Warren County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1882 (part 3 of 16)

J. C. PENCE, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township Dec. 3, 1833; he is the son of John M. and Maria Pence, both of German descent, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Warren County. Our subject received a limited education and has followed farming all his life. He was married, in 1859, to Annjenette Eamhart, a native of Clear Creek Township, by whom he has had eight children, viz., Edgar C., Eva M.* Mary A., George B , Carrie M., Nettie Ray, Carrie L. and Jacob O. Mr. Pence owns a fine farm where he lives, of 92£ acres, in addition to other lands, amounting in all to 313 acres. He is a Democrat in politics, and for many years was one of the Board of School Directors of his district.

WILLIAM C. PERRINE, retired farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was bom in Mason Co., Ky., Feb. 23, 1800; he is the son of Joseph and Susan (Downing) Perrine, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of Pennsylvania. Our subject was raised on a farm, where he continued until 17 years of age, when he commenced learning the carpenter trade, at which he has continued to work at intervals since, when he could do so without interfering with his farm work. He was married, in 1838, to Miss Ann R. Hatfield, daughter of John Hatfield, of Turtle Creek Township. They have had five children, viz., Mary (the wife of Samuel Kersey, a farmer of Turtle Creek Township), Lydia, Charles D. (who was killed in the late war), John H and Joseph, the latter being married and farming in this county. Mr. Perrine is the owner of a 315-acre farm, well stocked and improved. He is a Republican in politics, and has held several offices of trust in the township, among which are School Director and Treasurer of the school fund.

DANIEL PERRINE, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Mason Co., Ky., Oct. 25, 1820; he is the son of Joseph and Susan (Downing) Perrine, who came to Warren County six years after he was born; his mother was a daughter of Timothy Downing, a native of Pennsylvania, of English descent. Our subject is by occupation a farmer; he owns a nicely improved farm of 351 acres; he devotes much of his time to fancy farming and fruit raising; in the latter he has gained quite an enviable notoriety; he has an orchard of 2,000 apple, peach, plum, pear and cherry trees, all in the finest condition, and yielding annually a handsome profit to the cultivator. He was married, in 1843, to Miss Mary Luce, a native of Warren County, and the oldest of twenty-two children bom to her father. Mr. and Mrs. Perrine had four children, viz., Kate, Lewis A. (deceased), Lydia Ellen and Amanda B.

STEPHEN B. PROBASCO (deceased) was bom in Warren Co., Ohio, May 27, 1811; his parents, Abraham and Jane (Barkalow) Probasco, were natives of New Jersey, of Dutch descent; they emigrated to Warren County in 1810, and settled near the town of Mason, where they resided until 1823, when they moved to a farm adjoining Shakertown. On the death of his wife, hi 1844, he moved with his son to near Monroe, Ohio, where he died in 1860. Our subject received his education in the subscription schools of his day, and early commenced the work on a farm, at which he continued until his death, which occurred July 9, 1875. He was married, Oct. 10, 1834, to Miss Dorcas Boyd, of Butler Co., Ohio, by whom he had eight children, viz,, Martha J., now the wife of James L Benham; Nathan, deceased; Elizabeth A., wife of Clem Beachey: Lydia E., wife of Thomas B. Hutchinson; Abraham; Eliza, wife of Lewis Iorns; Mary F., wife of John Hufford; and Emma Kate, wife of J. A.

Gilchrist The survivors are all married and living in Warren County. Mr. Probasco was a hard-working, ambitious farmer, and, at the time of his death, had acquired a fine farm of 200 acres of rich, arable, well-improved land. He left a fine property, upon the income of which his widow now supports herself in ease and comfort, having retired from the farm and taken up her residence in Lebanon.

GEORGE W. PROBASCO (deceased) was the son of Abraham and Jane (Barkalow) Probasco, bom in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, in July, 1824, and educated in the district schools of Warren County. His life was spent on a farm in Warren County, which his father settled in 1811, and on part of which he died, Jan. 28, 1865. He was married, Oct. 2, 1847. to Elizabeth A. Perrine, a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Davis) Perrine, a native of Warren County, who still survives him. They had a family of three children, viz. , Eliza J. , Abraham and Elizabeth May. Though not prominent in politics, he always voted the Republican ticket, and took a deep interest in the work of that party.

ROBERT RALSTON, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, May 18, 1805; his parents were Edward Ralston, a native of Scotland, and Martha (Buchanan) Ralston, a native of York Co., Penn., of Irish descent. They emigrated to Ohio in 1798, and settled in Turtle Creek Township, where our subject was reared and educated, and where he has spent the whole of his long life. He has witnessed the many changes that have taken place since the wilderness that then surrounded him was made to become the thickly settled and highly cultivated country that it is to-day. He was married, in 1848, to Miss Maria D. Buckley, who was born in Baltimore, Md. Her father was bom in 1792; was a Captain in the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Ralston have had two children born to them, viz., Edward C., who is married and well-to-do, and Joseph T. The parents are both members of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. R. is a woman of remarkable energy and very earnest in whatever she undertakes. Mr. R. is a Democrat in politics.

JOSEPH W. RHODES, farmer, Lebanon ; was bom in Highland Co., Ohio, Nov. 20, 1817; he is the son of Gustavus and Margaretta (Eddenfield) Rhodes, natives of Fredericksburg, Ya. Our subject was educated in Highland County; he learned, and for some time followed, the trade of hatter ; since his residence in Warren County he has for thirteen years been engaged in running a hack from Lebanon to Cincinnati and Sharon. He was married, Nov. 23, 1848, to Martha A. Roosa, whose father was bom in Orange Co., N. Y., in 1791, and emigrated to Ohio when 11 years of age, settling near Montgomery, Hamilton Co., where his father had purchased a farm; he was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was married in 1818 to Elizabeth Daniels, of Clermont County, by whom he had five children; he lived at Montgomery until 1827, when he moved to Deerfield, and there died in 1846, his wife having died in 1833. Mrs. Rhodes has in her possession a Psalm Book, or Bible, brought from Holland by her great-grandfather, Abraham Roosa. Mr. Rhodes, by his marriage, has had the following children: J. A. (deceased), Charles M. (deceased), Maggie

NATHAN RICHARDSON, deceased; was bom in Massachusetts, March 21, 1790, and died Sept. 24, 1864; he was the son of Asa and Abijah (Whiting) Richardson, who were married in Massachusetts July 19, 1788, and had four children, of whom Nathan was the oldest; he received an ordinary education, learned the carpenter's trade, and, on February 1, 1819, married Miss Rebecca B. Boothby, by whom he had the seven children following, viz. : Martha Jane, who owns and lives on the old-home farm; Mary, the deceased wife of

Dr. Charles Grant, of Cincinnati ; Nancy G.,the wife of Dr. Bryant, of Springfield, Ohio; John (deceased); Nathan S., a physician in Macon, Mo.; Frank, who is now married and living in Illinois, and William, a farmer in Turtle Creek Township. Mr. R., at the time of his death, owned 250 acres of land, where his family now lives. He was one of the early settlers of Ohio; his father died when he was 12 years of age, and at that tender age he was obliged to work for himself ; he commenced by driving a team from Cincinnati to Detroit, and on one of these trips he stuck so deep in the mud as to be unable to extricate himself, until a detachment of troops under Gen. Harrison came by and assisted him. For five years prior to his death he was blind, and was constantly attended by his daughter Martha. He is said to have helped in hauling the brick for the first brick house in Cincinnati. He died full of years and good works, on the land where he had settled when the country was yet peopled by the denizens of the forest.

WILLIAM RITCHEY, deceased, was the youngest of a family of three girls and five boys, children of Robert and Rachael (Fraley) Ritchey; he was born Jan. 29, 1819, and died Sept. 7, 1877. On May 19, 1846, he was married to Miss Rebecca P. Bretney, daughter of Tobias and Nancy (Butler) Bretney; she was a native of Ohio, bom Feb. 18, 1814. Mr. Ritchey was engaged in the tannery and leather business until 1845, when he retired from business; in 1848, he engaged extensively in the culture of rare and valuable plants and flowers for his own gratification; for many years he owned the stock and controlled the business of the Lebanon & Dayton Turnpike Company. He was a true philanthropist, whose loss was deeply deplored by the whole community; he was kind, affable and liberal, contributing freely to both church and State. He had a beautiful flower garden at his residence on Main street, filled with the choicest flowers of every clime, which he dispensed gratis to all lovers of the beautiful. His widow still occupies his comfortable home in the suburbs.

A. A. ROLAND, editor and puplisher of the Lebanon Patriot , Lebanon, was bom at Lancaster, Fairfield Co , Ohio, Feb. 11, 1853. He was formerly a resident of Greenville, Darke Co., Ohio, but is now the editor, publisher and proprietor of the Lebanon (Ohio) Patriot which he purchased in April, 1878. He is conducting the paper on pure Democratic principles, and in the interest of the social and business welfare of the county. Prior to the establishment of the Patriot , several attempts had been made to publish a Democratic paper in the county, but they were all unsuccessful. The Patriot , now in its fifteenth year, is an eight-column folio, containing an epitome of home news and general information . Subscription price, $1.50 per year. It is the only Democratic paper published in Warren County.

THEODORE ROSS, blacksmith, Lebanon, was bom in Turtle Creek Township May 1, 1829. He is the son of Isaiah and Mary (Draper) Ross, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Pennsylvania. Our subject received his education in the common schools of the county, and at the age of seventeen commenced learning blacksmi thing, at which he has continued working. He was married April 3, 1856, to Miss Anna Brown, a native of New Jersey, by whom he has had six children, five boys and one girl, namely; George A., John E., Frank S., Oren Q., Alonzo C. and Mary L. The parents are members of the Christian Church, and are a highly respected couple. They own a neat, comfortable home in the village of Genntown.

CHARLES E. SAIJSSER, confectioner, Lebanon. The subject of this sketch is a son of Thomas Sausser, who was bom in Berks Co., Penn., July 23, 1797, and died at Lebanon, Ohio, April 18, 1875. His wife, Abigail (Mills) Sausser, was bom in Schuylkill Co., Penn., Feb. 8, 1803, and died at Lebanon, Ohio, July 8, 1867. In 1818, Mr. Sausser came from Pennsylvania to Dayton*

Ohio, where he worked as a tailor for a few years. He then returned to Pennsylvania, where he married Abigail Mills in 1826, and in 1827 again went to Dayton, accompanied by his brother Joseph. Being unable to find vacant dwellings at Dayton, they continued on to Xenia, where Thomas remained, while his brother came to Lebanon, where he settled. After several years residence in Xenia, where his three eldest children were bom, Mr. Sausser removed to Jamestown, Ohio, and in 1832 to Lebanon, where, at the time of his death, he had lived forty-three years. He had eight children, two daughters and six sons. Of the latter, Charles E., our subject, was bom June 16, 1834, being the first born in Lebanon. He remained in the place of his birth until

1855, when he went to Indiana and engaged in the bakery and confectionery business, at which he continued until 1850, when he returned to Lebanon. He was married, Dec. 7, 1856, to Miss Mary Fay, of Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, by whom he had one child - Jennie, bom Nov. 20, 1859. Mr. Sausser enlisted as a private in the late rebellion, but with many others was rejected, as Ohio's quota was filled. He returned to Lebanon and recruited part of a company in June, 1862, and entered the army as First Lieutenant of Co. B, 85th O. V. I. He remained in the army until near the close of the war, and was honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio, in the spring of 1865, having been promoted to Captain in the year previous. Since the war, he has been actively engaged in the confectionery and fancy grocery business, being now engaged in the stand established by his father many years ago.

JACOB SCHWARTZ, marble and granite dealer, Lebanon; is a native of Wurtemburg, Germany, where he was bom, June 2, 1831, and where he received an excellent education and learned the trade of stone-cutter. When 25 years of age, he emigrated to America, landing at New York City July 26,

1856. His parents and sister followed him in 1872, and his father is yet living, aged 70; his mother died in April, 1880, in Lebanon, at the age of 68 years. Mr. Schwartz came to Lebanon in March, 1860, to act as foreman of an extensive marble shop for Evans & Co., of Franklin, this county. In 1863, he became a partner in the business, and by thrift and energy, was enabled to buy out and own the concern in 1866, since which time he lias continued to increase and push his business until it is now in a most flourishing condition. He married Barbara Daler, at Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 10, 1857 ; she was a native of Alsace, born Sept. 16, 1836. They have had a family of nine children, viz; Emma E., Charles W., Frank A., Katie (deceased), John J., Caroline D., Ferdinand J. , George Y. and Louis J. / Mr. Schwartz is Democratic in politics, and takes considerable part in the interests of his party. He is an honored member of the Masonic order, was raised according to the tenets of the Catholic faith, and is a fair example of the earnest, honest and thriving German element that contributes to the growth and prosperity of this wondrous land.

L. E. SCHWARTZ, merchant tailor, Lebanon; was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, Dec. 7, 1838, and emigrated to America in July, 1853, at the age of 14 years. He landed in New York, and after remaining there ten days, went to Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, where he engaged in the tailoring business, at which he has since continued. In 1857, he left Hamilton and commenced business in Lawrenceburg, Ind., where he remained until the breaking-out of the rebellion, when he went to Europe, taking a. tour through Ireland and hiB native country. He returned to America in the fall of 1861, and enlisted in Co. D, 11th Regiment O. Y. I., from which he was discharged after three months' service. He then engaged in the fruit business in Cincinnati, and so continued until July, 1863, when he came to Lebanon, and purchused the clothing store, where he has since remained. He was married in Cincinnati, Sept. 8, 1863, to Adeline Schuler, daughter of Martin Schuler, a native of

Rhine, Bavaria. This union was blest with eight children, seven girls and one boy, of whom two girls are now dead. Mr. Schwartz was one of twelve children, born to Jacob and Emerenzia (Krauzberger) Schwartz, natives of Wurtemburg. He is a member of the Masonic order of the Royal Arch degree. He has never aspired to official honors and devotes his time entirely to his business, which he conducts with the best possible success.

HON. JAMES SCOTT, member of the Legislature, Lebanon; was born in Washington Co., Penn., of Scotch Irish parents, on the 15th of April, 1815. He was educated in Washington College, in that county, studied medicine with R. F. Biddle, M. D., in Monongahela City, Penn., and graduated from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. He was married to Hannah A. Fowler in Cincinnati in 1841, and commenced the practice of medicine in Greenfield, Washington Co., Penn., in that year. In 1843, he removed to Morrow, Warren Co., Ohio, where he continued in the practice of medicine until 1851, when he moved to Lebanon and continued the practice of medicine there until 1857, when he purchased the " Western Star " paper and became its editor and publisher. In 1859, he was elected to represent his county in the Ohio House of Representatives, in which capacity he was continued until 1866, when he was appointed by Gov. Brough to fill a vacancy in the office of Probate Judge of Warren County. In the fall of 1867, he was again elected to represent his county in the Ohio Legislature. In 1869, ho was appointed, by President Grant, Secretary of Washington Territory, which position be resigned in 1870, and in that year was re-elected to the Legislature, where he continued until 1874, when he was appointed United States Consul at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands. In 1879, he resigned the consulship and was again elected to the Legislature, where he is now serving. During most of the time he filled the position of Secretary of Washington Territory, on account of the removal of the Governor of that Territory, he was Acting Governor. During part of the time he occupied the position of Consul, he acted as Charge d Affaires, and represented the American Government at the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom. During almost all his legislative career, he has been either Chairman of the Committee on Finance or of the Committee on the Benevolent Institutions of the State. During his service in the Legislature, .almost all the public benevolent and correctory institutions of the State have been erected, and are very largely indebted to him for the qualities that make them the pride of our people and the admiration of other States. While Chairman of the Committee on Finance, he did much toward simplifying the financial methods that have proved so successful in Ohio. In the years 1880-81, while Chairman of that committee, by his indefatigable energy and scrutiny, he reduced the expenditures of the State over $800,000 below what they were in the years 1878-79, when he was not in the Legislature, as is shown in the official records of the State. The following is taken from the Hawaiian Gazette , published at Honolulu, at the time Mr. Scott left that island to return home, will show in what esteem he was held by the people of that kingdom:

" It rarely happens that a man so well qualified for consular duties is appointed from the United States, owing to the peculiar and sudden changes that take place in the administration of national affairs almost every four years. President Grant, in the selection of Dr. Scott for Consul at Honolulu, and President Hayes in continuing him, have done the States some service. The ripe experience, good sense, prompt business qualifications, urbanity of manner and strict integrity which have signalized every act of Consul Scott, have proved him to be the right man in the right place, and every American who has come to these Islands has had cause to congratulate himself that such a man is charged with high official duty. As the best proof of all we have sai d in behalf of Consul Scott, we refer to the undeniable fact, that since the consulate has been organized under his charge, it has been a source of pecuniary profit to the Government, to the amount of about $1,000 per annum, after paying all expenses; whereas, previous to his time, it was a source of expense to the amount of from $25, 000 to $50,000 per annum.

4 4 Before Dr. Scott's time, the Consulate at Honolulu was looked upon by the wily and unscrupulous politicians of the baser sort in the United States, as a good place to get rich, and was sought with avidity by that class of individuals who, through political wire-pulling and influential friends, were unhappily too often successful, and the United States Treasury was fleeced to the tune of hundreds of thousands to gratify the cupidity of such political favorites. In this way, many fortunes were made by unfaithful officials, untiJ the Consulate became a by- word and a reproach in the United States. All this was stopped when Dr. Scott came here, and now, not even the suspicion of scandal attaches to the office. For this, we honor Dr. Scott, and for this he is honored at home and abroad. In this community where he is so well known, he is honored, with it may be, the exception of a very few, whose little games were squelched by the stern integrity of the noble old Roman, who can neither be browbeaten, bribed nor badgered into the commission of official wrong. Some people may think we use strong language on this occasion, and so we do, because it is our habit to call things by their right names, and in characterizing official, as well as personal integrity and ability, language cannot be too strong. If the United States was so fortunate in the selection of all its diplomatic agents as in the case of Dr. Scott, it would be a proud era for the diplomatic history of the country. Our familiarity with the records of the State Department at Washington enables us to speak of what we know; and, therefore, we do not hesitate to assert that the administration of President Hayes is thrice honored in the person and official conduct of its Consul at Honolulu. "

DR. SELDON SMITH SCOVILLE, physician, Lebanon, was born in Vienna, Trumbull Co., Ohio, Sept. 9, 1824. He is of English, French and German descent; his father's great-grandfather, Noah Scoville, came from England and was one of the first settlers of Waterbury, Conn.; his mother's grandfather, Jonathan Griffin, was one of three brothers who emigrated from the North of England, and settled near Oxford, Conn. His grandfather, John Griffin, son of Jonathan Griffin, was the first white person bom at Oxford, and was afterward a Lieutenant in the French war. His paternal grandfather, AmAsa Scoville, was a native of Waterbury, Conn., and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He and several brothers emigrated to Northeastern Ohio in 1811. Asahel Scoville, Amasa's son, came to Ohio with his family, consisting of his wife and two children, about the same time. Dr. Scoville commenced the practice of medicine at Niles, Trumbull Co., Ohio, in the spring of 1850, and in the year following came to Southern Ohio, and located at Bethel, Clermont County. Upon the breaking-out of the rebellion he assisted in raising a company of State Guards, and was elected its Captain, but under an order from Hie Governor this company was merged into a regiment then organized, and he was appointed and served as Surgeon of the regiment In September 1861, this regiment being disbanded, he served on a military committee and assisted in organizing the 59th O. V. I., which was made up of enlistments from the counties of Clermont and Brown. The following summer, he served on the County Military Committee, and assisted in organizing the 89th O. V. L Sept 1, 1862, he entered the service as Senior Assistant Surgeon of the 121st O. V. I., but in consequence of a severe attack of illness he was compelled to resign in the following summer. In July, 1868, he moved to Lebanon, where he has since continued in the practice of medicine. Dr. Sooville gives considerable attention to the study of natural sciences, and is a member of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has discovered many rare and valuable fossils, and contributes largely to many of the standard scientific journals of the country. He was married at Bethel, Clermont Co., Ohio, in 1852, to Miss Mary Ann Blake, a native of Maryland, by whom h« has had four children, a son and two daughters living, and a daughter who died in infancy.

L. M. SEE, farmer and trader; P. O. Mason; was born in Turtle Creek Township Dec. 6, 1823; he is the son of Felix and Elizabeth (Keever) See, the former a native of Virginia, of English descent, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania, of Dutch descent. Our subject was reared on the farm, attending school during the winter months, and following the various pursuits of a farmer during the summer. He has always been a careful, industrious man, and has met with the success for which he has striven. In connection with his farming operations, he makes a specialty of trading in horses and sheep, but will buy anything on which he can realize a profit. He was married, Nov. 22, 1859, to Miss Nancy L. Gordon, a daughter of William Gordon, of Jefferson Co., Ind.. where she was bom Nov. 14, 1838. They have had the following children, viz. ; Clara C., bom Feb. 3, 1860; Felix Gordon, bom Oct. 5, 1862, and Charles Grant, who was born Jan. 3, 1867, and died on June 3, 1873. Mr. See is well and favorably known as a good farmer and a fair trader. He is a Republican in politics.

REV. RICHARD SIMONTON, deceased, better known among his contemporaries as Elder Simonton, was born on the 31st day of January, 1787, in Iredell Co., N. C. ; his parents were natives of the North of Ireland, but were of Scotch descent. While the subject of this sketch was yet very young, the family moved to Ohio and settled in what is now Warren County, enduring all the hardships and privations incident to the lives of the early settlers. At the age of 21, he was married to Miss Mary Hatfield, belonging to a family who came to Ohio from New Jersey at a very early date; shortly after his marriage, he with his wife moved to Preble County, where he purchased a farm, near Eaton, of 147 acres of Francis Dunlevy, paying therefor $3.50 per acre; being dissatisfied with the locality, however, he soon returned to Warren County and bought land southeast of Lebanon, on the road leading from Lebanon to Morrow. In the war of 1812, he served as a private in Capt. Reeder's company of dragoons, and upon the expiration of his term of service returned to his occupation of farming. He professed the Christian religion when quite young, and at a time when there was a general revival of religion in Ohio; he very soon became zealous in the cause of Christ, and took an active part in social meetings; on the 18th of October, 1821, at Bethany Church, which he had been mainly instrumental in organizing, he was regularly ordained and set apart to the work of the ministry by fasting, praying and laying on of the hands of the Elders; he was soon chosen pastor of several churches, for in those days no one country church was able to support a minister, and hence services were held fortnightly and monthly, thus making the work of the pastor an arduous task. The church at Bethany was under his care; he also had charge of the Burlington Church, in Hamilton County, where he labored with great success, and for many years he was Pastor of the Fellowship Church. On the 31st of August, 1843, he lost his wife, whose death was caused by cancer in the face; she suffered long and severely, but her sufferings were borne with Christian patience; after remaining for some years a widower, he married Mrs. Ede Smith, a widow lady of Hamilton County, who still survives him Elder Simonton's manner of preaching was peculiar to himself; he was careful to mature his sermons well; he generally had his proof texts marked in his book, and would turn to them, and read them; his manner was pleasant and impressive; his voice clear, energetic and powerful ; he possessed great weight and decision of character, and was beloved and esteemed by all who knew him; he was admired for his punctuality; he scarcely ever failed to meet his appointments; he would not hesitate to ride many miles through incessant storms of rain and snow and piercing cold to fill his engagements. He was by no means fond of controversy and generally avoided it, yet, when duty seemed to call for it, he took hold of what he considered error in either doctrine or practice with fortitude, and handled it without gloves; he was a member of the Miami Conference for many years, and was always in his place. After having been a minister of the Gospel for nearly thirty years, Elder Si monton died at his residence, one mile south of Lebanon, on the 22d day of September, 1849, of bilious fever. At the time of his death, he hpd seven living children, five sons, David, Hiram, Joseph, John and 'William, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Jane. One of his sons, Hiram, afterward became a prominent minister in the Christian Church.

THOMAS SIMPSON, deceased, was born in Butler Co. , Ohio, Aug. 22, 1832. He was the son of Abraham and Euphemia (Longstreet) Simpson, natives of New Jersey. He was reared on the farm and received his education in the common schools of his native county. On the 27th of January, 1858, Mr. Simpson was married to Eliza J., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Nye) Gallaher, pioneers of Warren County. Her father's sketch appears elsewhere in this work. The marriage of our subject with Miss Gallaher was blessed with one child, Anna, who was born in 1863. Mr. Simpson died April 20, 1863, since which time the widow has resided on the old homestead. She is a member of the Methodist Church, and a good, zealous, Christian woman. Mr. Simpson was occupied as a farmer during the whole of his life, and at his death left a fine farm of 127 acres of land.

E. K. SNOOK, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Union Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Oct. 17, 1831, and was named after his grandfather, Maj. Ephraim Kibby, an officer in the Revolutionary war. His parents, John M. Snook, who was born in 1785, and Julia Ann (Kibby) Snook, born in 1791, were both of Welsh descent. Young E. K. was reared on a farm, and attended the schools of Union Township until seventeen years of age, when he commenced learning the carpenter trade, in which he served a three years apprenticeship. In 1852, after a two years' trial of carpentering, he returned to farming and has from that time to the present continued, with much success in that occupation. In 1853. he married Miss Rebecca Ann Benham, who was born in 1831, and was a daughter of James Benham, an early settler of Warren County, a leading farmer and a very prominent man in the county, wealthy in this world's goods, and owner of several valuable farms. Four children were the issue of this union, viz. : Ella, the wife of Albert Keever; Horace M., a farmer on one of his father's farms; Alfred Y. and Anna. Mr. Snook is the possessor of 210 acres of the best land in the county. He is a Republican of considerable prominence, a director in Lebanon National Bank, and one of the Board of County Commissioners. He took an active part in the enterprise which procured a railroad, for his county seat, and became one of the incorporators and directors, as well as a heavy stockholder in the company. He has been a member of the Board of Education of Lebanon, and has held many other offices of minor importance. He is one of Warren County's energetic, enterprising, representative men.

ELLISON SNOOK, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; son of John M. and Julia Ann (Kibby) Snook, the latter of whom was the first female child born in Columbia, Hamilton Co., Ohio; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Oct. 17, 1820.

The father, John M, was bora in Monmouth Co., N. J., in 1781, and emigrated to Ohio in 1802; he served as a Captain in the war of 1812. Our subject was raised on a farm, and received instruction in the district schools of the vicinity. Early in life, he learned the carpenter trade, at which he worked from 1889 until 1864. On the 24th of August, 1848, Mr. Snook was united in marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of William and Nancy (Reed) Thompson, of English descent The parents were bora in 1807 and 1812 respectively. The wife of our subject was bom in Warren Co., Ohio, Feb. 1, 1828. To this couple have been bora the following children: William, bom Oct. 21, 1849; Morris K., bora June 19, 1852; Millard Fillmpre, born Sept. 25, 1855; and Grant, bora April 1, 1866. Mr. Snook has in his possession a broadax, used by his grandfather in the State of New Jersey; this, as an "heir-loom," is prized highly by him. He is a good citizen, and a gentleman in every respect. Is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Universalist Church. Mr. Snook has ever taken great interest in educational matters, and served a period of sixteen years as School Director.

REV. JESSE PORTER SPROWLS was bora in Washington Co., Penn., March 11, 1845. His parents were Cyrus and Phoebe J. (Post) Sprowls. They were of Scotch-Irish descent; their ancestors having come from the North of Ireland in the early history of Western Pennsylvania. Mr. Cyrus Sprowls was a farmer, and a man of considerable influence, politically and socially, in the community in which he dwelt. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, and passed through the incidents usual to a young farmer's life. From very early years, he had a strong desire for an education. All of the books and papers within reach were eagerly perused and partially mastered. Historical works and biographical sketches were especially prized. In 1868, at the age of 18, he was admitted into the Preparatory Department of Waynesburg College, located at Waynesburg, Greene Co., Penn. This institution of learning is under the control of Pennsylvania Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and is one of their best colleges. He graduated from this institution in 1868, and in September of the same year entered Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass., graduating from this institution in June, 1871. He was received under the care, of Pennsylvania Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, as a candidate for the ministry in the autumn of 1868. This decision was reached only after several months of serious debatings and earnest prayer. His inclinations were in the direction of the legal profession, and he had taken several steps looking to this end, when a plain sense of his duty settled him once for all in the ministry. He was licensed to preach by the above-named Church Judicature in 1870. Shortly before his graduation at Andover, he received a call to the pastorate of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Lebanon, Ohio. After spending a vacation of three months among friends in Western Pennsylvania, he arrived in Lebanon, Sept. 30, and preached his first sermon to his people the next day, Oct 1, from Luke, ii, 49, " Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business ? " He was ordained to the full work of the ministry by the Pennsylvania Presbytery, April 12, 1872, at Waynesburg, Penn., the Rev. A. W. White preaching the sermon and Rev. S. Winget presiding and delivering the charge. His ministry at Lebanon has been a pleasant one, and at this writing (1882), continues. At this time, when changes in pastorates occur so frequently, this lengthy relationship between pastor and people is to be commended most heartily. In Library, Allegheny Co. , Penn., April 16, 1872, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Mariam Widney, the only daughter of Dr. John Widney, of Baltimore, Md. Miss Widney graduated from the Female Department of Waynesburg College in the Summer of 1868. She was the Valedictorian of her class. Although not strong physi- cally, yet, by her sweetness of disposition and strength of character, she was enabled to accomplish an excellent work in Lebanon. Two children were given to them, viz., Carl Widney, born 1873, and Harold Leigh, in 1878. Mr.

Sprowls has taken a deep interest in everything that has for its aim the advancement of the cause of Christ and humanity. Being naturally of a reserved disposition, he has not been as noisy in his advocacy or as demonstrative in his opposition as many other men, but his friends always know where to find him. They have manifested this confidence by calling him to positions of trust in the church and community. Being still a young man, it is the hope of his friends that very much usefulness may yet be in store for him.

MOSES STEDDOM, farmer; P. O. Oregon; was born in Turtle Creek Township April 28, 1824. He is the son of John and Alice (Teague) Steddom, natives of South Carolina, of German descent. They emigrated to Ohio in 1804, and located on land, near where our subject now lives. During their first winter here, they lived in a tent, and in the spring following, planted corn on the land they had cleared in the wintsr. Mr. Steddom afterward teamed between Lebanon and Cincinnati, hauling produce and stores for the pioneers. He raised a family of eleven children, all of whom are now living, except one - Martha Smith - the youngest being over 50 years of age. The family are all members of the Society of Friends. Our subject received his education in the early schools of Warren County, and was early installed in the work of the farm. He was married, August 26, 1852, to Miss Sarah Pyle, a native of Ohio and a daughter of William and Mary Pyle. She was born Nov. 9, 1827. They have had one child, Morris, who was born April 20, 1860. He has received a liberal education, having taken a course in the National Normal School of Lebanon, and in Earlham College, Richmond, IncL He also attended and graduated at the Commercial College of Richmond. He was married, Oct. 5, 1881, to Miss Carrie Bone, daughter of William V. Bone, a prominent farmer of Warren County. Mr. Steddom, our subject, in addition to his large farm operations, devotes much of his time to the raising of fine stock. His Short-Horn Durham cattle, Southdown and Merino sheep, and Poland- China hogs are of the best breed and finest quality. He is successful as a stock raiser and disposes of his surplus stock at high prices. He has a beautiful place of 335 acres, thoroughly equipped with the most improved of modern farm implements. He is one of the most energetic, farsighted farmers of the county, and meets everybody with the kindly smile and warm handshake that characterize the sect to which he belongs.

ISAAC K. STEDDOM, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Sept. 18, 1827 ; he is a son of Samuel and Susannah (Teague) Steddom, natives of South Carolina, and a grandson of Henry Steddom, who emigrated from South Carolina in 1804 and settled upon the place where the subject of this sketch now resides. Henry Steddom made extensive purchases of land on the hills of the Little Miami, five miles below Waynes vi lie; he was one of the organizers of the Turtle Creek Friends' Church, one of the first Quaker churches in the county; he built, in 1808, the first two-story stone house with a shingle roof in the vicinity; it was long known as the Old Stone House. He died in 1822, leaving two sons and two daughters. Henry Steddom was the ancestor of all the members of the Steddom family in the Miami country, so far as is known. Samuel, the youngest son, inherited the homestead; he was an honest Quaker, a keen sportsman and a trustworthy man, who became security for no man, and died owing no man anything in 1871, in the 78th year of his age. Isaac K. was educated at Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., and spent the early part of his life as a teacher; for thirteen terms he taught in the Red Oak School, Wayne Township, in which a son and daughter of his have since taught. He was married in 1851 to Narcissa Price, daughter of Bice Price, of Indiana, and by her has had nine children, viz.: Martha (deceased), Francis W., Laura, Alpheus (deceased), Charity

E., Anna (deceased), Rice Price, Mira, Isaac Roy. Mr. and Mrs. Steddom are members of the Society of Friends, in which he is a minister, and has been an accepted preacher for twelve years. He is a Republican in politics, and for nineteen years was a School Director in his district His portrait appears in this work.

AARON STEPHENS, deceased, was born in the State of New Jersey in 1810; he was the son of Ebenezer and Maria (Phoenix) Stephens; he came to Warren Co., Ohio, with his parents in 1820; his mother died when he was quite young; his father died in Knox Co., 111., in 1849. Our subject was married Jan. 1, 1885, to Miss Sarah Hutchinson, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Roosa) Hutchinson, natives of Kentucky, and of French- Irish descent. Mrs. Stephens was bom in Clermont Co., Ohio, June 22, 1816; by her marriage she had two children, viz. : Harriet, the wife of Henry Satterwhite, of Martinsville, Ind., and Dr. Joseph L., the discoverer of the opium cura Our subject commenced life with but little means, and at his death had accumulated considerable property; he was a member of the Masonic fraternity and a stanch Republican; he was prominent in the politics of Warren County, and for about twenty years was a member of the Board of Infirmary Directors of Warren County. An industrious and energetic citizen, he exerted much influence in the community in which he lived. He died May 12, 1874, and was buried in the Lebanon Cemetery. His portrait appears in this work

J. L. STEPHENS, M. D., special opium cure, Lebanon, was born at Deerfield, Warren Co. , Ohio, Aug. 20, 183o; he is the son of Aaron Stephens, deceased, whose biography appears elsewhere in this work. Our subject received his medical education at the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, from which he graduated in 1859, and for a year and a half thereafter he practiced his profession in Dayton, Ohio. In 1861, after the breaking-out of the rebellion, he was appointed Brigade Surgeon in the Army of the Cumberland by Abraham Lincoln, and in that capacity continued three years. In 1863, he married Miss Medora Carter, of Nashville, Tenn., who died eighteen months after marriage, leaving one child, Medora, who is now living with her father. For ten years after leaving the army, Dr. Stephens practiced medicine in the South, principally in Louisiana, and during four years of his residence there he occupied a seat in the State Legislature. On the 27th of October, 1879, he was again married to Miss Hattie Poor, a native of Pennsylvania. While in the practice of his profession in New Orleans, Dr. Stephens discovered a mode of treatment for the opium habit, which was found to be more efficacious than any hitherto practiced. Having experimented with the cure in several cities, among which were New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, Va., and Cincinnati, and brought it to a state of perfection, he, in 1879, established a sanitarium one mile south of Lebanon for the cure of the opium and morphine habit. Since that time, more than one thousand persons have been patients of the establishment, and several thousand persons in different parts of the country have received the benefit of his treatment. Among his patients have been persons distinguished as lawyers, physicians, clergymen, and men who have held high official positions. His place is visited by people from all parts of the continent. With one or two exceptions, he has had patients from every State in the Union. Before this discovery, there was no cure known for the opium habit but that ^called " tapering off," and in this the suffering is so intense, and so terribly severe, that patients who have gone through it say they would prefer death tenfold rather than to experience a repetition of the treatment. Under

Dr. Stephens' treatment, the patient can go wherever he desires, and while the elimination of the drug from the system is being accomplished, he feels nearly as comfortable, although probably not quite so strong, as when he was a victim to the drug. ,

JOHN STEPHENSON, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Clear Creek Township, Warren Co., Dec. 19, 1804. His a son of John and Mary (Gustin) Stephenson, natives of Pennsylvania, who emigrated to Ohio in 1801, and settled in Clear Creek Township. Our subject has had but sixteen days schooling during the whole of his life, and what knowledge he now possesses was all selftaught. He is a farmer by birth and occupation, and now owns a well- improved farm in Turtle Creek Township. He was married in 1828 to Mary Hathaway, of Turtle Creek Township, by whom he has had five children, viz. : Samuel, Ebenezer, John, Mary, Ellen (deceased), and Levi (deceased). Mrs. Stephenson died in 1838, and in 1841 Mr. S. again married Miss Mary Hatfield, by whom he had ten children, viz.: William, Clark, Seely, Louella (deceased), Howard Freeman, Frederick. Sarah and Lydia (twins), Emma and Hester.

DR. E. B. STEVENS, physician, Lebanon, was bom Aug. 5, 1823, at Monroe, Butler Co., Ohio. His parents were Joshua Stevens, who emigrated to Ohio from Winthrop, Me., and Eliza (Blackleach) Stevens, a native of New York, who came to Ohio with her widowed mother about 1820. Our subject attended the common school of Monroe and a private high school which was under the auspices of the Associate Reformed Church until 1839, when he entered Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1843. He then taught school one year in the Associate Reformed School, in which he had lately been a pupil, and at the same time read medicine with his father. In 1845-46 he attended lectures at the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, where he in the latter year graduated, and, returning to Monroe, practiced his profession until 1849, when he came to Lebanon. After remaining in Lebanon five years, he moved to Cincinnati, and while there (in 1865) he assisted in reorganizing the Miami Medical College, in which he became Professor of Materia Medica. In 1873, he was elected to the same chair in the University of Syracuse, N. Y., where a medical department had just been organized. In the spring of 1877, he returned to Lebanon, and has since been engaged here in the practice of his profession, having entered into a large and lucrative practice immediately on his arrival. He was married, July 11, 1848, to Miss Mary L. Stewart, of Carthage, Jefferson Co., N. Y., by whom he has had five children, viz. : Mary E., who is living with her parents; Carrie E., now the wife of C. C. Robinson, of Cincinnati; Edward S., a practicing physician of Clarksville, Ohio; Charles B., now engaged in business in Cincinnati, and Jennie C., who died at the age of nine years. Dr. Stevens has been largely connected with the publication of several of the leading medical journals of the country. He became the editor of the Lancet and Observer , a journal devoted to the interests of the profession, in 1856, having Drs. Metidenhall and Murphy, of Cincinnati, asso ciated with him a part of the time. He practices what is known among the profession as the "regular" system of medicine, but gives his especial attention to obstetrics. He is a man of great ability and gentlemanly manners, and stands at the top of his profession. In 1878, he established the Obstetric Gazette , a monthly journal devoted to obstetrics and diseases of women - the only monthly of the sort in America. He has always been an active member of the State and other medical societies, and a frequent contributor to the medical literature of the day as found in the journals and society transactions. For many years he was Secretary of the Ohio State Medical Society, and, in 1867, was elected its President. He presided over the annual meeting at Delaware in 1868.

ROBERT STEWART, farmer; P. O. Monroe; was born in Scotland, Aug. 31, 1831. He is the son of William and Agnes (Fowler) Stewart, natives of Scotland. His father emigrated to America in 1856; and our subject in 1854; the latter received a very liberal education in his native country, and since his arrival in this country, has made farming the principal occupation of his life. He was married Feb. 26, 1860, to Julia Klock, who was born in New York State, July 8, 1838. They have seven children, viz.: William, Nancy,

Frank, Edward, Robert, Mary and Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart with their two eldest children are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a Republican in politics. He received his start in life by working out by the day, and now owns a nice farm of 80 acres.

SETH ST. JOHN, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, WTarren Co., April 5, 1848. He is the son of Joseph and Rebecca (Jenning) St. John. His father settled in Turtle Creek Township in 1803, and lived there until his death. He commenced life in a round-log hut, and suffered all the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life. At the time of his death, he had succeeded in wresting from the wilderness 116 acres of land, which had been cleared and put under cultivation by his personal labor. Our subject grew up on the farm, receiving a common school education, and, when old enough, taking upon himself the care of the farm settled by his father. He was married in 1875, to Miss Smoot, of Warren County, by whom he has had three children. He is a Democrat in politics, and, though comparatively young in years, occupies a place of prominence in his township.

W. S. STOKES, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was bom in Waynesville, Warren Co., Ohio, Jan. 14, 1835. His parents, Ellis and Hannah (Morgan) Stokes, were both natives of New Jersey, of English descent, and were both raised as Quakers. Our subject attended the schools of his native county and devoted his time to the work of the farm. He has always been an industrious and careful man, and has acquired during his useful life a large and valuable property and comfortable competency. His farm of 125 acres is of the best land in the county, and the improvements he is constantly making on it increases its value and beauty daily. Mr. Stokes has reared a family of six children, viz.: Alice, Lydia B., Hannah M., Frank, Lizzie and Arthur E. ; all except

Alice now at home. His wife, Martha, to whom he was married Jan. 17, 1855, was a daughter of James Benham, a wealthy and influential citizen of Warren County, whose parents were among the very early settlers of the county.

WILLIAM H. STORER, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was bom in Washington Co., Penn., May 6, 1826. He was thp son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Holcraft) Storer, natives of Pennsylvania, of English descent. His education was received in the common schools of Pennsylvania, and his early life spent on the farm. He moved to Ohio in 1860, and located on the farm in Section 11, Turtle Creek Township, where he still lives, now owning 92 acres of rich, arable land in the best state of improvement. He was married Jan. 25, 1860, to Miss Nancy Gallaher, a native of Pennsylvania, who died June 5, 1876, leaving six children, three boys and three girla Mr. Storer is a good farmer, a close reader, and a man who keeps himself thoroughly posted on the topics of the day. He is a strong Republican, and has served his Township, as a School Director, for some time. His life has been largely spent on the farm, and his love of reading has enabled him to conduct his farm in a much more successful manner than many of his less fortunate neighbors.

POMEROY STODDARD (deceased) was bom at Benson, Vt., and was educated at Rupert, in the same State. In 1820, he emigrated to Ohio, where he, on the 8th of March, 1 826, married Miss Maria Koogle, who was bom in Franklin Co., Penn. , Dec. 9. 1803. Their marriage was blessed with nine chil- dren, of whom the following seven are now living, viz. : Mary E. , the wife of Douglass James, of Illinois; Marshall W., a resident of Cincinnati; Henry Pomeroy, a carpenter living in Ohio; Grove, a citizen of Hocking Co., Ohio; Josiah, who is working at carpentering; Lucy A., who is living at home with her aged mother, and Sarah M., the wife of J. R. Drake, an extensive carriage manufacturer of LebanoD. Mr. Stoddard died in 1860, after having accumulated a considerable fortune, on which his widow has since been able to live in peace, quiet and rest. He was a generous, public-spirited man of sterling qualities; as a business man, either while farming or in the lumber or mercantile business, all of which he followed in Lebanon, he was financially successful. He was a Republican, and a member in good standing of the Presbyterian Church. He subscribed liberally of his means to any enterprise for the public good. He was among the early citizens of Lebanon, and did much toward making it the beautiful town that it is to-day. The shade trees in Lebanon Cemetery were planted by him and John E. Dey, who was associated with him in that work. He subscribed $4,000 to the first railroad enterprise of Lebanon, and did much toward obtaining liberal subscriptions from others. His death was deeply mourned by a large circle of relatives, and a host of friends. His widow is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and still lives in Lebanon, in the 79th year of her age. The rest of hiB living family are, with one exception, all married and all doing well.

JOHN STRAWN, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Union Co., Ind., July 31, 1831. His parents, Job and Mary (Smith) Strawn, were natives of Pennsylvania, where the former was born June 25, 1790, and the latter Aug. 14, 1796. They emigrated to Union Co., Ind., in 1825. Job died Nov. 25, 1833, and his wife, Feb. 8, 1876. Our subject was educated in Warren County, and in early life learned the saddler's trade, which he followed until 1856, when he commenced farming, which he has since followed. He married Miss Martha Holmes, a daughter of Truman and Sarah (Coddington) Holmes, by whom he had the following children: Rupert H., who died at the age of 21 months; Oren A., born Aug. 13, 1865; Oma O., bom July 3, 1869, and Orville R., born Nov. 24, 1879. Mrs. Strawn's father was born in October, 1807, and died Feb. 24, 1881 ; her mother was born Oct. 30, 1840. Mr. Strawn owns a well improved farm about one mile southeast of Lebanon, upon which he has recently erected a neat and modem styled residence

JOHN L. SWINK, farmer; P. 6. Red Lion; was bom in Augusta Co., Ya., July 14, 1836. His father, Enos J. Swink, was born in Virginia, April 7, 1811, and his mother in the same State, June 30, 1814. They were both descendants of English families who emigrated to America at an early day. Our subject was educated in the schools of Virginia, and since his removal to this county has followed the occupation of farmer. He was married to Miss Orphia Lincoln, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Seaman) Lincoln, natives of Warren County, where Mrs. Swink was bora on the 17th of August, 1836. Their marriage was blessed with four children, viz. : Werten L., who was bora June 17, 1862, and died Nov. 7, 1877; David R., born March 30, 1867, and died Aug. 16. 1869; Elizabeth, born Aug. 10, 1877, and Clarence, bom April 10, 1879. Mr. Swink owns a farm of 50 acres, which he has worked with much success. He is a Republican, and a strong temperance advocate, and bears the respect and esteem of his community.

JOSEPH H THOMPSON, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was bora in Butler Co., Ohio, April 26, 1824; his parents were Joseph and Mary (Casson) Thompson, whose parents were of Scotch descent, and who emigrated to Ohio at an early day. Our subject was educated in the schools of Warren County, with the exception of one year spent in an academy located in Ross Co., Ohio. At the age of 17 years, he commenced the trade of a carpenter, which was finished at Cincinnati. He soon became a contractor and builder, and erected a great many houses throughout southwestern Ohio; this occupation he pursued until of late years, when he began farming, now making it a specialty. On the 30th of May, 1850, he was united in marriage with Amanda F., daughter of Robert and A. Curry, and sister of Hon. William Curry, of Indiana. To them were born the following children: Robert, William B., Edwin C., Charles H.,

Horace, Milton Ellsworth, Albert J., Arthur and Eva. Mr. Thompson is the architect of his own home, which consists of a beautiful residence, situated four and one-half miles northeast of Lebanon, on the Lebanon & Freeport pike, where he owns a farm of 200 acres of well improved land.

WILLIAM D. THOMPSON, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Nov. 14, 1834; he was the son of John H. and Ann (McCarty) Thompson, she of German descent and he a native of New Jersey, of Irish descent; they settled in Warren County at an early day, where he went to farming, successfully following that occupation until his death, in 1876, at which time he had accumulated 303 acres of land. Of his children, seven reached their majority, and of these five are still living and all doing well. Our subject and his sister are living on the home place, where they occupy 121 acres; he had received an ordinary education, and then settled down on his father's place, where he has since remained; he attends strictly to business, and, although a Republican, has always refused nomination or election to any office.

WILLIAM M. THOMPSON, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Sept. 8, 1840; he is the son of William and Nancy (Beed) Thompson, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Ohio; his father came to Ohio in 1840, and for eight years commanded a steamer on the Ohio River; he was a tanner by trade, but spent most of his life on a farm; he was married in Warren County, and raised nine children, all of whom reached their majority, were married, and, with one exception, are still living; Mr. Thompson was a most successful farmer, and at the time of his death in 1871 owned 320 acres of land. Our subject received a fair education and grew up on the farm; in 1869, he married Clara Earnhart, by whom he had one child, a son, Sylvan, born in 1871; Mr. Thompson is a good farmer, and now owns a fine farm of 80 acres of land, on which are a comfortable residence, and good and substantial bams, cribs, etc.

JOHN S. THOMPSON, deceased, who was one of Warren County's most successful farmers, died March 8, 1860, on the farm of 162 acres which he had accumulated during life, and which at death he bequeathed to his family; he was bom in Virginia to Allen and Sarah Thompson, who were both of Irish descent; he followed farming during the whole of his life, and by his industrious and frugal habits succeeded in accumulating a comfortable competency, upon which his widow has since lived. He was married, Oct. 25, 1832, to Miss Jenette Calvert, who was bom in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 21, 1814; they had seven children, all now living, viz., Sarah, now Mrs. Keever; Harriet, now Mrs. W. H. Gillispie; James A-, Frank S., David E., Lewis H. and Stephen W., all of whom are married. Mrs. Thompson is a well-preserved woman, and in good health for one of her years.

WILLIAM TODHUNTER, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Lebanon; was bom in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Sept. 18, 1822. His parents, Jacob and Mary (Johns) Todhunter, were natives of Virginia, of Scotch descent, who came to Ohio in 1814. Our subject received his education in the small country schoolhouses, that were, at that time, in vogue, and having been raised to farm life, has since continued at it with well-marked success, being now possessed of a valuable farm of 247 acres, upon which his large family of children has been raised. He was married, A ug. 27, 1845, in Pennsylvania, to Miss Keziah Johnson, of Pennsylvania, and by her has had the following children, viz., Eva, J. B., Alice, James E., Sarah, C. C., L. C., Frank, Fanny and Daisy. Mr. T. is* a live, energetic farmer, always ready to give earnest support to any good enterprise, and taking great interest in the welfare of his county. His stock, with which he is very successful, is known far and near, and is sought after by dealers on account of its good blood and showy appearance.

THOMAS UNGLESBY, farmer; P. O. Red Lion; was bom in Clear Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, April 21, 1844. His parents were William and Margaret (Sheets) Unglesby, natives of Virginia. They were both of English descent and among the early settlers of Warren County. His father was a very prosperous farmer, during the short part of his life in which he was able to attend to business, but for thirty years previous to his death, he was so afflicted as to totally incapacitate him for business. He died in 1873, in Turtle Creek Township, and left a fine farm of 110 acres, which he had acquired by honest toil during the years of his usefulness. Our subject received a very good common school education, and commenced working on the farm, in which employment he has since continued, now possessing a farm of 82 acres. He married Miss Sarah J. Brown, a native of Wayne Co., Ind. Mr. Unglesby was the sixth child in a family of eight children, Whose names were as follows: Martha, Marcus, John (deceased), Joseph, Silas, Harry, Thomas (our subject) and Wilson. The survivors are all married and doing well, and reside in Warren County. Silas and Joe served in the late rebellion in the volunteer infantry quota of Ohio. Our subject also served in repelling John Morgan in his raid on the North.

SHUBAL D. VAIL, farmer ; P. O. Lebanon; was bom in Butler Co., Ohio, Jan. 15, 1836. His grandfather, Shubal Vail, was an emigrant from New Jersey, and an early pioneer in the vicinity of Middletown. He owned the land on which a part of Middletown is now built. His son, Stephen Vail, learned the trade of plow making in Lebanon, and for many years was engaged in that business in Middletown, where he met and married Miss Catharine Deem, a native of that county, who died in 1848. Mr. Vail was bom in 1808, and died with the cholera in 1854, on the farm where our subject now lives with his step-mother. Our subject was reared and received his education in Middletown. He was married in 1856 to Miss Elizabeth Harkrader, who died in 1875, leaving four children, of whom the only two survivors, William and John, live on the farm with their father. Mr. Vail is a well-to-do farmer of good repute. He is a Republican in politics, and for fifteen years has acted in the capacity of School Director in his district. He is, as was his wife also, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

L N. WALKER, Mayor of Lebanon; was bom in Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio, Jan. 29, 1849. He is a son of A. J. Walker, whose sketch appears in this volume. He was reared on a farm, and received the rudiments of his education in the district schools of his township. He then took a two years' course at the Maineville Academy, and in 1870 entered Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, where he continued until 1871, when the institution closed. He then taught school in Delaware Co., Ind., and Warren County until 1878, when he entered the law department of the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor. In 1879, he commenced reading law with W. F. Eltzroth, of Lebanon, and in March, 1880, he was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of the State. He then formed a law partnership *with Milton Clark, of Lebanon, On April 3, 1882, he was elected Mayor of Lebanon.

DURBIN WARD, lawyer, Lebanon. This distinguished lawyer and soldier was bora at Augusta, Ky., Feb. 11, 1819. He is of English and Welsh extraction; his father and grandfather were both in the war of 1812, and his mother, Rebecca Patterson, was a daughter of a soldier in the same war. He was named in honor of Rev. Dr. Durbin, the distinguished Methodist preacher, who was a school-mate of his mother's. When Durbin was about four years old, his father moved to Fayette Co. , Ind. His early opportunities for education were limited, but such was his thirst for knowledge that he became an insatiable reader, and, when he was eighteen years old he had read every book he had ever seen. He has never lost his studious habits, and when at home he is most frequently found in his library, which contains the largest and best selected collection of books of the private libraries of Lebanon. After spending two years at Miami University, where he supported himself by his own ex ertions, and teaching school for a short time in Warren County; he studied law at Lebanon, first under the direction of Judge Smith, and afterward of Gov. Corwin; he commenced the practice at Lebanon, and was for three years a partner of Gov. Corwin. In 1845, he became Prosecuting Attorney, and served six years. In 1852-53, he was a Representative from Warren County in the first Legislature held under the present Constitution of Ohio. Retiring from this office, he devoted himself to the practice of law, and established an office at Cincinnati, where he has had a lucrative practice; he retained his residence at Lebanon. About 1855, Mr. Ward abandoned the Whig party, which was then near its dissolution; since that time he has adhered to the Democratic party. He was the Democratic candidate for Congress in 1856, and for Attorney General in 1858, but was defeated. In 1860, he supported Douglas for President. When the war of the rebellion broke out, he was, as is claimed for him, the first man in his Congressional District to volunteer; declining a captaincy, he enlisted as a private. He was Major of the 17th Ohio, and took part in the battles of Mill Springs, Corinth, Perry vi lie, Stone River, Hoover's Gap and Chickamauga; at the last-named fight, he was shot through the body, and his left arm was disabled for life, and he carried it in a sling through the Atlanta Campaign. Having passed through the grades of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel, in November, 1865, he was brevetted Brigadier General, wfor gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle of Chickamauga." In 1866, he was appointed by President Johnson, United States District Attorney, for the Southern District of Ohio, and in 1870 he was elected Senator in the General Assembly. Since that time, he has held no office and has devoted himself to the practice of law. Gen. Ward has delivered many addresses and orations, and he ranks among the most eloquent compaign orators of Ohio. A volume of his speeches is nearly ready for the press.

WESLEY WARWICK, retired farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was bora in Butler Co., Ohio, Dec. 13, 1808; he is the son of Wilkins and Sarah (Short) Warwick, natives of the State of Maryland, of Irish descent; he received his only education in the district schools of Ohio, and has devoted his life principally to farming, in which occupation he proved more than ordinarily successful. Mr. Warwick has been a citizen of Warren County since 1846, and, for twentynine years, has resided in the vicinity of Lebanon. He was married Feb. 21, 1831, to Mahala Sheeley, of Greene Co., Ohio. He is a modest, quiet, unassuming man, of very industrious habits and of resolute character. He has, by his own exertions and the assistance of an economical and energetic wife, succeeded in laying by a comfortable competency, to the enjoyment of which he, a few years ago, retired. In politics, he is a Democrat and takes a great interest in the affairs of his party. Both are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church, in which he was for years a Deacon. They have adopted into their family and raised several children.

JOSEPH WEST, botanist, Lebanon, was bora at Urbana, Champaign Co., Ohio, Feb. 17, 1824. He is the son of James and Rachel (Wells) West, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of Maryland. Our subject received a common- school education and adopted the occupation of a practical botanist. He raises large quantities of herbs valued for their medicinal qualities, which he sells to druggists and physicians. He has followed this business during the whole of his life, and has met with more than ordinary success. He joined the Society of Shakers at Union Village in 1843, and remained with them until 1865, when he concluded to marry and was obliged thereby to leave the society. He accordingly married Sarah Ann Babbitt, who was bora in Butler County in 1819. Her parents joined the Shakers and she remained with them over thirty years and until Mr. West took her away. The loss of Mr. West was a sad one to the Shakers, as his knowledge of medicinal plants was of great assistance to them in that branch of their industry. He is a Republican in politics and a man of very steady habits.

JAMES M. WHITE, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was bora in Hamilton Township, Warren Co., Ohio, March 26, 1826; his parents, James and Jane (Ford) White, were both natives of Ireland, who emigrated to America in 1812 and settled in New York, where they remained until 1817, when they came to Warren Co., Ohio. Our subject was educated in the common schools of Warren County, and has followed the occupation of farming during his whole life. He was married, in 1848, to Sarah Ann Gibbs, who was bom in Warren County Aug. 20, 1830; her parents, Thomas and Sabilla (Webb) Gibbs, were natives of New Jersey, of English descent. By his marriage to Miss Gibbs, Mr. White has had three children, viz., Martha Ellen, Thomas Gibbs and William D., all born in Hamilton Township. Mr. White served a term of three years as Infirmary Director and fifteen years as School Director. He is a thrifty, well-todo farmer, and stands among the best and most thrifty men of the county. He owns and occupies a fine farm of 227 acres near Lebanon, which he keeps under perfect cultivation.

JONATHAN K. WILDS (deceased). The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was born on Walnut Hills, near Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 8, 1799, and died at Lebanon, Feb. 7, 1839, in the 40th year of his age; he was the son of J. E. and Frances (Kemper) Wilds; he was educated in a private school on Walnut Hills, and, when about 22 years of age, came to Lebanon, where he engaged very successfully in the practice of law. On the 5th of May, 1830, he married Miss Sarah Gilchrist, a daughter of Robert and Mary (Wilson) Gilchrist, of Lebanon, who died September 8, 1868. They had three children, viz., Mary Frances, Jacob Lowe and Maria G. ; of these, the first two died in infancy, and the last, Maria G., is still living in Lebanon, being the only survivor of her family. Her father was a man of great talents and a thorough lawyer; in politics, a Whig, and, at the time of his death, Clerk of the Courts of Warren County.

COLUMBUS WILLIAMS (deceased) was bora at Norwood, near Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. 29, 1805; his parents, Jonathan and Mary (Davis) Williams, were natives of New Jersey, of Welsh descent. They emigrated to Ohio at an early day and located on a farm in Hamilton County, where the father died, Jan. 22, 1814. The mother survived him twenty years, dying on the 22d of December, 1834. Our subject spent the greater part of his life on the farm; he was reared as a farmer and received such education as was attainable at that early day. When 18 years of age, he commenced learning the carpenter trade with his eldest brother, and in that occupation continued for thirty years. In 1853, he purchased the interests of the other heirs to his father's farm, where he spent the remainder of his days. He was married.

Jan. 24, 1838, to Miss Sarah Todd, who died Jan. 31, 1853, leaving three children, viz., John, James and Eliza, all now deceased. On the 28th of December,

1856, Mr. Williams Was again married, his second wife being Mrs. Agnes L. Logan, a daughter of Silas Hnrin, one of the original proprietors of the land on which Lebanon now stands. Mrs. Williams was bora in Warren County, and, in 1837, married William M. Logan, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1809. He died in Lebanon in 1841, leaving one child, Kittie, now the wife of Andrew Atkinson, a real estate agent of Lebanon. Mr. Williams' second marriage was blessed with one child, viz., Nettie D., who was born at Norwood Nov. 29,

1857, and now lives with her mother in Lebanon, to which place they moved soon after Mr. Williams' death, which occurred Nov. 5, 1870. Mr. Williams was a man in whom all the elements of true manhood were blended. As a husband, he was kind, devoted and affectionate; as a father, he was gentle and indulgent; his business capacity and sterling integrity were above question. He was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, to which his wife and daughter also belong. His loss to the family, community and church was deeply felt and deplored.

JOHN D. WILLIAMS, farmer and auctioneer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Dec. 14, 1815; his parents were Levi Williams, a native of Ohio, and Lydia (Draper) Williams, of Pennsylvania. He was educated in the common-schools of the township, and has followed farming and auctioneering all his life. He is a genial, warm-hearted gentleman, and is well thought and spoken of by all who know him. In 1837, he married Miss Sally Yoorhis, who died, in 1861, leaving the following children living: C. O., Elizabeth and C. V., the other two of her five children having died before her. On the 24th of May, 1863, Mr. Williams married Miss Mary J. Trimble, by whom he has had two children, viz., Perry T. and Sylvan N. Mr. Williams is a Republican and has served his township a number of years as Justice of the Peace.

ROBERT WILSON (deceased) was born in Rockbridge Co. , Ya. , Nov. 10, 1797, and came with his parents fco Hopkinsville, Warren Co., Ohio, about the year A. D. 1808, when about 11 years of age. His parents being of limited means, his boyhood was devoted to his own support and to obtaining such education as the country schools of that day afforded. He taught the school at Hopkinsville and was, for a number of years, Justice of the Peace of Hamilton Township. He was Assessor, and, for a number of years, Treasurer, of the county, and represented it one term in the Legislature. In 1843, he removed from Hopkinsville to a farm, purchased about that time, in Union Township, Warren Co., about three miles south of Lebanon, where he resided until his death, Nov. 15, 1854 He was an intelligent and progressive farmer, and was among the foremost to introduce the improvements in machinery and methods of culture, which have lightened the farmer's toil and given it better reward, and, as a means to this end, was active in the organization of the Warren County Agricultural Society. From his early manhood to his death, he was a member of the Associate Reformed Church, at Hopkinsville, and bv his life, commended industry, education, morality and religion. On the 25th of August, A. D. 1825, he was married to Martha Smith, daughter of J ames and Nancy Smith, pioneers of Hamilton Township. Mrs. Wilson died at Lebanon July 29, 1881, aged nearly 80 years. They had eight children, of whom the following brief mention is made: Elizabeth H. Wilson, wife of Allison L. Scott, Esq., who died January, 1859. Jeremiah M. Wilson, attorney at law; admitted to the bar at Lebanon, Ohio, Gen. Durbin Ward being his tutor; located at Conners ville, Ind, and practiced his profession and served as Judge of the Circuit Court for a number of years, and represented his district two terms in Con- gress, and since then has followed his profession at Washington, D. C., where he now resides. William W. Wilson, attorney at law, Lebanon, Ohio; admitted to the bar in August, 1854; served in the army as Captain of Company A, 79th O. Y. I., and Major of the regiment from August, 1862, to November, 1864, when discharged for disability incurred in Sherman's " Atlanta campaign;" in April, 1865, was elected Mayor of Lebanon; in October, 1865, was elected Probate Judge of Warren County, and held that office until October, 1869, when he resigned and was elected Representative of the county in the Legislature, serving one term in 1870 and 1871. James S. Wilson, of Kansas City, Mo., was engaged as clerk in a mercantile house at Hamilton, Ohio, at the beginning of the rebellion; went out in the 3d O. V. L, and served as Lieutenant, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of his brigade throughout the war, taking part in all the hard campaigns and most of the great battles of the army commanded by Buell, Rosecrans and Thomas, known in the later years of the war as the Army of the Cumberland; since the war, he has been employed in the internal revenue and railroad service. Providence M. Wilson was in mercantile employment at Franklin, Warren Co., and enlisted there in the 2d Ohio three-months' regiment of volunteers; was in the first battle of Bull Run, Va.; is now a merchant in Arkansas. Robert B. Wilson, attorney at law, Cincinnati, Ohio; at the beginning of the late war, was a student at Lebanon, and enlisted in Capi Rigdon Williams' Company F, 3 2th O. Y. L ; he was appointed a Sergeant and served through the war, participating in the campaigns and battles in West Virginia and in Maryland and Pennsylvania, attending Lee's invasion; he was a Captain at the close of the war. Marshall* L. Wilson, at the beginning of the war was a boy on the home farm; in 1862, he served with the forces holding Cumberland Gap, Tenn. ; has since been in the railwaytelegraph service, and now resides in Illinois. Americus Wilson, the youngest son, near the close of the war enlisted in a 100-day regiment and served in Western Virginia; since the war, he has been engaged in the railway service, and now resides at Logan, Ohio.

J. HENRY WINNER, manufacturer of boots and shoes, Lebanon, was bom in the State of Pennsylvania May 7, 1846; he is the son of Charles and Rebecca (Logan) Winner, natives of Pennsylvania, the former of German and the latter of Scotch descent. They emigrated to Warren Co., Ohio, in 1856, and settled near the town of Red Lion, where they remained three years and then came to Lebanon. Our subject received his education in the grammar and high schools of Lebanon, and, at the early age of 16 years, commenced learning shoemaking with his father. In 1864, he enlisted in Company B, 79th O. Y. L, and served until the close of the rebellion. He was with Gen. Sherman in his grand march to the sea, and served in some of the hot engagements under that valorous commander. He received his final discharge at Louisville, Ky., in 1865. In 1871, he married Miss Kate Roszell, a native of Warren County, and a daughter of Nathaniel Roszell, Esq. Mr. Winner is an enterprising, wide-awake business man, of exemplary habits and good moral character. His shops and show-room, on Mechanic street, are fitted up in the neatest possible manner, and contain a stock of boots, shoes, slippers, etc., second to none in the village.

WILLIAM WOOD (deceased) was bom in England Nov. 19, 1794, and, on the 8th of the same month, in 1821, was united in marriage with Elizabeth Best, who was bora Dec. 23, 1802; to them were bora two children. Mrs. Wood died Nov. 20, 1824 On the 22d of July, 1827, Mr. Wood was married to Asenath, daughter of Jedediah and Elizabeth (Reader) Tingle, who was born in Turtle Creek Township, this county. Her parents were born - the father in the State of Delaware in 1767, and the mother in Loudoun Co., Va»,

Jan. 4, 1777. They died May 2, 1827, and Sept. 10, 1834, respectively. Mrs. Wood, the widow of our subject, is the only survivor of a family of fifteen children, and is herself the mother of eleven children, viz., Elizabeth, born Sept 8. 1828 (died at the age of 2 years and 7 months) ; Clara, born Dec. 13. 1830, who became the wife of Samuel Gould, May 21, 1857: James, born April 25, 1833 (died March 6, 1854); William, born April 28, 1835 (died May 22, 1838); Catharine A. , born May 2, 1837 (deceased); Nathan, born Feb. 8, 1840, married Mary Cumming, Dec. 2, 1867, by whom he had one child, Bertie (both mother and son deceased). Nathan's second marriage occurred Aug. 26, 1881, when married to Joannah Cody; Mary, born March 16, 1842, and united in marriage with Capt. W. R. Harman, Aug. 30, 1860; the next child died in infancy; Lucy C., bom June 26, 1845, and became the wife of Dr. E. W. Carnahan, died Feb. 22, 1873; Adalaide, born Nov. 16, 1847, and died Oct. 4, 1874, as the wife of H. W. Schenck; Charles E., born June 6, 1851, united in marriage with Ernie L Cumming, July 17, 1875. By occupation our subject was a manufacturer of woolen goods, which trade he learned before leaving England, his father being engaged in that business. Mr. Wood was for many years a merchant of Lebanon, and, by industry and economy, accumulated quite a competency. He was a member of the M. E. Church, and his second wife of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with which she united in 1838. The grandchildren of this couple number fourteen, and great-grandchildren, seven. Mrs. Wood is a descendant of one of the pioneer families of this section of the country, her father with his family having emigrated from the Redstone country in Pennsylvania to Columbia, six miles above Cincinnati, in October, 1791 or 1792, and, in the spring of 1797, removed into what is now Warren County, settling in Turtle Creek Township, about one and a half miles west of the village of Lebanon. He planted the first apple orchard in this section of the country.

DAVID M. WORLEY, farmer; P. O. Lebanon. This gentleman was bora in the village of Deerfield, Warren Co., Ohio, Nov. 16, 1821. He was reared on the farm on which he now resides by his grandfather, Solomon Miller, an honest, hard-working German, of the Dunkard persuasion, consequently his opportunities for getting an education were very limited. By considerable effort, he became sufficiently advanced to take charge of a country school. At the age of 20, he commenced teaching and continued in that employment over eight years. He was married, March 18, 1849, to Miss Eliza Jane Perrine, a native of Mason Co., Ky., and daughter of Joseph Perrine and Susannah Downing, who settled in Warren Co., Ohio, in March, 1826. They had six children, viz., Artemas M., Victor Hugo, Fergus F., Linnie L., Brice B. and Emmet D., of which number but three are living, viz., Victor, who married Josephine, daughter of Fred Hutchinson; Linnie, wife of Everett, a son of Samuel Ioms, and Brice, yet unmarried. When Mr. Worley married, he bid farewell to the school-room and commenced farming, in which occupation he still continues. His father, Brice Worley, was born in Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., Va., Oct. 25, 1794, and emigrated from Harper's Ferry to Warren Co., Ohio, with his father's family, in 1815, and, in February, 1821, he married Elizabeth Miller, by whom he had four children, the subject of this sketch being the eldest For his second wife, he married Margaret Ann Vinson, a native of Maryland, by whom he had ten children. Elizabeth Miller was born in Frederick Co., Md., Nov. 27, 1802, and, in 1817, came to Warren Co., Ohio, with her father, Solomon Miller, who also was born in Frederick Co., Md., Aug. 14, 1776. His father, Henry Miller, was born at Lancaster, Penn. Henry Miller married a Bigler, of which family one was Governor of Pennsylvania and another Governor of California at the same time. Henry Miller moved to Fred- erickCo., Md., prior to the Revolutionary war. William Worley, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Virginia Nov. 16, 1760, of Quaker parents, and raised a Quaker; was a sicklesmith by trade; he married Nancy Ann Walling, in Virginia, moved to Warren Co., Ohio, in 1815, and died June 17, 1828. Nancy Ann Walling was born in Virginia July 17, 1754; died in Warren Co., Ohio, Feb. 19, 1837. She was the daughter of James Walling, a Revolutionary Colonel, who took part in the siege of Yorktown, which battle resulted in the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and the British Army. William Worley was a descendent of one of three brothers - James, William and Brice Worley - who came with William Penn to this country and settled where Philadelphia now stands, and afterward, one of these settled in York Co. , Penn. , another in Western Pennsylvania and another in North Carolina. The subject is presumed to have descended from one of these three brothers and most likely from one of the two who settled in Pennsylvania.

LOT WRIGHT, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, Lebanon, was bom near the village of New Garden, Columbiana Co., Ohio, Feb. 16, 1839; his parents were James and Mary (Hinehman) Wright, natives, the former of Ohio and the latter of New Jersey. The ancestral lineage on the father's side was English, and that on the mother's side German. Our subject's early life was passed upon a farm. At the age of 16 years, he went to the State of Iowa and there remained four years, when he returned to Columbiana County. His primary education was received in the common schools of the vicinity in which he was raised and solely through his own efforts. In 1860, he came to Lebanon and entered the Southwestern Normal School, which he attended, teaching at intervals in the district schools of Southwestern Ohio, until the summer of 1862. Aug. 13 of that year, he enlisted as a private in Company I, 79th O. V. I. On the 28th of June, 1864, he was discharged, having up to that time, and just prior thereto, taken part with Sherman's army in the battles from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and was severely wounded June 22, 1864. He was commissioned as Captain in the 100th U. S. C. L, taking command of Company D, at Nashville, Tenn., June 28, 1864, and was almost immediately thereafter taken to the hospital on account of the wound, where he remained two months, then assumed command of his company, which, with the balance of the regiment, was assigned to duty on the Northwestern Railroad, and soon thereafter he was placed in command of two companies of the regimeut. He went into the country, seized stock from the enemy and mounted these companies, which performed services as mounted infantry until the battle of Nashville, in which he commanded his company during the two days' fight, and was again seriously wounded about the close of the battle. After recovering from the wound, he was detailed as a member of the military commission in the department of the Cumberland, and there remained about three months, when he again assumed command of his company, with which he continued until the close of the war, when he returned to Lebanon, which has since been his home. On the 17th of July, 1867, Capt. Wright was united in marriage with Louisa Jury, a native of Ohio, whom he met while attending the normal school. Both the Captain and wife are graduates of this school. Mrs. Wright taught school in Warren County four years, one of which she was Principal of the Public Schools of Lebanon. In 1868, Capt. Wright was elected Treasurer of Warren County, to which office he was re-elected in 1870. Subsequent thereto he has been three times elected Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are the parents of two sons - Willard J. and Raymond G. The parents are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Lebanon.

LEWIS G. ANDERSON, State Senator and grain dealer, Franklin; son of Kenneth and Mary (Chamberlain) Anderson; was bom near Carlisle Dec. 8, 1826; he was reared on a farm; he was married, in the Jersey Settlement, Dec. 13, 1848, to Jane D., daughter of John and Sally Teneick, bom in Jersey Settlement Oct. 4, 1829; they have had six children, five living - Derrick B., Charles M., Sally E. (deceased), Mary B., Howard B. and William G. In the fall of 1856, he bought 175 acres of land in Jersey Settlement, on Sections 3 and 34; farm known as the William T. Barkalow farm He carried on farming till 1873, when being engaged quite extensively in grain and other business, he left the management of it to his son. In 1868, he was elected County Commissioner and served two terms. During his term of office, he worked very hard and was instrumental in some very important public improvements, among others the Orphans' Asylum, Children's Home and the Franklin Suspension Bridge, which crosses the Miami River and is a very fine piece of work. In 1876, he began in the grain and lumber business quite extensively, which he carries on in company with his son, Charles M., whom he admitted in 1879. He is a stockholder and director in the First Rational Bank. In the fall of 1881, he was elected to the State Senate from the Second Senatorial District. Himself and William A Van Horn were the committee on construction of the Franklin Hydraulic water-power, of which he was also a director and treasurer. Mr. Anderson's father, Kenneth, was among the early settlers of this township. He was the son of Lewis and Jane (Gaston) Anderson, bom in Monmouth Co., N. J., in 1791, Sept 30; he was reared on a farm. His father was in the war of the Revolution, and was captured on Sandy Hook and imprisoned in New York City one year, when he escaped. He came to Franklin in 1832 and died in 1838. Kenneth came here in 1815 and was married, in 1817, to Mary, daughter of John and Nancy Chamberlain, born in New Jersey in 1801; they had seven children, six now living - John S., Nancy, Lewis G., James C. and Jane G., Joseph C. (deceased) and William G. John, Jane and William are now in Kansas; the others are living in Jersey Settlement. His wife inherited 92 acres of land, one mile southwest of Carlisle Station, where he resided until the spring of 1879, when he came to Jersey Settlement to live with his son, Lewis G. His wife died in 1850; he worked at carpentering about ten years in the early part of his life; some of the buildings which he erected are still standing.

GEORGE BALINTINE (deceased) was bom near Lexington, Ky., in 1793. He engaged as clerk in a store several years, and then engaged in a flouringmilL He was married, in Franklin Township, in the same house where his wife was bom, Dec. 22, 1803. They were married May 1, 1823; they had eight children, three now living - Amanda, Jane and Eliza M. In 1833, Mr. B. bought a flouring-mill in Germantown, where they resided three years, and then came to Franklin, where he bought another flouring-mill and engaged in milling eight years. This mill was situated where the Franklin Paper Mills now are. He then began building a new mill, and, just before the completion, he died. Dec. 18, 1852, his son-in-law, Mr. E. B. Thirkield, taking charge of hia business. Mr. B. had a choice farm of 400 acres near the village, on a part of which the new cemetery is now situated. He was engaged in the dry goods business with Mr. Thirkield at the time of his death, owning one-ha' f interest in the building and stock. He was a member of the Odd Fellows' fraternity and himself and wife were members of the M. E. Church. His wife is still living at tbe advanced age of 78 years.