Claibourne Township (part 7 of 8)

HORATIO COX HAMILTON was born near Irville, MuskingumCo., Ohio, September 24, 1830, and was named after Judge Horatio Cox, who was then a merchant of Irville, but who now lives in Columbus, Ohio. He came with the rest of his father's family to Union County, and landed in Richwoo^ » the evening of the 3d day of April, 1838. The family lived that summer in town, while t. father and older boys were employed in building a house and arranging forthe future. Horatio, with his two brothers - Norton, who was older, and George, who was younger - were sent to school to Matildy Manson, who taught in the old log schoolhouse on the lot now occupied by C. W. Huffman as a residence; they were also required to carry dinner to those who were at work clearing the farm, etc., so that each forenoon, after intermission, they went home and got a good-sized market-basket full, and made the trip from town to the point where the men were at work, which is the same as where the house of G. B. Hamilton now stands, and after delivering their load of provisions they would return to the school for the afternoon. When one thinks that it was then an unbroken forest with only a path, and that the average age of the three was only seven and a halt years, it savors of real romance. Horatio remained with his father, and worked, as all farmer boys did in those days, for nine or ten months of the year, going to school from forty to sixty days each winter, until the winter of 1848-49, when he taught school in the Lenox District. The following winter he taught in Richwood, and had to assume the relationship of teacher to the same children and scholars with whom he formerly went to school and with whom he had played and frolicked. Some idea of the labor performed may be had when it is remembered that the school averaged fifty-six for the term, and for the last two months perhaps seventy or more, and that every one brought whatever book or books they could find about the house or borrow of a neighbor, so that it was impossible to classify the school. In the fall of 1851, and after he was of age, Horatio concluded that he would add somewhat to his educational advantages, and for this purpose he went to Delaware and matriculated and entered upon a college lite; but it was of short duration and amounted to two terms of six or eight days each, so that he is what he himself calls a. two-term raduate. " In the spring of 1853, he left his father and went to Cleveland, and employed himself to H. G. O. Carey, to travel and sell his medicines, the main article of which was Borrell's Indian Liniment. The first six months were spent in canvassing Eastern and Southern Ohio. In the fall of the same year, he was sent to West Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota. For four years he continued to travel from place to place, loading at Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, Galena, Rock Island, Peoria, La Fayette and Indianapolis. This gave him a very extensive knowledge of the West, and enabled him to direct others to such places as they could get good land at Congress price. The result is that very many families are now in the West, and have homes to which they were directed by him. He also took advantage of his knowledge of the West, and invested the first thousand dollars he ever earned in land in Black Hawk County, Iowa, getting for $1,000, 859 acres of as good land as a bird ever flew over, and from which he realized a comfortable fortune. It may be well to go back and say that in the summer of 1853, while at his uncle's, Irenias Springer's, he chanced to meet a little school-girl who was destined to be a partner in his successes and failures. Her name was Edmonia Dawson, a daughter of Dr. Nelson Dawson (deceased), of Putnam, Ohio. HoratioC. Hamilton and Edmonia Dawson were married in Davenport, Iowa, June 3,1856. In the spring of 1857 they settled on their land in Black Hawk County, Iowa, and during the summer builta house and broke 120 acres of land. In the fall of the year the panicstruck Iowa, and its wild-cat money went down and became worthless, and with it came ruin to almost everybody and everything in Iowa. Corn, wheat, oats and potatoes fell in price from $1.25 to a mere nominal price. This, with other things, caused them to leave Iowa and return to Ohio. In the fall of 1861, they came to live with his father - Monia to take care of the house and Horatio the farm. When the second call for volunteers was made in 1862, he was appointed by Gov. Tod to recruit the quota of Union County, under said call. His commission was dated July 21, 1862, and on the 6th day of August he bad one full company and quite a number who were assigned to other companies, principally to Capt. Lawrence's company, of the One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. On the 7th of August, he was elected Captain of the company that was organized, and as such was assigned to the Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was sent to Kentucky and assigned to the command of Brig. Gen. S. G. Burbridge, and the brigade was attached to Maj. Gen. A. J. Smith's division of the Thirteenth Army Corps. The regiment reached Kentucky on the 1st day of September, 1862. It will be remembered that at this time there was a sentiment among the new recruits that slaves and slave property were being wrongfully protected by the army, and that it was no part of a soldier's duty to protect rebel property, and catch and return slaves to their masters. It began to be noticed that negroes were turned out of our lines with an ever-increasing degree of reluctance; also that Capt. Hamilton was the friend of the oppressed, and that he did not always obey an order to do so inhuman a thing as to turn a fellow-man over to his rebel master, even in obedience to a positive command of a senior officer. Finally a boy, some fourteen years of age, came into the camp of the Ninety-sixth Ohio, at Nicholasville, Ky., calling himself William Clay, and reporting that his master was a rebel, and that he had thrown an ax at him (Billy), and that he wanted protection. He found a friend in Capt. Hamilton, and remained with him, as a servant, for some time, until the army was ordered to move to Louisville. On the way, and as it passed through Versailles, a person dressed in the uniform of a Union soldier came, representing himself as being on Maj. Gen. A. J. Smith's staff, and that as such he ordered Capt. Hamilton to deliver the boy Billy to him to be turned over to the jailer as an escaped slave. This he refused to do unless the order came in writing from Gen. Smith in the ordinary way, being countersigned by Gen. Burbridge and Col. I. W. Vance of the Ninety-sixth Ohiv Volunteer Infantry. This the fellow refused to get, but notified him that be would be back in fifteen minutes with a detachment of soldiers, and that he would take the boy by force. Upon this the Captain turned to his company and told them that if it was going to be a question of force, that they might load their guns and prepare for the affray. That order the company made haste to execute, and as they did so one company after another did the same, until, as far as one could see, the road seemed to glisten with the light of the sun as it was reflected by several thousand ramrods which were being used to send home the ball that was intended to perforate the hide of any man who would attempt to take Billy by force. The effect of this preparation was that the staff. officer gave up his notion of taking the boy by force at that time, but notified the Captain that the affair would be deferred till evening, at which time the boy would be taken by force and the Captain put under arrest for disobedience oforders. This kept. the matter brewing in the minds of the soldiers. As soon as the army was encamped for the night, the soldiers held an impromptu meeting, at which speeches were made and resolutions passed approving the course of Capt. Hamilton, and resolving that they would stand by him to the death. A committee was appointed to inform him of their purpose, and he was soon waited on by a soldier who made known their action to him, and requested that if any move should be made to take the boy by force, that immediate notice should be given to the officers and soldiers whose names were found on a card which was handed to the Captain. This uprising of the soldiers, occasioned by the refusal of Capt. Hamilton to give. up the boy Billy, had the effect to stop all effort in the Army of Kentucky to arrest or return slaves to their masters.

On reaching Louisville, the army was ordered to go to Memphis and Vicksburg. The boy could not be taken, and the only thing that could be done was either to let him loose in Kentucky, to be seized upon and returned to slavery, or to send him home to Ohio. The latter the Captain chose to do, but had to force his way across the river for fear of arrest; but he finally reached New Albany, Ind., and bought a railroad ticket to Marysville for the boy, paying for it all the money he had and going $1.25 in debt. When the boy reached Richwood, it set everything in commotion. Some approved of the course pursued by the Captain, others condemned. The party in opposition called a meeting, and resolved that the ""nigger"" should not be permitted to stay, and that they would return him to his master, etc. They also resolved that Capt. Hamilton should not be permitted to return to Richwood. The matter got into all the papers of the State, and of other States as well. Letters came to the Captain from every quarter, some approving and some disapproving his course. One man, who was given to understanding the force of what he said, wrote him that it was supposed that an effort would be made to take the boy by force and send him back to Kentucky, but he said that the Captain need not be alarmed, for that many thousands of men were armed and ready for any move that might be made to return the boy.

Billy Clay and H. C. Hamilton both live in Richwood at this time, and this story would not have been told if it had not been for the fact of its having had so important a part in the war in overthrowing the slave power, and in developing liberal and Christian sentiment at home- During the winter of 1862-63, while with Sherman's army, Capt. Hamilton contracted a nervous disease, the external evidence of which appeared as a cutaneous disease called lepra,- from the effect of which he became spotted as a leopard. In August following, he resigned his office of Captain and came home, since which time he has been a resident of Union County. He was prospered in business, and bought and paid for the Hamilton homestead, and was supposed to *be a man of wealth until the panic of 1873, when, by bad management and security debts, he became involved, and sold his property at a low figure and paid his debts. His wife, Edmonia, was taken from him by death on January 29,1877. On March 4, 1879, he was married to Miss Molly Kendall, and they now live together in the village of Richwood. In the mean time, he partially regained his health as well as property, and bids fair for long lifeand future usefulness. In religious matters, he is somewhat peculiar, and cares nothing for the religion that one feels but goes his last dollar on the religion that one does.

GEORGE B. HAMILTON, farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, February 12, 1833, and is a son Rev. William and Lydia (Springer) Hamilton, the former of English and Scotch, the latter of Swiss descent. His parents came to Union County, April 8, 1838, and settled on the farm and built the house where their son, George, now resides. Mr. Hamilton was educated in a log schoolhouse in Claibourne Township, where he applied himself with such diligence as enabled him in after years to teach. Being one of those persons who are ever in the process of education, whether in the school-room, on the farm, or in business, he has obtained such a practical education as enables him to be of great public usefulness wherever placed. Indeed, few men, with even better advantages, have equal ability with him to make an intelligent, off-hand address, on any subject or occasion, that may interest the better class of people in the community. In consequence of this, he has been variously intrusted with public offices and interests in the township and county in which he lives. But having little or no desire for public life or honors, he has, by preference, devoted himself to farming, as his life's work. In this he has had such success as gives him a handsome home farm of 386 acres, besides other lands and village property. On November 19, 1857, he married Marian Hamilton, a native of Scotland, where her ancestry connected her with John Knox and the Reformation - a daughter of Rev. William and Marian Hamilton, Sr., her father being of identically the same name asher husband's father, but without kinship between them; and to make the seeming identity more striking, both fathers were ministers in the same State - Ohio, of the same denomination - Methodist Protestant Church, and still further, both had sons named John and William. The married life of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton has been, at all times, most happy, and resulted in three children, two daughters, Clara A. and Marian G., and one son, George H., the oldest of whom, Clara, is now attending the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. Mrs. Hamilton was blessed with a brilliant mind, a retentive memory, and a keen perception of the beautiful in literature and morals, and with such intellectual equipment, she was ever able to make home attractive and happy, and to impart to her children a rich heritage of this character. Nor did she lavish her gifts on home alone, but was an ornament to the society in which she moved, and was a useful and active member of the Methodist Protestant Church, to which she belonged from the age of fourteen years till her death, October 18, 1882, a period of about thirty-three years. Mr. Hamilton is also a member vf the same church, having joined it in his boyhood. Besides being a most active and zealous member of the local church at Richwood, he is one of the most prominent laymen of his denomination in Ohio, having been repeatedly a delegate to the Ohio Annual Conference, and twice a lay representative to \the General Conference. In addition to giving hearty support to the local amd general interests of his church, Mr. Hamilton has a quiet mode of benevolence, the details of which are scarcely known to any but himself and his God. With an eye upon superficials alone, your informant feels that he risks nothing as to fact, when he intimates that many are the poor who have been his beneficiaries, in various ways adapted to their relief, including not a few who could tell of their mortgages, which were about to be foreclosed, with certain loss of their hard earnings, and which have quietly found their way into his hands, to await a slow redemption, as circumstances might necessitate, sometimes keeping him out of his returns for years, and although many hundred dollars have been freely given to relieve the needs of others, prosperity follows, and peace

$^ Ponas Bealmear, Se EU of William and Lydia Hamilton, born June 22, 1836. The middle name was for the old family doctor, but when grown he chose to be called Thomas Benton, and so wrote his name when he wrote it in full. He wus not two years old when he came to Union County, and could not take part in the early struggles of making a home in the le ness. At an early period he showed that he possessed an active mind. The times had change for the Better, and the father concluded to give him an education. He' was sent to Pan, University, and after years of college life, he graduated with honor in the summer 2 1857. He taught school for some time in Ohio and in Illinois, and then concluded to study me Sun and entered upon the work with his brother John in Columbus, and graduated at Starling 1 > ical College in the year 1862. Hethen went tothe State of Illinois, and settled in er a shall 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 off 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 so. While in hospital at Nashville he had an attack 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." "Go to the grave, at noon from labor cease, Rest on thy sheaves, thy harvest work is done; Come, from the heat of battle, and in peace, Soldier home, with thee the work is done."

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 hecame 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, Ill., 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, * Iam 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 different 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. ;

JOHN 8. HAMILTON, farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in Marysville, Ohio, March 29, 1854, and isa 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 Eilen 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 isa member of the Methodist Protestant Church. Mr. Hamilton is a Republican in politics.

ELIJAH HARRIS, farmer, P. O. Rich wood, wes 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 1383 acres of prime land. He isa Republican in politics, He was married in 1869 to Columbia Sarah Huddleston, whose parents were natives of the Old Dominion, of English descent. Mr. and Mrs. Harris have two children, Isabella and Thomas.

JACOB HARTMAN, farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in Preston, Va., March 3, 1832, and is ason 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 a farmer. In 1856, he married Hannah Rice, a daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Pool) Rice, who were married on the Potomac River in 1812; she was born in Greene County, Penn., in 1836. After 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. O. 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. s

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 (Evaus) 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 1868, 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 gold 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. O. 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, & 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. O. O. F. society. i

L. D. HERR, proprietor of the Richwood Temperance Billiard Parlors, Richwood, Ohio, was bornin 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 schoolin 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 or 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 & 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 different 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 huller, that almost resulted in the loss of his right arm. During the years of 1862 and 1868, 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, are 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 isa member of the Odd Fellows Lodge, Nö. 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. & O. 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 1868 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 ocgupation 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. :

O. HOLMES, retired farmer, P. O. Richwood, 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 whóm 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. :

Ji 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 ak) Horn, the former a native of Maryland, and the latter of Virginia, both of English escent. 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, pur- ` chasing 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. O. O. 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 Hosler, 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 @ prisoner, being taken at night by a band of guerrillas, but succeeded in making his escape after two hours' 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. Hosler died February 3, 1883. Mr. Hosler 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 $30 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 & 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, NSYS 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 1868 was promoted to First Lieutenant for gallant conduct, and transferred to the Nineieenth Connecticut Heavy Artillery, with which he served until 1864, being again promoted to

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 herhashad two children - Effie and Vellie Mandane. 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, dealerin 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 of Pennsylvania, the former of German and the latter of English descent. He was raised on the: farm until fourteen years of age, when his father died, and his mother moved to Columbus, where he attended the graded schools. Hethen 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 eighteen 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 four years and 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, Treasurer 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. O. Richwood, was born at Middlebury, Vt., September 5, 1816; he is à son of John and Abigail (Lindsley) Hurd, natives of Vermont, of English descent. His grandfather Hurd was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was wounded atthe 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 & 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, forseveral 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 1839 to Miss Sylvia Decker, by whom he has three children- - Zerah, a farmer in Nebraska; Sarah, wife of I. Taylor; and John, also £ 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 Ohioas a State, and here raised : family of children. Jacob Sidle, the maternal grandfather, came to Union County over half £ 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 acquirec 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 1868, 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. 308, F. & A. M. On February 5, 1883, he married Miss Anna Walters, a daughter of John and Anna Walters, 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 ona 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, andisat all times assisted by thoroughly competent workmen. In 1873, he married Almeda F. Clark, at

Dayton, by whom he has two children - Wilbert 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 Richwood, and is doing a thriving business.

LEWIS JOLLIFF, farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in Pennsylvania February 12, 1812: his parents were William and Catherine (Yager) Jolliff, 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.: Washing!on, 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. Jolliff 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. Jolliff 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. i

JOHN JOLLIFF, farmer, P. O. 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 officer ; 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. Í

DR. E. Y. KING, physician, Richwood, Ohio, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, August 30, 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 inthe same year. After leaving college, he enlisted in the Twenty-third Ohio Infantry and served as Assistant Surgeon until the close ofthe 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 ronds 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 heen 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 isa 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 i i i here. ^ x ISRAEL KINNEY, farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, Ud 8, 1824; he is a son of Thomas J. and Nancy (Biggs) Kinney, natives of M who emigrated to Ohio in 1808, and settled in Muskingum County. His edo pareta, me and Anna Kinney, were residents of New Jersey, and came to Ohio with the family in the above = f lived to reach eighty-nine years of age, and the latter ninety-two, The an- Jésus oe i il. Our subject was raised to farm life, but, cestors, as far back as known, were tillers of the soil. Ou j in his younger days, taught school, receiving 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 district, 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 O. 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 forlife. 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. O. 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 farmer, and has followed that occupation through life, with success. He owns 187 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. O. Richwood, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, September 10, 1848; heis the son of Lewis and Hannah (Hurd) 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. O. 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 in 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 own 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 decns has been an Elder and Sabbath School Superintendent. He isa Republican in politics. à

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; Asa, a farmer in this township; Lemuel, also a farmer; Margaret, wife of Calvin Richards; 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. O. 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 bis 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.: Marshall, James C., Lawrence and Minnie. Mrs. Laugstaff 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. O. Richmond, was born in Leesburg Township, this county, March 5, 1858, and is a son of James H. and Catherine (Dixon) 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. O. 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. O. 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 parente, settling in Delaware County. In 1828, he came to Union County, where he has spent the remainder 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 (Eprowls) in his younger days, taught school, receiving 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 district, 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 O. 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 8, 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 & Deacon, Trustee and Superintendent of Sabbath school. He was a Democrat until the discussion of the Missouri Compromise, when he became à Republican, but latterly, he is a Prohibitionist. He came to this township in 1845, and now owns 2 farm of 270 acres, one of the best in the county. ;

ELIAS KYLE, farmer, P. O. 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 farmer, and has followed that occupation through life, with success. He owns 187 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. O. Richwood, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, September 10, 1848; heis the son of Lewis and Hannah (Hurd) 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. O. 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, 1888. 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 in 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 own 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 sie tag has been an Elder and Sabbath School Superintendent. He is a Republican in politics.

JAMES H. LANGSTAFE, 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; Asa, a farmer in this township; Lemuel, also a farmer; Margaret, wife of Calvin Richards; 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. O. 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 bis 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.: Marshall, James C., Lawrence and Minnie. Mrs. Laugstaff 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. O. Richmond, was born in Leesburg Township, this county, March 5, 1858, and is a son of James H. and Catherine (Dixon) 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 of 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. O. 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, Judson and 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. O. 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 remainder 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, Rich wood, Ohio, was born in the Empire State May 25, 1821; he is a son of Thomas and Sarah pru

Loveless, the former of English, and the latter of German descent. His parents emigrated to Ohio in 1882, 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. O., 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 off 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 Williain Peet, 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 Kichwood 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. Heis a steady, industrious man, and has made his way in the world by his own individual efforts. He is a Republican in politics.

JOHN M. MARTIN, farmer, P. O. 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. O. 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 Jolliff. Mr. and Mrs. Maskillare members of the Methodist Episcopal 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 P}. 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, 1889, in his eighty-fifth year, she dying March 26, 1839, in her eighty-second year. Their offspring 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 fleetést 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 [gou January 21, 1829. The Grahams were of Irish descent. To them were born Ellen, Eliza J., Samuel, Melona, Franéis 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 April5, 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 toa 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 affairs, speaks his sentiments openly, scans public men and public measurés 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 up on 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 tbat 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 everyhing has prospered.

à R. T; MoMILLIN, retired farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, June 4, 1818; he is a son of Robert and Nancy A. (Mitchell) McMillin, natives of Pennsy]- vania, 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. Heisa 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., who 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) Coffman, 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 daughter 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 Church, 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, Supérintendent 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 native 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.