Harrison Township (part 13 of 37)

Lonzo S. Green, postmaster of Freeport, is a man worthy of the confidence reposed in him by the Government, and one who holds the esteem of his fellow citizens. He was bom in Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio, August 15, 1894, a son of Morris L. Green and grandson of Holland and Hannah Green. Holland Green was one of the pioneers of Harrison County, and was the pioneer cabinetmaker of Freeport Township. As was usual in those days, the cabinetmaker was called upon to make the cofllns and act as undertaker at the time of death, and he assisted In burying many of the early settlers of the county. He continued to live in this neighborhood until his demise, and was a man widely known and universally respected. His children were as follows: Morris L., Wiliam, and Jennie, who married James Compher.

Morris L. Green was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, about one mile west of Smyrna, September 15, 1856. As a young man he followed the saw-mill business, leaving it to become a well driller, and drilled wells at Freeport and the surrounding country. Still later he moved on a farm in Freeport Township, where he lived until 1911, all of that time being engaged in farming, but iv\ that year he came to Freeport, where he has since resided. Since locating at Freeport he has been occupied as a stationary engineer with the Freeport Milling Company.

On June 3, 1882, Morris L. Green was united In marriage with Margaret I. McMillin, born July 1, 1860, at Middleton, Ohio, a daughter of William and Rebecca McMillin. Mrs. Green died February 17, 1920, having borne her husband the following children : Ethel, who married Joseph Maxwell, lives at New Philadelphia, Ohio, and has two children, James and Catherine; Elsie, who married W. B. Marsh, lives at New Philadelphia, Ohio; Jennie, who married Robert D. Cotton, lives at New Philadelphia, Ohio, and has three children, Dalton, Freda and Beryl; and Lonzo S., who is the youngest in the family.

Lonzo S. Green attended the Dry Ridge School of Freeport Township, and after completing the common school course took the teacher's examination, received his license and began teaching school, continuing in this line of work for seven consecutive years in Freeport Township. During his vacation periods he attended normal school and in this way completed his high school work. For two summers he went to the Freeport County Normal School at Freeport during 1914 and 1915, and for one summer term was a student at Wooster, Ohio, completing these studies with the summer of 1916. On July 25, 1919, Mr. Green was made acting postmaster of Freeport, and was appointed postmaster September 6 of that same year. He still holds that office, and discharges its duties efficiently and satisfactorily.

On August 25, 1915, Mr. Green was married to Mabel Cummins. Mr. and Mrs. Green are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he has been an elder since 1917. They are delightful people, the center of a congenial social circle, and number their friends by the extent of their acquaintances.

Nathan M. Gray, manager of the Freeport Milling Company, is one of the experienced business men and influential citizens of Harrison County. He was born in Guernsey County, Ohio. June 5, 1850, a son of Nathan and Sarah J. (Fisher) Gray, and grandson of George Gray.

George Gray was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, where his wife, Matilda, was also born. He was a farmer of Belmont County, Ohio, to which region he came In young manhood, and he was a well known figure of his dav. His children were ns follows: William, Silas and Nathan. The parents were very religious people and belonged to the Methodist Church.

Nathan Gray was born in Belmont County. Ohio, July 22, 1823, and died January 10, 1910. His wife was born In Maryland in 1822, a daughter of Perry Fisher. For some years after his marriage Nathan Gray was engaged in farming in Belmont County, and then moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, where he spent about the 8a me length of time as a farmer. Finally he retired and spent the last four years of his life at Massillon, Ohio, where he died. He and his wife had the following children: H. B., who married Phoebe Hall, is deceased, as is his wife; Nathan M., whose name heads this review; George E., who is deceased, married Lucy Thwaite. also deceased, was a Methodist clergyman: and Mary, who married Dr. R. J. Pumpbrey, lives at Massillon, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Gray belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Nathan M. Gray remained on the home farm until he reached the age of seventeen years, but at that time went to North Carolina and remained for three years. He then went to Kansas, where for two years he was engaged in the grain business, but returned to Ohio and established himself in a general merchandise business at Freeport, and conducted It for twenty years. Then failing health made it advisable for him to sell, and he did so in 1907. Having in a measure regained his strength, in 190,8 he bought an interest In the Freeport Milling Company and has been its manager ever

On December 19, 1883, Mr. Gray was united in marriage with Alice Harbaugh, a daughter of O. P. and Olive Harbaugh, of Clifton, Kansas. They have no children. Mr. and Mrs. Gray are also members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Freeport. Mr. Gray belongs to the Blue Lodge at Freeport, the Chapter at Uhrich8ville, and is well known in Masonry. Both he and his wife are held in high esteem and have many friends in Harrison and adjoining counties.

John M. Palmes was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, on the 27th of May, 1873. He gained his early education in the district schools of this township, and is now numbered among its substantial and progressive exponents of farm industry. He is a son of Andrew Palmer, of whom specific mention is made on other pages, with due record concerning the family history. At the age of sixteen -years John M. Palmer began his independent career by obtaining employment as a farm hand, and he continued to be thus engaged for several years. After his marriage he established himself upon his present farm, which comprised 110 acres at the time when he purchased the property, in 1901, but to which he has since added until he now has a well improved and valuable farm property of 186% acres, of which 160 acres constitute the home place, the remaining acreage likewise being in Nottingham Township. Vigorous work and good management have brought cumulative success to Mr. Palmer in his Independent activities as an agriculturist and grower of live stock, and he is one of the substantial and popular citizens of his native township, where he served two years as township assessor. He holds membership in the Bethel Chapel of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the home township.

On the 26th of October, 1904, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Palmer to Miss Cora E. Walker, daughter of L. P. and Elizabeth (Adams) Walker, of Nottingham Township, and the supreme bereavement in his life came when his devoted wife was summoned to eternal rest. She was an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and her death occurred on the 19th of August, 1919. She is survived by two children - 'Denver Lewis, who was bom November 15, 1906, and Helen Elizabeth, who was bom December 26, 1911.

George M. Mallarnee. One of the most pleasing revelations of this publication Is that in both Harrison and Carroll counties are to be found at the present day many representatives of honored pioneer families who initiated the work of development and progress in eastern Ohio, and such distinction attaches to George M. Mallarnee, who is now one of the prosperous and enterprising exponents of farm industry in his native county. He was born in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, February 19, 1876, and he has resided since he was four years old on the fine farm which he now owns in Nottingham Township, the same comprising

160 acres, and special attention is being here given to the raising of fine sheep in connection with well ordered agricultural exploitation.

John Calvin Mallarnee, father of him whose name introduces this review, was born at Bloomfield, Jefferson County, Ohio, October 22, 1843, a son of John G. and Mary (Galbraith) Mallarnee, the former of whom was bom in Maryland in 1815, and the latter of whom was b6m in Ohio about the year 1820. John G. Mallarnee was a son of Isaac Mallarnee, who was bom in the State of Maryland about the year 1778, and who was there reared to manhood. There he learned the trade of wagonmaker, and from his native state he went forth as a soldier in the War of 1812. Soon after the close of this conflict he came with his family to Ohio, where he first located at Bloomfield, Jefferson County, whence he removed to Smithfield, that county, shortly afterward. At the latter place he followed his trade until Impaired health prevented, and he passed the closing years of his life in the home of his son John G., then a resident of Guerhsey County, where he died in 1870. John G. Mallarnee was a child at the time of the family removal to Ohio, where he was reared to manhood and where he learned the trade of wagonmaker under the effective direction of his father. He finally engaged In the work of his trade at Bloomfield, Jefferson County, where he remained until 1850, when he removed to Tuscarawas County. Within a short time thereafter he purchased and removed to a small farm near West Chester, Guernsey County, where he and his wife remained until their death, both having been earnest members of the Methodist Protestant Church. They became the parents of eleven children: John Calvin (father of the subject of this sketch), Sylvester, Jasper, Lafton, Ashley, Samuel K.. Margaret, Sarah Mary C., Elizabeth and Estella.

John Calvin Mallarnee gained his early education principally in the schools of Tuscarawas County, and remained at the parental home until he had attained to his legal majority. Thereafter he found employment at farm work, and after his marriage, in 1872, he rented a farm in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, where he remained six years. Thereafter he was similarly engaged one year in Moorefleld township and the next year in Athens Township. He then, in 1880, purchased a farm in section 23. Nottingham Township, and here he remained as one of the progressive agriculturists and stock-growers of the township until his death, on the 12th of January. 1900. his widow passing away March 17, 1913. He became prominent as a grower of hlglvgrade sheep, of which he had some of the finest in Nottingham Township, and on the old home farm his son George M., subject of this review, is well maintaining precedence in this special field of industrial enterprise. Mr. Mallarnee was originally a democrat, but when his convictions led him to oppose the liquor traffic he transferred his allegiance to the prohibition party, of whose cause he continued a staunch supporter until the close of his life, both he and his wife having been members of the Presbyterian Church.

On the 25th of January, 1872, was solemnized the marriage of John C. Mallarnee to Miss Eleanor MeKibben, a daughter of George and Eleanor (Morrison) MeKibben, and she was about seventy-six years of age at the time of her death, in 1913. They became the parents of two children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the older and the one surviving, the younger son, John Calvin, Jr., having been born September 22, 1878, and having died April 21, 1884.

George MeKibben Mallarnee, as already noted, was four years old at the time the family home was established on his present farm, Into ownership of which he came at the death of his parents. He early gained practical experience in connection with the activities of the home farm, and thus was well fortified when he began his independent enterprise as an agriculturist and stock-grower on the old home place, which he has maintained at high standard and which comprises 160 acres of the excellent land of Nottingham Township. His early education was gained In the schools of this township, and has been effectively supplemented by self-discipline and active association with the practical affairs of life. His political allegiance Is given to the republican party, and he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church at Deersville.

On the 14th of September, 1898, Mr. Mallarnee wedded Miss Dessie Titus, who was bora In Nottingham Township September 12, 1877, and who is a daughter of Marion and Louisa (Reynard) Titus, both likewise natives of this county, where the former was born August 17, 1854, and the latter on the 1st of November, 1857, in Franklin Township. Mr. Titus was one of the substantial farmers and honored citizens of Nottingham Towmship at the time of his death, in 1881, and his wddow survived him by nearly a quarter of a century, her death occurring January 5, 1905. Both were active members of the Presbyterian Church at Deersville. Mrs. Mallarnee is their only child. Marion Titus was the only child of Uriah and Sarah (Garner) Titus^ sterling pioneer citizens of Harrison County. Uriah Titus was born January 8, 1813, and died July 28, 1875; his wife was born November 25, 1817, and died January 4, 1907, when eighty-nine years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Mallarnee have six children : Louella

Gertrude, Wilma Frances, Walter Raymond, Marion Calvin, Helen Virginia and Alice Geneva. Louella Gertrude was graduated from the Deersville High School, later attended Franklin College at New Athens, and has been a student also in the Ohio State Normal School at Athens, where she intends eventually to complete the full normal course, she being (in 1921) a successful and popular teacher in the district schools of Nottingham Township. Wilma Frances, the second daughter, is a member of the class of 1921 in the high school at Freeport.

Lewis E. Perkins, a dependable merchant and public-spirited citizen of Freeport, is a man who has won his present high standing through his own honorable methods. He was born in Belmont County, Ohio, April 8, 1860, a son of

Stephen and Mary E. (Denny) Perkins, and grandson of Jacob and Sarah (Taylor) Perkins, the last two being natives of Belmont County, where Jacob Perkins was born in 1801 He was a farmer of Flushing Township, that county, but about 1876 moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, where he died in 1884. His wife passed away in 1872, before he left Belmont County. They had the following children : Nancy, David, Stephen, Lydia, Mary, Elizabeth, Jacob, Eli, Hannah, Eliza and Lewis. All were members of the Society of Friends and very fine people, noted for their integrity and uprightness of life.

Stephen Perkins was also bora in Belmont County, Ohio, February 23, 1839, and his wife was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, January 11, 1834. They were married August 24, 1854. She was a daughter of John N. and Rosanna (Tillman) Denny. For many years Stephen Perkins was a farmer of Flushing Township, Belmont County, where he died November 14, 1898, his wife surviving him until January 12, 1910, when she, too, passed away. The children born to them were as follows: John N.,

Like the majority of the farmer's sons of his day and neighborhood Lewis E. Perkins alternated attending the district schools with agricultural labor and learned to be a practical farmer, but did not take to this calling and when a young man became a clerk in a store In Belmout County owned by Isaac Holloway. In 1892 Mr. Perkins moved to Harrison County, and for ten years was a clerk for Goodman, Hibbs & Company at Piedmont, but left that firm, bought a store at Deersville, Ohio, and conducted it for two years. In 1907 he opened a general store at Freeport, where he has remained in business, and his eldest son, Lawrence E. Perkins Is now associated with him. This store is first class in every respect and a nice business is carried on with the people of Freeix>rt and the surrounding country.

On November 6, 1884, Mr. Perkins was mar- Tied to Miss Alice B. Murphy, a daughter of James A. and Lueretia G. (Tracy) Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins became the parents of the following children: Lawrence E., who was born October 5, 1885, married Blanche Pugh, and they live in Freeport, where he is in business with his father. Forrest L., who was born August 28, 1888, married Minnie Rowdand, and their first child, Roland L., is deceased, but they have two others, Rodney L., who was born December 21, 1917, and Dorothy I.. who was born September 1. 1919. The family live at Wheeling, Ohio, where he has a civil service jwsition. Fred J., who was bora January 21, 18JK7, is a graduate of the Freeport High School. - He taught school for two years and then took the classical course at the University of Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1919 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and is now a student at the Western Reserve University of Law at Cleveland, Ohio, and belongs to the law firm of Pfieffer & Fults of Cleveland. During the great war Mr. Perkins entered the service.

John Maholm Sharon. Among the representative men of Harrison County is John M. Sharon, president qtf the Harrison National Bank of Cadiz, who has been identified with the banking history of this section of Ohio for many years. He was born in Cadiz. July 16, 1849. the son of the late Joseph and Eliza J. (Maholm) Sharon, and grandson of James Sharon. who was an early settler of Jefferson County. Ohio.

Joseph Sharon was born in S'mithfield, Jefferson County, while his wife, Eliza J., was born in Harrison County, the daughter of John Maholm who came to Harrison County in 1804 or 1805. Joseph Sharon was educated in the common schools and at Franklin College. He was admitted to the bar and entered the practice of law at Cadiz, continuing until 1874, when he went to California, and he died in that state in 1877. His widow died in Cadiz in 1&82.

John M. Sharon was reared in Cadiz and was educated in the common schools and at Franklin College, and began his Independent life as a clerk in a general store in Cadiz. He began his banking career in 1874 as teller in the Harrison National Bank. In March, 1880. he was chosen cashier of that bank, and in 1910 was elected president. His identification with the Harrison National Bank extends over a period of forty-six years, and he has witnessed the growth of the institution into one of the leading banks in Harrison County, in which growth he has been an important factor. As president of the bank Mr. Sharon is a member of the American and Ohio Banking Associations.

He was united in marriage in December. 188.8. with Mary, the daughter of David and Laura (Phillips) Cunningham, and to them have been born two sons, Fred and John C.

John C. Sharon is a graduate of the Cadiz High School, the Ohio State University and of Western Reserve University, of which latter he received the LL. B. degree with the class of 1914. He entered Camp Sherman in 1917 and on June 1, 1918. was commissioned a second lieutenant and sent to France and assigned to the Sixteenth Regiment, First Brigade of the First Division, and served at brigade headquarters until the armistice was signed. Returning to Cadiz, he resumed the practice of law. In April, 1917, he married Helen M. Krleger. of Columbus, Ohio. He has been the attorney for the Harrison National Bank since 1915. He is a member of Cadiz Lodge of Masons.

Fred Sharon was graduated from the Cadiz High School, spent three years at Washington and Jefferson College, and in 1909 entered the Harrison National Bank as teller. For the past three years he has been assistant cashier. In the fall of 1919 he married Bessie Barriclow of Cadiz. He Is a member of the Cadiz Lodge of Masons.

James J. Kane. It was on St. Valentine's day. 1850, that James J. Kane first took up his residence in Cadiz, his father before him being a native of the community. William Kane was born in 1813, in Cadiz Township, and in 1838 he married Mary Gray, a daughter of Jeremiah and Abigail (Taylor) Gray, of Meigs County. The grandfather, James Kane, was a very early resident of Cadiz Township, and his children were James, William, Elizabeth, Martha and Margaret.

In an early day William Kane was a common laborer In Cadiz, spending much time as a teamster, and as a young man he lived for a time in Steubenville. In 1846 he returned to Cadiz. His children were: Rebecca O., the wife of George Marple; Margaret; William H. H. ; James J. ; Mary Martha, who was the wife of William McGrew, both now deceased : Elizabeth P. is the widow of Fred Carman; and Jessie Lee Kane. The Kane family are Methodists. Miss Margaret Kane is the oldest living telegraph operator of the Western Union Telegraph system today, having spent forty years at the key board, and she is one of the very few pensioned operators.

As a young man James J. Kane learned the tanner's trade, and in 1877 he bought the Cadiz tannery, operating the business forty years. While he still owns the plant, it is no longer in operation. Along with running the tannery Mr. Kane has managed a farm and operated a coal bank which has been profitable to him. He is a great lover of horses and at one time and another he has owned some good ones. In recent years the horse fancier has turned his attention to other things because of the uncertain market for them.

On August 19, 1874, Mr. Kane married Ida McMillan, of Deersville, Harrison County. She is a daughter of R. N. McMillan. Their son, Henry Scott, married Bernice McCroba, and their children are Henry Scott. Jr., and Berton McCroba Kane. They live in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. Margaretta Kane is the wife of C. C. Pickering and lives in Cadiz. Their children are James and Anna.

Mrs. Kane died June 19, 1911. and on April 2. 1913. Mr. Kane married Florence, a daughter of George and Isabelle Brown. They are members of the Methodist Church in Cadiz.

Ropkrt P. Moorf, a retired farmer and old soldier, is one of the most respected citizens of Harrison County, and is living In ease and comfort at Freeport, although in former years he was very actively connected with extensive agricultural operations in this part of the state. He was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, November 20, 1839, a son of Robert A. Moore, and grandson of Robert Moore.

Robert Moore was born in Ireland in 1771 and died February 1. 1835. His wife. Mary (Armstrong) Moore, was born in 1771, and died November 22. 1831. In 1793 Robert Moore came to the United States, first settling in eastern Pennsylvania, but two years later he moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, ten miles west of Steubenville, where the family spent several years, and then moved to Harrison County, Ohio. Here Robert Moore bought 160 acres of land in Moorefleld Township, on a portion of section 13, and made It his homestead. His children were as follows: Samuel, who was born in Ireland in

1793; and Robert A., John, William, Jane, Margaret and Mary, all of whom were bora after the family had come to America. In religious faith Robert Moore was a Protestant, and he worshiped in the Union Church of his locality.

Robert A. Moore, father of Robert B. Moore, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1803, and died on his farm in Nottingham Township in September, 1877. His wife, Mary (Peacock) Moore, was born in Maryland September 19, 1803, and died September 7, 1804. She was n daughter of Neal Peacock. The children bora to Robert A. Moore and his wife were as follows: Mary Ann, Susanna, Eli P., William C.,

Robert B. Moore attended the district schools of Nottingham Township and was reared to a farm life. In the war between the states he espoused the Union cause, and August 9, 1862, enlisted in Company C, Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and had a remarkable record, participating in the following engagements: Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862; Graysville, Georgia, November 8, 1863 ; Buzzard Roost Gap, Georgia, May 8, 1864; Resaca, Georgia, May 13-16, 1864; Rome, Georgia, May 15, 1864; Dallas, Georgia, May 27 to June 4, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, June 9-30, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, general assault, June 27, 1864; Nickajack Creek, Georgia, July 2-5, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, July 19-20, 1864; siege of Atlanta, Georgia, July 28 to September 2, 1864; Jonesboro, Georgia, August 31 to September 1, 1864; Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19-21, 1865, and he also was with General Sherman on his famous "March to the Sea'' and in the Grand Review at Washington. He received his honorable discharge on June 1, 1865, having been in the same organization during all of his period of service.

At the expiration of his army service Mr. Moore returned to Harrison County and went on a farm in Nottingham Township. On February 12, 1873, he was united In marriage with Hannah H. Colvin, born In Freeport Township, September 16, 1852, a daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Sears) Colvin. Samuel Colvin was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, January 12, 1791, and his wife was born near Freeport, Ohio, May 1, 1820. He had been previously married, to Dorcas Brown, and by her his children were as follows: Dorcas, Thomas,

William, Rebecca, Turner G., and Catherine. His children by his second marriage were : Samuel, Lafayette, Harriet, Delight, Emma, all of whom are deceased; Hannah and Frank C., a minister of the Presbyterian Church residing at Columbus, Ohio. Samuel Colvin was a soldier of the War of 1812, and following its close he came to Harrison County, Ohio, from Pennsylvania, being one of the pioneers of the county and developing into* a prosperous farmer and successful business man. For three years he served as a commissioner of Harrison County.

Township, but then moved to the old farm in Nottingham Township which continued to be their home until 1965, when they retired and came to Freeport. They have one daughter, Anna Maude, who married Edgar Snyder, of Freeport. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have two children, Frances M. and Robert M. Mr. Moore belongs to the J. S. McCready Post, G. A. R., of Cadiz. Both he and his wife belong to the Presbyterian Church of Freeport, and have been active in promoting its good work. like hi 8 father-in-law, Mr. Moore has served his county as a commissioner, his period of service being from 1884 until 1890. It would be difficult to point out finer people than Mr. and Mrs. Moore, or ones more typical of the best element in this part of the state. During their productive years they worked hard, and now that they feel they can take life easier they occupy themselves with benevolent enterprises and church work, and are held in the highest regard by all who know them.

J. Beeches Rogers made an excellent record in his administration as district manager for the Midland Mutual Life Insurance Company of Columbus, Ohio, with headquarters at Cadiz, and he developed for this corporation a substantial and representative business in his assigned district.

Mr. Rogers was born at Pali, now Newtown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, April 14, 1869, and was a son of Joseph G. and Hannah M. (Carson) Rogers, both natives of Nottingham Township, Harrison County, Ohio, where the former was born March 20, 1831, and the latter June 23, 1836 - dates that denote that the families were early settlers in this county. Warner and Elizabeth Rogers, paternal grandparents of the subject of this review, not only reclaimed a pioneer farm in Nottingham Township, but the grandfather also owned and operated a grist mill on Brush Fork Creek. He and his wife were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and their children were eight in number: Joseph G., Nelson, William, Elijah, Warner, Jr., Wesley, Pamelia and Hester Ann. Mrs. Hannah M. (Carson) Rogers was a daughter of Elijah and Margaret (Mahaffey) Carson, and the former's father, John Carson, was one of the very early settlers in Harrison County.

As a young man Joseph G. Rogers learned the shoemaker's trade, and to the same he devoted his attention until 1854, when he yielded to the lure of the gold excitement in California and made his way to that state. He sailed from New York City to the Isthmus of Panama, across which he made his way on foot, and then proceeded by steamboat up the coast to California. He met with fair success in his quest for gold and continued his activities as a gold miner in California for six years. In 1860 he returned to the old home in Harrison County, and in 1862 he here wedded Miss Hannah M. Carson. Thereafter they resided about six years in Tuscarawas County, and they then established their home on a farm in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, where the father long continued his successful activities as an agriculturist and where he continued to reside until his death, November 22, 1905, his widow having passed to the life eternal on the 2d of June, 1917, and both having been earnest members of the Church of Christ. They are survived by four children : Iona M. is the wife of John Morris, of Harrison County; E. Carson has been for twenty years a resident of the city of Columbus, Ohio; J. Beecher, of this review, was the next in order of birth ; and Lida M. is the wife of Charles Bowman, of Stark County.

J. Beecher Rogers was an infant at the time of his parents' return to Harrison County, where he was reared to manhood, early began to assist in the work of the home farm, and attended the district schools of Cadiz Township, a discipline that was later supplemented by a course of study at Scio College. He put his scholastic acquirements to practical test by entering the pedagogic profession, and for eight years he was a successful teacher in the district schools - principally during the winter terms, during which period he took a business course at Scio College. Thereafter he was associated, as a partner of his father, in the operation of the home farm until the death of his father. In 1905, and he continued as manager of the place until 1911, when he removed to the city of Cadiz and engaged in the insurance business as district manager for the Midland Mutual Life Insurance Company of Columbus, Ohio, and continued so until his death on November 13, 1920. His political allegiance was given to the republican party, and he and his wife hold membership in the Church of Christ.

June 21, 1894, recorded the marriage of Mr. Rogers to Miss Nannie E. Cope, daughter of Jacob and Amanda Cope, of Nottingham Township, and to them were born two children : Alma Bernice, who was born June 11, 1895, is the wife of Harry C. Smith, of Monmouth, Illinois; and Celia Gregory, who was born May 22, 1906, is a student in the Cadiz public schools.

Samuel A. Webb owns and resides upon a part of the fine old farm which figured as the place of his birth, has Well upheld the honors of the family name, both as a loyal citizen and vigorous and successful farmer, and is a representative, in the fourth generation, of a family whose name has been worthily identified with the history of Harrison County for more than a century. Mr. Webb was born on his present farm, in Athens Township, Harrison County, on the 22d of November, 1873, and is a son of Jacob W. and Sarah (Dickerson) Webb, both likewise natives of Athens Township, Harrison County, where the respective families became established in the early pioneer days. Jacob W. Webb was born November 8, 1833, and virtually his entire life was passed on the old ancestral farmstead which was the place of his birth and in the operation of which he became one of the substantial and influential exponents of agricultural and live-stock industry in Harrison County. He was reared on the conditions of the middle-pioneer period in the history of this section of the state, and here he lived and wrought to goodly ends until the close of his long and useful life, his death having occurred on the 21st of October, 189a On the 18th of

October, 1860, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Sarah Dickerson, who was born September 24, 1835, and who survived him by nearly a decade, her death having occurred on the 8th of March, 1907. Mrs. Webb was a daughter of John and Eliza (McFadden) Dickerson, her father having been born in Harrison County on the 30th of August, 1809, a son of Joshua Dickerson, who came from Pennsylvania to this county in 1800 and became the founder of one of the honored pioneer families of this section of the state. Jacob W. and Sarah (Dickerson) Webb became the parents of nine children : John (deceased), George, Emmet, Sherman, Clayton, Martha, Samuel A., Mary (deceased) and Grace (deceased). Mr. Webb was a democrat in political allegiance, was influential in public affairs in his community, and both he and his wife were earnest members of the Presbyterian Church, earlier generations of the Webb family having been affiliated with the Society of Friends.

Jacob W. Webb was a son of John Webb, Sr., who was born at Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, February 5, 1806, a son of Jacob and Hannah (Kirk) Webb who married in Pennsylvania and who there remained until 1809, when they came to Ohio and settled on a tract of wild land In what is now Athens Township, Harrison County. The stone house erected on this pioneer farm by Jacob Webb, Sr., is still standing and is one of the venerable landmarks of the county. Jacob Webb, Sr., reclaimed much of his land to cultivation and on the old homestead his death occurred in 1833, his widow having survived until 1858 and having been eightythree years of age at the time of her death. They became the parents of twelve children; Sarah died unmarried; Esther became the wife of Joseph Huff; Edith married John Major; Hannah became the wife of Cyrus Holt; John, grandfather of Samuel A., of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Mary married Robert Eanos; Jacob died in Illinois; Ann became the wife of John Perrego; Ezekiel and Joseph remained In Athens Township until their death ; Robert became a resident of Illinois; and Phoebe died at the age of seven years.

John Webb was reared on the frontier farm and with the passing years became one of the prominent farmers and influential citizens of Harrison County. November 11, 1830, recorded his marriage to Martha, daughter of Col. Joseph Holmes, of Short Creek Township, Harrison County, where she was born January 8, 1.811. John Webb remained actively associated with farm enterprise until the spring of 1885, when he and his wife removed to the village of New Athens, where his death occurred January 15. 1893, and that of his wife on the 9th of the following September. They became the parents of two children, Joseph and Jacob W., both now deceased. John Webb developed one of the fine farm properties of Harrison County, his estate having comprised more than 300 acres. He was a staunch democrat, and served as township supervisor and in other positions of local trust. He and his wife held membership in the Methodist Church at New Athens.

Samuel A. Webb acquired his early education In the schools of his native county and in his youth gained a full quota of experience in connection with the activities of the home farm. In his independent career as an agriculturist and stock-grower he continued his operations in his native township until the spring of 1908, when he removed to Marion County, Kansas. After two years of farm enterprise in the Sunflower State he returned to the old home county and has since given his active and effective supervision to his well improved farm of 101 acres, which is one of the excellent places of Athens Township, and which is on rural mail route No. 3 from Cadiz, the county seat. He is one of the enterprising and progressive agriculturists and stock-growers of his native county, and is a popular representative of one of the sterling pioneer families of this section of the state. Mr. Webb is a staunch advocate and supporter of the principles of the democratic party, and his secure place in popular esteem in his home community is evidenced by his having served since 1916 as trustee of Athens Township, in which office he has done his best to further the civic and material welfare of the township. He and his wife are active members of the Presbyterian Church at New Athens, Ohio.

November 8, 1899, recorded the marriage of Mr. Webb to Miss Flora Fitch, who was born near Moorefleld, this county, and who is a daughter of William K. and Hannah E. (Watt) Fitch, both natives of Belmont County, Ohio, and members of old pioneer families, residents of Ohio for more than 100 years. The father was bom July 21, 1844, and the mother on the 17th of June, 1852. Within a short time after his marriage, which occurred in 1870, Mr. Fitch established his residence on one of the excellent farms of Moorefleld Township, Harrison County, and here he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, Mrs. Fitch having died June 25, 1915, and her husband having passed away July 14, 1919, both having been zealous members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church and both having stood high in communal esteem. Mr. Fitch was a member of the order of Masons. To Mr. and Mrs. Webb have been born five children, all of whom are living except the first, Samuel A., who was bom August 30, 1903, and died August 11, 1905: John J. was born October 15, 1907 ; William Walter, October 2, 1910; Harold Woodrow, October 4. 1914; and George Francis, December 26. 1917.

Harvey Shields is giving his able management to the fine old homestead farm in Short Creek Township, Harrison County, thnt figures as the place of his nativity, his birth having here occurred on the 10th of November. 1861. The general appearance of the farm, consisting of 100 acres, gives to the observer the immediate deduction that its owner is a man of energy and progress veness, and Mr. Shields takes great pride in keeping the old homestead up to the highest standard. He is a son of Jackson and Abi (Goodwin) Shields, the former of whom was bora in 1827 and the latter on the

22d of May, 1829. a daughter of Jesse and Anna Goodwin. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Shields was solemnized September 25, 1854, and they continued their residence on the old home farm until the death of Mr. Shields, on the 28th of February, 1906, his widow still remaining in the home that has been endeared to her by the memories and associations of many years. The names and respective dates of birth of their children are here recorded: Martha (Mrs. John R. Sergant), July 8, 1855; Davis H., June 14. 1858: Ruth Anna, February 16, 1861; Harvey (subject of this sketch), November 10, 1861; Lydia (Mrs. Thompson Matson), May 5, 1863; Mary R. (second wife of Thompson Matson), February 18, 1866; and Taoy, July 7, 1871.

Jackson Shields was a son of Benoni and Lyda (Woodward) Shields, both natives of New Jersey, where the former was born August 6, 1780. and the latter September 16, 1782. their marriage having here been solemnized. In 1829 Benoni Shields became a pioneer settler in Short Creek Township, Harrison County, where he reclaimed a farm from a virtual wilderness and where he and his wife passed the remainder of tbeir lives, their eleven children having been born prior to the removal to Ohio, and the family name having been worthily linked with the history of Harrison County for nearly a century.

Harvey Shields was reared and has continuously remained oh the old home farm, and his early education was obtained in the public schools of his native township. He is familiar with every nook and corner of the farm, which has been his home from the time of his birth, and this knowledge he has utilized in gaining the maximum returns from his progressive activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower. The farm comprises 100 acres and is equipped with good buildings and other modern improvements. Mr. Shields is a republican in politics, and he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church at Adena.

June 4, 1902. recorded the marriage of Mr. Shields to Miss Sadie B. Wilson, who was born and reared in Moorefleld Township, Harrison County, a daughter of James and Eliza (Davidson) Wilson, both likewise natives of Harrison County and representatives of honored pioneer families. James Wilson was a son of James and Sarah (Brock) Wilson, who were natives of Virginia and who were early settlers in Moorefleld Township, Harrison County. James Wilson. Jr., passed his entire life in Moorefleld Township and succeeded to the ownership of the old homestead farm, his death having there occurred in 1873. He first married Nancy J. Tarbet. and she was survived by one son, Madison. The marriage of Mr. Wilson to Miss Eliza Davidson was solemnized August 4. 1864, and they became the parents of three children, Jonah D.. Sadie B. and James A. Mrs. Wilson long survived her husband and was about eighty-two years of age at the time of her death. She was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was a daughter of Jonah and Sarah (Joice) Davidson, natives of Maryland. Samuel, father of Jonah Davidson, came to Harrison County in 1812 and settled in Washington Township, where he and hls wife, whose maiden name was Mary Drake, passed the remainder of their lives. They became the parents of three sons and three daughters. Jonah Davidson was born in Allegheny County, Maryland, July 4, 1804, and thus was about eight years old when the family came to Harrison County in 1812. Here he was reared to manhood and here in 1829 he married Miss Sarah Joice, their one child having been Eliza, who was born October 26, 1832, and who became the wife of James Wilson, as previously recorded. Mr. Davidson died June 16, 1889, his wife having passed away in 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Shields have two children: Harold Wilson, born August 21, 1904; and Harvey Raymond, bom May 6, 1907.

E. C. Rogers owns and resides upon an excellent farm of 152 acres In Nottingham Township, Harrison County and aside from the prestige that is his as one of the substantial agriculturists and stock growers of his native township, his is the distinction also of being of a family that was founded in Harrison County in the year 1808, the family name having been closely linked with civic and Industrial progress in the county during the long intervening years.

E. C. Rogers was born in Nottingham Township on November 3, 1868, and is a son of William F. Rogers, who was born in Cadiz Township, this county, October 28, 1834, and who was a resident of Nottingham Township at the time of his death, December 27, 1909. He was a son of William and Susan (Carson) Rogers, the former of whom was a son of Joseph Rogers. William Rogers was born in Maryland, November 30, 1798, and thus was about ten years old when the family came to Ohio in 1808 and settled in what is now Cadiz Township, Harrison County, where his parents passed the remainder of their lives and where he was reared to manhood under the conditions marking the early pioneer days. Here he married Miss Susan Carson, who was bom August 14, 1803. They became the parents of ten children: Sydonia, John B., Jesse B., Hannah, Nancy C., William F, Barrett, Susanna, Lydia and Calvin. After his marriage William Rogers continued as a farmer in Cadiz Township until 1856, when he purchased and removed to a farm in Nottingham Township, the place later passing Into the possession of his son William F. Here William Rogers remained until his death, April 28, 1863, his wife having died May 26, 1844, and both having been active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the while his political allegiance was given to the republican party.

William F. Rogers gained his early education in the common schools of the early days, and, as already noted, he eventually became the owner of the farm purchased by his father in Nottingham Township, In which part of the county he continued his successful activities as a farmer during the remainder of his active life. As a young man he married Miss Hannah Hamilton, who was bom and reared in Tuscarawas County, where her father, William Hamilton, was a representative farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers were zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and she survived him by ten years, her death having occurred March 7, 1919. Of their children E. C., immediate subject to this review, is the eldest; Ernest E. resides at Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County; Nancy Virginia is the wife of James L. Nash, of Cadiz Township, Harrison County.

E. C. Rogers is indebted to the district schools of his native township for his youthful education, and he remained at the parental home until his marriage in 1893, since which time he has resided continuously on his present term, except for an interval of one year. He is a loyal supporter of the cause of the republican party and is one of the progressive citizens of his native township.

February 14, 1898, recorded the marriage of Mrs. Rogers to Miss Leonora Hines, daughter of James M. and Almira J. (Carson) Hines, representatives of sterling pioneer families of Harrison County. James McMahan Hines was bom March 5, 1844, a son of William and Isabella (Hitchcock) Hines, his father having been bora in Allegany County, Maryland, March 19, 1800, and having been four years old when his parents. Rudolph and Sarah (Huff) Hines, came to Ohio and first settled In Jefferson County. The family home was established in Harrison County in 1814, and the parents were venerable pioneer' citizens of this county at the time of their deaths. Rudolph Hines was a son of John Hines, who came to America from Germany prior to the War of the Revolution. Rudolph Hines served as a soldier of the Continental Line in the War of the Revolution, and after coming with his family to Ohio he remained In Jefferson County until 1806, when he removed into what Is now the state of West Virginia, where he remained until 1814, when he established the family home In Harrison County, Ohio. Here he developed a farm from the wilderness and here he died when ninety years of age. His children were twelve In number. William Hines married, February 15, 1827, Miss Isabella Hitchcock, daughter of John and Jane McMahan Hitchcock, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Ireland. William Hines passed the remainder of his life as one of the substantial farmers of Harrison County, where he died September 7, 1887, aged eightyseven years. His widow who was bora January 24, 1806, survived him by several years and died in her ninety-fourth year, both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They became the parents of nine children, of whom James M. was the sixth in order of birth.

James M. Hines was nineteen years old when he tendered his service in defense of the Union. August 7, 1863, he enlisted in Company C, Fifth Independent Battalion of Rangers, Ohio Volunteers with which he participated in numerous minor engagements in the mountain districts of Kentucky. He continued in service about seven months and then returned home. On the 2d of February, 1866, he re-enlisted as a rqember of Company B, One Hundred and Ninety- Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was attached to the Army of the East, and he continued in service until July 31, 1866, when he received his honorable discharge. Mr. Hines became one of the successful farmers of his native county, was a republican In politics, and maintained affiliation with the Grand Army of the Republic. November 3, 1868, he married Miss Almira Jane Carson, daughter of Elijah and Margaret (Mahaffey) .Carson, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Pennsylvania. John Carson, father of Elijah, was one of the pioneer settlers of Harrison County, and here Elijah followed the trade of shoemaker in connection with farm enterprise. He served many years as a justice of the peace, and was in later years a staunch advocate of the principles of the Prohibition party. He was born in 1810, and died in November, 1887 ; his wife was bom in 1803, and died in 1884. Their children were seven in number. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Hines became the parents of five children, one of whom died in infancy; Leonora is the wife of the subject of this sketch; Alexander L. is deceased; and James Kinsey and John Newton still reside in Harrison County. Mr. Hines died on the 12th of May, 1919, and his widow remains on the old homestead farm in Cadiz Township.

In conclusion is given brief record concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers : Craig M. now resides at Marion, Ohio, where he is traffic manager of the Poliak Steel Copipany. Harry Adell, engaged in farming in Nottingham Township, married Miss Mabel Smith, and they have one child, Robert Cloyd. Frederick H. resides at Marion, this state, where he is a clerk with the Poliak Steel Company. He married Clara I. Finical, of Cadiz Township, the daughter of A. O. and Ollie D. Finical. Clara Fay, James F. F. Carson and Veda Virginia remain at the parental home. Craig McKinley Rogers represented Harrison County as a gallant young soldier in the late World war. He entered the service June 24, 1918, and at Camp Sherman, Ohio, was assigned to Company A, Three Hundred and Thirty-fifth Infantry, Eighty-fourth Division. From Quebec, Canada, he sailed for France September 2, 1918, and upon arriving in France he was transferred to Headquarters Company of the Three Hundred and Sixty-second Infantry, Ninety-first Division. As a clerk of his company he was with this command on the Belgian front, and he returned to the United States April 15, 1919, his honorable discharge having been given to him May 1, 1919.

William F. Dunlap, whose death occurred November 26, 1920, was a representative farmer and honored citizen of Athens Township, Harrison County, and a member of one of the oldest and most influential pioneer families of this county. Within the pages of this publication will be found many references to the family, which has played a large and worthy part in the civic and industrial development and upbuilding of the county.

William Finley Dunlap was born in Athens Township August 2, 1858, and was a son of Samuel and Mary Jane (Dunlap) Dunlap, the former of whom was born in Athens Township December 24, 1825, and the latter of whom was born in Moorefield Township, a daughter of Adam and Jane (Pattlson) Dunlap, who were numbered among the very early settlers of

Moorefield Township, even as the parents of Samuel Dunlap were pioneers of Athens Township, the two branches of the family still having many representatives in Harrison County. Samuel Dunlap was reared under the conditions and influences of the pioneer days, passed his entire life in Athens Township, and was there the owner of a valuable landed estate of 489 acres at the time of his death. He was a son of Robert and Mary (Pattison) Dunlap, both natives of Pennsylvania, where the former was born in the year 1794, a son of Adam and Rebecca (Work) Dunlap, who came to Harrison County and settled in Athens Township in 1812, there passing the remainder of their lives as sterling citizens who endured their full share of the trials and hardships of life on the frontier. Adam Dunlap was influential in pioneer politics, a 8 a staunch advocate of the principles of the democratic party, and he was one of the founders of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church. His death occurred September 22, 1830, and his wife passed away May 20, 1846. Robert Dunlap developed one of the pioneer farms of Athens Township and was one of the leaders in community affairs. As a democrat he served in various township offices, and he and his wife were zealous members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church. They became the parents of six children : Hugh P., Samuel, Nancy, Rebecca, Mary and Robert, Jr., all now deceased. Mr. Dunlap died March 2, 1860, his wife having passed away September 29, 1852.

Samuel Dunlap, like his father and grandfather, had the sterling qualities of mind and heart that made him specially well equipped for leadership in community sentiment and action, and he was called upon to serve in local offices of public trust, including those of township clerk and township trustee. In his youth he was for a time engaged in teaching in the rural schools, but his active career was mainly marked by close and successful association with agricultural and live-stock Industry In his native township. He and his wife were zealous members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church, In which he served in various official positions, including those of trustee, treasurer and deacon. His marriage to Mary J. Dunlap was solemnized in 1857, and of their three children William F., of this review, was the eldest; Emily became the wife of John A. Jamison and Is now deceased; and James P. is deceased. Samuel Dunlap passed to the life eternal June 29, 1882, and his widow died on the 18th of August, 1900, the remains of both being laid to rest in the Nottingham cemetery.

William F. Dunlap acquired his early education in the district schools of Athens Township, and be continued to be associated with the activities of his father's farm until about four years after the death of his father. In 1886 he purchased his homestead farm, which he developed into a splendid estate of 569 acres, devoted to diversified agriculture and stockraising, with special attention given to the raising of sheep. Mr. Dunlap long stood well to the front as one of the leading farmers of his native county and in all of the relations of life he well upheld the high honors of the family name. He was a staunch supporter of the cause of the democratic party. He served as township trustee and was influential in public affairs in his community. He and his wife held membership in the Presbyterian Church at New Athens.

On the 29th of October, 1886, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Dunlap to Miss Mary H. Dunlap, who was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Rea) Dunlap. To Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap were born seven children: Emma Belle, born

August 1, 1886, is the wife of Ralph Moore, and they reside in Moorefleld Township; Samuel P., born December 15, 1887, married Miss Pearle J. McFadden, and they also reside in Moorefleld Township; Clyde C., born September 29, 1891, is at home; Sara L., born November 14, 1894, married George H. Knight, of Short Creek Township; Finley who was born February 2, 1898, died March 28, 1909; and the younger children of the home circle are Alfred R., born September 4, 1899; and Clarke H., born May 3, 1902.

Oliver Fran run Drum, a well known Cadiz Township farmer, was born October 3, 1882, in Monroe County, Ohio. His father, David M. Drum, who was bora April 15, 1856, as well as the mother, Delilah Jane (Biddy) Drum, born June 16, 1866, were natives of 'Monroe County. The paternal grandparents, John B. and Sarah (Piatt) Drum, were early settlers in Monroe. In the maternal ancestry, Adam and Perdilla (Straight) Eddy and the Drums all lived in the same community. John B. Drum was a Civil war veteran, and was at the front two years. After the war he did carpenter work combined with farming. The following children called him father: Harvey, David, Eugene, Delbert,

The children in the Eddy household were: Delilah Jane, Frank and JefTerson. It was the oldest daughter who became Mrs. David M. Drum. The father was a farmer in Monroe County. For many years Mr. Drum combined carpenter work with farming, but recently he only does farming and cares for livestock. His children are: Oliver, Frank, Roseoe, Etta, Josephine, Vernon and Homer. The two younger sons were in service in the World war.

Vernon Drum enlisted June 7, 1913, going at once into training at Camp Alfred Vail in New Jersey. He was in the Signal Corps, Company C. One Hundred and Ninth Foreign Signal Battalion. He went to France, landing at Brest July 18th, only six weeks after entering the service. He did service in France and Italy, returning from overseas one year and one day from the time he landed in France.

Homer Drum was stationed at Camp Sherman from the time he enlisted, May 30, 1918, a week and a day earlier than his older brother. For several months he served as sergeant in the Eighth Company, Second Training Battalion, at Camp Sherman and later as field clerk. The Drum family belongs to the Christian Church in Cadiz. The grandfather, who died in 1905, was a Civil war soldier and a regular attendant at post meetings of the local G. A. R. There is sufficient military spirit in the family.

In the different generations in the Drum family carpenter work has been combined with farming, and after completing his common school education in Monroe County, Oliver Frank Drum simply walked in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. The carpenter and the farmer are both valuable adjuncts to any community. The farmer must have shelter as well as the rest of the world.

On Christmas day, 1911, Mr. Drum married Frances Eleanor Thompson (see sketch of Emmett Thompson), who has always lived in the community. For six and one-half years they have lived on a farm half a mile northeast from Cadiz. They have all the advantages of the town and live in the country. Mrs. Drum is a member of the Methodist Church in Cadiz. Through several generations her relatives have been Methodists.

Charles C. Dickerson is fortified both in practical experience and by careful study of ways and means in the furtherance of his successful activities as one of the representative agriculturists and stock-growers of his native county, and his well Improved farm of one hundred and eight acres is eligibly situated In Cadiz Township. Mr. Dickerson was born in Athens Township, Harrison County, January 2, 1868, and is a son of Samuel C. and Mary E. (McCoy) Dickerson, both likewise natives of this county, where the respective families were founded In the pioneer era. Samuel C. Dickerson was bora^ in Athens Township May 19, 1840, and he passed' the closing period of his life in the city of Cadiz, the county seat, where he died August 27, 1918. His father, John C. Dickerson, was likewise born In Harrison County, a fact which denotes clearly that the family was here established at a very early period in the history of this now opulent section of the Buckeye State. Mrs. Mary E. (McCoy) Dickerson, who still maintains her home at Cadiz, is a daughter of Frank McCoy, who was long engaged In the work of his trade, that of shoemaker, In Moorefleld Township, where he continued to reside until his death.

Samuel C. Dickerson gained his early education in the common schools of Harrison County and the major part of his active life was devoted to farm enterprise, though he was for a number of years proprietor of the grist mill known as the Dickerson mill in Athens Township, the same having originally been operated by water power and he having supplied it with steam power. He finally sold this mill and resumed his active association with farm industry, besides becoming a successful buyer and shipper of live stock. In the late '90s he removed from his farm to Cadiz, where he lived practically retired during the closing period of his life. He was a man of sterling attributes of character, resourceful and progressive in his business activities and loyal and liberal as a citizen. He and his wife became zealous members of the Presbyterian Church at Cadiz, and his political allegiance was given to the democratic party. Of the children the eldest is Eliza Florence, who first married Samuel Breen and after his death became the wife of Thomas J.

Lane; Charles C., of this review, was the next in order of birth ; Eva is the wife of Harry B. McConnell; Jessie is the wife of Bingham C. Scott; Samuel F. resides in Cadiz; and Emma is the wife of William Richey of Cadiz Township.

Charles C. Dickerson is indebted to the public schools of his native township for his early educational discipline, and he was a young man when he initiated his independent operations as a farmer in Athens Township. After his marriage, in 1897, he removed to Jefferson County, where he was engaged In farm enterprise twelve years, and in 1912 he purchased his present well improved farm, which Is devoted to diversified agriculture and to the raising of good grades of live stock, the place being one of the valuable farms of Cadiz Township. He is a democrat in politics, and he and his wife are zealous members of the Asbury Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, not far distant from their home, he having been superintendent of its Sunday School for a number of years.

On the 6th of May, 1897, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Dickerson to Miss Bertie K. Birney, who likewise was born and reared in Harrison County, and they have one child, Mary Helen, who was bom March 17, 1908. Mrs. Dickerson was bom in Athens Township October 5, 1870, and is a daughter of Robert N. and Mary M. (Brown) Birney, the former of whom was born in Monroe Township, this county, September 5, 1850, and the latter of whom was bora in Athens Township, May 20, 1850, she having been a daughter of George and Catherine Brown and her father having been a prosperous farmer in Athens Township. Robert N. Birney was a son of Hugh and Anna (Reynolds) Birney, pioneer settlers in Monroe Township. Their children were five in number; Jane, William, Nelson, Joanna and Robert N.

Robert N. Birney was one of the representative farmers of Athens Township from the time of his marriage until his death, which occurred November 5, 1917. His wife passed to the life eternal on the 20th of February, 1932. Both were earnest and influential members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Athens, and he served many years as superintendent of its Sunday School. Of their children Mrs. Dickerson is the first bora; Daisy, born October 17, 1874, is the wife of William H. Chandler, now of Portsmouth, Ohio; George Hugh, who was born March 29, 1876, married Miss Bernice Dickinson, and is now living in 'Cleveland, Ohio; and Dwight, bora May 5, 1885, married Miss Flora Birney. and is also a resident of Cleveland.

The pleasant rural home of Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson is known for its cordial and unassuming hospitality and is a center of much of the representative social activity of the immediate community.

John Harrison. Both by reason of his sterling character and large and worthy achievement and his status as a representative of one of the honored and influential pioneer families of Harrison County, is the late John Harrison entitled to special tribute in this history. He passed virtually his entire life on the fine old homestead farm which was the place of his birth in North Township, this county, and In his civic relations as well as his career as a representative of agricultural and livestock industry in his native county he was emphatically the apostle of progress, true and earnest in all of the relations of life and well worthy of the high esteem in which he was uniformly held. He was born July 10, 1830, on the ancestral farmstead in North Township, and on this place his death occurred December 2, 1908.

John Harrison was a son of Joseph and Ellen (Hartley) Harrison, both natives of England. Joseph Harrison was born on a fine old homestead known as Stubbens Farm, near Otley, Yorkshire, England, and was a son of John Harrison, who first came from England to the United States in 1814 and who at the time made his way as far to the west as Pitt^urgh, Pennsylvania. After his return to England he there remained until 1816, when he came again to America and soon afterward became the first representative of the English pioneer families in North Township, Harrison County. In 1823 he returned to his native land, and there his death occurred about ten years later, when he was seventy years of age. He was a farmer by occupation during his entire active career, and in England was the owner of an excellent farm of 114 acres in Yorkshire. His wife likewise passed the closing years of her life In England.

Joseph Harrison was a youth of sixteen years when he came with his father to the United States in 1816, and the home was established in a pioneer log cabin on a tract of about eight acres of timbered land In North Township, Harrison County, where he did well his part in felling the forest trees and making the tract available for cultivation. In 1823 he returned with his father to England, but in 1826 he came again to the pioneer farm in North Township. Harrison County. In 1828 he here wedded Miss Ellen Hartley, daughter of Christopher Hartley. who came from Carlton, England, and became a pioneer settler in Harrison County. Ohio, where he secured land in North Township and where his family joined him in 1820. Here he died in 1864, at the venerable age of eightysix years, and his wife, Mary, passed away in 1867, aged seventy-eight years, their children having been seven In number. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Harrison mottled on the farm which later became the property of their son John, subject of this memoir, and in 1835 they here replaced the primitive log house with a substantial frame building. Here Mrs. Harrison died in the year 1853, aged forty-seven years, and of their three children John and William became substantial farmers of North Township, the third son, Joseph, Jr., having died in 1847, at the age of seven years. In 1857 Joseph Harrison contracted a second marriage, when Sarah Heron became his wife, and he remained on his old home farm until his death. April 13, 1878, his widow having long survived him and having passed away In 1890. at the age of seventy-seven years. Both were earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as was also the first wife. Joseph Harrison was a democrat until the anti-slavery movement led him in 1846 to transfer his allegiance to the free-soil party, from which he withdrew to ally himself with the republican party at the time of its organisation. He had no desire for public office, but his civic loyalty caused him to give effective service as township trustee of North Township.

John Harrison gained his early education by attending winter sessions of the pioneer schools, and during the intervening summer seasons he found his youthful services in requisition in connection with the work of the home farm. He became not only the largest landholder in North Township, with a final y improved farm of 420 acres, but he also owned a farm of 290 acres in Carroll County. He was one of the foremost and most successful exponents of livestock industry In this section of the state, was for a number of years a leader in the raising of sheep in Harrison County, but later gave his attention largely to dairy farming, in which connection he shipped large quantities of milk to Pittsburgh and other points, his shipment of milk in the year 1890 having aggregated nearly 15,000 gallons. Mr. Harrison was emphatically a man of prescience, enterprise and progressiveness, and in this connection it is interesting to record that he introduced the first mowing machine placed in* operation in North Township, in 1857, besides which he manufactured and installed on his farm the first tile drain-pipe in the township, his manufacturing of drain tile having been successfully continued for eleven years, within which he supplied much of the tiling utilized in his township. For fully half a century John Harrison rode a mowing machine in each successive season, and he took great pride and satisfaction in his successful association with farm industry, in connection with which he was a leader in progressive movements in this section of the Buckeye State. On his farm he raised the largest steer ever shipped out of Harrison County, this animal having been shipjied to Pittsburgh and having there tipped the scales at a weight of 3,250 pounds.

In politics Mr. Harrison became a stalwart advocate and supporter of the principles of the republican party, and in the climacteric period leading up to the Civil war he was a staunch abolitionist. A man of well fortified convictions, he never lacked the courage of the same, and his wife was guided and governed by the highest principles, so that to him was justly accorded the respect and confidence of his fellow men. His widow survived until August 4, 1920. She was a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church.

On the 22d of April, 1852, was solemnized the marriage of John Harrison to Miss Euphenda Patterson, who was born and reared in Carroll County and who was a daughter of John and Isabella (McMillan) Patterson, the latter of whom died September 13, 1859, and the former died November 17, 1846. They were married November 25, 1824. The Patterson family was founded in Carroll County in the early part of the nineteenth century. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison became the parents of twelve children, concerning whom brief record is here given: Joseph T., who is engaged in the practice of law, as one of the representative members of the bar in the City of Cincinnati, married Miss Venelia Smith, and they have one child, Louise Kerper. James M., who owns and resides upon a fine ranch in the State of Washington, is, in 1920, serving his second term ns representative of Skagit County in the Legislature of that state. He married Miss Ora Holmes, and they have three children - George, Mina and John. John P., born March 31, 1857, died August 2. 1895. Charles S. was a resident of the State of Kansas at the time of his death on March 21, 1899. He was born March 22, 1858. Isabella and William were twins, born June 22, 1860. Isabella died March 24, 1896, and William died December 11. 1909. Isabella became the wife of Nelson Carter and was a resident of Marshall County Kansas, at the time of her death. Her twin brother, William, was a resident of California for a number of years prior to his death. Ella continued to reside ip Harrison County until her death, in August, 1909. Abraham L., who was bom February 28, 1864, died at Gunnison. Colorado, in the year 1882. Thaddeus S. is associated with b!s brother Milton B. in the management of the fine old home farm in North Township. Effie is the wife of Sherman McKlveen. of Scio, this county. Milton B. is the youngest of the sons. Virginia is the wife of Harry H. Whittaker, of Stock Township.

Thaddeus S. and Milton B. Harrison have maintained a partnership alliance in the ownership and operation of the old home farm since 1909. and the aggregate area of their holdings is 254 acres. They are well upholding the prestige of the family name as progressive agriculturists and stock-growers and as loyal and public-spirited citizens. They give special attention to the raising of pure-blood Aberdeen Angus cattle, and In this department of farm enterprise they have been successful in their activities during a period of more than a decade. Thaddeus S. is numbered among the eligible bachelors of his native county. Milton B. married Miss Alice Viola Haines, daughter of George D. Haines, of whom individual mention Is made in the following sketch of this volume, and the four children of this union are: Wilbur L., Famy Marie, Delmar S. and Virginia Belle.

Geoboe D. Haines, who has been a resident of Harrison County since the year 1909, is one of the prosperous representatives of farm enterprise in North Township, where he is the owner of a well improved farm of 165 acres, devoted to diversified agriculture and the raising of excellent types of live stock, including pure-blood Aberdeen-Angus cattle.

Mr. Haines was bora in Greene County. Pennsylvania, on the 23d of July, 1853. and is a son of Cyrenius and Mary Ann (Pride) Haines, both likewise natives of the old Keystone State, where the former was bora in Greene County and the latter In Monongahela County, she having been a daughter of Burton and Nancy (Sutton) Pride. George Haines, grandfather of him whose name introduces this review, was born in the State of New York and became a substantial farmer in Greene County, Pennsyl- vania, where he remained until his death. His first wife was survived by one child, John, and of the second marriage were born eleven children - Justus, Cyrenius, Aaron, Catherine, Rebecca, Maria, Margaret, Sarah, Nancy, Julia Ann and Eleanor. The religious faith of the family was that of the Baptist Church. Cjrrenius Haines eventually became the owner of the fine old homestead farm on which he was born, and there he continued to reside, as one of the prosperous farmers of Greene County, Pennsylvania, until his death, his wife likewise having died on this old homestead, and both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which he had transferred his membership from the Baptist Church. They became the parents of ten children: Burton, George D., William, Olivia L. (died in early childhood), David (likewise died in childhood), Lewis, Dempsey D., John, Nancy Elmira and Alice.

The schools of his native county afforded George D. Haines his youthful education, and he continued his association with the affairs of his father's farm until his marriage, in August, 1876, to Miss Elizabeth Fa my White, daughter of Brazil and Mary (Fox) White, of Greene County, Pennsylvania. After his marriage Mr. continued as a farmer in his native -county until 1886, when he removed with his family to Marion County, West Virginia, and -established his home on a farm four miles distant from Mannington. There he continued his "operations as an agriculturist until 1909, when he sold his West Virginia property and came Uo Harrison County, Ohio, where he purchased his present farm, which has continued his place -of abode and which he has made the stage of successful agricultural and live-stock enterprise. IHftfl political allegiance is given to the democratic party, and he and his wife hold membership In the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their children the eldest is Frank, who married Miss Catherine Kearns, their home being at Burgettstown, Pennsylvania ; Mary, born August 10, 1880, died May 20, 1896; Cora Is the wife of Aaron Russell, of Cortland, Trumbull County, Ohio; Viola is the wife of Milton B. Harrison, of whom mention is made on other pages of this work, in the memoir dedicated to his father, the late John Harrison; and John D., who married on August 4, 1920, Nellie Thompson, of North Township, and Forney N. remain at the parental home. Forney N. Haines enlisted for service In the United States Army in October, 1917, was sent to Fort Worth, Texas, and was assigned to the Aviation Corps. From Texas he was transferred to Fort Omaha, Nebraska, and there he was discharged from the aviation service, by reason of a physical disability. He then enlisted In the Medical Corps, with which he went to France in November, 1918, his service having there continued until July of the following year. He then returned to his native land and received his honorable discharge.

borders was John Cross, who came here in the pioneer days and instituted the reclamation and development of a farm In the midst of the forest wilderness. He was twice married but left no children. This sterling pioneer was an uncle of the paternal grandfather of James Nicholas Cross of this sketch. In 1851 James L. Cross, father of the subject of this sketch, came from Wetzel County, West Virginia, and settled on the farm which his great-uncle, John Cross, mentioned above, had here obtained, and here he passed the remainder of his life, as one of the sterling citizens and representative farmers of Carroll County. The lineage of the Cross family is traced back to staunch S'cotch-Irish stock, and the first representatives of the family in America came to this country probably before the War of the Revolution. James L. Cross married Miss Margaret Anderson, and they passed the remainder of their lives on the fine old home farm in Monroe Township. Mr. Cross was about seventy-one years of age at the time of his death, and his wife is still living, eighty-eight years of age. They became the parents of a large family of children, concerning whom it is permitted to enter brief record In this connection. John, who Is now sixty-eight years of age, married Nancy J. Latimer, of Tuscarawas County, in 1878, and they have three children, namely: Myrtle Alice is the wife of Lewis Waldman, of Mineral City; Margaret Ann is the widow of James Gordon, of Tuscarawas County, who died in 1912, and who is survived by two children, Donovan Philip and Margaret; and Edson L. is individually mentioned on other pages, as is also his father. Elizabeth Ann, the second child of James L. and Margaret (Anderson) Cross, is the wife of B. O. Knight, of Leesville, Carroll County, and they have four children. Nancy Jane is the wife of Andrew William Davis, of Dover, Tuscarawas County, and they have two children. Sarah Katherine is the wife of Abraham Lincoln True, of Sherodsville, Carroll County, and they have two children. Anderson William married Miss Emma Rainsberger, and they reside in Dellroy, this county. Virginia Belle is the wife of Melvin J. Poorman, of Dover, Tuscarawas County, but they have no children. Thomas Jefferson, who resides in Jefferson County, married Miss Anna Roby, and they have three children, Frank, Raymond, who died in 1913 at the age of seven years, and Agnes, who Is twelve years old. Rebecca Idola and Margaret Idella were twins, the former being a resident of Sherodsville and the latter having died in 1891, at the age of sixteen years. James N., subject of this review, was the third in order of birth of the children.

James Nicholas Cross, who now owns two of the excellent farms of Monroe Township, their aggregate area being 236 acres, has his attractive home on rural mail route No. 1 from Sherodsville. One of the two farms which he thus owns is the old homestead of his parents, and it was on this place that his birth occurred April 6, 1857. Reared on this farm, Mr. Cross gained his early education in the district schools, including what was known as the "Little Fraction School" in Warren Town- ship, Tuscarawas County. At the age of twentyseven years he wedded Miss Nancy Jane Warner, daughter of George and Lydia (Pillars) Warner, of Palermo, Perry Township, this county. Mrs. Cross passed to the life eternal on the 24th of May, 1918, and is survived by one son, Emerson William, who was born August 4, 1889, and who is associated with his father in farm enterprise. On the 18th of June, 1919, Emerson W. Cross married Miss Myrta Griffin, of Monroe Township.

From the time of his marriage to the present James N. Cross has resided upon his present homestead farm of 110 acres, and his ownership of his father's old homestead brings the area of his landed estate up to 236 acres. He has proved himself one of the progressive and successful agriculturists and stock-growers of Monroe Township, and has also controlled a prosperous business in the operation of a threshing machine year after year, and besides this he has owned and operated a saw mill and through its medium has been actively identified with lumber manufacturing in this section of the state. He Is a democrat in politics and has given loyal service in behalf of the party cause. He is affiliated with the Grange at Atwood and holds membership in the Presbyterian Church at New Cumberland, Tuscarawas County, of which his wife likewise was a devoted member.

Wood Havebfield, who is giving loyal and efficient service as a member of the Board of County Commissioners of Harrison County, and who owns and resides upon the fine old homestead farm in Cadiz Township which was the place of his birth, has the further distinction of being a scion of one of the oldest and most honored pioneer families of this county, where he is a representative of the fourth generation to be actively and prominently identified with the great basic industry of agriculture and to stand exponent of loyal and liberal citizenship.

Mr. Haverfield was born on his present farm July 23, 1857, and is a son of Joseph and Mary Jane (Johnston) Haverfield, both likewise natives of Cadiz Township, where their marriage was solemnized March 15, 1855. Mrs. Haverfleld was a daughter of Samuel Johnston, a pioneer of the county, where he and his wife remained until their deaths.

Joseph Haverfield was born November 15, 1832, received the advantages of the common schools of the period, and after his marriage he remained on his father's farm until the spring of 1856, when they located on the farm now owned and occupied by their only son, to whom was given the baptismal name of Kersey Wood Haverfield, though he is familiarly known only by the second of these personal names. On this farm Joseph Haverfield continued his successful activities as an agriculturist and stockgrower during the remainder of his active career, and here both he and his wife remained until their deaths, when of venerable age. He made excellent improvements on the farm of eighty-five acres, including the erection of good buildings, and was one of the representative farmers and influential citizens of Cadiz Township. On the farm Mr. Haverfield developed a coal mine that gave an appreciable yield of coal of excellent quality, and on the place he stocked what is probably the largest fish pond in Harrison County. He was a republican in politics, and both he and his wife held membership in the United Presbyterian Church.

Joseph Haverfield was a son of Nathan and Harriet (Barnett) Haverfield, whose marriage was solemnized in Pennsylvania, where the latter was born and reared. Nathan Haverfield wo 8 born near Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1797, a son of James and Nancy Haverfield. James Haverfield was born in Ireland and was a youth when he came with his parents to America. In 1800 he came with his family from eastern Pennsylvania to what is now Harrison County, Ohio, and here he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives on their frontier farm. Their seven children were: William, John, Joseph, James, Nathan, Elizabeth and Ellen.

Upon coming with his wife and his parents to Harrison County Nathan Haverfield purchased 100 acres of land, all covered with heavy timber, and here he developed a productive farm from the forest wilds. Here he died at the age of seventy-six years, and his widow was eighty-six years of age at the time of her death, both having been devout members of the Seceder Church, which later became known as the United Presbyterian Church. They became the parents of eleven children: John N., James N., William Thomas H., Sarah Jane, Jemima H. (Mrs. Jeremiah Weaver), Joseph, Nathan B., Samuel P., George A. and Nancy E. (Mrs. Nell McCaffrey).

Nathan Haverfield was a man of superior intellectuality and possessed also much musical talent He was a skillful performer on the violin and also a good vocalist. As a young man he taught old-time singing schools, and as a clerk in the Seceder Church he led in the singing. Two or more of his older brothers were soldiers in the War of 1812, in which he himself was too young to participate, but as a youth he served actively as a member of the old-time state militia of Ohio, in which he had command of a regiment. He united with the republican party at the time of its organization and supported its principles until his death.

Joseph and Mary J. (Johnston) Haverfield became the parents of three children: Elizabeth married James A. Mitchell and remained in Harrison County until her death; Kersey Wood, immediate subject of this review, was the next in order of birth; and Bertha Virginia is the wife of John B. Welch, of Harrison County.

Wood Haverfield gained his early education in the district school in Cadiz Township that bore the family name, and with the exception of four months passed as clerk in a hotel at Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County, he has resided continuously on the old homestead farm on which he was born and which still comprises eighty-five acres. He has always been loyal and zealous in support of measures and enterprises tending to advance the civic and industrial Interests of his native township and county, is a staunch advocate of the principles of the republican party and served six years as trustee of Cadiz Township. In November, 1916, he was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners, the duties of which office he assumed in September, 1917, and in November, 1918, he was re-elected, his second term beginning in September, 1919, and his re-election indicating the high popular estimate placed upon his services in this important position. He is affiliated with the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Cadiz, and his son Joseph C. t^lso holds membership in this lodge, as does he also In the Chapter of Royal Arch Masons at Bristol, Tennessee. Mr. Haverfleld was reared in the Presbyterian faith but attends and supports Asbury Chapel, Methodist Episcopal, of which his wife is an active member.

Mr. Haverfleld was united in marriage to Miss Mary McElroy, who likewise was born and reared in Harrison County, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Young) McElroy. Mr. and Mrs. Haverfleld have had three children : Mabel Fay died at the age of six years; Joseph Craig, who is now engaged in the piano business at Cadiz, married Miss Elizabeth Metcalf, and they have three children - Sterling Wood, Joseph Craig, Jr., and Robert Metcalf; and Grace Elizabeth is the wife of Oliver Ruckstuhl, of Harrison County.

William T. Wilson stages his progressive enterprise as an agriculturist and stock-grower on the fine old homestead farm in German Township, Harrison County, that figures *as the place of his nativity. Here he was bora on the 18th of December, 1876, a son of Robert D. and Sarah C. (Bamhouse) Wilson, the former of whom was bora in Loudon Township, Carroll County, Ohio, April 9, 1842, and the latter in German Township, Harrison County, December 19, 1842, she being a daughter of William and Sallie (Kelly) Bamhouse. Wiliam Bamhouse was one of the representative pioneer farmers of German Township. The family name of his first wife was Beatty, and they became the parents of three children - John, William and Eliza. Of his marriage with Sallie Kelly were born three children - Nancy B., w'ho became the wife of George M. Harrah; Sarah who is the mother of the subject of this sketch, and Clorinda Jane, who died in childhood.

Robert D. Wilson is a son of Rev. Thomas Wilson, who was bora near Cannonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and who became a pioneer clergyman of the United Presbyterian Church in eastern Ohio. He engaged also in farming in I>oudon Township, Carroll County, whence he came in 1850 to Harrison County and purchased the farm now owned by his grandson, William T. Wilson, of this review. Here he remained until 1880, when he removed to Annapolis, Jefferson County, where he passed the remainder of his long, earnest and worthy life, secure in the high regard of all who had come within the compass of his benignant influence. He was the father of four children - James B. and Robert D., twins; Martha J., who first married James Wilson and after his death became the wife of David Ryder; and Ewing, who died from an attack of measles while serving as a Union soldier in the

Robert D. Wilson was a boy at the time when the family home was established on the farm in German Township, where he was reared to manhood, his educational advantages having been those offered in the common schools of the locality and period. On the 10th of May, 1864, he enlisted for one hundred days in an Ohio regiment that gave effective service in the Civil war. He participated in the battles of Snicker's Gap and Harper's Ferry, besides many skirmishes and other minor engagements, and received his honorable discharge on the 10th of September, 1864. After the close of this patriotic service he returned to the old home farm, and here he continued to hold secure prestige as one of the representative agriculturists and stock-growers of German Township until October, 1915, when he retired and removed to Annapolis, Jefferson County, where he and his wife have since maintained their home, Miss Nannie J., the elder of their two children, being still with them, and William T.. the only son, remaining on the home farm.

William T. Wilson had no lack of youthful fellowship with the sturdy activities of the home farm, and in the meanwhile he profited by the advantages offered in the district schools of German Township. He continued his active alliance with the management of the old farm until 1903, in January of w'hieb year he went to Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, and took a clerical position In the freight offices of the Panhandle Railroad. There he remained until September 21, 1915, when he returned to his native county and assumed the active supervision of the old home farm on which he was born, his pa rents removing to Annapolis in the following month. On the place he has since erected the commodious and attractive modern house which is his place of abode, and which is equipped with an individual electric-lighting system. He is the owner of a fine landed estate of 218 acres, and causes it to bear maximum tribute in both agricultural and live-stock departments, as be is significantly energetic and progressive in his methods and policies. He and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church at Annapolis, as do also his parents, and his political support is given to the republican party.

On the 14th of January, 1903, Mr. Wilson was united in marriage to Miss May Groves, daughter of Samuel and Mary E. (Copeland) Groves, of Jefferson County, and the names and resiiective birth dates of the three children of this union are here recorded, all of whom were born at Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania : Robert G., December^, 1903; Oscar, February 3, 1907; and James Carl, December 12, 1908.

David Hoobler. The genius of success in connection with farm industry has been definitely shown in the career of this venerable and honored native son of Harrison County, and he still maintains his home on the fine farm on which he was born in German Township, the date of his nativity having been January 5, 1835. He is a representative of an honored pioneer family of Ohio, his father, Michael Hoobler, having been bora in Cumberland County, Maryland, and his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Shultz, having been bora at Harper's Ferry on the Potomac River, Virginia, the date of her birth having been October 8, 1794. She was a daughter of George and Elizabeth (Shoemaker) Shultz. George Shultz served as a patriot soldier in the War of the Revolution, and after its close he finally came to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1804, and became one of the very early settlers in what is now German Township. The first night after the family arrived at their future home, in the midst of the forest wilds, a bear paid an unwelcome visit to the little family group, the tracks of the animal having been in evidence the following morning, not only around the primitive log cabins but also the prints of its paws were to be seen on the window sill. Adam Hoobler, paternal grandfather of the subject of this review, likewise became one of the early settlers in German Township, and the Shultz and Hoobler farms were among the first productive tracts developed in this now opulent section of the county.

As a young man Michael Hoobler established his home on a small farm in German Township, but he gave the major part of his time to his trade, that of shoemaker. His wife attained to the remarkable age of one hundred and two years, two months and twenty-nine days - a record of longevity that is said never to have been equaled by any other resident of Harrison County. On the one hundredth anniversary of her birth more than 1,800 persons assembled at the Hoobler home to pay tribute to this noble and venerable pioneer woman. Both she and her husband were devout members of the German Reformed Church. They became the parents of nine children - Susan (remained unmarried until her death), Jacob, John, George, Rachel (never married), Samuel, Andrew and David, Mary Anna, who died in youth. Of the number only David, Andrew and Samuel are living in 1921.