Warren County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1882 (part 6 of 16)

SAMUEL E. ELLIOTT, of the firm Elliott & Coleman, stove and tin store, Waynesville; bom in Waynesville Dec. 15, 1845; is a son of Samuel W. and Bebecca (Evans) Elliott, he a native of Pennsylvania and she of this county. Samuel W. was a son of James and Hannah Elliott, who had seven children - John, now President of First National Bank of Shelbyville, Ind. ; Samuel W., deceased; Evans, deceased; William and Marshall, now in the milling business at Shelbyville, Ind. ; Jesse, employed in a bank at Danville, 111. ; and Mary E., now Mrs. Powell, of Shelbyville. James Elliott and family became residents of Warren County at quite an early day; removed to Shelbyville, Ind., about 1841, and engaged in the milling and mercantile business, and there continued till his death. Samuel W., the second son, was raised in Warren County, and married Rebecca Evans, whose ancestral history is given in sketch of Joel Evans; she was born Aug. 15, 1823; was married April 25, 1843. Mr. Elliott located and entered upon business with his father in Shelbyville, Ind.; on Dec. 25, 1845, he was called to mourn the death of his wife, enjoying less than three years of companionship; she bore him two children - William, deceased, and Samuel E. ; in August, 1848, he was united with Miss Mary J. Powell, of Shelby County, Ind. ; then he located atjMarietta and entered vigorously upon the milling business; in 1855, he erected a large flouring mill at that place, and about the same time opened a dry goods store and carried on an extensive business; in 1860, he returned to Shelbyville and opened a boot and shoe store, to which, soon after, he added a stock of dry goods, and for four years, during the war, did a large and successful business; in 1865, he formed a partnership with John Blessing and Morrison Gadd in the drygoods business in Indianapolis; not being successful there, in 1867 he moved to Independence, Mo. ; thence to Ft. Scott, Kan., where he was engaged in the queens ware trade, in which he continued till his death, Aug. 4, 1879; by his last marriage he had three children, one now surviving, William P., now in the grocery and queensware trade in Shelbyville, Ind. Mr. Elliott was recognized as a man of superior ability and business tact; was first and foremost in all public enterprises; was one of the incorporators of the First National Bank of Shelbyville, and also gave aid and influence to build many of the turnpikes and other public improvements of the county; and for his many good works will ever be kindly remembered as one of God's noblemen. Our subject, who, when but 10 days old, was left motherless, was raised and grew to manhood under the watchful care of his Grandmother Evans; in 1866, Mr. Elliott located in Danville, 111., in the diy goods trade, and continued there two years; then located in Edwardsville, Kan., in same business; in the fall of 1869, returned to Waynesville, and, in spring of 1872, formed a partnership with John Coleman in the stove and tinware trade, which business they have successfully followed to the present time. Mr. Elliott was united in marriage, March 27, 1873, with Miss Mary E., daughter of Empson A. and Martha Rogers; Mary E. was bora Aug. 31, 1851; they have one child, Rachel Abbie, bora April 20, 1874.

JOEL EVANS, Waynesville, was born near Waynesville Jan. 23, 1816. The name of the first American emigrant with whom this record begins was William Evans, who was born in Wales, and, while a young man, settled in Guynedd, Penn., about the year 1696, and died in 1747; how many children he had is not known, but it is conceded that he had a son, Owen Evans, who was born about 1699, and died Nov. 28, 1754; he was a Justice of the Peace under the Crown or Proprietary of Pennsylvania; he had at least two sons - Thomas and David; the latter was bom Jan. 11, 1729 or 1730; the former, from whom those hereafter mentioned have descended, was born July 23, 1737, and died March 13, 1810; his wife, Hannah, was born Oct. 23, 1727, and died April 25, 1813; they had sii sons and four daughters, of whom Benjamin, the second son and fourth child, and the grandfather of our subject, was born Oct. 12, 1760; he married Hannah, daughter of David and Hannah Smith, in South Carolina, about 1790; she was bom in Bucks Co., Penn., July 3, 1767; in October, 1803, they emigrated to Ohio and located in Warren County, at Waynesville, among the early settlers of this place; Mr. Evans was an auger- maker by

1851; Mary, born Feb. 22, 1806, died Aug. 18,1830; and Jason, bora Nov. 25, 1807. David Evans, the second son of Benjamin and Hannah Evans and the father of our subject^ married Rachel Burnett June 2, 1813; their children were John, born March 9, 1814; Joel; Seth, Oct. 21, 1817; Evan, July 1, 1820, died Oct. 21, 1821; Owen, Aug. 17, 1821, died Jan. 29, 1823; Rebecca, Aug. 15, 1823, died Dec. 25, 1845; Benjamin, Dec. 16, 1824; Mary, July 27, 182§. died April 9, 1850; Hannah, April 3, 1829; Ann, May 1, 1831; and Jason, bora March 31, 1833. Mr. David Evans was for many years a prominent man in the business interests of Waynesville; was for a considerable time engaged in mercantile business, and attended largely to the execution of wills and the settlement of estates, and frequently served as guardian over minors, and was an influential and much-esteemed citizen; he died Nov. 19, 1861; his wife is still living in the house they built and moved into in the spring of 1836. Of the sons of David Evans, all that are now living have become active business men and useful members of society; John studied medicine and became prominent as a physician in Indiana; was instrumental in securing the erection of the Insane Asylum in that State; was subsequently appointed Professor in the Rush Medical College at Chicago, and, Btill later, was Governor of Colorado Territory under President Lincoln; he now resides at Denver; Seth is a prominent pork-packer in Cincinnati; also served several years as President of the Second National Bank of that city; Benjamin and Jason are also engaged in pork-packing in Cincinnati. The subject of this sketch grew to maturity, receiving only a common-school education, such as those early days furnished; on Nov. 30, 1837, he was married to Susan R., daughter of William and Elizabeth Sharp, of Medford, N. J. ; Miss Sharp was bora May 24, 1815; in the spring of 1840, Mr. Evans went to Jay Co., Ind., where he located in the woods, erected a log cabin and commenced a true pioneer life; but his plans and prospects were soon prostrated by the early death of his wife; on the 30th of November, 1840, just three years from the date of their marriage, she was taken from him by death, leaving one daughter, Elizabeth S., who died in Waynesville, Aug. 30, 1861, aged 22 years 7 months and 10 days. Soon after the death of his wife, Mr. Evans returned to Waynesville, where he has since resided. On Oct. 3, 1844, he was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth Satterthwaite, whose history is given in sketch of Abel Satterthwaite; she was bora June 20, 1820; by this marriage, Mr. Evans has had two sons and one daughter - R. Carrie, bora June 6, 1845, married Seth W. Brown Feb. 11, 1864; John S., born July 31, 1849, died July 81, 1873; and David, born Dec. 4, 1851 ; his second companion died Dec. 4, 1872. About the year 1844, Mr. Evans commenced the business of surveying; from 1851 to 1861, he was engaged as a carpenter and builder; in 1866, he was elected Surveyor of Warren County, which position he held six years; from the fall of 1871 to the fall of 1874, he served as County Commissioner; while acting as such, being a practical builder, he drew up the plans and specifications for and was appointed Superintendent of Construction of the Warren County Orphan Asylum and Children's Home, and, upon its completion, was appointed one of the Trustees of that institution for six years by the Court of Common Pleas, at the expiration of which time he was re-appointed for a similar term, and has served as Clerk of the Board of Trustees since its first organization; in the spring of 1873, he was placed upon the Board of Education of Waynesville, and was elected as Clerk of the same; at the opening of the Waynesville National Bank, Feb. 1, 1874, Mr. Evans reluctantly accepted the position of its Cashier, as also that of Director of the association. Mr. Evans, though reserved in his manners, is pleasing and congenial in his nature, and is held in high esteem throughout the county, where he is so well and favorably known.

DAVIS FURNAS, farmer; P. O. Waynesville. In the settlement of Wayne Township, we find the Furnas family among the early pioneers, and we are able to trace the ancestors to one John Furnas, born at Standing Stone, Cumberland Co., England, June 5, 1736; his wife, Mary, was born in same county, Sept. 12, 1742; they were married March 24, 1762, and emigrated to South Carolina the same year; they had four sons and three daughters ; Robert, next to the youngest child of John and Mary Furnas, was born at Bush River, S. C., June 27, 1772, and there grew to manhood and married Hannah Wilson, June 6, 1796; she was bom in South Carolina July 28, 1778; in 1802, Mr. Furnas made a prospecting tour to Ohio, making the round trip on horseback, a great portion of which was through aD unbroken forest; after examining several localities, he selected the tract of la ad to which, in 1803, he removed his family and commenced to open out a farm, amid all the many trials and deprivations of pioneer life of that day and locality, often compelled to subsist for days on hominy and venison, being unable to get his grain manufactured into flour and meal, the nearest, mill being thirty miles distant through the forest, the roads to which were mere paths that could only be traveled on horseback; in 1812, as there was no market nearer, he drove a large lot of hogs to Baltimore, Md. - no small undertaking; but he lived to see those vast forests, give place to waving fields of grain and thriving towns; instead of the plodding ox team haulihg heavy loads over the mud roads, the rushing locomotive passed his door, transporting immense trains of the products of the country to the principal markets of the world; the speedy and daily mails and the telegraph conveying news over thousands of miles with the rapidity of thought. Mr. Furnas was an earnest Christian, a devoted member of the Society of Friends; a man of undoubted integrity, of strong and superior judgment, and universally esteemed by all who knew him; he departed this life Feb. 16, 1863,. aged nearly 91 years; his wife died Feb. 17, 1864, aged 88 years; they had traveled the journey of life together sixty-seven years, almost w threescore and ten;" they had eleven children, of whom Seth, the last child, born in South Carolina and the father of our subject, was born March 26, 1803, being 6 weeks old when his parents started for their new home in the wilderness of Ohio; in this county, then, he was raised and brought up to manhood, inured to the sturdy influences of pioneer life; was married, Nov. 1, 1826, to Dinah* daughter of Edward and Margaret Kinley, natives of North Carolina, who emigrated to Warren County in 1801, being among the earliest of the settlers; by this union, Mr. Furnas and wife had three children - Davis, Robert and Mary* now Mr 3. Mosier. Mr. Furnas, about 1836 or 1837, purchased and located upon the farm where Seth W. Furnas now lives, and there he resided till his. death, Aug. 24, 1878; his wife died Aug. 5, 1880; they had traveled together and borne the hardships of life and enjoyed its pleasures for over half a century. Mr. Furnas was a firm and devoted member of the Society of Friends, and the general firmness of principles and nobleness of character which made his father pre-eminently beloved and respected seemed to be possessed by him to a high degree. Our subject, the eldest son, was born Jan. 25, 1829, and grew to manhood, and married, Sept. 1, 1852, Jane S., daughter of John and Elizabeth Satterthwaite, by whom he had six children; five now survive - Seth, bom July 1, 1853: Elizabeth, bora Aug. 10, 1855s.

Anna D., Jan. 27, 1858; John D., Feb. 15, 1861; and Edwin S., born April 18, 1868. Mrs. Furnas died April 19, 1868, aged 40 years. Mr. Furnas, after his marriage, located upon the place where he now lives and has since resided; has a fine farm, with good improvements, constituting a pleasant home and residence. Mr. Furnas possesses many of the characteristics of his noble ancestors, is a man of good education and literary taste and shrewd business tact; is a friend of progress and education, and is giving great attention to the education of his children and the general welfare of his family.

ROBERT F. FURNAS, physician, Waynesville; bom in Wayne Township, Oct. 10, 1830; is a son of Seth and Dinah Furnas, whose ancestral history is given in sketch of Davis Furnas. The Doctor was raised and brought up to farm labor, and received a good common-school education, remaining with his father till 22 years of age; was united in marriage, Sept. 23, 1853, withBethia, daughter of Robert and Edith (Nichols) Mosier, he a native of Massachusetts and she of New York State; they emigrated to Ohio and located in Morrow County in 1812, being among the first settlers of that county, opening out in the woods, and combating with and enduring the many trials and hardships of those early days, the Indians plentiful and the howling of wolves a nightly sound; wild game of all kinds in abundance, which in that day formed a great source of sustenance, and sometimes formed the main provision for saving many from want and starvation; there Mr. Mosier and family have remained through all the changing scenes of nearly threescore years and ten, witnessing the growth of civilization and the vast improvements made by the hands of those honest and sturdy pioneers; the forests disappear, and waving fields of grain in their stead; the railroads and telegraphs traversing the country in all directions, transporting the products of the country to distant markets, and carrying news to all parts of the world with the rapidity of thought; all these Mr. Mosier has witnessed in the progress around him; in the meantime, he has not been idle; his hands, industry and good management have wrought wonderful changes on his premises; from his small and rough beginning in the log cabin in the woods, he now has a beautiful farm, with good buildings and all modem improvements; has accumulated a large amount of wealth by his own honest ^efforts, and is one of the prominent farmers of that county, beloved and respected by all who know him; he is now 81 years of age, and his wife 79 years, and they have traveled the journey of life together, sharing its hardships and its pleasures for fifty-four years; they have had two sons and nine daughters, eight of whom now survive - Phoebe, Gideon, Nathan, Bethiah, Rachel, Peace, Eunice and Cynthia. The Doctor and wife have had eight children; five now survive - Mary, now Mrs. Frame, residing on the farm on which his Grandfather Kinley settled in 1804; Seth W., Eunice, Phoebe and Robert H. The Doctor, after his marriage, engaged in farming and raising and dealing in stock for about twenty years, during which time he has been a great reader, keeping himself thoroughly posted in general matters of science, literature and the general progress of events; in 1873, he turned his especial attention to the study of medicine, attended the Pulte Medical College at Cincinnati, and graduated in spring of 1877, and has continued the practice of his profession at "Waynesville since, with a good and growing business. The Doctor is an earnest and devoted member of the Society of Friends, having been a birthright member, and from the early age of 17 years commenced speaking in their meetings, and for the last twelve years or more has been a regular recorded minister in the Society; he is a man of more than ordinary activity and depth of mind and thought, with good versatile powers, expressing himself with force and ease; in all public enterprises of the day, he takes an active and leading part, and in the general progress and advancement of all matters of public in-

SETH W. FURNAS, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born on the farm where he now lives Aug. 19, 1857; is a son of Dr. Robert and Bethiah (Mosier) Furnas, whose history is given in sketch of Dr. Robert Furnas in this work. Our subject was raised and grew to manhood, and was married, Dec. 18, 1877, to Emily, daughter of Alfred and Letitia L. (Brown) Moore, he a native of Indiana and she of Ohio; the grandfather, John Moore, was a native of North Carolina, but emigrated to Indiana about 1820 or soon after, and located near Richmond, where he resided till about 1837, when he removed to Huntington Co., Ind., where he died in 1871-72; he was the father of eight children; six now survive - Elizabeth, Samuel, Joseph, Sarah, Alfred and Jane; Alfred, the youngest son now living, married and located in Huntington County, where he still resides, engaged in the honest occupation of a farmer; they have had seven children, five now living - Emily, Oscar, Margaret, Phcebe Ann and Sarah Elizabeth ; the Moore family were among the first settlers in that part of the county, opening out in the woods, doing a great amount of pioneer work, beaiing their full share of hardships and deprivations; now Mr. Moore has a fine farm of 280 acres, well improved, and is one among the best farms in the county. Mr. Furnas and wife have two children - Oscar M. and Edith. Mr. Furnas has wisely adopted fanning as his occupation; he located where he now lives in 1879; he owns a farm of 100 acres adjoining the one upon which he lives, upon which he is erecting buildings and making improvements, where he intends to locate and make his permanent home.

SAMUEL C. GARD, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; bom in Warren County Nov. 8, 1829; is a son of John and Hannah (Hisey) Gard, he a native of Hampshire Co., Ya., on the Big Capon, bom June 7, 1803; she was also a native of Virginia. The paternal grandparents were Samuel and Sarah (Candy) Gard, he a native of New York State and she of Virginia; Samuel was a son of John Gard; Sarah was a daughter of David Candy, who was one of the early settlers of Hampshire Co., Va.; Samuel left his native State when a young man, with one of his uncles, and located in Virginia, and there was united in marriage, and resided on the place where he first located till his death; he was the father of eleven children; ten grew to maturity; two only now survive - John and Sarah, now Mrs. Pugh, living in Iowa; John was raised on his father's farm in Virginia till 23 years of age; in the fall of 1825, he emigrated to Ohio* and, after prospecting over quite a portion of Ohio and Indiana, finally -stopped in Waynesville, and worked at the tanning business here and other places, and running saw- mills several years; in spring of 1833, he bought and located upon the place where he now lives, and has since resided, a period of nearly half a century; he was married, Nov. 9, 1828, to Hannah, daughter of Jacob and Millie (Williamson) Hisey, natives of Shenandoah Co., Va. ; issue, nine children; seven now survive - Samuel C., Joseph Daniel, John, David, Hannah S., William H. and George. Mr. Gard is now 78 years of age, and his wife is 71 years, they have traveled the journey of life together, bearing its sorrows and enjoying its pleasures, for fifty-three years. Our subject grew to manhood, brought up to farm labor, and remained with his father till about 25 years of age; he then went to Indiana, St. Joseph County, where, on March 2, 1854, he was married to Eliza Barrett, by whom he had two children - Mary H., bom Nov. 26, 1855; and John Albert, bom March 4, 1858; his wife died May 5, 1864; soon after his wife's death, Mr. Gard returned to Warren Co., Ohio, where he has since resided; on Nov; 29, 1866, he was united in mrfhriage to Miss Sarah Cresswell, who was bora in Virginia Dec. 27, 1840; by this union they have two children - Wesley E., bom Dec. 3, 1867; and Charles C., bora April 13, 1871.

CLARKSON GAUSE, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Pennsylvania March 11, 1814; is a son of Samuel and Mary (Pierce) Gause, natives of Penn* syi vania; the grandfather, Solomon Gause, as far as known, was also a native of Pennsylvania, but emigrated to Greene Co., Ohio, in spring of 1814, being one of the early settlers, and there resided till his death; Samuel and family came to Ohio at the same time of his father, and located in Warren County, and here resided the balance of his life, engaged in farming; he commenced almost entirely in the woods; he died in April, 1865, aged 83 years; his wife died in the winter of 1367, agel 87 years; they were parents of ten children; three now survive - Clarkson, Martha and Richard. Mr. Gause was a devoted member of the Society of Friends, and was an Elder for many years. Our subject was an infant about 3 weeks old when brought to this county by his parents; was raised and grew to manhood here; was married, Aug. 27, 1842, to Sidney, daughter of Calvin and Elizabeth Thomas, natives of Pennsylvania, by which union they had two children - one son, deceased, and one daughter, Mary Elizabeth, born May 31, 1843; his wife died Aug. 5, 1853; in August, 1856, he married Mrs. Elizabeth Sherwood, daughter of Henrj Smith, by whom he had one child, Anna R., bom Sept. 27, 1858; his second wife died Feb. 3, I860; for his third wife he married Ruth, daughter ef Isaac and Ann (Carter) Richardson, natives of Pennsylvania, Sept 22, 1869; Isaac and Ann Richardson had four children; three now survive - Ruth, Hannah (now Mrs. Richard Gause) and Caleb. Mr. Gause has made farming his business through life, all in this county, except about live years in Clinton County; in the fall of 1858, Mr. Gause located upon the farm where he now lives and has since resided; he and family are members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Gause, from principle, desires no office, but he has served as Director in the Miami Cemetery Association for twelve years.

JESSE GIBBS, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Franklin Co., Penn., June 10, 1819; is a son of Joseph and Rachel (Wood) Gibbs, he a native of New Jersey and she of Pennsylvania; they lived and died in Pennsylvania; they had five children - 'William, Elizabeth, Alexander, Jesse and John. The subject of this sketch, when 12 years of age, came to Ohio with the family with whom he was living, by name of Deffendall, and they located in Montgomery County and lived three years, thence moved to Preble County and lived two years; at 17 years of age, Jesse started out into the world for himself, working here and there as he could find work; in 1839, he came to Warren County and worked for Ellis Ward, and has remained in this vicinity sinca On Sept 3, 1840, he married Hannah, daughter of Ellis and Mary E. Ward, he a native of New Jersey and she of Tennessee; he came to Warren County with his parents in 1804; his father, Isaac Ward, bought a section of land where Mr. Gibbs now lives, being a pioneer, and here he lived and died, and here Ellis grew to manhood, accustomed to the hardships of those times; Mary E., with her father, Jonathan Newman, and his family, came from Tennessee and located at Waynesville about 1805, where ttey lived and died; Ellis Ward and Mary E. Newman were married and located on the place where Mr. Gibbs now lives, and here resided till their death; he died Aug. 25, 1875, aged 77 years; she died Nov. 7, 1880, aged 83 years; they had six children; four now survive - Hannah; Lydia, now Widow MedenLall; Asenith, now Widow Printz; and Cyrus Milton; Hannah was born on the place where they now live June 17, 1824. Mr. Gibbe and wife have had nine children; six now survive - Rebecca Ann, born June 24, 1842; Caroline, Sept. 16, 1848; Elizabeth, Aug. 16,1850; Jason, Marco 1, 1853; Oscar, May 14, 1856; and William S., born Sept. 9, 1866. Mr. Gibbe located on the place where his wife was bom and raised, this being a part of the section of land of the original purchase of Isaac Ward, and here has oon- tinued his residence to the present time; this place has now been in possession of the Waid family for over three-fourths of a century. On Aug. 14, 1862, Mr. Gibbs and Cyrus M. Ward enlisted in the war of the rebellion, in Co. H, 79tli O. V. L, and served till the close of the war; Mr. Gibbs was with Sherman in his great march through the South to the sea, and received his discharge at Washington City, June 6, 1865; Mr. Ward was wounded at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, June 24, 1864, and was in the hospitals at different points till May, 1865; at Camp Denison, he was discharged, but, from his disabled condition, has since drawn a pension; is now drawing $12 per month. Mr. Gibbs' son, Joseph E., also enlisted, at the same time and in the same regiment, and served through the war, but, during his service, he contracted the camp diarrhoea, from the effects of which he died April 17, 1875. Mr. Gibbs' daughter, Lydia, married John T. Davis, of Middletown, Penn.; they moved to Texas, where, April 19, 1879, she died, in her 33d year of age, far from her native home and kindred, but possessing fully the Christian's hope; her remains were brought home, and now rest in the Miami Cemetery, near Waynesville; she left an infant child, Lydia, born April 19, 1879, which Mr. Gibbs has received into his family to raise.

. HON. SETH SILVER HAINES, President of Waynesville National Bank, was born in Waynesville, Warren Co., Ohio, Feb. 1, 1824, and was the son of Noah Haines, who came from near Winchester, Va., in 1807, and settled at Old Town, in Greene Co., Ohio, whence he removed to Waynesville; he was Postmaster at Waynesville from 1817 until his death, in 1834; he was County Commissioner when the present court house was built, which edifice was approaching completion at the time of his death. Noah Haines was married, in 1808, to Miss Anna Silver (the mother of S. S. Haines, who, with her father, Seth Silver, and her sister, Leatifia (afterward Mrs. David Linton), came from Salem, N. J., in 1806, and settled at Waynesville. Noah Haines was highly esteemed as a man of entire probity, and possessed of eminent business ability, and his death was universally regretted; his widow survived him fifteen years; she was esteemed as a woman of eminent virtue. Seth Silver (for whom the subject of this memoir was named) was one of the early merchants of the village, and was also held in great esteem; he died in 1811. S. S. Haines was the youngest of a family of four sisters and three brothers, all of whom lived until they arrived at their majority, but all of whom have long since passed from this life. S. S. Haines was thrown on his own resources at an early age; in October, 1841, at the age of 17 years, he entered as clerk in the. village store of Joseph B. Chapman, on the southwest comer of Main and North streets, where he remained until he came of age; the circumstance that he worked in this store the first six months for $4 per month is still vividly remembered by him, and the fact that, even at that low salary, he came out ahead at the end of the half year specified, was but the foreshadowing of the successful career which followed, and of which it was the happy beginning. In December, 1845, at the age of 21 years, young Mr. Haines felt himself in position to buy out his employer and embark in business on his own responsibility. Soon after attaining his majority, he served one year each as Clerk and Treasurer of Wayne Township. On the 1st of June, 1847, Mr. Haines was married, in Xenia, to Miss Eliza F. Hinchman, daughter of Griffith Hinchman and Mary B. Hinchman, who came from Gloucester Co., N. J., in 1832, and settled in Warren County; the latter died in 1874; she was a woman of sterling good sense and possessed of eminent Christian virtues; her husband survived her but four years, dying in 1879, at the home of his affectionate daughter; he was a hearty specimen of a jovial, warm-heartod man, with a pleasant word for every one, and his memory will long be fondly cherished by a large circle of friends. Mr. Haines continued in business in Waynesville until Jan. 1, 1850, at which date he disposed of his business to Thomas L. Allen and Benjamin Evans, and engaged in the wholesale dry goods business in Cincinnati, becoming a member of the firm of Wynne, Haines & Co. ; under careful management, the business of this firm increased until its annual sales amounted, in 1864, to $1,250,000; at this time, Mr. Haines disposed of his interest in the house and retired, with a desire to enjoy a quiet home; but he was not long permitted to indulge in his dolce far niente ; " Noblesse oblige " might as well have been the legend upon his crest; he was importuned to do for others what he would have preferred not to do for himself, and in 1866 the wholesale grocery house of Haines & Chapman was established in Cincinnati, in which he remained two and a half years, when this partnership was dissolved, and the firm of Chapin, Sampson & Rogers formed, with Mr. Haines as special partner; two and a half years later, he retired from business in the city and confined himself to his agricultural interests at home, four large farms affording, as it would seem, abundant occupation for even the busiest brain or most methodical manager; yet, such are the possibilities of systematic and diligent application that, in addition to this, and as if to demonstrate the axiom that the more a man has to do the more he can do, Mr. Haines has, since his retirement from mercantile life, enjoyed but brief cessation from labor in one public enterprise or another. In 1856 and 1857, Mr. Haines represented the people of Warren County in the Ohio House of Representatives; and for many consecutive years he was a School Director in his native town, always performing the thankless yet onerous duties of that position willingly and faithfully. It was by his efforts that the first newspaper, the Miami Visitor , was established in Waynesville; this was in January, 1850; the same is true of the first telegraph office, which was established in November, 1849. In later times, Mr. Haines being placed at the head and front of two important local enterprises, and retained them through a long series of years, demonstrates beyond question his popularity at home and his recognized fitness for positions of trust; these are the Presidency of the Miami Cemetery Association, and of the Waynesville National Bank, in both of which he was the leading spirit, and has ever since been the controlling influence. Miami Cemetery Association was organized in 1866; the National Bank was established in February, 1875; in the latter, Mr. Haines was much the largest stockholder; that both enterprises have been successful - one in a financial as well as artistic sense, and the other in a purely business regard - is not a question susceptible of debate; the cenjetery, especially, being closely identified with the people's interests, is the pride of the community near and far, and is acknowledged without a superior, and with very few, if any, equals in natural and artificial advantages; and no one will deny that the great success of this undertaking is largely due to Mr. Haines' personal supervision and sagacious management. In 1874, Mr. Haines projected the Miami Valley (now the Cincinnati Northern) Railway, and in 1876 procured from the city of Cincinnati very valuable franchises and rights of way; after investing largely of his own private means, and working earnestly and unselfishly in the undertaking for some time, the company became financially embarrassed and its property changed ownership; the enterprise was happily conceived and one of great value, and its failure of immediate success was in no sense due to any want of judicious management or foresight on the part of Mr. Haines, but was owing to bad faith and want of support on the part of those who were to be benefited by it, and whose co-operation he had every reason to expect Mr. Haines was in earnest; he threw his whole soul into his cherished plan, and worked indefatigably for its accomplishment, and those who, in after years, receive benefit from the success of this new thoroughfare, will owe Mr. Haines a debt of gratitude they never can repay. In the annals of Warren County, S. S. Haines will occupy an honored niche as one of her worthy representative men; when he was bom, his native village was yet in her infancy, and her educational facilities were extremely meager; yet, such as they were, they were made tributary to his mental development; a little polishing, afterward acquired by a course at R. M. Bartlett's Commercial College at Cincinnati, may be mentioned as all the schooling he received; but his education did not stop there; with such as he, education goes on until the craving and receptive mind forever ceases its activity; a youth who, at the age of 20 years, could satisfactorily transact the whole business of selling a farm; who, at $4 a month, could save money; who, at 21, could buy and conduct the principal business in the place of his birth; who, at his majority, could be intrusted with the funds and the records of his township; and who, when arrived at man's mature age, could be chosen to represent his county in the Legislature, preside over a bank, inaugurate enterprises that were destined to endure through future ages, and conceive one of the most important railway lines in the great West - is he not appropriately singled out as a representative man? Not only so in a merely local sense, but, passing beyond the environment of township or county, the career of such a man illustrates the splendid possibilities open to young American manhood everywhere; thrift, prudence, integrity, with a well-directed purpose, are as sure of their grand -results to others as they have been in Mr. Haines' experience; and of such a man his fellow- citizens have just cause to be proud. Personally, Seth S. Haines is a " gentleman of the old school;" tall, slender and erect, a finely developed head surmounting a graceful form, the intelligent observer scarcely need be reminded of the tine Old Virginian blood coursing through his veins; blood will tell in carriage as well as conduct ; and Mr. Haines, both in manners and morals, has long been a model by which the rising generation in his community have considered it the correct thing to fashion their characters; possessing a keen insight into the subtle operations of the human heart - in other words, being a good judge of human nature - Mr. Haines is seldom at fault in his measurements of men; he can tell at a glance, as if by instinct, what to expect, what to require, from those whom it may be his pleasure or business to meet; doubtless this faculty, inherent and fostered, has been one important factor in his success in life; quick to perceive, ready to adopt or reject, and a perfect diplomatist in the management of men and affairs, the busy brain of the man whose salient characteristics we are imperfectly limning, has been and is worthy of a far wider field for its powers of usefulness than its modest master has been content to occupy during all these years; and this fact suggests another and an admirable trait, namely, Mr. Haines' attachment to locality, his constant affection for the place of his birth, the beautiful hills and dales of his native heath, where his home has always been, and where, in all probability, his earthly abiding-place will ever be; in this restless, migratory age, it is comparatively rare to find one so fondly endeared to the place of their birth, and who would toss aside the allurements of social or political preferment and be contented - nay, supremely happy - in the enjoyment of home in the place which had been their honored parents' dwelling-place before them; to the writer, this phase of Mr. Haines' life is as beautiful in all its meanings as. it is unusual, and is one of the many evidences of the delicate sensibility and innate refinement of his nature. Mr. Haines is still in the vigor of a well-regulated manhood, and, if so much had not already been received of him by community that it would seem ungenerous to expect more, it might be said his best work still lay before him; whether this be the case or not, his hosts of friends and the people who revere him for his many noble and genial qualities will be more than gratified if their wishes for his long continuance in his stately home, presided over by the kindly and gracious lady who so worthily bears his name, and surrounded by all that a cultivated taste and ample fortune can procure to make existence happy, are answered by a kind providence. Mr. Haines has but one child - Dr. James W. Haines* now practicing his profession iu Cincinnati; although a young man, his versatile talents and engaging manners have already won for him enviable distinction as a theologian and a practitioner of the healing art; a favorite in whatever circle he chooses to move, with splendid talents and liberal culture, supplemented by the systematic diligence inherited from his ancestors, there is no reason, if life be spared him, why the world should not expect great achievements from him as the years come on; that the mantle of exalted merit so long and worthily worn by his father may descend by rightful heritage to him, when cast aside for the brighter robes of immortality, is a hope adundantly warranted by what young Dr. Haines has already accomplished.

ALLEN HAINES, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born on the farm where he now lives, July 5, 1824; is a son of Jonathan and Naomi Haines, natives of New Jersey. The paternal grandparents were Jacob and Sarah Haines, natives of New Jersey, who lived and died there; the maternal grandparents were Jonathan and Sarah Stratton, natives of New Jersey, who also lived and died in their native State. Jonathan Haines, with his family, emigrated to Ohio and located in Wayne Township in 1811, on the place where Allen now lives; here they opened out in the woods and endured the hardships and deprivations of those early days; and here they lived till, about 1840, they moved to Waynesville, where he died June 5, 1851, aged 65 years; his wife died Dec. 27, 1855, aged 70 years. They had eight sons and four daughters; nine now survive - Ezra; Jacob; Sarah, who married Adam Gaskill; Prudence, who married George Smith and resides in Indiana; Jonathan; Eunice, who married Peter Dunwiddie, also residing in Indiana; Job, who lives in Indiana; Allen; and Mary C., now Widow Satterthwaita Mr. Haine3 was a very industrious man, giving his entire attention to the business of farming; never held or desired office or publio notoriety, but a man of undoubted integrity and a good neighbor, and a worthy citizen and a devoted member of the Society of Friends. In his death, the community lost a worthy citizen, and his family a devoted husband and a kind father. Our subject was raised and brought up on the old homestead place; was married, Sept. 17, 1840, to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Eleanor Smith, natives of Virginia, who became settlers in Greene County in quite an early day, and lived and died in that county. By this union, Mr. Haines and wife had six children ; two now survive - Jonathan and Naomi, now Mrs. A. Wright. His wife died Dec. 1, 1858, aged 32 years. On June 22, 1854, he was married to Cynthia Ann, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Starkey) Myers, who had four sons and two daughters; four now survive - Andrew, now living in Iowa; Cynthia Ann; Jacob; Sarah Ann, now Mrs. Davis; David died in the army, at Knoxville, Tenn., in March, 1805, having served nearly through the war; Joseph died when a child about 3 years of age. Cynthia Ann was born in Ohio, Aug. 25, 1832. Mr. Haines located and has always remained upon the old home place, where he has erected good, substantial buildings and made improvements, and now has a very pleasant home and farmer's residence. This farm has now been in possession of the Haines family for sixty-nine years, and it is expected and hoped that it will continue in their nam » for many years to come. 1

NER HAINES, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; bom on the place where he now resides, April 19, 1837 ; is a son of Wesley and Susan (Engle) Haines, natives of New Jersey. The grandparents were Ner and Elizabeth Haines, natives of New Jersey, who emigrated to Ohio and located in Warren County about 1819, where he lived and died on the farm where our subject now lives. Wesley was 14 years of age when his parents came to Warren County; here he was raised and grew to manhood; was married and became the father of six children ; three now survive - Hannah, now Mrs. Charles J anney ; Ner, and Prudence, now Mrs. Amos Sides. Mr. Haines was raised to farm labor, and, after his father's death, took the old home place, where he resided till after the death of his wife in the summer of 1848, when he moved to Waynesville and resided six years; was again married to Mrs. Prudence Haines, a daughter of Isaac Engle; thence he located again on the farm, where he resided a few years, and again returned to Waynesville, where he has since resided; his second wife died in the summer of 1872. Mr. Haines is now 75 years of age; he commenced in life with but limited means, and, by his own labor and industry has accumulated a good competency; has never held or desired office, but has devoted himself industriously to his business interests, and has been well rewarded for his labors. Ner, the subject of this sketch, was raised to farm labor; was married, April 5, 1860, to Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Mary Sides, natives of Lancaster Co., Penn.; Sarah was bom May 6, 1842; their issue has been six children; five now survive - Wesley, bom Jan. 4,^1861; Daniel Albert, bom July 28, 1863; Samuel K., Nov. 22, 1869; Elsworth, Oct. 21, 1871; and Ner W.,born Feb. 15, 1874. Mr. Haines located upon the old home place of his father's, where he has since resided. This place has been in the possession of the Haines family since their first location here - a period of sixty-six years.

ALBERT D. HAINES, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; bom in Warren County Nov. 10, 1846; is a son of Daniel and Prudence (Engle) Haines, natives of New Jersey. The paternal grandparents were Ner and Elizabeth Haines, natives of New Jersey, but who became early settlers of Warren County, locating here about 1817, and lived and died here. The maternal grandfather, Isaac Engle, was a native of New Jersey ; also became a settler of this county, where he died. Daniel, the father of our subject, was a young single man when he came to this county; married here and became the father of one child, Albert D. Mr. Haines died Jan. 14, 1852, aged 48 years ; his wife died July 20, 1872, aged 64 years. Albert D. was but 5 years of age when his father died, and was raised by his mother; was married, April 5, 1870, to Susanna E., daughter of John R. and Jane Dunwiddie, he a native of Pennsylvania and she of Ohio; he came to Ohio a young man; was married in Greene County, and became the father of nine children; seven now survive - Mary Jane, (now Mrs. Dunwiddie); Samuel G., James, John A., Francis, Sarah M. (now Mrs. John Holmes, Jr.), and Susanna E. ; the latter was bom Sept. 4, 1849. . The grandfather of Samuel Dunwiddie was a native of Ireland, and emigrated to America in 1803, and settled in Greene Co. , Ohio, and, later in life, in Preble County, where he resided, till his death. Mr. Haines and wife, after their marriage, located on the place where they now live and have since resided. This place was formerly known as the James Chenoweth farm; it consists of 57 acres of good land, with good buildings and improvements, and constitutes a pleasant home and residence.

ISRAEL HOPKINS HARRIS, banker, Waynesville, was a son of James Harris and his wife, Rebecca Clark Jennings; the latter was born in New Jersey, and was a daughter of John and Sarah Jennings, two of the pioneers of Waynesville, she being a sister of Samuel Heigh way's wife. James Harris was a son of Israel Harris, and was born near Rutland, Vt., March 31, 1801; when he was 5 years old, his father moved to Ohio and settled on the farm near Centerville, Montgomery Co., now known as the Milton McNeill farm; at an early age, he engaged in mercantile pursuits, clerking several years in the store of

John Satterthwaite, in Waynesville; after his marriage, he removed to Centerville, Ohio, and opened a dry goods and variety store on his own account; his trade rapidly increased, and in time he established branch stores in Waynesville and Bellbrook, and engaged extensively in pork-packing; in the fall of 1844, he returned to W aynesville, continuing his business here on a large scale. In May, 1849, after a return from Cincinnati, where cholera was at that time epidemic, he was attacked with that disease, and died May 81, 1849. He was a man of indomitable energy and perseverance, and of the strictest integrity; few persons have lived in the county who have contributed more to its material interests than he, and few whose loss has been more widely felt. His wife survived him for more than a quarter of a century, living a part of the time at Waynesville and a part at Centerville. Finally, at the ripe old age of nearly 75 years, Mrs. Harris died, at her son's home in Waynesville, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1879. She was a woman of strong individuality, a sincere Christian and a noble example of true womanhood; she left an impress for good upon her posterity and upon society such as only a woman of exalted attributes can. Israel Hopkins Harris was bom in Centerville, Montgomery Co., Ohio, Nov. 23; 1823; he was the eldest of a family of five children; was fitted for college, partly at Centerville, under David Burson, and completed his preparation at Franklin, Warren Co., under W. C. Gould; he entered Yale College at the beginning of Junior year, 1844; after taking his degree in 1840, he returned to his home in Wr aynesville, and became, at his father's desire, his assistant in the dry goods business. After his father's death, in 1849, he continued the business with his brother Joseph until 1855, when he became a private banker in the firm of Stokes & Harris; this partnership continued till the death of Mr. Jarvis Stokes, in 1868, since which time Mr. Harris has conducted the business alone. In November, 1848, he married Esther Ann, daughter of Jarvis Stokes, of Warren County. In November, 1849, Mrs. Harris died, leaving an infant daughter, named Mary, who survived her mother only six months. In November, 1852, he married Carrie E. Bunnell, of this county, daughter of Mr. Merritt Bunnell; by her he had three children - Emma, the eldest, died in her 8th year; Jimmie, the second, at the age of 16 months; the third and surviving child is named Laura. Carrie E. Harris died in Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. 15, 1873, of pulmonary consumption, whose ravages her husband sought in vain to arrest by a sojourn in a Southern clime. On the 31st of December, 1874, Mr. Harris was married to Edith Mosher, daughter of Nathan and Sarah Mosher; by her he has had two children, one of whom survives, Minnie Mildred, now (January, 1882) in her 5th year. Mr. Harris is now at the age of 58 years, and appears in the very prime of life, the luster of his eye undimmed and none of his natural force abated; his New England progenitor imparted to him the purest of Green Mountain blood, and the son illustrates by his character and physique the inestimable value of such transmission; bom in affluent circumstances, Mr. Harris made good use of his opportunities; he was studious and industrious by* nature; manly, honest and frank in conversation; bright and vivacious as a companion, and just and true in all his dealings; the boy was "father to the man," and he las proved himself a faithful steward, improving the talents with which by nature he was endowed, instead of squandering his inheritance because the work of cultivating and increasing was not all done for him. In all his business enterprises, Mr. Harris has been successful. Graduating with all the honors at one of the proudest seats of learning in the United States, his energies were at once judiciously directed by his sagacious father, and since then his life has been one uninterrupted career of industry, his willing hands doing with all their might whatever they found to do; only one change - that of banking succeeding mer- chandising - has marked his busv and successful business life. With perfect integrity in all his business transactions, Mr. Harris finds himself one of the wealthiest, as well as one of the most widely known and esteemed citizens of his county. Notwithstanding the active business life of Mr. Harris, he has also devoted much time to the pursuits of the natural sciences, particularly archaeology and geology; in these departments he has amassed a collection which is probably not excelled, if equaled, by any similar private collection in the United States; his vast and varied accumulation has attracted and charmed visitors from all parts of the globe, and journalistic representatives fro'n the East and West have from time to time gone through his museum and written it up for the benefit of the public. Especially is this remark true, " treasury of pearls," of which, perhaps, no other man living has a larger or finer assortment Mr. Haines gave the original impetus and has ever been the sustainer of the Little Miami River Pearl Fisheries, which became so famous a few years ago; he fostered this industry by purchasing all the pearls found in the river, continuing the traffic until the supply seemed exhausted; in his treasure house are thousands of dollars' worth of these irridescent jewels, all more or less valuable and rare, from the " Kohinoor pearl " down to the finest seed pearl; the " Kohinoor " is the only agatized pearl upon record, and is regarded by intelligent scientists as a jewel of nameless price. In person, I. H. Harris is of medium stature, slender, very erect and agile; his step is quick and buoyant; his eye, black, brilliant and piercing, though full of humor and kindly light, and that unmistakable expression denoting the possession of intellectual powers which it cannot conceal; straight as an arrow and rapid in movement, his physical characteristics are but a reflex of his mental processes; talented, educated, accomplished, with a beautiful home and charming family, with all the good things of life within his grasp, yet without vain self-assertion or pretension, accessible to all and meeting every man as a member of one common brotherhood. Mr. Harris is the " patron saint" of Harris Guards, Co. F, O. N. G., one of the finest companies in the 13th Regiment; the company having been named for him voluntarily, as a tribute to his worth and popularity. He has had nearly, if not all, the local dignities laid at his feet, from Alderman to Treasurer and School Director; for many consecutive years he has been dragooned into this service for the public good, much against his own inclination. At its annual convention in Cincinnati last summer, Mr. Harris was elected member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, being proposed as eligible by Prof. R. B. Warder* of the University of Cincinnati. Waynesville is justifiably proud of Mr. Harris as one of the few really representative men of Warren County. Long may he live to inspire and encourage succeeding generations to become the artificers of their own fortunes, as he is so admirably qualified to do, whose good deeds will live long. after the active brain and busy hands which conceived and executed them have mingled with their native dust.

AMOS HARTSOCK, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Greene Co., Ohio, Jan. 19, 1821; is a son of William and Elizabeth (Phinkbone) Hartsock, natives of Maryland; the grandmother was a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of John Harding; the paternal ancestors being of German descent and the maternal of Welsh descent. Mr. William Hartsock emigrated to Ohio and located in Greene County in 1810, being among the early settlers of that county, and there followed his trade, that of brick -layer, for many years, and is said to have built the second brick house erected in Xenia. In 1831, he removed to Warren County, near Waynesville, and here he entered upon farming, where he continued till his death, in April, 1860, aged 76 years; his wife died in the fall of the same year, aged 73 years. They had twelve children; four now survive -

Jesse, Levi, Amos and Mary, now Mrs. Parkins, living in Milton, Ind. Our subject remained with his father till 24 years of age; was married, March 19, 1845, to Mary Ann, daughter of John and Rachel Archer, natives of New Jersey. They became settlers of Ohio in 1819, remaining near Cincinnati a short time, thence located in Warren County, where they resided till her death, in December, 1867; he is still living, and resides with Mr. Hartsock, now 84 years of age. They had four children; three now survive - Mary Ann, Samuel and John. Mr. Hartsock and wife have four children - John W., born March 15. 1846; Mary Malinda, born March 28, 1849; Charles Edward, bora Sept 2. 1854; and Ephraim Allen, bora July 2, 1857. Mr. Hartsock, after his marriage, resided for a few years on three different farms in Wayne Township: then, in 1868, bought and located upon the place where he now lives and has since resided; has a good farm of 120 acres, with good buildings and improvements, constituting a pleasant home and farmer's residence. Mr. Hartsock has been Township Trustee live years, and Assessor one term.

PHILLIP HAWKE, farmer, P. O. Waynesville; bora in England Nov. 4. 1828; is a son of Phillip and Ann Hawke, natives of England. The grandfather was Phillip Hawke, who was a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a cotemporary of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, and was frequently associated with that eminent divine. He, as well as his son Phillip, lived and died in England. Phillip and wife, the parents of our subject, had nine children; four now survive - John. Phillip, Mary Ann, now Mrs. Mount Joy, and Margaret, now Mrs. Humphreys. Phillip, the subject of this sketch, emigrated to America when about 18 years of age, and located in Warren County. On Nov. 15, 1848, he was' united in marriage with Emma Collett, whose ancestors are fully written of in sketch of James Collett (deceased). By this union, they have had seven children; four now survive - Joseph Henry, born Aug. 25, 1849; George W., Oct. 20, 1854; John C., March 17, 1860; and Alice Amelia, born Aug. 26, 1865. Mr. Hawke has always followed farming as his occupation, and all within this township; he has resided where he now lives for fourteen years, and is a man who gives close application to his business, whose integrity is undoubted; is a kind neighbor, and one of Wayne Township's most worthy citizens.

WILLIAM H. HEIGH WAY, retired, Waynesville; bora in Cincinnati Feb. 5, 1817; is a son of John and Eliza (Mercer) Heighway; he was bora in 1785, in England, and she was bora in Cincinnati, March 18, 1791; she was the first female child born in Cincinnati. The paternal grandfather, Samuel Heighway, was a native of England, and emigrated to America about 1795 and came to Cincinnati ; was one of the surveying party who came up the Little Miami Valley to survey the lands under the Symmes contract, and, reaching where Waynesville is now located, they surveyed and laid out the town. He afterward returned to England, and again came to Aimerica, and died at Cincinnati in 1815 or 1816. The maternal grandfather, John Mercer, was a native of New Jersey, and his ancestry from Holland. About 1790, he emigrated to Ohio, locating at Cincinnati, where he died about 1802, being one of the earliest settlers of that place. John Heighway was about 18 years of age when he came with his parents to Cincinnati. There he married and settled, and became one of the leading and prominent men of Cincinnati; he built the first bank vault ever erected in that city, and was President and Cashier of the United States Branch Bank first established there; he died in 1827, aged 42 years; his wife died Jan. 10, 1866, aged 72 years. They had four children - Samuel M., William H., Archibald E. and Mary E., the eldest and youngest of which are deceased. Our subject grew to manhood, remaining with his mother after his father's death till his majority; was married, April 22, 1851, to Julia.

daughter of Ulysis and Charlotte Sal is, natives of Germany, who emigrated to America in 1835 and located in Medina Co., Ohio, where his wife died Aug. 12, 1835. About six weeks after their arrival, Mr. Salis became a resident of Waynesville, in 1866, and died here May 11, 1870, aged 82 years. They had two children - Charlotte, now Mrs. Cadwell, residing in Cincinnati ; and Julia, bom in Germany April 4, 1826. Mr. Heighway and wife have four children - John M., bom Jan. 25, 1852; Charlotte E., Jan. 30, 1854; Emma, April 8, 1857; and Annette, bora Jan. 22, 1861. Mr. Heighway carried on a brass foundry in Cincinnati some years; then engaged in the grocery and rectifying business several years, since which his principal business has been in managing the estates of his mother and the family, the whole care of which has principally devolved upon Mr Heighway. In 1866, he bought his present property in Waynesville, where he located and has since resided; here he has a tine property and beautifully situated, where he now lives retired from all active business. Prior to embarking in the grocery and foundry business, Mr. Heighway was one of the first to cultivate flowers in Cincinnati, and for several years was engaged as a florist; he has now in his possession a fine specimen of the India crape myrtle, which he has grown from a cutting of the first plant brought to New York from India, forty- five years ago.

REV. JOHN HISEY, farmer and minister; P. O. Waynesville; is a son of Jacob Hisey, who was a son of Christian Hisey, a native of Germany, who settled in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., in an early day. Jacob Hisey was born and grew to manhood there, and there married Emiline Williamson. In the year 1816, he moved with his family to Ohio and settled in East Wayne Township, Warren Co. , where he purchased a small tract of land, which he cultivated in connection with working in and carrying on a blacksmith shop for many years. He raised a large family of children, and lived to see all those who survive well settled in life. By the industiy and frugality of himself and wife, besides raising his family he acquired a considerable amount of property. He was for many years a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church, and was a worthy and exemplary member, and contributed liberally for the support of the church of his choice. In October, 1854, his wife, the partner of his younger and advanced years, departed this life. He was again married, and at his death left a widow. He departed this life May 6, 1870, aged 84 years, at peace with all mankind, and in full hope of a blissful immortality - the noblest work of God, an honest man.

JACOB R. HISEY, farmer; P. O. Waynesville ; bora on the farm where he now lives, April 3, 1850; is a son of Joseph and Maria (Herr) Hisey, he a native of Virginia and she of Maryland. The grandfather, Jacob Hisey, was also a native of Virgina, and was a son of Christopher Hisey, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. The maternal grandfather, Abraham Herr, was a native of Lancaster Co. , Penn. , and was a son of Rudolph Herr. Abraham first moved into the State of Maryland, thence emigrated to Ohio and located in the south part of Greene County in 1836, and in 1837 moved into Warren County, then to the State of Indiana, and, about 1867, became a resident of Miami Co., Ohio, where he died in 1873, aged 73 years. The grandfather, Jacob Hisey, emigrated to Ohio in 1818 and located on the place where our subject now lives. This land was then all in the woods, and he began in a true pioneer and log cabin life, and here he labored and toiled, and before his death was permitted to see a good, cultivated farm, with good buildings and improvements, and to enjoy the general comforts of life. He died in 1869, aged 84 years. Joseph, his son, was 4 years of age when brought to this county, and here was raised and grew to manhood, accustomed to the hardships of those early days; was married, and became the father of two children -

Jacob R. and Jemima E. Mr. Hisey bought the old home place of his father, and there he resided till his death, April 14, 1878, aged 64 years; his wife died Dec. 28, 1874, aged 50 years. Our subject, born and raised where he now lives, was married, April 19, 1877, to Miss Amanda Jane, daughter of John T. and Eliza English, natives of Ross Co. , Ohio. The grandfather, John English, was a native of Virginia, but emigrated to Ohio about 1810. John T. and Eliza English had six children; four now survive - Amanda Jane, John Milton, Henry and Charles. Mr. English now resides in Dayton, Ohio, where he has lived the last seven years; he is a carpenter by trade, and is now 67 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Hisey have by their marriage two children - Joseph Milton and John Curtis. Mr. Hisey resides on the old homestead farm, which he has taken since his father's death, and has bought the interest of his sister, the only heir. This f irm has now been in possession of the Hisey family for sixty -three years.

WILLIAM H. HOBLIT, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; was born, in Greene Co., Ohio, Feb. 13, 1834; is a son of Meritt and Anna (Sacket) Hoblit, natives of Ohio; the paternal grandparents were Boston and Elizabeth Hoblit, he a native of Maryland and she of Virginia; they emigrated to Ohio and located in Greene County between 1790 and 1800, being among the first settlers of the county; opened out right in the woods, braving all the trials and dangers of those early days, and remained and died on the farm where he first settled, living to a very advanced age; he died about 1850; he was a soldier in the war of 1812; was quite a prominent man in his day, and held several offices; was Constable and Township Trustee. The maternal grandparents were Cyrus and Nancy Sacket, natives of Pennsylvania, but came to Greene County very early, about the same time of the Hoblit family, and settled near them, and lived and died there. Meritt Hoblit was born, raised and grew to manhood in the wilds of this new country, accustomed to the scenes of pioneer life; was married and became the father of twelve children, six now living: Sarah, now Mrs. Hagerman, residing in Auglaize County; Nancy, now Mrs. Bowman; Boston, William H, David and Benjamin. Mr. Hoblit died in July, 1877, aged 77 years; his wife is still living on the old home place, now 80 years of age, and has made a continued residence there of sixty years. Our subject was raised in Greene County, remaining with his father till after his majority; was married, July 19, 1863, to Rebecca M., daughter of Edward P. and Abigail Thomas, he a native of Ohio and she of Pennsylvania; Abigail was a daughter of James and Lydia Benham, James being a brother of Robert Benham, of historic fame, who, with his companion, were shot by the Indians and suffered so long in the wilderness before being rescued from their perilous condition. Edward and Abigail Thomas had seven children; six now survive: Julia Ann, Eliza Jane, Benjamin, Joseph, Rebecca and Charles Franklin. Rebecca Thomas was born December 18, 1837 ; Mr. Hoblit and wife have two children, Luvillie Magruder and Valentine Monterville (twins), born May 29, 1864; Mr. Hoblit, after his marriage, resided on a place adjoining where he now lives till 1879, when he bought and located where he now lives and has since resided; here he has erected new and substantial buildings, and now has a very pleasant home and farmer's residence.

MRS. ELIZABETH HOEL, Waynesville, was born in Barnesville, Belmont Co., Ohio, July 9, 1842; is a daughter of Samuel P. Hunt, M. D., and Elizabeth (Thomas) Hunt, he a native of Pennsylvania and she of Belmont Co., Ohio. The grandfather, Seth Hunt, was a native of Pennsylvania, and a prominent and popular man of that day, and one who accumulated a large property, being quite wealthy at one time. Dr. Samuel P. was bora June 4, 1802, and when young became a resident of Belmont Co. , Ohio, where he read medicine under Dr. Hoover and became a practicing physician of high character and popularity. He was a member of the convention called by Dr. Awl for the organization of the Ohio State Medical Association, which was ultimately merged into the " Ohio Medical Society," of which he is still a member; was elected one of the Vice Presidents of the society in 1860; was appointed a delegate to the American Medical Association at its meeting in Cincinnati, and again to its meeting at Louisville, in 1859. The Doctor was also appointed by the Legislature of Ohio as one of the State Medical Examiners to attend the commencement of the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, in March, 1862 ; and during the war, by order of the Sanitary Commission, went on board the steamer Tycoon to Memphis. Dr. Hunt located in Warren County in 1843, near where the town of Morrow now stands; was engaged as surgeon for the Little Miami Railroad Company, and performed the fist case of surgery before the road was finished as far as Morrow, and retained this appointment till 1866, when he retired from practice and removed to Sterling, 111. , where he resided some eight or ten years; thence located in Richmond, Ind.; thence at Cincinnati, where he now resides, with two single daughters, in quiet retirement - now 79 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt were parents of eight children; six now survive - Thomas, Local Agent of the Canada Southern Railroad at Cincinnati; Eberle, Local Agent of same railroad at Lexington, Ky. ; Elizabeth, Martha, Kate and Samuel (Assistant Superintendent of the Canada Southern Railroad). The subject of this sketch, the eldest daughter of Dr. Hunt, was united in marriage, Feb. 11, 1869, to Capt. William R. Hoel, a son of Edmond and Emiline Hoel. The father, Edmond Hoel, was an old and well-known Ohio River pilot 'William Rion Hoel was bom in Sharon, Butler Co., Ohio, March 7, 1824; after a short term at St. Xavier's College, in Cincinnati, he, at a very young age, went on board the steamer Congress to " learn the river," under instructions of his father. " The boy was father to the man " in this as in other instances, and such was his application and assiduity, that in the remarkably short time of eighteen months he was " standing watch " for himself. Young William followed the vicissitudes and hardships of piloting in those early days of Ohio River navigation with a persistence and continuity characteristic of him ,until he was complete master of his profession, and there was no break between him and his career a? pilot until 1861, at which time the war began, and he entered the service, still a pilot, at St. Louis. This position was soon resigned for that of First Master on the iron-clad gunboat Cincinnati; then he became Executive Officer on the flagship Benton; then, when the Eastport was built, he became Executive Officer of that vessel; then took command of the Pittsburg, and after this commanded the ram Vindicator, as A. v. L. Lieutenant Commander. For gallantry at Island No. 10, he was promoted to Lieutenant, and after the fight at Grand Gulf Lieut. Hoel was made Lieutenant Commander, an honor never before conferred upon a volunteer in the whole previous history of the U. S. Navy. While in command of the Pittsburg, he gallantly led the fight at Grand Gulf. He afterward was assigned to the Vindicator, of which he retained command until the close of the war. It was at the famous running of the blockade, at Island No. 10, however, that Commander Hoel won his most conspicuous laurels for dauntless daring and executive ability. Those who were cotemporaries with the occurrences of those days will readily recall the heroic action; but later generations may require a brief description: On the morning of April 4, 1863, Commodore Foote began making preparations for running the blockade, and Commander H. Walker's vessel, the Carondelet, was chosen for the important duty. At that time Capt. Dick Wade was Executive Officer of the Carondelet, but Capt. Hoel volunteered to act in his stead on this occasion, saying to Capt. Wade, "You have a family, while I have none," and his offer was accepted. The vessel was at once defended as much as possible on its exposed side. A barge containing bales of hay was lashed to its side; coils of chain plank of a dismantled barge, cord- wood, etc., were also used for protection against the possible attacks of the enemy. An eleven-inch hawser was coiled around the pilot-house as high as the windows, and other precautions suggested by the circumstances were taken to guard the vessel during her perilous trip past the fortress. Mr. C. B. Boynton, in his sketches of " Service of the Navy," speaks of this remarkable achievement, which he styles, " a work which only bold and brave men could perform," as follows: "At 10 o'clock the moon had gone down and the sky, the land and river were alike hidden in the black shadow of the thunder cloud, which had now spread itself over all the heavens. The time seemed opportune for starting; the order was given; the lines were cast off, and, with her barge of hay on one side and another with coal on the starboard side, the gunboat rounded out heavily and slowly and laid her course duwn the river. In order to avoid the puffing sound of the highpressure engine, the escape steam was conducted into the wheel-house, where its harsh voice was muffled - a device which probably led to their discovery by the fire from the chimneys. For half a mile everything went smoothly and quietly, and all thought they might succeed in passing the batteries unobserved, when suddenly a bright steady flame rose several feet high from both chimneys, and for a moment the steamer appeared to be carrying aloft two immense torches to light her on her way. Her upper decks and all about her brightened for a moment in the red glare. Strange as it appears, what was deemed by all a very serious accident, which would bring upon them at once the enemy's fire, caused no movement in the hostile batteries. When nearly opposite the upper fort the chimneys again took fire, and then at once the sentinels there gave the alarm to the fort below. Signal rockets were sent up both from the mainland and the island, and a cannon shot came from Fort No. 2. It -was evident that the alarm was now general. Not a shot, however, came from the upper battery, and this showed how thoroughly its dangerous guns had been silenced by the bold men who had landed and spiked them. This and the drifting away of the floating battery had much to do with the safety of the Carondelei But one course was now possible for the officers of the gunboat The vessel was at once put under a full head of steam, and was urged on at her utmost speed, for the rebels were now making swift preparations at every gun which could be brought to bear. She was exposed to the fire of forty -seven guns. The storm was then at its height, and its fearful character, which would have been dangerous at any other time, was welcomed as increasing the chances of escape. The darkness was so intense as to shut out earth and heaven alike, except as lighted for an instant by the lightning's glare, or the flame of the cannon. The gleam and roar of the guns of the batteries could scarcely be distinguished from the flash and the thunder of the cloud. The fires of heaven and earth were so mingled that none could tel] whether the deck was shaken by the explosion above or the cannon below. The rain fell in the sweeping torrents of a summer shower. Shot and shell, and rifle and musket balls, sang, shrieked and roared around them, so as to be hear J above the storm. Each flash of lightning revealed the rebels, loading, traini ng and firing their guns as the boat came within range. The steamer could also be seen for a moment, but as she was moving swiftly with the carrent, it was nearly impossible to get her range, and it was evident that only a chance shot would strike her. Most of the shot and shell flew high above ner, oecause the alterations of light and darkness were so rapid as to deceive the gunners in regard to the gunboat's position. She was much nearer to them than they thought, and they fired, therefore, at a wrong elevation. The boat was kept as close to the shore as she could safely run, where, indeed, it would have been difficult to depress their guns so as to strike her, even had she been plainly seen. At this point their greatest danger was not from the batteries. The current was not only rapid, but it shifted from side to side with the sharp curves of the stream, and bars ran out from either shore. The intense darkness prevented the pilots from knowing the exact position of the boat, <and they could learn it only as they caught glimpses of the shore by the flashes of lightning. On the forecastle the lead was kept going and the depth of the water was constantly reported. Yet with every precaution, and in spite of watchfulness, the steamer was often in peril. It contributed largely to her safety that she had on board Capt Hoel, First Master of the Cincinnati, who had been engaged in navigating the Mississippi for more than twenty years. This gentleman stood on the deck, exposed to the double shower of rain and bullets, and watching for each momentary revelation which the lightning made, gave directions for steering the boat. The gleam of the lightning, the frequent report of the soundings, and his> intimate knowledge of localities, enabled Capt. Hoel to judge correctly, in the main, of the gunboat's position. Once, however, during the passage, she was in imminent danger of being lost. The steamboat and her barges presented, of course, a very large surface to the current, and this gave her occasionally a heavy sheer. In the darkness and the blinding rush of Jihe storm, these could not always, on the instant, be noticed. Caught at one time by the swift stream* she was drifting* toward a dangerous bar, where she would have grounded under the guns of the batteries, when a broad flash lit up the river, and it had hardly faded before the sharp, twice repeated, " hard-a-port " rang through the boat. She obeyed her helm and regained the current just in time to save her. Three* miles below, the floating battery, which had grounded there, fired a few harmless shots, and then the peril was over, and exulting cheers burst from the crew and the soldiers, signal guns were fired announcing their safety to the fleet above, and soon the gunboat rounded to at New Madrid, and was welcomed bycheers and bonfires, and every possible demonstration of joy." Capt. Hoel was first married to Miss Mary Riley, daughter of Mr. Daniel Riley, of Cincinnati; the offspring of this marriage, which, although brief, was an exceedingly happy one, was one child, which died in infancy. In 1855, Capt. Hoel made a balloon ascension with Mons. Godard. The aerial excursion started from Cincinnati and terminated at night, three miles south of Waynesville, on the farm of George E. Smith. Mr. Smith extended the hospitalities of his mansion to the stranded and more or less damaged sky navigators. Capt Hoel, becoming infatuated with the beauty and fertility of the Little Miami Valley, bought a farm two miles east of Waynesville, which he christened " Kildere." In 1867, he formed one of a party who visited Europe and the Holy Land in the Quaker City. Capt Hunt, by his last wife, Miss Elizabeth Hunt, had two children, Sarah Elizabeth, bom Dec. 18, 1869, and Rion, bom Sept 15, 1871. For several years after the war he abandoned the river and devoted his time to improving and beautifying his home, which he spared neither care nor generous expenditure of money to render such a place as his best conception of a home should be. Yet his active temperament could not endure the uninterrupted seclusion of rustic life for many years with out, at times, pining for the bustling career he had left behind him, and in 1877, being tendered the command of the Lighthouse Service, he accepted and was put in command of the Light-house steamer Lily. At first his duty lay from Pittsburgh to New Orleans; but when the service was revised he plied between Pittsburgh and Cairo. Faithful service characterized his command in this as in all previous positions, and a materiaL reduction in the expenses of the Government was made by his judicious and economical management. This engagement was only terminated by death.

He'died May 23, 1879, from the effects of a pistol shot. His home was a beautiful place; and there, in the smiles and caresses.of his children, the austerities of his aquatic career dissolved as snow in the presence of sunshine; and no children were more fondly beloved and tenderly cared for than those who brightened and made merry his hilltop retreat Capt. Hoel perished while yet in the prime of vigorous manhood, when it seemed he could have defied death in its most resistless form, while all his faculties and forces were at their zenith, and he will continue to be mourned as only heroes and kindly hearts can be lamented, by hosts of friends who honored him while living, and cherish and keep ever green by their tears the laurels that bestrow his untimely grave. His dust lies beside that of his youthful bride and that of their infant child, in Spring Grove Cemetery. A handsome memorial window in St Mary's Episcopal Church, Waynesville, bears this inscription: "In memory of a noble

1879." Mrs. Hoel still resides upon the home-place, where she has a beautiful location, on a high and pleasant elevation, with all the comforts and conveniences constituting a pleasant home and residence.

REEVE HOLLAND, retired carpenter and builder, Waynesville, was bom in New Jersey, Jan. 24, 1808; is a son of James and Hannah (Reeves) Holland, natives of New Jersey. The grandparents were John and Jane Holland, natives of New Jersey, the ancestors being of Scotch-Irish descent. James and family emigrated to Ohio, and located near Waynesville in 1817, being among the early settlers of this county. He was a weaver by trade, and soon after he came here located in Waynesville, where he followed his trade the most of his life; he died in Waynesville about 1857, aged 85 years; his wife died about 1801, aged 85 years. They had ten children, six now survive - Reeve, Franklin, Wesley, Maria (now Mrs. Parker, residing at Camp Dennison), Ruth Ann (now Mrs. Bodine, residing at Madisonville), and Emiline (now Mrs. Leatcham, residing in Iowa). The subject of this sketch was but 9 years of »ge when their family came to this new county, and here he was raised and grew to manhood, fully accustomed to all the rough scenes of those early days; was married, Jan. 21, 1835, to Sarah, daughter of Abraham and Ellen Bowman, natives or Virginia, but who emigrated to Kentucky, where they resided till 1817, when they removed to Warren County and located near Waynesville, where they lived and died; they had eleven children; five now survive - John, living in Indiana; Didema, now WTidow Carr, living in Iowa; Sarah, and Mary Ann, now Mrs. Retallick. Mr. Holland and wife have had four children, all deceased; the youngest Joel Marshall, grew to manhood and gave promise of becoming a prominent man. During the administration of President Lincoln, he was appointed United States Mail Agent, on the C. C. R. R., which office he filled about one year; thence assumed the duties of the Distributing Department in the Post Office at Cincinnati, where, after a few months' service was prostrated with sickness and returned home, where he died, Sept. 26, 1862, aged about 24 years, his young, promising life being thus early cut off. Mr. Holland when sixteen years of age learned the carpenter trade, and became one of the best and most prominent builders of that day; erecting a large number of the buildings in Waynesville and vicinity. In 1863, Mr. Holland retired from all active business, having acquired a good competency. He has resided on* the property where he now lives for forty-five years; has orected a good substantial frame house, and has everything comfortable and convenient around him; where he and his companion have lived for almost half a century, and can now enjoy the fruits of their labors under their ''own Tine and fig-tree."

JOSIAH HOUGH, tile manufacturer, Raysville; bom in Lancaster Co., Penn., Oct. 5, 1823; is a son of Townsend and Catharine Hough; he was a native of Peach Bottom, Penn., and was a descendent of John Hough and his wife Hannah Janney. Townsend Hough married Catherine McCurdy, and came to Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio, June 23, 1838. His paternal grandparents were Jonathan Hough, of New Jersey, and Ann Michner, his wife. Jonathan Hough's great-grandfather was the John Hough above mentioned of Penn's Colony, who was drowned in attempting to swim the Delaware, to meet the Provincial Assembly, of which he was a member. The subject of this sketch was in his 15th year, when his father's family came to Warren Co., Ohio; here he grew to maturity; was married Oct. 1, 1843, to Miss Phebe, daughter of Amos and Margaret (Blackford) Kelsey, natives of Kentucky, but who came among the early settlers of this county ; the Kelsey family located near the north line of Clear Creek Township, and the Blackford family near Ridgeville. Amos Kelsey was a son of Daniel Kelsey. Margaret Blackford was a daughter of Nathaniel Blackford, who settled near Ridgeville about 1797, one of the first pioneers. Amos and Margaret Kelsey were parents of eleven children; five now survive - Phebe, Amos, Albert, Jane and Mollia Mr. Hough and wife have had twelve children; six now survive - Amos, Catherine (now Mrs. Thomas Johns), William, Charles, Ida (now Mrs. Charles Hosier), and Nettie. Mr. Hough first located in Clear Creek Township, and engaged for several years in farming. About 1869, he removed to Raysville and engaged in the mercantile trade, till the spring of 1874, when he formed a partnership with Mr. Edwin Sweny in the manufacture of tile, which business he has since followed They are devoting their whole attention to this business,, and are doing an extrensive trade. They manufacture the best of tile, and have a sale for all they can make Mr. Hough is a very active, industrious man, and takes great interest in all public improvements and progress of his community. He has been Assessor and Trustee of his township, and is one of the substantial citizens of this community.

WILLIAM HUMPHREYS, cooper; P. O. Waynesville; bom in Washington Township, this County, Dec. 13, 1829, is the son of James and Elizabeth (Long) Humphreys, natives of New Jersey, who emigrated to Ohio and located in this county in 1815, and here opened out a farm from the woods, and passed through the trials and deprivations of pioneer life, and died on the same farm where he first located, departing this life Feb., 9, 1879, aged nearly eighty-seven years; his wife died Jan. 31, 1855. Of the thirteen children born to them, eight now survive, viz., John L., Lewis, David L., Tamson L., William, Elizabeth, J ames and Sarah E. Mr. Humphreys was thrice married ; first U> Phebe Rose, by whom he had two children - one now surviving - Hannah, now Mrs. Steams, residing in Illinois. His third and last wife was Sarah Riley* to whom he was united in marriage March 12, 1856, and with whom he lived till his death. Mr. Humphreys made a continued residence on his farm in Washington Township of &ixty- three years - a period of time equaled by but few even of the pioneers. He was one of the permanent and prominent farmers of that township, and was Township Trustee for many years. Our subject remained with his father till his majority, brought up to farm labor; then he worked at sundry places for wages for a time, when he finally learned the cooper trade; was married, June 22, 1854, to Margaret, daughter of Phillip and Ann Hawke, natives of England, who were parents of thirteen children, of whom three now survive - Philip, Mary Ann and Margaret. Mr. Hawke was thrice married. By his first wife he had two children, both now deceased. By his second wife he had two children - one surviving - John. Mr. Hawke and her family emigrated to Ohio and located in Warren County. She died at Waynesville, Nov. 4, 1858, aged 69 years. Mr. Humphreys and wife have had five children, all deceased but one - Ann Elizabeth. Mr. Humphreys has followed coopering and made that his principal business for thirty years. He located in Corwin in April, 1872, where he is still carrying on the cooper business.

JOHN HUNT, farmer; P. O. Dodds. We find that the Hunt family descended from two brothers, who came from England to America prior to the Revolution and settled in New Jersey, when these States were colonies of England, and of their descendants, Ralph Hunt was the grandfather of our subject and was born and raised in New Jersey and married Rachel Campbell, a lady of Scotch descent, but bora and raised in New Jersey. In 1765, they removed into Pennsylvania; thence about 1772, removed to Union District, South Carolina, where he died in 1803; his wife died several years prior to his death. They had six sons and four daughters, all now deceased, of whom John, the second son and third child, was the father of our subject, and was bora in Pennsylvania, Sept. 27, 1768; hence, was four years of age when they moved to South Carolina, and there he grew to manhood and married Jane Little. In November 1805, they came to Ohio, crossing the mountains to Kentucky, thence to Ohio and located on Sec. 15, Wayne Township, Warren Co., making the entire trip with wagons. They arrived here Dec. 3, and opened out right in the woods, and at once erected a temporary structure in shape of a shed for immediate shelter; then as soon as possible cut down timber and erected a primitive round-log cabin with puncheon floor, and thus commenced in true pioneer style to make a home and a farm. Here they toiled and labored, gradually opening out the forest and making visible some degree of progress, when in July, 1811, Mr. Hunt was called to mourn the death of his wife. By her he had five children - three grew to maturity - all now deceased. Rebecca, and Rachel died in childhood; Ralph married Mary Wolf, had five children, all deceased; Jane married Vatchel Tharp, both deceased; and Anna married Thomas Wilgus - left two children, who married and resided in Miami Co., Ohio. On Jan. 15, 1815, Mr. Hunt married for his second wife, Mrs. Rachel Morey, whose maiden name was Jones, a native of Pennsylvania and came to Ohio in 1798. She, by Mr. Morey, had one son, Carpenter, who was twice married, first to Amy Kirby, who died in 1835; his second wife was Mrs. Elizabeth Hawkins. He died in 1856, leaving five children. One son and one daughter reside in Iowa, one daughter in Indiana and one daughter, Mary Harford, in Morrow, Warren Co., Ohio. Mr. Hunt by his second wife, had three -children, Mary, Sarah and John. Mr. Hunt died July 20, 1855; his wife died Sept. 5, 1858. Mr. Hunt was one of those noble pioneers whose life was made up of honesty and integrity of character - one who did a great amount of hard pioneer work, the fruits of which his children and future generations may continue to reap and enjoy for years to come. He had the full confidence of his Community and held several offices in his township; was Township Trustee and School Director. He lived and died honored and respected by all who knew him. Mary, the eldest of his last children, and John, the youngest child and only son, were born and raised on the old home place, where they still reside unmarried. Mary was born Nov. 9, 1815; John was bom Dec. 5, 1819; Sarah, the second daughter, was born Oct, 5, 1817, married Thomas B. Elsey, by whom she had one daughter and one son who grew to maturity, George and Eva. Mr. Elsey died Aug. 28, 1858. Our subject, like his father, is modest and reserved in his habits, never desiring office, but has by the wishes of the people, served as Township Trustee and School Director; is an excellent neighbor and a good citizen.