Dudley Township (part 2 of 3)

THOMAS HAGGARD, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born August 25, 1845, in Franklin County, Ohio. At the age of four years ,he was an orphan and was reared and educated by his uncle in Union County. He was married, October 29, 1867, in Union County, Ohio, to Mary E. Cherry, born February 6, 1850, a daughter of Isaac and Susannah (Frankfield) Cherry. His wife's father died while in the service of the Twenty-first Regi ment at Chattanooga. Mr. Haggard is the father of six children, three boys and three girls, Millie and Willie, twins, Etty Belle, Harriet E., Charles A. and Rutherford B. Mr. and Mrs. Haggard are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Haggard enlisted at the age of seventeen years in the Twelfth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in 1863. He went into camp at Cleveland on November 10, two weeks after he received orders to go to Johnson's Island to guard the prisoners confined there, where he passed through a great deal of suffering during the severe winter that followed, having nothing but cloth tents for shelter. Early in the spring he went to Camp Dennison, where he drew his horse and prepared for further duties. On June 9, 1864, was fought the memorable battle of Mount Sterling, Ky. At the break of day, Gen. Morgan with his men crawled through the standing flax, but were bravely mot by our men, among them our subject. The latter was, unfortunately, badly wounded, left leg broken by a minie ball, right leg by a musket, and he laid on the field till about noon, when he was carried to a field hospital and soon fell into a state of unconsciousness. He was finally taken to Lexington, where he was placed in a regular hospital, and was well cared for. By September 1, he was allowed to return home, and in November was able to go about without crutches. Since the war, he has been occupied in farming. In politics, he is a Republican and is one of the self-made men of Dudley Township.

ALONZO HARVEY, Kenton, was born August 29, 1819, in Woodbury, Vt., and is a son of Erastus and Betsey (Bettis) Harvey. Mr. Harvey, Sr., was a regularly ordained minister of the Free-Will Baptist connection. He was in the war of 1812, having enlisted for the term of five years, serving as drummer, and was honorably discharged at the end of the war. He was ordained to the work of the ministry in 1825 in Wheelock, Vt. As a minister, he was faithful in the discharge of all his duties. He served as Clerk of the quarterly meetings most of the time. He was born in 1789, in East Haddam, Conn., and was married in 1816 to Miss Betsey Bettis, of Woodbury, Vt., and raised a family of thirteen children, two of whom died in the army. He labored in Vermont and New Hampshire for several

I years and then moved to Barnston, Canada East, where he resided eight years, then moved to Woodstock, Champaign County, and from there to Logan County, where he lost his wife. He n^xt moved to Iowa, where he married Mrs. Hannah Sargent and lived for several years. He died near Castalia, Iowa, August 27, 1872, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. The subject of this sketch was married in Logan County, Ohio, July 7, 1844, to Eachel, daughter of Caleb and Eebecca Ballinger, natives of Virginia. Mr. Ballinger was a Methodist local preacher and much respected. Mrs. A. Harvey was born in Logan County, Ohio, September 15, 1823, and has had a family of seven children, viz., Isaac N., Julius O., Mary M., David O. (deceased), Thomas N.; William N. and Irwin H. Two of the family still are single, four are married. Isaac N. and Julias O. both own farms, one in Dudley, the other about four miles north of Belle Centre. They are leading members in the United Brethren Church, and much respected by all who know them. Mary M. married George Thompson, son of Anderson Thompson, who owns a farm and is a farmer by occupation. Thomas M. is a minister of the United Brethren connection, and belongs to the Auglaize Conference. His work is in Indiana this year. William N. owns one- half interest in a grocery and provision store in Kenton. Mr. Harvey first settled on Mill Creek in Logan County, near East Liberty, but he moved from there to York Township, Union County. He was elected Justice of the Peace while there, and he was re-elected the second time. Pie moved to Mount Victory, Hardin County, in 1858, and in 1860 he moved on the farm which he now owns. Mr. Harvey now resides in South Kenton and is known over the county as the Bible agent. He has been a church member for more than fifty years, and is now in his declining years enjoying the fruits of his labors.

J. O. HAEVEY, farmer, P. O. Mount Victory, was born June 29, 1844, in Union County, this State, and is the son of Alonzo and Eachel (Ballinger) Harvey. His father is a native of Vermont and of Scotch and English descent, his mother a native of Logan County, this State. The subject of this sketch is a farmer by occupation, owns ninety- three acres of land in Dudley Township and fifteen in Hale; he has been financially successful and has resided on his farm, the homestead, for twenty-four years. He was married, December 21, 1808, to Sarah, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Wilgus) Sullivan (deceased), both natives of this State. This union resulted in five children, one deceased - Charles N., born October 2, 1869; Alonzo, born June 29, 1873; Estella (deceased), John S. Harvey, born September 5, 1875; and Ocie, born March 5, 1879. Mr. Harvey and his wife are members of the United Brethren Church, where the former is Class Leader. He filled the position of Township Assessor for two years (1874 and 1876). In politics, he is a Eepublican.

JOSIAH HAWN, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born April 28, 1837, in Union County, this State, and is a son of John W. and Charlotte (McNier) Hawn, the former a native of Virginia and of English descent, the latter a native of Pennsylvania. The subject of this sketch was educated at the common schools of Union County and has followed the occu}>ation of a farmer. He was married, July 22, 1857, to Sarah Wiggle, born June 3, 1838, in Union County, and a daughter of Thomas and Phebe (Oralhood) Wiggle. This union has resulted in six children, viz., Matilda (deceased), John W. (deceased), Thomas, Phebe, and Sarah L., the wife of William Kelly; and Florence, wife of William Madora. In politics, Mr. Hawn is a Eepublican, and is a useful citizen of Dudley Township.

ANDEEW HISEY, framer, P. O. Mount Victory, was born September 10, 1828, in Columbiana County, Ohio, and is the son of ^Benjamin and Sarah (Dustman) Hisey, both natives of Virginia and of German lineage. The subject of this sketch is the oldest of a family of seven children, two deceased, and was educated at the common schools of Columbiana County, this State. He has followed farming and carpentering for his occupation, the latter of which he has pursued thirty-one years. He was married September 17, 1857, to Clarinda Shirk, born November 18, 1838, in Union County, Ohio, a daughter of Adam and Anna (Dock) Shirk, both natives of Virginia and of German descent. This union has resulted in five children, viz., Anna, Eva, Artie F., Willie C. and Hollie. Anna, the oldest, is the wife of William Lattimore, son of Francis and Minta Lattimore. Mr. and Mrs. Hisey are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Hisey has resided in this county since March of 1880. In politics, he is a Kepublican, and is one of the useful citizens of Dudley Township.

CHABLES HOLLAND, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in 1834, in England, and is a son of Robert and Sarah (Walkington) Holland, of English descent. In 1852, he emigrated to New York, where he lived two years, and then went to Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, where he resided for nine years. Returning to England, he remained there four years, when he again returned to the United States. He was married, duly 7, 1872, to Margaret Ann Tuttle, born November 8, 1842, in Clark County, this State, and a daughter of Sylvanus and Jane D. (Garlough) Tuttle, natives of Ohio and of German descent. This union has been blessed with four boys, Robert M., John William, George H. acd Harry S. Mr. Holland removed to Hardin County in 1878. Mrs. Holland received her education at the schools of Clark County, and for two years was a teacher there. She has three brothers living, James O., Marion and George H., and one sister, Tabitha J. She had also a brother, John G. (deceased). Mr. Holland has three brothers living, John, Mark and Peter, and one sister, also living, named Ann, and has four brothers deceased, viz., William, David, George and Robert. Mr. Holland has followed the occupation of a farmer through life, and is one of the useful citizens of Dudley Township.

NOEL INGE, farmer, P. O. Larue, was born April 16, 1824, in Crawfordville, Taliaferro Co., Ga. , and is the son of Charles and Feriba (Crenshaw) Inge. The subject of this sketch was educated at the common schools of Taliaferro and De Kalb Counties, to which latter county his parents had moved when Noel was nine or ten years of age. He enlisted in the Sixty-third Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Company C, under Col. C. W\ Gordon, and served for twenty months. He was in a skirmish at Kenesaw and was at the siege of Atlanta. He was married November 20, 1851, in Henry County, Ga., to Catharine A. Seabrook. She is a native of North Carolina, born November 13, 1828, widow of George Seabrook, and daughter of H. W. Calloway. This union has resulted in five children, three boys and two girls, as follows: William F., Martha V., Julia P., an infant deceased, and Charles H. Mr. and Mrs. Inge are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the latter since she was seventeen years old. Mrs. Inge, by her first marriage (made December 25, 1845), had two children, George W^ and John Thomas, the latter deceased. Two brothers of Mrs. Inge were in the rebel army. Mr. Inge has been a resident of this county eighteen years. In politics, he is a Republican, and is an intelligent, enterprising farmer of Dudley Township,

(Zasenger) Kanel. Benedict received a common school education at the schools of Switzerland, emigrated July 3, 1852, and came to Kenton, Ohio. He was married, March 28, 1856, to Anna E. , daughter of Jacob and Mary (Arn) Borne. Mrs. Kanel emigrated from Switzerland in September, 1851, with a brother, aged thirteen years. She has two sisters, one living, bhe

I wife of William Daniel, of Kenton, and two brothers, one living, a resident of Switzerland. Mr. Kanel is the father of seven children, three boys and four girls, viz., Matilda, born June 23, 1857; Antonio, born January j 17, 1859, died May 3,, 1874; Kossuth, born December 16, 1861; August, I born January 19, 1863; Lizzie, born January 26, 1865; Mary, born May 13, 1867, and Edward, born November 13, 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Kanel are members of the German Deformed Church. Mr. Kanel has followed farming, and owns 100 acres of land in Section 5, Dudley Township; has cleared thirty-live acres of woodland, which cost $25, and is now worth from I $65 to $75 per acre. He bought his farm in 1870 and built his residence in 1874. In the spring of 1881, he visited his home in Switzerland for j the benefit of his health, being troubled with rheumatism, and returned in the fall fully recovered. Mr. Kanel is a Republican in politics, and is a worthy citizen of Dudley Township.

THOMAS KEARSE, farmer, P. O. Larue, was born April 8, 1848, in Ireland, and is the son of John and Catharine (Nailor) Kearse. In October of 1850, his parents emigrated to America, settling in Lockport, N. Y. , vvhere they remained two }ears and then moved to Logan County, this State, and lived there until the spring of 1859, when they came to this county. The subject of this* sketch received a common school education, and, for his occupation, chose farming, which he has followed through life, and is the owner of eighty-five acres of land, which he purchased in 1873. On May 1, 1878, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, in Kenton, he was married to Margaret A. Dowd, born January 27, 1856, in Madison County, this State, and a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Tully) Dowd, both natives of Ireland. This union resulted in three sons, viz., Robert Emmet, born March 9, 1879; Frederick Elsworth, born April 30, 1881; and John Bernard, born February 15, 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Kearse are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. Kearse is a Democrat in politics, and is an intelligent and useful citizen of Dudley Township.

WILLIAM KELLY, deceased, was born September 10, 1812, in West Virginia. He was a farmer and blacksmith by occupation. He was married in West Virginia by the Rev. Mr. Smith to Mar^?, widow of William Wood and daughter of Andrew and Cathem Egan. By her first husband, who died in 1850, Mrs. Kelly had two children, both deceased. By her second union, she had four children, two living, viz., William and George Edward. William is married and George is living with his mother on the farm.

J. S. KELLY, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born January 30, 1838, in Marion County, Ohio, and is the son of Benjamin and Martha (Snoddy) Kelly, both natives of Northumberland County, Penn. His father was a native of Ireland, and came, with his family, to Warren County, Ohio, and then moved to this county, where they spent the balance of their days. His father died in May, 1865, his mother in August, 1871. The subject of this sketch was educated at the common schools of this county. For his occupation he chose farming, and is the owner of 160 acres of land in Dud- ley Township. He also owns one-half interest in two stable horses, one of the Hambletonian trotter, the other a Clydesdale; each cost over |1, 000. On October 23, 1859, he was married to Sarah C. Smith, born March, 1838, a native of this State, and a daughter of J. H. Smith. Six children were born to them- Benjamin H., born July 22, I860; Amos W., born July 27, 1862; Harriet Elizabeth, born September, 1865; Sarah A., born November 16, 1868; John A., born December 15, 1872, aod an infant, deceased. Mr. Kelly had three sisters and three brothers; of the latter are William (deceased), B. F. and Amos D. Mr. Kelly for four years has tilled the position of Assessor; has been a School Director and is a representative citizen of Dudley Township.

W. H. KIMBLEBINE, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Kenton, was born January 21, 1842, in Richland County, Ohio. He is a son of John and Eliza Kimblebine, natives of Europe. His father emigrated to Ohio in 1828, his mother died in 1875. Our subject received a common school education, and by occupation is a farmer and stock-raiser, and also gives some attention to the culture of bees. He owns 118 acres of land in Dudley Township, and has resided on his farm for sixteen years. He was married December 25, 1867, to MaryH. Frendiger, born January 1, 1847, in this county, the daughter of Samuel and Fronie Frendiger, natives of Switzerland, who emigrated to this State at an early day. Six children have blessed this union, viz., Estella N., Maud E., an infant (deceased), Anna M., William R. and Lewis W. (deceased June 17, 1882). Mr. and Mrs Kimblebine have been members of the German Reformed Church for sixteen years. He has filled the position of Trustee of the church for six years, Deacon for two years, and is now Elder. He was Treasurer of the Sabbath school, and is now President of the Sabbath School Association, and also serves as a School Director. In politics, he is a Democrat.

JOHN B. KING, farmer, P. O. Larue, was born January 28, 1839, in Marion County, this State, and is the son of George and Hessa King, both natives of Delaware. His mother was of English descent and came to this State in 1802; his father, of Irish and Scotch lineage, emigrated to Ohio in 1813. Mr. King has been a resident of this county for five years, following farming for his occupation, and is also engaged in stock-raising. He owns a fine farm of 148 acres of land in Dudley Township. He was married to Anna E. Mouser, born in 1842 in Marion County, this State, the daughter of I. B. and Mary Mouser, the former of German, the latter of Scotch descent. By this union there are two children, Zoe, born May 8, 1871, and Clyde, born December 14, 1873. Mr. King and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. On the 21st of October, 1861, he enlisted in the Sixty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D, under Capt. Smith, and was discharged December 11, 1864. He participated in the following battles: Battle of Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862;

Stone River, December 31, 1862; Chickamauga, Ga. , September 19 and 20, 1863; Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863; Rocky Face, Tenn., May 9, 1864; Resaca, Ga., June 13 and 14, 1864; New Hope, May 25, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, July 20, 1864; Atlanta, July 22, 1864; Jonesboro, September 3, 1864; and Franklin, November 30, 1864. Mr. King is a member of the Grange, No. 921, at Larue; has filled the office of Township Trustee one term; is filling the office of Justice of the Peace; in politics is a Republican, and is one of the prosperous farmers of Dudley Township. He also served two terms as Justice of the Peace in Marion County.

PETER LAME, farmer, P. O. Mount Victory, was born October 24, 1827, in Clark County, this State, and is the son of John and Anner (Webb) Lame, who were natives of New Jersey, but moved to this State over sixty years ago. The subject of this sketch was educated in Union County, Ohio, and is a farmer by occupation. He owns seveoty-five acres of land, and has resided in this county for twenty -one years. He was united in marriage January 6, 1846, in Union County, by Squire Bosen, to Matilda Orapan, born February 28, 1824, in Union County, and daughter of Thomas and Jemima (Conklin) Grapan. Her father is a native o£ York State, of English descent, her mother being a native of Greene County, this State. By this union there have been five children - Silba Ann (deceased), Mary, Byron (deceased), Jemima and Wilson (deceased). Mr. Lame enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, September 16, 1864, and was discharged June 8, 1865. He was in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., in which he acted as guard. Mr. Lame and his wife are members of the Christian Church, in which the former has filled the positions of Trustee, Treasurer and Sunday School Superintendent. He has been a Township Trustee. In politics, is a Republican, and is an intelligent, energetic farmer of Dudley Township.

MILTON LEE, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born January 14, 1856, in Marion County, this State. His father, William Lee, was one of a family of seven, four boys and three girls, and was of Irish descent. The mother of our subject, Emily Lee, fourth of a family of five, two boys and three girls, one deceased, was the daughter of Robert and Martha (Friend) Clendenin, who were natives of Virginia, emigrated to Kentucky, thence came to Pickaway County, Ohio, where they spent the remainder of their lives. In November, 1877, our subject was united in marriage with Margaret, born July 9, 1856, in Buck Township, this county, and a daughter of Hosea Johnson, of German descent. B,y this union there have been three children born. Mr. Lee has followed farming for his occupation, and is a useful citizen of Dudley Township.

J. H. LINGO, farmer, P. O. Mount Victory, was born March 26, 1845, in Hardin County, this State. He is a son of J. H. and Emiline (Kemper) Lingo, the former a native of Delaware, moved to Ohio over forty years ago, the latter a native of Virginia and of German descent. The subject of this sketch was the fourth of a family of ten, seven living; was educated at the common schools of Dudley Township, and has pursued the occupation of a farmer. He enlisted May 2, 1864, in the One Hundred aad Thirty-fifth Ohio National Guards, and was discharged in September of the same year. He was Orderly Sergeant for four months, and took part in several skirmishes near Winchester, Va. ; was at Harper's Ferry, and was also near the schoolhouse of John Brown, in Maryland. Mr. Lingo was married, June 13, 1876, to Miss H. J. Williams, born May 28, 1845, in Logan County, this State, and a daughter of Anderson and Ann (Goodman) Williams, of whom the former was of Welsh descent and a native of Logan County, Ohio, and the latter of German parentage and a native of Virginia. By this union there have been three children, viz., Arminia, born April 30, 1868'; Emma A., born January 24, 1873, and Willie, born October 5, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Lingo are members of the United Brethren Church, where the former is a Trustee. Charles Smalley is an inmate o f Mr. Lingo's family, and was born March 8, 1865, in this county, and is a son of George and Nancy (Dilldine) Smalley. Mr. Lingo owns 119 acres of land in Dud-

WILLIAM McCRARY, deceased, was born August 15. 1823, and is a son of Alexander and Mary (Summers) McCrary, natives of this State, the former of Irish descent. The subject of this sketch was reared in Logan County from the age of two years, and came to this county in 1858; for his occupation he followed farming. He was married September 20, 1856, to Prudence, born May 25, 1836, in this county, and a daughter of AYilliam and Martha Ann (Brown) Gibson, the former a Quaker and a native of New Jersey, the latter a native of Virginia. This union resulted in thirteen children, seven boys and six girls, viz., La Fayette, Mary Ann, Martha, William Alexander (deceased), Maggie, Jubis (deceased), Sarah Elizabeth (deceased), Bulia, Millie A., John, Thomas and Henry (twins) and Walter (deceased). Mr. McCrary died September 14, 1880, deeply mourned by his family.

J. C. MARSHALL, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born December 26, 1841, in Union County, Ohio, and is the son of Joshua and Annette (Cooledge) Marshall, natives of this State and of Irish and German descent. He was married xlpril 1, 1866, to Sarah, who was born February 4, 1845, in Champaign County, Ohio, and a daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Harlan) Evans, natives of Chester County, Penn. This union resulted in four children, three boys and one girl, viz., Annette, born August 11, 1867; Fred E., born December 22, 1869; Joseph, born July 29, 1873, and Victor J., born May 4, 1880. Mrs. Marshall is a meojber of the Christian Church and Mr. Marshall of the Methodist Church. Mr. Marshall enlisted in the Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was also in the One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Regiment, and was discharged at the close of the war. He is a farmer by occupation, and is employed also in stock-raising, making a specialty of hogs and sheep. He owns 240 acres of land in Dudley Township, and has resided here for twelve years. Fle built his residence in 1882. Mr. Marshall is a Republican in politics, is a member of the Masonic Lodge and of the Grand Army of the Republic.

WILLIAM DE F. 'MATTHEWS, farmer, P. O. Mount Victory, was born November 19, 1820, in Williston, Crittenden Co., Vt. He is a son of William and Hannah Matthews, both natives of Connecticut, the former of Fairfield, the latter of New Haven County. His father died in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1824; his mother moved to Ohio, this county, in 1837, and died January 22, 1875, aged eighty-one years. The subject of this sketch is of English and French descent, and is a lineal descendant on the maternal side of Thomas Pierson, the first white settler of Derby, New Haven Co., Conn., where he immigrated in 1654. One of our subject's ancestors was the first rector of Yale College, New Haven. William Matthews is the only one living of a family of five, one daughter and four sons, of whom he is the third son and fourth child. He was reared and educated in the East, where he was a clerk for sixteen months in a drug store, and where he spent seventeen years of his life. On May 26, 1864, he was drafted and assigned to the One Hundred and Tenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D, and took part in a number of battles, being discharged June 26, 1865. He is a farmer by occupation; has filled the positions of Supervisor, School Director, Assessor and Trustee; is serving his third term as Justice of Ihe Peace, and is a prominent man of Dudley Township.

Morris, the former a native of Pickaway County, Ohio, the latter of New Jersey. He was educated at the common schools, and has pursued the occupation of a farmer, and owns 109 acres of land in Dudley Township. He was married, October 9, 1872, to Mariam L. , the daughter of George and Mary Ann (Armstrong) Clement. To this union there have been two children born, an infant deceased, and Cora Blanche, born September 25, 1880. Mr. Morris in politics is a Democrat, and is a representative man of Dudley Township.

ROBERT MORRISON, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born April 15, j 1840, in Muskingnm County, Ohio. His paternal grandparents emigrated I from County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1794, and settled in Pennsylvania, j where, in 1799, the father of our subject was born. A few years after they || removed to Western Virginia, remaining there uatil 1812, then came to } Muskingum County, Ohio, where, in 1820, the f alher of our subject was marj ried to Miss Grace Dickson, who was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in I 1803. Her parents emigrated to America in 1810, and settled near Pitts- 'I burgh, Penn., and remained there one year, then moved to Muskingum County, Ohio. The parents of our subject settled in this county in April, 1853, and had a family of twelve children, six boys and six girls, of whom four boys and three girls are still living. His mother died January 7, 1880; his father is still living at the age of eighty-foUr years. The subject of this sketch enlisted in the Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, October 26, 1861; was in seventeen regular battles, had nineteen horses shot under him, his blood never flowing but once, when a minie ball grazed his upper lip. In the latter part of 1863, he was detailed as a scout and spy to Gen. Howard's company, the Eleventh Corps. Soon after the Eleventh Corps was sent to join the Army of the Cumberland. On October 27, 1863, our subject participated in the battle of Lookout Mountain, and afterward in the battles of W auhatchie Heights and Mission Ridge, after which Gen. Sherman started to relieve Burnside at Knoxville. But on reaching Loudon, fearing that he would not get to Burnside in time, he called for volunteers to take a message to Knoxville. No one responding, Gen. Hooker said he knew of two who would go to aoy place he told them, and called out Daniel Conner and our subject. The next morning a brigade of infantry was sent across the river to drive the rebels back to give the two scouts a start. Knoxville was eighty-two miles distant by rail, but, as the rebels had possession of the railroad, that route could not be used. Our subject and his companion were captured by 'the rebels, stripped of their arms and hurried along for six hours, when they made an escape into the woods. After many hindrances, they Anally reached Knoxville just in time to save Burnside from a surrender. Their news was received with great cheering in the camp, and the General ordered his cook to prepare them a breakfast, wh

JAMES O. WILCOX, farmer, P. O. Lame, was born November 9, 1851, in this county, and is the son of Ebenezer E. and Emily (Carpenter) Wilcox. His father was born September 4, 1819, in Franklin County, Ohio, aod was the son of Asa and Mary (Carter) Wilcox, the former born February 18, 1788, in Orange County, N. Y., of English descent, and the latter a daughter of Anthony Carter, a French soldier under La Fayette. E. E. Wilcox, the father of our subject, received a common school education and was married at the age of twenty-nine to Emily Hurlbert, who was born February 7, 1820, in Bradford County, Penn., and a daughter of Adriel. and Emily (Carpenter) Hurlbert; her father was born in Vermont and was of German descent; her mother was a native of Delaware. This union resulted in six children, of whom our subject is the second, as follows; William A., born September 21, 1850, died September 8, 1851; James O. , our subject; Charles M., born November 21, 1853, in McLean County, 111.; Mary D., born April 1, 1855, died September 8, 1856; Frank D., born Feb ruary 12, 1860, in McLean County, 111.; and Ebenezer, born October 12, 1863, in Ohio. E. E. Wilcox, the father of our subject, moved in 1852 with his family to McLean County, III., but returned in 1862 to Ohio, to take care of his aged father. He remained on the homestead until after the death of his father, which occurred February 12, 1873, when he sold out and moved to Kenton, where he lived for one year, and then purchased a farm eight miles east of Kenton, on the banks of the Scioto Eiver. After living peacefully for fom* years, he departed this life April 13, 1881, His widow is still living, although an invalid, and has her father, who is a hale and hearty man of eighty-seven years, living with her. Frank Wilcox, the brother of our subject, was the hrst of the boys to marry; he was married, December 28, 1882, to Miss Alice, the daughter of Perry Hardin, of Marion County. James, our subject, was united in marriage, January It). 1883, to Miss Sarah, born May 22, 1861, in Clark County, this State, a daughter of Joshua and Eliza J. (Campbell) Heisler, the former of German parentage, born in 1829, in Pennsylvania.

JESSE WOOD, deceased, was born December 31, 1829, a native of Hardin County. He was the son of Isaac and Hannah (Baker) Wood, natives of Pennsylvania, of English descent, who emigrated to this State at an early day. The subject of this sketch was a farmer by occupation, and successful in business, owning at the time of his decease eighty-three acres of land in Dudley Township. He was united in marriage January 1, 1856, to Emily Anderson, who was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, April 7, 1832, and daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Clark) Anderson, both natives of Ohio and of English lineage. This union resulted in two children, Frank, born December 24, 1857 ; and Myrtie Jane, born October 27, 1861. Mr. Wood and his wife were members of the Christian Church. He furnished a substitute during the late war, and died December, 1864, his loss deeply mourned by his wife and two children.

JOSEPH E. WOOD, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born April 5, 1833, in Union County, Ohio, and is a son of Michael and Eliza (Thayer) Wood, both of English descent, the former a native of New York, the latter a native of Pennsylvania. His father was born April 3, 1801, and moved to Ohio at an early day, settling in Worthington, Franklin County, he died January 7, 1880. The subject of this sketch received a common school education, and has followed farming for his occupation. He married. May 11, 1856, a daughter of James W. and Lena A. (Davis) Boyer, the former of whom was a native of Delaware and died in 1859. Our subject's wife was born August 28, 1837, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and has had thirteen children, eight boys and live girls, viz., Celia, born September, 1856, died April 28, 1866; Joseph R,, born January 14, 1860; Charles W., born October 14, 1857; Florence, born January 9, 1859; Laura, born March 17, 1862; Michael S., born January 17, 1866, died at the age of twenty months; William F., born March 18, 1865, died at the age of one month; Luther, born June, 15, 1867; John J., born October 16, 1869; Howard W., born November 27, 1871; twins, born June, 1874, died in infancy; Hattie; born May 3, 1878; Charles, born * - . Charles Wood was marrit^d. May 11, 1882, to Etta, daughter of Charles Smith; Laura Wood is the wife of William Lattimore, and has had two children, Beemer, born in October, 1879, and Bessie A., born February, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Wood are members of the Christian Church. Six years ago Mr. Wood suffered a loss of about $1,000 from a fire that occurred in his absence. He owns 110 acres of land in Dudley Township; has tilled the ofiice of School Director, and in politics is a Republican.

CHRISTIAN ALTHAIJSER, farmer, P. O. Kenton, is a native of Baton, Germany, where he was born, August 31, 1819. His father, John Althauser, emigrated to Ohio when our subject was fourteen years of age. Our subject learned the trade of carpenter when a youth, but of late years has given his attention chiefly to farming. He is the owner of a farm of seventy acres of land in this township. He was married, August 17, 1845, to Barbara Ann Pfeiffer, daughter of Michael and Cathem Pfeiffer. Barbara Pfeiffer was born in Hashia, Germany, November 1, 1823, and has lived in this county since fourteen years of age. Of the six children that resulted from this union, tive are living, viz., George William, Elizabeth, elohn, Mary Ann and Caroline; the deceased was a child that died in infanc}'. Mr. and Mrs. Althauser are members of the German Lutheran Church, and the former is a well-known farmer of this county.

THOMAS ARMSTRONG, retired farmer, P. O. Ken too, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., June 14, 1804. He is a descendant of the old pioneers who settled in the eastern part of Pennsylvania in the colonial times, and moved, after the conflict for independence, with their families and goods on pack-horses Y/estward over mountain trails, and settled in various parts of Westmoreland, Allegheny and Armstrong Countiesr, where many of their descendants are still to be found. Of those families most nearly related to our subject, are the Armstrongs, Sloans, McCreas and Mc- Quowns. The Sloans went to Armstrong County, the McCreas to near Pittsburgh and the others to Westmoreland County. Thomas Armstrong, grandfather of our subject, a native of Ireland, married Jane McCrea and died in 1820, at the age of ninety years. Ann (McQuoin) Armstrong, subject's mother, was born in 1780, died in 1860. William Armstrong, father of our subject, was born in 1774 and in 1822, moved with his family to Manstield, Richland Co., Ohio, and settled near the town on a farm of 160 acres, on which he lived fifteen years. He died in Goshen Township in 1861. Our subject received a good education, attending high school, and learned surveying under a competent teacher. For several winters he was teaching school, and for two or three years was busy studying medicine, but never entered into the practice of it. Mr. Armstrong was a Captain in the Mansfield company of volunteer riflemen in a regiment of ten companies. On April 8, 1830, he was married, by Rev. James Rowland, to IVIargaret McQaown, by whom he had three children - O. W. , in Kenton; Eugenia, wife of Mr. W. Peck, of Wyandot County, and Margaret Jane, who died in her twentieth year.

JAMES M. BAKER, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in what was then Brooke County, Va., October 19, 1824. His parents, Morris and Mary (Con - nard) Baker, were Virginians, and were there married, coming to Hardin County, Ohio, in 1836, when James was thirteen years of age. His father entered 160 acres of land in Section 8, Goshen Township, on which he erected a cabin, and there spent his pioneer days. For their bread, they were obliged to go to West Liberty, Champaign County, taking axes along there being no roads, and as no feed could be procured for the teams, the latter were worked only part of the day and then turned out in the woods. No roads were then built to Kenton. Mrs. Baker died in 1849, and Mr. Baker in 1873. The subject of this sketch was reared in a family of eight children, of whom five were boys and three were girls. After helping to clear the old home, he started out in life for himself, and bought seventy acres of land in Section 7, Goshen Township. He has been a prosperous farmer, adding acre to acre until he now owns 585 acres, mostly improved land, all paid for. He was married, January 9, 1851, to Miss Susanna, daughter of Thomas and Mary Scott. By this marriage the following children have been born, viz. : Chester J., born August 18, 1853; Mathew A., born September 11, 1855; Mary E., born September 9, 1857; Guernsey M., born October 20, 1859; Sarah J., born August 22, 1863; Eva R., bo in January 5, 1866, and Robinson, born July 6, 1868. Mrs. Baker was born OD September 27, 1831. Her parents were born near Wooster, Ohio, and died in Wyandot County, Ohio, on the farm which they had entered. Mr. Baker has been Township Clerk several terms. Trustee for eight or nine years, and School Director almost continuously,

IRVIN S. BAKER, farmer, P. O. Larue, is a native of this county, and was born December 25, 1846. He is a son of Joseph and Matilda (Carmack) Baker, both natives of Pennsylvania and of German parentage. Our subject's father moved to this State in 1844 and settled in this county, where he died at the age of Thirty-three years. The mother of our subject is still living, and resides in Kenton. Our subject was educated at the common schools of this county, and since his youth has followed the occupation of a farmer. He is the owner of ninety acres of land in Goshen Township, where he has resided for five years. He also raises stock, making a specialty of sheep, at which he has been very successful. Our subject was married, October 4, 1877, by the Rev. J. T. Sellers, to Miss Jane Hastings, daughter of James and Rachel (Hones) Hastings, the latter a native of Virginia. Mr. Hastings emigrated from Ireland at an early day. Mrs. Baker was born in this county October 30, 1846. By this imion there have been two children - Hoyt L., born December 29, 1880, died May 8, 1881, and Minnie A., born July 24, 1882. Mrs, Baker is a member of the Presbyterian Church and Mr. Baker of the Methodist Episco})al Church, of which he is Steward and Trustee and Assistant Superintendent of the Sunday school, and Class Leader. Mr Baker is a Republican in politics; has been a member of the Freemasons seven years, Larne Lodge, No. 463; was Township Assessor in 1882, and is one of the useful citizens of Goshen Township.

M. V. BUENSIDE, farmer, P. O. Kenton, is a native of this State, Fairfield County, born March 22, 1855. His parents were J. E. and Louramah (Fishj Burnside. Our subject was educated at the common schools of this county, and has followed the occupation of farmer through life. On September 30, 1880, he married Sara M. , a daughter of Thomas J. and Miranda (Melon) James. Mrs. Burnside was born in Noble County, Ohio, May 1, 1862, and has had but one child - Hattie L., who was born October 9, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Burnside are members of the United Brethren Church, and the latter owns ten acres of land in Noble County.

J. E. COATS, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Eichmond County, Ya., in 1829. His father, Joseph Coats, of Scotch descent, moved to Fairfield County, Ohio, when subject was three years of age, and resided there until 1852. In 1853, subject was in California, where he worked in the mines, and returned to this county in the fall of 1854, and lived here for ten years, when he spent another year in California, doing odd jobs. Ho was married, December 14, 1848, to Eebecca Jane Cross, daughter of Samuel Cross, who bore him twelve children, viz., Samantha J., Martha Elizabeth, Eobert P., William S. (deceased), an infant and twins (all deceased), Laura, John F., Joseph O. , Ida May and Lilly Nancy. Mr. Coats owns a fine farm of 106 acres, eighty of which are cleared, and is one of our self-made men of Goshen Township.

WILLIAM C. COOK, farmer, P. O. Marseilles, is a native of W^yandot County, Ohio, where he was born in 1851. His parents were James and Hannah (Corwin) Cook, both natives of Pennsylvania. Our subject was married, April 10, 1872, to Dilla, daughter of Peter and Leah (Annesly) Johnson. Mrs. Cook was born in this State November 17, 1855. The result of this union has been three children - James P. , born May 5, 1876; Harley, born April 12, 1878, died in 1880, at the age of two years; and Lenora, born December 12, 1880. Mr. Cook owns a fine farm of forty-four acres, located ten miles east of Kenton, on the Bellefontaine pike, of which place he has been a resident the last six years.

J. S. CUMMINS, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in New Jersey October 28, 1825,' and is a son of G. M. and Delilah (Shaffer) Cummins, the former of German and the latter of English parentage, and who emigrated to Ohio in the year 1835. Our subject was brought up to the occupation of a farmer, has follow^ed it through life and is now the owner of ninety-three acres of land on Section 22, Goshen Township. In 1850, Mr. Cummins was united in marriage, by Squire Jacob Yauger, to Sarah F. , daughter of Peter and Ann Eliza (Eobinson) Schwartz, natives of New York State. Mrs. Cummins was born February 2, 1835, and is of German lineage. To this union have been born eight children, four living - George W., deceased; Delilah, married; Peter W., deceased; Mary E. (deceased), Ida, James S. (deceased), Ann Eliza, single: and "Willis H., married. Mrs. Cummins is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Cummins is a man of good judgment and a representative citizen of the township.

J OHN DICKSON, farmer and gardener, Kenton, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, in November, 1825. His parents were Eobert and Mary (Anspaugh) Dickson, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Pennsylvania and of German parentage. Our subject received a common school education, and selected the occupation of a farmer and gardener. He was married, in 1852, to Elizabeth Hamilton, by whom he has had nine children, eight boys and one girl. Mr. Dickson owns three acres of land in Goshen Township; also owns land in Illinois. He is a quiet, energetic man and a good citizen.

C. B. DEIJM, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Pennsylvania September 7, 1831. His father, John Drum, who was of German descent, was born March 8, 1778, and died June 17, 1855. The mother of our subject was Martha (Lambertson) Drum, of Scotch extraction. She and her husband emigrated to Ohio when our subject was but six weeks old, and spent here the remainder of their lives. Mr. C. B. Drum received a common school education and learned farming as an occupation, and he has, after great toil, accumulated 228 acres of land, located in Section 30, Goshen Township. On January 18, 1876, he was united in manlage to Bebecca Jane, daughter of Joseph and Isabel Cowan, Mr. Drum was a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company A, having enlisted August 22, 1862, and was discharged June 13, 1865. He participated in the following battles: Winchester, Va , June 13 and 15,

1863; Sucker's Ferry, Va., July 18, 1864; Winchester, July 24, 1864; Martinsburg, July 25, 1864; Berry vi lie, September 3, 1864; Winchester, September 19, 1864; Fisher's Hill, September 22, 1864; Hatcher's Bun, Va., March 3, 1865, and High Bridge, April 6, 1865, at which latter place they were captured. Mr. Drum is a member of the Grange Association, and for eight or nine years has acted as Township Treasurer, j MABTIN DBDSCHEL, farmer, P. O. Grant, son of Nicholas and i Catharine (Winebrinner) Druschel, was born in Hesse- Cassel, Germany, January 7, 1836. He is a member of a family of seven children, of whom six were sons and one daughter. He came to this country in 1852, landing in New York on the 9th of June, and at Kenton on the 19th of the same month. He has followed railroading and. farming ever since, with the exception of about one year spent in the service of his country during the rebellion. He enlisted September 7, 1864, in Company K, One Hundred and Eightieth Begiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war, having participated in several battles. Ho was married, June 11, 1868, to Amelia C., daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Gottier) Darendinger. The three children born to this union are as follows: George F., born March 15, 1869; Amelia C., born July 10, 1871, died September 1, 1872, and one still-born October 4, 1872, Mrs. Druschel was born on March 3, 1847, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Her parents were natives of Switzerland, but were married in this country, coming to Washington Township, Hardin Co., Ohio, in 1853. Mr. Druschel has a good farm which he cleared up from the stump, and is an energetic and enterprising citizen.

JOHN FBEY, deceased, was born in 1806 in Germany, whence ho emigrated in 1835 to Ohio, and died in 1868 in Pleasant Township. He followed the occupation of a farmer. His wife was born in 1808, and was a daughter of Marcus and Mary Elizabeth (Beam) Hide, who emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania, where they lived three years, and thence moved to Crawford County, Ohio, and finally came to this county, the home of our subject. Mr. Frey had a family of seven children, two - A. F. and John - living; those deceased are Barbara Elizabeth, Mary, Bach el, and two sons who died in infancy.

JOHN HALEY, farmer and manufacturer of drain tiles, P. O. Kenton, was born in New York City January 8, 1837, and was brought by his parents to Goshen Township, Hardin Co., Ohio, in the same fall. His mother carried him on her back from Sandusky, performing the journey on foot, while his father carried the household effects. His father, Patrick Haley, was born in County Sligo, Ireland, in 1812, and his mother, Susan, also in Ireland in 1805. They were married in New York, and had six children born to them, our subject being the only surviving member. No roads had been built in those early days, the father of our subject having to carry two bushels of corn nine miles to mill and back, by paths through woods. He witnessed the clearing of the ground where the public square now is. He has cut twenty- five acres of grass in a season, assisted only by John, when the latter was but fourteen years old, doing all by hand and carrying it on poles to the stack. John used to mow two acres of grass for a day's work, receiving for same 37J cents. The parents are still living, and are residing in Goshen Township, on the farm which they settled. Our subject was married, October 11, 1859, to Miss Sarah L., daughter of Harrison and Emma (Freszell) Barrett. She was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, March 27, 1836. The results of this union have been ten children, viz., Emma S. (deceased), Mary B., Patrick R. Harrison Y. , Peter G., John F. , Charles E., William I. (deceased), Sarah J. and Alice M. Mr. Haley is a self-made man, having started in life a poor man. After his marriage, he took a job of clearing ten acres of land ready for plowing, receiving only ^30 for same. In 1862, he bought and cleared forty acres of land in Section 23, Goshen Township, and in 1864 bought 160 more acres of wild land, and being inclined |to speculate, he eventually sold and bought out the heirs of his father- in law in Section 26, Goshen Township, but which he afterward sold out for the old Wheeler farm, a pioneer farm, and this he subsequently exchanged for his present home in Section 8. He has been for four years a Representative, being elected in 1875, and again in 1877, and is a prominent and popular citizen.

JOHN HARROLD, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born March 8, 1822, in Columbiana County, this State. He is a son of David and Rebecca (Beau) Harrold, both of German lineage. He was married, September 11, 1845, to Caroline Welk, born January 24, 1823, and died leaving a family of seven children, viz., Mary Ann, Sarah M., David, William, John H., Amanda E. and George E. Our subject formed a second union October 3, 1872, with Martha, a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Bolinger. Martha was the widow of John Smith. She was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., February, 1840, and was married to Mr. Smith March 19, 1861. She had, by her first husband, three children - Samuel B., Noah and Mary E. Our subject resides with his family on his farm of eighty acres, and is one of the stirring, enterprising farmers of Goshen Township.

JOHN HEILMAN, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1840. His father was born in 1804 and died in 1874, in Goshen Township. Our subject's mother was born in 1808, and is still living, residing at the home of our subject, who was educated at the common schools of Ashland County until fourteen years of age, when his parents moved to this county. For his occupation, he selected farming, which he has followed successfully, and is now the owner of 140 acres of well- improved land. Ninety of these acres are in Range 12 and fifty in Section 30, In 1874, Mr. Heilman bought a saw mill, which he still retains. He was married, in 1866, by the Rev. Mr. Timbler, to Margaret A., daughter latter of Switzerland. Mr. Heilman built his residence, which cost $3,000, in 1881, and his barn, costing $1,000, in 1879. For nine years, he has acted as Township Trustee; is a member of Grange, No. 578, and is one of our intelligent, industrious citizens of Goshen Township.

J. W. JAMES, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Noble County, Ohio, in 1835, His parents are Hatus and Sarah (Lowe) James. Subject was married, January 8, 1854, to Margaret, daughter of Calton and Elizabeth (Weekly) Merry. Margaret was born in Noble County October 11, 1839. This union has been blessed with four children, three of whom are living, wiz., an infant (deceased), Amthie (wife of J. H. Pfeiffer), Sarah E. (wife of G. W. Ramsey), and Hannah. By occupation Mr. James is a farmer, and is the owner of fifty-five acres of land in Goshen Township, where he is a prominent' farmer.

PETER JOHNSON, farmer, P. O, Kenton, is a native of Fleming County, Ky., where he was born July 29, 1811. He is a son of Jacob and Rachel (Green) Johnson, who came to Ohio in 1816. Our subject was educated in this county, and in 1853 was ordained as a minister. He also has two brothers who are ministers of the Gospel. He was married, July 7, 1836, to Leah Amley, daughter of William and Mary (Kersey) Amley. Airs, tlohnson was born in Kentucky in 1818. By this union there were born twelve children, four deceased. Mr. Johnson has acted as Justice of the Peace for seventeen years, and for the last two years has been farming five miles north of Kenton, where he owns forty acres of land.

W. A. KELLY, farmer, P. O. Kenton, is one of the oldest residents of this county. He was born in Fayette County, Penn., March 26, 1826, and is the son of Samuel Kelly. His grandfather, Alexander Kelly, lived in Ireland. The grandfather of our subject had a family of twenty-four children, and the father of our subject moved to Crawford County, Ohio, when the latter was three years of age, where he entered 320 acres of land, and finally, in 1832, came to Goshen Township, which has been the home of our subject ever since - a period of fifty-one years. Air. W. A. Kelly received a common school education and learned farming for his occupation. He is the owner of a farm of 160 acres in Section 20, Goshen Township. He also gives some of his time to auctioneering, which he has pursued successfully for twenty-five years. He has formed two marriages; the first was on March 26, 1852, when he married Alary, the daughter of John Henry, of Dudley Township; and the second union w'as on May 1, 1872, with Mrs. Elnora Johns, the widow of John Johns, and daughter of John and Elizabeth (Porter) Souls. Her mother was born in Maryland in 1800. Mrs. Kelly is a native of Waynesburg, Penn., where she was born August 15, 1825. Mr. Kelly is the father of eight children, five living. He remembers Kenton when there was but one house, and when the whole surrounding country was a forest, and was one of the three boys who cut the spicebrush for a public dinner given when Harrison was elected President. Air. Kelly is a member of the Masonic Lodge in Kenton, where he has held the office of Senior Warden; is also member of the Grange, in which he has filled the offices of Master, Secretary and Lecturer, and is now Alaster of the County Grange; for five years he was Justice of the Peace, and has acted as Trustee a number of times.

F. S. KELLY, farmer, P. O. Marseilles, was born in Goshen Township, Hardin Co., Ohio, September 28, 1854. He is a son of William A. and Mary (Henry) Kelly, and is of Irish lineage. The subject of this sketch received a common school education, and has followed farming for his occupation. He married, Alay 25, 1875, Addie L., who was born April 17, 1856, in Pleasant Township, in this county, and is the daughter of John and Elnora (Souls) Johns. Two children have blessed this union - Elnora Alay, burn August 27, 1876, and Maud A., born January 28, 1880. Mr.

JOHN LAIJGHEKY, farmer, P. O. Marseilles, is a native of this State, Knox County, where he was born January 30, 1835. He is a son of John and Mahala (Fry) Laughery, both of Pennsylvania; the former of Irish and the latter of German descent. Our subject was a member of a family of eight, two brothers and tvvo sisters deceased, viz., Polly, Eliza, Kinsey and Hiram deceased; those surviving are William, Sylvester and Kuhama, the latter wife of N. Kelsey. Our subject received a common school education * and was brought up to the occupation of a farmer, and is now the owner' of thirteen and three-fourths acres of land in Goshen Township, where he has resided for fifteen years. He was married, in Paris Township, Union County, Ohio, by Squire William Kobinson, and has had three children - William, born August 26, 1864; Ida, born February 26, 1871, and an infant, deceased, born January, 1874. Mr. Laugh ey has acted as School Director several times, is a member of the Grange and is a well-known farmer of Goshen Township.

P. D. MILLAR, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born September 26, 1819, in Muskingum County, Ohio. His father, John Millar, a native of Scotland, emigrated in March, 1805. His mother, Sarah (Dickson), was borni in County Tyrone, Ireland; emigrated to the United States in 1810, and married in Muskingum County, where she reared a family of eight children, four sons and four daughters. The subject of this sketch, the second child, was educated at the common schools and at the McEntire Academy at Zanesville, Ohio. In April, 1836, he came to Hardin County with his parents, where his father entered land in Sections 30 and 31, of which the southeastern quarter of the former section is now owned by our subject. , In April, 1848, he was married, in Muskingum County, to Martha, a daughter of Alexander Morison, a resident of Hardin County, who has attained I ? his eighty-fourth year. This union resulted in four children, one living - Ida, married to W. N. Robinson, living on the farm known as the James Millar farm; their son is quite a prominent member of the familyr In ! 1851, our subject was elected County Surveyor, which office he held until | 1857; was County Auditor from 1861 to 1867; from 1868 to 1869 was j County Engineer for construction of pikes and gravel roads; in 1866 and' 1867, was again appointed Engineer. He is a farmer by occupation, and is now living on his farm, which is v^^ell- improved, and, for its size, among the best in the county. When he first came to the county, it was an almost unbroken forest, was very marshy and the dense foliage seemed to prevent evaporation; the contrast now is very great, the fine roads and beautiful towns showing the energy and thrift exerted. Among the many changes made is the drainage of the Hog Creek Marsh, in which our subject had charge of the work on the outlet and the deepening of the channel of the , creek. This channel extended through the rock to a distance of about half a mile, at the site of the old Trussell Mill in Liberty Township. He was also appointed Engineer by the Joint Board of Trustees of Liberty, Washington and Blanchard Townships, and had charge of the system in the draining of the marsh, the construction of the hydraulic on the outlet of Hog Creek Marsh, near the eastern part running north into Hancock County. Part of the ditch on the old Beard farm, in Washington Township, was cut about eighteen feet deep from the surface, crossing the summit, making heavy cutting; the heavy cut was timbered with lumber, which on the bottom and sides was two inches thick, the caps four inches, the trunk five feet square in ttie clear. This work proved a success. The work on the tunnel was a very hard task, owing to the quicksand, which hindered the workmen in getting the timber before caving in on them. The work was finally accomplished and is claimed to be a perfect success. Mr. Millar has now reached his sixty-third year, and is hale and hearty for one of that age living in this climate. He is strictly temperate in his habits and has never been troubled with any sickness.

J. H. PFEIFFER, farmer, P. O. Kenton, is a native of this county, where he was born September 3, 1829. He has followed farming for his occupation, at which ne has been successful, and is now the owner of 158 acres of valuable land. In March, 1877, our subject was united in marriage with Arnettie James, who was born in Noble County, Ohio, in 1865. By this union there have been three children - William W., Edward F. and Anna May. Our subject is an industrious man and makes a useful citizen of Kenton.

PETER PFEIFFER, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in this county March 3, 1840. He is a son of John Adam and Sophia (Elsesser) Pfeifter, the former of whom died May 12, 1879, the latter May 8, 1859. Subject's grandfather, on the paternal side, was Michael Pfeiffer; on the maternal side his grandparents were Lewis and Elizabeth (Bain) Elsesser, all natives of Prussia, and all, except Elizabeth Elsesser, emigrated to Ohio. Our subject was married, by the Rev. W. H. Kelly, March 1, 1863, to Lybela B. Wolf, who was born in this county February 9, 1845. She is the daughter of Jacob and Barbara (Wang) Wolf. Her father came from Prussia and her mother from Baden. By this union there have been eight children, viz., George H., Callie M., Ella, Emma (deceased), J. C., Jossie, Jessie F. and Gertie (deceased). Our subject owns 185 acres of land five miles east of Kenton, where he has been a farmer for twenty years. His residence was built in 1876. Mr. Pfeiffer for five years has acted as School Directer, and for two terms as Township Trustee. He and his wife are members of the Grange, No. 578, and, in politics, the former is a Democrat.

GEORGE PFEIFFER, farmer, P. O, Kenton, is a native of this county, where he was born February 25, 1843. He is the son of John Adam and Sophia (Elsessor) Pfeiffer. His paternal grandfather was Michael Pfeiffer and his maternal grandfather John Elsessor. Our subject started out in life as a farmer, which has been his occupation ever since. He is now the owner of 160 acres of land in Goshen Township, on Section 30, Range 12, all secured by hard economy and great industry. In 1870, April 7, he was united in marriage to Mary Hile, a native of this county, where she was born February 12, 1848, and is the daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Rosenberger) Hile. Five children have blessed this union - Ida Elnore, Arnettie, Isadora, Jessie May and Charlie W. Mr. and Mrs. Pfeiffer are members of the Lutheran Church, and Mr. Pfeiffer is a charter member of the Grange, No, 578, which he joined seven years ago. He has acted as Constable of the township, as Director, and hi the spring of 1883, was Assessor of the township, and is an intelligent, industrious, enterprising farmer, a kind parent and is one of Kenton's useful citizens.

SAMUEL PFEIFFER, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born June 1, 1850, in this county, Ohio. His parents were George and Mary Pfeiffer. Our subject was married, February 28, 1878, to Laura Coats, wlio was born in this county in 1858, the daughter of J. R. and Rebecca Jane Coats. To this union there have been born three children, viz., Pdrich J., born October 7, 1878; Fred E., born December 21, 1879, and Michael G. , born Feb- ruary 28, 1881. Mr. Pfeiffer ie a farmer by occupatioD* and owns 223 acres of land in Goshen Township. In 1878, Mr. Pfeiffer served in the capacity of Township Assessor, and for three terms was a Township Trustee. His residence is six miles east of Kenton, on the Miller pike.

GEORGE WILLIAM PFEIFFER, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born July I, 1862, in Goshen Township, this county. He is a son of George and Anna Mary (Strassar) Pfeiffer. His father was born in Germany August 19, 1818, and was educated at the common schools of Germany, where he also learned tailoring and various other trades, and then emigrated with his father, Michael Pfeiffer, from. Germany in 1837, settlings in ISpringfield, Ohio. The next year, our subject's father came to Kenton, where he is now a farmer and owns 160 acres of land. He married, September 22, 1843, Anna Mary Strassar, who was born in Switzerland June 25, 1822, and was a daughter of Samuel and Barbara Ann (Lichtenweller), who emigrated to Ohio in 1832. Our subject is a member of a faDiily of eight children, as follows: Margaret Ann (wife of John Heilman), Caroline (deceased, wife of William W^olf), Michael, Samuel, Henry, John Adam, infant (deceased) and George William. Our subject has just reached his majority, and promises to be one of the rising farmers of Goshen Township.

J. A. PFEIFFER, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Goshen Township, this county, and is a son of George and Anna Mary (Strassar) Pfeiffer, whose biography will be found in the sketch of George William Pfeiffer, a brother of the subject of this sketch. Our subject was united in marriage with Mary Cook, a daughter of Henry Cook. One child has blessed this union - Maggie. Mr. Pfeiffer follows farming, and is an intelligent and useful citizen of Goshen Township.

JOHN ROBERTS, deceased, was born in Ohio County, Va., in 1817. He was reared in Washington County, Penn., and emigrated to Carroll County, Ohio. He finally removed to this county, where he followed farming, and owned 160 acres of land on Section 29, Goshen Township. He was married, in 1839, December 18, to Ann Mahan, who was born in 1823, April 24, in Fayette County, Penn., and was the daughter of Lazareth and Elizabeth (Mahan) Roberts, of Irish parentage. This union was blessed with sixteen children, nine living, three boys and six girls, of whom there are four girls and one boy married. Mrs. Roberts is a member of the Church of the Disciples. In 1882, September 30, our subject died, deeply mourned by his family.

T.J. TERRY, farmer, P.O. Marseilles, was born July 16, 1829, in Virginia. He is a son of Champness and Anna (Thompson) Terry, the former of Irish and English lineage. Our subject was brought up to the occupation of a farmer, which he has followed through life, and is now the owner of eighty acres of land in Goshen Township, on Section 24. On February 14,1858, our subject was united in marriage with Elizabeth Simpshn, a native of Ohio, born in April, 1835. This union has resulted in six children, viz., Rhoda, Ann, Scott, John, Jane and an infant, deceased. Mrs. Terry died in 1875. Mr. Terry formed a second union with Mrs. Amelia Jane Bodine, a widow and a daughter of Jacob Brown. Her father was of German and her mother of English lineage. By this union there has been one child - Grace, born September 21, 1876. *

JOHN THOMPSON, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Halifax County, Ya. , April 17, 1830. His parents, David and Mary (Anderson) Thompson, emigrated to this State when our subject was two years old. John was educated at the common schools of this county, and for his occupation has followed farming. He is the owner of 200 acres of land in Section 15, where he has resided during the last four years. He was married, September 15, 1853, to Caroline, daughter of Jonathan and Scotia (Wilson) Wilkins, the former of German and the latter of English descent. Mrs. Thompson was born in Licking County, Ohio, December 5, 1834, and was educated at the schools of Wyandot and Van Wert Counties. But one child has blessed this union - Bertie Lee, born March 28, 1877. ' Mr. Thompson was a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-third Kegiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company A, having enlisted August 16, 1862, and was discharged June 30, 1865, at Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. Thompson is prominent among the farmers of Goshen Township, and is an active, enterprising citizen.

DAVID THOMPSON, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Wyandot County, Ohio, February 14, 1834. He is a son of David and Hilary (Anderson) Thompson, natives of Halifax, Va. Our subject was brought up to the occupation of a farmer, and has followed it through life. He is the owner of a farm of forty-four acres in this county. Range 12, Section 15, Township 4, and of 160 acres joining Wyandot County, Range 12, Section 10, Township 4. On August 16, 1852, he was united in marriage with Margaret, daughter of Henry and Sallie (Stout) Schriver, natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Thompson was born in August, 1833, and died May 25, 1882, leaving live children living out of a family of nine, viz., Elinor, born April 19, 1854, died at the age of four months; John F., born Jauuary 1, 1856; Anna M., born January 2, 1858; Albert R., born April, 1860, died January, 1864; Henry W., born January, 1863; Lewis M. , born May 2, 1865; Elnora A,, born September 9, 1867, died May 9, 1880; David M., born September 5, 1870, died 1880, and Jennie M., born November 30, 1872. Our subject enlisted in the One Huudred and Twenty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company A, under Capt. Chamberlain, and was discharged at Cumberland January 21, 1865, having served four years and four months. He was a member of the Invalid Corps, No. 466. Mr. Thompson is a man of ability, and is one of the enterprising farmers of Goshen Township.

HENRY I. W^ETHERILL, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in England in April, 1811. His parents, Whlliam P. and Ann (Fountain) Wetherill, emigrated to Ohio as a family in 1820. Our subject married, in 1837, Alice, a daughter of William and Jane (Duck) Gill. Alice was born in England, 1820, and emigrated with her parents to Ohio at the age of thirteen years. Mr. and Mrs, Wetherill are the parents of eight children, viz., William G., JohnW. (deceased), Thomas H. (deceased), Edwin H., Thomas P. , Amy J., Willington and Usher C. Mr. Wetherill has also sixteen grandchildren. He owns 160 acres of land on Range 12, Goshen Township, where he has been a resident for thirty-seven years, he and his wife spending their lives in making the homes of their children what they are at this day.

JASPER WILLY, farmer, P. O. Marseilles, is a native of Delaware County, this State, where he was born in September, 1852. His parents are Harrison and Rosanna (Pencer) Willy, the former of whom died in 1854. Our subject received his education from the common schools of Wyandot County, and since his youth has followed farming and carpentering. Ho was married, in 1870, to Harriet, daughter of James and Hannah (Corwin) Cook. Mrs. Willy was born in Wyandot County January 19, 1853, and has had three children - Ida B., born August 9, 1872; Charles, born Juno, 1874,

MAKTIN WINEBKINNEii, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born January 7, 1858, in this county. His father, Martin Winebrinner, was born in Germany, 1812, and emigrated to America in 1837, settling in Ohio. He married, in 1846, Miss Wilhelmina Hartung, who was born in Prussia, May, 1825, and came to this State in 1835. He died in 1876. The subject of this sketch was the seventh of a family of nine children, as follows; George (deceased), Nicholas, John, Louisa, George, Mary, Martin, Wilhelminie and William Henry (deceased). Our subje(*4 has received, at different times, several injuries; once, by the "falling of a tree, February 8, 1875, through which he was obliged to use crutches for a year; another time by the kick of a horse; and still another time by the falling of a limb from a tree, while he was sawing. He owns 23 1^ acres of land in Goshen Township, and is an enterprising, industrious farmer and. a worthy and useful citizen.

WILLIAM YAITGER, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Marion County, Ohio, August 7, 1836. His parents were Jacob and Charity (Albertson) Yauger, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of New Jersey. Our subject was educated at the common schools of Goshen Township, and for his occupation selected farming. He owns a farm of seventyfour acres land in Section 22. He was married, December 17, 1863, to Joanna, a daughter of Jesse and Sophroma (Corey) Wilden, the former a native of Delaware and the latter of Ohio. Five children have blessed this union - Addison E., born September 9, 1864; Fronia C., born April 3, 1866; elacob E., born February 9, 1868; Jessy T., born June 17, 1870; and Cora E., born March 23, 1878. Mr. Yauger has been Justice of the Peace for the last fifteen years, and for the same length of time Township Clerk. He is a member of the Grange, No. 578, in politics is a Democrat, and is one of the influential citizens of Goshen Township.

BENJAMIN AULT, farmer, P. O. North Washington, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, June 22, 1840. He is a son of Jacob and Catherine (PIolser) Ault, the former a native of Pennsylvania, who emigrated to Ohio in the year 1826. Our subject was raised on a farm and received a common school education in Wayne County, Ohio. He came to Ohio in 1877. His brother, Eli Ault, was also a native of Wayne County, born in August, 1848. He was married, July 4, 1874, to Jane Neal, of Williams County, Ohio, by whom he has had two children, Lottie and Willis. The two brothers bought their farm of rich soil, in Section 2 Cessna Township, and are constantly improving it, being repaid by rich crops of wheat and corn. Mrs. Eli Ault is a member of the Church of God. In politics, the two brothers are Democrats, but have never sought or held office.

JAMES BAILEY, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Taylor Creek Township, Hardin County, Ohio, January 14, 1830. His parents are Silas and Harriet (Rial) Bailey, the former a native of Virginia, the latter of Logan County, Ky. They came to Hardin County in the j?ear 1854. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, obtaining a com uon school education in this township. He was united in marriage, February 12, 1854, to Eliza A., daughter of David and Levina Evans, of Delaware, who came to Hardin County in 1854 or 1855. Seven children have blessed this union, viz., Willis, David, Siege, Marshall, Hattie, Enoch and Edward.

I Mr. Bailey enlisted September 17, 1864, in the One Hundred and Seventyninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was out nine months and lay sick at Nashville for three months. In politics, he is a Democrat, and is a well known citizen of Cessna Township. Mr. Bailey has lived in this county all his life.

WILLIAM BISH, farmer, P. O. Ada, was born in Bockingham County, Va., February 2, 1827, and is a son of Dawalt and Mary Ann (Drawband) Bish. His parents, of German descent, were natives of Virginia, whence they emigrated and located in Fairfield County, Ohio, at a time our subject was quite young. Mr. William Bish was united in marriage in 1852 with Eliza Jane, a daughter of Thomas and Harriet Gray, of Franklin 'County, Ohio. Four children have resulted from this union, viz., Williard Wilson, William Dawalt, Sarah Beil and Eollo Boscoe. Mr. Bish served through the Mexican war in the Fourth Ohio Begiment, was also in the rebellion in the One Hundred and Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the battle of Kingston. Mr. Bish resides on his farm, which is very pleasantly situated in Section 7, Cessna Township. He is a member of the Grange, is a Democrat in politics, and has filled the office of Township Trustee, also several minor positions.

ALBEBT JAMES BOYD, farmer, P. O. Ada, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, April 12, 1851. His parents are Thomas and Susan Boyd. His father emigrated from his native county, Delaware, Ohio, and located in Hardin County, Ohio, iu 1865. The subject of this sketch was married, December 25, 1875, to Hester Ann, a daughter of Jacob and Mary Ann Lambert, and a native of Ohio, They have four children, viz., Viola May, George Alexander, Balph, Herbert and Susan Idella. Mr. Boyd and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Boyd was reared on a farm, obtaining a common school education. His farm shows the care and energy of its occupant.

WILLIAM HABVEY BBOWN, farmer and civil engineer, P. O. Kenton, was born at Amsterdam, N Y. , July 25, 1835. He is a son of Loomis and Amancy (Gifford) Brown, both natives of New York. Our subject came to Ohio in 1847, was reared on a farm and was educated at the common schools and at the Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio, from which latter place he graduated in the scientific course. He was married, November 24, 1859, to Jane E. Bichards, born October 17, 1838, and a daughter of Edwin Bichards, of Massachusetts. Their union was blessed with four children, viz., Virginia Eleanor, born October 13, 1860, died June 16, 1879; Florence Amelia, born October 11, 1862, died August 18, 1879; Erwin Arthur, born October 21, 1872; and Celia May, born May 9, 1876. Mrs. Brown died November 23, 1879, and Mr. Brown remarried February 19, 1880, taking for his second wife Mary Elizabeth Scott. She was born December 31, 1853, and is a daughter of William J. and Almira Jane (Bose) Scott. One child has resulted from this union, William Loomis, born July 9, 1881. Mr. Brown is an honorable meJiiber of Amicitia Lodge, No. 79, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, also of the Encampment at Kenton. In politics, he is a Bepublican and has served Hardin County seven years as a County Surveyor. He is well (pnalilied as a civil engineer, in which line he does considerable business. He also gives some attention to the -cultivation of his farm, which is situated on the Lima pike, Section 23.

SAMUEL KILEY CALVIN, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Lawrence County, Penn, November 1, 1835. He is a son of George and Elizabeth (Lightner) Calvin, the former from Ireland, and the latter from Pennsylvania. Our subject was married, July 30, 1857, to Sarah Ann Smith, born in Pennsylvania, of German descent, and a daughter of Allen and Margaret Smith. The five children born are as follows: Margaret Elizabeth, wife of William A. Major; Ida May; Biley Lorenzo; Pede, died at the age of two months; and Viola, deceased at the age of two months. Mr. Calvin volunteered in the Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and fought in the following battles: Slaughter Creek, second

Bull Bun, McDowel, Peach Tree Creek, Cross Keys, Chancellorsville, Fairfax Court House, Fredericksburg, Woodstock and Gettysburg. He was taken prisoner in July, 1863; was conhned four months, and then took part in the engagements at Kenesaw Mountain and Atlanta; was in the march of Sherman to the sea, and was discharged January 1, 1865. In politics, Mr. Calvin is a Bepublican; has served as School Director and Supervisor, and at present is County Constable.

JOHN DAVIS CESSNA, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Cumberland County, Penn., February 1, 1823. His father, William Cessna, was of French, and his mother, Kesiah Davis, of Welsh ancestry, both natives of Pennsylvania. Our subject came to Ohio in 1828 or 1829, and to Hardin County in 1835. He was reared on a farm and obtained the limited education afforded by the common schools of his day. On November 14, 1851, he was married to Eliza Ann, a daughter of Manly Beid. The nine children born to them are as follows: William Mauly, a resident of Hardin

County, and married to Clara Bell Davis; Joseph Hiram, deceased at the age of ten months; Isaac Adis, deceased when two months old; Mary Elizabeth, at home; Zacharias Phillips, a resident of Illinois; Albert Clement, Florence, Henry, John Davis and Harriet Ann. Mrs. Cessna died August 12, 1879. Mr. Cessna remarried September 28, 1881, the lady of his choice being Lydia Ann, daughter of John and Anna Obenour, and a native of Ohio. One child has resulted from this union, Bessie Carrie. During the late war, Mr. Cessna volunteered in the One Hundred and Thirtyfifth Ohio National Guards, but was not called into active service. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has served as Trustee, Class Leader and Superintendent of the Sabbath school. He was a member of the Kenton Lodge, No. 79, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics, he is a Bepublican, has filled the position of Township Trustee, and has also filled minor offices with honor.

WILLIAM T. COLE, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born July 1, 1842, in Washington Township, Hardin County, Ohio. He is a son of David and Bebecca (Shafer) Cole, the former a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, and the latter of Pennsjdvania, of German descent. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, attending the common schools, aud spent one term at the Kenton Union School. He was united in marriage, October 29, 1862, to Martha Ann Bateson, born September 3, 1837, a daughter of George and Eliza Bateson. To this union there have been born three children - William C., born August 21, 1863; Edwin Willis, born April 16, 1866; and Harold Irwin, born April 5, 1870. Mr. Cole enlisted September 20, 1864, in the One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served nearly one year. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His hand of assistance is felt in the church and its missions, and in all educational, charitable and benevolent societies. He^

: Detwiler, natives of Lancaster County, Penn., came to Ohio in 1827; located in Columbiana County, thence removed to Seneca County in 1843, and finally, in 1851, settled in Hardin County, Our subject was reared on a farm, obtaining a common school education, and was married, January 2, 1851, to Elizabeth Nisley, a native of Seneca County, Ohio, and a daughter of Henry and Anna Nisley. The nine children born to them are as follows: Alonzo Willis, died at the age of two years and nine months; Orville Augustus, married to Mary E. Bateson, of Cessna Township; Marj^ Jane, died at the age of nine years; William Henry, married to Jane Russell; John Wesley, married to Rosa Buckingham, of Bloom Township, Seneca County, Ohio; Samuel Otis, died at the age of five years; Sarah Abigail, wife of David Smith, of Blanchard Township; Jacob Ellsworth, at home; and Anna Elizabeth, in Ashland County, Ohio. Mrs. Detwiler died June 6, 1865, and Mr. Delwiler married January 11, 1866, Mary Ann, a daughter of John and Fannie Legron. She was born in Pennsylvania, December 12, 1827, and came to Ohio in 1832. They have now two children, Edward Sherman and Alice Victoria. Mr. Detwiler and his family are members of the Church of Christ. He is a member also of the Amicita Lodge, No. 79, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Patrons of Husbandry. In politics, Mr. Detwiler is a Republican, is Commis sioner of the county, and has been Trustee, besides holding several minor offices.

RALPH DILDINE, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, December 31, 1833. His father, Allen Dildine, was born in Pennsylvania, and his mother, Mary Boyd, in Ohio. Our subject came to Hardin County, Ohio, in 1851, and to Cessna Township in 1881. He was educated in the common schools of Delaware County, and was reared on a farm. On March 2, 1859, he was married to Patience, a daughter of John and Huldah Clark, of Marion County, Ohio. Her father was a na-

^ tive of Pickaway County, Ohio, and her mother of the St'rjte of Delaware. Mr. and Mrs. Dildine are the parents of seven children, viz., Demeris Jane, wife of William Halpin, of Jackson Township; Fronie Ellen, Huldah Ann, Myrtle Adell, Mary and Amy (twins), Willie, deceased at the ag'e of four months, and Nettie, deceased at the age of six years. Mr. Dildine and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, he is a Democrat. He is one of the latest accessions to Cessna Township, and is a man that will make his mark.

JOHN ECCARIUS, farmer, P. O. Kenton, is a native of Germany, born October 23, 1834, and is a son of George and Margaret (Gessard) Eccarius. He came with his parents to America in 1849, and the same year settled in Hai'din County, Ohio. His schooling was mostly obtained in Germany and he was reared to farming. He was united in marriage in April, 1857, to Margaret Oschman, a native of Germany, who came to Hardin County with her parents in 1854 or 1855. Nino children resulted from this union, viz., Jannette, Ernest, Caroline, John George, Martha, David Robert, U. S. Grant, Carl and Florin. Mr. Eccarius was a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was in the engagement at John Brown's meeting house. He belongs to the Lutheran Church, is in politics, a Republican, but has never sought nor held office.

SAMUEL MITCHELL EDENS, saw-miller, P. O. Kenton, was born in | West Virginia June 20, 1840. His parents, John and Sarah (Miller) Edens, were natives of Virginia and of German lineage. When quite young, our subject came with his parents to Ohio, locating in Highland County, and subsequently, in 1866, in Hardin County. He was reared on a farm and attended the common schools; then worked at milling for about twenty years, and is now running a mill of his own. In 1869, he was united in :

Muskingum County, Ohio. They have eight children, viz., Ervin Algern, i Arizonia Adelaide, Emery Melvin, Leona Adelle, Euretta Almena, William Merlin, Lillian Dale and Reginald Guy. Mr. Edens served one week in the chase after Morgan during the Morgan raid in Ohio.

B. P. EULIN, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Hardin County, Ohio, October 26, 1847. He is a son oUJohn Perry and Elizabeth (Linck) Euline, natives of Ohio, His father was a pioneer of Hardin County, and is still living. Our subject was reared on a farm, securing a common school education, aod for a time was a teacher in the schools. He has since been engaged in carrying od farming. On November 7, 1872, he married Rachel O., daughter of William and Nancy '^Cessna, which union resulted in one child, Cora Elizabeth, who died when little over a year old. Mrs. Eulin died March 10, 1875, and Mr. Eulin remarried December 25, 1878.

His second wife is Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Israel and Patsey Smith, and a native of Fayette County, Ohio. Mrs. Eulin is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Eulin was a member and Warden I

Mrs. Foit died April 13, 1845, and in December, 1845, Mr. Foit was married to Rebecca Yerriaa, a native of Ohio. She died without issue in April, 1857, and in May of the same year Mr. Foit took for his third wife Mary M. Smith, by whom he had ten children, as follows: Henry, Jonas,

Stephen, Edward, Melinda, AVilliam, Thomas, Ellen, Lilia and Emma. Mrs. Foit departed this life on August 29, 1882. Mr. Foit is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been its Class Leader for ten or twelve years. In politics, he is a Democrat, and is one of the Township Trustees, having also served as Supervisor and School Director.

PLINY GROVER, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Hardin County, Ohio, May 6, 1840. His parents are Samuel and Margaret (Gerard) Gro- i ver, the former of German and the latter of French ancestry. They came I was reared on a farm and obtained a fair education from the common schools j of Hardin County. In 1868, he was married to Lizzie A., a daughter of { Philip and Catherine (Mingle) Shingle, of German lineage. This union | has never been blessed with children. Mr. Grover went to California in | 1862, and on his journey back in 1866, rode horseback from North Angelos i to Jacksonville, III. He is employed in cultivating his well-kept farm, lo- i cated in Section 25, Cessna Township. i

WILLIAM H. GUIDER, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Columbus, Ohio, February 24, 1840. He is a son of August and Christina (Daniel) Guider, both natives of Germany, who came to Ohio in 1835 aud settled in Hardin County in the spring of 1841. Our subject was united in marriage, January 2, 1868, with Marriett Ault, of Pennsylvania descent, a native of Medina County, Ohio, and a daughter of George and Mary Ault. The four children resulting from this union are Emma May, John William, Mary Ann, and Sarah Jane. Mr. Guider, during the war, served fourteen and a half months in the Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and eleven and a half months in the Second Ohio Volunteer Battery. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JOHN DANIEL GUIDER, saw-miller and farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born October 4, 1850, in Washington Township, Hardin County, Ohio. He is a son of Augustus and Christina (Daniel) Guider, both emigrants from Germany in the year 1832. Our subject was married, February 17, 1876, to Emma, a daughter of I. N. and Mary Huey. This union has resulted in three children, viz,, Ollie Verba, born February 7, 1877; and Ira True, born January 24, 1879; and Daisy Grace, born February 9, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Guider are both members of the Church of Christ. Mr. Guider is a Democrat in politics, and is now serving as Township Clerk.

I. N. HUEY, farmer and saw-miller, P. O. Kenton, was born in Fairheld County, Ohio, May 28, 1829, and is a son of Jonas and Rosanna (Fry) Huey. His parents are natives of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio at an early day. He (I. N. Huey) located in Hardin County in the year 1869. Our subject was reared on a farm, obtained an education from the common schools of Ohio, and for one year was at the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. He taught school in his younger days for about sixty months in the district schools, and part of the time he had charge of the advanced classes in the graded schools. For twenty-four years past, he has been running his sawmill, and latterly clearing and improving his farm. He was married, December 30, 1852, to Mary Woods, born July 8, 1832, in Knox County, Ohio, and a daughter of Timothy and Mary Woods, and to this union six children have been born, viz., Emma, born November 13, 1853, married to J. D. Guider; Melville, born April 3, 1856, married to Emma Bowman and residing in Cessna Township; Mary Ann, born June 2, 1858; Madaline Leslie, born October 3, 1860; Leclair, born May 3, 1864, died March 19, 1873; and Carlie, born August 19, 1866. Mrs. Huey died February 3, 1867, and Mr. Huey was remarried February 18. 1868, taking for his second wife Ruth Ann Brooks, who was born October 2, 1838, in Coshocton County, Ohio. Her father, James Brooks, was a native of Pennsylvania, and her mother, Elizabeth Brooks, a native of New Jersey; they were residents of Coshocton County, Ohio. The four children born to this secoDd union are Alice May, born May 1, 1869, died March 25, 1871; Milton, born June 19, 1874; Cora Arametta, born April 5, 1877; and Bessie Mondella, born February 18, 1881. Mr. Huey and family are members of the Church of Christ, of which he has been an Elder for four teen years. In politics, he is a Republican, and is serving as Trustee of Cessna Township.

GEORGE WASHINGTON KEEL, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., January 1, 1811, and is the youngest of a family of eight children. His father, Peter Keel, was a native of Germany, and his mother, Nancy (Davis) Keel, was born in Dauphin County, Penn, His father and grandfather fought in the Revolution. On March 3, 1836, our subject Wds married to Susanua Kvler, born October 31, 1816, a daughter i| of Henry Kyler, The twelve children born to them are as follows: Thomas H., died in Pennsylvania; William Henry, also died in Pennsylvania, Bar- ft bara Ann, wife of W. S. Harris, of Hardin County; Louisa Margaret, wife ji of John F. Littell, Delaware, Ohio; Laura Jane, wife of Joseph Nevitt, |jl of Kenton; Susan Mary, deceased at the age of eighteen months; Mary |[( Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Pajme, of Kenton; George W. H., at home; ! Hugh C., married to Emma Brooks; John Cyrus, deceased at the age of f eighteen months; Susan Martha, at home; and John Davis, deceased. Mr. | Keel and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. ( Keel formerly belonged to Cumberland Lodge, No. 90, Independent Order 1 of Odd Fellows, of Pennsylvania, but has never renewed his membership in this State. He served seven years in the Light Horse Guards of Pennsylvania. In politics, he is a Eepublican, and has served as School Director and Supervisor, but has never sought office, desiring to cultivate his well-kept and fertile farm.

CHABLES KRAFT, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born in Washington Township, Hardin County, Ohio, February 3, 1840. He is a son of William and Louisa (Strassman) Kraft. His father was a native of Germany.

He emigrated from Hanover in 1835 and the following year located in Har- | din County, Ohio. Our subject received a common school education, and was married October 20, 1867, to Catherine Serson, born September 9, 1846, ana- | tive of Germany. She emigrated to Ohio in the year 1862. They have five chil- dren, viz., Albert, born January 30, 1869; Frank, born October 3, 1871, i Lizzie, born November 30, 1873; Emma, born June 23, 1876; and Will- | iam, born January 3, 1879. Mr. Kraft enlisted in the Eighty-second Ohio i Volunteer Infantry, November 4, 1861, and served three years and eight 1 months. He was first in McDowell's division, and took part in the fol- [ lowing engagements: Cedar Mountain, second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, |

Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. At the last-named battle, he was wounded j in the left breast, and confined for eighteen weeks to the hospital. He was » then transferred to the Western Division; was in the battle of 'Missionary j Ridge, and closed with Sherman's march to the sea. Mr. Kraft settled on | his present farm in 1873 and has pursued farming for his occupation. i