Harrison Township (part 17 of 37)

In 1894 Mr. Maddox was united in marriage to Miss Margaret L. Ladd, daughter of Joseph and Francina (Cook) Ladd, of Columbiana County, Ohio, and she passed to the life eternal In the year 1899. Joseph T. is the only child of this union. Joseph T. Maddox, who was for three* years a student at Earlham College, an admirable institution maintained by the Society of Friends at Richmond, Indiana. He taught school in 1919-20 at Guilford College, North - Carolina, but in 1921 Is a chemist with the Empire Oil & Fuel Company in Kansas. His intentions are to ultimately complete his college education.

The second marriage of Mr. Maddox was solemnized on May 11, 1904, when Miss Erba R., daughter of William E. and Anna (Willis) Ladd, became his wife. She was bom at Peoria, Illinois.

Alfred P. Sheriff. While he Is an Ohioan, Alfred P. Sheriff, cashier of the Harrison National Bank of Cadiz, is not a native of Harrison County. He was bom April 20, 1857, in Steubenville. The parents, Adam N. and Mary (Vickrey) Sheriff, were Pennsylvanians. The father was bora in 1832, at Mercer, Pennsylvania, while the mother was bom In 1831, at New Brighton, and in 1856 they were married and located in Ohio. The mother was a daughter of William Vickrey.

Adam N. Sheriff was a son of Joseph Sheriff, who lived in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and his mother was Nancy Fulton, of that community. He was a saddler and harness maker by trade, and his active business career was passed at Mercer, Pennsylvania. When Adam N. Sheriff located in Steubenville as a young man he worked in a woolen mill with his uncle, Janies McDevitt. Soon after his marriage he entered the service of the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad, later known as the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati. Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, although at the time it only extended from Steubenville to Newark, Ohio. Mr. Sheriff remained with the road the remainder of his life, although in 1866 he came to Cadiz, and he died In 1880 - an honorable record of employment through many years. Mrs. Sheriff died sixteen years later. They were members of the Cadiz Presbyterian Church, and Adam N. SherifT was a member of the Masonic Lodge. Their children were: Alfred P., Agnes, wife of John W. Gil-

As a young man Alfred P. Sheriff attended the public schools of Cadiz, and, like his father, his early active life was in the railroad service. He had such employment both in Cadiz and Wheeling. In 1880, however, he entered the Harrison National Bank as teller, and was soon advanced to assistant cashier and later became cashier of the institution so long associated with the business Interests of Harrison County. Mr. SherifT is identified with the community interests as secretary of the Third Equitable Building and Loan Association, and he is also a director and the treasurer of the Harrison and Jefferson Telephone Company.

In 1886 he married Platti McNeely, a daughter of Platoff McNeely. Their children are Helen and Alfred P. Sheriff, Jr. On September 7, 1917, Alfred P. Sheriff, Jr., enlisted in the World war and entered Camp Sherman for military training. He was a sergeant in the % One Hundred Fifty-Eighth Depot Brigade, and in May, 1918, he was transferred to Camp Taylor, where he was assigned as sergeant to the One Hundred Fifty-Ninth Depot Brigade. In June he was returned to Camp Sherman with the Eighty-fourth Division, and when the armistice was signed he was at Gordon Central Officer's Training School, all ready for overseas service. He received his discharge in November, after more than one year of special military training.

Thomas William Wells. For many years Thomas William Wells has been plowing, sowing, tilling and reaping on the land and the farm which has been his home practically all his life. This place is one of the highly Improved farms of Carroll County, contains two hundred acres, and is located in Harrison Township on Rural Route No. 1 out of Dellroy.

Mr. Wells, who has a very substantial relationship with the agricultural and civic community, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, February 7, 1871, son of James Henry Farmer Wells and Belle James Wells. His grandfather was William Wells of an old Maryland family, who came to Ohio in pioneer days and lived in Columbiana and Jefferson counties. He died in Columbiana County in 1878, having survived his wife a number of years. They had five sons and five daughters, and second among the sons was James Henry Farmer Wells. The latter grew up and married in Columbiana County, but in the spring of 1871 when his son Thomas W. was six weeks old moved to Harrison Township, Carroll County, and acquired the land now so capably handled by his son. He lived there until his death in 1890, and was one of the well known and highly respected citizens of Carroll County. The widowed mother is still living in Dellroy.

The oldest of three sons, Thomas William Wells lived at home and had the opportunities to attend the Nebo school only during the brief winter terms. His help was needed on the home farm and after his father's death which occurred when he was about eighteen he gave all his time to farming.

In 1900 Mr. Wells married Zua Kelly, daughter of Alpheus and Anna (Cullar) Kelly of Minerva, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Wells have five children: Charles Guy, born in 1901, a graduate of the Dellroy High School ; William Dwain, born in 1903; Howard Kelly, born in 1907; Morris James, born in 1912; and Erma Dorothy, born in 1919.

Mr. Wells' program since his marriage has been one of diversified farming, placing his dependence upon the staple and tried and true methods of agriculture and stock raising. He is a member of the Farmers Exchange of Carrollton of Dellroy Grange No. 2113. The Wool Growers Association and the Farm Bureau. Some of his time has also been given to the welfare of the local community, and for two terms, four years altogether, he was township trustee. He is a republican in politics and a member of the Baxter's Ridge Methodist Episcopal Church.

Kirk W. Billingsley has, save for an interval of one year, been continuously engaged in the general merchandise business at Tippecanoe, Harrison County, since the year 1886, and thus he stands as one of the veteran merchants, even as he is one of the highly esteemed and representative citizens, of this attractive village. He has long controlled a substantial business, in which he has catered successfully to the requirements of an appreciative trade drawn from the fine section of which Tippecanoe Is the normal business center.

Mr. Billingsley was born on a farm in Flushing township, Belmont County, Ohio, and is a representative of a family that was founded in that county in the pioneer days. His father, George Billingsley, passed his entire life in Belmont County, where he not only became a prosperous farmer In Flushing Township, but where he also followed the carpenter's trade for a term of years. He was a son of Lemuel Billingsley, who settled in Belmont County in the pioneer days and who there remained and developed the productive farm upon which he continued to reside until his death. His children were five in number - Lemuel, Jr., William, John, George and Rebecca. As a young man George Billingsley married Miss Lucretia Lindsay, who was born in the citv of Baltimore. Maryland, and who was a child at the time of the family removal to Ohio, her father. Thomas Lindsay, having established the family home in Belmont County, where he and his wife remained until their deaths. George and Lucretia (Lindsay) Billingsley became the parents of five children - Adaline, Kirk W., Melissa, Anna and Charlotte. The parents were earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Kirk W. Billingsley gained his early education in the schools of his native county, and there he continued his association with farm industry until he was nineteen years of age, when he became a clerk in a general store in Birmingham. Guernsey County. In 1S86 he opened a general merchandise store at Tippecanoe. Harrison County, and here he has, as previously stated, been continuously engaged in this line of enterprise to the present time with the exception of one year. He has taken loyal interest In all matters touching the civic and material welfare of his home village, is a republican in politics, and he and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Tippecanoe.

In 1886 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Billingsley to Miss Jennie Thompson, of Guernsey County, and of this union have been born five children : Pearl died at the age of twentyfour years; Nellie resides in the city of Cleveland, as does also George B. ; and Sanford T. B. and Marie remain at the parental home.

William Boyd Hawthorne, one of the representative farmers of the younger generation in Short Creek Township, Harrison County, was born in this township on the 21st of December, 18S3, and is a scion of a family whose name has been worthily linked with the history of eastern central Ohio for more than a century. He is a son of James L. Hawthorne, who was born in Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, May 14, 1844. William Hawthorne, father of James L., likewise was a native of Mount Pleasant Township, where he was born in March, 1817, his death having occurred in 1896. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Lemmon, was born in Short Creek Township, Harrison County, in 1822, and was about eighty years of age at the time of her death. Her father, Griffith Lemmon, a native of Ireland, was one of the very early settlers of Harrison County. William Hawthorne was a son of John Hawthorne, who was born on shipboard while his parents were voyaging from their native Ireland to America, where he was reared to manhood. He became one of the pioneer farmers of Jefferson County, Ohio, where he endured the trials and vicissitudes of frontier life and where he remained until his death.

As a young man William Hawthorne learned and followed the cooper's trade, but the major part of his active career was marked by close association with the basic industry of agriculture. Both he and his wife were zealous members of the United Presbyterian Church. Their children were four in number - Martha, James Lemmon, Alexander and Sheridan.

James Lemmon Hawthorne gained his early education in the common schools of Jefferson County and at the age of seventeen years he entered upon an apprenticeship to the trade of blacksmith. In the winter of 1861 he established his residence at Harrisville, Harrison County, where he opened a blacksmith shop and where he continued his vigorous application to the work of his trade until the year 1900, when he removed to a farm adjoining the village and turned his attention to agricultural and live-stock enterprise. In 1908 he sold his farm of 140 acres, and since that time he has lived retired in the village of Harrisville, in the enjoyment of the peace and prosperity that are the fitting reward for his former years of earnest endeavor.

On the 18th of October. 1866, was solemnized the marriage of James L. Hawthorne to Miss Jennie McLaughlin, a daughter of William Mc- Laughlin. She was born and reared in Harrison County and concerning the family adequate record is given on other pages, in the sketch of Wllmer W, McLaughlin. Mr. and Mrs. Hawthorne are members of the United Presbyterian Church in their home village, and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. Of their three children the eldest is Ross M., who is a farmer in Short Creek Township; Reed I. is now a resident of South Bend, Indiana; and William Boyd is the immediate subject of this sketch, he being familiarly known by his second personal name.

William Boyd Hawthorne acquired his early education in the excellent public schools of Harrisville, and in 1900, the year which marked his father's retirement from the work of his trade and assumption of farm activities, he himself initiated independent activities as a farmer in Short Creek Township. Here he has since continued his successful and progressive enterprise as an agriculturist and stock-grower, and in 1917 he purchased and established his residence on his present well-improved farm, which comprises 185 acres of the excellent land of Short Creek Township. In the live-stock department of his farm industry Mr. Hawthorne is giving special attention to the breeding and raising of registered Shorthorn and Holstein cattle. He Is a republican in political adherency and he and his wife hold membership in the First Presbyterian Church at Adena, Jefferson County.

April, 1904, recorded the marriage of Mr. Hawthorne to Miss Lydia Townsend, daughter of David and Adaline (Morris) Townsend, of Harrison County, and the three children of this union are Wilmer Townsend, David Forrest and James Binford.

Thomas Simpson maintained his home in Athens Township, Harrison County, from the time of his birth until his death on October 13, 1920. He was one of the veteran representatives of farm industry in this township, besides being a scion of one of the honored pioneer families of the county. He was born on his father's old homestead farm in Athens Township February 9, 1848, and was a son of James and Sarah Jane (Evans) Simpson, the former of whom was bom in the state of New York and the latter at Harrisville, Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Dr. John Evans, who was a pioneer physician and honored and influential citizen of that village. James Simpson was a son of Alexander Simpson, who was a native of Ireland, and the family name of whose wife was Powers. He came from the old Empire State to Ohio and settled In Harrison County In the pioneer days, his son James having been a boy at the time, and he developed one of the productive farms of the day In Athens Township, where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, their religious faith having been that of the Presbyterian Church. Their children were eight in number, namely: Samuel, Alexander, Jr., Thomas,

James Simpson became one of the successful farmers and substantial citizens of Athens Township, where he owned a farm of 114 acres, and where he remained until a few years prior to his death, when he removed to the village of New Athens, where both he and his wife died. They were active members of the United Presbyterian Church at Cassville during the many years of their residence on the farm. They were the parents of seven children - Margaret, John, Thomas, Evans, Martin W., Frank P. and Rachel.

Thomas Simpson, the immediate subject of this sketch, passed the period of his childhood and youth on his father's farm, and in the meanwhile profited by the advantages afforded in the district schools of Athens Township. This township was from his young manhood the stage of his vigorous and successful activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower, and his well improved farm comprised 140 acres. At one time he owned 224 acres in Coshocton County and sixty acres in Belmont County. He was loyal and liberal in the support of measures and enterprises projected for the general good of the community, and his political allegiance was given to the republican party, both he and his wife being zealous members of the Rankin Methodist Episcopal Church.

In 1873 Mr. Simpson wedded Miss Susanna Tipton, daughter of the late Joshua Tipton, a well-known citizen of Harrison County, and they had six children - Walter, Wilbur E., Charles C., Blanche, wife of John Edward Simpson, and Albert A. and Harry R., twins.

Wilbur E. Simpson is a son of Thomas Simpson, a sketch of whose career immediately precedes this article, so that further review of the family history is not here demanded. He has gained and maintained secure place as one of the progressive representatives of farm enterprise in his native township and county and well merits individual consideration in this publication.

Wilbur Evans Simpson was born in Athens Township, Harrison County, January 15, 1877, and his early education was obtained mainly in the district schools locally known as the Jockey Hollow School. At the age of seventeen years he entered upon a practical apprenticeship to the trade of blacksmith, in which he became a skilled workman and to which he continued to devote his attention about eight years. Thereafter he was engaged in farming three years in Flushing Township, Belmont County, and in connection with this enterprise he established and successfully conducted a dairy business. Upon disposing of his interests fn Belmont County Mr. Simpson returned to Harrison County, where for the ensuing period of about five years he conducted a dairy farm in Athens Township. During one year thereafter he was engaged in the general merchandise business at New Philadelphia, Tuscarawras County, and the ensuing three years found him engaged In secret-service work for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and other companies. He next established his residence at Quaker City, Guernsey County, where he engaged in the dairy business and where he remained until 1911, when he returned to his native township and established his residence on his present home farm of 133 acres, besides which he owns a well improved farm of 119 acres in Belmont

County. He still makes the dairy business an important feature of his farm enterprise and Is known for his energy and progressiveness also as an agriculturist who employs scientific methods and modern policies. He is a republican in politics, and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Athens.

In 1897 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Simpson to Miss Linnie Gregg, daughter of Lindley Gregg, of Belmont County, and they have three children - Fern, Gertrude and Undley. Fern was born in Union Township, Belmont County, Ohio, on October 30, 1902. She graduated from the Flushing, Ohio, High School in 1919, attended Franklin College and now, in the winter of 1920-21, is engaged in teaching. Gertrude was born in Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio, on January 2, 1906, and in 1920 is a junior in Flushing High School. Lindley was born in Flushing Township, Belmont County, on September 2, 1907.

Levi E. Mallernee is another of the native sons of Harrison County who is here standing as a successful exemplar of agriculture and livestock industry, and the finely improved farm which he owns and operates comprises 245 acres in Nottingham Township. He was born In this township on the 20th of October, 1868, and is a son of Levi and Jemima (Garner) Mallernee, the latter's first husband having been a Mr. Hines, concerning whom more specific mention is made on other pages, in the sketch of their son Nelson T.

Levi Mallernee was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, February 12, 1816, and In 1829 his father came to Harrison County, where he bought eighty acres of forest land in Nottingham Township, where he remained until his death, February 23, 1839, his Industry as a pioneer farmer having been supplemented by his work at the shoemaker's trade. This worthy pioneer, Emanuel Mallernee, was bom in Maryland, November 3, 1779, a son of William and Sarah Mallernee, who came from that state and settled In Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1909. Emanuel Mallernee first married Rachel Matthews, who was born in Maryland November 3, 1778, a daughter of Francis and Mary (Carr) Matthews, who came to Ohio in 1809. Emanuel and Rachel Mallernee became the parents of eight children - William, Aqullla, Mary A., Matthew F., Levi, Emanuel, Jr., Lewis and Elizabeth. Mrs. Mallernee died June 24. 1828, and her husband later married Hannah Eaton, the three children of this union having been Benjamin, Rachel and Jared.

On the 6th of December, 1838, Levi Mallernee married Eleanor Johnson, who was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison County. January 27, 1820, a daughter of Benjamin Johnson. They became the parents of nine children - David Turner. Emanuel, Mary A., Benjamin J., Lemuel, Lydia A., Caroline L., Eleanor J. and Kinsey C. Mrs. Mallernee died December 23. 1863, and afterward Mr. Mallernee wedded Mrs. Jemima (Garner) Hines. They became the parents of three children - James G.. Levi E. and Ruth J. After the death of his second wife Mr. Mallernee married Rachel Crabtree, and exactly one year later his death occurred, on the 1st of June, 1880. Levi Mallernee passed his entire life in Harrison County and his active career was given principally to farm enterprise. He was a republican in politics and his religious faith was that of the Baptist Church.

Levi E. Mallernee gained his early education In the district schools of Nottingham Township, but he was only thirteen years of age when he began working on a neighboring farm. He has been continuously identified with farm industry during the long Intervening years and has through his own efforts become one of the prosperous farmers of his native township, his large farm being the stage of well ordered agricultural and live-stock operation, and many of its modern improvements, including the house and barn, having been installed since he became the owner of the property. He is a loyal and progressive citizen, is a republican in politics and he and his wife hold membership in the Christian Church.

May 22, 1800, recorded the marriage of Mr. Mallernee to Miss Olive Carson, daughter of John K. and Anna (Cope) Carson, and of this union have been bom three children: James

Lyle, who resides at Alliance, Stark County, married Ada Howell, and they have three children - Olive, Veda and Charles. Edith May and Ethel Fay were twins, the former having died at the age of eleven months, and the latter remaining at the parental home.

Benjamin J. Mallernee, son of Levi and Eleanor (Johnson) Mallernee, mentioned In the preceding sketch, was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, on the 10th of February, 1849; was here reared and educated; and here he has been continuously identified with farm enterprise, except for two years passed at Cadiz, the county seat. He is the owner of an excellent farm property of 191 acres and Is one of the substantial and highly esteemed citizens of his native county, his home farm comprising ninety-one acres, and the remainder of his farm property being not far distant. He is a staunch republican and has served as township trustee, his religious faith being indicated by his status as an earnest member of the Baptist Church.

January 17, 1872, was marked by the marriage of Mr. Mallernee to Miss Margaret J. Warman, who was bora In Illinois March 15, 1850, a daughter of William and Margaret (Hoffman) Warman. Mrs. Mallernee passed to the life eternal April 8, 1894, and of her four children two are living: Ellen Mabel, bora January 10, 1873, is deceased ; Myrtle Florence, born November 4, 1874, is the wife of Alvah Lee, and they have one child, Clyde; Blanche W., bora September 5, 1879, is deceased; and Frank G. was bora October 24, 1881.

On the 23d of December, 1896, Mr. Mallernee married Mrs. Emma Morris, and they are leading members of the Christian Church at Minksville. Frank G. Mallernee, only son of the subject of this review, married Miss Blanch Garner, whose death occurred October 3, 1917, and

James G. Mallernee, a brother of Levi E. Mallernee of Nottingham Township, was one of the honored residents of that community for many years, and though he died comparatively young he was in every sense a successful man.

He was born in Nottingham Township October 10, 1866, and was reared and educated on the home farm in that locality. In 1887, at the age of twenty-one, he married Alice R. Hefling, a native of Washington Township in Harrison County and daughter of Noah and Jane (Mc- Cullough) Hefling. After their marriage they made their home on a farm in Washington Township, where Mr. Mallernee continued to live until after the death of his wife. In 1915 he removed to Tippecanoe, Ohio, and died there May 7, 1918. He was an elder in the Christian Church at Tippecanoe. On May 12, 1914, he married Sarah M. Hitchcock, who was bora in Washington Township August 18, 1880, daughter of Johnson and Rebecca (Jackson) Hitchcock.

Mr. Mallernee by his* first marriage had six children: Earl, who died June 28, 1916; Audra, who is the wife of Laurence Rose and has four children named Viola, Helen, Pauline and Lucile; Mabel, wife of Frank Jenkins, has four children, named Mirl, Edith, Hazel and James; Paul, whose career is briefly sketched below; Bessie, wife of Robert Young and mother of Maxine; and Marian, wife of Eugene Walker.

Paul Hefling Mallernee, who was born October 24, 1893, was one of Harrison County's soldiers in the World war. He entered the service September 20, 1917, and was trained at Camp Sherman, where he was assigned to duty with the 308th Veterinary Section. In January, 1918, he was promoted to corporal. June 14, 1918, he left New York, landed in France on the 21st of June, and was in service with his organization until the signing of the armistice, and was then sent to Germany with the Army of Occupation. He returned to the United States July 9, 1919, and received his honorable discharge at Camp Mills. Before going overseas and while at Camp Sherman his father died, and he came home to attend the funeral and while at home was married on May 10, 1918, to Alice Jenkins, daughter of James Jenkins.

Chester A. Branson Is conducting successful operations on one of the finest farm estates of Harrison County, and has gained precedence as the largest breeder and grower of Shorthorn cattle in his native county. In control of a valuable landed estate of about 500 acres, known as Elmhurst Stock Farm, of which he individually owns 320 acres, he is one of the specially vigorous and successful young exponents of agricultural and live-stock Industry in Harrison County, is a member of one of the honored families of this section of the Buckeye State and is entitled to definite recognition in this history.

On the old homestead which is his present place of residence in Short Creek Township Chester Abraham Branson was born March 19. 1880, a son of Lindley M. and Anna M. (Fox)

Branson, the former of whom died December 8t 1899, and the latter on the 15th of January, 1919, she having been born and reared In Harrison County, a daughter of Charles J. and Esther (Cooper) Fox, sterling pioneers of whom more specific mention is made in other sketches appearing in this publication. Both the Branson and Fox families have been for many generations affiliated with the Society of Friends, the gracious and gentle faith of which they have exemplified in their daily lives.

Lindley M. Branson, a man of noble character and large and worthy achievement, was a representative of an English family, holding the religious faith of the Society of Friends, which sent representatives to America about the middle of the eighteenth century, the original settlement having been made in the state of Virginia, where the ancestral homestead still remains in possession of the family. Abraham Branson, from whom Chester A. Branson is a direct descendant in the fifth generation, was a prosperous farmer near Winchester, Virginia, and was for many years an elder and exhorter of the Society of Friends, in expounding the faith of which he journeyed far into the wilderness and ministered in the scattered settlements as far to the west as central Ohio. His only child, Reese Branson, came to Ohio about the year 1800 and passed the remainder of his life at St. Clairsville, Belmont County. His four children were Abraham, William, Maria and Eliza.

Of these children, Abraham was born In Belmont County on the 13th of June, 1806. He was a boy at the time of his father's death and was taken into the home of his paternal grandfather in Virginia, w'here he remained until he was about fourteen years of age. He then returned to Ohio and entered the home of his uncle, Isaac Branson, who owned and operated a large woolen and flouring mill at Glen Run, Jefferson County. Here Abraham Branson learned the trade of manufacturing woolens, in which he became an expert, and in the spring of 1831, shortly after his marriage to Miss Ann M. Wilson, a native of Jefferson County, he engaged in the manufacturing of woolens in Belmont County. In the spring of 1833 he came to Harrison County and purchased a milling and woolen manufacturing property in Short Creek Township. He continued the successful operation of the pioneer industrial plant until his death, and in connection with his mills he installed the first steam engine used for manufacturing purposes in Harrison County. He developed a remarkably prosperous and important industry in the manufacturing of various types of woolen goods, and contributed much to the civic and material development and progress of this section of the state. He died January 16, 1867, and his widow passed away February 3, 18 88. aged eighty-tw*o years. Of their five sons and two daughters Lindley M. was the eldest.

Lindley M. Branson was born near Wheeling. Belmont County, Ohio, September 26. 1832. and was an infant at the time of the family removal to Harrison County in 1833. Here he w^as reared under pioneer conditions and upon attaining to his legal majority became a partner in his father's manufacturing business, he having learned the trade when a boy and youth. The enterprise was successfully continued, under the firm name of A. Branson & Son until 1861, and in the meanwhile Lindley M. Branson has become prominently associated with the buying of wfool in this section of Ohio, a line of enterprise with which he was actually concerned during the period of the Civil war. He was an authoritative judge of the qualities of wool and purchased millions of pounds of wool in eastern Ohio, the same having been shipped to eastern manufacturer a With this important line of industrial enterprise Mr. Branson continued his association for more than a quarter of a century, with precedence as one of the leading buyers and shippers of wool in eastern Ohio. He became the owner of one of the fine farm properties of Short Creek Township, and in 1878 he erected on this property a commodious brick and stone house of three stories and finished throughout in hard woods. This is still one of the finest farm residences in the county, the building being situated on an eminence and commanding a splendid view of the surrounding country. Mr. Branson became a stockholder and director of leading banking institutions in Harrison County, and was one of the substantial men and influential citizens of the county for many years prior to his death. His character was the positive expression of a strong, noble and kindly nature, and he commanded the high esteem of all who came within the compass of his benign influence. He was a republican in his political allegiance, and he and his wife ever retained the faith of the Society of Friends, of which both were birthright membera The marriage of Mr. Branson to Miss Anna M. Fox wTas solemnized May 7, 1874, and they became the parents of two children - Charles Fox Branson and Chester Abraham Branson.

Chester A. Branson has remained from the time of his birth on the splendid old homestead farm in Short Creek Township save for the period during which he was pursuing educational work. He gained his preliminary training in the district schools of his native township, later attended the Scio Business College one year, and in the autumn of 1899 entered Oberlin College, where he continued his studies part of one year, the death of his father then causing him to return to the home farm, in the operations of which he and his brother continued their partnership association until 1905, since which time Chester A. has had sole management of the property and business, his brother, Charles F., being now in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, associated w ith the Short Creek Coal Company.

In 1900 Mr. Branson initiated the breeding of the finest type of Shorthorn cattle, to which he has since continued to give special attention, with registration of all of his cattle. His first sale of cattle brought an average return of eighty dollars a head, and his last sale, in the spring of 1920, gave an average of $1,200 a head. He is vigorous and progressive In all departments of his farm enterprise, and through his live-stock operations is doing much to improve grades in this section of the state, his success as a breeder and grower of fine Shorthorn cattle having been of the highest. He is loyal and liberal in his civic attitude, is a republican in politics, and he and his wife hold membership in the First Presbyterian Church at Adeira.

Governor Willis appointed Mr. Branson a member of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture on July 22, 1915, and he served two years on that board. In 1920 he was elected on the republican ticket a member of the Board of County Commissioners of Harrison County.

On the 11th of October, 1905, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Branson to Miss Vincetta Holmes, daughter of Thomas and Melissa J. Holmes, of Hopedale. Harrison County, and of this union there are three children - Mary Vincetta, born May 10, 1908; Lindley M., born February 4. 1913; and Anna Jean, bom January 15. 1921.

Andrew B. Miller is a well known citizen and farmer of Rumley Township, Harrison County. For nearly half a century his time and activities have been devoted to the routine of agricultural effort, and his standing as a farmer and a good citizen is an additional tribute to the qualities of one of the sturdy pioneer families established in this county more than a century ago.

Mr. Miller was born in German Township, Harrison County, December 9, 1852. His grandfather, Daniel Miller, was bom in Frederick County, Maryland, in 1788, and was a youth of eighteen years when he came with his parents to Harrison County in 1806, his father settling on Government land in German Township in that year. Daniel Miller lived a long and useful iife, had a share in the arduous task of clearing a portion of the wilderness, and he lived to see the fruits of his toil and the many collective benefits achieved by an increasing population. He married Susannah Lowmiller. who was bom in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1796, daughter of John and Catherine (Long) Lowmiller, who had settled in Harrison County in 1800, when she was four years of age. The children of Daniel Miller and wife were Catherine, Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Henry, Susannah, Rebecca. Margaret, Abigail and Eliza J.

John Miller, a son of Daniel, was bom in German Township February 22, 1822. His birthplace was a log cabin. He attended log cabin schools in his early youth and taught public school. When he left the home farm he began an Independent career as a farmer, and at the time of his death had a valuable and well improved place of 166 acres. He was a democrat who filled several local and county offices, and was a devout member of the Lutheran Church. May 1, 1849, he married Susannah Mikesell, who was bom February 15, 1824, daughter of Peter and Mary A. (Long) Mikesell, another early family in Harrison Countv. John Miller and wife had the following children: O. B..

who was a public school teacher and a music teacher; Rebecca Margaret; H. A., deceased, was a fanner of German Township: Andrew B. ; Rev. Daniel D., a minister of the Lutheran Church; Prof. Samuel H., an educator and at one time a member of the faculty of Thiel College at Greenville, also president of Fredonia Teachers Institute, Pennsylvania ; John O. ; Joseph M. of Hanlon Station, West Virginia; Clement E.. owner of the home farm; Clayton I., deceased, formerly of Greenville. Pennsylvania ; and Rev. Jesse L.. a minister of the Lutheran Church, Youngstown, Ohio.

Andrew B. Miller like the other children was afforded good educational advantages. After the district schools in German Township he spent a year in the Hopedale Normal School, taught in the public schools for a time, and since then his life has been one steady and successful devotion to farming. Mr. Miller owns ninety acres in Rumley Township, and It is a farm of well diversified industry. His specialty in livestock is sheep. It is an attractive home, and from this farm have radiated some of the good Influences to the community at large. Mr. Miller has never sought a place in politics, but has been a life long democrat, and he and Mrs. Miller are members of the Lutheran Church at Germano.

In 1878 he married Miss Flora A. Smith, a native of Carroll County and daughter of Aaron and Sarah (Wier) Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are the parents of five children. Rev. Charles D., the oldest, a resident of Cleveland, married Miss Adeline Corll, of Greenville, Pennsylvania, and has four children, Charles, Robert, Frank and Dorotha. The second son is Monfred L. of Harrison County. Wilbert S. Miller, President of the Wheeling Realty Company, lives at Wheeling, West Virginia. He married Miss Ruth Snyder. Laura B., the only daughter, is the wife of Frederick Miller, of Jefferson County, Ohio, and is the mother of three children. Arthur. John and Flora Frances. The youngest of Mr. Miller's sons is Harpy C. of Wheeling. West Virginia., and honored as one of the ex-service men from Harrison County. He enlisted and Joined the colors August 30, 1917. and after ten days at Columbus was stationed at Madison Barracks until the latter part of November, when he sailed for overseas. In France he was with the transportation department of the Medical Corps, and was on duty abroad for nineteen months. He received his honorable discharge July 5. 1919. He is at present post commander of the Loyal Legion at Wheeling. .

Monfrff> L. Miller, son of Andrew B. Miller, subject of the personal sketch and family record that immediately precedes this review, was born on the old homestead farm' in Rumley Township May 8, 1,881. He acquired his youthful education in the district schools of Rumley and German townships, and thereafter continued his association with the activities of his father's farm until he was about twenty years of age. when he went to the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where for two years was in the employ of the street-railway company. For the ensuing three years he was there in the employ of the Pittsburgh Construction Company. He then manifested his wisdom by returning to his native county and resuming his active association with farm industry. He is now the owner of a well Improved and productive farm of 102 acres in the northeast corner of Rumley Township, and his pleasant farm residence is almost directly across the road from that of his parents. For six year 8 after returning to Harrison County from Pittsburgh Mr. Miller gave special attention to the buying and selling of horses, but as an agriculturist and stock-raiser he has found his maximum potential In a business way and counts himself fortunate to be an exemplar of the basic industries under the influences of which he was reared, the while his loyalty to his native county is marked by full appreciation of its attractions and advantages. He is a democrat and his wife is a republican in their political proclivities, and both are communicants of the Lutheran Church.

On the 1st of August, 1907, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Miller to Miss Grace Amos, daughter of Joshua and Mary V. Amos, of Lou; don Township, Carroll County. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have four children - John A., Anna Virginia, Helen Elizabeth and Samuel Jefferson.

Samuel Don nelson Stewabt has marked with success his career as one of the representative agriculturists and stock-growers in his native township, and is a scion of a family whose name has been worthily associated with the civic and industrial history of Harrison County for more than a century. In addition to his well improved homestead farm of eighty-seven acres in Washington Township, Mr. Stewart also owns ninety and one-half acres in Tuscarawas County, about two miles distant from the home farm. In the live stock department of his farm industry he gives special attention to the raising of sheep of excellent type and grade.

Mr. Stewart was born in Washington Township, Harrison County, on the third of November, 1855, and Is a son of Samuel and Maria (Auld) Stewart. Samuel Stewart was born in Pennsylvania on the 25th of June, 1809, and was a son of Archibald and Margaret (Donnelson) Stewart, whose marriage was solemnized In 1805, in the old Keystone State, where Mr. Stewart, Sr., established his residence upon Immigrating to America from his native Ireland. Archibald and Margaret Stewart became the parents of five children, James, Samuel, Mary, Isa bell and Margaret. In 1816 Archibald Stewart came with his family to Harrison County, Ohio, and after remaining a short time near Cadiz he removed to Washington Township, where he began the reclamation of a farm from the forest wilds, and where he remained until his death, March 18, 1854, his wife having passed away November 13, 1849.

Samuel Stewart was a lad of seven years at the time of the family removal from Pennsylvania to Harrison County, and here he was reared on the frontier farm, with such educational advantages as were afforded in the primitive pioneer schools. June 2, 1840, recorded his marriage to Miss Marie Auld, who was born in Washington Township, this county, a daughter of William Auld, and a granddaughter of Samuel Auld, who was a native of Ireland, and who became a pioneer settler in Harrison

County after having previously resided for a short period in Pennsylvania. He was a resident of Iowa at the time of his death. William Auld first married Mary McAdoo, whose death occurred in 1820, the one child of this union having been a daughter, Maria. For his second wife Mr. Stewart wedded Elizabeth Todd, and they became the parents of three children: James, George T. and Alexander T. Mr. Auld became affiliated with the republican party at the time of its organization, and ever afterward continued a staunch advocate of its principles. For many years he was a member of the Seceder Church, but during the closing years of his life was affiliated with the United Presbyterian Church. His death occurred January 11, 1880.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stewart established their home In Washington Township, and with the passing years success attended their earnest and Indefatigable activities in connection with farm enterprise. Both were venerable in years at the time of their deaths, and both were consistent members of the United Presbyterian Church, the while the political faith of Mr. Stewart was exemplified in his zealous advocacy of the principles of the democratic party. He lived a life of honor and usefulness, and was one of the sterling pioneer citizens of Harrison County at the time of his death.

Samuel D. Stewart and his twin brother. Thomas M., were born November 3, 1855, and the names and birth-dates of the other and older members of the family are here recorded : Mary, April 6, 1841; Archibald, January 10, 1843, who died in 1919; William Alexander, August 16, 1845; Margaret, September 10, 1847; and James M., January 25, 1850.

Samuel D. Stewart gained his youthful education in the Billingsly District School in Washington Township, and from boyhood until his marriage in 1877 he was associated actively with the work of the parental farm. For three years after his marriage he had charge of this farm, and in 1881 removed with his wife to the state of Kansas, where he remained two years. He then returned to his native county, and here he has resided continuously since the year 1885. He is aligned In the ranks of the democratic party, and he and his wife hold membership in the United Brethren Church.

May 23, 1877, recorded the marriage of Mr. Stewart to Miss Margaret J. Green, a sister of Elmer E. Green, In whose personal sketch, on other pages of this work, are given ample data concerning the family. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart became the parents of five children, of whom the first born, Bertha, died in early childhood; Elva Florence married Arthur Watson, and became the mother of three children, Glenn A., Dorris and Samuel D. ; Bertie is the wife of Mark Phillips, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and their one child is a son, Lee; Clarence, who resides in the state of Nevada, married Miss Bernice Dehaven, and they have adopted a son. Lyle; and Herbert, who is a prosperous farmer in Rush Township, Tuscarawas County, married Miss Cora Amos, their children being Helen and Margaret Fay.

James H. Septeb not only conducts a well stocked and well patronized general merchandise establishment in the village of Tippecanoe, Harrison County, but is contributing further to the prestige of this section of the county through his effective association with the real estate business. He has been in the most significant sense the maker of his own prosperity and is one of the substantial business men and loyal and influential citizens of Tippecanoe.

Mr. Septer was bom in Hocking County, Ohio, on the 23d of August, 1871, and is a son of William and Sammiah (Campbell) Septer, both of whom were bom in Fairfield County, this state. William Septer became a farmer in Hocking County, where he remained until about 1885, when he removed to Tuscarawas County and established himself upon a farm in Rush Township. There he continued his residence until about the year 1896, when he came to Harrison County and engaged in farm enterprise in Washington Township, where he passed the remainder of his life, his death having occurred in 1898, and his widow having passed to eternal rest on the 17th of January, 1920. Both were earnest members of the United Brethren Church. They became the parents of the following children - Elizabeth, Sadie, William, Savilla, James H., Scott Earl and Pearl Ellsworth.

James H. Septer early began to assist his father in farm work, and his youthful education was acquired in the district schools of Fairfield and Tuscarawas counties. As a young man he was identified with farm enterprise In Tuscarawas County and later in Washington Township, Harrison County. In 1892 he found employment in the sewer-pipe manufactory at Midvale, Tuscarawas County, where he remained thus engaged until 1896. In 1897 he established his residence at Tippecanoe, Harrison County, where for the ensuing four years he was engaged in teaming. Thereafter he devoted three years to independent farm industry in Washington Township, and after leaving the farm he conducted a livery business about one year at Byesville, Guernsey County. He next passed a brief period in the city of Columbus, and he then returned to Tippecanoe and purchased tbe general merchandise establishment which he has since conducted with marked success. For the past few years he has also given attention to the buying and selling of real estate in this immediate section of the county, and in Randall County, Texas, he is the owner of a valuable farm property of 412 acre3. Mr. Septer is a republican in politics, and while he has had no desire for office his civic loyalty is shown by his effective service as a member of the school board of Washington Township, a position of which he is the incumbent at the time of this writing. He has been for fully twenty years actively affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church in their home village.

December 19, 1897, recorded the marriage of Mr. Septer to Miss Lucy Thompson, daughter of Isaiah and Leah Jane (Grubb) Thompson, of Tuscarawas County. Mr. Thompson was engaged in the mercantile business in Tuscarawas

County until the early '80s, when he came to Tippecanoe, Harrison County, where he continued in the same line of enterprise until his death in 1885, his widow being still a resident of this village. They became the parents of nine children, namely: Charles, Leah Margaret, John T. and Naomi (twins), Ella, Sadie Gertrude, Lucy, Edward and Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Septer have one son, Leslie Earl, who was born October 28, 1905.

Rezin L. Bakes, one of the successful farmers of Archer Township, is a representative of the third generation of the Baker family in Harrison County, where his paternal grandparents, Rezin and Sarah (Thompson) Baker, established their home in the pioneer days, the grandfather having reclaimed and improved a productive farm in Green Township.

Rezin L. Baker was bora in Archer Township, this county, on the 25th of January, 1871, and is a son of Elijah W. and Mary M. (Maholm) Baker, the latter a daughter of James and Maxie Maholm, whose farm home was in Archer Township, where they gained pioneer honors. Their children were seven in number - Martin, James, Thomas B., Stewart (died in childhood), Jane, Anna and Mary M. Rezin Baker, paternal grandfather of him whose name introduces this review, was bora and reared in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and, as previously noted, he became a pioneer settler in Green Township, Harrison County, Ohio, where he and his wife passed the residue of their lives, both having been numbered among the early members of the Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church of their neighborhood. Their children were three in number - John L., Thomas and Elijah W., and all are now deceased.

Elijah W. Baker lived a life of purposefulness and worthy achievement, and through his well directed endeavors he accumulated and improved one of the large and valuable farm properties of his native county. He was born in Green Township on the 4th of January, 1847, and was afforded the advantages of the common schools of the locality and period. His marriage was solemnized November 28, 1868, and soon afterward he settled on a farm in Archer Township, where the original habitation of the young couple was a primitive log house. Eventually he became the owner of more than 250 acres of valuable land, and upon his home place he made the best of improvements. He was one of the substantial and highly respected citizens of Archer Township at the time of his death, which occurred October 15, 1909. His widow passed away on the 15th of October, 1915, and both were earnest members of the Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church. They became the parents of four children, of whom the youngest, a daughter, died in early childhood. Thomas M., whose death occurred in October, 1905, was bora August 28, 1869. The maiden name of his wife was Virena E. Baxter, and their one child, Dean Baxter Baker, is now a member of the family circle of his uncle, Rezin L., of this sketch, who was the second child in his parents* family. Axln Dora, became the wife of Jesse L. Martin and was a resident of Archer Township at the time of her death. She is survived by one child, Florence M. Sarah E., the youngest of the four children, was born February 16, 1878, and died June 19, 1880.

Rezin L. Baker gained his youthful education in what is known as the Brown school in district No. 8, near the line between Archer and Green townships. His entire active career has been marked by active alliance with the great basic industries of agriculture and stock-growing, and in 1900 he made his first purchase of land - a small tract in Archer Township. Through inheritance and the purchase of additional land he is now the owner of a fine farm property of about 400 acres, and he has secure prestige as one of the progressive and successful exponents of agricultural and live-stock enterprise in his native county, cattle and sheep of excellent types being raised on his farm. His loyalty to his native county is shown in his liberal and progressive civic attitude, and while he has had no desire to enter the domain of practical politics he is a staunch supporter of the cause of the democratic party, as was also his father. His name is still enrolled on the roster of eligible bachelors in Harrison County.

Junius h. Reppart is the youngest of the three sons bom to William S. and Nancy (Smith) Reppart, and like his brothers. John S. and Thomas F., is a successful representative of farm industry in his native township of Short Creek, Harrison County, individual mention of his brothers being made on other pages of this volume. He was born in Short Creek Township December 2, 1860. and his early education was obtained in the little schoolhouse of district No. 5, this township, where his entire active life has been marked by close and successful association with farm enterprise. In 1894 he established his residence upon his present farm, and in connection with his agricultural and live-stock enterprise he continued for eighteen years to mine coal from the productive vein on his farm, his activities in mining having been continued until 1912. His farm originally comprised 160 acres, but he has gradually sold small tracts from the property until he now retains only sixty acres, constituting one of the well improved and productive farms of Short Creek Township.

William S. Reppart, father of him whose name introduces this review, passed his entire life in Short Creek Township, where he died in the house which figured as the place of his birth. He and his father were stonemasons by trade. He was born in the vear 1830 and his death occurred In November, 1898. His widow, who was bora in Tuscarawas County, a daughter of John Smith, passed away on the 25th of February. 1903, an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their three children are all represented by individual sketches in this publication, as noted in the foregoing paragraph. William S. Reppart was a son of Daniel Reppart. who was bora in Wales in 1778, and was a young man when he came to America. His first wife and all save one of their children died during a yellow fever epidemic in the State of Pennsylvania, and in 1825 he married Miss Hannah Stephens, who was born July 26, 1786. They came soon after their marriage to Ohio and settled in Short Creek Township, Harrison County. Their two children were David and William S. David was bora in 1826 and remained in Harrison County until his death on the 28th of May, 1887.

In 1887 was solemnized the marriage of Junius L. Reppart to Miss Ruth Ella Ely, who was born and reared in Harrison County and who is a daughter of William and Naomi (Randall) Ely. Mr. and Mrs. Reppart have five children. Hartzell married Miss Stella Gummere, and they have two children - Mervin and William. Irma N. is the wife of Milton Singer, and their two children are Mildred and Janies. Edna is the wife of Samuel Boyles, and they have one child, Mary Ella. Willard married Miss Emma Carter. Ray married Miss Ethel Rucker, and they have one child, Betty June. All of the children still reside in Harrison County and are well upholding the honors of a family name that has been identified with the history of this county for nearly a century.

James C. Mebrimak. The attractive village of Tippecanoe in Washington Township, Harrison County, has its full complement of well ordered mercantile and industrial establishments, and one of the important enterprises thus lending to the prestige of the village is the general merchandise store of Mr. Merriman, the volume of whose business indicates alike the excellent service of his establishment and his personal popularity in his native county, where he is a representative of an honored pioneer family.

Mr. Merriman was born at Deersville, this county, on the 24th of February, 1863, and is a son of Nicholas and Amy Ann (Moore) Merriman, both of whom likewise were born in Harrison County, where their marriage was solemnized on the 18th of June, 1840. Nicholas Merriman was born on the 24th of November, 1817, a date that indicates that his parents were numbered among the early settlers of the county. He was a son of Micajah and Sophia (Snyder) Merriman, who were born and reared in Pennsylvania and who became pioneer settlers in Cadiz Township, Harrison County. Ohio, where the father developed a productive farm and where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, both having been zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their sixteen children all but one attained to years of maturity. The names of the children are here recorded: Sheridan, Nicholas, Daniel,

Mrs. Amy Ann (Moore) Merriman was born and reared in Stock Township, Harrison County, and was a daughter of Peter and Sarah (Jones) Moore, who likewise were numbered among the sterling pioneers of this county, the father having become a substantial farmer in Stock Township, and both he and his wife having been devout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They became the parents of nine children - Phoebe, Charity, Catherine, Inga bee.

Nicholas Merriman was reared under the conditions marking the pioneer era in the history of Harrison County, and in his youth he learned the trade of blacksmith. In the autumn of 1863 he established his home at Tippecanoe, this county, and here he continued in the sturdy work of his trade until the close of his long, useful and worthy life. He died on the 29th of December, 1897, and his widow passed to eternal rest on the 26th of January, 1904, when venerable in years. Both were earnest and consistent members of the United Brethren Church. They became the parents of ten children, of whom the first five are deceased, namely: Rachel, Finley, Robert, Peter M. and Aquilla. The surviving children are: Elizabeth, Julia Ann, James C., Susanna and Buenavista L.

The district school known as the Birney School, in Washington Township afforded to James C. Merriman his early educational advantages, and he was a lad of fifteen years when he began clerking in a general store at Tippecanoe. Thus he early gained valuable knowledge in connection with the line of enterprise with which he has been continuously associated and in which he has won substantial success. In 1896 he established an independent mercantile business at Tippecanoe, and this he conducted until 1902, when he sold the stock and business. Thereafter he lived virtually retired until 1906, when he opened his present well equipped general merchandise establishment, which receives a substantial and representative patronage and Is one of the leading mercantile stores of Tippecanoe. He takes loyal Interest In community affairs. He and his wife are earnest and influential members of the Method! st Episcopal Church In their home village, he having served many years as class leader and being at the present time a steward of this church, besides which he has given effective service of several years in the position of superintendent of the Sunday school.

On the 28th of November, 1894, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Merriman to Miss Catherine Elizabeth Groves, who likewise was born and reared in Harrison County, and who is a daughter of Hiram and Mary Ann (Phillips) Groves, both natives of Washington Township, this county. Mr. Groves was one of the representative farmers of Washington Township at the time of his death, in December, 1872, and his widow survived him by many years, her death occurring in May, 1916. His first wife, whose maiden name was Maria Johnson, became the mother of seven children - Phoebe, Ellen Ann, John, Jane. Susan, Andrew S. and William. Of the second marriage were bom five children - Agnes, Thomas, Catherine Elizabeth (Mrs. Merriman), Della and Margaret. The parents were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. Merriman have no children.

Henby B. Stiers Is another of the native sons and representative farmers of Short Creek Township, and Is a member of one of the old and honored families of Harrison County. He was bom in Short Creek Township, this county, on the 17th of January, 1862, and is a son of Henry and Lucinda (Close) Stiers, the former of whom died January 1, 1901, and the latter passed away on the 10th of November, 1906, their marriage having been solemnized May 16, 1839.

Henry Stiers, who was for many years one of the substantial farmers and influential citizens of Short Creek Township, was bom In Greene County, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1807, and thus was nearly ninety-four years of age at the time of his death. He was a son of Jacob and Mary (Moore) Stiers, both of whom were reared in the State of Pennsylvania, the latter having been a daughter of Henry and Rachel (Dunn) Moore. Jacob Stiers was a son of Henry Stiers, whose wife was of English lineage, he himself having been bom in Germany and having become an early settler In Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where his home was destroyed by Indians, who set fire to the buildings on his farm and killed his wife and their youngest child, as well as one of his sisters, another girl of the family having been taken captive and borne away by the Indians. Jacob and one of his brothers fled for their lives, and he was pursued some distance by the savage Indians, but finally he reached the house of a neighbor and gave an alarm that rapidly spread through the pioneer community. A brother of Jacob Stiers served as a soldier in the War of 1812 and Incidentally gained Information that the captured girl above mentioned was living with the Indians in Canada. He proceeded to Canada in search of her, and there found her married to an Indian, to whom she had borne four children.

Jacob Stiers was bora in New Jersey and was a boy at the time of the family removal to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he was reared to manhood and where his marriage was solemnized. About the year 1810 he came to Ohio and settled in what is now Short Creek Township, Harrison County, where he reclaimed a farm from the virgin forest and where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, he having died January 1, 1837, at the age of sixty-six vears, and his wife having passed away in August, 1832, at the age of sixty-three years. They became the parents of nine children - Rebecca, Rachel, John, Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Jacob, Hannah (Mrs. Christopher S. Hall), and Henry. All of the children are now deceased.

Henry Stiers was not yet three years of age at the time when the family home was established in Harrison County, where he was reared on the frontier farm and where he gained a rudimentary education in the pioneer log schoolhouse. He was reared In the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the pioneer church which he attended was a log structure situated on his father's farm, his father having hewed the logs and done all of the carpenter work on this primitive sanctuary. At the age of twenty-five years Henry Stiers Initiated independent farm enterprise near Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County, but he later sold this farm and returned to the old home to care for his venerable father, from whom he purchased the old homestead, at the rate of twenty dollars an acre. After his marriage he removed to another farm In Short Creek Township, and at one time he was the owner of a valuable landed estate of 400 acres of valuable land in Harrison County. He was one of the county's most progressive and successful agriculturists and stockgrowers, and was the first to introduce the raising of fine-wool sheep into this section of the state. He was a staunch republican, was liberal and loyal as a citizen and ever commanded the high regard of all who knew him. Both he and his wife held membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Stiers was born near Saint dairsville, Belmont County, September 18, 1815, a daughter of Henry and Magdalena (Neat) Close, sterling pioneers of that county, to which they came from Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Stiers became the parents of ten children, one of whom died in infancy. John, George, Mary Olive and Laura are deceased; Harriet E. ; Henry Bennet, the immediate subject of this sketch; and the younger daughters were given the names of Ellen Augusta, Emma Rebecca and Louella.

Henry B. Stiers acquired his early education in the district schools of Short Creek Township, and in his native township he has been actively identified with farm industry from the time of his boyhood to the present. His well Improved farm is effectively devoted to diversified agriculture and the raising of approved types of live stock. He is a loyal supporter of the cause of the republican party, and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Shepherdstown.

On the 19th of April, 1877, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Stiers to Miss Mary Ethel McCleary, who likewise was born and reared in Harrison County and who is a daughter of the late Ephraim and Mary A. (Gillespie) McCleary, the former of whom was born in the State of Maryland October 19, 1810, and the latter of whom was born and reared In Franklin County, Ohio. Her father, Menzes Gillespie, was a soldier in the War of 1812. Mr. McCleary's first marriage was with Nancy J. Dunn, a daughter of General Dunn, who long represented Belmont County in the Ohio Legislature. All three children of this first marriage died in childhood, and Mrs. Nancy J. (Dunn) McCleary was still a young woman at the time of her death. Ephraim McCleary was a blacksmith by trade, and he was a pioneer workman at his trade In the Village of Harrisville, Harrison County, Ohio. In 1859 he removed to a farm near that village, and there he died on the 28th of April, 1874, and his widow passed away on the 19th of May, 1886. They became the parents of eight children, of whom Mrs. Stiers was the third in order of birth. Mr. and Mrs. Stiers have three children - John Clayton, William Henry and Menzes Phelps. John C., the eldest son, is district superintendent of schools in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he resides at the county seat He married Miss Margaret Sewell, and they have three children - Marion, Joseph! je and Aura Mae.

Chables E. Aluson, whose pleasant home is situated just without the corporate limits of the Village of Hopedale, Harrison County, has since 1889 been actively engaged in the practice of law, with his native township as his place of residence and his professional headquarters.

Mr. Allison was bom on his father's farm in Green Township, Harrison County, and the date of his nativity was April 26, 1863. He is a son of John R. and Nancy A. (Shamel) Allison, both natives of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where the former was bora on the 12th of March, 1818, and the latter in the year 1835.

John Rea Allison was about seven years old when his parents came to Harrison County and numbered themselves among the pioneer settlers of Green Township, where the father reclaimed and improved a good farm. John R. Allison was a son of James and Margaret (Hervey) Allison, the former of whom was bora in Ireland, whence he came to America when he was fifteen years of age, in 1805. At Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, James Allison served an apprenticeship at the trade of saddler and harnessmaker, and his marriage to Margaret Hervey, a daughter of William Hervey, was solemnized at Cadiz, Harrison County. Ohio, where they thereafter maintained their home about seven years. They later resided in Stark and Tuscarawas counties, but in 1825 they came again to Harrison County and established their home on a pioneer farm in Green Township, where Mrs. Allison died in 1837, her husband having attained to the patriarchal age of ninety years and his death having occurred in 1881. In connection with the operation of his farm Mr. Allison worked at his trade for many years, with a shop maintained at his home. James and Margaret Allison became the parents of eleven children - Margaret (Mrs. John Galbraith), John R., David, Henry, Sarah, James, Mary Jane (Mrs. John Hammond), Joseph, Elizabeth (Mrs. Daniel Eaton), Bell and Isabella. All of these children are now deceased. John R. Allison was reared under the conditions that marked the pioneer period in the history of Harrison County, where he assisted in the activities of the home farm, besides which he learned the trade of tanner. As a young man he began independent operations as a farmer in Green Township, where he became the owner of an excellent farm of 110 acres, besides giving his attention to the operation of a tannery and to the driving of cattle to the eastern markets in the pioneer days. He was one of the sterling and honored pioneer citizens of Harrison County at the time of his death. November 29, 1962, when eighty-four years of age, his widow having passed away on the 10th of May, 1918, aged eighty-three years, she having been a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their two children Charles E., of this review, is the elder, and Rowena M. is the wife of William J. Stainger.

Charles E. Allison passed the period of his childhood and early youth on the home farm and was afforded the advantages of the village schools at Hopedale. There also he attended Hopedale College, in which he was graduated in 1885, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and from which he received in 1887 the supplemental degree of Master of Arts. In preparation for his chosen profession Mr. Allison entered the Cincinnati Law School, In which institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1889 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He has since been continuously engaged in the practice of his profession in Harrison County, and has handled a large volume of law business, much of which has been of important order. He has remained continuously in Green Township. He was a resident of Hopedale from 1905 until 1918, in which latter year he removed to his present attractive home, just outside the corporate limits of Hopedale. Much of his law business has been as counsellor, but he has gained also a high reputation as a careful and resourceful trial lawyer. He Is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and both he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church at Hopedale.

On the 14th of September, 1904, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Allison to Miss Mary E. Hervey, daughter of David and Mary M. Hervey, well known citizens of Harrison County. Mr. and Mrs. Allison have no children.

William G. Kent is not only one of the prosperous and enterprising representatives of farm industry in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, but is also a native of this county and a scion of one of its old and influential pioneer families. His paternal grandfather, Absalom Kent (III), was bom in Stock Township. this county, in 1810, and was a son of Absalom Kent (II), who was bora in Virginia In 1777, a son of Absalom Kent (I), who likewise was a native of the historic Old Dominion State, where the family, of English origin, was founded in the early colonial era. Absalom Kent (II) come to what is now Harrison County, Ohio, at a very early date, probably about the opening of the nineteenth century, and he settled in Stock Township, where he took a large tract of Government land and instituted the reclamation of a farm. Here he remained a number of years, but he Anally removed to the State of Illinois, where he continued to reside until his death in 1875. His children were six in number - Absalom (III), Abner, John, Jacob, Jane and Mary. He became the owner of an extensive landed estate, in both Ohio and Illinois, and he gave to each of his sons 200 acres of land. Absalom Kent (III) was reared under the conditions that marked the early pioneer days in Harrison County, and he passed virtually his entire active life as a farmer in Nottingham Township. His first wife bore the maiden name of Mary Walker, and they had six children - Absalom (IV), John H., Joseph W., Stewart, William and Tabitha. For his second wife he married Sarah Traub, and they became the parents of one child, Sarah Jane, now Mrs. John Toole. After the death of his second wife Absalom Kent (III) married Margaret Worman, and their one child was Mary G., who married Samuel Grimes, of Cadiz. In politics Mr. Kent was a republican from the time of the organization of the party of that

Joseph W. Kent was bom and reared in Nottingham Township, and there he continued his active association with farm industry during the major part of his active life, though he was for a few years a farmer in Washington Township and for a time in Tuscarawas County. As a young man he wedded Miss Janie Guthrie, who likewise was bora In Harrison County, a daughter of Benjamin and Harriet (Fitzgerald) Guthrie, her father having been a farmer in this county and having finally removed to Uhrlchsville, Tuscarawas County, where he remained until his death. His children were Mary, Janie, Thomas and Wllhelmina. Joseph W. Kent was about sixty-six years of age at the time of his death, and his widow survives, aged seventy-seven years, both having been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They became the parents of eight children: Nettle (deceased), Hattie, John T., William G.t Caroline, Josephine, Ora and Cora.

William G. Kent was bora on November 3, 1868. He gained his early education principally in the schools of Tuscarawas County and was about twelve years of age when his parents returned to Nottingham Tpwnship, Harrison County. In this township he has continued his alliance with farm enterprise during the intervening period, and also gave some attention to the mining of coal. Since 1908 he has resided on his present farm, which comprises 138 acres and is well improved, even as it is well managed in both its agricultural and live-stock departments. In politics he is aligned in the ranks of the republican party and he and his wife are active members of the Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church, best known as Bethel Chapel.

On the 30th of July, 1898, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Kent to Miss Margaret V. Gaines, who was bora near Little Rock, Arkansas, November 20, 1876, and who is a daughter of Edwin Y. and Jennie (Widdoes) Gaines. Mr. Gaines, who was a captain in the United States Army during the Civil war, continued his residence in Arkansas until his death, and his widow then removed with her children to Kansas, where they remained until 1888, coming then to Harrison County, Ohio and established a home in Cadiz Township, where Mrs. Gaines remained until her death. Her children were three in number: Herbert (died in the same week as did his father), Anna and Margaret V. Mr. and Mrs. Keht became the parents of four children: Violet (died February 20, 1901), Lawrence R., Isabel and Viola.

George A. Philpott has effected an excellent adjustment of the various forces and agencies that make for success in farm industry and is one of the staunch and progressive agriculturists and stock-raisers of Short Creek Township, Harrison County.

Mr. Philpott was born in Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, on the 11th of March, 1856, and in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, were bora and reared his parents, Charles and Eliza Jane (Stradllng) Philpott. Charles Philpott remained in the old Keystone State until he was about thirty-six years of age, coming then to Jefferson County, Ohio, where he remained until about 1860. He then came with his family to Harrison County and engaged in farming in Short Creek Township, where his earnest and well ordered endeavors brought to him a goodly measure of success. In this township he and his wife continued to maintain their home until their deaths. They became the parents of four children: Louis, George A., Sarah Elizabeth, deceased, who became Mrs. Samuel Colville, and Charles Edgar, also deceased.

George A. Philpott was a child at the time of the family removal to Harrison County and was reared and educated in Short Creek Township, where he was afforded the advantages of the district schools of the period. In this township when he was a young man he initiated his independent activities as a farmer, and with the exception of seven years, during which he was a farmer in Jefferson County, he has resided continuously in Short Creek Township from his childhood to the present time. He now owns an excellent farm of 100 acres, in section 24, and on this place he established his residence in the spring of 1901. He has remodeled the house and erected various new farm buildings, so that the place has adequate equipment not only for the successful prosecution of all departments of productive farm Industry, but also offers a pleasant and attractive home. Mr. Philpott takes loyal and helpful interest In community affairs, is a republican in politics but is a substantial citizen to whom the honors of public office have never appealed in a personal way. His wife holds membership in the Presbyterian Church in the Village of Adena.

March 29, 1893, recorded the marriage of Mr. Philpott to Miss Belle M. Townsend, who was born and reared in Harrison County and who is a daughter of David and Adaline (Morris) Townsend, both residing in Short Creek Township. Mr. and Mrs. Philpott have three children - Earl T., Irma Lucile and Wiley.

Charles Allen Chaney. Among the progressive young farmers of Athens Township is Charles Allen Chaney. He was bom October 2, 1878, and has always lived in Harrison County. The Chaney family story began in Harrison County in 1805 with the coming of Thomas Chaney from Virginia. Nathan Chaney, of the preceding generation, was bora in Maryland. The Chaney ancestry came into the colonies at the time of the French and Indian war.

After leaving Maryland and locating in Virginia, Nathan Chaney married Sarah Mansfield and seven daughters and six sons were born to them, among them Thomas Chaney. When a young man making his start he worked about the country at almost starvation wages, but he kept on adding to his savings until he finally acquired a competency. On September 25, 1836, he married Elizabeth, a daughter of James and Sarah (Watson) Clark, of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Their children were Martha, Elizabeth, Mary, John and William. The second daughter became the wife of Thomas Chaney. While they had no money they had courage and were industrious, and they were just the type of young people for the frontier community. They developed one of the best farmsteads in the county. They were the grandparents of Charles Allen Chaney.

The children born to Thomas and Elizabeth (Clark) Chaney were: James, John, William, Sarah, Martha, Samuel, Mary Ann, Elizabeth Ann, Mary Ellen, Thomas W., Hannah and Nancy. Some of the good old family names were made to do double service in designating the children, but Samuel is the one through whom the lineal descent is continuous to the next generation. He was born December 14, 1846, and grew up in the community. On August 5, 1875. he married Clarinda, a daughter of John and Eliza Jane (Morgan) Edwards. She was born September 12. 1856, and after their marriage they lived at the old Chaney homestead. Their children are: lone Estelle, Charles Allen, William Vernon and Willis Craig Chaney. lone Estella was born January 9, 1877. and died November 27. 1908. She was the wife of James Eaton. William Vernon was born April 10, 1885, and died May 4, less than one month later. Willis Craig Chaney was bora September 13, 1886. The Chaneys are members of the Presbyterian Church in New Athens. Mrs. Chaney died September 8, 1913, and he died June 5, 1916, at the family homestead In Athens Township. The Commemorative Record says of Mr. Chaney: "Quiet and unassuming, his presence is, nevertheless, always felt and acknowledged," and that is sufficient tribute. The Edwards family had come from Belmont to Harrison County, and Clarinda (Edwards) Chaney also came of excellent parentage.

The Chaney young people attended the Beech Point country school, and later C. A. Chaney attended Franklin College. On October 15, 1902, he married Nannie E. Moore. She is a daughter of Walker and Sarah Rebecca (Campbell) Moore. Their children are: Willard Doyle, horn July 26. 1907 : Oliver W., bora August 4, 1911, and died January 2. 1912; and Sarah Agnes, born March 7. 1914. In 1914 Mr. Chaney bought the old homestead, and his livestock specialty is Jersey cattle.

William S. Cessna was a youth of eighteen years when he established his home at Cadiz, and from a modest clerkship in a local grocery store he advanced step by step until he became president of the First National Bank of Cadiz, which progress was won entirely through his own ability and faithful efforts. His record as one of the representative business men of Harrison County is without blemish, while his attitude has at all times been that of a loyal and progressive citizen. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, and for ten years was successfully engaged in the practice of law. He then identified himself with a banking enterprise, of4which he long stood as a prominent and influential representative. He resigned the presidency of the institution in 1911, since which time he has lived virtually retired.

Nancy (Powell) Cessna, both natives of Bedford, and Is a grandson of James Cessna, who was a prosperous farmer in Bedford County, where he and his wife, whose family name was Ly singer, continued to reside until their deaths. They became the parents of seven children - John J., Charles, Alexander, William, Polly, Susan and Margaret. Alexander Cessna came to Cadiz, Ohio, In the *50s and engaged In the work of his trade, that of tailor, but In 1884 he removed to California. John J. Cessna, father of William S., was for a long period a tailor at Bedford, Pennsylvania, and later engaged in the livery business in that city. He served one term as sheriff of his native county. He and his wife passed their entire lives in Bedford. Their children were five in number - John A.. William S'., James P., Mary E. (Mrs. William C. Dorsey) and Frank P.

William S. Cessna continued his residence in the old Keystone State until he was eighteen years of age, when he came to Cadiz. He arrived in this village in 1864, and for a time was employed as clerk in the grocery of George Brothers. He then began the study of law under the preceptorship of William P. Lupton, and in 1871 he was admitted to the bar. He continued in the practice of his profession as one of the representative younger members of the Harrison County Bar until 1882, at which time he assumed the position of bookkeeper In the First National Bank at Cadiz. In 1884 he was appointed assistant cashier of the institution, and later he was advanced to the office of cashier, of which executive office he continued the efficient and popular Incumbent until 1904, after which he was president of the bank until his retirement in 1911. He has at all times taken vital and loyal interest In all matters pertaining to the welfare of his home village and county. He Is a democrat in politics, and served two terms as mayor of Cadiz. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, and he and his wife hold membership In the Methodist Episcopal Church.

On the 16th of May, 1878, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Cessna to Miss Laura McBean, a daughter of Dr. John and Belinda (Johnson) McBean. the former a native of Scotland and the latter of Harrison County, Ohio, where her parents were pioneer settlers upon coming from Pennsylvania. Dr. John McBean was a boy at the time of his parents* death and thereafter was taken into the home of an uncle who was residing in the West India Islands. Thence he finally came to the United States and established his residence in Ohio. He was a man of fine scholarship, and for a number of years was a teacher of Latin and Greek. He then prepared himself for the medical profession, and for half a century was engaged in the practice of his profession at Cadiz. He was one of the best-known and most highly honored citizens of Harrison County at the time of his death, January 7, 1875. His widow survived him by several years. They became the parents of three sons and seven daughters. Doctor McBean was first a whig and later a republican in politics, and under the old judicial system of Ohio he served for a time on the bench of the County Court of Harrison County. Mr. and Mrs. Cessna have but one child, Frank J., who maintains his residence at Cadiz, where he was born and reared. He married Miss Florence V. Martin, and they have three children - William M., Julia and Philip. '

Ageb Family. The Ager family of Harrison County is of Irish descent. The earliest known ancestor was James Ager, who lived in County Tyrone, Ireland, during the latter half of the eighteenth century. He was a farmer and land owner.

His son William Ager immigrated to this country In 1811, locating first in Virginia, where he married Elizabeth McFadden. Soon afterwards they removed to Montgomery County, Ohio, and later to Clark County, Ohio, where William Ager died in 1831.

Alexander Ager, a son of William, and father of the Agers born in Harrison County, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1821 and died at New Rumley in 1898. He attended New Hagerstown Academy, taught district school for a time, and was talented as a musician and In early life taught that art. His real trade and occupation, however, was that of gunsmith, a work in which he excelled. Many rifles of his make are still in use. A few days before the capture of Morgan's raiders near Salem, Ohio, he and some neighbors started out with their squirrel rifles to assist in the capture. In the early *40s John J. Ager, a brother of Alexander, and a physician, performed the operation of trephining and replaced the lost bone with a silver plate fashioned by himself, thus saving the life of a boy whose skull had been fractured by the kick of a horse. This was an unusual operation for a country physician at that time.

In 1850 Alexander Ager married Susan Bishop, daughter of John and Naomi Bishop. It was in the beginning of the nineteenth century that John Bishop with his father, mother and family removed from Pennsylvania to what is now German Township. He was bom in 1795 and died in 1891. John Bishop was a blacksmith and farmer. His wife was the daughter of Joshua and Catherine (Haun) Martin and a granddaughter of John and (Polly) Mary Stokes Haun. John Haun was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, having lived prior to that struggle in Washington County, Maryland, but enlisted in Virginia and was in a number of battles, having been severely wounded in the battle of Brandywine. Soon after the war he and his family settled near Germano. He is buried in Zion Cemetery near that place. Evidently John Bishop and wife were not believers in race suicide, for to them were bom fourteen children, three sons and eleven daughters, all of whom reached the age of manhood and womanhood. Two of these children were living at the beginning of 1920: One, Vernelia Bishop-Couch, at New Rumley. Ohio, and the other, Bathia Bishop Badger, at Unionport, Ohio. A son of John Bishop, Dr. Hiram Bishop, was a surgeon in the Civil war. His son and grandson are physicians, the son

Alexander Ager and wife have six living children, the oldest son being John William Ager, whose career as a prosperous farmer of Rumley Township is reviewed elsewhere.

Another son is Alexander Scott Ager, who was bom at New Rumley October 21, 1867, was educated in the district schools and Hopedale College, and graduated with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery at Cincinnati in March, 1892. He had previously taught district school for three years, but for upwards of thirty years has been actively engaged in dental practice, beginning at New Philadelphia in May, 1892. After a year he bought the office of Dr. J. E. Barricklow, and was in partnership with Dr. W. W. Richardson until 1909 and since then has practiced alone. He is a member of the Tuscarawas County Dental Society, the Ohio State Society and the National Dental Association, is a director of the Tuscarawas Building and Loan Company, a republican, and Is affiliated with the Elks and Masons and is a member of the United Brethren Church at New Rumley. February 12, 1907, at Akron, Ohio, Doctor Ager married Lida Stiffler,. daughter of George F. Stiffler.

John William Ageb. An industrious and well-to-do agriculturist of Harrison County, -John William Ager, of Rumley Township, is .proprietor of a fine homestead, which in regard to its appointments compares favorably with any in the locality. The neat and orderly aprpearance of his property manifest to the most observer the thrift and care of the owner, and dbow conclusive evidence that he has a thorough understanding of the business in which he is engaged A native of Harrison County, he was bora June 25, 1855, in the Village of New Rumley. His father, Alexander Ager, was born near Springfield, Ohio, but for many years was a resident of New Rumley. He married Susan Bishop, who was born in German Township, Harrison County, a daughter of John Bishop.

John W. Ager was educated in the district schools of Rumley Township, and as a young man worked as a day laborer. Industrious and thrifty, he accumulated some money, and subsequently bought a saw mill, which he operated successfully for a number of seasons. In May, 1897, he assumed possession of his present farm In Rumley Township, and in its management has shown excellent judgment and wisdom, being known as one of the most able farmers and - stock growers of the vicinity. The improvements that he has made on the place are of an excellent character, the buildings, all of which he erected, being both comfortable and conveniently arranged.

Mr. Ager married, December 16, 1880, Maria Myers, who was bora In Jefferson County, Ohio, a daughter of Samuel Myers, a native of Meadville, Pennsylvania. Left fatherless when young, Mr. Myers was brought up in the family of Jacob Leas in Jefferson County, Ohio, where he began life for himself as a tiller of the soil. Coming from there to Harrison County in 1859, he located in German Township, and was there a resident until his death, in March, 1910. Mr. Myers married Lydia Lichtenwalter, who was born in Stark County, Ohio, and to them two children were bom, as follows : Maria, now Mrs. Ager; and Sarah Ann, wife of Homer Anderson, of Stark County, Ohio.

Three children have blessed the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Ager, namely: Florence A., who married Charles Markley, has one child, Gladys, wife of Samuel Kimmel ; G. Earl, a resident of Stark County, married Blanche Morrow, aud they have one child, Ethel ; and Harry Albert, living on his father's farm, married Dora Baker, and they have three children, Charles William, Kenneth Earl and Ralph D. Mr. and Mrs. Ager are faithful members of the Brethren Church of New Rumley, in which he has served as chorister for the past forty years, and in which his daughter Florence has been organist since twelve years of age. Mr. Ager takes much interest in public matters, and for three years was supervisor of the roads of Rumley Township.

George W. Beall. In making this publication authoritative and comprehensive it has been found both consistent and imperative to avoid repetition of family records In the various personal sketches here appearing, and in connection with this representative farmer of Nottingham Township reference may be made to the adequate family data appearing on other pages, in the personal sketch of his brother Frank M.

George W. Beall was bom on the farm which is the stage of his present effective enterprise as an agriculturist and stock-grower in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, and the date of his nativity was July 22, 1884. His father, John B. Beall, gained secure prestige as one of the substantial farmers and influential citizens of this township. Mr. Beall found in the district schools of his native township the privileges which enabled him to acquire the basic education that has been amplified in later association with the practical affairs of life, and he has resided continuously on the old home farm, of which he has had the Independent management since the autumn of 1917. He is a member of the school board of the township, is a republican in politics, and he and his wife hold membership in the Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church.

May 22, 1918, recorded the marriage of Mr. Beall to Miss Ella M. Carrothers, who was born and reared in Harrison County and who is a daughter of Crawford and Mary Belle (Dickerson) Carrothers. Mr. and Mrs. Beall have a fine little son, Francis Wayne, who was born April 10, 1919.

Thomas Ray Brokaw. It was January 14, 1879, that Thomas Ray Brokaw was born in Athens Township, Harrison County. His father, John M. Brokaw, was born August 4, 1842, In Wheeling Township, Belmont County. The grandfather, George Brokaw, was born in February, 1813, in Athens Township, Harrison

County. The grandmother, Jane McKibben, was born in October, 1813, in the same community. She was a daughter of John McKibben, who was a pioneer in Harrison County. His children were: Mathew, Thomas, John, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Nancy, Jane and Martha.