Harrison Township (part 28 of 37)

Joseph McL*and6bobough owns and maintains his residence on one of the excellent farms of Monroe Township, Harrison County, has made many improvements on the place and has marked the passing years by successful enterprise as one of the substantial representatives of farm industry in his native county. He was born on a farm near Scio, North Township, this county, on the 7th of September, 1855, and is a son of John and Anna (Eli) McLandsborough, who were venerable and honored citizens of Harrison County at the time of their death, the father having developed one of the fine farm estates of North Township and for a number of years gave special attention to the dairy business.

John McLandsborough was born in Otley, Yorkshire, England, October 17, 1824, and was ten years of age when he accompanied his father and older brother, Andrew, to the United States, in 1834, the father having come to this country in 1831 and having purchased 106 acres of land in North Township, Harrison County. John McLandsborough assisted in the reclaiming and development of the pioneer farm in North Township, this county, and he remained on the old homestead until the death of his father, when he removed to the farm on which he passed the remainder of his life, he having accumulated a valuable landed estate of more than 500 acres. He was a man of prodigious energy and industry, commanded unqualified popular esteem and was one of the substantial and influential citizens of North Township, where he died when seventy-nine years, three months of age, his wife having been about seventy-four years of age at the time of her death. He was a republican in politics and served effectively in various township offices. The marriage of John McLandsborough to Miss Ann Eli was solemnized August 16, 1849. Mrs. McLandsborough was born near Cadiz, Harrison County, a daughter of George and Sarah Eli, who were sterling pioneers of this county. Mr. and Mrs. McLandsborough became the parents of ten children - Andrew, Jenette (Mrs. Benjamin Calcott), Joseph, Alice (Mrs. John Kearns). William, Ellsworth, Sigel, Lincoln, Mary Katura (died in childhood), and John.

origin, according to tradition, in Scotland, where the name is said to have been Lameric ; but for four and one-half centuries the ancestry is traceable to that part of Scotland in which the Covenanters had their abiding place, the Me- Landsborough family representatives in Scotland having all been identified with this religious body.

He whose name initiates this review is of the sixth generation in line of direct descent from Andrew McLandsborough, who was a farmer and shepherd in Scotland. The next in line of descent was his son John, who married Margaret Sloan and became by her the father of two children, John and Andrew, the latter of whom died in England. John, grandfather of Joseph McLandsborough of this sketch, was born in Scotland, in 1782, and at the age of twenty-one years he established his residence at Otley, Yorkshire, England, where for forty years he followed the vocation of draper. His first wife, whose family name was Johnston, died in Scotland, as did also their only child, a daughter. For his second wife he wedded Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth Harrison. He visited America several times and here purchased property, including the land in North Township, Harrison County, Ohio. On this land he established his residence in 1834, and here his death occurred March 14, 1857, at which time he was seventy-four years of age, his wife having died February 14, 1839. Of their children Michael and Margaret died in England; Andrew was a resident of Mahaska County, Iowa, at the time of his death; John, father of the subject of this sketch, was the next younger son; Anna and Catherine died in childhood; Elizabeth became the wife of John Sproul and they established their home in Jasper County, Iowa ; Robert died in England ; and James died after the family home was established in Harrison County.

Joseph Mcl^andsborough gained his early education in the public schools at Scio and remained at the parental home, as his father's assistant in the work of the farm, until the time of his marriage, in 1879, when he began independent enterprise as a farmer. In 1884 he established his residence upon his present fine farm, of 120 acres, in Monroe Township, and his progressiveness has been shown in his reclaiming ninety-two acres of this tract through an effective system of drainage. He has erected good buildings on the place and has been unequivocally successful as a vigorous exponent of agricultural and live-stock industry. He is a republican in political allegiance and his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

The year 1879 recorded the marriage of Mr. McLandsborough to Miss Eliza Cameron, daughter of Thomas Cameron, and of this union have been born two children. Pearl Susan, Anna Alice, the latter of whom died at the age of three years and nine months. Pearl Susan Mc- Landsborough was born June 23, 1882, and she was reared and educated in her native county. On the 1st of October, 1901, she became the wife of Joshua D. Brown, and they own and reside upon a farm not far distant from that of her father. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have seven children, whose names and respective dates of birth are here designated; Frances Elisa,

James B. Glad man. It has been the purpose of the editors and publishers of this history to give in its biographical department as complete data as possible in connection with the various families represented, and it has been found expedient not to repeat in any sketch the record that has already been given In another. Thus in reviving the history of the honored pioneer family of which James B. Gladman is a member ready reference may be made to the ample record appearing In the personal sketch of his older brother, Thomas Gladman, on other pages of this volume. Special interest attaches to the prestige of Mr. Gladman as one of the representative farmers of his native county by reason of the fact that he owns and resides upon the fine old homestead farm which was the place of his birth, in Franklin Township, Harrison County. Here he was bom on the 5th of March, 1857, a son of David and Elizabeth (Lyons) Gladman, concerning whom due record is given in the previously mentioned sketch of Thomas Gladman.

In the district school known as the Brownsville school, in Franklin Township, James B. Gladman received his youthful education, and from his boyhood to the present time the old homestead farm on which he was born has been the stage of his productive activities, which have marked him as one of the prosperous and influential representatives of general farm industry in his native county, his farm being well improved and comprising 137 acres. In addition to his appreciation of the splendid returns the old homestead has given him in response to his well directed activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower, Mr. Gladman places also a high value on the place by reasons of the gracious memories and associations which attach to it. Mr. Gladman is a democrat in political allegiance and he and his family hold membership in the Christian Church at Tappan, in which he served four years as an elder.

On the 16th of October, 1890, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Gladman to Miss Emma J. Billingsley, daughter of William P. and Leah (Randall) Billingsley, of whom more specific mention is made in the personal sketch of their son Nicholas W., on other pages of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Gladman have two children: William D., who owns and resides upon a farm of seventy-seven acres, adjoining that of his father, is one of the progressive farmers of the younger generation in Franklin Township, the maiden name of his wife having been Flora Buffington. Elizabeth Leah remains at the parental home.

Nicholas W. Billingsley has shown his loyalty to and appreciation of his native county by continuous and effective association with farm industry within its gracious borders, and he i9 now numbered among the successful agriculturists and stock-growers of Washington

Township, Harrison County, where he owns a well improved farm of 103 acres, given over to diversified agriculture and the raising of excellent grades of live stock.

Mr. Billingsley was born in Washington Township, this county, on the 1st of January, 1863, and is a son of William P. and Leah (Randall) Billingsley, the former of whom was born in Belmont County, Ohio, where his father, William Billingsley, was a sterling pioneer settler, and the latter of whom was bom in Washington Township, Harrison County, a representative of an honored pioneer family. William P. Billingsley became one of the prosperous farmers and influential citizens of Washington Township, Harrison County, where he continued to reside until his death, April 10, 1916, his wife having preceded him to eternal rest and both having been consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their children the first, Sarah Margaret, died in early childhood; James L. resides at Lorain, this state; John A. B. Is a resident of Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County; Marion L. maintains his home in the city of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania ; Albert N. is a resident of the state of Iowa ; Nicholas W. is the immediate subject of this sketch; Emma J. Is the wife of James B. Gladman, of whom individual mention is made on other pages of this volume; and Ida A. is the wife of Reuben Lyons, of Uhrichsville.

Reared to the sturdy discipline of the farm and afforded the advantages of the schools of his native township, Nicholas W. Billingsley remained on the old home farm of his father until the death of the latter, and in the meanwhile his marriage occurred, in 1888. In 1916 he removed to his present farm, on which he has continued his progressive and successful operations as an agriculturist and stock-grower. He is a republican in politics, served four years as assessor of Washington Township, one year as real-estate appraiser of the township and one year as a member of the school board.

In 1888 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Billingsley to Miss Mary E. Tennent, daughter of Robert and Caroline (Auld) Tennent. and of this union have been born three children : Leah is the wife of Lewis Morgan, and they have three children, Mary Margaret, Rebecca Jana and a son. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan reside in the city of Joplin, Missouri, where Mr. Morgan is a teacher in the public schools. Oliver W. died at the age of twenty-one years, and Margaret died at the age of six years. Mr. and Mrs. Billingsley are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Tippecanoe.

Wesley H. Shepherd. There are many reasons why a special tribute should be paid to the memory of Wesley H. Shepherd in the assembling of the individual and family records for this publication. He was a representative of one of the old and honored families of Car roll County and in his personal character and achievement gave to the world assurance of strong, noble and useful manhood. He passed virtually his entire life on the fine old homestead farm which was the place of his birth, in Loudon Township, Carroll County, and was long numbered among the leading exponents of agricultural and live-stock industry In the county, the while he was a citizen whose civic loyalty was shown in action as well as sentiment, in definite liberality and progressiveness. He was born December 6, 1841, and remained on his ancestral farmstead, in Loudon Township, until his death. May 10, 1919.

James Shepherd, father of him to whom this memoir Is dedicated, was born in County Cavan, Ireland, September 4, 1790, a son of William and Mary (Morton) Shepherd. He was reared and educated in his native land and there, on the 27th of February, 1815, a clergyman of the Church of England solemnized his marriage to Miss Mary Reynolds, whose birth occurred in County Fermanagh, February 27, 1797, and who was a daughter of Joseph and Alice (Dowler) Reynolds. In August following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd severed ties that bound them to Emerald Isle and embarked on the sailing vessel that, after a long and weary voyage, landed them in the country of their adoption. They passed two weeks In Philadelphia, where Mr. Shepherd made arrangements for the shipping of his household goods and other effects to Steubenville. Ohio. On arriving at Pittsburgh he 90ld a part of his goods, in order to gain the funds fo<* the transportation of the remainder of the effects down the Ohio River to the destination. Late in the autumn they arrived at the home of Mrs. Shepherd's uncle, George Reynolds, who later served on the bench of the county court of Carroll County. Their financial resources were reduced to the sum of eighteen cents at the time of their arrival, and in order to augment his depleted exchequer the young husband left his wife with her uncle and returned to Pennsylvania, where he employed himself during the winter In the threshing of wheat by means of the old-time flail. By indefatigable industry and utmost frugality Mr. Shepherd finally accumulated sufficient money to justify him in entering claim to eighty acres of land in what is now Loudon Township. Carroll County. He erected on the land a primitive log cabin, and of this modest domicile he and his wife took possession on the 31st of March, 1817. In the construction of the house not a nail, an iron hinge or a pane of glass was used. Tn his native land Mr. Shepherd had learned the trade of weaver, and he utilized his technical knowledge and facility to good effect in the pioneer locality in which he had established his home. Of special interest is the following extract concerning his work as a weaver: "He raised flax, which he and his wife wove into linen and then sold. One fine web of forty yards he carried on his shoulder to Canton, where h° received forty dollars for the fabric. He then paid one dollar for two yards of calico, and the remainder of the forty dollars he used in entering an additional tract of land. Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd encountered their full share of the hardships and vicissitudes that fell to the lot of the pioneers of this now favored section of Ohio, but they were prosperous in their labors with the passing years and reared their large family of children to lives of usefulness and honor, the home having been one of happiness and refined influences." This honored pioneer couple became the parents of fourteen children, all but one of whom attained to years of maturity, and of the number two are living at the time of this writing: Alice, who is the widow of Rev. Theophilus Eneen, a Presbyterian minister, and resides at Harlem Springs, Carroll County; and Joseph C., who is a resident of Tacoma, Washington. James Shepherd passed to eternal rest on the 2d of June, 1872. and his devoted wife survived him by less than three years, her death having occurred March 14, 1875. They were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and their lives were guided and governed by the gracious faith which they thus professed and in which they carefully reared their children, all of whom became active members of the same church body. In politics Mr. Shepherd was a loyal democrat, and in community affairs he wielded large and benignant influence, though he had no desire for official preferment. He developed a large and valuable farm property and his name, as well as that of his wife, merits high place on the roll of the honored pioneers of Carroll County.

Of the fourteen children Wesley H., was the youngest. In addition to receiving the advantages of the common schools of the locality and period he pursued higher academic studies in Mount Union College, and while he became a man of broad information and mature judgment, he never had any desire to deflect his course from the line of farm enterprise, in connection with which he gained substantial and worthy success. He became the owner of the old homestead, of 320 acres, and here he continued his well ordered activities ns an agriculturist and stock-raiser until the close of his long and useful life, which was crowned with honor and unequivocal material prosperity. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and he took loyal interest in those things that concern the communal welfare. He was a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Amsterdam, ns is also his widow, who remains on the old home place, and he filled various official positions in this church. He was a good man, a useful citizen and a generous and kindly friend and neighbor.

On the 7th of October. 1873. was solemnized tlie marriage of Mr. Shepherd to Miss Helen France, who was born at Harlem Springs, this county, and who is a daughter of the late Dr. J. B. and Margaret (Donnan) France, the former a native of Washington County. Ohio, and the latter of Butler County. Pennsylvania, a daughter of Rev. Alexander and Helen (Hannay) Donnan. her father having been born in Scotland and having come to Washington County. Ohio, in 1799. Rev. John France, who was educated in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. and became a clergyman of the United Presbyterian Church, was the father of Dr. J. B. France, and the latter long held precedence ns one of the able and honored physicians and surgeons engaged in practice in Carroll County. Mrs. Shepherd attended Harlem College, at Harlem Springs, and Is a gracious woman who has long held secure place in connection with the representative social life and other activities of her home community, where her circle of friends is limited only by that of her acquaintances. Mr. Shepherd is survived also by three children : Edgard married Miss Mary

James and they now reside in the city of Cleveland ; Grace is the wife of Benjamin F. James, of Canton, Stark County; and Paul, who remains with his widowed mother, has the active management of the fine old homestead farm, which now comprises 240 acres.

John Evangelist Kibsch. After a wide and valued experience which is of value to him in his present undertaking, John Evangelist Klrsch is now engaged in conducting his farm of sixtyfive acres of laqd in Rose Township. He was born in Barr Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, September 15, 1860, a son of Simon and Anna (Bromanspager) Kirsch. The paternal grandfather, a weaver by trade, was born in Alsace, France, from whence he came to the United States in an early day. He first settled in Barr Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, and married Catherine Bear, but after her demise, he moved to Westmoreland County, and became a lay brother at St. Vincent's monastery, where he died. He and his wife had five children of whom Simon Klrsch was the eldest. His life was spent on his father's homestead. and there he died in 1916, and his wife died that same year. By a former marriage to Mary Sheran, Simon Klrsch had two children, namely: Simon and Philomena, both of whom

During the winter terms until he was fifteen years old John E. Kirsch attended the country schools, but after that devoted all of his time to the homestead on which he remained until he was thirty years of age. At that time he married and went to Altoona, Pennsylvania, where for eight years he was in a dairy business, and then came to Rose Township, where for a year he worked as a farm hand. Returning to the dairy business he carried It on at Canton, Ohio, for seven years, and then in 1911 returned to Carroll County and bought his present farm, where he has since remained, carrying on general farming. He is a stockholder in the Auto Transportation Company of Buffalo, New York, and has other interests, being a man of ample means.

Mr. Kirsch was married first to Magdelena Hoffee, a daughter of Simon and Cathrlne (Sheran) Hoffee, and she died In May, 1913, leaving no children. In 1915 Mr. Klrsch was married to Ella Klise. a daughter of Francis and Gertrude (Schott) Klise of San Diego, California. There are no children by this marriage. Mrs. Kirsch was born in Rose Township, and was third in a family of four children. She attended district school Number 6 and the Waynesburg High School, and then lived in different parts of the country, being employed In a private capacity, in this way seeing a good deal of the United States and Canada, and was in California at the time of her marriage.

Mr. Klrsch is a republican. He belongs to the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Marges. A hard worker Mr. Kirsch has earned all he possesses, and has acquired something else of value, the confidence and esteem of all with whom he is associated. While he is somewhat conservative with reference to public improvements, he is in favor of those which will add to the value of the property and prestige of the community, and is a friend of the public schools and the good roads movement.

T. Otho Richards has been a resident of Carroll County from the time of his birth, has here made for himself a high reputation as a man of probity and ability and as a successful exponent of farm Industry. He still gives his close personal supervision to his home place, which Is one of the valuable farm properties of Loudon Township, and is known as a progressive and thoroughgoing representative of agricultural and live-stock enterprise in his native county. He was born in Lee Township, on the 31st of August. 1854. and is the youngest In a family of eleven children, of whom only one other Is now living - Mary, who is the wife of William Groves, of Rice County. Kansas. Mr. Richards is a son of Otho and Rachel (Little) Richards, the former a native of Carroll County, where his parents were pioneer settlers, and the latter a native of .Pennsylvania, she having been born near Burgettstown, that state. The marriage of the parents was solemnized in Carroll County and they settled on a farm in Lee Township, where they passed the remainder of their lives, the father having died in April, 1855, when bis son T. Otho. of this sketch, was less than one year old, and the mother passed away several years later.

T. Otho Richards was still a boy when he became doubly orphaned, but he was not denied consistent education advantages. The discipline which he gained in the district school locally known as the Frog Hollow school was supplemented by his attending for one term the seminary at Harlem Springs, but he was only fifteen years old when he found employment at farm work, by the month. He continued to be thus engaged, as an industrious and valued employe, until the time of his marriage, in February, 1880, when Miss Sarah Jane Colar became his wife, she having been born and reared in Loudon Township, a daughter of William and Catherine (Slates) Colar. After his marriage Mr. Richards resided for a time on the farm of his father-in-law, in Loudon Township, and for two years he was engaged in the operation of a saw mill, in which enterprise he was associated with two sons of his eldest sister. Mrs. Boop. During this period he and his wife resided at Harlem Springs, and they then returned to the Colar farm. By the will of Mrs. Richards' father she and her husband became the owners of 100 acres of his fine old homestead farm, a provision by deed having given to Mr. Richards a half-interest in the valuable property, which has been kept up to a high standard under his control and management. He has made numerous improvements on the farm, and the same is a model of thrift and good management.

Mr. Richards is a republican and his standing in his home community is shown in the fact that he has been called upon to serve several terms in the office of township trustee, in which he did much to further the civic and material advancement of his constituent township. He and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Kilgore and he is serving as a member of its board of trustees. In conclusion is entered brief record concerning the children of Mr. and Mra Richards: Charles E. and John C. reside in the city of Cleveland: William Albert is a resident of Los Angeles, California; Paul G. lives at Amsterdam, Jefferson County; James L., who is now a resident of Cleveland, this state, served in the United States Marine Corps In the great World war, his training having been received at Paris Island, South Carolina, and be having accompanied his command to France, where he remained on active duty about six months, principally at Brest, where he held the rank of quartermaster's sergeant. His service in army was about two years. Arthur M., who likewise resides in the city of Cleveland, was another of the gallant young men who represented Carroll County In the nation's service in the World war, his assignment having been to a motor-truck company and his training having been gained at Camp Benjamin Harrison, In Indiana, whence lhe went to France and was in active service at THJou, having served about two years. He returned to his native land and received his honorable discharge, with the rank of sergeant; THelen, next older than Arthur M., is the wife -of Jay E. Brandt, of Loudon Township; and Ctatffcertne, the youngest of the children, remains at the parental home and is a successful and popular teacher In the public schools of her native county.

Chables Smith, who is one of the representative agriculturists and stock-growers of North 'Township, Harrison County, is a scion of one of the honored pioneer families of this county. He is of the fourth generation in descent from John Smith, who immigrated from Ireland to America in 1818 and who in that year secured from Governor Hare a tract of wild land in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, Ohio, where he Instituted the reclamation of a farm from the forest. Here he passed the remainder of his life and at Deersville, this county, his widow died at the remarkable age of ninety years. They became the parents of five children, one of whom died in infancy. Those who attained to maturity were Thomas, Robert, William, John and Sarah (Mra F. T. Simonton). The son Thomas, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was bom In Ireland and was reared on the pioneer farm in Harrison County, Ohio. As a youth he learned the printer's trade in the office of the Cadiz Republican, and in 1838 be returned to his native land, where in the city of Dublin was solemnized his marriage to Miss Mary Hopkins, their parents having been old-time friends in Ireland. On his return to Harrison County Mr. Smith engaged in the mercantile business at Cadiz, and later he was for twenty-five years engaged in the general merchandise business at Freeport, this county. In 1883 he sold this business and removed to Leesville, Carroll County, In which county he remained several years, within which he was associated with mercantile and farm enterprise. On his return to Harrison County he purchased a farm in North Township, and here he remained until his death, February 23, 1881, at the age of seventy-two years, his birth having occurred May 6, 1809. His wife was bom August 27, 1813, and died June 5, 1882, she having been a woman of culture and most gracious personality and her early education having been received in the city of Dublin, Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Smith became the parents of six children: Joseph J., who established his home in the city of Cleveland; Robert H., who was a resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the time of his death, in 1885 ; Edward who was killed by lightning on the old home farm in North Township; Theodore W., who was the father of the subject of this sketch; Alice J., who died at Leesville, Carroll County; and Sarah E., who became the wife of M. B. Fierbaugh.

Theodore William Smith was bom in Freeport, Harrison County, March 17, 1846, and he passed the closing years of his life on his fine farm in North Township, where he died on the of November, 1998. He received the advantages of the common schools of Harrison County, and early began to assist in his father's store. In 1870 he married, and in the following year he became associated with his brother Robert H., in the general merchandise business at Leesville, Carroll County, where he remained four years. Thereafter he resided continuously on his farm in North Township, Harrison County, until the close of his long, useful and worthy life, his farm having comprised 160 acres, adjacent to the village of Conotton. At the time of the Civil war he served in the home guard organized to repel the raids of General John Morgan. He was affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and gave liberal support to the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he and his wife were zealous adherents.

On the 8th of December, 1870, was recorded the marriage of Theodore W. Smith to Miss M)alila M. English, who was born in North Township, Harrison County, a daughter of James and Ann (McCarroll) English, and whose death occurred in her native township July 10, 1914, she having survived her husband by about six years. Mr. and Mrs. Smith became the parents of three children: Alice C., who died on the 22d of September, 1908; Charles, of this sketch, and Anna, the wife of Cassius E. Moreland, who is employed in the steel rolling-mills at New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, their one child being Alice G. In the home of Mr. and Mrs. Smith was reared also James Wilfred Smith, who was doubly orphaned when his father, Edward A. Smith, was killed by lightning, as noted in the preceding paragraph, and who was taken into the home of his uncle when nine years of age, and there he remained until his death, June 25, 1890, shortly before his twentieth birthday anniversary.

2d of September, 1874, and was a child at the time when his parents established their residence on the farm in North Township, Harrison County, where he profited by the advantages offered by the district schools and where he remained on the home farm until the death of his father. In the following year he married, and he has since remained on the home farm, of which he has had full charge since the death of his father, and of which he is now the owner. This place, as before stated, is conveniently situated adjacent to the village of Conotton and comprises 160 acres. Mr. Smith is far-sighted and enterprising in all departments of farm industry, and is one of the successful agriculturists and stock-growers of North Township. He is a republican in politics, and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Conotton. Mr. Smith is a member of General Custer Lodge No. 106, Knights of Pythias, at Scio.

On the 6th of October, 1900, was solemnised the marriage of Mr. Smith to Miss Margaret Simkins, daughter of Willis L. and Martha Jane (Masters) Simkins, both natives of Harrison County, where the former was born January 25, 1832, and the latter on the 12th of February, 1836. Mr. Simkins, who maintained his home at Conotton, was for more than thirtyfive yea re in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the first few years as a bridge builder, and thereafter as a master carpenter. His death occurred May 10, 1910, his wife having passed away April 30, 1879, and having been a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of the children the eldest is Miss Stella, who resides in Conotton; Anna is the wife of E. Carson Rogers, of Columbus, Ohio, and they have two children - -Frances Louise and Estelle Faye; Mrs. Smith was the third child; and George died on the 9th of July, 1919. William and Catherine (Gould) Simkins, grandparents of Mrs. Smith, were pioneer settlers of Harrison County. William Simkins was a native of Cumberland, Maryland, and his wife was born in the state of West Virginia.

James L. Clutz, whose attractive and wellregulated farm of sixty-six acres is situated in section 4, Loudon Township, Carroll County, was born on the adjacent homestead farm which is still the home of his parents, and the date of his nativity was December 12, 1876. He Is a son of John C. and Mary A. (Burrier) Clutz, both likewise natives of Carroll County, where they have always maintained their residence. Mrs. Clutz is a daughter of Levi and Elizabeth Burrier, who were pioneer settlers in Loudon Township, where they remained until their deaths, the Burrier family, from Pennsylvania, having been founded in what is now Carroll County, Ohio, more than a century ago. Concerning the children of John and Mary (Burrier) Clutz the following brief data may consistently be entered: Eliza Ann remains at the parental home; Sarah Jane is the wife .of Ell wood Alba ugh, of Dennison, Tuscarawas County; Edward Philip likewise resides at Dennison; Elmer D. is a resident of Jefferson

County; James Louis, of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Elizabeth Belle is the wife of J. Milton Albaugh, of Loudon Township; Francis Burton resides in the village of Amsterdam, this county ; and Margaret Mae lives at Scio, Harrison County.

James Louis Clutz gained in his boyhood and youth a gradually cumulative experience in connection with the work of the home farm and continued his association with its work until his marriage and the initiation of his independent career as a farmer in his native township, where his success as an agriculturist and stock-grower has been on a parity with this Zealous application and progressive policies. His early education was obtained principally in the district school at Dutch Corner, and has been effectively supplemented by the discipline of a vigorous and well-ordered career in connection with the practical affairs of life. He is known as one of the reliable, straightforward and enterprising citizens of his community, and that he has secure place in popular esteem needs no further voucher than the fact that he is serving as trustee of Loudon Township, an office to which he was elected in November, 1919, as candidate on the democratic ticket. He and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Germano, Ohio.

In April, 1903, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Clutz to Miss Estella D. Cox, who was bora at Mingo Junction, Jefferson County, Ohio, a daughter of Michael A. Cox. It was shortly after his marriage that Mr. Clutz purchased and established his home on his present farm, which he has maintained at a high standard in all particulars and which is one of the excellent farms of Loudon Township. Since 1895 Mr. Clutz has given more or less attention also to sawmill work, principally during the winter seasons. Mr. and Mrs. Clutz have one child, Jessie Marie, who was bora March 16, 1906.

John M. Dunlap is a popular representative, in the younger generation, of a family whose name has been most prominently and worthily linked with the annals of Harrison County since the early pioneer days, and he is one of the enterprising and progressive farmers of Moorefleld Township, where he is the owner of a well-improved place of 158 acres and where, -in the live-stock department of his farm enterprise, he gives special attention to the breeding and raising of the best type of short-horn cattle.

John M. Dunlap was bora in Athens Township, Harrison County, on the 81st of July, 1883, and is a son of Adam C. and Alice (Moore) Dunlap, the former of whom was born in Athens Township, this county, on the 3d of June, 1851, and the latter in Moorefleld Township, June 21, 1863, their marriage having been solemnized in September. 1882, and Mr. Dunlap having died in April. 1884. Mrs. Alice (Moore) Dunlap long survived the young husband of her youth and was fifty-three years of age at the time of her death. October 19, 1919. To this marriage two sons were bora, John M. and Adam Chester, the latter dying at. the age of eleven months. Mrs. Dunlap was a daughter of Johnson and Bmille

(Slater) Moore, the former of whom was bom In Moorefleld Township, Harrison County, in 1837, and the latter in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, April 27, 1841. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Moore was solemnized April 3, 1862, and they continued their residence on their old home farm, in Moorefleld Township, until their death, Mrs. Moore having passed away January 18, 1919, and her husband on the 10th of October of the following year. They were members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church. They became the pa renter of three children - Alice, the widow of A. C. Dunlap, who later married J. S. Wallace; Charles S. and Addle (wife of Dr. Edward D. Moore). Johnson Moore was a son of John and Elsie (Johnson) Moore, the former of whom was bom August 4, 1809, in Jefferson County, Ohio, and the latter was bom October 6, 1811, a daughter of William Johnson, who was one of the early settlers of Moorefleld Township, Harrison County. John Moore developed one of the fine farms of Moorefleld Township, where he remained until his death, May 14, 1874, his children having been three in number - Mary (Mrs. Jackson Ray), Johnson and Albert.

Joshua Dunlap, grandfather of him whose name introduces this record, was born in Athens Township, Harrison County, May 11. 1823. and his death occurred September 4, 1879, on his farm, in Athens Township. In 1847 he married Miss Nancy G. Watson, daughter of Robert S'. Watson, she having been bora January 30, 1823, and her death having occurred in 1884, both having been influential members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church. They became the parents of seven children: John D., who w$s bom August 29, 1848, and who died on the 15th of the following October ; Watson, who was bom October 13, 1849, and who became a prosr perous farmer in Athens Township; Adam C., who was the father of the subject of this review and who was not yet thirty-three years of. age at the time of his death; Rachel A. (Mrs. J. L. Scott) was born July 8, 1853; Mary J. (Mrs. Winfield Scott) was bom April 27, 1855; Louisa B. (Mrs. John Webb) was bom August 9, 1856, and died July 29, 1879; and Susan (Mrs. John P. Dunlap) was bom May 29, 1858.

After the death of her husband Mrs. Alice (Moore) Dunlap married, August 29. 1895. James S. Wallace, who is a representative farmer of Moorefleld Township and of whom individual mention is made on other pages of this volume.

After the death of his father John M. Dunlap was taken, with his widowed mother, into the home of his maternal grandfather, where he passed the period of his boyhood and early youth. He profited by the advantages afforded in the public schools at Moorefleld and later completed a one year's course in a business college at Wheeling, West Virginia. He has continuously maintained his home on his present farm - the old homestead of his maternal grandfather, and has here achieved distinctive success in his agricultural and live-stock enterprise. His political support is given to the democratic party and lie and his wife hold membership in the Nottingham Presbyterian Church.

September 26, 1911, recorded the marriage of Mr. Dunlap to Miss Ava Tedrick, daughter of Samuel H. and Eliza (Madden) Tedrick, of Guernsey County, and the one child of this union is a sturdy little son, Donald T., who was bora February 26, 1914.

James S. Wallace, who is one of the able exponents of farm industry in his native township of Moorefleld, Harrison County, bears a name to which attaches the highest of honors, as well as much distinction in this section of the state of Ohio, by reason of the faithful and exalted service of his grandfather, Rev. William Wallace, an able and revered clergyman of the Presbyterian Church and one of its pioneer representatives of central eastern Ohio. Rev. William Wallace was bom In Chester County, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1787, a son of John and Mary (Anderson) Wallace and a scion of staunch Scotch ancestry. He attended Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, and in the spring of 1821 he was licensed to preach the Gospel by presbytery of Steubenville, Ohio. He became a domestic missionary through the new settlements in eastern Ohio, and among the Presbyterian churches which he organized in Harrison County were those at Nottingham and Free|K>rt. to the pastoral service of which he gave himself for eighteen years. He died on the 18th of December, 1841, after nearly twenty years of earnest service in the ministry. Of him it has been written: "He was faithful and successful as a pastor, mild and amiable as a man and Christian, tender and kind as a husband and father." June 1, 1815, marked the marriage of Rev. William Wallace to Miss Mary W. McWilliams, who was bora March 17, 1797, a daughter of David and Mary (Wilson) Mc- Williams, who in that year came from Pennsylvania and settled In Belmont County. Ohio, where they passed the residue of their lives. Mrs. Wallace survived her honored husband by nearly thirty years and passed to eternal rest in 1869. They became the parents of ten children, of whom David B.. father of the subject of this sketch, was bom April 3, 1825, on the old Wallace homestead in Moorefleld Township. He was reared under the conditions that marked the pioneer history of Harrison County and passed his entire active life as a farmer in his native township, where his death occurred June 8, 1905. He was a zealous and Influential member of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church, which had been organized by his father, and of this church his venerable widow is still an active member. On the 25th of March, 1857. was solemnized the marriage of David B. Wallace to Miss Margaret Dickerson, who was bom in Harrison County. December 30, 1834. and who is now one of the venerable and loved representatives of a prominent pioneer family of this county. She is a daughter of Joshua and Belijah (Lafferty) Dickerson, natives of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, whence they came to Harrison County, Ohio, in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace became the parents of six children: William D.. born February 6. 1858.

was bom November 23, 1859, on tbe old home farm in Moorefield Township; Mary E., who was bom February 28, 1862, became the wife of John Dickerson, of Moorefield Township ; Joshua A. was bom August 12, 1864, and is now deceased; Lillie B., who was bom August 9, 1867, is the wife of John McConnell, of New Athens; and Lewis V., bom October 13, 1869, is In the southwest.

To the district schools of his native township James S. Wallace is indebted for his early education, which was supplemented by his attending the Northern Ohio University, at Ada, Hardin County. As a young man he gave two years to effective service as a teacher in the district schools, and about the year 1885 he initiated his independent career as a farmer in his native township, where he has since continued his successful activities in this important domain of industrial enterprise. About 1887 he became associated with his uncle, William A. Wallace, in the purchase of the present home farm, of which he later became sole owner, by pyrchasing his uncle's interest in the property. This farm comprises about 165 acres, and Mr. Wallace owns also a third interest in another farm, of 170 acres, in the same township. All of the buildings on his home farm have been erected by Mr. Wallace and these, with other improvements, attest to hi 8 progressiveness as well as his success. He is a staunch republican in politics and served three years as trustee of Moorefleld Township. He is an active member of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church, as was also his wife, whose death occurred October 19, 1919.

Edwin F. MoCully, who was elected township trustee of Lee Township, Carroll County, in the autumn of 1919, has proved a loyal and efficient official and given further evidence of the civic and communal progressiveness that had previously marked his course in his native county. Farm enterprise has engaged his attention during the major part of his active career and he now owns and resides upon one of the admirable farm estates of Lee Township, where he finds ample stage for his vigorous activities as an agriculturist and stock-raiser.

Mr. McCully was born in Harrison Township, Carroll County, in the year 1865. and is a son of William and Virginia (Smith) McCully, the latter being a granddaughter. William Mc- Cully likewise was bom in Carroll County and was a son of Thomas McCully, to whom must be ascribed a due measure of pioneer distinction in this favored section of tbe Buckeye state. Thomas McCully was bom near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and settled in Harrison Township. Carroll County. Ohio, about 1830, the Ferrell family having settled in* Fox Township, near Meehan Icstown. The names of both families thus early became prominently associated with farm industry in this county. William Me Cully was reared and educated in this county and after bis marriage be established his residence on a farm in Harrison Township. He not only held prestige as a substantial farmer but also operated a saw mill for a number of years. He was bom in the year 1844, his life was worthy in every sense, and he attained to venerable age, his death having occurred on the 3d of May, 1919. Mrs. Virginia (Smith) McCully died in December, 1876, when but thirty years of age, and of the four children Edwin F., of this review, is the eldest; William died at the age of thirteen years; P. O. McCully married Nora Long and lived in Carrollton; and Matilda is the wife of James Snively, of Loudon Township. There are two half brothers and two half sisters.

The district school at Cold Spring Run afforded Edwin F. McCully the major part of his early educational discipline, and as a boy and youth he contributed his quota to the work of the home farm, besides assisting his father In saw-milling operations. At the age of twentyfive years he went to Garrett County, Maryland, where he found employment as a teamster in the lumber woods. In 1894 he returned to his native county and rented a tract of land in Center Township. There he farmed about two years, and thereafter he was engaged similarly on rented land in Washington Township. In 1901 he purchased his present farm, of 184 acres, in section 29, Lee Township, and this he has made one of the model rural estates of the township. On tbe homestead he erected the fine, modern house now occupied by the family, and he has erected other excellent buildings. Mr. McCully is a vigorous and thoroughgoing farmer, and his progressiveness and well ordered activities have brought to him a generous measure of success in the domain of diversified agriculture and in the raising of horses, cattle, sheep and swine. He served four years as a member of the school board of his district, and in the autumn of 1919 he was given further evidence of popular appreciation of his character and ability, in that he was elected township trustee, as candidate on the ticket of the democratic party, in the ranks of which he is staunchly aligned. He and his wife hold membership in the Church of the Disciples.

April 3, 1892, was recorded the marriage of Mr. McCully to Miss Jennie Thomas, who was born and reared in Garrett County, Maryland, a daughter of Elijah and Barbara (Frazee) Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. McCully have six children: Virginia is the wife of Donald George, of Lee Township; Emma is the wife of William Rutledge, of Union Township; William F. married Miss Anna Rutledge and they reside in Lee Township; and James Perry, K. Earl, and Carl E. remain at the parental home.

James G. Compher, county commissioner and one of the successful farmers of Harrison County, owns and operates a farm in Moorefield Township. He was born in this township on July 29, 1864, a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Hall) Compher. Peter Compher was born in Moorefield Township, April 25, 1828, there he si>ent his entire life, and died November 8, 1913. His wife was born In Belmont County, Ohio, a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Carver) Hall, her birth occurring February 16, 1834. She died in Moorefield Township, June 4, 1892. Her father, Thomas Hall, was a farmer of Flushing

Township, Belmont County, Ohio, where he spent practically all of his life. The children born to Thomas Hall and his wife were as follows: George, Hiram, Catherine, James, Mary E., Polly, Lucy, Thomas and Jane. Peter Compiler and his wife had children as follows : Wilbur Gilham, who was bora February 16, 1867, died August 7, 1903; James G., whose name heads this review; John G., who is mentioned at length below. Mrs. Compher was a devout member of the Baptist Church and a lady of fine Christian character.

James G. Compher attended the district schools of Moorefield Township, and learned farming in all its details from his practical father. When he reached man's estate he began farming for himself in Moorefield Township, and has spent practically his entire life in this calling, with results which can not help but be gratifying. At the time of his marriage he located on his present farm of 168 acres of land and here he is carrying on a general farming and stock raising business.

On February 14. 1885, Mr. Compher was united In marriage with Jennie Dunlap, bora in Moorefield Township, a daughter of Samuel and Mary Ellen (Bethel) Dunlap, and they became the parents of the following children : Leona

B., who was born November 16, 1885; Charles, who was born March 4. 1887, married Sadie Clemens, their children are James M., Helen Mildred and Alice Leona, and they live in Moorefield Township; Mary Edith, who was bora on June 5, 1889, married Carl Kirkpatrick of Dover, Ohio, and they have one child, Marjorie Catherine; and Floyd, who was born April 28, 1891, married Mary Brewer, and lives at Moorefield.

In the fall of 1916, Mr. Compher was elected commissioner of Harrison County and has since held that office. Mrs. Compher belongs to the Stillwater Baptist Church, but Mr. Compher is not a member of any religious organization.

John G. Compher, brother of James G. Compher, is also a farmer of Moorefield Township, and was bom in this township, November 5, 1867. He was reared on the homestead and educated in the local schools.

On December 20, 1888, John G. Compher was united in marriage with Laura R. Rowland, a daughter of George and Margaret (Moore) Rowland. After his marriage Mr. Compher began farming for himself in Moorefield Township, and In December, 1918, he bought his present farm near Moorefield, where he has lived since August. 1919. This farm comprises 184 acres and on it be carries on general farming and stockraising. Mr. and Mrs. John G. Compher became the parents of the following children : Ada Lovina, who married first Morris Brenner, and second, James Hiney. has two children by her first marriage - Mildred and Paul ; Ross G.. who is second in order of birth; and Gertrude, who married George Wood, has twin daughters, Evelyn and Ethel yn.

The Compher family is one of the well-known ones in Harrison County, and these brothers have added to its prestige by their upright and honorable lives and useful work as agriculturalists and citizena

Rodolpho S. Hubs. One of the constructive citizens and good business men of Harrison County, well known throughout this region for his dependability and uprightness, is Rodolpho S. Hibbs, provision merchant, banker and farmer, residing at Piedmont. He was born in Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio, April 18, 1860, a son of John R. and Lydia Pierson (Smith) Hibbs.

John R. Hibbs was born at Smyrna, Guernsey County, Ohio, a son of Amos Hibbs, who was also bora In Guernsey County, Ohio. By trade Amos Hibbs was a cabinetmaker, and he made many of the coffins used by the early settlers of Guernsey County. He married a Miss Ratcliff e, and they became the parents of the following children: John R., William G., Amos

In about 1889 John R. Hibbs moved to Piedmont, Harrison County, Ohio, and dealt In farm Implements and bought wool, building up a large business which he continued until his death in 1908. His wife, who was also bom In Guernsey County, Ohio, was a daughter of Amos Smith, a homesteader in Guernsey County. She died in December, 1900, having borne her husband three children, namely: Rodolpho S., who was the eldest born; Oscar B., who died In 1915; and Clarence J., who lives on the old homestead in Guernsey County. Both parents were members of the Society of Friends.

Rodolpho S. Hibbs attended the schools of Guernsey County, the high school at Antrim, Ohio, and the college at Mount Union, Ohio. As a young man he entered the educational field and taught school for one term, but found that his abilities were such as to fit him for a business life, and in 1883 he entered upon the handling of produce under the name of A. G. Greenfield & Company. On January 1, 1890, the name was changed to Goodman, Hibbs & Company, and Mr. Hibbs is still operating under it, and conducts a general produce business, handling poultry, eggs, butter, hay, grain, and also buys wool. Mr. Hibbs owns a fine farm of 150 acres of land in Moorefield Township. In 1900 he and Mr. Goodman organized the first bank of Piedmont under the name of the Piedmont Deposit Bank, which was conducted as a private institution until 1914 when it was reorganised as a state bank, and as such is now carried on, Mr. Hibbs being one of the members of its board of directors.

On September 15, 1881, Mr. Hibbs was united in marriage with Ruth S. Doudna, of Barnesvllle, Ohio, a daughter of Joseph F. and Belinda Doudna. Mr. and Mrs. Hibbs became the parents of the following children: Fred J., who married Wilhelmina Sterla, has three children, Ruth, William and Elizabeth, and lives at Bridgeport, Ohio; Myrtle D., who married E. G. Frizzell, a merchant of Piedmont, has two children, Stella and Clifton; and Floyd E., who married Edith Conway, has two children. Edwin and Ralph, and lives at Martins Ferry, Ohio. Both Mr. Hibbs and his wife belong to the Piedmont Methodist Episcopal Church, and take an active part in its religious and civic betterment work. Mr. Hibbs belongs to the Freeport Lodge, A. F. & A. M. and to the Modern

Woodmen of America. A sound man of natural business ability, Mr. Hibbs has been able to expand his various ventures in a healthy and legitimate manner, and in doing so has broadened the commercial horizon of his community. His connection with any undertaking, so reliable is he, guarantees Its soundness to his fellow citizens, and he is accepted by them as one of the men of whom any locality can well be proud.

Jonah D. Wilson. In the sketch dedicated to his younger brother, James A. Wilson, on other pages of this work, are given adequate data concerning the family history of Jonah D. Wilson, who is numbered among the representative farmers of Moorefleld Township, Harrison County, where his agricultural and live-stock enterprise Is staged on a well improved farm of 150% acres.

Mr. Wilson was born in Moorefleld Township, February 25, 1806, and Is a son of the late James and Eliza (Davidson) Wilson. He was about seven years old at the time of his father's death but his widowed mother remained on the old home farm, where he was reared to adult age, in the meanwhile profiting fully by the advantages afforded in the district school locally known as the Science Hill school. He remained with his mother on the farm until his marriage, in 1801, but in the meanwhile he was engaged in conducting a general store in the little rural hamlet of Estep, not far distant from the home farm. In 1803 he removed his stock of goods to the village of Tippecanoe, but six months later he sold the stock and business and returned to Moorefleld Township. The following spring he engaged In farming in Nottingham Township, where he continued to be thus engaged during the period of five years, ne passed the following two years at Piedmont, where he was employed at railroad work, and the following twelve years found him engaged in farming in Green Township. He then sold his property in that township and established his home on his present well improved farm, in Moorefleld Township.

In 1891 Mr. Wilson was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie Jeanetta Finney, daughter of Joseph H. and Margaret Finney, and they have two children - Earl L. and Vera Jean. Mr. Wilson gives his support to the republican party and he and his wife hold membership in the Rankin Methodist Episcopal Church. Their only son, Earl L., was one of the patriotic young men who represented Harrison County in the nation's service In connection with the great World war. He entered service July 26, 1918, and at Camp Sherman, was assigned to Company M, Three Hundred and Thirty-third Infantry. In the 2d of the following September he embarked in the port of New York City, for France, and the transport disembarked its young soldiers at Southampton, England, on the 10th of that month. With his command Mr. Wilson then proceeded to France, where his regiment was assigned to the Eighty-fourth Division of the American Expeditionary Forces. In October, however, he was transferred to Company H, Three Hundred and Sixty-fourth Infantry, Eleventh Division, and he was with this regiment in service back of the front lines when he was attacked with the influenza, which re* suited in his being confined in the hospital from October 15, 1918, until January 15, 1919. On the 18th of January he rejoined his company, and on the 25th of March the command embarked for the return trip to America. Mr. Wilson returned with his comrades to Camp Sherman, and there he received his honorable discharge on the 25th of April.

James A. Wilson, who has worthily won his prestige as one of the progressive and successful representatives of agricultural and live-stock Industry in Harrison County, resides on the old homestead farm, in Moorefleld Township, which was the place of his birth. Here he was born on the 4th of August, 1873, and his father died on the 8a me day. He Is a son of James and Eliza (Davidson) Wilson, and his father was born and reared on this same farm, where he passed his entire life and where his parents, James and Sarah (Brock) Wilson settled in the pioneer days, upon coming to Ohio from their native state of Virginia. As previously stated, James Wilson, Sr., died August 4, 1873, while still a young man, and his widow survived him by more than forty years, her death having occurred March 22, 1914, on the home farm which became her place of abode at the time of her marriage, August 4, 1846. She was a woman of gracious personality and marked business ability, as shown in her effective management of the farm after the death of her husband. James Wilson first married Miss Nancy J. Tafbert, who was born in 1896, a daughter of James and Nancy (McCollough) Tarbert, and she was survived by one son, Madison. Mrs. Eliza (Davidson) Wilson was born in Washington Township, this county, and was a daughter of Jonah and Sarah (Joice) Davidson. Jonah Davidson was born in Allegany County, Maryland, July 4, 1804, and in 1812 his parents, Samuel and Mary (Drake) Davidson, came to Harrison County, Ohio, and became pioneer settlers on the land which they here obtained from the Government, in Washington Township, where they passed the remainder of their lives, the father having been a member of the Methodist Protestant Church and the mother a birthright member of the Society of Friends ; she was born in the state of Pennsylvania. Jonah Davidson was reared under the conditions marking the pioneer era In the history of Harrison County and here, in 1829, he married Miss Sarah Joice. their only child, Eliza, who became the mother of him whose name Introduces this review, having been bora October 26, 1832. Mrs. Davidson died in 1859 and her husband survived her by thirty years, his death having occurred June 16, 1889. James and Eliza (Davidson) Wilson became the parents of three children - Jonah D., Sarah B. and James A.

James A. Wilson has always lived on the old home farm, as previously stated, and here is the owner of 120 acres of the excellent land of Moorefleld Township. He acquired his youthful education in the public schools and his youthful experience well fitted him for later successful achievement in connection with farm

Industry, in which he has made a record of thrift and progressiveness. His political support is given to the democratic party and he is serving at the time of this writing as a member of the school board of his district. He is also a steward of the Rankin Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he and his wife are earnest and honored members.

October 16, 1901, recorded the marriage of Mr. Wilson to Miss Hannah Gutschall, daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Stevens) Gutschall, of Rumley Township, and of the three children of this union two are living - Mildred and Harold. Mae, the second child, died at the age of two years.

James A. Stevens. Among the farmers of recognized moral and material worth whose labors have helped largely to develop the interests of Moorefleld Township, Harrison County, is James A. Stevens. His entire life has been passed amid agricultural surroundings, and during the past fourteen years he has carried on successful operations on his present property, a well-cultivated tract of over 117 acres.

Mr. Stevens was born west of Barnesville. in Belmont County, Ohio, March 5, 1866, a son of William and Susan (Brower) Stevens, natives of Guernsey County. Ohio. The founder of the family in this state was William Stevens, the grandfather of James A., who came from his native state of Maryland as a pioneer into Guernsey County and there passed his life in tilling the soil. He married Nancy DifTy, also a native of Maryland, and they became the parents of ten children : Samuel. Owen, William, John,

Eli, Thomas, Joshua, Elizabeth, Charlotta and Rebecca. William Stevens the younger, father of James A., was born in Guernsey County, and followed farming throughout his life in his native community and in Belmont and Guernsey counties. He married Susan Brower, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Claubaugh) Brower, and they had ten children : John William : Daniel W. ; James, who died in infancy ; David A. ; James A.; Mary E. : Charles W.. who died in childhood; Thomas H. ; Reuben Ellsworth and McConnell.

James A. Stevens acquired his educational training in the district schools of Guernsey County, and at the age of sixteen years began to be self-supporting by working out among the neighborhood farmers at a monthly wage. Later he began his Independent career as a farmer in a small way in Guernsey County, and in 1904 came to Freeport Township. Harrison County, where he farmed two years, then returning to Guernsey County for one year. In 1907 he settled on his present property in Moorefleld Township. a highly-improved and productive property of 117 14/100 acres, and here has since carried on general farming and stock raising. He is a thorough, systematic and successful farmer, and is truly typical of the most worthy and substantial agricultural element in Harrison County. He and bis family belong to the Methodist Church.

to this union there have been born five children : Iona I., who married Ira B. Baker, of Detroit, Michigan, and has two children, Leslie B. and Mary Mildred; Otha E., of Moorefleld Township, who married Allie M. Brown and has two children, Edgar H. and Edna Mildred; Howard M., of Moorefleld Township, who married Cora F. Morris and has one child, William W. ; John R.. of Moorefleld Township, who married Addie M. Green and has had five children, Bertha D.t Anna Berl, Mary F., James L. and Everett F., of whom James L. is deceased; and Alta A., who is unmarried and resides with her parents.

Samuel R. Copeland. The leading agricultural interests of Harrison County are most fortunately in the hands of reliable, sensible, experienced men. who carry on their many farm industries with careful method and good judgment. A prominent example may be found in the Co|)eland family and its connections by marriage. a congregation of farmers that has brought much agricultural prosperity to Franklin Township.

Samuel R. Copeland, a representative member of this fine old family, was born in Washington Township. Harrison County, Ohio, June 22, 1875. a son of Thomas W. and Mary E. (Ramsey) Copeland, the latter of whom is deceased. Her parents, Samuel and Lydia Ramsey were pioneers in Washington Township, Harrison County, where they were farming people and reared their family of eight children, namely: John, William. Albert, Charles, Nancy, Sadie, Anna and Mary E.

Thomas W. Copeland, father of Samuel R.. was born in Ftanklin Township, Harrison County, a son of James and Mary Ann (Walters) Copeland, pioneers there. Mr. Copeland is an honored veteran of the Civil war. He has been a farmer all his life and his home has been in Washington Township, on the same farm, since young manhood. He is a member, as was his wife, of the United Presbyterian Church at Tippecanoe. Their children were as follows: James A., who is deceased; Clara A., who Is the wife of John C. Poulson; Samuel R.. who is of Franklin Township; Lura, who is the wife of John Finnieal ; Emma, who is the wife of Walter Cecil ; and John G., who operates the home farm.

Samuel R. Copeland always remained at home and gave his father assistance on the farm up to the time of his own marriage. He attended the public schools of both Washington and Franklin townships, has always kept well informed and is not only one of the intelligent farmers of his section but a thoroughly representative citizen. After marriage he settled on his present farm, where he has 150 acres of fine land. He devotes it to general farming and stockraising, taking considerable interest in having a good grade of stock of all kinds.

1 Sfi9, to Alice McGill, who is a daughter of Thomas and Esther (West) McGill, and they have two children: Zelma B. and Mildred E. Mr. and Mrs. Copeland are members of the Christian Church. As a worthy citizen. Mr. Copeland takes some interest in politics and hns

John C. Poulson, a brother-in-law of Samuel R. Copeland, was born in Nottingham Township. Harrison County, Ohio, May 20, 1874, and is a son of Thomas and Sarah E. (Rose) Poulson, and a grandson of John Rose and John and Rachel (Rogers) Poulson. The paternal grandfather owned the farm in Nottingham Township that is still in the Poulson family. His children were one son, Thomas, and three daughters, namely: Sarah, who married Abraham

Thomas Poulson. only son of John, and father of John C.. is a veteran of the Civil war, in which he served as a soldier for three years. Following the close of the war he returned to Nottingham Township, where he had been born, and still lives on the old homestead. During his active years he was a farmer and carpenter. Of his three sons, John C. and Everett A. are living, and Oscar O. is deceased.

John C. Poulson obtained his education in the public schools of Nottingham Township and remained at home until twenty years old, then worked for other farmers, by the month, for ten years. After his marriage he rented his present farm in Franklin Township for two years, then purchased it and since then has erected all the substantial buildings on the place. He owns 133 acres of valuable land which he is intelligently and successfully cultivating. On September 12. 1900. Mr. Poulson married Clara A. Copeland, and they have two children: Nina Birdell and Harold Dean. They belong to the Christian or Disciples Church.

John W. Finnical, who is a prosperous general farmer and stockholder in Franklin Township. Harrison County. Ohio, was born on the farm on which he lives. January 23. 1881. and is a son of Thomas A. and Anna ( Gibson) Finnical, both of whom were bom in Stock Township. Harrison County. Thomas A. Finnical lived In Stock Township until his marriage, then moved to Tuscarawas County and for two years conducted a farm near Fhrichsville. then came to the farm now owned by his son in Franklin Township which he operated until 1903, when he removed to Deersville, where his death occurred November 30, 1910. His first wife. Anna Gibson, a daughter of Edward Gibson. died November 10. 1890, the mother of three children, namely : Franklin F.. who was a physician at Dennison. Ohio, died October 23. 1914: Edward G.. who lives at rhriehsville. Ohio: and John W.. who owns the old homestead. Mr. Finnical's second marriage was to Rachel Malernee. ne was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Deersville.

John W. Finnical was educated in the Brownsville school in Franklin Township and has always lived on his present farm of 132 acres. He is a practical, thorough going farmer and takes interest also in raising good stock. On October 14, 1903, he was married to Dura Copeland, daughter of Thomas W. and Mary Elizabeth Copeland, and they have one child, Anna Elizabeth, who was born January 23, 1915.

Walter A. Cecil, third brother-in-law of Samuel R. Copeland, is a successful general farmer and stockraiser of Franklin Township, Harrison County, Ohio, where he was born on October 28, 1886. His parents were David Elmer and Mary Catherine (McClintock) Cecil, both of whom were born also in Franklin Township, his father being a son of Jesse and Nancy (Gladman) Cecil, and his mother a daughter of Walter and Susan (Crim) McClintock. After the death of his first wife. David Elmer Cecil married Mary O. Crawford. To his first marriage four children were born, namely: Leona

May, wife of Robert West; Walter A.; Verna E., wife of Frank Gladman; and Ella L. The following children were bom to his second marriage: Margaret E., wife of Henry Law; Jesse W. : Ira E. : Ida I.; and Gertrude L.

Walter A. Cecil attended the public schools In Franklin Township through boyhood. When his mother died he went to live with his grandfather, Jesse Cecil, which practically became his permanent home. Mr. Cecil owns eighty acres of well-improved land and understands how to turn every acre of It to good account. On March 19, 1908, he married Maude Spray, a daughter of Joseph Spray. S*he died without issue. July 2. 1909. On January 31, 1912, Mr. Cecil married Rachel Emma Copeland, daughter of Thomas W. Copeland, and they have had two children : Thomas IJoyd, who died April 17. 1919: and Mabel Leona. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil belong to the Christian Church at Tappan. Ohio. It is not remarkable that this entire connection is held in high regard in narrison County, for it includes people of upright character and solid worth.

David G. Cramblett. Considerable reference bas been made on other pages of this biographical volume to members of the Cramblett family who for several generations have been identified with the agricultural life of Harrison County, and therefore, lengthy introduction is not necessary in the case of David G. Cramblett. who for years has been prominent In the farming and mercantile affairs of the county.

David G. Cramblett was born in Stock Township. Harrison County. August 3. 1877. a son of Thomas and Hannah (Mallemee) Cramblett, further reference to whom is made under the sketch of W. E. Cramblett appearing on another page of this work. David G. Cramblett received his early education in the Beaver Dam school In Franklin Township and at the same time was getting his preliminary lessons In farm work on his father's place. He continued to reside on the home farm up to the date of his marriage which took place March 8. 1900. his bride being Florence Tedrow, a daughter of John and Mary Tedrow.

Shortly after his marriage. Mr. Cramblett commenced farming for himself In Stock Township on a farm that was part of his father's holding. Later he bought 120 acres of the home farm, to which he added 122 acres, bringing his entire agricultural interests to 242 acres of prime land. Mr. Cramblett carried on general farming and stock raising, making a specialty of purebred Black Top sheep, and along lines he was very successful. In addition to operating his land he worked a threshing outfit in the neighborhood, in partnership with one of his brothers.

Mr. Cramblett continued his farming operations until September, 1917, when he relinquished agricultural work, and bought a general merchandise business in Tappan, in partnership with C. C. Rea, and since that year the partnership has remained unbroken, the business being conducted to their mutual satisfaction.

are members of the Christian Church at Tappan and are regular attendants on its services, and Mr. Cramblett and his wife take an earnest part in all movements designed for the improvement of the community in which they reside.

Robert McGill. The McGill family Is one of the well-known ones in Harrison County, where its representatives have been established for many years, the majority of them being connected with agricultural activities. One of them who is sustaining the family reputation for upright industry and sturdy thrift is Robert McGill of Franklin Township, who was bom on his present farm, June 9, 1856. He Is a son of John McGill, and grandson of Thomas McGill, bom in Ireland, who never left his native land,

John McGill was bora in Ireland, but soon realized that there were no opportunities there for the ambitious young man, and so he left it for the United States and after his arrival in this country came as far west as Harrison County, Ohio, and secured eighty acres of timberland. Here he lived and worked until his death, which occurred in 1869. His wife, Nancy Auld, was born in Franklin Township, a daughter of Stewart and Rebecca Auld, and they bad children as follows: Thomas, who died March 18, 1920; Sarah, who was second in order of birth; Nancy J., who married Samuel Hitchcock, died in 1901; Mary, who* died in 1908; Robert, whose name opens this review; and Stewart, who lives in Oklahoma. The McGills were members of the Presbyterian Church.

Robert McGill attended the district schools of Franklin Township, and at the same time assisted his father with the work of the farm. He inherited the homestead of eighty acres of land, and here he is occupied with a general farming and stock-raising business and is doing well.

On June 17, 1886, Mr. McGill was united in marriage with Nancy Jane Dickey, a daughter of William W. and Cecelia (Barrett) Dickey, and granddaughter of Benny Dickey. William W. Dickey was bora in Harrison County. Ohio, and spent his mature vears in farming in Franklin Township, where he owned 160 acres of land, now the property of his son. Perry jC. Dickey. His death occurred in 1914. but his widow lived until 1917. Their children were as follows: Alice A., Nancy Jane, Mary and Perry C. The family were all members of the Christian Church. William W. Dickey served for eighteen months in the Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the war of the '60s, and participated in a number of important battles.

Mr. and Mrs. McGill became the parents of the following children: Ray, who is the eldest; Ada, who married Harry McMillen, has four children, Delmer, Laurence, Ruth and Floyd; William, married Bernice Cecil, who died November 28, 1920, leaving two children, Maxine and Mary; Edith, who married Rowland Blackwell, has one child, Delbert; Elizabeth, who married T. B. Errlngton, now residing in New Philadelphia, Ohio, has two children, Kenneth Eugene, died at the age of seven months, and Pauline; Robert, who married Edith Knapp* and has one son, William Russell. All of the children with the exception of Robert and Elizabeth live in Harrison County, Elizabeth residing at New Philadelphia and Robert at Canton. Mr. McGill belongs to the Presbyterian Church, while Mrs. McGill is a member of the Baptist Church. A capable farmer and good citizen Mr. McGill holds the respect of his community.

James L. Vickers. The Vickers of Franklin Township are farming people, and their wellcultivated land and carefully-kept premises prove their choice was a wise one when they adopted farming for their life work. They come of agricultural people, and inherit their love of the soil. The family was founded in Franklin Township by the father of James L. Vickers, John Vickers, and since then its members have been connected with the best element in Harrison County.

John Vickers was bora in England in 1791. but left his native land for the United States where he hoped to secure a farm at a nominal price. The young man made his way across the country and when he reached Harrison County be was satisfied that be had found that for which he was looking, cheap land in a desirable locality. He entered a farm, and in due process of time received his grant to it. and this document, still in the possession of the family, is signed by President Andrew Jackson. John Vickers was a man who commanded respect, and he won the confidence of his fellow citizens, and by them was held in high esteem. From the time that he entered his land until his death which occurred many years afterward, he continued to make Franklin Township his home.

Twice married, the family name of his first wife was Carnes, and she bore him the following family : Cornelius, Mary Ann, Asenith, Isaac and Ruth. After her death, Mr. Vickers was married second to Anna Bridgeman, born in Franklin Township, Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of Philip and Sarah (Carnes) Bridgeman, and their children were: John, James L. and Thomas, but they lost Hie youngest when he was a little child. Bora and bred in the Quaker faith, Mr. Vickers adherred to it for a number of years, but later on in life joined the Methodist Episcopal Church.

James L. Vickers went to the district schools of Franklin Township, and remained at home until his marriage, which occurred August 29, 1883, when he was united with Clarissa M. Lukens, a daughter of Eli B. and Rebecca (Rose) Lukens. After his marriage Mr.

Vickers began farming on his own account in Franklin Township, and with the exception of one year when he was engaged in the poultry business at Deersvllle. he has been engaged in farming ever since. In 1890 he moved on his present farm of 122 acres on which he has built all the buildings and made the other improvements. He is a general farmer and stockraiser and is satisfied with the results of his efforts.

Mr. and Mrs. Vickers became the parents of the following childrep : Anna Rebecca, who married Arthur A. Mi 11 horn, is deceased; Mary Hollis, who married Jerry Fowler, lives at Justice. Stark County, Ohio, and has the following children, Lawrence Wayne, Audley Austin, Gallitin T., Marie Catherine, Erma Etta, Roy, Helen Clarissa and Mildred; Etta Dell, who married John William Robison, has two children, Rosella and James D. She was married for her second husband to Harry Wagstaff and they live In Monroe Township, Harrison County. The fourth child of James ii Vickers and his wife is John Eli, who married Odessa Kail and their children are: Clara Bell, Howard C., James Clark and Hazel Maxine. They live in Franklin Township, Harrison County. The youngest in the Vickers family was Zelma Florence, and she died when young. Mr. and Mrs. Vickers are active members of the Christian Church of Tappen, Ohio, and are prominent in church circles just as they are in the neighborhood where they have lived for so many useful years.

Alexander G. Osbuen Is an honored scion of a representative pioneer family that was founded in Harrison County more than a century ago, and in all of the relations of life he has effectively upheld the high prestige of the name which he bears. He was born in Archer Township, this county, April 10, 1857, and he is now numbered among the progressive and successful exponents of agricultural and livestock industry in Franklin Township, where his activities are staged on the fine old homestead farm which his wife received as a heritage from her father.

The lineage of the Osburn family traces back to staunch Scotch origin. His European ancestors were among those who. in the early days, left their native Scotland in order to escape religious intolerance and became numbered among the large number of co-religionists from Scotland who settled in the north of Ireland and developed the strong Presbyterian element in that section of the Emerald Isle.

Samuel Osburn, great-grandfather of Alexander G. Osburn, was born in County Derry, Ireland. and there was solemnized his marriage to Susanna Garven, their children having been several in number. In the seventeenth century Samuel Osburn came with his family to America and settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives and where he not only aided in development and progress but also participated in the early conflicts with hostile Indians. His son Alexander, founder of the family in Harrison County, Ohio, was born on the 14th of May, 1785, and became identified with pioneer farm enterprise in the old Keystone State, where, on the 10th of May, 1808, wedded Miss Mary Barnes, daughter of James and Mary Barnes, who had come to Pennsylvania from their native Ireland. Alexander and Mary Osburn became the parents of six children, and early in the year 1816 the family home was established in a pioneer log cabin on an unreclaimed farm in Athens Township, Harrison County, Ohio. Here Alexander Osburn girded himself for the herculean task of developing a productive farm in the midst of the forest wilds, and increasing prosperity attended his labors with the passing years. His devoted wife here passed away January 5, 1824, aged forty-three years. Later he married Miss Martha Rankin, of Washington County, Pennsylvania, and they became the parents of one son and one daughter. In 1829 Alexander Osburn removed to the farm later owned by his son, Samuel, in Archer Township, and there he remained until his death, at the venerable age of eighty-two years, his second wife having passed away December 25, 1848. Mr. Osburn was a man of progressiveness and became specially successful in the growing of sheep, It being a matter of record that he introduced on his farm the first flock of fine sheep in Archer Township. He was a whig In politics and was a most zealous and influential member of the Presbyterian Church in Harrison County. He served many years as ruling elder in the church and was a delegate to the Presbyterian General Assembly in the year 1846. He enlisted for service in the War of 1812, which, however, came to a close before he was called into active service.

John Osburn, son of Alexander and Mary (Barnes) Osburn, was born In Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, on the 31st of December, 1815, and thus was an infant at the time of the family removal to Harrison County, Ohio, in the following year. He was reared under the conditions marking the early pioneer history of this county and as a young man he operated an old-time woolen mill, in which he carded wool and also did some weaving, in Archer Township. About the year 1852 he established his home on a farm In Archer Township, and there he continued his successful association with agriculture and the live-stock business during the remainder of his active career. He lived a godly and righteous life, earnest in good works, and be remained on his old home farm until his death. July 16. 1903. as one of the venerable and honored pioneer citizens of the county. His loved and devoted wife did not long survive him, as she passed to the life eternal on the 7th day of January of the following year.

In the year 1836 was solemnized the marriage of John Osburn to Miss Sarah Amspoker, - who was born in Harrison County April 3, 1818. a daughter of Samuel Amspoker, who was another of the sterling pioneers of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Osburn became the parents of ten children : Emma, Samuel A., Mary, Matthew, Martha M., Charles, Susan J., Gretta, Alexander G. and John J. The parents were most earnest and zealous members of the Presbyterian Church.

Alexander G. Osbum did not fall to profit fully from the advantages offered by the district schools of Archer Township, and for many years thereafter he continued his active association with the work and management of the old home farm. After his marriage, in the year 1900, he and his wife established their residence on their present fine farm in Franklin Township, the same having been inherited by Mrs. Osbum, as noted in the opening paragraph of this review. Mr. Osbum has had thorough experience in all practical details of farm industry and is recognized as one of the progressive and substantial exponents of agricultural and live-stock enterprise in his native county, where he and his wife have a circle of friends that is limited only by that of their acquaintances. Both are earnest members of the Presbyterian Church at Deersville, and of its choir Mr. Osburn has been a valued member for fully twenty years. He has an excellent bass voice, and his musical ability is further attested when his proficient manipulation draws dulcet harmonies from the rare and finely preserved old melodeon which is an interesting and prized antique in the family home, its appearance and still pleasing musical response recalling memories of vanished days.

On the 22d of February 1900, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Osburn to Miss Nora Howell, who likewise was bora and reared in Harrison County and who is a daughter of James and Margaret (Jamison) Howell, whose marriage was here recorded on the 7th of December, 1843. * Mr. Howell was bora November 2. 1818, in the State of Maryland, and his wife was born February 14, 1825, a daughter of William Jamison, who became an early settler in Harrison County. When a young man James Howell engaged in farm enterprise in Stock Township, Harrison County, whence he removed eight years later, in 1851, to Franklin Township and established his residence on the fine old homestead farm now representing the abiding place of Mr. and Mrs. Osburn. Here Mr. Howell remained until his death. May 25, 1899, and his cherished and devoted wife passed away on the 12th of the following September, their marital companionship, ideal in all relations, having covered a period of more than half a century. Both were earnest members of the Presbyterian Church. Of their children the firstborn, William J., died In early childhood; Mary J. died at the age of eight years; Sarah Belle died In 1897; and Nora (Mrs. Osburn) and Ardena are the surviving members of this honored family. Mr. and Mrs. Osburn have no children.

Walter A. Holliday is a scion, in the fourth generation, of a family whose name has been identified with the annals of Harrison County since 1815. and hei'e he is well maintaining the prestige of the name which he bears - both as a citizen and as an exponent of farm Industry, of which his great-great-grandfather, Robert Holliday. Sr., was one of the earliest representatives in this county. The lineage Is traced back to Arthur Holliday, who was a native of Scotland and a member of one of the Scottish families that removed to the north of Ireland to escape religious intolerance in their native country. Robert Holliday, Sr., son of Arthur, was born in Ireland, where he was reared to manhood and where he married Rebecca Ramsey, five of their nine children having there been born and two of them having died there. The other four were bora in America, and the last survivor was Mrs. Nancy Cooper, who was a resident of Henry County, Indiana, at the time of her death. In 1793 Robert Holliday, Sr., came with his family to America and established a home in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, whence he later removed to Westmoreland County, that state. In 1805 he came from the latter county to Ohio and became a pioneer of Jefferson County, where he remained until 1815, when he came to what is now the western part of Harrison County, where he secured land and. with the aid of his sons, reclaimed a farm from the forest wilds, besides which he here followed his trade, that of weaver, and found ready demand for the products of his primitive loom. He was a veritable patriarch at the time of his death, In 1851, when ninety-three years of age. his wife having died in 182(5.

Robert Holliday, Jr., was bora in Ireland, August 1, 1792, and thus was about one year old at the time of the family immigration to America, in 1793. He was reared to manhood on the pioneer farm in Harrison County and remained with his parents until he was twentyfive years of age, when he married and established a home of his own, on the same tract of land that had here been secured by his father. He had in the meanwhile enlisted for service iu the War of 1812, but was not called into active service. March 25, 1817, recorded his marriage to Fannie Melton, who was bora November 22, 1795, and who died December 22, 1818, leaving one child, Fannie M., bora on the 28th of the preceding month. March 29, 1821, Mr. Holliday wedded Miss Eliza White, who was born December 25, 1800, and of their thirteen children - seven sons and six daughters - eleven attained to maturity, ten of the number having married and reared children and one of the sons having met his death in the Civil war, while serving as an officer on the staff of Gen. William T. Sherman. Robert Holliday remained on his farm until 1830, when he engaged in the general merchandise business at Freeport, where also he conducted a hotel. There he died July 5, 1855, and his widow died August 16, 1872, when nearly seventy-two years of age, both having been members of the Calvinistic Baptist Church and he having been first a democrat. later a whig and finally a republican in r»olitIeal allegiance.

Eldred G. Holliday, son of Robert and Eliza (White) Holliday, was born in Freeport Township, Harrison County, January 19, 1822, and received the advantages of the pioneer schools. When a young man he was for several years engaged in the work of the trade of plasterer, in Harrison and Belmont counties, and in 1851 he established his residence on a farm in Moorefleld Township, Harrison County, where he remained until 1883, when he removed to Cadiz, bfit still retained ownership of his farm. Jana- ary 10. 1850, recorded his marriage to Miss Mary Cunningham, daughter of John and Nancy (Sharp) Cunningham and a granddaughter of David Cunningham, who came from Fayette County. Pennsylvania, and settled in the present Harrison County. Ohio, in 1810. They became the parents of five sons and two daughters: John became a clergyman of the Presbyterian Church ; Robert, father of Walter A., of this review, was the next in order of birth; George became a representative farmer of Harrison County; David became a prominent lawyer in the State of Kansas; Thomas E., a clergyman of the United Presbyterian Church, became a missionary in India; and the daughters were Laura May and Nancy Bell. The entire family held to the Presbyterian faith. Eldred G. Holliday was first a whig and later a republican, and he was one of those actively concerned in repelling the Ohio raid of Gen. John Morgan in the period of the Civil war. Both he and his wife were venerable in years at the time of their deaths.

Robert Holliday, son of Eldred G. and Mary (Cunningham) Holliday, was born and reared in Moorefleld Township, and his educational advantages were those of the common schools of the locality and period. As a young man he gained place as one of the successful farmers of that township, where he continued his activities until the spring of 1884, when he went to the State of Kansas. About one year later he returned to the old home farm upon which he was born, and there he remained until the spring of 1886, and then he came to the old farm in Moorefleld Township and remained until 1901. after which he passed a year In Columbiana County. He then returned to his former farm in Moorefleld Township, and there he continued its management until the spring of 1919, since which time he has lived retired in the village of New Athens. His first wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth J. Dunlap, passed to eternal rest on the 7th of May, 1907. she having been a devoted adherent of the Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Holliday likewise is an active member, his political allegiance being given to the republican party. Of the four children the eldest is Chloe, who is the wife of Dewitt Scott, of Harrison County; Walter A., whose name Initiates this article, was the next in order of birth; Flora became the wife of Bertram Koonce and is now deceased: and Eldred is engaged in the practice of medicine at Cambridge, Ohio. In 1910 the father contracted a second marriage, when Mrs. Louisa Kirkpatrick became his wife.