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and resided until 1875, when he retired from the farm and came to Alliance, where he has resided ever since. He officiated as Treasurer of Washington Tp., for twelve years; was County Commissioner six years, and is now serving his fifth year as Trustee of Lexington Tp. Early in life he affiliated with the Democracy; being opposed to the pro-slavery issues, he resolved to unite with the " Know- Nothing" party, which was then being organized. Having presented himself for initiation, the secret oath being administered, in which there were unpleasant and unpatriotic issues developed, he instantly called a halt in ceremonies, reached for his hat, and bid the party a lasting farewell. To Mr. and Mrs. Lee five children were born - Mary, now Mrs. W. Coffee; Jeremiah, Ellen P., wife of T. F. Haines; Jane, wife of Robert W. Cook, and Jessie E. His son Jeremiah enlisted in the late war, 115th, O. V. I., and served three years, having received his discharge the day he was 31 yeai'S old. He returned home broken down in health, married and survived until July 4, 1873, when he died of disease contracted in the service.

HARVEY LAUGHLIN, attorney at law; Alliance; was born in Deerfield, Portage Co., Ohio, Jan. 10, 1813. His father, James Laughlin, was born in Virginia, and came to Pennsylvania with his parents when quite young; in the latter State he married Letitia Dunlap, and in the year 1800 they removed to Ohio, settling in Deerfield Tp., of Portage Co. They were parents of twelve children - six girls and an equal number of boys; ten grew up to maturity, seven of %vhom survive. Harvey was the eiglith child. Mr. James Laughlin was by trade a mill-wright; he was a man of push and energy; with an idea of the early demand for milling in the rapidly developing settlement, he began the erection of a dam on the Mahoning River, one mile south of Deerfield Center. He put in machinery for both grist and saw-milling; this was among the first mills in Portage Co.; he lived there to a good old age, and passed away in 1851. His wife preceded him in death several years. Harvey obtained his education at the common schools and Sturdevant Academy of Talmadge. His early manhood was spent variously between teaching school and being employed in his father's mill.

and farming. In 1842 he began tlie study of law with Griswold and Grant, of Canton, and in the fall session of 1844-, of the Supreme Court in Canton, he was admitted to the bar. He did not enter immediately upon t ho practice of law, but returned to the old homestead in Deerfiold, Portage Co., and of which he had charge until 185:i. That same year he moved to Alliance, and opened a law office, where he has practiced ever since. lie has been twice married, first to Sarah A. Baldwin, of Wheeling, Va., in 1836, who died, leaving one chiki - Sarah A. Uis second marriage was with Minerva M. Mills, of Deerfield, in May, 1840. By this union five children %vere born, four of whom are living, viz. - Eliza M., Harvey C, James L. and Mary E. His eldest son, Harvey, has been in the employ of the Pioneer Oil Co., of Cleveland, in the capacity- of book-keeper for the past ten years. .Tames L. graduated from Harvard College, in 1.S73, where he is now Assistant Professor of Political Economy.

JONATHAN MYERS, contractor and builder ; Alliance ; was born in Smith Tp., Mahoning Co., Ohio, June 6, 1836. His father's name was Jonathan Myers, who was born in Virginia, Nov. 11, 1806. When quite j-oung, his parents removed from Virginia to Carroll Co., Ohio, and when he arrived at manhood he worked at the carpenter's trade. He finally married, and with his wife removed to Smith Tp., Mahoning Co., where he engaged in farming. They reared eleven children, seven boys and four girls ; of these, ten lived to maturity. The subject of these notes is the third child of the family ; he received the ordinary tuition afforded in the common schools, and until about 2'i years of age was variously engaged on his father's extensive farm and in working at the carpenters trade ; for the latter he had a decided natural turn of mind. He began for himself, with what ex- ])erience he had then acquired, in contracting and building, throughout the neighborhood, in which operations he was quite successful. Aug. 5, 18(j-2, he enlisted in Co. H, 10.5th O. V. I., and went to the front ; on the 8th of October, the same year, while participating in the battle of Perryville, Ky., he was shot through the right arm, breaking it above the elbow, which disabled him from further duty as a soldier ; he lay there in hospital three months, and was then removed to Louisville, Ky., where he was discharged Jan. 14, 1863, on account of disability. The ensuing summer he attended a select school in Mahoning Co., and in 1864 he accepted a |>osition as I bookkeeper in the planing-mill of .John Pack- '< er, where he remained seven months, when he I purchased a piece of real estate in Alliance, and began building, and selling house and lot as soon as finished. He did a good business in this way during the influ.\ of jjopulation to the town when it was comparatively new. This line of business he has continued ever since, besides being for three years the partner of J. T. Weybreeht in the planing-mill and lumber business. June 8, 1865, he married Etneline Cop})ock, a daughter of Pleasant and L\-dia E. Coppock, of Mahoning Co. They have five (children living - Mar)' (deceased), Charles S., Howard F., Orlando B., Oscar and Edward ; one died in childhood. Besides his town property, he purchased in April, 1880, a farm of 120 acres adjoining the citv corporation.

B. F. MERCER, manufacturer of wooden pumps; Alliance; was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, Dec. 20, 1831. He is the son of Solomon and Elizabeth (Fitzpatrick) Mercer, who were both natives of this State. His father learned the potters' trade, and worked at it in his younger days, but subsequently turned his attention to farming, where he reared his family. Consequently the early life of B. F. was spent on the farm, and at the age of 1.5 hl^ was apprenticed to the carriage manufacturing business in Massillori, and worked at that trade, including a term of apprenticeship, about fifteen years. In 1864 he removed to Alliance, and embarked in the manufacture of horse, hay and grainrakes, and conducted that three years; the business could scarcely be considered a financial success, and abandoned it. In 1868, in partnership with Dr. Armstrong, he established the manufactory of wooden pumps, and about one year later he purchased tlic interest of his partner, since which time he has conducted the business himself. In this he has been favored with a rapidly extending patronage ; lays no claim to any new-found plan or patent, but manufactures a first-class pump, of the very best material, for either deep or shallow wells. His establishment is commodious and suited to his business; he employs five to ten hands, according to the season of the year, and turns out about 5,000 pumps annually, which are sold to dealers throug-hout the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. April 13, 1851, he married Sarah C. Freer, of Paris, this country. The\- have three children, viz. - Harlcv F., Fannie and Burr S.

CHARLES L. MORGAN, physician and surgeon; Alliance; was born Sept. 19, 1857, in Alliance. He is the son of John C. and Elizabeth (Pennock) Morgan, both of whom are natives of Ohio. Charles L. is the second son of three children. He received a thorough practical education in the public schools, and in 1S71 entered Mt. Union College, and subsequently graduated from the High School of Alliance, and in 1876 began the study of medicine with Dr. J. H. Tressel, in this place. The first course of lectures he attended was in the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati; and again at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore, Md., where he graduated in 1879. He began the practice of his profession in partnership with Dr. E. I.uolien, of Westfield, Morrow Co., and in 1880 he removed to Alliance, where he has established himself, and, so far, has secured a good patronage, which is daily increasing. As a student he was a close worker and observing, and as a practitioner no doubt the same characteristic will predominate. With his naturally agreeable and pleasing manners, combined with his professional ability, it is only a question of a short time and circumstances when he will stand in the first ranks of the profession. While he is proficient in all branches of the science of medicine, surgery claims his special atttenion. Sept. 3, 1880, he married V. Esteila Miller, daughter of Dr. Jesse Miller, of Alliance.

EMERY MILLER, dealer in live stock; Alliance; was born in Mahoning Co., Ohio, .fnly 21, 1839. The second of nine children born to John H. and Elizabeth (llgenfritz). Miller; and in youth was brought u]j to farming and its kindred pursuits. After the regular course of study in the district schools, he received a liberal education in the Canfield Academy, and began teaching school when 16 years of age; having completed six terms before he was 31 years old, some of the time being employed in the schools of New Middleton' When of age, he began to clerk in a drv goods store, and a year later (1861) he came to Alliance, and opened a diy goods store which he continued for eight years ; when he purchased a good farm of 240 acres in Mahoning Co., a short distance from Alliance, and engaged in stock dealing extensively, to which business he devotes his whole attention. His annual shipments average about 500 head of horses, sold {)rincipally in Philadelphia, and about 1300 head of cattle, which are slaughtered principally in Youngstown, Ohio, to supply the meat market of his brother, whose patronage requires upwards of 1300 beeves yearly. In March, 1860, Mr. Miller married Maggie I., daughter of David Weikart, of Mahoning Co. Three children have been born to them, viz: Austie I., Ivie C, and Chloe E. Mr. Miller has pursued industriously a straight, business-like course, which has been greeted with more than ordinary success. He began in business with a very limited amount of capital, and has now, in the prime of life, a competency; for, besides his stock-farm, he owns 9 acres within the corporate limits of Alliance, on which he erpcted one of the finest residences in Alliance, in 1877, at a cost of upwards of $11,000, with all necessary out-buildings. He is an ai-tive member of the Society of American Legion of Honor.

JESSE MILLER, physician and surgeon; Alliance; son of Rev. .Fohn B., and Sarah Sliller; was born in Washington Tp., Stark Co., Ohio, May 4, 1837. His early education was received in the common schools, and subsequently at Mt. Union Seminary; he began teaching in his 17th year, during winter, and attended school in the interval. In 1858 he began the study of medicine with J. P. Gruwell, M. D., at Damascus, Ohio; attended lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, and graduated there in March, 1871. He married Maria Summer, daughter of David and Anna Summer of Columbiana Co., Sept. 29, 1859; he began the practice of his profession in 1861 at North Benton, Ohio; where he remained until he engaged in the war of the late rebellion in 1864, as Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A., and was assigned to duty, first at Indianoplis, soon after ordered to Louisville, Ky., and from tlu'ie went to Nashville, Tenn., and was assigiR'd to general iiospital No. 2, where he remained until March, 1805, when he returned home havinjj contracted rheumatism from which he has suffered severely since. In 1809 he was compelled to quit practice, on account of disability induced by rheumatism, and decided to try a change of climate. He then removed to Topeka, Kan., where he resided five years without anj' improvement, but his rheumatic double had so far disabled him as to make him almost entirely helpless. He returned to Ohio in 1874, and located in Alliance where he now resides. His suffering has been extreme, even to the dislocation of his joints; his esteemed wife has been his constant companion and care-taker during these many years of his afiliction, which he has borne with patient resignation. They have two children, viz. - Viola Estelle, and William Leslie.

REV. JOHN B. MILLER, Presbyterian minister ; Alliance ; was born near North Benton, Columbiana (now Mahoning) Co., Ohio, Feb. 13, 1816. His father, Abraham Md'er, was a native of Fayette Co., Pa., and moved to Ohio and settled in Smith Tj). of Columbiana Co., in 1804 ; his wife's name was Nancy Blackburn ; they reared a family of eight children. The children were sent to subscrijjtion schools in the winter, and were reared to the industries of farm-life during summer. In this way . I oh n B. secured a good practical education, and was never an hour under instruction which was paid from any public fund. When about 12 years of age he united himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and early distinguished himself as a leader ; on the day he was 16 years of age he received a license from that denomination to exhort in Randolph, Portage Co., and was regidarly ordained at Warren, Trumi.idl Co., Aug. 1, 1841, as a local minister. Two vi^ars subsequent to his ordination, when the Church was divided on the issue of slavery in the United States, Mr. Miller went with the seceding faction and joined the M^esleyan Methodists, in Auo-usi, 1843; he was tlien a])pointed to a circuit, and spent ten years as traveling minister, principally in the "Western Reserve," except one year which he spent in the Westville circuit, in the counties of Columbiana and Stark. Althongii evervthing was in harmony as regarding his connection with the Wesleyan body, yet his better judgment and more cool reflection would continually deprecate his withdrawal from the Methodist Episcopal body. In December, 1853, he united himself with the Westville Presbytery, and was received by that body on certificate from the Wesleyan MetJiodists, as an ordained minister, as he had been ordained an elder while connected mth the Wesleyan M(!thodist Church. He was then installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church at New Waterford, Columbiana Co., where he preached fourteen years, when he received and accepted a call to preach at Enon Valley, in Pennsylvania, where he remained three years, when he accepted a call from the churches of Betliesda and Hanover, in Columbiana Co., where he preached three year.s, half the time to each church, as neither congregation was able to sustain regular weekly service. He then severed his relation with the Hanover church, and preached two years, giving all his time to the church at Bethesda. In Ajjril, 1877, he was obliged, on account of failing health, to give up his charge at Bethesda, since which time he has been supplying different churches ; for about eighteen months past he has been preaching to the congregation at New Harrisburg, Carroll Co. Dec. 2, 1834, he married Sarah Shaffer, and to them were born twelve children, eight of whom are living, viz.^ - .Jesse (whose sketch is in this work), Bradford, now Treasurer of Shawnee Co., Kan.; Williatn W. and Hiram B., partners in mercantile and live-stock trade, in Osage, Kan.; Henry H., a ph3-sician, in practice at Rossville, K;in.; John A., in the boot and shoe business in North Topeka; Stephen is a merchant in Florence, Kan.; Jane A. is now Mrs. William Millard, of tliis county. Mrs. Miller died Nov. 6, 1805 ; Mr. Miller married his second wife, Mrs. Mary Boies, nee Hamilton, widow of the late W. Boies, Nov. 6, 1866. Although well advanced in years, Mr. Miller is a man full of vitality, energetic in the good cause, an ever-ready and zealous worker; what he may have lacked, in early life, in collegiate education, is fully compensated in native ability, a large amount of commonsense, seasoned with a long and varied experience. Five of his sons were engaged in the late civil war, viz. - Jesse, Bradford, John A.,

WILLIAM McLERAN, commercial traveler and hardware merchant; Alliance; was born at Philadelphia, April 28, 1832. His parents were James and Mary (Brown) Mc- Leran, both natives of Scotland; who came to the United States with their respective families when children. James McLeran engaged in the manufacture of woolens in Philadelphia, and continued in that business until 1832, when he removed with his family to Salem, Columbiana Co., Ohio, where he engaged in coverlid and carjiet weaving, and continued in that business until his death, which occurred in 1852. His widow survived until 1867. They had four children - James, John; and Mary and William (twins). William's boyhood was spent in Salem, and when about 14 years old, he began to clerk in a store of general merchandise, and remained three years, when he began to learn the carriage-blacksmitliing- trade, and worked at that for four years. Being much inclined to travel, he decided on making a tour of the Western States and Territories, which, including his stay in California, occupied a period of four years. In 1855, he left California, and returned to Ohio, and engaged in the dry goods business in Hanover, and subsequently in the merchant-tailoring in Salem for several years, and then disposed of his interest in that business to his brother, who was his partner, and went to Pittsburg in April, 1859, where he engaged in the hardware-jobbing business until January, 1861, when he went to Philadelphia, and has been a commercial traveler from the latter city ever since. His experience for the last twenty-one years as traveling salesman over the north-west, has been varied and interesting. His strict integrity and close attention to business has placed him high in the confidence of his employers, and won him many friends among ills patrons. Nov. 7, 1855, he married Laura .]. Laubie, daughter of .James Laubie, of Salem, formerly of Pittsburg, Pa. In the spring of 1881, he established a retail hardware store in Alliance, in partnership with his nephev/, Will. M. Grumrine, the latter gentleman has charge of the business, in which he has had considerable experience.

He was born in Salem, Ohio, April 2*^, 1856; son of Daniel and Mary (McLeran) Crumrine - she the only sister of Mr. McLrran. Mr. Crumrine was engaged in a hardware store where he remamed six years, and then accepted a position in the wholesale house of Wagner & Forney, of Mansfield, as traveling salesman, which position he resigned when the firm of McLeran & Crumrine was formed.

WILLIAM MURPHY, manufacturer and repairer of steam boilers, &c.; Alliance ; was born in Cork, Ireland, Feb. 10, 1846. When he was about 3 years old, his parents came to the United States, and settled at Buffalo, N. Y. There his mother died, and his father married a second wife, and reared a large family. When about 19 years of age, William began to work with the Buckeye Boiler Co., of Cleveland; finished his trade with the Variety Iron Works Co., and subsequently established a shop in Newcastle, Penn., but being in limited financial circumstances, he suffered considerable loss in the panic of 1873, and was obliged to suspend business in that place. He then opened a shop in the oil regions of Pennsylvania, which he finally sold and returned to Ohio. On Aug. 29, 1872, he was married to Margaret Ryan, daughter of William Ryan, of Mt. Union. Since their return to Ohio, Mr. Murphey worked at his trade during the winter months, and worked Mr. Ryan's farm during the summer, until November, 1880, when he established liis present boiler works in the old Nixon agricultural works building, where he does all kinds of boiler manufacturing and repairing. They have three children - William F., Charles H., and John A.

J. W. MoFARLAND, machinist and manufacturer of engines; Alliance; was born in Chester Co., Penn., August 26, 1833; he is the youngest of five children of John and Ann (Wiley)" McFarland. His father died when he was quite young, and until about his 17th year he lived and worked on the farm. He then began to learn the machinist's trade at the Brandywine Machine Works, and served four years. In 1855 he came to Ohio, and started a saw-mill near Salem, Columbiana Co., and ran that about three years. He came to Alliance in the spring of I860, and was employed in the machine works here as " master mechanic;" he held this |ii)sitiou until 18GG, when he removed to Uoatesville, Penn., and engaged at his trade there several years, after which he returned to Alliance and took charge of Nixon & Co.'s works for a short time. In 1872 he began business for himself; although his out-set was at a time most unfav()ral)le for business enterprise, he pushed his work perseveringly and steadily in a small way, and has been favored with unexpected success, em|)loviug now live or six hands, as trade demands. In June, 1858, he married Phoebe P. Babb, of Chester Co., Penn. They have two children - Laura E., (who has charge of the books o! the concern), and Leetta.

ISAAC C. MILBOURX, general stationery dealer; Alliance; was born in Hanover, Columbiana Co., Ohio, Nov. 19, 18'.28. He is the youngest of a family of eight children, one girl and seven boys, born to Samuel and Jane (Craig) Milbourn, who removed from Virginia to Chio about 1804. They located on a farm in Columbiana Co., and on which they ever afterward resided until their demise, which occurred, his in 1S64, and his widow survived until 1870, both well advanced in years. Isaac C. Milbourn's vouth was spent on the farm until about 18 y.ars of age; he then learned the carpenter's trad(\ and followed that business until 1864. The following j'ear he abandoned the carpenter business anil opened a store of general hardware in Waynesburgh, this county, which he conducted two years, and then embarked in the dry goods trade until 1869. He disposed of his business in Waynesburgh, and came to Alliance the same year, and toi)k a contract of grading the Pittsburg, Baltimore & Ohio R. R., from Connellsville to Cumberland, which occupied him over a year. His contract completed, he returned to Alliance in 1870, and, to learn the business, he accepted a clerkship in a stationery ostalilishment, which he purchased in 1874, and has conducted that business ever since. March, 1853, he married Elizabeth Manfull. They hail one child who died when 4 years old. Mrs. Mill)ourn is a daughter of Stephen Manfull, of Augusta, Carroll Co., Ohio.

FRANK M. ORR, tin, stove, and hardware merchant; Alliance; was born in Harrison Co., Oliii, July 12, 1838; the son of John and Elizabeth (Adkinson) Orr, who came from

Virginia to Ohio, and located in Harrison Co. His father was a mill-wright bv trade, but after coming to Ohio his time was spent principally in fanning. They reared eight children of whom Frank M., is the only survivor; he got the advantages of a good common school education, and being left to his own resources at 10 years of age, he learned industry and economy out of necessity. At 15 years of age he began to learn the tinner's trade in Carrollton, Carroll Co., and in 1856 removed to Canton, where he worked at his trade until 1802. In the spring of that year he moved to Alliance, and set up in business for himself, where he has continued in the tin, hardware, stove and house-furnishing trade ever since. In his business career there existed a partnership until 1873, which terminated then by Mr. Orr purchasing the entire business, immediately preceding the panic of 1873; in this he was a heavy loser, but through energy and good executive business tact he surmounted the impending difficulties of trade and has done a flourishing business since. In October, 1859, he married Isabel Grim, for whom he had formed an early attachment in youth, in Harrison Co. By this union were born eight children, six of whom are living, viz. - Alice (now Mrs. II. H. Highland), Elmer E., Kittic, Lo>i A., William J. F., and Edna B. Mr. Orr has been a member of tlie Independent Order of Odd Fellows since 18G0, and is a member of the Royal Arcanum.

MORRIS C. PENNOCK, hardware merchant and banker; Alliance; of the firm of Wright & Pennock; was born in Chester Co., Penn., May 22, 1830, and is the son of John and Sidney (Chambers) Pennock. The Pennock family in this country trace their ancestry back to one Christopher Pennock, who was an officer in the British army, but on embracing the religion of the Quakers, he resigned his position in the army and came to Pennsylvania with Wni. Penn, when the latter came to this continent on his second visit. Christopher Pennock had three sons who were the heads of the various branches of that family now in the United States. The parerits of our subject removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1832, and settled about eight miles south of Salem, where they farmed about 10 years, and then moved to the near vicinity of Salem, where they now reside; their ages respectively being 79 and 74 years; they reared a family of five children, four of whom are living, viz. - Elizabeth, now Mrs. Jos. Davis; Morris C; Rachel P., now Mrs. C. Bonsall; and Sidney M. They were brought up to farm life, and got a liberal education in the public schools. Morris C attended a private school in Salem, and for six or eight years he taught school in the winter, and worked on the farm during the summer. In March, 1857, he married Emma E. Wriglit, daughter of Redmond Wright, of Trumbull Co. They had one child, now deceased. For the purpose of learning the hardware business, he accepted a clerkship in an establishment of that kind with Chessman & Wright, of Salem, which he retained until 1862; when a partnership was formed between himself and Mr. Alfred Wright. Their present hardvvare house was established, and to it Mr. Pennock gives his undivided attention. In all their business enterprises they have been greeted with that success which awaits industry and honest effort. He is one of the originators of the First National Bank of Alliance, which was organized in 1872, and has been a member of its Board of Directors ever since the organization, and is now the Vice-President. He has also been a member of the City Council, and is president of the Board of Education. Mrs. Pennock, his first wife, died in 1802; and in May, 1808, he married Mrs. A. Keith, nee Colcstack; she has one child, Chas. S. Keith, by her first husband, who is engaged in the store.

WILLIAM REYNOLDS, retired train conducto" and merchant; Alliance; was born in Monmouthshire, England, Aug. 5, 1821. When he was about 20 years of age his brother John, their father, George Reynolds, and liimself emigrated to the United States. They came to Fallstown, Penn., where their fatlier engaged at his trade, that of wiredrawing, as did the subject of these notes; but death called John away ere they had been long in this country. In 1851, our subject engaged with tlie Ohio & Pennsylvania R. R. Co., now the P., Ft. W. & C. R. R., as wood contractor while it was being constructed. As soon as the road was in order for running trains, he was employed as baggage master on the train, and was soon promoted to conductor, in which capacity he has been on every grade of train fmui the gravel or construction train, up to the " Lightning E.Kpress," being the conductor on the first Lig'htning Express, and the conductor on the last trip made by the Liglitning Express, which trains were run during a period of heated competition of the " Trunk" Lines. He married Margaret J. McDonnal, of Alliance, in 1853, formerly of Florence, Pern. Subsequent to their marriage, he settled on a farm and in 1800, they came to reside in town where they have remained ever since. They have one child - Elizabeth Jane. In 1863 he opened a hotel in Alliance, having secured a contract for supplying the soldiers who were called thither, this being the headquarters of the Provost Marshal for this district. He is a gentleman of shrewd business faculties and has been several times in the mercantile business; when proper opportunity would present itself, he would purchase or sell out his business, and never devoted himself to any special branch of business; with all he has been favored with success. He united himself with the Masonic fraternity in New Brighton, Penn., and with the lodge there, h(; has sustained his membership for a period of upwards of twentv-tive vears.

WILLIAM A. ROUfSON, master of transportation on the Eastern division of P., Ft. W. & C. R. R.; Alliance; was born Sept. 24, 1841, in Wayne Co., Ohio, and is the second of a family of eight children, born to Samuel and Jane (Morrison) Routson. His father was extensively engaged in the manufacture of stone-ware and sewer-pipe, which business he conducted for many years. William A. received a liberal education, and early in life began to learn the art of telegraphy, and was variously employed as ojierator and superintendent's clerk, at Mansfield fir some tinie. On leaving Mansfield he was given charge of the railroad and telegraph offices at Wooster, where he remained several years; thence to Massillon, and had charge of the railroad office there as freight and ticket agent, until 1872, when he was promoted to Master of Transportation on the New Castle and Lawrence branches, of the Pennsylvania R. R. In 1875 he was appointed to his present position, includiTig also the Massillon Branch R. R. His position is one of much responsibility and trust. During these many years of railroad business in the various departments, from the least up to ills present position, he has always bCi'ti faithful and diligent in the discharge of his duty. In October, 18G5, he married Eliza K. Finlev, daughter of Rev. Robert M. Finley, a Presbyterian Minister, of Wooster, Ohio. One child is the result of this union - William A., Jr.

H. K. RUTH, merchant; Alliance; was born in Lancaster Co., IVnu., Jan. 10, 1831, the fifth child of a family of twelvi' children born to Peter and Kesiah (Itegar) Ruth, both natives of Pennsylvania. They removed to Ohio and settled in Osnaburg, Stark Co., engaging in the hotel business, where they remained about fifteen years, and fnially removed to Columbiana Co., where they died, well advanced in life; he in his 87th, and she in her 80th year. When about 16 years of age, young Ruth engaged as clerk in Minerva lor a short period, thence went to Canton where he held a similar position with M. Wikidall; thence to Osnaburg, and engaged with the Kountz Bros., who are now so favorably and well known as bankers and merchants in New York, Oniaha and Denver. In 185:3 he established a store of general merchandise in partnership with George Sloan, Sen., in Hanover, Columbiana Co., where he conducted business until 1800, and thence went to Augusta, where he was in business three years. He came t« Alliance in 1804, and was in the mercantile business a short time when he accepted a ]K)sition as commercial traveller, and remained in that capacity about ten years. In 1877 he opened a notion and fancy-goods store, and does a prosperous business. lie married Hannah Hamilton, Sept. 28, 1854, of Hanover. They have five children, viz - Charles, William, Clifford, Frank and Katie. Of his father's family of twelve children, eight are still living - Elizabeth, married Charles Haines, of Minerva, who is now in the oil trade at Oil City, Penn., since 1860; Mary A., has been twice a widow, her first husband was R. Smith, alter his decease she married William Frost; William, married Adaline Kountz, and resides in Denver, Col.; Matilda, deceased, was wife of Henry Shaffer, of Saline, Ohio; Kate is now the wife of Augustus Kovnitze, senior member of the Kountze Bros. Banking House, New York; Jefferson is a resident of Utah, dealing in agricultural implements;

HENRY SHAFFER, farnier and shipj.er of moulding sand; P. O. Alliance; was born in Washingtcm Tp., Stark Co., Ohio, Jan. 7, 1834; the fourth of eight children born to Samuel and Mary (Berger) Shaffer, whrjse sketch appears in this work. His parents moved to Alliani'e when he was quite young. He went out to his uncle .Jonathan Shaffer's, where he lived three years, about 10 years of age, he began to learn the carp(Miter's trade with James K. Blackburn, and followed that business until 1850, in the meantime having contracted and built many farm buildings. Dec. 24, 1855, he married hJlizabeth Chance; they have one child, Franklin H. Mrs. Shaffer is a daughter of Perry and Lovina Chance, of Alliance. For two years he was running a saw-mill, and in 1858 he rented a small farm and turned his attention to farming, which lasted only that season. Having lost all his crops by the severe and memorable freeze in June, 1858, he became disgusted, and secured a jiosition on the P., Ft. W. & C. R. R., as a brakeman, but was soon placed in chargeof a freight train; then promoted to coruhictor on a passenger train between Ft. Wayne and Chicago, having his residence in the latter place, from 1801 to 1800. They returned to Alliance, when he quit railroad work, where he has remained since. He purchased a small farm of 43 acres, on which is found valuable beds of moulding sand, for which there is a good demand in the moulding establishments all over the country, from Pittsburg east, to Indianapolis and Chicago in the west Mr. Shaffer has been a member of the ATasonic faiternity since 18(i0. He has been a Director of the Alliance & Lake Erie Railroad, and for two years Superintendent of said railroad, and one of its promoters.

JOHN SEFERT, meat market; Alliance; was born in Canton T|)., Ohio, July 17, 1832. He is the oldest son of U'.n children born to Michael and Sally (Wills) Sefert. They came to Stark Co., about 1828, when much of itwasyetin its natural ctmdition. Theirchildren are - John, George, Carolina (deceased), Sarah, Michael, Christian, Henry, Washington, Cora and Alice. Having spent his early manhood on his father's farm, John engaged in the butclieiing business in Waynesburtr four years, when he removed to Alliance and opened up the same business here which he closed out in a year to take a position on tlie P., Ft. W. & C. R. R., where he was employed ten years, nine of which he was conductor. He then resigned his railroad position, and started again in the meat market in Alliance, which he has continued ever since. Nov. 13, 1854, he married Anna Griffith, a daughter of Jacob Griffith, of this county. They have had nine children, viz. - -Carolina, Hulila E., George H., William E., Franklin (deceased), Mary A., Salome B., Emma A., and one died in childhood. Mr. Sefert is a quiet, industrious citizen, and has been a member of theMasonic fraternity for the last si.xteen years.

RALPH SCRANTON, deceased, was born in Atwater, Portage Co., Ohio, August 12, 1812. In youth he learned the cabinet-making business in Ravenna, and worked at iiis trade in Deerfield for ten years. In 1846 he purchased a small farm in Lexington Tp., Stark Co., and carried on his trade in connection with his farming. They sold out in 1850, and I'enioved to the farm where his widow now resides In the fall of 1835, he married Elizabeth Pickering. She was born in Dorchester, Eng., Oct. 23, 1814, a daughter of Joseph and Annie Pickering, who with their seven children, emigrated to the United States in 1830; came direct to Deerfield, Portage Co., Ohio, where they located and remained until their death. To Mr. and Mrs. Soranton were born ten children, nine living, viz. - Lovina, Irving, Edwin E., Paiuelia, Harrison, Albert, I^ouisa, Aldine and Rosetta. Mr. Soranton died April 10, 1867. Two of their sons participated in the late war - Irving and Edwin E. The former was, at the time of the outbi-eak of the rebellion, a resident of Iowa, and enlisted in the 16th la. V. I., was seriously wounded by gunshot at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, from whence he was discharged becavise of disability.

EDWIN E. SCRANTON, railroad agent; Alliance ; was born March 2, 1840, while his ])arents resided in Deerfield, and is the third child of the family. He was educated at the Public Schools, and at Mt. LTnion College, where he took a course extending over two years. For two years he taught school in the counties of Stark and Portage. He enlisted in the late war, Oct. 28, 1861, in Co. B., 65th O. V. I. On July 1, 1864, he was promoted to First Lieutenant, and steadily rose in favor in his regiment. .Jan. 1, 1865, he was promoted to Regimental Adjutant, and Nov. 30, was mustered out, with the rank of Captain. His war record is in every respect highly honorable, and so far as escape from injury is concerned, was exceedingly fortunate, considering that he participated in fourteen of the most prominent battles of the whole campaign; among which we may mention the engagements at Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga. Mission Ridge, through the Atlanta Campaign, Franklin and Nashville, besidts many skirmishes. On his return from the army, he farmed two years, then disposed of his interests in that line and for the greater part of his time since was in the employ of the P., Ft. W. & C. R. R. Co., engaged in office work at Alliance, until the spring of 1881, when he engaged with the Lake Erie & Alliance R. R. Co. He attends to general office work, and is agent for said conjpany at Alliance. Feb. 28, 1866, he married Hannah, daughter of Robert and Aliigail Wood. They have five children - Melville, Clarence, Laurin, Evelina and Edison E. Mr. and Mrs. Scranton are members of the M. E. Church. He has been for two years a member of the City Council, and served three years on the Board of Education of Alliance, and for two years Assistant Superintendent of the Sunday School.

JACOB SHAFFER, treasurer and secretary of the Alliance Bagging Co.; Alliance; was born in Washington Tp., this county, July 3, 1828. He is the son of Samuel and Mary M. vShaffer, who is referred to elsewhere in this work. His boyhood was spent in his father's store as clerk while he was yet quite young, in which capacity he continued many years. On attaining his majority he entered into partnership with his father in the mercantile business; they estaVilishcd a general store of merchandise, besides handling produce largely. They also took in as partner one A. C. Hanger, the firm name being S. Shaffer & Co., which was dissolved in 1857. Our subject then embarkeil in the dry goods trade with Mr. Keplinger for about three years. In 1862 a partnership was formed bes Vy tween himself and Jlr. Ely, in the mercantile business wliich lasted until 1S?3. In the meantime he and Mr. Ely had taken an interest in the bao^j^ing nianufactury, and ere long Mr. Shaffer joined the latter establishment, and has been an active member of the firm ever since. He was married to Emeline Stanley in March, 184:8. She was a daughter of L. B. Stanley, of Malioninir Co. They have six children, viz. - Minerva J., Emma S., Alonzo T., Knivilla, Charles C, and TIenry C. Mr. Shatlor is one of those unassinninij, quiet business mini, who watch their own business interests without courting- a superficial popularity. He has been elected, and served several years as member of the Alliance Town Council.

GEORGE SEFERT, meat market; Alliance; was born in Canton, Ohio, March 3, 1834; the second son of ten children born to Michael and Sally (Wills) Sefert. He was brought up to farm work in youth, and when about 1(3 years of age, he went to Wheeling, Va., where he was engaged in the glass-blo.ving business about five years. Returning to this county he engaged in farming and stockdealing with his father, who was largely engaged in driving live stock. In 1858 he opened a moat market in Wa\'nesburgh, and th(s following year moved to Minerva, where he continued his business until IS&Z. On Feb. 8, of that year, he enlisted in the 3d O. L. A. of the late war, and was assigned to duty as Sergeant, and afterward was promoted to Orderlj' Sergeant, then to 2d Lieutenant, and then to Senior 1st Lieutenant, in which capacity he served to the close of the war, having participated in many of the important battles of the war, among which we mention the engagements of Raymond, Mi.ss., Jackson, Miss., Chani])ion Hills and Seige of Vicksburg. He then returned home and recruited soldiers for six months, and again joined his regiment which was then at Cairo, III., but soon advanced to Georgia, participating in the Kcnasaw Mountain engagement. Chat dioochee River, and Atlanta, on the '22d of July, 1864, where Gen. McPherson was killed. His regiment was then sent back to Nashville, Tenn., wh(>re they remained until the close of the war. His war record has been of a character to reflect lasting credit. Sej)temb:>r, 180.5, he came to Alliance and established his present business, and has in connection with it, engaged extensively in livestock <tealing ever ?-ince. He married Barbara Weaver, of O.snaburg Tp., March 28, 1858, and there were born to them two children - Amelia and Charles.

SAMUEL SHAFFER, deceased; was born in eastern Pennsylvania, in 1803; the second child of a family of thirteen children born to William ShafTr^r. William Shaffer came to Ohio with his faniilj' in 1814, and located in Washington Tp., Stark Co., where he entered considerable land. His numerous family of children all lived to maturity, and he and his wile remained in the same place until their demise, which occurred many years ago. Their sons all settled in Ohio, but some of their daughters removed to the west with their families. Samuel married Mary Barger, Sept. 20, 1825. She was daughter of Christian Barger, a minister of the United Brethren Church, who came with his family from Pennsylvania early in the spring of 1825, and settled at Harrisburg, Stark Co. He labored in the good cause for about three years in the pioneer settlements, when the Master called him from earthly scenes. Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer pursued their farming vocation about two arid a half miles southwest of Mt. Union, until by rheumatism he was disabled in one leg, being then less able to indulge in active work of the farm, and still retaining his usual energy, he was determined to do something; so he opened a grocery at his residence, which he conducted for about three years. In 1841 he moved to Freedom - now Alliance - and opened the second store ever in this place. He was early identified with the United Brethren Church, of which he was Trustee for many years, but subsequently united himself with the M. E. Church, which denomination granted him a license to preach, but being of a reserved and retiring turn of mind, ho never entered on ministerial duties. He was a man of good business abilitv, and did much for the general welfare and development of Alliance. In partner-ship with his son Jacob, he built the provision warehouse now owned by Jacob Lower, and conducted business there several years. He was cho-iMi Township Trustee, which office he held for many years. .Mr. an<l Mrs. Shaffer were parents of nine children, eight of whom lived to niaturitv, viz: - Jacob, Henry, Samuel (was a eor.duciur on the P., Ft. W. & C. R. R., on which he sustained fatal injuries at Massillon,) Isaac, Sarah, Susan, Sophia and Lucinda. Mr. Shaffer died Feb. 7. 1877. Mrs. Shaffer is left in vi.^ry comfortable circumstances, and is remarkably hale for one of her age, and especially for one who has cared for so large a family, and borne the burthen and withstood the trials of pioneer life.

REUBEN SHI DLER, proprietor of livery stable; Alliance; was born in Paris Tp., Stark Co., Ohio, July 3, 18:57. His father David, and his mother, Lydia (Fryfogle) Shidler, were both natives of Pennsylvania, and removed to Ohio when young. The Shidler family were among the early settlers of Paris Tp. Our subject is the fourth of a family of nine children, six sons and three daughters. His boyhood was spent on the farm, but when about 14 years of age, his father removed his family to Homeworth, and there engaged in the steam saw-mill business, remaining until their demise. Young Shidler engaged in the lumber trade, which he continued for a time; when he purchased a farm and dcvotetl himself to the caieof it for about three years, but on the beginning of the oil excitement in Pennsylvania, he repaired thither, but returned in a short time and sold his farm, and engaged in the hotel business at Homeworth for three years. In April, 1870, he came to Alliance, intent on establishing a dray-line, which he concluded, on his arrival, would not be a paying arrangement. He leased a small stable, and in partnership with Albert Reed, turned his attention to the livery business. Soon thereafter he purchased a lot and erected his present stables. The partnership relation of the firm was dissolved by Mr. Shidler purchasing the interest of Mr. Reed in the stable in "March, 1881. He married Hattie King, of Columbiana Co., in 18.58. Their onlv child is William W., now witli Mr. Sefert.

SAMUEL SHIMP, freightand ticket agent of P., Ft. W. & 0. R. R.; Alliance; was born in Franklin Co., Penn., Nov. 21, 1838; the second child and oldest son born to Samuel and Catharine (Stouifer) Slump, who were also natives of Pennsylvania. His father was a carpenter by trade, but subsequently turned his attention to farming, to which life our subject was brought up. When about 19 years of age, he began to learn the carpe?iter's trade, and continued in that business about eight years. In February, 1851, he accepted a clerkship in a dry goods store, and followed that vocation for various employers for a period of six years. In 1802 he entered into the employ of the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago R. R. Co., at Alliance, and in November, 1863, was appointed freight and ticket agent of the Company at this station, and has remained here ever since. He married Sarah Ann Greenawalt, Nov. 1, 1850, of Montgomery Co., Penn. They have three cliildren living, viz. - S. Edgar, Zoe F., and Carrie B. During these years of service, where there is a great deal of responsibility, Mr. Shimp has invariably been equal to the task and is kind and sociable under all circumstances; at all times willing and prompt to oblige and accommodate the patrons of the railroad, or any who may call on him in any capacity. With business reputation above suspicion, he holds the friendship and universal indorsement of the business men of Alliance. GEORGE G. SMITH, physician and surgeon; Alliance; was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, Jan. 31, 1837. His parents were Philander and Martha (Freer) Smith, of New York, who removed to Ohio about 1833, and settled in Trumbull Co. They reared eleven children. Mr. Smith was by occupation a mill-wright. After a common-school education, the Doctor set out in life for himself. He came to Alliance when a mere youth and entered into the employ of Drs. Wilson & Armstrong, in the capacity of drug-clerk. He became interested in the study of medicine iind while clerking, spent his leisure hours in study, consequently his employers became at the same time his preceptors. He was in very limited circumstances, as he was depending entirely on the resources of his own labor, to furnish means of support and education; in consecjuence of which the completion of the medical course was somewhat retarded. Ho accepted a clerkship in a drug store in Janesville, Wis., where he remained one winter; thence to Cincinnati, whore he held a similar position, and while there attended a course of lectures in the Ohio Medical College. In 1859 he removed to Michigan, and began the practice of medicine in partnership with Dr. James A. Leasia. He enlisted in the late civil war in August, 1861, in Co. K, 9tli Mich. V. I. At the organizatl(in of the rej^iment, he was chosen sergeant and arose steadily to distinction in the service. Fiis regiment was ordered to Kentucky, and as soon as they arrived he was detailed as hospital steward at West Point, Ky., where he remained about two months, when he was removed to Elizabethtown and occupied the same position at the post hospital, linniediately after the battle of Pittsburgh Landing, he was ordered to Nashville, and assigned to duty in Hospital No. 5. While there he attended a cour.se of lectures at the medical department of th<j University of Tennessee, and graduated in the winter of iy62-63. In April, 1863, he was appointed assistant surgeon of his old regiment. In .I\dy of 18G4 he was again (h'tailed from his ri'rriment, this time as surgeon of the 19th U. S. I., throughf ut the Atlantic campaign, and the following October, he received his commission as surgeon of his old regiment, to which he returned in December, 18()4, to the mutual satisfaction of himself and his old associates, as his congeniality during his term as assistant surgeon, had made him a favorite, and many warm friends. When mustered out of the service in 1805, he returned to Ohio, opened an office in Newtown Falls, Trumbull Co., and resumed the practice of his profession, and remained three years. He attended a course of lectures in the Cleveland Medical College in the winter of ISOr and 1868, and graduated in the spring of the latter year, receiving the ad vundetn degree. In October of the same year he came to Alliance, where he has practiced ever since, and enjoys an ever incn^asing patronage. He married Kate, G. Coleslock, daughter of Daniel Colestock, of Columbiana Co. They had two children, both deceased. He is a meml)er of the Stark County Medical Society, and a member of the Masonic Fraternity. He was apjiointed U. S. Examining Surgeon for this county.

GKORGE W. SOURBECK, restaurant ke:p.;r; Alliance; was born in Briilgeport, Cumberland Co., I'enn., Feb. 26, 1837. He is the oldest son of .John Sourbeek, by his second wife (Sarah A. Collier). The subject of these notes was only 7 years old at the time his father was drowned (which event is noted in the sketch of Daniel Sourbeck), therefore he was early in life necessitated to do for himself, and began his career as driver on the canal from llarrisburg to Nanticoke and Wilkcsbarre. This he followed one season, when he wont to Mechanicsburg and apprenticed himself to the boot and sho(; trade, and remained there six years. In 18.55 he came to Alliance, and was engaged in his brother's dining hall at the railroad depot, for about one and a half years. He went to Voungstown and engaged at his trade for a short time, when he accepted a clerkshij) in Union Hotel, where he remained two years. He purchased the passenger dining-rooms on Liberty street, Pittsburg, which he conducted about a year, sold out and returned to Youngstown, Ohio, and Jan. 3, 1861, he married Mary A. Wilson. They moved to Allegheny City, Penn., where he began to "run" on the P., Ft. W. & C. R. R., and was soon promoted to a conductorship on the road, which position he retained seven years, when he was appointed Nighttrain Dispatcher at the outer depot for one year, and then returned to his jiosition as conductor, and "ran" one year when he resigned to engage in the hotel business in Alliance, having been running the Exchange Hotel about ten months, when, on Ma\- 'i'i, 1871, it burned. He then cjpencjd the restau'rant close to the depot, which he has conducted ever since with much success. They have five children, viz. - Alva L., Emma S., Harry P., George W., Jr., and Lillie C.

DANIEL SOUl!Ui;CK, hotel-keeper; Alliance; was born in Cumberland Co., Pcnn., May 10, 1812. His parents were John and Lydia (Hemphill) Sourbeck, both natives of Pennsylvania. His father was a hotel-k(;e|jer for five years at Karrisburg, and twenty years at Bridgeport, Penn. He was drowned while fishing in the Susquehanna near Dauphin, in 1839. Of eight children our subject is the oldest son. He received his e(bication at the common schools, and in his youth was variously employed; learning the car])cnter's trade and in his father's hotel, and followed the former occupation several years. In the; fall of 1834 he came to New Brighton, Penn., with William Laborn, a well-known briilgebuilder, and was in his employ about a y'-ar, assisting him to build the bridge across the

Big Beaver River at New Brighton. During the two succeeding years he was completing work on the Erie Canal, which was contracted by himsell' and two others under the firm name of Phillips, Foreman & Sourbeck. He then returned to Now Brighton, and was proprietor of the Sourbeck House of that town from 1837 to 1853. In May of the latter year he removed to Alliance, Ohio, where he has since remained engaged in the hotel business. He is still proprietor of the Sourbeck House at New Brighton, which is run by his stepgrandson, Daniel Robertson. In December, 1835, he married the widow of Edward Downey, ^jfe Eliza Jack. He was connected with the Ohio militia, having been a lieutenant in the Alliance Light Guard, and while in Pennsylvania he was Captain of a cavalry company known as Beaver Co. Light Horse. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and I. O. O. F. for nianj years. On the evening of Dee. 8, 1856, a collision occurred in which a train on the Cleveland & Pittsburg R. R., ran into a train on the P., Ft. W. & C. R. R., at the crossing close to his house, one of the cars being thrown into the rotunda of his hotel. Nine persons were killed outright, and several severely wounded. On Aug. 29, 1860, he had a narrow escape from death, in an accident which occurred on the Camden & Amboy (New Jersey) R. R., in which thirty-two persons lost their lives. In the car which Mr. Sourbeck was in twenty-two were killed. The train was running liackward at a rapid rate of speed, and was thrown from the track by a team and carriage which was crossing the road. Being between high embankments the cars were smashed into kindling-wood, and the passengers bruised beyond recognition. He had the scalp torn from the top of his liead and his skull fractured, which disabled him for four months. He has been in the hotel business for forty-four years, and is widely and favorably known thorughout the United States, and part of the old country as one of the old "land-marks," and proprietor of one of the best railroad hotels in this country, in which many dignitaries of the United States, Indian Chiefs, Prince of Wales, and other potentates have been guests. It is doubtful if any other railroad hotel proprietor in the United States has so long held his position amid the various changes of railroad corporations. He truly is a self-made man, of fine ])ersonal appearance, good business qualifications, independent and outspoken in everything, affable, courteous and possessing a high sense of honor.

AMOS C. SILVER, boot and shoe merchant; Alliance; was born in Salem Tp., Columbiana Co., Ohio, Sept. 3, 1838. He is the eldest of a family of three children born to James and Nancy (Tharp) Silver. Amos C. received a liberal education at New Lisbon Union School and Damascus Academy. When about 20 years of age he taught school several winters, and was employed on the farm the rest of the year. In 1861 he entered the United States' Service, building and repairing telegraph lines during the war. He continued in this business until September, ]8(i3, when he accidently cut his foot with an ax, while at work at Cul]j(>pper Court House. The wound so far disableil him as to confine him to the hospital, three months, at Washington, D. C. He obtained his discharge, and returned home; and in 1864 he was employed on the telegraph lines along the P., Ft. W. & C, and the C. & P. R.^R.s, of which he has had the care until 1878. At the latter date, he engaged in the boot and shoe trade in Alliance. Jan. 11, 1866, he married Sarah A. Kelty. They have one child - Charles. Mrs. Silver was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, but when quite young her parents removed to Bedford, Mahoning Co. A brother of Mr. Silver, William H., was also in the service in the late war; he enlisted in the 103d O. V. I. in 1862, and served until at the battle of Resaca, Ga., May 14, 1804, he received a gun-shot wound in the hip. He was taken to the hospital at Chattanooga, where he died on .June 3, following.

JOHN M. STILLWELL, boot and shoe merchant; Alliance; was born in Troy, Geauga Co., Ohio, Oct. 15, 1845. His parents were Kortenus and Wait B. (Stafford) Still well. His father was formerly of New Jersey and his mother of New York. They came to Ohio aliout 1837, and located in Geauga Co. John M. is the youngest of their six children, and until he was 13 years old, his time was spent on the farm. At that age he began to learn the machinist's trade at Chagrin Falls, and worked at that business there and at Alliance about eight years. About four years he sold sewing machines, and the subsequent four \'ears, he farmed in Geauga Co. In the spring of 18S0, lie estalihshed himself in the lioot and slu)e tra<Ie in Alliance, which he now conducts. Oct. 17, 1807, he married Madora Niece. Siie is daughter of .J. B. Niece, of Chagrin Falls. They have one child - Mark. Mr. Stillwell is now serving as a member of Alliance Town Council, and is also a member of tlu! Masonic fraternitv, and the I. (). (). F. .JOHN H. TRESSEL; physician and surgeon ; Alliance ; was born near Malvern, Carroll Co., Ohio, March 17, 1833. He is the third son of a family of ten children born to Matthias and Catharine (Harsh) Tressel, both natives of Washington Co., Pa., and moved to Carroll Co., Ohio, about 18".23. His father was a farmer and a man of fine culture, a warm friend to the cause of education, and for many years held influential ])()sitions on boards of education in his community. When he settled in Ohio he was in moderate circumstances, but by industry he accumulated a competency, and became the owner of 400 acres of improved land. He was a member of the IJeformed Presbyterian t'hurch, in which faith he died in 18-18, at the age of bi years. Duetor Tressel's early manhood was spent in attending school and working on the farm. In 18.52 he began to read mediciTie with Dr. S. F. Rukenbrod, of Malvern. During the yellow fever and cholera epidemic in 1856, he visited the plague-infected districts of the South and Cuba. With a view to advancing his knowledge in the science of medicine, he visited Paris, France, with the intention of taking a course in the best Medical Colleges in Europe ; but before his dijsign in that direction was fully consummated he was summoned home by cablegram, in consequence of what was believed to be a fatal illness of his mother. While abroad he visited Africa, where he remained a short time. Previous to his emigration to France he had almost completed the regular course of study at Mt. Union College ; on his return he jjraduated therefrom in June, 18G0 ; and the two succeeding years he was Principal of the Academy in Malvern. In the summer of 18G1 his leg was broken in five ])laees by a horse falling upon him. In the winter of 18C)l-6".i he attended lectures in the Cleveland Medical College, and the following summer began the practice of medicine in Malvern. The succeeding winter he attended lectures in the .same ijistitution, graduated in the sj)ring of 18G3, and resumed his practice at Malvern, whi-re he was engaged for ten years. During the late war he did good service as surgeon, being employed in times of special emergency in deta-hed service, not being able, on account of ill-health, to be on continuous duty. In 1873 he sold out, with the intention of removing to the South. Through the advice of friends he changed his purpose, and came to Alliance, where he has a steadily increasing practice. In the spring of 1876 he was ap})ointed surgeon for the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago and the Cleveland & Pittsburgh K. R.s, which position he still holds. When residing in Malvern he was Secretary and one of the Censors of Carroll Co. Medical Society, and is now one of the Censors of Stark Co. Medical Society, and a member of Northeastern Ohio Medical Association, also of the American Medical Association. He has contributed to various medical journals, and has prepared a series of articles on the causes and variations of diseases and on therapeutics. In November, 1876, he lost almost all his effects by fire, including his instruments, medical and general library. He has acquired a tine rejiutation as a surgeon, and has performed a number of very delicate operations, among which may be mentioned, the resection of the should(!r-joint and of the lower limbs, the removal of a tumor from the brain of an insane patient by tri'])hining ; the patient had been insane for a j)eriod of ten years, and, on removal of the tumor, immedi- H.elv gave evidence of remembering facts which were identical in time with the first symptoms of his insanity ; he became of sound mind and is now a well-to-do farmer, and from the throat of another he extracted a tumor, which was pronounced by some leading surgeons impossible without sacrificing life. .June 1!', 1862, he married Susannah T., daughter of Thomas Hawkins, of IJerlin, Mahoning Co. They have, three children - I>ora H., Gertrude H. and John K. Mrs. Tressel's pencil, crayon and oil work would do credit to the professional artist. The doctor is a member of the fraternity of Freemasons, Independent Order of 0»ld Fellows, K. of P., and other secret societies.

JOHN T. WEY^BRECHT, lumber dealer and contractor; Alliance; was born in France Jan. 27, 1839. His parents' names were John and Hannah Weybrecht, also natives of France. In yovith Mr. Weybrecht learned the carpenter's trade, and in 1854 emigrated to the United States, and after a short residence in Pennsylvania he removed to Stark Co., Ohio, and continued at his trade. He soon began to take building contracts, which proved a success; and in 1856 opened a lumber yard on a small scale, and was in this direction greeted with success; and in 1805 he established a planing-mill, thereby being able to furnish the material for his ever increasing building-trade in any necessary form or quantity. In 1878 he built his present brick planing-mill, and continues to do an annual business of about $30,000 in value, many of the best buildings in Allinnce being the result of his architectural ability. Among the heaviest contracts secured and carried out by him, were the Union School building, at a cost of $22,- 000, and the Alliance College, at a cost of *!80,000, both of which are imposing structures. He married Margaret Honacker in January, 185(5; she was the daughter of Christopher Honacker, of Alliance, formerly of Wurtemburg, Germany, who emigrated to this countrv in 1832. They have six children - Mary (now Mrs. Leroy L. Lamborn), B. F., Anna, Jennie, Charlie and Andrew. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Felows, and of the Knights of Honor, but has repeatedly refused to accept any public offit;e. Mr. We}d)recht came to this place in limited financial circumstances, but through strict attention to business, and economy, he has established himself in a desirable and lucrative position.

WILLIAM H. WHITACRE, merchant and railroad conductor; Alliance; was born in New Lisbon, Columl)iana Co., Ohio, June 8, 1839; son of James and Julia (Frazier) Whitacre. He was a native of Ohio, and she of Pennsylvania, but came to this State when quite young. Mr. Whitacre is the third of a family of ten children. His early manhood was spent on the farm, but when 20 years of age he obtained a position on the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad, in the capacity of brakesman, and in 18G3, about one year later, he was promoted to the position of conductor of the "local," which he retained until 1867, when ho was transferred to the passenger department as conductor, where he has continued ever since. In 1S61 he entered into a |iartnership with Isaac Miller in the boot and shoe business, and has been engaged in that lino of trade ever since. While his position on the railroad renders it impossible to devote all his time to the store, he keeps a general supervision of the business, and has always at his leisure hours in the evening kept the books of the concern, and is accredited with being one of the most active business men of Alliance. He married Jennie Wilson, of Uniontown, Penn., March 20, 1860. Of their six children only one survives, viz: - Edward J. Mr. Whitacre is prominently connected with the M. E. Church, a member of the I. O. O. F., and also of the Masonic fraternity. Since Mr. Miller severed his business relations with Mr. Whitacre, Price W. Beardbley has purchased an interest in the establishment, and conducts the business, the firm name having been Whitacre & Beardsley since 1879. Mr. Beardsley was born in Geauga Co., Ohio, April 13, 1839. His father, Lyman Beardsley, came from Bennington, Vt., about 1830. His mother, whose maiden name was Fannie Presley, was a native of Ohio. They reared three children, of whom our subject is the eldest. When about 18 years of age he came to Alliance, and began to learn the boot and shoe trade. In 1864 he enlisted in the 162d O. N. G. for three months' service. He married Mary A. Stanley, and they have thr(^e children - T. G., Alvah P., and Carrie S. He is a member of I. O. O. F.

ALFRED WRIGHT, hardware merchant, of the firm of Wright & Pennock; Alliance; was born in Burlington Co., New Jersey, July 28, 1819; the son of John Elizabeth (Bullock) Wright, both of whom were natives of New Jersey, and of English descent. One Joshua Wright, a Quaker, of whom our subject is a lienal descendant, emigrated from England in 1669, and settled in what is now Burlington Co., N. J.; there he made a p\irchase of a large tract of land, for which he paid King Charles II, and then he re-purchased his claim from the Indians. The descendants of this pioneer became numerous in Burlington Co., and principally devoted th(>inselves to stock-raising and agricultural pursuits. .lulin Wriglit was a prominent farmer and influential citizen in his community; he roared a family of four children, viz: - Abner, Charles, Samuel H., and Alfred; they received as liberal an education as the schools of that day afforded. Alfred got his education principally in private schools and private study, until about 17 years of age, wluiii he attended school in Philadelphia. When 18 years old he began teaching in Philadelphia, wiiere he continued two years: at the expiration of that time he engag(>d in the hardware business, and in 1842 came to Salem, Ohio, where he opened the first hardware store in that town, and soon afterwards added to his hardware business a stock of drugs, which was the most extensive establishment of the kind in northeastern Ohio. Jlr. Wright's wonderful success is principally due to his practical business ideas, amounting almost to a science. Through the medium of the journals of northeastern Ohio, he presented his business properly to the public, and was the first merchant in Salem to think of advertising in newspapers, other than those of his own town. With the public demand he was familiar, and was ever in readiness to meet it. In 1862 was formed the partnership of Wright & Pennock to do business in Alliance; but Mr.

Wright conducted his extensive hardware and drug trade at Salem until 1865, when in consequence of ill health he sold out that establishment, also his interest in a fruit farm, in southern Illinois, and an interest in a farm, steam saw-mill and lumber trade in Indiana. In politics he has always affiliated with the Republican party, but even when political prejudice was at its zenith during the late war, he never failed of receiving the patronage of the most radical opponents; for, while firm in his views on political questions, he avoided unnecessary parade of conflicting sentiments. In January, 1866, when he had retired from business, the iSa/em licpuhlican and Buckeye State, in appropriate terms, deplored the loss, or withdrawal from active life of one of their most public-spirited and enterprising citizens. A partnership was formed between himself and Samuel Chessman, which continued fourteen years. July 3, 1845, Mr. NVright married Amelia R. Middleton, of Philadelphia. She died in 1865, leaving four children, viz.: Edgar A., of Davenport, Iowa; Ella V., Ida M. and Arlhm-. He removed from Salem to Alliance in 1874, and was elected president of the Alliance and Lake Erie R. R. four years ag(j, which office he has now n>signed, but still remains a member of the board of directors.

THEODORE ARMSTRONG, A. M., professor of jienmanship, and assistant sups^rintendent of the commercial department of Mt. Union college; Mt. Union; was born June 13, 1848, in North Uenton, Ohio. He is the oldest of a family of ten children born to Dr. Robert and Amy B. (Woodruff) Armstrong. His grandfnther Armstrong, came to Ohio, and was one of the first pioneers of Mahoning Co., as were the Woodruffs also, who entered their land of the government. When moving from New Jersey to Ohio, their team being heavily lixided with their effects, the grandmother Mrs. Woodruff, walked on foot the entire distance. Dr. Robert Armstrong was a prominent physician, and had a very extensive and lucrative practice in Mahoning Co., and vicinity. The subject of this sketch received a liberal common school course, and in the fall of 1865, he entered Mt. Union College, and was appointed tutor of a class in ]86>^, in the meantime pursuing his own studies; but being of frail constitution, he was compelled to give up his college work for a short time. Upon finding his health recruited by outdoor exercise, he returned and graduated in the scientific course in Mt. Union in 1870, and in 1871 graduated in the classics. He was then appointed professor of penniauship and assistant superintendent of the commercial department of the college. May 1, 1873, he married Emma M., daughter of Zachariah and Mary Bertolett, of North Benton, Ohio. They have two children living - Mary I., and Bertolett. Prof. Armstrong lias a very commcjdious home, which he has taken great delight in beautifying, doing all the work himsplf as recreation in his leisure hours.

Wn,LIAM ARMSTRONG, Mus. B., professor of instrumental music, special vocal culture and musical composition ; Mt. Union; was born in Cheshire, England. In youth he was a ]irivate ]5upil of Henry C. Coojjer, of the Cobden Philharmonic Society, of London. He was a teacher of music in London for several years, but emigrated to the United States in 1870, and after a short residence in New York, he was associated with Dr. Henry Sutter of Painesville, Ohio, who was formerly "Hofkapell-Meister" , to the Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt - and with him established the Sutter College of Music; and with Dr. Sutter 'he was joint author of the "Grand German Piano Forte Method " and " Classical Method of Voice-Culture." Mt. Union College ratified the degree of Mus. B., in 187"^, since which time he has been a member of the Faculty.

JAMES A. BRUSH, A. M., professor of mathematics and didactics in Mt. Union College; Mt. Union; was born in Washington Tp., Stark Co., Sept. 26, 1838. His parents were Charles and Fannie (Fitch) Brush, the former a native of Long Island, and the latter of Norwalk, Conn. They were married in New York city, where Mr. Brush was engaged in the boot and shoe business ; several years later, they removed to Lima, in western New York, and in that place continued his business for several years. He, however, disposed of his business there, and they removed to Ohio and located in Washington Tp., Stark Co., in 183.5 ; here Mr. Brush purchased a farm, and devoted his time chiefly to that vocation until 1870, when he sold out and retired from business, and died in Mt. Union in 1870, in the 74th year of his age. His widow still survives at the advanced age of 72 years. They reared eight children, viz. - Amanda M. (now Mrs. O. N. Hartshorn) ; Mary C. (now Mrs. Amasa Garwood, near Etna Green, Ind.); Jane A. (Mrs. Daniel Johnson, of Etna Green, Ind.); James A., Charles H. (of East Norwich, Long Island) ; Fannie A. (Mrs. Leroy Bentley, of Salem); Theresa (Mrs. Chas. Johnson, Beloit, Ohio); and Beckie S., who resides with her aged mother in Mt. Union. James A. was the fourth child and eldest son of the family ; his boyhood was spent on his father's farm and attending the common school in the winter, until he was about 16 years of age, when he entered Mt. Union College, and graduated in classical course from that institution in 18G3. In the spring of 1862 he enlisted in Co. G, 86th O. V. I., in the "three months" service, but served considerably over that length of time. He early chose teaching as a profession, and bent all his energy and time in preparing himself for that calling. He freipiently taught in the public schools, and was Principal of the public school of Minerva, this county, one year, and accejited a similar position in the Ravenna schools for two yeare. In 185.5 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Mathematics and English Classics in Mt. Union College, until 1879, when he was appointed Professor of Mathematics. June 23, 1863, he married Amelia A. McCall. She is daughter of Joseph McCall, of Nelson, Portage Co., of which he was a pioneer settler, formerly of Middlebury, Conn. Mrs. Brush also chose teaching as a profession, and prepared herself thoroughly for the work. Before she was married Mrs, Brush had taught several terms in public schools, and was Principal of the Nelson Academy for several vears, and was also her husband's assistant teacher in Minerva. In 1880 she beg-an teaching in Mt. Union College, having ])reviously graduated from that institution with the degree of Ph. B., and was elected as Preceptress in the Ladies' Department, and Professor of English Literature and Rhetoric. To Mr. and Mrs. Brush have been born four children, viz. - Harlie W., Walter S., Louis H. and Anna.

L. W. BUTLER, farmer; P. O. Alliance; was born in Burlington Co., N. .1., Sept. 15, 1797. His grandfather, John Butler, when about 16 years old, in company with another boy of similar age, left their home in Ireland, unknown to their folks, and emigrated to this continent, settling in

New Jersey. John Butler married and remained there. He had only one son, Benjamin, who lived to maturity. When he (Benjamin) arrived at manhood, he married Hannah AVebster, daui^hter of Lawrence Webster, of Enirlish descent. Of this union, the subject of tiiese notes was first-born of their nine children. About the year 1804, the family moved from New Jersey and located in what is now a surburb of the city of Philadelphia; there th(>v remained until 1811, when they removed to Ohio and settled east of Damascus, Columbiana Co., and the following year located in Goshen Tp., now Mahoning Co., where his parents died; his fatiior in his 6Gth year, and his mother at 85 years of age. Tiiey belonged to the orthodox society of "Friends," as did all the family reared in that faith. His early secular education was such as the ordinary subscription schools of his time afforded. .March 20, 1820, he was married to Sarah Votaw, daughter of Moses Votaw, a pioneer of Columbiana Co. Mr. and Mrs. Butler started out on life's " journey" together, in the woods, with very limited means; l)ut although their log cabin was a rude affair, it was surrounded by luxuries which gold can never purchase - an air of contentment and happiness, which caused even the wilderness to sniile. In their humble and unassuming way they toiled and prospered, and saw the fruits of their labor accumulate until they were in good financial circumstances. To them were born nine children, viz. - Moses, now in Cedar Co., Iowa; Hannah, wife of David Tatum, of Cleveland; Mary, deceased; Lewis, now of Toledo, Ohio; .Joseph and Benjamin, twins, the latter in Morgan Co., Ind.; Joseph removed to Arkansas, where he died; Eunice is the wife of Flemming Staidey, of Michigan, and .fohn is in Kansas. Mr. Butler succeeded in business, and accumulated considerable property in his life-time, but has of late years distributed it liberally amongst his children, giving each a fair portion to enable them to start for themselves; and was somewhat unfortunate in going as surety for ^5,000, which amount he was obliged to settle. When younger and more able to stand the burthen of worldly care, he was energetic and active in business, a ready discerner of character, possessed of good judgment, and was firm in his friendships.

His wife died in 1866, and in October of 18G8, he married Ann Beck. He attends to, or oversees, the work on his farm, and notwithstanding his advanced age, he is a man of remarkable vital force and physical ability.

GEORGF: W. CLARKE, A. M., professor of Greek and Latin, Mt. Union Colleg<>; Mt. Union; was born in North Springfield Tp., Portage Co., now Summit Co., Ohio, July 24, 1825. He is the third child of a family of twelve children born to Robert L. and Nancy I. (Do Haven) Clarke. The Clarke and De Haven families were both early pioneers in that section of the State, and were among the most prominent and influential citizens of the Western Reserve, wh(!re they located about the year 1810. The parents of Mr. Clarke were farmers, and in the duties consequent upon that vocation, and attending the common school of the neighborhood his boyhood days were spent. He was the third of their twelve children, nine of whom lived to mature years. When about 16 years of age, Mr. Clarke attended an academy at Kent, Ohio, and through the winter months taught school, and worked some on the farm. He entered the Allegheny College, at Meadville, Penn., when about 22, and supported himself throughout his collegiate course by teaching at intervals, as opportunity afforded, and by doing chores for his uncle, who was professor of Greek and Latin in that institution at the time. In .July, 1852, he graduated, third in a class of thirty-two, with the honorary degree of A. B. The following August he took charge of an academy at Conneautville, Crawford Co., Penn., where he taught almost two years. On account of the failing of his uncle. Prof. Clarke, in the Allegheny College at Meadville, our sul)ject was appointed for a time in his place as tutor of Greek and Latin, with his alma mater; and while in that place was chosen to the professorship, which he now holds, in 1854, whore he has labored continuously ever since. He has frequently assisted in branches other than the languages, viz.: astronomy, botanj', physiology, elocution and classic vocal music. He has also served as secretary of the College Faculty for the last twenty years. April 6, 1862, he married Elizabeth M. Hill, of Summit Co. By this union two children were born, viz. - J. Wilbertand Mary Ida. They both graduated at the same time; he in the classics, and she in English literature and music. J. Wilbert studied law with W. C. Pippitt about two years; was considered an accomplished scholar and possessed of more than ordinary ability for his time; but he was stricken by cerebro-spinal meningitis, and survived the attack but a short time, dying May 10, 1877, in his 23d year. Miss Clark is a fine musician, and devotes her time principally to teaching that art, and it is generally conceded that she is one of the finest pianists in the State.

ELIAS ELLETT, farmer; P. O. Alliance; was born in Salem Co., N. J., Jan. 20, 1812; he was the fourth child of nine children born to James and Catharine (Sickler) EUett. He was brought up to the various duties of farm life. He married Eimira Sarash in November, 1835, and in 1838 they removed from New Jersey to Columbiana, now Mahoning Co., Ohio; they followed farming in that county until 1843, when they removed to Lexington, Tp., Stark Co., and purchased 90 acres where Mr. Ellett now resides. December 30, 1858, Mrs. Ellett was called away by death, leaving twelve of their thirteen children, ten of whom lived to maturity, viz. - Mary, Cathrine, W. K., Sarah A., John E. (deceased), Rebecca J., A. J., S. P., E. J., A. F., and three diid in childhood. Mr. Ellett married again, Mrs. R. J. Fogg, in June, 1801; by this union there is one child, Henry B. His present wife was the widow of the late Aaron Fogg, of Alliance, who sustained fatal injuries on the railroad. His oldest son, W. K., enlisted Aug. 7, 18(i2, in the 115th O. V. I., in the late war, and served three years. Besides attending to his farm, Mr. Ellett dealt in horses for a period of twenty-five years, frequently shipping to the Eastern markets. As stated elsewhere, he is a charter inember and President of the Lexington ^[utual Aid Association. He has been a faithful member of the Baptist Church these forty-seven years past, both himself and Krst wife uniting with the church in New Jersey, in 1834, and for the last twenty-five years he has officiated as deacon in the Baptist Church of Alliance, of which his present wlf ' has been a member for the past sixteen vears.

Shadrach and a sister, constituted one of the seven families who in company, removed from Virginia to Ohio in 1807. The party consisted of about fifty souls, viz. - Jesse Felts, wife and two children ; Charles Hamlin and five children (his wife having died in Virginia); William and John Hamlin, each with a wife and five children ; Josej)h Sebrell, wife and seven children ; Thomas Wood, wife and two children ; and Judson .Tones, wife and two children, &c. On April 22, 1807, thpy set out in their wagons to traverse the country and cross into Ohio, in search of a home in the new and unsettled West. They arrived at Salem, Columbiana Co., the following June. There they encamped on a lot which had been partially cleared, and were the recipients of much kindness at the hands of some few settlers at that point. Taking Salem as a basis of operations, they began to look around for permanent locations. .Jesse Felts and Charles Hamlin soon set out on a prospecting tour, and wandering into what is now Lexington Tp., Stark Co., accidentally found the "Stanton" settlement, which had been made near the Mahoning, near Lexington village, several years Ijefore. The Stantons persuaded Felts and Hamlin to settle in their vicinitv, and accordingly each made an entry of land on what is now Sec. 10: Felts 160 acres and Hamlin 320 acres; and to this place they removed their families, from their temporary encampment at Salem, in the "fall" of 1807. Charles Hamlin's son, Stephen, by this time had married the only daughter of Jesse Felts ; they too came to this section, constituting another family. The Joneses and Sebrells moved in afterward, until the settlement was considerably enlarged. After about two years' residence here, business called Charles Hamlin to return to Virginia, and on his way back here he took ill at Salem and there died suddenly. Jesse Felts died here in 1818, his being one of the first interments made in Lexington cemetery ; his wife survived until 1840. January 30, 1817, our subject and Mary, daughter of Charles Hamlin, were united in matrimony, and began the battle of life for themselves on the farm where Mrs. Felts resides to this day. It was a portion of the original entry, and has never been out of the hands of the family. They had nothing to begin with except the homestead and able and willing hands. For several vcars till! only product which they had for excliange, for any other article they were obliged to have, was sugar made from the sugar-maple. They struggled along and hore many hardships of toil and privation incident to pioneer life, but in their time have seen manv and extreme changes. They had five children, viz. - John, .Jesse, Charles, Edwin and Richard E. Of these only .John and Jesse survive. Charles died h(-re in 18GS, leaving a widow and two children. Edwin and Richard E. both enlisted in the late war ; the former died at his home, Ft. Wayne, Ind., from disease contracted in the artny, and the latter dl(!d in Kentucky from a similar cause. In 18.50 Jesse, then a young man of 34 years, went with an emigrating part}' to California, and has been there and engaged on the frontier as a freighter for over thirty years, at times being years without correspondence with his parents, many of his friends believing he was dead. But Time itself could not shake that maternal faith and desire of Mrs. Felts to see her son once more ; in which she was gratified on a December evening of 1880, when to her, her long- lost boy walked in, not exactly like the vouth of twenty-odd summers who left her in 18.50, but a man of middle age, of venerable look and whitened locks. As it were, he providentially arrived a few weeks before the demise of his father, which occurred in January, 1881, who had long wished and waited " for to see his boy again." Mrs. Felts is one of the few pioneers of the county who still survive ; she was born in Virginia April 29, 1794; now well advanced in her 8Sth year, she is a woman of remarkable vitality, although of quite slender ])hysique, is possessed of extraordinary nervous force, combined with good c(mimon sense and considerable executive ability, and one of those women in whose vocabulary the term "fail" or "can't" never had a place. Her eldest child, John, has always remained single and at home with his parents, and is well advanced in years, not being in a robust state of health. They pass their time quietly on the farm where Mrs. Felts has lived seventyfour years.

ELI GRANT, farmer ; P. O., Alliance ; was born in this township, Oct. 9, 18:5:$. He is the third of a family of eight children, born to Stacey and Jemima (Rockhill) Grant.

His grandfather, John Grant, came from New Jersey to Ohio with his wife and two oldest children. They located at Salem, Columbiana Co., where the family was increased in due season by six more children; in all there were - Harriet, who married and removed to Indiana; Thomas, to Williams Co., Ohio; Stacey, who remaine 1 here and is the father of several heads of families, who reside in the vicinity; Clayton in Indiana; Eliza, Hannah, Ann, and Sarah are the children of .lohn Grant, who came to Lexington Tp., and located on what is now the wc'stern portion of Alliance, on what is now the farm of .1. R. Ilaines, in .about 1812. He was a wagon maker by trade, and an ingenious wood or iron worker, and many of the first wagons made in this section of the Stute, were the production of his mechanical skill. Stacey also worked at that bvisiness with his father, and together produced some of the first buggies ever manufactured in this j)art of Ohio. As stated elsewhere, .John Grant passed the closing days of his life v^ith his son-in-law (.1. R. Haines) on the old homestead. Stacey Grant, the father of the subject of these lines, was born April 17, 1807; and May 25, 1828, he married Jemima Rockhill. She was born in New Jersey, Feb. ti, 1811; of six children of David Rockhill, Mrs. Grant was the only daughter. Previous to their marriage Mr. Grant had purchased some land, all in woenls, to which they repaired, and immediately began the necessary improvements, and at intervals, did considerable work at the blacksmith's trade. Thus variously employed, he conducted his affairs successfully, and remained on the same farm on which he began for himself, until his death, which occurod, Nov. 1, 18G7. They reared eight children, seven lived to maturity, viz. - Juliana Maria, now Mrs. Dr. L. L. Lamborn; Eli, .Joseph, Henry (deceased), Annetta and Samuel. Mrs. Grant still survives, and is admirably well preserved, both physicaly and mentally, for one who has passed " the allotted span " of time. Eli was the oldest son. He received a fair education in the common schools, and spent some time at the Mt. Union Seminary. Aug. 27, 18.57, he married Malinda Babb. She was a daughter of Harrison Babb of Chester Co., Penn. They have had three children, one living - Henry E. He engaged in the mercantile business with Teeters & Bates, which lasted three years. He then went into the Agricultural Works, through which he sustained some pecuniary loss. In 1871 he purchased a small farm, having severed all connection with the Agricultural Works Co.. for whom he had been traveling salesman for some time. He now owns 53 acres of good land, west of the city, which is underlaid with a valuable vein of coal, which he is working.

JOSEPH GRANT, farmer; P. O. Alliance; was born Jan 2'.t, 1830. He is the second son and fourth child born to Stacey and Jemima (Rockhill) Grant. His early education was that received at the common schools, and a short time at the Mt. Union Seminary He was desirous of obtaining a thorough education, but ill health, induced by sedentary habits incident to constant study, compelled him to return to greater e.xercise on the farm, to which he has ever since devoted his attention. Oct. 10, 1858, he was married to Mary Keyser, whose father, Daniel Keyser, came from PiMinsylvania a young man, and married Maria Bryfog'le, and settled in Marlborough Tp., Stark Co. Mr. and Mrs. Grant began for themselves where thev now reside, on about 67 acres, which he got off his father's estate; but by their unceasing industry, they have added by purchase, until they now own 130 acres of good land, in an excellent state of cultivation, and with farm buildings not excelled in Lexington Tp. They had two children, both of whom died in childhood. They have one adopted son - Samuel J., whose name they had changed from that of his natiiral paient to Grant. His natural father - Fry - lel't here several years ago, leaving a wife and several small children, to look out a ])roper location in the West, but was never more heard of. Mr. and Mrs. Grant are members of the United Brethren Church, of which he has been a steward for some time.