Harrison Township (part 25 of 37)

John Eli Boggs. While agriculture has: given employment to the energies and brains: of men since the beginning of the world, it is only within recent years that the farmer has been accorded his proper place among the workers of Importance, and science and governmental power have been employed to give him assistance. The modern farmer conducts his business much more expeditiously and profitably than did his forefathers, and in consequence is able to enjoy many comforts that were utterly out of the reach of people In the rural districts a few years ago. One of the representatives of this great and important class of workers of Carroll County Is John Eli Boggs, owner of 133 acres of land in Harrison Township. He was bom in this township, on the homestead of his parents, Ezra and Clarentine (Scott) Boggs, December 25, 1865.

The grandfather, Joseph Boggs, was bom in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he was married to a Miss Simpson, and came to Harrison Township, Carroll County, Ohio, after that event, settling on a quarter section of land. He and his wife had six children. Ezra Boggs was eight years old when brought to Carroll County, and he continued to live on his father's homestead the remainder of his life, and there he died in 1905, but his widow survived him for a year. They had ten children, of whom John Eli Boggs was the sixth in order of birth.

John Eli Boggs went to school during the winter terms at Cold Spring Run, and had to do a man's work on the farm from the time he was fifteen years old. When he was twentynine years old, in 1895, he was married to Gertrude Moore, a daughter of William and Margaret (McElderry) Moore, of Union Township. Her grandfather, James Moore, married a Miss Riley, and they had eight children, but both are now deceased. William Moore was a farmer of Union Township, who died in 1907, and Mrs. Moore died in 1911. Mrs. Boggs at- tended the country schools, and then took a teacher's course at Scio College, but was married at the age of twenty years, so did not follow her girlish plans for becoming a teacher.

When Mr. Boggs was married he owned ninety acres of land, and since then has added land until he now has 133 acres and is raising a diversity of crops. He is a stockholder of the First National Bank of Carrollton, and belongs to the National Grange at New Harrisburg. The Presbyterian Church of New Harrisburg affords him expression for his religious creed.

Mr. and Mrs. Boggs have had four children, namely : Charles Scott, who is twenty-four years old; Forrest M., who died in 1901, when thirteen months old; Paul who is fifteen years old, and Wilma, eleven years old. Charles Scott Boggs is a veteran of the World war, and was called to the colors under the selective draft August 29, 1918, and sent to Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, for two months, as a private in the Sixty-ninth Field Artillery. He was then transferred to Camp Knox, south of Louisville, Kentucky, and was there when the armistice was signed. Like thousands of others, he was very much disappointed at not having had a chance to get into action. He received his honorable discharge December 21, 1918, and returned home.

Mbs. Lydia Jane Eckley, one of the highly respected residents of Carroll County, is living on her farm of seventy -one acres in Center Township. She is the widow of Absalom F. Eckley, who was bom in Carroll County August 5, 1880, a son of Joseph and Catherine (Ouster) Eckley, of German ancestry, whose family were all farming people. Mr. Eckley attended the local schools and worked on the home farm until his marriage, which occurred when he was twenty-two years old. At that time he reuted a farm of eighty acres near Leesburg. Ohio, for a year, and then moved to Carrollton, where they resided for a time, Mr. Eckley being street commissioner. Later he served for twelve years as road commissioner of Center Township, to which he was elected on the republican ticket. Leaving Carrollton, Mr. and Mrs. Eckley moved on the farm she now occupies, and bought it in 1904. Here Mr. Eckley died June 9, 1911. He was an excellent farmer, public-spirited man and very active in the republican party.

Absalom F. Eckley married Lydia Jane Brown, a daughter of John H. and Mary (Orwick) Brown, of Dellroy, Ohio, and they became the parents of nine children, all of whom are living, as follows: Alice, who is Mrs. Heber Slates, of Carrollton: Harvey, who lives at Malvern, Ohio, married Margaret Harsh, and has one son, Roy; Viola, who married Ross Dunlap, of Carrollton, and has seven children, Samuel, Ruth, Fouty. Phyllis, Martha, Catherine and Kenneth; Catherine, who married Charles Slates, of Jewett Ohio; Charles, who married Una Cramer, and has one son, Paul; Isabel}, who married Charles Lucas, has a son. Charles, and lives at Massillon, Ohio; Harry, who lives at Sebring. Ohio, married Florence

Wright, and has one daughter, Catherine; Joseph R., who is at home and works in the pottery; LeRoy, who married Ethel Deck, of New Harrisburg, Ohio, in 1915, has two children, Ralph Thomas and Absalom Fouts, and is operating the home farm for his mother. They are fine young men who understand farming thoroughly, and are a credit to their parents, as are the remainder of the children, all of whom are doing well. It is a source of pride to Mrs. Eckley that she and her husband* not onlv prospered in a material way, but that they were able to afford their children the proper training and advantages so that they developed into splendid men and women. She is a member of the Reformed Church of Carrollton, and is held in high regard in that congregation, as she is elsewhere, for she possesses a noble, Christian character and those qualities which endear her to those who know her.

Edward Power Boggs deserves the reputation he enjoys of being one of the most capable farmers of Carroll County, and his fine farm of 133 acres in Harrison Township reflect his skill and industry. He was born on his present farm April 28, 1881, a son of Ezra and Clarentine (Scott) Boggs. He was reared on his father's farm, and attended the Cold Spring Run school during the winter months, until he was twenty years old, and during the rest of the year worked for his father. When he married he rented land for a time at Cold Spring Run, and then lived for a time at New Harrisburg, Ohio, where he was occupied with lumbering and farming. In the fall of 1898 he returned to the homestead and rented it from his father for eight months. The latter dying, Mr. Boggs inherited a portion of it, and purchased the remainder of his present holdings from the other heirs. He is carrying on a general line of farming, and has been very successful. He has other interests, being a director of the First National Bank of Carrollton, and is a member of the National Grange of New Harrisburg. A democrat, he is active in his party, and has served as assessor of Harrison Township and as a member of the School Board. The Presbyterian Church of New Harrisburg holds his membership, and he Is generous in his donations to it. Mr. Boggs feels that his prosperity has come to him through his industry and thrift, and claims that no man need lack the necessities of life if he is willing to work hard for them and save something of what he earns.

In 1894, when he was thirty-three years old, Mr. Boggs was married to Ella Booth, a daughter of Joseph and Agnes (Workman) Booth, of Monroe Township, Carroll County, and they became the parents of five children, namely: Donald Booth, who is now at home. Is mentioned below; and Helen Emma, Ezra J.. Edward 8cott and Ethel Agnes, who are all at home.

Donald Booth completed a one year high school course and is now teller of the Cummings Trust Company of Carrollton. He is a veteran of the World war, having enlisted June 30. 1917. at Cleveland, Ohio, as clerk in the aviation branch of the service, and was sent to Camp Kelly, Texas, for training. From there he was transferred to New York city in October of that year and placed in the Forty-Eighth Construction Squadron. Sailing from New York city, the unit was landed at Liverpool, England, after a short voyage, and from there sent to Brest, France. He was engaged In preparing the airplanes for the flyers, and kept following the advance of the Allied troops until the signing of the armistice. Promoted to be a corporal, he was sent as one of the Army of Occupation to Coblenz, Germany, for the winter and spring, and was then returned home, being mustered out July 9, 1919.

Abraham H. Smith for more than half a century has been closely identified with the agricultural activities and the community affairs of Harrison County In Nottingham and Stock Townships, and is one of the best known residents of those localities.

He was born in Nottingham Township June 10, 1848. His paternal grandparents were John and Alice (Hopkins) Smith, natives of Ireland. John Smith whose home was in County Wicklow, Ireland, was a school teacher and veterinary surgeon. In 1819 he brought his family to America, and located at Deersville, Harrison County, Ohio. Deersville at that time contained onlv three log cabins. John Smith bought land in Nottingham Township, developed a farm and spent the rest of his life in that occupation and the farm Is still in the family. John Smith and wife had the following children: John, born

William H. Smith, father of Abraham H. Smith, was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, and was about three years of age when brought to America. He grew up on the old homestead in Harrison County, lived an active career as a farmer In Nottingham Township, and died there June 1, 1873. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Church. In August, 1847, William H. Smith married Julia Hedges. She was bom April 24, 1818, near West Liberty, West Virginia, a daughter of Abraham and Edith (Carter) Hedges. Abraham Hedges spent his life as a farmer near West Liberty, West Virginia. A brief record of his children is as follows: Joseph, born April 18, 1815, and died

The children of William H. and Julia Smith were Abraham, Mary, Frank, Emma, William, Samuel. Anna Bell, Julia, Robert and Ellen. Six of these are still living.

Abraham H. Smith acquired a substantial education as he grew to manhood and reached his majority well versed in the practical operations of farming, a vocation he has followed all his life. He still owns a hundred nine acres in Stock Township. He has been a member of the Methodist Church at Deersville for about forty years.

December 27, 1870, Mr. Smith married Natacy J. Spiker, daughter of William and Mary CCoterol) Spiker. She died August 31, 1904, the mother of six children. The oldest of these children is William who married Emma Millhorn and has a daughter Hilda ; the second is Charles who married Tentha McCave and has two children, Winifred and Wesley; the third in the family is Wesley who married Edith Hines and has a daughter Rebecca Jane and a son George: Mary, the fourth child of Abraham H. Smith, is the wife of William Robasky, a farmer in Franklin Township of Harrison County; Clara is the wife of John Dunlap and has one daughter Ethel: Howard, the youngest, married Ida Freeburn and has two children, Walter and Lucile.

William Robasky is one of the substantial citizens of Franklin Township, Harrison County, whose career is the more creditable because of difficulties he has overcome and the fact that his position has been achieved by industry and honesty and in no sense is due to circumstances.

Mr. Robasky was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, October 23, 1878, and was nine years of age when he came to live with the family of W. E. Cramblett in Stock Township of Harrison County. He grew up in the family home, acquired such education as was alforded by the district schools of Stock Township, and lived with the family until he was twenty-six. He spent seven years as a farm hand with E. C. Spiker of Franklin Township.

In the fall of 1910 he married Mary V. Smith, daughter of Abraham Smith, whose record is given above. For the past ten years Mr. and Mrs. Robasky have been farmers in Franklin Township, and since 1912 have been on their present farm of 155 acres. Mrs. Robasky is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

James B. McDevitt Is a representative of the fourth generation of the McDevitt family in Harrison County and here he has proved himself resourceful and progressive in connection with the basic industry that engaged the attention of earlier generations of the family in the county. He was born in Stock Township, April 27, 1880, and the major part of his life has been passed on the fine farm of 171 acres, of which he is now the owner, in Monroe Township. Here he is successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising, besides which he has for the past several years controlled a prosperous enterprise in the operation of a saw mill in this section of his native county.

The founder of the McDevitt family in Harrison County was James McDevitt, who came with his family from Pennsylvania and established his home in North Township about the year 1820. He took up a tract of wild land and developed the same into the productive farm on which he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, as honored pioneers of the county. James, the youngest of their five sons, was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1810, and thus was about ten years of age when he accompanied his parents on their immigration to the wilds of Harrison County, where he was reared to manhood under the pioneer conditions. In 1830 he wedded Miss Annie Birney, who was born in Green Township, this county, in 1808, a daughter of John Birney, who was another sterling pioneer of the county. James McDevitt developed a productive farm in North Township, and there he remained until his death, March 19, 1874, his wife having passed away October 15, 1862, and both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their ten children the first five died in infancy, and the other five attained to years of maturity. Of this number John was the father of him whose name introduces this review.

John McDevitt was bom on the old homestead in North Township, March 10, 1845, and his death occurred in July, 1918, on the farm now owned by his son James B. As a young man he served an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade, and as a journeyman he applied himself to his trade about five years, in various parts of the state. In 1873 he became a successful contractor and builder, with residence at Scio, Harrison County, and among the buildings erected by him was that of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Harlem Springs. In 1877 he engaged in farming in Stock Township, but he continued to follow his trade to a certain extent for a number of years thereafter. In 1884 he sold his farm and purchased a place of 160 acres, on Plum Run, in Monroe Township, and in 1887 he established a tile manufactory on his farm. In this connection he developed a large and prosperous industry, with a productive capacity for the output of one billion feet of drain tile annually, and his trade extended far outside the limits of his native county. He was one of the highly esteemed citizens of the county, achieved large and worthy success, was a republican In politics, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as is also his widow, who now resides at New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, with her son, James B. of this sketch. The marriage of Mr. McDevitt to Miss Martha M. Easterday was solemnized June 24, 1875, Mrs. McDevitt having been born in Carroll County, a daughter of David and Mary Easterday, who were residents of Harrison County for many years prior to their death. Mr. and Mrs. McDevitt became the parents of four children, two sons and two daughters, all of whom are living.

James B. McDevitt gained his youthful education in the district schools of Monroe Township. where, save for brief intervals, he has resided continuously on the old home farm, of which he is the owner and to the active management of which he gives his attention. His political allegiance is given to the republican party

January 20, 1914, recorded the marriage of Mr. MeDevltt to* Miss Nellie Marie Morland, and they have two children - Ethel Margaret and Annie Marie. Mrs. McDevitt was bom in Harrison County, Ohio, and is a daughter of William and Margaret (Wagner) Morland, the former of whom was born in Palermo, Carroll County, Ohio, September 3, 1855, and the latter in Tuscarawas County, In 1860, their marriage having been solemnized December 22, 1883. Thomas Morland, father of William, was a carpenter by trade, but as a young man he became the owner of a farm in Carroll County. After selling this property he established his residence at Bowerston, Harrison County, where he opened a general store and where he continued to reside until his death, his children having been nine in number: Jane (Mrs. Andrew Wilson), William, Margaret (Mrs. Hadley Dunlap), Thomas, Martha (Mrs. Harvby Renicker), Etta (Mrs. William Bower), James and Robert (twins), and Alice (Mrs. Charles Wheeler).

After his marriage William Morland purchased a farm in Tuscarawas County, where he remained until 1890, when he sold the place and purchased his present fine farm, in Monroe Township, Harrison County. He and his wife had eight children: John married Mary Warner and they reside at Milan, Erie County; Edgar is deceased ; Alma is the wife of Jesse Custer; Nellie Marie is the wife of James B. Mc- Devitt, of this review; Zella Is the wife of Charles Gotschall; Mary married Floyd McCauley; and two children died in Infancy. John Wagner, grandfather of Mrs. Morland, was born near Tappan, Franklin Township, Harrison County, in 1823, and his wife, whose maiden name was Margaret Scott, was born in Carroll County, in 1817, a daughter of Robert and Hannah (Russell) Scott. John Wagner was a son of Mathias (born In 1792) and Nancy (De- Long) Wagner, and Mathias Wagner served as a soldier ir\ the War of 1812; he was a son of John Wagner, who was bora and reared in Maryland and who came thence to Ohio in the early pioneer days. Mathias Wagner engaged in farming in Harrison County when he was a young man, and in 1831 he removed with his family to Tuscarawas County, where his death occurred in 1848. His children were: Sarah,

John Wagner continued his residence in Tuscarawas County from 1831 until his death In December, 1880, and his widow passed away In 1891. They became the parents of four children - Sarah Jane, who died in 1911, Mary Ellen, Mathias S. and Margaret Ann.

Samuel S. Eastebday. whose well improved farm of 166*4 acres, is situated in Monroe Township, Carroll County, Is a popular representative of one of the old and honored families of this section of the Buckeye state. He was born in Perry Township, Carroll County, near Conotton, a village just over the line in Harrison County, and the date of his nativity was March 5, 1861. He is a son of David and

Mary (Trushel) Easterday, and is a scion of a family, of German origin, that was founded in Pennsylvania in the colonial period of our national history. George Easterday was bom in the old Keystone State, and there he reared his family of five sons and two daughters, all of whom remained in that state except John, grandfather of Samuel S. John Easterday was reared and educated in Pennsylvania and there was solemnized his marriage to Eve Swlnehart. In the spring of 1830 he came with his family to Ohio and settled in Harrison County, where he remained until 1855, when he came to Carroll County and established his residence in Perry Township, where he purchased the farm that continued his place of abode until his death, which occurred November 19, 1873, his widow having passed away December 28, 1880, and their remains being laid to rest in the Bowers* ton cemetery, both having been devout communicants of the Lutheran Church. They became the parents of nine children, namely: Magdalene (Mrs. Washington Borland), George, Adam, David (father of the subject of this review), John, Margaret (Mrs. Michael Trushel), Samuel, Elizabeth (Mrs. Joseph Smith), and Eve A. (Mrs. Henry Cogan).

David Easterday was bom on the old home farm In Perry Township, and in his farm activities he was for some time a resident of Harrison County. He finally removed to the state of Illinois, and there his death occurred. His wife died In Harrison County, when about eighty-six years of age and both having held the faith of the Lutheran Church. They became the parents of six children, namely : Martha, William, Samuel, Margaret, John and Mary.

Samuel Sylvester Easterday first attended school at Conotton, and later continued his studies in the Grundy Ridge district school for six years, his final schooling having been received in the village of Scio, Harrison County, In 1880. He attended school principally during the winter terms, when his services were not in requisition in connection with the work of the home farm, and as a youth he applied himself diligently to service as a farm employe. Finally he became sufficiently fortified in a financial way to Justify his purchase of*a farm of forty acres, in Perry Township, Carroll County, a property which he later sold. After his marriage, In 1882, he gave his attention principally to farm work in the employ of others having purchased a threshing rig, and followed threshing for twenty years, until 1901, when he purchased and assumed the management of his present farm, which he has since continued to make the scene of vigorous and successful agricultural and live-stock Industry. Mr. Easterday is found staunchly aligned in the ranks of the democratic party, and he served two years as supervisor of Perry Township, in which office he was the advocate and supporter of progressive measures .for the benefit of his constituent township. He and his wife are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Leavittsville and their pleasant home is known for its generous and unassuming hospitality.

In the year 1882 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Easterday to Miss Margaret Busier, of Perry Township, and they became the parents of five children; Charles, the firstborn, died in 1887, at the age of five years; Anna Maria is the wife of Edward Elliott, of Rose Township, and they have two children - Ethel and Clayton ; Mary is the wife of Mack Brown, of Magnolia, Carroll County; the other two children die£ in Infancy.

William C. Harsh conducts at Harlem Springs, Carroll County, an automobile garage that is thoroughly modern in equipment and facilities, and he is aso the owner of a well improved farm of eighty acres in Lee Township, the active management of the place being vested in his sons, who are numbered among the progressive young representatives of farm industry in this county.

William C. Harsh was born at Harlem Springs, Ohio, on the 9th of July, 1868, and is a son of Jackson and Anna (Craven) Harsh, the former of whom was bora in Washington County, Pennsylvania, November 5, 1830, and the latter was born in England. She was a child at the time when her parents, Robert and Mary (Greenwood) Craven, establi&ied their home in Carroll County, Ohio, Mr. Craven having become a prosperous merchant and honored and influential citizen of Harlem Springs. Jackson Harsh was a son of Philip and Sarah (Booker) Harsh, who became early settlers in Harrison Township, Carroll County, whence they removed to Kansas In the year 1875, the remainder of their lives having been passed in that state, where Mr. Harsh became the owner of an extensive stock ranch. Jackson Harsh was reared and educated In Carroll County, and with the passing of years he became prominently and successfully Identified with the livestock business in this section of the state, besides which he became one of the most extensive buyers and shippers of wool from Carroll and adjoining counties. He became the owner of a fine farm estate of more than 500 acres In Harrison and Lee Townships, and there he remained until his death. In 1854 he married Alvira, daughter of Jacob Strayer, and she died four months later. October 5, 1867, recorded the marriage of Jackson Harsh to Miss Anna Craven, and she passed to the life eternal on the 10th of August, 1889, her six children having been William C., Edward, Mary, Annie, Frank and Sarah.

William C. Harsh was reared in the home of his maternal grandparents at Harlem Springs, where he was given the advantages not only of the public schools but also of Harlem Springs. At the age of twenty years he Joined his father on the farm, where he remained a few years. Two years after his marriage, which occurred in 1890, he left the farm and engaged in the buying and shipping of wool at Harlem Springs, in the meanwhile continuing his active alliance with farm industry. Five years after his return to Harlem Springs he here purchased a handsome brick house of about fourteen rooms, and this has since continued the family home. For sixteen years Mr. Harsh was a successful traveling salesman in the handling of farm machinery. and it was upon his retirement from this service that he erected his present modern garage at Harlem Springs. He is a stalwart supporter of the cause of the republican party, he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church, and he is affiliated with the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons No. 124, at Carrollton; with Minerva Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; with the council of Royal and. Select Masters in the City of Canton; and with the Scottish Rite Consistory in the city of Columbus.

In July, 1890, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Harsh to Miss Emma Hanna, who was born In Washington Township, Carroll County, and who is a daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth (McCausland) Hanna, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Center Township, Carroll County, Ohio, where her father, James McCausland, settled in the pioneer days. Mr. and Mrs. Harsh have seven children - Anna, Leila Jean, Bessie, Robert G., William Conley, Mary and Harold. All of the children remain at the parental home except the eldest. Anna, who Is the wife of L. E. Anders, of Harlem Springs. The family is one of marked prominence and popularity in the representative social life of the community, and their spacious and beautiful home is a center of generous hospitality.

David Jackson Davis. The claim of David Jackson Davis upon the consideration and good will of his fellow-citizens of Union Township is based upon many years of effective work as an agriculturist, upon a meritorious record as a citizen, and upon his activity in promoting education and kindred accompaniments of advanced civilization. His entire career has been passed in Carroll County, and with the exception of one and one-half years he has devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits, in which he has won success through the application of industry and good judgment.

Mr. Davis was born on a farm in Union Township February 5. 1863, a son of William and Sarah (Tope) Davis, the former a native of Perry Township, Carroll County, and the latter of Union Township. His paternal grandfather was Joshua Davis, a native of Maryland, who married an Irish girl who had been brought to the United States at the age of thirteen years, and they spent their later lives In Union Township, where they entered land from the United States Government. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Davis were Stephen and Jemima (Kail) Tope, who were among the earliest settlers of Carroll County and also entered Government land.

Following their marriage William and Sarah (Tope) Davis settled on a farm in Perry Township, where they resided for a short time, but soon bought land in Union Township, and there continued to be engaged in agricultural operations during the rest of their lives, Mr. Davis passing away May 28, 1895, and his widow surviving until 1918. They were industrious, Godfearing people, who discharged their responsibilities faithfully, and were held in the highest regard in the community in which their home was located. They were the parents of the following children: Stephen, who is engaged in agricultural operations in Union Township; Mary Ann, of Union Township, who is the widow of John McKnight, a farmer; Jasper who died at the age of two years; Joshua B., of Monroe Township; David Jackson; Thomas J., of Carrollton, Ohio; Martha E., of Massillon, Ohio ; and John, who resides on the home place.

The district schools of Union Township furnished David Jackson Davis with his educational training, and his boyhood and youth were passed on the home farm, where he secured experience in agricultural methods while assisting his father and brothers. When he entered upon his independent career it was as a farm hand, and for four years he was thus employed. Following his marriage he became the owner and operator of a thresher and manager of a sawmill for about three years. During the time he conducted these enterprises he made his home at Petersburg, but eventually returned to farming, and for one year lived on his father's place. He then purchased 128 acres of the home property, on which he has continued to carry on general operations to the present time, in addition to which he raises all kinds of fruit and has a well-ordered apple orchard of 300 trees. He has won well-merited success, and in so doing has held the confidence and respect of those with whom he has had dealings.

On October 22, 1892, Mr. Davis was united in marriage with Miss Cora A. Sell, who was horn in Union Township, Carroll County, a daughter of John and Elnora (Hahn) Sell, the former a native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and the latter of Lee Township, Carroll County. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have no children. They are consistent members and liberal supporters of St. John's Lutheran Church, of which Mr. Davis has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 1918, and a deacon for many years. He has rendered valuable and efficient service to his community in several offices of public trust, having been a justice of the peace for nine years, land appraiser of Union Township in 1910, personal assessor in 1912, and for some years a member of the School Board.

Henry Rutledge. In the passing away of Henry Rutledge on June 25, 1907, Union Township and Carroll County sustained an agricultural and social loss of more than average import. Mr. Rutledge had occupied an important position in his community, and in his passing left not only a legacy of material wealth, but of useful lessons, and he who would may read that early limitations develop, rather than discourage, the strong and resourceful.

Mr. Rutledge was born in Union Township March 4, 1846, a son of Robert and Jane (Brooks) Rutledge, and a grandson of Thomas and Jane (Crosier) Rutledge, natives of Ireland. Thomas Rutledge died on the ocean while en route to the United States, but his widow completed the journey and established her four sons, Edward, John, Robert and James, in Union Township, where she lived for many years and died in advanced age. Robert Rutledge was still a lad when brought from his native Ireland to America, and he grew to manhood in Union Township, where he met and married

Jane Brooks, a native of that township, and a daughter of Henry and Durinda (Fawcett) Brooks, early settlers of Union Township. Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge settled down to farming in the same community, and there the father died when still comparatively a young man, September 22, 1876, the mother reaching ripe old age and dying August 10, 1906. They were the parents of the following children: Durinda, the wife of Richard

Kelley, of Perry Township; Ann Jane, who died as the wife of the late Samuel Buchanan, of Union Township; William, who also died in Union Township; Henry; and Mary E., who died as the wife of the late John Pittenger, of Union Township.

Henry Rutledge secured his educational training in the public schools of Union Township and remained on the home farm until the time of his marriage. He then purchased a small farm in that township from Mr. Dunlavy, and to it from time to time added until he was the possessor of 258 acres of good land. Of this property there is now pasture land and timber amounting to fifty acres, the remainder being all under a high state of cultivation. During the time that he carried on operations on this farm Mr. Rutledge added to the house, remodel ed the barn and erected new outbuildings, and In various other ways added to the facilities and equipment necessary for modern farming. This is known as Locust Lawn Stock Farm, and is largely devoted to the raising of live stock, although general farming methods prevail. Here Mr. Rutledge passed away June 25, 1907. During his active life he drew to him many warm and devoted friends, and the confidence of the community In which he lived and worthily labored. He was recognized as an Intelligent, upright and enterprising agriculturist, in private life he was exemplary, and as a citizen he was always faithful to the obligations of public duty. He served efficiently as supervisor of roads and as a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically a republican, he stood staunchly by the principles of his party. He was a valued and popular member of the local Grange.

Mr. Rutledge was married September 14, 1870, to Miss Rebecca Ann Brackin, who was born in Union Township August 24, 1850, a daughter of Richard and Sarah Jane (McCort) Brackin, the former a native of Jefferson County, this state, and the latter of Harrison County, and a granddaughter of Cornelius and Rebecca (Brooks) Brackin and James and Ann (Fawcett) McCort, all born in Ireland and early settlers of this part of Ohio. Mrs. Rutledge, who survives her husband and lives on the home farm, is a woman of many virtues and accomplishments, and a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge: Elva Dixon, the proprietor of a pharmacy at Minerva. Ohio, who married Bessie Florence Stockin and has one child, Margaret Marie: Robert Loman; and Richard Elmer, who is employed In the First National Bank of Carrollton. Robert Loman Rutledge, one of the enterprising farmers of Union Township, is the operator of the farm which was formerly cultivated by his father.

He married September 23, 1914, Miss Georgia Ann Amos, of Perry Township, daughter of Sanford C. and Agnes (Amos) Amos, the former a native of Perry Township, Carroll County, and the latter of Fort Wayne, Indiana. To this union there have been born three children : Ruby Rebecca, Richard Amos and Catherine Agnes.

Charles Jacob Holmes. Descended from one of the fine old substantial agricultural families of Harrison County, Charles Jacob Holmes, though he began his active career by learning a trade and was a journeyman machinist, eventually returned to the occupations of his earlier years and for over twentv years has been an active leader in the farming community of Harrison Township in Carroll County. Mr. Holmes owns 155 acres, divided into two farms, located on rural route No. 1 out of Dellroy.

He was born at Conotton in Harrison County September 4, 18ffe, only son and child of Jacob and Jerusha (Stratton) Holmes. His grandfather, George Holmes, was one of the hardy pioneers who at the beginning of the nineteenth century sought the new lands west of the Ohio River, and in about 1821 settled in North Township of Harrison County. Altogether he acquired about 500 acres there and spent many of his years in clearing it up and developing a high class farm. He died in 1883 and his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Criplever, died in 1885. They had ten children. Of these Jacob lived in that community all his life and died In June, 1866, several months before the birth of his son Charles Jacob. The widowed mother survived him just half a century, spending these years in Harrison County, where she died in 1916.

Charles Jacob Holmes grew up in the Conotton community of Harrison County, attended country schools there, and was also partly educated at Salem in Columbiana County, where his mother had lived before her marriage. At the age of nineteen Mr. Holmes began an apprenticeship in the plant of the Buckeye Engine Works, and spent four years learning the trade. From 1890 until 1899 he was employed as a journeyman machinist at different points and with different industries In Ohio and Pennsylvania.

In 1898 Mr. Holmes married Alice Schwab, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret (Abuehl) Schwab, of New Philadelphia, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have four children : George Nicholas, born In 1900, still at home; Ethel Margaret, born in 1902; Lewis Whittier, born in 1904; and Clara Lucille, bom in 1908.

At the time of his marriage Mr. Holmes began planning for a permanent home and resumption of his former vocation as a farmer. In 1899 he bought 109 acres and has given his attention to farming that tract ever since. He bought another nearby farm of fifty acres in 1914. He is also a stockholder in the First National Bank of Carrollton and in the Farmers Exchange of Carrollton. He is a democrat, and was one of the unsuccessful candidates on the county ticket in 1920 for the office of county commissioner. He served two years as a mem-

John Washington Bo&land, one of the representative farmers of Carroll County, comes of a family, four generations of which have had residence in this part of Ohio. This family has proved its substantial qualities in later years as well as in the times when the country was new and required the dauntless pioneer spirit.

The farm of 193 acres in Harrison Township now owned and managed by John Washington Borland was the scene of his birth on June 15, 1881. He owns a half interest in sixty acres in Monroe Township of the same county. He is a son of Samuel J. and Anna (Molls) Borland. His great-grandfather was Samuel Borland, who was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, May 11, 1785. As an early settler of eastern Ohio, coming from Westmoreland County, he paid two hundred fcnd fifty dollars for a quarter section of land in Monroe Township in Carroll County. He was twice married, his first wife being Nancy Little, while his second had the Christian name Elizabeth.

Washington Borland, grandfather of John W. Borland, was born in Westmoreland County, July 11, 1822, and during his long life improved and cultivated a portion of the ancestral estate in Monroe Township, and was one of the influential citizens of Carroll County, where he died September 21, 1904. He married Magdalena Easterday, who was born January 18, 1825, and died February 18, 1895. They had a family of ten children, equally divided between sons and daughters, the oldest being Samuel J. Borland, who was born February 11, 1849, and is still living, having devoted his best years to agricultural pursuits. His wife was born January 14, 1858. They have two sons, John W. and Elmer T. Borland. The latter lives at Dellroy, and by his marriage to Florence Smith has four children.

John W. Borland is an American citizen who believes that some of the best opportunities for profitable work to himself and to his fellow citizens are found on the farm. He has devoted practically his entire life since early boyhood to growing crops in the field of the farm where he was born. At Intervals until he was twentyone he attended the country school at Mount Nebo. When he was twenty-three, in June, 1904, he married Alverda Loretta Hawk, of Center Township. They have one of the good country homes of Harrison Township and have taken a generous interest in community affairs. Mr. Borland is a member of the National Grange at Dellroy, and the Presbyterian Church of Dellroy. Both he and his father are democrats, and his father at one time was candidate for director of the County Infirmary.

Lafayette Busby. The Busbv family is one of the old established ones of Harrison County, and the majority of those bearing the name have devoted themselves to agricultural pursuits with the result that a great deal of credit is due to them for the present development in this very important industry. One of these excellent farmers and representative citizens of the name is Lafayette Busby of German Township. He was born in his present township, February 17, 1878, a son of Samuel William and Mary (Cole) Busby, and a grandson of Bennie Busby.

Bennie Busby married Virginia Harper and located in German Township, Harrison County, Ohio, at a time when there were but few settlers in this neighborhood. He and his wife had the following children: S. W., A. S., B. H.f John,

Edward, Homer, Stewart, Harper, Lizzie, Amanda and two other daughters. Samuel William Busby was a farmer of German Township, and spent all of his life there, becoming one of its representative men. His death occurred April 3, 1919, but his wife died July 12, 1907. She was also born in German Township, a daughter of Thomas Cole. The children of Samuel W. Busby and his wife were as follows : Samuel F., who lives in Indiana; Lafayette, whose name heads this review; and J. E., who died June 21, 1913.

I^afayette Busby was reared on his father's farm and while he was attending the district schools, he was also learning how to perform the duties pertaining to a farm. In 1899 he was married to Mary Hosterman, a daughter of Ried and Lizzie Hosterman, and they had one child, Hugh, who married Lucy Mattem. Mrs. Busby died in 1901. In 1902 Mr. Busby was married to Mary Viola Hart, a daughter of A. A. and Alison (Andrew) Hart By his second marriage Mr. Busby has the following children: Valena May, Marcus L., Melvin, Harold, Edward, Bernice, Velma and Essie Eleanor.

After his first marriage Mr. Busby lived In Green Township but was in the employ of other farmers. Since 1906 he had lived on his farm in German Township. It comprises 221 acres of land, one-half of it being in German Township and the remainder in Green Township, but the house is in German Township. Here he is carrying on general farming and stockraising, and for ten years he has operated a coal bank. Mr. and Mrs. Busby are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. A hard-working, thrifty man, Mr. Busby has earned all he now possesses through his own efforts, and while doing so has employed such methods of transacting his business, and given such faithful attention to his civic duties, as to win for him the approbation of his neighbors, and he stands very well in public favor.

David W. Selway of Cadiz is member of a family that both in Great Britain and in America has been identified with the coal industry for many generations. Mr. Selway has his home* some of his business interests, and also farming interests in Harrison County, and as a coal operator and producer has been a well-known figure in the Eastern Ohio fields for many years.

He was born at Tonyrefail, Glamorganshire, South Wales. January 6, 1876, son of Stephen and Ann (Thomas) Selway. His father founded the family in America, Immigrating from Wales in 1881, accompanied by his wife and ten children. After landing in New York Stephen Selway came direct to Ohio, and at

Massillon he and three of his older sons became coal operators. From Massilon Stephen Selway and family removed to Flushing, Belmont County, where he bought a coal mine and continued his operations as a producer In that field until about twenty years prior to his death. He died October 20, 1919, and his wife on December 31, 1912.

David W. Selway was five years of age when brought to America, and acquired his education in the public schools at Flushing, in the Mount Union College at Alliance, and in a Massillon commercial college. While with his father at Flushing he gained a thorough and all around experience as a coal operator, accepting opportunities to familiarize himself with every branch of the business and as a producer he has some important interests in Belmont County.

June 1, 1910, Mr. Selway married Lura Mc- Cune. Mrs. Selway is a member of a very historic American family, and in her own life she has vitalized many Interests connecting her with historical organizations, church and other social movements. Mrs. Selway was born at Athens, Athens County, Ohio, daughter of Francis Marion and Mary (Parminter) McCune.

The McCune family is of good old Irish stock and was established In the United States by Archibald McCune, son of Martin McCune of Londonderry, Ireland. Archibald McCune after coming to Pennsylvania married a young lady whose Christian name was Jane but whose family name has not been preserved. They lived at Cherry Valley, scene of one of the Indian massacres that have been described in Colonial history. When the Indians made their attack on the settlement Jane McCune was out in the field with another woman pulling flax. Her two children Nancy and William had been left in the Block House. Her husband Archibald was then with the army engaged In frontier service. Jane McCune was captured by the Indians and was kept a prisoner by them for three years. After the massacre five other children were born to her and her husband, named John, Thomas, Samuel, Jane and Elizabeth. Of these John McCune was the ancestor of Mrs. Selway. He married Mary Boyles, daughter of Jacob ahd Nancy (Wilgus) Boyles, natives of Germany, and residents of Hackettstown, New Jersey. From New Jersey John Mc- Cune came west and after a sojourn in Pennsylvania selected a home in Athens County, Ohio. He was a pioneer settler, acquired land in Ames Township, and was busy with its development and cultivation the rest of his life. He died in 1815. William McCune, third son of John and Mary (Boyles) McCune, was the grandfather of Mrs. Selway. He married Philura Tracy, daughter of Jonas and Susanna (Curtis) Tracy.

The Tracy family was established in America by Lieut. Thomas Tracy, one of the original proprietors and first settlers of Norwich, Connecticut, and also one of the early proprietors of Windham, Connecticut. He was born in England In 1610, and was descended from Egbert, the first Saxon king of England. The family traces its ancestry beyond the Conquest; in reality, the family records go back for more than a thousand years through thirty-four generations and through the male line of Tracys twenty-three generations. Lieut. Thomas Tracy came over from England in 1636, his first settlement being at Salem, Massachusetts, and afterwards successively he was a resident of Windsor and Saybrook, Connecticut. He was three times married. His first wife was Mary Mason whom he married in 1641, and their first son Jonathan was the ancestor of Mrs. Selway, who stands in the fifth generation from him. Jonas Tracy, great-grandfather of Mrs. Selway, married for his second wife Susanna .(Curtis) Whaley. Their daughter Philura was born November 10, 1809, and was the grandmother of Mrs. Selway. Philura Tracy, on December 25, 1825, became the wife of William, third son of John McCune. William McCune. who was born in Athens County, Ohio, April 28, 1802, at the time of his marriage took up in his brother Thomas' name 400 acres of Government land and in its cultivation and improvement spent all his married life. His wife died July 1, 1891, and he passed away In April, 1894. William and Philura McCune had the following children : Louisa, born June 6, 1827, died in Missouri in 1916, the wife of John Ross; Seth D., born December 22, 1832, married Sarah Van Dyke, and died in 1893; and Matilda, who married Harold Bowman.

Francis Marion McCune, the other child of William and Philura McCune, was born September 12, 1843, and as a young man enlisted in the Union army and served in the Seventh Regiment of Ohio Cavalry. On November 6, 18G7, he married Mary Parminter who was born in Morgan County, Ohio, July 12, 1848, daughter of Jewett and Rebecca Parminter, early settlers of Morgan County. Jewett Parminter was bom in Penobscot County, Maine, In 1800 of English parentage and was a boy when the family moved to Morgan County, Ohio. Jewett Parminter for many years lived on his farm in Athens County where he died. His wife Rebecca was a native of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and related to the Handcock family of that State. Francis M. McCune and wife had five children: Lura, bora June 6, 1870; Allen

L., bom February 11, 1872, a resident of Akron. Ohio; Ada V., born November 13, 1881, wife of Thomas McCune of Athens County; Francis M., bom October 12, 1882, a resident of Athens; and Leon B., born July 14, 1885, also at Athens.

Lura McCune grew up In Athens County, was graduated from the Ames High School and took a preparatory course In Ohio College at Athens. November 1, 1893, she became the wife of William S. Porter who was descended from one of the pioneer families of Harrison County. Mr. Porter died June 13, 1906. He was survived by two children : Alva E. Porter who was born in Cadiz January 24, 1896; and Francis J. Porter, bom at Cadiz, January 13, 1902, who on December 19, 1920, married Bernice Ramsey of Cadiz. Alva E. Porter was educated in the Cadiz High School, Franklin College and Ohio College at Athens, and on May 16, 1918, enlisted at Cadiz for the World war, entering the Student Army Training Corps at Valparaiso University, Indiana. Later he was transferred to Orono,

Mr. and Mrs. Selway have one son, David McCune Selway, bom February 18, 1911. Mr. and Mrs. Selway are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Selway has always taken a deep interest in church work, and she is a member of Moravian Trail Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Josiah Thompson Barrick is a well known resident of Harrison Township, Carroll County, a prosperous and representative farmer, and comes of a family which deserves a place in the history of this part of Ohio.

Mr. Barrick, whose life has been one of industry and since his majority has been devoted to the cultivation of the old homestead of 120 acres, was born on this farm July 29. 1884. a son of William Clark and Mary Margaret (German) Barrick. His grandfather, Samuel Barrick, came to Harrison Township in pioneer days, later lived in Rose Township, and while he farmed he also followed the trade of carpenter, building many of the houses and barns in his country district. As a cabinet maker he also performed the chief functions of a pioneer undertaker, making the coffins. He was twice married, and had seven children by each wife, two of whom are still living. William Clark Barrick was the second among the children of the second marriage. He lived In Carroll County all his life, was a successful farmer and died September 14, 1917. His widow is still living.

Josiah Thompson Barrick is the seventh of ten children, and as a youth he attended the country school at Mount Nebo, and for three years the Dellroy High School. He found duties and responsibilities ready at hand when he reached mature years, and since the age of twenty has had some active part in the management of the old homestead. He has never married. In 1921 he and his brother-in-law, B. F. Sells, purchased the John Hess farm of 156 acres.

Mr. Barrick Is a popular citizen, a man of convictions and great earnestness, and for a number of years has been a local minister. He is a trustee of the Pleasant Valley Church and a teacher in the Sunday School. A prohibitionist in politics, he was a candidate on that ticket for county auditor in 1916.

Donald McGregor Elliott. The life of Donald McGregor Elliott, one of the successful farmers of Carroll County, has been such as to elicit just praise from those who know him best. He has spent the major portion of his life in Harrison Township, where he lives today, engaged in the pursuits for which nature and training have best fitted him, though for several years in his early manhood he was also one of the popular teachers of the county.

Mr. Elliott, who represents one of the respected old families of Carroll County, was born In Harrison Township Allgust 18. 1884. son of William Cellars and Nancy Flora (McGregor) Elliott. His father was also a native of Harrison Township, and in early life taught school in that locality. The rest of his years were devoted to farming in Monroe and Harrison townships, and he died in June, 1909. Mrs. William C. Elliott, who is now living at Carrollton, was bom on the old McGregor farm near Atwood in Monroe Township. Donald McGregor is the oldest of three children. His brother is Joseph Howard Elliott, and his sister, Mary Rebecca, is the wife of Wilford Janson, of Canton, Ohio.

Donald McGregor Elliott completed his common school education in the Mount Nebo country school, was graduated from the Dellroy High School in 1903, and subsequently spent two summer terms in the normal school at Wooster, Ohio. By experience in the meantime he was well qualified for farming and at the death of his father he took charge of the home place, which he now owns, in Harrison Township, on rural route No. 1, out of Dellroy.

John S. McBean, M. D. The late Dr. John S. McBean. of Cadiz, was for thirty-five years a successful physician and a leading citizen of Harrison County. He was bom in Cadiz in 1840 and died in that city In 1907. His father, Dr. John McBean, long a leading physician of Harrison County, was a native of Scotland, bora in 1797, and died in Cadiz in 1875. His father, a member of the clan of McBean. married Jessie Campbell, of the clan Campbell, and both died in Scotland when their son John was but a boy. When he was eight years of age the orphan boy went to the West Indies and made his home with an uncle until he had reached young manhood, at which period of life he came to the United States and eventually to Harrison County. Although self-educated, he was a learned man, versed in Greek and Latin and the classics. For a time he was a teacher of the above languages; and even in after years, while engaged in the practice of medicine, he at different times tutored a number of young men who in later life became eminent; among them having been Bishop Simpson of the Methodist Church. He read medicine, and began the practice in Moorefleld Township, later removed to Cadiz, where he continued to practice and at the same time kept a drug store. For many years he was regarded as the leading physician of Harrison County, if not of this section of Eastern Ohio. In Moorefleld Township, Harrison County, Dr. McBean was married in 1829 to Belinda, the daughter of Henry and Catherine Johnson, both natives of Pennsylvania, and they had the following issue: Jane, William, Catherine L., John S. Mary, Harriet, Julia M., Belinda, Laura and Henry.

Dr. John S. McBean was reared in Cadiz, attended the local schools and studied medicine under the guidance of his father. Later he turned his attention to the law as a profession, read law in Carrollton, Ohio, and later when his preceptor was appointed United States Consul to Tangier, Morocco, Mr. McBean accompanied him to Africa in an official capacity and remained abroad for a year, when growing tired of that service, he resigned and returned to Cadiz and resumed his medical studies under his father, at the same time gaining proficiency as a pharmacist. In 1872 he was graduated with the M. D. degree from the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, and in that year entered the practice of medicine at Cadiz.

Like his father. Dr. John S. won high standing in his profession and was regarded as one of the eminent practitioners of his day in Harrison County; while as a citizen his course in public affairs left nothing to be desired.

In 1886 Dr. McBean was united in marriage with Alice, the daughter of Martin S. and Martha (McKee) Kennedy, and to this second marriage was bom one daughter - Martha Hollingsworth McBean, who married Robert Brokaw, of Cleveland, and to their marriage one son has been bom, Robert Bums Brokaw, and a daughter, Anne McBean Brokaw.

Dr. Moses Kennedy's father was Michael Kennedy, bora in Ireland in 1759 and died in 1846. married Margaret Thompson in 1784. Margaret Thompson was bom in 1760 and died In 1837. They had three children. Ann, Isabella and Moses.

Martin Snyder Kennedy was born in the brick house built by his father in Green Township on January 25, 1832, and died in Cadiz on September 11, 1903, being buried in Cadiz cemetery. His father, Dr. Moses Kennedy, was bom in County Down, Ireland, on December 24, 1797, the youngest of three children and only son bora to Michael and Margaret (Thompson) Kennedy. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and when nineteen vears of age he came to the United States as surgeon of the vessel on which he sailed. He came to Harrison County and entered the practice of medicine at his home in Green Township, about four miles out from Cadiz, where he died April 7, 1857. He was a successful physician, a kind hearted, sociable and generous man, and held the confidence of his patients and the respect of his fellow citizens. He married in July. 1920. Catherine, the daughter of Martin Snyder, an early settler in Harrison County. The maternal grandfather of our subject, named Martin Snyder, was a native of Germany, where be was born in 1728, and at the age of eighteen he left the fatherland to seek his fortune in the new world. Arriving at New York, he remained there a short time, then proceeded to Pennsylvania, where he married Catherine Amon. and took up his home in Adams County.

Martin Snyder, Sr., came with his wife and family in 1800 to the new state of Ohio and settled in the woods on a section of land where is now Green Township, Harrison County, and they had to blaze the trees to mark their path. At that time even where Cadiz now stands the country was a vast forest of wilderness, and the stalwart pioneer family experienced all the ''dventures. dangers and hardships incident to those times.

Their children were Martin, Henry, Eve, Eliizabeth, Katherine, Adam, John, Mary and Motalena, all of whom, save Martin, lived to be over seventy-five years of age. A cemetery had been laid out on part of the old homestead, where the grandfather settled and he was the first to be buried therein. He and his family were members of the Lutheran Church and it was his intention to put up a church building on his farm, biit death intervened. In 1810 this venerable pioneer passed away at the age of eighty-two years. His wife died in 1821, age sixty-two years, and was laid by his side.

Martin 8. Kennedy was one of the most reliable nien of the community and held the respect of all who knew him. He was a farmer, occupying the Doctor Kennedy place and lived there with his family until the year 1870, when he removed to Cadiz to live. He and Joseph Clark were partners in the lumber business for several years - later, Mr. Clark retired, selling his interest to his nephew, Oliver Clark, and this firm was known ns "Clark & Kennedy Lumber Yards" He sold his interests to his partner in 1900. retiring to go into the real estate business. Mr. Kennedy also had a host of friends. He had a quiet, happy disposition, with a good word to say of all his acquaintances. Good nature was in every lineament of his countenance. He was kind-hearted and always ready to do a good act for a friend. He was also interested in oil properties. He married in 1859 Martha McKee, daughter of James and Sarah (Lewis) McKee. She was boro on November 14, 1839. and died July 3, 1882. Martha McKee Kennedy was a noble Christian woman, an ornament to society, always kind and sympathetic, ready to assist the sick and the distressed and loved for her virtues of heart and mind.

After their marriage they settled on part of his grandfather Snyder's farm in Green Township. Harrison County. Among the early settlers of Harrison County none were more identified with the growth and prosperity of it than the McKee family. The founder of the family came to America in 1815, and settled in Redstone. Pennsylvania. His family consisted of twelve children, Robert, the father of James McKee, who was married in 1806 to Rachel Wills. They soon after came to Ohio, and settled in Harrison County where they died. He was a strong whig in politics and was an ardent supporter of that party. In early life both himself and wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, but soon after marriage they joined the Methodist Church, In which faith they both died. He and wife now sleep together in Bethel Cemetery.

James McKee was born February 11. 1811, in Archer Township. He spent his youth in attending the district schools, using a clapboard with the alphabet marked on as primer, and assisting his parents in various duties on the farm. November 24, 1834. he was united In marriage to Sarah Lewis, born 1814, died 1906, daughter of Joseph Lewis, a resident of Pennsylvania. After marriage they settled on the farm on which Mr. McKee died and which he labored

His children were Mary, Hanna, Rachel, Martha, John, Henry, Joseph, Amanda, Robert E., Eliza, Adeline and Anna Rebecca. In politics Mr. McKee was a strong and enthusiastic republican and was a hearty supporter of Abraham Lincoln and the principles which led to the forming of that party. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the same as his wife, they were both ready and willing to bear their full share of the burdens of life and duty, and were ever foremost in church work. On May 8, 1886, he passed away, leaving his children and dearly beloved wife to mourn his decease. He was buried at Cadiz. The family are well known and highly respected.

Mrs. Sarah McKee's father, Joseph Lewis, was born October 31, 1769, in New Jersey. At an early age he married Rachel Canby, a resident of Pennsylvania. The young couple commenced housekeeping Immediately in Pennsylvania. Their family of children was a large one and were named Jesse, Jacob, Joseph, Elizabeth, David, Vernon, Lydia, Rebecca, Ester, William, Rachel, Sarah and Hannah. Joseph Lewis was a whig in politics apd he and his wife were Quakers in religious matters but the children were all Methodists.

Joseph Lewis died September 4, 1863, and was buried at Bethel, Harrison County. His wife died September 1, 1852, and was buried at Bethel also. The eldest two boys, Jesse and Jacob Lewis, with their families left Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1817, came to Harrison County, Ohio, where with their brother Joseph, who came later, they each bought a farm in Green Township where they lived the remainder of their days. In 1829 the parents with Joseph and family and Sarah and Hannah, came to Harrison County, remaining there as long as they lived.

The American ancestor of this branch of the Lewis family was David Lewis, a Revolutionary soldier who came over from England and settled first in New Jersey, then in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and finally in Delaware County, Delaware. He married in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1755, Lydia Vernon, who was born in 1735. Their son Joseph who was born October 31, 1769, and died September 4, 1853, married Rachel Canby who was born in 1768 and died in 1791.

Mack C. Bower is showing his versatility through his continued service as telegraph operator at the O. B. tower of the Panhandle division of the Pennsylvania Railroad Lines, near Bowerston, Harrison County, a position which he has held since 1903, and by giving his effective supervision to his excellent farm, which comprises 153 67/100 acres and is situated in close proximity to the office in which he Is telegraph operator. Mr. Bower purchased this farm in 1910 and has made many improvements upon the same, including the erection of the modern house in 1914, and the substantial barn in 1916. He is a scion of one of the representative pioneer families of Harrison County, where the village of Bowerston perpetuates the family name, and in the general history, as well as numerous personal sketches in this work, will be found interesting data concerning the family.

Mack C. Bower was born at Bowerston, in Monroe Township, this county, on the 23d of May, 1885, and Is a son of David T. and Amanda J. (McBeth) Bower, both likewise natives of Monroe Township, where the former was bom May 14, 1850, in the village of Bowerston, where he and his wife now maintain their home. Mr& Bower is a daughter of John and Mary (Webster) McBeth, who continued to reside on their farm, in Monroe Township, until their death, Mrs. McBeth having passed away July 27, 1858, and her husband having survived until July 22, 1863; both were earnest members of the Presbyterian Church. The names and respective dates of birth of their children are here recorded: Nancy, February 21, 1834; Marla, May 21. 1836; Robert C.. October 8, 1838; David J., June 10, 1841 ; William H., September 30, 1843, died of typhoid fever, at Nashville. Tennessee. November 5, 1862, while serving in the Civil war, as a member of Company K. Ninety-Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Margaret A., May 10, 1846; John W., February 9, 1849; Amanda J., July 26, 1852; and Mary C., October 18, 1856.

David T. Bower is a son of David and Elizabeth (Swinehart) Bower, the former of whom was born May 14, 1803, and the latter on the 3d of July, 1806. David Bower was a representative farmer and miller and an Influential citizen in Monroe Township, and served many years as Justice of the peace, with the result that he w*as familiarly known as 'Squire Bower. Other family sketches in this history give ample information concerning this honored pioneer. He was a communicant of the Lutheran Church and his wife was a Dunkard in religious faith. They became the parents of ten children, whose names and dates of birth are here noted : Jeremiah, January 6, 1829; Mary Ann, May 18, 1831; Isaiah, April 26, 1833; Ezekiel, August IS, 1835; Margaret, August 8, 1837; Obediah, May 15, 1840; Caroline, January 3, 1842; William Henry. January 15, 1845; John A., September 1, 1847; and David T., May 14, 1850. The son William Henry represented Harrison County as a gallant soldier of the Union in the Civil war. He enlisted in Company A, One Hundredth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was captured by the enemy, at Limestone Station, in eastern Tennessee, September 6, 1863, and was thereafter held a captive in the odious Andersonville Prison of the Confederacy until his death, which occurred March 6, 1865.

David T. Bower has been actively identified with farm industry in Monroe Township during the greater part of his active career, though he has also followed teaming and carpenter work at intervals, and is now living in the village of Bowerston. He still retains ownership of a farm of 122 acres, in Monroe Township. lie and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church in their home village. Their marriage was solemnized September 2, 1875, and the names of their children are here entered with respective dates of birth: Louella

The early education of Mack C. Bower was obtained in the public schools of Bowerston apd the schools of Union Township, Carroll County. At the age of eighteen years, in the autumn of 1903, he became a telegraph operator in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and he has since continued in this service on the Panhandle division, his present post as operator at the O. B. tower having been held by him since 1903. He is a democrat in politics and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Conotton.

On the 11th of June, 1913, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Bower to Miss Ethel Markley, daughter of Daniel and Laura (Hoobler) Markley, and the two children of this union are sons - Donald C. and Ernest Dean.

Martin Washington Borland. Nothing has interfered with the continuous play of Mr. Borland's interests, industry and activities as a farmer since he started life for himself in Carroll County. He is one of the leading farmers of Harrison Township, where he is proprietor of two farms aggregating 198 acres. His home is on rural route No. 1 out of Dellroy.

Mr. Borland was born in Monroe Township of Carroll County in 1860, son of Washington and Magdalene (Easterday) Borland. He is of Irish and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. His grandfather, Samuel Borland, was married in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and at an early day came to Harrison County, Ohio, where both of them lived out their lives. Washington Borland was the oldest of a family of two sons and one daughter, his brother being William, and his sister, Lyda, who became the wife of James Waddington. Washington Borland was one of the highly esteemed residents and prosperous farm owners of Monroe Township, where he died in September, 1904. His wife died in February, 1895, and of their ten children Martin W. is the seventh.

Mr. Borland, as he grew to manhood, acquired his education in the country schools of Nebo, Glendale and Dellroy, going to school in winter and working at home on the farm in other seasons of the year. He continued assisting his father until he was twenty-three, and then for four years was a share farmer on his father's place of 115 acres. After his marriage he continued on the old homestead, raising crops and live-stock on the shares. Eventually he bought fifty acres in Harrison Township, and his continued progress has brought him the ownership of the larger property noted above. He has lived in Harrison Township since 1917. Mr. Borland takes an active part in local affairs, is a member of the Farmers Exchange Elevator Company of Carrollton, a member of the National Grange at Dellroy, and was elected and served two years, 1916-17, as township trustee. He is a democrat and a member of the Presbyterian Church.

In 1887 Mr. Borland married Clarinda Hazlett, a daughter of George and Louisa (Gossett) Hazlett, of Harrison Township. She died in 1891, and later Mr. Borland married her sister, Mary Jane Hazlett. Mrs. Borland's grandfather, Samuel Hazlett, came from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and her great-grandfather was a native of the north of Ireland. Mrs. Borland's father was the oldest of four children, and he lived for some years in Jefferson County and later in Harrison Township of Carroll County, where he died in 1904. By his first marriage Mr. Borland has one son, George Howard, born in 1890. He married Verna May Little on April 4, 1917. She is a daughter of Daniel and Mary (FInefrock) Little, of Rose Township, Carroll County. George H. Borland and wife have a son, Ralph Howard.

Edward Linder utilizes in his resourceful farm activities 237 acres of the excellent land of Monroe Township, Carroll County, his home being on rural route No. 1 from the neighboring town of SherrodBvllle.

Mr. Linder has the distinction of being a native of the fair little republic of Switzerland, - where he was born, In picturesque Canton Berne on the 6th of March, 1861, a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Krabill) Linder. The home farm on which Mr. Linder was bora is situated two miles distant from the City of Thun, and the family of which he is a representative has been for many generations actively identified with stock farming in Switzerland. Mr. Linder, the third In a family of five sons, acquired his youthful education in the public schools of Gwatt in his native canton of Berne, and he continued his studies until he had attained to the age of sixteen years. He then entered upon an apprenticeship to learn the baker's trade, and In this apprenticeship he received careful instruction and experience under the able direction of his father, who has not only been active as a farmer but also had conducted a bakery. After the completion of his four years' apprenticeship Mr. Linder continued to work as a journeyman at his trade in his native land until he had attained to the age of twenty-one years, when, in 1882, he severed the ties that bound him to home and native land and came to the United States, where he felt assured of better opportunities of winning success through individual effort. After disembarking in the port of New York Citj* he passed only one night in the national metropolis, and then made his way to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he found employment as a cheesemaker, a vocation with which he had become familiar in his native land. He next passed one summer on the Crooked Run Farm near Oldtown, Ohio, and in that locality he thereafter continued to be employed as an expert cheesemaker for a period of six years. He then, in 1888, returned to Switzerland, and that he had a definite attraction and worthy object in making this visit is attested by the fact that soon after his arrival

In liis native country he was united in marriage to Miss Elezebeth Meyer, daughter of John and Suzanne (Wittmer) Meyer, the father of the bride having been a successful farmer near Thun. This marriage was solemnized March 19, 1888, and within a short time thereafter Mr. Linder returned to America, accompanied by his fair young wife. They established their home in the City of Philadelphia, and there Mr. Linder was manager of a cheese factory for the ensuing two years. At the expiration of this period he came to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and in consonance with cherished ambitions and well formulated plans here purchased a farm of 100 acres near Strasburg. There in connection with other departments of farm enterprise he developed a prosperous business in the manufacturing of cheese, according to the celebrated Swiss formulas. At the expiration of nine years he sold this farm and in 1901 purchased 200 acres of his present fine landed estate in Monroe Township, Carroll County. In 1912 he purchased an adjoining tract, and thus he Js now the owner of a valuable property of 240 acres, devoted to diversified farming and conducted with the progressiveness and ability that have significantly marked the course of Mr. Linder during the entire period of his residence in the United States and that have enabled him to achieve large and worthy success through his own efforts, with his wife ns a devoted helpmeet and coadjutor. On his farm Mr. Linder keeps a fine herd of cattle, and from his milch cows he obtains much of the milk utilized in his successful cheese manufacturing enterprise, the products of his cheese factory commanding the maximum prices when placed on the market. In politics Mr. Linder has aligned himself loyally in the ranks of the republican party, and both he and his wife are earnest communicants of the Lutheran Church.

Concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Linder brief record is given in this concluding paragraph: Walter Edward, who was born May 8, 1889, and who is now successfully engaged in farming in Stark County, married Miss Ruth Busby, daughter of Jacob Busby, and they have four children - Leroy Edgar, Wilson, Elizabeth and Wilma. John Albert, who was born July 4, 1893, and who is associated in the activities of the home farm, was one of the gallant young men who represented Carroll County in the nation's military service at the time of the late World war. In October, 1917, at Carrollton, he enlisted, and after being sent to Camp Sherman he was assigned to the Three Hundred and Thirty-second United States Infantry, Eightythird Division. After serving six months as a private he was transferred to the Cooks' and Bakers' School of the army, and his further service was in connection with the food-production department of the army. He was attached to the Quartermaster's Corps, and after the close of the war he continued in service until October 11, 1919, when he was mustered out and honorably discharged, with the rank of sergeant of the first class. Elmer, the third son, was born June 13, 1895, is likewise associated with the work and management of the home farm. He married Miss Ethel McCartney, of Rose

Township, and they have one son, William Edward. Edward Carl, the youngest of the four sons, was born December 15, 1S97, and remains at the parental home, his energies being enlisted in connection with the progressive activities of the fine farm. All of the sons were afforded excellent educational advantages and all are doing honor to the name which they bear.

George G. Magee is a native son of Carroll County and has here found ample opportunity for the exercising of his energies through association with industrial and business affairs. He is now one of the representative merchants of the village of Dellroy in Monroe Township, where he owns and conducts a well equipped hardware store and also handles agricultural implements and machinery.

George Grant Magee was born in Harrison Township, this county, on the 14th of August, 1868, and is a scion of Scotch-Irish ancestry. His paternal grandfather, William Magee, was born and reared in the north of Ireland and was a young man when he came to America and settled in Washington County. Pennsylvania. In 1850 he came from the old Keystone State to Carroll County, Ohio, and settled on a farm in Washington Tow'nship, where he became the owner of 160 acres of land and where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. In Pennsylvania was solemnized his marriage to Miss Anna Scott, whose ancestors, according to family tradition, were of the nobility in Scotland, there being also a strain of royal blood in the family. William and Anna (Scott) Magee became the parents of three sons. John, James and George, and of the number James was the father of him to whom this review is dedicated.

James Magee became a successful farmer in Harrison Township, where he continued his active association with agricultural industry until 18S0, when he came to Dellroy and retired. He lived retired during the closing period of his life and passed away on the 12th of August. 1916, as one of the sterling and highly esteemed citizens of the county. His wife did not lone survive him. ns her death occurred on the 6th of January. 1917. both having been earnest members of the Methodist Protestant Church. They became the parents of six sons and one daughter, and of the number George G. was the fourth in order of birth.

George G. Magee gained his early education in the public schools of his native county. In 1893 he became the owuer of a barber shop at Dellroy, and this he successfully conducted eleven years. He then formed a partnership with his father-in-law, the late Crawford Barnes Scott, and engaged in the hardware business at Dellroy. For the ensuing fifteen years the enterprise was successfully conducted under the firm name of Scott & Magee, and since the death of Mr. Scott, on the 1st of April. 1900, Mr. Magee has individually continued the prosperous business. He is a stockholder in the First National Bank of Carrollton.

In the esteem and confidence of his home community. He has served three terms as township clerk of Monroe Township, and in 1912 became town treasurer, of which office he continued the incumbent one term of two years, besides which he has been several times selected a member of the village council of Dellroy. He is a staunch supporter of the cause of the republican party, and he and his wife are active members of the Protestant Methodist Church in their home village, in which he has served as class leader and steward and also as superintendent of the Sunday school. He is now a member of the Board of Trustees of the church

In 1S9S was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Magee to Miss Elsie May Scott, daughter of the late Crawford B. and Margaret (Dunlap) Scott, and the two children of this union are! Gladys Margaret and Dwight Scott. The daughter is n^w the wife of Fred Newell, of Leagtt«ville, this county, and the son is not $1 cwo years* of age at the time of this writhU> birth having occurred on the of May, 1919.

;l()fi:Fi:r 1'oKia.s McCauley. Numbered among edsful agriculturists of Harrison Qmnty, the late Robert Forbes McCauley of Ulonroe Township accumulated during his lifetime a competency and left a valuable farm and good name to his family. lie was born in Monroe Township, Harrison County, Ohio, September 27, 1852, a son of Robert McCauley, and grandson of Robert McCauley and his wife Mary (Booth) McCauley, who had three children, namely: Margaret, Samuel and Robert. Of these children of the grandfather, Margaret and Robert came from Ireland to the United States in 1832, at which time Robert McCauley was seventeen years of age as he was born in Ireland, March 17, 1815. They settled at once in Monroe Township, Harrison County, and bought eighty acres of land. The following year their parents and Samuel Joined them, and all spent the remainder of their lives in this township.

Robert McCauley was the only one who left descendants. Samuel McCauley never married, and while Margaret was married to Alexander McCauley, she had no children. They were all consistent members of the Presbyterian Church, and they were of Scotch-Irish descent from County Tyrone, Ireland. The wife of the second Robert McCauley bore the maiden name of Sarah Forbes, and she, too, was born in Ireland, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Johnson) Forbes. The children born to Robert and Sarah McCauley were as follows: Booth, who married Elizabeth Smiley; Sarah Jane, who never married ; Robert whose name heads this review. This generation also belonged to the Presbyterian Church.

Robert F. McCauley attended the district schools of Monroe Township, and lived at home until he was married on May 6, 1880, to Sadie A. Brown, a daughter of James and Rebecca (Evans) Brown. James Brown was born in Monroe Township, Harrison County, Ohio, February 12, 1834, and his wife was born August

I, 1836. For many years they were engaged in farming in Monroe Township. Their children were as follows: John, Sadie, Annie E., Laura E., Robert D., Mary Ida, Emma, Elizabeth, James Edmond and Bell Jane. The Browns were Methodists. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. McCauley were John and Sarah (Davis) Brown, natives of Ireland. John Brown came to the United States as a young man, and was one of the pioneers of Monroe Township, Harrison County, Ohio. John Brown and his wife had the following children: Margaret, George, Joseph, William, Samuel, David, James, Jeremiah and Hester Ann. They, too, were Methodists.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. McCauley came to the farm now owned by Mrs. McCauley, which is near Bowerston, in Monroe Township, Harrison County, Ohio, and contains 160 acres. On it Mr. McCauley carried on general farming and stock-raising until his death, which occurred November 26, 1902. Mr. and Mrs.

J. The latter was married to L. C. Price and lives at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Since the death of Mr. McCauley Mrs. McCauley and her daughter, Olive M., have continued to live on the farm. Mr. McCauley was a supporter of the Presbyterian Church, but his widow and daughters belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a Blue Ix>dge Mason, belonging to the lodge at Leesville, Ohio. A man of the highest principles he lived up to them and was recognized as a person of fine character and pleasant manner, and left behind him many friends in addition to his family, to mourn his loss.

Hugh Wesley Birney, who was born in Green Township, Harrison County, Ohio, March 17. 1848, died at Cadiz, judicial center of his native county on the 24th of November, 1916, known and honored for his fine personal attributes and also as a representative of one of the sterling pioneer families of this section of the Buckeye State. In connection with other personal sketches and genealogical reviews appearing in this work is given adequate record concerning the Birney family, so that in this present connection it will not be necessary to enter again into these details.

Hugh Wesley Birney was a son of Asbury Birney, who was born in Green Township, Harrison County, March 15, 1815, a son of Hugh and Elizabeth (Brown) Birney, natives of Ireland. In 1815 Hugh Birney and his wife became residents of Chester County, Pennsylvania, their marriage having been solemnized in their native land, in 1800. After residing in Pennsylvania about four years the family came to Ohio and Mr. Birney purchased wild land in Harrison County, where he bent his energies to reclaiming and developing a farm in the midst of the surrounding forests, and where he was one of the substantial men of the county at the time of his death, in September, 1862, his children having been nine in number.

distinctive success in connection with farm enterprise, and in 1875 he erected upon his farm what was at that time one of the finest houses in the county. He and his wife, who survived him by a few years, were zealous members of the Method 1st Episcopal Church. On April 23, 1840, Asbury Birney married Miss Ellen McCollough, who was born May 29, 1821, In Jefferson County, Ohio, where her parents, Hugh and Isabella (Cunningham) McCollough, natives of Ireland, settled in the year 1810. Of the children of Asbury and Ellen Birney, the first born was Isabella, who died May 22, 1863; Oliver is individually mentioned on other pages of this volume; Almond removed to Labette County, Kansas; Hugh W., of this memoir, was the next in order of birth; John William; Elizabeth became the wife of Joseph McCollough; and Rebecca J. became the wife of Henry K. Ford.

Hugh Wesley Birney gained his youthful education In the schools of his native county, and with the passing years he achieved marked success in connection with farm industry, he having purchased, In 1884, a part of his father's old home farm, and having improved the place with a fine new house and other good buildings. He gave special attention to the raising of livestock of excellent grades and was a leader in sentiment and action in his native township. He remained on his farm until the spring of 1903, when he removed to Cadiz, the county seat, where he passed the remainder of his life and where his widow still maintains her home. He was affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he served as a trustee and as recording steward for a long term of years.

Mr. Birney was thrice married. June 15, 1883, he wedded Miss Estella Montgomery, whose death occurred in the following year. February 9, 1886, recorded his marriage to Miss Hadassah Jackman, who was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Gaddiz) Jackman, natives of Ireland. Harry J., the only child of this union, died June 26, 1895, and the devoted wife and mother passed to eternal rest December 20, 1903, a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

On the 22d of November, 1911, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Birney to Miss Caroline Snyder, who, as before stated, resides at Cadiz, she being an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and holding membership also in the Order of the Eastern Star. Her father, Jacob Snyder, was born July 5, 1814, and died October 21, 1896. Mr. Snyder remained on the old homestead on which he was born, in Green Township, Harrison County, and was one of the representative farmers and citizens of that section of the county at the time of his death. His grandfather, Martin Snyder, was born in Germany, in 1728, and came to America as a youth of eighteen years, his marriage having occurred in Pennsylvania, whence, in 1802, he came to what is now Harrison County, Ohio, where he obtained a large tract of forest land in Green Township and where he remained until his death, in 1810. His died in 1821, and their remains rest in tlfe 11) tie family burying plot on the old home £>fm. Of their childretf' eldest was Martin, Jr., father of Jacob. »rS£tin, Jr., was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, in 1775, and came to Ohio with his father. In 1803 he here married Ruth, daughter of Samuel Tipton, who had settled in this section of Ohio in 1801. Martin Snyder and his 'wife remained on the old home farm in Green Township until their deaths, he having died as the result of injuries received when he was struck by a falling tree. He died April 12, 1819, aged forty-four years, and his widow was seventy-two years old at the time of her death. Both were earnest communicants of the Lutheran Church.

Jacob Snyder was reared to manhood on the old home farm and continued throughout his active career to be one of the representative farmers of Green Township. HAras influential in public afTairs in his community, held vaalpua offices of trust, including that of township" vu9 tee and was a stalwart republican fp poliftcs^ June 24, 1847, he married Miss Elizabeth BnLdford, daughter of Thomas Bradford, of QraM Township. Jacob Snyder died October 20, and his widow died April 27, 1899. Of thefr children the eldest, Martin, was bom March %, 1848. and is still living on the home farm. He first married Mary J. Carson, who died in August, 1875, leaving one child, Clark W. For his second wife Martin Snyder married Nancy Jane McGuire, and they became the parents of six children - Lizzie (died in 1900), John J., Walter Clyde, Mary (died in childhood), Caroline and Amanda. Catherine, the second child of Jacob and Elizabeth Snyder, resides at Minerva, Stark County. She Is the widow of Leander Bigger, who died March 25, 1898. They had three children - Walter (died in infancy), Mary E. and George B. Sarah, the third child, never married, and her death occurred April 15, 1899. Caroline, widow of the subject of this memoir, was the next In order of birth. Isabella is the wife of Finley Mattern, of whom mention is made on other pages of this work.

Charles T. McDevitt is a representative of the third generation of the McDevitt family to be actively and successfully concerned with farm industry in Harrison County, where he resides upon his well improved farm of 156 acres, in North Township. His grandfather, George McDevitt, a native of Pennsylvania, was one of the pioneer settlers of this township, where he reclaimed from the forest the farm upon which his son Thomas R., father of the subject of this sketch, was born. By his first marriage George McDevitt became the father of eight children, and his second marriage was with Mrs. Susan (Rutler) Scott, eight children likewise having been born of this union. Mr. McDevitt died in February, 1869, in his seventy-third year, and his widow passed away in, 1872, aged sixty-two years.

Charles T. McDevitt was born on the old homestead farm which his grandfather secured in the pioneer days, as noted above, and the date of his nativity was November 13, 1875, and this farm is that now owned and effectively operated by him whose name Initiates this review. On this farm likewise was born Thomas R. McDevltt, the sixth in order of birth of the eight children of George and Susan (Rutler) McDevltt. He was born December 8t 1837, and here he was reared to adult age, his educational advantages being those of the pioneer schools. When the Civil war brought menace to the integrity of the nation he was one of the patriotic young men of Harrison County who promptly tendered aid in defense of the Union. In 1862 he enlisted as a member of Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which command he continued in service somewhat more than three years. The regiment was ordered to Virginia, where it was assigned to the Third Army Corps of the Army of the Potomac. In the battles of the Wilderness Mr. M< l>evitt received a gunshot wound that eliminated the index finger of his left fcana, but after the wound had healed he returned his place with his regiment, the history which constitutes a record of his valiant and .faithful ranw as a soldier of the Union. He |h' part in many engagements, including the Rattles of Spottsyl vanin Court House and Cold Harbor, and the siege of Petersburg. He participated in the Grand Review of the victorious troops in the national capital after the close of the war, and there received his honorable discharge June 28, 1865.