Warren County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1882 (part 5 of 16)

LLOYD STOCKMAN, blacksmith, Carlisle Station, was born in Frederick Co., Md., Aug. 25, 1839. He is a son of George and Mary A. Stockman; they removed to Montgomery County in 1850. When our subject was 19, he began the apprenticeship at blacksinithing with H. V. Koogle, of Germantown, and served three years. June 10, 1861, he enlisted as a soldier in Co. G, 12th O. Y. I., and served in the Army of West Virginia till August, 1862, when he joined the Army of the Potomac; he served in that department till October following, when he returned to his former division; he participated in the following battles: Carnifax Ferry, second battle Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Cloyd Mountain, Lynchburg, and a number of minor engagements; he was honorably discharged July 14, 1864; he then returned to Carlisle and resumed his trade, which he has since followed. Mr. Stockman was married, Oct 5, 1865, to Mary B. Hendrickson, daughter of W. C. and Ellen Hendrickson, born in Carlisle March 12, 1840. Mrs. Stockman died June 11, 1870, and left three children, of whom two are living - Burt, born July 22, 1866; and Nanna, born July 1, 1867 ; Ella M. , deceased, was born Feb. 17, 1870, and died July 4 following. Mr. Stockman again married, Feb. 8, 1872, to Mary E.,

24, 1845; this union resulted with one child, Bessie, bora June 29, 1879. Mr. Stockman and wife are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Stockman is Republican in politics.

JAMES S. STOUTENBOROUGH, son of John and Jane (Schenck) Stoutenborough, was born in Franklin Township Jan. 17, 1839. His parents came here at an early date, about 1816, and settled on the west side of the Miami River one season, then bought 160 acres of land southeast of town. The subject of this sketch is one of nine children, all living; his father died in 1867; his mother still lives, at the advanced age of 85 years. He was reared on a farm. In 1869, he left farming and engaged in buying horses in the West and shipping them East. He was the first subscriber in the Farmers' National Bank; he subscribed $10,000, and was a Director five years, and President two years. The same company also started the Lebanon National Bank, of which he was also a Director, and sold his stock in the fall of 1881. In the spring of 1881. Ue returned to farming; he bought 113f acres of land east of the village; 17 acres in the corporation; the following fall, he also bought 185 acres in Lemon Township, Butler Co. , Ohio, known as the Lane farm. He was married, in Franklin Township, Sept. 2, 1874, to Clara B., daughter of Ransom S. and Hannah (Ross) Lockwood, bora in Franklin in 1831; they had four children, one living, Jennie, born in 1880. Mr. Stoutenborough has also been in the livery business in Franklin; began in 1875, with G. W. Miltenberger; this partnership lasted seven months, when he bought out Mr. Miltenberger and sold one-half interest to Charles E. Denise, to whom he sold the remainder in the fall of 1881.

HENRY STOUTENBOROUGH, farmer; P. O. Franklin; son of John and Jane (Schenck) Stoutenborough; was bora in Lemon Township, Butler Co., Sept. 13, 1826. When 9 years of age, his parents removed to Franklin Township, this county, where he was reared to manhood ; his educational advantages were limited to the common schools of the country, which then were not noted for their excellence. Mr. Stoutenborough' s, father was a dealer in horses, taking them to Eastern markets, and, when our subject was 17, he made a trip with his father across the mountains; he also made a number of subsequent trips. He resided on a farm on Sea 4 till March, 1867, when he located on his present farm, one mile south of Franklin, where he owns 138 acres of wellimproved land; it is adorned with a very substantial three-story brick residence. Mr. Stoutenborough pursues the avocation of a general farmer and stock-raiser. Mr. Stoutenborough was married, in Monmouth Co., N. J., to Miss Willi mpe Liongstreet, a native of Monmouth Co., N. J., and a daughter of John and Elizabeth Longstreet; three children were given to bless this union; of these, two are living, viz., Catharine A, born Dec. 25, 1858; and John L., born Oct. 30, 1862; Jane E., the eldest, was bora May 25, 1856, and died Jan. 1, 1880, near Dayton, Ohio; she was a lady of more than ordinary worth and intelligence, and a devoted Christian. Politically, Mr. Stoutenborough is Democratic. He ranks with the enterprising farmers of Franklin Township.

JOHN L. THIRKIELD, lumber-dealer, son of James E. and Jane (Jamieson) Thirkield, was born in Fayette Co., Penn., Dec. 19, 1808. In 1817, his parents came to Franklin Township and settled one-half mile north of the village; his father was a whitesmith by trade, and John learned the same trade.

In 1832, lie came to town and opened a dry goods store, thus laying the foundation of the oldest dry goods house in the county doing business at the present day. He commenced business with J ames Death and a Mr. Richards as partners, firm known as J. L. Thirkield & Co. ; in 1835, his two partners sold out, , and Jonathan Mooney was admitted, and remained several years; he then bought out Mr. Mooney's interest and transacted business alone four years, then took in George Balintine, who continued with him eleven years, during which time Mr. Balintine sold one-half his interest to E. B. Thirkield, brother to John L. ; at the death of Mr. Balintine, the firm was known as Thirkield Bros. & Co., Mr. W. D. Schenck also being a member, and representing the " Co." In 1872, he retired from the house, having amassed a considerable fortune and wishing to confine his operations to another large field of business he had opened; but unluckily, it did not prove a success. Mr. Thirkield has been one of the ablest business men of this county, and has taken a great interest in anything pertaining to the good of Franklin and its people. He was married, in Allegheny Co., Penn., in 1834, to Miss Nancy Manown, daughter of James and Cassy Manown, born in Allegheny County in 1815; they have had ten children, seven living - John, Eden, William, Letitia, Jane, Ella and Wilhelmina. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 18 years of age, and has always lived a uniform life; his wife and most of his children are also members of the same church. Mr. Thirkield has a fine brick residence on Center street, adjoining the First National Bank building.

EDEN B. THIRKIELD, proprietor of the oldest and leading dry goods house in Franklin, and President of the Franklin Paper Company, was bom in Franklin Township Oct. 4, 1823. His father and mother were among the early pioneers of this county, emigrating here in 1817 ; the former was bom near Brownsville, Penn. ; the latter, in Philadelphia. His father was a whitesmith by trade, and used to manufacture the iron trimmings for the old-fashioned spinning-wheels quite extensively; he was one of the founders and a pioneer member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Franklin. As early as 1830, Mr. Thirkield' s brother began in the dry goods business; in 1843, he admitted Mr. George Balintine, and in 1850, Eden B. was admitted; the firm was also known some years as Thirkield, Schenck & Co. Our subject has been actively engaged in the business forty-three years; firm now known as E. B. Thirkield & Sons, three of his sons being actively engaged with him; they have one of the largest establishments, in their line in the county, carrying a full line of dry goods, carpets, boots, shoes, clothing, etc., and are doing a very extensive business. He was married, in Franklin, May 9, 1849, to Amanda, daughter of George and Mary Balintine, born in Franklin Township; they have six children living, bom in order in which they are named: George B., Charles F.,

Wilbur P. (now in the ministry in the Methodist' Episcopal Church of Cincinnati), Edward M., Eliza J. and Mary B. The family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

WILLIAM B. VAIL, deceased, one of WTarren County's honored pioneers, was bom in Montgomery County Jan. 7, 1812. His parents, William and Ellen Vail, came to this county in 1813, where they both died. Mr. Vail passed his early life on his father's farm and received only a common-school education. Nov. 15, 1844, he was united in marriage with Mary J. Stoutenborough, daughter of John and Jane Stoutenborough; Mrs. Vail was bom in Butler County Oct. 11, 1820; five children were given to bless this union, viz. : Ellen, wife of Richard White; Eliza J., wife of Harry J. Sheets; John W., William C. and Mary A. Mr. Vail was by occupation a farmer, and this he carried on most successfully; he was at his death the largest land-owner in Franklin Township; this sad event took place May 8, 1871. He was for forty yearB a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a true Christian in the fullest sense of the term; he was a liberal contributor to every worthy and benevolent enterprise, and the poor, it can truthfully be said, never turned from the door of this hospitable man hungry or unaided. Too high a tribute to this worthy man the writer cannot pay; he was a man who possessed most sublime traits of character, and his life was one pure and blameless.

JOHN W. VAIL, farmer; P. O. Franklin; son of William B. and Mary J. Vail; was bora in this township Nov. 5, 1848. He passed his youth and early manhood on his father's farm, and received a common-school training. Oct. 10, 1872, he was married to Miss Agnes Marlatt, daughter of William and Hepsia Marlatt ; Mrs. Vail was born in Lebanon April 8, 1852. Mi*. Vail is engaged in farming and rearing live stock; he devotes considerable time to buying and selling horses; he owns 118 acres of the old homestead, with a good residence and improvements. Politically, he adheres to the Republican principles and doctrines of his honored father.

WILLIAM C. VAIL, farmer; P. O. Franklin; youngest son of William B. and Mary J. Vail; was born on his father's farm in Franklin Township Oct. 26, 1854; he remained with his father till of age; he received his education in the normal at Lebanon; he has since taken a course in Nelson's Commercial College of Cincinnati. Nov. 17, 1875, he was united in marriage to Miss Lydia R. Kell, a daughter of Col. John Kell, a veteran in the late rebellion, and who met his death at the battle of Stone River; one daughter was given to bless this union - Lydia M, born in Franklin Sept. 4, 1876. Mr. Vail has followed the avocation of farming, excepting from February, 1876, to March, 1877, during which time he was engaged in the grocery business in Franklin, where he now resides; he owns a well-improved farm of 90 acres on Section 29. Politically, he is a Republican.

THOMAS VAN DYKE, retired farmer, Franklin, son of Abraham and Mary (West) Van Dyke, was bom in Monmouth Co., N. J., in 1807. When 10 years of age, his parents moved to Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, where they bought 100 acres of land; they had thirteen children, our subject being the sixthf his father died about 1825; his mother about 1857. In 1839, he bought 109 acres in Liberty Township, Butler Co., where he built a fine brick residence and made considerable other improvements, and sold in 1867 and moved to Franklin Township, where he bought 100 acres, where he has made a great many improvements; he also has 640 acres in Mercer Co., Ohio. He was married, in Franklin Township, in 1852, to Jemimah, daughter of John and Eliza Wood, born in Franklin Township; they have had five children - George, Elizabeth, John, Amanda and Edward (deceased - drowned July 15, 1881, in the Miami River, below the hydraulic dam, while bathing). Himself, wife and daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ABRAHAM VAN TUYL, farmer; P. O. Franklin; an old and honored pioneer of Warren County; was born in Somerset Co., N. J., Oct. 8, 1805. He is a son of Michael and Sophia Van Tuyl, natives of Staten Island and New Jersey. In 1814, they emigrated to this county and settled on the farm our subject now occupies, and which was purchased in 1813; it was then a tract containing several hundred acres. It was here, in the primitive days of Warren County, and during the war with Great Britain, that young Van Tuyl passed a part of his early life; his educational advantages were limited to the common schools of the pioneer days. The winter of 1815, when but 10 years of age, he cleared 2 acres of land, and his present residence occupies a part of the ground. Mr. Van Tuyl followed saw-milling for about thirty years, and since has pursued farming. He was married, Feb. 2, 1832, to Ruth A. Craig, daughter of William and Ruth Craig, born in Monmouth Co., N. J., Oct. 20, 1811; of their three children, but one survives - Martha, born July 13, 1845, wife of Robert Byers, now of Olney, Richland Co., 111.; Martha and William are their deceased children. Mr. and Mrs. Van Tuyl are ardent members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Van Tuyl is Republican in politics, but formerly was a Whig; he is one of the estimable and highly esteemed pioneers of Warren Counly.

MICHAEL VAN TTJYL, retired farmer, Franklin, son of Michael and Sophia (Cubberly) Van Tuyl, was born in New Jersey in 1813. When 2 years of age, his parents moved to Franklin and bought 800 acres of land. He was married, in 1834, to Addie E., daughter of James and Elizabeth (Ingall) Craig, bora in Lycoming Co., Penn., in 1819; they had two children, one living - Martha, married to the Rev. F. M. Wood, of Xenia; and Elizabeth, deceased, wife of Prof. A. C. Tyler, of Glendale, Hamilton Co., Ohio ; she died in 1872, leaving two children. After his marriage, Mr. Van Tuyl received 106 acres of choice land of his father, situated on Sec. 31; he cleared about 60 acres and erected a line house and barn, and made a number of improvements; he still owns this farm and 4 acres adjoining. In the fall of 1881, he concluded to lead a retired life, so came to Franklin and purchased a lot on Fifth street, where he has erected a nice residence and expects to pass the remainder of his days in comfort. Himself and family are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he is a Ruling Elder.

SAYLES WALLING, son of Area and Lavica Walling, was born near Providence, R. I., Jan. 12, 1808. He was reared on a farm, his father owning 150 acres. He was married, at the age of 22 years, to Elizabeth H., daughter of Allen and Roby Thayer, bora near Providence Aug. 6, 1809; they had six children, three living - Ora A. , Alvin and Reuben, all married and in business. Mr. Walling came here in 1830, in quite poor circumstances, and worked at laboring work several years, then bought one-half interest in a coopering establishment south of town, which was run by water-power; at the end of two or three years, he engaged in the butchering business with William Corwin, Sr. ; they supplied the town with meat several^ years. In 1869, he went to Dayton and engaged with his son in the manufacture of iron fence railing eleven years, and then returned to Franklin, where he now leads a retired life; he owns two houses and lots on River street, in south part of the town; himself and son own one tenement house in Dayton, on Hermann street. He has been a member of the Odd Fellows about forty years. His three sons were in the army of the rebellion; Ora was in the 100-days' service; Alvin P. and Reuben enlisted in the three-months' service, after which Reuben served three years.

JOHN WARD, retired farmer, Franklin, son of William and Margaret Ward, was bora about two and a half miles from Franklin, June 20, 1824. His grandparents came here at an early period. He was reared on a farm, attending school till 21 years of age; he took a full course of mathematics and chemistry, and studied Greek and Latin; several years he taught school winters and farmed summers. In March, 1849, he bought 90 acres of land with his uncle, in Franklin Township, on Sec. 24; several years later, he purchased his uncle's interest; he afterward bought 104 acres adjoining on the north. He was married, in Lebanon, in 1857, to Mahala Rhoads, daughter of John and Hezekiah Rhoads, bora in this township. Mr. Ward, after leading a very successful life, retired, in 1868, to Franklin, where he has a fine brick residence and 1 acre of land east of Canal; he also owns one house and lot, corner River and Sixth streets, 245 acres of land in Darke County, and 100 acres in Auglaize County.

JAMES WARRICK, farmer; P. O. Franklin; a native and a worthy pioneer of Franklin Township; was bora Aug. 1, 1816. He is a son of Samuel and Nancy (Frazey), natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania; his father was bora Aug. 1, 1776, and his mother April 8, 1788; they came to Warren County prior to the war of 1812, and settled in this township, where they both closed their lives at an advanced age. Our subject was reared to manhood on his father's farm. He was married, in Dayton, Jan. 1, 1847, to Miss Lucinda Ward, a native of this township, bora May 25, 1825, and a daughter of Samuel and

Nancy Ward; of the six children that were given this union, four are living, viz., Ame A., bom April 28, 1849, wife of Daniel S. Parker; Samuel J., bora Sept. 16, 1852, married Katie McQuitty; Mary B., bora Sept. 25, 1859; and Flora, bora April 10, 1863 ; Eleanor J. and Robert M. are deceased. Mr. Warrick located on his present farm in 1848; he owns a tract of 425 acres of land, situated on Secs. 24, 29 and 30; his farm is under a high state of cultivation; a brick residence, erected at a cost of $5,000, stands on the summit of a hill, which affords an excellent view of the surrounding country. Mr. Warrick is by occupation a farmer *and stock-raiser, and in politics he is Republican.

GEORGE C. WEAVER, grocer, No. 2 Woodward Block, Franklin, son of George W. and Rebecca Weaver, was bom in Miamisburg, Montgomery Co., Ohio, March 20, 1854. When 10 years of age, he entered his father's general store, attending behind the counter when out of school; at the age of lg, he took charge of the books, which he continued to keep till 24 years of aga In 1876, he was married, in Miamisburg, to Lilly, daughter of Dr. Isaac and Mary Treon, bom in Miamisburg; they have two children - Mary and Edith. Dec. 1, 1878, he came to Franklin and opened his present place of business, where he keeps a full line of groceries, glassware, queensware and silverware; he carries a stock of goods valued at $5,000, and does a strictly cash business, from four to six men behind the counter, and doing a very flourishing business; he has a fine brick residence corner Springboro road and Hill avenue. Mr. Weaver is a member of the Odd Fellows society.

WILLIAM M. WILSON, farmer; P. O. Red Lion; was bora int he township of his residence July 7, 1834 He is a son of Matthew and Eleanor (McClure) Wilson, natives of Pennsylvania and Kentucky; the father was bora Sept 18, 1799, and the mother Sept 19, 1795. Mr. Wilson came to this county with his parents in 1800; they settled near Red Lion, and, in 1802 removed near Dayton, where they lived till 1806, when they returned and purchased the farm our subject now occupies. Mr. Wilson, the father of William, died April 9, 1881, and his mother died June 22, 1855. William, the subject of this sketch, was reared on his father's farm. Jan. 11, 1865, he was joined in marriage to Minerva E. Iddings, daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth Iddings, bora near Dayton June 18, 1846; three children were added to this union; two are living - Mary E., bom May 5, 1867; and Edward I., bora Oct. 8, 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Wilson is a Republican. He owns 106 acres of the old homestead, and is engaged in agriculture and stock-raising.

JOHN WESLEY BORDEN, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; bora in New Jersey Sept. 14, 1812; is a son of Anthony and Mary (Grover) Borden, natives of New Jersey; the grandparents were Thomas and Elizabeth Borden, also natives of New Jersey, and lived and died in their native State. Thorny was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. Although he was a member of the Society of Friends and was from principle opposed to war, yet he was compelled to take some part in that sanguinary conflict. Anthony Borden was raised to manhood, married and resided in New Jersey till 1818, when he emigrated with his family to Ohio and located at Centerville, Montgomery Co. , where they resided many years; thence moved into Greene County, near Bellbrook, where he died Jan. 11, 1850, aged 82 years; his wife died July 9, 1849, aged 68 years; they had four sons and four daughters; three now survive - John Wesley, Asher and Margaret, now Widow Fleming. Mr. Borden came to this State in quite an early day and endured many hardships; opened right out in the woods; started in life a poor man, and, by his own labor and industry became possessed of quite a competency. The subject of this sketch was 6 years of age when the family arrived in Ohio and here grew to manhood, fully inured to the hardships of this then new country; was married, Feb. 18, 1840, to Elizabeth M, daughter of John and Amy Ward, natives of Indiana; issue, four children; three now survive - Jacob A., born Jan. 18, 1841; Sarah Ann, Augi 27, 1842; John Wesley, Aug. 31, 1845, and William P., born Sept. 4, 1848; died April 12, 1851. Mrs. Borden died Dec. 5, 1852, in her 34th year of age. On Dec. 8, 1853, Mr. B. was again united in marriage with Rebecca, daughter of Christian and Lucinda Miller, he a native of Virginia and she of Warren County. Mr. Borden first settled in Montgomery County, residing there twelve years; thence in Greene County twelve years; thence bought arid located where he now lives and has since resided. Mr. Borden started out in life with little means, but his own industry and good management has brought him a good competency; he now owns 200 acres of good land and has assisted one of his sons to a good farm of 100 acres. Mr. Borden's life has been one of active industry, and whose labors have been well rewarded, and now he is one of the substantial farmers of Wayne Township; is a worthy member of the M. EL Church, a kind neighbor and a good citizen.

ROBERT S. BRADDOCK, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Warren County Sept. 4, 1844; is a son of Robert and Grace (Slack) Braddock, he a native of New Jersey and she of Warren County. The grandfather, David Braddock, was probably a native of New Jersey, but emigrated to this county about 1842, where he resided a few years; thence removed to Nauvoo, 111., where he died. Robert was married in the fall of 1843, and located at Crosswicks; thence atRidgeville; thence back to Crosswicks and here at Waynesville he passed most of the balance of his life. Mr. Braddock was a tailor by trade, which business he followed for several years, but, during the last fifteen years of his life, he gave his attention to farming; he died at Crosswicks in February. 1880, aged 62 years; his wife is still living at the home place at Crosswicks. They had six children, four now surviving - Robert S. , Rebecca J ane, Sarah Amanda and Charles. Our subject remained with his father until 22 years of age; was married, Nov. 23, 1865, to Eliza, daughter of Stephen C. and Sarah Smith, he a native of New York State and she of Virginia, but who became settlers of Warren Co., Ohio, in 1800; thence, about 1867, removed to Preble County, where, Oct. 4, 1871, he died aged 62 years, after which she returned to Warren County and died, Sept: 7, 1879, aged 69 years; they had nine children; four now survive - William, Elizabeth, Eliza and Harvey. Mr. Braddock and wife have three children - Arthur, born Sept. 6, 1867; Lilian, bom Nov. 15, 1868, and Frank, bom Feb. 21, 1874. Mr. Braddock has always followed farming as an occupation; he bought and located upon his present place in the spring of 1879, where he has since resided. Mr. Smith, the father of Mrs. Braddock, was a devoted member of the Old-School Baptists, and was a minister in that denomination during the most of his married life.

BENJAMIN BROWN (deceased) was born in Gloucester Co., N. J., April 24, 1798; was a son of Asher and Mary (Ward) Brown, natives of New Jersey. The grandparents, Samuel and Ann Brown, whose ancestors were natives of England, emigrated to America at an early period, prior to the Revolutionary war, and lived and died in New Jersey. Asher Brown was born, raised and married in New Jersey, where he lived till, in 1804, he, with his family, emigrated to Ohio and located in Warren County, being one of the early pioneers. He first took up his abode in a log cabin, which had been occupied as a resting-place for hogs during nights; it had no floor and no doors. They, however, soon split out puncheons and laid a floor and made other improvements, so as in that day they called it quite a comfortable home. Mr. Brown shortly after his arrival, entered 500 acres of land in Clear Creek Township, upon which he located and resided the balance of his life. To pay for his land, Mr. Brown bought a large lot of hogs and drove them over the mountains to Philadelphia and sold them, by which he realized quite a large profit. He experienced the real hardships of pioneer life, such as the rising generations know nothing of, only as they hear of them or read of them from the pages of history. They were parents of twelve children; three now survive - John, Asher and Allen. Mr. Brown was an earnest and consistent member of the Society of Friends - distinguished for his love and liberality to the poor and needy and to all mankind. He died March 4, 1832, aged 71 years 5 months and 21 days. Benjamin, our subject, was 6 years of age when brought to Ohio and located in Warren County, where he was raised and grew to manhood, accustomed to log-cabin life, with all the attendant hardships of pioneer life; was married Nov. 7, 1821, to Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Mercy Chapman, whose ancestral history is fully given in the sketch of Charles F. Chapman. By this union they had five children - Esther married Sidwell Taylor, by whom she has one child - Anna C., bora Feb. 20, 1860; Charles F., deceased; Mary; Benjamin and Sarah (twins) and Benjamin, now deceased. Mr. Brown, after his marriage, located upon a part of the large tract of land which his father entered from the Government, and opened out a farm right from the woods, and here he resided until 1836, when he bought and located upon the place where his daughters, Mary and Sarah, still reside, and here he died Sept. 22, 1873, aged 75 years and 5 months; his wife died Jan. 26, 1873, aged 73 years. Mr. Brown was a member of the Society of Friends - a man whose whole life was characterized by honesty, integrity and kindness; whose religion was practical, endeavoring to practice all and more than he professed; kind and generous, yet firm and unyielding, clinging close to principles, and his acute sense of what was just and right, and as such was a worthy example for the rising generations.

WILLIAM G. BURNET, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; bora in Warren County June 25, 1819; is a son of Daniel and Ann (Gause) Burnet, he a native of New Jersey and she of Pennsylvania; the grandfather was Stephen Burnet. Daniel, with his family, emigrated to Ohio, and located at Waynesville about

1801, being one of the early settlers of this township. He was a shoemaker by trade, but, after arriving in this county, he gave his attention to farming. They had a family of three sons and two daughters; two sons now survive - Stephen and William G. Mr. Burnet was a man of good education, and, in his early life while in his native State, taught school; was a devoted member of the Society of Friends - a man who never held or sought office; a very industrious man, prompt and exact in all his dealings; a good neighbor and a worthy citizen. Our subject grew to manhood, was married, Aug. 8, 1840, to Elizabeth S., daughter of John and Rachel (Proctor) Sinclair, natives of Pennsylvania, who first emigrated to Maryland; thence, in 1834, came to Warren County and lived and died on the place where their son Jacob now lives, at Waynesville. They had four sons and four daughters; three now survive - Rebecca P., Jacob and Elizabeth, who was born in Maryland June 25, 1818. Mr. Burnet and wife have had seven children; six now survive - Rachel, born May 4, 1843: Matilda, June 12, 1845, now Mrs. Elias Slack, living in Indiana; Eli D., Jan. 12, 1847; Martha R., Dec. 13, 1850; Mary J., Sept. 14, 1852, and Sarah E.. bom Sept. 12, 1855; Charles S. (deceased) was bom Nov. 27, 1841, grew to manhood, and, on the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, enlisted, in November, 1861, in Company F, 34th O. Y. I. , and served nearly three years, when he was killed in the battle of Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864. Mr. Burnet first located on the place where his son Eli D. now lives, and resided there five years; thence bought and located upon the place where he now lives and has since resided. This place he purchased of the heirs of Noah Haines: it consists of 94 acres, which he took right in the woods; has cleared and brought most of it into cultivation; has erected good substantial buildings and made improvements until now he has a fine farm and a pleasant home and farmer's residence; and this he has accomplished mainly by his own labor and that of his family. Mr. Burnet and wife, like their ancestors were, are devoted members of the Society of Friends, and are among the best citizens of Wayne Township.

EDWARD B. BUTTERWORTH, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Clermont Co., Ohio, July 14, 1827; is a son of Samuel and Hannah L. (Taylor) Butterworth, he a native of Campbell Co., Va., and she of Chester Co., Penn. The paternal grandparents were Benjamin and Rachel Butterworth, natives of Virginia, who emigrated to this county in 1812 and purchased land in the southern part of the county, near Clermont County, where he was among the early settlers, and resided and died on the same place where he first located, aged about 65 years. Samuel was 14 years of age when they located in Warren County ; here he grew to manhood and was married and became the father of six children - three sons and three daughters, two now living - Jessie T. and Edward B. Mr. Butterworth bought a farm in Clermont County, where he resided until 1848; thence removed into Warren County, where he purchased the farm known as the Benjamin Evans farm, and here resided till his death, Feb. 21, 1872, aged 74 years; his wife died Sept. 5, 1850, aged 47 years. Mr. B. , as were his ancestors, was a devoted member of the Society of Friends. He was a man of great energy and industry, and, as an early pioneer, did a vast amount of hard labor, having cleared with his own hands and labor, 100 acres right from the woods, which was seldom, if ever, equalled by the labor of one man; the town of Loveland is now built upon a portion of the land he cleared. He was a man of undoubted integrity, of firm principles and correct and just in all his dealings, and, in his death, the community lost a worthy citizen and his family a kind father and husband. Our subject was brought up to farm labor; was married, March 28, 1849, to Hannah, daughter of Josiah and Abigail Rogers, whose ancestors are given in the sketch of Samuel W. Rogers ; by this union, they had six children; four now survive - Samuel, bom Dec. 12, 1851; Ellen B., March 6, 1856; Mary, Sept. 11, 1858, and Josiah, bom Oct. 3, 1881; his wife died May 1, 1873, aged 48 years. On July 7, 1875, he was again married, to Percilla, daughter of John W. and Sophia Wroten, natives of Baltimore, McL, who became residents of Warren County in 1846, where they have since resided; they have had ten children; five now survive - Percilla, Mary F., Martha L., Henry H. and James H. Mr. Butterworth first located upon the old home place of his father, having erected new buildings, and there and at the old homestead place he remained until 1874, when he accepted the position of Superintendent of the Agricultural Department of the Miami Valley Institute, which position he filled for one and a half years; in the spring of 1876, he bought and located where he now lives. This place he purchased of Stephen Burnett, being the property formerly owned by Samuel Gause; it consists of 44 acres of good land, with good buildings and improvements, constituting a pleasant home and residence. Mr. Butterworth has entered quite extensively upon the culture of small fruits, which he intends to make his leading business.

SEPTIMUS L. CARTWRIGHT, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in the District of Columbia Jan. 9, 1808; is a son of Seth and Mary (Levering) Cartwright, he a native of Nantucket Island and she of Philadelphia, the ancestors of the Cartwright family being from England. The maternal ancestors we are able to trace to their progenitor, Rosier Levering, who, it is said, was a native of France, born about the year 1600, and who, during the early persecutions for religion, fled from France and took refuge in Germany, and there married Elizabeth Van de Walle, of Wesel, in Westphalia. They had two children - Wickard and Gerhard; the former was born about 1648, in Gamen, Westphalia, Germany; in 1671, married Magdalena Boker, and, in the summer of 1685, emigrated to America with his family and first settled at Germantown, Penn; in 1692, removed to Roxboro, and bought a plantation of 500 acres of land; his wife died in 1717, aged 68 years; he died in February, 1744 or 1745, aged 97 years; they had twelve children; seven grew to maturity and married and settled in life, of whom Jacob Levering, the greatgrandfather of our subject, was born at Roxboro, Penn., Jan. 21, 1693; married Alice Tunes, when about 24 years of age; in 1717, his father granted him 85 acres of land on the Schuylkill River; here he had a distillery and a sawmill, and, it appears, was a very active and prominent business man and accumulated a large amount of property. The inventory of his personal estate, in 1753, was nearly $3,000, which, in that early day, was a very large amount, and owned a great quantity of real estate; he died in October, 1753, aged 61 years. Mrs. Levering died between 1750 and 1753. They had eight children, who married and had families, of whom Septimus, the youngest and the seventh son, was the grandfather of our subject, and was born at Roxboro about 1731; he inherited the old homestead on Green Lane, Roxboro; removed to Philadelphia some time prior to 1761, and carried on a brewery; was married to Mary Thomas; both were members of the Great Valley Baptist Church, Chester County, and were dismissed to the Philadelphia Church Sept 7, 1761; on Feb. 6, 1775 received from the church, by request, a letter of recommendation, and removed to Loudoun Co., Va., where he carried on a distillery; but it seems, after a time, returned to Pennsylvania, where, prior to 1794, he died; his wife died June 16, 1794, aged 64 years. They had five children, three sons and two daughters, of whom Mary, the mother of our subject, was born in Philadelphia in 1771, and married Seth Cartwright as mentioned above. Mr. Cartwright was for many years a Captain on the seas, but later in life engaged in mercantile trade in Alexandria, where he lived till his death, aged 52 years. In the fall of 1839,

Mrs. Cartwright, with her son Seth and his family, emigrated to Ohio and located near Waynesville, where she died Oct. 24, 1862, aged 93 years. They had nine children; three now survive - Thomas, Seth and Septimus; the latter, our subject, was two years of age when his father died and was raised by his mother; was apprenticed to an older brother, Jonathan, in the sail-making business. After the expiration of his apprenticeship, he entered into a partnership with his brother Seth in the mercantile business in Washington City, in which he continued about nine years. In the fall of 1839, he emigrated to Warren Co., Ohio, and here he and his brother Seth bought a tract of land, which they farmed till 1851, when they made a division of property, and to the part which Mr. Cartwright had after the division, he has added more land, by purchase, till now he has 175 acres of land, upon which he has erected good substantial buildings and made other improvements, having now a fine home and farmer's residence. Mr. Cartwright was united in marriage, April *28, 1857, with Mrs. Elizabeth Bone, a daughter of Aquilla and Nancy (Oglesbee) Hardacre, natives of Virginia. The paternal grandparents were John and Barbara Hardacre, natives of Virginia; the maternal grandparents were Aaron and Susanna Oglesbee, natives of Virginia. Aquilla and Nancy Hardacre emigrated to Ohio and located in Greene County, where they lived and died; he died Nov. 24, 1854, aged 66 years; she died Jan. 23, 1864, aged 75 years. They had two sons and five daughters, two now living - Elizabeth and Susan. Mrs. Cartwright, by her first husband, Mr. Jacob Bone, had one child - Sarah Samantha, now M rs. Watson. Mr. Cartwright and wife by their union have one child - Emeline Ellis.

CHARLES F. CHAPMAN, Waynesville. Few, if any, of the heads of families of Wayne Township, whose histories are embalmed in these pages, can boast as clear a descent through eight generations to as honorable source as can Mr. Charles French Chapman. The writer expresses the emphatic opinion that in the whole of Warren County there are not a half dozen others who can trace their genealogy in an unbroken line back to the early part of the seventeenth century, and produce documents in attestation of their claim. This fact must be the apology - if, in the seeming interests of modesty, apology were necessary - for this biography appearing here in its somewhat expansive form; this, and the additional fact that Mr. Chapman is the only surviving member of his father's family now living in Warren County. In order to present in a systematic manner the history of the Chapman family, it is extremely gratifying to be able to refer to a quaint, curious and ancient manuscript, yellow and stained with age, and the very penmanship of which, even were there no dates, proving it to be a product of

From this venerable manuscript, written in beautiful legibility by John Chapman, son of the first settler of Wrightstown, Penn., we quote as follows: John Chapman, who was the first settler in Wrightstown, was bora in S tanhaw, in the county of York, in Old England, of honest and godly parents. His father's name was likewise John Chapman, but there is no account readily to be had of his mother, and he himself is said to have been, even from his youth, of a very laudable deportment, and, when grown up to maturity, to have been always taken for a very honest, creditable man, and one of repute amongst men for his honest, chaste, sober and godly life, and not in the least found anything inclinable to or conversant with any but honest and godly people, living with them in great unity. The above written account of John Chapman was transcribed from his certificate, which he brought with him from Old England, given and signed there by divers friends at their monthly meeting at titanhaw. Moreover, by an account given of him in other manuscripts, he suffered con- siderably for his profession (being one of the people called Quakers), as Anno Domini 1656, when he was at Sunderland, and went to see some friends who were put in the stocks, he, likewise, was commanded to be put there, and there remained all night, but, not opening his mouth to speak a word to his opponents, he was sent the next day to Durham Gaol, and there kept prisoner nine weeks, and then he was released by the Judge and grand jury, there being nothing that could be said against him. Anno Domini 1660, he was carried to York Castle, and there kept prisoner about eight weeks, together with some other friends, because they would not swear. Anno Domini 1666, he had goods taken from him by a Bailiff for a clerk's wages, being but threepence, to the value of 3 shillings and fourpence. Anno Domini 1670, upon the 15th day of the 7th month, the Constable went with a warrant from a certain Justice, upon an information given by one Lover Wood and Ralph Smoithwait, that Philip Scarth did teach or preach at a seditious meeting, who spoke only to one of the informers. The Constable went, I say, and laid £4 of the above-said Scarth's fine upon said Joim Chapman, besides 5 shillings for his own fine, as they called it, and for the said fines the Constable took from him five kine which cost him, about three months before, £10, and appraised them at £4 10 shillings, and sold them at that rate. Likewise, in the same year, the Constable went with a warrant, upon an information given by the aforementioned informers, that he was at a seditious meeting, as it was called, for which they fined him 10 shillings and took from him for that 10 shillings, goods to ye value of £1 8 shillings. On the longest day in the year, 1684, John Chapman (being a mariner by occupation), with all his family, set out from Stanhaw, in Yorkshire, in order to come to America. They took ship at Newcastle, upon the River Tyne, and came by the way of Scotland, and, on the 12th day of September, in the aforesaid year, they had a mighty storm, which blew so tempestuously that, in short, it first carried away their boltsprit (sic) and afterward, their three masts, flagstaff and all, by the board, before the sailors were able to get them cut. It likewise took the awning above their quarter-deck, and left not so much as a yard of rope above their heads; all which was done in the space of half an hour, and they lay thus distressed like a pitiful wreck all that night (they having lost their masts about 12 o'clock in the day), and two days after, at the mercy of the seas, the waves being mountain high, occasioned by the great storm of wind. Thus they lay, I say, without hopes of recovery, being then about 200 leagues from the land of America, but, through God's mercy, they got in sight of the capes of Virginia within fifteen days after or thereabouts, by reason of a fair wind, having had a passage of about nine weeks from Aberdeen to the capes of Virginia. They thus being arrived in America, came and settled at Wrightstown, in the county of Bucks and Province of Pennsylvania, about the 10th month, Anno Domini 1684, where they lived until the 5th month, A. D. 1694, about which time John Chapman died and was buried. Likewise, Jane Chapman, his wife, died and was buried by him, about the 9th month, A. D. 1699. The following epitaph on John Chapman is in the handwriting of his son Joseph:

Dr. Charles W. Smith, in a sketch of the Early History of Wrightstown, Penn., published in the Bucks County Intelligencer , of April 3. 1855, says: "The first settler was John Chapman who, with his wife and their children - Mara, Ann and John, removed from Yorkshire, having previously purchased of Daniel Toaes, in England, a tract of over 500 acres of land, on which he settled/ ' Up to at least 1855, a great portion of this was still in possession of his descendants, it having never been sold out of his family. " He built a cave," Dr. Smith continues, "for his habitation, in the side of a bank, some remains of which were visible as late as 1708. At this time, Chapman's place was the farthest back in the woods of that of any English family," and the Indians were plentiful, but exceedingly kind to him and his family. Nearly the whole province was then a wilderness, and not an inhabitant in the township. About one year after arriving in the township, his wife, then in the 50th year of her age, gave birth to twins - Abraham and Joseph, whence, it is said, he called the place Twinsboro. These children lived and died there. They received an education which qualified them for much usefulness. Abraham married Susannah Olden. He was a Justice of the Peace and, for twenty years, a member of the Legislature. He had eight children, of whom Joseph, the youngest, bom in 1733. was the great-grandfather of our subject He was a man of high standing, great moral worth and integrity of character. He was a Justice of the Peace, and, at the time of his death, in 1790, was Treasurer of the county. He married Ann Fell and had thirteen children, among them Benjamin, the grandfather of our subject. He was bora in 1775, and, in 1797, married Mercy G. Gilpin, by whom he had three children - Joseph, Sarah and Benjamin; he died, Oct. 23, 1802, of yellow fever, contracted from nursing onb of his apprentices, aged 27 years. His widow afterward married Charles French. Joseph B. Chapman, the eldest son and father of our subject, was bora in Philadelphia in 1798. In 1818, he emigrated with his mother and step-father (Charles French) to Warren Co., Ohio, and began the general mercantile business in Waynesville, being assisted by Williams & Black, of Philadelphia, who became partners in his first venture. Such was his business ability that, in the course of a few years, he was enabled to buy out his partner's interest, when he continued to conduct the business successfully until his retirement, in 1845. In 1825, he was married to Estheret Walraven, in Wilmington, Del. She died in 1828, leaving one daughter - Ann W., who died in 1845, at the age of 18. His second wife was Charlotte, second daughter of Noah and Anna Haines, which event took place at Miami Monthly Meeting, in Waynesville, on the 16th of the 6th month, 1832. The earliest ancestor or the Haines family, of whom we find record, emigrated also from England about the same time as did John Chapman, and, like him, to escape religious persecution. .Robert Haines, a grandson of the emigrant, was bora near Philadelphia about 1750. While yet a lad, his mother emigrated with him to what afterward became Frederick Co., Ya. Here he grew to be a useful man, both in the religious society and in the business world - in one owning much property and carrying on many enterprises, and in the other, a zealous minister. Near him lived Lord Fairfax, the eccentric English nobleman, by whom George Washington, when quite a young man, was employed to survey a vast tract of land. Lord Fairfax and his nephew, Col. Martin, extended many courtesies and kindnesses to their Quaker neighbor, who always cherished warm feelings of friendship for both. At the beginning of hostilities in the war for independence, Lord Fairfax returned to his native land, while his kinsmen espoused the side of the colonies. Robert Haines married Margaret Smith, who was born in Wales in 1755, and emigrated to Ohio in 1809. She died in Waynesville in 1835, aged 81 years. They had six children - Noah, the eldest, married

Ana Silver, by whom he had nine children, the third of whom, Charlotte, was the mother of Charles F. Chapman. Joseph B. and Charlotte Chapman had four sons and two daughters, viz., Mary, born July 10, 1833, died June 18, 1831, aged 17; Noah Haines, bom Jan. 24, 1836; Joseph B., born Fob. 24, 1838; Charles French, born July 6, 1840; Mayaretta, bom Dec. 20, 1844; died July 18, 1856, aged 14; James Haines, bom 1843; died 1844, aged 4 months. Noah Haines, the eldest son, is now a merchant in New York City. Joseph B. is an extensive lumber dealer in St. Paul, Minn. Of Joseph B. Chapman, Sr., his son, Joseph B., affectionately writes: "He was a leading business man of the section, doing a larger business in the succeeding years than was ever done before or since. His transactions were not confined to buying and selling of goods, but he also dealt in real estate, and bought and shipped large quantities of pork to Baltimore, New Orleans and elsewhere. After the death of his wife, which occurred on the 13th of 6th month, 1844, and in the height of his prosperity, he gave more attention to the closing up of active business relations, and was very watchful and thoughtful of everything pertaining to his family. His health, too, was gradually giving way. Surrounded by a young family of children and a host of warm and admiring friends, he thoughtfully prepared for the life to come; and, when the summons came, "sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust,'7 he breathed his last on the morning of the 31st of August, 1847, aged 49 years 7 months and 3 days. "Bis life appears to have been one in which both much of good and ill fortune was mixed. He was ever of a religious cast of mind, and cheerfully accepted his lot, however heavy the burden. Industrious, frugal and benevolent - of pleasing appearance and address, he possessed many friends. His life was a good one - an example worthy of being followed. Besides bequeathing to his children a no inconsiderable estate materially, this good man addressed them the following letter, abounding in parental affection and godly counsel:

My Dear Children - From an impression of duty and under a tender concern for your everlasting welfare, as your dear mother has been taken from you in your tender age, and as in all probability I shall not be spared long to have an eye to you, I have felt that what I have to say to you may be of service, if you attentively heed it, as my experience of the tender dealings of a gracious God. extended in mercy to me, and who is willing and waiting to extend the same and more of His goodness to you. Seeing that our stay in this world is at most but very short, and that as we live in the love of our Heavenly Father, we shall, and only can live in love and peace with all men ; and that this love ana peace is that which can make us happy here and hereafter ; I wantyou to cultivate it more than anything else, and endeavor after it in secret prayer to your Heavenly Father, and He will, if you are sincere after it. confer it upon you, as well as every other good andylesirable thing to make you happy.

Let not your minas go out after dress or much company, neither after any of the things of this world, as they are all perishable, and cannot long continue to please, but must soon pass away ; and if your delight is in them, they must leave you miserable.

What company you must have, let it be of a sober, serious kind, who are good exam- , pies in word ana conduct. Such may be profitable to you ; but, above all, seek the Lord, and often hold secret, sweet communion with Him, by meditating upon His goodness, His mercy, extended to you for your acceptance and preservation.

He not slothful or idle in business, as it is your reasonable duty to procure sufficient of the good things of this world for the use of the body ; but set not your minds and affections upon them, but to use them thankfully as trusts from your bountiful Creator. Give Him all the thanks and praise, and while your hands are employed in lawful pursuits, let your hearts be ascribing high praises to His great name, for He is worthy.

Endeavor to keep as much about home as possible, and out of the confusion and spirit of the world as you can ; not mixing with its policies and associations, as they are most generally out of the truth, and of that spirit of peace that is of God.

The way to peace, here and hereafter, is a narrow way, and a way of much self-denial. It may appear hard at first to deny ourselves many of the things of this world, but it will become easy and pleasant by use, when we feel that our peace is in it ; and as your affections are placed above, your desires will be on heaven and heavenly things : it will then be a pleasure to deny yourselves all that your peace of mind is not in.

Your dear mother was favored to see her way clear to a mansion of rest in a marvelous degree, so that time and the things of time had no power to interest or hold her affections here, but anxiously waited and quietly hoped for her change to come, under a full persuasion and assurance that all would be well with her in her sweet Savior's rest. So clearly did she see it, that she Was not willing to take any medicine that would tend to prolong her stay on earth. Yet, in the forepart of her last sickness, she had hard strugaand conflict of spirit to arrive at thisMesirable condition and to give up you, her dear ren, and other near and dear outward ties to life ; and realizing our blessed Lord's assurance, that every one that " forsakes houses, lands, brethren, sisters, father, mother, wife and children for His sake, should receive a hundred fold more in this world, and in the world to come eternal life."

This, then, being the greatest possible blessing that we poor mortals can obtain, every effort of spirit, every energy of mind should be directed to it, that, under the blessing of the Highest upon our endeavors, we may happily obtain it in this our short pilgrimage on earth. And I can in some measure assure Vou, my precious one9, that as you endeavor after it with full purpose of heart, vou will find the way more and more prepared for you ; you will find an increase of the " love of God" in your spirits, and that in this love you will be gently drawn by it into those paths that lead to peace, and into that which will preserve you from every evil way and thing.

My desire is that when the boys have obtained a good share of schooling to qualify them for business, they should learn the business of farming, and reside in the country, and not associate with young, gay and volatile company, as the example and association of the towns are very corrupting to the young and tender mind - it being much easier to avoid than to correct contracted evil habits. Agriculture is honorable, heathful and innocent in its associations, much more so than trading, or town trades than their associations of young people.

The girls I should wish accustomed to industry and the actual duties of housewifery. All to dress plainly, and to use the plain language - the simplicity, frugality and orderly deportment of Friends ; and to be placed with orderly Friends, whose example and orderly walking may conduce to their preservation from the abounding liberties, extravagances and excesses of this age and time. And I desire and would impress it upon your minds deeply, as a solemn truth, never to forget or lose sight of, that your Heavenly Father is always in spirit with you, knows all your thoughts, words and acts ; and that you will, in the great day of account, when you leave this world, have to account therefor ; therefore, be diligent and watchful, that you say nothing that would grieve His Holy Spirit, as it will tend to destroy your peace of mind here, and separate you from His love ; and if not atoned for before you leave this world, will tend to your everlasting misery.

Let your reading be of a solid kind, and do not indulge in light fiction or novels ; even the tales m the newspapers of the day, as there is nothing profitable or good in them, but much to corrupt and draw you away from that which is good.

Neither mix nor take part with the political affairs of the day, of any kind or character. Let your reading and religion be that of the Bible, and especially of the precepts and example, and inward teaching in spirit, of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, as it is sufficient for all things ; and if you have this, you need not desire any other.

I should wish you to continue members of the Society of Friends ; not because I think they are the only Christians, or good people, in the world, but because I think their doctrine, example and life, when they are lived in and up to, is the best I know of. and is better calculated to keep you out of the extravagances and excesses of the world than any other.

Yet, even this, lived in and up to, in its purity, can be only a hedge about us, and as a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, the head of all, whom alone we will have to learn, and whose cross we will have to take up and follow Him, if ever we become members of the true Church of which He is the head and high priest, let our names and associations be what they may with men.

And to Him, and to the word of His power, I commend you in all godliness, and in all things, who is able to keep you now and preserve you from all the defiling things of time, and to give you an inheritance in His everlasting kingdom, where He is set down with the Father, in His Kingdom, in eternal glory.

How manly in its integrity, yet how childlike in its simple, unquestioning faith in the mercy and goodness of the Divine Being, must have been the heart of the man who penned that letter. Reading, we exclaim to ourselves, " Surely here was one who kept himself 'unspotted from the world' - uncontaminated by its defilements, proof against its temptations, unyielding to its allurements - a stalwart Christian, a man of God, living day by day and hour by hour in sweet and sacred communion with his Lord and Master. To have had a father or a mother of such lofty Christian character is a legacy of more value than countless earthly treasure; and the epistle quoted, though couched in no highsounding, pretentious rhetoric, yet so full of wisdom, affection and truth, is worthy of being handed down to the latest descendant of him whose hand, now long since mingled with its native element, traced it in letters of living light. From both the Chapman and Haines sides, Mr. Charles F. Chapman inherits naught but pure English blood - no admixture of that of any other race entering into his composition. And, without boasting or vain self-congratulation, it may be added that his blood is of the same quality as was that which long ago coursed through the veins and inspired the souls of " the noble army of martyrs." John Chapman, like St. Paul, was " in prisons often," * 'in perils by sea, in perils by land, ' ' on account of his faith, yet he, like Paul, was unmoved thereby; he swerved not from the line of duty; he was willing to suffer, nay, he would have died, in defending and maintaining his faith, had the sacrifice been of more avail than his escaping to a land where he could plant the germs of religious liberty and establish an asylum to which other persecuted ones might flee for refuge. His posterity should for evermore picture him with an aureole of glory encircling his head, for 'tis ecstacy and inspiration to think of such moral heroes and a heritage of which kings might be proud to have sprung from such a source. In this connection, it is only in verification of Scripture promise to add that the descendants of this moral hero have thus fqr proved worthy of their ancestry, very few, if any, of the succeeding generations having been at all recreant or failed to live up to the traditions of their forefathers. The days have passed, it is true, when men are persecuted in just the same manner as of old - " for righteousness' sake," but to depart not in these latter days, when infidelity is rampant, from the faith and admonitions of godly parents, is no small credit to any one; and, ./ere the exigency to arise, the same spirit and fire, doubtless, would be found latent and ready to suffer and do battle for the right, albeit not with carnal weapons, but with the more effectual "sword of the spirit " Mr. Charles F. Chapman's name appropriately heads this sketch, he being the only (although the youngest child) representative of the family now living in his native State and township. He was born in Waynesville, and, at the age of 4 years, was left motherless, and, three years later, his father died Then, with his two brothers, he was placed by their guardian, in charge of a farmer in Clark County, a farm life being considered conducive to the boys' muscular development and general health. We pass briefly over the years thus spent by these sensitive and tenderly -reared orphan boys, who, however, look back to that part of their life as the darkest they ever knew. Alone among strangers, all their sorrows and trials were mitigated only by being mutually shared and confided to their pillows at night in copious showers of tears. Here Charles remained four years, when he was sent to Greenmount College, at Richmond, Ind. , where he studied during winter and returned to his toil on the farm in summer. He afterward entered Wittenberg College, at Springfield, Ohio, where he became proficient in mathematics and the German language, besides the other more practical branches of a liberal education. He did not graduate, however, the ambition firing his youthful mind to become a farmer on his own responsibility. He therefore, in 1859, bought the beautiful country seat where he now resides, overlooking the fertile vale from the east of the Little Miami River, and went to work with his characteristic enthusiasm, becoming a sturdy yoeman before he was 19. In 1864, in partnership with his uncle, the Hon. S. S. Haines, and his brother, Joseph B. , he embarked in the wholesale grocery business in Cincinnati, which he followed successfully for two years, but was admonished, by some severe hemorrhages of the lungs, to close his connection there and return to country life. On the 2d of June, 1874, he married Miss Elizabeth Matilda, daughter of Jo- seph and Catharine A. Stanton, of Springboro, Warren Co. (whose history may be found elsewhere in these pages) and by whom he has had three children - Margaret C., born Nov. 20, 1875; Joseph B., born Feb. 6, 1877; James Albert, born Sept. 18, 1879. In 1876, with health re-established, Mr. Chapman entered the grain and commission business in Chicago, but, after a successful career of three years, he was warned a second time, by the return of his former malady, that a city was no place for him, and he fled to the refuge of his farm, forever abandoning any desire for distinction in the commercial world. He has ever since employod himself in the cultivation and beautification of his broad acres and enjoys the reputation of being a model farmer, which the appearance of his estate abundantly justifies. Personally, Charles F. Chapman is somewhat above medium height, rather inclining to slender than full habit, erect and dignified in movement and deportment - a splendid physique being surmounted with a fine intellectual head. In short, from youth to mafurity, we have always regarded him as an exceptional instance of handsome manhood - a manly man. His tastes being rather for business than literary pursuits {his being what might be termed "a mathematical mind"), he is, nevertheless keenly susceptible to all the refining influences of culture in its broadest sense, and his tasteful suburban home is made a fit abode for a wife who is a rare combination of all womanly virtuas and three cherub children, whom to see is to love. Neither going to extreme in luxury nor its opposite, he perceives with an eye and instinct of a true philosopher whatever is useful and beautiful, whether in art, literature or material things, and brings all under contribution for the formation of his children's character and for making home happy. Finding the life of a city, with its increasing whirl and exhausting cares jeopardizing to his health, he flung ambition for commercial eminence to the winds, and wisely and unmurmuringly accepted the situation, resolving thenceforth, with his dear ones, to retreat to his rural abode, there to live in Arcadian simplicity and devote himself unreservedly to the well-being of his family, in all his relations to which "Tender and True" may justly be applied to him. But not uninterruptedly is Mr. Chapman permitted to enjoy the life of a recluse. His business abilities are too well known and appreciated for that to be practicable. For years, therefore, he has been a director of the Waynesville National Bank and one of the trustees of the Miami Cemetery Association, two of our most important local enterprises. Other dignities, political and otherwise, might have been his, but for his preference for a quiet life and non-self-assertive disposition. And his neighbors and friends, when in extremity, are always glad to appeal to him in any case where sound, far-seeing discretion and judgment or financial accuracy are essential. Goethe says, " They know not men who fear them." To the class who do fear men they do not understand, Mr. Chapman may seem inaccessible upon first approach, but, upon closer acquaintance, this coat of mail, which is, in reality, but the veil of diffidence, or mental absorption, rather than studied reserve or misanthrophy, melts into thin air, and underneath is found a warm, congenial nature; not, indeed, one of that vulgar kind which requires a legion of indiscriminate acquaintances to occupy its own emptiness and make life endurable, but one satisfied with friends few but true - tried and found worthy of deepest esteem - he who finds in his home an earthly paradise, and whose greatest joy and care is to make it to those who share it with him the shrine about which all their dearest affections revolve. With such a nature, happiness is easily possible; and when, as in Mr. Chapman s case, all the material accessions are at his command, his future and that of his beloved ones, is surely bright with promise. That they all may live long years to enjoy, unmarred by discord, unclouded by sorrow, the horoscope thus cast for them, is the sincere wish of the writer. Drew Sweet.

JAMES M. CHENOWETH, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; bom on the place where he now lives, Oct. 25, 1813; is a son of John and Elizabeth (Chenoweth) Chenoweth, natives of Virginia. The paternal grandfather was William Chenoweth, a native of Virginia, but emigrated to Ohio, and located near where our subject now lives, in 1812; opened out right in the woods, and endured the trials and hardships of those early days, and here he resided till his death. The maternal grandfather was William Chenoweth; was also a native of Virginia, but became a resident of Ohio and died near Lima. John and family came to this county about 1811, and spent his entire life on the farm where he first located: they had thirteen children; two only now survive - James M. and Rachel, now Mrs. Tamsett Mr. Chenoweth died Jan. 11, 1862; his wife died in December, 1855. James M., our subject, was raised to manhood upon the old home place, where he still resides and has passed nearly all his life; was married, Aug. 1, 1850, to Cynthia V., a daughter of Robert and Magdalena Sale, whose history and that of the ancestors is contained in the sketch of George Sale in this work. Cynthia V. was born Sept. 5, 1823. By this union, they have had five children; three now survive - Geo. D., bom May 8, 1851 ; John E., bom Jan. 9, 1856, and Samuel James, born Feb. 15, 1866. Mr. Chenoweth has spent all his life but five years on the old home place; said five years were spent on an adjoining farm. The Chenoweth families are especially noted for their continuity of residence, believing in the old adage "A rolling stone gathers no moss." They are substantial farmers, kind neighbors and good citizens.

JOHN D. CLEMENTS, farmer ; P. O. Waynesville; bom in Wayne Township Aug. 11, 1825; is a son of John and Catharine (Dutterow) Clements. The paternal ancestors were of Irish descent, the original ancestors coming from Ireland, emigrating to America prior to the Revolutionary war, locating first in Pennsylvania. The grandfather Clements, who, it is believed, was named Greer, became a resident of Ohio, near Cincinnati, in an early day, where he was shot by the Indians. The maternal ancestors were from Germany. John, the father of our subject, was raised and grew to manhood near Cincinnati; was married and located in Warren County; he, with his family and mother, settled in Wayne Township, it is believed, about 1804; here they lived and died; they had six sons and four daughters - Henry, Jesse, Samuel, Cynthia, Margaret, Forgus, John, Isaac, Elizabeth and Mary C. John was a farmer and a pioneer, and remained on the place where he first located till his death. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Our subject remained with his father till after his majority. In the spring of 1855, he went to Illinois, where he resided until the winter of 1858, when he returned to Ohio. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the war of the rebellion, in Company H, 79th O. V. I., and served through the war; was with Sherman in his great march through the South to the sea; was engaged in the battles of Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, Averysboro and others, but escaped without a wound and was mustered out at Camp Dennison June 5, 1865. He entered as First Duty Sergeant and was promoted to First Lieutenant. On Jan. 3, 1867, was celebrated his marriage with Elizabeth V. , daughter of Hiram and Rachel Ann Taylor, whose ancestral history will be found in the sketch of Hiram Taylor. Mr. Clements and wife have two children - Charles H., born Jan. 15, 1868, and John Howard, born April 6, 1879. Mr. Clements after his marriage located on the place where he still resides; this place he purchased of Newell Brown's heirs; it consisted of 105 acres of land, from which he has sold 25 acres; it has good buildings and improvements and is located two and a half miles southwest of Waynesville.

Washington and Eliza (Barnhart) Coleman: he was probably a native of Miamisbnrg and she of Maryland. Mr. Coleman was a tailor by trade; was married in Waynesville and located in Miamisburg. where he followed his trade till the fall of 1849. In the spring of 1849, he lost his wife by death, and, in the fall following, he went South and located in Mississippi, where he carried on his trade eleven years - till the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion - when he returned to Ohio and enlisted in the defense of his country, and served in the army under Gen. Buell till prostrated by sickness; he died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., April 23, 1863; he was the father of six children; four now survive George W., Alfred, Harriet and John H. Our subject, who was but 3 years old at the death of his mother, was taken and raised by his uncle, John Barnhart, with whom he remained till 19 years of age, when, in January, 1865, he enlisted in the war, in the 184th O. V. I., and served till the close of the war: was discharged at Camp Chase, Columbus, Sept. 27, 1865. In January, 1866, he engaged with his brother at Springboro to learn the tinner's trade; remained with him about two years; thence came to Waynesville and continued at his trade till in March, 1872, he formed a partnership with Samuel E. Elliott, and purchased a stock of goods and opened out a stove and tin store, where they have continued business to the present time. Mr. Coleman was married April 16, 1874, to Miss Ida, daughter of Daniel and Louisa Crane: issue, two children - Harry C. and Ephraim. His wife died Oct. 22, 1878.

JAMES C. COLLETT (deceased) was born in England June 12, 1823; was a son of Thomas and Susan (Carpenter) Collett, natives of England, who emigrated to America and located in New Jersey in 1833; thence, in 1837, they came to Warren County and located in Waynesville, where he died Aug. 23, 1851, aged 62 years. Mr. Collett was possessed of a good education and followed teaching as a profession; was an earnest Methodist and a local preacher in that church for many years. He was the father of eleven children; eight grew to maturity; five now survive - Thomas; Emma (now Mrs. Philip Hawke), Amelia (now Mrs. Hammel), Joseph B. and John W. James C. was but a child when they arrived in America, and was raised in New Jersey and Warren Co., Ohio, and grew to manhood, receiving a good common-school education; was married, Feb. 22, 1860, to Buth Ellen, a daughter of Jonathan and Ruth (Elmore) Clark, natives of South Carolina, who emigrated to Warren Comity with their parents respectively in 1805 and 1804; they located on the same tract of land where Mr. Collett lived and died, being among the early settlers of this township; they opened out their farms right from the woods. Mr. Clark was married, in 1810, and here they lived till their death; he died Jan. 18, 1848, aged 64 years; his wife died Oct. 5, 1866, aged 76 years. They had eleven children; four now survive - Sarah, Rebecca (now Mrs. Stiles), Mary and Ruth Ellen. Mr. Collett and wife had two children - Mary E., bora April 7, 1861, John C., born June 21, 1864. Mr. Collett, when 21 years of age, was elected Justice of the Peace and served fifteen consecutive years while residing in Waynesville. In the fall of 1863, he removed to the farm, where he resided till his death. After locating on his farm, he resigned his office of Justice of the Peace and would not serve longer. He died Aug. 17, 1874, aged 51 years; his wife and children still reside upon the home place, where they have a fine farm and good improvements, constituting a pleasant home and residence.

LEVI and ELISHA COOK, farmers; P. O. Waynesville; are sons of Abraham and Ruth (Hawkins) Cook, natives of South Carolina; the paternal grandfather, Amos Cook, a native of South Carolina, married Elizabeth Townsend, and, with his family, emigrated to Ohio and located in this county and township on the place where Elisha Cook now resides in 1803, and here opened oat right in the woods, experiencing their full share of the trials and hardships of pioneer life, the settlers being then few and far between; no roads but paths or trails through the unbroken forests, and here they toiled and labored to make a home and a farm, and here they died; they had eight children who grew to maturity, married and raised families, but have all now departed this life, except one daughter - Ruth, now Widow Cook, residing in Indiana. Abraham, the youngest son, was 11 years of age when they arrived in this county, and here grew to manhood accustomed to all the deprivations of those early days; was married, Sept. 10, 1812, and became the father of ten children ; eight grew to maturity ; seven now survive - Sarah, Levi, Stephen, Dinah, Elisha, Lydia and Elizabeth. Mr. Cook located upon the home farm, where he resided till his death, July 9, 1862, aged 70 years; his wife died February, 1863, aged 70 years. He and family, as was his father, were devoted members of the Society of Friends. Levi, the eldest son, was bom on the old home farm Dec. 4, 1819; was raised and grew to manhood and remained with hi& father till 30 years of age; was married, in the spring of 1850, to Ellen, bom in Maryland Jan. 2, 1821, a daughter of Arnold and Hannah Boone, he a native of Maryland and she of Pennsylvania, who moved to Ohio and settled in Warren County in 1836, and here lived and died; they had nine children; two only now survive - Elizabeth, now Mrs. Davis, living in Virginia, and Ellen. Mr. Cook and wife have three children - Samuel B., born Jan. 10, 1851; Ruth, bom Aug. 8, 1854, and Hannah, born April 13, 1861. Mr. Cook after his marriage located upon the farm where he now lives and has since resided; has erected nearly all the buildings on the place and made improvements until now he has a very pleasant home and residence. Elisha, the youngest son, was bom where he now lives, May 28, 1829; was married, Nov. 19, 1868, to Anna B. Lyden, who was bora in Ireland Aug. 20, 1843, and emigrated to America with a brother and sister when 10 years of age, or in 1853, and here she grew to womanhood ; she was a daughter of Patrick and Margaret Lyden. Mr. Cook and wife have five children - Mary E., bom Oct. 5, 1869; Lizzie, born Oct. 22, 1870; Levi Parry, born Feb. 27, 1873; Amos, born Aug. 18, 1874, and Maggie Anna, born Nov. 8, 1875. Mr. Cook located upon the old home farm, where are associated all the scenes of his childhood, and where he has made a continued residence from his birth - a period of fifty-two years, and the farm has been in possession of the Cook family since its first purchase and occupation in 1803 - a period of seventy-eight years. Ruth Hawkins, the mother of our subjects, was a daughter of James and Sarah Hawkins, who settled in Warren County about 1804 or 1805.

WILLIAM H. DUKE saw-mill and farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Virginia Oct. 30, 1833; is a son of William and Rebecca (Roland) Duke, natives of Virginia. The grandparents were Richard and Elizabeth Duke, natives of Maryland, but became residents of Virginia when he died, when William was 8 years of age, who, with his brother John, 2 years older, was raised by their mother; William married and became the father of five sons and five daughters; all grew to maturity; six now survive - Elizabeth, now Mrs. Compton, living in Indiana; George, also in Indiana; Martha, now Mrs. Corron, residing in Dayton; Richard M., William H. and Rebecca (now Mrs. Sides, residing in Dayton). Mr. Duke with his family and his mother emigrated to Ohio in the fall of 1839 and located and spent the winter at Rushville, and, in the spring of 1840, came to Warren County and located on the place known as the Ichabod Corwin farm, where they resided six years; thence to the Arnet farm, near Ridgeville, where, in September, 1869, his wife died; his mother died in June, 1840. In the spring of 1870, he made a sale and moved to Raysvillc, where he has since resided with his son, our subject. Mr. Duke made farming his business and met with fair success. He began in life with no capital, and, by his own labor and industry, raised a large family and obtained a good competency. He is now in his 80th year, is quite spry and active, and says he has never paid $10 for a doctor bill in his entire life. Our subject was about six years of age when he came to this county with his parents, and here grew to manhood; was married, Jan. 8, 1857, to Anna Eliza, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Eulas) Crosley, natives of Kentucky, whose families were among the first settlers of Warren and Montgomery Counties. Moses was a son of William Crosley, who was one of the leading and prominent men of that day. Moses and Sarah were parents of eleven children, eight now survive - Marion, Anna Eliza, Jacob, Luken, Powell, Jane, Milton, Fremont Mr. Duke and wife have had nine children, eight now living - Marion, born March 18, 1860; Elmer, born June 26, 1862 (deceased); Jesse May, March 25, 1864; Frank H., Aug. 12, 1865; Etta Adelia, March 8, 1868; Polka Evalenia, June 17, 1871; Jennie, Aug. 5, 1873; Clara Charlotte, June 7. 1876, and Anna Zoe Ella, born Oct. 8, 1879. Mr. Duke followed farming in Wayne and Clear Creek Townships till 1866, when he located at Raysville, and entered upon the saw-mill and lumber business, which, in connection with farming, he has since followed; he has also dealt extensively in fruit and other products of the country - in fact, has been a man of general business; a man of great energy and activity, and a leading spirit in all the public progress and improvements of Raysville and vicinity. The present good roads and pikes, the schools and churches have been established through his aid, energy and efforts more probably than by any other one man. And his last great effort has been to obtain the building of a railroad, which is accomplished, and is now constructed, connecting the village of Raysville with Cincinnati and Dayton. And, in conclusion, we may hope that Mr. Duke's labors and efforts for the public interests may be duly appreciated, and that in both time and eternity he may be duly rewarded.

SAMUEL DUNWIDDIE, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; bom in Greene Co., Ohio, May 27, 1806; is a son of John and Ruth (Betts) Dunwiddie, natives of the State of Delaware. The grandfather was Samuel Dunwiddie, a native of Deland, but who, with two brothers, emigrated to America some time prior to the Revolution and were all engaged in that sanguinary conflict; the two brothers were killed at the battle of the Brandywine; Samuel survived the conflict and settled in the State of Delaware, where he resided till his death. The maternal ancestors were from Wales. John Dunwiddie with his family emigrated to Ohio and settled in Greene County, where he died March 16, 1829, aged 49 years; his wife died in 1834, aged 52 years ; they had ten sons and one daughter; eight now survive - Samuel, John, James, Susan (now Mrs. Haines), Peter, Brooks, Daniel and David. Mr. Dunwiddie was strictly a pioneer of Greene County, opening out right in the woods and experiencing all the hardships of those days; he began in life a poor man, raised a large family of children and secured 80 acres of land. He was a soldier in the war of 1812 for a few months. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood in the wilds of this then new country, fully accustomed to all its deprivations; was married, in April, 1836, to Sarah, daughter of Joshua and Jane (James) Carman, natives of Virginia. The Carman family emigrated to Kentucky, and, in 1802, became settlers of Warren County; the James family emigrated direct to this county in 1801, being among the first settlers of the county. Mr. Carman died in the summer of 1859, aged 66 years; his wife still survives, residing on the old home place, now in her 89th year. She is a remarkable woman in possessing a very retentive memory of all the scenes and events of the early settling of this county. Mr. Dunwiddie's wife died Aug. 23, 1836, a few months after their marriage. On May 27, 1862, he was married to Mrs. Mary Jane Mc- Clure, daughter of John R. and Jane Dunwiddie, whose history is in the sketch of A- D. Haines; issue, one child - William H., bom Sept. 8, 1863. Mrs. McClure had one child by Mr. McClure - James S., born Jan. 8, 1846. Mr. D. was raised a farmer; at 21 years of age, learned the wagon-making trade: followed this business for several years; then became a carpenter, which he continued until 1854; then entered upon farming, which he has since fol lowed. The farm upon which he now lives he purchased in 1853 of Jarvis Stokes; it now consists of 130 acres of good land, with good buildings and improvements, and is a pleasant home and farmer's residence.

JOHN M. EARNHART, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; bom in this county May 3, 1846; is a son of William and Hannah (Wills) Earnhart, he a native of Luzerne Co., Penn., and she of this county. The grandfather, Jacob Eamhart, was a native of Pennsylvania, but emigrated to Warren County in 1812. and located in Clear Creek Township, where he resided till his death, in 1821. The maternal grandfather, James Wills, was a native of New Jersey and married Hannah Turner; they had ten children; six grew to maturity, one only now living - Hannah. James Wills and family emigrated to Warren County and located in Clear Creek Township in 1798, being one of the first settlers of that township; he opened out right in the woods and began in true pioneer and log-cabin life; experienced the very roughest of the rough and the hardest of the pioneer trials and hardships, and here on the place where he first located he passed his entire life; he died Feb. 7, 1847, in his 80th year; his wife died Aug. 5, 1846, in her 80th year; thus they traveled life's journey together, bearing its burdens and enjoying its pleasures, so near the same age, and passing from the stage of action only a few months apart. Mr. Wills was one of the reliable and substantial men of his township, and held many of its offices; was Township Trustee and Township Treasurer several years. William Earnhart was 8 years of age when brought to this county by his parents; here he grew to manhood and married Hannah Wills, who was bom Feb. 19, 1808, by whom he had nine children, seven now living - James, Charles, Joseph, David, Abby Ann, John Milton and Clara Mr. Earnhart located upon the old home place of his father, where he resided twenty-six years; thence located upon an adjoining farm, where he lived till his death, July 22, 1873, nearly 69 years of age; his widow is still living and resides with her children, who are all married and settled in life. Our subject was brought up to farm labor, and remained with his father until after his majority; was married, Dec. 24, 1868, to Elizabeth, daughter of James and Caroline (Stokes) Graham, he a native of this county and she of New Jersey; they had ten children; five now survive - Euphrasia, William, Dallas, La Fayette, Elizabeth and Caroline M. Mr. Earnhart and wife have three children - Emma Viola, bom June 19, 1870; Estella F., bom April 2, 1873, and Florence L, bom Nov. 28, 1875, Mr. Earahart's life has been that of a farmer, most of which has been in Clear Creek Township. In 1879, he exchanged his farm there for the one upon which he now resides; has a good farm with good improvements and very pleasantly located.

PETER EBERLY, blacksmith, Waynesville; bom in Lancaster Co.. Penn. , April 5, 1826; is a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Sullenberger) Eberly, natives of Pennsylvania. The paternal grandparents were Michael and Ann (Morton) Eberly, natives of Pennsylvania, their ancestors being natives of Germany. Michael was a millwright by occupation, which, with the milling business, he followed most of his life. The maternal grandparents were Peter and Barbara (Bruner) Sullenberger, natives of Pennsylvania, who lived and died in their native State; he died in the spring of 1845, aged 77 years; his wife in 1858, aged 91 years. Henry, the father of our subject, was a miller by trade, and followed that business principally through life. He died in Pennsylvania about 1851, aged 52 years In 1865, his widow came to Ohio, ^and lived with our subject, where she died Nov. 1, 1865, aged 75 years. They had four children, two sons and two daughters - David, now a resident of Indiana; Ann Elizabeth; Barbara, now Widow Bowman, and Peter (the two daughters reside in Dayton). The subject of this sketch was raised and grew to manhood in Peunsyl vania, and learned his trade in Lancaster County. Mr. Eberly has been twice married, first, to Susanna Keene, Feb. 4, 1847, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Ann Keene, natives of Pennsylvania; by her he had four children - Elizabeth Ann, born May 21, 1848, died in Ohio June 18, 1878; Emma Frances, born Sept. 16, 1850, died Oct. 9, 1878; Mary Jane, bom Feb. 8, 1853, and Sarah Adelaide, bom Jan. 21, 1856. Mrs. Eberly died March 5, 1857, aged 28 years. On Dec. 1, 1859, he married, for his second wife, Susanna Kreider, who was bom in Lancaster Co., Penn., Jan. 19, 1831. She is a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Kreider, natives of Pennsylvania; he died in his native State on March 1, 1868, aged 77 years; his wife came to Ohio and died at the home of her daughter May 19, 1877, aged 73 years; they had six children; three now survive - Isaac, Martha and Susanna. Mr. Eberly by his last wife had two children - Susanna Catharine, bom Oct 30, 1860, and Martha Effie, bom April 24, 1864; died Dec. 22, 1879. Mr. Eberly worked at farming one year after he came to Ohio; then entered upon his trade of blacksmithing, which he has since followed; has carried on business in Waynesville where he is now located fourteen years; has done a large and prosperous business, and is one of the leading blacksmiths of Waynesville.

JOHN EDWAJEtDS, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; bom on the farm where he now resides, Jan. 24, 1811; is a son of Nathaniel and Mary (Hadley) Edwards, natives of North Carolina; the grandfather, Joshua Hadley, was a native of North Carolina, and lived and died there; he was the father of sixteen children, fourteen of whom grew to maturity, married and settled in life, most of them in Ohio, Indiana and Iowa; but all are now deceased. Nathaniel Edwards was raised and grew to manhood in his native State, residing there till December, 1804, when he, with his family, emigrated to Ohio and located in Warren County, on the place where John now lives; here he commenced right in the woods to make a home and a farm, and here he lived and labored for sixty -one years - over threescore years - when, on March 2, 1865, he departed this life, aged nearly 91 years; his wife died March 27, 1853; aged 77 years; they had ten children; seven now survive - Joshua, Mary, John, Sarah, David, Jonathan and Hadley. Our subject, from infancy, grew to manhood on the old home farm; was married, Nov. 13, 1856, to Charlotte, daughter of William and Anna Mc- Bryant; by this union they had seven children; six now survive - Mary, bora March 10, 1859; Anna, born Jan. 23, 1861; Elwood, born Jan. 1, 1863; Lydia, bom May 13, 1865; Athelia and Evalena (twins), bom Jan. 31, 1868. Mr. Edwards located upon the old home place, where he has continued to the present time, having made a continued residence here from his birth, a period of seventy years, and the farm has remained in the Edwards family since its first occupation in 1804, when it was all in the woods - a period of seventy -seven years.