Harrison Township (part 15 of 37)

William E. Cbamblett. An extensive landholder, and one of the leading agriculturists of Stock Township, Harrison County, William E. Cramblett is conspicuously identified with one of the more important industries of the United States, the material wealth of our great country being largely dependent upon the quality and quantity of the crops annually produced by the industrious and intelligent farmer. He is a native born citizen, his birth having occurred December 24, 1861, on the farm of his father, the late Thomas Cramblett.

John Cramblett, grandfather of William E., was born and reared in Ireland. Immigrating to the United States in early life, he located first in Maryland, where he was engaged in mechanical pursuits for a number of years. Following the tide of migration to Ohio, he took up land in Stock Township, Harrison County, in pioneer days, as early as 1843, and thereafter was engaged in tilling the soil until his death. To him and his wife, whose maiden name was Margaret Gladman, six children were born, Jacob, Joseph. Thomas, Rachel Ann, Ellen and Margaret.

improving the parental homestead. Being reared to agricultural pursuits, he naturally adopted farming as his occupation, and made a specialty of stock raising. A lover of sheep, he took an especial pride In the growing of sheep, his favorite breed having been the Black Top, his flock containing registered rams and ewes. He met with excellent success in his undertakings, and continued as a farmer until his death, November 24, 1914. He married Hannah, a daughter of William Mallernee, a pioneer farmer of Stock Township, who reared four other children, Ezra, William, Henry and Lydia. He subsequently moved to Freeport Township, in which the closing years of his life were spent. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cramblett were the parents of eight children, os follows: William E., the special subject of this brief sketch ; Amanda, deceased, was the wife of Robert Mallernee; Otis; Joel; Burton died in early manhood; Mary; David; and Addie. Both parents were members of the Christian Church, and generous contributors towards its support.

Having obtained a good common school education in the rural schools of Franklin Township. William E. Cramblett began farming on his own account in Stock Township. A young man of push and energy, diligent in his labors, he spared no efforts to make a success of anything which he undertook, and it is not at all surprising to learn that he became very prosperous in his agricultural career. In addition to owning his home farm of 177*6 acres, he also owns a nearby farm of ninety-four acres, likewise having a good farm of eighty acres in another part of the township. He carries on general farming, and as a stock raiser is a breeder of thoroughbred Black Top sheep, having some registered sheep in his flock.

On April 9. 1886, Mr. Cramblett was united in marriage with Martha Smith, a daughter of John P. and Hannah (Welsh) Smith, and a sister of N. A. Smith, of whom a brief account is given elsewhere in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Cramblett have two children, Carl S., a farmer in Stock Township, married Olive Fulton, and they had one child, Velma, who died on March 6, 1920. John T., also engaged in farming in this township, married Hazel Mason, and has one child. Merle Eugene. Actively interested in anything pertaining to the welfare of the community in which he resides, Mr. Cramblett has never shirked the responsibility of public office, but for six years served as a trustee of Stock Township, and for fourteen years was a member of the local school board. Religiously l»oth he and his wife are valued members of the Pleasant Valley Methodist Episcopal Church.

Emmett E. Smith, of Stock Township, was born December 2, 1869, and has always lived In the place where he now resides. He is a son of Richard P. Smith, and the family history has already been related in the sketch of his brother, Frank M. Smith. He had common school advantages and he has always been a nature student, making a special study of the birds of Harrison County. For a number of years he has owned the old Smith family homestead, and the birds are encouraged to nest and

For ten years he made annual reports to the United States Government on the springs and fall migration of the birds of Ohio and those that fly across the country. He has a rare collection of more than sixty different kinds of bird eggs, and he is so familiar with the different species that at a glance he can classify them. When he sees an egg he knows the kind of bird that laid it. He is an authority on birds and is a close reader on all nature subjects. Mr. Smith has a well selected library.

Birth, marriage and death are said to come to all men, but Mr. Smith has indefinitely postponed the latter two ordeals, and as a citizen of the community he is engaged in general farming and livestock business and for three years he has been trustee of Stock Township, and is at present the township treasurer. As a naturalist Mr. Smith is a source of general information in the community.

Dennis Owen McDevitt. The McDevltt family as represented by Dennis Owen McDevitt of Stock Township has long been identified with the history of Harrison County. He was born February 9, 1868, in Stock Township, and he has always lived there. His father, John W. Mc- Devitt, was born March 19, 1836, in North Township, and the mother, Elizabeth (Evans) McDevitt. was born April 16, 1846, in the same community. She was a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Simpson) Evans and she became the wife of J. W. McDevitt April 12, 1866, in North Township. The maternal grandfather, James Evans, Sr., was a pioneer in that community. The children in the Evans family were; William, Margaret, Mary, Rebecca, Jane, Ezekiel, David, John W., Sarah, and Elizabeth (Mrs. McDevitt). The Evans family were members of the Methodist Church.

'In the McDevitt ancestry the grandfather, George McDevitt, came from Pennsylvania to Harrison County. He was a pioneer in North Township. He married Mrs. Susan Scott, whose maiden name was Rutlidge. Of their children Mary, Martha and Samuel all died in childhood. The others are: Eliza, Thurzey. John, Thomas and Lyle. As a young man the son John W. McDevitt, father of D. O. McDevitt, began farm activities in North Township, but after his marriage he located in Stock Township, near Mount Hope Church, and in 1879 he moved to the farm where D. O. McDevitt lives todhy. He remained on the farm until October, 1918, when he moved to Scio, and he died there the last day of December, following. His wife died April 26, 1911, while the family lived at the old homestead.

For six years J. W. McDevitt was a member of the Harrison County Infirmary Board of Directors, and he gave much attention to the needs of the unfortunates of the community. The McDevitt family was long identified with Pleasant Valley Methodist Episcopal Church, and they were always abreast of moral questions. Besides the son Dennis Owen McDevitt, there is a daughter, Laura, widow of Elmer I-aw. Slie lives in Scio. Since his young man- hood D. O. McDevItt has always farmed the old homestead in Stock Township. He is engaged in general farming combined with the livestock business, and owns 300 acres of land in Stock and Franklin townships.

On March 15, 1803, D. O. McDevitt married Margaret Smith. She is a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Johnson) Smith, the father being born November 20, 1834, In Stock Township. He married Elizabeth Johnson January 26, 1865. She was a daughter of Samuel R. Johnson. The children in the Smith family were: Loman J.,

Della F., Margaret R. (Mrs. McDevitt), William E. and Samuel H. Smith. Mr. Smith owned a well improved farm in Stock township, and the family were members of the Methodist Church at Pleasant Valley.

A son and two daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. D. O. McDevitt. They are: Homer Smith, Mary and Ruth. Homer Smith Mc- Devitt died April 2, 1921, aged twenty-five years. On July 31, 1895, he married Lydia Cole. He had one daughter, Eileen Marie. He was associated in farming with his father.

John K. Spence Is president of the Spence- Roberts Company, which has developed at Jewett, Harrison County, a remarkably large and flourishing mercantile business in the handling of dry goods, clothing, carpets, rugs, draperies, women's apparel and kindred lines. The attractively appointed establishment of the company is metropolitan In equipment and service and contributes definitely to the commercial prestige of Harrison County.

John K. Spence was born at Kilgore, Loudon Township, Carroll County, Ohio, on the 1st of February, 1853, and is a son of Henry and Martha (Aiken) Spence, the latter having been a daughter of James Aiken. Sr., who was born In Pennsylvania and who became a pioneer settler in German Township, Harrison County, Ohio, where he established his home in the year 1826. He followed the carpenter's trade many years and was a resident of Jewett, this county, at the time of his death in 1885, his wife, whose maiden name was Scott, having died in 1867, and their children having been seven in number. After the death of his first wife Henry Spence contracted a second marriage, and concerning him more definite record is given on other pages of this work. In the sketch of Dr. Walter S. Spence, a son of the second marriage.

In the district schools of Carroll County John K. Spence acquired his early education and as a young man he became- associated with his father in the general merchandise business at Germano, Harrison County. There he continued his activities as a merchant until 1898. when he established himself in the mercantile business at Jewett, where he has since continued as one of the leading merchants and influential citizens of the community. In 1905 he admitted William E. Roberts to partnership in the business, and on the 1st of March 1911. the enterprise was incorporated under the present title of the Spence- Roberts Company. Mr. Spence having continued as president and Mr. Roberts as secretary and treasurer of the company.

Mr. Spence married Miss Harriet E. Abbott, and she passed to the life eternal in the autumn of 1918, being survived by three children, Charles H., Grace and Jennie. Grace is the wife of Otto Elliott, and they have one child, Maxine V. Jennie is the wife of Charles H. Thompson.

James R. Creighton is still identified with farm industry In his native county, though the major part of his present homestead, which originally comprised 140 acres, has been by him platted Into town lots in the village of Malvern, to which he has thus laid out three additions. For farm purposes he still retains thirty acres, and he- is one of the substantial and progressive citizens of Carroll County.

James Ross Creighton was born in Brown Township, this county, October 6, 1851, and is a son of Thomas M. and Mary A. (Ross) Creighton, the former of whom was born on a pioneer farm north of Waynesburg, Stark County. Ohio, in 1826, and the latter was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1825. Thomas M. Creighton was a son of James and Annie (Creighton) Creighton, the former of whom was born in Ireland and the latter was born on the sailing vessel "Minerva" on which her parents had taken passage from Ireland to America. Both the Creighton and Ross families trace their lineage back to staunch Scotch origin. James Creighton was a child at the time of the family immigration to America, and his father, Patrick Creighton, established a home in Stark County, Ohio, where he became a pioneer farmer and where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. James Creighton was reared in Stark County, under the conditions of the pioneer days, and there he continued as an exponent of farm enterprise throughout his entire active career, both he and his wife having been residents of that county at the time of their deaths.

Thomas M. Creighton passed the period of his childhood and early youth on the old home farm in Stark County, and his educational advantages were those of the common schools of the locality and period, he having become specially proficient as a mathematician. He remained in Stark County until 1849, when he purchased a farm in Brown Township. Carroll County, where the family home was maintained for the ensuing ten yeans. He then went to Iowa, with the intention of securing land in that state, but after an absence of about one year he returned to Ohio and settled in Columbiana County. Five years later he again came with his family to Carroll County and resumed his acvities as a farmer in Brown Township. where he purchased land and became one of the county's successful agriculturists and stock-growers, as well as a citizen of prominence and influence in his community. He served nine years as county commissioner and was one of the active and prominent workers in the ranks of the republican party in Carroll County. Both he and his wife were earnest members of the Christian Church. His death occurred in 1895 and his widow passed awav in 1902.

James R. Creighton, the immediate subject of this review, gained his early education principally in the public schools of Columbiana and Carroll counties, in which latter county he continued his association with farm industry until he was thirty years of age, when he purchased and removal to a farm in Warren County, Iowa, where he remained for fifteen years and met with success as one of the vigorous agriculturists of the Hawkeye state. At the expiration of the period noted he sold his property in Iowa and returned to Carroll County, where he purchased 140 acres of land lying contiguous to the village of Malvern. He has laid out from this land three additions to the village, and much of the property is now improved with good houses. In this way he has contributed definitely to the advancement and upbuilding of Malvern, and he still finds satisfaction in supervising the operations of his farm, which is now of modest area but which Is specially well improved. Mr. Creighton is a stalwart supporter of the cause of the republican party, but has had no desire for public office. Both he and his wife are active members of the Christian Church at Malvern, and in the community their circle of friends is limited only by that of their acquaintances.

On the 21st of November, 1878, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Creighton to Miss Mary Reed, who was bom in Brown Township, this county, May 7, 1854, a daughter of James and Mary (Ayers) Reed and a representative of one of the oldest and best known pioneer families of Carroll County. James Reed was a son of James, Sr., who was a son of John Reed, the founder of the family in Brown Township, where he settled in the early pioneer period. James Reed, Sr., was the father of six children : Abraham, Washington, Joseph, Mary, Drusilla and James, Jr. James Reed, Jr., continued as one of the representative farmers of Brown Township until his death, his entire life having been passed in Carroll County. In conclusion is given brief record concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Creighton: Drusilla lone, who was bom August 18, 1879, is the wife of F. Q. Mason, of Carroll County, and they have had five children, Frederick (deceased), Gladys, Gertrude, Louise and Margaret. Laura E., who was bom in Warren County, Iowa, August 25, 1883, was, like her older sister, afforded the advantages of the Malvern High School, and later she pursued higher studies in Wooster University and the Northern Ohio Normal University at Ada, she being a successful and popular teacher in the public schools of Ohio and being at the present time a teacher at Malvern (1920). Thomas M., who was bora in Warren County, Iowa, September 26, 1887, acquired his preliminary education in the schools of his native county and later was graduated in the high school at Malvern, after the return of the family to Carroll County. For two years he was a student in Bethany College at Bethany, West Virginia, and thereafter he attended for one year the Tri-State Normal School at Angola, Indiana. He further continued his educational work by four years of study in the Northern Ohio Normal University, and by one year of study in the University of Ohio. He graduated from the Northern Ohio Normal University with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He devoted two years to the study of law and is at the time of this writing, in 1920,* a student in the historic old Jefferson Medical College in the city of Philadelphia. The fourth child, a son, died in infancy.

Everett O. McClain, with experience gained in connection with the operations of the old home farm, has gone forward with confidence and resourcefulness in his independent activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower, and his well improved farm of 138 acres in North Township, Harrison County, is but a short distance from the old homestead on which his parents still reside. He is a son of Charles S. McClain, of whom Individual mention is made on other pages of this volume, with due record concerning the history of this pioneer family.

Everett O. McClaint who merits classification as one of the progressive and popular farmers of the younger generation in North Township, was bora in Archer Township on the 4th of January, 1883, and his youthful education was obtained in the public schools of Monroe and North townships. Thereafter he continued his association with the work of the home farm almost without interruption until the time of his marriage, in 1906. For the ensuing six years he maintained his residence at Scio, this county, and worked as a tank builder In the oil fields of this section of the state, besides having been for a part of the time associated with the building of bridges on the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1912 he established himself upon a farm of sixty acres, which was a part of the old homestead where he remained until the fall of 1920, when he bought his present farm, which is known to the present generation as the Whittaker farm. He is aligned as a supporter of the cause of the democratic party, is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church at Scio.

In the year 1906 was recorded the marriage of Mr. McClain to Miss Pearl M. Minard, daughter of Ervin M. Minard, who is made the subject of a personal sketch on other pages of this work. Mr. and Mrs. McClain have four children. Elbert H., Margaret C., Charles M. and Harry E.

Jasper George Hendricks. It would be unpardonable omission in any history of Harrison County, Ohio, if reference were not made to Jasper George Hendricks, a prominent and successful farmer of Stock Township, who from the days of his young manhood has been identified with the agricultural life of this part of the state. Mr. Hendricks has the distinction of being descended on both sides of his house from ancestors who settled in an early day in Ohio.

Jasper George Hendricks was born In Stock Township, Harrison County, February 28, 1869, a son of George and Mahala Ann (Thompson) Hendricks. His father was born In Perry Township. Carroll County, Ohio, September 18 1828.

April 20, 1854. The latter was born October 3, 1834, a daughter of Basil and Sarah (Shlck) Thompson. Basil Thompson was bom August 6, 1813, and married Sarah Shick November 28, 1833. Basil Thompson was one of the pioneers of Carroll County, Ohio, and after having lived in that county for a time he moved to North Township, Harrison County, Ohio. Throughout his active life he was engaged as a farmer and stone mason. He was the father of ten children, as follows: Mahala Ann, born October 3, 1834 ; J. T., March 21, 1836; Gabriel, March 30, 1838; Oliver, November 26, 1839; Andrew, June 26, 1842; Elizabeth, September 6, 1844; Josiah, June 5, 1846; Corban, July 16, 1849; William, January 12. 1852, and Basil, February 15, 1854.

George Hendricks, father of the subject of this sketch, was a son of John Hendricks and wife, the latter being a Miss Roush. George Hendricks was one of the early farmers of Perry Township, Carroll County, Ohio. In the winter of 1855 he moved to Stock Township, Harrison County, and continued in the township during all his active years and up to his death, which occurred October 12, 1907. His widow survived him for almost ten years, her death taking place August 30, 1917, at that time being one of the oldest residents in Harrison County. Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks became the parents of six children, namely: John A., bom April 5, 1855; Sarah M., October 22, 1856; William, June 14, 1858; Basil, October 30, 1861; Alvan S., September 2, 1865, and Jasper G., February 28, 1869.

Jasper G. Hendricks received his early education in the district schools of Stock Township, Harrison County, and at the beginning of his life's career he started farming in his native township, and has been thus engaged ever since, his entire connection with agricultural pursuits being associated with Stock Township. He is now the owner of fifty-six acres of prime land, and on this holding he is engaged along general farming lines and in stock raising, his reputation in the latter department extending beyond the limits of Harrison County. He carried out some valuable improvements on his present place and erected all the buildings that are now on the holding.

December 16, 1911, Mr. Hendricks was united in marriage to Miss Anna Thompson, a native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and a daughter of Andrew and Catherine (Keffer) Thompson. Mr. Thompson farmed in Jefferson Township, Tuscarawas County, up to the time of his death, in April, 1915. His widow passed away in July, 1917. They were the parents of eight children : Clara, deceased; Cassandra; Alfred, deceased; Vincent; Mary, deceased; John, Anna and Alice, the latter also being deceased.

Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks have two children: Kathryn Marie and Kenneth Vincent. Mr. Hendricks has been for many years identified with the public interests of his township and -county and since January, 1920, has served as a trustee of Stock Township, bringing to the duties of that office a practical and ripe experience which he has diligently exercised for the public good. In other directions he has given of his time and

J. Elmer Hikes may well take pride in the status that is his as one of the substantial representatives of agricultural and live-stock industry in Archer Township, Harrison County, for here he has maintained his home from the time of his birth and here he stands as a popular scion of a family that has been one of prominence in connection with civic and farm activities in Archer Township for fully ninety years. His grandfather, Jacob Hines, was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he was reared to manhood and where wTas solemnized his marriage to Miss Susanna Brough. In 1830 the young couple came to Harrison County, Ohio, where Jacob Hines purchased 100 acres of land in Archer Township, his original dwelling having been the pioneer log house erected by the former owner. He reclaimed his land into one of the productive farms of the county and became one of the influential and honored men of his community. He was a democrat in politics and was called upon to serve in various township offices, including those of trustee and member of the school board of his district. He was born in the year 1801, and thus was fiftythree years of age at the time of his death, which occurred on the 21st of December, 1854, his widow attaining to the age of eighty-two years and her death occurring October 20, 1885. Both were active members of the Presbyterian Church. Their children were nine in number: Betsy, George, Margaret, Bruce, Peter, Amos, John, Abbie and Susan.

Peter Hines was born in Archer Township, where he passed his entire life and where he gained, through his own ability and efforts, substantial prosperity in connection with farm industry. He not only purchased eventually the interests of the other heirs to the old home farm of *his parents but also bought other land, with the result that he finally became the owner of a well improved and valuable farm estate of more than 200 acres, all in Archer Township. In politics he gave unswerving support to the principles of the democratic party, and both he and his wife were zealous members of the Presbyterian Church. On the 22d of October, 1857, was solemnized the marriage of Peter Hines to Miss Maria Webster, daughter of the late John Webster, of Rumley Township, this county. The death of both occurred in the year 1901, Mr. Hines having passed away on the 4th of March and his widow having died in the following September. They became the parents of two sons. John Leonard and Jacob Elmer, the latter being the immediate subject of this sketch and John Leonard being individually mentioned on other pages.

J. Elmer Hines was born in Archer Township on the 27th of February 1871, and is fourteen years the junior of his only brother. He gained his early education in the public schools of his native township, and has remained from the time of his birth on the fine old homestead farm, which he has made a center of most progressive enterprise in agriculture and stock-growing his proiierty comprising 214 acres of most fer- tile and productive land, with the beat of improvements, including substantial and well-kept farm buildings. He Is a loyal supporter of measures and enterprises tending to advance the best interests of his home community and native county, is a democrat in political allegiance, and he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Hines is the gracious and popular chatelaine of one of the beautiful rural homes of the county, and her cultured tastes give her leadership in the social life of the home community. Mr. and Mrs. Hines have one child, Robert Clive, who was born on the 1st of September, 1903. It should be noted that ancestors of Mr. Hines were gallant soldiers of the patriot forces in the war of the Revolution and that his brother holds active membership In the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.

On the 27th of December, 1901, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Hines to Miss Edith Welling, who was born at Taylorsville, Kentucky, and who is a daughter of George Robert and Eliza Ann (Da meal) Welling, the former of whom was born in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, and the latter at Rock Haven, Kentucky. Mr. Welling was a successful merchant, as well as postmaster, at Taylorsville, Kentucky. at the time of the Civil war, and was employed by the United States Government to purchase horses and mules for use by the Union forces in the field. He died of yellow fever in the city of New Orleans, just following the close of the Civil war, to which city he had gone with a shipment of horses and mules. Mrs. Welling died when Mrs. Hines was a child of between five and six years. Of their children Mrs. Hines is the youngest; Mary Belle is the wife of Dr. Edwin R. Montgomery, a representative physician at Ixmisville, Kentucky; Charles Carter is deceased: Elizabeth is the wife of Amos F. Brough, of Monterey, California. Mrs. Hines is a graduate of Nazareth Academy at Bardstown, Kentucky, and also of the Kentucky State Normal School in the City of Louisville. The Bardstown academy was the first to open a school exclusively for women In Louisville. She is a cousin of the widow of Admiral Dewey, her mother having been a sister of the mother of Mrs. Dewey, who was a sister to the late John R. McLean, the Cincinnati newspaper man.

John L. Hines, M. I)., a man of high attainr nients and cosmopolitan experience, is now living in semi-retirement on the fine old homestead farm that figures as the place of his nativity and that is one of the valuable rural estates of Archer Township, Harrison County. Here, as a bachelor, be resides in the attractive home of his only brother, Jacob Elmer Hines, of whom individual mention is made preceding with incidental and interesting record concerning the family history. In the pleasing seclusion of the farm Doctor Hines finds satisfaction in giving his attention to the raising of fine poultry, and his success attests his careful study of scientific methods of propagation and care.

Dr. John Leonard Hines was born on the 23d of December, 1858, and his preliminary educational discipline was obtained in the district schools of Archer Township. Thereafter he was for two years a student in Wooster University, and he then entered historic old Washington and Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, in which institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1882 and with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. There he became actively affiliated with the Phi Delta Theta college fraternity, in the affairs of which he continues to take lively interest. After leaving this university Doctor Hines attended Bellevue Medical College in the City of New York for one year, and the following year found him a student in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of Baltimore, Maryland. He then returned to Bellevue Medical College, Baltimore, where he was graduated with the Doctor of Medicine degree. During the winter of 1905 he toured through England. France. Italy and Switzerland, and in 1910 he amplified his foreign experience by travel not only in England. France, Belgium, Italy and Holland but also by a tour through Egypt and Palestine. Since his return from the latter tour he has remained with his only brother on the old homestead farm. He is a man of studious habits and distinctive culture, and in addition to his foreign trips he has traveled extensively in his native land. He is a democrat in his political proclivities and is affiliated with the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Rev. Hosf.a McCall. A life of exalted and consecrated service was that of this honored pioneer clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church in eastern Ohio, where in the early days be pursued the work of his noble calling under the old circuit-riding regime, which involved much of hardship and self-abnegation. His high sense of personal stewardship never failed and he labored long and faithfully in the vineyard of the Divine Master and for the aidinc * ii'1 uplifting of his fellow men, so that this history may well pay a tribute to the memory of this honored pioneer whose ministra- Uons extended to various places in both Carroll and Harrison counties and who passed the closing years of his long, earnest and useful life in the village of Malvern. Carroll County, where he died in the year 1882. his devoted wife, who shared with him in good works and kindly deeds, having survived him by about eleven years and having passed the life eternal in 1893, the names of both being held in affectionate and reverent memory by all who came within the sphere of their gracious influence.

Rev. Hosea McCall was born in Middletown. Connecticut on the 2d of October. 1810, and thus was nearly seventy-two years of age when he passed from the stage of life's mortal endeavors. He entered the Pittsburgh Conference in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1835, and was married to Miss Margaret Campbell, born January 15. 1815, at Greensburgh. Pennsylvania, February 5, 1838. As a circuit rider he gave effective sendee in eastern Ohio, In West Virginia and Pennsylvania, and be continued in the active work of the ministry until about 1872, when he retired to Malvern and took pos- session of the attractive residence which he here owned and which is now occupied by two of his daughters. In this pleasant home he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives secure in the love of all who knew them. In the concluding paragraph of this memoir is given brief record concerning their children.

Elizabeth Ann married Rev. J. F. Huddleston, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, March 27, 1872, and died in Malvern, Ohio, June 10, 1912. Ebenezer Hudson resides in Oneida, Ohio. Rhoda Caroline resides in Malvern, Ohio. Sarah Jane died December 1, 1877, in Malvern, Ohio. Mary Isabel married Rev. R. W. Freshwater, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, June 11, 1868, and died in Wheeling, West Virginia, January 15, 1894. Martha Eleanor resides in Malvern, Ohio. Margaret Samson married Attorney C. S. Cobbs, of Akron, March 2, 1881. She resides in Akron. William Hosea, a resident of Chicago, Illinois, died in Akron. January 1, 1909.

John B. Beadle. The name Beadle is found in the annals of both Carroll and Harrison counties. John B. Beadle, of Green Township, was born June 22, 1857, In Scio, but his father, William Beadle, dates back to Carroll County. When he located in Harrison County he married Elizabeth M. A. Brlcker (see sketch of John Brlcker). William was a son of John Beadle, born in Pennsylvania, but later a farmer and blacksmith in Carroll County.

William Beadle was a physician and practiced medicine from 1856 to 1870 In Scio, when he removed to a farm in Green Township, where he combined farming and the practice of medicine as long as he lived, his death occurring there in 1880. Their children are: John B., Anna, Olive, Charles and Ida. The second child, Irena, died young. The Beadles were Methodists.

John B. Beadle had public school advantages in Scio and In Green Township, and when he began farming he remained thirty-five years on one place, starting with 100 acres and adding an eighty-acre tract later. In 1905 he left the farm and settled Just outside the corporate limits of Hopedale on the Cadiz and Steubenville road. He has merited a quiet life at last after so many years of farm activities.

In 1886 Mr. Beadle married Lizzie L. Cole, a daughter of Farland B. Cole. Their daughter. Marie M., is the widow of Jay Stringer, -and with her son, John Beadle Stringer, she lives with her parents again. Mr. Beadle served as trustee and as township treasurer while a resident of the farm in Green Township. He has also served as a member of the Harrison County Infirmary Board of Directors. He is a Mason, a member of both the Blue Lodge and Chapter in Cadiz. When a man has filled positions of trust in a community it indicates that he has executive ability.

Charles S. McClain Is found aligned with the fine band of citizens who are maintaining the prestige of North Township, Harrison County, as a center of vigorous and productive farm Industry* and further Interest attaches to his career by reason of the fact that he is a native of this township and a representative of a well known pioneer family whose name has been identified with the history of this county for virtually an entire century.

Mr. McClain was born on his father's farm in North Township on the 14th of January, 1858, and is a son of John E. and Jane (Canaga) McClain, the former of whom was born In North Township September 15, 1828, and the latter was born May 28, 1837, a daughter of Jacob Canaga, another sterling pioneer of the county. John E. McClain was a son of James L. and Sarah (Endsley) McClain, the former of whom was born September 23, 1802, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and the latter likewise was a native of the old Keystone state, where she was born September 19, 1803. James L. McClain came to Harrison County in the early years of the nineteenth century, here reclaimed land from a virgin forest, and here continued his activities as a pioneer farmer in North Township until his death, both he and his wife having attained to advanced years. The names and respective dates of birth of their children are here made a matter of permanent record: Jane, March 30, 1825; Joseph, March 4, 1827; John E., September 15, 1828: Samuel, September 2, 1830; Mary Ann, October 21, 1832; James Alexander, August 14, 1834; Sarah, September 18, 1836; Harriet, September 30, 1838; Thomas Endsley, July 6, 1840 (enlisted in 1862 for service In the Civil war as a member of Company A, One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which command he remained until his death. In 1863) ; William, July 21, 1843; Martha, October 2, 1844; and Nathan S., September 22, 1846.

John E. McClain passed his entire life in North Township, where he was reared under the conditions of the pioneer days, and where eventually he became a representative farmer and citizen, his death having occurred on his old home farm January 21, 1908, and his wife having passed away on the 18th of October, 1900. Both were zealous members of the United Presbyterian Church. Of their children the eldest is Charles S., who is the immediate subject of this review; Joseph H. was born July 2, 1859, and his death occurred in the year 1916; Sarah Ida was born May 7, 1861, and died April 24, 1911 ; Jessie R. was born July 29, 1863, and died January 22, 1911; John B., who resides on the old home farm and who is individually mentioned on other pages of this work, was born May 24, 1871.

Charles S. McClain between his youthful duties on the home farm and the pursuing of his studies in the Fisher School' of his home district had his time well occupied in his early years, and after leaving school he remained at the parental home until his marriage, in 1881, after which he was engaged in farming in Green Township one year, the following year having found him similarly applying himself in Archer Township, and the ensuing six years recording his residence again in North Township. He then spent two years in Monroe Township, and since that time he has resided continuously in North Township, where he owns an excellent farm of sixty-one acres, devoted to well ordered agricultural and live-stock enterprise. He is a republican in politics, served four years as assessor of North Township, and for twelve years was a school director of his present home district. Both he and his wife are active members of the Presbyterian Church at Scio.

On the 23d of December, 1881, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. McClain to Miss Caroline Hall, daughter of Tipton B. and Rachel (Fife) Hall, of Archer Township, and of this union have been born two children - Everett O., who is the subject of an individual sketch on other pages of this volume, and Lloyd Elbert, who remains with his parents and assists In the activities of the home farm.

William S. Kirkpatrick gained secure prestige as one of the representative exponents of farm Industry in Carroll County, has served two terms as county commissioner and has otherwise been influential In community affairs in his native county. He is now living practically retired In the Village of Malvern, and is a substantial and highly esteemed citizen who well merits recognition in this history.

He was born on the old homestead farm of the family in Brown Township, Carroll County, and the date of his nativity was August 28, 1857. He is a son of Isaac and Nancy (Reed) Kirkpatrick, the former of whom was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1824, and the latter was born In Brown Township, Carroll County, Ohio, in 1825, a daughter of John and Jane (Thompson) Reed, both natives of Pennsylvania and the former a son of John Reed, Sr., who came from the old Keystone state to Carroll County, Ohio, In the pioneer days, here passing the remainder of his life. John Reed, Jr., was long numbered among the representative farmers of this county, and here he died August 22. 1872. his birth having occurred in 1796. The family home was established In Carroll County about the year 1820. His wife died In 1867. Their children were seven in number - William. Nancy, Elizabeth, John, Mary, Robert and Eliza.

Isaac Kirkpatrick was a son of William and Betsey (Swisshelm) Kirkpatrick, both natives of Pennsylvania. William Kirkpatrick was born and reared in Westmoreland County, and there he was engaged in farming until 1832, when he came with his family to Carroll County, Ohio, and purchased 120 acres of land in Brown Township. There he followed farm industry until his death in 1841, his wife having died in the preceding year. They became the parents of six children - Betsey, Nancy, Priscilla, Catherine (Mrs. McKinney), Joseph S. and Isaac. Isaac Kirkpatrick was eight years old at the time of the family removal from the old Keystone state to Carroll County, and here he was reared and educated under the conditions of the middle-pioneer period. He eventually became the owner of his father's old home farm and he continued to be one of the representative farmers and honored and influential citizens of Brown Township until his death, which occurred December 12, 1891, his cherished and devoted wife having followed him to the life eternal on the 2d of the following March and both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. To them were born eight children - Almira, Elva, John, Jane, William S., James, Olive and Charles Isaac.

William S. Kirkpatrick has never regretted the sturdy discipline which he received in his youth In connection with the varied activities of the home farm, and the experience proved of inestimable value to him in his later and independent operations as. an agriculturist and stock-grower. He profited fully by the advantages afforded in the schools of his native township, and during the entire period of his active career he gave his undivided time and attention to farm industry save for the period of his service as county commissioner, of which he was the incumbent six years - from 1897 to 1900, and from 1903 to 1906. During these two terms of effective service he was a loyal supporter of progressive policies in the ordering and directing of county affairs, and the same attitude characterized him during his six years of service as trustee of Brown Township - 1890- 1896. Since leaving his farm in 1907 he has lived retired in his attractive home at Malvern. His political allegiance Is given to the republican party, he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of the Maccabees.

On the 17th of February, 1881, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Kirkpatrick to Miss Catherine Lewton, who was bora In Harrison Township, Carroll County, March 25, 1861, a daughter of Abraham and Susan (Trussel) Lewton, who passed the closing years of their lives at Malvern, where the father died in 1892, at the age of sixty-six years, and where the mother passed away March 5, 1914, about one month prior to the eighty-seventh anniversary of her birth, which occurred April 1, 1827, in Brown Township, this county, where her parents were early pioneer settlers. Mr. and Mrs. Lewton became the parents of ten children : Artemas, Vincent, Mary, Almira, Emma, Catherine, Laura, Nelson, Elizabeth and Lulu. Of the children Artemas, Vincent, Mary and Laura are deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick have been bom six children : Isaac L., a former postmaster of Malvern ; Maudle, who died when about nine years of age; Laura, the wife of Jesse Hawkins, of Carroll County, and they have four children - Mildred, Lucille, Donald and William ; Carrie Is the wife of Jacob Wadsworth, of Carroll County, and they have two children - Mary Catherine and William; Ethel, a school teacher, remains at the parental home; and William died at the age of four years.

William Rainsberger has been a resident of Carroll County from the time of his birth, and his entire active career has been marked by association with farm industry. - He now confines his operations to his well improved little farm of eighteen acres in Monroe Township, seven miles from Carrollton, from which city he receives service on rural mail route No. 4.

Mr. Rainsberger was born in Union Township, this county, on the 12th of September, 1853, and is a son of Josiah and Nancy (Fowler) Rainsberger, the former of German and the latter of Irish lineage. Josiah Rainsberger was bom in Monroe Township, where his parents settled in the early days, and he continued his active alliance with farm enterprise in his native county until his death, April 11, 1911. at the age of sixty-nine years, his wife having passed away on the 16th of February, 1S88. Of their family of three sons and six daughters the subject of this review Is the youngest. One of the sons. David, was a gallant young soldier of the Union in the Civil war, in which he served as a member of the Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he having been mustered out and having received his honorable discharge in 1864, a few months prior to the close of the war. As a young man he was a successful teacher in the rural schools of Carroll County.

William Rainsberger early began to assist In the work of the home farm, and he continued to attend the district schools during the winter terms until he had attained to his legal majority. He was twenty-four years of age at the time of his marriage and thereafter he continued to be associated in the work and management of the old home farm until 1905, when he purchased a farm of ninety-one acres in Center Township, one mile distant from Carrollton. Six years later be sold this property, and after residing for a short time on another farm in the same township he purchased in 1911 his present fine little farm, the operations of which demand all of the time and effort he is justified in giving, now that he is approaching the prophet's span of three score years and ten. He has never wavered in loyal allegiance to the republican party, has taken deep Interest in public affairs of local order, but has had no ambition for official preferment. He and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Carrollton.

In the year 1878 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Rainsberger to Miss Dorlnda J. Long, who likewise was born and reared in Carroll County and who is a daughter of Alexander Scott and Nancy (Brooks) Long, of Monroe Township. The father of Mrs. Rainsberger was a son of Alexander Scott Long. Sr., and Nancy (Scott) Long, the original American representatives of the Long family having come from the north of Ireland. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Rainsberger were Henry and Dorinda (Fawcett) Brooks, and they became the parents of one son and six daughters. The lineage of the Brooks family likewise traces back to staunch Irish origin.

Reese died at the age of thirteen years. Josiah Clarke, who now resides in the state of South Dakota, married Johanna Capper, of Perry Township, Carroll County, and they have one son. Thomas William. Alexander L.. who resides in the city of Carrollton, married Miss Edna Nihart, of Center Township, and they have two children - Roxey May and Horace Delbert. William Ira, now a resident of the city of Canton, Stark County, married Miss Susan Slusser. of that place, and they have two children - Richard Charles and Ada Marie. Emmett Earl, the youngest of the children, died at the age of twenty months, on the 10th of July, 1S96.

Thomas A. Young. Beside being a farmer Thomas A. Young, of Green Township, is president of the First National Bank of Hopedale. He was one of the promoters when it was organized and has always been a member of the Board of Directors, and was elected president of the bank in 1917. He is a native of Wayne Township, Jefferson County, born June 20, 1855. His father, Samuel Young, was born December 22, 1815, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died January 22, 1881. On June 12, 1852, Mr. Young married Susan Harrington. She was born in Erie County, New York. She was a daughter of Dwight Gardner and Lydia (Searles) Harrington.

The father of Samuel was Hiram Young, who was born in Pennsylvania. The mother, Margaret (Fraizer) Young, was born in Ireland. Her parents came to America when she was -young. Samuel was the only son of Hiram Young. As a young boy Samuel Young came from Pennsylvania to Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, with an uncle, James Fraizer. He grew into manhood in Wayne Township, and as a young man began farming there. He accumulated about 170 acres of land and remained there till his death. January 22, 1881.

The children of Samuel and Susan Young are: James F., who married Ola Blake and lives at the old Young homestead in Jefferson County: Thomas A. Young, the subject of this review: Lydia Jane, wife of D. H. Welch, lives at Huron, Ohio, and their children are Willard, Nellie, Olga, Vern and Margaretta ; Samuel L. is a farmer of Wayne Township, Jefferson County; Anna E. is the wife of J. C. Waggoner, and lives at Bergholz; Mary, the wife of G. W. Polen, lives at Akron, and they have a daughter, Gwendolyn : Flora Estella and the mother are the home makers for Thomas A. Young, who is a bachelor farmer and business man of the community. They are Presbyterians.

Mr. Young's first business activities were in Jefferson County. In 1890 he bought the farm in Green Township, and since then he has lived in Harrison County. Since living there he has been operating a small coal mine in connection with the farm and live-stock business, and beside his relation to the First National Bank of Hopedale as its president he has other business interests in the community.

Harvey T. Elliott. The Elliott family of which Harvey T. Elliott of Athens Township is a representative have been in Harrison County for many "years. He was born October 17. 1883. in Short Creek Township. His father was R. Wilson Elliott and bis mother, Laura Belle (Coulter) Elliott. The mother Is a daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann (Sloan) Coulter, her father a Short Creek Township farmer. She was the youngest of the following: Sarah Jane,

James, Angel ine, Robert M.y John R., Thomas, Mary Emellne (deceased), and Laura Belle. The Coulters were members of the United Presbyterian Church of Harrlsvllle.

wife of Philip C. Morgan; Harvey T.; Elmer C., who entered the World war service April 2, 1918, and had his military training at Camp Sherman. He was a member of Company D, One Hundred and Third Regiment of Infantry of the Eighty-Third Division, and In June, 1918, he sailed for France. He landed at Brest, on June 24, and was transferred from the Eighty- Third to the Twenty-Sixth Division, where he remained until he was mustered out after the signing of the armistice. He fought in the St. Mihiel Offensive September 12 to 16, 1918, In the Marcheville raid, September 25 and 26, and in the Verdun Sector from October 20 until the end of the war, November 11, and he was "over the top" five times in hard fought battles. He received his final discharge April 21, 1919, at Camp Sherman. He was a little more than a year in the service and had experiences that will never be forgotten. There was an opportunity as well as a burden that confronted the young men of America, and those who went overseas and those who only had training for service all showed their patriotism when the freedom of the whole world was in uncertainty. There are two more sisters: Bessie Belle, wife of Earl Lamborn, and Georgiana, who married William C. Gillespie, of Athens Township. R. W. Elliott the father, died in 1900. His widow survives, living In New Athens. She Is a member of the United Presbyterian Church.

H. T. Elliott had educational advantages In Short Creek Township, and he had one year at the Band Box School, then attended public school at Harrlsvllle. In 1911 he married Gretta Lyle, daughter of George and Nancy Jane Gillespie. Mr. Elliott began farming on the Anthony Aukerman place in Short Creek Township, but in the spring of 1913 they removed to the farm in Athens Township on the Cadiz and New Athens pike where he Is engaged in general farming, combined with livestock, and where he has 102% acres. Their children are: Alvin, born March 4, 1912; Clifford L.,

The parents of Mrs. Elliott were born in Belmont County, but they removed to Short Creek Township when they were first married. The father died In 1907, in Short Creek Township, but his widow survives. Their children are: Walter G., Harvey, Joseph, Eleanor (deceased) ; Gretta, Frank (deceased) and David. The family are Presbyterians.

Walter Holle has been numbered arnong the vigorous representatives of farm enterprise in North Township, Harrison County, since 1911, when he came from his native state of West Virginia and purchased his present excellent farm of eighty-five acres. Here he gives his attention to well diversified agriculture and to the raising of excellent types of livestock, in which latter department he specializes in the breeding and raising of pure-blood and registered Poland-Chlna swine. In personality and industrial achievement he has proved a valued and popular acquisition in the county of his adoption.

Mr. Holle was bora in Doddridge County, West Virginia, at St. Clara, and the date of his nativity was August 25, 1854. He is a son of Ernest and Adaline Holle, his father having been bora in Germany and having been young when his parents came to America and established their residence in Maryland, from which state removal was later made to Doddridge County, West Virginia. Mrs. Adaline Holle died in 1858, when her son Walter was but four years of age, and her husband died about two years later, in 1860. The three orphaned children, Walter, Henry and Mary, were reared in the home of kinsfolk in Doddridge County, and Walter, the eldest of the number, was so young as to have but the vaguest memories of his father and mother, the while he regrets that their early death prevented him from gaining more than the most meager data concerning the family history. Henry, his younger brother, was still a bachelor at the time of his death, at the age of thirty-one years, he having been a conductor on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between Wheeling and Grafton. Mary C., the only sister, Is the wife of Lafayette Nicholson, of Coldwater, West Virginia, and they have four children-^Clarence, Anna, Dallas and Julia. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Holle were earnest communicants of the Lutheran Church.

Walter Holle gained his early education In the public schools at St Clara, West Virginia, and later was a student for two terms in the normal school at Fairmont, that state. As a young man he devoted a part of his time for eight years to successful service as a teacher in the schools of his native state, and he then turned his attention to farm enterprise in his native county, where he became the owner of a farm of 120 acres, as well as a farm of 137 acres in Lewis County, that state. In 1911 he sold his properties in West Virginia and came to his present attractive farm home in Harrison County, where gratifying success has attended his activities. He is well fortified in his opinions concerning governmental and economic policies, and while a resident of West Virginia he represented his native county in the State Legislature during three different terms- - those of 1891, 1893 and 1907. During his last term he was the author of the two-cent railroad fare bill that he presented and the passage of which he was primarily instrumental In obtaining in the West Virginia Legislature. He was otherwise influential in public affairs, and during the administration of Gov. A. B. White he served four years as a member of the State Board of Agriculture in West Virginia. He )and his family hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Scio.

In April, 1893, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Holle to Miss Emma Zobrist, who was born in the state of Connecticut, a daughter of Samuel Zobrist. Mr. and Mrs. Holle became the parents of six children - Cora E.,

Retta R., Alma May, Laura E., Henry S. and Walter M. Cora E., Alma M., Laura E. and Walter M. are deceased, and the other children remain at tbe parental home, Miss Retta R. being at the time of this writing the popular teacher in the school of her home district.

Robebt T. Spbatt, postmaster of the village of Malvern, Carroll County, has been the efficient and popular incumbent of this federal office since 1914, and prior to that year had been for some time engaged in tbe grocery business at Malvern. He was born In Malvern, Brown Township, this county, May 6, 1868, and is a representative of a sterling pioneer family of the county. He Is a son of Dr. William R. Spratt, who was born in Brown Township, this county, September 27, 1837, a son of Andrew and Jane (Russell) Spratt, both natives of Ireland, where the former was born in County Dawn in 1794, and the latter in County Tyrone. Andrew Spratt came from the Emerald Isle to America in 1819, and his future wife made the voyage to this country In 1822, their marriage having been solemnized In Pennsylvania, where he maintained his home at Cannonsburg for several years. In the early '30s Andrew Spratt took up a tract of Government land in Brown Township, Carroll County, where he remained and developed the productive farm which continued his place of residence for many years. He finally retired and removed to Waynesburg, Stark County, where he died when about ninetysix years of age, his wife having been about eighty-five years of age at the time of her death, and both having been zealous members of the Presbyterian Church. Upon coming to Ohio he first located at Waynesburg, Stark County, in 1827, and there he remained until coming to Carroll County, as noted above. Of the four children the eldest. Nelson, died in October, 1916, ten days prior to the ninetieth anniversary of his birth; Ann Jane was a resident of Rome, Kansas, at the time of her death; Mary, eighty-five years of age at the time of this writing, in 1920, is a resident of Pond Creek, Oklahoma ; and Dr. William R. is the youngest of the number.

Dr. William R. Spratt was reared on the old home farm in Brown Township, and after having profited by the advantages of the common schools he pursued a higher course of academic study at Richmond College in Jefferson County. Thereafter he was engaged in teaching school for ten years, and in the meanwhile he formulated definite plans for his future career. In consonance with these plans he began reading medicine under the preceptorship of Doctor Akin at Waynesburg, and later he continued his studies in the medical department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Finally he entered the celebrated Starling Medical College at Columbus, now the medical school of the University of Ohio, and in this institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1865. During the long intervening period of more than half a century Dr. Spratt has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession at Malvern, Carroll County, as one of the able and representative physicians and surgeons of the county and as a citizen who holds high vantage-place in popular confidence and esteem. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Stark County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society and the Canton Medical Society, of which last mentioned he is now an honorary member, and he is one of the leading and veteran members of the Carroll County Medical Society. He is an ardent advocate of the principles of the Democratic party but has never been an aspirant for political office. He served four years as a member of the board of pension examining surgeons for Carroll County, Is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, and his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian Church, though his wife and children hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

In 1866 was solemnized the marriage of Doctor Spratt to Miss Nancy Thompson, who was born in Carroll County in November, 1832, a daughter of Robert and Sarah (Downing) Thompson, honored pioneer settlers of the county. Of them more specific mention will be made in later paragraphs. Doctor and Mrs. Spratt became the parents of three children, of whom Robert T., of this review, is the eldest; Anna J. was married to Emery Miller, of Alliance, in 1905 and after his death in 1908 she - lived at the home of her parents until the year 1918, when she married Rudolph Marchal of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and they now reside at Malvern; Irwin died at the age of twenty-five years.

Robert Thompson, father of Nancy (Thompson) Spratt. was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1787, a son of William and Margry (McCamey) Thompson, and he was an infant at the time of the family immigration to the United States. After a tempestuous voyage of nine weeks the family arrived In the city of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, in August, 1789, and soon afterward the father purchased a farm near McKeesport. Westmoreland County, that state, where he remained until 1808, when he sold his farm and came to what is now Carroll County, where he became one of the earliest settlers in the present Brown Township. He reclaimed a considerable part of his land to cultivation and here continued to reside until his death In 1S21, his widow passing away in 1829. They became the parents of three sons and four daughters - Robert, Brown, John, Margery, Elizabeth. Mary and Jane. All of the daughters married and all remained in Carroll County until their deaths except Margery, who died In Stark County. Of the sons. Brown and John died while serving as soldiers in the War of 1812. Robert, the surviving son, was born in County Tyrone. Ireland, in 1787, as before stated, and was reared to manhood in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he having been about twenty-one years old when he accompanied his parents to Ohio. He assisted in the reclamation and development of the home farm, which came into his possession after the death of his parents. In 1818 he married Miss Sarah Downing, daughter of James and Sarah Downing, both of whom were of Scotch ancestry and who came from Virginia to Ohio in 1806, their home being established on a pioneer and em- bryonic farm In Sandy Township, Stark County. Mr. and Mrs. Downing had seven children - James, Hugh, Adam, Drusllla, Susan, Margaret and Sarah. James Downing, Sr., was appointed by the Government to the office of captain of a body of Indian scouts, assigned to duty in protecting the frontier and reporting the movements of hostile Indians. In this service he encountered numerous hardships and dangers, and in one conflict with the Indians he and his companions barely escaped capture and torture.

Robert Thompson continued to reside on his father's old homestead until he too was called to the life eternal, and he made the place one of the model farms of its day in Carroll County. He entered service and started for Detroit at the time of the War of 1812, but when General Hull surrendered the Michigan frontier city and garrison to the enemy Mr. Thompson and his comrades from Carroll county were discharged from the service. He was a whig in politics, held various offices In his township, and he was one of the substantial and influential men of Carroll County, where he accumulated 1,000 acres of fine land. He was not formally identified with any religious organization, but attended and supported the Baptist Church, in which his wife held membership, besides which he contributed to the erection of the Christian, Methodist and Presbyterian Church buildings in the village of Malvern. His death occurred June 14, 1844, and he left his widow with seven children, of whom the eldest, James, was but sixteen years of age. A woman of self-reliance and resourcefulness, Mrs. Thompson, with the aid of the older sons, was able effectively to retain and manage the large farm estate, which remained Intact until the youngest child became of age, when the property was amicably divided among the heirs, the mother retaining the old homestead, and there remaining until her death, April 28, 1882, when eighty-two years of age. Robert and Sarah (Downing) Thompson became the parents of eight children, the second child,, who was the first son, having died in infancy. The names of the other children were Margery McCamey, Lavinia, James Downing, John, Nancy Ann (wife of Doctor Spratt), William Irvin and Arminta Vienna. All of the children remained in Carroll County, married and reared their children except Arminta, who removed with her husband to the state of Kansas.

Robert T. Spratt the immediate subject of this sketch, continued his studies in the public schools until he had duly profited by the advantages of the Malvern High School, and thereafter he was a student in turn at Scio College in Harrison County and the Duff Business College in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1889 he took a position as clerk In the hotel conducted by J. W. Burns in the city of Canton, Stark County, and later he formed a partnership and became associated In the purchasing of a hotel at Lima, Allen County. There he remained five years, and thereafter he was identified with the hotel business at St. Louis, Missouri, about five years, after which he returned to his native county and engaged In the grocery business at Malvern. He continued this enterprise several years and on the 1st of May, 1914, he was appointed postmaster of the village, a position of which he has since continued the efficient incumbent. It is needless to say that Mr. Spratt Is unflagging in his support of the cause of the democratic party, and that he has been active in its campaign service and councils in Carroll County. In 1912 he was a presidential elector on the party ticket, and bad the distinction of drawing the luck card which authorized him to bear the Ohio electoral vote to the national capital on the occasion of the first election of President Wilson. He had been a delegate to the Democratic State Convention at Toledo, where he was made presidential elector from his district. Mr. Spratt is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, and he holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Spratt Is a member of the Catholic Church of Malvern, Ohio.

In 1902 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Spratt to Miss Mary E. Wall, of Chicago, Illinois, and they have two children living, Robert W. and Katharine Elizabeth. Virginia, the oldest, died when twelve years of age.

William M. Walker, deceased, was born In Nottingham Township, September 4, 1856, and was a son of Lorenzo D. and Eliza M. (Furney) Walker, the former of whom was born in Nottingham Township April 15, 1821, and the latter of whom was born at Cadiz, the county seat of Harrison County, on the 6th of July, 1823 - dates that indicate that the respective families were founded in the county in the pioneer period of its history. Lorenzo D. Walker was a son of Robert and Ruth (Poulson) Walker, who were bom in the state of Maryland and who became early settlers in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, where they passed the remainder of their lives and where Mr. Walker reclaimed and developed a good farm, both he and his wife having been specially zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and their names meriting high place on the roll of the honored pioneers of Harrison County. They became the parents of four sons and one daughter - Wesley, Wilson, Nelson, Lorenzo D. and Nancy, who married John Davis, and all of the children are now deceased.

Lorenzo D. Walker passed his entire life in Nottingham Township, was one of its substantial farmers and representative citizens, and contributed his share to the civic and industrial progress of the county. He was sixty-one years of age at the time of his death, December 21. 1882. and his wife passed away on June 23, 1910, at the age of eighty-six years, their marriage having been solemnized October 28. 1840. Mrs. Walker was a daughter of Frederick and Deborah (Harris) Furney, both of whom were bora in the state of Maryland, the former's father, Abraham Furney, having come to Harrison County in the early pioneer days and having become a large landholder in Cadiz Township, where he improved a farm and where he passed the remainder of his life. Frederick Furney likewise achieved prominent place as one of the successful farmers of Nottingham Township, where occurred the deaths of both himself and his wife when they were well advanced in years, Mrs. Furney having held membership in the Christian Church. They became the parents of seven children: Sophia,

Mary Ann, Susan, Catherine. Alice, Eliza M. and John. Lorenzo D. and Eliza M. (Furney) Walker were earnest and valued members of the Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church In Nottingham Township. They became the parents of four children : Mary A., who died October 30, 1920; Nancy E., who married John Forney and is deceased ; Frederick W.. who died August 17, 1920, first married Leah Randall and after her death he wedded for his second wife Mary Ellen; and William of this sketch, who died May 30, 1920.

William M. Walker attended the district schools of his native township and early began farming and stock growing. His entire active career was marked by close attention to the basic industries of agriculture and stock-growing, and he resided continuously in Nottingham Township from the time of his birth until his death. Here his farm enterprise was conducted with marked success on his fine farm of 232 acres, and this and an adjoining farm constituted his only place of residence from the time of his nativity to his death. In the live-stock department of his farm industry he gave special attention to the raising of sheep of excellent grade and type. He ever manifested a loyal support to measures advanced for the general good of the community, his political allegiance having been given to the republican party, and his wife was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her death occurred December 30, 1915.

February 7, 1886, recorded the marriage of Mr. Walker to Miss Ella C. Mallernee, daughter of David T. and Esther (Irons) Mallernee, and a representative of a well-known pioneer family of Harrison County, within whose borders she passed her entire life. Mr. and Mrs. Walker became the parents of two children : Frances

The only son, Ernest R. Walker, was one of Ohio's gallant young soldiers in the nation's service in connection with the great World war. He was enrolled on the 15th of May. 1918, and was thereafter in training at Paris Island until the 22d of the following July, when he was transferred to Quantico. Virginia. After two weeks of discipline at the latter place he sailed for France, August 12. 1918, on the TTnited States marine transport "Henderson," from which he disembarked at Brest, France, on the 26tli of that month. He was assigned to the Eighty-Fourth Company. Sixth Regiment, of the Sixth United States Marine Corps, and was with his command in action on the St. Mihiel front and also on the Champagne front. Thereafter he was with his organization on the Argonne- Meuse sector, and thence illness caused him to be sent to one of the French hospitals on the 28th of October. After his partial recuperation he remained in France until February 3. 1919, when he embarked on the steamship "Leviathan," which arrived in the port of the national metropolis of the United States on the 11th of that month. Later he was honorably discharged at Quantico. Virginia. His record is one of effective service as a member of the American Marine Corps, which won high honors in the great conflict on foreign shores. On January 18, 1921. he received his medal, voted by Congress, for enlistment and good conduct while in service. He is at present circulation manager of the National Stockman and Farmer, of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania.

James A. Irons was born in Nottingham Township on June 30, 1887, the son of Jasper J. and Amanda J. (Poison) Irons. On August 2, 1917. he married Frances C. Walker.

Preston H. Dickerson. A well known and successful farmer of Short Creek Township, Preston H. Dickerson materially assists in maintaining the reputation of Harrison County as a superior agricultural region, the results of his labors bearing evidence of the fertility of the soil and of the good judgment he exercises in his farming operations. A son of the late Thomas Hudson Dickerson, he was born March 19, 1869, in the township where he now resides, coming from pioneer ancestry.

Thomas Hudson Dickerson was born June 8, 1832, in Cadiz Township, Harrison County. Ohio, being a son of Hiram Dickerson. Reared to agricultural pursuits Thomas Hudson began farming on his own account in Short Creek Township, but later continued similarly employed for a time in Athens Township, Harrison County. Returning to Short Creek Township, he resumed his agricultural labors, and was there engaged in general farming until his death, March 31, 1883. while yet in manhood's prime. He married, March 23, 1854, Hannah McCoy, who was born January 31, 1834, and died October 3, 1907. Her father. Thomas Mc- Coy. a son of John and Susanna McCoy, was born February 13, 1791, and married Hannah Walker, who was born August 7, 1794, a daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Major) Walker. Ten children were born of the union of Thomas and Hannah McCoy, as follows: Mary, born

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hudson Dickerson became the parents of ten children also, namely: Granville M., born March 9, 1855, died February 13, 1882: Ella M., born November 4. 1856; Mary Bell, born October 2, 1858: Cleorn, whose birth occurred November 26, 1860, and her death in March, 1919; Ira E., born April 14. 1863, died January 12, 1864; Everett B., born January 26, 1865: Gilbert, born November 24, I860; Preston II.. the special subject of this brief sketch; Lillian, born April 11, 1871, died June 29, 1901; and Alfred, born February 19, 1874. The parents were both trustworthy members of the Dickerson Methodist Episcopal Church, and reared their children in the same religious faith.

ereon began when young to perform his shore of the mannal labor incidental to farm life. Becoming familiar with the theory and practice of agriculture, he has made farming his life occupation. In 1911 he bought his present farm of sixty-six acres in Short Creek Township, and in its management has met with excellent success, being numbered among the more prosperous farmers and stock raisers of his community.

On February 9, 1898, Mr. Dickerson was united in marriage with Iva Grace Singer, a daughter of Albert and Cynthia (Shields) Singer. Active in public affairs, Mr. Dickerson served during four years as a trustee of Short Creek township, and for two years was president of the board. Both he and his wife are valued members of the Presbyterian Church at Adena.

James E. Wallace. Washington County, Pennsylvania, has contributed a good many families to the population of Harrison County, Ohio, and James E. Wallace, of Athens Township, was born there February 7, 1891, a son of Beverage Wallace. His mother is Elizabeth (Richmond) Wallace. They were farmers in Pennsylvania until 1903, when they removed to Green Township, Harrison County. Ohio.

For five years Mr. Wallace farmed near Union vale, when he sold the land and bought again in Cadiz Township, where he died January 4, 1912. He had two sons: James E. and Archie Joseph Wallace. Mrs. Wallace later became the wife of William Patterson, one of the commissioners of Harrison County, who lives near Jewett.

The Wallace boys went to school in Pennsylvania and in Ohio. Until his marriage. May 15, 1913, to Anna Watson, James E. Wallace had farmed the homestead in Cadiz Township. Mrs. Wallace is a daughter of Adam and Mary (Cobbs) Watson. After his marriage Mr. Wallace lived on a farm in Green Township until November, 1918, when he moved to the farm In Athens Township where he lives today. The farm is owned by Adam Watson.

Mr. and Mrs. Wallace have two sons: Arthur and Russell. The family are members of Dickerson Methodist Episcopal Church, a rural church near them. Adam Watson, father of Mrs. Wallace, was born March 24, 1850, and is a native of Harrison County. He is a son of John W. Watson. He married Mary Ann Cobbs, a daughter of Dr. Charles Cobbs. For many years Mr. and Mrs. Watson lived on the farm, but when Mr. and Mrs. Wallace came to it they retired to New Athens.

William I. Stare, of Green Township, had not lived in Harrison County until 1917, when he came from Wayne Township. Jefferson County. He was born July 24, 1844, and had always lived in one community. His father, William Starr, was a native of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and the mother, Matilda (Herford) Starr was also born in Pennsylvania. William Starr was a pioneer in Jefferson County. He settled on a quarter section of timber land and reclaimed it, and always lived there. The farm is still owned by the Starr family. It so often happens that an old homestead passes out of the family ownership when there is a division necessary. The following children were born to William and Matilda Starr: John F., Eliza, Joseph, George, Mary Ann, Asenath, Matilda, Hannah, William I., and Louisa. The family are Baptists. They all had the common school advantages of the time, the district school of Jefferson County.

As a young man W. I. Starr worked for his father and later farmed the home place himself. With the exception of two years he lived in Unionport he always lived at the old homestead. In 1917 he removed to Harrison County, locating on the farm in Green Township. However, he still owns the old homestead in Jefferson County.

In 1876 Mr. Starr married Sarah M. Cole. She is a daughter of John T. and Margaret Ann (Blackburn) Cole. Their oldest daughter, Louisa M., Is the wife of Ira Stringer. Their other children are: Anna C.. John T., Roscoe, George and Mary. John and Roscoe own a farm of 148 acres together. The family lives on it. Mrs. Starr belongs to the Presbyterian Church in Hopedale.

Elzy McFadden is a representative of the fourth generation of the McFadden family In Harrison County and owns and resides upon the fine old homestead farm in Cadiz Township that figures as the place of his nativity. Here he was born August 26, 1858, and on the same ancestral farmstead was born his father, Alexander J. McFadden, the date of his birth having been September 9, 1818. and his early experiences having been those of the pioneer farm in the midst of a semi-wilderness. He attended school in the old log schoolhouse in the vicinity of his home, and his first teacher, John Welch, later became a judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Alexander McFadden was a son of Samuel and Mary (Milligan) McFadden, the former a native of County Cavan, Ireland, and the latter of Adams County, Pennsylvania. Samuel McFadden was a son of Joseph McFadden and was eight years of age at the time of the family immigration from the Emerald Isle to America, Joseph McFadden having first engaged in farming near Middletown, Pennsylvania, and eventually he came with his family to Harrison County, Ohio, and obtained land in the present township of Cadiz, where he reclaimed a farm from the forest and where he and his wife passed the residue of their lives.

Samuel McFadden secured eighty acres of land near Cassville, Harrison County, but within a short time purchased 160 acres in Cadiz Township - the farm now owned by his grandson Elzy McFadden, of this review. He made this one of the productive farms of the county and here he remained until his death, on the eighty-fourth anniversary of his birth, ne died in 1870, his wife having passed away at the age of sixty-seven years. Samuel McFadden erected on his farm one of the first brick houses in Cadiz Township, and he was one of the substantial citizens and honored pioneers of the county at the time of his death. He and his wife were devout members of the United Presbyterian Church, in which he served as an elder for many years. Of their six children Jane became the wife of James Love, of Archer Township; Elisabeth married John MeboHln and likewise remained in Harrison County until her death; Alexander J. was the father of the subject of this review; and Mary, George and Joseph died in earlier life than did the other three children.

Alexander J. McFadden continued to reside on the old homestead farm - the place of his birth - until the close of his long and useful life, and was a man who commanded unqualified popular esteem. June 29, 1846, recorded his marriage to Miss Elizabeth Barger, daughter of the late Valentine Barger, another of the sterling pioneers of Cadiz Township, and within a short time after their marriage they moved into the new house which he had built on the home farm and in which they passed the gracious evenings of their lives, though for a few years they resided in the village of Cadiz. Both were zealous members of the United Presbyterian Church. Mr. McFadden passed to the life eternal in 1905, his loved wife having preceded him in death. They became the parents of four children : Joseph, who died when young ; Mary

Jane, who has never married and resides in Cadiz; Martha A., who became the wife of X Law McFadden and now resides at Cadiz, ^ber husband being deceased; and Elzy, whose name initiates this sketch. The father was -'Originally a whig and later a republican in poll- -4tics, his first presidential vote having been cast for Gen. William Henry Harrison.

ffiEiy McFadden is indebted to the district gcboots of Cadiz Township for his early educational training, and on the old home farm he early gained practical knowledge of the most approved methods of agriculture and stockgrowing. It is a source of enduring satisfaction to him that he retains as his home the old farm, which is endeared to him by many gracious memoirs, and here he has made an admirable record in his independent activities as an agriculturist and stockraiser. His landed estate now comprises 277 acres of the valuable land of Cadiz Township, and here he gave special attention for fully a quarter of a century to the breeding and raising of the finest type of American merino sheep, his exhibition of sheep at the -county fairs having gained many premiums. He has not been engaged in the raising of this pureblood type of sheep during the past several years, the farm being given more specifically to diversified agriculture at the present time. Mr. Mc- Fadden is liberal and progressive as a citizen, is a republican in politics and he and his wife hold membership in the United Presbyterian Church at Cadiz.

On May 17, 1881, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. McFadden to Miss Elizabeth Jamison, who was bom and reared in Cadiz Township, a daughter of William and Sarah Jamison. Mr. and Mrs. McFadden have two children, Rhetta, the wife of Alexander W. Kirkpatrick, of New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, and they have two sons, Edwin Elliott and Dale

Joseph R. Patton is one of the progressive representatives of farm industry In his native township and is a member of an old and honored family of Harrison County. He was bora in Rumley Township, this county, on the 23d of November, 1860, the place of his nativity having been the farm now owned by Sampson Shearer. He is a son of Robert T. and Elizabeth (Markley) Patton, the former of who was bora in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and the latter in Rumley Township, Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of Daniel and Katherine (Everhart) Markley. Mrs. Katherine Markley was a daughter of John Everhart, and the family name of her mother was Miller. Her maternal grandfather enlisted at Woodstock, Virginia, for service in the war of the Revolution. Rev. Peter Muhlenburg, while preaching from his pulpit one Sunday morning finally threw aside his clerical vestments and called for volunteers to serve in the revolutionary army, and Miller was one of those who responded to this vigorous call of patriotism, and he served in the command of General George Washington. Daniel Markley was a son of Mathias and Catherine (Arnold) Markley, who were bora in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where their marriage was solemnized and whence they came to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1806. Mr. Markley became one of the earliest settlers in German Township, where he obtained 320 acres of Government land and began reclaiming a farm from the forest wilds. He eventually removed to Holmes County, where his death occurred about the year 1845. His son Daniel was born at Glade, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, in 1796, and was about ten years old at the time of the family removal to Harrison County, Ohio, where he was reared to manhood on the frontier farm in German Township. In 1823 he took possession of eighty acres of Government land In Rumley Township, and there he developed the productive farm which continued his place of residence until his death in 1842, as a result of Injuries received while he was assisting in the raising of a barn on his farm. His wife survived him by a number of years, both having been communicants of the Lutheran Church. They had seven children - David, John, Mary, Eva Anna, Mathias, Sarah and Elizabeth.

Joseph and Anna (Gallaway) Patton, paternal grandparents of the subject of this review, were born and reared in Pennsylvania, where their marriage was solemnized. About the year 1830, with team and wagon, Joseph Patton came with his wife and their five children from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, to Harrison County, Ohio, where he established a home on a farm in Rumley Township. There he continued as a substantial farmer during practically the remainder of his active career, but the last few years of his life were spent in German Township. He and his wife held membership in the Presbyterian Church. Their children were six in number - John W., Robert T., Mary, Samuel G., Nancy and Ross Joseph. Joseph Patton was

Robert T. Patton was a lad of about ten years at the time when the family home was established in Harrison County, and he was reared and educated in Rumley Township, where he continued his alliance with farm enterprise until about the year 1882, when he removed to Jefferson County and engaged in the operation of a saw mill. He there remained until his death, which occurred in 1908, and his widow died December 26, 1920. Of the two children Joseph R., of this review is the elder. Robert J., a resident of Jefferson County, married Miss Lillie Wood, and they have three children - Clarence S., Jesse Earl and Harry.

The "Possum Hollow" School in district No. 4, Rumley Township, afforded Joseph R. Patton his early educational advantages, and in this township he continued his association with the work of the home farm until his marriage in 1886. Thereafter he here devoted five years to the operation of the farm of his father-in-law, and during the ensuing five years was engaged in lumbering enterprise in Jefferson and Carroll counties. In 1906 he returned to Rumley township and located on the farm which has since continued the stage of his successful activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower and which comprises 142 acres. He is a loyal supporter of the cause of the republican party, and he and his wife are communicants of the Lutheran Church at Germano.

On the 28th of December, 1886, Mr. Patton wedded Miss Ellen N. Sawvel, daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Ann (Slates) Sawvel, of Rumley Township, and of this union have been bom five children: Carl E. S., who now resides in the City of Canton, Stark County, married Miss Margaret Spence and they have one son, Walter S. ; John L., who is associated with his father in the management of the home farm, married Mrs. Ethel Turner, and they have one child, Marie; Vera B. died at the age of sixteen years; and Nina and Frederick died in early childhood.

William B. Law, Jr., has developed in the village of Bowerston, Harrison county, a substantial insurance business, in connection with which he gives special attention to the handling of high-grade securities, as local representative of the well known Giger & Jones Company of Canton, Stark County. Aside from his personal standing as one of the representative citizens and business men of Bowerston, Mr. Law has the distinction of being a scion of an old and honored pioneer family whose name has been Identified with the history of Harrison County for nearly a century. The genealogy traces back to John Law, who was bom and reared in Ireland, of Scotch ancestry, and who became a physician, school teacher and civil engineer In his native land. In Ireland was solemnized the marriage of John Law to Miss Elizabeth Lynn, and they became the parents of two sons and seven daughters, the son Matthew, grandfather of him whose name initiates this review, having been about twenty years of age when he accompanied his parents and the other children of the family to America. It was in the year 1826 that John Law arrived with his family in Harrison County, Ohio, where he took up 860 acres of Government land in Monroe Township, and instituted the development of a farm in the midst of the forest wilda With the aid of his two sons he gradually extended the area of cultivated land about the pioneer log house, the while his high intellectuality and progressive ideas made him a leader in community affairs. This sterling pioneer was ninety-four years of age at the time of his death In June, 1862, and his widow passed away in the spring of 1864, in her eightieth year, the names of both meriting enduring place on the roll of the honored pioneers of Harrison County.

Matthew Law was bom in Ireland in 1806, and was a young man of vigor and high purpose when he came with his parents to the pioneer home in Harrison County, where he did effective service in the clearing and developing of the frontier farm. He continued his active association with farm enterprise in Monroe Township until the close of his life. March 31, 1836, recorded his marriage to Miss Rebecca Bimey, a member of one of the prominent pioneer families of Green Township, this county, and they settled on the old homestead farm of his father. They became the parents of four children: John, father of the subject of this sketch ; William B., who became a representative farmer in North Township, as did also Robert B. ; and Jane, who died In infancy. The loved wife and mother passed to the life eternal in October, 1868, at the age of forty-eight years, and Matthew Law passed the closing years of his life In the home of his son Robert B., where he died on the 9th of September, 1878, both he and his wife having been zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Law was a man of influence in community affairs, and was called upon to serve in various local offices of public trust.

John Law was born on the ancestral homestead farm in Monroe Township, and the date of his nativity was August 26, 1837. His early education was obtained in the pioneer schools, and with the passing years unqualified success attended his well ordered activities as a representative of agricultural and live-stock Industry in his native township, where he still remains on his fine farm estate of more than eighty acres and where he is held in high honor as one of the venerable native sons of Harrison County. He is a democrat in politics, is affiliated with Centennial Lodge No. 94, Knights of Pythias, of Bowerston, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as was also his devoted wife, who passed away on the 18th of November, 1902.

On the 26th of February, 1862, was solemnized the marriage of John Law to Miss Sarah Jane Trimble, who was born in Monroe Township and who was a daughter of Robert and Sarah (Evens) Trimble, natives of Jefferson County, Ohio, where the respective families settled In the early pioneer days. Robert Trimble came to Harrison County about the year 1833, took up Government land in Monroe

Township, and there developed the farm on which he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. Mr. and Mra Law became the parents of four children : Robert Elmer, whose death occurred in 1913, is survived by his widow, whose maiden name was Laura McDevitt; Forbes J. married Miss Sadie Palmer and they reside at Scio, Harrison County; William B. is the immediate subject of this review ; and Matthew, who is still a bachelor, remains with his venerable father on the old home farm.