Claibourne Township (part 3 of 8)

He taught school for some time in Ohio and in Illinois, and then concluded to study medicine, and entered upon the work with his brother John in Columbus, and graduated at Starling Medical College in the year 1862. He then went to the State of Illinois, and settled in Wenona, Marshall County, and commenced the practice of medicine. All this had been accomplished before he was twenty-five years old. About this time he married Celia A. Oder, of his adopted State. His business was spreading rapidly, when he felt it to be his duty, in 1862, to enlist as a volunteer in the United States service. He entered the One Hundred and Fourth Illinois Regiment, Col. Moore commanding, and was made Assistant Surgeon. He was faithful as man could be to the trust committed to him. He followed the fate of his regiment in most of the battles on the Tennessee, Nashville, Chattanooga, and on the way to Atlanta, and was never oif duty unless compelled to by sickness. Capt. A.. E. Lee, formerly of Delaware, said of him : That he had often seen him when the battle would be raging, heedless of danger, caring for the wounded and dying. One man said to the writer: "He saved my life," and evinced toward him the love of David for .Jonathan. He had attacks of hemorrhage, and his friends plead with him to come home. "No," said he, "not until my time is out." He hoped to live, and when discharged would return to a fond companion, and spend many days of connubial bliss. But not ^0. While in hospital at Nashville he had an attiick of hemorrhage, and died suddenly on March 17, 1865, and was brought to Union County and buried in the Richwood Cemetery, by the side of his kindred, in his twenty-ninth year. Few men of his age ever had a more cheering prospect for doing good to mankind than he. He was kind and cheerful, and with a mind stored with knowledge, and with the experience he had as a surgeon in the army, had he lived, he certainly would have been prominent in his profession. He was a beautiful singer, and took great pleasure in giving encouragement to the art. He was a Christian. Had made a profession of religion when quite a youth, and though gone from earth, has entered the society of the redeemed, where he can sing forever " Unto Him that hath loved us, and given Himself for us, to Him be glory."

Rebecca Susan, only daughter and youngest child of William and Lydia Hamilton, was born in the village of Richwood, Union County, .June 19, 1838. It was in early spring the family first moved to the county, and was compelled to stop in Richwood until a house could be completed on the land that was to be occupied as a future home. It was while living here that she was born. The name is given in respect to both grandmothers. She signed her name R. Susan. As the youngest sister she became a great object of regard in the family. All felt anxious that she should acquire a good education. She entered Delaware College with her brother Thomas, at the age of seventeen; was a most excellent student, and graduated with honor in the year 1859. She at once showed a desire to take hold of life's duties in a way that would make her self-supporting and at the same time be useful. She chose teaching as a profession and Illinois as the field of operation. With her brother Thomas, she taught the school at Wenona, Marshall County, 111., and was giving great satisfaction, when she had an attack of lung fever, and was compelled to desist and return to Ohio, where, in spite of all attention that could be given her, she died, at the home of her parents, .June 13, 1861. Sad was the day of her burial to her father and mother, brothers, and a large circle of friends. She had made a profession of religion in Marysville in the Prebyterian Church, and united with that church at the age of thirteen years. When in Delaware she united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. At home she was Methodist Protestant. She was a singer of commanding influence. She loved to sing and loved it until the last. A few days preceding her death she wished the family to join her in singing a hymn, saying she wished to hear the voice of her mother once more in singing, which request was granted. Her own voice was quite naturul. She grew weaker, and as her last words she said to her mother, " I am so happy." Thus closed the scene with this fair and lovely youth, just at a time when large hopes of future usefulness were centered upon her. The heart feels sad in dwelling upon such an event, but we must submit to the direction of the Great Father of all.

Thus closes the brief history of a family covering a century and a quarter and embracing five generations, its influence being felt in all the professions and extending into difl'erent portions of the country. When Abraham Lincoln was candidate for President, every member of the family of which any knowledge is had, that had a right to vote, cast that vote for him. Seldom is there found an instance of dissipation in the family in all its history. With a love for virtue and religion, and a sincere desire to adhere to what is right, time alone will tell what heights of honor and usefulness awaits them.

JOHNS. HAMILTON, farmer, P.O. Richwood, was born in Marysville, Ohio, March 29, 1854, and is a son of Cornelius and Louise (Bisant) Hamilton, natives of Ohio. His father was a prominent lawyer of Marysville, a member of the Constitutional Convention that framed the present constitution of our State, and afterward a member of the Ohio Legislature. He also represented this district in the Fortieth Congress of the United States. He raised a family of six children, three boys and three girls. Our subject, who was the fourth child, received his education at Richwood, and has made farming the occupation of his life. He owns a nice farm near Richwood, on which he resides. He was married, in 1876, to Ellen E. Sidle, who was born in Claibourne Township February 11, 1856; she is a daughter of John Sidle. By this union two children were born, viz., Vinnie B. and Ollie. Mrs. Hamilton is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church. Mr. Hamilton is a Republican in politics.

ELIJAH HARRIS, f\irmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Licking County, Ohio, October 13, 1836, and is the son of Thomas and Rachel (Herrod) Harris, the former a native of Ohio, and a farmer by occupation. Our subject was raised and educated as a farmer, and has made farming the principal occupation of his life, though at one time he followed the trade of a carpenter ten years. In 1870, he came to Union County and settled on the Marysville pike, one mile south of Richwood, where he owns a farm of 133^ acres of prime land. He is a Republican in politics. He was married in 1869 to Columbia Sarah Iluddleston, whose parents were natives of the Old Dominion, of English descent. Mr. and Mrs. Harris have two children, Isabella and Thomas. JACOB HAKTMAN, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Preston, Va., March 3, 1832, and is a son of Michael and Sarah (Miller) Hartman, natives of Maryland, of German descent. His father was a farmer, but for twenty-five years of his life was engaged as a wagoner. Our subject received a common school education in Virginia, and has spent his life in the pursuits of a farmer. In 1856, he married Hannah Rice, a dau2;hter of Jacob and Hannah (Pool) Rice, who were married on the Potomac Ptiver in 1812 ; she was born in Greene County, Penn., in 1836. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Hartman started together in their battle with fortune, having nothing to begin life with. With the aid of his wife, who has been to him a good and worthy helpmeet, he has acquired nearly eighty-five acres of land in this township, on which they reside. They have had four children, viz., Walter T. R., Alvin, Clara Belle, deceased, and an infant, deceased. Mr. Hartman came to Union County and built a log cabin, which has since been replaced by a neat and comfortable residence. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Protestant Church, in which he has been a class leader and steward sincel875. He is a Democrat in politics, and is now Clerk of the School Board.

WILLIAM CARROLL HASTINGS, of the firm of Hastings & Williams, dealer in buggies, carriages, spring-wagons, seed-drills, etc., Richwood, Ohio, was born at Richwood, Ohio, August 29, 1844, and is a son of Levin Hastings, and Mary Carroll, his wife, of whom a sketch is given elsewhere in this work. Our subject was educated in the common schools and is a harnessmaker by trade. He has spent ten years in stock dealing at Richwood, and engaged in importing Norman horses to Union County ; he is a man that learns from observation, has spent some time in the West, and has seen a good deal of the world. In 1864, he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served his full term of enlistment. He then came to Richwood, where he has since remained. He is a Republican in politics, and since 1881 has served as Treasurer of his township. In 1869, he married Miss Cynthia Lenox, daughter of John Lenox, a prominent farmer and stock dealer of Union County ; this union has been blessed with two children, Mary and Anna.

JOSEPH R. HATCHER, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Logan County, Ohio, August 8, 1818, and is a son of James and Sarah (Ray) Hatcher, natives of Virginia, of English descent, and members of the Society of Friends. His father was a farmer and surveyor, and did a great deal of surveying in the early days of this country. He came to Ohio soon after the war of 1812. Our subject was raised and educated as a farmer, and in early life taught school for a time, but farming has been the principal occupation of his life. He came to Union County in 1853, and settled in Claibourne Township, where he now owns 163 acres of land. In 1842, he married Angeline, a daughter of Isaac and Sarah Headley, of English descent. They have had eight children, to wit: J. D. (a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in the service), Sarah J., Margaret E., Emily F., Nancy, Charles B., C. L. and Belle. Mrs. Hatcher is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Hatcher is a Universalist in belief and a Republican in politics.

WILLIAM M. HAYDEN, dealer in sewing machines, Richwood. was born in Morrow County, Ohio, September 9, 1837. He is the son of John and Rachel (Evans) Hayden, the former born in Pennsylvania in 1812, of German descent, and the latter a native of Wales. They were married in Pennsylvania, and, emigrating to Ohio in 1830, located in Morrow County, where the father still resides, the mother having died in 1857. Our subject is the second child of a family of four children ; he was raised on the farm, and received a good education in the public high school and at Mount Hestmer College - a college of the Society of Friends. At the age of seventeen years, he began teaching district school, which he followed four years. In 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Sixty-fifth Ohio Infantry, as a Corporal, and, in 1863, re-enlisted in Company B, Tenth Ohio Cavalry. He was the Regimental Commissary Sergeant; was promoted to Second Lieutenant of his company in 1863, and in December of the same year was commissioned First Lieutenant, in which capacity he served until the close of the war. He was with Sherman in his march to the sea, in Kilpatrick's raid, in Libby Prison for a short time, and was finally discharged in August, 1865. In 1866, he embarked in the mercantile trade at Alliance,

Ohio, but two years later sold his business and purchased a farm, which he operated successfully for two years. He then disposed of his farm, and engaged in selling the domestic sewing machines. He orders machines by the car load, and has sold at retail over 1,600 machines. He understands his business in all its branches, is a ready salesman, and a practical sewing machine man. In 1867, he married Ellen K. Hall, a native of Ohio, of Scotch descent, who died in 1876, at Elmira, N. Y., leaving one child, Ordella, now in the Richwood graded schools. Mrs. Hayden was a member of the Baptist Church.

EZRA HEDGES, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, October 17, 1826, and is a son of Caleb and Mary (Clellen) Hedges, natives of Maryland, of English and Dutch descent. His father was a cooper and farmer, and very successful in business. He raised a family of ten children, to each of whom he gave 100 acres of land. Our subject was raised and educated as a farmer, and has followed that occupation through life. In 1855, he came to Claibourne Township, and located on the farm now occupied by him, which consists of 176 acres. In 1854, he married Sarah A. Goss, by whom he has three children, viz.: Hulda, wife of William Decker; Clara A., now engaged in teaching, and Samantha, the wife of William Lawrence. Mrs. Hedges died March 2, 1861, and, in 1863, he married Nancy Young, a native of Delaware County, by whom he had one child - Grant, who died December 10, 1882. Mr. Hedges is a Republican, and a member of the I. 0. 0. F. society.

L. D. HERR, proprietor of the Richwood Temperance Billiard Parlors, Richwood, Ohio, was born in Wayne County, Ohio. May 9, 1857, and is a son of Henry and Sarah E. (Elgin) Herr. His father was a school teacher in early life, and later acted as traveling salesman for an extensive nursery company. Our subject graduated at the high school in West Salem, where his parents resided, in 1874, and chose the occupation of an engineer. He operated a stationary engine at Richwood for four years, and then entered the employ of Camp, Randall & Co., in their warehouse at Richwood, remaining with them eight years. He now conducts a billiard room on strictly moral principles, allowing no swearing, gambling, drinking, or other bad order, and giving the youth of the village opportunity for indulging in a very pleasant pastime without being brought under the pernicious influence of liquor drinking. The room is a bright, airy apartment, comfortably furnished, and with a full complement of five tables, and is presided over by the proprietor in person. He is a young man of strictly moral principles, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a worker in the Sabbath School. In 1881, he married Flora Belle Farris, a native of Delaware County, by whom he has one child - Elmo Leon. Mr. Herr is a Republican in politics.

M. W. HILL, Richwood, was born in Knox County, Ohio, December 24, 1843, and is a son of Nathaniel Birt and Mary (Roberts) Hill, natives of New Jersey. His father died in 1852, and his mother died one month later, leaving our subject alone in the world, at the age of nine years. During the next four years, he lived at several difi'erent places, and when thirteen years of age he began learning the printer's trade, which he only followed for a short time. He then commenced working on a farm at $6 per month,which was afterward raised to $9, and continued working as a hand four years. In 1861, he met with an accident, by having his hand badly injured in a clover huUer, that almost resulted in the loss of his right arm. During the years 'of 1862 and 1863, he went to school, and having obtained a certificate, began teaching. One year later he went to Iowa and engaged in farming and trading, and in 1864 returned to Union County. In 1867, he came to Richwood, and since then has been variously engaged in business. He is in very comfortable circumstances, owns 460 acres of land, eighty of it in the corporation, several houses and lots in the village, a butcher shop and grocery, a half-interest in a furniture store, and a half-interest in a store at Green Bend, Ohio. He and his partner, Mr. Lenox, arc the most extensive dealers in and shippers of stock in this part of the country. They are importers of French horses and have made two trips across the water for that purpose. Mr. Hill is a Democrat in politics and is now serving his second term as Justice of the Peace. He is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge, No. 443, and, as is his wife, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1865, he married Margaret A. Fisher, daughter of Benjamin Fisher, and by her has four children, viz.: Lizzie Belle, Wilbert C, Viola J. and Morris W.

G. W. HOLLAND, T. F. A. of the N. Y., P. & 0. R. R., Richwood, was born in Richland County, Ohio, June 15, 1844, and is a son of Richard and Eliza (Flynn) Holland, natives of Philadelphia, Penn., the former of English and the latter of Irish descent. Our .subject received an academic education in his native State, and early chose the occupation of a telegraph operator. In 1862, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged in 1863 on account of disability. On his return to civil life, he obtained a situation as clerk in the post office at Mansfield, and one year later returned to Richwood and resumed his old occupation of operator. He was subsequently appointed as ticket agent and has worked in the office at Richwood for sixteen years. In 1882, he was appointed traveling freight agent for the western division of his road, and is now serving in that capacity. He is a Republican in politics, and was a member of the electoral commission for the election of President Garfield. He has served as a Councilman and member of the Board of Education of Richwood. In 1867, he married Mary E. Searles, a native of Connecticut, and a daughter of W. H. Searles, of Marion, Ohio. They have had one child that died in infancy.

0. HOLMES, retired farmer, P. O. Rich wood, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, May 29, 1827, and is a son of Isaac and Ellen (Blackburn) Holmes. His father, who was a native of New Jersey, was a blacksmith by trade, and died in 1862, at Columbus, Ohio, where he had resided for fifteen years. He had a family of ten children, nine of whom reached their majority. Our subject was educated in the common schools of Highland County, Ohio, and followed the occupation of a farmer until he was twenty-one years of age, after which he filled the position of clerk in a general store for twelve years, giving that up to resume farming operations. In 1865, he came to Union County, and in 1873 he sold his farm of 100 acres and purchased a handsome property in Richwood, to which he has retired and which he is now engaged in beautifying. He was married, July 29, 1852, to Miss Mary A. Johnson, a daughter of William Johnson, a native of Pennsylvania, and Caroline Burtner, his wife, a native of Kentucky. Mrs. Holmes was born in Champaign County, Ohio, in 1828; her ancestors emigrated to America with the "Pilgrim Fathers," in the Mayflower. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes' marriage has been blessed with six children, three boys and three girls, of whom two now survive, viz., Anna Belle and Charles T. The parents are members of the Methodist Protestant Church at Richwood.

J. M. HORN, of the firm of J. M. Horn & Bro., manufacturers of brick and tile, Richwood, Ohio, was born September 8, 1852, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio ; he is a son of Noah and Rebecca (Tucker) Horn, the former a native of Maryland, and the latter of Virginia, both of English descent. His father was an enterprising and intelligent farmer, who went to California, but lost his life while en route for home. Our subject chose the profession of an artist and for some time was engaged in that occupation, traveling around the country in a gallery car. He subsequently embarked in the dry goods business, and in 1882 began his present enterprise, purchasing five acres of land for that purpose. He has ample facilities for the manufacture and storage of his ware, and finds a ready market for more than he can supply on demand. On February 17, 1880, he married Lucinda Spratt, a native of Union County, and a daughter of Andrew Spratt. They have one child - Ivan. Mr. Horn is a Republican, a member of the I. 0. 0. F. fraternity and of the Prudential Order of America.

JESSE D. HOSLER, furniture dealer, Richwood, was born in Fountain County, Ind., January 18, 1846 ; he is a son of Benjamin Hosier, a cabinet-maker, and Lydia Shively, his wife, both natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. Our subject received a good English education in the graded schools of his native State, and, after leaving school, learned the trade of a blacksmith, serving a four years' apprenticeship at Covington, Ind. He then worked at Monticello, Ind., as a journeyman for four years, and in 1875 came to Richwood, where he built the brick shop in which his brother now carries on business. He worked in this shop seven years, and then entered the furniture business in the firm of M. W. Hill & Co., but discontinued this in December, 1882. In 1863, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Infantry, for three months, and re- enlisted in Company G, of the Fifty-first Regiment. He was once a prisoner, being taken at night by a band of guerrillas, but succeeded in making his escape after two houi's' imprisonment. In 1874, he married Miss Mary Sabin, a native of Troy, Ohio, and a daughter of Dr. Roswell Sabin. By this union two children were born, viz. : Lucy C. and Charles S. Mrs. Hosier died February 3, 1883. Mr. Hosier is a Republican, and a member of the Richwood Methodist Church, of which his wife was also a consistent member when living.

JOHN E. HOWE, of the firm of Loveless, Howe & Bishop, proprietors of the Richwood Woolen Mills, and dealers in wool, grain, hides, furs and staves, Richwood, Ohio, was born in Logan County, Ohio, September 26, 1845 ; he is a son of Julius and Ellen (Richardson) Howe, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Ohio. His parents came to this State in 1830, and located on a farm in Logan County, where the subject of this sketch was reared. He remained on the farm until twelve years of age, when he began working at his present business for J. S. Loveless, with whom he worked four years, to learn the trade, receiving SPSO and three months schooling per year. He proved himself such a worthy apprentice that his employer took him as a partner, and with him carried on the business until recently, when the firm assumed its present proportions and style. Mr. Howe was 'married, in 1869, to Elizabeth Gum, a native of Logan County, Ohio, of English descent, and by her has had one child - George R. Mrs. Howe is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Howe is a Republican in politics. He is a successful business man, and owns a half-interest in 265 acres of land in Washington Township, which he has accumulated by his own efforts.

EDWIN S. HUBBARD, Postmaster, Richwood, was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., April 30, 1841, and is a son of Alexander and Mandane (Van Dusen) Hubbard, natives of Connecticut. His father was a lawyer by profession, and at one time occupied the office of High Sheriff of his county, in Connecticut. Our subject received a common school education, and early learned the trade of making cutlery, which he followed three years. He then learned carriage painting and followed it twelve years, six of which were spent in Richwood. He afterward became Assistant Postmaster, and in 1876 was appointed Postmaster being re-appointed in 1881 by President Garfield. On October 3, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company D, Tenth Connecticut Infantry, and in 1863 was promoted to First Lieutenant for gallant conduct, and transferred to the Nineteenth Connecticut Heavy Artillery, with which he served until 1864, being again promoted to

First Lieutenant. He was later detailed as Aid-de-Camp to Gen. R. S. McKinzie, with the rank of Assistant Adjutant General. He served in Burnside's expedition, at the battle of Roanoke Island, Newburg, Port Royal, Goldsboro, Whitehall, Spottsylvania and three last days of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Shenandoah Valley twice, Winchester, first and second assaults on Fort Sumter, in Sheridan's raid and many other important and hard-fought engagements. While in action at Cold Harbor, he had the visor of his cap torn off by a piece of rebel shell, but never suffered any injury of a serious nature. He was married in 1867 to Mary L. Hoover, daughter of Daniel and Ellen Hoover, and by herhashadtwo children - Effie and Vellie Maudane. Mrs. Hubbard and her eldest daughter are members of the Presbyterian Church, while Mr. Hubbard is a member of the Methodist Church.

C. W^ HUFFMAN, dealer in pumps, and well-driver, Richwood, was born in Knox County, Ohio, August 18, 1840, and is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Stilley) Huffman, natives ol^ Pennsylvania, the former of German and the latter of English descent. He was raised on ttie farm until fourteen years of age, when his father died, and his mother moved to Columbus, where he attended the graded schools. He then worked for a lightning -rod company. In 1861, he enlisted in the Twenty-third Ohio Infantry, as color-bearer of Company G, and with his command served in eigliteen well-fought battles. He was taken prisoner by the enemy, and suffered all the horrors of Andersonville Prison for six months, from the effects of which he will never recover. He was discharged in 1865, after fouryearsand three months' gallant service. In 1865, he married Lavina Moore, a native of Pennsylvania, by whom he has two children - Charles Henry and Matilda K. Mr. and Mrs. Huffman are members of the Methodist Protestant Church, in which Mr. Huffman has been a Steward, Treasui-er and Trustee. He is a Republican, and a member of the Lodge and Encampment of Odd Fellows, He engaged in his present business at Richwood in 1868.

NELSON HURD, minister and farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born at Middlebury, Vt.. September 5, 1816; he is a son of .lohn and Abigail (Lindsley) Hurd, natives of Vermont, of English descent. His grandfather Hurd was a soldier in the Revolutionary waf, and was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill. Our subject has been a resident of Ohio since one year of age, his parents having moved from Vermont in 1817. The whole journey was made in a wagon, the father going afoot, driving the cattle, and the mother driving the wagon, in which the children were placed. They settled in what is now known as Thompson Township, Delaware County, where our subject spent his youth. He was brought up on a farm, receiving a common school education, and followed the duties of the farm until he was thirty years of age. He has been a member of the Christian Church since sixteen years of age, and has been a minister of that denomi nation since he was thirty, for several years of that time devoting his time exclusively to the ministry. He has usually owned a farm,. which he conducted in connection with his ministerial work, and now owns twenty-two acres, on which he resides, while he officiates as pastor of the Glendale Church, which he organized. He was married in 1339 to ^Nliss Sylvia Decker, by whom he has three children - Zerah, a farmer in Nebraska; Sarah, wife of I. Taylor; and John, also a farmer in Nebraska. Mr. Hurd is a Republican in politics.

J. C. IRWIN, tailor, Richwood. The paternal great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch emigrated to the northwest territory prior to the erection of Ohio as a State, and here raised a family of children. Jacob Sidle, the maternal grandfather, came to Union County over half a century ago, and located in Claibourne Township. Dr. Aaron J. Irwin, the father of our subject, was of German extraction, and was brought up as a farmer. In early life, he evinced a desire to study medicine, and accordingly entered the office of Dr. Heaston, with whom he acquired his preparatory education. He afterward took three courses of lectures at Columbus, Cincinnati and Nashville, Tenn , and began the practice of his profession at Richwood. In 1863, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but was transferred to the Twenty-second Tennessee Mounted Infantry. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the regiment, and was subsequently promoted to Surgeon, but soon afterward was taken sick, and died at Paducah in 1864. In 1856, he married Martha, daughter of Jacob Sidle, and by her had one child - our subject. Mrs. Irwin died in 1866. The subject of this sketch was born at Richwood, Ohio, December 11, 1858, and received his education in the schools of his native village. He early learned the trade of a tailor, and for four years has been engaged in that business with W. H. Richard in Richwood. He is a Republican in politics, a member of the Knights of Pythias, and a member of Mt. Carmel Lodge, No. 303, F. & A. M. On February 5, 1883, he married Miss Anna Walters, a daughter of John and Anna AValters, of this county.

A. J. JOHNSON, barber, Richwood, was born in Miami County, Ohio, December 4, 1846, and is a son of Aben C. and Anna Johnson, natives of Virginia, who emigrated to Miami County about 1836, and were among the early settlers in that county. Our subject was raised on a farm, but not liking the occupation he began an apprenticeship at the barber's trade, when eighteen years of age, under Frank Brown, at West Milton, Ohio. At the expiration of one year, he began working as a journeyman barber, and in this capacity continued until 1870, when he opened a shop at North Lewisburg. In 1872, he came to Richwood, where he has since been in business. He has a shop containing three chairs, nicely equipped, on Main street, and is at all times assisted by thoroughly competent workmen. In 1873, he married Almeda F. Clark, at

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Dayton, by whom he has two children - VVilbert A. and Edker W. He is Senior Steward of White Sulphur Lodge, F. & A. M, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a Republican in politics. In 1864, he enlisted in Company D, Fifth United States Colored Troops, and was discharged at the close of the war. He owns a nice, dwelling in Richwoo:l,and is doing a thriving business.

LEWIS JOLLIFF, farmer, P. 0. Rich wood, was born in Pennsylvania February 12, 1812 ; his parents were William and Catherine (Yager) Jollifif, natives of Ohio, the former of English and the latter of German descent. They emigrated to Ohio in an ox cart in 1817, and settled in Wayne County, afterward moving to Stark County, where both died. They had fifteen children, twelve of whom grew up, married and raised families. Our subject, who was the fifth child, grew up on the farm, inured to the hardships of all kinds and accustomed to hard and incessant labor. He had no educational advantages whatever, and knows but little about the English language, though perfectly familiar with German. He has spent his life in agricultural pursuits and has arisen step by step from a poor farm boy and renter to a well-to-do freeholder. He came to this county in 1836, purchased land and set to work clearing it for cultivation ; he now owns 180 acres of good land, in the best order and well improved, in addition to his town property. In 1834, he married Catharine Swartz, by whom he had five children, viz.: AVashington, who enlisted in the army in 1861, was wounded, returned home and died; Eli, deceased; John, whose sketch appears in this work ; Isaac, and Barbara, deceased. Mrs. JoUiff was a member of the Methodist Protestant Church ; she died in 1855, and on December 10, 1856, Mr. Jolliff married Hannah Pennypacker, a daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Scofield) Pennypacker, the latter still surviving, aged eighty-four years. Mr. and Mrs. Jolliff are members the Methodist Protestant Church at Richwood. Though Mr. JolliflF has survived the allotted time of man, he has full possession of all his faculties and is remarkably hale for one of his years. He tells many interesting anecdotes of early Ohio, and of life in a new country ; of adventures with wild animals and escapes from other dangers ; and of being lost in the woods when hunting his cows. Many pages of reminiscences could be called from the memory of this old pioneer, had we space for-their production.

JOHN JOLLIFF, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, August 7, 1844, and was a son of Lewis and Catherine (Swartz) Jolliff, natives of Ohio, of Dutch descent. He was reared on a farm, receiving a common school education, and early adopted the occupation of a farmer, which he has since followed successfully, now owning a good and well-improved farm. In 1862, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a non-commissioned ofBcer ; was with his command in twenty-six hard-fought battles, and was wounded at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ky. He was discharged in 1865 at the close of the war. In 1865, he married Mary Sidle, a daughter of J. C. Sidle, and by her has had seven children, viz.: Sarah E., Isaac G., John D., William T. S., Martha A., Eva C. and Charles E. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been steward. He is a Republican in politics.

DR. E. Y. KING, physician, Richwood, Ohio, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, August 80, 1836, and is a son of John and Mary Ann (McClain) King, natives of Pennsylvania, the former of German and the latter of Scotch descent. His father was a dry goods merchant, and in 1830 emigrated from Pennsylvania, with his family, to Holmes County, Ohio. The subject of this sketch received a good common school education in the high school of Fayette County, Penn., and in 1859 entered the medical department of the State University at Ann Arbor, Mich.; but not being satisfied with the knowledge obtained in his course at that institution, he entered the Medical College at Bellevue, New York, in 1864, and graduated from it in the same year. Aftei^ leaving college, he enlisted in the Twenty-third Ohio Infantry and served as Assistant Surgeon until the close of the war. In 1866, he located at Richwood, then a village of about fifty houses, and immediately began the practice of his profession, which he has since carried on with flattering success. He entered upon the practice here under very adverse circumstances, when the roads in the surrounding country were so poor as to require him to go on foot to see his patients, but by his indefatigable energy he has overcome all obstacles and now stands at the head of his profession in the village. He is the oldest practitioner in Richwood, and has a large and lucrative practice, which he is still actively engaged in attending. He was married in 1862 to Elizabeth Rogers, a native of Knox County, Ohio, and a daughter of James Rogers. This union has been blessed with one child - Charles E., now a clerk in a hardware store in Delaware, Ohio. Mrs. King is a member of the Presbyterian Church. The Doctor is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; he takes an active interest in educational matters, and has served as a member of the Board of Education at Richwood, and has had some town office during most of the time of his residence here.

ISRAEL KINNEY, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, January 8, 1824; he is a son of Thomas J. and Nancy (Biggs) Kinney, natives of Pennsylvania, who emigrated to Ohio in 1808, and settled in Muskingum County. His great-grandparents, Thomas and Anna Kinney, were residents of New Jersey, and came to Ohio with the family in the above year; the former lived to reach eighty-nine years of age, and the latter ninety-two. The ancestors, as far back as known, were tillers of the soil. Our subject was raised to farm life, but, in his younger days, taught school, i-eceiving his first certificate in 1845. During one winter, he taught in the same township with the late President .James A. Garfield, with whom, however, he had only a slight acquaintance. He heard that such a man had been employed in a neighboring disti'ict, but, when he met him, saw nothing in him to indicate the force of character, noble nature or sound judgment that afterward endeared this man to the hearts of the people. Mr. Kinney continued teaching during the winter seasons, for sixteen years - farming in the summer. In 1851, he married .Jane W. Monlux, by whom he had three children, viz. : Mary, wife of George 0. Fisher; Thomas F., who married Maggie Maskill, and died in 1879, and W. W. The latter was born in Claibourne Township December 24, 1857 ; received a common school education and has followed farming for life. He was married, October 7, 1879, to Ella, daughter of John Maskill, of Richwood, and by her has one child - Clarence. She is a member of M. P. Church. Mr. Kinney is a Republican in politics. Our subject lost his wife in 1860, and on February 3, 1861, he married Mary J. Snedeker, who died in 1865, without issue. On December 1, 1866, he married Mrs. Sylvia Hurdle, who was a widow with one child at the time of her marriage to Mr. Kinney. The latter union has been blessed with one child, C. E., now thirteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Kinney are members of the M. P. Church, in which he has been a Deacon, Trustee and Superintendent of Sabbath school. He was a Democrat until the discussion of the Missouri Compromise, when he became a Republican, but latterly, he is a Prohibitionist. He came to this township in 1845, and now owns a farm of 270 acres, one of the best in the county.

ELIAS KYLE, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, October 19, 1840; he is a son of .James and Elizabeth (Boyd) Kyle, natives of Delaware County, the former of Irish, and the latter of Dutch descent. Our subject was raised and educated as a fapmer, and has followed that occupation through life, with success. He owns 137 acres of good land three and a half miles southwest of Richwood, to which he moved from Delaware County in 1876, and on which he still resides. He is also a carpenter, and able to do almost any kind of woodwork. In 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Sixty-sixth Ohio, Capt. Buxton, and, with his command, took part in sixteen hotly contested battles. At Savannah, he was dangerously wounded in the neck by a minie ball, which broke his under jaw bone and tore away fully two inches of the bone. His life was despaired of, and his wound was dressed only at the earnest solicitation of his friends, as the Surgeon thought it a waste of valuable time to " tie up the wounds of dying men." At another time, he had a furrow plowed along the top of his head by a ball that just grazed the skull, felling him to the earth, where he lay unconscious, and tearing away a part of his hair, which he keeps, having recovered it, for a memento. After the war, he returned home, and resumed his peaceful avocations. In 1866, he married Ellen- J. Jones, a daughter of David L. Jones, and a native of Ohio. They have two children - Laura E. and Lucy M. Mr. Kyle is a member of the Baptist Church, and Mrs. Kyle of the Congregational. He is a Republican, and a prominent member of Rising Sun Lodge, K. P.

JOHN LAKE, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, September 10, 1848 ; he is the son of Lewis and Hannah (Ilurd) Lake, the former a native of New York and the latter of Vermont, both of English descent. The father was a merchant in Delaware and Richwood, and a farmer. Our subject was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools of Delaware County. He early chose the occupation of a farmer, and in it has been very successful, now owning 110 acres of good and well-improved land. He was married, October 18, 1873, to Ella M. Biddle, daughter of Richard Biddle, her parents being natives of Wales. By this union three children were born, viz.: Charles F., Mary E. and Lewis J. Mr. Lake is a Republican in politics, and he and his wife are members of the Christian Church. He is also a member of the K. P. and I. O. 0. F. societies. In 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Eightysecond Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He was wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., and was also made prisoner, but paroled. He came to Union County in 1881, and settled one and one-quarter miles north of Richwood.

JOHN LANDON, merchant, Richwood, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, November 25, 1838. His grandfather, Cyre Landon, was a Pennsylvanian, who, with his family, came to Ohio in 1821, and located in Marion County. James Landon, the father of our subject, married Rebecca Cochran, and was a life-long farmer in Marion and Delaware Counties. Our subject was brought up in Delaware County, receiving the advantage of a district school education, and in school, as on the farm, he was characterized by his industrious habits. He followed farming until 1863, when, finding a farmer's life not congenial to his taste, he engaged as a clerk in a hardware store iu Marion for one year, since which time he has been engaged in mercantile pursuits. When he concluded to go into business, he entered the store of Mr. Kling at Marion, to learn the methods of mercantile business, and proved himself to be an apt scholar. In 1864, he began business in Richwood, with a capital of $300, and from that small start he has risen, step by step, through his industry and perseverance, until now he occupies a place in the front rank of the substantial business men of the county. He employs a large number of assistants, who are under perfect discipline, and has the duties of the store systematized to a degree seldom seen except in the largest metropolitan establishments. In fact, the arrangement and display of his stock cannot be bettered. He is a thorough advertiser, and for years did his owu advertising.

preparing his circulars at night and having them scattered broadcast in the morning, offering inducements that would flock his store with customers. By offering special inducements to farmers for their produce, he succeeded in abolishing the huckster trade in a circuit of several miles around the town, much to the satisfaction of the people and other merchants. He was the first merchant to ship goods to the town by rail. In 1867, he married Abbie Gast, daughter of Christian Gast, the founder of the village of Prospect, Marion Co., Ohio. By this marriage, one child was born, viz., Eddie B. The family are all members of the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Langdon has been an Elder and Sabbath School Superintendent. He is a Republican in politics.

.JAMES H. LANGSTAFF, deceased, was born in New Jersey March 4, 1809, and died in Claibourne Township in 1869. When nine years of age, he came to Ohio with his father, who was a farmer, and in 1833 he came to Claibourne Township, where he resided until his death, at that time owning 350 acres of land. He was a prominent and influential citizen, a member and class leader of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a successful farmer. He had a family of nine children, viz.: Lana A., widow of the late Nelson McCallister, a member of Company C, One Hundred and Seventy- Fourth Ohio Infantry, who died in the service; A«a, a farmer in this township: Lemuel, also a farmer; Margaret, wife of Calvin Rictiards; Lamanda; Martha, wife of Isaac Stafer ; William, Kendrick ; and Oscar, deceased. The survivors are all married and doing well. Two sons, Lemuel and Asa, were in the Union army during the war of the rebellion. Mrs. Catharine Langstaff, the widow of our subject, is a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and now resides in Richwood.

ASA LANGSTAFF, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Richwood, is a son of J. H. and Catherine (Dixon) Langstaff. the former a native of New York, and the latter of Virginia. They came to Ohio, and settled in Union County. His father was a wealthy and successful farmer, and owned about 400 acres of land in this county. Our subject was born May 24, 1836, and was raised on a farm, receiving his education in the district schools. He has been a farmer and stock dealer nearly all his life, and raises cattle that rank high in the grade of stock cattle, some of them having taken several premiums at the fairs. He owns 200 acres of land, well stocked and thoroughly equipped, and a herd of the best short-horn cattle in this section. He was married, in 1858, to Hannah Lockhart, a native of New York, by whom he has four children, viz.: Marshal!, James C, Lawrence and Minnie. Mrs. Langstaff is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Langstaff is a Republican in politics, and has been Trustee of his township. In 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Capt. Robb, of Marysville, and served with that company.

J. K. LANGSTAFF, farmer, P. 0. Richmond, was born in Leesburg Township, this county, March 5, 1858, and is a son of James IL and Catherine fDixon) Langstaff, whose biography appears in this work. He received a good English education, which was perfected in the college at Granville, Ohio, and has adopted the occupation ot a farmer. He was married, December 1, 1881, to Miss Sarah Watson, a daughter of A.* and Eve (Phillips) Watson, residents of Richwood, where the former is engaged as a photographer. Mr. Langstaff is a Republican in politics, and a prominent member of Odd Fellows Lodge, No. 443, at Richwood. Though young in years, he is a practical farmer, and is cultivating his land in the most approved manner.

ELMUS W. LANGSTAFF, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio January 24, 1831. He is a son of Asa L. and Laney (Boylan) Langstaff, natives of New Jersey of English and Irish descent. His father, who was a shoe-maker by trade, came to Ohio in 1815, and in the latter part of his life engaged in farming. Our subject has chosen farming for a life, occupation, and in it has met with success, having accumulated fifty acres of good land in this township. In 1850, he married Eliza J. Norman, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Taylor) Norman. They have six children - Laney A., Millard F., Emma C, Ida May, Judsonand John E. [n 1865, Mr. Langstaff enlisted in Company E. One Hundred and Ninety-First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged at the close of the war. His son Millard is one of the owners of the Magnetic Springs summer resorts.

ZERAH LINSLY, retired farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Vermont August 8, 1808 ; he is a son of Simeon and Rutilla (Benedick) Linsly, natives of Vermont, of English descent. His father was a Revolutionary soldier, and a farmer by occupation. Our subject received an ordinary education, and in 1820, came to Ohio with his parents, settling in Delaware County. In 1828, he came to Union County, where he has spent the rem.ainder of his life. In 1828, he married Miss Parmela Waters, by whom he had six children, three boys and three girls, five of whom are living, all married and well to do. Mrs. Linsly died in 1864, and in 1878 Mr Linsly married Mrs. Phebe (Rose) Beem, a widow lady, who had ten children by her first husband. Mr. and Mrs. Linsly are members of the Christian Church, and Mr. Linsly has been a Deacon in the church over half a century. He is a Democrat, in politics, and during his residence in Delaware County served as Assessor and Justice of the Peace. He has retired from active life and is spending his remaining years in peace and comfort at his home in Richwood.

THOMAS S. LOVELESS, senior member of the firm of Loveless, Howe & Bishop, proprietors of the Richwood Woolen Mills, and dealers in wool, grain, hides, furs and staves, Richwood, Ohio, was born in the Empire State May 25, 1821 ; he is a son of Thomas and Sarah (Sprowls)

Loveless, the former of English, and the latter of German descent. His parents emigrated to Ohio in 1832, and settled near Akron. Our subject received a common school education, and remained with his parents on the farm until sixteen years of age, when he began learning the manufacture of woolen, in which he was engaged ten years. He then commenced the business at East Liberty, Ohio, in 1846, and remained fourteen years. In 1869, he came to Richwood and started the Richwood Woolen Mills, in which he has been since engaged. In 1849, he married Miss Miranda James, who was born in Logan County, Ohio, December 3, 1830 ; she is a daughter of Thomas .James. Her parents were members of the Society of Friends, and of English descent. To this union two children were born, viz.: E. 0., a jeweler in Delaware, Ohio, and Jennie, wife of S. W. Van Winkle, a lawyer of Richwood. Mr. Loveless has been in business all his life, has never been sued, and has made what he now owns by his own exertions.

J. P. MARRIOTT, farmer and stockman, Richwood, was born in Licking County, Ohio, August 16, 1832 ; he is the son of Henry T. and Rebecca (Penn) Marriott, natives of Maryland,, of English descent. His father was born May 9, 1807, and was a son of William and Edith (Waters) Marriott, natives of Maryland, who came to Ohio in 1825, and settled in Licking County, where they remained a short time, and then moved to Knox County, where both died. Henry T. married Rebecca Penn, who was born September 29, 1807, and with her moved to Claibourne Township, in 1845, buying land near Richwood, about thirty acres of which has since been sold oiF in town lots. He died in 1875. He raised a family of ten children, eight boys and two girls; seven of the children now living, six boys and one girl. They are all shrewd business men, but they have been only moderately successful. They are all residents of Claibourne Township, and all the male members of the family are rather small in stature, except our subject, who is above the average height. He was reared on the farm, and has made farming, his life occupation, now owning a well-improved farm near Richwood, on which he resides. In 1855, he married Theoba Farrier, by whom he had one child - Eliza, now the wife of William Feet, of Delaware County. Mrs. Marriott died in 1863, and, in 1865, Mr. Marriott married Sisson Fisher; she is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Richwood. Mr. Marriott. IS a Republican in politics.

FRANK A. MARTIN, of the firm of Martin & Wynkoop, dealers in lumber, shingles, doors, blinds and lath, and proprietors of the Richwood Saw Mill, Richwood, Ohio, was born in Knox. County, Ohio, May 22, 1848; he is a son of George R. and Agnes (Shipley) Martin, the former a native of Ohio, of Irish descent, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania, of English descent. His father was a carpenter by trade, and also owned and operated a saw mill. Our subject spent his early life in school, in the saw mill and on the farm. He has been successful in business, and owns a fine farm of 116 acres in Claibourne Township. He came to Union County in 1874, and, in 1881, embarked in business in Richwood with his present partner. He was married, in 1870, to Amanda C. Morton, a native of Knox County, Ohio, by whom he has two children - Anna May and Ray M. He is a steady, industrious man, and has made his way in the world by his own individual eflorts. He is a Republican in politics.

JOHN M. l\[x\RTIN, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born at Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, July 31, 1828. His father, Jacob Martin was born in Pennsylvania in 1799, and died in Ohio in 1870. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and by occupation a cabinet-maker and carpenter, but in the latter part of his life he followed carpentering, house-joining and farming. He was married at Mt. Vernon to Ann J. Adams, who was born in Virginia in 1800, and died in Ohio in 1881. Our subject was raised on a farm and has made farming the occupation of his life. He came to this county in 1864, and now owns a farm of 116 acres in Claibourne Township. He was married in 1859 to Martha J. Marquis, who was born in this State August 18, 1833; she is a daughter of William and Elizabeth Marquis. The former died in 1877, aged seventy nine years, and the latter still lives, in her eighty-first year. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have had three children - Lizzie, Anna and John D. Mr. Martin is a Democrat in politics, and one of the Trustees of the Township.

JOHN MASKILL, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Clark County, Ohio, December 5, 1822; he is a son of Robert and Isabella (Middleton) Maskill, natives of Yorkshire, England. They came to America in 1818, and settled in Springfield, Ohio, where they resided until 1832, when they came to Union County. They raised a family of seven children. Our subject was raised on a farm and has devoted his whole life to farming, now being the owner of 175 acres of land in Leesburg Township. He was married in 1850 to Adeline Wells, a daughter of James Wells, who came to Union County in 1834. By this marriage, nine children were born, all girls, of whom six now survive, viz.: Elizabeth, wife of William Styres ; Isabella, wife of George W. Jolliff ; Harriett, wife of S. B. Taylor; Charlotte, wife of E. Freeman; Ella, wife of W. Kinney ; and Mattie, wife of James JolliflF. Mr. and Mrs. Maskill are members of the Methodist Episcoiml Church, and he is Secretary of the Sunday school. He cast his first vote for Taylor, but is now a Republican. He has a nice property in Richwood, where he now resides, in addition to his farm in Leesburg Township.

FRANCIS M. McADAMS, gardener, Richwood, Ohio. John McAdams, Sr., and Catherine Stewart were married in Pennsylvannia, of which State they were natives, about the year 1797 ; coming to Ohio in 1804 or 1805, they settled in Champaign County, near the present site of

Kingston, where they lived to the end of their days, he dying June 16, 1839, in his eighty-fifth year, she dying March 26, 1839, in her eighty-second year. Their ofltspring were Isaac, born 1798, died 1869 ; Samuel, born 1800, died 1832 (was killed by a fall from a horse); Elenor (Dillon), born 1803, died 1865; Nancy (Spain), born 1806; John, born 1808, died 1866; Archibald, born 1812, died 1845 ; William, born 1814. Both the paternal and maternal ancestry were of Scottish descent, but about all that is known of the family tree is what is above stated. The elder McAdams was a large, muscular man, fitted for the pioneer days in which he lived. He was fond of the sports of the chase, and usually kept about him the fleetest dogs and horses in the country. He served his township as Justice of the Peace for a series of years, and was prominent in the public affairs of his county. He served in the war of 1812 in the capacity of a scout. He was a great story-teller, and had a foot nearly double the ordinary size. John Mc- Adams, Jr., and Rachel Graham were married by Peter Igou .January 21, 1829. The Grahams were of Irish descent. To them were born Ellen, Eliza J., Samuel, Melona, Francis M., Mary A., Harriet and Ruth. These all grew to mature years and married. Francis Marion, the subject of this sketch, is the youngest son, and sixth child of the family. He was born near the head-waters of Treakle's Creek, in Union Township, Champaign County, Ohio, October 13, 1838. He spent the years of his minority on the farm where he was born, and assisted materially in bringing up the family, giving some attention to school during the winter season, thereby obtaining more than an ordinary common school education, and in later years became an efficient teacher. July 17, 1861, he married Susannah M., the second daughter and fourth child of Warren and Susannah Freeman, of Goshen Township, Champaign County. The Freemans were from Ontario County, N. Y. Mrs. McAdams was born July 17, 1843. To this marriage have been born nine children, all of whom are still living, to wit : Charles Francis, born September 5, 1862; Janet Gertrude, born June 12, 1866 ; Laura Eliza, born April 5, 1868 ; Eva Marie, born May 6, 1869 ; Carrie Amelia, born April 15, 1871 ; Lydia Catherine, born May 9, 1873 ; Susie May, born February 16, 1875 ; Howard Deuel, born August 8, 1880; Ralph Thomas, born September 25, 1882. August 15, 1862, he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served as a private some months, when he was promoted to a noncommissioned officer, and at his muster out was Second Sergeant of his company. His regiment campaigned in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas, sharing the well-fought fields of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Kenesaw, Bentonville and other lesser engagements. After the close of the war, our subject was selected by his regimental comrades to write the history of the command, a duty for which experience as a writer and the possession of a vast amount of the necessary data, made him particularly qualified. His writings found in the histories of Champaign, Clark and Fayette Counties, to which he contributed largely, attest his ability as a writer. From 1865 to 1870, he sold general merchandise in the village of Mutual ; then he became a resident of Mingo, and resumed the same business, continuing for several years. After residing at Mingo nearly twelve years, during which time he was twice elected Justice of the Peace, besides serving the public in other capacities, he purchased property in the north suburbs of Richwood, and November 10, 1881, came to that village, having in view the business of gardening. Mr. McAdams takes an active interest in public aflFairs, speaks his stntiments openly, scans public men and public measures carefully, and votes the Republican ticket continually. He and his wife and the adult members of the family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

NELSON McAllister (deceased) was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, December 4, 1827, and was a son of John and Mary (Grayton) McAllister, who were among the pioneers of Union County. Our subject grew upon the farm, with no educational privileges, except three months' attendance at a school which was taught in his father's corn-crib. He was a farmer, and followed that occupation until the rebellion, when he enlisted in Company E, Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in 1865. He was a brave and faithful soldier, a kind and indulgent father and an affectionate husband. He was married January 16, 1850, to Lany A., daughter of James H. Langstaff, whose sketch appears in this work. They had four children, viz.: Olintha E., born January 29, 1851 ; Luther E., born May 21, 1854; Cassius R., born March 24, 1856; Ida v., born October 18, 1861. Mr. McAllister was a Republican in politics. He owned 125 acres of land which his family has improved and increased to 350 acres. At the death of her husband Mrs. McAllister assumed the management of the farm affairs and under her everything has prospered.

R. T. McMILLIN, retired farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, June 4, 1818 ; he is a son of Robert and Nancy A. (Mitchell) McMillin, natives of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. The former was a commissioned officer in the war of 1812. Our subject is a farmer by occupation, as was his father and grandfather, and he has been successful in all of his farm operations. He opened and improved his present place of residence and on it has raised a family of children, who are all well-to-do citizens of the county. He is a liberal, high-minded gentleman, and speaks his opinions openly and freely, without regard to the feelings of others. He was married in 1839 to Margaret A. Moore, a native of Belmont County, Ohio, born in 1820, and a daughter of Samuel Moore, a prominent farmer of that county. By this union eight children have been born, viz.: Rachel A., wife of J. B. Thompson ; Robert G., wh& was born in Harrison County, Ohio, October 4, 1847, and, having received a limited education, has devoted his life to the farm ; he was married in 1874 to Mary Ellen CofFman, who was born in this State October 1. 1849 ; she is a daughter of Samuel and Ellen (Thompson) CofiFman, of English descent. By this marriage two children were born - David B. and Matilda. The third child, Andrew, was born in Harrison County in 1850, and in 1880 married Amanda Hedge, a dauo-hter of Absalom Hedge ; she was born in Union County in 1856. They have one child - Nettie May. He has been a life-long farmer and now owns fifty-five acres of land. The fourth child, Margaret J., is the wife of A. C. Staneard. The fifth, Mary M., is the wife of James Trimble. The sixth, John, is at home. The seventh, Martha, is the wife of J. D. Powell, and the eighth is Amos, who lives at home. Mr. and Mrs. McMillin are members of the Presbyterian Cflurch, in which he is an active member and has been a Trustee. He is a Democrat in politics and a firm friend of education, having been a School Director twenty years. He has recently retired from the active labor of the farm and in his latter days is enjoying the rest he so well merits.

P. R. MILLS, Superintendent Public Schools, Richwood, was born at Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, Ohio, August "23, 1850; he is a son of Nelson T. and Eleanor (Rhoads) Mills, the former oative of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio. His father was a saddler by trade, and came to Ohio in 1830. His mother died when he was but six months of age. He was educated principally at the Reynoldsburg Union Academy, from which he graduated in 1874. During the winters of six years previous to his graduation, he taught school to obtain the means necessary for completing his education. After leaving the academy, he taught at ^Etna, Licking County, Ohio, one year; Pataskala, one year, and Canal Winchester three years, resigning his position at the latter place on account of ill health. He afterward accepted the position of Superintendent of the South Grammar School at Lancaster, Ohio, which he resigned one year later to assume the duties of his present charge. Since leaving school, his entire time has been devoted to the public schools, both in self-education and management, and his vacations are spent in visiting metropolitan and other schools, to obtain ideas for the better management of his own school. His success as a Superintendent is partly due to a meeting of his teachers, which he holds each week with some definite object in view. One year ago he engaged, with marked and promising success, in conducting a teachers' normal school during the summer vacation. In the fall of 1882, he was instrumental in organizing a lecture association that has given Richwood a higher order of lectures, and has enabled the people to enjoy entertainments that would otherwise have been denied them. In 1874, he married Zoda Howard, a daughter of William and Mary J. (Reynolds) Howard, and a native of Reynoldsburg. By this union two children have been born, viz., Glennie and Bertha. Mr. Mills is a member of the Odd Fellows society, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

W. C. MOORE, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Hamilton County, Penn., October 11, 1806 ; he is the son of Christian and Ann Moore, the former a native of Maryland, of German descent, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania, of Welsh descent. Our subject was reared on his father's farm, and early adopted the occupation of a farmer. After reaching his majority, he attended school 100 days, which was the most schooling he ever had. He is now the owner of 125 acres of good land, which he has made by his own industry, having worked himself up from a penniless young man to a well-to-do freeholder. He was married, January 28, 1828, to Anna Long, a native of Pennsylvania, of Dutch descent, and a daughter of Benjamin Long. After their marriage, he emigrated to Licking County, Ohio, and followed fai-ming until 1854, when he purchased the farm on which he now resides. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have had the following children: John, born December 11, 1830, now farming in this township; Ellen, born August 10, 1832; Thomas (deceased), born August 22, 1834; James, born November 15, 1841, and now farming in Jackson Township ; W. W., born August 1, 1849; and Henry, born August 21, 1853. The family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Mr. Moore has been a member sixty years, and for forty years has been a class leader and eight years Superintendent of the Sunday school. Mr. Moore is a Republican in politics. Thomas, the third son, lost his life in the service of his country.

DAVID MURPHEY, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, the fourth child of nine children, born to Joseph and Rebecca (Geer) Muiphey, was born April 2, 1829. His pkrents, who were natives of Pennsylvania, came to Union County in 1834, and settled in Claibourne Township, where his father died in 1836. His mother was born in 1800 and is still living. Our subject was raised as a farmer, but has spent most of life at the carpenter's trade. In 1858, he married Mary Ellen Cooksey, a native of Virginia, of Irish descent, and a daughter of Simpson Cooksey. By this union, six children have been born, viz.: Frances, Jennie E., Rebecca Ellen, Minnie Ophelia, Wealthy Ann and George W. The parents are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Murphey is a Democrat in politics. The family reside on fifty-six acres of land belonging to Mrs. Murphey.

LEMUEL MYERS, retired farmer, P. 0. Richwood, is a son of Henry and Rebecca (Stone) Myers, natives of Virginia, the former of German and the latter of English descent. They emigrated to Ohio in 1810, and located in Licking County, where they spent their lives, both dying at the age of oighty-iwo years, on the farm where our subject was born and reared. They raised a family of nine children, five boys and four girls. The subject of this sketch was born in Licking County, January 1, 1816, and was raised on a farm, receiving but a meager education. From the age of fifteen years until he was forty-five, he followed farming, and in winter taught singing school. He has been a student of music all his life, and for forty years has sang in a church choir. He is a large, powerful man, of the old pioneer type, and well remembers the time when roads - even mud roads - were scarce, and log rollings of frequent occurrence. He has helped to carry logs every day, Sunday excepted, for three weeks at a time, and was never known to shun his place at the handspike. He has always been a strong temperance man, and is now an advocate of prohibition. Of a peaceable nature, he shuns quarrels and was never known to be engaged in a fight, although amply able to take care of himself, if assailed. In 1842, he was appointed Captain of a company of militia, and was afterward promoted to the rank of Major. He came to Ohio in 1842, and during his residence here has served as Infirmary Director and Trustee of Claibourne Township. He has recently given up active life and re, tired to a neat and substantial home in Richwood, which, with the adjoining farm of 110 acres he owns. He was married, July 1, 1837, to Elenora Gill, a native of Maryland, of English de" scent, by whom he had eleven children, seven now living. The parents are both members of the Methodist Protestant Church. Mr. Myers was a Democrat until 1861, after which he was a Republican until he became a Prohibitionist. He had three sons in the rebellion - William S. and 0. S. in the One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Henry in the One Hundred and Eighty-second.

A. K. NEER, dealer in produce, Richwood, was born in Clark County, Ohio, January 31, 1859, and is a son of Joseph C. and Dorotha Ellen (Smith) Neer, natives of Clark County, of English descent. His father was a prominent farmer and an extensive stock dealer for years in Clark County, and still resides on his farm in that county, devoting his entire time to agricultural pursuits. His farm consists of 170 acres of fine land, thoroughly improved and under a high state of cultivation. Our subject received a common school education, and remained on the farm until twenty-one years of age, since which time he has been in the employ of Edward Thomas &-Co., wholesale dealers in butter, eggs and poultry, whose headquarters are at Urbana. They have branch establishments at Richwood, Marysville and New Bremen, the former being under the control of our subject, who is thoroughly conversant with all branches of the business. He was married, January 28, 1883, to Mary 0. Ayers, a native of Morrow County, Ohio, and a daughter of Lyman N. and Harriet (Truesdale) Ayers. Mr. Neer is a Republican in politics ; he is also Superintendent of the Baptist Sabbath school.

JOHN OGAN, Village Marshal of Richwood, was born in Allen County, Ohio, May 31, 1846, and is a son of Peter and Caroline (Vertner) Ogan. the former a native of Virginia, of English descent, and the latter a native of Kentucky, of ^German descent. His father came to Ohio in 1830, and settled on a farm in- Putnam County. Our subject received the educational advantages usually aflForded to boys on a farm, and chose farming for his occupation, beginning life for himself with nothing. He has been a trader all his life, has dealt largely in farm lands, and for two years in horses, with Solomon Walker, and has been very successful in all his operations. During the rebellion, he offered himself for service seven times before he was accepted, but finally enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Ninety-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He is now Second Lieutenant of the Gibson Guards, Ohio Militia, of Richwood. In 1880, he came to Richwood and engaged in the livery business with H. J. Perry, but has since rliscontinued that and is nosv officiating as Marshal of Richwood. He is a man of great physical ability, very determined, but cool in judgment, and an excellent officer, of whom the violators of the peace have a wholesome fear. He is a member of the Lodge and Encampment of Odd Fellows and of the Knights of Pythias, and a Republican in politics. He has made his way in the world unaided, has no debts to incumber him, and owns eighty-five acres of good land. In 1871, he married Rebecca M. Sterling, daughter of David Sterling, of York Township, and by her has one child - David E., born October 8, 1874. Mr!?. Ogan is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Richwood.

JOSEPH PARISH, fixrmer, P. 0. Richwood, is a native of New Jersey, and a son of William and Margaret (Bingham) Parish, the former a native of England, and the latter of Germany. His father, who was a school teacher and artist, came to Ohio more than half a century ago and settled near Zanesville, where he spent the remainder of his life farming. Our subject was raised on the farm, receiving a limited education, and has devoted most of his life to agricultural pursuits. He now owns a farm of 140 acres, and has given his children eighty acres. He was married October 30, 1838, to Keziah Ramey. Her parents were Virginians, of German descent, and her father was a Captain in the war of 1812. By her marriage, she has had six children, viz.: William A.; Daniel; Elizabeth, wife of James Moore; Frances Ellen, wife of D. F. Carr ; Joseph; and Louise, wife of Perry Barker. The parents are members of the Methodist Church, in which he has been a steward and trustee. He is a Republican in politics. He had two sons in the Union army, and both were taken prisoners.

WALTER SCOTT PARK, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Crawford County, Ohio, March 20, 1834 ; he is a son of Thomas and Sugannah (Marquis) Park, natives of Ohio, of Scotch- Irish descent. They came to.Ohio at an early day and settled on a farm, where the father died in 1845. The mother died in 1882. Our subject was raised and educated as a farmer, and has devoted the whole of his life to that occupation. In 1860, he married Lydia Bretz, a native of Ohio, of Dutch descent. She has a farm of 100 acres, on vs'hich they reside. They have four children, viz.: Ida May, Oscar V., Deborah A. and .John M. Mr. and Mrs. Park are members of the Presbyterian Church, in vyhich they are active and zealous workers. Mr. Park taught district school for a time in his younger days, but since 1867, when he came to this county, he has been engaged in farming. He is a Democrat in politics.

D. F. PARSONS, proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, Richwood. was born in the State of Maine June 20, 1834; he is a son of Charles and Martha (Pernel) Parsons, natives of Maine, the former of English and the latter of Scotch descent. His father was a cabinet-maker by trade. Our subject received a common school education, and at the age of seventeen began working at cabinet-making, which he followed during his residence in his native State. After coming to Ohio, he engaged in merchandising, and resided in Knox County until 1864, when he came to Richwood, and for nine years engaged in the furniture business. He also dealt in dry goods in connection with his furniture trade. In 1879, he opened the Commercial Hotel, a neat and commodious building, three stories high, containing twenty-five rooms, a large and well furnished dining room, and good sample rooms. He is a generous and thoughtful laiyllord, particular about the comfort of his guests, and very popular with the traveling public. He owns valuable property in the business center of the village, and is driving a thriving trade at his hotel. In 1857, he married Mary Swelland, a native of Ohio, of Dutch descent, and a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Parsons is a member of the Masonic order, and a Republican in politics.

HUGH J. PERRY, liveryman, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, November 25, 1838, and is a son of John and Gwynn (Hughes) Perry, both of Welsh descent, and early settlers of Delaware County, where his father was engaged in farming. Our subject was raised on the farm, and at the age of eighteen years purchased a threshing machine, which he operated during the fall and winter seasons for fifteen years. He has since made several changes in business, but has been a trader all his life, having sold several farms and dealt largely in town property. He has met with success in all of his business operations, and at one time owned 220 acres of very fine land. He deals in the French and Clydesdale horses ; went to France for them in 1871, and in 1874 went to Wales, Scotland and Belgium for the same purpose. He sold one horse for $3,000, and another for $3,500. During the late rebellion he was a First Lieutenant in the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Ohio Infantry. He is a Republican in politics, and at present is serving as a Trustee of his township. He was married in 1866 to Miss Sarah J. Anderson, a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, by whom he has had six children, four now living, viz. : Nellie M., Charlie, Lizzie and Allie. Mrs. Perry is a member of the Baptist Church.

JOHN A. PHILLIPS, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Richwood, Union County, Ohio, March 22, 1836. He is a son of William and Isabella Ann (Woods) Phillips, both of Scotch- Irish extraction. They emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1832, and settled in Richwood, where they remained until their deaths, he in 1880, and she in 1875. The former was a potter by trade, and in 1834 built the first pottery in Union County, which business he followed most of his life. Our subject and two sisters are the only survivors of a family of eight children. He received a common school education and learned the harness-maker's trade inRichwood, following it seven years. In 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company F, Sixteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three years, and was discharged in 1864, at the expiration of his term of Bervice, as Fourth Sergeant. He served under Gen. Sherman, and at the siege of Vicksburg he and over three hundred of his comrades were taken prisoners and confined for three months in two different rebel prisons. Returning to civil life, he embarked in the drug trade in the firm of Phillips & Woods; then in the lumber business two years, dry goods trade one year, drug business with A. Z. Converse eighteen months, and finally purchased a farm south of Richwood and partly in the corporation, on which he still resides. He was married. October 13, 1869, to Mary C. Fisher, daughter of Benjamin Fisher, and by her has had two children - Lizzie L. and Alfiretta G. Botn parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Phillips is a Republican in politics. His brother, A. G. Phillips, was killed at the battle of Atlanta. Ga., in 1863.

NEWTON PIERCE, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, June 7, 1837, and is a son of J. G. and Celestia (Lusk) Pierce, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of New Hampshire. He received an ordinary education in Delaware County, and chose the occupation of a farmer. In 1859, he went to Pike's Peak, and remained in the West ten years. At the breaking-out of the rebellion, he enlisted in the First Colorado Cavalry, for three years or during the war, and at the expiration of his term he re-enlisted in the State Militia. His command was principally engaged in fighting the Indians on the frontier. In 1865, he was wounded in an engagement, but not seriously. After the war closed, he was for two years in the Government employ at Fort Leavenwortli, Kan., after which he returned to his native county. In 1870, he married Adelia Flemmiag, by whom he has four children - John, Howard, Hosea and Melvin. In 1877, they settled in Claibourne Township, where he owns 110 acres of good land. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce are members of the Methodist Protestant Church.

WILLIAM H. RICHARDS, merchant tailor, Richwood, was born in Wales August 19, 1851, and is a son of Henry and Anna Richards. He learned the trade of a tailor in his native country, and, in 1867, came to America, spending the first three months after his arrival in New York City. He then came to Jefferson County, Ohio, and, in 1874, came to Richwood, where he worked as a journeyman until 1878, when he commenced business for himself. On August 17, 1870, he married Anna Evans, a native of Wales, and a daughter of Henry Evans. To this union one child has been born, viz., Mary Tabitha. Mr. and Mrs. Richards are members of the Baptist Church. He took an active part in the building of the church at Richwood, was a member of the building committee, and is now a Deacon in the church. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Prudential Order of America, an Odd Fellow and a Freemason. He is a thorough master of his trade in all its details, understands several systems of cutting, and is d >ing a thriving business in Richwood. He employs three or four first-class assistants, giving them good wages and employment all the time, and is thereby enabled to guarantee his patrons satis^'action. His correct workmanship and strong desire to please, coupled with his extensive knowledge of the business, reasonable prices and choice selection of goods, procures for him a ^'ery large proportion of the custom of the town and surrounding CDuntry.

J. N. RODGERS, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, January 12, 1845. He is a son of Joseph and Hannah (Corbin) Rodgers, natives of Vermont, the former of Irish and the latter of Scotch descent. Our subject was raised and educated on the farm, and has followed farming through life. He owns 130 acres of land in Claibourne Township, where he has spent most of his life. In 1865, he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a drummer boy, and served until January 20, 1866, when he was discharged at Columbus. He was married, in 1869, to Mary Baumgartner, a native of Ohio, of German descent. They have had four children born to them, viz.: Charles W., Hattie, Dora and Clara. Mr. Rodgers is a Republican in politics.

JOHN E. ROSETTE, of the firm of Barnes & Rosette, of which a description is given in the sketch of P. E. Barnes, was born in Richwood, Ohio, November 22, 1849, and is a son of Charles W. and Mary (Milligan) Rosette, natives of Ohio, the former of French and the latter of Irish and English descent. His father came to Richwood in 1845, where he engaged in the wool trade, and where he died in 1877. He was Assessor and Treasurer of the township, and for twelve years filled the office of Justice of the Peace. He raised a family of six children, five boys and one girl. Our subject was educated in the Richwood Public Schools, and for a time worked in a mill, after which he engaged in buying grain. In 1870, he engaged in selling buggies, and has since continued in that business. In 1873, he married Annie Shelton, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, of German descent, and by her has two children - Iva, and a baby not yet named. Mr. Rosette is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Odd Fellows society, and a Republican in politics. He has served two terms as Clerk of Claibourne Township.

JAMES A. ROSS, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, November 1829, and is a son of Dr. .loseph Ross, whose sketch appears in this work. Our subject received a common school education, and early adopted the profession of a farmer, which he has followed through life with marked success, now being the owner of seventy-one acres of good land. His farm is well improved and thoroughly cultivated, and has good piked roads on three sides of it. He has made his way in the world entirely without aid, having started with nothing but a year old colt. He is a horse fancier, and he and his brother own one of the best Norman horses in the county. He was married, October 27, 1852, to Nancy Headley, who was born in County January 4, 1833; she is a daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Dial) Headley, the former of Pennsylvania and the latter of Virginia. By this union three children were born - Laura E., wife of L. 0. Slemmons ; Lawrence E., deceased, December 18, 1878, accidently shot while out hunting; and Imogene, now attending school.

JOHN RUHL, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Pennsylvania June 6, 1826 ; he is the son of Michael and Elizabeth (Curfman) Ruhl, natives of Pennsylvania, the former of German and the latter of Dutch descent. Our subject was raised and educated as a farmer, and has followed that occupation through life. He was married in 1851 to Elizabeth Walters, who was born May 8, 1827 ; she was also of German descent. By this marriage seven children were born, viz., James W., deceased, born March 25, 1854; Mary E., born January 23, 1856 ; D. C, deceased, born December 26, 1858 ; Maria C, born June 5, 1860 ; John M., born February 10, 1862 ; W. M., born February 7, 1864, and J. F., born November 20, 1865. Mrs. Ruhl died September 29, 1867, and on March 6, 1868, Mr. Ruhl married Julia Ann Snyder, a daughter of Jacob Snyder. Mr. Ruhl came to Claibourne Township in 1861, and now owns a farm of nearly fifty -four acres in this township. He is a Republican in politics, and he and his wife are both members of the Methodist Protestant Church.

HON. HYLAS SABINE, the son of John F. and Euphemia (Clement) Sabine, was born June 5, 1829. His father is a native of Vermont, and of English descent. His mother was born in the State of New York, and was of German ancestry. John F. Sabine located in Union Township, Union County, Ohio, in 1812, and became a prominent farmer. From 1854 to 1856, he held the position of County Auditor, and has been for many years a member of the board of In- firmary Directors for the county, being the present Secretary of said board. Hylas Sabinebegan to receive an education iu the common schools of his neighborhood, and sub8equentl3' attended college at Delaware, Ohio. For two years, he engaged in teaching in Kentucky, and at the expiration of that time returned to Union County, locating in Marysville. He succeeded his father as County Auditor, and held the office two years. In October, 1858. he established a newspaper at Marysville, known as the Vnion Press, which was continued till August, 18G3. The editorial department of the paper was conducted by J. B. Coats (present Ju Ige of Probate), from the .spring of 1861 to the autumn of 18t52, Mr. Sa'iine having, in the meantime, resided a few months in Washington, D. C, and also taken a law course at Harvard University. October 8, 1857, he married Anna Ware, daughter of .J. R. Ware, and a descendant from Scotch and English ancestors. Like her husband, she attended the law school at Harvard University, and is a thorough classical scholar. Her course of studies was taken under the widely-known instructor, Horace Mann, at Aatioch College. Mr. and Mrs. Sabine are the parents of two children, a son and a daughter. The son, who is the younger child, is a present member of the Freshmao class of the Ohio State University, and is fourteen years of age. The daughter is a student at the same school. After his return from Harvard, Mr. Sabine located, in 1863, at Richwood. Union County, Ohio, and became a prominent real estate dealer. He also opened up a farm three miles west of that village, and expended largely from his means in making general improvements, winning a position among the leading men of the county, for enterprise. He built the finest house and barn which have ever been erected in Richwood ; these are now the property of A. J. Blake. Mr. Sabine's business ventures were moderately successful, and a great portion of their proceeds are invested in improvements. He has considerable political fame, and in 1877 was chosen on the Fiepublican ticket to the position of State Senator, representini< the Seventeenth Senatorial District, composed of the counties of Logan, Hardin, Marion and Union. This position he filled honorably and acceptably for two years. His political faith is pinned to the platform of the Republican party. February 25, 1880, he i-eceived an appointment from Gov. Foster as State Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, which official position he aow holds. Mr. Sabine ^ business and public career have extended through but a comparatively few years, yet the resultof his efforts are certainly such as to afford him much gratification.

JOHN M. SANDERS, of the firm of Gardiner & Sanders, dealers in real estate, Richwood. was born in Union County, Ohio, August 25, 1837; and is a son of Samuel R. and Peggy (Hop kins) Sanders, natives of Kentucky, of English descent. He received a common school educ;i tion, and remained on his father's farm until twenty -two years of age, after which he farmed fn'- himself about four years. In 1862, he came to Richwood, and for three years conducted th.- Atlantic Hotel, which he sold to 0. Beem. He then spent one year in the West, after which h - purchased the Beem House, and one year later sold it to Wesley Abrahams. Subsequently hipurcbased a farm in Jackson Township, and sooa afterward he purchased sixty-five acres mot >- iu the same township. After his father's death, he purchased a four-fifths interest in the home farm of 185 acres, and now he owns 165 acres of good land, in addition to a neat residence, anl two lots in Richwood. In 1859, he married Elenor Blue, a native of Jackson Township, Union County, and a daughter of Michael and Elenore Blue. This union was blessed with three children, William D. being the only survivor. Mrs. Sanders died April 10, 1870, and on October 10, 1872, Mr. Sanders married Artemissa Stacey, daughter of Ira and Ellinor R. Stacey, of Madison County, by whom he has two children - Clarence M. and Percival H. Mrs. Sanders is a member of the Disciples Church. Mr. Sanders is a Democrat in politics, and has served as a delegate from his township to the county convention of his party. He is a member of the Lodge and Encampment of I. 0. 0. F. He has been in active business since. eighteen years of age has a wide business experience, is a good judge of land, and has succeeded in all his business undertakings. He shipped the first poultry from this point, in 1864, and also the first from Larue, Marion County, at that time being engaged with W. W. Manughu, of New York City. He was also engaged for a time in selling threshing machines, is thoroughly versed in all the points of a thresher, and has sold more machines than any man in the surrounding country. He is said to be one of the best salesmen iu Union County.

NICHOLAS SCHARF, deceased, was born in Germany in 1832, and emigrated to America in 1854, settling in Franklin County, Ohio. He was a life-long farmer by occupation, a Catholic in religious belief, and a Democrat in politics. He was married in France, in 1840, to Magleine Frund, a daughter of Frank Frund, a prominent German farmer of Franklin County. This union was blessed with an issue of nine children, viz.: George, Annie M., Marianna, John A., Maggie J., Joseph Frank, Katie E., Clara V. and Louise M. They are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. Scharf died in 1879. Mrs. Scharf came to Union County in 1879, and settled in Claibourne Township, where she owns a farm of fifty-four acres of good land. She is a careful manager, and with the aid of her son George, who stays at home to work for her, she is conducting her farm in a most prosperous manner.

PEfER SELLS, farmer, ?. 0. Richwood, was born in Green Township, Franklin County, Ohio, June 15. 1811, and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Thrush) Sells, the former a farmer and teamster by occupation, and both of German descent. Our subject was educated in the select schools of his day, and in early life followed the carpenter's trade, but latterly has been engaged in farming. He owns 100 acres of gooil land, which he has acquired by his own personal eiforts. He has been twice married. By his first wife, Catharine Stambaugh, he had nine children, four now living, all married and doing well. His wife died in 1876, and on February 17, 1881, he married Nancy .J. Clark. He is a Republican and a member of the United Brethren Church, in which he has been a class leader.