Cardington Township (part 26 of 26)

ABRAM MILLER, farmer; P. O., Shaueks; son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Winters) Miller; was born Oct. 25, 1828, in York Co., Pa. He was 10 years old when he came with his family to Ohio. The family settled in the southwestern part of Perry Tp. When a youth Abram learned blaeksmithing, serving an apprenticeship of two years under John Walker of Woodbury. After this he worked for wages two years, at Johnsville, when he set up a shop on his father's place, wherein he worked about one year. He united in marriage with Miss Jane Hanawalt, Dec. 4, 1851. She is a daughter of John and Susan (Klinefelter) Hanawalt, born in York Co., Pa., May 13, 1828. After marriage Mr. Miller divided his attention between the shop and the farm some three years. He then removed to Troy Tp., Richland Co., where he farmed two years; from there to the adjoining township of Perry, in Richland; also farming eighty acres of the present place which he rented of Widow Lamb. In 1858 he purchased this farm of 100 acres of fine arable land. He moved here in March, 185!), where he has resided since, erecting a large barn forty by seventy-two feet; he also built a fine frame residence of ten rooms in 1872. Mr. Miller began with but few of this world's goods, and by his force of will and ceaseless energy attained a handsome property. He has taken much pains to improve the blood and character of his stock, raising some fine heavy horses; and has a fine animal of the Short Horn Durham stock, and pure Chester white hogs. Every enterprise of a moral or religious nature receives the hearty co-operation of Mr. Miller. He holds a membership in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and has been trustee of his church. He is also a member of Johnsville Lodge, No. 469, I. O. O. F. He is Overseer of Richland Grange No. 250. He has been trustee of his township two terms; he has a family of five daughters and one son - Alice, born Oct. 13, 1852, married Sherman Myers, and lives in Marion Co., Ohio; S. Nevada, born Sept. 20, 1854, married B. F. Thuma of Johnsville; Mary R., born July 1, 1857, married Seymour Lindsayof Lexington; Janette, born Sept. 22, 1859; Emma F., June 27, 1862; Charley L., Jan. 3, 1866.

GEORGE S. NEWIIOUSE, merchant; P. O., Shaueks, (Johnsville); is the son of Kasper and Susan (Jager) Newhouse; he was born Dec. 20, 1834, in Alldorf, Rhenish Bavaria. As prescribed by the laws of that country, he attended school seven years, almost without vacation. Subsequently he spent about two years traveling in Prussia and other German States. - In 1852 he passed down the river Rhine, taking a farewell view of the "Faderland." He sailed from the port of Havre, and after a voyage of thirty- five days arrived in New York City July 2, 1852. Thus we find our subject, a lad of seventeen, without a relative in this country. He chose the avocation of tailor, and devoted himself to that work in the city for about five years except a brief period when he made a trip to the Western States, visiting various points of interest; he returned to New York in the fall of 1855, where he united his fortunes with Mary Smith, Sept. 30, 1855. She was born in Wittenburg, Germany, Oct. 5, 1835, and came across the ocean in 1852, with a sister, now Mrs. Morris Kline, of Johnsville. Mr. Newhouse came to this village in August, 1857, where he followed tailoring: until the breaking: out of the war; he entered the Union army under Col. Swayne, of the 43d Regiment, O. V. I., Company "E," and when his term of service had expired he re-enlisted in the 179th Regiment, and fought until the close of the war, being honorably discharged. In the spring of 1870 he opened a merchant tailoring establishment in Johnsville, in which he continued until 1870, at which time he formed a partnership for five years with John Held, under the firm name of Newhouse & Held. They carry a large assortment of dry goods, groceries, clothing, hardware, and everything needed by a farming community. They have business room of forty feet by twenty-two, with wareroom attached. Mr. Newhouse has made an eminent advancement in that ancient and honorable order of Free and Accepted Masons. He holds a membership in Belleville Lodge, No. 376; Mt. Gilead Chapter, No. 59, and the Mansfield Commandery of Knight Templars, No. 21. Has five children living - George W., Clifton S., Frank M., Dell L. and Irwin S., and two died when young.

EZEKIEL C. PENN, farmer; P. O., Levering; son of John and Mary (Chumblin) Penn; was born in Perry Tp., Richland Co., Ohio, June 26, 1841. At eighteen he went to the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, during the spring term of 1860, and attended the Chesterville Union Schools that summer; he taught school in the home district the following spring of 1861; in the fall he again assumed the duties of teacher, but during the winter he lay aside the "birch," and rushed to the rescue of his imperiled country. He enlisted October, 1861, in the 72d Regiment, O. Y. 1., Company C. His first engagement was in the Battle of Shiloh, having previously been in a skirmish of Friday. He was just recoving from the measles, and as he lay ou. the night of the battle, he was taken sick and sent home on a furlough, in April. He returned to Camp Chase in August for examination, and was honorably discharged. He united his fortunes with Sarah J. Winand, Oct. 2, 1862. She is a daughter of John and Cynthia (Painter) Winand, of this township. She was born July 3, 1844 (see biography of John Winand). After marriage Mr. Penn settled for two and a half years on the homestead of his father; lived ou a rented farm some six months, then purchased seventy-nine acres in Richland Co., where he engaged in farming two and a half years. He purchased his present home of eighty-two acres, and moved here Feb. 27, 1869, where they have since lived, raising a family of three children - Clement, born June 10, 1863; John R., Feb. 24, 1866; Mary

C., Feb. 19, 1876. Mr. Penn, with wife and sons, are members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, near Waterford, in which he holds the office of Elder. The parents were baptized under the preaching of Elder Wagner, at Mansfield, in October, 1871. Mr. Penn is a tireless worker in the Church and Sabbath-school, and believing in education in its highest, noblest sense, he has surrounded his family with music and books, and the hallowed influences of an enlightened Christian home. The Church to which he belongs has a brief history, which we will follow. Some years since, Mr. Newell Grant, of Richland Co., became dissatisfied with the creeds with which he was acquainted. He began searching for the truth and the time church; in due time he was put in communication with the Seventh Day Advent Church, at Battle Creek, Michigan, and found that their views coincided with his own. Through his influence two ministers, Elders Vanhorn and Lawrence, came, and Mr. Penn heard them, and some of the church's literature found its way into his family. He investigated and studied two years; then began keeping the Sabbath; and social meetings were held here in his house in 1869. In April, 1872, Elder O. Mears, of Bowling Green, Ohio, organized the first church in this house, consisting of seven members. They met in his dwelling about two years, in the meantime holding meetings at different points in Franklin Tp. They are now known as the Waterford Society, and have built a neat and substantial frame church one-half mile west of Waterford, which -was dedicated by Elder H. A. St. John, in January, 1874. The church has increased quite rapidly, and has at present a membership of forty-four, which meet every Sabbath for church and Sabbath-school. John Penn, the father of our subject, was born in Baltimore Co., Maryland, May 5, 1800; his parents were natives of England; he learned the coopers' trade when a youth, and remained with his first employer until twenty-one. He then traveled in Pennsylvania and Virginia, going to Loudoun Co., Va., where he married Mary Chamblin in 1824. The Chamblin family were from New Jersey. He soon removed to Jefferson Co., near Harper's Ferry, where they lived some eight years, when he came to Ohio with five children, settling on eighty acres of almost new land in Perry Tp., Richland Co., in October, 1834. The wife died in April, 1844, and he died March 1st, 1879. Nine children were born to them - Elizabeth - Mrs. John Vermillion, of Greene Co., Ohio; William, farmer near Waterford, Ohio; Mary E., deceased; John, farmer of Hardin Co., Iowa; Deborah J., now Mrs. George Penn, of Iowa; Maria, now Mrs. Ovin Boggs, of Whitley Co., Ind.; George, farmer in Noble Co., Ind.; Mahlon, died in the army; Ezekiel C., subject.

AMOS RULE, merchant; Woodview; is the third son of John and Susan (Blosser) Rule; was born June 2, 1832, in this township. He worked on the farm, and received such instruction as the schools of his neighborhood could give. In 1853, being twenty-one years of age, he became a clerk in the store of Morgan Levering at Woodberry. In the meantime he devoted his spare moments to the study of medicine. April 5, 1855, he united in marriage with Caroline Buchner of this township, and soon after emigrated to Nebraska, where he engaged in the practice of medicine for about two years, then returned to North Woodbury. He entered into a partnership with Allen Levering in the mercantile business. This partnership lasted about six years, and during that time the first draft for troops was made, and it fell on both partners. They hired substitutes and continued business until Levering sold his interest to Norman Merwine, and again both Rule and Merwine were drafted on the second call, and escaped by paying $300 each to the volunteer credit fund, to secure the township's quota. Subsequently Mr. Merwine sold his interest to Robert Levering, which partnership lasted until 1876, when Levering retired, leaving Mr. Rule sole proprietor. He carries at present a full stock of dry -goods, groceries, hats, caps, boots and shoes, and in short, everything demanded by a farming community, at prices that favor the purchaser. Mr. Rule attended lectures at Stirling Medical College, and has been quite successful in practice, but is not actively engaged at present. He is Post master at present, and has been Treasurer of Perry Tp. for 12 years. He has a family of twelve children - Benjamin F. was born Jan. 27, 1856; John A., March 28, 1859; Allen V., Aug. IT, I860; Anna M., Oct. 27,

1761; Emma J., born March 25, 1863; Minnie B., Aug. 17, 1864; Amos M., Dec. 14, 1865; Ellis O. and Rosa , M. (twins), Apr. 3, 1867; Robert R., Aug. 16, 1869; Louisa C., Feb. 26, 1871; Isaac N., Nov. 25, 1872; Ohio M., a son, died at the age of five years. His father, John Rule, was born in Baltimore Co., Md., Dec. 14, 1796; his mother, Susan Blosser, was a native of York Co., Pa. They were married in Pennsylvania, and came by team to Ohio in 1828. They cut a portion of the road through from Mansfield, O. They settled in this township, near Woodbury, living in a covered wagon until they cleared a site and built a cabin. Their two sons, John and Isaac, were small, and the father toiled in his clearing lone-handed. He cleared about 100 acres of the 160 which he entered two years before. A brother, George Rule, and others of the family, came with him. He became a partner with Morgan Levering in 1836, and this relation lasted until 1851, when Mr. Rule retired. Has a family of three sons and one daughter - John, Isaac, Amos and Lovina, now Mrs. Norman Merwine. He departed this life March 12, 1874, at the ripe old age of 77 years, esteemed and respected by all.

HENRY H. RUHL, farmer; P. O., Woodview. Among the successful farmers of Perry Tp., Mr. Ruhl deserves more than a passing notice ; he is the oldest son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Hosier) Ruhl ; he was born in York Co., Pa., April 14, 1808; his lather died when he was seven years old, and as he grew up he worked very hard for the support of the family until he was twenty-five years old. The mother re-married, and they came as a family, in the spring of 1833. Arriving, May 10, they rented a house near where Jacob I. Miller lives, and in August of that year they purchased 160 acres of Mr. Rulil's present farm, of John Bigham, for $500. The only improvements made were a small cabin and seven acres underbrushed. The family consisted of four children - Henry H. (subject) ; Polly, who married John Warner, of Pa.; Rachel married John Garberick ; and Jacob. The mother died about 1835 ; March 20, 1836, Ik; married Catherine Patterson, a daughter of James and Esther (Erstine) Patterson; she was born in York Co., Pa., Sept. 12, 1802 ; her parents afterwards removed to Maryland, from which they emigrated to Congress Tp., of this county, in the fall of 1825, where the entered eighty acres in the woods ; they raised eight children to manhood and womanhood, all ot whom were born in the East - John, Samuel, Peter, William, Catherine, Elizabeth, Mary and Nancy. Mr. Rhul has lived on present place since his marriage ; he and his esteemable wife, who has been a help-mate indeed; both worked in the clearing together in early days, burning their brush and log heaps at night ; Mr. Rhul and his brother Jacob, went to thirty log-rollings one spring, and about that many in the fall ; he has cleared about one hundred acres here, and now owns three hundred and twenty acres, principally the fruits of his own labor ; Mr. Ruhl and his entire family are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church ; he has held a membership for forty-eight years, and has filled ably the various offices of Elder and Deacon ; he has been Trustee of this township eleven terms, elected frequently, almost without opposition ; Mr. Ruhl has raised two daughters, and one died in infancy ; Catherine and Leah - Mrs. By ram Levering (see sketch) ; ( Catherine Ruhl was born Sept. 10, 1 BBS, in this township; at twenty-seven she; married Jacob Rule, a son of George and Mary Rule (see sketch of Elali Dennis) ; her husband, Jacob Rule, was born Nov. 28, 1842, in Perry Tp., near Woodbury ; he lived on a farm until eighteen, then became a clerk in a store, for some time ; subsequently he worked on the farm by the month, about four years ; after his marriage with Miss Ruhl, he worked for Levering and Merwine about eight months, after which he began farming on the lands of H. H. Ruhl, where he has lived ever since ; in 1874 he purchased eighty acres of land. Four children have been born to them - Eva, born Sept. 24,1800; Hernia, April 21, 1872; Idella, Nov. 17, 1814 ; Heilman H., March 2, 1880. He and his wife are members of the Evangelical I Lutheran Church.

REV. J. F. SIMONS, farmer, and dealer in agricultural implements; P. O., Levering; is the second son of Frederick and Elizabeth (Hardman) Simons; he was born Oct. 28, 1825, in Bedford Co., Penn.; he went to school about three months per year until sixteen, when he received instruction in an

Academy in Cumberland Co., Md., for nearly two years; by close application, he so carefully employed his advantages here that he responsible work of teaching, which he successfully followed for four terms in his native county, working in a tannery during vacation ; being twenty-three years of age, he was filled with a desire to visit the West and find a new and larger field for his energies; accordingly, he joined his uncle, Jacob Hardman, early in the spring of 1848, and they arrived at McFarren's, of Perry Tp., Richland Co., Ohio, March 19; he taught school that summer, and took a tour through Indiana, visiting various points of interest; he returned and taught school in the Lamb District the following winter; lie married Catharine A. Wirick, Feb. 11, 1849. She is the second daughter of Peter and Deborah (Huntsman) Wirick, born in Perry Tp., Richland Co., on the 16th of September, 1826. After marriage, Mr. Simons lived on McFarren's farm one year; in the fall of 1849, he purchased his present farm of 80 acres, all in the woods then. The next year a hewed log house was erected where the present handsome frame structure now stands. Here they have lived and toiled for thirty yeips. The following year after he settled, lie planted a fine orchard and sowed six acres of wheat. His own labor has removed sixty acres of heavy timber, and erected the substantial buildings of the present. In 1856 there was an almost total failure of the wheat crop in some localities, from the ravages of the weevil, making bread-stuffs scarce. Mr. Simons hauled timber to Mt. Vernon, for which he received in payment a ten-dollar bill; he purchased a barrel of flour with it in Mansfield, and started home; he was soon overtaken by merchant, who claimed the bill was counterfeit, and on taking the bill to the lumber dealer, he denied giving it to him, and as a consequence, Mr. Simons lost the much-needed sum ; he is a Democrat, and has assessed this township, and served on its Board of Education. For some time past he lias effected extensive sales of D. M. Osborne Company's Agricultural Implements, in this arid Richland and Knox counties. He early united with the Disciple Church, and has been a faithful minister in its ranks for a number of years. His wife and seven of the children are within the sacred fold of the same church. Eleven children have blessed this union, all living but two - Mary E. born Dec. 24, 1849; Rebecca, March 24, 1851, married Frank Hathaway, and live at Levering Station; Deborah, July 2, 1852, married Leander Ackerman of Knox Co,; Lftmirah, born Dec. 29, 1853, died Sept. 6, 1877; Freeman born D., Feb. 2, 1856; Lean der Jan. 16, 1858, married Miss Beulah Lukens of Ridgway, Ohio; Catharine, born Oct. M., 24, 1861; Addie A., March 19, 1864; Minnie June 26, 1866; Vernie G., May 16, 1868, died Feb. 7, 1870; Mamie, Sept. 29, 1871. The father of Mr. Simons followed the occupation of miller; spent his days in Bedford county and was the father of seven children - Maria, Mary, Elizabeth, David, Josiah F., John and Rebecca. Peter Wirick, the father of Mrs. Simons, is one of the few pioneers yet living whose vivid recollections extend back over more than a half century of thrilling scenes and great privations. To his grand- daughter, Miss Mary E. Simons, we are indebted for the following sketch of this remarkable man's life: Peter

Wirick, oldest son of John and Elizabeth Wirick, was born in Washington Co., Penn., on the 25th of July, 1794. His parents were of German descent, and reared to manhood and womanhood nine children. His father was a farmer and millwright, and left his native State when Peter was a small child, settling in Belmont Co. O. Here he learned to read, write and cipher, which was all they taught in the schools of that day. He never attended school after reaching his twelfth year. About 1806, his father again sold his property and removed to Guernsey Co. O., where he lived some six years, and being of a roving disposition - never satisfied - he again sold out and removed to Richland Co. O., and settled on the stream known as the Mohican. Here he entered land, and not being able to obtain the money for which he sold his former place, they were compelled to live very poor indeed for some time. Their clothing, warp and woof, was manufactured by their own hands. Peter had now reached his eighteenth year, and had never worn aught but "homespun." This was about the year 1812, and the almost unbroken forest abounded with every variety of wild game. Under these circumstances, Peter developed a passion for hunting which seemed to be innate, and has characterized him from that day to this. He being the oldest son, ranged the forest that the iamily might have meat while, his father labored in the mill, and in various ways sought to drive the "wolf" from his door. In the years following 1812, the Indians gave the settlers much trouble. They "forted" three times, and under the command of Samuel Watson erected a block-house on the site of Belleville, which consisted then of a few dwellings. In this place of refuge they spent a greater part of the summer, and late in the autumn returned to their homes. On this twenty-third birthday he was married to Miss Deborah Huntsman, by squire Ainariah Watson. She is a daughter of James and Catherine Huntsman. Her parents were from Pennsylvania, and settled on a farm in Richland Co. in an early day. (See sketch of William Huntsman.) Soon after marriage Mr. Wirick entered land near Bellville. It was then a wilderness, full of deer and other wild game, which it was his chief delight to pursue and kill. Here he resided seventeen years, and in that time thirteen children were born to them - nine sons and four daughters, as follows: James, born April 3, 1817; John, March 29, 1818; Jacob, July 31, 1819; Peter, Oct. 11, 1820; Mary Ann, Dec. 4, 1821; George, Jan. 24, 1823; William, Sept. 20, 1824; Catherine A., Sept. 16, 1826; Daniel, Feb. 8, 1828; Jesse, Aug. 10, 1829; Washington, May 13, 1831; Elizabeth, in 1833; Deborah, Sept. 5, 1834. He sold his land on the Mohican for 81000, and purchased his present home of 94 acres for 8800. Here three sons were born - Jeremiah, born July 16, 1836; Harrison, Nov. 25, 1838; Ziby, Dec. 27, 1840; making sixteen children in all, of which eleven are living, and in prosperous condition in life, and have families, except a son and daughter.

The parents were members of the Disciple Church for many years, but drifted away, and at present the father's sympathies are with the Universalist Church; he has been a Republican since the organization of the party, and formerly wore the name of Whig. He was the finest marksman of his day, and was ever ready to join a hunting party and spend davs and even weeks in the forest; he spent the autumn months for eighteen years in hunting, and killed during his life over six hundred deer. On one occasion Mr. Wirick was out hunting with a brother-in-law, John Hunts- man, on the "Craven" farm, when from some cause they became separated. Soon after Peter saw a large "Buck," on which he fired, wounding it severely. lie approached the animal, intending to knife it, but found that he had forgotten his knife. The deer was very angry and powerful, and he could only defend himself by striking heavy blows on its head with the muzzle of his gun until blood flowed freely from its nose, but its fury increased, until closing, they both fell on the snow covered earth, then stained with the blood of man and beast. Strength and courage were fast giving way, when with mighty effort he caught the animal's neck and threw him on his side, but unfortunately with his feet toward him, giving the beast a decided advantage which he was not slow in using, for m this position he kicked and lashed his foe terribly. To use his own words: "I was bruised from the crown of my head to the sole of my feet." Realizing that the struggle would be brief with such odds against him, with an almost superhuman effort he threw the deer on its other side with its feet from him, and seizing his neck, with one limb across his body, lie thought to destroy his sight with a flint, which he usually carried in iiis shot-pouch. But, alas ! no flint was there. He next | searched for a pin or splinter of spicewood to ! accomplish the work; but the splinter was of little service to him. Despair was about to j seize him, when he heard the report of his comrade's rifle, and his call brought him to the rescue. They dispatched their plucky antagonist by cutting his throat. Mr. W. is now eighty-six years old, feeble and tottering on the verge of the silent grave, where he must soon follow his faithful companion to rest. She bore burdens, such as few mothers have suffered or endured. A strong determination and a powerful constitution sustained her through all.

DOCTOR D. M. L. SINGREY, physician and surgeon; Levering; second son of Jehu and .lane (Lemmon) Singrey, was born on his present farm Feb. 11, 1822; he went to school near where his brother Joshua lives, in the first school house built in Perry Tp., taught by Lawrence Van Buskirk, who boarded at Ins father's, and often carried our subject, a four-year-old pupil, to school on his back. As he grew up, he toiled in the clearing and in the field from early morn till the day's close, until he was 18 years old, wheu his father moved to Bellville, Ohio. He attended the schools of that place until he reached his majority, reading medicine with Dr. Jacob Singrey during vacations. He then entered the office of Dr. James C. Lee of Belleville, where he reviewed the whole course of study which he completed in two and a half years. A series of popular lectures on medical subjects were given at Belleville during the winter of 1846. The doctor removed to the old homestead, where he began the practice of medicine in Oct. 1847, and has continued ever since, except one year and four months spent at Albion, Noble Co., Ind. He has a good practice in Morrow, Knox and Richland counties. The doctor is a fine type of that class of men whom our country delights to honor as "self-made" and self-educated; he has been a member of the Richland County Medical Association; he has been a constant reader of the best books, of which he has a fine collection; he is a consistent member of the Harmony Regular Baptist Church, havingunited with that body in September, 1865, in which he is now Trustee; he cast his first vote for James K. Polk in 1844, and stands with that time-honored party to-day. He united in marriage with Charlotte A. Bonar of this county, on the 25th of December, 1856. She was born in Congress Tp., April 13, 1836, a daughter of John Bonar. Of this marriage seven children were born, five of whom are living - Hoy L., born Nov. 20, 1857; Thomas B., May 9, 1861; Lucy A., April 16, 1867; Fred L., Nov. 5, 1876; Ben B., Oct. 16, 1879. Two died in infancy - William F. and Kate. Hoy L. Singrey resides at Belleville, Ohio, where he is telegraph operator on the Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Jehu Singrey, father of D. M. L., was born in Baltimore Co., Md., Aug. 16, 1779; he followed the trade of miller and millwright in his native State; he married Jane Lemmon, Oct. 30, 1808. After seven years of wedded life had passed over their heads, they were fired with a desire to see the new Eldorado just carved out of the great Northwest Territory; accordingly they journeyed across the mountains, and after a journey of twentv-two days reached the little cabin which his brother-in-law, John Shauck, had built on the

Mohican, near the site of Shaucks' Mills, September, 1815. As Mr. Shauck had not arrived with his family, Mr. Singrey settled here for the winter, and in the meantime entered one hundred and sixty acres here and erected a house, into which they moved in the spring of 1816. On the morning of his first visit to this place, he set out with gun in hand, and just as he reached the hill on which the house stands at present, he was confronted by three Indians, one of which gave a low whistle and waved him back with his hand, and looking down in the hollow, he saw three deer feeding, and bringing his gun to his shoulder, sent a ball with unerring aim through the heart of one of them. He soon removed the hide and gave the Indians half, and ever after that they called him the " White Chief." They were his nearest neighbors, there being a wigwam of over one hundred and fifty Wyandott Indians camped in sight of his father's house for seven consecutive years. Torn Lion, the " Big Foot," was their Chief. The best of feeling ever existed between this family and these dusky children of the forest, and no instance of treachery or depredation occurred during their stay. Mr. Singrey associated with them until he could talk their language. The wife often baked for them, and exchanged bread for fresh meat. The wolves made sad havoc of his sheep during the first five years; hogs were killed by the bears. Jehu Singrey was a fine marksman; he killed wild cats, bears, and wolves; he killed twenty-three deer from September to Christmas. During the first two years he went to Newark and Mt. Yernon to buy breadstuff's. He built several of the first mills, working with Henry James. The fifth season after his arrival, more wheat was raised than could be consumed in the family, and he took a load to Mt. Vernon, where Gilman Bryant, a merchant there, offered him twelve and a half cents per bushel in goods if he would empty it into the streets for the hogs to eat. He drove on to Zanesville, where he received fifteen cents per bushel in sugar, rice, salt and leather. He was an "old time" Democrat, casting his first vote for Thomas Jefferson. He was elected the first Justice of the Peace in Perry Tp., in the spring of 1817. He owned three hundred and twenty acres in this and Congress Tps.

His nearest white neighbors at the time of settlement were Henry Sams, on the old Green place, and Daniel Levering, near Waterford. He and his wife were baptized in the Clear Fork of the Mohican, by Elder Benjamin Green, by which they became members of the Salem Church, and on the organization of the Harmony Regular Baptist Church, became the first members of that body; he departed this life Apr. 23, 1817, aged 67 years, 8 months and 23 days, and his faithful wife died May 9, 1831, aged 47. Seven children were' born to them - Elizabeth, born June 27, 1810, now Mrs. Dr. James C. Lee, of Belleville, O.; Rachel, born Sept. 7, 1812, died Nov. 16, 1850, was wife of Elijah Clark, a tailor at Belleville, O.; Sarah A., born June 11, 1814, lives at Belleville; Joshua, born Jan. 15, 1816; D. M. L., Feb. 11, 1822; (subject) ; Alice, June 5, 1826, lives in Belleville. Christian Singrey, grandfather of our subject, was born near Luzerne, Switzerland, on the 27th of Sept., 1723. He came to America about 1746, landing at Philadelphia, and settled in the Colony of Pennsylvania, where he remained some time, when a passion for a little lady whom he had known and loved in his native land became his master and he returned to claim her. Elizabeth Ingold was but thirteen years of age, but their love laughed at obstacles, and they were wed, and hastening back to the Colony with his young bride, he never lost his residence there. Having been seven years in the Colony of Pennsylvania, he took out naturalization papers, dated Sept. 27, 1753, bearing the Great Seal of the Crown of Great Britian, " on whose dominion the sun never sets." This ancient and yellow document is still in the possession of the Doctor, as is also his lancet over one hundred and fifty years old. There were five sons and three daughters born of this marriage, of which Jehu was the seventh child. Christian Singrey was a zealous patriot, and loaned nearly half a bushel of gold and silver coin to the Continental Congress, and received in payment their issue of paper money, which was almost worthless; he was an Army Surgeon in the Revolution under General Washington, and had his head-quarters at Baltimore. Jehu Singrey, James McCl ure and Peter Wirick cut r he road from Lexington through Kelley's Corners, in the winter ol" 18 1 G. The Lemmon family came from Ireland in the person of John Lemmon, great-grandfather of our subject; he settled in Baltimore Co., Md., and married, raising a family of seven chileren, of which Alexis Lemmon, grandfather of our subject, was one. lb* wedded Rachael Stansberry, a sister of General Stansberry, of Revolutionary fame. Light daughters were born to them, of which Jane, mother of our subject, was the seventh child.

JOSHUA SINGREY, farmer; P. 0., Daring-ton; oldest son of Jehu and Jane (Lemmon( Singrey; was born near the site of Shauck's Mills, on the 15th of Jan., 1816. His youthful bon-fires were the brush-heaps of the clearing. He put his hand to the plow almost as soon as he could reach the handles, and has never looked back or forsaken the calling of an honest yeoman. He was introduced to the beauties and mysteries of the alphabet in the old log school-house which stood on the site of his own garden. Here Lawrence Van Buskirk gathered his little flock, day after day, as they came through the woods, into a rude domicile, whose only floor was the rich soil. The grateful sunlight, promoter of growth and beauty, struggled through the windows of paper, aided by the use of grease. Here, before the great fire-place, with its " cat and clay" chimney, he learned to read, write and cipher. He united in marriage with Miss Eliza Like, May 10, 1840. She was a daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Ullery) Fike, born in Bedford Co., Penn., March 31, 1820. Joshua lived under the paternal roof until his father's death; at which time he purchased eighty acres of the old homestead - his pressent home. Here he has tilled the soil all his life, except three years, when he worked at saddle and harness-making in Belleville, O. About 1866 he cut down an ash-tree on the farm, which had been deadened about ten years before; and on splitting it open they found the unmistakable marks of a former girdling which had healed over. He and others counted the year-ring growths outside of the first incisions, and they numbered one hundred and seventy-three, which, since 1856, would make nearly two hundred years since the cutting was done by an implement fashioned by the " Pale Face." Here is a problem for for the historian. Who did it? When a little boy the Indians often stole upon him softly, when they would startle with a thrilling war-hoop, which seemed to give them great delight. Joshua and his sister were often sent in search of the cows, when they wandered away, sometimes two miles distant through the woods. At such times, when they lost the direction of home, the cows woidd lead them safely along, although they saw wolves. Mr Singrey has a family of six children living-, and two dead - Benton, born April 14, 1841, married Martha B eh net, of Marshal Co., Ind; Jehu, born Jan. 23, 1843 - he has been thirteen years in the Far West, and is probably dead; James L., born May 13, 1845; John, Sept. 12 1846, married Elizabeth Berger, of this towhship; R. Jane, born Aug. 4, 1858 - now Mrs. James Van Buskirk, of Knox Co., O, Rachel E., born March 27, 1851, married Lemmon Hettrick, of Marion Co., O.; Ruth A., born Dec. 27, 1854; Mary A., Sept. 11, 1852, died at the age of 19 years, seven months and fifteen days.

MOSES SIJAUCK, selling buggies; Shaucks (Johnsville); is the representative of an old and highly respected family in Perry Tp.; he is the second son of Elah and Barbara (Haldeman) Shauck. He was born in this township, Jan. 6, 1837; his youth was absorbed with the labors on the farm just east of Johnsville. At the age of nineteen he entered the Otterbein University, at Westerville, O., and was an in attendance during the years of 1856, 1857, 1858 and 1861, giving his attention to the farm during vacations. He responded to the call of his country, enlisting in the 43d O. V. I. as member of the regimental band, and participated in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. He was discharged in September, 1862, when he returned to his native village and engaged in the milling business four years, except a period of 4 months, when he went to defend the Nation's Capitol as Captain of a company in the 136th Regiment O. N. G. Subsequently he purchased 157^ acres of land in Perry Tp. - a portion of the old homestead on which he lived until the spring of 1880, when he moved to his present residence in Johnsville. He united m marriage with Kesia Hewitt, December 11, 1862; seven children have been born to them - Lenore was born Oct. 22, 1863; Avalie, May 7, 1866; Edna, Oct. 5, 1868; Edgar A., Aug.

8, 1870; Mary, May 16, 1874; Hewitt, Jan. 6, 1878; Vida, Jan. 24, 1880. John Shauck, grandfather of Moses, came from York Co., Penn., in a four-horse wagon in the spring of 1816. They settled on the Mohican, near where Shauck's mills stand, in a cabin which he had built previously. He and Abram Hetrick had made a visit in about 1814 or 1815, and John Shauck had entered section " 5," and erected the cabin above mentioned; they followed the Indian trail to this point. John Shauck was a Major in the Pennsylvania Militia and a Director of the Farmers' Bank at Mansfield. He was one of eleven who organized Perry Tp., in 1816. He kept the first Post Office and gave the present office its name, but the town was named for John Ely, who laid out the eastern half. Grandfather Shauck had two sons and one daughter - Elah, Mary A. and John Jr. We will now trace the fortunes of Elah Shauck, the eldest son of John Shauck, and father of our subject. He was born in York Co., Penn., about 1808, and was therefore about eight years old when the family came to Perry Tp. He always lived with and cared for his parents until their death; he managed his father's farm, and built the present grist- mi 11s in 1844; he married Barbara Haldeman, who was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., and came with her family to this county but a few years after the Shaucks. Of this marriage nine children were born - Jacob H., Rebecca H., Moses, Jeriel, John A., Sarah, Martha D., Mary A. and Ermina, five of whom are living; his wife, Barbara Shauck departed this life Jan. 16, 1862, and he married Lucy W. Hess of Columbus, Jan. 21, 1863, by whom he has one daughter living, Corrilla; he was one of the pillars of the United Brethren Church, and has held its various offices; he was Superintendent of the Sabbath School and an untiring worker in its ranks; all the enterprises of the Church received his earnest support; he was a trustee of Otterbein University; also of the Brethren's Printing House at Dayton, when it most needed aid. He was one of the first free soilers of this locality, and kept perhaps the only " Station " on the Under-ground Railroad in this township, helping many a poor fugitive on his way to freedom, and keeping all who came. He owned two hundred acres of land

HENRY C. SHAUCK, farmer ; P. 0. Shaucks (Johnsville), is the oldest son of, William H. and Mary A. Shauck ; he was born near Johnsville, July 11, 1830 ; he lived in his father's family until twenty-three, in the meantime, gaining a fair education in the Johnsville schools ; he united his fortunes with Sarah A. Hetrick, Sept. 6, 1853. She is a daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Winters) Hetrirk; was born in Troy Tp., Richland Co., O., March 25, 1835. After marriage Mr. Shauck farmed about three years on his fa ther's farm, then purchased seventy-six acres of the present place, where he has lived ever since; he has added to his first purchase one hundred and ten acres of the old homestead ; Mr. Shauck has three sons living and one daughter dead. Arthur was born June 19, 1854, married Nettie Shenefield, and has two children; Florence M. was born May 30, 1858, and died July 12, 1861 ; Charlie was born July 22, 1860 ; Samuel Irwin, July 9, 1868. Mr. Shauck is a Republican in politics; his father, William H. Shauck, was born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 27, 1794 ; he was a soldier in the war of 1812, and pursued the calling of millwright ; he came from York Co., of the Keystone State, in about 1816, being about twenty-two years of age, and entered 160 acres of land, clearing a portion of it. He devoted himself to building mills for some years, erecting three saw mills, a woolen mill and several grist mills in this vicinity. He sold his first purchase of land to Garver and Baldwin, and purchased 160 acres here of parties in the east about 1833; and in 1834, he laid out on his land that portion of Johnsville lying west of Main street, while John Ely laid out the eastern half. They then drew cuts to see who should name the village, and John Ely being the successful one it was named Johnsville instead of " Williamsport." He made two or three trips on foot to Pennsylvania, and owned four hundred and sixtyseven acres of land here, and six hundred and forty acres in Missouri and Iowa. He was a member of the New School Baptist Church. He married Mary A., only daughter of John Shauck (see sketch of Moses. Shauck). Fourteen children were born to them. Catharine, now Mrs. William Dwyer, who lives near Johnsville O.; Henry C., subject of this sketch; Rebecca, now Mrs. John Knox, of Westerville, O.; Sarah, died in youth; Franklin B. married Emma Pancost, and lives in Gabon; Elizabeth, now Mrs. William Smith, near Lexington, O.; Elah, died in youth; Julia A., now Mrs. Samuel Fouts, of Westerville, ().; Mary A., now Mrs. John White, of Shilo, 0.; Barbara E., now Mrs. Jacob A. Weenlanil, of Westerville, O.; John L. married Miss Josie McMillen, and lives near Rushville, Ind.; Albert B. married Miss Anna Miller, and is principal of the schools at Dayton, ().; Alice died in youth; William L. lives in Indianapolis, Ind.; William H. Shauck, the father, died Aug. 1, 1862.

LUCY W. SHAUCK, retired; Shaucks; is the daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Gordon) Hess, born near Columbus, Ohio Feb. 7, 1824;, she passed her youth on the farm, and went to the common school until 16 years of age, when she attended the Academy at Delaware, Ohio, then under charge of Prof. MacElroy, three terms. The next year she went to the school at Granville, Ohio, under the auspices of the Episcopal Church, where she remained one year. She was married to Elah Shauck, Jan. 21, 1863. Of this mariiage two children were born - Corrilla, born June 13, 1867, and Daniel, who died in infancy. Of the early history of the Hess family it is known that BalserHess, grandfather of our subject, came from Hesse Kassel, Germany, in an early day, and settled in the land of Penn, where he married Eva Hensel, of Bedford Co., Pa.; he was a farmer by occupation, and came with his family, by team, to Ohio, cutting his way to a point on the river near where Columbus stands at present; he lived in a wagon until they erected a cabin on the banks of the Olentangy. There were only a few houses at Frankleton, and none where Columbus stands. This was about 1796 - ere Ohio was a State. They passed through the excitement of the Indian war of 1812, and Hed to " Block House " at Frankleton, at the time of " Drake Scare." At 35 years of age, Daniel Hess, father of our subject, married Sarah Gordon, who also came from Bedford Co. when she was only 2 or 3 years old, and settied with her family at Frankleton. Seven children were born of this marriage - Lucy W., Amanda, Daniel, Philemon, Mary A. and Horatio, are living, and Calvin A. is dead.

The present handsome brick residence of Mr. Shauck was built in 1831, and has stood the storms and " silent tooth of time" for half a century - a marvel of preservation.

JOHN W. THUMA, druggist; Shaucks (Johnsville); is the eldest son of Simon and Eliza (Shuler) Thuina. He was born in Perry Tp., Richland Co., O., March 1, 1846; passed his boyhood on the farm one mile east of Johnsville, and attended the village school until he was eighteen, when he entered the United States service in the "136th" Ohio National Guards, spending nearly four months. He returned and began teaching school, in which calling he continued five terms with success. In the spring of 1866 he entered the Otterbein University at Westerville, O. He united in marriage with Emma Bull, Oct. 29, 1868. She is a daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Ridenour) Bull; was born in Washington Tp., Richland Co., Nov. 27, 1844. Her father was a native of Maryland, and her mother was from Pennsylvania, and both came to Richland Co. in an early day, where they were married about 1830, and seven children were born to them - Delilah, Martin, William, Susan, Carrie, Emma and Elizabeth. Her father was a farmer, and the family were members of the Lutheran Church. Our subject began his mercantile career as clerk in the employ of J. J. Cover & Co. in the spring of 1868. He remained in their store until 1872, when he bought a large stock of pure drugs and erected his present large and commodious business room, in which he keeps at present a full stock of drugs, groceries, books, stationery, fancy and toilet articles and wall paper at very reasonable prices. Mr. Thuma has been Postmaster here since about 1875. He is an extensive reader, and is well informed on all current topics. He brings to his business an exquisite taste, combined with eminent business qualifications. He has three children - Cora E., was born Dec. 29, 1869; Gluey B., Oct. 10, 1872; Lockie E., March 14, 1875. His parents were natives of Cumberland Co., Pa. The father came on foot in about 1835, being eighteen years of age. He settled near Hagerstown, O., where he followed the trade of blacksmith. In about 1846 he purchased 150 acres near Johnsville, where he raised five children - Esther V.,

JOHN WINAND, Jr.; farmer and stockraiser; P. 0., Levering; only son of John Winand, Sr. His mother's maiden name was Mary M. Howard; he was born in Hopewell Tp., York Co., Penn., April 5, 1821 ; he worked on the farm in summer, and went to school to his father in winter, whereby he received an education that strengthened mind and toughened muscle. He learned both the English and German languages. His father settled on a portion of his present estate when John was fifteen years old, and he went to school in the old Pioneer School House in the Culp District. He worked under the paternal direction until his twenty-second year. On the sixth of April 1843, he married Miss Cynthia Painter of Perry Tp., Richland Co., 0., where she was born July 2, 1824, hence was nineteen years old at her marriage with Mr. Winand. She went to the same school with him in the old log school house, with one long window on each side, and slab seats without backs. In those days when help was scarce, she worked on the farm helping to clear, hoe corn, when not stepping to the music of the wheel's low hum, or plying with deft fingers the flying shuttle, as she wove the woollen, linen and carpet. She is a daughter of John and Rachel (Red) Painter, being the sixth child in a family of twelve children, nine of whom are living as follows - Hamilton, a farmer in East Perry Tp.; Mary, widow of Jerry Huntsman, now of Noble Co., Ind.; Lydia, widow of Jerry Rule of this county; Susan, Mrs. Adam Rule of North Bloomfield Tp.; George, farmer in Richland county; Cynthia, wife of subject; Rachel, Mrs. George Hines of Noble Co., Ind; Armindia, Mrs. Joseph Lukens of Iowa; Charity, Mrs. William Lukens of Knox Co., 0. John Painter, her father, was a native of Virginia, and came to Perry township about 1812, where he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land in the green woods, his nearest neighbor being three miles distant; he followed the Indian trail to the site of Fredericktown, and cut his way to the spot which was soon to be converted into a pioneer home. They lived in the wagon until a cabin was reared moving in ere it was furnished with doors or windows. Often the father was obliged to go to such distance for provisions'! hat he could not return the same day, and the terror-stricken wife was left alone with her babe, which she dared not leave, even to hunt the cow. The little family sought safety in a block-house near Fredericktown during the war of 1812. The father toiled almost incessantly in those days, fighting the wolf from the door in more senses than one; his sturdy ax cleared over one hundred acres of his farm. We will now trace the fortunes of our subject: he tilled his father's farm of eighty acres, from 1843 to 1850, when he purchased it, and being the only son living, he became the support of his aged parents which he performed generously and well, until their demise some twenty years from that time. In those days Mr. Winand and his faithful wife worked early and late until the fair fields smiled, and the little cabin gave place to a substantial frame dwelling in 1861, where they lived until 1873. In that year he moved on his present place, which is adorned by a handsome frame residence of nine rooms and a large barn, sixty-one by thirty-five feet in dimensions; his present estate covers an area of two hundred and eighty acres, comprising rich farming lands, rolling meadows and beautiful sugar groves. Of late years sheep-raising has been the special employment of Mr. Winand, and he now has a fine flock of two hundred and fifty; he is an old-time Democrat, casting his first ballot for James K. Polk, and now holds the office of Township Trustee; he has six children living- - Sarah .1., now Mrs. E. C. Penn (see history); William II., born July 24, 1849, married Matilda Ruby, lives in Waterford; Silas F., born May 29, 1853, married Candis Fawlin, lives in this township; Mary ,T., born March, 18, 1856, married Thomas Williams of this township; John 0., born Jan. 7, 1859, at home; Chancey A., born Nov. 2, 1867, at home; four sons died when young - George B., infant; Charles H. and Leroy M. John Winand, Sr., was born in Pennsylvania on the 18th of Sept., 1789; he was well educated in English and German, and taught school quite extensively; he came to Ohio when the country was new, and bought 80 acres of land, for which he paid $500; he had three children - John, our subject; Mary A, and William; the latter died at the age of three years. John Winand, Sr., departed this life April 7, 1870, aged 81 years, 6 months and 19 days, and his wife died in March, 1873. Two ancient relics are kept in the family of Mr. Winand - an ancient wooden clock, over one hundred years old, owned by John Winand, grandfather of our subject, and a German Bible, printed in

ENOCH WAGNER, retired farmer; P. 0., Shaucks ; son of Matthias and Nancy (Delong) Wagner ; he was born in Harrison Co., 0., January 27, 1826 ; he lived on a farm near New Philadelphia, and attended the common school until his seventeenth year, when he went to learn boot and shoe making with Charles Antrus of Uhrickville, 0., with whom he served two years, receiving $30 the first year and $40 the second year, as wages, besides learning the trade ; being now a trusty workman, he continued in the same village one year; from 1845 to 1850 he worked for brief periods at the following places - Shelby, Lexington, Indianapolis and Cedar Co., Ia., when lie returned, settling on a farm near Uhrickville, 0., where he continued working at his trade until 1864 ; during the winter of that year he purchased his present place of thirty-eight acres, on which he has lived ever since ; he at present rents his fields, and gives his attention to the raising of stock, especially shorthorn cattle, of which he has some very fine specimens ; he has also been successfully engaged in bee culture for some time ; he was formerly a Democrat, but has voted the Republican ticket since the days of Pierce ; lie married Sarah Wirick, in June, 1867; she is a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hetrick) Wirick, born in this township, March 21, 1830; her father was a native of Guernsey Co., O., and her mother of York Co., Pa.; both came to this vicinity in an early day, and after marriage, settled near King Corners, where they raised a family of six children - Sarah, David, Valentine, Catherine, Rosanna and Rachel. Mr. Wagner's father lived and died in Tuscarawas Co., 0., raising a family of ten children - Sarah, Isaac, Nancy, George, John, Enoch, Jefferson, James, Harrison and Matthias.

SAMUEL WAGNER, miller; Schaucks; son of John and Christiana (Keifer) Wagner; he was born in this township June 17, 1842; he lived on the farm one mile west of Johnsville until nineteen years old, when he became a clerk in the store of J. J. Cover & Co., some eighteen months. In 1862 he went to Ontario, where he found employment as clerk in a store at New Hamburg; he remained until the spring of 1866. In the meantime he wooed and won the hand of Lavina Morley, a daughter of George and Hannah (Hall) Morley. She was born in Wilmot Tp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Jan. 23,1845. On his return to Johnsville, Mr. Wagner engaged in merchandising, in partnership with his brother for a period of ten years, under the firm name of Wagner & Brother; retiring from the from the store in 1876, they became sole proprietors of Shaucks' mills, in which they had purchased a third interest in 1873, an additional third in 1874, and the entire property in 1876. The firm owns a grist and saw-mill, two dwellings, with eight acres of land, the business block occupied by Newhouse & Held, and a dwelling in the southern part of town. The largre arrist-mill on the Mohican was built in 1844; it now has adequate steam power, and all modern improvements; it has three run of buhrs, and ail ample capacity for merchandise and storage purposes; the custom work is in charge of a competent miller of twenty-five years' experience. Mr. Wagner owns his present handsome brick residence of seven rooms, which he built in 1877; he has four children living - George J., born December 15, 1866; Anna C. died at the age of five; Clarence L. was born December the 6th, 1874; Charles R., April 26, 1877; Ivor E., February 16, 1879; his father, John Wagner, was born in the Kingdom of Bavaria, May, 1800; he learned the trade of cabinet-making in Germany. In 1837 he emigrated with a family of three children to the United States; one child died on the ocean; they arrived in New York in July; they came by way of Buffalo, Sandusky City and Mansfield - settled first an thirty-five acres in this township. He had nine children; five are living - Valentine, farmer in this township; Elizabeth, widow of Elah Zigler; John K., partner with subject; Samuel, (subject) Henry lives in this township. Subject has been a member of the Johnsville School Board.

proper that we here make mention of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, as a man who has aided largely in building up the business interests and industries of the place. He is a native of Auerbach, Germany, born Jan. 20, 1833; he was carefully educated in the schools of his native town until fourteen years of age, when his father, Peter Young, who was a harness-maker, placed him in his shop to learn the trade; he remained six years, becoming a skillful workman in every branch of the business. As the " Fatherland " did not at that time furnish very remunerative employment for her mechanics, our subject being twenty-one years of age, determined to come to America. Accordingly, he embarked from Bremen, March 1, 1854, and after a stormy voyage of eighty-three days, in which he experienced severe sea-sickness of ten days' duration, and on Easter Sunday a storm that threatened destruction to the good ship, they reached New York City May 24, 1854. Mr. Young worked in a provision store in this metropolis of the New World for about four months; then came to Findlay, O., where he worked some three years in the harness-shop of Mr. Meffet, afterwards working for some time in his own shop. He came to Johnsville about January, 1863, where he found employment one year in the shop of J. H. Shearer, after which he began business in his present shop. At the call made for troops to guard the Nation's capitol, he responded, and served about four months in the 136 Regiment O. N. G., at the close of which he reenlisted in the 179 O. V. I., and was honorably discharged at the close of the war, when he returned to Johnsville, where he has since done a prosperous business in the manufacture and sale of harness and saddles. He now employs three skillful workmen, who turn out every variety of most elegant and durable work, whose popularity is attested by his large sales and a constantly increasing demand. He united his fortunes with Louisa Lieb of Findlay, O., Sept. 26, 1856; she is a native of Wurtemburg, Germany; she was born June 4, 1835, and came to Ohio in 1854 during the same month, but not in the same ship in which Mr. Young came. Thirteen children have been born to them, all living but one - August E. was bom July 15, 1857; Sophia, Oct. 10, 1858; George J., June 21, 1860; Joseph P., March 14, 1862; Charley C. and Eliza L. (twins), January 30, 1864; Anna H., April 11, 1866; Mary H., April 9, 1868; Frank F., Oct. 14, 1870; Sarah J., Nov. 10, 1872; Maggie, Sept. 7, 1873; Elmore, Feb. 27, 1875, died Aug. 1875; William, born Sept. 30, 1876. Mr. Young is a member of the School Board, and takes a deep interest in the education of the young. He and wife are active members of the Baptist Church.

WILLIAM BIXLER, farmer; P. O., Shaucks. The subject of this sketch was born March 25, 1807, in Frederick, now Carroll Co., Md. His father, Benjamin Bixlcr, was born in Adams Co., Penn., and raised in the State of Maryland, which was the birth-place of his wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Stone. His father was a farmer, and a preacher by profession. He traveled on a circuit for several years in early life, and afterward was a local minister; he was a member of the Evangelical Association. He emigrated to Ohio in 1833, and settled on a farm in this township, where he passed the rest of his life, and died in 1863. William commenced for himself when of age, by farming on the homestead, which has been his only residence since coming to this State. He was married March 28, 1838, to Julia A., daughter of Francis AY, and Mary (Beckley) Baughman. She was born April 27, 1818, in Richland Co. Her parents were among the first settlers, coming here in 1816; her father was a miller, and ran a mill for fourteen years in Richland Co., when he retired to a farm on which he died in 1858. They had eight children, four now living - Henry, Mary A., Sarah A. and John. The boys are married; the youngest is living

DAVID R. BENDER, firmer; P. O., Steam Corners; was born in what is now Morrow Co., Nov. 13, 1841. He is the fifth child of George and Elizabeth (Reath) Bender, and passed his life under the parental roof until the commencement of the war, when he was among the first to respond to his "country's call," enlisting in Company C., 15th Regiment, O. V. I., and was gone near four years, Shiloh, Yazoo Pass and Vicksburg being among the battles in which he was engaged. He was transferred to the Veteran Corps at Indianapolis and guarded prisoners for a short time, when he was placed on General Hovey's I escort. Has since been a farmer except for five years he owned a half interest in a saw mill, doing custom work and dealing in logs and lumber. He was married Sept. 8, 1868, to Anna N., daughter of Jacob and Judith Stull. She was born Feb. 12, 1848, in Richland Co. They have had four children - Minnie M., Wilbur S., Elnora and C. Cookman; both are members of the Evangelical Association.

ELIZABETH BENDER, farmer; P. O., Steam Corners; was born April 12, 1807, in Indiana Co., Penn., and is the second of a family of four children, and the only one now living. Her father, Adam Reath, was born in Ireland, and emigrated to this country in 1801, and was a weaver by trade, and soon after his arrival he was married to Polly Dorr, of Chester Co., Penn. They soon moved to Indiana Co., and then to Pittsburg, where his wife died in 1814, when he moved to Cumberland Co., where he was married to Peggy Campbell; and in 1840 he emigrated to this State, where he was killed on the following Christmas by a runaway horse. Elizabeth was married June 14, 1832, to George Bender, son of John and Barbara Bender, who was born Sept. 1, 1799, in Cumberland Co., Penn.; he was a farmer by occupation, and in 1840, moved to Ohio, making a permanent settlement in what is now Morrow Co., where cleared his farm, and lived on it till his death in 1868. They had ten children, seven are now living - Polly, Margaret, Elizabeth, David R., George W., Sarah J. and James. All but the youngest are married. Mr. Bender was a

WILLIAM A. FERGUSON, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O., Shaucks; the youngest and only surviving member of a family of seven children, was born July 30, 1858, in Morrow Co., Ohio. His father, William R. Ferguson, familiarly known as "'Squire Ferguson," was born and raised in Cumberland Co., Pa., and his mother, Mary M. (Morrow) Ferguson, was born and raised in Franklin Co., Pa. His father was a farmer, and came to this State in 1845, settling on the farm on which his son now lives; this he cleared and improved as fast as possible, and for some time before his death, was one of the leading men in the county, being a successful woolgrower and dealer; he died in the spring of 1874. William received a good education, and when 18, commenced traveling; he visited various places in the East, and went through the Western States and territories to recuperate his failing health. He taught music for some time in Utah, and returned to his native State, substantially benefited by his travels. He was married Sept. 9, 1879, to Emma J., daughter of Henry L. and Leah Shauck, who was born Jan. 6, 1860, in Richland Co. He owns a large farm, good buildings and improvements, and has as fine grades of sheep as can be found in the county. He has so far been identified with the Republican party.

GEORGE W. HERSHNER, carpenter and farmer; P. O., Steam Corners; is among the most prominent and influential men of this Co., and the second of a family of eight children, and was born Oct. 12, 1833, in what is now Morrow Co. His father, Andrew Hershner, was born in York Co., Penn., and raised in Baltimore Co., Md. His mother, whose maiden name was Mary A. Murray, was born and raised in Maryland. His father emigrated to this State in 1828, and soon after entered eighty acres of Government land, on which he now lives. George went to learn the carpenter trade when seventeen, and has made that his chief occupation since. He owns a good farm, but seems inclined to work at his trade and let the boys tend the farm. The people have unbounded faith in his good judgment and integrity, which is attested by the fact that he is now serving his fourth term as Justice of the Peace, and second as Commissioner of Morrow Co., and has also been Township Clerk for some ten years. He was married, Jan. 1, 1857, to Louisa, daughter of .John and Mary (Kunkelman) Fernsler, who was born Oct. 12, 1832, in Lebanon Co., Penn., and came to this State near 1850, and died, June 7, 1862, leaving three children - John L., Andrew F. and Daniel A. The eldest two are living in Oregon - one is a minister, and the other teaching school and attending college. He was again married, May 4, 1865, to Emma C., daughter of Samuel and Mary Markward, who was born Feb. 26, 18'45, in Cumberland Co., Penn., and came to Richland Co. in 1852. Two children have been born - Samuel Arthur and Mary Cora.

JACOB HALDEMAN, farmer and minister; P. O., Steam Corners; was born July 23, 1816, in Lancaster Co., Penn.; his parents were natives of that county; his father's name was Jacob Haldeman, and his mother's maiden name was Mary Minech. His father was a carpenter, and in 1817 he emigrated to this State, living in Fredericktown, Knox Co., for more than a year, when he moved to what is now Morrow Co., and entered a half section of government land. He worked on the farm when not busy at his trade, and toward the close of his life paid his whole attention to the farm. He died in 1870. Jacob learned the trade with his father, and worked at it most the time for several years; he began for himself when twenty-six years old, by settling on a portion of the old homestead, which he cleared and improved till 1864, when he sold it and moved to where he now lives. He united with the church in early life, and in 1858 he commenced preaching. He traveled on a circuit for three years, and has since been a local preacher in the Evangelical Association, to which all his father's family belonged. He was married Dec. 27, 1841, to Mary A., daughter of George and Magdalene Cook; she was born March 18, 1821, in Lancaster Co., Perm.; by this union nine children were born; fonr are living - Barbara A., Sarah E., Franklin H. and Jelm W.; the two oldest are married. All the family are members of the Evangelical Association.

Corsica; is the fourth of a family of ten children, and was born in Richland Co., Dec. 25, 1828. His father, William Hunter, was born in Center Co., Perm.; and while in his boyhood came to Fairfield Co., O., where he learned the tanner's trade. When twenty years old he came to Richland Co., and entered government land; he was ever after a farmer, and died in 1852. Mr. Hunter commenced for himself when twenty-four years old, and always followed farming. He was married Sept. 25, 1855, to Rebecca J., a daughter of John and Mary Doak. She was born Nov. 16, 1832, in Beaver Co., Penn. He was a Democrat before the war, but has since been identified with the Republican party-

SAMUEL IvESLER, farmer; P. O., Steam Corners; was born in Lebanon, Penn., Dec. 5, 1822. His parents were natives of that State. His father's name was Samuel, and his mother's maiden name was Catharine Saunders. His father was a farmer, and emigrated to this State in 1833, locating on the farm on which Samuel now lives. He cleared it with the help of his sons, and lived on it till his death in 1871. Samuel lived under the parental roof, until his marriage, when he commenced for himself. He was married Sept. 18, 1851, to Mary A., daughter of William and Maria Brockey, who was born April 4, 1826, in Pa., and came to Ohio in 1835. They had two children, but both died in their infancy. Mr. Kesler has always lived on the old farm except ten years, that he owned a saw-mill near by. He owns over one hundred acres of land with good buildings and improvements.

ANDREW MECKLEY, farmer; P. O., Steam Corners; is the second of a family of six children, and was born Nov. 11, 1834, in York Co., Penn. His parents were natives of that county; his father's name was David and his mother's maiden name was Mary Kesler. His father was a farmer, and emigrated to this State in 1848, settling on the farm on which Andrew now lives; he died in 1868. Andrew farmed at first in this county, and then for five years each in Crawford and Richland counties; when his father died, he bought the old homestead; he was married June 26, 1856, to Mary, daughter of Henry and Rebecca (Rone) Hassler,who was born May 21, 1837, in what is now Morrow Co. Her parents were early settlers, and entered the farm on which Edward Meckley now lives; they have had live children, three of whom are living - Laura A., Edward IX and Emma O., the eldest of whom is married. He has been Trustee and Assessor four years, and Land Appraiser in 18S0. Both are members of the Evangelical Association.

THOMAS POLAND, farmer; P. O., Lexington; was born Dec. 10, 1816, in Franklin Co., Penn.; his parents were natives of that State - his father, John Poland of Franklin Co., and his mother, Rachel (Cookston) Poland of Adams Co. His father was a farmer by occupation, and in 1832 he moved to Richland Co., where he lived four years. He then bought eighty acres of "school land" in this county, on which he lived for more than thirty years, when he sold it and moved to Indiana. At the age of 17, Thomas commenced working at the carpenter trade which he followed i for thirty years. When 19 he walked to the | city of Baltimore and returned as far as Pennsylvania, where he worked during the snminer, and then came home. He was the first man in this part of the county to pack and ship apples; he was engaged in the produce business several years, and in the lumber trade some five years, during which he owned a portable saw-mill a short time. In all these ventures he has been eminently successful, being now worth near twenty-four thousand dollars. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and a charter member of the Patrons of Husbandry, of which he is a lecturer; he also helped organize a Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and is one of the Directors. He was married in July, 1838, to Mary, daughter of Lewis and Catharine Grimes. She was born Jan. 18, 1815, in Lancaster Co., Pa. To them eight children were born; six are living - Simon, Mary A., Alexander, Hannah J., Thomas J. and W. Scott. All are married, and the oldest three sons served in the late war.

FREDERICK STULL, saw-mill and farmer; P. O., Steam Corners; is the seventh of a family of twelve children, 'and was born April 27, 1833, in Cambary Co., Pa. His father, George Stull, was born in Bedford Co., and from there he came to Cambary Co., where he lived till 1843, when he removed to Clarian Co., and resided there till his death; he was a farmer. Frederick learned the trade of a mason, when 17, which has been his chief occupation, and in 1806 he removed to where he now lives; he owns a half interest in a sawmill at Buckhorn, beside the one at Steam Corners, and also does custom work, and deals quite extensively in logs and lumber; he also owns forty acres of land, on which he lives at present. He is amember of the I. O. O. F., and a charter member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and is also a member of the Evangelical Association. He was married in 1855 to Mary A., daughter of George and Barbara Sheakly, by whom he had five children; two are living - Solomon P. and George P. The mother died during the war. Two years after, he was married to Sarah Redinger, who died March 6, 1878, leaving one child - Hetty A., one having died in infancy.

ALBERT K. SHAUCK, merchant; Steam Corners; was born May 17, 1854, in Richland Co., O. His parents, Henry L. and Leah (King) Shauck, were natives of Pennsylvania. They came here during childhood, and passed their youthful days in arduous toil; his father assisted in clearing up the homestead, and afterward a far1 of his own, which he has improved and rendered attractive as well as valuable. Albert had a good common school education, and spent several terms at Lexington, before he was twenty years old. At that age he commenced teaching school, and has followed it since with unusual success; he has taught at Lexington and Blooming Grove; he has also given considerable attention to music, having studied at Oberlin, and several terms at Mansfield under that able instructor, Prof. McGennis; he has taught music for several years, to which he is much devoted. In the fall of 1879, he went into mercantile business at Steam Corners, under the firm name of Shaucks & Maxwell. They commenced with an entirely new stock, consisting of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, hats and caps, hardware, notions, etc., which they exchange for country produce; they are doing a good business. Mr. Shauck has been Postmaster since October, 1879. He was married Dec. 29, 1876, to Jennie D., daughter of George J. and Betsey (Cockley) Maxwell, who was born Dec. 20, 1856, in Richland Co. They have one child, named Eustace. Both are members of the United Brethren Church.