Warren County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1882 (part 1 of 16)

Biographical sketches

LUTHER BABBITT, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was bom in the State of Pennsylvania February 11, 1808; he is the son of Jacob and Sarah (Craft) Babbitt, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of Massachusetts, and both of English descent. They emigrated with their family of ten children to the West in 1817, and located in Warren County, Ohio. Our subject received a good education in the schools of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and early learned the carpenter trade, at which he worked five years; but, preferring the life of a farmer, he gave up his trade and turned his whole aJ tention to farming. He was married in 1840 to Miss Mary W. Duckworth, a native of W arren County, and daughter of George Duckworth, Esq. Of this marriage, two children were bom, viz., George and James, the latter being a druggist by prof ession and the former a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt are members of the M. E. Church. He is a Republican in politics, and for ten years was a School Director in his district. He has lived most of his life in Warren County, and is one of the county's most reliable and trustworthy gentlemen.

AMOS BABBITT and ISAAC BEALS, Union Village; Deacon and Elder. The above named gentlemen represent the North Family of Shakers at Union Village. Mr. Beal was born in Knox County, East Tenn., May 1, 1804; his parents were William and Patience Beal, of North Carolina, and were both raised as Quakers. His father was a hunter and farmer, and died on his way to Union Village. Isaac attended school in Turtle Creek Township and learned the brick-mason's trade, which he follows still when occasion offers. In 1868, he -was appointed Second Elder of the North Family, and since then has been promoted to the Eldership.

Amos Babbitt is a deacon in the same family as the above; he was bora in Washington County, Penn., Feb. 17, 1806; he is the son of Jacob and Sarah (Craft) Babbitt. His father joined the Shakers in 1817, previous to that time being a Presbyterian. He died in 1823. Amos was raised on the farm, and when 18 years of age learned shoemaking and carpentering, in both of which he became an adept. Being a natural mechanic, he is a valuable member of the society. He was appointed Deacon in 1838. In 1868, he was appointed First Elder, and in that capacity he continued until 1879, since which time he has been Deacon and Trustee.

S. R. BAILEY, P. O. Lebanon, was bora in Limestone Co., Ala., Dec. 29, 1847. He was son of Samuel and Nancy Bailey. While yet a child, his father died. His mother was married to her second husband. In 1863, S. R. Bailey emigrated to Northern Ohio. Here he began his career without a dollar. His knowledge of books was scanty indeed, but to be thoroughly educated was then the height of his ambition. During the fall of 1865, he managed to save $50, which he invested in Government Bonds. In the meantime he found employment in a factory in the city of Sandusky. There he remained about two years, during which he managed to save a few hundred dollars. In 1867, he lent as much of his money as he could spare to a wealthy farmer in Erie County, find entered the University of W There he remained about seven years, and graduate the fall of the same year, he went to Jackson, Mis country school in Hinds County. Having taught i city of Yazoo, Miss., and opened a notion stc 1875, but the lawless state of affairs made it un At the beginning of 1876, he closed out and retm Xenia on January 10, he was informed of an open Ohio, for a teacher. Accordingly, he made applic Principal in the department of the Union School ored youth, which position he still holds. On t Mary Stamps, of Blue Lick Springs, Kentucky, di to whose sole care and protection Mary and h were committed; and on the 20th of November, 186 of death from her only two children, Mary and A1 there was born from the marriage of S. B. Bailey is named Alberta Allen Bailev.

BEY. WILLIAM BELLEB, farmer, P. O. Lc Co., Ohio, Sept. 12, 1821. His parents were Jacob a the former a native of Virginia and the latter of attended the common schools of the county after Academy of Lebanon. He also took a theological College, from which he graduated in 1854. Since ister of the Christian denomination, and for seven gregation in Butler County. He is an enthusias principles and an earnest supporter of any work te the morality of the people. He was married in daughter of Thomas Hunter, and by her he has i viz., E. F., Flora May, Anna M., Ethie, Clara, C ner. Mr. B. is a Bepublican and has held many c ship. He tempers his actions in all things with ti

DAVID P. BENNETT, merchant, Lebanon Ohio, March 31, 1815; he is the son of David an both natives of New Jersey, the former of English an His father emigrated to Warren Co., Ohio, in 180( Township, on what is now known as the ' ' old B subject was bom and reared. At the age of 18 ye the carpenter trade, which he followed sixteen yei which he has carried on continuously for over thir associated with him in business his son-in-law, All sixteen years his clerk. Mr. Bennett was married in a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. By her, oldest, Bobert S. M. Bennett, now a citizen of Chic; the rebellion, he enlisted in Co. G, 75th O. V. I., ward promoted to Orderly Sergeant. At the battle promoted to Adjutant, for bravery. Mr. Bennett now the wife of Ips business partner, A. M. Osbort who died in 1849. Mr. Bennett was a Whig unti organized, since which time he has been a stand war, he was connected with the Christian commissic South, in one of which he witnessed the battle of 1 was to attend the wounded and dying; write lette were sick or disabled, and to do anything necessar ual welfare of the warring heroes. While neith< did nofc he3itate to do both or either, while among the soldiers. His influence is and has for many years been on the side of Christianity and the right. He is Ruling Elder in tjie church of his choice, and for sixteen consecutive years was a Sabbath school Superintendent. He was President of the Warren Co. S. S. Union for eight years, and resigned in 1877. He is an honest merchant, a consistent Christain, and a good citizen, who bears the respect and esteem of the whole county.

WILLIAM H. BEAN,* farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born on Section 25, in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Jan. 1, 1840. He is the son of Samuel and Mary (Snavely) Bean, natives of Lebanon Co.. Penn. ; of German descent.. He received his education at the National Normal School of Lebanon, graduating from the Commercial Department of that college in 1866. He has chosen fancy farming as his occupation, and while attending closely to it, he devotes a great deal of his time to the study of the sciences, especially natural history and botany. He is an enthusiast in all matters of science, and being by nature a naturalist and botanist, he has collected a quantity of very fine spacimons in b )th these branches. Ha also raises the finer qualities of fruits and berries, and cultivates rare and valuable plants for his amusement. His exhibit is always one of the great attractions at the fairs annually given by tha County Agricultural Society. H9 taught school for one year, and since 1875 has bean Secretary of the Warren County Horticultural Society. He has served also as School Director and Treasurer of his school district. He is one of the live, energetic and enterprising young men of the county, aud has done much toward the advancement of science in his community. He was married in 1877, to Miss Alice Botkin, a daughter of Rev. Jesse Botkin, a Methodist Episcopal minister of the Cincinnati Conference. She is a graduate of Asbury University, which she attended until 1876. They have had one child - Edith K. Mr. and Mrs. Bean are living with his parents in Lebanon.

THOMAS H. BLAKE, Postmaster of Lebanon. Mr. Blake is a native of Burlington Co., N. J., where he was born, March 28, 1841, and when two years of age came with his parents to Warren Co., Ohio, and they settled near Waynesville. In 1848, his father died, and was followed in a very few years by his mother, leaving Thomas the youngest of four children, the eldest being John, who is still living. William, who died at Camp Chase, Ohio, a soldier in the 69th O. Y. I., and one sister, Mary, who still lives at Freeport, in this county. The subject of our sketch was thus thrown upon the care of strangers, and worked his way as best he could, getting but little schooling, until, at 15 years of age, he struck out for, himself. At 19 he went to Illinois, where he enlisted as a private in the 41st 111. Y. I. , on the 25th of July, 1861, and followed the varied fortunes of his command until the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862, where he received a severe wound in the left thigh, in a charge on a rebel battery, jrom which portions of the bone were extracted, which he now has, preserved as a souvenir of his service, together with a lameness and debilitation of health that renders him yet an invalid. After fifteen months of intense suffering in hospital, he was brought to this county on a bed. about J uly 4, 1863, where he soon was able to be about once more, and though still suffering, he applied himself resolutely to study with a determination to gain an education. He subsequently attended school at Lebanon, afterward attended a term at Delaware College, and then he entered the Normal school at Lebanon and prepared himself for teaching. He followed the profession of a teacher in the district schools of the county for six years.

*In the early history of the lamlly in this country, as the various branches of it moved into the English settlero*Qt<, remote from each other, different renditions or translations of the name were given. Our subject knows at least or four different wiys. His grandfather settling near Utica, Warren Co., Ohio, in 182 1. the nam > was spelled Bean to correspond with the Gtarman accent, although the proper translation and orthography is Bien.

In 1809, he received the appointment of Governm signed to duty at Germantown, Ohio. In the fall < office of Recorder of Warren Co., which positio two terms that a re-election was tendered him; but he was obliged to decline. Always an active Re] self with his party and all its interests. He v Lebanon in December, 1878, and has held the pos isf action of the people. On the 6th of July, I860, at Lebanon. She was bora near Lebanon, in 184 dren, named respectively, Zetta C, aged 11, and F after his army service, Mr. Blake became a memb< which his wife is also a member, and he has Iod O. O. F. Thus his life has been one of constant age unshaken and a faith undimmed, he has trodd< an example of what may be accomplished by deter

JOHN BONE, retired farmer; P. O. Lebanon Township, Warren Co., Ohio, March 27, 1806; he child of twelve children, four boys and eight girlg (Hart) Bone. His father emigrated to Ohio fron located on a farm two miles east of Lebanon. Hi from Virginia about 1802, and in 1803 married or large family, two boys and two girls are the c received his education in his native township, and during the whole of his life. He was married, J Maple, a daughter of Elias Maple, of New Jersey, were born, viz., William V., Elias M., John, Jam Of these, three are prominent farmers of Warren and one, James H, is a U. S. Marshal inHuntsvill life with nothing; but, by industrious habits and f a comfortable competency, on which he has retiree acres of land near Lebanon and a considerable including the house where he now lives. He is a served his county as one of the Board of County C and as an Infirmary Director twelve years. He is ciples, sound judgment and rare business ability socially, none stand higher in the respect anc than he.

WILLIAM V. BONE, farmer and stock deab in Turtle Creek Township Feb. 25. 1829. His native of IVarren Co., Ohio, and Christiann (Ma Jersey. Our subject has followed farming all bis been an extensive dealer in and raiser of liv( which he has made a specialty. He breeds, buy* breeds of horses. He has a fine farm of 125 ac: tidy appearance that marks it at once to the obser feet farmer. His fences are all standing straight, his bams, cribs and sheds are neatly whitewashed, bestowed on the place by the proprietor. He has g all the large cities of this country, and many of tin profit He was married, April 11, 1850, to Miss Ar has four children, all now living, viz. , Frank, the ] Warren County; Perry, a successful teacher of Wa] of W. S. Dilatush, an attorney of Lebanon, and Stoddom, a farmer of Warren County. Mr. Bo

PETER BOYD, the lawful trustee of the Shakers, Lebanon, was born in Butler Co., Ohio, Aug. 28, 1806, and in 1807, came to Union Village with his parents who settled among the Shakers, with whom our subject has since lived. His parents, Daniel and Anna ( Clarke) Boyd, were both natives of Maryland and of German -English descent. Our subject, having learned shoe-making, worked at it ten years for the brethren. At 30 years of age, he became the trader for the West family, and three years afterward was appointed to the ministerial charge with John Martin. He has held almost all the offices in the society, and is now, with Mr. Parkhurst, trustee of the four families. He is a large, well developed man, six feet high and well proportioned. His dealings with the people of Warren County have won for him a host of friends.

MARTIN BROWN, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Clermont Co., Ohio, Dec. 26, 1826. He was a son of Caleb and Mary (Adams) Brown, natives of Essex County, N. Y. His education consisted of instructions in reading from his sister, and twenty days' schooling in a country school. Since then, he has endeavored in every way to educate himself, and after he grew up to man's estate and was married, he boarded a school teacher who taught him at night and on Sundays. In this way and by constant reading he has succeeded in procuring a good education and in keeping himself thoroughly posted in all the public events of interest He has followed farming all his life, except two years, from 1839, when he worked at the saddler's trade, and at one time was the owner of a 200-acre farm, of which he has sold all but 40 acres. His house stands on one of the most beauti ful sites in the county His father died three months before he was bora, leaving six daughters and one son. Hr. Brown was married, Feb. 7, 1849, to Mary E. Randolph, a daughter of John Randolph, by whom he had five children, viz., William R., Alfred, Martin, Ella and Horace. Mr. B. has collected quite a number of historical relics, and was for some time a member of the School Board. His father was bora in 1785, and died July 6, 1826. His mother was bora in 1807.

J. APPLETON BROWN, horticulturist; P. O. Lebanon; is a native of the State of New Jersey; born near Trenton, on the 11th of March, 1834, and emigrated to Ohio with his parents in 1838. They were natives, the father of Pennsylvania, where he was born in the year 1808, and the mother of New Jersey, bora in 1812. Our subject is of French descent; he received his education in the schools of Warren County. Mr. Brown has been quite an observing naan, which, in connection with extensive reading, makes him well posted and fitted for usefulness. He is an affable and courteous gentleman, and has kept pace with the age in which he lives. He resides on a nice little farm of 32 acres, situated three and one-half miles east of Lebanon, on the pike leading to Morrow. He has on this land a very complete and quite an extensive cidernull and press, where great quantities of cider are annually made.

NATHAN M. BROWN, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, April 12, 1838; he is a son of John and Nancy (Pence) Brown; his father waB born Sept. 3, 1797, and emigrated to Ohio in 1812, settling in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., where he remained until his death in 1878; he was the oldest in a family of fifteen children. Nathan M., the subject hereof, was reared and grew up on a farm, and has since followed the occupation of a farmer. He was married December 20, 1868, to Miss Adelia Taylor, a native of Indiana, of Irish descent. By her he had two children, John and Sherman Wade. Mr. Brown is a prominent and successful farmer, who has always been industrious and careful, and has thereby acquired a fine farm of UO acres, npon which he lives. In politics, he is a Republican.

JOHN E. BROWN, hardware merchant, Lebanon, was born in Wayne Tp., Warren Co., Dec. 15, 1857; his father, Amos Brown, who died in 1863, was a native of Warren Co., and was a son of Joseph Brown, who was also a native of Ohio; his mother, Mrs. Grace (Wilkinson) Brown, was a native of Peniisylvania, and daughter of a family who emigrated from that State to Ohio at an early date. Our subject is the youngest of a family of three children, viz., Seth W., now Prosecuting Attorney of Warren County; Lizzie L., wife of George A. Witcraft, of Warren Co., and John E., who now conducts a hardware and agricultural implement store in Lebanon, where he has been since March, 1881. He received his education in the public schools of his native county, and when about eighteen years of age commenced working on the home farm. In September, 1880, he went to Dayton, Ohio, where he was engaged in the hardware store of R. Barrett & Co., with whom he remained until his coming to Lebanon.

GEORGE W. CAREY, insurance agent The subject of our sketch, George W. Carey, was born in the village of Merrittstown, Warren Co., Ohio, on the 26th day of October, 1838, and is now in his 44th year. He was born of poor parents, and is the oldest child of a family of eight children (all of whom are now living). His father, Isaac, died at the age of 38, at Dalton, Wayne Co., Ind., where he was practicing medicine. He formerly practiced medicine in Warren County, Ohio, where he had read medicine under Drs. Crossfield and M. H. Keever. After the death of his father, our subject went into the store his father's friend, Mr. Benjamin Fritchey,as a clerk at West Baltimore, Montgomery Co. , Ohio, at a salary of $5 per month. He worked fifteen months and then drew $75. which he sent to his mother (who is yet living at the age of 65) to assist her in providing for his younger brothers and sisters. From West Baltimore he went with his employer to Rose Hill, Darke Co., Ohio, where he served him for two years as clerk in a general store. He also taught a district school in said county for three terms. In 1858, he came to Lebanon and engaged as clerk in the large dry goods house of John W. Howry, where he worked five years, at the expiration of which time he and his brother, Amzi, opened a store of their own at No. 63 Broadway, where they carried on a successful business for five years. They then dissolved partnership and the subject of our sketch started a mercantile business at 103 Mulberry street, which he carried on successfully for some six years, when he sold out his business and engaged in the insurance business January 1, 1875. He did not have full advantages for an education, but was a close student and what knowledge he did obtain was in the old Washington Schoolhouse, Pekin, Ohio. After the death of his father, he was obliged to quit school and hire out his services for the benefit of the family. He has held many offices of trust and no one can say he has not been faithful in ail. At present he holds a U. S. office, a county office, J ustice of the Peace, Secretary of the County Fair, President of Steam Fire Department, Councilman, and has served since his residence in Lebanon for seven years as Township Clerk, and for five years as City Clerk. He has also served three years as President of the Agricultural Society, and sir years on the Board of Education. George is a hale fellow well met.

CHARLES CLAPP, Shaker business agent. This amiable and polished gentleman is a member of the Shaker Community at Union Village, Warren Co., Ohio, where he has been since 1846. His parents, Ezra and Grace (Mathers) Clapp, were of English descent, but natives of Massachusetts , where they kept a hotel until 1800 when they moved to Lewis County, N. Y., and located on a large tract of land where Charles was born June 2, 1807. He received a liberal education in the common schools and then attended the Westfield and Leicester Academies, where his education was completed. In 1827, when 20 years of age, he emigrated to Ohio and embarked in a mercantile enterprise, keeping what is known as a general store in Ravenna, where he remained thirteen years. He subsequently moved to Summit County and engaged in the same business. He was married in September, 1831, to Miss Harriet Kent, daughter of Zenith Kent, a wealthy merchant and banker of Kent, Ohio. Their union washiest with six children, as follows: Harriet L., deceased; Charles H, deceased; Charles K., Cashier First National Bank, Kent, Ohio; Ella M., wife of John M. Southwick, a wholesale leather dealer of New York; George A., doing business in New York; and Edward Lewis, a citizen of San Francisco. Mr. and Mra Clapp were, previous to 1848, members of the Presbyterian Church, but in the above year he became converted to the Shaker faith and joined that society with which he has since continued.

CHARLES S. COLVIN, Sr., liveryman, Lebanon, was bom in New Jersey Jan. 13, 1822. His father, John Colvin, was born in Ireland and emigrated to America in the beginning of the nineteenth century, and about the year 1818 married Miss Martha Brown, a native of New Jersey, by whom he had six children, four now living. He died in Salem County, N. J., in 1828, at the age of 34 years. His widow with her children came to Ohio in the spring of 1832, and settled in Lebanon, Warren County, where she died in 1852. Our subject attended country schools for a short time, and at the tender age of sevenyears went to work on a farm, at which he continued until he reached his majority, when he commenced teaming for himself. In 1852, he opened a livery stable in the east end of Lebanon, and, after moving his stable to various parts, of town, he, in 1885, opened the stable on Mechanic street, where he has since remained. On the 7th of November, 1843, he married Miss Mary L. Gohegan* (laughter of Edwin and Elizabeth Gohegan, natives of Lebanon. He has had six children, three only surviving, viz., John E., Charles S., Jr. and Ella. Mr. Colvin is a man of genial, accommodating manners, and does a thriving livery business, for which he seems to be peculiarly adapted.

EDWIN E. CORLIS (deceased), was born in the State of New Jersey* Feb. 16, 1806, and died in Warren County, Ohio, March 11, 1868. He was the son of Samuel and Catherine (Wooley) Corlis, natives of New Jersey, who emigrated to Ohio in 1816, and settled in Turtle Creek Township, where our subject was raised, and where be spent most of his life. He was married Oct. 29, 1834, to Miss Rebecca McGrew, a native of Montgomery Co., Ohio, of Scotch-Irish descent; the issue of this marriage consisted of five children, only two of whom now survive, viz. : Samuel, who was born March 11, 1837 ; and John, bora Aug. 3, 1839. They both received a common school education, and have followed farming during the whole of their lives, now being the owners, of a well-improved farm in Sec. 25, Turtle Creek Township. John, the younger of the two, was married Nov. 12, 1878, to Miss Alice Underwood, a native of Virginia, and daughter of Jackson Underwood. Both of the sons are among the prominent, influential and enterprising farmers of the township in which they reside.

ROBERT G. CORWIN, lawyer, Lebanon, was bora at the pioneer residence of his father, on land, now included in the town of Lebanon, July 28, 1815. He is the son of Ichabod Corwin, whose name appears in the general history of Lebanon and Turtle Creek Township. His father was bora in the State of New Jersey, while, the family were en route for Kentucky, to which State they emigrated at an early day. His mother, Sarah (Griffin) Corwin, was a native of Washington Co., Penn. Previous to the death of his father in 1834, our subject attended the subscription schools of Lebanon, Dennison University at Granville, Ohio, and a high school that was opened, and taught one term at Franklin. From 1834 to 1837, he was under the tutelage of Judge

Francis Donlavy, of Lebanon, with whom he completed his education, and studied law. Ha was admitted to the bar in 1837, and comm3nced practice in partnership with A. H. Dunlevy. This partnership was dissolved in 1843, and Mr. Corwin engaged in practice with A. G. McBurney, who had studied law with him. They were soon joined by Gov. Corwin, and the thr««e continued together until Gov. Corwin entered the President's Cabinet in 185,1; when the firm was dissolved. Mr. Corwin then retired from practice, and turned his attention to stock-raising on the home farm, a part of which fell to him in the general distribution of his father's estate. He became one of th9 most celebrated fine stock growers in the State, importing in 1854 several fine animals, among which were Crusader, Blue Bell and Edith; he also purchased White Rose, from the importers, on her arrival in this country. His first stock was purchased at the closing out sale of Gov. Trimble in 1852-53, where he purchased about a dozen head of the best stock sold. He sold cattle from time to time, and in 1859 had a closing-out sale of over fifty head of thoroughbred cattle, after which he ceased farming. On Jan. 29, 1839, Mr. Corwin was married to Miss Eliza Bruen, a daughter of Luther and Susan (Barnett) Bruen, of Dayton, Ohio; her father was a Jersey man; her mother was a daughter of John Barnett, of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 1804-5, and settled near Dayton. Mr. Corwin by his marriage has had born to him seven children, viz. : David B., an attorney of Dayton; Quincy, an attorney of Dayton; Robert Luther, deceased; Susan, the wife of D. M. Zeller, an attorney of Dayton; Sallie, wife of C. D. Mead, a paper manufacturer of Dayton; Thomas, a practicing attorney of Dayton, and Lida, who is living at home with her parents. After closing his stock farm, Mr. Corwin went to Dayton, and engaged in the practice of law, with his brother-in-law, Luther Bruen, with whom he continued until the war broke out, when Bruen entered the service. He afterward formed a partnership with his son Quincy, and continued until the war closed, when he retired to allow his son David B. to take his place in the firm. In 1878, he came to Lebanon to find relief in its pure country air, from asthma, with which he has suffered for many years. He has retired from active practice, and is devoting his time to the quiet enjoyment of his remaining years. He and his wife are members of the East Baptist Church of Lebanon. In politics, Mr. Corwin is an enthusiastic Republican.

ROBERT B. CORWIN, hardware merchant, Lebanon, was born near Lebanon. Ohio, July 4, 1842. His grandfather, Ichabod Corwin, emigrated to Ohio from Kentucky and settled near where the town of Lebanon now stands, in the autumn of 1795; he was one of the first settlers of what is now Warren Co., and from him have sprung many of the families that now people the county; he was married in Kentucky to Miss Sarah Griffin, of Bourbon Co., Ky. ; by her he had three children, viz., Moses B.. William and Mary, born before he moved to Ohio, and nine dining his residence here, viz.: Eliza, Jesse B., Lucinda, James H., Elvira,

Ichabod, Julia A., Robert G. and Matthias. Of these, Jesse B., our subject's father, was an honest and prosperous farmer, full of wit, anecdote and fun, but a pious and Godly gentleman; he married Miss Rebecca Knox, daughter of an old family who came to Warren County from the North of Ireland at an early day. Their union was blessed with an issue of six children, of whom Robert B., our subject, was the youngest; he received his education in the country schools and at the National Normal School of Lebanon. He assisted his father on the farm until after the breaking-out of the war, and in the summer of 1863 enlisted in Co. B, 2d O. H. A. , under Capt. Oltrock; he served at Bowling Green, Chattanooga, Cleveland, Charleston, Knoxville and London, Tenn. , anjl in the summer of 1865 was discharged from the hospital at Knoxville on account of a disease of the eyes, contracted while in the service. After the war he entered the hardware store of Irons & Lingo, where he remained as a clerk two years, and then, in company with J. R. Drake, opened a hardware store in Lebanon under the firm name of Corwin & Drake. He soon became sole proprietor, and has since so continued with the exception of a short time, when John Mull, Esq., was associated with him. On the 28th of December, 1876, he married Miss Sallie, daughter of Joseph and Susan (Bankson) Baker, old residents of Lebanon. By her he has had two children, both boys, living, viz., Gilbert B. and F. Howard G. Mr. Corwin is a member of the East Baptist Church of Lebanon, and of the Odd Fellows Lodge and Knights of Pythias. He is a polite gentleman, an earnest church worker and a good citizen, but lacks the jovial humor and story-telling qualities characteristic of his father's family.

CHARLES R. COWAN, deceased, was born in Warren Co., April 5, 1827; his parents were Charles and Jane W. (McPherson) Cowan, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Kentucky. His grandfather, James Cowan, emigrated to Ohio in 1800, and bought a large tract of land in what is now Sec. 17, on which he lived and died, and on which most of his children lived and died. Our subject was reared on this same farm, and in 1856 bought a farm near it, on which he died. He was married in 1850 to Miss Judah Hall, daughter of John W. Hall, by whom he had five children, of whom three, Merrilla J., Minnie A. and Carrie E., are now living. Mr. Cowan, although a strong Republican, never aspired to any political honors, and frequently refused office when pressed by his friends to accept.

DAVID R. COWAN, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was bora in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Jan. 16, 1829; he is the son of Charles and Jane W. (McPherson) Cowan, of Warren Co.; his father was a native of Virginia and his mother of Kentucky. His grandfather, James Cowan, was a native of Berkeley Co., Va., who emigrated to Ohio in 1800 and settled on the east half of Sec. 17, two miles west of Lebanon, where he died in 1815, leaving four sons, viz., Charles, John, James, Jr., and William, and one daughter, Mrs. Macaiah Reeder, who all, with two exceptions, died on the home farm. On this farm our subject was bora, and here he has spent the whole of his life. His sole occupation has been that of a farmer, and in this he has been very successful. He was married in 1856 to Miss Amy A. Thompson, a daughter of John H. Thompson, of Warren County. Mr. Cowan is in politics a Republican.

EZRA CRAVER, retired lumber dealer, Lebanon, was born in Frederick Co., Md., Feb. 19, 1812. He is the son of Peter and Margaret (Klise) Craver,. natives of Frederick County. He received a limited education in his native county, and early learned the trade of a carpenter. He emigrated to Ohio, with his brother David, in 1833, and located in Lebanon, where they were for a year engaged in work oq. the court house, then being built They afterward became the leading contractors and builders of Lebanon; and continued in partnership until 1855; when David retired, and moved from Lebanon, leaving the business in the hands of his brother, who continued it alone. In 1847, Mr. Craver embarked in the shipment and sale of lumber, shingles, lath, etc. and in that enterprise continued with considerable financial success, until 1879, when he retired from active business life. He has been twice married; his first wife being Melinda McCain, of Warren County, who died in 1838, leaving four children, two now living, viz. : J ames F. , a prominent farmer of

Kansas; and Mary J., widow of the late W. H. H. Shinn, of Columbus, Ohio. On the 10th of July, 1855, Mr. Craver was again married, to Lavisa G. McBurney, a sister of ex-Lieut Gov. A. G. McBurney, of Warren County. By this marriage three children were born, viz.: Alfred B. and Florella G., both of whom are living with their father in Lebanon; and James who died in infancy. Mrs. Craver died July 18, 1809. Mr. Craver is a Democrat in politics, and has occupied many offices of trust and prominence in his village. He was President of the first hook and ladder company ever organized in Lebanon ; President of the Cemetery Association, and for six years a member of the Board of Councilmen. He is a man of few words, but excellent practical ideas, and thoroughly posted in the details of his business.

RICHARD DAVIS, retired farmer; P. O. Red Lion, Ohio; was bom in Pennsylvania Nov. 1, 1803; his parents, Richard and Elizabeth (McLaughlin) Davis, were natives of Pennsylvania, of Welsh descent; his father was a spy for the patriots in the war of the Revolution; he came to Ohio with hip family in 1813 and settled on the land where our subject still lives; he (our subject) received a limited education, and served two years at the glass blowing trade; he then turned his attention to farming, and has since continued to be a tiller of the soil. He was married in 1824, to Rebecca Bowersock, a native of Pennsylvania, of Dutch descent, and by her has had ten children, namely: Elizabeth, Remembrance W., Hezekiah, George W., Sarah J., James G., John M., Margaret D., Mary and Darthula - five of whom are living. It is said that his father contracted with the Government for the land upon which Indianapolis, Ind., has since been built. His father died at the advanced age of 101 years.

JOHN E. DEY (portrait given on another page), retired, Lebanon. The subject of our sketch first saw the light of day in New Jersey in 1791. He was the only child of William and Phoebe (Ely) Dey, natives of New Jersey. His grandfather, John Dey, was a surveyor and an extensive dealer in real estate, who moved to New Jersey from New York State, where he was bora. In 1793, our subject's father with his family started to Kentucky, and while passing through Virginia on their way West, the mother died. Mr. D., with his young son, completed the journey but after a two years' residence in Kentucky, they returned to New Jersey, where the father was again married in 1798, and seventeen years thereafter moved with his new family to Northern New York, near Lake Champlain. Our subject learned the carpenter trade and, in 1812, having attained his majority, he commenced doing business for himself working in Philadelphia, Susquehanna, Baltimore, Petersburg and Trenton. On the 8th of January, 1818, he married Miss Sarah Mount and went West via Cincinnati to Lebanon, which has since been his home. From 1820 to 1825, he made several tours through the South, building houses and cotton gins for the planters of that then prosperous country. In 1825, he, with a practical mechanic named Hackney, started a plow factory in Lebanon, under the firm name of Hackney & Dey, and carried on an extensive business with planters at all the principal way-landings along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers from Cincinnati to New Orleans. They made an improved plow - the first of the kind manufactured west of Pittsburgh. In 1828, they dissolved partnership and divided the stock. Mr. Dey held the river trade and continued the business by himself until 1845, when he retired from business and has since lived a quiet life in Lebanon, occupying his time only in looking after his extensive landed estates in Michigan and Ohio. On the 7th of January, 1878, his wife died at the age of 83 years, after having lived with him over sixty years, leaving the following children, viz., Amanda Leonard, wife of Rev. Dr. Leonard of Bucyrus; Samuel E., of Defiance, Ohio; and Josephine, wife of C. A. Smith, now living with Mr. Dey. Those deceased were Wilfred D., William H. and Henrietta who married W. F. Parshall of Lebanon. Mr. Dey, though well along in years is yet enjoying good health. He is of that class of pioneers who came west with their shoulders to the wheel of progress, determined to develope the country they had chosen for their future homes or yield up their lives in the effort. Mr. Dey is in politics a Republican. He was an enthusiastic anti -slavery man, but has in his heart a warm place for the people of the South, many of whom are his warm personal friends.

WILLIAM F. DILL, retired farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was bora in Turtle Creek Township Nov. 11, 1813; his father, William Dill, was bom in Kentucky, to which State his parents emigrated in 1790, and remained until 1798, when they came to Warren Co., Ohio, and settled on the farm east of Lebanon, where our subject now lives. Our subject's father was of Irish descent and was a Lieutenant in the war of 1812; our subject was educated in the subscription schools of his day and early engaged in farming, which he has since followed until his recent retirement; he was married Oct. 13, 1837, to Eveline Bone, of Turtle Creek Township; she died August, 1848, leaving four children, viz., Alletta M., the wife of Alexander Booth; Mary E., Adrian and John M. Mr. and Mrs. Dill were members of the Cumberland Church, in which he was, for fourteen years, a Ruling Elder; he is a Republican, and is now serving his fourth year as Director of the County Infirmary; he is widely known and highly respected throughout his section of the country.

JOHN DRAKE, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was bora in Turtle Creek Township on the farm he now occupies Aug. 10, 1805 ; his great-grandfather, Samuel Drake, emigrated from England to America in 1678; his grandfather's name was Joseph; his father, Lewis Drake, was bora in New Jersey June 19, 1764, and, during the war of 1812, served as one of the minutemen. He moved from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, where he married Miss Mary Russell, a native of Delaware, of Welsh descent In 1800, he emigrated to Ohio with his family of four children, three girls and one boy, and located on the land now occupied by our subject. During his residence in Ohio, eight more children, five boys and three girls, were bora to him; his son Samuel was a cavalryman in the war of 1812; of his twelve children, only two boys And two girls now survive. Our subject was reared on the farm and received his education in the schools of his native township; he was married on Christmas Day (Dec. 25, 1832) to Miss Sarah Evans, a daughter of Thomas and Ann (Griffith) Evans, natives of Pennsylvania. This marriage was blessed with issue as follows: Lewis, who is married and farming in Warren County; Anna, the wife of Joseph Mull, of Warren County; Frank, who is married and farming in Warren County; Thomas, a merchant of Lebanon; John, a liveryman of Lebanon, and Isaac, who is married and now lives on the home farm. Mr. Drake is a Republican, and, for six years, served his county as Director of the Infirmary; he is a member of the Baptist Church, in which his wife also held a membership until her death, Aug. 20, 1880. Mr. Drake now has in his possession a walking-cane that his great-grandfather brought from England at the time of his emigration. On his farm, in Turtle Creek Township, there is a Lombardy poplar tree, two and a half feet in diameter, that has grown from a walking staff his father used in walking from Mad River, in Montgomery County. Upon his arrival home, one of his sons stuck the staff in a marshy spot near the house without any particular reason, and in the years that followed it grew into the beautiful tree of to-day.

JOHN R. DRAKE, liveryman, Lebanon, was bom in Warren Co., Ohio, March 15, 1844; his father, John, was born on the farm where he now lives, in August, 1805, and, in 1832, he married Sarah Evans, a daughter of Thomas Evans, of Pennsylvania. She came to Ohio with her brother at an early day. They were the parents of six children. Our subject worked upon the farm until 26 years of age, going to school during the winter months. On the 7th of April, 1870, he married Miss Ella B. Clegg, daughter of John and

Rebecca (Owens) Clegg, of Dayton, Ohio, by whom he has had two children, Lida and Rollin. In 1869, he entered into the hardware business in Lebanon with R. B. Corwin, but six months afterward withdrew and returned to the farm, where he remained two years; he then moved to Dayton, and, in company with John Mull, Esq., embarked in the grocery business, in which he continued three years, and again returned to the farm. After two years spent on the farm, he purchased the livery stable of John H. Evans, Esq., of Lebanon, where he now holds forth. In May, 1864, he enlisted in Company F, 146th O. N. G., and, after four months' service, was discharged at Camp Dennison, near Cincinnati, September, 1864. He is a warm-hearted, social gentleman, a good citizen and a thorough business man, understanding his business in every particular and conducting it with good financial success.

ROBERT DUCKWORTH, coal and wood dealer, Lebanon; bom in Turtle Creek Township, Warren County, Jan. 19, 1817; he was the son of George and Sarah (Corwin) Duckworth, he a native of Lancaster, England, and she of New Jersey. They came to Ohio before 1805, and settled in Warren County. Our subject is one of a family of nine children, of whom eight reached their majority, married and settled in Warren County, where three of them yet re* main. He received his education in the early subscription schools of Warren County, and spent the greater part of his life in farming, at which he was very successful. In 1854, he retired from the farm and engaged in the raising and selling of fruit, at which he continued with moderate success until 1858, when, in company with his son in-law, George P. Patterson, he opened an extensive dry goods and grocery store in Lebanon. In this business, he waB not successful, and was obliged ultimately to give it up. In 1878, he engaged in the traffic of coal and wood, and has since, by close application to his business, built up a good and substantial trade, in which he still continues; he was nlarried, in 1841, to Miss Matilda R. Dyche, a native of Warren County, by whom he had one child, a daughter, now the wife of George P. Patterson, a prominent citizen and successful business man of Lebanon. Mr. Duckworth was bereft of the counsels and companionship of his wife by her death, in 1879; he is a consistent and highly-prized member of the Methodist Church, in which he has for many years been a trustee and class-leader; he is a Republican in politics and takes an active part in the work of his party; he is quiet and 'gentlemanly in his manners, a sincere and devoted Christian, and a man who bears the highest respect and esteem of all who know him.

HENRY J. DUNHAM, Superintendent of the Orphans' Home, Lebanon; was bora in Warren Co., Ohio, Jan. 15, 1818; he is the son of Edward Dunham, a native of West Virginia, and Elizabeth (Gibbs) Dunham, his wife, a native of New Jersey. Our subject's advantages for education have been limited, and were confined to a few weeks attendance at the district or subscription schools of his neighborhood. His life was spent in farming until three years ago, when he received the appointment of Superintendent of the Warren County Orphans' Asylum and Children's Home, of which an account is given in the body of this work. Mr. Dunham was married, in 1842, to Miss Martha A. Fox, who is associated with her husband in the management of the "Home." He is a man of few words, but of sterling qualities; his management of the county institution over which he presides has been attended with the beet results, and reflects credit on the Superintendent. He possesses a good, wellimproved farm of 70 acres, lying about four miles west of Lebanon, upon which he and his lady can peacefully pass the evening of life when they feel like retiring from its active cares.

GEORGE W. DUNN EGAN, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in slavery in Franklin Co., Tenn., in 1828; he was the property of Gen. Samuel Weakgitized by LaOOQle ley ; at the age of eleven years, he was taken to Alabama by J. I. Dunnegan, a son-in-law of Gen. Weakley. He was married, when 18 years of age, to Jane Jones, with whom he lived until 1858, when she died, in Huntsville, Ala. In 1862, Mr. Dunnegan was again married, to Mary Kelley, a slave owned by a Mr. Kelley, of Tennessee. They came to Ohio in i860, and purchased a small farm north of Lebanon, where they have since continued to reside. They are both exemplary members of the African M. E. Church, in which Mr. Dunnegan has held all the principal offices, and in which he was for twenty years a local preacher. This old couple manage the affairs of their little farm with the greatest precision, and, by industry, care and frugality, have succeeded in placing themselves far above want and in the front rank of their people in the North.

DR. D. T. D. DYCHE, dentist, Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, June 18, 1827; his father, George Dyche, was of German-Irish descent and a farmer by occupation; his mother, Rachael (Tullis) Dyche, was a native of Virginia. Our subject was the only son of eight children, and is the only one of hiB family now surviving; he attended a country school during his youth, and later studied the higher mathematics and the classics at the Lebanon Academy; he also took a course of study under an eminent Irish professor, who taught a private school in the neighborhood of his home at Red Lion. In 1849, he commenced reading medicine with Dr. Charters, of Lebanon, with whom he also obtained his primary instructions in dentistry; he afterward went South with Dr. Charters and attended medical lectures in Augusta, Ga., from whence he went to Savannah in the same State, where he engaged in practicing dentistry. In 1852, he came to Lebanon, where he has since been in practice. On the 25th of November, 1850, he married Miss Georgia A. Charters, daughter of his old preceptor. By her he has had four children, two boys and two girls, viz., William C., Daisy, Eveline and Frederick, all now living. During the rebellion, the Doctor enlisted in the O. N. G. and served three months at Fayette C. H., W. Va. He afterward became Captain of Company A, 131st O. N. G., in which capacity he continued until the disbandment of the company; he is of a scientific turn of mind and an enthusiastic geologist, his researches in this science having been rewarded with a large number of very fine and valuable specimens; his cabinet of fossils may well be the envy of one who spends much more time in the pursuit of this study than the Doctor.

GEORGE DYNES, retired farmer; P. O. Lebanon. Among the present aged residents of Lebanon is George Dynes, who was born in Fleming Co., Ky. , March 6, 1803 ; his father was a native of Maryland, and emigrated to Kentucky at an earlier day. When 4 years of age, in 1807, he accompanied his parents to Ross Co. , Ohio, and, after residing there about one year, came to Warren County, where he has ever since resided; his early education was such as could be obtained from Webster's Speller and the usual facilities of the pioneer schools; he remembers well the soldiers mustering for the war of 1812, and other scenes impressed on his boyhood mind. In 1825, he moved to Clark Co., Ohio; on the 11th of February, 1824, he married Eliza Corlis, who was a native of New Jersey; the ceremony was performed on a farm about three miles above Lebanon; they raised a family of three boys and three girls, one of whom, Catharine, is dead, and the others, named respectively Chambers, Lydia, Elizabeth A., Samuel and Edwin, are still living, some in this county, and others remote; his wife died in 1847. March 10, 1852, he married his present wife, Catharine Matthews, a native of Warren County, and there are no children by this marriage. In May, 1888, Mr. Dynes and wife moved to Lebanon, and they now live a life of comfort and ease, retired from active business cares in a cozy homestead on Columbus avenue. Mr. Dynes has always been a Democrat in politics, having cast a vote for Andrew Jackson, and still belongs to the Democratic party; his amiable wife, still healthful and vigorous, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and hand in hand they are going happily down the pathway of life.

WIILIAM F. ELTZROTH, lawyer, Lebanon; was born on his father's farm in Hamilton Township, Warren Co., Ohio, December 28, 1846, and is the youngest son of Daniel and Hannah (Shepley) El broth. An account of Mr. Eltzroth's ancestors, who were early pioneers of Warren County, will be found in the biographical sketches of Hamilton Township; he resided on his father's farm and attended the common schools until September, 1865, when he entered Miami University at Oxford, from which institution he was graduated in 1869, with the mathematical honors of his class. Returning to his native county, he engaged in teaching and devoted his spare hours to the study of law. In November, 1872, he entered the law office of A. G. McBumey as a student; was admitted to the bar in April, 1873, and commenced the practice of his profession at Lebanon immediately after. In April, 1876, he was elected Mayor of Lebanon; was re-elected in April, 1878, and served in that office two full terms. Since his retirement from that office, he devoted himself to the practice of his profession. On Sept. 24, 1878, he married Miss Nellie B. Wilson, of Sandy Hill, N. Y., youngest daughter of Capt. Hiram S. and Elizabeth Wilson.

DAYID P. EGBERT, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was bom in Union Co., Penn. , July 20, 1816; he is the son of John and Rachael (Bell) Egbert, both natives of Pennsylvania and of Dutch descent; his mother was a sister of Judge Bell, of Pennsylvania; her mother lived to reach the remarkable age of 103 years. Our subject received his early education in the country schools of Warren County, and was reared as a farmer; he has always taken an active part in politics, and has, at different times, held all the township offices in the gift of the people. In 1854, he was elected Sheriff of Warren County, and in that capacity continued four years with honor to himself and credit to his constituents; in 1850, he was the census enumerator of his county; he has been in many different occupations in life, and has generally been successful; for seven years, he kept hotel in Lebanon, and at one time was proprietor of three hotels, aJl of which he relinquished when he purchased the Lebanon House; he was also for four years engaged in mercantile pursuits in Lebanon, and, for several years, a contractor for building pike roads. From 1850 to 1860, he was extensively and successfully engaged in porkpacking in Lebanon, and then he removed to the farm of 175 acres, on which he is now living. He was married, in 1842, to Miss Elizabeth Van Note, daughter of William Van Note, of Warren County; they have had twelve children, nine boys and three girls, of whom nine are now living. Mr. Egbert is, strictly speaking, a self-made man in the full sense of the term; his mother was a widow with ten children to support, and, at the tender age of ten years, he was put out to work at $20 per year, being obliged to furnish his own clothing; he got $45 for his second year and $95 for the third, after which he rented land, and shortly afterward purchased 110 acres of the farm he now owns; he is now in easy circumstances and devotes much of his time to the raising of fine fruits, stock, fowls, etc. ; he is a striking example of what may be accomplished by earnest industry strict economy and a determination to succeed.

P. F. FINCH, photographer, Lebanon; was bom in Delaware Co., N. Y., May 4, 1833; his father, S. F. Finch, was bom in New York in 1801, and his mother, Elizabeth (Brown) Finch, was also a native of the same State Our subject received a good English education in the schools of Portage and Stark Counties; he was reared on the farm, where he remained until 1854, when he commenced teaching school, at which he continued until 1857 ; in 1859, he came to Lebanon and engaged in the business of photographer, and has so continued until the present. In 1861, he married Miss Mary Longstreth, who died Jan. 17, 1881, leaving two children, viz., Carrie, born Aug. 6, 1865, and Nellie E., born Sept.. 28, 1874. Mr. Finch has a large and showy gallery and a line residence on the corner of High and Silver streets; he does oil painting, crayon and India ink work, and, in fact, anything pertaining to his art; he has a large and successful business, which he is daily increasing. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the M. E. Church.

JOHN GALLAHER (deceased), a native of Pennsylvania, was born Jan. 19, 1788, and was of Irish extraction; he came to Ohio about 1808, and, on the 16th of April, 1809, was married to Elizabeth Nye, who was born in Rockingham Co., Ya., and was of German descent. In 1812, he opened and settled upon the farm, then in the woods near Green Tree, upon which he resided until his death; he was, perhaps, the most successful farmer of Warren County; by industry, prudence and strict attention to business, he accumulated a goodly share of this world's goods; he devoted much attention to the raising of hogs, in which he was very successful, and from this branch of business he derived much of his wealth. Unlike many men who rise from poverty to affluence, he was generous in the support of the church and benevolent causes. In 1836, he and his wife and other members of his family became members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Red Lion, during the ministry of Rev. David Reed and Rev. John W. Steel. He was a modest and retiring man, a kind and obliging neighbor, an affectionate husband and father and a sincere Christian; his wife died on the seventy-eight anniversary of his birthday; in his old age, he lost about $30,000 by the failure of Boake & Hunt, bankers, in Lebanon; he had, however, more than a competency left, and his children were all settled and comfortably provided for by his own generosity. Mr. Gallaher lived to be one of the oldest men in Warren County ; he died June 17, 1881, of paralysis, aged 93 years 4 months and 28 days; he had by his marriage eleven children, nine of whom survived him; one died in infancy and one daughter had died before him, leaving a husband and three children. Mr. Gallaher left children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and one great-greatgrandchild.

WILLIAM A. GALLAHER, farmer; P. O. Monroe; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, March 8, 1818; he is the son of John and Elizabeth (Nye) Gallaher, the former a native of Pennsylvania of Irish descent, and the latter a native of Rockingham Co., Ya., of German descent. A biography of the father appears elsewhere in this work. Our subject was brought up as a farmer and has since been engaged in that occupation; he was married Sept. 15, 1846, to Caroline, daughter of John Young, of Turtle Creek Township. They had three children, viz., John Franklin, Horace Q. and Lizzie M. ; his children have all had the best educational advantages offered by the schools of Cincinnati, Oxford and Lebanon. Mr. G. is a Republican in politics, and, with his estimable wife, is a member of the M. E. Church; he has a handsome residence and 340 acres of well -improved land; his close attention to the minute details of his farm operations is fully attested by the neat and tidy appearance of his premises. Everything is in the best of order and all arranged for the greatest convenience of the residents. Truly, Mr. G. is a model farmer; his eldest son, John F., was bora in this county Aug. 27, 1849, and, on the 11th of February, 1873, married Clard, A., daughter of George and Harriet (Keever) Longstreet, and to them have been bora Eva C., Birdie H, Lizzie K. and William L. He owns and occupies 200 acres of land adjoining his father' s tract Of the other son and daughter, Horace Q. is living with his parents, and Lizzie M. is the wife of L. D. Parker, a merchant of Piqua, Ohio.

DAVID B. GLASSCOCK, Superintendent of Warren County Infirmary, Lebanon; was born in Fleming Co., Ky., Jan. 23, 1823; he is the son of Asa and Mary (Penquite) Glasscock; the former was a native of Virginia, of Scotch descent, and the latter a native of Berks Co., Penn., of English descent. Our subject was educated in the schools of Kentucky and Ohio, and, when 15 years of age* commenced working at the cabinet-making and carpentering trade, which he followed until the commencement of the Mexican war, when he entered Company K., 1st Regiment of Virginia Volunteers, under Gens. Taylor and Wood. He was married, in 1849, to F. A. V. Penquite, a native of Virginia, of English descent. They have had four children, viz., Mary E., wife of Charles N. Scott, of Clermont Co., Ohio; Alpheus N., who died in August, 1881; John S., a carpenter of Knox Co., Mo.; and Emma, who is now living at home with her parents. Our subject became Superintendent of the County Infirmary in March, 1881, in which capacity he continues.

WEST GLENN Y, retired druggist; Lebanon; was bom in the State of New Jersey, Feb. 21, 1817; his parents, William and Mary (West) Glenny, were natives of the North of Ireland, where they were married. They emigrated to America in 1800 and settled in Salem Co., N. J., where they remained until 1820, when they moved to Warren Co., Ohio, where they both died. The subject hereof received his education in the subscription schools of Lebanon, and early in life became a druggist and chemist. In about the year 1848, he opened a drug store in Lebanon, which he conducted with marked success until 1869, when he retired from business. He was married December 1, 1878, to Miss Anna R. Perrine, daughter of G. W. and Rhoda Perrine. of Warren County. Mr. G. is a stanch Republican and in every way a good citizen; he has amassed a comfortable fortune, including several houses and lots in Lebanon, and is now living in comfort and quiet off of the proceeds thereof.

J. P. GILCHRIST, merchant, Lebanon; was bom in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Nov. 28, 1812; his father, Robert Gilchrist, was bom near Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Penn., in 1780, and, in 1802, emigrated to Ohio, settling on Stillwater in Montgomery County. He was married, in 1800, to Miss Mary Wilson, daughter of James and Nancy Wilson, who was bom in Cumberland Co., Penn., Aug. 25, 1777, and died in Lebanon, Ohio, April 6, 1867, aged 90 years. Her father was bom in Pennsylvania and was descended from a family who emigrated to America from Ireland, seven children were the result of the above union, and of these, two boys and one girl - Robert W., J. Parks and Jane are the only survivors. Their father lived in Montgomery County until May, 1812, when he volunteered under Col. Van Horne, in Hull's army, and was killed in the battle of Brownstown Aug. 12, 1812, just a few days before Hull's cowardly surrender; his father, our subject's grandfather, Robert, was born in Scotland, and emigrated to America with his wife and two brothers in the latter part of the eighteenth century. He was twice married, having by his first wife two sons and seven daughters, and, by his second wife, Sarah McGuire, one boy and one girl. Our subject came to Warren County in 1817, with his mother and seven children, and settled in Lebanon, which has since been his home; his education has amounted to a very few weeks' attendance at a private school in Lebanon. In 1827, he commenced clerking in the store of William Lytle, where he remained until May, 1830, when he went to Cincinnati and engaged in the dry goods store of Brown & O'Brien; he next clerked in a store in Rossville, Ohio, and, in J anuary, 1832, he went to Liberty, Ind. , with a stock of goods furnished by J. & W. Anderson, which he was to sell for half profits. In this he proved successful, and, in 1833, purchased William Anderson's interest and conducted the store under the firm name of Gilchrist & Anderson until 1839, when they returned to Lebanon and opened the dry goods store in which he has since continued. His firm has been variously known under the name of Anderson & Gilchrist, Gilchrist & Gray, Gilchrist & Benham and now as J. P. Gilchrist & Co. , he having associated with himself his son, J. A. Gilchrist, and his nephew, La France Coryell. Mr. Gilchrist was married, on the 12th of April, 1837, to Miss Euphemia Anderson, of Butler Co., Ohio; her father, Isaac Anderson, was born in Donegal Co., Ireland, Sept. 16, 1758, and emigrated to America previous to the Revolutionary war, during which struggle for independence he served for seven years, enlisting as a private and being promoted to a Lieutenancy. He was severely wounded in the head at the battle of Germantown, causing the loss of one eye; he subsequently served in the Indian war, in which he was taken prisoner by the savages in the neighborhood of Lawrenceburg, on the Ohio River. His captors took up their line of march for Montreal, Canada, camping one night on the Big Miami River. The country around their camp pleased Mr. Anderson so much that he resolved, if he ever escaped, to locate there, which he finally did. Some time after their arrival at Montreal, he and a comrade scaled the walls of their prison and escaped, walking the whole distance to Philadelphia and suffering untold privations on the way and subsisting on roots, frogs and anything they could find. On Nov. 14, 1788, Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Euphemia Moorehead, who was. bom in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Our subject by his marriage to Miss Anderson had the following children: Mary W., bom Oct. 18, 1842; died Nov. 2, 1866; Robert, bom April 19, 1846; died Dec. 6, 1871; Isaac, bom March 28, 1848; died April 28, 1850; James Parks, born Sept. 1, 1850; died June 29, 1854, and Joseph A., bom April 4, 1854. From 1867 to 1880, Mr. Gilchrist carried on an extensive business in Columbus, Ohio, in company with C. P. Gray and Andrew Dobbie. He has, for upward of twentyfive years, been a member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics, when a young man he espoused the Whig cause, and became one of the Republican party on its organization. During the civil war, he was an earnest supporter of the Union cause and assisted in raising men for and the organization of the 12th and 35th Regiments of O. V. L, in this county; he was also a member of the Christian and Sanitary Commissions at Lebanon.

JAMES B. GRAHAM, manager of Western Union Telegraph office, Lebanon, was bora in Montgomery, Hamilton Co., Ohio, September 11, 1816; his paternal ancestors belonged to an old family, long settled in Orange Co., N. Y., but originally from Scotland. His maternal great-grandfather was a native of Holland, and his great grandmother of France; his maternal grandfather came with his family to Cincinnati in 1794, and after remaining a short time in Fort Washington settled near Montgomery. Andrew R. Graham, his father, in company with James McBurney (our subject's uncle, after whom he was named) and Nicholas Schoonmaker, emigrated from Newburg, Orange Co. , N. Y., about 1814, and settled at Montgomery. In 1815, he married Catharine Felter, by whom he had three children, James (Me) B., Florella and Adelia. The oldest of these, our subject, went to Cincinnati in 1830 to learn the tailor's trade, and remained there until February, 1835, when he came to Lebanon. Having been attacked with virulent ophthalmia, he studied dentistry, but the profession not being congenial to his tastes, on his recovery he resumed the business of tailoring, which he carried on for a number of years at Lebanon. In 1856, he assumed the management of the telegraph office at Lebanon, which he has continued till the present time. He has served as Mayor of Lebanon two terms, member of the Town Council ten years or more, and for several years past as Justice of the Peace. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a Ruling Elder in the church at Lebanon. He devotes considerable time to music, possesses much mechanical ingenuity, and is a constant reader of scientific and mechanical journals. He is a man of decided convictions, and expresses his opinions without regard to public opinion. He has long been a decided advocate of total abstinence. He was married, Aug. 21, 1839, to Miss Mary A. Adams, a daughter of Henry Adams, of Lebanon, by whom he has had the following children: Clara L. (deceased), Milton B. (deceased), F. Catharine,

Alfred H., Charles G. (deceased), A. Cornelia, G. Florella, George A., Edgar M. and Willard Taulman. The eldest surviving son, Alfred H, is the present Auditor of Warren County.

H J. GREATHOUSE, blacksmith, Lebanon, was born in Highland Co., Ohio, Sept 1, 1822; he is the son of Jesse and Mary (Ross) Greathouse, natives of Virginia, of German descent. He received his education in Warren County, in a rude log schoolhouse; he was reared on the farm, and there remained until 24 years of age, when he commenced learning blacksmith - ing in Lebanon, at which he has since been engaged. In 1862, he opened a smithy at the head of Mulberry street, where he is still engaged in business, having now commenced the manufacture and sale of farm implements. He was married in 1849 to Matilda M. Banta, a native of Warren County, by whom he has had ten children, seven boys and three girls, all now living. He had two brothers in the war of the rebellion. He is a Republican in politics, and for three years has served as Township Trustee. He commenced life penniless. and by honest toil has placed himself in comfortable circumstances. He is a live, hard-working man, who by his honesty and integrity has gained a prominent place in the esteem of this people. He and his wife are Cumberland Presbyterians.

FRANK H. GREELY, miller, Lebanon, is a son of Seth B. and Martha J. (Snook) Greely, and is a native of Warren Co., Ohio, where he was bom in 1852; he received his education in the schools of his county, and attended for a time the Normal School of Lebanon. He was married in 1876 to Miss Ida Coddington, a native of Warren County, and has one child, Edith. In 1870, Mr. Greely engaged in learning the milling business, which he has since followed. On the 6th of July, 1881, he came to Lebanon and leased the mill where he is now doing business under the firm name of Davis & Greely. They have fitted the mill throughout with a complete set of mill machinery, and are prepared to do work on a grand scale. Thus far they have met with the best of success, being now obliged to run their mill night and day. Though a young firm, their ability, enterprise, and evident desire to prosper by pleasing their patrons has won them a reputation equal to that of many older firms.

WILLIAM F. GUNTHER, merchant tailor; was born in Alsace, Germany. April 27, 1837 ; he is the fourth of six children bom to Christopher F. and Salome (Burgenneister) Gunther, natives of Alsace. He emigrated to America Sept. 1, 1864, and landed in New York, where he remained one year. He afterward went to Atlanta, Ga., Cincinnati, Ohio, and Muncie, Ind., remaining a short time in each place. In March, 1869, he came to Lebanon, and, after working in the tailor shop of L. E. Schwartz for four years, he commenced business for himself, and has since continued in it. He was married in Muncie, Ind., in 1868, to Miss Caroline Krieger, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Smith) Krieger, natives of Alsace, and by her had five children, three boys and two girls, all now living. Mr. Gunther is a member of the Masonic fraternity and Knights of Pythias. His trade, in which he is proficient, was acquired principally in the old country.

CEPHAS GUTTER Y, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was bom in Turtle Creek Township Oct 30, 1806; he is the son of Andrew and Sarah (Milligan) Guttery, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Pennsylvania. Our subject was reared on the farm he now occupies, which he has tilled nearly three- quarters of a century, and though now an old man his strength is in no way abated: with his strong constitution and robust health, he is enabled to do much hard work; he has a farm of 500 acres, mostly under cultivation, and the work on this he manages, oversees, and largely accomplishes by his own personal labor. He was married in 1831 to Rachel Hollingshead, a native of Virginia, aod has by her seven children. Mr. Guttery is a Democrat, and for eighteen years has been a Director of his school district. He is a practical farmer, who has, to express it in his graphical language, " made his fortune by attending to his own business."

LEVI GUSTIN, Sr., farmer; P. O. Red Lion; was bom in Clear Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, March 12, 1821; he is the son of James and Hannah Gustin; he was reared on the farm, and has had very limited educational advantages; when 12 years of age, he was " bound out" to Henry Monger, a farmer, with whom he remained until he reached his majority. On the 28 th of September, 1842, he married Miss Emeline Rhodes, of Warren County, by whom he has had nine children, all now living, viz., Hulda, Judith A., William, James B., Mary, Charlie, Granville, Alice and Carrie. Mrs. Gustin is the daughter of John Rhodes, a native of Pennsylvania, of Dutch descent. Mr. Gustin has followed farming during the whole of his life, and now owns a tract of 117 acres of land. He is a prominent Democrat, and was for several years a School Director.

CHARLES E. HALE, jeweler, Lebanon, was born in Clinton Co., Ohio, Sept. 9, 1854; his father, Armoni Hale, moved to Clinton County from North Carolina with his father in 1810; he was born in 1808, and, after arriving in Clinton County, married Miss Elizabeth Edwards, daughter of Archibald and Ann (Harvey) Edwards, of Clinton County; they were the parents of nine children, six sons and three daughters, of whom five sons and two daughters survive. Our subject received his primary education in the country schools of his native county, and afterward became a student in the National Normal School of Lebanon, from which he graduated in the spring of 1876. In 1877, ho purchased an interest in the jewelry establishment of E. M. Hale, and in two months afterward he became the sole proprietor. He has since continued in the same establishment, under the firm name of Charles E. Hale & Co.

WILLIAM H. HAMILTON, retired, Lebanon; was born in Greene Co., Penn., about one mile from Waynesburg, Oci 31, 1795; his father, Robert Hamilton, was bom in Banbridge, County Down, Ireland, May 16, 1760; came to America about 1774, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, being much of the time under command of Gen. Anthony Wayne; he served until the close of the war, when he married Susannah Kean ; he worked as a blacksmith in Lancaster Co., Penn., and about 1791 removed to Greene Co., Penn., where he married Ann Hays, a native of Berkeley Co., Va; in 1797, he moved to Morgantown, Va; 1803, to Trumbull Co., Ohio, where he lived until 1815, when he moved to Warren County and settled one mile west of Millgrove, where he lived until his death, in 1841. By his first marriage he had six children; by his second one child, the subject of this sketch. 9 William H. came to Warren County in 1815 with his father; he worked for awhile as a blacksmith, but soon changed his trade to that of a carpenter and builder, which he followed for about forty five years, and did much work as a builder of bridges and mills; he was for about four years Superintendent of the bridges on the line of the Little Miami Railroad from Cincinnati to Columbus, and afterward on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad from Loveland to Marietta; on the latter road he superintended the construction of thirteen important bridges; he was an officer in the militia for seven years, being an Ensign, Captain, Adjutant and Lieutenant Colonel, and is generally known as Capt. Hamilton. For twelve* years he was County Commissioner, and, being the only mechanic on the board, he planned, drafted and superintended the construction of nearly all the bridges built while he held the office; he planned and superintended the building of the present County Infirmary.. In politics, he voted once for Andrew Jackson, but became an ardent Whig, and afterward a Republican. On Sept. 23, 1819, he was married to Elizabeth Shrack, who was born in Frederick Co., Va., Dec. 18, 1800, and to them have been bom ten children, eight of whom are still living. The venerable parents, who have lived in the marriage relation for more than sixty-two years, after residing in several places in Warren County, now are passing their old age in a comfortable home in Lebanon. Capt. Hamilton is now one of the oldest, best known and most highly respected citizens of Warren County.

EMILY W. HAMPTON, Elderess, Lebanon, was bom in Philidelphia, Penn., Jan. 17, 1814. She is the daughter of Charles D. and Julia (Carey) Hampton, natives of Berks Co., Penn., of English descent. Her father was a pioneer physician of Pennsylvania, and also practiced his profession here. She is a sister of Oliver Hampton, a noted shaker speaker, who is now at Union Village. She is one of the two Deaconesses of the Center Family and has occupied that position since 1876. Her father came to Ohio in 1815, and to Union Village in 1822; he died in 1863, and his wife in 1865. They had five children, two boys and three girls, of whom Emily and Oliver are the only survivors.

PETER B. HATFIELD, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township Nov. 3, 1809. His father, John Hatfield a native of New Jersey, and his mother, Elizabeth Banta, a native of Kentucky, both emigrated to Warren County about 1800, and were soon afterward married. Our subject received such education as was attainable at the time of his youth, and when young commenced working on the farm. He was married, Nov. 29, 1832, to Miss Mary Perrine, of Kentucky, by whom he has had six children, viz. : Elizabeth, Daniel (deceased), John (deceased), Milton J., Louis P. and W7illiam C. Milton and Lewis are now married. Louis P. was a soldier in the late war, having enlisted in 1862 in the Ohio Heavy Artillery service, and remained until the close of the war. Mr. Hatfield is a Democrat in politics. He belongs to the class of substantial farmers. He owns 168 acres of good land, and this he cultivates in the most successful manner.

JOHN M. HATFIELD, deceased; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, May 16, 1818. He was a son of John and Elizabeth (Banta) Hatfield; he a native of New Jersey, and she of Kentucky. Our subject made farming his life occupation and followed it with good success until his death, which occurred in 1867. He left at his death a good farm of 147 acres, upon which his widow now lives. He was married to Mary Banta in 1840, and had bom to him four children, viz. : Peter D., who served in the Heavy Artillery in the late rebellion, and after the war married and settled down on hiB mother's place; Melissa C., wife of Mr. Drake; George D., who is also married and farming in Warren County; and Lena, who is living at home with her mother. Mr. Hatfield was a member of the Republican party, and always gave its measures his hearty support He stood very high in the estimation of the people, who deeply deplored his loss.

SMITH HATFIELD, farmer and stock dealer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Warren County, Ohio, March 29, 1837. His parents were Frazee and Elizabeth (Dunham) Hatfield, natives of the State of New Jersey. Our subject was reared on a farm and received his schooling in what is known as the Rock Schoolhouse. On February 5, 1866, he was married to Naoma A. Jeffery, who was bom Dec. 22, 1845. Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield are the parents of the following children: Bertha, Chester, Elsie and Viola, Chester and Elsie being twine. Mr. Hatfield is the possessor of a well improved farm of some 107 acres, situated two miles east of Lebanon on the Fort Ancient pike. He is a farmer, but deals extensively in stock buying and selling, and trading principally in horses, of which he generally keeps the very best He has for many years been associated with William V. Bone, who together make a "team" in their line, both being excellent judges of good horse flesh, with the knack of getting them up and presenting them in good style.

J. P. HATHAWAY grocer, Lebanon, was bom near the village of Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio, February 22, 1819. He was one of a family of eleven children born to John W. and Polly (Phillips) Hathaway. His father emigrated to Ohio and settled on a farm near Lebanon. He died at the advanced age of 96 years. His mother was a daughter of Maj. Phillips, of the war of 18 12. Of their eleven children, three boys and three girls reached their majority and all but two married in Warren County, where they now live. Our subject received his education in Warren County, and at the age of 19 years he commenced learning the carpenter trade, which he followed extensively fifteen years, employing journeymen part of the time. On the 12th of October, 1846, he married Miss Elizabeth Ann Gustin, a native of Clear Creek Township, by whom he had four children, viz., Emma, Agnes, Florence and William. In 1853, Mr. Hathaway opened a grocery in Lebanon, and since that time has been identified with that branch of industry in the village. In 1867, he became afflicted with a partial blindness, caused by the formation of a cataract over the eyes, and two years later he became almost entirely blind under an operation performed by eminent opticians of Cincinnati. He has borne his great affliction, and the suffering incident thereto, with a fortitude surprising in one of his years. He retains possession of his business and, with his long experience and natural shrewdness, is enabled with the help of his clerks, to conduct it very successfully. He is a stanch Democrat and takes an active interest in the affairs of his party.

GEORGE HENDERSON, retired fanner; P. O. Lebanon; was bom in Ireland May 28, 1802. His parents, John and Catharine (Gray) Henderson, were Protestants, of Scotch-Irish descent, and both natives of North Ireland. They emigrated to America in 1815, and, in 1816, settled in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., where our subject was raised and where he has since lived. His parents both lived to reach a ripe old age, the father dying at 98, and the mother at 90 years of age. Mr. Henderson, our subject, remained on the farm with his father until he was 32 years of age, and received all his education after he was 25 years of age. He was married, May 8, 1834, in less than two months after he left the home farm, to Miss Dorotha Knox, a native of Ireland. They had six children, of whom only two, the eldest and youngest, survive. The elder of these, Catherine Gray, is now the wife of Frank Hart, son of Judge Hart; and the younger, Isabella, is the wife of Thomas E. Corwin, of Warren County. Mr. Henderson started in life with nothing. He has labored diligently, lived frugally and succeeded in establishing himself on a firm financial footing. He has met with the usual reverses of fortune, and has lost considerable money at different times through the dishonesty of others, but he has still sufficient of this world's goods to support him in his declining years. He takes great pride in telling that his first vote was cast for John Quincy Adams. He now owns a splendid tract of 85 acres of land in the vicinity of Lebanon. He has been an earnest member of the First Presbyterian Church of Lebanon over sixty years.

AUGUSTUS F. HINSCH, civil engineer, Lebanon, was bom in Adams Co., Penn., Feb. 9, 1805; his father, Lewis Hinsch, who was a native of Saxony, emigrated to America in 1789, and in 1835 came to Ohio; he died in Maimi

Co. , Ohio, at the advanced age of 96 years. Our subject received a classical education in Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1827 ; he chose the occupation of civil engineer, and, in 1829, became assistant to Col. De Witt Clinton in his work on the Juniata Canal, in which capacity he continued until 1883, when he emigrated to Ohio and located in Lebanon, which has since been his residence. In 1836, he married Miss Louisa E. Denman, of Cincinnati, a native of New Jersey, of English descent. By this union seven children - five boys and two girls - were born. Of these, two sons and one daughter only survive, viz., William, book-keeper of Merchants' National Bank, of Cincinnati; Mary J., wife of Thomas E. Drake, of Lebanon, and Alfred M., now at home with his parents. Charles D. enlisted in 1861 in Company F, 5th O. V. I., and was killed at the battle of Cedar Mountain, Ya. Mr. Hinsch is an able engineer, and has had charge of some very important and arduous tasks. Soon after his arrival in Lebanon, he was appointed assistant engineer of the Miami Canal, and, after its completion, he became superintending engineer of the same work. In this capacity he continued until 1860, when he was elected Surveyor of Warren County and served three years. In 1871, he was again elected to fill the same office, and was continued in it until 1880. Mr. Hinsch can boast of an excellent public record, a reputation above reproach and a well-spent life full of good works; he is a Republican and is highly respected by the people of his community.

HENRY B3ZAR, the son of Henry and Parthenia (Evans) Hizar, was bora In Pennsylvania in 1808, and emigrated to Ohio with his parents July 4, 1816; he was educated in Warren County, and, on May 1, 1856, married Miss Elizabeth Harris Young, daughter of J. H. and Catharine (Smith) Young; her father was born June 25, 1826, and emigrated to Ohio in 1835. Our subject by thin union had born to him two children, viz., Charles L., born Feb. 26, 1857, and Louella, bora Nov. 28, 1861, since deceased. Mr. Hizar owns a fine farm on the Lebanon & Wilmington pike, about three and a half miles east of the former place.

PROF. ALFRED HOLBROOK, President of the National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio; was born in Derby, Conn., Feb. 17, 1816; he was the elder of two sons, the only children of Josiah Holbrook, celebrated as the founder of Teachers' Institutes, the American Institute of Instruction and the lyceum or lecture system of popular instruction. He lost his mother when three years of age, but was tenderly cared for by several aunts, who faithfully laid a sturdy Christian foundation to his character; his school days were almost entirely during his first twelve years; he read a chapter from the Bible when 3 years of age, his father giving to the aunt who was his instructor a promised silk dress for teaching him this feat. When about 11 years of age, he went to school to Elizur Wright, at Groton, Mass., where he boarded with the distinguished John Todd, then a Congregational minister of that place. At the age of 13, he went to Boston, where he was employed a year and a half in his father's manufactory of school apparatus; he was here an indefatigable workman and a most zealous student, his studies being directed by his father. For a watch, promised by his father, if he should accomplish the task, he read Day's algebra through in three months, vary thoroughly, working all the examples; but his work and his study broke his health, and he returned to his native village, where he lived until 17 years of age, when he entered upon his first experience as a teacher, in Monroe, Conn. A year later, he went to New York and engaged for some eighteen months in the manufacture of surveyors' instruments, he having determined to become an engineer. One of the few requests his father ever denied him was the one to go to Yale College, of which his father was a graduate. The reason assigned was the bad methods and the bad morals of colleges. Again overwork and study impaired his health and compelled him to relinquish this business. He migrated to Kirtland, Ohio, where he expected to engage in surveying, but his health was still too feeble; he went with his uncle, David Holbrook, to Booneville, Ind. , where he remained a year and a half, occasionally employed in surveying; his health proving too feeble for such work, he returned, in 1840, to Ohio, on horseback, and began teaching in Berea (one of his father's lyceum villages), under the auspices of John Baldwin. The school rapidly increased in numbers and Mr. Baldwin soon erected a commodious building for the accommodation of his pupils. This was the foundation of Baldwin University. Here he remained nine years; here he married Melissa Pearson, who has shared most nobly and heroically the responsibilities and vicissitudes of her husband, not only presiding over his home with Christian refinement and faithfulness, but oftentimes aiding him as an efficient assistant in the school-room, and always exercising a most tender and pure influence over his pupils. When they were married, his salary was $15 a month, and their home was without carpets; nevertheless, they were considered very prosperous by their friends and were the recipients of numerous congratulations to that effect. John Baldwin had given them a deed of a house and lot in Berea. He next took charge of an academy at Chardon, Ohio; soon after, he became a partner with Dr. John Nichols, in the Western Reserve Teachers* Seminary, at Kirtland, Ohio. He subsequently accepted a call to the superintendency of the public schools at Marlboro, Ohio, where he remained three years, when he moved to Salem, Ohio, to superintend the schools of that place. While there, he received the appointment as Principal of the Southwestern Normal School, at Lebanon, Ohio, which position he has occupied since; his subsequent history will be found in the history of that institution, which is given in the educational department of this volume, under the title of National Normal University. President Holbrook is the author of two educational works* which have had very wide circulation, viz., "Normal Methods" and "School Management;" also of two text- books on the English language - "Training Lessons " and " English Grammar. " His views and methods as given in these volumes have made a deep impression upon the educational work of the whole country. In an educational experience of nearly half a century, President Holbrook has had under his direct instruction not less than 30,000 persons, a number equaled by very few teachers in our country. It has been remarked by those beet acquainted with his work that no student has ever left any institution of which he has had control morally worse than when he or she entered it President Holbrook is of small stature, slightly gray, quick and vigorous in his movements; nervous and energetic; indomitable of will; immovable in any purpose; full of resources; ready and ingenious in invention; of a lofty and noble ambition; grandly impressed, from the first, with the magnitude and importance of his work; crisp and incisive in conversation; genial, though somewhat retired; social and domestic, being exceedingly fond of his home, his family and his children and their children; faithful to the religion of his Puritan ancestors; of the purest life; vigorously severe in every moral precept and practice; of unimpeachable integrity in all business transactions; faithful and generous to his friends, just to his enemies, benevolent to a fault, sustaining freely with purse and personal effort every worthy enterprise. He has always been a partial invalid, but now, in his 66th year, is healthier than ever in his life. By the most heroic self-management, he has made his feeble physical frame endure duties and responsibilities which would have crushed the most vigorous constitutions. His work as an author was entirely accomplished before an early breakfast and in addition to six and seven hours' teaching during the day, besides the more wearing responsibilities connected with the financial manage- ment of his school. Throughout his life he has retired early, in order to secure the early morning for work. President Holbrook has a family of five children - three sons and two daughters - having lost one son, his youngest child, Henry, who was drowned when skating. In the order of their age, his childem are : Josiah, Reginald Heber, J olm Baldwin, Agnes Irene and Anna Lucy. Josiah Holbrook is proprietor of a large book business and Secretary of the University. R. Heber Holbrook is Vice President of the Normal University, editor of the Normal Teacher , a national educational journal, published at Indianapolis, Ind. ; is the author of 4 ' Outlines of United States History," " The New Method or School Expositions," "Simple Experiments in Natural Philosophy," "Outline of the New Testament" and "Botanical Record Book;" is the inventor of a school air-pump and pneumatic apparatus, besides innumerable expedients to bring the natural sciences, experimentally, within the reach of the country schools. He was for five years editor of the National Normal , published at Cincinnati, Ohio. In the university, he has charge of the scientific class and is Professor of Higher Mathematics and Natural Sciences. He was for two years superintendent of the public schools of Vineland, N. J. J. B. Holbrook is Professor of Civil Engineering in the university. Irene Holbrook is a professor of ancient languages in the university; she is the author of a text-book in Latin, published by Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co. Anna Holbrook is Professor of Rhetoric in the university.