Blanchard Township (part 2 of 2)

LDTHER C. LOUTHAN, book-keeper and teacher, Dunkirk, was born June 20, 1856, and is a son of Samuel M. and Mary A. (Fullerton) Lourhan. His father was born in Beaver County, Penn., September 20, 1801, and is of Scotch descent. He was brought up on a farm, afterward learning carpentering, and was married, on October 18, 1825, to Annie Grossgross. By this union he had two children - Moses and Mary. His companion died on January 30, 1832, and was married again, April 15, 1834, to Ellen McConnell, by which union there were born three children, viz., John M., Elizabeth J. and James W. His wife, Ellen, died on August 17, 1841. Left again, and with five children, he formed a third marriage December 27, 1842, with Miss Mary A. Fullerton, who still survives. The results of this union have been nine children, their names as follows: Joseph F., Samuel

M., William H., Catherine A., Aaron R., Hiram, Luther C., our subject, Martha E. and Rebecca. Eight have survived out of a family of fourteen children. Samuel M., Catherine and Aaron died in infancy, while Elizabeth J., John and Joseph lived to attain maturity. Mr. Louthan, Sr., thinking there were broader fields for a fortune in Ohio, started in a wagon with his wife and six children for that State, reaching Hardin County on May 17, 1849. On April 3, 1851, he bought his present farm in Blanchard Township. Neighbors were few and far between, and the land was covered with forest, but with energy and perseverance, and with the assistance of his sons, he succeeded in clearing the woods, and is now enjoying the results of his labors, after passing through all the hardships and inconveniences incident to pioneer life. At the breaking-out of the war, four sons took up arms in the defense of their country, all of whom passed through the entire war, coming home without a scratch or scar. James W. enlisted April 16, 1861, in the Seventeenth Indiana Mounted Infantry, veteranized January 1, 1868, serving to the close; Joseph F. enlisted in Company G, Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, November 12, 1861, re-enlisted January 1, 1863; John M. enlisted in September, 1862, in the Ohio Independent Sharpshooters, and was subsequently chosen for Sherman's Headquarter Guards; Moses was drafted on November, 1864, and taken to Bermuda Hundred, Va., and, being a good penman, was appointed Commissary Clerk. Luther C. Louthan, the subject of this sketch, is of a very studious nature, and takes great interest in the tales told by his father of the old pioneer days. His father is now eighty-two years old. Our subject follows teaching and book-keeping, in both of which vocations he is very proficient, and acquits himself with satisfaction.

WILLIAM C. McGinnis, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born July 31, 1804. His parents were Paul and Susan (Robison) McGinnis, natives of Scotland, and both deceased. The subject of this sketch was raised in Pennsylvania, and came to Hardin County twenty-five years ago. He enlisted in the Eighty-second Ohio Infantry, Company G, served eighteen months and was in seven battles. In 1838, he was married to Maria Underwood, a native of Washington County, Penn., who died August 10, 1859, leaving a family of nine children, eight of whom are living and married.

THOMAS MAXWELL, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born April 5, 1836, in Coshocton County, Ohio. He is a son of George and Jane (Hums) Maxwell, both deceased. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent, who moved to Ohio in 1828 and to Hardin County in 1842. His mother died in October, 1878, at the age of eighty-six years. The subject of this sketch is the sixth son and eleventh child of a family of twelve children, ten of whom are living. He received a common school education, pursues farming for an occupation and is the owner of 100 acres of land in Section 16, Blanchard Township. He enlisted September 20, 1864, in the One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company K, and served ten months. Mr. Maxwell is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Dunkirk, and is a useful citizen of Blanchard Township.

ISAAC MILLER, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born February 16, 1814, in Carrol County, Ohio, and is of Scotch and German descent. He was reared on a farm, and given a common school education. By occupa- tion he is a farmer, owns eighty acres of land in Section 16, Blanchard Township, and has improved his farm from a woodland. In 1837, he was married to Eleanor Jackson, who died in 1846, leaving a family of four children, Nancy Ann, John A., Sarah E. and Emma J. Mr. Miller formed a second union, in 1847, with Emily Gilmore, by whom he has had three children, viz., Margaret Ann, James W. and Altha. Mr. Miller and his wife are members of the Disciple Church, in which the former has been a Deacon for ten years. Mr. Miller has filled the office of Township Trustee and School Director, and is one of the useful citizens of Blanchard Township.

J. C. MILLEE, proprietor planing and sawmills, Dunkirk, was born August 26, 1844, on the Blanchard River, Delaware Township, Hancofek County, Ohio, and is a son of Thomas and Temperance (Picket) Miller, both of German parentage, the former a native of Knox County, the latter of Athens County, Ohio, Our subject was educated in Hancock County, raised as a farmer, and is now owner of the planing and sawmills for building material, established in February, 1882. At the age of twenty-five years, he |was married to Nancy E. Moore, born in 1856, daughter of John Moore, of German descent Four children resulted from this union, Charity E., Alice May, Maud M. and Wiley J. Mr. Miller served 100 days in the One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company A, under Capt. Steeley; was called out in May and returned in September. Mr. Miller is a member of the Knights of Honor and is a useful citizen of Blanchard Township..

W. F. MORGAN, restaurant and saloon keeper, Dunkirk, was born February 14, 1836, near Zanesville, Ohio. His parents were Joseph and Jane (Savage) M'organ, the former a native of Virginia and of English, the latter a native of New Jersey and of Welsh, extraction. The subject of this sketch was educated near Tiffin, Ohio, and learned the trade of blaciksmith, which he followed for twelve years. For the past nine years he has been carrying on a saloon and restaurant in Dunkirk. He was married May 24, 1861, in Adrian, Ohio, to Hattie Cramer, born January 17, 1842, native of Maryland, the daughter of Fred and Polly Cramer. This union resulted in four children, Bertha Ann, Frank (deceased), Harry D. F. and Zella May. Mr. Morgan enlisted May, 1864, in the One Hundred and Eighteenth Ohio National Guards, and was discharged in September, 1864.

JOHN T. MUSSON, farmer and carpenter, P. O. Kenton, was born, June 26, 1839, in Lincolnshire, England, and is a son of Edward Musson. He received his education in England, and emigrated in 1856; settled in New York, and, in 1860, came to Hardin County. He is a farmer and carpenter by occupation and owns a farm in Section 27, Blanchard Township. In 1862, he was married to Sarah Jane Fletcher, born in 1843, and has been blessed with ten children, six living, as follows: Edmund A.,

Elizabeth S., John T., Charles P., William J. and Thomas W. Those deceased are Edward S., William, Mary and Ethel. Mr. Musson and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

J. J. MYERS, stave manufacturer, Dunkirk, was born September 29, 1842, in Switzerland, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth Myers. He is the third of a family of seven children, six sons (one deceased) and one daughter, and was educated at the 'common schools. He emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1850. For ten years he was pursuing the business of a stave manufacturer in Ottawa County, Ohio, for four years in Lansing, Mich., and for twelve years in Hardin County. Ho has been twice married, the first time iD Ottawa County in 1854, to Bertha Tabbord; the second union occurred in Hardin County, 1874, with Angeline Coontz, the widow of Mr. Coontz. She was born in 1842, a native of Pennsylvania, and of Gorman and Irish parentage. Budolph Myers, the brother of our subject, served in the Twentieth Ohio Battery.

DANIEL O'SULLIVAN, contractor and liveryman, Dunkirk, was born in Ireland in the year 1835, and is a son of Eugene O'Sullivan. He was educated in Ireland, where for seven years he was engaged on the police force, and emigrated to America in 1863, settling in this county. He was married, in 1863, to Ellen Foley, a native of Ireland, by whom he has had nine children, two boys and seven girls - Kate, Minnie, Eugene P. S., Francis, Betsey (deceased), John B., Nellie I. (deceased) Mary M. and Grace A. Mr. O'Sullivan is a contractor by occupation, and has an extensive custom. He was employed in the drainage of the Hog Creek Marsh, the success of which he claims to be due to him. Mr. O'Sullivan and wife are members of the Roman Catholic Church.

WILLIAM PEALER, contractor and carpenter, Dunkirk, was born August 17, 1823, in Columbia County, Penn. His parents are John and Rachel (Bright) Pealer, natives of Pennsylvania, the former of German, the latter of English descent. His parents emigrated to Knox County, Ohio, when our subject was eighteen months old, and where he was reared, educated in the log schoolhouse with paper windows. He is by occupation a contractor and carpenter, the latter of which he has followed for twenty- five years. On February 26, 1846, he was united in marriage to Sarah Lantz, born December 12, 1825, a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Jonathan Lantz, of German extraction, who emigrated to Ohio at an early day. This union has resulted in nine children, six sons and three daughters, as follows; Laura, the wife of John Rinkford, drayman in Lima, Ohio; Louisa, the wife of John Jones, living in Indiana; Lemuel, contractor and carpenter, married to Mollie Howe, by whom he has one child, Ray; William F., a blacksmith in Indiana, married to Delia Powell, daughter of Josiah Powell; Mary, the wife of' Albert Barber; J. C. Fremont, at home; Samuel Delbert, at home; Oliver, deceased at Atlanta, member "of the One Hundred and Eighty-second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company A, and Virgil, who died at Livingston, 111., of spotted fever. Mr. Pealer enlisted, December, 1864, in the One Hundred and Seventy-sixth 0)iio Volunteer Infaotry, Company F; discharged June 21, 1865. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, where the former for eleven years was Recording Scribe, has filled the position of Class Leader, and for five years was Sunday School Superintendent. Mr. Pealer has filled the office of Township Trustee and School Director, and is a well-known citizen of Blanchard Township.

THOMAS PISEL, farmer, P. O. Forest, was born May 1, 1845, in Hardin County, Ohio. He is a son of Milliam and Elizabeth (Carey) Pisel, the former a resident of Jackson Township, now in his seventy -fifth year. The subject of this sketch received his education in Jackson Township. He is occupied in farming and stock-raising, making hogs a specialtj'. He owns ninety acres of land in Section 3, Range 11, Blanchard Township. On the 11th of November, 1869, he was married to Belinda Benedict (Naus), a native of Pennsylvania, born December 13, 1853, and a daughter of Solomon Benedict. Three children have resulted from this union, two living, Hattie E, and Mauda L. Mr. Pisel was a member of the Forty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served two years and

ALVIN L. POKE, restaurant keeper, Dunkirk, was born August?, 1860, in Hardin County. His mother, Huldah (Teegarden) Pore, died, leaving a family of three children, our subject being the oldest, John W. and Ida May. His father, I>evi Pore, was born August 18, 1836, in Stark County, and was a son of Christopher and Martha (Doeman) Pore, the former of whom was a native of Pennsylvania and a pioneer of Ohio. Levi Pore has resided in this county twenty-eight years; he was educated in Stark and Hancock Counties, followed farming for ten or eleven years, has been a plasterer for six years and is also engaged in carrying on a meat market in Dunkirk, which was established eight years ago. He served ten months in the One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company B. He was married again on the 4th of February, 1875, to Mollie, daughter of Melvin Coats, by whom he has had two children, Charles E. and Mertie Jane. The subject of this sketch was raised and ed^icated in Hardin County, and for six years has been engaged in the occupation of butcher. He was married in Dunkirk by the Kev. S. T. Bosserman, on the 14th of December, 1882, to Emma A., daughter of John Fry, born February 28, 1866. Her father keeps a livery and sale stable in Dunkirk, which business he has followed for fifteen years. Her mother, Kachel S. (Philips) Wright, was born September 23, 1840, and has reared a family of nine children, viz., George W., David E., Charles H., John Ray, Carrie Annetta, Emma Rachel, Ida E., Clarence and Lulu Estella. Mr. Fry was raised in Hardin County on a farm until thirty-one years of age. He was four years in the grocery business in Dunkirk. In 1857, he went West, where he remained six years. Enlisted September 20, 1864, in the One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was discharged, June 29, 1865, at Charleston, N. C. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and in business is successful. Our subject is a Republican in politics and is a useful citizen of Dunkirk.

JOSEPH T. RAMSEY, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born August 30, 1830, in Jefferson County, Ohio. His parents were Lloyd and Maria (Lynch) Ramsey, the former a native of Maryland, the latter of Jefferson County, Ohio. His father moved to Ohio and bought 100 acres of land in Delaware Township, Hancock County, where he died, January 16, 1870, at the age of seventy years and ten months. The subject of this sketch was educated at the schools of Steubenville and Smith vi lie, and was brought up to the occupation of a farmer. He married, October 20, 1857, Miss A. E., born in Belmont County, Ohio, February 6, 1836, and a daughter of Thomas and Maria (Washington) Pointer, the former a native of Pennsylvania, the latter of Jefferson County, Ohio. By this union there have been seven children, viz., Sarah J., Albert F., Alvin R., Emma M., Mary Arwell, Basil, Ellsworth and Leatha Llewellen. Mr. Ramsey is the administrator of his father's and brother's estate. He has one brother and four sisters living. His wife also has four sisters and one brother. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, where the former for ten years has been Trustee and Steward, is Class Leader and Sabbath school teacher; his wife and daughter, Sarah Jane, are also teachers in the Sabbath school.

J. J. RIPLEY, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born June 28, 1830, in West New Bedford, Coshocton Co., Ohio. His parents were Solomon and Anna Mason (James) Ripley, of Gorman descent and natives of Pennsylvania, where they emigrated, settling in Coshocton County, Ohiol They moved thence to Hancock County, where they spent the remainder of their days. His mother died when he was four years of age, and he was afterward brought up by his step-mother. For three or four years he was engaged in milling, but is now occupied in farming. On January 17, 1854, at a place, three miles west of Forest, he was married to Eliza, born March 27, 1832, native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of. William and Mary Ann (Tressler) Higgins. By this union there have been four children, viz., Amanda M, wife of S. C. Doll, of Hardin County; S. S., married; Emma L., David F. and William A., the three latter at home. Mr. Ripley and his wife are members of the United Brethren Church. Mr. Ripley is the owner of 160 acres of land in Pleasant Township, forty-one and a half acres in Forest; 120 in Delaware Township, Hancock County; and twenty-two in Dunkirk, where he also has one-half interest in four lots.

JOHN SIEGLEY, engineer, Dunkirk, was born November 2, 1822, in Germany and is the son of John and Maria Siegley. His parents emigrated to Hardin County, where the former died at the age of eighty-four years; she had been a cripple for thirty-thr^e years. The subject of this sketch emigrated from Germany in 1832, settled at first in Pennsylvania, then came to Green Township, Columbiana County, where he resided for twenty years. He was educated in Columbiana County, where he was married, April 21, 1849, to Lavina, a native of Pennsylvania, daughter of Jacob Zehnar. Six children were born to them, one living, Jesse, born March 20, 1860. He was proprietor of a grist mill in Kenton for a year and a half, also of one in Dunkirk. Mr. Siegley enlisted September, 1861, in the United States Sharpshooters, and was discharged July 5, 1865. He fought in the battles of Mount Zion, Mo., Fort Donelson, Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, and a number of pitched battles. He was struck by a spent balJ July 22, 1864, and for ninety-six days was on the skirmish. He served under Gens. Davis, Grant and Sherman. Mr. Siegley is now retired from business, after being for thirty-three years an engineer. He and his wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for ten years. The former has been a Trustee in the Methodist Episcopal Church for one year and is a useful citizen of Blanchard Township.

DR. D. C. SMITH, Dunkirk, Ohio, was born September 14, 1849, in this county, and is the son of Henry and Lydia (McCartney) Smith, who were natives of Richland County, Ohio, and came to this county in 1838. Our subject was educated in the schools of this county and graduated at the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati in 1874, and has practiced medicine in Dunkirk and Kenton to the present time. He was married, April 20, 1875, to Miss Belle Gilmore, daughter of Samuel J. and Eveline Gilmore, of Kenton, Ohio. She is a grand -daughter of Judge Alexander Thomson, who was the pioneer or first Clerk of the county. Two children have resulted from this marriage, Henry Gilmore, born April 18, 1876, and Maude E., born February 11, 1878. The Doctor is a member of the Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights of Honor lodges, and Medical Examiner for the latter.

ADAM STEINMAN, farmer, P. O. Patterson, is a native of Germany, born July 9,1839, and is a son of Adam Steinman. He learned the trade of blacksmith and wagon-maker in Germany, whence he emigrated, and for a few months was working in Galion, Ohio, then ten or eleven months in New Washington, from August, 1862, to April, 1863, in Crestline, and for seven years in Fort Wayne, Ind. In April, 1870, he moved to Monroe- ville, Ind., where he lived until 1879, spending the last two years in farming, and finally came to Hardin County, where he is now occupied in farming, and owns ninety-one acres of land in Blanchard Township. He was married September 13, 1862, while in Crestline, to Mary Houks, a native of Ohio, born in 1842. Four children have been born to them, viz., Eosa (deceased), Charles, Edward and Earnest. Mrs. Steinman is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

EWING STUMM, school teacher, Dunkirk, was born March 27, 1862, in Johnstown, now Ada, Hardin County, Ohio. His parents are C. E. and Melissa (Van Buskirk) Stumm, the former a native of Union County, Penn., of German lineage and a resident of Ada, His father is an old school teacher of Ada, near and in where he taught fifteen terms. The subject of this sketch has two sisters, Lenora and Wilhelmina, he being the only son and the oldest child. He graduated from the Ada Normal School at the age of eighteen years, and has since been a teacher for three years in Dunkirk and one term in Marion Township. He was employed last year as Superintendent of Schools at Dunkirk.

J. C. SWAN GEE, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born May 22, 1832, in Wayne County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Eachel Swanger, natives of Pennsylvania and residents of Arlington, Hancock County, Ohio. In 1840, he went to Hancock County, where he received an education from the common schools. He has resided in Dunkirk since 1873, with the exception of one year, 1876. He is by occupation a farmer and stock-raiser, owns thirty- five acres of land in Section 7, eight in Section 6, of Blanchard Township, and forty acres in Section 14, of Washington Township. He crossed the plains to California in 1852, engaging in the stock trade until 1864, when he returned home for a short time, again setting out for California. In 1865, he returned finally to Hardin County. In 1864, he was united in marriage to Eliza Jane, born May 5, 1846, in Hancock County, daughter of Giles and Elmira (Sawyer) Westcott, natives of New York State. By this union there have been born four children, viz., Minnie, Emma, John C. and Kate. Mr. Swanger was a member of the Minutemen of California, serving three years. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a useful citizen of Blanchard Township.

WILLIAM N. SWEET, stone mason, Dunkirk, was born September 3, 1837, in Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, and is a son of William and Elenor Sweet. He is a stone mason, which occupation he has followed for twelve years. He has been a resident of this county six years, and is the owner of his residence. On the 8th of November, 1866, he married Eebecca Eamsey, a native of Virginia, born January 23, 1840. By this union there have been seven children, three deceased ; Walter (deceased), Mary E., Charles W., Maud, Amelia J., Alonzo (deceased;, and an infant (deceased). Mr. Sweet served for three years in the Fifty-fifth Eegiment, Company B, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He is a me'mber of the Wesleyan Church, and is a useful citizen of Blanchard Township.

ELI TAEBUTTON, blacksmith, Dunkirk, was born in 1847, in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of Jesse and Abigail (Mowery) Tarbutton. His mother, who is residing in Springfield, is of English descent and a native of Virginia; his father (deceased) was born in Pennsylvania, of German extraction, and emigrated to Ohio at an early day. Our subject was married in Urbana to Ellen, born February 7, 1847, in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, and a daughter of Mathias and Adela (Vale) Saum, both of German lineage. Three children have resulted from this union, two boys and one girl, viz. , Harvey E. . born November 5, 1871; Ola B., bom August 27, 1873; and Delmore R, born February 13, 1871. Mr. Tarbutton enlisted in the Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in 1864, and was discharged in 1865.

ROBERT J. TAYLOR, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born September 5, 1835, in Morrow County, Ohio, and is a descendant of Zackary Taylor, at one time President of the United States. His father, Stephen Taylor, was a native of Winchester, Ya., and his mother, Rebecca Taylor, who is a resident of Fort Wayne, Ind., was born March 29, 1804. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in Galion, Crawford County, where he lived up to his thirty- eighth year. On November 3, 1860, he was married to Hannah, daughter of John Waybell, and a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, where she was born May 21, 1841. To this union there has been born a family of eleven children, nine surviving, viz., Joseph W., Robert S. , Ulysses S., Benjamin, Harrison, Charles L., Julietta, Emma J. and Anna M. Mr. Taylor in 1851, while in Crestline, sustained an injury on the Columbus & Cincinnati Railway. He has been generally successful in business, and is the owner of 100 acres of land in Blanchard Township, Section 19, Range 3.

THOMAS W. TAYLOR, harness-maker, Dunkirk, was born in 1836, in Hancock County, Ohio, and is of Irish extraction. He was reared and educated in Hancock County. He enlisted. May, 1864, in the One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio National Guards, Company I, and served 100 days, participating in several skirmishes. In 1860, he was married to Mary Fitzgibbon, a native of Detroit, Mich. Two children have been born to them^ - Charles M., born July 11, 1864; and Mattie, born October 6, 1866, died April 22, 1871. Mr. Taylor and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Tajdor built his residence in Dunkirk in 1876, at a cost of $1,200. In politics, he is a Prohibitionist, and is a useful citizen of Blanchard Township.

WALTER TEEGARDIN, butcher, Dunkirk, was born October 4, 1850, near Cairo, Allen County, Ohio. He is a son of John and Diana (Oard) Teegardin, the former a native of Ohio and descended from the Pennsylvania Dutch, the latter born in Kentucky. The subject of this sketch is the youngest of a family of seven, two sons and five daughters, one of the latter deceased, and has also a half-brother. He was educated in Allen County until fourteen years old, and for six years more in Washington Township, Hardin County. He was reared on a farm. He married, October 31, 1871, near Dunkirk, Sarah J. Rush, a native of Hardin County, near Dunkirk, born April 1, 1848, and a daughter of Job and Ruth (Williams) Rush. By this marriage, there have been four children - James W., Nettie M., Charles D. and Florence D. Mr. and Mrs. Teegardin are members of the United Brethren Church. Mr. Teegardin is a member of the Knights of Honor of Dunkirk, Hardin Lodge, No. 1910, and in politics is a Democrat. He has been successful in his business, which was established in 1879, and is the owner of his residence and other property in Dunkirk.

JAMES M. TERRY, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born June 12, 1845, in Marion County, Ohio, and is the son of Champnis and Rebecca (Peters) Terry, of English, German and Irish ancestry. He pursues farming for an occupation, and owns fifty- four and a half acres of land in Sections 21 and 28, Blanchard Township. He was living in Marseilles, Wyandot Co., Ohio, where, in 1870, he was burned out, but for eleven years has been a resident of Hardin County. He enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty- fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company O, and served four months, and was in the battle of Monoeacy Junction, besides several skirmishes. On the 9th of April, 1878, he was married to Harriet E, Simpson, born in June, 1848, in Hardin County, the daughter of John and Margaret (Clark) Simpson, of German and Irish descent. Seven children have been born to them - Leora May, born in Wyandot County; the others were born in Hardin County, viz., Lewis B., Troy C., Jessy J., Ida (deceased), James A. and John M. (born March 1, 1883). Mr. Terr}' and his wife are members of the Bible Christian Church, in which the former is a Class Leader.

ELI TRUMP, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born May 18, 1834, in Stark County, two miles northwest of Canton, Ohio. He is the son of Peter P. and Mary (Ream) Trump, both natives of Pennsylvania, and both born in the year 1803. John Trump, his grandfather, was a native of Pennsylvania, and moved to Ohio in 1812. The father of our subject is a pioneer of Stark County, where he is the oldest living man but one. By occupation he was a miller, and was the first white man to sell flour in Canton, and also the first owner of a spring wagon. He has always been tlie foremost man in the building of the town, was at the head of all enterprises and is now enjoying the fruits of his industry. Mr. Eli Trump was reared on a farm until fourteen years of age; is now, by occupation, a farmer, and controls 160 acres of laud. He formed two marriages in his lifetime; the first was in the fall of 1858, with Clementine Park (deceased), and his second with Margaret Baughman, a native of Hancock County, Ohio, born April 16, 1841. To this union there have been six children, five living - M. E. (deceased), Ida E. , Flora A., Rebecca J., Frank S. and Charles C. Mrs. Trump is a member of the German Reformed Church. Mr. Trump has filled the office of Township Trustee and is a useful citizen of Blanchard Township.

H. P. WOODS, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born November 24, 1811, in Columbiana County, Ohio, and is a son of Joseph and Sarah (Peterson) 'Woods, the former a native of Delaware and of German descent, the latter a native of New Jersey and of English descent. Our subject was educated in Columbiana County; reared on a farm, but learned the blacksmith trade and followed it for a number of years. He was married, in Crawford County, Penn., in 1838, to Jane W. Mumford, a native of Crawford County, who died September 2, 1854, leaving a family of six children. Joshua, the youngest son, soon followed the mother; both died of Asiatic cholera. The names of those living are Sarah, Kate, Joseph (Government Postmaster) and James, M. D., both of Schuyler, Neb. Lizzie, the youngest daughter, is a teacher, now in Washington Territory. Both of the sons served in the war. Mr. Woods and family settled in Madison Township, where he owned a farm, in September, 1848, and lived on his farm many years. He is now living in Dunkirk, Hardin County, retired from business. Mr. Woods married (for the second time) the widow of Dr. Charles M. Rees. Her name before marriage was Zipporah Maria Lillibridge, her father, Joseph Lillibridge, being a native of Rhode Island, and her mother a native of Maryland. By her first marriage, Mrs. Woods had three sons - Rowland, a farmer; Joseph L. , M. D., Tecumseh, Neb., and Frank, a ticket and freight agent in Forest, Hardin Co., Ohio. The second union resulted in six children - Dora, Belle Florence, Myra Yanlora, Viroqua Lorrain, Charles Mahon (a telegrapher) and Elvira Jane. Mr. and IMrs. Woods have long been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the former having served in the church many years as a Class Leader, Steward

J. J. WOOD, Mayor and Justice of the Peace, Dunkirk, was born January 29, 1838, in Muskingum County, Ohio. His father, Samuel Wood, was born on the 27th of December, 1801, in Virginia; emigrated to Ohio in 1816, and married in 1824, at which time he settled six miles west of Zanesville, Ohio. He removed to Hardin County, Ohio, four miles northwest of Ada, Ohio, in September, 1851. He served as County Commissioner twelve years, and died in 1873. The mother of our subject was born in New York in 1808, died in 1864. The subject of this sketch, a member of a family of ten children, four sons and six daughters, was reared on a farm until thirty years of age. On the 3d of March, 1859, he was married to Martha J., daughter of Hamilton and Abigail (Turner) Shaw, born on the 5th of May, 1839, in Columbiana County, Ohio. Her parents were both natives of Columbiana County, and of German descent. From this union thore have been four children, three living - J. H., born March 9, 1861, a book-keeper and cashier for Mahon Brothers, of Dunkirk, and married to Grac«, daughter of Dr. Kahler, of Dunkirk; Minnie, deceased; Louella, born November 26, 1862, wife of Prof. J. J. Kelly, of Ada; and Lilly May. Mr. Wood enlisted December 10, 1863, in the Thirty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D, under Capt. Furney, and was discharged December 23, 1864, at the Tripler Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. He was in the battles of Cloyd Mountain and Newbern Bridge, besides many skirmishes; was wounded June 10, 1864, on the Hunter raid, in the left wrist by a minie ball. After the war, Mr. Wood taught in the schools. In the spring of 1868, he opened in the grocery business at Ada, remaining there until 1871, when he went to Auburn, a place twenty- three miles north of Fort Wayne, Ind., and engaged in the dry goods business in partnership with E. E. Williams, of Ada. In the spring of 1876, he came to Dunkirk, where he was elected Justice of the Peace, and two years ago Mayor of Dunkirk. Mr. Wood is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, where he has been and is Becording Steward; a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 624, at Dunkirk, and of the Knights of Honor, No. 1,910; also, at present S V. C. of Edgar Post, 102, G. A. B. In politics, he is a Bepublican, and is a well-known citizen of Dunkirk.

JOHN WOODS, plasterer and farmer, Dunkirk, was born August 23, 1839, in Beaver County, Penn. His mother, Ann Woods, was born November 13, 1814, in Columbiana County, Ohio, and was the daughter of Ebeneser and Bebecca (Oliphant) Allmon. She was the third child and third daughter of a family of twelve, seven yet living. Jacob Woods, the father of our subject, was born September 13, 1815, in Columbiana County, Ohio, and was the son of Enos and Elizabeth (Hughes) Woods. He was raised in a family of eight children, four now living, he being the fourth child and third son. He was married November 3, 1836, and has had a family of eight children, seven married, as follows: Franklin B., married to Elizabeth Beed, the daughter of James M. and Cathem Beed, by which union there have been four children; John, our subject; Lydia A., wife of W. B. Wiles, has two children; Ephraim O.; Margaret K., wife of E. B. Wiles, parents of three children; Matilda J., wife of Edward Funk, to whom she has borne two children; Viola V., married to Show Johnson, their family numbering two children; and Zimri B., married to A. Houseman, daughter of John Houseman, with a family of three children. Jacob Woods has been a resident of Hardin County for thirty years, and owns 143 acres of land in the northwest quarter of Section 5, Blanchard Township. The subject of this sketch, at the age of one year, was living in Logan County; at eight years of age, in Morrow County, and five years after in Hardin County, where he received a common school education. He is, by trade, a plasterer, which business he has pursued for sixteen years, following it successfully in Johnson County, Mo. He is the owner of a house and lot in Durkirk. On May 14, 1868, he was married to Miss A. J. Willmoth, born June 17, 1851, in Hardin County, daughter of Lemuel and Mary (Davis) Willmoth, pioneers of Hardin County. This union has resulted in four children, viz., Claude B., Gruy O., Eva M. and Carl E. Mr. Woods and his brother Franklin were in the late war; the former served three years and nine months, the latter thirty months, when he was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry and released od parole. This family hold annual meetings. On September 7, 1882, they gathered in Schuyler, Colfax Co., Neb., where there were assembled 163 members, fiftyseven being from Dunkirk, Ohio.

JAMES P. WOODS, blacksmith, Dunkirk, was born May 31, 1844, in Stark County, Ohio, and is the son of John and Lydia (Hodge) Woods, the former a native of Columbiana County and of German and Irish descent. The subject of this sketch is the tenth child and seventh son of a family of twelve children, four of whom are living. He lost his mother, three sisters, a brother, one neice and one nephew in the year 1854, at Williamstown, Hancock County, where they died of cholera. He received a common school education in Hancock County, where he learned the trade of blacksmith with David Nowlon. For the last seven years he has followed his trade in Dunkirk. On the 9th of February, 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company H, was transferred to the One Hundred and Eighty-eighth Regiment in June, 1865, and was discharged in September, 1865. He was married at Dunkirk, October 11, 1866, to Sarah P., daughter of Joseph and Sarah P. (Coleman) De Haven, the former a native of Morristown, Penn., of French-German and English descent. Her mother was born in this State and was of English lineage. Three children were born to this union, an infant (deceased), Lydia and Louring E. Mr. Woods is a Republican in politics, and with his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JEREMIAH ZEIGLER, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born in Richland County, Ohio, May 21, 1837. He is a son of Michael and Rebecca (Bowman) Zeigler, the former, a carpenter, was bora in 1806, the latter in 1809, in Lancaster, Penn. Our subject was raised in Hardin County since his fifteenth year, and has followed the occupation of farmer. He was married in 1869 to Harriet, daughter of Philo Wood, by which union there have been five children, one son deceased - Charles E., William A., Mary, Hattie A. and John W. Mr. Zeigler and his wife are members of the Germa