Harrison Township (part 30 of 37)

Mathew Henry accompanied his parents while he was yet a child, to Harrison County, w'here they settled and where he grew to manhood. residing throughout his active years in Stock Township. Mathew Henry was twice married and by his first wife became the father of the following children : Mathew', who served as a soldier in the Civil war; Finley. James, Thomas. Callie, Maggie, Elizabeth and Alexander who died a short time after his marriage. After the death of his first wife he married Elizabeth Miller and to this union five children were bom: Isabel. Julia, Law'son. and Samuel

Throughout his boyhood days Samuel D. Henry wfas a pupil in the district schools of Stock Township and continued to attend school until he W'as fifteen years old. About this time he started working out on farms on his own account and remained thus engaged until he w'as twenty-eight years old, in the intervening years exercising habits of thrift which enabled him to acquire a farm of his ow'n. Mr. Henry is now* the owner of a compact and well-kept holding of 174 acres of prime land located in Stock Towmship, and here he has been successfully engaged since his marriage in general farming ojierations and stock raising, close, businesslike attention to his w'ork always insuring a ready market for his produce.

May 24, 1904, Mr. Henry was united in marriage to Miss Lucy L. Cope, bom in Nottingham Township. Harrison County. October 28, 1881. a daughter of Jacob and Amanda (Rose) Cope. Mrs. Henry is a half-sister to Isaac S. Cope.

Mr. Henry, while not activdy engaged In politics, gives a good citizen's attention to all movements calculated to advance the best interests of his native township and county. Mrs. Henry is an earnest member of the Minkvllle Christian Church, In the good works of which she has always displayed a warm Interest.

Frank R. Stewart. A progressive and prosperous farmer of Stock Township, Harrison County, Frank R. Stewart displays sound Judgment and marked ability In his agricultural operations, and In the work to which he Is giving his time and attention Is meeting with undoubted success, the greater part of his land being under cultivation, while his Improvements are of a practical and substantial character. A son of the late James Cooper Stewart, he was born, January 28, 1877, In Uhrlchsvllle, Ohio, coming on paternal side of Irish ancestry, his grandfather, James Stewart, Jr., and his great-grandfather, James Stewart, Sr., having been born in Ireland, while on the maternal side he Is of French lineage, his maternal grandfather, William Mozena, having been a Frenchman.

James Stewart, Sr., was born, bred and educated In Ireland. Coming with his family to America In 1812, he lived for about a year In New York state, moving from there to Washington County, Pennsylvania. Settling In Harrison County, Ohio, In 1820, he entered 180 acres of land In Stock Township, and on the farm which he hewed from the forest spent the remainder of his life, dying at a comparatively early age. He was a man of great physical vigor, exceptionally strong, and a great worker. One summer day he cradled seven acres of oats, and when he finished In the evening laid down to rest under a maple tree. He took a severe cold, from which he never recovered, his death occurring a very few days later. To him and his wife, eight children were born, namely: James, Robert, Charles, Thomas, Erasmus, Sarah, Mary and Jane.

James Stewart, Jr., was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1809, and at the age of three years came with his parents to America, being six weeks in crossing the ocean In a sailing vessel. He completed his education In the rural schools of Stock Township, which were then supported by subscription. Turning his attention to agriculture when young, he bought the farm now occupied by Robison B. Stewart, and was there employed in tilling the soil until his death. December 28, 1878, putting a part of Its 128 acres under culture. He married Jane Patterson, who was born in Ireland In 1811, and came with her parents to Ohio in childhood. Her father, Samuel Patterson, came with his wife and children to America about 1812, having a tedious voyage of six weeks on the broad Atlantic, and a few months after landing In New York came to Stock Township, Harrison County, Ohio, and having taken up land from the Government began the Improvement of a homestead. While thus employed, he was accidentally killed while working in the timber, a log rolling over him, causing injuries from which he died. To him and his wife, whose maiden name was Jane Kelley, seven children were bora, David, Joseph, William, John, Samuel, James and Jane. Both Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Patterson were devout members of the Presbyterian Church, James Stewart, Jr., and his wife, Jane (Patterson) Stewart, were the parents of nine children, as follows: David, who spent the larger part of his life In Kansas, died there in 1900; John, of Akron, Ohio; Samuel, formerly of Carroll County, Ohio, spent his last years in California; Jane Anna, who married Wesley Ferrel; James C., father of Frank R.; Calvin T., formerly of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Is not living; Elizabeth married Joslah Thompson ; Frances became the wife of Byron Anderson; and Robison, a well known farmer of Stock Township, married Rebecca Jane Fisher. Both parents were active members of the Presbyterian Church.

A native of Stock Township, James Cooper Stewart was bora on the home farm May 10, 1842, and there grew to man's estate. The life of a farmer not appealing to him, he entered the employ of a railroad company at Uhrlchsvllle, Ohio, and was accidentally killed In the Dennison Railroad Yards, at Dennison, Ohio, on April 15, 1882. He married Mary Mozena, who was bora in Uhrlchsvllle, Ohio, April 19, 1842, a daughter of William Mozena, a native of France. They left two children, Thomas, a resident of San Diego, California; and Frank R. The mother died August 25, 1881.

After the death of his parents, Frank R. Stewart came to Stock Township, <Efiarrison County, to live with his aunt, Mrs. Catherine Anderson. On attaining his majority, he began farming on his own account, and has met with highly gratifying results. His fine farm of 108 acres is well improved, and amply supplied with all the machinery and equipments necessary for carrying on general farming after the most approved methods. He makes stock raising a part of his work, and finds it a paying branch of agriculture.

Mr. Stewart married, March 22, 1899, Elizabeth Taggart, a daughter of Samuel and Margaret Taggart, and their pleasant household has been brightened by the birth of eight children, namely: James Russell, who died in childhood; Robert S. ; Margaret; Alvin T. ; Catherine; Anna ; Charles and Harold. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart belong to the Presbyterian Church at Deersville.

Okey L. German Is another of the native sons of Carroll County who is here making an excellent record In connection with progressive farm Industry, and the stage of his operations In the old homestead farm, in Monroe Township, on which his birth occurred, the date of his nativity having been March 16, 1894, and he being a son of J. R. and Martha C. (Anderson) German, both representatives of well known pioneer families of this section of the Buckeye State. J. R. German likewise is a native of Carroll County, and has been continuously Identified with farm enterprise In this

Okey Leroy German continued his studies in the public schools of Carroll County until he was graduated, with the honors of his class, in the Dellroy High School, in 1914. Thereafter he continued his alliance with farm enterprise until his marriage, in 1917, and since that important event in his career he has gained standing as one of the most progressive agriculturists and stock-growers of the younger generation in his native county, where he owns his well improved farm, of 105 acres. Mr. German makes a specialty of raising registered Duroc- Jersey swine, and is giving much study and experimentation to this feature of farm industry, his progressive policies being such as to insure to him cumulative success, and he being a careful and appreciative reader of the leading farm papers. He is an active member of the Farmers Exchange at Carrollton, is a republican in his political proclivities, and both he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Rose Township, which is on rural mail route No. 1 from the Village of Dellroy.

The year 1917 recorded the marriage of Mr. 'German to Miss Mary A. Shotwell, daughter of John W. and Rose (McCourt) Shotwell, of Union Township, and the two children of this union are Evelyn Fay and John A.

S. Sherman Bucey. Having when young acquired a practical knowledge of the various branches of agriculture, S. Sherman Bucey selected the independent occupation that has brought comfort, happiness and wealth to unnumbered thousands of the world's industrious workers, and the results of his years of labor prove conclusively that he made no mistake in the choosing of a vocation, his home farm in Stock Township being under a good state of cultivation, and highly productive. He was born, March 18, 1867, in Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood.

His father, Dallas Bucey, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, of pioneer ancestry. Selecting the occupation in which he was reared, he was actively engaged in general farming in Wells Township, his native county, for many years. Moving from there to Jewett, Ohio, in 1914, he has since been an esteemed resident of that place. He married Sarah Ellen Taylor, a daughter of Hiram Taylor, and Into their home ten children made their advent, as follows: S. Sherman; Anna; William Albert; Clarence, deceased; Cora: Howard; Blanche: Carl; and Louisa, deceased. Both parents are identified by membership with the Methodist Church.

Educated in the district schools of Jefferson County, S. Sherman Bucey grew to manhood on the parental homestead, as a boy and youth assisting in the manual labors incidental to farm life. Becoming thoroughly Initiated into the Intricacies of agriculture, he settled in Stock Township, Harrison County, about 1894, where he began life for himself as a farmer. Subsequently moving to Washington Township, Harrison County, he continued there a farmer for fourteen years. Returning to Stock Township, Mr. Bucey assumed possession of the farm which he now owns and occupies, and began adding to the improvements previously inaugurated. Going to New Philadelphia, Ohio, in 1917, he remained there two years, but since his return, in 1919, to Stock Township has devoted his energies to the management of his valuable farm of 106 acres, and is meeting with most desirable results as a general farmer.

Mr. Bucey married, in 1888, Hattie Barkus, a most estimable woman, and they became the parents of three children, namely: Odessa, wife of Edward Selaway; Harry, who married Laura Ervin, has one child, Lester: and Neona, who died in childhood. Mrs. Hattie Bucey died In 1894. Mr. Bucey subsequently married for his second wife Jennie Stevens, and of their union one child has been born, Florice, who married Orville De Witt, and has five children. Lucille. Richie, Clara. Grace and Helen. Mr. and Mrs. Bucey are active and faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Simon P. Beckley. Farm industry in Carroll County has found a vigorous and effective exponent in the person of Mr. Beckley. who is the owner of a large and well improved landed estate in Lee Township, though he has deeded a considerable part of his farm property to his sons, the remainder of his land being rented and his home being now in the attractive village of Harlem Springs, where he is living virtually retired, though he still has general supervision of his farm properties and other business interests.

Mr. Beckley was born In Jefferson County, Ohio, on the 9th of December, 1859, and is a son of John and -Susanna (Reigle) Beckley. He was a mere boy at the time of the death of his parents and was reared in the home of Sylvester Moorehead, of Jefferson County, his early educational advantages having been those of the local schools and farm work of all kinds having become familiar to him In his youth, so that he was well fortified when he initiated his Independent career as an agriculturist and stockgrower. For four years after his marriage, which occurred in 1883, he resided on the farm of his father-in-law, in Lee Township. Carroll County, and he then purchased a farm near Amsterdam, that Township. There he remained ten years, and he then rented a farm near Harlem Springs, where he remained two years. He then traded his farm near Amsterdam for 160 acres in section 22. Lee Township. He established his home on this latter place and made numerous improvements of substantial and permanent order. There he continued his farming operations until 1911, and the following two years he resided at Harlem Springs. He next passed two years at Carrollton, and since that time he and his wife have maintained their home at Harlem Springs, where they own an attractive residence property. In the home farm are comprised 240 acres, and in addition to this Mr. Beckley became the owner of an additional tract, of 200 acres, in another part of Lee Township, where his wife owns a farm of 120 acres. Of his landed estate he has deeded 262 acres to his two sons, and the remainder of the land he rents to good tenants. Mr. Beckley is found arrayed In the ranks of the republican party, and he served one term as trustee of Lee Township. Both he and his wife are active members of the Presbyterian Church of Harlem Springs and he is a member of its Board of Trustees.

In 1883 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Beckley to Miss Martha A. Gotschall, who was born in Jefferson County but reared and educated in Carroll County, where her parents, Samuel and Betsy A. (George) Gotschall, established their home, in Lee Township, when she was a child. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Beckley the eldest is Samuel S., who is one of the progressive farmers of Lee Township. He married Miss Odessa Marshall and they have three children - Robert M., Homer S. and Freda, a fourth child, Mary C., having died in infancy. Sarah Bell is the wife of Charles W. Kail, of Perry Township, and they have one daughter, Leona. James Ralph, who is a representative farmer In Union Township, married Miss Hazel Greeg, and they have three children - Ralph, Helen and Kenneth.

George Wiujam Long. If concrete evidence is demanded as to the ability and progressiveness of Mr. Long as a representative of agricultural and live-stock Industry, there is no necessity for making further investigation than that Implied In a general survey of his present fine farm property, in Loudon Township, Carroll County, where he is the owner of a valuable tract of 137 acres, of which about seventy acres are utilized for agriculture, the remainder for pasture and meadow, save for the portion that is still In timber. He was born in this township, on the 8th of September, 1871, and is a son of Whiting and Martha (Stenger) Long, the former a native of Loudoun County, Virginia, and the latter of Loudon Township, Carroll County, Ohio, where their marriage was solemnized. William Long, the paternal grandfather, passed his entire life in Virginia, and the maternal grandfather, George Stenger, was one of the early settlers in Loudon Township, Carroll County. After his marriage Whiting Long purchased a part of the farm of his father-in-law. and this he made one of the productive places of Loudon Township. He remained on this homestead until his death, In April, 1909, his first wife having died In 1879 and his second marriage having been with Miss Margaret Ruff, who was bora near Dellroy, this county. Of the children of the first union the eldest is Mary, who Is the wife of Frank Carter, a resident of western Canada; George W., of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Sarah A. Is the wife of Edward Weir, of Mechanicstown, Carroll County; Elmer C. and Elgie were twins, the former being a resident of Bergholz, Jefferson County, and the latter having died In infancy; John is a substantial farmer in Loudon Township. No children were horn of the second marriage of Whiting Long.

but fifteen years old when he began to work by the month, as a farm hand. He thus continued to apply himself until the time of his marriage, in 1898, and thereafter he was similarly employed about one year. He then removed to the farm of his father-in-law, and later he farmed on rented land until 1906, when he purchased thirty acres of his present farm, the adjoining tract of 107 acres having been purchased by him in 1911. He has erected modern buildings on his farm and has otherwise brought the place up to a high standard, in consonance with the many fine farms to be found in this favored section of the old Buckeye state. Prior to his marriage he had supplemented his education by a business course in the college at Scio. The Kilgore Grange numbers Mr. Long among its loyal and valued members, he is a republican in politics, and he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church at Kilgore, of which he Is serving as treasurer.

November 23. 1898. recorded the marriage of Mr. Long to Miss Oella B. Sawvel, who was born in Harrison County, a daughter of William E. and Margaret (Brown) Sawvel, the parents having been born in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Long became the parents of four children, of whom two are living: Martha Margaret is a popular teacher in the public schools of Carroll County; Evelyn died In Infancy, as did also the next child, a son; and George William, Jr., remains at the parental home.

Nelson E. Slates. The Slates family was founded in America in the colonial period of our nation's history. Frederick Slates having immigrated to this country from his native Germany and having established his home In Virginia, where he passed the remainder of his life. His son Adam was born and reared in Loudon County, that state, and there he married Miss Savilla Winner, their children having been five In number; George, William, Mary (Mrs. Walters), Elizabeth (Mrs. Sawvel), and Solomon. Adam Slates died when his son William was still a boy, and his widow later became the wife of John Snow. William was born In I>oudoun County, Virginia, near Harper's Ferry, December 29, 1823. and was there reared to the age of sixteen years. He then came to Ohio, where he found employment at common labor, and after returning to his native state he was employed one year by his stepfather. He finally left the Old Dominion state and came again to Ohio, where, in 1847, he purchased a farm of 150 acres in Loudon Township, Carroll County, the place having been land that had been obtained from the government by Jacob Gotschall. January 15, 1814, Mr. Slates coming into possession of the original deed or warrant, which hears the signature of President James Madison, this document being now in possession of his son Nelson E., who owns and resides upon the old homestead farm, which now comprises 146 acres and is one of the valuable properties of Carroll County. To ^his original homestead William Slates added, with Increasing prosperity, until he was the owner of a fine landed estate of 363 acres. He remained* on the home place until his death. August, 1894, and was one of the reliable, upright and honored pioneer citizens of the county at the time when his long and useful life came to a close. His widow survived him by fourteen years and passed to the life eternal in November, 1912, both having been zealous communicants of the Lutheran Church and Mr. Slates having been a loyal republican in political allegiance. He was a thoroughgoing farmer and made the best of improvements on his property, the while he stood forth as one of the successful and representative agriculturists and stock-raisers of Loudon Township.

On the 1st of June. 1847. was solemnized the marriage of William Slates to Miss Mary Hosterman, who was born at Kilgore, Carroll County, November 1, 1827, a daughter of Peter and Catherine (Shell) Hosterman, sterling pioneer settlers of this county. William and Mary Slates became the parents of nine children: Franklin, who was born July 23, 1848, was a representative farmer of Loudon Township at the time of his death : Minerva was born October 2, 1850, and died In childhood : the next two children died in infancy; Samantha was born March 4, 1855, died young, as did also Arminthia, who was bom March 5. 1858, and died at the age of six years; Linneus was born December 21, 1860, and resides upon his excellent farm, in Perry Township; Nelson E., whose name introduces this article, was the next in order of birth; and Laura, who was bora June 18, 1866, is the wife of Henry Steves, of Loudon Township.

Nelson E. Slates was born January 5, 1864, on the old homestead farm which is his present place of residence, in Loudon Township, and to the public schools of his native county he is indebted for his youthful education. He continued his association with the activities of the old home farm until his marriage, in 1890. and for the ensuing three years he lived on the farm of his father-in-law, near Amsterdam, this county. He then returned to the old home place, and he now owns 146 acres of the landed estate accumulated by his honored father. Here he has gained secure vantage-ground as one of the progressive and successful agriculturists and stock-growers of the county, special attention being given to the raising of registered short-horn cattle. He has not been self-centered but has shown a loyal interest in all things touching the communal welfare, the while he has high place in popular confidence and esteem, as indicated by the fact that he has served two terms as trustee of his native township and is now a member of the board of county commissioners, in which he is serving his second term, by re-election in the autumn of 1920. He is a stalwart republican, is an active and valued member of the Kilgore Grange, and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Kilgore, he being a member of its board of trustees.

October 13, 1890, recorded the marriage of Mr. Slates to Miss Oelln B. McGary, who was born in Loudon Township, a daughter of James and Dorinda (Scott) McGary. the former likewise a native of that township and the latter is the wife of Thomas E. Chambers, of Scio, Harrison County; Dora is the wife of Harvey D. Chase, of Tulsa, Oklahoma : Thomas and Robert remain at the paternal home and are associated with their father in the activities of the farm; and Mary is the wife of William Patterson, of Canton, Stark County.

In October, 1904, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Slates to Miss Josephine Waggoner, who was bora in Perry Township, a daughter of Hiram Waggoner and a representative of an old and honored family of Carroll County. No children have been born of the second marriage.

Morbis James. The vital principles, policies and procedures that conserve success In connection with the basic industries of agriculture and stock-raising are more readily designated and described than they are of practical application. The man who really succeeds in this all-important domain of productive enterprise is to be honored and admired, for his service not only furthers his own sturdy independence but i9 of far-reaching communal and general value. Among the many substantial and representative exponents of farm enterprise in Carroll County is Morris James, who is one of the venerable native sons of the county, a representative of a sterling pioneer family, and who now rests from the vigorous labors and discriminating thought and action that gave to him a large measure of success in his many years of active identification with farming. He finally retired from the farm and thereafter showed his versatility and resourcefulness by achieving equally noteworthy success as a mer- .chant. His son is now associated with him in the conducting of the well equipped general store at Kilgore, and the junior member of the firm now relieves his father of the more active management of the business..

Mr. James was born in Monroe Township, this county, on the 8th of December. 1837, and is a son of Thomas and Susan (Springer) James, both likewise natives of this county, the former having been bora in Monroe Township and the latter in Loudon Township. The father was a son of Thomas and Phoebe James, the former of whom was born in the state of Maryland and the latter In Jefferson County, Ohio, where her parents settled in the early period of development In this section of the state. Data already given show that both the James and the Springer families gained early pioneer honors in Carroll County, and here Thomas and Susan (Springer) James were reared and educated under the conditions that marked the formative period of the county's development After their marriage they lived two years In Monroe Township, and Mr. James then bought a farm in Loudon Township, where he died in 1849, his w idow surviving him by several years and both having been zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their children Morris of this review is the eldest; Margaret became the wife of Josiah Lucas and was a resident of Carroll County at the time of her death ; Oliver is a resident of Cory, Clay County, Indiana; Mary became the second wife of Josiah Lucas and remained in Carroll County until her death; William was killed while serving as a soldier in the Civil war; Emellne, the widow of Clark Slates, resides at Kilgore, this county; and Samuel is a resident of Loudon Township.

Morris James was given the advantages of the common schools of his native county and t ontinued his association with the work of the home farm until he was eighteen years of age, when he began an apprenticeship to the trade of blacksmith, in Jefferson County. After there remaining eighteen months he pursued a high course of study by attending Mount Union College, where he continued his studies at intervals for three years. Thereafter he was actively and successfully engaged in teaching in the district schools until he responded to the call of higher duty, by enlisting, on the 20th of August, 1802, in Company I, Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His regiment became a part of the Army of the Tennessee and he served under the command of General Sherman. He took part in the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, and thereafter was detailed as clerk of court at the headquarters of the commissary department of the Army of the Tennessee. In this capacity he served until the close of the war, and he received his honorable discharge on the 25th of June, 1865. After his return to his native county he continued to teach in the schools of the county until 1867, and on the 28th of March, 1868, he married Miss Susan Brandt, who was born and reared in Loudon Township, a daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth (Shawver) Brandt, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Carroll County. In the June following his marriage Mr. James established his residence on a farm of 189 acres, in Loudon Township, a property which he had purchased a short time previously. There he continued his vigorous and successful farm enterprise until 1883, when he sold the property and opened a general merchandise store at Kilgore. Here he has continued the business during the long intervening period of nearly forty years, and effective service and fair and honorable dealings have enabled him to command at all times a large and representative supporting patronage, drawn from the section normally tributary to the village of Kilgore. In 1890 his only surviving son, Emerson, who had previously been engaged in the retail grocery trade in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, sold his business in the Keystone state and became a partner of his father in the prosperous business at Kilgore, this alliance having since continued, though the business Is still conducted under the name of the father.

Mr. James, a man of exceptional intellectual and business ability, has been well qualified for leadership in community sentiment and action, and he served many years as justice of the peace, as did he also as clerk of Loudon Township. besides which he has been a notary public since 1904. He is a staunch advocate of the principles of the republican party, Is affiliated with the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Unionport, Jefferson County, and he is one of the appreciative and honored comrades of Grand Army of the Republic, at Harlem Springs, of which he has served as commander. Both he and his wife have long been earnest and influential members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in their home village, and he has given effective service as a trustee and steward of this church. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. James the eldest is Gertrude, who now presides over the domestic economies of the parental home; Emerson is his father's business partner, as already noted; Maude is the wife of S. P. Campbell, of Harrison County; Mary is the wife of William E. Shepherd, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Earl died at the age of eleven years.

Gut R. Rinehart. Public official, able business man and excellent farmer, Guy R. Rinehart holds a position that many envy, and stands among the dignified representatives of Carroll County, and especially those centering in Rose Township where he owns 150 acres of land and farms 210 acres. He was born in this township, August 13. 1885, a son of James Henry and Caroline (Wanner) Rinehart, and grandson of David Rinehart, who came to Rose Township at an early day, and bought the homestead now owned by his grandson. He married Elizabeth Snyder, and they had four sons and one daughter. James Henry Rinehart lived on his father's farm and was a successful selling agent for the Walter A. Wood Machine Company of Glenns Falls, New York, manufacturers of agricultural implements, and acted as general agent for the company out of the Cleveland, Ohio, office. He was a county commissioner of Carroll County two terms. His death occurred in 1895, but his widow still survives him. Of seven children, Guy R. Rinehart is the fifth in order of birth.

Until he was fourteen years old Ouy R* Rinehart attended district school Number 9, Rose Township, and then for two years was a student of the Magnolia High School. At the age of sixteen years he began operating the home farm, and has remained on It ever since, later acquiring ownership of it. He carries on a general line of farming, and is recognized as one of the prosperous agriculturists In this part of the county.

In 1914 Mr. Rinehart was united in marriage with Grace Elizabeth De Ford, a daughter of A. F. and Olive (Houze) De Ford of Dell Roy, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Rinehart have two children, namely: James De Ford and Kenneth

Stanley. Mrs. Rinehart was graduated from the Dellroy High School in 1906, and taught district schools Number 8 for three months, the Seroggs Field school for two years, in Fox Township, the Queensboro school for eight months. In Monroe Township, and the Middle Run school in Brown Township, for two years when she married. Active as a republican Mr. Rinehart has served as township clerk, and member of the school board. He is vice president of the Tri-Oounty Mutual Life Insurance Company, and is also serving on its board of directors. The Lutheran Church of Waynes- burg holds his membership, and he is a generous supporter of it. The position of the Rinehart family, and especially that of Guy R. Rinehart and his wife, can not be over-estimated, nor can the importance of the strong influence every member of it has exerted on the history of Carroll County.

Harvey H. Cogsil does not claim Carroll County as the place of his nativity but he Is a scion of one of its most prominent and influen tial families of the pioneer epoch, and to-day he owns and resides upon the fine old homestead farm of the family, in Loudon Township, this place being consistently designated by the title of "The Oaks," and being one of the model farm estates of this section of the state. Harvey Cogsil, grandfather of him whose name initiates this paragraph, was born near Roxbury, Connecticut, on the 17th of April, 1798, his parents, Truman and Civil (Hawley) Cogsil, having passed their entire lives in that section of the Nutmeg state, where the Cogsil family, of English origin, was founded in the colonial period of our national history As a young man Harvey Cogsil made his way to Virginia, and there was solemnized his marriage to Miss Mary Vincel, who was born In Loudon County, that state, in 1801, their marriage having occurred in 1820, and they having remained in the Old Dominion commonwealth until 1838, when they came to Ohio and established their home on the fine old farm now owned by their grandson, Harvey H., of this review. Harvey Cogsil became the owner of a very large landed estate in this county, and also owned 2,000 acres in Missouri. He was one of the most liberal and progressive men of his day in Carroll County, was strong and loyal in all of the relations of life, and his splendid initiative powers were shown In his becoming the virtual founder of the Carroll County Agricultural Society, of which he was the first president and to the success of whose fairs he contributed much in the earlier period of its history. He was associated with James Huston and Ephraim Eckley in the promotion and construction of the first railroad to enter Carrollton, this line having extended from the judicial center of Carroll County to Oneida, this county, and having been known as the Carrollton & Oneida Railroad. Mr. Cogsil served as president of this railroad and in many other ways he gave his influence and tangible support to measures and enterprises that had much to do with the social and material advancement of this now favored section of the Buckeye State. He continued his residence at "The Oaks'' until his death, which occurred March 12, 1885, his wife having died June 30, 1876. Of their seven children Harvey L., father of Harvey H. of this sketch, was next to the youngest of the five sons.

Harvey L. Cogsil was reared and educated in Carroll County and was about thirty-tw'o years of age when he removed to Muskingum County, where was solemnized his marriage to Miss Rose Snively, whose death occurred about the year 1870, Harvey H.. of this sketch, being the only child of this marriage. The father was born November 17, 1832, and he continued his active association with farm industry until he retired In 1915 and now lives in Adamsville, aged eighty-nine years. For his second wife he married Alice Vincel, who is now deceased, and they became the parents of five children : Maude is the wife of James L. Browning, of Frazeysburg, Muskingum County; Frank is a resident of Cleveland and John of Zanesville, Ohio; Bruce maintains his home at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Mabel is the wife of Bruce Vincel, of Muskingum County.

Harvey H. Cogsil was born in Muskingum County, on the 27th of December, 1867, and was about three years of age at the time of his mother's death. He was then taken into the home of his paternal grandfather, In Loudon Township, Carroll County, where he was reared to manhood and where he has remained until the present time, save for a period of three years passed in Muskingum County, and three years in the village of Amsterdam, Carroll County. He was afTorded the advantages of the public schools, including the high school at Adamsville, and from the estate of this Grandfather Cogsil he inherited 175 acres, this being the fine old homestead on which he was reared and on which he now resides. He is one of the leaders in modern farm enterprise in Loudon Township and is a citizen who commands unqualified popular confidence and good will.

In March, 1892, Mr. Cogsil wedded Miss Flora Fawcett, who was born In Loudon Township, a daughter of Alexander and Helen (Kneen) Fawcett. Alexander Fawcett was a native of Carroll County and his wife of the Isle of Man, off the coast of England. After his marriage Mr. Cogsil jvas for three years engaged in the general merchandise business at Amsterdam. and he then returned to the farm, which is improved with modem buildings and which is the stage of his successful activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower. He is a stalwart in the local ranks of the democratic party but has had no political ambition as expressed in desire for office. His wife is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Kilgore. They have three children: Charles married Miss Anna Shambaugh and they reside at Lamartine, this county; Alexander married Miss Dorris Wallace and is in the life insurance business at Canton, Ohio; and Orin. who resides at Lamartine, married Miss Ethel King, their only child being a daughter. Eleanor.

George Noble has been a resident of Carroll County from the time of his birth, is a representative of a sterling pioneer family and is now one of the venerable and honored residents of Lee Township, his entire active career having been marked by close and effective alliance with farm industry. He was bom in Lee Township, on the 17th of December, 1847, and is a son of William and Jane (Tripp) Noble, whose marriage was solemnized August 10, 1843, the bride having been a daughter of Job and Rebecca (Kelley) Tripp, of Cannonsburg. Pennsylvania.

William Noble was born in East Bethlehem, Washington County, Pennsylvania, on the 12th of February, 1808, and was one of the most venerable men of Carroll County, Ohio, at the time of his death, In 1901. His parents, William and Eliza (Scarlott) Noble, were born and reared in County Leitrim, Ireland, where they were wed and whence they immigrated to America in 1796, the father becoming a pioneer farmer in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1818, his widow having survived until 1854. and both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They had ten children - Catherine, James, David, Thomas, Mary, William, John, Richard, Robert and Eliza.

William Noble, Jr., was reared In his native county and was eighteen years of age when he came to Ohio, in 1826. At Youngstown he served an apprenticeship to the trade of stone and brick mason, and he followed the work of his trade in eastern Ohio until 1837, when he went to Iowa and found employment at his trade in various new towns along the Mississippi river in that state. After his return to Ohio he became actively identified with agricultural Industry in Carroll County, and with the passing years he accumulated a valuable farm property of 353 acres, In Lee Township, this county. He gained a large and well merited success in his vigorous and resourceful career and was one of the prominent and honored pioneer citizens of Carroll County at the time of his death, his wife having preceded him to eternal rest, and both having been active members of the Presbyterian Church. He was a democrat. Of the four children the eldest, William T., is deceased, George, of this review, was the second in order of birth, and David and Janies are residents of Lee Township.

In the township which is now his place of residence George Noble was reared on the old home farm of his father, and his educational advantages were those of the common schools of the locality and period. He has never cared to deflect his course from the vocation under the influences of which he was reared, and has been successful in his Independent activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower. After his marriage, in 1869, he established his residence upon the farm of 124 acres that had been willed to him by his father, and this place is now one of the well -Improved and specially well-ordered farms of Lee Township, its location being In section 3. Mr, Noble has not only bent his energies to worthy achievement in his chosen sphere of enterprise but has also been loyal in his communal spirit and action, as shown in his support of measures projected for the general welfare. In political matters he votes in accord with the dictates of his judgment and bis conscience, and his hold upon the esteem of the people of his native township is Indicated by his having served one term as township trustee, besides which he has held the office of township assessor. He and his wife are zealous members of the Presbyterian Church.

county, a daughter of the late Oliver and Jane (Algeo) Cogsil, the former a native of the state of Indiana and the latter of Lee Township, Carroll County, where her parents were pioneer settlers. In conclusion Is entered brief record concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Noble: Jane is the wife of John Algeo, of Lee Township; Oliver resides at Massillon. Stark County; Lillie is the wife of Hamlin Guess of Lee Township; Harvey resides at Alliance, Stark County; Robert maintains his home at Columbus, Ohio's capital city: Corralie is the wife of Charles Knox, of Lee Township; Lycurgus is the wife of John Tlnlin, a farmer In Lee Township; Bessie is the wife of Ralph Maple, of Carrollton; John is at Alliance. Stark County; Ralph remains at the pa rental home and has active supervision of the farm; Lydia and her husband, Ray Maple, likewise remain at the old homestead farm: Charles is associated with farm enterprise in Lee Township; and Marlon died at the age of twenty-two years.

Mbs. Christina Rinehart is one of the landowners of Rose Township, and her valuable farm of 146 acres of land is In fine condition. She is the widow of Valentine Rinehart, who was born at Waynesburg. Stark County, Ohio, April 1. 1841, a son of David and Elizabeth (Snyder) Rinehart, the former of whom was born in Germany, but came to the United States In young manhood, and settled in Stark County, where he was married. Later on they came to Carroll County, and located In Rose Township. They had three sons and one daughter, namely: George, David, James. Sarah Ann Finebrock, and they are all now deceased. Valentine Rinehart attended district school Number 9, Rose Township during the winter months until he was a young man. He first married Mary Elsass of Rose Township, and she died without Issue. As his second wife he married Christina Grosse, a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Engle) Grosse of Waynesburg. Stark County. Mr. and Mrs. Rinehart became the parents of eleven children, all of whom are living, namely: Lurena Belle, who married Frank Long of Waynesburg, and they have seven children; Arthur Ellsworth, who is unmarried: John Francis, who married Lillian Barber of Fox Township, has four children; Emma Loretta, who married Clarence Daum of East Canton, Ohio, has one child: Alice, who married Charles F. Houze of Canton. Ohio, has two children; George, who married Cora Garner, lives at North Industry, Ohio: James Valentine, who married Irene Carl of Robertsville : Sarah Eva, who married John J. Van Voorhes of Sandyville. Ohio, has two children; William McKinley. who married Lula Wetzel, has one child and lives at Dellroy, Ohio; and Homer and H. Wesley, both of whom are at home.

Valentine Rinehart spent his life on the farm now owned by his widow, and carried on general farming, and was also a stock dealer, buying and selling cattle and hogs, and shipping to the Pittsburgh market. He was also a buyer of wool, and was a man of many Interests. In politics he was a republican, and he was a mem-

Four of the Rinehart boys registered under the selective draft during the World war. James Valentine was called into the service April 2, 1918, and was sent to Camp Sherman for five months, where he was made a member of Company E, Three Hundred and Thirty-Second Regiment, as a private. As a member of the Eighty-Second Division he was sent to New York, from whence he sailed for Brest, France, and landed there in October. 1918. He was in action at St. Mihiel, and other offensives until the signing of the Armistice. In the spring of 1919 he sailed from Bordeaux, France, for New York city where he participated in the great peace parade, and was then sent back to Camp Sherman, and mustered out May 30, 1919.

William M. Rinehart was called into the service at Carrollton, in July, 1918, spent three weeks at Camp Sherman as a member of Company F, Three Hundred and Thirty-Fifth Regiment, and sailed from New York city for Liverpool, England, which port was reached In five days. From England he was sent to France and was in action until he was taken sick and sent to a base hospital, where he was still confined at the time the armistice was signed. He was mustered out at Camp Sherman. March 23, 1919.

Linaeus Slates was born in Loudon Township, Carroll County. December 21, 1860, and Is to-day numbered among the substantial farmers of Perry Township, this county, with secure standing as one of the prosperous, progressive and highly esteemed citizens of his native county. His father, the late William Slates, who became one of the substantial farmers of Loudon Township, was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, near Harper's Ferry, December 29, 1823, a son of Adam and Savilla (Winner) Slates, both natives of the Old Dominion state, where were born their five children, of whorft William was the second son. After the death of her first husband Mrs. Savilla Slates became the wife of John Snow, and they remained in Virginia until their deaths. William Slates, who was a boy at the time of his father's death, remained In Virginia until he was sixteen years old. when he made his first visit to Ohio, whence he returned to Virginia. About a year later, however, he returned to Ohio, and in 1847 he purchased a farm of 150 acres in Loudon Township, Carroll County. He eventually became the owner of a valuable farm property of 363 acres, in this county, and here he remained until his death. He was a staunch republican and both he and his wife were earnest communicants of the Lutheran Church.

June 1, 1847. recorded the marriage of William Slates to Miss Mary Hosterman. who was horn in the immediate vicinity of Kilgore. Carroll County, on the 1st of November, 1827, a daughter of Peter and Catherine (Shell) Hosterman. sterling pioneer settlers of this county. Her children were nine in number, namely: Franklin. Minerva, two who died in infancy: Samantha, Arminthia. Linaeus, of this sketch. Nelson E., and Laura.

Reared on the old home farm which was the place of hi 8 birth, Linaeus Slates profited by the advantages offered In the village schools at Kilgore. In 1881 he married, and thereafter he and his wife resided at Kilgore for a period of six months. He then removed to one of his father's farms, in Perry Township, and later he purchased this place, which comprises 166 acres, twenty-five acres of the tract being still covered with a fine growth of native timber, and the remainder of the farm being given over to well ordered agriculture and stock-raising, in which Mr. Slates has achieved distinctive success. He has had no desire for political activity but is a loyal supporter of the cause of the republican party and takes consistent interest In all things touching the communal welfare. Both he and his wife are active communicants of the Lutheran Church.

In July, 1881, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Slates to Miss Lydia Shawber, who likewise was born and reared in Loudon Township and who Is a daughter of Amos and Adeline (Wrikeman) Shawber, the former a native of Loudon Township. Carroll County, and the latter of Jefferson County, this state. Amos Shawber was a son of Jonathan and Lydia (Roser) Shawber. both likewise natives of Ohio, within whose borders the respective families were founded in the early pioneer period. Mr. and Mrs. Slates have three children : William Roy married Miss May Carles and they now reside in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; Jesse Lloyd married Miss Nellie Lotz, their home being in Harrison Township, Carroll County, and their two children being Loren Lotz and Harold Linaeus; J. Donald, the youngest of the three children, remains at the parental home.

Samuel B. McGavran. B. S., M. D. No name stands higher among the professional men in Harrison County and eastern Ohio than that of Dr. S. B. McGavran, whose life has been devoted largely to the work of alleviating the sufferings of humanity, not only as a regular practicing physician in the county of his nativity hut as counsellor and sympathetic friend of those who need friends most.

Dr. S. B. McGavran was born near the town' of Conotton, Harrison County, Ohio, November 25. 1847, son of William H. and Elizabeth (Brown) McGavran. His mother was a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. His father. William H. McGavran. and his grandfather, William McGavran, were born on the same farm in Harford County. Maryland, on which his great-grandfather. John McGavran. native of Ireland, had settled in 1755.

Dr. McOavran's parents moved to Harrison County, Ohio, about 1840. The father was a cabinet-maker and to some extent farmed. In 1859 he was elected state representative from Harrison County on the republican ticket, and was serving when the Civil war broke out in 1801.

To the doctor's parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McGavran, were born six children, viz.: James R., deceased: Henrietta, deceased, who married W. II. Masters, of Scio: George W.. deceased: Samuel B.. the subject of this review: Eliza-

Of Dr. Samuel B. McGavran's early boyhood it may be stated that he had to rely npon his own resources. He had the advantages of the common schools, and two full years' attendance at New Hagerstown Academy, after which he taught school five years to obtain funds to defray his expense in taking a collegiate course, attending this academy during the summer. Hfe completed his junior year in Scio College in Harrison County in 1869. In 1870 he entered the Cleveland (Ohio) Medical College, graduating therefrom February 29, 1872. By reason of his class standing he was made the valedictorian of the class, which had a membership of twenty-nine, and delivered the address with honors.

In the month of June. 1874, he commenced the practice of medicine in the village of Bowerston. Harrison County, Ohio. There he was eminently successful, but preferring a wider field, moved on December 1, 1882, to Cadiz, the county seat. Here he has built up a medical practice second to none In the county. In the pursuit of his profession he has traveled thousands of miles, and made hundreds of professional calls where the remuneration was not considered, knowing his patient was unable to pay him for his services. In brief, he has always been liberal to the poor and distressed portion of the community, and has endeared himself to hundreds of home fire-sides within his native county, in which his entire life has been spent as a faithful physician and an enterprising and highly esteemed citizen who has ever had the best interests of his town, county and state at heart.

As evidence of his ability let It be said that he has been the physician and surgeon of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for thirty years and Is still holding this position. For many years he was examining surgeon for the United States Pension Board in Harrison County. In 1896, with six others, he was appointed by Governor Asa Bushnell as member of the Ohio Board of State Medical Registration and Examination; re-appointed, and served In all twelve years. He has been examiner for all the leading life insurance companies In this county.

As medical examiner of the Draft Board during the recent World war the Adjutant General of Ohio commended him for making the best medical examinations in the state. In 1920 ho was appointed the first designated examiner of the United States Public Health Service, whose duty it is to examine soldiers of the World war. When the new law In Ohio required a health commissioner in each county. Dr. McGavran was appointed as such for Harrison County, serving from February. 1920, to February, 1921, when he resigned on account of ill health. For a number of years he has served as one of the trustees of Harrison County Children's Home.

medical and secular press, as well as occasional articles for religious publications. In 1894 he compiled the first history Harrison County ever had in book form. In this small volume he crowded in much of historic value and general interest concerning this county from its first settlement up to time of publication. He was appointed historian at the time of the dedication of the present Court House, and on that day delivered the address, as he also did upon the occasion of the unveiling of the Hon. John A. Bingham monument in the Court House yard. These efforts were well received by the press and people. It was he who, as a leading citizen of Cadiz, was instrumental in securing the present Court House when there arose a contest between other towns of the county and Cadiz.

Doctor McGavran has long been a member of the County and State Medical Societies, as well as the American Medical Association. In which he has frequently prepared and read valuable articles and papers.

In its historical sketch of 1909 the Democrat Sentinel includes him among those from Harrison County who have found recognition In the "Field of Betters."

At the organization of the Fourth National Bank on March 28, 1898. he was elected director, which office he has held ever since, and Is at the present time vice president of this institution.

In his church affiliations Doctor McGavran Is a Presbyterian, and has been an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Cadiz since 1883, and not only in this church, but in many other churches he has been of great usefulness. Politically he has always been a supporter of the republican party. While residing in Bowerston he was elected to a seat in the Ohio Legislature, being elected by an overwhelming majority. In that body he was placed on numerous Important committees, and was found entirely satisfactory by his constituents. The Doctor Is an honored member of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias orders at Cadiz (see Lodge Chapter). Scio College many years since conferred the degree of B. S. on him as one of that institution's alumni.

In August. 1872. Doctor McGavran was married to Jennie E. Johnston, of New Hagerstown, Carroll County, Ohio, and to them were bom four children : Mary Brown, who married C. H. Judkins, of Cleveland, Ohio; Charles William, of Columbus, Ohio, married to Flora Holmes, of Hopedale, Ohio ; Frank Johnston, of Cadiz, Ohio, married to Mary V. Holt, of Carnegie, Pennsylvania : and George C., -of Troy, Ohio, who married Nolle Geiger, of Springfield, Ohio. Mrs. McGavran. who had endeared herself to all who knew her by her kind, gentle and sympathetic manner, and with whom the Doctor shares all credit for whatever successes he may have attained, died April 1. 1919. the Doctor, all the children, and eleven grandchildren surviving.

Ira S. Moody. A broad-minded, public-spirited citizen of Carrollton, Carroll County, Ira S. Moody, a prominent coal operator and merchant, has long been associated with the higher and better interests of this section of the state, ever advocating and working for those ideas and measures that will be of lasting good to the community. A native of Carroll County, he was born, April 12, 1874, in Center Township, on the farm which his Grandfather Moody hewed from the wilderness. On the paternal side he is of Irish ancestry, being a lineal descendant in the fifth generation of James Moody, the immigrant, the lineage being thus traced : James.

Born and reared in Ireland, James Moody came as a young man to the United States, making his way directly to Ohio. Locating in Fox Township, in that part of Columbiana County that is now Included in Carroll CQunty, he took up land near Scroggsfleld, and began to clear from the dense wilderness a home for himself and family.

His son John Moody was born and brought up on the parental homestead, in Fox Township, and there spent his entire life, being engaged during his active career In agricultural pursuits. He married Phoebe Pugh, and to them seven children were born, three sons and four daughters.

John Moody, son of the foregoing John Moody, was born January 14, 1818, In Carroll County, where he acquired his early education. At the age of fourteen years, he went to Harrisburg. Carroll County, and there served with his brother-in-law, David Need, an apprenticeship at the wagon maker's trade. Returning to his home at the end of three years, he subsequently pioneer wagon and plow manufacturer of Carrollton. Embarking in business on his own account in 1839, he continued at his trade for a number of years, building up a large business. Subsequently buying a farm of 160 acres near Carrollton, he moved on to it, and in addition to carrying on general farming and sheep raising operated a coal mine, being the pioneer In that branch of industry. He was a republican In politics, influential In party ranks, and served two terms as county treasurer. He married. March 28, 1839, Lena, daughter of John and Mary (Reed) Pugh, of Virginia, and they became the parents of the following named children : Mary Ann, who became the wife of John Gratz; John married Areal Amos, daughter of William Amos, of Carroll County; Frank P., father of Ira S. ; William married Susie, daughter of W. F. Brecker, of Carrollton: William Harrison died In 1841; Phoebe Ellen died in 1843; Maurice died In 1857; and Samantha Jane died in 1888. Both parents were members of the Presbyterian Church. Neither are now living. It is well here to say that John Moody, the pioneer coal dealer of Carroll County, operated a mine situated on the farm now owned by Honorable D. O. Rutan. conducting the business for a quarter of a century. He was succeeded by his son Frank, and his grandson, Ira S., who operated on a much more extensive scale, the Moodys having supplied the people of this part of Ohio for a full half century.

Frank P. Moody was born in Carrollton, Ohio, September 8, 1853, and acquired his education In the public schools. Growing to manhood on the farm, he became familiar with coal mining, and having succeeded to the business established by his father operated the mine located on the farm now owned by Mrs. Emma Fawcett for a number of years. He married, October 16. 1873, Catherine C. Smeltz, who was born January 26, 1854, In Union Township. Carroll County, where her father, Peter Smeltz. was a pioneer settler. Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Moody, who are now living on a farm Just west of Carrollton, have but one child, Ira S.

Ira S. Moody became associated with his father In business when a young man, and has operated on an extensive scale. For a long time he and his father supplied the local brick yard with coal, also carrying on a large domestic business, and their mine, with the exception of the brick yard, giving employment to more men than any other concern In Carrollton. Wben the mine was practically worked out father and son gave up operating it. In 1912 Ira S. Moody established what Is now one of the most modern and convenient coal yards in this section. It being located along the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad, south side of Carrollton, and there he is carrying on a large and substantial business, handling the Pennsylvania and Ohio coal, and furnishing most of the coal consumed by the people of Carrollton. Mr. Moody founded his business on the principles elucidated by the honest coal dealers, his motto, to which he is ever faithful, being "No short weights, and no long waits." As a youth Mr. Moody worked for awhile on the old "Carrollton Republican." learning the printer's trade, and later held cases for awhile on that paper's successor, the "Republican Standard."

Mr. Moody is a fine musician, his favorite instrument being the double BB bass on which he has become very proficient. He has had a wide experience in the band business, covering a period of over twenty years, playing with manv good organizations. He was one of the leading spirits in the famous Carrollton Band, and was its manager for a number of years. This organization was made up from the best families of Carrollton and would have been a credit to many towns of a much larger population. for it attracted considerable attention wherever it went. Mr. Moody served a five-year enlistment with the Fifth Regiment Band. When this organization w*s enraged to play at St. Louis Exposition in 1905 Mr. Moody was with them on this engagement. Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons, belonging to lodge, chapter, council and commandery.

Mr. Moody married, November 7, 1903. Miss Josephine Campbell, and they have an attractive home, in which they hospitably entertain their many friends and acquaintances. Mr. and

Frank Johnston is actively identified with banking interests in his native county, where he is associated with the Cummings Trust Company, one of the leading financial institutions # at Carrollton, and he is one of the alert and progressive young men of Carroll County. He was born at New Hagerstown, this county, October 1. 1887, and is a son of John N. and Margaret J. (Leggett) Johnston, the former of whom was likewise born at New Hagerstown, in 1852, and the latter of whom was born at Leesville, this county, in 1854. Francis Johnston. grandfather of him whose name introduces this review, was born in Pennsylvania and was an early settler in Orange Township, Carroll County, Ohio, where he developed a valuable farm which is still in the possession of the family and upon which he remained until his death, in 1887. his wife, whose maiden name was Caroline Geiger, having likewise been a native of the old Keystone State and having passed to eternal rest. Robert G. and Mary Ann (Forbes) Leggett, maternal grandparents of Frank Johnston, were natives of Ohio, and in Carroll County they maintained their residence on their farm until their removal to Dewitt County, Illinois, where they passed the remainder of their lives and where the latter died in 1918, after having survived her husband by several years.

John N. Johnston was reared on the old home farm and received the advantages of the public schools of Carroll County. He became one of the substantial farmers of his native county, and also developed a prosperous business in the buying and shipping of live stock and wool. He remained on his farm, near New Hagerstown, until 1910, when he established his residence at Carrollton, where he continued to maintain his home until his death. February 2. 1917, his wife having passed away on the 29th of May, 1901. and both having been consistent members of the Presbyterian Church. They became the parents of three children: Mary F.

is the wife of Austin O. McDowell, of Heyworth, Illinois, and they have two children, Carrie Grace and Austin Johnston: Carrie N., the second of the three children, died June 15, 1910. at the age of twenty-five years: and Frank, of this sketch, is the youngest of the children.

Frank Johnston passed his childhood and early youth on the old home farm of his father, in Orange Township, and in addition to availing himself of the advantages of the public schools he completed a course in a business college at Wooster. Thereafter he became actively associated with his father in the buying and shipping of wool, and with this enterprise he continued his identification until 1910, when he assumed the position of bookkeeper in the offices of the Cummings Trust Company, of which he later became assistant treasurer. Of this important Institution he is now vice president, as is he also of the Scio Bank Company, at Scio, Harrison County, of which he was one of the organizers and of which he was elected vice president in 1916. Mr. Johnston is still one of the leading buyers and shippers of wool in Carroll County, in which line of enterprise he is associated with D. O. Rutan, under the firm name of Rutan & Johnston and with headquarters at Carrollton.

When the nation became Involved In the great World war Mr. Johnston subordinated all other interests when called into war service. On the 6th of October, 1917, he entered the medical department of the Three Hundred and Thirtysecond United States Infantry.- with which he was assigned to duty at Camp Sherman, Ohio, and with which he went to France in June, 1918. He continued in active service with the American forces in France and Italy, until after the signing of the historic armistice, and he once more landed in his native land on the 18th of April, 1919, his honorable discharge having been received on the 2d of the following month. He was a sergeant, first class in the medical corps, at the time of receiving his discharge, efficiency having led to his promotion from the rank of private. During the first summer after his return to his home county Mr. Johnston devoted his attention to the wool business, and on the 1st of October, 1919, he resumed his association with the Cummings Trust Company, of which he is now vice president, as before noted. He and his wife hold membership In the Presbyterian Church of Carrollton and are popular factors in the social activities of their home city.

December 9, 1919. recorded the marriage of Mr. Johnston to Miss Angellne Long, who likewise was born and reared in Carroll County and who is a daughter of J. Madison Long, a representative farmer of Center Township, and they have one son, John Nelson.

Walter H. Allensworth Is a bachelor farmer whose popularity in his native county Is unqualified and who is numbered among the succo«*«fui pxn' nents of agricultural and live-stock enterprise in Loudon Township, where he is associated with his younger brother in the productive operations of the old home farm, which Is one of the excellent places that make Carroll County a center of noteworthy prominence in the field of agricultural industry.

Mr. Allensworth was born In Perry Township, this county. November 27. 1870, and is a son of Henry and Justina (McCaskey) Allensworth, the forme** of whom was born in Jefferson County. Ohio, and the latter In Perry Township. Carroll County, her father. George McCaskey. having been a native of Ireland and her mother having been born in Jefferson County, Ohio. The McCaskey family was early established In this section of Ohio, as was also the Allensworth family, whose lineage traces back to staunch Fnglish origin. Jacob and Rebecca (Calhoun) Allensworth. grandparents of Walter H.. early became associated with farm enterprise in Jefferson County and they were residents of that county at the time of their death. After his marriage Henry Allensworth established his residence In Orange Township, Carroll County. During the last eighteen months of the Civil w*ar he served ns a member of Com- pany H, Ninety -eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry* with which he participated in a number of engagements of major order, as well as in various skirmishes. He received his honorable discharge after victory had crowned the Union arms, and in after years he vitalized his interest in his old comrades by maintaining affiliation with the Grand Army of the Republic. After the war he engaged in the work of the blacksmith trade, in which he was a skilled workman, and in pursuance of this vocation he made a number of changes of residence in the passing years. Finally, in October, 1899, he established his residence on the Alpha Simmons farm, in Loudon Township, and here he continued his alliance with constructive agriculture until the time of his death, in January, 1911, his widow passing to eternal rest on the 29th of November, 1919, and the home farm being now in charge of the two younger sons. Of the children the eldest is Dr. J. E., who is engaged in the practice of medicine in the city of Canton, Stark County; W. H. is a farmer in Perry Township, Carroll County; Walter H., of the sketch, was the next in order of birth ; Ida is the wife of J. E. Chase, of Loudon Township; Charles is associated with his brothet Walter In the management of the home farm; and Lena is the wife of E. M. Sheridan, of Orange Grove, California.

Walter H. Allensworth acquired his early education in the public schools and remained with his parents until their death, since which time he and his younger brother have conducted the home farm with ability and excellent attending success. He still permits his name to remain enrolled on the list of eligible bachelors in his native county. He is loyal in supporting measures and enterprises projected for the communal welfare, is affiliated with the Kilgore Grange and is a republican in his political allegiance.

George M. Welsh, a successful general farmer and stock-raiser of Archer Township, owns and operates 160 acres of land and is recognized aS one of the representative men of Harrison County. He was born in Archer Township, December 13, 1859, a son of David Welsh and a grandson of John Welsh, who was born in Ireland in 17S2, and died December 30, 1871. His wife, Jane McClellan, was born in 1792 and died February 17, 1872. They were married in 1813. Coming to America when he was ten years of age with his parents, he was reared in this country, and in young manhood located in Archer Township, Harrison County, Ohio, and here entered a farm from the government. and spent the remainder of his life improving and operating his farm. He and his wife had the following children: Mary, who

David Welsh was reared on the farm in Archer Township where he was born, and on it he spent his life, owning at the time of his death, April 11, 1918, 237 acres of land. He was married to Susannah Fisher, bom in Rumley Township, Harrison County, February 2, 1833, a daughter of George Fisher, one of the early settlers of Rumley Township. They had the following children: George M., who was the eldest bora; Ella, who was bora October 27, 1862, died August 26, 1865; John V., who was born December 22, 1863, died September 1, 1865; Mary, who was born August 15, 1867, died October 7, 1902, as the wife of Vera Patterson: Harry E., who was bora May 18, 1860; Clara Amanda, who was bora October 8, 1871, married Alva D. Cavin June 17, 1914, and died August 7, 1914; Emma Viola, who was born August 22, 1875, died March 21, 1889: and Gertie. who was born January 13, 1878. married Robert Henderson, and lives at Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania. The parents of these children also belonged to the Presbyterian church, in which they were active. Mrs. Welsh died before her husband, passing away July 21, 1906.

George M. Welsh attended the district schools of Archer Township, and adopted farming as his life work. He remained at home until he was thirty-nine years of age, and then, may 31, 1899, he was married to Nora Burdett, a daughter of James and Sarah (Porter) Burdett, and made a home of his own, moving on his present farm of 160 acres, on which he is carrying on general farming and stockraising. Mr. and Mrs. Welsh have one child, Harlan B., who was born April 25. 1905. Having been brought up in the faith of the Presbyterian Church, Mr. Welsh connected himself with it after he reached years of discretion, and he and his wife belong to the Ridge Church of that denomination. He Is an experienced farmer and his land shows the results of his care and knowledge of his calling.

Harry E. Welsh, brother of George M. Welsh, attended the Oak Grove district school, and was also taught farming by their careful and sensible father. He has developed into one of the prosperous general farmers and stockraisers of Archer Township.

On June 24, 1914. Mr. Welsh was united in marriage with Abbie Lorana McClain, a daughter of ,T. A. and Catherine McClain. They. too. belong to the Ridge Presbyterian Church.

James Daniel Slates owns and resides muni the old homestead farm which represents land obtained by his paternal grandfather from the Government more than a century ago. this ancestral farmstead being situated in Loudon Township. Carroll County. The grandfather. Jfdin Slates. Sr., was born in Loudoun County. Virginia. August 2, 1784. and was there reared to manhood. There he married Miss Elizabeth Ruse, who was born in that county in 1780. both families, of English origin, having been founded in Virginia in the colonial i»eriod of our national history. John and Eliza beth Slates became the parents of three sons and four daughters, and of the sons the youngest was John, Jr., father of him whose name initiates this review. In 1811 John Slates, Sr., came with his family to what is now Oarroll County, Ohio, and secured a tract of Government land in Loudon Township. Here he reclaimed a goodly part of his land to cultivation, and in providing for his family under the pioneer conditions he worked to a considerable extent at his trade, that of shoemaker. He was one of the sterling pioneers who aided in the initial stages of development and progress in the county and here he remained on his farm -until his death, in 1859, his wife having passed away in 1855. Both were earnest communicants of the Lutheran Church and in politics he was a democrat of the old school.

John Slates. Jr., was born on the pioneer farm in Loudon Township. March 11. 1821. and he was here reared to adult age, with much of arduous work on the farm and with educational advantages limited to the common schools of the period. Eventually he became the owner of one of the well improved farms in the southeastern part of Loudon Township, and there he achieved worthy success through his well ordered activities as an agriculturist and stockgrower. He passed the last twenty years of his life In the Village of Jewett, where he died at the age of eighty-four years, and his widow now makes her home with her daughter Hattie, the wife of William Miller, of Loudon Township. Mr. Slates was a staunch democrat in political adherency and was a communicant of the Lutheran Church, as is also his widow. His first marriage was solemnized June 27. 1844, when Miss Nancy Stinger became his wife, she having been horn in February. 1821. a daughter of George Stinger. Mrs. Slates died in 1853. her children having been five in number: Oliver. Harvey. Emily (Mrs. Arbaugh), Sarah E. and Herbert. April 20, 1854, Mr. Slates wedded Miss Abby Harner, whose death occurred in 1860, their children having been three In number: Nancy (Mrs. Myers). Samuel and John. September 12, 1865. recorded the marriage of Mr. Slates to Mrs. Eliza Jane (Duel) Walters, who was born in 1833. a daughter of Samuel Duel. Of this union were born five children. The Duel family settled in Lee Township. Carroll County, in the pioneer days. Of the five children James D., of this sketch, is the eldest; Hattie B. is the wife of William Miller, of Loudon Township; Howard W. resides at Dennison. Tuscarawas County; Mary is the wife of David Hosterman, of Loudon Township; and Charles W. resides at Jewett, this county.

James Daniel Slates was born in Loudon Township on the 30th of April, 1867. and was reared on the home farm, the while he profited fully by the advantages afforded in the district schools of his native township. He continued his association with farm enterprise until his marriage, in 1891. and thereafter was employed as foreman in connection with construction work on the Lake Erie & Western Railroad, at Jewett, for several years. He then purchased and removed to his grandfather's old homestead farm, of 160 acres, and here he has since conducted successful operations as an agriculturist and stock-grower, the property being one of the excellent farms of Loudon Township. Mr. Slates pays unequivocal allegiance to the democratic party, is an active member of the Grange at Kilgore, and has served since 1915 as librarian of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Kilgore, of which he and his wife are zealous members.

September 5, 1891, recorded the marriage of Mr. Slates to Miss Etta Belle Wenner. who was born In Lee Township, this county, a daughter of John and Rebecca (Slates) Wenner. Mr. and Mrs. Slates have five children, all of whom remain at the parental home, namely: John Wenner, Donna Jane, Lois Winifred, James Merrill and Edith May.

Henry Tomlinson manifests In his connection with farm enterprise in Carroll County the same vigor and resourcefulness that have characterized his activities in other fields of business enterprise, and he is one of the progressive and highly valued citizens of Loudon Township, where he is now serving his first term as township trustee, an office to which he was elected in the fall of 1919. He was born in Perry Township, this county, on the 25th of November, 1864, and Is a son of George and Catherine (Shambaugh) Tomlinson, the former of whom was born in Harrison County, this state, and the latter in Perry Township, Carroll County. Thomas Tomlinson, grandfather of Henry Tomlinson, was born in England and became one of the early settlers in Harrison County. Ohio. John Shambaugh, the maternal grandfather, came in an early day from Pennsylvania and obtained government land in Perry Township, Carroll County, where he reclaimed and Improved a farm and where he passed the remainder of his life, he having been a native of Germany. George Tomlinson became one of the representative farmers of Perry Township, where he settled after his marriage and where both he and his wife maintained their home for many years, secure in the high regard of all who knew them. However. George Tomlinson did a large amount of important work as a contractor and builder, and in this line of enterprise he had his son Henry as an effective coadjutor, as will be noted in a later paragraph.

Henry Tomlinson is indebted to the public schools of his native county for his early educational discipline, and In his youth he gained also a valuable experience In connection with farm industry. At the age of nineteen years he found employment in connection with lumbering operations near Dellroy, this county, and later he became associated with his father in work at the carpenter's trade at Sherodsville, this county. As contractors and builders they erected many houses and other buildings in the village, and they continued their successful activities as contractors during a period of fully twelve years. Henry Tomlinson then went to Dennison. Tuscarawas County, where he did construction work in connection with the opening of a coal mine for the Davis Coal Company, in which corporation he became a stockholder. In 1893 he retired from his alliance with this company, and in 1896 he became associated with

John B. Rammage in the purchase of the Twin City coal mine in the vicinity of Dennison. Two and one-half years later he made a lease of his interest in this mine, and for six months thereafter he was engaged in repair work for the Panhandle Railroad, at Dennison. For some time he was associated with his brother George W. and a man named Schofield in the bottling of carbonated water and other soft drinks, at Dennison, and the failing health of his parents then led him to return to the home in Carroll County, where he remained with his parents on the farm until the close of their lives. He then returned to Dennison, where he continued his activities as a contractor and builder about five years. On the 25th of March, 1909, Mr. Tomlinson established his residence on the William Arbangh farm, of 104 acres, in Loudon Township, Carroll County, this property having previously been purchased by him. In 1911 he bought fifty-four acres of timber land, in Perry Township, and from this tract he obtained 230,000 feet of timber. He now utilizes the land for pasturage purposes. In his vigorous farm enterprise Mr. Tomlinson gives special attention to the raising of registered Percheron horses, registered Poland-China swine, fine Delaine sheep, and registered Hereford cattle, besides which the farm shows several hundred chickens and is a center of successful poultry enterprise.

Mr. Tomlinson is a thoroughgoing republican and is well fortified in his political convictions. While a resident of Sherodsville he served two terms as a member of the village council, and, as before noted, he is now serving as trustee of Loudon Township. He is a valued and appreciative member of Kilgore Grange, and Is serving on its financial board. He and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Kilgore,. In October, 1891, Mr. Tomlinson wa8C united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Morgan, who was born in Stark County, Ohio, a daughter of Thomas and Jane Morgan, both natives of Wales. She died November 13, 1917, and left three children: Corlnne Is the wife of John Mooney, of Dennison, Tuscarawas County; Dremond, who is associated with his father in the work and management of the home farm, married Miss Jessie Smith and they have one child, Willis; and Catherine is the youngest member of the attractive home circle.

William Samuel Binges has relied almost entirely on his own ability and energy in making for himself a place of independence in connection with the productive activities of life, and is to-day numbered among the substantial and representative farmers of Loudon Township, Carroll County, where his progressive activities as an agriculturist and stock-raiser are staged on the fine old Joseph Wood farm, of 237 acres. He was born in Perry Township, this county, on the 26th of September, 1871. and is a son of Mathias and Rebecca (Gotschall) Ringer, both natives of Harrison County, this state, where the respective grandparents were early settlers - John and Mary Binger, and James and Eva Gotschall. After his marriage Mathias Binger settled on a farm in Perry Township, later he resided for some time In the State of Wisconsin, and he was a resident of Plymouth, Indiana, at the time of his death, his wife having died about the year 1900 and William S., of this review, being the eldest of the three children. The second, Homer, died when about eight years of age, and the third, Alonzo, is a resident of Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County.

William S. Binger gained his rudimentary education in the schools of his native township, and when he was a lad of ten years he was taken by his father to Browntown. Green County, Wisconsin, where be attended the public schools four years. His father departed and left him at Browntown, and his mother soon came for him and returned with him to Carroll County. For two years thereafter he was employed on the farm of Emanuel Sawvel. near Rurnley, Harrison County, and after meeting with an accident that resulted in the fracturing of the bones of one of his legs he passed several months in the home of bis uncle, Joshua Arbaugh, at Solo. Harrison County. Thereafter he continued to be employed, principally at farm work, by the month and the year, until 1902, when he married Miss Margaret Gotschall, who was born and reared in Loudon Township, Carroll County, a daughter of Daniel and Eliza (Wood) Gotschall, the former a native of Harrison County and the latter of Loudon Township, Carroll County. After his marriage Mr. Binger established his residence on the homestead farm of his wife's parents, and here he has since been successfully and vigorously giving his attention to diversified agriculture and the raising of cattle, hogs and Delaine sheep. He is a democrat in his political views and he and his wife are zealous members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at New Rurnley, In which he is serving as a member of the Board of Trustees. They have three children - Harold, Mary and Marjory.

Chester Redman Worley. It Is not given to every man to own his birthplace, but such Is the good luck of Chester Redman Worley, one of the energetic young farmers of Carroll County, whose fine farm of 140 acres is located in Rose Township. Here he was born in 1892. a son of Owen E. and Florence (Redman) Worley. The family is an old one In this region, the great-grandfather having conducted a hotel at Morges, Rose Tpwnship. after he came to Carroll County from Pennsylvania. John V. Worley, the grandfather, lived in Brown Township. this county, where he died in 1901, having been a farmer all of his life. He married Abigail Snyder, and they had four sons and four daughters, of whom Owen E. was the fifth in order of birth. He developed into a farmer, bought the 140-acre farm now owned by his son, and operated it until he retired, locating then at Magnolia, where he and his wife are now enjoying the comforts of life. Chester R. Worley is their only child. Politically he is a republican, and has held a number of the township offices, having been a member of the School Board of Rose Township. They are both very popular, and the success of the elder man is

Chester R. Worley attended the schools of Districts Nos. 6 and 3 until he was seventeen years old, and then in 1912 he took a short course in the agricultural department of the Ohio State University, and returning home, has been engaged in farming ever since. He married Emma Wetzell, a daughter of Christopher and Caroline (Warner) Wetzell, of Rose Township, in 1914, and they have one son, Roscoe Ellsworth. Mr. Worley finds it expedient to belong to the National Grange at Magnolia, and benefits from his association with his fellow members. The Lutheran Church at Magnolia has his earnest support, and he has been a member of it for some time.

If more of the young men of the rural districts could be induced to do as Mr. Worley, devote themselves to an agricultural life, a wonderful advancement would be seen in this industry. The man who has been born and bred on a farm has the love of the soil ingrained in his being. Having spent his life in a neighborhood he understands its needs and possibilities and can advocate and support those measures which will be most beneficial to it. and at the same time gain a competency of fair proportions. Carroll County has a number of these young men Interested in farming, and this is one of the reasons for its present prestige.

John H. Stenger has effectively proved his success-winning powers in connection with farm industry In his native county and township and as a scion of the third generation of the Stenger family in -Carroll County, the family, in fact, having been founded in this section of Ohio, In Harrison County, in the year 1798.

Mr. Stenger was born In Loudon Township, Carroll County, on the 21st of August, 1832, and Is a son of John and Helen (S'arbaugh) Stenger, the former of whom likewise was born In Loudon Township and the latter of whom was a native of Virginia. George Stenger, grandfather of John H. Stenger, was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1791, a son of William Stenger, who was born Irt Germany and who became an early settler in the State of Pennsylvania, where he passed the remainder of his life, as a farmer. At the age of seven years George Stenger accompanied his widowed mother and the other children of the family to Ohio, where settlement was made in Harrison County, in 1798. In that county he was reared to manhood amid the scenes and influences of the frontier, and in 1821 he became a resident of Loudon Township, Carroll County, where he developed the productive farm that continued to be his place of residence until his death, in January, 1873, he having followed the trade of Cabinetmaker prior to removal to Carroll County. The family name of his wife was Hamer and she was bom in Pennsylvania, In 1798. Of their fourteen children two died in infancy, and most of the others attained to years of maturity. Mrs. Stenger preceded her husband to the life eternal, her death having occurred in 1863. They contributed their share to the earlier development and upbuilding of

John Stenger was reared on the old home farm in Loudon Township, gained his early education In the common schools of the locality and period, and his entire active career was marked by successful association with farm enterprises In his native township. Here his death occurred April 9, 1885, his wife having passed away on the 24th of February of the preceding year, and both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their children the eldest is Sarah E., who is the widow of Robert G. Gordon and who resides in Loudon Township; John H., of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; and Mary is the wife of Elmer Roof, of Loudon Township.

John H. Stenger was afforded the advantages of the public schools of the Village of Kilgore and he remained with his parents on the old home farm until their deaths. After his marriage, in 1887, he continued in charge of the home farm for a time, and then removed to the farm of ICO acres which his wife had inherited from her father. Here they have since maintained their home, and the area of the place Is augmented by their ownership also of an. adjoining tract of eighty acres the farm being one of the well improved and well ordered landed estates of Loudon Township, where Mr. Stenger has been notably successful in his vigorous activities as an agriculturist and stockgrower. He Is a republican, has been for many years a member of the School Board of his district, is an active and influential member of the Amsterdam Grange, which he has served as treasurer, and he and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Simmons Ridge, in which he has held various official positions, including that of steward, of which he is the present incumbent.

On the 3d of November, 1887, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Stenger to Miss Thirsa A. Simmons, who likewise was bom and reared in Loudon Township, and who is a daughter of Adam and Mary (Lucas) Simmons, the Simmons family being honored in the perpetuation of the name in Simmons Ridge. In the immediate vicinity of which the old family homestead is situated. Mr, and Mrs. Stenger have three children : William, who married Miss Hazel Mclntire, is a progressive farmer in Loudon Township; and Bert M, and Mary Helen remain at the parental home.

John Henry Fawcett is a scion of the fourth generation of the Fawcett family in Carroll County and in all of the relations of life he is upholding the prestige of a family name that has been one of prominence in the annals of this county for more than a century.

John and Letta (Armstrong) Fawcett, greatgrandparents of him whose name initiates this review, continued to reside in County Fermanagh, Ireland, until 1816, when, with their children. they severed the ties that bound them to their native land and set forth to establish a new home in America, where they were destined to have a full share of pioneer experi- ences in what is now Carroll County, Ohio. From New York City Mr. Fawcett set forth on foot for Ohio, and upon his arrival in the present Carroll County he entered claim to a onehalf section of Government land, in the township that later was to bear the name of Union. He brought to bear his versatility and resourcefulness in meeting the requirements of the frontier region, and the first dwelling which he provided for his family was of the most primitive type. Scanty was the provender of the home at times, but with the development of his land this sturdy pioneer gained in prosperity. and the hewed log house which he erected as soon as possible, continued to be the family domicile until 1837, when he erected on the home farm a substantial brick house which long remained as one of the landmarks of this county. Mr. Fawcett was one of the strong, resolute and upright men who did much In furthering the normal development and progress of the county in the pioneer days and he remained on his original farm until his death, in 1838, when he was about seventy-five years of age, his wife having died in the preceding year, and both having been for many years zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their children were seven in number: Elizabeth Riley. Letta Grace, Jane Atwell, Ann McCourt, Dorinda Brooks, Charles and Alexander.