Dover Township (part 2 of 3)

JAMES THO.MPSON, merchant. New Dover, apromiaent citizen of Dover Township, wasbrrn near Chariot' esville, Va., February 28, 1812. He is a son of John and Polly (Nelson) Thompson, naiives of Virginia. His paternal grandfather, James Tnompsoa, was also a native of the Old Dominion. He part'cipated in the struggles for our national indepeudence, and was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis ul Yorktown. In 1818 he came to Mill Creek Township with four sons and three daughters, viz.: James John, Charles, William, Polly, wife of James Burns; Susan, wife of John Gray, aud Eliziheih. wife of David Pi ice. Of these all died in Union County, except .James, who died near Cnillioihe, and Mrs. Burns, whose deatti occurred in Missouri. James Burns, her husband, was connected with the Land Office of Missouri for tifteen years. James Tnompson died in Mill Creek Township in 1810. His father emigrated to America subspquent to the French and ludian war, and settled in Old Virginia, where he die t. Mrs. Thompson, the wife of James, departeil this life in 1833. John, the father of our >ubjec*, was drafted into military service during the war of 18! 2. For his first wife he married Polly Nelson, their children were Jamts (our subject), William, Elizabeth, and Nancy, deceafred. Mrs. Thompson died in August, 1816. Mr. Thompson married for his second wife, Elizabeth Graham, by whom he had the following children : George, Robert, Anderson, John, Susan, Elizabeth and Temperance. Mr. Tnompson died in ^lill Creek Township, in 18j6, James, our subject, whose name heads this sketch, was taken by his granufather when sis jears of age and reared and eJuciteJ. From the time he was fifteen years old till of age, he worked out hy the ilay, month and yeir. In 1832, he married and settled oq forty acres of land near Wat kins, which purchase he had mide some time previously. He pursued the avocation of farming till 1888, when he establishe<l a small store at Watkins, which was the first in Mill Cfeek Township. Mr. Thompson continued in the mercantile business at Watkins till April 1, 1878, when he removed to New Dover, resuming ttie mercantile trade. In 1840, he was appointed Postmaster at Watkins, and tille I that office till 18til. During thit period he served as Justice of the Peace nine years. lu 1860, he was tendered the Deputy Marshalship of Union (y'nunty, but on account of ill heillh, dejlined. He was a great lover of military discipline, and when a boy joined the miliiii aud served as Drummer, Drum-Mnjor, First Lieutenant and Captain. At the d.sorganizatioa of this militia, and August 1, 1863, at ttie formatioQ of the home militia, tie was elected Captain of Company E. Taird Battalion Ohio Militia, and September 1, 1863, was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel if the same battalion. Mr. Thompson was the first Assessor or Mill Creek Township, and served in every other official capacity in thit township. Mr. Thompson embarked in li'e a poor boy, and dependent upon his own exertions. By Lis untiring energy and industry, he achieved a lirge success in the accumulation of this world's goods. He owned land in Mill Creek, Dover and Ttylor Townships, to the number of

1,300 acres. He has since divided among his children, till his farm now contains but 650 acres. Mr. Thompson was married January 5, 1832, to Miss Catharine Gamble, who died September 9, 1854, leaving him six children, viz.: John G., Robert W., Nelson P., Tyler, Joseph S., Mary L., wife of W. S. Rogers, and Ray T. Mr. Thompson celebrated his second marriage December 31, 1855, with Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah Gamble. Two children were the fruits of this union - George E. and Horace G. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson religiously entertain the views of the church of the Disciples. Mr. T. in politics, is decidedly Democratic. JOHN WELLER, farmer, P. 0. New Dover, was born near AVatkins, Union County, December 3, 1838. He is a son of Edward Weller, a prominent citizen re^iiding near Marysville. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received his training in the common schools. August 13, 1861, he shouldered his musket in Company D, Thiny-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and started for the fields of the army of West Virginii. He participated in the battles of Mud Creek, Princeton, Raleigh, Fayetteville, Charleston, Winchester, Fisher's Hill and all the engagements in which the Eighth Army Corps participated. The last two years he served as Corporal, during which time the resiment wis mounted, and did cavalry duty. He was discharged at Columbus, September 1, 1864, and returned home and resumed crock and tile making^ which he followed till 1876. He then removed to a farm in the eastern part of Paris Township, and in 1877 to his present farm. December 30, 1875, he was married to Mies Emma, daughter of M. W. and Sarah Judy, and a native of Liberty Township. Mrs. Weller was born November 29, 1858. They have one child - Bariah Victor, born July 26, 1877. Edward J. died aged five months and twenty-eight days. Mr. Weller owns a half-interest in a farm of 132i acres, and is engaged in agriculture and stock-raising. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and I. 0. 0. F. and G. A. R. In politics is Republican. He was one term member of the Board of Trustees of Dover Township.

Source changes here: from The History of Union County Ohio, by Various, published 1883; 16,199 words in this source stream.

Dover Township

HIS is one of the more recentiy-erected townships, occupies a central position on the eastern boundary of the county, and is bounded as follows : On the north by Leesburg Township, on the east by Delaware County, and Mill Creek Township, on the south by Mill Creek Township, and on the West by Paris Township. The territory composing Dover originally belonged to Mill Creek, and remained in that township, it appears, unti! December, 1838, when, although the date of the act of the Commissioners is not recorded, it is evident it was constituted into a township to be known by the name of Dover, as follows: "Beginning at an ash, elm and sugar tree, at the southwest corner of Survey No. 9,028, in the name of John Hunt, and most westerly corner to Mill Creek Township, thence north to west, along the east line of Surveys Nos. 2,254, 3,350, 3,352, 4,072 and 3,390 to two hickories and sugar trees at the northwest corner of Survey No. 5,505, in the name of Selby Onions, thence . north 80° E. 400 poles to an ash, beech, sugar tree and iron wood; thence north 10° W. 200 poles, to two ash trees and a hickory, the northwest corner of Survey No. 5,869, in the name of William B. Bunting; thence, north 80° east, 400 poles to a stake in the line of Union and Delaware Counties ; thence with the line of said counties south to a stake in the line of Survey No. 5,501, and the most northerly corner to Mill Creek Township, thence with the line of Mill Creek Township, as recorded above, to the place of beginning." ** March 5, 1839, ordered by the County Commissioners, that the boundary line of Mill Creek and Dover Townships be altered, so as to detach from Mill Creek Township, and attach to Dover Township Survey No. 3,007, in the name of John Graham." P 'The iands of this township were surveyed as follows: Surveyed, June 3, 1797, for John Graham, Assignee, 1,087 acres, Survey No. 3,007. Nathaniel Massie, D. S. Surveyed December 14, 1798, for Edward Dawse, Assignee, 372 acres, Survey No. 3,355. Nathaniel Massie, D. S. Surveyed October 20, 1801, for John Overton, 1,000 acres, Survey No. 4,065. John Kerr, D. S. Surveyed, January 22, 1807, for John Pride, heir-at-law to William Pride, deceased, 1,000 acres, Survey No. 5,135. James Galloway, Jr., D. S. Surveyed, July 27, 1807, for Robert Means, Assignee, 1,358 acres, Survey No. 5,497. James Galloway, Jr., D. S. Surveyed July 27, 1807, for Robert Means, Assignee, 1,358 acres, Survey No. 5,498. James Galloway, Jr., D.S. Surveyed July 28, 1807, for Robert Means, Assignee, 1,358 acres, Survey No. 5,499. James Galloway, Jr,D.S. Surveyed, July 19, 1807, for Robert Means, Assignee, 800 acres, Survey No. 5,501. James Galloway, Jr., D. S. Surveyed July 29, 1807, for Robert Means, 800 acres, Survey No. 5,502, James Galloway, Jr., D. S. Surveyed July 30, 1807, for Robert Means and John Stokely, Assignees, 428 acres, Survey No. 5,504. James Galloway, Jr., D. S. Surveyed, November 9, 1809, for Robert Means, Assignee, 255 acres, Survey No. 5,505. James Galloway, Jr., D. S. Sur. veyed November 8, 1809, for the representatives of Selby Onions, 200 acres, Survey No. 5,505. James Galloway, Jr., D. S. Surveyed June 3, 1808, for the representatives of William B. Bunting, 1,000 acres, Survey No. 5,869. James Galloway, Jr., D. S. Surveyed, February 19, 1817, fot John Hunt, 1,009 acres, Survey No. 9,028. David Collins, D. $. Surveyed, 1,000 acres for John White, Survey No. 3,950. Surveyed, 1,000 acres for Robert Dandridge, eleven and four-fifths acres in Dover Township, and the balance in Mill Creek Township, Survey No. 1,307.

Streams, Surface, Soil, Etc

The principal streams of this township are Blues Creek and Mill Croek. The former enters from Leesburg, through the farm of J. McKelvey, in Survey No. 5,497, and courses a little south of east through the north central part of the township into Delaware County, leaving Dover in the farm of J. Rittenhouse, Survey No. 7,358. This creek receives, in about the center of its course through the township, Grass Run, which is the only tributary of any size or name. Mill Creek enters the township at about the center of its western boundary, in the farm of D. F. Dyal, Survey No. 3,355, and takes a southeasterly course to the northeast corner of Isaiah Lame's farm and the corner of Mill Creek Township, from which point it takes nearly an east course, forming the boundary line between Dover and Mill Creek. At the eastern line of the farm of J. Battees, it takes a northeast course through the corner of Mill Creek Township, and just cutting the southeast corner of Dover Township, passes on through the corner of Mill Creek Township into Delaware County. This is the greatest stream of the county for water power and mill privileges, and in an early day furnished sites for many mills, most of which are now things of the past, or have been converted into steam-power-mills. Between the two streams above described is Dun's Run, which rises on the farm of S. Butz, in Survey No. 5,497, courses southeast through the central portion of the township and passes into Delaware County, through the farm of P. J. Sherman, on Survey No. 3,007. These are all the streams of importance in Dover Township. The surface is generally level, or slightly undulating, and lies beautifully for the purposes of agriculture, which is the chief pursuit of its inhabitants. Along the two streams, Mill Creek and Blues Creek, the surface is rolling, and in some parts hilly. The balance of the township is, as stated above, generally level. The soil is rich and productive. Along the creek bottoms it is principally a deep, black loam. The balance of the township is generally a clay soil, strong and productive, and not liable to be effected by an ordinary drought to an extent sufficient to injure the crops. The land was originally very wet, but by ample ditching and draining with tile is becoming in good condition for cultivation or grazing. The principal productions of the soil are wheat, corn, oats and potatoes. It is also an excellent grass growing country, and much attention is given to grazing and the stock business. Among the larger farms one can see fine herds of cattle grazing upon their beautiful pastures. These lands were originally very heavily timbered, and the first settlers had heavy labors to perform to remove these giants of the forest, clear up the thick undergrowth, and grub out and bring the land into cultivation ; in fact, it took many years before the large stumps and roots became decayed and removed, so as to leave the land clear and easy of cultivation. The first generation labored and toiled and expended their energies and very. life to remove the forests and make their homes and farms ; and most of them, when just in condition to begin to live and enjoy some of the comforts of life which their labors had produced, were called away by death, and all the fruits of their many labors left to the enjoyment of others. The timber along the creek bottoms consisted principally of walnut, hickory, elm, sycamore, and some cherry and oak. The walnut grew in great numbers and of fine quality, but in that day they were of comparatively little value, thousands of fine logs being rolled into log heaps, and burned to get them off the land; these, if now in possession of the owners of the land, would be of great value. Away from the creek bottoms, the timber consists principally of hickory, oak, elm, sugar tree and beech ; the sugar-tree formed in many localities the principal timber, and in that day, as at present, was of great utility and profit by reason of the vast quantities of sugar made. It also then, as now, produced the best of wood for fuel. The country, is now nearly destitute of walnut timber, the manufacturers of fine furniture having demanded and obtained nearly everything of the walnut species, but the sugar tree groves have been carefully preserved for the luxury and profit they yield in sugars and fine syrups.

Early Settlers

The first locality in this township where the sound of the woodman's ax broke upon the solitude of the vast forest, was on the south or west bank of Mill Creek, in the southwest part of the township. A few years earlier, Ephraim Burroughs had settled in the wilderness of Mill Creek Township, near where the village of Watkins now stands, with his family of seven sons and four daughters. Of these children the second son, Jonathan M. Burroughs, was born in New Jersey, September 15, 1794, and married Mercy Bell, a daughter of Daniel Bell, one of the early settlers of Mill Creek Township. In the fall or winter of 1815, Mr. Burroughs located on Mill Creek, in what is now Dover Township, on 400 acres of land which he leased of Thomas C. Geary, of Virginia, 200 acres of which were situated on the south side of Mill Creek, and 200 acres on the north side. Here Mr. Burroughs struck the first blow in opening out the mighty forests of Dover Township, and here he made his first financial start in life, beginning with no capital, not even an outfit for housekeeping. He erected his little log cabin, daubed with mud, and in midwinter moved into it with his young wife and companion. In one corner of the cabin was erected a frame for a bedstead, consisting of two poles extending from holes bored in the logs of his cabin, and supported by a single corner post, with poles laid across for slats, upon which was laid a straw bed, and for cover they had a feather bed containing about five or six pounds of feathers and one blanket ; this was all the bedding they possessed. Their table consisted of a large slab into which were put legs. His wife had a broken skillet, the only cooking utensil she possessed. She had one broken plate, one knife with a part of the handle broken off, and one fork with one tine broken off; these composed thair entire outfit of dishes, and served for her use at their meals. Mr. Burroughs made a wooden fork for his own use, and for a knife to eat with he used his pocket knife, partaking of his food from a wooden plate of his own manufacture. These constituted their entire outfit of table ware. Spring and the sugar-making season were near at hand. The forests were abundantly supplied with sugar trees, and their first effort must be to manufacture all the sugar possible. But here again was another difficulty ; they had no utensils for making sugar. Mr. Burroughs from some source obtained, by renting, three large kettles, and with his own hands made a large quantity of wooden sugar troughs, and tapped about 200 sugar trees. Now, the work and labor commenced ; day and night, ** week in and week out," they toiled, gatlfering the sugar water, boiling it down and making sugar, till the season for such work was past. Now, they must market their sugar, and purchase some necessary articles for the house. The nearest store was that of James Ewing, near Plain City, about ten miles distant. He had no horse, there were no roads, but mere bridle-paths run by blazed trees. He took upon his back all the sugar he could carry, and traveled the entire distance lo the store on foot. In exchange for his sugar, he purchased one-half dozen plates, one-half dozen knives and forks, one-half dozen cups and saucers, one tin teapot, and one-quarter of a pound of tea, and with these on his back, he trudged his way back to his home. His wife unpacked and washed the dishes, while Mr. Burroughs with his ax split out a large slab, and dressed it up as smooth as possible, and upon pjns driven into a log in the cabin he placed his slab, to serve as a shelf, upon which was placed this new supply of table-ware. With hearts full of gratitude, and eyes beaming with delight and satisfaction, on the opposite side of the room of that humble cabin, stood the young pioneer with his trusting and affectionate wife, gazing upon that small, but to them beautiful and bountiful outfit, the result of their first united labors toward obtaining a home and a livélihood. Who can fully realize the rapture that now filled their souls as they there stood and viewed their entire worldly goods, and knew that their own labor had produced them, under the most adverse circumstances ! And who would be surprised that Mr. Burroughs says, "I tapped my wife on the shoulder, and said to her, "we'll make it yet pv Mr. Burroughs said he felt prouder at that moment, over that success, than in after years he would have done, had he been presented with $10,000 in cash. Mr. Burroughs remained upon this land he had leased about three years, during which time he had cleared forty acres. At the expiration of seven years, he owned two horses, a good wagon, a yoke of oxen, five milch cows, nine head of two-year-old steers, and 'forty head of hogs. Truly, his assertion to his wife, * we'll make it yet," was verified; he was now on the sure road to wealth and a fortune. He now purchased 1874 acres of land on Blues or Little Mill Creek - land which is now owned by John Robinson - on Survey No. 5,499, and here commenced to open out a home and a farm for himself; and here he re. sided for thirty years. In the fall of 1853, he sold his place and removed to Illinois, where he resided till 1875. The success that crowned his first efforts in his start in life was continued in an increused ratio, commensurate with the increase of his property and advantages to accumulate ; and now at this period of his life, after threescore years of diligent toil and labor, he finds himself in possession of an ample competency ; in amount many thousands of dollars. At the last-mentioned date - 1875- - he removed to La Fayette, Ind., and in July, 1882, he again returned to Union County, Ohio, and now resides with his son in the village of Dover, in the eighty-ninth year of his age. Mr. Burroughs has been four times married, and his last and fourth wife he buried several years since, while a resident of Illinois. His life, while successful financially, has also been characterized by liberality and probity - giving freely of his own means and influence to all worthy objects, improvements and progress of the communities where he has resided.

William Badley, it is said, was the second one to locate in the precinct of Dover Township. He settled on Mill Creek just below Mr. Burroughs, in 1818. He was a native of Maryland, where he married Sarah Hurst, by whom he had the following children: James, Arthur, Tabitha, Mahala, Anna, one daughter who married a Mr. Cook, Mercy, William, Nelson, Sallie and Zachariah, most of whom died early in life with consumption. Mr. Badley was . honest, upright and a worthy pioneer. The year 1818, in which Mr. Badley settled, was the date of several new settlers coming to Dover Township; in just what order they came is not so certain, but as they all arrived the same season, there could be but a few months' difference between them. We will therefore assume the following order of settlement: John Hannaman, the third settler, came from near Chillicothe, although probably a native of some Eastern State, and settled on Mill Creek, south of the Marysville & Delaware pike, where he purchased 200 acres, upon which he located in 1818; after several years' residence he removed to the West. His children were as follows: Mary, who died in the West; Susanna, married Stephen Dysert, and died in this county; Nancy, married Isaac Dodd and resided in this township till quite advanced in years, when both removed to the West and died: Rachel, married Joseph Williams, and settled in the West; John, married Jane Maze, and died in this county; Robert, married a Miss Plummer, and settled in the West; Rebecca, Priscilla, Peter and Duncan, all moved to the West with their parents. y

Stephen Dysert, mentioned above as marrying Susanna Hannaman, came from Ross County, and settled on the most northerly fifty acres of Mr. Hanna man's land, described above, it is believed at the same date (1818), and re sided here till his death. He and his wife are buried upon the farm where they spent their life. Their children were John, who now resides in Mercer County, Ohio; Mary, deceased; Julia Ann, now residing in Mechanicsburg; Rachel, resides in Illinois; Susanna, deceased; Nancy, deceased; Priscilla, removed to Kansas; Joseph, deceased, and Euphemia, who also resides in Mercer County, Ohio.

Isaac Dodd, married Nancy Hannaman in Ross County, came to this county at same date (1818), and settled on the most southerly fifty acres of Mr. Hannaman's tract of land above described, and here resided until advanced in years, when he moved to the West and died. Of his children, Samuel married Mahala Clark, and died in the West; Elizabeth, married William Perry, and settled in the West; and Jamison, married Mary Williams, and moved to Iowa.

Lancelot Maze, who also became a settler here in 1818, located on Mill Creek on land now owned by Mrs. Freshwater, where he died in the fall of 1823. He was a native of Ireland, from which he emigrated to America when sixteen years of age, and, with his wife Mary, to whom he was married in Pennsylvania, removed to Huron County, Ohio; thence to this county, as above stated. It is said by some of the early settlers that he was one of the first Justices of the Peace of Mill Creek Township. Children - John; one daughter, married and resides in Huron County, Ohio; Robert, Sarah, Jane, Joseph, Jesse and Millie, all of whom moved away soon after their father's death.

William Richey, Sr., was born in Cumberland County, Penn. His father was Adam Richey, a native of the North of Ireland, who emigrated to America in 1757. He married Nancy Boulton, of Ireland. They died in Pennsylvania. William was twice married. His second wife was Mary Kane, a daughter of James and Martha (Turner) Kane, he a native of Ireland, and she of England. They were married in Ireland, and emigrated to America in 1773, and settled and died in Westmoreland County, Penn. Mr. Richey came to Ohio and settled on the Darby Plains, in Madison County, in 1813. In Febyuary, 1819, he removed with his family to this county, and settled on Mill Creek, on land now owned by his son J oseph K., on Survey No. 9,028, and here resided till his death, August 17, 1847. Of his children, William was eighteen years of age when the family came to this county. He married and settled here, and became one of the leading, prominent and reliable citizens of the county. Politically, he was originally a Whig, and in the session of 1845 -46, represented the county in the Legislature. He also served as a Justice of the Peace, it is said, twenty-one years. Mr. Richey resided here more than fifty years, and during that time cleared up and improved a fine farm. About 1873, he removed to Franklin County, Kan., where he died March 16, 1882, aged eighty-eight years. His first wife, whom he married in Ohio, died after they settled in Kansas, and he again married, his second wife surviving him. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church for half a century. James, another son of William Richey, Sr., also served as a J ustice of the Peace several ears, and filled other prominent offices of his township and of the county. In 1834, he removed to Delaware County. Three children of the family still anrvive - James, Joseph K. and Catharine.

John Dinwiddie, a native of Virginia, married Sarah Crane, of Greenbrier County, Va., - now West Virginia - and removed tirst to Ross County, Ohio; thence, in 1823, came to Union County and settled on Mill Creek, where he purchased land which is now owned by A. G. Boring, and resided until his death; his remains were interred upon his own farm. His wife survived him and died in lowa. Their children were as follows: Robert, Elizabeth, Silence, John, Margaret, Mary, William, Andrew, Rebecca, and Priscilla, all of whom moved away and settled in various States of the Union.

Daniel Williams was a son of John Williams, and was born in the State of Maryland. With his father's family he emigrated to Ohio, in 1808, and settled near Chillicothe, Ross County, where his father died. Daniel there grew to manhood and married Christiana Badley, and in January, 1824, he removed to Union County, and settled on the north bank of Mill Creek, in Paris Township, and in February, 1828, settled on land now owned by Michael Cody, residing there four years. He sold the place to his brother John, and removed to Marysville, where, on March 25, 1860, his wife died, and in the fall of the same year he returned to Dover Township and resided with his son Matthew until his death, March 28, 1866, aged seventy-six years. His children were as follows: Matthew M., who married Sarah Winfield and now resides in Dover; Hester Ann R., married J. W. Landsdown, and died in Marysville; and Elias M., who died unmarried.

John Williams, a brother of Daniel Williams, married Anna McGuire, of Ross County, Ohio, and settled on the above mentioned place, which he purchased of his brother Daniel in 1832-33. There he resided till 1857, when he removed to Oskaloosa, lowa, where he died; his wife survived him and was still living when last heard from. They had the following children: John M., who married Elizabeth Lawraway and died in Iowa; Mary J., married I. J. Dodd and also died in Iowa; Ellen, married Phineas Phillips and resides in lowa; Elizabeth, married Samuel Ross and died in lowa, and Thomas J., who died in Iowa unmarried.

Jonathan Bowen was a native of Virginia. He emigrated with his family to Ross County, Ohio, and about 1825 removed to Union County and here settled on the tract of land now owned by Mrs. Jane Bowen; he was twice married, and on the farm just mentioned he and his last wife both died; bis wife, Elsie, died July 6, 1840, aged sixty-six years; he died February 18, 1852, aged ninety-one years. Their children were as follows: Priscilla, married Heury Lease and settled in the West; Jesse, married a Miss Spurgeon and resides in the north part of this county; Jonathan, married Mahala Clark, is deceased, she still survives; Edward, married Julia A. Dysert, is deceased; Abraham, married Miss Sarah Bradley and removed to Kansas; and William, who married Jane Blue, is deceased.

James B. Clark, a native of Virginia, married Elizabeth Carney, and removed to Ross County, Ohio; thence about 1825 settled on Dun's Run, Dover Township, this county, on land now owned by Samuel Gamble, where he died February 19, 1829, aged forty-five years. Their children were Mahala, Diana, Theresa, Austin, Eleanor and Maria. Mr. Clark was one of the early teachers of this vicinity, a well-educated man and a good citizen, but was soon removed by death, having been a resident here only four or five years.

David W. Worley, it is believed, was a native of Virginia; he married Nancy Bowen and became an early settler of Ross County, Ohio, removing about 1824 to Union County, and locating on Dun's Run, on land now owned by William Howey, where he resided till his death. His wife died March 25, 1855; he survived her until December 31, 1871, when he died, aged seventy-six years. It does not appear that Mr. Worley ever purchased land, but probably

In 1824-25, Coats Thornton settled on Survey No. 5,135, and about. the same time George H. Houser settled on Survey No. 9,028. In 1825, William Wilmuth settled on Survey No. 3,348, and perhaps a little earlier Richard Columber settled on land now owned by William Howey, where he resided till his death. John Columber, near the same time, settled in the same neighborhood, but never married, and died where he first located, June 7, 1857, aged sixty years.

Amos Spurgeon, a native of Virginia, settled on Blue's Creek, on Survey No. 5,499, on land now owned by Samuel Bowdre, about 1827. He married and settled first in Delaware County, where he resided several years, thence located in this county as above described, and while here his wife, Nancy Wilson, died. About 1865, he removed to Illinois, where he resided with his daughter until his death. His children were: Jesse (deceased), Anna (deceased), James, who was killed in the army in the war of the rebellion; Sarah and Susan, both deceased; George, now resides in Indiana; Nathan, resides in Putnam County, Ohio; and Elias, who died in the army. Mr. Spurgeon was a cooper and shoe-maker hy trade. He was also a great hunter and trapper, a good neighbor and worthy citizen, and a Deacon in the New Light Church.

Rev. John Carney was a native of Virginia, but emigrated to Ohio and settled in what is now Dover Township, about 1828, residing here till his death. He was quite a noted and earnest Baptist and one of the early preachers throughout this vicinity. Although not an educated man, and never in charge of. any church, yet he was a good and devoted man, and an earnest and efficient worker in this community in the interests of the church.

John Price settled on land now owned by D. W. Rittenhouse, about 1828, but remained here only a short time and moved away. James Thornton became a settler here about the same year.

Abner Liggett moved into this county from Delaware County, about 1829 - 30, and settled on the south bank of Blue's Creek, on the east of Mr. Myers. He married Catharine Eubanks, and resided'here till the spring of 1882, when he removed to Green Bend and there resides with one of his daughters. Of his children, Susan married William Perkins, Absalom resides in Delaware County, Elizabeth married James Perkins, is deceased, and Jane married N. D. DeGood. Mr. Liggett was a very successful farmer and stock-dealer, and accumulated considerable wealth.

Lewis Filler, a native of Virginia, settled northeast of Dover, on land now owned by J. Norris, about 1834; is still living and resides about two miles east of Dover and is one of the surviving pioneers.

Rev. Ebenezer Mathers, one of the early pioneers of Union Township, became a resident of this township about 1834, settled on land now owned by B. Hanawalt, and died where Jefferson L. Richey now resides. He was a preacher and an earnest worker in the Methodist Church for many years. The first class of the Mount Hermau Church was organized at his house about 1838. He became one of its first members, and remained a faithful member and worker as well as an earnest and eloquent preacher until his death, December 20, 1852, aged sixty-three years.

Joseph Russell and Elijah Brown settled here about 1831-32 ; Levi and Daniel Lougbrake in 1832-33. About 1883 came Mathew Columber and Alexander Ross, the latter settled on Survey No. 5,499, the former died October 29, 1853, aged sixty-seven years. Between 1833 and 1839 were settled here James Mathers, Alexander R. Bowen, Ebenezer Bethard, Samuel Br A

Joseph North and James Buxton, the latter residing on the west bank of Mill Croek, and upon his land is the cemetery known as the Buxton Cemetery.

Michael Myers came here from Licking County, Ohio, about 1834, and settled on Blues or Little Mill Creek, on Survey No. 5,498, where he purchased a track of land and resided until his death. He was buried on his own farm, near his orchard. He was twice married ; his last wife was Catharine Johnson. His children were: Adam, deceased; Michael; Lewis, deceased; Mary and William. Mr. Myers was generally known as "Judge Myers," whether from holding office or not we are not informed; but he was a man of marked ability and sound judgment, and a very worthy citizen.

Adam Myers, a brother of Michael, settled here at the same date. He married Miss Nancy Bazzel and resided here through life. He had one child, Lewis, married Rebecca Estep, and died aged twenty-five years; had one child Jane, who married Oscar Gregg. 5

John Meyers, also brother of Michael and Adam Myers, married and settled here about the same date. His children were: Mary, who married Jesse Colver; William, who served in the army in the war of the rebellion, was taken prisoner and died in a rebel prison; Joseph, also served in the army ; he married and is now residing in Hardin County, Ohio; Anna married R. Slack; James resides on the home farm; Samuel, Jenu and Adam. Mr. John Myers died the same day, and within a few hours of his brother Adam, and both were interred at the same time in Mount Herman Cemetery.

Samuel Bowdre, born in Madison County, Ohio, is a son of one of the early pioneers of that county; he settled here about 1835, and married Nancy J. Green; has made a eontinued residence here for forty-seven years, and has a fine farm and home made by his own industry and labors. He had the following children: Benjamin F.; George W., now married and settled in Illinois; Mary Jane, who marriad Ira Brown, and resides in Pauiding County, Ohio; Martha Ann, died in childhood; Lucinda; Emily; Almira, who married George Sullivan and resides in Urbana, Ohio; 8. Preston; William; Alice; Sarah Bell, who married Chauncy Pyres and resides in Delaware County, Ohio. Romanto Allen, Jesse Carpenter, James Reed, Eli Sheldon, all settled here about 1834-36.

Samuel Beck, a native of Virginia, settled on the north bank of Blues Creek, about 1836, and resided here till his death January 9, 1859, aged eighty-one years; his wife Lydia died November 11, 1857, aged eighty-six years. Their children were James, Isaiah, Aaron, Vivian and Mary.

Roden Huffman, a native of Virginia, married Mary Beck and settled here at the same time with his father-in-law, Samuel Beck, and died here January 8, 1852, aged fifty-eight years. The following persons all settled here from 1835 to 1839, the time of the erection of Dover Township, viz.: James Ryan, Abel Tanner, Hanley Turner, John Cratty, Schuyler Perkins, S. Butz and William Green; the latter was a native of Virginia, and first settled in Wayne County, Ohio, thence came to this county, settling in the northern part of Dover Township. He married Martha Bilderback and resided here till his death. Their children were Riley, Ruhma, Deborah, Sarah, all deceased; Charles, Drusilla, William, the latter died in Illinois: and Martha, who resides in Licking County. The above embraces most of the early settlers of Dover Township. There are possible omissions, but they are few, and we feel assured that there cannot be many others who should appear in the foregoing list, as we have given more than fifty heads of families who with their children already arrived at maturity when they settled here will swell the list to probably nearly two hundred persons.

It appears that there have been but few permanent mills in Dover Township. There have doubtless been a number of portable saw mills located at various points for limited periods of time; but it is evident that much of the lumber used within the township has been sawed by mills elsewhere; also, a great porticn of the grain for home consumption has been ground at grist mills in other territories. About 1850, Adam Richey and Beal Selman erected a steam saw mill about three-fourths of a mile west of Dover Village, on the Marysville pike, at the crossing of Mill Creek. They were subsequently succeeded by J. H. Felkner, and after a few years he sold the property to J. D. Burkabill, in whose ownership it still remains. It is a No. 1 mill and has done an extensive business. s

About 1871, L. B. Dennis erected a saw-mill and spoke factory in the village of Dover. He carried on an extensive and prosperous business, employing twelve to fifteen men, until about 1874-75 he sold the property to D. F. Dyal, who continued the business about two or three years, but in 1877-78 removed the machinery to the State of Arkansas. These have constituted the principal mills in Dover Township.

SCHOOLS. The first school in this township was doubtless on Mill Creek, in the neighborhood of the families of Badley, Burroughs, Dysert, Hannaman, etc.

And from neighborhood to neighborhood, as the different settlements were established, the primitive log schoolhouse sprang into existence, and these were supplanted by others with a little more room and comfort, until now the township embraces seven subdistricts, with a like number of good frame schoolhouses, with the modern improvements and comforts, giving the children the full advantages of the schools of the present age, so in contrast to the rough and imperfect institutions of pioneer days. The following is the enumeration of the seven subdistricts from the last report to the Auditor of the county.

in establishing churches, and as the first settlement in this township was in tne southwest part near the early settlement at Watkins where there was a church early organized, which we presume served the spiritual wants of this first settlement of Dover Township, herce we do not find any ecclesiastical organization until the central part of the township was settled, when it became necessary for their moral and spiritual growth to organize into a religious body to be designated as a church.

Mount Herman Methodist Episcopal Church. - About 1838, Rev. Owens organized a class at the house of Rev. Ebenezer Mathers, consisting of the following thirteen members: Rev. Ebenezer Mathers, Elizabeth Mathers, Anna Allen, D. D. Mathers, Rev. James Ryan, Elizabeth Ryan, Jobn Ryan, Nancy Ryan, Jesse Carpenter, Aley Carpenter, Lewis Filler, Mary D. Filler and Anna Williams, with Lewis Filler as class leader. They held their services for a short time in private houses, until a schoolhouse was erected, after which their meetings were in that building until the fall or 1840, when they erected a frame building for chureh purposes, on land now owned by J. Edwards, on the east side of the road opposite the Mount Herman Cemetery, where the building still stands, now used as a barn. This house served the people until the fall of 1867, when, from the scattered condition of its members, some of whom were living quite a distance north upon Grass Run, and many others were living in and near the village of Dover, and the church being old and dilapitated, it was decided to divide this society and organize two others, one on Grass Run and one at Dover, which would be more convenient for most of the present members, and would give them a more extended and better field for usefulness, which was accordingly done, and the old house was sold. and the proceeds given to the use of the two proposed societies. This society at Mount Herman Church was very active and prosperous; it iuereased in strength quite rapidly and numbered over one hundred members, constituted three classes and remained a prosperous and energetic society, full of spiritual zeal, until the time of its division. The ministers who served this church since its organization were Rev. Owens, Rev. Brown, Rev. James Gilrouth, Rev. John C. Havens, Rev. Parsons, Rev. Carter, Rev. Ebenezer Chase, Rev. Parker, Rev. Kimball, Revs. John W. Young, Thomas Herd, Webster, S. D. Fant, Long, Low, Slocum, Longman, Stephen M. Merrill, N. B. C. Love, H. H. Pharies, West, Loyd, Wharton, Martindale, Taft, Adams, Horatio Bradley, Isaiah Henderson and Daniel G. Strong. The class leaders were, Lewis Filler, J. H. Griffith, Henry Vangordon, Jesse Ryan, J. H. Ryan, Thomas Henderson and James Y. Sevirn. A Sabbath school was organized immediately after the schoolhouse was built, with D. D. Mathers as Superintendent, and Romanto Allen as Assistant Superintendent, who subsequently succeeded Mr. Mathers as Superintendent. The school was continued through the entire existence of the church to the time of its division, and was a large and flourishing school and faithful adjunct to the church.

Dover Methodist Episcopal Church. - In the summer of 1867, the present frame church edifice at Dover was erected, at a cost of about $1,200, and in accordance with the decision made prior to disorganization of the Mount Herman Church mentioned above, a class was organized here by Rev. Isaiah Henderson, consisting of the following persons: Samuel Hawn, Julia Hawn, Mary Hawn, Lewis Filler, Blanche Filler, Davidson Filler, H. G. Rittenhouse, Margaret Rittenhouse, Priscilla Beck, Thomas M. Beck, Emily Sullivan, George Bowdre, Mary Loveless, Jonathan Bowen, William Howey, Eliza Howey, Sarah J. Howey, Milo L. Howey, Martin Pyres, Rebecca Pyres, Olive Guy, Martha A. Fish, Clara Fish, George Mitchell, Ann Mitchell, Samuel Gamble, Mary Gamble, Robert Gamble, Leah A. Columber, M. L. Gamble,

John K. Brown, Angeline Brown, Sarah Brown, Delia Brown, Mary Brown, William Shuler, Sarah Shuler, W. A. Shuler, Alice Shuler, J. Y. Sevirn, L. K. Sevirn, Mary C. Sevirn, J. H. Griffith, Flavilla Griffith, Sarah Griffith, Elizabeth Griffith, H. Devall, Ann Devall, Julia A. Bowen, Hiram Bowen, Euphemia Bowen and Emwa Bowen, with Samuel Hawn and J. Y. Sevirn as class leaders. The church was dedicated February 9, 1868, by a sermon by Rev. Wesley G. Waters, and a series of meetings were held following the dedication, continuing about three weeks, resulting in great interest and many additions to the church, constituting two large classes, as above mentioned. The church has continued to be blessed and greatly prospered, and notwithstanding many losses by death and. by moving away, yet, at the present time, it has a membership of about one hundred. The ministers who have served this church since its organization have been as follows: Revs. Isaiah Henderson, D. G. Strong, C. Weaner, J. Whisler, J. Parlette, J. Kalb, C. Wolf, H. Boyer, J. Ormerod, William Dunlap, W. W. Davies, J. W. Donnan, William Lucas, C. Crawford, J. M. Kelly and T. J. Jagger, the present minister in charge. Class leaders, Samuel Hawn, J. Y. Sevirn, Lewis Filler, J. H. Griffith, S. E. McIntire, B. Hanawalt and J. L. Richey. The present leaders are J. H. Griffith, J. Y. Sevirn, J. L. Richey and W. M. Brown. Trustees, J. B. Norris, S. E. McIntire, B. Hanawalt, L. B. White and J. H. Griffith. Present Stewards, J. B. Norris, L. B. White and B. Hanawalt, the latter being Recording Steward. A union Sabbath school was organized in Dover prior to the war of the rebellion, and was kept in flourishing condition, while so many men were away in the army, by the energy and earnestness of the ladies of the place and vicinity, and continued prosperous till about 1878, when it ceased as a union school, and a Methodist Sabbath school was organized, which has been continued under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church to the present time, and is a large and interesting school, enrolling last year 221 scholars, with an average attendance of about eighty-five, with J. L. Richey as the Superintendent.

Corinth Presbyterian Church was organized at the New. Light Church, June 7, 1842, consisting of the following constituent members: John Hestwood, Samuel Hestwood, Alice Hestwood, Elizabeth Westlake, Rosanna Hestwood, James Kincade, Maria Kincade, Alexander McAllister, Martha McAllister, Jane Cluggage, Matilda Cluggage, Edifh Welch and William Leeper, who presented certificates from the church at Marysville, Hannah Scott from the church at Muskingum, Ohio, and Mary Vance from Laws Creek Church, Pennsylvania. It was resolved, that this church be known by the name of Corinth Church. An election for Elders was held which resulted in James Kincade and John Hestwood being selected for that office, who were duly installed by the session of the church. They held services at the New Light Church till the erection of a frame church edifice, which they built in the years 1847-48, the building being 36x28 feet, and erected on land owned by Ryan Gray and D. D. Welch, near the west line of Dover Township, close to the line of Leesburg Township. The building was completed so as to be occupied for services in the spring of 1848, but not fully finished and seated until 1850-51. The church was duly dedicated at the time of commencing to hold services in it. This organization as a church continued about twenty years, when, from deaths and great numbers moving away to the West, and other obstacles that sprang up, the church became feeble and weak and few in numbers, and the organization was abandoned, the few remaining members uniting their interests with other churches. During the existence of this church, its pulpit was supplied with the following ministers : Rev. James Smith, Rev. James W. Sterritt, Rev. Horn and Rev. Mr. Hess.

Spring Dale Regular Baptist Church was organized by a council November 6, 1868, composed of representatives from the following churches, viz. : Mill Creek, Milford, Myrtletree and Arbonner. Rev. T. Price was Moderator, and C. C. Winters, Secretary. The articles of faith and church covenant were read and unanimously approved. The council then proceeded with the services of recognition as follows: Reading of Scripture, by Rev. T. Price ; prayer, by Rev. B. J. George ; sermon, by Rev. T. J. Price; prayer, by Rev. George; hand of fellowship, by Rev. T. J. Price, and the charge, by Rev. Price. The constituent members were as follows: William Perkins, Susan Perkins, James Rittenhouse, Margaret Rittenhouse, Henry Hildebrand, William Said, E. J. Said, Samuel Said, Susan Said, Mary Fogle, Rachel Fogle, Ellen Fogle, Thomas Rittenhouse, Mary A. Rittenhouse, Margerie Rittenhouse, Maria Rittenhouse, Malinda Rittenhouse, Isabel Rittenhouse, Lemuel James, Sarah A. James, Martha A. Fogle, William J. Low, Mary M. Low, Edith Ryan, Sarah Phillips, Mary Philips, Ellen Fogle, William Slabaugh, Mary J. Slabaugh, O. W. White, Isabel White, Samuel White, Martin White, Anna White, Nancy Rittenhouse, Samuel H. Rittenhouse, William A. Winston, M. F. Winston, Jane M. Rittenhouse, Benjamin Stephens, Margaret Stephens, M. J. Manuel, Duston DeGood, Jane DeGood, S. P. Brown, Sarah Brown, Perry Brown, Morgan Perkins, William N. Abraham, Hannah McBride, A. G. Robinson, Robert Crouch, Jane Crouch, John M. Perkins, Rachel J. Perkins, D. uL. Perkins, Lydia Perkins, Schuyler Perkins, Rebecca H. Perkins, Adonirom J. Perkins, James H. Perkins, Elizabeth Perkins, Catharine Liggett, Isabel Mc- Mellon and William Hamilton, with James H. Perkins as the first permanent Clerk ; Samuel Said, Treasurer; Schuyler Perkins, Owen W. White and William Said, Trustees, and Thomas Rittenhouse and William H. Perkins as Deacons. The ministers of the church have been Revs. B. J. George, D. Bryant, William S. Kent, D. Vance. M. Squibb, Z. Ross, N. B. H. Gardner, James Harvey, and N. Y. Matthews. the present pastor in charge. The present membership is about eighty. The present church building was erected in the summer of 1866.

Dover Regular Baptist Church was organized on Saturday before the fourth Sabbath of April, 1871, by Rev. Daniel Bryant, consisting of the following constituent members: Morgan Savage, Peter Whetsel and wife, William Roberts, J. C. McCrary, Sophronia Richey, Cyrus Philips, A. G. Boring, C. C. Boring and wife, Margaret Savage, Ann Roberts, Samantha McCrary, Mary Robinson, Susan Phillips and Margaret Boring. Articles of faith and covenant were prepared, andon July 22, 1871, were duly recognized by a council of churches, convened for the purpose, as a Regular Baptist Church, and on July 23, Rev. D. Byrant preached the council sermon, Rev. J. Wright gave the charge to the church, and Rey. D. Byrant extended the right hand of fellowship. August 26, 1871, at a meeting of the Upper Miami Association of Regular Baptists, convened with the Union Church in Logan County, on petition of said Dover Church, it was unanimously received into said association. Prior to the above organization, there had been a branch of the Mill Creek Baptist Church at Ostrander, Delaware County, established here at Dover with a good frame church edifice, so that on the organization of this society, they came in possession of the church building. The ministers of this church have been Revs. B. J. George, Daniel Byrant, E. B. Smith, Daniel Vance, M. Squibb, Z. Ross, J. E. Wenman and N. Y. Matthews. At the present time interment upon their own farms, several of whom were mentioned in the sketches of the pioneers; for at that time the country was new and wet, and even where there was a cemetery opened out it had no beauty or special attraction; hence their own homes to some had superior inducements as last resting-places for their bodies. In the first settlement which was made here, on the west bank of Mill Creek, was early established what is now known as the Buxton Cemetery. This place is on the high rolling ground on the west bank of Mill Creek, and was first dedicated to the reception of the dead by receiving the body of Arthur Badley, who died December 14, 1819. He was a young man twenty-eight years of age. Other early settlers interred here were William Badley, John Hannaman, Hezekiah Burdick, John Burdick, James B. Clark, Jonathan Bowen, Adam Richey, with some of their wives. Some early interred here have no monuments or tombstones to tell to the present or future generations whose remains are quietly resting beneath the sod, and even those who had treasured in their memories the names of those buried in these sacred places, have nearly all passed into the sepulcher of the dead, and with them are forever lost the names and memories of those within the unmarked graves. Mount Herman Cemetery, situated about one mile north of the village of Dover, was also quite early set apart as a place of interment; it is pleasantly located, a suitable piece of ground for the purpose intended, and many bodies are already deposited there. This, together with the Buxton Cemetery, are now under the care and supervision of the Township Trustees. The first body interred here was a child of Perry Eubanks; and here rests the remains of Mathew and John Columber, Lewis Bonnett, Eli Sheldon, Samuel Beck, Roden Huffman, David W. Worley, Thomas J.'Dyal, Holly Tanner, Rev. Ebenezer Mathers and others of the well-known early settlers. These are the principal and only permanently established cemeteries of this township.

Towns And Villages

There is but one town or village in this township; its history is as follows: 'On May 11, 1854, William Richey, Adam Richey, Thomas Aplin and B. F. Benton appropriated land which was surveyed and laid out into lots, streets and alleys for a town, to be known by the name of Dover, situated in the township of Dover and county of Union and State of Ohio; William B. Irwin, Surveyor, Union County." Filed and recorded July 4, 1854. William M. Robinson, Recorder, Union County, Ohio. Berger's Addition: On September 24, 1881, a certain tract of land was surveyed and laid out into lots, streets and alleys, as an addition to the town of Dover, to be kuown as Berger's Addition, containing five acres and thirty-six poles; J. Van Pearse, Surveyor. And the same was duly certified to by the above parties and acknowledged before John Van Pearse, a Notary Public, and the same was recorded October 6, 1881; G. R. Robinson, Recorder, Union County. The first house erected in the village was by Adam Richey, in the fall of 1854; and very soon after one was built by William Richey. These were frame houses, 'one of which is now owned and occupied by Mrs. Richey, the widow of the said Adam Richey, and the other by Solomon Wright. The third house of the town was erected by J. Y. Sevirn, who also built a harness and saddler shop and opened that business in the fall of 1854, it being the first industry represented in the place. The next branch of business was a store opened by Calvin Richey, in a building erected for that purpose, the said building being now owned by David Shuler and occupied M. Myers, as a. dwelling. The first blacksmith and wagon-maker was Thomas Aplin; but. the first regular and exclusive blacksmith was Solomon Butz. The post office was established about 1856-57, with J. Y. Sevirn as Postmaster; he was succeeded by D. Shuler, who is the present incumbent. The first physician was M. W. Peck, who was followed successively by the persons here named: James O. Carter, John T. McOrea and Frederick A. Vigor, the present resident physician. | The railroad now known as the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad, was built through this township in 1852-53, and encouraged the laying-out of the town. This village now contains about 150 persons, with an enterprising class of citizens, and is an active, thriving town. Its present business is as follows: Two general stores, one by W. A. Shuler and the other by James Thompson; three blacksmiths, D. V. Shuler, W. C. Griffith and S. Berger; one harness shop, by T. E. Bowen; one carpenter and builder, Lewis B. White; a tile factory, erected about 1874 by Baughman & Shuler, who, about 1878, were succeeded by Baughman & Weaver, who continued the business till the fall of 1882, when Mr. Baughman retired, and the business is now conducted by George E. Weaver. In 1878, Mr. W. A. Shuler erected a second tile factory, and has continued the business to the present time. Both of these establishments are enjoying an extensive custom. In 1870, D. & W. A. Shuler erected a factory for the manufacture of heading, clothes racks, chair rounds, etc., and continued doing an extensive and profitable business till in the fall of 1881 D. Shuler withdrew from the firm; since then the factory has been operated by W. A. Shuler. In the fall of 1881, Williams & McIntire built a saw-mill, and are doing a good business. On the railroad is one grain warehouse, in the ownership and management of James Thompson. George E. Thompson is the agent and telegraph operator at the station. The village, for business and enterprise is, perhaps, unsurpassed by any place of its size in the county.

Roads And Pikes

April 6, 1839, at a meeting held for the purpose, 'the Trustees divided the township in four road districts, and at the same meeting levied a tax of onehalf mill on the dollar. From this beginning, as the township became settled, more road districts were established, and during the few years since the system of building gravel roads and pikes was commenced, this township has taken hold of the work with energy and enterprise, and now nearly all of the leading lines of road are made into gravel pikes, while others are in progress. Her roads will compare favorably with those of other portions of the county.

The first election for State and county officers was held October 8, 1839. The officers of election were: Ebenezer Mathers, James Spurgeon and Adam Richey, J udges; Holly Turner and Levi Longbrake, Clerks. The number of votes cast, 62. William C. Lawrence received 25; James H. Godman, 22; Guy C. Worth, 36; and Silas G. Strong, 37, for Representative to the State Legislature, there being two Representatives to elect in the distriet. Joshua Judy, 21; Andrew Amrine, 36, for County Commissioner. James L. Ward, 25; David Sprague, 86, for Coroner. Stephen McLain, 23; John F. Broakins, 87, for Auditor. Peyton Smith, 14; William Snodgrass, 45, for Recorder. Alexander Polock, 24; Tabor Randall, 38, for Treasurer. Thomas F. Wood, 27; George Westlake, 35, for County Assessors, and Levi Phelps, 26, for Surveyor. The first election for township officers was held at the schoolhouse, near the center of the township, April 1, 1839. Ebenezer Mathers, Eli Sheldon and Adam Richey, were Judges, and Thomas Sheldon and Alexander Bethard, Clerks. The results of this and all subsequent elections to the present time, have been as follows: |

William Flanagan; 1852, Hamlet Duvall; 1853-56, James Y. Sevirn; 1858, James Henderson; 1859-62, Hamlet Duvall; 1863, R. M. Henderson; 1864, Hamlet Duvall; 1865, M. W. Peck; 1866-67, George A. Henderson; 1868, Cyrus Phillips; 1869-70, Hamlet Duvall; 1871, C. C. Burkbill; 1872, F. Bowen; 1873, J. H. Richey; 1874-75, James Y. Sevirit; 1875, Marion Shuler; 1877-78, William M. Brown; 1879, M. L. Howey; 1880, George E. Thompson; 1881-82, Stephen Graham. ` Trustees. - 1839, Adam Richey, Ebenezer Mather and James Spurgeon; 1840, Adam Richey, Presley Said and Lewis Filler; 1841, William Mathers, Joseph Richey and Presley Said; 1842, Presley Said, William Mathers and A. R. Bowen; 1843, William Mathers, Jacob Myers and Thomas Henderson; 1844, Thomas Henderson, Jacob Myers and Stephen Dysert; 1845, William Mathers, Adam Richey and Samuel Said; 1846, Lewis Filler, Adam Richey and Samuel Said; 1847-48, Henry Vangordon, Adam Richey and Samuel Said; 1849, Henry Vanyordon, Adam Richey and Samuel Brown; 1850, H. Vangordon, Edward Bowen and Samuel Brown; 1851, S. R. Mathers, Edward Bowen and Samuel Brown; 1852-54, S. R. Mathers, Joseph K. Richey and Presley Said; 1855, Lewis Myers, P. W. Lame and Alexander Bethard; 1856, H. Vangordon, P. W. Lame and Lewis Myers; 1857-58, H. C. Ferris, Thomas Henderson and Robert Gamble; 1859, Solomon Bates, Lewis Myers and Andrew Taylor; 1860, Solomon Bates, Morgan Savage and Andrew Taylor; 1861, Solomon Bates, George Graham and Elias Spurgeon, 1862, S. McAllister, George Graham and Elias Spurgeon; 1863, George Mitchell, James Perkins and C. Philips; 1864, A. Bethard, H. G. Burnham and Joseph Beard; 1865, George Graham, J. H. Perkins and Morgan Savage; 1866, H. Phillips, C. Nichols and George Mitchell; 1867, T. I. Henderson, William Howey and William L. Said; 1868, George Graham, William Roberts and William L. Said; 1869, D. F. Dyal, A. G. Boring and D. T. Perkins; 1870, D. F. Dyal, George Graham and D. T. Perkins; 1871, D. W. Rittenhouse, A. Liggett and I. Lame; 1872, D. F. Dyal, J. Banghman and W. H. Perkins; 1873, B. Hanawalt, J. Banghman and William Yazle; 1874, William Roberts, George Graham and William Perkins; 1875, William Roberts, Isaiah Lame and William Perkins; 1876, William Roberts, Isaiah Lame and Michael Fogle; 1877, William Howey, George Graham and Michael Fogle; 1878, Samuel Gamble, William Howey, Michael Cody; 1879, R. Ballard, Israel Fogle and Michael Cody; 1880, A. G. Boring, Israel Fogle and James Guy; 1881, Adam Philips, J. K. Norris and James Guy; 1882, Adam Phillips, James Rittenhouse and Peter Mackan.

Overseers of the Poor. - 1839, John Myers and William Richey; 1840, William Richey and Alexander Ross; 1841, John K. Brown and Jonathan Burroughs; 1842, Ryan Gray and Jonathan Burroughs; 1843, Abner Liggett and Adam Richey; 1844, Joseph K. Richey; 1845, Joseph K. Richey and John Myers. + i

E Fence Viewers. - 1839, Joseph North and James Spurgeon; 1840, Abner Liggett and Joseph North; 1841, Jonathan Bowen, James Spurgeon and Beall Selman; 1842, Henry Vangordon, John M. Williams and Alexander Roff; 1843, Lewis Johnson, William Mathers and William Bowen.

ander R. Bowen; 1842, Jacob Myers and Edward Bowen; 1843, George Spurgeon and Robert Gibson; 1844, George Sprague and Abraham Bowen; 1845, Jacob Myers and Abraham Buwen; 1846, John Spurgeon and Isaac J. Dodd; 1847, John H. Griffith and Elias Spurgeon; 1848, Samuel Bowdre and John H. Griffith; 1849, William Green and John H. Griffith; 1850, Jonathan Bowen and John H. Griffith; 1851, William Fulk and Jonathan Bowen; 1852, William Fulk and Jesse Davis; 1853, John Loveless and Jonathan Bowen; 1854, William Bowen and Lewis Myers; 1855, William Columber and John H. Griffith; 1856, John W. Filler and John H. Griffith; 1857-58, Jonathan Bowen and John H. Griffith; 1859, Jonathan Bowen and George Evans; 1860, Jesse Sherman and George Evans; 1861, Jonathan Bowen and George Evans; 1862, John Loveless and George Evans; 1863, Jesse Davis and George Evans; 1864, J. H. Griffith and Jeremiah Johnson; 1865, Thomas Smith and Jeremiah Johnson; 1866-67, Robert Gamble and George Evans; 1868, G. C. Dugan and Adam Phillips; 1889, D. V. Shuler and G. C. Dugan; 1870-75, Jeremiah Johnson and George W. Prichard; 1876, Daniel Shuler and James Guy; 1877, R. Cody and John Gamble; 1878, John Gamble and T. J. Ormerod; 1879, Jerry Johnson and John Gamble; 1880-81, Jerry Johnson and Robert . Gamble, Jr.; 1882, Jerry Johnson and Jacob Eddleblute.

Biographical Sketches

W. H. H. BOWDRE, penman, P. O. New Dover, was born June 25, 1858, and isa son of Samuel and Nancy (Green) Bowdre, natives of Ohio, of German descent. They settled in Dover Township, two and a half miles northeast of New Dover, in 1841, where they still reside, now owing 116 acres of land. Mr. Bowdre makes a specialty of Clydesdale horses, on which he has taken the premium at the Union County and State Fairs, and also keeps his farm well stocked with cattle and hogs. He has raised a family of eleven children, all now living with one exception. Our subject was raised on a farm, but not liking the occupation of a farmer, he paid but little or no attention to agricultural pursuits, and spent most of his time trapping, rather than to go to school. At the age of sixteen years, seeing the folly of his former course, he set diligently to work, and was henceforth considered an industrious man. When seventeen years of age he went to work with his uncle in Illinois, where he remained for several years with the exception of a few months spent at his Ohio home, and during his stay in the Prairie State he became a member of a young mens' debating society, and attained considerable prominence as a public speaker. At one time, having attended a temperance meeting where the speaker failed to appear, he was called out, and responding, delivered a creditable speech, which was highly lauded by the local press. Feeling sorely his lack of education, he began attending the common schools in 1879, and afterward took a course in a Normal School. In 1880, he attended the graded school of Marysville, and then for five months attended Prof. Sharp's school of penmanship, but was advised by the Professor to leave the latter, not being a promising pupil. He then undertook to learn a rapid system of penmanship, under Prof. Michael, of Delaware, and succeeded beyond his most sanguine expectations, making rapid progress in the art, and taking several prizes for his superiority in flourishing. He has since improved on the various styles he has studied, taking the good from all and combining them, and has begun teaching what he terms his lightning method. He claims to teach more in six lessons than other teachers can in six months, and, indeed, the rapidity with which his scholars learn is truly marvelous. His plan of imparting knowledge of the art is the great secret of his success, and the number and proficiency of his pupils is the proof of his possessing that secret.

LEWIS FILLER, farmer, P. O. New Dover, was born in Loudoun County, Va., July 6, 1814. His father was a native of Loudoun County; his parents came from Germany. He served in the war of 1812, and contracted a disease from which he died. His mother, Hig beth Cordell, was also a native of Loudoun County, and of German parents. Lewis is the second son and tbird child. When a boy he was taken by Samuel Cordell, who reared him tò, maturity, and gave him the privileges of the common schools. He came to Marysville in 1834, and worked one year at carpentering, then went to Union Township, where he married, and the succeeding year (1836) came to Dover Township and purchased fifty acres of land. In 1852, he bought 100 acres of his present homestead, which was allin woods. He now ownsa well-improved farm of 155 acres, which he cleared up from the stump. August 11, 1835, he was married to Mary Mather, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Mather, by whom he had eleven children, two of whom are living - Melva F., wife of William Kelsey, and Davison, who married Ella Craty. Mrs. Filler was born in Union Township January 14, 1818, and died July 2,1853. Mr. F. again married, May 11, 1854, to Mrs. Elmina Irwin, widow of Samuel Irwin. She died June 22, 1858, leaving two children. One, May E., isnow living. Mr. Filler married the third time, October 18, 1858, to. Blanch, daughter of James and Nancy Beck. Mrs. F. was born in Clark County, W. Va., June 7, 1832. Of seven children by this union, two are living - Mina and Laura B. Mr. and Mrs. Filler are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Heassisted is organizing Mount Harmon Methodist Episcopal Church, and is the only surviving charter member. He served as Township Trustee four terms, and in politics is à Republican.

SAMUEL GAMBLE, farmer, P. O. New Dover, à native of Clark County, Ohio, was born October 10, 18)9. He is a son of Robert and Catharine (Bennett) Gamble. His father emigrated from Ireland with his parents when eighteen years old, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he married and subsequently removed to Kentucky, thence to Clark County, Ohio, before the war of 1812. Mr. Gamble enlisted and served in the war of 1812, and in 1832 removed with his family to Leesburg Township, this county, where he purchased 100 acres of land. He died in 1839, aged fifty ; his wife died in 1833. They had nine children, of whom our subject is the second son. He was reared. to manhood on a farm and educated in schools held in log cabins. September 15, 1839, he married Mary, daughter of Samuel and Phebe Lyman. Mrs. Gamble was born in Franklin County, Ohio, December 10, 1820: Of nine children by this marriage five are living - John C., Uatharine, wife of William Wingfield, Samuel E., George M. and Elmer E.; Robert, William, Mary A., Harriet and Phebe are deceased. Robert and William enlisted in 1862 in Company E, Eighteenth Regiment of regular troops. 'hey participated in battle of Perryville. where they were taken prisoners. After one year they were released, and joined their regiment and were engaged in tne battle of Chickamauga, where William was captured and confined in Libby Prison one month, and while being taken to Andersonville took sick at Danville, and died in December, 1863. Robert was slightly wounded at Lookout Mountain, and discharged August, 1864. He died in Kosciusko County, In l., in May, 1866. Mr. Gamble moved to his farm in Dover Township in 1856. He owned at one time 400 acres, but has divided with his children till his farm now contains but 240 acres. He has made all his property by industry and economy, and has been a successful man.

BERRY HANAWALT, farmer, P. O. New Dover, was born in Ross County, Ohio, December 11, 1848. Heisason of Samuel and Catharine (Acton) Hanawalt, the former a native of Mifflin County, Penn., and the latter of Ross County, Ohio. His father was born September 4, 1810, and his mother August 13, 1823. Mr. Hanawalt's parents removed to Ross County, Ohio, in 1814 and died there - Mr. H. July 28, 1831, and Mrs. H. July 17, 1846. Mrs. Hanawalt's father, Richard Acton, was a soldier in the war of 1812. In October, 1850, our subject's parents came to Mill Creek Township, where Mr. Hanawalt had purchased eighty-three acres of land in 1847. He increased his farm by subsequent purchases, till at his death he owned 215 acres. He died January 21, 1874. Mr. Hanawalt was a man of unusual force of character; he started in life & poor boy, and spent several years of his early manhood in supporting his mother, and caring for and educating his brothers and sisters. He became a bankrupt once on account of securing others and was compelled to make a second start. By his industry and energy he accumulated considerable property, leaving an estate valued at $11,200. He was for several years an ardent and active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; his political affiliations were formerly with the Whigs, but of later years with the Republican party. Berry, the eldest son, was reared on a farm till of age, and educated in the common schools. October 5, 1865, he was married to Miss Kebecca J., daughter of Warret and Emily

Owen. Mrs. H. was born in Mill Creek Township, January 25, 1848. Of their four children two are living - Charles, born October 11, 1866, and Jennettie, born January 24, 1868 ; Alpharetta, died June 18, 1868, and Samuel, born April 18, 1870, and died February 14, 1872, Mr. Hanawalt located on his farm October 11, 1867. He owns 1043 acres of land and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, He is connected with the I. O. O. F. He served as Township Trustee one term, and Treasurer two terms.

ARTHUR LIGGETT, farmer, P. O. New Dover, eldest son of James and Sarah A. Liggett, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, December 12, 1839. Hecameto Union County with his parents when aboy. He wasreared on the farm and educated in the district schools. August 26,1800, he was joined in marriage to Miss Clarinda Freshwater, daughter of George and Sarah Freshwater. Mrs. Liggett was born in Delaware County, Ohio, October 21. 1841. They have two children - Calvin, born July 18, 1868, and David Elmer, born October 26,1867. Oren, born September 13, 1861, and died September 28, 1863. In 1869, Mr. Liggett located on his farm, and has since followed its pursuits in connection with stock-raising. His farm contains 150acres. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics is Democratic. He served as Assessor of Dover Township two terms.

WILLIAM H. LOVELESS, farmer, P. O. New Dover, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, May 10,1840. Heisa son of John and Susan (Said) Loveless, the former a native of Prince George County, Md., and the latter of Delaware County, Ohio. The parents of the former removed to Delaware County, Ohio, when he was twelve years of age, Hewas married in 1833, to Susan Said, and had twelve children. He removed with his family to Effingham County, Ill., in 1864, and died February 14, 1878. Mrs. L. resides on the homestead in Effingham County. William is the third of a family of twelve children. When ten years of age his parents moved to Dover Township, where he was reared to manhood. November 15, 1861, he enlisted in the ranks ofthe Union army, as a member of Company F, Sixty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to serve three years. June 9, 1862, he participated in the battle of Port Republic, when he received a gunshot wound in theleft foot. He was finally discharged, August 1, 1862, on account of his wounds. Recovering from his disabilities, May 1, 1864, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was chosen First Lieutenant, and served in that capacity till his discharge, August 1, 1864. November 26, 1863, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary, daughter of Joseph K. and Nancy Richey. Mrs. L. was born in Dover Township, September 15, 1841. Their union was blest with five children, viz.: Carrie, Nancy L., Charlie, William and Lydia, They also have a niece, Wattie Sharp, whom they have reared. Mrs, Loveless isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. L. is identified with the Masonic fraternity, and G. A. R. Politically, he is of Republican principle. He owns 210 acres of fine land. It is adorned with a substantial brick residence, erected in 1880, at a cost of $3,000. Mr. Loveless is engaged in agriculture and rearing Clydesdale horses, which he exhibits at the annual fairs, 2

CHARK LOW, farmer, P. O. New Dover, was born in Ulster County, N. Y., March 11, 1817. His parents, John and Maylin (Felkner) Low, were natives of the same county. They were married, and in 1818 removed to Ross County, Ohio, thence to Pickaway County, and in 1825 to Madison County. The following year they came to Jerome Township, Union County, locating on the present site of Plain City. In 1827, Mr. Lowe made a trip to York State and died on the return. He left a widow and five children. She moved to the farm now owned by George M. Rickard. They lived on different farms in Jerome till the death of Mrs. Low, in March, 1848. The children were as follows: Luke, John, Peggy, Polly, Chark and Eliza. In 1844, the subject of this sketch removed to his present farm, which he had bought some years before. In 1818, he was married to Charlotte McClung, daughter of Joseph and Peggy Mc- Clung, by whom he had two children - Levi, who married Anna Leard ; and Mary, wife of Isaac Conklin. Mrs. Low departed this life November 26, 1852. Mr. Low again married to Phebe, daughter of Abraham and Mary J. Beck. Mrs. Low was born in Dover Township July 15 1887. Of eight children by this marriage, six are living - Sylvester, now deceased, Sarah E., John, Flora B., Elmer C. and Martha J. Samuel H. and Almena are deceased. Mr. Low and. family are members of the Christian Church. He owns a farm of 200 acres, well improved

JEREMIAH MILLER, farmer, P. O. New Dover, a native of Champaign County, Ohio, born December 21, 1837. He is a son of Thomas and Delila (Wade) Miller, who moved and

Delaware County, Ohio, May 18, 1834. She was for many years engaged in the profession of teaching, and was one of the county's most efficient teachers. Mr. Miller resided in Washington Township till 1877, when he removed to Marysville and dealt in cattle one year; then removed to his present location, but has since continued in the stock business. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Miller is identified with the Masonic order, Richwood Lodge, No. 303, and in politics is a Republican. He served one term as Trustee of Washington Township. :

JAMES H. MYERS, farmer, P. O. New Dover, was born in Dover Township February 18, 1847. He isason of John and Hannah Myers, who were respectively natives of Licking and Ross Counties. His father was born March 1, 1812, and his mother June 4, 181%, They married in Licking County, Ohio, May 3, 1832, and in 1837 came to Dover Township. In 1847, Mr. Myers purchased a farm, on which he died February 21, 1871; Mrs. Myers died on the same day of the previous year. They were both members of the Mount Herman Methodist Episcopal Church. James is the fifth of twelve children. January 5, 1864, at the age of seventeen, he enlisted in Company F, Sixty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was with the Army of the Cumberland, and April 23, he was disabled at Buzzard Roost, Ga. He was sent to Camp Douglass, Chicago, Ill., where he was Orderly to Gen. Sweet till his discharge, July 25, 1865. April 12, 1871, he was married to Miss Bell, daughter of S. T. and Elizabeth Rittenhouse. Mrs. Myers was born in Ross County, Ohio, July 17, 1853. They have foursons, viz.: Memphis, Milo, Iven and Ivin. Mr. Myers owns the homestead, which contains 120 acres. He engaged in farming and raising Spanish merino sheep, short-horned cattle, and Poland-China hogs. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church.

JAMES B. NORRIS, farmer, P. O. New Dover, was born in Malden, Ontario, February 20, 1822. He isa son of Jeremiah K. and Margaret (Harris) Norris, who emigrated from Gloucestershire, England, in 1812, and settled at Halifax, N. S., where Mr. Norris rented 1,800 acres of land of Admiral Cochran, and dealt in stock till 1819, when they removed to Harrison County, Ohio, going from Philadelphia, Penn., in wagons. In 1821, they went back to Ontario, crossing Lake Erie on the ice, and in 1830 they returned to Harrison County, where Mr. Norris died January 28, 1837. Mrs. Norris came to Delaware County in 1866, where her death occurred July 14, 1878. Our subject was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. When fifteen he left home and followed working by the month three years at $8 and $10 per month. December 9, 1840, he came to Mill Creek Township and purchased thirty acres of land. He lived in different places in Union and Delaware Counties till 1864, when he located on the farm he now occupies. November 30, 1842, he was married to Rebecca L., daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Schofield) Pennypacker, and a native of Chester County, Penn., where she was born April 25, 1828. Of eight children born to them, three sons are living - Jacob P., Jeremiah K. and Benjamin F.; Joseph,Jeremiah, Jane, Hannah L. and Sarah A. are deceased. Jacob P., the eldest of the deceased, enlisted October 1, 1862, in Company D, Eighty-eignth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged on account of disability October 1, 1863. He reenlisted February 24, 1864, in Company K, Fifty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged August, 1865. Mr. Norris, our subject, was the first man drafted in Union County, and he furnished a substitute. He owns a farm of 152 acres, and is engaged in farming and raising stock. Mr. and Mrs. Norris afe both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ADAM PHILLIPS, farmer, P. O. New Dover, is a son of Holdridge and Sarah (Ryan) Phillips, both natives of Barbour County, Va., and a grandson of John J. Holdridge, of Revolutionary fame His maternal grandparents, James and Catharine Ryan, came to Union County in 1845, and settled on the land now owned by our subject. Holdridge Phillips and Sarah Ryan were married January 13, 1829, and moved to this county in 1847. He purchased of his father's estate 212 acres of land in Dover Township, upon which he settled and raised a family of four children, of whom our subject is the youngest, and was born in Barbour County, Va., in 1841. He was raised on the homestead farm, and was married in Fulton County, Ind., October 20, 1864, to Miss Mary E., daughter of Daniel and Saloma Hodkins, of Virginia. This union produced three children, two of whom are living, viz.: Albert and Bertha. Mr. Phillips has a farm of ninety-nine and one-half acres at the preseut time, which, however, is highly cultivated and productive. He fills the office of Township Trustee, and ranks among the pioneer farmers of the township and county. Phineas W., of Mahaska County, Iowa; Cyrus, of Mitchell County, Kan., and Eva, wife of Andrew Watson, of Richwood, Union County, are his brothers and sister.

ADAM RICHEY, farmer, P. O. New Dover, third son of Joseph K. aud Nancy Richey, was born in Dover Township March 7, 1813. He was reared on his father's farm, and educated in the schools of his native place. March 24, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, Thirty-second Regiment Obio Volunteer Infantry. He was with Gen. Sherman on his Atlanta campaign and was engaged in all the chief battles to Atlanta, where he remained a short time, then went on the noted march to the sea, participating in all the engagements of the march. He afterward fought at Bentonville, N. C., then went to Washington, D. C., and attended the grand review. He was discharged at Louisville, Ky., July 20, 1865. September 6, 1866, he was married 10 Miss Mary M., daughter of Timothy and Jane Thomas. Mrs. Richey was born in Licking County November 22, 1843. Four children to them were born - Dwight, Otto, Lillian and Joseph T. Mrs. Richey is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Richey isa member of tbe G. A. R. and is a Republican. He owns 114 acres of land.

JAMES RITTENHOUSE, farmer, P. O. New Dover, eldest son of Samuel T. and Elizabeth (Nichols) Rittenhouse, was born in Ross County, Ohio, July 30, 1842. When twelve years of age, his parents removed to Union County, where he was reared to manhood. August 8, 1862, he enlisted in Company - , Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but was immediately transferred to Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment. He served in the army of Tennessee, and participated in the following engagements: Perryville, Franklin, Triune, Chickamauga, where he was taker sick with typhoid fever. He was confined in the hospitals at Nashville and Louisville. After his recovery, he joined his regiment at Atlanta, Ga., and was taken down with the small-pox, and after he recovered from this malady he was employed as chief clerk and general Ward Master till his discharge at camp Chase, Ohio, June 27, 1865. November 2, 1865, he was married to Mary A., daughter of John and Lucinda Guy, and a native of Delaware County, where she was born October 9, 1844; of six children born to this marriage, the following are living: Lucinda E., Mary E., Johu T., Edgar M. and Clara. Lester A. died aged six months and twenty-one days. Mr. Rittenhouse owns a farm of 146 acres of land and is engaged in agriculture and stock-raising. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church. He is connected with the I. O. O. F., Grange and G. A. R. He isa member of the Board of Township Trustees, and in politics a Republican.

JOHN ROBINSON, farmer, P. O. New Dover, a well-known pioneer of Dover Township, was born in London, England, March 21, 1802. He is a son of William and Mary (Taylor) Robinson, the former a native of London and the latter of Oxfordshire, England. Mr. Robinson was an artist, and superintended the construction of the interior of the former house of Lords, and the Throne at Windsor. The ancestral history of this family shows them to be of Huguenot extraction, The first of the family of any distinction came with the persecuted Huguenots from France during the reign of Louis the Fourteenth. William was in the employ of the British Government for many years and died in London. The subject of this sketch was reared in the metropolis of Great Britain, and was educated in a French Protestant College. Mr. Robinson possesses the eadowments of art so characteristic of his race, and was in the employ of the Government in London till 1830, when his property, amounting to $40,000, was destroyed by fire. He rebuilt, and in 1833 came across the waters, and located a few months in New York City; then came to Delaware County, Ohio, where he purchased 400 acres. In March, 1853, he came to Union County and purchased 200 acres of land lying on the line. Mr. Robinson by his energy and perseverance acquired large property, at one time owning 800 acres of finely improved and highly cultivated land. This he has divided among his children and now lives with his son Guido. August 13, 1831, he was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of James and Fillis Hayes. Mrs. Robinson was born in Gloucestershire, England, in 1812. This marriage was blest with seven children, viz.: Edwin H., married Lucinda Hill; Alfred J., married Lorinda Hill; Rubens W., married Hattie Watson; Arthur S., married Sarah J. Thomas; Mary C. T., wife of Judson Ferris; Edward, mirried Sarah P. Culp, and Guido, married Laura J. Andrews and have four children - Girard E., Beale A., Ellis A. and Grace. Mrs. Robin«on departed this life May lu, 1879. Mr. Robinson is a man of rare artistic talent. Both in carving and painting, he di plays a remarkably peculiar ingeniousness. His home is almost entirely furnished with ornaments and carvings from his own hand. One piece of furniture, a library case, of a very peculiar design, is one of the useful curiosities of the parlor. Mr. Robinson has made some paintings of Alpine and other natural scenery, and shows skill in this art as well as incarving. Besides he has a large collection of geological, mineralogical and botanical specimens.

JOHN M. RONEY, farmer, P. O. New Dover, is a son of James and Rachel Roney, both natives of Chester County, Penn., the former born October 17, 1796, and the latter April 29, 1797. They oame to the West in April, 1834, and settled near Dublin, Franklin County, on the Scioto River, where he purchased a farm and where he passe l his life and died o i November 26, 1840. died in December, 1889. They raised a family of eight children, four of whom are liviog in this county, The subject of this sketch was born in Franklin County on August 27, 1836, and is the youngest living child of his parents. He lived at home until his father's death, then being six years of age, when he was brought to Marysville, and was brought up until twelve years of age by Mitchell Robinson. When seventeen years of age, he began teaching district school. This he followed until twenty years of age, when atter a short journey West he returned and was married December 22, 1857, to Miss Eliza M., daughter of Jesse Gill, of this county. Afier marriage, he purchased a farm in Mill Creek Township, where he resided thirteen years, when in 1871 he purchased and settled upon his present estate, consisting of 104 acres, where he has since made his home, Mr. R. has filled the office of Justice of the Peace for the past five years. He has als» filled other township offices, and is a Director of the Agricultural Society of Union County. He is connected with the Presbyterian Church of Ostrander, and numbers among the oldest living settlers of the county. His living children are James L., Albert V. and Jane G.

MORGAN SAVAGE, farmer, P. O. New Dover, a prominent pioneer citizen of Dover Township, was born in Montgomeryshire, North Wales, August 16, 1811. He isason of Richard and Susanna (Tomly) Savage, who emigrated to the United States in 1824, landingin Baltimore April 8. They settled seven miles north of Baltimore, where they resided till 1822, in which year they migrated to Delaware County, Ohio, where they both died. When Morgan was a boy, he served an apprenticeship at the carpenter and joiner trade in Baltimore. He came to Delaware County with his parents, where he pursued his trade up to 1849. In April of that year, he went across the plains to California, and followed mining and his trade. He made the woodwork on the first brick building in Sacramento City. December, 1850, he returned to Delaware County, and in 1856 came to Dover and purchased Survey No. 5,504, containing 304 acres, for which he paid $16 per acre. He made additions to this farm till he owned over 700 acres of land in the township. He was the first person to indorse the petition for the Marysville & Delaware gravel road. In the way of public improvements, Mr. Savage has always displayed an interesting part. To the different pikes, he has given in taxes about $2,800. He was one of the founders of the Baptist Church, and has been identified with it officially for many years. Mrs. S. is also a member. January, 1837, Mr. Savage was married to Margaret, daughter of Asa and Catharine Robinson, by whom he had eleven children: of these three are living - Anna, wife of John Beard; Hattie R., wife of Calvin Michael; and Alice, wife of Oscar Beckham. Mrs. Savage's father died May 12, 1866, aged eighty-five. Mrs. Robinson is living in the ninety-sixth year of her age. Politically, Mr. Savage is of Democratic views, having advocated those doctrines since the days of Gen. Jackson. He served as Trustee of Dover Township one term and one term of Concord Township, Delaware County. Mr. Savage has witnessed much of the growth and improvement of the county and State, and in the development of the county he has taken an active interest. In 1828, he witnessed the laying of the corner-stone of the Baltimore Ohio Railroad at Baltimore, the first railroad in the United States. He saw Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, at that time the only surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Savage saw La Fayette when he came to America on his farewell visit.

DAVID SHULER, carpenter, New Dover, was born in Licking County, Ohio, October 4, 1832. His parents, William and Sarah (Dupler) Shuler, were natives of Pennsylvania. He is the eldest of seven children, five of whom are now living. He passed his early life on the farm and received his education inthe common schools of the country. October, 1863, he enlisted in Company B, Thirty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served in the Seventeenth Army Corps, and participated in the battle of Baker's Creek, and then accompanied Gen. Sherman on the Atlanta campaign, and was active in all the battles in which the Thirty-second Regiment was engaged, He went throughout the march to the sea, and was in all the battles of that famous march. He was known as one of ''Sherman's bummers." Subsequently he fought at Bentonville, N. C., and was then marched to Washington, D. C., where he attended the grand review. He was discharged with honors at Columbus, Ohio, at the close of the war. He resumed his trade - carpenter - and followed it till 1873, when he engaged in getting out spokes and felloe strips. In 1877, he began manufacturing, which he has since followed. December 28, 1858, he was married to Miss Clarissa, daughter of Willard and Mary (Foster) Edson, by whom he had four children, viz.: Willis V., Ellice V., wife of Edward Fleck; and Mary E.; Grace died aged seventeen years. Mr. Shuler is a member of the I. O. O. F. and G. A. R. Politically, he is a Republican. He served one term as Township Treasurer. In 1861, he was appointed Postmaster at New Dover and has since held the office.