Randolph County, Indiana - Biographical sketches (3 of 3 so headed), 1882 (part 22 of 24)

CASPER MANGAS, farmer, P. O. Castle. 'This worthy citizen is a native of Pennsylvania, born August 12,1831. He came with his parents to Richland County, Ohio, and from thence to this county. He received his education in his adopted county, and was married May 10, 1857, to Mary J. Perry, who was born March 22, 1887, in Montgomery County, Ohio. Ten children were born to these parents - Mary J., born November 2, 1858; Emanuel E., September 21, 1860; George A., January 31, 1862; William H., September 23, 1863, died 1864; John L., November 5, 1864; Margaret E., September 5, 1866 ; Jacob L., August 3, 1868; James P., May 10, 1870, and Charles N., August 25, 1875. Mr. M. and wife are worthy members of the Disciple Church, and are much interested in its behalf. He is an industrious farmer, and stands well in the community in which he lives. In politics, he is a Democrat, and is not only a farmer but a carpenter.

JOHN B. LYONS, Jackson, was born in Perry County, Ohio, November 29, 1849 ; he came with his parents to Jay County, Ind., in 1850. He was educated in the common schools of these days; was married April 23, 1874, to Rosa Snyder, who was a native of Darke County, Ohio, and born February 23, 1853. They have two children - Cora A., born January 20, 1875, and Albert L., August 8, 1877. Mrs. Lyons, is-an estimable lady and sociable companion. She is a member of the Christian Church. Elijah Lyons, father of John B., was born September 24, 1824, in Columbiana County, Ohio. He moved to Jay County, Ind., in 1830, and January 12, 1821, married Mary Baily, a native of Pennsylvania. The father of Mrs. J. B. Lyons, was Pierson Snyder, a native of New Jersey, born April 20, 1820. After making several changes, he deceased in St. Clair, Mo., being killed March 14, 1863, by some deserters from the rebel Gen. Price's army. Helena Barkalow, the mother of Mrs. Lyons, was born in Warren County, Ohio, December 26, 1819. She married Mr. Snyder October 2, 1851, and deceased in Jay County, Apri! 6, 1866. Mr. Lyons is a Democrat in politics. He is a social gentleman and well respected by his neighbors.

JOHN MANGAS, farmer, P. O. Union City. This industrious citizen was born February 25, 1884, in Richland County, Ohio; he came with his parents to this county in 1837, and was schooled among the scenes of those pioneer days. He was married February 4, 1858, to Hannah Stewart, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., May 15, 1841. One child blessed this uhion - Clark, born November 27, 1858; married Susan Stapesbury, December 11, 1879. Mr. M. owns a well-cultivated farm of 110 acres of land, and he and wife are zealous members of the Disciple Church. The father and mother of Mr Mangas are noticed elsewhere in this work. Isaac M. Stewart was the father of Mrs. Mangas, born June 16, 1818, a native of Ohio, deceased in Kansas; his wife' was originally Cynthia Lambert, a native of Darke County, Obio, born August 10, 1820, deceased December 18, 1861. His parents were married March 15, 1838. They had nine children - Clark, born September 23, 1839; Hannah, already mentioned ; Betsy, June 5, 1848, deceased February 5, 1866; Polly Ann, November 17, 1844; Sarah M., June 12, 1847; Amanda J., March 18, 1850; Jonathan, November 12, 1853; Abigail A., January 17, 1857, and Lydia A., August 20, 1859. The subject of this sketch is Democratic in politics and is noted for his generous disposition.

ELI MANGAS, farmer, P. O. Union City, born May 12, 1839, in Jackson Township, this county. He attended the rural schools of his native township, and was married September 20, 1861, to Jemima Smith, who was born August 26, 1844; nine children blessed this union; John W., born April 22, 1862 ; Hannah, November 21, 1863, deceased August 16, 1864; Mary E., January 14, 1865, deceased August 19, 1865; William O., June 3, 1866; Rufus S., October 28, 1868; Lewis J., April 1, 1873, deceased the 27th of same month: Cora B., October: 31, 1875; Dora M., May 30, 1877, and Carrie A., March 24,1879. Mr. M. and wife are worthy members of the Disciple Church; he is Democratic in politics and owns the old homestead on which he was reared. He has one of the best barns in the county, and gives much attention to raising fine stock. A sketch of his father and mother are given elsewhere in this work. His wife's father is Abraham Smith, who married Mary Terrell. Mr. Mangas is Superintendent of the Sabbath School of his neighborhood and is respected by all friends. Abraham Smith was born September 18, 1808, in York County, Penn. Mary Smith, his wife, was also a native of Pennsylvania, born February 19, 1815; they settled in Randolph County in 1837.

ABSALOM MANGAS, farmer, P.O. Union City. This industrious farmer was born January 31, 1844, on the old homestead in Jackson Township, this county. He was married the first time November 10, 1866, to Margaret C. Thompson, who was born in Marion County, Ohio, April 26, 1847. One child was born to these parents - Edward C., September 25, 1867, deceased December 30, 1868. Mr. M. lost his estimable wife by death and was married the second time, February 18, 1869, to Malinda' Hindsley, who is a native of Darke County, Ohio, born August 23, 1844. Five children blessed this union, of which number three are living - Marshall O., November 27, 1869; Charlie E., August 4, 1871; William O., April 6, 1878, deceased December 28, 1874 ; Harry L., May 2, 1876, and Clarence O., January 8, 1881, deceased March 13, 1881. The parents of Mr, Mangas are noticed elsewhere in this work. The father of Mrs. Mangas is Stephen Hindsley, born in North Carolina, August 22,1818. He went with his parents, at three years of age, to Tennessee, from thence to Darke County, Ohio, and finally settled in this, Jackson Township ; he was married to Annie M. McConnell, who was born June 10, 1820. The subject of this sketch and his wife are worthy members of the Disciple Church ; he is an enthusiastic Democrat and a good citizen. :

SARAH A. NOFFSINGER, farmer, P. O. Union City, born July 5, 1822, in Wayne County, Ind.; she was married July 9, 1840, to Eli Noffsinger, who wag born April 6, 1806, in Montgomery County, Ohio. The following children blessed this union: Enos, born August 18, 1841; Aaron, June 8, 1843; Jesse P., November 21, 1845; Andrew, January 21, 1847; Minerva, April 6, 1849, deceased April 8, 1851; Saloma, December 18, 1851; John, March 7, 1856 ; Sarah, June 28, 1858; James, February 7, 1861; William P., February 22, 1863, and Leonard V., May 17,1865. Mrs. Noffsinger is a faithful member of the German Baptist Church; owns a good farm of 160 acres of land, and is a lady of whom her neighbors are proud. Mr. Eli Noffsinger died October 8, 1872; was a member of the German Baptist Church. Enos married Polly A. Stewart; Aaron, Mollie Sipple; Jesse P., Nancy C. Shinaberg; Andrew, first wife, Hettie N. Stover, second wife, Catherine Bowman ; Saloma married George M. Lauter; John married Ann M. Bricker; Sarah A., married Silas A. Kreider.

ELI NOFFSINGER, farmer, P. O. Union City, born March 28, 1885, in Montgomery County, Ohio; came here in 1848; after making several changes, finally settled here in 1870. Hé was educated in the common schools of his native State, and was married September 3, 1857, to Martha Noffsinger, born December 31, 1838. The following children blessed this union: Elizabeth. born July 7, 1858, deceased November 26, 1864; Henry, December 22, 1859 ; Ida, October 18, 1861; Noah, February 13, 1864; Joseph, March 9, 1866; Edward, March 17, 1868; Clara J., January 1, 1872, and Dora, July 4, 1874. He and his worthy wife are members of the German Baptist Church. His father was Eli Noffsinger, born July 4, 1794, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, deceased in Illinois, 1861; his wife was originally Mary Presiel, a native of Virginia. Mr. Noffsinger is an industrious, conscientious gentleman.

JOHN POORMAN, farmer, P. O. Union City, born June 15, 1815, in Bedford County, Penn. and from thence to this county in 1838. He was married, the first time, on September 6, 1837, to Lucy A. Brooks, born June 2, 1818, in York County, Penn. The following children blessed this union: Henry, born October 5, 18389, deceased January 6, 1869; Mary A., born September 22, 1841, deceased April 6, 1848; George W., born July 13, 1842, served in Company E, Eightyfourth Indiana Infantry ; Margaret J., born October 13, 1845; Emeretta M., born July 29, 1849; John N., born May 24, 1851; Martha E., born August 17, 1855, and James W., born April 22, 1861. Mr. Poorman lost his wife by death September 2, 1875. He was married the second time, January 7, 1877, to Mrs. Mary Anderson, who was born January 16, 1821, in Stark County, Ohio. His father, Peter Poorman, was a native of Pennsylvania ; located in Richland County, Ohio; died July 9, 1830, his wife was originally Elizabeth Shaffer, a native of the-same State, died in 1850. Mr. Poorman and wife are consistent members of the church, he of the Christian and she of the German Baptist. "eis a Democrat in politics ; owns a good farm of eighty acres of land, and is generally esteemed.

PETER POORMAN, Township Trustee, Union City. This worthy citizen is a native of Richland County, Ohio, born July 22, 1838. He came to this county with his parents at six weeks of age, and attended school in the rural districts of this township. He was married, August 5, 1858, to Mary Warren, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., September 6, 1833. The following children blessed this union: Elizabeth A., born January 10, 1860, deceased August 9, 1869; Eli N., born October 3, 1862, deceased August 20, 1868; Minerva E., born January 24, 1865, deceased August 21, 1868; Cora A., born March 24, 1870; James W., born May 5, 1872; Ettie B., born May 6,'1875, and Nilda L., born June 16, 1878. The father and mother of the subject of this sketch are noticed elsewhere in this work. Mr. Poorman has filled successfully the office of Township Assessor for six terms, and the people appreciating the honesty and integrity of this citizen, elected him Township Trustee in the spring of 1880. He and his worthy wife are members of the New-Light Church.

HENRY RICKERT, farmer, P. O. Jackson. This gentleman is one of the worthy farmers of his township ; was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, April 16, 1848. Mr. Rickert, when a youth, had limited opportunities to attend school, and therefore his knowledge is derived principally from close observation and practical experience. On the 14th of August, 1873, he married Miss Wimer, a daughter of John Wimer, whose biography may be found on the pages of this volume. Miss Wimer is also a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, born January 7, 1852. Mr. Wimer and wife have three children living - Henry A., born August 1, 1875; Amos W., September 20, 1878, and Martin A., August 23, 1881. Mr. Rickert is a Democrat. He and his estimable wife are members of the German Baptist Church.

George Rickert

George Rickert was born February 15, 1840, in Montgomery County, Ohio. He is the son of John and Elizabeth Rickert, who were born in Germany, the former in August, 1801, and the latter in March, 1811. They were the parents of eight children, named respectively, Mary A., John, George, Jacob, Leonard, Samuel, Henry and Elizabeth, all of whom are now living except Mary A., George, the subject of this sketch, came to Ran- of this county during the winter, and, during the remainder of the year, was engaged in assisting his father on the home farm. By the training of his early life, he became familiar with the details of farming, and as he grew to manhood adopted that pursuit, which he has ever since continued with marked success. On the 29th of March, 1866, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah J. Stuck, who was born in Champaign County, Ohio, in March, 1848. The fruits of this union are three children, named respectively, William A., Mary E. and John E.

Like many of our substantial farmers and best citizens, Mr. Rickert is a self-made man, having earned his success by honest toil, steadily and gradually, without any sudden stroke of good fortune. He has a fine farm of eighty acres on the New Pittsburg pike, under splendid improvement, and with a handsome residence and substantial barn and outbuildings. He is a enterprising, industrious man, and, by honest toil, has accumulated a comfortable estate. He is honest and upright in his dealings with his fellow-men, and has gained the confidence and regard of all who know him, being recognized as one of the best citizens of histownship. He is a member of the German Reformed Church, and in politics, is a Democrat.

His wifeis the daughter of John Stuck, who was born in Pennsylvania in August, 1823, and is now @ minister of the Gospel in Darke County, Ohio. She is an estimable lady, and possess the affectionate regard of the community in in which she resides.

Joseph Shreev

Joseph Shreev was born in Carroll County, Md., October 13, 1816, and died in Randolph County, Ind., August 13, 1879. In his youth he learned the miller's trade, and throughout his life, was engaged at that pursuit with marked success. When twenty-two years of age, he left home, and located on the Whitewater River, in Wayne County, Ind., where he operated a flouring-mill for William Mitchell. About ten years later, he removed to Dolluf's Mill, on Whitewater, where he remained about a year. Removing then to his farm, east of Union City, he was engaged in agricultural pursuits for twelve years. At the end of that time, he located in Union City, where, in partnership with Spencer Hill, he erected a flouring-mill, which has since been remodeled, and is now known as Pierce's Warehouse. In September, 1864, he removed to Jackson Township, Randolph County, and purchased a mill on the Mississinewa River. He remodeled this establishment, furnishing it throughout with new and improved machinery, and making it a first-class mill, operating it successfully until his decease.

He was twice married, first, on July 7, 1842, to Cynthia Ann Edwards, in Wayne County, Ind. By this union they were the parents of three children, only one of whom, Enos E., now survives. His wife died on the 30th day of March, 1850, and on the 18th of March, 1852, he was united in marriage with Emily Gibbs, a native of Darke County, Ohio, and daughter of David and Mary Gibbs. This second union was blessed by eight children, viz., David G., Andrew M., Senith E., Bryani J., Jacob W., Rebecca A., Edward Ellsworth and Wesley Preston. Of this number all are now living save Wesley P.

Mr. Shreev began life as a poor boy, without any capital but honesty and industry, and a strong determination to succeed. And these qualities proved the key to success, and enabled him, with good management, to accumulate a comfortable estate. He was a hard worker, and all that he acquired in the way of worldly wealth was the result of honest toil. In politics, he was a Republican, but with him, politics was a secondary consideration. His work demanded and received all of his attention, and he never consented to occupy an elective office, nor did he ever feel a desire for political recognition. He became an Odd Fellow at Westminster, Md., and retained his membership in that lodge until his death. In his business transactions, and in all his dealings with his fellow-men, he was scrupulously honest, and by his integrity, won the confidence and respect of all who knew him. Although not a pioneer, hé was one of the most liberal of citizens, and took a hearty interest in the improvement of the county, contributing liberally to all enterprises of s public nature, and was especially the friend of public education and religion. He was a man of strong character, and in his death the community lost one of its best citizens. His wife survives him, and still controls the mill property. The millis operated by her sons, who are gentlemen of fine business ability, and thoroughly familiar with the work in which they are engaged.

W. K.SIMMONS. The subject of this sketch is one of the substantial citizens of Randolph County. He is a native of this county; born Adgust 31, 1841. His education was acquired in the district schools. Having served his majority at home, Mr. Simmons, on June 3, 1865, married Malinda A. Sell, May 11, 1845. They have three children - Dora, born March 29, 1868; Edar, September 16, 1869, and Esta, November 11, 1871. The above-named children are bright and intelligent, and are a great source of happiness for their parents. Mr. Simmons and wife are worthy members of the German Baptist Church, of which he has been a minister for twelve years. His father, Aaron Simmons, hus been identified with this county since the year 1842; and has always been known as an honorable and respectable citizen. He is a native of Miami County, Ohio, born February 1, 1810. Inthe year 1840, he married Rebecca Marquis, she was born in Ohio, in 1819, February 2. Asron Simmons and wife live on the Salem and Union Pike, two and one-half miles northwest of Union City. On the farm of W. K. Simmons is a flowing well, which has a capacity of about twelve gallons per minute. It has been dug seven years and has unceasingly continued in its wonderful supply of water.

NOAH S. SMITH, farmer, P. O. Union City. This industrious citizen was born December 21, 1854, in this county. He attended the district schools, and was married, December 24, 1874, to Martha J. Sell, who was born in Jackson Township, this county, October 3, 1853. Two children blessed thig union - Troy, born July 1, 1876, and Lafayette, October 7, 1878, deceased July 18, 1879. Henry Smith, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Pennsylvania, born May 27, 1816, came to this county in 1837, deceased September 29, 1880; his wife, formerly Elizabeth Noffsinger, was a native of

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EPHRAIM SPITLER, P. 0. Jackson, was born June 15, 1834, in Montgomery Co., Ohio. He was educated in the common schools of his native State. On April 9, 1857, he united in marriage with Agnes A. Anderson, who was born in J uniatta County, Penn., June 80, 1834. They have seven children living - Harriett, born September 28, 1858; Joseph L., September 13, 1860; James H.., October 25, 1862; Warren E., November 6, 1864; Martha J., January 7, 1867; Ora B., June 4, 1871, and Parker, October 13, 1875. Joseph Spitler, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Ohio. He was born March, 1812, and married Miss Barbara Limbert. Mr. Spitler owns a valuable little farm of eighty acres. Is a worthy member of the United Brethren Church and & respected citizen. The father of Mrs. Spitler was James Anderson, a native of Pennsylvania, was born April 15, 1794. He married Ruth McChan, also a native of Pennsylvania; she was born January 6, 1800. They were united in the holy bonds of matrimony in the year 1820, November 20. In the year 1854, they moved to Darke County, Ohio, where they lived until their

Charles Trine

George Trine, the paternal grandfather of this gentleman, was a native of Germany, but emigrated to the American Colonies at an early day, and espoused the American cause in the struggle for independence. At the battle of Bunker Hill, he was wounded in the left hand, and being permanently disabled, was a pensioner. He lived in Berks County, in the State of Pennsylvania, where he reared his family and died. The German orthography of the family name became anglicized after a residence of a few years in America, and was written as at present by his descendants. Jacob Trine, his son, and the father of the subject of this sketch, was born and reared in Berks County, Penn. He married in that county, and in 1832 removed with his family to Butler County, Ohio, where he followed the trades of weaving and dyeing until his death, which occurred in 1846, his wife having died in the preceding year.

Charles, the subject of this sketch, was born January 9, 1826, in Berks County, Penn., and accompanied his parents to Ohio when about gix years of age. He grew upin that State, with but limited educational advantages, but studying hard in his leisure hours at home, when not engaged in assisting his father in the daily routine of work. When eighteen years of age, he went to learn the potter's trade at Miltonville, Ohio, and worked at this trade for nine years. He then rented a farm in Butler County, and for several years following was engaged in agricultural pursuits at various points in Ohio. In 1862, he purchased the farm upon which he still resides (consisting then of eighty acres), and in 1863 came with his family to live upon the new farm in Randolph County, Ind. What is now ao fine farm was then principally in the forest, and almost destitute of improvement, with the exception of a little log-cabin, which for several years was the home of his family. But he was young and energetic, and not destined long to occupy a dwelling so humble. He cleared his farm, and in the meantime instituted many improvements, not the least of which was the purchase of an additional forty acres of land. In 1875, he erected a splendid brick mansion in the place of little log-house of earlier days. He has adhered closely to the pursuit of farming, and by honesty and industry has accumulated a comfortable fortune, while he has established himself permanently in the good will of his fellow-citizens.

He was married, July 1, 1849, to Miss Elizabeth Hinkle, in Butler County, Ohio. She was born in that county on the 13th of November, 1829, and is the daughter of Joseph Hinkle, an early settler ofthat county. Her grandfather Hinkle was one of the settlers killed by the Indians in the massacre at Newtown, above Cincinnati. Mrs. Trine is an excellent lady, and has done well her part in encouraging and helping her husband in his efforts to succeed, and still lives to share and enjoy the prosperity that has crowned their mutual labors. They are the parents of eight children, six of whom are now living, viz.: Squire H., married, and living in the State of Oregon; Sarah J., wife of Jacob Byrum, now living in Randolph County; William S., married, and livin in Darke County, Ohio; Laura S., wife of Preston Hoke, now living in Jackson Township ; Charles E. and Alpheus H. residing at home. Henry C., the eldest, and Josy, the youngest, are deceased.

Mr. Trine isa member of the Presbyterian Church at Union City. In his political affiliations he is a Republican, but has never sought or occupied any elective office. He has, however, been selected to fill offices of honor and trust in turnpike companies and other corporations. He has been a Director of the Union City Agricultural & Mechanical Association since the organization of that society, and President of the Board of Trustees of Lisbon Cemetery since the organization of that board.

his parents to the West. They settled at Richmond, Ind., and in 1833 they made another change, and this time selected Randolph County as a desirable place to locate. He was educated in the common schools of the rural districts in this and his native State. On January 12,1832, Miss Elizabeth Newton became his wife. The following children blessed this union: Mary, born September 6, 1838; Nancy A,, April 11, 1835 (she died October 4, 1837); Newton H. was born May 4, 1837 (deceased same year); William was born October 4, 1888; Rachel, March 24, 1841; John, January 29, 1844; Eli, January 1, 1847; Lousetta, July 9, 1850, and Newton, May 17, 1854. Mrs. Warren died April 6, 1866. Mr. Warren again married. Miss Mary A. Dixon united in marriage with him on August 16, 1866. She was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, January 8, 1822.- James Warren, the father of William, was a native of North Carolina, and was born November 16, 1787, and died June 27, 1876. Elizabeth Caviness, the mother of Mr. Warren, was also a native of North Carolina, and born January 9,1790. She died August 28, 1865. Mr. Warren owns a valuable farm of 123 acres, and is one of the substantial citizens of the community.

GEORGE WARNER, farmer, P. 0. Union City. This industrious citizen is a native of Carroll County, Md., born March 18, 1842. He came to Darke County, Ohio, in the year 1864, and from thence settled here in the spring of 1878. He was united in marriage, August 28, 1870, to Albina Skidmore, born in Darke County, Ohio, April 3, 1851. They had four children, of which number three are living - Effie (born August 16, 1871), Elvin (December 4, 1874), Earl (July 28, 1876, deceased August 2 same year) and Maggie (July 16, 1878). Mr. W. served in Company B, Forty-seventh Ohio Infantry, in the war for the Union. He was in several lively skirmishes, and was at the assault of Fort McAllister. He is Republican in politics, and he and wife are worthy members of the Disciple Church. The father of Mr. Warner is Elias Warner. He was a native of the State of Maryland; settled in Darke County, Ohio, in 1864. and is still living. His wife, originally Mary A. Morningstar, was also a native of Maryland, born about the year 1812, deceased October 16, 1873. The father of Mrs. Warner is Samuel C. Skidmore, a native of New Jersey, born July 18, 1817, He was married to Susannah Rarick, who was born October 29, 1829, in. Darke County, Ohio, where she now resides.

D. WARREN. This substantial farmer is one of the leading agriculturists of Randolph County, coming to this county many years ago, and settling in the new and unimproved township of Jackson; he has, perhaps, done as much as any one citizen of the township in transforming a wilderness into a beautiful and productive farming district. Jackson Township stands second to none of the good townships found in the county, and its many broad and fertile acres amply testify, for the untiring energy of her citizens. The subject of this skétch was born in Guilford County, N. C., February 5, 1815. He came to Wayne County, Ind., in the year 1821, thence settled in this county thirty-three years ago (1849). Miss Nancy Taylor, a native of Kentucky, born June 20, 1821, became his wife April 11, 1886. The following children blessed this union; James M., born May 18, 1840; Sarah A., October 11, 1842; Elihn, February 17, 1845; Margaret M., February 14, 1849; John T., February 12, 1852; Elizabeth C., September 11, 1854; William H., January 1, 1857; Isaac W., February 22, 1859; Mary E., September 4, 1861, and Nancy L., August 28, 1864. Mr. Warren and family are earnest members of the Disciple Church, and are universally esteemed by their neighbors. He owns a large farm, all of which is susceptible of cultivation. The tract contains 837 acres, and as Mr. Warren engages extensively in stock-raising, quite a portion of his farm is pasture land. Mr. Warren isa man of strict honesty and integrity, a kind and indulgent parent, an affectionate husband, and a genial companion. He has the respect and confidence of the community among whom he has lived for nearly halfa century. He is Republican in principle and practice, and has unlimited faith in the intelligence of the people of our country. Stillin his strength and vigor, may tbis substantial farmer continue to enjoy the comforts of a pleasant home, and the esteem of his large circle of acquaintances.

JOHN M. WIMER, farmer, P. O. Union City, born June 7, 1830, in Ohio; came to this county in March, 1857. He attended school in his native State, and was married December 28, 1850, to Catharine Miers, a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, born October 9, 1831. The following children were born to them: Levina, January 7, 1852; Andrew J., March 11, 1858; deceased February 23, 1865; Franklin, January 28, 18556, died April 8, 1860; Mahala, September 20, 1857, died December 7, 1861; Sophia, December 18, 1859; Adam, April 9, 1861; Valentine, June 20, 1863; Amos, January 7, 1866; Henry, June 27, 1868; Eve A., April 21, 1871, and Susanah, March 8, 1874. Mr. W. and wife are members of the German Baptist Church, and they sre generally esteemed. Michael Wimer, his father, was a natiye of

Green Township is in the northwestern corner of the county, being the westernmost of the northern tier of townships - Jackson, Ward, Franklin and Green. It lies, like the others mentioned, in the valley of the Mississinewa River, and on both sides of that stream, the larger half of the township being on tue south side.

Two principal creeks flow northward, Elkhorn and Mud Creeks, and one southwestward, Dinner Creek, from Jay County. The township is narrower than the other three northern townships by amile and a half, that width being taken to form a part of Monroe, located directly south of Green and north of Stony Creek. The region, though lying away from the prior settlements established in the county, and neglected almost till the last, has proved to be good and fertile, and the citizens of that part of the county are proud of their location, thinking it in natural advantages not a whit behind the other townships of old Randolph.

The surface of the region is for the most part moderately rolling, though some portions are tolerably level. The country was originally burdened with a heavy growth of timber, a large amount of which still remains. The settlement of Green Township, as already stated, was not till long after the first occupation of the region. One might have supposed that, since and 1820, that pioneers would have passed down the river and planted their stakes along its lower course. Not so. The first entry in the bounds of Green Township was made August 18, 1832, sixteen years after the first entry in the upper valley, and by the close of 1835 only fifteen quarter sections had been purchased of the United States, or only about one-eighth of the whole. But, during the years 1836, 1837 and 1838, the rush for entries was great, and by the close of the latter year all the Jand in the county except the school sections and scattering pieces here and there that had escaped the notice of the general public, had passed into the hands of private owners, though not very much was yet occupied by bona fide settlers. The entries in Green Township up to November 11, 1835, are sat down below:

By examination it appears that every one of the forty-two entries above given except one was upon Mississinewa River, or near that stream or upon E)khorn. Nearly the whole of the river across the entire township had been entered, and most of Hlkhorn for two miles up that stream. The solitary outside entry had been made in Section 20, 21, 12, near Delaware line, some three miles south of the river.

A large part of these entries had been made in advance of settlement in Monroe Township. Only eight entries or 440 acres had been made, as stated in the history of Monroe Township, up to June, 1835, while forty-four entries to 2,560 acres had been effected in Green Township.

In 1832, six entries, 520 acres; in 1838, thirteen entries, 920 acres; in 1834, seven entries, 560 acres; in 1835, eight entries, about four hundred acres,

It is true, indeed, that the whole northern tier of townships and Wayne as well had remained mostly unoccupied up to 1834, or thirty years after the first emigration to the county. But the time had then come for the rush of entry and emigration, and in three years from 1835 nearly every acre of available land had been purchased. How much had been settled up to the close of 1888 we are not able to state.

Green Township is six and five-eighths miles long from east to west and four and one-half miles wide north and south, with Jay County north, Franklin Township east, Monroe Township south and Delaware County west, containing twenty-nine and three-fourths square miles, or about nineteen thousand and forty acres. It comprises the following sections:

Settlement

The first actual settlers in Green Township are supposed to have been Alexander Garringer and Martin Boots, opposite Fairview. They entered their land in August and October, 1832, and were living there in March, 1833, and probably in 1832. When the Greens and Browns came from Tennessee in March, 1833, Garringer and Boots were the only families in the township. In the spring of 1833, a company from Tennessee (see biography of Thomas Brown and Jonathan Green) settled not far from Steubenville, on both sides of the river, whieh colony made a brave beginning for that township of at least nine and perhaps more families in one group.

Philip Berger, who came in 1838, says: "The country was all woods. A few settlers were scattered here and there, but they had only cabins with small clearings like deep caves sunk far below the tops of the thick, almost unbroken forest. These little clearings made hardly a perceptible break in the vast, untrodden. wilderness." When he came he says the residents were as follows: Alexander Garringer, across the river from Fairview; Martin Boots, across the river from Fairview; Mr. Porter, on the present site of Fairview - did not stay; Daniel Culver had bought out Mr. Porter, and was there at the time of Mr. Berger's arrival; Naselrod had been on Thomas Hubbard's place; Hubbard bought out Naselrod in 1837; Alexander Stevens had settled in the east part about 1830, perhaps the first in the township; John Bone lived below Fairview, and now resides in the town; Anthony Wayne McKinney came in 1837, and his son, John B. McKinney, lives now opposite Fairview in a splendid and costly mansion, being the owner of fourteen or fifteen hundred acres of land and of great herds of cattle and stock; Nathan Godwin came in 1837, and his son, Thomas Godwin, is a resident of Fairview; John Garringer came in 1836, and resided where Baldwin now lives; Martin Smith bought out Garringer in the fall of 1836; Bennet King, father of William O. King, residing near Deerfield, lived in the northwest corner of the county, northwest of Fairview; Bennet King went to Missouri and lives there yet; Elijah Harbour was west of Samuel Caylor's, in the fall of 1835; The Browns (Thomas and his three sons) had settled south of the river, perhaps in 1833 or 1834. They sold to Zebulon Cantrell in 1839, and left for Iowa; Israel Wirt entered south of Brown's in 1836, and moved there in the fall of 1837; he died in the summer of 1880, eighty-four years old; Tunis Brooks lived on Brook's Prairie. He had been there two or three years. Benjamin Mann was on the south side of the river, one mile west of Fairview. William Vineyard lived above Fairview. He was uncle to Edward Starbuck's first wife, her father being John Vineyard, brother to William, and a very nice and estimable gentleman, and much less backwoodsish than 'some others of the connection. James McProud was a very early settler, and is still living, having been a prominentcitizen. Elijah Harbour came in 1834, settling north of Mississinewa and east of Fairview. He was buried in Fairview, nuns the largest country funeral ever known in that region.,; His death took place in 1869 or 1870. Nathan Davis, on the John Life farm; Ulrich Keener was on the Nancy Boots farm; David Milburn was on the north side, two miles east of Fairview; Jonathan, Joel and Julian Green lived near Stenbenville; the Browns were north of Christian Life's, south of the river; Martin Boots was south of the river, near Fairview; Samuel Caylor came in 1837; John Life came in the spring or summer of 1838

The first mail route was from Deerfield to Granville, Delaware County, once in two weeks, out and back on horseback, in 1843. The first mill was built by Anthony McKinney on the river below Fairview,. where Woolverton's Mill now is. He had first a saw-mill, then a corn cracker, afterward a grist mill. He was making the dam in 1888. The saw mill began work in 1839, the corn mill in the fall, and the wheat. mill in 1841 or 1842. The first school was in the winter of 1837 in a-little round log cabin near Fairview, on the river bank. 'The first meeting was held in that same log cabin. The first church was built of logs for the Methodists about 1839 in Fairview. About 1844, a quarterly meeting was held at Thomas Hubbard's. Their house had just been built, and had no floor, and the sleepers served very well for seats. Methodist' meetings used to be held at Nathan Godwin's. Christian (New Light) meetings were held at Martin Smith's. The schoolhouse now standing is the third; the first was log, the second frame, the third brick. The first brick house was either Samuel Caylor's or William Ore's. The first brick kiln was a small one of thirty or forty thousand for chimneys, burnt by Thomas Hubbard. Samuel Caylor burnt his own brick. The first reapers in the township were J, B. McKinney's and Philip Berger's. Mr. Berger's started first. They were the Kirby reaper, and the time was 1855 or 1856. The first threshing machine was run by Philip Stover, of Delaware County. It was a " falling beater" and " chaff-piler." He threshed first for old Elijah Harbour and then for Philip Berger.

The first Justice was John Garringer in 1838. People say that he kept his docket on slips of paper and stuck them in cracks in the logs of his cabin, and that nobody but himself could read them. The first burial in Fairview graveyard was that of an old lady, Mrs. Shirley, mother-in-law of Reuben Eppart. Mr. Godwin laid off the graveyard. Thomas Powell was buried in what is now J. B. McKinney's pasture bafore 1838. The spot is unknown. The first wheat in thesettlement was raised by Thomas Hubbard, three acres, producing sixty bushels. Flat-boats and pirogues used to float down the river with apples, pork, flour and what not. One spring five boats came down loaded with charcoal. They were stove in, and the coal was lost. One broke in pieces going over McKinney's dam. Mr. Hubbard set out an orchard in 1840, getting the trees of Joab Ward, at Ridgeville. There were 120 trees, and he gave $9 a hundred, bringing them down the river in acanoe. The brick kiln of Thomas Hubbard was the first. William Ore,Samuel Caylor and J. B. McKinney each burned his own bricks for his house. There are no brick factories in the township, neither are there any tile factories, though much ditching has been done. However, there are no long company ditches made under authority of law. No pikes had been made in Green Township, strange as the fact may seem, till the summer of 1880. The people there made a beginning upon the east and west road leading from Ridgeville to Fairview, an old throughfare laid out some fifty or more years ago.

There are no railroads through the township. Three roads run near, but none touch its soil. Fairview, the chief town, ia but ashort distance from several railroad points, but is itself cut off from all. Several bridges have been erected in Green Township, one iron bridge at Fairview, one bridge north of Steubenville, one south of Hmmetsville and perhaps others, all across the Mississinewa River. Although the settlement of this region was so late that much of the forest still remains standing, yet many of the residents have acquired comfortable fortunes and substantial and even elegant homes. In Green Township may be found, in fact, perhaps the most costly dwelling in Randolph County, that of John B. McKinney, Esq., opposite Fairview, of a peculiar style, unique but elegant, and very expensive, said to contain forty rooms. The people of Green Township are mostly moral, upright, industrious, frugal and thriving in their disposition, character and habits.

Berlin. - Location, on south side of Mississinewa River, Section 4, Town 21, Range 12, opposite Fairview. Streets: North and south, Main; east and west, Water, Ash; thirty-one lots; B. Mann, proprietor; Moorman Way, surveyor; recorded December 13, 1833. Townextinct. "Died borning." ItSeems that the proprietors of Fairview and Berlin played at " cross-purposes," and Fairview won for the time. Both towns could net live unless they had become doubly strong like Pittsburgh and Alleghany, or New York and Brooklyn. Berlin had, in truth, two years the start, and still she " lost."

Emmettsville - Was laid out some years ago, but no record has been made of the plat. It is located upon Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8, Town 21, Range 13, a little north of Mississinewa River, upon the Deerfield & Fairview State road, leading from Greenville, Ohio, northwestward. The surrounding country seems fertile and prosperous. In 1857, there were two wagon shops, Mercer and Hastings; two smith shops, Cool and Jenkins; one grocery, William Ore; one cabinet shop, Esquire Gordon; one saw-mill (with corn-cracker), H. Jenkins; one post office, D Thornburg; one schoolhouse; one hotel, Gough; one physician, Felix Ore. The business men since that time have been as follows: Merchants, D. Ore, Jones, Wilson, Merricle, Bretch, Bickner, S. Ore, Webb, S. Ore (second); cabinet shops, Gordon, Sackman, Richardson; physicians, Ore, Bailey, Capron; smith shops, Cool, Jenkins, Reeves. The town is now nearly dead for business. Two churches are here - United Brethren and Ger- man Evangelical. There is a schoolhouse and a post office. The town has no railroad and no pike except that the first pike in the township is now (1880) in progress upon the old Deerfield State road, directly through the town, coming too late, however, to renew the life of the dead. The town, so far as business is concerned, is wholly dead. Not even a smith shop vnlivens the street by its noisy din. The houses, several of them, stand vacant, dilapidated and ready to tumble down, and Emmettsville is altogether desolate and wo-begone.

Fairview. - Location, Section 4, Town 21, Range 12, northwest corner of township; Thomas Hubbard, Samuel Boots, Nathan Goodwin, Daniel Culver, proprietors; forty-eight lots. Recorded March 26, 1838. Streets: North and south, Main; east and west, North, Summit, Water. On the Mississinewa River, north side. Deertield, twelve miles; Ridgeville, nine miles; Emmettsville, four miles; Farmland, eight miles.

The town was laid out in 1838 by Thomas Hubbard, Samuel Boots, Nathan Goodwin and Daniel Culver. It is located on Section 4, Town 21, Range 12, near the northwest corner of the township, and of Randolph County as well, on the Deerfield & Ridgeville road, which extends northwest past Emmettsville and Fairview into Delaware County. The ground on which it is built is finely rolling, unusually so for Randolph County. The business of the town began about as follows: Alex Garringer had a little store at his cabin south of the river, and he moved the goods over to the site of the town, and "set up" in 1839. Mr. G. also started a smith shop. He had had a shop over at his farm, but he changed locations. He was not a smith himself, but maintained a shop, hiring his workmen. Mr. Harris was the first physician, in 1842. He was also the first Postmaster. Mail was carried once in two weeks on horseback, from Deerfield to Greenville, Delaware County. A little cabin was used for a schoolhouse in 1837-38, standing near the river bridge on the north bank. A log church was built about 1839. The town grew gradually and not very slowly, and it came to be quite a stirring place. There were at one time (1845 to 1850) three or four thriving stores, two smith shops, three hotels and considerable other business of various kinds, The years during the war witnessed the greatest activity in goods. There wag heavy stock trading and much other business. Fitzpatrick & Wilson drove and fed stock largely. The merchants at various times have been Messrs. Garringer, Cleveland, Messner, Fitzpatrick & Wilson, J. B. McKinney, John King, M. B. Smith, Elijah Harbor, G. H. Bird, George Blakely, Robert Starbuck, Monroe Starbuck, William E. Starbuck, James Reese, Mayner & Son; physicians, Harris, Godwin, Fausen, Moore, Vickers, Johnson, Davis, Fager; hotels, Bone, Richardson, Cleveland, Sullivan, McKinney, Haynes, Judy, Godwin; smith shops, Garringer, Ore, Dowden, Dixon, McClelland, Miller, Cawthorn, Bromagen; wagon shops, Messrs. Ziegler, Newstiel, Hester; Postmasters, Harris, Fitzpatrick, King, Reeves, Street, Mrs. Street, Starbuck, W. HE. Starbuck, Mayner, Fager; saw-mill, Judy & Reese, Starbuck & Morris; the mill was finally moved to Morristown. The town is now much decayed. The business at present comprises two small stores, two smith shops, one post office, one tailor's shop, two churches, Christian (New Light) and Methodist. There was once a tanyard, but it has been gone for many years. The Christian Church was built in 1845 or 1846, but is not now used. The Methodist Church was built first, in 1839. The one now standing was built in 1849. aud remodeled in 1874. There is a graveyard in connection with the Methodist Church, which is extensively used, being in reasonable repair. There are many tombstones, and a large number of soldiers have been buried therein. The cemetery was laid out by Nathan Godwin, before 1840. Residents in the vicinity are Thomas Hubbard, 160 acres; J. B. McKinney, 1,400 acres or more; W. E. Starbuck. 140 acres; Thomas Goodwin, 192 acres: Philip Barger, 247 acres; Chalkley Baldwin, 140 acres; James Maynor, 320 acres (mostly in Jay County); Sanford Spahr, 140 acres. The gentlemen named are all Republicans, except J. B. McKinney, who is a Democrat.

Bridges: There are three large bridges near Fuirview, all of them over the Mississinewa. One is directly at Fairview, crossing over the river to the residence of J. B. McKinney, Esq., and constructed of iron. One wooden bridge near Samuel Caylor's. No railroad comes to Fairview, and none passes through Green Township, yet five tracks pass near the township, and not very far from the town. The Pan- Handle passes through Redkey, Powers and Dunkirk, all in Jay County. Powers is seven miles, Redkey five miles and Dunkirk six and one-half miles from Fairview. The " Bee Line" passes through Farmland and Morristown. Farmland is eleven miles and Morristown eight miles distant. The "Shoo-Fly " Railroad passes through Ridgeville, crossing the Pan-Handle at that place. Ridgeville is eight miles from Fairview. The Muncie & Fort Wayne Railroad goes through Eaton, nine miles from Fairview. The Lake Erie & Western has a station at Albany, in Delaware County, two and one-half miles from Fairview. Thus Fairview is completely environed with railroads and railroad towns, so that there is little room left for it to thrive and prosper. There is no pike and none, in fact, in Green Township, but one is in process on the old Deerfield & Fairview State road having been begun during the summer of 1880.

Rockingham. - Section 17, Town. 21, Range 13, ten miles northwest from Winchester, five miles west from Ridgeville, on Mississinewa River. Streets: North and south, Adams and Psample (sic); east and west, Jackson and Main. W. R. Merine, proprietor. Laidout December 27, 1833; acknowledged March 26, 1836; recorded March 31, 1836.

The village was laid out in 1833 by William R. Merine, and recorded in 1836. The town had so slight a growth and so early a death that until lately (August. 1881) no one was met with who had ever so wuch had heard of Rockingham or had the least idea of its location. John Ford, however, residing on Elkhorn, in Green Township, who moved to the county in 1839, says that (at some time, he does not say when) a good store was kept at the town of Rockingham, but that there was nothing else in the town. So that Rockingham lived its brief life not in vain, and spent all its days in accomplishing good to the surrounding region.

Mr. Green, son of Jonathan Green, one of the first settlers of Green Township, says that his father had a not too pleasant memorial of that town in the fact that he had to refund to the proprietors of that store several hundred dollars, without right or justice, which came near " breaking him up." But utter oblivion now rests upon the place, except in the memory of a very few among the pioneers or their immediate descendants. A clerk of that store had placed in the hands of Mr. Green, as Magistrate, notes for collection belonging to that firm, with verbal orders to pay the money, when obtained, to certain parties who had accounts against them. He did so, and then the proprietors of the store denied the authority of the clerk to act for them in that way. He, meanwhile, had " vamoosed the ranch," and Mr. Green was forced to account for the money to the original parties holding the notes. In these days, when rogues are pushed to find methods of raising the wind, this backwoods plan is worthy of consideration.

Shedville Hamlet. - -Not incorporated; located on Sections 18 and 19, Town 21, Range 18; begun about 1880. It stands not on any stream, nor railroad, nor thoroughfare, nor pike, nor canal, but just right where it is close by a saw-mill. It is a little place, lately in the woods, has a store, a saw-mill, a smith shop and a wagon (repair) shop, and the enterprising denizens of the place have secured a mail route through the vicinity and a post office at their ambitious little hamlet. The store is owned by Alonzo Brinkley and the saw-mill by Miranda & Barger.

There is something peculiar about this town (by courtesy and name, though not incorporated nor even platted). There is not a dwelling in it and but three buildings, one of which is the saw- The business men of the place are all bachelors, and have to board out of town, though only two dwelling-houses are in sight. In some countries, and at sometimes, this humble beginning of things'might be the starting point to future greatness. How it will be for Shedville during the ages that are to come, this aspiring little hamlet just budding into life among the older and more pretentious towns of old Randolph, forty years hence may perhaps reveal to those who may at that time be inhabitants of this region and to the dwellers in this county, in that distant era; and to the historian of that coming time, we trustfully commit the now latent possibilities and the yet unrevealed history of that rising city.

Steubenville.- -Israel Wirt, Jonathan Green, proprietors. Location, Sections 13 and 14, Town 21, Range 12; C. G. Goodrich, surveyor. Plat surveyed December 24, 1839. Recorded July 28, 1840; twenty-four lots, Town extinct.

It was laid out by Israel Wirt and Jonathan Green in 1840. It stands upon Sections 13 and 14, Town 21, Range 12, on the south side of the Mississinewa River, though not very near to that stream. There was once a tanyard, a store, kept by Israel Wirt, a smith shop by Julian and four or five houses. A cemetery lies near the place which is still in use and in reasonable repair. The town never did much business, nor was ever prosperous, and it has been entirely dead for more than twenty years. Tne place is not even a " cross-roads," but a spot where an east and west road strikes a north and south one. Mr. Wirt, one of the proprietors, was one of the first pioneers of that region, and died in the summer of 1880, at the advanced age of about eighty years. The town was surveyed and platted December 24, 1839, and recorded July 28, 1840. Though planted during the early settlement of the township, fate was against it, and it had to succumb,

Gravel is by no means scarce, though the people are only lately beginning to realize what use to make of it and to apply it thereto. Sand is obtained chiefly from the bed of the Mississinewa, and the quality is good.

There have been no pikes in the region. 'The first in the township was commenced in 1880 from Ridgeville west to the county line via Fairview, and others, also, are projected in various directions.

No railroads cross the limits of Green, yet five lines are within a moderate distance from Fairview: Pan-Handle road, with stations as follows: Powers, seven miles from Fairview; Redkey, five miles; Dunkirk, six and one half miles.

Thus the people of Green Township are well supplied with markets in every direction, but all outside their own limits, and, hereafter, towns in Green Township will be hard to find and equally difficult to locate and build.

Philip Barger born in Fayette County, Ohio, in 1815. His parents were Virginians who left that State on accqunt of slavery. His father died when Philip was young. Mr. Barger came to look at the country in 1846, and entered land in the fall of that year (145 acres). He married Elizabeth Strong October 4, 1838, in Delaware County, Ind., came to Randolph County, Ind., to live and settle October 24, 1838. They have had seven children, four of whom grew up and three are living. His wife died August 7, 1877. He has been by occupation a farmer, and has also held several public trusts. He has been Township Assessor, Justice of the Peace four years, County Commissioner two terms, once about thirty years ago, and also in 1872-75. He was one of the board that built the new court house, and is satisfied that they did right. He has a tine farm, is an active, intelligent man, a Republican, a strong temperance man, and altogether a valuable and esteemed citizen. He is substantial and reliable, solid but not showy, fond of knowledge, has a large supply of instructive books, a steadfast friend und supporter of morality and education and of every good cause. Although verging toward threescore years and ten, he is yet strong and vigorous, and enjoys attention to business.

John Bone is an-early settler. He has been twice married. He is a mechanic and a farmer, and, though now threescore years and ten, he yet practices his trade as a carpenter. He was once a Whig, but is now a Democrat, since he votes with that party. He is over seventy years old, and has resided in Green Township for more forty-five years and now resides in the little town of Fairview.

Thomas Brown was born in East Tennessee, and came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1832, settling in Green Township in 1833. His family were all grown and married, and all came together to the new country. They were David, Thomas and James, sons and married; Rebecca (Davis), - - (McCarnish), Sarah (Green), - - (White), Catharine (Gray). They all settled together, making up a colony in the woods. Nearly the whole connection (except the Greens) went to Iowa about 1837, leaving their places for cther new-comers.

_ John Ford was born in the city of New York in 1802; his father removed to Richmond, Va., in 1808, and afterward to Rockbridge County, Va. In 1819, they came to Fayette County, Ohio, and, in 1823, to Clinton County, Ohio. Young Ford was now of age, but poor and destitute, yet bent on earning a home, and traveled a great deal in early life. He married Elizabeth Johnson in Clinton County in 1827. In 1829, he came to Randolph County, and roamed the woods back and forth. From Judge Sample's, on White River, to John Byles', in Delaware County, there was no road nor the semblance of one. He selected land where Albany now stands, but his uncle dissuaded him, declaring that he (Ford) would never live to see it settled. He did, finally, some years afterward, August 20, 1838, enter land in Green Township, 120 acres, EK. N. E. and N. W.N. E. 25, 21, 12, on Elkhorn. He moved to the tract in 1839. and has resided upon it forty-two years. He is a farmer, has owned 240 acres, now has 160 acres. He was a Presbyterian, but there have been none in the region, and he has stood aloof from church membership. In politics, originally a Democrat, he has been of late years a Republican. When he raised his cabin men had to come from Cabin Creek to help him perform the work. When he explored the region, in 1829, he came to Sample's Mill, struck across the woods, pathless and waste, to John Byles', looked at the land, thence took an Indian trail to the " Godfrey trace," and followed it to somewhere north of Winchester, got lost, but found his way to Winchester before his comrades arrived. What was remarkable, he says he was not aware of any settlers on the Mississinewa. At Winchester the court house was made of beech logs. There was only one frame building in the town. From Winchester he struck for Greenville, performing the whole journey on foot.

(Note. - - It would seem as though Mr. Ford's journey must have been earlier than he puts it, as the brick court house was let in 1826 and finished in 1828.)

Mr. Ford has been a great hunter, having killed eight deer in one day, and three or four often, and sometimes five. He has killed the highest number spoken of above in half aday. He shot forty-nine that first fall, from October to a little after New Year's. The skins and the hams he would sell, the rest of the carcass would, for the most part, be left in the woods.

Mr. Ford says there was one store and quite a good one, and nothing else, at the town of Rockingham, on the Mississinewa, located on Section J7,, Town 21, Range 13, five miles west of Ridgeville. and recurded March 26, 1836. It seems that the town died, for Mr. Ford is the first person who appears to have known that such a town was ever there. He says that the store continued about eighteen months, but that the town was never built and that there was never anything besides. Mr. Ford has but a slender appreciation of the glory of Lewallyn's Mill, at Ridgeville, since he says that it wasa little old "corn-cracker not much larger than a hog pen." Probably it was not very sightly beside the modern palaces at which farmers get their wheat changed to superfine flour of the most superior brand. However, many a worthy family were profoundly thankful for the existence of that poor little mill, and lived bounteously on the corn meal made by running the corn through its home-made mill-stones. Mr. Ford enjoys a sprightly old age, having borne cheerfully and well the hardships and_ privations of his wilderness hunter life. : Nathan Godwin was born in Delaware in 1780. He married Elizabeth West in 1810; she was born in i784. They had seven children, all of whom are living, and all are married and have families, some of them large ones. Mr. Godwin has had fortysix grandchildren and eighty great-grandchildren. He emigrated from Delaware to Virginia, thence to Pennsylvania, thence to Highland County, Ohio, and from there to Green Township, Randolph County, Ind., in 1837. fe entered 520 acresof land, and bought eighty acres more, making in all 600 acres. He was a farmer, a Methodist and a Republican. He lived to be very old, dying in 1875, at the great age of ninety-five years eight months and eight days. His body was interred at Fairview Cemetery, as was also his wife, who died many years before her husband, July 24, 1848, sged fifty-eight years nine months and three days.

Thomas Godwin is the youngest son of Nathan Godwin. He was born in 1800, married Nancy Ann Ewing, in 1845, has had ten children, six of whom are living, and three are married. He lives in the town of Fairview and keeps a aotel there, being also a-farmer, owning 192 acres of land. Heis a Methodist and a Republican. He is an active and respected member of tae community, and a leading and influential citizen.

Jonathan Green was born in East Tennessee in 1792. He emigrated to Randolph County in 1832, living a year at Sampletown, and settling in Green Township in 1833. He entered three " forties" and followed the vocation of farming till his death, in 1859, at the age of sixty-seven. He was the first Justice of the Peace in Green Township, and held the office sixteen years. He married Sarah Brown in Hast Tennessee and they had eleven children, eight uf whom grew up, seven were married aud six are living now. When he came Alexander Garringer and Martin Boots were the only persons residing in the township, three miles down the river opposite Fairview. He came in March, cleared six acres and planted it in corn, having raised a crop in 1832 on White River, and, during the summer of 1834, bought a little corn and never bought another bushel of corn as long as he lived. Only one house was to be found on: the way to White River, Peter Hester's. William Addington lived at Ridgeville. James Addington came on the Mississinewa after awhile. He came near being broken up at one time. The clerk of a mercantile firm at Rockingham (a town on the Mississinewa below Ridgeville, long years ago extinct) left some notes belonging to the firm with him, as Magistrate, to be collected, with orders to pay the money to certain creditors of the firm. He did so, but the firm denied his anthority, and sued him for the money. The clerk had absconded, and as he could not prove his authority for tho payments he had made, the rascally firm got judgment against him, and he had to refund tv them $300 or »400, which in those times was a greatsum. A large company of relatives came together from Tennessee, the Brown connection, comprising some nine families, and all settled on the Mississinewa. They stoppeda year on White River and raised a crop. entered their land, went over to the Mississinewa and built shanties, and, in March, 1838, moved to their new homes, and settled down to live in good earnest. They had built up the "pens" to the chimneys, with no jambs, nor backwalls, nor chimney tops, and fixed those things afterward.

The wolves were thick around. One day the dogs barked, and father. looking out, saw two wolves near at hand. A loaded gun lay on the hooks just behind him, within easy reach, but, forgetting the gun, he slapped his hands and halloed at them and the villains seampered off. The hogs had to be penned up so tight that the wolves could not get at them.

Julian Green, son of Jonathan Green, was born in East Tennessee in 1828, coming with his father to Randolph in 1832, and his home has been here ever since. He isa farmer and has seven children, residing at present in Franklin Township.

Thomas Hubbard was born in Delaware in 1804, came to Ross County, Ohio, in 1807,.to Fayette County, Ind., in 1811, and to Randolph County, Ind., in 1837. .He married Eleanor Rogers, born in 1807, in 1827, and they have had twelve children; nine of them are living and al] the nine are married.

and two in California) Mr. Hubbard and his wife, though well advanced in years, enjoy good health and strength and seem happy in their old age. They live near Fairview on the land which he purchased when they came to the county forty-four years ago, and since their wedding day fifty-four years have elapsed into eternity, and should they be spared to see a few more annual suns complete their rousd, they will celebrate with thankful hearts, their " diamond wedding," which few, indeed, have ever beheld this side the opening gates of the " New Jerusalem."

William May, Emmettsville, was born in 1820, in Pennsylvania; came to Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1833, to Coshocton, Ohio, in 1838, to Union County, Ind., in 1840, Ripley County, Ind., in 1842, to Wayne County, Ind., in 1844, to Delaware County, Ind, in 1853, and to Green Township, Randolph County, Ind., in 1857. He has been twice married, the first time, in 1843, and the second timein 1848. He has had eleven children, ten of whom are now living. He is a farmer, a member of the United Brethren Church and a Republican.

Antony W. McKinney was boru in Pennsylvania. He came to Green Township, Randolph County, in 1837. He has had eleven children, eight still alive, and seven are married. His children reside in Randolph, Jay and Delaware Counties and in Nebraska. His father was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, who died at Fairview, aged ninety years. Mr. McKinney also died at Fairview, Ind., an old man. He wasa farmer and a Dewocrat, and had been a soldier in the war of 1812. Itisa noteworthy fact that when he arrived in Randolph County, he had just 60 cents and no more. As poor as he was, his son, John W. McKinnev, now owns some 1,500 acres of land and supports hundreds of cattle for market in the larger towns and more distant cities. The wealth that they possess has every cent beea acquired since that important day when the elder McKinney became a denizen of Randolph, His father must have felt an admiration for the daring soldier who captured Stony Point at midnight in the old Revolutionary war, since he named his son after the gallant hero, Anthony Wayne, " Mad Anthony," whom the Indian chief called the "General who never slept," who, by his valor arid prowess, retrieved the shameful disasters and defeats of the past campaigns, and taught the haughty savages submission to the power of the whites.

John B. McKinney, son of Antony W. McKinney, resides across the Mississinewa River, south from Fairview. He owns 1,400 acres or more of land, and is « great stock dealer and raiser, owning hundreds of cattle. He has a wife and three children, and the finest residence in Green Township, and there are few, if any, equal to it (outside the cities) in Randolph County. He is an energetic and successful business man, an active Democrat in politics and a prominent citizen.

James McProud was born in Warren County, Ohio, in 1801, came to Randolph County in 1827, and moved here in 1829. He married Hannah Roberts in Ohio before he was of age. They have had nine children, all of whom became grown and were married, and seven are living still. He has spent his life as a farmer, now owning 160 acres, but having been possessed at one period of a whole section. He is a Methodist, the first Methodist preaching in the township having taken place at his house. In politics, he was a Democrat, voting for "Old Hickory." Becoming afterward a Whig, in course of time he joined the Republican party, to which he still adheres. Though over eighty years old, he is still hale and sprightly and vigorous. He is fond of recounting the old-time exploits and adventures, of which he has experienced his full share. The "circuit rider" at the "first preaching" was George Bowers, and his " circuit" comprised a horseback journey through a forest and flood of 250 miles. His aged wife, the sharer of the hardships of his pioneer life, died January 11, 1881, aged seventy-four years, four months and eleven days, of paralysis. She had been a member of the Methodist Church more than sixty years, and married not quite as long. Her family has consisted of nine children, six boys and three girls, all grown, married and settled in life, and seven living at the present time. Her funeral was attended by a large concourse of friends and neighbors, the services being conducted by Rey. John A. Moorman, of Farmland, Ind., and her remains being laid in Hopewell Cemetery.

Israel Wirt was born in 1796, and settled in Green Township very early, entering land in 1836, and moving in 1887. He was one of the proprietors of the little town of Steubenville, which was laid out in 1839, but has been extinct for more than twenty years. He was a farmer and business man, keeping a store also at Steubenville for several years. He owned a considerable body of land near that place, and built a comfortable reidence there. He had a family of several children, and died at the age of eighty-four years, in August, 1880, leaving to bis heirs a considerable fortune.

PHILIP BARGER, farmer, P. O. Fairview, was born in Fayette County, Ohio, April 26, 1815. His father, Philip Barger, Sr., was born in Montgomery County, Va., and moved to Fayette County, Ohio, in 1804. His mother, whose maiden name was Polly Shroyer, was also a native of Montgomery County, Va. She died in Fayette County, Ohio, in 1819, and her husband died about the year 1822. Philip Barger, Sr., served in the war of 1812. The subject of this sketch came to Randolph County, Ind., at an early day, and entered a tract of government land, which he cleared and improved. On the 4th of October, 1838, he was married to Elizabeth Strong, daughter of Reuben Strong, of Delaware County, Ind. Her father was born in Massachusetts, and her mother, whose maiden name was Barbara Boots, was born in Virginia. Mrs. Barger died in August, 1877, in her fifty-fifth year. She bore her husband seven children, three of whom - Lusetta, Lewis and Napoleon B., now survive. John W., Henry C., Miriam and an infant are deceased. Mr. Barger has 247 acres of fine land in Sections 3 and 4, and is engaged at the occupation of farming. He is a member of the M. E. Church, and ofthe Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics, he is a Republican.

SAMUEL CAYLOR, farmer, P. 0. Emmettsville, was born in Ross County, Ohio, November 26, 1811. His parents, Jacob and Catnarine (Atcher) Caylor, were natives of Virginia, the former born December 25, 1777, and the latter April 6, 1782. They located in Fayette County, Ohio, in 1819, where they remained until death. Their parents came from Germany. The subject of this sketch was married, January 16, 1834, to Annie Life, in Fayette County, Ohio, and soon after removed to Delaware County, Ind. In 1887, he removed to Randolph County, locating upon a tract of Government land, which he had entered a short time previously, consisting of 120 acres. Shortly afterward he went to Ross County, Ohio, with an old mare and a mule colt, and sold them for $40. Adding $10 to this amount, he purchased an additional forty acres of land, and about a year later he purchased forty acres more with $50 received own labor. He continued to enlarge the boundaries of his farm until his possessions aggregated 1,800 acres. Of this amount, nearly 500 acres have been given by him to various members of his family. He had two children by the first wife, one of whom died in infancy, and the other, Christopher, in 1837. On the 4th of July, 1838, he married Elizabeth Boots, a native of Fayette County, Ohio. They are the parents of seven children - Mary, Martin, Jacob, Martha, John, Melissa and Sarah.

SILAS S. CLARK, farmer, P.'O. Farmland, was born in the fort at Fort Wayne, Ind., March 2, 18380. His father, Mahlon Clark, was Burn in Randolph County, N. C., in 1795. His mother, whose maiden name was Margaret Cartwright, was a native of Guilford County, N.C. She was a second cousin of Rev. Peter Cartwright, the famous pioneer Methodist circuit preacher. His father, Mahlon Clark, located in Randolph County, Ind., in 1818, but soon went to Fort Wayne, where he embarked in trading with the Indians. Several years later he returned to Randolph County, Ind. The subject of this sketch was married, September 1, 1858, to Emily J. Moore, a native of Randolph County, Ind. Her father, Elmos Moore, was born in Randolph County, N. C., and her mother, whose maiden name was Ailey Middleton, was a native of the same county. Mr, Clark and wife are the parents of six children - Martha A., John C., Emma Z., Sarah L., James O. and Mary E., one of whom, Mary E., is deceased. During the late war, Mr. Clark was a soldier in the Union army. He enlisted in the Ninth Indiana Regiment on the 6th of October, 1864, and served until the close of the war. He was in the battles of Pulaski, Franklin and Columbia, Tenn., after which he fell ill, and has never since regained his former health. During the earlier years of his life he was engaged at the shoemaker's trade, but, after the war, adopted farming, which ha has followed ever since. He has forty acres in Green Township. He was appointed Justice of the Peace, and, after serving three years, was elected for aterm of four years. In politics, he is a Republican. Himself and wife are members of the Christian Church.

JOHN C. CLARK, farmer, P. 0. Farmland, was born in Randolph County, Ind., in 1856. His father, S. S. Clark, was born within the old fort at Fort Wayne, Ind., March 2, 1830. His mother, whose maiden name was Emily J. Moore, was born in Randolph County, Ind. His father served in the Ninth Indiana Regiment United States Volunteers, during the war of the rebelljon. On the 5th of May, 1880, Mr. Clark was married to Miss Sarah E. Gantz, whose parents were both natives of Randolph County, Ind. Mr. Clark has 66% acres of land, and is engaged in the pursuit of farming. He is a member of the Christian Church, and, in politics, isa Republican. His wife is a member of the United Brethren Church. Her father was a member of the Eighty-fourth Indiana Regiment, and was killed at the battle of Nashville in 1864,

EZRA CONN, minister, P. O. Parmland, was born in Preble County, Ohio, November 5, 1823. His father, George Conn, was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Va. The subject of this sketch gvas reared in his native county, receiving a common school education. He was married, in 1843, to Susan Gaines, who bore him ten children, five of whom now survive - William E., Wilson P., Lucy L., Henderson W. and Asa. His second marriage took place in 1870, at which time he was wedded to Martha J. Gantz. The children by this marriage are John C., Josephine B. and Naomi A. In early life, Mr. Conn learned the shoe-maker's trade, but for the past three years has been a minister of the Methodist Protestant Church. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his grandfather in the Revolutionary war.

ALEXANDER CURRENT, farmer, P. 0. Fairview, was born in Monongalia County, Va., January 21,1811. His father, Enoch, was a native of Virginia, and died in Monongalia County, Va., April 18, 1867. His mother's maiden name was Mary Hoffman. She was also a native of Virginia, and died in Monongalia County August 80, 1859. Alexander Current was educated in the common schools of his native county. He came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1840, and, in 1843, taught the first school in his school district. He was married, February 5, 1835, to Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Bell) Jones, natives of Virginia. His first wife died, leaving three children, and by the second marriage there were two - Mary E. and Martha L. Mr. Current is 8 member of the M. E. Church, as is also his wife. In politics, he is a Republican.

JACOB DAUGHERTY, farmer, P. O. Fairview, was born in Greene County, Ohio, May 27, 1839. His parents, James D. and Jemima (Shirk) Daugherty, were both natives of Virginia. In 1851, they removed to Jay County, Ind., where they still reside. The subject of this sketch was a member of the Kighty-fourth Indiana Regiment, and participated in the battles of Dalton, Buzzard Roost, Pumpkin Vine Run, Lost Mountain, and the battles' at and around Atlanta. He was also in the engagements at Lovejoy Station and at Nashville under Gen. Thomas. He was at the surrender of Fort Anderson, and in the fight at Kingston, N. C. On the 10th of January, 1861, he was married to Susan C. Andrews, who died April 7, 1869. Their daughter is now the wife of John Bodkin, and resides at Farmland, in this county. In 1870, Mr. Daugherty was married to Susanna Evens, his present companion. She is the daughter of John and Mary (Norris) Evens, both natives of Monongalia County, Va.

JOSEPH C. DEVOSS, farmer, P. O. Fairview, was born in Highland County, Ohio. His father, David Devoss, was born in Ross County, Ohio, and his mother, whose maiden name was Dorcas Chaney, was born in Highland County, Ohio. They came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1854, and located in Green Township, where the father died in March, 1865. The subject of this sketch entered the Union army in 1864, and served nine months, taking part, meanwhile, in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, Tenn. He was married, October 23, 1860, to Julia A. Campbell, who was born April 20, 1840. She bore him four children, viz.: David A.. James M., Daniel H. and Cora A. James M. died December 16, 1870; Daniel H. died October 30, 1877; Mrs. Devoss died June 1, 1869. On the 4th of December, 1872, Mr. Devoss was married, to Cynthia A. Read, daughter of Cyrus and Sarah H.C. Read. They are the parents of two children - John L. and Cyrus R. Mr. Devoss and wife are both members of the M. E. Church. He has served two terms as Trustee of his township, and is now serving asassessor. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Patrons of Husbandry. He has a fine farm of 127 acres in Sections 15 and 10. Mr. Devoss is a member of the I. 0. O. F.

CYNTHIA A. DILL, farmer, P.O. Fairview, daughter of Martin and Rhoda (Strong) Boots, was born in Greene County, Ohio, November 20, 1827. She came to Randolph County, Ind., with her husband in 1852, locating in Green Township. Jier father died here, March 16, 1873, aged seventy-two years. On the 18th of February, 1845, Miss Boots was married to Solomon Dill, who died February 27, 1860. They were the parents of seven children, four of whom are now living, viz.: Martha J., George A., Lewis and David. Rhoda E., Martin L. and Philip M. are deceased. Mr. Dill was always engaged in the pursuit of farming, and was aman who possessed the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. Since his demise, the farm has been conducted by Mrs. Dill and her sons. She is the owner of 160 acres of fine land in Section 2. Mrs. Dill is a member of the German Reformed Church.

MINERVA EVANS, farmer, P. O. Fairview, daughter of Reuben and Barbara (Boots) Strong, was born in Greene County, Ohio, September 3, 1824. Her father was born in Massachusetts and her motherin Virginia. They came to Indiana in 1834, and settled in Delaware County, where both died - the father in 1885 and the mother in 1862. In 1842, the subject of this sketch was married to George W. Evaus, who was born in Ohio in 1817, and died in Randolph, County, Ind., in 1860. Their wedded life was blessed by nine sons, six of whom are now living, viz.: Jesse, Alfred, Levi M., Charleg, Napoleon B. and George W. William Henry enlisted for the six months' service, but fell a victim to measles and died in Tennessee, December 31, 1863, five months after his enlistment. He was in his nineteenth year, and was Second Lieutenant, in command of Company B, One Hundred and Eighteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Francis M., died in October, 1850; John R. died November 25, 1864. All the sons are farmers and identified with the Republican party, and two of them are Past Grands in Fairview Lodge, No. 134, 1.0. 0. F. They have a fine farm of 312 acres, under a good state of cultivation.

GEORGE FORD, farmer, P. O. Farmland, was born in Green Township, Randolph County, Ind., in 1845. His father, John Ford, was born March 13, 1803, in the State of New York. His mother was Betsey Johnson before marriage. In 1869, Mr. Ford was married to Miss Lucinda Flood, a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, and daughter of John and Sarah (Proof) Flood. Thoy are the parents of six children, four of whom are now living, viz.: Melissa J., Ida A., Mary L. and John C. Mr. Ford is engaged in agricultural pursuits, and has eighty acres of land in Section 19. His wife isa member of the Methodist Protestant Church.

JAMES H. FORD, farmer, P. O. Farmland, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, in 1844. His father, Robert, was born in Pennsylvania, and his mother,

Catharine (Hoblet) Ford, was born in Clinton County, Ohio. During the late war the subject of this sketch served the Union 'cause as a member of the Second Regiment Missouri State Militia. He served three years, and participated in the battles in which his regiment was engaged, among them being the battles of Bloomfield, Mo., and Niger Wood Swamp. His father was in the game branch of the service. Mr. Ford and wife are the parents of four children, viz.: Minnie B., Elma C., Clyde E. and Arthur J. Heis a farmer by occupation and a Republican in politics. He has forty acres in Section 17, Green Township, and forty acres in Missouri. Both himself and wife are members of the Christian Church.

JOHN FORD, farmer, P. 0. Farmland, was born in the city of New York, March 13, 1803, His father, George Ford, was born in County Down, Ireland. His mother, before marriage was Prudence Kearn, His father was once engaged in a rebellion against the British Government. On the lst of February, 1826, the subject of this sketch was married to Elizabeth Johnson; she was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, and her father, Cornelius Johnson, was born in New Jersey. Mr. Ford came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1827, and entered a tract of Government land in Green Township, where he still resides. |

He entered his land in 1832, and now owns 160 acres. Mr. Ford and wife are the parents of eleven children, five of whom are living, viz.: Margaret, Mary, George, Wilson B. and Samuel H. He had one son who fell in defense of the Union, killed by ''sharp-shooters.'' David Ford, an uncle of the subject of this sketch, came to the United States about 1809 or 1810. He never married, but made his home with a family in Rockbridge County, Va., until about the year 1821. It was known by his relatives that he had a large amount of gold in his possession, but after his death it could never be found or accounted for.

THOMAS GREEN, farmer, P. O. Ridgeville, was born in Casey County, Ky., in 1829. His parents were both natives of that county. Mr. Green has passed the greater portion of his life in the township in which he now resides, having located here about forty-seven years ago. He was married in 1853, to Minerva McCracken, a native of Licking County, Ohio, born in 1833. They are the parents of eight children, of whom four are now living, viz.: William H., Frances W., Emily V.E.and Mary R. Mr. Green.is engaged at the pursuit of farming. He has 194 acres of fine land in Green Township, Section 18. He is a member of the M. P. Church, as is also his wife. In politics, he is a Democrat. He had four brothers in the Union Army; Jonathan was a member of the Kighty-fourth Indiana Regiment; Granville was in the Thirtysixth Indiana Regiment, but was discharged on account of disability. James enlisted for three years, but died within six months after entering the service. Joshua entered the Eighty-fourth Indiana Regiment in 1864, and served until the close of the war.

AARON HARRIS, farmer, P. 0. Fairview, was born April 15, 1825, near Oxford, Ind. His parents, Samuel and Mary Harris, were natives of Virginia. They removed to Montgomery County, Ohio, and located near Dayton, in 1827. There the subject of this sketch received his education. In 1848, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Bond, and in 1855, came to Rando!ph County, locating upon a tract of heavily timbered land. His farm contains 240 acres, of which area 195 acres have been cleared by himself. His wedded life has been blessed by nine children, seven of whom now survive, viz.: William P., Hiram J., James F., Eveline, John W., Henry F. and Ella J. Mr. Harris is 3 member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is highly esteemed as a good citizen. For several years after locating in this county, he worked at the carpenter's trade, and erected many of the first frame barns in this locality.

WILLIAM H. HARRISON, Esq., farmer, P. O. Farmland, was born September 20, 1846, in Greene County, Ohio. His father, Jesse Harrison, was born in Ohio, February 13, 1809. His mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Flood, was born in Greene County, Ohio, in October, 1808. They came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1847. The father died September 20, 1870. 'he mother is still living at Farmland, in this county. On the 14th of December, 1863, the subject of this sketch enlisted in the Nineteenth Indiana Volunteer Regiment for three years, or during the war. He participated in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and Five Forks, and through to Appomattox. He was married, April 16, 1869, to Martha A. McCarnish. They have two children living, Ira C. and Lauretta. Mr. Harrison is now serving as Justice of the Peace. He is a Republican in politics, and both himself and wife are members of the Christian Church.

CHRISTIAN LIFE, farmer, P. O. Fairview, was born in Lewis County, Va., January 8, 1831. Heis the son of John and Julia A. Life, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Germany. He came to Kando!ph County with his parents in 1887, and grew up amid the hardships of pioneer life. He was married, in 1857, to Miss Polly A. Tinkle, a native of Henry County, Ind., and daughter of Jacob Tinkle, now a resident of Jay County, Ind. They have six children, viz.: Emeline, John, Jacob, Lewis, Julia E. and William B. Mr. Life is engaged in farming and stock-raising, and owns 127 acres of good land. Both himself and wife are members of the United Brethren Church.

JOSEPH H. LORD, farmer, P. O. Fairview; was born in Connecticut March 29, 1821. His parents, Horace and Sarah (Buckland) Lord, were both natives of Connecticut, and both died at Winsor, in that State. The subject of this sketch lived within twelve miles of Hartford until twenty years old. He then lived in Greene County, Ohio, for six years, after which he came to Randolph County, Ind., and located in Greene Township. He was married, December 80, 1847, to Ellen McClure, daughter of Samuel and Barbara (Farver) McClure. Her father was born in Augusta County, Va., in 1780, and died in Randolph County, Ind., about 1865. Her mother was born in Pennsylvania in 1782, and died in Randolph County, Ind., December 30, 1862. Mr. Lord and wife have six children, viz.: Charles E., James H., Lydia.A., Frank B., Martin M. and Sarah F. HoraceS., died October 24, 1862. Mr. Lord is engaged in agricultural pursuits, having 160 acres of fine land in Section 21. He is a Republican, and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

AMOS LUDWICK was born in Stony Creek Township, Randolph Co., Ind., October 15, 1834. His father, George Ludwick, was born in Maryland. His She died in 1842, and his father died about six years later. Mr, Ludwick received a good common school education, and grew up a farmer, which occupation he has ever since followed. He was married, March 7, 1859, to Mary KE. McNees. They are the parents of eight children, three of whom are deceased: Flora E., Lindsey L., McNees B., Charles E. and Myrtle P., are now living. Mr. Ludwick has 106 acres of good land in Section 6. He is a Republican in politics, and both himself and wife are members of the Christian Church. Mrs. Ludwick is the daughter of Andrew and Jane (McEntyre) McNees, the former probably a native of Tennessee, and the latter of Ohio. She had three brothers in the Union army during the late war - Harvey A., was in the Nineteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry (three years' service), but was finally discharged on account of disability. S. A., was in the same regiment. He died from the effects of wounds received at the battle of Gainesville, Va. Marshall M., was in the Eighty-fourth Regiment, three years' service, and was wounded on the skirmish line. He continued in the service until the close of the war. Andrew McNees, the father of Mrs. Ludwick, was born January 21, 1818, and Jane McNees mother of Mrs. L., was born November 22, 1811.

JOHN McCAMISH, farmer, P. O. Ridgeville, was born August 14, 1838. His father, William McCamish, was a native of Tennessee, and his mother, whose maiden name was Margaret Gray, was a native of Virginia, They came to Randolph County, Ind., about the year 1835. His grandfather was in the war of 1812. Mr. McCammish has eighty acres of fine land in Greene Township, and is engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was married, in 1858, to Hannah Gantz. Her father was born in Germany, and her mother in New Jersey. Mr. McCamish and wife are the parents of two children - William M. and Adelia F. Mr. and Mrs. McCamish are members of the M. P. Church, and Mr. McCamish is a Republican in politics.

JESSE B. McKINNEY, stock-raiser, P. O. Fairview, was born in Clarke County, Ohio, January 8, 1822. His father, Anthony W. McKinney, was born in Newport, Ky., and his mother, Elizabeth (Britton) McKinney, was born in Ohio. In 1837, his father came to Randolph County, locating in Green Township. He was a soldier in the war of 1512. The grandfather of J, B. McKinney was a soldier in the Revolution, and fought at Bunker Hilland Brandywine. After the war, he settled in Kentucky, and adopted the vocation of farming. He owned and operated a ferry-boat across the Ohio River, and it is said he assisted in "raising'' the first log cabin in Cincinnati. He died in Green Township, Randolph Co., Ind., in 1838. Jesse B. McKinney was reared amid the scenes of pioneer life, and received his education in a rude log schoolhouse in this township. He was married, August 10, 1848, to Elizabeth A. Manor. Her father was born in Berkeley County,Va., and her mother, Elizabeth (Suvers) McKinney, was born near Philadelphia, Penn. Her father settled in Jay Co., Ind., in 1835, Mr. McKinney and wife have three children now living, viz.: Mary C., Emma Z. V, and Ella E. Elizabeth Jane died in 1854, During early life, Mr. McKinney followed the occupation of farming, then engaged in milling pursuits for five years, and for six years was in mercantile life. He has since been extensively engaged in farming and stock-raising, having 1,600 acres of fine land in Green Township, and a palatial home. He is enterprising and public-spirited, as well as liberal, and is universally esteemed.

JAMES G. McPROUD, farmer, P. O. Farmland, was born April 30, 1803, in Rockingham County, Va., and removed to Ross County, Ohio, when but six years old. He removed to Fayette County, Ohio, in 1837, and from there to Randolph County, Iad., where he has ever since resided. His father, John, was born and reared in Burlington County, N. J. He removed to Virginia, and married Nancy Read, a native of Delaware. She died in Ross County, Ohio, in 1816, The subject of this sketch married Hannah G. Roberts, in 1827. She was born in Lycoming County, Penn., September 1, 1806. Her father, John Roberts, was born in Salem County, N. J., in 1766. The subject of this sketch received a common school education in Ross County, Ohio. He learned the blacksmith's trade, but has always been engaged in farming. He has 160 acres of land in Sections 14 and 23. Both himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church. They have seven children living, viz.: Josiah R., Lewis W., Mary M., Samuel T., Constant B., James G. and Sarah M. John W., died October 10, 1878; Esther E., died February 10, 1864.

MILTON MERANDA, farmer, P. O. Farmland, was born in Clark County, Ohio, December 22, 1840. His father, Robert L. Meranda, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., October 9, 1809, but was reared and educated in Clark County, Ohio. His. mother's maiden name was Mercer CU. Davis. She was born near Yellow Springs, Ohio, in. 1814. Both came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1849, locating in Franklin Township, where they remained until death, Milton, the subject of this biography, enlisted in the Fifty-fifth Imdiana Regiment for the three months' service early in the late war, and re-enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, for one year. He participated in the battles at Nashville, Wise's Ford and elsewhere. He was married, on the Ist of October, 1865, to Matilda A. Faust, daughter of Christian Faust, who was born in Knox County, Tenn. Mr. Meranda and wife are the parents of six children, viz., William F., Rosanna, James I., Lillian, Peter L. and Doralee. He was engaged in farming during the greater part of his life, but for the past twelve years he has been engaged in milling pursuits, having an interest in a good saw-mill at Shedville. In politics, he is a Democrat. Both himself and wife are members of the Christian Church.