863; Rosa, July 3, 1871. Mr. McGuinn, after his marriage, lived seven years in this county ; in the State of Iowa two months; thence on rented farms in Clinton and Warren Coe. fourteen years. In August, 1868, he bought the place where he now lives, and in the spring of 1869, he moved with his family to the farm where he has since resided. On this farm he has erected good buildings and made other improvements, such that he now has a good home and farmer's residence.

CONRAD MILLER, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; was born in Pennsylvania, 1799 ; is a son of Isaac and Rachel Miller, he a native of Maryland and she of Virginia, but who emigrated to Ohio, and located in Warren Co., about 1818 ; he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war ; was a very large man and possessed of great strength , far in excess of men in general ; they lived and died in Massie Township. The subjeot of this sketch was about 18 years of age when he came to Ohio with his parents ; here he arrived to manhood, married and became the father of eight children, five sons and three daughters, five now living - William, Benjamin, James, Sarah (now Mre. Allen) and George W. Mr. Miller married Lydia Baxter, born in Pennsylvania, a daughter of William and Rachel Baxter, natives of Pennsylvania ; he was killed by a tree falling on him when he was comparatively young ; they had two children - Lydia and Sarah. Mrs. Baxter married, for her second husband, Thomas Evans, by whom she had four children, all deceased. Mr. Evans and wife came to Ohio about 1812, and located in Warren Co., where they lived till his death. Mrs. Evans married, for her third husband, Henry Fletcher ; they removed to Illinois, where he died ; after which she returned to Warren Co., and here lived till her death. Mr. Miller commenced in life a poor man ; has always followed farming, and by his own labor and industry has accumulated a good competencey ; now owns 257 acres of good land and considerable other property. But notwithstanding the vast amount of hard labor he has performed, he has lived to the advanced age of 82 years, and his wife is 77 years of age ; they have traveled the journey of life together, bearing its trials and hardships with its joys and comforts, more than half a century, and now, in the evening of their life, they can rest from their labors till their Master calls " Come up higher."

WILLIAM MILLER, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; born in Massie Township, Jan. 10, 1832 ; is a son of Conrad and Lydia Miller, whose history appears in sketch of Conrad Miller. Our subject remained with his father, making that his home till 44 years of age; was married Aug. 31, 1876, to Mrs. Anna Edwards, daughter of William and Mary. J. Anderson, he a native of Pennsylvania and she of Vermont. Mrs. Miller was born on Grand Isle, Vt., Dec. 11, 1845. She has been thrice married, first to George Simons, by whom she had one child - Mana, now Mrs. John Morgan; her second husband was Harlan Edwards, by whom she had four children, two now living - Emma H. and Bertha May. By her last husband, Mr. Miller, she has two children - Lydia Leah and William Conrad. Mrs. Miller is a woman of good education, and high moral and Christian character, and was for a time engaged in a missionary work. Mr. Miller, after his marriage, located upon the farm where he now lives, and has since resided.

WILLIAM MORGAN, farmer ; P. O. Harveysburg ; born in Greene Co., Ohio, Nov. 26, 1816 ; is a son of Thomas and Ann (Ogan) Morgan, he a native of Pennsylvania, and she, it is believed, of Virginia. The grandfather, Thomas Morgan, was a native of Wales, and the grandmother, of Ireland. Thomas, the father of our subject, when about six years of age, moved, with his parents, to Frederick Co., Va., where he grew to manhood, was married and emigrated to Ohio soon after 1 800. and first located in Pickaway Co. and lived in that vicinity for several years ; thence removed to Greene Co. and resided several years, where our subject was born ; thence removed to Indiana, where they resided till the death of Mrs. Morgan, which occurred about 1820, soon after which he returned to Greene Co., Ohio. They had eight children, five now survive - Phamay, now Mrs. David Jay, living in Clinton Co.; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Gage, in Grant Co., Ind.; William ; Catharine, now Mrs. William F. Compton ; and John, who now resides in Madison Co., Iowa. Mr. Morgan married for his second wife Elizabeth Jones, by whom he had five children, two now living - Ann and Jane. After a residence of several years in Greene and Clinton Cos., he again moved to Indiana, where he died about 1849 or 1850. Our subject was about four years of age when his mother died, but he remained with his father mostly till 1 6 years of age, after which he worked by the month for various farmers till his majority ; was married Jan. 4, 1844, to Matilda, daughter of Joseph and Christiana Compton, natives of North Carolina; by this union they had two children - James H., born Dec. 24, 1844, and Martha Ann, born May 30, 1846. His wife died Oct. 7, 1864, aged 56 years. On Deo. 31, 1868, he was united in marriage with Ruth, daughter of David and Rebecca Joy, he a native of Clinton Co. and she of South Carolina ; Mr. and Mrs. Joy had five children, two now survive - Ruth, and Ann, now Mrs. Benjamin Farquhar, of Clinton Co. Mr. Morgan has always followed farming as his occupation, and all within Massie Township but about five years in Clinton Co.; he bought and located upon the place where he now lives in the summer of 1865, where he has since resided. Mr. Morgan and wife are earnest members of the Society of Friends, and as such, live devotedly to their principles of honesty and integrity ; he is very retiring in habits, seeking no public office or notoriety, but is one of the most upright and kindest of neighbors, and a most worthy citizen of the community where he lives.

JOHN MORRIS, retired farmer; Harveysburg; born in North Carolina Dec. 19, 1797 ; is a son of Isaac and Millicent (Bundy) Morris, natives of North Carolina. The paternal grandfather, Zachariah Morris, as far as is now known, was a native of North Carolina, as was also the maternal grandfather, Demcy Bundy, and they lived and died in that State, the ancestry of both families being from England. In 1798, Isaac Morris and family moved from North Carolina to Virginia, and located in Grayson Co., where he resided till his death ; he was a fanner by occupation through life. They had thirteen children, four now survive - Zadok, John, Nancy (now Mrs. Sexton, residing in Fayette Co., Ohio), and Sarah, now widow Berner, residing in Iowa. Zadoc married Lydia Barnett ; she died and he married for his second wife, Mrs. Ruth McPherson, whose maiden name was Cary; they reside in Fayette Co., Ohio. In 1816, our subject, with his brother, came to Ohio and located in Clinton Co., where they remained about ten months ; thence returned to Virginia, and in 1818 returned to Ohio, coming through the entire distance (500 miles), on foot, and also, we should state, that in going back to Virginia, they walked the entire distance, thus making 1 ,000 miles on foot, which would be a great undertaking for the young of our present generation. In 1823, Mr. Morris purchased a farm in Clinton Co. with 40 acres cleared, located about eight miles east of Harveysburg. On this farm he remained about thirty years; thence he sold out and bought another farm five miles east of Harveysburg, and there resided eighteen years, when, from advancing yean, and having, by his own labor and industry, accumulated a good competency, he purchased a good residence in Harveysburg, to which he moved in 1871, and here has since lived, retired from all active labor, desiring to enjoy a quiet rest during the balance of his life. He still owns, but rents his farm, which consists of 300 acres of fine land, and which has brought him $1,000 per year, cash rent. In January, 1823, Mr. Morris was united in marriage with Ruth, daughter of Anthony Stanley, a native of North Carolina ; issue, nine children ; four now survive - Isaac, now editor of the Miami Helmet, at Piqua, Ohio ; Micajah, living in Illinois ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Stanley, living in Kansas ; and Ruth, now Mrs. Roberts, residing in Indiana. Mr. Morris' wife died June 21, 1838. On Jan. 17, 1839, he married Mary, daughter of Robert and Edith Stanley, natives of North Carolina ; by her he had eight children ; five now survive - Lydia, now Mrs. Curl ; Sarah Ann, now Mrs. Elias D. Harlan ; Jeremiah and Isabel (twins), and Susanna H. The mother died Aug, 6, 1881. Mr. Morris relates that the first experience he had after coming to Ohio, and the first money he made was in killing a bear ; he bad started out to hunt turkeys, which were very plentiful in those days, and he accidentally came across a large black bear ; he says his heart beat so loudly that he could hear it thump distinctly ; but he took sure aim with his old flint gun and fired ; although the bear ran a short distance, he soon died, the ball having penetrated his heart. The skin of the bear, which was a very large and fine one, he sold to Gen. Trimble, afterward Governor of Ohio, for $3.