Warren County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1882 (part 15 of 16)

JACOB DIEBOLD, farmer; P. 0. Morrow; a native of Baden, Germany, and born Aug. 26, 1826 ; he received the rudiments of a common school education in the schools of the fatherland and at an early age was drafted into the service of his country during the promise of the rebellion in Germany ; not liking the service, he sought an opportunity and came to America, landing in New Orleans in April, 1849. From thence he came to Campbell Co., Ky.. and labored for $6 and $3 per month. After working at common labor for about five months, he came to Morrow, this county. There be commenced work at $6 per month during the winters of 1849-50. In February, 1850, he was united in marriage to Miss Catharine Fox, a native of Baden, Germany, born Feb. 28, 1826. In order to consummate the marriage, Mr. Diebold was compelled to bo-row $1 with which to procure the license ; he at once commenced to farm on what is now known as the William Bennett farm, where he remained for ten years consecutively. Being of a frugal and industrious turn of mind, he soon laid up a sufficient competency with which to purchase 98 acres of land, on which he removed in the year 1860. He has added to this farm uatil he now owns 185 aores, well improved and in a high state of cultivation ; he built a good barn in 1869 and a fine brick residence in 1871. His home is a model of neatness and comfort, containing eight large rooms and being two stories high. The warm heart and generous nature of its owner are always ready to receive in a hospitable manner those who may visit him ; his father was Jacob Diebold, after whom the subject of this sketch was named ; he died when the son was but 6 years of age and sleeps on the vineclad hills, near the historic Rhine, in his native land ; his wife was Barbara Luburger, of a distinguished family ; her brother being an accomplished engineer under Napoleon in his campaigns in Europe. She died about the year 1853. George Fox was the father of Mrs. Diebold, a native of Baden, Germany, born July 14, 1797 ; he married Miss Catharine Jacobe; she was nine years his junior. They settled here in October, 1855; he died Sept. 11, 1877, and she July 27, 1867. They were the parents of one son and four daughters. The parents of the subject of this sketch had a family of eleven children - Barbara, born Nov. 26, 1850, married to C. F. Morgan ; Margaret, born June 11, 1852, married Jacob Balzhiser, now deceased; Permelia, born April 2, 1854; Mary, horn July 16, 1855, married to I. N. Ross ; William B., born Dec. 19, 1856; George, born Sept. 26, 1858 (deceased); George, born May 3, 1860 ; Catharine, born June 30, 1862 ; Elizabeth, born Feb. 18, 1864 ; Jacob, born June 14, 1867 ; and John, born Aug. 2, 1869. Mr. Diebold held the office of Township Trustee for six years ; is a member of the Lutheran Church, and of Lodge No. 116, Morrow, Ohio; he is a man of robust constitution, and from present indications will live to a ripe old age.

farmer until 18 years of age. He, like all German citizens, was compelled to enter the service of his country and was assigned to duty under General Zritz. He was in the army for some time, and falling sick was sent to the hospital. Not liking the service, he sought an opportunity and escaped to France. From thence he went to Africa, joining the 5th Infantry ; he was under the French General Caurobert for two years. In 1850 he came to America, landing at New York and finally settled here in 1851. He was married Aug. 2, 1852, to Miss L. Miller, a native of Germany, born Jan. 2, 1826. They have eight children - Matthew, Louisa, Jacob, Margaret, Anna, Henry, Philip and Linnie. Mr. Enz is a public spirited man and is noted for his integrity.

ANDREW FRYBURGER, farmer; P. O. Cozaddale; one of the pioneers of this county and to whom we are pleased to give a prominence in this work, was born in Hamilton Township, this county, September 13, 1818 ; he was the son of Lewis and Rachel (Custer) Fry burger; the former was born about the year 1775, the latter December 24 of the same year ; they settled in this county about the year 1819. These parents were of German descent and were among the early and influential people of their time and neighborhood. They were the parents of ten children - four sons and six daughters, all of whom are well situated in life. The family was originally from Virginia, where it was well and favorably known. The subject of this sketch was brought up amid the rural scenes of pioneer life, and had but little chance to secure an education. The log cabin, the clearing and the rude methods of developing the new country engaged his attention, but they were nature's methods of making a stalwart ; strengthening muscle, enlarging the mind and warming into life those noble impulses so characteristic of the man brought up in such surroundings ; hospitable and kind, a friend always finds a warm and hearty welcome to his home: He has been twice married, the first time April 1, 1846, to Miss Mary J. Hill, who was born April 15, 1826; to these parents six children were born - Lewis, April 1, 1848 ; Notley H., March 6, 1850; Hosiah, Jan. 22, 1863; John, Sept. 7, 1857 ; Thomas, Oct. 2, 1859, and George, Oct. 10, 1862. On March 14, 1866, Mr. Fryburgcr was called upon to mourn the loss of the partner of his life, the sympathizer of his sorrows, the sharer of his joys, by death, Dec. 14, 1866. Alter remaining single for some seven years, he was married the second time Nov. 20, 1873 to Miss Martha Bright, a worthy woman born May 16, 1846. They have two children - Mary J. and Annie A. ; the former 7 years of age, the latter 3. The father of Mrs. Fryburger is John Bright, a native of England, born Feb. 11, 1822; he married Amy Wiltshire, born Jan. 16, 1824. Mr. Fryburger is a Democrat of the old school, and has held the offices of Township Trustee and Director for over fifteen years. He owns a well cultivated farm of 116 acres of land, and at this writing is active and vigorous for one of his years.

JOHN D. HAMER, merchant, Pleasant Plain ; dealer in hardware, tinware, stoves, clocks, watches, jewelry, harness, pumps, and agent for Porter & Co.'s sheet iron roofing ; was born in Deerfield, this county, Nov. 13, 1833. Being of an ingenious turn of mind, he worked at and learned the tinner trade ; since he has also worked at the silversmith and artist's trades. In all these various branches of trade he seemed to excel and succeed. When the late war commenced, he enlisted in Company G, 89th O. I., and served through the war. His regiment was attached to the 14th Corps, and he followed it through its various successes at Lebanon, Stone River, Mission Ridge, Chick - amauga, and through the Atlanta campaign. Mr. Hamer has traveled extensively in various sections of the Union ; he went to California in 1870, remaining there for seven years, but the love for his old home grew so strong that he returned. In Oct. 9, 1878, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Phebe Draper, nee Mouuts. He carries a well selected stock of goods, and is commanding a good trade. His father is a native of Virginia ; he was a miller by trade, and run a mill for forty years, near where the subject of this sketch was born. He married Miss Lucinda Shawshan, a native of Wayne Co., Ohio.

MOSES R. HILL, farmer; P. O. Pleasant Plain. This esteemed citizen is a native of Clermont Co., Ohio, and was born Jan. 22, 1843; he is the son of John and Lavina Hill, nee Ross ; the former a native of Seneca Co., N. Y., born Oct. 8, 1795; the latter of New Jersey, and born Dec. 15, 1805. They were married in her native State, and settled in this county in the year 1847. The subject of this sketch received a common school education in the rural districts of Harlan Township, and at an early age began the battle of life in that earnest and careful manner which generally insures success. He was united in marriage Dec. 9, 1865, to Miss Sophia Jones, a native of this county ; born Sept. 1, 1847. This union was blessed with five children - Alva (born March, 1867), Thomas J. (bom Dec. 29, 1868), John (born May 14, 1871), Anna (born Dec. 17, 1873), and Emma J. (Jan. 25, 1875). When the late war broke out, Mr. Hill warmly espoused the Union cause, and enlisted in Company C, 2d O. I. for three years. He participated in numerous skirmishes, and took an active part in the heroic struggle of his regiment at Stone River and Chickamanga. At the latter engagement he was captured and taken to Richmond, Va., where he was incarcerated in one of its vile prison pens ; from Richmond he was sent to Danville, Va., Charleston and Florence, S. C., and finally to that awful charnel house of death and starvation, Anderson - ville, Ga. Mr. Hill was naturally of a robust constitution and muscular frame; for five months he endured the horrors and suffering of that ever-to-be-remembered spot, where sleep over 14,000 of our loved dead. Since his return home, the intervening years have not improved his shattered health. He owns a well cultivated farm of 172 acres of land, on which he erected a fine brick residence, at a cost of $2,500 ; the surroundings are picturesque and the situation beautiful. He is a Democrat of the old school, and at presents holds the office of Township Trustee ; he had eight brothers and sisters - Jackson (born Nov. 11, 1823, deceased), William (bom July 14, 1825, deceased), Calista(bora July 3, 1827, deceased), Melissa (born Sept. 10, 1830, deceased), Enoch A. (born Aug. 17, 1834), Jefferson (bom May 1, 1836), John (bom Nov 31, 1840), and Anna (bom Aug. 27, 1846, deceased). Thomas Jones was the father of Mrs. Hill; he was born September, 1816, in Virginia; he married Martha Sears, of this State, who was bora Feb. 19, 1826. She continued to reside with her husband until Deo. 20, 1878, when death closed her eventful life of over one-half century.

WILLIAM H. H. HITESMAN, farmer; P. O. Pleasant Plain, Ohio; a native of this county, born May 22, 1841. He was educated near Rossburg, in the rural district school, and engaged in farming from his boyhood. He learned the stone mason trade, but his health would not permit him to work at it. He was married May 3, 1868, to Mary J. Lewis, who was born Jan. 22, 1848; they have seven children in all - Stella. Robert, Anna, Elizabeth, Amy, Oliver and Frances. Mr. H. espoused the Union cause during the late war, serving in several organizations, the last being Company C? 146th Ohio Infantry. His health being impaired, he has since been remembered by the Government in the form of a pension. His father, William Hitesman, is a native of New Jersey, born Dec. 5, 1799. He married Anna Snyder, of Pennsylvania, born Jan. 2, 1808. They settled in Warren County in 1837.

GEORGE HOLMES, farmer ; P. 0. Edwardsville ; a native of Warren Co., Ohio, and born June 15, 1843, the son of Truman and Sarah Holmes, nee Coddington, the former being born in New York about the year 1809, and the latter a native of Maryland and born in the year 1815. They came to this county at an early date, and were married in September, 1829. After a life full of bereavements and busy cares, he passed quietly to rest, Feb. 23, 1881. his aged companion surviving him. The Holmes' family are well and favorably known in the East, and the Coddingtons are among the best people in Maryland, their ancestry being favorably connected with the early settlement of that State. Mr. Holmes was brought up on a farm and received a common school education in the rural schools of his neighborhood. He early espoused the Union cause, and being in Indiana he enlisted in Company F, 7th I. V. I. His health failed, caused by a wound in the right arm received at the battle of Winchester Ya. After his return home, he engaged in merchandising and farming alternately. On Jan. 16, 1866, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary T. Williams, a native of West Virginia, born July 3, 1842 ; two children blessed this union - Mystie, born Nov. 10, 1865, and Truman B., bom May 20, 1869. Elisha Williams, the father of Mrs. Holmes, was a native of Old Virginia, born about the year 1806. He married Susan Bobber, of Virginia. He died in April, 1878, his aged companion still living. They were the parents of six children - four daughters and two sons. Mr. Holmes is of Democratic proclivities ; owns a well cultivated farm of 120 acres of choice land, is pleasantly situated at home, and has reason to congratulate himself upon his good success in life.

JAMES HUTCHINSON, grocery and saloon; Pleasant Plain; dealer in groceries, ale, beer and pure liquors ; is a native of Clinton Co., Ohio, where he was born May 23, 1847 ; he is the son of Lewis and Sophia Hutchinson, nee Woodruff, also natives of this State. The subject of this sketch lost his father when 5 years of age, and, in consequence, was thrown upon his own resources ; he was reared upon the farm and, when an opportunity occurred, attended the rural district schools of his neighborhood. He was compelled to labor in order to support his widowed mother and her family, so that his chances to acquire an education were meager. When the war for the Union commenced, Mr. Hutchinson was one of the first to espouse its cause, and enlisted in Company B, 79th O. V. I., but, losing his health, he was discharged from the service. He being of a patriotic and enthusiastic turn of mind, as soon as he recovered his health, he again returned to the service, enlisting in the 19th O. V. 1., in which he continued till the close of the war. On Oct. 1, 1865, he was married to Miss Ingle, who soon afler died, and, in October, 1869, he was again united in marriage to Augusta Stiles. He is the father of five children, four of whom are living - Anna E., born April 7, 1866; Mollie S., born Sept. 30, 1870 ; Sallie J., born Nov. 4, 1872 (deceased) ; Joseph R., born April 19, 1877, and Susan, born April 22,1879. His parents were of German-English descent, and were noted for their industry and integrity ; these principles were early instilled into the mind of the subject of this brief narrative. He holds the office of School Director of his village, and in his business is doing well ; kind, social and hospitable, he is esteemed as one of the good citizens of his community. Alonzo Stiles, the father of Mrs. Hutchinson, is a native of Vermont ; he married Mary Cheeser ; they were of old and respected families.

JOHN INGLE, farmer; P. O. Cozaddale; the subject of this sketch is a native of Harlan Township, this county, where he was born Feb. 16, 1837. His early aspira- tioos were the farm, and amidst the rural scenes he grew up to manhood ; he received the advantages of an education peculiar to the rural schools of the neighborhood in whioh he was reared. He was united in marriage the first time to Miss Hulda Gregory, April 9, 1859 ; these parents nad five children - William P., born Oct. 23, 1860 (deceased) ; Izetta J., born April 7, 1862 ; Mary L., born June 29. 1866 ; Elizabeth I., born September 27, 1868, and Thomas R., Jan. 6, 1874 (deceased). On March 16, 1879, Mr. Ingle was bereaved by the loss of his companion by death, and full of affeotionate and sad remembrances, he laid her away in a beautiful grassy plat near the home that she loved so well. Being left with his family, he was again married in June, 1880, to Miss Millie Long, who was born, August, 1860, at Fort Ancient, this county. These parents have one child - Charlie, born April 22, 1881. He is a member of the United Brethren Church, and of I. 0. O. F., No. 308, Edenton Lodge. He has been remarkably successful in life and owns 500 acres of land in a high state of cultivation * he usually has 140 acres of meadow, 100 acres of wheat, and 70 acres of corn. Mr. Ingle takes great pride in fine cattle and hogs, of which he has a number. His father was William Ingle, originally from North Carolina, born Jan. 25, 1805; he married Miss Mary Higgins, of Shelby Co., Iud., and settled in this county about the year 1814 ; his father was an industrious man and his life was one of hardship and adven, ture ; he labored on the Hamilton and Dayton canal over one year, at $13 per month, and, with what he saved of his earnings, he purchased the first 100 acres of land which formed the nucleus of the farm on which the above now lives. This is an example to the young well worthy their attention. For " He who by the plow would thrive must either hold or drive."

WILLIAM JACKSON, farmer; P. O. Level ; this worthy gentleman is a native of Frederick Co., Md., born May 11, 1824. At about 11 years of age, he came to this county with his parents - his father, Jacob Jackson, his mother, originally Nancy Rogers, both natives of Maryland. The subject of this sketch is naturally a farmer and enjoys the rural scenery of his adoption. He was united in marriage, Nov. 25, 1849, to Miss Delia Sophia Scudder, a native of this State. They have eight children - Dora J., Solon L., William H., Eunice A., Elizabeth A., Ida M.^ Dollie Me. and Margaret D. Mr. Jackson is a Democrat of the old school, and has held the office of School Director for a period of twelve years ; he owns a good farm of 112 acres of choice land; and has one of the most interesting families in the township; he is a warm friend to education, having liberally educated a number of his children. The family are musically inclined and seem to enjoy its charms.

GEORGE JACKSON, farmer; P. O. Level; a native of this county, born Dec. 27, 1838, and educated in the common and graded schools of this county. His early inclination was to farm, and to that occupation he has devoted his life. He was united in marriage to Julia A. Flesher, Dec. 26, 1860 ; she being a native of this county, and born Dec. 23, 1837. Their children are Elmer and Addie ; the former to soon finish a collegiate course at Lebanon Normal. Mr. Jackson lost his wife by death, Nov. 23, 1865; he was again married the second time, March 12, 1869, to Miss A. C. Hill; the following interesting family blessed this union: Millie, Laura, Letitia, Carrie, Mattie, James B. and Arthur. His father was Jacob M. Jackson, born in Clarksburg, Va. ; he married Miss D. Williams, of the same State. They settled in this county at an early date, and are numbered among the pioneers of the same.

THOMAS J. JONES, farmer; P. O. Pleasant Plain; was born in Harlan Township, Warren Co., Ohio, April 23, 1858. His father, Thomas Jones, was born in Virginia, Sept. 4, 1815, and on the 11th of March, 1844, married Martha Sears, who died Nov. 20, 1878. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom Thomas, our subject, who was the youngest, was raised on the farm with his father until he married and commenced life for himself. He attended the district schools of his township and devoted his spare time to the work on the farm. On Feb. 9, 1879, he married Miss Lucy M. Gibbs, a daughter of Henry and Lucy (Clark) Gibbs, natives of England, who emigrated to this county from near London, England, in the fall of 1857. By this union one child wa9 born, viz.: Henry L., born Jan. 27, 1880. Mr. Jones, though a young man, is of an industrious disposition and steady habits, and promises to soon place himself upon a substantial worldly footing.

MICHAEL KELLER, blacksmith; P. 0. Butlerville; a native of Germany, born April 21, 1837. He came to America with his parents when about one year of age, settling in Shelby Co., Indiana. His father, after whom the son was named, was born in Germany also, about the year 1 806, he married Mary Hechler, one year his junior. She died in Shelby County in the year 1841, and he fifteen years later, near Nashville, Indiana. Mr. Keller has been twice married, the first time Nov. 10, 1857, to Ellen Seaman ; one child was the result of this union, Laura, who died at three years of age. He lost his wife by death in 1863. Mr. K. was married the second time Oct. 3, 1867, to Mary E. Fryberger, and this union was blessed by the birth of five children, of which number, two are deceased - Dellis C. born Aug. 12, 1869, Williardand Minnie, twins, born in the year 1871, both deceased; Millie E., born June 29, 1872, and May B., born in the year 1874. Mr. Keller learned the blacksmith trade, at which he has constantly labored for a livlihood to support his family. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, No. 135, Butlerville, Ohio, and of I. O. 0. F., No. 656, Pleasant Plain.

FANNIE KLIPPART, farming; P. 0. Edwardsville ; born Feb. 24, 1817, in Campbell County, Virginia ; she is single and the daughter of John and Nancy Henry Klippart; the former is now 93 years of age, being born in Campbell Co., Va., Sept., 1788. He was the first white settler on the reservation, where he now resides ; he settled at his present home when 29 years of age, when the heavy timber covered what are now beautiful and fertile fields. He married Nancy Henry, of his own native State, and to him she became a faithful partner ; sharing the dangers, hardships and privations of the log cabin and the wild wilderness ; she was a woman of more than ordinary force of character, prompt and careful in all duty, truly a wife and mother of the old character. She was a woman, who, leaning upon the brave heart and strong arm of her husband, soon made the wilderness to blossom as the rose and make aboriginal barbarism yield to the sunlight of civilization and improvement. Mr. Klippart was a soldier in the war of 1812 and served under Gen. Butterfield, in and around old Richmond, Va. ; when the war was over, he returned to his home and in after years received two substantial testimonials for his fidelity to the flag of his country, in the form of two land warrants, calling for 80 acres each. He entered 150 acres of land, a part of his present farm, for which he paid $3 per acre; he at once began to clear and plant, laboring late and early in rain and sunshine until he had not only reared his family but added land also to his farm to the extent of 100 acres. These parents had a family of three sons and four daughters , the majority of whom are well situated in life ; the children are George, born in 1813, deceased; Fannie already mentioned; Henry, born in 1819, married to a Miss Smith; William, bom Feb. 17, 1822, deceased; Lucinda, born Dec. 1827 ; married to Thomas Turplin; Theodosia, born Aug. 24, 1824, married to John Nicky, and Elizabeth, born Dec. 26, 1830, married to Charles Smith. John Klippart the father of the above, was a native of Hesse Cassel, Germany ; he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and fought against the colonists under the royal standard of George the 3d, king of England ; he was under the Hessian General Rahl and was captured by Washington at Princeton, N. J., where the Hessian General Rahl was slain ; he remained a prisoner for some time in Pennsylvania, and admiring the chivalrous spirit of the people, he never returned to the service ; he married Barbara Brue, of Pennsylvania, and soon after settled near Winchester, Va., where now repose his remains.

ISRAEL LUNDY, farmer and Justice; P. O. Butlerville. Among the prominent men of this township is Israel Lundy, and we are pleased to give space to his biography in this work ; he is a native of Clinton Co., Ohio, and born Oct. 24, 1827 ; he is of Quaker parentage and is the son of William and Maria (Smith) Lundy, the former a native of Virginia, the latter of New York. These parents were married in

Clinton Co., and came to this county when the son referred to was but 5 years of age. They settled near Edwardsville, and from thence removed on the farm where the son now resides, in 1832 ; he purchased 52 acres of land, on which he reared his family, and lived during the remainder of his life ; he was a farmer and a natural mechanic. His ancestors were originally from England - they first settled in Canada - one of the family owning the land on which the battle of Lundy's Lane was fought. They were the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters ; his son Enoch died with the cholera, in 1849; and Henry T. died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., while in the army. The old gentlemen died July 21, 1849, and his companion the 22d of the same month and year. Mr. Lundy was united in marriage Dec. 23, 1848, to Lydia Jones, a native of this county, and born Nov. 1, 1830. One child was born to these parents - William, September, 1849 ; his life was brief, and he died at about 3 months of age. Mr. Lundy is a Republican ; has held the office of Township Trustee for one term, and at present is Justice of the Peace for this township; he is considered a good business man and his integrity is above reproach ; he owns a well-cultivated farm of 240 acres of choice land, on which is erected one of the best brick dwellings in the township ; he keeps the best of stock, among which may be found the best of sheep and hogs.

SARAH E. MENELEY, daughter of William and Sarah Trickey ; was born in Harlan Township, Warren Co., in 1848, March 23. Her father came here from Virginia, in 1818, and located near the Pleasant Grove meetinghouse, where they remained several years, and then moved to where Sarah E. now lives, and bought a small farm at 62 }c. per acre; at the time of his death, he owned about 1200 acres of land in Warren and Clinton Cos. He died in 1867, September; mother died September, 1864, leaving five heirs, and Sarah E. received 231 acres, where she now lives. Married in 1874, to Amos Meneley, a native of Illinois. They have one child - Essia L. About 160 acres of land under cultivation. Member of Universalist Church.

JAMES E. NICHOLS, farmer; P. O. Edwardsville. It is with pleasure that we give space in the pages of this work to the man whose name appears at the head of this sketch. He is the son of Isaac and Dinah (Cook) Nichols, the former a native of South Carolina, born December, 1784, the latter, a native of North Carolina, born October, 1792. His father was originally a slave and was reared, until 12 years of age, amid the scenes of the cotton-fields, rice and tobacco plantations, so familiar to the poor slave of years ago. He came with his master, at the age mentioned, to Kentucky, he was then sold by his master, whose oame was Nichols, to a large owner of slaves by the name of Martin. He labored faithfully for his master, and being honest and trustworthy, was much respected by his master, who gave him more than ordinary liberty. At the early age of 15 years, he embraced religion, associating himself with the Baptist Church, and began to preach to his colored friends. He soon became noted for his earnestness, which, together with his fluency as a speaker and Christian demeanor, gave him an opportunity for doing much good. Afler laboring on the farm and preaching until 21 years of age, he made a proposition to his master to purchase his freedom. His master named the sum, which was 8500, which young Nichols soon raised, and for once in his life he was a free man. He then came to Waynesville, this county, and finally settled on the farm where his son and two daughters now reside. He married Diana Cook, who was also a slave until 14 years of age, when her master liberated her. These parents settled at Waynesville, in this county, about the year 1806, and soon afler purchased the farm on which bis son and two daughters now reside. The farm consists of 64 i acres, and when the old gentleman settled on it, there was not a stick amiss. He commenced clearing and planting the soil, and his usage while a slave made him ready and willing to prepare a home where he might rear his children under the broad sunlight of liberty and religious freedom, none daring to molest or make him afraid. He continued to preach and labor for the Lord and Master, and it's said that he attended more funerals than any other man of his day. He was the father of six children, three of whom are living - James, the subject of this sketch, born March 10, 1831, and Phebe and Nancy, twins, born Dec. 15, 1833. James is a Democrat in politics, industrious and honest in all his dealings.

WILLIAM NOSCAR, farmer ; P. O. Level. We are pleased to give space to a brief sketch of the life of the gentleman whose name appears above. He is a native of Brown Co., Ohio, and was born March 11, 1832. He removed with his parents at eight years of age to Hamilton Co., this State, where he received the rudiments of a common school education. He was united in marriage the first time March 2, 1854, to Mary E. Ashcroft, a native of Hamilton Co., born May, 1837. To these parents two children were born - Benjamin D. A. (Feb. 21, 1855, married to Miss Mason), and John W. (bom Jan. 6, 1857). On April 19, 1859, Mr. Noscar lost his wife by death, and Sept. 29, 1861, he was married the second time to Sibyl Luce, a native of Harlan Township, born July 4, 1841. This union was blessed by the birth of three children - Iphi (born July 1, 1862), Grant (born May 18, 1864) and Ettie (born March 6, 1868). Mr. Noscar learned the engineer and sawyer traded at which he labored for about eleven years, after which he engaged in farming. He is of Democratic antecedents, and at present is one of the Township Trustees of this township ; he was a warm advocate of the Union cause during the late war, and served 100 days in Company C, 146th 0. I. His father was John Noscar, a native of Pennsylvania, born January, 1791 ; he married Elizabeth Merrill, of his own State ; they settled in Clinton Co., this State, and were the parents of seven sons and four daughters. These parents were of German-English descent. Solon Luce, the father of Mrs. Noscar, was a native of New York ; he married Sarah Scudder, a native of this county, but little is known of this family, as the records are not accessible. Mr. Noscar takes great pride in raising fine stock, and his short horn cattle and Poland-China hogs are among the best in the county ; he is of an industrious turn of mind, and is noted for his integrity.

THOMAS J. PATTERSON, farmer ; P. 0. Level. Among the solid, industrious and enterprising men of Warren Co., Mr. Patterson stands meritoriously high ; he justly receives the name of self-made, which is the result of determined industry and self denying frugality ; he was careful of expenditures, invested his earnings judiciously, and yet beginning at the foot of the ladder ; he is now the owner of 600 acres, and is considered one of the leading farmers of the county. He was born in this county Feb. 13, 1846, receiving a liberal education in the graded schools of the county, and graduating in a commercial course at Pittsburgh, Penn., in the class of 1866. He was married Dec. 24, 1867, to Miss Harriett J. Ingle, a native of this county, and bora Jan. 30, 1850. In all the vicissitudes of life his wife has ever lent a helping hand to him, and makes their home one of genuine hospitality. Any one who calls at this pleasant homestead receives a cordial welcome, void of cold formality or intentional neglect. These parents have a family of five children - Mol lie (born Dec. 23, 1868, since deceased), Luella F. (born June 20, 1871), John J. (born Feb. 14, 1874), Iva B. (July 17, 1877) and Giffin (April 10, 1881). Mr. Patterson is a Democrat in politics, and has held the office of Township Trustee for four terms of one year each ; he is President of the Blaochestcr Agricultural Society, and a director of the Warren Co. Board of Agriculture ; he is an ardent Mason, being a member of Blancheeter Lodge, No. 53. He is of a religious turn of mind, temperate in all things, and he and his worthy lady are members of the M. E. Church. He farms extensively, and has one of the most productive and well improved farms in the county ; his crops axe proportioned as follows: Meadow, 100 acres; corn, 70 acres; wheat, 60 acres; potatoes, 25 acres; clover, 60 acres; oats, 30 acres, and pasture 130 acres, thus leaving 125 acres of timber. He also deals extensively in fine stock, which consists of sheep, hogs, horses and cattle ; he has a flock of forty pure bred merino sheep, which are fine specimens of their class, and which took first class premiums at the fairs last fall. He f urnishes these celebrated sheep to parties on most reasonable terms; he is also a breeder of rostered Poland-China hogs, the finest in the country ; these together with his short horn cattle give his farm a notoriety seldom surpassed. His father, Thomas Patterson, was a native of Pennsylvania, born March 11, 1806. He married Elizabeth Estel, a native of Ohio, and one day his junior. They settled in Hamilton Township, this county, in the year 1830. They were of German-Irish descent, and well and favorably known.

JOHN A. PEEL, farmer; P. 0. Butlerville; born Oct. 18, 1837, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was educated at the Military Institute, of Frankfort, Ky. ; he has followed the occupation of farming; he is single and a member of Cynthia Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 155. His father was Samuel Peel, a native of England ; he was married to Miss D. Baker, Newark, N. J. ; the former was born Dec. 12, 1812 ; the latter a few years his junior ; they were the parents of ten children - four daughters and six sons.

HERSCHEL W. PRICE, carraige and wagonmaker and undertaker; P. 0. Butlerville; a native of Hamilton Co., Ohio, and born Jan. 2, 1835. He received a common school education in the rural schools, peculiar to those days ; he being of an industrious term of mind, he learned the carraige and wagonmaker trade. His ingenuity and close application to business soon made him a successful and a good mechanic. In July, 1858, Mr. Price was united in marriage to Elizabeth McMullen, born in this State Nov. 20, 1836 ; to this union three children were born, of which two are living - Frank H., born April 6, 1860, and Robert, Dec. 6, 1873. Mr. Price, being a War Democrat, aided the Union cause in various ways ; he assisted the Governor in recruiting volunteers for the war, in which he was eminently successful, aod was frequntly sent on secret missions after deserters and derelict army officials ; in 1864 he was commissioned 1st Lieutenant in the 27th Regiment of United States Colored Troops, and followed the fortunes of the Army of the Potomac in its terrible ordeal of fire, sword and blood from North Anna to Petersburg, Spottsyl vania, the Wilderness, Coal Harbor, Mine Run and Petersburg are familiar names to him, and the awful conflicts around and about Richmond are images that are ever impressed upon his mind. Some three years prior to the war, Mr. Price located at Butlerville, where he is now engaged in the carriage, wagon and undertaking business ; he does a good business, and at this time is in the enjoyment of a good constitution and has lost none of his original industry ; he is of German and Scotch descent, and to those nations he traces much of his generous and hospitable nature. His father was a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, born Jan. 19, 1808 ; his mother was also of Hamilton County and born Nov. 18, 1811; they settled in this county in 1870. The family are historic, settling at Fort Washington, now Cincinnati, in 1790 ; the grandfather of the subject of this sketch participated in the war of 1812, beginning with Hull's surrender and terminating some two years after. The family was originally from Virginia. Mr. Price is an ardent I. O. 0. F., being a member of Pleasant Plain Lodge, No. 656.

JAMES W. ROSS, farmer; P. O. Springfield. The subject of this brief sketch was born in Hamilton Township, this county, Jan. 29, 1838. He received a common school education in the schools of the rural districts of his own neighborhood, which, at that time, were of a rude and limited character. He chose the honorable occupation of farmer, and at the age of 22 years was united in marriage to Mary E. Lever, a native of Hamilton Co., Ohio, born Feb. 9, 1837. They are the parents of three children - Harlan A., born April 27, 1862; Sarah E., bom Nov. 9, 1863; and Laura E., born August 26, 1864. Mr. Ross is of exemplary character, and he and his wife are worthy members of the M. E. Church ; scrupulously honest in all his dealings, he is universally respected as one of the worthy citizens of the community in which he resides. He has contributed much to the good of society and the development of the country. He is also an ardent I. 0. O. F. of Maineville Lodge, No. 557, :>f which he has been a member for some twenty-two years. He espoused the Union cause during the late war, but, although only in the pursuit of the guerilla Morgan for a few days, contributed in many ways to the success of the war. A brief history of his parents is given elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Ross is the daughter of John and Eliza (Riddle) Lever; the former a native of Clermont Co., Ohio, born Dec. 26, 1810 ; the latter of Hamilton Co., Ohio, born Jan. 14, 1815. He died August, 1879, and she July 18 of the same year.

JOHN R. ROSS, farmer, breeder and shipper of high class poultry ; P. O. Level ; was born in Cozaddale Nov. 24, 1850. He is the son of P. W. and Sarah (Frybarger) Ross, both natives of this county, the former being bom in the year 1812, and the latter in 1814. They are of German extraction, and known as enterprising and worthy citizens. This work would indeed be incomplete, did we not favorably mention and closely identify these parents with the interests of Warren County. The subject of this sketch received a common school education in the district schools of his neighborhood, and was. reared upon the farm. He is of Democratic proclivities, and, although not seeking political honors, has held the office of Township Trustee for two consecutive years. He is a worthy member of the M. E. Church, and is held in high regard by his fellow citizens. April 3, 1871, he was united in marriage to Miss Maria Jones, a most worthy lady, a native of this county, and born Nov. 17, 1853. This union proved a happy one, and to them were born four children - Clayton B., July 6, 1873 ; Charlie, Dec. 18, 1875 ; Clyde W., Oct. 21, 1877; and Gertrude, June 13, 1880. Of the Jones family mention will be made elsewhere in this work. Mr. Ross resides upon the farm of his father-in-law, which consists of 169 acres of valuable land, and engages extensively in poultry trade, and has more rare varieties of fine birds than is often found in any one yard. Among the many choice selections may be found Dark Brahmas, Golden Polish, brown and white Leghorn, Plymouth Rocks, Partridge Cochins, golden-laced Sobright, Bantams, Pekin Ducks and white China Geese. He furnishes these varieties at the lowest possible prices, and eggs at $1.50 per thirteen. Parties who are in need of fine fowls should give him a call, as he will guarantee satisfaction. Mr. Ross takes great pride in his chosen occcupation, and deserves special mention and encouragement in his enterprise.

CHARLES ROMBER, farmer; P. O. Butlerville; a native of Mecklenberg, Germany, and born Dec. 20, 1830 ; he was schooled in educational institutions of the old country and came to America in May, 1856, landing at New York ; from thence he came to this county, near Morrow ; he worked at hard labor for a number of years, receiving very low remuneration. In May, 1856, he was united in marriage to Wilhelmina Kipp, a native of his own country, and born December, 1831. They have been the parents of ten children - Perry, born Aug. 22, 1856 ; Charles, Oct. 24, 1857 ; Sarah, Nov. 28, 1858; Peter, June 28, 1860; Eliza, Aug. 1, 1861; John, Sept. 26, 1862; Edward, May 22, 1864; Frederick, Nov. 29, 1866 ; Joseph, June 29, 1867, and Mary, born Oet. 11, 1869. Mr. Romber has been successful in all his various enterprises, and now owns 360 acres of choice land, in a high state of cultivation ; he farms extensively and usually produces good crops ; some time since he erected one of the best barns in the county, costing over $3,000. His father was Frederick Romber, a native of Germany, born about the year 1803 ; he married Caroline Widaman, two years his junior; he was a man of good ability and died 1841, in the old country; his aged companion is now 75 years of age, and is still in good health ; she came to this country some years ago, her son having previously sent $100 with which to pay her passage. Christopher Kipp, the father of Mrs. Romber, was a German by birth, born in 1795 ; he married Sophia Benister, born in the same place, and a few months his junior; she died in the year 1840, and he in the year 1877. Mr. Romber is very industrious, is a member of the Lutheran Church, and is one of those genial, accommodating citizens who always add to the welfare of the community in which he resides.

SAMUEL SHARP, farmer; P. O. Edwardsville ; this substantial citizen is a native of Harlan Township, this county, born Jan. 15, 1840; ho reoeived the rudiments of a common school education in the rural districts of his own neighborhood, and although alone in life, he is one of those careful and industrious men who always succeed well in life. He is a Democrat of the old school, and although not an aspirant for political honors, has held the office of Township Trustee of his own township for three consecutive years, and has further declined the honor. All his time is taken up in the care of his valuable farm, which consists of 212 acres of choice land ; the farm is in a high state of cultivation. He is a great lover and grower of fruit, and has over 500 apple trees, and raises all the choice varieties of the country. His crop of apples averages from 500 to 1,500 bushels annually, and commands the highest market price; he farms extensively and produces all the principal grains raised in the country, and in all his work is pre-eminently successful. His father was Samuel Sharp, whose honored name the son bean ; is a native of New Jersey, born Jnne, 1785 ; he married Rachel Crammer, a native also of New Jersey, and born March 31, 1790. They came to this township in 1814, and settled on the farm now owned by the son ; these parents had three sons and three daughters - John, born Jnly 12, 1816; Hannah A., born June 28, 1818 ; Elizabeth, born Jan. 27, 1822 (deceased) ; Mary A., born March 24, 1824 (deceased), and Stacy C., born Jan. 7, 1827. The mother of this family died in early womanhood, Jan. 15, 1827, ju9t when her guardian care was most needed for her family. In tears and sorrow they laid her away amid the scenes that she loved, and was followed by her husband in June, 1840 ; they sleep side by side, and when " flowery June " annually returns, their graves are made more lovely and more sacred by those who love them.

DAVID H. SMITH, farmer; P. O. Butlerville. Among the worthy old pioneers of this county, none are more entitled to mention than the old gentleman whose name appears above ; warm hearted and genial of nature, he naturally puts all at ease who meet him. He is a native of Harrison County, now Lewis, Virginia, where he was born, Jan. 22, 1804. He came with his parents to Fayette Co., Ohio, when about 4 years of age; he remained for two years in this county, removing to Q-reene, where he resided until 1818. He then came to this county, settling in what is known as Salem Township. He attended school at Rossburg, enjoying the limited advantages of the common school system of those days. He learned the blacksmith trade, at which he labored for eighteen years consecutively. Ho was married three times, the first timo Feb. 20, 1825, to Elizabeth Bennett, a native of the same county in Virginia where he was born, she being one year his junior. To these parents eight children were born - John, born Dec. 24, 1825, and married to Miss Runyan; Elias J., born Nov. 7, 1827, deceased; Valentine P., born June 7, 1832, deceased; David, born Aug. 11, 1834, deceased ; Joseph, born Jan. 5, 1836, deceased; Thomas M., born May 13, 1838, deceased, and Alvah, born September 22, 1840, deceased. His wife died Dec. 16, 1840, and for the time being he was alone with the care of his family. He was married the second time Sept. 8, 1841 ; their children were George E., Benjamin F., Avilla and Polly. Mr. Smith was again called to mourn the loss of his wife, Aug. 12, 1853. He was again married December, 1853, to Mary C. Sluth, net Cawblin, two years his senior, with whom he now lives. His father Caleb was a native of New Jersey, born July 26, 1771; he married Elizabeth Harlan, a native of Maryland, born in the year 1774. These parents had a large family - Elizabeth, Mary, Peter, Catharine, John, David H., Caleb, Nancy and Susannah. The old gentleman died after a long life of usefulness, Aug. 13, 1851, his aged companion Jan. 6, ten years later. He was of a good family, being a cousin to Commodore Perry, of the United States Navy. He was in the war of 1812, and his father took a prominent part in the Revolution. The present wife of Mr. Smith was a native of Washington Co., Penn. She came with her parents to Warren County in 1803. She was married first to Robert Sluth in 1820. Her father, Robert Cawblin, was a native of Chester Co., Pa., where he was born Sept. 1, 1773 ; her mother was born in New Jersey, Sept. 20, 1773 ; they were the parents of eleven children. Mr. Smith is a Democrat in politics, and held the offices of Township Trustee and Constable for thirteen years.

SAMUEL S. SMITH, farmer; P. O. Butlerville; born on the old homestead in this township, Sept. 24, 1852 ; he was educated in the common and graded schools of the county, and from boyhood has been a farmer. He was married Jan. 24, 1875, to Sallie V. Johnson, who was born Dec. 25, 1852. They have two children - Edward C. and an infant. Mr. Smith is a Republican in politics, and one of those genial, companionable men who are always esteemed by his neighbors ; he is of German origin, intelligent and noted for his industry.

E8TLE SNELL, school-teacher; P. O. Goshen. This enterprising and successful young teacher was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Aug. 24, 1856. From his early boyhood he seemed to take delight in books, study and investigation ; he attended the common schools of his neighborhood, and also took a course in the Normal School, at Lebanon, this county ; he then commenced the business of teaching, and for four years he has been successfully engaged io his chosen profession, three years of which time he has been in the graded schools of his county. His good judgment, gentle yet firm demeanor in the schoolroom, make him a universal favorite with all right-minded patrons and students. His father, Peter L. Snell, is a native of Warren Co., born Jan. 21, 1828 ; he married Lydia Karn, of Clermont Co., Ohio, born Aug. 18, 1834. These parents now reside in Clermont Co. ; they were the parents of five children, four besides the subject of this sketch - Harriett A., born Nov. 17, 1857 ; Ida J.,born July 26, 1859 ; Emma E., born Oct. 7, 1867 ; and Effie M., born April 9, 1874. A long and bright future is predicted for Mr. Snell, who is now in the vigor of his young manhood, and who looks forward to years of success. He is a Democrat in politics, aod with the fortunes of that organization has he cast his lot.

GUSTAVIUS A. SPENCE, farmer ; P. 0. Level ; this esteemed citizen is a native of Warren Co., this State, and is a son of Isaac and Johanna (Monnan) Spence. He was born January 28, 1837 ; he was educated in the common schools of this county, and also spent one term at College Hill ; he chose the occupation of farming, and was united in marriage, Sept. 2, 1860, to Mary A. Jackson, a native of this county, and born January 19. 1841. He early espoused the Union cause, and upon the organization of the band for the 12th I. V. I., became a member of that organization ; he was discharged from the service in May, 1862, at Washington City, D. C. ; remaining at home until 1864, when he became a member of Company C, 146th O. V. I., serving in the capacity of Orderly Sergeaut of his company; when the war was over, he returned home and has since been engaged in farming. His father was a native of this county, born Jan 1, 1812; he married Miss Monnan, born in the State of Virginia, Jan. 26, 1805; they were married in March, 1835 ; he was a man of sterling worth and served as Lieutenant of the Ohio Militia for a number of years. He was of Irish descent, and died June 28, 1871, and she June 28, 1881. They settled on the farm where the son now resides in the year 1835. Jacob Jackson, the father of Mrs. Spence, was originally from the State of Virginia, where he was born, in December, 1804; he married Miss D. Williams, a native of his own State, and born Feb. 22, 1808. They were the parents of thirteen children, five sons and eight daughters. Mr. Spence had a family of five children - Scott E., born May 25, 1861 ; Oliver M., born Jan. 7, 1865; Ida M., born April 3, 1867, died Sept. 24, 1880; Isaac D., born April 22, 1872; and Grace, April 11, 1874. Mr. Spence is a Republican of the Stalwart kind ; and he and his worthy companion are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; he is temperate in his habits, and a gentleman whom his neighbors respect.

WILLIAM SYMONS, farmer; P. O. Blanchester; a native of Devonshire, England; the son of James and Ann Brinicum Symons, born Nov. 7, 1809. His father was born at the old homestead in Devonshire, England, about the year 1766, his wife being some two years his senior. They were both of a distinguished family, well respected, and rest on the green hills of their loved England, never having left there. The subject of this sketch was married three times, the first time to Miss Reed, October, 1835. He came with his family to America about the year 1846, landing at New York. He soon after came to Cincinnati, Ohio, and remained in its suburbs for two years. After making some changes, he finally settled on the farm where he now resides. He is the father of eleven children, of which number ten were born to his first wife - Sarah, Charlotte, William (killed at the battle of Springfield, Mo., under Gen. Lyon), Mary A. (deceased), John, Robert and King (twins, the latter deceased), Kitty, Addie and Lafayette. In the winter of 1870, Mr. Symons was called upon to part with the companion of his youth, by death, and he was for once alone in the world. In 1872, Mr. Symons was again married, to Sarah Urton, who only survived some nine months, and in December, 1873, he was married, the third time, to Mary E. Furgeson. To these parents one child was born, Henley, Nov. 26, 1875. Her father was Jacob H. Furgeson, a native of Hamilton Co., Ohio, born April 2, 1811. He married Mary Erwin, of Clermont Co., Ohio - both now deceased. Mr. Symons is a Democrat of the old school, and, although frequently solicited to do so, has never been an aspirant for office. He owns a well-cultivated farm of 109J acres of choice land, and his home is always open to his friends who receive a hearty welcome when they visit him. He is of the Universalist faith, and of broad and liberal views upon all subjects. His platform is large enough to embrace all mankind, disbelieving in the future punishment of his fellow creatures, and believes that he will ultimately see all men happy. He is sober, temperate, frugal and industrious, which he believes is the natural condition of mankind, and which all classes should strive to attain.

F. M. VAN TRESS, druggist, Pleasant Plain ; born in Clinton Co., Ohio, Jan. 15, 1840 ; he was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools of his native county; he served in Company D, 79th 0. V. I., and served until physical disability compelled his discharge. Not wishing to abandon the struggle for the Union, as soon as his health permitted he returned to the service, enlisting in Company C, 149th O. V. I., in which regiment he served until the close of the war. He was married March 15, 1865, to Miss Elizabeth Whetsel, a native of his own county. To these parents one child was born - Warren, July, 1868. Mr. Van Tress is a worthy member of the Protestant Methodist Church, and a Mason of long standing, being a member of F. & A. M. Lodge, No. 312 ; he has been compelled to change his business at different times on the account of his health. Notwithstanding his lost health, he has never lost sight of his business, nor asked the Government for a pension. Archibald Van Tress, the father of the subject of this sketch, is a native of New York ; he was among the first settlers of Clinton Co. He married Miss Mary Rockhill, a most worthy lady, and a native of New Jersey. Mr. Van Tress is now engaged in the drug business, and keeps on hand all the various goods in his line - drugs, patent medicines, paints, oils, dye stuff, notions , etc. People will find him an obliging, clever gentleman.

GEORGE VEIDT, farmer; P. 0. Edwardsville ; a native of Baden, Germany, born Nov. 1, 1832. He was educated in the common schools of his native land, and they being of a superior character, his advantages for a common school education were good. In early youth, he was apprenticed to learn the cabinet-maker's trade, at which he was compelled to work for three years ; he also learned the carpenter's trade, and in 1854, he concluded to try his fortunes in America. He came to Cincinnati in May, 1854, and from there he went to Newport, Ky., and worked at the carpenter's trade for about two years, receiving $28 per month. Mr. Veidt came to Rossburg, this county, in 1856, and on March the 30th of that year, he was united in marriage to Catharine Balzhiser, a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, boro Jan. 4, 1832. These parents had the following children: Mary, born Nov. 19, 1857, died Nov. 21,

1869; William, born Oct. 30, 1858; Louisa, born July 29, 1860, died same month ; Katie, born Sept. 29, 1864, and George, born Jan. 4, 1879. Mr. Veidt settled on his present farm some seventeen years ago. He at first rented it, but succeeded so well that he was soon able to purchase it ; 100 acres good land, in a high state of cultivation ; his barn and dwellings are models of neatness and comfort ; they were built by Mr. Veidt and they show skill and industry ; it exhibits what industry and economy will do in the race of life. Michael, his father, was a native of Germany, born Jan. 1, 1801 ; he married Barbara Bennert, who was nine years his junior. Mr. Veidt was well educated and officiated as Clerk and Recorder of his district for over forty-five years. They never came to America, but rest in the fatherland, she having died about the year 1870, and he some nine years later. They were the parents of four sons - Michael, who resides in Cincinnati, born November, 1829; Jacob, bom December, 1836, and John, born July, 1854. The parents of Mrs. Veidt were of German origin, and their history appears elsewhere in this work.

WILLIAM YOUNG, farmer ; P. O. Pleasant Plain ; of German origin, born in this county March 10, 1821 ; his father, Jacob Young, was a Germau by birth and was born about the year 1772 ; he participated in the wars of Europe under Bonaparte, but not admiring the disturbed condition of affairs of his native land, he sought an opportunity and came America, at the early age of 23 years ; he married Miss Elizabeth Fullington, a worthy young lady of Maryland. They settled in this township in the year 1813, and he died at the advanced age of 80 years. Mr. Young was united in marriage Feb. 3, 1847, to Miss Abigail Snell, a native of this county and born June 12, 1821. They have five children - Henry R., born Feb. 23, 1847, and married to Miss Gregory ; James F., bom Feb. 10, 1853 ; Jane I., bora June 12, 1855, married; William A., born Jan. 11, 1858 ; Alma, bora July 25, 1864 ; and Mary E., bom May 20, 1849 (deceased). Henry Snell, father of Mrs. Young, was originally from the State of Maryland, where he was born April 12, 1792 ; he married Mary Runyan, a native of Virginia, bora June 15, 1799. They were closely identified with the interests of this county, and after lives of usefulness she died July 24, 1854, and he at the advanced age of 84 years, Oct. 28, 1876. The subject of this sketch received the rudiments of a common school education and is an industrious, frugal and hospitable citizen ; be is fully alive to the stirring times, and aims to keep pace with human progress and improvement ; his farm of 116 acres of land is well improved, and an imposing brick mansion costing $3,500, with its cheery surroundings, is his home.

ISAAC CAMPBELL, farmer; P. 0. Oregon; was bora in Salem Co., N. J., June 1, 1824, and is a son of James and Temperance (Bradford) Campbell, also natives of Salem Co., N. J. His father was born March 19, 1780, ana died Aug. 12, 1867 ; his mother was born Feb. 14, 1798, and departed this life Aug. 20, 1872. In May, 1835, they came to Warren County, and settled in Turtle Creek Township, and in the spring of 1836 removed to Washington Township, where they both died. Mr. Campbell, our subject, was married Dec. 11, 1850, to Elizabeth Byron, a daughter of Bayliss and Nellie (Cooper) Byron, bora in Stafford Co., Va., Oct. 8, 1828. They have six children, viz. : George W., born Sept. 25, 1851 ; Laura, bora Feb. 5, 1854; James, born July 6, 1856 ; Anqa, born Aug. 22, 1860 ; Baley, born Jan. 18, 1863 ; and Charles, born Jan 18, 1869. Mr. Campbell and family are members of the M. E. Church. Politically, be is a Republican. He served bis township as a Trustee three years. He owns a farm of 196i acres, with a fine residence and excellent improvements ; and is engaged in the pursuits of farming and stock-raising. Mr. Campbell is a most worthy and enterprising citizen of Washington Township.

ISAAC CLEMENTS, farmer ; P. O. Clarksville, Clinton Co.; was bora in Wayne Township, Jan. 27, 1828. He is a son of John and Catharine (Duterrow) Clements, who were natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland. They settled in Wayne Township, in 1805. Forgus Clements, grandfather of our subject, came from Pennsylvania, and settled on Round Bottoms, Hamilton County, where he was killed when passing from one garrison to another. Mr. Clements' father served in the war of 1812, and his brother was a Lieutenant in that army. Our subject passed his early life upon a farm, and obtained his education in the district schools. Oct. 3, 1878, he joined in marriage to Elizabeth A. Lewis, daughter of John and Sarah Lewis. Mrs. Clements was bora in Clear Creek Township April 16, 1839. This union was blessed with one child - Mary Blanche, a blue-eyed, light-haired little girl, the charming idol of her parents ; she was bora Jan. 27, 1880 ; but before the beautiful rose-bud had opened, the hoary frosts of death had fallen upon her brow, and, Aug. 5, 1881, her spirit returned to the God that gave it. In 1875, Mr. Clements located on his present farm, which he had purchased in 1864. His farm consists of 100 acres of well improved land. Politically, Mr. Clements is a Republican.

GEORGE W. ELBON, farmer, P. O. Oregon ; was bora in Shenandoah Co., Va., May 29, 1824; he is a son of Montgomery and Margaret (Hinkins) Elbon, who were natives of Virginia. When our subject was 14 years of age, his parents died, and from that on he was compelled to do for himself. In 1849, he came to Warren Co., and in 1856 settled on his present farm, where he has ever since re- sided, pursuing the avocation of fanning and stock-raising. He was married Feb. 20, 1855, to Sarah Sherwood, daughter of Henry and Hester Sherwood, born in Washington Township, June 10, 1887. Their three children are as follows: , Hester A., born Dec. 5, 1855; Sylvan F., born Aug. 21, 1857; and William H., born Dec. 27, 1864. Mr. Elbon and family are members of the M. E. Church. He owns a farm of 126i acres with good improvements. Politically he votes Republican.

AARON W. ERTEL, farmer, P. O. Fort Ancient; was bom in Hamilton Township, July 16, 1825. His parents, Daniel and Lydia Ertel, were natives of Warren and Hamilton Cos., respectively. The former was born Oct. 8, 1797, and the latter May 16, 1807. Our subject's father came with his parents, Daniel and Catharine Ertel, to this country in 1797, and settled in Hamilton Township, where they owned the first hand-mill to grind corn. Mr. ErtePs father died Nov. 6, 1878, and his mother Dec. 6, 1870. His grandfather, Aaron Boorone, served in both the war of 1812 and the Revolution, and was well acquainted with Gen. George Washington. Mr. Ertel, the subject of this sketch, passed his early life on his father's farm, and was married Sept. 12, 1849, to Nancy Smoot, who died April, 1862, and left two children - Francis M. and Granville (deceased), Oct. 5, 1863. Mr. Ertel was united in marriage to Mary A. Reins, by whom he has had six children - Jeremiah G., Charles 8., Samantha E., Eva, Aaron W. and Caroline I. (deceased). In September, 1849, Mr. Ertel removed to Clinton Co., where he lived till March, 1867, he came to Washington Township, where he owns a farm of 172 acres with excellent improvements. He donated 1 acre to the Freewill Baptist Church, and at the building of the church gave $300. Politically Mr. Ertel is an adherent to Republicanism.

JAMES HARRIS, farmer, P. O. Clarksville, Clinton Co. ; was bora in Clinton Co., Ohio, Aug. 9, 1813 ; he is a son of James and Mary Harris, of Maryland and Virginia. The former was born Dec. 2, 1775, and the latter April 3, 1784. Mr. Harris' father was a carpenter and helped to build the Capitol at Washington ; his mother was a daughter of Captain Cherry, of Revolutionary fame. Mr. Harris' parents came to Clinton Co. in the early history of Ohio ; his father represented Clinton Co. in the State Legislature six terms; he died Nov. 21, 1845 ; and Mrs. Harris departed from this earth Aug. 18, 1860. Mr. Harris, our subject, was married Feb. 9, 1837, to Sarah Wilkerson, who died March 6, 1842, leaving three children - William H., Martha J., wife of Mr. Eldred; and John J. Mr. Harris again married Dec. 19, 1844, to Mary Biggs, a native of Clinton Co., bom Feb. 26, 1822, and a daughter of William and Rhoda Biggs. Eight children were the fruits of this union; of these six are living - Mary E., wife of Henry Vandervoort; Lucinda, wife of Rev. J. R. Hunter; David, Harriet, Alfred and Isaiah ; George and Rhoda are deceased. Two of Mr. Harris' sons, George and John J., were soldiers in the late rebellion. Mr. Harris owns a farm of 200 acres ; and in politics is Democratic.

SAMUEL HARRIS, farmer, P. O. Clarksville; was born near the present site of Clarksville, in Vernon Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, Dec. 28, 1815; his father, James Harris, was born in Prince George Co., Md., Dec. 22, 1775, and at the age of 14 years went with his parents to Loudoun Co., Va., where he served a seven years' apprenticeship with James Young, at the carpenter's trade. In this occupation he continued until 30 years of age, when he married Miss Mary Cherry, a native of Virginia, then 21 years of age, and a daughter of Maj. William Cherry, who served all through the war of the Revolution. This marriage was blessed with issue as follows : Mary (the wife of Samuel Statler), Jane (the wife of George Villars), Susannah (deceased), Susan (deceased, wife of James Deacon), James, Samuel, Isaiah M. (now. living in Kansas), Martha C. (the wife of William Stackhouse), George and Henry C. (deceased). The father of these children with his family emigrated to Ohio in 1809, and settled on Todd's Fork. He followed farming after his marriage, and served as a Captain and Colonel of militia, and for eighteen years as a Justice of the Peace. He also served six years in the State Legislature. He was largely instrumental in establishing an infirmary in Clinton Co., and was one of the first directors of that institution. He died on his farm in Clinton Co., in November, 1845; his wife died in 1860, and both were buried in a family burying ground on the home farm. Our subject's youth was spent on the farm, and in attendance at the subscription schools of his day. He remained on his father's farm until he reached his majority, when he embarked in mercantile business in Clarksville, at which he continued three years. He was married in Clarksville Oct. 20, 1838, to Phoebe Kibbey, who was born in Clarksville Feb. 2, 1818. She was a daughter of Ephraim and Nancy (Vandervoort) Kibby. By their marriage the following children were born, viz.: Henry C. (deceased), Charles A., Mary N. (the wife of George H. Wilkerson), James E., Angeline (the wife of Thomas N. Wilker- 8on), Cynthianna (wife of Uriah Compton), and Fielder B. Mr. Harris has been for many years identified with the history of his township, and since his marriage has followed farming exclusively.

JABEZ HOLLINGSWORTH, farmer, P. 0. Oregon; was born in Turtle Creek Township Sept. 3, 1811 ; he is a son of Abram and Eunice (Steddom) Hollingsworth, natives of South Carolina. They settled in Turtle Creek Township in 1804. His father was born March, 1776, and died Nov. 28, 1849. Mrs. Hollingsworth was born in 1789, and died in 1814. Our subject was reared on a farm, and obtained his education in log school-houses, furnished with a fireplace and greased paper window lights. Mr. Hollingsworth has always followed farming, and the rearing of live stock to some extent ; he owns a farm of 260 acres, and is an enterprising citizen. Notwithstanding his eccentricities, he is classed among the better citizens of Warren Co. ; his portrait will appear in this work.

DR. T. C. KERSEY, physician, Oregon; was born in Wayne Township, Warren Co., Sept. 8, 1818 ; he is a son of John and Anna (Steddom) Kersey, the former a native of Randolph Co., N. C., and the latter of South Carolina. His father came with his parents to Clinton Co. in 1811, and at some later date to Wayne, Warren Co. Dr. Kersey began the study of his profession in 1841, under Dr. Spaulding, and pursued his studies five months. He then, becoming dissatisfied with the " old school system " of medicine, abandoned his course, and resorted to school teaohing, which he followed for eight years. At the expiration of this term, be resumed the study of medicine under the system of Homoeopathy, and has ever since read and practiced that profession, and with marked success. Dr. Kersey was married March 27, 1844, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Mary Thompson. Mrs. Kersey was born in Monmouth Co., N. J., Feb. 22, 1822. Of their eight children, four are living, viz.: Henry F., Joseph S., John B. and Nora. The Doctor and his family are members of U. B. Church. Politically, Dr. Kersey is an uncompromising Abolistkmist, and was one of the first of that party in East Warren Co. He is a member of the State Homoeopathic Society. He owns a farm of 160 acres in Turtle Creek Township, and is engaged in agriculture and stock-raising. He was one of six in Warren Co. who voted in 1843 for Liecester King, for Governor, and in 1844 for James G. Birney, of Michigan, for President. These men were genuine Abolitionists, and candidates for the respective offices. He was also a member of the Liberty and Free Soil parties, and since the organization of the Republican party has supported it.

GEORGE KOEBEL, farmer ; P. O. Fort Ancient ; a native of Baden, Germany, was born Sept. 15, 1825; his parents, George and Barbara (Ford) Kocbel, emigrated to America in 1834 or 1835, and settled in Warren Co. Mr. Koebel followed coopering until November, 1852, when he went to California by water ; he followed gold mining in Trinity Co., Cal., until 1857, when he returned, coming via the Isthmus of Panama. In the spring of 1859, he located on the farm he now occupies. Feb. 20, 1859, he was married to Malinda Butler, a daughter of Abram B. and Permelia Butler, born in Salem Township, Aug. 25, 1837. Of their nine children, six are living, viz., Orien, Amy, Alma, Edna, Permelia and George P. Asaph, Alice and Bertha are deceased. Mrs. Koebel's parents were natives of New York and Virginia, and came to $elmont Co , and subsequently to Warren Co. Mr. Koebel owns a farm of 100 acres, with a very substantial brick residence and other good improvements. Politically he is Democratic ; he is a member of the Board of Trustees ; he also filled that office in 1871.

THOMAS McCRAY, farmer ; P. 0. Clarksville ; was born in Washington Township April 21, 1824; he is a son of Christy and Nancy (Urton) McCray, who were natives of Botetourt and Culpepper Cos., Va. respectively. The former was born March 7, 1795, and the latter May 4, 1794. Mr. McCray's parents, Samuel and Jenette McCray, were natives of Virginia and Maryland, and came and settled in Union Township, Warren Co., in 1814, and subsequently in Washington Township, where Mr. McCray died Sept. 25, 1839, and Mrs. McCray May 30, 1870. Thomas, our subject, was reared on a farm and obtained his education in the common schools, principally under the preceptorship of his father, who was one of the " old pioneer school teachers." Mr. McCray was married Sept. 5, 1852, to Mary Madden, a daughter of Solomon and Ruth (Robbins) Madden, natives of North Carolina. Mrs. McCray was bom in Clinton Co., Ohio, Jan. 4, 1S30. This union was blest with one child - Alice, born Aug. 9, 1853. She married Dec. 6, 1873, toElwood Hampton and died July 24, 1876, leaving one little daughter - Blanche M., who was born June 3, 1875. Mrs. McCray is a member of the Society of Friends, and Mr. McCray is a Republican ; he owns a farm of 116 acres and follows general farming. Mrs. McCray's father was born in 1793 and died Nov. 3, 1849 ; her mother was born Aug. 9, 1800. They came to Clinton Co. in a very early day, and to this county in 1849. Mrs. McCray's grandfather, Q-eorge Madden, served eighteen months in the Revolutionary war.

CORNELIUS H. NIXON, farmer; P. O. Clarksville, Clinton Co.; was born in Turtle Creek Township, May 2, 1851 , and is a son of Samuel and Mary A. (McClain). He was reared on a farm and has always followed its pursuits. He was married Sept. 16, 1875, to Miss Isabell Harlan, daughter of Alexander and Ann Harlan, born in Washington Township, June 9, 1857 ; Anna H., their only child, was born Aug. 6, 1876. Mr. Nixon located on his present farm in the spring of 1876; he owns 56 acres of land. Politically, he is a Republican.

STEPHEN PENQUITE (deceased) ; was born in Fauquier Co., Va., Sept. 4, 1800 ; he was a son of William Penquite, who was born Aug. 16, 1756. In 1837, our subject came to Washington and purchased the present homestead ; he was married in Upperville, Va., to Margaret Jackson, who was born in Fauquier Co., Va, in 1806; nine children were the fruits of this union; of these, seven are living, viz., Joseph J., John M., Burr F., Warren D., Frances A., Catharine and Mary. Mr. Penquite departed this life Sept. 25, 1874; he was for years a member of the M. E. Church, and in politics, was a Republican. He had three sons who were soldiers in the late war ; John M., enlisted December, 1863, in Company K, 2d Ohio Artillery, and was honorably discharged August, 1865 ; Joseph J. and Warren were also soldiers in the rebellion.

GEOROE RIDGE, farmer; P. O. Ft. Ancient; was born in Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, Nov. 21, 1828. His parents, Simpson and Jemima (Hisey) Ridge, were natives of Berks Co., Penn., and Shenandoah Co., Va., respectively. His father was born Oct. 12, 1801, and his mother, Jan. 9, 1809. They were married June 10, 1825. Mr. Ridge came to this county, with his parents, Mahlon and Hannah (Hicks) Ridge, in 1817, where he died April 18, 1876. George passed his early life on his father's farm, and received his training in the common schools. He was married May 12, 1853, to Miss Eliza Williams, daughter of Thomas and Ann Williams, born in Wayne Township, Warren County, Feb. 10, 1834. They have three children, viz. : Jacob W., born April 11, 1854 ; Mary A., bom Oct. 16, 1855 (wife of Lewis Meloy) ; and Anna A., born Jan. 4, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Ridge are members of the Freewill Baptist Church. Politically, Mr. Ridge is a Republican. He owns a farm of 160 acres, with good improvements. Ten acres of his farm form a part of the famous Ft. Ancient.

EZRA R. ROBERTSON, farmer; P. O. Oregon; was born in Clinton County, Ohio, June 16, 1823 ; he is a son of David and Hannah Robertson, who were natives of Maryland and Virginia. His father was born Aug. 31, 1796, and his mother Aug. 21, 1800. They came to Warren County in 1800, and subsequently removed to Clinton County, where they lived some three years, when they returned to Warren County, settling in Washington Township, where the former died April 21, 1854, and the latter Dec. 24, 1876. Our subject was reared on a farm, and received his training in the district schools. He was married Oct. 19, 1849, to Caroline Paris, who died March 31, 1863. and left four children, viz. : Alice H., wife of William Prater ; Franklin P. Sarah and George Z. Mr. Robertson again married, Feb. 22, 1872, to Lucinda Garner, by whom he has had four children, viz. : James, Eunice, Susanna A. and Lucinda. Mr. Robertson owns 232 acres of land, and is engaged in agriculture and stock-raising. Politically, he is a Democrat.

HUSTON H. ROBERTSON, farmer; P. 0. Fort Ancient; was born in Washington Township, Warren Co., Dec. 26, 1836, and is a son of William H. and Phebe (Dunham) Robertson; the former a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, born May 1, 1799, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania; was born August, 1800. Mr. Robertson^ parents, Ezra and Elizabeth Robertson, were both born in Maryland, and came to Warren in 1799 and located near Lebanon, and in 1812 settled in Washington Township, where they were early pioneers. Mr. Robertson served as a soldier in the war of 1812, and Huston's father, when only 13 years of age, accompanied him to Lower Sandusky. Mr. Robertson, the father of our subject, died July 12, 1874, and Mrs. R. died March, 1873. Huston Robertson, the subject of this sketch, is the fourth son and fifth child of a family of eight children ; he was reared a farmer boy and received the elements of his education in the common pioneer schools ; he was married April 22, 1863, to Hannah J. Nixon, daughter of Jacob and Mary A. (Doan) Nixon. Mrs. Robertson was bom in Salem Township, July 18, 1843. This union was blessed with five children ; of these, four are living, viz., Clement L., Leroy, Dora A. and Alfred G. ; Rollie is deceased. Mr. Robertson owns a farm of 105 acres, with good improvements, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising; he makes somewhat of a specialty in rearing the Poland-China hogs. Politically, he is Democratic.

BAYLIS N. SETTLEMYRE, farmer ; P. O. Oregon; son of William and Ann (Wilkerson) Settlemyre, was born in Washington Township, June 23, 1843 ; his father was born, November, 1795 and his mother in 1807; his father came to this county in 1806, with a family by the name of Zentmyre. He served six months in the late war with Great Britian, in Capt. Titus' company ; at the close of his miliitary career he returned to Washington Township, where he died Sept. 7, 1876. Mrs. S. died Nov. 5, 1865. Baylis was reared a " farmer boy" and received the elements of his education in the common schools. Aug. 23, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, 79th O. Y. I., and served under Gen. Sherman, and participated in the battles of Resaca and Peach Tree Creek, and other minor engagements, numbering thirteen in all ; he accompanied Gen. Sherman on his noted " march to the sea," and was honorably discharged at Washington, D. Q., June 9, 1865; he then returned home, and Feb. 28, 1866, was married to Mary M. Wilkerson, a daughter of James H. and Sarah Wilkerson, born in this township, Aug. 12,1841. Horace L., their only child, was born May 27, 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Settlemyre are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. S. is a Republican and was Trustee of his township for three terms, and is one of its leading and enterprising citizens. He owns a farm of 144 acres, finely improved, and is a farmer and stock-raiser by occupation.

FRANK SHERWOOD, merchant ; Oregon ; was born in Salem Township, Warren Co.. Ohio, June 17, 1838; ho is a son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Jeffrey) Sherwood. At the age of 10, Mr. Sherwood accompanied his parents to Freeport, and when 15 entered his father's store as clerk, and continued in that

Peck, and remained there six months, then returned to Freeport, where he has since followed mercantile pursuits ; he was in partnership with his father under the firm name of J. & F. Sherwood, till January, 1876 ; he was appointed Postmaster of the time since 1862 ; he is now Township Treasurer of Washington. Mr. Sherwood was married Dec. 20, 1865, to Miss Margaret A. Hollingsworth ; she died

Oct. 8, 1867, and left one child - Eva L., born Nov. 30, 1866. Mr. Sherwood was married the second time May 15, 1872, to Susanna H. Wood, by whom he has had five children, four are living - Mabel, Stella, Jonathan F. and an infant; Thomas W. is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood are consistent members of the U. B. Church. Politically Mr. Sherwood is a stanch Republican ; he owns a residence, store and 12 acres of land in Freeport, and is an enterprising citizen.

WILLIAM J. SHERWOOD, farmer; P. 0. Oregon; son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Sherwood ; was bom in Washington Township, Nov. 22, 1845 ; he was reared on a farm. At the age of 17, he began as clerk for his brother, Frank Sherwood, in Freeport, and continued in that employment till April, 1864, when he enlisted in Co. H, 146th Regimental Battalion, O. N. G.; he received an honorable discharge at Camp Denison, Ohio, August, 1864. He then re-entered the store and clerked five years, and since then has farmed ; he was married May 19, 1872, to Miss Maggie E. Murray, bom in Washington Township, Feb. 14, 1846. Of their three children two are living - Harry M., bom July 4, 1874; and Edith, born Sept. 13, 1875; Gussie (deceased), bom Deo. 6, 1876, died Feb. 6, 1877. Mr. Sherwood owns 63 acres of land, and is a Republican.

ISAAC STUBBS, miller ; Oregon ; owner and proprietor of Oregon Mills^ was born in Deerfield Township, Warren Co., Ohio, April 9, 1850; he is a son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Sherwood) Stubbs, the former a native of Georgia, and the latter of Warren Co In 1873, Mr. Stubbs came to Freeport, and in partnership with his brother, Albert Stubbs, operated the Oregon Mills till May, 1880, when he purchased his brother's interest, and has since run it alone ; he also operates a saw-mill in connection. He was married in Waynesville, Sept. 13, 1876, to Eunice F. Hollingsworth, daughter of Joseph andSallie Hollingsworth, bom in Turtle Creek Township, Nov. 15, 1849. This union was blest with one child - Sallie H., bom Sept. 12, 1877. Mrs. Stubbs is a member of the U. B. Church. Mr. Stubbs is a Republican.

WILLIAM YANDOREN, farmer; P. O. Clarksville ; was bom in Somerset Co.r N. J., Feb. 12, 1800 ; his parents, John and Mary (Todd) Yandoren, were also New Jersey people ; his father held an official rank in the late war with Great Britain. Mr. Yandoren came with his parents to Cincinnati, in 1814, and to this township in 1817, where they were early pioneers. At an early age, our subject learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, with his father, and followed that business for about thirty-five years. He was married Oct. 16, 1824, to Miss Athalina Ludington, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Ludington, born in Connecticut, Sept. 8, 1805 ; thirteen children were the fruits of this union; of these, eleven are living, viz., Sarah A., wife of Dr. F. M. Sanderson ; Alfred, Barkley, Elizabeth, wife of George Shoemaker ; Susanna, .wife of Alexander M. Penquite ; Martha, wife of Ephraim Costello ; Esther, George, Farinda, wife of William Hadley; Nathan and Amos D. ; John and Lucinda are deceased. Mrs. Yandoren departed this life Aug. 11, 1881. Mr. Y. is a member of the M. E. Church. Politically, he is Republican. He served as Treasurer of Washington Township for twenty years, and, finally, by the bankruptcy of two banks, he lost $5,001) ; he owns 72 acres of land on the Lcbanou and Wilmington pike.

BARKLEY VANDOREN, farmer; P. O. Clarksville; son of William and Athalina Yandoren ; was bora in this county, Oct. 9, 1830. He followed farming till May, 1864, when he enlisted in Company G, 146th Regiment Ohio National Guards ; he served till September, 1864, when he was honorably discharged ; he then returned home and resumed his former occupation. He was married Feb. 11, 1857, to Mary E., daughter of William and Jane Penquite, born in this county, Dec. 18, 1836 ; three children were born to this union, viz., Amanda, born Deo. 29, 1860, and Florence, born Sept. 29, 1865 ; Horace W. is deceased. Mrs. Vandoren is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Y. is Republican in politics. He owns a farm of 209 acres, of which 175 acres are under a good state of cultivation.

GEORGE VANDOREN, farmer; P. O. Clarksville; fourth son of William and Athalina Yandoren, was born in this township, Aug. 31, 1842. He lived on his father's farm till Aug. 16, 1863, when he enlisted as a soldier in Company D, 2d Reg- iment Ohio Artillery ; he served in the Army of the Cumberland till August, 1865 ; he received his honorable discharge ; he returned home and was married, March 15, 1866, to Lizzie Vandervoort, born in Massie Township, May 4, 1842 ; she is a daughter of Paul and Elizabeth Vandervoort; they have six children, viz., Anna M., Maurice P., William M., Rosalie L., Mary E. and Zenas G. (Twins'). Mr. V. and family are connected with the Baptist Church. Mr. V. owns a farm of 74J acres, and in politics, is Republican.

E. T. M. WILLIAMS, farmer ; P. 0. Clarksville ; was born in Washington Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Aug. 9, 1826; he is a son of John L. and Mary (McDowell) Williams, who were natives of Bucks Co., Penn. ; the former was born Aug. 10, 1786, and the latter Aug. 12, 1789. They came to Cincinnati in the year 1800, and settled in Washington Township, Warren Co., in 1822, where they both ended their days ; the former Dec. 12, 1857, and the latter April 3, 1863. Mr. Williams, the subject of this sketch, passed his early life upon his father's farm, and received his education in the common schools of the day. The spring of 1848, he went to Clinton Co., where he was engaged in lumbering till 1852, when he returned aud resumed his former occupation. He purchased his present farm of his father in 1853, and has since resided upon it, pursuing the avocation of farming and the rearing of live stock, making a specialty in sheep. Mr. Williams is a man of strict integrity and of stirring enterprise, and stands foremost both as a citizen and a farmer in the township. Mr. Williams was married the first time Dec. 9, 1852, to Miss Mary E. Andrews, who died Aug. 28, 1865, leaving four children, viz. : Horace (now of Vermillion Co., III.), Ida, Hugh and Mary. Mr. Williams was again married April 15, 1868, to Mary E. Wilkerson, by whom he has had three children - Martha, Nellie and Alice. Mrs. Williams is a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Williams is connected with the Masonic fraternity, and politically he is Republican. He served his township as Clerk from 1861 to 1869, and from 1875 to 1876. He owns a farm of 250 acres with excellent improvements; a $3,500 residence adorns his farm ; it was built in 1869.

JAMES I. BENHAM, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born on the place where he lives Oct. 1 9, 1830 ; is a son of James and Lydia (Moore) Benham. His father was born in Washington Co., Penn., August 9, 1784, and was a son of Peter Benham, who settled in Newport, Ky., in the winter of 1793 and 1794, where he resided one year, when he returned to Pennsylvania, where he died in 1799. His widow, with her children, came to Warren Co., Ohio, the following year, and settled on land now owned by A. J. Keever, in this township. Robert Benham, the Indian fighter, and the man who figured so prominently in the early history of Ohio, was a brother to Peter above mentioned, Grandmother Benham lived with her children where she settled, till her death, which occurred in 1805. The children were : Robert, James, Peter, John, Ann and Martha, all deceased but Martha, who resides in Orange Co., Texas. James Benham was three times married: first, in 1818, to Mary Robinson, who died soon after ; secondly, to Mary Russell, Dec. 9, 1827 ; lastly, to Lydia Irvin Moore, by whom he had six children, three living, viz. : James I., Rebecca and Martha ; the deceased died in infancy. Mr. Benham, Sr., was a continuous resident of the county, and a prosperous farmer. He served six years as Justice of the Peace, and in all ways was a successful man ; he died Aug. 13, 1869; his last wife departed this life Oct. 12, 1847. Our subject was married, Feb. 2, 1853, to Martha J., daughter of Stephen ProbaBco, of a pioneer family of this county. Four children have been bom to them, three living, viz. : Peter P., James E. and Kate ; Frank deoeased. Mr. Benham owns 124 acres of land in the home farm and 56 acres in Turtle Creek "Township. The home place is well improved, and shows the thrift and enterprise of its owner. Since 1852, he has been interested in Texas lauds, having bought at that time 1000 acres of timbered land, and he is now engaged in working the timber into lumber. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge of Lebanon, Council, Chapter and Commandery.

J. E. BOLMER, South Lebanon, book-keeper in King's Great Western Powder Mills. The above named gentleman was born in Warren County in 1852, and is a son of A. Bolmer. His education was received in the common schools, in which, by close application to study, he fitted himself to competently and intelligently discharge the duties required of him. In April, 1880, he entered the employ of Mr. King, as bookkeeper of his immense business, and has since successfully and satisfactorily discharged the duties incumbent on him. May 22, 1880, he was married to May, daughter of L. Woodrey, of Cincinnati, by whom he has had one child - Percy.

STEPHEN H. BOWYER, farmer; P. O. Mason; was born in Deerfield Township, in the year 1826, and is a son of Levi Bowyer, who was a son of Stephen Bowyer, one of the pioneers of Warren Co. Our subject was reared on the farm and received a common education in the district schools ; he remained with his parents until he had passed his majority. Nov. 14, 1851, he was married to Emaline, daughter of Thomaa Hall, one of the pioneers of the county. For two years after his marriage, he lived near the Twenty Mile Stand, when he sold out, and in partnership with his brother, Samuel , purchased about 130 acres of land in Union Township ; he owns at present 110 acres,, which is largely in cultivation and the home farm is beautifully improved. To Mr. and Mrs. Bowyer four children have been born, viz., Franklin P., who married Emma Fox ; Charley, who married Sallie Mulford ; Almira, who married Bruce Beadle, and Eliza, who married James E. Todhunter. Mrs. Bowyer was born in Deerfield Township, in 1832.

SAMUEL BOWYER, farmer ; P. O. Mason ; is a son of Levi and Eliza (Dill) Bowyer, and was born in Deerfield Township in 1828 ; his father was a son of Stephen Bowyer, and died in 1869, at the age of about 70 years. Our subject was reared on a farm, and in the common schools he received his education. In 1856 he purchased land in Union Township, his present home, and at present owns 169} acres of excellent land, which is one of the best improved farms in the township. In 1862, he was married to Ivy, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Sargeant, by whom he has had six children, viz., Wallace W., Emma L., Horace A., Clemice S., Mary B., and Perlie R. His wife was born in Warren Co., in the year 1841. Levi Bowyer was the father of ten children, viz., Alexander, John D., Charlotte, Stephen H., Samuel, Mary J., William, Levi, Julia and Thomas.