Harrison Township (part 14 of 37)

David Hoobler early began to aid in the work of the home farm, and the common schools of the locality and period afforded him his youthful education. His entire active career was marked by close association with the work and management of the farm which is now his place of residence and the ownership of which he retains. He is still alert and vigorous of mind and body, but the active management of the farm is now vested in their one surviving child. Kinney V., of whom more specific mention is given in later paragraphs. Mr. Hoobler has always shown loyal interest in connfihnity affairs, is a democrat in politics, has long been a zealous member of the Reformed Church at Germano, as was also his wife. Mrs. Hoobler died September 27, 1920.

In 1874 Mr. Hoobler was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Leavengood. who likewise was born and reared in Harrison County, and who was a daughter of the late Jacob and Catherine (Miller) Leavengood. Mr. and Mrs. Hoobler became the parents of two children - Ira S. and

Kinney V. Hoobler, the one surviving child of the honored subject of this review, was bora February 23, 1883, and is indebted to the public schools of German Township for his early education. He has remained continuously on the old homestead farm which was the place of his birth and since 1906 he has had active management of the place in an independent way. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he and his wife hold membership in the Reformed Church at Germano, in which he has served as a deacon.

On the 9th of November, 1904, was solemnized the marriage of Kinney V. Hoobler to Miss Ollie B. Narragon, daughter of Irvin and Christina E. (Barnhouse) Narragon, of German Township, and the one child of this union is Howard E., who was born May 10, 1909.

Nelson T. Hines, who is one of the prosperous and representative farmers of Nottingham Township, Harrison County, was born In this township on the 27th of June, 1858, and is a scion of pioneer stock in this county on both the paternal and maternal sides, the names of both families having been long and worthily linked with the history of this favored section of the old Buckeye State. Mr. Hines is a son of Jehu W. and Jemima (Garner) Hines, both likewise natives of Nottingham Township, where the latter's parents, James and Keziah (Shannon) Garner, settled in the pioneer days, Mr. Garner having here improved one of the excellent farms of the early days, and both he and his wife having been active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their children were eight In number: Harrison, Timothy, Elizabeth, Jemima, George, Abbie Ann, Nelson H. and Theodore.

Jehu W. Hines was bom in Nottingham Township in the year 1826, and here he held status as one of the substantial farmers of the county at the time of his death, April 28, 1863. He was a son of Joseph and Anna (Poulson) Hines, who were pioneers in Nottingham Township, where they remained until their deaths and where the father reclaimed and developed an excellent farm. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hines became the parents of seven children - Rudolph, Kingley, Wesley, James, Jehu W., Nancy and Sarah Ann. Rudolph Hines, the founder of the family in Harrison County, was a son of John Hines, who came with his family^to America in the colonial days from Germany. Rudolph Ilines served as a soldier with the patriot forces in the War of the Revolution, and in 1814 came with his family to Ohio and settled in Harrison County, where he remained until his death, at the patriarchal age of ninety years, his children having been twelve in number. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Huff, was venerable in years at the time of her death.

Jehu W. and Jemima (Garner) Hines became the parents of two children, of whom the subject of this review is the elder, the younger being Anna E., who is the wife of Wesley Hines, of Delaware County. Ohio. After the death of her first husband Mrs. Hines became the wife of Levi Mallarnee, of whom mention is made in family sketches on other pages of this volume, and both attained to advanced years, three children having been bom of this union - James G., Edward L. and Ruth Jane.

Nelson T. Hines gained his early education in the district schools of Nottingham Township, and he was a lad of twelve years when he was taken into the home of his maternal grandfather, with whom he remained until he married and initiated his independent career as farmer in his native township, where he has been established as a progressive agriculturist and stock-grower since the year 1883 and where he owns in addition to his fine homestead place of 106 acres another excellent farm, comprising seventy-nine acres. He is a republican in political allegiance, and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Deersville.

On the 5th of September, 1883, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Hines to Miss Harriet S. Hefling, who was bom in Washington Township, this county, and who is a daughter of Noah and Jane (McCullough) Hefling. Mr. and Mrs. Hines became the parents of three children, the first, a daughter, having been bom June 30, 1884, and having died the same day. Clarence Alexander, who resides in the City of Canton, Stark County, was bom August 21, 1886. He married Miss Fodie L. Stamm, and they have one child, Clarence N., bora August 25, 1917. Ray Waterman Hines, the younger son, was bora April 22, 1890, and he too resides in the City of Canton. He married Miss Hazel E. Stamm, and they have three children, whose names and respective dates of birth are here recorded : Ma urine Estella, April 20, 1912 ; Robert Frank, November 28, 1914; and Ray N., March 28, 1918.

Noah Hefling, father of Mrs. Hines, was born in Washington Township, Harrison County, on the 2d of February, 1813, and he continued his residence in his native county until his death, on the 4th of December, 1886. He passed his entire active life as a farmer in Washington Township and was one of the substantial yeomen and highly esteemed citizens of his native county. His first wife bore the maiden name of Martha Hearn, and Ihey became the parents of four children, the youngest of whom, Mary, died in early childhood ; John L. was bom July 12, 1840; Louisa was born in December, 1841; and Joseph S. died while in service as a soldier of the Union |n the Civil war. After the death of his first wife Noah Hefling married Miss Margaret Stewart, and they became the parents of three children - James, who was bora in 1848, and who is now deceased; William S., who was born in 1850, and who is now a resident of Corning, Iowa; and Albert, who died in childhood. The second wife died, and the third marriage of Noah Hefling was with Mrs. Jane (McCullough) Cunningham, widow of William Cunningham, to whom she bore four children - Mary Elizabeth, Emma Jane, Isabel Frances and Margaret Ellen. Mrs. Jane (McCullough) Hefling was bora July 6, 1821, and was eighty years of age at the time of her death. Noah and Jane Hefling became the parents of four children, whose names and respective dates of birth are here made a matter of enduring record: Martha, July 18, 1858; Alexander, April 17, 1860; Harriet S. (wife of the subject of this review), December 22, 1862; and Alice, April 13, 1864.

Noah Hefling was a son of John and Louisiana (Stone) Hefling, the former of whom was bora November 29, 1777, and the latter on the 19th of March, 1773, the names and birth-dates of their children being here noted: Fielding, December 26, P799; Louisa, April 1, 1802; Katherine, March 15, 1805; John L., May 15, 1807; Wesley, November 20, 1809 ; and Lucy and Noah, twins, February 2, 1813.

John A. Duten haver, a young man of fine intellectual attainments and marked administrative ability, is proving himself one of the specially popular and successful representatives of the pedagogic profession in his native county and at the time of this writing is giving effective service as principal of the public schools at Malvern, one of the attractive villages of Carroll County.

Mr. Dutenhaver was born in Brown Township, Carroll County, on the 9th of December, 1889, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Koontz) Dutenhaver, both likewise natives of this county, the father having been bom In Rose Township, In 1850, and the mother in Brown Township, in 1857. William Dutenhaver was a son of John and Magdalene (Seips) Dutenhaver, who were natives of Germany and whose first place of abode in the United States was in Pennsylvania* whence they came in an early day to Carroll County, Ohio, and settled on a pioneer farm, in Rose Township, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Benedict and Dorothy (Mutchler) Koontz, maternal grandparents of the subject of this review, were bora in Switzerland and Alsace, respectively, and their marriage was solemnized in Ohio, Mr. Koontz having been a young man when he immigrated to America and his wife having been a child when her parents came to this country. Mr. Koontz became a substantial farmer in Brown Township, Carroll County, where he and his wife passed the residue of their lives and where both died in the same year.

William Dutenhaver was reared to manhood on the old home farm of his father, in Rose Township, and was afforded the advantages of the schools of the locality and period. In addition to gaining a full quota of youthful experience in farm enterprise he also learned the shoemaker's trade, to which he devoted more or less attention for a number of years, though his primary vocation was that of farming, in connection with which he achieved a generous measure of success. After his marriage he purchased the old homestead, but about two years later he purchased and removed to one of the excellent farms in Brown Township. In 1899 he took possession of another farm, in the same township, and there he continued his well ordered activities as an agriculturist and stockgrower until he was called from the stage of life's mortal endeavors, his death having oc- curred July 2, 1919. He was a man of fine character and worthy achievement, commanded unqualified popular esteem, was a democrat in his political proclivities, and was a zealous communicant of the Lutheran Church, as is also his widow, who remains on the home farm. He is survived by three children - Dorotha, Iva and John A. Dorotha is the wife of Charles W. Peters and they reside on a farm near Pekin, Carroll County, Iva and John remain with their widowed mother.

John A. Dutenhaver may well consider himself fortunate that he was reared under the conditions and influences that mark progressive farm Industry in this favored section of the Buckeye State. He attended the district schools of Brown Township and later was graduated in the high school at Malvern. Thereafter he attended the Mount Union Normal School and the academy at Wooster, and after this preliminary fortification he finally was matriculated in Wooster University, in which institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1916 and from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Science. After teaching two years In the district schools of Brown Township Mr. Dutenhaver was for two years superintendent of the public schools of East Sparta, Stark County, and in the year 1916, which marked his graduation in the university, he became a teacher in the public schools at Malvern, where he has held the office of principal since 1918, with a record of distinctive success along both academic and executive lines. He is earnest and progressive in his professional work, which was interrupted when he responded to the call of patriotism and entered the national service in connection with the World war. He entered the service on the 21st of June,

1918, and was assigned to Camp Sherman, where he received his preliminary training in military affairs and where he received promotion to the rank of .corporal. Later, by reason of his ability as a scientist, he was assigned to the chemical warfare service, at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, where he continued in service until he received his honorable discharge January 3,

1919, whereupon he resumed his work in the village schools of Malvern. He is a staunch advocate and supporter of the principles of the democratic party, is a communicant of the Lutheran Church, and his name is still enrolled on the list of eligible young bachelors in his native county.

Joseph C. Butleb, who owns and conducts a well equipped furniture and undertaking establishment in his native City of Carrollton, is a representative of a family whose name has been prominently and worthily associated with the history of Carroll County for more than a century* and on other pages of this publication, in the sketches of his older brothers, William F, and George J., appear adequate genealogical records, so that a repetition of the data is not demanded in the present connection.

Mr. Butler was born at Carrollton on the 18th of December, 1864, and here he acquired his early education in the public schools of the period. At the age of eighteen years he became a clerk in the retail mercantile store of Isaac Crumrine, and in 1882 he here established himself in the furniture business, as an exponent of which he has since conducted one of the leading enterprises of the kind in Carroll County, the undertaking department of the business having been added in 1887 and its equipment throughout being of the most approved modern type. For the accommodation of his substantial business Mr. Butler utilizes a building with a frontage of thirty-two feet and a depth of 132 feet.

Like other representatives of this well known family Mr. Butler is a staunch supporter of the principles of the republican party, but he has never consented to hold public office save that of a member of the City Council. In the Masonic fraternity his maximum York Rite affiliation is with the local Commandery of Knights Templar, and he has received the thirty-second degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, besides being affiliated with the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He has been an appreciative student of the history and teachings of this timehonored fraternity and has passed official chairs in various Masonic bodies with which he is identified. Mr. Butler has been a loyal supporter of the prohibition cause and both he and his wife are zealous members of the Presbyterian Church in their home city.

In 1878 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Butler to Miss Cora Ebersole, daughter of the late John and Susanna (Hewitt) Ebersole, of Carrollton, and of this union have been born the following children : Cree is the wife of Samuel Pool, of Carrollton. Washington is associated with his father's business. John was for a number of years a clerk in the local mercantile establishment of his uncle George J. Butler. The maiden name of his wife was Blanche Henry and their two children are Joseph and Edress, besides which they had a twin son and daughter who died in infancy. Florence, who was for some time employed in a newspaper office at Carrollton, later served as deputy clerk of the court and is now cashier in the Carrollton office of the American Railway Express. She married Charles E. Mills, an attorney of Akron, Ohio. Erma, who formerly held a clerkship in the Carrollton postofflce, besides having been a popular teacher in the schools of her native city. -She now holds a position in the offices of the American Express Company of Carrollton.

John T. Heisleb, Jr. In the annals of German Township, Harrison County, the name of Heisler appears as one of significant prominence, for here the original representative of the family settled more than a century ago, when this section of the Buckeye State was virtually a forest wilderness. In successive generations the members of this sterling family have here continued as vigorous and successful representatives of farm industry, and have stood exponent of high-minded and loyal citizenship.

whom a memoir is dedicated on other pages of this volume, was born on the fine old homestead farm which he now owns and occupies in German township, and the date of his nativity was April 3, 1869. He is the elder of the two surviving children of William and Sarah (Maple) Heisler. The father was born on the old home* stead now owned by his son John T., Jr., in German Township, and the date of his birth was March 23, 1834. In 1868 William Heisler wedded Miss Sarah Maple, who was born in Rose Township, Jefferson County, ia the year 1831, a daughter of Aaron Maple, who was a pioneer settler in that county. John Heisler, father of William, was born on the same ancestral farm as was the son, and was a son of Henry and Catherine Heisler, who came from Pennsylvania and became very early settlers in German Township, where the father obtained large tracts of Government land and reclaimed a farm from the wilderness, he and his wife having here passed the residue of their lives. John Heisler was born July 6, 1806, and passed his entire life in German Township, where he likewise became a successful farmer, the closing period of his life having been spent on his farm of 160 acres, where both he and his wife died wheu well advanced In years. The maiden name of Mrs. John Heisler was Anna Maria Bear, and she was born October 29, 1809. They became the parents of eight children - Henry, Jacob, Susan, William. Elizabeth, John Thomas, Margaret and Lucinda.

William Heisler became the owner of a fine farm estate of 337 acres in German Township, and was one of the honored and influential citizens of this section of his native county, where both he and his wife remained until the close of their earnest and worthy lives. Their religious faith was that of the Lutheran Church. They became the parents of five children, of whom the two daughters died at birth. Of the two surviving, John T., of this review, is the elder, and the younger, Henry A., is individually mentioned elsewhere in this publication. James, the third son, died when about eighteen months of age.

The cultural advantages that came to John T. Heisler, Jr., in the period of his youth were those of the district schools of German Township and those of Scio College at Scio, this county, and Harlem College at Harlem Springs, Carroll County. His excellent judgment has been shown in his continuous allegiance to the great basic industries under the influence of which he was reared and of which he has become a prominent representative in his native county, where he still resides upon the old homestead farm which was the place of his birth. Here he owns a fine tract of 100 acres, and he is the owner also of another farm of seventy-one acres in the same township. He takes loyal interest in community affairs, is a democrat in politics, and he served about five years as a member of the Board of Education of German Township. He is a communicant of the Lutheran Church and his wife was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

born and reared in Carroll County, her birth occurring November 18, 1868. She was a daughter of Jacob and Emeline (Burrier) Yeager. Mrs. Heisler passed to the life eternal on the 26th of July, 1919, and she is survived by one child, Ethel May, who was born May 8, 1896, is the wife of Roy Kerr, and they reside with her father, Mr. Kerr being associated with the work and management of the farm. Earl Yeager, the second child of Mr. and Mrs. Heisler, was born June 26, 1898, and his death occurred February 18, 1911.

Albert C. Poulson. The personal characteristics and broad experience of Mr. Poulson have enabled him to achieve distinctive success in connection with farm enterprise in his native county and township, and he is now one of the venerable and influential citizens of the attractive rural community which has represented his home from the time of his birth to the present, his farm being a well improved tract of eighty acres in Nottingham Township. In this township Mr. Poulson was born on the 8th of April, 1847, and he is a scion of one of the county's sterling pioneer families. His paternal grandparents. John and Susanna (Knight) Poulson, were natives of Maryland,, where the former was born April 9, 1763, and the latter on the 16th of November, 1781, they having become early settlers in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, where Mr. Poulson reclaimed a farm from the forest and where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. Names and dates of birth of their children are here recorded: Nelson, July 1, 1802: Matilda, December 5, 1805; Rachel, April 17, 1809: and Andrew, December 28, 1814. Andrew Poulson was born in Maryland and was ypung at the time of the family Immigration to Ohio, where he was reared to manhood on the pioneer farm in Nottingham Township, in which township he continued his activities as a farmer during virtually his entire Independent career. He was an upright man, loyal in all of the relations of citizenship, and was of venerable age at the time of his death, as was also his wife, both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. As a young man Andrew Poulson wedded Miss Susannah Garner, who likewise was a native of the State of Maryland, and who was a daughter of Hezekiah and Sophia (Tippett) Garner, her parents having come from Maryland to Harrison County in the pioneer days and having passed the remainder of their lives in Nottingham Township. They became the parents of eleven children, namely: John, James, Julia, Mary, Elizabeth, Susannah, Amanda, Sarah, Edward, Thomas and Nelson, the last named having died when a young man. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Poulson became the parents of five children : John, who died when about seventy-four years of age; William, who died in August, 1920; Albert C., the immediate subject of this sketch; Amanda, the wife of Jasper Irons, of Moorefield Township, Harrison County ; and Hezekiah resides in Nottingham Township, more specific mention of him being offered in later paragrapha

The Hines District School In Nottingham Township gave to Albert C. Poolson his early educational advantages, and from his youth to the present time he has maintained close association with agricultural and live-stock industry in his native township. His political alignment is in the ranks of the republican party, and his wife and daughter hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Deersville.

On the 4th of June, 1891, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Poulson to Miss Bertha Granville, daughter of John and Martha (Wheeler) Granville. John Granville, who was born In Franklin Township, Harrison County, became a skilled stonemason, followed his trade for a number of years at Scio, this county, and then removed to the village of Tappan, likewise In Harrison County, where he and his wife remained until their deaths, both having been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They became the parents of nine children : Clara (deceased), Mary, Anna, Jennie, Nettie, Bertha, Wilbur (deceased), Blanche and Perley. Mr. and Mrs. Poulson have two children, both of whom remain at the parental home. Martha Blanche Is the wife of Joseph Griffith, who Is associated in the work and management of her father's farm, and they have one son, Joseph Cole. Harold, son of the subject of this sketch, as already noted, is a member of the parental home circle.

Hezekiaii G. PounsoN, younger brother of Albert C. Poulson, subject of the preceding personal sketch, likewise was born on the old homestead farm in Nottingham Township and is numbered among the prosperous farmers of this township, the date of his nativity having been March 7, 1851. and his youthful education having been obtained in the district schools. As a young man he assumed independent functions in connection with the activities of the old home farm, in the management of which he continued until 1901, when he removed to another farm not far distant. There he continued his operations until 1912, when he removed to his present farm, which adjoins his father's old home place and which comprises 101 acres.

The year 1900 recorded the marriage of Mr. Poulson to Miss Anna B. Clark, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Locke) Clark, and the one child of this union is a daughter. Vivian L., who was horn September 25. 1904.

Isaac S. Cope Is to be ascribed the prestige of representative position as one of the substantial agriculturists and stock-growers of Nottingham Township, Harrison County. He is a native son of this township and is a scion of an honored pioneer family of the county. He was born in Nottingham Township on the 21st of. February, 1853, and is a son of Jacob and Martha Anna (Salisbury) Cope, whose marriage was solemnized May 10, 1847. Jacob Cope was born in Harrison County, November 7, 1822, and was a son of Samuel and Jane (Moore) Cope. Samuel Cope was one of the sterling pioneers of Harrison County, where he passed the greater part of his life In Nottingham Township, and here he reclaimed a productive farm from the forest wilds. April 11, 1810, recorded his marriage to Jane Moore, who was born May 20, 1792. and whose death occurred August 7, 1855. The names and respective birth pates of their children are here noted: Margaret, November 7, 1811; Thomas, January 18, 1814; David, June 17, 1816; Martha, August 3, 1818; Samuel, August 9, 1820; Jacob, November 7, 1822; Mary A., October 27, 1824; Nancy J., September 27, 1828; Israel, May 8, 1830; and Robert C., December 10, 1832. Samuel Cope was a son of David and Margaret (Brown) Cope, the latter having been a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Brown. The marriage of David Cope and Margaret Brown occurred on the 17th of July, 1777, and they became the parents of eight children - John, Elizabeth, Jacob, Grace, David, Caleb, Samuel and Nathan.

Jacob Cope, father of the subject of this review, was reared under the conditions of the pioneer days in Harrison County, and as a young man he was employed four years as a farm workman in Short Creek Township. In the early days he utilized a four-horse team in hauling wheat from Harrison County to Dover, Tuscarawas County. From Short Creek Township he finally made his way to Illinois, In which state he remained four years, within which period his marriage was there solemnized. Upon his return to Harrison County he engaged in farm enterprise in Nottingham Township, where he spent the great part of his life thereafter on the farm now owned by his son Isaac S., of this sketch. In 1847, as previously noted, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Martha Anna Salisbury, she having been born in Fulton County, Illinois, May 22, 1831, a daughter of Albert and Hopeful Salisbury, pioneer settlers of that county, where her father engaged in farming. The names and respective dates of birth of their children are here recorded: Rachel, February 7, 1848; Anna Eliza, November 21. 1849; Mary Jane, April 13, 1851; Isaac S., February 31, 1853; Sarah Margaret, June 12. 1856; Taylor Fremont, April 23, 1858; Philip Randolph, December 14. 1859; Jennison Lane: and Eva Almedia, who married J. C. Johnson, of Cadiz. After the death of his first wife Jacob Cope eventually married Ruth Amanda Rose, and they became the parents of seven children - Ida, Nannie, J. Osburne, Thomas B., Lucy M., Walter M. and Lyle. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cope were members of the Christian Church, as was also the first wife.

Isaac S. Cope found his early youth diversified by attending the district schools of his native township and assisting in the work of the home farm. He was a young man when he began independent operations as a farmer in Nottingham Township, where he has continued his active and successful association with agricultural and live-stock industry during the long intervening years. He is the owner of a well improved and valuable landed estate of more than 300 acres, and is one of the substantial and influential citizens of the community in which he has resided for the major part of his life. He Is a republican In politics, and he served six years as township trustee, besides having been for an equal period a member of the School Board of his district. He and his wife hold membership in the Christian Church at Minksville.

In 1875 Mr. Cope was married to Miss Lydia Melissa Carson, who likewise is a native of Nottingham Township and a representative of a well known pioneer family of Harrison County, she being a daughter of the late William and Elizabeth (Wells) Carson. Mr. and Mrs. Cope have six children: William J. is the subject of an individual sketch following in this volume; Harry F. married Miss Elizabeth Compton and they reside in Nottingham Township; John H. wedded Miss Ada E. Wallace, and their home is in Nottingham Township; George F. married Miss Anna L. Fulton and they reside in New Philadelphia, Ohio: Lulu Olive is the wife of John Fulton, of Nottingham Township; and Etta Belle is the wife of Ralph M. Rose, of Nottingham Township, their one child being a son, Alfred Clyde.

William J. Cope, who is now numbered among the progressive farmers of Stock Township, Harrison County, was born in Nottingham Township, this county, February 14, 1876. and is the eldest of the children of Isaac S. Cope, in whose personal sketch preceding this is given adequate record concerning the family. William J. Cope is indebted to the district schools of his native township for his early education, and in that township he made his first essay into the domain of independent farm enterprise. In December, 1911, he removed to North Township, where he was engaged in farming for the ensuing five years, and in March, 1917, he removed to his present farm in Stock Township, where he is meeting with distinctive success in his vigorous and well directed activities as an agriculturist and stock- . raiser. He takes loyal Interest In public affairs of a local order, is a republican in political allegiance and he and his wife hold membership in the Christian Church.

October 20, 1898, recorded the marriage of Mr. Cope to Miss Mary Margaret Rogers, daughter of Barrett and Harriett (Poulson) Rogers, of Nottingham Township, and of this union have been born nine children - James Glenn, John B., Harold S. (died in early childhood), Wilbur Herman, Mary Olive, Nellie Mildred, Samuel Taylor, George William and Anna Florence.

Ralph M. Harding has had the active management of the hardware business established by his father in the village of Jewett, Harrison County, since the death of his honored fnther in 1916, and is one of the progressive young business men and popular citizens of his native county. He was born in German Township, Harrison County, on the 13th of July, 1893, and is a son of John W. and Louisa (Helter) Harding, the former of whom was born in Loudon Township, Carroll County, Ohio, and the latter at Port Washington, Tuscarawas County. John W. Harding was reared and educated \n Carroll County, where his father, Philip Harding, was a prosperous farmer, and where he himself became independently engaged in farm enterprise In his native township. From Carroll County he finally came to Harrison County and established himself In the hardware business In the Village of Germano, German Township. There he continued in business until 1900, and the following year he passed at Jewett. He then removed to Sclo, this county, where he established a prosperous furniture and undertaking business. He sold the stock and business three years later and then returned to Jewett, where he opened a well equipped hardware store, to the management of which he gave his attention until his death, on the 20th of May, 1916. His first wife died in 1901, and their only child was Ralph M., of this review. For his second wife Mr. Harding wedded Mrs. Addie Bond, who survives him. No children were born of this union.

In the public schools of Jewett Ralph M. Harding continued his studies until his graduation in the high school, and he then became actively associated with the hardware business of his father, of which he has had the active management since the death of the latter and in connection with which he has shown marked business acumen and progressiveness, with the result that the enterprise has been signally prospered under his control. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in their home village, and he is affiliated with the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Scio, the Chapter of Royal Arch Masons at Cadiz nnd the lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Jewett.

In September, 1912, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Harding to Miss Golda Umbour, daughter of John B. and Alma Umbour, of Jewett, and the one child of this union is a fine little son, John Howard.

Franklin H. Miser has resided in German Township, Harrison County, since his boyhood and has become one of the prosperous farmers and representative citizens of this township, where he has a well improved farm of 163 acres, which is given over to well diversified agriculture and the raising of approved types of live stock.

Mr. Miser was born in Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a scion of well known pioneer families of that county, where both his parental and maternal grandparents were early settlers. He is a son of David and Harriet (Johnson) Miser, both likewise natives of Salem Township, where the former was born December 29, 1822, and the latter on the 10th of December, 1833, a daughter of Thomas Johnson. Samuel Miser, father of David, developed one of the excellent pioneer farms of Salem Township, and there he and his wife remained until their deaths. David Miser was reared on the old home farm and gained his early education in the pioneer schools. He continued his active association with farm enterprise in his native township until 1878, and on the 8th of January of that year he came with his family to Harrison County and established a home on the farm which he purchased in German Township. Here he continued as one of the pros- perous farmers and highly respected citizens of the county until he passed from the stage of life's mortal endeavors in the year 1896, his widow having passed away on the 15th of March, 1912, and both having been consistent members of the Presbyterian Church. They became the parents of six children - John W., Mary (deceased), Annetta (Mrs. Henry Courtwright), Franklin H., Samuel R. and David A. (died July 7, 1889).

Franklin H. Miser gained his rudimentary education in the district schools of his native township and was about ten years old at the time of the family removal to Harrison County, where he continued his studies in the district schools of German Township. His present homestead farm has been the stage of his activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower from the time when he initiated his independent career when a young man, and he keeps the place of 163 acres up to the best standard in all ways.

October 27, 1892, recorded the marriage of Mr. Miser to Miss Margaret Scott, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Miller) Scott, and she passed away April 24, 1905, no children having been born of this union. In November, 1906, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Miser to Mrs. Mary O. (Roberts) Tedrow, widow of John C. Tedrow, whose death occurred in November, 1903. The two children of Mrs. Miser's first marriage are Clifford W., who was born August 9, 1900, and whose death occurred September 24. 1903; and Blanche Isabel, who was born July 17, 1902. Mrs. Miser is a daughter of E. W. and Eleanor May (Hall) Roberts, who became the parents of four children - iMary O., Clara Jane, Bertha May and Leonard L. After her divorce from her first husband, Mrs. Roberts became the wife of Samuel P. Skipper, and the one child of this union is William Raymond. Leonard L. Roberts, youngest child of the first marriage, was eventually legally adopted by Samuel P. Skipper, the second husband, and he has since borne the name of Leonard L. Skipper. For the past twelve years he has maintained his home with Mr. and Mrs. Miser. Leonard L. Skipper was one of the Harrison County boys who made admirable record in connection with America's participation in the World war. He entered service June 27, 1918, at Camp Sherman and was assigned to the One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Depot Brigade. Later he was transferred to Company G, Three Hundred and Thirty-fourth Infantry, and on the 6th of October, 1918, was assigned to Company M, Three Hundred and Sixty-second Infantry. He sailed for France on the 3d of the preceding month, and with his command was in service in the front-line trenches for a period of thirteen days in the Ninety-first Division, on the Argonne front. On the 25th of April, 1919, he was assigned to the Third Company, First Training Battalion, One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Depot Brigade, as preliminary to discharge from service. Arriving in his native land, he received his honorable discharge on the 1st of May, 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Miser have one child, Clarence Arthur, who was born June 21, 1907.

Samuel R. Miser, a brother of Franklin H. Miser, a review of whose career is given in the preceding paragraphs, was born in Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, on the 22d of June, 1868, and his early activities and educational advantages were precisely similar to those of his brother. He owns and resides upon an excellent farm of 101 acres, adjoining that of his brother in German Township, Harrison County, and has long been known as one of the progressive farmers and business men of this township. In connection with farm enterprise Mr. Miser has operated a threshing machine, a clover huller and a saw mill, and he still continues to do a considerable amount of threshing each season, besides which he has been a successful salesman of farm implements and machinery and also of high-grade fertilizing products. He is a republican in politics, and he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church at Annapolis, Jefferson County.

December 25, 1893, recorded the marriage of Mr. Miser to Miss Magdalena Maple, daughter of George and Anna (Maple) Maple, of Mooretown, Jefferson County, and they have four children - Essie, Jay D., Roy E. and Harry R. The only daughter, Essie, is the wife of Walter Snyder, and they have two daughters, Elsie and Wilma Maxine.

Andrew Palmer was born in the State of New York on the 10th of October, 1850, and he was ten years old when he was sent from the old Empire commonwealth to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he was made the adopted son of David and Mary Magdaline (Temper) Palmer, in whose home he was reared to manhood, the while he was afforded the advantages of the public schools, his fosterparents having in the meanwhile established their home on a farm In Harrison County. He remained with his fosterfather until his marriage, in the year 1872, and he then engaged in independent farm enterprise in Nottingham Township, whence he later removed to Washington Township, where he farmed two years. He then returned to Nottingham Township, where he has since continued his activities as a substantial agriculturist and stock-grower and where he owns an excellent farm of eighty-three acres. He is loyal to all civic responsibilities, is a republican in politics and he and his wife hold membership in Bethel Chapel (Methodist Episcopal) in their home township.

On the 4th of July, 1872, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Palmer to Miss Rachel Yaraall, who was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, September 16, 1861, a daughter of Aaron and Harriet (Poulson) Yarnall. Aaron Yarnall was born November 12, 1815, a son of Aaron and Mary Ann (Bell) Yarnall, and Mrs. Harriet (Poulson) Yarnall was bom May 26, 1813, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Poulson. Aaron Yarnall, father of Mrs. Palmer, came to Harrison County about the year 1857, and engaged in farming in Nottingham Township. He and his wife passed the residue of their lives In this county, and both were earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They be- came the parents of ten children, whose names and respective years of birth are here recorded : Elizabeth, 1837; James, 1839; Ziba, 1841; John, 1843; Ell, 1846; Sarah Jane, 1847; George, 1849; Rachel, 1851; Asbury, 1854; and William, 1855 (died in infancy). Aaron Yarnall, Sr., grandfather of Mrs. Palmer, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1783, and in 1811 he came with his family to Harrison County, Ohio, where he purchased 160 acres of land in Nottingham Township and became a pioneer farmer. Here he remained until his death in 1851, and his widow passed away in 1857, both having been active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They had nine children, namely : Ziba, William, Aaron, Eli, Colver, John, Nelson, Lydia and Mary A.

Mr. and Mrs. Palmer became the parents of eight children: John M. is a farmer in Nottingham Township; William T. is individually mentioned on other pages of this work; Hattie died in early childhood; Alice M. is the wife of James Walker; Bertha R. is the wife of Joseph B. Rogers; Mary is the wife of Elmer Tarbett; and Harry and Wesley are still members of the parental home circle.

Richard L. Braden, who belongs to one of the well-known families of Harrison County, is conducting a blacksmitbing business at Jewett. He was born in Short Creek Township, Harrison County, on June 14, 1859, a son of Joseph Braden and his wife, Isabel Sharp, natives of Pennsylvania and Ireland, respectively. Joseph Braden was a miller by trade, and after coming to Harrison County at an early day conducted the Warfell Mill in Short Creek Township until his death in 1878. His wife died some years before him, passing away in 1861. They belonged to the Presbyterian Church and took a very active part in its work in their community. Their children were as follows: Margaret, W. F., Richard L., Laura, who married Newton Johnson and is deceased, and one who died young.

The boyhood and youth of Richard L. Braden was passed much like that of any normal lad of his time and locality. In those days parents believed in teaching their children to be useful, and from a very early age he assisted about the mill and at home, and in the winter season went to the Red Hill School in Cadiz Township. When he was old enough he began learning the blacksmithing trade, and has continued to work at it all of his. life, now owning his own shop at Jewett, to which place he moved in 1883. He has a large trade in blacksmithing and horseshoeing, and is recognized as an expert in his line.

In 1882 Mr. Braden was united in marriage with Elizabeth Mitchell, a daughter of Rudolph Mitchell. They have no children of their own. but in 1963 they took into their home and hearts Nell McPeek, then eight years of age. She is now a teacher of East Liverpool, Ohio, and a source of great pride to them. Mr. and Mrs. Braden belong to the Presbyterian Church. For the past four years Mr. Braden has been one of the trustees of the Childs Home of Harrison County, and he also is a member of the

Board of Control of Jewett. The Odd Fellows of Jewett have in him a faithful and valued member. He is one of the hard-working, thrifty men of the. county who, while not going into public life to any spectacular degree, yet exert considerable influence among their associates, and fortunately for all concerned always follow sound, dependable and constructive lines.

Taylor S. Matson. The remarkable accuracy of the memory of this well known native son of Harrison County came into effective play in furnishing the data from which this review of the family history is compiled, and in gathering material for the publication there have been few instances where the person interviewed did not have to refer to written records for data and names. Mr. Matson proved a distinct exception. He was able to enlist his splendid memory in supplying the information concerning an honored family whose name has been worthily linked with the history of Harrison County for more than a century.

Taylor Scott Matson was bom in Short Creek Township, Harrison County, on the 20th of April, 1847, and until his death lived retired in the Village of Georgetown, after years of productive association with farm industry. He is a son of Thomas C. and Loretta M. (Close) Matson, the former of whom was likewise a native of Short Creek Township, where he was born September 28, 1816, and the latter was born in Belmont County, this state, January 18, 1818, she having been a daughter of Henry and Magdalene (Neete) Close, who were sterling pioneers of Belmont County. Henry Close, who had been a successful farmer in Belmont County, was eighty-seven years of age at the time of his death in 1858, his wife passing away the same year, at the age of seventy-seven years, and both having been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They became the parents of eight children - John, George, Josiah, Loretta, Mary, Eliza. Lucinda and Harriet.

John Matson, who was born in the year 1784, was the paternal grandfather of Taylor S. Matson. John Matson and his wife, whose maiden name was Parthenia Cooper, were numbered among the earliest settlers in Short Creek Township, Harrison County, where he reclaimed a farm from the forest wilds and where he remained until his death, May 9, 1857, his widow having passed to eternal rest on the 15th of June. 1 870, her religious faith having been that of the Methodist Episcopal Church. These honored pioneers became the parents of six children - 'Sarah, Rachel, Prudence, Naomi, Thomas C. and John.

Thomas C. Matson was reared under the conditions that marked the early pioneer period in the history of Harrison County, and in Short Creek Township he passed his entire life. He became one of the substantial exponents of farm industry in his native township, and it is interesting to record that in that township two excellent farms remained in the possession of the Matson family for 109 years. Mr. Matson was a man of earnest and upright character, loyal in community affairs and imbued with a fine sense of personal stewardship, both he and his wife having held membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Matson's death occurred March 26, 1S7P, and his widow' passed away on the 24th of March, 1891. Of their children the first born, Henry X., died at the age of fifteen years; Taylor Scott w'as the next in order of birth; Thompson still resides in Harrison County, as does also Emma, who is the wife of John G. Lew is.

The district schools of his native township afforded to Taylor S. Matson his youthful education, and he early gained practical experience in connection with the activities of the home farm. As a young man he began Independent enterprise on one of the old Matson homesteads, and he remained on this farm until January, 1898. when he and his wife removed to the Village of Georgetown, and though he retired he continued to give his general supervision to his fine farm until 1916, when he sold the property. He never sought political preferment, but was always ready to do his part In supporting measures advanced for the general good of the community.

July 10, 1889, recorded the marriage of Mr. Matson to Miss Julia Ellen Kerr, daughter of James and Julia Kerr, and she passed to the life eternal on the 24th of March, 1892, the only child of this union having been Ella Louise, who died at the age of five months. On the 21st of October, 1896, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Matson to Miss Sarah Eleanor Douglas, daughter of Robert and Clarissa (Hulta) Douglas, but no children were born to this marriage.

Robert Douglas was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, April 5, 1820, and in the same county his wife was born April 8, 1839. their marriage having been solemnized September 11, 1866. In 1878 Robert Dougins came with his family to Harrison County, and in the following year he engaged in farming in Short Creek Township, where he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring January 7. 1900, and his wddow being still a resident of this township. They became the parents of three children ; Mary Louisa, born December 13, 1867 ; Sarah Eleanor, born June 17, 1869; and Abner C., who died when about two weeks old.

Thompson Matson, who is now living retired In the village of Georgetown, Harrison County, continued to give his personal supervision to his farm in Short Creek Township until 1916, when he sold the property, the same having been continuously in the possession of the Matson family for more than a century. Mr. Matson h"s maintained his home at Georgetown since 1897, but. as previously stated, he continued to manage his farm until 1916, with frequent trips b*ck and forth between the farm and his home village. He is a representative of a sterling pioneer family of Harrison County, and concerning the history of the family adequate data Is given on the preceding pages, in the sketch of the career of his older and only brother, Taylor S. Matson, deceased.

Thompson Matson was born in Short Creek Township, this comity, on the 16th of August. 1848. He gained his early education In the rural schools of the locality and period, and his

The year 1882 recorded the marriage of Mr. Matson to Miss Lydia Shields, daughter of Jackson Shields, and the one child of this union was Estella, who died in 1897. Mrs. Matson died on the 24th of July, 1909, a zealous member of the Presbyterian Church. July 1, 1911, Mr. Matson was united in marriage to Miss Mary R. Shields, a sister of his first wife. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

John W. Haverfield has the distinction of being a substantial and prominent exponent of agricultural and live-stock industry in Stock Township, Harrison County, and is a scion of a family whose name has been prominent in connection with civic and Industrial affairs in Harrison County for more than a century. He was born In Cadiz Township, this county, on the 17th of October, 1871. and is of the fourth generation in descent from Nathan Haverfield who, in the year 1S00 settled in what Is now Harrison County, where he took up a tract of heavily timbered land and instituted the development of a frontier farm. Nathan Haverfield was born near the present city of Wheeling. West Virginia, and was a son of James and Nancy Haverfield, the former a native of Ireland. In Pennsylvania Nathan Haverfield married Miss Harriet Barnett, and from that state they came to Ohio in 1800, the remainder of their lives having been passed on their pioneer farm, in what is now Harrison County. Mr. Haverfield died at the age of seventy-six and his widow at the age of eighty-six years. Their children were eleven in number. John N. Haverfield. son of Nathan, was born in Cadiz Township. Harrison County, May 17, 1820, and who was reared under the conditions of the pioneer days. October 27. 1842, recorded his marriage to Emeline, daughter of John and Annie (Gorsuch) lively, and they became the parents of four children, of whom the eldest was Henry L., father of him whose name initiates this sketch. John N. Haverfield developed one of the fine farm properties of Stock Township, was for six years a director of the county infirmary, was a director of the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank of Cadiz and was one of the honored and influential men of his native county. He was a republican in politics and both he and his wife were most zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he held official position for many years.

Henry L. Haverfield was born in Cadiz Township on the 29th of July, 1843. and he was reared on the home farm. In August. 1862, shortly before the nineteenth anniversary of his birth, he enlisted for service in the Civil war. He became a member of Company F, Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served three years, in the Army of the Cumberland and with which he took part in the Atlanta campaign and Sherman's historic march from Atlanta to the sea. He remained with his command until the close of the war and received his honorable discharge on the 10th of June, 1866. later years having found him actively affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic. After the war Mr. Haverfield remained on the old home farm until 1885, and for a number of years thereafter and until his death was engaged in the hardware business at Cadiz. His death occurred on the 27th of October, 1802. He was a man of sterling character, commanded unqualified esteem in his native county, was a staunch republican and was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as is also his widow, who maintains her home in the city of Cadiz.

Henry L. Haverfield was married to Miss Mary Elizabeth Barrett, who likewise was born and reared in Harrison County and who is a representative of another of the honored pioneer families of the county. Mrs. Haverfield is a daughter of William H. and Eliza V. (Betz) Barrett, the former of whom was born in Cadiz Township, this county, June 10, 1812, and the latter was bom In Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1817, their marriage having occurred in 1837. William H. Barrett was a son of Arthur and Mary (HufT) Barrett, and the former was a son of Arthur Barrett, Sr., who came to the present county of Harrison in 1803 from Virginia, where he was bom in 1743. Arthur Barrett, Sr., obtained nearly 1,000 acres of wild forest land in Cadiz Township, and became one of the earliest settlers of the county. Here he remained as a pioneer citizen until his death, in 1828. Arthur Barrett, Jr., was bora in Virginia, in 1780, and accompanied his father to Ohio, where he married Mary, daughter of William Huff, a pioneer and a famous Indian scout of Ohio. Arthur and* Mary (Huff) Barrett became the parents of four children: Meredith, Lewis. William H. and Mary. Mrs. Barrett died in 1814, and later her husband married Elizabeth Wolf, four children having been bora of this union. Mr. Barrett died in 1845, and his widow passed away in 1887, both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as was also his first wife.

William H. Barrett passed his entire life in Harrison County and was one of the most substantial farmers and venerable citizens of Nottingham Township at the time of his death. Both he and his wife were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Henry L. and Mary E. (Barrett) Haverfield became the parents of six children: Brice is a manufacturer of store fixtures in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and resides at LaGrange, one of the beautiful suburbs of that metropolis. He married Miss Grace Huff, and they have three children, Helen Beatrice, Elythla May and Sarah Virginia. John William, the next in order of birth, is the immediate subject of this review. Earl, who is a resident of Los Angeles, California, married Miss Emma Kearney, and their one child is a daughter, Dorothy. Eugene L., a resident of Cadiz, Harrison County, married Miss Edna Blanche Bidwell, and they are the parents of three children, Melvin, Madeline and John Henry. Raymond B. died in infancy. Cora Ethel is the wife of George H. Miller, of Cleveland, Ohio.

Township and in addition to receiving the advantages of the district schools he attended also the public schools of Cadiz, for one year. He has given virtually his entire independent career to farm industry and is now operating a finely improved and productive farm of 223 acres, his valuable farm estate being one of the best equipped and most capably managed in Stock Township, and his energy and ability having gained him place among the representative agriculturists and stock-growers of his native county. In politics he is a republican, and he served six years as trustee of Stock Township, besides which he is at the present time a member of the township school board. He is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias at Cadiz, and both he and his wife are members of the Bethel Chapel of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the faith of which they were reared.

April 21, 1895, recorded the marriage of Mr. Haverfield to Miss May Chaney, who likewise was born and reared in Harrison County and who is a daughter of Nathan and Jane (Kirby) Chaney, the latter having been the eldest of the five children of John and Maria (McMillan) Kirby and her death having occurred December 27, 1916. Nathan Chaney, for many years a prosperous and highly esteemed citizen of Cadiz Township, died on the 22d of December, 1918, his entire life having been passed in this county, where his parents, Nathaniel and Catherine (Steele) Chaney, were early settlers. Nathan and Jane (Kirby) Chaney became the parents of seven children: McMillan Is a resident of Beloit, Ohio; Ida, who became the wife of Samuel McFadden, died in 1884; Jennie died in childhood; Albert resides at Jewett, Harrison County; May is the wife of Mr. Haverfield, of this sketch ; Leota is the wife of Edward O. Adams, of Canton, Stark County ; and John resides at Toronto, Jefferson County. Mr. and Mrs. Haverfield have two children, H. Hayes and Ethel Leota.

Samuel M. Dickerson. In view of American nomadic tendencies and the general spirit of unrest that marks the present day, it is specially pleasing to find a sterling citizen of Harrison County, Samuel M. Dickerson, residing on the fine old homestead farm which was the place of his. birth and which is to him a haven of peace and prosperity as the shadows of his life begin to lengthen from the golden west On this farm in Athens Township Mr. Dickerson was born April 13, 1844, a son of Joseph and Mary (Jones) Dickerson. The parents were both natives of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where the father was born May 30, 1796, and the mother on the 7th of April, 1802, she having been a daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Smith) Jones. Thomas Jones was born in Wales in the year 1750, and was a child when he was left an orphan, In the state of Delaware, where he was reared to manhood and where was solemnized his marriage to Rebecca Smith. He served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and finally he removed with his family to Pennsylvania, where he passed the remainder of his long, worthy and useful life and where he died at the patriarchal age of 104 years, in 1854. He was an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Thomas and Rebecca (Smith) Jones became the parents of five sons and two daughters, and before his death he had become the grandsire of forty-six children, with numerous representatives also of two younger generations.

Joseph Dickerson's grandfather, Joshua Dickerson, was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, in 1728, and the maiden name of his wife was Susanna Whitten. About 1748 he accompanied hlft parents on their removal to Maryland, where the home was established not far distant from the present Harper's Ferry. There Joshua Dickerson married and there his first child, Thomas, grandfather of Samuel M. Dickerson of this review, was bom on the 19th of May, 1764. About the year 1771 Joshua Dickerson removed with his family to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he and his wife continued to reside until their deaths. Their children were twelve in number: Thomas, William, Eli, John, Joshua, Jr., Levi, Sarah (Mrs. Samuel Dunlap), Mary (Mrs. John Dunlap), Susan (Mrs Josiah Allen), Ruth, Elizabeth and Rachel.

Thomas Dickerson was, as previously noted, bom in the year 1764, and he was reared to manhood in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The maiden name of his wife was Mary Currey and her birth having occurred January 16, 1706. In the year 1800 Thomas Dickerson set forth on foot and alone from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, to make his way to the frontier wilds of Ohio. On the night of the 8th of November, while en route, he stopped at a lone cabin and requested accommodation for the night. The owner of the cabin stated : "We have but two rooms, but if you can put up as we do you are welcome." A little later in the evening another man appeared and asked for similar entertainment, with the result that the two sojourners found sleeping quarters in one of the two rooms of the pioneer cabin. The other guest was Joseph Huff, the pioneer Indian fighter and surveyor in Ohio, and when he learned that Mr. Dickerson was a mechanic he persuaded the latter to continue his journey by way of the Huff cabin in Athens Township, Harrison County, ere he continued onward to his destination, the White Plains of Ohio. The next day - 'November 9, 1800 - the two men arrived at Mr. Huffs cabin, and Mr. Dickerson became so favorably impressed with this county that he abandoned the plan of continuing his journey. At the suggestion of Mr. Huff he set forth the following day to file entry at Steubenville on Government land in what is now Harrison County. His financial resources were limited, and Mr. Huff insisted on lending fifty dollars, for which he would accept no security. Mr. Huff took the money from his improvised "safe," which was an iron frying-pan buried beneath the dirt floor in one corner of the cabin. Mr. Dickerson entered a section of land in Harrison County, which became Cadiz Township when the county was organized. Here he established his home, reclaimed a productive farm and here remained until his death. His wife joined him in the pioneer home and there they reared their children, thirteen in number, namely: Eli, Levi, Joshua, Joseph, William, Ruth, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Sarah, Susan, Mary, Rachel and Nancy. No name has been more closely or honorably linked with the development and progress of Harrison County than that of the Dickerson family, in each successive generation of which the sons and daughters have well upheld the honors of the name.

As a young man Joseph Dickerson engaged in independent farm enterprise in Athens Township on what is now the home farm of Hiram and Elizabeth Dickerson. On the place, as a veritable landmark, is still standing the pioneer log house in which Joseph Dickerson and his wife began housekeeping, the building having been erected by him and being retained as a relic of the past, though it is no longer occupied. Joseph Dickerson was a man of energy and spirit, was successful in his farm enterprise, and was the pioneer in the- operating of a saw mill with steam power in Harrison County. He remained on his old home farm during his entire active career. In 1865 he retired from the farm to the village of New- Athens, and there his death occurred on the 10th of May, 1877. His first wife died Marcbt 10, 1857, and later he married Mrs. Sarah A.. Mills, who survived him by several years. Joseph and Mary (Jones) Dickerson became the parents of twelve children, whose names and respective dates of birth are here recorded: Joshua, March 25, 1822; Rebecca, January 1, 1824; Mary Jane, October 23, 1825; Baruch, September 4, 1827 ; Hannah, September 4, 1828 ; Thomas, May 4, 1830; William, August 13, 1832; Joseph, September 11, 1834; Susapna, February 12, 1837; John Allen, May 6, 1839; James W., July 6, 1841; and Samuel M., April 13, 1844. Samuel M., youngest of the number and the immediate subject of this sketch, is now the only survivor.

On the old home farm which was the place of his birth Samuel M. Dickerson has always resided, and it may well be understood that the place is endeared to him by gracious memories and associations, even as it has afforded an admirable stage for his successful achievement as an agriculturist and stock-grower. His early education was acquired in the common schools and has been supplemented by the experiences of a long, busy and useful life. He has always taken deep Interest in everything pertaining to the welfare and advancement of his native county, has had no desire for public office but is a staunch supporter of the principles of the republican party. Both he and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which the Dickerson family has been notable for liberal support from the earliest pioneer days in Harrison County, where they were active in founding what became known as the Dickerson Church of this denomination in 1804. Samuel M. Dickerson's grandfather organized the first church meeting held in the county, s&id to be the oldest church organization in the state of Ohio.

September 30, 1871, is the wife of Dr. George R. Grose, the distinguished president of DePauw University at Greencastle. Indiana. Dr. and Mrs. Grose have five children : Mary Frances, Wilbur D., Helen, Virginia and William Edwin. Oliver H., only son of Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson, was born November 19, 1873, and is a civil engineer by profession. He resides in the city of Duluth, Minnesota. He married Miss Alice Osburn, and they have three children, John O., Joseph H., and Samuel. Gertrude Dickerson, born January 23, 1878, is the wife of Rev. Franklin Kerr, a clergyman of the Presbyterian Church of Logan, Ohio, and they have two children, Marcus and Samuel W.

Robebt F. Ramsey is found numbered among the representative farmers of his native township, and that he has secure place in popular confidence and esteem in Harrison County needs no further voucher than the fact that here he served four years as county recorder. As a young man he gave five years of effective service as a successful and popular teacher in the schools of Cadiz and Nottingham townships, and since that time, save for the period of his incumbency of county office, he has given his attention to vigorous and successful farm enterprise in Nottingham Township, where he is the owner of a well improved and productive farm of 136 acres - a center of propressive agricultural and live-stock industry. He is a republican in politics, has been active in the local councils and campaign work of the party, and his service as county recorder continued from September, 1910, to September, 1914, with an administration whose efficiency was attended with marked popular approval. Both he and his wife hold membership in the Christian Church at Cadiz.

Mr. Ramsey was born in Nottingham Township, this county, on the 6th of October, 1861, and is a son of John C. and Sarah J. (Hines) Ramsey, the former of whom was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, on the 24th of November, 1823, and the latter of whom passed her entire life in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, where her parents, Isaac and Sarah (Patterson) Hines, stood as representatives of honored pioneer families. John C. Ramsey was a son of William and Mary (Anderson) Ramsey, and was sixteen years of age at the time when the family home was established in Harrison County. Here he learned the trade of cooper, but the major part of his active career was given to constructive farm enterprise in Nottingham Township. His marriage to Miss Sarah J. Hines was solemnized March 16, 1847, and her death occurred in the year 1865. They became the parents of eight children, namely: Isaac L. (dead), Mary E. (dead), William B., John T. (dead), James P. (dead), Harvey C., Rbbert F., and Martha A. (dead). For his second wife John C. Ramsey wedded Miss Emily Ford, who was horn in Harrison County in 1825, a representative of another of the honored pioneer families of this county, and she passed to the life eternal in 1880. In 1882 Mr. Ramsey married Miss Angeline Hines, who was born October 31, 1831, and who was a daughter of Abraham and Hannah (Carson) Hines, of Harrison County. From the time of his first marriage until bis death Mr. Ramsey resided on bis fine farm in section 6, Nottingham Township. and he was one of the influential and highly esteemed citizens of that township. He was a prominent worker in the ranks of the prohibition party and held membership in the Christian Church. He died oh the 7th of February, 1898, his wife having died sevm*al years before. 9

Robert F. Ramsey was reared to the invigorating discipline of the farm, and that he made good use of the educational advantages that were his in his youth was demonstrated in his five years of service as a teacher in the rural schools, as noted in the opening paragraph of this sketch. His record as a farmer in his native township has been marked by the vital progressiveness and the circumspection that ever augur for maximum success and he is a substantial agriculturist and stock-grower whose farm gives ample evidence of his thrift and good management.

On the 15th of January, 1888, Mr. Ramsey was united in marriage to Miss Margaret B. Carson, who likewise was born and reared in Nottingham Township and who is a daughter of David L. and Mary Ellen (Wells) Carson, concerning whom more specific mention is made on other pages, in the personal sketch of O. K. Martin, who married another of the daughters in this well known family. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey have seven children: Florence E., is the wife of Ernest Walker, of Cadiz, this county: Clyde H., who resides at Dennison. Tuscarawas County, married Miss Dora Finical, and their one child, Robert F. II, was named in honor of his paternal grandfather, to whom this review is dedicated: Wilbur C., at home; John R., at home; Hazel O., who married Ross Finical, of Cadiz Township; Martha Bernice, who married Frank Porter, of Cadiz. Ohio; and Helen M., who remains at the parental home. John R. Ramsey was among the fine young men who represented Harrison County in the nation's military service at the time of the World war. He entered service October 6, 1917, and at Camp Sherman, Ohio, he was assigned to Company 12, Third Training Battalion of the One Hundred and Fifty -eighth Depot Brigade. With this command he continued in service at Camp Sherman until he received his honorable discharge on the 6th of January, 1919.

Edward C. Hennen. Prominent among the prosj>erous agriculturists of Harrison County, a record of whose lives fill an important place In this volume, Is Edward C. Hennen of Cadiz Township, proprietor of a well-kept farm that with its excellent improvements, constitutes one of the most attractive pieces of property in his immediate neighborhood. A native of West Virginia, he was born May 11, 1878, In Monongahela County, which was likewise the place of birth of both his father, Lewis Hennen, and of his grandfather, Alexander Hennen.

Alexander Hennen, a life-long resident of West Virginia, was twice married. He married first Mrs. Anna (Stoops) Hennen. She died a few years after her marriage with Alexander Hennen, leaving four children, Levi, Elroy, Lewis and Sarah. Alexander Hennen married for his second wife Rachel Russell, and they became the parents of seven children, as follows: Henry S., William, Christopher C., Joseph, Matt, Emma and Jennie.

Born January 13, 1854, Lewis Hennen succeeded to the occupation of his ancestors, and was engaged in farming in Monongahela County, West Virginia, until 1904. Coming in that year to Harrison County, Ohio, he was a resident of Cadiz Township until his death in 1908. He married Elzena Clovis, who was born in Monongahela County, West Virginia, March 20, 1854, and died in Harrison County Ohio, in 1912. Her father, Jacob Clovis, a farmer of Battell district, Monongahela County, married first, a Miss Santee, and to them was born one son, Andrew. His second marriage was to Elizabeth Chalfon, and to them seven children were bom, as follows: Martin J., Elijah C., Robert S., Benjamin F., Margaret, Elzena and Matt. Mr. and Mrs. Clovis were Methodists in their religious beliefs. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hennen reared three children, namely: Edward C., the special subject of this sketch; Everett S'., who died November 10, 1897 ; and Elizabeth Ona, wife of A. G. Henderson, of Cadiz Township. The parents were members of the Methodist Church.

Educated in the district schools of Monongahela County, West Virginia, Edward C. Hennen acquired a thorough knowledge of agriculture while working with his father, and for many years was actively employed in agricultural pursuits in his native county. Desirous of finding better opportunities for favorably following his favorite pursuit, he came to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1904, locating in Cadiz Township, where he has since met with genuine success as a general farmer and stock raiser. He has a finely improved farm of seventy-eight acres, and in its management displays much ability and good judgment, each year adding improvements and increasing its value. In the winter seasons for the last four years he has successfully operated a coal bank, a paying proposition thus far.

Mr. Hennen married August 27, 1902, Nevada Maple a daughter of John and Catherine (Throckmorton) Maple, and they have five children, Lew Roy, Robert M., Elizabeth E., Margaret E. and Mildred Lee. Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Hennen are members of the Cadiz Methodist Church. Fraternally Mr. Hennen belongs to Cadiz Lodge No. 130, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a republican.

Albert Q. Arbaugh, the present postmaster of the village of Jewett, Harrison County, has been long and prominently identified with business affairs in this village, is a native son of the county and has the distinction of being a representative of one of its sterling pioneer families.

1859, and is a son of Levi and Elizabeth (Reid) Arbaugh. Levi Arbaugh likewise was born and reared In Rumley Township the d#te of his nativity having been October 28, 1825. He received the advantages of the pioneer schools, assisted in the reclaiming and improving of his father's farm and eventually became one of the successful and representative farmers of his native township, where he remained until his death, at the venerable age of seventy-four years. He was a son of John and Rosanna (Wentz) Arbaugh, both of whom were born and reared in Maryland, where their marriage was solemnized. John Arbaugh's father was William Arbaugh, who likewise was a native of Maryland, was of German lineage and served as a patriot soldier in the War of the Revolution. John Arbaugh and his wife continued their residence in Maryland until about the year 1820, when they came to Harrison County, Ohio, where he purchased a pioneer farm of 160 acres in Rumley Township. He reclaimed this land, in section 6, into a productive farm, and was one of the substantial and honored pioneer citizens of Rumley Township at the time of his death, both he and his wife having been earnest communicants of the Lutheran Church. Their children were nine in number: Sarah, Margaret, Lovina, Lydia, John, James, Adam, Levi and Catherine.

On the 23d of December, 1858, was solemnized the marriage of Levi Arbaugh to Miss Elizabeth Reid, daughter of Hugh and Margaret (Fulton) Reid, who were pioneer settlers in Archer Township, Harrison County. Hugh Reid was born and reared in Pennsylvania, where his marriage to Margaret Fulton was solemnized on the 6th of June, 1830. His father, John Reid, was a native of Ireland, whence he immigrated to America when a young man, and he was a resident of the old Keystone State at the time of his death. Hugh Reid and his wife continued their residence in Archer Township until their deaths, and their names merit preservation on the roll of the honored pioneers of Harrison County. They became the parents of six children, whose names and respective dates of birth are here recorded : Elizabeth, June 4,

Levi and Elizabeth (Reid) Arbaugh became the parents of three children : Albert Q., the immediate subject of this sketch; William R., likewise a resident of Jewett; and Henry N., a prosperous farmer in Rumley Township. Mrs. Elizabeth Arbaugh, a devoted communicant of the Lutheran Church, was summoned to eternal rest in 1885, and in April, 1889, .Levi Arbaugh contracted a second marriage, when Miss Louisa Hilbert, of Defiance County, became his wife. No children were bora of this union.

Albert Q. Arbaugh was reared on the old home farm and gained his early education in the district schools of Rumley Township. Later he completed a course in the Duff Business College in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and on the 1st of January, 1885, he purchased the general merchandise stock and store of B. N. Winings at Jewett, and also became postmaster, serving five years. In 1889 he received his second appointment, serving over four years. In 1887 he erected a substantial building for the accommodation of his large and prosperous mercantile business, and about the year 1894 he sold the stock and business and turned his attention to the insurance business, in which he has since continued, though the major part of his time and attention is required in connection with his effective service as postmaster at Jewett, a position to which he was appointed in August, 1915, and of which he has since continued the incumbent. In 1913 he was appointed county superintendent of taxes, in which office he served sixteen months, with characteristic efficiency and acceptability. He owns a 100-acre farm adjoining the village on the south, and qualifies as a farmer and fruit grower. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party, and both he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church in their home village.

On Christmas day of the year 1883 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Arbaugh to Miss Margaret A. Spence, who was born at Germano, this county, in July, 1862, a daughter of Henry and Martha (Aiken) Spence, of whom incidental mention of more specific order is made in connection with other personal sketches appearing in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Arbaugh have four children: Clara E. is the wife of Frank B. Groves, an attorney of Cadiz, Ohio, and they have one child, John F. Martha E. is the wife of Harry M. Mansfield, Assistant Real Estate and Claim Agent of the W. & U. E. Railway at Canton, Ohio, and their one child Is a daughter, Margaret E. Albert Byron is an attorney, in practice in association with the well-known law firm of Herbruck & Black of Canton, Ohio. He was educated in the Jewett High School and at Ohio State University. Arthur H. is with the Labell Iron Company of Steubenville, Ohio.

Groroe A. Dunlap is making in his native county an excellent record as a representative of the pedagogic profession, and is at the time of this writing superintendent of the public schools of the village of Jewett, Harrison County, where his academic and executive ability has brought exceptional efficiency in all departments of the school work, his progressive policies having the loyal support of the people of the community. Mr. Dunlap was born in Cadiz Township, this county, and is a son of John A. Dunlap, of whom individual record is made on other pages of this volume, so that a repetition of the data is not required in this connection.

The district school locally known as the Pike's Peak School In Cadiz Township afforded to George A. Dunlap his preliminary educational discipline, and thereafter he completed a preparatory course at Franklin College, in which institution he continued his studies in the regular academic or literary department until his graduation as a member of the class of 1905. when he received the degree of Bachelor or Arts. A year after his graduation he became a member of the corps of instructors in his alma mater, and he continued his successful service a 8 a teacher in Franklin College for three years. During the ensuing three years he was superintendent of the village schools of New Athens, Harrison County, and he then resumed his pedagogic service at Franklin College, where he remained three years. The following three years marked his efficient service as superintendent of the public schools of Hopedale, Harrison County, and in the autumn of 1918 he accepted his present position in which his administration has proved most effective and popular. He has high standing as one of the enthusiastic and successful representatives of his profession in his native county, he is a republican In political allegiance, both he and his wife are active members of the Presbyterian Church in their home village, and he is affiliated with the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Cadiz, the while both he and his wife maintain membership In the chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star at Scio.

On the 24th of January, 1908, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Dunlap to Miss Anna D. Dickerson, who likewise was bom and reared In Harrison County and who is a representative of one of the honored and influential pioneer families of this county, she being a daughter of Dr. Albert and Ella (Dickerson) Dickerson. Doctor Dickerson died in 1903, and his widow married J. F. Adams and residents of Stock Township, Harrison County. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap have a winsome little daughter, Vivian M., who was bom February 26, 1909.

Frank M. Smith. While Frank M. Smith was bora August 22, 1864, in Stock Township, he Is able to trace his direct lineage to Daniel Smith, who was bora in Maryland in 1774, afterward living in Pennsylvania and coming to Jefferson County, Ohio, In 1818, and three years later locating in Stock Township, Harrison County. He married Elizabeth Perlgo, and their children were: William, Job, Marie, Harriet, Millie,

James, Joel, Jesse, Nathan and John. When Daniel Smith came to Stock Township he entered a section of land, and with the help of his sons he improved it. He was a life-long democrat and an early day member of the Methodist Church, which he helped organize in the community. He died July 14, 1856, and his was the first grave in Pleasant Valley Cemetery.

It is through the oldest son, William, that F. M. Smith is descended, and while the educational advantages of William Smith were limited to fifteen days in school, he applied himself diligently to a course of self-instruction, finally becoming one of the best informed men in his community. On August 31, 1826, he married Margaret, a daughter of Richard Parker, who was an early settler in Stock Township. Their children are: James, Harriet, Sina,

Richard. Daniel, Margaret. David, Hannah and Simeon - Hannah and Simeon being twins. While the ancestry had been democratic, William Smith was a republican, although he never sought political preferment.

The son Richard P. Smith, who died February 17, 1907, w'as the father of F. M. Smith. He was born July 20, 1832, and while he had a common school education he was always con- sidered a well informed man, making a specialty of mathematics. He was always a farmer in Stock Township. On November 2, 1853, he married Mary Jane, a daughter of Samuel 6. Miller. She was born April 16, 1834, and died February 20, 1910. Her father came from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as a young man to Harrison County. In his early life Mr. Miller was a miller, but after coming to Harrison County he became a farmer. The children in the Miller family were: John, Mary Jane, Elizabeth, Margaret and William. The parents were members of the German Lutheran Church, but later Mr. Miller became a member of the Hanover Presbyterian Church and his children became Methodists.

The children born to Richard P. Smith are: Samantha E., John M., Jason B., Frank M. and Emmett E. Smith. In his generation Richard P. Smith reverted back to the democratic party, although his father was a republican. He served the community as township trustee, treasurer and assessor, and it was his pleasure to give to his children a common school education and to have one son become a doctor of medicine.

Frank M. Smith attended Sclo College, and for five years was a teacher in the public schools of Stock Township. He is a farmer and stockman today, with sheep as his specialty.

On September 16, 1896, Mr. Smith married Violet Hastings, who is a native of Guernsey County. She is a daughter of the Rev. Joseph and Eliza Jane (Ripley) Hastings, the mother a daughter of Andrew Stephen Ripley. Rev. Joseph Hastings was a Methodist Protestant minister of Guernsey County. He attended the seminary at Antrim, and was in the ministry many years. He died in 1906. and Mrs. Hastings now lives in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The children in the Hastings family are: Adolph, Violet, Carrie and Veda. The grandfather, James Hastings, came from Ireland. He married a Scotch woman, Mrs. Sarah Johnson, whose maiden name was Story. He met her in Philadelphia. They came from Philadelphia to Guernsey County in a wagon, and they were among the pioneers of that community. Their children were : George, John, Margaret, Sarah Jane, Joseph and William.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith are: Arthur H. Smith, a graduate of the Cadiz High School and a student in Ohio State University in Columbus, and Donald M. Smith, a student In the Cadiz High School. The family are members of the pleasant Valley Methodist Episcopal Church, and for a full century the immediate circle of Stnith relatives have been in the community there.

J. Allen Smith, of Green Township, has gained an enviable reputation as a successful breeder of Shorthorn cattle and he Is also recognized as one of the progressive farmers of Harrison County. He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, May 7, 1859, a son of John V. and Ann (Thompson) Smith, and grandson of James Smith. James Smith married a Miss Rankin, and they had the following children :

Losing his father when he was a lad, John V. Smith was taken by an uncle to Pennsylvania, and there reared, but after he reached manhood's estate he returned to his native state of Ohio, and spent the remainder of his life in S'mithfleld Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, developing into an extensive farmer and breeder of blooded Shorthorn cattle. He and his wife had the following children :- J. Allen', Melvin T., Laura Esther and Oren. The Beech Spring Presbyterian Church held the membership of Mr. and Mrs. John V. Smith.

Mrs. John V. Smith was bora in Jefferson County, Ohio, a daughter of John and Esther (Francis) Thompson. John Thompson w*as a farmer of Jefferson County, Ohio, for a number of years, but later moved to Illinois, where his death occurred. The children of John Thompson and his estimable wife were as follows: Hugh, Ann, James, Elizabeth, Amanda, Ella, Margaret, William and Alexander. The Thompson family belonged to the United Presbyterian Church.

J. Allen Smith attended the district schools of his neighborhood, and when he had attained to his majority he began farming on his own account on the homestead in Jefferson County, but following his marriage he moved to an adjoining farm. Still later he moved to Green Township Harrison County, and in 1910 bought the farm which is known as the "Wabash Stock Farm," which he sold in September, 1920, to the Hudson Coal Co. Mr. Smith, like his father and grandfather, has always been a breeder of blooded Shorthorn cattle, and had about twentyfive head of registered stock, which he sold when he disposed of his farm.

On December 21, 1882, Mr. Smith was united in marriage with Violet J. Eagleson, a daughter of Andrew and Sarah M. (Simpson) Eagleson. Mrs. Smith died April 6, 1919, leaving two children : Everett E., who married Elsie Black and has one son, Chester Allen; and John W.

Andrew Eagleson, father of the late Mrs. Smith, was bora in Harrison County, Ohio, January 21, 1830, and his wife was bora in the same county, a daughter of James and Violet (Scott) Simpson. The grandfather, Henry Eagleson, was a farmer and miller of Green Township, Harrison County, Ohio, who married Eliza Host, and their children were as follows: Alexander, William, Dool, Andrew, Elizabeth, Amanda and Jane.

Andrew Eagleson was engaged in farming in Illinois for a short time, and was living there when he died. December 4. 1862. Mrs. Eagleson and the children returned to Green Township, Harrison County. Ohio, in about 1863, and there Mrs. Smith was reared. She was the eldest of her parents' children and was bora in Harrison County, Ohio. The other children are: William S. and James Elmer, who were born in Illinois. The Eaglesons were also Presbyterians. Mrs. Smith's death was a blow not only to her family but her neighborhood, for she was a lady of beautiful, Christian character, and she left many warm, personal friends to mourn her untimely loss.

Jeremiah J. Arbaugh made an enviable record of successful achievement in connection with farm industry in North Township, Harrison County, where he remained on his well improved farm of 120 acres until the spring of 1920. He then removed to the village of Scio, where he is now living virtually retired, although still retaining ownership of his farm, the excellent buildings and other improvements of which were installed by him.

Mr. Arbaugh was born in Rumley Township, this county, July 15, 1850, and is a son of William and Anna (Gotschall) Arbaugh, the former of whom was born in North Township and the latter in Rumley Township, both families having settled in Harrison County in the early pioneer days. Mrs. Anna Arbaugh was a sister of the father of C. W. Gotschall, in whose personal sketch, on other pages, is given adequate record concerning the family. Daniel Arbaugh, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, became one of .the pioneer farmers and substantial citizens of North Township, where he remained until his death, both he and his wife having been earnest communicants of the Lutheran Church. They became the parents of nine children, namely : Edward, David, Jacob, William, Daniel, John, Rachel, Malinda and Elizabeth. William Arbaugh became a skilled workman at the trade of stone-mason, and he likewise became one of the successful farmers of Rumley Township, where he and his wife maintained their home until their deaths, when well advanced in years, both having been zealous communicants of the Lutheran Church. They became the parents of ten children: Joshua, Christina, Jeremiah J., Mary Matilda, William S., Samuel, Margaret, Emma, Anna and Oscar M.

Jeremiah J. Arbaugh gained his early education in the schools of Rumley Township, where he continued to aid in the work of the old home farm until he married and initiated his independent career as a farmer in Rumley Township in 1872. There he remained eight years, at the expiration of which he established his home on the farm which he now owns in North Township, and on which he continued his vigorous and successful enterprise as an agriculturist and stock-grower until his removal to Scio in the spring of 1920. He is a republican in politics, and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

April 18, 1872, recorded the marriage of Mr. Arbaugh to Miss Mary E. Markley, who was born in Rumley Township and is a representative of one of the old and honored pioneer families of Harrison County. She is a daughter of Mathias and Rebecca (Stevens) Markley, both of whom were born and reared in this county, where the father became one of the substantial farmers of Rumley Township, which continued his place of residence until his death. The names of the children of his first marriage are here recorded : Catherine Elizabeth, Mary Ellen, Eliza Ann and Henrietta Jane. After the death of his first wife he married Sarah Jane Shambaugh, and they became the parents of seven children: George, Clara, William, Margaret, Daisy, Sadie and Myrtle. Mr. Markley and both his first and his second wives were

Mathias Markley was a son of Daniel and Catherine (Everhart) Markley, and a grandson of Mathias and Catherine (Arnold) Markley, who were born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and who came from the old Keystone State to Ohio and settled in German Township, Harrison County, in 1806. Mr. Markley obtained from the government 320 acres of wild land, and in the passing years he here developed a productive farm. Finally he removed to Holmes County, and there his death occurred about 1845. Daniel Markley was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, in 1796, and thus was a lad of about ten years at the time of the family removal to Ohio, where he was reared on the pioneer farm in Harrison County. He became a prosperous farmer in Rumley Township, where his death occurred in 1842. His children were: David, John, Mathias, Mary, Eva A., Sarah and Elizabeth.

To Mr. and Mrs. Arbaugh have been born six children: Samuel E., who resides on the old farm in North Township, married Miss Anna Hilbert, and they have four children, Hilbert, Raymond J., Ralph and Dwight L. Linwood M. wedded Miss Nannie Hammill, and they reside in the city of Passaic, New Jersey. Winnetta Adella is the wife of Edward Finnicum, of Harrison County, and they have two children, Mildred May and Mary Margaret. Anna Blanche is the wife of Ralph English, a farmer in North Township, and they have two children, Pearl and Nannie Adella. Jesse W., who resides in the village of Scio, Harrison County, married Miss Carrie Hammill, and their four children are William Merle, Mabel Ellen, Dorothy and Sarah June. Roy, the youngest of the children of J. J. Arbaugh and wife, died at the age of four years.