Harrison Township (part 12 of 37)

(twins) Caleb, Joseph and Aaron (twins). Adam Ross was a son of John and Charlotte (Hatcher) Ross, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Pennsylvania, where their marriage was solemnized and whence about the year 1804 they came to what is now Harrison County, Ohio, and took up Government land, this pioneer farm, in the midst of the forest wilds, having continued to be their place of abode until the death of Mr. Ross about 1830, when eighty years of age. His widow passed the closing years of her life in the home of one of her sons in Morgan County. Their children were: Adam, William, John, James, Hannah, Eve, Susannah and Polly.

John P. Ross passed the period of his childhood and youth on the old home farm in Cadiz Township, and in addition to attending the public schools he took a course In Scio College and prepared himself for the profession of civil engineer. It became necessary, however, for him to return to the parental home and assume charge of the farm, and here he continued as one of the substantial exponents of farm industry during the remainder of his life. He was the owner of a valuable landed estate of 212 acres and was one of the Influential and honored citizens of his native county. Both he and his wife were earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which they were affiliated with Asbury Chapel, not far distant from their attractive rural home. Mr. Ross was a republican in politics and served two terms as trustee of Cadiz Township. Of their children Joseph F., immediate subject of this review, is the eldest; Catherine is the wife of Dwight Dawson; Martha E. still resides In Cadiz Township; and John O. died at the age of fifteen years.

Joseph F. Ross is indebted to the district schools of Cadiz Township for his preliminary educational discipline, and later he completed a two years' course in electrical engineering at the University of Ohio. As a young man he taught school four years, and it was after this experience that he attended the state university. After the death of his father he took the active management of the fine old homestead farm, and while he has here continued as one of the progressive and successful agriculturists and stock-growers of the county, he has also taught during eight winter terms in this district schools, with an excellent reputation in the pedagogic profession. He is giving special attention to the breeding and raising of the best type of Shorthorn cattle, is a republican in politics, is affiliated with the lodge of the Masonic fraternity at Cadiz, and both he and his wife are active members of the Asbury Chapel of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

In December, 1911, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Ross to Miss Ethel George, who was born in Jefferson County and reared in Harrison County, and they have two children, Elizabeth and George.

Harvey E. Pittengib has been since 1900 the owner of eighty-five acres of the fine old homestead farm in Archer Township, Harrison County, which figures as the place of his birth, which here occurred on the 17th of January, 1868. Here he has always maintained his home and here he has well maintained, both as a loyal citizen and progressive farmer, the high honors attaching to a family name that has been worthily identified with the history of Harrison County since the very early pioneer period. He is a son of Samuel and Antoinette (Thompson) Pittenger, the latter of whom was born in Carroll County, where her father, Gabriel Thompson, was a pioneer settler. Samuel Pittenger was born in Archer Township, Harrison County, on the 15th of August, 1830, and here his death occurred on the 30th of January, 1881, on the farm now owned and occupied by his son Harvey E., of this sketch. He was a son of Samuel Pittenger, Sr., who likewise was a native of Archer Township, where he was bom in the year 1798 - a date that Indicates that his parents were numbered among the earliest settlers in the county. On the 10th of January, 1820, Samuel Pittenger, Sr., wedded Miss Jane Lemasters, daughter of Isaac Lemasters, another representative pioneer of Archer Township. The young couple settled on the farm which was to continue as their place of residence during the remainder of their lives and which they reclaimed from the forest into one of the best farms of Archer Township. They became the parents of five sons and two daughters. Samuel Pittenger, Sr., died on the 26th of August, 1875, his wife having passed away on the 14th of February of the preceding year and both having been devout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their mortal remains are resting in the cemetery of the Bethel Church of this denomination in Green Township. Mr. Pittenger was a whig until the organization of the republican party, when he espoused the cause of the latter, the principles of which he continued to advocate until the time of his death.

Samuel Pittenger, Jr., early began to aid in the work of the home farm, and in the meanwhile profited by the advantages afforded in the local schools of the period. His marriage occurred October 11, 1849, and he and his bride began housekeeping in a little log cabin on the farm now owned by their son Harvey E. This primitive domicile later gave place to the commodious and attractive farm house that now adorns the rural domain and that is situated on the side of one of the picturesque hills of this part of the county. Here Mr. Pittenger continued his productive activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower during the remainder of his life, and here his widow remained until her death, at the venerable age of seventy-seven years, both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and having exemplified their faith in their daily lives - marked by kindliness, tolerance and generosity. In politics Mr. Pittenger was a stalwart supporter of the cause of the republican party. Concerning the children the following brief record is consistently presented in this connection: Rev.

Albert A., who was born August 3, 1850, was graduated in Scio College as a member of the class of 1875, and later was ordained a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the service of which he has since continued, his home being now in the state Of Iowa. The maiden name of his wife was Della Buckmaster. William H., who was born February 22, 1852, married Charlotte Uneord, and they reside at Marion, Indiana. John W., who was born June 11, 1854, married Emma Reed, and they likewise reside at Marion, Indiana. Sarah J., who was born July 19, 1856, is the wife of Brice M. Reed, of Hopedale, Ohio. Amanda M., born November 27, 1858, is the wife of Dawson W. Stahl, of Jewett, Ohio. Martha E., born June 20, 1863, is the wife of David Walton, of Denver, Colorado. Mary E., born October 20, 1865, is the wife of John Kirkendahl, of Bowerston, Ohio. Harvey E., Immediate subject of this sketch, was the next in order of birth. Belinda E., born April 4, 1870, became the wife of William Hoobler and was a resident of Waynesburg, Stark County, at the time of her death. Ida M., born April 13, 1872, died on the 23d of March, 1878. Laura B., born March 2, 1874, died April 8, 1878. Eva E., bom August 19, 1876, is the wife of Ira D. Strausbaugh, of Archer Township.

To the district schools of Archer Township Harvey E. Pittenger is indebted for his early education, and, as previously stated, the old homestead farm has been the stage of his progressive enterprise as an agriculturist and stockraiser from his youth to the present time. He gives special attention to the breeding and raising of pure-blood Delaine sheep, Is vitally interested in everything tending to advance the civic and industrial prosperity of his native county, is a staunch republican in politics, and he served four years as assessor of Archer Township, besides having been for an equal period the president of the township board of education. He is affiliated with Jewett Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and both he and his wife hold membership in the adjunct organization of the Daughters of Rebekah. They are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Jewett, and he is serving as a valued member of its official board.

ter of Isaac McMannis, and she and her one child, a son, died at the time of the latter's birth, July 7, 1890. On the 20th of March, 1896, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Pittenger to Miss Alice M. Flaherty, daughter of Michael and Mary Flaherty, of Harrison County. No children have been born of this union.

Alexander Kail, one of the successful farmers of Rumley Township, has lived on his present farm since he was four years of age, and has been identified with much of the history of this region. He is a native son of Harrison County, as he was born at Jefferson, Ohio, on October 24, 1866. His family came at an early day from Denmark to the United States, and many of the Kails have been millwrights by trade. The family was established in Harrison County by the paternal grandfather, Gabriel Kail, a native of Pennsylvania who lived on a farm in Rumley Township until his death in 1860. By trade he was a wagonmaker. His second wife was Elizabeth De Vore, and their children were as follows : Gabriel, Hiram,

Uriah Kail, father of Alexander Kail, was born in Rumley Township, Harrison County, Ohio, in 1825, and died there in 1873. By trade he was a wagonmaker, and was thus employed in Rumley and Jefferson townships. He was married to Maria Miser, born in Jefferson County, Ohio, a daughter of David Miser, a tanner who spent all of his life in Jefferson County. The children of David Miser were: William and David, who are ex-Union soldiers, Henry, Elizabeth, Maria, Catherine, Mary and Maggie. They were all Lutherans in religious faith. The children of Uriah Kail and his wife were as follows: Elizabeth, who married O. B. Miller; David M. ; Margaret, who married Charles Fry ; Alexander, whose name heads this review; Eva Jane, who married J. R. Winnings. Mra Kail was a consistent member of the Reformed Church.

Losing his parents when he was a little child, Alexander Kail was taken by his uncle, Steven Kail, to the farm in Rumley Township he now owns, and was here reared and educated. His farm comprises 100 acres of land, and on it he is doing general farming and stockraising, and he carries an excellent grade of stock. Mr. Kail has never married. Having spent his life in farming, he understands it thoroughly, and takes a pride in doing everything right and raising banner crops.

James A. McKee. One of the substantial and wide-awake merchants of Jewett is James A. McKee, who thoroughly understands the demands of his trade and meets them so efficiently that he is doing a large and profitable business not only with the people of Jewett, but those who come to him from a wide outside area. Mr. McKee was born in German Township, Harrison County, Ohio, August 26, 1878, a son of James C. and Mary E. (Jones) McKee, and grandson of William McKee, one of the early settlers of German Township, and a blacksmith by trade. He married a Miss Quillin, and they had the following children : Thomas, who was killed while serving in the Union army during the war between the states; William, who was also a soldier in the Union army, was killed in the service; James C., who was third in order of birth; and Sarah, who married George Glover. After the death of his first wife William McKee was married to a Miss Wills, and they had two children, Loranzo and Elizabeth.

James C. McKee was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and his wife was bom at Westchester, Ohio. With the outbreak of the war between the states James C. McKee enlisted in the Union army from his native county as a member of the Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war, participating in all of the engagements of his regiment, and was fortunate in escaping injury. After the close of the war he came to Harrison County, and, being a miller by trade, he was engaged In operating an old burr mill in German Township until the burrs wore out, when he ran a threshing rig and a saw-mill, continuing to reside in that township until his death. He and his wife had the following children: Stewart P., John W., Thomas A., Charlotte E., Mary L., Sarah E., James A., Elsie F., Anna L., George G., Louise J., Jesse B. and Ella. The family all belonged to the Presbyterian Church. Mr. McKee belonged to the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic.

James A. McKee attended the district schools of Annapolis, Jefferson County, Ohio, and for some years assisted his father in threshing and operating the saw-mill. In 1901 he began working in the steel mills at Mingo Junction, Ohio, and remained there for seven years, but then moved to Wellsville, Ohio, where for a year he was in the grocery business. In 1910 he came to Jewett and established his present store, and has been engaged In handling a general line of merchandise ever since.

In 1901 Mr. McKee was united in marriage with Blanche Galbraith, a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Mortland) Galbraith. There are no children. Mr. and Mrs. McKee are members of the Presbyterian Church of Jewett. Mr. Mc- Kee belongs to Jewett Lodge, I. O. O. F., and Jewetti Camp, M. W. A. A man of enterprising spirit, he recognizes the fact that properly developed public improvements are very necessary for the progress of the community, and is always willing to lend his support to those measures he deems will bring about such improvements without waste of the taxpayer's money. Both he and Mrs. McKee are very well known throughout the county, and their pleasant home is often the scene of gatherings of congenial friends, whom they delight to entertain.

William J. Hawk. The most progressive of the farmers of Harrison County recognize the fact that it pays to keep a good grade of stock and operate according to approved scientific methods. Cheap grades of machinery and stock will not produce the best results, and the farmer who is willing to make a proper outlay for his equipment finds that he has a paying investment. At least this is the conclusion reached by William J. Hawk of Rumley Township, and

William J. Hawk was born in Union Township, Carroll County, November 13, 1856, a son of John and Rosanna (Coyan) Hawk, and grandson of Jacob and Katie Hawk. Jacob Hawk came from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, *to Lee Township, Carroll County, Ohio, and for the remainder of his life was engaged in running a tavern in that locality. His children were as follows: John, Elias, Mary

John Hawk was born in Lee Township, Carroll County, and his wife was born at East Liverpool, Ohio. After their marriage they settled in Union Township, where they engaged in farming, but after Jacob Hawk's health began to fail John Hawk returned to Lee Township to take charge of his father's tavern, until the building of the railroad took away the custom, and he then returned to his farming and was engaged in that industry until his death. He was a Presbyterian and his wife belonged to the Reformed Church. Their children were ns follows: Leander, Columbus, Washington,

William J. Hawk was educated in the public schools of Lee Township, Carroll County. He began his farming experiences in Lee Township, where he continued to live until 1882, and in that year came to Harrison County, and for about eighteen months worked as a farm hand in German Township. He was then married and began farming In Rumley Township, but a year later moved to Archer Township and for the subsequent eleven years was there engaged in farming. At the expiration of that time he bought his present farm of 145 acres of land in Rumley Township, and on it he is doing general farming and stockraising.

On September 6, 1883, Mr. Hawk was united in marriage with Kate Salmon, a daughter of Lewis Salmon, and they have one son, Alvie D.. wrho was born March 16, 1885. He was married to Minnie May Epley, and they have three children : Otto, Ethel and Lewis. Alvie D. Hawk is engaged with his father in conducting the farm, and lives a short distance from his parents. The members of the Hawk family belong to the Hanover Methodist Episcopal Church, of which William J. Hawk Is a steward and trustee. Both father and son are regarded as splendid examples of the modern agriculturists of Ohio, and their results in farming often serve as an incentive to others to exert themselves to Improve their properties and Increase their output.

Chap Gintheb. Tracing back through several generations the family of Ginther is found in Ohio, members of it having come with its hardy explorers and become pioneers of Tuscarawas County. From that region others bearing the name have Journeyed to different portions of Ohio and beyond the state lines, and during the late war the name was borne by one son in the service of his country whose enlistment was credited to Rumley Township, Harrison County, where his father, Chap Ginther, is one of the substantial farmers of this part of the county.

Chap Ginther was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, September 30, 1861, a son of Casper Ginther, grandson of Abraham Ginther and greatgrandson of John Casper Ginther. The last named was a pioneer into Tuscarawas County, and in the intervals of developing a home in the wilderness he found time to work at his trade os a millwright and the kindred trade of cabinetmaking, and to him is credited the making of the first pulpit used in the Gnadenhuffen Moravian Church.

Abraham Ginther was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and learned his father's trade and was also a carpenter. He did all of the mill work on the first mill erected in Tuscarawas County. His wife was Catherine Varner before her marriage, and she bore her husband the following children : Casper, Mary, George,

Casper Ginther was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1828, and his wife, Elizabeth (Crom) Ginther, was also born in the same county, a daughter of Cornelius and Ann (French) Crom. Cornelius Crom was a shoemaker by trade. He and his wife had the following children: Phoebe; Richard, who served during the Civil war; Abraham, who was killed in the Union army at the battle of Perrysville; Elizabeth; and two brothers who died young. The Crom family were Methodists.

Losing his father before he was taught the millwright trade, Casper Ginther adopted farming as his life w*ork, and with the exception of a few years when he conducted a general store and had the office of postmaster he was engaged in that line of industry all of his active years. He and his wife became the parents of the following children: Josephine M., Chap and John Casper. Mr. Ginther died in 1900, having survived his wdfe for many years, as she had died in 1875. She was a Methodist, but he belonged to the Moravian Church.

Chap Ginther has had no other educational advantages than those accorded by the public schools, but he Is a very well informed man of more than ordinary intelligence. His first work away from home was done for the Glasgow Iron & Coal Company. Having In this way earned a little money, he took the high school course at Dennison, Ohio, and then for seven years alternated teaching with farming, and he was also engaged for about three years In newspaper work. With all these experiences, combined with his love for reading, he has so enlarged his store of knowledge that he would pass for a college-bred man. While accomplishing all this he never lost his love of the soil or his realization of the importance of farming, and when he moved from Tuscarawas County to Harrison County in 1902 he bought 130 acres of land in Rumley Township, on which he is still living.

In 1891 Mr. Ginther was married to Emily Barr, a daughter of William and Rebecca Barr. Mr. and Mrs. Ginther have the following children : Walter, who is mentioned below ; Clara, who is a graduate of Kent State Normal College ; Emmett, who is now a student of the college at Bethany, West Virginia, was in a military training school at the time of the signing of the Armistice; and Florence, who is the youngest. Mrs. Ginther died June 12, 1918, firm in the faith of the Methodist Church of which she had long been a faithful member.

Walter Ginther was engaged in teaching at the Kent State Normal College when this country entered the World war, and he entered the service September 2, 1918, being stationed at Camp Sherman. He was assigned to the quartermaster's department, and was corporal of Company C, Utilities Division. On May 14, 1919, he was discharged, but continued the same work at Camp Sherman as a civilian for about a year. The family all belong to the Methodist Church.

Welch Rogers. A practical farmer, a good business man, a public spirited gentleman, Welch Rogers has given many years to the administration of public affairs, chiefly as superintendent of the Harrison County Home, the office he fills today.

This institution is located in Cadiz Township, and that is the locality in which the Rogers family was established in pioneer times. His great-grandfather was Joseph Rogers, who came west from Maryland very early in the nineteenth century, and employed his strength and resources in the development of a farm in Cadiz Township. The children of this honored pioneer were Warren, Joseph, William, Barrett, Elijah, Lydia and Mary Ann.

The grandfather of Welch Rogers was William Rogers, who was born in Maryland November 30, 1798. He married Susan Carson, who was born in Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of John Carson, another early settler. William Rogers spent his active life as a farmer, and lived practically all his years in Cadiz or Nottingham Township. He was a member of the Methodist Church. His children were eight in number, named Cindinia, John B., Jesse, Nancy, Hannah, Frank, Calvin and Barrett.

The third generation of this interesting family was represented by John B. Rogers, who was born in Cadiz Township and devoted his years to the business of farming in that locality. He died February 7, 1875. John B. Rogers married Rosanna Keckler, who was born near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and survived her husband many years, passing away March 14, 1917. Her parents were John and Susan (Gordon) Keckler, who about 1840 came to Harrison County and some fifteen years later moved to Crawford County, Ohio, where they spent the rest of their lives. The children of John Keckler and wife were Joslah, Mary Ann, Martha, Rosanna and Melinda. Welch Rogers was the oldest of the eight children of his parents. The second in age is Alwilda, who married George D. Barger and both are deceased; John G. was drowned May 31, 1872, at the age of eighteen; Nancy Margaret became the wife of Elmer Barger; Susanna Melinda married Bartley Slater; J. Gordon married Mary Dickerson ; Rosa became the wife of L. J. Smith ; and Nora is the wife of Emmett Nash.

The birth of Welch Rogers occurred In Cadiz Township, September 5, 1851, and he had the normal experiences of country boys in that community, attending schools, working on the farm, and pursuing a variety of sports and pastimes. Before reaching his majority he was handling the responsibilities of a farm in a very capable manner. In 1894, on the basis of his qualifications as a farmer and business man, he was called to the superintendency of the Harrison County Home, and remained in that office continuously for thirteen years. In 1907 he was made farm superintendent of the feeble minded institution at Columbus, and spent three years with this state institution. After returning to Harrison County he was engaged in the feed business at Cadiz until 1918, when he was again called upon and accepted the office of superintendent of the Harrison County Home.

May 20, 1875, Mr. Rogers married Eliza Jane Adams, a daughter of Percival and Mary Jane Adams. She died twelve years after their marriage, on November 14, 1887, and is survived by three children : John, who married Mary

Cramblett; Mertie Bell, who died February 28, 1916; and Everett, who married Minnie Schultz. On February 25, 1892, Mr. Rogers married Emma L. Kirk. Mr. Rogers is a member of Cadiz Lodge No. 219, F. & A. M. and is a member of the Methodist Church.

Lee D. S. Klotz, the efficient and popular superintendent of the well equipped manufacturing plant of the Whittaker-Greer Fireproofing Company at Malvern, Carroll County, claims this village as the place of his nativity and is a representative of a family that was founded in Carroll County nearly ninety years ago.

Lee Dell Scott Klotz was born at Malvern on the 26th of January, 1875, and is a son of George and Elida (Scott) Klotz, the former of whom was born at Magnolia, this county, March 30, 1847, and the latter of whom was bom In Rose Township, this county, October 28, 1852.

George Klotz is a son of Jacob and Christina (Gutlieb) Klotz, both natives of Germany, where the former was born in 1804 and the latter in 1809, their marriage having been solemnized in their native land, where they remained until 1832, when they immigrated to the United States and established their home in the village of Magnolia, Carroll County, Ohio, where Jacob Klotz engaged in the work of his trade, that of shoemaker. Later he became a farmer in Brown Township, and he was one of the honored pioneer citizens of the county at the time of his death in 1886. His wife passed away November 26, 1870, and both were devout communicants of the Lutheran Church. Their children were ten in number, namely : Magdalene, Jacob, Christina, Sophia, Lewis, Philip (died in childhood), Mary, John, George and Clara. George Klotz was three years of age at the time his parents removed from Magnolia to the farm in Brown Township, where he gained experience not only in farm enterprise but also at the trade of shoemaker, in which he was instructed by his father, a skilled workman. The com- mon schools of the locality afforded him his youthful education, and he continued to follow the work of his trade for twenty years, after which he gave his attention principally to the management of his farm in Brown Township, but still retained his residence at Malvern. In this village he has owned and improved various town lots, and has erected and sold a number of houses of good grade. He still gives a general supervision to his farm of fifty acres in Brown township, as does he also to the well improved farm of 100 acres owned by his son Lee, of this review, in the same township. Like his father, Mr. Klotz is a staunch democrat In political adherency, and he served one term as mayor of Malvern. He and his wife are active communicants of the Lutheran Church in this village.

On the 16th of June, 1870, was solemnized the marriage of George Klotz to Miss Elida Scott, daughter of Thomas and Harriet (Weaver) Scott, the former of whom was born in Carroll County, July 18, 1818, a representative of one of the prominent pioneer families of the county, and the latter of whom was born August 10, 1819. Thomas Scott bore the full patronymic of his father, Thomas, Sr., who was born in Scotland and whose wife, Martha (Harrman) Scott, was a native of Ireland. Thomas Scott, Sr., was a young man when he came to America and established his home in Ohio, where his marriage was solemnized, and he and his wife soon afterward established their home on a pioneer farm in Carroll County, where he died at the untimely age of twenty-eight years, leaving his young widow with three children: Oliver, Thomas, Jr., and Julia. Mrs. Scott later became the wife of Harrison Taylor, and of this union were born four children, Patterson, William, Martha and Sarah. After the death of her second husband she became the wife of Isaac Reed, and their children were three in number, John, Elizabeth and Catherine. Mrs. Reed was a resident of Warsaw, Coshocton County, at the time of her death in 1875.

Thomas Scott, Jr., was reared under the conditions of the pioneer days in Carroll County, and that he made good use of his early educational advantages needs no further voucher than the statement that for the long period of fiftysix years he was a successful and popular teacher in the public schools of this section of Ohio and in Michigan, the closing period of his life having been passed at Coleman, Michigan, where his death occurred In 1894. His first wife died at Mineral City, Ohio, in 1863, and was survived by three children, Isabel, Leander and Elida. For his second wife Thomas 8cott married Miss Mary Harsh, and of this union were born two children, Edwin and John.

Harriet (Weaver) Scott, maternal grandmother of the subject of this sketch, was a daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Kees) Weaver, who were born and reared In Pennsylvania, where their marriage occurred and whence they came in an early day to Carroll County, Ohio, where Mr. Weaver took up an entire section of land near Harrisburg. He later sold this property and removed to Rose Township, where he developed a good farm and where he passed the residue of his life, his widow having been a resident of Findlay, this state, at the time of her death, and their children having been twelve in number: Adam, David, Cynthia, Mary, Daniel, Solomon, Elida, Rebecca, Margaret, Nicholas, Harriet and Jonathan, the last named having entered the ministry of the United Brethren Church, in which he was finally elevated to the position of bishop.

George and Elida (Scott) Klotz became the parents of four children : George Herman married Corinne Clark and they became the parents of three children, Isabel Blanche, Margaret Ellen and Mary Lois. George H. Klotz is a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and at the time of this writing holds a pastoral charge at Canal Fulton, Ohio. Blanche is the wife of Frank Mick, of Minerva, Ohio, and they have two children, Albert and Bessie, the latter being the wife of Arthur Leyda, of Malvern, and their three children being Frank, Gertrude and Betty. Lee D. S. Klotz, immediate subject of this review, was the next in order of birth, and Harry died In infancy. Albert Mick, son of Frank and Blanche (Klotz) Mick, was one of Ohio's gallant young soldiers in the World war. He left home April 29, 1918, and in the following month crossed the Atlantic and became a member of the American Expeditionary Forces in France, where he served as head bugler In a regiment of heavy artillery. He remained abroad for some time after the signing of the armistice and returned home on the 5th of June, 1919.

Lee Dell Scott Klotz continued his studies in the public schools of Malvern until he had completed the curriculum of the high school, and thereafter he taught thirteen winter terms in the district schools with marked success. In the meanwhile he completed a course in civil engineering through the medium of a leading correspondence school, and thereafter he entered the service of the Whittaker Fireproofing Company at Malvern, an important industrial corporation now known as the Whittaker-Greer Fireproofing Company, and he is now the vigorous and efficient superintendent of the large and modern manufacturing plant of this company, in connection with which he has shown marked technical and executive ability, as his official position and preferment clearly indicate. For two years he was associated in the operation of a planing mill at Malvern, under the firm name of Buell & Klotz, and he finally sold his interest in the business to his partner. In politics he is found aligned as a loyal democrat, and he served seven years as mayor of Malvern, in which municipal office he gave a most resourceful and progressive administration. His civic loyalty has further been exemplified in his service as a member of the municipal water board and member of the board of education, the while he is essentially one of the most popular citizens and business men of his native village, where he owns a beautiful, modem residence on Main Street, this attractive home having been erected by him In 1907. Both he and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church.

Township, Carroll County, on the 20th of October, 1878, a daughter of George and Mary (Harsh) Hemming. Mr. and Mrs. Klotz have three sons: George Chester, who was born

January 13, 1904, is a member of the class of 1923 in the Malvern High School ; Forrest Henning, who was born December 10, 1905, is a member of the class of 1924 In the local high school; and Lee Dell Scott, Jr., was born February 28, 1918.

George W. Hemming, father of Mrs. Klotz, was born In Harrison Township, Carroll County, September 8, 1844, a son of Richard and Lydia (Harsh) Hemming, both natives of Pennsylvania, where the former was born in Washington County, March 18, 1823, he having been about eight years of age at the time when his parents came to what is now Carroll County, Ohio, in 1830, and settled in Harrison Township. Richard Hemming was a son of Richard and Eleanor (Leggett) Hemming, the former having been born in the State of Maryland in 1787, a son of William and Sisson (Stephens) Hemming, whose marriage was there solemnized, the father having been a native of England and having become a resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1796. There he remained until 1830, when he became one of the pioneers of Carroll County. Ohio, where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. Richard Hemming developed one of the excellent farms of Harrison Township, and there he died March 23, 1859, his widow passing away February 25, 1849, and both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the while his political support was given to the democratic party. Their children were Mary, William, Eleanor. Richard, Jr., and Jesse. Richard Hemming, Jr., grandfather of Mrs. Klotz, was a boy at the time of the family removal to Carroll County, and he continued to reside on the old homestead farm, of which he became the owner, until his death, both he and his wife having been of venerable years when they passed to eternal rest and both having been earnest communicants of the Lutheran Church. Their marriage was recorded March 4, 1844, and they became the parents of nine children - George W., Sarah Elias R., Enoch N., Abraham H., Daniel W., Mary C., Clara M. and Julia A. Mrs. Hemming was a daughter of Elias and Sarah (Summers) Harsh, who were early settlers in Harrison Township, where they remained until their deaths.

George W. Hemming passed the period of his childhood and youth on the old home farm, a part of the large tract that had been obtained by his grandfather in the early days, and his educational advantages were those of the schools in Harrison Township. He became not only a successful farmer but also prominently identified with lumbering operations, as the owner of a saw mill. He gave his attention to the latter enterprise for fifteen years and for twenty-five years operated a threshing machine. In 1S88 he engaged in the hardware business at Carrollton in company with his brother Enoch, but in 1890 he sold his interest in this business and resumed the operation of a saw mill. He passed one summer in the State of

Kansas and after his return to Carroll County was for three years engaged in brick manufacturing at Carrollton. For the next two years he operated a saw mill, and he then engaged in the hardware business at Malvern, where he also bought and sold feed. Later he was associated with F. E. Hoffee in the general merchandise business at Malvern, under the firm name of Hoffee, Hemming & Son, and he and Mr. Hoffee erected the three-story brick building now containing the leading bank of Malvern and also a clothing and shoe store. In 1910 Mr. Hemming sold his interest in the business and property at Malvern and for two years thereafter he was superintendent of the Richards Lumber Company in Upshur County, West Virginia. Later he became a successful realestate dealer at Canton, Ohio, and since 1918 has lived virtually retired at Malvern. He is a democrat in politics and he and his wife are communicants of the Lutheran Church.

October 10, 1866, recorded the marriage of Mr. Hemming to Miss Mary E. Harsh, who was born in Augusta Township, Carroll County, January 28, 1849, a daughter of Abraham and Phoebe (Cook) Harsh, the former of whom was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, February 23, 1815, and the latter of whom was bom March 10, 1823. Abraham Harsh was a boy at the time of the family removal to Carroll County, and here he passed the remainder of his life. George W. and Mary E. Hemming became the parents of four children: Lillian is the wife of Charles Tellett, and they have one son, Shelby; Verda is the wife of Lee D. S. Klotz, the immediate subject of this sketch; Eva is the w ife of Eli Elder, of Carroll County, and they have twro children - Richard and Mary Elizabeth. Richard Perry, the second and only son, is now engaged in the real-estate business at Carrollton. He married Rose Downs, of Rose township, and they have three children - Vivian, Gwendolyn and Mary Ellen.

John C. Patton. The Patton family is one of the old ones of Harrison County, dating back as it does in this neighborhood to August, 1817, when the farm now owned by John C. Patton of Itumley Township was entered from the Government by his grandfather, Joseph Patton, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Harrison County for the purpose of acquiring land. Having entered his farm, he began to develop it and lived on it the remainder of his life. His wife, Sarah (Burns) Patton, was also born in Pennsylvania, and they had the following children : Margaret, Sarah, Anna, Mary, Cynthia, John, Joseph, McKinney, James and David. They were all Presbyterians.

On the maternal side John C. Patton belongs to the Rutan family, as his mother was Sarah A. Rutan. She was born in Louden Township, Carroll County, Ohio, a daughter of Daniel and Margaret (Carr) Rutan, and a granddaughter of Peter Rutan and his wife, Elizabeth (McAlrath) Rutan, whose children were: Joel, John, David, Alexander, Daniel and Isabel. Of these children Daniel Rutan was the father of Mrs. Patton, and* both he and his wife were born in Ireland, but he traced his ancestry back to France, from which his people were driven at the time of the terrible persecutions of the Huguenots. For many years Daniel Rutan was engaged in farming in Louden Township, Carroll County, Ohio. During the war between the states his house was one of the stations of the "Underground Railroad," as he was an ardent abolitionist.

David Patton spent his entire life on his farm of ISO acres, where he was born in September, 1S23. and where he died in 1802. His widow survived him many years, not passing away until in April, 1918. Their children were as follows: Margaret, who was born in 1856, married Samuel Thompson and died in 1887, leaving two children, David P. and Forrest Scott; Samuel R., who was bom in October, 1857, married Laura Finicum, and has two children, Jesse Raymond and Samuel Willard; and John C., who was born on his present farm July 15, 1865. Both David Patton and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church.

John C. Patton was educated in the district schools of Rumley Township, and while he was receiving his scholarship training he was also learning how to conduct the farm which he now owns. Here he lived until the spring of 1900, when he moved to Jewett and made it his home until April, 1907, when he returned to the farm. For a year while living at Jewett he was engaged in conducting a mill. His farm now comprises 202 acres of very valuable land, and he is carrying on a general farming and stock-raising business on it, and is making a great success of his undertaking, for he is a practical agriculturalist and knows how to make his efforts count for much. In 1896 he was elected one of the commissioners of Harrison County, and held the office until 1903, discharging its obligations faithfully and well.

In April, 1892, Mr. Patton was united in marriage with Mary Jones, a daughter of John and Sarah (Naylor) Jones, of Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Patton became the parents of the following children : Orna, who graduated from the Jewett High School and the Ohio University at Athens, Ohio; and George O., who is a graduate of the Scio, Ohio, High School.

The Patton homestead has not only been in the possession of the Pattons since 1817, but there has never been any incumbrance upon It. and each owner has done his part to increase its value, so that it is now admittedly one of the best rural properties In this part of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Patton are very well known and universally liked, and they and their children are numbered among the valued members of the Presbyterian Church at Jewett.

William L. Finicum, who is engaged in a mercantile business at New Rumley, is one of the substantial men of Harrison County, and l>elongs to one of its old-established families. He was born in Rumley Township June 25, 1847, a son of Nicholas P. T. and Margaret (Leas) Finicum, and grandson of William Finicum, who was a native of England.

United States and first located in Pennsylvania, but later moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, where he lived until the close of his life. The children of William Finicum were as follows: David, Thomas. William. Mark, Nicholas P. T. and several daughters whose names are not known.

Nicholas P. T. Finicum was bom at Amsterdam, Ohio, and his wife was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Zimmerman) Leas. Jacob Leas was bora in Germany, from whence he came to the United States in 1810 and located on a farm in Jefferson County, Ohio, which property is now owned by a grandson. Jacob Leas has the following children : Leonard, Jacob, William, Eliza, Maria, Sophia and Margaret. The Leas family all belonged to the German Lutheran Church, but later on In life some of the children affiliated with the Presbyterian denomination.

In 1838 Nicholas P. T. Finicum came to Rumley Township, and this date marks the founding of the family in Harrison County. He located on the farm now owned by C. Gotshall, and it continued to be his home until his death in 1881. His wife passed away in 1876. The children of Nicholas P. T. Finicum were as follows: Eliza, William L ., Jacob and Erzilla. Both Mr. and Mrs. Finicum were steadfast in their support of the faith of the Lutheran Church and were members of it for many years.

William L. Finicum made the best of the advantages afforded him by the schools of his district, and laid the foundation of a practical education. He continued to work on the homestead until he was twenty-five years old, and at that time went to West Virginia and spent eighteen months there. Returning to New Rumley Township after his trip he went into the mercantile business, and has conducted a general store at this point ever since, building up during the Intervening years a dependable trade in the surrounding country. He has a small farm near New Rumley, and is interested in operating it in addition to caring for his store.

In 1869 Mr. Finicum was united in marriage with Margaret Shambaugh, a daughter of Philip Shambaugh, and they have the following children: Samuel K., who married Hattie Ott and lives at Canton. Ohio; Edward W., who married Della Arbaugh, has two children, Mildred May and Mary Margaret, is in business with his father and for the past ten years has been postmaster of New Rumley; Clarence who married Edith Ricliley, has one child, William and lives at Sew I ek ley. Pennsylvania ; and Harry P., who married Philus Crawford, lives at Indiana, Pennsylvania. The Methodist Episcopal Church of New Rumley holds the membership of both Mr. Finicum and his wife, and he has served it for a number of years as one of Its trustees. Mr. Finicum is a Mason and belongs to the Blue I^odge of Scio, Ohio. Aside from holding the office of trustee of Rumley Township he has not entered public life, but he is regarded as an authority upon many subjects and those appreciating his good common sense and mature Judgment often go to him for advice and seldom regret taking it, for his

David T. Babbicklow may well take satisfaction in the fact that in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, he is well upholding the industrial and civic prestige of a name which has here been prominently identified with farm enterprise for many years, both his father and his uncle, Henry Barricklow, having been numbered among the leading exponents of farm industry in this township, and the present finely improved farm of the subject of this review having been bequeathed to him by the uncle just mentioned.

David T. Barricklow was born on his father's old homestead farm in Cadiz Township January 19, 1879, and is a son of John D. and Mary (Dunlap) Barricklow. John D. Barricklow continued to give his personal supervision to his farm until 1906, when he removed from the place to the village of Flushing, Belmont County, where he and his wife have an attractive home. He still retains ownership of his farm and takes pride in keeping it up to the best modern standard in all departments.

John D. Barricklow was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, November 6, 1828, a son of Frederick and Nancy (Dugan) Barricklow, whose marriage was solemnized in 1826, the latter having been a daughter of John and Catherine (McClelland) Dugan. Frederick Barricklow was born in New Jersey, a son of Henry Barricklow, and the genealogy of the family is traced back to Holland origin. As a young man Frederick Barricklow removed to Pennsylvania, where his marriage occurred, and thereafter he resided in Fayette County, that state, until 1832, when he came with his family to Harrison County, Ohio, where he purchased the farm later owned and occupied by his son John D. Frederick Barricklow here died in

1858, at the age of sixty-three years, and his widow survived him many years, her death having occurred October 17, 1881, when she was eighty-one years of age. They became the parents of five children - John D., Henry, Alexander, Margaret A. and George W.

1859, when he made an extended tour through various western states. In 1863 he returned to Cadiz Township and resumed his active association with farm industry. Soon after his return he here married Miss Mary Dunlap, daughter of Adam and Mary (Thompson) Dunlap, and for ten years thereafter he was engaged in farming in Athens Township. In 1871 he removed to his father's old home farm in Cadiz Township, and he added gradually to his holdings until at the present time his broad acres number 800, much of which is good coal land. Mr. and Mrs. Barricklow are zealous members of the Presbyterian Church, and his political allegiance is given to the democratic party. John D. and Mary Barricklow became the parents of nine children: Nancy Ellen (Mrs. John Ross), John A., Maggie A., Martha E. (deceased), Frederick H., Carrie G., David T., Mary E. and Frank J.

David T. Barricklow was reared and educated in Cadiz Township, and from his youth has been closely associated with farm industry in his native county. His fine farm of 182 acres lies adjacent to that of the county infirmary, and is one of the valuable rural estates of the county. Hi 8 uncle Henry, to whom a tribute Is given in following paragraphs, bequeathed to him this fine farm and was eighty-six years of age at the time of his death.

Mr. Barricklow has travrfed about the country extensively, visiting different states, and while in Minnesota he purchased land in the Red River Valley, which he still owns. In 1907 he was married to Pearl Lofton, and to them was born one son, John D., who was born January 19, 1908. He resides with his father and attends the Cadiz schools. Mr. Barricklow has prospered in his business and is now one of the substantial men and taxpayers of the county. Besides his inheritance from his uncle, Henry Barricklow, he has accumulated considerable means and he has invested in high-class securities.

Henry Barricklow was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1829, and was one of the honored pioneer citizens of Harrison County, Ohio, at the time of his death. He was a child of about three years at the time of the family removal from Pennsylvania to Harrison County, and here he was reared to manhood on the pioneer farm of his father in Cadiz Township. In 1871 he settled on the farm now owned by his nephew, David T., where he made many improvements and where he continued to reside until his death. He was a man of ability and sterling character, and ever commanded the high regard of all who knew him. His political faith was that of the democratic party, and he and his wife held membership in the United Presbyterian Church. In October, 1878, Mr. Barricklow married Miss Mary Henderson, of Jefferson County, but no children were born of this union. Mrs. Barricklow died January 20, 1912. They had a deep affection for their nephew and heir, which affection was fully reciprocated.

Samuel K. McLaughlin was for many years actively identified with agricultural enterprise and the raising of live stock in Harrison County, where he improved one of the finest farms in Short Creek Township. He remained on this model rural estate until 1899, when he removed to Cadiz, where he now holds precedence as one of the buyers and shippers of wool in this section of his native state, the family name having been identified with Ohio history for more than a century.

John McLaughlin, grandfather of him whose name introduces this review, came to Ohio in 1801, and in the following year he established the family home in Jefferson County. He had previously gained more than a usual amount of frontier experience, as he had served the Government as an Indian spy through the wild country between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Wheeling, West Virginia. He purchased a tract of heavily timbered land in the midst of the foreBt wilds of Jefferson County, and there instituted the reclamation and development of a pioneer farm, the land having been originally secured by his brother-in-law, John Johnson, at the rate of twelve and one-half cents an acre. Of this resourceful pioneer an interesting record has been previously published, and from the same is reproduced the following data, which is well worthy of perpetuation: "John McLaughlin was a man of more than ordinary attainments for those days, and soon after coming to Ohio he was elected a member of its Legislature, in which he served five years as a member of the House of Representatives. He was then elected to the State Senate, in which he served twelve years. In the Senate he was intimately associated with Gen. William Henry Harrison, John C. Wright and Charles Hammond. The sessions were first held at Zanesville, later at Chillicothe and finally at Columbus, which was made the permanent capital of the commonwealth., Mr. McLaughlin was a member of the 'call session* of the Legislature in 1832 to settle the dispute relative to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan. He was the founder of Adena, Jefferson County, securing the postofflce for that place and giving the village its name. At the time of his death he was an elder in the United Presbyterian Church and a member of the session of Piney Fork. He was for many years a justice of the peace, and, beyond all doubt, was during his active career the most prominent and influential man in his district. He was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1774, and died November 10, 1860, in his eightyseventh year. About 1799 he married Miss Annie Johnson, who died June 6, 1849. Their children were thirteen in number."

James McLaughlin, son of John and father of Samuel K., of this review, was born on the pioneer homestead near Adena, Jefferson County, and was the second son in the large family of children, of whom four sons and five daughters attained to years of maturity. Educational advantages in his youth were limited in this section of Ohio, but by self-application he became a man of broad information and mature judgments. He was a staunch abolitionist in the climacteric period leading up to the Civil war and united with the republican party at the time of its organization, his previous alignment having been with the whig party. He and his wife were zealous members of the United Presbyterian Church at Piney Fork, and on one occasion he represented his church as a delegate to the General Assembly of the denomination in the City of Philadelphia. He served long and effectively as an elder of the church, was a leader in movements tending to advance the material and civic welfare of the community and was specially influential in developing an effective public-school system at Adena. He married Miss Sarah J. Kerr, who was bom and reared in Harrison County, the eldest daughter of Samuel and, Annie (Smith) Kerr, and of the nine children of this union one died in Infancy; William B. was a resident of Adena, Jefferson County, at the time of his death ; Ann E. became the wife of Lewis Bernhard, of Harrison County; Mary E. married William Courtright, of Harrison County; Nancy J. became the wife of Joseph C. McNary, of Unionport, Jefferson County; Samuel K., immediate subject of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Sarah M. married Rev. Hugh W. Parks, of Harrison County; Joseph S., of Adena, Ohio, is now deceased; Mary Emma married Robert G. Dean, and they established their home at Omaha, Nebraska. She is now a widow, residing at Seattle, Washington, and the mother of two sons and two daughters living. James McLaughlin died August 26, 1865, in his fifty-second year, and his widow, surviving him by many years, continued to reside at the old home in Jefferson County until her death, at the venerable age of seventy-two years.

Samuel K. McLaughlin was bora at Adena, Jefferson County, September 12, 1846, and was there reared to adult age. There he received the advantages of the common schools of the period, and at the age of eighteen years entered the MoNeely Normal College at Hopedale, Harrison County, where he continued his studies until the death of his father made it necessary for him to return to the old home and assist his widowed mother in the management of the farm. While applying himself vigorously to farm work during the summer seasons he made an admirable record as a successful and popular teacher in the public schools in the winter season after having passed the examination which entitled him to a teacher's certificate of the first class.

May 22, 1872, recorded the marriage of Mr. McLaughlin to Miss Mary Belle Snider, who was born and reared in Green Township, Harrison County, a daughter of Samuel and Hannah Snider, and soon after their marriage the young couple established their home on the old Hurford homestead in Short Creek Township, Harrison County. In the following year they removed to Adena, Jefferson County, the old home of Mr. McLaughlin, who resumed his educational service as a teacher in the village schools and who also erected in the meanwhile the best residence in the town. In 1875 they returned to Harrison County and established their home on the fine farm of 230 acres which was to continue as their abiding place for many years. In 1888 Mr. McLaughlin erected on his farm one of the most commodious and modern farm houses in Short Creek Township. Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin were members of the United Presbyterian Church until they took up their residence in Cadiz, since which time they have been members of the Presbyterian Church. They became the parents of four children: Charles Johnson, John Orfin, Hannah Lucretia and Samuel Parks, all of whom are deceased except Robert Parks, the youngest, who is now Government postoffice inspector at Waterloo, Iowa. He married Margaret Mcllvaine, the daughter of Judge Walter G. Shotwell, of Cadiz. They are the parents of four daughters, Nancy Shotwell, Margaret Mcllvaine, Mary Elizabeth and Ann.

Influential in its council and campaign ac tivities in Harrison County. He gave effective service as trustee of Short Creek Township and later represented Harrison and Carroll counties in the State Legislature for two terms, with a record that fully Justified his election to this office. Mr. McLaughlin made his farm one of the best improved and most valuable in Short Creek Township, and he still owns the property, though he has maintained his home at Cadiz since 1899 and is here actively and successfully engaged in the buying and shipping of wool, ns one of the leading representatives of this line of business in Harrison County. A man of genial sincerity and sterling character, his circle of friends Is virtually coincident with that of his acquaintances, and though he has passed the span of three score years and ten he Is still hale and vigorous and takes satisfaction in his business activities.

Hokes Clyde Williams. The editor of a newspaper in one of the smaller cities of the country comes in much more intimate touch with his public than does his fellow craftsman on one of the metropolitan dallies. Not only does the former know practically all of his readers personally, but he is acquainted with the history of his region and understands its needs so that he is able to give an intelligent and satisfactory support to its public-spirited measures and wage a relentless fight against those which, because of this very knowledge, he realizes will not be productive of lasting benefits. One of the men who is looked up to as one of the moulders of public opinion In Harrison County, is Homer Clyde Williams, editor of the Freeport Press, and one of the ablest journalists of this part of the state.

Homer Clyde Williams was born In Harrison County, Ohio, February 22, 1876, a son of Rev. Lyman B. Williams, who was editor of the Freeport Press until March, 1917, since which time he has been retired from all active business. H. C. Williams is a grandson of Elam and Elizabeth S. (McKitrick) Williams. Rev. Lyman B. Williams, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church and an eloquent and able divine, has had the following children born to him : Hamilton Bertel, who married Olive

Tewell, who bore him a son, Thomas, and he followed his father's example, entering the ministry, but Is a Presbyterian minister, and Is also a writer of marked ability; Homer Clyde, whose name heads this review; Everett, who was born March 5, 1879, died July 19, 1882; and Martha Edith, who married William A. Pettay and has four children, Jean Alton, Sarah Martha, William Lyman and Homer Buell. Mrs. Pettay is the ydungest of the family, having been born February 9, 1892.

Homer Clyde Williams was reared in his native county and attended its public schools. Always having a taste for editorial work, he developed it, and after he had secured a working knowledge of his calling became part owner of the Freeport Press, of which he Is editor, and he and his partner have made it one of the live journals of Carroll and Harrison counties.

On August 17, 1898, Mr. Williams was united In marriage with Margaret Derry, and they have two children, namely: Harry Dean, who was born September 3, 1899; and Mildred, who was born September 3, 1903. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are numbered among the social leaders of Freeport, where they have lived for so long, and their pleasant home is often the scene of delightful gatherings of their many friends.

Geobge O. Fleming. One of the progressive general farmers and breeders of Holstein cattle and improved Chester-White hogs, who has attained to well-deserved distinction in these lines, is George O. Fleming, of Rumley Township, whose well-cultivated farm contains 154 acres of valuable land.

George O. Fleming was born at East Springfield, Jefferson County, Ohio, December 23, 1866, a son of Robert and Thryza (Hamilton) Fleming, and grandson of James Fleming. James Fleming was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, while his wife, Mary Morland, was bom In Maryland. Coming to Jefferson County, Ohio, about ninety years ago, James Fleming became one of the early farmers of that region and a man of considerable local prominence, both politically and in the Presbyterian Church, of which he and his wife were earnest members. Their children were as follows: Robert, James Dempsey and Sarah Ellen.

Robert Fleming was born in Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and his wife, a native of the same county, was a daughter of Dr. George D. and Mary (Taylor) Hamilton. Dr. George D. Hamilton was one of the early physicians of Jefferson County. He and his wife had the following family: Thomas T., Thryza, Minnie, Minerva, Martha, George, Emma and Joseph. The Hamiltons were also members of the Presbyterian Church, while the Taylors were Quakers.

Until 1886 Robert Fleming continued to reside In Jefferson County, but in that year came to Harrison County and bought a farm in German Township, where he was engaged In agricultural pursuits until within a few years of his demise, when he retired and moved to Jewett. He died at the home of his son Charles at Marsha llville, Wayne County, Ohio. He and his wife Md the following children: George O., Emma, Ada, Charles and Laura. Mrs. Fleming was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and was a lady of fine Christian character.

George O. Fleming went to school in Jefferson and Harrison counties, and had his initial experience In individual farming in German Township. In 1897 he moved to his present farm in Rumley Township, and since then has improved all of the buildings and put everything in first-class shape. In addition to breeding cattle and hogs of the above mentioned strains he also breeds some Norman horses, and has been very successful with his experiments.

In 1893 Mr. Fleming was united In marriage with Ellen Johnson, a daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Galbraith) Johnson, and they have two children: Thryza and George Earl. Mrs. Fleming belongs to the United Presbyterian Church of German Township, while Mr.

Alexander Johnson, father of Mrs. Fleming, was born in German Township, Harrison County, Ohio, and his wife was born in Rumley Township of the same county, a daughter of Samuel and Isabel (Galbraith) Galbraith. Samuel Galbraith and his wife were both born in Ireland, but came to the United States at an early day. Their children were as follows: James, Samuel, William, Jane, Margaret, Anna, Rebecca and an unnamed child. The family all belonged to the United Presbyterian Church.

The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Fleming, also Alexander Johnson, was born in Ireland, but when still a young man he came to the United States and located in Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. He was married to Ellen Brown, who was born in Maryland. For a time after coming to this country the elder Alexander Johnson was occupied in rafting timber down the river, and in 1800 he and several companions took a load of flour on a raft on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans from Pittsburgh. Prices were so low in those days that they received so little for their flour that they were forced to make their way back to Pennsylvania on foot. About 1814 Alexandei Johnson came to German Township, Harrison County, and, buying a farm, lived on it for the rest of his life, dying on it when ninety-six years and six months old. He and his wife had the following family born to them : John, Alexander, Andrew, Nancy and Mary. They, too, were all members of the United Presbyterian Church.

The younger Alexander Johnson, father of Mrs. Fleming, was reared in German Township, and for many years was one of the substantial farmers of that township, but during the later portion of his life he moved to Rumley Township, and there he died. He and his wife had children as follows: John B., Samuel G.,

Alexander H., who is living at Columbus. Ohio, where he is engaged in the practice of law; Ellen Jane, who is Mrs. George O. Fleming; and Isabel Ann, who married M. H. Finnicum. Mrs. Johnson belonged to the United Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Johnson attended services with her, although he never connected himself with any religious organization.

William F. Mull. Having spent his life on his present farm, which is also his birthplace, William F. Mull, one of the Intelligent farmers of Rumley Township, naturally Is interested in the neighborhood and feels bound to it by ties of unusual strength. He is acquainted with the history of the county, and appreciates the value of the advance which has been made by it in every direction. He was born on this same farm July 14, 1866, a son of David and Rachel (Dotts) Mull. David Mull was born in Washington County, Ohio, while his wife was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, at Stone Creek, a daughter of Thomas and Delilah Dotts.

Thomas Dotts was an old school-teacher, and was also a Justice of the peace and married a large number of people. In addition to discharging the duties of his office he was engaged in farming, operated a water-power grist-mill, but later on in life went to Iowa, and was there engaged in farming until the close of his life. The children of Thomas Dotts were as follows: Rachel, Julia, Margaret, Jennie, Orpha, Philip, William, Thomas and Reason, and three or four others who died when small. The Dotts family were all Lutherans.

David Mull had the misfortune to lose his father when he was only a small boy, and he was bound out to a slave owner of Virginia. Because of the harsh treatment he received he ran away from his master and came back to Ohio, and managed to find something to do. Although he had absolutely no schooling, he was naturally intelligent and managed to get along in life very well without the educational advantages now deemed so necessary. His first wife was Elizabeth Smith, and their children were Samuel, deceased, and Susannah, deceased, who became the wife of William Ixmg and lived on a farm In Jefferson County, Ohio. After the death of his first wife David Mull married a cousin of the first Mrs. Mull, who also bore the name of Elizabeth Smith, and they had a daughter, Mary, who became the wife of James Hatfield. Rachel Dotts was the third wife of David Mull, and she bore him the following family : Delilah E., who is deceased ; Orpha L., who is deceased, was the wife of Sampson Shearer; Luther M., who lives at South Bend, Kansas; and William F., who was the youngest. For some years Mr. and Mrs. Mull were very active members of the Lutheran Church of New Rumley.

William F. Mull went to the rural schools of Rumley Township, and then, as his father was anxious for him to have the advantages denied him, he was sent to Hopedale Normal College at Hopedale, Ohio, during 1884 and 1885. In 1887 Mr. Mull began teaching school, and from then on until 1913, a period of twenty-six years, he was engaged in the educational field, and became one of the most popular educators of Harrison County. As a relaxation from the burdens of his calling he interested himself in farming, living on his farm and driving back and forth each day in order to reach his school, which at times was as far off as ten miles. Since 1913 he has been devoting himself to his farm and is the owner of the Mull homestead of 151% acres of land on which he has put all of the buildings except the residence and a wagon shed. He is doing general farming and stockraising, specializing on feeding registered Shorthorn cattle. One of the features of his place is the fine seven-acre orchard.

On November 25, 1807, Mr. Mull was united In marriage with Emma C. Howell, a daughter of David Martin and Mary Jane (Wheeler) Howell and they have three children, namely: Dean D., who was graduated from the Jewett High School and later from the business college at Scio, Ohio, is now a clerk of the Pennsylvania Railway Company at Cadiz Junction, Ohio; Iris Myrtle and William F., Jr. David Martin Howell, father of Mrs. Mull, was born near Hopedale, Harrison County. He served in Company C, Thirtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry for over three years during the Civil war, and was wounded at Kenesaw Mountain. After the war he followed farming near Hopedale, where he died March 9, 1915. His wife died, in 1912. Mr. and Mrs. Mull are valued members of the Lutheran Church of New Rumley. It would be difficult to find people who are more representative of the best element of the county than the Mulls, and through his connection with educational matters as well as otherwise Mr. Mull is known over a wide area, and many of the leading men and women of the county today are proud of the fact that they were at one time under his watchful and intelligent supervision, and remember his painstaking efforts in their behalf with grateful affection.

Willis C. Chaney, one of the younger exponents of farm industry in Athens Township, Harrison County, was born in Short Creek Township, this county, on the 13th of September, 1881, and is a representative of a family whose name has been worthily identified with the history of the county for more than a century. He Is a son of Samuel V. and Clarinda (Edwards) Chaney, both likewise natives of Harrison County, where the father achieved success in connection with farm industry, to which he had been reared. He and his wife now reside in Short Creek Township, and concerning them more specific mention is made on other pages, in the sketch of the career of their eldest son, Charles A.

Samuel V. Chaney was born in Athens Township December 14, 1846, and was reared to manhood on the old pioneer farm of his father. He is a son of Thomas Chaney, whose death occurred July*l, 1890, and whose widow survived him by several years, the names of their children being as here noted: James, John, William, Sarah, Martha, Samuel V., Mary Ann, Elizabeth Ann, Mary Ellen, Thomas W., Hannah and Nancy. Thbrnns Chaney was bora in Virginia, October 28, 1803, and two years later, in 1805, his parents came to Ohio and numbered themselves among the early settlers of what is now Harrison County. He was a son of Nathan and Sarah (Mansfield) Chaney, who became the parents of six sons and seven daughters. Nathan Chaney was born in Maryland, where his ancestors settled in the early colonial days, and he became a farmer in Virginia, where his marriage occurred and whence he came with his family to Harrison County, as noted above. Here he died in 1837, and his wife survived him by ten years, her death occurring in 1847. They endured to the full the hardships of frontier life, and their names merit enduring place on the roil of the sterling pioneers of this now favored section of the Buckeye State.

Thomas Chaney was reared to manhood under the conditions of the pioneer days, and he eventually became the owner of one of the excellent farms of Athens Township, where he remained until the time of his death. September 25, 1836, recorded his marriage to Miss Elizabeth Clark, daughter of James and Sarah (Watson) Clark, who came to Ohio from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Mr. Clark having served during the entire period of the War of

Willis Craig Chaney is Indebted to the district school locally known as the Hawk's Nest School, In Short Creek Township, for his rudimentary education, which was supplemented by his attending the village schools of New Athens for four years and the Cadiz High School one year, besides which he was for two terms a student in Franklin College at New Athens. He was reared on the home farm and early began to contribute his quota to its work, so that he was well fortified when in 1910 he purchased a farm of 125 acres in Athens Township, where he has since continued his activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower, though he has since sold sixty acres of the original tract. He is a democrat in politics, and his wife is a birthright member of the Society of Friends, with membership in the church of this denomination at West Grove.

On the 27th of April, 1910, Mr. Chaney was united in marriage to Miss Clara Belle Sparrow, daughter of John C. Sparrow, of Athens Township, and they have three children - Virginia Isabel, Delma Iona and Sarah Marguerite.

Habtzell Love, of Athens Township, has always lived in one community. He was born December 19, 1884, and is a son of George and In the line of Georges through three generations of the Love family. George Love, the father, was bora September 9, 1842, and the mother, Eleanor Caroline (Healea) Love, was born March 29, 1845, in Harrison County. Mr. Love lived on a farm until 1906, when he moved to New Athens. On September 17, 1910, Mrs. Love died in New Athens, and Mr. Love passed away on August 10, 1920. The Loves are Presbyterians.

The grandfather, George Love, married Jane McCracken, of Athens Township. The greatgrandfather, George Love, married Mary F. Cook. They were pioneers of Athens Township, Harrison County. Their children were: Robert, George, Mary, John, Martha, James and Margaret. James was a Civil war soldier and died in a hospital at Fredericksburg, Maryland. Of the above children only Margaret is living.

As a boy Hartzell Love attended Oak Hill District School and later he attended high school in New Athens. His entire life has been spent on the farm. Hartzell Love married first, Dora Annetta Moore, daughter of Walker Moore, of Athens Township, and she died in June, 1907. On October 1, 1913, Mr. Love married Bertha M. Howell, a daughter of Harvey W. and Mary (Griffith) Howell. They are members of the Presbyterian Church in New Athens. Mr. Love is trustee of Athens Township. To Mr. and Mrs. Love a daughter was born in September 6, 1920, Martha Healea.

H. W. Howell was a farmer of Union Township, Belmont County. His wife died in 1891 and he died In June, 1915. Their children are: Ralph C., deceased; Anna, deceased, and Bertha. Mr. Howell later married Ola M. Groves and they had two sons, Willard W. and

Rev. Jonathan Sharp McCready. It has been the privilege of Mrs. Margaret McFarland McCready of Cadiz to commemorate her husband, the Rev. J. S. McCready, in whose honor McCready Post G. A. R. in Cadiz is named, in the annals of Harrison County. She became his wife on May 20, 1866, and on August 7 of the same year he was ordained and installed as minister of the Cadiz United Presbyterian Church, remaining as its pastor until August 14, 1862, when he enlisted and was made captain of Company H, One Hundred Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and went to the front as a Civil war soldier.

On May 6, 1864, Captain McCready was wounded in the left arm while fighting in the battle of the Wilderness. He was carried from the field and taken to a hospital in Washington, D. C., and on September 7 he died in Baltimore on his way home to Harrison County. As a minister of the Gospel Reverend McCready soon won the affection and confidence of his people. While he was kind and unobtrusive in manner and courteous to all, when it came to a question of right he was as firm as the rock. In his preaching he portrayed the truth In all of Its strength and attractiveness. He served the church In Cadiz from the time of his ordination to the ministry until he answered the country's call and went into the Union army. Through all the years Mrs. McCready has continued her residence In the community. Reverend McCready was born in Darlington, Pennsylvania, and was a son of Hugh McCready, of an old Pennsylvania family.

While paying tribute to her husband Mrs. McCready also enrolls the McFarland family history among the pioneers of Harrison County. She is a daughter of William McFarland, who was born February 2, 1764, in Ireland. He was a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Ferguson) McFarland, the father born In Ireland and the mother in England. The year he was born they came to America, locating in Washington County, Pennsylvania. In 1800 they removed to Athens Township, Harrison County, beginning their residence in Ohio with the beginning of the nineteenth century. The children in this pioneer McFarland family were William McFarland and a sister, Mary. They were members of the Seceder Church, which was later known as the United Presbyterian Church In Harrison County. William McFarland was educated at home by his parents, and when he was thirteen years old he was a teacher.

On December 25, 1823, William McFarland married Elizabeth Henderson. His home was always in Athens Township, where he accumulated 300 acres of land, and he was a leader of thought and action in the community. In 1843-4 he was a member of the Ohio Legislature, and later he served for several years as an associate judge of Common Pleas Court in Harrison, Belmont and Jefferson counties. Judge McFarland and his wife were pioneer temperance workers in Harrison County, and In the days when It was customary to supply harvest hands with whisky they instituted the custom of supplying lunches - Coffee, Johnny cake, etc., Instead of liquor. In that way they had the good will of the men in the field, who recognized their position on a moral question. Mrs. McFarland died in 1875, and he died two years later.

The McFarlands reared a large family In Harrison County. Their children are: Andrew, Mary, Elizabeth, Martha, James W., William, Margaret (Mrs. McCready), Robert, Nancy J. and Sarah, all of whom are deceased excepting Mrs. McCready and Sarah. All the sons were Civil war soldiers and James and William were ministers, the latter occupying the pulpit of the United Presbyterian Church in Cambridge as many years as the Children of Israel wandered in the Wilderness. Mrs. McCready and her sister Elizabeth were the wives of ministers. The McCready-McFarland names will always live in the annals of Harrison County.

William J. Morgan js the owner of an excellent farm of 150 acres in Cadiz Township, Harrison County. He has been a resident of the county from the time of his birth and is a representative of a sterling pioneer family of this section of the Buckeye State. He was born In Athens Township, Harrison County, February 14, 1854, and is a son of Michael and Eleanor (Whan) Morgqn, the former of whom was born In Belmont County, Ohio, June 14, 1817, and the latter was born In Athens Township, Harrison County, May 13, 1813. Mrs. Morgan passed to the life eternal on the 24th of January, 1891, her husband having survived her by more than a decade and having died in Short Creek Township April 8, 1903. Philip Morgan, father of Michael, was born in Belmont County, where he became a prosperous farmer, and he and his wife, whose family name was Jenkins, were venerable pioneer citizens of that county at the time of their deaths. They became the parents of eight children - Michael, Philip, Amos, Levi, George, Milton, Sarah and Susannah. John and Margaret (Boggs) Whan, maternal grandparents of William J. Morgan, passed the closing years of their lives in Athens Township, Harrison County, where Mr. Whan developed a productive farm. His children were five in number - James, John, Eleanor, Sarah (Mrs. John McCullough) and Hannah.

Michael Morgan was reared and educated in Belmont County and in his youth learned the tanner's trade. He came to Harrison County and found employment at his trade in the village of New Athens, where he remained until 1851, when he purchased and established his home on a farm in Short Creek Township, where he continued to devote his attention to agricultural industry and stock-raising during the remainder of his life. He and his wife were zealous members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he served a long time as elder, and they held secure place in the esteem of all who knew them. The names and respective dates of birth of their children are here noted : Mary R., November 3, 1840; George W., July 3, 1844 (died in early childhood) ; Emmett, June 15, 1846 (died in childhood) ; Margaret E..

William J. Morgan gained his preliminary education in the district schools of Short Creek Township, and thereafter was for three years a student in Franklin College, his brothers and sisters likewise having been afforded the advantages of this excellent institution. He continued to be associated with the activities of his father's farm the major part of the time until his marriage, in 1882, and he then purchased the old farm of Joseph Clark in Cadiz Township, where he has since continued to be successfully engaged in agricultural and livestock enterprise, with a record of having been at all times one of the progressive and successful exponents of farm industry in his native county. He is a republican in politics, and he and his family hold membership in the Presbyterian Church.

September 7, 1882, recorded the marriage of Mr. Morgan to Miss Elizabeth B. Cochran, who was born and reared in Harrison County, and they have three children: Ralph Cochran Morgan, who, was born July 5, 1883, is associated with his father in the management of the home farm; Clarence M., born January 11, 1890, is a dentist by profession and is engaged in practice in the City of Canton, Stark County; and Margaret Helen, who was born May 2, 1893, remains at the parential home. Samuel Cochran, father of Mrs. Morgan, was born in Cadiz Township, this county, March 31, 1811, and his wife, whose maiden name was Margaret Thompson, was bora in Green Township July 11, 1820, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Stewart) Thompson. Samuel Cochran was a son of Robert and Sarah (Calhoun) Cochran, whose marriage was solemnized in 1805, both having been natives of Pennsylvania, where Mr. Cochran was born September 15, 1771. He became one of the very early settlers in what is now Cadiz Township, Harrison County, where he established his residence in 1803. He returned to Pennsylvania, where his marriage occurred, and upon his return to Harrison County his young wife accompanied him, she having made the Journey on horseback. He reclaimed a farm from the forest wilds, and on this place he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. Following is a brief record concerning their children: Eleanor, bora February 11, 1808, died September 17, 1867; Samuel, bora March 31, 1811, died September 7, 1899; David Calhoun, born in 1814, died October 30, 1883; Mary King, born December 11, 1817, died July 23, 1899; Robert Reid, born September 15, 1822, died September 1, 1902; and Sarah Jane, bora October 9, 1825, is deceased, the exact date of her death not being available.

Samuel Cochran was engaged in farming in Cadiz Township until his death, which occurred in 1899, as noted in the foregoing list, and his widow passed away January 29, 1906. Both were zealous members of the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Cochran served many years as an elder. They became the parents of four children : Clara S., bora April 3, 1850, died January 20, 1878 ; Robert B. was born

February 2, 1852, and is now deceased; Elizabeth Belle, wife of William J. Morgan, of this review, was bora May 8, 1854; and Martha Ellen was born October 27, 1856, and died February 27, 1914.

Albebt W. Laughlin was numbered among the substantial and representative exponents of farm industry in Harrison County, and his operations were conducted on the old homestead farm which was the place of his birth, in Cadiz Township, the place being well improved and comprising eighty-three and three-fourths acres. Here Mr. Laughlin was born on the 2d of March, 1856, a son of Robert and Rachel (Merry man) Laughlin, the former a native of Tuscarawas County and the latter of Harrison County. Robert Laughlin was long numbered among the successful farmers of Cadiz Township, where he owned and improved a tract of eighty-three acres and where he and his wife continued to reside until their deaths, when well advanced in years, both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They became the parents of a family of fourteen children, namely: James, Hannah. Rebecca, Robert, Sheridan, George, Johnson, Albert, Ruth Alice, and Elizabeth, all of whom are deceased. Those living are Sophia, Rachel, Nettie and Isabel.

Albert W. Laughlin acquired his youthful education in the schools of his native township, where he w'as continuously identified with farm enterprise until his death on September 11, 1920. His success was on a parity with his well directed endeavors as an agriculturist and stock-grower. On Christmas day of the year 1884 he was united In marriage to Miss Anna Elizabeth Bricker, daughter of John and Lucinda Bricker, of whom more specific mention will be found on other pages of this volume. For seven years after his marriage Mr. Laughlin conducted operations on the farm owned by his father-in-law, and he then returned to the old homestead, where he lived until his death. He was a democrat in politics and served twenty years as a member of the school board of his district. To Mr. and Mrs. Laughlin the following children were bora : George, a farmer in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, married Fannie McFarland: Anna is the wife of Walter Cope, living near Jewett; John married Opal Rowland; Vera is the wife of Lyle Cope; Albert married Miss Clara Baker; Paul married Alice Housley; and Margaret is the wife of Glenn McKibben.

William Wilson McLaughlin is the owner of an excellent farm of eighty and one-half acres in Short Creek Township, Harrison County, and is one of the vigorous and successful agriculturists and stock-growers of the younger generation in that township, where he is now beginning to give special attention to the breeding and raising of blooded Shorthorn cattle.

William Wilson McLaughlin was born in Belmont County, Ohio, December 9, 1879, and is a son of James A. and Sarah (Barkhurst) McLaughlin, individual mention of the father being made on other pages of this volume, so that further review of the family history is not here demanded. He whose name introduces this article gained his early education in the public schools of Belmont and Jefferson counties and in 1907 he came with his father to Harrison County, where the latter engaged in farm enterprise in Slioft Creek Township. Here William W. was associated with his father's farm industry until his marriage on October 1, 1912, and the following winter they spent in Florida, and then resided in Cadiz for one year. In 1915 Mr. McLaughlin purchased his present farm in Short Creek Township, and here he has since been successfully engaged in effective enterprise as an agriculturist and stock-grower, with high civic standing in the community. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, be holds membership in the United Presbyterian Church, and his wife is a birthright member of the Society of Friends, with which she maintains active and appreciative affiliation.

On the 1st of October, 1912, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. McLaughlin to Miss Erie Esther Fox, who was born on April 13, 1880, and reared in Short Creek Township, a daughter of the late William Spicer Fox, whose death occurred January 28, 1908. Mr. Fox was bom in Short Creek Township September 22, 1839, and was a son of Charles James and Esther (Cooper) Fox, the former of whom was born in the City of Washington, D. C., October 17, 1805, and the latter of whom was born near Baltimore, Maryland, April 4, 1810. The Fox family is of honorable English origin and its history has been fully written and published, representatives of the family in Harrison County having copies of these genealogical records, running back to the year 1650. Charles James Fox was a son of Josiah Fox, who was bom In Falmouth, England, October 9, 1763, and who entered upon a seafaring life when a young man of about twenty-seven years. He visited many of the important parts of the world and in 1793 he was engaged by the United States Government as navy constructor, in which capacity he drafted plans for a goodly number of early war vessels. He continued in this service until 1811, when he located at Wheeling, West Virginia. In 1814 he established his home on a frontier farm at Colerain in Belmont County, Ohio, and there he died in 1847, his wife having passed away in 1841. By reason of his having been concerned in the building of war vessels Mr. Fox was disowned by the Society of Friends, with which the family has been prominently identified for many generations.

Charles James Fox settled in Short Creek Township, Harrison County, Ohio, in 1842, and here he passed the remainder of his life. He became one of the most successful farmers and wealthy and influential citizens of the county, and both he and his wife were venerable in years at the time of their deaths, they having been earnest birthright members of the Society of Friends. He died June 21, 1895, and his wife died April 2, 1896.

fine farms of Short Creek Township, and on his farm he constructed a large pond and engaged in fish culture. He was a leader in community sentiment and action, was a staunch republican and he and his wife were members of the Hicksite branch of the Society of Friends. In 1876 Mr. Fox wedded Miss Esther J. Moore, daughter of Jeremiah Moore, of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and of this union were born three children - Mary Moore, John Francis and Erie Esther.

Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin have three children, whose names and respective dates of birth are here recorded: Francis Fox, February 22, 1915: James Alfred, September 29, 1916; and Dorothy Loraine, born September 17, 1918.

George W. Young, one of the enterprising business men of Freeport, is engaged in handling hardware and agricultural implements, and is conducting his enterprise in such a manner as to build up a large trade and win the approval of his fellow citizens because of his upright methods. He was bom in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, August 18, 1S47. a son of Christopher Young. The birth of Christopher Young occurred In Maryland, October 7, 1805, while that of his wife, Elizabeth Burkhead, took place in Harrison County, Ohio, In 1816. She was a daughter of Thomas and Rachel Burkhead, who removed from Harrison County to Guernsey County, Ohio, when Mrs. Young was a small girl. They had the following children; Joshua, William, Jackson, Elizabeth, Rachel, Happy, Plesh and Anna.

Christopher Young went from Maryland to Wisconsin while still a young man, and for five years was employed In the lead mines of the latter state, but then returned home and moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, where he was married. A few years later he went to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and bought a farm, conducting it until 1872. In that year he sold his farm and moved back to Guernsey County, bought another farm, and lived on it until he passed away. His children were as follows: Sarah Jane and Elizabeth, both of whom died when small children; George W., whose name heads this biography; Rachel D., who was the fourth child; and Mary M., who was the youngest bora. Both Mr. and Mrs. Young were steadfast members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

George W. Young was reared by careful parents who taught him to make himself useful, and he remained with them until he was thirtythree years of age. At that time he bought a small store at Smyrna, Freeport Township, and conducted it for twenty-one years, gradually expanding it until it was a large establishment when he sold it in 1902. and moved to Freeport. Since locating in this city he has conducted his present hardware and farm implement business, one of the leading ones of its kind in the county.

On March 7, 1877, Mr. Young married Lovina Sheppard, bora in Guernsey County, Ohio, a daughter of Hudson and Rebecca (Miller) Sheppard. Mr. and Mrs. Young have one son, Jetty H., who married Ada Reaves, and they have two children, Mary Elizabeth and Ruth

Jetty H. Young attended the public schools of Smyrna and a commercial college of Scio, Ohio. Since 1902 he has been associated with his father in business, and is now Its manager. He belongs to Freeport Lodge No. 415, F. & A. M., and Cyrus Chapter No. 114, R. A. M., of Uhrichsville.

Both of the Youngs, father and son, are very fine men, good citizens in every particular, and their standing is of the best. They have not sought to gain wealth or prominence by any unusual methods, but have simply gone ahead carrying on their business and doing their duty to their families, their church and their community as they ought to do, and as a result are numbered among the worth-while persons of Harrison County.